Chapter Summaries

Lin Jiufeng chose the ancient gods-and-devils path to True Immortal, fused Great Dao laws into his body, and broke through to the Martial God Third Heaven Realm. After learning that Black and White Village had escaped harm, he brought the villagers supplies and returned to Longshan Academy to continue studying.

• Lin Jiufeng studied the two paths to True Immortal, chose to merge Great Dao laws into his Divine Demon Body, and rented Shopkeeper Wang’s courtyard for secluded cultivation.
• Lin Jiufeng spent ten days tempering his body with the Great Daos of Time, Space, Gods and Devils, and others, then broke through to the Martial God Third Heaven Realm with five hundred million strands of God-Demon Power.
• Lin Jiufeng learned that the battle in the Black and White Mountain Range had ended without harming the villages, and he hunted beasts to gather supplies for Black and White Village.
• Lin Jiufeng exchanged his hunting gains for supplies, carried them to Black and White Village, and gave them to Old Li for the villagers.
• Lin Jiufeng shared a meal with Old Li, listened to his advice, then returned to Black Wind City before dawn and headed straight to Longshan Academy.

Lin Jiufeng cultivated at Longshan Academy, opened the visible acupoints in his body, and advanced to the Martial God Fourth Heaven Realm. After learning about Yunshan Academy from Old Li, he returned to Longshan Academy, where the Library Director presented him with a golden invitation.

• Lin Jiufeng studied ancient texts for months, comprehended the Great Daos of Martial Arts and Time, and gained new techniques through Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
• Lin Jiufeng cultivated the incomplete Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique, opened all his visible acupoints, and broke through to the Martial God Fourth Heaven Realm.
• The Library Director advised Lin Jiufeng to build a deep foundation before pursuing the True Immortal Realm, and Lin Jiufeng promised to cultivate steadily.
• Lin Jiufeng visited Old Li and brought supplies to Black and White Village, where Old Li told him about the powerful Yunshan Academy.
• Lin Jiufeng returned to Longshan Academy and found the Library Director waiting with a golden invitation card.

Lin Jiufeng learned why the Library Director recommended him to Yunshan Academy, prepared supplies for Black and White Village, and discovered a mysterious coffin hovering above it. After consolidating his cultivation, he set out for Yunshan Academy’s assessment, carrying the Library Director’s map and advice.

• The Library Director explained that Master Lingxu had brought him to Longshan Academy to find talented students, and that Lin Jiufeng was his eight hundred and first recommendation because of his perseverance and cultivation of the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique.
• Lin Jiufeng exchanged his savings for supplies for Black and White Village, then traveled there at night and saw a black-and-white mist and a sinister coffin hovering above the village.
• Old Li told Lin Jiufeng that the coffin had appeared nightly for months but had not harmed the villagers, and Lin Jiufeng left the supplies with him before returning to Black Wind City.
• Lin Jiufeng spent ten days stabilizing his Martial God Fourth Heaven Realm, then went to Longshan Academy to say farewell to the Library Director and learned Master Lingxu was in Secluded Cultivation.
• The Library Director gave Lin Jiufeng a terrain map and warned him about the fierce Yunshan Academy assessment, and Lin Jiufeng left for Yunshan Academy determined to pass.

Lin Jiufeng traveled toward Yunshan Academy and encountered a Forbidden Illusion Realm that opened onto an Ancient Battlefield Forbidden Zone. After protecting his body inside the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion, he entered with his Primordial Spirit, defeated a Baleful Qi Beast, and continued deeper into the ruins.

• Lin Jiufeng flew in stages toward Yunshan Academy, using his Time Domain to recover his energy and following the safe route on the Library Director's map.
• Lin Jiufeng discovered that a bustling town appeared only to his Primordial Spirit and learned that it was a Forbidden Illusion Realm.
• Lin Jiufeng stored his physical body in the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion and sent his Primordial Spirit through the town's barrier into the realm.
• Lin Jiufeng explored the Ancient Battlefield Forbidden Zone and defeated a Martial God Ninth Heaven Baleful Qi Beast with his Time Domain and Power of Years.
• Lin Jiufeng absorbed the beast's Baleful Qi Crystal Core, recovered his Primordial Spirit, and pressed deeper into the ruins.

Lin Jiufeng adapted to the Forbidden Zone, entered its strange town, and bought candied hawthorn that strengthened his Primordial Spirit. He reached an ancient Temple with Liu Ruyan, learned that its trials tested comprehension and the soul, and watched a Martial God Seventh Heaven cultivator fail the first trial; the Temple's entry rules remained under discussion.

• Lin Jiufeng attuned his cultivation to the Forbidden Zone's Great Dao, recovered his Primordial Spirit, and hurried toward a town that might vanish at dawn.
• Lin Jiufeng entered the town beneath the Black Moon, bought candied hawthorn from an ignored young vendor, and found that eating it nourished his Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Jiufeng followed the crowd to an ancient Temple, where Liu Ruyan of Longevity Temple proposed that they join forces to face its trials.
• Liu Ruyan explained that the Temple's first trial tested comprehension of Dao Rhyme and its second required defeating a gatekeeper using the Dao learned inside.
• A black-robed Martial God Seventh Heaven cultivator failed to comprehend the first trial and was blasted from the Temple with severe injuries.
• Liu Ruyan explained why she trusted Lin Jiufeng's adaptability, soul, and composure, then described the Temple's cultivation requirement and limit of two attempts per day.

Lin Jiufeng entered the temple, comprehended a complete wisp of Dao Rhyme, and passed the first trial. Liu Ruyan joined him in the second courtyard, where they faced the stone-statue guardian together.

• Lin Jiufeng agreed to ally with Liu Ruyan and challenge the temple, while the surrounding cultivators doubted he could succeed.
• Lin Jiufeng entered the first courtyard and used the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique to study the murals and totems.
• Lin Jiufeng comprehended a complete wisp of Dao Rhyme and successfully passed the first trial.
• Liu Ruyan entered the temple, passed through the first courtyard using her prior comprehension, and reached the second courtyard.
• Lin Jiufeng stood before the stone-statue guardian as Liu Ruyan arrived to join him.

Lin Jiufeng defeated the Stone Statue and Fake Liu Ruyan in the Second Courtyard, then learned the statue’s history and the Temple’s rules from its memories. He began perfecting the Dao Art he had comprehended in the First Courtyard to try to open the Third Courtyard, while cultivators gathered outside to learn what had happened.

• Liu Ruyan revealed her alliance with the Stone Statue and ambushed Lin Jiufeng, but he shattered her attack and learned she had borrowed a Longevity Temple disciple’s name to lure him.
• The Stone Statue tried to seize Lin Jiufeng’s body, but Lin Jiufeng countered its attacks and overwhelmed it with the Human Immortal Fist.
• Fake Liu Ruyan attacked Lin Jiufeng, then tried to flee; the Stone Statue dragged her back and began possessing her body.
• Lin Jiufeng unleashed the Pangu Great Strength Divine Ability and destroyed Fake Liu Ruyan’s body and the Stone Statue, then erased the Yaksha Primordial Spirit with Sword Qi.
• Lin Jiufeng used Heaven-Defying Comprehension to learn the Stone Statue’s history and discovered that perfecting the First Courtyard’s Dao Art was the key to opening the Third Courtyard.
• Lin Jiufeng began comprehending the chaotic Dao Rhyme in the Second Courtyard, while cultivators gathered outside its gate to find out who had won.

After comprehending the Dao Rhyme in the Second Courtyard, Lin Jiufeng broke through to the Martial God Fifth Heaven but could not open the Third Courtyard. He returned to the First Courtyard, rescued Wang Xiaopang from the God-Demon Relief, and agreed they should leave the Forbidden Zone before dawn.

• Lin Jiufeng absorbed the Second Courtyard's Dao Rhyme, perfected his Dao Art, and advanced to the Martial God Fifth Heaven with two billion strands of God-Demon Power.
• Lin Jiufeng tried and failed to touch the threshold of the Third Courtyard, then left the Second Courtyard.
• Lin Jiufeng found Wang Xiaopang being corrupted by the God-Demon Relief and used Dao Rhyme to guide his Primordial Spirit out of a nightmare.
• Wang Xiaopang introduced himself as a disciple of Longevity Temple traveling to Yunshan Academy and thanked Lin Jiufeng for saving him.
• Lin Jiufeng told Wang Xiaopang that he had passed the Second Courtyard, and Wang Xiaopang reacted with admiration.
• As dawn approached, Wang Xiaopang urged them to leave the dangerous Forbidden Zone, and Lin Jiufeng agreed.

Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang escaped the Forbidden Zone as its phantom town vanished at dawn, then traveled together toward Yunshan Academy. After ten days on the road, they reached Cloud Mountain with the assessment ten days away.

• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang watched sunlight erase the phantom town, and Wang Xiaopang explained that the Forbidden Zone appeared unpredictably and moved from place to place.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang rested, recovered their strength, and agreed to travel together to Yunshan Academy.
• Wang Xiaopang introduced Lin Jiufeng to the Immortal Realm and explained Yunshan Academy's competitive assessment, while Lin Jiufeng concealed his origins by claiming he came from a village in the Black and White Mountain Range.
• Lin Jiufeng guided Wang Xiaopang's cultivation during their journey, helping him advance to the peak of the Martial God Third Heaven Realm.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang arrived at Cloud Mountain on the evening of the tenth day and saw the cultivators gathered for Yunshan Academy's assessment, which would begin in ten days.

Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang arrived in Yunshan City to prepare for Yunshan Academy’s recruitment, where applicants would be tested inside the mysterious Mountain and River Dragon Nest. As the recruitment day arrived, Lin Jiufeng resolved to combine the Immortal Path, Divine Path, and God-Demon Body Refining path and prove the supposedly obsolete method’s worth.

• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang reached Yunshan City, admired Yunshan Academy, and settled into adjacent rooms at Yunxi Inn.
• Wang Xiaopang investigated the recruitment and learned that Teacher Luofu would select students based on treasures they obtained in the Mountain and River Dragon Nest.
• Lin Jiufeng stabilized his Martial God Fifth Heaven realm and absorbed the Dao Rhyme he had comprehended near the Forbidden Zone.
• Wang Xiaopang explained that the Divine Court Path was a major cultivation route and that the God-Demon Body Refining path was widely dismissed as an outdated method.
• Lin Jiufeng decided to study the Divine Path, combine it with the Immortal Path and God-Demon Body Refining path, and carry the old method forward.
• Wang Xiaopang continued gathering information while Lin Jiufeng cultivated, and ten days passed until Yunshan Academy’s recruitment began.

Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang joined the Yunshan Academy recruitment, where Luofu announced that entrants would explore the Mountain and River Dragon Nest as Primordial Spirits under a no-rules trial. They entered the portal together, and Lin Jiufeng arrived in the secret realm as the chapter ended.

• Lin Jiufeng emerged from ten days of secluded cultivation with his Martial God Fifth Heaven cultivation stabilized, and Wang Xiaopang hurried him toward Yunshan Academy's recruitment.
• On their way to the academy, Wang Xiaopang identified several prominent contenders, including Young Sect Master Bai, Yan Lie'er, the Lin Brothers, and Shadow Seven.
• Luofu announced that the Mountain and River Dragon Nest trial allowed no rules, would last half a month, and required cultivators to enter as Primordial Spirits while the academy protected their bodies.
• Luofu opened a Void Portal, and the gathered cultivators began sending their Primordial Spirits into the secret realm.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang left their bodies and entered the portal together; after space and time distorted around them, Lin Jiufeng crossed into the Mountain and River Dragon Nest.

Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang entered the Mountain and River Dragon Nest and found a rainforest where colorful rain condensed from exceptionally pure Immortal Qi. After realizing the rain might carry seeds of a Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree, they tried to escape but kept returning to the heart of the rainforest, where an unknown presence appeared to be keeping them for nourishment.

• Lin Jiufeng surveyed the sealed realm, found Wang Xiaopang, and led him through the forest toward denser Immortal Qi.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang cultivated in a rainforest where Immortal Qi fell as radiant rain, and both absorbed some of it.
• Lin Jiufeng noticed the rainforest had no spirits or animals and stopped them from absorbing more of the rain.
• Wang Xiaopang recalled the tale of a Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree whose Immortal Qi Cage planted hidden seeds in cultivators to consume them.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang tried to leave the rainforest but repeatedly returned to the rain-soaked area, where Lin Jiufeng suspected an unseen presence was trapping them.

Lin Jiufeng used his five Visions to cleanse the Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree seeds from himself and Wang Xiaopang, then led him deeper into the rainforest to escape the Immortal Qi Cage. In the wetlands, Lin Jiufeng rescued Yan Lie'er from the seeds, and the three continued into the mist as an immense presence watched them.

• Lin Jiufeng discovered Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree seeds hidden in his Primordial Spirit and used his five Visions to destroy them, then cleansed Wang Xiaopang as well.
• Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang sealed their senses against the radiant rain and ventured deeper into the rainforest after finding their paths out led them back to where they started.
• In a wetland, Lin Jiufeng saw several students consumed by the seeds and watched one cultivator disperse his Primordial Spirit to escape being devoured.
• Lin Jiufeng found Yan Lie'er overwhelmed by the seeds and secretly used his five Visions to cleanse her Primordial Spirit, then had Wang Xiaopang carry her.
• Lin Jiufeng, Wang Xiaopang, and the unconscious Yan Lie'er disappeared into the mist while an enormous shadow turned to watch them.

Lin Jiufeng escaped the Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree’s domain with Wang Xiaopang and the unconscious Yan Lie'er, then used a Fire Spring to cultivate the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique in his Primordial Spirit. After Yan Lie'er awoke and thanked her rescuers, she offered to guide them to a spiritual land near the Mountain and River Dragon Nest’s core, and Lin Jiufeng agreed.

• Lin Jiufeng led Wang Xiaopang and the unconscious Yan Lie'er out of the Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree’s domain and confirmed its power could not reach them there.
• Lin Jiufeng found a Fire Spring Waterfall and began absorbing its Immortal Qi while Wang Xiaopang rested and Yan Lie'er recovered.
• Lin Jiufeng opened more than a hundred acupoints in his Primordial Spirit, successfully cultivating the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique and increasing his Primordial Spirit’s strength tenfold.
• Yan Lie'er woke, inspected her restored Primordial Spirit, and thanked Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang for saving her.
• Yan Lie'er offered to share information about a spiritual land near the core region and invited Lin Jiufeng and Wang Xiaopang to accompany her.
• Lin Jiufeng accepted Yan Lie'er's offer and agreed to travel with her.

Lin Jiufeng, Yan Lie'er, and Wang Xiaopang followed Yan Lie'er's rune to a buried cultivation ground filled with Supreme Yang Heavenly Light. Two arrogant prodigies tried to drive them out, but Tie Rushan arrived and challenged their claim, leaving the cavern on the verge of a fight.

• Yan Lie'er reasoned that Yunshan Academy's teachers had allowed dangers such as the Phantom Spirit Ancient Tree to test students, and Lin Jiufeng accepted that the academy had likely seen his hidden abilities.
• At Yunshan Academy, Teacher Luofu defended the deadly assessment and praised Lin Jiufeng's five Great Dao Visions, while instructors identified Tie Rushan, Mo Lan, Yue Ji, and Gu Jianxin as other leading prodigies.
• Lin Jiufeng, Yan Lie'er, and Wang Xiaopang reached the lightning-scarred sinkhole and descended into an ancient cultivation ground where Supreme Yang Heavenly Light surged from a central pillar.
• A Jade-skinned Youth claimed the cavern for himself, insulted Yan Lie'er and Lin Jiufeng, and demanded that they leave; a Five-Colored Radiance Man arrived and claimed half the Heavenly Light.
• Tie Rushan entered the cavern, rejected the two newcomers' claim and their demand to expel Lin Jiufeng's group, and stood against them as the confrontation escalated.

Lin Jiufeng defeated Yu Chaoyang and Zhou Wuxing, then accepted Tie Rushan’s challenge and beat him with the Human Immortal Fist. After exchanging fist intent for the Great Martial Dao Technique, they headed to cultivate, while the instructors at Yunshan Academy celebrated their wagers on Lin Jiufeng.

• Lin Jiufeng shattered Yu Chaoyang’s Jade Pure Glazed Shield and defeated Zhou Wuxing’s Five Elements techniques with his fists and kicks.
• Yu Chaoyang and Zhou Wuxing unleashed their strongest attacks, but Lin Jiufeng defeated them both with one strike and ordered them to disperse their Primordial Spirits.
• Yu Chaoyang and Zhou Wuxing dispersed their Primordial Spirits, and Tie Rushan challenged Lin Jiufeng to a match in exchange for the Great Martial Dao Technique.
• Lin Jiufeng defeated Tie Rushan with the third form of the Human Immortal Fist, and the two exchanged the Great Martial Dao Technique and Lin Jiufeng’s fist intent.
• Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan walked toward the Heavenly Light Pillar to cultivate, while Yunshan Academy’s instructors celebrated Lin Jiufeng’s victory and collected their wagers.

Lin Jiufeng and his companions cultivated in the Heavenly Pit Grotto for fifteen days, strengthening their Primordial Spirits before the assessment expelled them from the Mountain and River Dragon Nest. At Yunshan Academy, Luofu announced the results, and Lin Jiufeng discovered he had ranked first for reasons he could not explain.

• Lin Jiufeng absorbed Supreme Yang Heavenly Light and began combining the Great Martial Dao Technique with the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique, while Wang Xiaopang slept, Tie Rushan tempered himself through the earth veins, and Yan Lie'er healed her injuries.
• After three bell chimes signaled the end of the assessment, the four companions were pulled from the grotto and returned to their physical bodies in the plaza.
• Lin Jiufeng suppressed a powerful surge of energy that threatened to break through his Martial God Fifth Heaven realm, while Yan Lie'er regained her strength and Tie Rushan reawakened.
• Luofu announced that thirty-eight thousand students had returned and dismissed Yu Chaoyang, Zhou Wuxing, and the other eliminated students after Yu Chaoyang challenged the assessment's fairness.
• Luofu revealed the new students' names on Yunshan Academy's Disciple Stele, where Lin Jiufeng ranked first and Tie Rushan ranked second.
• Lin Jiufeng wondered why he had ranked first and suspected Luofu knew the reason after their eyes met.

Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan learned why Yunshan Academy had promoted Old Path cultivators, then settled into Yunxi Cottage, where Lin Jiufeng broke through to Martial God Sixth Heaven. As the two planned to study under Teacher Luofu, he arrived at their courtyard with something to discuss.

• Yan Lie'er explained that ancient God-Demon cultivation methods discovered in Devil Plains could improve the Old Path, and said Yunshan Academy had likely ranked Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan highly to build momentum for it.
• Lin Jiufeng, Tie Rushan, and Wang Xiaopang chose to share Yunxi Cottage, and Lin Jiufeng entered secluded cultivation for three days.
• Lin Jiufeng used the Great Dao of Time to extend his cultivation and broke through to Martial God Sixth Heaven, while Tie Rushan failed to break through to True Immortal.
• Lin Jiufeng shared his insights on the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique with Tie Rushan, and they both chose Teacher Luofu as their preferred instructor.
• Teacher Luofu arrived at Yunxi Cottage and told Tie Rushan and Lin Jiufeng that he wanted to discuss something with them.

Teacher Luofu explained the Old Path’s ancient prominence, its decline after the Ancient Heavenly Court’s destruction, and Yunshan Academy’s century-spanning efforts to restore it. Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan were selected to join an Enlightenment test at the Old Path Research Institute, where their arrival ended in a confrontation with two Immortal Path True Immortals.

• Tie Rushan defended his choice of the Old Path, while Lin Jiufeng argued that its limits came from an incomplete cultivation system.
• Luofu recounted the destruction of the Ancient Heavenly Court and explained how the Immortal Path and Divine Path rose as the Old Path faded.
• Luofu revealed that Yunshan Academy had sustained the Old Path Research Institute for a hundred thousand years and had obtained nine ancient God-Demon cultivation methods for study.
• Luofu agreed to recommend Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan for the institute’s Enlightenment test, and Lin Jiufeng spent three days tempering his Martial God Sixth Heaven cultivation.
• Luofu brought Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan to the Old Path Research Institute, where they encountered prominent Old Path students and heard the institute’s founding motto.
• A moon-white-robed instructor mocked Luofu for bringing freshmen, and Tie Rushan and Lin Jiufeng retorted before two Immortal Path True Immortals unleashed their auras.

Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan accepted a student duel against Teacher Zhang’s two True Immortal disciples, who had mocked the Old Path. They defeated them decisively, and Elder Du welcomed them to the Old Path Research Institute ahead of the Enlightenment test.

• Teacher Zhang challenged Luofu’s Martial God students to duel his two True Immortal disciples, and Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan agreed.
• Tie Rushan took the sword cultivator’s strikes on his body, then broke through the student’s defenses with his Thousand-Fold Fist and forced him to yield.
• Lin Jiufeng used only his right palm to break the other True Immortal’s attacks and defeat him with three strikes.
• The crowd witnessed both Immortal Path students lose, leaving Teacher Zhang unable to defend his earlier challenge.
• Elder Du introduced himself to Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan, praised their victories, and looked forward to their performance in the Enlightenment test.