Chapter Summaries

Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan entered Yunshan Academy’s Old Path Research Institute, where they learned about its new Old Path Ancestor and the violent history of Li Qianshi. Luofu revealed that Lin Jiufeng’s Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique had been created by an Old Path prodigy killed by Li Qianshi, then the group reached the Enlightenment Grounds and Lin Jiufeng began studying the Nine Stone Tablets.

• Du Song led Lin Jiufeng, Tie Rushan, and Luofu through the Old Path Research Institute and explained that the Old Path relied on persistence and hard work.
• Du Song and Luofu revealed that Yunshan Academy had three Ancestors, including a newly risen Old Path Ancestor who had seized nine ancient cultivation methods from the Devil Plains.
• Luofu recounted how Li Qianshi killed a dying Old Path Ancestor and later slew an Old Path prodigy who had created the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique.
• Luofu identified Lin Jiufeng as a cultivator of the Ten Thousand Apertures Enlightenment Technique, and Lin Jiufeng confirmed that he had found and repaired its fragment himself.
• Du Song guided the group into the Enlightenment Grounds, where thousands of cultivators had gathered around the Nine Stone Tablets.
• Lin Jiufeng studied an Acupoint Diagram on the first tablet, causing the acupoints throughout his body to respond as Du Song urged him and Tie Rushan to uphold the Old Path.

Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan joined the Yunshan Academy students studying nine ancient steles, where no Old Path cultivator had yet made progress. Lin Jiufeng comprehended the Sigh of the Ancient God, purifying his body and Primordial Spirit, while the chapter left Luofu watching as Tie Rushan also gained a stele’s acknowledgment.

• Du Song explained that the nine ancient secret arts remained incomplete and that no Old Path cultivator had comprehended them yet.
• Tie Rushan declared that he and Lin Jiufeng would bring hope to the Old Path, then chose a stele to study as Lin Jiufeng sat before the Acupoint Diagram stele.
• Lin Jiufeng activated Heaven-Defying Comprehension, received the stele’s acknowledgment, and began clearing accumulated damage and imperfections from his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Jiufeng comprehended the foundational methods of the Sigh of the Ancient God, which used resonance to temper the body and could also attack enemies.
• Lin Jiufeng’s cultivation methods and five great Visions resonated together, revealing that he had comprehended the ancient method in less than half an hour.
• Tie Rushan also activated a stele Vision, while instructors recognized Lin Jiufeng’s achievement and Luofu remarked that his success gave him a headache.

Lin Jiufeng used Sigh of the Ancient God to temper his body and bring his power into resonance with the Great Dao, though he suppressed an early breakthrough because his accumulation was insufficient. When Lu Feng accused him of faking his comprehension, Lin Jiufeng used the technique to suppress Lu Feng, a second-level True Immortal, and leave him kneeling before the Dao Domain.

• Lin Jiufeng cultivated Sigh of the Ancient God, harmonized his 2.6 billion strands of God-Demon Power, and felt the barrier to Martial God Seventh Heaven crack, but held back from breaking through.
• The Immortal Path and Divine Path disciples watched Lin Jiufeng's achievement, while Lu Feng accused him of practicing the technique in advance and putting on a show.
• An Old Path Research Institute disciple told Lin Jiufeng that Lu Feng resented him for defeating Lu Feng's cousin in a previous fight.
• Lin Jiufeng answered Lu Feng and released Sigh of the Ancient God, using resonance to disrupt Lu Feng's body and Primordial Spirit.
• Lin Jiufeng's field forced Lu Feng to his knees without Lin Jiufeng moving, shocking the gathered students and mentors as Luofu watched with pride.

Lin Jiufeng and the other students completed three days of enlightenment at the Nine Stone Tablets, where several students revealed powerful ancient cultivation methods. The chapter ended with Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan leaving the Dao Domain with their new methods, while the Old Path’s strength and forgotten knowledge drew renewed attention.

• Lin Jiufeng released Lu Feng after suppressing him with the Sigh of the Ancient God, and Lu Feng left with his teacher without seeking further conflict.
• After three days of enlightenment, Yu Qing announced that she had comprehended the Jade Emperor Force, a Forbidden Technique that could multiply strength up to five hundred and twelve times, but declined Du Song’s invitation to join the Old Path Research Institute.
• Tie Rushan revealed that he had comprehended the Nine-Turn Golden Body, which could make the physical body reach the realm of Gods and Devils when mastered.
• Zhao Zhenxuan announced that he had comprehended the God-Demon Strategy, an ancient Primordial Spirit cultivation method, and a Divine Path mentor escorted him away for further instruction.
• Lin Jiufeng said he had comprehended the Sigh of the Ancient God, a method that used resonance to temper the physical body and Primordial Spirit, and kept its deeper killing methods to himself.
• Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan left the Dao Domain with Luofu after Du Song praised their discoveries and agreed to a future cultivation-method exchange.

Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan shared their newly comprehended Ancient Cultivation Methods, and Luofu explained the three routes of the Divine Path as they went to a banquet at the Old Path Research Institute. The four students who deciphered the stone steles received unrestricted access to the Institute’s Phantom Truth World, leaving Lin Jiufeng eager to explore its vast knowledge.

• Luofu praised Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan for comprehending complete cultivation methods, urged them to share their insights, and gave them Jade Slips to record them.
• Lin Jiufeng recorded Sigh of the Ancient God and tempered his Divine Demon Body for fifteen hundred days within his Time Domain before Luofu summoned him and Tie Rushan to a research gathering.
• Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan exchanged Jade Slips containing Sigh of the Ancient God and Nine-Turn Golden Body, and Luofu explained the Divine Path’s Mountain and River Deification, Incense Deification, and Ritual Sacrifice routes.
• At the banquet, Lin Jiufeng reunited with Yan Lie'er, while Yu Qing and Zhao Xuanzhen discussed their stone-stele insights and Tie Rushan socialized with a female Old Path teacher.
• Deputy Director Liu asked Lin Jiufeng, Tie Rushan, Yu Qing, and Zhao Xuanzhen to submit their Jade Slips for research and granted them unrestricted access to the Phantom Truth World, which Lin Jiufeng resolved to explore.

At Yunshan Academy’s banquet, Lin Jiufeng, Tie Rushan, Yu Qing, and Zhao Xuanzhen handed over their newly comprehended cultivation methods and agreed to exchange insights. Their public demonstrations began with Tie Rushan’s Nine-Turn Golden Body, Yu Qing’s Jade Emperor Force, and Zhao Xuanzhen’s God-Demon Strategy, while Lin Jiufeng comprehended the Jade Emperor Force by watching Yu Qing.

• Vice Dean Liu announced that Lin Jiufeng, Tie Rushan, Yu Qing, and Zhao Xuanzhen could freely enter the Phantom Truth World, and said their cultivation methods would be analyzed and shared with Yunshan Academy.
• The four students gave Vice Dean Liu the Jade Slips containing their methods, then gathered at a quiet table and discussed their cultivation and backgrounds.
• Zhao Xuanzhen proposed that he, Lin Jiufeng, and Tie Rushan exchange insights into their cultivation methods, and Yu Qing joined them.
• Teacher Luofu invited the four to demonstrate their methods publicly, and Tie Rushan began by displaying the Nine-Turn Golden Body.
• Yu Qing demonstrated Jade Emperor Force, and Lin Jiufeng activated Heaven-Defying Comprehension to master its principles by watching her.
• Zhao Xuanzhen began demonstrating the God-Demon Strategy, summoning a black-golden Primordial Spirit phantom and showing its powerful techniques.

Lin Jiufeng entered the Phantom Truth World with Tie Rushan, where living books helped him transform all his Great Daos of the Human World into Great Daos of the Immortal Realm. After spending years cultivating within his time barrier, he received an urgent message from Teacher Luofu and prepared to leave.

• Lin Jiufeng cultivated the Nine-Turn Golden Body, God-Demon Strategy, Jade Emperor Force, and Sigh of the Ancient God, then broke through to the Martial God Seventh Heaven and increased his Great Dao of Time to a 1:1000 ratio.
• Elder Du Song led Lin Jiufeng and Tie Rushan into the Phantom Truth World's core, where they discovered a vast Sea of Books inhabited by living, sentient books.
• The Guardian Sprite explained that sincere seekers could meditate and summon books for guidance, while warning them not to use violence or force the books to answer.
• Lin Jiufeng meditated in a grassland, summoned Record of the Great Dao and hundreds of other books, and studied their insights to transform his many Great Daos into Great Daos of the Immortal Realm.
• After integrating his transformed Great Daos with the God-Demon Strategy, Lin Jiufeng strengthened his Immortal Path cultivation and began exploring Divine Path cultivation.
• Teacher Luofu sent Lin Jiufeng an urgent mental transmission ordering him to leave the Phantom Truth World, and Lin Jiufeng thanked the books before preparing to go.