Chapter Summaries

The Snow Empress endured her godhood tribulation on Penglai Immortal Island, while Zhang Qingxuan deflected a tampered final lightning bolt back at the Asura Temple. She became a god and later learned that someone had tried to sabotage her ascension.

• The Snow Empress used the Taiji Diagram to withstand forty-eight bolts of heavenly lightning as Zhang Qingxuan and the others watched.
• The Dragon God's rules intensified the forty-eighth bolt, and Gu Yuena felt ashamed as the others looked at her.
• The final bolt turned blood-gold and threatened the Snow Empress, but the Taiji Diagram's yin-yang vortex flung it away and struck the roof of the Asura Temple.
• Golden light transformed the Snow Empress's body, soul, Soul Power, and soul core, allowing her to become a god.
• The Snow Empress embraced Zhang Qingxuan and celebrated her ascension, then learned that he had returned the tampered lightning bolt to its attacker.

The Snow Empress told Zhang Qingxuan that the Ice Empress’s prickly behavior came from her feelings for him, and he confronted the Ice Empress hiding in a wardrobe. The three spent the night together, and by the next day the Snow Empress was teasing her younger sister about needing to grow stronger.

• The Snow Empress explained that the Ice Empress had become argumentative and childish after meeting Zhang Qingxuan, and suggested she liked him.
• Zhang Qingxuan revealed he knew the Ice Empress was hiding in the wardrobe and asked whether she liked him.
• The Ice Empress admitted she had listened to Zhang Qingxuan and the Snow Empress from inside the wardrobe, then Zhang Qingxuan carried her to the bed.
• The next day, Zhang Qingxuan left the Ice Empress and Snow Empress resting while the Snow Empress got up to prepare food.
• The Snow Empress teased the Ice Empress about cultivating harder, and the Ice Empress complained that even her sister was bullying her.

Lu Xueqi went into seclusion and arranged for Xiao Bai, then Bi Ji and the Snow Empress, to look after Zhang Ningxue. Gu Qiu'er returned to Penglai Immortal Island and startled Ningxue into crying, while Zhang Qingyang prepared to leave Sea God Island to retrieve the Sea God's Heart.

• Lu Xueqi entrusted Zhang Ningxue to Xiao Bai before entering seclusion to cultivate, and Xiao Bai later decided that Bi Ji and the Snow Empress would care for the child.
• Zhang Qingxuan envied Bi Ji and the Snow Empress for looking after Ningxue while Gu Yuena and Zi JI wondered why they had not been chosen.
• Gu Qiu'er burst into the courtyard, frightened Ningxue into tears, and faced Zhang Qingxuan's angry approach after Gu Yuena refused to help her.
• Zhang Qingyang told Bo Saixi that his Seventh Trial required him to retrieve the Sea God's Heart, complete the Sea God's Trident, earn its recognition, and pull it out.
• Bo Saixi told Zhang Qingyang to return with Xu Lanxing and the others, who had just finished their trials.

Gu Qiu'er completed Zhang Qingxuan’s task of gathering the Soul Beasts’ fortune and received the Golden Dragon Spear as his direct disciple. After the system rewarded Zhang Qingxuan with a three-month Outcast World Travel Card, he began his Third Lecture on the Way of Heaven and Man.

• Zhang Qingxuan calmed Gu Qiu'er after electrocuting her and named her his direct disciple for collecting the fortune of the Sun Moon Forest and the Extreme South Land.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Gu Qiu'er a sealed Golden Dragon Spear, and she tested it by channeling her Fifth Soul Skill through the weapon.
• Gu Qiu'er explained that she had obtained the Extreme South's fortune by passing the Azure Flame Sky Phoenix's trial, not by defeating her.
• The system awarded Zhang Qingxuan an Outcast World Travel Card valid for three months after recognizing Gu Qiu'er as a qualified direct disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan began his Third Lecture on the Way of Heaven and Man, demonstrating how the Power of Heaven and Earth could suppress opponents before the audience contemplated his teaching.

After the three sermons, Qian Daoliu, Li Qingfeng, and Chen Xin gained new insights, and Zhang Qingxuan gave Qian Daoliu a Soul Core Cultivation Method before announcing his planned ascension to the Divine Realm in two years. Zhang Qingxuan later made two limited incarnations while cultivating One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, then prepared to return to his master's world for three months with four women and Zhang Ningxue.

• Qian Daoliu awakened first, followed by Li Qingfeng and Chen Xin, who each learned to use the power of heaven and earth in ways suited to their paths.
• Zhang Qingxuan declared the three sermons complete and said he would ascend to the Divine Realm in two years; the attendees returned to their boats, and Qian Daoliu discovered a Soul Core Cultivation Method scroll in his hand.
• Zhang Qingxuan spent a year cultivating One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and formed two incarnations, but learned they were only as strong as someone who had just reached level one hundred.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that he could return to his master's world for three months and invited the women to accompany him.
• The group chose Lu Xueqi, Li Yingxue, Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena to join Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Ningxue, then set out to select gifts for his master.

After returning from Penglai Immortal Island, the group prepared gifts for their journey to another world, but several proposed offerings were too powerful for its people to handle. Li Yingxue and Xiao Bai raided Li Yuntian’s secret stash before Yang Wanqing took charge of preparing suitable gifts and confronted her husband about his hidden treasures.

• The Snow Empress stopped the Ice Empress from giving ten-thousand-year mystic ice marrow and took her to find a more suitable gift.
• Gu Yuena accepted Bi Ji’s suggestion to bring Water of Life and Life Gems, with their energy adjusted using the Creation Godhead.
• Li Yingxue and Xiao Bai selected Azure Spirit Tea and Hundred Herbs Immortal Wine from Li Yuntian’s secret hideout.
• Yang Wanqing explained that the potent gifts could overwhelm people in the Age of Dharma Decline and offered to prepare suitable ones herself.
• Yang Wanqing warned Li Yingxue to behave when meeting Qingxuan’s master, then confronted Li Yuntian about his concealed stash.

Li Yingxue reunited with her parents and revealed that she had reached level ninety-six, while Zhang Qingxuan prepared to travel with his companions to the One Person World. The group arrived at the Twenty-Four Seasons Through-Heaven Valley, where the women began studying its Dao resonance as Zhang Qingxuan planned to visit his venerable master.

• Yang Wanqing took most of Li Yuntian’s treasured possessions but relented and left him twenty percent.
• Li Yingxue told her parents about her years away and revealed that she was a level ninety-six Super Douluo, astonishing Li Yuntian and Yang Wanqing.
• Zhang Qingxuan brought Gu Shuang'er and Gu Fei'er to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and decided to prepare mild pills and aromatic silk beauty sachets for the journey.
• Xiyue gave Zhang Qingxuan the Sun Moon Spirit Disc, and Zhang Qingxuan used the One Person World Travel Card to take Zhang Ningxue, Lu Xueqi, Li Yingxue, Snow Empress, and Gu Yuena with him.
• Zhang Qingxuan and the others arrived in the Twenty-Four Seasons Through-Heaven Valley, where the women began contemplating its Dao resonance while he planned to see his venerable master.

Zhang Qingxuan learned that Quanzhen had attacked the Three-One Sect and went to save its survivors after hearing that Zuo Ruotong had died. His incarnation returned with the gravely wounded Chengzhen, while Sichong had already been killed beyond recovery.

• Zhang Qingxuan and the four women stopped at a tavern, where Li Yingxue used her Super Douluo pressure to frighten away men staring at them.
• Tavern patrons discussed Wugensheng's fight with Zuo Ruotong, and a scar-faced Quanzhen man claimed Zuo Ruotong was dead and Sichong and Chengzhen were near death.
• Zhang Qingxuan searched the scar-faced man's soul, learned what had happened, and sent a white-robed incarnation north to bring back the Three-One Sect survivors.
• The incarnation returned with Chengzhen and reported that Sichong's soul had been destroyed, while Zhang Qingxuan healed Chengzhen's injuries with Inversion True Qi.
• Chengzhen awoke in the tavern and asked where she was.

Chengzhen learned that Zuo Ruotong was dead and that Zhang Qingxuan had saved her using a cultivation method beyond Threefold Reverse Life. After realizing the Three-One Sect was heading toward war with Quanzhen, she agreed to go with Zhang Qingxuan to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where he later kept his return secret from his master.

• Chengzhen awoke and insisted that Zuo Ruotong had saved her, but Zhang Qingxuan told her that her master was dead and demonstrated his own power.
• Zhang Qingxuan introduced himself as a Dragon Tiger Mountain disciple and explained that he had created the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding from Threefold Reverse Life and other Daoist scriptures.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Chengzhen that the Three-One Sect would likely fight Quanzhen after hearing of her and Sichong's attack, and she feared the sect would be destroyed.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Chengzhen they should go to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where the Three-One Sect disciples might gather.
• Several days later, Li Yingxue asked Zhang Qingxuan why he had not told his master he had returned, while Zhang Ningxue slept across his lap and the others listened.

Zhang Jingqing reached the rear mountain with Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi, where Wugensheng arrived after Golden Light Master brought him there. Zhang Qingxuan killed Golden Light Master, and Zhang Zhiwei began to offer an idea as Zhang Jingqing confronted Wugensheng.

• Zhang Qingxuan joked that his senior brother would take the blame for any trouble, while Zhang Jingqing suspected Zhang Zhiwei had been talking about him and struck him twice.
• Zhang Jingqing, Zhang Zhiwei, and Zhang Huaiyi reached the rear mountain and waited for Wugensheng and Golden Light Master to arrive.
• Golden Light Master tried to flee but was trapped in a maze-like space, and Zhang Qingxuan killed him, burned his body, and studied his Golden Escape Flowing Light technique.
• Zhang Jingqing scolded Zhang Huaiyi for losing to Wugensheng, then challenged Wugensheng about arranging their meeting on the rear mountain.
• As Zhang Jingqing and Wugensheng traded barbs, Zhang Zhiwei said he had a half-formed idea.

Zhang Zhiwei attacked Wugensheng on Dragon Tiger Mountain, nearly killing him with a slap before Zhang Jingqing stopped the fight. The Three-One Sect and other sects arrived, and Wugensheng faced questions about Sect Leader Zuo’s death while Zhang Zhiwei watched him threateningly.

• Zhang Zhiwei proposed killing Wugensheng, and Zhang Jingqing hesitated as Wugensheng realized he might be in danger.
• Zhang Zhiwei struck Wugensheng with a powerful slap that knocked him to the ground and broke several teeth.
• Wugensheng erupted with True Qi and escaped from beneath Zhang Zhiwei’s palm, while Zhang Zhiwei prepared to attack again.
• Zhang Jingqing ordered Zhang Zhiwei to stop, and Wugensheng felt relieved that the fight had been interrupted.
• Lu Jin led Three-One Sect disciples up the rear mountain as leaders and experts from other sects gathered, including Quanzhen’s fiends.
• A disciple asked Wugensheng what had happened at the Three-One Sect and why Sect Leader Zuo had died, but Wugensheng feared Zhang Zhiwei would attack if he answered.

Chengzhen returned alive and stopped the Three-One Sect from attacking Wugensheng, then declared that she would end the feud and pursue Reverse Life. She left the gathering with the resolve to forge a new path even if she failed.

• Chengzhen appeared and stopped the Three-One Sect disciples from attacking Wugensheng.
• Chengzhen told Lu Jin that an accomplished Dragon Tiger Mountain disciple had saved her, and Zhang Jingqing noticed Zhang Zhiwei glance toward Zhang Qingxuan.
• Chengzhen told Wugensheng she would wipe clean the score between the Three-One Sect and Quanzhen, regardless of who won or lost.
• Chengzhen declared that she would lead the Three-One Sect forward and forge the path of Reverse Life, different from Zuo Ruotong's.
• Chengzhen said that if she failed, others would follow.

Chengzhen challenged Wugensheng to sever the karmic ties between him and the Three-One Sect, then fought him while refining her Reverse Life technique. After Wugensheng dismantled her body, she rebuilt herself and emerged with a power beyond Zuo Ruotong’s former third fold, leaving Wugensheng shocked by the change.

• Chengzhen insisted on fighting Wugensheng despite Lu Jin’s protests, declaring that she had to sever his karmic ties with the Three-One Sect.
• Chengzhen surprised Wugensheng with her speed and strength, and the two began a fierce battle as Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Zhang Huaiyi, Zhang Zhiwei, and Zhang Jingqing watched.
• Wugensheng used the Divine Spirit to break down Chengzhen’s Qi, but she repeatedly reconstructed herself with greater density and strength.
• Wugensheng struck Chengzhen with a devastating palm, reducing her body to white Qi and leaving her Daoist robe behind.
• Chengzhen’s Qi devoured the surrounding energy of heaven and earth and formed her anew, appearing in a white Daoist robe with snow-white hair and an Innate Dao Resonance.
• The Three-One Sect disciples celebrated Chengzhen’s success, while Wugensheng realized her power exceeded Zuo Ruotong’s third fold and was not the original Threefold Reverse Life.

Chengzhen revealed the truth about Zuo Ruotong and accepted leadership of the Three-One Sect, while the sect and Quanzhen settled their grievances. After the other sects departed, Zhang Jingqing learned that Qingxuan had returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and set out to find him.

• Chengzhen told the Three-One Sect disciples about Zuo Ruotong's final moments and his regret over the Third Realm.
• Lu Jin and the other disciples asked Chengzhen to become Sect Leader, and she accepted.
• Chengzhen told Wugensheng that their karmic ties were settled, and he led the Quanzhen members away.
• Zhang Jingqing confronted Zhang Zhiwei, who revealed that Qingxuan had returned and was at the Dragon-Tiger Hall.
• Zhang Jingqing kicked Zhang Zhiwei and said he would deal with him later, while Zhang Zhiwei worried about Qingxuan's fate.

Zhang Qingxuan reunited with his master, Zhang Jingqing, at Dragon Tiger Mountain and introduced him to his daughter, Zhang Ningxue. The reunion ended with four women arriving and identifying themselves as Zhang Qingxuan’s wives, leaving Zhang Jingqing stunned.

• Zhang Qingxuan paid his respects in the main hall, and Zhang Jingqing rushed in to reunite with his long-lost disciple.
• Zhang Jingqing embraced Zhang Qingxuan and asked whether he had suffered during his years away, and Zhang Qingxuan assured him he had been well.
• Zhang Ningxue crawled out from beneath the offering table, and Zhang Jingqing realized she was his great-granddaughter and doted on her.
• Zhang Jingqing asked where Ningxue’s mother was, and Zhang Qingxuan began to explain.
• Lu Xueqi, Li Yingxue, Xue Qinghan, and Gu Yuena entered the hall and introduced themselves as Zhang Qingxuan’s wives, leaving Zhang Jingqing speechless.

Zhang Qingxuan returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, reunited with Zhang Jingqing and the disciples, and transformed the rear mountain to enrich its spiritual energy. The next morning, everyone’s cultivation had soared, while Zhang Zhiwei refused to get out of bed despite Tian Jinzong’s urgent report.

• Zhang Qingxuan explained his history to Zhang Jingqing, who welcomed Lu Xueqi and the other women as family and learned she was little Ningxue’s mother.
• Zhang Qingxuan’s return drew the Celestial Master Mansion disciples together, and he gave them gold to buy food for a celebratory banquet.
• Zhang Jingqing agreed to a lavish feast after little Ningxue asked for meat, and Zhang Qingxuan later carried the drunken Zhang Jingqing, Zhang Zhiwei, and Zhang Huaiyi back to their rooms.
• Zhang Qingxuan shielded the mansion from outside attention and used magic to increase the rear mountain’s spiritual energy.
• The disciples and elders discovered that their cultivation had greatly improved and their hidden injuries had healed.
• Tian Jinzong told Zhang Zhiwei that everyone’s cultivation had soared, but Zhang Zhiwei refused to get up, leaving Tian Jinzong facing Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Huaiyi.

Zhang Jingqing learned that Qingxuan’s meal had boosted the disciples’ cultivation and that Qingxuan was likely responsible for Dragon Tiger Mountain’s changes. At the Three-One Sect’s guest quarters, Chengzhen explained her new path beyond the Third Realm and ended by crediting Zhang Qingxuan as the truly amazing one.

• Zhang Jingqing burst into Zhang Zhiwei’s room, scolded him, and confirmed that Qingxuan’s meals had caused their cultivation to improve.
• Zhang Jingqing demanded two jars of Zhang Zhiwei’s wine, then heard that Qingxuan was probably behind the changes on the rear mountain.
• Zhang Huaiyi raised concern that the Three-One Sect might spread news of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s changes, but Zhang Jingqing trusted them not to cause trouble.
• Chengzhen told Lu Jin and the other Three-One Sect disciples that she had kept them on the mountain so they could gain the benefits of the changes, and ordered them to keep quiet about them.
• Chengzhen explained that she was forging a new path rooted in Innate Qi beyond the Third Realm, and said that Zhang Qingxuan was the truly amazing one.

Chengzhen explained how her Third Realm breakthrough changed her life and why Zhang Qingxuan’s innate path could not be replicated in the Age of Dharma Decline. Later, Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Huaiyi, and Tian Jinzong that he had met projections of Taishang Laojun and Tongtian Jiaozhu.

• Chengzhen revealed that Zhang Qingxuan had become an innate lifeform by creating a cultivation method from Threefold Reverse Life and Daoist writings.
• Chengzhen explained that scarce, low-grade Spiritual Qi prevented others from following Zhang Qingxuan’s path, then described her own Third Realm’s benefits, including resistance to Wugensheng’s Divine Spirit.
• Chengzhen said she planned to visit the Quanzhen Sect to study methods for cultivating the primordial spirit and soul, inspiring renewed hope in Lu Jin, Shuiyun, and Changqing.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Huaiyi, and Tian Jinzong that he had met projections of Taishang Laojun and Tongtian Jiaozhu.
• Zhang Qingxuan described Taishang Laojun’s natural, nonacting presence and Tongtian Jiaozhu’s commanding gaze, leaving his senior brothers enthralled.

As Dragon Tiger Mountain’s sudden rise drew scrutiny, Zhang Qingxuan decided to hold a restricted public discourse on the Dao to strengthen the Daoist School against the troubled times. He revealed the Qingping Sword to Zhang Jingqing, who recognized the supreme treasure and accepted it with awe.

• Dragon Tiger Mountain’s transformation became known, and three patrolling disciples defeated a Quanzhen expert who tried to infiltrate the mountain.
• After kidnappers killed a Three-One Sect disciple seeking to protect Dragon Tiger Mountain’s secrets, Wu Chengzhen led the sect’s elites to destroy the culprits and their sect.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Jingqing he would leave the world in a year and proposed a public discourse to strengthen the Daoist School, while limiting attendance to people with affinity and virtue.
• Zhang Qingxuan summoned a sword whose aura overwhelmed the courtyard, then quieted it before identifying it as the Qingping Sword.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained how the sword had evolved and received the Supreme Clarity Patriarch’s acknowledgment, and Zhang Jingqing carefully accepted it.

Zhang Jingqing set out with Zhang Zhiwei to invite Mount Mao’s disciples to a lecture, carrying the Qingping Sword to emphasize the invitation. After Quanzhen scouts fled in fear of the pair, Zhang Jingqing arrived at Mount Mao and loudly summoned its sect leader, Yun Qingzi, promising him a tremendous opportunity.

• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Jingqing that the Taiqing Sage had given him the Taiji Diagram, leaving his master stunned.
• Zhang Jingqing departed Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Qingping Sword, while Zhang Zhiwei followed him as a self-appointed protector.
• Quanzhen scouts considered kidnapping the pair, but their elder recognized Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Zhiwei and led the scouts to flee.
• At Mount Mao, Zhang Jingqing used Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Big Mouth technique to summon Yun Qingzi, who stormed into the hall and demanded to know why he was shouting.
• Zhang Jingqing told Yun Qingzi he had brought Mount Mao a tremendous opportunity and asked him to bring out his best things.