Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji recovered from his injury and developed a powerful new spell formula through his experiments. After demonstrating its destructive force to Big Bamboo Peak, he challenged Song Daren to test it, and their clash began.

• Luo Yunji worked himself into exhaustion, fainted at his desk, and had Zhang Xiaofan rub his temples until he could sleep.
• Luo Yunji practiced strange movements and stopped overtaxing his mind as Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Linger accompanied him to lessons.
• Tian Buyi examined Luo Yunji and declared his injury healed, while Luo Yunji completed his attempt to create a spell formula.
• Luo Yunji used the chant and movements to carve a deep trench through the courtyard, stunning Zhang Xiaofan and drawing the others from Big Bamboo Peak.
• Luo Yunji challenged his senior brothers to test the new art, and Song Daren stepped forward with his magic treasure, Ten Tigers.
• Luo Yunji completed the chant and movements and unleashed the spell at Song Daren, who met it with a full-strength strike from Ten Tigers.

Luo Yunji’s new technique easily knocked Song Daren back, astonishing Big Bamboo Peak, and Luo Yunji promised to simplify it so his fellow disciples could learn. Tian Buyi later discovered the technique was recorded in unreadable symbols, leaving him amazed and confused about what script Luo Yunji had used.

• Luo Yunji’s new technique deflected Song Daren’s sword strike and drove him back, shocking Tian Buyi and the other disciples.
• Tian Linger begged Luo Yunji to teach her the technique, and Luo Yunji said he would try to simplify it for everyone.
• Luo Yunji handed Tian Buyi the technique written on a crumpled sheet that contained pastry crumbs, and Tian Buyi passed it to He Dazhi to examine.
• He Dazhi could not decipher Luo Yunji’s strange writing, and Tian Buyi later asked Luo Yunji to read the technique aloud while He Dazhi recorded it.
• Tian Buyi studied the recorded technique and asked Luo Yunji what script or symbols he had written it in, but Luo Yunji did not understand the question.

Luo Yunji explained that his new cultivation art used the body, spiritual power, and the surrounding world to draw talismans, then demonstrated an evolved version with devastating force. His senior brothers prepared to try the movements themselves.

• Tian Buyi discovered that Luo Yunji’s writing was illegible and scolded him and He Dazhi for it.
• Luo Yunji explained to the disciples that his art used their limbs as a brush, spiritual power as ink, and heaven and earth as paper.
• Luo Yunji demonstrated the evolved art, sending a pale-blue dragon across the courtyard and carving a huge ravine into the ground.
• Luo Yunji said a full-power strike could collapse a small hilltop, while the disciples worried that Master could destroy Big Bamboo Peak with it.
• Luo Yunji told the disciples to learn the movements before adding spiritual power, and He Dazhi eagerly asked whether they could try them.

Luo Yunji taught the Big Bamboo Peak disciples an evolved technique that they soon learned to use, while Zhang Xiaofan could not cultivate it. That night, Luo Yunji discovered Zhang Xiaofan practiced two incomplete techniques, and Zhang Xiaofan feared he would reveal that he had learned another sect’s methods.

• Luo Yunji explained that the evolved technique was weaker with less spiritual energy but had a long charge time, and he defended his plan to create a simplified version.
• He Dazhi and the other senior brothers teased Luo Yunji, then roughed him up until he summoned water arrows and damaged the ground; Tian Buyi left in anger.
• A few days later, all the disciples except Zhang Xiaofan could use the technique, and Tian Buyi and Su Ru watched them celebrate with satisfaction.
• Luo Yunji asked Zhang Xiaofan whether he was unhappy and revealed that he knew Zhang Xiaofan practiced two incomplete techniques.
• Zhang Xiaofan panicked and asked Luo Yunji not to tell Tian Buyi, then explained that learning another sect’s cultivation methods was forbidden.

Luo Yunji discovered that Zhang Xiaofan’s Buddhist cultivation method was incomplete and persuaded him to reveal it, then noticed it might share a root with Azure Clouds’ Taiji Mystic Purity Dao. He went to sleep excited by the possibility of completing the method, while Zhang Xiaofan hoped he would forget the idea by morning.

• Luo Yunji told Zhang Xiaofan that his Buddhist cultivation method was incomplete and warned him that his secret could put him in danger.
• Luo Yunji offered to inspect Zhang Xiaofan’s sea of consciousness, and Zhang Xiaofan eventually recited the Great Brahma Prajna to him.
• Luo Yunji judged the Great Brahma Prajna incomplete and observed that Zhang Xiaofan’s spiritual power seemed connected to Azure Clouds’ Taiji Mystic Purity Dao.
• Luo Yunji guessed that the two methods might come from different chapters of one original cultivation method and grew excited about completing it.
• Luo Yunji went to sleep, and Zhang Xiaofan covered them both while hoping his junior brother would abandon the idea by morning.

Luo Yunji excitedly revealed that he had modified Azure Clouds' cultivation method, then put Zhang Xiaofan to work preparing an elaborate bamboo-cooked meat dish. The cooking was still underway when Luo Yunji carried the stuffed black-jointed bamboo out of the kitchen, leaving Zhang Xiaofan to follow him.

• Luo Yunji told Zhang Xiaofan he had adapted Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation method into a new version of Azure Clouds' Taiji Mystic Purity Dao, and Zhang Xiaofan worried Master would punish him for it.
• Luo Yunji taught Zhang Xiaofan the modified cultivation method, then hugged him like a quilt and fell asleep while Zhang Xiaofan stayed awake in dread.
• Luo Yunji began cultivating the new method and advanced further, while Zhang Xiaofan eventually practiced it under his expectant gaze.
• Luo Yunji directed Zhang Xiaofan through a complicated series of cooking preparations, including blanching meat and combining bamboo shoots, water taro, dew, seasonings, and meat inside black-jointed bamboo.
• Luo Yunji explained how to cook the bamboo by washing it with water and roasting it over changing levels of fire, then picked it up and left the kitchen as Zhang Xiaofan followed.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan spent the day preparing a bamboo-cooked meat dish on the rear mountain, worrying their sect when they failed to return. After they were found and brought before Tian Buyi and Su Ru, Luo Yunji proudly guarded the muddy bundle while Zhang Xiaofan explained what they had done.

• Luo Yunji made Zhang Xiaofan stay beside him while he used spells to prepare and roast their food inside black bamboo.
• Luo Yunji finished cooking, wrapped the bamboo in wet mud, and celebrated his supposedly world-famous meat dish.
• Song Daren and the other senior brothers found Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan, then carried Luo Yunji and his muddy treasure back to the central hall.
• Tian Buyi questioned the two disciples, and Zhang Xiaofan recounted their day while Luo Yunji clung to the muddy bundle.
• Tian Buyi scolded Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan, while Su Ru asked to see the treasure Luo Yunji was holding.

Luo Yunji revealed that the black-jointed bamboo held a fragrant meat delicacy, shared half with the hall, and enjoyed the rest with Zhang Xiaofan. The next morning, Sixth Brother, Fifth Brother, and Third Brother asked Zhang Xiaofan about the recipe book Luo Yunji had used.

• Luo Yunji split open the black-jointed bamboo, revealing a fragrant pink filling, and reluctantly gave half to Tian Buyi and the others.
• Zhang Xiaofan shielded Luo Yunji as the two hurried back to their lodgings with their half of the delicacy.
• Su Ru had Sixth Brother divide the remaining food among everyone in the central hall.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan shared their food, then Zhang Xiaofan prepared hot water so they could bathe before bed.
• The next morning, Sixth Brother asked Zhang Xiaofan how the dish had been made, and Zhang Xiaofan said Luo Yunji followed a recipe book.
• Fifth Brother and Third Brother joined Sixth Brother in asking where Luo Yunji's recipe book was.

After Big Bamboo Peak's disciples became obsessed with Zhang Xiaofan's cooking, He Dazhi struggled to teach Luo Yunji, who kept falling asleep during lessons. Tian Buyi and Su Ru joined the lesson and ordered He Dazhi to continue teaching while they watched.

• Zhang Xiaofan gave Sixth Brother a recipe booklet, and Tian Buyi learned that Xiaofan had used spiritual power to make the dishes.
• The disciples discovered the booklet was called Things I Want to Eat, and He Dazhi was blamed for teaching Zhang Xiaofan to read its strange writing.
• He Dazhi tried to teach Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji, but Luo Yunji slept through the lesson and drooled over his practice paper.
• Tian Buyi followed He Dazhi to the lesson, saw Luo Yunji sleeping, and jabbed him with Scarlet Flame to wake him.
• Su Ru and the other disciples arrived, and Tian Buyi told He Dazhi to continue teaching while he and Su Ru watched.

Tian Buyi suspected that another existence lived in Luo Yunji’s sea of consciousness after glimpsing its emotionless gaze. He entered the sea of consciousness again and found a world built entirely from books, where the mysterious presence addressed him.

• During class, Tian Buyi glimpsed a crystalline figure behind Luo Yunji and was overcome by terror, shaking and sweating until Su Ru and the disciples brought him back to himself.
• Tian Buyi concluded that an additional existence might be inside Luo Yunji’s sea of consciousness and spent the day distracted, keeping his suspicion from Su Ru.
• At midnight, Tian Buyi carried the sleeping Luo Yunji to his cultivation room, telling Su Ru he had to find the answer and asking her to guard them.
• Tian Buyi used the Spirit-Concentrating Pearl to enter Luo Yunji’s sea of consciousness while Su Ru watched over them.
• Tian Buyi found a vast world of books arranged into mountains, trees, stones, and a city, then heard the mysterious presence ask, “Looking for me?”

Tian Buyi learned that Luo Yunji’s soul had been restored by a mysterious second soul sharing his body, then returned to find Luo Yunji missing. Zhang Xiaofan’s frantic search had alarmed Big Bamboo Peak and sent Song Daren rushing to Tian Buyi’s room.

• A mysterious voice showed Tian Buyi visions revealing that a light in the river had gathered and repaired the shattered soul of the dead infant who became Luo Yunji.
• The voice told Tian Buyi that it and Luo Yunji were two souls in one body, and that it would leave when Luo Yunji died, taking its essence and soul with it.
• Tian Buyi returned to his body and told Su Ru that Luo Yunji’s soul had been mended and that the other soul had no wish to interfere with his life.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru stayed awake watching Luo Yunji, but Tian Buyi tossed the sleeping child out of the room when Song Daren arrived.
• Zhang Xiaofan woke to find Luo Yunji missing, searched everywhere, and raised an alarm across Big Bamboo Peak, prompting Song Daren to rush to Tian Buyi’s room.

Luo Yunji took the phrase “rest easy on a high pillow” literally, setting off a pillow fight among the disciples that ended with Tian Buyi ordering everyone outside to kneel. Song Daren was exposed as the owner of the shoe that had hit Tian Buyi, leaving the disciples quietly amused as their master came out to punish them.

• Luo Yunji stacked pillows high and tried to rest his head on them, prompting the disciples to laugh at his uncomfortable pose.
• Embarrassed and angry, Luo Yunji threw pillows at the senior disciples, who eventually retaliated after Tian Buyi urged them not to indulge him.
• Zhang Xiaofan helped Luo Yunji catch pillows, while Tian Linger joined the senior disciples in throwing them at him.
• A shoe flew into Tian Buyi's hand, and he unleashed his cultivation and ordered every disciple outside to kneel.
• Tian Buyi realized Song Daren was hopping on one leg to hide his missing shoe, then struck his back with the shoe and sent him outside.
• The kneeling disciples watched Song Daren put on his shoe and tried to stifle their laughter as Tian Buyi came out with a chair.

Tian Buyi tried to discipline his disciples by making them kneel, but Luo Yunji’s antics and refusal to obey turned the punishment into a fight. The chapter ended with Tian Buyi powering up Scarlet Flame to subdue Luo Yunji.

• Tian Buyi rearranged the kneeling disciples, then ordered Zhang Xiaofan to cook while keeping Song Daren and Luo Yunji kneeling.
• Luo Yunji followed Zhang Xiaofan toward the kitchen, so Tian Buyi hauled him back and ordered him to kneel properly.
• Tian Buyi confiscated Luo Yunji’s food and ate some, prompting Luo Yunji to attack with a Taiji Seal and then a barrage of water arrows.
• Tian Buyi warned Luo Yunji not to damage Big Bamboo Peak, but the clash shattered Tian Buyi’s chair and left him furious.
• Su Ru arrived as Tian Buyi summoned Scarlet Flame and raised his aura to subdue Luo Yunji.

Luo Yunji’s antics disrupted Tian Buyi’s lesson, while He Dazhi recorded the day’s events and Tian Buyi gave up on correcting Luo Yunji’s handwriting. Later, Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan reached their hidden cavern in the rear mountain and admired its pools, flowers, and sunlight.

• Luo Yunji complained to Su Ru that Tian Buyi had stolen his food, and Su Ru took the bundle from Tian Buyi and returned it to him.
• He Dazhi sketched the day’s events and decided Luo Yunji should practice writing for an hour each day.
• Tian Buyi gave up trying to improve Luo Yunji’s handwriting after seeing him connect an entire line with one stroke.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan carried a jar of fruit wine toward their secret stronghold, with Luo Yunji complaining that Zhang Xiaofan should carry him by flying.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan entered the hidden cavern inside a giant boulder and discovered its sunlit pools, vines, flowers, and sweet spring water.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan built a bamboo hut and prepared monkey wine by heating fruit brew and bamboo tubes. They planned to store the blended wine in the bamboo, while Zhang Xiaofan reflected on how much his cultivation had improved under Luo Yunji’s guidance.

• Luo Yunji directed Zhang Xiaofan as he built a bamboo hut, which collapsed once before they rebuilt it successfully.
• Luo Yunji revealed a gourd of monkey wine and asked Zhang Xiaofan to fetch the bamboo tubes they had soaked.
• Zhang Xiaofan used spiritual fire to dry the bamboo tubes while Luo Yunji heated the jar and gourd to purify the fruit brew.
• Zhang Xiaofan finished roasting the bamboo tubes and questioned why Luo Yunji was heating the wine.
• Luo Yunji explained that they would blend the concentrated fruit brew with spiritual water, then store it in bamboo tubes after Zhang Xiaofan pierced them.

Luo Yunji diluted and prepared the fruit brew, then shared the concentrated remainder with Zhang Xiaofan. After Luo Yunji fell asleep drunk, Zhang Xiaofan drank the rest, cultivated with the brew’s help, and carried his sleeping junior brother away as dusk fell.

• Zhang Xiaofan fetched earthspring water while Luo Yunji used spiritual power to divide the fruit brew among seventeen bamboo tubes.
• Luo Yunji blended the remaining brew with spring water, heated it with spirit fire, and gave Zhang Xiaofan the concentrated sedimented essence to drink.
• Zhang Xiaofan declined the wine at first so he could watch over Luo Yunji, but Luo Yunji urged him to drink after passing out against him.
• Zhang Xiaofan drank the remaining brew and circulated the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao, increasing his cultivation without getting drunk.
• Zhang Xiaofan tidied the kitchen, strapped the bamboo tube to his waist, carried Luo Yunji on his back, and left as the sky darkened.

Luo Yunji recovered his hidden wine, and Tian Buyi ordered his disciples to descend the mountain to seek opportunities and magical treasures. When Luo Yunji’s Taiji Diagram Seal appeared, Tian Buyi recognized something suspicious and struck Zhang Xiaofan, leaving him injured.

• Luo Yunji retrieved his bamboo tube of secret wine and learned Zhang Xiaofan had drunk some and gained cultivation.
• Tian Buyi told the four senior brothers who had reached the fourth level to prepare to descend the mountain, then ordered them to take Luo Yunji along.
• Luo Yunji complained about going, and Tian Buyi scolded him before striking at him in their usual after-dinner quarrel.
• Luo Yunji blocked Tian Buyi’s force with an azure-and-gold Taiji Diagram Seal, making everyone question how he had learned it.
• Tian Buyi struck Zhang Xiaofan with another palm, breaking through Zhang Xiaofan’s seal and knocking him down as Su Ru and the disciples rushed to protect him.

Tian Buyi confronted Zhang Xiaofan over his suspicious cultivation method, but Luo Yunji revealed that he had modified the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao himself. The chapter ended with Tian Buyi confirming that Zhang Xiaofan was already nearing the second level after less than a year of practice.

• Luo Yunji focused on food while Zhang Xiaofan stayed silent and knelt, trying to keep his junior brother from being blamed for teaching him the method.
• Su Ru and He Dazhi questioned Luo Yunji about Zhang Xiaofan's practice, prompting Luo Yunji to display his own gold-and-blue Taiji Seal.
• Zhang Xiaofan shielded Luo Yunji and begged Tian Buyi to punish him instead, while Luo Yunji cried and tried to stop Zhang Xiaofan from hurting himself by kowtowing.
• Luo Yunji said he had modified the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao and claimed the original method was incomplete because it contained only the first four levels.
• Luo Yunji said his revision completed the fifth level and made the earlier levels easier to break through, and Tian Buyi checked Zhang Xiaofan's cultivation and confirmed he was nearly at the second level.

After Luo Yunji’s strange Taiji Seals revealed Buddhist and water attributes, Tian Buyi stopped questioning Zhang Xiaofan’s cultivation and took the two younger disciples to Heaven-Reaching Peak to consult the sect leader. Su Ru warned the others to keep Luo Yunji’s unusual sea of consciousness secret, while Old Six suggested they learn the improved cultivation method.

• Luo Yunji showed Tian Buyi a cyan-blue Taiji Seal and explained that its blue aspect came from water while its golden aspect came from Buddhist cultivation.
• Luo Yunji offered to copy Buddhist scriptures from his sea of consciousness if Tian Buyi stopped making Zhang Xiaofan kowtow, but Tian Buyi went to his bedroom to rest.
• Luo Yunji helped Zhang Xiaofan up and asked whether he could still cook tasty food the next day, and Zhang Xiaofan happily agreed.
• At dawn, Tian Buyi took Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji to Heaven-Reaching Peak to address the abnormalities in their cultivation methods.
• Su Ru told the disciples not to reveal Luo Yunji’s sea of consciousness and explained that it might contain powerful cultivation formulas.
• Old Six proposed that the disciples learn Luo Yunji’s improved cultivation method.

Tian Buyi and the disciples began studying the more complete version of the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao while Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji gathered ingredients in the back mountain. After a monkey stole their wine, Luo Yunji decided to go home and borrow a treasure, but ended up riding Big Yellow instead.

• Tian Buyi postponed the trip down the mountain and sent the disciples to cultivate with the modified Taiji Mystic Purity Dao.
• Wu Dayi said Zhang Xiaofan had taken Luo Yunji to the back mountain to gather ingredients, and Tian Buyi ordered the others to practice.
• Luo Yunji offered Zhang Xiaofan monkey wine to make up for his punishment, then took it back after Zhang Xiaofan promised he was not angry.
• A gray monkey stole the bamboo tube of wine, and Luo Yunji tried to chase it before tiring out and deciding to borrow a treasure from Big Fatty.
• Luo Yunji pounced on Big Yellow and climbed onto his back, but Big Yellow could not stand up.