Chapter Summaries

Old Daoist Qi Yuan brought his new disciple, Ling'e, to the Du Xian Sect and warned her that her eldest senior brother, Changshou, had strange ideas. At Lesser Qiong Peak, Ling'e encountered Changshou’s Soft Immortal Incense and fainted after seeing him leap from the lake.

• Qi Yuan introduced Ling'e to the Du Xian Sect and told her about its lineage and her cultivation path.
• Qi Yuan explained that Ling'e had an elder brother, Changshou, and warned her not to follow his teachings about how to conduct herself.
• Qi Yuan brought Ling'e to their humble home on Lesser Qiong Peak and called for Changshou.
• Qi Yuan and Ling'e found a paper figurine in the cottage and realized Changshou had set out Soft Immortal Incense.
• Changshou leaped from the lake, and Ling'e saw him before the incense made her faint.

Lan Ling'e arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak as Li Changshou’s new junior sister, and he inspected her while she recovered from the Soft Immortal Incense. After realizing she had overheard his talk about his previous life, Li Changshou made her swear a Great Dao Oath to keep it secret.

• Lan Ling'e woke enough to hear Daoist Master Qi Yuan tell Li Changshou to take her to the main peak to register and collect her identity plaque and stipend.
• Li Changshou eased the medicinal power of the Soft Immortal Incense and inspected Lan Ling'e for possession, demonic seeds, curses, and poison.
• Lan Ling'e regained consciousness and admitted she had heard nothing, but Li Changshou suspected she had overheard his private words.
• Li Changshou warned Lan Ling'e not to repeat anything he had said, especially to Daoist Master Qi Yuan.
• Li Changshou supervised Lan Ling'e as she began reciting a Great Dao Oath to keep his secret.

Li Changshou showed his new junior sister, Lan Ling'e, around Lesser Qiong Peak and taught her how to keep a low profile within Du Xian Sect. He brought her to the Hall of Hundred Affairs to register, carrying two spiritual fish as gifts.

• Li Changshou gave Lan Ling'e a Qi Nurturing Breath Condensing Pill and introduced her to the spiritual fish and herb gardens of Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Li Changshou asked Lan Ling'e to take over feeding the fish and marked out a place for her to build a cottage.
• Li Changshou flew Lan Ling'e around the sect and instructed her on safe flying heights and avoiding attention.
• Li Changshou brought Lan Ling'e to Sky-Breaking Peak, where she saw that his concealment art kept other disciples from noticing them.
• Li Changshou entered the Hall of Hundred Affairs with Lan Ling'e and offered two spiritual fish while speaking with the Daoist priest responsible for registration.

Li Changsh寿 taught Lan Ling'e the basics of cultivation and his rules for surviving the dangers of the Primordial World. After explaining the value of avoiding trouble, hiding trump cards, and fleeing when necessary, he left Ling'e wondering if something about his advice was off.

• Old Daoist Qi Yuan taught Lan Ling'e the Basic Chapter of the Du Xian Sect's One Qi Rectifies Heaven Art while Li Changshou practiced Water Escape at the lake.
• Li Changshou returned at Qi Yuan's request and prepared a meal for Ling'e, hunting a brocade chicken with Object Manipulation.
• Lan Ling'e asked about Li Changshou's spells, and he warned her that cultivation in the Primordial World was brutal and immortality did not guarantee survival.
• Li Changshou taught Ling'e to avoid karma, conceal her abilities as trump cards, and run from opponents she could not defeat.
• As they ate roast chicken beside the lake, Ling'e listened to Li Changshou's advice but began to suspect something was off.

Li Changshou taught Lan Ling'e to avoid unnecessary risks, but Daoist Master Qi Yuan caught him and beat him for leading her astray. After ten years of tutoring and life at the sect, the chapter left their unusual senior-and-junior relationship continuing.

• Li Changshou told Lan Ling'e to avoid intervening in dangerous conflicts unless she had the power to change the wider situation, and she firmly chose to slip past unseen.
• Daoist Master Qi Yuan overheard the lesson, chased Li Changshou around the lakeside, and beat him before ordering him to finish Lan Ling'e's thatched cottage.
• Li Changshou considered Qi Yuan's unstable cultivation and resolved to find a way to improve his master's chances of passing the heavenly tribulation.
• Lan Ling'e reflected on her first days at the Du Xian Sect and her enjoyable time with Li Changshou, then found him outside her window for another night lesson.
• Ten years passed.

Li Changshou recalled his past life as Tian Zuguang and reaffirmed his goal of surviving quietly in the dangerous Primordial Wilderness. He woke beside his grown junior sister Lan Ling'e and set off with her for a sect training outing, wary that her popularity would make it harder for him to stay unnoticed.

• Li Changshou remembered Tian Zuguang's death on Earth and his reincarnation into the Primordial Wilderness.
• He reviewed the powerful factions and dangers of the era, then resolved to avoid calamities and live to old age.
• Lan Ling'e woke Li Changshou and reminded him that they were late for the gathering at the main peak.
• Li Changshou summoned a cloud for Lan Ling'e and reminded her to keep three chi away from him in public.
• Lan Ling'e wondered whether Li Changshou had joined the outing because he was worried about her, and he insisted he treated her only as a little sister.

Li Changshou and Lan Ling'e attended the Du Xian Sect's Training Assembly, where disciples chose expeditions to different destinations. Li Changshou selected the dangerous Treasure Forest of Chaotic Miasma in Northern Julu Continent, while Lan Ling'e joined the group bound for the Shore of the East Sea.

• Li Changshou and Lan Ling'e arrived at the assembly, where other disciples admired Lan Ling'e and speculated about her senior brother.
• Venerable Zhongyu warned the disciples to uphold the sect's reputation and protect people from demons, then Elder Ge announced the expedition destinations and cultivation requirements.
• Li Changshou stayed beside Lan Ling'e as the destinations were called, while she repeatedly tried to learn where he planned to go.
• Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing chose the dangerous Treasure Forest of Chaotic Miasma in Northern Julu Continent, and Li Changshou followed them into the hall.
• Lan Ling'e chose the Shore of the East Sea after Elder Ge asked whether she would participate, and Li Changshou vanished before she could say goodbye.
• Li Changshou revealed that he had reached the Ninth Stage of Nascent Soul, just meeting the requirement for the Northern Julu Continent expedition.

Li Changshou joined a sect expedition to the Northern Julu Continent despite Immortal Jiu Jiu's concerns about his low cultivation. As Jiu Jiu's group traveled, a Palace Guard General appeared and claimed he had come to protect Youqin Xuanya, who ordered him to leave.

• Jiu Jiu questioned why several talented disciples, including Li Changshou, were going to the Treasure Forest of Chaotic Miasma and warned that Li was too weak for the journey.
• Li Changshou explained that he needed a rare herb, and Jiu Jiu gave him her elder's jade card before assigning Yuan Qing and Youqin Xuanya to watch over him.
• Li Changshou prepared multiple backup storage tools and set out with Jiu Jiu, Yuan Qing, Youqin Xuanya, Liu Yan'er, and Wang Qi on a large wine gourd.
• During the journey, Li Changshou spotted someone following them through the clouds, prompting Jiu Jiu to stop the gourd and challenge the stranger.
• A burly Palace Guard General claimed he had come from Hong Lin Kingdom to protect its Sixth Princess, and Youqin Xuanya coldly told him to go back.

Li Changshou traveled north with Immortal Jiujiu and the other disciples, while Youqin Xuanya’s royal guard Yuwen Ling joined the group. When Jiu Jiu tried to examine Li Changshou’s cultivation, he pretended that touching a woman caused him to convulse, only for Youqin Xuanya to touch his thigh and force him to commit to the act.

• Yuwen Ling asked to accompany Youqin Xuanya, and Immortal Jiujiu allowed him to join the journey.
• Li Changshou sat near Jiu Jiu and monitored their surroundings as the group traveled north.
• Jiu Jiu asked about Li Changshou’s master and offered to examine Li Changshou’s aptitude.
• Li Changshou dodged her hand and claimed that touching a woman made his body convulse.
• Youqin Xuanya touched Li Changshou’s thigh, so he began pretending to have a seizure.

Li Changshou traveled with Immortal Jiujiu and the other disciples to the border of Northern Continent of Julu, where they learned about its dangers and the Demon Race refuge. In the entry town, Youqin Xuanya tried to make amends by giving Li Changshou pills and talismans.

• Youqin Xuanya apologized to Li Changshou, while the other disciples mistook his behavior for a heart demon and offered sympathy and medicine.
• After two days of travel, Immortal Jiujiu led the group toward Northern Continent of Julu and warned them about its hazards.
• Yuan Qing and Jiu Jiu explained that the Miasma, poisonous creatures, and Demon Race made the region dangerous, while the Wu Tribe lived in exile in its far north.
• Jiu Jiu guided the group into a Human Race town at the border and took them to buy Miasma-Averting Talismans and Detoxification Pills.
• Jiu Jiu gave Li Changshou spirit stones to buy supplies, but Youqin Xuanya handed him pills and talismans as an apology before he could explain that he was prepared.

Li Changshou entered the Treasure Forest of Chaotic Miasma with four fellow Du Xian Sect disciples for a twenty-day training mission, while secretly planning to leave the group and search deeper in the forest. After the group split up at a fork, he headed down a separate path alone.

• Jiu Jiu warned the five disciples about the training rules, gave them communication jades, and stayed outside the forest with Yuwen Ling.
• Li Changshou used three Miasma-Averting Talismans and followed the group into the forest, where he and Wang Qi tacitly agreed to stick together.
• Yuan Qing killed a winged Black Panther, and Youqin Xuanya destroyed two more with her Nine Lotus Departing Fire Force.
• At a fork in the forest, Youqin Xuanya, Yuan Qing, Liu Yan'er, and Wang Qi chose paths to search for herbs.
• Li Changshou refused to reveal what herb he sought and left alone down a different path.

During the Training Assembly in the Treasure Forest of Chaotic Miasma, Li Changshou raced ahead alone to find an urgent herb while Jiu Jiu watched over the other disciples. After sensing a hostile pursuer for two days, Li Changshou detected killing intent nearby and prepared to identify the attacker.

• Jiu Jiu worried as the five disciples split into three groups, then chose to watch Wang Qi and Liu Yan'er while checking on the others with her immortal consciousness.
• Jiu Jiu discovered Li Changshou racing toward the forest's depths, protected from ordinary poisonous creatures by Crimson Sun Poison Dragon Saliva and using concealment and movement techniques.
• Yuwen Ling secretly sent a black beetle after Li Changshou while Jiu Jiu went to check on Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing.
• Li Changshou sensed a hostile gaze, used Earth Evasion to escape his watcher, and continued toward his destination with Thousand-Mile Speed Talismans.
• After two days of being followed, Li Changshou sensed killing intent from the forest and used the Silk of the Three-Eyed Spider with Double Pupils to reveal a blurry image.

Li Changshou killed the assassin Ci Jiu and learned that a plot targeting Youqin Xuanya involved Yuan Qing and an attempt to lure Martial Uncle Jiu Jiu into a trap. Meanwhile, Lan Ling'e used Li Changshou’s poison to defeat an ambush at the East Sea battlefield, startling the watching disciples.

• Li Changshou lured Ci Jiu into an ambush, paralyzed him with Soft Immortal Powder, and destroyed his body and soul.
• Li Changshou recovered Ci Jiu’s memories and learned the group planned to lure Martial Uncle Jiu Jiu into a trap while targeting Youqin Xuanya.
• At the Shore of the East Sea, Lan Ling'e used poison powder to weaken Shrimp Demons and finished them off with her sword.
• Shrimp Demons ambushed Lan Ling'e from underground, and she threw a bottle Li Changshou had given her.
• The bottle released green smoke that made the Shrimp Demons vanish into colorful bubbles, leaving the nearby disciples stunned.

A conspiracy to capture Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing trapped Jiu Jiu and left Youqin badly wounded. While searching the Northern Continent of Julu for Immortal-Resolving Grass, Li Changshou encountered the fallen Youqin and reluctantly prepared to help her escape.

• A group plotting to restore the kingdom arranged to use the Sixth Princess, Youqin Xuanya, as part of their plans and set a trap for the Du Xian Sect disciples.
• When Yuan Qing and Youqin Xuanya were ambushed, Jiu Jiu rushed to help, leaving Wang Qi and Liu Yan'er vulnerable to capture; she later found herself trapped with them in a formation.
• Li Changshou searched for Immortal-Resolving Grass for six days, then sheltered from poisonous rain in a cliffside cave.
• Youqin Xuanya crashed from a strange vortex near Li Changshou, severely wounded after apparently using a life-saving treasure to escape her pursuers.
• Youqin Xuanya urged Li Changshou to flee, but after she collapsed, he decided to use Earth Evasion to carry her part of the way.

Youqin Xuanya woke in a cave after Li Changshou rescued and treated her, then set out to survive and expose Yuan Qing. Li Changshou continued searching north for Immortal-Resolving Grass, leaving Youqin Xuanya to follow his map in the opposite direction.

• Youqin Xuanya woke in a sealed cave, found Li Changshou’s medicines, talismans, and map, and realized he had treated her injuries before leaving.
• Youqin Xuanya remembered Yuan Qing’s betrayal and misread Li Changshou’s supposed illness as proof of his selfless courage, renewing her vow to repay him.
• Youqin Xuanya restored her Greatsword, burst out of the cave, and headed into the forest, intending to follow Li Changshou’s detour map.
• Li Changshou searched the region for Immortal-Resolving Grass, found none, and decided to search farther north for two or three days.
• Li Changshou traveled through the moonlit, miasma-covered landscape and reflected that he wanted no Dao companion.

Li Changshou found three Immortal-Resolving Grasses guarded by a powerful Three-eyed Green Wave Snake, then spotted Youqin Xuanya being pursued nearby and devised a plan to use the fight to deal with the beast. He guided Youqin Xuanya toward the cliff and infiltrated a cypress tree near the herbs, leaving his plan poised to unfold.

• Li Changshou searched the Northern Continent of Julu for Immortal-Resolving Grass and finally spotted three plants on a cliff.
• Li Changshou discovered a powerful Three-eyed Green Wave Snake guarding the herbs and noticed Youqin Xuanya being pursued by six black-clad cultivators.
• Li Changshou decided to use Youqin Xuanya and the pursuers to draw the snake out, then secretly guided her movements with the Wind Whisper Spell.
• Youqin Xuanya followed Li Changshou's instructions, dodged the pursuers' attacks, and retreated toward the cliff while counterattacking.
• Li Changshou entered the main root of a Black Bark Cypress Tree near the Immortal-Resolving Grass and concealed his aura.

Li Changshou guided Youqin Xuanya into the ambush of a Three-eyed Green Wave Snake, then used the chaos to poison and kill Yuwen Ling. The chapter ended with Li Changshou ensuring Yuwen Ling’s Primordial Spirit and remains were destroyed.

• Li Changshou directed Youqin Xuanya away from the Three-eyed Green Wave Snake and told her when to leap clear of its attack.
• The snake ambushed the six pursuers, killing one and poisoning the others, before Yuwen Ling fought it to protect his subordinates.
• Youqin Xuanya fought Yuan Qing while Li Changshou secretly released Superior Soft Immortal Powder against Yuwen Ling.
• After Yuwen Ling killed the snake, Li Changshou attacked him with Paper Doll clones, a crossbow, corrosive mist, and flames.
• Yuwen Ling’s Primordial Spirit tried to strike Li Changshou, but Li Changshou destroyed it with Soul-Destroying Nails.
• Li Changshou burned Yuwen Ling’s remains to ashes and had the Paper Dolls recite scriptures.

Li Changshou secretly killed the threat of Yuan Qing and took the unconscious Youqin Xuanya away, while Jiu Jiu remained trapped in a formation until it was broken. The chapter ended with Jiu Jiu mistaking her Fifth Senior Brother for her master and charging at him in anger.

• Li Changshou collected the poisonous herbs, the snake's head, and other spoils, then erased traces of the battle and left through the earth.
• Li Changshou drugged Yuan Qing with the empty porcelain bottle, causing Youqin Xuanya's flying swords to kill him by mistake.
• Youqin Xuanya mourned Yuan Qing, then Li Changshou drugged her and dragged her underground toward the southeast.
• Jiu Jiu grew frantic while trapped with Wang Qi and Liu Yan'er, until an aged voice called her to account and the formation dispersed.
• Two unconscious Primordial Immortal attackers appeared before Jiu Jiu, who knelt and begged for the missing juniors to be found.
• A short Daoist revealed that he was Jiu Jiu's Fifth Senior Brother rather than her master, and Jiu Jiu charged at him.

Jiu Wu and the other Du Xian Sect immortals arrived to search for their missing disciples, while Li Changshou and Youqin Xuanya waited safely in a hidden cave. The chapter ended with Li Changshou spotting Jiu Jiu’s group approaching.

• Jiu Jiu told Qi Yuan that Li Changshou had gone north with Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing, and Jiu Wu organized the immortals into groups to search for the missing disciples.
• Li Changshou explained to Youqin Xuanya that he had left secret markers and hidden them in a cave until the sect’s rescuers arrived.
• Li Changshou told Youqin Xuanya that Yuwen Ling and the other villains had died alongside the Three-eyed Green Wave Snake, then asked her not to draw attention to his role when reporting back.
• Youqin Xuanya promised to keep Li Changshou’s actions private and thought highly of his character.
• Li Changshou spotted Jiu Jiu’s group through his spider silk and told Youqin Xuanya to prepare.

Li Changshou reunited with his master and sect elders after surviving the Northern Continent, while Youqin Xuanya admitted to killing Yuan Qing and faced possible punishment. As the group departed to join the other elders, Jiu Jiu’s prank left Li Changshou convulsing on the cloud.

• Daoist Master Qi Yuan arrived with Jiu Jiu, scolded Li Changshou for going to the Northern Continent, and celebrated when he revealed his breakthrough to the Void Returning Realm.
• Jiu Wu killed the unconscious Primordial Immortal captive after learning that Li Changshou and Youqin Xuanya were safe.
• Youqin Xuanya confessed that she had killed Yuan Qing and insisted that Li Changshou had only helped her escape.
• Jiu Wu said Yuan Qing’s misconduct did not excuse the grave offense of killing a fellow sect member, and Li Changshou suggested that they join the other elders before hearing her account.
• Jiu Wu asked Li Changshou for Three-Eyed Spider silk, and Li Changshou agreed to give him several nests after Jiu Wu hinted that he had noticed something about his cultivation.
• Jiu Jiu poked Li Changshou’s earlobe, causing him to convulse and foam at the mouth as the group rode away on the cloud.