Chapter Summaries

Li Changshou disciplined Lan Ling'e, began planning how to help Master settle an old grievance, and looked for a steady source of income. After accidentally destroying his pill furnace with Samadhi True Fire, the story shifted to the Heavenly Court’s Heaven and Earth Matrimony hall, where the Matchmaker worked.

• Li Changshou decided to keep his strength concealed from Lan Ling'e and considered investigating the Human Teaching’s unusual reputation for romantic entanglements.
• Li Changshou planned to prepare poison for Master and draw out the enemy who had once ruined Master’s Dao foundation.
• Lan Ling'e apologized to Liu Yan'er, and Li Changshou confined her to Lesser Qiong Peak for twenty years while urging her to cultivate.
• Li Changshou considered taking pill-refining contracts to earn money, then accidentally blasted apart his pill furnace with Samadhi True Fire.
• The narration described the Heavenly Court and revealed its Heaven and Earth Matrimony hall as the Matchmaker’s office.

The Matchmaker showed Grand Master Xuandu how he had encouraged marriages among Human Teaching’s sects, but their attempt to influence Li Changshou’s romantic fate failed against his firm Dao heart. Xuandu left after accidentally breaking Li Changshou’s clay figure arm, while Li Changshou calmed himself with a scroll of old women.

• The Matchmaker explained how marriage cords formed and greeted Grand Master Xuandu, who had come to review marriages among Human Teaching’s sects.
• The Matchmaker showed Xuandu that 362 couples had formed over the past thousand years and drew out several potential marriages, including Li Changshou’s.
• Xuandu asked the Matchmaker to gently lengthen Li Changshou’s marriage cords, but Li Changshou’s clay figure dodged every strike as he resisted distracting thoughts.
• Xuandu grabbed the clay figure, snapped off its left arm, and hurried away after asking the Matchmaker to repair it and keep watching Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou studied his Hundred Beauties After Old Age Scroll to settle his mind, then wondered why he had thought of Youqin.

Li Changshou hosted Jiu Wu and offered the sect a plan for Chain Arrays in exchange for a new pill furnace. After leaving with Jiu Wu to choose one, he learned Youqin Xuanya had come to Lesser Qiong Peak, where Ling'e tried to send her away with a misleading note, but Youqin Xuanya went into the cottage instead.

• Li Changshou welcomed Jiu Wu to a meal and offered him a theoretical plan for adapting different arrays into a Chain Array.
• Jiu Wu accepted the plan for the sect and promised Li Changshou a replacement pill furnace as a reward.
• Three days later, Jiu Wu took Li Changshou to Pill Cauldron Peak to choose a new pill furnace.
• Youqin Xuanya arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak to ask Li Changshou for advice on Earth Evasion while he was away.
• Ling'e left Youqin Xuanya a note saying Li Changshou had gone out and that she should wait in the cottage, and Youqin Xuanya went inside.

Li Changshou visited Pill Cauldron Peak to claim a pill furnace and secured Elder Wan Linjun’s interest by demonstrating his knowledge of poison refining. After spending half a month learning from Wan Linjun and receiving scriptures and pills, he returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, where he noticed another unexplained bodily sensation.

• Li Changshou accompanied Jiu Wu to Pill Cauldron Peak to choose a furnace, and Jiu Wu pressed Liu Feixian to offer him a better selection.
• Elder Wan Linjun recognized Li Changshou and tested his knowledge of several poison formulas; Li Changshou explained that poison belonged to the category of medicine.
• Wan Linjun asked to take Li Changshou with him for a few days, and Li Changshou answered his questions about poison formulas and pill refining.
• After half a month, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak with a pill furnace, Poison Scriptures, and poison and spirit pills from Wan Linjun.
• Li Changshou hid in his underground chamber and reflected on the favor he owed Wan Linjun before noticing another unexplained itch in his body.

Moon Elder restored Li Changshou’s marriage figurine, but a repair mishap left him worried about its effects. Meanwhile, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, resumed his careful cultivation, and visited Pill Cauldron Peak, while Ling'e destroyed the meal he had prepared for her; the chapter ended with Qi Yuan telling her Lesser Qiong Peak had been invited to the peak masters’ gathering.

• Moon Elder’s disciples repaired Li Changshou’s clay figurine and hid leftover clay between its feet, but the piece later fell out when Moon Elder returned the figurine to the Marriage Fate Wheel.
• Moon Elder secretly ground up the fallen clay and used it to conceal a crack in the figurine, then worried that his repair might have caused a problem.
• Li Changshou confirmed that his body showed no abnormalities, resolved to review and stabilize his cultivation realm, and refined his new Thousand Poisons Hundred Gold Furnace.
• Li Changshou prepared food for Ling'e and Qi Yuan before carrying dishes and wine toward Pill Cauldron Peak to visit Elder Wan Linjun.
• Ling'e mistook Li Changshou’s lunch box for a test, blew it up, and then tried to retrieve the meal intended for Qi Yuan.
• Qi Yuan accepted the food and told Ling'e that Lesser Qiong Peak had been invited to the peak masters’ gathering because he had become an immortal.

Li Changshou avoided the Matchmaker’s attempts to contact him through dreams for half a year, while the Matchmaker and a Golden Armored Immortal Official waited in the Hall of Divine Might. When Lan Ling'e finally brought him word of the Matchmaker’s request, Li Changshou suspected a scheme and told her to learn what it was about before he agreed to enter a dream.

• Li Changshou returned from Pill Cauldron Peak with medicinal herbs from Wan Linjun, then reassured Lan Ling'e that Master was safe at the Peak Masters’ Assembly.
• Li Changshou praised Lan Ling'e, who tried touching his pill furnace and got shocked by its protective Lightning Method.
• The Matchmaker hid near the Hall of Marriage and asked a Golden Armored Immortal Official to use the Star Net Dream Heaven Instrument to contact Li Changshou.
• The Matchmaker and the immortal official waited for six months without finding an opening to send Li Changshou a dream, then planned to reach him through another Du Xian Sect disciple.
• Lan Ling'e told Li Changshou that a Golden Armored Divine Soldier had sent her a dream on the Matchmaker’s behalf.
• Li Changshou suspected the request concealed a scheme and instructed Lan Ling'e to ask what the Matchmaker wanted before he considered entering a dream.

Li Changshou met Matchmaker in a dream after Matchmaker sought to resolve a problem involving his Marriage Clay Figurine. They reached an agreement and swore an oath, while Ling'e was left embarrassed by what happened when Li Changshou awoke.

• Matchmaker repeatedly tried to contact Li Changshou through Ling'e, but Li Changshou reasoned that the Great Mage Xuandu might be behind the marriage-fate affair.
• Ling'e told Li Changshou that Matchmaker had damaged his Marriage Clay Figurine and wanted to meet him, so Li Changshou agreed to enter a dream.
• Matchmaker tested Li Changshou with a branch from the Lover's Tree, and Li Changshou carefully negotiated an agreement with him.
• Matchmaker and Li Changshou swore a Great Dao Oath that Matchmaker would not interfere with Li Changshou's marriage fate and neither would reveal the dream visitation.
• Matchmaker left pleased with Li Changshou and gave the Golden Armored Immortal Official a reward for helping create the dream.
• Li Changshou awoke with a ring in his hand, and the flustered Ling'e fled before he could speak with her.

Li Changshou used six years to transform his paper-cutting ability into a rudimentary outer-body incarnation, then sent it to Linhai Town to trade pills for supplies. Though he disguised his activities and made a profit, pursuers marked his clone and followed him as he left town.

• Li Changshou studied artifact-refining restrictions and spent six years developing a paper incarnation capable of traveling and trading beyond the sect.
• Qi Yuan left the Du Xian Sect and hid Li Changshou’s box near a spirit mine, allowing the paper incarnation to emerge while Qi Yuan waited nearby.
• Li Changshou’s incarnation traveled to Linhai Town, sold pills, bought herbs and materials, and earned a profit of about sixty percent on the pill business.
• Li Changshou’s incarnation left town early, but several concealed figures followed him, while paper effigies inside its sleeve prepared for a fight.

Li Changshou used a paper clone to defeat and kill five cultivators who ambushed him, then returned safely to the Du Xian Sect with their loot. Meanwhile, Youqin Xuanya prepared a gift for him, hoping it would deepen their friendship.

• Li Changshou noticed several cultivators following his paper clone and led them toward a forest ambush site.
• When the five attackers struck, Li Changshou released poison powder, bound them with his unusual sword, and used his paper clones and Samadhi True Fire to kill them.
• Li Changshou collected the attackers’ belongings, escaped by Earth Evasion, and met Old Daoist Qi Yuan to return the paper clone to its box.
• Back in his pill-refining chamber, Li Changshou considered his narrow escape and resolved to be more cautious.
• Youqin Xuanya chose an earth-yellow pearl from her jewelry box and prepared it as a gift for Senior Brother Changshou.

Li Changshou sorted the spoils from a failed ambush and spent two days refining pills before Youqin Xuanya visited Lesser Qiong Peak. He tried to steer her affection toward friendship, but she happily accepted, leaving him baffled as she promised to return.

• Li Changshou sorted the ambusher’s treasures, decided to focus his studies on formations and pill refinement, and set aside spirit beast cubs for Ling'e.
• After emerging from two days of pill refining, Li Changshou found Liu Yan'er, Wang Qi, Ling'e, and Youqin Xuanya gathered at Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Youqin Xuanya gave Li Changshou a brocade box, and he returned a spirit beast cub while telling her they could be friends and fellow disciples.
• Youqin Xuanya enthusiastically accepted Li Changshou’s offer of friendship and promised to visit often, while Ling'e welcomed her as a senior sister.
• After Youqin Xuanya and the others departed, Li Changshou gave Ling'e a spirit beast cub and wondered why Youqin had taken his words so happily.

Li Changshou spent more than three years refining pills for his business and improving his defenses, while Ao Yi continued to struggle with his fears and his hopes for the Dragon Clan. The chapter ended with Ao Yi volunteering to join a trip to the Eastern Continent as a young Jie Teaching disciple.

• Li Changshou refined popular Immortal Pills for sale, improved Lesser Qiong Peak’s formations, and continued developing his Paper Daoist.
• After more than three years, Li Changshou prepared a list of materials for his next trip and planned to visit Elder Wan Linjun.
• Ao Yi reflected on his past, his place in Jie Teaching, and his plan to make a name for himself to help restore the Dragon Clan’s fortune.
• Ao Yi overheard two Daoists discussing a trip to the Eastern Continent and offered to accompany them as one of Jie Teaching’s young disciples.
• The two Jie Teaching Celestial Immortals agreed to take Ao Yi along.

Li Changshou sent a disguised Paper Daoist to sell pills in Linhai Town while Qi Yuan practiced hiding his aura outside the sect. There, Ao Yi recognized an old defeat and persuaded his Golden Ao Island companions to visit the Du Xian Sect so he could challenge his former opponent, while Qi Yuan remained unaware of their approach.

• Qi Yuan left the sect to stroll, and Li Changshou gave him a new version of the Turtle Breath Qi Harmonizing Art and asked him to stay nearby.
• Li Changshou disguised a Paper Daoist as an old pill seller and entered Linhai Town, where he spotted Ao Yi among a group of Golden Ao Island cultivators.
• Ao Yi's companions praised his talent, and he gave the gifts they had bought him to the two young women traveling with them.
• Ao Yi told the group he wanted to find the Du Xian Sect disciple who had defeated him years earlier, and the Golden Ao Island cultivators agreed to visit the sect.
• Qi Yuan saw the group heading toward the Du Xian Sect but assumed their visit had nothing to do with Lesser Qiong Peak, then successfully concealed his aura by transforming into a tree stump.

Ao Yi came to Du Xian Sect to challenge Li Changshou again over their childhood spar, but Li Changshou was in seclusion, so Jiu Wu arranged for Ao Yi to test the arrays at Lesser Qiong Peak instead. When Li Changshou’s attention returned to his body, Ao Yi and Jiu Wu had already encountered a wooden plaque that left Ao Yi bewildered.

• Ao Yi arrived at Du Xian Sect with Jie Teaching cultivators, intending to settle the old sparring match with Li Changshou.
• Du Xian Sect agreed to the rematch, but Jiu Wu found that Li Changshou had entered closed-door cultivation for death.
• Ao Yi refused to fight another disciple, and Jiu Wu proposed that he challenge Li Changshou’s arrays instead.
• Jiu Wu led Ao Yi into the array at Lesser Qiong Peak while Li Changshou’s attention was occupied by his distant Paper Daoist.
• Li Changshou returned his mind to his true body and saw that Ao Yi and Jiu Wu had reached a wooden plaque marked “Lost?”

Li Changshou tried to conceal his abilities as Ao Yi, Jiu Wu, and other cultivators became trapped in his Chain Array, drawing the attention of the Du Xian Sect and Jie Teaching. When Venerable Wangqing summoned him to face Ao Yi, Li Changshou revealed his seventh-stage Void Returning Realm cultivation, leaving the gathered immortals staring at him.

• Li Changshou hid in his pill chamber and adjusted his displayed cultivation while Ao Yi and Jiu Wu wandered through the Chain Array.
• Ao Yi used a pearl to disrupt the array’s spirit energy but remained lost, and Han Zhi and another young woman also entered the maze and failed to find their way out.
• Old Daoist Yuan Ze entered the array to rescue them but became trapped himself, while Ao Yi insisted he would break through.
• Venerable Wangqing woke Li Changshou and told him to release those in the array and prepare to face Ao Yi, who might suppress his cultivation for their match.
• Li Changshou flew out before the gathered immortals and revealed his seventh-stage Void Returning Realm cultivation, then paid his respects.

Li Changshou faced Ao Yi in a rematch before the Du Xian Sect and used Earth Evasion and talisman formations to defeat him without fighting head-on. After Golden Ao Island conceded, Li Changshou offered Ao Yi a hand and suggested they call the match a draw, leaving Ao Yi moved by his kindness.

• Ao Yi accepted the rematch after a Jie Teaching elder and the Du Xian Sect elders arranged a spar to help him overcome the obstacle in his heart.
• Jiu Wu lent Li Changshou a Purple Rhombus Seal, but Li Changshou returned it and said he had his own plan.
• Ao Yi sealed his cultivation to the seventh stage of the Void Returning Realm, and the two began their match before the Du Xian Hall.
• Li Changshou hid underground and used Earth Evasion, talismans, and repeated sneak attacks to wear Ao Yi down while avoiding a direct fight.
• Old Daoist Yuan Ze conceded after Li Changshou prepared to strike Ao Yi with a wolf-tooth club, and Ao Yi accepted that he had lost.
• Li Changshou apologized and offered to call the match a draw, and Ao Yi took his hand and stood up.

After defeating Ao Yi, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and tried to keep the incident from drawing more attention. Elder Wan Linjun visited to encourage and protect him, while Ao Yi later came with Han Zhi to apologize, and Li Changshou steered their visit into a long discussion of art. The chapter ended with Ling'e discovering Li Changshou’s hidden painting of a hundred beauties grown old.

• Youqin Xuanya watched Li Changshou leave Sky-Breaking Peak and admired how he had handled the aftermath of his victory over Ao Yi.
• Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, checked for flaws in his precautions, and worried about the attention his peak had attracted.
• Elder Wan Linjun visited Li Changshou, praised his conduct, and gave him a treasure jade as a sign of protection.
• Ao Yi and Han Zhi visited with Jiu Wu, and Li Changshou diverted Ao Yi’s apology into a discussion of paintings until they had to return to Sky-Breaking Peak.
• Ling'e found a scroll titled “My Beloved” and discovered it contained Li Changshou’s Picture of a Hundred Beauties Grown Old.

Li Changshou worried that the growing South Sea Sea God cult and tensions between the teachings could bring danger, while Ling'e surprised him by disguising herself as an old woman. In the Southern Sea, a blood-robed woman killed one of three Daoists and demanded that the survivors find the Sea God’s true body.

• Li Changshou suppressed his cultivation breakthrough, discovered that more than six hundred Sea God statues had appeared, and blamed Bear Stockade for spreading the cult.
• Li Changshou returned from Linhai Town with formation materials and warned Qi Yuan to remain in seclusion because someone might exploit the clash between the Jie and Human Teachings.
• Ling'e entered Li Changshou’s alchemy room wearing heavy makeup, wrinkles, and paper strips to imitate an old woman, leaving him stunned.
• A blood-robed woman confronted three Daoists on a Southern Sea island, killed one by draining his life, and ordered the remaining two to find the Sea God’s true body.

Daoist Wen Jing ordered two subordinates to investigate Du Xian Sect’s conflict with Golden Ao Island while secretly monitoring them. At Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou persuaded Qi Yuan to consider serving in the Heavenly Court, received valuable array materials and access to the Daoist Canon Inner Hall, and learned of an upcoming Three Teachings Immortal Sect Conference.

• Daoist Wen Jing spared two True Immortal Daoists, sent them to investigate Du Xian Sect and its battle with Golden Ao Island, and secretly attached black mosquitoes to monitor them.
• Li Changshou told Qi Yuan he had reached the Primordial Immortal Realm and explained why he concealed his cultivation.
• Li Changshou described the Heavenly Court’s benefits, and Qi Yuan became interested in cultivating toward the True Immortal Realm and possibly taking a post there.
• Jiu Wu delivered array materials and an entry token for the Daoist Canon Inner Hall as rewards from the sect.
• Jiu Wu told Li Changshou that the Du Xian Sect would attend a Three Teachings Immortal Sect Conference, and Li Changshou called after him as he left.

Li Changshou waited for the sect’s attention to fade, then entered the Inner Hall of Daoist Canon to study its collections. Meanwhile, Jiu Jiu emerged from seclusion having reached the late stage of the True Immortal Realm, but discovered she had no wine and rushed to Lesser Qiong Peak for help.

• Jiu Wu left Lesser Qiong Peak carrying the Poison Pills Li Changshou had given him, while Li Changshou decided to postpone visiting the Inner Hall until the sect’s attention on him had faded.
• Ao Yi reflected on his defeats by Li Changshou without resentment, then invited Han Zhi to visit the Eastern Sea.
• Li Changshou spent half a year expanding Lesser Qiong Peak’s arrays before heading to Sky-Breaking Peak and entering the Inner Hall of Daoist Canon with Elder Qi Ling’s permission.
• Jiu Jiu broke through to the late stage of the True Immortal Realm, then realized her wine gourd was empty and found Jiu Wu away on business.
• Jiu Jiu flew to Lesser Qiong Peak, broke through the formation around Ling'e’s hut, and collapsed inside asking for wine.

Li Changshou studied refining restrictions in the Daoist Canon Hall while Jiu Jiu waited beside him, and the chapter ended with Daoist Wen Jing secretly corrupting Yuan Ze at the Three Teachings Origin Conference preparations.

• Jiu Jiu woke from her cultivation, grew bored waiting for Li Changshou, and went to the Daoist Canon Hall to find him.
• Jiu Jiu found Li Changshou in the inner hall, accepted Spiritual Wine Pills and wine, and agreed to improve the formation around his alchemy room.
• Li Changshou continued memorizing refining restrictions while Jiu Jiu read nearby and soon fell asleep.
• At the Golden Palace Gate, Jiu Wu attended the long-running preparations and discussions for the Three Teachings Origin Conference.
• Daoist Wen Jing sent a blood-red light to infiltrate Yuan Ze, who pledged to his master that the matter would succeed.