Recaps

Li Changshou searched the Eastern Sea for a secluded place to undergo his tribulation, then stumbled upon Ao Yi hiding in an underwater cave. After subduing the Dragon Prince, Li Changshou realized who he was, washed away all traces of his own aura, and sent him drifting away on a raft.

• Li Changshou waited until the Dragon Clan searchers left the area, then swam south to find a suitable island and underwater refuge for his tribulation.
• Ao Yi hid in a cave beneath a ring-shaped island, believing he had escaped the Dragon Clan experts pursuing him.
• Ao Yi ambushed Li Changshou, but Li Changshou used sleeping drugs, Paper Clones, a talisman array, and a sword formation to knock him unconscious.
• Li Changshou stopped his Samadhi True Fire attack after seeing Ao Yi's purple Dragon Clan scale, which warned that killing him would bring the Dragon Palace's pursuit.
• Li Changshou recognized Ao Yi as the Second Prince of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, fed him concentrated Charm of the Beauty, cleaned away his traces, and set him adrift on a bamboo raft.

Ao Yi recovered from the traumatic ordeal Li Changshou had put him through and realized the Dragon Palace still intended to reward the Daoist. Meanwhile, Li Changshou broke through to Return to Dao Level Nine, prepared for his Immortal Ascension Tribulation, and faced its first lightning strike.

• Ao Yi woke trembling and recoiled from the maids as memories of Li Changshou washing and tormenting him while he was unconscious returned.
• Ao Yi overheard his uncles say the Dragon Palace planned to thank and reward the man who had subdued him, then sank back onto his bed in terror.
• Li Changshou broke through to Return to Dao Level Nine on a Southern Sea reef and prepared escape formations while waiting for his heavenly tribulation.
• After sensing the tribulation draw near, Li Changshou reflected on the Dao, greeted the Heavenly Dao, and let the Tribulation Clouds gather overhead.
• Li Changshou blocked the first powerful bolt of lightning and found that the resulting sensation was unexpectedly comfortable.

Li Changshou endured his eight-bolt heavenly tribulation, gaining insights as his body began transforming into an immortal body. The tribulation ended before his transformation was complete, leaving him a half-baked immortal, and a new pressure from the heavens locked onto him.

• Li Changshou endured the third and fourth bolts, sensing the Great Dao collide with his own and beginning to transform into an immortal.
• He withstood the fifth, sixth, and seventh bolts as an old Daoist identified the tribulation as the Thirty-Two Ferocious Beasts, Eight Poles and Eight Wastelands Immortal-Summoning Tribulation, then left with Han Zhi.
• Li Changshou faced the enormous eighth bolt, which swallowed him before the tribulation cloud dissipated and an Auspicious Cloud appeared beneath him.
• Li Changshou discovered that only the upper half of his body and part of his Primordial Spirit had transformed, leaving him stuck as a half-baked immortal.
• Li Changshou called for the Tribulation Cloud to wait, but it vanished, and an indescribable pressure descended from the heavens and locked onto him.

Li Changshou’s hidden items that prevented deduction drew the Heavenly Dao’s attention after his first tribulation, and he had to ask for a second one. He began facing a far more powerful Nine Heavens Divine Demon Tribulation while an old Daoist and his apprentice mistook him for a doomed cultivator.

• A vast Heavenly Dao presence appeared over Li Changshou, who realized his deduction-defying trinkets had concealed his true cultivation and made the tribulation misjudge him.
• Li Changshou removed seven hidden objects that prevented deduction, weakening the Heavenly Might, then pleaded with the heavens to let him undergo the tribulation again at another site.
• The Heavenly Dao formed an enormous tribulation cloud as Li Changshou escaped underwater toward his second prepared location.
• Li Changshou used talismans and defenses against the first lightning waterfall, then strengthened himself with ancient characters, Samadhi True Fire, and lotus manifestations before charging into the next strike.
• An old Daoist identified the spectacle as a Nine Heavens Divine Demon Tribulation and told his apprentice that Li Changshou was unlikely to survive.

Li Changshou survived his Immortal Ascension Tribulation and the Heavenly Punishment that followed, then fled to recover while entering a prolonged state of Dao comprehension. He awoke in a remote fishing village where the locals had worshiped him as a sea god, and became wary when his attendant called him an immortal.

• Li Changshou endured eight lightning strikes, a ninth strike, and Heavenly Punishment before absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Energy and becoming an immortal.
• A Half-step Golden Immortal Daoist and his disciple Han Zhi approached the tribulation site, but Li Changshou fled into the sea after sensing them and left a bloodstained garment behind.
• The old Daoist burned the garment, while Li Changshou used Water Escape and the Turtle Breath Art to hide inside a strange fish and recover from his injuries.
• Li Changshou's tribulation insights drew him into a wondrous Dao realm, and he remained absorbed in it as the fish was caught and brought to a remote village.
• The villagers mistook Li Changshou for a sea god and worshiped him for months, while a young woman guarded him as his attendant.
• Li Changshou awoke and tried to thank his attendant, then grew wary when the burly young woman called him an immortal rather than a sea god.

After recovering from his tribulation, Li Changshou hid near Xiong Clan Village, investigated its unusually muscular residents, and resumed secluded cultivation on a deserted island. A burst of treasure light from the village drew his attention and he sent a paper clone to investigate, while Ao Yi remained at Golden Ao Island among Jie Teaching immortals.

• Li Changshou left gold and valuables for Xiong Lingli, hid a hundred li from Xiong Clan Village, and watched its powerful but apparently untrained residents search for their missing Sea God.
• Li Changshou found no cause for the villagers' strength and left for a deserted island in the South Sea, where he recovered from his Dao Injury, improved his evasions, condensed Immortal Fire, and completed the third version of his Turtle Breath Qi Harmonizing Art.
• A seven-colored Treasure Light appeared over Xiong Clan Village, so Li Changshou sent a paper clone to investigate while keeping his own body in hiding.
• At Golden Ao Island, Ao Yi stayed coiled beneath a treasure pool as Jie Teaching Qi Refiners discussed his reluctance to remain there.

Li Changshou killed a vicious sea demon for merit, then discovered it was part of a Western Teachings scheme at Bear Stockade and fled to avoid entanglement. Meanwhile, Xiong Lingli was called onstage to test a preacher’s claim of divine protection.

• Li Changshou spotted Western Teachings preachers at Bear Stockade, then halted his escape when he sensed a powerful sea demon heading toward the village.
• Li Changshou trapped the demon with his Paper Clones, poisoned it, and destroyed it with a sword formation and Samadhi True Fire.
• Li Changshou gained merit and discovered from the demon’s memories that it had been helping the preachers stage fake miracles at Bear Stockade.
• Li Changshou fled east after realizing the scheme involved Western Teachings, and he found a reference to Du Xian Sect in the demon’s memories.
• At Bear Stockade, Wang Cai was ordered to demonstrate the clay statue’s protection and called Xiong Lingli onstage to strike him.

Wang Cai and the other Qi Refiners fled Bear Stockade, where the villagers began worshiping Li Changshou as their Sea God. When Li Changshou sensed the offerings and feared attracting the Western Teachings, he hurried back toward Du Xian Sect and hid nearby; Ling'e then woke from a dream of him in danger and noticed an unfamiliar senior sister circling Lesser Qiong Peak.

• Wang Cai and the other Qi Refiners escaped the pursuing Bear Stockade villagers, who had mistaken them for divine envoys.
• Xiong Lingli's mother shared her portrait of Li Changshou, and the villagers decided to carve a statue and worship him as the Sea God.
• Li Changshou returned to his parents' graves, devised a way to imitate weaker flames, and sensed that Bear Stockade was offering him incense.
• Li Changshou feared the Western Teachings would notice his connection to the offerings, so he hurried back to Eastern Continent of Divine Grace and hid near Du Xian Sect.
• Ling'e woke from a dream about Li Changshou being overwhelmed by strange people and saw an unfamiliar senior sister circling Lesser Qiong Peak.

Lan Ling'e helped Liu Yan'er manage Liu Sizhe and Wang Qi’s rivalry while Li Changshou remained in seclusion outside the sect. He discovered that Bear Stockade’s worship had spread his fame and earned him far more Incense Merit than he expected, leaving him alarmed about the consequences.

• Liu Yan'er told Lan Ling'e that she and Wang Qi planned to become Dao companions, but Liu Sizhe opposed their match and had challenged Wang Qi.
• Lan Ling'e sent Liu Sizhe and Wang Qi aside, then got them drunk with Jiu Jiu’s brew and whispered a plan to Liu Yan'er.
• Liu Yan'er thanked Lan Ling'e and carried the two unconscious men back toward Du Lin Peak.
• Li Changshou considered how to obtain precious materials without harming the Du Xian Sect, then worried that a trip to a market town might attract trouble.
• Li Changshou divined that more than a hundred statues of him had appeared and that Bear Stockade’s worship had brought him a vast amount of Incense Merit.

Li Changshou returned to Du Xian Sect after severing his mortal ties, worshiped the Human Teaching Patriarch for protection, and reunited with Ling'e on Lesser Qiong Peak. He reprimanded her for meddling in Liu Yan'er’s relationship and ordered her to copy the Steady Character Scripture before apologizing, while setting aside a rumor about how their master had been injured.

• Li Changshou returned to Du Xian Sect and reported to the Hall of Hundred Affairs after his journey outside.
• Li Changshou worshiped the Patriarch’s portrait for an hour, hoping to gain protection against possible trouble from the Western Teachings.
• Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, greeted his master, and found Ling'e waiting for him.
• Ling'e confessed that her advice had contributed to Liu Sizhe and Wang Qi fighting over Liu Yan'er, and Li Changshou scolded her for meddling in their affairs.
• Li Changshou ordered Ling'e to copy the Steady Character Scripture three hundred times and apologize to Liu Yan'er before leaving her to reveal a rumor about their master’s old injury.
• Li Changshou told Ling'e not to investigate the rumor yet and went to the alchemy room while she began copying the scripture.

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.