Recaps

Li Changshou and Zhao Gongming dealt with the Western Teachings’ scheme at the Sea God temple, then Li Changshou spent years revising his plans for the Dragon Clan’s entry into the Heavenly Court. After emerging from seclusion, he began teaching Ling'e combat and cleanup techniques, while Zhao Gongming prepared to use the same trick against another target.

• Zhao Gongming befriended Li Changshou, accepted the Sea God Cult Doctrine, and gave him a Chaos Spirit Stone as thanks.
• Li Changshou assessed how Zhao Gongming’s intervention affected the Dragon Clan and the Western Teachings, then instructed Ao Yi to cultivate Zhao Gongming’s goodwill.
• Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak, spent years in seclusion revising his plans, and emerged with his displayed cultivation raised by one level.
• Li Changshou told Ling'e to study combat techniques and methods for ending karmic entanglements after battle.
• Zhao Gongming suppressed a battered old Daoist with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and staged an accusation to lure him toward Spirit Mountain.

Li Changshou taught Ling'e and Jiu Jiu Lesser Qiong Peak’s cautious methods for avoiding karma and handling enemies, then reflected on Jiang Lin’er’s news and the Dragon Clan’s troubles. As rumors spread that the Three Teachings Origin Conference would begin early, he started preparing a plan to avoid attending.

• Li Changshou gave Ling'e a lesson on acting cautiously, severing karma, and dealing with enemies, while Jiu Jiu listened and joined in.
• Li Changshou taught Ling'e and Jiu Jiu how to dispose of corpses and souls, giving them Soul-Capturing Beads and explaining several scriptures and mantras.
• Li Changshou received Jiang Lin’er's letter saying she had traced Wan Jiangyu's reincarnation to a tree spirit nearing the end of its life and planned to wait for the next reincarnation.
• Li Changshou continued monitoring the Dragon Clan’s troubles and waited for feedback on his answers to the Jade Emperor’s questions through Dong Mugong.
• Rumors spread that the Three Teachings Origin Conference would begin early, and Li Changshou began preparing a plan to avoid it.

Li Changshou feigned a serious cultivation injury to avoid attending the Three Teachings Origin Conference, but Youqin Xuanya and Jiu Jiu drew powerful elders and the sect master into examining him. The sect appointed him and Youqin Xuanya joint leaders, and he learned the conference was still twelve years away.

• Li Changshou staged a Primordial Spirit injury, and Jiu Wu, Old Daoist Qi Yuan, and Wan Linjun examined him and advised him to rest for years.
• Youqin Xuanya visited, mistook his injury for proof of his devotion to the sect, and promised to carry out his expectations at the conference.
• Jiu Jiu brought Elder Qi Ling to examine Li Changshou, so Li Changshou deliberately injured his Primordial Spirit to make his feigned illness convincing.
• Sect Master Ji Wuyou visited after Youqin Xuanya returned, and Li Changshou successfully maintained his disguise.
• The next day, Jiu Wu and Youqin Xuanya told Li Changshou that he and Youqin Xuanya had been appointed joint leaders for the conference, which would take place twelve years later.

Li Changshou weighed whether to attend the Three Teachings Origin Conference while secretly improving his Paper Daoists and seeking guidance from the Saint. After receiving a cryptic admonition to proceed steadily, he decided on his course, while the chapter ended with a new scene introducing the powerful but accident-prone Lingli.

• Li Changshou realized Du Xian Sect had summoned its disciples twelve years before the conference and spent three years pretending to recover while refining his plans.
• Li Changshou developed a new Paper Daoist that could disguise its aura and fight at the initial Heavenly Immortal level, though it could not replenish its immortal power.
• Li Changshou visited Elder Wan Linjun and Elder Qi Ling to test whether they could see through his disguise, and neither detected it.
• Li Changshou offered incense before the Portrait of a Saint and received the words “Still, heart, non-action. Begin, one, steady, end,” which he recognized as the Saint's Admonishment.
• Grand Master Xuandu revealed that the insight had been transmitted through the Great Dao, and an old Heavenly Immortal in the Carefree Immortal Sect visited his disciple Lingli.
• Lingli excitedly greeted the old Daoist, accidentally sending her Long Staff flying toward his face.

Grand Master Xuandu discovered Zhao Gongming was using staged injuries and recorded evidence to extort Western Teachings experts, then learned that Li Changshou had introduced him to the scheme. Xuandu decided to recruit Li Changshou into Human Teachings proper and agreed to attend the Three Teachings Origin Conference, while Li Changshou prepared meticulously for the event.

• Grand Master Xuandu investigated Zhao Gongming's recent clashes with Western Teachings and watched him fake an injury, provoke his opponent, record the encounter, and demand a private settlement or public exposure.
• Grand Master Xuandu asked Zhao Gongming whether he had met the South Sea Sea God, learned that Li Changshou was involved, and resolved to make Li Changshou his junior brother.
• When Zhao Gongming asked whether Xuandu would attend the Three Teachings Origin Conference, Xuandu changed his answer and agreed to go.
• Li Changshou questioned why he had to attend, accepted that the Saint Lord must have a reason, and prepared Paper Daoists, treasures, poisons, arrays, and other safeguards.
• Li Changshou consolidated his cultivation, considered but rejected sending a weaker Paper Daoist in his place, and prepared intelligence materials and a conduct handbook for the Du Xian Sect delegation.

Li Changshou prepared with the Du Xian Sect disciples for the Three Teachings Origin Conference, while Ling'e chose to stay behind and entrusted Jiu Jiu with looking after her brother. On Golden Ao Island, Great Immortal Wuyun sent Ao Yi to the conference and gave him a jade turtle shell for contacting his master.

• Li Changshou attended the disciples' gathering, where Youqin Xuanya checked their copied Disciple's Rules and Elder Ge reviewed preparations for the conference.
• Ling'e refused an invitation to travel to the Central Divine Continent and asked Jiu Jiu not to tease Li Changshou when they were away.
• Great Immortal Wuyun told Ao Yi to attend the conference, gave him a jade turtle shell for contacting him, and helped him advance through a burst of instruction.
• Ao Yi entered the treasure pool to cultivate, and Zhao Gongming later hurried toward Golden Ao Island.

Li Changshou learned that the Jie Teaching planned to send hundreds of immortals to the Three Teachings Origin Conference, then departed with the Du Xian Sect while preparing for trouble and drafting a memorial urging the Jade Emperor to bring the Dragon Clan into the Heavenly Court. He left the memorial unfinished when Dong Mugong appeared and handled Wang Qi’s request by giving him Poison Dragon Wine.

• Li Changshou asked Ao Yi about the Dragon Clan and learned that Zhao Gongming had encouraged hundreds of Jie Teaching immortals, including six of the Ten Heavenly Lords, to attend the conference.
• Li Changshou bid farewell to Old Daoist Qi Yuan and Ling'e, then boarded the Du Xian Sect’s treasure ship with Sect Master Ji Wuyou and the other travelers.
• After the ship departed, Li Changshou monitored its passengers and his Paper Daoists, then began drafting a memorial proposing that the Dragon Clan serve the Heavenly Court.
• Youqin Xuanya, Wang Qi, and Liu Yan'er visited Li Changshou, and Wang Qi asked him for a pill on behalf of an acquaintance.
• When Dong Mugong appeared at the Sea God Temple, Li Changshou gave Wang Qi two jars of Poison Dragon Wine and advised him to use it only after returning.

Jade Emperor Haotian accepted Li Changshou’s plan to subdue the Dragon Clan and settle the Four Seas, and the Heavenly Dao rewarded Changshou with merit that he refined into protection for his Primordial Spirit. On the journey to the Central Divine Continent, Wang Qi drank Poison Dragon Wine, and Sect Master Ji Wuyou arranged for him to be alone with his Dao companion before asking Changshou about Grand Master Xuandu.

• Dong Mugong presented Li Changshou’s memorial, and Jade Emperor Haotian praised its plan to pacify the Four Seas and ordered officials to follow a new memorial format.
• Haotian sent Dong Mugong to deliver spirit herbs and precious medicine to Tushita Palace, while Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon Li Changshou aboard the Treasure Ship.
• Li Changshou refined the merit into a protective vest for his Primordial Spirit and considered how to keep future merit payments from revealing his identity.
• Wang Qi admitted that he had drunk Poison Dragon Wine, so Li Changshou advised him to seek help from Sect Master Ji Wuyou.
• Ji Wuyou summoned Liu Yan’er, sealed them inside a suite, and took Poison Dragon Wine and Ambition Pills from Li Changshou for his old friends.
• Ji Wuyou told Li Changshou that he and Youqin Xuanya would follow him to meet experts of the Three Teachings, then asked about Grand Master Xuandu.

Li Changshou arrived at the Three Teachings Origin Conference with Du Xian Sect and cautiously assessed the venue and its guests. He recognized the disguised Sea God Lingli just as she began to call out to him, and silenced her by pushing her face into the grass.

• Wuyou Daoist told Li Changshou that Grand Master Xuandu knew his name, while Li Changshou considered how to influence the conference without exposing himself.
• Du Xian Sect’s Treasure Ship traveled for twenty-one days to the conference, where Carefree Immortal Sect greeted the party and guided them to their lakeside seating area.
• Youqin Xuanya drew her Greatsword and planted it inches from Cao Zhi’s toes when he approached her, causing him to retreat.
• Li Changshou found that the venue blocked his Wind Whisper Spell and inspected the surroundings using his immortal consciousness.
• Li Changshou recognized the burly Carefree Immortal Sect disciple as Sea God Lingli and stopped her from calling out by pressing her face into the grass.

Li Changshou unexpectedly reunited with Xiong Lingli at the sect gathering and concealed that he was the Sea God by claiming to be her cousin. As Xiong Lingli recounted how her immense strength had driven away several masters, Li Changshou asked Jiu Wu whether he needed a disciple.

• Li Changshou stopped Xiong Lingli from revealing his Sea God identity and persuaded her to call him Cousin.
• Xiong Lingli told Li Changshou that her parents had sent her away to find a master, and she eagerly stayed with him to catch up.
• Li Changshou learned that Xiong Lingli had accidentally injured her master, and her Carefree Immortal Sect companions confirmed she had been punished.
• Xiong Lingli recounted being expelled from an earlier sect after eating its guardian spirit beast and injuring successive masters with her strength.
• Li Changshou secretly asked Jiu Wu whether he needed a disciple, and Jiu Wu paled at the suggestion.

Li Changshou arranged for Xiong Lingli to leave the Carefree Immortal Sect and join Du Xian Sect as a Registered Disciple of Ji Wuyou, then spent the following months keeping her close and teaching her to control her strength. As the Three Teachings gathering began, Chi Jingzi and two other Chan Teaching Golden Immortals arrived, only to spot a vast cloud crowded with figures and urgently call for reinforcements.

• Li Changshou persuaded Jiu Wu to help bring Xiong Lingli to Du Xian Sect, offering him two spirit pills in exchange.
• Jiu Wu and Venerable Wangqing convinced Ji Wuyou to accept Xiong Lingli as a Registered Disciple, transferring her from the Carefree Immortal Sect.
• Xiong Lingli stayed beside Li Changshou as he taught her to control her strength and assigned her books to read during the six-month wait.
• Chi Jingzi and two other Chan Teaching Golden Immortals arrived at the gathering venue as an immense cloud of figures approached from the southeast.
• The Chan Teaching arrivals took out Jade Talisman Messages and urgently called for reinforcements.

The Three Teachings Origin Conference gathered Chan, Jie, and Human Teaching immortals, who exchanged formal greetings and recounted their lineages before Yun Zhongzi opened the Minor Mountain and River Diagram for a contest among young disciples. Li Changshou tried to stay out of it, but Grand Master Xuandu’s mysterious prompting sent him and Xiong Lingli into the diagram.

• Guang Chengzi and Holy Mother Jinling greeted each other and led the Chan and Jie Teaching immortals in paying respects to their senior Saints.
• The sect leaders organized the gathering, and Daoist Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Fairy Qiongxiao, and Grand Master Xuandu arrived to join the conference.
• Guang Chengzi and Daoist Duobao recounted the Three Teachings’ origins, after which the immortal sects described their own lineages.
• Li Changshou nearly entered enlightenment while reflecting on the future, but stopped himself and continued listening.
• Yun Zhongzi opened the Minor Mountain and River Diagram for young disciples to compete, and Li Changshou tried to remain seated.
• Grand Master Xuandu prompted Li Changshou to enter, so Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli were drawn into the diagram, surprising Yun Zhongzi with their weight.

Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli entered the Minor Mountain and River Diagram, where Li Changshou chose to hide rather than seek out opponents. Grand Master Xuandu secretly watched and tried to force him into action, but Li Changshou stayed concealed even as Xiong Lingli defeated two demonic beasts; when more beasts arrived, Li Changshou ran.

• Yun Zhongzi displayed scenes from the Minor Mountain and River Diagram through six treasure pearls as the immortals watched the disciples inside.
• Grand Master Xuandu secretly observed Li Changshou, while Guang Chengzi and Daoist Duobao also watched Xuandu.
• Li Changshou hid in the diagram with Xiong Lingli and instructed her to avoid fighting while he searched for a concealed place.
• Grand Master Xuandu sent two demonic beasts toward Li Changshou's hiding place, and Li Changshou had Xiong Lingli smash them with boulders.
• When more demonic beasts charged toward the valley, Li Changshou called to Xiong Lingli and ran.

Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli hid from danger in the treasure map, where Li guided her through hunting demon birds and surviving staged encounters. Grand Master Xuandu tested Li’s temperament and, after judging him steady, sent him a cryptic prompting to display the Human Teaching’s might.

• Li Changshou moved Xiong Lingli to a riverside cave, then helped her hunt demon birds and roast their wings for food.
• Xiong Lingli killed the demon birds with earthen forks and drew wary attention from passing Qi Refiners.
• Grand Master Xuandu realized Li’s caution was unusually deep, investigated the Du Xian Sect’s past, and began a more extensive assessment of him.
• Following Li’s instructions, Xiong Lingli killed a demon beast empowered by a Lightning Hammer, accepted gifts from the rescued Jie Teaching disciples, and refined the hammer.
• Li avoided unwanted entanglements during Xuandu’s further tests while helping others when it cost him little, and Xuandu concluded that he was steady.
• Xuandu prompted Li to display the Human Teaching’s might, and Li emerged from a stream and bowed toward the sky, suspecting the Great Mage was behind it.

Li Changshou used Xiong Lingli and Youqin Xuanya to boost Human Teaching’s renown by having them swiftly defeat demon beasts across the treasure diagram. Grand Master Xuandu revealed that he had arranged the conference to draw Li Changshou toward Tushita Palace, then abandoned the plan after deciding not to force him; Li Changshou realized he had accidentally missed the opportunity, while Youqin Xuanya gained insight from the Great Mage’s departing Dao aura.

• Li Changshou suspected the Great Mage was directing him and recruited Xiong Lingli and Youqin Xuanya to make Human Teaching famous by defeating demon beasts.
• Xiong Lingli killed two demon beasts while Youqin Xuanya helped, and Li Changshou explained his plan to raise the sect’s renown through their partnership.
• Under Li Changshou’s guidance, Xiong Lingli and Youqin Xuanya swept through the treasure diagram, killed over a hundred demon beasts, and became known among the Qi Refiners.
• Grand Master Xuandu reflected on Li Changshou’s words, decided not to force him into Tushita Palace, and left him a message explaining his original plan and his changed mind.
• Li Changshou lamented that he had missed the chance to enter Tushita Palace, while Youqin Xuanya received a wisp of the Great Mage’s Dao aura and entered a moment of enlightenment.

After missing a chance to enter Tushita Palace, Li Changshou reaffirmed his plans and suppressed a sudden insight. Youqin Xuanya broke through into an immortal tribulation, and after using a Mage Birdcage to survive the seventh strike, she faced the final thunder phoenix.

• Li Changshou considered the risks of entering Tushita Palace, recommitted to his three main goals, and suppressed his new Dao insight.
• Youqin Xuanya began breaking through, so Li Changshou formed a protective array while Xiong Lingli warned nearby cultivators to keep away.
• Youqin Xuanya prepared for the tribulation with Li Changshou's pills and two Mage Birdcages as the immortals of the Three Teachings watched.
• After the seventh tribulation damaged her sword box and injured her Primordial Spirit, Youqin Xuanya hid inside a Mage Birdcage and used it to absorb the strike.
• Youqin Xuanya rose to face the eighth tribulation and charged at the thunder phoenix, calling out that she would wait for Li Changshou on the immortal path ahead.

Youqin Xuanya survived her tribulation with Li Changshou’s Mage Birdcage, ascended, and drew attention to the rare treasure. After the Three Teachings’ gathering ended, Li Changshou and Sect Master Ji Wuyou prepared to handle the people who would seek the birdcages.

• Li Changshou left Youqin Xuanya to ascend and instructed her to keep the Mage Birdcage’s origins and scarcity quiet, while she misread his concern as a reason to repay him with her life.
• Youqin Xuanya was taken from the treasure painting to Du Xian Sect’s seating area, where Ji Wuyou protected her as she entered enlightenment; Jiu Wu then warned Jiu Jiu about her feelings for Li Changshou.
• When Golden Immortals asked about the Mage Birdcage, Jiu Wu claimed it had been left to Li Changshou by a deceased sect elder, and Ji Wuyou announced that Du Xian Sect had no way to make more.
• Dozens of Three Teachings Lineages sought information about the birdcage, prompting Ji Wuyou to post a notice that only two ancient cages remained and that the sect had no refinement method.
• After Yun Zhongzi returned the disciples from the treasure painting, Ji Wuyou told Li Changshou to insist that only two birdcages remained and to act on his cues when visitors came to stir up trouble.

After the Three Teachings gathering, Li Changshou refused to let the Human Teaching sect masters take the Mage Birdcage, and Yun Zhongzi helped convince them it could not be replicated. Li Changshou destroyed two cages to end their interest, received compensation, and then sensed Zhao Gongming arriving at the Sea God Temple with a young girl.

• Xiong Lingli noted that the senior immortals had left, while Li Changshou considered avoiding Youqin Xuanya to reduce future entanglements.
• The Human Teaching sect masters asked Li Changshou to show them the Mage Birdcage, but he warned that sharing it could bring dangerous karma.
• Yun Zhongzi arrived, examined the Mage Birdcage in a treasure bottle, declared it impossible to replicate, and gave Li Changshou a jade talisman and other gifts.
• Li Changshou destroyed two Mage Birdcages, prompting the sect masters to apologize and give him compensation, including treasures that could protect the Primordial Spirit during heavenly tribulation.
• Li Changshou sensed Zhao Gongming entering the South Sea Sea God Temple with a young girl and promising to teach her a method for beating people without consequence.

Zhao Gongming brought Qiongxiao to the Sea God Temple to ask Li Changshou for new ways to use his crash-scam tactic. After Qiongxiao helped devise a partner-assisted version, the siblings left to test it on Dong Mugong.

• Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao visited the Sea God Temple, where Li Changshou met them through his incarnation.
• Zhao Gongming explained how he had used Li Changshou's crash-scam method against Western Teachings disciples, and Qiongxiao apologized for suspecting Li Changshou of inciting him.
• Zhao Gongming demonstrated the scam, and Qiongxiao devised a coordinated version in which she would pose as a witness and threaten the target with a great matter.
• Li Changshou asked Zhao Gongming not to credit him with the scheme, while Zhao Gongming praised Qiongxiao's improvement.
• After leaving the temple, Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao spotted Dong Mugong and secretly pursued him to test their new approach.

Li Changshou worried that Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao’s reckless actions could disrupt the coming Investiture of the Gods and complicate his plans for the Dragon Clan’s entry into the Heavenly Court. After Dong Mugong delivered the Jade Emperor’s decree and described a baffling encounter with two disguised experts, Grand Master Xuandu sensed a new matter involving Human Teaching and decided to summon Li Changshou.

• Li Changshou reflected on the danger Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters posed to the Three Teachings, then accepted Yun Zhongzi’s treasures and continued waiting for the Three Teachings Origin Conference to end.
• Li Changshou and Jiu Wu discussed Dao companions while Xiong Lingli meditated nearby and fell asleep again.
• Dong Mugong delivered the Jade Emperor’s decree, which praised Li Changshou and entrusted him with handling the Dragon Clan’s rise to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou learned that two disguised experts had frightened Dong Mugong into silence under a Great Dao Oath, then sent him back to Heaven with gifts.
• Grand Master Xuandu visited Matchmaker to apologize for his past requests, sensed a new matter involving Human Teaching, and decided to call Li Changshou over.

Grand Master Xuandu brought Li Changshou to an undersea city where Ao Yi was caught in a rebellion's trap, then urged Li Changshou to rescue him. Li Changshou secured Xuandu's promise to guard him during his Golden Immortal Tribulation and sent four Paper Daoists into the city, leaving Xuandu to realize he had been maneuvered into making the promise.

• Li Changshou confirmed Grand Master Xuandu's identity, arranged to leave the assembly grounds, and met him in a secluded forest.
• Xuandu took Li Changshou to a Sea Clan city and explained that they should dismantle the Western Sect's schemes without offending its Saints.
• Ao Yi arrived in the city, was betrayed by his Dragon Clan escort, and became trapped when the rebellion erupted.
• Xuandu told Li Changshou to save Ao Yi, and Li Changshou bargained for Xuandu to guard him during his Golden Immortal Tribulation.
• Li Changshou sent four Paper Daoists into the city, and Xuandu realized Li Changshou had secured his promise by making the rescue unavoidable.

The author explained Li Changshou’s strategy in the previous chapter, then shared a year-end reflection on the success of Senior Brother and thanked readers for their support. The author promised to keep updating through the Lunar New Year.

• The author explained that Li Changshou had pretended to be reluctant and cautious so the Great Mage would see him as someone unlikely to cause trouble, while also securing the Great Mage’s protection during his Golden Immortal Tribulation.
• The author described Senior Brother’s rise in rankings and subscriptions, and thanked readers for making the novel a success.
• The author reflected on the challenges of writing full-time and said readers’ support had helped them persist.
• The author asked readers to support Senior Brother with monthly tickets to help maintain its exposure.
• The author said they would not return to their hometown or take a break for the Lunar New Year, and would keep updating.

Li Changshou used his Paper Daoist Incarnations and poison to repeatedly rescue Ao Yi from the Sea Clan rebels while keeping the Jade Emperor’s involvement ambiguous. When a rebel Golden Immortal broke through toward Ao Yi, Grand Master Xuandu lent Li Changshou the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and sent him to face the attacker.

• Li Changshou’s four Paper Daoist Incarnations ambushed the rebels surrounding Ao Yi, poisoned them, burned their bodies, and performed rites for the dead before retreating to hide.
• The Paper Daoist Incarnations rescued Ao Yi from a second rebel attack, but the rebels changed tactics after failing to capture him twice.
• A rebel Golden Immortal rushed toward Ao Yi while the dragon-headed elder was held back by other attackers, and Ao Yi rose to fight the stronger opponent.
• Grand Master Xuandu lent Li Changshou the protection of the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda for half an hour and told him to test his strength against the unstable Golden Immortal.
• Li Changshou disguised himself, prepared his combat tools, and sent his Paper Daoist Incarnations to pin Ao Yi down and set up miniature arrays as he prepared to confront the attacker.

Li Changshou used the borrowed name Xuandu the Lesser Mage and an elaborate array of Paper Daoists, talismans, and spells to defeat a fake Golden Immortal attacking Ao Yi. The enemy survived the apparent killing blow, but Li Changshou destroyed his Blood Lotus and finished him off before returning to Grand Master Xuandu, lamenting the cost of the battle.

• Li Changshou asked Grand Master Xuandu to let him use his name, then posed as Xuandu the Lesser Mage to distract the fake Sea Clan Golden Immortal and reassure Ao Yi.
• Li Changshou sent out four Paper Daoists and attacked with miniature arrays, painted spells, and coordinated strikes, while the fake Golden Immortal resisted and exposed himself to a trap.
• Li Changshou's Paper Daoists bound the fake Golden Immortal, and their Samadhi True Fire burned him until he appeared dead.
• The fake Golden Immortal revived through the Blood Lotus and struck down a paper decoy, but Li Changshou stabbed him from behind with a Jade Flute and destroyed the Blood Lotus with poisoned attacks and Samadhi True Fire.
• Li Changshou left the Four Protectors to deal with the remains and returned to Grand Master Xuandu, counting the many treasures and resources he had spent.

Li Changshou helped Grand Master Xuandu repel the Sea Clan rebels and received a Jade Card bearing the Human Teaching’s authority, while the chaotic effects of his Heart Fire Burn pill spread through Merfolk Great City. The chapter ended with Ao Yi waking in an unfamiliar palace and noticing an unfamiliar woman.

• Daoist Wen Jing ordered her Sea Clan puppets to withdraw and wondered whether Li Changshou was connected to a powerful man she knew.
• Li Changshou explained Heart Fire Burn’s effects to Grand Master Xuandu, who praised his disguises and tactics.
• The Sea Clan rebels retreated, and Grand Master Xuandu gave Li Changshou a Jade Card bearing his title and Dao resonance.
• Grand Master Xuandu departed, then searched Human Teaching libraries for divine abilities to teach Li Changshou.
• Ao Yi woke in an unfamiliar palace and noticed an unfamiliar woman.