Vol. 5The Dharma Seal and Mortal World

Lu Qing forged new Dao treasures, sent out Dao Transmissions, and gained insight through an incognito life in the Mortal World. He returned to his Daoist Dojo as Heavenly Sun Mountain drew cultivators, with Ye Lin setting out to seek a cultivation treasure.

  • Lu Qing opened the Stellar World, glimpsed the Nether Sea and Reincarnation, and accepted a mission to the Black Tortoise Minor Realm.
  • The Holy Spirit Ancestor fought Buddhist cultivators over a Buddhist Sarira in the West Sea and suffered severe injuries.
  • Lu Qing quelled a temporal disturbance in the Black Tortoise Minor Realm, then rejected the treasury’s Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment and chose to forge his own Dao Seal.
  • After Buddhist interference was severed by a distant sword light, Lu Qing traveled to the Vermilion Bird World and returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Academy.
  • Lu Qing entered the Primordial Era through a Radiance of Time imprint and forged a Dharma Seal Supreme Treasure at Bifang Mountain.
  • Lu Qing established a Heavenly Secret Lake and sent two Dao Transmissions toward the Northern and Eastern Heaven Continents to seek heirs.
  • Lu Qing lived incognito at Mr. Nan’s academy, gained enlightenment, and returned to his Daoist Dojo after ten years had passed.
  • Qin Tianshi accepted an invitation to travel to Heavenly Sun Mountain as Ye Lin set out to seek a cultivation treasure.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17The Stellar World and Reincarnation

Lu Qing advanced his cultivation, formed the Stellar World, and glimpsed the Nether Sea and Reincarnation. He accepted a mission to the Black Tortoise Minor Realm as the True Inheritance Assembly approached.

  • Lu Qing established Clearless Prefecture, while his Dao Abode and the surrounding city drew growing numbers of cultivators.
  • Divine Path cultivators pursued a Buddhist Sarira in the West Sea, where the Holy Spirit Ancestor fought Buddhist cultivators and suffered severe injuries.
  • Lu Qing studied the Long River of Dao Seals, advanced to the Void Realm Second Gate, and chose not to compete for a True Inheritor seat.
  • As the Dao Sect prepared its True Inheritance Assembly, Lu Qing opened the Stellar World and infused it with the Great Dao of Fate Allotment.
  • Lu Qing sent his Divine Sense to the Nether Sea, perceived countless lights resembling True Spirits and the thread of Reincarnation, then gained a Reincarnation Dao Seal.
  • After divination showed the risks of the assembly and a Black Tortoise Minor Realm mission, Lu Qing accepted the mission and chose to seek Sunset Glow True Meaning on Sunset Glow Isle.
  • Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan welcomed Lu Qing's acceptance, noting the Minor Realm's Merit and the possibility that other disciples would trouble him.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Treasury and the Vermilion Bird

Lu Qing quelled a temporal disturbance, then entered the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s treasury and refused its Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment in favor of forging his own Dao Seal. After his state of mind transformed and the Buddhist Sect interfered with him, he set out for the Vermilion Bird World and returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Academy.

  • Lu Qing traced the disappearance of Black Tortoise Mountain to the Heavenly Sun Realm crossing the Long River of Time, then raised a formation to stop the disturbance and gathered Merit in the Black Tortoise Minor Realm.
  • Lu Qing stayed to defend the realm as the Heavenly Sun Realm returned, while Dao Sect figures watched his vast formations and recognized his exceptional Formation Dao.
  • Lu Qing entered Chen Palace and crossed the Divine Bridge into the Dao Sect Treasury, where he studied the treasures and spoke with their spirits.
  • Lu Qing declined the treasures’ offers and the Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment, choosing instead to forge his own Dao Seal, and the Profound Heaven Bell and other spirits gave him materials and insights.
  • Lu Qing accepted a Divine Firmament Thunder Dao Seal, returned to his Daoist Dojo, and gained an Illumination Spiritual Heart after discussing the Dao with the Heart Ape and Mind Horse.
  • The Buddha of Spirit Heaven Buddhist Land tried to meddle with Lu Qing’s Heavenly Secrets, but a distant sword light severed the thread and the Glazed Buddha Kingdom fell.
  • Lu Qing resolved to approach the Spirit Heaven Buddhist Land and Glazed Buddhist Sect cautiously, then left for the Vermilion Bird World while his emotionless body stayed behind to oversee the Immortal City.
  • Lu Qing reached the Northern Heaven Continent, entered the Profound Heaven Domain, and returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Academy, where Academy Head Zhou directed him toward the world he sought.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Dharma Seal and Dao Transmissions

Lu Qing entered an ancient imprint of time, forged a Dharma Seal, and returned to find the Nine Heavens approaching new contests among their true inheritors. He established a Heavenly Secret Lake and sent two Dao Transmissions to seek successors in Northern and Eastern Heaven Continents.

  • Lu Qing entered the Vermilion Bird World, witnessed the Spiritwood Tribe’s sacrifice and the arrival of a Supreme Treasure, then waited out the seven days foretold by Divination.
  • Lu Qing used the Great Dao of Time to kill the Ancient Demon Phoenix Bird, obtained a Radiance of Time imprint, and entered the past to refine his Dao Seal treasure.
  • In the Primordial Era, Lu Qing evaded the Divine Calculator’s tests, found Bifang Mountain, and forged a Dharma Seal Supreme Treasure through a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.
  • Lu Qing returned to the present and warned the Divine Calculator not to probe his unusual fate, while the old man later failed to reproduce the ominous hexagram he had seen.
  • As Tang Yun challenged the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s true inheritors, Lu Qing investigated Qin Yang and the Broken Sword, then chose to pass down two Dao Transmissions.
  • Lu Qing created a Heavenly Secret Lake and sent the Divine Firmament Thunder Dao and Heavenly Secrets Jade Slips toward Northern and Eastern Heaven Continents to find heirs.
  • The Broken Sword and Su Sheng chose to lie low, while the Heavenly Secrets Jade Slip reached Northern Heaven Continent and prepared to seek a suitable successor.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Mortal World and Heavenly Sun

Lu Qing traveled incognito through the Mortal World, gaining insight from a dreamlike life at an academy before returning to his Daoist Dojo. As Heavenly Sun Mountain’s appearance drew cultivators toward it, the story left Ye Lin setting out to seek a cultivation treasure.

  • Lu Qing sent a Dharma Seal along Greed Ghost’s return and damaged the White-Haired Ghost Child’s cultivation foundation, then spent years cultivating and calmly overcame his Red Dust Heart Tribulation.
  • Lu Qing welcomed White Marsh to the Daoist Dojo and observed how its Providence influenced the spirit beasts as the Era of Variables gathered momentum.
  • Lu Qing formed a Heavenly Secrets World, entered the Outer Void with his Primordial Spirit, and later chose to travel incognito through the Mortal World.
  • Lu Qing witnessed a Jade Slip choose an ordinary youth, watched Tang Yun lose a Dharma Combat, and discovered Bai Sheng trapped at Black Mountain before helping reunite him with the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
  • Lu Qing settled at Mr. Nan’s academy as the book tower’s caretaker, discussed fate and dreams with Old Mister Nan, and reached enlightenment during spring thunder and rain.
  • Lu Qing awoke in the wilderness after ten years had passed, returned to the Clearless Dao Abode, and gained a hazy insight while cooking with White Crane Boy.
  • Qin Tianshi clarified rumors about Heavenly Sun Mountain, then accepted an invitation to travel there as Ye Lin set out to seek a cultivation treasure.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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