Chapter Summaries

After Lu Qing survived the Lightning Tribulation, he saw a possible future in which a vast, spiritually rich world held no cultivators, then received divinations warning him not to investigate it alone. He chose the Calming Hexagram and decided to seek help from his master's lineage at the Daoist Dojo.

• Yu Youshu regretted that Lu Qing, a gifted formation cultivator, had joined the Sword Lineage rather than his Formation Lineage, then continued lecturing his disciples about the sect's grand formation.
• Yu Youshu's disciples realized their master admired Lu Qing for potentially forging his own path in the Formation Dao.
• After the Lightning Tribulation dispersed, Lu Qing safely appeared on the mountain peak and recalled a glimpse of a desolate future without cultivators.
• Lu Qing wondered whether the future vision was real and whether it came from a Heavenly Demon, then received three divinations about investigating it.
• Lu Qing rejected the dangerous divinations and chose to tell his master's lineage everything at the Daoist Dojo.

After entering the Void Realm, Lu Qing went to the Sword Lineage dojo to report a vision of the future from his Heavenly Tribulation. Master Li Luoyang received him and asked what doubts he had, leaving Lu Qing ready to explain the vision to the sect.

• Lu Qing left Sun-Moon Mountain after his breakthrough and headed for the Sword Lineage dojo to report his divination.
• At the dojo, Lu Qing perceived the deeper Dao Intent within its sword momentum, including the cycles of Life and Death and Reincarnation.
• Senior Brother Qingxuan greeted Lu Qing and brought him into the central hall, where nearly all the personal disciples had gathered.
• Lu Qing greeted Master Li Luoyang and began reporting the glimpse of the future he had seen during his Heavenly Tribulation.

Lu Qing told Li Luoyang and the Sword Lineage’s Direct Disciples about his glimpse of Heavenly Secrets, and Li Luoyang discovered demonic figures hiding in the Outer Void. The figures appeared in the hall, where Lu Qing recognized their demonic traces as they began to reveal their true forms.

• The Sword Lineage’s Direct Disciples scrutinized Lu Qing and learned that he had entered the Void Realm and forged his own Dao.
• Qingling remarked that Lu Qing’s knowledge of Heavenly Secrets gave him something to discuss with Qingxuan.
• Lu Qing asked Li Luoyang whether the Heavenly Secrets he had glimpsed held anything unusual, and Li Luoyang said he already knew.
• In the Outer Void, hidden figures discussed corrupting a cultivator’s future and seizing his body, but Li Luoyang’s gaze exposed them.
• Several black-qi figures appeared in the hall, and Lu Qing recognized the demonic traces as their human forms fell away.

Lu Qing learned more about cultivating Heaven and Earth after another sermon and began considering where to establish his Daoist dojo. Divinations warned him away from several locations and recommended Bixin Mountain, where he would face only a brief disturbance.

• Lu Qing learned that the demonic cultivators who caused trouble were remnants from the Ancient Demon Land, and he recognized the sermon as his predicted minor gain.
• Lu Qing concluded that his next cultivation step was to use one Heaven and Earth to evolve the Heaven and Earth of all living beings, then considered where to establish his estate.
• Lu Qing's divinations warned that choosing the Eight Wastelands could corrupt his cultivation and that a western-seas dojo could draw him toward the Buddhist Sect.
• Lu Qing learned that a dojo northeast of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect concealed a dangerous secret and set aside that location.
• Lu Qing received a Calming Hexagram recommending Bixin Mountain to the northwest, where he would encounter a brief disturbance before taking possession without future entanglements.

Lu Qing planned to leave Sun-Moon Mountain and establish a Spirit Plant Garden at Bixin Mountain, but first he began arranging his responsibilities within the Dao Sect. He told Jin Yu that he intended to retain his position as Spirit Plant steward.

• Lu Qing recalled that Bixin Mountain had abundant spirit medicines and Spirit Plants, making it suitable for a Spirit Plant Garden despite local powers and a coming three-faction struggle.
• Lu Qing decided to prepare before leaving the Dao Sect, including settling matters involving the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden, White Crane Boy, and Senior Brother Wang.
• Zhang Hu and Hu Laozhang worried that a new steward might disrupt their peaceful lives at the Spirit Plant Garden.
• Lu Qing visited Jin Yu at Myriad Forms Hall to discuss the future of the Sun-Moon Mountain Spirit Plant Garden.
• Jin Yu asked whether Lu Qing would keep his steward position after reaching the Void Realm, and Lu Qing confirmed that he would.

Lu Qing arranged an incarnation to manage Sun-Moon Mountain and accepted the Dao Sect post of Steward of the Four Quarters of Spirit Plants. As he departed, the disciples and a regretful gray-robed elder reflected on his rise, while Zhang Meng'an returned from the Eight Wastelands at Golden Core Perfection.

• Lu Qing told Jin Yu that an incarnation could hold the fort at Sun-Moon Mountain, and Jin Yu registered him as Steward of the Four Quarters of Spirit Plants.
• Lu Qing left the Myriad Forms Hall on a cloud, and the task disciples marveled at how far his cultivation had advanced in less than a hundred years.
• A gray-robed elder lamented that he had failed to recognize Lu Qing’s exceptional karmic affinity when they first met.
• Zhang Meng'an returned from the Eight Wastelands with Golden Core Perfection cultivation and the Cause and Effect of the Eight Wastelands.

Zhang Meng'an sought dangerous Northern Heaven Continent missions to temper himself and catch up with the Dao Sect’s prodigies. He accepted an investigation tied to Golden Jade Ruyi Tower despite warnings that it might involve the eerie White Bone Heavenly Mother, driven by an urgent desire to rise above his peers.

• Zhang Meng'an asked the gray-robed elder for missions and was advised that Northern Heaven Continent offered challenging trials among many prodigies.
• The elder warned Zhang Meng'an that Northern Heaven Continent was perilous and its missions involved complicated alliances and rivalries.
• Zhang Meng'an selected two missions, including an investigation into the remaining sins of the Demonic Path from Golden Jade Ruyi Tower.
• The Azure Bird warned Zhang Meng'an that the Golden Jade Ruyi Tower mission might be connected to the White Bone Heavenly Mother, but Zhang Meng'an insisted he needed to risk it to advance.
• The Azure Bird worried over Zhang Meng'an's growing obsession with strength and his unknowable Heavenly Secrets, while Lu Qing continued cultivating and absorbed Providence and Karmic Affinity into his Inner World.

Lu Qing sensed a thread of Karmic Affinity linking him to Bixin Mountain and considered whether his divination might relate to an Ancient Temple inheritor who had pursued the Divine Path. As he prepared to establish a Dao Abode there, he planned to investigate the region and left Sun-Moon Mountain amid signs that his new destination would bring trouble.

• Lu Qing reflected on how Great Dao cultivation differed between cultivators and recalled the Ancient Temple inheritor who abandoned the Immortal Path for the Divine Path.
• Lu Qing sensed Providence connecting him to Bixin Mountain and considered whether the connection reflected a Heavenly Secrets deduction.
• Lu Qing recalled rumors about the Ancient Temple inheritor's westward journey and suspected that something connected to him might appear at Bixin Mountain.
• Lu Qing decided to prepare for possibilities at Bixin Mountain and learn more about the area's conflict and hidden events.
• Lu Qing had Spirit Plant disciples make Jade Slip rubbings and began the procedures for registering a Dao Abode at Bixin Mountain.
• Lu Qing made preparations to depart from Sun-Moon Mountain for a destination that seemed likely to bring unrest.

Tensions between the Xu and Lin families escalated in Bixin Immortal City over a mysterious spirit beast, while the Bixin Treasure Pavilion’s Pavilion Master watched and waited for a rumored treasure to emerge. He planned to let the conflict grow before offering the treasure to a powerful master.

• Cultivators in a tavern learned that the Xu and Lin families had clashed over a crystalline one-horned spirit beast, though both sides claimed it belonged to them.
• Onlookers wondered why the usually peaceful Golden Core families had begun fighting, while their own clansmen also struggled to understand the sudden hostility.
• The Bixin Treasure Pavilion’s Pavilion Master rejected a suggestion to seize the rumored treasure and said he would wait for events to become more lively.
• The Pavilion Master recalled rumors that the treasure had helped a Demon Lord rise to power and an immortal merchant withstand an Innate Divine Spirit’s strike.
• The Pavilion Master decided to offer the treasure to a powerful master once the conflict and surrounding turmoil intensified.

Lu Qing registered his Daoist Dojo in the Bixin Mountain Range, received a Jade Token and a protective sword token, and prepared to leave the sect’s shelter. His choice stirred the other Direct Disciples, who recognized the significance of the Sword Lineage’s endorsement.

• Lu Qing received a Jade Token whose blessing clarified his thoughts and confirmed the Bixin Mountain Range as his cultivation Daoist Dojo.
• Lu Qing planned to visit Misty-Wave Lake and bid farewell to his master’s Daoist Dojo, leaving a Spirit Talisman for Senior Brother Wang, who was in seclusion.
• Lu Qing’s Sword Lineage master gave him a Dao-Seeking Sword Token for protection beyond the sect.
• The Direct Disciples, including Qingxuan and Yuan Sui, felt troubled by the significance of Lu Qing receiving the sword token and establishing a Daoist Dojo outside the sect.
• Qingchen praised Lu Qing’s confidence in choosing a distant place for his Daoist Dojo, and the disciples discussed the complications of establishing one outside.

Lu Qing left the Dao Sect to establish an abode at Bixin Mountain and invited White Crane Boy to join him. Meanwhile, White Crane Ancestor agreed to investigate a place in the Eight Wastelands after Fu Huazi asked for its help, as Lu Qing prepared to depart.

• Dao Sect disciples debated Lu Qing's decision to leave, until one pointed out that a Void Realm cultivator could cultivate wherever he wished.
• Lu Qing visited White Crane Boy at Misty-Wave Lake and told him he was going to establish an abode at Bixin Mountain.
• White Crane Boy offered to move its nest to Lu Qing's Daoist dojo, and Lu Qing welcomed it to come along.
• White Crane Ancestor sent a Dao Shadow into the White Crane accompanying Lu Qing, then met with Fu Huazi in the void.
• Fu Huazi asked White Crane Ancestor to inspect a place in the Eight Wastelands, and White Crane Ancestor agreed to leave its post.
• As Lu Qing prepared to leave the Dao Sect, he looked back at its Fate Allotment and saw that the mysteries of the Bell Shadow had become clearer to him.

Lu Qing left Sun-Moon Mountain with White Crane Boy to establish himself at Bixin Mountain, while his incarnation remained behind to oversee the Spirit Plant Garden. As they traveled beyond the Dao Sect’s territory, Lu Qing recalled his early cultivation on Spirit Leaf Island and sensed a different feeling in the vast world ahead.

• Lu Qing saw blood-light qi beside the Dao Sect’s fate allotment and suspected that an upheaval might come.
• Lu Qing asked White Crane Boy if it needed anything before they left, and it said no.
• Lu Qing departed Sun-Moon Mountain with White Crane Boy, leaving his incarnation and the Spirit Plant Garden behind.
• The people at Sun-Moon Mountain discussed Lu Qing’s growing strength and his Daoist Dojo after he left.
• White Crane Boy praised Bixin Mountain and planned to build a nest by a lake, while Lu Qing remembered cultivating on Spirit Leaf Island.
• Lu Qing and White Crane Boy traveled beyond the Dao Sect’s territory, where Lu Qing sensed something different in the boundless world.

As outsiders from powerful Grotto-Heavens flooded Bixin Immortal City, local cultivators feared conflict while Cold Mountain Cave-Heaven disciples investigated a rumored divine seal magic treasure. Lin Heyu confirmed that the Xu family held clues, and the chapter ended as a streak of snowy light from Mistveil Cave-Heaven crossed the sky.

• Lu Qing rode an Auspicious Cloud with White Crane Boy toward Bixin Mountain as he noticed the region’s abundant cultivators.
• Unfamiliar cultivators arrived in growing numbers at Bixin Immortal City, prompting some residents to fear trouble and consider leaving.
• Cultivators speculated that the Xu and Lin families’ Qilins and their Cave-Heaven ties had drawn powerful outsiders to the city.
• Senior Brother Zhang asked Lin Heyu whether the Xu family possessed clues to a divine seal magic treasure, and Lin Heyu confirmed it.
• The Cold Mountain Cave-Heaven disciples spotted a streak of snowy light from Mistveil Cave-Heaven crossing the horizon.

Cold Mountain Cave-Heaven and Mistveil Cave-Heaven gathered in Bixin Immortal City to contest a Divine Path treasure, while the Treasure Workshop master secretly served the Demon Sect and was ordered to lure the two Immortal Sects into conflict. Lu Qing arrived near Bixin Mountain with White Crane Boy as the treasure dispute was being set in motion.

• The disciples of Cold Mountain Cave-Heaven and Mistveil Cave-Heaven recognized each other and prepared to compete for the round-light artifact.
• The Treasure Workshop master welcomed the two Grotto-Heavens’ arrival and revealed his loyalty to the Demon Sect to his hidden master.
• The Demon Sect master ordered the Treasure Workshop master to leave the Divine Path treasure in place and spread news to draw in the two Immortal Sects.
• A Sixth Heaven Demonic Cultivator severed his distant contractual connection and hoped the matter would earn him promotion to the Seventh Heaven.
• Lu Qing arrived with White Crane Boy near Bixin Mountain and saw that his Calming Hexagram was underway.

Lu Qing and White Crane Boy reached a crescent lake at Bixin Mountain, where Lu Qing sensed a hidden Divine Path treasure sealed beneath an ancient array. As rival factions gathered and argued over the site, Lu Qing prepared to act, leaving them stunned when they noticed him at the lake’s center.

• Lu Qing told White Crane Boy that a hidden array and Divine Path aura lay over the lake, then brought it to the shore.
• Black Feather Birds fled at extraordinary speed, and Lu Qing explained their ancient Demon Race origins to White Crane Boy.
• Chen Quan’s cultivators arrived and questioned Lu Qing, who ignored them; Chen Quan chose to wait for the Grotto-Heaven factions to clash.
• Mistveil Cave-Heaven and Cold Mountain Cave-Heaven joined forces to bar Rogue Cultivators, while Immortal City representatives disputed their claim.
• Lu Qing identified the weakening Primordial Era seal around a Divine Path magical treasure and raised his hand to act.
• White Crane Boy flew to the opposite shore, and the gathered cultivators realized Lu Qing had appeared in the center of the lake.

Lu Qing retrieved the Divine Path life-extending treasure from the lake, but greed drove cultivators to attack him despite his claim to be a Profound Heaven Sect disciple. After Lu Qing killed the attackers, two Grotto-Heaven elders arrived, and he revealed his Void Realm aura as the confrontation began.

• Lu Qing exposed the array in the lake and drew out the Divine Path treasure as Rogue Cultivators watched.
• Cultivators ignored Lu Qing's Profound Heaven Sect Jade Token and attacked him to seize the treasure.
• Lu Qing killed the attackers with a sweep of his sleeve, and White Crane Boy asked whether they should kill the distant witnesses too.
• Two Grotto-Heaven elders arrived and accused Lu Qing of killing their disciples, while White Crane Boy taunted them.
• Lu Qing declared that neither elder would leave, then revealed his Void Realm aura and shocked them.

Lu Qing exchanged a damaged Divine Path treasure and prepared to establish his residence at Bixin Mountain, leaving local affairs to a Divine Sense incarnation. The incarnation entered Bixin Immortal City, where cultivators were panicking after witnessing the white-robed cultivator’s killing spree.

• Lu Qing exchanged greetings with Senior Situ, who promised to keep the two Grotto-Heavens from causing trouble on Profound Heaven territory.
• Lu Qing decided to exchange the damaged Divine Path magic treasure for contribution points and accepted a jar of wine from Situ.
• Lu Qing realized the divination’s danger had passed and planned to clear territory around Bixin Mountain for peaceful cultivation.
• Lu Qing created a Divine Sense incarnation and assigned it the task of managing the lands around the Immortal City.
• The incarnation flew into Bixin Immortal City, where Rogue Cultivators feared the white-robed cultivator who had begun killing people.

Lu Qing’s incarnation arrived in Bixin Immortal City and stopped cultivators from looting the Lin and Xu families’ abandoned properties or escaping the region. Within days, he took control of the city, and rumors spread that the Treasure Workshop’s master was a demonic cultivator.

• Cultivators in Bixin Immortal City attacked the Lin and Xu families’ properties, while guest cultivators fought over control of the pill pavilions and other resources.
• The Treasure Workshop’s master sensed that he was in mortal danger despite having stayed behind.
• A family’s flying vessel tried to flee Bixin Mountain, but Lu Qing’s power returned it to the Immortal City.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation arrived to deal with the remaining threats and took control of Bixin Immortal City.
• Rumors spread that the Treasure Workshop’s master was a demonic cultivator and that Lu Qing was an Immortal noble from a higher sect.

Lu Qing surveyed Bixin Mountain and planned a quiet Daoist Dojo while White Crane Boy made its home by the lake. At the Heavenly Dragon Stone Vein, Lu Qing discovered only an ancient echo of consciousness, not a living spirit that would need to be consulted.

• Lu Qing's incarnation restored order in Bixin Immortal City and the surrounding Cultivation Markets after exposing the Treasure Pavilion master as a Demonic Cultivator.
• Lu Qing and White Crane Boy surveyed Bixin Mountain and chose places for their cultivation abodes.
• White Crane Boy settled a nest on the lake, while Lu Qing planned a simple mountain tower and resting plaza.
• Lu Qing examined the Heavenly Dragon Stone Vein and heard an ancient voice plead for its life.
• Lu Qing recognized the voice as a lingering trace recorded by the Stone Vein and concluded there was no living spirit to negotiate with.

Lu Qing established a Dao Abode at Bixin Mountain, shaping it with the Dao Rhyme of his Inner World and completing the recognition process. When he announced the abode to Heaven and Earth, the event became visible across the Four Seas and Northern Lands, and he received a trace of what he suspected was Merit.

• Lu Qing decided that Bixin Mountain would serve as his dojo and used divine radiance to build a pavilion, plaza, and jade steps infused with the sun, moon, stars, and Dao Rhyme of his Inner World.
• Lu Qing used the Abode Establishment Jade Token to draw Earth Qi from Bixin Mountain's Earth Vein and complete the abode's recognition.
• Lu Qing announced himself as a member of the Profound Heaven Sect and declared his Dao Abode at Bixin Mountain before Heaven and Earth.
• Thunder and a phantom image of Lu Qing's announcement appeared across the Four Seas and Northern Lands, drawing his concern that others might notice.
• A strand of radiance entered Bixin Mountain and then Lu Qing's palm; suspecting it was Merit, he stored it in his Inner World.