Chapter Summaries

Lu Qing comprehended the Artifact Dao while refining a longsword, then entered the Primordial Era. The chapter leaves him arriving in a time of immortal mountains and carefree immortals.

• Lu Qing summoned White Rainbow Artifact Fire and used his understanding of the Great Dao to guide his artifact refinement.
• Lu Qing forged a longsword imbued with Cause and Effect, Heavenly Secrets, and the power of annihilation and tribulation.
• Lu Qing recognized the longsword as a Killing Sword and felt his confidence increase.
• Lu Qing entered the Primordial Era through the ancient tide of time.
• The Primordial Era was described as a world of immortal mountains and rivers where immortals roamed freely.

Chen Pansheng was dragged by Lü Bai to a fortune-teller at Immortal Mountain, while Lu Qing observed the encounter and suspected the old man was a Primordial Era Immortal testing Chen Pansheng’s Immortal Heart. The chapter ended with Lu Qing unable to identify the fortune-teller as Chen Pansheng politely declined a reading.

• Lü Bai insisted that Chen Pansheng visit the famed fortune-teller, and Chen Pansheng followed him to Immortal Mountain.
• Chen Pansheng saw the white-haired fortune-teller and his boastful stall, while the elder sensed his arrival and smiled.
• Lu Qing watched from a distance and recognized the scene as a likely Immortal Fate test, but he could not see through the old man.
• The fortune-teller asked Chen Pansheng what he wished to divine, and Chen Pansheng politely said he had nothing to ask.
• Lu Qing searched his memories for the fortune-teller’s identity but found no record of him.

Lu Qing avoided the old divine calculator’s trial and tried to leave for Encounter Immortal City, but the Immortal pursued him and offered to take him as a disciple. The old man mistook Lu Qing’s hidden fate for an extraordinary destiny, while Lu Qing remained wary of becoming entangled with him.

• Lu Qing considered the Primordial calamity that had erased many Immortals and decided not to enter Encounter Immortal City while the divine calculator’s origins remained unclear.
• Chen Pansheng declined the old man’s offer and left, prompting Lu Qing to reflect on the Primordial Immortals’ tests of the heart.
• Lu Qing encountered the old man disguised as a fisherman, recognized the trap, and walked toward the city instead of taking the bait.
• The old man pretended to have fallen and called for help, but Lu Qing calmly exposed his identity as the foremost divine calculator under heaven.
• The old man offered to take Lu Qing as his master, delighted after finding that he could not read Lu Qing’s fate, while Lu Qing questioned the old man’s assumptions.

Lu Qing refused Divine Calculator Immortal’s repeated offers to become his master, then continued toward an immortal mountain in Great Liang to refine a Dao Seal treasure. He reached Bifang, the Primordial mountain he had sought.

• Divine Calculator Immortal calculated Lu Qing’s heavenly secrets and was astonished that he had a master despite having no inherited Dao lineage.
• Lu Qing refused to become Divine Calculator Immortal’s disciple, and the old man vanished using profound spatial attainment.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Primordial Era was only a temporary returning-to-void age and continued toward Encounter Immortal City.
• Lu Qing identified his location as the Ancient Nine Heavens Great Realm’s Heavenly Origin Earth Continent and chose Great Liang as a place to refine his treasure.
• Lu Qing searched for a perilous immortal mountain whose slaughter and purity auras could aid his refinement, then found Bifang floating amid Chaos Qi.

Lu Qing chose Bifang Mountain, where pure spiritual essence and turbid Earth Qi coexisted, as a secluded place to refine a treasure. As he summoned his Dao Seal Long River, the River of Time stirred, drawing the attention of powerful beings across several worlds and eras.

• Lu Qing learned that Bifang Mountain was named for a jade bird-shaped stone and that its balance of spiritual splendor and foul Earth Qi made it suitable for treasure refinement.
• Lu Qing arrived at the mountain, observed its spiritual beasts cultivating, and established a grand formation to conceal his work and avoid disturbing them.
• Lu Qing addressed the jade bird stone, sat down, and summoned a Copper Furnace before sinking his mind into the Long River of Time.
• Lu Qing manifested his Dao Seal Long River and its Great Daos, causing a great disturbance in the River of Time.
• Beings across several worlds and eras sensed the river's movement and wondered what past event or hidden action had stirred it.

Lu Qing forged a Dao Seal treasure in the past, using the Great Dao as material, Heaven and Earth as furnace fire, and the Long River of Time to empower it before subjecting it to a Heavenly Tribulation. As the treasure took shape and faced its tribulation, an old diviner in Encounter Immortal City saw an omen that Lu Qing would meet certain death.

• The old diviner recalculated Lu Qing’s fate and found an ominous sign of absolute death, despite having previously seen auspicious signs around him.
• Lu Qing summoned the Copper Furnace and began forging a Dao treasure with the Great Dao and Heaven and Earth’s energies.
• Lu Qing decided to draw down the Long River of Time from the past to empower the treasure, despite knowing this would provoke an exceptionally terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.
• A Dharma Seal treasure formed in the Copper Furnace, and lightning from the tribulation struck it as observers across the river of time recognized the ambitious forging.
• Lu Qing waited calmly for the treasure to pass its tribulation, judging that the process had already completed more than half of its trials.

Lu Qing completed his journey through the past by refining a Dharma Seal Supreme Treasure that commanded Words Become Law and strengthened his Inner World and comprehension of the Time Way. The Divine Calculator confronted him about repeatedly divining a Void-and-Death Hexagram, while Lu Qing warned him not to probe further and revealed nothing about the future.

• Lu Qing received the Dharma Seal, a Supreme Treasure innately imbued with Words Become Law and the foundation for attaining the Dao.
• Lu Qing placed the Dharma Seal in his Inner World, where it nourished the world and accelerated his comprehension of the Time Way.
• Lu Qing concluded that his purpose in this stretch of time had been achieved and prepared to leave.
• The Divine Calculator appeared before Lu Qing and said he had cast a Void-and-Death Hexagram for him seven times.
• Lu Qing warned the Divine Calculator not to calculate his unusual circumstances any further.
• The Divine Calculator remarked that Lu Qing's cultivation method was strange, and Lu Qing replied that different heavens and worlds had different Dao methods as thunder suddenly sounded.

Lu Qing learned that altering the past would draw Heavenly Punishment and received a Heavenly Secrets Method from the ancient Divine Calculator. After returning to the present, he questioned the old man’s identity and concluded that the Imprint of Time carried a mysterious opportunity, while time passed far faster in the present.

• Lu Qing explained that changing the past meant contending against the Long River of Time, and the Divine Calculator realized his own efforts had been futile.
• The Divine Calculator thanked Lu Qing and gave him a Heavenly Secrets Method before Lu Qing departed the Temporal Light and Shadow.
• Lu Qing recalled that a trace of Lightning Tribulation aura had lingered over the Dao Seal Long River and wondered who the old man had been.
• Lu Qing considered whether the old man might have been Cloud Wanderer, but found that the surviving records were too sparse to identify him.
• Lu Qing noted that over a month had passed in the present while he had spent only several days in the Imprint of Time, and sensed an ancient, decayed aura in parts of the Nine Heavens.

Lu Qing continued preparing to cross the Void Realm tribulation by tempering his Great Dao on the River of Time. Divine Calculator investigated the ominous Void-Death Hexagram but found other Immortals saw only ordinary tribulations, and after three months he accepted that he could not know what lay ahead.

• Lu Qing refined his magic treasures, absorbed the Spirit Scripts into his Great Dao, and decided to keep comprehending the Dao on the River of Time.
• After Lu Qing left, Divine Calculator resolved to investigate the Void-Death Hexagram using the Luotian Spirit Disk and consulted several Immortal friends.
• The Immortals’ divinations showed only minor tribulations, while a star chart revealed no great harm in the Mortal Realm and a faint sign from Army Breaker.
• Immortal Cultivators later treated news of Divine Calculator’s strange hexagram as gossip, while he continued failing to reproduce it with his divination treasures.
• After three months of fruitless calculations, Divine Calculator regained his composure, chose to continue cultivating, and wondered whether he might meet more peerless geniuses like Lu Qing.

Lu Qing severed his brief connection to the Nine Heavens’ Will and anticipated turmoil among the Immortal Path’s true inheritors. At Profound Heaven Dao Sect, challengers from several lineages issued challenges, while an immortal island arrived above the Southern Heaven Continent.

• Lu Qing used his Dao Seal Dharma Seal to glimpse the Nine Heavens’ Will, judged its path incompatible with his Dao Heart, and severed the connection.
• Lu Qing considered the coming contests among true inheritors and the Heart Tribulation awaiting him at the Void Realm Third Gate.
• A follower told Lü Zhenyang, Fan Tianyi, and another true inheritor that Tang Yun had challenged all ten Profound Heaven true inheritors.
• The follower reported that challengers from the Divine Path Holy Spirit Lineage and several other lineages were also gathering to challenge the Immortal Path’s true inheritors.
• An immortal island crossed the ocean and arrived above an Earth Continent in the Southern Heaven Continent, as someone wondered whether it was heading for the Profound Heaven Immortal Sect.

Golden Feather Sect’s arrival in Southern Heaven Continent stirred speculation about Tang Yun, a sealed descendant of an Immortal from the Primordial Era, as factions prepared for an age of emerging variables. Lu Qing watched the developments through Mystic Light, considered the sleeping ancient cultivators and his possible Heart Tribulation, and shaped Divine Calculator’s Great Dao into a Jade Slip.

• Golden Feather Sect’s immortal island crossed Southern Heaven Continent, and cultivators debated the sect’s ties to the Demon Race and its arrogant display.
• Disciples of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect learned that Tang Yun, the Little Immortal, was a Primordial Era descendant sealed until the present age.
• Lu Qing surveyed Southern Heaven Continent with Mystic Light, sensed ancient cultivators sleeping in foul and barren lands, and chose not to disturb them.
• Lu Qing considered the Heavenly Secrets linked to himself and waited calmly for his Heart Tribulation.
• Lu Qing comprehended part of Divine Calculator’s Great Dao and imprinted the Dao transmission onto a Jade Slip.

Lu Qing accepted responsibility for passing on the Divine Firmament Thunder Dao and Heavenly Secrets Dao, and considered creating trials to find successors. Meanwhile, Tang Yun defeated Ning Feichen in the Heaven-Earth Arena without using his full strength, leaving the Profound Heaven side wary of further challenges.

• Lu Qing decided to seek successors for the two Dao Transmissions and considered opening a path through the Heavenly Secrets with a trial for multiple prodigies.
• Tang Yun of the Golden Feather Sect faced Ning Feichen of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect in the Heaven-Earth Arena as onlookers compared their reputations and foundations.
• The duel shattered the arena, but an icy hand stopped the upheaval and restored the surroundings.
• Tang Yun remained calm while Ning Feichen's Energy Flow grew listless, revealing Tang Yun's advantage.
• A watcher judged that Tang Yun had not used his full strength and feared the Profound Heaven side would stop challenging them one by one.

Tang Yun of the Golden Feather Sect defeated a Profound Heaven True Disciple and challenged the others, while Lu Qing watched and investigated a new wielder of the Broken Sword. Lu Qing recognized the sword’s aura in the hands of the unremarkable Qin Yang and decided the matter did not involve him, so he left it alone.

• Tang Yun praised the Profound Heaven Sect’s heritage, then challenged another of its True Disciples to fight him.
• A second Profound Heaven True Disciple entered the arena, and Lu Qing judged that only the sect’s top three could suppress Tang Yun.
• Lu Qing used Heavenly Secrets to trace the stir in his intuition to a Golden Feather Sect disciple carrying the Broken Sword.
• Lu Qing recognized the disciple as Qin Yang, a reincarnated streak of Flying Light from Beyond the Heavens, but found his talent and Fate Allotment unremarkable.
• Lu Qing suspected the Broken Sword’s escape from its seal had been known to the sect’s elders, but he stopped investigating after learning the matter did not involve him.

Lu Qing used the Star-Dipper to find people with Karmic Affinity for two Dao Transmissions and completed a Great Dao Divine Ability that condensed Heavenly Secrets into a real lake. The two sentient Jade Slips departed to seek their destined inheritors, while the lake remained in Lu Qing’s Daoist Dojo.

• Lu Qing chose to stay secluded in his Daoist Dojo and use the calm before the Heavenly Sun Realm appeared to pass down two Dao Transmissions.
• Lu Qing used the Celestial Star Divination Method to locate people with Karmic Affinity in Northern Heaven Continent and Eastern Heaven Continent.
• Lu Qing merged the two visions into a lake, completing his Divine Ability to condense the void into reality.
• The Divine Firmament Thunder Dao Jade Slip and Heavenly Secrets thanked Lu Qing and prepared to find their people of Karmic Affinity.
• The two Jade Slips entered the lake without making a splash, and Lu Qing let the lake remain in the southeastern corner of his Daoist Dojo.

Lu Qing sent two Jade Slips through the Heavenly Secret Lake to seek heirs for the Divine Firmament Thunder Dao and Heavenly Secrets Divine Calculation. As one Jade Slip reached each continent, their spiritualities began judging which candidates possessed the right qualities and Karmic Affinity.

• Lu Qing used the Heavenly Secret Lake and threads of Karmic Affinity to send Jade Slips toward Northern Heaven Continent and Eastern Heaven Continent.
• The Broken Sword and its new sword master, Su Sheng, discussed Su Sheng's poor prospects and decided to lie low amid the turbulent era.
• The Broken Sword recalled Qin Yang's rise and fall, and wondered whether its sword masters' repeated misfortunes were connected to the strange world of the Nine Heavens.
• Divine Firmament Thunder reflected on the qualities its Jade Slip would test in candidates seeking the Divine Firmament Lineage.
• The Heavenly Secrets Jade Slip reached Northern Heaven Continent and prepared to seek an heir with calm character and suitable Karmic Affinity.

Lu Qing considered the paths of the two awakened Jade Slips as they began their journeys, while his emotionless incarnation continued cultivating through the affairs of Clearless Immortal City. A captured Demonic Path spy revealed a shocking secret in the city’s Heavenly Prison, triggering a Divination that left Lu Qing alert to what would come next.

• The Divine Calculation Heavenly Secrets Jade Slip descended in the Northern Heaven Continent and resolved to pass on its inheritance only if it found a suitable affinity.
• Lu Qing worried that Divine Firmament Thunder’s inheritance might cause turmoil in the Eastern Heaven Continent under the rule of the Supreme Unity Immortal Court and the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty.
• Lu Qing’s emotionless incarnation continued cultivating through his work managing the expansion and affairs of Clearless Immortal City.
• The incarnation uncovered a Demonic Path spy and detained the outside cultivator in the city’s Heavenly Prison.
• The detained spy offered important intelligence, and the shocking secret he revealed triggered a Divination in Lu Qing.

Lu Qing’s Divination revealed that the captured spy was the Greed Ghost of the Nine Ghost Path, whose connection to the White-Haired Ghost Child would eventually bring retaliation. Lu Qing resolved to exploit the Greed Ghost’s return to strike the White-Haired Ghost Child before he advanced into the Dongzhen Realm.

• Lu Qing sensed a new Divination after his incarnation captured a Demonic Path spy near the Daoist Dojo.
• The spy claimed to be the Greed Ghost of the White-Haired Ghost Child and warned that killing him would hasten the White-Haired Ghost Child’s advancement.
• Lu Qing read three Calming Hexagrams showing that either sparing or killing the Greed Ghost would lead the White-Haired Ghost Child to seek revenge.
• The third Hexagram revealed that Lu Qing could deal the White-Haired Ghost Child a devastating blow by exploiting the Greed Ghost’s return, despite the peril involved.
• Lu Qing decided to use Karmic Affinity and the Dao Seal artifact to attack before the White-Haired Ghost Child reached the Dongzhen Realm.

Lu Qing killed Greed Ghost and used its return to strike White-Haired Ghost Child during his cultivation, disrupting his advance toward the Great Dao of Eclosion. After erasing the karmic link, Lu Qing saw no major change in the Immortal Path Fate Allotment, but a cloud of golden merit appeared before him.

• Lu Qing ignored Greed Ghost's pleas, destroyed its manifestation, and sent it back to White-Haired Ghost Child through karmic affinity.
• White-Haired Ghost Child welcomed Greed Ghost's return as the final step toward completing the Nine Ghosts and entering the Dongzhen Realm.
• Lu Qing sent a Dharma Seal transformed into a tiny sword along the returning black light and struck White-Haired Ghost Child's cultivation foundation.
• White-Haired Ghost Child lost sight of the Great Dao of Eclosion and unleashed a terrifying aura as he tried to trace the attack back to Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing erased the karmic link and glimpsed a strange Great Dao before noticing a cloud of Merit Golden Cloud appear before him.

Lu Qing contemplated the White-Haired Ghost Child’s demonic path, then cultivated the Great Dao of Time along the Dao Seal Long River. There, he sensed the limits of his own Great Dao and spotted a glimmer of light ahead.

• Lu Qing concluded that the White-Haired Ghost Child’s fate carried significant weight and suspected his Nine-Ghost Demonic Way was an eerie, evil Eclosion Way.
• Lu Qing set aside thoughts of his delayed Heart Tribulation and immersed himself in years of cultivation upon the River of Time.
• Lu Qing watched a newly forming Dao Seal collapse under the power of time before it could leave its mark.
• Lu Qing walked thirty-two steps along a Dao Seal path, but a perilous omen warned him not to go farther.
• Lu Qing noticed a glimmer of Floating Light ahead, and his pupils contracted.

Lu Qing spent five years comprehending the Dao Rhyme of time, then faced and calmly passed a Red Dust Heart Tribulation. After several more years, he settled his Dharma Power and looked beyond the mountain.

• The Green Robe cultivator glimpsed a trace of Floating Light ahead, believed a Dongzhen Realm senior had traveled far beyond him, and continued cultivating despite his worries about breaking through.
• Lu Qing’s incarnation experienced mortal lives and failed chances to seek immortality, but his Dao Heart remained firm as he comprehended the Time Way.
• Lu Qing began forming an embryonic world centered on time and summoned the Heart Tribulation he expected to face.
• The Red Dust Heart Tribulation immersed Lu Qing in mortal lives and relationships, but he recognized that none were what he pursued through cultivation and crossed the tribulation calmly.
• Several years later, Lu Qing settled his Dharma Power and looked beyond the mountain.