Recaps

Lu Qing traveled Beyond the Heavens toward the Black Tortoise Minor Realm, studying the worlds and tracing a mysterious Cause and Effect to a vanished Minor Realm connected to it. His divination revealed a likely auspicious outcome and a personal opportunity, while the chapter ended by showing that Black Tortoise Minor Realm cultivators pursued both Immortal and Merit cultivation.

• After three days, Lu Qing stepped Beyond the Heavens in his true body and crossed the river of worlds toward the Black Tortoise Minor Realm.
• Lu Qing observed the countless worlds Beyond the Heavens and reconsidered the significance of a Minor Realm the Dao Academy had once fought over.
• Lu Qing traced a thread of Cause and Effect from that vanished Minor Realm to the Black Tortoise Minor Realm and sensed a future opportunity tied to it.
• Lu Qing used his Purple Mansion Heavenly Eye to glimpse an orderly, auspicious future but resolved to prepare and remain cautious.
• In the Black Tortoise Minor Realm, cultivators followed the Immortal Path and practiced Merit cultivation in hopes of reaching Immortal Ascension.

Lu Qing arrived at the Black Tortoise Minor Realm, seized the Sunset Glow True Intent, and discovered signs that the Long River of Time was disturbing its worlds. He concluded that his mission was likely to defend against temporal disturbances and recognized why the task required a Void Realm cultivator.

• Lu Qing reached Sunset Glow Isle and used Sleeve Cosmos to capture the Sunset Glow True Intent as it appeared.
• Lu Qing left the island while nearby cultivators arrived and searched in vain for the treasure behind the Radiant Glow Phenomenon.
• Lu Qing observed Black Tortoise Mountain vanish amid spatial ripples and identified traces of Dao Injury, Heaven's Way power, and time.
• Lu Qing examined the Long River of Time and saw heavenly light stir ripples among the Long River Worlds.
• Lu Qing concluded that the mission concerned temporal disturbances and reflected on the Profound Heaven Dao Sect's need to protect its subordinate worlds and their Fate Allotment.

Lu Qing stopped the Heavenly Sun Realm’s disturbance from destroying Black Tortoise Mountain and left the Black Tortoise Minor Realm’s remaining affairs to its elders. He gathered Merit and studied the realm’s Merit cultivation while considering what its laws could teach him.

• Lu Qing realized that the Heavenly Sun Realm had crossed the Long River of Time and caused the ripples that made Black Tortoise Mountain vanish.
• Lu Qing raised a vast formation and stopped the disturbance, then saw the heavenly light return to the river without causing further upheaval.
• The elders of the Profound Heaven Lower Sect learned that the Immortal Practitioner had settled the disturbance and were told to handle what followed.
• Lu Qing left without involving himself in the elders’ response and gathered Merit as he traveled through the realm.
• Lu Qing stored the Merit in his Inner World and studied how Merit cultivation differed from the Immortal Path.
• Lu Qing spent the remaining four days pondering Merit, Cause and Effect, and whether Merit cultivation judged deeds, intentions, or both.

Lu Qing examined the Black Tortoise Minor Realm’s merit and laws, and realized it might be linked to a Vermilion Bird Minor Realm and a future opportunity. Meanwhile, the True Disciple Grand Ceremony drew powerful lineages and guests, ending with the arrival of a Divine Path deity amid signs of innate sanctity.

• Lu Qing studied the merit and Fate Allotment of the Black Tortoise Minor Realm and sensed its connection to the Heaven’s Way.
• Lu Qing reasoned that a Vermilion Bird Minor Realm might oppose the Black Tortoise and that the two could be part of a system of Four Sacred Beasts.
• Lu Qing considered the dangers surrounding the coming opportunity, including possible Evil Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators.
• Guests from the Nine Immortal Sects, the spirit and deity paths, and other ancient powers arrived at the True Disciple Grand Ceremony with lavish gifts.
• Attendees admired the rare treasures and discussed the renowned young true disciples, including Xuanyangzi.
• A Divine Path deity arrived beneath thunderclouds and Purple Radiance, prompting speculation that it was an immature Innate Divine Spirit.

As the Profound Heaven Dao Sect began its True Inheritance Ceremony amid rising tensions, Lu Qing completed several days of enlightenment in a world Beyond the Heavens and clarified his understanding of Merit and Cause and Effect. When he left that world, he sensed a mysterious Dao Rhyme in the Outer Void and saw the Heavenly Sun Realm return to view.

• Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan discussed the dangerous visitors and the turmoil surrounding the True Inheritance Ceremony, and Bai Changshou asked Liao Bufan to oversee the mountain gate.
• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect opened its True Inheritance arena, where disciples entered a vast scroll of realms to contend for inheritance and Fate Allotment.
• Lu Qing comprehended that Merit was the outward form of his Dao while Cause and Effect formed its core, then dispersed the Merit Auspicious Clouds he had summoned.
• Lu Qing prepared to return to the sect, but upon leaving the world Beyond the Heavens, he sensed an obscure Dao Rhyme in the Outer Void.
• A beam of heavenly light broke through the void, and Lu Qing saw the Heavenly Sun Realm return to view.

Lu Qing saw a heavenly light appear Beyond the Heavens and received two Calming Hexagrams about how to respond to the Heavenly Sun Realm’s return. He chose to reinforce the Black Tortoise Minor Realm with a great defensive formation, while other disciples prepared at their own stations and wondered who had taken the foremost post.

• Lu Qing sensed the heavenly light and saw divinations advising him either to strengthen the Black Tortoise Minor Realm’s defenses or return to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• Lu Qing chose to stay and spread a great formation around the Black Tortoise Minor Realm, creating a defensive wall while cultivating his Formation Dao Beyond the Heavens.
• Lu Qing noticed other disciples casting spells and preparing defenses as the Heavenly Sun Realm’s return approached.
• Wang Quan emerged from the Cloud Origin Realm, recognized that the Heavenly Sun Realm would soon appear, and wondered who was stationed at the Black Tortoise Minor Realm.
• Shi Tiannan reflected that his stationing task could earn him access to the Immortal Treasury Dao Scripture and looked toward the Black Tortoise Minor Realm’s unknown defender.

On the final day of the True Inheritance Ceremony, Lu Qing’s immense Formation Dao display drew attention from Dao Sect disciples and visiting powers, while the ceremony’s sparring matches continued. The Dao Sect Chiefs recognized the extraordinary depth of Lu Qing’s cultivation but kept his achievements quiet, leaving others unaware of how far he had advanced.

• Shi Tiannan sensed Lu Qing’s Formation Dao aura and worried that Lu Qing might also be seeking the Immortal Treasury Dao Scripture.
• Wang Quan saw Lu Qing’s Formation Dao city wall but did not recognize him as a Dao Sect disciple.
• At the Heaven-Earth Arena, an Innate Divine Spirit defeated another Dao Sect inheritor, and Yu Youshu watched his Formation Lineage disciple lose.
• Figures on the Cloud Platform noticed Lu Qing’s vast formations and discussed how unusual it was that such a prodigy had been sent on a mission instead of joining the True Inheritance Ceremony.
• Yu Youshu clarified that Lu Qing was Li Luoyang’s disciple, and Li Luoyang said Lu Qing had forged his own Great Dao.
• The Dao Sect Chiefs recognized that Lu Qing had reached Void Realm Second Gate and kept his deeper attainments secret as Variable Fate disrupted the Heavenly Secrets.

After the Heavenly Sun Realm appeared, Lu Qing returned to the Dao Sect, where disciples were still discussing the humiliating True Inheritance Assembly. Meanwhile, Old Ghost escaped after demonic cultivators tried to recruit him to help infiltrate the sect.

• Sun Qidao remarked that Lu Qing’s rapid rise showed terrifying comprehension and that his future was immeasurable.
• Several demonic shadows hiding underground decided to ask Old Ghost to create a Teleportation Grand Formation near the Profound Heaven Dao Sect’s headquarters.
• Old Ghost agreed to help, then realized the plan meant sneaking beneath the notice of someone seeking the Dao and fled through a spatial crack.
• Lu Qing saw the Profound Heaven Mirror amid the Dao Sect’s surging Fate Allotment, sensed no danger, and returned the next day.
• Lu Qing heard Dao Sect disciples discussing the True Inheritance Assembly and complaining that outside Heaven’s Pride had humiliated them.

Lu Qing returned to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, learned about its powerful True Inheritance disciples, and met Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan. As he prepared to claim his mission reward and focus on the Long River of Time, the two senior brothers worried that his flawless Heavenly Human Nature might lead him toward Supreme Emotional Detachment.

• Lu Qing reviewed Talisman Light’s reports on the Dao Sect’s disciples and concluded that his upcoming journey and contribution points mattered more than the rumors.
• Lu Qing met Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan, who praised his mission and told him he could request a reward at Chen Palace.
• Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan explained that the Chiefs had increased Lu Qing’s mission reward, while Lu Qing remained focused on what the Chiefs’ decision implied.
• After Lu Qing left, Bai Changshou and Liao Bufan discussed his exceptional state of mind and worried that he might pursue Supreme Emotional Detachment.
• Lu Qing calmly set out to claim his reward, intending to prioritize comprehending the Great Dao of Time in the Long River of Time.

Lu Qing returned to Chen Palace and examined the Fate Allotment formations, then met the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon to request access to the Dao Sect Treasury. The Artifact Spirit recognized his rapid cultivation and agreed to take him inside, leaving Lu Qing wondering what made the treasury unusual.

• Lu Qing entered Chen Palace, studied the formations, and glimpsed how Fate Allotment shaped the Celestial Jade Stairway Path.
• Dao Sect disciples recognized Lu Qing as a Void Realm senior brother after he passed into the palace.
• Lu Qing reached the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon’s Artifact Spirit Space and noticed changes in himself from cultivating the Time Way.
• The Violet-Light Thunder Dragon sensed multiple layers of Great Dao Dao Rhyme around Lu Qing and asked what he sought.
• Lu Qing requested to view the Dao Sect Treasury, and the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon agreed to lead him there.

Lu Qing studied the Primordial Era Divine Firmament Thunder Dao in the treasure vault and quickly gained a first trace of insight, astonishing the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon. A golden Divine Bridge appeared, leading into an ancient space associated with an Immortal Path orthodoxy, and Lu Qing prepared to see what lay beyond it.

• Lu Qing entered the starry treasure vault, intending to observe the foundations of the world's nine great Immortal Path orthodoxies.
• The Violet-Light Thunder Dragon displayed its Primordial Era Divine Firmament Thunder Dao, and Lu Qing reflected on how myriad Daos could merge naturally into his own Great Dao.
• Lu Qing studied the Purple Radiance and gained a faint beginning of insight into the Divine Firmament Thunder Dao within a dozen breaths.
• The Violet-Light Thunder Dragon was stunned that Lu Qing had comprehended the ancient Dao without being chosen as its inheritor.
• Purple Radiance dissipated, revealing a golden Divine Bridge leading into a mist-shrouded space filled with an ancient aura and the Fate Allotment of an orthodoxy.

Lu Qing accepted Thunder Dragon’s offer of guidance and entered the Dao Sect Treasury across a Supreme Treasure Divine Bridge. He resisted the bridge’s illusions of his past and arrived in a vast, boundless world.

• Thunder Dragon offered to answer Lu Qing’s questions about the Thunder Dao and secretly told him to seek treasures in the treasury’s eastern section.
• Lu Qing thanked Thunder Dragon, stepped onto the Divine Bridge, and began crossing its illusions.
• The bridge showed Lu Qing memories of his mortal journey, his search for immortality, and his early cultivation, but he continued without hesitation.
• Lu Qing stepped through the final scene, which shattered into light and vanished as he entered a vast, boundless world.

Lu Qing entered the Dao Sect Treasury, while the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon and the sect’s Chiefs considered his potential and whether he could shoulder responsibility. The Chiefs left the decision to Lu Qing as he began the treasury’s test.

• Lu Qing stepped onto the Divine Bridge and vanished into the world where the Dao Sect Treasury lay.
• The Violet-Light Thunder Dragon recognized that Lu Qing’s entry was part of a test and withheld the rest of its explanation.
• The Violet-Light Thunder Dragon judged Lu Qing to be an exceptional potential heir to the Divine Firmament Thunder Dao, but worried that he lacked the boldness to lead.
• A voice observed that Lu Qing might be unwilling to step forward and bear responsibility.
• Li Luoyang said Lu Qing should decide for himself, and Zhang Qingyun noted that Li Luoyang did not intend to push him into the public eye.

Lu Qing entered the Profound Heaven Dao Sect Treasury as the Dao Sect Chiefs considered whether he might become a Dao Sect Walker. He calmly began examining the treasures for Karmic Affinity, while the Chiefs remained uncertain whether the Dao Sect’s Fate Allotment would recognize him.

• The Dao Sect Chiefs discussed Lu Qing’s temperament, extraordinary comprehension, and potential as a Dao Sect Walker, noting that the position required recognition from the Dao Sect’s Fate Allotment.
• Yu Youshu questioned whether the responsibilities of a Dao Sect Walker suited Lu Qing, while Sun Qidao argued that Lu Qing was still young and should be allowed to follow his own path.
• The Chiefs sensed that Lu Qing’s future Heavenly Secrets were obscured and considered how far his cultivation might eventually reach.
• Lu Qing sensed mysterious gazes watching him as he stepped onto the Divine Bridge, but kept his expression calm.
• Lu Qing turned toward the east, treating the treasury visit as a chance to see whether he shared Karmic Affinity with any of its treasures.
• A treasure-filled world appeared before Lu Qing as heaven and earth spun.

Lu Qing explored the Dao Sect Treasury and reflected on the treasures’ spiritual power and the dangers of greed. He realized he should forge a Dao Seal artifact for his own Great Dao, while several supreme treasures deep in the treasury awakened to his arrival.

• Lu Qing surveyed the boundless treasury, identified the east as the Treasure Sea, and sensed its golden radiance was connected to fortune.
• Lu Qing restrained his interest in the artifacts and considered that a natal artifact forged by his own hands would suit him best.
• Lu Qing realized he lacked a Dao Seal artifact and recalled how one could protect and manifest a cultivator’s Great Dao.
• Lu Qing continued east past the Taiyi Cloudsmoke artifact and sensed that the treasures there possessed stronger spirituality than those near the entrance.
• Several dozen supreme treasures in the treasury’s richest depths awakened a thread of spirituality after an outsider entered.

Lu Qing entered the first level of the Dao Sect Treasury and saw the Profound Heaven Sword, Profound Heaven Bell, and Profound Heaven Mirror among the manifested treasures. The newly awakened treasure spirits asked him to choose a magical treasure, and the Mountain-Sea Axe and other spirits began competing for his attention.

• Lu Qing observed the magical treasures and their Dao Rhymes, including the three Profound Heaven Supreme Treasures.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror and Profound Heaven Bell revealed that the spirits had only just awakened and asked Lu Qing which treasure he wanted.
• Lu Qing introduced himself as a disciple of the Profound Heaven Sword Lineage.
• The Mountain-Sea Axe claimed it was forged from a fragment of the legendary Heaven-Opening Axe and urged Lu Qing to choose it.
• Other treasure spirits interrupted the Mountain-Sea Axe and called for Lu Qing's attention, including a loud spirit inhabiting a suit of armor.

Lu Qing entered the chamber of the Profound Heaven Sect’s ancient treasures, where numerous artifacts competed for his attention and the Profound Heaven Mirror examined his life. The Mirror revealed an ordinary woodcutter as his past life, while Lu Qing realized his present body’s spiritual origin had appeared before he arrived in this world.

• A silver Killing Armor and other Dharma treasures called out to Lu Qing, hoping he would choose them.
• The Profound Heaven Sword offered to test Lu Qing’s Sword Dao, while the Profound Heaven Bell and Profound Heaven Mirror urged him to choose a treasure freely.
• Lu Qing suspected his Calamity Avoidance skill obscured Heavenly Secrets and agreed to look into the Profound Heaven Mirror.
• The Profound Heaven Mirror showed Lu Qing’s present-life origin as a strand of spirituality born Innately before he arrived in this world.
• The Mirror revealed that Lu Qing’s past life had been an ordinary woodcutter killed by a tiger, and it welcomed the absence of another sect’s schemes.

Lu Qing declined to take one of the sentient Supreme Treasures and chose instead to forge his own Dao Seal treasure. The seniors gave him several forging aids, while the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon waited outside and wondered why he had not emerged.

• Lu Qing connected the Heavenly Sun Variable Fate and the contest among the Dao Sect's core disciples to shifts in Fate Allotment, and suspected the trial was linked to the vacant position of Dao Sect Walker.
• Lu Qing told the sentient treasures that he planned to forge his own Dao Seal treasure rather than choose one of them.
• The Profound Heaven Bell gave Lu Qing golden Dao Rhymes to use as kindling for forging.
• The precious fan gave Lu Qing a spiritual wind Dao Rhyme, and the Copper Furnace gave him a furnace suited to treasure forging.
• An old artifact-forger offered Lu Qing insights into time, which he accepted with thanks.
• Outside, the Violet-Light Thunder Dragon waited and wondered whether Lu Qing was still undergoing the treasures' trials or had challenged the Profound Heaven Supreme Treasures.

After a month in the Dao Sect Treasury, Lu Qing emerged without taking the Supreme Treasure’s Fate Allotment, and the Chiefs recognized that his choice reflected a temperament of his own. The Divine Bridge’s golden light left Thunder Dragon puzzled, while Sun Qidao trusted that Lu Qing’s heart still faced toward Profound Heaven.

• Thunder Dragon recalled past prodigies who had entered the Dao Sect Treasury and lamented that many had fallen before reaching their full potential.
• Yu Youshu asked Li Luoyang whether his disciple could gain Fate Allotment’s recognition, and Li Luoyang warned that such recognition could bring danger.
• Zhang Qingyun asked what Karmic Affinity had led Li Luoyang to accept Lu Qing, and Li Luoyang explained that he had simply promised any Outer Sect disciple who attained the Golden Core entry into the Sword Lineage.
• Ren Tianshi announced that Lu Qing had emerged from the treasury, having stayed on its first level and declined to pursue more treasures.
• The Divine Bridge glowed gold around Lu Qing, but Thunder Dragon saw no Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment and wondered why the light appeared.
• The Chiefs understood that Lu Qing had refused the Fate Allotment, and Sun Qidao said Lu Qing’s past actions showed his devotion to Profound Heaven.

Lu Qing returned from the Divine Bridge and confirmed his choice to refuse the Dao Sect Walker position, earning the Chiefs’ approval and several valuable gifts. He left with his decision unchanged, while the Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit questioned why he had given up the Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment.

• Lu Qing crossed back over the Divine Bridge and met the six Chiefs on the Cloud Platform, who acknowledged his choice and urged him to cultivate diligently.
• Yu Youshu invited Lu Qing to study the Formation Dao and attend his lectures, and the Chiefs gave Lu Qing several treasures.
• Lu Qing considered the risks of becoming a Dao Sect Walker and reaffirmed that he preferred a quiet life of cultivation.
• The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit asked Lu Qing why he had surrendered the Supreme Treasure Fate Allotment, and Lu Qing said he disliked fighting and killing.

Lu Qing declined the Immortal Path Supreme Treasure and received the Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit’s Divine Firmament Thunder Dao Seal to pass on to someone with Karmic Affinity. After leaving the treasury realm, he returned to his Daoist Dojo, where he saw how much its Immortal City had grown.

• The Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit praised Lu Qing for refusing the Immortal Path Supreme Treasure and offered him a Divine Firmament Thunder Dao Seal.
• Lu Qing accepted the seal to find someone with Karmic Affinity and decided to visit the Profound Heaven Dao Academy while traveling to the Heavenly Domain.
• After Lu Qing left, the Thunder Dragon Artifact Spirit worried about Variable Fate, while hidden Dao Sect figures discussed nurturing new disciples and searching for the missing Junior Brother Bai.
• Lu Qing returned to his Daoist Dojo and admired the thriving grounds and the vast Immortal City his avatar had managed.

Lu Qing reflected on the Vermilion Bird World’s immense potential and prepared for the dangers of his coming journey. After sharing White Crane Boy’s spirit fruits and enjoying the peace of his Daoist Dojo, Lu Qing settled his troubled state of mind and underwent a clearer, Illumination-like transformation.

• Lu Qing studied the Dao Sect records and realized the Vermilion Bird World was a world of extraordinary potential, likely tied to the celestial spirits and the Totem Visualization Great Dao.
• Lu Qing concluded that the Dao Academy mission had concealed the world’s Source of Heaven and Earth and that the Dao Sect’s upper ranks had taken over the matter.
• White Crane Boy showed Lu Qing the spirit fruits he had grown and told him he had become an Intermediate Spirit Planter Master.
• Lu Qing shared a meal with White Crane Boy, and the peaceful scene helped him let go of his earlier worries.
• Lu Qing recited a Buddhist maxim and experienced a crystalline transformation in his state of mind.

Lu Qing resolved a shift in his Dao Heart and reached an Illumination Spiritual Heart, then witnessed a Buddhist kingdom collapse after the Profound Heaven Dao Sect struck back against the Buddha Land’s interference. The Divination remained still as the chapter ended.

• Lu Qing spent seven days discussing the Dao with the Heart Ape and Mind Horse, realizing he did not need to define himself by tranquility or serenity.
• Lu Qing embraced cultivating naturally and gained an Illumination Spiritual Heart, causing his two Dao Seals to acquire a natural aura.
• The Buddha of Spirit Heaven Buddhist Land sensed a destined person and tried to meddle with Heavenly Secrets, but a distant sword light cut through the thread.
• The Chiefs of Profound Heaven learned that the Buddhist Sect had interfered and discussed using the chance to sever one of its Buddha Lands.
• Lu Qing saw a Glazed Buddha Kingdom shake and fall as its Buddha Light shattered, while the Divination remained unmoved.

Lu Qing traced the Heavenly Secrets disturbance to a Buddhist Sect influence and sensed an opportunity awaiting him in the Vermilion Bird World, where he intended to seek materials for refining his Dao Seal treasure. After he departed, Profound Heaven’s leaders discussed the Buddhist threat, the trials awaiting Providence-bearing disciples, and the ancient forces that might still survive.

• Lu Qing traced the disturbance in his Spirit Platform’s past to the Buddhist Sect and resolved to treat the Spirit Heaven Buddhist Land and Glazed Buddhist Sect with caution.
• Lu Qing sensed that an opportunity was emerging and decided to travel to the Vermilion Bird World, believing it might aid him in refining his Dao Seal treasure.
• Lu Qing left the Southern Heaven Continent while his emotionless body remained in the Immortal City to oversee affairs.
• Zhang Qingyun, Jiang Wuya, and Ren Tianshi discussed the Buddhist Sect’s actions, the trials facing Providence-bearing disciples, and the coming contests among true disciples.
• Zhang Qingyun and the others noted that Variable Fate and ancient undying forces could disrupt their plans, and questioned whether the Devil Master's side and the Tribulation Qi still remained.

Lu Qing traveled to the Northern Heaven Continent and returned to Profound Heaven Dao Academy, where he reunited with old acquaintances and found its influence and Providence growing. After Academy Head Zhou told him to enter the world he had come for, Lu Qing departed and sensed that the Dao Academy’s seniors possessed unfathomable strength.

• Lu Qing used a Boundary-Breaking Teleportation Grand Formation to reach the Northern Heaven Continent while concealing his identity and presence.
• A gifted young genius sensed Lu Qing at the teleportation platform, but Uncle Chen warned him not to speak carelessly about the mighty expert.
• Lu Qing surveyed the Northern Heaven Continent, avoided places where terrifying auras lurked, and entered the Profound Heaven Domain.
• Lu Qing returned to Profound Heaven Dao Academy, where he met Steward Luo, Academy Head Zhou, and Elder Liu, and sensed the Academy’s Fate Allotment gathering.
• Academy Head Zhou told Lu Qing to enter the world he had come for, and Lu Qing departed across the provinces before sensing terrifying auras within the Dao Academy.