Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian visited Lu Ren after Chen Xiang crashed into his courtyard and revealed that Chen Xiang had hidden a lamp wick inside Lu Ren’s patrol token. Lu Ren extracted it and tried to trade it for Yang Jian’s prized techniques and possessions, but Yang Jian refused each offer.

• After the pursuing Heavenly Soldiers and Generals withdrew, Lu Ren wondered why Chen Xiang had crashed into his courtyard and searched himself for anything unusual.
• Yang Jian appeared in Lu Ren’s courtyard, explained that Chen Xiang had hidden something on him, and identified Lu Ren’s patrol token as the hiding place.
• Lu Ren infused the token with True Energy, uncovered the concealed lamp wick, and extracted it.
• Yang Jian asked what Lu Ren wanted in exchange, and Lu Ren requested the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, Yang Jian’s spear, the Howling Celestial Dog, and instruction in Yang Jian’s third-eye ability.
• Yang Jian refused to give away the secret technique, his Dao-attaining weapon, or his innate third-eye ability, and explained that the Howling Celestial Dog was like his little brother.

Lu Ren traded Yang Jian the lamp wick for a jade slip containing Yang Jian’s supernatural arts, then agreed to a private spar using only martial techniques. Their opening clash left Yang Jian stunned by the immense force behind Lu Ren’s sword.

• Yang Jian gave Lu Ren a jade slip of his supernatural arts and Daoist spells in exchange for the lamp wick.
• Yang Jian asked Lu Ren to spar, and Lu Ren agreed on the condition that they keep the encounter secret and avoid using True Energy.
• Lu Ren drew an immortal sword and explained that it contained hundreds of formations and was designed for mass production.
• Yang Jian attacked with his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, and Lu Ren met the strike with his sword.
• Yang Jian felt a force like dozens or hundreds of mountains erupt from Lu Ren’s blade.

Lu Ren defeated Yang Jian in a brief sword spar, then considered whether he could bring Yang Jian to another world. He returned to seclusion, while years passed and the theft of the Flat Peaches remained unsolved.

• Lu Ren overwhelmed Yang Jian with two sword strikes and stopped with his sword at Yang Jian’s throat.
• Yang Jian praised Lu Ren’s swordsmanship, accepted his defeat, and left after recovering his composure.
• Lu Ren repaired the courtyard and entered seclusion, wondering whether the system could bring Yang Jian to the present world.
• Lu Ren spent several years disguised as a Heavenly Soldier while joining the search for the Flat Peach thief.
• The search ended without anyone finding the thief, and the enraged Queen Mother of the West stopped holding the Flat Peach Banquet and smashed her palace.

After lying low for ten years, Lu Ren planned to break into the Heavenly Court’s library and steal its cultivation arts. He reached the library tower but discovered that the Queen Mother of the West had set a magical net to detect intruders in the microscopic realm.

• Lu Ren told his companions that he was developing a powerful finishing move based on Body Refinement to Sainthood, surprising them with the strength he claimed to possess.
• Lu Ren reflected that the Heavenly Realm had stopped searching for him after ten years and decided to target the Heavenly Court’s library for its rare Daoist arts and cultivation methods.
• Lu Ren entered the microscopic realm at night and approached the thirty-six-story library tower, guarded by heavenly generals and soldiers.
• Lu Ren detected a magical treasure that filled the area with quantum-level nets designed to catch anyone sneaking through the microscopic realm, and realized that touching one would alert the Queen Mother of the West.

Lu Ren infiltrated the Heavenly Court’s library pavilion and discovered powerful cultivation arts, but withdrew rather than risk triggering a disaster. Back in his Inner World Universe, he prepared to eat a peach despite Ao Li’s warnings.

• Lu Ren evaded the library pavilion’s magical nets and slipped into its top floor past the oblivious Celestial Immortal guard.
• Lu Ren found profound scriptures and jade slips containing the Thirty-Six Rank Celestial Immortal Art and other powerful cultivation techniques.
• The system warned Lu Ren that taking the treasures could affect the three realms, so he left them behind and decided to return after securing a dimensional anchor.
• Lu Ren returned to his courtyard and entered his Inner World Universe in the flesh.
• Ao Li questioned whether Lu Ren could withstand swallowing the peach, and Lu Ren said he wanted to test whether anything could break his ancestral shaman body.

Lu Ren ate the Primordial Peach of Immortality and learned from Ao Li that it contained a Heavenly Venerable-grade status founded on Primordial Violet Qi. As Lu Ren began refining the Qi, the Queen Mother of the West sensed that her Flat Peach had been eaten and sat in anger for a day and night.

• Lu Ren swallowed the Flat Peach and began refining its Primordial Violet Qi with the World Honored One Heart Sutra.
• Ao Li explained that the peach was a Dao Fruit bearing an innate Heavenly Venerable-grade status, nurtured by the Queen Mother of the West with Primordial Violet Qi.
• Lu Ren described the Witch God realm and the Witch Dao's path through chaos, while Ao Li kept his doubts about its limits to himself.
• Ao Li tried to get close to Lu Ren to share the Primordial Violet Qi, but Lu Ren pushed him away and refused.
• The Queen Mother of the West sensed her connection to the Primordial Peach of Immortality vanish, shattered her jade cup, and remained beside the Jade Pool until her corruption aura receded.

Lu Ren wondered why his actions at the Peach Orchard had not triggered a system prompt, then descended from the Heavenly Court to ask Yang Jian about Chen Xiang splitting Mount Hua to save his mother. Yang Jian was astonished when Lu Ren offered to help, claiming that splitting mountains was his specialty.

• The Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing to investigate the fist mark left on the South Heaven Gate and seek help from Lingguan Hall if needed.
• Lu Ren reviewed his unusual cultivation path and wondered how to obtain the Force of Destiny, since the system had not responded to his theft of the Primordial Dao Fruit Flat Peach.
• Lu Ren left Wangling Ward, descended into the Mortal World, and flew to the Guankou Erlang True Lord Temple.
• Yang Jian appeared at the temple, and Lu Ren asked whether Chen Xiang had begun splitting Mount Hua to save his mother.
• Lu Ren offered to help split Mount Hua, and Yang Jian asked how he could possibly assist.

Lu Ren split Mount Hua with his sword and freed Yang Chan, allowing her to reunite with Chen Xiang. After gaining a point of Force of Destiny, Lu Ren fled as Yang Jian prepared to confront Chen Xiang for defying the heavenly laws.

• Lu Ren ignored Yang Jian's concerns and went to Mount Hua, where Chen Xiang knelt with the Precious Lotus Lamp.
• Lu Ren sliced through Mount Hua's restrictions and split the mountain with a single sword stroke.
• Chen Xiang rushed to Yang Chan and discovered she had been eating and drinking in her confinement.
• Yang Jian warned Lu Ren that he had acted impulsively, but Lu Ren gained a point of Force of Destiny and vanished.
• Yang Jian donned his divine armor and raised his spear as he accused Chen Xiang of defying the heavenly laws.

Lu Ren learned that Yang Jian had stormed the South Heaven Gate and discovered Yang Chan and Chen Xiang had been murdered, turning the conflict into a deadly battle. As Lu Ren’s squad quietly drifted toward the edge, he spread Hyperdimensional Perception to search the surrounding area.

• Lu Ren received a warning from his patrol badge and joined his squad as thousands of squads were ordered to reinforce the South Heaven Gate.
• Wu Gang and Zhou Zhi explained that Yang Jian had fought his way toward the South Heaven Gate after the dispute over Yang Chan escalated.
• Lu Ren’s squad approached the battle and saw Yang Jian fighting Nezha as fierce attacks threw nearby formations into chaos.
• Lu Ren used his Heavenly Eye to look toward Mount Hua and found Yang Chan and Chen Xiang dead, with the Precious Lotus Lamp shattered.
• Lu Ren realized someone had killed Yang Chan and Chen Xiang while Yang Jian was unprepared, and Wu Gang and Liu Changfeng moved their squad toward the edge.
• Lu Ren spread Hyperdimensional Perception throughout heaven and earth.

Lu Ren and the others identified the mysterious observer as Jade Tripod True Man, Yang Jian’s master, who had secretly cultivated the Supreme Emptiness Path. When Sun Wukong attacked Jade Tripod True Man, Lu Ren disappeared and the others began retreating from the battle.

• Lu Ren spotted a hidden Daoist observing Yang Jian and asked Wu Gang to identify him.
• Wu Gang suspected the Daoist was Jade Tripod True Man of Golden Haze Cave, who had converted to the Supreme Emptiness Path after suffering severe injuries.
• Wu Gang revealed that Yang Chan and Chen Xiang had been killed in front of Yang Jian, and showed Lu Ren a jade tablet that transmitted messages and images.
• Liu Changfeng warned the group to prepare to retreat as Nezha pulled back, while Chen Chao and Zhou Zhi discussed whether the Jade Emperor would intervene.
• Sun Wukong struck Jade Tripod True Man with his iron staff, but the Daoist’s golden protective light stopped the blow.
• Lu Ren vanished as Wu Gang called for the group to leave, and Liu Changfeng led everyone in retreating from the battlefield.

Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha confronted Jade Tripod True Man after he admitted to imprisoning Yang Chan and Yang Jian exposed his scheme to exploit her power for his own cultivation. As Jade Tripod defeated their assault, Lu Ren decided to intervene and poured his Witch Power into an immortal sword that began to crack.

• Sun Wukong struck Jade Tripod True Man out of concealment, and Yang Jian demanded to know whether his master had imprisoned Yang Chan.
• Jade Tripod admitted he had arranged Yang Chan's imprisonment, and Yang Jian accused him of using her power and the Dark Bird to refine Golden Haze Cave.
• Sun Wukong declared he would fight Jade Tripod to the death, while Lu Ren suspected someone else stood behind the immortal.
• Sun Wukong and Yang Jian attacked Jade Tripod as Nezha charged from behind, but Jade Tripod blocked their attacks and used his control over Nezha's lotus-root body to break him apart.
• Li Jing gathered Nezha's scattered pieces, while Lu Ren resolved to end the matter himself and infused his immortal sword with Witch Power until cracks spread across it.

Lu Ren’s devastating Hundred-Step Flying Sword shattered Yu Ding’s Universe Ring after Yu Ding blocked its first blow with the Mountain and River Diagram. With Yang Jian choosing to settle his former master-disciple bond himself, he gave Lu Ren the Azure Edge Sword, and the confrontation with Yu Ding remained unresolved.

• Lu Ren’s sword light forced Yu Ding to use the Mountain and River Diagram, which wore away most of the strike before the remaining Sword Qi rushed at him.
• Yu Ding used the Universe Ring to halt the Sword Qi, but the immortal sword shattered and its final burst of power destroyed the ring.
• Yang Jian asked Lu Ren about the sword, and Lu Ren called it the Hundred-Step Flying Sword and regretted that its material had failed.
• Lu Ren said he would kill Yu Ding to answer for the deaths, but Yang Jian insisted on ending things with his former master himself.
• Yang Jian gave Lu Ren the Azure Edge Sword, and Lu Ren accepted it and praised its quality.

Lu Ren escaped the Queen Mother of the West after clashing with her hairpin, then hid on Yingzhou Island. The chapter left him preparing to recover while Yang Jian and Sun Wukong resumed their attack on Yu Ding.

• Yang Jian and Sun Wukong attacked Yu Ding while the Queen Mother of the West’s pressure briefly restrained Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren broke free and cleaved through the clouds, prompting the Queen Mother of the West to strike at him with a jade hand and a flying hairpin.
• Lu Ren entered the Inner Aspect and intercepted the hairpin with the Azure Edge Sword, triggering a devastating energy explosion.
• Lu Ren escaped billions of miles away, confirmed he had no tracking mark, and disguised the Azure Edge Sword.
• Lu Ren messaged Liu Changfeng that he needed a few days off, then arrived on Yingzhou Island.

Lu Ren visited Yingzhou’s Red Archway District and followed Old Zhang to Lingluo Pavilion, where he found a legitimate brothel staffed by fox demons. He remained puzzled by the mocking looks the other men had given him as he waited for Mama Chen.

• Lu Ren accepted Old Zhang’s offer to guide him to a place where he could choose a companion.
• Old Zhang led Lu Ren through the district’s alleys and explained its customs and protections.
• Lu Ren reached Lingluo Pavilion and recognized the two women at the entrance as fox demons with traces of many people’s yuan-yang energy.
• Lu Ren entered the pavilion and saw that Old Zhang was conducting ordinary business, leaving him wondering why onlookers had mocked him.

Lu Ren visited Lingluo Pavilion in the Red Archway District and chose Ling Que'er, a dark-skinned girl who had kept her Primordial Yin. He planned to spend time exploring the district and avoid returning to the Heavenly Court’s sphere of influence while he digested the Primordial Chaos Power within him.

• Mama Chen welcomed Lu Ren to Lingluo Pavilion, and he paid her with a Golden Jade Coin.
• Lu Ren examined the women presented to him and chose the overlooked Ling Que'er.
• Mama Chen warned Lu Ren that Ling Que'er’s appearance was considered unattractive and offered him another girl, but he insisted on keeping his choice.
• Mama Chen gave Lu Ren a room key and offered to have Ling Que'er show him around the Red Archway District.
• Lu Ren decided to explore the district and delay returning toward the Heavenly Court while he avoided the Queen Mother of the West’s pursuit.

Lu Ren took Ling Que'er to eat at an expensive restaurant in the Red Archway District, where she enjoyed a lavish meal and shared a false account of her past. He left the exchange aware of her wariness but did not challenge her, and the two continued their two-day arrangement.

• Lu Ren paid Ling Que'er’s advance deposit and asked her to take him to the district’s best restaurants, deciding to visit them one by one.
• Lu Ren brought Ling Que'er to Shi Wei Xian Restaurant, booked a private room, and invited her to eat with him.
• Lu Ren gave Ling Que'er the name Fellow Daoist Lu and heard her explain that she could not easily travel between the Mortal World and the Heavenly Realm.
• Ling Que'er claimed her sect had been destroyed after a rival fought it over a spiritual vein.
• Lu Ren recognized that Ling Que'er was lying but let her keep her story to herself.

Lu Ren saw through the scheme at Lingluo Pavilion but continued with Ling Que'er, unaffected by her Bewitching Dust and protected by a restriction that kept Mama Chen and Old Zhang outside. After a day and night, he declared victory to Ao Li, who challenged him to fight again.

• Lu Ren explored the Red Archway District with Ling Que'er, then returned with her to Lingluo Pavilion.
• Ling Que'er released Bewitching Dust in Lu Ren's room, but it had no effect on him, and he carried her to the bed.
• Mama Chen and Old Zhang failed to break the room's restriction and left, realizing Lu Ren was no ordinary target.
• After a day and night, Lu Ren rose and told Ao Li that he had won.
• Ao Li mocked Lu Ren and challenged him to another fight, and Lu Ren vowed to face him after advancing further.

Lu Ren questioned Ling Que'er after giving her a mountain of Golden Jade Coins, and she revealed that the Red Archway District's Mama Chen and Old Zhang had been searching for people with special constitutions on Floating Life Daoist's orders. The chapter ended with Lu Ren asking why Floating Life Daoist gathered them.

• Ling Que'er woke and demanded that Lu Ren take responsibility for her, but he offered her a mountain of Golden Jade Coins instead.
• Ling Que'er eagerly accepted the money, and Lu Ren asked what she had sprinkled on him and why Mama Chen and Old Zhang had tried to break down the door.
• Ling Que'er claimed they had been worried by her screams, but Lu Ren warned her not to lie.
• After Lu Ren promised the Golden Jade Coins would be hers, Ling Que'er revealed that Mama Chen and Old Zhang had been sent by Floating Life Daoist to find people with special Primordial Yin or Primordial Yang constitutions.
• Lu Ren asked what Floating Life Daoist wanted with those people.

Lu Ren rescued Ling Que'er from Lingluo Pavilion and stayed with her in the Red Archway District, while Old Zhang and a sinister man planned to track him down. After several days together, Ling Que'er proposed merging their primordial spirits, and Lu Ren agreed.

• Ling Que'er told Lu Ren that women with special constitutions sent to serve Floating Life Daoist had never returned, and Lu Ren realized he might have inherited the danger by taking her away.
• Lu Ren found Lingluo Pavilion empty and told Ling Que'er to stay with him until they left the Red Archway District.
• Old Zhang returned with a sinister man, who blamed him for losing Ling Que'er and ordered him to circulate Lu Ren's portrait so they could seize an opportunity to act.
• Lu Ren and Ling Que'er visited the Red Archway District's famous establishments, and Lu Ren said he preferred her to the other women.
• After Lu Ren repeatedly exhausted Ling Que'er and restored her with Essence Qi of the Great Earth, she suggested merging their primordial spirits.
• Lu Ren released his spirit, and Ling Que'er was stunned to see that it had condensed almost into physical form.

Lu Ren and Ling Que'er went to a hotpot restaurant after recovering from the events at the inn, where Lu Ren discovered its chef was another person from the present world. The chef greeted him as a fellow transmigrator, leaving Lu Ren to realize that others from home had survived in the Journey to the West World.

• Ling Que'er recovered her primordial spirit but remained weak while Lu Ren watched several men secretly monitoring their window.
• The tiger-headed man and the goateed man realized Lu Ren had spotted them and left to report what they had learned.
• Ling Que'er suggested hotpot, and Lu Ren followed her to Chuan Yu Hotpot, reflecting on how dangerous transmigration into this world could be.
• A four-armed young chef brought Lu Ren and Ling Que'er their yin-yang hotpot, and Lu Ren recited familiar lines that revealed they came from the same world.
• The young chef excitedly greeted Lu Ren as someone from home, and Lu Ren noted that many present-world transmigrators had apparently reached this realm.