Chapter Summaries

After Lu Chong was sent to Shadow Island, the Dahua Sect expelled him, while he endured the island’s initiation and joined Lu Dasheng’s dung-carrying team. His work rapidly advanced his cultivation, and Gong Chen urged him to obey his new steward.

• The Dahua Sect condemned Lu Zun after Lu Chong burned a Heavenly Immortal Palace branch, and Fang Jin announced that Lu Chong had been expelled from the sect.
• Lu Zun angrily left the meeting, refusing to accept the elders’ certainty that Lu Chong would never return from Shadow Island.
• After half a month of hardship, Lu Chong swore loyalty to Yi Feng and Chu Kuangshi assigned him to Lu Dasheng’s dung-carrying team.
• Lu Dasheng gave Lu Chong Top-tier Immortal Artifact dung buckets, and Lu Chong worshiped toward the Martial Arts Hall before starting work.
• Lu Chong’s work and daily fruit rewards helped him reach the Eighth-turn Profound Immortal realm within days.
• Gong Chen learned Lu Chong served under Steward Lu and told him to work hard and listen to Lu’s words.

After Dahua Sect expelled Lu Chong, Gong Chen prepared to take him back to Xining Immortal Continent, and Lu Chong’s cultivation surged on Yi Feng’s island. Yi Feng gave Lu Chong a piece of candy before they left, and Lu Chong’s breakthrough left Gong Chen regretting that he had not shared it.

• Gong Chen told Lu Chong that Dahua Sect had expelled him, then promised to take him back to Xining Immortal Continent in seven days so he could prove the sect wrong.
• Lu Chong trained by carrying manure on Yi Feng’s island, where his cultivation rose to the Reincarnation Immortal Realm.
• As Gong Chen and Lu Chong prepared to leave, they met Yi Feng, who gave Lu Chong a piece of candy.
• Lu Chong ate the candy and broke through to the late stage of the True Essence Immortal Realm.
• Gong Chen regretted refusing to split the candy with Lu Chong.

After a month of cultivation, Lu Chong reached the late stage of the True Essence Immortal Realm and returned with Gong Chen to Xining Continent. Lu Chong prepared to confront the Continent Lord and call off his engagement to Li Qingxuan, while Gong Chen hoped to join the Dung-Carrying Brigade.

• Lu Chong broke through to the late stage of the True Essence Immortal Realm, and Gong Chen advanced to the same stage by licking a candy wrapper.
• Lu Chong and Gong Chen teleported back to Xining Continent and discussed how Lu Chong would call off his engagement to Li Qingxuan.
• Lu Chong summoned a pair of Top-tier Immortal Artifact Dung Buckets and declared that he would start by confronting Continent Lord Li Hongtian.
• Gong Chen praised Lu Chong’s luck and asked him to find out whether Master Lu still needed workers for the Dung-Carrying Brigade.

Lu Chong and Gong Chen confronted Li Qingxuan in Xining City to settle Lu Chong’s Marriage Contract, but Lu Chong demanded that her master, Li Hongtian, face him instead. Li Hongtian arrived and dismissed Gong Chen as unqualified to challenge him, until Lu Chong stepped forward and revealed that he was the challenger.

• Lu Chong arrived in Xining City with Gong Chen and told Li Qingxuan he wanted to settle their Marriage Contract early.
• Lu Chong refused to fight Li Qingxuan and demanded that her master, Li Hongtian, come out instead.
• Gong Chen slapped Li Qingxuan and repelled the city’s experts with his late-stage True Essence Immortal Realm strength.
• Li Hongtian appeared, and Li Qingxuan and her master mocked Gong Chen for thinking he could challenge a Star Immortal Realm expert.
• Lu Chong stepped forward and told Li Hongtian that he, not Gong Chen, was challenging him.

Lu Chong confronted Li Hongtian after Li Qingxuan mocked him, but he effortlessly resisted Li Hongtian’s space-compression attack and revealed strength at least equal to Gong Chen’s. When Lu Chong asked Li Hongtian to fight seriously, Li Hongtian surrendered and offered him free rein over Li Qingxuan and their Marriage Contract.

• Li Qingxuan mocked Lu Chong for challenging her master, and Li Hongtian attacked him by compressing the space around him.
• Lu Chong remained unharmed, and Li Hongtian realized he had hidden his strength and was at least on par with Gong Chen.
• Li Qingxuan refused to believe Lu Chong had reached the late True Essence Immortal Realm, while Lu Chong praised Li Hongtian’s insight and demanded a full-strength fight.
• Li Hongtian raised a white flag and surrendered, saying Li Qingxuan was unworthy of Lu Chong and he would not object to whatever Lu Chong did next.
• Li Qingxuan protested that Li Hongtian could easily defeat Lu Chong, so Li Hongtian slapped her away and reaffirmed that he meant what he said.

After Li Hongtian judged Lu Chong and Gong Chen too powerful to offend, he welcomed them to the Continental Lord's Residence and sought to learn about Lu Chong's mysterious group. Lu Chong offered him a warning about whom not to provoke in the Immortal Realm.

• Li Hongtian admitted that he feared offending Lu Chong because he suspected a powerful figure stood behind him.
• Lu Chong claimed he was only a low-ranking dung hauler among many people serving sir, leaving Li Hongtian astonished.
• Li Hongtian invited Lu Chong and Gong Chen to the Continental Lord's Residence, then ordered his subordinates to invite the Dahua Sect's upper ranks to discuss developing mineral crystals.
• Li Hongtian kicked Li Qingxuan away when she returned and tried to confront him.
• During the banquet, Lu Chong warned Li Hongtian never to provoke people recklessly in the Immortal Realm, especially Human Immortals and Earth Immortals.

Lu Chong polished his dung buckets after dinner, revealing to Li Hongtian that they were Top-tier Immortal Artifacts. Li Hongtian realized Lu Chong could have used them to defeat him and grew even more afraid of provoking him.

• Lu Chong left the meal to perform his daily maintenance on his dung buckets.
• As Lu Chong infused a thread of power into a bucket, Li Hongtian sensed the aura of a Top-tier Immortal Artifact.
• Lu Chong confirmed that he really carried dung using Top-tier Immortal Artifact buckets.
• Lu Chong explained that his companions used Heaven-grade Immortal Artifacts and that Steward Lu's buckets were even more powerful.
• Li Hongtian asked what would have happened if they had fought, and Lu Chong said he would have suppressed him with the buckets.
• Lu Chong suggested they fight so he could test the buckets, but Li Hongtian refused in alarm.

After the Xining Immortal Continent invited the Dahua Sect to cooperate in mining crystal mines, Fang Jin and the elders wrongly credited their treatment of Lu Chong for the opportunity. Fang Jin expelled Lu Zun as well, and Lu Zun left the sect as the others prepared to visit the continent lord’s residence.

• A messenger from the Xining Immortal Continent invited Fang Jin and the Dahua Sect to discuss cooperative crystal mining.
• An elder claimed the invitation was a reward for the sect’s handling of Lu Chong’s case, and Fang Jin agreed.
• Fang Jin told Lu Zun to leave the Dahua Sect, saying the sect needed to strengthen its ties with the continent lord.
• Lu Zun recounted the sacrifices his family had made, removed his sect emblem, and walked away.
• Fang Jin and the elders dressed formally and set off for the Xining Immortal Continent.

Fang Jin and the Dahua Sect elders arrived at the Xining Immortal Continent Prefecture to discuss mining rights, where they found Lu Chong scrubbing dung buckets and accused him of evading arrest. The misunderstanding ended when Li Hongtian kicked Fang Jin and denied inviting the group.

• Fang Jin and the Dahua Sect elders arrived at the Xining Immortal Continent Prefecture, expecting to discuss the crystal mine’s mining rights.
• The elders spotted Lu Chong scrubbing dung buckets and suspected he had avoided imprisonment on Shadow Island.
• Fang Jin confronted Lu Chong and accused him of arranging for someone else to take the blame.
• Li Hongtian overheard the confrontation and worried that Fang Jin’s arrival would ruin his relationship with Lu Chong.
• Fang Jin claimed the Xining Continent Lord had invited them, so Li Hongtian kicked him and shouted that he had never asked them to come.

Li Hongtian beat Fang Jin and the Dahua Sect elders for trespassing, then revealed he had acted to protect Lu Chong, a powerful expert whom they had expelled. Fang Jin and the others were taken away in disgrace, regretting their treatment of Lu Chong.

• Li Hongtian stomped Fang Jin and denied summoning the Dahua Sect to discuss a crystal mine.
• The Dahua Sect elders claimed Li Hongtian’s subordinate had invited them, but the subordinate denied it, and Li Hongtian accused them of trespassing.
• Li Hongtian apologized to Lu Chong, called him a distinguished guest, and ordered guards to take Fang Jin and the others to the Heavenly Prison.
• Li Hongtian told Fang Jin that Lu Chong was a late-stage True Essence Immortal Realm expert with a pair of Top-tier Immortal Artifacts.
• Fang Jin and the elders realized Lu Chong’s power and regretted expelling him from the Dahua Sect.

Lu Chong cut ties with the Dahua Sect elders who had expelled him, while Li Hongtian arranged for Lu Zun to lead the sect and oversee the crystal mine excavations. After hearing that Jiang Zhi had returned with two Human Immortals, Lu Chong learned she had been sent to guard the transmission gate, leaving Li Hongtian visibly shaken.

• Li Hongtian ordered the guards to take Fang Jin and the other Dahua Sect elders to the Heavenly Prison, and Lu Chong refused to save them.
• Lu Chong told the elders he had severed all ties with them, and the guards dragged them away as they cursed him.
• Li Hongtian offered to support Lu Zun as Dahua Sect master and put him in charge of Xining Immortal Continent's crystal mine excavations, and Lu Chong did not object.
• Li Hongtian told Lu Chong that Jiang Zhi had brought two Human Immortals to Qiangu Immortal Continent to seek revenge on Zeng Rentu.
• Gong Chen told Lu Chong that he had introduced Jiang Zhi to Sir, who had assigned her to guard the transmission gate with two senior Human Immortals, then asked why Li Hongtian was shaking.

Li Hongtian brought Gong Chen and Lu Chong to Qiangu Immortal Continent to warn Huang Qingtian about Jiang Zhi and save him from provoking her. Huang Qingtian refused to believe the warning, and Lu Chong suppressed him with a golden Dung Bucket.

• Gong Chen warned Li Hongtian that Huang Qingtian faced disaster unless he raised his cultivation by five major realms, but Li Hongtian begged for help because Huang had once saved his life.
• Gong Chen and Lu Chong agreed to accompany Li Hongtian to Qiangu Immortal Continent, where they arrived before Jiang Zhi and her companions.
• Huang Qingtian welcomed Li Hongtian, but Li told him to cripple his son-in-law Zeng Rentu and explained that Jiang Zhi's background made her dangerous.
• Huang Qingtian dismissed Li's warning and attacked Gong Chen and Lu Chong, accusing them of deceiving his friend.
• Lu Chong summoned two golden Dung Buckets and used one to pin Huang Qingtian to the ground, leaving him astonished by the Top-tier Immortal Artifact.

Huang Qingtian learned of Lu Chong’s overwhelming power and the mysterious place behind him, then submitted and punished his son-in-law and Huang Qinglian. When Jiang Zhi returned to Qiangu City seeking revenge, she was met not with an ambush but with a grand welcome organized by Huang Qingtian.

• Li Hongtian told Huang Qingtian that Lu Chong came from a mysterious place where top-tier Immortal Artifacts were ordinary tools, and that Jiang Zhi had powerful backing there.
• Huang Qingtian knelt before Lu Chong, apologized, crippled his son-in-law, and ordered Huang Qinglian taken to the Heavenly Prison.
• Lu Chong and Gong Chen left the Dahua Sect in Li Hongtian and Huang Qingtian’s hands, telling them that Jiang Zhi would decide what happened next.
• Jiang Zhi arrived outside Qiangu City with her subordinates and two Human Immortals, then ordered the group to enter cautiously because she expected an ambush.
• After Jiang Zhi’s group entered the city, Huang Qingtian led a festive welcome with dancers, dragons, lions, firecrackers, and a banner greeting her as Continent Lord.

Jiang Zhi returned to the Qiangu Immortal Continent expecting an ambush, but Huang Qingtian and Li Hongtian welcomed her and revealed that Zeng Rentu had been captured. After learning that she had brought Human Immortals, they eagerly sought out the two seniors and treated them with respect.

• Jiang Zhi and her subordinates were greeted with collars instead of being attacked, leaving them confused.
• Huang Qingtian and Li Hongtian welcomed Jiang Zhi and said Huang had crippled Zeng Rentu and taken him to the Continent Lord's Manor for her judgment.
• Jiang Zhi questioned why Huang Qingtian and Li Hongtian treated her with such respect, and they insisted they admired her.
• Huang Qingtian and Li Hongtian asked about the two Human Immortals after learning Jiang Zhi had brought them back.
• Jiang Zhi introduced Lu Qingshan and Wu Yonghong, and the two men greeted them as seniors.

Jiang Zhi returned to the Prefecture Lord's Residence and tried to avenge Zeng Rentu's victims, but he survived her attacks and awakened a terrifying power granted by an envoy. After Zeng Rentu overwhelmed the gathered fighters and destroyed the residence, someone struck a smoking pipe through his head.

• Huang Qingtian brought Jiang Zhi and the others to the Prefecture Lord's Residence, where Jiang Zhi stabbed Zeng Rentu repeatedly in the names of his victims.
• Zeng Rentu survived Jiang Zhi's stabs and full-force attacks, then unleashed a powerful aura that broke his rune-engraved chains.
• Zeng Rentu said an envoy had given him his strength and struck Huang Qingtian down despite his Star Immortal Realm cultivation.
• Li Hongtian and Jiang Zhi attacked Zeng Rentu together, but he sent them flying and swept Jiang Zhi's subordinates aside.
• Zeng Rentu stomped the ground and demolished buildings before an unseen old man smashed a smoking pipe through his head.

Lu Qingshan and Wu Yonghong killed Zeng Rentu, but he revived and attacked the gathered cultivators. Jiang Zhi revealed her collection of Immortal Artifacts and destroyed him, leaving Li Hongtian and Huang Qingtian eager to become her subordinates.

• Wu Yonghong killed Zeng Rentu with a Heaven-grade ear pick after Lu Qingshan injured him with a smoking pipe.
• Zeng Rentu revived and attacked Huang Qingtian and Li Hongtian while Lu Qingshan and Wu Yonghong were away playing chess.
• Jiang Zhi stepped forward to face Zeng Rentu despite the others' doubts.
• Jiang Zhi used more than a dozen Top-tier Immortal Artifacts to trap, burn, and destroy Zeng Rentu completely.
• Li Hongtian and Huang Qingtian praised the Holy Land and knelt to ask Jiang Zhi if she needed subordinates.

Jiang Zhi recruited two Human Immortals to help guard the Teleportation Array, while Yi Feng sent his hundred Earth Immortal disciples into the Immortal Realm with instructions to keep a low profile and build lives suited to their abilities. The chapter ended with Jiang Zhi and his guards stunned as all hundred disciples emerged from the array.

• Jiang Zhi accepted two former continent governors as followers and added them to his forces guarding the Teleportation Array.
• A subordinate who had betrayed Jiang Zhi panicked over the prospect of being exposed and stabbed himself with a dagger.
• Yi Feng told his hundred Earth Immortal disciples to keep a low profile and make something of themselves in the Immortal Realm.
• Yi Feng advised Chi Yitong to use his cooking skills to build a restaurant and told Zhong Qing to gain experience before seeking revenge.
• Jiang Zhi, Li Hongtian, Huang Qingtian, and the others watched a hundred Earth Immortals emerge from the Teleportation Array.

After Yi Feng’s followers left, Jiang Zhi and the gatekeepers discovered that discarded trash from the island could grant breakthroughs and contained powerful artifacts. The disciples scattered to pursue ordinary lives as Earth Immortals, believing that was what Yi Feng wanted.

• After the visitors departed, Jiang Zhi organized the gatekeepers to clean up, and Li Hongtian found a discarded melon seed that raised his cultivation by a minor realm when he ate it.
• Huang Qingtian searched the litter and discovered it contained Intermediate and Top-tier Immortal Artifacts, and the two gatekeepers realized that guarding the entrance was a valuable opportunity.
• Su Yunyun told the disciples that Yi Feng wanted them to settle into ordinary lives as Earth Immortals and make their mark without seeking power or territory.
• Zhong Qing decided to gain experience, while Chi Yitong planned to open a restaurant and asked Fang Zaowu for equipment.
• Fang Zaowu gave Chi Yitong a Storage Ring of supplies and offered more to the other disciples, who exchanged farewells and departed in different directions.

Chi Yitong opened his restaurant, Eat a Bucket, but his artifact-priced dishes kept customers away until Wang Jing Tian arrived and refused to pay. After Wang Jing Tian was ambushed and crashed through Chi Yitong’s signboard, Chi Yitong attacked the assassins with his iron ladle, leaving Wang Jing Tian stunned by the restaurant owner’s strength.

• Chi Yitong opened Eat a Bucket and priced egg fried rice and stir-fried vermicelli in Immortal Artifacts, driving away the curious diners.
• A month and a half later, Wang Jing Tian visited the restaurant and offered Immortal Crystals, but Chi Yitong insisted on payment in Immortal Artifacts.
• Wang Jing Tian rejected the prices and went to Wanhua Tower, then was ambushed on his way home by six black-clad True Essence Immortal Realm cultivators led by a man resembling him.
• The attackers wounded Wang Jing Tian and pursued him until he crashed into the Eat a Bucket signboard, breaking it.
• Chi Yitong confronted the attackers with his iron ladle, and Wang Jing Tian watched him crack open their heads one by one.

Wang Jing Tian discovered that Chi Yitong’s Egg Fried Rice could dramatically increase cultivation and heal injuries, so he bought a bowl to take back to the Wang Family. He left with the rice, hoping it would help his father and resolve the family’s crisis.

• Wang Jing Tian begged Chi Yitong to accept him as a disciple, then offered to work at the restaurant for no wages, and Chi Yitong agreed.
• Chi Yitong fed yesterday’s sour Egg Fried Rice to the chickens, and Wang Jing Tian watched them rise from Earth Immortal to the second level of the Reincarnation Immortal Realm.
• Wang Jing Tian paid two Mid-grade Immortal Artifacts for a bowl of Egg Fried Rice after Chi Yitong raised the price.
• Wang Jing Tian ate one spoonful, healed his injuries, and broke through to the True Essence Immortal Realm.
• Wang Jing Tian asked to take the remaining rice to his father, and Chi Yitong let him keep it; Wang Jing Tian hurried back to the Wang Family with the bowl.