Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lu woke in the body of a white kitten named White Snow in the Martial General’s Manor and learned that the Eldest Miss planned to take her along on a military expedition. She realized she was still in the Mortal Realm and wondered whether Senior Sister Liu and her two senior brothers had also arrived.

• Jiang Lu woke in a luxurious room as a kitten after a woman had carried her away from the forest.
• A maid called her White Snow, fed her, and said the Eldest Miss would leave the next day to suppress rebellions.
• Jiang Lu overheard the Eldest Miss decide to bring White Snow along while she marched against Qi King's forces.
• Jiang Lu saw the Eldest Miss's formidable female guards and concluded that she had entered the Mortal Realm in person.

Bai Rou led her army south to suppress the Qi King's rebellion, while Jiang Lu traveled with the troops as a cat. After Bai Rou was gravely wounded while killing the Qi King, her physicians warned that she might not survive the night, and her deputy generals took command to finish the campaign.

• Bai Rou marched south from the Imperial City, and her guard reported that the Qi King's forces were ravaging the region and tormenting its people.
• Jiang Lu watched the army prepare for battle near the Qi King's forces as fighting continued for days.
• Bai Rou's soldiers carried her into the main tent with a severe blade wound after she killed the Qi King and broke the enemy's main force.
• The physicians stopped Bai Rou's bleeding but warned her deputy generals that a high fever could make the night fatal.
• Bai Rou's deputy generals left her in the physicians' care and took over military affairs to defeat the remaining enemy troops.

Jiang Lu raced to Peach Blossom County to find a reclusive divine physician who could save Bai Rou, where she unexpectedly encountered Liu Qingqing and her senior brothers living as ordinary people. She found the physician and persuaded her to understand that Bai Rou needed help, but the chapter ended before they set out.

• Jiang Lu remembered the divine physician in Peach Blossom County and hurried through the forest to seek help for Bai Rou.
• Jiang Lu searched the deserted county for the physician, then collided with Liu Qingqing, who did not recognize her.
• Jiang Lu followed Liu Qingqing home and learned that Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Xi were alive and working at the yamen.
• Jiang Lu found a female physician outside the county and used gestures to explain that Bai Rou needed treatment.

Jiang Lu brought a Fever-Reducing Pill from a female doctor to the military camp, where it broke Bai Rou’s fever and helped her recover. Half a month later, Bai Rou was able to stand and greeted Jiang Lu warmly.

• The female doctor gave Jiang Lu a Fever-Reducing Pill and tied its bottle around her neck for her to take to her master.
• Jiang Lu returned to the camp and showed the bottle to the female doctor there, who recognized Divine Doctor Liang’s handwriting.
• The female doctor gave the pill to the unconscious Bai Rou, and her fever broke within half an hour.
• Jiang Lu stayed at the camp as Bai Rou recovered over the next several days and enjoyed being fed well.
• Half a month later, a maid carried Jiang Lu into the tent, where Bai Rou stood and looked at her gently.

After the rebellions were pacified, Bai Rou returned to the Imperial City and Gong Chenyue ascended the throne. Jiang Lu’s spirit manifested in the sky during the coronation, blessing the new Empress and revealing auspicious beasts before vanishing.

• Over the year, Jiang Lu checked on Liu Qingqing, Lu Lingfeng, and Xi Siyu, watched Divine Doctor Liang work, and traveled with Bai Rou among people recovering from war.
• Bai Rou returned to the Imperial City with her army after the feudal princes’ rebellions were quelled and the court was stabilized.
• Gong Chenyue ascended the throne, and the court granted Bai Rou the title of Marquis of Ding'an while honoring other women for their service.
• Jiang Lu’s spirit rose from the cat’s body and appeared above the palace as Gong Chenyue took the throne.
• Jiang Lu blessed Gong Chenyue’s rule, and four auspicious beast manifestations appeared over the Imperial City before Jiang Lu vanished.

Jiang Lu and her companions returned safely to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, where she discovered that the Mortal Realm had become an independent world and that she had gained abundant Merit Power. She sent word to Ye Qing and began settling into her return, while the chapter ended with Ye Qing delighted by his disciple’s message.

• The Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao repaired the spatial rifts after Jiang Lu and the others departed, leaving the Mortal Realm isolated as an independent small world.
• Jiang Lu woke in the Immortal Cultivation Realm and roused Senior Sister Liu, Senior Brother Lu, and Senior Brother Xi, who gradually recovered their memories and recognized that they had returned.
• Jiang Lu left the others, sent Ye Qing a message that she was safe, and entered her portable space, where she released You Meng.
• Jiang Lu noticed Merit Power surrounding the Myriad Souls Banner and flowing through her body, and she sat down to absorb it.
• Ye Qing received Jiang Lu’s message, laughed with joy, and praised his disciple.

Jiang Lu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm after two years in the Mortal Realm and reunited with Ye Qing, recounting her experiences and confirming she was safe. With the Heaven's Chosen Ranking only months away, she resolved to study and cultivate in preparation.

• Ye Qing told Shi Yan that his disciple had safely returned, and Shi Yan hurried off before Ye Qing could finish speaking.
• Jiang Lu arrived at Void City and reunited with Ye Qing, then described her Mortal Realm experiences, including Black Wind Stronghold, the flood, and her time as a cat.
• Jiang Lu told Ye Qing that Liu Qingqing seemed to have changed, and Ye Qing said Liu Qingqing could remain a personal disciple if she kept to the right path.
• Ye Qing took Jiang Lu to report to the pavilion master, while Ye Qingluan considered taking Jiang Lu as her own disciple and messaged the Grand Elder.
• Ye Qing warned Jiang Lu that the Heaven's Chosen Ranking was near, and Jiang Lu confidently set off for the Scripture Pavilion to prepare.

Jiang Lu spent months studying the hundred arts and devised ways to combine them into deadly techniques, then brought her ideas to Ye Qing for practical training. Her proposals stunned Ye Qing and renewed Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder’s anger at his teaching.

• Ye Qing directed Jiang Lu to strengthen her theoretical foundation before the Heaven's Chosen Ranking, and she studied the hundred arts throughout the Medicine King Pavilion.
• Jiang Lu realized that cultivation disciplines could be combined, developing lethal applications for alchemy, formations, music, artifact forging, and Gu Arts.
• Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder confronted Ye Qing, arguing that he was unprepared to guide Jiang Lu’s exceptional talent.
• Jiang Lu visited Ye Qing and calmly explained her integrated techniques, expecting his praise.
• Ye Qing was horrified by Jiang Lu’s killing schemes, while Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder blamed him for the disciple he had taught.

Ye Qing panicked as Jiang Lu mistakenly credited him with teaching her unusual ideas, and Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder took over her cultivation guidance. As they left the courtyard, Ye Qingluan began assessing Jiang Lu’s abilities by asking about her pill refinement and sword skills.

• Ye Qing froze under Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder’s scrutiny while trying to stop Jiang Lu from explaining her ideas.
• When Ye Qingluan asked how she had developed those ideas, Jiang Lu credited Ye Qing’s excellent guidance, despite his frantic attempts to deny it.
• Ye Qingluan praised Jiang Lu and announced that she and the Grand Elder would personally guide her cultivation.
• Jiang Lu agreed and left with Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder, leaving Ye Qing alone and devastated in the courtyard.
• Ye Qingluan asked Jiang Lu about the highest grade of pills she could refine and requested a demonstration of her sword skills.

Jiang Lu demonstrated her alchemy and sword skills to Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder, earning their approval. Ye Qingluan then explained how Jiang Lu should prepare for the Heaven's Chosen Ranking while keeping her true strength and abilities concealed.

• Jiang Lu refined ten supreme-grade fourth-grade Origin-Restoring Pills in one furnace, impressing Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder.
• Jiang Lu displayed her sword technique with Qianming, and the two elders praised her foundation and discipline.
• Ye Qingluan told Jiang Lu to study the Heavenly Prodigies of the Five Great Domains before the Heaven's Chosen Competition and to keep her trump cards hidden.
• Jiang Lu realized that her Chaos Spirit Root would be exposed through the rankings and could attract demonic and evil cultivators.
• Ye Qingluan revealed that the Medicine King Pavilion had kept Jiang Lu's origins and background secret, intending for her to become a hidden asset of the Crimson Reed Domain.
• Jiang Lu decided to conceal her Gu Arts, hidden weapons, talismans, formations, and other killing moves from outsiders.

Jiang Lu learned about the powerful Heaven’s Chosen from factions across the Five Great Domains and recorded their strengths. The Heaven’s Chosen Ranking appeared across the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and ten days later Jiang Lu watched as the Divine Weapon Ranking was about to be revealed.

• Qin Yaner brought Jiang Lu into the great hall, where the Medicine King Pavilion disciples greeted her.
• The Second Elder used a Spirit Mirror to display the known strengths and battle records of Heaven’s Chosen from across the Five Great Domains, warning that their hidden strength could be greater.
• Jiang Lu recorded the information and studied it alone in her courtyard.
• A disturbance shook the Immortal Cultivation Realm as a heavenly voice announced the arrival of the Heaven’s Chosen Ranking and said the Divine Weapon Ranking would be revealed in ten days.
• Ten days later, Jiang Lu watched the first ranking as the words [Divine Weapon Ranking] appeared on it.

The Divine Weapon Ranking opened, revealing the Azurewood Spirit-Rhino Flute and Redflame Sword among its first entries. Miao Yuzhang received a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Spring, while Xue Yin’s weapon was ranked ninth and the crowd waited to learn what ranked higher.

• A youth asked his master whether their holy land’s treasures would make the ranking, and the old man warned that its reveal could spark conflict before the Heaven’s Chosen Competition.
• The ranking revealed Miao Yuzhang’s Azurewood Spirit-Rhino Flute in tenth place and described its wood-based abilities.
• The ranking awarded Miao Yuzhang a bottle of Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Spring that could reliably advance Spiritual Roots to Supreme-Grade.
• An elder told Miao Yuzhang that the ranking’s publicity could intimidate rival powers, and the gathered cultivators reacted with envy to his reward.
• The ranking revealed Xue Yin’s Redflame Sword in ninth place and described its undying Li Fire and Xue Yin’s fearsome strength.

As the Divine Weapon Ranking revealed its eighth-place treasure, Jiang Lu realized the Myriad Souls Banner had transformed into the Divine Soul Banner and feared it might appear on the list. The seventh-place entry confirmed that Wan Xiantian was alive, forcing rival clans to reconsider their plans against the Wan Family.

• Jiang Lu discovered that the Myriad Souls Banner had absorbed merit and soul power, becoming the self-aware Divine Soul Banner, and worried it might ascend to the ranking.
• Xue Yin received three Earthcore Fire Crystals for the Redflame Sword’s ninth-place ranking and considered how they could strengthen it.
• The Thousand-Thread Spirit-Binding Sash of the Hundred Blossoms Sacred Ground and Le Ziyan ranked eighth, and Le Ziyan received an immortal-grade cultivation method.
• The Myriad-Jin Soul-Suppressing Seal, held by Wan Xiantian of the Wan Family, ranked seventh.
• The Ling Shuo Domain’s clans realized Wan Xiantian was still alive and halted their schemes against the Wan Family.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking awarded the Wan Family's Old Family Head a Gravity Stone Mother and revealed Sheng Xiao's Moon-Chasing Blade and reward. Jiang Lu and Linglong wondered about the hidden strength of the Divine Soul Banner before the ranking announced Ye Qingluan in fifth place, relieving the Crimson Reed Domain cultivators.

• The Wan Family's Old Family Head received the Gravity Stone Mother, recalling how a past ranking reward had helped his family rise to prominence.
• The ranking revealed Sheng Xiao of the Shadow Tower in sixth place with his Moon-Chasing Blade and awarded him the Shadow-Scattering Art.
• Jiang Lu noticed that the ranking's rewards suited each Heavenly Prodigy's abilities, while the Myriad Souls Banner briefly stirred in her storage space.
• Linglong questioned the Divine Soul Banner about its unfathomable strength, and the banner responded with aggrieved, proud cries.
• The ranking revealed Ye Qingluan of the Medicine King Pavilion in fifth place with the Withered Bones, Spring Rebirth Cauldron, easing the Crimson Reed Domain cultivators' anxiety.

Ye Qingluan’s Withered Bones, Spring Rebirth Cauldron ranked fifth, while Heavenly Sound Sect’s Nine Heavens Glazed Zither ranked fourth and received its lost cultivation manual. The Divine Weapon Ranking then revealed the third-ranked Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear, owned by Shao Yang of Desolate Qian Domain’s Heaven-Seizing Sect.

• Ye Qingluan accepted the ancient pill formula Record of Life and Death Reincarnation after her pill furnace ranked fifth, and the furnace’s artifact spirit appeared and called her Master.
• The ranking named Ke Yinxue’s Nine Heavens Glazed Zither of Heavenly Sound Sect fourth, stunning the ceremony because Xuancheng Domain’s weapon had fallen outside the top three.
• Ke Yinxue told the Grand Elder to keep watching, then accepted the complete fifty-four forms of the Heavenly Sound Heart Manual as the zither’s reward.
• The ranking revealed the third-place Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear, owned by Shao Yang of Desolate Qian Domain’s Heaven-Seizing Sect.

The Divine Weapon Ranking revealed the Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear as third place and awarded its owner a Star Body-Tempering Formation. It then named Zhu Miao’s Xuelai Sword second and bestowed the complete Ethereal Sword Technique, before the ranking fell into darkness as it prepared to reveal first place.

• The ranking named Shao Yang’s Star-Shattering Godslayer Spear third and awarded him the Star Body-Tempering Formation.
• Shao Yang and the Shao household head discussed the spear’s placement and wondered what could rank above it.
• The Divine Weapon Ranking named Zhu Miao’s Xuelai Sword second, astonishing cultivators across the Five Great Domains.
• The Xuelai Sword’s phantom made swords throughout the Immortal Cultivation Realm tremble, and Zhu Miao received the complete Ethereal Sword Technique.
• As everyone awaited first place, black mist poured from the darkened Divine Weapon Ranking and engulfed the world.

The Divine Soul Banner transformed into a Semi-Divine Artifact and took first place on the Divine Weapon Ranking, revealing Jiang Lu as its owner to the Five Domains. The ranking left Jiang Lu resigned to the attention her treasure would bring, while Shi Yan regretted that she had once belonged to the Flowing Cloud Sect.

• The Divine Soul Banner revealed its evolution to Jiang Lu, who soothed it and worried that her cautious life was over.
• A golden, soul-crushing pressure spread across the Five Domains as the ranking unveiled the Divine Soul Banner in first place and named Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as its owner.
• Cultivators across the Immortal Domain reacted with shock and fear at the banner’s power as a Semi-Divine Artifact that could suppress souls and protect its master.
• The Three Upper Sects assumed Ye Qing had concealed Jiang Lu’s extraordinary talent and the artifact from them.
• Shi Yan confirmed with Fu Yao that the ranked Jiang Lu was his junior disciple and lamented that Ye Qing had taken her from the Flowing Cloud Sect without telling him.

Shi Yan and Lu Lingfeng tried to persuade the Flowing Cloud Sect to take Jiang Lu as a disciple, while Fu Yao and the others reacted to their scheme. The Divine Weapon Ranking announced a trial in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain, drawing a startled reaction from a black-clad figure in Xuancheng Domain.

• Lu Lingfeng argued that Jiang Lu belonged in the Flowing Cloud Sect and listed reasons she would benefit from joining his lineage.
• Shi Yan praised Lu Lingfeng and took him into the hall to discuss the matter, while Fu Yao, Xi Siyu, and Liu Qingqing reacted to his proposal.
• The Divine Weapon Ranking announced that those on the ranking would receive an opportunity to undergo a trial in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
• A black-clad figure in Xuancheng Domain saw the announcement and clutched her banner in astonishment.

Jiang Lu recounted how she had entered the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain and claimed the Divine Soul Banner, while the Heaven's Chosen Ranking announcement was set for ten days later. Ye Qingluan faced a flood of questions from other sects and ordered Ye Qing to guard Jiang Lu until the ranking was revealed.

• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking announced that its power ranking would be revealed in ten days, and cultivators across the world began searching for information about Jiang Lu.
• Ye Qingluan, Ye Qing, and Great Elder Jiang Xuan burst into the courtyard and demanded that Jiang Lu explain what had happened.
• Jiang Lu told them the story, leaving the three astonished by her extraordinary fortune and the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
• Ye Qingluan read messages from sect leaders accusing her of hiding Jiang Lu's talent, then shut them off without replying.
• Worried that Jiang Lu would become a target if she appeared on the next ranking, Ye Qingluan ordered Ye Qing to stay by her side until it was announced.

As the Power Ranking appeared, Ye Qing explained to Jiang Lu why the Heavenly Dao ranking’s recognition and rewards outweighed the risks of revealing a sect’s strength. The ranking named Crimson Flame Hall’s Shi Yu tenth and awarded her the complete Departing Fire Heart-Burning Art.

• Ye Qingluan and Jiang Xuan told Jiang Lu to remain in the courtyard while they handled the troubles surrounding her, and Jiang Lu settled into meditation as Ye Qing worried about her lack of combat experience.
• Ten days later, the Power Ranking appeared over the Five Great Domains, drawing the attention of cultivators across the realm.
• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why major powers revered the Heaven's Chosen Ranking despite its revealing their foundations, and he explained its recognition, deterrence, and rare rewards.
• The Power Ranking announced Crimson Flame Hall's Shi Yu in tenth place, with early Tribulation Transcendence strength and the complete Departing Fire Heart-Burning Art as her gift.
• Shi Yu was surprised to rank only tenth but welcomed the complete art, hoping it would help her comprehend the Departing Fire Grand Dao and grow stronger.