Chapter Summaries

The Power Ranking revealed rewards for the ninth through sixth-ranked great powers, including rare treasures and a trial-ground opportunity. As the recipients considered how the rewards could help them advance, the ranking continued to unveil the strongest powers.

• Shi Yu and Xue Yin watched the ranking together, while Shi Yu’s revealed Tribulation Transcendence strength deterred factions plotting against Crimson Flame Hall.
• The ranking placed Wen Zhanqiong of the Wen Family ninth and awarded him a Heart-Demon Barrier-Breaking Pill that could help him advance from Early to Mid Tribulation Transcendence.
• The ranking placed Le Ziyan of Hundred Blossoms Sacred Ground eighth and awarded her a bottle of Hundred Flowers Immortal Elixir to help her break through her bottleneck.
• The ranking placed Zhuge Jin of Sunrise Sect seventh and awarded him Earth-Vein Spirit Spring Elixir to treat his old injuries and restore his cultivation prospects.
• The ranking placed Zhao Youqi of Heaven-Seizing Sect sixth and awarded him three months of secluded cultivation in the Starfall Trial Grounds, astonishing cultivators across the Five Great Domains.

The Power Ranking revealed its top five cultivators and their rewards, with Mo Qi taking first place and receiving a Heavenly Dao Enlightenment Jade Marrow. Ye Qing told Jiang Lu about Zang, a mysterious prodigy who had once surpassed Ye Qingluan and taken first place in the Heaven's Chosen Competition, before trailing off at his fate.

• Zhou Nuo ranked fifth and received a Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, while Ke Yinxue ranked fourth and received three months of secluded cultivation in the Phantom Sound Ancient Mirror.
• Ye Qingluan ranked third with Peak Late Tribulation Transcendence strength and received an Astral Origin Body-Tempering Pill, delighting Great Elder Jiang Xuan and Ye Qingluan.
• Lü Shilan ranked second and received a wisp of Great Dao Origin.
• Mo Qi of the Qingyan Sect ranked first and received a Heavenly Dao Enlightenment Jade Marrow, astonishing cultivators across the Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why he was not surprised by Ye Qingluan's ranking, and Ye Qing explained that Zang had once appeared from nowhere and taken first place in the Heaven's Chosen Competition before trailing off with regret.

Ye Qing told Jiang Lu how Zang rose to prominence before mysteriously vanishing at the brink of ascension, while Jiang Lu worried about the coming competition. Ten days later, the Potential Ranking appeared and named You Xi tenth and Fu Yao ninth.

• Ye Qing recounted how Zang won the Heaven's Chosen Competition, reached Late Tribulation Transcendence, then vanished when his spiritual power dissipated at the final step of ascension.
• Jiang Lu considered Zang's strange rise and disappearance, then worried that the Crimson Reed Domain would face its rivals without allies.
• After ten days, the Heavenly Bell rang and the Potential Ranking emerged, listing cultivators under one hundred by age and strength.
• You Xi of Xuancheng Domain's Spirit Taming Sect was named tenth at thirty-six years old and the Third Layer of the Golden Core.
• Fu Yao of Crimson Reed Domain's Flowing Cloud Sect was named ninth at thirty-six years old and the Fourth Layer of the Golden Core.

The Potential Ranking placed Jiang Lu first, drawing attention from cultivators across the Five Great Domains. Its reward sent her into a powerful enlightenment, and she awoke with her cultivation understanding enhanced while Ye Qing remained unsure why this ranking’s gift worked differently from the earlier ones.

• Lu Lingfeng and Xi Siyu celebrated when Fu Yao appeared on the Potential Ranking, while Liu Qingqing held on to hope that she would still make one of the remaining rankings.
• The Potential Ranking named Jiang Lu first at age sixteen and in the First Layer of the Golden Core, prompting other factions to regard her as a formidable rival.
• Ye Qing and the others were relieved that Jiang Lu already belonged to the Medicine King Pavilion, while Shi Yan lamented to Fu Yao that they had not fought to take her in.
• Jiang Lu received the Enlightenment Divine Sense and began cultivating as Ye Qing sealed the courtyard and guarded her for several days.
• After Jiang Lu awoke, she asked Ye Qing why the reward had entered her body as an aura, and he said it was likely a Heavenly Dao gift meant to enhance her potential.

Ye Qing told Jiang Lu how Mu Xiaoqing and Lingyun Venerable’s forbidden relationship led to their punishment by the Jade Void Sect. Jiang Lu questioned the age gap and their choices, then wondered whether she was living out a story of her own before Ye Qing told her to stop overthinking.

• Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing why the Great Elder had never discussed Mu Xiaoqing, the Jade Void Sect prodigy on the Talent Ranking.
• Ye Qing explained that Lingyun Venerable had found Mu Xiaoqing in the Mortal Realm and taken her as his sole inner disciple, but they had fallen in love despite their master-disciple bond.
• Ye Qing said Lingyun Venerable bore the Heavenly Dao’s punishment for them, losing his black hair and much of his cultivation, while Mu Xiaoqing was confined to Reflection Cliff and he was imprisoned in Purgatory City.
• Ye Qing told Jiang Lu that Lingyun Venerable was over five thousand years old and explained how rare Mahayana cultivators were and how their lifespans were limited without further breakthroughs.
• Jiang Lu condemned the relationship and wondered if she, too, was caught up in some kind of story, so Ye Qing pressed her shoulder with spiritual force and told her to stop thinking nonsense.

The Spirit Body Ranking appeared and revealed its tenth through third places, prompting cultivators to discuss the ranked figures and their abilities. Zhao Youqi questioned why his Eternal Body placed third, while the two highest-ranked spirit bodies remained unrevealed.

• Cultivators across the streets discussed the final rankings, and some headed to the Treasure Pavilion to place bets.
• The golden ranking announced its rewards and named Bu Yi of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion tenth with a Stellar Body; Bu Yi divined something troubling and declined to explain it to his disciple.
• The ranking named Lü Shilan ninth with an Illusory Dream Body, and Jiang Lu asked Ye Qing whether the ranked figures were mostly from the Power Ranking.
• The ranking named Le Ziyan eighth with a Myriad Wood Body, Shi Yu seventh with a Spirit-Communing Body, and Wen Zhanqiong sixth with a Pure Spirit Body.
• The ranking named Zhou Nuo fifth with a Lunar Yin Body and Mo Qi fourth with a Void Body.
• The ranking placed Zhao Youqi third with an Eternal Body, and Zhao Youqi wondered what two spirit bodies could surpass it.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking revealed Mu Xiaoqing as the Creation Body, prompting shock and regret over how her forbidden love had damaged her path. It then named Jiang Lu as the Chaos Body, while Shi Yan set off to recruit her as a disciple.

• The ranking identified Mu Xiaoqing of the Jade Void Sect as the second-ranked Creation Body, and the Sect Master questioned whether Lin Yun had known about it.
• Mu Xiaoqing learned of her constitution at Reflection Cliff and broke down in regret over her forbidden feelings and lost immortal path.
• Ye Qing and Jiang Lu concluded that Mu Xiaoqing's mortal entanglements had obstructed her Great Dao and wondered whether Lin Yun had known her constitution.
• The ranking named Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as the first-ranked Chaos Body, stunning cultivators across the five domains.
• Shi Yan cried over Jiang Lu being taken by another master, then rushed off to persuade them to let him become one of her masters.

After Jiang Lu topped the Heaven's Chosen Ranking, Ye Qingluan learned that Jiang Lu might be a Gu cultivator but held back from questioning her. The Talent Ranking then appeared and granted every ranked cultivator a five percent increase in comprehension, while Jiang Lu considered how to stabilize her rapidly improving cultivation.

• Ye Qingluan and the others saw Jiang Lu ranked first, and Ye Qingluan restrained herself from confronting Jiang Lu about rumors that she was a Gu cultivator.
• The Spirit Beasts and Cutie discussed the strange ranking before Chi Li and Cangchen started fighting in the courtyard.
• Jiang Lu sensed that the Heavenly Dao Blessing had greatly increased her absorption of spiritual energy and cautioned herself to stabilize her Dao foundation.
• The four existing Heavenly Dao Rankings shifted aside as the Talent Ranking appeared above the Five Domains.
• The Talent Ranking announced a five percent increase in comprehension for all ranked individuals, and Ye Qing explained the value of improving innate comprehension.

Jiang Lu worried that she had not made the Talent Ranking as cultivators across the Five Domains watched its top names appear. Chen Cheng took second place with level-ten Saintly Insight, leaving everyone wondering what talent the still-unrevealed first-place cultivator possessed.

• Ye Qing explained the Talent Ranking’s talent levels to Jiang Lu, describing level ten as Saintly Insight and level eleven or higher as legendary.
• The ranking revealed Fu Yao in seventh place, Liu Qingqing in fourth, and several other cultivators, while Jiang Lu’s name had yet to appear.
• Liu Qingqing celebrated her fourth-place ranking with Xi Siyu and Lu Lingfeng, then said she expected Jiang Lu to take first place.
• Jiang Lu despaired at the Medicine King Pavilion as the Spirit Beasts quietly stayed out of her way.
• The ranking named Mu Xiaoqing third and Chen Cheng second, both with level-nine or level-ten talent, stunning cultivators across the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
• The Qingyan Sect celebrated Chen Cheng’s level-ten Saintly Insight as Ye Qing and other cultivators awaited the first-place result.

The Heaven's Chosen Ranking named Jiang Lu first in talent, revealing her Level Twelve Heavenly Evolution Spiritual Root and astonishing the Immortal Cultivation Realm. After the rankings bestowed their promised rewards and vanished, factions prepared for the upcoming Heaven's Chosen Competition and treated Jiang Lu as a major threat.

• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking revealed Jiang Lu of the Medicine King Pavilion as first place with Level Twelve talent, causing a heavenly phenomenon and stunning Jiang Lu and Ye Qing.
• Ye Qingluan rushed to Jiang Lu and embraced her, celebrating the surprise she had brought to the Medicine King Valley.
• At the Flowing Cloud Sect, the Supreme Elder warned Shi Yan to prepare for the Heaven's Chosen Competition and cautioned him about facing Ye Qingluan.
• Zhuge Xiuyun, Yin Yue, and other factions recognized Jiang Lu as a threat and warned their disciples to be cautious around her.
• The Heaven's Chosen Ranking announced rewards for ranked cultivators and their spiritual domains, then disappeared after urging cultivators to pursue their Dao.
• After a month of discussion, cultivators began seeking ways to watch the upcoming competition in Xuancheng Domain, including through live-broadcast spiritual artifacts.

Jiang Lu prepared for the Heaven's Chosen Competition while Qin Yaner and the others explained its three rounds and selection rules. A few days later, a black hole appeared and dragged Jiang Lu into the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain before Ye Qing and the others could reach her.

• Ye Qing packed Jiang Lu’s luggage with numerous artifacts, and Jiang Lu questioned whether she needed to bring a suona and spirit-guiding bell.
• Qin Yaner and the other disciples explained the competition’s three rounds and said the Medicine King Pavilion’s candidates would be chosen next month in Void City.
• Jiang Lu prepared pills, talismans, and artifacts, then told her five Spirit Beasts to stay in the pavilion because they could not enter the domain.
• A few days later, a void black hole appeared and pulled Jiang Lu into its darkness.
• Ye Qing, Ye Qingluan, and the others arrived to find Jiang Lu gone as the black hole sealed itself shut.

Cangchen wondered whether Jiang Lu would return for dinner after she entered the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain. Jiang Lu arrived in the ghost domain, resisted its assault on her mind, and faced a gathering horde of spirits as lightning struck at her.

• Cangchen asked the Spirit Beasts and Ye Qing whether Master would come back for dinner, while Ye Qingluan said she hoped Lu'er was safe and departed.
• Jiang Lu landed in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain and summoned the Qianming Sword and Divine Soul Banner to guard her.
• The domain announced that it would refine the body and temper the soul, then unleashed ghostly voices that tried to overwhelm Jiang Lu's mind.
• Jiang Lu recited the Stillness Mantra and used the Divine Soul Banner to steady her soul, while golden spiritual light briefly silenced the domain.
• Countless vicious ghosts and resentful spirits surged toward Jiang Lu as tribulation lightning struck her, but the Qianming Sword intercepted the bolt.
• Jiang Lu spread her Divine Sense as yin winds and ghosts closed in around her.

Jiang Lu endured a swarm of vicious ghosts, using the Divine Soul Banner to devour them as her power and soul grew stronger while Qianming was reforged by lightning. At the Medicine King Pavilion, Ye Qing trained five Spirit Beasts in a punishing formation and planned to make them continue after they ate.

• Jiang Lu fought off the ghosts with the Divine Soul Banner, absorbing their yin qi and soul power despite severe pain and injuries.
• The ghostly qi within the domain was purified into magical power, strengthening Jiang Lu as repeated attacks tempered her Divine Sense.
• Thunderbolts continued striking Qianming, gradually honing and reforging the sword.
• Ye Qing sealed Chi Li, Cangchen, Mingyue, Qiming, and Cutie in a formation where stronger phantom beasts forced them into repeated battles.
• Ye Qing released the exhausted Spirit Beasts, gave them spiritual food, and planned to send them back into the formation once they recovered.

While Ye Qing worried over Jiang Lu’s months-long absence in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain, Jiang Lu endured a tense standoff with countless ghosts until a burst of light transported her back to the courtyard. She reunited with her Spirit Beasts, and Ye Qing rushed to see her after she sent him a message.

• Ye Qing trained the five Spirit Beasts and gave them rare spirit plants while he worried about Jiang Lu.
• Jiang Lu’s Divine Soul Banner and Qianming Sword grew stronger as she fought and tempered herself in the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
• A radiant force suddenly transported Jiang Lu, Qianming, and Fan Fan out of the God-Refining Domain, leaving the ghosts in chaos.
• Jiang Lu returned to the courtyard, healed her wounds, and reunited with the five Spirit Beasts.
• Chi Li told Jiang Lu about Ye Qing’s training, and Jiang Lu messaged him before he rushed into the courtyard to see her.

After returning from Myriad Ghost Purgatory, Jiang Lu reunited with Ye Qing and prepared to travel with him to the Xuancheng Domain. She joined the other cultivators aboard a heavily guarded spirit vessel, learning that the gathered disciples and geniuses would travel together through dangerous spatial currents.

• Ye Qing welcomed Jiang Lu back, praised her growth, and told her they would depart in two days.
• Jiang Lu rested in the courtyard for two days, then flew with Ye Qing to Void City's central plaza.
• Shi Yan tried to invite Jiang Lu to travel with his group, but Ye Qing took her away and addressed him as Sect Master Shi.
• Qin Yaner greeted Jiang Lu aboard the spirit vessel and explained why the cultivators were traveling together to the Xuancheng Domain.
• Jiang Lu saw elders, disciples, and Heaven's Chosen Ranking geniuses gathered for the journey.

Jiang Lu met the disciples chosen for the Heaven's Chosen Competition before traveling with them through a domain Teleportation Array to the Xuancheng Domain. The Spirit Boat arrived safely, though the journey left Jiang Lu and the other young disciples seasick.

• Ye Qing introduced Jiang Lu to the sect and clan disciples competing in the Heaven's Chosen Competition, and they introduced themselves to her.
• Ye Qingluan explained that the Spirit Boat was entering the domain Teleportation Array, and Jiang Lu watched as it activated.
• The Spirit Boat and the other vessels crossed a dangerous spatial tunnel while the elders strengthened their protective barriers.
• The Spirit Boat emerged in the Xuancheng Domain, where Jiang Lu and the other disciples became dizzy and collapsed.
• Ye Qing used spiritual energy to cure Jiang Lu's dizziness.

Jiang Lu and the Crimson Reed Domain delegation arrived in Xuancheng Domain and traveled to Shaking Heaven City, where Ding Huairen welcomed them and escorted them to their guest courtyard. The group settled in the city ahead of the gathering of Heaven's Chosen from across the domains.

• Jiang Lu recovered from her first spatial teleportation, and Ye Qing explained that the discomfort would fade with experience or greater cultivation.
• Ye Qing showed Jiang Lu Xuancheng Domain's open plains and explained that they were heading to Shaking Heaven City, while she studied the map and learned about the region during their journey.
• The delegation spotted the vast Shaking Heaven City after a horn announced its approach, and Ye Qingluan greeted Ding Huairen, who told them Heaven's Chosen from Ling Shuo Domain had already arrived.
• Ye Qingluan put away the spirit vessel outside the city, and the delegation followed Ding Huairen to their assigned guest courtyard.
• Ding Huairen described the courtyard's quiet surroundings and complete protective formation before departing, and the delegation entered.

Jiang Lu explored Shaking Heaven City’s Eastern Elixir Market with her senior sisters and impressed the disciples by bargaining down the price of spirit plants. Their outing ended when they encountered two arrogant twins who claimed to be the sons of the City Lord.

• Qin Yaner, Fu Yao, and the other senior sisters invited Jiang Lu to explore Shaking Heaven City’s markets.
• Zhu Yue explained the four markets, and the group chose to visit Eastern Elixir Market first.
• Jiang Lu bargained a stall owner down from twenty to five High-grade Spirit Stones for a selection of spirit plants.
• Jiang Lu taught her fellow disciples how to bargain, and they resolved to haggle more firmly in the future.
• The group followed a commotion to a crowd where two twins argued with three sect disciples, then claimed to be the sons of the City Lord of Shaking Heaven City.

Jiang Lu’s group met disciples from the Reclusive Wen Family, and the two sides gathered information while shopping together. Afterward, Fu Yao and Wen Rui separately assessed the strength of their likely opponents in the upcoming competition.

• Jiang Lu wondered why the Shaking Heaven City Lord’s children and the Reclusive Wen Family disciples had left without fighting, and Qin Yaner explained that factions avoided open hostility unless necessary.
• Wen Rui introduced himself to Fu Yao’s group and asked to accompany them, and both groups became friendlier as they shopped and bargained together.
• Fu Yao reviewed what they had learned about the Ling Shuo Domain and warned her group not to trust Wen Rui’s information completely as they prepared for the competition.
• Wen Rui suspected that many of Fu Yao’s companions were participating Heavenly Prodigies and wondered who Jiang Lu was, recalling that the family head had told him to be careful of her.
• Wen Rui told visiting disciples from other families about his encounter with Fu Yao’s group, and they agreed that their opponents were formidable.

Jiang Lu studied an ancient seal and entered a prolonged enlightenment, then broke through to the Second Layer of the Golden Core just before the Heaven's Chosen Competition. Her companions brought her to the competition after she awakened, and she listened to the latest gossip as their spirit vessel arrived.

• Jiang Lu examined the oval seal and became absorbed in its laws, entering meditation for several days.
• Ye Qing announced that the Heaven's Chosen Competition would begin in seven days and invited the disciples to a banquet, but Fu Yao and the others declined to keep their strength hidden.
• Jiang Lu awakened after seven days and advanced to the Second Layer of the Golden Core.
• Qin Yaner hurried Jiang Lu onto the spirit vessel, where the group caught her up on recent gossip during the journey.
• The spirit vessel slowed and entered a plaza as the group arrived at their destination.