End-of-Volume Summary

With Chu Bai completing Foundation Establishment, receiving Azure Ordination, and becoming an immortal official, this volume's story has come to an end. A new chapter begins.

First, a report on the numbers: the average paid subscriptions currently stand at 1,800. For a rookie author like me, that's a wonderful surprise. I hope to keep improving.

Next, let's talk about the story's progression.

Chu Bai has finally made it out of the starting village—though "made it out" isn't quite right. The Immortal Dynasty's system will remain a framework throughout the book.

Still, he now has a measure of autonomy.

As for why he ended up being exiled, the groundwork was laid earlier. The protagonist has never settled on a firm view of cultivation through ordination.

When I began this book, I asked myself: in a world where cultivation was restricted like this, what attitude would most people have?

Rebel?

With the Immortal Dynasty's overwhelming power looming over them, it would be far too idealistic for a mere Qi Refining cultivator to decide to rebel.

Submit?

As mentioned earlier, the protagonist had asked himself: what if those restrictions kept him from advancing any further?

Of course he could never simply submit to that.

So, in truth, he took things one step at a time. Only when that power belonged to him, when he had some strength of his own, would his voice carry any weight.

That led to his being forced to break through during the Heavenly Examination.

What happened after his breakthrough was the inevitable result under the established rules of this world.

The world of this book will naturally be revealed little by little through the protagonist's perspective.

So is the Immortal Dynasty good or bad? There's no clear answer.

From an ordinary person's perspective, without laws or governance, demons