Arc 31The Sky Mountain Golden Position

Zhang Yuan pursued Xuan Chen, claimed the Three Calamities Gourd, and began preparing to seek Sky Mountain’s Golden Position. At the East Sea, he killed the awakened Sword Immortal Five Punishments and returned to press Ye Xiangning for benefits.

  • Zhang Yuan tracked Xuan Chen to a village, witnessed his slaughter of its inhabitants, and wounded him before he escaped.
  • Zhang Yuan joined with Yi Feng to pursue Xuan Chen, then returned to the Mysterious Court and secured aid for the village’s four surviving children.
  • Zhang Yuan discovered that the Three Calamities Gourd could be made his own by changing its name, then read the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter and planned to seek Sky Mountain’s Golden Position.
  • Zhang Yuan taught Xu Lingyin the chapter’s cultivation method, and she sensed Canopy Heavenly Gang at the East Sea, where he retrieved it for her.
  • Li Chuanqi revealed himself as the reincarnated Heavenly Immortal Five Punishments and attacked Zhang Yuan, who lured him away from White Stone City.
  • Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi fought together and killed Li Chuanqi, with Qin Tianyi destroying his hun and po to prevent his revival.
  • Zhang Yuan learned that the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art pointed toward a Golden Position, but decided to pursue the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter while pretending to cultivate the other method.
  • Zhang Yuan flew to the Ye Residence and pounded on the gate, calling for Ye Xiangning to come out.
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Ch. 751This Is Your One Fault, Young Master Zhang

Cui Yuanxi, Tong Ke, and Xiao Shi gathered with Zhang Yuan for a lively meal of fish before Zhang Yuan gave Xiao Shi a box of pastries from Great Heng. Xiao Shi accepted the gift warmly and called it Zhang Yuan’s one fault.

  • Xu Lingyin welcomed Xiao Shi to the courtyard, where she greeted Zhang Yuan and reunited with Cui Yuanxi.
  • Cui Yuanxi showed Xiao Shi the fish she and Tong Ke had caught, and the group prepared fish soup and grilled fish together.
  • Everyone shared the meal, and Zhang Yuan fed Chi Guanguan some grilled fish as she praised it and spoke of Ji Guang’s love of fish.
  • Xu Lingyin left after dinner, while Cui Yuanxi and Tong Ke went to inspect the cave abode and Zhang Yuan stayed to talk with Xiao Shi.
  • Zhang Yuan gave Xiao Shi pastries from Great Heng, and she accepted them before saying it was his one fault.

Ch. 752First Appearance

Zhang Yuan followed the Compass beyond the Mysterious Court to find the Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit, discovering it slaughtering villagers under the guise of the Daoist Xuan Chen. The chapter ended with Xuan Chen killing three youths who offered to serve him and asking an insolent boy to become his disciple.

  • Xiao Shi told Zhang Yuan that giving her gifts without a reason was his one flaw, before Zhang Yuan sensed the Profound Ancestor Evil Spirit through the Compass.
  • Zhang Yuan decided to pursue the evil spirit beyond the Mysterious Court, despite the danger of encountering the South Sea Dragon Clan, and went alone to avoid alerting his target.
  • Zhang Yuan reached a burning village and saw Xuan Chen slaughtering its inhabitants while claiming his actions would help the Mysterious Court.
  • Xuan Chen revealed that he had regained some cultivation through demonic methods and made a Hundred-Soul Gourd from the villagers.
  • After Xuan Chen rejected three youths for their poor aptitude and killed them, he offered to take the insolent boy as his disciple.

Ch. 753A Dust-Dyed Realm Bandit Passing Through

Zhang Yuan tried to stop Xuan Chen from killing the village youths and confronted him for his whisk and soul-storing gourd. After Zhang Yuan sent Xuan Chen flying, Xuan Chen escaped before he could be found.

  • Xuan Chen killed three youths and cut a fourth in half after the boy refused to submit, while Zhang Yuan arrived too late to save him.
  • The dying boy asked Zhang Yuan to hold Xuan Chen back until his elder brother arrived, then died before Zhang Yuan could answer.
  • Zhang Yuan refused to claim kinship with the boy and threatened Xuan Chen, demanding his whisk and Hundred-Soul Gourd.
  • Xuan Chen used six souls as talismans to block Zhang Yuan's sword, but Zhang Yuan's strike blasted him a thousand li away.
  • Zhang Yuan found only a crater and blood where Xuan Chen had fallen, then confirmed with the Compass that Xuan Chen had escaped.

Ch. 754Celestial Person Yi Feng

Zhang Yuan encountered Yi Feng, who mistook him for the murderer of his younger brother, Yi Shui, before learning the truth. Zhang Yuan arranged for Yi Feng to pursue Xuan Chen while he lay in ambush, and Yi Feng agreed to contact him at Ten Thousand Bamboo Mountain.

  • Zhang Yuan waited above the village Xuan Chen had attacked, then a furious Yi Feng appeared and struck at him.
  • Zhang Yuan defended himself and told Yi Feng he had not killed Yi Shui or slaughtered the village.
  • Yi Feng divined the truth and heard the four survivors confirm that Xuan Chen had killed Yi Shui.
  • Yi Feng buried Yi Shui and introduced himself to Zhang Yuan, explaining that he wanted to avenge his brother.
  • Zhang Yuan identified Xuan Chen and proposed that Yi Feng pursue him while Zhang Yuan waited in ambush.
  • Yi Feng agreed to the plan and learned that Zhang Yuan was staying at Ten Thousand Bamboo Mountain in the Mysterious Court.

Ch. 755Divine General Qin Really Had Foresight

Xuan Chen returned to the First God Cult’s hideout after being robbed, while Qin Tianyi persuaded Yu Lian to summon the cult’s leaders one at a time to avoid attracting powerful attention. The teleportation array brought a Deputy Cult Master to the inn, though the chapter did not identify who had arrived.

  • Xuan Chen fled after Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm cultivators robbed him, then returned to an inn near the village he had slaughtered.
  • Xuan Chen lied to Yu Lian about his outing and listened as Yu Lian warned him that Return to True was in the Mysterious Court.
  • Yu Lian proposed teleporting the First God Cult Master and all three Deputy Cult Masters to the Dust-Dyed Realm, but Qin Tianyi warned that bringing them together could attract the Lords of Heaven and Earth.
  • Qin Tianyi suggested bringing the cult leaders over one at a time, and Yu Lian agreed to summon a Deputy Cult Master first.
  • Yu Lian and the cultists pooled spirit stones to activate a single-use teleportation array, and a figure appeared at its center.

Ch. 756The Holy Son Was Still Alive?

The First God Cult Master returned to the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm and learned that the Holy Son was alive, had reached the nascent soul realm, and was acting alone in the Central Demon Realm. He confirmed Yu Lian had recovered the Profound Ancestor's Remains, then left the remains with him while preparing to pursue other business.

  • The First God Cult Master arrived and questioned Qin Tianyi, whom Yu Lian identified as a Divine General recruited by the Holy Son.
  • Yu Lian told the First God Cult Master that the Holy Son had survived, advanced to the nascent soul realm, and traveled to the Central Demon Realm before setting off alone on the Lord's orders.
  • Yu Lian revealed that he was the second of the Holy Son's Four Divine Generals, and the First God Cult Master encouraged him to accept the role.
  • Yu Lian presented the Profound Ancestor's Remains, and the First God Cult Master confirmed they were needed for the Lord's revival.
  • The First God Cult Master told Yu Lian to safeguard the remains while he went to kill several people and visit some friends.

Ch. 757Actually, I'm a Good Person

Zhang Yuan returned to the Mysterious Court after failing to track Xuan Chen, then told Immortal Lord Liujing that an Evil Spirit had slaughtered a village and asked the sect to help the four surviving children. Liujing agreed but laughed when Zhang Yuan insisted he was a good person, and he left for Ten Thousand Bamboo Peak.

  • Zhang Yuan returned to the Mysterious Court without finding any further trace of Xuan Chen.
  • Immortal Lord Liujing met Zhang Yuan and suspected he had gone out to kill people because she smelled blood on him.
  • Zhang Yuan explained that he had pursued an Evil Spirit that slaughtered a village, leaving four children alive, and asked the Mysterious Court to help them.
  • Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui confirmed Zhang Yuan's account, and Liujing agreed that the sect should take responsibility for the survivors.
  • After Liujing questioned his good intentions and laughed at his claim that he was a good person, Zhang Yuan flew to Ten Thousand Bamboo Peak.

Ch. 758Hey! Why Don't I Marry Fellow Daoist Zhang?

Zhang Yuan returned to his cave abode and found Cui Yuanxi, Xiao Shi, and Tong Ke waiting there. After Tong Ke left, Cui Yuanxi proposed that she marry Zhang Yuan so they could avoid gossip, but he reminded her that he already had a fiancée; Cui Yuanxi left without demanding an answer and planned to ask her father to write a Marriage Contract.

  • Zhang Yuan returned to his courtyard and asked Cui Yuanxi, Xiao Shi, and Tong Ke why they had stayed so late.
  • Tong Ke described the nearby guest residences and left, promising to tell Zhang Yuan her good news the next day.
  • Cui Yuanxi suggested that she and Zhang Yuan become engaged so they would not need to worry about proper distance or gossip.
  • Zhang Yuan told Cui Yuanxi that he already had a fiancée, but Cui Yuanxi said she did not mind and planned to ask her father to write a Marriage Contract.
  • Cui Yuanxi said she would return home for now and told Zhang Yuan to dream of her.

Ch. 759Still Fell for Ye Xiangning's Trick

After Cui Yuanxi left, Chi Guanguan teased Zhang Yuan about her Dream Dao before he discovered that Ye Xiangning had secretly left the Profound Ancestor’s Great Luo Dao Chapter in his waistband. Zhang Yuan set the book aside to examine the Purple-Gold Gourd, which he concluded was a genuine Immortal Artifact, but he could not determine its name or how to use it.

  • Cui Yuanxi and Xiao Shi returned to the Aohai Cui Clan’s private cave abode, and Chi Guanguan sarcastically suggested that Cui Yuanxi cultivated the Dream Dao.
  • Zhang Yuan settled into his bedroom and used Xiao Yuanjun’s fragrant bedding to clear his thoughts before studying the Purple-Gold Gourd.
  • Zhang Yuan found the Eastern Heaven Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter at his waist and realized Ye Xiangning had slipped it there when she pinched him.
  • Zhang Yuan set the book aside, examined the Purple-Gold Gourd, and concluded that it was a genuine Immortal Artifact carried by the Profound Ancestor.
  • Zhang Yuan shook the gourd and removed its stopper, hearing pills rattle inside but finding none and remaining unable to work out how to use it.

Ch. 760An Immortal Artifact

Chi Guanguan revealed that Zhang Yuan’s Purple-Gold Gourd was the [Three Calamities Profound-End Gourd], a powerful immortal artifact that he could not properly use without magic power or immortal essence. After it retaliated when he called it useless, Zhang Yuan threatened to destroy it, and the gourd submitted by giving him its three Calamity Pills.

  • Chi Guanguan told Zhang Yuan the gourd’s true name and explained that its fire, water, and wind calamities could destroy a great realm.
  • Zhang Yuan learned how to activate the [Three Calamities Profound-End Gourd] but found that his cultivation was too low to nurture its power.
  • The gourd spat a gust of wind at Zhang Yuan after he tossed it onto the bed and called it useless.
  • Zhang Yuan slapped the gourd and prepared to cut it in half with sword qi after Chi Guanguan suggested destroying it.
  • The [Three Calamities Profound-End Gourd] stopped resisting and offered Zhang Yuan its three Calamity Pills.

Ch. 761Renaming an Immortal Artifact

Zhang Yuan renamed the Three Calamities Profound-End Gourd and unexpectedly became its master, then prepared to investigate the karmic book. With Chi Guanguan guarding his sea of consciousness, he was ready to open it.

  • Zhang Yuan threatened the Three Calamities Profound-End Gourd into obedience and renamed it the Three Calamities Gourd, changing its activation incantation to beseech the True Lord.
  • Zhang Yuan discovered that changing the gourd's true name severed its connection to the Profound Ancestor and made him its master without refining it.
  • Zhang Yuan fed the Three Calamities Gourd conceptual images of Water Calamity Sha, Mad Wind Sha, and Thunderstrike Sha so it could nourish its three calamities.
  • Zhang Yuan concluded the book's great karma came from its contents and asked Chi Guanguan to guard his sea of consciousness before he read it.

Ch. 762"Sky Mountain"

Zhang Yuan and Chi Guanguan read a cryptic account of Sky Mountain’s origins, but Zhang Yuan could not decipher its meaning. The scroll then revealed its cultivation method, which Zhang Yuan understood after suspecting [Jiguang Shixin True Lord] had secretly enhanced his comprehension.

  • Zhang Yuan opened the scroll with Chi Guanguan and found an ancient account saying the Profound Ancestor moved Sky Mountain from the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm to the Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm after its ruler died.
  • Zhang Yuan and Chi Guanguan could not understand the story’s hidden meaning, and Zhang Yuan pretended he could solve the riddle through his comprehension.
  • As Zhang Yuan looked at the scroll, its writing peeled away and reassembled into a cultivation method written in simplified Chinese characters.
  • Zhang Yuan realized the scroll had manifested the writing in the form most familiar to its reader and blamed [Jiguang Shixin True Lord] for enhancing his comprehension.
  • Zhang Yuan read that Sky Mountain’s Golden Position Seeking Truth method could repel wickedness and external arts, and that mastering it at the pinnacle of Great Yi could lead to a Great Luo Golden Position.

Ch. 763I Will Seize the Golden Position!

After learning the method to seek truth through the Sky Mountain Golden Position, Zhang Yuan decided to pursue it and planned how to gather the materials and buy time. He recruited Xu Lingyin to investigate the Golden Position and gave her an Ancient Immortal Dao method and a spirit treasure.

  • Zhang Yuan studied the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter and concluded that killing Xuan Chen could leave him as the sole known contender for the Sky Mountain Golden Position.
  • Zhang Yuan considered attaining the Dao before returning Ao Xiu, and Chi Guanguan promised to protect him if anything went wrong.
  • Zhang Yuan planned to find the remaining seven strands of five skandhas and six qi, learn Sky Mountain's Golden Position true name, and perform the Truth-Seeking Rite.
  • Zhang Yuan summoned Xu Lingyin to serve as a pawn who could help him access information about the Golden Position.
  • Zhang Yuan gave Xu Lingyin the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter and the Form-Destroying Whisk, promising to teach her the Ancient Immortal Dao.

Ch. 764Ancient methods, modern methods

Zhang Yuan discovered that Xu Lingyin had stalled in her cultivation because the Mysterious Court had given her an outdated Ancient Immortal Dao method. He taught her a modern refining method, and after mastering it overnight, Xu Lingyin sensed a treasure that could let her begin cultivating as Tong Ke knocked at the door.

  • Xu Lingyin asked Zhang Yuan for guidance and showed him the Wuji Su Ming Art, which she had been unable to use to reach the first turn of Qi Refining.
  • Zhang Yuan and Chi Guanguan explained that ancient methods used a slow Qi Gathering process, unlike modern methods adapted to the current conditions of Heaven and Earth.
  • Zhang Yuan told Xu Lingyin to abandon the Wuji Su Ming Art and learn the refining method in the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter.
  • Xu Lingyin studied the method through the night while Zhang Yuan purified his Sword Qi.
  • The next morning, Xu Lingyin announced that she had mastered the method and sensed a treasure she needed, as Tong Ke knocked and called to Zhang Yuan.

Ch. 765A trip to the seashore

Zhang Yuan took Xu Lingyin to the East Sea to find her first heavenly gang or earthly sha while powerful watchers grew wary of his movements. At the seashore, a battle between two True Lords had unleashed havoc and created cultivation opportunities, drawing Li Chuanqi and his protector Elder Lü.

  • Tong Ke told Zhang Yuan that Shangxian True Person, Baihui True Person, and other Feathered Ascension cultivators would come to the Mysterious Court.
  • Zhang Yuan learned that Xu Lingyin had sensed a heavenly gang or earthly sha to the east and took her toward the East Sea in his Golden Carriage.
  • Zhang Yuan noticed that the Lords of Heaven and Earth were watching him more closely as he traveled toward the East Sea.
  • At the East Sea, two True Lords' battle sent waves, thunder, and precious light across the region, while the Ao Kingdom Court evacuated White Stone City's common people.
  • Li Chuanqi watched the battle from White Stone City's walls with Elder Lü, who praised his prospects for attaining the Dao.

Ch. 766[Canopy Heavenly Gang]

Zhang Yuan entered the East Sea with Xu Lingyin and took the newly manifested Canopy Heavenly Gang, which appeared as a straw hat. As they left, Li Chuanqi challenged him and was struck from the city wall.

  • Qi Refining Perfected Persons gathered at White Stone City to wait for Canopy Heavenly Gang to reach shore, while Master Lü warned Li Chuanqi not to enter the dangerous East Sea.
  • Zhang Yuan and Xu Lingyin flew into the East Sea, where blood thunder descended but dissipated after Zhang Yuan invoked his backing and True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds intervened.
  • Zhang Yuan took Canopy Heavenly Gang, placed it on Xu Lingyin as a straw hat, and began flying back to shore.
  • Li Chuanqi demanded that Zhang Yuan hand over Canopy Heavenly Gang, and Zhang Yuan sent him crashing off the city wall with a wave of his hand.

Ch. 767Ah, Fellow Daoist Zhang, Such a Philanderer

Zhang Yuan subdued the people on the city wall after gravely wounding Li Chuanqi, then tried to leave with Xu Lingyin. Deng Yici stopped him and teased him with a fabricated story of their past intimacy, leaving Zhang Yuan exasperated.

  • Zhang Yuan defeated Li Chuanqi and warned the city wall’s onlookers that he would take the [Canopy Heavenly Gang].
  • The White-Bearded Elder recognized Zhang Yuan as the [Return to True Celestial Person], backed down, and declared that Zhang Yuan could take the treasure.
  • Zhang Yuan set off with Xu Lingyin, but Deng Yici blocked his way with a young girl from the Wen River Deng Clan.
  • Deng Yici pretended to be a spurned old lover and called the girl Huansha, while Zhang Yuan ignored her and Xu Lingyin watched without concern.

Ch. 768A Heavenly Immortal of Antiquity

Deng Yici introduced Deng Huansha to Zhang Yuan, but their meeting was interrupted when Li Chuanqi emerged from the ruins with a startlingly powerful aura. Li Chuanqi revealed that he was an ancient Heavenly Immortal awakened from reincarnation and threatened to kill Zhang Yuan.

  • Deng Yici introduced Deng Huansha to Zhang Yuan, and Deng Huansha eyed Xu Lingyin’s golden straw hat covetously.
  • As Zhang Yuan prepared to leave, Li Chuanqi emerged from a crater in White Stone City and began reciting a poem.
  • Zhang Yuan attacked Li Chuanqi, but Li Chuanqi drew a sword-shaped Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure and split Zhang Yuan’s three-colored qi light, destroying most of the city.
  • Li Chuanqi restored his shattered arm using vitality from a Celestial Person perfection dao domain, and Zhang Yuan realized that Li Chuanqi possessed the status and dao domain of a Celestial Person despite being an Eight-Turn Qi Refining Perfected Person.
  • Li Chuanqi declared himself the ancient Heavenly Immortal [Five Punishments], awakened after reincarnation, and vowed to kill Zhang Yuan.

Ch. 769One Palm Strike Knocked Out His Past-Life Memories?

Zhang Yuan learned that Li Chuanqi was the reincarnation of the Middle Antiquity Sword Immortal Five Punishments and prepared to fight him. When Li Chuanqi attacked, Zhang Yuan discovered that his intact former-life Dao Domain let him unleash near-Celestial-Person-perfection power despite his fragile new body.

  • Zhang Yuan failed to divine useful details about Li Chuanqi’s past life, while cultivators identified him as Sword Immortal Five Punishments, a Heavenly Immortal who had mastered sword and thunder.
  • Zhang Yuan suspected True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns and the Wen River Deng Clan had arranged Li Chuanqi’s awakening, then asked Deng Yici to escort Xu Lingyin to the Mysterious Court.
  • Deng Yici left with Xu Lingyin as Zhang Yuan and Li Chuanqi faced off, and the White-Bearded Elder worried about choosing a side.
  • Zhang Yuan tried to intimidate Li Chuanqi and offered to spare him if he surrendered, but Li Chuanqi dismissed his arrogance and struck with his sword.
  • Zhang Yuan sensed that Li Chuanqi’s sword and thunder attack approached Celestial Person-perfection strength because his former-life Dao Domain remained intact and continuously restored his damaged body.

Ch. 770Why Did Demon Fiend Zhang Show Up?

Zhang Yuan lured Li Chuanqi away from White Stone City, intending to kill him with a hidden ability, and spotted Qin Tianyi in a forest below. Zhang Yuan landed beside Qin Tianyi as Li Chuanqi followed, leaving Qin Tianyi stunned and wondering why Demon Fiend Zhang had appeared.

  • Zhang Yuan fled Li Chuanqi’s sword qi in the Golden Carriage, and Li Chuanqi pursued him away from White Stone City.
  • Qin Tianyi left Yu Lian’s group temporarily and sensed that a rival pursuing the same golden position would soon appear.
  • Zhang Yuan decided to lure Li Chuanqi away from the watching crowd and kill him without revealing his known abilities.
  • Zhang Yuan spotted Qin Tianyi in a forest and drove the Golden Carriage down toward him, while Li Chuanqi followed and resolved to kill them both.
  • The Golden Carriage crashed into the forest, and Zhang Yuan greeted Qin Tianyi, who wondered whether Zhang Yuan was his rival on the Great Dao.

Ch. 771Two Against One Was Fair Game in a Dao Contest

Qin Tianyi and Zhang Yuan joined forces against Li Chuanqi, the reincarnated Heavenly Immortal Sword Punishment, after Zhang Yuan explained his powers and weakness. Li Chuanqi attacked them, but Zhang Yuan's Mystic Wonders diverted the Sword Qi, leaving Li Chuanqi astonished by the four Wonders.

  • Li Chuanqi arrived and extinguished the burning forest, then split Qin Tianyi's cyan lightning and declared he would kill him.
  • Zhang Yuan told Qin Tianyi that Li Chuanqi was the reincarnation of Sword Punishment and had awakened after failing to steal Zhang Yuan's treasure.
  • Zhang Yuan described Li Chuanqi's Celestial Person Perfection Thunder Arts, late-stage Celestial Person Sword Qi, and Eight-Turn Qi Refining Dharma Body.
  • Qin Tianyi agreed to join Zhang Yuan in killing Li Chuanqi, while Zhang Yuan wondered why Qin Tianyi had accepted so readily.
  • Li Chuanqi attacked both men, and Zhang Yuan's [Yellow Springs Drink] failed to stop his Sword Qi.
  • Zhang Yuan used [Dusk Veil] and [Myriad Forms Transformation] to redirect the Sword Qi past them, astonishing Li Chuanqi with his four Mystic Wonders.

Ch. 772Slaying an Ancient Immortal

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi joined forces to defeat Li Chuanqi, whose five kinds of heavenly thunder and relentless sword strikes made him a formidable opponent. Qin Tianyi destroyed Li Chuanqi’s soul to prevent his revival, and the two noticed that several things had fallen from his eyes.

  • Li Chuanqi saw the Golden Immortal figure behind Zhang Yuan, lost his eyes, and realized he had underestimated Zhang Yuan’s backing.
  • Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi attacked Li Chuanqi, who blindly countered with Sword Qi and five kinds of heavenly thunder.
  • Qin Tianyi used [Mu Bingcheng] to send out divine soldiers and generals, while Zhang Yuan used [Spring Harmony Scenery] to approach Li Chuanqi.
  • Zhang Yuan trapped Li Chuanqi with [Yellow Springs Drink] and brought Qin Tianyi into position with his words, allowing Qin Tianyi’s purple thunderbolt to engulf Li Chuanqi.
  • Qin Tianyi destroyed Li Chuanqi’s three hun and seven po, ending his chance of revival, then pointed out several things that had fallen from Li Chuanqi’s eyes.

Ch. 773Two Cultivation Methods

Zhang Yuan and Qin Tianyi examined two cultivation methods left by Li Chuanqi, and Zhang Yuan identified the rarer one as a path to a hidden Golden Position. Qin Tianyi returned to the First God Cult after reporting that it had remained quiet in the Dust-Dyed Realm.

  • Zhang Yuan picked up Li Chuanqi's two ancient cultivation books and found that they carried only ordinary karma.
  • Zhang Yuan gave Qin Tianyi the Thunderwind Punishment Scripture, and Qin Tianyi deliberately destroyed it to prevent another Thunder Cultivator from competing for their shared Golden Position.
  • Zhang Yuan identified the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art as a body cultivation method that likely led to a Golden Position in divine concealment, and said he would try cultivating it.
  • Qin Tianyi told Zhang Yuan that the First God Cult had made no moves, though Divine General Yu had brought the First God Cult Master from Southern Heaven through a Teleportation Array.
  • Qin Tianyi said he would return to the First God Cult before his absence aroused suspicion.

Ch. 774"First Immortal Maiden of the Mysterious Court"

Zhang Yuan learned that the First God Cult Master had entered the Dust-Dyed Realm, then headed back toward the Mysterious Court. At its gate, Deng Yici returned Xu Lingyin and used Zhang Yuan’s supposed praise of Immortal Lord Liujing to gain an invitation inside.

  • Qin Tianyi warned Zhang Yuan that the First God Cult Master had come to meet and kill someone, and Zhang Yuan agreed to be cautious.
  • Zhang Yuan picked up Li Chuanqi’s Sword-Shaped Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure and flew toward the Mysterious Court.
  • Deng Yici arrived at the Mysterious Court with Xu Lingyin and met Immortal Lord Liujing at the mountain gate.
  • Deng Yici claimed Zhang Yuan had repeatedly praised Liujing’s beauty, leaving Liujing flattered but wary of Zhang Yuan.
  • Liujing invited Deng Yici into the mountains for tea and a Dao Debate, mentioning that [Colorful Rhyme] of the Aohai Cui Clan was also visiting, and Deng Yici accepted.

Ch. 775Turning the Scheme Against Its Maker

Zhang Yuan realized a hidden True Lord had arranged for him to obtain the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art and chose to turn the scheme to his advantage. He planned to appear to cultivate it while pursuing Sky Mountain’s golden position through the superior Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter, then went to demand support from Ye Xiangning.

  • Zhang Yuan deduced that a Golden Core True Lord had engineered his encounter with Li Chuanqi and the recovery of the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art to steer him toward a golden position.
  • Zhang Yuan concluded that the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art and the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter pointed to the same golden position, but the latter offered better odds of success.
  • Zhang Yuan decided to pretend to cultivate the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art while using the Profound Mountain Venerable Great Luo Dao Chapter, hoping to draw support from two True Lords and make them check each other.
  • Zhang Yuan stored the Sea-Covering Heaven-Bearing Art in his Dao Domain, then decided to visit Ye Xiangning and demand benefits for working with True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts.
  • Zhang Yuan flew to the Ye Residence and pounded on the gate, calling for Ye Xiangning to come out.
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