Recaps

He Pingsheng used the Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique and a piece of ten-thousand-year ice marrow to break through the fire dragon's defenses and enter it. The Royal Family ordered its people to surround the site and kill him when he emerged, hoping to keep the Phoenix Egg.

• Liang Zhiyan questioned He Pingsheng about how close he had reached the fire dragon, and He Pingsheng concealed his true intentions.
• He Pingsheng returned to the sea of fire and used the Poison Thorn Ice Cone Technique to get within one zhang of the fire dragon.
• After a first attempt failed, He Pingsheng replenished his water-attribute power with Golden Bee Sacred Nectar and tried again.
• He Pingsheng sacrificed his ten-thousand-year ice marrow to weaken the fire dragon's flames, then entered it.
• The crowd realized He Pingsheng had entered the fire dragon, and the Ninth Prince and Liang Zhiyan feared he would take the Phoenix Egg.
• Liang Zhiyan ordered the Royal Family to surround the area and kill He Pingsheng when he came out.

He Pingsheng took the Phoenix Egg and fire crystals from inside the fire dragon while more than a hundred Imperial Family disciples waited outside to kill him. The weakened flames drew thousands of cultivators into the Sea of Fire, allowing him to escape disguised as a woman while the Thirteenth Prince led his people inside.

• He Pingsheng saw the Phoenix Egg and fire crystals inside the fire dragon and realized the Thirteenth Prince had gathered over a hundred disciples outside to ambush him.
• He Pingsheng decided to use the Treasure-Gathering Basin to duplicate the Phoenix Egg, then stored the egg and fire crystals in his Storage Ring.
• The fire dragon weakened after He Pingsheng removed its contents, and cultivators rushed into the Sea of Fire to claim Phoenix Feathers and enter the dragon.
• He Pingsheng disguised himself as an ordinary female cultivator with the Jinlan Treasure Robe and escaped with the crowd carried out by the tides.
• The Thirteenth Prince ordered the Imperial Family disciples into the Golden Dragon to search for He Pingsheng and kill him.

He Pingsheng secretly placed a Phoenix Egg in the Treasure-Gathering Basin and discovered it could be enhanced into a True-Blood Phoenix Egg. Meanwhile, the Thirteenth Prince suspected Fellow Daoist Xu had taken the egg in disguise and warned Elder Futu to watch for him.

• He Pingsheng hid his Phoenix Egg in the Treasure-Gathering Basin while the Thirteenth Prince searched the fire dragon and found no one inside.
• The Thirteenth Prince deduced that Fellow Daoist Xu had disguised himself, taken the Phoenix Egg, and slipped out among the crowd, then sent a servant to warn Elder Futu.
• After night fell, He Pingsheng's Phoenix Egg duplicated in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, and he secretly moved one egg to another Storage Bag.
• He Pingsheng left one egg to keep enhancing, and by morning it had become a True-Blood Phoenix Egg that would hatch with peak twelfth-layer Golden Core Stage cultivation.
• He Pingsheng tested other treasures over the following days, but only the third-grade Ice-Origin Jiazi Dew successfully enhanced.

He Pingsheng put away the enhanced Icefield Divine Dew and raced into the Earth Dragon Ravine to reach the Black Mud Pool and claim the Black-and-White Lotus Root. After the Thirteenth Prince and Royal Family disciples delayed him, He Pingsheng replenished his dantian and overtook cultivators as he sped deeper into the ravine.

• He Pingsheng learned that the enhanced Icefield Divine Dew could extend any Golden Core cultivator at Wisdom Severance by a hundred years and put it away.
• He Pingsheng prepared to race for the Black-and-White Lotus Root when the final Earth Dragon Ravine opened.
• He Pingsheng surged toward the entrance, but the Thirteenth Prince attacked him and dozens of Royal Family disciples held him back.
• He Pingsheng broke free after half an incense stick and swallowed Golden Bee Sacred Nectar to replenish his dantian.
• He Pingsheng ran at four times his normal speed, overtaking cultivators as he headed toward the Black Mud Pool.

He Pingsheng caught up with the princes and joined forces with the Ninth Prince to get past the Thirteenth Prince's guards and reach the Black-and-White Lotus Root. As the Black Mud Pool came into view, the Ninth Prince and Thirteenth Prince both summoned mounts and raced ahead.

• The Thirteenth Prince ordered his followers not to attack He Pingsheng unless he overtook him.
• The Ninth Prince offered to share the Black-and-White Lotus Root with He Pingsheng in exchange for his help distracting the Thirteenth Prince's guards.
• He Pingsheng agreed, demanded to hold the lotus root until they left the Secret Realm, and then surged past the Thirteenth Prince.
• The Thirteenth Prince's servants attacked He Pingsheng, slowing him while the two princes raced toward the Black Mud Pool.
• The Ninth Prince mounted an Earth Dragon Ostrich, but the Thirteenth Prince summoned a White Tiger and overtook him.

He Pingsheng secured the Black-and-White Lotus Root after the Ninth Prince’s servants turned against him, then enhanced it in a secluded cave until it matured. He stored the root, which could refine ten batches of Dao-Restoring Pills, and began considering how to leave and claim his reward.

• The Ninth Prince used a Swift-Movement Talisman to overtake the Thirteenth Prince and retrieve the Black-and-White Lotus Root from the Black Mud Pool.
• The Thirteenth Prince’s servants disowned the Imperial Family and attacked the Ninth Prince to seize the root.
• The Ninth Prince threw the root to He Pingsheng, who grabbed it and escaped the pursuers.
• He Pingsheng hid in a mountain cave, set up second-grade formations, and placed the root in the Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance it.
• The next morning, He Pingsheng took out the matured root, stored it, and considered how to leave and claim his reward.

He Pingsheng refined pills and the Poison-Repelling Five Elements Treasure Pearl in seclusion before Su Zhenzhen tracked him down to trade for ten-thousand-year ice marrow. He gave her the ice marrow in exchange for her movement divine ability and sent her away after refusing her offer of intimacy.

• He Pingsheng enhanced five high-grade Dual Spirit Pills into supreme-grade pills while continuing to refine the final restriction on his treasure pearl.
• Su Zhenzhen found He Pingsheng in the Mountain Cave and asked to exchange for ten-thousand-year ice marrow.
• Su Zhenzhen offered a high-grade Earth Tier movement divine ability, but He Pingsheng initially rejected it as unsuitable.
• Su Zhenzhen undressed and offered him a night of pleasure along with the divine ability.
• He Pingsheng gave Su Zhenzhen the ice marrow for the divine ability, refused her advances, and told her to leave.

He Pingsheng enhanced a movement technique into two Heaven Tier techniques while the Imperial Family discussed the Black-and-White Lotus Root, the Phoenix Egg, and his suspected fortune. After He Pingsheng emerged and handed the lotus root to the Ninth Prince, Elder Futu summoned him to meet the Forefather, and He Pingsheng followed prepared to escape.

• He Pingsheng examined the Three Thousand Thunderbolt Technique, which gave him a burst of fivefold speed, and the Shrinking Earth Technique, which increased his speed threefold.
• The Ninth Prince claimed he had obtained the Black-and-White Lotus Root and offered to submit to a soul search, but the Thirteenth Prince stopped arguing over it.
• The Forefather ordered Elder Futu to bring Xu Kunlun to him so he could test whether Xu Kunlun, whom he suspected was He Pingsheng, possessed tremendous fortune.
• He Pingsheng emerged from the Secret Realm and gave the Ninth Prince the mystic yellow-and-black-and-white lotus root in exchange for the Blood-Jade Purple-Skinned Jujube.
• Elder Futu summoned He Pingsheng, who swallowed a Dual Spirit Pill and prepared a Teleportation Talisman as he followed him.

He Pingsheng met the Great Liang Imperial Family’s Spirit Transformation Patriarch, who reclaimed the Variant-Blood Phoenix’s egg and rewarded him with a rare jujube. The Patriarch then insisted that He Pingsheng undergo a tribulation so he could determine whether He was a Great Fortune Bearer, and He began seclusion aboard the ship.

• The Imperial Family’s Patriarch recognized He Pingsheng as Xu Kunlun and questioned him about the Black-and-White Lotus Root and his other gains from the Secret Realm.
• He Pingsheng returned the Variant-Blood Phoenix’s egg to the Patriarch, who promised him a favor and gave him a Blood-Jade Purple-Skinned Jujube to help him break through his bottleneck.
• The Patriarch rewarded the Ninth Prince with a jujube and offered to betroth Princess Qinghe to He Pingsheng if He proved to be a Great Fortune Bearer.
• The Patriarch refused He Pingsheng’s request to decline the tribulation test and sent him, the Ninth Prince, and the Thirteenth Prince from the hall to prepare for their tribulations.
• The Thirteenth Prince apologized to He Pingsheng, and He entered seclusion aboard the ship to consume the jujube.

After reaching the twelfth layer of Foundation Establishment, He Pingsheng prepared for his tribulation and secured two fourth-grade defensive talismans through a deal with Commandery Princess Weichuan. The Ninth Prince said He Pingsheng would face his tribulation third, after the princes.

• He Pingsheng ate a Blood-Jade Purple-Skinned Jujube and broke through to the twelfth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• He Pingsheng assessed his defensive treasures and spells, realized he lacked defensive talismans, and worried about surviving his coming tribulation.
• The Ninth Prince and Commandery Princess Weichuan told He Pingsheng that the Forefather had destroyed the promised Black-and-White Lotus Root, and the Ninth Prince offered collateral and fief revenue as compensation.
• He Pingsheng asked Commandery Princess Weichuan to borrow a fourth-grade defensive talisman in exchange for lending her the Soul-Nurturing Banner.
• Commandery Princess Weichuan returned with two middle-grade fourth-grade talismans, and He Pingsheng lent her the banner while assuring them he could activate the talismans.
• The Ninth Prince told He Pingsheng that he would face his tribulation third, after the Ninth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince.

He Pingsheng and several princes prepared to undergo their tribulations before a crowd of spectators. After He Pingsheng helped the Ninth Prince break through with a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, the Ninth Prince began his tribulation and drew four-nine lightning, exceeding expectations.

• He Pingsheng, the Ninth Prince, and Commandery Princess Weichuan met the Royal Family Ancestor as spectators gathered to watch their tribulations.
• The Ninth Prince took two high-grade Origin-Reaching Pills but failed to break through, prompting the Thirteenth Prince to mock him.
• He Pingsheng gave the Ninth Prince a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, and the Ninth Prince swallowed it and drew dark clouds.
• The Ninth Prince endured the first three waves of tribulation lightning with ease.
• The Ninth Prince drew four-nine tribulation lightning, delighting Elder Futu and angering the Thirteenth Prince.

The Ninth Prince endured a six-nine heavenly tribulation, prompting the imperial patriarch to take him under his personal protection, while the Thirteenth Prince received only a three-nine tribulation. He Pingsheng then began his own tribulation, and the enormous storm clouds left Jingxin fearing that he might face a nine-nine heavenly tribulation.

• The Ninth Prince survived six waves of tribulation lightning, and the imperial patriarch declared that he would personally protect his path.
• The Thirteenth Prince underwent a three-nine tribulation and was led off the platform by Elder Futu, dejected.
• He Pingsheng stepped onto the platform as onlookers recalled his remarkable fortune and his wife's eight-nine tribulation.
• He Pingsheng swallowed a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill, summoning dark clouds larger than those of the princes.
• Jingxin recognized that He Pingsheng's storm clouds already exceeded the size of Qiao Huizhu's and wondered if he would face a nine-nine tribulation.

He Pingsheng endured three unusually powerful waves of tribulation lightning and survived using layered defenses, armor, and a fourth-grade talisman. The Royal Family Ancestor accepted the event as a three-nine heavenly tribulation, abandoned plans concerning Princess Qinghe, and left with the Ninth Prince after striking a white-haired man who fled.

• He Pingsheng activated three defenses, but the first wave of lightning shattered them and severely wounded him.
• He Pingsheng changed into the Seven-Buckle Sharp-Gold Armor, swallowed Golden Bee Sacred Nectar, and blocked the second wave without further injury.
• He Pingsheng activated a fourth-grade Innate Water Shield talisman, which blocked the third wave as the tribulation clouds disappeared.
• The Royal Family Ancestor called the tribulation a three-nine heavenly tribulation, told the Ninth Prince to maintain good relations with He Pingsheng, and ruled out risking Princess Qinghe.
• The Royal Family Ancestor flew away with the Ninth Prince after striking a white-haired man with a golden beam, and the wounded man fled.

After surviving a hidden nine-nine heavenly tribulation, He Pingsheng received the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture and learned the truth about his master’s legacy. He suspected the Heavenly Dao had concealed his tribulation to protect him, then left for Southern Heaven City rather than travel with Jingxin.

• He Pingsheng realized the Heavenly Dao had shifted the first six waves of his nine-nine tribulation onto the Ninth Prince, then used a Golden Bone Pill to heal his body while his golden core remained cracked.
• The Grand Ancestor of the Great Void’s recorded message revealed that he had left the Great Void Grand Mystic Scripture in He Pingsheng’s sea of consciousness, not tried to seize his body.
• He Pingsheng learned that the scripture could grant golden core Dao access and that Wuwei had wanted it to reopen his path toward the Nascent Soul Realm, but would have needed to kill someone with a five-element spiritual root.
• The Grand Ancestor’s message faded, and the legacy appeared as a white orb of information in He Pingsheng’s sea of consciousness.
• He Pingsheng reasoned that the Heavenly Dao had hidden his tribulation and withheld creation golden light and golden core Dao access to protect him, then ignored the square’s mockery.
• Jingxin invited He Pingsheng to return to Redstone Commandery with him, but He Pingsheng refused and boarded a ship bound for Southern Heaven City.

He Pingsheng enhanced his master’s inheritance into the Five Elements Unity Heaven Scripture and improved several talismans and other items aboard the Immortal Ship. After the ship reached Southern Heaven City, he saw Su Zhenzhen hurry off to save her Dao companion and entered the city in disguise.

• He Pingsheng examined his cracked golden core and began cultivating his divine sense while enhancing the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void’s inheritance.
• He Pingsheng learned the Five Elements Unity Heaven Scripture, which let him cultivate all five elements together and included the Five Elements Unity Force divine ability.
• He Pingsheng enhanced a Heavenly Fire Condensed Armor talisman to withstand a peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator’s full-powered strike, then improved a Teleportation Talisman into an Instantaneous Teleportation Talisman.
• He Pingsheng found that the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear, Jinlan Treasure Robe, and Broken Formation Plate could not be enhanced, but turned the Essence-Splitting Lightning Fruit into four fruits.
• The Immortal Ship landed in Southern Heaven City, where He Pingsheng saw Su Zhenzhen hurry away to save her Dao companion before entering the city in disguise.

He Pingsheng bought ingredients to repair his damaged golden core, then refined and upgraded pills himself and restored his fire-attribute dantian. He stayed in Southern Heaven City to gather ingredients for Dao-Restoring Pills before returning to Redstone City.

• He Pingsheng bought one set of Origin-Stabilizing Pill ingredients from the Heavenly South Trading Company after declining the female elder's advice to visit True Person Capping Mountain.
• The female elder sent a message with a Heartbond Talisman after He Pingsheng left the trading company.
• He Pingsheng refined twelve middle-grade pills using firewood on a barren mountain, and the Treasure-Gathering Basin upgraded them to supreme grade overnight.
• He Pingsheng swallowed one pill to repair his golden core, then drank Golden Bee Sacred Nectar until his fire-attribute dantian was full.
• He Pingsheng lodged at an Immortal Guest House and planned to gather the remaining ingredients for Dao-Restoring Pills before returning to Redstone City.
• He Pingsheng took out the items he had obtained from the Secret Realm to inspect them.

He Pingsheng completed his cultivation to the First-Level Golden Core Stage and gathered ingredients for refining Dao-Restoring Pills. He acquired heavenly su leaf at the Southern River Commerce Association and received a token to attend its auction, where he hoped to inspect a golden Alchemy Furnace.

• He Pingsheng spent a year and a half cultivating and enhancing his possessions, completed his Golden Core Dao Access, and formed five Golden Cores.
• He Pingsheng visited dozens of shops to purchase supplementary ingredients for Dao-Restoring Pills, but could not find purple loquat or heavenly su leaf.
• He Pingsheng saw that the Southern River Commerce Association would hold an auction in three days, including a damaged golden Magical Treasure Alchemy Furnace.
• He Pingsheng bought two portions of heavenly su leaf from the association and accepted a token granting him admission to the auction.

He Pingsheng tried to buy purple loquats from the Heavenly South Trading Company, but its Golden Core Stage elder turned him away and again urged him to visit True Person Capping Mountain. He then attended the Southern River Commerce Association auction, where he learned the first lot was a potent spirit wine.

• He Pingsheng went to the Heavenly South Trading Company to buy two purple loquats, but the elder claimed none were available despite Xiaodong saying a shipment had arrived.
• The elder again directed He Pingsheng to Capping Mountain, but he refused and decided to seek purple loquats later through Ling Zhiwang.
• After resting for three days, He Pingsheng attended the Southern River Commerce Association auction and planned to leave Southern Heaven City afterward.
• The auctioneer opened with five hundred jars of Century-Aged Brew from Spring Rain House, and bidders quickly raised the price.
• He Pingsheng asked a female cultivator what the brew was and learned it was a spirit wine said to benefit cultivation and male prowess.

He Pingsheng learned the uses of Spring Rain House’s Century-Aged Immortal Brew, bought fifty jars, and won a damaged magical cauldron at auction. While traveling north to Redstone City, he enhanced the cauldron into two repaired supreme-grade treasures, one of which he planned to give to Sister Qiao.

• An old man explained that Century-Aged Immortal Brew could clear pill toxins and serve as spirit liquid for alchemy, and the auction’s five hundred jars sold for seventeen million spirit stones.
• He Pingsheng bid on the little golden cauldron and won it for nine hundred and ninety thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• He Pingsheng bought fifty jars of Century-Aged Immortal Brew from a reseller and sampled it after returning to his lodgings.
• He Pingsheng left Southern Heaven City aboard a ship bound for Redstone City and enhanced the cauldron during the voyage.
• The Treasure-Gathering Basin produced a black Ancient Mystic Cauldron and an azure Azure Mystic Cauldron, both repaired supreme-grade magical treasures; He Pingsheng decided the azure one would suit Sister Qiao.

After returning to Redstone City as a Golden Core cultivator, He Pingsheng gathered the final ingredients for Dao-Restoring Pills and refined a batch of high-grade pills. He enhanced all twelve into twenty-four supreme-grade pills, leaving him with the finished medicine in hand.

• He Pingsheng asked Ling Zhiwang to secretly obtain two Purple Loquats and paid him with a supreme-grade Origin-Reaching Pill.
• He Pingsheng returned to his Alchemy Shop, reassured Cheng Daocai and Xiao He, and gave Xiao He cultivation medicines and manuals.
• During secluded cultivation, He Pingsheng refined ten layers of restrictions on the Ancient Mystic Cauldron and enhanced ingredients and Century-Aged Immortal Brew.
• Ling Zhiwang delivered two Purple Loquats, which He Pingsheng enhanced into four to complete his Dao-Restoring Pill ingredients.
• He Pingsheng used the Ancient Mystic Cauldron to refine twelve high-grade Dao-Restoring Pills, then enhanced them into twenty-four supreme-grade pills.

He Pingsheng used a supreme-grade Dao-Restoring Pill to stabilize and nourish his Dao Root, allowing him to begin comprehending the laws of the world. After setting aside Instantaneous Teleportation, he refined a Sago Palm Sacred Fruit and mastered its wood-attribute laws, greatly strengthening his Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique.

• He Pingsheng swallowed the supreme-grade Dao-Restoring Pill, and his Dao Root spread through his sea of consciousness and drew in the laws between heaven and earth.
• He Pingsheng tried to comprehend the Spatial Daoist Law for Instantaneous Teleportation, but after a month found that he lacked either the years or the Nascent Soul expert needed to master it quickly.
• He Pingsheng read about the two ways to acquire Instantaneous Teleportation and decided to postpone pursuing the ability.
• He Pingsheng consumed and refined a supreme-grade Sago Palm Sacred Fruit, comprehending its wood-attribute laws in less than two months.
• He Pingsheng used the wood-attribute laws to cover the Small Courtyard in poisonous thorns, multiplying the power of his Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Technique.

He Pingsheng studied the Five Elements Unity Force and gained rudimentary insights into the water and fire laws, while seeking materials for the remaining elements. He left Elder Red Moon looking for earth- and metal-attribute Law Treasures and spatial laws, then headed toward the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect to deliver a Dao-Restoring Pill to Senior Sister Qiao.

• He Pingsheng studied the Five Elements Unity Force and refined ten-thousand-year ice marrow and scarlet fire crystals to understand water and fire laws.
• He Pingsheng told Xiao He to buy ingredients for Qi-Gathering Pills, Spirit-Gathering Pills, and Essence-Gathering Pills while he was away.
• He Pingsheng visited Ling Zhiwang and asked to meet Elder Red Moon about obtaining Law Treasures.
• He Pingsheng showed Elder Red Moon four supreme-grade law materials and requested earth- and metal-attribute treasures or materials related to spatial laws and Instantaneous Teleportation.
• He Pingsheng evaded Elder Red Moon's question about whether he had attained Golden Core Dao Access by saying the materials might be for his Dao Companion, then departed.

He Pingsheng left Redstone City for the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect, but Elder Jingxin ambushed him on the way. He chose to fight the Nascent Soul cultivator rather than flee, and the chapter ended as she attacked with another sword strike.

• He Pingsheng activated the Eight-Treasure Ship and raced toward the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect.
• Jingxin ambushed He Pingsheng with a sword strike, damaging his ship, but he dodged using his speed-enhancing techniques.
• He Pingsheng identified Jingxin as a first-level Nascent Soul cultivator and challenged her for attacking him without cause.
• Jingxin admitted she wanted to kill He Pingsheng simply to keep her heart free of obstruction.
• He Pingsheng prepared his Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear, talisman, armor, and speed-enhancing items, deciding to fight instead of escape.
• Jingxin swept her azure sword and sent a powerful streak of sword qi toward He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng fought Elder Jingxin, evading her attacks before wounding her with the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear. After he blocked her sword light with Daoist law and the Ancient Mystic Cauldron, he threatened her with a fourth-grade talisman, leaving their battle at a tense standstill.

• He Pingsheng dodged Jingxin's sword qi and trapped her in ice with Glazed World, but she broke free and attacked again.
• Jingxin used Instantaneous Teleportation to strike at He Pingsheng, but he dodged her first attempt and let her sword hit his defenses during her next, thrusting the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear through her shoulder.
• Jingxin pursued He Pingsheng with a rapid flurry of sword slashes, forcing him to combine the Fire Shield Technique with the Ancient Mystic Cauldron to block one attack.
• Jingxin recognized that He Pingsheng had comprehended Daoist law and recalled Mi Zangyuan's past attack on her.
• He Pingsheng showed Jingxin a fourth-grade Instantaneous Teleportation Talisman and warned her to stop fighting or risk being reduced to dust.

He Pingsheng bluffed Elder Jingxin into retreating after their battle and traveled to the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect. There, he reunited with Qiao Huizhu, who told him the missing Dao-Restoring Pill was not important to her.

• He Pingsheng used a fourth-grade Instantaneous Teleportation Talisman and his powerful Divine Sense to convince Jingxin that attacking him would be too dangerous, and she withdrew.
• He Pingsheng reflected on his weakness after facing a Nascent Soul cultivator and resolved to cultivate carefully.
• He Pingsheng reached the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect and used Xiaoyaozi's token to enter.
• He Pingsheng landed on Azure Cloud Peak, where Qiao Huizhu ran to greet him after two years apart.
• Qiao Huizhu said she had missed and worried about him, then insisted that the Dao-Restoring Pill was not important because she could comprehend the Dao after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.