Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng and the Red Lotus Immortal Valley disciples were ambushed by Two-Headed Mighty Eagles and four powerful cultivators from Mount Kunwu. As He Pingsheng fled, the attackers revealed that their target was Lu Xiaoci, not him.

• Jiao Zhi Niang sent the first group back to the array cores, but their weakened formation could not withstand the eagles’ assault.
• More than a dozen Two-Headed Mighty Eagles attacked, and four masked Earth Immortals emerged from their backs and cut the Great Ship in two.
• He Pingsheng escaped the wrecked ship with the fleeing disciples, while Jiao Zhi Niang urged the Red Lotus Immortal Valley disciples to flee and seek revenge on Mount Kunwu.
• The four Earth Immortals and an eagle intercepted He Pingsheng, who assumed the ambush had been aimed at him and prepared to fight.
• One of the attackers called out to Lu Xiaoci, revealing that Lu Xiaoci was their actual target.

He Pingsheng escaped an ambush, killed Junior Sister Tan and her Two-Headed Mighty Eagle, then faced the remaining attackers after Lu Xiaoci drew them to him. He intimidated two Earth Immortals into retreating with his supply of powerful talismans and bound another eagle as they fled.

• He Pingsheng fled while the black-robed attackers focused on the injured Lu Xiaoci, and Junior Sister Tan pursued him on a Two-Headed Mighty Eagle.
• Lu Xiaoci unleashed venomous bees to escape the other attackers, while He Pingsheng blocked Junior Sister Tan’s strike and later killed her with an Ice Arrow Immortal Talisman.
• He Pingsheng drained and killed Junior Sister Tan’s Two-Headed Mighty Eagle, but Lu Xiaoci’s arrival led the remaining three Earth Immortals and their eagles to surround them.
• An Earth Immortal attacked He Pingsheng, who killed him with another Ice Arrow Immortal Talisman and threatened the last two with more second-grade talismans.
• The two Earth Immortals fled, and He Pingsheng used the Immortal-Binding Rope to capture another Two-Headed Mighty Eagle.

He Pingsheng defeated the Two-Headed Mighty Eagle, then demanded compensation from Lu Xiaoci for saving her before leaving to search the ruined battlefield. He found Chi Zhongyue gravely wounded and set off with her and Lu Xiaoci for the sect, carrying the pill needed to heal her.

• He Pingsheng killed the bound Two-Headed Mighty Eagle and collected its essence blood and body.
• He Pingsheng took Lu Xiaoci's low-grade immortal crystals as repayment, then left for the Immortal Ship's ruins to look for Jiao Zhi Niang.
• He Pingsheng found the battlefield destroyed and heard Chi Zhongyue calling for help.
• Chi Zhongyue explained that she needed a Blood-Melding Golden Core to recover, and Lu Xiaoci gave He Pingsheng one.
• He Pingsheng put Chi Zhongyue aboard his Floating Cloud Immortal Boat, gave her the pill, and departed with Lu Xiaoci.

After recovering from their injuries, Chi Zhongyue and Lu Xiaoci asked to accompany He Pingsheng to Heaven and Earth Immortal City, and he agreed on strict conditions. After a peaceful journey of nearly three months, they reached the city.

• Chi Zhongyue explained that He Pingsheng had saved her twice and chose to travel with him to Heaven and Earth Immortal City.
• Lu Xiaoci asked to accompany He Pingsheng because she was afraid to travel alone and still needed to consolidate her Dao.
• He Pingsheng agreed to take Lu Xiaoci in exchange for a hundred thousand low-grade Immortal Crystals and required both women to obey him and keep his use of the supreme-grade Immortal Talisman secret.
• He Pingsheng introduced himself as a disciple of Su Nian in Heavenly Law Court, while Chi Zhongyue teased Lu Xiaoci about his having torn her undergarment.
• The trio traveled without further ambushes for nearly three months and arrived at Heaven and Earth Immortal City.

He Pingsheng, Lu Xiaoci, and Chi Zhongyue reached Heaven and Earth Immortal City to stabilize their Daoist laws, but learned that the regular queue could take years and the faster options cost a fortune. They chose to wait and set out to find lodging.

• He Pingsheng and the two women entered Heaven and Earth Immortal City and followed Chi Zhongyue to the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele Square.
• He Pingsheng paid for two registration tokens, then learned that the queue could take two to five years.
• The old man offered ordinary and supreme VIP fast tracks, but He Pingsheng refused to spend the required immortal crystals.
• He Pingsheng examined the city’s historic top hundred list and recognized Daoist Dugu, ranked one hundredth.
• He Pingsheng decided they would wait, and Lu Xiaoci offered to pay for their lodging.

He Pingsheng rented a low-grade room, prepared supreme-grade talismans, and bought a direct-entry spot at the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele under the disguise of Caiyu. He entered the empty hall around the stele, ready to stabilize his Daoist Law.

• He Pingsheng chose a low-grade room for himself and high-grade rooms for Lu Xiaoci and the other woman, then parted from them for two years of seclusion.
• He Pingsheng refined fire-attribute talisman paper, drew six Heaven-Burning Immortal Talismans, and enhanced them to supreme grade in a mountain cave outside the city.
• He Pingsheng paid the old man for direct entry and received a Black Token.
• He Pingsheng disguised himself as a female Immortal, claimed to be Caiyu of Mount Kunwu, and received a badge bearing that identity.
• He Pingsheng followed the directions into the hall of the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele, where a hundred meditation cushions surrounded the empty stele.

He Pingsheng repeatedly used the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele under disguises, converting more than ninety-five percent of his Daoist Laws before waiting for Lu Xiaoci to finish. When their two-year stay ended, Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue told him they still had to wait a month for the stele, but an open auction would take place in ten days.

• He Pingsheng learned that stabilizing Dao could be interrupted, then entered the Heavenly Stele and discovered that fully converting his Daoist Laws would take over a year.
• After spending thirty-six days inside the stele, He Pingsheng left before drawing too much attention and returned in disguise to make shorter visits.
• He Pingsheng repeated the process more than twenty times, stabilized over ninety-five percent of his Daoist Laws, and reserved the final portion to complete alongside Lu Xiaoci.
• When their two years were up, Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue told He Pingsheng that they would have to queue for another month to use the Heavenly Stele.
• Lu Xiaoci told He Pingsheng that Heaven and Earth Immortal City’s largest commerce association would hold an auction in ten days with no entry requirements.

He Pingsheng joined Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue at the Spring and Autumn Commerce Association auction, where he learned that Ten-Jiachen Ginseng could help Human Immortal Stage cultivators break through bottlenecks. The chapter ended with Lu Xiaoci explaining that she had come to bid for the ginseng, while He Pingsheng recognized it from his past.

• He Pingsheng spent ten days exchanging experiences with Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue before they went to the auction.
• He Pingsheng surveyed the auction hall and found that it held thousands of immortals, including several hundred Earth Immortals and a few whose cultivation he could not discern.
• The auctioneer sold a third-grade alchemy furnace for 8,200 middle-grade immortal crystals, and He Pingsheng chose not to bid despite needing one.
• Chi Zhongyue told He Pingsheng that the auction would feature Ten-Jiachen Ginseng, and he recognized the name.
• Lu Xiaoci explained that the rare second-grade immortal herb could help Human Immortal Stage cultivators break through bottlenecks and said she hoped to obtain it to advance to the Earth Immortal Stage.

At the auction, He Pingsheng learned that Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures could leave hidden flaws when used to break through bottlenecks. After the ten-jiachen ginseng sold for eighty-five thousand low-grade immortal crystals, he went to buy the seller’s Heavenly Fragrant Pills, which could lure the rare ginseng, and learned they were middle grade.

• He Pingsheng asked Lu Xiaoci whether using Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to break through bottlenecks caused flaws, and she said other methods could also work.
• The auctioneer presented ten-jiachen ginseng, and the bidding climbed until a buyer won it for eighty-five thousand low-grade immortal crystals.
• The auctioneer announced that the ginseng’s consignor also had two Heavenly Fragrant Pills for sale and explained that the pills were used to lure and catch ten-jiachen ginseng.
• He Pingsheng, remembering the ginseng he had seen in the Immortal Camel Elephant’s territory at Sky-Reaching Ridge, went backstage to purchase the pills.
• The middle-aged seller told He Pingsheng that his two Heavenly Fragrant Pills were middle grade and would not come cheap.

He Pingsheng bought two Heavenly Fragrant Pills at the auction and visited the Spring and Autumn Commerce Association with Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue. After proving his wealth to enter the second floor, he found an alchemy furnace and asked about its quality.

• He Pingsheng learned that the middle-aged cultivator had refined the Heavenly Fragrant Pills himself using a powerful Divine Refining Technique.
• He Pingsheng bought both Heavenly Fragrant Pills with a middle-grade immortal crystal and received six thousand low-grade immortal crystals in change.
• He Pingsheng returned to Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue, and the three went to explore the Spring and Autumn Commerce Association after the auction ended.
• He Pingsheng showed two supreme-grade Cold Ice Shield Talismans to qualify for entry to the second floor.
• He Pingsheng asked the sales assistant about the quality of a second-grade alchemy furnace.

He Pingsheng bought a low-grade second-grade alchemy furnace, then discovered a golden bone of the Divine Witch Tribe that stirred the Immortal Script on his body. He paid twelve hundred middle-grade Immortal Crystals for it, and the bone’s aura made his thirty-six Immortal Talismans nearly manifest.

• He Pingsheng bought and inspected the Morning Light Cauldron, confirming it was an intact low-grade second-grade Immortal Artifact.
• While browsing with Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue, He Pingsheng spotted a golden object that made the Chaos Golden Scripture’s Immortal Script tremble.
• The saleswoman identified the object as a golden bone of the Divine Witch Tribe and quoted a price of twelve hundred middle-grade Immortal Crystals.
• He Pingsheng sent Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue away, then paid for the bone with Immortal Crystals from his Heaven and Earth Bag.
• The shopkeeper opened the formation, releasing the enormous triangular golden bone’s aura and nearly drawing out He Pingsheng’s thirty-six Immortal Talismans.

He Pingsheng acquired a golden witch bone for body refining, but Star Emperor City disciples demanded it and challenged him to a duel for it. The city lord warned He Pingsheng that Ji Wuxin was far more dangerous than his cultivation suggested, leaving He Pingsheng to decide whether to fight or surrender the bone.

• He Pingsheng accepted the golden witch bone from the saleswoman and quickly stored it when the city lord Heavenly Sound arrived.
• The purple-robed woman and Ji Wuxin scanned He Pingsheng, and the woman asked to inspect the bone after sensing its strong blood and qi.
• Ji Wuxin offered He Pingsheng three thousand middle-grade immortal crystals for the bone, but He Pingsheng refused to sell it.
• Heavenly Sound warned He Pingsheng that the pair were disciples of Lord Star Emperor, while the woman proposed a duel against Ji Wuxin for ownership of the bone.
• Heavenly Sound secretly warned He Pingsheng that Ji Wuxin had killed a human immortal at the twelfth layer and urged him to give up the bone.

He Pingsheng accepted the purple-clad princess’s wagered duel against Ji Wuxin, despite Deputy City Lord Tianyin warning him of the danger. The match began in the City Lord’s Manor arena, where Ji Wuxin launched a sudden attack and He Pingsheng met it with a giant punch.

• The purple-clad princess challenged He Pingsheng to either surrender what he had obtained or face her junior brother, Ji Wuxin, and He Pingsheng accepted.
• Deputy City Lord Tianyin arranged a duel in the City Lord’s Manor arena and asked Ji Wuxin to spare He Pingsheng’s life.
• Ji Wuxin barred both fighters from using immortal artifacts or other external aids, and Tianyin added that either fighter had to stop if the other surrendered.
• Inside the arena, Ji Wuxin revealed that he was an ascender who had never suffered defeat and claimed he fought with caution.
• Ji Wuxin suddenly attacked He Pingsheng with a punch, but He Pingsheng activated the Chaos Golden Scripture, grew to a hundred zhang tall, and punched back.

He Pingsheng fought Ji Wuxin in a fierce, evenly matched battle and won narrowly when Ji Wuxin conceded. The purple-clad princess invited He Pingsheng to join Star Emperor City, but he declined, and she departed with Ji Wuxin after saying they might meet again at Emperor Yu Star’s Sword Trial Tournament.

• He Pingsheng and Ji Wuxin exchanged powerful attacks, and Ji Wuxin’s lightning sword forced He Pingsheng to evade before he bound Ji Wuxin with the Heaven-Withering Spirit Absorption Art.
• Ji Wuxin broke the emerald chain, but He Pingsheng counterattacked with Successive Sword Slashes and smashed through Ji Wuxin’s lightning shields with a mighty punch.
• He Pingsheng and Ji Wuxin continued fighting for thirty-four rounds, with He Pingsheng holding a slight advantage.
• Ji Wuxin conceded, though he claimed he could have won with external items, an unfinished divine ability, or the power of laws.
• The purple-clad princess invited He Pingsheng to join Star Emperor City, but he refused because he already belonged to a master’s lineage.
• The princess left with Ji Wuxin and told He Pingsheng they might meet again at Emperor Yu Star’s Sword Trial Tournament.

He Pingsheng refused Deputy City Lord Tianyin’s offer of discipleship but accepted his Golden Token and later concealed it in his treasure space. While He Pingsheng continued stabilizing his Dao, Lu Xiaoci’s two sessions were combined, putting her on the rankings and drawing attention to Red Lotus Immortal Valley.

• He Pingsheng declined Tianyin’s invitation to become his disciple, accepted the Golden Token, and hid it in his treasure space after returning to the Immortal Guest House.
• More than twenty days later, He Pingsheng and Lu Xiaoci returned with Chi Zhongyue to the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele, where Lu Xiaoci entered before He Pingsheng.
• After twenty-one days, Lu Xiaoci emerged while He Pingsheng remained inside, and she explained to Chi Zhongyue that he needed longer because he had comprehended more Daoist Law in the lower realm.
• The ranking stele flashed and listed Lu Xiaoci of Red Lotus Immortal Valley at rank ninety-one with eighty-one days, displacing Daoist Dugu.
• Lu Xiaoci pulled Chi Zhongyue away from the crowd and explained that she had split her Dao-stabilization into two sessions to protect herself and the sect, but the stele had added the sessions together.

Lu Xiaoci and He Pingsheng discovered that the Dao-Stabilizing Heavenly Stele combined results from separate sessions, bringing attention to their rankings. He Pingsheng realized his 486-day first-place score appeared under his first assumed identity, Immortal Maiden Caiyu of Mount Kunwu.

• Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue hid among the crowd as sects and the City Lord's Manor sought Lu Xiaoci after her 81-day result placed her on the rankings.
• He Pingsheng left the side hall and saw that Lu Xiaoci's name had appeared on the stele with 81 days of Dao stabilization.
• The stele flashed again and ranked Mount Kunwu's Immortal Maiden Caiyu first with 486 days, revealing He Pingsheng's accumulated sessions under the first name he had used.
• He Pingsheng found Lu Xiaoci in the crowd and learned that her 81-day score combined her current session with an earlier 60-day session.
• Lu Xiaoci told He Pingsheng that she had used a supreme VIP passage to conceal herself during her earlier Dao-stabilization session.

He Pingsheng, Lu Xiaoci, and Chi Zhongyue hid in the crowd after Lu Xiaoci’s name drew attention and another entrant claimed first place under the alias Immortal Maiden Caiyu. The city lord’s investigation failed to identify Caiyu, so Azure Feather sent Elder Tianyin to find her and treat her courteously.

• He Pingsheng persuaded Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue to stay in the crowded square, where the City Lord’s Manor later sealed the entrances and exits.
• Mount Kunwu’s Hongyu and Hongfu both admitted they had never heard of Immortal Maiden Caiyu, despite the stone stele crediting her with first place.
• Azure Feather learned that Lu Xiaoci had stabilized her Dao for eighty-one days and belonged to Red Lotus Immortal Valley.
• A deputy city lord reported that Caiyu had previously used an alias and that none of the twelve people brought in from the stele could be identified as her.
• Azure Feather ordered Elder Tianyin to investigate the twelve and treat the real Caiyu with courtesy.

He Pingsheng planned a longer route back to Red Lotus Immortal Valley to avoid a likely ambush by Mount Kunwu, but Deputy City Lord Tianyin intercepted the group and revealed he suspected He Pingsheng was connected to Immortal Maiden Caiyu. Tianyin then introduced his descendant Chu Sheng and asked He Pingsheng to help him after Tianyin died.

• Lu Xiaoci told He Pingsheng and Chi Zhongyue that the City Lord had invited her to become a disciple, but she had refused and the City Lord had not pressured her.
• He Pingsheng warned that Mount Kunwu would likely send stronger forces to ambush them, so he proposed taking a longer detour around the eastern side of Red Lotus Immortal Valley.
• Lu Xiaoci and Chi Zhongyue agreed to the detour, and the three left the city aboard He Pingsheng's Flying Boat.
• Deputy City Lord Tianyin intercepted the group and privately told He Pingsheng that none of the twelve suspects was the real Immortal Maiden Caiyu and that no one else knew He Pingsheng existed.
• Tianyin introduced his descendant Chu Sheng and bowed to He Pingsheng, asking him to help Chu Sheng after Tianyin died.

He Pingsheng’s group neared Red Lotus Immortal Valley after a five-month journey, but a heaven immortal blocked their way and demanded Lu Xiaoci. He Pingsheng used the sword Deputy City Lord Tianyin had given him to kill the attacker.

• Deputy City Lord Tianyin gave He Pingsheng a sword containing three streaks of sword light, each capable of slaying a heaven immortal.
• He Pingsheng tried to enhance the sword in his Treasure-Gathering Basin, but the attempt failed; he enhanced his cauldrons, pills, and golden shaman bone instead.
• He Pingsheng’s Flying Boat took a circuitous route and reached the rear of Red Lotus Immortal Valley after five months of travel.
• A black-clad man wielding a red spear blocked the Flying Boat and demanded that He Pingsheng and his companion hand over Lu Xiaoci.
• He Pingsheng used three Cold Ice Shield Talismans to block the spear attack, then drew Tianyin’s sword and killed the heaven immortal.

He Pingsheng used all three sword strikes to kill three Heaven Immortals, then exposed Chi Zhongyue as the informant who had betrayed them to Dugu White Cloud of the White Cloud Immortal Sect. Patriarch Red Lotus appeared and revealed that Dugu’s sect had attacked them to provoke a war between Red Lotus Immortal Valley and Mount Kunwu.

• He Pingsheng used his sword to kill the first Heaven Immortal and gathered the corpse, blood, and Storage Ring.
• Two more Heaven Immortals approached, and He Pingsheng spent his sword’s remaining strikes to kill them both.
• Dugu White Cloud confronted He Pingsheng and offered to take the three travelers into the White Cloud Immortal Sect.
• He Pingsheng held his sword to Chi Zhongyue’s neck and accused her of betraying them; Chi Zhongyue admitted she had worked for Senior Dugu.
• Dugu White Cloud confirmed that the White Cloud Immortal Sect had sent the attackers and offered Lu Xiaoci a place as his Personal Disciple.
• Patriarch Red Lotus appeared and explained that Dugu’s sect had sought to provoke a war between Red Lotus Immortal Valley and Mount Kunwu.