Chapter Summaries

He Pingsheng refined Shen Golden Core Waste Pills and prepared to enhance them along with a Divine-Refining Immortal Method, but three heaven immortals ambushed him in the mountains outside Star Emperor City. He confronted the pursuers while watching for their next move.

• He Pingsheng reached the eleventh layer of the human immortal stage, then practiced alchemy until he could refine Two-Revolution Golden Cores.
• He Pingsheng failed to refine Shen Golden Cores twice but obtained twelve Waste Pills from the second batch.
• He Pingsheng left Star Emperor City in disguise and secretly watched the gates before flying far into the mountains.
• He Pingsheng placed the Shen Golden Core Waste Pills and crimson Divine Refining Jade Slip in the Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance them.
• A woman from the White Cloud Immortal Sect and two other heaven immortals confronted He Pingsheng, who threatened them and demanded their Heavenly Dao Slave Marks.

He Pingsheng was cornered by three Heaven Immortals until Patriarch Red Lotus arrived and killed them. She explained that she had sacrificed her remaining lifespan to protect him and entrusted him with Red Lotus Immortal Valley’s leadership token, leaving him to deliver it to Lu Xiaoci.

• The three Heaven Immortals attacked He Pingsheng, who used the Shadowless Immortal Art to evade their strikes.
• Patriarch Red Lotus arrived and shielded He Pingsheng with a divine lamp.
• Red Lotus killed the White Cloud Immortal Sect woman with one strike, then killed the other two Heaven Immortals with her sword.
• Red Lotus told He Pingsheng that she had followed the attackers because she feared for his safety, despite having only a thousand years of lifespan left and facing death if she acted.
• Red Lotus gave He Pingsheng the sect-leader token and told him to deliver it to Lu Xiaoci so she could lead Red Lotus Immortal Valley.

Patriarch Red Lotus entrusted He Pingsheng with her sect’s legacy and final wishes before dying, leaving him suspicious that she had burdened him with obligations. He then faced Wu Zhanyun’s disciples, whose negotiation was interrupted by a surprise sword attack from beneath the mountain.

• Red Lotus revealed that she had exhausted her vitality, gave He Pingsheng her ring and bracelet for Lu Xiaoci, and ordered him to avenge her and marry Lu Xiaoci.
• Red Lotus died after giving He Pingsheng further instructions, and he stored her body while questioning her motives and the burden she had placed on him.
• Four Heaven Immortals surrounded He Pingsheng, and their black-clad eldest senior sister asked him to swear never to attack their lineage in exchange for resolving their conflict and offering compensation.
• He Pingsheng challenged the woman over what would happen if negotiations failed, then dodged a sudden Sword Qi strike that burst from the mountain beneath him.

He Pingsheng used the [Heaven's Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method] to raise his cultivation to the earth immortal stage peak and fought four heaven immortals for two hours. As his transformation neared its limit, he escaped with the [Tianyu Immortal Talisman], while his pursuers continued tracking him after his energy trail faded.

• He Pingsheng raised his cultivation to the earth immortal stage eleventh layer and discovered that his four opponents were heaven immortals below the Profound Immortal stage.
• He Pingsheng enlarged his body into the five-hundred-zhang Shaman God's True Body, struck the black-clad woman with his fist and staff, and endured attacks from the other three opponents.
• He Pingsheng blocked a wave of divine sense attacks with nine purple shields and fought the four opponents to a stalemate for two hours, devastating the surrounding mountains.
• He Pingsheng retreated and used the [Tianyu Immortal Talisman] to flee, leaving behind an energy trail that the four opponents followed.
• After the trail faded, the eldest senior sister ordered the Heaven Immortal stage third-layer member from the Flying Feather Clan to reveal his true form and pursue He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng fled across Emperor Yu Star, used the Heaven's Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method at the cost of a thousand years of lifespan, and unexpectedly broke through to the twelfth layer. After traveling between immortal cities for six months, he left Sumeru Immortal City and hid in an uninhabited mountain cave.

• He Pingsheng escaped the Feather Clan pursuer, aged dramatically after his cultivation boost faded, and discovered that he had broken through to the twelfth layer.
• He Pingsheng used the Buddhist Path Relic to recover as he flew to Camellia Immortal City, where he boarded an immortal ship bound for Guiwei Immortal City.
• He Pingsheng changed immortal ships four times over six months before arriving at Sumeru Immortal City.
• He Pingsheng glimpsed a woman in Immortal Maiden Yan Yun's carriage who reminded him of the Netherworld Empress, but chose not to approach her.
• He Pingsheng left Sumeru Immortal City, flew for several days, and hid in a cave in uninhabited mountains.

He Pingsheng secluded himself in a concealed mountain cave, broke through to the first layer of the Earth Immortal stage, and strengthened his divine sense and five dantians over thirteen years. With enhanced treasures and the ability to draw third-grade immortal talismans within reach, he prepared to return to Red Lotus Immortal Valley.

• He Pingsheng spent three months setting up a Divine-Sense Sealing Formation and an illusion formation around his cave.
• He Pingsheng swallowed a Two-Revolution Golden Core and broke through his body cultivation to the first layer of the Earth Immortal stage, while his five dantians remained at the fifth layer of the Human Immortal stage.
• He Pingsheng cultivated the Heavenly Prison Soul-Tempering Formula for thirteen years, completing its Human Immortal Chapter and reaching the first layer of its Earth Immortal Chapter.
• He Pingsheng raised his five dantians to the seventh layer and discovered that Beauty's Face and two Tianyu Immortal Talismans had been enhanced, while the Buddhist Path Relic could not be enhanced.
• He Pingsheng decided to improve his immortal-talisman drawing and considered returning to Red Lotus Immortal Valley, where he believed he could defeat its Heaven Immortal opponents.

He Pingsheng went to Sumeru Immortal City to buy materials for a Heaven-Mixing Sword Talisman and unexpectedly met Mingyan, who had once been known as the Netherworld Empress in the lower realm. Mingyan recognized him as a fellow countryman and offered to help him, leaving He Pingsheng to request the talisman materials he needed.

• He Pingsheng studied the Heaven-Mixing Sword Talisman formula and learned that he needed third-grade metal-attributed paper and ink.
• He Pingsheng returned to Sumeru Immortal City and visited its largest commerce association to buy the materials.
• Mingyan appeared as the commerce association's elder, and He Pingsheng explained that she resembled a Netherworld Empress he had seen in a lower-realm portrait.
• Mingyan confirmed that she had once been called Netherworld, learned He Pingsheng's name, and welcomed him as a fellow countryman.
• Mingyan offered to take He Pingsheng as her disciple and promised to help him in the city, but he declined because he already had a master.
• He Pingsheng asked Mingyan for third-grade metal-attributed Immortal Talisman Paper and Immortal Talisman Ink.

He Pingsheng bought talisman materials from Netherworld, trading a rare mask for Immortal Crystals before browsing the commerce association’s Third Grade wares. He left with Bodhi Golden Dew and the method for drawing Containing Formation Immortal Talismans.

• Netherworld sold He Pingsheng seven sheets of Immortal Talisman Paper and two bottles of Talisman Ink for 4,200 Middle Grade Immortal Crystals.
• He Pingsheng traded a Supreme Grade Third Grade Immortal Artifact mask, which the commerce association valued at 26,000 Middle Grade Immortal Crystals.
• Netherworld led He Pingsheng to the third-floor displays, where he refused to show interest in artifact-refining materials and asked about Body Refining treasures.
• He Pingsheng bought two drops of Bodhi Golden Dew for 10,000 Middle Grade Immortal Crystals.
• Netherworld offered He Pingsheng the drawing method for Containing Formation Immortal Talismans, and he bought it for 4,000 Middle Grade Immortal Crystals.

He Pingsheng traveled to Star Emperor City while practicing talisman-making aboard an immortal ship and learned the materials needed for the Containing Formation Immortal Talisman. After arriving, he bought third-grade metal-attribute talisman paper and hundreds of Void Resonance Pearls to prepare for making stronger talismans.

• Netherworld gave He Pingsheng the method for drawing the Containing Formation Immortal Talisman, and He Pingsheng bought a ticket aboard an ordinary immortal ship to Star Emperor City.
• He Pingsheng strengthened his metal-attribute talisman paper and ink, then drew six low-grade Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans during the voyage.
• He Pingsheng strengthened the jade slip and learned that the Containing Formation Immortal Talisman required a Void Resonance Pearl whose grade determined the talisman's grade.
• After three months, He Pingsheng arrived at Star Emperor City and visited several commerce associations.
• He Pingsheng bought over forty sheets of third-grade metal-attribute immortal talisman paper and one hundred each of second-grade and third-grade Void Resonance Pearls.

After spending two years enhancing supplies and making talismans, He Pingsheng returned to Star Emperor City, where he had reached the first layer of the Earth Immortal Stage. He and Chu Sheng returned to Heaven and Earth Immortal City, and Feng Hua tried to negotiate with He Pingsheng, who refused to talk.

• He Pingsheng finished making more than a hundred and ninety Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans, over twenty Heavenly Thunder Shield Talismans, and several Containing Formation Immortal Talismans.
• He Pingsheng reunited with Chu Sheng, learned that Wu Zhanyun's disciples had searched for him, and revealed that he had advanced to the first layer of the Earth Immortal Stage.
• He Pingsheng and Chu Sheng took a starship to Heaven and Earth Immortal City, and Chu Sheng offered to introduce him to the formation master Long Yan.
• They returned to Chu Sheng's residence, where servants placed there by Wu Zhanyun fled.
• Feng Hua asked He Pingsheng to talk, but he refused and returned to his Daoist Grounds; she then asked Chu Sheng to persuade him to consider her offer.

He Pingsheng asked Deputy City Lord Long Yan to prepare two third-grade formations for his return to the Red Lotus Immortal Valley, where he planned to settle old scores and fulfill his duties. Long Yan accepted a heaven-tier cultivation method as payment and promised to deliver the completed formations and talismans to Chu Sheng in three months.

• He Pingsheng reassured Chu Sheng and gave him five third-grade Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans, which Chu Sheng agreed to keep for later.
• He Pingsheng asked Chu Sheng to take him to Deputy City Lord Long Yan so Long Yan could prepare formations for their trip to the Red Lotus Immortal Valley.
• He Pingsheng gave Long Yan materials for a Divine-Sense Sealing Formation and a Warning Formation, along with two third-grade Containing Formation Talismans to hold them.
• He Pingsheng offered Long Yan the complete heaven-tier Heavenly Fire Immortal Method as payment for setting up the formations.
• Long Yan accepted the method and promised to deliver the formations and talismans to Chu Sheng's home in three months.

Feng Hua led eleven fellow disciples to ambush He Pingsheng, believing their numbers could overcome his strength. He Pingsheng killed all twelve with Immortal Talismans, leaving only their Storage Rings and bracelets behind.

• Feng Hua gathered Wu Zhanyun's disciples after learning He Pingsheng had left the city, and decided to pursue him despite warnings that he might be baiting them.
• Feng Hua and eleven other Heaven Immortals tracked He Pingsheng, who had deliberately slowed down and revealed his aura to draw them out.
• He Pingsheng used a Heavenly Thunder Shield Talisman to withstand their attacks, then transformed and killed four attackers with Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans.
• Feng Hua fled with the eight survivors, but He Pingsheng sent eight more sword talismans after them and killed them all.

Wu Zhanyun learned that He Pingsheng had killed the twelve Heaven Immortals sent after him and fled to Azure Feather for protection, planning to leave Emperor Yu Star in two thousand years. Meanwhile, five of Wu Zhanyun’s remaining disciples surrendered their Heavenly Dao Slave Marks to He Pingsheng, who questioned why they had come.

• Wu Zhanyun and Wu Xiu saw twelve Life Tablets shatter as He Pingsheng killed the disciples pursuing him, and Wu Zhanyun spat blood from the shock.
• Wu Zhanyun told Wu Xiu that his Heavenly Dao Oath prevented him from acting against He Pingsheng, so they had to flee and seek the City Lord.
• Wu Zhanyun asked Azure Feather to take him aboard an Interstellar Starship to the Heavenfall Star Ruins in two thousand years, and Azure Feather warned he would not protect his secret.
• Chu Sheng brought He Pingsheng the Heavenly Dao Slave Marks of Wu Zhanyun’s five remaining Heaven Immortal disciples, who knelt outside He Pingsheng’s Daoist grounds.
• He Pingsheng summoned the five disciples and asked why they wanted to become his servants and who had told them to do so.

He Pingsheng secured five surrendering Heaven Immortals and collected two third-grade formation talismans from Long Yan before rushing toward the three sects. He left Chu Sheng and Red Pine to guard Mount Kunwu and stationed four servants at the White Cloud Immortal Sect as the hunt began.

• A Heaven Immortal surrendered with four others on Wu Zhanyun’s orders, and He Pingsheng spared them while taking their Heavenly Dao Slave Marks.
• Long Yan gave He Pingsheng the completed Warning Immortal Formation and Divine-Sense Sealing Immortal Formation talismans, and He Pingsheng hurried out of the city with Chu Sheng and the five servants.
• He Pingsheng assigned Red Pine to Chu Sheng and enhanced both formation talismans during the fifteen-day journey to the three sects.
• He Pingsheng left Chu Sheng and Red Pine near Mount Kunwu with Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans and orders to kill Earth Immortals or Heaven Immortals who tried to leave.
• He Pingsheng brought the remaining four servants to the White Cloud Immortal Sect, gave them two immortal talismans each, and ordered them to kill any Earth Immortals or Heaven Immortals who came out.

He Pingsheng returned to Red Lotus Immortal Valley as an Earth Immortal and reunited with Xu Zhishan and Lu Xiaoci. He told Lu Xiaoci that Patriarch Red Lotus had died saving him and brought her body back to the sect.

• He Pingsheng shielded himself before giving the four men Heaven-Mixing Sword Talismans, ordered them to stay and guard the prisoners, then flew to Red Lotus Immortal Valley.
• He Pingsheng visited the Heavenly Law Court, gave Xu Zhishan a hundred bottles of supreme-grade Immortal Spirit Pills, and revealed that he had become an Earth Immortal.
• He Pingsheng asked Xu Zhishan to secretly bring Lu Xiaoci to him, and she was astonished by his breakthrough.
• Lu Xiaoci told He Pingsheng that Patriarch Red Lotus's Life-Bound Jade Token had shattered sixteen years earlier, and he confirmed that she had died saving him.
• He Pingsheng learned that Red Lotus had left Lu Xiaoci no instructions about him beyond urging her to keep him in the sect, then brought out Red Lotus's body, prompting Lu Xiaoci to weep.

He Pingsheng returned to Red Lotus Immortal Valley with news of Patriarch Red Lotus’s death and the succession token naming Lu Xiaoci as the next sect leader. As Lu Xiaoci prepared to take over, the group planned to expose spies in the sect and learned that White Cloud Immortal Sect had attacked years earlier, killing Suo Lin.

• He Pingsheng gave Lu Xiaoci the crimson lotus pedestal and two Heavenly Dao Slave Marks, while passing her Patriarch Red Lotus’s belongings.
• Su Nian told Lu Xiaoci to prepare Patriarch Red Lotus’s body and summon the Earth Immortal elders and disciples for a sect assembly to announce her death and Lu Xiaoci’s succession.
• Lu Xiaoci warned that spies from Mount Kunwu and the White Cloud Immortal Sect might reveal He Pingsheng’s return, but He Pingsheng said his people were watching both sects and their Heaven Immortals could not leave.
• He Pingsheng recounted his rise in power and admitted that he had killed Wu Zhanyun’s twelve disciples, after which Su Nian proposed using Lu Xiaoci’s accession to root out the sect’s traitors.
• As they placed Patriarch Red Lotus’s body in her Great Hall, Su Nian told He Pingsheng that the White Cloud Immortal Sect had attacked sixteen or seventeen years earlier, killing six Earth Immortals, including Suo Lin.

He Pingsheng returned to the Red Lotus Immortal Valley with Patriarch Red Lotus’s body, and the sect argued over her successor. After He Pingsheng revealed the images of her final words, Lu Xiaoci’s succession was confirmed, leaving the sect’s members to accept her leadership or depart.

• Lu Xiaoci announced that Patriarch Red Lotus had died, and the gathered disciples entered the hall to mourn.
• Su Nian explained that Red Lotus had used [Shared Lifespan with Heaven and Earth] and praised He Pingsheng for bringing her body back while evading two sects.
• Daoist Winter Maple questioned He Pingsheng about Red Lotus’s final words and challenged his claim that she had named Lu Xiaoci sect leader.
• He Pingsheng admitted he had concealed Red Lotus’s private marriage request, then showed everyone images of her final moments.
• He Pingsheng declined Red Lotus’s marriage request, promised to help Lu Xiaoci destroy the two sects, and Lu Xiaoci said she held no romantic hopes.
• Su Nian declared Lu Xiaoci the new sect leader and ordered those who would not accept her to leave the Red Lotus Immortal Valley.

After returning to Red Lotus Immortal Valley, He Pingsheng reassured Winter Maple that he had a plan to protect the sect from Mount Kunwu and the White Cloud Immortal Sect. Lu Xiaoci took him to the Cliff of Reflection Punishment, where she pardoned Chi Zhongyue and freed her.

• Winter Maple warned that He Pingsheng's return could draw attacks and urged him to leave the sect, but He Pingsheng said he had a foolproof plan.
• Lu Xiaoci took He Pingsheng to the Cliff of Reflection Punishment with Lin Yuting to visit Chi Zhongyue.
• Lu Xiaoci told Chi Zhongyue that the Patriarch had died and that she could leave because the Patriarch's order had ended.
• Lin Yuting objected that Chi Zhongyue was a spy, but He Pingsheng explained that she had been trained to betray the sect as a child.
• Lu Xiaoci granted Chi Zhongyue a special pardon and ordered Lin Yuting to remove her shackles.

He Pingsheng waited outside the White Cloud Immortal Sect while Chi Zhongyue chose the new name Ming Riyue. When Dugu White Cloud tried to seek an alliance with Mount Kunwu, Red Lotus Immortal Valley’s forces intercepted his messenger and trapped the sect behind its defensive array.

• He Pingsheng introduced Lu Xiaoci as the new master of two Heaven Immortal experts and stationed them to watch the White Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Chi Zhongyue asked He Pingsheng for a new name, and she accepted Lu Xiaoci’s suggestion of Ming Riyue.
• Dugu White Cloud learned that He Pingsheng had reached the Earth Immortal Stage and decided to seek an alliance with Mount Kunwu.
• Xuan Ji intercepted and killed the White Cloud Immortal Sect’s black-robed Heaven Immortal messenger with a supreme-grade Immortal Talisman.
• Dugu White Cloud activated the sect’s defensive grand array, and He Pingsheng observed that the sect was now trapped.

Lu Xiaoci learned that Mount Kunwu had fallen, while two Red Lotus Immortal Valley elders confessed to spying and killed themselves to protect their descendants. Dugu White Cloud broke through to the Profound Immortal Stage and planned to stabilize his cultivation before fighting He Pingsheng, who waited for fourth-grade Immortal Talisman Paper to arrive before attacking.

• Lu Xiaoci received word that Mount Kunwu's Heaven Immortals had been killed and its Earth Immortals had sworn allegiance to the Red Lotus Immortal Valley.
• Two Red Lotus Immortal Valley elders confessed to passing information to the enemy, then killed themselves after Lu Xiaoci promised to spare their descendants and conceal their betrayal.
• He Pingsheng left to gather the other Heaven Immortals and arrange a joint attack on the White Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Dugu White Cloud swallowed a golden pill and broke through to the Profound Immortal Stage, ordering his disciples to guard him while he stabilized his cultivation for half a day.
• He Pingsheng waited on a mountain ridge near dawn as Lu Xiaoci asked when they would attack, and he said they were waiting for fourth-grade Immortal Talisman Paper.