Chapter Summaries

The city lord discovered that the three canceled Formation Breaching Test tokens included scores of ninth rank, fourteen points and ninth rank, ninety-nine points. Wen Buwan refused his offer to become his disciple, and the chapter ended with Ji Wuxin telling him to check the third token because neither he nor He Pingsheng knew whose score was whose.

• The city lord ordered the crowd to disperse and had the three canceled tokens collected.
• A black-robed Heaven Immortal found a ninth-rank, fourteen-point score, which Wen Buwan claimed as hers.
• The city lord offered to take Wen Buwan and He Pingsheng as disciples, but Wen Buwan refused after He Pingsheng shook his head.
• Deputy City Lord Duan insulted He Pingsheng, then the city lord spotted a ninth-rank, ninety-nine-point score on another token.
• When the city lord demanded to know who earned the score, Ji Wuxin said he did not know and told him to inspect the third token.

After the city lord saw the three test results, he doubted the accusations of cheating and proposed a retest in the Standard Heavenly Gate Formation. Daoist Hidden Sword and Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer agreed only after Immortal Lord Zhongyuan accepted a condition against Elder Liu, and Elder Liu began activating the formation.

• The city lord examined the third token and saw another ninth-tier score of ninety-nine, while Elder Liu and the crowd insisted the results were fake.
• The city lord asked Ji Wuxin and He Pingsheng about cheating, but both said their scores had already been canceled and invited him to treat them as cheaters.
• The city lord proposed retesting He Pingsheng, Ji Wuxin, and Wen Buwan in the Heaven Immortal-level formation, but Ji Wuxin and He Pingsheng refused to test in Sunset Immortal City.
• Daoist Hidden Sword and Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer backed the three, and Stone Gatherer demanded that Elder Liu cripple his cultivation if the young master truly scored ninety-nine in the ninth tier.
• Elder Liu agreed to lower his cultivation to the Human Immortal Stage if the three had not cheated, and Immortal Lord Zhongyuan ordered him to activate the formation.

He Pingsheng, Ji Wuxin, and Wen Buwan tested their talents in the Heaven Immortal formation, where the first two reached its maximum score. Elder Liu admitted his wrongdoing and lowered his cultivation as punishment, but the formation’s astral winds killed him before the group left.

• Immortal Lord Zhongyuan allowed the three prodigies, Hidden Sword, Stone Gatherer, and Elder Liu into the formation, while refusing Duan Nanfeng entry.
• He Pingsheng, Ji Wuxin, and Wen Buwan advanced through the formation, and Elder Liu realized their results proved they had not cheated.
• Wen Buwan stopped at fourteen points in the ninth segment, while He Pingsheng and Ji Wuxin reached ninety-nine points at its end.
• Elder Liu begged for mercy, and He Pingsheng allowed him to lower his cultivation to the Earth Immortal Stage.
• Elder Liu released his Immortal Essence inside the formation and was killed by its astral winds.
• Duan Nanfeng saw Elder Liu’s corpse and feared He Pingsheng and Ji Wuxin might become too powerful for her to avenge her son.

He Pingsheng received his Heaven Ascension Token and set out with Stone Gatherer to search for ingredients for the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill. Meanwhile, Duan Nanfeng tried to recruit her clan’s powerful scarlet-robed man to help her, and offered him the Great Blessing Art.

• Immortal Lord Zhongyuan explained that the Heaven Ascension Token allowed travel across the Immortal Realm, then invited Hidden Sword and Stone Gatherer to stay as deputy city lords; both declined.
• Stone Gatherer told Hidden Sword that he planned to search for the nine yang heavenly radiance seed, and Hidden Sword invited him to join the Star Emperor’s city; Stone Gatherer refused so he could accompany He Pingsheng.
• Hidden Sword and Ji Wuxin left Sunset Immortal City, and He Pingsheng told Stone Gatherer to visit the city’s commerce associations to gather ingredients for the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill.
• Stone Gatherer warned He Pingsheng that Duan Nanfeng was tracking them with Divine Sense, but said his Spirit-Stabilizing Bell could protect He Pingsheng from Golden Immortal Stage Divine Sense attacks.
• Duan Nanfeng approached her scarlet-robed clan elder, who refused to help avenge Duan Beifeng and criticized her son; she showed him a jade slip containing the Great Blessing Art, shocking him.

Duan Nanfeng offered Crimson Feather the Great Blessing Art in exchange for helping him kill He Pingsheng, while He Pingsheng prepared to leave Sunset Immortal City with Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer and Wen Buwan. Crimson Feather and Duan Nanfeng ambushed them, and He Pingsheng used the Heaven's Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method to confront Duan Nanfeng's attack.

• Duan Nanfeng showed Crimson Feather an incomplete Great Blessing Art and promised the full text if Crimson Feather helped him hold off He Pingsheng's Golden Immortal ally.
• Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer gave He Pingsheng the Spirit-Stabilizing Bell, and He Pingsheng sent Wen Buwan into his magical treasure before they left the city.
• He Pingsheng and Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer set out aboard the Immortal Ship, but Crimson Feather and Duan Nanfeng intercepted them outside the city.
• He Pingsheng activated the Spirit-Stabilizing Bell to block Duan Nanfeng's Divine Sense attack, while Duan Nanfeng ordered Crimson Feather to hold off Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer.
• He Pingsheng sacrificed one-tenth of his current realm's lifespan to raise his cultivation to the second layer of the Profound Immortal Stage, then struck Duan Nanfeng's red sword light with his First Heaven-Opening Fist.

He Pingsheng used the demonic energy stored in his Demon King Crimson Core to unleash his Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Ability against Duan Nanfeng. He fatally struck her body, but her golden innate spiritual light escaped and vanished.

• He Pingsheng shattered Duan Nanfeng's sword light with his first punch and forced her to defend against a second, startling her with his Profound Immortal cultivation.
• Duan Nanfeng trapped He Pingsheng with her Nine Heavens Sword Lotus, and her remaining sword dragons wounded him despite his enormous golden body.
• Duan Nanfeng realized He Pingsheng's raised cultivation came from a temporary secret art and tried to wear him down while Stone Gatherer struggled against Crimson Feather.
• He Pingsheng drew on the demonic energy in his Demon King Crimson Core and expanded into a ten-thousand-zhang form with one hundred and eight arms and demonic eyes.
• He Pingsheng's Heavenly Demon Divine Light destroyed Duan Nanfeng's attack and defenses, pierced her transformed body, and sent her crashing toward the earth.
• Duan Nanfeng's golden innate spiritual light escaped, vowing that He Pingsheng would not get away with it.

He Pingsheng forced Crimson Feather to surrender his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark, then escaped with Stone Gatherer and Wen Buwan after killing Duan Nanfeng. He learned what could happen to a Golden Immortal’s Immortal Soul Golden Light and began examining Duan Nanfeng’s storage treasures for a divine art.

• He Pingsheng threatened Crimson Feather with Heavenly Demon Divine Light until Crimson Feather handed over his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark to Stone Gatherer.
• He Pingsheng collected Duan Nanfeng’s corpse and ring, then left the area with Stone Gatherer aboard the starship.
• He Pingsheng let Wen Buwan out of his magical treasure and reassured him that his white hair came from expending his origin with a secret art.
• Crimson Feather explained the three usual fates of Immortal Soul Golden Light, while Stone Gatherer described a rare fourth method of reconstructing a body.
• He Pingsheng went into seclusion aboard the starship and found that Duan Nanfeng had a crimson ring and an emerald-green bracelet.

He Pingsheng sorted through Duan Nanfeng’s treasures and found the heaven-defying Great Blessing Art, which he enhanced with the Treasure-Gathering Basin. He gave Wen Buwan the enhanced jade slip, and she discovered it contained the divine ability [Great Restoration to Life].

• He Pingsheng examined Duan Nanfeng’s ring and bracelet, keeping immortal artifacts, materials, pills, and advanced texts while setting aside the [Hundred Trees Heavenly Scripture] for Wen Buwan.
• He Pingsheng found the Great Blessing Art and learned that it could restore vitality to someone afflicted by Wisdom Severance, though its use was highly limited.
• He Pingsheng put the jade slip in the Treasure-Gathering Basin and enhanced it, secretly taking one copy while the remaining copy continued to improve.
• After several days together, He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan the enhanced jade slip, and she read that it contained [Great Restoration to Life].

After recovering, He Pingsheng learned that Wen Buwan’s healing divine ability required a creation spirit root and Golden Immortal cultivation, then arranged for Crimson Feather to search for his loved ones in exchange for the Great Blessing Art. He Pingsheng and Wen Buwan descended to Floating Light Immortal City and admired its scenery, with Stone Gatherer offering to find the immortal materials for them.

• Wen Buwan told He Pingsheng that the healing divine ability required a creation spirit root, Golden Immortal cultivation, and the Creation Great Dao Art.
• He Pingsheng gave Crimson Feather the Great Blessing Art and tasked him with searching for He Tianya, Kong Jiaojiao, Luo Bingyao, Wang Dun, and especially Qiao Huizhu after reaching Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
• Crimson Feather memorized the Great Blessing Art and departed to fulfill He Pingsheng’s request.
• He Pingsheng ordered the starship to descend to Floating Light Immortal City and explored its striking mountain scenery with Wen Buwan.
• Stone Gatherer offered to search for fifth-grade immortal materials so He Pingsheng and Wen Buwan could cultivate in the city.

He Pingsheng and his companions searched Floating Light Immortal City for a place to cultivate and considered buying Crimson Sunset Peak. The peak's owner offered it in exchange for a higher-grade metal-attribute immortal art or treasures to help him break through his bottleneck, and He Pingsheng presented him with a Jade Slip containing an art.

• He Pingsheng learned that the city's commerce association lacked the fifth-grade materials he needed and directed his search toward the City Lord's Manor.
• He Pingsheng and his companions visited the Daoist Grounds Trading Great Hall to look for a cultivation ground.
• The grand elder recommended Crimson Sunset Peak for its scenery, despite its low Immortal Spirit Energy, and revealed that he owned it.
• The grand elder offered to trade the peak for a higher-grade metal-attribute immortal art or fourth-grade treasures to help him break through his bottleneck.
• He Pingsheng gave the grand elder a Jade Slip containing a metal-attribute immortal art with chapters from the Human Immortal Stage through the Profound Immortal Stage.

He Pingsheng acquired Crimson Sunset Peak and began a long period of secluded cultivation while Stone Gatherer built a fifth-grade Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation. Sixteen years later, He Pingsheng emerged with the formation complete, having refined the Spirit-Stabilizing Bell and learned to draw fourth-grade immortal talismans.

• He Pingsheng traded a heaven-tier supreme-grade cultivation method to acquire Crimson Sunset Peak and received a token granting control of its formations and freedom to fly through the immortal city.
• He Pingsheng asked Stone Gatherer to build a Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation and gave him Duan Nanfeng's wealth to fund the work.
• He Pingsheng entered seclusion, enhanced Duan Nanfeng's alchemy and immortal talisman texts, and began studying the talisman text while cultivating and refining the Spirit-Stabilizing Bell.
• Sixteen years passed without He Pingsheng advancing beyond the second layer of the Heaven Immortal Stage, though he learned to draw fourth-grade immortal talismans and completed refining the bell.
• Stone Gatherer finished the fifth-grade Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation, and He Pingsheng emerged from his hall.

He Pingsheng prepared pills for Wen Buwan while Stone Gatherer warned him that Ouyang Ming wanted help with formations. Ouyang Ming arrived at Crimson Sunset Peak and began discussing a transaction with Stone Gatherer, but Stone Gatherer revealed that He Pingsheng was their young master and had authority over the matter.

• He Pingsheng offered Stone Gatherer the Great Blessing Art and Heaven Tier divine abilities, then instructed him to seek pill materials and study the abilities.
• Stone Gatherer told He Pingsheng that Ouyang Ming had repeatedly requested two grand arrays, and He Pingsheng said they would consider it only if the compensation was sufficient.
• He Pingsheng refined twenty batches of supreme-grade Three Powers Golden Cores and gave them all to Wen Buwan.
• Ouyang Ming arrived outside Crimson Sunset Peak's formation and demanded entry, while He Pingsheng initially claimed Stone Gatherer was away.
• Stone Gatherer returned, and He Pingsheng opened the formation for him and Ouyang Ming.
• Ouyang Ming tried to send He Pingsheng away from their discussion, but Stone Gatherer identified He Pingsheng as their young master whose decisions governed their affairs.

He Pingsheng refused Ouyang Ming’s offer to trade demonic essence root for Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pills and challenged him to summon his deputy city lords. The chapter ended with Ouyang Ming collapsing in fear after Crimson Feather appeared as a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.

• Stone Gatherer asked Ouyang Ming for a nine yang heavenly radiance seed in exchange for setting up five fifth-grade immortal formations.
• Ouyang Ming realized He Pingsheng wanted the seed to refine the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill and eagerly asked about his avici demonic essence root.
• He Pingsheng showed Ouyang Ming a length of demonic essence root but refused to trade it without the seed.
• Ouyang Ming threatened to summon his four deputy city lords, so He Pingsheng told Stone Gatherer to bring someone as well.
• Crimson Feather arrived and He Pingsheng introduced him as a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, causing Ouyang Ming to drop to his knees in terror.

He Pingsheng sent Ouyang Ming away after taking several treasures, then continued his secluded cultivation while Crimson Feather set out to search for the people named in He Pingsheng's jade slips. After more than six hundred and ninety years, He Pingsheng emerged from seclusion to find Wen Buwan and Stone Gatherer waiting outside.

• Ouyang Ming apologized to He Pingsheng, surrendered his spatial rings to Crimson Feather, and left after He Pingsheng selected a few items.
• Crimson Feather congratulated He Pingsheng on his breakthrough and departed to search for the people listed in the jade slips.
• He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan two fifth-grade immortal artifacts and used the six artifact-refining materials to feed the Primordial Purple Gold Staff.
• He Pingsheng cultivated the Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Ability, then continued training his cultivation, refining the Hell Departing Fire Sword, and studying immortal talisman text.
• Wen Buwan declined Stone Gatherer's offer to visit the city and said she felt He Pingsheng would emerge soon.
• He Pingsheng came out of seclusion, and Stone Gatherer told him he had been cultivating for over six hundred and ninety years.

After more than six hundred years in seclusion, He Pingsheng reached the Heaven Immortal tenth layer in body refinement and tested his enhanced divine abilities against Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer. He then took Wen Buwan into the city, prompting Ouyang Ming and the other deputy city lords to urgently recall their disciples and descendants so none would offend him.

• He Pingsheng emerged from seclusion at the Heaven Immortal tenth layer in body refinement, while Wen Buwan had advanced to the eighth layer and Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer had mastered his divine abilities.
• He Pingsheng tested Thirty-Six Heaven-Opening Fists on Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer, who judged the blow comparable to an ordinary peak Profound Immortal's strength.
• He Pingsheng used Heavenly Demon Divine Light against Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer's Five Elements Divine Shield, blasting him far away without breaking the shield.
• He Pingsheng took Wen Buwan by the hand and went to stroll in the city.
• After learning that He Pingsheng had left Crimson Sunset Peak, Ouyang Ming ordered his disciples, their disciples, and their descendants to return immediately, while the deputy city lords sent urgent messages of their own.

He Pingsheng took Wen Buwan and Stone Gatherer into Floating Light Immortal City, where his reputation as Young Master Floating Light kept others at a distance. Unable to find the Nine Yang Heavenly Radiance Seed or other rare treasures in the city’s commerce associations, he returned to Crimson Sunset Peak and planned a treasure Trading Fair to attract traders.

• Stone Gatherer told He Pingsheng he had collected every ingredient for the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill except the Nine Yang Heavenly Radiance Seed and gave him the other ingredients.
• People in Floating Light Immortal City admired Wen Buwan, while Stone Gatherer explained that the city knew He Pingsheng as Young Master Floating Light.
• He Pingsheng visited several commerce associations but found their rarest treasures had been traded away because the merchants feared he might seize them.
• He Pingsheng returned to Crimson Sunset Peak and unloaded his stored treasures, including supreme-grade immortal arts, pills, talismans, and fourth-grade Immortal Artifacts.
• He Pingsheng ordered Stone Gatherer to prepare a list and spread word of a treasure Trading Fair on Crimson Sunset Peak.

He Pingsheng learned that a vast region of the Immortal Enclosure had collapsed, forcing surviving immortals to flee and raising the threat to Floating Light Immortal City. He and Wen Buwan joined Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer in a starship to inspect the collapse from the void, but they could not see it—and He Pingsheng was horrified by what he saw when he turned toward Stone Gatherer.

• He Pingsheng gave Wen Buwan the Heaven's Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method, two Heaven Tier immortal arts, and the Heavenly Prison Soul-Tempering Formula.
• Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer told He Pingsheng that a huge section of the Immortal Enclosure had collapsed and that refugees were arriving near Floating Light Immortal City.
• Stone Gatherer explained that collapsing enclosures broke into fragments that became stars, while surviving immortals fled toward regions that remained intact.
• He Pingsheng, Wen Buwan, and Stone Gatherer boarded a starship and flew into the void to inspect the damage.
• After several days of flying, the three still could not see the collapse, and He Pingsheng was nearly scared to death when he glanced at Stone Gatherer.

He Pingsheng and his companions encountered a powerful white-robed monk, who showed them the collapse threatening Floating Light Immortal City and reinforced the Immortal Enclosure. The monk then demanded that Wen Buwan become his disciple, but she refused to leave He Pingsheng.

• A white-robed monk appeared behind He Pingsheng, Wen Buwan, and Immortal Lord Stone Gatherer, then stopped Stone Gatherer's attack without effort.
• He Pingsheng explained that they wanted to inspect the collapsed Immortal Enclosure near his home in Floating Light Immortal City.
• The monk grew enormous and carried their starship to the collapse's edge so He Pingsheng could see how close the danger was to the city.
• The monk used white divine light to reinforce the collapsed edge, claiming it would not collapse further for at least a million years.
• The monk asked He Pingsheng to give Wen Buwan to him as a Buddhist disciple, but Wen Buwan clung to He Pingsheng and refused to go.

He Pingsheng tried to stop the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Five Phases from taking Wen Buwan, who Five Phases identified as the reincarnation of Bodhisattva Futu. Five Phases left with Wen Buwan, while He Pingsheng remained trapped on the starship and asked whether an empress named Qiao Huizhu existed.

• Five Phases immobilized Wen Buwan and insisted on taking her as a Buddhist disciple, offering He Pingsheng one wish in exchange.
• He Pingsheng asked to keep Wen Buwan with him while she cultivated Buddhist teachings, but Five Phases refused.
• Five Phases explained that he came from Everlasting Life Heaven to find Bodhisattva Futu's reincarnation, then awakened Wen Buwan's Buddhist nature as proof.
• He Pingsheng burned his blood and vital energy to attack Five Phases, but Five Phases stopped him with a light tap and pinned him in place with Daoist Law.
• Five Phases flew away with Wen Buwan, gave He Pingsheng his Dharma name, and told him he could seek him in the Futu Immortal Domain.
• He Pingsheng called after Five Phases and asked whether the Immortal Realm had a Great All-Encompassing Empress named Qiao Huizhu.

Five Phases left He Pingsheng with a mote of Buddhist light that broke He Pingsheng’s cultivation bottleneck when he expelled it. After taking an enhanced Profound Stabilization Pill, He Pingsheng broke through to the Profound Immortal stage aboard his starship.

• Five Phases placed Buddhist light inside He Pingsheng, then took Wen Buwan away after He Pingsheng threatened the Buddhist kingdom if she was harmed.
• He Pingsheng ordered Stone Gatherer to guard him and keep the starship still while he resisted the Buddhist light.
• After about three months, He Pingsheng expelled the Buddhist light, and a cultivation shackle broke, leaving him one step from the Profound Immortal stage.
• Stone Gatherer gave He Pingsheng twelve Profound Stabilization Pills he had prepared for his breakthrough.
• He Pingsheng enhanced the pills in the Treasure-Gathering Basin, swallowed one supreme-grade pill, and broke through to the Profound Immortal stage.