Chapter Summaries

After becoming a Great Profound Immortal, He Pingsheng headed back toward Floating Light Immortal City and unexpectedly encountered Wu Zhanyun and Wu Xiu aboard his starship. Wu Zhanyun killed himself after He Pingsheng agreed to spare Wu Xiu, but Stone Gatherer killed Wu Xiu, prompting Wu Zhanyun’s soul to accuse He Pingsheng of breaking his word.

• He Pingsheng celebrated reaching the Profound Immortal Stage and resolved to keep pursuing the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill and his other cultivation goals.
• Stone Gatherer piloted He Pingsheng’s starship toward Floating Light Immortal City, where they encountered Wu Zhanyun and Wu Xiu seeking passage.
• He Pingsheng recognized his old enemies and confronted Wu Zhanyun over extorting his direct-entry slot years earlier.
• Wu Zhanyun offered his wealth, then agreed to die if He Pingsheng spared Wu Xiu.
• Wu Zhanyun killed himself, but Stone Gatherer killed Wu Xiu, and He Pingsheng claimed he had kept his promise because he had not killed Wu Xiu himself.

He Pingsheng completed decades of cultivation and traveled to Heavenly Heart City to search for the Nine Yang Heavenly Radiance Seed, but found no trace of it. There, Immortal King Heavenly Heart appeared and asked about Wen Buwan, prompting He Pingsheng to say that someone had taken his concubine.

• He Pingsheng settled his conflict with Wu Zhanyun and left the aftermath to Stone Gatherer.
• He Pingsheng spent thirty-four years cultivating, reaching the Profound Immortal Stage first layer in his formation refining and all five dantian, and mastering the Celestial Person Golden Core Record and Supreme Unity Immortal Talisman Mastery.
• He Pingsheng asked Stone Gatherer about the trading fair and the Nine Yang Heavenly Radiance Seed, then left Stone Gatherer in charge and departed alone.
• He Pingsheng piloted the Heavenly Moon Ship for seven months to Heavenly Heart City and searched for a month without finding the seed or hearing news of it.
• Immortal King Heavenly Heart appeared before He Pingsheng, asked why he was in the city, and asked after Stone Gatherer and his concubine.
• He Pingsheng told Immortal King Heavenly Heart that someone had taken his concubine, and she reacted with shock.

He Pingsheng told Immortal King Heavenly Heart how a Buddha Emperor had taken Wen Buwan away, then asked about finding the nine yang heavenly radiance seed. Heavenly Heart offered to take him to Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure if he became her nominal disciple, and He Pingsheng accepted.

• He Pingsheng explained that the Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal Five Phases had taken Wen Buwan, claiming she was the reincarnation of his Buddhist master and should become a holy maiden.
• Heavenly Heart remarked that He Pingsheng was not simple and explained that the rare nine yang heavenly radiance seed might not grow on Heaven's Heart Immortal Enclosure.
• Heavenly Heart said the seed could be found on Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure and warned that reaching it meant crossing dangerous, Devil-infested space.
• Heavenly Heart offered He Pingsheng a ride but said he could not bring his servants, might not return, and had to become her nominal disciple.
• He Pingsheng accepted and paid his respects to Immortal King Heavenly Heart as his master.

He Pingsheng traveled with Immortal King Heavenly Heart toward the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure, learning how her Hollow Willow Void Boat used spatial Daoist law to cross vast distances. After fourteen exhausting flights and rests, they reached a vantage point where he saw the scale of the Celestial Pleiades Star System, then continued toward the enclosure aboard a silver starship.

• He Pingsheng met Immortal King Heavenly Heart at her Daoist Grounds and boarded her Hollow Willow Void Boat.
• Heavenly Heart used her spatial Daoist law to propel the boat, stopping repeatedly to rest as they traveled across the void.
• After fourteen rounds of flight and recovery, Heavenly Heart and He Pingsheng approached the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure.
• Heavenly Heart showed He Pingsheng the vast stellar disk and explained the Pleiades star domains and their place in the star system.
• Heavenly Heart put away the Void Boat and took out a silver starship to carry them the final stretch to the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure.

Heavenly Heart warned He Pingsheng to act cautiously in the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure and explained her household’s sacrificial cultivation tradition and the balance between demons and the Mystic Sect. As they continued toward the Immortal Enclosure, He Pingsheng learned that the Devil Race could not simply be eradicated.

• He Pingsheng asked how long the journey to the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure would take, and Heavenly Heart said about a month remained.
• Heavenly Heart warned He Pingsheng that Immortal King Celestial Pleiades did not favor her and advised him to avoid mistakes and keep her name out of his dealings.
• Heavenly Heart explained that her Li Household had endured by cultivating the Cause and Effect Daoist Law, though one person in every generation had to bear its burden and was often sacrificed.
• Heavenly Heart told He Pingsheng that the Northern Crown Demonic Domain produced demonic tides because the area held remnants of an ancient war between the Dao and demons.
• Heavenly Heart explained that demons were living beings and that the Heavenly Dao required balance between demons and the Mystic Sect, so the Devil Race could not be wiped out.

He Pingsheng and Li Tianxin arrived near the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure, where Egret harassed Li Tianxin and mocked her new disciple. He Pingsheng baited Egret into saying a forbidden word, and the chapter ended with Egret’s Divine Sense attack failing to harm him.

• He Pingsheng and Li Tianxin descended toward the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure, and Li Tianxin warned him not to say “chicken” there.
• Egret boarded Li Tianxin’s starship, made advances toward her, and threatened He Pingsheng when she introduced him as her new disciple.
• He Pingsheng tricked Egret into calling him “garbage” and replayed a recording of Egret saying it.
• Egret attacked He Pingsheng’s Sea of Consciousness with Divine Sense light, but He Pingsheng remained unharmed.

He Pingsheng forced Immortal Lord Egret to retract his insults, then followed Li Tianxin to pay respects to Immortal King Celestial Pleiades. In the palace, Li Tianxin faced an accusation that she had accepted He Pingsheng as a disciple without her master's approval.

• He Pingsheng used recordings to make Immortal Lord Egret apologize and call himself a fool, and Egret left after reminding Li Tianxin to bring her disciple to the palace.
• Li Tianxin warned He Pingsheng not to say “ji” as they arrived at the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure and traveled to Celestial Pleiades City.
• He Pingsheng followed Li Tianxin into Immortal King Celestial Pleiades's palace and paid his respects without kneeling.
• An old man identified as Li Tianxin's Fourth Senior Brother accused her of accepting He Pingsheng as a disciple without the Immortal King's approval.

He Pingsheng defended Li Tianxin’s choice to take him as a nominal disciple by presenting his exceptional Heaven Immortal Stage test score. After the hearing ended, Egret challenged him with a handshake, and He Pingsheng crushed the bones in Egret’s hand.

• Li Tianxin insisted that He Pingsheng was only her nominal disciple and offered to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath that she had not taught him forbidden arts.
• He Pingsheng presented his Heaven Ascension Token, which showed a rank nine, ninety-nine-point result on the Standard Heavenly Gate Formation test at the Heaven Immortal Stage.
• Li Tianxin’s fourth senior brother questioned why He Pingsheng had not taken the Profound Immortal Stage test, but He Pingsheng explained that he planned to wait until his cultivation was higher.
• Immortal King Celestial Pleiades ended the hearing and ordered the others to leave, while Li Tianxin’s fourth senior brother told Egret to accompany He Pingsheng.
• Outside the palace, Egret used his Great Dao Art to squeeze He Pingsheng’s hand, but He Pingsheng crushed the finger bones in Egret’s hand, prompting Egret to accuse him of dirty tricks.

He Pingsheng exposed Egret’s attempt to blame him for their fight, then accepted Egret’s challenge only to surrender immediately. Egret and the other disciples insisted the match still carried a humiliating wager, leaving He Pingsheng to grasp the joke behind the name “Zhiba.”

• Egret accused He Pingsheng of playing dirty, but He Pingsheng brought out a recording that made Egret kneel and beg forgiveness before it played.
• The recording showed Egret repeatedly calling himself the stupidest fool in the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure, and the watching disciples laughed at him.
• Egret angrily challenged He Pingsheng, and the other disciples criticized him for challenging a much weaker nominal disciple.
• Egret offered to lower his cultivation to the Profound Immortal Stage, but He Pingsheng accepted and immediately surrendered.
• Egret blocked He Pingsheng from leaving and demanded the match’s wager: the loser would use the Daoist name “Zhiba” for a thousand years.
• He Pingsheng realized “Zhiba” was a joke tied to the taboo against saying “chicken,” which the disciples’ rules had only made more popular in private.

He Pingsheng agreed to fight Egret under rules that limited their cultivation and techniques, then faced Egret’s powerful attacks in the arena. After trading blows evenly, He Pingsheng bound Egret with the Heaven-Withering Spirit Absorption Art, leaving the fight poised to turn in his favor.

• He Pingsheng agreed to fight Egret, and the disciples traveled to a mountain range outside the immortal city.
• The elephant-trunked immortal set the rules: Egret suppressed his cultivation to the fourth layer of the Profound Immortal Stage, neither fighter could use external aids or Great Dao Arts, and either fighter would lose by leaving the arena or continuing after a surrender.
• Egret opened with the Dawn Sun Summoning sonic attack and knocked He Pingsheng a thousand zhang, but He Pingsheng blocked his next sonic attack with the Purple Mansion Nine-Shield Art.
• Egret summoned a giant egret head with a piercing beak, and He Pingsheng met it with his thousand-zhang golden body and a punch, matching Egret’s attack.
• He Pingsheng and Egret traded attacks for more than a dozen moves until He Pingsheng bound Egret with the Heaven-Withering Spirit Absorption Art.

He Pingsheng defeated Egret in their match despite Egret breaking the agreed cultivation restriction and then fleeing, and he went on to test his Profound Immortal achievement at the Standard Heavenly Gate Formation. He earned a score of eight segments and seventy-four points and was set to collect his Immortal King Palace nameplate.

• He Pingsheng kept draining Egret with his Heaven-Withering Spirit Absorption Art, but Egret refused to surrender and tried to call their match a draw.
• Egret revealed that he had only suppressed his cultivation to the Profound Immortal Stage Twelfth Layer, then attacked He Pingsheng, who withstood his blows through more than twenty exchanges.
• Egret abruptly withdrew and fled, while Grand Elephant and the other disciples declared him the loser and joked that they would call him Dao Lord Zhiba.
• Grand Elephant offered to take He Pingsheng to get an Immortal King Palace nameplate, which required a test at the Standard Heavenly Gate Formation.
• He Pingsheng passed the first seven segments and stopped at eight segments and seventy-four points, saying he could likely score higher after reaching the Profound Immortal Stage Twelfth Layer.
• Grand Elephant praised He Pingsheng and led him to collect his nameplate.

He Pingsheng visited the Seven Stars Commerce Association to find nine yang heavenly radiance seed for refining a Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill. He learned that an Immortal Palace disciple’s friend had the seed but needed avici demonic essence root, and the chapter ended with an explanation of why that rare material was difficult to obtain.

• He Pingsheng received a Black Token that let him fly freely through Celestial Pleiades Immortal City, then went to the Seven Stars Commerce Association.
• A female Profound Immortal attendant brought He Pingsheng to an Immortal Lord, who recognized him as Li Tianxin’s disciple and offered a discount.
• He Pingsheng asked for nine yang heavenly radiance seed, and the Immortal Lord said the association had none but revealed that his friend possessed some.
• The Immortal Lord said his friend lacked avici demonic essence root and offered to connect them if He Pingsheng had any.
• He Pingsheng asked why avici demonic essence root was rare in the Northern Crown Demonic Domain, and the Immortal Lord explained that it formed only by chance from the demonic root of a dead Golden Immortal-level Demon King and was prized by the Devil Race.

He Pingsheng traveled to Imperial Furnace Immortal City to seek the nine yang heavenly radiance seed held by Immortal Lord Furnace Master. After learning about the city lord and preparing for a possible fight or escape, he met Furnace Controller and proposed trading his avici demonic essence root for a chance to obtain the seed.

• He Pingsheng searched the Celestial Pleiades Immortal Enclosure for decades without finding information about the nine yang heavenly radiance seed.
• He Pingsheng traveled to Imperial Furnace Immortal City and spent several days learning about Immortal Lord Furnace Master and the City Lord's Manor.
• He Pingsheng prepared his immortal artifacts and talismans, then went to the City Lord's Manor and presented his nameplate as a grand-disciple of Immortal King Celestial Pleiades.
• Furnace Controller welcomed He Pingsheng into his hall and asked whether he had come with a decree from the Immortal King Palace.
• He Pingsheng revealed that he had avici demonic essence root and asked to confirm whether Furnace Controller possessed the nine yang heavenly radiance seed.

He Pingsheng and Immortal Lord Furnace Master discovered they each possessed one of the two rare ingredients needed for the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill and agreed to combine them. They left the dispute over who would refine the pills unresolved, with He Pingsheng insisting he could do it better.

• Immortal Lord Furnace Master showed He Pingsheng his nine yang heavenly radiance seed, and He Pingsheng confirmed it was genuine.
• He Pingsheng revealed a supreme-grade avici demonic essence root, the only ingredient Furnace Master lacked.
• Neither man would trade away his ingredient, so Furnace Master proposed pooling them and splitting the pills equally, and He Pingsheng agreed.
• Furnace Master offered to refine the pills, but He Pingsheng refused to hand over the root and claimed he could make high-grade or even supreme-grade pills within seven days.
• Furnace Master mocked He Pingsheng’s confidence and cited his own success rate, but He Pingsheng dismissed it as too low and insisted on refining the pills himself.

He Pingsheng competed with Immortal Lord Furnace Master in refining Cold and Heat Pills to earn permission to refine a Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill. After Furnace Master acknowledged He Pingsheng’s superior results, he returned with Han Houzhi, whose rapid rise to the Profound Immortal Stage Seventh Layer shocked He Pingsheng.

• Immortal Lord Furnace Master proposed that He Pingsheng compete with him by refining three batches of Cold and Heat Pills each.
• He Pingsheng sealed the side hall with formations, enhanced the pill materials, and refined and duplicated his pills over seven days.
• He Pingsheng presented three batches of high-grade Cold and Heat Pills, and Immortal Lord Furnace Master admitted that He Pingsheng had outperformed him.
• Immortal Lord Furnace Master left to seek his disciple’s approval before allowing He Pingsheng to refine the Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill.
• Immortal Lord Furnace Master returned with Han Houzhi, and He Pingsheng recognized the man he had once saved.
• He Pingsheng discovered that Han Houzhi had reached the Profound Immortal Stage Seventh Layer and realized the Purple-Gold Bottle explained his astonishing progress.

He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi traded materials so He Pingsheng could secure the nine yang heavenly radiance seed and refine Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pills. After enhancing all twenty-four pills to supreme grade, He Pingsheng returned Han Houzhi's seed and received his matured avici demonic essence root back.

• He Pingsheng met Han Houzhi in the great hall, where Han Houzhi demanded the avici demonic essence root and offered to share the pills he would refine.
• He Pingsheng agreed to lend Han Houzhi the root in exchange for the nine yang heavenly radiance seed, and they traded the materials.
• He Pingsheng enhanced the seed, refined twelve Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pills, and used his Treasure-Gathering Basin to enhance them into twenty-four supreme-grade pills.
• He Pingsheng stored the pills and waited while Han Houzhi cultivated the avici demonic essence root.
• Han Houzhi returned the matured root, and He Pingsheng gave back the nine yang heavenly radiance seed.

He Pingsheng and Han Houzhi both gained immortal roots after taking supreme-grade Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pills, but Han feared He Pingsheng would expose his secret. As He Pingsheng tried to leave Imperial Furnace Immortal City, Han intercepted him and unleashed his aura.

• Han Houzhi had Immortal Lord Furnace Master refine the pill, then gave He Pingsheng six waste pills when the refinement failed.
• Han Houzhi restored a waste pill with spirit liquid and turned it into a supreme-grade pill, then ordered Immortal Lord Furnace Master to watch He Pingsheng.
• He Pingsheng swallowed his supreme-grade Spirit-Writing Heaven-Connecting Pill and gained three immortal-root branches that let him sense the Great Dao.
• Han Houzhi also grew immortal roots, then learned He Pingsheng had left the city and rushed after him.
• Immortal Lord Furnace Master intercepted He Pingsheng, and Han Houzhi arrived and accused him of planning to reveal Han's secret to Immortal King Celestial Pleiades.
• Han Houzhi released a powerful aura toward He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng fought Han Houzhi, who admitted he wanted to kill him to keep his secret from getting out and demanded the Heavenly Dao Slave Mark. After He Pingsheng blocked Han Houzhi’s opening attack, their battle escalated when Han Houzhi launched a crimson Divine Sense Flying Knife at him.

• Han Houzhi demanded the Heavenly Dao Slave Mark and threatened to kill He Pingsheng, who refused and prepared to fight.
• Han Houzhi attacked with Heaven, earth, man-Three Powers Hell Palm, but He Pingsheng grew a hundred zhang tall and countered with a punch.
• Han Houzhi was shocked that He Pingsheng blocked his strike unscathed, then ordered Immortal Lord Furnace Master to stay back and keep He Pingsheng from escaping.
• Han Houzhi launched a crimson Divine Sense Flying Knife, and He Pingsheng protected his Sea of Consciousness with the Spirit-Stabilizing Bell and Purple Mansion Nine-Shield Art.

He Pingsheng fought Han Houzhi, whose Supreme Grade Dao Armaments repeatedly overcame his attacks and defenses. The battle continued as Han Houzhi’s golden turtle blocked He Pingsheng’s Heavenly Demon Divine Light.

• Han Houzhi summoned a Supreme Grade Dao Armament, the Black-and-Yellow Divine Sword, and slashed at He Pingsheng.
• He Pingsheng activated four Fire Gang Immortal Talismans, then used the opening as Han Houzhi broke through two barriers to escape the sword strike.
• He Pingsheng unleashed his many-armed form and fired Heavenly Demon Divine Light at Han Houzhi.
• Han Houzhi absorbed the Divine Light with a golden dipper, then brought out a turtle whose shell blocked the remaining demonic light.

He Pingsheng’s attacks failed against Han Houzhi’s divine turtle and Great Golden Dipper, so he used the Heaven’s Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method to reach the Golden Immortal Stage and unleash his full Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Ability. He killed Han Houzhi, and Immortal Lord Furnace Master died when the Heavenly Dao Slave Mark broke.

• Han Houzhi’s Golden Lightning Black Tortoise neutralized He Pingsheng’s Heavenly Demon Divine Light, and Han Houzhi used the Great Golden Dipper to reflect the attack back at him.
• He Pingsheng activated an Immortal Feather Talisman and dodged the Golden Dipper’s remaining beams, then realized it absorbed and reflected attacks.
• He Pingsheng used the Heaven’s Pinnacle Lifespan Conversion Method while Han Houzhi and Immortal Lord Furnace Master attacked his defenses.
• He Pingsheng reached the Golden Immortal Stage First Layer, expanded into a ten-thousand-zhang demonic body, and withstood Immortal Lord Furnace Master’s sword strike.
• He Pingsheng’s Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Ability blasted through Han Houzhi’s defenses and killed him, along with the Golden Lightning Black Tortoise.
• Immortal Lord Furnace Master died when Han Houzhi’s death caused the Heavenly Dao Slave Mark to shatter.