Chapter Summaries

Taishu Jing drove Steward Mu into the lake with his Arrow Momentum after Little Fire’s flames exposed Steward Mu’s interest in the Divine Phoenix. Steward Mu and Liu Ruying fled, and the brothers agreed to hear out a woman who claimed she had something relevant to discuss with them.

• Little Fire attacked Steward Mu and Liu Ruying with purple flames, and Steward Mu broke the first blast before warning Liu Ruying to retreat from the next.
• Steward Mu recognized Little Fire as a young Divine Phoenix and eyed it greedily, so Taishu Jing used his Arrow Momentum to send him plunging into the lake.
• Steward Mu resurfaced, warned Liu Ruying that a powerful presence protected the brothers, and hurried away with him in their carriage.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun discussed their departure before Uncle Lin approached and asked them to speak with his young lady.
• The brothers agreed to meet the woman, and Taishu Jing felt an inexplicable familiarity with her.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing learned that Jing Yu was their maternal aunt, Murong Jingyu, and heard how their mother, Murong Jingyun, had left Yun Country. Murong Jingyu revealed that she had obtained the Ancient Ruin’s Heart of Law, and Taishu Jing recognized its aura as a higher evolution of Dao Law Runes.

• Jing Yu recognized Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing as Murong Jingyun’s sons, while Taishu Jing teased her and resisted calling her Little Aunt.
• Jing Yu’s guards departed, and Zhong Yu invited Taishu Jing to visit the City Lord’s Mansion before she and her companions left.
• Taishu Yun took Jing Yu and Uncle Lin to a mountaintop, where the brothers learned their mother had been Yun Country’s first princess and had fled rather than accept an arranged marriage.
• Murong Jingyu explained that she had traveled to the Great Marsh of Cloud Dream and obtained the Ancient Ruin’s Heart of Law.
• Taishu Jing identified the Heart of Law’s powerful Great Dao aura as surpassing that of Dao Law Runes.

Murong Jingyu learned how far Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing surpassed ordinary cultivators and agreed to train with them. After reuniting with her sister and returning the ruins’ treasures to the clan, she prepared to begin cultivation under her nephews’ guidance.

• Murong Jingyu explained the realms beyond Inscription and revealed that the Heart of Law could help her imperial father advance to the Cave Profound Realm.
• Taishu Jing mocked Murong Jingyu’s 1,380 sword Dao Law Runes, and Taishu Yun revealed that he could produce over a hundred thousand runes, shocking Murong Jingyu and Uncle Lin.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing invited Murong Jingyu to visit their mother and cultivate with them, and she agreed.
• Little Fire carried the group back to the clan, where Murong Jingyu reunited tearfully with her sister.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing handed the clan most of the treasures from the ruins, then Murong Jingyu joined them on the roof and confirmed she would train with them starting the next day.

After three months of training with Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing, Murong Jingyu returned to Yun Country, promising to surprise them when they met again at the imperial palace. Taishu Feng and Jingyun saw the brothers cultivating with more than a million Dao Law Runes, while Jingyun shared an enigmatic conversation with Little White.

• Taishu Yun shattered Murong Jingyu’s sword attack with a single punch, and she conceded that the brothers were far beyond ordinary cultivators.
• Murong Jingyu thanked the brothers for helping her improve her sword Dao, Sword Intent, physique, and understanding of the Dao of Metal.
• Murong Jingyu left with Uncle Lin, telling Jingyun that she would meet the brothers again at the Yun Country imperial palace and bring them a surprise.
• Taishu Feng and Jingyun found Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing cultivating with at least a million Dao Law Runes.
• Jingyun greeted Little Fire and Little White warmly, then spoke privately with Little White while Taishu Feng watched in confusion.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing learned that Murong Jingyu had left and exchanged knowing smiles about her promised surprise.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing entered the Cloud Dream Mountain Range’s forbidden heart and disguised themselves with a Fierce Beast’s hide and blood so they could explore and cultivate among its powerful beasts. They found a Peach Valley guarded by a formidable Sky-Piercing Ape, and Taishu Yun prepared to challenge it.

• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing flew into the forbidden land and discovered that it was filled with Third-Order and stronger Fierce Beasts.
• Taishu Jing had Little Fire catch a Third-Order tiger-wolf, and the brothers used its hide and Beast Blood to disguise themselves.
• Little Fire and Little White left to seek their own opportunities while Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing entered the forest.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing found a Peach Valley where a Fifth-order Sky-Piercing Ape guarded a spirit peach tree.
• Taishu Yun stepped into the valley, and his Battle Momentum frightened the smaller apes into scattering.

Taishu Yun battled a Fifth-order Sky-Piercing Ape and realized its Battle Technique Attainment let it use its strength and Dao laws far more effectively than he could. By studying the ape’s movements, he began to catch its rhythm and counterattack, while Taishu Jing also gained insight from watching.

• Taishu Yun revealed his Battle Momentum, and the Sky-Piercing Ape rose to fight him in Peach Valley.
• Taishu Yun exchanged blows with the ape, then used the Star Cloud Bell after his fist was injured by its black staff.
• Taishu Jing gathered Spirit Peaches from broken trees and used his Arrow Momentum to drive away the other apes before watching the fight.
• Taishu Yun recognized that the ape’s Battle Technique Attainment made its attacks flow together and expose flaws in his crude fighting style.
• Taishu Yun studied the ape’s movements, began to keep pace with it, and landed a counterattack within ten exchanges.
• Taishu Jing watched Taishu Yun adapt and gained his own insights into battle techniques.

Taishu Yun fought the Sky-Piercing Ape in Peach Valley and awakened Battle Technique Attainment while mastering the Heaven Swallowing technique. The chapter ended as his gray vortex caught the ape’s black staff and began devouring its power.

• Taishu Yun recognized the Sky-Piercing Ape’s Zhu Yan bloodline as the beast transformed into its Three Heads and Six Arms form.
• Taishu Yun attacked with Heaven Swallowing, but the Sky-Piercing Ape shattered the vortex and blasted him through Peach Valley.
• Despite his injuries, Taishu Yun kept fighting until he achieved Battle Technique Attainment and unleashed a more controlled Heaven Swallowing vortex.
• The Sky-Piercing Ape infused its black staff with Killing Intent and struck at Taishu Yun’s vortex, which seized the weapon and began devouring its Blood Fiend Power.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing defeated the Sky-Piercing Ape in Peach Valley, and Taishu Yun recovered from the battle having attained Battle Technique Attainment. The brothers continued training in the dangerous lands, where their challenges stirred up the Fierce Beasts.

• Taishu Yun destroyed the Sky-Piercing Ape's Spirit Weapon and struck it down with the Star Cloud Bell, leaving it mortally wounded.
• The Sky-Piercing Ape explained how bloodlines and cultivation determined whether Fierce Beasts could speak, then died warning the brothers that their arrival might bring calamity.
• Taishu Jing buried the Sky-Piercing Ape beneath the peach tree, while Taishu Yun healed through cultivation and strengthened his Divine Body.
• Taishu Yun realized he had attained Battle Technique Attainment and could control and release his strength perfectly.
• Taishu Jing refreshed Taishu Yun's Beast Blood disguise, and the brothers returned to the giant tree while Little Fire and Little White remained away cultivating.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing continued challenging powerful Fierce Beasts, stirring unrest as the other beasts learned of their boldness.

After a season of cultivation beneath the snow, Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing emerged as hundreds of millions of Dao Law Runes filled the sky. Little White and Little Fire watched as the runes gathered around the brothers, whose cultivation had reached a profound new transformation.

• Little White and Little Fire returned to the tree crown and watched over the snow-covered Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing as they cultivated.
• Little Fire asked when they would reach the fifth rank, and Little White warned him not to rush his cultivation.
• Spiritual energy and Dao Law Runes gathered across the sky, drawing the attention of nearby ferocious beasts.
• The snow melted away to reveal Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing, whose bodies glowed with the power of qi and blood.
• Little White told Little Fire that she was nearly at the fifth rank, leaving him envious and convinced Taishu Jing had given her special tutoring.
• The Dao Law Runes resonated and streamed toward the floating Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing completed their cultivation, manifesting Law Weapons and powerful Divine Body Phenomena before waking. After four years away from the clan, they prepared to return, with Little White asking Taishu Jing to keep teaching it.

• Taishu Yun formed armor and a Time-Space Bell from his Dao Law Runes, while Taishu Jing formed a Daoist robe and a reincarnation longbow.
• The brothers' phantoms appeared amid golden lotuses and heavenly auras, then vanished as the two awakened and their Law Weapons dispersed.
• Little Fire asked Taishu Yun for special tutoring, while Little White asked Taishu Jing to continue teaching it.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing recalled that four years had passed during their cultivation and decided to return to the clan.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun cut their long hair short, and Taishu Yun teased Taishu Jing about charming girls.

Taishu Jing returned to the clan with Taishu Yun and reunited with his parents before wandering through town and reflecting on his place in the world. He awakened a flawless ten-level Soul Palace and condensed an Arrow Heart, which rushed toward his true spirit.

• Little Fire brought Taishu Yun, Taishu Jing, and their companions back to the clan, where Taishu Feng and Jingyun welcomed the brothers home.
• Little White told Taishu Jing she would protect him, and Jingyun warmly greeted her and suggested she call her Mother.
• Taishu Jing slipped away from the family gathering and walked through town, where he realized his sense of belonging had changed and affirmed his identity as Taishu Feng and Murong Jingyun's son.
• Taishu Jing formed a solid ten-level Peerless Soul Palace and fully nurtured a true spirit within it.
• Taishu Jing condensed a powerful Arrow Heart that resonated with his true spirit and appeared inside the Soul Palace before surging toward it.

Taishu Jing reached Battle Technique Clarity and reunited with Lan Qiao before discovering a taste for wine and getting drunk on the roof with Taishu Yun. Taishu Yun reflected on the brothers’ completed Dao Foundation cultivation and looked ahead to their next breakthrough into the Inscription Realm.

• Taishu Jing merged Arrow Heart with his true spirit and attained Battle Technique Clarity, gaining perfect control over his power.
• Taishu Jing reunited with Lan Qiao, who had reached the Spirit Vein Realm and returned from a beast hunt with the Lan Family.
• Taishu Jing tried wine with Taishu Yun, drank the entire jar, and fell asleep drunk while Little Fire and Little White watched over him.
• Taishu Yun reflected that he and Taishu Jing had completed their Dao Foundation cultivation and condensed four hundred and ninety million Dao Law Runes of every type.
• Taishu Yun said that the brothers’ next step was the Inscription Realm and looked toward their future under the night sky.

Taishu Jing taught Little White about the Path of Reincarnation, then offered to teach it the Chaos Dao after it failed to comprehend reincarnation. He and Taishu Yun prepared to leave the Cloud Dream Mountain Range and advance to the Inscription Realm, while Taishu Jing reassured Little White and renewed their closeness.

• Taishu Jing taught Little White his insights into reincarnation, and Little White tried to comprehend the Path of Reincarnation.
• Taishu Yun joined Taishu Jing and Little Fire, and Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing discussed their progress and the approaching time to leave the isolated mountain world.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun reviewed their cultivation and plans to forge Dao Bodies in the Inscription Realm.
• Little White failed to comprehend reincarnation, so Taishu Jing showed it the Chaos Dao and promised to teach it again.
• Taishu Yun scolded Taishu Jing after noticing Little White's disappointment, and Taishu Jing asked whether Little White was happy with him.
• Little White said it was happy, and Taishu Jing stroked its cheek, restoring their familiar warmth.

Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun completed their heavenly tribulations, forged Dao Bodies, and nurtured Weapon Souls in their weapons, while Little White gained an initial understanding of the Dao of Chaos. Back at the clan, the brothers told their parents they planned to leave in about three months, once Little White and Little Fire reached the fifth rank.

• Taishu Jing endured the lightning tribulation as Dao Law Runes inscribed his body and the Starfall Bow, forging his Dao Body and awakening the bow’s Weapon Soul.
• Taishu Jing absorbed the Lightning Tribulation Liquid, strengthening his Divine Body Origin, and learned that Little White had begun comprehending his Dao of Chaos.
• Taishu Yun also advanced to the Inscription Realm, forged his Dao Body, and awakened a Weapon Soul in the Star Cloud Bell.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing returned to the clan and told Taishu Feng and Murong Jingyun they planned to leave in about three months.
• Taishu Feng and Murong Jingyun accepted their sons’ decision, and Taishu Jing promised they would spend time with their mother before departing.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing left home with Little Fire and Little White to travel beyond the Cloud Dream Mountain Range. During the flight, Taishu Jing admitted he liked Little White, and the group reached Cloud Dream Ancient City.

• Taishu Feng and Murong Jingyun bid farewell to Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing, who set off with Little Fire and Little White.
• Little Fire transformed into his Divine Phoenix form and carried the brothers above the Cloud Dream Mountain Range.
• Taishu Yun teased Taishu Jing about Little White, and Taishu Jing admitted that he liked her.
• Little White told Taishu Jing that she liked him too, and happily circled him in flight.
• Little Fire carried the group out of the clouds toward Cloud Dream Ancient City, where cultivators streamed through the gates.

Taishu Jing explored Cloud Dream Ancient City with Little White and discovered a stall owner offering a Formation Stone and a mysterious Stone Key for a King Grade Blood Sun Flower. A young formation master and his Soul Palace Realm protector confronted the stall owner, and the chapter ended as the stall owner met the protector’s pressure with his own aura.

• Taishu Jing bought Little White a white hairpin and several other trinkets while they explored the city.
• Taishu Jing found a stall where a middle-aged cultivator offered a half-fang Formation Stone and a Stone Key in exchange for a King Grade Blood Sun Flower.
• Taishu Jing recognized the Stone Key as identical to the one he had found years earlier in the Carefree Daoist’s ruins.
• A young formation master offered a Spirit Grade Blood Sun Flower, but the stall owner refused to trade without a King Grade one.
• The young man’s Soul Palace Realm protector threatened the stall owner, who responded by releasing an equally powerful aura.

Taishu Jing traded a King Grade Blood Sun Flower for a half formation stone and Stone Key, then exchanged the stone with a young man for his Spirit Grade Blood Sun Flower. After giving the Spirit Grade flower to the stall owner in return for directions, Taishu Jing headed to the Treasure Exchange Pavilion to find fine wine.

• Taishu Jing showed the middle-aged stall owner his King Grade Blood Sun Flower and traded it for a half formation stone and Stone Key.
• A young man tried to claim the trade, but the stall owner drove him back; Taishu Jing later traded the half formation stone for the young man's Spirit Grade Blood Sun Flower.
• Taishu Jing returned the Spirit Grade Blood Sun Flower to the stall owner and asked where he could buy good wine.
• The stall owner recommended the Treasure Exchange Pavilion and explained that it traded in treasures and sold fine wine.
• Taishu Jing set off for the Treasure Exchange Pavilion, pleased that he could enjoy wine without his mother watching over him.

Taishu Jing visited the Treasure Exchange Pavilion to buy fine wine, but his claim that its Formation Stele could not measure his Divine Sense provoked Gu Lin and the onlookers. He agreed to test himself and proposed a bet to Miss Xiao Yue over whether he could make the stele shine at the level of a Four-Turn Formation Seal.

• Taishu Jing entered the Treasure Exchange Pavilion with Little White and asked a maid named Xiao Yue to show him its fine wines.
• Taishu Jing remarked that the Formation Stele could not measure his Divine Sense, drawing ridicule from the gathered customers.
• Gu Lin challenged Taishu Jing to prove his claim by testing himself on the Formation Stele.
• Taishu Jing stopped Xiao Yue from intervening and walked to the stele while trading barbs with Gu Lin.
• Taishu Jing proposed that he and Xiao Yue bet on whether he could make the Formation Stele shine at the Four-Turn Formation Seal level.

Taishu Jing proved his Divine Sense had reached the level of a Four-Turn Formation Seal and earned Miss Xiao Yue’s respect at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion. After Gu Lin insulted Little White, Taishu Jing unleashed a terrifying aura that left him bloodied and terrified, then asked Miss Xiao Yue to show him the Pavilion’s wine.

• Taishu Jing bet Miss Xiao Yue that his Divine Sense could reach the level of a Four-Turn Formation Seal in exchange for a fifty percent wine discount.
• Taishu Jing activated the formation stele with one finger, and its dazzling green light silenced Gu Lin and the others.
• Miss Xiao Yue treated Taishu Jing as an honored guest and prepared to take him to see the wine, while Gu Lin stubbornly accused him of cheating.
• After Gu Lin insulted Little White, Taishu Jing’s gaze and killing intent overwhelmed him, and Gu Lin spat blood and collapsed in terror.
• Little White called Taishu Jing back to himself, and Taishu Jing resumed asking Miss Xiao Yue to show him the wine.

Taishu Jing waited at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion, drinking wine while Miss Xiao Yue and the branch head, Miaoyin, watched him. Miaoyin gave him a Purple Gold Token that guaranteed half-price purchases at every branch, along with twenty jars of Frost Spirit Mist.

• Miss Xiao Yue led Taishu Jing to the fifth floor, where he drank the wine set out for guests and then emptied several nearby jugs while he waited.
• Miaoyin watched Taishu Jing through a mirror as Miss Xiao Yue confirmed his strength and described his unpredictable temperament.
• Miaoyin and Miss Xiao Yue went to meet Taishu Jing, who introduced himself and asked Miaoyin to honor the promised half-price discount.
• Miaoyin gave Taishu Jing a Purple Gold Token that made all his purchases at the Treasure Exchange Pavilion half price.
• Miaoyin presented Taishu Jing with twenty jars of Frost Spirit Mist, and he accepted the gift.