Chapter Summaries

As Zhang Daotan became a nearly inhuman being of pure-white energy, Yuyang Daozi and Chu Xingchen joined forces against his overwhelming strength. Their battle unleashed a mysterious pillar of pale-green spiritual power, leaving Chen Mouguang and the others stunned as they worried whether Chu Xingchen would survive until help arrived.

• Zhang Daotan completed his transformation and attacked Yuyang Daozi with immense speed and strength.
• Chu Xingchen intervened, then blocked Zhang Daotan's punch with the Azure Sky Treasure Ring and transformed it into a sword.
• Chu Xingchen asked Yuyang Daozi to use the Taiyi Divine Art, and Yuyang Daozi cast No Restrictions.
• Chen Mouguang reported that Chu Xingchen and Yuyang Daozi seemed evenly matched with Zhang Daotan, prompting Bai Xuanling to say he would come in person.
• A pale-green surge of spiritual power shot into the sky near Wuxuan Temple, shocking Chen Mouguang, Ye Antao, and Wang Ling.

After submitting the pure white fragment, Chu Xingchen received the weapon Myriad Forms and joined Yuyang Daozi in searching the ruins of Wuxuan Temple. The Great Dao Sect elders arrived, and Chen Mouguang announced that Chu Xingchen belonged to the Heavenly Derivation Sect and that Bai Xuanling was on the way.

• Chen Mouguang headed toward Wuxuan Temple while Ye Antao and Wang Ling waited for Elder Bai and considered the arriving Great Dao Sect reinforcements.
• Chu Xingchen submitted the diamond-shaped fragment, completing his mission and receiving Myriad Forms.
• Chu Xingchen put Myriad Forms away after the Azure Sky Treasure Ring reacted anxiously, then comforted the ring.
• Yuyang Daozi questioned Chu Xingchen about the destruction of Wuxuan Temple and searched the ruins with him for anything left behind.
• The Great Dao Sect's sect leader arrived and embraced Yuyang Daozi, while another woman questioned Chu Xingchen's identity.
• Chen Mouguang identified Chu Xingchen as a member of the Heavenly Derivation Sect and said Bai Xuanling was on the way.

Chu Xingchen faced down Zhu Ciyun and the Great Dao Sect before Bai Xuanling arrived and escorted him away. At the Yongping Funeral Parlor, Chen Baiqing was relieved to see her master safe and told him she had worried about him.

• Zhu Ciyun demanded that Chu Xingchen return everything he had obtained, but Yuyang Daozi vouched that he had taken nothing, so the Great Dao Sect allowed him to leave.
• Chu Xingchen pretended to stay and rest until the Great Dao Sect threatened to summon a Tribulation Transcendence elder, then prepared to depart.
• Bai Xuanling arrived, shielded Chu Xingchen, and argued with the Great Dao Sect before leading Chu Xingchen and Chen Mouguang away.
• At the Yongping Funeral Parlor, Chen Baiqing rushed to Chu Xingchen, checked that he was unharmed, and told him she had worried about him.

Chu Xingchen reported to Bai Xuanling that the Incense-and-Fire Divine Path was not worth a major investment, and she planned to use it to mislead their rivals. Back at the sect, he caught Cui Hao and Qinghe scheming to drive up pill prices and sell them at auction, then reunited with Cui Hao, who had made a fortune while he was away.

• Chu Xingchen told Bai Xuanling that Zhang Daotan's situation could not be replicated, though wish power was worth researching, and Bai Xuanling proposed spreading a false rumor about developing the path on a large scale.
• Bai Xuanling told Chu Xingchen that his disciple had been making a name for himself, and Chu Xingchen claimed he would go discipline him.
• Cui Hao showed Qinghe a pile of spirit stones and outlined a plan to auction pills while spreading rumors of scarce supply, a sales ban, and rising future prices.
• Chu Xingchen returned with Chen Baiqing and confronted Cui Hao and Qinghe about their scheme.
• Cui Hao clasped Chu Xingchen's hand and said he had missed him; Chu Xingchen noticed the many Spatial Rings and replied that his master had missed him too.

Chu Xingchen took Cui Hao’s Spirit Stones and assigned him to teach Zhou Ping, while Li Yingling traveled with Zhang Miaoyu toward Central Province to find her Second Junior Brother. Li Yingling expected him to be struggling rather than thriving, and planned to look around before returning to her sect.

• Chu Xingchen took Cui Hao’s Spatial Ring, then ordered him to guide Zhou Ping and teach him to read and about meridians.
• Cui Hao asked to discipline Zhou Ping, but Chu Xingchen refused and promised to reprimand Luo Yu for hitting Cui Hao too hard.
• Li Yingling sneezed and concluded that Fifth Junior Brother was cursing her over his long mission report criticizing her decisions.
• Li Yingling and Zhang Miaoyu headed for Central Province after Li Yingling disbanded her previous team and decided to find her Second Junior Brother.
• Li Yingling told Zhang Miaoyu that her Second Junior Brother was stupid and might have struggled to avoid losses in Central Province.

Li Yingling and Zhang Miaoyu explored Central Province while looking for candied fruit, and Li Yingling spotted Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples at a restaurant. After she showed them her token, they recognized her as their commander, leaving her wondering whether she could use their help to find her junior brother.

• Li Yingling told Zhang Miaoyu that their first priority was finding good candied fruit for her third junior sister, though they had plenty of time to spend their Spirit Stones.
• Li Yingling noticed several Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples on a restaurant terrace and decided to approach them, reassuring the nervous Zhang Miaoyu that she had connections.
• Li Yingling showed the disciples her Heavenly Derivation Token, which the young leader recognized as a genuine token issued by Elder Bai.
• The five disciples introduced themselves as squad number seven-seven-four-three and reported to Li Yingling as their commander.
• Zhang Miaoyu and Li Yingling were both surprised by the disciples' response, and Li Yingling considered asking them to help find her junior brother.

Li Yingling learned that the Heavenly Derivation Sect team was waiting for a commander to lead a mission against a gang of evil cultivators. Her junior brother Li Xingtian arrived with a Heavenly Derivation Token and announced that he would command the operation, and Li Yingling offered to help.

• Wang Lin explained that the sect had sent his team to swiftly deal with evil cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Yingling clarified that she was only passing through but offered to share ideas about the mission.
• Li Xingtian entered the soundproof barrier and greeted Li Yingling as his Eldest Senior Sister.
• Li Xingtian presented his Heavenly Derivation Token and said he had come to act as commander.
• Li Yingling declared that she would reluctantly help Li Xingtian, who chose not to refuse.

Li Xingtian briefed Wang Lin and the others on the Evil Cultivators’ plan to unleash the Dream Flower and the deadly Dream Barrier. Li Yingling insisted on taking command, while Li Xingtian doubted her judgment and suspected Zhang Miaoyu had been misled.

• Li Yingling introduced Zhang Miaoyu as her little tagalong, and Li Xingtian said he was used to traveling alone.
• Li Xingtian explained that the Evil Cultivators planned to unleash the Nightmare Dream to obtain the Dream Immortal Treasure, while the Dream Flower could trap and kill cultivators in a vast dream realm.
• Wang Lin questioned where Li Xingtian’s detailed intelligence came from and asked about the Dream Immortal’s cultivation and the danger posed by the Dream Flower.
• Li Xingtian said the Evil Cultivators had likely already activated the Dream Flower, and Wang Lin said he would request higher-level support if necessary.
• Li Yingling struck Li Xingtian’s shoulder and declared that she would direct the operation; Zhang Miaoyu called her command perfect and reliable, leaving Li Xingtian suspicious that his senior sister had hoodwinked her.

Meng Jun and the other Evil Cultivators prepared to confront the Golden Core attacker, suspecting a mole after he tracked them to their cave again. Above the valley, Wang Lin watched Li Xingtian bait them with insults as Li Yingling’s group waited to attack.

• Meng Jun questioned whether one of the six remaining Evil Cultivators was betraying their plans, while Old Wang urged the group to stay calm and rely on their strength.
• When the enemy’s familiar aura appeared outside the cave, the group agreed to confront him, and Old Wang volunteered to lead the charge while Meng Jun guarded the Dream Pearl at the rear.
• Meng Jun privately warned Old Wang to be careful and resolved to save him if an ambush awaited them.
• Wang Lin watched Li Xingtian shout insults below as bait, reflecting on Li Xingtian’s cautious plan and Li Yingling’s faster plan to attack from both sides.

Li Xingtian baited Old Wang and the other evil cultivators into attacking him behind Heavenly Derivation Sect barriers, hoping to draw out Meng Jun. Li Yingling’s ambush arrived before Meng Jun appeared, and the evil cultivators began to flee.

• Li Yingling prepared layered barriers around Li Xingtian and positioned Wang Lin and another disciple to support the ambush.
• Li Xingtian displayed his aura, drawing Old Wang and four other evil cultivators to attack him.
• Old Wang suspected a trap but led the group toward Li Xingtian, where he argued with him over whether he was an evil cultivator.
• Old Wang and the others battered Li Xingtian’s barriers, while Li Xingtian delayed signaling in hopes of luring out Meng Jun.
• Li Yingling and another Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple rushed in, prompting the evil cultivators to prepare to retreat.

Wang Lin and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples cornered the evil cultivators, while Li Xingtian’s bloody aura left Wang Lin suspecting that he practiced an evil method despite Li Yingling’s insistence that he was exceptionally righteous. As the confrontation began, Meng Jun used the Dream Pearl’s purple mist to hide and prepared to flee.

• Old Wang urged the evil cultivators to attack the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples, but a disciple’s Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword sent them fleeing.
• Wang Lin and other Heavenly Derivation Sect cultivators ambushed the fleeing evil cultivators, killed one, and surrounded the survivors.
• Old Wang accused the Heavenly Derivation Sect of harboring evil cultivators, while Wang Lin dismissed him and continued treating Li Xingtian’s bloody aura as evidence of an evil method.
• Li Xingtian asked Wang Lin to search for Meng Jun, and Li Yingling reassured her Second Junior Brother that his righteousness was simply sinister in the eyes of others.
• Meng Jun abandoned plans to save Old Wang, concealed himself with the Dream Pearl’s purple mist, and prepared to escape while the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples searched.

Wang Lin and Li Yingling tried to question a surviving evil cultivator, but Li Yingling used a Perfect Tonic Pill to force answers from him. When the Dream Flower bloomed in Cloud-Fading Valley, Wang Lin and Li Xingtian went to confront it while Li Yingling stayed behind and prepared to summon her master.

• Wang Lin spared a badly wounded evil cultivator long enough to question him, but the man refused to cooperate.
• Li Yingling offered to interrogate the captive with a Perfect Tonic Pill, and Wang Lin recognized it as Elder Bai’s version.
• Li Yingling fed the pill to the evil cultivator, whose agonized screams convinced Wang Lin and Li Xingtian of its effects.
• A Dream Flower bloomed in the depths of Cloud-Fading Valley, and Wang Lin killed the captive before setting out to face it.
• Wang Lin ordered Li Xingtian to stay behind, but Li Xingtian insisted on joining him, and Li Yingling prepared a talisman to summon her master.

Wang Lin and Li Xingtian entered the Dream Flower’s territory, discovered it was an illusion rather than a dream, and approached the flowering tree at its center. When a beautiful woman emerged and asked if they had come to fight, Wang Lin tried to stall while Li Xingtian watched her warily.

• Wang Lin changed the mission plan and agreed with Li Xingtian to find his teammates and wait for sect reinforcements.
• Wang Lin and Li Xingtian entered the purple territory and found a beautiful flower-filled landscape that their protections kept from fully affecting them.
• Wang Lin and Li Xingtian flew toward the flowering tree, then paused when they found no Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples nearby.
• Wang Lin prepared to strike the tree, but a woman formed from its petals and asked whether they had come to fight.
• Wang Lin claimed they had not come to fight and gave Li Xingtian a subtle look, which Li Xingtian recognized as a sign of shared disdain for the woman’s beauty.

Wang Lin and Li Xingtian discovered that the Flower God Tree had bewitched two Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples, and Wang Lin attacked the woman controlling it. The disciples broke free of the illusion, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Wang Lin pretended to seek his missing teammates while Li Xingtian used blood qi to detect the Flower God Tree's bewitching energy and the two disciples hidden nearby.
• The woman directed Wang Lin toward the Flower God Tree, and Wang Lin punched her into it before striking her with the Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword.
• The two Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples emerged with purple mist in their eyes and attacked Wang Lin and Li Xingtian at the woman's command.
• Wang Lin sent Dao resonance toward the disciples, prompting them to activate their protections and use Gather Spirit Delusion Breaking to dispel the illusion.
• Wang Lin mocked the woman's technique and reassured Li Xingtian that he did not mean to insult his sect.

Wang Lin and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples fought the woman after escaping her illusion, while Li Xingtian warned that she was preparing a trap. The woman trapped Wang Lin in a storm of petals and attacked a disciple who tried to help him.

• A Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple told Wang Lin that a purple bead had trapped them in an illusion, and Wang Lin ordered the group to stall for reinforcements and keep their Teleportation Talismans ready.
• Wang Lin and the woman traded taunts while Li Xingtian sensed their surroundings and warned that she was likely charging a powerful move.
• Wang Lin sent earth and fire dragons at the woman, then struck her with the Primordial Spirit Supreme Clarity Sword and knocked her into a crater.
• The woman transformed the flowering tree into a Wooden Sword and unleashed countless petals that trapped Wang Lin.
• Li Xingtian warned a Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple that rushing to Wang Lin was a trap, but the disciple ignored him and went to help.
• The woman charged the disciple, and their swords clashed as petals burst across the sky.

Li Xingtian and a Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple fought the woman in her flower domain, but she overwhelmed them with a deceptive attack. As Li Yingling and her master arrived, the master confronted the woman and echoed her threat.

• Li Xingtian ordered the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple to protect him while he spread blood qi through the flower domain.
• The woman used her sword techniques to deceive the disciple, break his shield, and send him flying before attacking Li Xingtian.
• Li Xingtian fought back with his Body-Slaying technique but was wounded and driven into a crater; he took a healing pill and blocked the woman's next strike.
• Li Yingling entered the illusory realm and tried to help Li Xingtian, but the woman recognized her Golden Core cultivation and threatened her.
• Li Yingling stepped aside as her master entered, saw Li Xingtian's injuries, and told the woman she would not be leaving.

Chu Xingchen rescued Li Xingtian, defeated the flower-wielding woman, and killed her after she begged for mercy. Wang Lin recognized Chu Xingchen’s overwhelming Dao resonance and learned that he was Li Xingtian’s master.

• The woman tried to use Li Xingtian as a hostage, but Chu Xingchen struck her with Myriad Forms and freed him.
• Chu Xingchen teased and comforted Li Xingtian while Li Yingling recorded the scene and Wang Lin realized the newcomer was an ally.
• The woman formed armor and a wall of petals, but Chu Xingchen changed Myriad Forms into a spear and then a longsword to overpower her.
• The woman surrendered and begged to be spared, but Chu Xingchen killed her without hesitation.
• Wang Lin sensed Chu Xingchen’s powerful Dao resonance, compared it to Yan Yun’s, and asked Li Xingtian whether Chu Xingchen was his master.

Chu Xingchen rescued Li Xingtian and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples, then returned with Li Yingling to the inn. There, he welcomed Zhang Miaoyu into the sect as an Outer Sect Guest Advisor so she could stay with Li Yingling.

• Chu Xingchen sealed away the strange purple pearl and planned to give it to Bai Xuanling.
• Chu Xingchen reunited with Li Xingtian, teased him for not asking for help sooner, and promised to praise Wang Lin and the Heavenly Derivation Sect disciples to Bai Xuanling.
• At the inn, Zhang Miaoyu worried that Li Yingling would leave her behind after the mission.
• Li Yingling introduced Zhang Miaoyu to Chu Xingchen as a trusted companion and asked whether she could join the sect.
• Chu Xingchen offered Zhang Miaoyu the position of Outer Sect Guest Advisor, and she eagerly accepted so she could remain beside Li Yingling.

Qinghe asked Cui Hao for another way to earn Spirit Stones, but he warned her that his suggestions could get her banished from the mountain. Xie Lingyu returned after reaching Nascent Soul, while Yan Yun questioned Lü Xuan about being called the Pill Punishment Sect Leader.

• Qinghe asked Cui Hao for more Spirit Stone-making ideas, and he warned that following them could leave her sleeping at the foot of the mountain.
• Xie Lingyu emerged from secluded cultivation, and Qinghe welcomed her back while explaining that Chu Xingchen had gone to see Li Yingling.
• Cui Hao introduced Zhou Ping as the Master's new outer sect disciple, and Xie Lingyu learned that Lin Luoyu had gone to Hidden Sword Peak.
• Bai Xuanling praised Xie Lingyu for consolidating her foundations and embraced her before Xie Lingyu asked why Chu Xingchen had come to the sect.
• Yan Yun asked Lü Xuan why people were calling him the Pill Punishment Sect Leader.

Lü Xuan and Yan Yun used the Heavenly Derivation Technique to examine four newcomers, whose strange fortunes made them wonder whether they had learned the art incorrectly. The newcomers headed toward Bai Xuanling, while Chu Xingchen guessed that the person waving at him was the sect leader.

• Lü Xuan explained his nickname and complained to Yan Yun about the burdens of leading the sect.
• Yan Yun told Lü Xuan that she had studied the Heavenly Derivation Technique but did not want to become sect leader, then demonstrated her progress.
• Yan Yun sensed a heaven-sized opportunity arriving at the sect, and she and Lü Xuan went to investigate the newcomers at the mountain gate.
• Lü Xuan and Yan Yun found the newcomers’ fortunes baffling: one man had immense blood qi but no detectable karma, while a young woman bore signs of great fortune and talent.
• Lü Xuan and Yan Yun examined the handsome young man and the final woman, then concluded the group was heading toward Bai Xuanling.
• Chu Xingchen waved back at Lü Xuan, and told Li Yingling that the person was probably the sect leader.