Chapter Summaries

Wu De triggered the awakening of an immortal tomb in the Ten Thousand Mountains, revealing that it held a being above the Dao Lord and drawing powerful cultivators from across the world. Li Rui rescued Wu De, then chose to stay outside the tomb while Meng Chong prepared to enter with the Marquis.

• Wu De's Burial Scripture Secret Technique revealed a colossal immortal tomb in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and he realized its occupant was above the Dao Lord.
• Li Rui arrived, used a Great Teleportation Talisman to take Wu De thousands of miles away, and asked him what had happened.
• Li Rui learned that the Sword Emperor and numerous first-rank experts were heading for the tomb, while Gao Tianxia would likely remain in the capital.
• Meng Chong offered to stay outside so Li Rui could enter the tomb, but Li Rui revealed he had become a Second Grade Talisman Master and said Meng Chong should go instead.
• Li Rui agreed to remain outside and asked Meng Chong to bring back any talismans or formations he found in the tomb.

Li Rui discovered that the Southern Heaven Gate replenished his immortal qi without end, giving him the foundation to cultivate the Profound Unity Concealment Method. When an Immortal Tomb upheaval split the Ten Thousand Mountains, he learned that Yuan Dingting and the other first-rank experts were battling a Dao Lord Remnant Soul, then went to meet Daoist Wu.

• Weapon Spirit Old Man warned Li Rui that the Immortal Tomb was too dangerous to enter and advised him to cultivate the Profound Unity Concealment Method carefully.
• Li Rui realized that the Southern Heaven Gate let him draw an endless supply of immortal qi and considered whether he might one day ascend through it.
• Yuan Dingting took Meng Chong, Nie Siming, Yuan Xiong, Ning Zhongtian, and Tan Hu into the Ten Thousand Mountains, leaving Yuan An at Qinghe Villa.
• An earthquake split the Ten Thousand Mountains, and Li Rui saw the Immortal Tomb's upheaval shake the region.
• Nie Siming, Yuan Xiong, and the other survivors returned badly wounded; Meng Chong told Li Rui that a Dao Lord Remnant Soul had attacked them.
• Meng Chong said Yuan Dingting, the Sword Emperor, and other first-rank experts were trying to wear down the remnant soul, and Li Rui went to the foot of the Ten Thousand Mountains to meet Daoist Wu.

Li Rui learned what had happened in the Immortal Tomb while the National Preceptor gave Zhou Tong a weapon to use against him. Back at Qinghe Villa, Weapon Spirit Old Man objected to Li Rui pursuing Proving Dao Through Strength, but Li Rui revealed Primordial Unity Qi.

• Wu De showed Li Rui a Shadow Projection Talisman recording the events inside the Immortal Tomb, and Li Rui returned to Qinghe Villa.
• Zhou Tong told the National Preceptor that a Dao Lord Remnant Soul had appeared and urged him to seize Li Rui's Dao Embryo while Gu Changsheng and Yuan Dingting were occupied.
• The National Preceptor refused to attack Li Rui because Gao Tianxia protected his path, but gave Zhou Tong the Purple Gold Bowl, which held the power of a Dao Body strike.
• Weapon Spirit Old Man warned Li Rui that Proving Dao Through Strength was an arduous path and urged him to follow another Dao.
• Li Rui demonstrated his choice by releasing treasure light, and Weapon Spirit Old Man recognized it as Primordial Unity Qi.

Weapon Spirit Old Man recognized that Li Rui had cultivated Primordial Unity Qi and gave him the insights of a great Body Cultivator to aid his pursuit of Proving Dao Through Strength. As Li Rui continued training at Qinghe Enclosure, Zhou Tong watched from afar and plotted to seize his Dao Embryo when an opportunity arose.

• Weapon Spirit Old Man identified Li Rui's Primordial Unity Qi and gave him a Body Cultivator's insights, believing they could help Li Rui prove the Dao through strength.
• Li Rui recalled that a million punches had unified his Great Dao and cultivated Primordial Unity Qi, then studied the insights and continued his training.
• Li Rui saw Meng Chong sparring with Nie Siming and Yuan Xiong, and Meng Chong led them into the Ten Thousand Mountains to inspect the suppressed Dao Lord Remnant Soul.
• Zhou Tong watched Li Rui's residence from outside Qinghe Enclosure and resolved to wait for turmoil that might let him obtain Li Rui's Dao Embryo.

Yuan An reached Profound Comprehension and credited Li Rui for his success. Then Grand Eunuch Zheng Yannan arrived with the Holy Emperor’s orders to watch the National Preceptor and asked Li Rui to summon his grandmaster, Gao Tianxia, to help prevent disaster.

• Yuan An told Li Rui that he had broken through to Profound Comprehension, and Li Rui praised him before sending him to train.
• Li Rui watched Yuan An leave and reflected that his disciples had grown capable of standing on their own.
• Zheng Yannan suddenly appeared at the Qinghe Enclosure, introduced himself as the Holy Emperor’s emissary, and told Li Rui that the Gao Clan had colluded with the National Preceptor to rebel.
• Zheng Yannan asked Li Rui to write to Gao Tianxia and invite him to help stop the National Preceptor from bringing calamity upon the Yu Kingdom.
• Li Rui agreed to contact his grandmaster.

Marquis Dingyuan Liao Qi accepted the Holy Emperor’s offer to send the Liao Clan to the Immortal Cultivation World and joined Zheng Yannan’s side against the National Preceptor. The chapter ended with Zheng Yannan declaring their next move: “Slay the Dragon Head!”

• Zheng Yannan stopped Liao Qi on the road in Cloud Province and urged him to turn back, offering to send the Liao Clan to the Immortal Cultivation World.
• Liao Qi realized the Holy Emperor’s offer was sincere, praised his magnanimity, and drew his saber to fight alongside Zheng Yannan against the National Preceptor.
• Liao Qi and Zheng Yannan met Li Rui, and Liao Qi expressed his wish to befriend him.
• Li Rui learned that Zheng Yannan was Eunuch Zheng’s master and asked what they would do next.
• Zheng Yannan declared that they would slay the Dragon Head.

Li Rui learned that the Imperial Court planned to strike the National Preceptor during the Heavenly Dog Devours the Moon, while the National Preceptor made his own preparations involving Li Rui. As the attack began at the Dragon Locking Array, Marquis Dingyuan discovered that the National Preceptor had turned the Dragon Seekers’ deaths into a Bone Dragon.

• Li Rui heard Zheng Yannan and Marquis Dingyuan set their attack on the National Preceptor for seven days later, when the Dragon Vein’s fortune would be suppressed.
• The National Preceptor learned that the old eunuch had left the capital and ordered Zhou Tong to prepare for action against Li Rui in seven days.
• During the eclipse, Li Rui watched the moon disappear with Yuan An and anticipated a major change in the Yu Kingdom.
• Marquis Dingyuan and Zheng Yannan appeared inside the Dragon Locking Array, and Marquis Dingyuan declared Yuan Xuanming a rebel.
• The Dragon Locking Array killed most of the Dragon Seekers and fed their blood qi into a Bone Dragon, prompting Marquis Dingyuan to cry out, “Are you going to slay the dragon?!”

The National Preceptor revealed his plan to sever the Yu Kingdom’s fortune and transform himself into a dragon, while Yellow Dragon Child tried to hold Gao Tianxia back by undergoing Celestial Ascension. As Li Rui sheltered Yuan An in a fortified cave abode, an immortal gate appeared in the Ten Thousand Mountains, startling the National Preceptor.

• The National Preceptor revealed that he had slain the previous Holy Emperor and planned to sever half the Yu Kingdom’s fortune as part of his transformations toward the Celestial realm.
• Marquis Dingyuan and the old eunuch attacked the National Preceptor, but his Dragon Vein overwhelmed them as the Dragon Slaying Great Array neared completion.
• Yellow Dragon Child confronted Gao Tianxia at East Sea City and began a Celestial Ascension tribulation to keep him occupied.
• Li Rui recognized Yellow Dragon Child from He Jiuxuan’s memories, realized the plan, and took Yuan An to a fortified cave abode to wait out the fighting.
• A hundred-li pillar of light pierced the clouds in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and the National Preceptor recognized it as an immortal gate.

Gu Changsheng activated the Ascension Platform in the Immortal Tomb, transporting the Golden Court Grotto-heaven to the Immortal Cultivation World and forcing the National Preceptor to flee. As powerful outsiders arrived, Li Rui prepared to leave for the Immortal Tomb, but Zhou Tong ambushed him with Earth Immortal-level Magic Treasures.

• Gu Changsheng revealed that he had used the Earth Immortals and the National Preceptor’s Immortal Fruit Spirit to activate the Ascension Platform and bring the Golden Court Grotto-heaven into the Immortal Cultivation World.
• The National Preceptor abandoned the Great Dragon Locking Array, burned his fortune, and fled as powerful beings pursued him.
• Li Rui learned what Gu Changsheng had done from Wu De, used the Profound Unity Concealment Method, and prepared to go to the Immortal Tomb.
• Zhou Tong ambushed Li Rui with a pair of golden bowl Magic Treasures, but Li Rui formed countless Talisman Arrays to meet their attack.

Li Rui defeated Zhou Tong, captured his Spirit Embryo, and planned to claim a reward for the merit. After the battle, he received an achievement reward that gave him half of the Evergreen Immortal Contemplation Diagram.

• Li Rui exhausted the Golden Alms Bowl's power and recognized that Zhou Tong had killed Seven Evils’ killer only after realizing Li Rui was responsible.
• Li Rui disrupted Zhou Tong's escape technique, defeated him with his fists, and captured his Spirit Embryo with the Spirit Binding Rope.
• Li Rui decided to turn Zhou Tong over to the Imperial Court for merit, then handed Yuan An the Spirit Binding Rope.
• Li Rui noticed cultivators from the Immortal Cultivation World approaching and set out with Yuan An to find Gu Changsheng.
• Li Rui completed the A Cut Above achievement, earned 40 Achievement Points, and received half of the Evergreen Immortal Contemplation Diagram.

Li Rui obtained the complete Evergreen Immortal Contemplation Diagram after defeating Zhou Tong, then met Gu Changsheng outside the Immortal Tomb and learned the truth behind the upheaval. Gu Changsheng revealed that he was a banished immortal and explained why White Jade Capital was hunting the escaped National Preceptor, while Li Rui resolved to keep his own immortal aura secret.

• Li Rui received the complete Evergreen Immortal Contemplation Diagram when the system enhanced his reward, bringing him closer to Proving Dao Through Strength.
• Li Rui took Yuan An to the Ten Thousand Mountains to meet Gu Changsheng outside the Immortal Tomb.
• Gu Changsheng explained that the Holy Emperor, Chief Zhang, and he had set a trap for the National Preceptor, bringing the Golden Court Grotto-heaven into the Immortal Cultivation World.
• Gu Changsheng revealed that he came from the Immortal Cultivation World and was a banished immortal.
• Gu Changsheng explained that the escaped National Preceptor was being hunted because Si Feng had given him twenty percent of the Immortal Fruit Spirit, and Li Rui resolved to conceal his own immortal aura.
• Gu Changsheng took Zhou Tong's Spirit Embryo from Yuan An and left to entertain people from White Jade Capital.

After Great Yu secured White Jade Capital’s protection, Li Rui was named Marquis Wu'an for his service to the empire. Eunuch Zheng then revealed that the emperor wanted Li Rui to join Divine Firmament City, and Li Rui agreed to go.

• Li Rui and Nie Siming discussed Great Yu’s stability under White Jade Capital’s protection and Gao Tianxia’s victory over Yellow Dragon Child.
• Li Rui cultivated with the complete Immortal Evergreen Diagram and strengthened his supply of immortal qi and Immortal Domain.
• Eunuch Zheng delivered the imperial decree granting Li Rui the title Marquis Wu'an, and Li Rui received 30 Achievement Points.
• Li Rui hosted Eunuch Zheng at Fortune Gathering Tower, where Eunuch Zheng revealed that White Jade Capital was moving Divine Firmament City to Yu Kingdom and had appointed Gao Tianxia its deputy city lord.
• Eunuch Zheng told Li Rui that the emperor wanted him to serve in Divine Firmament City as at least an elder, and Li Rui agreed to go.

Li Rui prepared to take up his fief as Marquis of East Sea City, bringing Ning Zhongtian and his companions to the city before heading to Divine Firmament City. At East Sea Pavilion, they were met by Gao Tianxia, whom Li Rui greeted as his grandmaster.

• Ning Zhongtian cursed the nobles who had impeached Li Rui, and Li Rui told him to keep a low profile and prepare to leave for Divine Firmament City.
• Li Rui explained that the Holy Emperor had demoted several young censors who had tried to obstruct his appointment as an elder.
• Li Rui told Yuan An to remain with the Yuan family and keep its household in order, then set out for East Sea City with Ning Zhongtian and his closest companions.
• Li Rui and his group entered East Sea City and traveled through its bustling streets to East Sea Pavilion.
• A towering man emerged from East Sea Pavilion, and Li Rui greeted him as his grandmaster.

Gao Tianxia demonstrated a world-splitting punch to Li Rui, then arranged for him to guard East Sea City while Divine Firmament City settled nearby. Three years later, Ning Zhongtian dealt with Demonic Cultivators when someone remarked on how difficult they were to kill.

• Gao Tianxia punched a vast ravine through the crimson clouds using only his External Skill, and Li Rui grasped the punch’s intent.
• Li Rui received the title of Marquis and spent a year in East Sea City before Divine Firmament City flew in and linked Taihua Province with Golden Court Grotto-heaven.
• Gao Tianxia arranged for East Sea City to become a satellite city and told Li Rui to guard it in his stead.
• Tan Yu and Yu Ziyi visited Li Rui with three Divine Firmament City stewards, whose hostility toward him confirmed his grandmaster’s wisdom in keeping him away from the city’s disputes.
• Three years later, Ning Zhongtian killed Demonic Cultivators at an abandoned temple before someone behind him remarked that they were difficult to kill.

Li Rui killed Ghost Infant Daoist, strengthened his Violet Palace, and prepared to expand the Heaven Origin Commerce Association as he sensed Dao Integration nearing. Meanwhile, White Jade Capital Walker Wen Xuan arrived in East Sea City with Fu Rui and Shi Xueyan to seek talented cultivators, and Fu Rui mentioned Li Rui as a promising genius.

• Li Rui returned with Ghost Infant Daoist's head after he and Ning Zhongtian had defeated the demon and his followers, and Ning Zhongtian ordered the head displayed on East Sea City's walls.
• Li Rui reflected on the spread of demonic unrest and the Ten Thousand Demons Cave's influence across the Endless Sea Domain.
• Li Rui absorbed most of Gao Tianxia's punch essence, expanding his Violet Palace from thirty zhang to fifty, and took over the Heaven Origin Commerce Association to secure more spiritual energy.
• Li Rui sensed that Dao Integration was near as he cultivated in the Marquis's residence.
• Wen Xuan arrived in East Sea City with Fu Rui and Shi Xueyan to seek immortal talent, and Fu Rui identified Li Rui as a promising genius.

Immortal Envoys from White Jade Capital visited Li Rui to recruit cultivation geniuses and investigate people connected to an immortal fruit. After Wen Xuan left, Li Rui recognized how dangerous the encounter had been and resolved to practice concealing his understanding of immortal qi.

• Li Rui received Wen Xuan, Fu Rui, and Shi Xueyan, who said they had come from White Jade Capital to seek cultivation geniuses.
• Wen Xuan revealed that Gu Changsheng belonged to the Heavenly Secret Merchants and asked whether Li Rui knew Yuan Xuanming.
• Wen Xuan told Li Rui that White Jade Capital had suppressed Si Feng and killed Yuan Xuanming for their roles in distributing the capital's immortal fruit spirit.
• Wen Xuan asked Li Rui to name others who had received Si Feng's immortal qi, and Li Rui listed several Ghost Underworld Sect figures as well as himself.
• Wen Xuan assured Li Rui that White Jade Capital would not punish him for receiving a trace of converted spiritual qi, then left with Fu Rui and Shi Xueyan.
• After the envoys departed, Li Rui realized Wen Xuan had been probing him and decided to practice concealing his mastery of immortal qi.

Li Rui avoided joining Tan Yu’s campaign against the Ten Thousand Demons Cave because Wen Xuan would be present, then began a breakthrough he concealed as an attempt to enter the Violet Palace Realm. As the thirty-six cities’ search stalled and Fu Rui offered to track the demons with a Ten Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Talisman, Li Rui sensed his opportunity and began to unite with the Dao.

• Tan Yu invited Li Rui to join the campaign against the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, but Li Rui declined because Wen Xuan’s presence risked exposing his immortal qi.
• Li Rui’s reputation grew while he secluded himself, and Ning Zhongtian reported that the Ten Thousand Demons Cave had escaped after learning of the cities’ plans.
• Li Rui prepared seventeen great pills and began his breakthrough, intending to unite with the Dao rather than enter the Violet Palace Realm.
• Tan Yu and the other city leaders searched the Boundless Sea without success and suspected that someone among them had leaked their plans.
• Fu Rui offered to activate a Ten Thousand Mile Soul Chasing Talisman to locate the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, earning Tan Yu’s praise.
• Li Rui sensed his opportunity to unite with the Dao, concealed the fluctuations in his room with talismans, array flags, and the Profound Unity Concealment Method, and began the breakthrough.

After three years of closed-door cultivation, Li Rui integrated Dao by opening a small world within his Violet Palace and strengthening his body through Proving Dao Through Strength. He emerged as a half-immortal, confident he could eventually reach the Dao Body Realm and survive its heavenly tribulation.

• Li Rui recited the Great Dao Scripture as his Violet Palace expanded and divided into Heaven and Earth, forming a small world with a living peach tree and lotus.
• Li Rui practiced Gao Tianxia’s fist technique in an epiphany, solidifying his Dao and expanding his Immortal Domain to ten zhang.
• Li Rui discovered his Dao Embryo Infant had matured and felt the immense power of the Great Dao in his body.
• Li Rui came out of closed-door cultivation and learned from Ning Zhongtian that three years had passed.
• Li Rui reflected that sixty years had passed since he began cultivating at seventy, and he assessed his chances of reaching the Dao Body Realm and transcending the heavenly tribulation.

Li Rui emerged from three years of closed-door cultivation and learned that Fu Rui had helped destroy Ten Thousand Demons Cave and might join White Jade Capital. Elsewhere, Zhuo Sha awakened in a cave and realized a Corpse Dissolution Immortal had resurrected him, while a message from Divine Firmament City left Li Rui and Tan Yu stunned by news of Fu Rui’s death.

• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that Ten Thousand Demons Cave had been wiped out, Tan Hu had become a city lord, and Fu Rui’s talisman had located the cave’s headquarters.
• Tan Hu said Fu Rui might become a core member of White Jade Capital, and Li Rui warned him not to speak carelessly while deciding he would not seek a place there himself.
• Zhuo Sha awakened in a cave surrounded by the corpses of Ten Thousand Demons Cave cultivators and recognized the figure before him as a Corpse Dissolution Immortal who had resurrected him.
• Tan Yu visited Li Rui to congratulate him on his progress, but a message from Divine Firmament City told them that Fu Rui was dead.

After Fu Rui was killed by a Corpse Demon, Li Rui reflected on the dangers of cultivation and prepared for his own tribulation. A year later, news of a Five Thunder Divine Shield led him to plan a trip to Divine Firmament City.

• Chong Hua learned that his disciple Fu Rui had died to a Corpse Demon and set out with Tan Yu to avenge him.
• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that Chong Hua had taken action, and Li Rui turned his thoughts to preparing for Tribulation Transcendence.
• Li Rui spent a year cultivating in East Sea City while waiting for signs of his heavenly tribulation.
• Gao Tianxia told Li Rui that a Five Thunder Divine Shield had appeared in Divine Firmament City.
• Li Rui invited Tan Hu and Ge Hong to accompany him to Divine Firmament City, and Tan Hu eagerly agreed.