Chapter Summaries

Xia Yun uncovered that Zhu Kang had murdered the Holy Emperor and sent word to Li Rui, who cultivated the Blazing Flame Great Dao before learning of the plot. Li Rui teleported to Zhu Ting and Xia Yun’s room and declared that Zhu Kang deserved death.

• A Myriad Laws Palace cultivator disguised as Eunuch Zheng left White Mountain Temple, unaware that Xia Yun’s controlled ant had overheard him.
• Xia Yun told Zhu Ting that Zhu Kang had conspired to murder the Holy Emperor, and she offered to contact Li Rui through her insects.
• Li Rui consumed the Blazing Flame Great Dao’s rune, expanding his Violet Palace Realm and Immortal Court.
• Wang Zhao delivered Zhu Ting’s message to Li Rui, who learned of the plot and became determined to stop Zhu Kang.
• Li Rui teleported into Zhu Ting and Xia Yun’s room and condemned Zhu Kang, as a phoenix cried out in the Imperial City.

Li Rui led Righteous Path powerhouses into the capital to stop the Myriad Laws Palace’s plans and kill First Prince Zhu Kang. After defeating Sima Mo, Li Rui saw a Divine Dragon Phantom appear in the palace, where Zhu Kang recognized his father.

• Zhu Ting saw Qingluan Fairy and other Righteous Path powerhouses appear above the capital, and Li Rui told him they would cleanse the ruler’s side.
• Li Rui sent Zhu Ting to the Temple of Heaven and headed toward the capital as celestial beings battled above the city.
• Zhu Kang stabbed himself and used his blood to force a soul swap through the Jade Mirror, while Sima Mo prepared to sacrifice him and disrupt the kingdom’s fortune.
• Li Rui arrived at the palace, shattered Sima Mo’s defenses with two punches, and bound his fleeing Spirit Embryo.
• A Divine Dragon Phantom appeared in the palace, and Zhu Kang cried out in disbelief when he saw his father.

The Holy Emperor killed First Prince Zhu Kang and activated the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array to trap the Myriad Laws Palace attackers. After four Celestial Realm experts were defeated, thunder rolled from the Northern Horizon, leaving a new threat looming.

• The Holy Emperor revealed that he had been able to resist Zhu Kang’s scheme and killed him, destroying his Spirit Embryo.
• Tangli Fairy realized Myriad Laws Palace’s broader plan had damaged Yu Kingdom’s fortune, but the attackers faced danger after the Holy Emperor’s return.
• The Holy Emperor raised the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array over the capital, preventing the Celestial Realm experts from escaping.
• The Holy Emperor told Li Rui and Chief Zhang that the Grand Ancestor had left the array behind and may have found it in the Immortal Tomb.
• After an hour of fighting, Yu Kingdom’s forces defeated Myriad Laws Palace’s four Celestial Realm experts, and thunder sounded from the Northern Horizon.

After Gao Tianxia forced True Man Extinction into reincarnation, he gave Li Rui a thread of Extinction’s aura so Li Rui could track him down and kill him. The Holy Emperor entrusted Li Rui with a formation stone that could determine the Yu Kingdom’s next ruler, and Li Rui received notice that he had completed the Dynasty-Guarding Grand Array storyline.

• Gao Tianxia told Li Rui that True Man Extinction had gone to reincarnate and gave him an intercepted thread of aura to use against him.
• Gao Tianxia said he planned to leave for the Outer Heavens after the Sixty-Year Purge of Demons, but would guard Li Rui until he entered the Celestial Realm.
• The Holy Emperor regretted killing Zhu Kang, while Chief Zhang urged him to send his grown sons away as feudal princes; Li Rui agreed, and the Holy Emperor approved the plan.
• The Holy Emperor gave Li Rui the second formation stone and entrusted him with choosing its next holder if anything happened to him.
• Li Rui accepted the formation stone and received notice that he had completed the Dynasty-Guarding Grand Array storyline.

Li Rui mastered the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array and learned of its ties to the Ancient Immortal Court and the Immortal Tomb. He entered the Great Void Dao Field and asked the fading Weapon Spirit Old Man whether he knew the array.

• Li Rui received the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array as a reward and realized it could serve as a powerful dynasty-protecting array.
• The Holy Emperor revealed that Gao had returned his fortune to Great Yu, enabling the emperor to break through to the Celestial Realm and advance Yu Kingdom toward becoming a second-rate Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Rui studied the array and discovered that it came from the Ancient Immortal Court and might let him contact a hidden corner of it within the Immortal Tomb.
• Li Rui went to sleep, entered the Great Void Dao Field, and found that the Weapon Spirit Old Man was close to fading after nearly a century of guiding him.
• Li Rui asked the Weapon Spirit Old Man about the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array, and the old man guessed that Li Rui had obtained it.

Weapon Spirit Old Man recalled the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array and planned to use the Karma Fish Talisman to investigate the Immortal Court’s collapse and My Dao Lord’s fate. Meanwhile, Old Daoist Ji Sheng and Ji Jiao discussed the Golden Court Grotto-heaven’s strength, and Ji Jiao claimed he would reach the Heavenly Being Realm within a year.

• Weapon Spirit Old Man recognized the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array and asked Li Rui how he had obtained it.
• Li Rui recounted the Yu Dynasty events, and Weapon Spirit Old Man connected the array to the Immortal Court’s collapse and planned to study the Karma Fish Talisman.
• Li Rui left Longevity Dao Lord’s cave abode and cultivated in Wuzhong Dao Lord’s Star Core Grotto.
• Ji Jiao and Old Daoist Ji Sheng discussed the Golden Court Grotto-heaven’s fighters and the Immortal’s Gift that had protected them.
• Ji Jiao dismissed Li Rui as an opponent and told Old Daoist Ji Sheng he expected to break through to the Heavenly Being Realm within a year.

Li Rui learned from Gu Changsheng that he had entered the Heavenly Secret Record’s Human Register, gaining First-class Fortune and Achievement Points. After switching to a new ranking storyline, Li Rui decided to strengthen himself before seeking a higher placement.

• Gu Changsheng contacted Li Rui through the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion jade token and told him the Heavenly Secret Record had included him.
• Gu Changsheng explained that the Record’s rankings granted cultivators a share of First-class Fortune, which could aid their comprehension of the Great Dao.
• Li Rui’s panel offered him a new storyline, and he chose to switch to the Immortal Ranking mode.
• The panel unlocked the Immortal Ranking achievement and recorded Li Rui’s entry into the Heavenly Secret Record Human Register, raising his Achievement to 30/100.
• Gu Changsheng gave Li Rui a jade talisman to find him in Jade Firmament Province, and Li Rui resolved to improve his strength before climbing the rankings.

Ji Jiao encountered a Ghost King lineage inheritor while traveling with Ji Sheng, and Wu De escaped Ji Jiao’s attack before warning Li Rui about the Ji Family’s arrival at the Immortal Tomb. Li Rui decided to stay uninvolved, then received word from Weapon Spirit Old Man that he had succeeded.

• Ji Jiao learned that Li Rui had entered the Heavenly Secret Record and dismissed the possibility that Li Rui could become his future opponent.
• Ji Sheng sensed an inheritor of the Ghost King lineage, and Ji Jiao struck the lurking Wu De, who escaped using his Substitute Technique.
• Wu De healed his superficial wound and sent Li Rui intelligence about Ji Jiao and the Nascent Soul Ancestor accompanying him.
• Li Rui learned that the Ji Family had arrived at the Immortal Tomb and chose not to spread the news or get involved.
• Weapon Spirit Old Man called to Li Rui and announced that he had succeeded.

Li Rui used the Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Grand Array to enter the Immortal Court within the Immortal Tomb and discovered that its weapon spirit had noticed his talent and youth. He explored the ancient court and recognized a divine-iron peach tree as an Immortal's Gift.

• Weapon Spirit Old Man used the Karma Fish Talisman and Longevity Dao Lord's methods to conceal Li Rui's karma as he traced the Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Grand Array.
• Li Rui activated the array beneath the imperial palace and was drawn into the ancient Immortal Court within the Immortal Tomb.
• Li Rui found the complete, ancient Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Grand Array and realized the Immortal Court was far larger than the version in his Violet Palace Realm.
• A child's voice identified Li Rui as young and talented, revealing that the Immortal Court still had a weapon spirit.
• Li Rui continued deeper into the Immortal Court, approached a peach tree forged from divine iron, and recognized it as an Immortal's Gift.

Yu Yan, Ji Sheng, and Gao Tianxia sensed another awakening in the Immortal Tomb, while Li Rui learned it held an Immortal's Gift and chose to focus on helping the Holy Emperor reach the Celestial Realm. Li Rui used the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array to grant the Holy Emperor Grotto-heaven Fortune, and the chapter ended with Li Rui declaring that it was done.

• Yu Yan arrived at the Immortal Tomb and found Ji Sheng and Ji Jiao there, then Gao Tianxia appeared as well.
• Yu Yan challenged Ji Sheng's presence in Taihua Province, but Ji Sheng claimed the Immortal Tomb was fated for the Ji Clan; afterward, Ji Sheng invited Gao Tianxia to join the clan, and Gao Tianxia declined.
• Li Rui realized the Immortal Tomb held an Immortal's Gift and decided to pursue Achievement Points by helping the Holy Emperor enter the Celestial Realm.
• Li Rui activated the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array, sending Grotto-heaven Fortune to the Holy Emperor and giving him a guaranteed path to the Celestial Realm.
• Li Rui sensed that the Yu Kingdom's fortune had fallen by thirty percent after the National Foundation's turmoil, then declared that his effort was done.

Li Rui watched the Holy Emperor survive his heavenly tribulation and help Yu Kingdom gain approval to advance to a Second-rate Immortal Dynasty. The chapter ended with the Immortal Dynasty Advancement storyline completed.

• Li Rui watched the Holy Emperor endure the Earth Fiend Tribulation and emerge from the Inner Demon Tribulation as a Celestial Realm cultivator.
• The Holy Emperor thanked Li Rui and bowed to him for his help through the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array.
• Li Rui remained in the capital for a year while Yu Kingdom awaited the Human Emperor Hall's decision.
• The Human Emperor Hall issued an Imperial Edict approving Yu Kingdom's advancement to a Second-rate Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Rui's panel announced that he had completed the Immortal Dynasty Advancement storyline.

After Yu Kingdom advanced to a second-rate immortal dynasty, Li Rui gained Achievement Points and comprehended the Dragon Supporting Great Dao. He celebrated his birthday with his disciples and arranged their futures, then sensed a Spirit Severing Realm Sword Cultivator cleave the Ten Thousand Mountains.

• Yu Kingdom advanced to a second-rate immortal dynasty, earning Li Rui 30 Achievement Points and replenishing the dynasty's fortune.
• Li Rui comprehended the Dragon Supporting Great Dao and realized that each Great Dao required a catalyst.
• Li Rui celebrated his one hundred and ninetieth birthday with his five disciples and appointed Liang He and Liu Tong to official careers.
• Li Rui kept Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao by his side, advised Yuan An on becoming a good Prince, and infused immortal qi into all five disciples.
• A Spirit Severing Realm Sword Cultivator ancestor cleaved the Ten Thousand Mountains, and Li Rui sensed the strike from the capital.

Li Rui traveled to Qinghe Enclosure after a Spirit Severing Realm Sword Cultivator disrupted the Immortal Tomb, where the exposed immortal tree drew powerful sects’ attention. He visited Wu De in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and a handsome young man arrived to confront the Daoist.

• Li Rui learned that an unidentified Sword Cultivator from Southern Zhengyang Province had struck the Immortal Tomb and was ordered by the Holy Emperor to help Yuan Dingting.
• Li Rui traveled south to Qinghe Enclosure, where Yuan Dingting told him that the strike had pushed the Immortal Tomb forward and revealed an immortal tree.
• Li Rui went alone into the Ten Thousand Mountains and met Wu De, who explained that the Immortal Item had rejected powerful cultivators seeking to claim it.
• A handsome young man appeared before Wu De and taunted him, saying he would not escape this time.

Li Rui fought Ji Jiao, a Ji Clan prodigy who challenged him over their rankings in the Heavenly Secret Record. Li Rui defeated him in the True Martial Realm, and Ji Jiao accepted that he would have to yield his place; several divine senses then settled on Li Rui.

• Ji Jiao recognized Li Rui and challenged him, eager to test the man ranked three places above him in the Heavenly Secret Record.
• Ji Jiao manifested his Azure Dragon Law Body, and Li Rui used the True Martial Realm to suppress it.
• Ji Jiao charged Li Rui, but Li Rui overpowered him physically and relentlessly pursued him within the True Martial Realm.
• Ji Sheng caught Ji Jiao as Li Rui blasted him toward the ground, and Gao Tianxia appeared beside Li Rui.
• Ji Sheng acknowledged Ji Jiao's defeat and left with him, while several strands of divine sense fell upon Li Rui.

Li Rui used his victory over Ji Jiao to gain Achievement Points, then continued cultivating while Ji Jiao broke through to the Celestial Realm and vowed to reclaim his Dao Heart. Li Rui reached the brink of his own breakthrough, and seven days after sensing his nearly complete Dao foundation, his Celestial Tribulation began over the capital.

• White Jade Capital elders praised Li Rui and said Sword River True Monarch had already claimed him, while Li Rui saw that his Immortal Ranking had risen and earned 30 Achievement Points for completing the Battle of Geniuses.
• Gao Tianxia praised Li Rui for finally acting boldly, and Ji Sheng told Ji Jiao to treat Li Rui as an inner demon that he had to defeat before entering the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Five years later, Li Rui sensed Ji Jiao's tribulation from afar and continued cultivating after Ji Jiao successfully reached the Celestial Realm.
• Ji Jiao told Ji Sheng he would stabilize his foundation and defeat Li Rui to reclaim his Dao Heart, while Li Rui kept nurturing his own Dao foundation.
• The Holy Emperor offered Li Rui the Yu Kingdom's spirit stones to help him break through, but Li Rui declined and reassured him that he knew his limits.
• Li Rui's Dao foundation reached ninety-nine zhang and nine chi, and seven days later his Celestial Tribulation gathered above the capital.

Li Rui openly underwent the Celestial Tribulation, drawing the attention of the Holy Emperor, Ji Jiao, and Yuan Xuanming. After enduring a day and night of supreme-grade lightning, he faced the Six Paths Yanluo Heart Demon Tribulation.

• The Holy Emperor and Prime Minister Zhang Zilu sensed Li Rui's Celestial Tribulation and celebrated his breakthrough.
• Li Rui explained why he chose to undergo tribulation openly, then rose into the sky as Liu Tiezhu and the others watched.
• Ji Jiao sensed Li Rui's breakthrough and looked forward to facing him as a rival on the Dao.
• Yuan Xuanming sensed the tribulation while completing the third transformation of the Azure Dragon Nine Transformations, but chose to keep building strength against Yu Kingdom.
• Li Rui endured a thousand-mile spiritual-energy vortex and a day and night of supreme-grade lightning, which could not destroy his Strength Cultivator body.
• The lightning faded, and Li Rui was engulfed by black mist as the Six Paths Yanluo Heart Demon Tribulation began.

Li Rui passed the Six Paths Yama Heart Demon Tribulation by breaking free of a reincarnation in which his disciple Ma Yang killed him, and advanced to the Celestial Realm. The Holy Emperor named him King Chu, while the system awarded him the Break Through Samsara talent.

• Li Rui experienced a life as an elderly Zhu Family groom, fearing that Ma Yang would take his position and leave him destitute.
• In the reincarnation, Ma Yang appeared alongside an attacker who beat Li Rui, but Li Rui remembered that he had already poisoned Ma Yang to death and broke free of the samsara.
• Li Rui passed the Six Paths Yama Heart Demon Tribulation, perfected his state of mind, and advanced to the Celestial Realm.
• The Holy Emperor and more than a thousand cultivators congratulated Li Rui, and the Holy Emperor conferred on him the title King Chu of Great Yu.
• The system completed Li Rui's Conferred King mission and granted him the Break Through Samsara talent.

Li Rui arrived in the former Bull Immortal Dynasty as King Chu, took over its imperial palace, and began living in emperor-like luxury while preparing to suppress its rebels. After learning that seventy-two rebel factions controlled most of the territory, he waited for the conflict to unfold as he cultivated.

• Li Rui accepted Taihua Province as his fief and led the Annan Garrison army and half the Jiannan Garrison army to the former Bull Immortal Dynasty.
• Du Ming and Chu Hu greeted Li Rui, whose followers took control of the palace and made it his princely residence.
• Li Rui reopened the palace, recalled officials to court, and recruited palace maids and eunuchs to restore its grandeur.
• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that seventy-two rebel factions occupied much of the former dynasty's territory.
• Li Rui resolved to make the old officials and powerful clans submit or face suppression, then continued enjoying himself and cultivating.

Li Rui crushed the rebel leaders in Weiwu City, then used fear and indulgence to bring the Seventy-two Rebel Factions under control and stabilize the former Bull Immortal Dynasty. Seven years later, as Grand Governor-General of the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion, he returned to the Great Void Dao Field, where Weapon Spirit Old Man reminded him of their agreement.

• Li Rui appeared in the Bai Family residence, suppressed the assembled rebel leaders, and killed everyone inside.
• News of Li Rui's massacre spread, and the Seventy-two Rebel Factions realized he would use any means to subdue them.
• Ning Zhongtian brought Li Rui two maidservants, while Li Rui continued accepting gifts and used both fear and indulgence to divide the rebels and secure their surrender.
• Over seven years, Yu Kingdom eradicated the Seventy-two Rebel Factions and established the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion, with Li Rui as its first Grand Governor-General.
• After cultivating and sleeping, Li Rui arrived at the Great Void Dao Field, where Weapon Spirit Old Man reminded him to honor their agreement once he formed his Primordial Spirit.

Weapon Spirit Old Man explained the grades of Primordial Spirits and the possibility of an Immortal Spirit, prompting Li Rui to consider reaching that height. Li Rui encouraged Liu Tiezhu to pursue artifact refining and accepted an invitation to the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering, where he hoped to seek allies.

• Weapon Spirit Old Man warned Li Rui not to settle for a Pure Void Primordial Spirit and described the Immortal Spirit and the strong foundations needed to cultivate one.
• Li Rui recognized that his Spirit Embryo, Dao foundation, and Violet Palace Realm might give him a chance to attain an Immortal Spirit.
• Li Rui reassured Liu Tiezhu that he could pursue iron forging and still reach the Dao Lord Realm.
• Du Ming delivered an invitation for Li Rui to attend the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering and discuss the Dao.
• Li Rui agreed to attend the gathering, recognizing it as an opportunity to seek allies and influence the Heavenly Secret Record rankings.