Chapter Summaries

Li Rui brought Tan Hu, Liu Tiezhu, and Wang Zhao to Cloud Platform Town for the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering, where he reunited with Pei Yao and learned that Liu Taxing had died. When the gathering began, Cloud Platform Mountain disciples recognized Li Rui as a Celestial Realm cultivator and invited him onto the mountain.

• Li Rui paid for four rooms at an expensive inn and learned that only Celestial Realm cultivators could enter the mountain for the gathering, while the town hosted an Immortal Market for other visitors.
• Li Rui encountered Pei Yao and learned she had come to search for treasure rather than attend the gathering.
• Pei Yao told Li Rui that Liu Taxing had died in a trial ten years earlier and that someone had coveted the Immortal Fruit Spirit within him.
• After three days, Li Rui prepared to leave the inn as the gathering began, and Cloud Platform Mountain disciples bowed and invited him onto the mountain.
• The inn waiter realized that Li Rui was a Celestial Realm lord.

Li Rui attended the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering, where cultivators used the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror to clash their Great Daos. After three days of battles, Ji Jiao challenged Li Rui, who accepted with confidence.

• Li Rui met Qingluan Fairy at the Dragon Rearing Pool and learned that her master had sent her north after a divination.
• Ji Jiao crossed the pool against the rules, received a warning from a Spirit Severing elder, and greeted Li Rui, who ignored him.
• The Cloud Platform Three Elders unveiled the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror, and cultivators began competing within it to discuss the Dao.
• After three days of battles, Ji Jiao challenged Li Rui to a match in the mirror.
• Li Rui stepped forward and told Ji Jiao he would grant his wish to lose again.

Li Rui defeated Ji Jiao after they fought for a year in the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror, revealing that Li Rui had also nurtured immortal aura. Ji Jiao left with his Dao Heart shattered again, but resolved to challenge Li Rui once he reached the peak of the Heavenly Being Realm.

• Ji Jiao transformed into a dragon and used his immortal aura to keep Li Rui at a distance with Dragon Flame.
• Li Rui advanced through Ji Jiao’s attacks as they fought for a day and night, then continued fighting after a Cloud Platform elder accelerated time with the Great Dao of Time.
• After a year of fighting, Li Rui revealed his immortal light, seized Ji Jiao in dragon form, and shattered the mirror’s image.
• Ji Jiao learned that Li Rui’s immortal aura was deeper than his own and left after losing, vowing to challenge Li Rui again at the peak of the Heavenly Being Realm.

At the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering, Li Rui revealed his immortal qi, gained fame, and built connections while preparing for threats to the Eastern Governor-General’s lands. The gathering ended with Fa Ran, a Nascent Soul elder of White Jade Capital, inviting Li Rui to Cloud Platform Mountain and giving him a token that granted free entry.

• Ji Jiao’s writing caused Li Rui to gain Achievement Points, and Li Rui used his display of immortal qi to manage the attention of powerful cultivators.
• Qingluan Fairy asked when Li Rui had cultivated immortal qi, and Li Rui gave a casual answer while concealing his real methods and motives.
• The Dao discourse continued for three days, followed by half a month of exchanges in which many factions approached Li Rui to build ties.
• Li Rui considered the danger of rival immortal dynasties seeking to annex the Eastern Governor-General’s lands and watched the representatives of those factions.
• Fa Ran revealed that he was a White Jade Capital elder serving as one of the Cloud Platform Three Elders, then gave Li Rui a token granting free access to Cloud Platform Mountain.

After the Cloud Platform Immortal Gathering, Li Rui stayed in Cloud Platform Town and waited for Pei Yao, who sought his help with a curse that threatened her cultivation. He promised to remove it and deal with the powerful elder behind it, then told her to visit him at the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion.

• Qingluan Fairy invited Li Rui to visit Southern Zhengyang Province, but he stayed in Cloud Platform Town to build connections.
• Li Rui and his three disciples remained in town for three days and found several treasures.
• Pei Yao visited Li Rui after hearing he had comprehended immortal qi and asked about it.
• Li Rui recognized the Spirit Guiding Immortal Curse locking away Pei Yao's Immortal Fruit Spirit and offered to remove it.
• Pei Yao revealed the curse had forced her to enter the Celestial Realm at the cost of her foundation, and Li Rui suspected the Nine-Time Elder had cast it.
• Li Rui told Pei Yao to visit him at the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion, and she left wondering whether her waist was slender.

Pei Yao pledged to serve the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion for a hundred years in exchange for Li Rui's help breaking the Spirit Guiding Immortal Curse. Li Rui removed the restriction and repaired her hidden injuries, while Jiang Linxian's warning stopped the Nine-Time Elder from interfering.

• Pei Yao offered to serve the Eastern Governor-General's Mansion for a hundred years, and she and Li Rui sealed their agreement with a Dao Oath.
• Li Rui used immortal qi to attack the Spirit Guiding Immortal Curse inside Pei Yao, causing her intense pain.
• The Nine-Time Elder realized Pei Yao was trying to break the curse and prepared to retaliate against Li Rui.
• A Daoist boy delivered Jiang Linxian's warning to the Nine-Time Elder, who backed down rather than risk offending a True Lord.
• Li Rui removed Pei Yao's restriction and repaired injuries to her Great Dao, giving her a chance to reach the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Pei Yao thanked Li Rui and promised to do anything he asked.

Li Rui cultivated after Pei Yao explained the Celestial Realm and reported that she had defeated an invading army. Meanwhile, the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty chose Yuan Xianggong as an envoy to demand tribute from Yu Kingdom, whose court began considering how to respond.

• Pei Yao explained the stages of the Celestial Realm to Li Rui and said his aptitude might let him cultivate a Pure Yang Primordial Spirit or become a True Lord.
• Pei Yao told Li Rui she had wiped out an army sent by the Maple Radiance Immortal Dynasty, and Li Rui offered her access to the prince's manor armory and a share of his gains.
• At court, the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty's Holy Emperor approved plans to pressure Yu Kingdom into paying tribute and appointed the Second Place scholar Yuan Xianggong as envoy.
• Yu Kingdom's officials protested the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty's demand for an alliance and three thousand spiritual currency in annual tribute.
• Prime Minister Zhang Zilu advised Yu Kingdom's Holy Emperor that the kingdom should form Vertical and Horizontal Alliances rather than confront the stronger Fenxin Immortal Dynasty directly.

Li Rui prepared to resist Fenxin Immortal Dynasty by seeking alliances, securing a retreat route, and raising funds to complete the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array. News that Yuan Xianggong had persuaded Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty to pay tribute threatened the alliance effort, and Li Rui wondered why another Yuan had appeared.

• Li Rui and his advisers discussed Fenxin Immortal Dynasty's tribute demands and the need to build alliances and find a way out.
• Li Rui ordered Pei Yao, Nie Siming, and Yuan Xiong to inspect taxes in the three southeastern provinces, while Du Ming and Chu Hu agreed to cooperate with the inspection.
• Li Rui continued building the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Array, which still needed vast quantities of spirit stones and treasures to gain spirituality.
• Du Ming reported that Yuan Xianggong had persuaded the Ruler of Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty to pay tribute, threatening the effort to unite smaller states.
• Li Rui wondered why Yuan Xianggong was another person surnamed Yuan.

Yuan Xianggong forced Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty to surrender by seizing control of its imperial destiny. Li Rui left the Prince’s Manor for Cloud Platform Mountain, where he arranged to trade immortal qi with Daoist Fa Ran for help in Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty and an opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao of Time.

• Yuan Xianggong stripped Tianyuan Immortal Dynasty of its destiny, leaving its Holy Emperor with no choice but to surrender.
• Li Rui told Ning Zhongtian he was leaving the Prince’s Manor and entrusted it to him while he went to Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Rui traveled with Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao to Cloud Platform Mountain and entered using his guest elder token.
• Daoist Fa Ran agreed to help Li Rui in exchange for immortal qi to nourish the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror.
• Li Rui offered to provide immortal qi, hoping to gain access to Daoist Fa Ran’s connections and comprehend the Great Dao of Time.

Li Rui helped Old Daoist Fa Ran nurture his damaged Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror and used the process to study the Great Dao of Time. The mirror briefly revealed the Great Void Dao Field, leaving Fa Ran eager to pursue it while Li Rui kept his own connection to the place secret.

• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty's envoy had killed the Yuntao Immortal Dynasty's Holy Emperor and hundreds of others.
• Li Rui visited Old Daoist Fa Ran, who led him through a barrier to Dragon Nourishing Pond to nurture the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror with Li Rui's immortal qi.
• Li Rui studied the mirror's seven-colored divine light and realized he was close to comprehending the Great Dao of Time.
• The Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror briefly displayed the White Jade Steps of the Great Void Dao Field, which Li Rui recognized.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran revealed that his mirror had been damaged at Sky Abyss Valley while he pursued the Great Void Dao Field, and Li Rui suspected Wu De had hidden a great secret.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran said he would die without regret if he entered the Great Void Dao Field, while Li Rui concealed that it had become his own backyard.

Fa Ran brought Li Rui to Qianyuan City and introduced him to King Xuan'an, where Li Rui offered access to the Immortal Tomb to encourage Qianyuan to oppose the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty. After King Xuan'an agreed to submit a memorial, he unexpectedly invited Li Rui to join the Qianyuan Dynasty as a Marquis.

• Fa Ran revealed that he had stayed on Cloud Platform Mountain because the Cloud Platform Dao Lord once visited the Great Void Dao Field.
• Fa Ran took Li Rui to Qianyuan City and brought him to meet King Xuan'an at his manor.
• King Xuan'an said Qianyuan needed a reason to support the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty against the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Rui offered King Xuan'an a chance to enter the Immortal Tomb on Jinting Minor Continent, and King Xuan'an agreed to submit a memorial to the emperor.
• King Xuan'an invited Li Rui to join the Qianyuan Dynasty as a Marquis.

Li Rui refused King Xuan'an's offer of a Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty marquisate and returned to the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor after completing his diplomatic mission. As tensions with the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty grew, he cultivated the Great Dao of Time.

• Li Rui declined King Xuan'an's offer to make him a marquis, and Old Daoist Fa Ran reminded the king to honor his promise to help Li Rui.
• Li Rui completed the Diplomat of the Immortal Dynasty mission, earning 20 Achievement Points, then stayed at Cloud Platform Mountain for three more months.
• Li Rui returned to the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor, where Ning Zhongtian reported that another immortal dynasty had submitted to pressure from the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Rui ordered the spies to investigate a notable figure inspecting the South Garrison Army.
• Li Rui meditated for three days and saw the Great Dao Rune of Time shining within his Purple Palace Immortal Court.

Li Rui cultivated a trace of the Great Dao of Time as Fenxin officials plotted against the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty. Three days after Si Nankui led troops toward Jade Dragon Province, Jade Dragon City fell and Mr. Pei was surrounded and killed, with his fate unknown.

• Li Rui realized he had comprehended a trace of the Great Dao of Time after an ant aged a hundred years in an instant and died.
• Yuan Xianggong sent Si Nankui to deal with the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty while keeping him from meeting the Eighth Prince, and Si Nankui vowed to destroy the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor.
• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that Fenxin cavalry had been spotted heading toward Jade Dragon Province, and Li Rui ordered Mr. Pei to investigate.
• Three days later, Ning Zhongtian reported that Si Nankui's Crimson Fire Guard had taken Jade Dragon City and that Mr. Pei had been surrounded and killed there, though his fate was unknown.

Si Nankui pursued Pei Yao and the Nie brothers after the Crimson Fire Guard captured Jade Dragon City, then forced Pei Yao to stand against him alone. As Si Nankui’s giant hammer descended, Li Rui suddenly appeared before her.

• Si Nankui ordered his soldiers to rest in Jade Dragon City, and they plundered and ravaged the city.
• Si Nankui used a golden gourd Magic Treasure to pursue Pei Yao, Nie Siming, and Yuan Xiong through the forest.
• Si Nankui appeared in front of the three with the divine ability Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, and Pei Yao sent the Nie brothers to find reinforcements.
• Si Nankui offered Pei Yao a chance to surrender and join the North Garrison Army, but she refused.
• Si Nankui summoned a gigantic hammer and struck at Pei Yao, but Li Rui appeared in front of her as the hammer closed in.

Li Rui fought Si Nankui, a powerful general of the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty, to protect Pei Yao and Yu Kingdom. After using his Immortal Slaughtering Small Pagodas and True Martial Realm to gain the advantage, Li Rui forced Si Nankui to seek reincarnation, completing his storyline objective.

• Si Nankui attacked Li Rui with his giant hammer, but Li Rui stopped the blow with a punch.
• Si Nankui transformed his hammer into a spear and attacked again, only to be blasted away by Li Rui’s superior strength.
• Si Nankui used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to keep his distance, while Pei Yao watched Li Rui fight across a cultivation realm.
• Li Rui summoned his Immortal Slaughtering Small Pagodas, which hindered Si Nankui’s movement and let Li Rui close in with his True Martial Realm.
• After a day and night of battle, Li Rui forced Si Nankui to carry out Liberation by Violence and seek reincarnation.
• Li Rui received a notification that he had completed the intermediate storyline, Slaying an Enemy Across Realms.

Li Rui’s defeat of Si Nankui drew attention from rival powers, while Zhao Ke learned Yuan Xianggong had arranged the encounter to eliminate his political enemy. King Xuan'an decided to use Li Rui’s victory to argue for the Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty to support the smaller nations against the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty.

• Li Rui received a C mission rating and 20 Achievement Points for defeating an enemy above his level, then returned to Pei Yao, who reflected on his connection to Gao Tianxia’s lineage.
• In South Watch City, Yuan Xianggong presented the Qi Dispelling Art to Eighth Prince Zhao Ke, who promised to recommend him for a third-rank post.
• Crimson Fire Guard soldiers reported that Li Rui had forced Si Nankui into Liberation by Violence and reincarnation, and Yuan Xianggong admitted that Si Nankui’s death had been his design.
• Zhao Ke praised Yuan Xianggong and offered to make him a Marquis if he seized an enclave of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty.
• After hearing that Li Rui had killed Si Nankui, King Xuan'an prepared to meet the emperor and press for action against the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty.

Li Rui’s plan to prompt Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty to oppose Fenxin Immortal Dynasty succeeded, and he advanced his Spiritual Soul through hours of cultivation. Gu Changsheng then contacted him and revealed that his ranking in the Heavenly Secret Record had risen considerably.

• Li Rui learned that Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty had sent envoys to the southern kingdoms and warned his allies to remain vigilant.
• Li Rui tempered his Spiritual Soul with the Great Dao for two hours, bringing it closer to the flawlessness required to condense an Immortal Spirit.
• Li Rui discussed the envoys’ visit with Nie Siming and the others, and said Chief Zhang could handle their reception.
• Gu Changsheng contacted Li Rui, asked whether he had broken the Secret of the Womb, and congratulated him on rising in the Heavenly Secret Record.

Li Rui learned that his ranking in the Heavenly Secret Record had risen to 434th and received a second immortal fruit. He consumed the peach-shaped fruit and discovered it strengthened his divine soul, leaving him far stronger than before.

• Gu Changsheng told Li Rui that he had risen to 434th in the Human Rankings of the Heavenly Secret Record, and the system awarded Li Rui an immortal fruit.
• Li Rui returned to the prince's residence, where Ning Zhongtian, Nie Siming, Yuan Xiong, and Pei Yao reacted to his rising ranking.
• Li Rui summoned the peach-shaped immortal fruit and realized that immortal fruits could come from different immortal trees.
• Li Rui swallowed the fruit and discovered that its power fused into and strengthened his divine soul.
• After the time it took an incense stick to burn, Li Rui's divine soul had grown by seventy percent.

Li Rui strengthened his soul with a Peach Immortal Fruit and learned that Great Yu had joined the Anti-Fen Alliance as one of its five major states. After continuing to repair the Myriad Phenomena Real-Illusion Mirror with Old Daoist Fa Ran, he was told to accompany him to White Jade Capital.

• Li Rui used a Peach Immortal Fruit to enlarge his soul and greatly strengthen his divine sense and cultivation foundation.
• Ning Zhongtian told Li Rui that Great Yu's alliance talks with the Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty were going well, and Li Rui traveled to Cloud Platform Mountain to thank Old Daoist Fa Ran for his help.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran questioned why Li Rui had chosen to remain in Great Yu, and Li Rui said he hoped to gain fortune by following Gao Tianxia.
• Li Rui learned that Great Yu had become one of the Anti-Fen Alliance's five major states after Yuan Dingting beat an opposing dynasty's prince at the first assembly.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran told Li Rui that he needed to go to White Jade Capital and that Li Rui would accompany him.

Li Rui settled at Fa Ran Peak in White Jade Capital and spent a year cultivating before Pei Yao arrived to show him around. Their tour introduced him to the sect’s powerful disciples and ended at the ruined cave abode of the branch Si Feng had belonged to.

• Old Daoist Fa Ran brought Li Rui to Fa Ran Peak and offered him a place to stay.
• Li Rui spent a year cultivating in Fa Ran Peak’s abundant spiritual energy without seeing Old Daoist Fa Ran again.
• Pei Yao visited Li Rui, and he asked her to show him around White Jade Capital.
• Pei Yao pointed out Chu Bai, the third-ranked True Inheritance disciple, and described his strength and standing.
• Pei Yao showed Li Rui Ye Kong’s cave abode and the Dao Transmission Pavilion before leading him to the ruined home of True Monarch Yi Chen’s branch, whose members had been executed five hundred years earlier.