Chapter Summaries

Li Rui prepared to compete for White Jade Capital's Dao Child position, learning about the role and receiving a gift from Old Daoist Fa Ran. The contest began at the Ascension Platform under Fufeng True Monarch's supervision, with five candidates gathered and the outcome still undecided.

• Koi explained that the Dao Child held great status and that Li Rui would face strong rivals such as Liu Qing and Yan Kong.
• A year later, Li Rui arrived at White Jade Capital with Koi, Cui He, and Pei Yao and settled on Sword River Peak.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran told Li Rui about his own past contest against Sword River True Monarch and shared insights into the Great Dao of Time.
• Three days later, Li Rui joined the other four candidates on the Ascension Platform as invited factions, including Qingluan Fairy and Jiang Yan, watched.
• Fufeng True Monarch arrived to preside, and an elder announced the start of the contest for Dao Child.

Li Rui competed in the White Jade Capital’s Dao Child Competition, climbing Dao Mountain faster than the other contestants before confronting its Spirit Severing Realm guardian. As Liu Qing bypassed the guardian with the Great Dao of Space and two contestants were eliminated, Li Rui charged at the white ape, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Fufeng True Monarch praised the five contestants, and Old Daoist Fa Ran identified Li Rui as a promising cultivator who Proved Dao Through Strength.
• The formation transported the contestants to Dao Mountain, where Li Rui quickly climbed through the Dao Power Trial.
• Li Rui reached the white ape guardian while climbing faster than Liu Qing, but paused to face the Spirit Severing Realm demon.
• The white ape blasted Wang Yuan and Chu Bai out of the competition when they tried to bypass it.
• Liu Qing used the Great Dao of Space to bypass the white ape and continue climbing.
• Li Rui transformed into Divine Radiance and charged directly at the white ape, apparently preparing to withstand its attack head-on.

Li Rui, Liu Qing, and Yan Kong each passed Old White Ape’s trial and reached the Taoist Temple, where they prepared to fight for the position of Daoist heir. As Liu Qing and Yan Kong unleashed their powers, Li Rui manifested a small Immortal Pagoda, and Yan Kong launched two thousand flying swords at it.

• Li Rui endured Old White Ape’s Spirit Severing Realm slap with Blood Burning Seven Revolutions and continued up the mountain.
• Li Rui met Liu Qing at the Taoist Temple, and Yan Kong soon arrived after racing past Old White Ape with his sword and a protective Magic Treasure.
• Liu Qing, Yan Kong, and Li Rui agreed to begin the final trial, a fight to decide the Daoist heir.
• Liu Qing manifested a thousand-zhang Buddha, while Yan Kong summoned more than two thousand flying swords.
• Li Rui manifested a one-zhang Immortal Pagoda, prompting Liu Qing and Yan Kong to retreat, and Yan Kong sent his flying swords raining down upon it.

Li Rui fought Liu Qing and Yan Kong together on Dao Mountain, proving difficult for the two White Jade Capital geniuses to overcome. After Fufeng True Monarch slowed the battle and offered another stroke of fortune to anyone who defeated two opponents alone, Li Rui activated Mystic Fire Second Turn and surged forward.

• Yan Kong and Liu Qing attacked Li Rui together, but his True Martial Realm blocked their blows.
• Liu Qing and Yan Kong agreed to join forces, unleashing their strongest attacks against Li Rui.
• Li Rui countered and pursued the retreating Liu Qing and Yan Kong as they tried to keep their distance.
• Fufeng True Monarch slowed the combatants and promised another stroke of fortune to whoever defeated two opponents alone within three hours.
• Li Rui activated Mystic Fire Second Turn, doubling his combat power and startling Liu Qing and Yan Kong.

Li Rui became White Jade Capital’s Dao Child after defeating Liu Qing and Yan Kong, and Fufeng True Monarch recognized his potential while concealing his Innate Dao Embryo. With a new cultivation technique and the prospect of Dao Child benefits, Li Rui was led to the site of his cave abode.

• Li Rui defeated Liu Qing and Yan Kong with one punch each and entered the Taoist temple as White Jade Capital’s Dao Child.
• Fufeng True Monarch congratulated Li Rui, promised to deliver his reward, and kept the secret of his Innate Dao Embryo.
• Li Rui received the complete Great Dao Chaos Diagram and forty Achievement Points for completing the Dao Child mission.
• Ji Jiao heard that Li Rui had become a Dao Child and resolved to enter closed-door cultivation to overcome his inner demon.
• The Holy Emperor celebrated Li Rui’s promotion with Chief Zhang and Yuan Dingting, noting its potential benefits for Yu Kingdom.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran showed Li Rui an open stretch of land and declared it the site of his cave abode.

Li Rui learned the privileges and duties of a White Jade Capital Dao Son, then established Evergreen Peak as his cave abode. Liu Qing and Yan Kong visited, and Li Rui learned that Liu Qing was the son of Pure True Monarch, leaving him more aware of the powerful backing available to Dao Sons.

• Old Daoist Fa Ran explained that Dao Sons could establish cave abodes, receive guidance from True Lords and Spirit Severing elders, and focus on cultivation for up to five hundred years.
• Li Rui raised a two-hundred-zhang mountain, found its spiritual vein, and named his cave abode Evergreen Peak.
• Yan Kong asked Li Rui to arrange a meeting with Sword River True Monarch and gave him a bottle of pills as a gift.
• Liu Qing and Yan Kong told Li Rui that Liu Qing was the son of Pure True Monarch.
• Li Rui recognized that becoming a Dao Son gave him valuable benefits and powerful support for his future breakthroughs.

After twenty years of cultivation, Li Rui refined a wisp of Chaos Qi from his Dao Embryo and learned that a Dao Lord’s death had destabilized Taihua Province. As White Jade Capital prepared for conflict, Liu Qing announced that he would attempt to condense a Primordial Spirit.

• Li Rui refined a wisp of Chaos Qi while visualizing the Great Dao Chaos Diagram, confirming that tempering his Dao Embryo might lead to a Chaos Body.
• A Dao Lord’s death darkened the sky and filled it with falling stars, and Li Rui learned that Chongxu Dao Lord of Shenxuan Sect had fallen.
• Liu Qing warned Li Rui that the vacant Dao Fruit seat could upset Taihua Province’s balance, especially with Myriad Laws Palace’s power and ambitions.
• Liu Qing told Li Rui and Yan Kong that Myriad Laws Palace and the Blood Demon Sect had slaughtered a Shenxuan Sect Lower Sect, prompting White Jade Capital and Xuanfa Temple to send aid.
• Liu Qing announced that he would enter closed-door cultivation with a forty percent chance of condensing a Profound Heaven Primordial Spirit.

Li Rui cultivated on Evergreen Peak while the Righteous-Demonic War grew more chaotic, and Wang Yuan’s death drove Old Daoist Fa Ran to attack the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. The Demon Child, who had killed Wang Yuan to strengthen himself, set his sights on White Jade Capital’s new Dao Child, Li Rui.

• Yan Kong left to enter closed-door cultivation after hearing Liu Qing had begun his own seclusion, while Li Rui learned the war had not yet reached the Yu Kingdom.
• Li Rui examined his Dao Embryo and found that cultivating the Chaos Great Dao Visualization Diagram had returned it to a youthful form and more than doubled its foundation.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran learned that Wang Yuan had been killed by a demon from the Ten Thousand Demon Forest after the sects’ forces were surrounded, and he went to fight the demons.
• Li Rui read that Old Daoist Fa Ran had stormed the Ten Thousand Demon Forest’s main base, killed several Heavenly Beings, and crippled a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator.
• The Demon Child revealed that he had killed Wang Yuan to grow stronger through his Hunting Qilin Great Dao and said he wanted to kill and consume Li Rui.

Liu Qing and Yan Kong set out to stop Xi Luo, the Demon Child who had killed White Jade Capital disciples, while Xi Luo evaded them and headed for the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty. On Evergreen Peak, Li Rui’s Dao Embryo absorbed spiritual qi and reached Great Perfection.

• Yan Kong explained that Xi Luo had shattered Chu Bai’s Spirit Embryo and likely killed Wang Yuan, and Liu Qing decided to hunt him with Yan Kong.
• Liu Qing and Yan Kong left White Jade Capital after telling Li Rui to remain and cultivate.
• Xi Luo learned Liu Qing had found him again, chose to flee, and headed toward the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty.
• Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao sensed spiritual qi gathering around Li Rui’s cave abode and realized his cultivation had advanced.
• Li Rui’s Dao Embryo absorbed the spiritual qi and transformed, reaching Great Perfection.

Li Rui perfected his Dao Embryo and spent five years fusing it with his soul-spirit, while Demon Child Xi Luo planned to kill him and seize his innate foundation. The chapter ended with news that Liu Qing had been defeated and badly injured by Xi Luo in the Endless Sea.

• Li Rui completed his Dao Embryo and realized he could reach the late Heavenly Being stage within five years.
• Fufeng True Monarch concealed Evergreen Peak's aura after sensing Li Rui's breakthrough.
• Demon Child Xi Luo learned of Li Rui's Innate Dao Embryo and decided to wait until Li Rui became a more valuable target.
• Li Rui cultivated his Dao Embryo on a desolate star in Wuzhong Dao Lord's divine hall to make Soul-Spirit Embryo Fusion more effective.
• Five years passed as chaos spread through Taihua Province and the Ten Thousand Demon Forest joined the conflict.
• Li Rui received word that Liu Qing had fought Xi Luo in the Endless Sea, where Liu Qing was defeated and severely injured.

After Xi Luo escaped Liu Qing, Xuanfa Temple’s Buddha Child pursued him, and Xi Luo ordered Chi Ya and the others to act. Yuan Dingting prepared to leave for the Outer Heavens, but three great demons attacked him at Prince Qi’s Residence before Xi Luo arrived.

• Liu Qing accepted his defeat by Xi Luo, while Li Rui connected Xi Luo to the Ten Thousand Mountains and the Immortal Tomb.
• Xi Luo’s demon companions cursed Liu Qing as the Buddha Child pursued their Flying Boat, and Xi Luo ordered them to make their move.
• Yuan Dingting told Yuan An he would leave for the Outer Heavens and entrusted Yuan An with caring for his mother, with Li Rui as a trusted backup.
• Chi Ya and two other Celestial Realm great demons attacked Yuan Dingting at Prince Qi’s Residence, but could not overpower him.
• Xi Luo appeared behind the three demons and called them trash.

Li Rui confronted Demon Child Xi Luo at Prince Qi's Residence and killed his body with a single palm, though a True Lord rescued Xi Luo's nascent Primordial Spirit. Yuan Dingting witnessed the clash, and Cloud Province fell silent.

• Xi Luo ordered the three great demons to return for punishment and revealed that he had prepared to lure Li Rui out.
• Xi Luo trapped Yuan Dingting in a fiery barrier and prepared to kill him, but Li Rui appeared and enveloped them in his True Martial Realm.
• Li Rui attacked Xi Luo, whose Great Dao was shaken, and Xi Luo used a divine ability to strengthen his Qilin Dharma manifestation.
• Li Rui used his own divine ability and destroyed the Qilin manifestation with a palm as Xi Luo's body began to crumble.
• Fufeng True Monarch blocked the Ten Thousand Demon Forest's intervention, but a True Lord seized Xi Luo's nascent Primordial Spirit and escaped.

Li Rui defeated Xi Luo but could not kill him after Fufeng True Monarch intervened, and his Innate Dao Embryo was revealed. Backed by White Jade Capital as its Dao Child, Li Rui gained recognition while Serpent True Monarch rescued Xi Luo and eyed a Dao Lord Position.

• Fufeng True Monarch warned Li Rui that killing Xi Luo would provoke the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, then said he could no longer conceal Li Rui's Innate Dao Embryo.
• Li Rui thanked Fufeng True Monarch, agreed to look after Yuan An while Yuan Dingting went to the Outer Heavens, and saw his Immortal Ranking achievement rise to 70.
• Yan Kong and Liu Qing praised Li Rui at White Jade Capital and assured him that its Dao Lords would protect him as a Dao Child.
• Serpent True Monarch rescued Xi Luo, promised him a body, and threatened to strip him of his Demon Prodigy status if he failed to recover within sixty years.
• Serpent True Monarch gazed into the distance with greed and remarked on a Dao Lord Position.

Old Daoist Fa Ran returned to the White Jade Capital as Grand Elder as the Dao Lord Position and Chaotic God Dao Lord’s Dao Fruit approached. He brought Li Rui into the Elder Council and assigned him to lead the shallow Dao Fruit Secret Realm expedition.

• Old Daoist Fa Ran told Li Rui that Demon Child Xi Luo had lost his physical body and would face enemies within the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran explained that he had returned as Grand Elder because the Dao Lord Position was about to descend and rival sects were preparing to act.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran brought Li Rui to the Elder Council, where he took his former seat as Grand Elder and met resistance from Guixin.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran announced that Chaotic God Dao Lord’s Dao Fruit would manifest a secret realm within fifteen days.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran appointed Li Rui to lead the shallow secret realm with Liu Qing and Yan Kong, while he led the deep secret realm with Guixin, He Chi, and Chong Xuan.

Li Rui and the White Jade Capital cultivators entered the Dao Fruit Secret Realm after learning about its origins and dangers. As they explored, they joined Qingluan Fairy and Ye Chang, then witnessed a powerful sword strike cut down Blood Demon Sect cultivators fighting the Shenxuan Sect.

• Liu Qing told Li Rui that the Sixty-Year Purge of Demons had prolonged Chaotic God Dao Lord's life and explained the Dao Fruit Secret Realm's four levels.
• Old Daoist Fa Ran led White Jade Capital's elders into the secret realm, while Li Rui and the disciples entered the lower Yellow Character realm.
• Li Rui led the White Jade Capital group through the transformed wilderness and encountered Qingluan Fairy, who joined them with her cousin Ye Chang.
• The group heard Shenxuan Sect and Blood Demon Sect cultivators fighting over the Dao Fruit.
• A powerful sword strike killed numerous Demonic Cultivators, and Li Rui recognized the Shu Sword Emperor.

Li Rui and the other cultivators gathered at the pillar of light as the Dao Lord’s fortune emerged, drawing prodigies from three provinces into a fight for Great Dao Immortal Firefly. While the others fought for the treasure, Ji Mingyue charged into the Profound Character Secret Realm, and Li Rui watched her audacious move.

• Li Rui greeted Zhou Min, the Shu Sword Emperor, before an Immortal Light pillar appeared and Liu Qing urged the group toward the Yellow Character Secret Realm’s Dao Eye.
• The cultivators reached the pillar, where Ji Mingyue struck Ye Chang aside with a small golden hammer and identified Li Rui as the one who had killed Xi Luo.
• Prodigies from three provinces gathered, and Li Rui worried that powerful elders had come with them.
• A Great Dao Immortal Firefly emerged, prompting the gathered cultivators to unleash their abilities and fight over it.
• Li Rui stayed back as Ji Mingyue charged directly into the Profound Character Secret Realm.

Thirteen True Lords competed for Ni Cangsheng's Dao Fruit in the Heaven Character Secret Realm, but Ten Thousand Demon Forest and Shuangquan Dao Lord were thwarted by Ye Jiuzhou. Ye Jiuzhou shattered the Dao Fruit, scattering its fragments for cultivators throughout the realm to seize as the secret realm began to collapse.

• The Ni Cangsheng Dao Fruit reached its ultimate height, and the True Lords launched divine abilities to claim it.
• Ten Thousand Demon Forest summoned a Kunpeng Immortal Spirit, and its True Lords fought the others for the Dao Fruit.
• The Kunpeng phantom grew as a Dao Lord intervened, but Shuangquan Dao Lord appeared and reached for the Dao Fruit.
• Ye Jiuzhou sent a sword strike from Southern Zhengyang Province, forcing Shuangquan Dao Lord to withdraw and shattering the Dao Fruit.
• The Dao Fruit fragments scattered, and cultivators rushed to seize them as the secret realm began to vanish.

Li Rui and Ji Mingyue entered the Profound Character Secret Realm to collect Dao Fruit particles, enduring its crushing Great Dao pressure. After a Ten Thousand Demon Forest elder attacked him, Li Rui escaped with his harvest and slipped away as the secret realm collapsed.

• Li Rui entered the Profound Character Secret Realm using the phantom of a small tower, where he found Ji Mingyue resisting the pressure with her Dual Pupils.
• Ji Mingyue and Li Rui collected Dao Fruit particles, while a blade bearer from the Myriad Laws Palace was injured trying to enter.
• Ji Mingyue left after gathering nineteen particles, while Li Rui continued until he had collected thirty.
• A blood-robed elder of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest attacked Li Rui, but Li Rui escaped using a Time Anchor Point as Old Daoist Fa Ran appeared and suppressed the elder.
• Li Rui saw Ji Mingyue being pursued in the Yellow Character Secret Realm, then quietly departed before the Dao Fruit Secret Realm collapsed.

Li Rui gave Yan Kong and Liu Qing a Dao Fruit Particle each, then learned that Qingluan’s cousin was the Dragon Slayer who had ended the battle over the Dao Fruit. Back on Evergreen Peak, Li Rui absorbed Dao Power from his remaining fragments and advanced to the Celestial Realm Late Stage as his Soul-Spirit Embryo Fusion progressed.

• Yan Kong recounted Ji Mingyue’s escape from the Yellow Character Secret Realm, and Li Rui showed him and Liu Qing two Great Dao Fragments.
• Li Rui gave one Dao Fruit Particle each to Yan Kong and Liu Qing in thanks for helping the White Jade Capital disciples.
• Liu Qing revealed that Qingluan’s cousin, a man surnamed Ye, was the Dragon Slayer who had intervened in the battle over the Dao Fruit.
• Yan Kong and Liu Qing planned to enter closed-door cultivation to condense their Primordial Spirits, while Li Rui reviewed reports of the war between the righteous and demonic paths.
• Li Rui absorbed Dao Power from the Dao Fruit Particles, strengthened his foundation, and entered the Celestial Realm Late Stage as Soul-Spirit Embryo Fusion advanced.

Li Rui halted his near-transformation into a Primordial Spirit and used Dao Fruit power to strengthen his foundation, while Yan Kong and Liu Qing each condensed Primordial Spirits. The chapter left Li Rui poised to pursue an Immortal Spirit as his Dao Embryo began evolving toward a Chaos Body.

• Li Rui diverted the Dao Fruit power into his Violet Palace foundation, reaching the Late Celestial Realm instead of condensing a Profound Heaven Primordial Spirit.
• Three years later, Yan Kong emerged from cultivation with a Pure Yang Primordial Spirit and thanked Li Rui for the Dao Fruit particles.
• Liu Qing used a secret art to gamble for a Profound Heaven Primordial Spirit and succeeded, though his Great Dao was damaged.
• Liu Qing thanked Li Rui, and he, Yan Kong, and Li Rui agreed to meet again in Spirit Transformation and compete to reach the True Lord realm.
• Li Rui received the Hundred Dynasties Pay Homage achievement reward, and his Dao Embryo began evolving toward a Chaos Body.