Chapter Summaries

After Zhang Shi died, the Holy Emperor revealed that a Dao Lord had been entering Zhang Shi’s dreams and altering his consciousness. Zhuge Ming identified Nightmare God Dao Lord as the culprit and realized Jiedao Sect was targeting White Jade Capital’s foundations.

• The Holy Emperor summoned Liang He and Yuan An to a secret chamber and explained that Zhang Shi had warned him his consciousness might be controlled through dreams.
• The Holy Emperor asked Liang He to pass the matter to White Jade Capital, and Liang He eventually sent word through Liu Tong to Wang Zhao.
• Wang Zhao reported the situation to Li Rui, who brought the news to Zhuge Ming beneath the Immortal Tree.
• Zhuge Ming identified the method as Illusionary Reality and named Nightmare God Dao Lord as the likely attacker.
• Zhuge Ming concluded that Jiedao Sect was targeting White Jade Capital rather than Yu Kingdom alone.

Li Rui chose to avenge Zhang rather than sever his ties to Great Yu, while White Jade Capital uncovered a Nightmare God Dao Lord’s infiltration and decided to avoid a risky counterattack. Li Rui focused on cultivation and examined the clear yellow qi in his dantian as he pursued Dual Certifications.

• Li Rui poured out treasured wine for Zhang and resolved to avenge him instead of cutting off his karma with Great Yu.
• Zhuge Ming discovered that at least ten people in the Great Yu Imperial Court, including its Human Emperor, had been planted with nightmares.
• Zhuge Ming, Dao Lord Feiyu, and their allies killed fifty-three compromised White Jade Capital elders and disciples and removed nightmare seeds from the survivors.
• Dao Lord Feiyu wanted to strike back at the Jiedao Sect, but Zhuge Ming persuaded him to wait for Jian He’s return and prioritize stability.
• Zhu Yuanlong asked whether Li Rui was connected to Shuangquan Dao Lord, and Li Rui denied ever meeting him.
• Li Rui turned his attention to the clear yellow qi in his dantian as he continued pursuing Dual Certifications.

Li Rui opened the Yellow Court Grotto-heaven and settled the Evergreen Court inside it, strengthening himself against the Nightmare God Dao Lord’s unknown methods. Meanwhile, Xiang Tianzhi decided Li Rui should be killed, as Li Rui appeared to be trapped in a nightmare on the White Jade Bridge.

• Li Rui used the Longevity Dao Lord’s resources to open the Yellow Court Grotto-heaven and placed the Evergreen Court within it, completing his second certification.
• Xiang Tianzhi, the Nightmare God Dao Lord, and Yellow Dragon Dao Lord discussed the danger of a Dao Lord emerging from Golden Court Small Province within three hundred years.
• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord suggested Li Rui might be the future Dao Lord, and Xiang Tianzhi ordered that he be killed regardless.
• Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao found Li Rui beneath a tree on Evergreen Peak and assumed he was cultivating in closed-door seclusion.
• Li Rui appeared trapped in a nightmare on the Great Void Dao Field, standing ninety-eight steps from the White Jade Bridge’s head.

Li Rui broke through the immortal pressure on the Moon Chasing Bridge and met Huaxu, who granted him a fortune that brought his Evergreen Court to fruition. The chapter also revealed that Jiang Linxian had attained the Dao Lord Position, and Zhuge Ming noticed something remarkable at Evergreen Peak.

• Li Rui used Heaven-Opening to take the ninety-ninth step on the Moon Chasing Bridge, drawing out the consciousness of the immortal Huaxu.
• Huaxu recognized Li Rui's Primal Chaos Myriad Daos and asked about his relationship with Wuzhong; Li Rui greeted him as his senior brother.
• Huaxu tested Li Rui, then touched his crown and granted him a fortune before Li Rui lost consciousness.
• Li Rui woke at the bridgehead and found that his Evergreen Court had transformed into a small Immortal Court, bringing him close to Dual Certifications.
• Zhuge Ming and Feiyu welcomed Jiang Linxian after she attained the Dao Lord Position, and Zhuge Ming then noticed something at Evergreen Peak.

Li Rui began his Body Integration tribulation as White Jade Capital’s True Monarchs gathered to protect him, while Yellow Dragon Dao Lord and Xiang Tianzhi plotted against him. After Li Rui survived eighty-one bolts of tribulation lightning, a dark green flame suddenly engulfed him, which Zhuge Ming recognized as the work of Burning Lamp Buddha.

• Divine Wood True Monarch sensed Li Rui’s breakthrough, and Liu Qing reflected on how far Li Rui had surpassed him and Yan Kong.
• Li Rui felt the heavenly tribulation approaching in three days, while Yellow Dragon Dao Lord identified him and Xiang Tianzhi asked for a way to kill him.
• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord revealed a seed of emerald-green flame, and Li Rui went to the Endless Sea as Zhuge Ming, Jiang Linxian, and Dao Lord Feiyu arrived to protect him.
• Li Rui endured all eighty-one bolts of the nine-nine Heavenly Tribulation, tempering his body into a golden form.
• A dark green flame engulfed Li Rui, and Zhuge Ming angrily named Burning Lamp Buddha.

Li Rui faced a stolen Burning Lamp Buddha curse during his breakthrough, but his Dual Certifications summoned both Yin and Yang Aspect tribulations and overturned the killing trap. He survived the three-day tribulation and became a True Lord, earning congratulations from White Jade Capital’s Dao Lords.

• Li Rui recognized that an enemy had replaced his Yang Aspect tribulation with Burning Lamp Buddha’s Green Lamp Tribulation.
• Zhuge Ming and Dao Lord Feiyu realized they could not intervene and prepared to help Li Rui reincarnate if he died.
• Jiang Linxian told them to wait as a black Yin Aspect tribulation appeared alongside the green flames, revealing Li Rui’s Dual Certifications.
• The Heavenly Dao turned the flames crimson, and Li Rui endured both tribulations for three days and nights.
• Li Rui emerged as a True Lord, and Zhuge Ming, Jiang Linxian, and Dao Lord Feiyu congratulated him.
• Jiang Linxian teased Li Rui by calling him Evergreen True Monarch.

After Li Rui survived the Green Lamp through Dual Certifications, he advanced to the Body Integration Realm three hundred years later and received congratulations at Evergreen Peak. Fufeng True Monarch advised him on the path to Dao Lord, and the arrival of Zhong Li and Cang Xuelan showed that Li Rui’s reputation had reached far beyond Taihua Province.

• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord and Xiang Tianzhi accepted that Li Rui could not be killed now and planned to wait until he attained the Dao.
• Three hundred years later, Li Rui planted his Dao Seed, advanced to the Body Integration Realm, and accepted congratulations from White Jade Capital’s elders and disciples.
• Fufeng True Monarch visited Li Rui, explained the stages of the True Lord realm, and advised him to focus on attaining one Dao Fruit.
• Fufeng True Monarch shared cultivation insights with Li Rui for two hours before preparing to leave.
• Zhong Li of Zhongzhou arrived to congratulate Li Rui, followed by Cang Xuelan of Luofu Grotto-heaven.

Xueqing True Monarch of Luofu Grotto-heaven visited Li Rui and urged him to join forces with her sect, promising support toward claiming Jinting Province. Li Rui refused and reaffirmed his loyalty to White Jade Capital, then discussed Luofu Grotto-heaven’s motives with Zhong Li.

• Xueqing True Monarch arrived at White Jade Capital and clarified that she had come to Jinting Province, not Taihua Province.
• Xueqing True Monarch spoke privately with Li Rui and offered Luofu Grotto-heaven’s help in exchange for cooperation toward establishing another province.
• Li Rui rejected her offer, and Xueqing True Monarch left White Jade Capital.
• Zhong Li explained that he knew of the Small Grotto-heavens’ exploitation and admitted Divine Deer Academy had indirectly benefited from it.
• Li Rui told Zhong Li he had refused Xueqing True Monarch because he trusted the immortal sect that had aided him over a sect he had just met.

After Li Rui rejected Luofu Grotto-heaven, Zhuge Ming entered closed-door cultivation and Jiang Linxian took charge of White Jade Capital. Jiang Linxian appointed Li Rui to establish and guard a Lower Sect in the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, and he set out for the capital with Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao.

• Zhuge Ming praised Li Rui for refusing Luofu Grotto-heaven, then announced that he would enter closed-door cultivation and entrusted White Jade Capital's affairs to Jiang Linxian and Dao Lord Feiyu.
• Jiang Linxian took charge of White Jade Capital, and Li Rui's standing among its True Lords rose.
• Jiang Linxian told Li Rui that White Jade Capital would separate its immortal and mortal affairs by establishing a Lower Sect in the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty.
• Jiang Linxian asked Li Rui to guard the Lower Sect and command the Twelve Towers and Five Cities, and Li Rui agreed.
• Li Rui descended Evergreen Peak with Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao and flew toward the Great Yu Capital to establish the Lower Sect.

Li Rui returned to Great Yu as a True Lord and negotiated the establishment of a White Jade Capital Lower Sect with the Holy Emperor. He then revealed that he had brought back the long-lost Grand Ancestor Emperor, Zhu Yuanlong.

• The Holy Emperor and Great Yu’s court welcomed Li Rui as he descended from a Flying Boat at the imperial palace.
• Li Rui told the Holy Emperor he planned to establish a Lower Sect in the Yu Kingdom and govern the Twelve Towers and Five Cities.
• The Holy Emperor agreed and asked Li Rui to take three Zhu clan children into his service, and Li Rui said he might accept them as disciples if they proved worthy.
• Li Rui dismissed Liang He and the others, then summoned Zhu Yuanlong in the Imperial Study.
• The Holy Emperor recognized Zhu Yuanlong as his ancestor, and Zhu Yuanlong praised his descendant and thanked Li Rui for bringing him home.

Li Rui founded the Dao Seeking Sect at the Ten Thousand Mountains and welcomed powerful guests to its opening ceremony. Ji Fan invited Li Rui to join the Three Lives Altar, and Li Rui agreed before withdrawing to cultivate as the new sect settled into operation.

• Li Rui brought Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao to the Ten Thousand Mountains and named their new sect the Dao Seeking Sect.
• The Dao Seeking Sect opened its mountain gates, and Wang Zhao became its first Sect Master while Li Rui served as Supreme Ancestor.
• Several True Lords questioned Li Rui about his Dual Certifications, but he gave only a vague answer.
• Ji Fan arrived with Ji Mingyue and invited Li Rui to join the Three Lives Altar, and Li Rui accepted an invitation to meet at Kunyu Mountain in seven days.
• The Dao Seeking Sect recruited three hundred elders and disciples with support from Li Rui, the White Jade Capital, and the Yu Kingdom, while Li Rui cultivated in seclusion.

Li Rui arrived at Kunyu Mountain to join the Three Lives Altar and met the other gathered True Lords. He revealed that he was the reincarnation of Four Directions Dao Lord, and Ji Fan invited him and Ye Yuan to swear a Dao Oath to become members.

• Li Rui arrived at Kunyu Mountain and met Ji Fan and Void Gazing True Lord at the Three Lives Altar.
• Ye Yuan arrived with Hundred Refinements True Monarch, who questioned whether Li Rui was a Dao Lord Reincarnation.
• Ye Yuan revealed that he had been Sword Cultivator Tianhe in his previous life, shocking Li Rui and the others.
• Li Rui explained that he had only recently broken the Secret of the Womb and revealed that he was the reincarnation of Four Directions Dao Lord.
• Ji Fan invited Li Rui and Ye Yuan to swear a Dao Oath and join the Three Lives Altar.

Li Rui and Ye Yuan joined the Three Lives Altar after swearing Dao Oaths, and the group discussed the search for the scattered Immortal Dao Origin. After three years of seclusion, Li Rui stabilized his Body Integration Realm cultivation and sensed his Evergreen Court beginning to gestate a great divine ability.

• Ye Yuan and Li Rui swore Dao Oaths and joined Ji Fan's Three Lives Altar.
• Ji Fan asked Void Gazing Dao Lord about the missing Immortal Dao Origin, and Ye Yuan explained its importance to becoming an immortal.
• The five members exchanged cultivation insights, arranged their next gathering, and Hundred Refinements True Monarch reforged Li Rui's Flying Boat.
• Li Rui returned to Golden Court Small Province, delegated the Dao Seeking Sect's affairs to Wang Zhao and Liu Tiezhu, and entered closed-door cultivation.
• Three years later, Li Rui stabilized his Body Integration Realm cultivation and sensed his Evergreen Court gestating a great divine ability.

Li Rui cultivated Birth of One and realized it could nurture Immortal Dao Origin, possibly letting him ascend without the Ascension Platform. After Fourth Prince Zhu Ting and Xia Yun died, Li Rui attended their funeral, approved Zhu Long's retirement and Zhu Changan's succession, and settled at Taiheng Mountain, where a Human Emperor's Decree appeared.

• Li Rui cultivated Birth of One and recognized that its Immortal Dao Origin could support his cultivation and might let him become an immortal without the Ascension Platform.
• After learning that Zhu Ting and Xia Yun had died of old age, Li Rui traveled to the capital to pay his respects and comfort the Holy Emperor of Great Yu.
• Li Rui approved Zhu Changan as emperor after Zhu Long chose to retire and live at Taiheng Mountain with Zhu Yuanlong.
• Three years later, Zhu Changan ascended the throne as the First Year of Daoxuan, while Li Rui stayed at Taiheng Mountain with Zhu Long and Zhu Yuanlong.
• A Human Emperor's Decree unfurled across the horizon as Li Rui watched Zhu Yuanlong scold Zhu Long.

Great Yu was officially promoted to a First Class Immortal Dynasty, and Li Rui received the achievement reward as its fortune strengthened. At the Three Lives Altar gathering, Hundred Refinements True Monarch revealed that he had found the Immortal Dao Origin: an Immortal Realm Secret.

• True Monarch Yu Hai delivered the Human Emperor Hall's decree promoting Great Yu to a First Class Immortal Dynasty and said the Divine Deer Academy's Academy Master had helped secure it.
• Li Rui learned the promotion had been delayed because Dao Lord Ganxin opposed the Yu Kingdom's rise, and he wondered whether the Academy Master had acted for a deeper reason.
• Li Rui received 40 Achievement Points for completing the First Class Immortal Dynasty mission as Great Yu's fortune increased and its new emperor rose to the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Li Rui traveled to Jade Cauldron City for the Three Lives Altar gathering, where he joined Ye Yuan, Ji Fan, and True Monarch Void Gazing in waiting for Hundred Refinements True Monarch.
• Hundred Refinements True Monarch arrived and announced that he had found the Immortal Dao Origin, identifying it as an Immortal Realm Secret.

Void Gazing True Monarch, Hundred Refinements True Monarch, Ji Fan, and Ye Yuan agreed to seek an Immortal Tomb in the Endless Sea, while Li Rui returned to Taihua Province to focus on cultivation. As Li Rui urged Zhu Yuanlong to pursue ghost cultivation, he learned that the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty had landed on the East Sea coast and clashed with Great Yu’s Eastern Pacification Army.

• Hundred Refinements True Monarch explained that the Immortal Realm Secret in the Endless Sea was an Immortal Tomb containing Immortal Dao Origin, and Void Gazing True Monarch, Ji Fan, and Ye Yuan agreed to go there.
• Li Rui declined to join them, saying he would focus on stabilizing his cultivation and could pursue the Immortal Tomb in Jinting Province instead.
• The five Dao Lord reincarnations exchanged cultivation insights before the four others traveled to Northern Abyss Province and Li Rui returned to Taihua Province.
• Li Rui encouraged Zhu Yuanlong to cultivate as a ghost, and Zhu Yuanlong agreed after Zhu Long urged him to try.
• Liang He reported that the Fenxin Immortal Dynasty had landed on the East Sea coast and fought several battles with the Eastern Pacification Army, leaving over a thousand dead or wounded.

Fenxin Old Ancestor and True Monarch Zhuo Hu prepared to fight the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, while Yu’s court rejected appeals for outside help and chose to resist on its own. The new Holy Emperor led the campaign to the East Sea, reversing the army’s losing momentum as Li Rui watched from Taiheng Mountain.

• True Monarch Zhuo Hu arrived at Fenxin City to assist Fenxin Old Ancestor in the campaign, while Ancestor Liang reflected on his ruined Dao Path and Li Rui’s rise.
• Yu Kingdom’s officials condemned the Myriad Laws Palace for backing Fenxin’s army, but the Minister of Rites argued that seeking help from the Human Emperor Hall would be futile.
• Prime Minister Liang He requested leave to fight, and the new Holy Emperor declared that he would personally oversee the campaign.
• Seven days later, the Holy Emperor went to the East Sea, raising morale and helping Yu Kingdom reverse its run of defeats.
• Li Rui praised Zhu Yuanlong’s family for producing fearless emperors, then returned to his cave dwelling to cultivate.

Li Rui reached his limit on the Moon Chasing Bridge, then met Zhong Li and shared what he had learned before watching Zhong Li fail to cross. Seven days later, Qianyuan True Monarch asked Li Rui to join forces against their enemies, and they agreed to cooperate so Great Yu could eventually return to Taihua Province.

• Li Rui retreated from the Moon Chasing Bridge after reaching 158 steps and told Zhong Li about his experience crossing it.
• Li Rui watched Zhong Li get erased at the 103rd step of the bridge.
• Seven days later, Qianyuan True Monarch arrived above Taiheng Mountain and offered to help Great Yu become a First Class Immortal Dynasty.
• Qianyuan True Monarch revealed that he needed to return to Taihua Province to have a chance at attaining the Dao, so he wanted Great Yu to reclaim the region.
• Li Rui used the Immortal Dao Origin to examine Qianyuan True Monarch's karma, then agreed to cooperate and promised to return Qianyuan City if Great Yu regained Taihua Province.

Lu Chuan, Li Rui’s reincarnated avatar, received the Oblivion Abyss Dao Seed as Li Rui prepared him to cultivate it for the future. Meanwhile, the Fenxin Old Ancestor and True Monarch Zhuo Hu set out to trap Li Rui and attack the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, but a huge wave swallowed them before they reached their destination.

• Lu Chuan reached the Purple Palace Realm and found the Oblivion Abyss Dao Seed within his Purple Palace.
• Li Rui explained that he had transferred the Oblivion Abyss to Lu Chuan so the avatar could cultivate it and help him pursue Three Certifications.
• Li Rui continued to nourish Lu Chuan with Immortal Dao Origin while struggling to gather enough for his own cultivation.
• The Fenxin Old Ancestor and True Monarch Zhuo Hu agreed to trap Li Rui and burn the people in the Yu Dynasty’s Imperial City.
• The two set off for Taiheng Mountain, but towering waves rose from the Endless Sea and swallowed them.

Li Rui and Qianyuan True Monarch confronted Fenxin Old Ancestor and True Monarch Zhuo Hu over the Endless Sea. Li Rui suppressed Fenxin Old Ancestor with an unfamiliar Martial Artist technique and a devastating Heaven-Opening punch, after which Fenxin Old Ancestor disappeared for a hundred years.

• Li Rui struck Fenxin Old Ancestor with Heaven-Opening, sending him flying across the sky.
• True Monarch Zhuo Hu arrived and tried to trap Li Rui with the Zhuo Hu Mirror.
• Qianyuan True Monarch joined Li Rui and attacked True Monarch Zhuo Hu with his golden sword.
• Li Rui overpowered Fenxin Old Ancestor, who prepared to unleash his soul-burning Heart Flame.
• Li Rui crossed space, sealed Fenxin Old Ancestor’s acupoints and severed his connection to the Dao Seed, then struck him with Heaven-Opening.
• Fenxin Old Ancestor did not show himself again for a hundred years.