Chapter Summaries

After Dragon Tiger Mountain’s civil war, Lei Jun spoke with his fellow disciples about the Li Clan, the missing Celestial Master Robe, and the factions involved in the fighting. He privately examined a clue to the robe and Li Xuan’s intelligence, discovering that Li Xuan had considered taking over the weakened Longwai Xiao Clan’s territory.

• Yuan Mobai, Yao Yuan, and Shangguan Ning discussed how to receive the visiting Empress while Dragon Tiger Mountain recovered from the battle’s damage.
• Lei Jun met Zhang Jingzhen and Lin Shan, who discussed the missing Li Xuan and Chen Yi, as well as the lost Celestial Master treasures.
• Lei Jun visited the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area and spoke with Wang Guiyuan and Chu Kun about the Li Clan’s marriage plans and Chu Yu’s independent actions.
• Lei Jun secretly examined the Nine-Colored Spirit Light connected to the Celestial Master Robe, deciding not to tell Yuan Mobai and Tang Xiaotang about it yet.
• Lei Jun opened Li Xuan’s Demon Suppression Guard Iron Scroll and found intelligence on Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Yellow Heaven Path, and the Longwai Xiao Clan.
• Lei Jun realized Li Xuan had considered retreating to Longwai and studying the Xiao family, whose members included Xiao Hang, Xiao Chunhui, and Xiao Xueting.

Lei Jun reviewed the Longwai Xiao Clan’s rise and discussed the Celestial Master Mansion’s response to its crisis with Xiao Xueting. After weighing his views on the Tang Imperial Court and the Celestial Master position, he worked on improving his talismans and sword pellet, then received a cryptic warning as he was invited to a banquet for Xiao Xueting.

• Lei Jun learned that Xiao Chunhui and Xiao Xueting had become prominent Upper Three Heavens experts, and that Xiao Xueting had killed the Prince of Wu alongside Chu Yu.
• Xiao Xueting arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain ahead of the Empress and discussed the Celestial Master Mansion’s plans with Yuan Mobai and Shangguan Ning.
• Shangguan Ning explained that the Li Clan had lost access to the Celestial Master Mansion’s talisman inheritance and might only recover it by finding the lost Celestial Master Robe.
• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that he viewed the Tang Imperial Court’s Zhang Clan as another powerful hereditary house and said he had little desire to hold the Celestial Master position for long.
• Lei Jun experimented with improving the aim and positioning of his Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman and Fine Gold Sword Pellet.
• Lin Shan invited Lei Jun to a banquet for Xiao Xueting, and a Light Sphere warned him that he had become a target and that fortune and misfortune were entwined.

Lei Jun attended the Seven Yao gathering, received the Empress’s rewards, and exchanged the Double Spirit Treasure Tree for Zhang Jingzhen’s Blood-Vibrating Heavenly Brew. The chapter ended with Lei Jun recognizing the brew as the Fifth Grade Opportunity foretold by his sign, while wondering what consequences awaited Lin Shan.

• Lei Jun joined Sun Yao, Moon Yao, and Wood Yao in the Heavenly Book’s starry realm as Water Yao, Fire Yao, and Earth Yao appeared; Fire Yao soon departed, and Earth Yao asked about the circumstances behind Li Hongyu and Tang Xiaotang’s simultaneous breakthroughs.
• Lei Jun privately questioned Wood Yao about whether he had tried to prevent Abbot Liaoyuan’s journey to Youzhou, then resumed cultivating.
• The Empress Zhang Wantong arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Tang Xiaotang and the other Taoists welcomed her before she met Xiao Xueting privately.
• The Empress departed after a day and a night, leaving rewards for the mountain’s Taoists; Lei Jun received a Double Spirit Treasure Tree, while Lin Shan received an Essence Gathering Ice Soul.
• Zhang Jingzhen asked Lei Jun to exchange his Double Spirit Treasure Tree for her Blood-Vibrating Heavenly Brew, and Lei Jun accepted, recognizing the brew as his Fifth Grade Opportunity.

Lei Jun refined the Blood-Vibrating Heavenly Brew and completed his fourth Dao Palace as Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared to install Tang Xiaotang as Celestial Master. After Tang Xiaotang’s inauguration, Lei Jun and three fellow disciples became sect elders, making him the youngest elder in the mansion.

• Lei Jun traded the Double Spirit Treasure Tree to Zhang Jingzhen for the Blood-Vibrating Heavenly Brew and used it to strengthen his blood and qi.
• Tang Xiaotang discussed the coming inauguration ceremony with Lei Jun and resolved to surprise Xu Yuanzhen when she returned.
• Lei Jun completed the Western Spirit Official Palace and began constructing his fifth Dao Palace.
• Lei Jun, Zhang Jingzhen, Lin Shan, Ke Sicheng, and other disciples performed the rites leading up to Tang Xiaotang’s Celestial Master inauguration.
• Tang Xiaotang formally became Celestial Master, while Lei Jun, Zhang Jingzhen, Lin Shan, and Ke Sicheng were appointed elders; Lei Jun became the mansion’s youngest elder.

At Tang Xiaotang’s inauguration ceremony, Lei Jun learned of unrest brewing in the Southwest and received permission to enter the stabilized Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven with her. The chapter ended as he explored Biyou Immortal Mountain and threadlike vines suddenly reached out to bind him.

• Pure Yang Palace and Mount Shu Sect representatives discussed Tang Xiaotang’s inauguration, Lei Jun’s rapid advancement, and the changing state of their sects.
• Ji Chuan warned Lei Jun that someone in the Great Tang appeared to be supporting descendants of Prince Shengkang, while unusual movements had begun in the Southern Wilderness.
• Yuan Mobai told Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun that Great Sky Temple would bear responsibility for Bodhi Temple’s destruction and other turmoil, and said he intended to search for the Celestial Master Robe.
• Yuan Mobai invited Lei Jun to enter the stabilized Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven, and Tang Xiaotang brought him to Biyou Immortal Mountain.
• Lei Jun explored the mountain’s summit and approached an area of unusually dense spiritual energy, where threadlike vines suddenly coiled toward him.

Lei Jun refined a Yuan Magnetic Entangling Dragon Banner and improved his Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet setup, then consulted Yuan Mobai about a new official assignment. The Light Sphere offered three fortunes for possible posts, favoring a duty elder role in the Hall of Affairs and warning against becoming Wind Patrol Elder.

• Lei Jun suppressed and uprooted the Entangling Dragon Hemp in Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven, then discussed its use as artifact material with Tang Xiaotang.
• Lei Jun chose materials from the Treasure Pavilion and used the Guangfa Spirit Crystal and Entangling Dragon Hemp root to refine a Yuan Magnetic Entangling Dragon Banner that could locate and restrain targets.
• Lei Jun tested the banner in Sword Valley and improved a metal sheath for his Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet to reduce its magic-power cost.
• Lei Jun visited Yuan Mobai to discuss possible official assignments after the appointments were bestowed.
• The Light Sphere showed three fortunes: a Hall of Affairs duty elder post offered a Fourth Grade Opportunity, while the Wind Patrol Elder post carried hidden risks.

Lei Jun took the Hall of Affairs Guardian Elder post and waited for the expandable Fourth Grade Opportunity predicted by the Heavenly Book. As Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared for its delayed Ordination Ceremony, the opportunity appeared through a strange shadow attached to Zhang Yuan, which entered Lei Jun’s Grotto-heaven and connected with the Heavenly Book.

• Lei Jun accepted the Hall of Affairs Guardian Elder post, while Ke Sicheng became Wind Patrol Elder and Zhang Jingzhen took charge of the Edict Pavilion.
• Lei Jun adjusted to his busy duties, refined twelve Yuan Magnetic Entangling Dragon Banners, and considered ways to improve his Divine Eye Mirror Stone.
• Ke Sicheng returned badly injured after being caught near a fight between Great Demons, and the Wind Patrol Elder position remained vacant.
• As the Celestial Master Mansion prepared for its Ordination Ceremony, Lei Jun sensed the Heavenly Book react and found Zhang Yuan confused and physically unwell in the Hall of Affairs.
• Lei Jun used Yimu Yin Thunder to stabilize Zhang Yuan and discovered a neutral shadow that affected body and mind before the Heavenly Book drew it into Lei Jun’s Grotto-heaven.
• The shadow connected with the Heavenly Book and stopped affecting them, and Zhang Yuan awoke as Lei Jun asked where he had encountered it.

Lei Jun investigated the Dark Shadow that had cursed Zhang Yuan, traced it to a disturbance in Earth Vein Spiritual Energy, and began studying its power. As Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared for the Ordination Ceremony, Shangguan Ning and Yuan Mobai discussed the Tang court’s hidden political moves, including the Empress’s plan to establish a new academy.

• Lei Jun cured Zhang Yuan of a Southern Wilderness Witch Sect curse, examined his fellow travelers, and secretly investigated the route to Fanmo Mountain.
• Lei Jun found a twisted Earth Vein where a Dark Shadow had likely attached itself to Zhang Yuan, then suspected his Heavenly Book page had drawn it toward Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun studied the Dark Shadow and found that it could turn things toward disorder and erode the strength of others.
• Lei Jun helped prepare for the Ordination Ceremony and welcomed Shangguan Peng, who discussed the missing Celestial Master Seal, a mysterious attacker, and former dynasty survivors with Shangguan Ning.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that the Empress planned to establish a new academy outside the Imperial Academy, bringing together Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, and other scholarly traditions.

Lei Jun learned that the Celestial Master Mansion would send Lin Shan to the Capital City to help establish Empress Zhang Wantong’s new Academy, while he focused on the Ordination Ceremony and his cultivation. In the Heavenly Book’s Starry Space, the Seven Yao explored the stars together, and Lei Jun saw a darkened Starry River that branched into seven at one end while its other end remained hidden by light.

• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that the Celestial Master Mansion planned to send Lin Shan to the Capital City to teach at the Empress’s new Academy.
• After the Ordination Ceremony, Lin Shan accepted the appointment, received an imperial decree, and departed for the Capital City with Shangguan Peng; Ke Sicheng took over his post at the Dao Child Courtyard.
• Lei Jun continued his duties and cultivation while the Seven Yao gathered in the Heavenly Book’s Starry Space and agreed to explore together.
• The Seven Yao extended their awareness through the starry sky and traveled to observe stars that were not formed from joined human minds.
• Lei Jun saw the Dark Shadow dim the void and reveal a vast Starry River, whose one end split into seven branches while its other end was obscured by light.

Lei Jun used the Seven Yao gathering to trade intelligence about the Longwai Xiao Clan and Vajra Temple, then reported the exchange to Yuan Mobai. After White Lotus Sect and Great Sky Temple attacked Vajra Temple, Lei Jun turned his attention to cultivation and completed his Fifth Dao Palace.

• The Seven Yao discussed how they had reached the Heavenly Book gathering, exchanged questions, and agreed to be fair and sincere while keeping private matters to themselves.
• Lei Jun and the others exchanged leads about the former Shengkang dynasty, the mysterious attacker connected to Wei Ancheng, the Earth Tremor Serpent King, Phoenix Blood Stone, and Vajra Temple's new Abbot.
• Wood Yao privately told Lei Jun about the Xiao siblings and the unrest within the Longwai Xiao Clan, while Lei Jun traded information about Vajra Temple's new Abbot and learned Wood Yao was connected to a Buddhist faction.
• Wood Yao gave Lei Jun incomplete formulas for three spirit medicines, and Lei Jun shared Yuan Mobai's information about the new Abbot's location.
• Yuan Mobai said Great Sky Temple was more dangerous, and reports arrived that White Lotus Sect and Great Sky Temple had attacked Vajra Temple's monks in the Western Regions.
• Lei Jun handed the incomplete Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pill formula to the first level of the True One Altar, completed his Fifth Dao Palace, and reached the Fifth Heaven Dao Palace Realm Perfected.

Lei Jun presented the recovered Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pill formula while Gun Gun began speaking and rejected the idea of becoming human. The Jinzhou Ye Clan continued to focus on Dragon Tiger Mountain, and preparations began for the first Ordinance Conferment Ceremony under Tang Xiaotang; Lei Jun ended by asking Wang Guiyuan whether he feared entering the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven.

• Lei Jun heard Gun Gun speak, watched Tang Xiaotang coax it into addressing her as Celestial Master, and learned that it did not want to take human form.
• Yuan Mobai described the troubles facing the Longwai Xiao Clan and Xiao Chunhui, while Tang Xiaotang explained that the Empress had sent the Crown Prince to support the Academy.
• Lei Jun presented the completed Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pill formula, and Yuan Mobai said he would seek the Celestial Master Robe once the situation had stabilized.
• The Jinzhou Ye Clan decided not to intervene in the Longwai Xiao Clan matter and reaffirmed that Dragon Tiger Mountain was its main target.
• Lei Jun helped prepare for the first Ordinance Conferment Ceremony of Tang Xiaotang's tenure, where Chu Kun, Shangguan Hong, and Guo Yan received ordinances.
• Lei Jun asked Wang Guiyuan whether he was afraid to enter the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven.

Lei Jun overcame the Fifth-to-Sixth Heaven Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and entered the Dao Seal Realm, then received his third Talisman Addition and returned to his duties on Dragon Tiger Mountain. When Yuan Mobai prepared to search the Southern Wilderness for clues to the lost Celestial Master Robe, Lei Jun’s Sign Fortunes warned of ambushes and lethal danger at two peaks of Great Southern Mountain.

• Wang Guiyuan told Lei Jun he might seek an ordinance at the next ceremony, while Xu Rui passed this ceremony’s ordinance conferment despite controversy over his master, Li Zhengxuan.
• Lei Jun entered secluded cultivation, resisted the deceptive thoughts of the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation, and formed his Dao Seal, advancing to the Sixth Heaven Dao Seal Realm.
• Lei Jun reported his success to Yuan Mobai and the elders, then received his third Talisman Addition, the Five Thunder Talisman, and the corresponding teachings and rank.
• Lei Jun resumed his work at the Hall of Affairs, and after his Guardian Elder term ended, he was appointed Guardian Elder of the Edict Pavilion as Zhang Jingzhen prepared to seek the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• Yuan Mobai planned to search the Southern Wilderness for the lost Celestial Master Robe, and Lei Jun’s Sign Fortunes warned of an ambush at Lonely City Ridge and certain-seeming death at Facing Sun Peak.

Lei Jun warned Yuan Mobai that the lead to Lonely City Ridge was likely a trap, and the two secretly traveled through Great Southern Mountain while the Jinzhou Ye Clan and Golden City Stronghold waited for them. Their enemies eventually learned that Lei Jun had headed east, where reports of a mountain shining like the Celestial Master Robe disrupted their plans.

• Lei Jun cited rumors of powerful Witch Sect shamans and Tang Confucian cultivators near Lonely City Ridge, persuading Yuan Mobai to avoid the suspected ambush.
• Lei Jun proposed using the dangers at Lonely City Ridge and Facing Sun Peak to turn their enemies against each other, and Yuan Mobai agreed to travel with him.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai left Dragon Tiger Mountain secretly, traveling through Taoist branches before vanishing from their known trail.
• Ye Han and Ye Lingxi waited near Lonely City Ridge with Golden City Stronghold, tracking reports that Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai had split up across Great Southern Mountain.
• Ye Lingxi received news that Nine-Colored Radiance resembling the Celestial Master Robe had appeared atop a mountain in the eastern reaches of Great Southern Mountain.

Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai staged clues in eastern Great Southern Mountain to draw Ye Han, Ye Lingxi, and Golden City Stronghold away from their ambush. After Lei Jun rescued Ruyuan from Zhao Sen, the two masters quietly left the Southern Wilderness while their pursuers advanced toward Facing Sun Peak.

• Lei Jun watched Zhao Sen battle the Bodhi Temple monk Ruyuan, then attacked Zhao Sen and shattered his Sarira Gu, allowing Ruyuan to escape the siege.
• Lei Jun let Zhao Sen flee and spread clues that he and Yuan Mobai were searching eastern Great Southern Mountain, including rumors of the Celestial Master Robe near Facing Sun Peak.
• Ye Han and Ye Lingxi learned of the reported robe and sent people from Golden City Stronghold to investigate the eastern mountain range.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai left Great Southern Mountain for a quiet place outside Xinzhou, keeping their departure secret.
• Ye Clan and Golden City Stronghold forces followed the planted traces toward Facing Sun Peak.

Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai learned that Wei Ancheng had emerged as a Ninth Heaven Realm powerhouse and devastated the Jinzhou Ye Clan and Golden City Stronghold near Facing Sun Peak. After returning safely to Dragon Tiger Mountain, they watched the Southern Wilderness descend into conflict while the Ye Clan mourned its losses and continued monitoring the Celestial Master Mansion.

• Lei Jun studied alchemy with Yuan Mobai while they stayed away from the Southern Wilderness and waited for news.
• Yuan Mobai learned that Wei Ancheng had fought Ye Han, Gao Pu, and their allies near Facing Sun Peak, killing most of them and badly wounding the survivors.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai concluded that Lonely City Ridge had been a trap set by the Jinzhou Ye Clan and Golden City Stronghold, and that leaving early had spared them from Wei Ancheng.
• The Ye Clan learned that Ye Han had survived with grave injuries and Ye Lingxi had died, while Wei Ancheng pursued Gao Pu and prepared to attack Golden City Stronghold.
• The Ye Clan patriarch ordered his family to keep watch on the Celestial Master Mansion and said he would travel to Qing Province and Youzhou after Ye Lingxi’s funeral.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Yao Yuan, Shangguan Ning, Tang Xiaotang, and Chu Kun discussed their trip and the Southern Wilderness conflict.

While serving as Guardian Elder of the Edict Pavilion, Lei Jun learned of upheavals among the Longwai Xiao Clan, Buddhist and Taoist factions, and the Ye clans. A nighttime fortune led him to stop a fellow disciple’s pill furnace from starting a fire, but he could not tell what Fourth Grade Opportunity he had gained.

• Lei Jun agreed to help Chu Kun search the Edict Pavilion for records of the Celestial Luo Circling the Sun Phenomenon and began browsing the collection while serving as its Guardian Elder.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that the Longwai Xiao Clan had split after a coup against Xiao Hang was suppressed, while attacks on Lin Shan and Fa Shan intensified conflict between Buddhist factions and the Great Tang court.
• In Qing Province, Ye Yan confirmed that the Jinzhou Ye Clan would support Prince Zhao Mansion, while his daughter prepared to visit the Empress and Crown Prince in the capital.
• Lei Jun received a fortune advising him to patrol the Edict Pavilion at night for a Fourth Grade Opportunity and secretly returned after dark to investigate.
• Lei Jun found a Talisman Conferral Taoist secretly refining pills in the pavilion and stabilized the unstable furnace before it caused a fire.
• Lei Jun let the Taoist report to the Discipline Hall the next morning, then wondered where his promised Fourth Grade Opportunity was.

Lei Jun restored the Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pill formula and discovered how the pills enhanced cultivation, while Chu Kun returned with rare Immortal Spirit Origin Seeds and advanced into the Middle Three Heavens. Chu Kun then revealed to Lei Jun that he possessed the Constellation Saint Body.

• Lei Jun found an old travel journal that recorded the vanished Immortal Luo Circling the Sun Phenomenon, giving Chu Kun the information he had sought.
• Lei Jun refined Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pills of excellent quality, and Yuan Mobai tested one and confirmed it was safe.
• After taking a pill, Lei Jun sensed an illusory azure sky that improved his connection to spiritual energy and began studying the effect alongside his Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Chu Kun returned from his ancestral land with four Immortal Spirit Origin Seeds and shared them among Lei Jun, Wang Guiyuan, himself, and the mansion’s Treasure Pavilion.
• With help from the Heavenly Origin Azure Vista Pill, Chu Kun crossed the Heavenly Moat between the Third and Fourth Heavens and formed an Origin Talisman.
• Chu Kun told Lei Jun that he had a Constellation Saint Body rather than a Spirit Body Constitution.

Lei Jun discussed Chu Kun’s Star Constellation Talisman and his own plans for a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman while Wang Guiyuan left Dragon Tiger Mountain to travel. News of Fang Yue joining the imperial Academy and Wei Ancheng’s royal ancestry led Lei Jun to recall a mysterious question from the Heavenly Book.

• Chu Kun showed Lei Jun his self-created Star Constellation Talisman, and they discussed its uses and limitations.
• Lei Jun revealed that he was considering the Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman as his Natal Third Dharma.
• Wang Guiyuan announced that he would leave the mountain, accepted Chu Kun’s Immortal Spirit Origin Seed, and departed without revealing his reason.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun learned that Fang Yue had joined the imperial Academy and that the Jingxiang Fang Clan had failed to bring him home.
• News revealed that Wei Ancheng was descended from Prince Shengkang, prompting Lei Jun to remember a Heavenly Book question about Wei Ancheng’s whereabouts.

Lei Jun received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to Cow Soul Mountain in the Southern Wilderness at midnight on Mid-Autumn Festival, where he hoped to learn more about the dormant Celestial Master Seal. After secretly reaching the mountain, he discovered a conflict between local Shaman Sect factions and recognized Chen Yi leading an assault on Cow Soul Tong.

• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed Wei Ancheng’s exposed royal descent, the Yellow Heaven Path’s attacks, and the Celestial Master Mansion’s efforts to recover.
• Yuan Mobai left for the Southern Wilderness, and Lei Jun continued cultivating until his Celestial Master Seal stirred and his master reported that the seal’s dormant state was linked to the region.
• Lei Jun received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to Cow Soul Mountain at midnight on Mid-Autumn Festival, then researched the area and traveled there in secret.
• Lei Jun overheard Jiang Dongyu and Yang Chengjun discuss Yang’s witchcraft curse and a former Demon Suppression Guard named Chen Yi, who had become Rain Cavern’s Tong Leader.
• Lei Jun discovered that Reincarnation Abyss cultivators were arranging a ritual array on Cow Soul Mountain and watched Tong Leader Liu Xun meet Yang Chengjun there.
• On Mid-Autumn Festival, Ge Po Mountain attacked Cow Soul Tong, and Lei Jun recognized Chen Yi leading the assault while demanding proof that Cow Soul Tong had colluded with the Blood River Sect.

Lei Jun watched the Reincarnation Abyss and Ge Po Mountain forces clash at Cow Soul Mountain, then secretly intervened when their schemes turned into a massacre. He took the Reverse Flow Essence and killed both Liu Xun and Elder Gu with concealed sword-pellet shots.

• Ge Po Mountain Cultivators besieged Cow Soul Mountain, but the Reincarnation Abyss's Pale Abyssal Descent and the Blood River's Blood Sea turned on the Rain Cavern and Cow Soul Tong forces.
• Liu Xun revealed that Jiang Dongyu had been made the Abyssal Descent's living sacrifice, while Elder Gu used Chen Yi as the Blood Sea's sacrificial master.
• Chen Yi escaped the Blood Sea, and the Witch Suppressing Stone fused with the Heavenly Evil Bone to form the Reverse Flow Essence.
• Lei Jun secretly killed Liu Xun with a Fine Gold Sword Pellet, freeing Yang Chengjun to rescue Jiang Dongyu.
• Lei Jun collected the Reverse Flow Essence, then used his metal tube and another Fine Gold Sword Pellet to kill Elder Gu.