Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun used Reverse Flow Essence and the Heavenly Book’s Dark Shadow to awaken the Celestial Master Seal, unlock the second and third layers of the True One Altar, and discover that he could enter the True One Altar Grotto-heaven in person. He returned to Cow Soul Mountain to seek clues about his missing master, just as Blood River Sect Elder Tu Dong arrived to find Liu Xun and Gu Ying dead.

• Lei Jun left Cow Soul Mountain, failed to contact Yuan Mobai, and used Reverse Flow Essence to dissolve the ancient shamanic writing suppressing the Celestial Master Seal.
• The awakened Celestial Master Seal opened the second and third layers of the True One Altar, revealing the Human Book Life Cultivation Talisman and the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman.
• Lei Jun discovered he could enter the True One Altar Grotto-heaven physically and tested how its gates worked, though each entry consumed considerable Magic Power.
• Lei Jun returned to the area near Cow Soul Mountain and waited for sunrise in hopes of finding clues about Yuan Mobai.
• Blood River Sect Elder Tu Dong arrived at Cow Soul Mountain and realized Liu Xun and Gu Ying had been killed, ruining his plan to exploit tensions between Reincarnation Abyss and Ge Po Mountain.

Lei Jun followed Tu Dong after Shangguan Peng and a Ge Po Mountain Elder forced the Blood River Sect fighter to flee with a Witch Suppressing Stone. At the stockade, the Great Tang Divine Strategy Army joined Reincarnation Abyss and Ge Po Mountain in a siege, and Lei Jun chose an elder as a potential captive to interrogate.

• Shangguan Peng battled Tu Dong, while a Ge Po Mountain Elder arrived and helped drive Tu Dong to escape with a Witch Suppressing Stone.
• Lei Jun followed Tu Dong and the pursuers into the southern mountains, hoping to learn about Yuan Mobai through the Witch Suppressing Stone.
• Tu Dong reached a stockade and was received by a fierce Body Refinement Martial Arts expert as Great Tang, Reincarnation Abyss, and Ge Po Mountain forces gathered nearby.
• Lei Jun heard Divine Strategy Army soldiers criticize Shen Qubing's absence and discuss the Empress's promotion of people from humble backgrounds.
• The allied forces breached the stockade, and Lei Jun selected an elderly, high-ranking-looking man as his target amid the chaos.

Lei Jun learned that Yuan Mobai, Xiao Xueting, and He Dongxing were trapped in a Nine Li secret realm, then reached Nine Mountains Lake and cleared its guards. After Fire Yao revealed his identity while asking how to break the seal, Lei Jun met Shen Qubing, who had arrived to find Xiao Xueting.

• Lei Jun captured two Shengkang branch cultivators and learned that Tu Dong had trapped Yuan Mobai, Xiao Xueting, and He Dongxing in a Nine Li secret realm.
• Lei Jun reached Nine Mountains Lake, confirmed the three were inside, and used Yuan Magnetic Entangling Dragon Banners to distract the guards while he dismantled their positions.
• Shen Qubing arrived and defeated the retreating Shengkang cultivators, then tried unsuccessfully to open the secret realm by calling for Xiao Xueting and striking the lake.
• Fire Yao posted a message in the Heavenly Book asking how to break the Nine Li Secret Realm's seal, prompting Lei Jun to realize that Fire Yao had exposed himself.
• Lei Jun approached Shen Qubing, who recognized him as Elder Lei Chongyun of Dragon Tiger Mountain and introduced himself as a Left Rear Army Colonel of the Great Tang Divine Strategy Army.

Lei Jun helped Yuan Mobai, Xiao Xueting, and He Dongxing escape the Nine Li Secret Realm, and the three experts destroyed its entrance at Nine Mountains Lake. After reuniting with his master, Lei Jun used the Heavenly Wasteland Enlightenment Jades in the True One Altar Grotto-heaven and raised his comprehension to the Tranquil Level.

• Lei Jun used power tied to the Celestial Master Seal to destabilize Nine Mountains Lake, allowing Yuan Mobai, Xiao Xueting, and He Dongxing to emerge from the secret realm.
• Xiao Xueting proposed destroying the gateway, and Yuan Mobai and He Dongxing joined her in filling in the lake and collapsing the surrounding mountains.
• The group left the area, and Lei Jun received a message from Fire Yao saying that matters concerning the Nine Li Secret Realm had been resolved.
• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that the Celestial Master Seal had regained its radiance and learned that his master planned to investigate a clue about the Celestial Master Robe before entering seclusion.
• With Yuan Mobai guarding him, Lei Jun entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven and used the Heavenly Wasteland Enlightenment Jades to raise his comprehension to the Tranquil Level.

Lei Jun learned that he could enter the True One Altar Grotto-heaven in his physical body and received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to Star Dragon Abyss. He set out with Xiao Xueting and Shen Qubing while Yuan Mobai headed to Miracle Rainbow Mountain and He Dongxing went to aid injured fellow disciples.

• Lei Jun entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven in his physical body, but Yuan Mobai could not enter with him.
• Lei Jun received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign for Star Dragon Abyss and told Yuan Mobai that Yellow Heaven Path Disciples had been sighted there.
• Yuan Mobai decided to visit Miracle Rainbow Mountain while Lei Jun traveled with Xiao Xueting and Shen Qubing to Star Dragon Abyss to investigate the Yellow Heaven Path and Shengkang's descendants.
• Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun discussed Shen Qubing's Heavenly Book identity and whether the Heavenly Book was connected to the current Your Majesty.
• He Dongxing left for Lu Nan Valley Plain to help the injured Jiang Dongyu and her disciple, while Xiao Xueting, Lei Jun, and Shen Qubing set off for Star Dragon Abyss.

Lei Jun, Xiao Xueting, and Shen Qubing infiltrated Star Dragon Abyss to investigate the Former Dynasty Survivors, who were preparing to relocate. Shen Qubing triggered an alarm while entering the stronghold, leaving Lei Jun inside as Wang Jingfang recognized that they had been followed.

• Lei Jun told Xiao Xueting that Dragon Tiger Mountain had heard nothing from Xu Yuanzhen, and he could not say whether she or Tang Xiaotang was stronger.
• Xiao Xueting proposed that Shen Qubing scout ahead while she watched from the shadows, and Lei Jun joined them as they descended into Star Dragon Abyss.
• Lei Jun spotted the former Pure Yang Palace disciple Wang Jingfang being escorted through the valley by a middle-aged Confucian scholar, then followed their route past hidden sentries.
• Lei Jun's Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo began glowing, and he and Shen Qubing reached a barrier as the Former Dynasty Survivors moved supplies out of their stronghold.
• Shen Qubing rushed through the opening barrier and fought the guards, raising the alarm and drawing their attention away as Lei Jun crossed into the stronghold.
• Wang Jingfang emerged with the Confucian scholar and said that someone had been following them, while Shen Qubing fought through the chaotic valley.

Lei Jun infiltrated Star Dragon Abyss and uncovered the Sui Descendants’ plans to establish a new national destiny vein, along with their dealings with the Jinzhou Ye Clan and interest in the Celestial Master Robe. As Xiao Xueting and Shen Qubing drove off Jiang Tiankuo, Lei Jun ambushed Wang Jingfang, whose Golden Core Projection protected him.

• The Sui Descendants summoned Divine Archers to target Shen Qubing, but he evaded their attacks while Lei Jun slipped deeper into Star Dragon Abyss.
• Lei Jun overheard the Second Young Master ordering the evacuation of sacrificial vessels and discussing the Jinzhou Ye Clan, White Spring Mountain, and the Celestial Master Robe with a middle-aged scholar.
• Jiang Tiankuo arrived, escorted the Second Young Master and the vessels away, then attacked Shen Qubing and recognized his Great Thunder Immortal Body.
• Xiao Xueting stabbed Jiang Tiankuo from behind, and she and Shen Qubing pursued him as the Sui Descendants fled the abyss.
• Lei Jun struck Wang Jingfang, but Wang's Golden Core Projection blocked the blow, and the two exchanged accusations over serving the former dynasty or Great Tang.

Lei Jun defeated and captured Wang Jingfang, then discovered that Kui Bull Blood in Star Dragon Abyss could elevate the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo into a higher-grade magic treasure. He learned that someone else had supplied Zhou Peng with Yin Moon Soulstones and left considering rumors that the Sui Descendants had clues about the Celestial Master Robe at White Spring Mountain.

• Lei Jun trapped Wang Jingfang with Yin Lightning and talismans, then pierced his projected Golden Core with a Fine Gold Sword Pellet and captured him.
• Lei Jun searched Star Dragon Abyss and found a nearly dried spring eye where the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo absorbed Kui Bull Blood.
• Lei Jun realized that the Golden Bamboo could be reforged with Nine Abyss True Fire after he reached the Seventh Heaven Realm to become a magic treasure attuned to him.
• While interrogating Wang Jingfang, Lei Jun learned that Zhou Peng had received his Yin Moon Soulstone from someone else and suspected the Mysterious Expert might be involved.
• Lei Jun considered the Sui Descendants’ unrest and the rumor that they had clues about the Celestial Master Robe at White Spring Mountain.

Lei Jun scattered modified Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talismans through Star Dragon Abyss’s Earth Vein to monitor possible Sui Descendants strongholds, then discovered Azure Sun Profound Frost among Wang Jingfang’s spoils. While secretly following Shen Qubing’s group and intercepting their communications, Lei Jun learned that Shangguan Peng was tracking him and was at Lu Nan Valley Plain.

• Lei Jun contacted Yuan Mobai, who decided to investigate White Spring Mountain with General Xiao and fellow daoist He while Lei Jun searched elsewhere.
• Lei Jun made thirty-six Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talismans and sent them through the Earth Vein, using the True One Altar to monitor their locations and sense disturbances.
• Lei Jun identified Wang Jingfang’s porcelain bottle contents as Azure Sun Profound Frost and suspected that Zhou Peng had received support from others.
• Shen Qubing returned to Star Dragon Abyss with Shangguan Clan soldiers, whose discussion revealed tensions over Shen Qubing’s rise and the Empress’s support for commoner-born talent.
• Lei Jun secretly intercepted a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman and heard Shangguan Peng order the soldiers to watch Lei Jun’s whereabouts.
• Lei Jun heard Shangguan Peng say that he was handling matters at Lu Nan Valley Plain, where He Dongxing and Jiang Dongyu were also present.

Lei Jun tracked the Sui Descendants’ earth-vein disturbances across the Southern Wilderness and learned that Yuan Mobai and Xiao Xueting had driven them from White Spring Mountain, though the Celestial Master Robe remained unaccounted for. After Shangguan Peng arrived at Star Dragon Abyss, Lei Jun secretly listened to his conversation and discovered a plot to draw the new Celestial Master south.

• Lei Jun tested a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman made by Lin Shan and tracked Spirit Talismans that revealed several places where the Sui Descendants were disturbing the earth veins.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Xiao Xueting had killed Jiang Tiankuo at White Spring Mountain, while Tu Dong and Yang Fei escaped and the Sui Descendants abandoned the site.
• Lei Jun learned that Jiang Dongyu had died at Lu Nan Valley Plain, where Shangguan Peng had helped He Dongxing and Yang Chengjun escape from Xiong Gang, deepening Lei Jun’s suspicions of Shangguan Peng.
• The Light Sphere offered Lei Jun four destinations, including a safe opportunity at Kong Liu Mountain, but he waited to see what Shangguan Peng would do.
• Shangguan Peng arrived at Star Dragon Abyss and privately told the middle-aged military officer that if Yuan Mobai or Lei Jun fell in the Southern Wilderness, the new Celestial Master would likely come south and distract Wei Ancheng.

Lei Jun overheard Shangguan Peng plotting to exploit the Celestial Master Mansion and Mount Shu, then used Shangguan Peng’s desire for information to draw him toward a Sixth Grade Opportunity at the Zhao River. There, Lei Jun revealed himself, killed Zhao Sen and the Gu Masters at Red Cloud Cavern, and slipped away as Shangguan Peng arrived.

• Lei Jun listened as Shangguan Peng and a middle-aged colonel planned to stir up trouble for the Celestial Master Mansion and use Xiong Gang against Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun.
• After learning that Xiong Gang was likely near Silver Flute Rock, Lei Jun chose to investigate the Zhao River instead and devised a way to lure Shangguan Peng downstream.
• Lei Jun reached the middle Zhao River, where he drew out Gu Masters from Red Cloud Cavern by sending Nine-Colored Radiance into the current.
• Lei Jun confronted Zhao Sen and killed him and the other Gu Masters with talismans and thunder, then let survivors see him head downstream before secretly departing.
• Shangguan Peng traveled to the Zhao River after hearing reports of Lei Jun and the Nine-Colored Radiance, while Lei Jun left the region and left the outcome to chance.

Lei Jun reached Kong Liu Mountain, discovered and collected the Fourth Grade Opportunity, Celestial Eye Cinnabar, and captured a dazed Former Sui Loyalist. When the mountain’s Earth Vein erupted, he uncovered a plot by the middle-aged lieutenant and his men to kill the injured Shen Qubing, then stopped the lieutenant himself.

• Lei Jun warned Yuan Mobai about the Shangguan Clan’s intentions and reported that the White Lotus Sect Future Maitreya had entered the Southern Wilderness.
• Lei Jun secretly entered Kong Liu Mountain and found the Celestial Eye Cinnabar in the flames on the rear mountain, then collected it with the Breathing Earth Banner.
• Lei Jun noticed a dazed Confucian Divine Archery Disciple and captured him with a Yuan Magnetic Entangling Dragon Banner.
• The Former Sui Descendants’ abandoned ritual array destabilized Kong Liu Mountain’s Earth Vein, and Shen Qubing blocked the resulting Vajra Wind but was seriously injured.
• The middle-aged lieutenant and his personal guard discussed using the chaos to kill Shen Qubing, and Lei Jun appeared behind the lieutenant and snapped his neck.

Lei Jun secretly killed two Shangguan Clan men at Kong Liu Mountain, then interrogated the middle-aged colonel and learned that Yang Tai might travel to the Zhu An River. He later heard from Yuan Mobai that Shangguan Peng had encountered Yang Yuqi and Gao Pu near the Zhao River, leaving his fate unclear.

• Lei Jun killed the middle-aged colonel and young guard, then concealed himself while Shen Qubing and the Shangguan descendants searched for the missing men and found scraps of clothing in the valley.
• After the group failed to contact Shangguan Peng, Lei Jun released and interrogated the middle-aged colonel, learning that a powerful Heavenly Book Dark Shadow had affected him.
• The colonel told Lei Jun that First Young Master Yang Tai might arrive near the Zhu An River, which lay within Ge Po Mountain's territory.
• Lei Jun contacted Yuan Mobai, who reported that Shangguan Peng had encountered Yang Yuqi and Gao Pu near the lower Zhao River.

Lei Jun tracked possible Earth Vein disturbances in the Zhu An River region, forged the Heavenly Eye Mirror, and joined Yuan Mobai there to investigate. Yuan Mobai reported that Shangguan Yunbo had taken the Bandit Quelling Golden Halberd south to find Shangguan Peng, then revealed that Lin Che had returned to the Jiangzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land.

• Lei Jun learned that Shangguan Peng was missing after encountering Gao Pu and Yang Yuqi, and Yuan Mobai warned him to act cautiously.
• Lei Jun scattered sound-transmission talismans through the Earth Vein at Kong Liu Mountain and used their movements to identify a possible disturbance near the Zhu An River.
• Lei Jun refined the Celestial Eye Cinnabar and Divine Eye Mirror Stone into the Heavenly Eye Mirror, giving him distant, precise vision with few blind spots.
• Lei Jun compared the talismans' locations with his map, concluded that Sui Descendants might be disrupting the Earth Vein near the Zhu An River, and traveled there.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Shangguan Yunbo had left the Capital City with the Bandit Quelling Golden Halberd to head for the Southern Wilderness.
• Yuan Mobai informed Lei Jun that Lin Che had returned to the Jiangzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land.

Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai watched the Southern Wilderness tensions gather around Zhu An Cavern as Ge Po Mountain’s Sang Lu confronted Elder Yuan Shanjii. Lei Jun received three Sign Fortunes, including a rare Second Grade Opportunity at Qianxin Mountain, and prepared to pursue it while remaining cautious of future karmic entanglements.

• Lei Jun learned that Lin Che had returned to Jiangzhou while Xu Yuanzhen remained missing, and Yuan Mobai warned that the Jiangzhou Lin Clan might regain unity and threaten Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed how the Sui Descendants’ Earth Vein plans and the Shaman Sect’s civil war could reshape the Southern Wilderness.
• Yang Tai arrived near Zhu An Cavern and planned to exploit a conflict among Ge Po Mountain’s experts to conduct a ritual that could strengthen his father, Yang Yuqi.
• Yuan Mobai discovered that Sang Lu was heading to Zhu An Cavern, where Yuan Shanjii was likely waiting, and cautioned Lei Jun to stay on the outskirts if fighting began.
• Lei Jun received Sign Fortunes offering a Second Grade Opportunity at Qianxin Mountain, a Fifth Grade Opportunity beneath the Zhu An River, or a dangerous Fifth Grade Opportunity inside Zhu An Cavern.

Lei Jun watched Sang Lu and Yuan Shanjii’s battle at Zhu An Cavern from Qianxin Mountain, where the Sui Descendants’ ritual caused a vast Earth Vein upheaval. He descended into a newly formed rift and sensed the Heavenly Book page and its Dark Shadow trembling.

• Lei Jun warned Yuan Mobai that Zhu An Cavern might be dangerous, then traveled alone toward Qianxin Mountain while Yuan Mobai went ahead.
• Sang Lu and Yuan Shanjii fought with powerful Ghost God Sacrificial Arrays, and Lei Jun used his Heavenly Eye Mirror to identify Xiong Gang as Yuan Shanjii’s hidden ally.
• Sang Lu summoned Li Tianqing, who revealed the Lord of the East Sacrificial Array and fought Xiong Gang, while Yuan Shanjii’s expected ally from Reincarnation Abyss failed to appear.
• Yang Tai and the Sui Descendants performed a ritual that split the ground, cut off the Zhu An River, and sent Earth Vein energy surging through the region.
• After the upheaval opened a deep rift in Qianxin Mountain, Lei Jun descended inside and sensed the Heavenly Book page and its Dark Shadow trembling.

Lei Jun captured the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book and discovered that the Sun Yao, likely Empress Zhang Wantong, connected to multiple pages of the Heavenly Book Main Chapter. As a battle at Zhu An Cavern collapsed into chaos, Lei Jun recognized Yang Tai among those retreating and followed him.

• Lei Jun used the Heavenly Book, its dark shadow, and the Breathing Earth Banner to draw a mysterious presence from the Earth Vein Spiritual Energy and merge it with the shadow into the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book.
• Lei Jun entered the starry space within the book and discovered that the Sun Yao connected to both ends of the Starry River, leading him to suspect that Empress Zhang Wantong possessed more than one page of the Heavenly Book Main Chapter.
• Lei Jun observed Zhu An Cavern through the Heavenly Eye Mirror as Tu Dong entered the Zhu An River, where Sun Li's Down Head Technique disrupted Yang Tai's Ritual Array and caused the surrounding ground to collapse.
• Yang Tai and the others retreated as Yuan Shanjii and Xiong Gang escaped Sang Lu and Li Tianqing, while the four groups' conflicting plans and loyalties became apparent to Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun followed Yang Tai after the failed Ritual Array, remaining wary because the earlier fortune had revealed no clues about Yang Tai's connection to the Celestial Master Robe.

Lei Jun followed Yang Tai after the battle at Zhu An River, where Tu Dong ambushed the Sui heir to seize his Dragon Eye. Yang Tai escaped with a space-shifting treasure, but Lei Jun tracked Tu Dong down and killed the Seventh Heaven Blood River Elder with repeated shots from his Yuan Magnetic weapon.

• Lei Jun secretly followed Yang Tai and his attendants away from Zhu An River, then discovered Tu Dong attacking them with Blood Rivers.
• Tu Dong demanded Yang Tai's Dragon Eye and slaughtered the Sui attendants to replenish his strength, while Yang Tai fought back with sword qi.
• Yang Tai used the Star Shifting Stone to escape through space, leaving Tu Dong with a trace of its radiance.
• Lei Jun shot Tu Dong through the chest with a Fine Gold Sword Pellet, then blasted apart the Blood Sea form he used to defend himself.
• Tu Dong's Blood Sea Nirvana ability formed a hidden blood vortex, but Lei Jun found it with the Heavenly Eye Mirror and fired again, killing him.

Lei Jun killed Tu Dong, recovered the trail of Yang Tai, and used the Light Sphere’s warnings to avoid a dangerous trap at Sleeping Dragon Lake. He waited at Golden Summit, where Yang Tai eventually arrived, leaving Lei Jun poised to confront him.

• Lei Jun killed Tu Dong with the Fine Gold Sword Pellet, then gathered the radiance Tu Dong had intercepted from Yang Tai’s escape.
• Lei Jun contacted Yuan Mobai and learned that Wei Ancheng had left Yin Mountain Cavern, making the Southern Wilderness conflict more uncertain.
• Lei Jun used the remaining radiance and the map to identify Yang Tai’s likely destinations, then rejected Sleeping Dragon Lake after the Light Sphere warned of grave danger.
• Lei Jun chose Golden Summit and watched it in secret, while Yuan Mobai reported that Yuan Shanjii and Xiong Gang were holding Sang Lu and Li Tianqing at Sleeping Dragon Lake.
• Yang Tai arrived at Golden Summit with several attendants, and Lei Jun prepared to meet him.

Lei Jun attacked the Sui stronghold at Golden Summit, captured Yang Tai, and seized a strand of Nine-Colored Radiance that revealed a new clue about the Celestial Master Robe. The chapter ended with Lei Jun blasting Yang Tai with a Thunderbolt Talisman after dismissing his offer to cooperate.

• Yang Yuqi and Gao Pu left to intercept Shangguan Yunbo, while Yang Tai went to Golden Summit and ordered the stronghold to prepare to relocate.
• Lei Jun ambushed Yang Tai with the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo, then used Water Yin Lightning and a Yuan Magnetic array to trap the Sui defenders and block their communications.
• Lei Jun immobilized Yang Tai with a Thunderbolt Talisman and used the Dark Shadow to open his Confucian Longitude and Latitude Box.
• Lei Jun took a strand of Nine-Colored Radiance from the box, obtaining a new clue about the Celestial Master Robe; Yang Tai's Dragon Eye was with Yang Yuqi.
• Yang Tai offered to cooperate with Lei Jun, but Lei Jun said the matter depended on Yang Yuqi and detonated the Thunderbolt Talisman over Yang Tai.