Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun killed Yang Tai at Golden Summit, then withdrew to a hidden refuge to investigate the clues to the Celestial Master Robe. Elsewhere, Yang Yuqi and his allies fought to restrain Shangguan Yunbo, while Lei Jun’s experiment with the clues produced a mysterious Dragon Tiger talisman.

• Lei Jun killed Yang Tai with a Thunderbolt Talisman, erased traces of the encounter, and left Golden Summit.
• Yang Yuqi fought Shangguan Yunbo at Jade Planting Mountain, while Gao Pu used Shangguan Peng’s Walking Corpse to help restrain the Great Tang general.
• Xiao Xueting ambushed Gao Pu and exposed his hiding place; Gao Pu exchanged positions with Shangguan Peng’s corpse, which Shangguan Yunbo cut down as Yang Yuqi withdrew.
• Xiao Xueting reported that Zong Han and Hu Hengyuan remained locked in a standoff, while Feng Gui had joined Sang Lu in resisting Wei Ancheng at Sleeping Dragon Lake.
• Lei Jun entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven and used the two clues to the Celestial Master Robe with Black and White Qi.
• The merged Nine-Colored Radiance settled over Lei Jun, and the Dragon-Tiger True Form appeared in his consciousness as a profound talisman.

Lei Jun recovered the Dragon Tiger Talismans and learned to manifest the Celestial Master Robe’s Primal Chaos Nine Lights, then watched the battle at Sleeping Dragon Lake. As the fighting reached a deadlock, Future Maitreya turned against Wei Ancheng’s forces, revealing that Lei Jun had secretly arranged their alliance.

• Lei Jun studied the Dragon Tiger Talismans, gained the Primal Chaos Nine Lights as a powerful defense, and found that Yuan Mobai had stopped using the Thousand Mile Sound Transmission Talisman.
• Lei Jun traveled near Sleeping Dragon Lake and watched Wei Ancheng, Sang Lu, Feng Gui, Shangguan Yunbo, Yang Yuqi, and other experts fight across the devastated battlefield.
• Yuan Mobai reunited with Lei Jun, and Lei Jun predicted that the deadlock would soon be broken.
• Future Maitreya appeared amid white lotuses, attacked Blood River Sect elders Lian Ran and Xiong Gang, and then turned his peacock attack on Yuan Shanjii.
• Yuan Mobai asked whether Lei Jun had caused Future Maitreya’s intervention, and Lei Jun revealed the Buddhist candlestick and said he had offered Future Maitreya terms he could not refuse.

Lei Jun’s Buddhist treasure persuaded Future Maitreya to join the fight against Wei Ancheng, while Yuan Mobai recognized the danger and opportunity in the White Lotus Sect’s growing strength. The battle turned against the Blood River Sect, and Feng Gui used demonic patterns to seize control of Lian Ran’s blood and turn it on Yang Yuqi and Yuan Shanjii.

• Lei Jun explained that the damaged Buddhist treasure mattered greatly to Buddhist descendants, and Yuan Mobai discussed the insights Lei Jun had gained from studying its Buddhist essence.
• Future Maitreya joined the battle with the Ninth Grade White Jade Lotus Platform, preventing Wei Ancheng from escaping in the Blood Sea Diagram.
• Shangguan Yunbo, Sang Lu, Feng Gui, Xu Duan, and Li Tianqing joined forces to trap the Blood River Sect and resume their assault.
• Xu Duan killed Xiong Gang by combining his Vermillion Flame Flying Forks with the scorching sunlight of the Ghost God Sacrifice Array.
• Feng Gui appeared within Lian Ran’s blood and used demonic patterns to turn it against Yang Yuqi and Yuan Shanjii.

The battle at Sleeping Dragon Lake ended with Wei Ancheng escaping, Yang Yuqi fleeing after losing the incomplete jade seal, and the Blood River Sect suffering heavy losses. Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun returned north with the wounded Shangguan Yunbo, while the cause of the White Lotus Sect’s betrayal remained unknown.

• Feng Gui killed Xiong Gang, while Wei Ancheng broke Ge Po Mountain’s void seal and escaped with Yuan Shanjii and Yang Yuqi; Sun Li’s ambush forced Yang Yuqi to flee and lose the incomplete jade seal.
• Feng Gui restrained Lian Ran as the battle ended, and Sun Li reclaimed the Dragon Eye from Yang Yuqi before vanishing with Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun.
• Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun escorted Shangguan Yunbo, the Bandit Quelling Golden Halberd, and the incomplete jade seal north to Great Tang.
• Shangguan Yunbo identified Xiao Xueting’s intervention and the White Lotus Sect’s betrayal as the decisive turns in the battle, but none of them knew who had persuaded the sect to switch sides.
• Lei Jun exchanged Buddhist essence with Future Maitreya through the Heavenly Book, and an old man at the Jinzhou Ye Clan fell silent after receiving news of the battle.

The Jinzhou Ye Clan assessed the aftermath of the Southern Wilderness battle as the Ghost King retreated and Xiao Xueting’s victory over Gao Pu became known. Meanwhile, Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain amid news that Great Sky Temple had attacked Tianlong Temple, and the Crown Prince’s procession approached the Celestial Master Mansion.

• The Jinzhou Ye Clan elder told Ye Wei to keep watching the Crown Prince and to wait rather than join Su Province’s moves, while news confirmed Xiao Xueting had killed Yang Fei.
• Zong Han withdrew Golden City Stronghold’s survivors from Yin Mountain Cavern after Gao Pu died, and Hu Hengyuan reconsidered Wei Ancheng’s failed campaign and Feng Gui’s role.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai learned that Great Sky Temple had attacked Tianlong Temple, prompting Yuan Mobai to warn that the Tang Imperial Court might be under pressure.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai returned safely to Dragon Tiger Mountain and learned that Wang Guiyuan planned to remain away from the mountain for a while.
• Yuan Mobai prepared to enter seclusion, while the Crown Prince’s procession reached Pure Yang Palace on its way to the Celestial Master Mansion.

After returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain, Lei Jun helped search for the missing Celestial Master Robe and studied the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman while developing his own talisman. News of Crown Prince Zhang Hui’s travels and a Pure Yin Body at Pure Yang Palace drew attention, leaving Tang Xiaotang startled by Lei Jun’s teasing speculation about her and the new talent.

• Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun discussed Crown Prince Zhang Hui’s cultivation and the risks surrounding the Tang succession, while Tang Xiaotang proposed a possible trip to Jiangzhou.
• Lei Jun showed Tang Xiaotang the restored Celestial Master Seal and merged Nine-Colored Radiance, but their search at the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb and Myriad Laws Altar found no trace of the Celestial Master Robe.
• Yuan Mobai entered seclusion, and Lei Jun studied the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman with Tang Xiaotang while continuing his cultivation.
• Lei Jun completed the Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Talisman and refined it as his Natal Third Dharma.
• Crown Prince Zhang Hui toured Pure Yang Palace and Shu Mountain before planning to visit the Celestial Master Mansion, while Lei Jun largely ignored his itinerary.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang discussed Pure Yang Palace’s rising talent with a Pure Yin Body, and Lei Jun teased that she might become Tang Xiaotang’s destined rival or partner.

Lei Jun learned that the Blood River Sect and Golden City Stronghold had been badly weakened in the Southern Wilderness, while the court’s campaign against Great Sky Temple in Su Province had lifted Tianlong Temple’s siege. As the Crown Prince prepared to visit Dragon Tiger Mountain, Lei Jun’s Light Sphere advised him to stay and receive the party, promising a chance at a Third Grade Expandable Opportunity.

• Reports said Blood River Sect and Golden City Stronghold had suffered severe losses, while the Sui Descendants had also been weakened and the White Lotus Sect’s Future Maitreya’s attack on Wei Ancheng remained a mystery.
• Chu Andong told Lei Jun and Chu Kun that Great Sky Temple had withdrawn from Tianlong Temple after Prince Zhao’s Heir led the court’s army into Su Province, prompting the Suzhou Chu Clan to cooperate with the court.
• Lei Jun and Chu Andong discussed the Empress’s unpredictable strategy and the uncertain conflict between Prince Zhao’s Heir and Prince Zhao.
• Lei Jun learned that Shangguan Ning would receive the Crown Prince when he visited Dragon Tiger Mountain, while he and Chu Kun would assist because Yuan Mobai was in seclusion and Wang Guiyuan was away.
• Chu Kun suggested avoiding the Crown Prince’s visit, but Lei Jun’s Light Sphere showed that remaining on the mountain to receive the party offered a chance at a Third Grade Expandable Opportunity, while leaving would bring hidden troubles.

Lei Jun hosted Crown Prince Zhang Hui’s party on Dragon Tiger Mountain as suspicious figures were spotted outside and he discovered that Meng Shaojie’s recurring illness came from a strange spiritual treasure hidden in his soul. After Lei Jun drew out the Balance of Motion and Stillness and Meng Shaojie woke, the chapter ended with Meng Shaojie asking what would have happened if the treasure had remained inside him.

• Prince of Xun'an Zhang Mu brought the Crown Prince’s party to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Lei Jun helped receive and guide them.
• Chu Kun reported that unknown figures outside the mountain were spying on the Eastern Palace’s Imperial Guards, and Shangguan Ning left to investigate.
• Lei Jun examined Meng Shaojie after he suffered dizziness and sensed an unusual influence affecting his yin and yang Magic Power.
• Tang Xiaotang’s Pure Yang thunderclap startled Meng Shaojie into fainting, so Lei Jun examined him again and found his soul suppressed by a hidden object.
• Lei Jun used the principles of the Heavenly Book to draw the Balance of Motion and Stillness from Meng Shaojie’s soul, and Meng Shaojie regained consciousness.
• Lei Jun returned the treasure to Meng Shaojie as an opportunity, and Meng Shaojie asked what would have happened had it remained inside him.

Lei Jun helped Meng Shaojie safely remove and surrender the Balance of Motion and Stillness, then learned that Yellow Heaven Path rebels had infiltrated Dragon Tiger Mountain and that Lin Che had returned near Great Black Mountain. Studying the treasure with Tang Xiaotang, Lei Jun realized it might help him improve his Yin Yang Saint Body toward the Two Forms Immortal Body, though he still needed more than the treasure alone.

• Lei Jun explained that the Balance of Motion and Stillness had endangered Meng Shaojie's soul and cultivation, and Meng Shaojie gratefully gave the treasure to Lei Jun.
• Zhang Mu reported that Yellow Heaven Path rebels had been discovered near Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Zhao Zongjie ordered his followers to withdraw while worrying over the Yellow Heaven Altar's decline and Peaceful Path Taoist's continued seclusion.
• Shangguan Ning and the Celestial Master Mansion's True Disciples swept away the spies, and Chu Yu arrived from the capital to escort Crown Prince Zhang Hui and report Lin Che's return near Great Black Mountain.
• Tang Xiaotang confirmed that the Balance of Motion and Stillness complemented Lei Jun's Yin Yang Saint Body and might help him pursue the Two Forms Immortal Body, though it would not be sufficient by itself.

Lei Jun considered the possibility of improving his aptitude further and continued cultivating while the Crown Prince’s party returned to the capital. As the Crown Prince investigated the mysterious forces behind the Yellow Heaven Path, Lei Jun asked the Heavenly Book’s starry cosmos for news about the Youzhou Lin Clan.

• Tang Xiaotang discussed Lei Jun’s unusual potential and speculated that Xu Yuanzhen’s aptitude might also have been improved after birth.
• Lei Jun fused the Balance of Motion and Stillness into his body and continued cultivating.
• Crown Prince Zhang Hui reached the Fifth Heaven Realm on the journey back to the capital and questioned who had directed the Yellow Heaven Path disciples’ failed assassination attempt.
• Zhang Hui and Ye Song discussed the unknown powers behind the Yellow Heaven Path and assessed the Celestial Master Mansion’s leading figures, including Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun contacted the Heavenly Book’s starry cosmos and asked whether anyone had news of the current Youzhou Lin Clan.

Lei Jun gathered intelligence with the Heavenly Book Starry Sky group, traded for information about the Youzhou Lin Clan, and continued cultivating before Chu Kun asked him for a Spirit Talisman. A new fortune warned that giving Chu Kun a supreme-grade or upper-grade talisman could bring hidden future repercussions, leaving Lei Jun to choose what to give.

• Lei Jun asked Moon Yao to investigate covert activity by the Youzhou Lin Clan, while Sun Yao asked about Fang Jingsheng's condition.
• Wood Yao Future Maitreya questioned the circumstances of Monk Ji Tong's death, and Moon Yao offered what he knew while asking for leads on a Wood Treasure.
• Saturn Earth Yao showed the group unfamiliar calligraphy and asked them to watch for similar writing.
• Lei Jun privately offered Moon Yao Azure Sun Profound Frost in exchange for future information about the Youzhou Lin Clan, then returned to cultivation and refined his Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet's metal rail.
• Chu Kun asked Lei Jun for a powerful upper grade High-Grade Spirit Talisman because he was considering traveling, and Lei Jun's Light Sphere warned him about the consequences of giving a high-grade talisman.

Lei Jun gave Chu Kun three Mid-Grade High-Level Spirit Talismans and the Breathing Earth Banner for his underground expedition, then continued cultivating a new talisman array and considered his future path. Meanwhile, Lin Che met with Ye Mu and confirmed that the Jiangzhou Lin Clan would align with the Qingzhou Ye Clan to support Crown Prince Zhang Hui.

• Lei Jun gave Chu Kun three self-created Mid-Grade High-Level Spirit Talismans and lent him the Breathing Earth Banner for protection during his Earth Vein exploration.
• Chu Kun left Dragon Tiger Mountain, reported his plans at the Hall of Affairs, then secretly vanished near the mountain gate.
• Lei Jun cultivated the Yin Five Thunder Five Elements Talisman Array and began fusing it with the Yang Five Thunder array while considering his future divine ability.
• Lin Che received Ye Mu in Jiangzhou and discussed the shifting alliances among the prominent clans and the Great Tang court.
• Lin Che and Ye Mu concluded that the Jiangzhou Lin Clan and Qingzhou Ye Clan would cooperate to support Crown Prince Zhang Hui, while Lin Che noted their current alignment with the Celestial Master Mansion was not opposed.

Lei Jun continued refining his Dao Seal and reunited with Wang Guiyuan and Chu Kun, who returned with Confucian Pine Ink and rare Fetal Star Dust. After the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book changed sooner than expected, Lei Jun entered it and found a white expanse dotted with black stars.

• Lin Che told Lin Lang that Jiangzhou would cooperate only if both sides showed sincerity, then ordered him to secretly prepare supplies while Lin Che recuperated.
• Lei Jun refined his Dao Seal through Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang and later welcomed Wang Guiyuan back to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Wang gave him a piece of Confucian Pine Ink.
• Chu Kun returned after being trapped while exploring Spirit Mountain, gave back the Breathing Earth Banner, and shared Fetal Star Dust with Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun set aside a portion of the Fetal Star Dust as he considered which Divine Ability to cultivate after reaching the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• The Dark Side of the Heavenly Book rippled, and Lei Jun entered its Starry Space Within the Book, where he saw a vast white expanse scattered with black dots.

Lei Jun explored the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book, refined his Dao Seal and prepared new combat tools while serving as the Edict Pavilion Guardian Elder. Yuan Mobai emerged from nearly two years of seclusion as an Eighth Heaven Realm High Merit Elder, and Tang Xiaotang asked him to explain his new cultivation gains.

• Lei Jun discovered that the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book contained the Dark Star Hidden Luminary Rahu and concluded that Sun Yao likely knew the identities of the other Heavenly Book page holders.
• Lei Jun continued cultivating, condensed the Two Elements Yuan Magnetic Dharma Incantation and the Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Talisman into his Dao Seal, and remained as the Edict Pavilion Guardian Elder.
• Lei Jun refined improved metal guide rails and Fine Gold Sword Pellets, preparing equipment suited to different combat situations and a future advance to the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• Chu Kun told Lei Jun that Yuan Mobai had emerged from seclusion, and the two went to congratulate their master alongside Wang Guiyuan and Tang Xiaotang.
• Tang Xiaotang revealed that Yuan Mobai had crossed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and reached the Eighth Heaven Realm, then asked him to describe the changes to his Magic Power and divine abilities.

Yuan Mobai emerged from seclusion at the Eighth Heaven Realm and began refining a second divine ability based on the Nine Li Ferocious Weapons, while Lei Jun prepared to become a master at the next Ordination Ceremony. In the eleventh month, Lei Jun received news of unusual activity near Great Black Mountain and a set of signs pointing toward opportunities and danger in the Northern Frontier.

• Yuan Mobai demonstrated how he was shaping the Nine Li Ferocious Weapons into a potential Natal Second Divine Ability, while setting aside his ideas for a water-and-fire technique.
• Tang Xiaotang offered Yuan Mobai her Heavenly Radiance Pure Yang Dharma Talisman for reference, and Lei Jun also showed him a page of the Heavenly Book.
• Yuan Mobai asked Lei Jun for the Buddhist dharma essence he had retained, and Lei Jun imprinted it onto a Spirit Talisman for him.
• News spread that Yuan Mobai had reached the Eighth Heaven Realm, strengthening the Celestial Master Mansion's morale and influence; Lei Jun was also set to take in a new disciple at the upcoming Ordination Ceremony.
• Taiyin Moon Yao reported that members of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan had appeared near Great Black Mountain, and Lei Jun's Light Sphere revealed signs offering opportunities at Dragon Bone Ridge and Long Sky Lake while warning of great danger at Great Black Mountain.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang traveled north to investigate the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s activity and the possible gateway to the Heavenly Outer Foreign Realm. At Long Sky Lake, Lei Jun survived a great upheaval, obtained a Sub-Mother Condensing Origin Pearl, and the chapter ended with Lin Che discovering that the true crisis had erupted at the secret ritual site on Dragon Bone Ridge.

• Lei Jun judged that the Jiangzhou Lin Clan was preparing to act in the Northern Frontier and agreed to accompany Tang Xiaotang while Yuan Mobai guarded Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Tang Xiaotang delivered the Azure Sun Profound Frost to Moon Yao’s contact, but failed to identify the person, learning only that they were a Confucian Practitioner.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang split up, with Tang Xiaotang heading for Dragon Bone Ridge and Lei Jun going to Long Sky Lake ahead of the predicted November 30 turning point.
• Lei Jun waited at Long Sky Lake, where a violent spiritual-energy upheaval tore through the region and twisted space; he entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven to ride out the worst of it.
• Lei Jun returned to the lake after the upheaval and used the Celestial Master Robe’s Primal Chaos Nine Lights to collect a rare Sub-Mother Condensing Origin Pearl.
• At Great Black Mountain, Lin Che saw the disturbance at Dragon Bone Ridge and realized that the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s secret ritual site, not their decoy position, had encountered trouble.

The Lin clans mobilized after Tang Xiaotang attacked the Confucian ritual array at Dragon Bone Ridge, while Lin Che secretly ordered a second plan to seal the void gateway. Yellow Heaven Path's leader emerged from seclusion and chose to watch events, as Lei Jun approached the battle and spotted Great Sky Temple monks.

• Lin Che sent Lin Yuwei to support Dragon Bone Ridge, left Lin Likong and others to watch Great Black Mountain, and ordered Lin Qing to carry out a secret second plan.
• Lin Likong identified Tang Xiaotang's Pure Yang Immortal Lightning over Dragon Bone Ridge, and Lin Yuwei arrived to confront her.
• Peaceful Path Taoist emerged from seclusion at the Yellow Heaven Path altar, told his followers to conceal his return, and ordered them to observe events before acting.
• Lei Jun collected the Sub-Mother Condensing Origin Pearl at Long Sky Lake and learned from Tang Xiaotang that the Lin clans had prepared a ritual array to disturb the void and seal a gateway.
• Lei Jun saw Lin Yuwei attack Tang Xiaotang with volleys of arrows, became wary when Lin Che was absent, and spotted monks approaching who appeared to belong to Great Sky Temple.

Lei Jun intercepted Great Sky Temple disciples preparing to unleash Sea King Chrysanthemum Clones, then redirected the creatures toward Great Black Mountain. Lin Likong tried to hold them back, but the clones began slaughtering the Youzhou Lin Clan members there.

• Lei Jun watched Tang Xiaotang battle Lin Yuwei and Lin Che while Great Sky Temple disciples waited nearby with a pouch of demonic creatures.
• Lei Jun overheard the disciples preparing to use Wind Sweeping Clouds Talismans to send Sea King Chrysanthemum Clones toward Dragon Bone Ridge, then seized the pouch and killed them.
• Lei Jun recognized the creatures as clones of the Sea King Chrysanthemum and suspected they could disrupt the battle, so he carried the pouch to Great Black Mountain.
• Lei Jun detected contact with the outside world at Great Black Mountain and used twenty supreme-grade Wind Sweeping Clouds Talismans to send the clones there.
• Lin Likong appeared at Great Black Mountain and tried to stop the clones with a powerful wind, but they unfolded and pierced several Lin Clan Disciples as they began their attack.

Lei Jun exploited the Lin Clan’s failed plans at Pine Leaf Ridge to disrupt their ritual, opening the void Gate above Great Black Mountain. As the Gate transformed the mountain, he killed the returning Lin Likong from afar and waited to see what the change would bring.

• Lin Likong and the Youzhou Lin Clan elder fled Great Black Mountain as the Long-Filament White Chrysanthemums slaughtered the Jiangzhou Lin Clan cultivators and eventually withered away.
• Lei Jun followed an auspicious Sign Fortune to Pine Leaf Ridge, killed the Divine Archery guard, and discovered Lin Qing and four others conducting a ritual meant to seal the void gateway.
• Lei Jun killed Lin Qing and the other ritualists, then altered the Bronze Tripod’s talismanic patterns before leaving the valley.
• The altered ritual collapsed, causing upheavals at Pine Leaf Ridge and Great Black Mountain and forming a qi pillar and domain around the mountain’s newly opened void Gate.
• The wounded Lin Likong returned to Great Black Mountain and began a Confucian spell, but Lei Jun struck him with three Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellets and killed him from a distant snow mountain.

Lei Jun entered the Wild Desolation to find Xu Yuanzhen and discovered a ruined world scarred by an ancient calamity. He found her sealed inside a thundercloud above a sea of Nine Abyss True Fire, and she told him she was in seclusion.

• Lei Jun used his remaining resources to enter the Wild Desolation while Lin Litao arrived at Great Black Mountain and found Lin Likong missing.
• Lei Jun explored the unfamiliar world, noticing broken spiritual energy veins and destroyed Confucian ruins marked by a tyrannical martial intent.
• Lei Jun followed the spiritual energy veins and spotted a vast, silent thundercloud above a sea of Nine Abyss True Fire.
• Lei Jun found Xu Yuanzhen sitting sealed within the thundercloud and explained that he and the Little Senior Sister had come to stop Lin Che from blocking the route back to the Great Tang Human Realm.
• Xu Yuanzhen asked about the battle outside, assessed Xiao Tang's situation, and told Lei Jun she was in seclusion.