Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun lured Gao Yuyang and Longjia Shangren into a fight over the apparent Celestial Master Robe, then killed them and took the treasure. Yuan Mobai helped conceal Lei Jun’s role, leaving the Western Buddhist School and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom blaming each other as Lei Jun warned himself to be more careful.

• Wei Ancheng killed Sangjie Shangren after intercepting his escape from the Four-Eyed Python Emperor, prompting Longjia Shangren and the Western Buddhist School to search the Southern Wastelands for answers.
• Nine Li Black Mist erupted near Youning Lake, and Fu Dongsen briefly fought a Nine Li Great Witch before withdrawing.
• Lei Jun followed traces of Fu Dongsen and used the Primal Chaos Nine Lights and Dragon Tiger Talismans to make Gao Yuyang and Longjia Shangren believe the Celestial Master Robe had appeared in the Yu River.
• Gao Yuyang and Longjia Shangren converged on the lake, where Longjia Shangren cracked the Minghua Mirror and Lei Jun secretly immobilized and killed both elders.
• Lei Jun took the Celestial Master Robe, while the Human Realm Dao Kingdom and Western Buddhist School each blamed the other for the deaths and missing treasure.
• Yuan Mobai publicly helped direct suspicion toward the Human Realm Dao Kingdom, then privately warned Lei Jun that his plan had been risky.

Lei Jun joined the search for the Human Realm Dao Kingdom in the Southern Wilderness, where he captured a Blood River Sect elder and uncovered traces of a ritual at Purple Tea Ridge. After receiving warnings about a Nine Li expert near Zhuoqing Green Mountain, he headed there and was followed by Ye Liang.

• The Tang Imperial Court, Taoist sects, Buddhist forces, and aristocratic clans sent reinforcements to the Southern Wilderness to hunt the Human Realm Dao Kingdom and other enemies.
• Lei Jun and Lu Fang found Dao Kingdom cultivators hiding in a Blood River Sect elder Tao Zhun's valley, and Lei Jun revealed his Yin Thunder Dragon to help capture Tao Zhun alive.
• Lei Jun used a Dao Field Dharma Altar to discover that the valley had hosted a ritual searching for something, then identified Purple Tea Ridge as a likely destination for the Dao Kingdom People.
• The Light Sphere revealed opportunities at Purple Tea Ridge and Zhuoqing Green Mountain Northern Foothills, while Yuan Mobai warned Lei Jun that a Nine Li expert might be near the latter location.
• Lei Jun hurried toward Zhuoqing Green Mountain Northern Foothills despite the warning, and Ye Liang noticed him and followed.

Lei Jun entered the Black Mist at Zhuoqing Green Mountain, collected a strand of Ziwei Sword Light, and killed a Nine Li Great Witch before slipping away. At midnight the mist engulfed the northern foothills, where Ye Liang perished and Ye Dongming was injured; Lei Jun later fused the sword light with his Immortal Seed Purple Light.

• Ye Liang followed Lei Jun to Zhuoqing Green Mountain while reflecting on the Cang Province Ye Clan’s plans and his failed attempt to enlist Ye Dongming in the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Lei Jun entered the Black Mist, found a rift linking the human world to the Earth Sea, and discovered a strand of Ziwei Sword Light lodged beside it.
• A Female Nine Li Great Witch approached Lei Jun and formed a Ghost God Sacrifice Array, but Lei Jun killed her with the Profound Gold Sword Pellet and collected the Ziwei Sword Light.
• Lei Jun disguised himself as gravely injured and left the Black Mist by another route, while Ye Liang waited with his bow drawn for a chance to attack.
• At midnight the Black Mist surged across the Zhuoqing Green Mountain Northern Foothills; Ye Dongming arrived to investigate, and Lei Jun quietly departed.
• Lei Jun fused the Ziwei Sword Light with his Immortal Seed Purple Light, then learned from Lu Fang that Ye Dongming was injured and Ye Liang had perished.

Lei Jun investigated the Nine Li Black Mist around Zhuoqing Mountain, refined the treasure Yuan Mobai found at Purple Tea Ridge, and returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain after the threat subsided into a standoff. There, he discussed innate constitutions with Tang Xiaotang, who concluded that her Pure Yang Immortal Body could advance into a Taichu Dao Body.

• Lei Jun arrived at Zhuoqing Mountain and saw that Ye Liang had been killed by a Nine Li expert whose Blood River-like power matched the attacker from Youning Lake.
• Yuan Mobai obtained the First Sun Jade Seal at Purple Tea Ridge after Fu Dongsen withdrew from a battle with Longjia Shangren, and he sent Lei Jun a Spirit Talisman to refine.
• Shangguan Yunbo and Ye Morong entered the black mist beneath Zhuoqing Mountain, clashed with a Nine Li expert, and withdrew with information about the mist and the Earth Sea fissure.
• Lei Jun refined Yuan Mobai's Spirit Talisman with the True One Altar and discovered the First Sun Jade Seal's vision of a Heavenly Palace and its laws of talismans and Daoist offices.
• After the Nine Li and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom stopped making further moves, Lei Jun secretly returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and warned Yuan Mobai about the Dao Kingdom's possible interest in the Celestial Master Seal.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that an innate constitution beyond the Immortal Body was a Dao Body, and Tang Xiaotang said her Pure Yang Immortal Body would most likely advance into a Taichu Dao Body.

Lei Jun returned from the Southern Wilderness, gave the First Sun Jade Seal to Tang Xiaotang, and resumed his cultivation and teaching at Dragon Tiger Mountain. After meeting the new Dao Child Qin Caiwei, his Supreme Good Fortune Sign led him to Little Snow Peak, where he collected a mysterious treasure called Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance.

• Tang Xiaotang accepted Lei Jun's First Sun Jade Seal and said it would improve her chances of advancing her Immortal Body Bone Structure.
• Future Maitreya returned to the White Lotus Sect's stronghold and found the Holy Lord still absent, while the sect's internal tensions remained unresolved.
• Fu Dongsen, Rong Guangchen, Gu Han, and Wei Qiyue discussed searching for the Celestial Master Seal and preparing to receive the Butterfly King.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, checked Zhuo Baojie's cultivation, and later opened the altar to teach the Dao Child Courtyard.
• Lei Jun met Luo Haoran and the new Dao Child Qin Caiwei, then received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to Little Snow Peak before noon.
• Lei Jun collected the glowing mist atop Little Snow Peak and identified it as Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance.

Lei Jun investigated Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance found near Qin Caiwei and used it to accelerate his cultivation, while monitoring the girl at the Dao Child Courtyard. Elsewhere, Prince Zhao Zhang Teng began transforming his saber intent as he prepared to challenge the Ninth Heaven Realm, and Ye Moquan recorded conversations to guard against his failing memory.

• Lei Jun collected the suspicious Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance at Little Snow Peak, linked its appearance to Qin Caiwei, and watched her settle into the Dao Child Courtyard.
• Lei Jun learned that Tang Xiaotang had not chosen a Personal Disciple and continued keeping Qin Caiwei under observation.
• Ye Wei and Lin Huan discussed Zhang Teng's attempt to reach the Ninth Heaven Realm, the Cangzhou Ye Clan's response to the Nine Li, and news about Li Yan and the Black Mist of the Earth Sea.
• Ye Moquan recorded his conversation with Ye Wei and Lin Huan, then reviewed the written records he kept because he feared forgetting important information.
• Zhang Teng practiced with his saber and combined Fervent Spirit with his wild Martial Dao true intent, beginning a risky transformation of his saber intent.
• Lei Jun tested how the Eight Scenery Wind combined with Dragon-Shaped Rain Cape, then refined Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance into a heavenly-reaching path that advanced his cultivation.

Lei Jun advanced his cultivation while trading for information and treasures through the Celestial Book Universe, then learned of the Nine Li attack that destroyed Ge Po Mountain. After two years, his Road to Reaching Heaven neared completion, and Yuan Mobai asked him to prepare to preside over his first Ordination Ceremony.

• Lei Jun used the Ascending Sky Flowing Radiance to accelerate his cultivation, continued his duties on Dragon Tiger Mountain, and estimated he could reach the Eighth Heaven Realm before turning fifty.
• In the Celestial Book Universe, Lei Jun traded information with Sun Yao, Saturn Earth Yao, and others, learning that Guicang had been renamed Tianli and that Lianshan might still be disconnected from the human world.
• Lei Jun exchanged news of possible Western Buddhist School experts arriving from Sumeru for an Earth Soul Flame Heart, which he planned to use after reaching the Eighth Heaven Realm.
• Two years later, Yuan Mobai returned from the Southern Wilderness and told Lei Jun and Chu Kun that Nine Li forces had destroyed Ge Po Mountain, killed Sang Lu, and driven Li Tianqing to flee.
• Yuan Mobai explained that Li Tianqing was of Nine Li lineage but seemed unaware of his origins, while the Nine Li forces withdrew after breaching Ge Po Mountain.
• Wang Guiyuan left Dragon Tiger Mountain on a journey, and Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun to prepare to preside over his first Ordination Ceremony.

Lei Jun presided over the Celestial Master Mansion's Ordination Ceremony, gained new insight through communion with heaven and earth, and chose Profound Sky as his Taoist title. Months later, Wang Guiyuan returned with six Heavenly Ash Star Remains, and Lei Jun entered seclusion to make his final push in cultivation.

• Lei Jun welcomed Mount Shu Sect's Xu Duan and Pure Yang Palace's Lü Jinduan, as the Three Great Taoist Holy Lands discussed closer cooperation against the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Lei Jun presided over the Ordination Ceremony, where guests noted his talent and watched Qin Caiwei qualify for Chuan Du Initiation after only two years on Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• During the ceremony, Lei Jun felt a deeper connection with heaven and earth, glimpsed the Divine Firmament, and chose Profound Sky as his Taoist title.
• Ji Chuan and Long Tao stayed near Dragon Tiger Mountain as representatives of Mount Shu Sect and Pure Yang Palace, while Xu Yuanzhen returned to study items in the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven.
• Wang Guiyuan returned with six Heavenly Ash Star Remains, and Lei Jun entered seclusion to concentrate on cultivation.

Lei Jun broke through the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and reached the Eighth Heaven Realm, then returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and began pursuing a new fire-based divine ability. The chapter left him studying an Earth Soul Flame Heart to cultivate the Yin Fire Tiger and eventually create a matching Yang Fire Tiger of his own.

• Lei Jun completed his Seventh Heaven Realm cultivation, crossed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation with the aid of the Eight Scenery Wind, and formed his Divine Court Inner Scene.
• Lei Jun emerged from seclusion in early spring, met Yuan Mobai, and chose to receive the seventh volume of the True Orthodox Dharma, publicly revealing his breakthrough.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Tang Xiaotang had defeated a Nine Li Great Witch and fought Ghost King Zong Han in the Southern Wilderness, while Shangguan Ning reported disturbances near Ming Prefecture and Yuhang.
• Lei Jun inherited the final volume of the scripture at the Myriad Laws Altar, prompting the Celestial Master Mansion to celebrate its new Eighth Heaven cultivator.
• Lei Jun met Xu Yuanzhen, Wang Guiyuan, Chu Kun, and Zhuo Baojie, then continued his ordinary duties and cultivation despite the increased deference others showed him.
• Lei Jun began cultivating the Yin Fire Tiger with an Earth Soul Flame Heart, intending to use his Two Forms Immortal Body to develop a Yang Fire Tiger of his own.

Lei Jun refined the Earth Soul Flame Heart, reached the Eighth Heaven Realm, and began cultivating new fire-based Dharma Images as the great powers assessed his growing influence. After helping Kang Ming prepare for a breakthrough and guiding Zhuo Baojie in developing a Natal Art, Lei Jun learned that Xu Yuanzhen planned to travel to the East Sea.

• Lei Jun refined the Earth Soul Flame Heart and began forming the Fire Law Earth Writing Talisman, while the Celestial Master Mansion announced his inheritance of the final volume of the Orthodox Dharma.
• Ji Chuan and Long Tao visited to congratulate Lei Jun, and the Tang Imperial Court later sent him gifts; Lei Jun accepted them through Shangguan Ning and Zhang Jingzhen.
• Kang Ming reported that the Human Realm Dao Kingdom had mentioned an Emperor Lord, so Lei Jun gave him the Primal Heaven Mother Crystal to aid his planned breakthrough.
• The Human Realm Dao Kingdom's leaders weighed Lei Jun's strength and discussed waiting before striking Dragon Tiger Mountain, while the Suzhou Chu Clan, Qingzhou Ye Clan, and Tianlong Temple considered his rise and its implications.
• Lei Jun formed his Yin Fire Tiger Dharma Image and began cultivating the Yang Fire Tiger with Heavenly Star True Fire, then helped Zhuo Baojie refine a Spirit Talisman for his Third Natal Art.
• Xu Yuanzhen informed Lei Jun that she planned to leave the mountain and visit the East Sea.

Xu Yuanzhen entered Tianli through the Void Gate near Ming Prefecture, while Great Tang faced a sudden invasion by the Lone Eagle Khanate from the Northwest. As the empire was stretched across multiple fronts, the Emperor Lord ordered an attack on Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Myriad Laws Altar.

• Xu Yuanzhen departed for the East Sea, and Lei Jun continued nurturing her whisk and Ancient Mirror with Nine Abyss True Fire.
• Lei Jun approved a Medicine Garden plot for Qin Caiwei, while Meng Shaojie’s Confucian cultivation advanced rapidly and the court prepared to establish Jianye Academy.
• Great Tang learned that Xu Yuanzhen had entered Tianli and clashed with its Confucian cultivators, prompting Tang forces to rush toward the East Sea.
• Ye Moquan told Lin Huan that White Lotus Holy Lord Jing Jiu had reached the Ninth Heaven, while Prince Zhao Zhang Teng’s treasured blade cracked after he advanced and ordered reports from the Guanshan Mountains.
• A Void Gate appeared at the Great and Small Guanshan Mountains, and the Lone Eagle Khanate’s martial experts invaded Yuan Province, forcing Great Tang to fight on multiple fronts.
• Rong Guangchen received the Emperor Lord’s decree to target Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Myriad Laws Altar.

As the Tang court faced upheavals in the East Sea and Northwest, the Human Realm Dao Kingdom moved against Dragon Tiger Mountain. Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai activated the mountain’s defenses, and Lei Jun revealed a powerful Yin-Yang lightning sword strike as the assault began.

• The Human Realm Dao Kingdom prepared to exploit Great Tang’s distraction, while Hong Jie received a Talisman Edict and Fu Dongsen, Rong Guangchen, Wei Qiyue, and Gu Han set out with the Northern Abyss Divine Spear.
• In the Southern Wilderness, Longjia Shangren learned that Tianli and the Lone Eagle Khanate had appeared, then ordered the Sumeru Vajra Division to avoid involvement and sent Renzhu to provide secret support as needed.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai reviewed reports of the growing conflicts, and Lei Jun’s talismans detected the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King’s concealed forces approaching Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun recognized the Human Realm Dao Kingdom’s attack in the Sign Fortunes, warned his allies, and joined Yuan Mobai in activating the Myriad Laws Altar and Dragon Tiger Mountain’s defensive array.
• Fu Dongsen, Rong Guangchen, Wei Qiyue, and Gu Han revealed themselves and assaulted the array, with Rong Guangchen’s Pure Yang True Fire and Fu Dongsen’s Northern Abyss Divine Spear striking in succession.
• Lei Jun counterattacked with the Celestial Master Sword, combining purple and black lightning to cleave the Northern Abyss Divine Spear and another protective treasure before facing Fu Dongsen.

Lei Jun and the Celestial Master Mansion fought to defend Dragon Tiger Mountain as the Human Realm Dao Kingdom used ancient rituals and Shu Mountain treasures to seize the Myriad Laws Altar. With reinforcements arriving and Tang Xiaotang trapping several attackers in her Pure Yang Dharma Realm, Lei Jun revealed the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman and Seven Stars Sword to turn the battle against them.

• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai used the Myriad Laws Altar and Dragon Tiger Mountain's defenses to hold off Fu Dongsen, Rong Guangchen, and Wei Qiyue.
• Hong Jie and the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King arrived with the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and Pure Azure Mansion, while Zhang Dongyuan and Zhang Junhai were trapped by the Inverted Heavenly Dipper.
• Fu Dongsen used the two treasures and an Ancient Talisman School ritual to make the Myriad Laws Altar resist its guardians and attempted to move it away from Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Tang Xiaotang, Xiao Xueting, and Monk Faqing joined the defenders; Lei Jun used Xu Yuanzhen's whisk to restrain the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King as Tang Xiaotang trapped him, Rong Guangchen, and Wei Qiyue in her Pure Yang Dharma Realm.
• Inside the Pure Yang Dharma Realm, Lei Jun blocked Wei Qiyue's sword attack with the Celestial Master Robe's power, revealed the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman, and used the Seven Stars Sword to break through Rong Guangchen's defenses.

Lei Jun helped the Celestial Master Mansion reclaim the Myriad Laws Altar by turning it against the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and Pure Azure Mansion, revealing Huang Xuanpu as the Human Realm Dao Kingdom’s Emperor Lord. As the allies pursued the scattered treasures, Lei Jun entered the Earth Vein, killed Gu Han and Hong Jie, and recovered the Celestial Master Robe before confronting Yushu Shangren.

• Monk Faqing and Xiao Xueting held off Hong Jie while Fu Dongsen tried to move the Myriad Laws Altar, until Huang Xuanpu arrived and ordered him to continue.
• Tang Xiaotang, Yuan Mobai, and Lei Jun emerged from the Pure Yang Dharma Realm without Thousand Leaf Butterfly King, Rong Guangchen, or Wei Qiyue, and Lei Jun’s hidden plan caused the Myriad Laws Altar to expel the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and Pure Azure Mansion.
• The Mysterious Person’s disguise fell, revealing Huang Xuanpu, who attacked Tang Xiaotang for the Celestial Master Seal before Lei Jun’s mirror disrupted his defenses and Tang reclaimed the Seal and Celestial Master Sword.
• The group split up to pursue the displaced treasures, and Lei Jun entered the southern Earth Vein while Gu Han searched nearby for the Pure Azure Mansion.
• Lei Jun killed Gu Han, found the Celestial Master Robe, and killed the injured Hong Jie after she approached him.
• Yushu Shangren followed the Celestial Master Robe, and Lei Jun attacked him with black thunder and the Dipper Mother Star God while a distant sword struck the monk.

Lei Jun returned the Celestial Master Robe to Dragon Tiger Mountain and helped lead the sect’s reconstruction after its battle with the Human Realm Dao Kingdom. As allies assessed the battle’s aftermath, new questions emerged about Avici, Huang Xuanpu, and the mysterious Great Ming Dynasty in Tianli.

• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Celestial Master Robe, and Yuan Mobai helped him uncover and seal the black aura connected to Yellow Springs.
• Lei Jun gave Yuan Mobai the Talisman Edict left by Hong Jie and received the High Heaven Jade Chapter and Rong Guangchen’s incomplete Talisman Edict to study.
• Yao Yuan agreed to leave the ancestral tombs temporarily and help rebuild the sect, while Lei Jun learned from Wang Guiyuan that Avici had left him burdened by a dangerous curse.
• Tang Xiaotang, Xiao Xueting, Zhang Dongyuan, and Zhang Junhai returned; they confirmed that the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and Pure Azure Mansion remained lost, while the Northern Abyss Divine Spear had been recovered.
• Zhang Jingzhen and other allies discussed the Celestial Master Robe’s whereabouts, while Fang Jingsheng and Ye Jiong considered how Lei Jun and the returned Celestial Master Seal had helped defeat the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Chu Xiuyuan and Ye Yan discussed Tianli’s Great Ming Dynasty, whose incomplete national fortune was unusually bound to scholars and Confucian literati.

Chu Xiuyuan and Ye Yan assessed Tianli’s mature New Learning and the crises facing Great Tang, while Zhang Hui, Meng Shaojie, and Lei Jun responded to the aftermath of the Celestial Master Mansion’s victory over the Human Realm Dao Kingdom. As Dragon Tiger Mountain rebuilt, Lei Jun advanced his treasures and finished refining the Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape.

• Ye Yan told Chu Xiuyuan that Tianli’s Literary Vein formed one whole and that its rites and laws supported a distinct New Learning, while they considered the Lone Eagle Khanate and the Crown Prince’s rapid advancement.
• Crown Prince Zhang Hui discussed the Celestial Master Mansion’s victory, Lei Jun’s hidden strength, and Meng Shaojie with Chu Fu and Ye Song, who noted that Meng remained secluded at the Academy.
• Xiao Chunhui praised Meng Shaojie’s progress and explained that Tianli’s New Learning had become a fourth Confucian school; Meng admired Lei Jun’s role in shattering the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Lei Jun created a third Dark Radiance, Yuebei, and sent its Dark Shadow into the Earth Vein, then joined Yuan Mobai in telling Elder Miao Yi that they did not know where Monk Faqing had gone.
• Tang Xiaotang examined the Celestial Master Robe with Lei Jun, and the Celestial Master Mansion rebuilt its mountain gate while Great Tang faced wars in the northwest and east; the court sent four precious treasures as rewards.
• Lei Jun refined his Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo into an eight-jointed staff, then combined the Dragon-Shaped Rain Cape, Eight Scenery Wind, and Solitary Wood Marrow to create the Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape.

Lei Jun refined new treasures and established his fifth Dharma Image before responding to the Tang Imperial Court’s call for aid in the East Sea. After traveling east with Chu Kun, he learned that Ming Dynasty cultivators had retaken the Void Gate and infiltrated the Great Tang coast, then headed toward Ming Prefecture to investigate.

• Lei Jun refined the Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape, developed the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade with the High Heaven Jade Chapter, and studied the Divine Firmament Flowing Gold.
• Lei Jun established the Heavenly Star Flame Ancestor Dharma Image and gave Yuan Mobai a Chen Yang Mid-Heaven Dharma Talisman to examine.
• Lei Jun learned that Xu Yuanzhen had left Tianli after discovering another Ming Dynasty human realm, while the Great Tang forces struggled over the Void Gate.
• Lei Jun accepted the mission to travel east with Chu Kun and secretly brought the Celestial Master Seal.
• After meeting Shangguan Ning and Chu Xiuyuan in Yuhang, Lei Jun learned that Ming Dynasty cultivators had retaken the Void Gate and infiltrated the coast, then chose to investigate reports from Ming Prefecture.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun confronted Tianli cultivators gathering at Great Green Bay, where Chu Kun defeated a scouting party before Lei Jun intervened against their powerful leaders. Lei Jun uncovered a sacrificial rite linking Tianli to the Great Tang and left Minister Wang gravely wounded with a devastating attack.

• Lei Jun told Shangguan Ning that Xu Yuanzhen was unharmed but missing, then traveled with Chu Kun to Ming Prefecture while Shangguan Ning searched for her.
• Lei Jun monitored Great Green Bay as Tianli cultivators arrived to study its spiritual tides and prepare a rite to draw the human realm’s vital currents into Tianli.
• Chu Kun defeated a group of Tianli Neo-Confucian cultivators with numerous Spirit Talismans, then joined Faming and the Tianlong Temple monks against reinforcements led by Official Su.
• Official Su and another Neo-Confucian Grand Scholar overwhelmed Faming and targeted Chu Kun, but Lei Jun appeared in his Dipper Mother Star God Dharma Image and sent Official Su flying.
• Lei Jun exposed the hidden Governor and attacked Minister Wang, who had been conducting a sacrificial rite to connect the Great Tang’s spiritual energy to Tianli.
• Lei Jun combined his three Dharma Images and his black and purple Thunder Dragons to shatter Wang Feng’s defenses and punch through his chest.

Lei Jun killed Wang Feng, stopped the collapsing Sacrificial Rite from flooding Great Green Bay, and recovered the Moonlight Inkstone. After learning that Tianli connected to another human realm with a divergent history, Lei Jun and the others considered what the world’s alternate past meant and turned toward investigating the mysteries surrounding Changjie Island and the Celestial Master Mansion.

• Lei Jun killed Wang Feng with his lightning and starlight attacks, then suppressed the tsunami caused by the interrupted Sacrificial Rite.
• Lei Jun held the waters calm while Abbot Miao Xin and the Tianlong Temple monks pursued the fleeing Heavenly Principle Cultivators and captured the badly wounded Official Su.
• Lei Jun secretly collected the intact Moonlight Inkstone from the remains of the rite, and Abbot Miao Xin later discussed the battle and the fighting at Yuhang with him.
• Fang Yue arrived with reinforcements and explained that the Tianli people had sought to disrupt Great Tang’s Earth Veins and divert its Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide.
• Lei Jun, Chu Kun, Fang Yue, Abbot Miao Xin, and the others compared histories and learned that Great Ming’s world had diverged from Great Tang’s after the Great Han Dynasty, with the Celestial Master Mansion and Tianlong Temple eventually disappearing there.
• After Ye Mu, Ye Yao, and Chu Taoyuan arrived, Lei Jun considered the history of the alternate world and the fate of the Celestial Master Mansion while the others reassessed his strength after Wang Feng’s death.

Great Tang cultivators attempted to seal the gate between Tianli and the human world, but Tianli’s countermeasures turned the sea into a battlefield. Lei Jun feigned being trapped so he could move unseen, then received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign pointing southeast, in the direction Fang Yue had gone.

• Ye Mu, Ye Yao, Chu Taoyuan, and the others agreed to avoid conflict with Lei Jun and the Celestial Master Mansion while focusing on Tianli, and they resolved to drive out the invaders and seal the gate.
• Chu Xiuyuan, Ye Yan, and the others pressured Great Ming experts while Lei Jun, Fang Yue, and their companions established a Confucian ritual array at sea.
• Tianli’s black-qi rituals interfered with Great Tang’s pillars of light, and Fang Yue defeated a Seventh Heaven Neo-Confucian Grand Scholar while protecting his ritual.
• Lei Jun countered a black-qi ritual with Taiji, then pretended its backlash had sealed him inside a Black City and secretly emerged under concealment.
• Fang Yue and Chu Kun helped defend their ritual against Tianli cultivators, while Fang Yue departed to restore a destroyed pillar of light and Chu Kun remained behind without summoning aid.
• Lei Jun received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign promising a Third Grade Opportunity to the southeast and realized that direction was where Fang Yue had gone.