Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun rejected a dangerous trip to Ice Lake in the Northern Frontier Desert after a Sign Fortune offered him a safer path to a Fifth Grade Opportunity. Meanwhile, Chu Kun secretly made a risky nighttime journey and returned with a treasure he eagerly showed Lei Jun.

• Lei Jun chose the Upper Middle Auspicious Sign and stayed on the mountain rather than risk his life at Ice Lake.
• Lei Jun drew Chu Kun a Top Grade Wind Riding Talisman after Chu Kun said he was going down the mountain with fellow disciples.
• That night, Chu Kun vanished from his room and returned near dawn, exhausted but unharmed, with everything he had sought and an unexpected gain.
• Chu Kun used a routine trip down the mountain with fellow disciples to conceal his nighttime journey, then rested to recover.
• Chu Kun visited Lei Jun and unfolded a bundle containing a treasure that filled the room and courtyard with multicolored light.

Chu Kun gave Lei Jun the rare Five Elements Grand Elixir Sand, which Yuan Mobai confirmed could aid his future breakthrough while warning him not to rely on treasures instead of cultivation. As the Celestial Master Mansion prepared for rising turmoil after the Tang Emperor targeted the Longwai Xiao Clan, Lei Jun advanced to the middle stage of the Primal Talisman Realm, and the mansion announced an exceptional Ordinance Conferment Ceremony for the coming New Year.

• Chu Kun presented Lei Jun with Five Elements Grand Elixir Sand, saying Lei Jun's Top Grade Wind Riding Talisman had helped him obtain it.
• Yuan Mobai examined the treasure, confirmed it held no hidden danger, and warned Lei Jun that his cultivation—not the sand—would determine whether he crossed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun and Chu Kun that elders had sacrificed to the Myriad Laws Altar as the mansion prepared for upheaval, including the Tang Emperor's move against the Longwai Xiao Clan.
• Lei Jun refined his magic power with the Spirit Purification Rock and the Yin-Yang Twin Fiends until the stone crumbled away.
• Near year's end, Lei Jun condensed a second Origin Talisman and reached the middle stage of the Primal Talisman Realm.
• The Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion announced an exceptional Ordinance Conferment Ceremony for the fifteenth day of the first month of the coming New Year.

The Celestial Master Mansion held an exceptional Ordinance Conferment Ceremony, where its guests discussed the worsening demon calamity across Great Tang. The chapter left Dragon Tiger Mountain uneasy over reports that the Celestial Master Sword had reappeared over the East Sea.

• The Celestial Master Mansion held an Ordinance Conferment Ceremony attended by Lu Jinduan, Yue Xiling, and other prominent guests.
• Yue Xiling told Li Ziyang, Zhang Jingzhen, and Lei Jun that the Tang Emperor and the Xiao Clan Head had joined forces against demons in Longwai, where Yellow Old Master was heading to assist.
• Yue Xiling warned that Great Demons had also appeared in the East Sea and beyond the Northern Frontier Desert, and Lei Jun reflected that avoiding his search for the Ice Lake might have spared him danger.
• Li Xuan remained with the Demon Suppression Guard in Longwai, while Chen Yi fought demon beasts there and wondered why every place he went seemed to decline.
• Dragon Tiger Mountain heard rumors that the Celestial Master Sword had reappeared over the East Sea.

After a year of cultivation, Lei Jun set out alone for the Shunan Bamboo Sea to find a True Yin Spirit Object. Before leaving, Yuan Mobai revealed his past ties to the Mount Shu Sect and warned Lei Jun to avoid its internal conflicts; on the road, Ji Chuan mistook Lei Jun for a disciple of the Shan Pi Demon.

• Tang Xiaotang continued searching the East Sea for the missing Celestial Master Sword and reached the Northern Ice Sea, while the Celestial Master Mansion held its Ordinance Conferment Ceremony.
• Lei Jun spent a year cultivating his second Origin Talisman and preparing to build a third as the True Yin Land in the Shunan Bamboo Sea neared maturity.
• Yuan Mobai sent Lei Jun to seek a True Yin Spirit Object and warned him to take care while traveling alone.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that he had fled Ba Shu after offending an elder of the Mount Shu Sect, and cautioned him not to get caught up in its internal unrest.
• Lei Jun traveled west into Ba Shu and met Ji Chuan of Mount Shu, who recognized him and called him a disciple of the Shan Pi Demon.

Lei Jun learned that his master Yuan Mobai was a Mountain Pixiu who had accidentally eaten a Mount Shu elder’s Spirit Flower decades earlier. After meeting He Dongxing and delivering Yuan Mobai’s greeting, Lei Jun was invited to stay in Ba Shu and encountered Mount Shu disciples who still resented his master.

• Ji Chuan revealed Yuan Mobai’s origins to Lei Jun, then apologized for his rude outburst and led him to He Dongxing.
• Lei Jun delivered Yuan Mobai’s jade slip, and He Dongxing explained that Yuan Mobai had accidentally eaten a Spirit Flower cultivated by Ji Chuan’s father before the old grudge was resolved.
• He Dongxing invited Lei Jun to wait a few days and offered Ji Chuan as his guide while the Mount Shu disciples prepared to hunt the Nine-Clawed Stone Lion.
• Lin Xinran greeted Lei Jun, while Zhao Gang glared at him over Yuan Mobai’s past and threatened that they would meet again.
• Lei Jun mocked Zhao Gang for having no hair after Zhao Gang warned him he would remember him.

Lei Jun watched Mount Shu Sect’s operation to subdue demons turn into a battle against two Nine-Clawed Stone Lions, while the fighting fractured the mountains and trapped him and the other disciples. The Light Sphere offered four possible routes to safety, leaving Lei Jun to choose how to escape.

• Lei Jun considered Mount Shu Sect’s internal divisions and watched Lin Xinran among the disciples gathered nearby.
• He Dongxing unleashed a rain of swords, collapsing the mountains and forcing a Nine-Clawed Stone Lion out from underground.
• He Dongxing fought the first Nine-Clawed Stone Lion until a second one emerged, then ordered the other Mount Shu disciples to leave.
• The battle’s aftershocks opened deep fissures to the north and south, trapping Lei Jun and the others between them as Vajra Wind tore through the terrain.
• The Light Sphere showed Lei Jun four escape choices, warning that routes toward East Mountain or through the Earth Veins carried immense danger.

Lei Jun avoided the fighting on Cangbo Mountain and joined the Mount Shu disciples as they tried to escape, while Lin Xinran secretly sabotaged West Mountain to provoke disaster and conflict. Lei Jun exposed the trap and the group turned east, but he then pretended to suffer Qi Deviation and stayed behind.

• Lei Jun watched Ji Chuan, Zhao Gang, and Lin Xinran struggle through the disaster, then secretly approached them while Elder He Dongxing was occupied fighting two Nine-Clawed Stone Lions.
• Ji Chuan and Lin Xinran searched for Lei Jun, while Lin Xinran planned to implicate a Mount Shu disciple and used his Jade Flute to destabilize one route through West Mountain and make another appear unsafe.
• Lei Jun met Ji Chuan and joined him and Zhao Gang at West Mountain, where they chose the seemingly safe mountain hollow after ruling out other routes.
• Lei Jun tested the hollow with an Evil-warding Talisman, triggering its collapse and revealing Lin Xinran's sabotage; the resulting Vajra Wind also destroyed the valley Lin Xinran had altered.
• Ji Chuan and Zhao Gang decided to turn back and head east, while Lin Xinran left the area and Lei Jun followed the group toward Cangbo Mountain.
• Lei Jun pretended that the Vajra Wind had injured him and caused Qi Deviation, then sat down to regulate his breathing as Ji Chuan stopped to look at him and Zhao Gang continued onward.

Lei Jun and Ji Chuan sheltered inside Cangbo Mountain while Mount Shu’s elders fought three Great Demons, but Zhao Gang and Lin Xinran were killed after heading east. After the battle, Ji Dongquan permitted Lei Jun to travel through Ba Shu, and Ji Chuan took him to tour the region.

• Ji Chuan carved a refuge into Cangbo Mountain and used Soul Imbuement in the Sword to hold up the collapsing rock while Lei Jun stabilized himself and helped support the mountain with a Golden Barrier Talisman.
• A tremor from East Mountain revealed that three Great Demons were attacking He Dongxing, and Ji Chuan realized the Mount Shu cultivators had fallen into a trap.
• Ji Dongquan arrived to help He Dongxing break free of the demons’ encirclement, and the Great Demons retreated after a fierce battle.
• He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan searched east for Zhao Gang and Lin Xinran, but found only their shattered Natal Dharma Artifacts and concluded that Lei Hou had killed them.
• Lei Jun presented Yuan Mobai’s letter to Ji Dongquan, who allowed him to travel through Ba Shu and assigned Ji Chuan to guide him.
• Ji Chuan began touring Ba Shu with Lei Jun, including the Shunan Bamboo Sea.

Lei Jun settled at Rain Mountain and found the True Yin Land in the Shunan Bamboo Sea, where a spiritual object was gradually maturing. He cultivated and gathered Spirit Foundation Vine for Chu Kun, then met a Mount Shu elder who arrived at Rain Mountain.

• Ji Chuan brought Lei Jun to Rain Mountain Temple, where its Temple Master arranged a secluded cottage for him and Ji Chuan carried Yuan Mobai’s Jade Slips back to the Mount Shu Sect.
• Lei Jun secretly found the immature True Yin Land in the northeastern Shunan Bamboo Sea and used a Spirit Talisman to mark the site before returning to Rain Mountain.
• Lei Jun cultivated at Rain Mountain, exchanged Dao arts with its disciples, and watched the True Yin Land mature while making occasional trips to the Bamboo Sea.
• Lei Jun discovered and harvested Spirit Foundation Vine, which he recognized as suitable for helping Junior Brother Chu cultivate.
• After celebrating the New Year and completing his rites at Rain Mountain, Lei Jun met Elder Ye of Mount Shu, whom the Temple Master introduced.

Lei Jun considered Ye Dongming’s mysterious warning about the Celestial Master Sword and continued cultivating at Rain Mountain, eventually reaching the Primal Talisman High Stage. When a Mount Shu disciple invited him to Xiao Ding, the Light Sphere flashed and warned him of danger, offering four fortunes with sharply different outcomes.

• Ye Dongming gave Lei Jun a jade slip containing news about the Celestial Master Sword and asked him to investigate it.
• Lei Jun suspected Ye Dongming wanted to keep him away from Mount Shu Sect Gate, but he stayed at Rain Mountain and focused on cultivation.
• Lei Jun condensed his third Origin Talisman and advanced to the Primal Talisman High Stage.
• A Mount Shu disciple invited Lei Jun to visit Xiao Ding on his master's behalf.
• The Light Sphere warned Lei Jun of turmoil and showed four fortunes, including certain death if he went west to Xiao Ding.

Lei Jun avoided Mount Shu’s imminent internal conflict and watched from Rain Mountain as the fighting erupted at Qingcheng Xiao Ding. Afterward, he experimented with using Metal Yin Thunder to control shuttle darts, but sensed a huge presence in the forest.

• Lei Jun declined Elder Xie’s invitation to Mount Shu and stayed at Rain Mountain after judging that joining the sect’s brewing conflict would be deadly.
• Two Upper Three Heavens sword cultivators launched devastating attacks from Yellow Dragon Mountain toward Qingcheng Xiao Ding, where Mount Shu’s internal battle had erupted.
• Lei Jun learned that Mount Shu’s conservative faction had forced the Sect Leader to abdicate, triggering a battle that had already killed many people and reportedly claimed an Upper Three Heavens elder.
• Lei Jun continued cultivating at Rain Mountain and used Metal Yin Thunder to control metal shuttle darts with greater agility.
• After leaving his cottage for a walk, Lei Jun sensed something in the forest and glimpsed a huge shadow among the trees.

Lei Jun discovered that the Fourth Grade Opportunity at Rain Mountain was a giant Mountain Pixiu drawn to his Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo, and he persuaded it to follow him to Dragon Tiger Mountain. He stayed at Rain Mountain as the Mount Shu internal rebellion neared its end, then met a stunned Ji Chuan beside his new companion.

• Lei Jun followed a giant Mountain Pixiu through the woods and realized it had tracked the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo to him.
• Lei Jun tested the Mountain Pixiu with the Magical Artifact, then offered it unrefined Golden Bamboo at Dragon Tiger Mountain if it came with him.
• The Mountain Pixiu followed Lei Jun, who rode it back to his dwelling and arranged for the Rain Mountain Temple disciples to provide food.
• Lei Jun remained at Rain Mountain while the Mount Shu internal rebellion approached its conclusion.
• Ji Chuan came to meet Lei Jun but lost his composure when he saw the enormous Mountain Pixiu beside him.

After the Mount Shu rebellion subsided, Lei Jun learned from Ji Chuan that Shu Mountain’s Reformist Faction had won at great cost, then stayed at Rain Mountain to cultivate and raise his unusual Giant Gun Gun. When summer arrived, Lei Jun took it to the Shunan Bamboo Sea to investigate the strange bamboo growing in the True Yin Land.

• Ji Chuan met Lei Jun and reacted with shock to the enormous Gun Gun, then accepted Lei Jun’s medicine for his injuries.
• Ji Chuan told Lei Jun that He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan were safe, but Shu Mountain had suffered severe losses after the Reformist Faction defeated the Conservative Faction.
• Lei Jun conveyed Yuan Mobai’s advice to stay out of the rebellion and wished Shu Mountain success in restoring order.
• After Ji Chuan left, Lei Jun concluded that the Giant Gun Gun had an exceptional foundation and might become a talented cultivator or spirit beast.
• When summer arrived, Lei Jun left Rain Mountain with the Giant Gun Gun and headed to the Shunan Bamboo Sea, where the strange bamboo had grown tall.

Lei Jun waited for the Grey Bamboo in the True Yin Land to transform, then received a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to sever Jade Belt Stream before returning to Little Leaf Peak. At the stream, he uncovered Huang Sanqian’s trap and stopped the old Daoist from using a Blood River Formation to refine a magic sword and force a breakthrough.

• Lei Jun stayed at Little Leaf Peak to await the Grey Bamboo’s flowering while news arrived that Tang Emperor Zhang Qilong had died.
• The Grey Bamboo turned white, and the Light Sphere revealed three fortunes directing Lei Jun to sever Jade Belt Stream and return to North Little Leaf Peak.
• Lei Jun concealed the White Bamboo with the Breathing Earth Banner and talismans, then left with Gun Gun to find a suitable place to cut off the stream.
• Lei Jun discovered cultivators fighting over a false Cave Abode as Huang Sanqian raised a Blood River Formation, draining their qi and blood and drawing up the stream water.
• Huang Sanqian used the formation to refine a magic sword, but Gun Gun struck him and shattered both the formation and the sword.
• Lei Jun purified the stream, cleared away the dead, cut off Jade Belt Stream with Earth Yin Lightning, and confronted the badly injured Huang Sanqian.

Lei Jun overcame Huang Sanqian’s Blood River scheme, manipulated Jade Belt Stream to cultivate the True Yin Bamboo Stamen, and left Shu Region for Dragon Tiger Mountain. He returned to the Celestial Master Mansion and reunited with Chu Kun.

• Lei Jun defeated Huang Sanqian, who admitted his mistake and died, then kept Jade Belt Stream cut off while he waited for the three-day deadline.
• Lei Jun released the stream after three days, and its restored flow awakened the White Bamboo at the True Yin Land, causing it to bloom into Purple Stamen.
• Lei Jun collected the True Yin Bamboo Stamen, watched the White Bamboo and True Yin Land disappear, and promised Giant Gun Gun a feast after they returned home.
• Lei Jun performed a ritual of thanks, left a letter for Ji Chuan and the others at Rain Mountain Temple, and traveled back to Dragon Tiger Mountain with Giant Gun Gun.
• Lei Jun reached the Celestial Master Mansion and greeted Chu Kun, remarking that his junior brother had grown taller.

Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with Giant Gun Gun and gave Chu Kun a Spirit Foundation Vine to aid his cultivation. After discussing the unsettled Great Tang court and the dangers hidden in apparent opportunities, Lei Jun met with Yuan Mobai to report on the Mount Shu Sect.

• Lei Jun reunited with Chu Kun and gave him a Spirit Foundation Vine to support his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun brought Giant Gun Gun to Lei Jun's residence, where Wang Guiyuan helped fetch spiritual food for it.
• Wang Guiyuan warned Lei Jun and Chu Kun against chasing opportunities and discussed the instability following Zhang Qilong's death and Zhang Wantong's accession as Great Tang's first Empress.
• Chu Kun speculated that powerful clans might have helped drive the Western Regions Demon Uprising, and Wang Guiyuan cautioned him to watch his words.
• Yuan Mobai arrived and asked Lei Jun to explain the Mount Shu Sect's affairs, while Wang Guiyuan and Chu Kun left them alone.
• Lei Jun joked that Yuan Mobai might have relatives in Ba Shu, then followed him into the house with Giant Gun Gun.

After returning from Ba Shu, Lei Jun learned that Mount Shu Sect remained unstable and was tasked with guiding Gun Gun’s cultivation. He used the True Yin Bamboo Stamen and True Yang Rare Flower to form the Yin Yang Saint Body, advancing to the perfected Fourth Heaven Realm and preparing for the future Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.

• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that Mount Shu Sect’s conflict had subsided but its factions remained unstable.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun to guide Gun Gun with the Supreme Induction Chapter · Transformation Scroll until it could gain spiritual intelligence and qualify for Chuan Du Initiation.
• Lei Jun presented Yuan Mobai with the True Yin Bamboo Stamen and True Yang Rare Flower, then prepared to refine them.
• Lei Jun fused the two spiritual materials through his True One Altar and transformed his Hidden Dragon Spirit Body into the Yin Yang Saint Body.
• Lei Jun’s new physique produced a fourth Origin Talisman, bringing his cultivation to the perfected Fourth Heaven Realm.
• Yuan Mobai praised Lei Jun’s progress and advised him to cultivate steadily for the future Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.

Lei Jun continued cultivating while the Celestial Master Mansion enjoyed a brief period of calm, but the new emperor’s succession stirred turmoil across Great Tang. The story left Lei Jun facing the deaths and misfortunes of fellow disciples and worrying about others attempting the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation.

• Lei Jun emerged from seclusion, left the panda Gun Gun unnamed for now, and resumed cultivating toward the Fifth Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun attended the new Ordination Ceremony as an observer while political unrest spread from the Capital City across Great Tang.
• Li Zhenchang was found dead after being attacked while traveling beyond the mountain, and the Celestial Master Mansion sent elders to investigate.
• Wang Guiyuan told Lei Jun that some suspected Chen Yi, who had joined the Demon Suppression Guard, of killing Li Zhenchang.
• Chu Andong survived a failed Third Heaven-to-Fourth Heaven tribulation, but his cultivation path was effectively ended, leaving Lei Jun concerned for Luo Haoran, Xia Qing, and others.

Lei Jun joined the search for a killer after his Sign Fortune warned that staying on Dragon Tiger Mountain could invite future trouble. While Chu Yu and Liang Chen pursued the fleeing criminal near Slanting Star Peak, Lei Jun found and secretly claimed a Mustard Seed Bag containing a Fourth Grade Opportunity.

• After another True Disciple died near Dragon Tiger Mountain, Li Kong recruited fellow disciples to help investigate, and Lei Jun agreed to join the search.
• Lei Jun’s Sign Fortune pointed him toward Slanting Star Peak after noon, where he might find a Fourth Grade Opportunity, so he left the mountain despite Wang Guiyuan’s concern.
• Liang Chen led the search, but the criminal escaped his attack in a cloud of Black Mist; Chu Yu struck the fleeing figure with an arrow and pursued it with Liang Chen and the others.
• Lei Jun searched Slanting Star Peak alone and sensed cold yin energy, which led him to a Mustard Seed Bag apparently dropped by the fleeing criminal.
• Lei Jun stored the bag in his Breathing Earth Banner, concealed his tracks, and caught up with the other disciples as they followed the pursuit.

After the mysterious criminal escaped Chu Yu, Lei Jun learned that the Prince of Wu had visited Dragon Tiger Mountain and that Wang Guiyuan had been invited to a Buddhist-Taoist assembly. Yuan Mobai then examined a Yin Moon Soulstone found in the criminal’s Mustard Seed Bag, raising questions about who might want the rare treasure.

• Chu Yu returned to the Chu Clan after the criminal escaped and warned Chu Kun that he had powerful Upper Three Heavens Cultivation.
• Liang Chen, Li Kong, and the others returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, realizing the criminal might have planned to ambush them all.
• Lei Jun learned that the Prince of Wu had visited Yuan Mobai and invited several of his disciples to a Dharma assembly, leaving Wang Guiyuan under consideration.
• Lei Jun recounted the Slanting Star Peak events to Yuan Mobai and showed him the Mustard Seed Bag he had found.
• Lei Jun, Wang Guiyuan, and Yuan Mobai discovered a rare Yin Moon Soulstone inside the bag and considered who besides Pure Yang Palace might be interested in it.