Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiaotang returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with new clues about the Celestial Master Sword, then left again to pursue it. As the Mansion grew tense and Li Zhengxuan also departed to seek the sword, Lei Jun prepared to advance to the Fifth Heaven Dao Palace Realm.

• Yuan Mobai cautioned Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan against guessing at the Mysterious Person's identity or motives, while Chu Kun passed along Chu Yu's thoughts to the Mansion.
• Tang Xiaotang returned secretly, asked Lei Jun to open the Myriad Laws Altar for a rite, and examined the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb before setting out again to find the Celestial Master Sword.
• Li Ziyang and Li Xuan discussed Tang Xiaotang's and Li Zhengxuan's prospects of reaching the Eighth Heaven, along with suspicions surrounding Chen Yi and the Mysterious Person.
• Li Zhengxuan left Dragon Tiger Mountain after vowing to recover the Celestial Master Sword, stirring further private discussion across the Mansion.
• Lei Jun continued his cultivation and told Yuan Mobai he was ready to perform a rite to advance to the Fifth Heaven Dao Palace Realm.

Lei Jun passed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation, established his Three Pure Ones Palace, and reached the Fifth Heaven Dao Palace Realm. After creating new basic Spirit Talismans, he received early Talisman Addition and the fourth volume of the Great Dao scripture of True Orthodox Dharma, drawing increased attention to his rapid progress.

• Lei Jun used balanced central qi and the Five Elements Grand Elixir Sand to overcome the Water Tribulation and establish his Three Pure Ones Palace.
• Yuan Mobai, Wang Guiyuan, and Chu Kun congratulated Lei Jun after he completed his breakthrough.
• Lei Jun adapted to his new realm, then accompanied Yuan Mobai to request early Talisman Addition.
• Lei Jun presented the High Merit Elders with new basic Spirit Talismans he had devised, and they approved his early Talisman Addition for his merits.
• Lei Jun received the Covenant Majesty Talisman, rose in Dao Rank and Dharma Office, and received the fourth volume of the Great Dao scripture of True Orthodox Dharma from Yuan Mobai.
• Shangguan Hong remarked to Shangguan Ning that Lei Jun had advanced from the Third Heaven to the Fifth Heaven in only a few years.

Lei Jun’s breakthrough to the Fifth Heaven made him a celebrated rising star and drew increased scrutiny, while he began refining yin and yang auras to advance his cultivation. He also discovered that Gun Gun had remarkable cultivation talent, and asked Yuan Mobai whether its aptitude was innate to its kind.

• Shangguan Hong and Lin Shan discussed Lei Jun’s astonishing cultivation speed and judged him to be devoted to the sect despite his reserved manner.
• News of Lei Jun’s Fifth Heaven breakthrough spread throughout the cultivation world, prompting Wang Guiyuan to warn him to act cautiously as the Li Clan and outside forces watched him.
• Lei Jun considered the search for the Celestial Master Sword, then focused on cultivating his next Dharma and planned to combine-refine complementary yin and yang auras.
• Lei Jun began refining the pure yang Azure Dragon Commanding Thunder Aura at Dragon Tiger Mountain, using his Yin-Yang Two Fiends to temper it.
• Lei Jun taught Gun Gun the Scripture of Salvation, and the creature quickly opened its acupoints and showed impressive physical and spiritual talent.
• Lei Jun asked Yuan Mobai whether Gun Gun’s aptitude counted as a racial talent.

Lei Jun traveled to Crimson Mountain Separate Residence, refined the Crimson Dragon Suppressing Abyss Aura, and set out for Dragon Tiger Mountain with Gun Gun. On the way, his Sign Fortune warned that the return route could lead to opportunities or deadly danger.

• Chu Kun prepared to travel with fellow disciples to the Profound Yang Grotto-heaven, and Lei Jun gave him an improved Golden Thread Robe for protection.
• Lei Jun left Dragon Tiger Mountain with Gun Gun and gave Luo Haoran the Water Aversion Golden Eye as Luo led disciples to help with flooding along the Xin River.
• At Crimson Mountain Separate Residence, Lei Jun visited Zhang Jingzhen, who warned him about the violent nature of the Crimson Dragon Suppressing Abyss Aura.
• Lei Jun refined the Crimson Dragon Suppressing Abyss Aura until azure and crimson dragon-shaped currents circled his Central Three Pure Ones Palace, then began the return journey.
• Lei Jun received four Sign Fortunes: Twilight Gorge offered a safe chance at a Fifth Grade Opportunity, while routes through Cangling River Valley or Heavenly Pine Mountain carried severe danger.

Lei Jun found Antarctic Cold Iron in Twilight Gorge and safely left before a Great Demon returned. He then spotted the Jiangzhou Lin Clan ambushing Zhang Jingzhen and secretly moved to intervene.

• Lei Jun followed the Upper Middle Auspicious Sign into Twilight Gorge, where he found demonic feathers and collected a piece of Antarctic Cold Iron containing Yuan Magnetic Force.
• Lei Jun and Gun Gun left the gorge safely, then heard fighting near Cangling River Valley and watched from a distance with the Divine Eye Mirror Stone.
• Lei Jun saw Zhang Jingzhen fighting while retreating from a powerful group of Jiangzhou Lin Clan cultivators.
• A Lin Clan Elder explained that the clan planned to kill Celestial Master Mansion disciples and exploit the resulting confusion while Sixth Uncle obscured the heavenly secrets.
• Lei Jun concealed himself with the Breathing Earth Banner and watched the Lin Clan close in on Zhang Jingzhen.

Lei Jun secretly helped Zhang Jingzhen escape the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s pursuit while avoiding their hidden Sixth Grand Uncle. Near Heavenly Pine Mountain, a Two Extremes Sky Vulture attacked the Lin Clan and clashed with the elder, while Lei Jun turned his attention to the fleeing survivors.

• Lei Jun decided not to join Zhang Jingzhen directly, fearing the Lin Clan’s Sixth Grand Uncle would intervene, and secretly followed her pursuers instead.
• Lei Jun used the Breathing Earth Banner to alter the terrain and obscure Zhang Jingzhen’s tracks, helping her shake off the Lin Clan Disciples while drawing their search toward himself.
• Lei Jun hid himself and Gun Gun inside the earth near Heavenly Pine Mountain as the Lin Clan searched the area without finding them.
• A Two Extremes Sky Vulture emerged from Heavenly Pine Mountain, magnetically pulling the Lin Clan’s weapons and lifting some of its members into the air.
• The Lin Clan’s Sixth Grand Uncle finally attacked the Great Demon with sword qi, allowing several badly wounded Lin Clan Disciples to escape.
• Lei Jun surrounded the fleeing Lin Clan Disciples with black Thunder Water as electricity crackled around them.

Lei Jun secretly rescued Zhang Jingzhen and killed the Lin Clan Disciples who had pursued her, then concealed his role as the Celestial Master Mansion confronted the Lin Clan. Back at the mountain, he examined the strange crystal he had taken and learned it was called Soul Scattering Essence.

• Lei Jun trapped the Lin Clan Disciples in Water Yin Lightning, sealed the Soul Scattering Essence with the Breathing Earth Banner, and killed the remaining pursuers with Ding Fire Yin Thunder.
• Zhang Jingzhen escaped and contacted Dragon Tiger Mountain, prompting Shangguan Ning and Li Ziyang to pursue Lin Chi while the Two Extremes Sky Vulture left the battlefield.
• Shangguan Ning and Li Ziyang severely wounded Lin Chi and another Lin Clan elder, then reunited with Zhang Jingzhen, who could not identify the mysterious person who had saved her.
• Shangguan Ning and Zhang Jingzhen questioned whether Lei Chongyun had been the rescuer, but his reported return time seemed to leave too little time for him to have helped her.
• Yuan Mobai helped conceal Lei Jun’s movements, and Lei Jun returned to the mountain without claiming credit for saving Zhang Jingzhen.
• Lei Jun inspected the crystal he had taken from the Lin Clan Disciples and identified it as Soul Scattering Essence.

Lei Jun studied the Soul Scattering Essence taken from two Lin Clan Disciples, then used the Heavenly Book and Antarctic Cold Iron to advance his Yuan Magnetic Force and shape a new spell. His meditation in the First Layer of the True One Altar revealed insights into pill and artifact refinement, leading him to consider reforging Yuan Mobai’s Vermillion Point Brush.

• Lei Jun tested the Soul Scattering Essence, learned how the Lin Clan Disciple had acquired it, and destroyed both captured disciples’ divine souls.
• Lei Jun used the Antarctic Cold Iron to cultivate Yuan Magnetic Force, then harmonized it with the Heavenly Book to complete the spirit object’s missing quality.
• Lei Jun formed an initial version of a new Yuan Magnetic Force spell that he intended to make his second Natal Dharma.
• Lei Jun contemplated the First Layer of the True One Altar and gained insights into pill and artifact refinement.
• Lei Jun considered reforging Yuan Mobai’s Vermillion Point Brush and went to see his master.

Lei Jun practiced refining magical artifacts and gained renewed fame when his Linked Blazing Flame Talismans helped Celestial Master Mansion disciples in the fighting at Poyang Great Marsh. Xu Yuanzhen returned with a Sword Trace to investigate and planned to deal with the Jiangzhou Lin Clan once she was free.

• Yuan Mobai taught Lei Jun advanced artifact-refining methods, and Lei Jun practiced on Black Point Brushes and Azure Point Brushes before attempting to re-refine the Vermillion Point Brush.
• Lei Jun cultivated at the Ancestral Home and studied how the True One Altar could assist with artifact and pill refinement.
• The Jiangzhou Lin Clan resumed limited fighting with Celestial Master Mansion at Poyang Great Marsh, where disciples used Lei Jun's Linked Blazing Flame Talismans to drive back their opponents.
• Xu Yuanzhen returned to the mountain with a stone slab bearing a Sword Trace and asked Yuan Mobai to open the Myriad Laws Altar so she could investigate it.
• Xu Yuanzhen collected Lei Jun's reaction images of Gun Gun, heard about the fighting with the Lin Clan, and said she would go to Jiangzhou to retaliate after investigating the Sword Trace.

Lei Jun used the True One Altar and a page of the Heavenly Book to reforge Yuan Mobai’s Vermillion Point Brush into the Yin Yang Brush, greatly improving the talismans he could make. The Heavenly Book’s power then drew him into a strange starry realm, where he realized he was the Venus Gold Yao among seven stellar luminaries.

• Xu Yuanzhen left to investigate the Celestial Master Sword clues, while Lei Jun continued cultivating and experimenting with talisman brushes.
• Lei Jun used Nine Abyss Earth Fire to improve an Azure Point Brush, then practiced until he could make a satisfactory upgraded version.
• Before reforging the Vermillion Point Brush, Lei Jun received two sign fortunes and chose to combine the True One Altar and Heavenly Book for the refinement.
• Lei Jun added precious materials and used the Heavenly Book and Nine Abyss True Fire to reforge the Vermillion Point Brush into the Yin Yang Brush, enabling him to create upper-grade High-Grade Spirit Talismans.
• The Heavenly Book drew Lei Jun into a radiant space, where a mysterious voice asked, “The third one, and the fourth one?”
• Lei Jun saw seven stellar luminaries in an illusory universe and realized that he was the Venus Gold Yao.

Lei Jun learned how to use the Heavenly Book’s starry realm and agreed to cooperate with the holders of the Sun, Moon, and Wood Yao pages. At their first group meeting, the four exchanged intelligence, including a clue about the Celestial Master Sword that concerned Lei Jun’s own mansion.

• Lei Jun spoke with Moon Yao in the Heavenly Book realm, learned that Moon Yao possessed volume Two, and agreed to cooperate and meet again with Sun Yao and Wood Yao.
• Lei Jun returned to his residence, reasoned out the Heavenly Book’s effects on time and his spirit, and discovered that messages could be answered without entering the realm.
• At midnight, Lei Jun met Sun Yao, Moon Yao, and Wood Yao in the starry realm, where they agreed to exchange information publicly.
• Lei Jun shared that True Yin Stone could be gathered from Ice Lake beyond the Northern Frontier desert in midsummer.
• Moon Yao reported that Demon Suppression General Sheng Yan had colluded with the Prince of Wu, while Wood Yao said the Bodhi Temple Abbot would soon travel to Youzhou to retrieve the Patriarch’s Relic.
• Sun Yao said Li Zhengxuan had found an important clue about the Celestial Master Sword and was following it.

Lei Jun arranged for Xu Yuanzhen to trade his Soul Scattering Essence for Sun Yao’s Radiant Sun Gold Crystal, while Yuan Mobai warned him to consult his master before pursuing similar deals. The chapter ended with Lei Jun asking what Prince of Wu was relying on as he traveled to Northern Frontier Youzhou with Demon Suppression General Sheng Yan and the Bodhi Temple Abbot.

• Moon Yao, Wood Yao, Sun Yao, and Lei Jun exchanged information through the Heavenly Book, and Sun Yao offered a fist-sized Radiant Sun Gold Crystal for a soul-related spiritual item.
• Lei Jun told Xu Yuanzhen that he possessed Heavenly Book Three and learned that she had once encountered Heavenly Book Six; she agreed to handle the trade with Sun Yao.
• Sun Yao accepted Lei Jun’s Soul Scattering Essence in exchange for the Radiant Sun Gold Crystal and chose an island in the East Sea Ocean as the meeting place.
• Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen informed Yuan Mobai, who cautioned Lei Jun to let his master investigate future opportunities before agreeing to them.
• Yuan Mobai explained that Prince of Wu remained unwilling to accept losing the imperial succession to Late Emperor Zhang Qilong, and Lei Jun asked what Prince of Wu was relying on.

Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai maneuvered to expose Prince of Wu’s dealings with Demon Suppression General Sheng Yan, stirring trouble among his Jiangnan allies. As the political fallout unfolded, Lei Jun learned more about Bodhi Temple’s northern expedition and the powerful figures waiting in Youzhou, while Xu Yuanzhen returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun considered how Prince of Wu’s ties to Sheng Yan might affect the Suzhou Chu Clan and Tianlong Temple, and Yuan Mobai arranged to leak the news through other channels.
• Yuan Mobai explained that Abbot Liaoyuan was heading to Northern Frontier Youzhou to retrieve a long-lost Bodhi Temple elder’s sarira and an important Buddhist Treasure.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed how Bodhi Temple’s expedition would bring it into contact with the Youzhou Lin Clan and old Prince Zhao, while the Late Emperor’s succession plans continued to threaten the current court.
• Prince of Wu filed memorials pleading his case and visited Tianlong Temple’s Dharma assembly to soothe its reaction to the leaked news.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai watched the turmoil in Jiangnan from Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Xu Yuanzhen returned, easing Lei Jun’s remaining concern.

Xu Yuanzhen returned with the Radiant Sun Gold Crystal, shared intelligence with Lei Jun, and then set out for Jiangzhou. Lei Jun learned that the Jinzhou Ye Clan leader was dealing with Prince Zhao, and the chapter ended with news that Lin Zhen had died, apparently at Xu Yuanzhen’s hands.

• Xu Yuanzhen returned safely with a large Radiant Sun Gold Crystal, but neither she nor Sun Yao had revealed themselves during their exchange.
• Xu Yuanzhen told Lei Jun about the White Lotus Sect’s Future Maitreya beginning a Worldly Journey and a Soul Purification Treasure near Dao Lan Mountain, then asked him to investigate the Jinzhou Ye Clan leader.
• Lei Jun continued establishing his Southern Dragon Tiger Palace and developing his Second Dharma while Prince Wu investigated how news had leaked.
• During a renewed information exchange, Lei Jun traded the Soul Purification Treasure’s whereabouts to Sun Yao for news that the Jinzhou Ye Clan leader had recovered and was frequently dealing with Prince Zhao.
• Xu Yuanzhen finished her work with the Myriad Laws Altar, left the sword-marked stone strip and Radiant Sun Gold Crystal with Yuan Mobai, and departed for Jiangzhou.
• Chu Kun told Lei Jun that Lin Zhen had died and that Lin Xiaoting had been wounded before apparently encountering Xu Yuanzhen on his way back from the Poyang Great Marsh front.

After Xu Yuanzhen killed Lin Zhen, the feud between the Jiangzhou Lin Clan and Celestial Master Mansion erupted into open war. Lei Jun followed a Supreme Good Fortune Sign to Immortal Stream Palace, where he helped repel Lin Clan forces, but a Seventh Heaven Realm elder attacked him before Yuan Mobai arrived to confront the elder.

• Xu Yuanzhen killed Lin Zhen, prompting the Jiangzhou Lin Clan and Celestial Master Mansion to escalate their conflict into a full-scale war.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Immortal Stream Palace and Azure Jade Grotto-heaven needed reinforcements, and Lei Jun chose to go to Immortal Stream Palace after receiving a Supreme Good Fortune Sign.
• Lei Jun reached Immortal Stream Mountain and ambushed Lin Clan cultivators attacking the area, helping the Celestial Master Mansion disciples defeat them.
• Lei Jun took charge as the temporary Garrison Elder and organized the defense of Immortal Stream Palace against two more attacks.
• On Lei Jun's third morning at Immortal Stream Palace, a Seventh Heaven Realm Lin Clan elder launched a fiery assault, but Yuan Mobai appeared and dispersed the flames.

Yuan Mobai drove off a Lin Clan elder and disappeared to pursue his plans, leaving Lei Jun in command at Immortal Stream Palace. During a counterattack, Lei Jun evaded a hidden Divine Archer and killed him with his newly forged Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet.

• Yuan Mobai ambushed and severely wounded a Lin Clan elder, then pursued him into the distance.
• Lei Jun received Yuan Mobai’s message and continued directing repairs and defenses at Immortal Stream Palace.
• Two Great Demons fought at Azure Jade Abyss while Lei Jun’s fellow disciples there remained unharmed.
• Lei Jun led the Immortal Stream Palace disciples in a counterattack against the Lin Clan forces.
• A hidden Lin Clan Divine Archer fired at Lei Jun, who dodged the attack and withdrew into the forest.
• Lei Jun used his Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet to kill the Divine Archer and break his bow.

Lei Jun defeated the Lin Clan’s pursuers at Immortal Stream Mountain and kept Immortal Stream Palace secure while the clan grew wary of mysterious reinforcements. As the Supreme Good Fortune Sign’s seven-day deadline arrived, he uncovered and drew forth the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi from a valley.

• Lei Jun killed the Lin Clan Divine Archer from afar with his Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet, then ambushed and killed the Lin Clan Elder who investigated the attack.
• Lei Jun returned to Immortal Stream Palace, where Yun Zhan and the other disciples resumed guarding the Dao Palace as the Lin Clan withdrew and became more cautious.
• Lei Jun told Yun Zhan that the Lin Clan remained focused on the Celestial Master Mansion despite the White Lotus Rebellion in Huai Mountain.
• Lei Jun searched the valley where Yuan Mobai and a Lin Clan Elder had fought, sensing that the seven-day deadline had awakened a spiritual treasure underground.
• Lei Jun used his Yin and Yang Qi to draw the Five-Colored Streamer Qi from the valley fissure and recognized it as the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi.

Lei Jun secretly collected the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi while a battle between White Lotus Sect rebels, Hanging Temple monks, and Great Tang Divine Strategy Army fighters unfolded nearby. After Future Maitreya and Master Kong Jing departed, Lei Jun returned to Immortal Stream Palace and began studying the treasure.

• Lei Jun used his magic power and the Breathing Earth Banner to draw the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi into his True One Altar Grotto-heaven.
• Yong Xiang and two other Hanging Temple monks pursued three White Lotus Sect Disciples alongside three Divine Strategy Army martial artists, and the groups fought in the valley.
• Master Kong Jing arrived as the White Lotus Sect's young sect master, Future Maitreya, appeared and said the Huai Mountain Rebellion had not been the sect's original intent.
• Lei Jun finished collecting the Five-Colored Streamer Qi and left the valley after the Buddhist groups departed.
• Lei Jun reassured the Celestial Master Mansion disciples at Immortal Stream Palace, agreed to watch for White Lotus rebels, and later studied the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi.

Lei Jun refined the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi, established his second Dao Palace, and used his gathering with the other Yao to exchange intelligence about the White Lotus Sect and powerful clans. He learned that the Prince of Wu was tied to the Huai Mountain rebellion and heard of a dispute within the Suzhou Chu Clan.

• Lei Jun refined the Grand Five Elements Creation Origin Qi, established the Southern Dragon Tiger Palace, and began laying foundations for the Northern Mysterious Darkness Palace.
• Lei Jun resumed production at Immortal Stream Palace while Yuan Mobai reported that the Prince of Wu might have supported the White Lotus Sect's Huai Mountain rebellion.
• Lei Jun joined Sun Yao, Moon Yao, and Wood Yao in a gathering, where they discussed the Blood River Sect and exchanged offers of information and a pill formula.
• Lei Jun told Moon Yao that the Prince of Wu had colluded with White Lotus Sect rebels, and Moon Yao traded that information for news of the Suzhou Chu Clan.
• Moon Yao revealed that Chu Yu had quarreled with her father, the Chu Clan's old Clan Leader, then left the Ancestral Land to live in her own Moon Abode.

Lei Jun used an auspicious sign to steer a supply party away from danger at Nine Source Lake and secretly escorted them toward Great Green Peak. When Lin Clan forces ambushed the party, he helped turn the battle with his talismans and began silently eliminating their archers.

• Lei Jun learned of discord between Chu Yu and Chu Guolao while trading information with Moon Yao.
• A sign warned Lei Jun that the route near Nine Source Lake held danger, so he urged the supply party to take the Great Green Peak route and secretly escorted them.
• A Great Demon fought a Buddhist eminent monk near Nine Source Lake, confirming the danger Lei Jun had foreseen.
• Lin Clan members ambushed the party with arrows, but the Celestial Master Mansion disciples defended themselves and counterattacked using Lei Jun's Flying Fire and Linked Blazing Flame Talismans.
• Zhou Zihang fought Lin Zongquan as the battle spread through the forest, while Lei Jun slipped behind the Lin Clan archers and killed them one by one.