Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu reached the top of the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway with ease while the Qianyuan Sect disciples and Peak Masters watched in amazement. After he stood motionless for several minutes, the disciples feared he was exhausted and in danger when he finally moved again.

• The disciples noticed the Qianyuan Sect’s spiritual power had grown unusually dense, and Yun Tianci knew it was a benefit of the Qianyuan Sacred Stone’s evolution.
• Lin Yu reached the summit of the Mystic Rank Sacred Stairway and quietly admired the view as the cultivation elder stared in shock.
• The Peak Masters planned to recruit Lin Yu and Xiaobai, both of whom had displayed extraordinary talent.
• The disciples speculated about why Lin Yu had stopped moving, then feared the Sacred Stairway’s pressure might injure him.
• Lin Yu finally moved, and worried female disciples shouted warnings about the pressure.

Lin Yu climbed the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway and then ascended all 108 steps of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, stunning the Qianyuan Sect disciples and elders. He became the first to reach the summit of all four sacred stairways, and the crowd erupted in celebration.

• Lin Yu swiftly reached the summit of the Earth Rank Sacred Stairway, received its golden light, and headed for the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway.
• The disciples and elders watched in suspense as Lin Yu began climbing the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, while Yun Nianshan remained confined by Yun Tianci’s restriction.
• Lin Yu surpassed Xiaobai’s record of sixty-five steps and continued beyond the 105th and 107th steps without slowing.
• Lin Yu reached the 108th step and was enveloped in brilliant golden light as the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway stirred celestial phenomena.
• The disciples cheered and welcomed Lin Yu, celebrating his achievement of reaching the summit of all four sacred stairways.

Yun Nianshan accused Lin Yu and Xiaobai of cheating, then tried to prove that the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway was unpressured. She discovered its pressure was real but became trapped on the seventeenth step, where Lin Yu offered help.

• Yun Nianshan broke through Yun Tianci's restriction and accused Lin Yu and Xiaobai of having false test results.
• The disciples challenged Yun Nianshan to provide evidence, while she insisted their results were impossible.
• Yun Nianshan stepped onto the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway without preparing and was overwhelmed by its pressure.
• Yun Nianshan struggled up to the seventeenth step, exhausted and unable to move farther.
• Lin Yu asked Yun Nianshan if she needed a hand.

Yun Nianshan discovered that Lin Yu had genuinely climbed the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway, and Yun Tianci rescued her when she nearly fell. After confirming Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s trial results were genuine, she apologized to Lin Yu, who brushed off her accusation as luck, leaving her impressed and flustered.

• Yun Nianshan realized Lin Yu was enduring the sacred stairway’s pressure and had not cheated.
• Yun Nianshan lost her strength and fell from the stairway, but Lin Yu supported her with spiritual power before Yun Tianci lowered her safely to the ground.
• Yun Nianshan told the disciples that the stairway’s pressure was normal and Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s results were genuine.
• Yun Nianshan apologized to Lin Yu, and he replied that his achievement was just luck.
• Yun Nianshan studied Lin Yu with new admiration until Yun Tianci startled her from her thoughts.

The Qianyuan Sect announced the new disciples’ ranks after the Sacred Stairways trial, naming Tang Yu, Ling Yiran, and Bai Ruoxi as purple-rank disciples. Lin Yu and Xiaobai were absent from the list, suggesting they had earned even higher ranks, and Tang Yu left furious and plotting their deaths.

• The trial elder announced that the trials had ended and explained the sect’s disciple ranks and their benefits.
• The trial elder listed the white-rank disciples, then announced that yellow-rank disciples could enter the first two floors of the Treasure Pavilion in a week.
• Three yellow-rank disciples exchanged glances as strange black glints appeared in their eyes, unnoticed by Yun Tianci and the Peak Masters.
• The trial elder named Tang Yu, Ling Yiran, and Bai Ruoxi as purple-rank disciples, surprising the other new disciples with Bai Ruoxi’s inclusion.
• Tang Yu grew angry that Lin Yu and Xiaobai were absent from the list and decided to join his lineage’s elders to kill them, or Ling Yiran, if they left the sect alone.

Lin Yu and Xiaobai were revealed as the first Red Rank Disciples in Qianyuan Sect's history. The disciples celebrated, then wondered how the sect would assign its single Red Rank residence to the two of them.

• The trial elder announced that Purple Rank Disciples became inner disciples and received separate residences, while Ling Yiran and Bai Ruoxi thanked him and Tang Yu remained gloomy.
• The disciples debated whether Red Rank Disciples were real as they waited for the trial elder to announce Lin Yu and Xiaobai's ranks.
• The trial elder announced that the Black Rank list was empty, and the disciples realized that Lin Yu and Xiaobai had both achieved Red Rank.
• The trial elder named Lin Yu and Xiaobai as Red Rank Disciples, prompting cheers throughout Qianyuan Sect.
• A disciple asked how the sect would assign its one Red Rank residence to Lin Yu and Xiaobai.

Lin Yu and Xiaobai became the Qianyuan Sect’s first red-grade disciples, but the trial elder struggled to decide where they would live because the sect had only one red-grade residence. The chapter left him stunned when Xiaobai asked why they could not share it.

• The disciples realized that the Qianyuan Sect had only one red-grade residence and wondered how Lin Yu and Xiaobai would be accommodated.
• The trial elder explained that the lone residence was on remote Stabilizing Mystery Peak and asked Lin Yu and Xiaobai to decide who would live there.
• The disciples blamed the trial elder for leaving the decision to Lin Yu and Xiaobai, while Yun Nianshan questioned why Yun Tianci had not resolved the problem himself.
• Yun Tianci privately avoided explaining that he feared Lin Yu and Xiaobai’s power and preferred to let them choose for themselves.
• Xiaobai asked why she and Lin Yu could not live together, leaving the trial elder speechless.

Xiaobai and Lin Yu agreed to share the Qianyuan Sect’s only red-grade residence, stirring up rumors among the disciples that they were already a couple. Supreme Elder Yun Li then appeared and voiced his objection, leaving Yun Tianci worried about what would happen next.

• Xiaobai asked why she and Lin Yu could not live together and said they had always shared a home.
• The disciples speculated about Xiaobai and Lin Yu’s relationship as the trial elder struggled to respond.
• Lin Yu agreed that he and Xiaobai could share the red-grade residence, and the trial elder gave them its key.
• The disciples erupted in teasing cheers after learning the residence was on Stabilizing Mystery Peak.
• Supreme Elder Yun Li appeared and said he disagreed with the arrangement, while Yun Tianci worried because Lin Yu had forbidden him from revealing Lin Yu’s true strength.

Yun Li appeared to oppose Lin Yu and Xiaobai sharing a residence, leaving Sect Master Yun Tianci anxious about the consequences. When Yun Li tried to address them, Lin Yu and Xiaobai ignored him, prompting him to complain that they were pretending he did not exist.

• The disciples were surprised by Yun Li’s arrival, and a senior disciple explained his history and standing in the Qianyuan Sect.
• Yun Tianci worried that Yun Li’s interference could provoke Lin Yu and Xiaobai, whose true strength he could not reveal.
• Yun Li praised Lin Yu and Xiaobai as promising, while Xiaobai asked Lin Yu if she could kill him and Lin Yu told her to stop being violent.
• Lin Yu ruffled Xiaobai’s head, and Yun Li shouted that they were ignoring him.

Yun Li challenged Lin Yu to a spar, claiming he would stop interfering if Lin Yu lasted an incense stick, but the Peak Masters exposed his plan to trick the newcomers into becoming his disciples. The confrontation ended with Yun Li’s scheme revealed before the assembled disciples.

• Yun Li challenged Lin Yu to fight at the same cultivation level and offered to leave Lin Yu and Xiaobai alone if Lin Yu lasted an incense stick.
• The disciples questioned Yun Li’s sudden change of attitude and warned Lin Yu not to accept the unfair challenge.
• The four Peak Masters arrived and accused Yun Li of putting on an act to deceive Lin Yu and Xiaobai.
• The Heavenly Light Peak Master revealed that Yun Li planned to wager on the match and claim the youngsters as his personal disciples if they lost.
• The disciples were shocked by Yun Li’s scheme and watched to see how Lin Yu and Xiaobai would respond.