Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan used the Beginningless Bell’s guidance and the bronze Buddha statue to break into Jiang Taixu’s prison, then revived the God King with essence from the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine. Jiang Taixu awoke and vowed that his Jiang Family would repay Li Qingshan’s kindness.

• The Beginningless Bell agreed to help Li Qingshan exploit a gap in the seal trapping Jiang Taixu and stabilize the area during his attempt.
• The Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine gave Li Qingshan five drops of its origin essence, which he stored in his Bitter Sea.
• Li Qingshan empowered the bronze Buddha statue with divine power and the Sun True Scripture, striking the gap while the Beginningless Bell suppressed the Emperor-pattern backlash.
• Li Qingshan broke through the rock wall and found Jiang Taixu near death, still pierced by Order Divine Chains.
• Li Qingshan gave Jiang Taixu a drop of the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine’s essence, restoring his vitality and awakening him.
• Jiang Taixu thanked Li Qingshan and promised that the Jiang Family would repay him.

Li Qingshan subdued the Black Emperor, then used the damaged emperor jade to escape Purple Mountain with Jiang Taixu and the dog. The teleportation dropped them into an underground river, but Li Qingshan carved a way up and brought them back to the ancient dragon-vein mine, where the Black Emperor eagerly sought to discuss his physique and future plans.

• The Black Emperor tried to seize Li Qingshan’s divine precious liquid, but Li Qingshan’s Five-Colored Divine Light and myriad-incarnation phenomenon overwhelmed him and forced him to back down.
• The Black Emperor changed his attitude, urged the group to leave Purple Mountain, and hinted that Li Qingshan’s special physique might lead to a great opportunity.
• Li Qingshan activated the damaged emperor jade at the altar, transporting himself, Jiang Taixu, and the Black Emperor through a turbulent passage.
• The group fell into a freezing underground river, and Li Qingshan protected Jiang Taixu before cutting a passage through more than fifteen hundred zhang of rock.
• Li Qingshan, Jiang Taixu, and the Black Emperor emerged into the ancient dragon-vein mine, where Li Qingshan recognized Great Emperor Wushi’s carving and the Black Emperor asked to discuss his potential.

Li Qingshan left Purple Mountain with Jiang Taixu and the Black Emperor, planning to break through to the Ninth Transformation of Dragon Transformation and study the Source Heaven Book. He and the Black Emperor set out for a secluded site before heading to the Northern Region’s Holy City and the Heavenly Demon Palace’s auction.

• Li Qingshan reflected on his gains in Purple Mountain, including the Source Heaven Book, the Battle character of the Nine Secrets, and his agreement to inherit the Beginningless Great Emperor’s mantle.
• Jiang Taixu thanked Li Qingshan, promised that the Jiang Family would repay his kindness, and departed to return home.
• The Black Emperor asked Li Qingshan for more precious liquid, but Li Qingshan told him to help with their plans instead.
• Li Qingshan announced that he would seek a secluded place to break through to the Ninth Transformation and study the Source Heaven Book before visiting the Holy City and attending the Heavenly Demon Palace auction.
• Li Qingshan planned to seek rare treasures for his disciple Jiang Tingting and materials to refine his Dao Bell, then followed the Black Emperor toward a nearby site with abundant earth veins.

After two months of seclusion, Li Qingshan returned to the stone stronghold with his cultivation near the Ninth Transformation and a new divine ability, the Four Symbols Seal. He gave the villagers a powerful artifact and supplies, then left with the Black Emperor to face the heavenly tribulation in the Gobi Desert.

• Li Qingshan completed two months of cultivation, advanced to the peak of the Eighth Transformation and halfway into the Ninth, and grasped the rudiments of the Four Symbols Seal.
• Fifth Master Zhang and the stronghold's people welcomed Li Qingshan and told him how their cultivation had helped them drive away bandits.
• Li Qingshan gave the stronghold the Li Fire Flag, pills, and Source, urging its people to cultivate diligently and treat their neighbors well.
• Li Qingshan left the stronghold and returned to the Black Emperor's hidden mountain abode to absorb the remaining earth-vein essence.
• Li Qingshan demonstrated the unstable Four Symbols Seal, then sensed the coming tribulation and broke through the abode's concealment formation.
• Li Qingshan carried the Black Emperor into the Gobi as dark clouds gathered overhead and the lightning tribulation began.

Li Qingshan underwent the Ninth Transformation heavenly tribulation in the Northern Region’s Gobi Desert and broke through to the threshold of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. The Jade Pool Holy Maiden recognized his Innate Dao Embryo physique and resolved to befriend him.

• Li Qingshan faced the Ninth Transformation tribulation alone, using his physique and secret arts to withstand its escalating lightning.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden and her attendants observed the tribulation and identified Li Qingshan as possessing the Innate Dao Embryo.
• Li Qingshan used his newly created Four Symbols Seal to shatter the phantom Heavenly Court and clash with the Humanoid Lightning.
• The tribulation ended, and heaven-sent essence healed Li Qingshan as his cultivation advanced and the Immortal Platform Secret Realm came into view.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden’s jade carriage descended and stopped near Li Qingshan.

After surviving his heavenly tribulation, Li Qingshan met Lin Qingyao, the Jade Pool Holy Maiden, who invited him to Jade Pool’s outpost in Pingyan City. Hoping to stabilize his cultivation and learn from Jade Pool’s legacy, he accepted and traveled with her party, accompanied by the Black Emperor.

• Lin Qingyao congratulated Li Qingshan on surviving the tribulation and praised his talent, while Jade Pool’s elders recognized his extraordinary physique.
• The Black Emperor arrived, made lewd remarks about Lin Qingyao, and drew sharp rebukes from the Jade Pool elders.
• Lin Qingyao recognized the Black Emperor’s unusual bloodline and invited Li Qingshan to rest at Jade Pool’s outpost in Pingyan City and exchange insights into the Dao.
• Li Qingshan accepted, hoping to learn from Jade Pool’s understanding of his innate Dao embryo and the Western Emperor Scripture.
• Lin Qingyao welcomed Li Qingshan into her jade carriage, and the party set off for Pingyan City with the Black Emperor following on a Divine Rainbow.

Li Qingshan and the Black Emperor arrived at the Jade Pool compound in Pingyan City, where Lin Qingyao arranged for them to stay and offered them a lavish spiritual meal. While exploring the tranquil grounds, Li Qingshan sensed their Dao traces and hoped to borrow the Dao Palace Scroll of the Western Emperor Scripture; the chapter ended as music from a secluded tower faded.

• Lin Qingyao welcomed Li Qingshan and the Black Emperor to the Jade Pool compound, then left to attend to routine affairs while attendants showed them to a guesthouse.
• The Black Emperor eagerly devoured Jade Pool's spiritual delicacies as Li Qingshan ate slowly and consolidated his cultivation after his heavenly tribulation.
• Li Qingshan explored the compound and sensed Source Qi in its stones, while the Black Emperor pointed out a suspicious rock and suggested taking it.
• Li Qingshan meditated by the lake and considered how borrowing the Dao Palace Scroll of the Western Emperor Scripture could help him understand his Innate Immortal Fetus.
• Li Qingshan and the Black Emperor reached a tower beside a lake, where a guzheng performance ended after its music stirred the surroundings.

Li Qingshan admitted to the Jade Pool Holy Maiden that he possessed the innate Dao embryo but lacked a complete inheritance, and she offered to introduce him to the Queen Mother of the West to discuss the Western Emperor Scripture. He accepted a position as Jade Pool’s guest elder, then agreed to meet the Northern Region’s visiting young talents.

• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden identified Li Qingshan’s physique as the innate Dao embryo, and he confirmed it while concealing its enhanced nature.
• Li Qingshan told the Jade Pool Holy Maiden that he had no complete inheritance, so she offered to introduce him to the Queen Mother of the West and discuss the Western Emperor Scripture.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden proposed that Li Qingshan become a guest elder, and he accepted the position and her invitation to Jade Pool.
• The two Dao-protector elders secretly resolved to urge Jade Pool to make Li Qingshan its Holy Son, believing his potential could shape the holy land’s future.
• A Jade Pool disciple reported that visitors from the Jiang Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, and other factions had arrived, and Li Qingshan agreed to meet them with the Jade Pool Holy Maiden and the eager Black Emperor.

At Jade Pool’s gathering in Pingyan City, Li Qingshan arrived beside the Jade Pool Holy Maiden and revealed an innate Dao presence that stunned the gathered young heirs. The Holy Maiden introduced him as Jade Pool’s most honored guest, and Li Qingshan greeted the assembled cultivators.

• Young talents from the major powers gathered at Jade Pool’s Immortal Stone Workshop and discussed the Holy Maiden, a mysterious youth, and the rising competition of the age.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden emerged from the pavilion with Li Qingshan beside her, and the crowd sensed his extraordinary Dao presence.
• Jiang Yifei, Zhao Fa, Ji Haiyue, Feng Xi, and the other young cultivators reacted with shock and awe as they struggled to discern Li Qingshan’s depth.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden introduced Li Qingshan as Jade Pool’s most honored guest.
• Li Qingshan stepped forward, greeted the gathered fellow Daoists, and captivated them with his confidence and bearing.

At the Jade Pool Immortal Workshop, Li Qingshan accepted Ji Haiyue’s challenge and offered to fight at the same cultivation level using only one hand. He effortlessly neutralized Ji Haiyue’s Void techniques with a palm that manifested the laws of the Great Dao, leaving Ji Haiyue shaken and the gathered cultivators awed.

• Ji Haiyue proposed a public spar to test Li Qingshan, while the Black Emperor exposed his jealousy and mocked him.
• Zhao Fa and Jiang Yifei pressed Li Qingshan to accept, and Li agreed before challenging Ji Haiyue to choose the contest’s terms.
• Li Qingshan said he would suppress his cultivation to the Dao Palace Secret Realm and use only one hand, promising Ji Haiyue victory if he broke through his palm or made him use his other hand.
• Ji Haiyue accepted and attacked with the Void Great Handprint, spatial restraints, and successive Ji Family secret techniques.
• Li Qingshan’s palm absorbed and nullified Ji Haiyue’s attacks, then stopped inches from his face, leaving Ji Haiyue pale and drenched in sweat.

After defeating Ji Haiyue, Li Qingshan earned the admiration of the gathered young talents and accepted invitations from several influential figures. The Jade Pool Holy Maiden then brought him to inspect nine mysterious stones from the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine, hoping his innate Dao embryo could reveal what they concealed.

• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden affirmed Li Qingshan's victory and gave Ji Haiyue a dignified way to accept defeat.
• Li Qingshan declared that Ji Haiyue would one day recognize the battle as a great honor, and Ji Haiyue spat blood before leaving with his family's disciples.
• Jiang Yifei, Zhao Fa, Feng Xi, and other young talents praised Li Qingshan and invited him to visit their factions; Li Qingshan responded graciously.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden invited Li Qingshan to examine nine unusual stones from the edge of the Primordial Ancient Mine, and he accepted.
• The Jade Pool Holy Maiden told Li Qingshan that the stones might contain immortal treasures or immense danger, and that she hoped his innate Dao embryo could discern their secrets.

After Li Qingshan’s victory over Ji Haiyue made him the subject of speculation and surveillance across the Northern Region, the Queen Mother summoned him to the Jade Pool Holy Land. Li Qingshan departed with Lin Qingyao and the Black Emperor, while rival factions learned where he was headed.

• Stories of Li Qingshan’s strength spread throughout the Northern Region, and elders from several factions failed to uncover his origins.
• Spies watched Jade Pool’s compound, but its protective formations blocked their attempts to investigate Li Qingshan.
• Lin Qingyao delivered the Queen Mother’s urgent order for her and Li Qingshan to return to the Jade Pool Holy Land at once.
• Li Qingshan accepted the summons and left Pingyan City with Lin Qingyao and the Black Emperor in a jade carriage.
• The factions’ spies reported the group’s departure, prompting fresh speculation across the Northern Region.

As Lin Qingyao brought Li Qingshan and the Black Emperor toward Jade Pool Holy Land, she explained its customs and asked about his origins, but Li Qingshan kept his deepest secrets hidden. As they entered Jade Pool territory, the Western Emperor Pagoda suddenly rang in response to Li Qingshan’s Innate Immortal Fetus and Dao Bell, leaving the Holy Land’s elders and Lin Qingyao wondering who he was.

• Lin Qingyao warned Li Qingshan that his arrival at Jade Pool Holy Land would attract attention and asked about his master’s lineage, while he claimed to have cultivated from a chance encounter with an ancient scripture.
• Lin Qingyao described Jade Pool Holy Land’s layout, leaders, rules, and customs as the jade carriage traveled toward the Holy Land.
• The Dao Bell within Li Qingshan trembled as his Innate Immortal Fetus resonated with a distant presence.
• The Western Emperor Pagoda rang throughout Jade Pool Holy Land, startling its disciples, elders, Lin Qingyao, and the women guarding the carriage.
• Li Qingshan realized that his Immortal Fetus and Dao Bell had awakened the Western Emperor Pagoda, while the others focused on him in shock and suspicion.

The Western Emperor Pagoda rang repeatedly as Li Qingshan entered the Jade Pool Holy Land, drawing the attention of its elders and awakening an ancient Saint. The Pagoda and Saint sensed his extraordinary physique and a faint connection to Great Emperor Wushi, and they considered him a possible hope against the coming calamity.

• The Western Emperor Pagoda rang across Jade Pool, startling disciples, and an elder announced that no enemy had invaded.
• Lin Hanyue and other disciples suspected the chime was connected to the mysterious young man brought back by the Holy Maiden.
• Li Qingshan entered the Holy Land, where elders gathered to escort him to the Queen Mother and the supreme elders.
• The Western Emperor Pagoda rang again and examined Li Qingshan, sensing an immortal physique, strength comparable to a Sacred Body, and a trace of Great Emperor Wushi's Dao resonance.
• An ancient Saint awakened, sensed Li Qingshan's extraordinary origin, and judged that he might be a source of hope against the coming darkness.

Li Qingshan entered Jade Pool’s Immortal Palace, where the Queen Mother of the West revealed that the Western Emperor Pagoda and an awakened Saint had recognized his Immortal Fetus and connection to Jade Pool. After learning he cultivated the Sun True Scripture, she appointed him Jade Pool’s first Holy Son, and he accepted the position and pledged himself to the Holy Land.

• Li Qingshan met the Queen Mother of the West and Jade Pool’s elders, who questioned him about the Western Emperor Pagoda’s disturbance and the Saint’s awakening.
• The Queen Mother of the West proposed making Li Qingshan her disciple and Jade Pool’s Holy Son, provoking objections because Jade Pool had never accepted male disciples.
• The Western Emperor Pagoda’s will confirmed that Li Qingshan possessed an Immortal Fetus comparable to the Western Emperor’s Innate Dao Embryo, and the Queen Mother asked him to join Jade Pool.
• Li Qingshan disclosed that he was a rogue cultivator who had inherited the incomplete Sun True Scripture, and the Queen Mother revealed that the Pagoda and Saint regarded him as pivotal to the coming age.
• With the Pagoda’s and Saint’s approval, the Queen Mother of the West formally appointed Li Qingshan Jade Pool’s Holy Son, equal in status to Lin Qingyao.
• Li Qingshan accepted the appointment and pledged to share Jade Pool’s fortunes, while the Queen Mother ordered the Holy Land to prioritize his cultivation resources.

After being named Jade Pool’s Holy Son, Li Qingshan received Qingwei Blessed Land and extensive cultivation resources, while Lin Qingyao showed him the holy land’s privileges. He began cultivating in the Immortal Tears Pool and expected to reach the Immortal Platform Secret Realm well before the Yaochi Grand Gathering in three years.

• Li Qingshan left the Immortal Palace as Jade Pool disciples watched and questioned the unprecedented appointment of a man as Holy Son.
• Li Qingshan named his Saint-protected residence Qingwei Blessed Land and received its control token, abundant resources, and access to other cultivation privileges.
• Lin Qingyao showed Li Qingshan around the blessed land, explained his Holy Son Token and duties, and told him Jade Pool would formally invest him at the Yaochi Grand Gathering in three years.
• Li Qingshan explored the blessed land’s halls and equipment, then entered the Immortal Tears Pool and cultivated with the Sun True Scripture.
• After cultivating through the night, Li Qingshan sensed his cultivation rising rapidly and resumed training, confident in Jade Pool’s support.

Li Qingshan abandoned his attempt to fuse Taiyin and Taiyang after the Queen Mother of the West confirmed it required Great Emperor authority, and she gave him the complete Western Emperor Scripture to recultivate his foundation. He rebuilt his first four secret realms, strengthened Myriad Selves as One, and reached Peak Dragon Transformation, leaving the Immortal Platform breakthrough for later.

• Li Qingshan tested combining Solar Sacred Force and Lunar Power, but their origins violently repelled each other.
• The Queen Mother of the West explained that harmonizing Taiyin and Taiyang required Great Emperor authority and passed Li Qingshan the complete Western Emperor Scripture.
• Li Qingshan recultivated his Sea of Bitterness and Life Spring, transforming them into a source of adaptable Dao-resonance power.
• Li Qingshan rebuilt his Dao Palace, formed a Dao Self from five Departed Selves, and advanced Myriad Selves as One into Myriad Selves as One, Illuminating the Heavens, Dao Resonance Returning to the Origin.
• Li Qingshan recultivated Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation, linking his four secret realms and surpassing his former Peak Dragon Transformation limits.
• Li Qingshan chose to polish his Dao foundation instead of immediately breaking through to Immortal Platform, while the Black Emperor watched from outside his chamber.

Li Qingshan completed the reforging of his four great secret realms, touched the threshold of the Immortal Platform, and discussed his cultivation with an awakened Jade Pool Saint. After she praised and advised him about his phenomenon, she told him to prepare for the Jade Pool’s grand gathering in three years.

• Li Qingshan perfected his four great secret realms with the Western Emperor Scripture and naturally reached the threshold of the Immortal Platform Secret Realm.
• The disturbance in Qingwei Blessed Land awakened an ancestral Saint, who appeared before Li Qingshan and discussed his progress.
• At the Saint’s request, Li Qingshan manifested his phenomenon, Myriad Selves as One, illuminating the heavens, and explained its abilities.
• The Saint praised the phenomenon’s potential to become a Dao Domain and warned Li Qingshan to protect his Present Self and Dao heart.
• The Saint invited Li Qingshan to use the Jade Pool’s resources and told him to represent the Holy Land at its grand gathering in three years.

Li Qingshan opened the Source Heavenly Master’s stoneware and found an Immortal Divine Fruit and an exceptionally pure piece of divine source. He sealed the fruit for safekeeping, stored the divine source, and learned from Lin Qingyao that Jade Pool could provide him with further treasures if needed.

• Li Qingshan used his Source Arts knowledge to open the stone blocks and locks, finding them empty before cutting into the stone roller.
• The Big Black Dog barged into Qingwei Hall, but Li Qingshan restrained him as the roller revealed an Immortal Divine Fruit that began changing and growing dangerous.
• Li Qingshan inscribed runes to stabilize the fruit’s medicinal power, then stored it in his Bitter Sea while the Big Black Dog complained.
• Li Qingshan opened the stone mill and found a small piece of exceptionally high-quality divine source, which he sealed in a jade box.
• Lin Qingyao entered after sensing the disturbance, and Li Qingshan told her what he had found.
• Lin Qingyao explained that Jade Pool’s storehouse held comparable treasures and offered the Holy Son full support through his Holy Son Token.

After gaining insight into the creation of life by helping the Female Saint Spirit in the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone, Li Qingshan broke through into the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. He revealed the origins of a Stone King’s immortal egg and the secrets of Purple Mountain, then faced the Immortal Platform Tribulation as it began.

• Li Qingshan emerged from seclusion and joined the Queen Mother of the West and Jade Pool’s elders at the Immortal Pool to examine its Stone Kings.
• Li Qingshan placed a drop of his blood on the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone, experienced the process of life’s creation, and broke through into the Immortal Platform Secret Realm while advancing the Female Saint Spirit’s nurturing.
• Li Qingshan identified traces of a Primordial sage, red-haired Weird Substance, and ancient stone ginsengs within several Stone Kings, prompting the Queen Mother of the West to purify dangerous presences.
• Li Qingshan revealed that he had inherited a Source Heavenly Master’s legacy and had found the Beginningless Bell suppressing the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s followers in Purple Mountain.
• Li Qingshan identified the five-colored Stone King’s egg as the child of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the Queen Mother of the West restrained the stone when it began to flee.
• Li Qingshan sensed the Immortal Platform Tribulation, moved beyond Jade Pool’s core, and was engulfed by its first bolt of lightning.