Arc 14The Taoist Dao Classic

Wang Hao built the Ancient Emperor Temple, guided Dongfang Bai through a transformation, and used staged revelations about karma and Fortune to steer the Confucian and Taoist schools. He arrived at Mount Wudang as Chunyangzi, offered the Taoists a path toward Human Dao Fortune, and began choosing disciples and sharing martial inheritances.

  • Wang Hao negotiated with the Confucian patriarchs over their Karmic Cause and Effect, collected martial arts manuals, and warned that their school needed to address its past wrongs.
  • Wang Hao completed the Ancient Emperor Temple carvings, whose baleful force injured visitors, then devised the Solar Shaping Method for Dongfang Bai.
  • Wang Hao fabricated a story about Fahai and Bai Suzhen to persuade Shaomu Temple to offer treasures in exchange for contact with the Yan Household.
  • Wang Hao gave martial artists access to an ancient scripture inheritance, and Zi Sheng endured the trial long enough to transform his Purple Lightning Divine Art into a divine art.
  • Dongfang Bai mastered the Solar Shaping Method and gained an initial Solar Physique, while Wang Hao warned that she still could not match the Venerable Lord Wang Hao.
  • Wang Hao adopted the identity of Chunyangzi and confronted Zhang Sanfeng at Mount Wudang, using warnings about Confucian karma to pressure the Taoist elders.
  • Wang Hao urged the Taoists to support Zhu Yanzu’s reforms and explained how commoners, good deeds, and Fortune Supreme Treasures affected Human Dao Fortune.
  • Wang Hao selected talented Taoist disciples, studied Laozi’s bamboo slips, and offered Zhu Yunlu a choice among the Chunyang lineage, the Dao Classic, and the Taiji Mysterious Purity Dao.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326Commendable Courage

Wang Hao oversaw preparations for the Ancient Emperor Temple on the Mount Song Sword Sect’s former site and rejected the Confucian School’s attempt to arrange a beauty trap. He left the Confucian patriarchs believing their immense karmic cause and effect made it impossible for him to father heirs with them.

  • Wang Hao watched martial artists clear the Mount Song Sword Sect ruins and carry materials up the mountain to build the Ancient Emperor Temple.
  • The eight Confucian patriarchs arrived with eight beautiful women, and Wang Hao immediately asked whether they planned to use a beauty trap on him.
  • Wang Hao claimed his ruthless sword cultivation might force him to kill any lover, frightening the women and the Wheel-Turning King.
  • Miaoyin declared she would follow Wang Hao even if it meant dying, but Wang Hao refused her because she belonged to the Confucian School.
  • The Confucian patriarchs asked whether their karmic cause and effect was the obstacle, and Wang Hao agreed while claiming it could suppress the Divine King Physique bloodline.

Ch. 327Fortune Supreme Treasure

Wang Hao explained how Fortune Supreme Treasures could suppress the Confucian School’s Karmic Cause and Effect, while warning that using their ancient swords would invite disaster. The patriarchs asked what kind of vessel would suit their school, leaving Wang Hao poised to advise them.

  • The Confucian patriarchs asked Wang Hao how their school could resolve its Karmic Cause and Effect, and he requested their eight ancient swords in return.
  • Wang Hao described three ways to suppress Karmic Cause and Effect and proposed forging a Fortune Supreme Treasure, prompting the patriarchs to ask whether their swords could serve as its vessel.
  • Wang Hao warned that a sword-based Fortune Supreme Treasure would draw the Confucian School into slaughter, and the patriarchs resolved not to use their swords.
  • Wang Hao explained the functions and forms of Fortune Supreme Treasures to the patriarchs and the martial artists listening nearby.
  • The lead Confucian elder asked Wang Hao what object would be suitable as a vessel for the Confucian School’s Fortune Supreme Treasure.

Ch. 328Memory Transfer

Wang Hao pretended to know little about the Confucian School and used claims about the overseas martial world to discourage its patriarchs from seeking Little Sage Manor. He demonstrated Innate Divine Sense by transmitting images of aircraft carriers and jet fighters, then traded those images for martial arts inheritances.

  • Wang Hao told the eight Confucian patriarchs that Little Sage Manor had cut ties with their school and warned that reaching the overseas martial world required jet fighters and an aircraft carrier.
  • Wang Hao described the steel vessels and aircraft, then proved that iron could float by pulling an iron pot into a pond.
  • Wang Hao transmitted images of a modern aircraft carrier and jet fighters to the Wheel-Turning King, who was astonished by what he saw.
  • Wang Hao explained that transmitting memories was a basic use of Innate Divine Sense, leaving the martial artists speechless.
  • Wang Hao demanded one Innate supreme martial art from each person who wanted to see the images, and the Confucian patriarchs and others handed their inheritances to Xie Feng before receiving them.

Ch. 329They Set Him Up!

Wang Hao used the Confucian School’s claims about its teachings to provoke a confrontation, and hundreds of Innate experts forced its eight patriarchs to retreat. After dismissing them, he questioned the young woman who stayed behind and offered to attend him.

  • A Confucian patriarch asked Wang Hao how the overseas martial world made aircraft carriers and jet fighters, and Wang Hao credited the Mohist School.
  • Wang Hao’s answer drew resentful looks toward the Confucian patriarchs, while representatives of other schools challenged the Confucian School’s claims about governing and bringing peace.
  • Hundreds of Innate cultivators confronted the eight Confucian patriarchs, who stayed their hand rather than risk losing the strength of their sword formation.
  • Wang Hao read the Analects, accused the Confucians of making a fool of him, and ordered Xie Feng to see them out.
  • A young woman from the Confucian group remained and asked to attend Wang Hao for the next few days, prompting him to question her motives.

Ch. 330A Crazy Idea

Wang Hao agreed to treat Xu Siqin’s father and took her on as a temporary attendant, then proposed trading overseas cultivation methods for martial arts texts and other cultural inheritances. The Central Plains experts accepted his plan to gather texts from across the world, leaving Wang Hao poised to use them to expand his collection.

  • Xu Siqin explained that her father had suffered from a strange illness for three years, and Wang Hao suspected leukemia and asked her to bring him and his close relatives for treatment.
  • Xu Siqin thanked Wang Hao and agreed to serve him; he assigned Xie Feng to supervise her.
  • Wang Hao told the Central Plains experts that he was collecting their martial arts texts and offered to exchange them for overseas cultivation methods.
  • Dongfang Bai overheard Wang Hao explain that he had collected the texts at Zhu Yanzu’s request and realized he had done it for her.
  • Wang Hao offered the experts Celestial Person Realm techniques in exchange for their martial arts inheritances, then proposed that they collect cultivation texts from civilizations beyond the Central Plains.

Ch. 331A Bountiful Haul

Wang Hao traded martial arts manuals for overseas techniques and met with the eight patriarchs of the Confucian School, who brought the promised treasures. He advised them on easing their Karmic Cause and Effect, then examined their offerings as they asked to see their own Fortune and Karmic Cause and Effect.

  • Wang Hao promised to provide Great Grandmaster Realm and Celestial Person Realm cultivation methods in three years in exchange for martial arts manuals, and set exchange rates for lower-grade techniques.
  • Wang Hao memorized the manuals the visitors supplied and returned modified overseas techniques, then sensed the arriving eight patriarchs of the Confucian School.
  • The eight patriarchs brought chests of promised treasures, and Wang Hao used Xiao Mengmeng's Treasure-Seeking Function to select nineteen valuable items.
  • Wang Hao suggested that the Confucian School condense a Fortune Supreme Treasure and perform deeds benefiting the people, while warning that they must ultimately eradicate the source of their Karmic Cause and Effect.
  • Wang Hao set aside ten ancient spirit medicines to stabilize his cultivation and examined the remaining treasures, including ores, weapons, a crystal ball, and a bone.
  • The Confucian patriarch asked Wang Hao to show them their own Fortune and Karmic Cause and Effect.

Ch. 332They Really Were Good People!

Wang Hao bluffed the Confucian School patriarchs into paying for information about a future Fortune-condensing method, then traded them access to overseas martial arts manuals. The patriarchs left with the information and copied manuals, only to discover that the martial artists outside had overheard their conversation.

  • Wang Hao told the eight Confucian School patriarchs they could learn to see their Fortune either by paying for his Fortune Supreme Treasure projection or by obtaining a future Fortune-condensing method.
  • Wang Hao claimed that the right time for a perfect Fortune-condensing method would be about two and a half years later, the place would be Dai Summit on Mount Tai, and the right person would be Imperial Lord Zhu Yanzu.
  • Wang Hao negotiated with the patriarchs and agreed to reveal the information for six lots of treasures.
  • The eight Confucian School patriarchs memorized more than a hundred overseas martial arts manuals in exchange for their own collection of manuals.
  • The patriarchs left and realized the Innate Realm martial artists outside had overheard them; Wang Hao reminded them to deliver the six lots of treasures.

Ch. 333Old Yue Questions His Life

Wang Hao oversaw the construction of nine enormous temples at Mount Song and gave the Wheel-Turning King martial arts manuals for the Old Zhu Household. Meanwhile, Yue Buqun arrived at Mount Song hoping to measure himself against the latest legends, only to find even the laborers outclassed him.

  • Wang Hao marveled at the nine temples built across Mount Song and prepared to make the ancient emperors’ statues and murals himself.
  • The Wheel-Turning King asked Wang Hao for martial arts manuals, and Wang Hao told him to take them for the Old Zhu Household.
  • Zhu Yu'er showed the Wheel-Turning King her burned hand and lamented that Dongfang Bubai favored Ximen Chuixue rather than women.
  • Yue Buqun arrived at Mount Song after hearing of powerful fighters’ exploits and was shaken to see Innate experts working as masons.
  • A burly worker carrying a stone pillar cursed Yue Buqun, who apologized and moved aside after realizing the man was stronger than he was.

Ch. 334Faith Divine Dao System

Wang Hao created a Faith Divine Dao system by sealing emperor phantoms and fierce-beast spirits into the Yin-Yang Divine Temple’s carvings and statues. He emerged exhausted as the martial artists rushed in to test the temple, where they immediately began coughing up blood and screaming.

  • Wang Hao hypnotized three emperor phantoms into fierce-beast forms, fed them Blood Sha, and fused them into the beasts carved on the walls.
  • Wang Hao sealed two more emperor phantoms into the Ancient Sun Emperor and Ancient Lunar Emperor reliefs, then placed memory fragments of the Sun Star and Supreme Yin Star into the central statues.
  • The eight Confucian School patriarchs and other martial artists waited outside until Wang Hao staggered out and confirmed that his work had succeeded.
  • The Confucian School patriarchs and Xiantian Grandmasters hurried into the hall to pay their respects, ignoring Wang Hao’s unfinished warning.
  • The martial artists inside began coughing up blood and screaming.

Ch. 335Never Stop Courting Death While Life Goes On

Wang Hao brought Dongfang Bai into the Ancient Emperor Divine Hall and planned to use the blood sacrifice to help her evolve into a Solar Physique. As he deduced a method for her, the other martial artists discovered that a Tyrannosaurus fossil might match one of the hall’s carvings.

  • Wang Hao explained that the hall’s carvings had harmed the intruders with ferocious baleful force, then warned Dongfang Bai that her vast Fortune and sudden enlightenment could draw the world’s consciousness to the Sun Star and Supreme Yin Star images.
  • Wang Hao examined Dongfang Bai, claimed her Shaoyang Physique was beginning to transform, and took her away to write a Secret Method that could turn her into a Solar Physique.
  • The martial artists examined the carvings and were struck by another wave of baleful force; a balding old man recognized the Tyrannosaurus and said he had its skeleton at home.
  • The balding old man arranged for his disciples to bring the Tyrannosaurus bones, while Wang Hao activated the Dao Comprehension Function to deduce Dongfang Bai’s Secret Method.
  • Dongfang Bai studied the overseas martial arts manuals and was astonished by their superior techniques, especially their methods for cultivating Divine Sense.

Ch. 336The Abbot of Shaomu Temple

Wang Hao gave Dongfang Bai the dangerous Solar Shaping Method, trusting her immense Fortune to help her master it safely. He left her to meditate under guard, then spoke with Shaomu Temple’s abbot, Fangzheng, who pressed him for news of an overseas Buddhist legacy.

  • Wang Hao devised the Solar Shaping Method but worried that Dongfang Bai had only a small chance of surviving it until Xiao Mengmeng assured him that her extraordinary Fortune would protect her.
  • Wang Hao wrote out the method, explained its dangers and Dongfang Bai’s Fortune, and transmitted his insights to her.
  • Dongfang Bai entered enlightenment immediately, so Wang Hao left her in the hall and ordered Xie Feng and the guards to protect it.
  • Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaomu Temple, offered Wang Hao medicinal decoction and introduced himself as his host on Mount Song.
  • Wang Hao told Fangzheng that Patriarch Damo had left no overseas Buddhist legacy, disappointing the Shaomu monks.
  • Fangzheng asked whether any Buddhist legacy existed overseas, and Wang Hao prepared to deceive the monks.

Ch. 337A Sales Pro Held Back by His Career as a Beggar

Wang Hao and Xie Feng spun a tale linking Shaomu Temple’s four great divine arts to Master Fahai and Bai Suzhen, while Fangzheng and the monks tried to protect the temple’s reputation. The monks accepted the account as plausible and listened as Xie Feng continued his fabricated explanation.

  • Wang Hao claimed that Master Fahai had loved Bai Suzhen and that the Yan Household inherited Shaomu Temple’s four great divine arts from him.
  • Wang Hao prompted Xie Feng to say he had learned about Fahai from the Peerless Sword Saint, then led the monks to a pavilion.
  • Xie Feng cited Abbot Xuanci’s recorded offenses, leaving Fangzheng and the monks unable to deny the precedent.
  • Xie Feng described Fahai and Bai Suzhen’s meeting, their separation, and a junior monk’s scheme to frame Bai Suzhen for stealing Shaomu Temple’s arts.
  • Fangzheng and the monks accepted Xie Feng’s account as plausible and inferred that Shaomu Temple’s records of the scandal may have been concealed or lost.

Ch. 338Four Refuges

Xie Feng embellished a tale about Master Fahai and Bai Suzhen to convince Shaomu Temple that the Yan Household descended from them and held Damo's Four Great Divine Arts. Wang Hao agreed to arrange contact with the Yan Household in exchange for treasures, while secretly planning to impersonate its representative himself.

  • Martial artists, including the eight Confucian patriarchs, eavesdropped as Xie Feng began inventing a story about Fahai and Bai Suzhen's Four Refuges.
  • Xie Feng claimed Fahai and Bai Suzhen had a child and that Fahai later rescued her, defeated the Demon Sect, and ascended after reaching the Shattering Realm.
  • Wang Hao asked whether the Yan Household descended from Fahai and Bai Suzhen, prompting Fangzheng to seek his help contacting their descendants.
  • Wang Hao said he could invite someone from the Yan Household through Dugu Jian, and Fangzheng offered Shaomu Temple treasures as payment.
  • Wang Hao accepted, intending to use the arrangement to collect treasures while appearing as Yan Shisan; Xie Feng realized Shaomu Temple was being duped.

Ch. 339The Heavenly Punishment Great Emperor

Wang Hao prepared Dongfang Bai for the dangerous Solar Shaping Method ritual and led a group of experts to the Heavenly Punishment Divine Temple to demonstrate an ancient emperor’s scripture inheritance. The demonstration left one expert enduring the statue’s lightning, his presence surging as shock gave way to terror.

  • Dongfang Bai awakened after half a month of enlightenment and asked when she could begin the blood sacrifice, but Wang Hao told her to rest for three days while he prepared.
  • Wang Hao confronted the eavesdropping Confucian patriarchs and Peak Innate experts, then offered to show them an ancient scripture inheritance.
  • Wang Hao led the group to the Heavenly Punishment Divine Temple and instructed them to kneel and place their palms against the statue’s base.
  • Wang Hao sent Innate Thunder Qi through the statue, shocking most of the experts into pulling away before he transmitted memory fragments to the four who remained.
  • Three of the four survivors retreated under the lightning, but one endured as his presence surged and his expression shifted from shock and joy to horror.

Ch. 340Purple Lightning Divine Art

Wang Hao’s lightning inheritance helped Zi Sheng complete the Purple Lightning Divine Art, while Wang Hao prepared the temples and pills for Dongfang Bai’s attempt to transform her Solar Physique. Dongfang Bai entered the Yin-Yang Divine Temple to begin, and Wang Hao retreated with the martial world experts to avoid the world’s consciousness.

  • Zi Sheng turned his Purple Lightning Divine Art into a genuine divine art after comprehending the heavenly tribulation image, multiplying his strength.
  • Wang Hao refused the experts’ request to experience the inheritance again, then inspected the nine temples and ordered their flaws repaired.
  • The experts agreed to Wang Hao’s conditions and sent for the treasures he needed, while he refined more than ten pills for Dongfang Bai.
  • Dongfang Bai entered the Yin-Yang Divine Temple at noon on the third day, determined to transform her Solar Physique.
  • Wang Hao retreated to a village well with the other experts and prepared to hide if the world’s consciousness appeared.
  • Inside the temple, Dongfang Bai brought herself to peak condition and began circulating the Solar Shaping Method.

Ch. 341Heavenly Might Swept Across the Land

Dongfang Bai survived the dangerous cultivation of the Solar Shaping Method and awakened the world’s consciousness, which empowered the ancient emperor statues across the land. She gained a Solar Physique, while Wang Hao hid from the heavenly pressure and later examined her transformation; he left her convinced that her enemy was far beyond her reach.

  • Dongfang Bai repeatedly failed to circulate the Solar Shaping Method, but the world’s consciousness revived her as her Fortune faltered.
  • Dongfang Bai connected with the Ancient Sun Emperor’s inheritance, awakening the world’s consciousness and unleashing phenomena across the ancient emperor temples.
  • Wang Hao hid at the bottom of a well while heavenly might suppressed the martial artists and transformed the temples for several hours.
  • Dongfang Bai mastered the Solar Shaping Method, gained an initial Solar Physique, and hurried down Mount Song to find Ximen Chuixue.
  • Wang Hao emerged from the well and claimed he had hidden to avoid triggering a lightning tribulation tied to his Divine King Physique.
  • Wang Hao examined Dongfang Bai’s Solar Physique, then warned her that neither she nor her Solar Physique could match the Venerable Lord Wang Hao she sought to avenge.

Ch. 342The Taoist School's Alternate Identity Appeared

Wang Hao left the Yellow River crossing after arranging for Zhu Ruoxue’s cultivation and teasing the Central Plains martial artists with news of the overseas Taoist School. He reached a secluded temple near Mount Wudang, met his Taoist stand-in Zhao Yiyi, and took over the alternate identity as Zhao Yiyi and his companions departed for Australia.

  • Wang Hao instructed Zhu Ruoxue to practice the Dao of the Ruthless Divine Sword and asked the Wheel-Turning King to oversee her awakening of a Bloodline Divine Ability.
  • At the Yellow River ferry crossing, Wang Hao said goodbye to the gathered experts and told the Taoist School that the overseas Dao Master would visit Wudang and possessed the Dao Classic inheritance.
  • Wang Hao changed boats to avoid being followed, traveled to a secluded temple near Mount Wudang, and verified that its old Taoist priest could serve as a witness to his alternate identity.
  • Wang Hao exchanged a code with Zhao Yiyi on the hilltop and confirmed the Taoist stand-in’s identity in front of the ten subordinates sent by Zhou Xueyi.
  • After hearing Zhao Yiyi’s report, Wang Hao dismissed him and his companions, who left for the Yellow River crossing before traveling overseas to Australia.
  • Zhao Yiyi left Taoist robes for Wang Hao, who prepared to take over the Taoist alternate identity.

Ch. 343Taiji Dao Physique

Wang Hao disguised himself as a Taoist inheritor and began creating a Taiji Dao Physique by cultivating the Solar and Lunar Shaping Methods in turn. He established a temporary balance between yin and yang and continued alternating cultivation, leaving the full transformation for the future.

  • Wang Hao dyed his hair and eyebrows pale white, dressed in a Taoist robe, and modeled his new appearance on a JX Online 3 character.
  • Wang Hao devised the Solar and Lunar Shaping Methods and used the setting sun to transform his body into a Two-Yang Physique.
  • Wang Hao explained that he planned to use a yin-yang physique as the foundation for eventually tempering his body with nine fundamental powers.
  • After waiting for the rain to clear, Wang Hao used the moonlight to cultivate the Lunar Shaping Method and completed its first stage by midday.
  • Wang Hao formed a temporary yin-yang balance in his Dantian and resumed alternating between the Solar and Lunar Shaping Methods.

Ch. 344A Spectacular Way to Make an Entrance

Wang Hao completed the third layer of his Solar and Lunar Shaping Methods, then used a dramatic air-walking technique to present himself as Chunyangzi, the overseas Taoist School’s successor. He approached Mount Wudang, where Zhang Sanfeng and the Taoist elders prepared to welcome him.

  • Wang Hao sensed the time was right and released his presence, drawing Peak Xiantian experts from across the Central Plains toward him.
  • After cultivating for twelve days, Wang Hao achieved minor success in the third layer of his Solar and Lunar Shaping Methods and reflected on the slow progress toward the Taiji Dao Physique.
  • Wang Hao introduced himself as Chunyangzi to Taoist Nanzhen, then walked through the air on Yin-Yang diagrams toward Mount Wudang.
  • Taoist Nanzhen raced ahead to Mount Wudang, while Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, and the other experts followed Wang Hao.
  • Zhang Sanfeng and the Taoist elders went out to welcome Wang Hao, who appeared high above them as Taoist Nanzhen arrived exhausted from his journey.

Ch. 345Overwhelming Others with Momentum

Wang Hao pretended to detect immense karmic burden at Wudang Sect, using the claim to pressure Zhang Sanfeng and the Taoists into identifying the Confucian School as the real source. After they suggested the burden belonged to the eight Confucian elders, Wang Hao prepared to manipulate them into cooperating with his plan to spread martial arts.

  • Wang Hao greeted Zhang Sanfeng, then abruptly tried to leave after looking toward Purple Cloud Hall.
  • Zhang Sanfeng and the other Taoists surrounded Wang Hao, but he used Suppress Mountains and Rivers to force them back.
  • Wang Hao claimed that Wudang Sect's karmic burden made it unfit to inherit his overseas Taoist School's Dao Classic.
  • Wang Hao explained that he was fabricating the accusation to pressure the Confucian School, whose affiliated forces were obstructing the Old Zhu Household's plan to spread martial arts.
  • An elderly Taoist suggested that the immense karmic burden belonged to the eight Confucian elders, and Zhang Sanfeng asked Wang Hao if that was what he had sensed.
  • Wang Hao was pleased that the Taoists had identified the Confucian School and resolved to deceive its elders into cooperating.

Ch. 346Tricking the Taoist School

Wang Hao convinced Zhang Sanfeng and the Taoist School that the Confucian School’s accumulated Karma threatened everyone tied to it, then warned them about an approaching struggle over the Central Plains ancestral lands’ Fortune. He left the Taoist elders wary of competing for the opportunity and positioned them to consider joining his plans.

  • Wang Hao feigned alarm at the Confucian School’s arrival and warned Zhang Sanfeng that its Karma could ignite and destroy factions connected to it.
  • Zhang Sanfeng sent the eight Confucian School patriarchs down Mount Wudang, while Chongxu admitted that the Taoist School had cooperative ties with the Confucian School.
  • Wang Hao warned that the Confucian School’s Karma would become Karmic Fire within two and a half years, once the Central Plains ancestral lands’ Fortune was drawn out.
  • Daoist Nanzhen revealed that Ximen Chuixue had traded information about Dai Summit on Mount Tai and Zhu Yanzu of the Great Ming imperial family to the Confucian School.
  • Zhang Sanfeng asked whether the Taoist School could intervene, but Wang Hao warned that powerful old monsters were watching the matter, and the Taoist elders gave up competing.

Ch. 347The Secret of Fortune

Wang Hao urged the Taoist School to support the imperial lord’s reforms in exchange for a share of Human Dao Fortune, then used the threat of karma to pressure its members to purge corruption. The Wudang Sect began preparing to clean house as Wang Hao explained Fortune and Fortune Supreme Treasures to the gathered martial artists.

  • Wang Hao told Zhang Sanfeng and the Wudang elders that supporting the imperial lord’s reforms could earn them a share of Human Dao Fortune.
  • Wang Hao refused to enter the Wudang Sect and flew to a nearby peak, prompting Zhang Sanfeng and the martial artists to follow him there.
  • After Zhang Sanfeng left, a Wudang elder ordered Chongxu to compile records of everyone under the sect’s influence so they could remove those who obstructed their opportunity.
  • Wang Hao explained that resolving past wrongs through gentle means could reduce karma, and the listeners concluded they needed to purge their forces’ dark sides and make amends.
  • Wang Hao described how Fortune assisted ordinary people, nations, and cultivators, and how Fortune Supreme Treasures concentrated and protected it.

Ch. 348Foundation

Wang Hao warned the martial experts that Human Dao Fortune depended chiefly on the common people and urged them not to threaten the people’s access to land and food. He revealed that Zhu Yanzu had struck a deal with overseas Shattering Realm experts to spare the Central Plains martial world, and the chapter ended with Zhang Sanfeng asking what Zhu Yanzu had sacrificed.

  • Wang Hao explained that Evil Consequence suppressed Fortune, Good Consequence strengthened it, and Karma could destroy it, then warned everyone never to oppose Human Dao Fortune.
  • Wang Hao told Zhang Sanfeng that the common people were the greatest source of Human Dao Fortune and that cultivators must not take the land and grain they relied on.
  • When a middle-aged man challenged Wang Hao for favoring commoners, Wang Hao said strengthening them was the prevailing tide and tied Human Dao Fortune to the plans of overseas powers.
  • Wang Hao revealed that overseas Shattering Realm experts had planned to replace the Central Plains martial world, but Zhu Yanzu had negotiated a chance for its forces to remain.
  • Zhang Sanfeng asked Wang Hao what Zhu Yanzu had given up to secure the deal.

Ch. 349Deception and Conquest

Wang Hao deceived the martial artists by claiming Zhu Yanzu would seek an Acquired Chaos Physique from the Ancient Lunar Emperor’s tomb on the moon, risking a terrible fate. He left the Taoist School hoping for the Dao Classic and a method to select talented disciples, while Dongfang Bai began to suspect Zhu Yanzu had made his sacrifice for her.

  • Wang Hao claimed Zhu Yanzu could gain an Acquired Chaos Physique by retrieving the Innate Chaos Physique’s origin from the Ancient Lunar Emperor’s tomb on the moon, and warned that desecrating the tomb could bring a fate worse than death.
  • Wang Hao said Zhu Yanzu had proposed the plan three years earlier and asked the Shattering Realm experts to guarantee one person’s safety, prompting Dongfang Bai to suspect that the protected person was her.
  • Wang Hao explained that Zhu Yanzu was a Protagonist of the Era and listed past figures he said had held that status, including Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo.
  • Wang Hao refused to promise the Dao Classic to the Central Plains Taoist School, but left open the possibility of giving it to them after they addressed the school’s problems.
  • Zhang Sanfeng asked Wang Hao for a method to select talented disciples, and the Taoists eagerly awaited his answer.

Ch. 350Knockoff Taiji Mysterious Purity Dao

Wang Hao used the Taoist School’s ancient texts to deduce the Taiji Mysterious Purity Dao and other powerful martial arts inheritances. He offered Zhu Yunlu a choice of inheritances, and she asked to receive two.

  • Zhang Sanfeng brought Wang Hao to the Taoist School’s residence, where Wang Hao selected talented young disciples using Xiao Mengmeng’s Treasure-Seeking Function.
  • Wang Hao studied the Taoist School’s collections, discovered ancient bamboo slips written by Laozi, and used the Dao Comprehension Function to deduce new Taoist martial arts.
  • Wang Hao printed hundreds of martial arts inheritances and offered Zhu Yunlu a choice between the Chunyang lineage, the Dao Classic, and the Taiji Mysterious Purity Dao.
  • Wang Hao explained the three inheritances and the overseas Taoist School’s four great sword instructions to Zhu Yunlu and the gathered martial artists.
  • Zhu Yunlu asked to choose all three inheritances, but Wang Hao allowed her to select one additional inheritance; she then made her choice.
Arc 14 of 53
Arc 14 of 53