Chapter Summaries

Lu Li built the Great Xia Immortal Workshop’s reputation by taking combat-artifact orders at fair prices, drawing business away from the established Artifact Edge Pavilion. When He Yuanqing summoned him and demanded that he raise prices, Lu Li refused and challenged him to confront the dispute openly.

• Lu Li opened the Great Xia Immortal Workshop, and several True Immortals placed orders for combat artifacts.
• Lu Li forged the orders, and satisfied customers brought more clients until the workshop’s reputation and business grew.
• Zhou Chongyuan, whose Artifact Edge Pavilion lost nearly thirty percent of its orders, asked He Yuanqing to warn Lu Li.
• He Yuanqing summoned Lu Li to the Immortal City Prefecture and told him to raise prices and accept fewer orders.
• Lu Li rejected He Yuanqing’s demand, saying no regulation barred him from setting his own prices and that He Yuanqing was not qualified to make him bow his head.

Lu Li challenged Zhou Chongyuan and He Yuanqing to settle their dispute in the Trial Immortal Realm, where both sides entered with their allies. After the entrants were scattered across the battlefield-like realm, Falling Firmament sensed something it desperately wanted to devour.

• Lu Li decided to take the initiative against Zhou Chongyuan and learned that an Imperial Discourse between the Mysterious Capital Jade Capital and the Jade Balance Immortal Court was approaching.
• Lu Li summoned Bone Mountain, Ten Thousand Demons, Su Beixiao, and Suanni, then invited Zhou Chongyuan and He Yuanqing to meet him in the Trial Immortal Realm.
• Zhou Chongyuan gathered He Yuanqing and eight combat cultivators, and the two groups entered the realm together as a sixteen-person True Immortal trial party.
• The realm scattered the entrants across a ruined battlefield, and Lu Li began planning to regroup with his allies.
• Falling Firmament trembled with an intense urge to devour, and its Artifact Spirit cried, "Devour!!!"

Lu Li encountered Zhou Chongyuan and He Yuanqing in the trial immortal realm and killed them and their allies. He left with their storage artifacts, while Falling Firmament still wanted to devour the realm.

• Falling Firmament told Lu Li it wanted to devour the trial immortal realm to strengthen itself, but Lu Li decided to leave that plan for another time.
• Lu Li and his companions found Zhou Chongyuan and He Yuanqing with eight True Immortals near a ruined immortal tower, and the two ninth-turn True Immortals launched a joint attack.
• Lu Li blocked their attacks with his five-colored Immortal Power, then killed Zhou Chongyuan with Eternal Sinking Finger empowered by Overturning a Nation.
• He Yuanqing fled, but Lu Li struck him down with the pseudo-Dao Treasure golden seal.
• Lu Li helped Bone Mountain and the others defeat the remaining True Immortals, collected their storage artifacts, and remarked that plundering was faster.

Lu Li counted the Immortal Crystals, Immortal Artifacts, and pills he had taken from ten slain True Immortals, but found no Immortal Methods among their spoils. He resolved to conceal his Emperor Fate, avoid joining an immortal sect, and use his shop as cover while carefully choosing future targets to rob.

• Lu Li inventoried the ten True Immortals' storage artifacts and found about forty thousand Immortal Crystals, valuable Immortal Artifacts, and many pills.
• Lu Li asked Ye Chenfeng why the storage artifacts contained no Immortal Methods, and Ye Chenfeng explained that they could not be taught orally or copied onto jade slips.
• Ye Chenfeng told Lu Li that Immortal Methods and Immortal Artifacts could determine an immortal's combat strength, and Lu Li concluded that the slain True Immortals had lacked sect backing.
• Lu Li decided to hide his Emperor Fate and avoid becoming bound to an immortal sect, instead using his Qi Refinement shop and guest-elder status as cover while selecting targets carefully.
• Lu Li judged that he should wait before drawing the immortal realm's will or trying to make Falling Firmament swallow the Trial Immortal Realm, then planned to broaden his path to riches.

After returning to Wangyao Immortal City, Lu Li decided to hunt criminals for resources and cultivated until he broke through to Eighth-Turn True Immortal. He then began planning to forge an Immortal Artifact great halberd before taking on apprehension jobs.

• Lu Li distributed the spoils from Zhou He and the others, then asked Ye Chenfeng about jobs hunting immortal bandits.
• Lu Li assigned Ye Chenfeng and Bone Mountain to recruit Immortal Artificers and keep the shop running while he planned to seek targets at the Immortal City Prefecture.
• Lu Li cultivated with an Essence-Concentrating Return-to-Truth Pill and more than a thousand immortal crystals, breaking through to Eighth-Turn True Immortal.
• Lu Li ended his seclusion and decided to forge an Immortal Artifact great halberd using the Immortal Artifacts left by Zhou He and his companion.

Lu Li forged the intermediate Immortal Artifact Mountain-Splitting and sent his allies to establish a shop in Wangyao Immortal City. Meanwhile, Ji Wan prepared for the Imperial Discourse, balancing the Emperor Venerable’s designs on Great Desolation Heaven against her plans to investigate Lu Li and seize his hidden opportunity.

• Lu Li forged the intermediate Immortal Artifact Mountain-Splitting from immortal materials, Zhou He’s remaining artifacts, and three Immortal Inscriptions.
• Lu Li instructed Ye Chenfeng and the others, then went to the immortal city to choose targets to hunt.
• Ye Chenfeng recruited two True Immortal Artificers and reopened the Great Xia Immortal Workshop, while Bone Mountain and the others busied themselves in Wangyao Immortal City.
• Ji Wan learned that the realms had accepted the Jade Balance Immortal Court’s invitation to the Imperial Discourse and planned to use it to investigate Lu Li’s background.
• Ji Wan decided to send immortal envoys to Great Desolation Heaven and to realms bordering Imprisoned Dragon Heaven, keeping the latter party from entering without her permission.
• Ji Wan’s envoys set out for nearby realms, including Mystic Capital Heaven, which bordered Imprisoned Dragon Heaven.

Lu Li killed the wanted ninth-turn True Immortal Fei Jun and collected the merits and wealth from his remains. Seeking the Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill to break through to ninth-turn, he headed for Withered Marsh Forest to hunt the elusive demon immortal Crimson Crow.

• Lu Li destroyed Fei Jun with his halberd, then took the storage ring and sent Fei Jun's lingering immortal soul into his jade token for merit.
• Lu Li counted his growing wealth and learned he still needed five more merit marks from hunting ninth-turn True Immortals to exchange for the Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill.
• Lu Li reflected on the Immortal Realm's cultivation hierarchy and the way powerful immortals could escape punishment for their crimes.
• Lu Li studied the wanted notice for Crimson Crow, a ninth-turn demon immortal accused of embezzling spirit mines and killing their escorts and miners.
• Lu Li set out for Withered Marsh Forest, planning to draw Crimson Crow out by entering the demon's hiding place alone.

Lu Li entered Withered Marsh Forest to draw out Crimson Crow, a ninth-revolution Demon Immortal, and defeated him with a powerful golden seal. As Crimson Crow offered his clan’s concealment Secret Method to save his life, Lu Li wondered whether it could help Falling Firmament devour the Trial Immortal Realm.

• Lu Li entered Withered Marsh Forest, posing as a lone eighth-revolution True Immortal to lure Crimson Crow out.
• Crimson Crow attacked from above, but Lu Li countered with his halberd and forced him to reveal his colossal demonic form.
• Crimson Crow used Feather Transformation into a Thousand Shadows to scatter hundreds of confusing afterimages through the stone forest.
• Lu Li used an ancient golden seal to crush the stone pillars and destroy the afterimages until Crimson Crow’s true body was pinned and badly wounded.
• Crimson Crow offered to teach Lu Li his clan’s concealment Secret Method in exchange for his life, and Lu Li considered whether it could let Falling Firmament devour the Trial Immortal Realm.

Lu Li accepted Crimson Crow’s offer to teach him the Feather Transformation Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Method in exchange for sparing his life, hoping to use it to infiltrate and devour the Trial Immortal Realm. After three years and four months of cultivation, Lu Li mastered the method and demonstrated that he could scatter his presence across the surrounding world.

• Lu Li decided the concealment method could help him secretly reach the Trial Immortal Realm and agreed to spare Crimson Crow while he learned it.
• Crimson Crow planted the Divine Ability’s seed in Lu Li’s Sea of Consciousness, then fled after Lu Li let him go.
• Lu Li spent three years and four months comprehending the Feather Transformation Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Method.
• Lu Li used the method to scatter a thousand spirit-bearing afterimages across Withered Marsh Forest, concealing his presence within a million li.
• Lu Li reunited the shadows and declared that he had mastered the method.

After mastering the Feathered Ascension Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Art, Lu Li set out to earn five more major merits before returning for a pill that would help him reach ninth-turn True Immortal. Meanwhile, Crimson Crow returned toward Wangyao Immortal City to enter the Trial Immortal Realm, believing Lu Li would remain absorbed in his epiphany for a century or more.

• Lu Li mastered the Feathered Ascension Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Art after three years and set out to collect five major merits.
• Crimson Crow fled across Qingyao Immortal Domain, fearing pursuit and seeking a path to become a Human Immortal.
• Crimson Crow decided to enter the Trial Immortal Realm outside Wangyao Immortal City, hoping qualification for the Imperial Discourse would protect him from his wanted status.
• Crimson Crow reassured himself that Lu Li would need a century or more to finish comprehending his Divine Ability.
• Lu Li hunted exceptional ninth-turn True Immortals as whetstones for his combat skills and used Falling Firmament in battle.

Lu Li tested Falling Firmament against a Ninth-Turn True Immortal and killed him, earning the fifth major merit he needed for an Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill. He headed back to Wangyao Immortal City to claim the pill and prepare to break through before pursuing the Trial Immortal Realm.

• Lu Li used Falling Firmament to shatter a Ninth-Turn True Immortal’s defenses and cripple him, then finished him with Eternal Sinking Finger.
• Lu Li gained his fifth major merit and planned to exchange it for an Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill to reach Ninth-Turn True Immortal.
• Lu Li reflected that Falling Firmament had grown powerful after devouring the Jade Capital Immortal Palace and collected the defeated immortal’s treasures.
• Lu Li resolved to devour the Trial Immortal Realm, believing Falling Firmament and his other treasures could threaten Human Immortals.
• Lu Li flew toward Wangyao Immortal City to reunite with Ye Chenfeng, Bone Mountain, and the others and plan resource exchanges to strengthen Great Xia.

Lu Li returned to Wangyao Immortal City after reflecting on Emperor Lords and the path from Dao Seed to Dao Root, then used an Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill to break through. He achieved Ninth-Turn True Immortal and emerged from seclusion with his cultivation ready to advance further.

• Lu Li considered Emperor Lord Ji Wan, the nine lifetimes required to become an Emperor Lord, and how his king seed would shape his future Dao Root.
• Lu Li returned to the Great Xia Immortal Workshop and reunited with Ye Chenfeng, who had reached Fourth-Turn True Immortal while managing the shop.
• Lu Li exchanged ten major merits at the Immortal City Prefecture for an Extreme Realm True-Transformation Pill.
• Lu Li entered secluded cultivation in the shop and swallowed the pill, enduring its immense power as it tempered his body, soul, and Dao Seed.
• Lu Li's Dao Seed opened its ninth fissure, and he achieved Ninth-Turn True Immortal.

After reaching Ninth-Turn True Immortal, Lu Li prepared to enter the Trial Immortal Realm outside Wangyao Immortal City to devour it and strengthen Falling Firmament. As he entered alone, a mysterious woman in dark-gold robes noticed his rapid cultivation and used Mind-Reading, despite her attendant's warning.

• Lu Li broke through to Ninth-Turn True Immortal and reflected on the unpredictable, mind-focused Human Immortal Tribulation.
• Lu Li told Ye Chenfeng and the others to close the shop and prepare for unforeseen developments while he pursued a fortuitous opportunity in the Trial Immortal Realm.
• Three days later, Lu Li flew out of Wangyao Immortal City and entered the Trial Immortal Realm alone.
• Ye Chenfeng noticed a strange immortal watching the group and led the others closer to the city for safety.
• The dark-gold-robed woman wondered which family Lu Li came from, while her hunchbacked attendant warned her against using Mind-Reading carelessly.

A curious woman in dark-gold robes decided to remain in Wangyao Immortal City to see Lu Li, while Lu Li prepared to draw out the Trial Immortal Realm’s will and have Falling Firmament devour it. His plans were interrupted when the wounded Crimson Crow pursued three True Immortals, and Lu Li appeared before it.

• The woman in dark-gold robes ignored Uncle Fu’s advice to leave and chose to wait for Lu Li to emerge from the Trial Immortal Realm.
• Lu Li surveyed the Trial Immortal Realm and considered how devouring immortal realms could help Falling Firmament grow into a Small Thousand World.
• Crimson Crow fought three Ninth-Turn True Immortals, who detonated a lifebound Immortal Artifact and escaped after wounding it.
• Crimson Crow chased the fleeing True Immortals, but Lu Li suddenly appeared before it with his blood-black halberd.
• Crimson Crow recognized Lu Li and froze.

Lu Li encountered Crimson Crow in the Trial Immortal Realm and learned that Three-Legged Golden Crow True Blood could advance his spirit-concealing technique. After using their battle to draw out the realm's will, he let Crimson Crow escape and concealed his presence as the will searched for him.

• Lu Li confronted Crimson Crow, which surrendered after sensing his Ninth-Turn True Immortal presence.
• Crimson Crow revealed that Three-Legged Golden Crow True Blood could transform the Feather Transformation into a Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Art into the stronger Nine Feathers Ten Thousand Shadows Spirit-Concealing Art.
• Lu Li asked Crimson Crow to fight him and help draw out the Trial Immortal Realm's will, while secretly holding back his strength.
• When the realm's will emerged, Lu Li told Crimson Crow to leave, and Crimson Crow fled the Trial Immortal Realm.
• Lu Li activated his spirit-concealing art to hide from the realm's will, then called for Falling Firmament.

Lu Li used Falling Firmament to devour the Trial Immortal Realm, destroying it and leaving its guardians unable to explain what happened. As the two Human Immortal officials moved to detain the trial participants, a woman intervened and called Lu Li over to speak.

• Lu Li released Falling Firmament, which silently absorbed the Trial Immortal Realm's Immortal Power, Great Dao, and earth vein essence.
• The realm's will and the two Human Immortal officials searched for the source of its dwindling essence, but Lu Li remained concealed and undiscovered.
• Falling Firmament consumed the realm's final essence, causing the Trial Immortal Realm to shatter and depositing its participants outside Wangyao Immortal City's eastern gate.
• Lu Li concealed his role and blended into the bewildered crowd as the two officials threatened to detain everyone who had taken part in the trial.
• As Lu Li prepared to fight rather than be detained, a clear female voice ordered the officials to bring over the True Immortal in the blue robe for a chat.

Di Yunxi and her powerful attendant Uncle Fu intervened after Wangyao Immortal City’s Trial Immortal Realm shattered, then Di Yunxi privately told Lu Li her name before leaving. Lu Li sensed an unexpected change in the Falling Firmament World and hurried away from the city with Ye Chenfeng and the others to investigate.

• Di Yunxi ordered the two Wangyao Immortal City officials to release the True Immortals, and Uncle Fu used a token to make them comply.
• Uncle Fu restrained Lu Li while Di Yunxi asked him which Jade Capital household he belonged to, and Lu Li said he was not an immortal of the Jade Capital.
• Di Yunxi stopped Uncle Fu from rebuking Lu Li and privately told him her name before she and Uncle Fu departed through a spatial fissure.
• Lu Li wondered about Di Yunxi’s name, then sensed a change in Falling Firmament and called for Ye Chenfeng and the others to leave Wangyao Immortal City.
• Lu Li entered the Falling Firmament World with his immortal sense and reacted with delighted surprise at the effect of the Trial Immortal Realm.

Lu Li discovered that the Trial Immortal Realm had accelerated the Falling Firmament World's evolution and decided to use its time dilation to prepare for the Human Immortal Tribulation. After his companions chose to leave Wangyao Immortal City for the Profound Cavern Immortal Sect's territory, Lu Li entered Falling Firmament and asked it to seal his memories and innate wisdom while he tempered his heart.

• Lu Li learned that devouring the Trial Immortal Realm would accelerate Falling Firmament's evolution for ten years, equivalent to about a thousand years of development.
• Lu Li instructed Falling Firmament to protect the humanoids as the Sea Race and Demon Race advanced rapidly, and discovered that A Lei could cultivate during the accelerated time.
• Lu Li concluded that he could enter Falling Firmament to temper his heart and draw forth the Human Immortal Tribulation without cultivating his Law Power.
• Lu Li and Ye Chenfeng's group decided to leave Wangyao Immortal City and head for the Profound Cavern Immortal Sect's territory.
• Lu Li entered Falling Firmament in his true body and asked Falling Firmament to seal his memories and innate wisdom while he tempered his heart.

Lu Li sealed his memories and power to undergo the Human Immortal Tribulation, and Falling Firmament sent his true spirit into a new life as Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng grew up in a poor village, married Xiuhe, and began a family, leaving his tribulation still unfolding.

• Lu Li explained that the Human Immortal Tribulation required him to reclaim his humanity, then asked Falling Firmament to seal his memories and protect his true spirit until the tribulation appeared.
• Falling Firmament sealed Lu Li's immortal power, soul, memories, and innate wisdom, then sent his will-marked immortal soul into its realm.
• A baby was born to a poor family in Lu Family Village, and his parents named him Lu Sheng.
• Lu Sheng grew up working the fields, briefly sensed something when Teacher Sun spoke of the gods, and later watched two immortal masters fly across the sky.
• At twenty, Lu Sheng married Xiuhe, and she gave birth to their son the following spring.

Lu Sheng lived two lives: first as a farmer who found peace in ordinary life, then as a gifted cultivator who rejected cultivation and devoted himself to farming. After his death, the Falling Firmament Will announced that his Human Immortal Tribulation had arrived.

• Lu Sheng raised a family as a farmer, watched his father die, and chose a peaceful ordinary life over pursuing immortality.
• Lu Sheng died at sixty-seven and was reborn as the son of Immortal Master Lu, who named him Lu Sheng.
• Lu Sheng showed exceptional dual Spirit Roots and rapid cultivation, but found that advancing made him feel trapped, so he turned to farming.
• Lu Sheng's father died after failing Foundation Establishment, and Lu Sheng distributed his remaining pills before returning to the fields.
• At 132, Lu Sheng died after wishing not to cultivate in his next life, and the Falling Firmament Will declared that his Human Immortal Tribulation had come.