Chapter Summaries

A cultivator pursuing a demon was ambushed by a group of demons and trapped in their black-cloud Law Technique. After his robe’s yin-yang fish were destroyed, he protected himself with a powerful Thunder Method, leaving the demons unable to break through as Fang Zelin and Yunzi watched.

• A demon confronted the pursuing cultivator, and its allies surrounded him with dark clouds that blotted out the sky.
• The cultivator sent the yin-yang fish from his Daoist robe to tear through the clouds, but the demons seized and crushed them.
• The demons launched hidden poison and other killing moves while the trapped cultivator struggled with his impaired senses.
• The cultivator enveloped himself in a pool of lightning, which annihilated the demons’ attacks and stopped them from reaching him.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi watched the cultivator’s defense and praised his mastery of the Thunder Method and his courage.

Zhuo Sijun’s group watched as a Daoist Sect disciple was overwhelmed by demons and used a powerful starfall Law Technique to fight back. After the demons learned how to avoid it, they closed in on the exhausted disciple, who believed he was about to die.

• Zhuo Sijun’s group feared the embattled immortal would lose, while Yunzi said she would intervene and Fang Zelin replied that he would not.
• The sea demon ordered the demons to attack the Daoist Sect disciple again, and he dispersed his Thunder Method before summoning falling stars with a Law Technique.
• A demon was killed by a falling star, but the others copied the disciple’s footwork and discovered how to avoid the Law Technique.
• The demons approached the nearly powerless Daoist Sect disciple, agreeing to seize pieces of his body before other cultivators arrived.
• The Daoist Sect disciple tried a final Law Technique, but it barely affected the demons, and he gave up resisting as they reached for him.

Yunzi appeared in time to save He Quan from the demons and revealed that she had watched his fight to let him temper himself. She began attacking the demons over their theft of Human Race Karmic Fortune, while they turned on the sea demon and begged her to spare them.

• Yunzi severed the demons’ reaching hands and rescued He Quan, who introduced himself as a Jade Willow Mountain disciple.
• Yunzi identified herself as the sect leader of Rising Tide Valley and praised He Quan’s conduct during the fight.
• Yunzi explained that she had watched over He Quan while letting him face danger, and hinted that Fang Zelin had also been present.
• Yunzi attacked the demons after learning they had stolen Human Race Karmic Fortune, and several demons blamed the sea demon to save themselves.
• Yunzi declared that all the demons had to die, prompting them to challenge her and argue that fighting them was not worth the risk.

Yunzi swept away the demons and brought the depleted He Quan along with Fang Zelin, who confirmed that a new dynasty would soon rise. Fang Zelin and Yunzi agreed to prepare powerful treasures to protect the immortal sects, while Fang Zelin considered recreating the Treasure-Falling Golden Coin.

• Yunzi erased the demons and invited He Quan to travel with her and Fang Zelin until his Law Power recovered.
• He Quan recognized Fang Zelin and eagerly told him about Jade Willow Mountain and the demons’ increasingly frequent attacks.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi confirmed that a new dynasty would soon be established, and Fang Zelin explained that the world had faced worse chaos in the past.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi agreed to contact their fellow Daoists and begin preparing treasures to strengthen and protect the immortal sects.
• Fang Zelin considered recreating the Treasure-Falling Golden Coin and imagined Daoist Sect disciples using powerful Law Treasures to defeat demons and the Devil Race.

Fang Zelin and Yunzi planned to forge powerful Law Treasures and summoned Daoist sects to gather with all their treasures. As the sects headed toward Jade Void Mountain and Rising Tide Valley, their arrival at Great Qian’s border astonished the locals.

• Fang Zelin and Yunzi discussed the plan to refine Law Treasures that could let even junior disciples slay powerful demons, while He Quan listened curiously.
• Yunzi sent flying letters summoning fellow Daoists and their sects to gather with all their treasures.
• Tilting Jade Mountain’s sect master rang the Dao bell, assembled nearly a thousand disciples, and ordered them to travel to Jade Void Mountain.
• Dinggui Mountain’s sect master and the disciples of Rising Tide Valley also mobilized and set out with their sect treasures.
• Three days later, countless Daoist disciples flew over Great Qian’s border, leaving the commoners stunned by the immense gathering of immortals.

Countless cultivators gathered at Jade Void Mountain after Yunzi summoned them, while Prince Pingshan used their arrival to justify founding the Shang Dynasty. Once the dynasty’s karmic fortune gathered without incident, Fang Zelin, Yunzi, and He Quan set out for Jade Void Mountain, where the assembled disciples still did not know why they had been called.

• Immortals from many sects flew toward Jade Void Mountain, frightening demons into abandoning plans to seize the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune and flee.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi realized that Prince Pingshan planned to use the immortals’ arrival to legitimize the Shang Dynasty’s founding, and they agreed to go to Jade Void Mountain afterward.
• On the second day, the Shang Dynasty’s karmic fortune gathered without demons interfering, and Fang Zelin, Yunzi, and He Quan departed for Jade Void Mountain.
• Jade Void Mountain’s disciples arrived on flying swords as cultivators from the various sects discussed the gathering and asked what had prompted it.
• The gathered disciples learned that even the sect leaders in Jade Void Mountain’s main hall apparently did not know why they had been summoned.

Fang Zelin arrived at Jade Void Mountain with Yunzi and He Quan to address the great sects’ gathering, saying the matter was more important than raising his cultivation. Outside the hall, He Quan told the disciples that the plan concerned Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune and could change magical battles, while its details remained unknown.

• The gathered sect masters and disciples waited for Yunzi, then sensed her arrival with a profoundly powerful senior they suspected was Fang Zelin.
• Fang Zelin arrived at Jade Void Mountain with Yunzi and He Quan, and the sect masters welcomed him before returning with him to the great hall.
• Fang Zelin apologized for summoning the sects without explaining why and said the matter was more important than raising his cultivation.
• Jade Willow Mountain’s disciples asked He Quan how he had traveled with Fang Zelin, and he explained that Fang Zelin had saved him from a yaoguai ambush.
• He Quan told the disciples that the plan concerned Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, could safeguard the immortal sects, and might change magical battles.

Fang Zelin gathered sect leaders to discuss increasing Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune by refining powerful Law Treasures, and they agreed to search their stored treasures for suitable materials. He tested an ancient meteorite and found it could be refined, then examined a mysterious bead tainted by baleful Qi.

• Fang Zelin told the assembled sect leaders that refining prehistoric Law Treasures might increase Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, and described treasures such as the Jade Disc of Creation, Chaos Bell, and Innate Spirit Roots.
• The sect leaders agreed to try refining the treasures and offered their sects’ stored items, including a Dao bell that Fang Zelin chose as a possible material for the Chaos Bell.
• Fang Zelin examined an enormous meteorite that previous cultivators had been unable to refine, then used his pill fire and Law Power to make it begin melting before stopping the test.
• A sect leader presented a mystical bead that had emerged from a slain yao and explained that its baleful Qi made it dangerous to swallow.
• Fang Zelin sensed the bead’s deeply embedded baleful Qi and judged that removing it would be difficult.

Fang Zelin and the sect leaders organized Jade Void Mountain to prepare for refining powerful Law Treasures, assigning disciples to study treasures and test compatible formations. Tianxi arrived to draw Yao Qi from the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl and help feed the workers, while early formation tests ended in explosions.

• Fang Zelin sorted the treasures and had the sect leaders and disciples research their properties, formations, and refining requirements.
• Fang Zelin found that core fire could not reach the Yao Qi inside the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, so he summoned Tianxi to help remove it.
• Fang Zelin arranged for spirit rice and pills to be brought from Yingping Peak so the workers could eat while their cultivation was interrupted.
• Zhenke asked Fang Zelin whether he had divined their chances of success, and he explained that treasures of such power could not be glimpsed through heavenly secrets.
• Tianxi arrived with the spirit rice and pills, sensed a hidden power of water inside the pearl, and agreed to draw out its Yao Qi and steam rice each day.
• The disciples tested ways to combine formations, but a trial formation exploded, leaving them sooty and unsure how to proceed.

Over decades, Jade Void Mountain’s disciples prepared to refine the Five Directions Flags while the Shang Dynasty grew stronger and its aging ruler searched for immortals. As Fang Zelin examined the only set of materials, he learned that the disciples’ final refining steps still required a difficult revision.

• The cultivators spent more than thirty years gathering materials, merging formations, and working out how to refine the Law Treasures.
• The Shang Dynasty stabilized and expanded, while Prince Pingshan sent officials to search for immortals in hopes of finding an elixir of longevity.
• Surrounding rulers sent spies and bribed the Shang Dynasty’s immortal-seeking officials to obtain any leads they found.
• Fang Zelin inspected the rare materials for the Five Directions Flags and worried that one mistake would waste the only set.
• Yunzi told Fang Zelin that the disciples had reached the final stage but were revising earlier steps to incorporate a drop of moonlight essence.

Fang Zelin dealt with the disturbance caused by immortal seekers and decided to move Yingping Peak, while he and the cultivators completed preparations to refine the Five Directions Flags. The chapter ended as Fang Zelin prepared to begin the refinement before a gathered crowd of disciples.

• Yunzi told Fang Zelin that crowds seeking immortals had been making noise at the foot of Jade Void Mountain, and Fang Zelin said they would eventually leave.
• A tiger demon and a deer demon came from Yingping Peak, explaining that seekers had disturbed their cultivation for years, so Fang Zelin invited them to help on his mountain.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi discussed moving Yingping Peak to a larger location, and Yunzi happily accepted Fang Zelin's suggestion that they choose it together.
• More than eighteen years passed, and the new Shang Dynasty emperor continued the search for immortals because rival dynasties kept searching too.
• After years of preparation, Fang Zelin gathered with the disciples responsible for the refining stages and divination as he prepared to refine the Five Directions Flags.

Fang Zelin spent years refining the Five Directions Flags with the disciples of Jade Void Mountain assisting and checking each step. The completed Law Treasure descended with Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, and Fang Zelin put it away as the sect prepared to continue refining other treasures.

• Fang Zelin began refining the Extreme Cold Cloud Ore, and the disciples calculated and monitored each stage from outside the chamber.
• After 1,268 days and one shichen, Fang Zelin finished smelting the ore and began preparing the Mysterious Maiden Cloth with Spiritual Power and Five Elements Sand.
• Fang Zelin continued the lengthy refinement while maintaining the ore and cloth, and the disciples outside checked the process and recovered their Spiritual Power between deductions.
• Eight years later, the Five Directions Flags appeared above Jade Void Mountain amid strange phenomena, and their arrival brought a great increase in Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune.
• Fang Zelin confirmed the Five Directions Flags were complete, and Yunzi helped restore his Spiritual Power before he called the flags down and put them away.

Fang Zelin used the Five Directions Flags to lift and conceal Jade Void Mountain, protecting the immortal sect and its newly appeared karmic fortune. The sect leaders agreed to gather their sects there and prepare to refine the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl next.

• Fang Zelin activated the Five Directions Flags, raising Jade Void Mountain and surrounding peaks into the clouds to hide the sect from outsiders and Devil Race spies.
• Villagers witnessed the peaks fly into the sky, while Fang Zelin confirmed the flags could protect the sect grounds and allow its legacy to continue.
• Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune appeared above the great hall, and Fang Zelin lamented how little remained; the others said successful Law Treasures could increase it.
• Fang Zelin proposed gathering the scattered sects at Jade Void Mountain, and the sect masters agreed that the flags would protect them while freeing other Law Treasures for defense.
• Fang Zelin asked the sect masters to choose disciples to nurture and control the Five Directions Flags, then the group chose the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl as their next Law Treasure to refine.
• After resting, the disciples began preparing to refine the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, which could suppress the Aquatic Race and command the seas.

The seniors on Seeking Dao Mountain wondered why Immortal Sect disciples had stopped visiting as Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune repeatedly surged. On Jade Void Mountain, Fang Zelin and the others completed the Law Treasures, leaving the disciples to nurture them while the sect leaders urged Fang Zelin to rest.

• The seniors noticed fewer Immortal Sect disciples entering Seeking Dao Mountain and saw Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune suddenly surge.
• The seniors assumed the disciples had found a way to gather Karmic Fortune, then waited for them to return and explain.
• Rosy light repeatedly appeared above Seeking Dao Mountain as Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune surged again and again, leaving the seniors amazed and eventually accustomed to it.
• Decades after the first Law Treasure was refined, Fang Zelin completed the remaining treasures, with only a few failures or disappointing results.
• Yunzi and the other sect leaders saw the disciples nurturing their Law Treasures and told the exhausted Fang Zelin to rest.

Fang Zelin welcomed Yingping Peak and four other peaks to the area protected by the Five Directions Flags, then arranged for the new peaks to support the sect’s crops and stores. He restored Yingping Peak’s springs and improved the mountain, leaving the medicine boy to try planting the ice lotus seeds.

• Fang Zelin watched sects relocate their peaks near Jade Void Mountain and saw the three demons bring Yingping Peak and four peaks from Wangqing Mountain.
• Fang Zelin flew to Yingping Peak with the demons and reunited with the medicine boy, whose earlier wariness prompted a brief argument with the tiger demon and deer demon.
• Fang Zelin assigned the South Peak to spirit rice, the North Peak to gourd vines, the West Peak to medicine fields, and the East Peak to brewing and storage.
• Tianxi, the white deer, the tiger demon, and the medicine boy each took on work to prepare the peaks for their assigned uses.
• Fang Zelin restored the springs on Yingping Peak, built several cabins, enlarged a pond, and planned to have the medicine boy plant the ice lotus seeds.

Fang Zelin gave the medicine boy ice lotus seeds to grow, agreeing to let him absorb a little Azure Wood Qi. Meanwhile, the Daoist Sect disciples finished refining their treasures and resumed cultivation, and the seniors in Seeking Dao Mountain learned that the powerful Law Treasures were behind the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune’s rise, leaving them hopeful about the sects’ future.

• Fang Zelin asked the medicine boy to grow the ice lotus seeds, and the boy explained that they were alive but needed Azure Wood Qi to revive.
• Fang Zelin agreed to let the medicine boy absorb a little Azure Wood Qi, warning him not to be greedy.
• The Daoist Sect disciples handed off the completed treasures and began cultivating, entering Seeking Dao Mountain to discuss Daoist arts.
• The seniors in Seeking Dao Mountain questioned a Daoist Sect disciple about the growing Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, and he described the Law Treasures the disciples had refined.
• The seniors realized the Law Treasures could let the disciples defeat powerful members of the Devil Race and felt renewed hope for the immortal sects.

Fang Zelin delayed attacking the Devil Race until the disciples had more cultivation and experience with their Law Treasures, while the sects continued settling their peaks. The medicine boy planted ice lotuses and gained two levels from Azure Wood Qi, but the tiger and deer demons received pills that could close the gap in their cultivation.

• The medicine boy prepared the pond with his Law Power, planted the ice lotus seeds, and revealed that Azure Wood Qi had helped him grow two ginseng leaves.
• Yunzi asked whether Fang Zelin planned to attack the Devil Race, and he said he would wait until the disciples were stronger and better able to wield their Law Treasures.
• The tiger and deer demons and Tianxi reported that they had finished preparing three peaks, and Fang Zelin rewarded each demon with a gourd of Essence-Enhancing Pills.
• The medicine boy realized the pills could let the demons catch up with his cultivation, while the tiger demon challenged him to spar after refining them.

Fang Zelin and Yunzi established a task-and-reward system to help disciples improve their cultivation and prepare for the coming battle against the Devil Race. They built and opened the Spirit Suspension Hall, where disciples could take tasks for pills and sign up to learn pill refining or treasure forging.

• Fang Zelin agreed with Yunzi that disciples should earn pills by completing tasks, including nurturing Law Treasures, patrolling, gathering herbs and treasures, and learning pill refining.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi drafted the task system, then summoned sect leaders and disciples to build the Spirit Suspension Hall.
• Fang Zelin brought his refined pills to the completed hall, and disciples gathered to discuss the rewards and tasks.
• Fang Zelin announced that completed tasks would earn pills and called for thirty disciples each to train in pill refining and treasure forging.
• The disciples welcomed the plans, eager for pills and Law Treasures that could strengthen them before they faced the Devil Race.

Fang Zelin taught disciples alchemy and artifact refinement as the mountain settled into a routine. Meanwhile, Devil Race powerhouses discussed the immortal sects, mocked Old Devil Yue for retreating from a sword-wielding junior, and concluded that the sects had hidden together to resist them.

• Fang Zelin welcomed eager disciples to the Alchemy Hall and Artifact Refinement Hall and began teaching them.
• Devil Race powerhouses examined a scout’s image of the Five Directions Flags and discussed the immortal sects’ recent activity.
• The gathered powerhouses argued that Old Devil Yue had been bluffed by the junior who stopped his attack, and they mocked him for retreating.
• Old Devil Yue vowed to find and kill the junior, but the others continued to ridicule him before turning to reclaiming the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune.
• The Devil Race powerhouses saw that Jade Void Mountain and the other sects had disappeared and guessed that the sects had gathered under a concealed defensive Law Treasure.

Old Devil Yue and the Devil Race’s leaders concluded that the Immortal Sect had hidden itself to protect its Karmic Fortune, then sent a small group to search for it near Jade Void Mountain’s former location. The searchers’ Divine Abilities failed to locate the sect, leaving one Devil Cultivator to wonder whether Jade Void Mountain was absent or simply invisible to him.

• Old Devil Yue told the Devil Race’s leaders that he could not find the Immortal Sect despite visiting its hidden location himself.
• The Devil Race’s leaders reasoned that the Immortal Sect was concealing itself to preserve its Karmic Fortune and decided to search for it rather than slaughter mortals.
• The leaders selected a dozen Devil Cultivators skilled in concealment and sent them to investigate Jade Void Mountain’s former location.
• The Devil Cultivators split up near the broken mountain, and one tried to track the Immortal Sect with a stone but failed.
• Another Devil Cultivator used his sight-based Divine Ability to pierce the clouds, saw nothing, and wondered whether Jade Void Mountain was gone or hidden from his sight.