Chapter Summaries

Cao Youqian used Chu Feng’s Sword Jade to defeat the Nether River ghosts, then sought a dangerous herb that could help him advance. After breaking through to Spirit Nurturing Layer 8, he swallowed the black blossom of the Life and Death Lotus, froze, and hastily swallowed the white blossom as well.

• Cao Youqian cut down the Nether River ghosts with Chu Feng’s Sword Jade and absorbed their soul power, while White Beard accepted that he had passed the trial.
• Cao Youqian asked about other trials, and White Beard led him to a Life and Death Lotus with black and white blossoms, warning that choosing incorrectly could be fatal.
• Cao Youqian waited for White Beard to leave, then spent several days breaking through to Spirit Nurturing Layer 8.
• Cao Youqian sensed that the lotus blossoms embodied extreme Yin and extreme Yang, chose the black blossom, and began refining it as the Nether River souls watched.
• The black blossom froze Cao Youqian’s body and soul, so he quickly plucked and swallowed the white blossom too.

Cao Youqian survived the Twin-Stemmed Life and Death Lotus by using yin-yang cultivation, while Fang Mu followed Chu Feng's advice and risked his remaining lifespan to comprehend the Undying and Indestructible divine ability. Fang Mu reached the brink of death and began to be reborn as Chu Feng and the others came to witness his transformation.

• Cao Youqian used the Taiji Visualization Diagram and Taiji Fist to control the lotus's power, and a taiji diagram devoured the departed souls that rushed at him.
• Fang Mu asked Chu Feng how to comprehend the Undying and Indestructible divine ability, and Chu Feng told him to seek life by standing on death's ground.
• Fang Mu entered seclusion on Miaomiao Mountain and spent three months using up his remaining lifespan as he cultivated the Lesser Fate Technique.
• As Fang Mu's vitality ran out, he comprehended Undying and Indestructible, Rebirth from a Drop of Blood, and his heart's blood began reshaping his body.
• Chu Feng left his game of go with Chen Qianqian and brought her, Bai Qian, and Bing Yan to see Fang Mu's transformation.

Fang Mu recovered from his transformation and broke through to the True Fate Realm, awakening the Indestructible Divine Physique and comprehending Indestructible True Intent. Chu Feng advised him to consider reversing that true intent for combat, then led everyone back to celebrate at the chief's residence.

• Chu Feng explained that Fang Mu had comprehended the ability to survive and be reborn from a drop of blood, astonishing Bai Qian, Chen Qianqian, and the others.
• After seven days, Fang Mu recovered and broke through to the True Fate Realm, awakening the Indestructible Divine Physique and Indestructible True Intent.
• The phenomenon over Miaomiao Mountain drew the attention of academy disciples and the nine Holy Institute chiefs, who learned that Fang Mu was responsible.
• Fang Mu asked Chu Feng how to use Indestructible True Intent against an enemy, and Chu Feng suggested that he try reversing it while leaving the decision to him.
• Chu Feng led Fang Mu and the others back to the chief's residence, where elders and deacons presented gifts and celebrated Fang Mu's breakthrough.

Xu Caichen passed the Ten Thousand Books Pavilion’s test and received the Golden House and Immortal Jade, hoping to use the jade to revive his wife. Elsewhere, Ye Beixuan learned that the Primordial Chaos Mirror had eight remaining fragments, while Chu Caiyi and Qin Qin set out to find their fellow disciples.

• Xu Caichen reached Spirit Nurturing Layer 2, perfected his Literary Intent, and passed the artifact spirit’s seven-day test.
• The artifact spirit offered Xu Caichen the Golden House and Immortal Jade, and Xu Caichen chose the jade to revive his wife.
• After hearing Xu Caichen’s story, the artifact spirit let him take both treasures, and they shared wine.
• Ye Beixuan learned from the Primordial Chaos Mirror’s spirit that he had to find its eight remaining fragments to obtain the original supreme immortal artifact.
• Chu Caiyi mastered another demon god power as a seal weakened in her sea of consciousness, then left with Qin Qin to find their fellow disciples.

Wang Baole and Han Ping left the royal court manor after exhausting its resources, while Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian completed their training and departed their respective destinations. Cao Youqian reunited with Xiao Chen as a powerful presence erupted from the royal court, apparently signaling Mountain-Moving Marquis's breakthrough to the Half-Saint Realm.

• Wang Baole and Han Ping finished looting the manor, then left with Mandala after Han Ping invited her to come with them; Mushroom Head realized he had inherited the empty manor.
• The tower spirit praised Xiao Chen's swordsmanship, ended their mentor-student affinity, and sent him out of the Sword Tower.
• Cao Youqian completed his training in the Nether River, reached the Dao Integration Realm, and left after White Beard declined to accompany him.
• Cao Youqian sensed a powerful presence shaking the royal court and suspected that Martial Uncle Mountain-Moving Marquis was breaking through to the Half-Saint Realm.
• Cao Youqian met Big Cat and rode him to a palace, where he reunited with Xiao Chen as footsteps sounded outside.

After leaving Desolate Ancient City, Xiao Chen and his companions entered an oasis claimed by the Twin Kings Society and confronted its cultivators. Cao Youqian provoked the society’s leader, Gale Fist, but Qin Qin stepped forward to fight him as the chapter ended.

• Chu Feng celebrated his disciples’ progress and his increased cultivation, which had reached 217 True Essences of the Great Dao.
• Three days after Qin Qin and the others reunited with Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian, Martial Uncle Mountain-Mover became a Great Sage and led them through the royal court for half a year.
• After leaving the royal court, the group fought through skeletons, and Ye Beixuan used a key to transport them from Desolate Ancient City to an oasis.
• When Twin Kings Society cultivators confronted the group, Han Li and Mandala killed the first attackers, and Cao Youqian intimidated the larger crowd with his Dao Integration pressure.
• Gale Fist arrived and challenged Cao Youqian, but Qin Qin volunteered to fight him before he could strike.

Qin Qin annihilated Gale Fist with a glance and identified herself to the Twin Kings Society as the White-Robed Zither Demon. As Cao Youqian fought Iron Dhuta in the sky, Xiao Chen confronted the Great Desert Cold Blade, who revealed he had been waiting for someone as a white figure approached.

• Qin Qin removed her blindfold and annihilated Gale Fist with a glance, then ordered the Twin Kings Society's cultivators to retreat or die.
• The Great Desert Cold Blade arrived and questioned Qin Qin, who introduced herself as the White-Robed Zither Demon, a disciple of Half-Saint Chu.
• Iron Dhuta challenged the group, and Cao Youqian accepted, taking their fight into the sky.
• Xiao Chen faced the Great Desert Cold Blade and accused him of considering a sneak attack on Daqian.
• The Great Desert Cold Blade said he had been waiting for someone, and a white figure sped toward them from the horizon.

Xiao Chen and the Dao-Seeking Academy disciples faced the Twin Kings Society after White Feather King arrived, while Cao Youqian fought Iron Dhuta. Xiao Chen overwhelmed White Feather King and Cold Blade King with his sword techniques, ending the chapter as his final strike erased their attacks and the surrounding phenomena.

• White Feather King arrived and joined Cold Blade King in attacking Xiao Chen after learning that Xiao Chen knew why the oasis's Spiritual Qi had grown denser.
• Cao Youqian struck Iron Dhuta twice with his Extreme Dao Divine Fist, then watched as Iron Dhuta used his Vajra Indestructibility Divine Art to draw strength from the sun.
• Xiao Chen broke the combined attack of White Feather King and Cold Blade King with a casual sword strike and revealed that he was Dao-Seeking Academy's prospective holy son.
• Cold Blade King and White Feather King unleashed their Imperial Physiques and powerful techniques, but Xiao Chen wounded them with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Xiao Chen used Ten Thousand Swords Return to One to erase the kings' saber light, Sword Qi, and the phenomena their attacks had created.

Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian defeated the Twin Dragons Society’s leaders and left the oasis with its supplies. Back at Dao-Seeking Academy, Great Sage Golden Wing reported their feats to Chu Feng, while Fang Mu announced he would focus on refining pills.

• Xiao Chen killed Cold Blade King and destroyed his divine soul as White Feather King escaped.
• Cao Youqian killed Iron Dhuta and tore apart his divine soul with his bare hands.
• Xiao Chen spared the Twin Dragons Society’s cultivators in exchange for their storage bags and the oasis supplies, then departed with his companions.
• Great Sage Golden Wing told Chu Feng that Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian had emerged from the Desolate Ancient City trial and defeated powerful opponents.
• Chu Feng said he was more concerned about whether Senior Brother Mountain-Mover had reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Fang Mu told Chu Feng he wanted to devote himself to refining pills.

Chu Feng agreed to teach Bai Qian a divine ability, but the paper he tried to write it on kept catching fire. Unable to find the reason in either library, he went with Great Sage Golden Wing to ask the dean for help.

• Fang Mu regained his resolve to grow stronger after Chu Feng explained how firm Dao hearts had made his senior brothers powerful.
• Bai Qian asked to cultivate a divine ability that could summon wind and rain and reverse yin and yang, and Chu Feng agreed to write one down for her.
• Chu Feng tried to write the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, but the paper repeatedly burst into flames.
• Chu Feng searched the Miscellaneous Dao Institute's library and then went with Great Sage Golden Wing to the academy library, where Steward Wu said there were no books on divine abilities.
• Chu Feng and Great Sage Golden Wing met the dean, and Chu Feng said he had come to ask a question.

Chu Feng learned that Dao Jade could preserve a powerful divine ability and gave Bai Qian the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations to cultivate. His disciples returned from Desolate Ancient City, and Han Ping brought a Mandala Flower demon friend to farm with him on Miaomiao Mountain.

• The dean explained that Dao Jade could bear the karma of a complete divine ability, and Chu Feng took a piece to record his lesson for Bai Qian.
• Chu Feng gave Bai Qian Dao Jade containing the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and warned her not to show it to anyone else.
• Bai Qian absorbed the divine ability, found the Dao Jade had turned to sand, and began cultivating its basic principles the next morning.
• Nearly half a month later, Bai Qian met her returning senior brothers and sisters, who came back from Desolate Ancient City with gifts.
• Chu Feng welcomed the disciples home and arranged a celebration while Wang Baole volunteered to cook.
• Han Ping introduced his Mandala Flower demon friend and asked Chu Feng to let her farm with him, and Chu Feng agreed.

Great Sage Mountain-Mover recounted how he reached the Half-Saint Realm after protecting Xiao Chen, then chose to keep guarding his Dao. At a feast on Miaomiao Mountain, Xu Caichen announced his plan to visit the Dragon Palace to bring back his wife, and Chu Feng and the other disciples agreed to accompany him; meanwhile, the Holy Institute's Saints began debating who would serve as Cao Youqian's Dao protector.

• Great Sage Mountain-Mover told the dean and the Kings and Marquises that a fortuitous opportunity in the Desolate Ancient City's secret realm had helped him break through, then chose to continue protecting Xiao Chen's Dao.
• At the Miaomiao Mountain feast, Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian shared their plans to travel, and Xu Caichen said he would visit the Dragon Palace to bring back his wife.
• Chu Feng agreed to accompany Xu Caichen to propose marriage, and Cao Youqian and the other disciples volunteered to go with them.
• The twelve Saints at the Holy Institute discussed the possibility that Xiao Chen or Cao Youqian could become an Immortal Emperor and debated who should protect Cao Youqian's Dao.
• The white-robed elder allowed the Saints to send candidates for Cao Youqian to consider, and the red-robed Saint agreed to let them try.

Chu Feng and Cao Youqian were summoned to the dean, who named Cao Youqian a Holy Son candidate and arranged for him to choose a Half-Saint Dao protector. After Cao Youqian demonstrated his strength, eleven Great Sages volunteered, and he asked them to show their abilities before he chose.

• Chu Feng and Cao Youqian traveled to the dean's residence after receiving his written summons.
• The dean announced that Cao Youqian would become a Holy Son candidate and said he needed a Dao protector.
• Cao Youqian unleashed his Extreme Dao Divine Fist, impressing the twelve Great Sages with his strength.
• Eleven Great Sages volunteered to protect Cao Youqian, and he asked them to demonstrate their abilities before he made his choice.

Cao Youqian chose Great Sage Blazing Sun, Cao Qiuwan, as his Dao protector and became a Holy Son candidate of the Dao-Seeking Academy. After the celebrations, Great Sage Blazing Sun investigated Miaomiao Mountain and learned that its Dao protectors were expected to stay out of the way unless a Half-Saint intervened.

• Cao Youqian chose Ancestor Jiaoyang as his Dao protector after Chu Feng stepped between them and reassured him.
• Great Sage Blazing Sun followed Chu Feng and Cao Youqian to Miaomiao Mountain, where she concealed herself as the other Dao protectors did.
• The dean announced Cao Youqian as a Holy Son candidate, and Chu Feng hosted a celebratory banquet on Miaomiao Mountain.
• Great Sage Blazing Sun tried to observe Xiao Chen, but Great Sage Mountain-Mover stopped her and explained his responsibility for Xiao Chen's safety.
• Great Sage Mountain-Mover told Great Sage Blazing Sun to stay curious but intervene only if a Half-Saint acted, leaving her to wonder whether Dao protectors were merely decorations.

Great Sage Blazing Sun observed the disciples of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute and learned that their ordinary-looking cultivation methods contained the Dao of heaven, earth, and nature. Later, Chu Feng and his companions traveled to Wu Kingdom, where Xu Caichen reunited with Yan Chixia at Lanruo Temple.

• Great Sage Mountain-Mover told Great Sage Blazing Sun that following Little Chen had brought him an easy breakthrough, and she decided to observe the academy’s disciples.
• Great Sage Blazing Sun watched Cao Youqian practice Taiji Fist and saw him resonate with heaven and earth, then observed the other disciples’ cultivation.
• Seven days later, Chu Feng and his companions left for Wu Kingdom and rode toward Lin'an while Xu Caichen recalled his journey there with Xiaozhuo.
• The group found Lanruo Temple, where Xu Caichen and Xiaozhuo had first pledged their love, and decided to revisit it.
• Xu Caichen called for Hero Yan at the temple, and Yan Chixia appeared and greeted Chu Feng before agreeing to share drinks.

Ning Qi'an and Ming Yuexi sought Yan Chixia's help after Fazhang Xuanbei scattered their group, and Chu Feng's party rode with them toward Lin'an. At Great Zhao Temple, they reunited with Minister Ming and Gu Qingqiu, just as Fazhang Xuanbei's terrifying pressure descended.

• Ning Qi'an and Ming Yuexi arrived at Lanruo Temple and told Yan Chixia that Fazhang Xuanbei had attacked their group and was heading toward Lin'an.
• Yan Chixia agreed to help, and Chu Feng let Xu Caichen join them as they rode toward Lin'an.
• Demonic wind and clouds darkened the sky, but Xu Caichen wrote the character “Open” to clear a path through the wind.
• At Great Zhao Temple, Yan Chixia's flying sword destroyed the demonic monks pursuing Minister Ming, Yuezhen, and Gu Qingqiu.
• Gu Qingqiu introduced himself, and Yan Chixia warned that the demon had arrived as a terrifying pressure descended from the sky.

Yan Chixia and Xu Caichen fought an evil flood dragon at a temple, and Xu Caichen killed it with a righteous sword. When a Nirvana flood dragon attacked in revenge, Cao Youqian drove it away, and the group set off for Lin'an City with Minister Ming.

• Fazhang Xuanbei used Buddhist chanting and a golden Buddha body to attack the group, but Yan Chixia countered with his sword formation.
• Xu Caichen located the evil flood dragon, then severed its head and destroyed the azure light escaping from its corpse.
• Cao Youqian punched the Nirvana flood dragon's massive claw and forced it to retreat with a threat from the East Sea Dragon Clan.
• Minister Ming thanked the group, and Xu Caichen agreed to travel with him to Lin'an City.
• The group swept through the temple, mounted their horses, and rode toward Lin'an City.

Chu Feng and his companions reached Lin'an, where Minister Ming sought advice on protecting the Wu Kingdom from the flood dragon’s damage. At the Xu Residence, Xu Caichen reunited with his sister and discovered he had a son, Hanlin, while learning his wife was in trouble.

• Chu Feng told Minister Ming that the Wu Kingdom should find a child of fortune to sustain its declining fortune, then parted ways with him and Ning Qi'an.
• Minister Ming agreed to report Fazhang’s threat to the emperor and investigate the immortal masters’ families.
• Xu Caichen returned to the Xu Residence, where Uncle Fu told him his sister had been trying to contact him.
• Sister Xu reunited with Xu Caichen and told him that his wife was in trouble, then led him to meet his son.
• Xu Caichen embraced Hanlin, who recognized him and cried that he had missed his father, while Chu Feng and the others left them alone.

Xu Caichen learned that Bai Suxin was to be married to Qing Jinjiao and set out with Chu Feng and his companions to bring her home. He reached the Flood Dragon Palace, reunited with Bai Suxin, and left the confrontation with her family still ahead.

• Xu Caichen learned from Xiaoqing that Bai Suxin was to marry Qing Jinjiao in a month and insisted on going to the East Sea for her.
• Chu Feng backed Xu Caichen's decision to bring Bai Suxin home, and Xiaoqing agreed to guide the group.
• Xu Caichen left Lin'an with Xiaoqing while Minister Ming cleared himself of false accusations and sought Xu Caichen's relatives.
• Chu Feng and his companions traveled with Xiaoqing to the Flood Dragon Palace and entered its underwater residence.
• Xu Caichen used his power to put the shrimp soldiers guarding Bai Suxin's courtyard to sleep, then called out to her.
• Bai Suxin recognized Xu Caichen, rushed out to embrace him, and reunited with him.

Xu Caichen reunited with Bai Suxin at the water manor and asked to marry her formally, while Bai Suxin persuaded her father, Hei Yanjiao, to meet him by claiming he was a Dao-Seeking Academy heaven's chosen. Hei Yanjiao arranged a banquet to welcome Xu Caichen, and the chapter ended as Bai Suxin and the Academy group arrived.

• Bai Suxin worried about Xu Caichen's arrival, and he introduced Chu Feng and his fellow disciples before speaking with her privately.
• Xu Caichen asked Bai Suxin to request her father's permission to marry her, and she sent a communication talisman to Hei Yanjiao.
• Hei Yanjiao summoned Bai Suxin and demanded she marry Qing Jinjiao, but she said she intended to marry a Dao-Seeking Academy heaven's chosen.
• Bai Suxin convinced Hei Yanjiao to meet Xu Caichen, and he planned a banquet while keeping open the possibility of marrying her to Qing Jinjiao.
• At night, a voice announced Bai Suxin and the Dao-Seeking Academy heaven's chosen had arrived at the great hall.