Recaps

Lu Huaiqing returned to the Jiang Household as a remnant Yin Spirit and revealed the truth behind his supposed betrayal, while news of his sacrifice and victories in the Northern Frontier reached the Grotto-Heaven. As Emperor Jingde took the throne and the era changed to Tianshun, Yu Tunzhou broke through two heavenly passes in seven days, rising above the others.

• Lu Huaiqing told the Jiang clan elder that Jiang Wenxuan had reached Half-Step Dharma Aspect and was holding the Northern Dark Sea in his place.
• The elder affirmed that he still did not regret taking Lu Huaiqing in, while Jiang Yungu learned that Lu had named him and began questioning his beliefs about the past.
• Lu Huaiqing told Mo Shougui that he had sacrificed his body and Yang Spirit in the Northern Sea battle and denied having influence over Yu Tunzhou.
• Reports arrived that Lu Huaiqing had led the Northern Frontier forces to victory and that Daoist Fuyao had defeated a Dharma Aspect opponent after breaking through to Half-Step Dharma Aspect.
• Emperor Yan died, and Emperor Jingde ascended the throne, beginning the Tianshun era.
• Yu Tunzhou used the Grotto-Heaven's water fortune to break through the ninth and tenth heavenly passes in seven days.

Yu Tunzhou reached the tenth layer of the Spark Instruction by absorbing Water Fortune Profound Qi with Little Black’s help, but held off further breakthroughs until his meridians grew stronger. He planned to ask Senior Brother Zhou about the next day’s contest for fortune, while Chen Xuanye wondered why Yu Tunzhou had not visited him.

• Yu Tunzhou broke through to the tenth layer, gained the ability to project Inner Qi, and decided to strengthen his meridians before advancing further.
• Yu Tunzhou observed that Little Black had grown and suspected hostile Qi from the earlier street battle had given it the ability to devour Water Fortune Profound Qi.
• Yu Tunzhou saw the fortune concentrated in the Dragon Fish, then left the river to ask Senior Brother Zhou about the upcoming contest for fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou reflected that even a muddy track could become a great road when no smooth path was available, then continued up the mountain.
• Chen Xuanye reached the seventh layer with the help of extra Dragon Fish but remained short of the eighth, and wondered why Yu Tunzhou had not visited before the contest.

Yu Tunzhou bypassed the Chen Household to visit Zhou Tianchen at the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple, where he congratulated him on the temple’s prospects. He revealed that he had reached the ninth layer of the Qi Ingestion Method, leaving Zhou Tianchen stunned.

• Granduncle Xuan told Chen Xuanye to take the initiative and visit Yu Tunzhou, then sensed Yu Tunzhou approaching before he reached the Chen Household.
• Yu Tunzhou passed the Chen Household and went to the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple to deliver congratulations from the old Daoist priest and Master Xuanku.
• Zhou Tianchen explained that his senior brother had reached Half-Step Dharma Aspect and defeated a Dharma Aspect expert, bringing renewed hope to the temple.
• Yu Tunzhou told Zhou Tianchen that he had cultivated the Qi Ingestion Method to the ninth layer.
• Zhou Tianchen stared in disbelief after realizing Yu Tunzhou had reached the ninth layer in about a month.

Yu Tunzhou learned how Profound Qi and a martial artist’s own nature shaped an Immortal Foundation, then prepared for the coming struggle for Martial Fortune. Meanwhile, Zhang Buyu questioned whether obstructing other cultivators could truly be his Great Dao.

• Zhou Tianchen explained that Immortal Foundations reflected a martial artist’s pursuits and could grant heaven-bestowed Divine Abilities, and he urged Yu Tunzhou to cultivate the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple’s Devour Primordial Instruction.
• Yu Tunzhou told Zhou Tianchen that the Devour Primordial Instruction suited his Kun Fish Primordial Spirit, then learned that disciples could attack one another during the struggle for Martial Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou decided to seek a secluded place on the mountain for the struggle, and Xie Linchuan thought his caution underestimated how much others feared him.
• Yue Hongyi proposed taking Xie Linchuan and Cao Jianjia out of the running before they could seize the initiative.
• Zhang Buyu recalled his martial uncle challenging his efforts to block others’ cultivation paths and said that the Great Dao should not be like that.

Yu Tunzhou hid in the mountains to await Martial Fortune, while Lu Huaiqing recognized the youth’s stubborn hope as a gamble against Heaven. When Martial Fortune descended, Yu Tunzhou and Little Black swallowed nearly all of it in one surge, leaving the town’s martial artists furious and searching for the culprit.

• Yu Tunzhou returned to the mountain, then went into the woods to find a hiding place before Martial Fortune descended.
• Zhang Buyu and Yue Hongyi visited Yu Tunzhou’s hut, where Dingguang told them Yu Tunzhou was away and revealed himself as the next Buddhist son of Vajra Chan Temple.
• Lu Huaiqing visited the summit pavilion, read Yu Tunzhou’s carved verse, and concluded that the youth’s wary persistence had won his bet against Heaven.
• As Martial Fortune descended, Yu Tunzhou activated the [Spark Instruction] while Little Black drove the Devour Primordial Instruction, and together they swept away the grotto-heaven’s Martial Fortune.
• Little Black grew round after swallowing the fortune, while Yu Tunzhou lamented that he had only gotten one bite before the Martial Fortune was gone.
• The town’s martial artists accused one another of cheating and ordered a search of the grotto-heaven, while Yu Tunzhou tried to convince himself they could not mean him.

Yu Tunzhou swallowed all the Martial Fortune, alarming the factions’ guardians and reviving fears of an earlier struggle over the Dao that ended in disaster. The factions failed to gather enough support to expel him, then turned their suspicions on Northern Chen while Old Mo concealed his role in stirring up the quarrel.

• Yu Tunzhou swallowed the Martial Fortune in a single gulp, and Xie Linchuan suspected he was responsible for its disappearance.
• The guardians learned that Yu Tunzhou was missing and feared he had been chosen by the person who had manipulated a previous struggle over the Dao.
• Several guardians proposed expelling Yu Tunzhou, but the Northern Dark Sea factions and Evergreen Mountain withheld support, leaving the proposal short of the required votes.
• Old Mo said Yu Tunzhou had received no support from that person and directed the guardians to ask the two figures on the mountain.
• The guardians accused Northern Chen of giving Yu Tunzhou a Qi Ingestion Method capable of swallowing the Martial Fortune, and the Chen elder denied the charge.
• Old Mo hid his part in starting the dispute and watched the guardians turn their anger toward Northern Chen.

Yu Tunzhou absorbed the Martial Fortune and began transforming his Inner Qi Seed as the other contestants learned they had all been tasked with killing him. He ended the chapter sensing a new “Spirit” within himself.

• Lu Huaiqing learned that Qin Shaoyou had been offered Martial Fortune for killing Yu Tunzhou, then warned that Yu was now beyond the others in the grotto-heaven.
• Xie Linchuan, Ao Xiyu, Cao Jianjia, and the other contestants discovered that they had all received Yu Tunzhou as their target.
• Yue Hongyi and Zhang Buyu concluded that Yu Tunzhou had absorbed the Martial Fortune, while Zhang argued that Chen Xuanye appeared unaware of what had happened.
• A Jiang Household elder told Jiang Yungu that Ji Pan, Chang Jian, and he were among the contest’s greatest winners, but Jiang did not understand why.
• Yu Tunzhou refined the Martial Fortune, which strengthened his Inner Qi Seed and widened and reinforced his meridians.
• Yu Tunzhou entered Taijiquan’s starting stance and sensed a new “Spirit” within himself.

Yu Tunzhou used his Martial Fortune to make a major breakthrough in his fist art and Qi cultivation, while its protection awakened a Daoist book called Change in his mind. He returned to the temple to meet Lu Huaiqing and the visiting monk Xuanku, whose exchange ended with Xuanku declaring that his Buddha saved only those with an affinity.

• The old Daoist handed the temple duties to Li Jingxuan, then decided to remain and guard the place because he worried about its neighbors.
• Yu Tunzhou practiced Taijiquan through the night, refining his fist intent as the Martial Fortune around him was absorbed by the golden characters in his mind, which transformed into a Daoist book titled Change.
• Yu Tunzhou discovered that his fist art had advanced beyond ordinary martial combat and that he had raised Refining the True to thirty-six cycles.
• Dingguang told Yu Tunzhou that his master wanted to see him and was receiving guests who had come to beg for alms.
• Lu Huaiqing asked Master Xuanku whether a clay or wooden Buddha could truly be a god, and Xuanku revealed the statue was made of real gold before saying his Buddha saved only those without an affinity.

Lu Huaiqing sought Master Xuanku’s help defending the Northern Dark Sea, then revealed his connection to Yu Tunzhou and offered him a chance to study martial arts. The chapter ended with Yu Tunzhou facing Lu Huaiqing’s outstretched fist and the challenge he was asked to take up.

• Lu Huaiqing persuaded Master Xuanku to consider helping the Northern Dark Sea, while Xuanku questioned Lu Huaiqing about the cost of his actions and his legacy.
• Master Xuanku told Yu Tunzhou that Lu Huaiqing was the cowherd who had entered the Luofu Grotto-Heaven ninety years earlier and given him a betting slip predicting his survival and rise as an Immortal Seed.
• Xuanku offered to take Yu Tunzhou out of the grotto-heaven, but Yu Tunzhou refused, and Xuanku explained that Lu Huaiqing had helped the fourteen Northern Dark Sea households abstain from the vote to expel him.
• Xuanku said he would take Yu Tunzhou to the Vajra Chan Temple and ordain him, and Yu Tunzhou made clear he still had other options.
• Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou to study martial arts with him and challenge someone in his place, showing him a fist filled with a powerful martial spirit.

Lu Huaiqing discovered that Yu Tunzhou possessed a mysterious Fist Intent and decided to teach him the Martial Dao before asking him to challenge someone. After learning that the town had been promised Martial Fortune for killing him, Yu Tunzhou returned to the temple and found that the golden text in his mind had vanished, leaving an ancient Daoist book titled [Changes].

• Lu Huaiqing tested Yu Tunzhou's newborn Fist Intent and found that it silently swallowed his probe before counterattacking.
• Yu Tunzhou agreed to learn the Martial Dao from Lu Huaiqing, who warned him that people in town had been promised Martial Fortune for killing him.
• Yu Tunzhou called the offer blatant suppression, and Lu Huaiqing told Master Xuanku he would teach Yu Tunzhou the Martial Dao without making him into another Lu Huaiqing.
• Yu Tunzhou ate a Dragon Fish to ease his sudden, intense hunger and promised Dingguang he would bring back a little fox for company.
• Yu Tunzhou noticed that the golden text in his mind had disappeared, leaving only an ancient Daoist book marked [Changes].

Yu Tunzhou discovered an ancient Dao book marked “Changes” in place of the golden text, then watched Master Xuanku depart and resumed life at the temple. As Lu Huaiqing began Yu Tunzhou’s martial training, he explained the Martial Dao’s roots in the Human Dao and asked what people should do when the Heavenly Dao could no longer comfort them; Yu Tunzhou answered, “Dare to make the sun and moon shine on a new heaven.”

• Yu Tunzhou found an ancient Dao book marked “Changes” where the golden text had been, but could not open or move it.
• Master Xuanku departed after telling Yu Tunzhou that those who strive to better themselves can carry themselves across without heaven’s aid.
• Yu Tunzhou caught the little fox again, tied it up beside the vegetable garden, and promised it chicken congee.
• The old Daoist priest and Li Jingxuan observed Yu Tunzhou’s Fist Intent and wondered why it remained like a blank sheet despite his progress.
• Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou what the Martial Dao was and explained its connection to the Human Dao and Heavenly Dao.
• Yu Tunzhou saw lights kindle across the wilderness and declared, “Dare to make the sun and moon shine on a new heaven.”

Lu Huaiqing taught Yu Tunzhou the Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger fist art, explaining how Spirit Forms strengthened Inner Qi and warning him about exposing his Primordial Spirit. He began sparring with Yu Tunzhou to teach him to combine his strength, ending as he demonstrated the fist art’s first two moves.

• Lu Huaiqing praised Yu Tunzhou’s resolve and demonstrated Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger, whose dragon and tiger Spirit Forms startled Yu Tunzhou’s Primordial Spirit.
• Lu Huaiqing warned Yu Tunzhou that releasing his Primordial Spirit in battle exposed his weakest point, then had him test how far his Inner Qi could reach.
• After Yu Tunzhou’s punch struck a tree nearly two zhang away, Lu Huaiqing explained Spirit Forms, Chain Forming Martial Arts, and how fist intent could shape Inner Qi.
• Lu Huaiqing taught Yu Tunzhou the fist art’s stance and began sparring with him, knocking him back and criticizing his uncoordinated strength.
• Lu Huaiqing demonstrated Tiger Occupies the Mountain Gate and Hidden Dragon Ascends from the Abyss as Yu Tunzhou watched.

Lu Huaiqing trained Yu Tunzhou in Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist and explained how Martial Fortune strengthened a martial artist. After six days of sparring, Yu Tunzhou practiced alone on the mountaintop and finally produced a dragon's roar.

• Lu Huaiqing sparred with Yu Tunzhou, whose fist intent grew stronger as Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist merged with his own martial will.
• Yu Tunzhou exhausted himself holding his stance after training, and Li Jingxuan carried him to a reclining chair while his fist intent rose and fell with his breathing.
• Lu Huaiqing explained Martial Fortune's benefits to Yu Tunzhou and told him the next contest for fortune would take place in six days.
• Yu Tunzhou trained with Lu Huaiqing for five more days, improving enough to use Azure Dragon Extends Its Claw and Taiji's intent to send Lu Huaiqing flying.
• On the sixth night, Yu Tunzhou practiced Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist alone on the mountaintop, where a dragon's roar rang out.

Liu Zhizhou learned that Chang Jian, Ji Pan, and their allies planned to ambush Yu Tunzhou during the next fortune contest, but she rejected their poorly united alliance. As she returned home, she unexpectedly encountered Yu Tunzhou, who had not appeared since the previous contest.

• Chang Jian, Ji Pan, and Zhang Luzhou proposed killing Yu Tunzhou during the next fortune contest and dividing the Martial Fortune, but Liu Zhizhou judged their alliance unreliable.
• Liu Zhizhou refused to join the plan, warning Chang Jian that the group was not united, and considered how the coming contest could benefit her.
• Liu Zhizhou noticed a badly injured man watching her warily in an alley and reflected that Yu Tunzhou's earlier victory had disrupted the usual course of the Dao contest.
• Jiang Yungu told an elder of the Jiang clan that he had avoided Chang Jian's group because he had learned not to work with fools.
• Liu Zhizhou encountered Yu Tunzhou walking toward her through an alley and noticed the dark circles under his eyes.

Yu Tunzhou trained Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger with Lu Huaiqing, who told him to see blood before the second contest for fortune. In town, Yu Tunzhou found signs of death and learned how Lu Huaiqing had been exiled to the Northern Dark Continent, where he later saved it from disaster.

• Lu Huaiqing tested Yu Tunzhou's tiger form, praised his stance, and told him to see blood before the second contest for fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou met Ao Xiyu by the river, where she complained that the water fortune had grown thin; he concealed that he had consumed it earlier.
• Yu Tunzhou entered town, noticed bloodstains and an uncollected corpse, and saw Liu Zhizhou flee from him.
• Yu Tunzhou joined Xie Linchuan and four members of the Wang and Liu Clans, then asked about Lu Huaiqing's past.
• Wang Jingcong and the others recounted how Lu Huaiqing rose through the Jiang Household and imperial court, was exiled to the Northern Dark Continent, and later saved the continent from disaster.

Yu Tunzhou learned from Xie Linchuan why the great households would never truly honor the dead Lu Huaiqing, then resolved to live well and crush the world’s malice. As the second contest for fortune began, Yu Tunzhou swallowed Martial Fortune, and the Dao book in his mind opened to its first page.

• Xie Linchuan warned Yu Tunzhou that Lu Huaiqing’s victory on the Northern Dark Continent had not changed the great households’ hostility toward his ideals, and told him that the dead were forgotten when rewards were distributed.
• Xie Linchuan reminded Yu Tunzhou that he had been targeted by a bounty and urged him to prepare for attacks, but Yu Tunzhou said he was looking forward to facing them.
• Yu Tunzhou left town and climbed a mountain peak, where he reunited with the awakened Little Black and sensed hunger from the Dao book in his mind.
• Yu Tunzhou resolved to live better than everyone else and crush the malice in the world.
• The second contest for fortune began, and Yu Tunzhou used the Spark Instruction to swallow Martial Fortune, causing the Dao book to open its first page.

Yu Tunzhou completed his breakthrough as Ji Pan and the others prepared to kill him, but he sensed their ambush and killed Liao Qingya with a brutal counterattack. He charged into the attackers and revealed that he had mastered the Fist Intent of Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger, leaving the battle underway.

• Yu Tunzhou formed a three-zhang vortex of Qi as Ji Pan’s group waited for reinforcements and planned to strike.
• Liao Qingya crept toward Yu Tunzhou and lunged at his back, but Yu Tunzhou sensed him and killed him with a series of punches.
• Yu Tunzhou turned toward Ji Pan’s group, assumed his fist stance, and charged into the mountain forest.
• Zhang Luzhou rallied the attackers by promising that killing Yu Tunzhou would help them obtain Martial Fortune for an Immortal Foundation.
• Yu Tunzhou struck Zhang Luzhou from three zhang away, and Ji Pan recognized the manifested Spirit Form of Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger Fist Intent.

Yu Tunzhou defeated Ji Pan’s group and pursued the survivors down the mountain, killing them as they fled. He then reached the river and killed the remaining disciples, while Liu Zhizhou and Ao Xiyu continued fighting over Martial Fortune.

• Yu Tunzhou broke Zhang Luzhou’s arms with a punch wind, then killed Yang Chongzhi and the burly man in close combat.
• Yu Tunzhou killed the sword-wielding youth and Zhang Luzhou, then chased Ji Pan down the mountain and killed him despite Chang Jian’s attempt to intervene.
• Chang Jian’s two companions fled toward town, and Yu Tunzhou caught up with them; Xie Linchuan and Cao Jianjia blocked their way, so both jumped into the river.
• Dragon Fish dragged one fugitive underwater, while Yu Tunzhou struck the other with inner Qi and killed him with further blows from the bridgehead.
• Yu Tunzhou killed the remaining fleeing disciples in the river, leaving the martial fortune contest by the river silent.

Yu Tunzhou devoured the remaining Martial Fortune after wiping out his opponents, drawing the crowd’s anger and prompting Zhang Pu to warn Zhang Qinghe about his growing strength. Back at the temple, Lu Huaiqing asked Yu Tunzhou whether his Primordial Spirit Inner Form was a Kunpeng.

• Yu Tunzhou claimed he had killed his attackers to uphold justice, then used the Spark Instruction to draw in Martial Fortune.
• Yu Tunzhou and Little Black swallowed all the Martial Fortune left in the sky, and the furious contestants cursed him as a thief.
• Yu Tunzhou slipped into the woods to study the Dao book, while Zhang Qinghe returned home and heard Zhang Pu recount how Yu Tunzhou had killed eight people.
• Zhang Pu warned Zhang Qinghe not to make Yu Tunzhou an enemy and urged him to gather more Martial Fortune.
• Old Mo realized Yu Tunzhou had gained the Kunpeng by observing the Heavenly Peng and worried he might attract the Kunpeng Dao Traces.
• Lu Huaiqing called Yu Tunzhou back to the temple and asked whether his Primordial Spirit Inner Form was a Kunpeng.

Lu Huaiqing explained Yu Tunzhou’s Kunpeng Inner Form, warned him about future threats, and revealed that Yu Tunzhou’s real opponent was the Martial Ancestor. He gave Yu Tunzhou his prayer beads to help steady his state of mind and promised another gift if Yu fulfilled his wish.

• Lu Huaiqing told Yu Tunzhou that others could only suspect his Kunpeng Inner Form and warned that Northern Chen would resent taking the blame for his actions.
• Lu Huaiqing cautioned Yu Tunzhou about Daoist Fuyao and asked how he felt after killing people; Yu Tunzhou said he felt unsettled by his own ruthlessness, but not regret or fear.
• Lu Huaiqing advised Yu Tunzhou to hold fast to his own convictions and explained the world’s four great continents and the Central Plains.
• Lu Huaiqing said Yu Tunzhou’s true opponent was in the grotto-heaven, not the town, and that the challenge was the Martial Ancestor.
• Lu Huaiqing gave Yu Tunzhou his prayer beads to tend to his state of mind and promised another gift if Yu fulfilled his wish.

Yu Tunzhou understood the Daoist book’s revelation of Taiji and transformed his Taijiquan, while Li Jingxuan and the old Daoist discussed the danger posed by the mysterious town guardian, Old Mo. The chapter ended with Old Mo burying the eight young scions Yu Tunzhou had killed, ignoring demands to return their bodies.

• Yu Tunzhou studied the Daoist book after Little Black digested the Martial Fortune, witnessing the creation of the world through the principles of the Changes.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Taijiquan embodied the Daoist principles of the Limitless, Taiji, yin and yang, and the eight trigrams, drawing the attention of Li Jingxuan and the old Daoist.
• Li Jingxuan questioned why the old Daoist concealed Yu Tunzhou’s phenomenon and learned that Old Mo was likely tied to Yu Tunzhou’s greatest danger and the hunting of fortune.
• The old Daoist explained that Yu Tunzhou had entered the grotto-heaven by accident but also through heaven’s design, and suggested Lu Huaiqing might have chosen him despite the risks.
• Old Mo dug eight pits and buried the young scions Yu Tunzhou had killed, then pretended not to hear the town’s demand that he return their bodies.

Yu Tunzhou used the [Book of Changes] and a Buddhist scripture to transform his Taijiquan Intent, though its yang aspect remained incomplete. After asking Lu Huaiqing to teach him forceful fist arts, Yu Tunzhou faced Lu’s overwhelming Martial Intention as Lu began a one-man contest for Martial Fortune.

• Yu Tunzhou realized the [Book of Changes] had become the root of his Taijiquan Intent, while a golden scripture formed its bones, but the two had not fully merged.
• Yu Tunzhou found his Taijiquan Intent’s yang aspect lacking because his Kun Fish Primordial Spirit had not transformed into a Peng, and he resolved to seek more Martial Fortune and yang fist arts.
• After practicing through the night, Yu Tunzhou told Lu Huaiqing he had mastered Subduing the Dragon and Taming the Tiger and asked to learn more forceful fist arts.
• Lu Huaiqing struck Yu Tunzhou in the chest, then said Yu’s devotion had reminded him of his own original heart and agreed to teach him everything he could withstand.
• Yu Tunzhou declared that he had to defeat Lu Huaiqing before he could challenge the Martial Ancestor, prompting Lu to unleash his Martial Intention and bring Martial Fortune down upon the mountain for a contest between only them.

Lu Huaiqing’s teaching caused Martial Fortune to gather around Yu Tunzhou, prompting the other young cultivators to realize he was pulling ahead and to redouble their efforts. Cao Jianjia overcame her aversion to the soil, while the Martial Ancestor watched the scene and welcomed the Martial Dao it represented.

• Old Mo saw the Martial Fortune phenomenon and trusted that Lu Huaiqing was leading Tunzhou onto the right path.
• Chen Xuanye and his granduncle linked Yu Tunzhou’s three-zhang cyclone to a tenth-layer Qi Ingestion Method and wondered whether the Spark Instruction had helped him.
• Cao Jianjia stepped barefoot into the vegetable patch, overcame her disgust at the soil, and decided to practice swordsmanship instead of farming.
• Xie Linchuan, Ao Xiyu, Liu Zhizhou, Zhang Buyu, Jiang Yungu, Yue Hongyi, and Qin Shaoyou responded to Yu Tunzhou’s lead by pursuing their own training and paths.
• The Martial Ancestor watched the young cultivators strive to catch up and laughed, pleased to see the Martial Dao unfold.

Yu Tunzhou learned from Li Jingxuan that the Book of Changes and the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic were ancient foundational methods that the Daoist and Buddhist schools had sealed away. As Yu Tunzhou’s understanding deepened and the classics fused further with his Taijiquan Intent, he condemned the schools for suppressing them, then found Dingguang had eaten the meal.

• Yu Tunzhou cultivated the eleventh layer of the Spark Instruction, which plundered Clear Qi and transformed it into a gentle, nourishing mist.
• Li Jingxuan explained that the Human Emperor had identified the Book of Changes as a foundation for later generations, but the Daoist School had sealed it after conflicts over its meaning and power.
• Li Jingxuan revealed that the Buddha had designated the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic, a Buddhist foundational method, as a supreme method for saving the world, and Yu Tunzhou recognized it as the golden scripture in his mind.
• Yu Tunzhou realized both classics had surpassed their original limits and that the Book of Changes and Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic were taboo, with Buddhist and Daoist representatives guarding them in the grotto-heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou accused the Daoist School of defying the Dao Venerable’s intent by suppressing the Book of Changes, while Li Jingxuan warned him to be cautious about voicing such views outside the grotto-heaven.
• Yu Tunzhou’s Daoist and Buddhist scriptures fused more deeply with his Taijiquan Intent, but he discovered Dingguang had eaten all the food and ordered him to light the fire.

Yu Tunzhou gathered Dragon Fish and absorbed Water Fortune while Mo Shougui confronted a suspicious fortune-teller in town and discovered that outsiders were secretly planning an operation. After Yu Tunzhou advanced his Taijiquan Intent, Lu Huaiqing announced that it was time to discuss the first step toward forging an Immortal Foundation.

• Yu Tunzhou filled his basket with Dragon Fish, absorbed Water Fortune Profound Qi, and Little Black swallowed some of it.
• Liu Zhizhou found the river cleared of Dragon Fish and blamed Ao Xiyu for taking her Water Fortune and disrupting her plans.
• Mo Shougui used Guardian Mo’s licensing rules to drive a suspicious old Daoist fortune-teller away, then tried to divine what the man was hiding.
• Liu Qiandao told a group of hidden conspirators that Lu Huaiqing had postponed their operation until the end of next month because of trouble inside the grotto-heaven and the danger posed by someone from the Supreme Purity Dharma Lineage.
• Yu Tunzhou refined his fist techniques and merged the Book of Changes’ Dao Intent into his Taijiquan Intent.
• Lu Huaiqing told Yu Tunzhou that his absorbed Martial Fortune was nearly sufficient for the crucial first step toward forging an Immortal Foundation and said they would discuss it instead of practicing fists.