Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu received the Eight-Nine Profound Art and other teachings from Yang Jian, then went to find a place to cultivate and met the Six Sages of Mount Mei. They welcomed him and proposed a sparring match, with Zhi Jian chosen to test his martial skills first.

• Yang Jian passed Lin Yu the Eight-Nine Profound Art, battle formation and combat fundamentals, and some experience with the Heavenly Eye.
• Lin Yu left the stone pavilion and followed a bluestone path through the domain, looking for a place to settle.
• Lin Yu met the Six Sages of Mount Mei, who recognized him as the newly appointed General of Manifest Martial Prowess and welcomed him.
• The Six Sages invited Lin Yu to spar, and he agreed to seek their guidance in cultivation and military affairs.
• Zhang Boshi proposed that Zhi Jian spar with Lin Yu first to help him adjust to the rhythm of combat.

Lin Yu sparred with Zhi Jian and learned to refine his combat techniques under pressure. The session ended with Zhi Jian praising Lin Yu’s foundation and potential, while Lin Yu felt he had benefited greatly.

• Zhi Jian agreed to spar with Lin Yu using only physical strength and quickly showed his superior combat skill.
• Lin Yu tried sword Qi and an immortal-power talisman, then learned from Zhi Jian’s criticism to infuse a talisman with his pure yang magic power.
• Lin Yu continued attacking with varied Daoist arts and battle techniques, while Zhi Jian effortlessly deflected and redirected his moves.
• Lin Yu’s cultivation and physical strength improved under the pressure, and Kang Anyu, Yao Gonglin, and Zhang Boshi praised his grit and ability to learn.
• Zhi Jian ended the spar at Kang Anyu’s request, and Lin Yu thanked him for his guidance as Zhi Jian praised his foundation and comprehension.

Lin Yu secluded himself in Cloud Light Cave and broke through from Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao to become an immortal. The Six Sages of Mount Mei celebrated his success and began explaining his new role as General of Manifest Martial Prowess, starting with the realm of immortals.

• Zhang Boshi led Lin Yu to Cloud Light Cave, where Lin Yu meditated on his spar with Zhi Jian and prepared to break through.
• Lin Yu transformed his spiritual power into immortal power, becoming an immortal amid auspicious signs that drew the Six Sages of Mount Mei and Yang Jian to watch.
• Lin Yu emerged from the cave abode, and the Six Sages praised his breakthrough and discussed how his new immortal body would aid his cultivation and combat ability.
• Kang Anyu invited Lin Yu to celebrate and learn about the immortal realm, Guanjiangkou, and the Grass-Head Army.
• At Listening to the Waves Pavilion, Zhang Boshi began explaining the realm of immortals to Lin Yu.

Zhang Boshi and the other Sages explained the immortal ranks and examined Lin Yu’s Heavenly Immortal cultivation, discovering that Innate Xirang had made his Earth Qi overpower the other four. They advised him to use the Eight-Nine Profound Art to balance his Qi, while Zhang Boshi also proposed seeking innate substances for Lin Yu’s other organs.

• Zhang Boshi described the five immortal ranks and asked whether Lin Yu’s Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and Five Ki Converge on the Origin pointed toward the Heavenly Immortal Dao.
• Lin Yu explained that his Earth Qi was unusually strong and that the five elements did not circulate smoothly.
• Lin Yu revealed that he had absorbed a wisp of Innate Xirang with the True Lord’s help, astonishing the Six Sages.
• Li Huanzhang warned that Innate Xirang was powerful and difficult to master, while Yao Gonglin and Zhang Boshi discussed its potential and risks.
• Zhang Boshi advised Lin Yu to temper himself with the Eight-Nine Profound Art and suggested seeking innate substances for his other organs to force the five Qi toward balance.

After the Six Sages of Mount Mei explained the immortal realms and the rules of Yang Jian’s command, Lin Yu spent several years cultivating and learning to control his power. Yang Jian then summoned him, praised his progress, and suggested he return to the mortal world to visit his master and senior brothers.

• Zhang Boshi and the other sages explained the stages of immortal cultivation, from Rogue Immortal to mastering a Dao principle and forming a Dao Domain.
• The Six Sages of Mount Mei shared advice about cultivation, local factions, military command, and the rules of Yang Jian’s cave abode.
• Lin Yu made a daily routine of cultivation, military drills, sparring, and contemplating the Dao at earth-vein nodes.
• After several years, Yang Jian summoned Lin Yu and acknowledged that his foundation and control over his strength had improved.
• Lin Yu admitted that he missed his master and senior brothers, and Yang Jian advised him to visit them and use the journey to observe mortal life.

Lin Yu returned to the mortal world after more than ten years away and found Ren Family Town changed and the mortuary abandoned. He reached Maoshan and reunited with Uncle Nine, who had been serving as acting sect leader; Uncle Nine invited him to inspect how Maoshan had been managed.

• Lin Yu received Yang Jian’s permission to visit home, gathered the little fox and the boy, and bid farewell to the Six Sages of Mount Mei.
• Lin Yu returned to the mortal world and discovered that more than ten years had passed and the mortuary stood deserted.
• Lin Yu learned from an elderly resident that Japanese invaders had damaged Ren Family Town, while the Ren family had moved away before the invasion.
• Lin Yu flew to Maoshan, where Uncle Nine recognized him and welcomed him into the Heavenly Master Mansion.
• Uncle Nine explained that Maoshan’s elders had appointed him acting sect leader after Lin Yu ascended, then offered to show Lin Yu how he had managed the mountain.

Lin Yu returned to Maoshan to visit Uncle Nine and his former fellow disciples, while keeping his Heavenly Master identity secret from most of the sect. After reuniting with Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, he visited Four Eyes at his quiet Daoist school.

• Uncle Nine told Lin Yu that Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai had completed their training, taken disciples, and opened Daoist schools, while Four Eyes and Chin Hok had retired together.
• Lin Yu reassured Uncle Nine that he had returned with permission from the True Lord and had no urgent mission, then asked to keep his return private and avoid reclaiming the Heavenly Master position.
• Lin Yu spent several days discussing the Dao with Uncle Nine and the former Heavenly Masters, gaining new insight into his own cultivation.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai returned to Maoshan and joyfully reunited with Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu traveled to Four Eyes' Daoist school and surprised his aged martial uncle, who wondered whether he was dreaming or about to enter the immortal realm.

Lin Yu returned to visit Four Eyes and Chin Hok, then traveled to the Southern Border to repay his debt to the Nine Palaces and ask after Ayi. Bai Shan told him that Ayi had become a prodigy and claimed the position of Ninth Palace master.

• Lin Yu reunited with Four Eyes and Chin Hok, met Jia Le and Qingqing's son Huzi, and gave the child a protective spirit jade.
• Lin Yu spent several days with his martial uncles and Master Yixiu before setting off for the Southern Border.
• Lin Yu contacted Bai Shan through the Nine Palaces' secret realm and appeared in the forbidden area to visit him.
• Lin Yu asked Bai Shan about the Nine Palaces and Ayi, and Bai Shan praised Ayi's talent and said she had become Ninth Palace master in just over ten years.

Lin Yu visited the Ninth Palace, learned that Ayi had become its respected palace master, and left her a jade slip of Gu Dao insights without meeting her. As he traveled through the mortal world, he comprehended the Dao of Creation, broke through his stalled realm, and prepared to return to Guanjiangkou to investigate the other four Qi.

• Bai Shan told Lin Yu that Ayi had become the Ninth Palace's palace master and often asked for news of him.
• Lin Yu declined to meet Ayi and gave Bai Shan a jade slip of his deductions about Gu Arts and exotic insects as an apology.
• Lin Yu vanished from the Ninth Palace, while Ayi briefly sensed something unusual before returning to her reports.
• Lin Yu wandered through the mortal world and reached a sea of clouds, where the Innate Xirang and his Pure Yang Immortal Power resonated.
• Lin Yu comprehended the Dao of Creation and broke through the realm barrier as Uncle Nine watched over him.
• Lin Yu thanked Uncle Nine and said he would return to the True Lord's Daoist sanctuary to experiment and search for the other four Qi.

Lin Yu returned to Guanjiangkou, gained the True Lord’s tacit approval for his experiment, and successfully created a clone through the Dao of Creation. With twelve clones ready to search the myriad worlds for Innate Five Elements treasures, he spent his points on teleportation talismans and sent them out for about eight years.

• Lin Yu reported his journey and planned experiment to the True Lord, who approved and invited him to exchange a hundred moves at any time.
• Lin Yu used Wu Earth Essence Qi, Immortal jade, and his power of creation to form a human embryo, then fused part of his divine sense into it to create a clone.
• Lin Yu confirmed that he could share the clone’s senses and control it, and that the clones’ consciousnesses came entirely from his own.
• Lin Yu decided to search the myriad worlds for Innate Five Elements supreme treasures and created eleven more clones, bringing their number to twelve.
• Lin Yu discovered that his points could not fund ten years of travel for all twelve clones, so he spent his entire balance on teleportation talismans for roughly eight years.

Lin Yu sent twelve ordinary clones to different group members’ worlds to cultivate and search for the supreme treasures of the five elements. The clones arrived safely, and their hosts discovered that they were not the original Lin Yu.

• Lin Yu warned his twelve clones to act carefully, gave each eight years’ worth of Teleportation Talismans, and sent them to the group members’ worlds.
• After the clones departed, Lin Yu found that he could sense only whether they were alive, since their connection had weakened under the other worlds’ laws.
• Lin Yu No. 1 arrived in Su Xiaoxiao’s world, proved his identity with a golden rule, and said he would stay eight years to cultivate and seek the five-element treasures.
• Lin Yu No. 2 appeared in Huang Rong’s world, where she initially mistook him for an ordinary person; Lin Yu No. 3 likewise arrived in Xiao Yan’s world and was recognized as ordinary.
• Lin Yu No. 4 met Ning Caichen near Lanruo Temple, while Lin Yu No. 5 was welcomed by Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen, who identified him as a clone.
• Lin Yu No. 5 told Xu Xian, Bai Suzhen, and Xiaoqing that he had come to seek the five-element treasures and suspected the original had sent ordinary clones so they could learn other worlds’ cultivation systems.

Lin Yu (No. 6), Lin Yu (No. 7), and Lin Yu (No. 8) arrived in different worlds and were welcomed by Wong Wing-fat, Yan Lingji, and Zhang Sanfeng. Lin Yu (No. 12) landed in Zhao Yan’s world through a faulty lottery, where Zhao Yan mistook him for a useless prize and Lin Yu played along as a visitor from the heavens.

• Wong Wing-fat welcomed Lin Yu (No. 6) and agreed to let him stay at his joss paper shop for eight years.
• Yan Lingji took Lin Yu (No. 7) to her palace and offered to protect him while he searched for treasures.
• Zhang Sanfeng welcomed Lin Yu (No. 8) and led him toward a bamboo cottage at Mount Wudang.
• Zhao Yan triggered a Supreme Lottery Ticket after cursing his Sign-In System and drew a mysterious visitor from the heavens.
• Lin Yu (No. 12) appeared in an abandoned factory, and Zhao Yan angrily complained that the system had drawn an ordinary mortal instead of a treasure.
• Lin Yu (No. 12) learned about Zhao Yan’s history with the system and introduced himself as the visitor Zhao Yan had drawn.

Lin Yu (No. 12) survived an attack by the Golden Bull Martial Arts School and proved useful to Zhao Yan, who killed the school’s leader and took him along. Lin Yu (No. 12) decided to stay near Zhao Yan, whom he believed was this world’s child of fortune, while Lin Yu’s original body discussed the clone’s expenses with Huang Rong and Su Xiaoxiao.

• Zhao Yan abandoned Lin Yu (No. 12) when the Golden Bull Martial Arts School’s fighters arrived at the factory.
• Lin Yu (No. 12) dodged A San’s saber, disarmed him, and killed him with his own weapon.
• Zhao Yan ambushed and killed the school’s leader, then killed the remaining martial artists as they fled.
• Zhao Yan recognized Lin Yu (No. 12) as potentially useful and led him out through a concealed exit.
• Lin Yu (No. 12) planned to remain by Zhao Yan’s side to find treasures, while Huang Rong asked Lin Yu’s original body to repay the clone’s food and drink expenses.

Su Xiaoxiao discovered that Lin Yu (No. 1) had reached the fourth tier and asked him for cultivation help. As his rule power let him rapidly advance and help her break through, the group heard about the benefits, and Huang Rong urged Lin Yu (No. 2) to cultivate.

• Su Xiaoxiao found Lin Yu (No. 1)'s fourth-tier cultivation in the Chat Group panel and begged him to share his insights.
• Lin Yu (No. 1) meditated and drew power from the hundreds of millions of cultivators practicing the rule he embodied, rapidly advancing to the second tier.
• Lin Yu (No. 1) gave Su Xiaoxiao a thread of rule power, which helped her break through her bottleneck.
• Su Xiaoxiao announced in the Chat Group that Lin Yu's clone could grant benefits through meditation, prompting Huang Rong and Xiao Yan to react.
• Huang Rong grabbed Lin Yu (No. 2) and urged him to cultivate.

Lin Yu (number two) discussed the limits of martial arts and cultivation with Huang Rong, while Lin Yu (number twelve) and Zhao Yan infiltrated an abandoned hospital to seek spirit jade. They found the Golden Bull Martial Arts School attacking a restriction around what appeared to be Old Man Black Wind’s inheritance.

• Lin Yu’s original body warned the group that Su Xiaoxiao’s success came from her world’s special system and could not be repeated elsewhere.
• Huang Rong asked Lin Yu (number two) about the peak of martial arts and cultivation manuals, and he described a possible Heavenly Human Realm while explaining that her world lacked spiritual Qi.
• Zhao Yan brought Lin Yu (number twelve) into the abandoned Jiangcheng hospital, explaining that he sought spirit jade to attempt a breakthrough to the Martial Venerable Realm.
• Zhao Yan and Lin Yu (number twelve) avoided traps and bodies as they made their way toward the hospital’s central emergency department.
• They saw the Golden Bull Martial Arts School attacking an earthy-yellow dome that enclosed a skeleton, an old wooden box glowing with spirit jade, and a manual.

Lin Yu looted the Golden Bull Martial Arts School disciples while Zhao Yan and two Great Grandmasters raced for Old Man Black Wind’s inheritance. Old Man Black Wind’s Bone-Eroding Yin Fire trapped the two Great Grandmasters, leaving Zhao Yan to wait for them to weaken and the brothers preparing to sacrifice their arms.

• Zhao Yan shattered the barrier and killed or scattered the Golden Bull Martial Arts School disciples blocking his path.
• Lin Yu secretly searched the fallen inner disciples and found the Golden Bull Art, pills, money, weapons, and other valuables.
• The two Great Grandmasters reached for Old Man Black Wind’s box and secret manual, but Bone-Eroding Yin Fire burst from the skeleton and engulfed their arms.
• Zhao Yan arrived and watched as the trapped Great Grandmasters struggled, planning to take the treasures once they weakened.
• The senior brother convinced his junior brother that they had to cut off their arms to survive, and the junior brother agreed.

Zhao Yan killed the two Great Grandmasters and took the wooden box and Martial Venerable’s secret manual before leaving the hospital. Elsewhere, Lin Yu found and began studying the Primordial Unity Ki Technique, discovering that his body’s Qi and blood held a hidden power.

• Zhao Yan tormented the injured Golden Mace Great Grandmaster and Water-Parting Spike Grandmaster, preventing them from severing their arms or escaping.
• The Water-Parting Spike Grandmaster tried to destroy the Martial Venerable’s secret manual, but Zhao Yan knocked his weapon aside and killed him.
• The Golden Mace Great Grandmaster charged Zhao Yan in grief, and Zhao Yan killed him as well.
• Zhao Yan checked Old Man Black Wind’s remains, took the wooden box and secret manual, searched the corpses for pills and money, and left.
• Lin Yu studied the Primordial Unity Ki Technique he had found buried near a dead cultivator and compared it with the Golden Bull Art.
• Lin Yu followed the technique’s introductory method and sensed pure Qi and blood flowing through his body, with an unfamiliar power hidden within it.

Lin Yu cultivated the Primordial Unity Ki Technique for a day and night while Zhao Yan guarded him, then discovered that his Qi and blood continued circulating automatically. In Huang Rong's world, Huang Rong promised to protect Lin Yu (No. 2), and Guo Jing arrived in her courtyard.

• Lin Yu cultivated the Primordial Unity Ki Technique until his Qi and blood flowed smoothly and his physical body grew stronger.
• Zhao Yan revealed that he had guarded Lin Yu for a day and night, then examined the technique and returned it after deciding it clashed with the Sunflower Manual.
• Zhao Yan took Lin Yu to his residence in an old district, where Lin Yu discovered that his Qi and blood circulated along the technique's path without his guidance.
• Zhao Yan noticed Lin Yu's increasingly refined presence and privately found him more interesting.
• Huang Rong told Lin Yu (No. 2) that she would protect him as the Beggar Clan leader.
• Guo Jing arrived at Huang Rong's courtyard, and she invited him inside.

Lin Yu met Guo Jing after Huang Rong introduced him as a displaced friend, and he won Guo Jing’s trust with a fabricated account of hardship. Later, Huang Rong confided that she and Guo Jing had become confidants rather than lovers, leaving Lin Yu to tease her about Guo Jing’s feelings.

• Guo Jing arrived and met Lin Yu, whom Huang Rong introduced as an old friend in need of shelter.
• Guo Jing believed Lin Yu’s story about disaster and oppression by a martial arts school, and offered to help him seek justice.
• Huang Rong urged Guo Jing to let Lin Yu rest first, and the three shared dinner before Guo Jing returned to his room.
• Huang Rong told Lin Yu that knowing the future while watching events unfold could be tormenting, and Lin Yu encouraged her to focus on choices at crucial moments.
• Huang Rong revealed that she and Guo Jing had become confidants rather than a couple, and Lin Yu suggested Guo Jing secretly loved her.

Lin Yu practiced basic exercises at dawn, then demonstrated an extraordinary ability to memorize martial arts after Guo Jing taught him several techniques. Guo Jing resolved to help Lin Yu overcome his late start, while Huang Rong teased him for getting so carried away.

• Lin Yu practiced basic punches and kicks in the courtyard, and Guo Jing questioned whether he had trained in martial arts before.
• Guo Jing warned that Lin Yu's late start would make mastering martial arts difficult, but offered to teach him moves after hearing about his memory.
• Lin Yu reproduced the Yue Maiden Sword Technique and another routine after seeing each once, astonishing Guo Jing.
• Guo Jing demonstrated the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, and Lin Yu memorized those as well.
• Guo Jing praised Lin Yu as a genius and began considering ways to help him cultivate inner strength.
• Huang Rong came out and teased Guo Jing for acting like he was already establishing a school and taking disciples.