Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian welcomed Zhao Gongming and his three younger sisters, Yunzhi, Bizhi, and Qiong'er, into his courtyard. When he casually said he planned to stew the goldfish in his cauldron, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos realized he meant to cook Yazi, the Ancestral Dragon’s son.

• Lin Tian met Zhao Gongming and the unfamiliar Yunzhi, Bizhi, and Qiong'er at his courtyard entrance while carrying a goldfish in a bronze cauldron.
• Zhao Gongming recognized the goldfish as Yazi and respectfully introduced his three younger sisters to Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian invited the visitors inside, where the courtyard’s powerful spiritual Qi astonished the Three Xiaos.
• Lin Tian said he planned to stew the goldfish and invited Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos to share the meal.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos froze in shock at Lin Tian’s plan to cook a dragon.

Zhao Gongming showed Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao the powerful treasures and spiritual energy at Lin Tian’s home while Lin Tian prepared to cook Yazi. Yazi regained his true form in the cauldron and eagerly absorbed the spiritual water, leaving the others wondering whether Lin Tian was healing him to make him taste better.

• Lin Tian lit a fire under the cauldron and went inside to fetch something, while the Three Xiaos reconsidered their impression of him.
• Zhao Gongming pointed out a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure by the doorway, and the Three Xiaos watched Lin Tian step on it as a footrest.
• Yazi transformed from a goldfish into his true form, revealing his mixed dragon and jackal traits.
• Zhao Gongming sensed that the water in the cauldron contained exceptionally pure spiritual Qi and realized it had helped Yazi recover.
• Yunxiao wondered how Lin Tian would cook Yazi, and Qiongxiao suggested he might be marinating him in spiritual water for better flavor.

Yazi suddenly awakened after drinking the cauldron dry and tried to flee Senior Lin Tian's courtyard. Its hidden formation struck him down, leaving Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos astonished by its power.

• Yazi awakened with a swollen belly and a bloodthirsty, wary expression after draining the cauldron.
• Yazi darted toward the wooden house, and Zhao Gongming explained that catching him would be difficult without damaging the courtyard.
• Yazi circled the courtyard and charged for the entrance, prompting Zhao Gongming to prepare to pursue him.
• A golden barrier appeared at the courtyard's edge and sent Yazi crashing to the ground before he could escape.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos wondered whether Senior Lin Tian had created a formation more powerful than the Interception Sect's protective formation.

Lin Tian mistook Yazi for a husky and tied the unconscious Dragon Clan crown prince up as a guard dog. Believing Yazi had eaten the fish in his cauldron, Lin Tian left to catch a few more, leaving Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos stunned.

• The courtyard formation detected Yazi’s escape attempt, sent him flying, and drained his strength.
• Lin Tian came out, mistook Yazi for a husky, and decided to keep him as a guard dog.
• Lin Tian tied Yazi to the fence with a hemp rope while Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos watched in shock.
• Lin Tian saw the overturned, empty cauldron and assumed Yazi had eaten the fish.
• Lin Tian apologized to Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, then went to catch more fish, leaving them stunned by his plan.

Lin Tian initially refused to teach Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, saying he was only an ordinary Heavenly Immortal. Seeing their disappointment, he relented and invited them to ask their questions, though he warned he might not know the answers.

• Zhao Gongming declined Lin Tian's offer to catch more dragons and make a meal, worried about provoking the Dragon Clan during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Yunxiao asked Lin Tian to guide her and her sisters in their cultivation.
• Lin Tian refused, explaining that he was an ordinary country villager with little knowledge of cultivation.
• Seeing Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming disappointed and Qiongxiao looking close to tears, Lin Tian assumed they could not afford a teacher and wanted help protecting themselves.
• Lin Tian put down his fishing rod and agreed to hear their questions, while warning that he might not be able to answer them.

Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming asked Lin Tian for advice on their cultivation bottleneck, but he misunderstood their low cultivation and had no guidance to offer. Tongtian urgently summoned them away, and Yunxiao left Lin Tian a pair of scissors as thanks, prompting him to hope his next diary entry would give him something useful to teach them.

• Yunxiao asked Lin Tian how he had overcome cultivation bottlenecks, and he replied that he had never faced one at their level.
• The Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming bowed and asked Lin Tian for guidance, while he mistakenly thought they were only Human Immortals.
• Tongtian urgently summoned Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming, so they prepared to leave and promised to return.
• Yunxiao gave Lin Tian a pair of pitch-black scissors as thanks, and he told them to walk their own Dao.
• After the four left, Lin Tian wondered whether his next diary entry would give him something worthwhile to teach them.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos returned to Biyou Palace and noticed that Lin Tian’s courtyard had purer, more potent spiritual Qi than Tongtian’s Sage cultivation ground. They entered the main hall and found six of the Seven Attendant Immortals kneeling as Tongtian accused them of betraying the Interception Sect.

• Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Bixiao and Qiongxiao returned to Biyou Palace and greeted Tongtian.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao remarked that Lin Tian’s courtyard had better spiritual Qi than Biyou Palace, and Zhao Gongming silently wondered whether Lin Tian surpassed Tongtian.
• Zhao Gongming led the Three Xiaos into the main hall, where they saw six of the Seven Attendant Immortals kneeling before Tongtian.
• Tongtian angrily accused the six Attendant Immortals of betraying the Interception Sect, shocking Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

Tongtian discovered that five of the Seven Attendant Immortals had Western Teachings spiritual roots planted in their primordial spirits, and he ordered them imprisoned while the Interception Sect searched for more infiltrators. The chapter ended with Duobao’s loyalties still uncertain.

• Tongtian told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos that Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal had openly practiced Western Buddhist teachings and that five other attendant immortals carried hidden Western spiritual roots.
• Tongtian said he would deal with the Two Sages of the West after securing the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian spared Jinguang Xian, Ling Ya Xian, Qiu Shou Xian, Wuyun Xian, and Piluxian, ordering Zhao Gongming to escort them into the Evil-Warding Great Formation for a hundred thousand years of reflection.
• Tongtian ordered the Three Xiaos to investigate the primordial spirits of the Interception Sect’s inner and outer disciples for more Western Teachings pawns.
• Tongtian sensed that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos had grown stronger, then worried that Duobao might also have a Western spiritual root.

Zhunti and Jieyin discovered that Tongtian had severed their Buddha seeds in five Interception Sect disciples, but they remained confident in their hidden plan to recruit Duobao. When Duobao’s presence vanished near a spiritually barren mountain range, they wondered why he had gone there.

• Zhunti told Jieyin that Duobao carried a concealed Buddhist bead and would eventually join the Western Teachings.
• Zhunti realized he could no longer sense the Buddha seeds in Ling Ya Xian, Qiu Shou Xian, Jinguang Xian, and two other Attendant Immortals, and concluded Tongtian had discovered and severed them.
• Jieyin said the five disciples were expendable and urged Zhunti to keep their focus on Duobao and the hidden bead.
• Zhunti found that Duobao’s presence had vanished near a mountain range with scarce spiritual Qi, and Jieyin questioned why he had gone there.

Yazi woke in Lin Tian’s courtyard with his primordial spirit too injured to use, and feared Lin Tian would eat him. Lin Tian fed him a bowl of nourishing weed soup and tied him up to guard the door, leaving Yazi to decide to stay until he could get more food.

• Yazi woke and realized his primordial spirit had worsened, leaving him unable to use its power or safely escape.
• Lin Tian brought Yazi a golden bowl of food and told him to behave and guard the door.
• Yazi smelled the spiritual Qi in the weed soup, ate it eagerly, and licked the bowl clean.
• Lin Tian told Yazi to guard the door, stroked his horns, and went back into the wooden house.
• Yazi tried to follow Lin Tian but was pulled back by the rope around his neck, then decided to guard the door for the night in hopes of getting more food tomorrow.

After completing his third Great Dao Diary entry, Lin Tian received three novels instead of the magical treasure he had hoped for and dismissed the reward as useless. He stepped outside and spotted an unfamiliar young man in an earthy yellow Daoist robe waiting beyond the fence.

• Lin Tian woke from a night of cultivation and realized he had not yet written a new diary entry.
• Lin Tian completed his third diary entry, and the system offered him a reward to claim.
• The system gave Lin Tian three novels, which he recognized as books from his previous life and complained would not help him guide Gongming and his sister.
• Three ancient-looking books appeared with a display of Great Dao power, and Lin Tian briefly examined one before deciding to put them aside.
• Lin Tian carried the books outside, noticed an unfamiliar burly young man beyond the fence, and walked toward the gate.

Tongtian read the Great Dao Diary after it suppressed the baleful Qi of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and discovered that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was supposedly a conspiracy against the Interception Sect. The diary predicted the sect’s destruction, Duobao’s betrayal, and the loss of Tongtian’s swords, leaving him horrified and furious.

• Tongtian used the Great Dao Diary to suppress the baleful Qi of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and decided to refine their formation earlier than planned.
• The Great Dao Diary revealed a new entry about its owner’s fish and husky, then claimed the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was aimed at the Interception Sect.
• The diary said Yuanshi was also being manipulated and that Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Two Sages of the West would join forces to take the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• The diary predicted Duobao would betray the Interception Sect and that its disciples would fill the Investiture of the Gods without gaining anything.
• Tongtian reacted with disbelief and fury as he read the predictions about the Interception Sect’s destruction.

Tongtian read the diary and became convinced that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity might be a conspiracy against the Interception Sect. Although the diary hinted that he was key to changing the outcome, it offered no explanation, so Tongtian decided to watch Duobao and strengthen the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation.

• Tongtian reasoned that four hostile Sages could break his Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation and leave the Interception Sect's disciples vulnerable, making him suspect the Investiture of the Gods was a conspiracy.
• Tongtian read that Duobao would be taken to the West and that he was the key to turning things around, but he could not understand the diary's unfinished advice.
• Tongtian concluded that Taishang might be involved in Duobao's betrayal and sent his divine sense to locate Duobao.
• Tongtian found Duobao exploring a remote, spiritually depleted area of Jin'ao Island and decided to test his primordial spirit when he returned.
• Tongtian set aside the conspiracy question for the moment and began carefully comprehending the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation.

Duobao hurried toward Jin'ao Island but sensed Buddhist power from a prayer bead near a hidden courtyard and decided to investigate. He found a handsome young man there and was left astonished.

• Duobao headed back to Jin'ao Island after receiving repeated urgent messages from his Master.
• Near the Interception Sect, Duobao debated whether to bring a Buddhist prayer bead inside, then chose to keep it until he could consult his Master.
• The prayer bead reacted to a faint trace of Buddhist intent, leading Duobao to descend onto a barren mountain and search for its source.
• Duobao discovered a courtyard his Quasi-Saint divine sense had failed to detect and concluded its owner was likely a Peak Quasi-Saint.
• Duobao approached the courtyard to seek guidance on Western Dharma, then saw a handsome young man emerge and stared in astonishment.

Duobao, disguised as a wandering immortal named Dabao, discovered that the Buddhist intent he sensed came from Lin Tian's three books and sought a closer look. After claiming a fortuitous opportunity had led him there, he asked Lin Tian if he could examine one of the books.

• Duobao sensed that Lin Tian was only a Heavenly Immortal and realized the faint Buddhist intent and power of Dao principles came from the three books Lin Tian carried.
• Lin Tian placed the books on a stone table and approached Duobao, who decided to hide his identity and introduced himself as Dabao.
• Lin Tian said his Dao field was ordinary and suggested Duobao seek good fortune at the Interception Sect.
• Duobao claimed he preferred cultivating alone and that his opportunity was at Lin Tian's Dao field, then asked to look at a book.

Duobao asked Lin Tian to let him read three books, explaining that he had sensed a faint Buddhist presence from them. After Lin Tian's courtyard astonished him with its abundant spiritual Qi, Duobao opened the first book, Buddha Is the Dao, and realized its title might resolve his struggle between Buddhism and the Dao.

• Duobao asked Lin Tian to let him examine the three books, and Lin Tian challenged him for discovering them so quickly.
• Duobao explained that he had sensed a subtle Buddhist presence nearby, while Lin Tian's system assured him that its existence remained undetectable.
• Lin Tian invited Duobao into the bamboo house and placed the three books on the pavilion's stone table.
• Duobao was stunned by the courtyard's dense spiritual Qi and the mysterious presence he sensed in its surroundings.
• Duobao opened Buddha Is the Dao and realized its title seemed to answer his dilemma over whether to cultivate Buddhism or the Dao.

Duobao chose the Buddhist book Buddha Is the Dao as a guide for his future path and traded his Buddhist bead to Lin Tian for the chance to take it home. As Duobao prepared to leave, Lin Tian’s husky arrived outside the courtyard.

• Duobao read the title Buddha Is the Dao and decided the book offered a path that suited his future better than the Buddhist bead.
• Duobao offered Lin Tian his Buddhist bead in exchange for taking the book home, and Lin Tian agreed.
• Duobao thanked Lin Tian and asked to leave, while Lin Tian welcomed him to visit again.
• A faint roar sounded outside the courtyard, and Lin Tian said his pet husky had brought dinner.
• Duobao asked about the husky, and Lin Tian pointed out that it had arrived.

Duobao discovered that Lin Tian kept Yazi of the Dragon Clan as an obedient pet and told him to guard the door, deepening Duobao’s suspicion that Lin Tian was far more powerful than he seemed. As Duobao hurried to leave, a sudden buzzing sound made him tense and stare ahead in alarm.

• Erha arrived with a fish and obediently went to Lin Tian, whom Duobao recognized as Yazi, the Dragon Clan’s second son.
• Lin Tian praised Yazi, accepted the fish as an apology, and ordered him to guard the door.
• Yazi wagged his tail and lay down at the entrance, leaving Duobao astonished that the Dragon Clan’s formidable heir had become Lin Tian’s guard pet.
• Lin Tian invited Duobao to share a meal, but Duobao declined because he had urgent business and feared getting caught up in trouble with the Dragon Clan.
• Duobao started for the entrance, then heard a buzzing sound, tensed his primordial spirit, and stared ahead in shock.

Duobao discovered that the battered guqin at Lin Tian’s threshold carried power strong enough to threaten his primordial spirit, then watched Lin Tian treat it as an ordinary object to step on. The discovery deepened Duobao’s suspicion that Lin Tian concealed immense strength, and the chapter ended with Lin Tian inviting him to stay for pickled fish soup.

• Duobao heard the guqin’s music and sensed that it could interfere with his primordial spirit, so he approached it to investigate.
• Duobao tried to lock onto the guqin with his primordial spirit, but its power struck back and nearly injured him.
• Lin Tian came outside and stepped on the guqin, leaving Duobao stunned by his treatment of the apparent supreme treasure.
• Lin Tian called the guqin an ordinary thing he kept by the threshold, and Duobao concluded that Lin Tian was far more powerful than he appeared.
• Lin Tian prepared the fish Yazi had caught and invited Duobao to stay and try his pickled fish soup.

Duobao left Lin Tian’s courtyard to return to the Interception Sect, but the aroma of Lin Tian’s fish soup drew him back. After learning the fish was gone, Duobao eagerly drank the remaining soup and discovered that it powerfully nourished his primordial spirit.

• Duobao left Lin Tian’s courtyard, deciding to return after finishing his business and read Buddha Is the Dao.
• As Duobao prepared to leave the mountain, the aroma of Lin Tian’s cooking made him turn back toward the courtyard.
• Duobao found Lin Tian eating fish while Yazi guarded the scraps, and Lin Tian told him the fish was gone.
• Lin Tian offered Duobao the remaining fish soup, and Duobao immediately served himself a bowl.
• Duobao discovered the soup greatly strengthened his primordial spirit and drank another bowl while Lin Tian watched in surprise.