Chapter Summaries

Yunxiao broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit after comprehending the book, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao began manifesting powers tied to characters from it. Yunxiao watched in astonishment as Bixiao summoned what appeared to be Yan Ruyu’s Chaos Green Lotus.

• Yunxiao released her power, which the Primordial Golden Dou absorbed, and manifested the Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and Five Qi Return to the Origin, attaining the Daluo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Yunxiao thanked Senior Lin Tian for her breakthrough and resolved to stand up to the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals if they bullied the Jie Sect Disciples again.
• Qiongxiao released a gentle power that Yunxiao recognized as Ji Ziyue’s Origin Spirit Body, suggesting she had comprehended Ji Ziyue’s essence.
• Bixiao emanated domineering demonic power, and Yunxiao suspected she had comprehended Yan Ruyu’s true essence.
• Bixiao manifested an emerald lotus containing chaotic power, and Yunxiao cried out in shock that it was Yan Ruyu’s Chaos Green Lotus.

Zhao Gongming struggled to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm as the Interception Sect faced growing pressure from the Chan Sect. After Yunxiao left him a book from Lin Tian, he opened Perfect World and was struck by its powerful words, hoping it would help him overcome his cultivation barrier.

• Zhao Gongming grew frustrated when his cultivation failed to break through the barrier to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• A Sage's presence abruptly left Biyou Palace, and Zhao Gongming wondered what his Master was doing before deciding to seek out Lin Tian.
• Zhao Gongming found Yunxiao's voice-transmission jade pendant and a plain book on the stone platform.
• Yunxiao's message explained that Lin Tian had given them the book as an opportunity.
• Zhao Gongming opened Perfect World, felt the power of its synopsis, and eagerly began reading in hopes of gaining enlightenment.

Yuanshi Tianzun saw Tongtian leave to seek the Two Sages of the West and devised a scheme to provoke the Interception Sect while Tongtian was away. He ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to visit the sect under the pretense of discussing cultivation, intending to seize a chance to capture its disciples and fill the Investiture of the Gods.

• Yuanshi Tianzun sensed that Tongtian had left seclusion and used his divine sense to track him toward the Two Sages of the West.
• Yuanshi Tianzun realized Tongtian might be provoked into violating the Dao Ancestor's decree that Sages must not intervene in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Yuanshi Tianzun reasoned that filling the Investiture with Interception Sect disciples would spare the Chan Sect from the calamity's costs and strengthen its fate.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent a voice-transmission jade talisman ordering the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect to visit the Interception Sect and discuss cultivation with its disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun planned to exploit any conflict while Tongtian was away, hoping his disciples could capture the Three Xiaos, Zhao Gongming, and other Interception Sect disciples.

The disguised Two Sages of the West entered Lin Tian’s courtyard after mistaking it for a place that might hold an opportunity. They were stunned by its spiritual Qi and plotted to reclaim their prayer bead, but Lin Tian kicked it into a pond before Zhunti could retrieve it.

• Zhunti and Jieyin tried to leave Lin Tian’s courtyard, then learned that Lin Tian was its master and asked to come inside.
• The Two Sages of the West entered the courtyard and were astonished by its dense spiritual Qi, which they compared to that of Purple Cloud Palace.
• Jieyin decided to probe Lin Tian and told Zhunti to recover their prayer bead, while Zhunti spotted Yazi playing with it.
• Lin Tian walked past Zhunti and kicked the prayer bead into the pond, then sent Yazi away.

Jieyin discovered that Lin Tian’s courtyard concealed powerful formations and an object that could repel even a Sage’s divine sense, and he and Zhunti plotted to take its treasures. As Lin Tian went to make tea, an astonishing sight appeared at the courtyard entrance and terrified the two Sages of the West.

• Lin Tian kicked Zhunti’s prayer bead away, making Zhunti reconsider trying to take it openly.
• Jieyin used his divine sense to investigate Lin Tian and the courtyard, but an inexplicable force severed his attempt to reach the power inside the house.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that the courtyard likely held powerful treasures and proposed they take one before later bringing Taishang and Yuanshi to create another opportunity.
• Lin Tian invited Jieyin and Zhunti to sit while he brewed tea, unaware of their plans.
• As Zhunti began to search the courtyard, an astonishing sight at the entrance made both Sages tremble with horror.

Jieyin and Zhunti mistook Lin Tian’s muddy wooden zither for an unattended Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and tried to steal it. The courtyard’s formation blasted them away, and Lin Tian found a stalk of bamboo left behind.

• Jieyin and Zhunti heard the wooden zither’s hum and realized it could affect their primordial spirits.
• Jieyin decided to take the zither while Lin Tian was inside, despite Zhunti’s doubts.
• Jieyin used the Green Lotus Treasure Banner and the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit to conceal his presence as he tried to seize the zither.
• The zither triggered the courtyard’s formation, which struck Jieyin and Zhunti and sent them flying away.
• Lin Tian came outside, found the courtyard undisturbed, and noticed a green stalk of bamboo beneath his foot.

Lin Tian planted the strange jade bamboo left behind by the two sages in his pond, where the spiritual water began to transform and nourish it. Far away, Jieyin and Zhunti recovered from the courtyard’s attack, and Zhunti discovered that his Six Roots Pure Bamboo had vanished.

• Lin Tian picked up the jade bamboo, dismissed it as ordinary, and planted it in his pond before going inside.
• Nourished by the pond’s mineral water, the bamboo turned emerald green, released a strange Qi, and began rapidly absorbing the water.
• Jieyin and Zhunti halted above the ocean with the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit after being hurled away by the power in Lin Tian’s courtyard.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concluded that the courtyard’s formation had overwhelmed them and discussed returning with Taishang and Yuanshi.
• Zhunti tried to summon the Six Roots Pure Bamboo but could not sense it in his purple mansion or Sumeru pouch, and he cried out that it had disappeared.

After discovering that Zhunti had lost his Six Roots Pure Bamboo in the strange courtyard, he and Jieyin debated whether to return for it or gather Taishang and Yuanshi first. Tongtian suddenly appeared behind them, furious that they planned to summon the other two sages.

• Zhunti realized he could no longer sense his Six Roots Pure Bamboo and feared it had fallen inside the courtyard.
• Zhunti reasoned that the courtyard's formation had knocked the treasure from his hand and suppressed its presence.
• Jieyin warned that returning to the courtyard after being caught stealing could put them in danger.
• Zhunti refused to return immediately and proposed finding Taishang and Yuanshi so the Four Saints could face Tongtian together.
• Tongtian appeared behind Jieyin and Zhunti and challenged them for planning to call Taishang and Yuanshi.

Tongtian confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over their theft of treasures and their attempt to implant Western methods in Interception Sect disciples. When they tried to flee, he trapped them in a vast sword net and demanded an explanation.

• Jieyin and Zhunti encountered Tongtian, whose overwhelming presence made them realize their situation was dangerous.
• Jieyin invoked the Dao Ancestor’s decree forbidding Sages from interfering during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Tongtian replied that the decree did not forbid Sages from attacking other Sages and accused the two of stealing treasures and planting Western methods in Interception Sect disciples.
• Jieyin and Zhunti summoned their defenses and tried to escape from Tongtian.
• Tongtian drew the Qingping Sword and surrounded Jieyin and Zhunti with a massive sword net, demanding an explanation.

After Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Chan Sect disciples to provoke the Interception Sect, Guangchengzi entered the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm and set out to stir up conflict. Taiyi Zhenren, Yu Ding Zhenren, and Daoist Qingxu also headed for the Interception Sect, unaware that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos were nearing breakthroughs.

• Guangchengzi broke through to the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm at Peach Blossom Spring Cave.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guangchengzi to visit the Interception Sect and provoke a conflict by any means necessary.
• Yu Ding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren, and Daoist Qingxu met and agreed to go discuss the Dao with the Interception Sect.
• Qingxu boasted that he could defeat the Three Xiaos, so Taiyi and Yu Ding assigned them to him while they planned to face other disciples.
• Taiyi and Yu Ding left for the Interception Sect's training grounds, where Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos were close to completing their breakthroughs.

Zhao Gongming focused on Shi Yi’s story in Perfect World, awakened the Double Pupils, and broke through to the Early-Stage Quasi-Saint realm. As he sat in meditation, Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu arrived at the Interception Sect and provocatively called for Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

• Zhao Gongming realized that Perfect World’s characters could be opportunities and chose to study Shi Yi’s life in detail.
• As Zhao Gongming read, his eyes developed Double Pupils, and he invoked Shi Yi’s power.
• Zhao Gongming’s three flowers bloomed to the ninth grade, his five Qi matured, and he advanced from Daluo Golden Immortal to Early-Stage Quasi-Saint.
• Guangchengzi came to Biyou Palace on behalf of the Chan Sect, claimed he had come to seek the Dao, and called for Zhao Gongming.
• Daoist Qingxu arrived and taunted the Three Xiaos, claiming he wanted their guidance and to strengthen the Mystic Gate’s friendship.

Zhao Gongming completed his breakthrough into the Quasi-Saint realm but sensed he could advance further, while Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao gained new powers from Covering the Heavens with One Hand and reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. When Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu challenged the Interception Sect, Yunxiao and her sisters prepared to confront them.

• Zhao Gongming reached the Quasi-Saint realm and focused on Perfect World, believing he could go one step further.
• Bixiao stabilized her cultivation at the Early-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm and gained a Chaos Green Lotus treasure.
• Qiongxiao mastered the Great Void Technique and stabilized her Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Yunxiao revealed that she had inherited Empress Ruthless's power and mastered secret arts including Flowers Bloom with a Single Thought.
• Yunxiao proposed that the sisters take magical treasures to thank Lin Tian, but Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu arrived to challenge Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.
• Yunxiao became furious at the Chan Sect's provocation and told Bixiao and Qiongxiao to deal with Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu first.

Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu challenged the Three Xiaos at the Interception Sect, intending to send them onto the Investiture of the Gods. Yunxiao unleashed a strange, powerful Daoist art against Qingxu, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao moved to block Guangchengzi.

• Guangchengzi insulted the Interception Sect when its disciples did not answer his call, and nearby observers recalled the Chan Sect's previous visits and the injuries they had caused.
• Guangchengzi told Daoist Qingxu to fight in earnest and send the Three Xiaos onto the Investiture of the Gods to win Master Yuanshi's favor; Qingxu agreed.
• The Three Xiaos appeared, and Yunxiao rebuked the Chan Sect for repeatedly causing trouble at the Interception Sect.
• Guangchengzi noticed a strange presence around the Three Xiaos but dismissed them as too weak, then assigned Qingxu to challenge them.
• Yunxiao sent countless purple flowers toward Qingxu, and Guangchengzi warned him that the attack rivaled a full-force strike from an early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao intercepted Guangchengzi as he moved to protect Qingxu, and their Daoist art shocked him.

Guangchengzi attacked Qiongxiao and Bixiao with the Heaven-Flipping Seal, but Zhao Gongming appeared and overwhelmed him with strange law power. The chapter ended with Guangchengzi crashing into the ground after Zhao Gongming struck him with a light pat.

• Guangchengzi threatened Qiongxiao and Bixiao, then attacked them with the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Bixiao used the Chaos Green Lotus to resist while Qiongxiao swallowed the Heaven-Flipping Seal with the Great Void Technique, but Guangchengzi forced it to explode inside the space.
• Guangchengzi drove Bixiao away and moved to attack Qiongxiao, but Zhao Gongming appeared and shattered the power he had released.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao flew toward Yunxiao while Zhao Gongming blocked Guangchengzi and demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Guangchengzi brought out the Heaven-Flipping Seal, Soul Falling Bell, and Male and Female Twin Swords, but Zhao Gongming restrained him with strange law power and knocked him into the ground.

Zhao Gongming overpowered Guangchengzi while Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao defeated Daoist Qingxu and captured his primordial spirit. The Three Xiaos celebrated Interception Sect’s victory until Yuanshi appeared in a fury over his disciple’s injury.

• Zhao Gongming struck down Guangchengzi, shocking the onlookers and impressing Bixiao and Qiongxiao with his sudden strength.
• Yunxiao unleashed Flowers Bloom with a Single Thought, destroying Daoist Qingxu’s body and damaging his primordial spirit.
• Bixiao and Qiongxiao combined the Primordial Golden Dou, the Chaos Green Lotus, and the Great Void Technique to capture Qingxu’s fading primordial spirit.
• The Three Xiaos regrouped beside Zhao Gongming and discussed their victory and the loss of the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Yuanshi appeared and condemned the Three Xiaos for injuring his personal disciple, leaving them shaken by his pressure.

Lin Tian claimed a system upgrade that let him gain strength by lying flat, then sensed a nearby battle and considered moving somewhere more peaceful. The chapter left him weighing whether to leave the area around the Interception Sect.

• Erha played with Lin Tian while his dragon features continued to grow, though Lin Tian still did not know his identity.
• The system rewarded Lin Tian for indirectly helping three Primordial World natives break through, and he claimed the upgrade gift pack.
• The upgraded system added a lying-flat function that increased Lin Tian's spiritual Qi, cultivation, primordial spirit, and physical body.
• Lin Tian tested the feature in a recliner and received a boost, then planned to write his diary while lying down.
• Explosions and baleful Qi from a nearby battle reached Lin Tian's courtyard, prompting him to consider moving somewhere quieter.

Tongtian confronted Jieyin and Zhunti with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, ready to strike the Western Sages. When Yuanshi appeared in anger over a disciple’s injury, Tongtian refused to back down and sent a sword toward Yuanshi’s golden apparition.

• Tongtian accused Jieyin and Zhunti of wrongdoing and summoned the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Jieyin and Zhunti feared Tongtian’s weapons and discussed the possibility of being slain and reborn through the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuanshi appeared in a golden apparition and declared that the disciples who injured his personal disciple deserved death.
• Jieyin urged Tongtian to retreat, but Tongtian told Yuanshi to leave the younger generation’s conflict to them.
• Tongtian sent the Immortal-Trapping Sword through space toward Yuanshi’s golden apparition.

Yuanshi manifested above Jin'ao Island and attacked Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos after finding Guangchengzi gravely injured and Daoist Qingxu apparently dead. As Yuanshi's Sage pressure overwhelmed them, Zhao Gongming reassured the Three Xiaos that Senior Lin Tian could restore them even if their foundations were damaged.

• Yuanshi appeared in a golden void projection above Jin'ao Island and saw Guangchengzi buried in rubble and Daoist Qingxu reduced to a remnant of divine sense.
• Yuanshi accused Zhao Gongming and the Interception Sect disciples of viciously harming his disciples, then unleashed his Sage power against them.
• Zhao Gongming used the power of the Double Pupils to shield himself and the Three Xiaos, but Yuanshi crushed it and left Zhao bleeding from both eyes with his presence weakened.
• Yuanshi's pressure immobilized the Three Xiaos, and Yunxiao feared that neither Tongtian nor the other Interception Sect disciples could stop him.
• Zhao Gongming told the Three Xiaos that Senior Lin Tian could give them new life even if their foundations were damaged.

Yuanshi attacked Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos with Sage pressure, but Tongtian intervened and challenged Yuanshi’s authority. Tongtian destroyed Yuanshi’s projection with the Immortal-Trapping Sword, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos resolved to face death rather than disgrace the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi unleashed Sage power against Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, declaring that their deaths would settle the karma.
• Tongtian ordered Yuanshi to return to Biyou Palace and said the juniors should settle their own disputes.
• Tongtian summoned the Immortal-Trapping Sword and rebuked Yuanshi for using Sage power against juniors.
• Tongtian rejected Yuanshi’s claim of elder-brother authority and challenged him to come in his true body.
• Tongtian’s Immortal-Trapping Sword pierced Yuanshi’s projection, which burst into golden light and vanished.

Tongtian destroyed Yuanshi’s divine projection after Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos defeated the Chan Sect disciples, then promised to protect the Interception Sect. Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos set off to thank Lin Tian and return his books, while Taiyi Zhenren and Yu Ding Zhenren fled toward Kunlun Mountain.

• Tongtian pierced Yuanshi’s divine projection with the Immortal-Trapping Sword and praised Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos for defending the Interception Sect.
• Bixiao credited Lin Tian’s opportunity with helping them reach the Great Luo realm and defeat the Chan Sect disciples.
• Qiongxiao suggested visiting Lin Tian to thank him and return his books, and Zhao Gongming agreed to go with the Three Xiaos.
• Zhao Gongming sealed Guangchengzi in his Sumeru pouch and said they would ask Tongtian what to do with him.
• Taiyi Zhenren and Yu Ding Zhenren fled toward Kunlun Mountain, fearing punishment from Yuanshi for failing to help and for the defeat of their fellow disciples.