Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuezhou watched the Qingzhou Cauldron release Great Qin’s Karmic Fortune and was pulled into his Fortune Technique state as his Fortune Form reshaped. A voice claiming to be the crown prince threatened him, and the chapter ended with Zhang Xuezhou realizing his new form appeared to be a Golden Dragon Fish.

• Zhang Xuezhou saw the Qingzhou Cauldron raise a black Qin flag and pour out Great Qin’s Karmic Fortune, prompting him to suspect that someone had severed the dynasty’s fortune.
• The escaping Karmic Fortune drew Zhang Xuezhou into his Fortune Technique state, where he could not return to reality and feared the cauldron’s other emanations.
• A voice claiming to be the crown prince accused Zhang Xuezhou of stealing Great Qin’s imperial fortune and threatened to kill him in a direct clash.
• Zhang Xuezhou waited for the emanations to subside while worrying about his body and the crown prince’s threat.
• As his Fortune Form took shape, Zhang Xuezhou first thought it resembled a golden dragon, then recognized the fish leaping over the dragon gate and feared he had regressed to a Golden Dragon Fish.

Zhang Xuezhou tested his remolded Fortune Form and discovered that collisions could turn his weak Golden Dragon Fish into Luo Zhong’s black dragon. After returning to the underground palace, he found himself inexplicably gigantic and encountered Great Qin’s Crown Prince, Ying Fusu, who attacked His Lordship, Zhu Jiuyin.

• Zhang Xuezhou found that his remolded Fortune Form had become a Golden Dragon Fish and struggled to control its movements.
• Zhang Xuezhou collided with remnants in the Fortune Technique space and transformed into Luo Zhong’s black dragon Fortune Form, which he recognized as a way to contend with Huang Daoxian.
• Zhang Xuezhou withdrew from the Fortune Technique and discovered that his body had grown gigantic in the dark underground palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou illuminated the ruined palace with the Golden Crow Feather and saw His Lordship trapped beside the Qingzhou Cauldron and a young man in black ceremonial robes.
• His Lordship identified the young man as Great Qin’s Crown Prince, Ying Fusu, who shot him in the forehead with an arrow formed from Law Power.

Zhang Xuezhou survived Ying Fusu’s sword attack, seized the Tai'e Sword, and tried to negotiate, but Ying Fusu insisted that intruders must die or become figurines. The chapter ended with Ying Fusu aiming a physical arrow at Zhang Xuezhou and sensing that he was a formidable opponent.

• Ying Fusu attacked Zhang Xuezhou with Ten Thousand Swords Break One Method, but Zhang Xuezhou used Cease Hostilities to withstand the sword lights and took the Tai'e Sword.
• His Reverence urged Zhang Xuezhou to kill Ying Fusu and warned that Zhang Xuezhou was exhausted and trapped in a human figurine’s body.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Ying Fusu to make peace, but Ying Fusu declared that intruders had to die or become figurines.
• His Reverence insisted that they had no choice but to fight, while Zhang Xuezhou protested that he could not fight.
• Ying Fusu shot His Reverence again, then aimed a physical arrow at Zhang Xuezhou and sensed that his target was a top-tier fiend king.

Ying Fusu used arrow-grass arrows to bring down the Venerable One and believed Zhang Xuezhou was dead, but Zhang Xuezhou feigned death and seized him. Ying Fusu called on the Karmic Fortune of Great Qin to free himself, then suddenly found himself surrounded by darkness and schools of fish.

• Ying Fusu shot the Venerable One with arrow-grass arrows and left him to bleed while he inspected the fallen Zhang Xuezhou.
• Ying Fusu discovered Zhang Xuezhou had feigned death when Zhang grabbed his arm and held on to the Tai'e Sword.
• Ying Fusu attacked Zhang Xuezhou with karmic fire and a suppressing seal, but Zhang continued crushing his terracotta arm.
• Ying Fusu invoked the First Emperor through his crown and sent the illusory palaces of Xianyang crashing down on Zhang Xuezhou.
• Darkness appeared before Ying Fusu, and schools of fish began swimming around him.

Zhang Xuezhou used his dragon-fish Fortune Form to conceal himself while Ying Fusu attacked the seemingly endless schools of fish with the Tai'e Sword. As Ying Fusu weakened, Zhang Xuezhou transformed a leaping dragon fish and countered his strike with a gigantic nine-petaled flower.

• Ying Fusu appeared in a half-human, half-dragon Fortune Form with the Tai'e Sword and armor, then attacked the dragon fish surrounding him.
• Zhang Xuezhou realized his dragon fish were illusory decoys that concealed his true body and could exhaust an opponent.
• Ying Fusu repeatedly unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Break One Method, destroying large numbers of dragon fish as he tried to eliminate Zhang Xuezhou.
• Zhang Xuezhou spoke from among the surviving fish, and Ying Fusu recognized that his attacks had not meaningfully harmed his opponent.
• Zhang Xuezhou made a dragon fish leap and transform; Ying Fusu's sword missed, and a gigantic nine-petaled flower appeared to take the blow.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Nine-Petaled Flower Fortune Form to withstand Ying Fusu’s attacks, then tried to talk him out of continuing their Fortune War. Ying Fusu concluded he could not defeat Zhang Xuezhou himself and called upon Emperor Qin Ying Zheng for help.

• Zhang Xuezhou transformed into the Nine-Petaled Flower and endured Ying Fusu’s sword strikes from inside its bud.
• Zhang Xuezhou claimed to be the human cultivator Li Shaojun, and Ying Fusu recognized the name from Great Qin’s records.
• Ying Fusu dismissed Zhang Xuezhou’s claim that he was an innocent passerby and said their Fortune War had to end in victory or death.
• Ying Fusu admitted he could no longer harm Zhang Xuezhou, but insisted he could not yield in a Fortune War.
• Ying Fusu invoked his imperial father, Emperor Qin Ying Zheng, and asked him to descend and help defeat Zhang Xuezhou.

Zhang Xuezhou struggled to control the nine-petaled flower while Ying Fusu prepared to summon Ying Zheng, and His Excellency was too injured to fight. His Excellency devised a desperate plan to set Ying Fusu ablaze with his own greasy blood, and the resulting fire engulfed the underground palace.

• Zhang Xuezhou tried to master the nine-petaled flower as Ying Fusu attacked and prepared to call for help.
• Zhang Xuezhou reached His Excellency through the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture and learned that he could barely move after being overwhelmed by the Qingzhou Cauldron's power.
• His Excellency explained that Ying Fusu's figurine body resisted fire and that he could not deliver the extreme-sharpness attack that might defeat him.
• His Excellency realized he could use his greasy blood to foul Ying Fusu, then ignited it with the candle in his mouth while Zhang Xuezhou held Ying Fusu in place.
• Flames raced through the underground palace, which began to shake and fade in the thick fog.

Zhang Xuezhou endured Ying Fusu’s repeated Tai'e Sword attacks while trapped inside Huang Daoxian’s nine-petaled flower, relying on the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture to understand the assault. Ying Fusu’s Fortune Form broke apart, leaving him calling for his Father Emperor as Zhang Xuezhou feigned agony.

• Zhang Xuezhou used the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture to discern how Ying Fusu’s intimidating ability disrupted an opponent’s control of their body.
• Ying Fusu unleashed ten more Tai'e Sword strikes, cracking the flower bud and exhausting his Fortune Form.
• An imperial figure appeared in Zhang Xuezhou’s vision, and its words and sword strike frightened him as the strange phenomena faded.
• Ying Fusu’s sword carved a deep gash in the bud, but cracks spread across his own Fortune Form and black water bubbled from his body.
• Zhang Xuezhou pretended to be badly hurt and taunted Ying Fusu, who shattered into pieces while calling for his Father Emperor.

Zhang Xuezhou survived His Eminence’s flames after Ying Fusu’s Fortune Form died, then discovered that his Demon Power had fused with his Law Power and risen to the Divine Ability Realm level. He regained some control of his body and realized His Eminence’s reclaimed Demon Power had strengthened him, though the change carried risks.

• Zhang Xuezhou watched Ying Fusu’s Fortune Form weaken and die after His Eminence smashed Ying Fusu’s figurine body.
• His Eminence’s flames engulfed the underground palace, burning Ying Fusu’s figurine body and leaving Zhang Xuezhou charred but alive.
• Zhang Xuezhou used the Supreme Purity True Technique repeatedly, healing himself and regaining sensation and movement as the Qingzhou Cauldron replenished his Law Power.
• Zhang Xuezhou discovered that his Demon Power and Law Power had fused and that his Demon Power had reached the Divine Ability Realm level.
• Zhang Xuezhou realized that His Eminence’s reclaimed Demon Power had strengthened him, and he credited his survival to the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture and good fortune.

Zhang Xuezhou recovered from his wounds and used the Supreme Purity True Technique to save His Eminence after the battle with Ying Fusu. As they found no sign of Ying Zheng’s tomb, His Eminence warned Zhang Xuezhou about challenging emperors and revealed that his master was Hongjun.

• Zhang Xuezhou healed himself with the Supreme Purity True Technique and found that Ying Fusu was burned and smoking.
• Zhang Xuezhou treated His Eminence’s head wound, stopping the bleeding and helping him survive.
• His Eminence realized the underground palace held no tomb or coffin, despite the danger posed by the Qingzhou Cauldron.
• His Eminence warned Zhang Xuezhou that emperors’ Karmic Fortune made them dangerous to provoke.
• His Eminence explained that Hongjun had escaped Karmic Fortune’s backlash by leaving the Three Realms, and recalled how his master had used him as a lamp.

The Exalted One explained how Hongjun concealed Heaven’s workings by drawing on a dynasty’s Karmic Fortune and giving something back, then sought a way to recover while trapped. When Zhang Xuezhou’s healing power and control over Demon Power proved limited, the Exalted One proposed using his own body as a cultivation furnace to refine Zhang Xuezhou and suppress Demon Thoughts.

• Zhang Xuezhou asked how Hongjun drew out a dynasty’s Karmic Fortune without suffering its backlash, and the Exalted One said Hongjun returned something and hid in the Great Wilderness World in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The Exalted One tried to regain mobility by letting blood, but Zhang Xuezhou warned that he might not have enough strength to keep healing him.
• Zhang Xuezhou revealed that repeated uses of the Supreme Purity True Technique had strained him and that Demon Power was beginning to overpower his Law Power.
• The Exalted One worried that Zhang Xuezhou might become fully demonized before he could heal him and searched for a solution under pressure from possible intruders.
• The Exalted One proposed using his enormous body, true fire, and the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture to help Zhang Xuezhou cultivate Coiling Dragon Around the Pillar, True Fire Refining the Golden Body and resist Demon Thoughts.

Zhang Xuezhou struggled to cultivate A Dragon Coiled Around a Pillar, True Fire Refines the Golden Body while the Exalted One slowly refined him with flames. After discovering Zhang Xuezhou could withstand much stronger fire, the Exalted One intensified the flames and his progress surged, but a strange eye-like bead appeared and seemed to interrupt the cultivation.

• Zhang Xuezhou complained that he could not keep hanging from the Exalted One’s body, and the Exalted One explained that stronger flames would damage him.
• Zhang Xuezhou revealed his resistance to fire and urged the Exalted One to increase the flames.
• The Exalted One steadily raised the flames until Zhang Xuezhou began hopping and crying out from the heat, then used a breath of fire to stabilize him.
• As Zhang Xuezhou’s eyes began alternating between black and white, he produced a round bead that opened like an eye, and his eyes returned to normal.

Zhang Xuezhou endured the painful cultivation of “Dragon Coils Around the Pillar, True Fire Tempers the Golden Body,” using the Eye of the Ba Snake to contain his Demon Power and advance rapidly. His Eminence began the technique’s final tempering step by pouring his blood over Zhang Xuezhou, who was told to fuse and temper his body and then cast a Technique to stop the bleeding.

• Zhang Xuezhou felt the cultivation burning away his body, souls, and lifespan, and feared he might not survive until the technique was complete.
• The Eye of the Ba Snake returned to Zhang Xuezhou’s hand and developed a hazy purple glow as it absorbed and buffered his Demon Power.
• His Eminence said the demon eye would help Zhang Xuezhou cultivate the Primal Core Technique later and urged him to keep advancing the tempering technique.
• With the eye’s help, Zhang Xuezhou progressed through the early and middle stages and entered the later stage as His Eminence worked to perfect the cultivation.
• His Eminence controlled the blood covering the ground and began the final step, drawing thick blood from his body and telling Zhang Xuezhou to temper himself and stop the bleeding with a Technique.

His Lordship and Zhang Xuezhou survived the Qingzhou Cauldron’s outpouring and worked together to restore their cultivation, while Ying Fusu was defeated. His Lordship questioned Zhang Xuezhou about a Ba Snake’s eye, then led him out of the underground palace, where a severed hand appeared after they left.

• His Lordship used Zhang Xuezhou’s Supreme Purity True Technique and his own blood to recover from his injuries and restore his cultivation.
• His Lordship recognized Zhang Xuezhou’s ability to repeat cultivation methods precisely and resented Ying Fusu for the injury to his forehead.
• His Lordship asked Zhang Xuezhou where his eye came from, and Zhang Xuezhou explained that he and his companions had taken it from a man-eating Ba Snake near Shu Commandery City.
• His Lordship lit a candle with the scattered wax mud and led Zhang Xuezhou toward the underground palace’s entrance.
• After His Lordship and Zhang Xuezhou left, a severed hand holding a faint red longsword emerged in ghostly green light.

After escaping the underground palace, Zhang Xuezhou left to recover in Chang'an while Lu Baibai was ordered to search for the Ba Snake. As he flew away, Zhang Xuezhou tested the new powers he had gained, including his Demon Core and the Eye of the Ba Snake.

• The Venerable One left the cave in a sorry state, while Zhang Xuezhou stayed behind to watch over his avatar and refused to tell Lu Baibai what had happened underground.
• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded the Venerable One's avatar to let him return to Chang'an City, and Lu Baibai left for Shu Commandery City to investigate the Ba Snake.
• Lu Baibai noticed that Zhang Xuezhou's feathers had turned reddish and watched him vanish into the distance before seeing Immortal Court cultivators arrive at Jade Emperor Peak.
• The Venerable One stayed near the cave to await the Immortal Court, while Lu Baibai decided to seek Kong Ning's help in finding the Ba Snake.
• After flying a thousand li, Zhang Xuezhou relaxed and tested his new feathered wings, discovering they could let him pass through obstacles as he flew.
• Zhang Xuezhou assessed his increased flying range from his Demon Core, spat out the Demon Primal Pill, and found an eye in his palm.

Zhang Xuezhou discovered that his Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation had become a powerful demon form after his cultivation was transformed, gaining greater resilience and flight. Near Chang'an, he encountered Ao Li, who mistook him for a dragon and asked about his parents because he wanted to breed winged children like him.

• Zhang Xuezhou manifested his Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation as a winged Ba Snake-like demon, with the Eye of the Ba Snake as its core.
• Zhang Xuezhou tested his new form and realized it gave him greater speed, access to Demon Power, resilience, and strengthened mental power.
• As he neared Chang'an, Zhang Xuezhou encountered Ao Li rising from the Jing River and pretended they had mistaken each other for someone else.
• Ao Li asked Zhang Xuezhou about his parents, explaining that he wanted offspring with wings and strong flying ability like his.

Zhang Xuezhou tried to borrow Ao Li’s Dragon Pearl by offering advice about having children, but Ao Li interpreted his request as a challenge and attacked. After Zhang Xuezhou tried to flee with a passenger on his back, he turned around to face Ao Li, uncertain whether his Yang Corporeal Soul Incarnation would have to die again.

• Ao Li admired Zhang Xuezhou’s winged dragon form and asked about his unusual characteristics and breeding.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered to advise Ao Li about having children if Ao Li lent him the Dragon Pearl.
• Ao Li treated the request as a challenge to his right to hold the Dragon Pearl and attacked Zhang Xuezhou with his Silver Dragon Spear.
• Zhang Xuezhou dodged Ao Li and explained that he only wanted to borrow the pearl, but Ao Li insisted they settle the matter through combat.
• Ao Li noticed the person Zhang Xuezhou was carrying and demanded that he put them down and fight.
• Zhang Xuezhou tried to escape, then turned back toward the pursuing Ao Li as a reddish light passed over his wings.

Zhang Xuezhou defeated Ao Li and took the Dragon Pearl, despite only intending to borrow it to replenish his Demon Primal Pill. Ao Li accepted the loss and left, while Zhang Xuezhou wondered about his recent good fortune before deciding to set aside thoughts of its backlash for now.

• Zhang Xuezhou rammed Ao Li at high speed, then claimed the blow had been his Lightning Five Consecutive Whips.
• Ao Li challenged Zhang Xuezhou to fight for the Dragon Pearl and raised it while preparing to thrust with his silver dragon spear.
• Zhang Xuezhou used his ability to pass between the tangible and intangible to get behind Ao Li and snatch the Dragon Pearl.
• Ao Li admitted defeat, introduced himself, and promised to challenge Zhang Xuezhou again after restoring his skills.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Ao Li he only wanted to borrow the Dragon Pearl, but Ao Li plunged into the Jing River in anger and refused.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered the possible backlash from his Karmic Fortune, then put the concern aside until he could escape the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon’s influence.

Zhang Xuezhou returned to Chang'an and reunited with Li Shaojun, then unexpectedly encountered Divine Lord Zhenyuan outside the Rong Household. He led Zhenyuan inside to discuss the Law Treasure Cloth, while wondering whether winning a Fortune War had begun arranging events in his favor.

• Zhang Xuezhou entered Chang'an and found Li Shaojun waiting at a fortune-telling stall, and they argued over their failed attempt to enter the underground palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou warned Li Shaojun not to use Zhuang Qingdi's ingredients for the Eight-Step Immortal Ascension Pill before resolving the matter tied to them.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun encountered Divine Lord Zhenyuan outside the Rong Household, and Zhenyuan asked who had erased his Technique Method mark.
• Zhang Xuezhou took Divine Lord Zhenyuan inside to show him the Law Treasure Cloth and wondered whether winning a Fortune War had affected his path.

Rong Tianding showed Zhang Xuezhou and Divine Lord Zhenyuan several rolls of Law Treasure fabric, and Zhenyuan chose one in exchange for protecting someone and helping another person make a name for himself. He then examined an unusual inherited cloth and found that its owner’s mark belonged to someone stronger than him, leaving Zhang Xuezhou and Li Shaojun puzzled about the Zhuang Household’s circumstances.

• Rong Tianding unveiled the Law Treasure fabrics, and Divine Lord Zhenyuan assessed their different uses for his Heaven and Earth Sleeve.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan chose a silver-sand roll and agreed to protect one person from the shadows while letting another borrow his methods to gain fame.
• Rong Tianding opened the final, worn-looking roll, and Divine Lord Zhenyuan praised its profound weaving and described how its power might crush everything.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan tried to claim the unusual fabric but found its owner’s mark beyond his strength to erase.
• Zhang Xuezhou questioned how such a powerful owner could have left the Zhuang Household needing help, while Li Shaojun studied the cloth with growing unease.