Chapter Summaries

The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders found the badly injured Qin Jiuxiao underground and moved to destroy the Mystic One Sect, whose cultivation pavilion Zhou Chang found empty. After returning to Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi reunited with his disciples, while Qin Li surprised Mu Fan with a question about whether he had gone looking for a woman.

• An elder reported that Qin Jiuxiao was underground and seriously injured, so Fang Ling pursued him while other Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders split off to search for Jiuxiao.
• Zhou Chang declared that the Mystic One Sect would cease to exist, ordered its grounds searched, and found the Cultivation and Martial Arts Pavilion completely empty.
• Qin Jiuxiao woke aboard a flying boat, realized someone had robbed him again, and blamed Li Qingfeng for stealing his possessions, including the Flower Spirit Qin and Divine Sound Lotus Pool.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak with Mu Fan and Gu Chen, asked Jin Fugui whether he had finished eating the fruits, and joked about Gu Chen eating a pot.
• Qin Li came out of the back courtyard, greeted the returning disciples, and asked Mu Fan whether he had gone looking for a woman.

Mu Fan bantered with Qin Li and admitted his cultivation path had reached a difficult point, while Lu Changzhi used his enhanced Erudite talent to learn about the Unsealing Key. At Cloud Heaven Holy Land, the Holy Lord learned Qin Jiuxiao had been found gravely injured and was summoned to see Luo Zhen.

• Qin Li teased Mu Fan about his romantic exploits and challenged him to spar, but Mu Fan refused and she returned to the Heavenly Azure Ruins.
• Qin Li told Mu Fan that Xiao Ming was in deep sleep after beginning a breakthrough and warned that it would soon become faster and chase him down.
• Mu Fan told Lu Changzhi that his unprecedented cultivation path was difficult to advance through comprehension alone, and Lu Changzhi shared Dao Comprehension Tea with the others.
• Lu Changzhi enhanced his Erudite talent twice and gained knowledge about the Unsealing Key.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Lord learned that Qin Jiuxiao had been found gravely injured and that one of his attackers had been captured alive.
• Another messenger summoned the Cloud Heaven Holy Lord to see Luo Zhen, whom Elder Zhou Chang had asked them to watch over.

The Holy Lord observed Luo Zhen’s cultivation breakthrough changing his aptitude and physique, then ordered an investigation into his background. On Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi learned the Unsealing Keys’ history and discovered that all eight had appeared, triggering a violent tremor in heaven and earth.

• The Holy Lord watched Luo Zhen’s aptitude and physique change as he cultivated, and ordered someone to investigate his background.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the Unsealing Keys could open the sealed Saint Battlefield, where saints had once fought over longevity.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the world’s Origin Spiritual Power had dwindled, and people believed opening the Saint Battlefield could let Origin Spirit Veins regenerate.
• Lu Changzhi took out the Unsealing Key · Kun, which trembled and sent an aura into the ground.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that all the Unsealing Keys had appeared, and heaven and earth shuddered violently.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Saint Battlefield would not appear until some time after the Unsealing Key emerged, while a massive tremor alerted powerful cultivators across the world. The Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty discovered that its guarded Unsealing Key had vanished, and Elder Xuan prepared to read the stars in the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.

• The system told Lu Changzhi that the Saint Battlefield would take time to appear and promised to warn him a month beforehand.
• A world-shaking tremor stirred powerful cultivators across the regions, prompting them to investigate and prepare for major changes.
• The Western Region's abbot sent Buddhist Order members across the regions to spread their teachings and save people.
• Dongfang Jun and the Dongfang Clan discussed the tremor, while the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty found that its last Unsealing Key had disappeared from its secret realm.
• Elder Xuan told the Cloud Heaven Holy Land's holy lord that the tremor had interrupted his breakthrough, then agreed to observe the stars and examine a genius brought back by Elder Zhou Chang.

Lu Changzhi sought out young cultivators for screening and gathered information about Cloud Heaven Holy Land's assessment sites. Meanwhile, news of the Mystic One Sect's fall reached the Five Symbols Sect, where Gu Qingyang returned with materials for Cang Wenyu to study.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Cloud Heaven Holy Land's preliminary assessment had ended and that candidates were waiting for the results in a nearby city.
• Lu Changzhi bribed an assessment elder for a jade talisman mapping the Holy Land's territory and assessment sites, then declined the elder's offer to sabotage candidates.
• Lu Changzhi traveled on to screen young cultivators at the other assessment sites.
• News of the Mystic One Sect's fall reached the Five Symbols Sect, prompting its peak masters and elders to discuss the unexpected outcome.
• Gu Qingyang told Cang Wenyu that the ancestors had not intervened and gave him a storage ring of materials from the Mystic One Sect's battle to study.

Gu Qingyang warned Cang Wenyu to prepare the sect for a coming upheaval and confirmed that all known Unsealing Keys had changed, though the last key's location remained unknown. News spread that the Mystic One Sect had been wiped out, leaving other powers to reconsider their plans and Lu Changzhi wondering who was responsible.

• Gu Qingyang gave Cang Wenyu image-recording stones and urged the sect to prepare for changes across the four regions and the return of opportunities and dangers.
• Cang Wenyu asked whether the ancient battlefield was about to open, and Gu Qingyang said all the sect's Unsealing Keys had changed but the last key's finder was unknown.
• Word spread across the Eastern Region that the Mystic One Sect had been destroyed, prompting people to anticipate major changes among the powers.
• The Flower Spirit Sect's elders suspected the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had destroyed the Mystic One Sect, and the sect master considered giving up the Flower Spirit Qin and Divine Sound Lotus Pool to avoid trouble with Qin Jiuxiao.
• The Azure Cloud Sect's master saw a chance to seize the Mystic One Sect's territory and said his sect should court the Cloud Heaven Holy Land rather than offend it.
• On Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi heard that the Mystic One Sect had been wiped out and wondered whether the Dongfang Clan or the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was responsible.

Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu Qin Jiuxiao’s storage rings, and Cang Wenyu was astonished by the treasures inside. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi discovered Xiao Ye’s Cultivation Simplification System, but his attempt to locate Xiao Ye triggered a warning that the target had detected his system’s probe.

• Lu Changzhi handed Cang Wenyu a storage ring containing Qin Jiuxiao’s belongings, accidentally giving him the ring with strange items before providing the one holding the treasures.
• Cang Wenyu found valuable items, including a Marrow Cleansing Fruit, and accepted Lu Changzhi’s offer to give the contents to the sect.
• Lu Changzhi returned to his room after his clone’s system detected a target with a system in Purple Forest City.
• Lu Changzhi inspected Xiao Ye’s status and learned that his Cultivation Simplification System reduced the number of breakthroughs needed to advance through each major realm.
• Lu Changzhi asked where Xiao Ye was, but his system warned that Xiao Ye’s system had detected its probe.

Lu Changzhi met Xiao Ye in Purple Forest City and offered to take him as his disciple, while the systems persuaded Xiao Ye to accept. Xiao Ye asked for time because he had entered the Cloud Heaven Holy Land assessment, and Lu Changzhi then approached the elder overseeing it, who demanded more payment to eliminate Xiao Ye.

• Lu Changzhi’s system infiltrated and conquered Xiao Ye’s system, then led Lu Changzhi to Xiao Ye in Purple Forest City.
• Xiao Ye’s system assured him that Lu Changzhi meant no harm and urged him to accept Lu Changzhi as his master, threatening to run away if he refused.
• Lu Changzhi offered to take Xiao Ye as his disciple, but Xiao Ye asked for time because withdrawing from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land assessment could implicate his Lineage.
• Lu Changzhi agreed to return after the assessment results were announced, then disguised himself and visited the elder in charge of the assessment.
• The elder said Xiao Ye had attracted other people seeking his elimination and signaled that Lu Changzhi would need to pay more.

Lu Changzhi accepted Xiao Ye as his disciple after Xiao Ye failed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land assessment, then took him toward the Xiao Clan. Along the way, Lu Changzhi learned about future system upgrades before receiving a warning that Ma Biao and his men were pursuing them.

• Lu Changzhi refused an elder’s offer to arrange an accident for Xiao Ye after the assessment.
• When the assessment results were posted, Xiao Ye confirmed that he had not passed and decided to stay with Lu Changzhi to grow stronger.
• Lu Changzhi appeared beside Xiao Ye, and Xiao Ye knelt to take him as his master, completing Lu Changzhi’s fourth disciple recruitment mission.
• Xiao Ye asked to visit his family, so Lu Changzhi took him aboard a Spirit Rank flying boat and set course for the Xiao Clan.
• Lu Changzhi learned that higher shop levels could unlock disciple trials, exclusive systems, and system bond effects, but he doubted the system’s promises.
• The system warned Lu Changzhi that Ma Biao and his men were following them and offered rewards for escaping, killing them, or wiping out the Ma Clan as well.

Lu Changzhi taught Xiao Ye to prepare thoroughly and strike ruthlessly, then investigated the Xiao Clan’s worsening conflict with the Ma Clan. At a Ma Clan banquet, Cheng Qian boasted that he knew the Sword Immortal very well, leaving his connection to Lu Changzhi poised to complicate the conflict.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Xiao Ye wanted to resolve the Xiao Clan’s predicament himself, so he agreed to let his disciple handle it.
• Lu Changzhi concealed the flying boats with formations and killed Ma Biao and his men with talismans, teaching Xiao Ye to prepare carefully and attack decisively.
• Lu Changzhi observed that the Ma Clan had the support of a Cloud Heaven Holy Land elder, while the Xiao Clan’s allies were abandoning it.
• At a banquet, Ma Yunteng praised Cheng Qian for accepting Ma Li as his disciple, and Cheng Qian claimed he knew the Sword Immortal well and could seek his help.

Lu Changzhi confronted Cheng Qian after hearing him falsely boast about knowing the Sword Immortal, then ordered him to protect the Xiao Clan and secretly keep pressure on it as a test for Xiao Ye. Meanwhile, the Holy Lord and Elder Xuan misread the changed stars, and Lu Changzhi opened the Disciple Acceptance Gift Pack after returning to Hidden Origin Peak.

• Cheng Qian boasted to the Ma Clan that he could deal with the Xiao Clan, then tried to take advantage of Ma Li while claiming he could arrange a meeting with the Sword Immortal.
• Lu Changzhi's Cloud Heaven Holy Land Guest Elder Token flew into Cheng Qian's room, and Lu Changzhi summoned him to a flying boat.
• Cheng Qian recognized Lu Changzhi as the genuine Sword Immortal, begged for his life, and was ordered to ensure nothing happened to the Xiao Clan while keeping Lu Changzhi's plans secret.
• Lu Changzhi said the Ma Clan should remain a source of pressure for Xiao Ye, spared Cheng Qian, and departed with Xiao Ye for the Five Symbols Sect.
• Elder Xuan told the Holy Lord and Zhou Chang that the disaster star had vanished and Luo Zhen's star had grown brighter; they concluded the changes were favorable.
• Back on Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi opened the system and used the Disciple Acceptance Gift Pack.

Lu Changzhi received a vast Origin Spirit Vein and several gifts from the system, including a Dao Simplification Brush and the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art. After the brush simplified the saint art’s cultivation process, Lu Changzhi discovered he could use it immediately despite not having reached the Saint Realm.

• Lu Changzhi learned that his Origin Spirit Vein reward was a mountain range tens of thousands of miles long, made entirely of Origin Spirit Stones.
• Lu Changzhi examined the Dao Simplification Brush, which grew stronger as Xiao Ye simplified things and could simplify enemies when used against them.
• Lu Changzhi questioned how he could use the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art before reaching the Saint Realm, so he used the brush’s powerful simplification on it.
• Lu Changzhi received and activated the Impermanent Karma talent, which made him difficult to locate through karma and gave unusual effects tied to causes and outcomes.
• Lu Changzhi read the simplified Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art and realized its cultivation process had been reduced enough for him to use it right away.

Lu Changzhi learned the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art, claimed rewards from Xiao Ye’s gift pack, and heard that his system had loaded an abnormal version. After Cang Wenyu visited Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi returned home and asked the system what it meant by going abnormal.

• Lu Changzhi used the Dao Simplification Brush to draw a circle and learned that the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art could imprison a target, but its power drew many divine senses, so he concealed the traces.
• Lu Changzhi used Xiao Ye’s Disciple Specialization Growth Gift Pack and received a Simplified Dao Book, the Thunder-Controlling Saint’s inheritance, and a Spirit-Storing Belt.
• The system announced that it had loaded the Trait-Abnormal Version of the Cultivation Simplification System and was beginning to go abnormal, but Cang Wenyu’s arrival interrupted it.
• Cang Wenyu checked on Lu Changzhi after sensing his cultivation’s commotion, asked about flat green vegetables and Xu Kun’s previous items, and left looking forward to Lu Changzhi finding something better.
• The black dragon in the Heavenly Azure Ruins woke and suspected that Lu Changzhi was plotting against it again.
• Lu Changzhi returned to his house and asked the system what it meant by going abnormal.

Lu Changzhi discovered that Xiao Ye’s cultivation simplification system could let others use simplified techniques, then optimized his own realm and aptitude. Xiao Ye learned that his organization was the Five Symbols Sect and completed his mission with an unprecedented rating of eleven.

• Lu Changzhi learned that he could pay experience points to make techniques simplified by Xiao Ye usable by others.
• Lu Changzhi optimized his realm, reaching Peak Void Transformation Realm, and his aptitude rose to Saint Rank Peak Grade.
• The system explained that the Five Elements Sacred Physique could be enhanced by subduing the five elemental origin powers as the great age approached.
• Xiao Ye asked Lu Changzhi which organization he had joined, and Lu Changzhi told him it was the Five Symbols Sect.
• Xiao Ye completed the mission to join an organization and received a rating of eleven for becoming a big shot’s disciple.

Xiao Ye received a Thunder Holy Physique for joining a faction, while Lu Changzhi won a Void Holy Physique in a system lottery and considered who might use it. As factions scrambled to claim the Mystic One Sect’s former territory, Lu Changzhi began placing an Origin Spirit Vein in the Heavenly Azure Ruins.

• Tongtong explained that Xiao Ye’s task reward was a Thunder Holy Physique, and Xiao Ye vowed to work hard for his master.
• Lu Changzhi received a restricted lottery draw as Xiao Ye’s master and won a Saint Rank High Grade Void Holy Physique.
• Lu Changzhi considered Mu Fan a fitting future user of the Void Holy Physique, then decided to wait before choosing a physique for Jin Fugui.
• The Azure Cloud Sect, Flower Spirit Sect, and Vast Heaven Sect sent people to compete for the Mystic One Sect’s former territory, while the Aid the Azure Gate remained quiet.
• Lu Changzhi entered the Heavenly Azure Ruins, chose a location for the Origin Spirit Vein, and ordered the system to place it, shaking the ground.

Lu Changzhi transformed the ruins into a powerful cultivation environment, then blocked the black dragon from benefiting from it and left it furious. Back at the sect, Gu Chen arrived for lunch after investigating an old treasure map, and Lu Changzhi asked him to bring Ling'er’s saber to the back courtyard.

• Mu Fan rushed to the ruins after sensing a surge of spiritual power and learned that Lu Changzhi had strengthened the area to support his trees.
• Lu Changzhi put Mu Fan inside the box containing the Void Holy Physique and placed it on the Origin Spirit Vein.
• The black dragon considered that staying near Lu Changzhi might bring benefits, but rejected the idea and renewed its vow to escape and take revenge.
• Lu Changzhi spent extra experience points to block the Origin Spiritual Power around the black dragon, enraging it as it struggled against the Dragon-Imprisoning Stake.
• At lunch, Gu Chen explained that he had been checking records about an old treasure map, and Lu Changzhi told him to bring Ling'er's saber to the back courtyard.

Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen returned from the Dragon-Imprisoning Stake with ingredients for Cang Wenyu, while the Iron-Armored Brown Ape endured the powerful creature’s roars. Cang Wenyu discussed the Five Symbols Sect’s plans after the Mystic One Sect’s destruction, then asked Lu Changzhi for the treasure he had used in the Heavenly Azure Ruins.

• Lu Changzhi showed Gu Chen the mountain of Origin Spirit Veins, then took him by flying boat to gather meat for Cang Wenyu.
• The Iron-Armored Brown Ape resisted his fear as the powerful creature roared and howled in pain.
• Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi a jade talisman containing news from a meeting about the Eastern Region after the Mystic One Sect’s destruction.
• Lu Changzhi joked about annexing the fallen sect’s territory, and Cang Wenyu said the Five Symbols Sect would wait for other factions to struggle before choosing whom to support.
• Lu Changzhi presented Cang Wenyu with a black dragon egg as an ingredient, and Cang Wenyu wondered how he had obtained it so quickly.
• Cang Wenyu asked Lu Changzhi for the treasure he had lent the sect for the Heavenly Azure Ruins, and Lu Changzhi asked whether the sect planned to explore another secret realm.

Lu Changzhi planned to use the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to secretly give the sect patriarchs more spirit spring water and investigate their cultivation. Meanwhile, Luo Zhen joined Cloud Heaven Holy Land after learning the Mystic One Sect had fallen, and the Holy Lord ordered Fang Ling to guide him.

• Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi the Heaven and Earth Pagoda and arranged for the patriarchs to add defensive measures to it.
• Lu Changzhi asked Luo Ling'er to cook the black dragon egg with Marrow Cleansing Fruits for Cang Wenyu and Peak Master Xu, then decided to secretly give the patriarchs more spirit spring water.
• Luo Zhen awoke after a major breakthrough and learned from Zhou Chang that the Mystic One Sect had been destroyed and Xuan Yong had fallen.
• Luo Zhen agreed to join Cloud Heaven Holy Land after Zhou Chang offered to seek him the prospective Holy Son position and try to arrange sword instruction.
• The Holy Lord discussed Luo Zhen's ambition and loyalty with Zhou Chang, then tasked Fang Ling with guiding Luo Zhen and assessing his talent.

Lu Changzhi visited Xunyuan Peak to assess its disciples and borrow its collection of cultivation techniques and martial skills for Xiao Ye. He secretly used the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to feed the disciples Marrow Cleansing Fruits, then finished his work and prepared to eat.

• Zhou Mo welcomed Lu Changzhi and asked him to identify promising disciples on Xunyuan Peak.
• Lu Changzhi accepted a jade token granting Xiao Ye access to Xunyuan Peak's collection of cultivation techniques and martial skills.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Saint-Tier disciples were sent out to gain experience while ancestors secretly followed and intervened if danger exceeded their abilities.
• Lu Changzhi entered Xunyuan Peak's core disciples' training ground and used the system to inspect their aptitudes.
• Lu Changzhi trapped the disciples in the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array and secretly fed them pieces of Marrow Cleansing Fruits.

Gu Chen planned to explore a treasure map near the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, and Lu Changzhi agreed to let him travel alone for experience while secretly following him. Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi three nearly spent Mystic One Sect ancestors to use if danger arose, and the chapter ended as Xu Kun arrived for a meal.

• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi he had confirmed the treasure map’s location near the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range and planned to leave in two days.
• Lu Changzhi let Gu Chen travel without an elder’s protection and decided to follow him in secret.
• Cang Wenyu approved Gu Chen’s plan and gave Lu Changzhi the Heaven and Earth Pagoda containing three nearly spent Mystic One Sect ancestors, along with instructions for deploying them.
• Lu Changzhi resolved to revive the ancestors with spirit spring water, and Cang Wenyu invited him to share a meal.
• Xu Kun arrived and teased Cang Wenyu for claiming he was going into seclusion while showing up to eat.