Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi broke through to the Dao Comprehension Realm, then upgraded his shop and examined its new talent-imprinting feature. The system fell silent when he asked whether he could copy a talent from someone who had already received an imprint.

• Lu Changzhi sent Gu Chen to speak with the Dharma Form Peak ancestor and began advancing his realm with Origin Spirit Stones.
• Lu Changzhi's breakthrough progress bar suddenly filled, and he entered the Dao Comprehension Realm with greatly improved control over flames.
• Lu Changzhi upgraded the shop to level three, unlocking discounts, higher-grade items, Talent Imprint, System Enhancement, and Random Mission Draw.
• Lu Changzhi read the Talent Imprint description and asked the system to explain its restrictions.
• Lu Changzhi asked whether he could imprint the talent of someone who had already received an imprint, and the system stopped responding.

Lu Changzhi drew a mission to speak with Cang Wenyu and enhanced Gu Chen’s Sign-In System before returning to the Five Symbols Sect. Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Sect decided to involve the Cloud Heaven Holy Land in the formation, prompting Chen Miao to consult the sect master and patriarchs.

• Lu Changzhi spent 100 experience points to draw a mission to talk with Cang Wenyu within five days, then learned that enhancing Gu Chen’s Sign-In System would improve its missions and rewards.
• Lu Changzhi enhanced Gu Chen’s Sign-In System and gave him a Heaven-Burning Flame Domain talisman, while Gu Chen received a warning that his system was upgrading and its functions were unavailable.
• Lu Changzhi asked Zhang Zhou to help protect the disciples if needed, then boarded a flying boat and returned to the Five Symbols Sect.
• The Azure Cloud Sect’s sect master and elders decided to let the Cloud Heaven Holy Land get involved with the unbreakable formation.
• Chen Miao learned of the Azure Cloud Sect’s decision and went to consult the sect master and patriarchs.

Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect and found the sect master still in seclusion, while Xu Kun showed major gains after taking the medicinal items. Xu Kun ended the chapter with an impertinent request for Lu Changzhi.

• Lu Changzhi decided not to investigate the unusual area in Azure Cloud Sect territory because an elder had already gone there.
• Gu Qingyang told the Five Symbols Sect’s peak masters to avoid investigating unusual events and focus on strengthening the sect’s disciples.
• Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect and learned that the sect master was still in seclusion, so he postponed visiting.
• At the afternoon meal, Mu Fan and Qin Li discussed Xiao Ye’s intense study in the Scripture Pavilion and his rapid progress.
• Lu Changzhi checked Xu Kun’s attributes and found that his aptitude had risen to Low-Grade Spirit Rank and his realm to Creation Realm Eighth Level.
• After the meal, Xu Kun told Lu Changzhi that he had an impertinent request.

Xu Kun tried to comprehend the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array on Hidden Origin Peak, while Lu Changzhi considered moving his Dao Comprehension Tea Tree. At the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, the elders blamed the Dongfang Clan for recent attacks and scheming, then chose Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen to pursue a new opportunity.

• Xu Kun asked Lu Changzhi to reveal the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array and attempted to comprehend it, but made little progress overnight.
• Lu Changzhi brewed Dao Comprehension Tea for Xu Kun, then decided it was time to move the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree.
• Lu Changzhi sensed that Xiao Ye had gone to break through ten thousand scrolls again and headed toward the Marrow Cleansing Fruit Trees.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders concluded that the Dongfang Clan had attacked Qin Jiuxiao, stolen the Heavenly Azure Saint's inheritance and Sacred Artifact, and framed the Holy Land for destroying the Mystic One Sect.
• The holy lord proposed sending Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen to the opportunity reported by the Azure Cloud Sect, and the elders agreed.

Lu Changzhi learned that Hidden Origin Peak had been established because of his parents’ dying wish, but Cang Wenyu could not explain exactly what had happened to them. Lu Changzhi agreed to focus on reaching the Saint Realm before investigating, while Cang Wenyu hoped the matter would remain distant for decades.

• Xu Kun admitted that he could not comprehend Lu Changzhi’s illusion array and left after the meal.
• Lu Changzhi saw that Cang Wenyu had advanced to the Void Transformation Realm and waited for him to emerge from seclusion.
• Cang Wenyu invited Lu Changzhi to walk with him rather than receive him in the messy courtyard.
• Lu Changzhi asked why he had become the peak master of Hidden Origin Peak, and Cang Wenyu said it had been established at his parents’ dying wish after their contributions to the sect.
• Lu Changzhi questioned how his parents could have died so easily, and Cang Wenyu said he did not know exactly what had happened and urged him to grow stronger first.
• Lu Changzhi agreed to cultivate to the Saint Realm before investigating his parents’ fate, relieving Cang Wenyu.

Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui more Supreme-Grade Marrow Cleansing Fruit and instructed him to meet the sect’s peak masters and elders, while learning that Fugui’s Blessing Others fate could not be copied. In the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, Qin Jiuxiao agreed to explore a newly discovered opportunity in the Eastern Region, and Lu Changzhi received a system notification about it.

• Lu Changzhi completed his conversation with Cang Wenyu, collected a system reward, and left after Cang wondered why he had asked about his parents.
• Lu Changzhi checked Jin Fugui’s progress, gave him Supreme-Grade Marrow Cleansing Fruit, and tasked him with meeting the other peak masters and elders.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Blessing Others could not be copied and was not yet strong enough to affect the entire Five Symbols Sect.
• A representative of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land offered Qin Jiuxiao a chance to explore an opportunity in the Eastern Region, where Luo Zhen would also go.
• Qin Jiuxiao agreed to join the expedition after hearing that Luo Zhen might gain an opportunity and compete for a prospective Holy Son seat.
• Lu Changzhi received a system notification that new information was available about an opportunity for his treasure, Qin Jiuxiao.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would soon obtain a Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and decided to pursue it himself. Meanwhile, Fang Ling prepared Luo Zhen for the same opportunity, where he would compete alongside Qin Jiuxiao.

• Lu Changzhi checked Qin Jiuxiao's upcoming opportunity and learned that he would obtain a ripe Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit in four days at the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.
• Lu Changzhi learned the fruit could rejuvenate an older cultivator's condition and resolved to find a way to take it, reasoning that taking one opportunity was enough.
• Fang Ling told Luo Zhen that an excellent opportunity awaited in the Eastern Region and urged him to prepare to seize it.
• Luo Zhen asked whether Qin Jiuxiao would also go, then concealed his displeasure and resolved to compete for the opportunity while presenting himself as loyal to the Holy Land.

Qi Zhan waited inside his buried palace for someone to break his formation so he could seize a new body and claim the ripened Transcendent Fruit. Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Sect prepared to receive Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Lu Changzhi sent an incarnation to scout the fruit’s location.

• Qi Zhan recalled how he had arranged to preserve his soul, attract powerful factions with the ripened Transcendent Fruit, and choose a talented body, but worried that no one had broken his formation.
• Two representatives from Cloud Heaven Sacred Island arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect, gave Yuan Hou a chest of valuable cultivation resources, and announced that a larger party would arrive in a few days.
• Azure Cloud Sect elders discussed how to welcome the Holy Land party and whether to cultivate ties with Luo Zhen, while Yuan Hou advised waiting to assess the Holy Land’s attitude and Luo Zhen’s fortune.
• Lu Changzhi sent his incarnation from Hidden Origin Peak to scout the location, hoping to pick the fruit first.

Lu Changzhi checked on Xiao Ye’s rapid cultivation progress and learned that he planned to resolve his lineage’s crisis himself. Meanwhile, the Dongfang Clan discussed Qin Jiuxiao’s planned return to the Eastern Region and considered how to handle the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and a larger disturbance.

• Lu Changzhi found that Xiao Ye had reached the Dao Platform Realm Ninth Level and reminded him to ask the sect for help if needed.
• Xiao Ye told Lu Changzhi that he intended to grow stronger and resolve his lineage’s crisis personally, while concealing his urgent task and his unusual approach to cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi accepted Xiao Ye’s plan and felt reassured that his disciple seemed content at the Five Symbols Sect.
• Dongfang Jun and other clan members examined news that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land planned to take Qin Jiuxiao back to the Eastern Region and suspected it was a trap.
• The Dongfang Clan elder warned the clan to watch for retaliation from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, encouraged them to provoke its experts, and asked Dongfang Jun about another assigned matter.

The Dongfang Clan planned to use rumors about the Mystic One Sect to provoke the Northern Region holy lands and expand into the Eastern Region. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi searched the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range for Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity as Qin and Luo Zhen traveled east with the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and the chapter ended with Lu Changzhi receiving a fully charged Dao Simplification Brush.

• Dongfang Jun and a clan elder decided to spread rumors about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s actions against the Mystic One Sect, hoping to draw in the other Northern Region holy lands and exploit the resulting disorder to expand eastward.
• Lu Changzhi followed the system’s guidance to the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, detected Azure Cloud Sect elders guarding the site, and chose to wait rather than enter and share Qin Jiuxiao’s coming hardship.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land departed for the Eastern Region with Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen, while Qin privately planned to use Luo as a scout and Luo cultivated connections among the disciples.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s Holy Lord watched the departure and hoped the disciples would gain opportunities because Luo Zhen had arrived.
• After a day, Lu Changzhi learned that the Dao Simplification Brush was fully charged and began considering a powerful simplification.

Lu Changzhi tricked the system into simplifying the acquisition of Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity, then the system announced it would be away on a business trip for several days. Meanwhile, the Five Symbols Sect prepared to monitor the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s expedition to the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, while the Azure Cloud Sect readied its welcome and debated its disciples’ role in it.

• Lu Changzhi used powerful simplification to set the acquisition of Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity as the target, and the system began work on obtaining one Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit.
• The system told Lu Changzhi it would be away on a business trip for a few days, leaving him to take an afternoon nap.
• Chen Miao reported that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had sent a powerful group toward the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and Cang Wenyu ordered Xu Kun to send Image-Recording Hall elders in disguise to record their actions.
• Cang Wenyu decided the Five Symbols Sect would not compete for the opportunity, and Gu Qingyang approved his plan.
• The Azure Cloud Sect prepared for the Holy Land’s arrival, while female disciples discussed whether they would pursue connections with its disciples or focus on cultivation.
• A male Azure Cloud Sect disciple joked about taking a shortcut with a Holy Land visitor, and his senior brother responded by grabbing him and inviting him for a drink.

The Cloud Heaven Holy Land arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect and traveled with its elders to a powerful defensive formation in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range. After Fang Ling’s sword strike failed to break it, he thought of the Sword Immortal’s sword, while Lu Changzhi noticed that a new random mission purchase opportunity had refreshed.

• The Azure Cloud Sect welcomed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land with a grand display and hosted a crowded banquet before the visitors set out the next morning.
• At the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, Elder Wang judged the formation to be at least Saint Rank High Grade, and Chen Gan confirmed that it was a defensive formation best broken by force.
• Seven Transcendent Realm experts revealed themselves, leaving Yuan Hou shaken by the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s strength.
• Fang Ling attacked the formation with his sword, but the strike failed to break it, and he thought that the Sword Immortal’s sword might have succeeded.
• Lu Changzhi saw that the system’s random mission purchase opportunity had refreshed and opened the store to buy it.

Lu Changzhi used his External Avatar to investigate a treasure hunt in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and watched Transcendent Realm experts attack a powerful formation. Chen Gan identified its mark as belonging to Saint King Chen Fangyuan, and Fang Ling proposed using a Sacred Artifact to break it.

• Lu Changzhi entered his External Avatar, disguised himself with an Azure Cloud Sect badge, and approached the commotion in the mountain range.
• A Transcendent Realm expert launched a fireball at the formation beneath the abyss, but it barely shook despite melting the surrounding rock.
• Chen Gan cleared away lava and revealed a symbol bearing the character Chen.
• Fang Ling recognized the mark as that of Saint King Chen Fangyuan, prompting shock among the onlookers.
• Chen Gan explained that Chen Fangyuan's formation expertise made the disc difficult to break, and Fang Ling said they would need a Sacred Artifact.

Fang Ling and six other experts used a Sacred Artifact to break the formation protecting the underground ruins. With the way into the buried city revealed, the Cloud Heaven Holy Land group began to descend, while Lu Changzhi worried about Luo Zhen's dangerous proximity to Qin Jiuxiao and Liu Qingyan.

• Fang Ling summoned the purple-gold needle, and seven experts poured their power into it to amplify its might.
• Fang Ling launched the needle into the formation, where it expanded and shattered the defensive barrier.
• Lu Changzhi considered adapting the needle's method for Mu Fan, while Qi Zhan sensed the formation had broken and awaited the fated person.
• The group saw a buried city and a distant palace after the dust cleared, and Cloud Heaven Holy Land's experts prepared to enter.
• Qin Jiuxiao invited Luo Zhen to join him, but Luo Zhen declined; Lu Changzhi worried as Qin Jiuxiao descended with Liu Qingyan.

Lu Changzhi watched the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and Azure Cloud Sect search Qi Zhan’s underground ruins for treasures. The group reached a barrier before the palace, where Qi Zhan’s inscription declared that the first person to pass the trials and enter could inherit his legacy.

• Lu Changzhi hid in a corner of the underground world, activated the Observing Chair, and watched the treasure hunters from concealment.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s elders and disciples headed for the palace while others broke formations to collect treasures scattered through the ruined city.
• Yuan Hou broke a formation and took a top-grade Spirit Rank healing pill from a building.
• Lu Changzhi observed that the unrestricted trials were easy for the elders and noticed several disciples caught in illusion formations.
• The seven experts stopped before a curtain of light that displayed Qi Zhan’s conditions for inheriting his palace legacy.
• One of the experts asked Fang Ling to decide what they should do about the barrier.

Fang Ling and the other elders let the younger generation compete for a ripe Transcendent Fruit, while Lu Changzhi discovered a soul entity inside the palace using the system. The system offered him three choices and rewards, leaving him to decide how to deal with the soul.

• Fang Ling agreed that the disciples should attempt the trial themselves rather than have the elders intervene.
• A ripe Transcendent Fruit appeared in the palace, and Fang Ling and Chen Gan warned that breaking the age-restricting screen could destroy it.
• Qin Jiuxiao entered the screen and pressed toward the fruit, while Liu Qingyan struggled under the screen's pressure and Qin dismissed her.
• Lu Changzhi identified the fruit as a Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit and used the system to scan the palace for soul entities.
• The system found one soul with special and high-quality talents, then offered Lu Changzhi rewards for killing it, keeping it captive, or ignoring it.

Lu Changzhi studied Qi Zhan’s talents and the rewards tied to the choices, then decided not to intervene and instead watch the trial. Qin Jiuxiao led the disciples toward the palace, with Luo Zhen in second place as the elders watched.

• Lu Changzhi inspected Qi Zhan’s information and learned he had the talents Modest Fortune and Born at the Wrong Time.
• Lu Changzhi considered destroying or taking Qi Zhan’s soul for the rewards, but chose to stay back and watch.
• The disciples struggled against the pressure as they advanced toward the palace, while Qin Jiuxiao played his zither and maintained a calm lead.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders praised Qin Jiuxiao and discussed Luo Zhen’s chances of catching up.
• Fang Ling watched Luo Zhen in second place and hoped he would compete for the opportunity.

Luo Zhen used his sword to race past Qin Jiuxiao, but a trap at the top of the stairs sent him tumbling back. Qin Jiuxiao entered the palace and the gates closed behind him, while the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit vanished inside.

• Luo Zhen used a powerful sword strike to clear the pressure on the stairs and overtake Qin Jiuxiao.
• Qin Jiuxiao warned Luo Zhen about danger at the top, distracting him as he stepped onto a hidden trap and was thrown back.
• Luo Zhen accused Qin Jiuxiao of deliberately distracting him, while Qin Jiuxiao continued up the stairs.
• Qin Jiuxiao reached the palace gates, entered as they opened, and watched them close behind him.
• The Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit vanished from the hall, and Fang Ling realized Qin Jiuxiao had obtained the inheritance and Transcendent Fruit.

Lu Changzhi obtained the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit after Qin Jiuxiao entered the palace, then watched as Qin met the remnant soul of Qi Zhan. Qi Zhan’s scheme was thrown into turmoil when his Transcendent Fruit vanished, but Qin sat on the jade throne to claim the inheritance.

• Lu Changzhi noticed that Qin Jiuxiao had provoked Luo Zhen into resentment, then received the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit from the system.
• A formation sealed the palace, leaving the other participants unable to compete for what lay inside.
• Qin Jiuxiao found a message directing him to sit on the jade throne and cautiously called out to the presence he sensed there.
• Qi Zhan appeared, welcomed Qin as the fated one, and concealed his alarm after discovering that his Transcendent Fruit had disappeared.
• Qi Zhan began to explain that his inheritance was near his final moments, but faded away before finishing.
• Qin Jiuxiao walked to the jade throne and sat down to take the opportunity.

Qin Jiuxiao sat on the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne, unaware that Qi Zhan intended to devour his soul, while Qi Zhan discovered the Transcendent Fruit had vanished. As Qin Jiuxiao fought back against Qi Zhan’s soul attacks, Lu Changzhi noticed his personal information flickering outside the palace.

• Qin Jiuxiao sat on the white jade throne and felt its soothing power, while Qi Zhan discovered that the Transcendent Fruit, branch, and soil had disappeared.
• Qi Zhan trapped Qin Jiuxiao and attacked his soul, but Qin Jiuxiao’s Soul-Severing Needle Disk blocked the first strike.
• Qin Jiuxiao realized Qi Zhan planned to devour his soul, but he could neither control his body nor reach the outside world.
• Qi Zhan launched another attack, and Qin Jiuxiao used his soul-protecting measures to reduce the impact.
• Angered by Qi Zhan’s attempt to take his body, Qin Jiuxiao gathered an attack of his own instead of dodging or blocking.
• Outside the palace, Lu Changzhi noticed Qin Jiuxiao’s personal information flickering and asked the system why.