Chapter Summaries

Mo Zhen awakened the Mystic One Sect ancestors and led them against the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders who had destroyed their sect. The ancestors sacrificed themselves in a blast that destroyed the flying boat and sent Luo Zhen flying, leaving the battle's aftermath unresolved.

• Mo Zhen confronted the Cloud Heaven Holy Land aboard its flying boat and awakened the ancestors in the two coffins.
• Xu Cang emerged from his coffin and learned from Mo Zhen's recording stone that Zhou Chang had declared the Mystic One Sect would be destroyed.
• Xu Cang and the other ancestor fought the Holy Land elders while Mo Zhen was told to escape.
• Xu Cang feinted with the Mystic One Sword Art, then he and the other ancestor charged the flying boat and self-destructed.
• The blast struck the flying boat, whose defenses were already broken, and destroyed it; Luo Zhen was hurled away, bleeding.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Extreme Arms Holy Land would guard the Five Symbols Sect’s territory, then discovered the exclusive punishment had granted him a talent that rewards him with Luo Zhen’s items. Meanwhile, Yuan Hou planned to move against the Flower Spirit Sect, and Xiao Ye heard that Tongtong had returned.

• Lu Changzhi learned that the Extreme Arms Holy Land would send Transcendent Realm experts to guard the Five Symbols Sect’s territory while the sect maintained the status quo.
• Yuan Hou regretted relying on the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and decided to move against the Flower Spirit Sect before it could ally with the Five Symbols Sect.
• Lu Changzhi found a Spirit Rank Mid Grade sword in the system warehouse and discovered that Luo Zhen’s Heavenly Sha Lone Star talent had activated his new [Luo Zhen's Gardener] talent, granting him Luo Zhen’s Cloud Cleaver Sword.
• Lu Changzhi asked Cang Wenyu to bring him information about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, then settled down to enjoy the afternoon sun.
• Xiao Ye ate the food he had brought to the library and heard a voice announce that Tongtong had returned.

Tongtong returned to Xiao Ye with ten Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits, then reunited with Lu Changzhi and presented him with 1,314 fruits and supreme-grade seeds. Lu Changzhi questioned the system about how it obtained them, and it began explaining the effort its subordinate systems had put in.

• Tongtong told Xiao Ye it had gone away to train and gave him ten Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits, warning him not to share them because his master was a big shot.
• Lu Changzhi saw Tongtong’s noisy welcome-back spectacle on Hidden Origin Peak and told the system he had not missed it.
• Tongtong described its hardships, and Lu Changzhi realized its subordinates had done the actual work.
• Tongtong gave Lu Changzhi 1,314 Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits and a packet of supreme-grade seeds.
• Lu Changzhi asked whether Tongtong’s subordinates had gathered the seeds one by one too.

Lu Changzhi ate two Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits in front of Qi Zhan, driving him into a rage, and considered sharing the fruit with the old ancestors. The system then informed him that Qin Jiuxiao had new opportunity information.

• The system brought Lu Changzhi seeds of the Supreme-Grade Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit and explained that they might be easier to grow with him.
• Lu Changzhi entered the Trial Formation Stele and ate a Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit in front of Qi Zhan.
• Qi Zhan taunted Lu Changzhi for wasting the rare fruit, but Lu Changzhi produced a second one and ate it as Qi Zhan watched in disbelief.
• Lu Changzhi left the Trial Formation Stele after earning Luck Points and considered giving Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit to the old ancestors, including Old Ancestor Gu.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that Qin Jiuxiao had new opportunity information and asked whether he wanted to view it.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would soon receive a pill that could heal and strengthen his soul, and planned to intercept the tribute carrying it. After watching a recording of the Mystic One Sect ancestors attacking the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, he worried about Luo Zhen and heard that Cang Wenyu had uncovered the Holy Land’s source of confidence.

• Lu Changzhi discovered Qin Jiuxiao’s upcoming opportunity: an ancient Saint Rank Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill and its recipe, delivered through tribute from the Li Clan.
• Lu Changzhi decided to try to obtain the pill and recipe before they reached Qin Jiuxiao, pending information about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and the Li Clan.
• Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi information about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and an image-recording stone showing the ancestors’ recent attack on it.
• Lu Changzhi watched the recording, saw Luo Zhen injured after the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s elders self-destructed, and silently wished him well.
• Cang Wenyu warned Lu Changzhi to guard against opponents who might self-destruct, then said their investigations had revealed why the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was confident.

Lu Changzhi learned that Lin Tianlei of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was preparing to break through to the Saint Realm and considered traveling there, while the sect’s ancestors left the matter to unfold. Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi Ancestor Jiang’s Saint Artifact bracelet, and Lu Changzhi offered several Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits before wondering whether the system had hidden their Heaven and Earth Phenomenon.

• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that Lin Tianlei, an ancestor of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, was preparing to break through to the Saint Realm and that the sect’s ancestors would not intervene personally.
• Lu Changzhi considered visiting the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, where he hoped to make a courteous gift in return if events brought him into contact with powerful figures.
• Cang Wenyu gave Lu Changzhi a Saint Artifact bracelet containing several of Ancestor Jiang’s full-strength strikes for protection.
• Lu Changzhi accepted the bracelet and decided to repay Ancestor Jiang with valuable cultivation treasures.
• Lu Changzhi showed Cang Wenyu several mature Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits, and Cang Wenyu wondered why their appearance had caused no Heaven and Earth Phenomenon.
• Lu Changzhi suspected that a phenomenon he had witnessed earlier had been caused by Qi Zhan’s Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit ripening and asked the system whether it had hidden the fruits’ phenomena.

Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu a ring full of Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits, then shared more of them with his companions at dinner. The next morning, a random mission sent him to ask Mu Fan about his fireworks, and he arrived at Mu Fan’s quarters in the Heavenly Azure Ruins.

• Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu hundreds of Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits to share with the patriarchs, and Cang Wenyu showed Xu Kun the ring.
• At dinner, Lu Changzhi served Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits as after-dinner fruit, prompting varied reactions from Li Yi, Qin Li, Mu Fan, Luo Ling'er, and Jin Fugui.
• After eating several fruits, Lu Changzhi slept comfortably and bought a random mission to ask Mu Fan about his progress making fireworks.
• Lu Changzhi traveled to the Heavenly Azure Ruins, where Mu Fan greeted him from a reclining chair and asked why he had come.

Lu Changzhi learned about Mu Fan’s new explosive, the Iron Tree, which Mu Fan had made for Xiao Ye to use against his rival Lineage. Lu Changzhi left it unused, then returned to Hidden Origin Peak, where Xiao Ye told him he planned to visit home.

• Lu Changzhi asked Mu Fan about his firework project, and Mu Fan showed him the Iron Tree, a powerful device packed with Explosive Flame Talismans and metal blades.
• Mu Fan explained that he had made the Iron Tree for Xiao Ye, whom he suspected had a blood feud with a rival Lineage.
• Lu Changzhi decided not to use the Iron Tree and completed his conversation task, earning experience and a disguise pill.
• After Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak, Xiao Ye approached him and said he planned to go home for a visit in the next couple of days.

Lu Changzhi agreed to take Xiao Ye to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land so Xiao Ye could protect Xiao Ya, and brought Mu Fan along. Meanwhile, the Flower Spirit Sect weighed its isolation amid the Eastern Region’s shifting alliances, while Guo Xu pledged the Aid the Azure Gate to the Buddhist Order and was asked to identify a marked place in the Eastern Region.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Xiao Ye’s new task was to protect Xiao Ya for seven days and offered to take him to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Mu Fan joined Lu Changzhi and Xiao Ye aboard the Void Shuttle, hoping to encounter Xiao Ye’s enemies.
• The Flower Spirit Sect elders learned that the Extreme Arms Holy Land was restricting access to the Five Symbols Sect and discussed threats from the Azure Cloud Sect and the uncertain alliances of nearby powers.
• Guo Xu emerged from the Buddhist Order’s palace, accepted refuge under the Buddhist Order, and agreed to serve the Buddha Lord.
• The abbot showed Guo Xu a map with a dot and a circle and asked where the circle was in the Eastern Region.

Guo Xu learned that a Buddhist object would soon appear in the Flower Spirit Sect’s territory, while the Dongfang Clan planned to disrupt the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s impending breakthrough and raid the Azure Cloud Sect. The Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty chose to wait and investigate the Five Symbols Sect, and Elder Xuan summoned Huang Yunya to witness celestial signs.

• Guo Xu identified the circle as marking the Flower Spirit Sect’s territory, and the abbot told him to wait there for an object destined for Buddhism.
• Dongfang Jun reported that an ancestor of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land might soon reach the Saint Realm, and the clan elders ordered an attempt to stop the breakthrough and a warning to the Star Moon Holy Land.
• The Dongfang Clan elders planned to attack the Azure Cloud Sect while the Cloud Heaven Holy Land was distracted and told Dongfang Jun to seal off the area so its ancestor could not escape.
• The Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty’s National Preceptor advised the emperor to watch events unfold while secretly investigating the Five Symbols Sect.
• Huang Yunya sensed that Luo Zhen’s condition had improved, then heard Elder Xuan urgently summon him to see celestial signs.

Elder Xuan warned Huang Yunya that ominous celestial signs foretold calamity for the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, while news of its ancestor’s impending breakthrough spread and drew Min Qianlan’s faction toward it. Lu Changzhi detected the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill in the Xiao Clan compound and began wondering how it had passed through the Li Clan before reaching Qin Jiuxiao.

• Elder Xuan told Huang Yunya that a great calamity would soon befall the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and that it was beyond human power to avert.
• Huang Yunya received word that rumors of the holy land’s ancestor nearing the Saint Realm had spread, and he angrily suspected a secret plot against his faction.
• Min Qianlan ordered the Star Moon Holy Land elders to prepare to leave for the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and said they would offer congratulations whether the ancestor succeeded or failed.
• Lu Changzhi left Mu Fan and Xiao Ye near the Xiao Clan, then detected the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill inside the compound.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the pill was in the residence of Xiao Zhong, the Xiao Clan’s third elder and Xiao Ye’s eldest uncle, and wondered how it had passed through the Li Clan to Qin Jiuxiao.

Xiao Ye brought Mu Fan to the Xiao Clan, where Mu Fan advised him to wait quietly for whoever might target Xiao Ya and hinted that their master already knew more than he let on. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi followed the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill’s carrier and discovered Xiao Zhong secretly seeking Ma Yunteng’s help to become clan head, but Ma Yunteng demanded more proof of sincerity.

• Mu Fan warned Xiao Ye that openly guarding Xiao Ya could alert the attacker, and advised him to pretend he knew nothing and wait for the culprit to appear.
• Mu Fan suggested that their master might already know everything, leaving Xiao Ye to wonder whether he meant the third elder.
• After the system alerted Lu Changzhi that the opportunity item was moving, he followed its carrier out of the Xiao Clan and identified him as Xiao Zhong.
• Lu Changzhi followed Xiao Zhong to a Ma Clan property, where Xiao Zhong offered Ma Yunteng the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill in exchange for help becoming clan head.
• Ma Yunteng told Xiao Zhong that the gift was not enough to prove his sincerity.

Lu Changzhi learned that Xiao Zhong had offered the Ma Clan an unopened Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill and that Ma Yunteng demanded Xiao Ya in exchange for cooperation. Ma Yunteng decided to pass the pill to the Li Clan, hoping to gain influence, while Lu Changzhi resolved to watch over Xiao Ye and keep track of the Ma Clan.

• Ma Yunteng identified the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill’s container as an ancient storage box and demanded an intact pill from Xiao Zhong, who could not provide one.
• Ma Yunteng demanded that Xiao Zhong get Xiao Ya into his son Ma Qian’s bed within three days before they discussed cooperation, then left.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Xiao Ye might encounter Xiao Zhong during his task and decided to watch over him and monitor the Ma Clan.
• Ma Yunteng rejected the idea of giving the pill to Cheng Qian and decided to offer it to the Li Clan, which was seeking remedies for soul injuries.

Lu Changzhi replaced the Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill in Ma Yunteng’s possession with a convincing fake, then returned toward the Xiao Clan. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuxiao woke from a nightmare and told Elder Xuan that he had dreamed the Holy Land would suffer a disaster, prompting Elder Xuan to recognize it as the foretold omen.

• Lu Changzhi chose the system’s fake Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill and decided to swap it for the real pill to influence events and show concern for Qin Jiuxiao.
• Ma Yunteng resisted opening the pill box and left the room, leaving the pill behind.
• Lu Changzhi replaced the real pill with the fake, then used the Void Shuttle to return near the Xiao Clan before Xiao Zhong arrived.
• Qin Jiuxiao woke from a disturbing nightmare and told Elder Xuan that he had dreamed a great disaster would befall the Holy Land.
• Elder Xuan reacted with alarm and declared that the omen had appeared.

Qin Jiuxiao’s fabricated nightmare and troubling celestial signs prompted the Cloud Heaven Holy Land to recall its people as Lin Tianlei neared his breakthrough. Meanwhile, the Five Symbols Sect prepared to protect the Azure Cloud Sect from the Dongfang Clan, and Gu Chen set out for a new sign-in location near the Flower Spirit Sect.

• Elder Xuan questioned Qin Jiuxiao about his nightmare, then reported it and the changed celestial signs to Huang Yunya, who ordered the Holy Land’s absent elders and disciples recalled.
• Lu Changzhi sensed the Star Moon Holy Land and powerful Dongfang Clan members gathering near the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, while the Holy Land remained quiet.
• Gu Qingyang said the Five Symbols Sect’s ancestors planned to help the Cloud Heaven Holy Land disable its defensive formation and ordered the sect to protect the Azure Cloud Sect from the Dongfang Clan.
• Gu Chen activated his upgraded system’s location index and left by flying boat for a sign-in task in Maple Cherry City.
• The old Holy Lord and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s ancestors guarded Lin Tianlei in the secret realm as he neared his saintly breakthrough, while the old Holy Lord grew increasingly uneasy.

Xiao Zhong lured Xiao Ya out of the Xiao Clan and tried to kill Xiao Ye after revealing his plan to use her for the clan’s survival. Xiao Ye unleashed a rapid barrage of powerful lightning spells, and Xiao Zhong leaped into the air to meet them with his saber.

• Xiao Ya left the Xiao Clan after receiving a message from Miss Zhou, while Lu Changzhi, Xiao Ye, and Mu Fan realized something was wrong.
• A figure knocked Xiao Ya unconscious, carried her in a sack beyond the city, and left; Xiao Zhong later arrived to retrieve her.
• Xiao Ye confronted Xiao Zhong, who claimed he wanted Xiao Ya to help the Xiao Clan and then attacked Xiao Ye with a saber.
• Xiao Ye raised an array and used the Simplified Dao Book Scroll to cast a rapid series of lightning arts at Xiao Zhong.
• Xiao Zhong recognized the danger of Xiao Ye’s attacks, unleashed his full strength, and swung his saber at the oncoming lightning.

Xiao Ye overwhelmed Xiao Zhong with a relentless barrage of lightning spells, incapacitated him, and took him away with Mu Fan. Lu Changzhi then sensed a lightning tribulation connected to a breakthrough at Cloud Heaven Holy Land, where Min Qianlan confronted Huang Yunya, and the system offered him a chance to intervene.

• Xiao Ye drove Xiao Zhong back with rapid lightning spells, and Xiao Zhong burned his essence blood to push back the attack before the barrage resumed.
• Xiao Ye subdued Xiao Zhong with a talisman and bound him with an array plate, then departed with Mu Fan and the other two.
• Lu Changzhi watched Xiao Ye’s victory and sensed a spatial fluctuation followed by gathering dark clouds, which he suspected signaled a lightning tribulation.
• Lu Changzhi observed the Star Moon Holy Land’s flying boat as Min Qianlan called on Huang Yunya to congratulate the Cloud Heaven Holy Land on a Saint’s breakthrough.
• A formation barrier appeared within the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and the system detected the lightning tribulation and offered Lu Changzhi a chance to spend five thousand experience points.

Lu Changzhi arranged to unleash his remaining lightning tribulation on Lin Tianlei if the system detected him, then watched Star Moon Holy Land attack Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s defensive formation. The assault stalled as the Dongfang Clan observed, while the storm above Cloud Heaven Holy Land continued to gather strength.

• Lu Changzhi learned that collecting a cultivator’s lightning tribulation would not stop their breakthrough but could hinder their long-term growth, and he ordered the system to use his remaining tribulation on Lin Tianlei if an opportunity arose.
• Min Qianlan strengthened himself with a star-powered cultivation technique and attacked Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s defensive formation, but it held firm.
• Huang Yunya ordered the elders to reinforce the formation as Star Moon Holy Land’s experts continued their assault and drained Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s resources.
• Lu Changzhi noticed a Saint Realm Fourth Stage presence hidden behind Star Moon Holy Land’s forces and wondered why the Dongfang Clan had not acted.
• Dongfang Clan elders judged that Star Moon Holy Land could not break the formation without involving a Saint, and they continued watching as dark clouds gathered overhead.

Lin Tianlei began his Saint Realm lightning tribulation in the secret realm, and his boast about summoning nine bolts made the heavenly pressure grow stronger. After surviving the first strike, he prepared for the next as Zhou Kun arrived outside the formation to test it.

• Huang Qianzhou warned the elders to keep clear of Lin Tianlei’s tribulation, while they watched for a chance to gain insight.
• Lin Tianlei rose into the air, formed a lightning whip, and proclaimed that nine bolts should fall to celebrate his entry into the Saint Realm.
• The heavenly pressure intensified, and Huang Qianzhou warned Lin Tianlei to focus on surviving the tribulation.
• Lin Tianlei met the first bolt with five whip strikes, but the collision shook him and damaged the secret realm’s ground.
• Huang Qianzhou activated the formation to contain the impact, and Lin Tianlei replenished his strength with Origin Spirit Stones and medicinal pills.
• Zhou Kun arrived outside the secret realm and prepared to test the formation while Huang Qianzhou dealt with the tribulation.

Zhou Kun attacked the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s grand formation while Huang Yunya ordered the defenders to hold it until their ancestor finished breaking through. Lu Changzhi watched Lin Tianlei’s lightning tribulation through the system, where a vanished strike was followed by the tribulation’s power surging beyond its previous peak.

• Zhou Kun arrived as a Saint Realm expert and demanded that Huang Yunya bring out his father, but Huang Yunya ordered the formation run at full power instead.
• Zhou Kun struck the grand formation, then attacked it repeatedly with starlight gauntlets as the formation shook under the barrage.
• Lu Changzhi detected Lin Tianlei and spent one thousand experience points to watch his lightning tribulation live.
• Huang Qianzhou and the elders watched as the fourth bolt vanished, then saw the tribulation’s power surge and spread across the sky.
• Huang Qianzhou warned that the tribulation was not over and ordered all elders to retreat farther.