Chapter Summaries

At the site of three eastern spirit veins, Zhou Mu, Jiang Yuanyin, and the Buddhist Order’s Huairen discussed the possible Saint King inheritance and tested one another’s strength. They agreed to let the younger generation from each side compete for it.

• Zhou Mu learned that forces from the Northern and Western Regions were approaching, but decided not to stop them from coming.
• Jiang Yuanyin arrived with the Extreme Arms Holy Land, and Zhou Mu exchanged probing courtesies with him.
• Jiang Yuanyin claimed he had entered the Saint King Realm long ago, shocking the gathered experts.
• Zhou Mu and his state preceptor doubted Jiang Yuanyin’s claim but agreed they still had to take it seriously.
• Huairen arrived with the Buddhist Order and said he would not seize the younger generation’s opportunity.
• Jiang Yuanyin, Zhou Mu, and Huairen agreed that the younger generation would compete for the Saint King inheritance.

The factions gathered as the formation guarding a Saint King's inheritance weakened, only to find the space beneath it completely empty when it vanished. While the leaders suspected the inheritance had recently been taken, Lu Changzhi received the inheritance through his system on Hidden Origin Peak.

• The Star Moon Holy Land's youth questioned the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's large contingent, and an elder explained the value of its numbers.
• The gathered factions waited as the formation weakened, and Jiang Yuanyin sensed it fluctuate sharply at dusk.
• The formation disappeared, revealing an unnaturally flat, empty space and leaving the gathered disciples and elders stunned.
• Jiang Yuanyin concluded the inheritance had been taken recently, while Zhou Mu and the national preceptor reacted with dismay.
• The system informed Lu Changzhi that his level-three shop upgrade reward, the Saint King Chen Fangyuan inheritance, had been delivered and began issuing compensation for its delay.

Lu Changzhi offered Chen Fangyuan's Saint King inheritance in the Dao of Formations to Mu Fan and Qin Li, and Mu Fan agreed to study it after Qin Li declined. Qin Li then asked Lu Changzhi about violent spatial fluctuations in the ruins, which he did not know were happening.

• The system rewarded Lu Changzhi with a method for making teleportation formations and a high-quality raw void stone, and he placed Chen Fangyuan's inheritance in the ruins.
• Lu Changzhi asked Mu Fan whether he wanted the Dao of Formations inheritance, but Mu Fan suggested offering it to Qin Li instead.
• Qin Li declined the inheritance because she was too busy and felt formations did not suit her, then urged Mu Fan to learn it so she could ask him for help.
• Mu Fan accepted the inheritance after Qin Li teased him, then fled when she objected to his calling her a little tigress.
• Qin Li told Lu Changzhi that she had noticed violent spatial fluctuations in the ruins and asked whether he was preparing something, though he had no idea what was causing them.

Lu Changzhi learned that spatial fluctuations could eventually destroy his unstable space, then placed Chen Fangyuan’s inheritance there and gave Mu Fan a teleportation array manual and a huge raw void stone. Meanwhile, rival forces abandoned the vanished inheritance in the Southern Region and set their sights on the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.

• The system told Lu Changzhi that his space was unstable and might collapse, though it was unlikely to suffer major problems within six months.
• Lu Changzhi placed Chen Fangyuan’s inheritance complex in the space, and Mu Fan inspected the buildings and their array-formed trials.
• Lu Changzhi gave Mu Fan The Construction and Application of Teleportation Arrays and a giant raw void stone, then heard Mu Fan blast something behind him.
• Zhou Mu and the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty left the Southern Region after the inheritance array vanished, and Jiang Yuanyin ordered the Extreme Arms Holy Land to seek justice for its people killed by Cloud Heaven Holy Land experts.
• Huairen led the Buddhist Order toward the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, while the Star Moon Holy Land planned to tarnish its reputation; forces from all three sides entered Cloud Heaven.

Huang Yunya learned that three major powers were approaching Cloud Heaven Holy Land and found his father too consumed by guilt to help. When the visitors arrived, Zhou Kun presented a recording that appeared to show Huang Yunya receiving Source Water Spirit Crystals from the cloaked Sword Immortal, leaving the holy land facing accusations backed by evidence.

• Huang Yunya learned that the Extreme Arms Holy Land, Star Moon Holy Land, and Buddhist Order were heading for Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Huang Yunya found Huang Qianzhou distraught over Ge Duantian’s death, failed to persuade him, and left to handle the crisis himself.
• The holy land’s elders and disciples panicked as many sought refuge or considered fleeing.
• The three powers arrived, and the Extreme Arms Holy Land demanded goods from the Flower Spirit Sect and accountability for the death of one of its powerhouses.
• Huang Yunya denied involvement and blamed the Sword Immortal, but Zhou Kun played a recording that appeared to show Huang Yunya accepting Source Water Spirit Crystals from a cloaked figure.

Zhou Kun used a recording stone to expose the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s dealings over the Source Water Spirit Crystals, and Huang Yunya’s claim that the images had been altered was dismissed. On Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi learned that an old ancestor had altered the recording and used the incident to demonstrate how common beliefs could be deliberately shaped.

• Zhou Kun showed a recording stone that appeared to prove the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had acted over the Source Water Spirit Crystals, and Huang Yunya and the elders denied the accusation.
• Huairen asked Saint King Jiang whether recording-stone images could be altered, and Jiang Yuanyin said he had never heard of such a method.
• The crowd rejected Huang Yunya’s claim that the recording was missing its middle, leaving him unable to defend the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• A day later, Lu Changzhi asked Cang Wenyu and Gu Qingyang whether recording-stone images could be changed, and Gu Qingyang revealed that an old ancestor had discovered how.
• Lu Changzhi realized that the old ancestors had used the incident to show how a belief could be shaped into common knowledge and applied the principle to other situations.

Cloud Heaven Holy Land faced harsh demands from three factions, and Huang Yunya suspected Luo Zhen’s rising fortune was harming the Holy Land. Meanwhile, Qin Jiuxiao sought outside help against Luo Zhen, and Lu Changzhi hinted that he had recognized Luo Zhen’s unusual aptitude before sending him away from the Five Symbols Sect; the chapter ended with Zhou Mu summoned underground by his father.

• The Star Moon Holy Land, Extreme Arms Holy Land, and Buddhist Order imposed demands that would weaken Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Elder Xuan told Huang Yunya that Luo Zhen’s star shone brightest, prompting Huang Yunya to suspect Luo Zhen was siphoning the Holy Land’s fortune and ask for a fortune-reader to be invited.
• Qin Jiuxiao secretly returned to Cloud Heaven Holy Land after seeking an opportunity to enlist outside help against Luo Zhen.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that Luo Zhen’s aptitude had reached Saint grade, and Lu Changzhi implied he had known Luo Zhen was exceptional before sending him away from the Five Symbols Sect.
• Zhou Mu reached a dim underground chamber after his father summoned him.

Zhou Mu learned that his father needed better water before the Saint Battlefield appeared, while a new mission led Lu Changzhi, disguised as Xue Ming, to ask Xue Chou about his origins. Xue Chou recounted how he and other Blood Devils had crossed into the human world, and Lu Changzhi ended by asking why he had avoided the Western and Southern Regions.

• Zhou Mu's father said the balance among the four great regions had shifted and that he needed better water before the Saint Battlefield appeared; Zhou Mu promised to investigate a report from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Lu Changzhi bought a random mission to learn about Xue Chou's origins and visited him while disguised as Xue Ming.
• Lu Changzhi asked how the Blood Devils had come to the human world, and Xue Chou admitted he did not know how they had crossed over.
• Xue Chou explained that he had entered a fissure with other devils after sensing something powerful, but the fissure vanished and humans captured many of his companions.
• Xue Chou said he settled near the Eastern and Northern Regions, blaming the Cloud Heaven Holy Land for disguising a dangerous object as a Blood Devil treasure; Lu Changzhi asked why he had avoided the Western and Southern Regions.

Lu Changzhi examined the forbidden Blood Refining Longevity Art and learned that its promise of long life came at a brutal cost, then received a task to accept Jin Fugui as his fifth disciple. He waited outside Jin Fugui’s room, reflecting on how the former mortal had advanced through cultivation and resources.

• Xue Chou told Lu Changzhi that the Southern Region was controlled by the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty and warned him to grow stronger before making plans to return there.
• Lu Changzhi received the Blood Refining Longevity Art as a reward and discovered that it required Blood Devil hearts and increasingly high-quality essence blood from others.
• Lu Changzhi rejected the secret art after recognizing its hidden costs and stored it in the system inventory.
• The system tasked Lu Changzhi with accepting Jin Fugui as his personal disciple within three days, offering experience points and a disciple advancement gift package.
• Lu Changzhi found Jin Fugui cultivating in his room and waited nearby, reflecting on how resources had helped the once-sickly waiter advance from an ordinary mortal.

Lu Changzhi made Jin Fugui his true disciple, then used the promotion reward and discovered major new abilities for his External Avatar. He tested its disguises and instant position swap before examining the Dao Heaven Spirit Pool.

• Lu Changzhi told Jin Fugui he was promoting him to a true disciple, and Jin Fugui accepted.
• Jin Fugui offered to take on his share of the sect’s responsibilities, but Lu Changzhi told him to focus on cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi used the Disciple Promotion Gift Pack and received a Dao Heaven Spirit Pool, new talents, an enhancement to his External Avatar, and Jin Fugui’s exclusive gift pack.
• Lu Changzhi learned that his External Avatar could swap positions with him, transform into similar-sized objects, store spiritual power, and self-destruct.
• Lu Changzhi tested the avatar’s disguises and position swap, then examined the Dao Heaven Spirit Pool’s ability to refine cultivation resources.

Lu Changzhi examined his rewards, gaining talents that strengthened the Five Symbols Sect and let him assess momentum. He opened Jin Fugui’s exclusive gift pack and prepared to give him its longevity-related rewards before upgrading the system store.

• Lu Changzhi set aside the Dao Heaven Spirit Pool and received the Benefit a Region talent, which improved cultivation and aptitude throughout the area where he lived.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Eye of Observing Momentum revealed whether people, factions, and places had good or bad prospects, and that he could pair it with a level-four-store item.
• Lu Changzhi used Jin Fugui’s exclusive gift pack and obtained a Longevity Physique, an exclusive broom, a talent upgrade, and a modified Longevity Art.
• Lu Changzhi read that Jin Fugui’s Longevity Physique could be enhanced without limit with enough resources and that sweeping with his broom could increase his cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi left to give Jin Fugui his rewards and planned to upgrade the system store afterward.

Lu Changzhi upgraded Jin Fugui’s talent and raised his shop to level four, gaining new shop features and a temporary Talent Blind Box. The system offered no clear shop upgrade reward at first, then said a seed would arrive later, while Lu Changzhi’s blind box produced an unexpectedly reproductive talent.

• Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui a storage ring and used the talent upgrade on him inside a mysterious long box.
• Jin Fugui’s Blessing Others talent became Fortune Star Shines Brightly, which strengthened blessings for both him and those nearby.
• Lu Changzhi spent 20,000 experience points to upgrade the shop to level four, unlocking Saint Rank Peak Grade items, new shop items, and new functions.
• When Lu Changzhi asked about the upgrade reward, the system first denied there was one, then said a seed would arrive after some time.
• Lu Changzhi bought a Talent Blind Box for one experience point and obtained Every Entry Must Hit, a talent that ensured many children unless its possessor severed ties with the mortal world.

Lu Changzhi explored the system marketplace, tested the Dao Heaven Spirit Pool, and organized demonic beasts to refine spirit stones. He waited for Jin Fugui to finish his task, but the wait lasted all night, and he received a reward for one month of automatic cultivation.

• Lu Changzhi reviewed the marketplace functions, considered using Disciple Trial on Qin Li, and decided to wait until things were settled with Jin Fugui.
• Lu Changzhi placed the Dao Heaven Spirit Pool and refined origin spirit stones into highly purified spirit liquid.
• Lu Changzhi assigned the Iron-Armored Brown Ape to run a demonic-beast labor crew that gathered and processed spirit stones.
• Lu Changzhi waited for Jin Fugui to finish his task through the night and received a warehouse of Rapid Cultivation Meditation Cushions for one month of automatic cultivation.

Lu Changzhi received a warehouse of cultivation meditation cushions and helped Jin Fugui and Mu Fan advance their cultivation. Meanwhile, Zhou Mu decided the secret realm in Cloud Forest City was ready to be used to build momentum.

• Lu Changzhi found that his reward was a warehouse full of Rapid Cultivation Meditation Cushions and packed them into nearly three storage rings for the sect.
• Jin Fugui emerged with the Myriad Longevity Holy Physique, and Lu Changzhi raised his cultivation to the peak of the Dao Platform Realm Sixth Level.
• Lu Changzhi began infusing Mu Fan with cultivation, prompting Mu Fan to shout and struggle as Jin Fugui watched in confusion.
• Qin Li heard the commotion, discovered Lu Changzhi was helping Mu Fan cultivate, and felt ashamed of her second senior brother’s behavior.
• Zhou Mu heard a report about the secret realm in Cloud Forest City and decided to start building momentum.

Lu Changzhi set up an incubation array for the Black Tortoise egg after Xiao Ming rejected the idea of sitting on it. While Hidden Origin Peak stayed mostly peaceful, disturbances spread across the regions, and rumors arose that great fortune would soon return to the Land of the Four Directions.

• Lu Changzhi summoned the Black Tortoise egg in the courtyard, but Xiao Ming mistook it for food and flew away when Lu Changzhi suggested he incubate it.
• Lu Changzhi bought and activated an egg-incubating array, placed the Black Tortoise egg underground, and covered it with a hundred Source Water Spirit Crystals.
• Over the next few days, the Iron-Armored Brown Ape's group worked in the ruins space while Mu Fan studied his inheritance, and Xiao Ming and Gu Chen occasionally fought.
• Disturbances and dangers appeared across the Eastern Region and other territories, as factions investigated emerging ruins and underground inheritances.
• Rumors spread that great fortune would soon reappear in the Land of the Four Directions, promising supreme standing or the chance to defy fate.

As talk of providence spread, the major powers considered the coming struggle for the Great Age. Lu Changzhi gave the Five Symbols Sect vast supplies of cultivation resources, ushering the sect into an age of Origin Spiritual Power cultivation.

• Duan Yi asked Jiang Yuanyin whether the reports of providence were true, and Jiang Yuanyin said the younger generation would inherit the world.
• Dongfang Clan elders discussed how to seize providence and restore the clan, but worried their declining younger generation left them unprepared.
• Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu three storage rings filled with Saint Rank Mid Grade meditation cushions and Origin Spiritual Power for the sect.
• Lu Changzhi declared that the Five Symbols Sect had entered the age of Origin Spiritual Power cultivation, leaving Cang Wenyu wondering about Lu Changzhi's parents.

Lu Changzhi purchased an exclusive disciple trial for Qin Li, while Mu Fan learned of Chen Fangyuan’s warning to keep a low profile after powerful figures beat him for trying to cross the Land of the Four Directions’ barrier. Meanwhile, the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty invited young geniuses from across the regions to explore a secret realm, prompting speculation that major powers would join the contest.

• Lu Changzhi spent 14,000 experience points to purchase an exclusive disciple trial, and the system designated Qin Li as its participant while it searched for a suitable task.
• Mu Fan left Chen Fangyuan’s inheritance city and learned that Chen Fangyuan had been beaten by a group of Saint Kings after attempting to cross the Land of the Four Directions’ hidden barrier.
• Mu Fan wondered whether Lu Changzhi had been involved in the beating or had created the barrier, then decided to stop speculating and looked forward to receiving another infusion from his Master.
• News spread that the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty planned to host young geniuses from all regions in a secret realm and offer treasures as rewards.
• People speculated that the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty wanted its geniuses to gain providence, and wondered whether other major powers would join the gathering.

The major factions prepared for the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty’s contest of heavenly prides, which would determine fortune and offer a chance for their younger generations to distinguish themselves. After setting the event for one month later and revealing lavish rewards, including Saint Artifacts, the dynasty and rival factions turned the contest into an increasingly grand competition.

• The Extreme Arms Holy Land, Star Moon Holy Land, Cloud Heaven Holy Land, Dongfang Clan, and Buddhist Order discussed their participation and which juniors to send.
• Luo Zhen resolved to distinguish himself in the contest, while Qin Jiuxiao saw an opportunity because someone was away from the holy land.
• Lu Changzhi agreed to consider attending after Cang Wenyu brought him news of the planned contest.
• The Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty announced that the contest would take place one month later and offered a Saint Artifact to the top-ranked heavenly pride.
• The Extreme Arms Holy Land and Buddhist Order added their own rewards, including Saint Artifacts and a Buddhist secret treasure, expanding the prizes to the top thousand.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Li’s trial required her to collect the essence blood of ten thousand spirit beasts in the Southern Region’s secret realm, and he began preparing his disciples to help. As the realm’s opening approached and Lu Changzhi’s cultivation advanced, Gu Chen planned a trip to complete a distant check-in mission, and Xiao Ye asked to accompany him.

• Lu Changzhi discovered Qin Li’s trial objective and learned that the Trial Realm appeared to be the secret realm opening in the Southern Region.
• Lu Changzhi told Qin Li to prepare to hunt spirit beasts and also instructed Mu Fan and Gu Chen to assist her.
• Lu Changzhi cultivated with the Core of the Source of Water and felt his realm beginning to rise.
• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi he planned to leave for a few days to complete a distant check-in mission.
• Xiao Ye asked Gu Chen if he could accompany him.

Xiao Ye joined Gu Chen on a journey to Clear Cloud Town in Aid the Azure Gate's territory, hoping to learn through experience rather than books alone. As they neared the town, they discussed local customs and Gu Chen suspected the sect deliberately kept communities isolated to preserve its authority.

• Xiao Ye asked Lu Changzhi to let him accompany Gu Chen, and Lu Changzhi approved the journey while reminding them to stay safe.
• Gu Chen and Xiao Ye departed by flying boat, and Gu Chen taught Xiao Ye travel precautions, including using false names and avoiding people with surnames such as Xiao.
• Xiao Ye listened as Gu Chen praised Mu's past feats and reflected that he was the most ordinary disciple on Hidden Origin Peak.
• After more than a day of travel, the brothers crossed the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range and entered Aid the Azure Gate's territory.
• Xiao Ye and Gu Chen discussed why the region had mostly small towns, and Gu Chen suspected Aid the Azure Gate deliberately limited communication to maintain the people's trust.