Chapter Summaries

Mu Fan arrived at Hidden Origin Peak and discovered that Xiao Ming chased anyone who called him a chicken, while Gu Chen tried to turn the incident to his advantage. Later, Xu Kun asked Cang Wenyu whether he had a hidden reason for appointing Changzhi as Hidden Origin Peak’s peak master.

• Mu Fan called Xiao Ming “Brother Chicken,” prompting Xiao Ming to grow and chase him across Hidden Origin Peak.
• Xiao Ming failed to catch Mu Fan and instead fought Gu Chen, until Luo Ling'er calmed him down.
• Gu Chen explained that Xiao Ming was a Chongming Bird named Xiao Ming and hated being called a chicken, then warned Mu Fan that only Master and Luo Ling'er could use the nickname.
• Mu Fan used the threat of provoking Xiao Ming to gain leverage over Gu Chen, who resolved to strengthen his body and eventually defeat Xiao Ming.
• Xu Kun returned and asked Cang Wenyu whether he had a hidden reason for appointing Changzhi as Hidden Origin Peak’s peak master.

Lu Changzhi deployed the Myriad Phenomena Slaughter Array across Hidden Origin Peak, giving him control over its power. When Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun visited to investigate the array and meet Lu Changzhi’s new disciples, they discovered an extraordinary demonic beast and agreed that the sect would fund its care; Cang Wenyu then sat down for tea.

• Lu Changzhi deployed the Myriad Phenomena Slaughter Array, which covered Hidden Origin Peak and let him control the power of heaven and earth there.
• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun sensed a powerful slaughter array and went to Hidden Origin Peak to investigate and meet Mu Fan.
• Lu Changzhi introduced Mu Fan, and Cang Wenyu gave him a top-grade Heaven Rank spirit-gathering cushion as a welcome gift.
• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun noticed that the demonic beast on the peak was extraordinary, and Lu Changzhi hinted that feeding it strained the peak’s resources.
• Cang Wenyu agreed to ask the other peak masters to have the sect cover the demonic beast’s upkeep, then sat down with Lu Changzhi for tea.
• Lu Changzhi wondered about Cang Wenyu’s hidden realm and asked the system to check his attributes.

Lu Changzhi watched Mu Fan reveal his tea-making knowledge and assigned him the job of brewing tea, while life on Hidden Origin Peak continued for another half month. As Lu Changzhi decided he needed to venture out to gain more experience, Gu Chen’s system finally activated with a new check-in task.

• Lu Changzhi discovered that Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun had concealed cultivation realms far beyond what they showed on the surface.
• Mu Fan praised the Dao Comprehension Tea and explained how it should be brewed, so Lu Changzhi made him responsible for tea-making.
• Cang Wenyu sent resources for Xiao Ming, who continued to beat Gu Chen despite Gu Chen’s progress in body tempering.
• Luo Ling’er improved her cooking, Mu Fan made his dwelling exceptionally comfortable, and Lu Changzhi explored the world using his External Avatar.
• Lu Changzhi concluded that he needed to travel in person to gain more experience, while Gu Chen received a new system check-in task.

Gu Chen agreed to attend the Flower Spirit Sect's banquet so he could reach Clear Flame Garden and complete his check-in task, and Lu Changzhi decided to go for the experience reward. Two days later, they and Mu Fan set out aboard a flying boat for the Flower Spirit Sect.

• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen that the six top powers would meet at the Flower Spirit Sect, which was hosting a banquet for their juniors.
• Gu Chen said he wanted to attend to broaden his horizons, and Lu Changzhi learned that Clear Flame Garden was Gu Chen's check-in location.
• Lu Changzhi chose to attend with Gu Chen, aiming to earn 800 experience points, and Cang Wenyu told them to conceal their cultivation realms.
• Mu Fan asked to join the banquet, and Lu Changzhi agreed while intending to tell him to keep a low profile; Mu Fan instead said women would only slow him down.
• Two days later, Lu Changzhi, Gu Chen, and Mu Fan left the Five Symbols Sect aboard a flying boat bound for the Flower Spirit Sect.

Gu Chen searched for a way to sneak into Liu Qingyan's residence while Lu Changzhi scanned the Flower Spirit Sect banquet for talented disciples. When Sun Mo approached to probe Lu Changzhi, Lu Changzhi stood and questioned whether the fair-skinned man was actually a man, then sent him a private voice transmission.

• Gu Chen learned that Liu Qingyan lived in Clear Flame Garden and decided to use the Spirit Concealment Art to sneak in.
• Lu Changzhi scanned the banquet guests, finding few who met the system's aptitude requirement and noticing Zhou Jia's unawakened Jade Water Physique.
• Other sect disciples discussed Lu Changzhi's hidden cultivation and considered approaching him.
• Sun Mo of the Vast Heaven Sect offered to shake Lu Changzhi's hand so he could use his Illusion-Breaking Physique to probe him.
• Lu Changzhi stood, asked Sun Mo whether he was a man, and sent him a voice transmission.

Lu Changzhi ignored several Azure Cloud Sect disciples who tried to probe him, earning experience points from the system. The Flower Spirit Sect’s chief disciple, Liu Qingyan, arrived, and Lu Changzhi inspected her impressive attributes.

• Lu Changzhi frightened Sun Mo by seeming to accept his invitation to dual cultivate, then earned experience points as Sun Mo retreated.
• Zhou Zhuo tried to draw information from Lu Changzhi, but Lu Changzhi ignored him and earned experience points.
• Su Lin attempted to speak with Lu Changzhi, then left after Mu Fan called Gu Chen a mute; Lu Changzhi gained more experience points.
• Liu Qingyan arrived with the Flower Spirit Sect disciples, drawing everyone’s attention.
• Lu Changzhi inspected Liu Qingyan and saw her cultivation, High-Grade Spirit Rank aptitude, Clear Sound Physique, and two talents.

At the Flower Spirit Sect banquet, Lu Changzhi rejected the system’s options to interfere with Liu Qingyan and prayed for Gu Chen and Mu Fan instead. Gu Chen secretly entered Liu Qingyan’s residence to complete his check-in mission, but Mu Fan caught up with him afterward and teased him about what he had seen.

• Lu Changzhi dismissed the idea of recruiting Liu Qingyan, while Mu Fan and Gu Chen discussed her and the banquet began.
• Gu Chen left to investigate Liu Qingyan’s presence, and Lu Changzhi stayed behind until Mu Fan also went toward the disciple residences.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system how to help Gu Chen, chose to pray, and received experience points.
• Gu Chen used the Spirit Concealment Art to enter Liu Qingyan’s residence, completed his check-in mission, and noticed a sash beneath her bed.
• Mu Fan appeared outside and asked Gu Chen what color the sash was.

At a banquet, Gu Chen reported that Xie Yang of the Mystic One Sect was likely involved with Liu Qingyan, who then offered Lu Changzhi a toast. Lu Changzhi ignored her and Xie Yang’s provocations, earning experience points from repeated system choices, while Xie Yang pressured him to respond.

• Gu Chen told Mu Fan he had found something in Liu Qingyan’s room, then privately identified Xie Yang as the man likely involved with her.
• Lu Changzhi received an Earth Demonic Bear core from Gu Chen’s completed sign-in task, which could activate Luo Ling’er’s physique.
• Liu Qingyan approached Lu Changzhi with a cup of wine, but he ignored her and kept eating as onlookers criticized him.
• Xie Yang challenged Lu Changzhi for ignoring Liu Qingyan, then offered him a toast; Lu Changzhi continued eating and gained more experience points.
• Xie Yang released pressure from his fifth-level Life and Death Realm cultivation and tried to provoke Lu Changzhi into attacking, prompting another system choice.

At a feast, Xie Yang tried to test Lu Changzhi, but Gu Chen stepped in as his master’s proxy and defeated Xie Yang with a single spear strike. The crowd recognized Gu Chen as an unexpectedly formidable new disciple of the Five Symbols Sect, and no one disturbed Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for the rest of the feast.

• Xie Yang sent a wine cup flying at Lu Changzhi, but Gu Chen shattered it with spiritual power.
• Lu Changzhi rebuked Xie Yang for ignoring their difference in status and said Gu Chen would fight in his stead.
• Xie Yang challenged Gu Chen, claiming Gu Chen could win if he withstood one sword strike, then unleashed the Mystic One Sword Art: Sever Mountains and Rivers.
• Gu Chen met Xie Yang’s sword with a spear strike that shattered the sword light and knocked Xie Yang back, leaving him bleeding.
• Gu Chen returned to the table, and the crowd reacted with shock at his strength while no one else approached Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for the rest of the feast.

After returning from the Flower Spirit Sect, Lu Changzhi bought the Dao-Severing Sword and learned he could spend experience points to unleash its full power. He also prepared to activate Luo Ling’er’s special physique, but the system warned that doing so could cause her pain for over two months.

• Cang Wenyu and Li Yi praised Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for their performance, while Lu Changzhi credited Gu Chen’s strength.
• Lu Changzhi spent experience points to buy the Dao-Severing Sword, which bound itself to him, and unlocked a feature that let him activate powerful items by spending experience points.
• Gu Chen announced he would enter seclusion, then stayed to eat Luo Ling’er’s cupcakes with Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan.
• Lu Changzhi told Luo Ling’er she could begin cultivating and explained that her unusual physique would grant her great brute strength.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system how to activate Luo Ling’er’s physique, and it advised using an Earth Demonic Bear spirit core while warning that the activation could cause her pain for about two months.

Lu Changzhi activated Luo Ling’er’s Giant Barbarian Physique, raising her aptitude and cultivation to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm. He left Mu Fan to guide her training, while the promised saint-grade disciple remained on the way; later, Luo Ling’er asked for a weapon that suited her.

• Lu Changzhi used the system to activate Luo Ling’er’s physique, and she absorbed the Earth Demonic Bear’s spirit core without pain.
• Luo Ling’er’s physique awakened, her aptitude rose to mid-grade spirit, and her cultivation reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
• The system awarded Lu Changzhi one person with saint-grade aptitude, but said the reward was still on its way.
• Luo Ling’er struggled to control her new strength, and Lu Changzhi assigned Mu Fan to guide her cultivation.
• Over the next ten-odd days, Lu Changzhi found another person with a hidden physique but left them undisturbed because they were elderly and had never cultivated.
• Mu Fan brought Luo Ling’er to Lu Changzhi, and she asked for a weapon suited to her hand.

Lu Changzhi took Luo Ling'er to the Five Symbols Sect's treasury so she could choose a weapon, while Cang Wenyu discovered her aptitude had risen to the Mid-Grade Spirit Level. Luo Ling'er chose an enormous, door-panel-wide sword, and Cang Wenyu revealed he had a matter concerning everyone on Hidden Origin Peak.

• Lu Changzhi told Luo Ling'er he would take her to see Cang Wenyu so she could find a suitable weapon.
• Cang Wenyu sensed Luo Ling'er's Mid-Grade Spirit Level aptitude and questioned Lu Changzhi about her sudden improvement.
• Lu Changzhi explained that he had an ability to spot unusual qualities and warned Cang Wenyu that Jin Fugui and Mu Fan might still be waiting for their opportunities.
• Cang Wenyu led Lu Changzhi and Luo Ling'er through the Five Symbols Sect's formations to its treasury, where he revealed that another treasury also existed.
• Luo Ling'er chose a massive sword as wide as a door panel and swung it with enough force to uproot a weeping willow.
• Cang Wenyu asked how long Gu Chen planned to remain in seclusion and said the matter he needed him for concerned everyone on Hidden Origin Peak.

Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi about the upcoming true disciples' sparring competition and the Heavenly Azure Ruins, and Lu agreed to attend. Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Luo Ling'er enlisted Xiao Ming to chase Mu Fan, and days later Lu set out for the competition.

• Cang Wenyu explained that the Heavenly Azure Ruins would open in less than six months and that the sect planned a sparring competition with cultivation rewards.
• Lu Changzhi agreed to ask his disciples whether they wanted to compete and accepted Cang Wenyu's invitation to watch.
• Luo Ling'er challenged Mu Fan to a spar, offering him late-night snacks for seven days if he won.
• Mu Fan ran from Luo Ling'er, but Xiao Ming carried her on his neck and chased him until he shouted that they could not bully him like that.
• Several days later, a disciple notified Lu Changzhi that the competition was about to begin, and Lu set out to attend.

At the Five Symbols Sect’s true disciple sparring competition, Lu Changzhi used the system to uncover disciples with hidden physiques and exceptional talents. He discovered a disciple named Luo Zhen with a talent that surprised him.

• Cang Wenyu opened the sparring competition, and true disciples from the various peaks began fighting in realm-separated groups.
• Lu Changzhi’s system found eleven disciples with unawakened hidden physiques, and he recorded their names.
• Lu Changzhi checked Ling Qingyun’s attributes and learned that he was concealing his true Life and Death Realm cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that Qian Chen had Supreme-Grade Heaven Rank aptitude and a clear sword heart as he sparred evenly with Ling Qingyun.
• Lu Changzhi reviewed the system’s talent results and stopped at Luo Zhen’s entry, surprised by the talent it revealed.

Lu Changzhi discovered that inner sect disciple Luo Zhen possessed the calamity-linked talent Heavenly Sha Lone Star and worried about the danger of nurturing him. He shared a list of promising disciples with Cang Wenyu, then learned Xu Kun planned to promote Luo Zhen and offered to transfer him to Hidden Origin Peak as Lu Changzhi’s disciple.

• Lu Changzhi used the system to locate Luo Zhen and learned that those close to him suffered calamities while Luo Zhen gained luck and opportunities.
• Lu Changzhi watched the sparring session and recorded nearly forty disciples who seemed to have special potential.
• Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu the list and suggested letting the disciples try different activities to discover their abilities.
• Lu Changzhi visited Xu Kun and learned that he intended to promote Luo Zhen to a personal disciple and provide him with more resources.
• Xu Kun asked whether Lu Changzhi wanted Luo Zhen as his disciple and offered to transfer him to Hidden Origin Peak.

Lu Changzhi devised a plan to draw rival sects into poaching Luo Zhen by publicizing his exceptional promotion, hoping to move the Heavenly Sha Lone Star away from the Five Symbols Sect. As he waited for the scheme to attract attention, the system rewarded him for idling.

• Lu Changzhi rejected Xu Kun's offer to take Luo Zhen as a disciple and considered sending him to another sect instead.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak, told Gu Chen about his upcoming cultivation at the Spirit-Gathering Pool, and watched Gu Chen react with shock to Luo Ling'er's enormous greatsword.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu his plan, and they persuaded Xu Kun to make Luo Zhen a true disciple as an exception and spread the news.
• Rumors about Luo Zhen's promotion and possible connection to Hidden Origin Peak spread through the Five Symbols Sect, drawing watchers' attention.
• Lu Changzhi waited for rival sects to try poaching Luo Zhen, then received a saint-tier low-grade Blood Soul False Body from the system for idling for a month.

Lu Changzhi received a Blood Soul False Body and spotted a likely spy among the crowd gathered to watch his meeting with Luo Zhen. After confirming the spy’s identity as Cui Wei, he decided to consult the sect master and others, while Luo Shenghuan remained confident that his disguise was secure.

• Lu Changzhi inspected the Blood Soul False Body, a single-use item that could imitate someone and destroy its target, and considered using it to deal with spies.
• At Luo Zhen’s residence, Lu Changzhi checked Luo Shenghuan’s information and discovered that he was a Creation Realm First Level cultivator disguised as an inner sect disciple.
• Lu Changzhi spoke privately with Luo Zhen, who explained why he wanted to join Hidden Origin Peak, but Lu Changzhi made no decision and left the crowd guessing.
• Lu Changzhi followed Luo Shenghuan, checked the sect records, and learned that the disciple recorded as Cui Wei was the same person; he chose to seek the sect master and others rather than use the Dao-Severing Sword.
• Luo Shenghuan worried that Lu Changzhi might have discovered him, then reassured himself that his concealed presence and talent had kept his identity hidden and planned to approach Luo Zhen later.

Cang Wenyu and Lu Changzhi exposed Luo Shenghuan as a Mystic One Sect spy, but Luo killed himself before they could interrogate him. Lu Changzhi used the Blood Soul False Body to recover Luo’s memories and asked Cang Wenyu to help him stage a deception against the Mystic One Sect.

• Cang Wenyu watched Luo Shenghuan’s residence with Lu Changzhi, then brought Xu Kun and the elders to surround it after nightfall.
• When Luo opened his door, Cang Wenyu called him by his real name, exposing him as an undercover agent; Luo revealed his Creation Realm strength and tried to self-destruct.
• Cang Wenyu suppressed Luo’s self-destruction, but Luo used his remaining strength to kill himself before revealing his secrets.
• Lu Changzhi used the Blood Soul False Body to absorb Luo’s body and lingering soul traces, then acquired Luo’s appearance, presence, and memories.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu that Luo had served the Mystic One Sect and secretly brought in other spies, then asked the sect master to help him put on an act.

Disguised as Luo Shenghuan, Lu Changzhi recruited Luo Zhen to the Mystic One Sect by offering Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and promising favorable treatment. After Luo Zhen swore loyalty and agreed to leave the Five Symbols Sect, Lu Changzhi contacted the Mystic One Sect to arrange his escort.

• Lu Changzhi visited Luo Zhen in disguise and offered him a chance to join the Mystic One Sect, showing him a storage ring containing cultivation resources and a Dao Comprehension Tea Leaf.
• After tasting the tea, Luo Zhen negotiated for more leaves and agreed to consider joining the Mystic One Sect within three days.
• Lu Changzhi returned the next day and gave Luo Zhen fifteen Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves after Luo Zhen swore lifelong loyalty to the Mystic One Sect.
• Lu Changzhi swore to protect Luo Zhen and fulfill their agreement, then told him to leave the Five Symbols Sect discreetly.
• Lu Changzhi used a hidden contact point to notify the Mystic One Sect that Luo Zhen had agreed to join and that they should prepare to receive him.

Luo Zhen left the Five Symbols Sect and declared himself a disciple of the Mystic One Sect, while the apparent clash between the sects turned out to be a scheme involving Lu Changzhi and Xu Kun. Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Gu Chen signed in at the Spirit-Gathering Pool and received another valuable reward.

• Cheng Tianlin learned that Luo Zhen would leave the Five Symbols Sect and arranged for Mystic One Sect forces to meet him.
• Luo Zhen accepted a mission and left aboard a flying boat with Lu Changzhi, despite Xu Kun's attempt to stop him.
• Du Zhou and Mystic One Sect forces intercepted the boat, and Lu Changzhi was struck while throwing Luo Zhen toward Du Zhou.
• Luo Zhen declared that he was joining the Mystic One Sect, and Du Zhou's boat escaped as the sects' elders fought.
• Lu Changzhi returned to the sect in disguise and thanked Xu Kun for helping stage the scene, then declined to reveal his plans for Luo Zhen.
• Gu Chen meditated in the Spirit-Gathering Pool, signed in through his system, and received something good.