Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi took the Origin of Fire from Huang Pi after Sun Yi persuaded Huang Pi to accept the loss, then insisted on robbing him a second time. Huang Hao warned his grandfather not to hand over the Five Elements Sacred Physique's opportunity token.

• Sun Yi told Lu Changzhi that Huang Pi likely expected to obtain something more valuable than the Origin of Fire and advised him to rob Huang Pi again.
• Huang Pi gave Lu Changzhi the Origin of Fire, while telling Huang Hao he would find him another one when he was older.
• Lu Changzhi stored the Origin of Fire and announced that he would rob Huang Pi again.
• Lu Changzhi argued that Huang Pi's quick surrender showed he welcomed being robbed, leaving Huang Pi furious but trying to avoid a confrontation.
• Huang Hao cried out that he could handle the Five Elements Sacred Physique's opportunity token and urged Huang Pi not to give it to Lu Changzhi.

Lu Changzhi’s second robbery of Huang Pi’s clan yielded the Fortuitous Opportunity Token left by a Five Elements Sacred Physique. After Huang Pi surrendered it to avoid the risk of facing Lu Yuan, Lu Changzhi asked Sun Yi to explain the token’s use.

• Huang Hao accidentally revealed that Huang Pi possessed a Fortuitous Opportunity Token left by a Five Elements Sacred Physique, and Lu Changzhi decided to take it in a second robbery.
• Sun Yi urged Huang Pi to surrender the token and warned that Lu Yuan might come in person if the robbery remained unfinished.
• Huang Hao questioned whether Lu Yuan was stronger than Huang Pi, prompting Huang Pi to knock him unconscious and hand over the token.
• Lu Changzhi took the token and dismissed Huang Pi, who left with Huang Hao and vowed never to visit again.
• Lu Changzhi thanked Sun Yi for his help and asked him what the Fortuitous Opportunity Token was used for.

Sun Yi explained how the Fortuitous Opportunity Token and the inheritance of the Five Elements Sacred Physique worked, revealing that this generation’s bearer was Xiang Li. Lu Changzhi learned that his ancestors had arranged the attempt to obtain the Origin of Fire, and watched them set off to join the pursuit of Huang Pi.

• Sun Yi told Lu Changzhi that the Fortuitous Opportunity Token could reveal opportunities at Xu Feng’s ruins but could not grant his inheritance, which required the Five Elements Sacred Physique.
• Sun Yi revealed that Xiang Li of the Xiang Clan was this generation’s bearer, while the system assured Lu Changzhi that his own Five Elements Sacred Physique was genuine.
• Lu Changzhi noticed eight Saint King Realm ancestors gathered near the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s flying boat and contacted one of them.
• Lu Changzhi and his ancestor realized they had both been targeting the Origin of Fire, and the ancestor explained that the Extreme Arms Holy Land had planned to use Huang Pi to obtain it.
• Lu Changzhi told his ancestor that he had taken only what was useful from Huang Pi, and the ancestors set off toward Huang Pi to lend a hand.

Huang Pi was robbed again after losing the Origin of Fire and Fortuitous Opportunity Token, while the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s proposed teleportation array gave Extreme Arms Holy Land a new opportunity. Lu Changzhi then visited Mu Fan, who explained that he wanted the Origin of Fire to strengthen his talismans.

• Huang Pi confronted a masked Saint King who claimed to be there to rob him, and the two fought until Huang Hao woke and found his grandfather unclothed.
• Duan Yi and the elders agreed to discuss cooperation with the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and Jiang Yuanyin accepted the proposal while warning of its risks.
• Jiang Yuanyin told Lu Changzhi that the teleportation array might change his plans to leave Extreme Arms Holy Land, since the partnership could benefit the holy land and himself.
• Lu Changzhi visited Mu Fan, who admitted he missed Hidden Origin Peak and offered Xiao Ming spiritual fruits, which the picky creature rejected.
• Lu Changzhi asked why Mu Fan wanted to refine the Origin of Fire, and Mu Fan said it would enhance the power of his talismans.

Lu Changzhi gave Mu Fan the Origin of Fire and arranged for him to observe the construction of a teleportation array, while news of the Extreme Arms Holy Land's crisis spread and Mu Qianqian prepared to take Qin Jiuxiao beyond the Land of the Four Directions. Lu Changzhi learned of Qin Jiuxiao's future opportunities and bought another random mission.

• Lu Changzhi gave Mu Fan the Origin of Fire and arranged for him to watch the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and the Extreme Arms Holy Land build a teleportation array.
• News spread that the Extreme Arms Holy Land's Saint King ancestor was gravely wounded and dying, prompting people across the region to discuss the upheaval.
• Mu Qianqian declined Qin Jiuxiao's suggestion to seek treasures at the Extreme Arms Holy Land and said she would take him to an expert to improve his physique before traveling beyond the Land of the Four Directions.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would be forged by Feng Dachui and later find part of Wei Chen's mechanism-art inheritance, then considered telling Mu Fan about the inheritance.
• Lu Changzhi bought a new random mission after checking the system the next morning.

Lu Changzhi tasked Mu Fan with displaying some skill while observing the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion construct a teleportation array. As construction began, Mu Fan suddenly experienced an apparent enlightenment, leaving Sun Yi wondering whether the gourd he carried contained Dao Comprehension Tea.

• Lu Changzhi accepted the mission to display skill with teleportation arrays and asked Mu Fan to demonstrate what he could do.
• Mu Fan questioned whether showing his abilities violated the sect’s ancestral teachings, but agreed to try after Lu Changzhi explained that he could reveal just the right amount.
• Xiao Jiao led Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan to the construction site, where they met Sun Yi, Chen Kun, and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s array workers.
• Kong Yi and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion team began constructing the teleportation array while Lu Changzhi watched and Mu Fan ate and drank from his gourd.
• A surge of Qi emerged from Mu Fan, and Sun Yi suspected he had suddenly attained enlightenment before wondering whether the gourd held Dao Comprehension Tea.

Lu Changzhi considered how to prove his abilities after Mu Fan’s Sudden Enlightenment yielded little, while Chen Kun warned Mu Fan not to pursue teleportation arrays beyond his level. The chapter ended as Chen Kun asked Lu Changzhi about his experience with arrays and restrictions, and Lu Changzhi weighed a system choice that would let him demonstrate his mastery.

• Mu Fan told Lu Changzhi that his Sudden Enlightenment had not improved his idle cultivation much and that he could not show what he could do.
• Chen Kun completed the teleportation array and advised Mu Fan to build his skills gradually, while Sun Yi tried to soften the warning.
• Lu Changzhi read three system choices and focused on the option to demonstrate his abilities by mastering teleportation arrays.
• Chen Kun asked Lu Changzhi whether he had ever studied arrays and restrictions, and Mu Fan sat down with a melon to watch.

Lu Changzhi used perfect comprehension to learn how to construct a teleportation array after asking Chen Kun to review his newly gained insight. He discovered the method demanded more power than he could spare, so he brought out the Simplification Pen to help complete the demonstration.

• Lu Changzhi declined Sun Yi's invitation and asked Chen Kun to review his array knowledge, leaving the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion members to watch.
• Chen Kun agreed to help, while Sun Yi privately urged him not to let the situation escalate.
• Lu Changzhi used perfect comprehension to absorb the advanced teleportation-array method and found that constructing it unaided would exhaust his power and mind.
• Lu Changzhi took out the Simplification Pen and began using it to simplify the task as Sun Yi and Mu Fan waited.

Lu Changzhi used the Dao Simplification Brush to form an array in the void, startling Sun Yi and Chen Kun with his skill. Chen Kun recognized the technique as coming from the One Brush Saint Emperor’s work on teleportation arrays, and the chapter ended with him wondering whether Lu Changzhi’s brush suggested an even bolder possibility.

• Lu Changzhi summoned the Dao Simplification Brush and began drawing an array in the void.
• Sun Yi and Chen Kun recognized that Lu Changzhi was forming an array with a brush, and Chen Kun ordered the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s people to leave while he isolated the area with an array plate.
• Chen Kun told Sun Yi about the One Brush Saint Emperor’s incomplete work, The Construction and Application of Teleportation Arrays.
• Chen Kun recognized Lu Changzhi’s technique as the teleportation-array method from that work, and Sun Yi wondered whether Lu Changzhi had obtained the complete volume.
• Chen Kun pointed to Lu Changzhi’s brush and asked Sun Yi to consider another possibility.

Lu Changzhi completed a teleportation formation that astonished Chen Kun and earned his apology and respect. Sun Yi suspected Lu Yuan had found or hidden the One Brush Saint Emperor’s inheritance, while Mu Fan recorded the demonstration.

• Sun Yi considered Chen Kun’s suggestion that Lu Yuan might have obtained the One Brush Saint Emperor’s inheritance and linked it to Lu Yuan’s disappearance and his son’s presence in the Land of the Four Directions.
• Mu Fan watched Lu Changzhi draw the teleportation formation and assumed his master was deliberately demonstrating it for Chen Kun.
• Chen Kun studied Lu Changzhi’s formation and realized its mastery might have reached the perfection stage, making him regret his earlier judgment.
• Lu Changzhi completed the formation, which operated seamlessly and displayed an elegant, carefully ordered design.
• Chen Kun apologized to Lu Changzhi, offered to address him as a brother, and gave him a communication token.
• Mu Fan put away the image-recording stone and planned to show the recording to future junior disciples.

Lu Changzhi asked the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to keep his teleportation formation secret, while Sun Yi and Chen Kun suspected his display had revealed a connection to the One Brush Saint Emperor's inheritance. After the system delayed his upgraded mission reward, Lu Changzhi prepared to return to Hidden Origin Peak and asked Chen Kun about the news he had mentioned.

• Lu Changzhi asked Sun Yi to keep the day's events confidential, and Sun Yi promised the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion would protect the privacy of its Purple-Gold Guests.
• Lu Changzhi decided to leave the teleportation formation intact as an anchor, then wondered why his mission reward had not arrived; the system said his performance had exceeded expectations and upgraded the reward assessment.
• After Lu Changzhi left, Sun Yi and Chen Kun agreed to investigate whether his actions revealed anything about the Dao of Formations and to keep their suspicions from Brother Qi for now.
• Sun Yi and Chen Kun speculated that Lu Changzhi pursued formations because of the One Brush Saint Emperor's inheritance or his mother's influence, and worried that the matter could draw Lu Yuan's attention.
• At dusk, Lu Changzhi said he was leaving for Hidden Origin Peak, declined an escort, and asked Chen Kun what news he had received that might interest him.

After completing the Show Your Skills mission, Lu Changzhi received a teleportation function, a use of Super Simplification, and a Heaven-Peering Eye. He tested the new function by descending to Xiao Ye’s location and let his system go to educate Xiao Ye’s Tongtong.

• Sun Yi realized Lu Changzhi had ties to both a Purple-Gold Guest and the One Brush Saint Emperor, and reflected that Huang Pi had wisely sacrificed his wealth to avoid disaster.
• Lu Changzhi received the mission rewards, including the ability to teleport to any registered disciple and descend there with his true body or an avatar.
• The system showed Lu Changzhi its giant heart and called it its conscience, prompting him to praise how big it was.
• The system asked Lu Changzhi to descend to Xiao Ye so it could educate Xiao Ye’s Tongtong and help her grow stronger.
• Lu Changzhi teleported with Xiao Ming to the Xiao Clan, left the system to educate Tongtong, and continued examining his remaining rewards.

Lu Changzhi considered how to use his free Super Simplification, then examined the Heaven-Peering Eye, a Saint Venerable Artifact that suited his needs. After talking with the system about Xiao Ye's Tongtong and its wish for more disciples, he realized Jin Fugui's trial could begin.

• Lu Changzhi rejected simplifying the Longevity Battlefield or its special mission, deciding to save his Super Simplification for a more important opportunity.
• Lu Changzhi received the Heaven-Peering Eye, learned its functions, and found it useful for concealment, eavesdropping, and cultivation.
• The system returned after helping Xiao Ye's Tongtong, and Lu Changzhi learned that the other disciples' systems could not yet speak.
• The system asked Lu Changzhi to take on more disciples, and Lu Changzhi noticed that he could begin Jin Fugui's trial.

Lu Changzhi saw signs that the Black Tortoise inside its egg was developing, then activated Jin Fugui’s disciple trial and waited for its details. Meanwhile, news of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s teleportation array spread across the Land of the Four Directions, prompting Luo Zhen and Qin Han to plan journeys to the outside world.

• Xiao Ming led Lu Changzhi to the Black Tortoise egg, where Lu Changzhi sensed its growing awareness and added more Source Water Spirit Crystals.
• Lu Changzhi purchased and activated the Disciple Trial for Jin Fugui, and the system began determining the trial.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion publicized the Extreme Arms Holy Land’s teleportation array, offering first-time free travel to new Heavenly Treasure Token holders and a way to borrow Heavenly Treasure Points.
• After hearing about the teleportation array, Luo Zhen decided to leave the Land of the Four Directions and seek a powerful master in the outside world.
• Hua Yunfan told Qin Han to travel to the Extreme Arms Holy Land and use the array, while Qin Han wondered about Jiang Yun.

As factions debated whether to leave the Land of the Four Directions, Lu Changzhi focused on strengthening the Five Symbols Sect and received Jin Fugui’s trial mission to live in Mountain and Sea Village for half a year. He began taking Jin Fugui toward the village in South Island Province, and Jin Fugui was stunned by his master’s power.

• Hua Yunfan told Qin Han that the woman was no longer valuable and that Qin Han should leave the Western Region, and Qin Han agreed to depart.
• While most factions considered traveling beyond the Land of the Four Directions, the Five Symbols Sect chose to focus on cultivating in secret and growing stronger.
• Lu Changzhi checked the sect members’ cultivation progress and learned that Jin Fugui’s trial mission was to live in Mountain and Sea Village for half a year without revealing his cultivation unless necessary.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Mountain and Sea Village lay in South Island Province and told Jin Fugui to prepare for the journey.
• Lu Changzhi set the system navigation to Mountain and Sea Village, then took Jin Fugui with him as they vanished from the Five Symbols Sect.
• Jin Fugui saw the world around them change and marveled at Lu Changzhi’s power.

Lu Changzhi took Jin Fugui out of the Land of the Four Directions and traveled to Wind and Cloud Prefecture in Xiping Domain, while Huang Pi and the Xia Clan considered their own plans involving the newly revealed land. Following the system’s guidance, Lu Changzhi reached the place identified as Mountain and Sea Village.

• Lu Changzhi accepted a jade slip from Sun Yi, who arranged a private teleportation trip for him and Jin Fugui to Wind and Cloud Prefecture in South Island Province.
• Huang Pi recalled being robbed three times in the Land of the Four Directions and decided to stay away, though he still planned to search elsewhere for opportunities for his grandson, Huang Hao.
• The Xia Clan ordered a trip to the Land of the Four Directions to recover what had been taken from the Nine-Tower Secret Realm and instructed its members to investigate the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty.
• After arriving in Wind and Cloud Prefecture, Lu Changzhi sensed its Origin Spiritual Power and considered how its cultivation environment compared with Hidden Origin Peak.
• Lu Changzhi used the Void Shuttle to follow the system’s guidance and identified Mountain and Sea Village as his destination.

Lu Changzhi and Jin Fugui arrived at Mountain and Sea Village, where they arranged to stay for half a year while Jin Fugui lived like a mortal. As Lu Changzhi began exploring the village, a young hunter named Daheizi returned with two pheasants and drew his father’s angry attention.

• Lu Changzhi checked the villagers’ information and found that Mountain and Sea Village was populated by mortals, then told Jin Fugui to blend in and limit his cultivation for half a year.
• Lu Changzhi and Jin Fugui entered the village and asked to stay; village chief Shi Qinglin agreed after asking them not to display their powers.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about the trial’s difficulties and learned they involved adjusting to simpler living, enduring the long stay, and saying goodbye, though the trial was for Jin Fugui.
• Lu Changzhi decided to treat the stay as a farm visit and went out to learn more about the village.
• Daheizi hurried back with two wild pheasants, exciting the children beneath the great tree, while his father scolded him for hunting at that hour.

Lu Changzhi learned why Mountain and Sea Village feared cultivators and reassured Shi Qinglin that he had come only to let his companion experience village life. Shi Meng brought him roast chicken and asked if the village children could visit to hear stories, leaving Lu Changzhi pleased with the village and its food.

• Shi Meng returned to the village with a chicken while his father apologized to Lu Changzhi for the boy’s behavior.
• Shi Qinglin told Lu Changzhi that a cultivator had once killed villagers after they refused to surrender their ancestral stele, explaining why the nearby villages feared cultivators.
• Lu Changzhi assured Shi Qinglin that he meant the village no harm, and Shi Qinglin offered the villagers’ help.
• Shi Meng brought Lu Changzhi a roast chicken and asked if he and the other children could visit to hear stories about the outside.
• Lu Changzhi welcomed the children, enjoyed the roast chicken, and decided Mountain and Sea Village was a good place to stay.

Lu Changzhi grew close to the children of Mountain and Sea Village and bluffed the system into producing a golden garlic bulb before it disappeared. When Shi Meng’s injured father returned from a hunt, Jin Fugui considered how to improve the villagers’ wound treatment, and Shi Sen suddenly began unfastening his vine belt.

• Lu Changzhi welcomed the village children and watched Shi Meng lead them in gathering food and roasting a huge egg.
• Lu Changzhi teased the system into revealing a golden garlic bulb, which vanished after the system called him a cheat.
• Villagers rushed to help Shi Meng’s wounded father, Shi Sen, whose deep leg injury had spared his bones and tendons.
• Jin Fugui observed Shi Qinglin treating Shi Sen and planned to suggest improvements to the villagers’ medicinal powder and wound care.
• Shi Sen described a beast that had gone berserk during the hunt, then sprang up and began unfastening his vine belt.

Shi Meng took responsibility for stealing the beast’s egg and endured Shi Sen’s beating, then asked Lu Changzhi for help finding medicine for his father. Meanwhile, Mu Qianqian arrived at Heavenly Forging Valley with Qin Jiuxiao and Mo Gen and asked Feng Dachui to forge something for her.

• Shi Sen discovered that Shi Meng had stolen the beast’s egg, scolded him, and beat him with a rattan belt.
• Shi Meng refused to eat the egg and asked Lu Changzhi to help him find medicine for Shi Sen; Lu Changzhi offered to send Fugui with him to identify medicinal herbs.
• Shi Qinglin said the village still needed two more hunts to gather enough spoils for the year.
• Mu Qianqian brought Qin Jiuxiao and Mo Gen to Heavenly Forging Valley, where she introduced Qin Jiuxiao to Mo Gen.
• Feng Dachui complained about Mu Qianqian’s past demands, but she said she wanted him to forge something new for her.