Chapter Summaries

Lu Changzhi showed Zhong Ming a collective tomb filled with powerful experts and let him know he could dig there after two days. Meanwhile, the Huang Clan considered who had stopped the Canglan Domain invasion, and Huang Zhan resolved to use the opportunity to secure the clan’s future.

• Lu Changzhi took Zhong Ming to the secret realm, where Zhong Ming found a collective tomb containing Saint Realm experts and even an Enlightened Dao Realm expert.
• Lu Changzhi told Zhong Ming he had created the tomb for him to explore, but asked him to wait two days before digging.
• Zhong Ming wondered whether he could now bury and dig up tombs himself, but his system said he had to surpass Lu Changzhi first.
• Lu Changzhi noted that his system was upgrading and decided to visit Mountain and Sea Village the next day.
• Huang Clan elders discussed the disappearance of the Canglan Domain invaders and suspected a powerful figure had intervened.
• Huang Zhan recalled that the Huang Clan’s hope lay with Huang Jiuzhao and resolved to seize the chance to secure their future.

Lu Changzhi returned to Mountain and Sea Village, rewarded Huang Pi, and checked on Jin Fugui after his three months there. He then cultivated with resources from the Longevity Battlefield, which slightly affected the Seed of Chaos, and considered asking Xiao Qian for more.

• Lu Changzhi visited Mountain and Sea Village, heard Huang Pi report that the village was peaceful, and gave him a storage ring full of valuable items.
• Lu Changzhi asked Jin Fugui how he had been doing, and Jin Fugui described what he had learned while living in the village.
• Jin Fugui asked whether he had to leave with Lu Changzhi, who said he would stay two or three more days before they departed.
• Lu Changzhi sensed that the villagers’ physical condition and constitutions had improved under Jin Fugui’s influence, then reflected on the strengths and limits of his disciples’ systems.
• Lu Changzhi used resources from the Longevity Battlefield to nourish the Seed of Chaos, but the effect was slight, so he considered asking Xiao Qian how to obtain more.

After the system returned from its three-day upgrade, Lu Changzhi learned about new features that let him boost and coordinate his system-bearing disciples. He discovered a new Disciple Graduation module, but had not yet opened it.

• Lu Changzhi woke as the system returned from its upgrade and received the new information.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that his talent was now called [Master Not Inferior to Disciple, Disciple Does Not Screw Over Master], with a Seedling-Pulling Plan that offered disciples boosts for completing difficult tasks.
• Lu Changzhi examined the [One Loving Nest] talent, which gathered energy from linked members’ system-related activities and could use that energy to change system attributes.
• Lu Changzhi considered how the energy pool could affect his disciples’ systems, then noticed the new Disciple Graduation module.

Lu Changzhi examined the system’s new features and activated seedling-pulling plans for Gu Chen and Mu Fan, then the story shifted to Gu Chen meeting Huang Jiuzhao near the Myriad Laws Academy. Huang Jiuzhao described the Huang Clan’s recent troubles and the powerful figure who protected them, whom Gu Chen suspected was his master.

• Lu Changzhi learned that a disciple reaching the Emperor Realm would unlock a system feature and considered Zhong Ming the most likely to reach it soon.
• Lu Changzhi activated a seedling-pulling plan for Gu Chen, then goaded the system into starting one for Mu Fan as well.
• The upgraded system begged Lu Changzhi for praise, and he placated it before it complained about the difficulty of its work.
• At a tavern near the Myriad Laws Academy, Huang Jiuzhao told Gu Chen that a powerful figure had driven away Canglan Domain experts and protected the Huang Clan.
• Gu Chen suspected the powerful figure was his master and asked Huang Jiuzhao why he had requested their meeting.

Huang Jiuzhao asked to follow Gu Chen, who agreed and reflected on Huang Jiuzhao’s unusual bloodline. A new system task then ordered Gu Chen to open the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin, and he asked Huang Jiuzhao about it, prompting a shocked response.

• Huang Jiuzhao told Gu Chen that his father wanted him to follow Gu Chen, and Gu Chen agreed, though he expected to remain in the Five Continents Domain for now.
• Gu Chen noticed Huang Jiuzhao had a bloodline and wondered why his master had chosen him as a disciple instead.
• The system issued Gu Chen a task to check in before the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin and open it, with an unknown reward and a penalty that would leave him unable to get hard.
• Gu Chen studied the task and its guide line, suspected Huang Jiuzhao’s bloodline might be needed to open the coffin, and asked him about it.
• Huang Jiuzhao stared at Gu Chen in disbelief and asked whether he could read minds too.

Gu Chen told Huang Jiuzhao that he had received information about the Huang Clan ancient coffin and proposed that they search for it together. Huang Zhan agreed to cooperate with Gu Chen and decided to accompany his son so he could teach him how to handle the matter.

• Huang Jiuzhao told Gu Chen that the Huang Clan had left its ancient coffin behind in the Misty Clear Realm when it fled to the lower domain.
• Gu Chen revealed that he had heard news of the Huang Clan ancient coffin and suggested that he and Huang Jiuzhao go investigate it together.
• Huang Jiuzhao hurried back to the Huang Clan and told Huang Zhan that Gu Chen had found information about the coffin.
• Huang Zhan reasoned that Gu Chen had shown respect by telling the clan instead of opening the coffin himself, and instructed Huang Jiuzhao to cooperate and offer whatever the visitors needed.
• Huang Zhan said he would accompany Huang Jiuzhao and teach him how to handle the meeting.

Qin Li urged Mu Fan to advance beyond the Saint Realm so his explosive methods could reach their full potential, then left him to reflect on her words. Elsewhere, Qin Li encouraged Zhong Ming to help her old acquaintances at the communal tomb, leaving him thrilled by her attention.

• Qin Li visited Mu Fan and told him he needed to reach the Dao Realm to overcome a bottleneck in his explosive methods.
• Qin Li predicted that Mu Fan could make his emperor title and explosions resound throughout the nine heavens and ten realms.
• Mu Fan asked Qin Li what work she had done before, then watched her leave with the rope she had taken from him.
• Zhong Ming dug at the communal tomb, claiming he was loosening the soil to give the corpses some sun.
• Qin Li told Zhong Ming she would ask after her old acquaintances and have him help them, and he eagerly agreed.

Gu Chen learned that Du Niansheng was a Proven Dao Realm expert and prepared to travel to the Upper Realm with Qin Li. Du Niansheng’s survival unsettled Qin Li, who suspected she might have returned to a point in time before her own death and wondered whether another version of her still existed.

• Gu Chen encountered Du Niansheng outside the Five Symbols Sect and used the system to identify him as a Proven Dao Realm expert.
• Gu Chen told Qin Li he planned to visit the Upper Realm because of an issue with the Huang Clan, and Qin Li asked him to find out who Du Niansheng was.
• Gu Chen reported what he had learned about Du Niansheng of the Withering and Flourishing Sect, and Qin Li recalled legends saying Du Niansheng had once neared a breakthrough to the Emperor Realm.
• Qin Li asked Gu Chen to take her to the Misty Clear Realm and then privately wondered whether her memories of the future were real.
• Qin Li recalled witnessing Du Niansheng's death and questioned whether she had returned to the past, whether her former self was still alive, and whether two versions of her could exist.

Du Niansheng agreed to offer protection to Lu Changzhi’s disciple during a trip to the Misty Clear Realm, while Lu Changzhi learned that Gu Chen and Qin Li were both heading there. As Gu Chen and Qin Li prepared to depart with Huang Jiuzhao and his father, Lu Changzhi jokingly accused his system of building its own lineage.

• A mysterious figure told Du Niansheng that Lu Changzhi’s disciple wanted to visit the Misty Clear Realm, and Du Niansheng offered to provide protection when needed.
• The figure cautioned Du Niansheng not to accompany the disciple deliberately, and Du Niansheng’s request to visit Lu Changzhi was met with the reply, “Where there's a will, there's a way.”
• Lu Changzhi received messages from Gu Chen and Qin Li about their plans to visit the Misty Clear Realm and considered visiting it himself later.
• Lu Changzhi teased the system that it might be building its own Lineage by giving his disciples systems, and the system wondered aloud whether it really could do that.
• Gu Chen called for Qin Li to get ready, and they met Huang Jiuzhao and his father outside the Five Elements Sect before setting off.

Gu Chen, Qin Li, and their companions entered the Withering and Flourishing Sect, where Du Niansheng arranged for them to be secretly protected and hoped a minor mishap would let the sect earn their favor. At Mountain and Sea Village, Lu Changzhi learned that Jin Fugui had completed his trial and received a farming-focused system, then considered advancing Luo Ling'er's cooking system before his own system fell asleep.

• Du Niansheng sent Gu Chen, Qin Li, Huang Zhan, and Huang Jiuzhao through a portal to the Withering and Flourishing Sect, then arranged for Xiao Qian and others to secretly protect them.
• Du Niansheng assessed the newcomers' strength and hoped they would encounter a small mishap that the sect could resolve.
• Lu Changzhi received notice that Jin Fugui had completed his trial task and earned the Jin Fugui Exclusive System.
• Lu Changzhi read that Jin Fugui's system granted farming tools and a manual that let him use lifespan-consuming techniques without their harmful effects.
• Lu Changzhi considered improving Luo Ling'er's God of Cooking System, but his system responded by snoring.

Lu Changzhi passed a cultivation technique and farming tools to Jin Fugui, then tested how much the system’s benefits could strengthen him. Jin Fugui’s essence-blood-fueled attack reached Saint King-level power, and Lu Changzhi prepared to test forbidden drugs next.

• Lu Changzhi bound Jin Fugui and transmitted a cultivation technique, which left Jin Fugui amazed and grateful.
• Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui farming tools and asked him to attack; Jin Fugui’s initial strike showed how quickly he had progressed in less than a year.
• Lu Changzhi told Jin Fugui to burn his essence blood, and Jin Fugui immediately spat out a fist-sized mass of it.
• Jin Fugui’s power surged beyond his normal limits, and his repeated attack reached strength comparable to a Saint King's.
• Lu Changzhi blocked Jin Fugui’s attack and brought out a black-and-red jade bottle to test forbidden drugs.

Lu Changzhi tested the power and cost of Jin Fugui’s new system, then examined the abilities granted by the trait [True · Honest Person]. Meanwhile, Gu Chen, Qin Li, Huang Jiuzhao, and Huang Zhan headed toward an unknown destination in the Misty Clear Realm and entered a city to find a teleportation array.

• Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui a forbidden pill and had him attack again, confirming that his strength rose to near Saint Venerable level.
• After the pill wore off and Jin Fugui’s blood essence stopped burning, Lu Changzhi found that he was only tired but had lost several decades of lifespan.
• Lu Changzhi inspected the [True · Honest Person] trait and its abilities, including lifespan-based theft, heightened empathy for the dying, and a life-consuming combat boost.
• Lu Changzhi wondered what to plant first, came up with an idea, and left Mountain and Sea Village.
• Gu Chen, Qin Li, Huang Jiuzhao, and Huang Zhan reached a city in the Misty Clear Realm and entered on foot to look for a teleportation array.

Qin Li, Gu Chen, and Huang Zhan sought information in Crimson Feather City, where the Shen Clan held power. After Qin Li reflected on meeting Shen Wufeng again in the past, Gu Chen grew suspicious that the information sellers had an ulterior motive, leaving the group wary of the Shen Clan.

• Qin Li explained that the city was under the Shen Clan's rule, then split off to gather information while Gu Chen and Huang Zhan went looking into the Huang Clan's history.
• Huang Zhan paid for records about the Huang Clan at the city's information exchange, and the attendant secretly reported the request to a steward, who took over the matter.
• Qin Li learned that Shen Wufeng had only recently entered the Dao Realm and wondered how her return to the past differed from her previous experience.
• The steward stripped the attendant down to his underpants before returning to the group with jade talismans containing information about the Huang Clan.
• Gu Chen questioned Huang Zhan about the Huang Clan's relationship with the Shen Clan and suspected the information exchange had sent someone else back for a hidden purpose.

Gu Chen and his companions realized the Shen Clan might be targeting Huang Jiuzhao because of his powerful ancestor, while Gu Chen still had to find the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin within half a month. When Qin Li learned Gu Chen's master had assigned the task, she agreed to proceed despite the danger from the Shen Clan.

• Gu Chen told Huang Zhan that someone had switched disguises, and warned the group to be more cautious.
• The steward secretly painted Gu Chen's portrait and decided to report him to his superiors, expecting the group to visit the Huang Clan's ancestral land.
• At the teleportation array, Qin Li deduced that the Shen Clan might be targeting Huang Jiuzhao, a descendant of a powerful cultivator.
• Qin Li explained that the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin might require Huang Jiuzhao to open it and that the danger depended on whether the Shen Clan controlled it.
• Gu Chen said his master had given him the information and assigned the task, so Qin Li agreed to continue toward the Huang Clan.

The Shen Clan leader sent cultivators to ambush the Huang Clan descendants near their ruins and planned to track any help they summoned. Gu Chen’s group reached the Huang Clan ancestor’s statue, where their flying boat vanished and Qin Li sensed danger.

• A messenger told the Shen Clan leader that four people from the lower domains were heading toward the Huang Clan ruins, and the leader ordered an ambush that could trace their calls for help.
• Gu Chen led Huang Zhan and Huang Jiuzhao through the desolate Huang Clan ruins to a statue of their ancestor, and Huang Zhan offered him anything from the ancient coffin in gratitude.
• Gu Chen refused to take what belonged to the Huang Clan and began investigating the statue and its surroundings with Qin Li.
• Du Niansheng watched from afar and wondered whether Gu Chen had noticed the hidden threat.
• Gu Chen’s group approached within thirty zhang of the statue, and the flying boat and everyone aboard disappeared from outside view.
• Qin Li sensed something was wrong, and Gu Chen realized they had entered a trap.

Gu Chen and Qin Li were trapped by twenty powerful hidden experts near a statue and coffin. Qin Li claimed to be from the Liu Clan to deter them, but the bluff was doubted, and Du Niansheng and Xiao Qian prepared to intervene.

• Gu Chen sensed sixteen Mastered Dao Realm and four Forged Dao Realm experts, while an invisible barrier prevented the cloud boat from retreating.
• Qin Li agreed to buy time as Gu Chen watched the hidden enemies and Huang Zhan failed to sense them.
• The hidden experts emerged in matching robes and pressured Gu Chen, Qin Li, and Huang Zhan, demanding that they open the coffin.
• Qin Li invoked the Liu Clan, but the experts challenged her to prove her identity.
• Du Niansheng and Xiao Qian judged that the disguise had been seen through and prepared to intervene.

Gu Chen entered the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin chamber under the ambushers’ orders, but the coffin rejected his essence blood and exposed him as the wrong person. Huang Jiuzhao claimed to be the true bloodline holder and was dragged inside, while the ambushers threatened Huang Zhan and Qin Li unless they found someone who could open the coffin.

• The ambushers accused Qin Li and her companions of stalling and ordered Gu Chen to open the Huang Clan Ancient Coffin.
• Gu Chen went beneath the statue, where Du Niansheng mistook him for a hidden Huang Clan descendant with the ultimate bloodline.
• Gu Chen signed in at the coffin and, under pressure from an expert, dripped his essence blood onto it.
• The coffin absorbed Gu Chen’s blood, then formed a mouth and spat it out, prompting an expert to attack him as a fake.
• Huang Jiuzhao shouted that he was the one with the bloodline, and an expert seized him and pulled him into the statue.
• An expert ordered Huang Zhan and Qin Li to bring someone who could open the coffin or face death.

Du Niansheng and the Withering and Flourishing Sect arrived to protect Huang Jiuzhao and Gu Chen, forcing the Shen Clan experts to call for backup. While the Shen Clan waited for reinforcements, Huang Jiuzhao moved to reclaim the Huang Clan’s homeland and Gu Chen thanked Du Niansheng.

• Du Niansheng arrived with Lin Xiao and the Withering and Flourishing Sect, confronting the Shen Clan experts.
• Du Niansheng challenged the Shen Clan to call for backup, and the Shen Clan decided to summon their clan head’s people.
• Du Niansheng released Huang Jiuzhao from the Shen Clan’s restraint and told him to reclaim the Huang Clan’s homeland.
• Huang Jiuzhao entered the statue as Du Niansheng kept the Shen Clan experts at bay.
• Gu Chen thanked Du Niansheng for coming to their aid, pleasing the sect master.

Huang Jiuzhao opened the ancient coffin with his bloodline, and an apparition of his ancestor gave gifts to Gu Chen and Du Niansheng before drawing Huang Jiuzhao inside to receive a greater opportunity. Outside the statue, the Shen Clan experts realized Huang Jiuzhao was a royal descendant and waited for a chance to retaliate against Du Niansheng.

• The Shen Clan experts complained that their opponents’ strength prevented them from acting openly, and they feared the Withering and Flourishing Sect’s intervention threatened their clan’s interests.
• Huang Jiuzhao performed the Huang Clan rites and offered essence blood, which resonated with the ancient coffin and formed golden lines.
• The coffin opened, and an aged apparition addressed Huang Jiuzhao, then gave Gu Chen a body-refining treasure and Du Niansheng soul power as a reference.
• The apparition sent Huang Jiuzhao into the coffin to secure him a greater opportunity and told Gu Chen and Du Niansheng to wait outside.
• Gu Chen and Du Niansheng left the statue as it raised the coffin above its head, and the Shen Clan experts recognized Huang Jiuzhao as a royal descendant and watched Du Niansheng resentfully.

Shen Tianxun sent his indolent younger brother Shen Tianzhi to confront the Withering and Flourishing Sect after his instincts warned him against going himself. At the imperial clan statue, the statue’s power weakened as the ancient coffin’s contents stirred, while Gu Chen waited to open it himself and worried about what might happen when his imperial brother emerged.

• A messenger told Shen Tianxun that Du Niansheng and the Withering and Flourishing Sect had intercepted the Shen Clan’s people at the imperial clan statue.
• Shen Tianxun diverted to the courtyard and ordered deputy clan leader Shen Tianzhi to deal with the sect, then used his power to make him leave.
• Shen Tianxun watched Shen Tianzhi go and reasoned that his own furrowed brow signaled trouble ahead, so he chose to send his brother instead.
• At the statue, Du Niansheng observed that its power was fading as the ancient coffin seemed to nurture something within.
• Gu Chen waited for the others’ work to end, knowing he might have to open the coffin himself and hoping his imperial brother would not try to break out.