Synopsis

In that year, a Daoist appeared from the Southern Quanzhen Sect. This Daoist befriended confidants, roamed the chaotic mortal realm, and leisurely observed the boundless ephemerality of life. In the Great Ming Jianghu world, a mad friend cultivated Zen, proclaiming: "Heaven and Earth are vast, life is impermanent, monks eat meat, but possess a Bodhisattva's heart." In the world of Qin's Moon, where a hundred schools contended, the Daoist became a grand scholar of the Daoist school, establishing the Daoist Orthodoxy and Literary Tradition. In the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, where demons and ghosts proliferated, the Daoist initiated the Human Dao Killing Tribulation, eradicating devils and monsters within a cycle of sixty years, thoroughly reforming the world. And also the world of Lotus Lantern...

Chapter list(50)

  1. 1.Intent Realm: The Unity of Form, Spirit, Emotion, and Reason
  2. 2.A Daoist Encounters Evil?
  3. 3.The Scholar, the Daoist, and the Old Confucian
  4. 4.Without Reaching Caoxi, One Cannot Discuss Chan
  5. 5.As Cultivation Deepens, Tai Yuan Emerges from Seclusion
  6. 6.First Display of Divine Skill
  7. 7.Pi Quan's Body Strike, Flying Leaves Piercing Blades
  8. 8.The Title of 'Spear Spirit'
  9. 9.The Slender Samurai and Lin Pingzhi
  10. 10.Ronin Ambush
  11. 11.Inner Realm Expert?
  12. 12.Half Confucian, Half Daoist, Fully Pure and Virtuous
  13. 13.Seeking Truth with the Sword, First Learning Woodcraft
  14. 14.Riding the Wind through the Void, the Wukong TechniqueVIP
  15. 15.Solving a Case by Burning a Pig, Street GossipVIP
  16. 16.Farewell to the Old Monk at Guoqing Temple
  17. 17.The Daoist Arena of Yuchan, Zhizhi and Sitting in Oblivion
  18. 18.Inn Culture
  19. 19.First Dhyana: Do Not CovetVIP
  20. 20.Refining Blade Arts Through Sculpture
  21. 21.The Dao Heart's Turmoil, Stirred by the Clang of Arms
  22. 22.First Dhyana, Second Dhyana, Third DhyanaVIP
  23. 23.Indian Buddhism, Han Transmission Buddhism, and the Six Stages of Buddhahood
  24. 24.Nourishing the Spirit and Emptying the HeartVIP
  25. 25.Two Questions and the Transformation of the Sixth Patriarch
  26. 26.Swordsmanship + Mind Art = The Way of the Sword?
  27. 27.The Myriad Confusing Daoist LineagesVIP
  28. 28.One Flower with Five PetalsVIP
  29. 29.Investigating Bamboo is Not Seeking Origins, Only Change is Unchanging
  30. 30.Mystical Mental Art: Yi Hun Da Fa?VIP
  31. 31.The Art of Governing Literature: The Genesis of Heavenly Schemes
  32. 32.A Chance Encounter of Great Figures
  33. 33.Escort Leader Lin's Rapid Progress, A Distinguished Guest Arrives at the Academy
  34. 34.Three Months in Haste, Studying Literature and Practicing Martial ArtsVIP
  35. 35.The Saint King Sword Art and Cang Lang's WaterVIP
  36. 36.Destined to Meet an Old FriendVIP
  37. 37.Buddhist Enlightenment, Confucian Intent Cultivation, Daoist Mind TemperingVIP
  38. 38.The Five Immortals of the Cosmic Orbit and the Three Vehicle Methods
  39. 39.The Chan-Infused Inner Elixir MethodVIP
  40. 40.Yu Canghai's Words, A Lifetime of ResentmentVIP
  41. 41.Xingyi Five Elements, Opening the Lungs with the Splitting FistVIP
  42. 42.Humanity's GrandeurVIP
  43. 43.Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound, Internal Strengthening and Ultimate Softness of an Infant
  44. 44.Uncrossable Chasm, Heavenly Sword UnreachedVIP
  45. 45.The Daoist's Sword Dance, Pine and Bamboo Stirring the WindVIP
  46. 46.A Sword is a Weapon of SlaughterVIP
  47. 47.The Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment: Diagram of the True Dao
  48. 48.A Taoist of the Quanzhen Southern SectVIP
  49. 49.Setting Foot in the Ziyang Academy
  50. 50.Tai Yuan's Chance Encounter with Lin PingzhiVIP