第1章 红灯照清溪，月是故乡明 

The red lights illuminate the clear stream, and the moon is the brightest in my hometown

Radiant rays of twilight light up all of Heaven and Earth;
The path to the Dao twists through countless trials in the mortal world.
Ethereal music lingers around the palace beams,
Divine winds gently brush against the robes of law.
Elixirs and panaceas are not my pursuit—
Refining the Dao, claiming supremacy, and slaying demons is!
You ask where the immortals have gone?
To the Jade Palace and Golden Halls, where they stand equal with the heavens!
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Some say the Jade Palace Immortal Lord is a hypocritical fiend.
Some say he simply got lucky, acted ruthlessly, and seized power for a time.
Others call him a savior of the world—claiming even now they’ve yet to repay the grace of the Jade Palace Immortal Lord.

But whether it was the struggling young man Wang Yulou, clawing his way up step by step,
Or the Wang Yulou who would later be hailed as the Immortal Lord of the Jade Palace,
He never paid any mind to the nonsense those people spouted.

The Sea of Bitterness churns—this journey was always meant to be against the current.
If one stops because of outside doubt and resistance…
How could one ever reach the other shore?
[No clichés] [No system] [Not a naive protagonist]
[Power scaling and economy remain intact]
[Completely original combat/cultivation system]