Recaps

Li Ao received Lu Yang’s order to purchase goods worth over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Lu Yang arranged for Jiang Shiqing to become an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. The next morning, Elder Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s mist-shrouded mountain and worried that something was wrong with it.

• Li Ao learned through a voice transmission that Lu Yang wanted him to buy something worth over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and eagerly accepted the task.
• Lu Yang wondered whether Lin Ying had caused Qin Nanyue’s affection for him to rise, then arranged to meet Lin Ying the next morning.
• Lu Yang asked Qi Yunshu to let Jiang Shiqing join the sect, and Qi Yunshu agreed to grant her inner disciple status.
• Lu Yang returned to his cultivation chamber after Jiang Shiqing could no longer continue dual cultivation.
• Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s mountain, saw it shrouded in dense spiritual mist, and respectfully requested an audience.

Mo Xianyun visited Lu Yang’s peak and was astonished by the immense Spiritual Qi he had gathered there. Meanwhile, Lu Yang comforted Jiang Shiqing, gave her a Beauty-Preserving Pill, and left her feeling cherished as she recovered from their first night together.

• Wang Wu guided Mo Xianyun through the mist to Lu Yang’s summit, where she realized the peak’s Spiritual Qi had increased dramatically since Lu Yang arrived.
• Jiang Shiqing greeted Mo Xianyun as Lu Yang’s personal maid, and Mo Xianyun treated her warmly out of respect for Lu Yang.
• Jiang Shiqing woke sore after her first night with Lu Yang, and he teased her before reassuring her that he would let her recover.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Beauty-Preserving Pill, easing her fear that she would age and lose his affection.
• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing he believed in sustainable development, and she resolved to learn the remaining techniques in the Record of Same-Heart Creation once she recovered.

Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing powerful cultivation resources and three Golden Core Realm Dao protectors, then arranged for her to register as an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. At the Affairs Hall, Mo Xianyun asked Lu Yang whether he was responsible for the mountain’s unusually concentrated Spiritual Qi.

• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, a Water Dao cultivation manual, and two Water Dao Law Treasures.
• Lu Yang summoned Wang Shiyi, Wang Shisan, and Wang Shiwu to serve as Jiang Shiqing’s Dao protectors and said they could protect the Jiang Household too.
• Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s residence on the sect master True Lord’s orders, and Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing to go with her to register as an inner disciple.
• Mo Xianyun met Lu Yang in the main hall and asked whether he had caused the mountain’s increased Spiritual Qi concentration.

Lu Yang confirmed that he had raised the mountain’s Spiritual Qi without affecting the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s Spirit Vein. Mo Xianyun was stunned by Wang Shiyi’s strength and humble service to Jiang Shiqing, while Lin Ying brought Qin Nanyue to meet Lu Yang ahead of their planned spar.

• Lu Yang told Mo Xianyun that he had increased the mountain’s Spiritual Qi and assured her the sect’s Spirit Vein was unharmed.
• Jiang Shiqing summoned Wang Shiyi, whose Peak Golden Core strength and respectful treatment of her astonished Mo Xianyun.
• Wang Shiyi agreed to escort Jiang Shiqing to the Affairs Hall, and Mo Xianyun accompanied them on her flying sword.
• Lin Ying brought Qin Nanyue toward Lu Yang’s mountain, saying Lu Yang had asked her to come along.
• Qin Nanyue insisted she could beat Lu Yang in their upcoming spar, while Lin Ying privately suspected Qin Nanyue had fallen for him.

Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying visited Lu Yang’s transformed mountain, where he invited Qin Nanyue to stay and asked Lin Ying to make pills for their group. After giving Lin Ying a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for pocket money and alchemy supplies, Lu Yang left Qin Nanyue wondering whether he would treat her just as well if she became his woman.

• Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying found Lu Yang’s mountain shrouded in mist and filled with Spiritual Qi far denser than the surrounding peaks.
• Lu Yang confirmed he had made the mountain’s Spiritual Qi ten times denser and invited Qin Nanyue to find a cave abode there.
• Lin Ying agreed to try refining Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills for Lu Yang, Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, and herself.
• Lu Yang told Lin Ying to stop refining pills for sale and gave her one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with Jiang Shiqing to arrange purchases of herbs.
• Qin Nanyue envied how generously Lu Yang treated Lin Ying and wondered whether he would treat her the same way if she became his woman.

Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue left to find a cave abode so Lin Ying could refine pills, while Lu Yang continued studying the True Explanation of the Azure Waves. When Jiang Shiqing returned, Lu Yang asked her for basic Water Dao methods to help him understand the advanced text, and she offered to write down the Jade Wave Art.

• Lin Ying thanked Lu Yang affectionately, then hurriedly led Qin Nanyue away to find a cave abode and begin refining pills.
• Lu Yang told Lin Ying to make enough Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills before focusing on Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills.
• Lu Yang studied the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and found its Water Dao techniques difficult to grasp without learning the fundamentals first.
• Jiang Shiqing returned, and Lu Yang asked her for lower-grade Water Dao Cultivation Methods and Law Techniques.
• Jiang Shiqing gave Lu Yang the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, then offered to write out the Jade Wave Art from memory.

Lu Yang studied the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, using Jiang Shiqing’s explanations to deepen his Water Dao comprehension before mastering both methods. He then gained an initial understanding of the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, leaving Jiang Shiqing astonished after she spent the day copying the Jade Wave Art for him.

• Lu Yang read the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, reaching level 2 in both after one reading.
• Jiang Shiqing answered Lu Yang’s questions about the Water Dao, but his insights soon gave her new understanding instead.
• Lu Yang raised both foundational methods to level 4 through their discussion, then spent experience points to max them out and absorb deeper insights.
• With his Water Dao foundation strengthened, Lu Yang studied the True Explanation of the Azure Waves until he reached level 1.
• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing she could stop copying the Jade Wave Art because he had gained an initial understanding of the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, and she dropped her pencil in surprise.

Lu Yang reached entry level in the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and encouraged Jiang Shiqing to study it, while the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s leaders debated how to ask him to raise the sect’s Spiritual Qi. The chapter ended with Qi Yunshu asking Lin Xuanchen for his opinion on how to approach Lu Yang.

• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing to study the True Explanation of the Azure Waves so he could teach her and help complete her Beauty Cultivation side quest.
• Jiang Shiqing began reading the manual, and Lu Yang left to complete his running task without disturbing Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue.
• Qi Yunshu gathered the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords after Mo Xianyun reported that Spiritual Qi on Lu Yang’s peak had increased tenfold without affecting the Spirit Vein.
• Su Jinxuan argued that the sect should build its relationship with Lu Yang before asking for help, while Han Qianshan wanted to offer him something enticing and ask immediately.
• Lin Xuanchen calmed Su Jinxuan and Han Qianshan’s quarrel, and Qi Yunshu asked him what he thought they should do.

The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s elders decided to ask Lu Yang to improve the Spiritual Qi on only a few secluded peaks, and to offer him their Golden Rainbow Sword Canon as a gesture of sincerity. The next morning, Qi Yunshu and Su Jinxuan arrived to see Lu Yang, interrupting his morning with Jiang Shiqing.

• Lin Xuanchen warned Qi Yunshu, Han Qianshan, and Su Jinxuan that raising Spiritual Qi across the whole sect could attract a Spirit Transformation Realm expert and endanger the sect.
• Lin Xuanchen proposed limiting the increase to a few peaks and hiding them behind formations, while Qi Yunshu and Han Qianshan suggested restricting access to trusted elders and oath-bound core disciples.
• Qi Yunshu suggested giving Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and the elders agreed that Su Jinxuan should accompany him to explain the method.
• At dawn, Lu Yang finished cultivating while Jiang Shiqing slept beside him, then greeted her when she woke.
• Jiang Shiqing began dressing to prepare breakfast, but Qi Yunshu called from outside Lu Yang’s cave abode and requested an audience.

Lu Yang welcomed Golden Rainbow Sword Sect Master Qi Yunshu and Grand Elder Su Jinxuan, who came to investigate the mountain’s unusually dense Spiritual Qi. Su Jinxuan offered to personally teach Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, leaving him eager to learn from her and win her affection.

• Jiang Shiqing worried that Qi Yunshu’s visit might bring trouble, but Lu Yang reassured her and prepared to welcome the sect master.
• Lu Yang decided he would use his Puppet Upgrade Card on Wang Liu, a Peak Golden Core puppet.
• Qi Yunshu arrived with Su Jinxuan, whom Lu Yang’s system identified as an 11-point beauty, and Lu Yang greeted them.
• Qi Yunshu recalled their previous Dao discussion and avoided Lu Yang’s invitation to discuss the Dao again.
• Qi Yunshu and Su Jinxuan explained that they had come after Mo Xianyun reported the mountain’s extraordinary Spiritual Qi concentration.
• Su Jinxuan offered to personally teach Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and Lu Yang welcomed the chance to learn from her.

Lu Yang exchanged transmission imprints with Su Jinxuan and invited her to live on his mountain while she taught him the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon. After Su Jinxuan left with Jiang Shiqing to choose a cave abode, Lu Yang eagerly opened his panel to check the reward for adding her as a friend.

• Qi Yunshu gave Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon and left without asking him to increase the mountain's Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang exchanged transmission imprints with Su Jinxuan and realized he needed higher-grade transmission jade tablets to contact people beyond Qin Province.
• Su Jinxuan presented Lu Yang with the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and he invited her to choose a cave abode on his mountain.
• Jiang Shiqing led Su Jinxuan to find a cave abode near Lu Yang's, while privately assuming he had taken a fancy to her.
• Lu Yang opened his panel to see the reward for adding Su Jinxuan as a friend.

After adding Su Jinxuan as a contact, Lu Yang received a fortune of spirit stones and the spirit-grade Golden Radiance Sword Bone, which greatly improved his mastery of metal and sword arts. He rapidly learned the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, then assigned Li Ao to seek a formation master and upgraded Wang Liu to Peak Nascent Soul.

• Lu Yang received 1 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Golden Radiance Sword Bone for adding Su Jinxuan as a contact, then claimed the trait as golden Dao patterns formed across his bones.
• Lu Yang read the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon and reached level 1 with 1,200 experience after studying it once.
• Jiang Shiqing told Lu Yang that Elder Su had settled in a cave abode beside the mountain's spiritual spring.
• Lu Yang sent Li Ao a voice transmission asking him to find powerful Formation Dao grandmasters who could craft high-rank formation plates.
• Lu Yang used a Puppet Upgrade Card to raise Wang Liu to Peak Nascent Soul while Lin Ying watched, though she could not discern the change.

After Lin Ying refined a Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pill, Lu Yang gained experience and asked Su Jinxuan to explain the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon. His half-day progress shook Su Jinxuan’s Dao heart, but their discussion ultimately deepened both of their understanding of the Cultivation Method.

• Lin Ying completed a random mission by refining a Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pill, earning Lu Yang experience and Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang shared a warm moment with Jiang Shiqing over lunch, encouraging her to cultivate diligently and stay by his side.
• Su Jinxuan came to Lu Yang after he said he had gained a rough understanding of the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon.
• Lu Yang revealed that he had reached the introductory level in half a day, leaving Su Jinxuan stunned and briefly shaking her Dao heart.
• Su Jinxuan explained Lu Yang’s questions, and their discussion rapidly improved his comprehension while helping her resolve several bottlenecks.

After two days of discussing the Dao with Su Jinxuan, Lu Yang gained major insights into his Cultivation Method, while Su Jinxuan’s affection for him rose sharply. He then shared Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills with Jiang Shiqing and headed to visit Lin Ying, whose new task required refining a second-tier pill.

• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan ended their discussion after two days, with Lu Yang converting his insights into Cultivation Method progress and Su Jinxuan gaining a deeper understanding of the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon.
• Su Jinxuan left Lu Yang’s cave abode, and Jiang Shiqing told him that Lin Ying had brought two bottles of Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing one bottle, then spent two hours with her before leaving her to rest.
• Lu Yang checked his progress and found that discussing the Dao had raised Su Jinxuan’s affection to 48 points, so he chose to save his experience points for the Record of Same-Heart Creation.
• Lu Yang checked Lin Ying’s new random task and saw that she needed to refine any second-tier pill, then continued toward her cave abode.

Lu Yang visited Lin Ying, learned that Qin Nanyue was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment, and urged Lin Ying to seek a better Wood Dao Cultivation Method. After twenty days of cultivation and other gains, Lu Yang broke through to Late Qi Refining and was left nearing the system threshold to upgrade his Spirit Root.

• Lu Yang visited Lin Ying while Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying cultivated, and Lin Ying explained that Qin Nanyue had entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Ying told Lu Yang that Qin Nanyue planned to spar with him after her breakthrough, and Lu Yang welcomed the challenge.
• Lu Yang advised Lin Ying to ask Elder Su for an earth-grade Wood Dao Cultivation Method, then shared an intimate moment with her.
• Over the next twenty days, Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi planted spirit herbs, while Su Jinxuan repeatedly visited Lu Yang to discuss the Dao.
• Lu Yang absorbed Spiritual Qi in his cultivation room and broke through from Mid-stage Qi Refining to Late Qi Refining.
• Lu Yang saw that his Spirit Root experience had reached 8,350, leaving him a little over sixteen hundred points from the upgrade threshold.

Lu Yang broke through to Late Qi Refining while his companions remained stalled on their tasks, and Su Jinxuan promised to connect him with a Formation Dao grandmaster. He learned that Qin Nanyue had reached Foundation Establishment and agreed to spar with her that day, confident he could meet her challenge.

• Lin Ying’s low-grade Origin-Nurturing Pill earned 800 Universal Experience, while her new high-grade pill task and Jiang Shiqing’s cultivation task remained stalled.
• Lu Yang’s Golden Rainbow Sword Canon reached level 4 after discussions of the Dao with Su Jinxuan, who also offered to ask her friend at the Mystic Mystery Palace to help him set up a formation.
• Lu Yang left seclusion after breaking through to Late Qi Refining and found Jiang Shiqing studying the annotated True Explanation of the Azure Waves.
• Jiang Shiqing told Lu Yang that Qin Nanyue had reached Foundation Establishment and wanted to spar with him.
• Lu Yang agreed to spar with Qin Nanyue that day, and Jiang Shiqing relayed Lin Ying’s suggestion that he should win Qin Nanyue over.

Lu Yang went to spar with Qin Nanyue, who hoped to use her new Foundation Establishment advantage to beat him. His casual sword attack shattered her protective Law Artifact, and she hurriedly asked to rest before he could strike again.

• Lu Yang and Jiang Shiqing visited Lin Ying's cave abode and found Qin Nanyue practicing sword techniques nearby.
• Qin Nanyue eagerly agreed to spar with Lu Yang, confident that her Foundation Establishment cultivation gave her an advantage.
• Lu Yang's first casual sword attack shattered Qin Nanyue's Supreme-Grade Law Artifact shield and left her shaken.
• Qin Nanyue asked to rest and claimed she wanted to face Lu Yang in her best condition.
• Lu Yang agreed that they should both give it their all, leaving Qin Nanyue horrified.

Lu Yang demonstrated his level 4 Golden Palace Sword Gang to Qin Nanyue, inviting her to test it with her strongest attack. Her sword technique failed to disturb his barrier, leaving her demoralized while Lu Yang tried to reassure her by making it ripple slightly.

• After Lu Yang admitted he had used less than a tenth of his strength, Qin Nanyue proposed taking turns attacking and defending.
• Lu Yang formed a level 4 Golden Palace Sword Gang barrier and let Qin Nanyue attack first.
• Qin Nanyue unleashed her Flying Star Facing the Origin Sword, but its dozens of Sword Qi strikes left the barrier untouched.
• Qin Nanyue gathered her remaining Sword Qi into a massive sword and struck the barrier with her full strength, but the attack shattered without making it tremble.
• Seeing Qin Nanyue's reddened eyes, Lu Yang made the barrier ripple slightly and pointed out that it had reacted.

After Lu Yang defeated Qin Nanyue in their spar, she kissed him and fled in embarrassment. Su Jinxuan arrived, asked Lu Yang to spar so she could test his strength, and the two left with Wang Da while Jiang Shiqing went to tell Lin Ying what had happened.

• Qin Nanyue admitted defeat after Lu Yang's sparring overwhelmed her, and Lu Yang apologized when she began to cry.
• Qin Nanyue kissed Lu Yang, then hurried away to cultivate in embarrassment.
• Jiang Shiqing saw the kiss and looked forward to telling Lin Ying about it.
• Su Jinxuan arrived after hearing the commotion and invited Lu Yang to spar with her.
• Lu Yang accepted, and he and Su Jinxuan flew away with Wang Da to find a place to spar.
• Jiang Shiqing headed to Lin Ying's cave abode to tell her that Lu Yang had been kissed.

Qin Nanyue panicked over kissing Lu Yang and worried about facing Yingying, while Lu Yang began a spar with Su Jinxuan in a mountain valley. Su Jinxuan attacked at startling speed, and the chapter ended with the valley devastated by their first clash.

• Qin Nanyue retreated to her room and agonized over having kissed Lu Yang, who was Yingying's man.
• When Jiang Shiqing asked whether Yingying was refining pills, Qin Nanyue rushed out to warn her not to disturb Yingying.
• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan flew to a secluded valley, where Su Jinxuan agreed to suppress her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm for their spar.
• Lu Yang summoned his Golden Palace Sword Gang and prepared the Sunfall Golden Rainbow Sword, while Su Jinxuan formed golden wings and a spiritual-qi sword.
• Su Jinxuan moved behind Lu Yang at astonishing speed and struck his Golden Palace Sword Gang, unleashing a blast that tore up the valley.

Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan escalated their duel, and Su Jinxuan was shocked when Lu Yang’s Golden Palace Sword Gang withstood her perfected techniques despite his lower cultivation. After she raised her cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and cracked his shield, Lu Yang adapted her close-combat style and unleashed a powerful sword strike, but she dodged it with her speed.

• Wang Da watched as Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan’s clash devastated the valley, while Lu Yang remained protected by his Golden Palace Sword Gang.
• Su Jinxuan appeared hundreds of meters away with cracked Sword Gang and was stunned that Lu Yang had matched and nearly overwhelmed her perfected techniques.
• Lu Yang praised Su Jinxuan’s fighting style, and she raised her cultivation from Early-stage Foundation Establishment to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Su Jinxuan struck Lu Yang’s shield with increased force, cracking it, but Lu Yang used Golden Plume Chases the Moon to dodge and attack her from behind with the Obsidian Sword.
• Su Jinxuan evaded Lu Yang’s sword with an afterimage, and his missed strike sliced through the upper third of a nearby mountain.

Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan fought fiercely across a valley until Lu Yang, drained of Spiritual Qi, called the battle to an end. He received a system reward and left Su Jinxuan convinced that his extraordinary strength came from a higher plane.

• Su Jinxuan pressed Lu Yang with rapid sword attacks, but he used his Gold-Thread Robe, Law Artifacts, and Obsidian Sword to withstand her blows.
• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan battled at high speed for two quarters of an hour, devastating the valley before Lu Yang stopped because his Spiritual Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Lu Yang enjoyed the hard-fought battle and received a hundred jin of low-grade Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a Low-Level Cultivation Method Synthesis Card from the system.
• Su Jinxuan praised Lu Yang's combat strength and concluded that he was likely from the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, or another higher plane.

After Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan finished their spar, she asked him to increase the Spiritual Qi concentration near his mountain for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and he agreed on the condition that the sect provide Spirit Stones. As Su Jinxuan returned to consult the sect leaders, Lu Yang discovered that her favorability had risen to 70 and considered the possibility of making her his dao companion.

• Su Jinxuan praised Lu Yang’s strength and thanked him for mastering the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon under her guidance.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang to raise the Spiritual Qi concentration around his mountain for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and he agreed as long as the sect covered the Spirit Stone cost.
• Su Jinxuan proposed making the enhanced area a forbidden zone to protect the sect and Lu Yang’s peace, and Lu Yang accepted.
• Su Jinxuan left to discuss the plan with the sect master and other leaders while Wang Da carried Lu Yang back to the mountain.
• Lu Yang checked his panel and saw that Su Jinxuan’s favorability had risen from 58 to 70, qualifying him for another reward.

Lu Yang examined the rewards from his recent battles and Su Jinxuan's affection reaching 60, including a supreme-grade Spirit Treasure. He unlocked the Search Module and planned to give the treasure to Su Jinxuan, hoping to raise her affection further.

• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode and found Jiang Shiqing was still away.
• Lu Yang received Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a Cultivation Method Synthesis Card, then stored them in his system inventory.
• Lu Yang sent Li Ao a voice transmission asking him to look for powerful Metal Dao and Sword Dao Cultivation Methods, but the transmission failed because Li Ao had left Qin Province.
• Lu Yang opened Su Jinxuan's affection reward chest and received a Low-Level Rebate Card, 100,000 Cultivation Method Experience, a Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl, 5,000 Universal Experience, and the Search Module.
• Lu Yang learned that the Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl was a supreme-grade Spirit Treasure and considered giving it to Su Jinxuan to increase her affection.

Lu Yang upgraded his Spirit Root to supreme-grade with Universal Experience and unlocked a Search Module that revealed locations and information for a price. He tested its limits and began considering how its maps could help him find valuable resources and Cultivation Methods.

• Lu Yang spent 10,000 Universal Experience to raise his Spirit Root to supreme-grade, greatly increasing his affinity for Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang used his remaining Universal Experience on his Spirit Root and found the next upgrade would cost 100,000 points.
• Lu Yang opened the Search Module and paid 3,000 low-grade Spirit Stones to map every Origin-Nurturing Fruit within 500 kilometers.
• Lu Yang tested searches for opportunities and people, discovering that detailed information about Li Ao cost five million low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang learned that Lin Ying and he could not be explored, while Qin Nanyue and his younger sister Lu Hongdou could.
• Lu Yang considered using the module to locate powerful Cultivation Methods and voice transmission jade tokens, but learned it could only search the Canglan Realm and lower-level planes.