Chapter Summaries

Ye Qianyuan crippled Chen Chuanmo’s cultivation and offered Ding Ran a place in Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, settling the grievance with Lu Yang. After Lu Yang departed, Ye Qianyuan explained how powerful the young master and his household servant were, and Chen Chuanmo accepted that his punishment had spared the Chen Household.

• Ye Qianyuan drained Chen Chuanmo’s Spiritual Qi, reducing him from Foundation Establishment Perfection to the Qi Refining Realm, while the white-haired elder caught him before he fell.
• Ye Qianyuan offered Ding Ran entry to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain as compensation, and Ding Ran accepted a place in the inner sect.
• Lu Yang agreed that the karma was settled, then left on the Flowing Light Flying Boat with Mu Yunxue, Lu Qingtong, and Wang Da.
• After the boat departed, Ye Qianyuan told the white-haired elder that Lu Yang’s household servant had threatened the Nascent Soul Realm elders and that Lu Yang had raised the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng to Nascent Soul Perfection in one night.
• Ye Qianyuan told Chen Chuanmo to return to the Chen Household and live quietly, and Chen Chuanmo thanked him for sparing his life and family.

Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Spiritual Connection Ring to protect her, and she returned the gesture by sharing an ancient tablet containing a profound Metal Dao cultivation method. The system then rewarded Lu Yang with the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, and he decided to try out the supreme-grade flight Spirit Treasure.

• Lu Yang let Lu Qingtong fly outside the Flowing Light Flying Boat in her Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng form.
• Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Spiritual Connection Ring that could shield her from a Nascent Soul Perfection strike and teleport him to her side.
• Mu Yunxue accepted the ring, gave Lu Yang an ancient tablet containing a profound Metal Dao cultivation method, and asked to study it with him.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot after he settled the matter involving Ding Ran.
• Lu Yang learned the chariot could withstand attacks from an Early Spirit Transformation cultivator and decided to replace the Flowing Light Flying Boat with it.

Lu Yang replaced the Flowing Light Flying Boat with the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, whose nine Nascent Soul Late Stage cloud flood dragons and miniature world astonished Mu Yunxue. As the chariot sped away, Ye Qianyuan sensed its terrifying power near Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and feared the worst.

• Lu Yang summoned the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot on the grassland and had Wang Si activate it, revealing nine Nascent Soul Late Stage cloud flood dragons.
• Lu Yang, Mu Yunxue, and Lu Qingtong explored the chariot’s miniature world, and Mu Yunxue learned it was a supreme-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Wang Si drove the chariot onward, and its nine cloud flood dragons carried it faster than the Flowing Light Flying Boat.
• Ye Qianyuan returned to Ten Thousand Beast Mountain after arranging Ding Ran’s sect identity jade token and finally relaxed.
• Ye Qianyuan sensed nine Nascent Soul Late Stage presences nearby and rushed into the sky as the mountain’s grand elders and sacred beasts emerged.

Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and the surrounding Golden Core forces watched nine unfamiliar Nascent Soul True Lords rush toward the Heaven Severing Mountain Range, while Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue arrived there aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot. After a crimson beam stirred the Spiritual Qi and signaled the appearance of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, Lu Yang decided to head into the mountains, and Mu Yunxue agreed despite sensing powerful cultivators gathering nearby.

• Ye Qianyuan prepared Ten Thousand Beast Mountain's sect-protecting grand array as nine Nascent Soul Late Stage presences appeared, then watched them head toward the Heaven Severing Mountain Range.
• Ten Thousand Beast Mountain's grand elder flew after the presences to investigate, while Golden Core patriarchs across the region feared a clash between top forces before learning the group was moving away.
• Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue traveled toward the Heaven Severing Mountain Range aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, passing cultivators who gave the nine Cloud Flood Dragons a wide berth.
• Lu Yang considered visiting a cultivator city, but a crimson beam rose from the distant mountains and caused the surrounding Spiritual Qi to ripple.
• Lu Yang decided to enter the mountains to investigate the apparent heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and Mu Yunxue agreed after sensing Nascent Soul True Lords converging on the site.

A crimson pillar of light revealed a powerful Fire Dao treasure in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range, drawing cultivators toward it. Meanwhile, Qi Yunshu and the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders worried that a strange Evil Dao cultivation method could lead to another Bloodthirst Tide, and an ancient bronze carriage drawn by nine Cloud Flood Dragons approached the treasure.

• Song Huai reported that the nine Nascent Soul cultivators had passed through Ten Thousand Beast Mountain without harming its people, and Ye Qianyuan's elders chose not to pursue them.
• Ye Qianyuan and the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain elders sensed the Fire Dao treasure and hurried toward it, while Ye Qianyuan stayed behind to guard the sect.
• Lin Xuanchen, Qi Yunshu, and Han Qianshan decided not to pursue the treasure and discussed the three Evil Cultivators captured by Fellow Daoist Shiyi.
• Qi Yunshu explained that the Evil Cultivators carried a soul-destroying restriction and possessed stable Spiritual Qi despite consuming blood pills and spirit pills, suggesting a dangerous organization and cultivation method.
• Lin Xuanchen urged the sect to find the Evil Cultivators' lair, and the three elders agreed to wait for Liu Yifeng to emerge from seclusion and question the captives.
• Cultivators raced toward the crimson light as an ancient bronze carriage drawn by nine Cloud Flood Dragons swept through the storm-darkened sky.

Golden Core cultivators watched the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot pass, stunned by its nine apparently Nascent Soul-level Cloud Flood Dragons, while great demons gathered in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range over a rising Fire Dao treasure. When the light faded, they discovered a Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit, a treasure that could greatly improve a Fire Dao cultivator’s chance of reaching Spirit Transformation.

• Golden Core cultivators saw the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot pass and speculated about the powerful figure inside, with some recognizing its Cloud Flood Dragons as possible chariot-made constructs.
• More than ten great demons gathered around a scarlet pillar in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range and argued over who would claim the emerging treasure.
• A green-haired woman warned the demons to consider the human True Lords who would arrive, and the demons agreed to cooperate against them before dividing the treasure among themselves.
• The scarlet pillar faded, revealing a lava lake and a charred tree bearing a Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit.
• The great demons recognized the fruit as a rare Nascent Soul-level treasure that could substantially increase a Fire Dao cultivator’s chance of reaching Spirit Transformation.

Niu Huohuo and other great demons gathered around a Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit, whose power could help him break through to Spirit Transformation. Human cultivators arrived, and a red-armored spear wielder challenged Niu Huohuo before an even larger force approached from Qin Province.

• Niu Huohuo declared that he would claim the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit, while the Mountain-Moving Ape and Earth-Splitting Golden Rhinoceros opposed him.
• Six human cultivators arrived and spotted the fruit; the red-armored female cultivator said Fire-Treading Savage Bull tasted good.
• Niu Huohuo transformed into a hundred-zhang bull and attacked the red-armored female cultivator with deep blue flames.
• The female cultivator countered with a golden fire phoenix, winning their clash and forcing Niu Huohuo to raise flame shields.
• The cultivators and great demons sensed nine Nascent Soul Late Stage experts and two Nascent Soul Perfection experts approaching from Qin Province.

Wang Da arrived at the valley in a supreme-grade flying treasure, accompanied by a golden-haired girl and a white-robed young man whose presence stunned the Nascent Soul experts. The girl called the young man her master and claimed she had spotted one of her kind, leaving the assembled demons shocked by her Nascent Soul Perfection despite her childlike appearance.

• A nine-dragon cloud chariot approached the valley, and an artifact-refining elder identified it as a supreme-grade flying Spirit Treasure.
• The cultivators and demons wondered whether the chariot’s occupants came from an immortal sect or sacred land.
• Wang Da stepped out and unsettled the Nascent Soul experts with his powerful Fire Dao presence.
• A golden-haired girl emerged and excitedly pointed out the demons to her young master.
• The white-robed young man appeared, briefly overwhelming the experts’ perceptions despite being at Late Qi Refining.
• The girl clung to the young man and said she had seen one of her kind, revealing herself as a Nascent Soul Perfection Demon Beast and astonishing the gathered demons.

Lu Yang’s arrival with Lu Qingtong, Mu Yunxue, and Wang Da stunned the cultivators and demons gathered over the nine-mark vermilion flame fruit. As the humans hesitated to challenge his formidable backing, Niu Huohuo and the other great demons began joining forces against him, while the two Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Pengs scrutinized Lu Qingtong’s robes.

• Lu Yang reassured Mu Yunxue that the ancient bronze chariot’s defensive array could protect them from the Nascent Soul cultivators’ battle.
• The red-armored female cultivator used True Flame Spirit Pupil to discover Mu Yunxue’s transcendent-grade spirit root and Lu Yang’s extraordinary insights into several great Daos.
• Wang Da threatened the red-armored female cultivator for probing Lu Yang, then revealed that Lu Yang was his young master, shocking the gathered cultivators and demons.
• The human Nascent Soul True Lords wavered between pursuing the nine-mark vermilion flame fruit and avoiding trouble with Lu Yang’s powerful backers.
• Niu Huohuo and the other shape-shifted great demons put aside their old grudges and moved to join forces against Lu Yang.
• The two Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Pengs stayed back and wondered whether the patterns on Lu Qingtong’s robes resembled their own.

Lu Yang identified the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit, a treasure that could improve the odds of reaching Spirit Transformation, and casually declared that Wang Da would collect it. As the fruit neared ripeness, the human cultivators and demons prepared for a battle over it.

• The red-armored female cultivator apologized after Lu Yang rebuked her for using an ocular technique to spy on him, while Lu Yang noticed her and a green-haired demon met his beauty standards.
• Lu Yang decided he would add the two women’s contact information but let any further relationship develop naturally, then turned his attention to the lava lake.
• Mu Yunxue recognized the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit and explained that it was a supreme Fire Dao treasure that could help someone reach Spirit Transformation; Lu Yang realized Wang Da could not use it but told him to fetch it anyway.
• The great demons grew angry at Lu Yang’s claim on the fruit, while Niu Huohuo urged them to help him seize it and the Mountain-Moving Ape insisted they discuss its division afterward.
• The lava lake began boiling as all nine golden markings formed on the fruit, and the gathered Nascent Soul experts summoned their Law Treasures and prepared to fight as it approached ripeness.

Wang Da appeared above the battlefield with nine golden suns and approached the ripe Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit. As the transformed great demons attacked him and the human cultivators rushed for the treasure, he formed the Heaven-tier Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seal, leaving its power poised to strike.

• The Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit ripened, and Niu Huohuo, the red-armored woman, and the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect elder moved to seize it as the cultivators and demons erupted into battle.
• The red-armored woman fought Niu Huohuo, the Mountain-Moving Ape, and the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng while the other powerful combatants battled for position near the fruit.
• Wang Da appeared amid nine golden suns, and the surrounding Nascent Soul cultivators and transformed great demons backed away as he calmly approached the fruit.
• Niu Huohuo urged the demons to join forces against Wang Da, and they unleashed their Law Techniques and Divine Abilities while the human cultivators charged toward the fruit.
• Wang Da formed a Method Formula, and the nine suns gathered into the blazing Heaven-tier Nine Yang Heaven-Burning Seal.

Wang Da crushed the transformed great demons’ combined attack with his crimson-gold seal and killed Niu Huohuo, then Shen Hongyu tried to seize the nine-mark vermilion flame fruit. Lu Qingtong claimed the fruit for her young master, and Shen Hongyu asked to meet him to negotiate for it.

• Wang Da sent his crimson-gold seal through the demons’ combined attack and broke their defensive barriers.
• The seal struck Niu Huohuo, burning through his body and killing him.
• Shen Hongyu raced toward the nine-mark vermilion flame fruit with a void-breaking jade talisman ready for escape.
• Lu Qingtong appeared before Shen Hongyu, took the fruit, and said it belonged to her young master.
• Shen Hongyu accepted that Lu Qingtong had won the fruit and asked to visit her young master to discuss a trade.

Lu Yang secured the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit and stopped Qing Luo from fleeing, but revealed he only wanted to exchange contact information so he could trade for her venom. After Qing Luo left, Lu Yang gained a million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Fortune Trait: Yi Wood Azure Dragon Mark.

• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da to retrieve the Fire-Treading Savage Bull's corpse while the other humans and great Demons prepared to leave.
• Lu Yang called for the green-haired Qing Luo, and she fled until Wang Da's crimson-gold palm stopped above her head.
• Lu Yang assured Qing Luo he meant no harm, and she returned to human form and approached the ancient bronze carriage.
• Lu Yang asked Qing Luo to exchange voice transmission marks, claiming he might trade for her snake venom, and she agreed.
• Lu Yang gained one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Fortune Trait: Yi Wood Azure Dragon Mark after adding Qing Luo's contact information.
• Lu Yang let Qing Luo leave, and she hurried away into the mountain forests.

Lu Yang exchanged contact information with Shen Hongyu after discussing a possible trade for the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit, gaining spirit stones and the Nirvana Flame Seed trait. He collected the Fire-Treading Savage Bull’s corpse and left for Jing Province with Mu Yunxue, while Shen Hongyu departed to consult her elders about an offer.

• Lu Yang explained that he wanted the snake venom for Lin Ying, then praised Lu Qingtong when she returned with the Nine-Mark Vermilion Flame Fruit and Shen Hongyu.
• Shen Hongyu offered treasures for the fruit, but Lu Yang asked for a Heaven Grade Metal Dao or Sword Dao cultivation method, which she did not have.
• Lu Yang and Shen Hongyu exchanged voice transmission marks, earning him two million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Nirvana Flame Seed Fortune Trait.
• Shen Hongyu promised to consult her elders for a suitable trade and left after learning Lu Yang cultivated at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Wang Da returned with the Fire-Treading Savage Bull’s corpse, which Lu Yang stored before departing with Mu Yunxue in the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
• The Nascent Soul Realm experts watched the cloud chariot disappear and felt relieved to have survived the encounter.

Lu Yang gained the spirit-grade Yi Wood Azure Dragon Mark and Nirvana Flame Seed Fortune Traits, then continued cultivating as the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot reached Heavenly Craft City. The city’s elder Zhang Chi welcomed the young master and said the sect master was on the way.

• Lu Yang checked his system and found Qing Luo’s favorability was 1 and Shen Hongyu’s was 10.
• Lu Yang received the spirit-grade Yi Wood Azure Dragon Mark, which strengthened his Wood Dao abilities and doubled his physical defense.
• Lu Yang received the spirit-grade Nirvana Flame Seed, which could revive him once every hundred years and strengthen his body and soul.
• Lu Yang cultivated in his room as the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot traveled toward Jing Province.
• The Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot arrived outside Heavenly Craft City, where cultivators recognized it and made way after hearing of Wang Da’s battle in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range.
• Zhang Chi, an elder of the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect’s External Affairs Hall, greeted the young master and announced that the sect master would arrive shortly.

Lu Yang visited Heavenly Craft City and asked the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect to make him an exceptionally long-range Sound Transmission Jade Token. The sect leaders were stunned when he requested one that could reach across the Eastern Domain or even the entire Canglan Continent.

• Zhang Chi opened the city's protective formation so Lu Yang's Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot could enter, drawing awed attention from the cultivators below.
• Lu Yang and his companions disembarked in the city center, where Lu Qiong arrived to guide them around Heavenly Craft City.
• Mo Qianjun, Duan Heng, and several grand elders came to greet Lu Yang, including Pei Yuqing, whom Lu Yang had met in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range.
• Duan Heng offered to provide any Law Treasure Lu Yang needed, but Lu Yang clarified that he had come to buy Sound Transmission Jade Tokens.
• Duan Heng said the sect's best tokens covered three provinces, and Lu Yang asked whether they could make one covering the Eastern Domain or the entire Canglan Continent.
• Duan Heng and the grand elders were shocked, since such a token would require precious Divine Soul Jade that could otherwise make powerful treasures.

Lu Yang ordered forty supreme-grade Sound Transmission Jade Tokens from the Heavenly Craft Mystic Sect for twenty million mid-grade Spirit Stones, though the sect could not make them immediately. He paid in full for ten to be crafted first and stayed in Heavenly Craft City while the craftsmen began work.

• Mo Qianjun explained that a supreme-grade Sound Transmission Jade Token would cost about 500,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones and could transmit across two major domains.
• Mu Yunxue privately warned Lu Yang that the tokens were too expensive, but he reassured her that he could afford them.
• Lu Yang ordered forty tokens, shocking Mu Yunxue, Duan Heng, and the other craftsmen with the twenty-million-mid-grade-Stone total.
• Duan Heng said the sect had none in stock and could craft ten in less than a month, so Lu Yang chose to wait in Heavenly Craft City for the first batch.
• Lu Yang exchanged his low-grade Spirit Stones and paid twenty million mid-grade Spirit Stones upfront, and the craftsmen left to begin the work.

Lu Yang used his rebate to raise Tycoon's Confidence to level 12, then shopped and cultivated with Mu Yunxue in Heavenly Craft City. By the seventeenth day of the second month, he had reached Peak Qi Refinement and prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Lu Yang spent twenty million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, received a hundred million in rebates, and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 12.
• Lu Yang toured Heavenly Craft City with Mu Yunxue and Lu Qiong, bought Supreme-Grade Law Treasures for himself and several women, and learned about the auction held once every ten years.
• Lu Qiong showed growing interest in Lu Yang, while Mu Yunxue's favorability toward him rose to 79 points.
• Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue spent most of the following days studying Cultivation Methods and cultivating inside the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
• Lu Yang reached Peak Qi Refinement on the seventeenth day of the second month and decided to attempt Foundation Establishment.

Lu Yang broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, forming an unusually powerful foundation with dozens of Dao patterns and a Divine Sense range of nearly five kilometers. The system rewarded him with a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and tea leaves, but he decided to keep the tree in his inventory until he found a suitable place to plant it.

• Lu Yang shattered his Qi Refining bottleneck and transformed his body, liquefied Spiritual Qi, and expanded his Divine Sense to nearly five kilometers.
• Lu Yang formed a Spiritual Qi vortex containing dozens of Dao patterns, creating an exceptionally formidable immortal foundation.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree, one hundred jin of Low-Grade Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, and one hundred jin of Low-Grade Spirit-Tempering Flower Tea.
• Lu Yang learned that the tree could not be transplanted for ten thousand years and that its leaves took centuries or longer to harvest.
• Lu Yang decided to keep the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree in his system inventory until he found a suitable place to plant it.

Lu Yang celebrated his Foundation Establishment breakthrough with Mu Yunxue, whose composure faltered as he teased her and whose affection for him rose to 81 points. After claiming the reward, he studied the mysterious tablet and identified its inscription as the profound Metal Dao cultivation method, the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record, which might be Low Spirit Grade.

• Lu Yang visited Mu Yunxue in the study and revealed that he had reached Foundation Establishment after advancing from Late Qi Refining in less than two months.
• Mu Yunxue urged Lu Yang to focus on cultivation, but his teasing left her flustered, and she hurried back to her room after accidentally patting his shoulder.
• Lu Yang checked the affection panel and found Mu Yunxue's affection had reached 81 points, unlocking a Mid-Level Rebate Card, 50,000 Cultivation Method Experience, and three Metal-Splitting Spikes.
• Lu Yang examined the Metal-Splitting Spikes, a Supreme-Grade Spirit Artifact set designed to pierce defensive spiritual light and Law Treasures.
• Lu Yang studied Mu Yunxue's stone tablet and determined it contained the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record, a Metal Dao cultivation method that might be Low Spirit Grade.