Recaps

Yunhua and Yang Tianyou refined Gold-Pattern Qi-Nourishing Pills with the Yin-Yang Spirit-Tempering Method, then began preparing to make Foundation Establishment Pills. The chapter leaves them ready to refine the pills that the Yang Household had spent months gathering ingredients for.

• Yunhua used opposing True Fires to refine nine Golden-Pattern Pears into eight Gold-Pattern Qi-Nourishing Pills, while Yang Tianyou assisted her.
• Yunhua explained that her grandfather's Yin-Yang Spirit-Tempering Method increased pill-making success rates, and she and Yang Tianyou continued refining.
• Yunhua and Yang Tianyou finished processing thirty-eight Golden-Pattern Pears into thirty-four Gold-Pattern Qi-Nourishing Pills.
• Yunhua and Yang Tianyou prepared to refine Foundation Establishment Pills from fifteen Life-Origin Fruits and the supplementary medicines the Yang Household had painstakingly gathered.

Yunhua refined Foundation Establishment Pills and Blood Jade Limb-Rejoining Pills with Yang Tianyou, completing the medicine needed to restore his fifteenth brother’s severed arm. Yang Tianyou prepared to leave Crouching Ox Pass, and he promised to marry Yunhua after he broke through to Golden Core.

• Yunhua refined thirteen Foundation Establishment Pills, and Yang Tianyou put them away for the Lineage.
• Yunhua and Yang Tianyou refined three Blood Jade Limb-Rejoining Pills from a Blood Jade Lotus.
• Yunhua explained that the pills could restore Yang Tianyou’s fifteenth brother’s severed arm and described how high-tier pills could develop into living beings.
• Yunhua asked whether Yang Tianyou was leaving Crouching Ox Pass, and he admitted that he had to return to the Yang Household.
• Yunhua comforted Yang Tianyou, who promised to marry her when he broke through to Golden Core; she said she would wait for him.

Yang Tianyou broke through to the Foundation Establishment Second Layer while Yang Tianwang restored his severed arm and began a Foundation Establishment breakthrough. Yang Tianyou arrived at Yang Tianwang’s residence as the seclusion continued longer than expected, leaving him worried about his brother.

• Yang Tianyou gave Yang Tianwang a Blood Jade Limb-Rejoining Pill, and Yang Tianwang regrew his left arm, which he promptly broke while showing it off.
• Yang Tianyou delivered pills and Lineage Contribution Points to the Old Ancestor, then entered seclusion to cultivate with Spirit Stones, a talisman, incense, and a Gold-Pattern Qi-Nourishing Pill.
• After a year of cultivation, Yang Tianyou broke through to the Foundation Establishment Second Layer and found that Ruoqing had reached the peak of first-tier superior-grade.
• Yang Tianyou went to Yang Tianwang’s residence, where Household Members were waiting outside as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered over the courtyard.
• Yang Tianyou grew worried because Yang Tianwang had been in seclusion attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment for three days.

Yang Tianwang broke through to Foundation Establishment after bonding Giant Mountain as his spirit beast, and Yang Tianyou celebrated with him. Yang Haoyu later explained Golden Core grades to Yang Tianyou and revealed that she planned to enter the Fierce Ghost Cave again to improve her limited prospects.

• Yang Tianwang emerged from seclusion as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and told Yang Tianyou that he had bonded Giant Mountain during his breakthrough.
• Yang Tianyou warned Yang Tianwang that the risky choice could have jeopardized his breakthrough, then offered to celebrate his success at the Purple Moon Pavilion.
• Yang Tianyou visited Yang Haoyu, who tested his knowledge of Golden Core grades over tea.
• Yang Tianyou explained the nine grades of Golden Cores and their differing chances of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Yang Haoyu said her second-class Foundation Establishment limited her to an eighth-grade Lower Vehicle Golden Core, so she intended to enter the Fierce Ghost Cave again.

Yang Haoyu explained the Yang Household’s costly past expeditions into Fierce Ghost Cave and why she intended to return. She revealed that she had discovered Yin-Soul Liquid in its Inner Domain and planned to use it to strengthen her True Spirit and advance her cultivation.

• Yang Haoyu told Yang Tianyou that the Yang Household had discovered Fierce Ghost Cave during a Cold Tide and described its dangers, treasures, and origins.
• Yang Haoyu recounted how Yang Canglang’s first expedition lost cultivators and Purple Moon Wolves but brought back Soul-Gathering Stones that later became the Soul-Swaying Bell.
• Yang Haoyu described her second expedition seventeen years earlier, when she led the Lineage into the Inner Domain and escaped with Yang Dangmo and Wolf Ancestor after the others died.
• Yang Tianyou connected the losses from the second expedition to the Yang Household’s current shortage of suitable candidates for its Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Yang Haoyu revealed that she had found a large quantity of Yin-Soul Liquid and intended to strengthen her True Spirit, upgrade the Kun Earth Cauldron, and cultivate the Arms and Armor Divine-Penetration Technique.

The Yang Household prepared for an expedition into the Fierce Ghost Cave in six months, strengthening its defenses and expanding its Foundation Establishment ranks. Ruoqing broke through to Tier 2, while Yang Tianyou began training to advance his Blade Intent.

• Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou decided to lead eight Foundation Establishment cultivators into the Fierce Ghost Cave after six months of preparation.
• Yang Haoyu gave Yang Dangkai and Yang Qiongye Blood Jade Limb-Rejoining Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills, and both soon broke through to Foundation Establishment.
• The Yang Household assigned elders and Tier 2 Purple Moon Wolves to guard its holdings while it gathered supplies for the expedition.
• Ruoqing broke through to Tier 2, gained the ability to speak, and strengthened Yang Tianyou through their pact.
• Yang Tianyou entered the Blade Prison and shattered three treasured blades, absorbing the pure Blade Intent they released.

Yang Tianyou refined streams of Blade Intent in Blade Prison while crafting Talismans, gradually advancing his Great White Blade Intent. After three months, he reached Minor Accomplishment Blade Intent, whose power could fight independently against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

• Yang Tianyou learned that treasured blades of his own grade offered the best balance of improvement and recovery time, and that refining three streams of Blade Intent together saved several days.
• Yang Tianyou spent about fifty days refining the three streams from second-rank low-grade treasured blades and made various Talismans while he recovered.
• After three months of cultivation, Yang Tianyou's Blade Seed changed, sending Blade Intent through his Formation and drawing Spiritual Qi into hundreds of blades above his courtyard.
• Yang Household members mistook the display for a powerful Law Technique and praised Yang Tianyou before the blades dispersed and he continued cultivating.
• Three days later, Yang Tianyou's Blade Intent became half-tangible and reached Minor Accomplishment, gaining the ability to fight independently against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Yang Tianyou assessed his improved combat strength and finished preparing for the Yang Household’s expedition to the Fierce Ghost Cave. With the cultivators armed and supplies distributed, Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu led the party underground to begin the attack.

• Yang Tianyou estimated that his Minor Achievement Great White Blade Intent had increased his combat strength by forty to fifty percent, allowing him to threaten Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.
• After two months of drawing Talismans, Yang Tianyou set out with hundreds of Talismans prepared for the expedition.
• Yang Tianyou met the Yang Household elders at Purple Moon Mountain and distributed Talismans according to their strengths and needs.
• Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu presented sixteen powerful Forbidden Artifacts, while Yang Tianshi received four Formation Discs to deploy during the expedition.
• Yang Tianyou chose a Thunderfire Urn-Gold Bomb and a Wind-Thunder Pot, and Yang Haoyu ordered the party to depart.
• Yang Tianwang released Giant Mountain, and the Yang Household began traveling underground toward the Fierce Ghost Cave.

The Yang Household reached Fierce Ghost Cave and concealed their arrival as Yang Haoyu removed the safeguards she had placed there. Yang Tianshi and Fengling entered the cave ahead of the others, revealing its expanding secret-realm space and the creatures within.

• Yang Tianyou reflected on Fierce Ghost Cave's potential to become a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and its value to the Yang Household.
• Yang Haoyu led the group to the Thousand-Li Mist Forest and then to the ordinary-looking entrance of Fierce Ghost Cave.
• Yang Tianshi activated the Heavenly Net Illusory Spirit Formation, hiding the group and cave from outside observers.
• Yang Haoyu explained the Mirage Pearl and removed the precautions she had left in the cave passage.
• Yang Tianyou gave Yang Tianshi and Fengling Dark Silence and Invisibility Talismans, and they entered the cave to scout ahead.
• Yang Tianshi saw the expanding cavern, yin-attribute spirit medicines, a pale-red stream, sleeping Fierce Beasts, and drifting Vengeful Ghosts and wandering souls.

The Yang Household launched its assault on Fierce Ghost Cave after Yang Tianshi and Fengling secretly reached the narrow passage and prepared a formation. The first ambush killed four Tier 2 Fierce Beasts, though Yang Tiankang and Yang Lihe struggled against a stronger target, and a Jackal Fierce Beast charged toward Yang Tianxue.

• Yang Tianshi and Fengling surveyed the passage between Fierce Ghost Cave’s Outer Periphery and Inner Domain, then set up a formation with a Formation Disc and eight flags.
• Yang Haoyu led the elders and Spirit Beasts into the cave, split them into teams, and had them conceal themselves while choosing targets.
• Yang Tianyou gravely wounded an Alligator Turtle Fierce Beast, while Ruoqing and Yuan Ba froze and killed a serpent Fierce Beast before helping Yang Tianyou finish the turtle.
• Yang Haoyu injured the three-headed Monster Insect, Yang Dangmo killed a leopard Fierce Beast, and Yang Tianwang and Yang Tianxue killed a rat Fierce Beast.
• Yang Tiankang and Yang Lihe discovered they had ambushed a Second-Tier Middle-Grade lizard Fierce Beast, which fought back with speed, armor, and Sha Qi flames.
• A Jackal Fierce Beast charged toward Yang Tianxue while she and her partner were occupied, but Yang Tianyou remained confident because they had not yet used their talismans or Forbidden Artifacts.

Yang Tianyou and the Yang Household cultivators used Talismans and their abilities to slaughter the Fierce Beasts and vengeful ghosts in the Outer Periphery of Fierce Ghost Cave. As they finished the fight, a False Core Fierce Beast awakened in the Inner Domain, threatening to attack them from the other side of the Spirit Jade Wall Formation.

• Yang Tianxue and Yang Tianwang killed a Second-Rank Middle-Grade Fierce Beast with a barrage of Talismans and a Blade Formation Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou warned the Yang Household cultivators to finish quickly as a False Core Fierce Beast awakened beyond the Spirit Jade Wall Formation.
• Yang Tianyou unleashed a dozen Talismans, killing or wounding most of the Fierce Beasts and eliminating the vengeful ghosts and wandering souls around him.
• Yang Haoyu rang the Soul-Swaying Bell, trapped a Monster Insect Fierce Beast in the Kun Earth Cauldron, and burned it to death before using flames to attack more enemies.
• Yang Tiankang used the Earth Sha Sword Scripture to cut down dozens of Fierce Beasts, while Yang Tianxue and Yang Tianwang killed the two Second-Rank Low-Grade Fierce Beasts attacking them.

The Yang Household elders cleared the Outer Periphery of the Fierce Ghost Cave and prepared an ambush at the Inner Domain’s Spirit Jade Wall Formation. When the False Core Serpent Fierce Beast and its army charged through, Yang Haoyu ordered the hidden Forbidden Artifacts detonated, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yang Dangmo, Yang Lihe, and the other Yang Household elders used Talismans and techniques to defeat the Fierce Beasts and Vengeful Ghosts in the Outer Periphery.
• Yang Tianshi reinforced the Spirit Jade Wall Formation while Yang Tianwang revealed that sixteen concealed Forbidden Artifacts were ready to explode.
• Yang Haoyu and Yang Dangmo recognized the False Core Serpent Fierce Beast that had killed Yang Household cultivators eighteen years earlier, and the group prepared to avenge them.
• The Serpent Fierce Beast smashed through the weakening Formation, leading more than two hundred Fierce Beasts and Vengeful Ghosts toward the retreating elders.
• Yang Haoyu ordered the Forbidden Artifacts detonated, and all sixteen exploded at once with the force of powerful Foundation Establishment attacks.

The Yang Household fought the Serpent Fierce Beast and the remaining creatures in the Fierce Ghost Cave. Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu killed the Serpent Fierce Beast, and the Yang Household cleared the cave.

• A thunderous explosion killed or wounded most of the Fierce Beasts and Vengeful Ghosts, but the Serpent Fierce Beast charged the Yang Household members.
• Yang Haoyu summoned the Bianhe Boat, and Yang Tianshi activated three Formations as the boat rammed the Serpent Fierce Beast and sent it crashing into a crater.
• Yang Haoyu rang the Soul-Swaying Bell while Yang Tianyou bound the Serpent Fierce Beast with Wooden Cage Talismans and froze it with Yunhua's jade pendant.
• Yang Haoyu struck the frozen Serpent Fierce Beast with a Third-Tier Flying Sword, gravely wounding it, while Yang Tianyou activated three powerful Talismans.
• Yang Haoyu used the Ten Directions Annihilation Talisman to pierce the Serpent Fierce Beast's head, and Yang Tianyou's Vermilion Bird Talisman burned it.
• Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu helped the other Yang Household Foundation Establishment Cultivators kill the remaining creatures, and the Yang Household took the Fierce Ghost Cave.

Yang Tianyou discovered the Yin-Soul Liquid’s origin and glimpsed a treasure at the mountain’s summit before Huang Fen attempted to possess him. The Jade Register Heavenly Book destroyed and absorbed Huang Fen, then opened its second page and revealed the Divine Mirror.

• Yang Haoyu, Yang Tianyou, and Yang Tianshi entered Fierce Ghost Cave’s Inner Domain and found the Yin-Soul Liquid at the Serpent Fierce Beast’s mountain lair.
• Yang Tianyou used his Great White Gold Eyes to see the mountain’s Yin Vein produce the Yin-Soul Liquid, Soul-Gathering Stone, and a mysterious silver moon above the summit.
• Huang Fen launched a surprise body-possession attack and entered Yang Tianyou’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Huang Fen charged at Yang Tianyou’s True Spirit but was dissolved and assimilated by the Jade Register Heavenly Book’s jade-white halo.
• Yang Tianyou opened the book’s second page, which displayed the character “Mirror” and transformed into a bronze Divine Mirror bearing Huang Fen’s lifeless image.

Yang Tianyou recovered from the Golden Core Cultivator’s possession, and he, Yang Haoyu, and Yang Tianshi discovered a Moonlight Cold Crystal in Fierce Ghost Cave. After finding a hidden passage that might lead outside, Yang Tianyou flew into it to investigate, while the chapter also described the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan’s Ice Vein and its Thousand-Year Black Jade.

• Yang Tianyou woke after erasing the Golden Core Cultivator who had tried to possess him, and Yang Haoyu tested his identity before accepting that he was himself.
• Yang Tianyou, Yang Haoyu, and Yang Tianshi reached the mountaintop and found a pool of cold yin water with a human-head-sized Moonlight Cold Crystal floating at its center.
• Yang Haoyu collected the Moonlight Cold Crystal and ordered Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianshi to keep its discovery secret.
• Yang Tianshi suggested that the Cold Tide and the Yin Vein had drawn the Moonlight Cold Crystal into Fierce Ghost Cave, prompting the group to search for a passage to the surface.
• Yang Tianyou spotted a dark opening in the stone wall, received Yang Haoyu’s agreement to investigate it, and flew into the sloping passage with Concealment Talismans.
• The narration described how the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan transformed an ordinary Spirit Vein into an Ice Vein that produced Thousand-Year Black Jade.

After discovering that the Fierce Ghost Cave passage had carried him across more than a thousand li, Yang Tianyou proposed using it as a route from the Yang Household’s Purple Moon Mountain to the Ice Crystal Pool. Yang Haoyu agreed to invest heavily in turning the cave into a Secret Realm, and they went to ask Yang Tianshi how to preserve the passage.

• Yang Tianyou emerged near the Ice Crystal Pool and inferred that Spatial Power had made the Fierce Ghost Cave passage a shortcut across more than a thousand li.
• Yang Tianyou envisioned using the completed Secret Realm and its passage to reach the Ice Crystal Pool from Purple Moon Mountain and attack the Ice Crystal Saber-Toothed Tiger Clan from behind.
• Yang Tianyou concealed and covered the cave entrance before returning to the Fierce Ghost Cave.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Haoyu about the passage and his plan, and Yang Haoyu recognized the opportunity but noted the Yang Household first needed enough strength to match the Ice Crystal Pool.
• Yang Haoyu decided to invest a million Spirit Stones to advance the Fierce Ghost Cave into a Secret Realm, then went with Yang Tianyou to seek Yang Tianshi’s advice on preserving the passage.

The Yang Household tallied the riches seized from Fierce Ghost Cave and decided how to defend and develop the nascent Secret Realm. As Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou prepared to leave, Fengling arrived carrying a little black dog, and Yang Tianyou ordered him to follow.

• Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou discussed the rare materials needed to preserve the Spatial Passage and decided to offer Yunhua Moonlight Cold Crystal as an advance betrothal gift.
• The Yang Household elders tallied their spoils, including Moonlight Cold Crystal, Yin-Soul Liquid, Cold-Yin Spirit Water, Soul-Gathering Stones, and an Azurefrost Iron mine, with profits estimated at seven to eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Yang Dangmo volunteered to stay at Fierce Ghost Cave and oversee its defenses and development, and Yang Haoyu agreed to let Yang Tiankang stay there to cultivate.
• The Yang Household took most of the Cold Yin Water and Yin-Soul Liquid and gathered mature spirit medicines while leaving resources behind to keep producing.
• Fengling arrived carrying a little black dog, and Yang Tianyou ordered Fengling to follow him.

Yang Tianyou discovered that the little black dog Fengling brought back was a rare Nine-Eared Dog whose bloodline could be awakened by gathering special kinds of Qi. Yunhua gave it a wisp of Extreme Yin Qi, awakening a vision of a Divine Beast and raising the dog’s cultivation to first-tier middle-grade.

• Yang Tianyou returned to Purple Moon Mountain, then went to Crouching Ox Pass and examined the little black dog beneath the Red Maple Tree.
• Yang Tianyou gave Yunhua the Moonlight Cold Crystal as an advance betrothal gift, and she gladly accepted it.
• Fengling brought the little black dog to Yang Tianyou, and Yunhua identified it as a Nine-Eared Dog descended from the bloodline of Diting.
• Yunhua explained that the Nine-Eared Dog needed nine kinds of Qi to fully awaken its bloodline, but only two or three were needed for its early cultivation.
• Yunhua gave the dog a wisp of Extreme Yin Qi, and a Divine Beast apparition appeared as its cultivation advanced to first-tier middle-grade.

Yunhua crafted the Heavenly Moon Spirit Gathering Formation and assessed the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm, giving Yang Tianyou a plan to upgrade it and preserve its Spatial Passage. Yang Tianyou arranged for the Yang Household to gather the required resources, then installed the formation at the Wolf Pool, transforming it into a Moonlight-rich cultivation ground.

• Yunhua gave Yang Tianyou the Heavenly Moon Spirit Gathering Formation and said she had asked a friend about obtaining Void Crystal and Spatial Fragments from the Luochuan Sect.
• Yunhua examined Fierce Ghost Cave for three days and estimated a ninety percent chance of upgrading the Secret Realm and a seventy percent chance of preserving its Spatial Passage with two pieces of Third-Tier Upper-Grade Void Crystal.
• Yang Tianyou gave Yunhua a Moonlight Cold Crystal to exchange for Luochuan Sect Contribution Points and received a list of materials for the Secret Realm Advancement Formation and Spatial Passage Stabilization Formation.
• Yang Tianyou gave Yang Tianjiu funds and a Jade Slip listing the required resources, and Yang Tianjiu promised to gather them within seven years without drawing outsiders' attention.
• Yang Tianyou installed the Heavenly Moon Spirit Gathering Formation with a Moonlight Cold Crystal at the Wolf Pool, causing moonlight to descend in dense streams and turn the pool's water silvery.

The Yang Household strengthened the Wolf Pool with a moonlight formation and began raising spirit fish while Yang Haoyu prepared to advance her Kun Earth Cauldron. After the cauldron became the Lineage’s first third-tier Law Treasure, Yang Haoyu entered seclusion to refine its Spiritual Power and cultivate a Divine Ability Prototype.

• The Heavenly Moon Spirit Gathering Formation increased the Wolf Pool’s Spiritual Qi, and the Yang Household stocked it with three varieties of spirit fish.
• Yang Haoyu raised her True Spirit to Golden Core level and set out to advance the Kun Earth Cauldron using a third-tier upper-grade earth-attribute Spirit Item.
• Yang Tianjiu acquired Yellow Jade Spirit Soil, while Yang Dangmo returned from the Fierce Ghost Cave and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Yang Haoyu and the Lineage’s Artifact Refining Masters used Flaming Blaze True Fire to advance the Kun Earth Cauldron, completing the Yang Household’s first third-tier Law Treasure.
• Yang Haoyu entered seclusion to refine the Spiritual Power returned by the Law Treasure and cultivate the Arms and Armor Divine-Penetration Technique.

Yang Tianyou advanced to the Foundation Establishment Third Layer and crafted a Spirit-Ascending Talisman while preparing for Zhiming’s breakthrough. The chapter ended with Yang Tianyou’s family welcoming Yang Xuanyang, a talented young relative whom Duan Hongyu had brought home and taught to cook.

• Yang Tianyou completed his seclusion, reaching the Foundation Establishment Third Layer and improving his Blade Intent and Great White Gold Eyes.
• Yang Tianyou sent Zhiming to retrieve materials from the Lineage treasury, then told him they would go to the Wolf Den in three days so he could attempt a breakthrough.
• Yang Tianyou refined the materials and successfully crafted a Spirit-Ascending Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou’s parents returned home with Yang Xuanyang, an eight-year-old boy with Gold and Water Two Spirit Roots who ranked twenty-sixth in the Xuan Generation.
• Duan Hongyu explained that she had raised Yang Xuanyang, taught him cooking, and helped him become a first-tier low-grade Spirit Chef.

Yang Tianyou learned that the Yang Household’s ten-year tribute to the Three Rivers Sect was due and called the neighboring households together to discuss it. He took charge of the gathering in place of the secluded Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu, leaving the households waiting to hear his decision.

• Yang Tianyou agreed to give Yang Xuanyang pointers on the White Tiger Constellation Exposition.
• Zhiming broke through to Tier 2, and Yang Tianyou discovered that his hearing could detect sounds hundreds of miles away and deep underground.
• After receiving notice that tribute was due, Yang Tianyou summoned the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining households formerly under the Three Rivers Sect to discuss it.
• Representatives from eight Foundation Establishment Lineages and twenty-five Qi Refining households gathered at the Purple Moon Pavilion, where Huang Yuhai publicly declared the Huang Household’s loyalty to the Yang Household.
• Yang Tianyou entered the hall, announced that he would preside in place of Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu, and silenced the gathering.

Yang Tianyou persuaded Dragon Valley County’s households to reduce their tribute to the Three Rivers Sect and deliver the rest to Crouching Ox Pass, signaling their growing alignment with the Yang Household. At the Three Rivers Sect, Qi Guijie urged Red Cloud True Person to preserve friendly relations with the Yang Household while the Feng Household remained a threat.

• Yang Tianyou asked the household representatives about the Three Rivers Sect, the Purple Moon Trading Company, and reducing their tribute, prompting them to weigh their loyalties.
• Li Yuanqi chose to leave the matter to the Yang Household, and the other household representatives followed his lead.
• Yang Tianyou arranged for the households to reduce the tribute by thirty percent and deliver the remaining seventy percent to Crouching Ox Pass over the next half month.
• Qi Guijie told Red Cloud True Person that the households had paid Fairy Yunhua the reduced tribute and advised the sect to maintain friendly relations with the Yang Household.
• Red Cloud True Person went into seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to Middle Golden Core, and Qi Guijie asked which cultivators would accompany him to visit the Yang Household.

After Fairy Yunhua’s backing forced the Feng Household to accept the Yang Household as a Golden Core power, the Yang Household completed its first Tier 2 Supreme-Grade Flying Boat, the Purple Moon Boat. Yang Tianyou learned that the heavily armed vessel was built for transport and head-on combat.

• Yang Tianyou saw Qi Guijie off and recognized how the Yang Household’s increased strength had changed his attitude.
• Feng Yuezhi revealed Fairy Yunhua’s powerful connections and inherited resources, then ordered the Feng Household’s subordinate lineages to treat the Yang Household as a Golden Core power.
• Feng Yuezhi told Feng Qingyang to continue suppressing the Three Rivers Sect, since Dragon Valley County could not accommodate three rival powers.
• Yang Dangmo and the Artifact Refining Masters completed the Purple Moon Boat after several years of work, and Yang Tianyou came to inspect it.
• Yang Dangmo explained the boat’s formations, weapons, and Black Iron Ram, while Yang Tianyou concluded that it was a combat-focused vessel suited to crushing large groups of enemies.

Purple Moon Town held its annual Spirit Root Testing Assembly as its population and the Yang Household’s influence continued to grow. The testing uncovered a little girl with a natural Ice Spirit Root, and Yang Tianyou took her to Purple Moon Mountain while Yang Haoyu prepared for her impending tribulation.

• Purple Moon Town’s population had grown to nearly 196,000, and the Yang Household held its annual Spirit Root Testing Assembly for children aged six to eight.
• Yang Tianxue and Yang Tianwang oversaw the assembly, expecting the six-year gap since the town’s rebuilding to yield a new generation of children and potential cultivators.
• As the testing continued, a Spirit-Testing Mirror displayed an ice-crystal lotus before a little girl, prompting Yang Tianxue to take her from the square and fly toward Purple Moon Mountain.
• Yang Haoyu sensed the Heavenly Tribulation forming and used a secret method to delay it, estimating that she had another month to prepare.
• Yang Tianyou received Yang Tianxue’s message, arrived at the mountain, confirmed the girl had a natural Ice Spirit Root, and took her back with him.