Chapter Summaries

Yang Tianyou confronted Li Yuanfeng, Sun Jianying, and their cultivators over Bianhe Mountain, then attacked when they rejected the Yang Household’s claim. His opening strikes overwhelmed both Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Sun Jianying was engulfed by blade Qi, leaving Li Yuanfeng alone and afraid.

• Liu Linghui argued that his and Yang Tianshi’s Households had occupied Bianhe Mountain first and already established a Formation, while Li Yuanfeng and Sun Jianying rejected his claim.
• Yang Tianyou arrived with Yang Tiankang and declared that the dispute over Bianhe Mountain would be settled by fighting.
• Yang Tianyou dismissed Li Yuanfeng’s threat to involve Red Cloud True Person and slashed through the Spiritual Power shields protecting the two Foundation Establishment cultivators and their Qi Refining followers.
• Yang Tianyou attacked Sun Jianying with waves of golden blade Qi, breaking his Winnowing Basket Water Shield and engulfing him.
• Li Yuanfeng watched Sun Jianying disappear beneath the blade Qi and realized he was left to face Yang Tianyou alone.

Yang Tianyou defeated Sun Jianying and Li Yuanfeng, then suspected the Three Rivers Sect had backed the pressure on the Yang Lineage. At Bianhe Mountain, he learned that a mischievous Blue-Eyed Moon-Gazing Rhino had settled there, and the beast arrived as the group discussed it.

• Yang Tianyou used his upgraded Law Artifacts and improved Blade Intent to defeat Sun Jianying and Li Yuanfeng, who admitted defeat and left.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Tiankang that the Three Rivers Sect was likely behind the Lineages' pressure and urged the Yang Lineage to respond firmly to future probes.
• Yang Tianshi introduced Liu Linghui, whose formation work had helped restore Bianhe Mountain, and the group discussed why they had come.
• Yang Tianshi and Liu Linghui explained that a Second-Tier Middle-Grade Blue-Eyed Moon-Gazing Rhino had been building a nest on Bianhe Mountain and repeatedly demanding spirit medicines.
• The Blue-Eyed Moon-Gazing Rhino approached, shaking the ground and scattering earth and stones.

Yang Tianyou captured a giant Blue-Eyed Moon-Gazing Rhino and planned to give it to Fifteenth Brother. After sealing the beast, he realized it was likely the rare Earth Vein Rock Rhino, a variant with a valuable distinction in its horn.

• Yang Tianyou ordered Fengling and Yuan Ba to help capture the giant rhino as a gift for Fifteenth Brother.
• The rhino coated itself in a rocky shell, but Yuan Ba shattered it and Fengling briefly seized control of its soul with Purple Moon Divine Light.
• Yang Tianyou battered the rhino with repeated One-Qi Capturing Hands, then bound it with his Wooden Cage Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou reinforced the restraint with a Formation Disc and told the others he expected Fifteenth Brother to arrive soon.
• Yang Tianyou recognized the rhino as a likely Earth Vein Rock Rhino, distinguished from a Blue-Eyed Moon-Gazing Rhino by its thicker, bumpy horn.

After discovering that the captured beast was an Earth Vein Rock Rhino, Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianwang secretly searched beneath its nest for the hidden Earth Vein. On the fourteenth day, Yang Tianyou found a Spirit Stone Vein buried deep underground.

• Yang Tianyou learned that the rhino’s nest lay in a mountain hollow with a natural Spirit-Gathering Field, then invited Liu Linghui to drink while the captive remained under guard.
• Yang Tianwang recognized the beast as an Earth Vein Rock Rhino, and Yang Tianyou explained that it could locate underground Earth Veins.
• The brothers went to the rhino’s nest at night and began searching underground, with Yang Tianwang relying on Qi-Replenishing Pills to sustain his Earth Escape Technique.
• Yang Tianyou and Yang Tianwang searched deeper over several nights but found no Earth Vein within one thousand zhang.
• Yang Tianyou stayed behind in secret and continued searching after sending Yang Tianwang to tame the rhino.
• On the fourteenth day, Yang Tianyou discovered a Spirit Stone Vein at a depth of one thousand four hundred zhang.

Yang Tianyou discovered a Spirit Stone Vein near Bianhe Mountain and devised a plan for the Yang Household to obtain the mountain without alerting the Liu Household. He updated Yang Haoyu on the Household’s growing strength, including Yang Tianjiu’s breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

• Yang Tianyou concealed the Spirit Stone Vein with Concealment Talismans and flew to Purple Moon Mountain to tell Yang Haoyu about it.
• Yang Tianyou proposed exchanging the Yang Household’s share of Qingfeng Mountain and three Yellowstone Market shops for Bianhe Mountain, using the marriage alliance and the Households’ manpower shortages to make the trade seem natural.
• Yang Haoyu agreed to negotiate with Liu Changsheng, and Yang Tianyou warned her to bargain normally rather than give up too much and arouse suspicion.
• Yang Tianyou learned that the Yang Household had delivered its supplies to Crouching Ox Pass and that Yang Tianjiu had recently advanced to Foundation Establishment.
• Yang Tianyou assessed that the Yang Household had nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators and sixteen Foundation Establishment-level combatants, while the Three Rivers Sect’s damaged foundation left it with less potential for growth.

Yang Tianyou considered the Yang Household’s development after the Cold Tide, weighing the ancestor’s coming Golden Core breakthrough, the Spirit Stone vein, and the need to grow the Lineage. He concluded that the Household should keep the vein secret, expand its mortal population through childbirth, and train cultivators while preserving fair opportunities for clanspeople.

• Yang Tianyou reviewed the resources needed to prepare Yang Haoyu for a Golden Core breakthrough within five years.
• Yang Tianyou planned to conceal the Spirit Stone vein and secure Bianhe Mountain before mining it discreetly with trusted clanspeople.
• Yang Tianyou estimated that the Yang Household could support five or six hundred cultivators, while keeping the Attendant Hall below a hundred members for ten years.
• Yang Tianyou considered increasing Purple Moon Town’s population through childbirth rather than mass migration, expecting it could grow to three or four hundred thousand.
• Yang Tianyou reasoned that cultivator training had to balance talent, resources, and fair advancement opportunities so ordinary clanspeople would retain hope.

Yang Tianyou reviewed six plans for the Yang Household’s growth before meeting Yang Tianjiu, who gave him a method for making the powerful Treasure-Dropping Talisman. The chapter ended with Yang Tianyou considering how the scarce Wealth Qi required to make the talismans could support the Lineage.

• Yang Tianyou outlined plans to train young Lineage members, form alliances, pursue the Huang Household’s Spirit Peach Grove, and deal with the Zhao Household Remnants as the Yang Household developed.
• Yang Tianyou flew to Purple Moon Town to meet Yang Tianjiu, who had invited him for tea.
• Yang Tianjiu gave Yang Tianyou a Jade Slip containing the method for making the Treasure-Dropping Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou learned that the Talisman could make an enemy’s Law Artifacts and treasures drop, but its crafting method required Wealth Qi.
• Yang Tianjiu offered to provide two thousand strands of Wealth Qi each year, and Yang Tianyou calculated that the resource costs would limit production to a small supply for the Clan Treasury.

Yang Tianyou returned with Treasure-Dropping Talismans and learned that the Yang Household had secured sole ownership of Bianhe Mountain. As the Liu Household prepared to leave, Yang Tiankang comprehended Sword Intent, and Yang Tianyou set out with Yang Tianshi to protect the Spirit Stone Vein.

• Yang Tianyou crafted two Treasure-Dropping Talismans and learned that the exchange for Bianhe Mountain was complete.
• Yang Haoyu reported that Yang Tianxiong and Liu Sixuan would form a marriage alliance, to be formally announced a year later.
• Yang Haoyu gave Yang Tianyou two Formation Discs and said she would use the Heart-Questioning Formation to choose who could mine the Spirit Stone Vein.
• Yang Tiankang overcame his inner demon and comprehended Sword Intent as the Liu Household packed to leave Bianhe Mountain.
• Yang Tianyou congratulated Yang Tiankang, then summoned Yang Tianshi to set up the Formations over the Spirit Stone Vein.

Yang Tianyou secured the Spirit Stone Vein beneath Bianhe Mountain by rebuilding its formations and arranged for the Lineage to mine it in secret. As the Earth Vein Rock Rhino neared taming and the miners arrived, the Yang Household prepared to disguise the mining operation as a new Spirit Medicine Garden.

• Yang Tianyou refused Liu Linghui’s offer of help and had Yang Tianshi establish two new formations around the area above the Spirit Stone Vein.
• Yang Tianshi and Yang Tiankang returned to seclusion, while Yang Tianyou watched Yang Tianwang bond with the Earth Vein Rock Rhino.
• Yang Tianwang told Yang Tianyou he expected to form a Blood Contract with the Earth Vein Rock Rhino within a month.
• Yang Dangmo arrived with twenty loyal Lineage members selected to mine the Spirit Stone Vein.
• Yang Tianyou and Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu decided to channel the released Spiritual Qi into Spirit Fields and present the project as a Spirit Medicine Garden.

Yang Tianyou learned how the Earth Vein Evasion Technique could help defend Bianhe Mountain and reported on its preparations to the Old Ancestor. After learning Huang Chunhua had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, the Yang Household agreed to join other households in attacking the Huang Household the following night.

• Yang Dangmo, Yang Tiankang, and Yang Tianshi took up positions at Bianhe Mountain, where Yang Household members developed the Spirit Medicine Garden and mined the Spirit Stone Vein.
• Yang Tianwang fully tamed Giant Mountain, the Earth Vein Rock Rhino, and took Yang Tianyou underground to demonstrate its Earth Vein Evasion Technique.
• Yang Tianyou arranged for Yang Tianwang and Giant Mountain to remain at Bianhe Mountain to protect the household members, then returned to Purple Moon Mountain.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Haoyu that Giant Mountain could serve as a powerful means of escape, and Yang Haoyu granted Yang Tianwang the stipend of a Lineage elder.
• Yang Haoyu told Yang Tianyou that Huang Chunhua had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and planned to meet the Luochuan Sect at Crouching Ox Pass.
• Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu agreed to contact the Liu, Li, and Sun Households and attack the Huang Household the following night with five Foundation Establishment combatants.

Yang Tianyou and his allies arrived at Peach Blossom Mountain during the attack on the Huang Household and found Huang Yuhai leading a rebellion against Huang Chunhua. Huang Yuhai surrendered most of the Spirit Peach Grove while defending a smaller section, leaving the Huang Household with a chance to survive.

• Yang Tianyou assigned Yang Tianxue and Wolf Ancestor to a separate team and warned that the Feng Household might also be involved in the attack.
• Wu Shuisheng of the Three Rivers Sect struck Huang Chunhua with powerful blue Spiritual Qi palms as Yang Tianyou headed toward the Spirit Peach Grove.
• Yang Tianyou found Huang Yuhai inside a Formation with the Gale Tiger and more than seventy Huang Household Qi Refining cultivators.
• Huang Yuhai offered eighty percent of the Spirit Peach Grove to the attacking Lineages and defended the remaining trees with his followers.

Huang Yuhai’s gamble kept the Peach Blossom Town Huang Household alive as the other cultivators divided the Spirit Peach Grove, while the Yang Household claimed six trees. Wu Shuisheng killed Huang Chunhua after overpowering his defenses, but a ribbon of pale cyan light stole Huang Chunhua’s Storage Ring before Wu could claim it.

• Huang Yuhai faced the gathered Foundation Establishment Cultivators, who ultimately dispersed without attacking him.
• A Feng Household elder claimed the Second-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Peach Tree, and the Yang Household received one Second-Tier Middle-Grade tree and five First-Tier trees.
• Yang Tianyou carefully transplanted the Yang Household’s six trees and left the grove with Fengling and Yuan Ba.
• Huang Chunhua used two Tier 2 Supreme-Grade Law Artifacts to withstand Wu Shuisheng’s attacks until Wu unleashed a Secret Art and gravely injured him.
• Wu Shuisheng killed Huang Chunhua, but a ribbon of pale cyan light snatched Huang Chunhua’s Storage Ring and began to flee.

After leaving the Huang Household with the Lineage’s gains, Yang Tianyou cultivated intensively for ten months and began experimenting with Magnetism Power. The chapter left him trying to draw this formidable force from the Metal-Attribute Power in his Great White Gold Eyes’ Source Space.

• Yang Tianyou left Wu Shuisheng to pursue the person who had tried to steal Huang Chunhua’s spoils, then departed Peach Blossom Mountain with Fourth Sister and the others.
• Feng Qingyang confronted Red Cloud True Person over the Feng Household’s entry into Three Rivers Sect territory, and Red Cloud True Person left rather than fight.
• Yang Tianyou handed the gathered resources to the Old Ancestor, returned to his residence, and began cultivating in seclusion with an extensive array of Spirit Items.
• Yang Tianyou followed an intensive daily schedule for ten months, raising his cultivation, practicing Divine Abilities, honing Blade Intent, and improving his Talisman Crafting.
• Yang Tianyou sorted the Metal-Attribute Power in his Great White Gold Eyes’ Source Space and began testing whether he could produce Magnetism Power.

After a failed attempt to cultivate Magnetism Power injured his eyes, Yang Tianyou recovered and visited the newly built Purple Moon Academy. He saw the younger generation studying under Yang Tianxue and reflected on the Yang Household’s inheritance and precepts.

• Yang Tianyou lost control of Magnetism Power during cultivation, damaging his Great White Gold Eyes before he managed to rein it in.
• Yang Tianyou took a Human Origin Pill to recover, then received a message that the marriage alliance gathering would take place in five days.
• Yang Tianyou left seclusion and found that Fengling and Yuan Ba had grown stronger during his ten months of cultivation.
• Yang Tianyou visited Purple Moon Academy and saw the Yang Household’s Five Prohibitions and Three Upholdings engraved on a stone stele.
• Yang Tianyou observed Yang Tianxue teaching the younger members, who listened attentively because they feared her paddle.

Yang Tianyou visited Purple Moon Town, collected Wealth Qi from his brother Yang Tianjiu, and learned the Yang Household planned to establish a Market there. The chapter ended with Yang Tianjiu proposing an expensive Spirit Vein upgrade to support the Market’s growth.

• Yang Tianyou explored Purple Moon Town and considered the Incense Divine Dao practiced in the great empires.
• Yang Tianyou saw how Yang Tianjiu’s Commerce Hall measures had helped Purple Moon Town prosper and earned him authority over the Yang Household’s finances.
• Yang Tianjiu gave Yang Tianyou four thousand strands of Wealth Qi, which Yang Tianyou accepted for refining a Second-Tier Middle-Grade Treasure-Dropping Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou reassured Yang Tianjiu that the arrangements for the Lineage marriage ceremony were complete.
• Yang Tianjiu told Yang Tianyou that the Yang Household planned to establish a Market in Purple Moon Town and that its Second-Rank Low-Grade Spirit Vein needed upgrading.

Yang Tianyou asked Ancestor Yang Haoyu to approve upgrading Purple Moon Town's Spirit Vein, and she agreed after revealing the Yang Household had 780,000 Spirit Stones in liquid assets. She explained how the Cold Tide and the household's military and trading gains had built its wealth, leaving Yang Tianyou astonished.

• Yang Tianyou discussed Yang Tianjiu's proposal to upgrade Purple Moon Town's Spirit Vein and said he would consult the ancestor.
• Yang Tianyou returned to Purple Moon Mountain and spoke with Yang Haoyu about the proposal.
• Yang Haoyu approved spending 100,000 Spirit Stones to upgrade the Spirit Vein.
• Yang Haoyu revealed that the Yang Household held 780,000 Spirit Stones in liquid assets, surprising Yang Tianyou.
• Yang Haoyu explained that sales to the Gold and Silver Alliance, battlefield spoils, campaigns, and other resources had built most of the household's wealth.

The Yang Household’s expanding income left it with enough Spirit Stones to upgrade Purple Moon Town’s Spirit Vein, and its marriage alliance with the Liu Household drew a large crowd of guests. After Yang Tianxiong married the Liu bride, the gifts were announced, and Yang Haoyu took note of Huang Yuhai and Yang Lihe.

• The Yang Household’s Spirit Fields, Spirit Stone Vein, and Commerce Hall brought in enough income to leave 280,000 Spirit Stones after setting aside the 500,000 needed for the old ancestor’s Golden Core advancement.
• Five days later, guests arrived at Purple Moon Mountain for the Yang and Liu Households’ marriage celebration and discussed the Yang Household’s rapid rise and its prospects.
• The Liu Household’s Crimson Wing Boat arrived with the bride and three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and Yang Tianxiong stepped forward to meet her.
• Yang Tianxiong completed the two-hour wedding ceremony, after which Yang Haoyu and Liu Changsheng received the guests in the reception hall.
• A Yang Household elder read out the guests’ gifts, and Yang Haoyu singled out Huang Yuhai and Yang Lihe.

At the Yang and Liu Households’ betrothal celebration, Yang Tianyou considered what the guests’ gifts revealed about their political intentions, especially the valuable Hundred-Poison Golden Silkworm Gu from Yang Lihe. The banquet impressed the household representatives, and the Yang Household’s generosity toward Rogue Cultivators encouraged many to settle in Purple Moon Town.

• Yang Tianyou assessed the guests’ gifts and inferred why the Huang Household wanted to align itself with the Yang Household, but he could not understand why Yang Lihe had given such a valuable pair of Hundred-Poison Golden Silkworm Gu.
• Yang Haoyu welcomed the guests to the banquet, where the Yang Household served an abundance of Spirit Cuisine, wine, and fruit.
• Household representatives were impressed by the Yang Household’s hospitality, while Rogue Cultivators feasted and some secretly packed fruit to take home.
• A Yang Household attendant kindly watched as an old Rogue Cultivator and his granddaughter took fruit for the boy’s brother.
• After the household representatives departed, the Yang Household gave small gifts to the remaining Rogue Cultivators, prompting many to settle in Purple Moon Town.

Huang Yuhai pledged the Huang Household to follow the Yang Household, while Yang Lihe arrived with the Hundred-Poison Golden Silkworm Gu and asked to become dao companions with Yang Tianyun. Yang Tianyou went to confirm Tianyun’s wishes and found her waiting outside the hall.

• Huang Yuhai pledged the Huang Household’s allegiance to the Yang Household, and Yang Tianyou secretly recorded the agreement.
• Yang Haoyu accepted Huang Yuhai’s pledge and sent him to speak with Yang Tianjiu about the Yang Household’s generosity to its allies.
• Yang Lihe met Yang Tianyou and revealed that he had come to ask the Yang Household to approve his union with Yang Tianyun.
• Yang Lihe said Yang Tianyun already knew about his request, and Yang Haoyu said the Household needed to confirm Tianyun’s wishes.
• Yang Tianyou left the hall and found Yang Tianyun waiting outside, then asked whether she was serious about the matter.

Yang Tianyun and Yang Lihe sought the Yang Household’s approval to become dao companions, and Yang Haoyu agreed to proceed after Yang Lihe passed a Heart-Questioning Grand Formation test. Yang Lihe entered the formation unaware that a powerful fire attack formation also guarded the chamber.

• Yang Tianyun assured Yang Tianyou that Yang Lihe was willing to marry into the Yang Household and that she intended to take him as her dao companion.
• Yang Lihe pledged loyalty to the Yang Household before Yang Haoyu, who agreed to hold their wedding if his identity raised no concerns after the test.
• Yang Haoyu ordered Yang Lihe to undergo the Heart-Questioning Grand Formation and return in half a month, while she kept Yang Tianyun behind for a private conversation.
• Yang Tianyou escorted Yang Lihe to the Heart-Questioning Hall and explained that he should not resist the formation’s power.
• Yang Lihe entered the chamber, and Yang Tianyou sealed the gate and activated the formations, including the concealed Eight Desolations Fire Dragon Formation.