Chapter Summaries

Zhiming’s fully awakened Diting bloodline greatly strengthened his abilities, including a Fortune Rainbow Light that also magnified the unlucky phase before good fortune arrived. Wolf Ancestor volunteered to test it and, despite Yang Tianyou’s preparations, was struck by a succession of misfortunes.

• Zhiming transformed into his Diting true form and later returned to his little black dog form in Yang Tianyou’s arms.
• Yang Tianyou learned that Zhiming could hear thoughts and monitor everything within a thousand li, while his Fortune Rainbow Light had become three to five times stronger.
• Zhiming warned Yang Tianyou that the unlucky phase might also become three to five times worse, so Yang Tianyou left the decision to Wolf Ancestor.
• Wolf Ancestor agreed to let Zhiming use Fortune Rainbow Light on him, and Yang Tianyou outfitted him with protective treasures and talismans.
• A sudden thunderbolt shattered Wolf Ancestor’s Law Treasure, and more bolts struck as he defended himself without help.
• Wolf Ancestor twisted his back while dodging the thunder and wondered whether this could really be called Fortune Rainbow Light.

After half a month of misfortune, Wolf Ancestor recovered and used the Nine-Refinement Heavenly Furnace Fruit to undergo a bloodline metamorphosis. He emerged as a Blood Moon Wolf King of the Soul Wolf lineage, having advanced to Middle Golden Core, while Tongming warned that the legendary wolf’s appearance brought misfortune to the world.

• Wolf Ancestor endured a series of calamities until his bad luck passed, then Yang Haoyu’s die toss confirmed his fortune had improved.
• Yang Tianyou urged Wolf Ancestor to heal and consume the Nine-Refinement Heavenly Furnace Fruit, and Yang Haoyu, Yang Tianyou, and Yunhua fed Spirit Stones into the furnace until it solidified.
• Wolf Ancestor remained within the furnace for three months as his bloodline presence grew.
• Yang Tianyou and his wife saw Wolf Ancestor emerge as a Blood Moon Wolf King, and Tongming identified his Soul Wolf lineage and recounted its fearsome reputation.
• Wolf Ancestor thanked Yang Tianyou and Zhiming for their help and said that reaching Nascent Soul would happen naturally.

After the Wolf Ancestor's Bloodline Metamorphosis, Yang Tianyou recruited him to infiltrate the Savage Wilderness Great Domain and proposed that the Yang Household seize four Foreign Race territories during the next Cold Tide. Yang Haoyu agreed after Yang Tianyou and Yunhua addressed the plan's risks and manpower needs.

• Yang Tianyou gave the Wolf Ancestor an Illusion Technique Law Treasure to conceal his true appearance and asked him to act as an insider in the Savage Wilderness Great Domain.
• Yang Tianyou revealed his plan to wipe out the Ice Crystal Pool, Ten Thousand Blades Mountain, the Greenrock Tribe, and Blackblood City during the next Cold Tide.
• Yang Haoyu raised concerns about the Luochuan Sect, rival forces, the Flood Dragon Clan, and the Yang Household's ability to defend expanded territory.
• Yang Tianyou explained why he believed the risks were manageable and said the shortage of defenders remained the main obstacle.
• Yunhua suggested that allied Golden Core forces provide manpower and that the Yang Household hire Golden Core Rogue Cultivators to guard its Spirit Veins.
• Yang Haoyu approved Yang Tianyou's plan to defeat the four Foreign Race forces and expand the Yang Household's territory.

Yang Tianyou explained why Wolf Ancestor could infiltrate the Savage Wilderness Great Domain and asked him to build a public smokescreen before leaving. At sixty, Yang Tianyou convened a Lineage Small Meeting, where the chapter described how the Yang Household’s three levels of meetings managed its affairs.

• Yang Tianyou explained that Wolf Ancestor’s transformed appearance and lack of a Spirit Beast contract made him suitable to infiltrate the Savage Wilderness Great Domain.
• Yang Tianyou told Wolf Ancestor to make public appearances for two years before finding an opportunity to leave, and Wolf Ancestor agreed.
• At sixty, Yang Tianyou reflected on his accomplishments with Yang Haoyu, who praised his contributions to the Lineage.
• The Yang Household held a Lineage Small Meeting, attended by Yang Tianyou, Yang Haoyu, Yunhua, Yang Dangmo, Yang Tianjiu, and other senior members.
• The chapter outlined the Annual Meeting, the five-year Small Meeting, and the ten-year Lineage Assembly and explained their respective duties.

Yang Tianyou presided over a Lineage Small Meeting where Yang Dangkai reported the Yang Household’s growth and the senior members settled four major matters. The meeting established new succession ranks, preparations for the Cold Tide War, and plans for a Purple Moon Dharma Assembly ten years later; the final allocation of Spirit Root Modification Resources was also settled, though the chapter did not specify the details.

• Yang Tianyou reviewed the eighteen departments and their leaders, noting the Lineage’s growing strength and the senior members’ cultivation.
• Yang Dangkai reported that the Yang Household had grown in income, population, and cultivator numbers, including five Golden Core Cultivators and 134 Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Yang Tianyou announced four matters for discussion: succession-rank training, preparations for the Cold Tide War, the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, and the allocation of two sets of Spirit Root Modification Resources.
• The meeting replaced the Three Moons and Three Stars system with Moon Rank, offering three places every thirty years and Golden Core breakthrough resources, and Star Rank, offering twelve places every ten years and Foundation Establishment resources.
• The Yang Household decided to send the Wolf Ancestor and scouts into the Savage Wilderness Great Domain to gather intelligence ahead of the Cold Tide War twenty years later.
• The Yang Household planned to hold the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly in Purple Moon City in ten years, with combat and cultivation-arts contests, and to promote it across the Lu Wu Realm.

The Yang Household awarded its last two Spirit Root Modification Resources to Yang Tianshi and Yang Lihe, then announced the schedule for selecting the [Twelve Stars] and [Three-Month]. As the first [Twelve Stars] selection approached, Yang Yuqi and Yang Yujin prepared to pursue the title, while Yang Lihe’s family celebrated his reward and he offered it to his daughter.

• Yang Tianshi and Yang Lihe received the final two portions of Spirit Root Modification Resources for their contributions to the Lineage.
• The Lineage announced that the first [Twelve Stars] would be selected in three years and the first [Three-Month] in fifteen years, after which their regular schedules would resume.
• Yang Yuqi decided to improve his Spirit Plant skills and hold back his cultivation so he could seek a [Twelve Stars] title, while planning to attend the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly in ten years.
• Yang Xuanle urged Yang Yujin to win a [Twelve Stars] title, and Yang Yujin assured his father he was confident despite the pressure.
• Yang Lihe celebrated his Spirit Root Modification Resources with Yang Tianyun and Yang Xuanli, then offered them to his daughter, who refused to take his opportunity.

A year after the Yang Household announced its Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm fully matured and entered the void, improving its resources. Yang Tianyou and Yunhua planned to use slaughtering operations to supply it with souls and other energies, leaving the Lineage to develop the scheme gradually.

• Yang Lihe, Yang Tianyun, and Yang Xuanli discussed the Lineage's sequence training system, and Yang Xuanli confidently said she could earn a place among the Twelve Stars.
• Powers across Luochuan Commandery and neighboring commanderies began preparing to attend the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly in ten years.
• After more than thirty years of work, Yang Tianyou and Yunhua watched the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm complete its transformation and enter the void.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua inspected the secret realm's improved Yin-Soul Liquid, Soul-Gathering Stone, and Cold Yin Water, and Yunhua noted that the realm needed a new source of remnant souls.
• Yang Tianyou proposed turning the secret realm into a slaughterhouse that could absorb the souls and energies released when beasts were killed.
• Yunhua proposed establishing slaughterhouses across the Yang Household's towns and villages and using Law Artifacts to collect Soul Power, and Yang Tianyou agreed to begin with that plan.

Yang Tianyou and Yunhua chose Wolf Ancestor to master the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm, whose origin power matched his bloodline. After Wolf Ancestor refined it and the realm was renamed the Blood Moon Secret Realm, he created a passage for the Yang Household’s Slaughter Valley, and Yang Tianyou left its arrangements to other clan members.

• Yunhua recommended Wolf Ancestor as Secret Realm Master because his Blood Moon Wolf King bloodline suited the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm’s origin, and Yang Tianyou agreed.
• A month later, Wolf Ancestor swallowed and refined the Secret Realm Origin, becoming the Blood Moon Secret Realm’s master and gaining the ability to draw on its power.
• Yunhua proposed naming the secret realm the Blood Moon Secret Realm and its core mountain Wolf Ancestor Peak, and Wolf Ancestor accepted both names.
• Wolf Ancestor began constructing a Secret Realm Passage in a valley on Purple Moon Mountain, and Yang Tianyou named the valley Slaughter Valley by carving its name into a cliff with his Blade Intent.
• Yang Haoyu asked about Yang Tianyou’s progress toward Blade Force, and Yang Tianyou said he expected to need at least fifty more years to comprehend it.
• After the passage was completed, Yang Tianyou assigned Yang Dangkai, Yang Lihe, and Yang Tianwang to organize Slaughter Valley, then departed with the others.

The Wolf Ancestor visited Yang Danglong and revealed his new identity as the Blood Moon Wolf King before setting out to attack the Meng Household. He ambushed Meng Qiujun and Meng Qiuwan, drained their blood and souls, and tore out both of their Golden Cores.

• The Wolf Ancestor delivered Cultivation Resources to Yang Danglong and offered to eliminate hostile factions whose strongest members were no stronger than Late Golden Core.
• Yang Danglong described the Meng Household’s forces, and the Wolf Ancestor said he would attack it alone as the Blood Wolf King.
• The Wolf Ancestor revealed his mutated Blood Moon Wolf King form and told Yang Danglong to spread word that the Blood Wolf King came from the Wolf Spirit Tribe of the Heavenblood Demon Kingdom.
• The Wolf Ancestor ambushed Meng Qiujun and Meng Qiuwan beneath a blood-colored crescent moon, draining their blood and weakening them.
• The Wolf Ancestor suppressed the two Meng elders and ripped out both of their Golden Cores.

The Wolf Ancestor killed two Meng Household Golden Core cultivators, then attacked the household at Pingyuan Mountain. He revealed Nascent Soul-level power, destroyed the Clan-Guarding Array, killed Meng Qiujian, and slaughtered the household’s cultivators, leaving tens of thousands of mortals alive.

• The Wolf Ancestor absorbed the Essence Blood, souls, and Golden Cores of Meng Qiujun and Meng Qiuwan after killing them.
• Meng Qiujian learned that the two Golden Core Old Ancestors’ Soul Lamps had gone out and sent a plea for help while preparing the Meng Household for an attack.
• The Wolf Ancestor arrived at Pingyuan Mountain and revealed the power of the Blood Moon Secret Realm Origin, causing Meng Qiujian to recognize him as a Fourth-Tier Demon Beast.
• The Wolf Ancestor split the Clan-Guarding Array with one blow and killed Meng Qiujian despite his defensive Law Treasure.
• The Wolf Ancestor slaughtered the Meng Household’s cultivators and absorbed their Essence Blood and souls, sparing the tens of thousands of mortals.

Wolf Ancestor established himself as the Blood Wolf King at White Wolf Mound while Yang Tianyou’s scouts gathered intelligence ahead of the Cold Tide War. On Coiled Snake Island, Yang Tiankang reached the Golden Core Realm and prepared to enter the Four Symbols Secret Realm.

• A Fire Spirit Palace inspector found the Meng Household slaughtered, traced the Blood Moon’s appearance, and pursued a misleading trail left by Wolf Ancestor.
• News spread of the Blood Path killer, and Wolf Ancestor later fled into the Savage Wilderness Great Domain, where he defeated the White Wolf King and took control of White Wolf Mound.
• Yang Tianyou used Wolf Ancestor, his clansmen, Black and White, and Tongming to gather intelligence on the Savage Wilderness Great Domain and prepare the Yang Household for the Cold Tide War.
• Yang Tiankang broke through to the Golden Core Realm on Sea Abyss Island, forming a First-Grade Purple Golden Core with two patterns.
• Yang Tiankang, Yang Xuanwu, and Yang Xuanye discussed entering the Four Symbols Secret Realm for its examination, and Yang Tiankang set out to make initial arrangements.

Yang Tiankang challenged the Four Symbols Tower after reaching the Golden Core Realm, clearing its seventh and eighth floors through skill and perseverance. He failed to defeat the ninth-floor opponent but emerged alive, earning the reward for clearing eight floors.

• Yang Tiankang asked the Guardian Deity General to begin the sect assessment after breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Yang Tiankang defeated the seventh-floor opponent with his Earthly Sha Sword-Condensing Technique and advanced to the eighth floor.
• Yang Tiankang overcame the eighth-floor opponent after a difficult battle that left him seriously injured.
• The Formation carried Yang Tiankang to the ninth floor before he had recovered, where he attacked the powerful black-clad cultivator wielding two swords.
• Yang Tiankang lost the ninth-floor battle and staggered out of the Four Symbols Tower with a severe wound on his face.
• The Guardian Deity General congratulated Yang Tiankang for clearing the eighth floor.

Yang Tiankang passed the branch line Guardian assessment and received two thousand Elder-Level Contribution Points, which he spent on cultivation resources and supplies for the Lineage. After receiving a Guardian Token, he left the secret realm safely and headed toward Four Symbols Island.

• The Guardian Deity General awarded Yang Tiankang two thousand Elder-Level Contribution Points because his Sacred Son Attendant status entitled him to extra resources.
• Yang Tiankang exchanged points for the first ten layers of the Heaven's Will Sword Scripture, five puppets, four Flying Boats, a defensive Formation Disc, Spirit Stones, and the Three Thousand Sword Armor Divine Ability.
• The Guardian Deity General gave Yang Tiankang a Storage Ring containing a Guardian Token and offered to send him out of the secret realm.
• Yang Tiankang chose to leave, emerged from a hidden underwater spot north of Four Symbols Island, and flew toward the island.

Yang Tiankang arrived at the Eight Desolations Arena and met fellow disciples of the Four Symbols Sect, learning that its scattered remnants formed a loose alliance called the Star Lodge. He left with new information and a potential ally in Sun Tingdong, while the Yang Household of Coiled Snake Island became part of the Star Lodge’s forces in the Sea Abyss Archipelago.

• Yang Tiankang entered the Eight Desolations Arena with a Guardian Token and was escorted to a hall where the sect’s Golden Core cultivators gathered.
• True Person Changqing and Chang Xiangjie learned that Yang Tiankang belonged to the White Tiger Lineage and served as a branch Dharma Protector.
• Yang Tiankang introduced himself as Yang Kang of the Yang Household, then met Sun Tingdong, whose household also belonged to the Sea Abyss Archipelago.
• Sun Tingdong gave Yang Tiankang a Jade Slip describing the Four Symbols Sect’s remnants and their loose alliance, the Star Lodge.
• Yang Tiankang learned that the Yang Household would join the Star Lodge’s forces in the Sea Abyss Archipelago.

Yang Tiankang returned to Coiled Snake Island after joining the Star Lodge and discussed the Yang Household’s new connections, resources, and preparations with Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye. They planned to strengthen the island before the coming Cold Tide, while Yang Xuanwu resolved to reach Golden Core and send more war resources to the Lineage.

• Yang Tiankang accepted the risks of joining the Star Lodge, spent half a month meeting members, and exchanged contact information with them.
• Yang Tiankang returned to Coiled Snake Island aboard the Eight Desolations Arena’s sea-crossing Flying Boat and gave Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye information about the Star Lodge.
• Yang Tiankang praised Yang Xuanwu’s Battle Intent Furnace and recalled how Four Symbols Sect resources had advanced their cultivation and abilities.
• Yang Tiankang assigned Yang Xuanye to build ties with Star Lodge members and presented the Azure Wall Water Abyss Formation for Coiled Snake Island.
• Yang Tiankang, Yang Xuanwu, and Yang Xuanye discussed the approaching Cold Tide and the possibility that the Lineage would eliminate the Foreign Races’ Golden Core forces.
• Yang Xuanwu resolved to break through to Golden Core, obtain more war resources, and send them back to the Lineage.

Over three years, Yang Tiankang and Yang Xuanwu cultivated while Yang Xuanye strengthened Coiled Snake Island and established trade ties. Yang Xuanwu broke through to Golden Core with a Seven-Pattern Purple Golden Core, and Yang Xuanye followed with a Second-Grade Golden Core.

• Yang Tiankang secluded himself to stabilize his cultivation and study the Heaven's Will Sword Scripture, while Yang Xuanwu spent his remaining Spirit Stones on resources to improve his comprehension.
• Yang Xuanye set up the Azure Wall Water Abyss Formation, upgraded Coiled Snake Island's Spirit Vein to Third-Tier Lower-Grade, and established trade channels with four powers before entering seclusion.
• After three years, Yang Xuanwu faced his Golden Core tribulation on Coiled Snake Island and used his Battle Intent Furnace to withstand the ninth Thunderbolt.
• Yang Xuanwu formed a Seven-Pattern Purple Golden Core and swallowed ninety-seven wisps of Qi of Creation.
• Yang Tiankang congratulated Yang Xuanwu and said Yang Xuanye would soon break through; Yang Xuanye then emerged from seclusion and formed a Second-Grade Golden Core.

After the Yang Household gained two Golden Core Cultivators and held a banquet, Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye went to the Four Symbols Tower to take the Golden Core Level Sect Examination. Yang Xuanwu defeated the ninth-floor guardian, won the inheritor’s approval and rewards, and watched the guardian’s remnant consciousness vanish.

• The Yang Household celebrated its three Golden Core Cultivators with a banquet that drew Cultivators from across the region, including envoys from the Sea Abyss Sect.
• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye reached Four Symbols Island and entered the Four Symbols Tower for their Sect Examination.
• Yang Xuanwu cleared the first eight floors, defeating the peak Early Golden Core opponent on the eighth floor in fewer than ten moves.
• On the ninth floor, Yang Xuanwu fought the young man who had created the Mad Demon Halberd Technique in a fierce, evenly matched battle.
• Yang Xuanwu won their final clash, and the young man gave him sect Contribution Points and free access to the remaining Four Symbols Sacred Scripture and Mad Demon Halberd Technique before vanishing.
• Yang Xuanwu bowed to the vanished guardian and picked up the token engraved with the Four Symbols Divine Beasts.

Yang Xuanwu passed all nine trials in the Four Symbols Tower and inherited Grandmaster Dayi’s Contribution Points, while Yang Xuanye passed seven and earned a thousand points. At the Contribution Hall, Yang Xuanye learned how much his brother had received and heard why the exchange list contained no Dao Soldiers.

• Yang Xuanye won on the seventh floor, then admitted defeat after ten moves on the eighth.
• Yang Xuanwu told Yang Xuanye he had passed all nine trials, and Yang Xuanye said he had passed seven.
• The Guardian Deity General explained that Grandmaster Dayi had recognized Yang Xuanwu and transferred Dayi’s Contribution Points to his Guardian Token.
• Yang Xuanwu discovered he had 131,500 Elder-Level Contribution Points, and Yang Xuanye grew jealous of the enormous inheritance.
• The Guardian Deity General explained that most Dao Soldiers had been destroyed or had outlived their consciousnesses, then told the brothers to choose resources from the exchange list.

Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye spent most of their Elder-Level Contribution Points on powerful Forbidden Artifacts to protect the Yang Household. They left with Star Annihilation, two Heavenly Sun Flame Furnaces, and Spirit Stones, but only 2,500 points remained.

• Yang Xuanwu exchanged for the Four Symbols Sacred Scripture and the Mad Demon Halberd Technique, then discussed how to spend the remaining points with Yang Xuanye.
• Yang Xuanye suggested buying Forbidden Artifacts that could protect the Lineage without requiring high cultivation to activate.
• Yang Xuanwu exchanged for one Sixth-Tier Star Annihilation, a weapon capable of devastating a vast area and threatening even powerful cultivators.
• Yang Xuanwu exchanged for two Fifth-Tier Heavenly Sun Flame Furnaces to send one to Purple Moon Mountain and keep one for the brothers.
• Yang Xuanwu spent 10,000 points on Upper-Grade Spirit Stones and was left with 2,500 contribution points.

Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye spent their Four Symbols Sect Contribution Points on supplies and returned to Coiled Snake Island with their rewards. After Yang Tiankang learned of Yang Xuanwu’s inheritance, he urged him to carry the valuable supplies to Purple Moon Mountain and visit his aging parents.

• Yang Xuanwu exchanged his remaining Contribution Points for spirit stones, flying vessels, treasures, Talismans, and resources for the Lineage and himself.
• Yang Xuanye spent his Contribution Points on spirit medicines and Law Treasures, and the Guardian Deity General brought their supplies from the Sect Treasury.
• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Xuanye asked the Guardian Deity General to send them out of the Four Symbols Secret Realm, then returned to Coiled Snake Island half a month later.
• Yang Tiankang was astonished by Yang Xuanwu’s haul, especially the Sixth-Tier Forbidden Artifact Star Annihilation, and said his talent had won Grandmaster Dayi’s favor.
• Yang Xuanwu and Yang Tiankang agreed the valuable supplies should not travel through the Spiritvoid Pavilion’s channels, and Yang Tiankang asked Yang Xuanwu to take them to Purple Moon Mountain and visit his parents.