Chapter Summaries

Yang Xuanwu returned to Purple Moon Mountain and contributed the wealth he, Yang Xuanye, and their Sixth Brother gained from the Four Symbols Sect examination, including the Forbidden Artifact Star Annihilation. Three years later, Yang Xuanwu led young members of the Lineage back to the Chaotic Sea while Wang Shan began his Golden Core Thunder Tribulation at Hidden Dragon Peak.

• Yang Xuanwu returned to Purple Moon Mountain and gave Yang Tianyou a Storage Ring filled with resources and powerful artifacts for the Lineage.
• Yang Xuanwu explained how he obtained the supplies and War Venerable Dayi's inheritance, and Yang Tianyou promised to credit the contributors with Contribution Points.
• Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu agreed to send more young cultivators to support the rapidly developing Coiled Snake Island.
• Three years later, Yang Xuanwu left Purple Moon City with a large group of Lineage members aboard the Luochuan Sect's cross-region Flying Boat.
• At Hidden Dragon Peak, Wang Shan underwent his Golden Core Thunder Tribulation as Yang Danglong, Yang Xuanying, Yang Tianxue, and others watched.

After Wang Shan reached Golden Core, he handed the Myriad Fires Furnace and information about the Myriad Forms Sect’s inheritance to the Lineage. Yang Tianyou and Yunhua planned to use the furnace for the Lineage’s alchemy and artifact refining, then discussed the difficulty of reaching the inheritance hall in the Blood River Secret Realm.

• Wang Shan survived his Golden Core tribulation, and Yang Danglong rewarded Hidden Dragon Sect cultivators with half a year’s stipend.
• Wang Shan gave Yang Danglong the Myriad Fires Furnace and promised to send the information left by his master on a Jade Slip.
• A month later, Yang Tianyou and Yunhua examined the furnace, and Yunhua proposed using it to supply flames to rooms for alchemy and artifact refining.
• Yang Tianyou agreed that the furnace should benefit the whole Lineage and asked Yunhua how to handle the Myriad Forms Sect’s inheritance hall in the Blood River Secret Realm.
• Yunhua explained that the Blood River Secret Realm could not be refined or fully occupied, so the Myriad Forms Sect had been forced to share its entry places with other factions and cultivators.

Yang Tianyou persuaded Yunhua and the Hidden Dragon Sect to prioritize growth and keep Wang Shan’s identity hidden rather than pursue the Myriad Forms Sect’s inheritance immediately. As the Yang Household prepared for the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, Yang Xuanyun became its eleventh Golden Core Cultivator, and a visiting grandfather and youth arrived in Purple Moon City.

• Yang Tianyou told Yunhua that the Blood River Secret Realm would not open for about forty years and recommended building the Hidden Dragon Sect’s strength before attempting to revive the Myriad Forms Sect.
• Yang Danglong informed the Hidden Dragon Sect’s core members of the plan, and they agreed to develop quietly while gathering intelligence about surviving Myriad Forms Sect disciples and Dwarf Child.
• Yang Xuanyun passed her Golden Core Thunder Tribulation at Wolf Pool and formed a Purple Golden Core with two patterns, bringing the Yang Household to eleven Golden Core Cultivators.
• Yang Xuanli promised Yang Yuqi that she would support him after she broke through to Golden Core.
• As the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly approached, an old Foundation Establishment Cultivator and his curious Qi Refining eighth-layer grandson arrived in Purple Moon City aboard the Yang Household’s flying boat.

The Yang Household completed preparations for the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, drawing prominent Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators to Purple Moon City. Yang Tianyou opened the assembly with a display of power that astonished even the Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• The Yang Household prepared Purple Moon Plaza and the Purple Moon Auction while Yang Tianjiu warned clansmen not to damage the Lineage’s reputation by raising prices.
• The Purple Moon Dharma Assembly opened with dazzling Spiritual Qi displays, dancers, and exotic beasts performing in the plaza.
• Old Man Taiwu attended to support the Yang Household because it had killed Long Qi, whose branch of the Flood Dragon Clan had once killed his disciple.
• True Person Yunting, Chenyangzi, True Person Liu, and High Person Jinding joined the assembly, accompanied by Jin Lianri and Jinge.
• Yang Tianyou announced the start of the assembly, and his Law Power silenced the crowd and surprised the Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Yang Tianyou and the Nascent Soul Cultivators discussed the Yang Household’s strength as the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly opened with Qi Refining contests and drew growing attention through its trading fairs and auction. On the assembly’s eleventh day, Yang Xuangang faced a skilled opponent and began taking the match seriously.

• Yang Tianyou joined the Nascent Soul Cultivators, who discussed the Luochuan River Flood Dragon Clan’s defeat and questioned the Yang Household’s strength.
• Yang Dangmo opened the martial contest, and a Yang Household boy won an early Qi Refining match.
• Cultivators held trading fairs in Purple Moon City, while news of the Purple Moon Auction’s Spirit Items attracted visitors from nearby commanderies.
• True Person Shengqiu traveled from Dai Commandery to seek Cold Mist Grass at the auction.
• On the assembly’s eleventh day, Yang Xuangang blocked a girl’s Flying Sword and countered with twelve golden arrows, but she stopped them with her defensive technique.

Yang Xuangang fought Lu Qianqian in the tournament while the elders watched and wagered on the outcome. Yang Xuangang won narrowly, and Yang Tianyou invited the two juniors to meet the Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• Yang Xuangang and Lu Qianqian exchanged attacks and discovered that they were evenly matched.
• Old Man Taiwu and Yang Tianyou wagered Spirit Items on Lu Qianqian and Yang Xuangang, and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators joined in.
• Yang Xuangang and Lu Qianqian each used a Supreme-Grade Law Artifact for a final clash, and Yang Xuangang risked injury to send Lu Qianqian flying.
• The referee caught Lu Qianqian, and Old Man Taiwu conceded the wager to Yang Tianyou.
• Yang Tianyou invited Yang Xuangang and Lu Qianqian to meet the elders, and Old Man Taiwu agreed.

Yang Xuangang gave Lu Qianqian the Water Spirit Pearl and grew closer to her and Lu Zhenzhen during the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly. His match against Meng Yan began with Yang Xuangang summoning Mo Feng and launching a powerful arrow, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Yang Xuangang accepted the seniors' Spirit Items and gave the Water Spirit Pearl to Lu Qianqian, catching Old Man Taiwu's jealous glare.
• The Qi Refining matches continued, showcasing powerful contestants including Lu Zhenzhen, Zhao Yan, and Meng Yan.
• Yang Xuangang befriended Lu Qianqian and Lu Zhenzhen, and told them Mo Feng was his War Beast and might become his Bonded Spirit Beast.
• Yang Xuangang faced Meng Yan and summoned the Moyuān Tiger, surprising the Lu sisters and prompting Meng Yan to recognize that he had concealed his strength.
• When the match began, Meng Yan sent his heavy sword at Yang Xuangang, but Mo Feng's roar slowed it; Yang Xuangang then fired a golden arrow with the tiger's power behind it.

Yang Xuangang advanced through the Qi Refinement matches before losing the championship to Lu Zhenzhen, while Yang Yuqi began the Foundation Establishment matches by defeating his opponent with his unusual Withering power. The story left Yang Yuqi celebrating with Yang Xuanli and Yang Lihe, whose family banter ended with Yang Lihe preparing to punish his daughter.

• Yang Xuangang defeated Meng Yan after Meng Yan's Spiritual Power ran low, then won several more matches before Lu Zhenzhen beat him with her Thunder Method and took the championship.
• The Qi Refining matches ended, and Yang Dangmo announced the start of the Foundation Establishment matches the next day.
• Yang Yuqi trapped his opponent's Life-Bound Flying Sword in a root cage, then overwhelmed the man's second Law Artifact with the Power of Withering until he conceded.
• Yang Xuanli embraced Yang Yuqi after his victory, and Yang Lihe scolded her before she teased him about who headed their household.
• Yang Lihe stepped toward Yang Xuanli, now intending to give her a real beating, while Yang Yuqi stood nearby.

The Purple Moon Dharma Assembly Foundation Establishment duels showcased Yang Household fighters, with Yang Yuqi and Yang Tianshi winning championships. The results humbled the Household’s members while Yang Tianshi’s victory made him famous across Luochuan Commandery.

• Yang Yuqi defeated every opponent, including Yang Xuanli and Yang Yujin, to win the Foundation Establishment Early Stage championship.
• Yang Xuanli took second place and Yang Yujin came fourth, while Yang Yujin accepted his losses and resolved to cultivate harder.
• No Yang Household Member placed in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage top five, prompting the Household’s members to temper their arrogance and strive harder.
• Yang Tianshi used successive formations to defeat more than a dozen powerful opponents and win the Foundation Establishment Late Stage championship.
• Onlookers dubbed Yang Tianshi the Ruthless Formation Master after his victory brought him fame in Luochuan Commandery.

The Purple Moon Dharma Assembly’s scholarly contests began, and Yang Xuanrou won the First-Tier Middle-Grade alchemy match with sixteen finished Essence-Nourishing Pills. Alchemist Biwu praised the Yang Household’s promising alchemists and agreed to guide them, while Yunhua offered the household’s help in return.

• Yang Dangmo announced the scholarly contests, which were divided among seven categories and held across Purple Moon Plaza.
• Yang Tianxin assigned the Essence-Nourishing Pill to four contestants, and Yang Xuanrou used the Silk-Thread Fire-Control Method to refine her batch.
• Yang Xuanrou produced five pills from her first set of medicines, rested, then refined more pills with her remaining ingredients.
• Yang Xuanrou took first place in the match with sixteen finished pills and advanced to compete for the First-Tier Middle-Grade championship.
• Alchemist Biwu showed Yunhua several promising Yang Household alchemists, including Yang Xuanrou, and offered to guide them.
• Yunhua thanked Alchemist Biwu and promised the Yang Household would help him obtain spirit medicines; he agreed to give the household first consideration for the pills he refined.

Yang Tianshi competed in the Tier 2 formation contest and impressed the judges with his flawless Xuanwu Sea-Expanding Formation. He won first place with a perfect score of one hundred.

• True Person Yunxia began the one-hour formation contest, and Yang Tianshi set up his formation while another contestant was disqualified for continuing after time ran out.
• True Person Yunxia and the other judges evaluated the contestants’ formations, awarding the first formation sixty points for its stable channels but flawed foundation.
• The judges gave the Three Mountains Treading Waves Formation eighty-two points before Yang Tianshi activated his Xuanwu Sea-Expanding Formation.
• Yang Tianshi’s formation manifested a powerful Xuanwu phantom, drawing cheers from the crowd and praise from the judges.
• True Person Yunxia announced Yang Tianshi as the winner with a score of one hundred.

Yang Yujin refined the Second-Tier Middle-Grade Honglian Sword and won first place in the Artifact Refining competition. Yang Xuanyang prepared the Second-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Cuisine Gentle Breeze and Bright Moon, which earned him first place in the Spirit Cuisine competition.

• Yang Yujin combined and refined Spirit Materials in the Square Cauldron, forging a sword and adding Artifact Marks to its blade.
• Yang Yujin quenched the sword with frigid spirit water, named it the Honglian Sword, and won the Artifact Refining competition.
• Yang Xuanyang prepared live spirit fish and other ingredients for his Spirit Cuisine competition dish.
• Yang Xuanyang finished the Second-Tier Upper-Grade dish Gentle Breeze and Bright Moon, which helped him win first place.

Yang Yuqi won the Spirit Plant contest by blooming a Water-Moon Epiphyllum, while Yang Xuangang took first place in Beast Taming. After the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly’s contests ended and the winners received their rewards, the Purple Moon Auction began with Yang Tianjiu hosting.

• Yang Yuqi used Life Qi to make a Water-Moon Epiphyllum bloom and exchanged tender glances with Yang Xuanli.
• Yang Xuangang’s Moyuān Tiger defeated a Cracked Armor Beast, earning him first place in the Beast Taming competition.
• The Purple Moon Dharma Assembly concluded after three months, and the Yang Household displayed the winners’ names and distributed rewards.
• Cultivators entered the Purple Moon Auction House, where the auction began with Yang Tianjiu as host.

Yang Tianjiu opened the Purple Moon Auction, where cultivators competed for rare treasures ranging from Fourth-Tier artifacts and medicines to a breakthrough pill. The auction ended with True Person Liu winning the Supreme Firmament Mystic Origin Pill, and the Yang Household's Purple Moon Dharma Assembly concluded.

• Yang Tianjiu began the Purple Moon Auction by presenting the Snake-Patterned Staff, which Old Man Taiwu won for 33,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.
• High Person Jinding secured the Dragon-Eye Ginseng for 17,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones as the auction continued through Tier 2 and Third-Tier items.
• The auction offered Fourth-Tier treasures, including the Five-Colored Auspicious Cloud Ganoderma, won by Old Man Taiwu, and Cold Mist Grass, won by True Person Shengqiu.
• High Person Jinding, True Person Shengqiu, True Person Yunting, and True Person Liu competed for the Supreme Firmament Mystic Origin Pill, and True Person Liu won it for 85,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Yang Tianjiu announced that every item had sold, and the cultivators departed as the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly concluded.

Five years after the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, Yang Tianyou and Yunhua advanced their cultivation while the Yang Household strengthened its forces ahead of the approaching Cold Tide. The chapter ended with the family awaiting Yang Tianshi’s return from the Four Symbols Sect’s examination as tensions rose across the Eastern Continent and Chaotic Sea.

• After the Purple Moon Dharma Assembly, rogue cultivators settled in Purple Moon County and major forces increased their cooperation with the Yang Household.
• Five years later, Yang Tianyou and Yunhua broke through to the middle and late Golden Core stages, respectively, and discussed the Foreign Races’ preparations for the Cold Tide.
• Yang Tianyou and Yunhua met Yang Haoyu, who praised Yang Yu Qi’s Spirit Plant cultivation and said the Lineage planned to nurture him and other promising members toward Golden Core.
• Yang Haoyu told Yang Tianyou and Yunhua that Li He had recently reached Golden Core with a Second-Rank Golden Core.
• Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu discussed Yang Tianshi’s Five-Pattern Purple Golden Core and his Four Symbols Sect examination, expecting him to return from the Chaotic Sea within a month.

Yang Tianshi returned from the Four Symbols Sect with the Branch Elder position and resources for the Yang Household. He agreed to study a powerful formation for the household’s planned Spirit Vein and Clan-Guarding Array upgrades.

• Yang Haoyu told Yang Tianyou and Yunhua that Orthodox and Demonic Path cultivators had appeared across the northern provinces, and that Dwarf Child had escaped after destroying a Foundation Establishment Lineage.
• Yang Tianyou asked about the Purple Moon Army, and Yang Haoyu said they would see its strength at its Triennial Martial Demonstration in half a month.
• Yang Tianshi returned to Purple Moon Mountain and reported that he had passed the ninth floor of the Four Symbols Tower, earned the Branch Elder position, and exchanged contribution points for formation texts and resources.
• Yang Tianyou inspected Yang Tianshi’s Storage Ring, which held two thousand Upper-Grade Spirit Stones and other Cultivation Resources.
• Yang Tianyou asked Yang Tianshi to help upgrade the Clan-Guarding Array when the Yang Household raised its Spirit Vein to the Fourth Tier, and Yang Tianshi agreed to study the Ten-Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Formation.
• Yunhua gave Yang Tianshi a Jade Slip of her Formation insights, and he thanked her before departing.

Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu watched the Purple Moon Army demonstrate its three Battle Formations, revealing its formidable attack, defense, and trapping abilities. Yang Tianyou concluded that the Yang Household’s army had established its foundation.

• Yang Yusheng led the hundred soldiers into the White Tiger Roaring Sky Formation, whose attack rivaled that of a powerful Middle Golden Core Cultivator.
• Yang Yusheng changed the formation to the Xuanwu Suppressing Sea Formation, and Yuan Ba tested its defenses without breaking through.
• Yang Haoyu explained that Tongming and Tianshi designed the defensive formation, with Yunhua offering suggestions.
• Yang Yusheng formed the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, which Yang Haoyu said could trap even middle- or late-stage Golden Core Cultivators.
• Yang Tianyou praised the army’s three formations, while Yang Haoyu credited the Lineage’s resources for its soldiers, War Beasts, and equipment.

The Yang Household promoted the Spirit Vein beneath Purple Moon Mountain to the Fourth Tier, strengthening its cultivation resources and defenses. Duan Hongyu and Yang Qiongchu then broke through to Golden Core, leaving the Household stronger and Yang Tianyou relieved of concern for his parents.

• The Purple Moon Army completed its martial display, demonstrating its battle formations and combat systems.
• Yang Tianyou, his wife, and Old Ancestor Yang Haoyu began promoting the Spirit Vein by placing resources into its nine Spirit Eyes.
• After more than four months, the Spirit Vein reached the Fourth Tier and its Spirit Eyes became Spirit Pools.
• Yunhua and Yang Tianyou decided that Duan Hongyu and Yang Qiongchu were ready to attempt Golden Core breakthroughs.
• Duan Hongyu formed a second-rank core and survived her tribulation, then Yang Qiongchu formed a Third-Rank Golden Core.

Seven Sage Manifestation experts met at Azure Sky Lake to discuss warnings that a realm war and great calamity would threaten the Lu Wu Realm. They agreed to preserve their strongest fighters while allowing conflicts below Sage Manifestation to continue, and the meeting ended without any promise of peace with the other realm.

• The Seven Stars Sacred Lord told the others that Heavenly Origin Zi had foreseen a coming war between realms after sacrificing three hundred years of his lifespan.
• Barbarian Lord Bayu confirmed that his tribe’s High Priest had divined the same impending calamity, and the gathered experts accepted that the warnings were credible.
• The Heaven and Earth Sacred Lord proposed limiting the conflict between the Savage Wilderness Great Domain and the Northern River Region to fighters below Sage Manifestation.
• The Seven Stars Sacred Lord said the calamity would not arrive within a hundred years, and the Profound Light Sacred Lord urged the strongest fighters to avoid losses before then.
• Barbarian Lord Bayu agreed that the Sacred Land-level forces would not interfere in the Cold Tide, leaving those below Sage Manifestation to fight.
• The seven experts reached further agreements and departed, while none proposed peace with the other realm.

Yang Tianyou and Yunhua completed the upgrade of the Yang Household’s defenses, then attended a meeting in Luochuan City to coordinate preparations for the coming Cold Tide War. After returning to Purple Moon County, Yang Tianyou began organizing the subordinate Foundation Establishment Lineages for war, while Liu Siyu watched him with unrequited affection.

• Yang Tianshi and Yunhua upgraded the Ten-Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Formation to the Fourth Tier, strengthening the Yang Household’s defenses against Nascent Soul attackers.
• Yang Tianyou and his wife traveled to Luochuan City after a messenger summoned the Yang Household to discuss plans for the Cold Tide War.
• True Person Beigong told the gathered Golden Core Cultivators that forces in most counties must send fighters to Luochuan Pass, while the three border counties must provide supplies and hold their passes.
• True Person Beigong announced that the immortal Dao would attack the Foreign Races in Mo Province and Xuan Province, and ordered each county to eliminate Orthodox and Demonic Path forces within its borders.
• After returning to Purple Moon County, Yang Tianyou ordered Yang Dangkai to summon the subordinate Foundation Establishment Lineages for a prewar meeting.
• Liu Siyu attended the meeting at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and privately reflected on her lasting, unrequited love for Yang Tianyou.