Chapter Summaries

The Poison Blood Demon Sect Leader persuaded the sect’s elders and deacons to help him attack the Lingxiao Ling Clan and blood-sacrifice its more than four hundred thousand mortals to refine two demonic treasures. The sect’s forces divided across Huai River County and headed toward their targets, while the Sect Leader led the main force toward Lingxiao Mountain.

• The Poison Blood Demon Sect Leader proposed destroying the Ling Clan to gather enough corpses to refine two demonic treasures and support his attempt to reach Golden Core.
• The Grand Elder and the other elders and deacons agreed after the Sect Leader promised them spiritual objects, profits, and the mortals of two weaker clans.
• The Sect Leader halted the Qi Training competition and secretly led roughly fourteen hundred devil cultivators out of the sect headquarters.
• After crossing into Huai River County, the Sect Leader assigned the deacons to attack the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan, and the Ling Clan’s towns and spirit veins.
• The Sect Leader sent his two protectors to Falling Dusk Mountain to keep Yan Siyi and Yan Cang from reinforcing the Ling Clan.
• The Sect Leader led seven Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment elders and more than seven hundred Qi Training devil cultivators toward Lingxiao Mountain.

The Poison Blood Demon Sect launched a coordinated assault on the Ling Clan’s settlements and Lingxiao Mountain, forcing Ling Pengxing and the clan to defend their home against overwhelming numbers. The battle turned against the Ling Clan as the Mountain Protection Formation’s light screen began to weaken.

• Ling Pengxing received pleas for aid from the One City, Four Towns, alerted the clan’s Foundation Establishment cultivators, and called the clansmen to prepare for battle.
• Ling Chengyue gathered nearly a hundred Qi Training demon beasts, and the clan assembled atop Lingxiao Mountain as more than seven hundred demonic cultivators approached.
• Ling Pengxing identified the Poison Blood Demon Sect leader and his powerful reinforcements, then engaged the leader with the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation and his Geng Metal Purple Star Flying Sword.
• The Immortal Spirit Crane King, Ling Pengqiu, Ling Pengshan, and Ling Penglin each held off Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators while the clan’s cultivators and beasts attacked the enemy ranks.
• The sect leader used the Poison Blood Skull Cover to shield his forces, allowing the Qi Training demonic cultivators to concentrate on the Mountain Protection Formation and gradually dim its light screen.

Ling Pengxing sacrificed his lifespan to unleash a devastating sword attack against the Poison Blood Demon Sect’s leader, but the leader survived with a Substitute Technique. Ling Penglin and the other Ling Clan cultivators then used desperate techniques to defend Lingxiao Mountain, leaving the clan’s defenders exhausted as the demonic cultivators battered the Clan Protection Array.

• Ling Pengxing consumed the Lineage’s Spirit Burst Pill and burned his lifespan, then used the Geng Metal Purple Star Flying Sword to kill demonic cultivators and decimate the Qi Training attackers.
• Ling Pengxing burned his blood essence to reach pseudo-core strength, infused his sword with moonlight, and shattered the Poison Blood Skull Flying Sword before striking the demonic sect leader.
• The demonic sect leader survived Ling Pengxing’s attack by using a Substitute Technique, while Ling Pengxing collapsed with his foundation destroyed; Ling Penglin saved his last breath with a lifespan-extending item.
• Ling Penglin, Ling Pengqiu, Ling Pengshan, and the other Ling Clan cultivators used desperate techniques to strengthen their defenses and inflict heavy losses on the demonic force.
• After a hundred breaths, the Ling Clan cultivators’ desperate techniques left them near death, and the demonic cultivators resumed pounding the Clan Protection Array as the survivors watched helplessly.

Yang Changxing sacrificed his life to protect Lingxiao Mountain, and Yang Mingtian’s reinforcements helped the Ling and Yang clans drive back the demonic cultivators. The Poison Blood Demon Sect escaped, devastated the Wang and Wen clans, and left the surviving Wang clan to rebuild under the Ling clan’s protection.

• Yang Changxing arrived alone at Lingxiao Mountain and fought the Poison Blood Demon Sect leader, who poisoned him with the Poison Blood Thorn.
• Yang Changxing used his final strength to burn away the sect leader’s right arm, then died after asking the Ling clan to preserve kinship with the Yang clan.
• Yang Mingtian arrived with thirty-nine Yang clan cultivators and drove off the demonic attackers, saving the surviving Ling clan cultivators.
• The demonic cultivators withdrew from Ling clan territory and Falling Dusk Mountain, then massacred cultivators in the Azure Bamboo Wang and Cloud Mist Wen territories and sacrificed more than two hundred thousand mortals to restore the Poison Blood Skull Flying Sword.
• The Hundred Spirits Sect searched for the Poison Blood Demon Sect but found little, while surviving Wang clan members leased their mountain and some spirit veins to the Ling clan and rebuilt as a Qi Training family.

After the Small Demon Uprising, the Ling Clan survived but suffered severe losses, while the Poison Blood Demon Sect’s leader reached the Golden Core Realm and escalated his slaughter across Yan Kingdom. He eventually fled into Ten Thousand Beasts Sect territory, where he founded the Poison Blood Sect and declared himself Poison Blood Old Ancestor.

• The Ling Clan honored its promise not to seize the weakened Wen Clan’s territory, while the surviving Wen cultivators borrowed spirit stones to try to establish a new Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
• Ling Pengxing survived the uprising as a mortal after losing his cultivation, then devoted himself to swordsmanship and the Star Metal Sword Dao Secret Art.
• The Poison Blood Demon Sect’s cult leader sacrificed hundreds of thousands of mortals to advance two demonic artifacts to Third Rank and later emerged from seclusion as a Golden Core cultivator.
• The cult leader attacked the Ling Clan but was driven off by Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, then clashed with Ma Yuan and was defeated by Ma Yuan’s magic treasures before later forcing him to retreat with Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor’s help.
• The Poison Blood Demon Sect moved into Ten Thousand Beasts Sect territory while it was distracted by war with Purple Scorpion Mountain, consolidated demonic cultivators, and became the Poison Blood Sect under Poison Blood Old Ancestor.

Ling Pengyun reached the seventh layer of the Explosive Tempering God Art, raising his divine sense to Golden Core level, and Azure Water True Person provided him and Ling Yunhong with Golden Core Spirit Objects. Ling Pengyun chose to attempt a Golden Core breakthrough and went with Azure Water True Person, Ling Yunhong, and Wang Ying to borrow the sect’s tribulation array, where they met Lei Yun.

• Ling Pengyun endured the repeated destruction and reformation of his divine sense and comprehended the seventh layer of the Explosive Tempering God Art, extending his divine sense to a thousand zhang.
• Azure Water True Person obtained two portions of Kui Water True Evil and gave them, along with Profound Heaven Water, to Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong.
• Ling Pengyun announced that he would attempt a Golden Core breakthrough, and Ling Yunhong gave him two Golden Core Spirit Objects under their prior agreement.
• Azure Water True Person took Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, and Wang Ying to Core Breaking Peak to use the Fourth Rank Lightning Guiding Tribulation Crossing Grand Array.
• Lei Yun dismissed the array’s defensive lightning and welcomed Azure Water True Person and the others onto the summit of Core Breaking Peak.

Ling Pengyun attempted to form a Golden Core beneath the Thunder Spirit Tree on Core Breaking Peak and succeeded after using Kui Water True Evil and Profound Heaven Water to endure the breakthrough. As he awaited the lightning tribulation, Thundercloud True Person decided to take Azure Water True Person to the sect treasury, apparently to support or befriend him.

• Thundercloud True Person welcomed Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, and Wang Ying to Core Breaking Peak and allowed Ling Pengyun to use its formation for his breakthrough.
• Ling Pengyun began compressing his spiritual power, then swallowed Kui Water True Evil and Profound Heaven Water to strengthen his meridians and soften the spiritual power entering his Dantian.
• After ten days, Ling Pengyun condensed a Golden Core phantom and spent the following month transforming his Dantian until he formed a water-blue Medium Golden Core.
• Ling Yunhong, Wang Ying, Thundercloud True Person, and Azure Water True Person celebrated Ling Pengyun's success as he prepared to await the lightning tribulation.
• Thundercloud True Person told Azure Water True Person that Ling Pengyun was worth befriending and took him to the sect treasury.

Ling Pengyun survived his Golden Core tribulation with the help of the sect’s Thunder Spirit Tree and received gifts and guidance from Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect. The chapter left him sworn to protect the sect’s cultivation inheritance after a half-month Dao Discussion.

• The Thunder Spirit Tree absorbed Ling Pengyun’s nine tribulation bolts, then guided the final bolt’s lightning through his body to temper him and purge the baleful intent left by the Kui Water True Evil.
• Ling Pengyun absorbed the tribulation’s sweet dew, strengthening his divine sense and spiritual power, stabilizing his Golden Core, and healing hidden injuries.
• Ling Pengyun thanked the Thunder Spirit Tree and then thanked Thundercloud True Person and Azure Water True Person for helping him achieve the Golden Core Realm.
• Thundercloud True Person gave Ling Pengyun the Golden Core chapters of the Azure Sea Azure Sky Art and ten jin of Third Rank High Grade Heavy Yuan Treasure Iron, asking him to help the sect if it faced hardship.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong swore not to pass the Golden Core cultivation method to outsiders, then joined the two True Persons in a Dao Discussion that lasted nearly half a month.

Ling Pengyun received Azure Water True Person’s protection and secured a higher-level dual water-fire cultivation method for his son, Ling Chengxia. He perfected a concealed version of his cultivation art and reforged his lifebound treasure, which gained a powerful gravity magnetic field but still needed more Water Spirit Iron to become a true Third Rank magic treasure.

• Azure Water True Person gave Ling Pengyun a Third Rank High Grade Ice Soul Mysterious Water Talisman and warned him to reach Golden Core Middle Stage before guarding him during his future Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Ling Pengyun asked Azure Water True Person to find a stronger dual water-fire cultivation method for Ling Chengxia, and Azure Water True Person offered a method reaching Foundation Establishment Completion while explaining the sect’s requirements for its Golden Core method.
• Ling Pengyun celebrated his breakthrough with Ling Yunhong and Wang Ying, then perfected a concealed Azure Sea True Scripture based on the Azure Sea Azure Sky Art.
• Ling Pengyun estimated that reaching Golden Core Second Layer would take about thirty years through cultivation alone, then studied Azure Water True Fire and the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Spirit Pattern.
• Ling Pengyun infused Heavy Yuan Treasure Iron into his Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, raising it to the Magic Treasure Cone Shape level and giving it a fifty-zhang gravity magnetic field that sharply hindered weaker cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun discovered that the pearl could triple its weight to three hundred thousand jin, and that fusing another hundred thousand jin of Water Spirit Iron would raise it to Third Rank magic treasure level.

Ling Pengyun left the Azure Sea Secret Realm as a newly advanced Golden Core cultivator, received the Yin Yang Transformation Profound Scripture, and set out for his clan. After crossing the seas and finding Wrathful Whale Marketplace under a prolonged demon-beast siege, he reached Turtle Spirit Island in search of Old Taoist Qian Yuan’s descendants.

• Ling Pengyun said farewell to Azure Water True Person, Wang Ying, and Ling Yunhong, gave Ling Yunhong the Golden Core section of the altered Azure Sea True Scripture, and departed the secret realm.
• Azure Water True Person gave Ling Pengyun the Yin Yang Transformation Profound Scripture and required him to swear not to pass it on beyond his only son.
• Ling Pengyun returned to the Dragon Scale Sea Region, then rode the Black Armored Turtle across the Boundless Demon Sea toward the human sea regions.
• Ling Pengyun found Wrathful Whale Marketplace still threatened by a growing sea-demon assault and continued onward rather than waiting for the siege to end.
• Ling Pengyun reached Turtle Spirit Island, concealed his Golden Core aura, and entered to search for Old Taoist Qian Yuan’s mortal descendants.

Ling Pengyun found the surviving Qian Clan descendants in Cold Wind Village and discovered that young Qian Fei had spirit roots. He took her away to cultivate and planned to use the Zhao Clan cultivator Han Feng in a decades-long scheme against the Zhao Clan.

• Ling Pengyun used the Bewitching Soul Technique to identify the Qian Clan descendants and found that Qian Fei had Wood, Water, and Earth Three Spirit Roots.
• A villager told Ling Pengyun that Han Feng, a Qian Clan descendant with Three Spirit Roots, had entered the Zhao Clan to cultivate, and Ling Pengyun considered shaping him into a future threat to the Zhao Clan.
• Ling Pengyun showed Qian Fei's parents the Qian Clan Token, explained that Qian Qiuyuan had died, and persuaded them to let Qian Fei leave with him.
• Qian Fei's father revealed that their family was descended from the Qian Clan, recounted the Zhao Clan's attack, and urged her to avenge their clan if she grew strong enough.
• Ling Pengyun returned at dawn, gave Qian Fei's parents gold and a Storage Bag for Han Feng, and departed with Qian Fei.

Ling Pengyun traveled to Wood Origin Marketplace and bought Water Spirit Iron and longevity items from the Wood Origin Gathering Treasure Pavilion. He left with a possible plan to return to the Boundless Sea Region to purchase more spirit iron at a discount.

• Ling Pengyun brought Qian Fei to Wood Origin Marketplace aboard the Black Armored Turtle while studying the Aura Concealing Art.
• Ling Pengyun entered the Wood Origin Gathering Treasure Pavilion and learned that the Wood Origin Immortal Sect had discovered a rich Water-Bearing Iron Mine in the Wrathful Whale Sea Region, which had drawn a joint demon beast assault on Wrathful Whale Marketplace.
• The maidservant quoted prices for Water Gathering Spirit Iron and described the danger at Wrathful Whale Marketplace, where Wood Origin True Lord and Azure Origin True Lord had arrived to defend the sect's stronghold.
• Ling Pengyun bought ten thousand jin of First Rank Middle Grade Water Gathering Spirit Iron and six Second Rank Low Grade Longevity Spirit Shells for forty-six thousand spirit stones.
• The manager offered Ling Pengyun a five percent discount on future Water Spirit Iron purchases, and Ling Pengyun left considering a return trip to the Boundless Sea Region.

Qing Mei revealed that Ling Pengyun had purchased valuable goods, prompting a Saint Demon Sect informant and her master to arrange an ambush. The grim-faced old woman recruited her powerful Martial Uncle, and they headed to the marketplace’s Teleportation Hall to intercept Ling Pengyun.

• The richly dressed manager rewarded Xiao Ya for Ling Pengyun’s purchase, and Xiao Ya told Qing Mei that he had bought ten thousand jin of Water Spirit Iron and six Second Rank Low Grade Longevity Shells.
• Qing Mei reported Ling Pengyun’s purchases to her master, a Saint Demon Sect demonic cultivator, and gave her a portrait of him after learning he had entered the Teleportation Hall.
• The old woman decided Ling Pengyun’s goods could bring her closer to obtaining a Golden Core breakthrough item and promised Qing Mei the Saint Demon Art if their plan succeeded.
• The old woman asked her Martial Uncle to help intercept Ling Pengyun, agreeing to split the spoils so he received sixty percent.
• The old woman and her Martial Uncle left for the Teleportation Hall in the heart of the Wood Origin Marketplace.

The Wood Origin Gathering Treasure Pavilion manager caught Qing Mei and punished Xiao Ya, while Ling Pengyun learned that two Saint Demon Sect cultivators were targeting him. Jia Mu True Person offered to help kill them, and Ling Pengyun left the marketplace with Qian Fei to lure the pursuers outside.

• The Gathering Treasure Pavilion manager identified Qing Mei as a traitor and sentenced Xiao Ya to the sect’s mines, but Xiao Ya accepted his offer to become his maid in exchange for concealing her crime.
• The Pseudo-Core black-robed old man recognized Ling Pengyun as a likely Golden Core cultivator and told the stern-faced old woman he believed they could kill him together.
• Jia Mu True Person warned Ling Pengyun that the two Saint Demon Sect cultivators were waiting for him and offered to join forces against them in exchange for half their loot.
• Ling Pengyun trusted Jia Mu True Person’s Heavenly Dao Oath and left the marketplace with Qian Fei, prompting the two demonic cultivators to follow him.

Ling Pengyun confronted two concealed Saint Demon Sect cultivators at sea while Jia Mu Zhenren joined the battle, only to be trapped by the Saint Demon Burning Yuan Lamp. Ling Pengyun used the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl to break the enemy’s defenses, leaving the cold-faced old woman’s fused ghost struggling to hold it back.

• Ling Pengyun discovered the black-clad Pseudo-Core Realm elder and the cold-faced old woman pursuing him on a White Spirit Shark, then knocked out Qian Fei before the fight.
• Ling Pengyun called out Jia Mu Zhenren, who emerged from hiding and attacked the two demonic cultivators with an azure spear.
• The black-clad elder used the Saint Demon Burning Yuan Lamp to trap Jia Mu Zhenren in Burning Yuan True Fire, and Jia Mu Zhenren called on Ling Pengyun for help.
• Ling Pengyun sent the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl against the elder’s Saint Demon Withered Bone Shield, while the cold-faced old woman summoned six Mountain Moving Evil Ghosts to push it back.
• Ling Pengyun drew on the sea’s water veins to increase the pearl’s weight, shattered the shield, and forced the old woman to merge her ghosts into one that began to falter under the pearl’s weight.

Ling Pengyun and Jia Mu Zhenren defeated a Pseudo-Core demonic cultivator, divided his possessions, and examined the spoils in Wood Origin Marketplace. Ling Pengyun discovered a demonic secret art that could extend cultivation age limits and resolved to alter it for the Ling Clan.

• Ling Pengyun burned and crushed the summoned evil ghost, then helped Jia Mu Zhenren defeat the fleeing Pseudo-Core old devil and claim the spoils.
• Ling Pengyun and Jia Mu Zhenren agreed to divide the spoils, with Ling Pengyun taking the Saint Demon Burning Yuan Lamp and Jia Mu Zhenren receiving the Withered Bone Shield and the old devil’s Pseudo-Core.
• Several days later, Ling Pengyun and Jia Mu Zhenren opened the old devil’s Storage Spirit Bead Strings and found demonic goods, spirit stones, Exploding Flame Spirit Iron, and a copy of the Saint Demon Art.
• Ling Pengyun read about the Saint Demon Continuing Fate Fire, which could extend the age limits for Foundation Establishment and Golden Core by burning powerful souls.
• Ling Pengyun decided to alter the secret art so Ling Clan members could benefit without cultivating the Saint Demon Art.

Ling Pengyun divided the spoils from the demonic cultivators with Jia Mu Zhenren, bought water-element spirit iron, and returned to Falling Dusk Mountain after six years away. Meanwhile, Han Feng received Ling Pengyun’s letter and spirit stones, and resolved to pursue Foundation Establishment so he could rebuild the Qian Clan; Ling Pengyun’s family recognized him as he arrived home.

• Ling Pengyun and Jia Mu Zhenren copied the Saint Demon Art, divided the captured items, and exchanged Message Talismans.
• Ling Pengyun spent his spirit stones on Water Gathering Spirit Iron, bought travel records for little Qian Fei, and continued their journey.
• Han Feng received little Qian Fei’s Storage Bag from her parents and found a thousand spirit stones and a letter from Ling Pengyun urging him to seek Foundation Establishment and rebuild the Qian Clan.
• After the letter released a powerful aura, Han Feng inferred that Ling Pengyun wanted him to become a public ally and decided to follow the plan to destroy the Zhao Clan.
• Six years after leaving home, Ling Pengyun reached Falling Dusk Mountain with little Qian Fei, and Yan Siyi and the others recognized him and flew out to welcome him.

Ling Pengyun returned to Falling Dusk Mountain as a Golden Core cultivator, reunited with his family, and learned that Yan Cang had died three years earlier. After honoring Yan Cang and sharing a reunion feast, Ling Pengyun told his relatives that the clan head was attempting a Golden Core breakthrough and that he had returned to look after the clan.

• Ling Pengyun reunited with Yan Siyi, Ling Xiaoshun, Yang Qiuyun, Ling Chengxia, Ling Chengping, and Ling Xiaoyan, but found Yan Cang's grave beneath the azure banyan tree.
• Ling Pengyun congratulated his relatives on their progress and gave them gifts, including cultivation resources, demon beast meat, and a Thunder Spirit Turtle egg.
• Ling Pengyun introduced his new disciple, Qian Fei, and explained that he had taken her in because of his old friendship with her late elder.
• Ling Pengyun paid his respects at Yan Cang's grave and learned from his family that Yan Cang had died three years earlier after exhausting his lifespan.
• Yan Siyi prepared a reunion feast with Foundation Establishment demon beast meat, while Ling Pengyun told his relatives he had gone to the Boundless Sea Region and concealed his connection to the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect.
• Ling Pengyun told Ling Xiaoshun that the clan head had a Golden Core Spirit Object and was attempting a breakthrough in seclusion, and that he had returned to look after the clan.

Ling Pengyun learned that the Poison Blood Demon Sect had devastated the Ling Clan while he and Ling Yunhong were away, leaving many clansmen dead or crippled. After discovering his Third Brother Ling Pengxing had become a frail mortal, Ling Pengyun was overcome with grief and regret as he returned toward Clan Mountain.

• Ling Xiaoshun told Ling Pengyun that the Poison Blood Demon Sect had attacked the clan, killing dozens of Qi Training clansmen and leaving four Foundation Establishment elders clinging to life.
• Ling Xiaoshun explained that Yan Cang and Yang Changxing had died protecting the Ling Clan, and that the Poison Blood Sect's leader had since become Poison Blood Old Ancestor, a Golden Core cultivator wielding two powerful demonic treasures.
• Ling Pengyun swore the grudge would not be easily settled, then left the reunion feast for the clan despite Ling Xiaoshun's warning not to act rashly.
• Near Lingxiao Mountain, Ling Pengyun saw Ling Pengxing swinging a wooden sword and realized his former fellow sword cultivator had become an elderly mortal.
• Ling Pengyun blamed himself for leaving the clan without exposing its traitor, believing his absence had helped enable the attack and Ling Pengxing's ruin.

Ling Pengyun returned to Lingxiao Mountain after reaching the Golden Core Realm and took over responsibility for protecting the Ling Clan. Ling Pengshan reported the clan’s losses, depleted younger generation, and expanded territory as Ling Pengyun considered how best to support its surviving cultivators.

• Ling Pengxing recognized Ling Pengyun’s arrival and celebrated his advancement to the Golden Core Realm, then entrusted him with protecting the clan.
• Ling Pengyun reassured Ling Pengxing about the clan’s survival and promised that the Poison Blood Demon Sect would pay for its crimes.
• Ling Pengyun met Ling Penglin, Ling Pengshan, and Ling Pengqiu, learned of their breakthroughs despite their shortened lifespans, and considered whether to aid Ling Pengqiu with Yin Yang Primordial Qi.
• Ling Pengshan reported that fifty-three clansmen had died in the Small Demon Uprising, leaving the Ling Clan with a weakened older generation and a shortage of young talent, though Ling Cheng Xin had survived and become a Second Rank Low Grade alchemist.
• Ling Pengshan explained that the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan and Cloud Mist Wen Clan had also been devastated, and that the Ling Clan had leased spirit veins from the Wang territory while receiving spirit herbs from the Wen Clan.