Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong joined forces to break the Crimson Gold Bear demon’s defense with a barrage of attacks and Dragon Yang True Fire. The bear survived by activating its armor, claws, and Raging Bear Art, while Ling Pengyun prepared to confront it with his Golden Core-strength physique and take interest in its rare claw magic treasure.

• Ling Pengyun unleashed the Mountain Moving Evil Ghost, Burning Yuan True Fire, and Fire Serpent Sword against the Crimson Gold Bear demon while it struggled to withstand the earlier attacks.
• Ling Yunhong cast Dragon Yang True Fire, summoning a Pure Yang Fire Dragon that weakened the demon beasts and drew the attention of nearby Golden Core cultivators.
• Ling Yunhong’s fire dragon and Ling Pengyun’s attacks shattered the Crimson Gold Bear demon’s defensive light curtain.
• The Crimson Gold Bear demon activated its Crimson Gold Full Body Armor, Crimson Gold Claws, and first level of the Raging Bear Art, raising its cultivation to the Golden Core Fourth Layer and blocking the attacks.
• Ling Pengyun noticed the demon’s rare Crimson Gold Claws and resolved to use them alongside his Golden Core First Layer-strength physique.

Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong killed the Crimson Gold Bear demon after it unleashed successive desperate arts, though much of its body was burned away. They divided the spoils and discussed prioritizing Ling Si Yi’s path to Golden Core while planning to acquire spirit objects for Ling Peng Qiu later.

• Ling Pengyun bound the Crimson Gold Bear with the Five Elements Return Origin Rope and battered its armor with his magic treasures, but the bear burned its blood to surge to Golden Core Sixth Layer Peak and broke free.
• Ling Pengyun called on Ling Yunhong to use the killing move, and Ling Yunhong transformed the Pure Yang Fire Dragon into a furnace that trapped and restrained the bear while Ling Pengyun’s attacks kept it from escaping.
• After the bear’s desperate art expired, Ling Pengyun shattered its weakened Protective Yuan Qi and burned away its arms and head, capturing its Golden Core and killing it.
• Ling Pengyun brought the bear’s remaining corpse, Golden Core, and Crimson Gold Claws into Poison Dragon City, giving Ling Yunhong the Golden Core and armor while keeping the claws and reserving the meat for Ling Si Yi.
• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong that he planned to help Ling Si Yi advance to Golden Core first, and explained that Ling Peng Qiu had received Yin Yang Primordial Qi and could later obtain two Golden Core spirit objects from a major market.

Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong helped Pure Heart Old Daoist kill a Golden Core Third Layer Crimson Gold Bear and negotiated their shares of its spoils. After dividing the bear's treasures and remains, the Ling pair rested while Pure Heart Old Daoist went to aid the other human cultivators.

• The Crimson Gold Bear King drew the Profound Yang Treasure Sword into a fierce clash with its superior Crimson Gold Wolf Tooth Mace, but Profound Yang Old Daoist continued to keep it occupied.
• Pure Heart Old Daoist asked Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong to help kill the Golden Core Third Layer bear, and Ling Pengyun secured a sixty-five-percent share for the pair.
• Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, and Pure Heart Old Daoist overwhelmed and beheaded the bear, then recovered its corpse and treasures inside Poison Dragon City.
• Pure Heart Old Daoist acquired the bear's Crimson Gold Treasure Armor by paying the Ling pair an additional one hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones.
• Ling Pengyun took the bear's corpse, Golden Core, and soul for his own purposes, while Ling Yunhong received its Crimson Gold Claw.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong rested to restore their spiritual power, while Pure Heart Old Daoist went to help the other human Golden Core cultivators.

The Crimson Gold Bear King used a Vein Reversal Talisman and a Formation Breaking Talisman to cripple Poison Dragon City's defenses, forcing the human cultivators to flee. The Bear King left its million beasts to attack the city and pursued the escaping cultivators, splitting its forces to chase the different groups.

• The Crimson Gold Bear King used its Third Rank High Grade Vein Reversal Talisman to destroy Poison Dragon City's Earth Vein, weakening the city's protective array and causing a devastating earthquake.
• The Bear King used a Formation Breaking Talisman to crack the weakened barrier, and Hundred Spirits True Person escaped aboard his flying boat with Bao Yuan Zhenren, Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, and Pure Heart Old Daoist.
• Medicine King Zhenren fled separately, while Profound Yang Old Daoist eventually ordered the Profound Yang Sect cultivators to evacuate with the city's five thousand cultivators, leaving the mortals behind.
• The Bear King ordered its million low-level demon beasts to attack Poison Dragon City and led nine Golden Core demons in pursuit of the fleeing humans.
• The Bear King and five other demon kings caught the Profound Yang Sect fleet, while other bears pursued Hundred Spirits True Person's boat and Medicine King Zhenren.

Ling Pengyun and the others fled the Crimson Gold Bear demons to Clear Peace Mountain, where Pure Heart Old Daoist’s sect had a Third Rank Array Formation. The pursuers arrived, and the cultivators began fighting to hold them off before reinforcements could come.

• Three Crimson Gold Bear demons caught up with the Hundred Spirits Flying Boat using Third Rank Middle Grade Swift Wind Talismans, so Hundred Spirits True Person redirected the group toward Clear Peace Mountain.
• Hundred Spirits True Person pressured Pure Heart Old Daoist into letting them use the mountain as a base, and the group reached it and activated its defensive array.
• Hundred Spirits True Person attacked the Golden Core Seventh Layer and Fifth Layer bears with his Black Flame True Fire Gourd and Black Fiend Long Banner, trapping them in a Black Flame True Fire tornado.
• Ling Pengyun recognized the Black Fiend Long Banner he had once sold to Hundred Spirits True Person and considered seeking materials to upgrade his own Ghost Control Long Banner.
• Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, Bao Yuan Zhenren, and Pure Heart Old Daoist attacked the Golden Core Fourth Layer bear demon outside the mountain.

Ling Pengyun and the others used the Mystic Yellow Two Elements Grand Array and coordinated attacks to kill a Golden Core Fourth Layer Crimson Gold Bear, then joined Hundred Spirits True Person to defeat two more bears. The battle ended with all three Crimson Gold Bear demons slain.

• The Golden Core Fourth Layer Crimson Gold Bear defended itself with the Mystic Gold Shield and Crimson Gold Claw, holding off Ling Pengyun and the others’ attacks.
• Pure Heart Old Daoist summoned the Yellow Jade Seal, whose three strikes cracked the bear demon’s shield barrier.
• Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun, Bao Yuan Zhenren, and Pure Heart Old Daoist combined their attacks to shatter the barrier, break the shield, and kill the Golden Core Fourth Layer bear demon.
• Ling Pengyun trapped the Golden Core Seventh Layer and Fifth Layer bear demons with the Five Elements Return Origin Grand Array while Bao Yuan Zhenren and Pure Heart Old Daoist restrained them with their treasures.
• Hundred Spirits True Person struck down both bears’ defenses, and Ling Yunhong killed the Golden Core Fifth Layer bear with his Pure Yang Fire Dragon.
• Ling Pengyun and the others joined the assault and swiftly killed the remaining Golden Core Seventh Layer bear demon.

After defeating three Crimson Gold Bear Demon Kings, Ling Pengyun and his allies chose to reinforce the besieged Profound Yang Sect rather than delay their ambush plans. They reached the fleet just as six Demon Kings threatened to break its defenses, and Hundred Spirits True Person prepared everyone for battle.

• Ling Pengyun urged the group to act quickly before the remaining Demon Kings retreated to the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan’s fortified nest, and Hundred Spirits True Person agreed to reinforce the Profound Yang Sect.
• Hundred Spirits True Person gave Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong Third Rank Low Grade Spirit Replenishment Talismans, restoring much of their spiritual power.
• The group agreed to aid the five Profound Yang Sect Golden Core cultivators, who were trapped with their fleet by six Demon Kings, while Medicine King Zhenren faced only one pursuer.
• Ling Pengyun and the others divided the spoils from the three slain bear demons, then boarded Hundred Spirits True Person’s flying boat and headed toward the besieged fleet.
• The group reached the Poison Dragon Pool Territory and saw the White Cloud Spirit Fox King, the Bear King, and four other Demon Kings attacking the Profound Yang Sect fleet’s protective barrier.
• Hundred Spirits True Person called the group to prepare for battle and increased the speed of the Hundred Spirits Flying Boat.

The Bear King activated the Raging Bear Art and pursued Ling Pengyun and the reinforcements, forcing Hundred Spirits True Person to unleash the Black Flame True Fire Gourd’s Artifact Spirit. The Fire Phoenix trapped the Bear King in a cage until its secret art weakened, but the bear restored most of its strength with Blood Spirit Mushrooms and resumed attacking.

• The Bear King realized the three Crimson Gold Bears it had sent after Ling Pengyun were likely dead, then used the Raging Bear Art to raise its strength to the Pseudo Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Bear King chased the Hundred Spirits Flying Boat, shattered the Five Elements Return Origin Grand Array’s restraints, and drove Hundred Spirits True Person to summon the Black Flame Fire Phoenix Artifact Spirit.
• The Fire Phoenix formed a Black Flame True Fire Cage around the Bear King and reinforced it by merging into the cage as the bear battered its walls.
• The Bear King used its Golden Core, offensive spirit talismans, and Wolf Tooth Mace to weaken the cage, but its hundred breaths of enhanced strength expired before it could escape.
• The Bear King swallowed three Third Rank High Grade Blood Spirit Mushrooms, recovered roughly ninety percent of its strength, and began striking the cage again, alarming Ling Pengyun and the others.

Ling Pengyun and his allies nearly killed the Bear King with the Ice Soul Mysterious Water Talisman, but a Nascent Soul phantom shielded it and threatened them. Ling Pengyun urged the group to kill the Bear King anyway before it could hunt them down later.

• The Black Flame Fire Phoenix Artifact Spirit and Bai Ling joined forces with Ling Pengyun and the others, weakening the Bear King until it called for aid.
• The White Cloud Spirit Fox King used a secret art to reach Pseudo Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, destroyed Profound Yang Old Daoist’s lifebound treasure, and rushed to help the Bear King.
• Bai Ling offered Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong the Bear King’s corpse and Golden Core, along with compensation for the damaged array artifact, if they used a superior Third Rank High Grade Offensive Spirit Talisman to kill it.
• Ling Pengyun activated the Ice Soul Mysterious Water Talisman, which pierced the Bear King’s faceplate before a Nascent Soul Crimson Gold Bear phantom intervened and dispersed the attack.
• The phantom revealed the Bear King was the Crimson Gold Bear Emperor’s son, threatened to destroy the Yan Kingdom, and vanished after blasting the Black Flame Fire Phoenix Artifact Spirit away.
• Ling Pengyun warned that the Bear King would target them if it escaped, then launched two Azure Sea Sky Swords and called on the others to attack.

Ling Pengyun and his allies killed the Bear King, forcing the White Cloud Spirit Fox Kings to retreat, then negotiated with the Profound Yang Sect over a joint pursuit and the spoils of the White Cloud Mountain Range. The Profound Yang Sect agreed to join after Medicine King Zhenren arrived, but the factions had not settled their shares.

• Ling Pengyun exploited the Bear King's exposed head and killed it, then stored its corpse.
• The White Cloud Spirit Fox King fled after seeing the Bear King die, and the two fox kings attacking the Profound Yang Sect's flying boats followed it.
• Ling Pengyun's group and five Profound Yang Sect Golden Core cultivators killed the two Crimson Gold Bear demons attacking the formation.
• Hundred Spirits True Person proposed that the factions pursue the weakened fox kings and divide the White Cloud Mountain Range, while the Profound Yang Sect's cultivators resisted sharing their territory.
• Hundred Spirits True Person called out Medicine King Zhenren, who joined the alliance after agreeing to claim a share.
• Profound Yang Old Daoist agreed to pursue the fox kings but demanded fifty percent of the benefits, and Hundred Spirits True Person countered with thirty percent for the Profound Yang Sect.

Profound Yang Old Daoist accepted a reduced share of the White Cloud Mountain Range’s profits after Hundred Spirits True Person and the allied forces pressured him with the threat of a coming war. The Golden Core cultivators reached the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan’s territory and found its king weakened inside the clan’s mountain stronghold.

• Hundred Spirits True Person and the allied Golden Core cultivators forced Profound Yang Old Daoist to accept thirty percent of the territory’s profits, then divided the remaining seventy percent among their four forces.
• Jin Yang Zhenren returned to Poison Dragon City with five thousand cultivators, killed nearly half the demon beasts surrounding it, and drove the rest away while the city’s mortals remained unharmed.
• Ling Pengyun and the other Golden Core cultivators pursued the three White Cloud Spirit Fox Kings into their clan’s territory and traveled toward its three Third Rank spirit mountains.
• The group saw tens of thousands of White Cloud Spirit Foxes within the mountain protection formation and prepared to attack it.
• The weakened White Cloud Spirit Fox King appeared through the mist around White Cloud Mountain after using its life-risking technique.

The White Cloud Spirit Fox King negotiated with Ling Pengyun and the Yan Kingdom cultivators to abandon its territory and lead its clan away, exchanging valuable inheritances and resources for safe passage. After both sides swore oaths, the foxes began boarding boats to leave the three spirit mountains.

• The White Cloud Spirit Fox King asked Ling Pengyun and the others to let its clan leave the White Cloud Mountain Range, offering the territory and its spirit resources in return.
• Profound Yang Old Daoist demanded the clan’s hundred arts inheritances, cultivation experience, and Moon Essence Spirit Pool, while also requiring the foxes to preserve the territory’s spirit objects.
• The White Cloud Spirit Fox King agreed to leave the Moon Essence Spirit Pool and the clan’s inheritances, but insisted on taking the Autumn Sun Spirit Fruit Tree and receiving fifty years of protection from retaliation.
• Profound Yang Old Daoist required the foxes to leave behind one Golden Core clansman to guard the three spirit veins, and both sides swore oaths to honor the agreement.
• The White Cloud Spirit Fox King summoned hundreds of flying boats and began loading the low-rank foxes from White Cloud, White Pine, and White Rock for their departure.

Ling Pengyun and the other Golden Core cultivators inspected and divided the White Cloud Mountain Range Territory, then exchanged their shares for spirit mountains and inheritances. The Ling Clan acquired the Third Rank array and weapon refinement inheritances, settled on White Pine Mountain, and began moving its spirit plants there.

• Ling Pengyun and the others verified the territory’s spirit veins, accepted the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan’s inheritances, and released the clan as its fleet departed with a Golden Core fox demon left to guard three spirit mountains.
• Profound Yang Old Daoist proposed that the Profound Yang Sect take White Cloud Mountain for its share, while the Hundred Spirits Sect claimed White Rock Mountain and the Ling Clan, Pure Heart Daoist Temple, and Medicine King Valley shared White Pine Mountain.
• After valuing the inheritances, Ling Pengyun exchanged the Ling Clan’s share, spirit veins, and money owed by the Profound Yang Sect for the Third Rank array formation and weapon refinement inheritances.
• Pure Heart Daoist Temple and Medicine King Valley also purchased the weapon refinement inheritance, while Profound Yang Sect and Hundred Spirits Sect took the spirit stones paid for the inheritances.
• Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, Pure Heart Old Daoist, and Medicine King Zhenren established cave abodes and divided the First and Second Rank Spirit Fields on White Pine Mountain.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong transplanted the Ling Clan’s spirit plants from its other spirit veins into its fields on White Pine Mountain.

Ling Pengyun returned to the Ling Clan with news of the expedition and began refining and studying his spoils. Months later, he brought Yan Siyi and Ling Chengxia to Serpent Dragon Lake to meet Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, who invited them inside to discuss a private matter.

• Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, Pure Heart Old Daoist, and Medicine King Zhenren entrusted White Pine Mountain to a Golden Core Sixth Layer White Cloud Spirit Fox in exchange for a share of its spiritual plants.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong told the Ling Clan leadership about the demon clans’ counterattack and handed Ling Penglin the Third Rank Array Formation inheritance while keeping the White Cloud Spirit Fox Clan’s surrender secret.
• Ling Pengyun counted his expedition spoils, refined the Third Rank Middle Grade Crimson Gold Claw, and spent months improving demonic techniques, including the Saint Demon Fate Continuation Art.
• Ling Pengyun traveled with Yan Siyi and Ling Chengxia to Serpent Dragon Lake, where Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor welcomed them and discussed Ling Chengxia’s cultivation and Wu Hong’s recent breakthrough.
• After noticing onlookers, Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor invited Ling Pengyun and his family into Serpent Dragon Lake to speak privately.

Ling Pengyun traveled to the Boundless Sea Region to obtain materials and a Golden Core Spirit Object, securing Yin Soul Thread from Jia Mu Zhenren and arranging to buy a Wood Origin Spirit Fruit. He left Wood Origin Marketplace thinking of his disciple Qian Fei’s hometown and wondering how Qian Feng had progressed.

• Ling Pengyun reunited with the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor’s family, confirmed he would buy a Golden Core Spirit Object for Wu Hong, and later left Serpent Dragon Lake with Yan Siyi and Ling Chengxia.
• After returning to Lingxiao Thousand Stars Lake, Ling Pengyun took five hundred thousand spirit stones from the Clan Repository and traveled to the Boundless Sea Region.
• At Wood Origin Marketplace, Jia Mu Zhenren told Ling Pengyun that supplies of Water Gathering Spirit Iron were dwindling and gave him over four jin of Third Rank Low Grade Yin Soul Thread.
• Ling Pengyun paid Jia Mu Zhenren fifty thousand spirit stones and asked him to keep seeking Yin Soul Thread and lifespan-increasing items.
• Ling Pengyun arranged to buy a Wood Origin Spirit Fruit for three hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones after it matured within two months, and Jia Mu Zhenren swore to keep the deal secret.
• After leaving the hall, Ling Pengyun thought about Turtle Spirit Island and wondered how much cultivation Qian Feng had achieved.

Ling Pengyun met Qian Feng in secret, gave him spiritual treasures, and reconsidered his slow plan to gain control of Zhao Clan territory. Days later, the Fireball Shrimp Race invaded Turtle Spirit Island, inflicting heavy losses and seizing territory, with the Zhao Clan becoming a frequent target.

• Zhao Baigang told Qian Feng that a visitor named Nameless was waiting for him, and Qian Feng recognized him as the senior who had helped him and taken Fei Er as a disciple.
• Ling Pengyun met Qian Feng outside the mountain gate, confirmed his cultivation progress, and gave him a Storage Bag filled with spiritual fruits.
• Ling Pengyun judged that the Zhao Clan Head had little lifespan remaining and decided he needed to accelerate his plans rather than wait for Qian Feng to marry into the clan.
• The Fireball Shrimp Race invaded Turtle Spirit Island with tens of thousands of sea demon beasts, killing or wounding hundreds of cultivators and tens of thousands of mortals while seizing a tenth of the island.
• The Fireball Shrimp Race settled on the occupied spiritual veins and repeatedly raided the island's major families, especially the Zhao Clan.

Ling Pengyun returned from the Boundless Sea Region after buying a Wood Origin Spirit Fruit and Water Gathering Spirit Iron, then told Ling Yunhong of his plan to establish a hidden Ling Clan branch on Turtle Spirit Island. Ling Yunhong agreed but offered to handle the dangerous work of eliminating the Zhao Clan’s survivors, and Ling Pengyun insisted on going himself.

• Ling Pengyun watched the Fireball Shrimp Race attack Turtle Spirit Island and planned to use the Zhao Clan’s destruction to establish a concealed Ling Clan branch there.
• Ling Pengyun secretly took Qian Feng from his post on a spirit vein and brought him to Wood Origin Marketplace, where the Zhao Clan assumed he had fled and Zhao Yujia grieved over his disappearance.
• After buying a Wood Origin Spirit Fruit and over one hundred and thirty thousand jin of Water Gathering Spirit Iron, Ling Pengyun returned safely to Yan Kingdom and delivered the fruit to Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor.
• Ling Pengyun returned to Lingxiao Thousand Stars Lake and told Ling Yunhong that he planned to establish a hidden branch in the Zhao Clan’s territory on Turtle Spirit Island.
• Ling Yunhong warned that escaping Zhao Clan members could obstruct the plan and offered to lead the mission, but Ling Pengyun refused and insisted on handling it himself.
• Ling Yunhong asked how many people Ling Pengyun planned to take to Turtle Spirit Island.

Ling Pengyun secretly established a Ling Clan branch on Turtle Spirit Island by using the destruction of the Zhao Clan and Qian Feng’s restored Han identity as cover. The Han Clan gained a foothold and survived as a small family while Ling Pengyun’s hidden plans continued.

• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong selected Ling Pengshan and five trusted Qi Refinement cultivators to establish a branch, then faked their deaths and equipped them with Transformation Masks.
• Ling Pengyun and Qian Feng helped the Fireball Shrimp Race destroy the Zhao Clan, and Qian Feng killed Zhao Yujia before reclaiming his Han surname and becoming Han Feng.
• Ling Pengshan returned to Turtle Spirit Island, supported Han Feng in rebuilding the Han Clan, and helped it reclaim territory from the Fireball Shrimp Race.
• Ling Pengyun drove the Fireball Shrimp Race from the island while disguised as a wandering Golden Core cultivator, earning the other families’ gratitude and leaving them unaware of his role.
• The other Turtle Spirit Island families dismissed the Han Clan as weak and occupied most of the empty Zhao Clan territory, while Han Feng’s guest elders recruited wives and concubines to produce descendants.
• Ling Pengyun arranged for Liu Mengting and the guest elders’ original descendants or Dao Companions to join Ling Pengshan and the others.

Ling Pengxing discovered a hidden ghost vein while pursuing a Ghost Shadow Spider into its underground lair. He trapped the spider inside the cave abode, where the vein and a Soul Jade Stone bed suggested someone had occupied the site before.

• Ling Pengxing, weakened and nearing the end of his lifespan, traveled through the snow and went to investigate a battle nearby to sharpen his sword skills.
• He killed the Qi Training Middle Stage cultivator fighting a Ghost Shadow Spider, then followed the fleeing spider into a secluded forest.
• Ling Pengxing found a hidden underground passage filled with ghost qi and realized a rare ghost vein lay beneath the barren land.
• He followed the spider into a cave abode and judged the ghost vein to be Second Rank Low Grade and the spider’s Soul Jade Stone bed to be First Rank High Grade.
• Ling Pengxing trapped the Ghost Shadow Spider inside a light curtain but did not attack it.

Ling Pengxing discovered that the bronze lamp in the ghost-vein cave housed Wang Shi and Wang Yu, two ghost cultivators who attacked him. After defeating them, he obtained their cultivation method and took the lamp, leaving them to guard the ghost vein as he returned toward Yan Kingdom.

• Ling Pengxing explored the cave abode, sensed danger from a moss-covered bronze lamp, and drew out Wang Yu and Wang Shi, who attacked him.
• Ling Pengxing used his First Sun sword technique to weaken Wang Shi and force both ghost cultivators to surrender.
• Wang Shi and Wang Yu explained their origins, their control of the Ghost Shadow Spider, and the lamp's role in revealing the Ink Ghost Profound Origin Treasure Canon.
• Ling Pengxing ordered Wang Shi and Wang Yu to guard the ghost vein, picked up the lamp, and headed back toward Yan Kingdom.