Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun kept Ling Lihao’s Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root secret and decided to raise him within the Ling Clan using the White Shadow Sect inheritance. Ling Lihao rapidly advanced in cultivation, spirit planting, and talisman crafting, while Ling Pengyun prepared for future dangers tied to the secret realm and Azure Water True Person’s breakthrough.

• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong about the White Shadow Sect inheritance, persuading him that the clan could nurture Ling Lihao without sending him to the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong learned that only Ling Chengyuan and Ling Lihao’s parents had been told of his spirit-root test, then arranged to conceal his Water Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root by claiming he had Water-Earth Dual Spirit Roots.
• Ling Pengyun took Ling Lihao to Ice Snow Valley, gave him the Azure Water Art, and planned to teach him the White Shadow Sect’s water techniques after the Ghost Immortal Lamp awakened in two years.
• Ling Pengyun discovered that Ling Lihao had exceptional talent in spirit plants and talisman crafting, and Ling Lihao entered Qi Refinement after cultivating for just one month.
• Ling Lihao became a Spirit Plant Farmer and chose a Frosty Spirit Tree seed as his first Natal Spirit Plant instead of the Longevity Enhancing Spirit Apricot Tree’s seed.
• Under Ling Xiaoshun’s instruction, Ling Lihao drew his first First Rank Low Grade Spirit Talisman Cave and entered talisman crafting.

Ling Pengyun negotiated with the Ghost Immortal Lamp to protect the Ling Clan from the White Shadow Sect’s karma while inheriting its legacy. He limited the first group of cultivators to eight hundred and began planning a Ghost Nurturing Ground, leaving with three secluded sites to consider.

• Ling Pengyun offered to improve Ghost Star Valley’s ghost vein in exchange for the Ghost Immortal Lamp’s help, and the lamp agreed to conceal the Ling Clan’s karmic ties with an Obscuring Karma Covering Heaven Ghost Array.
• The Ghost Immortal Lamp explained that the array required millions of evil ghosts and described how Ghost Nurturing Grounds could produce them, though the process would take centuries.
• The Ghost Immortal Lamp advised that fewer than one-twentieth of the Ling Clan’s cultivators should study the White Shadow Sect’s legacy to keep its karma from tainting the whole clan, so Ling Pengyun chose eight hundred cultivators for now.
• Ling Pengyun asked the Ghost Immortal Lamp to sever those cultivators’ karma and help build a Ghost Nurturing Ground elsewhere, since placing one in Ghost Star Valley would drain the ghost qi needed by Ling Peng Xing and the lamp.
• Ling Pengyun informed Ling Chengyuan about the White Shadow Sect’s legacy and the clan’s plans, and Ling Chengyuan identified the Southeast Forest, Mist Forest, and Danxia Grottoes as secluded potential sites in Cloud Stepping Ridge Territory.

Ling Pengyun arranged for three new Ghost Nurturing Grounds and established a Secret Hall to distribute the White Shadow Sect’s inheritances among the Ling Clan. Twelve years later, the clan’s younger cultivators had grown stronger, and the chapter ended as Ling Lihao replenished his spiritual power while drawing a talisman.

• Ling Pengyun ordered three spirit veins converted into ghost veins and tasked Ling Pengxing with overseeing the Ghost Nurturing Grounds, while Ling Chengyuan organized the White Shadow Sect’s inheritances.
• Ling Chengyuan opened the Ling Clan Secret Hall, arranged karma shielding with Ling Pengxing, and selected five hundred Foundation Establishment and Qi Training cultivators to receive inheritances.
• Over the following years, the inheritors improved their cultivation and combat abilities, with Ling Wanhuan becoming a renowned Qi Training powerhouse.
• Ling Wanhuan remained slightly weaker than Ling Lihao, whose Heavenly Spirit Root, divine abilities, and Limitless Nether Water Spirit Talisman made him exceptionally powerful.
• In Ice Snow Valley, Ling Lihao’s spiritual power ran low as he drew a talisman, then his Natal Spirit Talisman replenished it.

Ling Lihao successfully advanced to Foundation Establishment after an Enlightenment Opportunity strengthened his cultivation and talisman skills. He gave Ling Pengyun the method for his improved Spirit Replenishment Talisman, then set off for the Frost Forest Region to test his abilities against the Demon Race.

• Ling Lihao drew a Second Rank Low Grade Water Serpent Talisman and decided he could raise his Natal Spirit Talisman to the Second Rank.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi discovered that Ling Lihao was attempting Foundation Establishment without a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object and waited anxiously outside his cave.
• Ling Lihao emerged successfully at Foundation Establishment and explained that an Enlightenment Opportunity had advanced his cultivation, techniques, and divine abilities.
• Ling Lihao gave Ling Pengyun the method for drawing the First Rank Limitless Vast Spirit Replenishment Talisman, and Ling Pengyun accepted his apology while warning him to act carefully.
• Ling Lihao asked to train against the Demon Race, and Ling Pengyun agreed to let him travel to the Frost Forest Region.

Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi spent three years traveling, welcomed their daughter Ling Xin, and returned to Ice Snow Valley as Azure Water True Person’s Nascent Soul breakthrough approached. Ling Pengyun then selected the five Golden Core cultivators and fifteen Golden Core-level forces who would accompany the sect’s expedition, while the rest of the clan prepared to defend their home.

• Ling Pengyun sent Ling Lihao to train alone in Frost Forest Region and secretly assigned the Wind Shadow Peng to protect him.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi set aside cultivation to travel together, and Yan Siyi became pregnant; Ling Pengyun returned her to Ice Snow Valley, where she gave birth to Ling Xin.
• Ling Chengxia broke through to the Golden Core realm, and Ling Chengyuan later succeeded as well, bringing the Ling Clan to nine Golden Core cultivators alongside Ling Pengshan and Ling Pengqiu’s forces elsewhere.
• Ling Pengyun and his family traveled for a year and a half before returning to Ice Snow Valley as Azure Water True Person’s Nascent Soul attempt neared.
• Ling Pengyun announced that he, Yan Siyi, Ling Yunhong, Ling Penglin, and Ling Pengqiu would join the expedition, while his Black Armored Turtle and fourteen Golden Core beast puppets and demonic corpses would fill the remaining combat-force slots.

Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi prepared to leave Ice Snow Valley to protect Azure Water True Person, entrusting the clan to those staying behind and saying farewell to their young daughter. Ling Pengyun departed with his companions, while the Ling Clan remained a Quasi-Nascent Soul Force with its defenses weakened but Ling Pengxing committed to guarding it.

• Ling Chengxia offered to join the dangerous journey, but Ling Pengyun and the others refused and entrusted him with caring for the family if they did not return.
• Ling Pengxing proposed taking Ling Penglin's place on the expedition, but the others persuaded him to stay and defend the clan.
• Ling Pengyun considered giving Ling Xin Yin Yang Primordial Qi to help her cultivate, then decided against it because her future prospects might be limited without his support.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi said farewell to Ling Xin and told Ling Xiaoshun and Yang Qiuyun they expected to return in three to five years.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi departed Ice Snow Valley with Ling Yunhong, Ling Penglin, the Black Armored Turtle, and fourteen Golden Core Demon Corpses and Beast Puppets.
• The chapter noted that the Ling Clan's accumulated strength and territory had made it a Quasi-Nascent Soul Force.

Ling Pengyun and the Ling Clan cultivators arrived in the Azure Sea Secret Realm to fulfill their agreement to protect Azure Water True Person during his attempt to form a Nascent Soul. After two years of waiting, they joined the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect’s forces as they left the secret realm, and Ling Pengyun found himself among a vast army of cultivators in a powerful, unfamiliar faction’s territory.

• Ling Pengyun and the others met Thundercloud True Person, delivered the promised Golden Core-level combatants, and signed a Quasi Fourth Rank Soul Contract to keep Azure Water True Person’s plans secret.
• Lin Luo reunited with Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi, advanced to Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, and later gave them several dozen spirit talismans before they left Azure Water Island.
• After two years of waiting, a message summoned the Ling Clan group and Wang Ying to the mountain gate, where tens of thousands of Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect cultivators assembled.
• Thundercloud True Person opened the secret realm exit and led the sect forces through it in orderly formation.
• Ling Pengyun emerged into an unfamiliar plaza and saw more than a hundred thousand cultivators, including Pseudo Nascent Soul experts, wearing robes that suggested they belonged to the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect cultivators arrived at the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect, where the two sects prepared to protect Azure Water True Person as he attempted to reach the Nascent Soul realm. As Saint Demon Old Man’s formation reacted, he awakened to the threat posed by the alliance.

• Ling Pengyun and the other Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect cultivators were startled to find themselves inside the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect’s mountain gate, and White Blaze Old Freak questioned Thundercloud True Person about the alliance.
• Thundercloud True Person ordered the arriving cultivators to quiet down and arranged their lodgings, after which Ling Pengyun discussed the danger with Ling Yunhong and the others.
• Azure Sea True Lord told Blazing Vault Old True Lord that Azure Water True Person had a one-in-ten or two-in-ten chance of reaching the Nascent Soul realm, and the two discussed their plans for the coming righteous, demonic, and demon-path chaos.
• At the Saint Demon Sect headquarters, Saint Demon Old Man’s Borrowing Karma Seeking Confusion Grand Formation reacted, and Chu Hui'er entered his cave abode to ask about it.

Saint Demon Old Man ordered the Saint Demon Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators to stop Azure Water True Person’s breakthrough, while the sect’s rival Demon Lords plotted to strengthen their own faction. Elsewhere, the Four Seasons Huang Family revealed that it was a hidden force preserving the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect’s legacy, leaving its members unable to aid Azure Water directly.

• Saint Demon Old Man decided to send every Saint Demon Sect Nascent Soul cultivator to disrupt Azure Water True Person’s breakthrough, while postponing war against the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect.
• Chu Hui'er ordered Evil Wraith Demon Lord to join the mission, and he contacted Demon Lord Xuan Qin, Mountain Soul Demon Lord, Bewitching Demon Lord, and Resentful Ghost Demon Lord to discuss their response.
• Bewitching Demon Lord proposed killing Blazing Sun Immortal Sect cultivators to help Mountain Soul Demon Lord reach the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and the other Demon Lords agreed.
• Six streams of light departed Saint Demon Island toward the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect.
• On Four Seasons Island, Huang Mingmei asked Huang Mingxu whether the Four Seasons Huang Family would protect Azure Water True Person, but Huang Mingxu explained that their secret mission was to preserve the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect’s legacy.
• Huang Mingxu revealed that the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect had established hidden forces, including the Four Seasons Huang Family, throughout the Thirty-Six Sea Regions.

Ling Pengyun and the assembled cultivators of the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect faced an invasion by Saint Demon Old Man and five Devil Lords. Azure Sea True Lord joined the battle with the sect’s powerful spirit treasure, while the sect’s cultivators began attacking the remaining enemies; the fighting was still underway.

• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi answered the alarm and joined the sect square as cultivators activated formations to defend the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect.
• Saint Demon Old Man attacked the sect with his thousand-zhang sword, and Red Sky Old True Lord and Azure Sea True Lord countered with the Blazing Crow Bronze Bell and Azure Sea Azure Sky Magic Seal.
• Azure Sea True Lord revealed his third-layer Nascent Soul cultivation, astonishing Ling Pengyun, who recognized the sect-protecting seal’s power.
• Chu Hui'er and four other Devil Lords attacked the sect while four hidden Blazing Sun True Lords emerged to intercept them.
• Mountain Soul Demon Lord and Chu Hui'er kept the Blazing Sun True Lords occupied, leaving Ling Pengyun and the assembled cultivators to unleash their formations against the remaining Devil Lords.

Thundercloud True Person sacrificed himself through Body-Array Fusion to destroy Resentful Ghost Demon Lord’s fused Resentful Female Ghost and turn the battle at the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect. With Resentful Ghost Demon Lord weakened, the defenders gained the advantage, but Saint Demon Old Man summoned a demonic corpse to face Azure Sea True Lord and Red Sky Old True Lord.

• Resentful Ghost Demon Lord fused three Resentful Female Ghosts into a Nascent Soul Middle Stage being that held off the Thunder Python and Flame Giant Ape.
• Thundercloud True Person gave Ling Penglin his array Dao tome and used Body-Array Fusion to raise the Thunder Python’s cultivation, then it swallowed the fused ghost and exploded.
• The lightning blast killed the Resentful Female Ghost, destroyed the Thunder Mad Python Grand Array, and killed Thundercloud True Person; Ling Penglin mourned her master.
• With Resentful Ghost Demon Lord weakened by the backlash, White Blaze Old Freak and the other defenders suppressed the three Demon Lords outside the sect.
• Saint Demon Old Man summoned a demonic corpse while fighting Azure Sea True Lord and Red Sky Old True Lord.

Saint Demon Old Man’s army besieged the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect as Azure Water True Person began condensing a Nascent Soul. Saint Demon Old Man broke through the sect’s protective formation and raced toward the depths, while Ling Pengyun and the other defenders struggled to stop him.

• The Saint Demon Sect’s reinforcements swelled its attacking force to more than a hundred thousand cultivators, putting the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect’s defenders at a disadvantage.
• Qi Infusion appeared over the sect, signaling that Azure Water True Person had passed the Heart Demon Tribulation and begun condensing a Nascent Soul.
• Saint Demon Old Man ordered his forces to take the sect within five days and promised them the spoils of five Golden Core forces, but the protective formation held.
• Saint Demon Old Man used three Fourth Rank Formation Breaking Talismans and a strength-enhancing technique to tear open the sect’s formation and enter its mountain gate.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies attacked Saint Demon Old Man with their treasures, demon corpses, and the Nine Heavens Thunderfall Grand Array, but he destroyed the array’s lightning and continued toward the sect’s depths.

The Saint Demon Old Man breached the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect’s defenses, but the sect’s tribulation-lightning array, Red Sky Old True Lord, and Azure Sea True Lord joined forces to stop his advance. They shattered his defensive treasure and landed their attacks, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Azure Sea True Lord opened the sect’s secret realm entrance and released more than four hundred tribulation bolts against the Saint Demon Old Man.
• The Saint Demon Old Man sent his treasure sword and defensive skull to withstand the lightning, while Red Sky Old True Lord empowered the Blazing Sun Golden Crow with the sect formation.
• Azure Sea True Lord unleashed Five Elements Pure Yang Profound Lightning, and Red Sky Old True Lord sent out the Blazing Sun Wolf Colt, forcing the Saint Demon Old Man to counter with Saint Demon Nihilistic Demon Flame.
• The Saint Demon Treasure Sword was trapped inside the Blazing Crow Bronze Bell and held fast by its Blazing Sun Treasure Flames.
• The remaining tribulation bolts broke through the Saint Demon Old Man’s defensive treasure, and Azure Sea True Lord’s and Red Sky Old True Lord’s attacks struck his body.

Saint Demon Old Man escaped the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect after suffering severe injuries, and Azure Water True Person successfully reached the Nascent Soul realm. The Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect returned to its secret realm, mourned its fallen cultivators, and rewarded Ling Pengyun, who exchanged his contribution points for a Creation Purple Cloud Pill.

• Saint Demon Old Man freed the Saint Demon Treasure Sword from the Blazing Crow Bronze Bell, slaughtered more than ten thousand cultivators, and fled with the Saint Demon Sect army after Azure Sea True Lord and Red Sky Old True Lord stopped his attack.
• Red Sky Old True Lord revealed that he had aided Azure Water True Person in return for Azure Sea True Lord's promise to protect the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect once he reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• After nine days of Qi Infusion, tribulation clouds gathered above the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect, and its Lightning Guiding Tribulation Crossing Grand Array intercepted all twelve bolts of lightning as Azure Water True Person formed a Nascent Soul.
• Azure Sea True Lord and Azure Water True Lord led the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect cultivators back into their secret realm, then closed the entrance and removed the exit leading to the Blazing Sun Immortal Sect.
• Azure Sea True Lord held a seven-day funeral for more than three thousand fallen cultivators, and the sect compensated their families and rewarded Ling Pengyun for his efforts during Saint Demon Old Man's attack.
• Ling Pengyun received fifty thousand Sect Contribution Points and exchanged them for a Creation Purple Cloud Pill.

Azure Water True Lord entered the Nascent Soul realm, rewarded his supporters with talismans, and went into seclusion while Lin Luo and Sunflower Water Old Woman accompanied Ling Pengyun's group back to the Ling Clan. After three years away, Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi returned to Ice Snow Valley and reunited with their daughter, Xin'er.

• Azure Water True Lord gave Quasi Fourth Rank Icy Soul Mystic Phoenix Talismans to Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengqiu, Ling Penglin, Wang Ying, and Lin Luo, then shared his breakthrough experience.
• Azure Water True Lord went into seclusion at Azure Sea Mountain for up to fifty years, while Ling Pengyun and his companions left the Azure Sea Secret Realm.
• Lin Luo persuaded Azure Water True Lord to let him visit the Ling Clan, and Sunflower Water Old Woman accompanied him there.
• After half a year of travel, Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, Sunflower Water Old Woman, and Lin Luo arrived at the Ling Clan, where Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi reunited with their daughter, Xin'er.

Ling Pengyun reunited with his family, arranged for the Sunflower Water Old Woman to teach Ling Lihao talisman crafting, and celebrated Ling Xin’s spiritual roots. Years later, Ling Lihao and the Ling Clan’s younger generation gathered at the Ice Snow Marketplace auction.

• Ling Pengyun introduced Ling Lihao to the Sunflower Water Old Woman and asked her to teach him talisman crafting, which she agreed to do.
• The Sunflower Water Old Woman taught Ling Lihao, whose skill improved rapidly, while he and Lin Luo grew close and explored the region together.
• At age eight, Ling Xin tested as having Three Spirit Roots, received Yin Yang Primordial Qi from Ling Pengyun, and changed her name to Ling Chengxin.
• The Ling Clan held a grand feast for Ling Chengxin and invited cultivators from nearby spirit veins.
• At the Ice Snow Marketplace’s once-in-ten-years auction, Ling Lihao joined Lin Luo and the Ling Clan’s younger generation while concealing his second-level Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Lin Luo and Ling Liqin married and had a son, Ling Renye, who was sent to his maternal grandfather Ling Wanduo to carry on the family line. Four years later, Ling Renye showed striking talent in talisman crafting, while the Ling Clan also celebrated two Golden Core Seedlings who had successfully formed their cores.

• Lin Luo confessed his feelings to Ling Liqin, and they married after Ling Wanduo learned that Lin Luo came from a powerful force and possessed a spirit body.
• Ling Liqin gave birth to Xiao Ye, and she and Lin Luo later used their sect's Spirit Measurement Array to confirm that he had Earth and Wood Dual Spirit Roots.
• Lin Luo and Ling Liqin renamed their son Ling Renye and left him with Ling Wanduo before returning to the sect to accompany the ailing Sunflower Water Old Woman.
• Four years later, Ling Wanduo brought Ling Renye to meet Ling Pengyun and reported the boy's exceptional progress in learning talisman crafting.
• Ling Pengyun praised the marriage that had brought Lin Luo's talent into the family, and Ling Wanduo declined his offer to take more concubines.
• Ling Pengyun had helped Ling Wanchuan and Lin Fan form Golden Cores, and both had successfully entered the Golden Core Realm.

Ling Pengyun’s clan expanded its Golden Core ranks and developed several promising talisman crafters, while he spent time with his gifted young daughter, Ling Chengxin. Ten years later, facing a difficult Golden Core Eighth Layer bottleneck and an approaching White Shadow Secret Realm battle, he considered using a rare pill he had hoped to save for a later breakthrough.

• Ling Wanchuan and Lin Fan used Golden Core spirit objects to advance, bringing the Ling Clan’s number of Golden Core cultivators to thirteen.
• Ling Pengyun sent Xiao Ling Renye to study talisman crafting under Wang Quan and reflected on the progress of Wang Quan, Ling Renyang, Ling Licui, and Ling Lihao.
• Ling Pengyun emerged from seclusion, shared Spirit Mulberries with Ling Chengxin, and asked about her cultivation and Spirit Plant studies.
• Over the next ten years, Ling Pengyun neared the Golden Core Eighth Layer but failed to break through its stubborn bottleneck.
• Ling Pengyun took out a rare Third Rank Middle Grade Creation Purple Cloud Pill, weighing whether to use the pill he had reserved for reaching Golden Core Completion.

After breaking through to the Golden Core Eighth Layer, Ling Pengyun tended the Ling Clan’s Third Rank spirit plant garden and assessed how its rare Purple Cloud Flowers could support future Creation Purple Cloud Pills. He finished caring for the garden’s valuable plants and went to knock on a cave abode’s door.

• Ling Pengyun refined a Third Rank Middle Grade Creation Purple Cloud Pill and, after six months of refining its effects and tempering his bottleneck, advanced to the Golden Core Eighth Layer.
• Ling Pengyun entered the spirit plant garden in Ice Snow Valley and inspected its single-attribute spirit fields, cultivation arrays, and valuable plants.
• Ling Pengyun used the Azure Sea Nurturing Art on three Purple Cloud Flowers and estimated when they might advance, noting that more flowers could provide Creation Purple Cloud Pills for the Ling Clan’s Golden Core cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun cast the middle-grade Spirit Awakening Art on the Purple Cloud Flowers, then tended the other plants, including Spring Jade Grass, cultivation-pill ingredients, and the Ling Clan’s Frosty Spirit Tree.
• Ling Pengyun finished tending the garden, went to an exquisitely decorated cave abode, and knocked on its door.

Ling Pengyun emerged from seclusion as a Golden Core Eighth Layer True Person and learned that his daughter Ling Chengxin had made rapid progress in cultivation and spirit planting. Ling Chengxin revealed she had developed a new First Rank High Grade spirit rice, and Ling Pengyun went with her to inspect it.

• Ling Pengyun reunited with Ling Chengxin and confirmed that he had broken through to the Golden Core Eighth Layer.
• Ling Chengxin reported her progress in two special arts and the Spirit Plant path, and said she hoped to reach Foundation Establishment on her own.
• Ling Pengyun praised Ling Chengxin, then teased her about cutting her spirit fruit allowance, prompting her to pout and threaten to tell her mother and grandparents.
• Ling Chengxin told Ling Pengyun she had bred a new First Rank High Grade rice from White Jade Spirit Rice and Hai Yuan Spirit Rice, naming it Xin Hai Spirit Rice.
• Ling Pengyun asked Ling Chengxin to show him the rice, and he saw its water-blue stalks, plump grains, and Water Spiritual Energy.