Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Star Old True Lord left Extinguish Bear City and drew the demons into attacking him, then revealed his plan by trapping the Blue Flood Dragon and golden fish in a vast formation. He called on Ling Daoyou to act as the two demons tried to regroup inside the dome.

• Heavenly Star Old True Lord flew out of Extinguish Bear City, alarming its cultivators, while Heavenly Star Pavilion’s leaders defended his departure.
• The demon beasts stopped besieging the city and unleashed their attacks on Heavenly Star Old True Lord, as Liu Haochan used formation flags to protect him.
• A giant Blue Flood Dragon struck Heavenly Star Old True Lord with a torrent, and a golden-scaled fish sent a Golden Flying Sword into the river surrounding him.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord emerged unharmed with 108 Fourth Rank Middle Grade formation flags and expanded a dome that trapped the Blue Flood Dragon and golden fish.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord called to Ling Daoyou to act, while the two trapped demons searched for other righteous cultivators and regrouped.

Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi joined Heavenly Star Old True Lord to fight Shui Dong Old Flood Dragon and the Golden Scale Fish King. Ling Pengyun killed Shui Dong with his powerful Five Elements Obliteration Nihility Orb, and the group then defeated the fish king, leaving Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi with the spoils.

• The Golden Scale Fish King gave Shui Dong Old Flood Dragon a Golden Scale Water Shield Divine Power after Shui Dong asked for his help.
• Ling Pengyun entered Heavenly Star Old True Lord's trapping array and attacked the two demon lords with his Five Elements Hundred Treasures Long River.
• Shui Dong stopped Ling Pengyun's river treasure with his body, but Ling Pengyun enlarged it, trapped Shui Dong, and battered him while Yan Siyi arrived and began suppressing the Golden Scale Fish King.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord and Liu Haochan joined Yan Siyi against the fish king as Ling Pengyun killed Shui Dong with a devastating strike and captured his soul and body.
• Ling Pengyun joined the fight against the Golden Scale Fish King and helped kill him; Heavenly Star Old True Lord and Liu Haochan declined their offer of a share of the spoils.

Ling Pengyun appraised the spirit treasures taken from the Golden Scale Fish King and Shui Dong Old Flood Dragon, then began trading the less useful treasures and high-grade cultivation pills for Gathering Yuan Grass. He left with most of the Gathering Yuan Grass he needed for cultivation and agreed to trade more pills with Heavenly Star Old True Lord after another harvest matured.

• Ling Pengyun decided to keep Shui Dong Old Flood Dragon’s damaged Full Body Armor spirit treasure, which his master could reforge, and asked Yan Siyi whether she wanted the Golden Scale Fish King’s treasures.
• Yan Siyi declined the Fish King’s treasures, so Ling Pengyun offered its middle-quality defensive dharma shield and an ordinary flying sword to Heavenly Star Old True Lord and Liu Haochan in exchange for Gathering Yuan Grass.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord returned with forty stalks of Gathering Yuan Grass and bought the defensive dharma shield from Ling Pengyun.
• Ling Pengyun offered high-grade cultivation pills for Gathering Yuan Grass, and Heavenly Star Old True Lord bought ten middle-grade and ten superior-grade pills with fifty stalks.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord promised to trade another fifty stalks of Gathering Yuan Grass for more pills after his sect’s next harvest in ten-odd years, and Ling Pengyun agreed.

Ling Pengyun persuaded Heavenly Star Pavilion, the Maple Leaf Li Family, and Spirit Treasure Academy to join his plan to defeat the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan, then brought their Nascent Souls to Three Immortals Marketplace. Old True Lord Yun Qian approved the plan and led the gathered Nascent Souls in a general assault to draw out the hidden Demon Lords.

• Ling Pengyun allayed Heavenly Star Old True Lord’s fears by explaining the support and safeguards behind the plan, and Heavenly Star Pavilion agreed to participate.
• Ling Pengyun stationed his Thousand Jun Spirit Ghost at Extinguish Bear City in place of Liu Haochan, then helped defeat the Demon Lords attacking the Maple Leaf Li Family and Spirit Treasure Academy.
• Ling Pengyun persuaded Spirit Treasure True Lord and the Crimson Flame Fire Phoenix to join, bringing his force to five Nascent Souls and one spirit beast.
• Ling Pengyun and his companions traveled to Three Immortals Marketplace and sent word to Old True Lord Yun Qian that the plan had succeeded.
• Old True Lord Yun Qian summoned more than twenty Nascent Soul True Lords and led them in an assault on the demonic-beast horde to draw out the hidden Nascent Soul Demon Lords.

Three Immortals Marketplace unleashed a major assault on the demon horde, triggering a battle between the Righteous Path and more than twenty Nascent Soul Demon Lords. The Demon Race was caught in an encirclement, and a concealed cultivator’s devastating strike killed a late-stage Nascent Soul flood dragon, leaving the Thunder Flood Dragon fearing the battle’s outcome had changed.

• Three Immortals Marketplace shattered the demon beasts’ defensive arrays and slaughtered the horde, prompting the Nascent Soul Demon Lords to join the fight.
• Old True Lord Yun Qian clashed with the veteran ninth-layer Nascent Soul Thunder Flood Dragon, while other Righteous Path True Lords battled the arriving Demon Lords.
• Golden Core Demon Kings deployed killing arrays to help the disadvantaged Demon Lords, but six Righteous Path Nascent Soul cultivators emerged from behind the demon lines and encircled the enemy forces.
• The Thunder Flood Dragon sent two late-stage Nascent Soul flood dragons to attack the six newcomers and stayed behind to hold off Old True Lord Yun Qian and two other Righteous Path cultivators.
• A concealed cultivator killed one of the departing flood dragons with a powerful strike and captured its soul, alarming the Thunder Flood Dragon.

Ling Pengyun killed a Nascent Soul Late Stage flood dragon lord and helped turn the battle against the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan, but a warning from the Primordial True Scripture sent him fleeing toward Three Immortals Marketplace. Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor then arrived and attacked with a Spirit Transformation method, leaving Old True Lord Yun Qian to reveal an inconspicuous talisman.

• Ling Pengyun’s Five Elements Obliteration Nihility Orb killed a young Nascent Soul Late Stage flood dragon lord, and he decided to give its soul to Ghost Immortal Lamp Senior.
• Ling Pengyun and four allies surrounded another flood dragon lord as the demon lords prepared to flee, while the Thunder Flood Dragon urged its companions to escape without trying to save it.
• The Primordial True Scripture warned Ling Pengyun of a powerful expert, so he took Yan Siyi and fled toward Three Immortals Marketplace, warning Heavenly Star Old True Lord and the others to follow.
• Old True Lord Yun Qian left the marketplace to meet Ling Pengyun, summoned three thousand Yun Qian Flying Swords, and brought Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi into their protection.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor appeared, crossed the distance with spatial shifts, and sent a vast river attack at Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Old True Lord Yun Qian.
• Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Old True Lord Yun Qian unleashed their strongest defenses, but Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s Spirit Transformation method overwhelmed them, and Old True Lord Yun Qian took out an inconspicuous talisman.

Star Sea Old Ancestor’s Spirit Talisman Cave phantom stopped Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor from attacking Three Immortals Marketplace, and two other Spirit Transformation phantoms joined him. The sides agreed to a temporary truce, and Ling Pengyun learned how Spirit Transformation Spirit Talismans Cave were made.

• Star Sea Old Ancestor’s phantom shattered Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s attack and provoked it, while Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor donned its Black Flood Dragon Treasure Armor.
• Ling Pengyun and Old True Lord Yun Qian returned to Three Immortals Marketplace as Star Sea Old Ancestor’s phantom kept Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor at bay.
• The Four Immortals Dao Lord and Extremely Cold Female Dao Lord appeared as phantoms and joined Star Sea Old Ancestor.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor chose to retreat, and both sides agreed to a temporary truce before ordering their forces away.
• Ling Pengyun asked Old True Lord Yun Qian about the Spirit Talisman Cave phantoms, and he explained the method used to craft them.

Ling Pengyun learned that the Yun Qian Lineage possessed a method for drawing fourth-tier Spirit Talisman Caves and planned to use it to strengthen his family's defenses before the coming regional war. After leaving Three Immortals Marketplace, he and the other cultivators dispersed to their assigned posts while Old True Lord Yun Qian remained to guard the marketplace.

• Ling Pengyun asked Old True Lord Yun Qian about the Divine Soul Talisman Drawing Method and learned that the Yun Qian Lineage held its fourth-tier version, originally devised by the founder of the Four Immortals Alliance.
• Old True Lord Yun Qian warned Ling Pengyun that the method consumed divine soul and blood essence, especially with a major war expected in about twenty years.
• Ling Pengyun decided that drawing fourth-tier Spirit Talisman Caves could give his family trump cards after the Unexpected Force Plan had failed to kill many Demon Lords.
• Ling Pengyun left Three Immortals Marketplace alone, while Yan Siyi and the ghost cultivators returned to guard the family.
• Heavenly Star Old True Lord and the other cultivators returned to their sects, while Old True Lord Yun Qian and the Transformation God Forces' cultivators stayed to protect Three Immortals Marketplace.

Yan Siyi reported Ling Pengyun’s plans to Ling Lihao and checked on her children, while Ling Pengxing set out to rebuild the Ghost Immortal Sect. Half a year later, Ling Pengyun returned safely to Star Sea Pavilion, where he learned the sect was fighting back against Sea Flood Dragon Race ambushes.

• Yan Siyi told Ling Lihao that Ling Pengyun had gone to Star Sea Pavilion to seek the Divine Soul Talisman Drawing Method, and Ling Lihao resolved to break through to Fourth Rank talisman crafting.
• Yan Siyi checked on Ling Chengxia, Ling Chengxin, and Ling Chengmie, who were all advancing their cultivation to prepare for future turmoil.
• Ling Pengxing told Yan Siyi that he and Ghost Immortal Lamp would take the clan’s Nascent Soul spirit ghosts to the Central Province Cultivation World to rebuild the Ghost Immortal Sect, and she cautioned him about its old enemies.
• Half a year later, Ling Pengyun entered Star Sea Pavilion’s secret realm and was welcomed by four Nascent Soul True Lords guarding Reception Valley.
• The four True Lords told Ling Pengyun that Sea Flood Dragon Race Demon Lords had been ambushing sect disciples, while Star Sea Pavilion had retaliated by hunting down demons in the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World.

Ling Pengyun visited the Yun Qian Lineage and spoke with its ancient guardian tortoises about the lineage’s Flood Dragon Turtle and its need for Flood Dragon blood. The tortoises asked when Ling Pengyun’s son might reach Nascent Soul, hoping his spirit-body power could aid their junior.

• Ling Pengyun left Reception Valley after learning that the Sea Flood Dragon Race’s ambush had only injured some Star Sea Pavilion disciples.
• Ling Pengyun arrived at the Cloud Thousand Technique Pavilion and was greeted by its two Rock Heaven-Blasting Tortoise guardians.
• The guardian tortoises asked Ling Pengyun whether Martial Uncle Yun Qian had killed Nascent Soul-level flood dragons in the Northern Wilderness.
• Ling Pengyun explained that the lineage’s Rock Flood Dragon Tortoise had condensed a Superior Grade Nascent Soul and needed more Flood Dragon blood to strengthen its bloodline.
• The tortoises asked when Ling Pengyun’s son would enter the Nascent Soul realm, since his Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Body could help spirit beasts of the same realm cultivate faster.

Ling Pengyun entered the Yun Qian Lineage’s Technique Pavilion and learned the Divine Soul Talisman Drawing Method so he could prepare for the coming conflict in the Boundless Sea Region. He successfully made and tested a powerful battle talisman, then wondered whether he could alter its origin to create a talisman suited to cultivating spirit plants.

• Ling Pengyun used Old True Lord Yun Qian’s token to enter the Fourth Layer and retrieve the Divine Soul Talisman Drawing Method.
• Ling Pengyun memorized and comprehended the method, then allowed the pavilion’s formation spirit to place a restriction preventing him from passing it on.
• Ling Pengyun split off one-tenth of his divine soul, used essence blood to prepare talisman ink, and successfully created a spirit talisman divine soul.
• Ling Pengyun tested the talisman in his cave’s Martial Arts Room and found that its attacks could rival those of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator.
• Ling Pengyun discovered that the talisman could not use his Spirit Plant Technique and considered changing its origin to make one suited to cultivating spirit plants.

Ling Pengyun created a second Combat Path Divine Soul Spirit Talisman and arranged to strengthen his family’s defenses before the coming calamity. He prepared for the Star Sea Nascent Soul Assembly, refined two treasures taken from a slain flood dragon, and planned to send the talismans home after the gathering.

• Ling Pengyun used his remaining chance to create a second Combat Path Divine Soul Spirit Talisman, though it was weaker than his first, and equipped both talismans with spirit treasures.
• Ling Pengyun asked the Star Sea Pavilion’s Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor to reforge his three Lifebound Magic Items and decided to save a slain flood dragon’s scales and bones for trade at the assembly.
• Ling Pengyun chose the flood dragon’s essence blood for his Golden Flood Dragons and Earth-Turning Dragon Earthworm, then kept the dragon’s spirit treasures to strengthen himself while his own treasures were being reforged.
• Ling Pengyun named the flood dragon’s Fourth Rank Superior Grade flying shuttle the Water Rhythm Flying Shuttle and erased its stubborn artifact spirit’s intelligence before refining it.
• Ling Pengyun refined the flood dragon’s defensive treasure as well and resumed cultivating with pills.

Three years after Ling Pengyun secluded himself to cultivate, Wang Qiuyang came to summon him to the Star Sea Assembly, where Nascent Soul cultivators would prepare for turmoil in the Boundless Sea Region. Ling Pengyun headed to the assembly with Wang Qiuyang, privately pleased that he had already discussed the Dao with the Star Sea Old Ancestor several times.

• Wang Qiuyang visited Ling Pengyun at his cave abode and invited him to the Star Sea Assembly.
• Ling Pengyun said his recent cultivation gains came from pills and had nearly exhausted his other spiritual items.
• Wang Qiuyang explained that thirty or forty Nascent Soul cultivators were expected to attend and that the Star Sea Old Ancestor would offer cultivation guidance.
• Wang Qiuyang took Ling Pengyun flying toward the assembly venue, while Ling Pengyun recalled his past Dao Discussions with the Old Ancestor.

Ling Pengyun attended a gathering of Star Sea Pavilion’s Nascent Soul cultivators and learned that the main lineage possessed a powerful method for condensing False Nascent Souls. After Mo Changqing glared at him, Wang Qiuyang explained that the talented cultivator resented Ling Pengyun for surpassing him and receiving resources intended for a Spirit Transformation candidate.

• Ling Pengyun entered the Star Sea Great Hall with Wang Qiuyang and considered seeking fourth-rank Azure Sea Wood to help Ling Lihao advance his natal spirit talisman.
• Wang Qiuyang introduced the Nascent Soul cultivators attending the gathering, and Ling Pengyun noticed that many were False Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun asked Wang Qiuyang about the sect’s False Nascent Soul methods, and Wang Qiuyang revealed that the Star Sea main lineage offered a method using Vast Sea Qi in exchange for Contribution Points and strict restrictions.
• Ling Pengyun considered using the method for family members or spirit beasts who could not obtain the resources needed to condense a true Nascent Soul.
• A Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator glared at Ling Pengyun, and Wang Qiuyang identified him as Mo Changqing, a Special Grade Nascent Soul genius whose resources had been reduced after Ling Pengyun became the sect’s leading talent.

Ling Pengyun attended a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators where the Star Sea Pavilion’s Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor warned of a major war coming in twenty years and announced rewards for distinguished service. Ling Pengyun resolved to pursue the top rewards, as many others prepared to turn the coming danger into an opportunity.

• Ling Pengyun followed Wang Qiuyang to the Yun Qian Lineage’s seating area and waited for the gathering to begin.
• The Star Sea Pavilion’s Spirit Transformation Old Ancestor appeared, explained the Dao, and resolved cultivation difficulties for the Nascent Soul cultivators.
• The Old Ancestor warned that a war involving several cultivation worlds would begin in twenty years and said he might die in it.
• The Old Ancestor promised a Spirit Treasure with a transformation god foundation to whoever first slew a Nascent Soul Demon Lord, and treasures and spirit fruits to the top three in battle merits.
• Ling Pengyun decided to seek the first-kill reward and rank among the top three, while other cultivators also rallied to face the war.

At Star Sea Pavilion’s Dao Discussion, Ling Pengyun listened to Heavenly Water Old True Lord explain water-element techniques and decided to create a water-element natal technique for the coming battles in the Boundless Sea Region. After Heavenly Water Old True Lord shared his experience, he asked Ling Pengyun to teach the assembled Nascent Soul cultivators about divine abilities.

• Nascent Soul cultivators split into groups to discuss their specialties, and Ling Pengyun joined Heavenly Water Old True Lord’s discussion of water-element techniques.
• Heavenly Water Old True Lord warned that the coming chaos would take place in the Boundless Sea Region and urged cultivators to prepare for underwater combat.
• Ling Pengyun resolved to create a water-element natal technique, believing his cultivation and the Primordial True Scripture would help him succeed.
• Heavenly Water Old True Lord cautioned Ling Pengyun about the difficulty and time required, then explained how he had created the Myriad Waves Sea Surge Technique.
• Ling Pengyun thanked Heavenly Water Old True Lord, who invited him to share his knowledge of divine abilities; the other cultivators turned their attention to Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun shared his insights into divine abilities with the Star Sea Pavilion’s Nascent Soul cultivators, building connections and learning from their expertise. At the trading gathering, he acquired spirit herbs, healing pills, and water-attribute spirit wood, including materials he planned to use to help Ling Lihao advance toward fourth-rank talisman crafting.

• Ling Pengyun invited the Nascent Soul cultivators, including Mo Changqing, to discuss divine abilities, and they shared their own Dao insights in return.
• Ling Pengyun gained confidence that he could develop a natal water-attribute spell before the great upheaval and memorized the other cultivators’ teachings for Yan Siyi and his clan.
• Heavenly Water Old True Lord traded a Profound Yuan Breakthrough Pill for forty-five fourth-rank low-grade cultivation pills, while Ling Pengyun bought the Crimson Flame Treasure Crystal for Yan Siyi.
• Ling Pengyun exchanged Gathering Yuan Pills for cultivation herbs, healing pills, and two pieces of water-attribute spirit wood.
• Ling Pengyun concluded that the spirit wood could let him help Ling Lihao reforge his Natal Spirit Talisman and become a fourth-rank talisman crafter.

At the Star Sea Assembly’s trading gathering, Ling Pengyun bought several useful treasures and drew attention by spending a large number of Gathering Yuan Pills. He later returned safely to the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World, where a tense peace persisted amid fears of the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan’s ambitions.

• Ling Pengyun bought spirit herbs, restorative pills, and Healing Pills, spending at least seventy or eighty Gathering Yuan Pills and attracting other cultivators’ notice.
• Nascent Soul cultivators privately offered Ling Pengyun Quasi Fourth Rank and Third Rank treasures in hopes of trading for Fourth Rank cultivation pills.
• Ling Pengyun bought several of the offered treasures at normal prices, and the trading gathering ended.
• Ling Pengyun stayed in seclusion at the Yun Qian Lineage’s residence with Wang Qiuyang for five years before leaving the Star Sea Realm.
• Ling Pengyun returned safely to the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World, where the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan had made no recent moves, though major forces feared its future ambitions.

Ling Pengyun visited Ice Snow Valley and learned from Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan that the clan was thriving under his management. He rewarded Ling Chengyuan with a Quasi Fourth Rank Qianqiu Spirit Fruit, and Ling Chengyuan decided to keep managing the clan and earn further merit.

• Ling Pengyun returned to the clan and went to Ice Snow Valley to ask Ling Chengyuan about the clan's situation.
• Ling Chengyuan reported that the clan was prospering as its members cultivated diligently and its resources grew from demon-beast materials.
• Ling Pengyun praised Ling Chengyuan's management and gave him a Quasi Fourth Rank Qianqiu Spirit Fruit to increase his lifespan.
• Ling Pengyun assured Ling Chengyuan that his salary would remain unchanged even if he retired from managing clan affairs.
• Ling Chengyuan, delighted by the fruit and Ling Pengyun's assurance, decided to keep working for the clan and strive for more merit.

Ling Pengyun learned about the clan’s promising talents and chose to personally cultivate Ling Feifan, an Earth Fiend Spirit Body and descendant of the alchemist Ling Chengxin. At Golden Winged Mountain, he reunited with Yan Siyi, and she presented him with a Fourth Rank spirit dish that left him wondering whether she had reached the Fourth Rank in spirit cooking.

• Ling Chengyuan told Ling Pengyun that Ling Feifan had a middle-grade Earth Fiend Spirit Body and a strong chance of reaching Golden Core Completion, with some hope of advancing to Nascent Soul.
• Ling Pengyun learned that Ling Feifan was Ling Chengxin’s descendant and resolved to devote clan resources to nurturing him.
• Ling Pengyun went to Golden Winged Mountain, where Yan Siyi described Ling Feifan’s character and cultivation progress.
• Ling Pengyun offered to guide Ling Feifan’s cultivation, and the delighted child thanked him before returning to his cave abode.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi exchanged gifts and shared time together; Yan Siyi gave him a Fourth Rank spirit dish, prompting him to ask whether her spirit-cooking skill had reached the Fourth Rank.