Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun’s clan celebrated the rise of three Golden Qian Flood Dragons and cared for their promising offspring, while Ling Pengyun prepared to attend the Shining Star Auction with Yan Siyi and Star Sea Old Ancestor. They reached Shining Star Marketplace safely and waited for the auction to begin.

• Ling Chengxia and the Ling Clan celebrated after his three Golden Qian Flood Dragons entered Spirit Transformation, bringing the clan’s Transformation God Spirit Beasts to five.
• The Golden Qian Flood Dragons fathered many offspring, and the Lineage gave special care to an exceptionally gifted Little Golden Qian Flood Dragon.
• Ling Cheng Mie repeatedly broke up fights between his Little Li Fire Flood Dragon and the Little Golden Qian Flood Dragon, then used beast-taming techniques to accelerate their cultivation.
• After twenty years without further moves from the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan, Ling Pengyun invited the Lineage’s Spirit Transformation cultivators to attend the Shining Star Auction, but they stayed behind and pooled valuables for him.
• Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Star Sea Old Ancestor traveled to Shining Star Marketplace, entered in disguise, and rented rooms while awaiting the auction.

Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Star Sea Old Ancestor attended the Shining Star Auction, where Ling Pengyun bought a Spirit Transformation Late Stage Gale Wind Thunder Peng Primordial Spirit for a lightning-element Spirit Treasure. Five years later, as they traveled toward Golden Origin Immortal Sect, six Thunder Pengs intercepted them, and their leader asked Ling Pengyun to sell the Primordial Spirit.

• Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Star Sea Old Ancestor entered the Shining Star Auction’s fifth-floor private rooms and watched the auction unfold.
• Ling Pengyun bought Shining Star Gathering Yuan Pills and exchanged a Fifth Rank Middle Grade offensive Spirit Treasure and thirty Fifth Rank Low Grade offensive talismans for a Gale Wind Thunder Peng Primordial Spirit.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor acquired water-element Fifth Rank Superior Grade weapon-refinement materials, and the auction ended without any Fifth Rank Peak Grade items appearing.
• Five years later, Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Star Sea Old Ancestor left Shining Star Marketplace aboard a concealed flying boat, heading for Golden Origin Immortal Sect.
• Six Gale Wind Thunder Pengs intercepted the group, and their Spirit Transformation Late Stage leader offered a high price for its partner’s Primordial Spirit.

Ling Pengyun traded the Primordial Spirit of the Gale Wind Thunder Peng King's Dao Companion for Thunderous Treasure Wood, then learned Black Rock Immortal Sect had killed her and suspected it had lured the Peng King into a trap. At Golden Origin Immortal Sect, he helped reforge the Star Sea Flood Dragon Banner and completed his own Fifth Rank Superior Grade Nine Heavens Thunderous Banner before departing with his companions.

• Ling Pengyun exchanged the late-stage female Thunder Peng's Primordial Spirit for Thunderous Treasure Wood, and the Gale Wind Thunder Peng King confirmed its Dao Companion's origin remained intact.
• The Gale Wind Thunder Peng King explained that Black Rock Immortal Sect and Azure Firmament Dao Lord had killed its Dao Companion, then left with its clan members; Ling Pengyun later sensed battle fluctuations and suspected the Peng King had been lured into an ambush.
• Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and the Star Sea Old Ancestor met Golden Feather Old Dao Lord at Golden Origin Immortal Sect and enlisted his help with their Spirit Treasures.
• The group successfully reforged the Star Sea Flood Dragon Banner into a Fifth Rank Superior Grade treasure, and it passed its heavenly tribulation with the Star Sea Old Ancestor's help.
• Ling Pengyun and the others used Thunderous Treasure Wood and other materials to complete the Nine Heavens Thunderous Banner after two failed attempts, and Ling Pengyun helped it pass its tribulation.
• Ling Pengyun tested the banner's power, thanked Golden Feather Old Dao Lord and the Star Sea Old Ancestor, paid the weapon-refining fee, and departed with his companions toward the Azure Profound Great Continent.

Golden Feather Old Dao Lord strengthened the Golden Origin Immortal Sect, while Ling Pengyun’s family and the other Azure Profound Realm forces grew more powerful. Thirty years after the battle at Heaven Lake, Ling Pengyun and the Golden Origin Immortal Sect assembled a massive force at the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan’s borders to begin their promised campaign.

• Golden Feather Old Dao Lord supported Golden Geng Dao Lord’s cultivation, then refined the Golden Origin Flying Sword and gave it to his disciple.
• Ling Pengyun advanced his cultivation and worked to combine the Pure Yang Fire Serpent and Five Elements Destruction Great Divine Abilities.
• Ling Lihao reached the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage after his talisman skills and family resources helped him build a strong foundation.
• The Star Sea Pavilion, Righteous Path Alliance, Supreme Buddha Sect, and Four Immortals Alliance strengthened their ranks of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Thirty years after the battle at Heaven Lake, the Azure Profound Lineage and Golden Origin Immortal Sect recruited tens of millions of cultivators apiece and marched toward the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan.
• Ling Pengyun gathered with the assembled forces at the border of the Blazing Sun Great Continent and prepared to attack.

Ling Pengyun and the Righteous Path Coalition attacked the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan at Blazing Flame Valley, where the clan’s defensive array held despite its losses. When five Spirit Transformation demon bears from the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan arrived to aid the defenders, Ling Pengyun learned that the clan was also moving to support the endangered Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan and rushed back to the front lines.

• Ling Pengyun joined the Azure Profound Lineage and the Golden Origin Immortal Sect in leading nearly a hundred million cultivators against Blazing Flame Valley, whose grand array and Scarlet Long Saber resisted their assault.
• The Blazing Sun Sparrow Lord began seeking reinforcements and learned that the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan could not help because it was under attack by the Black Rock Immortal Sect and Azure Firmament Dao Lord.
• The Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan sent five Spirit Transformation demon bears to reinforce Blazing Flame Valley, and Ling Pengyun recognized the threat they posed.
• Yan Siyi investigated and reported that the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan was still fighting the Shining Star Immortal Sect and had also arranged aid for the beleaguered Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan.
• Ling Pengyun realized that the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan was trying to keep both neighboring demon clans from falling, then hurried to the front lines as the bears approached.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage powerhouses held off five Silver Moon Savage Bears while the Golden Origin Immortal Sect pressed its attack on Blazing Flame Valley. After the clash dragged on and the bears maintained their strength, Ling Pengyun unleashed nearly a hundred Fifth Rank Talismans against the veteran Middle Stage bear, leaving it scrambling to defend itself.

• Star Sea Old Ancestor and Ling Pengyun led the Azure Profound Lineage powerhouses in attacking the five Silver Moon Savage Bears to keep them from entering Blazing Flame Valley.
• The Silver Moon Savage Bears fought back in Silver Moon Firmament Armor and used numerous Spirit Treasures, putting most of their opponents at a disadvantage while Ling Pengyun gained a slight edge.
• Jin Yu, Dao Lord, urged the Golden Origin Immortal Sect to seize the opening and bombard Blazing Flame Valley's Valley Protecting Grand Array.
• Blazing Sun Sparrow Lord recalled resting demon beasts to the battlefield, somewhat improving the valley's position despite its continued disadvantage.
• After about half an hour of fighting, Ling Pengyun decided not to let the battle drag on and sent nearly a hundred Fifth Rank Talismans against the veteran Spirit Transformation Middle Stage Silver Moon Savage Bear.

Ling Pengyun killed a veteran Silver Moon Savage Bear with his fifth-rank talismans, helping his allies suppress the remaining bears while the main force continued its assault on Blazing Flame Valley. After the valley’s protection array fell, the Azure Profound Lineage and Golden Origin Immortal Sect destroyed the Blazing Sun Sparrow defenders and beasts, then went to reinforce Ling Pengyun’s group.

• Ling Pengyun captured the slain Silver Moon Savage Bear’s primordial spirit and joined Star Sea Old Ancestor and the others in overpowering the four surviving bears.
• The Silver Moon Savage Bear Clan could not send reinforcements, so the four bears continued fighting while Golden Feather Old Dao Lord’s forces attacked Blazing Flame Valley.
• After half a month of bombardment, the valley’s protection array shattered, and Golden Feather Old Dao Lord led the cultivators inside to attack the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan.
• Ling Pengxing and other Spirit Transformation cultivators joined Golden Feather Old Dao Lord in killing Blazing Sun Sparrow Lord and capturing his primordial spirit.
• The Azure Profound Lineage and Golden Origin Immortal Sect slaughtered the remaining demon beasts in the valley, then went to reinforce Ling Pengyun against the four Silver Moon Savage Bears.

Ling Pengyun and the allied cultivators conquered Blazing Sun Forest, eliminated the remaining Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan, and divided its treasures. He secured the Fifth Rank Peak Scarlet Essence Treasure Tree with the Azure Profound Lineage’s support and prepared to take it back to the Azure Profound Realm.

• Ling Pengyun and the allied forces defeated the Silver Moon Savage Bears at Blazing Flame Valley, seized its spirit trees and spoils, and established a garrison there.
• Ling Pengyun and the allied cultivators advanced across Blazing Sun Great Continent, capturing nearly all its spirit lands before reaching Blazing Sun Forest.
• The allied army broke Blazing Sun Forest’s Fifth Rank Peak formation, killed its two remaining Spirit Transformation Blazing Sun Birds, and slaughtered its demon beasts.
• Ling Pengyun asked the Azure Profound Lineage’s cultivators to support his bid for the Fifth Rank Peak Scarlet Essence Treasure Tree, and Star Sea Old Ancestor and the others agreed.
• The Golden Origin Immortal Sect yielded the treasure tree to the Azure Profound Lineage in exchange for its branches and additional shares of other spirit trees.
• Ling Pengyun uprooted the bare but living treasure tree, placed it in a spatial magical artifact, and rewarded his supporters before the cultivators divided the remaining spoils.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage divided the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan’s treasures and lands with the Golden Origin Immortal Sect, then established their headquarters at Blazing Sun Forest. Meanwhile, Silver Moon Savage Bear demon lords were redirected to aid the embattled Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan, and Ling Pengyun examined the rich spoils from a bear demon he had slain.

• Golden Feather Old Dao Lord negotiated for the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan’s peak-grade protection array, offering the Blazing Sun Crown and other treasures to the Azure Profound Lineage; Ling Pengyun accepted the crown and compensated his allies with resources and promises of Scarlet Essence branches.
• The Azure Profound Lineage took Blazing Sun Forest and several other spirit lands, while the Golden Origin Immortal Sect claimed its allotted lands and departed.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor installed a Fifth Rank Superior Grade formation at Blazing Sun Forest, and the Azure Profound Lineage began moving its headquarters there and rewarding its battle participants.
• Four Silver Moon Savage Bear demon lords lamented the Blazing Sun Sparrow Clan’s destruction, then obeyed their Demon Emperor’s order to reinforce the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan against the Black Rock Immortal Sect and Purple Firmament Old Dao Lord.
• Ling Pengyun opened the storage bags of a Silver Moon Savage Bear he had killed and assessed its armor, Spirit Treasures, body, Primordial Spirit, and other spoils for refining or distribution.

Ling Pengyun used the Silver Moon Savage Bear’s remains to obtain pills, talismans, and breakthrough resources, then cultivated in Blazing Sun Forest. After reaching the limits of the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, he began his breakthrough to the late stage and faced a powerful tribulation lightning bolt.

• Ling Pengyun gave the Silver Moon Savage Bear’s Primordial Spirit and auxiliary materials to the Star Sea Old Ancestor to refine Realm Breaking Spirit Objects, and agreed to accompany him to seek high-grade alchemists in the future.
• Ling Pengyun returned to Lingxiao Valley, arranged for Ling Yunhong and Ling Lihao to process the bear’s remains, and planted high-grade spirit plants among the valley’s three Fifth Rank Low Grade Spirit Veins.
• Ling Yunhong and Ling Lihao refined five Lingxiao Blood Yuan Pills and three Netherworld Cold Moon Talismans, and Ling Pengyun gave two pills and one talisman to Yan Siyi.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi entered seclusion with the pills; within half a year, Ling Pengyun’s spiritual power and blood qi reached the Spirit Transformation Middle Stage bottlenecks.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor refined three portions of Silver Moon Treasure Water, and Ling Pengyun later used one to strengthen his meridians and raise his chances of advancing.
• Ling Pengyun broke through his spiritual power bottleneck, faced a tribulation, and used the Nine Heavens Thunderous Banner to destroy the first lightning bolt and capture its heaven-and-earth origin.

Ling Pengyun survived his Spirit Transformation Late Stage tribulation, merged two Great Divine Powers into the Five Elements Morning Cloud Thunder Flood Dragon Great Divine Power, and emerged to congratulations from the Azure Profound Lineage. He began planning how to strengthen his cultivation and skills, while considering which allied and family cultivators might also reach the late stage.

• Ling Pengyun used the Nine Heavens Thunderous Banner and Morning Dawn Gourd to withstand the tribulation lightning, then spent his talismans and divine powers to survive its final, devastating bolt.
• The tribulation’s sweet dew triggered Ling Pengyun’s Sudden Enlightenment, allowing him to fuse the Chaoxia Pure Yang Fire Serpent and Five Elements Destruction Profound Lightning into the Five Elements Morning Cloud Thunder Flood Dragon Great Divine Power.
• Ling Pengyun assessed his remaining cultivation progress and planned to pursue better cultivation resources, improve his spirit plant attainment, and develop his weapon-refinement skills.
• Ling Pengyun left his cave abode and received congratulations from Yan Siyi, Star Sea Old Ancestor, Zheng Yuan, Supreme Buddha Lord, and the other waiting cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun considered Zheng Yuan, Immeasurable Buddha Lord, Ling Pengxing, and Ling Lihao among those with the best prospects of reaching Spirit Transformation Late Stage.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Pengyun celebrates his advancement to Spirit Transformation Late Stage with a banquet.
• News of Ling Pengyun's breakthrough reaches the Golden Origin Immortal Sect, causing them to feel both wary and anticipatory.
• A representative from the Shining Star Immortal Sect, Shining Cloud Dao Lord, visits Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor, seeking their assistance in destroying the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan.
• The Azure Profound Lineage begins recruiting cultivators to support the Black Rock Immortal Sect in their mission.

Character Developments

• Ling Pengyun: Advances to Spirit Transformation Late Stage, shows interest in the mission against the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor: Shows interest in the mission, sees an opportunity to refine high-grade cultivation pills with the Shining Star Immortal Sect's help.
• Golden Origin Immortal Sect: Agrees to assist the Black Rock Immortal Sect, decides to support the Azure Profound Lineage in the mission.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics between Righteous Path and Demon Race forces in the Heaven River Realm.
• The value of alliances and favors between sects.
• The importance of resources and supplies in large-scale conflicts.

Character Interactions

• Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor interact with Shining Cloud Dao Lord, discussing the mission and its benefits.
• The Azure Profound Lineage and the Golden Origin Immortal Sect agree to support each other in the mission.
• Cultivators in the Azure Profound Great Continent region respond to the Azure Profound Lineage's call for recruitment, showing interest and enthusiasm.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage joined the Black Rock Immortal Sect and the Golden Origin Immortal Sect to attack Swift Thunder Mountain, where they exterminated the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan’s defenders. Afterward, Ling Pengyun sought the Gale Wind Peng King’s set of Gale Wind Thunderous Flying Knives as his share of the spoils.

• Ling Pengyun led the Azure Profound fleet toward the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan’s territory as the Black Rock Immortal Sect besieged Swift Thunder Mountain.
• The Azure Profound Lineage and Golden Origin Immortal Sect arrived to aid Black Rock Dao Lord and Azure Firmament Dao Lord, and their Spirit Transformation cultivators joined the assault.
• The Gale Wind Peng King offered Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and the Star Sea Old Ancestor Thunderous Treasure Wood to withdraw, but they refused.
• The allied cultivators broke Swift Thunder Mountain’s formation, defeated its defenders, and killed the Gale Wind Peng King and the other demonic beasts there.
• As the allies divided the spoils, Ling Pengyun asked for the Gale Wind Peng King’s nine Gale Wind Thunderous Flying Knives in exchange for giving up his other shares of the Peng King’s loot.

Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor helped their allies destroy the Gale Wind Thunder Peng Clan and divide its lands and treasures, leaving the Azure Profound Lineage with twenty-five Fifth Rank Spirit Veins. They then arrived at the Shining Star Immortal Sect’s war against the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan and met Grand Elder Shining Cloud.

• Black Rock Dao Lord, Golden Feather Old Dao Lord, Star Sea Old Ancestor, Azure Firmament Dao Lord, and Ling Pengyun divided the Gale Wind Thunder Peng King’s treasures and agreed to attack the clan’s lands together.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies seized Gale Wind Valley, claimed its Thunder Treasure Trees, and agreed to grant the valley to Azure Firmament Dao Lord in exchange for other benefits.
• The allies divided the clan’s remaining spirit veins; the Azure Profound Lineage received eight Fifth Rank Low Grade veins and one Fifth Rank Middle Grade vein, bringing its total to twenty-five Fifth Rank Spirit Veins.
• Azure Firmament Dao Lord planned to establish Azure Firmament Palace, while the allied forces occupied the Gale Wind Great Continent and expanded their territories.
• Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor arrived at the battlefield between the Shining Star Immortal Sect and the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan, where Grand Elder Shining Cloud greeted them.

Star Sea Old Ancestor secured twenty-seven Shining Star Pills from the Shining Star Immortal Sect, while Ling Pengyun’s clan gained a stronger spiritual vein and Ling Pengyun advanced his Spirit Plant Path to Fifth Rank Middle Grade. After decades of accelerated spirit-plant growth and a major harvest, Ling Pengyun began using the materials to improve his artifact-refining skills.

• Star Sea Old Ancestor gave Elder Shining Cloud three rare materials and supplementary ingredients, and the Shining Star Immortal Sect agreed to refine twenty-seven Shining Star Pills without charging an alchemy fee.
• After several years, Star Sea Old Ancestor received the pills and returned with Ling Pengyun to the Blazing Sun Forest to cultivate in seclusion.
• A spiritual vein in Lingxiao Valley broke through to Fifth Rank Middle Grade after Ling Pengyun used Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water to aid it.
• Ling Pengyun advanced his Spirit Plant Path to Fifth Rank Middle Grade and used his techniques to greatly accelerate the growth of spirit plants across the clan’s and Azure Profound Lineage’s lands.
• More than thirty years later, Ling Pengyun harvested abundant Fifth Rank spirit plants, distributed materials to clan artisans and Yan Siyi, and kept artifact-refining materials for himself.
• Ling Pengyun brought out his natal Lingxiao Refining Furnace and began heating it with his Morning Dawn Pure Yang Treasure Fire Great Divine Ability.

Ling Pengyun refined numerous Fifth Rank Low Grade Spirit Treasures, traded them for valuable materials, and advanced to an introductory grasp of Fifth Rank Middle Grade weapon refinement. After successfully refining a middle-grade Thunder Treasure Sword, he harvested Fifth Rank branches from the Scarlet Essence Treasure Tree to repay his debts.

• Ling Pengyun refined a Fifth Rank Low Grade Thunder Treasure Sword and then produced at least seven Fifth Rank Low Grade Spirit Treasures over several years.
• He placed his best treasures in the Clan Repository and sold others at a Spirit Transformation trade fair, exchanging them for demon-lord materials and weapon-refinement resources.
• After more than a dozen years of further practice and seclusion, Ling Pengyun gained an introductory grasp of Fifth Rank Middle Grade weapon refinement and item patterns.
• He attempted to refine a Fifth Rank Middle Grade Thunder Treasure Sword, failed once, and then successfully completed one with his remaining materials for the Clan Repository.
• Ling Pengyun harvested Fifth Rank branches from the Scarlet Essence Treasure Tree in Lingxiao Valley and sent them to forces including Star Sea Pavilion to repay his debts.

Ling Pengyun secured the Forest Net Immortal Sect’s willingness to trade its Forest Net Spirit Impartation Method for Azure Profound Lineage support against the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan. He and the allied leaders arrived at Forest Green Valley, where the sect’s defenders were besieged and feared their stronghold would soon fall.

• Ling Pengyun learned that the Forest Net Immortal Sect would exchange its spirit plant inheritance for help against the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan and investigated why the sect was in such dire straits.
• Ling Pengyun discovered that the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan had strengthened the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan, which now had two Spirit Transformation Late Stage Demon Lords and had overrun much of the Forest Net Immortal Sect’s territory.
• Ling Pengyun asked Star Sea Old Ancestor and the leaders of the other Azure Profound Realm forces to support the Forest Net Immortal Sect, promising to help them cultivate offensive spirit plants if he mastered the Forest Net Spirit Impartation Method.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor and the other leaders agreed to send aid, and Ling Pengyun traveled with them aboard a Fifth Rank Superior Grade small Blazing Sun Flying Boat.
• Ling Pengyun and the allied cultivators arrived at Forest Green Valley and found it surrounded by the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan’s forces.
• Forest Net Dao Lord warned the defenders that they might have to abandon Forest Green Valley and retreat before its array was breached.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage joined the Forest Net Immortal Sect’s battle against the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan, forcing the demon beasts to retreat and helping secure Forest Green Valley. Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor killed one of the clan’s Spirit Transformation Late Stage elephants and divided its valuable spoils.

• Ling Pengyun arrived with nine other Azure Profound Lineage Spirit Transformation cultivators, and Forest Net Dao Lord promised to share the Forest Net Spirit Impartation Method if they helped the sect survive.
• Ling Pengyun used the Five Elements Morning Cloud Thunder Flood Dragon to overpower the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant King while Star Sea Old Ancestor and the others held back the rest of the demon forces.
• Forest Net Dao Lord ordered the valley’s defenders to counterattack, and the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant King eventually commanded its army to retreat.
• Ling Pengyun joined Star Sea Old Ancestor in attacking the clan’s newly advanced Spirit Transformation Late Stage elephant, while the Elephant King protected the retreating army instead of intervening.
• Ling Pengyun and Star Sea Old Ancestor killed the trapped elephant and divided its spoils, with Ling Pengyun taking its Primordial Spirit and defensive Spirit Treasure.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Azure Profound Lineage aids the Forest Net Immortal Sect against the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan, dealing a significant blow.
• The Forest Net Immortal Sect gives the Azure Profound Lineage the Forest Net Spirit Impartation Method as promised.
• Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage agree to help the Forest Net Immortal Sect destroy the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan in exchange for the Forest Net Spirit Bamboo.
• Both sects gather cultivators and set out to destroy the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan.

Character Developments

• Ling Pengyun demonstrates his ambition and willingness to help the Forest Net Immortal Sect, hoping to gain the Forest Net Spirit Bamboo.
• Forest Net Dao Lord shows his strategic thinking and willingness to make sacrifices for his sect's future, agreeing to give up the Forest Net Spirit Bamboo.
• The Forest Net Spirit Bamboo expresses its displeasure at being sold to the Azure Profound Lineage but is reassured by Forest Net Dao Lord.

Significant Themes

• The power of alliances and cooperation between sects.
• The value and importance of high-rank spirit plants and spirit objects.
• The willingness to make sacrifices for future gains.

Character Interactions

• Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage interact with Forest Net Dao Lord, negotiating the terms of their alliance.
• Ling Pengyun interacts with Star Sea Old Ancestor and other Azure Profound Lineage cultivators, discussing their plans and the benefits of the Forest Net Spirit Impartation Method.
• Forest Net Dao Lord interacts with the Forest Net Spirit Bamboo, attempting to reassure it about its future with the Azure Profound Lineage.

Ling Pengyun and the Azure Profound Lineage joined the Forest Net Immortal Sect in attacking the Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant Clan’s stronghold at Giant Nether Mountain, where his thunder abilities overwhelmed the defenders’ array. The Yin Ming Demon Sect arrived to aid the demon clan, and Ling Pengyun faced its Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator as the chapter ended.

• Forest Net Dao Lord persuaded the Forest Net Spirit Bamboo to visit the Azure Profound Lineage and seek a higher Dao path.
• The Giant Rock Barbarian Elephant King gathered his clan’s forces to defend Giant Nether Mountain and summoned help from the Silver Moon Barbarian Elephant Clan.
• Ling Pengyun and the allied cultivators attacked the mountain, while Ling Pengyun’s three thunder flood dragons battered the defenders’ array and Giant Rock Mountain Crushing Hammer.
• The Elephant King anticipated that his clan’s backup plan would turn the tide as the formation came close to breaking.
• The Yin Ming Demon Sect arrived and demanded that the Righteous Path forces withdraw, but Ling Pengyun refused and sent two thunder flood dragons against its Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivator.
• The demonic cultivator summoned four Nascent Divinity Middle Stage Yin Ming Demon Corpses and threatened to refine Ling Pengyun into a demon corpse.