Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun left the Ice Profound Lineage to travel toward Yan Siyi and the Primordial Unity Lineage, while concealing his route. The Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch learned of his departure and ordered Dao Lord Po Huan to intercept and kill him.

• Ling Pengyun claimed he needed to overcome a state-of-mind bottleneck, and Old Ice Marrow Dao Lord approved his journey while warning him about the Clear Mist Realm’s dangers.
• Ling Pengyun left the sect without using its Teleportation Array and flew toward the Primordial Unity Lineage aboard his Natal Spirit Treasure, changing direction to obscure his destination.
• The Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch, fearing his lineage would lose power as his lifespan dwindled, decided to kill Ling Pengyun to hinder the Ice Profound Lineage.
• The Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch contacted Dao Lord Po Huan and offered him three White Origin Spirit Peaches to kill Ling Pengyun.
• Dao Lord Po Huan accepted the assignment and vowed to carry it out.

Ling Pengyun turned on three Frost Immortal Sect pursuers from the Ice Soul Lineage and trapped them in his Nether Void Domain. He revealed a Void Refinement-level attack with the Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon, leaving Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples questioning his identity and power.

• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch warned Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord to protect himself and gave him Ling Pengyun's approximate location.
• Ling Pengyun detected Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and the two late-stage cultivators pursuing him aboard a Fifth Grade Peak flying vessel, then concealed himself with the Nether Void Blade and vanished into a Space Channel.
• Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples searched for Ling Pengyun, but he trapped them in his Nether Void Domain, a sealed barren zone they could not escape.
• Ling Pengyun recognized the three as members of the Ice Soul Lineage from their Illusory Soul Treasure Codex spirit treasures and decided to kill them.
• Ling Pengyun summoned the Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon with the Five Elements Dharma Bead, forcing the three pursuers to combine their methods and high-grade talismans to block it.
• Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples realized Ling Pengyun possessed extraordinary abilities and wealth, and suspected he might be a hidden Void Refinement candidate, a spy, or the beneficiary of a great opportunity.

Dao Lord Po Huan sacrificed himself to break Ling Pengyun’s Nether Void Domain and help Po Ping and Po An escape, but Ling Pengyun caught the brothers and killed them before they could send a warning. Ling Pengyun preserved their souls for refining Boundary Breaking Spirit Items and expected to recover from the cost of his power-enhancing technique within a few years.

• Dao Lord Po Huan took a Frost Spirit Dispelling Pill, unleashed his illusion treasures, and prepared Po Ping and Po An to flee with his flying boat and Whirlwind Extreme Shadow Talisman.
• Ling Pengyun resisted Po Huan’s attacks with his Black Flood Dragon Armor, Primal Chaos Axe, and Primordial Scripture, but Po Huan detonated his Primordial Spirit and blasted open the Nether Void Domain.
• Po Ping and Po An escaped on the flying boat with the talisman, while Ling Pengyun used the Lingxiao Spirit Ascension Technique and Nether Void Escape Technique to catch them and trap them in a Ghost Immortal Domain.
• Po Ping and Po An took Frost Spirit Bursting Pills and tried to self-destruct, but Ling Pengyun restrained their souls and killed them while preserving their souls.
• Ling Pengyun stored the brothers’ souls in a Soul Locking Jade Bottle, assessed the technique’s toll, and began collecting their possessions.

Ling Pengyun assessed the vast fortune he had seized after killing the Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples, then contacted the Ice Profound Lineage for protection against retaliation. The Ice Profound Celestial Monarch agreed to protect him and reward him, while becoming interested in his extraordinary battle prowess.

• Ling Pengyun claimed the Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord's treasures and planned to refine several into his own spirit treasures, while regretting that he had failed to preserve the old man's primordial spirit.
• Ling Pengyun erased restrictions from the spoils, fled the battlefield, replenished his strength, and reported the attack to the Ice Marrow Great Elder.
• The Ice Marrow Great Elder identified the dead attackers as Po Huan, Po Ping, and Po An, and reported their deaths to the Ice Profound Celestial Monarch.
• The Ice Profound Celestial Monarch ordered the Great Elder not to pry into Ling Pengyun's methods and promised that the Ice Profound Lineage would protect him and monitor the Ice Soul Lineage.
• The Ice Profound Celestial Monarch awarded Ling Pengyun ten thousand fifth-rank contribution points and recognized his achievement as a great merit.

Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch set out to kill Ling Pengyun after learning that Old Illusory Soul Dao Lord and his two disciples had died, but Ice Profound Celestial Monarch blocked him. Their battle left Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch overwhelmed and desperate enough to activate a Strength Enhancement Technique.

• Ice Profound Celestial Monarch approved of protecting Ling Pengyun and had Ice Marrow Great Elder pass him the details.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch discovered that Po Huan and his two disciples were dead, blamed Ling Pengyun, and left seclusion to pursue him.
• Ice Profound Celestial Monarch detected Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch and intercepted him before he could leave the sect.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch summoned his Ice Soul Flying Swords and Ice Soul Bronze Bell, while Ice Profound Celestial Monarch fought back with the Ice Snow Winter Realm.
• Ice Profound Celestial Monarch gradually gained the upper hand, and Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch grew furious over the Ice Soul Lineage's decline and activated a Strength Enhancement Technique.

Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch used Ice Soul Cold Blade to overpower Ice Profound Celestial Monarch, but Old Sect Master Frost intervened with the Frost Dharma Bead and stopped the fight. He persuaded Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch to abandon the lineage dispute and move to Frost Mountain, then ordered him to pack and leave for the sect master lineage’s grounds.

• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch burned his lifespan to raise his cultivation and unleash Ice Soul Cold Blade, empowering his nine Ice Soul Flying Swords.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch’s swords shattered Ice Profound Celestial Monarch’s attacks and forced him onto the defensive.
• Old Sect Master Frost arrived with the Frost Dharma Bead and trapped both the swords and Ice Profound Celestial Monarch in cages of ice and snow.
• Old Sect Master Frost urged Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch to stop interfering in the Ice Soul Lineage’s affairs and leave its future to his disciples.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch agreed to move to Frost Mountain after Old Sect Master Frost threatened him, and Old Sect Master Frost ordered him to pack his belongings.

After Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch’s clash with Ice Profound Celestial Monarch, Old Sect Master Frost mediated between them and agreed to guide Ice Profound Celestial Monarch in his cultivation. Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch then entrusted Fairy Bingyu with the Ice Soul Lineage’s affairs before entering death seclusion, and she began arranging a funeral for Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples.

• Old Sect Master Frost reconciled Ice Profound Celestial Monarch and Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch, promising compensation and requiring Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch to serve his sentence at Frost Mountain.
• Old Sect Master Frost praised Ice Profound Celestial Monarch’s progress in the Ice Snow Winter Realm and agreed to guide him through bottlenecks in his spirit-body divine abilities.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch told Fairy Bingyu he planned to enter death seclusion and asked her to take charge of the Ice Soul Lineage’s internal affairs and external businesses.
• Fairy Bingyu suspected Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples had met with misfortune because of the Ice Profound Lineage, but Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch told her not to meddle and asked her to arrange their funeral and compensate their descendants.
• Fairy Bingyu accepted the responsibility, arranged empty tombs for Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples, and gave their descendants compensation, leaving the Ice Soul Lineage in a despondent mood.

Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch mourned Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples, then settled the Ice Soul Lineage’s dispute with the Ice Profound Lineage under Old Sect Master Frost’s supervision. Ling Pengyun learned that the danger had passed, but continued traveling toward the Primordial Unity Lineage instead of returning to the sect.

• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch established cenotaphs for Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord and his disciples, gave their relatives life-saving treasures, and warned them not to abuse his help.
• Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch handed Ice Profound Celestial Monarch substantial compensation, and agreed that the Ice Soul Lineage would stop resisting the sect’s allocation of its benefits.
• Old Sect Master Frost promised to protect the Ice Soul Lineage and prioritize support for its promising disciples, while Ice Profound Celestial Monarch considered supporting Ling Pengyun’s future breakthrough.
• Ice Marrow Great Elder learned that the conflict had been settled and informed Ling Pengyun that he no longer needed to fear retaliation for killing Illusory Soul and his two disciples.
• Ling Pengyun felt relieved and grateful to Ice Profound Celestial Monarch, resolved to grow stronger, and continued toward the Primordial Unity Lineage.

Ling Pengyun strengthened several spirit treasures, concealed his route from Ice Profound Celestial Monarch, and reached Black Stone Valley to reunite with Yan Siyi. After spending several days together, he gathered Ling Wantong and other clan members to meet him.

• Ling Pengyun reforged the Illusory Soul Flying Needle and Illusory Soul Treasure Realm, upgraded his other treasures, and advanced the Ling Xiao Flying Boat to Fifth Grade Peak.
• Ling Pengyun used the Primordial Scripture to leave a false trace of himself and evade Ice Profound Celestial Monarch as he traveled to Black Stone Valley.
• Yan Siyi sensed someone at the valley array, discovered Ling Pengyun, and joyfully reunited with him after decades apart.
• Ling Pengyun gave Yan Siyi the Primordial Spirits of two Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivators and explained his clash with Illusory Soul Old Dao Lord; he also showed her his powerful spirit treasures.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi toured Black Stone Valley and spent several days together before he summoned Ling Wantong, Ling Chengxia, Ling Cheng Mie, Ling Feixiang, Ling Guangming, and other clan cultivators to meet him.

Ling Pengyun reunited with his clan members in Black Stone Valley, praised their progress, and rewarded them for their work and cultivation. He supported Ling Wantong’s plan to expand the clan’s businesses and prepared to test his sons Ling Chengxia and Ling Cheng Mie in combat.

• Ling Pengyun learned of Ling Wantong’s successful shops in Primordial Unity Immortal City and of Ling Chengxia, Ling Cheng Mie, and the younger cultivators’ strength and accomplishments in Clear Mist Realm.
• Ling Pengyun gave the clan members suitable spirit treasures and boundary-breaking items, with Ling Wantong receiving two Fifth Rank Middle Grade Spirit Treasures.
• Ling Pengyun guided Ling Feixiang and the other young cultivators for several years before they returned to their cave residences in Black Stone Valley.
• Ling Pengyun endorsed Ling Wantong’s plan to form a merchant association and promised to secretly protect the expansion from threats below Void Refinement.
• Ling Pengyun praised Ling Chengxia and Ling Cheng Mie for protecting the clan’s younger members, reminded them to safeguard themselves, and said he would test their combat skills.

Ling Pengyun and his family discussed bringing Ling Cheng Xin from the Heaven River Realm to join them in the Clear Mist Realm, and he planned to arrange her identity through the Tide Moon Immortal Sect. In Primordial Unity Immortal City, Ling Wantong founded the Lingxiao Business Alliance with several shop owners, whose expanding trade quickly generated substantial profits.

• Ling Pengyun practiced combat with Ling Chengxia and Ling Cheng Mie, praised Ling Cheng Mie's Purple Mist Fox, and offered advice on their fighting.
• Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia, and Ling Cheng Mie urged Ling Pengyun to bring Ling Cheng Xin to join the family, and he agreed to arrange her arrival after cleansing her identity through the Tide Moon Immortal Sect.
• Ling Wantong proposed a business alliance to several shop owners in Primordial Unity Immortal City, and they agreed to establish it under a Primordial Soul Contract.
• Ling Wantong became leader of the Lingxiao Business Alliance, and its members merged their shops, pooled their Spirit Items, and introduced promotions.
• The alliance's branches attracted customers and gained a strong reputation, earning substantial monthly profits for Ling Wantong's family and the other members.

Ling Wantong persuaded the Lingxiao Business Alliance elders to expand steadily, and the alliance grew to thirty shops over five years. Its growth hurt the rival Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance, whose leader proposed hiring Shadow Building to assassinate Yan Siyi, believing she was Lingxiao’s powerful backer.

• Ling Wantong accepted the elders’ gifts and proposed either selling higher-grade spirit items or steadily opening more branches.
• Ling Wantong falsely claimed Yan Siyi had reached Spirit Transformation Full Completion, convincing the elders to approve expansion through ordinary artisans and new shops.
• The Lingxiao Business Alliance bought two well-situated shops and continued expanding, reaching thirty shops and increasing its profits over five years.
• The Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance investigated Lingxiao after nearby shops lost business, but Ling Wantong refused to make a substantive commitment.
• The Autumn Leaf Dao Lord proposed hiring Shadow Building to assassinate Yan Siyi outside the Immortal City and asked the other senior members to help fund the costly contract.

Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance hired Shadow Building to assassinate the person they believed backed Lingxiao Business Alliance, while Ling Wantong learned of the plot and warned Ling Pengyun. Shadow Building's three assassins reached Black Stone Valley, where Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi awaited them behind a powerful array.

• The Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader persuaded the elders to pool funds for Shadow Building, and they hired three assassins at Spirit Transformation Full Completion to target Black Stone Valley.
• Sky Eye Hall informed Ling Wantong that Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance had arranged the attack, and he sent word to Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi.
• Ling Pengyun declined Ling Wantong's offer of reinforcements, saying he could handle the three assassins himself.
• Yan Siyi prepared with Ling Pengyun and warned Ling Chengxia and the others to get ready for battle.
• The three Shadow Building assassins arrived near Black Stone Valley at night and found that its Fifth Grade High-Rank array and concealment measures hid what lay inside.

Ling Pengyun and his family ambushed and killed three Shadow Building assassins hired by the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance to attack Black Stone Valley. After searching their memories and collecting their treasures, Ling Pengyun distributed rewards to his family and Household members.

• Three Shadow Building assassins decided to attack Black Stone Valley, but Ling Pengyun and his companions appeared behind them through a Spatial Rift.
• Ling Pengyun trapped the assassins in a minor space and attacked with his magic items while Yan Siyi and the others joined the assault.
• The assassins begged for mercy and tried to defend themselves, but Ling Pengyun and his companions overwhelmed them and killed them, leaving their souls intact.
• Ling Pengyun searched the assassins’ souls and discovered that their claims of owning industries were lies, then collected their treasures worth nearly seventy to eighty thousand Fifth-tier Spirit Crystals.
• Ling Pengyun gave Fifth Grade Peak spirit treasures to Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia, and his younger son Ling Chengxia, and rewarded the other Household cultivators with spirit treasures or cultivation resources.

Dark Flow learned that Shadow Building's three assassins had failed to kill Yan Siyi and raised her threat rating to Void Refinement level. The Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance, fearing retaliation from Lingxiao Business Alliance, offered all its assets to Ling Wantong and asked him to plead for their lives, leaving the decision to Ling Pengyun and the others.

• Dark Flow discovered that all three assassins sent after Yan Siyi had died, judged Lingxiao Business Alliance's backer to be near Void Refinement strength, and warned the Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader that the mission had failed.
• The Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader and the elders visited Shadow Building, where Dark Flow confirmed the failure, refunded their deposit, and offered to hide them in exchange for their businesses and lifelong service.
• Unable to afford two Void Refinement assassins and unwilling to become Shadow Building's servants, the alliance's leaders decided to surrender their wealth and holdings to Lingxiao Business Alliance.
• The Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader and the elders brought their assets to Ling Wantong, apologized, and asked him to seek mercy from the alliance's backer.
• Ling Wantong, reassured that Ling Pengyun and the others had resolved the danger at Black Stone Valley, sent them a message to ask what should be done with the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance.

Ling Pengyun arranged to acquire the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance’s industries while secretly hiring You Sha Tower to eliminate its leaders, despite signing a contract promising not to harm them. The Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader was killed, and Ling Pengyun learned that the Primordial Unity Lineage’s trade fair might offer the high-grade materials he sought.

• Ling Pengyun decided to take the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance’s industries but have its leaders assassinated, and he instructed Ling Wantong to secure their deeds while pretending to accept their surrender.
• Ling Pengyun met the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance’s leaders in secret, signed a Grade Six Low-Rank Primordial Soul Contract promising not to harm them, and received the deeds to their industries.
• Ling Wantong hired You Sha Tower to kill the alliance leaders for twenty thousand Fifth-tier Spirit Crystals, and the organization began its operations.
• Ling Wantong told Ling Pengyun that the Primordial Unity Lineage would hold a trade fair in less than five years, where Void Refinement experts might offer rare high-grade materials.
• A You Sha Tower assassin disabled the Autumn Leaf Alliance Leader’s cave protections and killed him after defeating him in battle.

After the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance was eliminated, Ling Wantong took over its properties and used the victory to strengthen the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s position in Primordial Unity Immortal City. Ling Pengyun learned that the danger had passed and settled back into life in Black Stone Valley while powerful outsiders watched from afar.

• You Sha Tower’s manager gave Ling Wantong the corpses and Primordial Spirits of the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance’s leaders and their offspring, and Ling Wantong paid the final assassination fee.
• Ling Wantong took over the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance’s properties, bringing the lineage’s holdings to forty or fifty shops and expanding the Lingxiao Business Alliance to seventy or eighty shops.
• Ling Wantong spread news of the alliance’s victory and the defeat of Shadow Building’s three Spirit Transformation Full Completion assassins, boosting the alliance’s reputation and drawing greetings from the Primordial Unity Lineage.
• The business alliance elders offered Ling Wantong and his backing half the profits from their shops in exchange for continued protection, and he accepted while warning them not to cause trouble.
• Ling Pengyun received Ling Wantong’s message that the trouble was over, noticed powerful cultivators—including a Void Refinement Early Stage cultivator—watching Black Stone Valley, and returned to his usual routine.

The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch investigated Black Stone Valley and grew wary of the Lingxiao Business Alliance after discovering Yan Siyi had concealed her cultivation and the alliance had killed three Shadow Building assassins. Yan Siyi told him her husband, Ling Xiao, was a Void Refinement cultivator who had left, and the Heavenly Monarch accepted her explanation, offered help, and departed.

• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch used a detection technique near Black Stone Valley and discovered Yan Siyi's true cultivation and the aftermath of the Shadow Building assassins' deaths.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch went to Black Stone Valley and called for the Lingxiao Business Alliance's true master.
• Yan Siyi met him and claimed her husband, Ling Xiao, was a Void Refinement Early Stage cultivator who had left to pursue the Great Dao.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch accepted Yan Siyi's explanation, gave her a Communication Talisman, and offered assistance with trouble in Primordial Unity Immortal City.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch left for Primordial Unity Immortal City after Yan Siyi promised to contact him if her husband returned.

The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch decided to treat the Lingxiao Business Alliance carefully and helped contain the scandal over the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance leaders’ deaths. Hunwen Dao Lord then proposed a trade partnership that could supply the alliance with the high-grade spiritual materials it lacked, and Ling Wantong saw the offer as a valuable opportunity.

• Yan Siyi told Ling Pengyun that the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch had accepted the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s presence in Primordial Unity Immortal City.
• Cultivators seeking favor approached Yan Siyi with gifts, but she declined their offers to join the alliance while welcoming trade partnerships.
• Hunwen Dao Lord asked the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch how to handle the deaths of the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance leaders, and his master urged him to treat the Lingxiao Business Alliance well and spread a cover story.
• Ling Wantong agreed to cooperate in circulating the cover story, and the uproar over the deaths gradually faded as he and Hunwen Dao Lord grew closer and began doing business together.
• Hunwen Dao Lord offered to provide high-grade spiritual materials in exchange for the Lingxiao Business Alliance’s masters crafting goods and sharing the profits, and Ling Wantong recognized the deal as a chance to address the alliance’s shortage of materials.

Ling Wantong negotiated a partnership in which the Primordial Unity Lineage supplied the Lingxiao Business Alliance with high-grade basic spiritual materials to refine into spiritual goods. After Hunwen Dao Lord delivered the first batch, Ling Wantong secretly passed it to Ling Pengyun, who rewarded him for arranging the deal.

• Ling Wantong agreed to cooperate with Hunwen Dao Lord and negotiated a thirty-year production and delivery schedule for high-grade spiritual goods.
• Hunwen Dao Lord agreed to provide materials every thirty years, with profits split seventy-thirty and any extra goods belonging to the Lingxiao Business Alliance.
• Hunwen Dao Lord delivered the first batch of high-grade basic spiritual materials to Ling Wantong within a few days.
• Ling Wantong secretly handed the materials to Ling Pengyun in Black Stone Valley.
• Ling Pengyun praised Ling Wantong for arranging the partnership and gave him a large batch of high-grade cultivation resources as a reward.