Arc 10Danxia Peak Ascendant

Luo Chen moved the Luo Tian Association to Danxia Peak, built its pill business, and secured Ice Fortress’s backing while advancing his own cultivation. The arc ended with Wang Yuan completing his spirit-seizing breakthrough, bringing the association to three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

  • Luo Chen rented a cave estate, secured Danxia Peak for the Luo Tian Association, and drove out the residents who challenged his claim.
  • The association rebuilt Danxia Peak as Luo Chen organized its halls, launched Jade Marrow Pill production, and arranged for Duan Feng to receive the resources for Foundation Establishment.
  • Duan Feng successfully established his foundation, revealed two Magic Treasure Embryos, and gained Luo Chen’s support for his marriage to Feng Xia.
  • Luo Chen secured Ice Fortress’s backing for the association’s pill business and launched a price war that drew the Zheng Family into competition.
  • Luo Chen expanded the association’s business as he strengthened his alchemy and cultivation, then broke through to Foundation Establishment Third Layer.
  • Kang Xian Qiong asked Luo Chen to help her find medicine for her injured grandfather, and they discussed cooperating to sell Golden Jade Liquid.
  • Wang Yuan used the Blood Evil Spirit-Seizing Array on Huo Hu and completed his foundation establishment after Luo Chen guarded him for a month.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226Second-Order Cave Estate, a Place to Stay

Luo Chen and his companions toured Sky Wave Peak’s cave estates and chose low-grade accommodations, while Luo Chen asked Shi Lan to watch for an opening in a high-grade estate. Settled in, he began searching for a Spirit Land where the Luo Tian Association could stay, and his attention settled on a location marked on the map.

  • Shi Lan showed Luo Chen, Nangong Jin, and Li Yixian the cave estate options and explained their grades, prices, and Sky Wave Peak’s defensive formation.
  • Luo Chen and his companions inspected mid-grade and high-grade cave estates, but judged their spiritual energy gains too small for the higher rents.
  • Nangong Jin and Li Yixian chose low-grade cave estates, and Luo Chen rented one temporarily while asking Shi Lan to reserve a high-grade estate when one became available.
  • Ling Yuzhi scorned Luo Chen and his companions as poor outsiders, while Chu Kui suggested he might introduce himself to them later.
  • Luo Chen settled into his cave estate and studied Shi Lan’s map for an unclaimed Spirit Land to accommodate the Luo Tian Association, focusing on one location.

Ch. 227Taking Stock of the Spoils, Reaping a Bountiful Harvest

Luo Chen reviewed the Luo Tian Association’s spoils from the battle at Gaoling Plain, then promised Sima Hui Niang a Foundation Establishment Pill and his protection if she reached Qi Refining Completion. He took her to Ice Wave Palace to choose a place for the association, where Shi Lan presented several possible sites before Luo Chen asked about a grayish-white location.

  • Sima Hui Niang reported that the association had gathered seventy-five Storage Bags, 130,000 Spirit Stones, Magic Tools, cultivation texts, and other spoils from the battle.
  • Luo Chen praised Sima Hui Niang’s work and promised her a Foundation Establishment Pill, his protection, and use of a Second-Order Cave Estate if she reached Qi Refining Completion.
  • Luo Chen took Sima Hui Niang to Ice Wave Palace, where Shi Lan greeted them and led them to a sand table of available lands.
  • Shi Lan described Mirror Lake, Bamboo Sea, Phoenix Tree Mountain, and Moonmist Bay as possible sites, but Luo Chen rejected most of them.
  • Luo Chen pointed to a grayish-white point on the sand table, and Shi Lan revealed a towering mountain glowing with seven-colored radiance.

Ch. 228Foundation Establishment Haggling, Scarlet Clouds Spirit Peak, Langqi Flying Boat, Immortal City Street Racing

Luo Chen bargained with Shi Lan to lease Danxia Peak for the Luo Tian Association, then visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and bought a Langqi Flying Boat. He and Sima Hui Niang took it for a ride through Sky Wave Immortal City and headed toward Danxia Peak to inspect its current occupants.

  • Shi Lan explained Danxia Peak's damaged Spirit Vein, high rent, and rogue cultivators, while Luo Chen negotiated the annual price down to one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
  • Luo Chen and Sima Hui Niang visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, where they learned it no longer bought back used Magic Tools.
  • Luo Chen bought an eight-thousand-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone Langqi Flying Boat to replace the Luo Tian Association's nearly ruined Sky Eagle Flying Boat.
  • Luo Chen activated the boat's concealment formation and sped through Sky Wave Immortal City, drawing curious and envious looks from passersby.
  • Luo Chen invited Sima Hui Niang to leave the city with him and visit the previous occupants of Danxia Peak.

Ch. 229No Second Chances

Luo Chen assessed Danxia Peak and its rogue cultivators, then prepared to move the Luo Tian Association there while working to clear his Pill Poison and refine his treasures. At the Mooring Yard, he destroyed a sabotaged flying boat, humiliated Lu Rong, and led the Association aboard the Langqi Flying Boat toward Danxia Peak.

  • Luo Chen sent Sima Hui Niang to investigate Danxia Peak, where she found about eight hundred rogue cultivators, rentable Earth Fire Caves, and three Foundation Establishment cultivators.
  • Bian Zhong worried that Luo Chen's inspection signaled danger and told Gan Xiaoyan he would seek work so they could afford to move to a better cave estate.
  • Luo Chen advanced his Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method, saw his realm reach Foundation Establishment Second Layer 2/100, and spent the night refining the Rotten Ke Go Piece and Profound Flame Sword.
  • Luo Chen summoned Nangong Jin and Li Yixian, and Sima Hui Niang led more than a hundred Luo Tian Association cultivators out of Sky Wave Immortal City.
  • At the Mooring Yard, Luo Chen accused Lu Rong of tampering with the Sky Eagle Flying Boat and smashed it before paying him one Spirit Stone to sweep the ground.
  • Luo Chen launched the Langqi Flying Boat and departed with the Luo Tian Association, while Lu Rong obeyed the pavilion's warning and swept the yard.

Ch. 230One Move!

Luo Chen led the Luo Tian Association to take possession of Danxia Peak and ordered its residents to leave. He defeated three Foundation Establishment cultivators with one strike, establishing his authority over the mountain.

  • Luo Chen told Wang Yuan that smashing Divine Craftsmen Sect's flying boat would damage its standing with Sky Wave Immortal City, and said the Luo Tian Association needed to show force when moving into Danxia Peak.
  • Luo Tian Association displayed its lease contract and gave Danxia Peak's residents one incense stick to leave, while Sima Xian refused to negotiate with Divine Craftsmen Sect and the Geng Family.
  • Bian Zhong, Lü Xiaoyan, and Cao Wanchun confronted Luo Chen and refused to leave, so Luo Chen challenged all three to withstand one move from him.
  • Luo Chen unleashed the Great Sun Falls spell and defeated Bian Zhong, Lü Xiaoyan, and Cao Wanchun in a single strike, leaving the watching cultivators afraid to challenge him.

Ch. 231Fending Off Five Foundation Establishment Cultivators

Luo Chen secured Danxia Peak for the Luo Tian Association, killed Cao Wanchun, and drove off a challenge from the Divine Craftsmen Sect and the Geng Family. The chapter ended with Luo Chen warning Wang Yuan not to target Huo Hu yet and suggesting Min Longyu help him improve the Heavenly Craft Spirit-Seizing Array.

  • Wang Yuan caught Cao Wanchun’s Flying Sword and snapped his neck after Luo Chen had defeated the opposing cultivators.
  • Bian Zhong thanked Luo Chen for showing mercy and left Danxia Peak with the badly injured Lü Xiaoyan.
  • Luo Chen assigned Min Longyu to inspect Danxia Peak and build a Mountain Protection Great Array, which Min Longyu said he could roughly set up in half a month.
  • Li Yixian told Nangong Jin that Danxia Peak’s annual rent was fifteen thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones as Fei Changqiu, Geng Lie, and Geng Shuzhen arrived to challenge the Luo Tian Association’s claim.
  • Luo Chen confronted the five Foundation Establishment Cultivators with Wang Yuan and two other allies, and Fei Changqiu and the Geng Family cultivators withdrew without fighting.
  • Luo Chen told Wang Yuan not to target Huo Hu and suggested that Min Longyu study the Heavenly Craft Spirit-Seizing Array to help improve Wang Yuan’s formation.

Ch. 232A Word Settles the Heart Demon

After the Luo Tian Association took over Danxia Peak, Luo Chen oversaw its restoration and gave Duan Feng the cultivation resources Duan Qiankun had prepared for him. Duan Feng struggled with the revelation but accepted Luo Chen’s reassurance and left to process it alone, while Luo Chen turned his attention to advancing his pill-refining technique.

  • Granny Yuan restored Danxia Peak’s Spirit Farmland and asked Luo Chen to find Yuan Dongsheng a marriage if he had not established his foundation by sixty; Luo Chen promised to honor her request.
  • The Luo Tian Association began rebuilding Danxia Peak, with Min Longyu surveying for a formation, the Battle Hall constructing buildings, Qu Lingjun taking charge of the Earth Fire Caves, and Gu Cai Yi tasked with researching the Jade Marrow Pill market.
  • Luo Chen summoned Duan Feng and gave him the resources Duan Qiankun had gathered for his Foundation Establishment, including Tier 1 Elf Pills and an Eight Hundred Year Heaven and Earth Root.
  • Duan Feng realized Duan Qiankun had prepared the resources for him and became torn over his revenge; Luo Chen calmed him and told him he had been right to act as he did.
  • Duan Feng left to be alone, and Luo Chen arranged for Su Xiaolin and Bian Zhen to manage the Artifact Hall before planning to advance the Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method.

Ch. 233Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method at Minor Success, Taking the Harmony Qi Pill

Luo Chen reached minor success in the Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method, allowing its vortex to operate on its own and purge pill poison. He tested a Harmony Qi Pill and confirmed that it was converted into spiritual qi while expelling impurities, but it did not visibly advance his cultivation.

  • Luo Chen withdrew his Spiritual Sense and watched the Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method's vortex restart on its own, confirming that the technique had reached minor success.
  • Luo Chen examined his Attribute Panel, discovered that his lifespan limit had increased by five years, and noted his slow Foundation Establishment progress and new defensive Spirit Sense Golden Membrane.
  • Luo Chen reviewed his pills and recipes, decided to save his Achievement Points rather than spend them on the Blood Fiend Pill, and planned to visit the Luo Tian Association to check Gu Cai Yi's market research.
  • Luo Chen swallowed a Harmony Qi Pill and watched the autonomous vortex convert its medicinal power into spiritual qi while expelling faint gray and black impurities.
  • Luo Chen checked his Attribute Panel and found that the Harmony Qi Pill had not increased his Foundation Establishment progress, so he planned further experiments.

Ch. 234Rising Dragon Pill, Cultivation Speed Doubled!

Luo Chen compared the Harmony Qi Pill and Rising Dragon Pill, chose the faster but harsher Rising Dragon Pill for cultivation, and considered how to obtain more. After receiving messages from Li Yixian, Chu Kui, and Sima Hui Niang, he left his cave mansion for Danxia Peak, worried that his savings would not cover the cost of a high-grade cave mansion.

  • Luo Chen found that Tier 2 pills had doubled his cultivation speed, judged the Rising Dragon Pill more potent but more damaging, and chose it as his primary cultivation pill.
  • Luo Chen reviewed how he had divided Duan Qiankun's resources between Duan Feng, Wang Yuan, and the Luo Tian Association while keeping some items for himself.
  • Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen that Li Yixian, Sima Hui Niang, and a fierce Foundation Establishment cultivator had visited, and Luo Chen read their messages, including Chu Kui's invitation to meet.
  • Luo Chen asked Bai Mei Ling to guard the cave mansion, then left for Danxia Peak after she declined to visit Feng Xia and Gu Cai Yi.
  • Luo Chen realized that his remaining eighty thousand Spirit Stones could barely cover a year in the high-grade cave mansion he had reserved, and resolved to earn more Spirit Stones.

Ch. 235Good Person? Ruthless Man? A Man About to Leave!

Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak and paid tribute to Yuan Yuejiao, who was dying after exhausting herself to subdue a Black-Spine Stone Dragon. Her death and the rewards he granted her family led him to reflect on what he wanted to leave behind, and he reaffirmed that his own goal was longevity.

  • Luo Chen planned to restart the Luo Tian Association’s pill-refining enterprise, then flew from Sky Wave Immortal City back to Danxia Peak.
  • Xu Jingnian told acquaintances that Luo Chen had defeated three opponents at Danxia Peak, rewarded Xu Xiaoliu generously, and hired him into the Luo Tian Association.
  • Yuan Dongsheng explained that Yuan Yuejiao had been bedridden since the Black-Spine Stone Dragon injured her while she opened twenty plots of Spirit Farmland.
  • Luo Chen verified Yuan Yuejiao’s contributions and promised rewards to her family, including cultivation resources and a share of the new farmland’s proceeds.
  • Luo Chen took Zeng Yilong away from the grieving courtyard and realized that his own deepest ambition was to live a long life.
  • Luo Chen led Zeng Yilong toward the Luo Tian Grand Hall, while Sima Hui Niang received a sudden summons to see him.

Ch. 236Pressure from Above? I'll Handle It! Medicine Hall Restructured, Outer Sect Established

Luo Chen reviewed the Luo Tian Association’s finances and plans, ordered large-scale Jade Marrow Pill production, and reorganized its halls and Outer Sect. Duan Feng prepared to establish his foundation, while Luo Chen returned to Sky Wave Immortal City to shop for cultivation supplies.

  • Gu Cai Yi reported that Jade Marrow Pills faced a saturated market, rising ingredient costs, and pressure from powerful factions, but Luo Chen said he would handle the pressure from above and use the pills’ low cost to compete.
  • Luo Chen ordered the Pill Hall to begin large-scale Jade Marrow Pill production, allocated ten thousand Spirit Stones for ingredients, and gave Sima Hui Niang a list of herbs to buy discreetly.
  • Duan Feng revealed that he had reached Qi Refining Great Perfection and planned to attempt foundation establishment within two days; he also gave Luo Chen a booklet about the contents of two silver spheres.
  • Luo Chen named Bian Zhen Medicine Hall master and assigned Feng Xia and Yuan Dongsheng as Spirit Plant Elder and Spirit Medicine Elder, then ordered Sima Hui Niang to organize an Outer Sect for general duties.
  • Luo Chen attended Granny Yuan’s funeral, returned to Sky Wave Immortal City with Duan Feng, and began shopping for cultivation supplies.

Ch. 237Azure Pill Xuan Yunzi, Duan Feng Entered Closed-Death Seclusion

Luo Chen bought cultivation supplies from Azure Pill Valley, met the renowned alchemist Xuan Yunzi, and received an invitation to a major auction featuring high-grade Rising Dragon Pills. He then visited Duan Feng before Duan Feng began Foundation Establishment seclusion, leaving Luo Chen to hope his friend would emerge successfully.

  • Luo Chen bought Rising Dragon Pills in bulk at Azure Pill Valley and received a Nine-Pattern Guest Token and an invitation to the Sky Wave Immortal City auction from Xuan Yunzi.
  • Luo Chen noticed that Xuan Yunzi carried both strong life force and deathly intent, then purchased Vigorous Spirit Incense and Hundred Flowers Dew at Fragrance Dining Pavilion.
  • Luo Chen visited Duan Feng and reviewed the Foundation Establishment process with him, even simulating the surge of spiritual energy through his meridians.
  • Duan Feng gave Luo Chen the incantation to enter his cave and warned him to retrieve his body if he had not emerged after a month.
  • Duan Feng entered closed-death seclusion, and Luo Chen left hoping to hear that he had broken through.

Ch. 238Do You Hope He Succeeds? Entry-Level Jade Dew Pill

Luo Chen tested Vigorous Spirit Incense, then prepared his new cave estate and began learning the Tier 2 Jade Dew Pill recipe. Min Longyu visited while Duan Feng attempted Foundation Establishment, and Luo Chen’s encouragement eased Min Longyu’s doubts about his own future breakthrough.

  • Luo Chen found that Vigorous Spirit Incense increased his cultivation cycles, planned to improve his Spirit Communication Pill proficiency, and checked his progress toward filling his Qi Sea.
  • Min Longyu brought medicinal ingredients to Luo Chen’s cave estate, where Luo Chen inspected them and saw that Qu Lingjun had processed them well.
  • Luo Chen told Min Longyu that Duan Feng was attempting Foundation Establishment, and Min Longyu admitted he hoped Duan Feng would succeed because it would reassure him about his own breakthrough.
  • Luo Chen encouraged Min Longyu to prepare thoroughly and trust his own path, and Min Longyu left with renewed confidence.
  • Bai Mei Ling organized Luo Chen’s medicinal herbs, and Luo Chen used ten Achievement Points to raise the Jade Dew Pill recipe to Entry Level.

Ch. 239All It Takes Is a Tiny Bit of Spirit Stone, and I'll Take Care of Them for You!

Luo Chen successfully refined his first batch of Jade Dew Pills and considered how to use them as a stepping stone without drawing unwanted attention. He met Chu Kui, who offered to deal with the Divine Craftsmen Sect and Geng Family for a fee.

  • Luo Chen used his advanced pill-refining techniques to complete a day-long Jade Dew Pill refinement, producing ten pills, while Bai Mei Ling found that their Pill Qi accelerated her Yin Qi.
  • Luo Chen calculated the costs and possible selling price of Jade Dew Pills, deciding that the pills should serve as a stepping stone rather than his main source of wealth.
  • Chu Kui visited Luo Chen and shared Taibai Wine, which helped refine spiritual power but was scarce and supplied exclusively to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.
  • Chu Kui brought up Luo Chen's troubles with the Divine Craftsmen Sect and Geng Family, then offered to take care of them for a small sum of Spirit Stones.

Ch. 240Duan Feng Emerges from Seclusion, Successfully Establishes Foundation, Spirit Stones in Place, Smash Them All to Pieces

Chu Kui offered to eliminate Luo Chen’s enemies for a steep fee, but Luo Chen declined as the Luo Tian Association focused on rebuilding. When Duan Feng began establishing his foundation, Luo Chen protected his cave until the breakthrough succeeded; Duan Feng then pledged to help develop the Artifact Hall and revealed two confirmed Magic Treasure Embryos.

  • Chu Kui quoted rates of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones to handle Early Foundation Establishment cultivators and two hundred thousand for Mid-Stage cultivators, while Luo Chen declined to hire him.
  • Luo Chen sensed Duan Feng’s Foundation Establishment breakthrough and drove away cultivators probing the cave with their Spiritual Sense.
  • After three days, Duan Feng successfully established his foundation and thanked Luo Chen for supporting him.
  • Duan Feng said he could stabilize his realm while continuing to work at the Artifact Hall, using a method that tempered his spiritual power through forging.
  • Duan Feng produced two silver-white spheres and confirmed that they were Magic Treasure Embryos.

Ch. 241Doing Business with Ice Fortress

Luo Chen learned that Duan Feng’s two Mithril Sealing Spheres contained Magic Treasure Embryos and discussed what materials and help would be needed to forge them. After Duan Feng’s Foundation Establishment and ceremony strengthened the Luo Tian Association, Luo Chen arranged through Xu Xiaoliu to approach Ice Fortress with a bottle of Jade Dew Pills, leaving the business deal about to begin.

  • Duan Feng opened one Mithril Sealing Sphere and showed Luo Chen a nearly complete Water Attribute Flying Sword Magic Treasure Embryo, explaining how Min Longyu could help with its formations.
  • Luo Chen tested a Jade Dew Pill and found that it aided his cultivation but left uncomfortable yin-cold energy in his Qi Sea.
  • Luo Chen and Duan Feng appeared together at the Luo Tian Association, confirming Duan Feng’s Foundation Establishment and celebrating with the association’s Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators.
  • Duan Feng asked Luo Chen to support his marriage to Feng Xia, and Luo Chen agreed to help make their wedding a grand affair.
  • Luo Chen gave Xu Xiaoliu a bottle of Jade Dew Pills and asked him to have Xu Jingnian deliver it to Shi Boying as an offer to do business with Ice Fortress.

Ch. 242Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture, Grandmaster Nears Evergreen

Shi Boying investigated Luo Chen’s offer to trade Jade Dew Pills with the Ice Fortress, while Luo Chen spent three months refining pills and training his disciple. After reaching Grandmaster Level in the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture and discovering its boost to Wood Element spells, Luo Chen received Shi Boying’s invitation and went to meet her.

  • Xu Jingnian presented Luo Chen’s Jade Dew Pills to Shi Boying, who questioned whether Luo Chen could really refine them and asked Shi Lan to verify his abilities.
  • Shi Boying left Luo Chen waiting for three months while he led the Luo Tian Association’s Pill Hall in refining nearly twenty thousand Jade Marrow Pills and advanced his Silk Washing Hand and Cloud Transformation Hand to Mastery Level.
  • Qu Lingjun refined Mid-Grade Jade Marrow Pills, and Luo Chen rewarded him with a Small Spirit Gathering Array while instructing him to keep his talent secret.
  • Luo Chen reached Grandmaster Level in the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture and discovered that his Wood Element spells had become far more powerful.
  • Shi Boying sent Luo Chen a Sound Transmission Talisman inviting him to Yi One Cave Estate, and Luo Chen dressed carefully before setting out to meet her.

Ch. 243A War Without the Smoke of Gunpowder

Luo Chen secured Ice Fortress’s backing for the Luo Tian Association by agreeing to supply Jade Dew Pills exclusively to the sect for a century. He returned to the association and launched a low-price campaign to capture the market for cultivation pills.

  • Tantai Jin recognized that Luo Chen wanted Ice Fortress’s name and backing, then demanded a century of exclusive Jade Dew Pill supply, which he accepted.
  • Shi Boying gave Luo Chen an Ice Fortress Badge that would protect the Luo Tian Association’s business in Sky Wave Immortal City.
  • Tantai Jin told Shi Boying to keep the deal from the sect and revealed that Ice Fortress would not recruit Luo Chen because of his ties to Great River Market and Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.
  • Luo Chen showed the Ice Fortress Badge to the Luo Tian Association and ordered its symbol placed on the association’s banners.
  • Luo Chen set low prices for Mid-Grade and High-Grade Jade Marrow Pills and urged the association to win market share through a price war.

Ch. 244Rolling Dragon Ridge Zheng Family, Danxia Hall in the South of the City, Four Hundred Thousand a Year!

Zheng Kejian investigated the Zheng Family’s declining Fire Sesame Pill business and discovered that Danxia Hall, a low-priced shop run by the Luo Tian Association, might be taking its customers. Meanwhile, Luo Chen reviewed Danxia Hall’s accounts and found that its combined businesses had earned roughly four hundred thousand Spirit Stones in gross profit over the year.

  • Zheng Kejian found that the Zheng Family’s surplus had dwindled and ordered an investigation into the Fire Sesame Pill business’s decline.
  • Zheng Kejian disguised himself and entered Sky Wave Immortal City, where a Luo Tian Association cultivator gave him a Danxia Hall flyer advertising cheap pills and a route to Yuelu Street.
  • Zheng Kejian suspected Danxia Hall’s Jade Marrow Pills were squeezing out the Zheng Family’s Fire Sesame Pills and rode a beast cart toward the shop.
  • Luo Chen reviewed Danxia Hall’s accounts and noted that he had refined forty thousand Jade Marrow Pills while Qu Lingjun and Mi Li learned to produce pills for sale.
  • Luo Chen calculated that Danxia Hall and Azure Secluded Valley had earned around four hundred thousand Spirit Stones in combined annual gross profit.

Ch. 245A Distinguished Guest Has Arrived!

Luo Chen reviewed the Luo Tian Association’s annual profits and expenses, then praised Xu Xiaoliu and Gu Cai Yi for their work at Danxia Hall. As he began arranging future duties, he sensed a distinguished guest waiting outside.

  • Luo Chen calculated that the association earned one hundred thousand Spirit Stones in annual surplus after paying its expenses.
  • Luo Chen considered investing his profits in cultivation resources and a higher-grade Cave Mansion rather than buying another Magic Treasure.
  • Xu Xiaoliu explained that flyers and route maps had brought customers to Danxia Hall.
  • Luo Chen praised Gu Cai Yi for managing the Gold Hall and offered her a new item intended to benefit female cultivators.
  • Luo Chen told Gu Cai Yi to guide the maidservants at Azure Secluded Valley when she had time, then sensed a distinguished guest outside.

Ch. 246Rosy Clouds Shine on Pill Cauldron Ascending Danyang, We're the Ones Coming!

Zheng Kejian discovered that the Luo Tian Association’s low-priced, high-quality pills and welcoming shop threatened his family’s pill business, while its emblem suggested protection from the Ice Fortress. After investigating the association and its competitors, he returned to pill refining and prepared to use the Zheng Family’s strengths to counter the pressure.

  • Zheng Kejian hesitated at Danxia Hall after spotting the Ice Fortress snowflake on the Luo Tian Association emblem, then entered to inspect its business.
  • Gu Cai Yi welcomed Zheng Kejian with free milk tea and snacks, introduced the shop’s pills, and sold him a selection for two hundred Spirit Stones.
  • Luo Chen told Xu Xiaoliu that the Zheng Family would not resort to force, and he reassured Gu Cai Yi that the Luo Tian Association had entered the city’s pill market deliberately.
  • Zheng Kejian learned that the Jade Marrow Pill was stronger than the Zheng Family’s Fire Sesame Pill yet much cheaper, and he ordered an investigation into other Tier 1 pill sellers.
  • Zheng Kejian returned to the pill refining room to demonstrate Fire Sesame Pill refining to the family’s alchemists.
  • After receiving reports that other pill factions were struggling even more than his family, Zheng Kejian resolved to put the Zheng Family’s foundations to use against the Luo Tian Association.

Ch. 247Renting Out, Taking Refuge, and the Decline of the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance

Luo Chen’s cultivation method repaired his hidden injuries and brought him close to Foundation Establishment Third Layer, while his alchemy skills continued to improve. He learned that Li Yixian had joined the weakened Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance and saw the Zheng Family competing for business in Sky Wave Immortal City.

  • Luo Chen found that the Grandmaster Level Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture had healed old injuries, increased his lifespan, and brought him within thirteen progress points of Foundation Establishment Third Layer.
  • Luo Chen assessed his gains in alchemy and recognized that producing more Jade Dew Pills would help him maintain and strengthen his alliance with Tantai Jin and the Ice Fortress.
  • Luo Chen learned that Li Yixian had become a guest elder of the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance and moved her family to Little Cloud Mountain, but he chose not to get involved.
  • Luo Chen encountered a Rolling Dragon Ridge Zheng Family cultivator distributing flyers and learned that Zheng Kejian was a Second-Order Alchemist supplying High-Grade Fire Sesame Pills.
  • Luo Chen approved of the Zheng Family’s growing ambition and anticipated the competition between the family and the Luo Tian Association.

Ch. 248Third Brother Is Going to Die, Breakthrough, Foundation Establishment Third Layer

Luo Chen and Zheng Kejian secretly agreed to keep their public price war going, driving smaller pill businesses out of Skybillow Immortal City. After breaking through to Foundation Establishment Third Layer, Luo Chen learned that Kang Xian Qiong of the Kang Family had come to visit and recognized her when they met.

  • Sima Hui Niang reported that the Zheng Family had increased pill production, expanded its shops, trained its staff, and cut prices to compete with Luo Tian Association.
  • Pill Origin Sect and other local pill sellers welcomed the Zheng Family's price war, while rogue cultivators flocked to buy discounted pills from both sides.
  • As the smaller sellers' incomes fell, Luo Chen recalled his cordial meeting with Zheng Kejian, where they agreed to keep their rivalry and publicity campaign going.
  • Luo Chen refined two Rising Dragon Pills and broke through to Foundation Establishment Third Layer, then slept for five days as he recovered.
  • Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen that Kang Xian Qiong of the Kang Family had visited, and Luo Chen recognized her when he saw her on Danxia Peak.

Ch. 249The Huo Family Was Truly Doomed!

Luo Chen learned that the Three-Legged Swallowing River Toad had destroyed the Huo Family and injured Kang Dongyue, then agreed to help Kang Xian Qiong secure a healing medicine at the upcoming auction in exchange for a partnership selling the Kang Family’s Golden Jade Liquid. The chapter ended with Luo Chen urging Wang Yuan to establish his foundation.

  • Kang Xian Qiong told Luo Chen she had come to Sky Wave Immortal City to find a Tier 3 healing medicine for her injured grandfather, Kang Dongyue.
  • Kang Xian Qiong explained that the Three-Legged Swallowing River Toad had attacked Red Toad Mountain during its early mating season, destroying the Huo Family and leaving Kang Dongyue bedridden.
  • Luo Chen realized his three Top Grade All Wonders Pills might have caused the toad’s mating season to arrive early, and he felt relieved that Huo Quan and the Huo Family no longer threatened him.
  • Luo Chen showed Kang Xian Qiong the sunset over Danxia Peak’s sea of clouds, and she asked him to help her obtain the healing medicine at the Immortal City Auction.
  • Luo Chen proposed that the Kang Family and the Luo Tian Association cooperate to sell Golden Jade Liquid, and Kang Xian Qiong agreed to discuss the arrangement.
  • Luo Chen went to Wang Yuan’s thatched hut and urged him to establish his foundation.

Ch. 250Blood Fiend Seizing Spirit, Wang Yuan Establishes His Foundation

Wang Yuan used the Blood Evil Spirit-Seizing Array to seize Huo Hu’s essence, foundation, and soul in an attempt to establish his foundation, while Luo Chen guarded him through the process. One month later, Wang Yuan’s aura rose from Danxia Peak, and Sima Hui Niang realized that the Luo Tian Association had gained a third Foundation Establishment cultivator.

  • Luo Chen questioned Wang Yuan about his preparations, and Wang Yuan said his array was perfected and his Divine Soul Foundation had strengthened through Spirit Communication Pills.
  • Wang Yuan chose Huo Hu as the target of his spirit-seizing process, and Luo Chen agreed to guard him as he attempted foundation establishment.
  • Wang Yuan activated the Blood Evil Spirit-Seizing Array, whose blood snakes drained Huo Hu’s essence, foundation, and soul before enclosing Wang Yuan in a cocoon.
  • Luo Chen stayed nearby for a month, watching over Wang Yuan while he waited for the process to finish.
  • Qu Lingjun and Mi Li refined pills at the Luo Tian Association’s Pill Hall, while Sima Hui Niang checked on their progress.
  • A powerful aura rose from Danxia Peak, and Sima Hui Niang recognized Wang Yuan’s breakthrough and announced that the association now had three Foundation Establishment cultivators.
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