Recaps

Wang Yuan reached Foundation Establishment, and the Luo Tian Association celebrated Duan Feng and Feng Xia’s wedding, showcasing its growing strength to neighboring forces. Afterward, the association gained new business opportunities and received a marriage proposal from the declining Scented Flower River Li Family, which wanted Qu Lingjun as its candidate.

• Wang Yuan emerged from seclusion after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, and Luo Chen returned Huo Hu’s Storage Bag to him as a congratulatory gift.
• Luo Chen arranged for the Luo Tian Association to host Duan Feng and Feng Xia’s wedding, where he healed Feng Xia’s throat and the cultivators celebrated together.
• The wedding displayed the Luo Tian Association’s strength to surrounding forces, and the association gained the Geng Family’s cooperation and better terms from suppliers.
• Sima Hui Niang told Luo Chen that the Scented Flower River Li Family sought a marriage alliance to secure a backer as its Old Ancestor neared death.
• Luo Chen agreed to consider the alliance after learning that the Li Family had proposed Qu Lingjun as the marriage candidate for Li Yingjun.

Luo Chen arranged to turn the Qinhua Li Family’s proposed marriage alliance to his advantage, then opened Wang Haichao’s Storage Bag and uncovered a vast fortune and a Foundation Establishment Pill. The pill gave him a chance to help the Luo Tian Association gain another Foundation Establishment Cultivator as he prepared for Sky Wave Immortal City’s grand auction.

• Luo Chen rejected the idea of refusing the Qinhua Li Family’s marriage proposal and ordered Sima Hui Niang to offer Sima Xian and Yuan Dongsheng as additional candidates alongside Qu Lingjun.
• Luo Chen opened Wang Haichao’s Storage Bag and found 160,000 Spirit Stones, including 300 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, along with Magic Tools, pills, materials, and cultivation manuals.
• Luo Chen found Wang Haichao’s cultivation insights for the Gazed Heaven Curtain and set aside the Bamboo Slip to study.
• Luo Chen discovered a Foundation Establishment Pill in a Jade Box and realized it could help the Luo Tian Association gain another Foundation Establishment True Cultivator.
• Luo Chen considered his increased wealth and reviewed Xuan Yunzi’s invitation as he prepared for the grand auction in Sky Wave Immortal City.

Luo Chen visited the Qinhua Li Family to arrange Yuan Dongsheng’s marriage to Li Yingjun and learn about the upcoming Immortal City Auction, including its risks and quotas. A month later, the Sky Wave Trade Fair opened, and Luo Chen disguised himself to search its stalls for bargains.

• Luo Chen and Li Jinhuang agreed to Yuan Dongsheng and Li Yingjun’s marriage, strengthening ties between the Luo Tian Association and the Qinhua Li Family.
• Li Jinhuang explained the auction’s dangers, the five-thousand-Spirit-Stone price for a Foundation Establishment Pill, and offered Luo Chen the Li Family’s quota.
• Li Jinhuang warned Li Yingjun that the conflict between the two Nascent Soul Sects would resume and ordered her to bring her brother into the Luo Tian Association if he achieved Foundation Establishment.
• One month later, the Immortal City opened its nine-day trade fair, and the Luo Tian Association rented three stalls to sell pills, Magic Tools, and snacks.
• Luo Chen disguised himself and browsed the trade fair, hoping to find bargains among the goods brought by cultivators from across Southern Heaven and the Five Lakes.

Luo Chen bought Profound Dark Water for Duan Feng and acquired three damaged Magic Treasures at the free trade fair. Back in his cave dwelling, the Bronze Mirror reacted to his Rotten Ke Go Piece and enveloped him in seven-colored light, leaving him unresponsive as a figure appeared inside the mirror.

• Luo Chen bargained for three drops of Profound Dark Water and bought them for seven thousand five hundred Spirit Stones to give to Duan Feng.
• Luo Chen examined a stall’s damaged Magic Treasures, bought the compass, Soul Gathering Banner, and Bronze Mirror for sixty thousand Spirit Stones, and left the marketplace.
• Luo Chen tested the compass and Soul Gathering Banner in his cave dwelling, then gave Bai Meiling the banner to study.
• Luo Chen connected the Bronze Mirror’s glow with his Rotten Ke Go Piece, and their lights merged before enveloping him.
• Bai Meiling found Luo Chen unresponsive and saw a familiar figure opening its eyes inside the Bronze Mirror.

After losing Gu Cai Yi and seeing the Luo Tian Sect destroyed, Luo Chen survived as the feared Blood Demon and returned to Sky Wave Immortal City to attempt Core Formation. The chapter ended with him drawing on his secret techniques and vast spiritual energy to charge into the Golden Core Stage.

• Luo Chen discovered the damaged Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror was nearly useless and regretted spending thirty thousand Spirit Stones on it.
• Luo Chen's Foundation Establishment attempts for Min Longyu failed, while Sima Hui Niang, Gu Cai Yi, Murong Qinglian, and Zhou Yuanli later succeeded with his support.
• The war between the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect and Fallen Cloud Sect devastated the Luo Tian Association, and Wang Yuan died after offending a Golden Core Immortal.
• At age two hundred, Luo Chen married Gu Cai Yi after years of relentless cultivation, then resumed his pursuit of the Great Dao after she died twenty years later.
• Luo Chen formed the Luo Tian Sect and allied with other groups to attack the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, but a Nascent Soul True Cultivator suppressed the forces and the Luo Tian Sect was wiped out.
• At age three hundred and thirty, Luo Chen returned to Sky Wave Immortal City at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and began his attempt to form a Golden Core.

After using the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror, Luo Chen slept for seven days and woke with his body and divine soul exhausted. He learned how the mirror simulated his possible future and, with the auction one day away, began recovering in time to take part.

• At the Ice Wave Palace, Sima Hui Niang received Luo Chen’s instructions and one hundred thousand Spirit Stones from Duan Feng, who said Luo Chen needed to recuperate.
• Duan Feng reassured Min Longyu that Luo Chen had already secured a Foundation Establishment Pill slot for him.
• Luo Chen awoke after a three-hundred-year simulated life in the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror and reflected on how his choices had led to failure and near-loss of his Dao Heart.
• Luo Chen realized the simulation had overtaxed his body and divine soul, so he took a Spirit Communication Pill and ate a spirit-food feast.
• Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen that he had slept seven days and that Duan Feng and Wang Yuan had come to visit.
• Luo Chen learned that only one day remained before the auction and said there was still time.

Despite his weakened condition, Luo Chen attended the third day of Sky Wave Immortal City's auction, where Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators competed for rare resources. He rewarded Sima Hui Niang with a Foundation Establishment Pill, learned more about the auction crowd and Wang Yuan’s cultivation, and prepared to bid as the Heartless Immortal presented Warm Sun Gentle Fragrance.

• Luo Chen told Wang Yuan he would attend the auction despite his frail condition, warned him against demonic cultivation, and offered to bid on a Tier 2 Body Tempering Cultivation Method for him.
• At Ice Wave Palace, Luo Chen saw Li Yixian and Nangong Jin with the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance, then met Sima Hui Niang, Duan Feng, and Kang Xian Qiong.
• Sima Hui Niang reported the Luo Tian Association’s purchases and Dharma Robe order, and Luo Chen gave her the Foundation Establishment Pill they had won.
• Duan Feng said at least two hundred Foundation Establishment True Cultivators had attended the auction, while Sima Hui Niang described a cultivator killed by Sky Wave Immortal City’s aerial prohibition.
• The Heartless Immortal began hosting the third day’s auction, and Luo Chen recognized Warm Sun Gentle Fragrance as the resource he wanted to bid on.

Luo Chen competed for several auction items, securing Warm Sun Gentle Fragrance, materials for Duan Feng, Wang Yuan’s cultivation method, and an Ice Silkworm Futon while withdrawing from costly bids for other treasures. The auction then introduced Harmony Qi Pills, which Luo Chen was determined to obtain.

• Luo Chen won Warm Sun Gentle Fragrance for 7,500 Spirit Stones to help restore his depleted soul.
• Luo Chen bought Tier 3 ore for Duan Feng and outbid Lu Rong for the Qi Body Source Unification cultivation method, which he let Wang Yuan study.
• Luo Chen withdrew from bidding on a Second-Order Spirit Gathering Array after Zheng Kejian won it for 28,000 Spirit Stones, then secured an Ice Silkworm Futon for 9,000.
• Luo Chen competed for an unrefined Sword Pellet but withdrew when the price reached 30,000 Spirit Stones, allowing the Shaohua Mountain Yue Family to win it.
• Heartless Immortal announced one hundred bottles of Mid-Grade Harmony Qi Pills for auction, and Luo Chen resolved to buy as many as he could.

Luo Chen bought Mid-Grade Harmony Qi Pills and secured Kang Xian Qiong’s Tier 3 healing medicine at the auction, then watched Xuan Yu win the Core Formation Spirit Medicine. After settling his purchases, Luo Chen attended Ice Fortress’s post-auction banquet and found Chu Kui drinking alone.

• Luo Chen spent nearly forty thousand Spirit Stones on thirty bottles of Mid-Grade Harmony Qi Pills, then won Kang Xian Qiong’s Tier 3 healing medicine for five thousand more Spirit Stones than he had expected.
• Luo Chen watched Golden Core cultivators purchase powerful Magic Treasures and saw Xuan Yu win the Transformation Dragon Pill and Ice Phoenix Pellet, which could raise the chance of Core Formation by ten percent.
• Luo Chen settled his auction purchases with Shi Boying, inspected the items, and accepted her invitation to Ice Fortress’s post-auction banquet.
• Luo Chen attended the banquet alone after Wang Yuan, Duan Feng, Sima Hui Niang, and Kang Xian Qiong each left or declined to join him.
• Luo Chen found Chu Kui drinking alone and asked why he was drowning his sorrows; Chu Kui replied that Luo Chen already knew the reason.

At the auction banquet, Luo Chen learned more about the limits facing independent cultivators and grew suspicious that Xuan Yunzi had seen the All Wonders Pill Recipe. He was summoned by Heartless Immortal, who offered resources in exchange for a decade of Jade Dew Pill production, and left with a Tier 2 High-Grade Cave Mansion reserved for him.

• Chu Kui explained that even talented cultivators such as Xuan Yu struggled to obtain Core Formation resources within great sects, and Luo Chen considered the plight of independent cultivators.
• Xuan Yunzi questioned Luo Chen about the All Wonders Pill, and Luo Chen realized Xuan Yunzi knew its recipe’s North Sea Jade Scallops ingredient, suggesting he might be possessed by someone connected to the Medicine King Sect disciple.
• Tao Yisheng introduced Luo Chen to his elder sister Tao Wan, who questioned Luo Chen about his relationship with Xuan Yunzi, while Tao Yisheng objected to her attitude.
• Shi Boying escorted Luo Chen to meet Heartless Immortal, who gave him pill-refining insights and Ice God Jade in exchange for at least one thousand Jade Dew Pills annually for ten years.
• Luo Chen secured a Top-Grade Pill Cauldron and Second-Order Earth Fire, then learned from Shi Lan that his Tier 2 High-Grade Cave Mansion had been reserved.

Luo Chen tested Min Longyu’s resolve to establish his foundation by pretending to destroy the Foundation Establishment Pill and using the Soul Capturing Art to confront him with his past hesitations. Min Longyu shattered the pill rather than yield, reclaimed his determination, and received the real pill and an offer to use Luo Chen’s cave estate for his breakthrough.

• Luo Chen tended to his depleted primordial qi with Warm Sun Gentle Fragrance, then met Min Longyu outside his cave estate the next morning.
• Luo Chen questioned Min Longyu’s resolve and pretended to crush the Foundation Establishment Pill while his Soul Capturing Art drew Min Longyu into memories of opportunities he had abandoned.
• Min Longyu recalled his family’s hopes, his years of hesitation, and his return to Danxia Peak, then chose to strike and shattered the pill rather than give up on establishing his foundation.
• Luo Chen revealed that the shattered pill was a test and gave Min Longyu the real Foundation Establishment Pill, telling him to repay Sima Hui Niang five thousand Spirit Stones after establishing his foundation.
• Luo Chen offered Min Longyu the remaining two months of his cave estate lease so he could prepare for his breakthrough.

Luo Chen moved into a Tier 2 High-Grade Cave Mansion at Sky Wave Peak after Min Longyu entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment. He inspected his new pill-refining facilities, including the Ice Emperor Cauldron, and prepared to begin refining pills there.

• Min Longyu entered his sealed cave mansion to attempt Foundation Establishment, while Luo Chen wished him success.
• Luo Chen flew with Qu Lingjun, Mi Li, Qiu Ying, and Ma Shoupou to the new cave mansion, where Ling Yuzhi left after failing to pay the required rent.
• Shi Lan handed Luo Chen the cave mansion token and confirmed that the Second-Order Earth Fire and Ice Emperor Cauldron were ready.
• Luo Chen taught Qu Lingjun that courtesy and personal strength both mattered in the Cultivation World, then had his companions clean and furnish the cave mansion.
• Luo Chen entered the Pill Room and admired the Ice Emperor Cauldron, which could refine ten batches at once and enhance pill patterns.

Luo Chen settled into his newly furnished cave abode, tested the Ice Emperor Cauldron and Second-Order Earth Fire, and taught his four pill refiners while helping them take Spirit Communication Pills. After overseeing their dream trials, he began cultivating in his upgraded environment to see how quickly he could advance.

• Luo Chen warmed and tested the Ice Emperor Cauldron with Second-Order Earth Fire, then emerged to find his cave abode newly furnished by his companions.
• Luo Chen answered Qu Lingjun, Mi Li, Qiu Ying, and Ma Shoupou's pill-refining questions before demonstrating how to refine Spirit Communication Pills with the new cauldron.
• Luo Chen found the pills had improved in quality and gave them to the four refiners, who took them under his supervision and experienced their first Netherworld Dreamwalking trials.
• Luo Chen explained to Bai Mei Ling that he was cultivating the four refiners so they could eventually take over some of his pill-making work.
• After the four awakened from their dreams, Luo Chen entered his quiet chamber and began cultivating at Foundation Establishment Third Layer.

Luo Chen tested his improved cultivation conditions and discovered that his speed had increased more than twofold from before and fivefold compared with his early Foundation Establishment days. After organizing the Luo Tian Association’s pill supply and delegating its affairs, he planned a strict daily routine for cultivation, reading, martial arts practice, and pill refining.

• Luo Chen tested his cultivation limits with a Mid-Grade Harmony Qi Pill and confirmed that his Divine Soul Foundation had reached the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment level.
• Luo Chen concluded that his cultivation speed had increased fivefold compared with when he first entered Foundation Establishment, and considered further gains from stronger pills, a better divine soul, and a refined physique.
• Luo Chen instructed Qu Lingjun to summon Yuan Dongsheng to assess the Spirit Farmland and gave Qu Lingjun Sound Transmission Jade Pendants for himself and Sima Hui Niang.
• Luo Chen arranged for the Luo Tian Association to collect Jade Marrow Pills every six months and directed his disciples to refine pills independently while he handled ingredient processing and guidance.
• Luo Chen planned a daily schedule of reading, practicing Protective Dao Arts, refining pills, and cultivating.

After reaching the Body Refinement Second Realm, Luo Chen tested his new strength and discussed a famous duel between direct disciples with Chu Kui. Their conversation was interrupted by the appearance of two new Foundation Establishment auras below the mountain, leaving Luo Chen surprised by who might be breaking through.

• Luo Chen reached the Body Refinement Second Realm and tested his blood qi, aerial movement, and combat strength, then decided to focus on mastering his existing methods.
• Chu Kui visited Luo Chen, discussed his paid work in Sky Wave Immortal City, and praised Luo Chen’s solid body-refinement foundation.
• Chu Kui told Luo Chen how Han Zheng used a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Puppet to defeat Meng Ziqi, and explained the Fallen Cloud Sect’s Spirit Evolution Art.
• Luo Chen and Chu Kui sensed a cultivator below the mountain nearing Foundation Establishment, and Luo Chen prepared to leave before their conversation could continue.
• Luo Chen and Chu Kui sensed a second new Foundation Establishment aura rising, leaving Luo Chen dumbfounded.

Luo Chen welcomed Min Longyu after his successful Foundation Establishment and gave him a damaged formation disk that Min Longyu identified as a powerful repairable treasure. After learning that his lifespan had reached 190 years and his cultivation had advanced, Luo Chen noticed a new entry forming in his realm details.

• Chu Kui asked Luo Chen to introduce him to Min Longyu, and Luo Chen agreed while they waited for Min Longyu to finish his breakthrough.
• Nangong Jin told Luo Chen that the Connecting Cloud Commerce Alliance had been reduced to seven Foundation Establishment cultivators and was struggling to maintain its businesses.
• Min Longyu emerged successfully, thanked Luo Chen, and joined Luo Chen and Chu Kui for a night of conversation and wine.
• Luo Chen gave Min Longyu a damaged formation disk, and Min Longyu found its core intact and said it could regain much of its power if repaired.
• Luo Chen cultivated, saw that his lifespan limit had risen to 190 years, and noticed a new entry forming in his realm details.

Luo Chen practiced the Turtle Spirit Armor spell for five months before attending Min Longyu’s Foundation Establishment ceremony, where he discovered that Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian were arguing over who should use their Foundation Establishment Pill. Qin Liangchen confessed that he feared leaving his wife and son if he died attempting Foundation Establishment, and Luo Chen agreed to lie to Murong Qinglian that Qin could try later with a more suitable elixir.

• Luo Chen examined his Body Refinement progress entry and decided to focus on practicing the Turtle Spirit Armor spell.
• Luo Chen practiced the Turtle Breath section for five months as his cultivation continued.
• Luo Chen accompanied Min Longyu to Danxia Peak, where Min shared his Foundation Establishment insights with the Luo Tian Association’s cultivators.
• Luo Chen spoke privately with Qin Liangchen, who explained that he avoided attempting Foundation Establishment because he feared dying and leaving his family behind.
• Luo Chen agreed to tell Murong Qinglian that Qin Liangchen would attempt Foundation Establishment later with elixirs suited to his constitution.

On the way back to Sky Wave Peak, Wang Yuan explained the stages of Body Tempering to Luo Chen, while Murong Qinglian warned that the Luo Tian Association’s rapid growth and generous benefits were placing too much financial pressure on Luo Chen. After Gu Cai Yi collected the Jade Marrow Pills and raised concerns about the association’s compensation, Luo Chen asked whether she had used up the Jade Dew Pills he had given her.

• Wang Yuan explained the Blood River Realm’s nine stages and shared a copy of Sky Peng Transformation with Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen let Murong Qinglian use Min Longyu’s vacant Second-Order Low-Grade Cave Mansion as she attempted Foundation Establishment.
• Murong Qinglian urged Luo Chen to share cave mansion rentals and warned that the association could not afford to support several Foundation Establishment cultivators without relying excessively on his pillmaking.
• Gu Cai Yi collected twenty thousand Jade Marrow Pills and told Luo Chen that the association’s generous treatment and dependence on his pill profits were unsustainable.
• Luo Chen cautioned Gu Cai Yi against taking responsibility for compensation decisions, then asked whether she had used up the Jade Dew Pills he had given her.

Luo Chen helped Sima Hui Niang restructure the Luo Tian Association and refined Top-grade Netherworld Pills that strengthened his Divine Soul Foundation. After deciding to sell his surplus Spirit Communication Pills discreetly, he thought of someone who could help.

• Luo Chen gave Gu Cai Yi six Jade Dew Pills, and she left happily as he reflected on their complicated friendship.
• Sima Hui Niang announced a leased Second-Order Mid-Grade Cave Mansion and overhauled the Luo Tian Association’s merit and salary system.
• Sima Hui Niang authorized Xu Xiaoliu to recruit independent cultivators into the Outer Sect to expand the association’s manpower.
• Luo Chen refined three Top-grade Netherworld Pills and found that one stabilized and strengthened his Divine Soul Foundation.
• Luo Chen considered how to sell his surplus Spirit Communication Pills without attracting attention, then thought of someone who could handle it.

Luo Chen discussed selling pills and protecting the Scented Flower River Li Family with Li Jinhuang, then inspected the Luo Tian Association’s operations and praised Sima Hui Niang’s management. On his way back, he recognized a besieged Foundation Establishment cultivator as the Scarface Cultivator, who called for his help after killing his attackers.

• Li Jinhuang offered to secretly handle the sale of Luo Chen’s pills in exchange for Luo Chen protecting the Qinhua Li Family and providing positions for its prospective heirs.
• Luo Chen caught a late-stage Tier 1 Azure Scale Dragon Fish and gave it to Yuan Dongsheng, then inspected Danxia Peak’s Spirit Farmland and promised Yuan he could lead the Medicine Hall after reaching the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Luo Chen visited the Luo Tian Association’s halls and marketplace, then praised Sima Hui Niang after learning the members had accepted the Merit Policy.
• Luo Chen left Danxia Peak to return to Sky Wave Immortal City and spotted a Foundation Establishment cultivator fighting three Qi Refining cultivators and their flying eagles.
• The Scarface Cultivator killed the attackers with a Magic Treasure strike that drained his spiritual power, and he called out to Luo Chen to save him.

Luo Chen rescued Xing Zonghan, accepted Ghost Mystery Records and a Yang Avoidance Pearl as compensation, and gave the pearl to Bai Mei Ling. He then rushed to help Murong Qinglian after her Foundation Establishment attempt failed, but could not determine what had caused it.

• Xing Zonghan identified Luo Chen by his Langqi Flying Boat and explained that the Eagle Family had exterminated his clan and seized Heavenly Saber Peak.
• Xing Zonghan gave Luo Chen his Storage Bag as compensation, and Luo Chen took a Spirit Stone, Ghost Mystery Records, and a Yang Avoidance Pearl.
• Luo Chen gave the Yang Avoidance Pearl to Bai Mei Ling so she could walk beneath the sun without a Ghost Domain.
• Luo Chen learned that Xing Zonghan had gained his wealth by joining Azure Pill Valley's war against the Flame Alliance, then put away Ghost Mystery Records to study it before passing it to Xiao Ling.
• Qin Liangchen brought Luo Chen to Murong Qinglian after her Foundation Establishment attempt failed, and Luo Chen began healing her while investigating the cause.

After Murong Qinglian survived a failed Foundation Establishment attempt, Luo Chen reflected on the slim odds of breakthroughs and the Luo Tian Association’s growth. Six months later, he reviewed his advances and resolved to find higher-grade cultivation pills before a message drew him away from Sky Wave Peak.

• Luo Chen spoke with Nangong Jin about Foundation Establishment failure and learned that Murong Qinglian could try again after recovering.
• Qin Liangchen stayed with the injured Murong Qinglian, while Luo Chen returned to his cave mansion and considered the costs of repeated breakthrough attempts.
• Peach Mountain bought all of Mi Li’s monthly All Wonders Pills, and Duan Feng and Min Longyu forged a High-Grade Magic Tool together.
• Six months later, Luo Chen reviewed his Attribute Panel and found that his cultivation, spells, and pill arts had advanced, including Qingyuan Wonderful Pill Method’s ability to remove Pill Poison.
• Luo Chen decided to seek Mid-Grade or High-Grade Harmony Qi Pills or Rising Dragon Pills, then left Sky Wave Peak after receiving a Sound Transmission Thousand Paper Crane.

Luo Chen met Li Jinhuang in a Water Mansion and learned that Li had been injured selling Spirit Communication Pills in the Flowing Sand Wasteland, though he returned a large profit. Back in Sky Wave Immortal City, Luo Chen weighed the cost of his cultivation and business plans, bought supplies, and resumed cultivating toward Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment.

• Li Yingzhang explained that his Nine Twists and Turns Physique let him cultivate the Foundation Establishment secret art Ninefold Return to Origin, which could raise his chances of Foundation Establishment.
• Luo Chen found Li Jinhuang injured after Robber Cultivators attacked him in the Flowing Sand Wasteland, where he had sold Luo Chen's renamed Phantom Dream Spirit Pills.
• Li Jinhuang gave Luo Chen the profits from the pill sales and asked him to look after the Li Family's younger generation; he also suggested seeking high-grade pills through auctions, black markets, or great sect disciples.
• Luo Chen returned to Sky Wave Immortal City, bought Low-Grade Rising Dragon Pills and other supplies, and calculated that his expenses left him with about 200,000 Spirit Stones.
• Luo Chen considered raising the grade of the Jade Dew Pills he supplied to Ice Fortress but decided not to rush, then gave Bai Mei Ling a Hundred Yin Dharma Robe and took a Rising Dragon Pill to cultivate.

After a year of secluded cultivation, Luo Chen advanced to Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer and met Wang Yuan at a Sword Pavilion training ground to test their combat abilities. Luo Chen unleashed his new Mountain Collapse spell, leaving Wang Yuan battered but largely unharmed.

• Luo Chen advanced to Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer after cultivating in his Tier 2 High-Grade Cave Mansion, while Bai Mei Ling reached the Late Ghost Soldier Stage.
• Luo Chen left his cave mansion, rented a training ground at the Sword Pavilion, and discovered that Chu Kui charged ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for sparring sessions.
• Luo Chen and Wang Yuan exchanged attacks to test their techniques, with Luo Chen using his Sword Pellet, Repeating Seal, Entangling Spell, and Flying Firefly while Wang Yuan fought with blood and qi and his saber.
• Luo Chen demonstrated his Blazing Sun Spell, Wave Technique, and Earth Peak Technique, and Wang Yuan countered or evaded them.
• Luo Chen cast Mountain Collapse, combining devastating waves, a blazing sun, and a falling mountain; Wang Yuan used Giant Spirit Transformation to withstand the attack and asked what spell Luo Chen had used.

Luo Chen demonstrated his increasingly refined Mountain Collapse spell to Wang Yuan, then learned that Sima Hui Niang was preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment. He arranged for her seclusion and left her confident that she would succeed and continue walking the same path as him.

• Luo Chen used Mountain Collapse to defeat Wang Yuan in a spar, revealing that he had used only thirty percent of his strength.
• Luo Chen and Wang Yuan shared a costly meal, and Wang Yuan warned him that Sima Hui Niang was nearing Qi Refining Great Perfection and would soon attempt Foundation Establishment.
• A month later, Luo Chen visited Sima Hui Niang in a cave mansion before she entered seclusion and asked whether she feared failure.
• Sima Hui Niang explained that leading the Luo Tian Association had made her feel she was advancing toward success, and she believed Foundation Establishment would come naturally.
• Luo Chen wished Sima Hui Niang well and said they would address each other as fellow Daoists when she emerged; she sealed the cave and declared that she would walk the same path as him.