Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen and his companions traveled to Great Snow Mountain to obtain the Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit for refining the Nether Origin Pill. After entering the dangerous mountain range and encountering a flock of Barred Snowy Owls, Luo Chen sensed another threat nearby as the group prepared to force its way through.

• Luo Chen criticized the preparation of He Lianyun’s ingredients while secretly hoping to keep the surplus for his study of a simplified Nether Origin Pill recipe.
• Fu Jiusheng explained that pill ingredients were prepared according to each Pill Refiner’s skills and habits, then revealed the group’s destination was Great Snow Mountain.
• Fu Jiusheng told the group that the Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit grew in the Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where a Tier 3 Seven-Ringed Snow Serpent ruled a colony, and proposed using an illusion formation to give Luo Chen time to refine pills.
• Luo Chen joined Fu Jiusheng, He Lianyun, Madam You Sha, and Xiao Sanren as they traveled cautiously through Great Snow Mountain, discussing its spirit lands and the dangers surrounding them.
• Xiao Sanren spotted a flock of Barred Snowy Owls blocking their route, and Fu Jiusheng decided they would force their way through rather than risk a detour past an Icefield Wolf pack.
• Luo Chen sensed that enemies beyond the Barred Snowy Owls were nearby but stayed silent as the others drew their weapons.

Luo Chen and the others fought through demon beasts on their journey across Great Snow Mountain, revealing their different abilities and the tensions within their group. After two arduous months, they reached Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where Fu Jiusheng led them toward the valley’s outskirts.

• Fu Jiusheng, Madam You Sha, and He Lianyun slaughtered a flock of Barred Snowy Owls while Luo Chen watched, and Madam You Sha killed the Tier 2 Snowy Owl King with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• An Earth-Drilling Ground Dragon attacked the group, but Xiao Sanren disrupted it with his flute, Fu Jiusheng blocked its escape, He Lianyun pierced it with a Soul Severing Nail, and the others helped Madam You Sha finish it.
• Xiao Sanren brought up Luo Chen’s past victories, prompting the others to scrutinize him; Luo Chen avoided answering and resolved to show no mercy if anyone targeted him.
• The party encountered repeated dangers along Fu Jiusheng’s supposedly safe route, including a Third-Order Ice Prism Mad Lion that forced them to detour, and reached their destination after two months.
• At Ten Thousand Serpent Valley, Fu Jiusheng explained that the Seven-Ringed Snow Serpents lived in tunnels beneath the valley, then led the others toward its outskirts.

Luo Chen and four rogue cultivators infiltrated Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, killed the three Six-Ringed Snow Pythons guarding a ripe Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit, and Luo Chen began refining Nether Origin Pills. After five days, he emerged with four finished pills as signs of danger stirred across Great Snow Mountain.

• Fu Jiusheng led Luo Chen, Madam You Sha, He Lianyun, and Xiao Sanren through a hidden passage into Ten Thousand Serpent Cave, where they reached the guarded fruit grotto.
• Fu Jiusheng used a Tier 3 Soundproofing Talisman and formation to conceal the attack, while Luo Chen protected the spirit fruit and the others fought the three Six-Ringed Snow Pythons.
• He Lianyun killed one serpent with three black nails, Xiao Sanren subdued another with his flute, and Madam You Sha finished the last with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• The group found the ripe Nine-Striped Snake Saliva Fruit, and Luo Chen set up a warning array before beginning to refine Nether Origin Pills in the Shangshu Cauldron.
• As the others waited, they learned that snow serpents were fleeing toward the mountain's outskirts and feared an unknown disturbance in Great Snow Mountain.
• On the fifth day, Luo Chen emerged from the mist with four finished Nether Origin Pills, whose deep-blue lightning confirmed their unusual power.

Luo Chen refused to surrender extra Nether Origin Pills and other treasures, then used Bai Mei Ling’s black mist to ambush the cultivators who tried to rob him. He killed Xiao Sanren, leaving Madam You Sha and He Lianyun facing him in the cavern.

• Luo Chen gave the four Nether Origin Pills to Fu Jiusheng, Madam You Sha, Xiao Sanren, and He Lianyun, then denied Madam You Sha’s accusation that he had hidden more.
• Fu Jiusheng gathered his array equipment and left, but Xiao Sanren and He Lianyun joined Madam You Sha in demanding Luo Chen’s pills, Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water, and Core Formation Secret Techniques.
• Luo Chen rejected their demands and revealed the Profound Flame Sword as Bai Mei Ling filled the cavern with black mist from the Soul Nourishing Banner.
• Luo Chen charged Xiao Sanren through the mist, overcame his soul attacks with the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece, and tore out his heart before beheading him with the Profound Flame Sword.
• He Lianyun dispelled part of the black mist, and Luo Chen faced him and Madam You Sha while holding Xiao Sanren’s heart before burning it to ash.

Luo Chen defeated Madam You Sha and destroyed Ming Sha’s soul after stopping his attempted possession, then pursued the fleeing He Lianyun through the collapsing cavern. He Lianyun used spells and a hidden array to escape, but Luo Chen broke through the obstacle and continued the chase.

• Madam You Sha and He Lianyun attacked Luo Chen, but the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece blocked the Soul Severing Nail and Ming Sha’s attempt to possess him.
• Luo Chen’s soul devoured Ming Sha, and he overcame Madam You Sha’s blood rain with Blazing Fire Miasma.
• Madam You Sha detonated the Amber Vermilion Silk as Luo Chen beheaded her, collapsing the cavern while He Lianyun fled.
• Luo Chen survived the cave-in, caught up to He Lianyun, and struck at him with the Innate One Qi Great Handprint, but He Lianyun used the blow to speed his escape.
• He Lianyun set off a Black Swamp Array to slow Luo Chen, who avoided the trap by carving through the mountainside and resumed the pursuit.

He Lianyun confronted Luo Chen with several powerful treasures and a Ten Thousand Swords Talisman, but Luo Chen survived by revealing his Heavenly Peng True Body and killed him. Their battle triggered an avalanche and exposed the Seven-Ringed Snow Python King, which Luo Chen struck with Mountain Collapse before it pursued him in fury.

• He Lianyun took a pill to boost his strength, prepared the Golden Brick, Ze Country Gui Diagram, Soul Breaking Three Nails, and a talisman, then waited for Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen pursued He Lianyun, learned that he had stolen Nangong Jin's Ze Country Gui Diagram, and fought through He Lianyun's layered traps and defenses.
• He Lianyun unleashed the Ten Thousand Swords Talisman, but Luo Chen survived by transforming into his Heavenly Peng True Body and crushed He Lianyun while taking the Ze Country Gui Diagram and nails.
• The battle triggered an avalanche that revealed the Seven-Ringed Snow Python King and its serpents, and Luo Chen recognized that the king was close to advancing.
• Luo Chen cast Mountain Collapse, shattering the mountain and destroying the Python King's developing eighth ring, while the enraged serpent king pursued him.

Luo Chen fled the Great Snow Mountain while pursued by serpent demons, then witnessed Cang Long Immortal beginning her Nascent Soul Tribulation at the Moonlight Ice Fortress. As a powerful voice challenged the White Bone Mysterious Snake, an aged voice warned that spectators could come no closer.

• Fu Jiusheng emerged from his formation, denied plotting against Luo Chen, and gave him a map of the Great Snow Mountain before escaping underground.
• Luo Chen studied the map and chose among several routes out, but the Seven-Ringed Snow Serpent caught up and attacked him, while a hidden golden snake struck him once before withdrawing.
• Luo Chen fled for days as serpent demons pursued him, exhausting his Blazing Fire Miasma and nearing the collapse of his Blazing Cloud Wings.
• A stray arc of Tribulation Lightning struck Luo Chen, but the spine within him swallowed it and restored his control.
• Luo Chen spotted the Moonlight Ice Fortress and realized Cang Long Immortal was undergoing her Nascent Soul Tribulation.
• A powerful voice challenged the White Bone Mysterious Snake, and an aged voice warned that spectators could approach no farther.

Luo Chen escaped Great Snow Mountain during Cang Long Immortal’s Nascent Soul tribulation, then recovered in the Ancient Origin Mountain Range and discovered that his Wither Bloom Fire could absorb vitality from living creatures. As he traveled toward Yuan Magnetic Valley to bury Mi Shuhua’s puppet near the remains of the Mi Family, he spotted someone unexpected.

• Han Zhan fought the White Bone Mysterious Snake while a sword formation and demon beasts threatened Cang Long Immortal’s breakthrough, forcing Luo Chen to flee Great Snow Mountain.
• After evading a Tier 3 Verdant Eagle, Luo Chen hid in a cave and spent a month recovering with Bai Mei Ling’s help.
• Luo Chen burned several low-rank demon beasts with his Source True Fire and discovered that it absorbed their vitality, strengthening the flame and speeding his recovery.
• Luo Chen left the Ancient Origin Mountain Range’s depths and traveled toward Severing Cloud Mountain to find Yuan Magnetic Valley and bury Mi Shuhua’s puppet near his clansmen.
• As Luo Chen prepared to enter Yuan Magnetic Valley, he saw a figure and wondered what that person was doing there.

Luo Chen found Miao Wen in Yuan Magnetic Valley, where Ghost King Yin Qi had tormented him for forty years, and used the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror to restore his clarity. After Miao Wen helped Bai Mei Ling absorb the Yin Qi, he asked to watch the sunrise before dying, and Luo Chen scattered his ashes over the Lancang River.

• Luo Chen recognized Miao Wen in Yuan Magnetic Valley and discovered that a Tier 3 Ghost King's Yin Qi had possessed him.
• Luo Chen used the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror to awaken Miao Wen, whose memories revealed his difficult path through the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect and his survival of Great River Market's destruction.
• Miao Wen learned that Pang Renxiong had become a Tier 3 Ghost King and agreed to help Luo Chen extract the Ghost King's Origin Yin Qi for Bai Mei Ling.
• Luo Chen and Miao Wen worked together through the night to extract the Yin Qi, which Bai Mei Ling absorbed before returning to the Soul Nourishing Banner.
• Miao Wen asked to see the sunrise after Luo Chen admitted he intended to kill him, and he died peacefully as dawn broke.
• Luo Chen burned Miao Wen's body, gathered his ashes, and scattered them over the Lancang River.

Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak with Miao Wen’s treasures and learned that twenty-seven sects planned to invade Howling Moon Mountain Range. He prepared the Luo Tian Association to seize an opportunity in Flowing Light Market and asked Sima Hui Niang to gather the resources he needed to form his core.

• Luo Chen examined Miao Wen’s inheritance, including a Seven-Star Sky Lantern Fruit, the Sky Moon Purple Gold Wheel, and a Jade Slip containing Calming the Waves.
• Luo Chen saw Sword Sect disciples carry a living Second-Order Demon Beast into the expanding Ghost Domain near Great River Market, then hurried back to Danxia Peak.
• Xing Zonghan reported that nine Nascent Soul Upper Sects and eighteen Golden Core Great Sects would join the Campaign Against Howling Moon, and Luo Chen ordered intelligence gathering on Ice Fortress and nearby markets.
• Luo Chen proposed taking Flowing Light Market under the pretext of Duan Feng avenging his father; he returned the Ze Country Gui Diagram to Duan Feng and assigned him to lead the attack on the Bai Family.
• Luo Chen told Sima Hui Niang he was preparing to form his core and asked her to obtain healing medicines, breakthrough resources, a Natal Magic Treasure design, lifesaving pills, and live demonic beasts.

After more than twenty years of seclusion and preparation, Luo Chen reached the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer and felt increasingly ready to attempt Core Formation, while learning that the Ice Fortress had suffered grave losses. He caught up on the Luo Tian Association’s affairs and hurried to meet Chu Kui after hearing that the Hall Master had been seeking him.

• Luo Chen recovered from his injuries by refining demon-beast vitality with the Wither Bloom Fire, and the Ageless Evergreen Scripture reached Great Perfection, greatly improving his recovery and spiritual-energy replenishment.
• Luo Chen spent years refining pills and cultivating in seclusion, exhausting much of the Luo Tian Association’s resources before advancing to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer.
• Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen that four Golden Core Cultivators of the Ice Fortress had died and that there was no report confirming Canglong had survived her tribulation.
• Bai Mei Ling reported that the Luo Tian Association and its allies had captured Flowing Light Market, Feng Xia had recovered from her injuries, and Qu Lingjun had joined the battle to gain experience.
• Bai Mei Ling told Luo Chen that Chu Kui had been asking to see him, so Luo Chen immediately set out for Chu Kui’s cave residence.

Luo Chen learned that Chu Kui had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection but could advance the Locked Pearl Curtain secret technique only to thirty-six Spirit Pearls, forcing him to attempt Core Formation before the pearls destabilized his Qi Sea. Luo Chen secured him access to a Third-Order Cave Mansion in Sky Wave Immortal City, where Chu Kui began preparing to form his Golden Core.

• Luo Chen congratulated Chu Kui on reaching Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, and Chu Kui explained that decades of resources and cultivation had brought him there.
• Chu Kui shared his notes on the Locked Pearl Curtain, describing the pain of dividing the divine soul, the need for a powerful Divine Soul Foundation, and the danger of Spirit Pearls causing an imbalance in the Qi Sea.
• Chu Kui told Luo Chen he had to attempt Core Formation soon and needed a Third-Order Spirit Land, since his prior arrangements had fallen through.
• Luo Chen offered Chu Kui access to Rank Three Cave Mansion A in Sky Wave Immortal City, which he had rented for twenty years, and agreed to defer most of Chu Kui's payment in exchange for future service to the Luo Tian Association.
• Half a month later, Luo Chen accompanied Chu Kui into the cave mansion, where Chu Kui prepared to begin Core Formation and saw Luo Chen off as its gates closed.

Luo Chen began cultivating Calming the Waves with the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece as his anchor, then continued his seclusion as Jade Cauldron Domain grew tense ahead of war. Three years later, Wind Moon Fairy confronted Gu Cai Yi at Danxia Hall over Jade Dew Pills, but Vast Righteousness Child intervened and revealed that a Luo Tian Association cultivator was attempting Core Formation.

• Luo Chen chose the Rotten Ke Black Chess Piece as the object to anchor his will while practicing Calming the Waves, and he began to grasp how the technique related to Core Formation and the Sword Pellet.
• Over three years, Luo Chen cultivated in seclusion while cultivators gathered in Jade Cauldron Domain for the approaching Jade Emperor Sword Tournament, and Danxia Hall prospered under the Luo Tian Association.
• Wind Moon Fairy visited Danxia Hall and used Gu Cai Yi’s reaction to confirm that she had taken Jade Dew Pills, then pressed her to provide two.
• Wind Moon Fairy threatened Gu Cai Yi when she refused to hand over the pills without Luo Chen’s approval, but Vast Righteousness Child arrived and dispelled her Spiritual Pressure.
• Vast Righteousness Child and Wind Moon Fairy sensed signs of Core Formation over Sky Wave Peak, and he invited her to visit the Luo Tian Association cultivator who was preparing to form a core.

Luo Chen watched Chu Kui fail to form a Golden Core because foreign mana from an ancient Golden Core had corrupted his cultivation, then saved his life at the cost of his realm. After Wind Moon Fairy warned him not to sell Jade Dew Pills beyond the Ice Fortress, Luo Chen withdrew from the Luo Tian Association’s affairs and entered seclusion determined to form his own core.

• Vast Righteousness Child and Wind Moon Fairy arrived at Sky Wave Peak while Luo Chen waited outside his cave mansion, and the Core Formation phenomenon suddenly reversed as Chu Kui’s attempt failed.
• Luo Chen used a Spirit Dispersing Pill, talismans, incense, and healing arts to stabilize Chu Kui, who was reduced to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer and revealed that foreign mana from an ancient Golden Core had caused his failure.
• Wind Moon Fairy praised Luo Chen’s Jade Dew Pills, warned him not to sell them to outsiders even after his agreement with the Ice Fortress ended, and suggested he consult the Five Elements Divine Sect about removing foreign mana.
• Luo Chen declined Wind Moon Fairy’s invitation to join Wind Flower Palace and learned that Tao Wan had formed a core while Tantai Jin had died after failing her attempt.
• Luo Chen instructed Gu Cai Yi to handle the Luo Tian Association’s affairs with Hui Niang for twenty years, then returned to Rank Three Cave Mansion A with the Locked Pearl Curtain secret art and resolved to pursue Core Formation.

Luo Chen reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, created the Micro Dust Origin Art from several Core Formation methods, and began a carefully prepared attempt to form his Golden Core. His breakthrough caused an immense disturbance over Sky Wave Peak, and Fallen Cloud Sect cultivators hurried to support him as the city’s spirit energy was drawn into his cave mansion.

• Luo Chen discovered that Locked Pearl Curtain stalled at thirty-six Spirit Pearls, then used his opened acupoints to isolate them and eventually cultivate all 365 Spirit Pearls.
• After ten years of cultivation, Luo Chen reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and reviewed his progress and preparations for Core Formation.
• Luo Chen failed three simulated Core Formation attempts in the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror, then combined Locked Pearl Curtain, three Lower Method techniques, and Calming the Waves into the Micro Dust Origin Art.
• After two more years of preparation, Luo Chen began Core Formation by combining his secret technique, pills, Reverse Spiritual Vortex, and 365 Spirit Pearls, and a five-colored Golden Core began to take shape.
• The signs of Luo Chen’s breakthrough swept across Sky Wave Immortal City, where Fallen Cloud Sect cultivator Qu recognized the disturbance and went to seek help as the city’s spirit energy was drawn toward Rank Three Cave Mansion A.

Luo Chen completed his Golden Core formation in a tremendous spectacle over Sky Wave Immortal City, then shared insights into cultivation through a poem. He returned to the Luo Tian Association, ordered it to avoid conflicts while he stabilized his cultivation, and entrusted Sima Hui Niang with founding the Luo Tian Sect.

• Luo Chen drew spiritual qi from Sky Wave Peak and the immortal city's Earth Vein until his Five-Colored Golden Core stabilized.
• Luo Chen absorbed the Heaven-Piercing Tornado, revealed his Golden Core breakthrough to the gathered cultivators, and recited a poem containing insights into core formation.
• Vast Righteousness Child and Qu Xibai congratulated Luo Chen, who thanked Qu Xibai for releasing the Spirit Vein Restriction and called the poem a repayment of that favor.
• Luo Chen welcomed the Luo Tian Association's congratulations and ordered its members to avoid conflicts during the ten years before the Founding War.
• Luo Chen announced that he would seclude himself for ten years to stabilize his cultivation and assigned Gu Cai Yi to arrange his Core Formation Ceremony.
• Luo Chen appointed himself Supreme Elder, named Sima Hui Niang the Luo Tian Sect's first sect master, and charged her with establishing the sect.

After ten years of seclusion, Luo Chen reached the First Layer of the Golden Core Stage by cultivating the dual-element Burning Wood True Art and refining his techniques. He learned that the Founding War had begun and that Sky Wave Immortal City would soon pass fully to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, leaving his access to its Third-Order Cave Mansion uncertain.

• Luo Chen chose the incomplete Burning Wood True Art over the Flourishing Green One Heart Art so he could cultivate both Wood and Fire and better use his Wither Bloom Fire.
• Luo Chen spent a year cultivating the Burning Wood True Art, then planned to consolidate his realm, remove Qin Tairan’s Divine Sense imprint from the iron ring, and improve his self-created methods.
• The allied forces of twenty-seven sects began preparations to clear Jade Cauldron Domain and open routes into the Howling Moon Mountain Range for the Founding War.
• Luo Chen emerged from seclusion at the First Layer of the Golden Core Stage and met Qu Xibai, who was astonished by his progress.
• Qu Xibai told Luo Chen that the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect had reclaimed control of Sky Wave Immortal City and that he would leave within three months to join the war.
• Qu Xibai advised Luo Chen to seek a natural Third-Order Spirit Vein by joining a Nascent Soul Upper Sect or claiming one in the Founding War.

Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak and reviewed the Luo Tian Sect’s growth as preparations began for his Core Formation Ceremony. He announced that he would formally become Dao companions with Sima Hui Niang and Gu Cai Yi at the ceremony, which would also mark the Luo Tian Association’s transition into the Luo Tian Sect.

• Luo Chen returned to Danxia Peak, where the Luo Tian Sect’s cultivators welcomed him as their Supreme Elder.
• Luo Chen met with Sima Hui Niang and the Foundation Establishment cultivators, reviewed the sect’s roster, and learned that Qi Yi’s junior brother Xu Jie had died of old age.
• Luo Chen praised Lou Ying and other sect members, then announced that his Core Formation Ceremony would take place in three months and urged them to prepare.
• Luo Chen reflected with Sima Hui Niang and Gu Cai Yi on the Luo Tian Association’s growth and proposed that the three of them formally become Dao companions at the ceremony.
• Gu Cai Yi accepted at once, and Sima Hui Niang agreed to follow Luo Chen’s wishes.

Luo Chen stocked the Luo Tian Association’s Library Pavilion with cultivation methods and shared his improved body-tempering method and Supreme Method Core Formation Secret Technique with Wang Yuan. After Wang Yuan questioned whether Luo Chen had become too attached to building the sect, Luo Chen defended his bonds and responsibilities, then entrusted Wang Yuan and Sima Hui Niang with safeguarding the techniques; he left the pavilion feeling ready to climb higher.

• Luo Chen deposited his accumulated books and cultivation methods in the Library Pavilion, including complete Tier 3 methods for the Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth elements.
• Luo Chen gave Wang Yuan a revised Myriad Paths Convergence and explained how its body-tempering principles might help Wang Yuan and his disciple Zeng Yilong.
• Luo Chen revealed his self-created Supreme Method Core Formation Secret Technique, the Micro Dust Origin Art, and asked Wang Yuan to study and simplify it for the Luo Tian Sect.
• Wang Yuan questioned whether Luo Chen had become caught up in the power and responsibilities of building the Luo Tian Association, but Luo Chen defended his wish to help the people who had stood by him.
• Luo Chen arranged for only Wang Yuan and Sima Hui Niang to access the protected techniques and left Min Longyu to install safeguards around the Library Pavilion.
• Luo Chen descended the pavilion’s floors, reflecting that setting aside what he had mastered would let him travel light and reach a higher peak.

After forming his Golden Core, Luo Chen planned to strengthen himself by mastering three Magic Treasures while continuing to seek suitable cultivation resources. Heartless Immortal arrived ahead of his Core Formation Ceremony, revealed that Cang Long Immortal had failed to form her Nascent Soul, and agreed to support Luo Tian Sect as an ally.

• Luo Chen decided that, while suitable Spirit Land, pills, and a Natal Magic Treasure remained out of reach, he would focus on mastering the Profound Flame Sword, Soul Breaking Three Nails, and Sky Moon Purple Gold Wheel.
• Luo Chen began refining his three Magic Treasures, and three months passed as he continued cultivating before his Core Formation Ceremony.
• After receiving a message, Luo Chen met Heartless Immortal at Luo Tian Main Hall and learned that Tantai Jin had entered the Ice Prison for death seclusion.
• Heartless Immortal told Luo Chen that Cang Long Immortal had failed to form her Nascent Soul, leaving the Ice Fortress in turmoil.
• Luo Chen promised to maintain the Jade Dew Pill trade, make Luo Tian Sect and the Ice Fortress allies, and asked Heartless Immortal to look after his disciples at the ceremony.