Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen searched the Fulóng Mountains for a high-grade cave mansion and learned that the Ten Thousand Immortals Society controlled the best Spirit Veins. The Demon Hunter Division promoted him to a Four-Star Demon Hunter and began to suspect he was the Azure Sun Devil Monarch from the Cold Light Island battle; Fishing Old Man then escorted him and Duan Li to inspect cave mansions.

• Luo Chen learned that Zhang Jiadi had gone to the front lines to complete missions ahead of the birth of Wen Xiu's child, then heard Tian Xuan had spread rumors about Cold Light Island.
• Luo Chen and Tian Xuan searched the Fulóng Mountains for suitable cave mansions, but he rejected the sites he inspected and concluded that the Spirit Veins had been deliberately damaged.
• Fishing Old Man and two other cultivators reviewed Luo Chen and Duan Li's battle records, assigned Duan Li a Three-Star rank and Luo Chen a Four-Star rank, and speculated that Azure Sun Zi might be the Azure Sun Devil Monarch.
• Luo Chen and Duan Li received their identity badges, and Fishing Old Man took them to inspect cave mansions in the Fulóng Mountains.
• Luo Chen questioned Fishing Old Man's praise of Beautiful Mountain and secretly used his Divine Sense to examine the cave locations on the old man's map.

Luo Chen chose Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake as his new base in the Fulóng Mountains, planning to raise its Spirit Vein grade and cultivate there. He settled in with Tian Xuan, Black King, and Wen Xiu, and prepared to build up his strength.

• Luo Chen persuaded Duan Li to rent Wind Hiding Cave, then gave Fishing Old Man Body Tempering knowledge and gained access to information about premium cave mansions.
• Luo Chen selected Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake despite its steep rent, and Fishing Old Man warned him that another party backed by an Eight-Star Demon Hunter also wanted it.
• Luo Chen paid five years of rent and arrived at Peng Lake with Tian Xuan and Wen Xiu, instructing Tian Xuan to buy formation supplies for one million Spirit Stones.
• Luo Chen released Black King and declared Peng Lake his home, then proposed that Wen Xiu establish the Zhang Family on a Second-Order Spirit Land there.
• Luo Chen asked Han Zhan to raise the Spirit Vein grade using the Sealing God Compass, then resolved to cultivate and strengthen himself at his new base.

Five years later, Zhang Jiadi and Wen Xiu’s Azure Sun Shop prospered by selling Magic Tools crafted by Luo Chen, while Zhang’s family supported Luo Chen’s work on Peng Lake. After the Cloud Touching Cave Master tested Luo Chen’s abilities, Luo revealed his real progress in artifact crafting and examined his Golden Core Fifth Layer cultivation.

• Zhang Jiadi bought three thousand jin of Copper Essence at a higher price and took a Tier 2 White Horse Puppet as a bonus for his daughter, Zhang Jingqing.
• Zhang Jiadi returned to the Azure Sun Shop, where Wen Xiu explained that customers had gathered to see Luo Chen’s Magic Tools, including the Nine Dragons True Fire Cover reserved for the Dragon Abyss Auction.
• Zhang Jiadi flew to Peng Lake with supplies and learned that the Cloud Touching Cave Master had come to visit Luo Chen.
• The Cloud Touching Cave Master praised the Nine Dragons Cover and questioned Luo Chen about expanding into Magic Treasures, while Luo concealed his skill and let the visitor leave under a false impression.
• Tian Xuan reported that she had recovered and advanced her cultivation under the Cosmic Feather Mystic Scripture, and Luo Chen sensed Zhang Jiadi’s arrival before she could find him with Divine Sense.
• Luo Chen inspected a batch of Top-Grade Magic Tools, reflected that he had not yet crafted a Low-Grade Magic Treasure, and revealed his Golden Core Fifth Layer cultivation before opening his panel.

Luo Chen reviewed his rapid cultivation progress and the gains he had made in body tempering, spells, mana, and artifact forging while living at Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake. As he began another cultivation session, the Cloud Touching Cave Master returned to the Fulóng Mountains and was asked whether he had met the master of Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake.

• Luo Chen examined his Attribute Panel and credited his rapid Golden Core progress to Peng Lake’s high-grade Spirit Land, his cultivation method, and abundant resources.
• Luo Chen assessed his Desolate Antiquity physique progress and prepared to use his Tier 4 Black Emperor Ointment to reach the Fourth Order.
• Luo Chen recalled how Dragon Slaying Art gained a spirit-slaying effect and how Mirror Flower Water Moon had grown powerful enough to threaten Late Stage Golden Core cultivators.
• Luo Chen noted that mastering Essence Core Technique had doubled his mana reserves and that his Flourishing Decay True Fire had grown stronger by devouring Azure Sun Demonic Fire.
• Luo Chen reviewed his Artifact Forging Chapter, resolved to keep improving before forging the Demon Emperor Remains, and began cultivating in Starry Hall at Peng Lake.
• The Cloud Touching Cave Master returned to the Fulóng Mountains, where a purple-robed man asked whether he had met the master of Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake.

Huangfu Song’s plan to pressure Azure Sun Zi through Cloud Touching Cave Master failed, so he decided to confront the Devil Monarch openly over Peng Lake. Meanwhile, Luo Chen renewed the lake lease and considered its use for raising Golden Dragon Carp, while Zhang Jiadi’s young daughter Qing Qing dove into the lake and discovered two glowing eyes on the lakebed.

• Cloud Touching Cave Master rejected Huangfu Song’s attempt to use him against Azure Sun Zi and warned Huangfu Song against rebuilding the Great Zhou Dynasty.
• Huangfu Song abandoned his covert scheme to take Peng Lake and resolved to visit Azure Sun Devil Monarch openly.
• Luo Chen agreed to renew the Peng Lake lease and read an account of Great Zhou’s history and its Nascent Soul ancestor.
• Zhang Jiadi began plans to raise Golden Dragon Carp at Peng Lake with help from his family and Wen Xiu’s expertise.
• Qing Qing fell into the lake while riding her Puppet White Horse, then used Tian Xuan’s protective feather to dive toward the lakebed.
• Qing Qing spotted two lantern-like lights opening deep beneath the lake.

Luo Chen refined Meteorite Stone to prepare a defensive Magic Treasure while Huangfu Song arrived at Peng Lake with seven Golden Core Cultivators to claim the Spirit Land. Luo Chen’s formations forced the attackers off their Cloud Boat, and the chapter ended as his voice challenged them in midair.

• Luo Chen forged Meteorite Stone with the Flowing Fire Hammer and planned to use it to test the Azure Profound Armor formation in a defensive Magic Treasure.
• Huangfu Song brought six other Golden Core Cultivators and more than a hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Peng Lake, hoping to negotiate for the Spirit Land or take it by force.
• Duan Li recognized that Luo Chen was at the center of the confrontation, while Zhang Jiadi ordered the Zhang Family to stand with Immortal Qingyang.
• When Huangfu Song’s Cloud Boat entered Peng Lake, Luo Chen’s formations slowed it, bound it with eight chains, and dragged it toward the water.
• Huangfu Song and the other six Golden Core Cultivators abandoned the sinking Cloud Boat and escaped the formation’s suppression.
• Luo Chen addressed the seven cultivators and asked, “Do you truly wish to die?”

Huangfu Song’s forces attacked Luo Chen over Peng Lake, but Luo Chen’s allies and powerful spirit pet turned the battle against them. When Huangfu Song finally proposed talks, Luo Chen challenged him to prepare for a fight to the death.

• Huangfu Song sent Duke Gui to attack Tian Xuan, who fought back with her Banana Leaf Fan and faced his fly-whisk.
• Old Ye located Luo Chen with his Star Disk, but Luo Chen’s Black Flood Dragon emerged and trapped him with its devouring force.
• Zhang Jiadi took his daughter and the Zhang Family cultivators by ship toward the battle, while Fishing Old Man and Zi Hou watched from above.
• Duan Li arrived to support Luo Chen, and Huangfu Song attacked him with purple Sword Qi.
• Luo Chen struck Huangfu Song with the Azure Sun Great Handprint, then called off the Black Flood Dragon and faced Huangfu Song’s offer to talk.
• Luo Chen rejected Huangfu Song’s appeal and asked whether he was ready to fight to the death.

Luo Chen drove Huangfu Song away from Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake after overcoming his pressure and resisting his secret techniques. He later learned that Zi Hou approved of how he handled the confrontation and invited Fishing Old Man to discuss Body Tempering.

• Huangfu Song tried to negotiate for Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake, but Luo Chen refused and prevailed in their clash of Spiritual Pressure.
• Huangfu Song used Emperor Sound against Luo Chen, who countered with an illusion that nearly overwhelmed him before his protective Magic Treasure freed him.
• Huangfu Song withdrew with his cultivators, and Zhang Jiadi returned their Cloud Boat and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators aboard it unharmed.
• Luo Chen told Tian Xuan that he had spared Huangfu Song because he respected the Eight-Star Demon Hunter behind him, then thanked Duan Li for intervening.
• Fishing Old Man told Luo Chen that Zi Hou approved of his conduct, and Luo Chen invited Fishing Old Man to exchange insights on Body Tempering.

Luo Chen discussed body refinement and Nascent Soul formation with Fishing Old Man, then exchanged for the Soul Fusion Secret Technique and learned he had to take a compulsory Demon Hunter mission. Meanwhile, Xiao BuHuan returned from a ten-year garrison mission, met Duan Li, and agreed to visit Luo Chen at Peng Lake.

• Luo Chen explained body-tempering principles to Fishing Old Man, who noticed Luo Chen’s unusual physique and asked about his Nascent Soul formation theories.
• Fishing Old Man showed Luo Chen the belongings of Yan Zhixian, and Luo Chen chose the Soul Fusion Secret Technique for 120,000 Spirit Stones.
• Fishing Old Man told Luo Chen that Golden Core Demon Hunters had to complete compulsory missions every five years and offered to describe several short missions.
• Xiao BuHuan returned from a ten-year mission on Qu Yang Island and encountered Duan Li near Wind Hiding Cave.
• Duan Li invited Xiao BuHuan to visit Luo Chen at Peng Lake, and Xiao BuHuan eagerly agreed.

Luo Chen learned about the Qu Yang Defense Line’s garrison duties, helped Duan Li extract a lingering Soul Essence injury, and gained Duan Li’s promise of future aid. He then traveled to the Qu Yang Sea Area to begin his garrison mission, where he learned that another long-term garrison cultivator had already arrived.

• Xiao BuHuan explained the Qu Yang Defense Line’s personnel and garrison rotations to Luo Chen, who revealed that he was preparing for an assignment there.
• Duan Li asked Luo Chen to help remove a persistent injury from his battle with a Primal Devil remnant, and Luo Chen agreed to assist him at Wind Hiding Cave.
• Luo Chen used the Soul-Extracting Array to draw the black qi from Duan Li and recognized it as Soul Essence; Duan Li recovered and promised to aid Luo Chen once in the future.
• Luo Chen returned to Peng Lake, handled several matters, and departed with Black King for the Qu Yang Sea Area rather than spend Spirit Stones on a teleportation array.
• A Patrol Team captain checked Luo Chen’s identity and told him that Lushan Jun, the long-term garrison cultivator, had arrived several days earlier.

Luo Chen settled into his temporary residence on Qu Yang Island, bought Lushan Jun’s long-range sound transmission talismans, and began testing whether his perfected Dragon Slaying Art could sever foreign will from his Divine Soul. Five days later, Lushan Jun summoned him to meet Old Sang, and Luo Chen noticed unfamiliar Foundation Establishment Cultivators outside the hall.

• Luo Chen met Lushan Jun, learned about the forces stationed on Qu Yang Island, and bought five pairs of her Ten Thousand Li Sound Transmission Talismans.
• Wu Ruofu led Luo Chen to his cave, where Luo Chen set up a pill-and-artifact chamber and began refining his Azure Profound Armor.
• Luo Chen sent Black King away from the cave and planned to continue cultivating and forging during his year on the island.
• Luo Chen used Soul Essence tainted by Yan Zhixian’s residual will to test his perfected Dragon Slaying Art in his Consciousness Sea.
• Five days later, Wu Ruofu told Luo Chen that Old Sang had arrived and Lushan Jun wanted to see him; outside Qu Yang Main Hall, Luo Chen spotted unfamiliar Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Luo Chen helped resolve a dispute over foreign Foundation Establishment cultivators on Qu Yang Island, then learned the First Defense Line was facing increased attacks as the Arctic Night Yama Heaven seal weakened. After half a year of training and artifact forging, he mastered the Dragon Slaying Art and successfully refined the Azure Profound Armor, though its finished form surprised him.

• Luo Chen recognized Wang An among the young cultivators gathered outside Qu Yang Hall and learned that Sang JiuGong had brought them from Divine Origin City to gain experience.
• Luo Chen proposed granting the outsiders temporary independent-cultivator identities and sending them to the First Defense Line, and Lushan Jun agreed to give them three days to leave Qu Yang Island.
• Lushan Jun told Luo Chen that the Arctic Night Yama Heaven seal had loosened again, increasing fighting on the First Defense Line, but reassured him that the grand formations would hold for at least a thousand years.
• Luo Chen released Black King into the sea and returned to his cave abode, where he spent the next half year forging artifacts and practicing spells as Sang JiuGong led the visiting cultivators to the First Defense Line.
• Luo Chen completed his mastery of the Dragon Slaying Art and opened the Primal Chaos Cauldron to reveal the successfully forged Azure Profound Armor, then frowned at its appearance.

Luo Chen discovered that the Primal Chaos Cauldron and Dragon Nurturing Basin had nurtured the Azure Profound Armor into a Low-Grade Defensive Magic Treasure, revealing a new way to produce treasures and wealth. Three months later, as his term on Qu Yang Island neared its end, Lushan Jun approached him with a business proposal.

• Luo Chen tested the Azure Profound Armor and confirmed it could withstand both physical blows and powerful water attacks, despite his artifact-forging rank remaining Tier 2.
• Luo Chen realized that the Primal Chaos Cauldron's nurturing function had helped create the armor, accelerated by the Dragon Nurturing Basin, and considered using the cauldron to nurture more Mystic Armor and other Magic Treasures.
• Luo Chen withheld the Azure Profound Armor from Black King but promised to refine Top-Grade Emperor Flow Paste for him as a reward for his service.
• Three months later, Luo Chen and Lushan Jun watched Black King cultivate in the sea, and Luo Chen said he was confident he could afford the rent for Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake.
• Lushan Jun praised Luo Chen's strength and independence, then told him he had a business proposal to discuss.

Luo Chen arranged for Lushan Jun’s talismans to be sold through the Azure Sun Shop, then completed his garrison mission at Qu Yang Island and studied her talisman guide on the journey home. As he left the Qu Yang Sea Area aboard Black King, Sang JiuGong appeared on a flying vessel and called out to him.

• Lushan Jun agreed to consign low-tier talismans to the Azure Sun Shop for a ten-percent commission and provide three Tier 3 talismans each year.
• Lushan Jun delivered a batch of talismans and Lushan Talisman Records to Luo Chen when his one-year mission at Qu Yang Island ended.
• Luo Chen rode Black King toward the Ten Thousand Immortals Society headquarters and discovered that Lushan Talisman Records included a guide to making basic talismans.
• Luo Chen began studying Talisman Making because his skill with spells could support the art.
• As Luo Chen and Black King left the Qu Yang Sea Area, Sang JiuGong appeared aboard a luxurious flying vessel and invited Luo Chen aboard.

Luo Chen agreed to escort Sang JiuGong’s vessel back to the Fulóng Mountains after learning that Sang was injured and wanted to build a connection with him. During their journey, Sang shared cultivation insights and urged Luo Chen to befriend the wealthy young cultivators aboard, an idea that appealed to Luo Chen as a way to earn money.

• Luo Chen boarded Sang JiuGong’s vessel, and the young cultivators recognized him as the formidable Azure Sun Devil Monarch.
• Sang JiuGong asked Luo Chen to travel with the vessel, then admitted he was injured after fighting several Demon Kings while protecting the young cultivators.
• Luo Chen accepted Sang JiuGong’s request, and Black King joined the vessel as it resumed its journey.
• Luo Chen and Sang JiuGong exchanged cultivation insights, including Sang’s advice about spirit planting and the value of high-grade spirit lands.
• Sang JiuGong suggested that Luo Chen befriend the wealthy young cultivators, and Luo Chen saw them as a more profitable market than rogue cultivators.

On the voyage to Dragon Abyss Immortal City, Luo Chen guided Foundation Establishment Cultivators through their cultivation and combat problems before returning to Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake. He assigned tasks to his subordinates and began preparing to refine a defensive treasure from the Demon Emperor Remains.

• Wang An demonstrated how his Qishan Technique drained his spiritual power, and Luo Chen taught him to circulate his power before casting and draw on nearby rocks and soil to strengthen the spell.
• Luo Chen answered the cultivators’ questions about controlling flying swords and evading demon beasts, impressing Sang JiuGong with the breadth of his knowledge.
• Luo Chen told the cultivators to seek resources at the Azure Sun Shop, while Sang JiuGong invited him to guide Tu Sang Sect’s disciples; Luo Chen declined because he planned to enter seclusion.
• After arriving at Dragon Abyss Immortal City, Luo Chen and Sang JiuGong submitted their mission, then Luo Chen returned to Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake and tasked Tian Xuan and Zhang Jiadi with auctioning a defensive treasure, selling talismans, searching for herbs, and buying mineral materials.
• Luo Chen entered Starry Hall and reviewed the Two Elements Six Armor Array, planning to master its six armor arrays and combine them with the Two Elements Array to refine the Demon Emperor Remains into his own defensive treasure.

As Dragon Abyss Auction preparations uncovered Azure Sun Zi’s newly forged defensive Magic Treasure, his reputation spread and Azure Sun Shop prospered. Zi Hou planned to visit him, while Rogue Cultivator Ding Yi recognized Azure Sun Devil Monarch and considered seeking his help.

• Huo Fang appointed Zi Hou as auctioneer, and she accepted before noticing that Azure Sun Shop had submitted a Nine Dragons True Fire Cover.
• A steward brought Huo Fang the Azure Profound Armor, which Zhang Jiadi had submitted and asked the auction to credit to artifact-forging master Azure Sun Zi; Huo Fang tested it and placed it early in the auction.
• The auction spread Azure Sun Zi’s fame as a maker of Low-Grade Defensive Magic Treasures, drawing cultivators to Peng Lake and driving a buying frenzy at Azure Sun Shop, where Wen Xiu managed the shop and raised prices.
• Huangfu Song taunted Cloud Touching Cave Master about Azure Sun Zi’s success, but Cloud Touching Cave Master refused to help him pursue Peng Lake and insisted Azure Sun Zi might not forge another defensive treasure.
• Cloud Touching Cave Master returned to find Ding Yi waiting; Ding Yi learned Azure Sun Zi was the Azure Sun Devil Monarch and decided he might seek the powerful artifact-forger’s help.

Luo Chen successfully refined the Bright Yellow Rock Armor and discovered that his Primal Chaos Cauldron’s unusual compatibility with materials and formations came from strange blood fused into it. As he continued cultivating, he adapted artifact-forging methods to body tempering, while the armor’s display at his shop drew attention across the Ten Thousand Immortals Society.

• Luo Chen engraved layered defensive formations onto the Bright Yellow Rock Armor and found that its embryo fit the formations exceptionally well.
• Luo Chen traced the Primal Chaos Cauldron’s special effect to strange blood that had fused with it during its creation by Tianyezi.
• Luo Chen retrieved the flawless Bright Yellow Rock Armor after half a month of nurturing and decided to test the cauldron’s limits before attempting more ambitious refinements.
• Luo Chen integrated artifact-forging techniques into Myriad Paths Convergence and accelerated his body-tempering progress with Fourth Order Black Emperor Ointment.
• The Azure Sun Shop displayed the Bright Yellow Rock Armor as its centerpiece for at least five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, drawing widespread attention.

Huo Fang visited Luo Chen on behalf of Without End Valley and the other major forces, drawing several prominent cultivators to Peng Lake with him. Luo Chen ended his seclusion and welcomed the guests after revealing the formidable body-tempering work he had been conducting.

• Huangfu Song grew furious over Luo Chen’s new defensive treasure and learned that Zi Hou had sent Luo Chen a visiting card.
• The Cloud Touching Cave Master went to buy the Bright Yellow Rock Armor, but Huo Fang claimed the purchase for Without End Valley and showed interest in recruiting Luo Chen.
• Huo Fang sent Luo Chen a visiting card, and Tian Xuan sensed a terrifying aura from Luo Chen while delivering it to him in the Starry Hall.
• Luo Chen refined his body by using qi and blood, Flourishing Decay True Fire, and Black Emperor Ointment, then agreed to meet Huo Fang.
• Huo Fang arrived at Peng Lake with representatives of the Tianqu Chen Family and Coral Sea Zhou Family, as well as Zi Hou, Fishing Old Man, and the Cloud Touching Cave Master.
• Luo Chen fed pills to his Black Scale Great Flood Dragon by the lake and welcomed the visitors.

Luo Chen rejected Without End Valley’s recruitment but agreed to sell his uncustomized Magic Treasures to its three allied families in exchange for help avoiding Demon Hunter Division missions. Over the next five years, he watched Peng Lake change while refining treasures, then reached Golden Core Sixth Layer with six Mystic Armor sets completed and prepared to refine the Demon Emperor Remains.

• Luo Chen refused Huo Fang’s offer to join Without End Valley but agreed to cooperate on selling his Magic Treasures in exchange for help with his Demon Hunter Division missions.
• Huo Fang proposed other ties with Peng Lake, including a marriage alliance between Zhang Jiadi and a Zhou Family woman, while Luo Chen left the younger generation’s decisions to them.
• Luo Chen discussed artifact forging with the Cloud Touching Cave Master, who hinted that another acquaintance would soon visit Peng Island.
• Several years later, Zhang Jiadi married Zhou Shanshan, who brought Jade Coral cultivation and new enterprises to the Zhang Family.
• Luo Chen reached Golden Core Sixth Layer, completed all six Mystic Armor sets, and prepared to refine the Demon Emperor Remains.