Chapter Summaries

After the Four-Clan Alliance suffered heavy losses defending Duanya Peak, the Earth Fire Sect and its allies sought help from the Song Clan. Song Changsheng demanded major concessions before the Song and Wang Clans would join the war, and Li Tiancheng reluctantly accepted.

• The Song Clan learned that Liuyun Market had fallen and that the Earth Fire Sect, Li Clan, and Chou Clan were fighting a stronger invading force.
• Song Changsheng advised the Song Clan to wait for the Earth Fire Sect to offer concessions, while the Four-Clan Alliance argued over whether to retreat to White Cloud Peak.
• The enemy broke Duanya Peak's Guardian Great Array, killing Li Guangzong and Qiu Tianxing and severely injuring Li Siyang and Qu Jinsheng.
• After the defeat, Li Tiancheng visited the Song Clan to request reinforcements and offered resource sites, mines, and Spirit Stones.
• Song Changsheng demanded that the Song and Wang Clans receive sixty percent of the Spirit Stone Vein, resources worth two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and the Li Clan's Dragon Blood Ginseng.
• Li Tiancheng accepted Song Changsheng's terms and promised to transfer the concessions as soon as possible.

The Song Clan handed the Four-Clan Alliance supplies and Dragon Blood Ginseng, then sent reinforcements to White Cloud Peak as the alliance's strongholds fell. The alliance hesitated to join the counterattack, so Song Changsheng's nine cultivators engaged the besiegers alone, and a battle between twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators began.

• Du Huating persuaded the Four-Clan Alliance to provide supplies and the Song Clan's demanded Dragon Blood Ginseng, with the clans agreeing to their assigned shares.
• Li Tiancheng delivered the supplies to Song Changsheng, who confirmed that the Song and Wang Clans would send eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators to battle.
• Song Changsheng's group departed for the Liuyun Mountain Range, where the Li Clan had fallen and the Chou Clan had withdrawn to White Cloud Peak.
• Du Huating urged the alliance to charge out and support the reinforcements, but Li Siyang, Yu Chengshan, and Qu Jinsheng favored conserving their strength and letting the Song and Wang Clans bear the risk.
• Song Changsheng confronted Li Tiancheng over the alliance's inaction, then led nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators toward the enemy encircling White Cloud Peak.
• Clan Head Liu ordered his forces to retreat, but Clan Head Chen chose to fight, and twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators clashed.

Song Changsheng negotiated with Liu Hongye during the battle, letting him escape with four Foundation Establishment Cultivators in exchange for leaving his clansmen behind. The Song Clan then turned on the remaining invaders, forcing Du Huating and the Earth Fire Sect to join the fight as the Four-Clan Alliance suffered a disastrous defeat.

• Li Tiancheng learned Du Huating was waiting for both sides to weaken each other, then told Song Changsheng that the Earth Fire Sect’s reinforcements were still held back.
• Song Changsheng offered Liu Hongye a foothold at Liuyun Market if he abandoned half his strength, and Liu Hongye agreed to leave most of his people behind.
• Liu Hongye led four chosen Foundation Establishment Cultivators toward the southwest while Song Changsheng’s people let them pass and kept the remaining clansmen as hostages.
• Song Changsheng’s forces attacked the remaining invaders, and the Song Clan gained the advantage as Liu Hongye’s departure became clear to the battlefield.
• Du Huating led the Earth Fire Sect into the fight, and the battle ended in a crushing defeat for the Four-Clan Alliance.

After the battle, Song Changsheng claimed the best spoils, maneuvered the Four-Clan Alliance into a prolonged conflict at Liuyun Market, and generously rewarded the Wang Clan to secure its support. He planned to establish a new market in the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range as Song Xianming prepared to attempt a Purple Mansion breakthrough.

• Song Changsheng rebuked Li Siyang for the Four-Clan Alliance’s failure to support the battle and accepted Du Huating’s offer to divide the spoils, taking the three strongest cultivators’ corpses and the surviving Qi Condensation Cultivators.
• Song Changsheng warned Du Huating that they would soon have a new neighbor, and Du Huating realized that Liu Hongye’s group had occupied Liuyun Market.
• Du Huating and the others attacked the market’s array for a day and night but failed to breach it, leaving the Four-Clan Alliance locked in conflict with Liu Hongye’s group.
• Song Changsheng secretly watched the fighting and was satisfied that the Four-Clan Alliance would be too occupied to threaten the Song Clan while Song Xianming prepared for his Purple Mansion breakthrough.
• Song Changsheng offered the Wang Clan thirty percent of the Spirit Stone Vein, supplies worth fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and one-fifth of the captured spoils, explaining that the generous share repaid an old debt and secured an ally.
• Song Changsheng told Song Xianyun that he planned to build a new market in the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range and exclude the Wang Clan, making the generous distribution compensation for that future decision.

Song Changsheng worried that Chang Wudao’s prolonged seclusion concealed a threat, while Liu Hongye seized mortals to build Liuyun Sect and Earth Fire Sect tried to unite the Four-Clan Alliance around Chang Wudao’s promised breakthrough. The chapter ended as spiritual energy gathered around Cloud Reaching Hall and Song Changsheng’s grandfather summoned him after emerging from seclusion.

• Song Changsheng and Song Xianyun discussed Chang Wudao’s unexplained two-year seclusion and feared he was planning something dangerous.
• Liu Hongye’s followers seized nearly three hundred thousand mortals and more than two hundred Qi Condensation Cultivators, then announced the founding of Liuyun Sect.
• Du Huating urged the Four-Clan Alliance to merge into Earth Fire Sect, claiming Chang Wudao was nearing a guaranteed Purple Palace breakthrough through the Heavenly Demonic Handbook.
• Li Siyang agreed to merge the Li Clan into Earth Fire Sect to gain power and avenge his losses, while Qiu Tianyang and Yu Chengshan hesitated.
• Song Changsheng sensed spiritual energy gathering around Cloud Reaching Hall, and his grandfather called him there after emerging from seclusion.

Song Changsheng reported recent events to Song Xianming and asked for help with treasured items and his cultivation. He discovered that his Primal Chaos Qi could form unusual dharma power, then prepared to take Song Qingxing to the Heavenly Sword Sect while keeping a message from a senior to himself.

• Song Changsheng told Song Xianming about Blood Demon’s ambush, the war between the Golden Crow Sect and the Heavenly Meridian Sect, and Liu Hongye’s founding of the Liuyun Sect.
• Song Xianming warned that Chang Wudao might be attempting a breakthrough and said he would prepare to break through to the Purple Mansion after a year.
• Song Xianming agreed to refine Song Changsheng’s Fourth-Tier spirit plant into a magic artifact and repair the Heavenly Net to Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact level.
• Song Xianming explained that Minor Divine Abilities required dharma power, and Song Changsheng unexpectedly formed a strange gray vortex from his Primal Chaos Qi.
• Song Xianming warned Song Changsheng not to use his unusual dharma power casually before reaching the Purple Palace.
• Song Changsheng received permission to take Song Qingxing to the Heavenly Sword Sect, withheld a senior’s message, and headed to the Family Treasury for a Third-Tier talisman.

Song Changsheng visited the Family Treasury, exchanged Contribution Points for a Li Fire Heaven-Burning Talisman, rare artifact-forging materials, and a Human Skin Mask, then went to find Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing. After testing their skills in disguise, he faced Song Qingxing’s powerful Sword One and was left with a shallow wound.

• Song Changsheng exchanged Contribution Points for the Li Fire Heaven-Burning Talisman, selected more than a dozen rare second-tier materials, and acquired a Human Skin Mask from the Family Treasury.
• Song Changsheng flew to Lake Heart Island, learned from the Fish King that Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing were training southwest of the island, and found them at a waterfall.
• Song Changsheng disguised himself as a Qi Condensation Great Perfection cultivator and attacked Song Qingxi, prompting Song Qingxing to join the fight.
• Song Qingxing revealed his exceptional speed and sword skill, forcing Song Changsheng to defend until Song Changsheng began using his full Qi Condensation Stage strength.
• Song Qingxing unleashed Sword One, breaking Song Changsheng’s flying sword and robe and leaving a shallow mark on his shoulder.

Song Changsheng tested Song Qingxing’s swordsmanship and discovered that the normally cold youth could feel emotion, but his dangerous test deeply upset Song Qingxi. He apologized and promised to take her back to Vast Peak after their trip to the Heavenly Sword Sect, while Song Changming’s disappearance remained unresolved.

• Song Qingxing unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Song Changsheng blocked it and spared him after cutting only a lock of his hair.
• Song Changsheng explained that the fight had been a test, and Song Qingxing named his techniques Sword One and Sword Two before returning to train beneath the waterfall.
• Song Qingxi angrily left for Little Green Mountain, while Song Qingxing vowed to defeat Song Changsheng and learned they would leave for the Heavenly Sword Sect the next day.
• Song Changsheng reflected on Song Changming’s unexplained disappearance and realized his test had made Song Qingxi fear losing one of her few remaining loved ones.
• Song Changsheng found Song Qingxi by the lake, apologized for neglecting her, and promised to take her home to Vast Peak after their trip; she wept in his arms.

Song Changsheng left Clear Mirror Lake with Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing, entrusting the Spirit Fish King with the lake as they traveled by flying boat toward Heavenly Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Sunset City learned of a Purple Palace Blood Demon and abnormal Demon Beast migrations in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, prompting Zhan Tianxia to investigate as Mu Guibai sensed trouble ahead.

• Song Changsheng promised to take Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing home, then gave the Spirit Fish King ten Gathering Yuan Pills and asked it to guard Clear Mirror Lake.
• Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing finished packing, and Song Changsheng took them aboard a flying boat bound for Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Little Fatty packed spices for a journey with Mo Zhexian, who insisted they visit Heavenly Sword Sect to retrieve something before returning to their martial sect.
• Sunset City’s elders learned of Purple Palace Blood Demon traces and a possible Beast Tide after Demon Beasts migrated inward and three investigating Foundation Establishment Cultivators vanished.
• Zhan Tianxia decided to enter the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, while Mu Guibai watched the mountains and said the wind was rising.

Zhuang Yuechan learned that a beast tide might threaten Sunset City and heard Xu Yunhe’s report that the supposedly dead Wu Luochuan had returned as a living dead man. Meanwhile, Song Changsheng mastered a Pseudo Divine Ability and faced an ambush by the Taotie Monster Hunting Team, ending with his Mountain Overturning Seal descending on the attackers.

• Mu Guibai warned Zhuang Yuechan not to leave Sunset City and told her to help Yin Shang gather war supplies.
• Zhuang Yuechan met Xu Yunhe, who said Wu Luochuan had returned from the dead, attacked him, and escaped; she agreed to investigate.
• Song Changsheng tested his newly mastered Mountain Overturning Seal before an attack damaged the flying boat’s power mechanism.
• Song Changsheng fought Old Ghost Chihuo and three members of the Taotie Monster Hunting Team, crippling one Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator.
• Song Changsheng shielded Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing with the Lu Wu Bell, then summoned his Mountain Overturning Seal above the remaining attackers.

Song Changsheng defeated the Taotie Monster Hunting Team leader’s avatar and learned that it was searching for one of four jade tablets linked to a treasure coveted even by Purple Palace Cultivators. He forced Old Ghost Chihuo to submit, but the damaged flying boat needed repairs, and the chapter ended with Song Qingxing confronting Chihuo aboard it.

• Song Changsheng crushed Old Ghost Chihuo and the Taotie Monster Hunting Team leader with the Mountain Overturning Seal, then destroyed the leader’s avatar and wounded the distant true body.
• Old Ghost Chihuo revealed that the leader had come south seeking a treasure connected to four jade tablets, and Song Changsheng recognized the clue as related to the Blood Demon Treasure.
• Song Changsheng made Chihuo surrender his Divine Soul Imprint, healed some of his injuries, and renamed him Chihuo.
• Song Changsheng discovered that Chihuo’s attack had damaged the flying boat’s propulsion mechanism and decided they needed a Heavenly Craftsman to repair it.
• Song Qingxing raised his sword to shield Song Qingxi from Chihuo, who stood before them with an innocent expression.

Song Changsheng subdued Old Ghost Chihuo, assessed the spoils from their battle, and continued toward Xiangzhou after the flying boat failed. Meanwhile, Sunset City prepared for a looming Beast Tide as the Blood Consort hunted for Soul Returnless and her sect’s treasure, leaving a mysterious man watching her Underground Palace.

• Song Changsheng accepted Old Ghost Chihuo’s submission, took his Spirit Stones and valuable materials, and ordered him to help keep watch while they sought a Heavenly Craftsman in Xiangzhou.
• After the flying boat’s power mechanism gave out, Song Changsheng put it away and traveled by sword with his two juniors.
• Zhan Tianxia reported that the Black Water Great Marsh was gathering a Demon Beast horde larger than the previous Beast Tides, and Mu Guibai ordered Sunset City to prepare for war.
• Song Xiantu sent Song Qingluo out of Sunset City with a jade slip for the Young Clan Head, fearing that the city might not survive the coming Beast Tide.
• Blood Consort granted Xiaobai half a month to find Soul Returnless, then ordered him to kill himself when he had no news of the sect’s treasure.
• A middle-aged man in black watched the Blood Demon’s Underground Palace from a nearby tree as a crimson bat hovered above him.

Song Changsheng reached Rogue Cultivator City and learned that the war in Xizhou had ended in the Heavenly Meridian Sect’s defeat, while a massive Beast Tide threatened the region. After discovering that a group of Rogue Cultivators had been poisoned with Gu Insects by Feng Wuming, he set out with their leader to confront him.

• Song Changsheng arrived in Rogue Cultivator City and sent Old Ghost Chihuo to seek information about the Heavenly Craftsman.
• Song Changsheng heard that the Heavenly Meridian Sect had abandoned Xizhou and learned that Sunset City had sealed its gates amid rumors of a major Beast Tide led by the Old Flood Dragon.
• Song Changsheng questioned a group of Rogue Cultivators and found a Blood Sha Gu in one man’s palm, then discovered that every member of the group had been infected.
• The Rogue Cultivators traced the attack to a Black Robe Person they had encountered near a Cultivation Family, and Song Changsheng removed their Gu Insects.
• Song Changsheng took the White-Clad Cultivator out of the city to find Feng Wuming and settle their old grudge.

Song Changsheng lured Feng Wuming away from a settlement crowded with mortals and fought him in the mountains. Feng Wuming appeared to self-destruct, but Song Changsheng suspected the death was a trick and rushed back toward the settlement.

• Song Changsheng used the Gu Insects in a Jade Bottle to draw Feng Wuming out of the mountain settlement, avoiding a battle among its many residents.
• Feng Wuming sensed the Gu Insects and fled, leaving a small wooden box hidden in his room; Song Changsheng pursued and intercepted him.
• Feng Wuming attacked with Gu Insects, but Song Changsheng burned one swarm with Spirit Fire and destroyed another using a Golden Light Talisman and the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• After Feng Wuming destroyed his Life-Bound Gu and exploded, Song Changsheng survived behind the Lu Wu Bell and noticed the captured Gu Insects were still alive.
• Song Changsheng suspected Feng Wuming had used another trick and hurried back toward the mountain settlement.

Feng Wuming seized Ling Duanhe’s body, slaughtered the Ling Clan to refine a Blood Spirit Gu, and confronted Song Changsheng when he returned to the mountain hollow. Song Changsheng attacked with the Mountain Overturning Seal, but Feng Wuming blocked it with the Tai Chi Diagram.

• A blood-red grub entered the Ling Clan’s tower and invaded Ling Duanhe, revealing itself as Feng Wuming’s Gu insect.
• Feng Wuming took control of Ling Duanhe’s body and claimed he had implanted Gu insects in the Ling Clan over the past three years.
• Feng Wuming summoned the Gu insects, killing everyone in the Ling Clan and refining their blood into a black centipede that he swallowed.
• Wu Yan watched the massacre from a mountain ridge while Song Changsheng rushed back to the hollow.
• Song Changsheng found the Ling Clan dead and confronted Feng Wuming, then attacked him with the Mountain Overturning Seal.
• Feng Wuming used the Tai Chi Diagram to block Song Changsheng’s attack.

Song Changsheng defeated Feng Wuming by luring him close and unleashing the Impermanence Killing Formation, then crushed Feng Wuming’s Soul Gu with his own physical strength. After recovering, Song Changsheng examined Feng Wuming’s mysterious Tai Chi Diagram and began burying the slaughtered mortals with Wu Yan, but a faint cry interrupted them.

• Song Changsheng and Feng Wuming traded attacks, with the Tai Chi Diagram blocking Song Changsheng’s spells while Feng Wuming’s spiritual power rapidly dwindled.
• Feng Wuming sent his concealed Soul Gu into Song Changsheng’s body, and Song Changsheng deliberately let it wound him to draw Feng Wuming close.
• Song Changsheng activated the Impermanence Killing Formation, destroying Feng Wuming’s body and the Wooden Tower, then crushed Feng Wuming’s Soul Gu with his physical strength.
• Wu Yan approached and helped Song Changsheng recover; Song Changsheng removed the dead Soul Gu from his chest and retrieved the Tai Chi Diagram.
• Song Changsheng asked Wu Yan to help bury the seventy to eighty thousand corpses in the mountain hollow, and a faint cry suddenly caught his attention.

Song Changsheng found an orphaned infant after the Ling Clan was massacred, named him Ling Yun, and brought him back to the inn while deciding how to protect him. He reunited with Song Qingxi and asked Old Ghost Chihuo about the investigation he had ordered.

• Song Changsheng found a newborn between his dead parents and discovered that the child had escaped being implanted with a Gu Insect.
• Song Changsheng fed the infant leopard milk while Wu Yan gathered and buried the Ling Clan’s bodies, then made a marker for their grave.
• Wu Yan found a jade pendant bearing the ancient character for Ling, and Song Changsheng named the infant Ling Yun.
• Song Changsheng considered leaving Ling Yun with the Wang Clan but returned to the inn with him and reunited with Song Qingxi.
• Song Changsheng rewarded Wu Yan for his help and asked Old Ghost Chihuo how his investigation had gone.

Song Changsheng failed to refine the mysterious Tai Chi Diagram, adopted the infant Ling Yun as Song Lingyun, and took him along to visit the Heavenly Craftsman Master Lu. At Qiaojiang Mountain, Song Changsheng learned that Master Lu’s junior sister was gravely injured and offered to try to heal her.

• Old Ghost Chihuo reported that Master Lu was away at Qiaojiang Mountain, and Song Changsheng planned to visit him the next morning.
• Song Changsheng cared for the sleeping Ling Yun, examined the Tai Chi Diagram, and spent the night unsuccessfully trying to refine it.
• Wu Yan returned to the inn, discovered the cultivation resources Song Changsheng had given him, and resolved to make something of himself.
• Song Changsheng named the infant Song Lingyun, adopted him, and brought him along with Song Qingxi and the others to Qiaojiang Mountain.
• Master Lu’s disciple told Song Changsheng that his junior sister had been badly injured, and Song Changsheng offered to treat her.

Song Changsheng examined the unconscious Lu Yuxiu and discovered that her body absorbed his Spiritual Power, leading him to suspect she was consuming life force. After feeding her a Heavenly Azure Snow Lotus, he saw its vitality vanish into her dantian and a strange light appear, confirming that something unusual was happening.

• Li Anmin told Song Changsheng that Lu Yuxiu had remained unconscious for a year despite numerous physicians' efforts.
• Lu Tianchou reluctantly allowed Song Changsheng to examine his daughter after learning Song was neither a physician nor an Alchemist.
• Song Changsheng found Lu Yuxiu's meridians and dantian intact but noticed that her Spiritual Power was unusually weak.
• Lu Yuxiu absorbed Song Changsheng's Spiritual Power but not Li Anmin's, leading Song to suspect she was consuming his life force.
• Song Changsheng fed Lu Yuxiu a Third Tier Low-Grade Heavenly Azure Snow Lotus, whose vitality rushed into her dantian and disappeared as a strange light appeared.

Song Changsheng investigated the strange life-consuming growth in Lu Yuxiu’s dantian and fed it life-rich spirit liquid to make it reveal itself. Lu Yuxiu briefly awoke, but the growth ruptured into living corrupted blood, which Song Changsheng forced out before it vanished into the floor.

• Song Changsheng told Lu Tianchou that he had found a possible cause of Lu Yuxiu’s condition but needed to test it, and Lu Tianchou agreed to let him proceed.
• Lu Tianchou provided Song Changsheng with a large store of life-rich spiritual objects, and Song Changsheng used them to prepare spirit liquid.
• Song Changsheng fed Lu Yuxiu the spirit liquid, causing the object in her dantian to swell into an egg-sized blood-colored sarcoma.
• Lu Yuxiu briefly awoke and spoke with Song Changsheng, but became sleepy again when he stopped supplying spiritual power.
• The sarcoma began beating, then split and shriveled as blood-colored liquid emerged; it trapped Song Changsheng’s hand before he freed himself.
• Song Changsheng forced the corrupted blood out of Lu Yuxiu’s body, and it burrowed into the floor and disappeared.