Chapter Summaries

After Song Changsheng’s victory over the three major powers made him famous, the Song Clan moved to appoint him Young Clan Head while Song Lutong entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment. Song Changsheng returned to Little Green Mountain, broke through to Second-Tier Low-Grade Artifact Forging, and began refining his Treasure Gourd using the Spirit Severing Gourd method.

• Song Changsheng’s Arena Battle victory drove the Earth Fire Sect, Chou Clan, and Yu Clan away, earning him the title of the number one person below Foundation Establishment.
• After Song Changsheng gained overwhelming support among the clansmen, Song Xianyun and several elders petitioned Song Xianming to appoint him Young Clan Head.
• Song Lutong entered seclusion on Vast Peak to attempt Foundation Establishment, while Song Changsheng worried about the risks of his breakthrough.
• Song Changsheng exchanged Contribution Points for Earth Core Flame Iron and returned to Little Green Mountain to practice artifact forging.
• After a year in seclusion, Song Changsheng forged his first Second-Tier Low-Grade magic artifact, the Heavenly Gang Shield.
• Song Changsheng began refining his Water-Fire Treasure Gourd using the Spirit Severing Gourd method from He Yunxuan’s inheritance.

Song Changsheng planned to transform his Water-Fire Treasure Gourd into a Spirit Severing Gourd while the Song lineage debated buying another Foundation Establishment Pill. The clan council decided to secure at least one pill for Song Changsheng, leaving the lineage ready to compete at auction.

• Song Changsheng chose to reforge his Water-Fire Treasure Gourd into a Spirit Severing Gourd, a weapon designed to attack an enemy's soul.
• Song Luzhou reported that the Song lineage had enough surplus income to repay its debts to clan members.
• Song Luyao told the council that Sunset City's Ancestor Xiao would auction five Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Song Luzhou and several clan elders opposed bidding, arguing that the lineage already had three pills and needed to preserve its funds.
• Song Luyao argued that Song Changsheng needed a pill soon to pursue Foundation Establishment and eventually contend with the Blazing Sun Sect.
• Song Xianyun agreed with Song Luyao and ordered the lineage to secure at least one pill from the auction.

Song Luyao agreed to travel to Sunset City to bid on a Foundation Establishment Pill while Song Changsheng neared completion of the Spirit Severing Gourd and infused it with Primal Chaos Qi. Meanwhile, Chang Wudao planned to use Song Luyao’s trip to test whether Song Xianming was still injured.

• Song Luyao volunteered to travel to Sunset City to bid on a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Song Luzhou promised to gather the Spirit Stones.
• Song Changsheng completed the gourd’s shell and severed a wisp of his divine soul to nurture the Spirit Severing Blade inside it.
• Song Changsheng infused the Treasure Gourd with Primal Chaos Qi, causing it to blaze with light and undergo subtle changes.
• Li Tiancheng told Chang Wudao that Song Xianming was likely still severely injured, and Chang Wudao decided to test the claim.
• Chang Wudao ordered Li Tiancheng to leak information about Song Luyao’s trip to an unnamed person so they could act against the Song Clan.

Song Changsheng completed the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd and emerged from seclusion. After learning that a Three-Eyed Crow had been stealing tea leaves, he tested the gourd by killing it, leaving the weapon’s power confirmed.

• Song Changsheng finished refining the Spirit Severing Gourd, which Primal Chaos Qi transformed into a yin-yang artifact and began nurturing as a spirit artifact.
• Song Changsheng named the gourd the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd and emerged from seclusion, where Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing greeted him.
• Song Qingxi told Song Changsheng that a Three-Eyed Crow had repeatedly tried to steal Mist Concealment Tea leaves and had escaped Song Qingxing several times.
• Song Changsheng found the nearly First-Tier Peak Grade Three-Eyed Crow beside Clear Mirror Lake and decided to kill it.
• Song Changsheng used the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd’s invisible Spirit Severing Blade to kill the Three-Eyed Crow in midair.

Song Changsheng celebrated Song Lutong’s successful Foundation Establishment, but the clan’s cultivators soon left Vast Peak together, stirring rumors and unrest. As the Law Enforcement Hall suppressed the turmoil, a hidden elder refused to act against the clan, trusting his instinct for danger.

• Song Changsheng killed the Three-Eyed Crow with the Spirit Severing Blade and noticed the weapon had grown slightly stronger.
• Song Lutong contacted Song Changsheng after emerging from seclusion, and Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak to celebrate his successful Foundation Establishment.
• Song Changsheng and Song Lutong drank together until three sword lights crossed the sky, prompting Song Lutong to recognize Song Xianming’s group and chase after them.
• The clan’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators descended the mountain, rumors spread among the clansmen, and the Law Enforcement Hall arrested several people stirring trouble.
• A middle-aged man urged his father to use his authority over the Clan Protecting Array to help the Earth Fire Sect seize Vast Peak, but the old man refused, citing his keen sense of danger.

Song Changsheng learned that Song Luyao had gone to Sunset City to bid for a Foundation Establishment Pill for him, then saw her return gravely wounded after an ambush. The clan blamed the Blazing Sun Sect and suspected someone had leaked her route.

• Song Changsheng wondered why the Earth Fire Sect and other powers had stayed quiet, then learned from Song Xiandu that Song Luyao had gone to Sunset City to bid for a Foundation Establishment Pill for him.
• Song Changsheng grew worried about Song Luyao and could not settle down to cultivate.
• Song Changsheng saw several streaks of rainbow light descend upon Vast Peak and hurried to the Hall of Hundred Arts.
• Song Lutong let Song Changsheng into the hall, where Song Changsheng found Song Luyao bloodied and missing both legs below the knees.
• Song Luhai said the Blazing Sun Sect had ambushed Song Luyao after someone leaked her route, while Song Luzhou denounced a traitor and Song Xianyun blamed himself.

Song Xianyun revealed that Song Luyao had used the trip to Sunset City to bait a traitor within the Song Clan, but the ambush went awry when the Earth Fire Sect joined forces with the Blazing Sun Sect. Song Luyao survived but lost her legs, and Song Changsheng’s hatred for the two sects deepened.

• Song Xianyun told Song Luzhou and Song Changsheng that Song Luyao had planned to lure out the clan’s hidden traitor during the trip to bid on a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Song Luyao persuaded Song Xianyun to bring Lu Huai and others openly down the mountain to ambush her attackers at a likely battlefield, believing the Patriarch’s lingering power would deter the Earth Fire Sect from attacking the clan.
• Song Xianyun regretted agreeing to Song Luyao’s plan after recounting how she had made herself bait to expose the traitor.
• Song Luzhou explained that the ambush against Song Luyao included the Blazing Sun Sect, which sent three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including a Second-Tier High Grade Array Master, and trapped her before the counter-ambush could arrive.
• Song Changsheng learned that Song Luyao had survived but lost her legs, and he grew more hateful toward the Earth Fire Sect and the Blazing Sun Sect.

After Song Luyao survived her injuries, Song Changsheng resolved to repay her sacrifice by growing stronger. He entered seclusion to establish his foundation, choosing the perilous ancient method instead of taking the Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Song Changsheng accepted the Foundation Establishment Pill from Song Luzhou and kept vigil over the unconscious Song Luyao through the night.
• Song Xianming urged Song Changsheng to prepare for Foundation Establishment, then took Song Lutong to punish the Earth Fire Sect and the Blazing Sun Sect.
• Song Xianming sealed Fire Cauldron Mountain with a Third-Tier Grand Formation, and Chang Wudao ordered his array masters to break it.
• Song Luyao awoke, remained calm about her crippled legs, and resumed the Law Enforcement Hall's work while searching for the clan traitor.
• Song Changsheng left letters for his mother and grandfather, entered seclusion, set aside the Foundation Establishment Pill, and chose the dangerous ancient cultivation method.

Song Changsheng began his Foundation Establishment breakthrough using a Meridian Protection Pill and Calming Incense. After surviving the Spiritual Power Stage and completing the physical tempering, he reached the Divine Soul Stage, where an Inner Demon began showing him visions of his clan’s deaths.

• Song Changsheng took the Meridian Protection Pill and entered the Foundation Establishment breakthrough in a Cultivation Chamber prepared with a Spirit Gathering Array and Calming Incense.
• After a year of preparation, Song Changsheng forced violent spiritual power through his meridians and opened the Baihui Acupoint, completing the Spiritual Power Stage.
• Song Changsheng’s dantian expanded, his spiritual power condensed into liquid, and his Yin-Yang Dao Foundation transformed into a Spiritual Platform.
• Song Changsheng absorbed spiritual energy to temper his body, expelling black impurities as the process strengthened him.
• Song Changsheng entered the Divine Soul Stage and saw visions of Song Lutong, Song Luzhou, Song Qingxi, and a gravestone bearing his own name.
• Song Changsheng recognized that an Inner Demon was disturbing his mind.

Song Changsheng overcame the Soul Pass, comprehended Yin-Yang True Intent, and successfully established his Foundation. His family concealed his breakthrough’s significance and planned to name him Young Clan Head as he emerged from seclusion.

• Song Changsheng resisted the inner demon until the Calming Incense broke its illusions, then began building his immortal foundation.
• Xia Yunxue and Song Luhai witnessed Yin-Yang Qi gather into a Tai Chi diagram, and Song Luhai recognized Song Changsheng’s Yin-Yang True Intent.
• Song Xianming arrived, concealed the disturbance with a Restriction, and decided Song Changsheng would become Young Clan Head and receive both ceremonies together.
• Song Xianming, Xia Yunxue, Song Luhai, Song Luzhou, and Song Xianyun guarded Song Changsheng while he studied Yin-Yang True Intent.
• After another month, Song Changsheng completed Foundation Establishment and found that his meridians, Spiritual Power, body, and Divine Sense had greatly strengthened.
• Song Changsheng drew the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd and Lu Wu Bell into his dantian to nourish them, then opened the Cultivation Chamber door.

After Song Changsheng completed Foundation Establishment, he learned of his mother’s new role and the Lineage’s plan to name him Young Clan Head. He accepted the jade token, choosing the responsibilities of leadership over his wish to travel freely.

• Song Changsheng greeted his grandfather, mother, and elders after completing Foundation Establishment and confirmed that he had comprehended the Yin-Yang True Intent.
• Xia Yunxue told Song Changsheng that Song Lutong had become the Sixth Elder and that she had taken over the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Xia Yunxue served Song Changsheng Drunken Beauty, the wine she had brewed with his father, and gave him the Young Clan Head Jade Token.
• Xia Yunxue explained that Song Xianming had promised to make Song Changsheng Young Clan Head if he achieved Foundation Establishment and asked what he wanted.
• Song Changsheng accepted the jade token, saying he had felt it belonged to him from the moment he saw it.

Song Changsheng accepted the role of Young Clan Head and visited Song Luyao after establishing his foundation. She gave him authority to allocate the unused Foundation Establishment Pill and investigate a traitor, whose identity shocked him; he confronted Clan Uncle Lusheng and asked why he had played the thief.

• Song Changsheng confirmed to Xia Yunxue that he would become Young Clan Head, and she said the ceremony would accompany his Foundation Establishment Ceremony.
• Song Changsheng visited Wind Whisper Hall, where Song Luyao praised his comprehension of Yin-Yang True Intent and scolded him for using the dangerous Ancient Cultivator Method to establish his foundation.
• Song Changsheng returned the untouched Foundation Establishment Pill, but Song Luyao told him to decide whom to give it to as a test of his judgment.
• Song Luyao gave Song Changsheng a Jade Slip identifying the lineage's traitor and authorized him to handle the matter; he was shocked by the identity it revealed.
• Song Changsheng visited Clan Uncle Lusheng and, despite Lusheng's warm greeting, asked him why he had played the thief.

Song Changsheng exposed and arrested Song Lusheng and Song Xiandu for betraying the Song Clan, then learned the Council of Elders had made him responsible for their trial. He chose to hold a public trial the next day to establish his authority as Young Clan Head.

• Song Changsheng confronted Song Lusheng with evidence of his betrayal, foiled his talisman attack, and bound him.
• Song Xiandu emerged and admitted he had betrayed the lineage because he believed he had been denied the Clan Head position and a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Song Changsheng arrested Song Xiandu and Song Lusheng, while Law Enforcement Hall disciples arrested the other spies and traitors in a quiet operation.
• Xia Yunxue told Song Changsheng that the Council of Elders had assigned him to preside over the trial as a test and to establish his authority.
• Song Changsheng ordered a public trial of the lineage's traitors in the Law Enforcement Grand Hall at noon the next day.

Song Changsheng presided over the judgment of Song Xiandu and eleven other clan traitors, refuting Song Xiandu’s accusations and exposing the traitors’ crimes. He sentenced the ringleaders to death and their accomplices to punishment, while Xia Yunxue questioned whether his judgment was too severe and Song Luyao defended it.

• Song Changsheng confronted Song Xiandu, who blamed Song Xianming and accused him of favoring his own family in distributing Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Song Changsheng explained that his father and mother had earned their pills, and revealed that he had established his foundation using the Ancient Cultivator Foundation Establishment Method without taking the pill granted to him.
• Song Changsheng ordered Song Xiandu taken away and brought the twelve traitors led by Song Lusheng before the clan.
• Song Changsheng exposed the traitors’ crimes, then sentenced seven to Annihilation of Divine Soul and exile for their direct relatives, while sentencing Song Changchun, Song Lucheng, and six others to have their cultivation crippled and work in the mines with their relatives.
• Xia Yunxue worried that Song Changsheng’s punishments were too harsh, but Song Luyao said the severity would deter future offenders.

After Song Changsheng dealt with the aftermath of Song Xiandu’s betrayal, he reflected on the Lineage’s harsh choices and comprehended a powerful body-forging method from the Dao Scripture. He cultivated new Foundation Establishment spells, and the chapter ended as guests began gathering for the Foundation Establishment Ceremony.

• Song Luyao defended the decision to eliminate the clan members connected to Song Xiandu’s betrayal, while Xia Yunxue lamented the innocent casualties.
• Song Changsheng returned to his courtyard and, after meditating for four days and three nights, comprehended the Five Beast Body Tempering Art.
• Song Changsheng learned that the method required materials from five Demon Beasts and planned to begin with an Ape Heart.
• Song Changsheng cultivated Object Manipulation Flight and the Protective Spiritual Shield, choosing the Spirit Severing Gourd as his flying object.
• More than two months passed as Song Changsheng and Song Lutong prepared for the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, and leaders and Rogue Cultivators began arriving in Ling Province.

The Song Clan held a grand Foundation Establishment Ceremony for its two new cultivators, but Li Tiancheng used the gathering to provoke Song Changsheng with a challenger from the Earth Fire Sect. Song Changsheng began fighting Qi Feiyun, and the chapter ended as he prepared to use his Illusion Breaking Eye against Qi Feiyun’s Formless Sword Array.

• The Song Clan welcomed nearly three hundred guests to celebrate its two new Foundation Establishment Cultivators, with the major forces exchanging gifts and maintaining surface harmony.
• After the ceremony, Li Tiancheng introduced Qi Feiyun as a young challenger seeking Song Changsheng’s guidance, and Wang Qinghe hinted that the Earth Fire Sect had arranged the confrontation.
• Song Lutong tried to answer Qi Feiyun’s provocation, but Song Changsheng stopped him and accepted the challenge himself.
• At the Training Ground, Qi Feiyun unleashed twelve Flying Swords, and Song Changsheng blocked their first attacks with Yin and Yang Qi and surging water.
• Qi Feiyun formed a Formless Sword Array around Song Changsheng, who raised his Protective Spiritual Shield and prepared to activate his Illusion Breaking Eye.

Song Changsheng defeated Qi Feiyun by breaking the Formless Sword Array and countering the Formless Giant Sword with his Yin-Yang Two Forms Array. After the Earth Fire Sect admitted defeat and left, the Song Clan prepared for trouble as the Earth Fire Sect began making moves across Ling Province.

• Song Changsheng used the Spirit Severing Gourd to expose and shatter Qi Feiyun's Formless Sword Array.
• Qi Feiyun unleashed the Formless Giant Sword, but Song Changsheng formed a Yin-Yang millstone that shattered it.
• Song Changsheng trapped Qi Feiyun in a water sphere, and Li Tiancheng admitted defeat before carrying the unconscious Qi Feiyun away.
• Song Luhai and Song Luzhou warned that the Earth Fire Sect had switched sides and urged the Song Clan to stay on guard.
• After the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, the Song Clan sent elders to guard key resource sites, and Song Changsheng volunteered to protect the Crimson Cloud Iron Ore Veins.

Song Changsheng arrived at the Crimson Cloud Iron Ore Veins and learned that a second-tier demonic beast had killed miners and deacon Lumin's group inside Sector B. He entered the mine tunnel alone to investigate and recognized the creature's attack as Earth Dragon's Turn just as it burst from underground.

• Song Changsheng reached the ore vein, verified his identity to Song Xianhe, and assured the deacons he would handle Qu Jinsheng.
• A cultivator reported that miners had died in Sector B and that Lumin and her companions had disappeared; their Soul Lamps had gone out.
• Song Changsheng ordered Song Xianhe to evacuate the miners and went into Sector B after sensing dense second-tier Demonic Qi.
• Song Changsheng followed Demonic Qi traces to signs of a battle, then recognized Earth Dragon's Turn as the mine tunnel shook.
• A colossal creature erupted from beneath the ground with a mouth full of spiral sawteeth as Song Changsheng retreated.

Song Changsheng wounded an Earth Dragon that had been disrupting the mine and collected Earth Dragon Pearls from its severed body. He began comprehending the Earth Dragon Turning Over Diagram and discovered a body-tempering method hidden in the beast’s breathing, though he had only just begun to practice it.

• Song Changsheng attacked the Second-Tier Low-Grade Earth Dragon with the Spirit Severing Gourd, followed it underground, and cut it in two with Yin and Yang Qi.
• The Earth Dragon healed its wound and escaped after hurling a boulder, while Song Changsheng collected three Earth Dragon Pearls from its severed spine.
• Song Changsheng returned to the surface, told Song Xianhe that the Earth Dragon had escaped, and promised to kill it before leaving the mine.
• Song Changsheng stayed on guard against the Earth Fire Sect and began studying the Earth Dragon Turning Over Diagram using an Earth Dragon Pearl.
• Song Changsheng noticed that the sleeping Earth Dragon’s muscles moved with its breathing, realized this was a body-tempering method, and began imitating its breathing.

Song Changsheng used the Earth Dragon Clan’s breathing method to strengthen his body as he waited for the Earth Fire Sect and Blazing Sun Sect reinforcements. He fought Qu Jinsheng and Zhang Chenlong at the mine’s protective array, leaving Qu Jinsheng stunned by the strength of his body.

• Song Changsheng cultivated for several days, strengthening his physique with the Earth Dragon Clan’s breathing method.
• Song Xianhe warned Song Changsheng that Qu Jinsheng had returned with Zhang Chenlong, and Song Changsheng went out to confront them.
• Qu Jinsheng and Zhang Chenlong attacked the mine’s protective array, but Song Changsheng took control of it and blocked their assaults.
• When Zhang Chenlong produced a Second-Tier Formation Breaking Talisman, Song Changsheng struck his divine soul with the Spirit Severing Blade and punched him into a mountain.
• Qu Jinsheng attacked Song Changsheng with a spirit sword, but Song Changsheng met it with his fist and left Qu Jinsheng shocked by his body’s strength.