Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng fought Qu Jinsheng and Zhang Chenlong at once, enduring their attacks and using his artifacts and Yin-Yang Two Forms Array to turn the battle around. Qu Jinsheng fled after losing a limb, while Song Changsheng killed Zhang Chenlong with a sonic attack through the Lu Wu Bell.

• Song Changsheng used his body-refining strength and artifacts to suppress Qu Jinsheng, then battled him in midair.
• Zhang Chenlong returned in Mysterious Armor and wounded Song Changsheng with his spear, while Qu Jinsheng struck at him with the Giant Sword Art.
• Song Changsheng survived the combined attacks behind a Yin-Yang barrier and revealed his lotus platform, Spirit Severing Gourd, Heavenly Gang Shield, and golden bronze bell.
• Song Changsheng used the Lu Wu Bell to trap Zhang Chenlong, then activated the Yin-Yang Two Forms Array and severed Qu Jinsheng's limb, forcing him to flee.
• Song Changsheng borrowed Lu Wu's power to attack Zhang Chenlong's Divine Soul with sound, killing him inside the bell.

Song Changsheng defeated the Earth Fire Sect and Blazing Sun Sect cultivators, then tracked down and killed the Earth Dragon in its underground maze. Afterward, he discovered something unexpected in the creature’s lair.

• Song Changsheng killed Zhang Chenlong, warned Song Xianhe to guard against further attacks, and collected Zhang Chenlong’s belongings.
• Song Changsheng found a fortune in Zhang Chenlong’s Universe Bag and kept his Long Spear and War Armor, which he refined and named the Mystic Heaven Battle Armor.
• Song Changsheng entered the Sector B Mine Tunnel to hunt the injured Earth Dragon, used the Illusion Breaking Eye to find its hidden lair, and trapped it with the Lu Wu Bell.
• Song Changsheng pierced the Earth Dragon with the Long Spear and killed it with the Gourd Soul Slash while the Mystic Heaven Battle Armor protected him from its spells.
• Song Changsheng examined the Earth Dragon’s vast lair, noticed wild grass and flowers growing deep underground, and extended his Divine Sense to investigate.

Song Changsheng discovered that the Earth Dragon’s lair concealed a likely undeveloped Wood Spirit Vein and brought Song Luyou and clan members to confirm it. They found a small Second-Tier vein and began excavating it, whereupon dense wood spiritual energy burst out.

• Song Changsheng killed the Earth Dragon, warned Song Xianhe to keep everyone away from Sector B Mine Tunnel, and returned to report the suspected Wood Spirit Vein to Song Xianyun.
• Song Xianyun sent Song Changsheng, Song Luyou, Song Luhai, and an elite squad to investigate the site.
• Song Changsheng installed a Second-Tier Low-Grade Mist Concealment Formation around the Crimson Cloud Iron Ore Veins.
• Song Luyou confirmed that the site held a small, undeveloped Second-Tier Wood Spirit Vein and identified its best entrance with his compass.
• The Law Enforcement Disciples excavated under Song Luyou’s direction, and dense wood spiritual energy burst forth after they dug more than ten zhang.

Song Changsheng and the Song Clan entered a Second-Tier Wood Spirit Vein, cleared its Wood Spirits, and gathered valuable Spiritual Herbs. The discovery of a Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree and a mysterious Wood Essence Jade Marrow left the clan with new prospects, including a possible cure for Song Changsheng's grandfather's injuries.

• Song Changsheng, Xia Yunxue, Song Luhai, and the Law Enforcement Disciples broke through the barrier and entered the Wood Spirit Vein, where they began clearing its Wood Spirits.
• Song Changsheng, Xia Yunxue, and Song Luhai killed the second-tier Wood Spirits, while the Song Clan suffered two deaths and five injuries clearing the first-tier ones.
• Song Changsheng collected three Red Jade Vermilion Fruits and marked the tree so he could bring it back to the lineage.
• Xia Yunxue found a Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree bearing two fruits, bringing the Song Clan one of the three rare ingredients needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Song Changsheng uncovered an emerald crystal encased in Basalt, and Xia Yunxue identified it as possibly being Wood Essence Jade Marrow that could help Song Changsheng's grandfather recover from his injuries.

Song Changsheng and the Song Clan discovered a Second-Tier Wood Spirit Vein and obtained Wood Essence Jade Marrow that could repair Song Xianming’s damaged origin. Song Xianming entered seclusion to absorb it, while Song Changsheng returned to cultivation and training to protect the clan.

• Song Changsheng and Song Luhai realized the Wood Essence Jade Marrow could restore Song Xianming’s damaged origin, and Xia Yunxue ordered them to keep it secret.
• Song Changsheng’s group harvested mature spiritual herbs, transplanted precious Spirit Plants, concealed the Wood Spirit Vein, and returned to the clan.
• The Song Clan’s leaders decided to maintain their cooperation with the Li Clan for now, despite the conflict the new vein could cause.
• Song Xianming confirmed that the Wood Essence Jade Marrow could repair his origin, though absorbing it would take around ten years, and entered seclusion.
• Song Changsheng resumed cultivating the Five Beast Body Tempering Art and began practicing Zhang Chenlong’s Water Severing Spear as his main offensive technique.

Song Changsheng refused Song Luyou’s request to obtain the clan’s Foundation Establishment Pill through personal favor and arranged for the Council of Elders to choose among the eligible candidates. The elders selected Song Changquan, who received the pill and announced he would enter seclusion.

• Song Luyou visited Song Changsheng and pleaded for the Foundation Establishment Pill, citing his age, contributions, and status as a Second-Tier Low-Grade Earth Master.
• Song Changsheng rejected a private promise and said the Council of Elders would vote among the three clan members who qualified under the clan rule.
• Three days later, the Council of Elders chose Song Changquan, a Second-Tier Low-Grade alchemist with strong talent and contributions.
• Song Changsheng handed the Foundation Establishment Pill to Song Changquan, who announced he would enter seclusion.

Song Changsheng exchanged his spoils for Five-Element Essence and visited the Scripture Repository’s third floor, where he chose the Mountain Overturning Seal Minor Divine Ability to study in seclusion. After six months with little progress, he went to meet his visiting friend Zhu Yiqun and discovered that Zhu had broken through to Foundation Establishment.

• Song Changsheng exchanged captured items for Five-Element Essence to nurture his magic artifacts.
• Song Changsheng entered the third floor of the Scripture Repository and found the three Minor Divine Abilities created by Ancestor Song Taiyi.
• Song Changsheng chose the Mountain Overturning Seal and began secluded cultivation to comprehend it.
• After six months without great progress, Song Changsheng learned that Zhu Yiqun had come to visit.
• Song Changsheng rode the Spirit Severing Gourd down the mountain and greeted Zhu Yiqun, realizing that he had reached Foundation Establishment.

Song Changsheng and Zhu Yiqun reunited over a meal and revealed the secrets behind their Great Dao Foundations. Zhu Yiqun then left to search for his hunted father, leaving Song Changsheng to hope for his safe return.

• Song Changsheng and Zhu Yiqun celebrated both reaching Foundation Establishment and discussed their Great Dao Foundations.
• Zhu Yiqun revealed that he had recognized Song Changsheng's Yin-Yang True Intent at his Foundation Establishment Ceremony.
• Zhu Yiqun told Song Changsheng he planned to search Bianzhou and other states for his father, who was being hunted.
• Zhu Yiqun said he suspected the One-Armed Swordsman in Bianzhou was Xu Yunhe and planned to investigate.
• Song Changsheng gave Zhu Yiqun a Heavenly Gang Shield, and Zhu Yiqun gave him a jar of seasoning before departing on a black wok.
• Song Changsheng watched Zhu Yiqun leave and wished him luck, hoping they would meet again.

Song Changsheng took charge of the Song Clan while five elders secluded themselves to refine Ascending Dragon Pills, but Song Changquan died attempting Foundation Establishment. The elders later advanced the clan’s strength, and Song Xianyun proposed redrawing the benefits at Liuyun Market.

• Song Luzhou announced that he had refined ten Ascending Dragon Pills, and Song Xianyun arranged for five bottlenecked elders to enter seclusion while Song Changsheng managed the clan.
• Song Changsheng handled the clan’s affairs for a year as Song Changquan attempted Foundation Establishment and failed twice, dying in the cultivation chamber.
• Song Changsheng allowed Song Qingshi to cremate Song Changquan’s remains and take his ashes to the Mortal World for burial.
• Song Xianyun reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, Xia Yunxue and Song Luhai advanced to the Middle Stage, and Song Luzhou advanced to the Late Stage, while Song Luyao failed to break through.
• Song Xianyun praised Song Changsheng’s handling of clan affairs, then proposed that the Song Clan redraw its division of benefits at Liuyun Market.

After the Song Clan reclaimed a larger share of Liuyun Market, Song Changsheng emerged from seclusion and learned that the Lineage planned to reopen its trade route to Sunset City. He was chosen to join the expedition and received three Spirit Artifacts to refine before departure.

• The Song Clan took thirty percent of Liuyun Market's profits, forcing the Earth Fire Sect to settle for twenty percent.
• Song Changsheng ended his three-month seclusion after failing to comprehend the Mountain Overturning Seal and refining the Ink Jade Lotus Platform to Second-Tier Low-Grade.
• Song Xianyun told Song Changsheng that the Song Clan would reopen the Sunset City Trade Route with the Li Clan and Wang Clan, protected by four Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Song Xianyun revealed that Song Changsheng and Lu Huai would join the expedition, which was tentatively scheduled to depart the following month.
• Song Xianyun gave Song Changsheng three black Willow-Leaf Flying Daggers to refine, and Song Changsheng recognized them as Spirit Artifacts.

Song Changsheng received the Godslaying Flying Daggers and an invitation to represent the Song Clan at the Great City Lord of Sunset City's four hundredth birthday banquet. He learned that the trip would broaden his horizons, but Song Xianming refused to explain how his jade pendant and “Wan” were connected to Sunset City.

• Song Xianyun gave Song Changsheng the three remaining Godslaying Flying Daggers and the invitation to the Great City Lord's birthday banquet in Sunset City.
• Song Changsheng visited Song Xianming at Suspended Mirror Lake and impressed him with his water-controlling art.
• Song Xianming confirmed the banquet was the main reason Song Changsheng was being sent to Sunset City and urged him to broaden his horizons.
• Song Changsheng asked about Song Xianming's jade pendant and “Wan,” but Song Xianming refused to answer and told him to refine the daggers.

Song Changsheng refined the Godslaying Flying Daggers and discovered the power hidden in an invitation to a birthday celebration in Sunset City. After the Council of Elders asked his opinion about Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi wanting to leave Little Green Mountain for training, he approved the journey and offered to visit them himself.

• Song Changsheng refined all three Godslaying Flying Daggers and kept them close because his dantian was already nurturing five magic artifacts.
• Song Changsheng opened the invitation and was overwhelmed by the powerful qin music sealed inside it, then learned the birthday celebration was more than a year away.
• Song Changsheng received Song Luhai's message and hurried to his residence, where Song Luhai asked him to weigh in on Song Qingxing's request to go down the mountain with Song Qingxi.
• Song Changsheng supported the siblings' training journey but stressed that the clan must protect them, then offered to visit Little Green Mountain himself.

Song Changsheng visited Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing on Little Green Mountain and learned they planned to travel to Heavenly Sword Sect to study the Heavenly Sword Stele. He agreed to let them train nearby while he was away, then promised that one of the elders would accompany them to Xuzhou later.

• Song Changsheng reunited with Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing, whose cultivation had reached Qi Condensation Sixth Layer and Eighth Layer.
• Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing revealed their plan to travel to Heavenly Sword Sect so Song Qingxing could study the Heavenly Sword Stele.
• Song Changsheng refused to let them make the dangerous journey alone, but agreed that an elder would accompany them after returning from Sunset City.
• Song Qingxing agreed to wait and asked to go down the mountain while Song Changsheng was away, and Song Changsheng limited their travels to the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range or Liuyun Market.
• Song Changsheng gave Song Qingxi Thunder Beads and a Substitute Death Paper Figure, gave Song Qingxing a protective Jade Pendant and a Divine Flame Talisman, and advised them before returning to the Lineage.

Song Changsheng and Song Luhai led the Song Clan delegation to Sunset City for the Great City Lord’s birthday, carrying a Third-Tier Golden Horn Poison Dragon core as a gift. After a journey through Bianzhou, they reached the city and arrived at the Song Clan’s Wangyue Pavilion, where the longtime staff welcomed them, relieved that the clan had overcome its difficulties.

• Song Xianyun gave Song Changsheng the clan’s Third-Tier Golden Horn Poison Dragon core to present as the Great City Lord’s birthday gift, and warned the group to be careful on their journey.
• Song Luhai led Song Changsheng and the clan members to meet Wang Lizhou and Li Tianyou, then took everyone aboard the Flying Cloud Boat toward Sunset City.
• After traveling through Bianzhou, the group admired the Sunset Mountain Range and reached Sunset City, where they passed inspection and paid the entry fee.
• Wang Lizhou and Li Tianyou parted ways with the Song Clan group, and Song Luhai led them to Wangyue Pavilion in the eastern part of the city.
• Song Xiantu and the other Song Clan staff welcomed Song Changsheng and Song Luhai, moved that the clan had finally weathered its difficulties.

Song Changsheng arrived in Sunset City with Song Luhai to reopen the Song Clan’s trade route and attend the Great City Lord’s birthday banquet. He met the clan’s formidable Chief Attendant, Sun Chuanming, and the three clans secured a chance to resume trade, while the Wang and Li clans offered supplies to win their own trade channels.

• Song Luhai brought Song Changsheng and the clan’s new attendants to Song Xiantu’s grocery store, where Song Xiantu welcomed them and explained Sunset City’s strict nighttime curfew.
• Song Luhai told Song Changsheng that Sun Chuanming was the Song Clan’s Chief Attendant and a renowned Treasure Appraiser whose skill had earned him status comparable to an elder.
• Song Changsheng met Sun Chuanming, whose sharp gaze seemed to see through him, and remembered Song Luhai’s concern that no one had learned the attendant’s appraisal skill.
• Song Luhai met Qian Duoyu with representatives of the Wang and Li clans, and Qian agreed to accept the Song Clan’s goods under their established trade arrangement.
• Wang Lizhou offered Five-Element Essence and Spirit Rice, while Li Tianyou offered Spiritual Herbs, seeking to establish trade channels for their clans.

Song Changsheng watched Sun Chuanming appraise treasures and learned that his extraordinary nose came from a tracking secret art. Sun Chuanming offered to teach him the technique, while Song Changsheng remained in Sunset City amid signs that a war might be approaching.

• Qian Duoyu gave Wang Lizhou and Li Tianyou a list of urgently needed supplies, whose high prices led Song Changsheng to suspect preparations for war.
• Song Changsheng learned that Song Luhai would return to Liuyun Market for a garrison change, delaying the planned trip with Song Qingxing and his sister to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Song Changsheng watched Sun Chuanming appraise a damaged bronze artifact and identify the genuine key among a set of nearly identical keys.
• Sun Chuanming explained that he had found the genuine key by smelling the cultivator's distinctive scent with a tracking secret art.
• Song Changsheng wondered if the technique was like a dog's nose, and Sun Chuanming offered to teach it to him.

Song Changsheng accepted Sun Chuanming as his teacher and received the Spiritual Eye Treasure Appraisal inheritance, including the Insight Technique and Ten Thousand Mile Tracking. He discovered that the Insight Technique harmonized with his Illusion Breaking Eye and reached its introductory stage in a single night.

• Sun Chuanming revealed that Song Changsheng's comprehension, talent, Divine Sense, and existing eye technique made him the ideal heir, and Song Changsheng agreed to learn from him.
• Song Changsheng paid respects to Sun Chuanming's master, Fifth Phase, and swore an Inner Demon oath not to pass on the inheritance lightly.
• Sun Chuanming gave Song Changsheng the ancient book containing the Spiritual Eye Treasure Appraisal inheritance and offered him access to his collection of books.
• Song Luhai explained that Song Xianming had arranged for Song Changsheng to meet Sun Chuanming, leaving Song Changsheng frustrated that his grandfather kept him in the dark.
• Song Changsheng read about the Insight Technique and Ten Thousand Mile Tracking, then began cultivating the Insight Technique.
• Song Changsheng found that the Insight Technique fused smoothly with his Illusion Breaking Eye and reached the introductory stage overnight.

Song Changsheng went to Sunset City’s West Market to improve his treasure-appraisal skills and encountered the music of his old acquaintance Zhuang Yuechan at Heavenly Sound Mountain. He left Qing Luo with a new appreciation for the Song Clan’s homeland and arrived at the bustling market, ready to search for bargains.

• Song Changsheng impressed Sun Chuanming with his progress in the Insight Technique, and Sun Chuanming advised him to practice appraising treasures at the West Market.
• Song Qingluo offered to guide Song Changsheng around Sunset City, and Song Changsheng agreed to visit the West Market by way of several local sights.
• Song Changsheng and Song Qingluo stopped at Heavenly Sound Mountain, where Song Changsheng recognized Zhuang Yuechan’s qin music and reflected on their old companions.
• Song Changsheng told Song Qingluo about Vast Peak and the Song Clan, stirring the young man’s longing to see his ancestral home.
• Song Qingluo led Song Changsheng to the West Market, where Song Changsheng prepared to look for overlooked treasures.

Song Changsheng visited West Market and used the Insight Technique to spot a genuine treasure among a Gambling Merchant’s fakes. After returning to the grocery store, he revealed that the Beast Skin he bought contained ancient writing titled “Fleeting Light and Shadow,” leaving its contents unknown.

• Song Qingluo explained that Gambling Merchants sold uncertain relics supposedly recovered from an ancient battlefield ruin, and Song Changsheng decided to investigate their stalls.
• Song Changsheng recognized that an old man and a burly man were staging a fake discovery to entice him, but pretended to be fooled and negotiated two items for one hundred Spirit Stones.
• Song Changsheng bought a bronze fragment and a tattered piece of Beast Skin, while the old man and burly man celebrated what they thought was an easy sale.
• Back at the grocery store, Song Changsheng refined the bronze fragment into second-tier Dark Nether Crystal Essence worth at least three hundred Spirit Stones.
• Song Changsheng roasted the Beast Skin, revealed its Ancient Beast Script, and read the title “Fleeting Light and Shadow.”

Song Changsheng discovered and mastered the evasion art Fleeting Light and Shadow, then learned that demonic beasts might soon march north. Meanwhile, Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi encountered rogue cultivators near Liuyun Market, and Song Qingxing killed all five attackers.

• Song Changsheng found that the beast skin recorded the exquisite evasion technique Fleeting Light and Shadow and decided to cultivate it.
• Song Luhai warned Song Changsheng that demonic beasts near the Black Water Great Marsh and Thunderous Mountain might be preparing to invade, then left for the lineage.
• Song Changsheng cultivated Fleeting Light and Shadow for twenty-eight days and demonstrated his new speed to Song Qingluo.
• Near Liuyun Market, Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi were surrounded by five rogue cultivators who demanded their belongings.
• Song Qingxing killed one rogue cultivator with a swift sword strike after the man threatened Song Qingxi.
• Song Qingxing fought the remaining four, killed three, and fatally stabbed the Pockmarked Cultivator.