Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng dreamed of a childhood visit to a mysterious Third-Tier Alchemy Master, then searched for clues about her identity while staying on Heavenly Sound Mountain. He finally met the Casual Senior, who recognized his father and referred to Song Changsheng’s grandfather as a rotten old bastard.

• Song Changsheng dreamed that his parents brought him to Aunt Xiao, whose Jade Pendant bearing the character “Wan” triggered a violent reaction in his Sea of Consciousness.
• After waking, Song Changsheng suspected Aunt Xiao was connected to his grandfather’s pendant and wondered whether she was the secretive Third City Lord of Sunset City.
• Qian Duoyu denied knowing the Third City Lord’s name, suggested the Great Xiao Cultivation World as a place to search, and took Song Changsheng to hear four Purple Palace Cultivators discuss the Dao.
• Song Changsheng learned where Zhuang Yuechan lived but could not find her, while Song Qingluo broke through to the Qi Condensation Seventh Layer.
• The Casual Senior visited Song Changsheng at the Bamboo Building, said she had come because she wanted to see him, and revealed that she had met his father, who once followed his grandfather around.

Song Changsheng met Xiao Qingwan, an old acquaintance of his grandfather, and tried to uncover the story behind their relationship. She exposed his fabrications, spared him, and left him with a question for Song Xianming about whether he regretted his past decision.

• Xiao Qingwan revealed that she had known Song Xianming, and Song Changsheng claimed his grandfather had spoken of her often.
• Xiao Qingwan pressed Song Changsheng to repeat what Song Xianming had said, so he falsely claimed that his grandfather was deeply enamored of her.
• Song Changsheng tried to explain that Song Xianming had kept his distance because he felt unworthy, but Xiao Qingwan saw through his story and described his grandfather as a renowned genius.
• Xiao Qingwan spared Song Changsheng but told him to ask Song Xianming whether he regretted the decision he had made back then.
• Xiao Qingwan left after giving her name, and Song Changsheng wondered how he could raise her question with his grandfather.

Song Changsheng refined Xiao Qingwan’s Spirit Condensing Pills and then met Zhuang Yuechan, hoping to learn more about the senior and Zhu Yiqun. Zhuang Yuechan’s revelations exposed Niu Dazhuang’s lies and suggested he faced serious consequences, while Song Changsheng learned Xiao Qingwan was her martial uncle.

• Song Changsheng found the Spirit Condensing Pills Xiao Qingwan had left behind and refined them, raising his divine sense to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage level.
• Song Qingluo reported that Zhuang Yuechan had arrived, and Song Changsheng invited her inside to talk.
• Zhuang Yuechan told Song Changsheng that Zhu Yiqun and Xu had visited Sunset City, but Song Changsheng revealed Niu Dazhuang had concealed his own arrival from her.
• Zhuang Yuechan explained that Zhu Yiqun and Song Qingxing had collected a reward after killing the Living Puppet, startling Song Changsheng because Song Qingxing was his own false name.
• Song Changsheng asked Zhuang Yuechan about Xiao Qingwan, and she realized her martial uncle had learned of his arrival through Niu Dazhuang, who had lied about it.
• Zhuang Yuechan feared Niu Dazhuang would face severe punishment and asked Song Changsheng what he had told Xiao Qingwan; he assured her he had said little.

Song Changsheng learned from Zhuang Yuechan that his grandfather, Song Xianming, had once loved Xiao Qingwan but left her before their wedding, and that Niu Dazhuang resented the Song Clan because his master had pursued Xiao Qingwan. Still puzzled by Sunset City's special treatment of him, Song Changsheng suspected the old family calamity was tied to the broken wedding; two days later, he and Zhuang Yuechan went to watch Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect seniors discuss the Dao.

• Song Changsheng asked Zhuang Yuechan why she had been cold toward him because of his surname, and she told him the story of Xiao Qingwan and a man who had abandoned their wedding.
• Song Changsheng realized that the man in Zhuang Yuechan's story was his grandfather, Song Xianming, and that Niu Dazhuang disliked the Song Clan because his master, Zhan Tianxia, had pursued Xiao Qingwan.
• Zhuang Yuechan refused to reveal why Song Xianming and Xiao Qingwan had eventually become strangers, but told Song Changsheng that his special treatment in Sunset City was what he deserved.
• After Zhuang Yuechan left, Song Changsheng connected the broken wedding to the period when Song Yungui was injured and Song Yunhan became Patriarch, and resolved to investigate.
• Two days later, Zhuang Yuechan invited Song Changsheng to the Dao Discussion Hall to hear seniors from the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect discuss the Dao.
• As Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan arrived together, her admirers ignored by her turned their ire toward him.

Song Changsheng accompanied Zhuang Yuechan to the Dao Discussion Hall, where rivals and admirers crowded around them because rumors named her the Great City Lord’s successor. As the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect elders prepared for their debate, Zhuang Yuechan tried to leave with Song Changsheng, but a lightning-wreathed man arrived before they could escape.

• Hai Dongping, Qi Feiyun, and Blazing Sun Sect disciples confronted Song Changsheng, but Zhuang Yuechan stopped their taunts by revealing that the Great City Lord had specially invited him.
• Hai Dongping persuaded Qi Feiyun and Liu Yunfeng to join him in discussing Song Changsheng, while Zhuang Yuechan warned Song Changsheng that Hai Dongping was dangerous.
• At the Dao Discussion Hall, attendees crowded around Zhuang Yuechan and repeatedly tried to make Song Changsheng give up his seat, but he refused.
• Xia Qingxue arrived with Dai Zichen, whose Purple Palace aura drove the admirers away, and Dai Zichen exchanged insults with a Heavenly Meridian Sect elder.
• Zhuang Yuechan urgently tried to take Song Changsheng away before the Dao discussion began, but a burly man covered in lightning entered the hall.

Zhan Tianxia halted the Dao Discussion to hold a dangerous trial, offering an Azure Sky White Jade Pill that could help Song Xianming recover his damaged origin. Song Changsheng volunteered despite realizing Zhan Tianxia was targeting him, and another cultivator joined as the trial was about to begin.

• Zhan Tianxia arrived at the Dao Discussion Hall, where Zhuang Yuechan told Song Changsheng that he was her Second Martial Uncle and the rival of Song Changsheng’s Old Master.
• Zhan Tianxia suspended the Dao Discussion and announced a trial, with an Azure Sky White Jade Pill as the reward for whoever persisted to the end.
• Song Changsheng recognized that the pill could give Song Xianming a chance to recover and advance, so he volunteered despite Zhan Tianxia’s apparent hostility.
• Zhuang Yuechan tried to join Song Changsheng, but Zhan Tianxia ordered her to withdraw, and she left to seek help from her Master.
• A cold-tempered woman who had arrived with Dai Zichen volunteered for the trial.

Zhan Tianxia began a Heart-Questioning Array trial for the Azure Sky White Jade Pill, while Song Changsheng and the other participants faced illusions that tested their Dao hearts. As Song Changsheng struggled through a vision of his father’s death, Mu Guibai could only hope he endured the trial.

• Zhan Tianxia closed the hall and formed a Heart-Questioning Array, explaining that the last participant remaining would win the Azure Sky White Jade Pill.
• Song Changsheng recognized the array and secretly placed a Bitter Heart Vine pill beneath his tongue to help him escape an illusion once.
• Zhan Tianxia activated the trial, and several participants quickly succumbed while Xia Qingxue remained steady.
• Zhuang Yuechan asked Mu Guibai to stop Zhan Tianxia, but Mu Guibai said the active array could not safely be interrupted and promised to treat Song Changsheng if he was harmed.
• Song Changsheng saw an illusion of a demonic old man pulling Song Luyan’s heart from his chest, and his aura began to fluctuate violently.

Song Changsheng resisted the Heart-Questioning Array’s illusions, endured the Third Illusion Realm, and drew offers from two Golden Core Sects. After realizing his apparent awakening was another illusion, he continued inside the array, where only he and Xia Qingxue remained.

• Song Changsheng resisted an illusion that tried to make him abandon his father’s revenge and return to his former life as Chen Feng, then entered the Third Illusion Realm.
• Dai Zichen and Zhan Tianxia noticed Song Changsheng’s recovery, while Old Ghost Bai began considering how to recruit or investigate him.
• Song Changsheng endured the Third Illusion Realm until Zhan Tianxia appeared to awaken him, and Old Ghost Bai and Dai Zichen offered him places in their sects.
• Song Changsheng declined to decide before consulting his Lineage elders and stayed behind to wait for Zhuang Yuechan, but realized his apparent awakening and the Jade Bottle were part of another illusion.
• Song Changsheng saw through the illusion and remained in the array with Xia Qingxue; after about a quarter of an hour, Xia Qingxue’s aura began to fluctuate.

Song Changsheng won the Heart-Questioning Array trial and received the Azure Sky White Jade Pill, while Xia Qingxue was safely withdrawn before her Dao Heart was harmed. After returning to his residence, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and learned that someone from the Song Clan had arrived.

• Xia Qingxue stabilized after breaking through the Third Illusion Realm, but Zhan Tianxia pulled her from the array when her aura began to collapse.
• Song Changsheng persisted longer than Xia Qingxue, and Zhuang Yuechan asked Mu Guibai to stop the formation before Song Changsheng's Dao Heart suffered serious damage.
• Zhan Tianxia awarded Song Changsheng the Azure Sky White Jade Pill, and Old Ghost Bai offered to take him as a disciple in the Heavenly Meridian Sect.
• Zhuang Yuechan summoned Song Changsheng to meet her master, then helped him avoid Old Ghost Bai's recruitment; the two exchanged playful words before parting.
• Song Changsheng contacted Song Xiantu to request that the Song Clan send someone, then entered closed-door cultivation and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in three days.
• Song Changsheng received a message from Song Xiantu several days later that someone from the Song Clan had arrived.

Song Changsheng and Song Xianyun carried the Azure Sky White Jade Pill toward Ling Province, but the Blazing Sun Sect ambushed them with a powerful formation and a force of seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators. As the battle began, Song Xianyun prepared a Third Tier talisman to open a path for their escape.

• Song Changsheng met Song Xianyun at the family grocery store and explained the Heart-Questioning Trial, his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and how he had obtained the Azure Sky White Jade Pill.
• Song Changsheng insisted on escorting Song Xianyun despite the danger, and the two left Sunset City aboard the Flying Cloud Boat.
• Song Changsheng detected the Blazing Sun Sect's Four Symbols Prison Heaven Formation before the boat entered it and warned Song Xianyun to turn aside.
• Yu Chengbo led seven Blazing Sun Sect cultivators in an attack, while Song Xianyun and Song Changsheng fought back with their Top-Grade Spirit Artifacts.
• Song Xianyun told Song Changsheng to flee separately and activated a Third Tier Low-Grade Heavenly Gang Wind Baleful Talisman as Yu Chengbo ordered the Blazing Sun Sect to retreat.

Song Xianyun and Song Changsheng escaped the Blazing Sun Sect’s ambush, but Liu Yunfeng pursued Song Changsheng with the Heavenly Net and eventually cornered him. Song Changsheng fought off the four pursuers without falling behind, and Liu Yunfeng ordered them to form the Minor Four Symbols Formation.

• Song Xianyun used a Divine Movement Talisman to send Song Changsheng toward Sunset City, then stayed behind to delay the Blazing Sun Sect before escaping by Flying Boat.
• Yu Chengbo split his forces, sending Liu Yunfeng and three cultivators after Song Changsheng with the Heavenly Net while he pursued Song Xianyun.
• Liu Yunfeng used a Wind Movement Talisman to catch up with Song Changsheng, who had stopped to recover in a concealed formation after a day of flight.
• Song Changsheng ambushed Huang Liqun, but Huang Liqun’s protective jade pendant saved him, allowing Liu Yunfeng and the others to surround Song Changsheng.
• Song Changsheng fought the four Blazing Sun Sect cultivators with his spirit artifacts and spear, prompting Liu Yunfeng to order them to form the Minor Four Symbols Formation.

Song Changsheng fought Liu Yunfeng and three Blazing Sun Sect cultivators, using his arrays and physical strength to break their formation and escape despite being gravely wounded. Liu Yunfeng issued a bounty and called for an encirclement, while Song Xianyun and the Song clan elders fought Yu Chengbo’s group at Wind Creek Mouth before both sides withdrew.

• Liu Yunfeng and Qi Feiyun formed the Minor Four Symbols Battle Array, suppressing Song Changsheng and forcing him onto the defensive.
• Song Changsheng activated the Yin-Yang Two Forms Array and used the Spirit Severing Gourd to repel Qi Feiyun’s swords, then searched for a flaw in the enemy formation.
• Song Changsheng endured the attackers’ blows, struck Huang Liqun with the Spirit Severing Gourd, and severed the formation’s connection to escape.
• Liu Yunfeng’s final strike hit Song Changsheng and left him gravely wounded, but he fled; Liu Yunfeng mobilized nearby forces and issued a bounty to hunt him down.
• Song Xianyun, Song Luzhou, and Song Lutong fought Yu Chengbo and his companions at Wind Creek Mouth until both sides suffered losses and withdrew.
• After receiving Liu Yunfeng’s message, Yu Chengbo and his group turned back to join the hunt for Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng struggled toward Sunset City while the Blazing Sun Sect’s bounty drew a stream of hunters after him. He prepared a thunder formation to ambush Liu Yunfeng, but Qian Ming arrived first, and the chapter ended as Liu Yunfeng’s group joined the fight and Song Changsheng retreated to spring his trap.

• Song Changsheng recovered from his injuries, killed a Blazing Sun Sect spy, and escaped through the forest while hunting down more spies.
• Liu Yunfeng issued a bounty for Song Changsheng, and Jiao Nu and several rogue cultivators attacked him; Song Changsheng killed or drove off his pursuers despite accumulating wounds.
• Liu Yunfeng received the Third Elder’s order to keep Song Changsheng from escaping, while Song Changsheng sensed the Blazing Sun Sect group closing in and chose to fight back.
• Song Changsheng prepared a thunder attraction formation and waited on a mountain peak, but Qian Ming arrived first and attacked him.
• Liu Yunfeng and Qi Feiyun reached the battle and offered to help Qian Ming, prompting Song Changsheng to retreat to the hilltop and prepare to spring his trap.

Song Changsheng lured Liu Yunfeng, Qian Ming, and the others into his Thunder Attraction Formation, then unleashed the Qian Tian Shocking Thunder Talisman to kill them. He survived the storm but emerged to find the mountain devastated and most of the enemy treasures destroyed.

• Liu Yunfeng and Qian Ming argued over the bounty for Song Changsheng, and Liu Yunfeng agreed to give Qian Ming the entire reward if they killed him.
• Song Changsheng taunted the cultivators and revealed his Thunder Attraction Formation when they attacked him.
• Song Changsheng activated the formation and Qian Tian Shocking Thunder Talisman as a thunderstorm gathered overhead.
• The lightning killed Qi Feiyun, Qian Ming, Liu Yunfeng, and another cultivator, while destroying or badly damaging their treasures.
• Song Changsheng crawled out from beneath the Lu Wu Bell and collected what remained of the Spirit Fire and the other treasures.

Song Changsheng survived the Blazing Sun Sect’s ambush and became feared across Bianzhou, while Mu Guibai and Zhan Tianxia learned how he had escaped. The Great City Lord’s birthday banquet began in Sunset City, where Song Changsheng arrived as guests awaited the Blazing Sun Sect.

• Yu Chengbo learned that the Heavenly Net had been destroyed, abandoned the pursuit, and headed for Sunset City with Mao Wuwei and He Beishui.
• Song Changsheng continued toward Sunset City, and news of his defeat of Liu Yunfeng and the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators spread across Bianzhou.
• Old Xu reported to Mu Guibai that Song Changsheng had killed his attackers with a Thunder Attraction Formation and was approaching the city; Zhuang Yuechan was relieved.
• Zhan Tianxia told Niu Dazhuang that he had caused Song Changsheng trouble to help him grow and to compensate for past regrets.
• Mu Guibai’s birthday banquet began, and the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect arrived with lavish gifts while the Blazing Sun Sect’s seat remained empty.
• Song Changsheng arrived at the banquet, presenting a Third Tier Low-Grade Monster Core as his birthday gift.

At the Great City Lord Mu Guibai’s birthday banquet, Song Changsheng faced the Blazing Sun Sect elders and secretly began arranging a strike against them. After confirming that the Song Clan’s Great Elder was safe, he prepared to approach the Rong Clan for help, leaving the plan to trap three Blazing Sun Sect elders underway.

• Song Changsheng arrived at Mu Guibai’s birthday banquet with a Third-Tier Monster Core and exchanged courteous words with Yin Shang.
• Mu Guibai and Zhan Tianxia entered the hall, and the banquet began after Yin Shang delivered the words of thanks.
• Yu Chengbo and the other Blazing Sun Sect elders arrived late, and Song Changsheng silently considered killing them in retaliation for the Sect’s losses.
• Song Changsheng sent Song Qingluo to use the Song Clan’s Communication Altar, and Qingluo returned with word that the Great Elder was safe at the Lineage.
• Song Changsheng decided to seek the Xiangzhou Rong Clan’s help against the Blazing Sun Sect and began preparing to contact them.

Song Changsheng learned that the Song Clan had received word of his victories and was preparing to enlist the Rong Clan against the Blazing Sun Sect. After assessing his losses and salvaging what he could, he refined the spirit fire into the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd, turning it into a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact.

• A Song Clan Elder delivered a message from near Sunset City, and Song Xianyun told Song Xianming that Song Changsheng had escaped pursuit and killed Liu Yunfeng, Qian Ming, and others.
• Song Xianyun proposed that Song Changsheng persuade the Rong Clan to ambush Yu Chengbo and his companions, and Song Xianming agreed while preparing to act himself.
• Song Changsheng returned from the Great City Lord's birthday banquet and examined the spoils and damage from his battle, recovering spirit stones and several valuable items but lamenting the destroyed Universe Bags.
• Song Changsheng decided to refine Qian Ming's spirit fire into the Spirit Severing Gourd to strengthen himself rather than keep the fire for cultivation crafts.
• Song Changsheng refined the Earth Core Cold Flame into the Yin-Yang Spirit Severing Gourd, which transformed into a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact.

Song Changsheng attended the Great City Lord’s sermon and learned that his comprehension surpassed what he had assumed. After receiving the Song Clan’s approval to target Yu Chengbo and his companions, he sought out Rong Shaoyuan and began persuading him to join the plan.

• Song Changsheng attended the Great City Lord’s sermon, comprehended half of it, and discussed the teaching with Zhuang Yuechan.
• Hai Dongping mocked Song Changsheng’s claim, but Song Changsheng avoided a dispute with Vast Sea Loose Cultivator by admitting he had exaggerated.
• Song Qingluo delivered the lineage’s reply, which approved Song Changsheng’s plan and said Old Master would personally act with the Great Elder.
• Song Changsheng sent Song Qingluo to invite Rong Shaoyuan to a private meeting at the pavilion.
• Song Changsheng asked Rong Shaoyuan about the Rong Clan’s conflict with the Blazing Sun Sect and suggested that killing Yu Chengbo and Mao Wuwei could improve the Rong Clan’s chances of victory.

Song Changsheng persuaded the Rong Clan to hire Song Xianming and another Song Clan cultivator to help ambush Blazing Sun Sect leaders, then prepared to leave Sunset City. The chapter ended with the ambush killing Mao Wuwei and badly wounding Yu Chengbo and He Beishui, while the Great City Lord summoned Song Changsheng.

• Song Changsheng proposed that the Rong Clan enlist the Song Clan to ambush Yu Chengbo and Mao Wuwei, offering Song Xianming and another Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment cultivator for payment.
• Rong Shaoyuan persuaded Rong Mingtao to accept Song Changsheng's terms, and the Rong Clan agreed to meet the Song Clan at Wuyi Mountain to discuss the ambush.
• After the lectures and the Great City Lord's qin performance ended, Song Changsheng planned to return home, but Zhuang Yuechan told him that her master wished to see him.
• Song Xianming and Rong Mingtao led the ambush against the Blazing Sun Sect; Mao Wuwei died, while Yu Chengbo and He Beishui escaped with severe injuries.

After the Blazing Sun Sect suffered another devastating defeat, Wang Yuesong ordered negotiations over the Spirit Stone Vein and withdrew his forces from Ling Province. Song Changsheng was granted entry to the Qiantian Secret Realm, while the Third City Lord reminded him to deliver a message and Mu Guibai and the woman reflected on a painful truth.

• Wang Yuesong learned that the Rong Clan and Song Clan had ambushed his forces, leaving Yu Chengbo and He Beishui gravely injured and Wuwei dead, and ordered the Great Elder to negotiate for a forty percent share of the Spirit Stone Vein.
• Wang Yuesong told the Great Elder to withdraw the Blazing Sun Sect's people from Ling Province and wait for the Grand Elder to emerge from seclusion before retaliating against the Song Clan.
• Zhuang Yuechan brought Song Changsheng to meet Mu Guibai, Zhan Tianxia, and the Third City Lord, who announced that outsiders could enter the Qiantian Secret Realm under Yin Shang's leadership.
• Mu Guibai explained that he had summoned Song Changsheng to apologize for Zhan Tianxia's role in the Azure Sky White Jade Pill incident, then insisted that Song Changsheng join the secret-realm expedition.
• The Third City Lord reminded Song Changsheng not to forget the message he had promised to deliver, and Mu Guibai and the woman discussed whether Song Changsheng deserved to know the truth.