Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng learned that the Qiantian Secret Realm was a dangerous Small World where a mysterious treasure had recently appeared, then prepared supplies and entered with the Sunset City expedition. After the group fought off Demon Beasts around the entrance, Hou Tianming and Xia Qingxue revealed their interest in the treasure, setting up a potential rivalry as they headed toward the depths.

• Zhuang Yuechan explained the Qiantian Secret Realm’s dangers and said the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect had secured entry because unusual disturbances suggested a treasure had appeared.
• Song Changsheng sold surplus items at the Sunset Auction House, bought talismans, medicinal pills, and Five-Element Essence, then used the essence to refine the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Song Changsheng joined Yin Shang, Zhuang Yuechan, Xia Qingxue, Hou Tianming, and the expedition at the main hall before the City Lords opened the Spatial Tunnel.
• Yin Shang and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators entered first to clear the landing area, then Song Changsheng and the others arrived in the secret realm and fought the Demon Beasts around the entrance.
• Hou Tianming confirmed that the secret realm held a treasure exceeding Third-Tier and invited Xia Qingxue to join forces, but she rejected him as unqualified.

Song Changsheng and the Sunset City cultivators endured repeated beast-tide attacks in the Qiantian Secret Realm before the tide weakened and they split up to pursue their own goals. Heading toward the Strange Treasure, Song Changsheng encountered and killed a Golden Long-Armed Ape, hoping to obtain its heart and Monkey Wine.

• Yin Shang organized the Sunset City disciples to withstand the beast tide with linked arrays, Talismans, and coordinated counterattacks.
• After more than three days of fighting and six deaths, the cultivators repelled the weakening beast tide, and Yin Shang and Niu Dazhuang went to hunt the Beast King.
• Song Changsheng, Hou Tianming, and their companions chose to travel separately toward the Strange Treasure, which Song Changsheng suspected was connected to the Law of Life.
• After flying for two days through the jungle, Song Changsheng was ambushed by a Golden Long-Armed Ape and recognized that its heart could serve his Five Beast Body Tempering Art.
• Song Changsheng defeated the Golden Long-Armed Ape with the Heaven Measuring Ruler and Gourd Soul Slash, then drove a Flying Sword into its chest.

Song Changsheng found and collected Monkey Wine before reaching a valley where a powerful formation guarded a mysterious treasure. He identified the formation but could not promise an easy way through, leaving Xia Qingxue and the others waiting for a solution.

• Song Changsheng killed the Golden Long-Armed Ape, collected its heart and Golden Silk Spirit Wood, and discovered its cache of Monkey Wine in a hollow tree.
• Song Changsheng took the tree containing the Monkey Wine and continued deeper into the Small World.
• A vine in a guarded valley survived repeated Golden Thunder strikes and produced one ripe red fruit as the storm clouds vanished.
• Xia Qingxue and Hou Tianming reached the three mountains but found them enclosed by a powerful Guardian Formation; Hou Tianming attacked it and was struck down by its defenses.
• Song Changsheng arrived, used his Illusion Breaking Eye to identify the Three Talents Formation, and told Xia Qingxue that it would be difficult but possible to break.

Song Changsheng identified flaws in the formation guarding a mysterious treasure and helped Yin Shang, Niu Dazhuang, and Hou Tianming break through it. As the group rushed toward the treasure, Xia Qingxue revealed formidable strength and blocked Yin Shang and Niu Dazhuang.

• Song Changsheng refused to work with Hou Tianming and Xia Qingxue alone, then waited for Yin Shang and Niu Dazhuang to arrive.
• After inspecting the Three Mountain Three Talents Formation, Niu Dazhuang said he could break it but would need at least half a month.
• Song Changsheng explained that his Eye Technique had revealed flaws and proposed using a Three Talents Formation to damage one of the mountains.
• Niu Dazhuang, Yin Shang, and Hou Tianming attacked the barrier, but the formation's final strike badly wounded Hou Tianming after the barrier broke.
• Song Changsheng and Xia Qingxue rushed toward the Green Vine in the valley, and Xia Qingxue appeared before Yin Shang and Niu Dazhuang with a powerful aura.

Song Changsheng fought Niu Dazhuang while Xia Qingxue faced Yin Shang, but Hou Tianming destroyed the spirit plant and scattered its parts. Song Changsheng captured its fruit, which dissolved into his body, and Xia Qingxue offered to trade for the seed he had left.

• Xia Qingxue revealed her Ice Spirit Root and Peak Grade Spirit Tool as she fought Yin Shang, while Song Changsheng blocked Niu Dazhuang from reaching the spirit plant.
• Song Changsheng used the Earth Core Cold Flame against Niu Dazhuang, but Niu Dazhuang dispelled the surrounding spiritual energy and charged him at close range.
• Hou Tianming activated a talisman that shattered the spirit plant, sending its leaves, vine, and fruit flying in different directions.
• Song Changsheng captured the fruit with the Lu Wu Bell, but it dissolved and was absorbed into him, leaving only its core.
• Xia Qingxue asked for the fruit, and Song Changsheng showed her the core and explained that the fruit's flesh had dissolved.
• Xia Qingxue offered to trade her vine and other compensation for the seed, telling Song Changsheng to set his terms.

Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang studied the Three Mountain Three Talents Formation before leaving the Qiantian Secret Realm, where Song learned that nearly twenty Sunset City disciples had died. A confidential letter reporting that the Great Elder had been severely injured sent Song Changsheng rushing back to his Lineage, where he hurried to Song Xianyun's residence.

• Song Changsheng exchanged the fruit core for Xia Qingxue's vine whip, then stayed in the Secret Realm with Niu Dazhuang to study the Three Mountain Three Talents Formation.
• Song Changsheng comprehended the formation's patterns faster than Niu Dazhuang, and the two returned to the exit with only three days remaining before the Secret Realm closed.
• Yin Shang organized the group's withdrawal, and Zhuang Yuechan told Song Changsheng that nearly twenty disciples had died and more than ten had been badly wounded.
• Song Changsheng told Zhuang Yuechan that the Jade Tablets were connected to the Blood Demon, then received a letter reporting that the Great Elder had been severely injured.
• Song Changsheng gave Zhuang Yuechan Monkey Wine, entrusted Song Qingluo with messages and another jar of wine, and hurried toward the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range.
• After a peaceful journey of nearly half a month, Song Changsheng returned to the Lineage and rushed to Song Xianyun's residence.

Song Changsheng returned to the Wangyue Song Clan, learned how Song Xianyun had been gravely injured, and took charge of the lineage’s general affairs. As new arrivals approached the clan, news broke that the Golden Crow Sect’s birthday delegation had been attacked, Dai Zichen had fallen, and Xia Qingxue was being pursued.

• Song Changsheng found Song Xianyun gravely weakened after Mao Wuwei’s self-destruction, then discovered his own Spiritual Power had gained powerful vitality.
• Song Xianyun entrusted Song Changsheng with the lineage’s general affairs, preparations for a Purple Mansion, the arrival of Lu Ke’s people, and vigilance against the Earth Fire Sect.
• Song Luzhou left Song Changsheng alone with the Hall of General Affairs’ accumulated Jade Slips, while a young man, a woman, and a boy arrived by Flying Boat, saying they were returning to their true home.
• A Wind Whisper Hall spy brought word that the Golden Crow Sect’s birthday-congratulation party had been attacked, Dai Zichen had fallen, and Xia Qingxue was missing.
• Xia Qingxue fled her black-robed pursuers near the Yuanzhou and Qing Province border, but one pursuer used a black Talisman Paper to blast through her Flying Boat and engulf her.

Song Changsheng comprehended the Light of Revival from the Dao Scripture and used it to heal Song Xianyun, then discovered the fruit behind its power might be a rare Life Law Spirit Fruit. The chapter left him heading to Dingfeng Gorge after learning Song Yulong and his party were being pursued by an unidentified Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator.

• The Venerable Master ordered Blood Consort to lead the Bianzhou and Ling Province branch halls, investigate the Bianzhou Steering Master's death, search for hidden treasure, and hunt the escaped Golden Crow Sect disciple.
• Song Changsheng convened the Song Clan elders, assigned the search for Xia Qingxue to the Law Enforcement Hall and Wind Whisper Hall, and asked Song Luyao to contact the main family's travelers.
• Song Changsheng comprehended the Light of Revival and used it to heal his own wound and greatly improve Song Xianyun's internal injuries.
• Song Changsheng searched the Scripture Repository and found an ancient record suggesting the fruit he had absorbed was a Life Law Spirit Fruit.
• Song Luyao reported that Song Yulong and his party were being pursued at Dingfeng Gorge by unknown attackers, including a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, and Song Changsheng set out to help them.

Song Changsheng arrived as Song Yulong and his family were surrounded by Black Robe People pursuing them for the unconscious Golden Crow Sect disciple and the Foundation Establishment Pills. Song Changsheng fought back and began defeating the attackers, but the Black Robe Person deacon unleashed a blood technique as the battle continued.

• Song Yulong and Song Yushi fled with the unconscious woman after Black Robe People attacked them, and Song Yulong was gravely wounded by the deacon’s Demonic Baleful Flying Sword.
• The deacon cornered Song Yulong, Song Yushi, and Song Muqing, but Song Changsheng intervened with a Crimson Sword Talisman, a bronze bell, and his iron ruler.
• Song Changsheng refused to leave without his clansmen and attacked the Black Robe People, killing one with azure flames and striking another down with the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Song Changsheng used two more Crimson Sword Talismans to kill the severely injured pursuer, while the deacon invoked Blood Sea Raging to the Heavens.

Song Changsheng defeated the Blood Demon Deacon, rescued Song Yulong and Xia Qingxue, and brought Song Yushi and Song Muqing back to Vast Peak. After Song Yushi delivered three Foundation Establishment Pills, the clan learned that Song Luke needed help securing a magic artifact for a trial, and the elders looked to Song Changsheng to decide whether to lend the Sky-Shading Umbrella.

• Song Changsheng used the Earth Core Cold Flame and Spirit Severing Gourd to overwhelm the Blood Demon Deacon, then killed him and captured the Demonic Wheel.
• Song Changsheng removed the baleful qi from Song Yulong and treated him, stabilized Xia Qingxue, and asked Song Muqing to clean up the battlefield.
• Song Changsheng led Song Yushi, Song Muqing, Song Yulong, and Xia Qingxue back to Vast Peak, where Song Luzhou and Xia Wanyun welcomed them.
• Song Yushi presented the three Foundation Establishment Pills from the main family and explained that Song Luke had stayed behind to enter a trial for Yin-Yang Catalpa Tree Hearts.
• Song Yushi asked the lineage to help Song Luke obtain a suitable magic artifact, and Song Luzhou proposed lending the Sky-Shading Umbrella as the elders turned to Song Changsheng for the decision.

Song Changsheng approved sending the Sky-Shading Umbrella to Song Luke and organized a clan competition to distribute resources and strengthen the Song Clan. After the meeting, Song Qingxi told Song Qingxing that their Younger Uncle had returned, prompting him to hurry back to Vast Peak.

• Song Changsheng agreed to give Song Luke the Sky-Shading Umbrella, despite the risks, because Song Luke had long supported the Lineage.
• The elders debated how to distribute three Foundation Establishment Pills, and Song Changsheng cast the deciding vote for Song Luzhou’s proposal to reward the strongest competitors.
• Song Changsheng expanded the contest into a three-arena Clan Competition, scheduled it for a month later, and kept the Foundation Establishment Pills’ role in the rewards secret.
• Song Changsheng limited invitations to the Wang Clan, the Li Clan, and the Lineage’s affiliated families, while eligible Song Clan members began preparing for the competition.
• Song Qingxi returned to Little Green Mountain and told Song Qingxing that their Younger Uncle had returned; Song Qingxing immediately set off for Vast Peak, and Song Qingxi followed.

Song Changsheng treated the wounded and weighed how to handle the unconscious Xia Qingxue without exposing the Song Clan to the Blood Demon. After inspecting poor spoils from the battle, he faced Song Qingxing’s demand to visit the Heavenly Sword Sect and left their departure dependent on the Lineage’s needs.

• Song Changsheng and Song Luzhou discussed Xia Qingxue’s grave injuries and the danger of notifying the Golden Crow Sect, then decided to focus on waking her while keeping the matter quiet.
• Song Changsheng checked on the recovering Song Yulong, who reassured Song Yushi that the Lineage would handle the trouble surrounding Xia Qingxue.
• Song Changsheng inspected the defeated Blood Demons’ Universe Bags and found little wealth beyond several artifacts and a Top-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi arrived at Vast Peak, and Song Qingxing demanded to know when Song Changsheng would take him to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Song Changsheng explained his responsibilities to the Lineage, and Song Qingxing accepted that he would be notified when they left before beginning to cultivate in Song Changsheng’s courtyard.
• Song Qingxi told Song Changsheng about her training journey, leaving him astonished by the two young cultivators’ exploits.

Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing returned from their training journeys with improved combat skills and valuable treasures, and Song Qingxi joined the upcoming clan competition. Meanwhile, Su Ding gave the Golden Crow Sect one month to find evidence or go to war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect, while Song Changsheng searched for a way to awaken Xia Qingxue and uncovered relevant records.

• Song Qingxi told Song Changsheng about her and Song Qingxing’s dangerous journeys, including their discovery of an Ancient Cultivator's Abode and the treasures they found there.
• Song Changsheng praised the siblings, promised to forge Song Qingxi a defensive magic artifact, and agreed to let her compete in the underage division of the clan competition.
• Cheng Muqiu and Liu Qingping discussed their suspicions that the Heavenly Meridian Sect had been framed for Dai Zichen’s death and Xia Qingxue’s disappearance.
• Su Ding demanded news of Xia Qingxue, then gave Cheng Muqiu and Liu Qingping one month to find new evidence before the Golden Crow Sect went to war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect.
• Song Changsheng continued treating Xia Qingxue, whose injuries improved while her soul remained unconscious, and found relevant records after searching the Scripture Repository for more than ten days.

Song Changsheng learned that Xia Qingxue could be awakened with a Soul Awakening Pill made from Star Soul Grass, then organized the Song Clan competition. The underage division began, and he took note of Qingxia, a promising young sword talent.

• Song Changsheng explained Xia Qingxue’s protective unconscious state and persuaded Song Luzhou to provide the family’s Star Soul Grass for a Soul Awakening Pill.
• Song Changsheng prepared for the clan competition, which brought Song Clan members, vassal families, and allies Wang Wanzhou and Li Siyang to Vast Peak.
• Song Changsheng announced the underage division’s rules and generous rewards, and the contestants drew lots; Song Qingxi received a bye.
• The first matches began, and Qingxia defeated an older opponent in five exchanges with sharp swordsmanship.
• Song Changsheng learned Qingxia was sixteen, had dual metal-fire spiritual roots, and had reached the Qi Condensation Fifth Layer.

Song Qingxi won the Minor Arena championship, and Song Changsheng concluded that the Li Clan had secretly betrayed the Song Clan again. As the final round began, he challenged Li Siyang to predict a fight, while recognizing that the seemingly helpless Little Fatty had lured his opponent into a trap.

• Song Muqing defeated Song Qingxia in the Minor Arena final, but Song Qingxi then overwhelmed him and claimed the championship.
• Song Changsheng watched the Adult Group competition and noted that the contestants offered no particular surprises.
• Song Changsheng observed Li Siyang's reaction to the Song Clan's growing strength and became certain that the Li Clan had betrayed the Song Clan again.
• Song Changsheng questioned Li Siyang about a final-round match between an old man and Little Fatty, then invited him to predict the winner.
• Li Siyang backed the old man, while Song Changsheng recognized that Little Fatty was drawing his opponent into a trap.

Song Changsheng watched the Song Clan Competition conclude, then learned that the Li Clan had betrayed the Song Clan and war between the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect was imminent. He awakened Xia Qingxue with a Soul Awakening Pill and told her the Blood Demons were behind the crisis, but she questioned why he had not notified her sect.

• Song Qinghong used a concealed array to defeat his opponent, while Song Changsheng recognized his talent and Li Siyang feared that Song Changsheng had uncovered the Li Clan's betrayal.
• Song Chang'an won the competition, with Song Changxue and Song Changxuan taking second and third place; the three entered seclusion with Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Song Changsheng and Song Luzhou concluded that the Li Clan had rebelled and suspected the Earth Fire Sect was preparing for Chang Wudao to break through to the Purple Palace.
• After Song Changsheng took charge of the Lineage, the Golden Crow Sect's Yuanzhou Town Guardian Envoy announced that war with the Heavenly Meridian Sect was imminent.
• Song Changsheng obtained the Soul Awakening Pill from Master Zhang and used it to wake Xia Qingxue, then told her the Blood Demons had caused the conflict.
• Xia Qingxue questioned Song Changsheng about why he had not notified her sect after learning the Blood Demons were responsible.

Song Changsheng persuaded Xia Qingxue to conceal the Song Clan’s role in saving her, but her return to the Golden Crow Sect did not stop the planned war against the Heavenly Meridian Sect. As the conflict spread across the Great Qi Cultivation World, a mysterious Grand Elder appeared at the Blazing Sun Sect.

• Song Changsheng warned Xia Qingxue that revealing the Song Clan’s involvement would make them bait for the Blood Demons, and she agreed to say she had never been there before leaving him a jade pendant as a token of her favor.
• Xia Qingxue reached the Yuanzhou Garrison Manor and told Chen Wushang that Blood Demons, not the Heavenly Meridian Sect, had ambushed her; Chen sent the news to the sect and arranged her escort home.
• Cheng Muqiu learned that the Blood Demons were responsible, but Su Ding ordered him to proceed with the war, so Cheng issued mobilization orders for an invasion in ten days.
• Zhao Di, enraged by the Golden Crow Sect’s declaration of all-out war, ordered the Heavenly Meridian Sect’s allies to mobilize and fight back.
• Mu Guibai worried that the war, the Blood Demons’ return, and stirring demon beasts signaled coming upheaval, while Song Changsheng was relieved that the Song Clan had not been conscripted.
• At the Blazing Sun Sect, Zhang Hongguang received the Golden Crow Sect’s mobilization order, and a white-haired figure entered the hall and was greeted as Grand Elder.

He Tai ordered the Blazing Sun Sect to commit its strength to the Golden Crow Sect’s war, hoping to earn enough Merit Points to obtain a Yin Yang Purple Tree Heart. Meanwhile, Song Changsheng advanced as an Array Master and began forging a self-evolving formation within his body, leaving his story poised to create an array focused entirely on attack.

• He Tai read the Golden Crow Sect’s summons and ordered the Blazing Sun Sect to go all out, aiming to earn three thousand Merit Points for a Yin Yang Purple Tree Heart.
• He Tai revealed that his secret treasure could help him kill a Purple Mansion Mid-stage cultivator for two thousand Merit Points, and demanded that the sect obtain the rest even at great cost.
• Song Changsheng handed the Hall of General Affairs back to Song Xianyun and entered seclusion to study the formation patterns he had comprehended.
• After a month, Song Changsheng became a Second Tier Mid-Grade Array Master and decided to inscribe an original Formation Pattern that could evolve with his strength.
• Song Changsheng erased the Formation Patterns in his body, cultivated with the new pattern, and saw it begin evolving as he planned an array devoted to attack power.

Song Changsheng tested the Impermanence Killing Formation and discovered that its devastating strike consumed all his Spiritual Power. As war between the Golden Crow Sect and the Heavenly Meridian Sect threatened to destabilize the Great Qi Cultivation World, he tightened the Song Clan’s defenses while Hun Sha prepared further moves for the Blood Demon Sect.

• Song Changsheng transformed his Primordial Formation Patterns into the Impermanence Killing Formation and tested it, cleaving one hill in half and badly damaging another before collapsing from Spiritual Power exhaustion.
• Song Yushi helped Song Changsheng recover, and Song Luzhou joined them before Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak to restore his strength.
• Song Changsheng considered how the sect war could affect the Song Clan and decided the lineage should prepare while waiting to see how events unfolded.
• Song Changsheng and Song Xianyun agreed to contract the Song Clan’s sphere of influence and patrol the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range for signs of trouble.
• Hun Sha learned that the Heavenly Meridian Sect had lost two Purple Mansion cultivators and ordered the Blood-Eyed Crow to let the two great sects continue fighting while the Blood Demon Sect prepared to act.
• Hun Sha ordered the south to be stirred up and told the Blood-Eyed Crow to have Blood Consort search for Soul Returnless and an opportunity to reclaim the Blood Bat King Cub.

After learning that powerful fugitives from the north were moving into Ling Province, Song Changsheng and Song Xianyun prepared to defend the Song Clan’s territory while waiting for Ling Province’s other powers to seek their help. Song Luhai withdrew the Song Clan from Liuyun Market, but the other families hesitated, and the market fell to an attack.

• Song Luyao reported that fugitives from destroyed clans and sects were looting their way toward Ling Province, and Song Changsheng warned they might seize territory.
• Song Changsheng argued that the other Ling Province powers would have to unite under the Song Clan, and Song Xianyun agreed to wait for them to ask for help.
• Song Changsheng ordered Song Luhai to return from Liuyun Market and withdraw the Song Clan’s shops and supplies.
• Song Luhai gathered the shop deacons, relayed the lineage’s order, and completed the Song Clan’s withdrawal while the other families hesitated.
• Liuyun Market was attacked on the third night after the Song Clan left, and it fell by dawn.