Chapter Summaries

At a Wenyuan Pavilion auction, Yunxi learned that a child flame of the Profound Thunder Purple Flame had vanished into the Baohua Mountain Range and considered how to obtain it. After rogue cultivators stole the information and killed its buyer, she went to investigate, while Wei Yunqing’s flying ship began descending.

• Wentao explained that a Spirit Transformation cultivator had taken the Profound Thunder Purple Flame, but its child flame had disappeared into the Baohua Mountain Range.
• Yunxi declined to bid and told Rosy Cloud to watch the winning buyer, then suspected Wenyuan Pavilion wanted others to retrieve the flame for it.
• A bamboo-hatted cultivator bought the information, and Yunxi saw several streaks of light pursue him after leaving Wenzhou City.
• Yunxi discussed the risks with Dian Dian and waited for Rosy Cloud to report what happened to the buyer.
• Rosy Cloud reported that three rogue cultivators had searched the buyer’s soul and killed him, so Yunxi set out to follow them.
• Yunxi used Thousand Shadows Swaying in the Wind to avoid detection, while Wei Yunqing’s flying ship began to descend.

Wei Yunxi raced to Yandang Mountain to seize the Profound Thunder Purple Flame before Wei Yunqing could claim it, but the Exotic Flame escaped its formation and entered Yunxi’s body. She ended the chapter trapped in the Wooden Token Space as the flames roasted her.

• The Tianlin Flying Ship landed on Yandang Mountain, and Wei Yunqing disembarked after receiving a double fare refund.
• After learning that rogue cultivators were pursuing the Profound Thunder Purple Flame near Yunqing, Yunxi disguised herself and hurried to the battlefield.
• Yunxi sent Dian Dian to place a formation disk beneath the trapped Exotic Flame, then used Nascent Soul Realm pressure to create an opening.
• Wei Yunqing reached for the formation, but Yunxi struck her hand with purple lightning and entered the formation as it vanished with the Exotic Flame.
• A Nascent Soul cultivator arrived, questioned Wei Yunqing, and took her away while killing the rogue cultivators.
• The Profound Thunder Purple Flame broke free and entered Yunxi’s body, leaving her writhing in the Wooden Token Space as Dian Dian watched helplessly.

Yunxi endured the Profound Thunder Purple Flame’s test, subdued it, and spent a month repairing her scorched Meridians. The flame revealed that its former master, Lei Hongxuan, might still be alive and began explaining how he lost control of it.

• The Profound Thunder Purple Flame split into Yunxi’s sea of consciousness and Dantian, where Yunxi branded it with her divine sense and stopped it from damaging her Golden Core.
• The Immortal Spirit Grass sent its reserves of spiritual power into Yunxi, and she spent a month repairing her Meridians until she neared the mid Golden Core stage.
• Yunxi promised to search for a Spiritual Vein after the grand competition, then showed Dian Dian the subdued Profound Thunder Purple Flame.
• Yunxi questioned the flame about its former master, and it warned that Lei Hongxuan might not be dead.
• The Profound Thunder Purple Flame identified Lei Hongxuan as an early Integration stage cultivator from the Weiling Realm and said he had used it as the Formation Core while trying to seize a Secret Realm.

Yunxi learned how Profound Thunder Purple Flame had escaped its seal and fled Lei Hongxuan, then formed an alliance with the flame and named it Wei Ziyan. After recovering from the ordeal, she changed into a robe from Wei Yunqing’s storage space and prepared to leave her Portable Space.

• Profound Thunder Purple Flame explained that Lei Hongxuan’s soul thread tried to seize its body, prompting it to break the sealing formation and flee from pursuing cultivators.
• Yunxi questioned why the flame had attacked her, and Profound Thunder Purple Flame admitted it had feared being bound to another master.
• Yunxi and Profound Thunder Purple Flame agreed to work together against Lei Hongxuan, and Yunxi named the flame Wei Ziyan.
• Wei Ziyan settled into Yunxi’s Dantian and admired her Nine-Pattern Golden Core, which now shimmered faintly with purple light.
• Yunxi found a sky-blue robe and matching boots in Wei Yunqing’s storage space, then contacted Rosy Cloud, who had been keeping watch outside.

Yunxi stayed hidden in her space while Li Chang guarded Yandang Mountain, unaware that she possessed the Exotic Flame he sought. As Yunxi waited for a chance to leave, Ziyan identified a black lump from Lei Hongxuan’s Storage Ring as a thousand-year Purple Gold Meteorite Stone.

• Rosy Cloud warned Yunxi that Li Chang was guarding Yandang Mountain, so Yunxi told the butterfly to keep away and remained in the space.
• Li Chang waited for the Exotic Flame and recalled how Yunxi and her companions had repeatedly ruined his plans to revive his son and work with the evil cultivators.
• Yunxi cultivated and drew talismans while she waited, then summoned Ziyan to help refine pills.
• Ziyan said the Purple Jade Coiled Dragon Cauldron could not withstand its flames and urged Yunxi to inspect Lei Hongxuan’s black lump.
• Ziyan examined the black lump and identified it as a thousand-year Purple Gold Meteorite Stone.

Yunxi began refining the protective layer from the Purple Gold Meteorite Stone while Wei Yunqing returned to Haoran Sect and reported her failed attempt to obtain an Exotic Flame. News of a dangerous Secret Realm opening in half a year gave Wei Yunqing a new goal, but she would need to reach the Golden Core stage first.

• Yunxi learned that Ziyan would need about twenty days to remove the Purple Gold Meteorite Stone’s outer layer, then began the work with it.
• True Lord Qingyu brought Wei Yunqing back to Haoran Sect and told Lord Yuhuo that she had fought over an Exotic Flame at Yandang Mountain.
• Wei Yunqing reported that a black-robed female cultivator with a Lightning Spiritual Root had taken the Exotic Flame, and Lord Yuhuo told her to treat her injuries and keep the matter quiet.
• True Lord Qingyu and Lord Yuhuo discussed the Exotic Flame and the Secret Realm expected to open in about half a year, but Lord Yuhuo refused to consider Wei Yunqing because she had not reached Core Formation.
• Ye Shaohua told Wei Yunqing that entrants to the new Secret Realm needed to be at least Golden Core, then revealed he had found an Enlightenment Fruit seed that might help her break through if they could ripen it.

Yunxi spent nearly two months in her space refining the Purple Gold Meteorite Stone while Li Chang searched Yandang Mountain outside. After confirming Li Chang had left, she escaped the mountain and learned Wei Yunqing had returned to the sect.

• Wei Yunqing and Ye Shaotian swore Heavenly Dao oaths, rented a Herb Field, and began cultivating the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Yunxi worked with Ziyan to refine the Purple Gold Meteorite Stone and learned about the Exotic Flame’s abilities and damaged strength.
• Li Chang searched Yandang Mountain, watched another cultivator fail to track anyone, and eventually left after receiving a Flying Sword Message.
• Yunxi purified the Purple Gold Meteorite Stone, divided it into ten portions, and rested in her space with Dian Dian.
• Yunxi contacted Rosy Cloud, confirmed Li Chang had left, and flew away from Yandang Mountain.
• Rosy Cloud told Yunxi that Wei Yunqing had likely returned to the sect, and Yunxi resolved to target her another time.

Yunxi returned to Haoran Sect, registered for the Sect Grand Competition after reaching the Golden Core stage, and arranged to have her damaged robe repaired and her furnace upgraded. She left Artifact Refining Peak with three expensive sets of Mystic Treasure Dharma attire and a token to retrieve her upgraded furnace in a month.

• Yunxi registered for the Sect Grand Competition, and Elder Han updated her Identity Jade Token to reflect her Golden Core cultivation.
• Yunxi asked Xi Muran to repair her Five-Colored Boa Dharma Robe and help upgrade her Purple Jade Coiled Dragon Cauldron.
• Xi Muran introduced the furnace upgrade to his master, True Lord Yu Lian, who accepted the task after seeing Yunxi's Purple Gold Meteorite Stone.
• True Lord Yu Lian told Xi Muran to select two Dharma Robes, and Xi Muran chose three sets of rare low-grade Mystic Treasure Dharma attire from the storeroom.
• Yunxi paid thirty-five thousand high-grade spirit stones for the three sets and the furnace upgrade, then left Artifact Refining Peak with a token to retrieve the furnace in one month.

Yunxi returned to Lingxue Peak, reported her journey and Golden Core breakthrough to her master, and visited Wei Chenyin after the Sect Grand Competition began. Wei Chenyin advised her to build experience, while Yunxi left having revealed that she had met Ancestor Nanfeng.

• Yunxi told Wei Zonghao and her other Lineage siblings that she had registered for the Grand Competition and discussed Wei Yunqing and their cultivation.
• Yunxi reported her trials, Golden Core breakthrough, and encounter with evil cultivators to True Lord Yuling, who resolved to protect her while she continued along her own path.
• Yunxi attended the brief opening ceremony of the Sect Grand Competition on Haoran Peak before going to visit Wei Chenyin on Dharma Peak.
• Wei Chenyin advised Yunxi to strengthen her foundation and gain more combat experience, and Yunxi told her about meeting Ancestor Nanfeng.
• Wei Chenyin criticized Ancestor Nanfeng and compared him to Wei Yunqing.

Yunxi learned that Wei Nanfeng might have a Nascent Soul backer and heard that the Baohua Mountain Range Secret Realm would open after the Sect Grand Competition. After watching the Wei family disciples advance, she returned to Lingxue Peak, where Dian Dian revealed that Wei Yunqing carried a tempting fruity scent.

• Yunxi and Wei Chenyin criticized Wei Nanfeng, and Yunxi admitted she had only promised to refine a Longevity Pill if the family found Longevity Fruit.
• Wei Chenyin warned Yunxi that a Nascent Soul True Lord might be backing Wei Nanfeng and cautioned her about the upcoming Secret Realm.
• Yunxi decided to enter the Secret Realm after the Sect Grand Competition, despite Wei Chenyin's concerns about her cultivation and the fierce competition.
• Yunxi watched the second-round matches, where Wei Yunying was eliminated and the other Wei family disciples advanced; she gave them Storage Pouches and told them she had formed her core.
• Wei Yunqing saw Yunxi with the other Wei family disciples, resented their attention to her, and returned to Alchemy Peak to tend to the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Dian Dian told Yunxi it had sensed a tempting fruity fragrance on Wei Yunqing, and Yunxi suspected she had cultivated a high-grade spirit plant.

Wei Yunxi attended the Golden Core competition, drew a bye into the second round, and prepared to study her opponents. Sheng Yuhong approached her afterward, hinting at his lingering regret over falling behind her.

• Yunxi promised Dian Dian that she would find an excuse to visit Alchemy Peak after the Grand Competition.
• Yunxi arrived at Doufa Peak, introduced herself to the Golden Core cultivators, and learned that Wei Yunqing hoped to find a formal master through the competition.
• Sheng Yuhong watched Yunxi from afar, knowing of her contribution against the evil cultivators but finding no chance to speak with her.
• Yunxi drew the sole bye among 121 competitors and advanced directly to the second round.
• Sheng Yuhong greeted Yunxi, who noted he was close to forming a Golden Core, and he told her he had been one step too late.

Yunxi watched the Golden Core competition, drew another bye, and advanced to a match against the Body Cultivator Lin Keyang. Their evenly matched battle intensified as they traded physical blows and elemental spells, leaving the arena frozen by Yunxi’s Thousand Miles of Ice.

• Yunxi rebuffed Sheng Yuhong’s resentful attention, while Wei Yunqing privately resolved that he would be her Dao Companion.
• Yunxi studied the Golden Core matches and drew a bye in the second round, prompting the Wei family disciples to celebrate her luck.
• Yunxi drew number eight and learned that her next opponent was the mid-Golden Core Body Cultivator Lin Keyang.
• Yunxi and Lin Keyang exchanged powerful punches, then infused their attacks with spiritual power as their fight moved into the air.
• Lin Keyang used Earthshaking to spread earth-elemental power across the arena, and Yunxi countered with Thousand Miles of Ice, freezing the platform.

Yunxi defeated Lin Keyang in the Sect Grand Competition, then faced the late Golden Core sword cultivator Zhang Lingrui in the next round. Zhang Lingrui’s opening sword attack cut Yunxi’s cheek, but her clones set up a surprise strike as the fight continued.

• Yunxi used the Seven-Star Deadly Staff and ice techniques to overpower Lin Keyang, who conceded defeat.
• Lin Keyang told Zhang Lingrui that Yunxi was formidable and likely had not used her strongest moves.
• Yunxi drew Zhang Lingrui for the next match, and he eagerly entered the arena to challenge her.
• Zhang Lingrui opened with a barrage of sword light, cutting Yunxi’s cheek as she dodged.
• Yunxi sent three apparent copies of herself to attack Zhang Lingrui, then vanished with them as her fist reached his eyes.

Yunxi defeated Zhang Lingrui in a dangerous match, then conceded to a formation master and advanced to third place in the Golden Core competition when her injured opponent withdrew. She left the chapter celebrated as a dark horse despite having fought seriously in only two of her four matches.

• Yunxi knocked Zhang Lingrui down with a punch, and he conceded the match after admitting defeat.
• Zonghao caught Yunxi when she nearly fell, and she secretly endured her injuries while restoring her spiritual power.
• Lin Keyang teased Zhang Lingrui about losing, and the two discussed their prospects in the Challenge Tournament.
• Yunxi conceded to Cao Yi, a Fourth-Rank Formation Master, rather than fight him.
• Yunxi reunited with Long Daoyu and Zhen Tongshuang, who shared their competition results and agreed to meet in Haoran City.
• Yunxi's injured opponent conceded the match for third place, making Yunxi third in the Golden Core group.

Yunxi’s sister Wei Yunqing’s attempt to spread doubts about Yunxi’s competition ranking failed, and Yunxi entered the Golden Core Challenge Tournament as the third-place defender. She began fighting Wang Ye, while Ziyan recognized an Exotic Flame and urged Yunxi to let it devour it.

• Ji Cheng confronted Wei Yunqing after failing to spread her suspicions about Yunxi, and Wei Yunqing denied encouraging him.
• Yunxi learned from the Rosy Cloud Butterfly that Wei Yunqing had tried to slander her and dismissed the tactic.
• True Lord Yu Lian explained the Challenge Tournament rules, and Yunxi took her place on the third-place arena while still recovering from her injuries.
• Wang Ye challenged Yunxi, and their first exchange split the arena between ice and flames.
• Ziyan sensed an Exotic Flame within Wang Ye’s fire and asked Yunxi to let it devour the flame, but Yunxi ordered it to stay hidden.

Yunxi defeated Wang Ye with a hidden ice needle, then conceded to Cao Yi and finished the Challenge Tournament in fifth place. After the awards, Cao Yi questioned why she had surrendered to him, and Yunxi explained that her only way to break his formation risked injuring his divine sense.

• Yunxi used Snow Dance Filling the Sky to conceal herself and sent the Mysterious Ice Needle into Wang Ye's Dantian, forcing him to concede.
• The disciples praised Yunxi's performance while Wei Yunqing watched resentfully, and Sheng Yuhong decided to distance himself from Wei Yunqing and prepare to explore the Baohua Mountain Range Secret Realm with Yunxi.
• Yunxi invited Cao Yi to challenge her, then immediately conceded and moved to the fifth-place arena.
• No one challenged Yunxi again, fixing her rank at fifth place; she collected her reward after the Sect Grand Competition.
• Cao Yi confronted Yunxi about conceding, and she explained that breaking his formation by brute force could injure his divine sense.

Yunxi accepted formation texts from Cao Yi and agreed to team up with Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui for the newly emerged secret realm. After the Grand Competition, she reunited with the Wei family disciples and heard how they had ranked.

• Cao Yi gave Yunxi two jade slips on formations, and they exchanged Communication Jade Slip aura signatures.
• Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang invited Yunxi to explore the secret realm with them, and she agreed while proposing Cao Yi join their team.
• Yunxi learned that the secret realm would likely open in half a year and that cultivators from all Four Regions would compete for its treasures.
• Yunxi reunited with the Wei family disciples and heard that Wei Zongyu ranked in the top thirty, Wei Yunqing ranked twentieth, and the others placed within the top hundred.

Yunxi visited Alchemy Peak with Wei Zonghao and encouraged him to accept Lord Yuhuo as his master, then exchanged her family’s alchemy knowledge with True Person Danyang. While Zonghao gathered herbs for Beast Spirit Pills, Dian Dian slipped out of his sleeve and burrowed into the earth.

• Yunxi advised Wei Zonghao to join Lord Yuhuo’s lineage, and Zonghao agreed that he wanted to become an alchemist who could protect himself.
• Yunxi discussed Zonghao’s potential apprenticeship with True Person Danyang, who said he supported Lord Yuhuo taking Zonghao as a disciple.
• Yunxi gave True Person Danyang a jade slip containing her maternal family’s alchemy techniques for them to exchange insights.
• Wei Zonghao took Dian Dian to Alchemy Peak’s Herb Field to gather ingredients for Beast Spirit Pills.
• Dian Dian slipped from Wei Zonghao’s sleeve and burrowed into the earth.

Zonghao refined Beast Spirit Pills for Dian Dian, who discovered that Wei Yunqing was growing an Enlightenment Fruit, while Yunxi planned to wait for it to ripen. After a month of seclusion, Yunxi retrieved her upgraded pill cauldron and began refining pills, but found that Ziyan was causing the pill-condensation failures.

• Zonghao gathered herbs, refined Beast Spirit Pills, and gave Dian Dian one to taste before bringing the pills to Yunxi.
• Dian Dian showed Yunxi that Wei Yunqing was cultivating a miniature Enlightenment Tree, and Yunxi identified its fruit and decided to wait until it ripened in about half a year.
• After Zonghao became Lord Yuhuo’s disciple, Yunxi entered seclusion, while Wei Yunqing grew resentful when she was not promoted to a formal disciple.
• Yunxi learned that True Lord Yu Lian had upgraded her Purple Jade Coiled Dragon Cauldron into a Mystic Treasure, then collected it and her repaired Five-Colored Boa Dharma Robe.
• Yunxi tried refining pills with Ziyan assisting, but the first two batches failed during pill condensation, and she discovered Ziyan was responsible.

Yunxi finished refining high-grade pills with Ziyan and learned from Wei Chenyin that Wei Lingkai was in trouble at the Xiao Family in Xiaohe City. Yunxi prepared to travel with Wei Chenyin and several companions to find him, leaving Zonghao and Rosy Cloud Butterflies behind to watch Wei Yunqing.

• Yunxi refined ten pills, including four Top-Grade Pills, with Ziyan's help and the Purple Jade Coiled Dragon Cauldron.
• Wei Chenyin told Yunxi that Wei Lingkai had sent his Family Jade Pendant from the Xiao Family in Xiaohe City, apparently seeking help while under someone's control.
• Yunxi agreed to accompany Wei Chenyin to Xiaohe City and said she would recruit more companions for the rescue.
• Yunxi arranged for Rosy Cloud Butterflies to watch Wei Yunqing, completed her Sect Mission, and bought spirit plants from Wei Zonghao.
• Yunxi told Zonghao about the trip and left him in the sect with the butterflies, warning him to stay wary of Wei Yunqing.