Chapter Summaries

Yunxi formed a team with Lin Keyang, Zhang Lingrui, Cao Yi, and Wei Chenyin to travel to Xiaohe City and rescue Wei Lingkai. Imprisoned by Xiao He, Wei Lingkai waited for his sect to respond after Xiao Lei helped send word, while Yunxi and her companions headed toward the city.

• Wei Zonghao agreed with Yunxi's warning about the jealous fellow disciple, and Yunxi returned to Lingxue Peak.
• Yunxi met Lin Keyang, Zhang Lingrui, and Cao Yi at the sect gate, and Wei Chenyin joined them before they flew toward Xiaohe City.
• Xiao He confronted the imprisoned Wei Lingkai, revealed he had intercepted a message, and knocked Xiao Lei unconscious when she tried to stop him.
• Wei Lingkai recalled how Xiao He had drugged him and imprisoned him after years of traveling and cultivating together.
• Xiao Lei admitted she could not free Wei Lingkai but offered to send word to his sect, and he gave her his jade pendant to deliver to Elder Wei Chenyin.
• Three days later, Xiao He confronted Wei Lingkai after Xiao Lei had sent the message, and Wei Lingkai waited for his sect to come for him.

Xiao He told Xiao Ye that he had found a way to heal his damaged Spiritual Root, while Xiao Ye concealed the evil cultivator still haunting him and worried about his children’s safety. Meanwhile, Yunxi’s group reached Xiaohe City and arrived at Xiao Manor to rescue Wei Lingkai.

• Xiao He kept his younger sister confined, then told Xiao Ye that a Fifth-Rank Alchemist was preparing a pill from Thousand-Year Vitality Grass to reforge his Spiritual Root.
• Xiao Ye agreed to let Xiao He try the treatment, but after Xiao He left, an evil cultivator’s voice taunted him about the Xiao Family’s greed and his children’s danger.
• Xiao Ye suppressed the voice and the black qi, hiding his condition in the cultivation chamber.
• Yunxi, Wei Chenyin, Lin Keyang, and their companions used Teleportation Formations to reach Xiaohe City in five days, with Yunxi and Wei Chenyin paying the spirit stones.
• A young guide told the group that Xiao Ye was badly injured and the Xiao Family was divided over who should lead it.
• Yunxi’s group reached Xiao Manor, paid the guide, and knocked on the door.

Yunxi and her companions searched Xiao Manor for Wei Lingkai, but Xiao He claimed he had already left. After discovering traces of Evil Qi in the manor, they planned to return at night and investigate, while Xiao He went to see his injured father.

• Yunxi and her companions persuaded the gatekeeper to let them into Xiao Manor, where Yunxi searched for Wei Lingkai with her divine sense.
• Xiao He claimed Wei Lingkai had left Xiaohe City two days earlier, but Yunxi realized he was lying because Dian Dian had caught her little uncle's scent.
• The group left Xiao Manor and learned from Dian Dian that faint Evil Qi spread through the estate and clung to Xiao He.
• Yunxi and the others agreed to sneak back into Xiao Manor at night and search for Wei Lingkai.
• Xiao He entered the rear courtyard's seclusion chamber and found his father soaking in a Jade Tub.

Wei Chenyin and Yunxi broke into Xiao Manor to rescue Wei Lingkai and learned that Xiao He planned to take his Spiritual Root to heal Xiao Ye. Wei Chenyin exposed the plan before the Xiao Family Elders and the city, while Yunxi prepared to act from the shadows.

• Xiao Lei told Wei Chenyin and Yunxi that Xiao He intended to extract Wei Lingkai's Spiritual Root and plant it in Xiao Ye.
• Wei Chenyin and Yunxi agreed that Wei Chenyin would confront Xiao He openly while Yunxi moved unseen.
• Wei Chenyin seized Xiao Lei and threatened to kill her unless Xiao He stopped and surrendered Wei Lingkai.
• Three Xiao Family Golden Core Elders confronted Wei Chenyin, who played Xiao He's incriminating words and warned them against siding with evil cultivators.
• The confrontation alarmed Xiao Manor and much of Xiaohe City, and the City Lord's Mansion received news of it.

Yunxi and Cao Yi discovered that Xiao He had trapped Wei Lingkai in a hidden chamber and was using a formation to transfer life force into Xiao Ye. The formation stopped, and Yunxi found her uncle alive but weakened; Cao Yi then began breaking the formation.

• Wei Chenyin accused the Xiao Family of conspiring with evil cultivators and revealed Xiao He's plan to take Wei Lingkai's Spiritual Root for Xiao Ye.
• Xiao Ye confronted Xiao He, learned the plan was true, and fainted after discovering his Spiritual Root had melted away; Xiao He placed him on a formation to implant a new one.
• Xiao Ye woke and tried to stop the formation, but it abruptly ceased, prompting Xiao He to rush out and confront Wei Chenyin.
• Yunxi and Cao Yi followed Wei Lingkai's scent to Xiao He's cultivation room, where Cao Yi's compass and Yunxi's discovery of Mind-Shielding Ore revealed a hidden chamber.
• Yunxi and Cao Yi found Wei Lingkai trapped in a life-draining formation, and Cao Yi used another formation to stop it.

Yunxi and Wei Chenyin rescued Wei Lingkai from Xiao He’s vitality-draining formation and confronted the Xiao family with proof of his crime. Xiao Ye took responsibility and killed himself to spare his family, while Wei Lingkai woke and learned that his former friend had tried to sacrifice him.

• Yunxi freed the unconscious Wei Lingkai and brought him to Wei Chenyin, while Cao Yi destroyed the room’s restriction.
• Yunxi incapacitated a Xiao family elder and crippled Xiao He’s Dantian, then seized the chains and Spirit Locking Ring as evidence.
• Xiao Ye admitted that Xiao He had harmed Wei Lingkai to restore his Spiritual Root and offered his own life to answer for the crime.
• Yunxi’s Nascent Soul pressure subdued the Xiao family, and Xiao Ye struck himself dead despite his children’s protests.
• Wei Lingkai awoke and learned through Yunxi that Xiao He, once his friend, had tried to sacrifice him; Yunxi condemned Xiao He for choosing his life as the price of saving his father.

Yunxi confronted Xiao He about the Xiao Family’s neglect of his father, then helped Wei Lingkai receive treatment at the City Lord’s Mansion. The chapter ended with Yunxi revealing that she had reached Core Formation and explaining that she had risked her life to do so.

• Yunxi accused the Xiao Family of abandoning Xiao Ye and warned them that their possible cooperation with evil cultivators would be investigated.
• Wei Chenyin led Yunxi, Wei Lingkai, Cao Yi, and the others to the City Lord’s Mansion, where a medical cultivator treated Wei Lingkai.
• After the group left Xiao Manor, Xiao He accepted responsibility for his actions and urged Xiao Lei to leave the Xiao Family and seek justice when she grew stronger.
• The medical cultivator gave Wei Lingkai Fourth-Grade Vitality Pills, and Wei Lingkai explained to Yunxi how Xiao He had controlled him through an Evil Formation.
• Yunxi advised Wei Lingkai to return to the sect to recuperate and revealed that she had reached Core Formation.

Yunxi warned Wei Lingkai that Wei Nanfeng might try to control him, and persuaded him to return to the sect and stay away from Kunyu City until he formed his core. After True Lord Xiaoyuan promised the Haoran Sect an explanation about the evil cultivators, Wei Chenyin and the others encountered Xiao He and Xiao Lei under guard.

• Wei Lingkai asked Yunxi about forming her Golden Core, and she described the danger she had faced.
• Yunxi recounted her conflict with Wei Nanfeng over Wei Yunqing and warned Wei Lingkai that the Old Ancestor sought control over the family.
• Wei Lingkai agreed to return to the sect and enter seclusion until he formed his core, while Yunxi planned to weaken Wei Nanfeng's authority and win over Family Head Wei Lingtao.
• Wei Chenyin reported the events in Xiaohe City to True Lord Xiaoyuan, who learned from True Lord Yi that Wei Lingkai had nearly died and promised the Haoran Sect an explanation.
• Wei Chenyin asked True Lord Xiaoyuan to share any discoveries about the evil cultivators, and he agreed.
• Wei Chenyin, Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang saw Xiao He wearing a Spirit Locking Ring with Xiao Lei beside him.

Yunxi and her companions learned that Xiao He had been rescued, Xiao Lei had disappeared, and the Xiao Family had been wiped out. After investigating Xiao Manor, Yunxi concluded that Xiao He had carried out the massacre and likely pledged himself to the evil cultivators.

• Wei Chenyin learned that Wei Lingkai was out of danger and ordered Yunxi to remain in the City Lord's Mansion while they investigated the evil cultivators.
• Yunxi and the others discussed Xiao He's motives and agreed that the Xiao Family had wronged him and Xiao Ye.
• Three days later, Xiao He was rescued from the dungeon, Xiao Lei vanished, and the Xiao Family was exterminated, prompting Wei Chenyin to plan an early return to the sect with Wei Lingkai.
• Yunxi and Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang inspected Xiao Manor, where Dian Dian detected Xiao He's fresh scent and Cao Yi found traces of a poorly made formation.
• Yunxi concluded that Xiao He had massacred the Xiao Family to avenge himself and to pledge allegiance to the evil cultivators.

Yunxi and her companions uncovered how Xiao He had used an Evil Formation to massacre the Xiao family, but he escaped Xiaohe City with a Nascent Soul cultivator. After Wei Chenyin and Wei Lingkai returned to the Haoran Sect, Yunxi set out with Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang toward Yuxing City, where a distress firework abruptly interrupted their journey.

• Cao Yi explained that Xiao He's Evil Formation drained victims' life force and spiritual power, and the group agreed to warn Elder Wei and Yunxi's little uncle about the danger.
• Wei Chenyin informed True Lord Xiaoyuan of their discoveries and received permission to leave Xiaohe City with Wei Lingkai.
• Xiao He watched Xiaohe City from outside it with a Nascent Soul cultivator, then left with him after the cultivator warned him not to regret his choice.
• Yunxi stayed in Xiaohe City for three more days, then saw Wei Chenyin and Wei Lingkai off through the Teleportation Formation to the Haoran Sect.
• Yunxi, Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang set out on foot for Yuxing City to seek rare Formation Refining Material and discussed their cultivation techniques along the way.
• An Auspicious Cloud-shaped distress firework appeared overhead, and Cao Yi vanished in the direction it came from.

Yunxi and the others rescued nine Haoran Sect disciples from three Golden Core cultivators, then learned the group had been attacked after discovering a hidden treasure in Yuxing City. The chapter left them with the treasure map’s origin and the group’s decision to search for its entrance.

• Yunxi, Zhang Lingrui, Lin Keyang, and Cao Yi answered the distress signal and defeated or trapped the three Golden Core cultivators attacking the Haoran Sect disciples.
• Yunxi recognized Hua Xuanzi and Zhao Jinmu among the rescued disciples and gave them Healing Pills.
• A Foundation Establishment disciple explained that their group had been hunted after discovering a hidden treasure in Yuxing City.
• Zhao Jinmu revealed that an animal-hide map and a jade slip bearing the same unusual mark had combined to reveal a map pointing to Yuxing City.
• Hua Xuanzi and Lin Sheng explained that the group had agreed to search for the treasure before going to mine Profound Mirror Ore, and that they were attacked after seeking its entrance.

After a Golden Core pursuer self-destructed, Cao Yi and the others accepted Zhao Jinmu’s Treasure Map and headed for Yuxing City. Yunxi explained that they would draw the watchers’ attention away from the injured disciples and send them away through the Teleportation Formation.

• Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, Lin Keyang, and Yunxi discussed investigating the Treasure Map’s possible entrance in Yuxing City while remaining cautious about a trap.
• When Cao Yi opened the formation to question the captive Golden Core cultivator, Yunxi sensed his imminent self-destruction and warned the others.
• The cultivator’s explosion destroyed the formation, but Yunxi’s Green Bamboo hairpin and the group’s quick reactions protected the disciples from the worst of it.
• Zhao Jinmu offered the Treasure Map to the four True Persons, who gave him Storage Pouches and promised further resources after verifying it.
• Cao Yi and the others took the nine disciples toward Yuxing City, and Yunxi told Hua Xuanzi they planned to mislead the watchers and send the disciples away through the Teleportation Formation.

Yunxi and her companions discovered that the Beast Hide Scroll concealed a message requiring an Exotic Flame to reveal the treasure’s Entry Key. Yunxi offered to use the Exotic Flame she had acquired, leaving the group ready to test it.

• Cao Yi and the others found that Yuxing City's Teleportation Formation was shut down, and the Hall Guardian directed them toward the Tianlin Flying Boat Company.
• Yunxi warned Cao Yi about the suspicious Tianlin company, so he sent the nine Foundation Establishment disciples away on a different Flying Ship.
• The four examined the Beast Hide Scroll in a protected courtyard, and Yunxi spotted hidden words that said to burn it with an Exotic Flame to obtain the key.
• Cao Yi tried ordinary fire on the scroll, but it showed no change.
• Yunxi realized the treasure opportunity was connected to events involving Hua Xuanzi, Zhao Jinmu, and the Profound Thunder Purple Flame, then offered to use her own Exotic Flame.

Yunxi revealed her Exotic Flame, Ziyan, to her companions and used it to burn the Beast Hide Scroll into a Jade Token that appeared to be a treasure key. With the City Lord's Mansion watching them and restricting their escape, the group accepted an invitation to discuss Yuxing City's treasure.

• Zhang Lingrui, Cao Yi, and Lin Keyang swore Heavenly Dao oaths not to reveal that Yunxi possessed an Exotic Flame, and Yunxi introduced them to Ziyan.
• Yunxi used Ziyan to burn the Beast Hide Scroll into a purple Jade Token, which the group identified as the treasure map's Entry Key.
• Cao Yi warned that the treasure site likely contained a Labyrinth Formation, while Yunxi reported that the City Lord's Mansion had shut down the Teleportation Hall and was watching them.
• A Golden Core cultivator from the City Lord's Mansion invited the group to meet the City Lord about Yuxing City's treasure, and Yunxi agreed after her Rosy Cloud Butterfly found no sign of a trap.
• Cao Yi advised Yunxi to hide the Jade Token, and she placed it in her space before changing into her Personal Disciple Robe to go to the City Lord's Mansion.

Wei Yunxi and the other Haoran Sect disciples negotiated with City Lord Moyu Wan over the treasure beneath Yuxing City. Moyu Wan revealed its history and learned that Yunxi possessed the key, ending the chapter ecstatic to discover it was a Purple Extreme Jade Key.

• Wei Yunxi and the other three Haoran Sect disciples entered the City Lord's Mansion in their sect robes and met Moyu Wan.
• Moyu Wan hinted that Yunxi's master might not be able to help her, but Yunxi defended his prospects of reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Yunxi argued that the Haoran Sect deserved a share of the treasure because its disciples brought the two halves of the Treasure Map together.
• Moyu Wan explained that the treasure belonged to the vanished Medicine Immortal Sect and that the Mo Yu family had been waiting to protect its destined successor.
• Yunxi showed Moyu Wan the key, and Moyu Wan recognized it as the Purple Extreme Jade Key.

Yunxi learned that the Purple Extreme Jade Key marked her as a candidate to inherit the Medicine Immortal Sect and discussed the risks of opening its Underground Palace with her companions. After preparing to claim the sect’s legacy and treasures, she and her companions faced an uncertain future amid rival forces and suspected evil cultivators.

• True Lord Moyu explained that Yunxi’s Purple Extreme Jade Key could open the Medicine Immortal Sect’s locations and confirmed that Yunxi would need to refine body-tempering medicine for her.
• Moyu Wan said she had closed Yuxing City’s Teleportation Hall to keep news of the treasure from spreading and told Yunxi to acknowledge the key with her blood so it could lead her to the true entrance.
• Yunxi and her companions discussed whether Moyu Wan could be trusted and worried about the forces that might target Yunxi after she inherited the sect’s legacy.
• Yunxi and the others suspected evil cultivators were involved and agreed to prepare for the dangers ahead.
• Yunxi decided to refine the key and enter the Underground Palace with her companions, determined to claim a share of the Medicine Immortal Sect’s collection.
• Lin Sheng and his group returned to the sect, but their journey did not go smoothly.

After the Flying Ship was forced to turn back, Lin Sheng’s group split up to carry news of the Treasure Map to Haoran Sect, while Sect Master Yugeng sent True Lord Yufeng to Yuxing City to help the trapped disciples. Zhao Jinmu reached the sect gravely wounded and reported that Hua Xuanzi had died protecting him from demonic cultivators.

• After the Flying Ship suffered trouble, Lin Sheng ordered the nine disciples to return separately, and Zhao Jinmu and Hua Xuanzi used a Teleportation Jade Talisman to evade their pursuer.
• Lin Sheng and his junior sister chose a route toward their family, while the other disciples also set off for Haoran Sect by different means.
• After receiving Old Ancestor Lin’s message about the Treasure Map and the trapped disciples, Sect Master Yugeng asked True Lord Yufeng to go to Yuxing City.
• Zhao Jinmu arrived at Haoran Sect badly injured and told Yugeng that demonic cultivators had ambushed him and Hua Xuanzi, who died to help him escape.

Zhao Jinmu reported Hua Xuanzi’s capture by an evil cultivator and the danger facing their martial uncles, prompting the Haoran Sect to prepare a response. In Yuxing City, True Lord Yufeng learned that Yunxi had to remain because the treasure’s jade key had acknowledged her as its master.

• Yugeng brought Zhao Jinmu to Venerable Haohui, who expelled the Evil Qi from his body.
• Zhao Jinmu recounted how an evil cultivator attacked him and Hua Xuanzi for the Treasure Map, and how Hua Xuanzi sent him away with a Random Teleportation Talisman while she was captured.
• Zhao Jinmu confirmed that the Treasure Map was real and the treasure was in Yuxing City, then vowed to avenge Hua Xuanzi.
• Yugeng told Venerable Haohui that Yuling’s Personal Disciple was among those trapped, and Haohui agreed to visit Yuxing City.
• True Lord Yufeng arrived in Yuxing City and learned from Moyu Wan that Yunxi could not leave because the jade key had acknowledged her as its master.
• True Lord Yufeng asked to see the disciples.

True Lord Yufeng learned that evil cultivators were pursuing the Medicine Immortal Sect’s inheritance, and he and Moyu Wan decided to open the Underground Palace ahead of schedule. The chapter ended with Moyu Wan and Yufeng destroying a hidden group of fleeing cultivators and Yufeng telling Yunxi to begin.

• Yunxi and the others told True Lord Yufeng about the Purple Extreme Jade Key and their plans to enter the Underground Palace.
• Sect Master Yugeng warned Yufeng that Venerable Haohui had gone to Yuxing City and ordered him to guard against evil cultivators.
• Yunxi assigned Dian Dian to watch for evil cultivators in the Underground Palace and Rosy Cloud to gather information in Yuxing City.
• Moyu Wan and Yufeng agreed to open the Underground Palace the next day before more cultivators arrived.
• Moyu Wan flattened a dilapidated house and killed more than a dozen fleeing figures, after which Yufeng released Yunxi and the others and told Yunxi to begin.

Yunxi used the Purple Extreme Jade Key to reveal the ruins of the Medicine Immortal Sect beneath Yuxing City, then entered through its mountain gate with Moyu Wan, True Lord Yufeng, and their companions. The sect announced that it would open to all those fated in three days, prompting Ye Yirui of Medicine King Valley to prepare to travel there.

• Yunxi activated the Purple Extreme Jade Key, and the Medicine Immortal Sect emerged beneath half of Yuxing City.
• A Nascent Soul Cultivator rushed through the gate and died to the sect’s defenses, while Yunxi entered by presenting a flame and brought Moyu Wan, True Lord Yufeng, Cao Yi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang through with Red Ropes.
• Other cultivators who tried to enter or attack the sect were killed, and Venerable Haohui realized that the sect had acknowledged Yunxi as its master.
• Words appeared on the stone wall announcing that the Medicine Immortal Sect would fully open in three days to those fated to obtain its inheritance.
• Licorice told Aunt Ran that the Medicine Immortal Sect had emerged, and Ye Yirui ordered preparations to depart for Yuxing City.