Chapter Summaries

After returning as a Golden Core cultivator, Xiao Chen helped the Li Fire Sect consolidate Li Province and learned that his Dao Comprehension Crystal could aid in understanding the Great Dao. He discovered that he had less than a year to reach Hundred Herbs Secret Realm for the Amethyst Bodhi, then visited Chen Tianyuan to obtain the Chen Family's Spirit Fire and repay an old debt.

• Bright Flame True Person arranged a banquet and reassigned cultivators and resources to prepare Emerald Valley for Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Li Fire Sect, where the sect celebrated his survival and Golden Core breakthrough, and he agreed that the RuiBao Merchant Guild should be replaced.
• Yun Xiang True Person offered Xiao Chen her Spirit Tools, while Bright Flame True Person gave him Spirit Fires and Yun Xiang True Person gave him a White Wave Fruit.
• Xiao Chen learned that a Dao Comprehension Crystal could help cultivators comprehend the Great Dao, then calculated that he needed to reach Hundred Herbs Secret Realm in one year and five months.
• Xiao Chen visited Chen Tianyuan with Fragrant Mountain Ancient Leaf, requested the Chen Family's Spirit Fire, and offered him 150,000 Spirit Stones in repayment for past assistance.

Xiao Chen repaid the Chen Family, Elder Liu, Elder Chen, and the Su Family before attempting to advance the Big Dipper Spirit Fire, only to discover that six Spirit Fires were insufficient. He arrived at Yuan Magnetic Peak during the Divine Fire Sect’s final assault, revealed that he possessed the Yellow Springs Path Legacy, and stunned both sides by summoning a colossal fire dragon.

• Xiao Chen gave the Chen Family Earth-grade Inheritances and exchanged ten Top-Grade Magical Artifacts for its Spirit Fire, then repaid Elder Liu and Elder Chen and compensated the Su Family while keeping his South Lake dividends.
• Xiao Chen spent six days feeding Spirit Fires to the Big Dipper Spirit Fire, found that it still needed more, and decided to seek additional Spirit Fires from the Spirit Origin Sect.
• The Divine Fire Sect massed its demonic qi and broke the Spirit Origin Sect’s outer Defensive Formation at Yuan Magnetic Peak, preparing to launch its final attack.
• Xiao Chen arrived at the peak as a newly advanced Golden Core, and the cultivators on both sides reacted with shock.
• Nirvana Mirror True Person accused Xiao Chen of taking the Yellow Springs Path Legacy, and Xiao Chen openly confirmed it.
• Nirvana Mirror True Person promised to share the legacy’s secret arts if the others killed Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen summoned a twelve-hundred-zhang fire dragon that left the attackers stunned.

Xiao Chen defeated the Divine Fire Sect’s Golden Core cultivators, helped end the Demonic Calamity, and exchanged for six Spirit Fires to strengthen his Big Dipper Spirit Fire. After Guardian Origin True Person revealed how his failed journey to the Eastern Domain had left him disillusioned, he offered Xiao Chen a piece of Faint Light Cold Jade.

• Karma Mirror True Person failed to replicate Xiao Chen’s True Yang Fire Dragon, and Xiao Chen’s allies defeated the Divine Fire Sect’s Golden Core cultivators.
• Xiao Chen and the Righteous Cultivators hunted down the scattered Demonic Cultivators after the battle at Yuan Magnetic Peak.
• At the Spirit Origin Sect’s celebration banquet, Xiao Chen exchanged spiritual treasures and a defensive formation for six Spirit Fires.
• Guardian Origin True Person asked Xiao Chen to meet him and recounted how his defeat in the Eastern Domain had once made him abandon his ambitions.
• Guardian Origin True Person thanked Xiao Chen for restoring his resolve and offered him a piece of Faint Light Cold Jade.

Xiao Chen’s Big Dipper Spirit Fire advanced to the Fourth Order, destroying much of Azure Flame Mountain in the process. He then brought it to He Province and used it to burn through the White Bone Demon Body, leaving Gu Weiyuan to die in the flames.

• Xiao Chen returned to Azure Flame Peak, where Bright Flame True Person gave him the first drop of Quenching Light Spirit Liquid and described plans for the Li Fire Sect’s branch halls.
• Xiao Chen searched the Storage Bags taken from the Demonic Sect cultivators and found, among other things, an Eastern Domain Ice Phoenix Spreading Wings Compass, an unreadable Divinity Painting, and a Three-Ring Cloud Leopard Spine.
• The Big Dipper Spirit Fire consumed the remaining Spirit Fires, advanced to the Fourth Order, and blasted through Azure Flame Peak, destroying its secret chamber and much of Bright Flame True Person’s new construction.
• Xiao Chen traveled to Swallow Peace Mountain and released the Big Dipper Spirit Fire into the White Bone Demon Body, which had grown into a vast sea of bones containing Golden Core-level White Bone Demon Puppets.
• The fire spread through the White Bones and consumed the central altar; Gu Weiyuan regained his clarity, cursed Xiao Chen, and burned to ashes.

Xiao Chen discovered an unburned Word Tablet, exposed the Pan Family’s false accusations against the Chang Family, and cleared Chang Shunan of Demonic Connection. He then prepared to leave for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm after improving his cultivation and body tempering, with several objectives awaiting him in the Eastern Domain.

• Xiao Chen recovered an unfamiliar Word Tablet from the ashes of the White Bone Altar and urged the Spirit Origin Sect to restore order and suppress the Robber Cultivators.
• Chang Shunping asked Xiao Chen to save Chang Shunan, who had been arrested as a Demonic Sect spy after the Chang Family’s holdings were searched.
• Pan Qiaochun presented witnesses and evidence against Chang Shunan, but Xiao Chen recognized Xu Xixuan’s connection to the sale of sacrifices and ruled that the Chang Family had been framed.
• Xiao Chen ordered an investigation of the Pan Family and Gu Qiuling, and Yao Dehai’s men found further evidence and hidden Demonic Cultivators at the Pan Family’s home.
• Xiao Chen absorbed a White Wave Fruit, advanced his True Essence, and ate Cloud Leopard bone soup with spirit rice, mastering the ninth strength of the Nine-Strength Mountain Moving Method.
• Xiao Chen decided to leave for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm and planned to seek the Purple-Gold Bodhi, Killing Intent, a Storage Ring, Dao Comprehension Crystals, and a Tier 3 Body Refining secret art.

Xiao Chen celebrated his Golden Core advancement as Flame Dragon True Person, then set out from the Southern Domain for the Eastern Domain. At East Crossing Bay, he reached the Subduing Sea Sect’s Spirit Boat and learned that Golden Core cultivators could board without buying tickets.

• Xiao Chen declined an extravagant Ascension Ceremony, but Bright Flame True Person and Yun Xiang True Person arranged a celebration at Great River Plain, where cultivators formally acclaimed him as Flame Dragon True Person.
• Xiao Chen improved his Illusion Breaking Spirit Eye while eating turtle egg and pearl crucian carp soup, then ordered the Demon Subduing Hall to handle the Spirit Origin Sect’s wanted notice for Ye Fei and Han Zi Yan according to standard regulations.
• At the ceremony, Xiao Chen auctioned spiritual items and received a reported 666,666 Spirit Stones; before leaving, he received a handmade sachet from Su Wanqing.
• Xiao Chen traveled across the Southern Domain to Hao Province, where he found the Subduing Sea Sect’s giant Spirit Boat waiting at East Crossing Bay.
• Fan Hongyu recognized Xiao Chen as a Golden Core True Person and told him he could board without a ticket, then offered to notify the sect master.

Xiao Chen crossed the Boundary Sea aboard the Subduing Sea Ship, learning about the Eastern Domain from Jade Fork True Person as they traveled. After the ship weathered a World Sea Thunderstorm and stopped to fish, Xiao Chen caught a Rainbow Fish King, leaving Jade Fork True Person astonished.

• Xiao Chen met Jade Fork True Person and agreed to help defend the Subduing Sea Ship in exchange for passage eastward.
• The Subduing Sea Ship departed East Crossing Bay, carrying Xiao Chen and hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators across the Boundary Sea.
• Jade Fork True Person told Xiao Chen about the Vast Sea Secret Realm and warned him not to provoke the Chu Family, Wen Family, or Zhao Family because Pagoda True Lord supported them.
• The Subduing Sea Ship sailed along the edge of a World Sea Thunderstorm, using it to avoid attacks from fish schools.
• After the storm ended, Jade Fork True Person invited Xiao Chen to fish, and Xiao Chen caught a fifteen-inch Rainbow Fish King.

Xiao Chen and Jade Fork True Person crossed the Boundary Sea aboard the Subduing Sea Ship, overcoming attacks from sea beasts as they neared the Eastern Domain. The Golden Haze Sect secretly arranged a test using Sky Crossing Birds, but Xiao Chen effortlessly defeated them and left Jade Fork True Person stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Chen studied Array Dao while the ship navigated around Fourth-Order Great Fish, then learned from Jade Fork True Person that Purple Vein Figs were cheap Pseudo Spiritual Objects.
• A school of Ice Fish attacked the Subduing Sea Ship, and Jade Fork True Person used the Great Golden Light Sword Array to wound their Third-Order leader and drive them off.
• After the ship defeated another fish school, three Sky Crossing Birds surrounded it near the coast, and Jade Fork True Person secretly hoped Xiao Chen would reveal his abilities in battle.
• Jade Fork True Person pretended that reinforcements from the Golden Haze Sect could not arrive and suggested that he and Xiao Chen fight the birds together.
• When the Sky Crossing Birds fled, Xiao Chen's True Yang Fire Dragon caught and roasted all three, leaving Jade Fork True Person astonished by his power.

Xiao Chen arrived in the Eastern Domain, traveled through Xi Lai Kingdom, and explored the Imperial Capital’s markets. After discovering a shortage of Meridian Protecting Pill ingredients and comparing Storage Rings, he bought a Vast Sea Ring.

• Jade Fork True Person realized Xiao Chen had killed the three Sky Crossing Birds, but Returning Haze True Person restrained himself from attacking Xiao Chen after mistaking him for someone else.
• Xiao Chen bought a map, admired the sunrise at Rising Haze Mountain, and traveled into Xi Lai Kingdom toward its Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Chen surveyed the Imperial Capital and learned that Eastern Domain pill prices were low, while Meridian Protecting Pill ingredients had sold out across the market.
• Xiao Chen asked Ten Thousand Immortals Pavilion about Storage Rings and chose the Vast Sea Ring, which had a three-zhang-square interior and cost 300,000 Spirit Stones.

Xiao Chen bought the Vast Sea Ring, a body-refining inheritance, and Spirit Fish in the Imperial Capital before heading to the Nether Sky Sea. There he discovered that the Zhao Family had put a million-Spirit-Stone bounty on him; after escaping a Zhao scout, he unknowingly prompted the Three Great Families to unite against the Golden Haze Sect.

• Xiao Chen purchased the Vast Sea Ring, the Profound Sect Harmonious Modulation Secret Art, the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Art, and discounted Spirit Fish at the Ten Thousand Immortals Pavilion.
• Xiao Chen left the Imperial Capital and traveled to the Nether Sky Sea, where he spotted a Zhao Family checkpoint and a wanted notice identifying him as Chen Xiao.
• Xiao Chen turned back to avoid the checkpoint, but Zhao Hongwen recognized him and pursued him with a Double Cloud Piercing Spirit Shuttle.
• Xiao Chen used Chasing Stars and Catching the Moon to outrun Zhao Hongwen, who sent reports to the Zhao Family's leaders.
• Zhao Chenghan convened the Zhao Family elders and proposed joining the Chu Family and Wen Family to pressure the Golden Haze Sect and capture Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen disguised himself to evade the search for Chen Xiao, crossed the Nether Sky Sea and the In-Between Sea, and reached Hundred Herbs Island ahead of the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm’s opening. After spending several dozen days cultivating in Hundred Herbs City, he went outside to investigate the commotion and learn more about the island.

• Xiao Chen cultivated the Yellow-grade Mysterious Sect Illusion Art, fixed a new appearance, and continued training the Profound Sect Harmonious Modulation Secret Art to conceal his Spiritual Sense Fluctuation.
• Meng Chengze refused the Three Great Families entry into Xi Lai Kingdom without authorization, but the families and Golden Haze Sect later agreed to conduct a joint search for Chen Xiao; Returning Haze True Person recognized Xiao Chen from the new portrait but stayed silent.
• Xiao Chen passed the Nether Sky Sea checkpoints and bought a sea chart from the Nether Sky Pavilion, then crossed the In-Between Sea and reached the Ten Thousand Immortals Archipelago without being identified.
• Xiao Chen traveled onward to Hundred Herbs Island, learned about Hundred Herbs City and the Secret Realm’s history, and rented an A-Grade courtyard while posing as a Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator.
• Xiao Chen cultivated for several dozen days in Hundred Herbs City, increasing his Total True Essence, then went outside after hearing gongs, drums, and commotion to gather information.

Xiao Chen took part in Hundred Herbs City’s Sea Spirit Festival, explored its attractions, and lost Spirit Stones in the Pearl Snatching Competition. At a public alchemy demonstration, he witnessed Gao Changgeng insult Lu Zicong, who defused the confrontation by recognizing the Star Plucking Sword Pavilion’s chief disciple.

• Xiao Chen wrote a wish for good fortune in the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm on the Wishing Wall.
• Xiao Chen watched Ling Tianyi earn Spirit Stones by letting visitors ride his Ink Flood Dragon and sell them commemorative images.
• Xiao Chen learned about the Crab Fighting Market and Pearl Snatching Competition, then lost two hundred Spirit Stones after his chosen Fighting Crabs failed to win a pearl.
• Xiao Chen watched Lu Zicong refine perfect-quality Essence Replenishing Pills at the North City plaza.
• Gao Changgeng disparaged Lu Zicong and threatened a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but Lu Zicong recognized Gao and Mu Yayang and calmed the dispute.

Xiao Chen searched the Hundred Li Grand Market for a way to advance his Pseudo-Core and bought the Melt Yang into Core True Method from Ling Tianyi. After eighteen days of cultivation, he gathered his vitality and Yang Qi and prepared to merge the Pseudo-Core.

• Xiao Chen explored the shops in Hundred Herbs City, bought eight jars of White Jade Little Azure Dragon, and found a Sword Tablet left by Silver Mask True Lord.
• Xiao Chen searched the Hundred Li Grand Market for a Pseudo-Core advancement method and learned that cultivation Spiritual Materials were scarce in the city but plentiful outside it.
• Xiao Chen met Ling Tianyi at the final stall, and Ling Tianyi offered to sell him the Melt Yang into Core True Method for Fifty Thousand Spirit Stones after explaining its limitations.
• Xiao Chen returned to his inn, set up the Nine Apertures Interlocking Grand Formation, and studied the secret art, discovering it could use his Pseudo-Core and advance his Body Refining Cultivation.
• Xiao Chen cultivated the Melt Yang into Core True Method for eighteen days until his vitality condensed and his Yang Qi gathered, meeting the conditions to merge the Pseudo-Core.

Xiao Chen successfully formed a Life Core alongside his Flawless Golden Core, then refined the Wind Thunder Pair Swords into Natal Flying Swords and began preparing for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm. After hearing about spirit-herb bounties, he stopped at news of a True Yang Creation Pill exchange.

• Xiao Chen formed Dual Golden Cores and found that his Myriad Images Spring Return Scripture healed the damage caused by tempering his body with True Essence.
• Xiao Chen used a Sword Tablet to advance the Wind Thunder Pair Swords into Spirit Tools, then refined them into his Life Core as Natal Flying Swords.
• Xiao Chen followed an intense cultivation and eating regimen until he ran out of sea fish meat, then bought more while hearing that the Three Great Families of Nether Sky Sea and Golden Haze Sect were fighting over Chen Xiao.
• Xiao Chen bought spirit-herb compendiums, gathering tools, Spirit Preserving Dew, and thirty Spirit Sealing Jade Boxes in preparation for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm.
• Xiao Chen heard about bounties for rare spirit herbs, including an offer to exchange a Shen Shen Flower for a True Yang Creation Pill, and paused at the news.

Xiao Chen prepared for the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, learned about valuable spirit medicines and trading offers, and entered the realm after its opening was delayed. He found the hidden Spirit Herb Garden and began harvesting its Fourth-Order Purple-Gold Bodhi Fruits.

• Xiao Chen recalled that the True Yang Creation Pill could cultivate a True Yang Dharmic Body, and hoped Elder Qian might know how to obtain an Azure Lotus Transformation Pill if he found the requested Shen Shen Flower.
• Xiao Chen studied spirit herb guides as cultivators flooded Hundred Herbs City, then learned that the Secret Realm would open on November thirtieth after its spiritual qi had time to accumulate.
• Xiao Chen arrived early, bypassed the long queue as a Golden Core cultivator, and entered the Secret Realm when Hundred Herbs City confirmed the entrance was safe.
• Xiao Chen followed the inheritance directions to a concealed Spirit Herb Garden, using the token from Yellow Springs Palace to pass through a false wall.
• Xiao Chen discovered one hundred and twenty Fourth-Order Purple-Gold Bodhi Fruits on eight Bodhi Trees and carefully began preserving them in jade boxes.

Xiao Chen harvested rare spirit medicines and a hundred Evil-Repelling Black Gold Wood trees from the Spirit Herb Garden, then left the secret realm as it closed. After learning Elder Qian had raised his bounty for a Thousand Year Weeping Spirit Flower to 350,000 Spirit Stones, Xiao Chen grew suspicious and decided to seek out the Three Immortals Sect instead.

• Xiao Chen sealed the Purple-Gold Bodhi Fruits, saved several surviving fourth-order spirit medicines, and gathered mature herbs including Righteous Qi Fruit, Tear Spirit Flowers, Scattered Leaf Golden Light Grass, Purple Jade Auspicious Cloud Ganoderma, and Image-Fixing Treasure Leaves.
• Xiao Chen counted hundreds of Tier 3 spirit medicines, realized he lacked enough Spirit Sealing Jade Boxes, and cautiously bought more across East City shops.
• Xiao Chen found signs of a recent bloody battle at Five Peach Plains but returned safely to the Spirit Herb Garden.
• Xiao Chen spent twenty days cutting down and storing one hundred Evil-Repelling Black Gold Wood trees, then left the garden as the secret realm neared its end.
• At the crowded exit, Xiao Chen heard that Elder Qian’s bounty for a Thousand Year Weeping Spirit Flower had risen to 350,000 Spirit Stones and decided to postpone that trade and visit the Three Immortals Sect.

Xiao Chen exchanged the Purple Jade Auspicious Cloud Ganoderma for the Heart Blood of the Traceless Elk and agreed to explore an Outer Sea ruin with Cao Mingjie. After trading for Nine Luminaries Profound Pills and hearing City Lord Huo announce a Spirit Herb Banquet, Xiao Chen sold the Thousand Year Weeping Spirit Flower and tested his new pills, which greatly strengthened his true essence.

• Xiao Chen traded the Purple Jade Auspicious Cloud Ganoderma to Cao Mingjie for the Heart Blood of the Traceless Elk, and they agreed to travel together to an Outer Sea ruin in about five months.
• Xiao Chen used the False Identity Golden Light Rogue Cultivator and exchanged the Righteous Qi Fruit and Image-Fixing Treasure Leaf for four bottles of Nine Luminaries Profound Pills and one bottle of Hundred Revolutions Profound Pills.
• Xiao Chen attended City Lord Huo's announcement that the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm had produced record numbers of spirit grasses and that cultivators with a Fourth-Order Spirit Pill could attend his Spirit Herb Banquet.
• Xiao Chen exchanged the Thousand Year Weeping Spirit Flower at the City Lord Manor for three hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• After taking Nine Luminaries Profound Pills for twenty-four days, Xiao Chen found that his true essence had grown much denser and his True Yang Fire Dragon had expanded from twelve hundred zhang to two thousand zhang.

Xiao Chen tested his newly merged Natal Flying Swords, then killed two Mutated Sea Fish and claimed their Demon Cores. When three Jin Family cultivators tried to murder him for the spoils, he revealed his powerful techniques and began killing them.

• Xiao Chen practiced the Sharp Light Ascending Cloud Sword and saw its strikes raise enormous waves across the sea.
• Xiao Chen encountered Jin Baoqiang fleeing two powerful Sea Fish, killed both with his flying sword, and collected their Mutated Demon Cores and meat.
• Jin Xiuli, Jin Xiuyong, and Jin Baoqiang plotted to seize Xiao Chen’s Demon Cores and attacked him after he said he was a rogue cultivator.
• Xiao Chen survived their coordinated assault, summoned three Spirit Puppets, and unleashed the True Yang Fire Dragon.
• Xiao Chen killed Jin Baoqiang and Jin Xiuyong, then pursued Jin Xiuli and pierced his heart with the Crimson Gold Quadruple Mace.

After killing three Jin Family cultivators, Xiao Chen discovered a Fourth-Order Longevity Extending Pill among their possessions and considered trading it at a Spirit Herb Banquet. The Jin Family’s search soon made the banquet too dangerous, but a new chance to obtain a valuable Spirit Pill appeared, and Xiao Chen weighed pursuing it despite the risk of being exposed.

• Xiao Chen opened the three Storage Rings, found the Third-Tier Ten Treasures Heaven Mending Pill recipe, and recovered a Fourth-Order Spirit Pill from a Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box.
• Xiao Chen bought intelligence from Morning Radiance Pavilion and identified the pill as a Longevity Extending Pill, which he considered trading at City Lord Huo’s Spirit Herb Banquet.
• Xiao Chen refined a Demon Core, increased his true essence, and spent half a month hunting four Third-tier Sea Fish for more cores.
• The Jin Family arrived at Hundred Herbs Island, offered a 300,000-Spirit-Stone bounty, and searched for the cultivator who had killed its members and stolen the pill.
• Xiao Chen stayed on the island rather than flee, cultivated while monitoring the investigation, and learned that Lantern-Bearing True Monarch would trade a Fairy Mushroom Soul Cleansing Pill for one of three rare items.
• Xiao Chen was tempted to pursue Lantern-Bearing True Monarch’s offer, hoping to obtain the pill’s Spiritual Sense benefits while using Night's Edge to escape if he drew attention.

Xiao Chen attended the Spirit Herb Banquet after the Jin Family abandoned its search for him to pursue Red Peony, and he bought Demon Cores to support his cultivation. The banquet began with City Lord Huo welcoming the guests, while Xiao Chen recognized several notable cultivators and watched the Nascent Soul True Lords gather.

• Xiao Chen exchanged a Purple-Gold Bodhi for a Fairy Mushroom Soul Cleansing Pill without attracting Lantern-Bearing True Monarch's attention.
• Red Peony's clash with the Jin Family drew attention across Hundred Herbs City, and the Jin Family raised her bounty before withdrawing its forces to hunt her.
• Xiao Chen decided to attend the Spirit Herb Banquet, sold miscellaneous treasures to raise Spirit Stones, and learned that Ink Plum True Monarch would offer Demon Cores for sale.
• Xiao Chen attended the banquet and recognized Wen Ruoxi, Gao Changgeng, and Ling Tianyi among the Golden Core guests.
• Ink Plum True Monarch displayed nearly three hundred Demon Cores, and Xiao Chen bought twenty-two for 680,000 Spirit Stones.
• City Lord Huo welcomed the gathered cultivators and invited them to exchange goods for the Fourth-Order Spirit Pills they wanted.