Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen reached Life Core Great Perfection with Su Li’s help and shared a Lantern Festival celebration with her on Secluded Doom Island. During the moon eclipse, Su Li’s power surged and she noticed Xiao Chen’s Killing Intent, prompting him to reveal his ability to absorb it and ask whether her Inherited Memory had revealed more sources.

• Su Li explained Spiritual Sense Imprints and gave Xiao Chen the Nine Dragons Diagram, while Xiao Chen shared Golden Thread Glazed Crisp with her.
• Xiao Chen refined Blood Crystals with Su Li’s help, filling his Life Core with 999 strands of true essence and slowly increasing his Total Vitality.
• Xiao Chen and Su Li celebrated the Lantern Festival with fireworks, glutinous rice balls, and a moonlit ritual that transmitted Moon Witch Tribe memories.
• The moonlight strengthened Su Li, raised her cultivation, and broke a restriction as Xiao Chen witnessed her growing power.
• Su Li sensed Killing Intent on Xiao Chen and worried it was harming him, so he demonstrated that he could safely absorb it and explained that the Burial Abyss Asura had helped him reach Late-stage Golden Core.
• Su Li revealed that her Inherited Memory had shown her locations containing more Killing Intent and asked Xiao Chen whether he wanted to find it.

Xiao Chen followed Su Li’s inherited clues to the Ember Sea, where he found and collected Yang Fire Evil instead of the Yang Water Sars he sought. He then searched the surrounding waters, questioned the elders on an island, and received seven leads to investigate.

• Su Li drew Xiao Chen maps to three possible Killing Intent locations, including an undersea hollow in the Ember Sea and a broad area northwest of the Compassion Sea, then stayed behind to study the Moon Witch Tribe’s arts as he departed.
• Xiao Chen reached the Ember Sea, searched its lava-filled canyon, and found a hollow containing Yang Fire Evil rather than Yang Water Sars; he stored the Killing Intent before heading northwest.
• After searching the open sea without success, Xiao Chen found an island, questioned its elders about forbidden and dangerous places, and offered rewards for useful clues.
• The island’s elders marked seven possible locations on a sea chart, and Xiao Chen left Spirit Fruits as a reward while asking them to recall any further leads.

Xiao Chen followed Ze Wa Zi to a deep-sea region, absorbed the Yang Water Sars from a sphere, and triggered a massive volcanic eruption. After refining the Killing Intent, he condensed the Yang Five Elements Seal and completed the Five Elements Seal, preparing to cultivate the Sars Refining Art.

• Xiao Chen rewarded seven cultivators on Ren Ze Island for accurate reports, then asked them to recall other dangerous regions.
• Ze Wa Zi offered to guide Xiao Chen to a hidden Death Trap in exchange for being taken away from the island, and Xiao Chen accepted.
• Xiao Chen found a glowing sphere beneath a deep-sea basin and absorbed the Yang Water Sars within it, causing the magma below to erupt.
• Xiao Chen refined the Killing Intent aboard the Cloud Piercing Shuttle and condensed the Yang Water Seal, which merged with the Yin Water Seal.
• Xiao Chen cycled True Essence through the Yang Five Elements Seals until he formed the Yang Five Elements Seal, then merged it with the Yin Five Elements Seal to complete the Five Elements Seal.

Xiao Chen captured Sea Race collaborators and uncovered plans to search for Killing Intent and attack the Ink Barrier Sect. He brought Chu Tianze to Ink Stone Market, where he tried to warn the sect and was recognized by Ink Cave True Person.

• Xiao Chen took Chu Tianze toward the Compassion Sea and fought off Golden Core Sea Fish along the way.
• Two cultivators who recognized Xiao Chen tried to flee, but he captured them; one detonated eight Kui Water Thunder Pearls and died in the blast.
• Xiao Chen found letters revealing Sea Race missions to search for Killing Intent and secretly deliver Yang-Preserving Stone in exchange for Contribution Tokens.
• Xiao Chen tracked down and defeated two more traitors before returning to Ink Stone Market with Chu Tianze.
• Chu Tianze chose to stay in the market despite Xiao Chen's warning that chaos was likely, while Xiao Chen went to alert the Ink Barrier Sect.
• After a doorkeeper refused to let Xiao Chen see Ink Hidden True Person, Ink Cave True Person recognized Xiao Chen and warmly greeted him.

Xiao Chen delivered the Sea Race invasion intelligence to Ink Cave True Person and Ink Hidden True Person, then returned to Secluded Doom Island and reunited with Su Li. After revealing that he had gathered the materials for the Infant Nurturing Altar, Xiao Chen asked Su Li to protect him during Nascent Soul Formation, and they agreed to prepare for his breakthrough on the island.

• Xiao Chen showed Ink Cave True Person and Ink Hidden True Person formation diagrams revealing the Sea Race's preparations for a large-scale offensive, then left them to handle the warning.
• Xiao Chen bought eight boxes of Golden Thread Glazed Crisp in Ink Stone Market and returned to Secluded Doom Island, where he killed three Golden Core Sea Fish.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Su Li, and they prepared a Large-faced Grouper for dinner while he shared the pastries he had brought back.
• Xiao Chen told Su Li that he had gathered all the materials for the Infant Nurturing Altar and had obtained a Breakthrough Spirit Pill from Alchemist Geng.
• Xiao Chen asked Su Li to be his Dao Protector, and she agreed after he offered to spend Spirit Stones to supply the energy needed for his breakthrough.
• Xiao Chen and Su Li decided he would pursue the Cultivator of Magic path after accumulating more True Essence, rather than attempt the Body Cultivator breakthrough immediately.

Xiao Chen settled into a peaceful stretch of cultivation and companionship with Su Li on Secluded Doom Island, then discovered intelligence and a powerful sword fragment among the seized Storage Rings. After thirteen days of island life and hunting, he continued harvesting Demon Cores and bringing varied seafood back for dinner.

• Xiao Chen told Su Li about meeting Chu Tianze and said he might become a rising star, while Su Li wondered whether Xiao Chen planned to build a family or following.
• Xiao Chen opened the two seized Storage Rings and found Spirit Stones, Talisman-making materials and notes, letters from Jin Luan, and a fragment from a magic-treasure-level Flying Sword.
• Xiao Chen learned from Jin Luan’s letters that Awakening Sea Temple had been surrounded and that Benevolent Face Arhat and Compassionate Heart Arhat had escaped with important items.
• Su Li found colorful mushrooms and eagerly prepared to make soup, while she and Xiao Chen settled into thirteen peaceful days of shared meals and cultivation.
• After refining his twenty-six Demon Cores, Xiao Chen began hunting Sea Fish beyond the illusion formation, returning to the island each evening with his catch.

Iron Fan True Monarch sent the Azure Sea Immortal Sect’s fleet to help defend Universal Salvation Temple while leaving Yun Ya to investigate strange activity at Secluded Doom Island. After gathering enough Demon Cores and preparing with Su Li, Xiao Chen began his Nascent Soul breakthrough and succeeded in forming a Nascent Soul.

• The Internal Affairs Elder reported that a Golden Core cultivator had repeatedly entered and left Secluded Doom Forbidden Land, and Iron Fan True Monarch assigned Yun Ya to investigate while the sect prepared to depart for Universal Salvation Temple.
• Xiao Chen caught several Golden Core Sea Fish using Frozen Fish as bait, then returned to Su Li with enough Demon Cores to prepare for his breakthrough.
• Su Li hollowed out the island’s central mountain and helped Xiao Chen prepare the Infant Nurturing Altar, Crimson Moon Dew, and Witch markings for Nascent Soul Formation.
• Xiao Chen used the Supreme Clarity Nascent Soul Transformation Glazed Pearl to rehearse the process, but his poorly shaped Primordial Spirit Embryo could not merge into his body.
• On the eleventh day of the seventh month, Xiao Chen began his real breakthrough, shattered his Flawless Golden Core, and used the Five Elements Seal’s Killing Intent to nourish his Primordial Spirit Embryo.
• Xiao Chen’s Primordial Spirit Embryo merged with his body under the guidance of the Witch markings, completing his Nascent Soul Formation.

Xiao Chen stabilized his newly formed Nascent Soul, experienced the vast reach of his new Spiritual Sense, and chose a Hextech that let him travel to another Cultivation World. He began rebuilding his True Essence and found that the Yin Five Elements Seal could restore it much faster than ordinary cultivation.

• Xiao Chen completed his Nascent Soul breakthrough as a vitality-filled spring breeze spread across Secluded Doom Island, and two Azure Sea Pavilion cultivators fled to report the phenomenon.
• Xiao Chen spent seven days refining and consolidating his Nascent Soul, then released Innate Qi and discovered that his Spiritual Sense could perceive everything within a thousand-mile radius.
• Xiao Chen chose Dimension Sorcerer's Crown, which granted him the ability to Anchor and Traverse to Another Cultivation World, and inspected the consumed ritual materials and remaining Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Chen spent twenty days condensing his first strand of new True Essence, then reactivated the Yin Five Elements Seal and confirmed it could generate one strand per day.

After breaking through to Nascent Soul, Xiao Chen prepared for the dangers of exploring another Cultivation World by learning a defensive spell and gathering supplies. He activated the New Hextech Enhancement and arrived safely in a barren valley, where he found that spiritual qi was thin and the emblem needed twelve hours to recover.

• Xiao Chen realized he lacked a Nascent Soul cultivation technique and defensive Spirit Tool, then chose the Northern Darkness True Water Robe as a temporary defense.
• Xiao Chen reunited with Su Li, accepted her lotus seed porridge, and noticed that her Blood Qi and strength had increased.
• Xiao Chen absorbed Blood Crystals and used a Dao Comprehension Crystal and Water Spirit Pearls to master the Thousand Gauze Robe and Heavy Water Robe forms.
• Xiao Chen practiced the spell until he could switch between its forms instinctively, then decided to set out while Su Li promised to keep the Blood Crystal safe.
• Xiao Chen traveled to a remote Desolate Island, prepared his protective items, and activated the emblem in his sea of consciousness.
• Xiao Chen arrived in a barren valley in another Cultivation World, confirmed that spiritual qi was present but thin, and found that the emblem would take twelve hours to recover.

After arriving in a new Cultivation World, Xiao Chen discovered that some of his equipment had failed to traverse with him and cautiously explored the barren region. He found signs of an unusually advanced Spirit Gathering Array and learned that the nearby Ze Jing Blessed Land lay southwest, then set off to investigate it.

• Xiao Chen found that his Heavy Water Robe and two unrefined Storage Rings were missing after traversal, and decided to test whether spell choice or refinement caused the losses.
• Xiao Chen concealed himself among rocks for twelve hours, ignored distant fighting, and then headed east disguised as a Mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.
• After traveling thousands of li through land with sparse spiritual qi and few plants, Xiao Chen saw six young Late-stage Golden Core cultivators flying together and followed their route south.
• Xiao Chen discovered a basin of Qi Nourishing Grass enclosed by an unusually effective Spirit Gathering Array and spotted several cultivators hiding nearby.
• Xiao Chen questioned Li Jianyang, who identified himself as a Guest Elder of the Gao Family and said that the Gui Yun Sect lay within the Ze Jing Blessed Land to the southwest.
• Xiao Chen ended his questioning and flew away, planning to circle around and investigate the Ze Jing Blessed Land.

Xiao Chen traveled toward Ze Jing Blessed Land, observing how powerful Spirit Gathering Arrays enclosed Spirit Veins and Spirit Fields, and arrived at Gui Yun Market after meeting Hong Xingfeng. He learned that the market opened only in the evening and began gathering clues about the realm as the streets filled with cultivators.

• Xiao Chen saw Spirit Gathering Arrays intercepting Spiritual Qi from Spirit Fields, streams, and even Spiritual Veins, and concluded that they contributed to the realm's unusually thin Spiritual Qi.
• Xiao Chen encountered Hong Xingfeng, who pointed him toward Gui Yun Market and introduced himself as a retainer of the Yang Gao City Gao Family; afterward, Hong Xingfeng recorded Xiao Chen's appearance and treated his name and stated purpose with caution.
• Xiao Chen reached Gui Yun Market, examined its Wanted Notices and displays of corpses, and noticed a notice about a Spirit Thief who had attacked the market warehouse and fled north.
• Xiao Chen found the market deserted during the afternoon and learned from an elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator that its residents cultivated during the day and opened their shops in the evening.
• Xiao Chen returned after sunset, listened to cultivators' conversations, and learned that they spent the day in spirit acupoints and that the Ling Gu Jin Family had granted a favored grandson forty mu of Spirit Fields to establish his own household.

Xiao Chen explored Gui Yun Market, where he noticed the lack of restaurants and Spirit Herb sellers before finding a restaurant crowded with Golden Core cultivators. While gathering information about a recent warehouse robbery, he discovered that the restaurant’s prized Spirit Fish came from a blessed land.

• Xiao Chen sampled poisonous Mouth-Burning Spice sausages, then searched the market for a restaurant and noticed that no one was selling Spirit Herbs.
• Xiao Chen entered a busy restaurant filled with Golden Core cultivators, many of whom appeared to be rogue cultivators.
• Xiao Chen ordered the restaurant’s most expensive wine and every dish, then overheard two cultivators discuss the Market Warehouse robbery and Gui Yun Sect’s pursuit of the Spirit Thief.
• Xiao Chen tasted the Deep Fried Spirit Fish and found it exceptionally delicious.
• Xiao Chen heard Daoist Wang explain that fresh Spirit Fish had arrived from a blessed land, revealing why the fish tasted so good.

Xiao Chen overheard Daoist Zhang reveal that a Spirit Thief had stolen technique copybooks from Gui Yun Sect’s warehouse, then gathered more intelligence while watching five Nascent Soul True Lords arrive in Gui Yun Market. He decided to investigate whether a Wood-type Yellow-grade Technique remained in the warehouse and considered buying Daoist Zhang’s help.

• Xiao Chen used his Spiritual Sense to overhear Daoist Zhang tell a Wang-family cultivator that a Spirit Thief had stolen multiple technique copybooks, possibly including a Heaven-Grade Technique, from the warehouse.
• Daoist Zhang feared Gui Yun Sect would blame him for the theft, asked the Wang-family cultivator to keep his words secret, and entrusted him with looking after his youngest son if he disappeared.
• Xiao Chen learned that Gui Yun Sect had several True Lords investigating the theft and resolved to proceed cautiously while seeking a Wood-type Yellow-grade Technique.
• Xiao Chen noticed unusual spiritual materials sewn onto cultivators’ robes and overheard Spirit Planters worry about rising pill costs and reduced employment from improved farming formations.
• At least five Nascent Soul True Lords entered the restaurant, and Xiao Chen decided he could not risk eavesdropping on them with his Spiritual Sense.
• Xiao Chen considered approaching Daoist Zhang with Spirit Stones to buy information about the warehouse and determine whether the desired technique remained there.

Zhang Cunfu struggled to avoid becoming the scapegoat in the search for a stolen Heaven-Grade Technique when Xiao Chen approached him and persuaded him to cooperate. Zhang Cunfu agreed to retrieve a Fourth-Order Wood-type Yellow-grade Technique from the warehouse, while Xiao Chen entered a nearby Spirit Tool Shop to inspect a Spirit Robe.

• Zhang Cunfu found a failed Yellow-grade Spell plaque during the warehouse search, while Chief Manager Li sent him on errands to keep him away from the warehouse.
• Xiao Chen appeared in an alley, identified Zhang Cunfu, and offered him Spirit Stones and help with his troubles in exchange for a technique.
• Zhang Cunfu agreed to bring Xiao Chen a Fourth-Order Wood-type Yellow-grade Technique from the warehouse.
• Zhang Cunfu chose the alley as their meeting place, and Xiao Chen praised his decision before letting him leave.
• Xiao Chen entered a nearby Spirit Tool Shop and asked the greeter what was special about a Spirit Robe on display.

Xiao Chen discovered an expensive Spirit Robe crafted with Magic Treasure Fragments, then rescued Chen Fan from a poison pill at the Hundred Pill Pavilion and recruited him to work for him. Chen Fan recovered quickly, while Manager Yan resolved to report Xiao Chen and investigate his background.

• Xiao Chen learned that the Spirit Robe contained Blazing Fire Treasure Pearls but refused to buy it after hearing its price of eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• At the Hundred Pill Pavilion, Xiao Chen found Chen Fan poisoned during a pill test, while Manager Yan refused to help him.
• Xiao Chen offered to detoxify Chen Fan in exchange for his service, and Chen Fan agreed by blinking.
• The female cultivator helped Chen Fan swallow Xiao Chen's Yellow Dragon Detoxification Pill, which quickly saved him.
• Manager Yan realized the pill had exposed a flaw in the Pavilion's new poison and decided to inform the shopkeeper and investigate Xiao Chen.
• Chen Fan recovered in less than half a quarter of an hour and vowed to serve Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen recruited Chen Fan to manage his business and, after learning about Chen Fan’s cultivation and circumstances, gave him a Heaven-Grade technique and sixty thousand Spirit Stones. Chen Fan accepted his first task: cultivate as quickly as possible while Xiao Chen remained in the market.

• Xiao Chen asked Chen Fan, Xu Dayou, and Xu Qingyi about their backgrounds and abilities, and learned that Chen Fan had Mixed Spirit Roots and had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage using a self-completed technique.
• Xiao Chen told Chen Fan to help manage his business, and Chen Fan agreed despite Xu Dayou and Xu Qingyi’s fears about Xiao Chen’s mysterious origins.
• Chen Fan explained that “Ground Rats” was a derogatory name for wilderness cultivators, and Xiao Chen asked whether he wanted to escape that status and own a Spirit Field.
• Xiao Chen examined Chen Fan’s incomplete cultivation manual, then copied the first half of the Heaven-Grade All Heaven Stars Spirit Induction Secret Method for him to study.
• Xiao Chen gave Xu Dayou’s small Storage Bag sixty thousand Spirit Stones and ordered Chen Fan to buy cultivation pills, reach Foundation Establishment Great Perfection quickly, and use some of the money to buy medicine for Xu Dayou’s wife.

True Lord Su Bai canceled the planned attack on Gui Yun Market after learning that Xiao Chen, a suspicious Holy City cultivator, had appeared there. Xiao Chen obtained both parts of the Fourth-Order Wood-type Yellow-grade Technique from Zhang Cunfu, who also secured payment and a promise of protection.

• Old Zhou reported that Xiao Chen had appeared near Gui Yun Market, and True Lord Su Bai decided to postpone the operation rather than risk the Alliance's forces before the coming Great Purge.
• Xiao Chen reconsidered his plans for exploring the New Cultivation World and decided to prioritize strengthening himself after obtaining the technique.
• Zhang Cunfu struggled to find a way to leave the warehouse with the technique, while Chief Manager Li arranged a separate scheme to send him out and frame him.
• Chief Manager Li asked Zhang Cunfu to fetch vases from his home, and Zhang Cunfu left the warehouse for the third time with one part of the technique hidden in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Chen examined the first Silk Scarf and learned that Zhang Cunfu had hidden the second part until Xiao Chen agreed to save him and provide two million Spirit Stones and a Fourth-Order Spiritual Item.
• Xiao Chen gave Zhang Cunfu the Spirit Stones and a Righteous Qi Fruit, then secretly followed him as he retrieved the second Silk Scarf; the annotations confirmed the technique was genuine.

Xiao Chen obtained and named a new cultivation technique, then left Gui Yun Market during an attack on its warehouse. A group of Nascent Soul True Lords considered ambushing him, but True Lord Su Bai revealed that Xiao Chen was under thirty, prompting them to report the young prodigy to the Alliance Leader.

• Xiao Chen studied the unnamed technique, determined that it followed a branch of the Great Dao of Wood, and named it the Disaster Transfer Art.
• Xiao Chen prepared to leave Gui Yun Market, but explosions from the Market Warehouse briefly stirred alarm among the cultivators.
• Xiao Chen departed while the market remained open, unaware that seven concealed True Lords were watching him from a nearby mountain.
• A sinister cultivator argued that the group could have killed Xiao Chen, but True Lord Su Bai said Xiao Chen was not yet thirty according to his Bone Measurement Technique.
• The True Lords recognized that Xiao Chen might have powerful protection and agreed that they must inform the Alliance Leader about him.

Xiao Chen returned to Compassion Sea and tested what could cross with him, finding that only his refined Storage Ring and feathered robe made the passage. He learned that a human alliance had fractured and the Sea Race’s allies had seized territory, while refugee cultivators fled west toward Storm Sea.

• Xiao Chen crossed back to his original Desolate Island and discovered that the bamboo hat, Spirit Fruit, and Jade Terrace Fire Lotus had not come with him, while his two unrefined Storage Rings had dropped at the crossing point.
• Xiao Chen marked the crossing location, then noticed that Golden Core Sea Fish had vanished from the surrounding waters and suspected the Sea Race was involved.
• Xiao Chen found a fleet of twenty-seven spirit ships carrying fleeing cultivators and asked Red Tassel True Person why they were sailing west.
• Red Tassel True Person explained that Yuan Zhanhui had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, then joined the Illuminating Void Sect, the Wang Family, and the Fan Family in an ambush that killed Mist Barrier True Monarch and gravely wounded Han Chuan True Monarch.
• Red Tassel True Person said the Ink Barrier Sect was besieged, the Heavenly Dipper Sect was threatened, and the Wang and Fan Families had defected to the Sea Race, forcing refugees to flee toward Storm Sea.
• Xiao Chen considered how the Illuminating Void Sect had used Yang-Preserving Stones to breach defenses despite his earlier warning, and suspected the Sea Race had offered Nascent Soul traitors valuable treasures.

Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island after learning that the Sea Race was besieging two sects and discovered that Su Li had transformed the island with Witch Rune practice. After discussing the growing danger and agreeing to bring Su Li supplies, he began cultivating the Disaster Transfer Art despite its flaws.

• Xiao Chen learned from Red Tassel True Person that it was the ninth day of the seventh month and warned the group to avoid the Lightless Sea and Yin Corpse Sect.
• Xiao Chen returned to Secluded Doom Island, where he found its western side covered in flourishing vines and Snow Leaf Grass, and Su Li explained that her Witch Rune practice had caused the growth.
• Xiao Chen shared news of the Sea Race siege with Su Li and said he would cultivate on the island before going out again.
• Xiao Chen promised to bring Su Li the materials she needed for Witch Talismans and other supplies on his next trip.
• Xiao Chen studied the Disaster Transfer Art, accepted its limitations and cultivation requirements, and began refining his true essence to cultivate it.