Chapter Summaries

Han Yuan harvested his Blood Spirit Rice, sold his share to the Earth God Sect, and bought Spirit Gathering Pills to improve his cultivation. When he took his first pill, a mysterious Random Buff Multiplier appeared and tripled its effectiveness while reducing its toxin, leaving him to absorb a sudden surge of medicinal power.

• Han Yuan tended his Blood Spirit Rice and worried that other Outer Sect Disciples might target him for its valuable harvest.
• Di Qing arrived with a grain cart, harvested the two mu of Blood Spirit Rice, and paid Han Yuan 162 Spirit Stones for his thirty-percent share.
• Han Yuan bought a bottle of twelve Spirit Gathering Pills for 108 Spirit Stones and returned to his Small Courtyard.
• Han Yuan swallowed his first Spirit Gathering Pill and saw a Random Buff Multiplier that increased its effectiveness by 300 percent and reduced its toxin by 30 percent.
• Han Yuan hurriedly circulated his cultivation technique to absorb the pill's unexpectedly powerful medicinal energy.

Han Yuan discovered that his Random Buff Multiplier greatly increased the effects of Spirit Gathering Pills and quickly advanced his cultivation. After Hu Yifan and Wu Chao tried to pressure him into handing over Spirit Stones, Liu Sisi intervened, and Han Yuan agreed to provide her with stalks for Spirit Beasts.

• Han Yuan used a Spirit Gathering Pill and found that its effect equaled a month of cultivation, while its Pill Toxin was reduced by thirty percent.
• Hu Yifan secretly inspected Han Yuan's harvested Spirit Rice and began plotting to obtain his Spirit Stones, but Wangcai watched him and later alerted Han Yuan.
• Han Yuan took another Spirit Gathering Pill, rolled a multiplier of four, and gained the equivalent of forty days of cultivation while reducing the pill's toxin by forty percent.
• Hu Yifan brought Wu Chao to Han Yuan's courtyard and tried to make him contribute a hundred and fifty Spirit Stones to support Wu Chao's cultivation, but Han Yuan refused.
• Wu Chao threatened Han Yuan until Liu Sisi arrived and drove him and Hu Yifan away.
• Han Yuan promised Liu Sisi a yearly supply of Spirit Beast feed stalks, and she told him to send them before they grew too old.

Han Yuan accelerated his cultivation with powerful random multipliers and broke through to Minor Accomplishment in the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art, bringing the Qi Refining Third Layer within reach. After Steward You announced a cultivation assessment in seven days and rewards for early breakthroughs, Han Yuan refused his fellow disciples’ requests for Spirit Stones, while Hu Yifan encouraged their resentment toward him.

• Han Yuan refined a Spirit Gathering Pill with a threefold multiplier, then resonated with the Old Apricot Tree and advanced his Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art to Minor Accomplishment.
• Han Yuan received a sevenfold multiplier on another Spirit Gathering Pill and raised his cultivation to roughly eighty percent of the Qi Refining Second Layer.
• At External Affairs Peak, Steward You announced that a cultivation assessment would take place in seven days, with rewards for disciples who reached the Qi Refining Third Layer early.
• Qin Feng warned Han Yuan to stop trying to get close to Senior Sister Liu, while Han Yuan looked forward to having several days free to cultivate.
• Several disciples surrounded Han Yuan and asked to borrow Spirit Stones, but he refused and left; Hu Yifan then encouraged them to find other ways to advance while letting their resentment toward Han Yuan grow.

Han Yuan used his improved Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art to refine Pill Toxin while harvesting straw, then broke through to Qi Refining Third Layer with an unusually expanded Dantian. After calculating how far his remaining pills could advance him, he decided that stopping at the early stage would help him keep his strength concealed.

• Han Yuan cultivated beside the Old Apricot Tree, refined the remaining Pill Toxin, and swallowed another Spirit Gathering Pill.
• Han Yuan discovered he could circulate the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art while walking, so he and Wangcai harvested nearly half the rice-field straw as he refined more Pill Toxin.
• Han Yuan swallowed a Spirit Gathering Pill enhanced by a fourfold buff and broke through to Qi Refining Third Layer, expanding his Dantian to four times its former size and extending his Spiritual Sense beyond twelve meters.
• Han Yuan consolidated his cultivation, finished harvesting and bundling the straw, and planned to deliver it to Senior Sister Liu the next day.
• Han Yuan calculated that his six remaining pills would likely leave him at Qi Refining Third Layer Early Stage, which he considered a useful way to conceal his abilities, and planned to exchange his remaining Spirit Stones for another spell.

Han Yuan bought the Azure Spirit Technique to improve his farming and arrived at the Outer Sect Plaza for the annual Cultivation Assessment. As the assessment was about to begin, Liu Sisi and Di Qing watched the candidates and considered recruiting promising disciples.

• Han Yuan exchanged one hundred Spirit Stones for the Azure Spirit Technique at the Scripture Repository.
• Hu Yifan tried to turn Zhao Donglai against Han Yuan by implying that Han Yuan could afford to lend him Spirit Stones, but Han Yuan said he had none.
• Qin Feng drew praise from his courtyard after breaking through to the Qi Refining Third Layer, while Han Yuan stood apart from the others.
• You Muxiong led twenty disciples from Courtyard D-17 to the Outer Sect Plaza, where hundreds of disciples from Class 58 gathered for the Cultivation Assessment.
• Liu Sisi told Spirit Beast Peak disciples to look for recruits, and Di Qing remembered that he meant to invite Han Yuan to Spirit Planting Peak after the assessment.

Han Yuan attended the annual cultivation assessment, where Courtyard D-17 finally produced several promising results after six courtyards were wiped out. Qin Feng reached the Qi Refining Third Layer and drew the crowd’s attention, and Han Yuan stepped up to be tested.

• Lei Jiuxiao began the assessment, and Courtyard D-24’s Yan Guangming was demoted to the Miscellaneous Courtyard after testing at the Qi Refining First Layer.
• The assessment moved through the lower-ranked courtyards without finding a single disciple at the Qi Refining Third Layer, while Zhao Donglai worried that he had missed the breakthrough by a little.
• Zhao Donglai tested at the Qi Refining Second Layer Upper-Upper and received one Spirit Gathering Pill from Lei Jiuxiao.
• Hu Yifan tested at the Qi Refining Second Layer Mid-Upper with Upper-Upper spiritual power quality and received two Spirit Gathering Pills.
• Qin Feng tested at the Qi Refining Third Layer Lower-Mid, earned three Spirit Gathering Pills, and attracted praise from the crowd.
• Lei Jiuxiao called Han Yuan forward, and Han Yuan calmly approached the testing mirror.

Han Yuan’s inspection revealed Qi Refining Layer 4, earning him valuable rewards and shocking the Outer Sect disciples. As rivals rushed to break through, Han Yuan sought to explain his rapid progress by letting observers notice his aptitude with cultivation methods.

• The inspection revealed Han Yuan’s Qi Refining Layer 4 cultivation, and Lei Jiuxiao awarded him pills and a spell exchange voucher.
• Yang Yuanyang, Nangong Zhuiyue, and other disciples abandoned their agreement and swallowed pills to attempt breakthroughs.
• Liu Sisi considered recruiting Han Yuan to raise Spirit Beasts, while Hu Yifan and Zhao Donglai worried or felt jealous, and Qin Feng apologized before urging Han Yuan to pursue Liu Sisi.
• Han Yuan realized the Random Buff Multiplier had made his spiritual power and Dantian appear comparable to those of a Qi Refining Layer 4 cultivator.
• After Courtyard D-16’s disappointing results, Han Yuan took a Spirit Gathering Pill and circulated his cultivation method where observers in the clouds could see, hoping to explain his progress through his aptitude.

The peak leaders investigated Han Yuan after he revealed Qi Refining Layer 4 cultivation and debated which peak should claim him. Du Yuanhe secretly discovered Han Yuan’s true cultivation and exceptional potential, and Han Yuan was assigned to Spirit Script Peak.

• Feng Jianming asked the deputy Peak Lord of Miscellaneous Peak to explain Han Yuan’s background and cultivation history.
• The deputy reported that Han Yuan had a Mid-grade Five Elements Spiritual Root, had remained in the sect, and had received only one bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills.
• Feng Jianming and the Peak Lords attributed Han Yuan’s progress to his comprehension after seeing him cultivate while standing, and Dai Yinzhu and Xia Jiuyou both backed away from claiming him.
• Du Yuanhe used his Spiritual Sense to discover that Han Yuan was at Qi Refining Third Layer, had cultivated his method to Major Accomplishment, and possessed an abnormality in his Dantian that improved his Foundation Establishment potential.
• Du Yuanhe claimed Han Yuan for Spirit Script Peak, and Feng Jianming confirmed the assignment after the other Peak Lords declined to contend for him.

Han Yuan placed ninth in the Outer Sect assessment and was granted Inner Sect privileges, then joined Spirit Script Peak after Du Yuanhe selected him. As Du Yuanhe carried him away, the Peak Lord identified that Han Yuan had only just broken through to the Qi Refining Third Layer, leaving Han Yuan alarmed that his deception might be exposed.

• Yang Yuanyang, Nangong Zhuiyue, and other Courtyard C-1 disciples broke through to Qi Refining Layer 4, drawing attention away from Han Yuan.
• Lei Jiuxiao announced the final rankings, with Han Yuan ninth, and awarded the top ten three Qi Condensing Pills each.
• Lei Jiuxiao brought the top ten to meet Sect Master Feng Jianming, who let the top three choose peaks before the Peak Lords selected the others.
• Yang Yuanyang chose Alchemy Peak, Nangong Zhuiyue chose Heavenly Water Peak, and Yu Ji chose Weapon Refining Peak.
• After the Peak Lords passed over Han Yuan, Du Yuanhe selected him for Spirit Script Peak.
• As Du Yuanhe flew Han Yuan away, he stated that Han Yuan had only just broken through to the Qi Refining Third Layer, making Han Yuan nearly fall from the flying sword.

Han Yuan became Du Yuanhe’s seventh disciple and learned about the long, difficult path to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core. Du Yuanhe offered him resources and spell guidance, but Han Yuan chose to become a Spirit Planter and left for his new cave mansion determined to cultivate and conceal his strength.

• Du Yuanhe explained that Han Yuan’s unusually large Dantian and rapid cultivation might stem from a special constitution, then accepted him as his seventh disciple.
• Du Yuanhe brought Han Yuan to Spirit Script Peak, where he saw the peak’s disciples and learned that four of his master’s previous disciples had died.
• Du Yuanhe described the time, pill drawbacks, and low success rates involved in cultivation and Foundation Establishment, while Han Yuan realized his own prospects were unusually favorable.
• Du Yuanhe urged Han Yuan to prepare for Golden Core by mastering spells, but Han Yuan chose to become a Spirit Planter after revealing that he had grown Blood Spirit Rice.
• Du Yuanhe gave Han Yuan a token to a Mysterious Grade Upper Rank cave mansion that increased cultivation speed fivefold, and Han Yuan left to move in and cultivate.

Han Yuan moved into Cangming Cave Mansion, accepted Wu Chao’s apology and 150 Spirit Stones, and explored his new estate. In its exclusive Cultivation Room, his Random Buff Multiplier amplified the Spirit Gathering Array so dramatically that he struggled to keep up with the rushing spiritual energy.

• Wu Chao apologized to Han Yuan and gave him 150 Spirit Stones, which Han Yuan accepted.
• Han Yuan left his old courtyard with Wangcai after encouraging the Old Apricot Tree to develop spiritual intelligence.
• Han Yuan arrived at Cangming Cave Mansion and found its vast grounds, Spirit Fields, and four-story Cangming Tower.
• Han Yuan chose a room for Wangcai and entered the Estate Master's Exclusive Cultivation Room on the tower's first floor.
• Han Yuan activated the room's Spirit Gathering Array, and his Random Buff Multiplier increased its spirit-gathering effect sixfold.
• Han Yuan felt spiritual energy surge into his body like a river and urgently focused on circulating the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art.

Han Yuan discovered that the Cultivation Room made his cultivation dramatically more effective, then received his Personal Disciple token and benefits from Chang Chun. He arranged for Chang Chun to ask about exchanging his pill allotment for Pulse Protecting Pills and prepared to focus on cultivation, promising to help Wangcai advance into a Spirit Beast.

• Han Yuan cultivated in the enhanced Cultivation Room, raising his spiritual power from 20/40 to 23/40 before stopping to let his meridians recover.
• Han Yuan shut down the array and reasoned that most of the room’s dense spiritual energy returned to the spirit vein without being absorbed.
• Chang Chun delivered Han Yuan’s Personal Disciple token, robes, sword, pills, and three hundred Spirit Stones on the Peak Lord’s orders.
• Han Yuan asked Chang Chun to find out whether his monthly pill allotment could be exchanged for Pulse Protecting Pills and gave him five Spirit Gathering Pills as payment.
• Han Yuan told Chang Chun to handle future visits and protect his cultivation time, then promised Wangcai materials to help it advance into a Spirit Beast.

Han Yuan explored his cave mansion, arranged for Chang Chun to serve and guard it, and obtained a Pulse Protecting Pill. He discovered that repeatedly restarting the Spirit Gathering Array could increase its multiplier, then swallowed the pill in a room filled with condensed spiritual energy.

• Han Yuan surveyed the cave mansion and decided to plant crops in its spirit fields while keeping the mansion's value and his status as a Personal Disciple quiet.
• Chang Chun returned with a Pulse Protecting Pill exchanged for Han Yuan's monthly benefits, and Han Yuan gave him an Affiliated Token and instructed him to guard the mansion, turn away visitors, and feed Wangcai.
• Chang Chun accepted the role of Han Yuan's steward, fed Wangcai, and began sweeping the mansion while Han Yuan watched from Cangming Tower.
• Han Yuan activated the protective array and discovered that switching the Spirit Gathering Array off and on recalculated its multiplier.
• After repeated attempts, Han Yuan raised the array's multiplier to twelvefold, filling the Cultivation Room with spiritual liquid, and swallowed the Pulse Protecting Pill.

Han Yuan used a sixfold Pulse Protecting Pill while cultivating and began to grasp the deeper meaning of the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art. His practice resonated with the Old Apricot Tree, helping it become a spirit tree, while Liu Xinghe arrived at Cangming Cave Mansion and was turned away by Chang Chun.

• Han Yuan took a sixfold Pulse Protecting Pill and absorbed the Cultivation Room's spiritual energy, improving the quality of his spiritual power.
• Han Yuan reconsidered the meaning of the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art and altered its circulation route as he cultivated.
• Han Yuan's breathing resonated with the Old Apricot Tree, which began transforming into a spiritual species and absorbed some of his spiritual power.
• Chang Chun noticed trees near Cangming Tower trembling, then went to the entrance when his Affiliated Token reacted.
• Liu Xinghe asked to visit Han Yuan, but Chang Chun refused to admit him or accept his gift and message request.
• Liu Xinghe left, resentful that Du Yuanhe had favored Han Yuan with Cangming Cave Mansion.

Han Yuan broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining and reached Major Accomplishment in the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art, gaining a powerful Wood Spirit Power store and an extraordinary Spiritual Sense range. After leaving seclusion, he discovered he could communicate through trees, while Chang Chun wondered whether Han Yuan had reached Foundation Establishment.

• Han Yuan broke through his cultivation realm and advanced the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art to Major Accomplishment, transforming his meridians and Spiritual Sense.
• Han Yuan discovered a green speck in his liver that refined and stored Wood Spirit Power, then continued cultivating until exhaustion.
• While Han Yuan slept, the speck kept absorbing spiritual energy, and by the time he awoke it held Wood Spirit Power equal to a quarter of his Dantian's capacity.
• Han Yuan left Cangming Tower and asked Chang Chun to prepare Spirit Food, while Wangcai greeted him after growing taller during his seclusion.
• Han Yuan connected with the Great Banyan Tree and used it and the surrounding trees to extend his Spiritual Sense five hundred meters away.
• Chang Chun received Han Yuan's distant message and became more reverent, wondering if his Estate Master had reached Foundation Establishment.

Han Yuan discovered that his transformed Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art let him extend his Spiritual Sense through trees and strengthen their spirituality by sharing his spiritual power. He hired Chang Chun to help manage Cangming Cave Mansion and chose to ignore Liu Xinghe, whose disciples watched the entrance for him.

• Han Yuan extended his Spiritual Sense through nearby trees, reaching the cave mansion's formation, and found he could sense underground through their roots.
• Han Yuan gave spiritual power to the Great Banyan Tree and sensed its spirituality grow more active, then thought of helping the Old Apricot Tree.
• Chang Chun brought Han Yuan Spirit Food, and Han Yuan hired him to handle miscellaneous tasks in exchange for a monthly Qi Condensing Pill and access to the cave mansion's benefits.
• Chang Chun told Han Yuan about his cultivation history and Liu Xinghe's visit, including the gifts and attempted bribe he had refused.
• Han Yuan told Chang Chun to avoid Liu Xinghe's people and granted him use of a Mysterious Grade Lower Rank Cultivation Room in Cangming Tower.
• Liu Xinghe's disciples kept watch outside Cangming Cave Mansion, while Han Yuan stayed inside and continued lying low.

Liu Xinghe learned that Han Yuan had become Du Yuanhe’s True Disciple and schemed to turn the other disciples against the appointment. After Spirit Script Peak’s elders demanded answers, Du Yuanhe defended Han Yuan’s comprehension but postponed his ceremony to observe him further.

• Liu Xinghe investigated Han Yuan’s background and inferred that he had reached Major Accomplishment in the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art, then planned to undermine his appointment or publicize his talent to free the True Disciple position.
• Liu Xinghe arranged for news of Han Yuan’s low cultivation and aptitude to spread across Spirit Script Peak, prompting widespread complaints from disciples and concern among the elders.
• Qin Feng decided to seek refuge with Han Yuan, Wu Chao felt relieved that he had resolved his conflict with him, and Zhao Donglai and Hu Yifan reacted with jealousy and disbelief.
• Du Yuanhe told the Foundation Establishment Elders that Han Yuan had cultivated the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art to Major Accomplishment in two years, demonstrating rare comprehension.
• The elders persuaded Du Yuanhe to observe Han Yuan longer, so he postponed the True Disciple Ceremony.

Han Yuan discovered that his transformed cultivation art strengthened the Azure Spirit Technique, then began planting Yellow Millet Rice. Du Yuanhe found a Wood Spirit Heart growing in Han Yuan’s liver, warned him to keep it secret, and gave him a technique to conceal his aura.

• Han Yuan found that the Azure Spirit Technique boosted his spirit tree’s growth and reached the proficient level, but its buff multiplier appeared only when he cast it on himself, making his hair grow.
• Chang Chun brought Han Yuan Yellow Millet Rice, which could nourish the Sea of Consciousness, and Han Yuan decided to plant it himself.
• Three days later, Du Yuanhe visited and discovered Han Yuan had planted ninety-nine mu of Spirit Fields and reached Qi Refining Layer 4 Peak.
• Du Yuanhe examined Han Yuan and identified the growth in his liver as an embryonic Wood Spirit Heart, a rare treasure that could be stolen, and recognized Han Yuan’s Wood Heart Communion.
• Du Yuanhe returned with an Earth Grade Lower Rank Mirage Turtle Breath Concealment technique so Han Yuan could hide his aura and condition.

Han Yuan refused Qin Feng’s offer to work for him but gave him a Storage Pouch containing what he needed to exchange for spells. Qin Feng obtained an aura-concealing art and three other spells for Han Yuan, while Liu Xinghe’s attempt to meet Han Yuan failed.

• Du Yuanhe told Han Yuan to cultivate for three months before holding his True Disciple Ceremony, and Han Yuan struggled to understand the Mirage Turtle Breath Concealment Art.
• Qin Feng visited Han Yuan and offered to work for him, but Han Yuan refused and gave him a Storage Pouch.
• Two disciples reported Han Yuan’s appearance to Liu Xinghe, who went to Cangming Cave Mansion but was told Han Yuan had entered cultivation.
• Qin Feng found a note and the exchange materials in the Storage Pouch, then went to Ancient Wood Peak’s Scripture Repository.
• Qin Feng exchanged a token and three hundred Spirit Stones for the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art, Qi Sword Slash, Constant Temperature Technique, and Soil Cultivation Art.
• The purple-haired elder told Qin Feng that Han Yuan could receive the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art if he fully comprehended the Ancient Wood Hidden Qi Art.

Qin Feng asked Liu Sisi about awakening materials for Wangcai, and she contacted Han Yuan to sell him the most powerful set she could find. Han Yuan agreed to pay fifty Qi Condensing Pills, and Liu Sisi promised to deliver the materials to his Cangming Cave Mansion.

• Qin Feng met Liu Sisi at Spirit Beast Peak, where she recognized him as Han Yuan’s companion and explained that she needed to inspect Wangcai before recommending awakening materials.
• Liu Sisi contacted Han Yuan through Qin Feng’s Affiliated Token and offered high-grade materials for two hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, but Han Yuan asked for the absolute best materials instead.
• Liu Sisi consulted her cousin Liu Miaoyin, who said she could gather materials that would guarantee Wangcai awakened and give it a thirty percent chance of evolving into a Blue Flame Hound.
• Liu Sisi quoted Han Yuan a price of two thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, and Han Yuan negotiated it down to two thousand four hundred and fifty.
• Han Yuan offered fifty Qi Condensing Pills, with the extra pill exchanged for a Spirit Beast Pill, and Liu Sisi agreed to deliver the materials to his Cangming Cave Mansion.