Chapter Summaries

Han Yuan learned that Hu Yifan was rallying disciples against his True Disciple status and decided to retaliate through intermediaries. Liu Sisi revealed Di Qing’s family background and proposed cooperation between Han Yuan and her Liu Family, leaving Han Yuan to decide on the offer tomorrow.

• Qin Feng told Han Yuan that Hu Yifan was spreading rumors and trying to turn outer sect disciples against him, but Han Yuan said his True Disciple status was unlikely to be revoked.
• Han Yuan instructed Qin Feng to recruit Wu Chao or another associate to injure Hu Yifan in a spar, promised rewards, and ordered rumors spread afterward without leaving evidence.
• Liu Sisi told Han Yuan that Di Qing belonged to a prominent Golden Core Clan, and Han Yuan learned that Hu Yifan had no family connections.
• Liu Sisi disclosed that she came from a collateral branch of a Golden Core Clan and that her family wanted to cooperate with Han Yuan in trade and outside-sect industries.
• Han Yuan promised to give Liu Sisi an answer the next day and assured her that the Liu Family would receive a share.

Qin Feng decided to prove his usefulness to Han Yuan by handling a task that required discreet action, while Wu Chao carried out a plan that left Hu Yifan without a Dantian. Hu Yifan failed to prove Han Yuan had ordered the attack, and Wu Chao was sentenced to twenty years at Confinement Cliff.

• Qin Feng reflected on the benefits Han Yuan had given him and resolved to recruit help and make himself valuable.
• Wu Chao destroyed Hu Yifan's Dantian during a friendly spar, then claimed it was an accident and reported himself to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Hu Yifan accused Han Yuan of ordering the attack, but he had no evidence to support the claim.
• The law enforcement captain sentenced Wu Chao to twenty years at Confinement Cliff and took both disciples away.
• Hu Yifan realized he could no longer remain in the sect and despaired over his future without a Dantian.

Di Qing heard the Elder’s warning not to underestimate Han Yuan and came to visit him the next morning. As Han Yuan hurried to finish weeding his Spirit Field, Qin Feng realized how many deadly Qi Sword Slashes he could control.

• Di Qing told the Elder that rumors about Han Yuan seemed unfounded, but the Elder revealed that Qin Feng had spread them and warned Di Qing to approach Han carefully.
• The Elder explained Han Yuan’s years of planning and hardship, convincing Di Qing that the young True Disciple was far more formidable than he had assumed.
• Han Yuan and Qin Feng discussed why spiritual fields attracted weeds, while Han Yuan said he would study farming more once his cultivation slowed.
• Di Qing arrived at Han Yuan’s cave abode while Han Yuan cleared the field with an astonishing number of Qi Sword Slashes.
• Qin Feng sensed the lethal threat of more than a hundred Qi Swords, then hurried off to prepare tea when Liu Sisi called him.

Han Yuan negotiated with Di Qing and Liu Sisi to divide management of Cangming Cave Mansion’s Spirit Fields and Beast Gardens between their families. He proposed an advance payment tied to estimated annual returns, leaving both families to consider the terms as they prepared to formalize the agreement.

• Di Qing offered to have the Di Family manage Han Yuan’s Spirit Fields and Beast Gardens, but Liu Sisi objected and revealed that the Liu Family already managed two Beast Gardens.
• Di Qing and Liu Sisi competed by raising their offers, while Han Yuan invoked his past debt to Di Qing and divided management between the families: the Di Family received more Spirit Fields, and the Liu Family received more Beast Gardens.
• Han Yuan allowed the Di Family to take more high-grade Spirit Fields and the Liu Family more high-grade Beast Gardens, and Di Qing and Liu Sisi divided the resources using the cave mansion’s map.
• After Di Qing proposed drawing up a contract, Han Yuan suggested that the families pay him half their estimated annual returns in advance, with different splits for returns above or below the estimate.

Han Yuan secured a contract with the Liu and Di Families to share profits from their cave mansions, bringing him a large supply of Spirit Stones. The elders then proposed a broader partnership involving outside industries, and Han Yuan considered their offer while thinking about how to strengthen himself.

• Han Yuan persuaded Di Qing and Liu Sisi to accept a more equal profit split, and both families agreed to send elders to sign the contract.
• Liu Zexian and Di Heng arrived at Cangming Cave Mansion, greeted Han Yuan, and examined his steady cultivation aura.
• Han Yuan, Liu Zexian, and Di Heng signed four copies of the agreement, with the families promising to deliver Spirit Stones after verifying their profit estimates.
• Di Heng and Liu Zexian explained that True Disciples could use their status to register and protect outside industries, then proposed giving Han Yuan twenty percent of their profits.
• Han Yuan considered the proposal while wondering how much permanent-effect treasures could improve his foundation.

Han Yuan finalized profit-sharing agreements with the Di and Liu Families, then received five million Spirit Stones from their industries. He assigned management roles and ordered Chang Chun and Qin Feng to begin buying nine cultivation resources, paying particular attention to the Longevity Pill.

• Han Yuan agreed to quarterly profit-sharing with Di Heng and Liu Zexian, and both families offered newly discovered industries to be registered under his name.
• Han Yuan received five million Spirit Stones from the Di and Liu Families and kept one million for the cave abode's operations, planning to spend the other four million.
• Han Yuan appointed Liu Sisi to manage the Beast Garden, Di Qing to oversee the Spirit Fields, Chang Chun as cave-abode steward, and Qin Feng to manage functional buildings.
• Chang Chun and Qin Feng narrowed their gathered market lists to nine items that Han Yuan could purchase, including pills, herbs, Spirit Essence, and Hundred Poisons Bee Honey.
• Han Yuan asked about the Longevity Pill's ingredients and ordered Chang Chun and Qin Feng to buy as much of all nine items as they could find.

Han Yuan consumed Hundred Poisons Bee Honey and discovered that it transformed his liver and strengthened the Wood Spirit Heart, boosting his Wood cultivation and ability to refine materials. After finishing all two hundred boxes, he chose another ingredient to refine.

• Han Yuan examined the supplies Qin Feng had purchased and began by refining a piece of Hundred Poisons Bee Honey.
• After consuming a box, Han Yuan found that the honey had invigorated his body and transformed his liver, helping it harmonize with the Wood Spirit Heart.
• Han Yuan refined more honey in larger batches, rolling higher buff multipliers and discovering that multiple items produced a larger die.
• The honey made Han Yuan's liver translucent and jade-like, while the Wood Spirit Heart circulated spirit power and operated his Wood cultivation art automatically.
• After using all two hundred boxes, Han Yuan concluded that the Wood Spirit Heart and liver could detoxify Pill Toxin, then selected another material to refine.

Han Yuan reviewed Cangming Cave Mansion’s thriving operations and learned that Chang Chun might have ties to the Chang Family. He returned to secluded cultivation, helped Wangcai improve its cultivation, and discovered that Blood Vein Grass connected with his miniature meridians.

• Han Yuan inspected Cangming Cave Mansion’s busy Spirit Fields, Beast Garden, and buildings, then reviewed Chang Chun’s report on its six hundred workers and balanced accounts.
• Han Yuan praised Chang Chun’s work, promised him more chances at Foundation Establishment, and sent him back to his duties.
• Han Yuan read Qin Feng’s sealed report alleging Chang Chun was a descendant of a branch expelled by the Chang Family, then burned it without comment.
• Han Yuan returned to cultivation with Wangcai, fed it pills and precious materials, and helped increase its cultivation speed.
• Han Yuan consumed Blood Vein Grass and discovered its new blood veins connected with his miniature meridians and could strengthen his body.

Han Yuan absorbed thousands of stalks of Blood Vein Grass and discovered how its blood veins formed and connected to his miniature meridians. The Wood Spirit Heart refined the veins into its control, and Han Yuan ended with a 72-times enhancement multiplier and surging vitality.

• Han Yuan studied Blood Vein Grass but could not understand the principles behind its natural blood veins.
• Han Yuan swallowed ten stalks, locked the die on seven, and watched the resulting blood-colored energy form veins that connected with his flesh and miniature meridians.
• Han Yuan discovered that he could extract the veins from the leaves with spiritual power and began refining Blood Vein Grass directly on his body.
• Han Yuan refined a hundred stalks at once, and his precise use of Qi Sword Slash unknowingly brought the technique to perfection.
• The Wood Spirit Heart refined the millions of blood veins throughout Han Yuan's body, turning them green and making their vital-energy conversion even stronger.
• Han Yuan finished integrating the blood veins and saw a Random Buff Multiplier of 72 for the Blood Vein Grass Enhancement Effect.

Han Yuan strengthened his meridians with Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills to keep pace with his blood veins’ growing demand for spiritual power. He discovered the blood veins could now absorb and refine spiritual qi, and began expanding them as Wangcai secretly ate discarded Blood Vein Grass leaves.

• Han Yuan found that his flesh and bones were consuming spiritual power faster than his qi recovery could replenish it.
• He refined Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pills, increasing the speed and capacity of his main and secondary meridians.
• After the medicines’ effects reached his microscopic meridians and blood veins, Han Yuan discovered the blood veins could absorb spiritual qi and convert it into spiritual power and blood qi.
• Han Yuan began directing more Spirit Infusion Grass and Meridian Opening Pill medicinal power into his blood veins to expand them and increase their absorption.
• Wangcai ate Han Yuan’s discarded Blood Vein Grass leaves while cultivating, and the leaves raised Wangcai’s aura by a minor realm.

Han Yuan perfected the Ancient Wood Qi Recovery Art and broke through to the Seventh Level of Qi Condensation, then discovered Wangcai had secretly eaten valuable herbs. He took the newly powerful spirit beast to the Beast Garden and encountered a markedly changed Liu Sisi.

• Han Yuan cultivated while Wangcai secretly ate the Spirit Infusion Grass stems and Blood Vein Grass leaves, gaining a great deal of strength.
• Han Yuan perfected the Ancient Wood Qi Recovery Art with a twentyfold buff and broke through his Dantian barrier, reaching the Seventh Level of Qi Condensation.
• Han Yuan found that Wangcai had eaten herbs worth about 600,000 Spirit Stones and discovered it had reached perfected late-stage Qi Condensation.
• Han Yuan carried Wangcai to the Beast Garden to learn what it needed for its breakthrough and saw Liu Sisi directing disciples with a newly decisive manner.

Liu Zexian admonished Liu Sisi for focusing on building her own influence instead of maintaining her closeness to Han Yuan, whose potential could safeguard the Liu Family. Han Yuan overheard their conversation and left, reaffirming his resolve to cultivate cautiously.

• Han Yuan saw Liu Zexian speaking with Liu Sisi while Wangcai remained nearby.
• Liu Zexian told Liu Sisi that her position and influence depended on her relationship with Han Yuan, whose potential mattered more than her family connections or management skills.
• Liu Zexian explained that the Liu Family’s future depended on powerful cultivators and urged Liu Sisi to serve Han Yuan closely, keeping food ready and waiting for him at Cangming Tower.
• Liu Sisi resented the advice, believing her cultivation, Spirit Beasts, and work should prove her worth without making her act like someone trying to seduce Han Yuan.
• Han Yuan overheard them, considered that he would look after Liu Sisi if she stayed close, then quietly left and resolved to develop cautiously.

After breaking through to the False Core Realm, Du Yuanhe shattered a seal on his memories and learned that Han Yuan was a Secret Legacy Disciple whose accomplishments had drawn the Sect Master and Ancestor Ziyun. He set out with Yue Xianxian to visit Han Yuan, while Yue prepared a precious meeting gift and wondered what made her junior brother so remarkable.

• Du Yuanhe advanced his Spiritual Sense to the False Core Realm and broke the seal hiding his true memories.
• Du Yuanhe realized Han Yuan had revealed all eight scripts on the Spirit Script Ancient Stone Wall and was a Secret Legacy Disciple.
• Du Yuanhe paused to eat with Yue Xianxian, learned she had reached Foundation Establishment, and praised Han Yuan's talent.
• Du Yuanhe told Yue Xianxian that Han Yuan had mastered his cultivation technique and experienced a remarkable epiphany, then invited her to meet him.
• Yue Xianxian prepared a precious gift for Han Yuan, and she and Du Yuanhe flew toward the Cangming Cave Mansion.

Han Yuan welcomed Du Yuanhe and his newly returned Fourth Senior Sister, Yue Xianxian, at Cangming Tower. Liu Sisi reflected on how poorly she had handled her standing with Han Yuan, while Yue Xianxian left Han Yuan flustered by openly flirting with him.

• Liu Sisi prepared herself to visit Han Yuan, but Chang Chun and Qin Feng took over arranging a reception for Du Yuanhe and Yue Xianxian.
• Han Yuan brought Liu Sisi and Di Qing to greet his visitors, and Liu Sisi secretly warned the Liu Family disciples to treat him with proper respect.
• Du Yuanhe arrived with Yue Xianxian and introduced her as Han Yuan's Fourth Senior Sister.
• Yue Xianxian praised Han Yuan, clasped his arm, and asked him to consider becoming her Dao companion.
• Yue Xianxian told Han Yuan that she was still a virgin, leaving him flustered.

Han Yuan reunited with Du Yuanhe and Yue Xianxian, who questioned his rapid cultivation and hidden abilities. After Wangcai revealed itself as a Flying Purple Flame Dog, Han Yuan effortlessly subdued it, and an unexpected buff appeared before him.

• Du Yuanhe joked about matchmaking Han Yuan and Yue Xianxian, and Yue Xianxian gave Han Yuan a secret meeting gift.
• Han Yuan introduced Liu Sisi and Di Qing as the family representatives managing his cave abode, while Liu Sisi returned to the Beast Garden and resolved to focus on her own cultivation.
• Yue Xianxian questioned Han Yuan's rapid progress, but he claimed his pills and cave-abode earnings explained his Seventh Level of Qi Condensation.
• Han Yuan summoned Wangcai, which revealed itself as a Flying Purple Flame Dog, and Du Yuanhe explained that it could awaken its King Beast Bloodline among a pack of its kind.
• Wangcai declared that it wanted to become the Beast King, but Han Yuan pinned it down with earth-vein spiritual power as an illusory die displayed an eightfold Ancient Wood Qi Control Art buff.

Han Yuan used Earth Vein Spiritual Energy to effortlessly suppress Wangcai, then learned from Du Yuanhe and Yue Xianxian that the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art could strengthen Spiritual Sense and benefit from combat practice. He agreed to train for three months before sparring with Yue Xianxian.

• Han Yuan concealed his use of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy and suppressed Wangcai, startling Yue Xianxian and Du Yuanhe.
• Yue Xianxian offered to spar, but Han Yuan claimed he had never cultivated offensive spells, and Du Yuanhe urged him to learn defensive spells.
• Yue Xianxian recounted avenging her slain juniors and killing disciples from other sects, while Han Yuan grew more wary of leaving the sect.
• Han Yuan asked Du Yuanhe how to reach Perfection in the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art, and Yue Xianxian described using spirit plants and vines in battle.
• Du Yuanhe explained that the art enhanced Spiritual Sense and advised Han Yuan to leave seclusion and practice fighting; Han Yuan agreed to spar with Yue Xianxian after three months of training.

Han Yuan used Ghost Fruits to strengthen the meridians around his Sea of Consciousness and discovered how spiritual power transformed into Spiritual Sense. As the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art reached Perfection, it formed a complete cultivation loop within his Soul Body, refining spiritual power into both soul energy and Spiritual Sense.

• Han Yuan sent Wangcai to the neighboring Cultivation Room to seek its own breakthrough, then considered the deeper meaning of the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art.
• Han Yuan ate a Ghost Fruit, and a tenfold multiplier strengthened the meridians around his Sea of Consciousness.
• Han Yuan circulated the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art and realized Wood Spirit Power could pass through his meridians, enter his Sea of Consciousness, and become Spiritual Sense.
• Han Yuan continued eating Ghost Fruits, which strengthened his miniature meridians and let them convert spiritual power into Spiritual Sense more efficiently.
• Han Yuan reached the Perfection threshold of the Ancient Wood Nourishing Spirit Art, and a twenty-fourfold effect formed matching meridians and a Wood Spirit Heart within his Soul Body.
• Han Yuan discovered that his Soul Body circulated the art to refine transformed spiritual power into soul energy and Spiritual Sense, creating a cultivation loop in his Sea of Consciousness.

Han Yuan used Spirit Essence to temper his spiritual power, repeatedly replenishing his Dantian as the mineral’s unusual energy consumed and refined his cultivation. After refining all five hundred pieces, he discovered his spiritual power had formed a controllable, self-tempering Taiji-like vortex.

• Han Yuan filled his Dantian, then refined Spirit Essence to improve the quality of his spiritual power.
• Spirit Essence energy chased and consumed his ordinary spiritual power, making it denser while sharply reducing his reserves.
• Han Yuan replenished his Dantian at extraordinary speed and continued refining Spirit Essence over the next month.
• After using all five hundred pieces, Han Yuan examined his Dantian and found two streams of spiritual power circling and assimilating each other.
• Han Yuan found he could control both streams, which continued tempering one another as they revolved.

Han Yuan chose the ancient secret path of the Azure Wood Spirit Art and refined a Jianmu Fragment into a Jianmu Seed. A tenfold Random Buff Multiplier triggered, causing his spiritual power to liquefy and granting him Foundation Establishment, though the orthodox method still classified him as Qi Refining.

• Han Yuan discovered that the Azure Wood Spirit Art offered a path to Foundation Establishment through nurturing a Jianmu Seed, and chose that difficult route.
• Han Yuan summoned the Jianmu Seed from the inheritance crystal, and the Jianmu Fragment began consuming his Spiritual Sense.
• Han Yuan spent a month refining the fragment until it became a Jianmu Seed, which settled in his Dantian and strengthened it.
• The Random Buff Multiplier triggered at tenfold, enlarging the seed and increasing its effects as it absorbed spiritual power.
• Han Yuan's spiritual power liquefied into True Essence, advancing him to Foundation Establishment even though the orthodox Azure Wood Spirit Art still classified him as Qi Refining.

Han Yuan confirmed that his cultivation still counted as Qi Condensation by the standards of heaven and earth, despite having Foundation Establishment-level True Essence, and began training defensive spells for his upcoming fight with Fourth Senior Sister. He mastered the Spirit Eye Technique and started cultivating Sword Qi Forest, then prepared to refine a One Leaf Sword Qi Grass to improve his sword aptitude.

• Han Yuan expanded his Dantian with little difficulty, confirming that heaven and earth still considered him to be at the Eighth Level of Qi Condensation, while cultivators would see him as Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
• Han Yuan chose the Spirit Eye Technique and Sword Qi Forest to prepare for his fight with Fourth Senior Sister, who was due to arrive in about a dozen days.
• Han Yuan swallowed a Spirit Rhino Snake Gallbladder, but it barely affected him and did not trigger the die.
• Han Yuan reached Grandmastery in the Spirit Eye Technique after three days, gaining the ability to see the paths of spirit power circulating through a body.
• Han Yuan used Sword Qi Forest to pierce the testing stone with Foundation Establishment-level power, then confirmed that Qi Sword Slash left the stone unmarked.
• Han Yuan took out a One Leaf Sword Qi Grass to refine it and improve his sword aptitude.