Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming learned that Xuantian was the spirit treasure artifact spirit guarding Tongtian Tower and received three items from the previous master’s inheritance. Xuantian revealed that he had brought Song Qingming to find a suitable heir, then hinted that others had entered before him.

• Xuantian explained that he had saved Song Qingming from the Nascent Soul Cultivators on Tongtian Tower’s second floor and confirmed that the Tongtian Token granted access to it.
• Song Qingming told Xuantian how he had obtained the token and why he had used it to escape a Late Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator.
• Xuantian recognized Song Qingming’s Tongtian Ring and said he could choose three items from the previous master’s inheritance.
• Song Qingming selected three bamboo slips, including one Nascent Soul Realm cultivation method, and Xuantian warned that only Song Qingming could use them.
• Xuantian revealed that Tongtian Tower had been the previous master’s cultivation cave abode and that he had stayed to find the master a suitable heir.
• When Song Qingming asked whether no one else had qualified, Xuantian replied that Song Qingming was not the only person ever to enter.

Xuantian explained that the Tongtian Ring had belonged to a former candidate who failed to complete the inheritance trial, and gave Song Qingming the first part of the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art. Song Qingming asked Xuantian to help rescue Fire Phoenix from the second floor, and Xuantian agreed to let Song act while he arranged their escape.

• Xuantian told Song Qingming that he had chosen him because he carried the Tongtian Ring of a former candidate, who had failed to cultivate the required art to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Xuantian passed the pre-Nascent Soul portion of the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art to Song Qingming and warned him not to reveal or share it.
• Song Qingming asked Xuantian to send him outside the tower, but Xuantian said he could only teleport him to a location within the ninth floor.
• Song Qingming spotted Fire Phoenix fighting on the second floor and asked Xuantian to help rescue her; Xuantian agreed to assist but said Song Qingming would have to deal with her enemy himself.
• Fire Phoenix struggled against Blood Demon Old Ancestor's poisonous blood mist as he prepared to finish the fight.

Song Qingming appeared inside Blood Demon Old Ancestor’s trap and took Fire Phoenix away with him, escaping Tongtian Pavilion. They emerged hundreds of miles away, where Fire Phoenix asked him to let go of her hand.

• Blood Demon Old Ancestor attacked Fire Phoenix, but she used a Golden Thunder Pearl to damage his crimson sword and flee toward the secret chamber’s entrance.
• Blood Demon Old Ancestor’s Seven Blood Demon Light Array trapped Fire Phoenix, and he demanded the Mysterious Spirit Pill she had obtained.
• As Fire Phoenix weighed whether to surrender the pill, Song Qingming suddenly appeared and urged her to trust him.
• Song Qingming grabbed Fire Phoenix’s hand and used white light to escape with her before Blood Demon Old Ancestor could stop them.
• Song Qingming and Fire Phoenix arrived in the misty skies hundreds of miles outside Tongtian Pavilion, and Fire Phoenix asked him to remove his hand.

After rescuing Fire Phoenix from Blood Demon Old Ancestor, Song Qingming escaped with her to the eighth level of the Tongtian Tower, where she began purging the Blood Poison from her body. As Song Qingming guarded her, a hidden Green Robe Figure appeared in their cave, leaving him to negotiate while Fire Phoenix remained vulnerable.

• Song Qingming and Fire Phoenix left the ninth level, and Fire Phoenix chose to hide rather than risk worsening her injuries by forcing open another spatial passage.
• Blood Demon Old Ancestor searched for the poisoned Fire Phoenix and sent Ma Wuchen and his other disciples to find her using Blood Guiding Talismans.
• Fire Phoenix forced open a passage to the eighth level, flew with Song Qingming to a mountain cave, and began purging the Blood Poison.
• Song Qingming set up a Concealment Array at the cave entrance and discovered a Golden Core Sixth Layer cultivator hiding inside the mountain wall.
• Song Qingming told the Green Robe Figure that he and Fire Phoenix had entered by mistake and hoped to avoid a fight.

Song Qingming resisted Feng He’s attempt to turn him against the wounded Fire Phoenix and prepared to fight to protect her. The Green Robe Figure revealed himself as Feng He, an old acquaintance who had once helped Song Qingming form his Golden Core.

• The Green Robe Figure recognized Fire Phoenix as a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor and offered Song Qingming a Blood Dragon Fruit in exchange for letting them rest.
• The Green Robe Figure used the Charm Sound Technique to tempt Song Qingming into joining him to kill Fire Phoenix, but Song Qingming dispelled its influence and refused.
• The Green Robe Figure threatened Song Qingming, who summoned Golden Wind and prepared to fight rather than abandon Fire Phoenix.
• The Green Robe Figure attacked with a White Scroll, then used it to bring Song Qingming before him after stopping Golden Wind.
• The Green Robe Figure removed his disguise and revealed himself as Feng He, who praised Song Qingming for forming his Golden Core and recalled sending him a Golden Core-forming spiritual item.

Song Qingming reunited with Feng He inside Tongtian Tower, received a cultivation manual and a pill for Fire Phoenix, and left the tower with her. He then rejoined Zhao Menglian and told her he had spent his time hiding on the first floor after being chased by a powerful cultivator.

• Feng He questioned Song Qingming about his connection to Fire Phoenix, then returned the Blood Dragon Fruit and gave him a cultivation manual and a pill for her injuries.
• Feng He staged his defeat and flew out of the cave, while Song Qingming placed the pill beside Fire Phoenix and rested as she healed.
• Three days later, Song Qingming and Fire Phoenix emerged from Tongtian Tower, and Fire Phoenix flew away while Song Qingming departed on his Phantom Boat.
• Song Qingming reached a mountain and reunited with Zhao Menglian, telling her he had hidden on the tower’s first floor after a powerful Golden Core Cultivator attacked him.
• Zhao Menglian said the others had found no spiritual items either, and she and Song Qingming flew to meet Martial Uncle Li and the others.

Song Changze reluctantly escorted Liu Yuxin to Jinshan Market, where she soon persuaded him to follow her toward the larger Guiyun Marketplace. He realized she had deliberately used his concern for her safety to make him follow.

• Song Yuanfang asked Song Changze to escort Liu Yuxin to Jinshan Market, and Changze agreed after protesting.
• Song Changze and Liu Yuxin traveled to Jinshan Market and explored the marketplace together.
• Liu Yuxin complained that Jinshan Market was too small and mocked Song Changze for never visiting a larger marketplace.
• Liu Yuxin flew west toward Guiyun Marketplace alone, so Song Changze followed to keep her safe.
• Liu Yuxin smiled smugly, knowing her little scheme had made Song Changze follow her.

Song Changze and Liu Yuxin explored Guiyun Marketplace, where Liu Yuxin bought a speed-enhancing cloak after bargaining. When she asked Song Changze to lend her more Spirit Stones and he refused, she decided they would keep shopping instead of returning home.

• Song Changze and Liu Yuxin arrived at Guiyun Marketplace and argued about whether cultivators should spend more time traveling and seeking opportunities.
• The two explored the marketplace, and Song Changze gradually warmed to the experience as Liu Yuxin shopped and bargained.
• Liu Yuxin negotiated the price of a Grade 2 Low-grade cloak down to four hundred and fifty Spirit Stones and bought it.
• Liu Yuxin asked Song Changze to lend her three hundred Spirit Stones, but he refused after a shop assistant mistakenly called them Dao companions.
• Liu Yuxin announced that they would keep looking around the marketplace and return together once she was in a better mood.

After returning from Tongtian Tower, Song Qingming hurried to Funiu Mountain and found an unfamiliar Golden Core cultivator near the family’s territory. He clashed with the White-clothed Woman until He arrived and recognized them both.

• Liu Yuxin persuaded Song Changze to give her several hundred Spirit Stones, then went to investigate a fight in Gaoyun County despite his warning.
• Li Mufeng returned to the Carefree Sect with the surviving Tongtian Tower party, whose members had gained Spiritual Items but suffered some injuries.
• Song Qingming left Mount Guyang and hurried back to Funiu Mountain to reassure Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan that he was safe.
• Song Qingming spotted the White-clothed Woman near Funiu Mountain and approached her under concealment, but she detected him and attacked with petals.
• Song Qingming defended himself with the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, then learned the White-clothed Woman was a Golden Core Seventh Layer cultivator.
• He arrived and called for Song Qingming and Senior Sister Xia to stop, and Song Qingming recognized him as an old acquaintance who had formed his Golden Core.

Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain, reconciled with He Mengxin and Xia Mo after a mistaken fight, and examined the Verdant Spirit True Water he had obtained in the Tongtian Tower. He Mengxin then revealed that she had come to make a transaction with him.

• Song Qingming discovered that He Mengxin had reached the Golden Core Realm and apologized to Xia Mo after learning their fight had been a misunderstanding.
• Song Qingming brought He Mengxin and Xia Mo to Funiu Mountain, reassured Song Qingyu and Song Yuanfang, and invited the guests to a banquet.
• Song Qingming inspected the Verdant Spirit True Water and recalled that refining it could improve his Spiritual Root constitution and increase his Spiritual Energy absorption speed.
• Song Qingming learned that Huang Siyuan was in seclusion, then joined Song Qingyu, He Mengxin, and Xia Mo in a sound-isolated cave abode.
• He Mengxin told Song Qingming that she had come to make a transaction and asked him to grant her request.

He Mengxin asked Song Qingming to help rebuild the Liu Family at Jingyuan Mountain, and he agreed to consult the Carefree Sect’s Logistics Hall before confirming. That night, He Mengxin caught her disciple Liu Yuxin returning with Song Changze and questioned the pair about their day.

• He Mengxin revealed that she wanted to rebuild the Liu Family and offered Song Qingming a Foundation Establishment Pill in exchange for Jingyuan Mountain’s spirit vein.
• Song Qingming warned that rebuilding the Liu Family there might offend the Carefree Sect’s Logistics Hall, but agreed to seek the sect’s approval and told He Mengxin to keep the pill for now.
• Song Qingming and He Mengxin discussed the strength of the Hundred Flowers Palace and Fairy Xia Mo.
• Song Changze and Liu Yuxin returned to Funiu Mountain late at night, and Song Changze warned Liu Yuxin not to reveal what they had done that day.
• He Mengxin appeared before them, and Song Changze greeted her while she teased Liu Yuxin about whether she had bullied him.

He Mengxin told Liu Yuxin the history of the Jingyuan Mountain Liu Family and asked her to help rebuild it, while Song Qingming secured the sect’s approval for the family’s return. The chapter left the Liu Family free to resettle at Jingyuan Mountain, with Song Qingming having repaid a debt to its former patriarch.

• He Mengxin explained that she had brought Liu Yuxin back to rebuild the Jingyuan Mountain Liu Family, and Liu Yuxin agreed to bear the family’s responsibilities.
• Song Qingming reprimanded Song Changze for taking a Grade 2 Mid-grade spirit medicine that Liu Yuxin had seized from two cultivators, and told him to hand it over for safekeeping.
• Song Qingming assured Song Qingyu that he would seek permission from True Person Guangling for the Liu Family to return to Jingyuan Mountain.
• Song Qingming visited True Person Guangling, who agreed that the Logistics Hall would drop the Liu Family’s old offenses and allow them to rebuild at Jingyuan Mountain.
• Song Qingming gifted True Person Guangling two Grade 2 Blood Dragon Fruits in thanks.

Song Qingming helped He Mengxin rebuild the Liu Family at Jingyuan Mountain, then returned to Tuoyun Mountain and refined the Verdant Spirit True Water. After half a year, his spiritual energy absorption speed had increased by about thirty percent, leaving him better able to overcome his former aptitude disadvantage.

• Song Qingming told He Mengxin that the Carefree Sect's Logistics Hall would no longer pursue the Liu Family's old matter and agreed to help restore Jingyuan Mountain.
• He Mengxin left with Xia Mo, and Song Qingming arranged Spirit Root testing and the relocation of Song Family and Liu Family mortals between Funiu Mountain and Jingyuan Mountain.
• Song Changze helped Liu Yuxin manage Jingyuan Mountain, where the Liu Family began rebuilding under her protection.
• Song Qingming moved to Tuoyun Mountain with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan, who entered seclusion to cultivate the Conceal Origin Art.
• Song Qingming spent half a year refining all the Verdant Spirit True Water from Tongtian Tower and found that his spiritual energy absorption speed had increased by about thirty percent.

Song Yuanhao entered seclusion with a Foundation Establishment Pill and succeeded after three months, bringing joy to the Song Family. Song Qingming planned a Foundation Establishment ceremony for him and decided to reserve the Conceal Origin Art for cultivators who reached the Core Formation threshold.

• Song Yuanfang gave Song Yuanhao a Foundation Establishment Pill and urged him to enter seclusion, promising to arrange a lifespan-extending spirit peach for Song Xintang.
• Song Yuanhao told Chen Yanyun about his seclusion, paid respects at his father Song Xinhe's grave, and received Song Xintang's spiritual items and request to look after his descendants.
• Song Yuanhao entered seclusion with prepared spiritual items and began refining an Azure Jade Pill.
• Three months later, Song Qingming told Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan that Song Yuanhao had succeeded in Foundation Establishment three days earlier.
• Song Qingming decided to return to Funiu Mountain to arrange Song Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment ceremony and said he would pass on the Conceal Origin Art only to cultivators who reached the Core Formation threshold.

Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain, celebrated Song Yuanhao’s successful Foundation Establishment, and distributed precious spirit fruits and medicinal resources to the family. After taking stock of his Tongtian Tower spoils and marveling at the cultivation boost from Verdant Spirit True Water, he resumed practicing Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art but could not endure an hour of cultivation.

• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and gave Song Yuanhao a Level 2 Magic Tool and two talismans after his successful Foundation Establishment.
• Song Qingming arranged a large Foundation Establishment ceremony for Song Yuanhao and ordered family members recalled to help prepare.
• Song Qingming rewarded family elders with Grade 2 Blood Dragon Fruits and sent spirit herbs and medicines to the family’s Treasury Pavilion and Alchemy Pavilion.
• Song Qingming sorted his Tongtian Tower spoils, including Grade 3 spirit medicines, Blood Dragon Fruits, damaged magic treasures, and a small spatial artifact containing a cultivation art and a Spirit Beast Egg.
• Song Qingming reflected on how Verdant Spirit True Water had improved his Spiritual Energy absorption and began cultivating Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art.
• Song Qingming stopped the practice after less than an hour, exhausted and wondering how the art’s creator had managed to develop it.

Song Qingming struggled to cultivate the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art and began learning the Nine Palaces Meteor Escape. At Song Yuanhao’s Foundation Establishment celebration on Funiu Mountain, Golden Core guests gathered, and Song Qingming and others taught cultivation insights to the attendees.

• Song Qingming found that cultivating the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art made his Mana heavy and difficult to circulate, though it increased his reserves.
• Song Qingming studied the Nine Palaces Meteor Escape, a formation-linked secret art he hoped would improve his ability to escape danger.
• Song Qingming and his family hosted Song Yuanhao’s Foundation Establishment celebration, attended by hundreds of cultivators and Golden Core guests Chu Fengping, Zhao Menglian, and Xu Ziyan.
• Zhang Tieyang arrived uninvited and presented Song Qingming with a Grade 2 Mid-grade defensive magic tool as a congratulatory gift.
• Song Qingming openly taught cultivation insights at the banquet, and Chu Fengping and Zhang Tieyang also shared brief accounts of their cultivation experiences.

After the Song Family’s celebration, Song Qingming showed his guests an ancient spirit beast egg and agreed to let Chu Fengping refine his Blood Dragon Fruit into pills. Zhang Tieyang then sought to take over Tuoyun Mountain, but the Carefree Sect and Golden Cloud Pavilion rejected him, forcing him to leave Wei State.

• Song Qingming showed the Golden Core guests a thousand-year-old spirit beast egg, and Ni Shan offered him a hatching method but could not identify its species.
• Chu Fengping asked Song Qingming to let him refine the Level 3 Blood Dragon Fruit into Blood Dragon Pills, and Song Qingming handed it over.
• Zhang Tieyang asked Song Qingming about Tuoyun Mountain, and Song Qingming explained that the Carefree Sect shared control of its marketplace and should be consulted.
• Zhang Tieyang sought the Carefree Sect’s approval to take over Tuoyun Mountain, but Yao Ganshu warned that the sect would intervene if he seized it by force.
• Lin Yutang and his fellow disciple rejected Zhang Tieyang’s offer to take over Tuoyun Mountain, and Zhang Tieyang left Wei State.

Song Yuanhao mourned Song Xintang, received the Soul Devouring Art, and was assigned to serve at Yinfeng Ridge. Song Qingming reflected on the Song Family’s growing security and remaining dangers before hearing Lin Yutang explain why the Carefree Sect had refused Zhang Tieyang’s request to take over Tuoyun Mountain.

• Song Yuanhao visited Song Xintang’s tomb, where Song Yuanfang comforted him and then escorted him to meet Song Qingming.
• Song Qingming gave Song Yuanhao the secret Soul Devouring Art and permitted him to leave the mountain, assigning him to replace Song Yuanli at Yinfeng Ridge.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan discussed Song Changze’s apparent interest in Liu Yuxin and agreed to let the younger pair decide their own future.
• Song Qingming sent Song Yuanfang a letter for Yuanhao and traveled with Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu to Tuoyun Mountain, reflecting on the region’s peace and the threats that could endanger it.
• Lin Yutang and his junior brother explained that Mount Guyang had prevented them from agreeing to Zhang Tieyang’s request to take over Tuoyun Mountain.

Song Qingming entered seclusion while the Song Family seized Chiyan Mountain and began planning a new marketplace there. The chapter ended with Senior Sister Xia and a green-robed woman unable to enter a hidden place in Yue State, fearing its leaking Spiritual Energy would attract powerful Demon Kings before they could get help.

• Song Qingming accepted Carefree Sect's decision to reject Zhang Tieyang and returned to secluded cultivation at Funiu Mountain.
• Six years later, Song Yuanfang and Song Changze selected a spirit vein in Yunwu Mountain as the site for a new marketplace.
• Song Yuanfang led Song Family cultivators to Chiyan Mountain, where Song Yuanli, Liu Yuxin, and Song Changze killed the Fire Scale Leopard and cleared the spirit vein.
• The Song Family occupied the mountain, named it Chiyan Mountain, and began raising its spirit vein grade and building a marketplace.
• Foundation Establishment Families from Qinghe and Pingyang Counties sought shares in the marketplace, but Song Yuanfang deferred decisions until Song Qingming returned from seclusion.
• Senior Sister Xia and a green-robed woman found that they could not enter a hidden site in Yue State and worried that its leaking Spiritual Energy would draw high-grade Demon Kings.

Song Qingming and the Song Family mourned Huang Shengyue while advancing plans for a new marketplace at Chiyan Mountain. Song Qingming then traveled to Mount Guyang to seek a core-forming spiritual item for Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu, and the chapter ended as he recalled that Lu Boyang had claimed the sect’s Jade True Water for his disciple.

• Song Yuanfang learned from Huang Sibao’s letter that Saint Moon Old Ancestor, Huang Shengyue, had died, and Huang Siyuan decided to return to Taiyuan Mountain to mourn her.
• Song Qingming demonstrated his progress mastering the Nine Palaces Meteor Escape and continued cultivating the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art.
• Song Qingming accompanied Huang Siyuan and Song Yuanfang’s group to Taiyuan Mountain, where they paid their respects to Huang Shengyue and Huang Siyuan’s parents.
• Song Qingming approved Song Yuanfang’s plan to involve subordinate families in the Chiyan Mountain marketplace while keeping its construction under Song Family control.
• Song Qingming left Huang Siyuan on Tuoyun Mountain and traveled to Mount Guyang to check on a core-forming spiritual item for Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu.
• Song Qingming recalled that Lu Boyang had sought the Jade True Water for his disciple after the Carefree Sect acquired it.