Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan collected White Spirit Water in the Tian Yuan Sect secret realm, then killed a Golden Crown Demon King to protect the island concealing the secret. After returning to Qinghe County with valuable resources, Song Qingming rested before beginning secluded cultivation to attempt a breakthrough.

• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan bottled most of the White Spirit Water, left some to protect the spring eye, and concealed the cave with an array.
• Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanfeng hid from a Golden Crown Demon King until it left the island and Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan returned.
• Song Qingming pursued and killed the Golden Crown Demon King, then had the group remove evidence of their visit and keep the island secret.
• Song Qingming and his companions returned to Qinghe County with spirit medicines, pills, and other resources from the Eastern Sea.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan spent over half a year at leisure before Song Qingming entered secluded cultivation with a Qianyuan Pill to attempt a breakthrough.

Song Qingming emerged from more than two years of seclusion after advancing to the Golden Core Seventh Layer, then caught up on the Song Family’s affairs and planned to strengthen Funiu Mountain’s spiritual vein. He left Song Yuanfang to gather funds for the upgrade while preparing to support promising family members in their future cultivation.

• Song Qingming overcame a failed first breakthrough attempt with the help of a Qianyuan Pill and advanced to the Golden Core Seventh Layer.
• Song Qingming found that White Spirit Water had strengthened his Golden Illusion Butterflies and poured more of it into their feeding groove.
• Song Yuanfang reported that the family had found a Dual Spiritual Root child descended from Song Qingrui, and Song Qingming asked to meet him.
• Song Yuanfang updated Song Qingming on the injured family members and said Song Yuanli was preparing to enter seclusion to challenge the Golden Core Realm.
• Song Qingming promised to seek core-forming resources for the family elders and instructed Song Yuanfang to gather funds for a high-tier Spirit Gathering Array to upgrade Funiu Mountain’s spiritual vein.

Song Qingming advanced Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein while Huang Siyuan broke through to the Third Level of Golden Core and joined him in experiencing mortal farm work. He later met the talented young Song Linrui and learned from Xu Ziyan that the Star Assembly would be held in Wu State, so he planned to attend with Huang Siyuan and family elders.

• Song Qingming refined a Grade 3 Mid-grade Spirit Gathering Array, and Song Yuanfang gathered one hundred thousand spirit stones to improve Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein.
• Song Qingming activated the array, beginning the process of raising the spirit vein to Grade 3 Mid-grade over the next two or three years.
• Huang Siyuan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Third Level of Golden Core, then joined Song Qingming in trying farm work among the mortals below the mountain.
• Song Yuanfang introduced Song Linrui, a young cultivator with dual fire and earth spiritual roots, and Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan encouraged him to pursue alchemy if suited and gave him spirit stones.
• Song Qingming read Xu Ziyan’s letter about the upcoming Star Assembly in Wu State and invited Huang Siyuan and the family’s Foundation Establishment elders to accompany him.

Song Qingming traveled to Mount Guyang with his family and sect companions before the Star Assembly in Wu State, where he learned that his old friend Gao Yuyao had died and comforted Xu Ziyan at her grave. He also learned Bai Yuxian was preparing for seclusion and Song Xinyu had begun his Core Formation attempt, then offered support to Yao Muling before leaving for the gathering.

• Song Qingming agreed to take Huang Siyuan, Song Yuanfang, and other family members to Wu State for the Star Assembly after Song Yuanfang arranged a handover of family affairs.
• At Mount Guyang, Song Qingming learned from Xu Ziyan's disciple that Gao Yuyao had died after damaging her dantian while recovering from an injury, and he paid his respects at her grave.
• Xu Ziyan told Song Qingming that she had done all she could to help Gao Yuyao achieve Core Formation, and Song Qingming comforted her before they discussed the sect's delegation to Wu State.
• Song Qingming learned Bai Yuxian was absent to focus on cultivation and that Song Xinyu had entered seclusion on Yulin Peak to attempt Core Formation.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan visited the graves of True Person Guangling and Yao Ganshu, then Song Qingming gave Yao Muling a pill and promised to assist him if he faced difficulties.

Song Qingming and the Carefree Sect group traveled safely from Wei State to Seven Stars Market for the Star Assembly, where they settled in and began looking for spirit materials. Along the way, Zhang Tieyang asked Huang Siyuan to refine a pill using a Demon King Inner Core, while he spoke with Song Qingming about his new position at Iron Immortal Fortress.

• Song Qingming boarded the sect's supply Flying Boat with Huang Siyuan and the others, and the group departed Mount Guyang after Zhang Tieyang arrived with his three Dao companions.
• During the journey, Zhang Tieyang visited Song Qingming and asked Huang Siyuan to refine a pill using a Demon King Inner Core; Huang Siyuan reviewed the formula and agreed to study it before beginning the refinement.
• Zhang Tieyang told Song Qingming that restoring Iron Immortal Fortress was difficult because the Hu Family would not cooperate, and Song Qingming advised him to handle matters patiently.
• Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling visited Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan during the journey to discuss cultivation and their prospects for breaking through.
• The Flying Boat reached Seven Stars Market safely, and Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and the Song Family members settled in at Gu Yang Pavilion before entering the marketplace to seek spirit materials.

Song Qingming reunited with Feng He at Dengyun Tower, received a rare material to repair the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array, and attended the Star Assembly’s Auction. The Auction’s first day ended without any items that interested him, while rumors of a spiritual item related to reaching the Nascent Soul Realm drew many powerful cultivators.

• Song Qingming and his companions attended a Golden Core Exchange Meeting, where they reunited with Liu Zongping and learned he was Senior He's personal disciple.
• Feng He summoned Song Qingming to a private room, gave him a Grade 3 High-grade Alchemy Jade Stone, and asked him to continue repairing the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array.
• Song Qingming spent several days at Gu Yang Pavilion while Zhang Tieyang found a Grade 3 Low-grade spiritual medicine at the free trade fair.
• Song Qingming learned that a spiritual item connected to challenging the Nascent Soul Realm might appear at the Auction, though Li Wutong and Zhang Tieyang suspected the rumor was exaggerated.
• The Star Gate Auction began, but its first day offered no items Song Qingming wanted; Huang Siyuan and Xu Ziyan each bid on a Level 3 Talisman.

Song Qingming and the Carefree Sect cultivators attended the final days of the Star Assembly auction, acquiring valuable pills, treasures, and spiritual items before returning to Wei State. Back at Funiu Mountain, Huang Siyuan began refining Zhang Tieyang’s pills, while Song Qingming entered seclusion to repair the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array.

• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan spent nearly seventy thousand spirit stones on pills and Golden Core-forming spiritual items, while other Carefree Sect members also bought items suited to their needs.
• Song Qingming won a Jade Heart Fruit for twenty-eight thousand spirit stones, and Zhao Mengling secured a Restoration Pill after bidding nearly thirty thousand.
• A mysterious bamboo-hatted cultivator won Star Gate’s Level Four spirit wood for one hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones, and Song Qingming’s group returned to Wei State after the auction.
• Zhang Tieyang brought Huang Siyuan the materials for a Grade 3 Mid-grade pill, and she agreed to refine it in exchange for a copy of its formula.
• Song Qingming entered seclusion with the Grade 3 High-grade Alchemy Jade Stone Feng He had given him and began repairing the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array.

After Song Qingming emerged from seclusion to investigate a suspected Spirit Stone Mine at Shuangfeng Mountain, he confirmed its value and decided the Song Family would mine it independently. He then offered Liu Yuxin a Barrier Breaking Pill and asked whether she would become Dao companions with Song Changze, leaving her to answer.

• Song Changze returned from Chiyan Market and told Song Yuanfang that Song Xuande suspected Shuangfeng Mountain held a Spirit Stone Mine.
• Song Yuanfang reported the discovery to Song Qingming, who instructed him to verify it and avoid making things difficult for Liu Yuxin.
• Song Yuanfang and Song Changze led the family Spirit Seekers in excavating the mine, confirmed it contained abundant Spirit Stones, and sent word to Song Qingming.
• Song Qingming arrived, decided the Song Family would mine the Shuangfeng Mountain deposit independently, and ordered the family to secure the site.
• Song Qingming gave Liu Yuxin a Barrier Breaking Pill, then asked whether she would become Dao companions with Song Changze or return to the Eastern Sea; he silenced Song Changze when he tried to intervene.

Song Qingming made Liu Yuxin choose between marrying Song Changze and leaving the region to protect the Song Family’s Spirit Stone Mine. Liu Yuxin chose to stay with Song Changze, and the chapter ended with their grand Dual Cultivation Ceremony on Funiu Mountain.

• Song Qingming told Liu Yuxin that she could marry Song Changze and join the Song Family or return to the Eastern Sea Cultivation World, and Liu Yuxin asked for time to decide.
• Song Changze accepted that Liu Yuxin’s choice and the family’s interests came first, while Song Qingming sent him to deliver a gift to Zhang Rong at Tuoyun Mountain.
• Liu Yuxin came to Funiu Mountain the next morning, admitted she loved Song Changze, and agreed to stay and marry him; Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan gave her betrothal gifts.
• Song Yuanfang organized defenses and secretly began developing the Spirit Stone Mine at Shuangfeng Mountain while the Song Family prepared the wedding.
• He Mengxin arrived at Funiu Mountain and reunited with her disciple Liu Yuxin before Song Changze and Liu Yuxin’s Dual Cultivation Ceremony began.
• Song Changze and Liu Yuxin formally became Dao companions before their elders and hundreds of guests, and the celebration continued into the night.

He Mengxin said farewell to the Song Family after Liu Yuxin and Song Changze’s celebration, while Song Qingming repaired and strengthened the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array. After Song Yuanfang raised concerns about Song Yuan Li’s injuries and the family’s inexperienced cultivators, Song Qingming approved training journeys and called for the Foundation Establishment elders to discuss arrangements.

• He Mengxin gave Liu Yuxin a Foundation Establishment Pill and Song Changze a Grade 3 Low-grade Talisman before leaving Funiu Mountain, and she promised Song Qingming to seek news of Song Qingyu and Li Xuanyi in the East Sea.
• Song Qingming tested the repaired Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array and used the Azure Jade Treasure Refining Art to increase its power.
• Song Yuanfang told Song Qingming that Song Yuan Li wanted to travel despite his incompletely healed injuries, and Song Qingming agreed that he could go.
• Song Qingming and Song Yuanfang discussed the family’s inexperienced cultivators and agreed to arrange training journeys for willing clansmen and Foundation Establishment elders.
• Song Yuanfang summoned the Song Family’s Foundation Establishment elders to the Council Hall to discuss the training journeys.

Song Qingming learned that Song Xinyu had failed to Condense Core and traveled to Mount Guyang to examine his injuries and encourage him. After visiting the newly ascended Golden Core Cultivator Yun Nishang, he left Song Xinyu recovering and began returning to Funiu Mountain as two unidentified Golden Core Cultivators arrived near Chiyan Market.

• Song Yuanfang arranged family duties as Song Yuanli, Song Yuanhao, Song Changze, Liu Yuxin, and Song Yuanqian departed on training journeys, followed by more than twenty Late Qi Refining Cultivators.
• Song Yuanfang told Song Qingming that Song Xinyu had failed to Condense Core and been injured, so Song Qingming set out for Mount Guyang.
• Song Qingming met Fang Baixuan, learned that Yun Nishang had successfully Condensed Core, and accompanied him to congratulate her at Yunmeng Peak.
• Song Qingming examined Song Xinyu and found his dantian injury manageable but several meridians damaged, then gave him pills and urged him to recover and teach Song Linxi.
• Song Qingming left Song Xinyu's cave abode to return to Funiu Mountain, while two Golden Core Cultivators arrived near Chiyan Market.

A purple-robed Hundred Flowers Palace elder abducted Song Xuanyu while seeking information about the Song Family, prompting Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan to confront her and Wu Xiang. The dispute ended when Wu Xiang revealed that the veiled woman waiting nearby was Xia Mo, the Hundred Flowers Palace Saintess, and Song Xuanyu was with her.

• Han entered Chiyan Market disguised as a Qi Refining Cultivator, used her purple eyes to control the Yuxin Pavilion shopkeeper, and learned that the shop owner was away.
• Han failed to find the woman she sought and captured Song Xuanyu after luring her outside the marketplace; Huang Siyuan learned of Xuanyu's disappearance and went to meet Song Qingming.
• Song Qingming returned, joined Huang Siyuan at Chiyan Market, and followed the bloodline-seeking art toward the hill where Xuanyu had vanished.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan fought Han until Wu Xiang arrived and stopped the battle, then Wu Xiang privately explained the situation to Song Qingming.
• Wu Xiang led Song Qingming to Xia Mo, the veiled Saintess of Hundred Flowers Palace, who stood with the recovered Song Xuanyu.

Song Qingming joined Xia Mo, Wu Xiang, and Han Yutong in searching for the missing He Mengxin after Wu Xiang tracked her aura to Fish Dragon Mountain. They uncovered powerful Golden Core cultivators behind the local bandits, but Song Qingming and Xia Mo were lured into a Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array and faced an attack with only a limited time to escape.

• Xia Mo told Song Qingming that He Mengxin had vanished after leaving Qinghe County, and Wu Xiang used He Mengxin’s bracelet to track her aura northeast toward Yunwu Mountain.
• Song Qingming agreed to help Xia Mo, Wu Xiang, and Han Yutong search the area, and they found Fish Dragon Mountain and questioned two Qi Refining Cultivators from its bandit group.
• Han Yutong broke the mountain’s protection array and confronted the bandits, revealing a Golden Core Fifth Layer young man and a Golden Core Eighth Layer white-haired elder who were hiding there.
• The white-haired elder claimed He Mengxin was inside a cave, then lured Wu Xiang, Song Qingming, and Xia Mo into the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array and escaped.
• Song Qingming and Xia Mo found themselves trapped as the array unleashed flames and floodwater, which Xia Mo froze with her Mysterious Ice Pearl for at most two hours.

Song Qingming and Xia Mo sheltered inside the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array while the attackers’ Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array failed to break through. The Purple-robed woman and the Ghost Head masked man entered the formation to destroy its array eyes, while Song Qingming spotted Wu approaching.

• Song Qingming explained that the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array was weakened and set up the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array with Xia Mo’s help.
• Song Qingming and Xia Mo concluded that the attackers likely targeted Xia Mo for a valuable item, while the Purple-robed woman and her allies prepared to kill them and obtain it.
• The Mysterious Ice Pearl’s power ran out, but Song Qingming and Xia Mo’s Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array blocked the Yin-Yang water and fire.
• The attackers realized Song Qingming had set up the defensive formation, and the Purple-robed woman and the Ghost Head masked man entered the array to destroy its eyes.
• Song Qingming and Xia Mo spoke while protected inside the formation, then Song Qingming recognized Wu approaching them.

Song Qingming and Xia Mo discovered that Wu Xiang had secretly joined Chen Yurong in a plot to kill Xia Mo and seize her chance to obtain a Nascent Soul Pill. As Chen Yurong and Wu Xiang attacked with the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array, Xia Mo froze their assault and prepared to face them alone while Song Qingming urged her to retreat.

• Wu Xiang escaped the array’s flames and joined Song Qingming and Xia Mo inside the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array.
• A purple-robed attacker appeared and attacked Xia Mo while Wu Xiang secretly tried to destroy an Array Eye, but Song Qingming blocked his strike.
• Wu Xiang accused Song Qingming of treachery, but Xia Mo recognized Wu Xiang and the purple-robed attacker as conspirators.
• The purple-robed attacker revealed herself as Chen Yurong, who admitted that she had plotted to kill Xia Mo and take her chance at obtaining a Nascent Soul Pill.
• Xia Mo offered Chen Yurong and Wu Xiang a chance to leave the sect, but they attacked her with their magic treasures and the array’s yin-yang water and fire.
• Xia Mo activated the Mysterious Ice Pearl to freeze the assault and told Song Qingming to retreat, while he warned her to wait for reinforcements.

Xia Mo revealed the power of the Spirit Transformation Talisman, killed Chen Yurong and the white-haired elder, and recovered the captives, while Wu Xiang died after entrusting her with his final request. Song Qingming learned that Xia Mo had anticipated the plot against her and had used the scheme to eliminate her enemies; she then flew to find the imprisoned disciples.

• Xia Mo used the Spirit Transformation Talisman to overwhelm Chen Yurong and Wu Xiang, trapping them in a sea of petals while Song Qingming escaped the grand array.
• Wu Xiang used Golden Light Thunder to open a gap for Chen Yurong, but Xia Mo caught and killed her after she fled.
• Xia Mo broke the grand array, and Song Qingming and Golden Wind helped her kill the white-haired elder as he tried to escape.
• The wounded Wu Xiang revealed that He and Han were imprisoned behind the stronghold, gave Xia Mo instructions to free them, and asked her to bury him and Chen Yurong in the Peach Blossom Forest before taking his own life.
• Song Qingming agreed to keep the deaths secret and learned that Xia Mo had anticipated the conspiracy and deliberately let it unfold; Xia Mo then flew toward the rear of the stronghold.

Song Qingming rescued He Mengxin and Han Yutong with Xia Mo, then returned to Funiu Mountain after the battle at Fish Dragon Mountain. He opened the white-haired elder’s Storage Artifact and found a substantial haul, while Wu Tianmu learned of Wu Xiang’s death and fled.

• Song Qingming broke the formation holding He Mengxin and Han Yutong, removed their seals, and helped them awaken.
• Xia Mo explained Wu Xiang’s death to He Mengxin and Han Yutong, then left with them for Chiyan Market after thanking Song Qingming.
• Song Qingming collected the damaged Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array pieces, and Xia Mo offered to help him obtain Water Cloud Stone to repair it.
• Wu Tianmu discovered that the talisman representing Wu Xiang’s life had turned to ash and fled south from Funiu Mountain.
• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and reassured Huang Siyuan that the rescue had succeeded, while concealing what happened to Wu Xiang and Chen Yurong.
• Song Qingming opened the white-haired elder’s Storage Artifact, found nearly three hundred thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of valuables, and gave Huang Siyuan a flying dagger magic treasure.

Song Qingming studied the damaged Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array, then spent years cultivating with Huang Siyuan as the Song Family prospered and their spirit beasts and Golden Illusion Butterflies grew stronger. After Huang Siyuan refined three Dongyuan Pills, Song Qingming planned to travel to the East Sea to obtain materials for repairing the array and asked her to join him.

• Song Qingming found that repairing the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array required new Array Flags and rare water- and fire-attribute materials, and he learned that Xia Mo and He Mengxin had already returned to the East Sea.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan cultivated during a peaceful period for Qinghe County, while White Spirit Water strengthened their Ice Fire Flood Dragon, Skyfire Roc, and Golden Illusion Butterflies.
• Song Yuanfang delivered an invitation from Zhang Tieyang, and Song Qingming declined to attend the banquet, sending Song Yuanfang with a congratulatory gift instead.
• Huang Siyuan successfully refined three Dongyuan Pills in one batch, and Song Qingming praised her Grade 3 Mid-grade alchemy skill.
• Song Qingming told Huang Siyuan he intended to visit the East Sea to obtain a high-tier material from Xia Mo and asked whether she would accompany him.

Song Qingming traveled alone to the Hundred Flowers Palace, exchanged a Grade 3 High-grade spiritual medicine for the Water Cloud Stone, and learned that Xia Mo was likely attempting to form a Nascent Soul. On his way to visit Luo Li at the Tianxuan Sect, he found her being chased by cultivators from Tie Feng Island and stopped to intervene.

• Huang Siyuan stayed at Funiu Mountain to oversee the family and protect the secret Shuangfeng Mountain Spirit Stone Mine while Song Qingming traveled east alone.
• At the Hundred Flowers Palace, Song Qingming exchanged a Grade 3 High-grade spiritual medicine for Water Cloud Stone and learned Xia Mo was in prolonged seclusion, likely attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• He Mengxin told Song Qingming that Song Qingyu might have traveled with Li Xuanyi to explore ancient ruins at Luoxia Abyss, and asked him to tell Liu Yuxin to report back when she returned.
• Song Qingming left Myriad Lake Island and headed toward the Tianxuan Sect to fulfill his promise to visit Luo Li.
• Near White Sand Island, Luo Li and her companion fled toward Song Qingming as four Foundation Establishment Cultivators pursued them, and both sides accused the other of theft.
• When Song Qingming asked whether Tie Feng Island had Golden Core Cultivators, its white-haired elder boasted that its island master was a Golden Core Fifth Layer Cultivator.

Song Qingming rescued Luo Li and Guo Yuting from Tie Feng Island cultivators and returned with Luo Li to Tianxuan Sect. There, he examined the ailing Chen Jianghai and gave him pills to suppress his meridian injuries and extend his life.

• Song Qingming learned Tie Feng Island’s strongest cultivator was only at Golden Core Fifth Layer, then refused to let the four attackers leave after discovering Luo Li knew him.
• When one attacker fled and the others scattered, Song Qingming killed the white-haired elder and sent Golden Wind, the Ice Fire Flood Dragon, and the Golden Illusion Butterflies after the rest.
• Song Qingming took Luo Li and Guo Yuting aboard his Flying Boat, explained he had come specifically to visit Luo Li, and brought them to White Sand Island.
• Guo Yuting returned to her family, while Song Qingming and Luo Li strolled through town and discussed the loneliness and uncertainties of cultivation.
• At Tianxuan Sect, Song Qingming examined Chen Jianghai’s damaged meridians and gave him high-grade Healing Pills, instructing him to take one every three years and avoid other pills.