Chapter Summaries

Feng He trapped Qiu Daoping on a desolate island and used a Demonic God’s power to strengthen himself and ensnare his former junior brother. As Feng He prepared to kill him, Qiu Daoping brought out the Tianhai Token, leaving their confrontation poised to escalate.

• Feng He and Qiu Daoping confronted each other over Feng He’s apparent death and the betrayal that had left them enemies.
• Qiu Daoping attacked Feng He with his sword and White Scaled Illusory Cloud Python, but Feng He’s water mirror and white crane puppet countered them.
• Feng He revealed that he had prepared two arrays to keep outsiders out, while Qiu Daoping sent distress signals to summon Luofeng Valley reinforcements.
• Feng He summoned an Upper Realm Demonic God’s power using Qiu Wuxin’s treasures, causing the giant eye to consume his essence blood and a trace of Qiu Daoping’s.
• Black Qi dragged Qiu Daoping back into the canyon, and Feng He rejected his offer of reconciliation and prepared to attack.
• Qiu Daoping abandoned his attempt to negotiate and took out the Tianhai Token.

Feng He fought Qiu Daoping and Yuan on a desolate island while Song Qingming and Ye Linyuan blocked reinforcements from Luofeng Valley. After Qiu Daoping abandoned his body and fled as a Nascent Soul, Yuan moved to hold Feng He back as Feng He pursued him.

• Qiu Daoping summoned Yuan and the Tianhai Alliance's Nascent Soul cultivators for help, and Yuan arrived to support him against Feng He.
• Feng He pressed Qiu Daoping and Yuan with the Demonic God's power, while Song Qingming and Ye Linyuan used formations and a summoned Azure Flood Dragon to hold off four Luofeng Valley cultivators.
• Feng He destroyed Qiu Daoping's defensive magic treasure and wounded him, while Feng He's white bird overwhelmed Qiu Daoping's White Scaled Illusory Cloud Python.
• Qiu Daoping used his last High-tier Talisman to survive Feng He's strike, then sent his Natal Nascent Soul fleeing with his Storage Artifact.
• Feng He pursued Qiu Daoping's Nascent Soul, but Yuan blocked him with a Green Bamboo Magic Treasure and prepared to hold him back.

Feng He pursued Qiu Daoping while the Green-robed old man and Song Qingming tried to keep the fleeing Nascent Soul from escaping the canyon. After Qiu Daoping broke through the arrays and fled, Feng He used a hidden Spirit Talisman to kill him and destroy his Primordial Spirit, settling their five-hundred-year grudge.

• The Green-robed old man used Innate Spirit Water to strengthen his net and trap Feng He, buying Qiu Daoping time to flee as a Nascent Soul.
• Qiu Daoping battered through the Asura Ghost Fire Array, and Song Yuanli suffered backlash while trying to hold the remaining array.
• Song Qingming descended to reinforce the Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array with his Myriad Spirit Puppet Array, blocking Qiu Daoping's first strike before the second destroyed the Unicorn Rhinoceros Puppet Beast and disrupted the formation.
• Feng He broke free and caught up with Qiu Daoping, who pleaded for mercy before detonating his Natal Magic Treasure and escaping through the final array.
• Feng He used an ancient Spirit Talisman to kill Qiu Daoping with a Silver Dagger, seized his Storage Artifact, and burned his Primordial Spirit with Black Flame.

Feng He avenged himself by killing Qiu Daoping, then negotiated Luofeng Valley’s withdrawal from the Tianhai Alliance in exchange for sparing the sect’s remaining cultivators. Two months later, Song Qingming and Song Yuanli visited Feng He after he emerged from seclusion, only to find him gravely weakened by the loss of his essence blood.

• After Qiu Daoping died, Feng He hunted down a fleeing Luofeng Valley elder, but Yuan intervened and persuaded him to stop pursuing the sect’s remaining cultivators.
• Feng He agreed to spare them if Luofeng Valley left the Tianhai Alliance and Yuan signed a Soul Contract, then departed with Song Qingming and Ye Linyuan.
• Yun Xuan arrived after they left, and Yuan explained that Qiu Daoping was dead, Luofeng Valley had withdrawn from the alliance, and the matter could not be pursued further.
• The Tianhai Alliance protected Luofeng Valley for three hundred years, while the surrounding sects abandoned plans to take advantage of its decline.
• Two months later, Song Qingming declined to send Song Yuanli to larger marketplaces for medicine because the group’s recent actions made the trip risky; a message then announced that Feng He had emerged from seclusion.
• Song Qingming and Song Yuanli found Feng He gaunt and silver-haired, and he explained that recovering from his severe loss of essence blood would be difficult.

After Feng He settled his affairs in Tianhai, he asked Song Yuanli to become his disciple and successor and take charge of Luofeng Valley. Song Yuanli remained undecided as Song Qingming departed for Wei State, where Song Family cultivators spotted an approaching Foundation Establishment expert.

• Ye Linyuan accepted Feng He's parting gift and left, and Feng He gave Song Qingming the jade pendant containing Qiu Wuxin's treasures, including the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire.
• Feng He refused Song Qingming's offer to accompany him to Wei State and asked him to help fulfill his final wish by making Song Yuanli his heir and future leader of Luofeng Valley.
• Song Qingming left the decision to Song Yuanli, and Feng He gave him a few days to consider whether to stay and inherit Luofeng Valley or return to the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.
• Two days later, Song Qingming said farewell to Song Yuanli and departed for Wei State aboard his Phantom Boat.
• Two months later, Song Family cultivators patrolling the Qinghe River saw a streak of white light approaching, and one warned Lin Yuan that a Foundation Establishment expert was coming.

Song Qingming returned from the Tianhai Cultivation World, learned that Song Qingyu had advanced to Golden Core Sixth Layer, and reunited with his family. At the chapter’s end, his disciple Bai Jingyun arrived with a letter and said his grandfather was near death.

• Song Linfeng hurried to investigate a reported intruder in Qinghe County, then learned that the visitor was Song Qingming and confirmed the clan members had followed their duties.
• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain after hearing of Song Qingyu’s breakthrough, reunited with her and Huang Siyuan, and reassured them that he knew where Song Yuanli had gone.
• Song Qingming celebrated his return and Song Qingyu’s advancement with the family, sharing lessons from his journey to the Tianhai Cultivation World.
• Song Linyu brought Song Yuanfang a letter from Bai Jingyun, and Song Yuanfang recognized the young man as Song Qingming’s disciple and sent him to the mountaintop.
• Bai Jingyun greeted Song Qingming and told him that his grandfather was close to death.

Song Qingming traveled to Yuping Mountain after learning that his old friend Bai Yunhua was near death, and he found the Bai Family struggling to preserve its standing as neighboring families discussed an alliance. After discovering that the longevity pill he had given Bai Yunhua was missing, Song Qingming began investigating, and Bai Jingyun claimed to know where it was.

• Song Qingming read Bai Yunhua’s letter and traveled with Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun to White Lion Ridge, where he saw how the Song Family’s marketplace and demon-hunting operations had prospered.
• Two visiting cultivators discussed forming an alliance with the Bai Family and doubted whether the Song Family would protect it after Bai Yunhua died.
• Song Qingming arrived at Yuping Mountain, startling the Bai Family and the visitors, then went to examine the dying Bai Yunhua.
• Song Qingming found that Bai Yunhua had not taken the Grade 2 High-grade Longevity Pill he had given him, but the pill was missing from Bai Yunhua’s belongings.
• The Bai Family members denied knowing where the pill had gone, and Song Qingming prepared to search Yuping Mountain.
• Bai Jingyun said he knew where the missing pill was.

Song Qingming recovered the Longevity Pill and learned that Bai Yunhua had kept it for Bai Jingyun, whom he promised to support in pursuing Foundation Establishment. After Bai Yunhua died and Bai Jingyun went to Funiu Mountain, Song Qingming tested his newly acquired sword and puppet, then joined the family council, where Huang Siyuan revealed that Huang Mengde wished to court Li Xiuning.

• Bai Jingyun revealed the hidden Longevity Pill that Bai Yunhua had concealed inside an array plate, and Song Qingming confirmed it was the missing pill.
• Song Qingming promised to support Bai Jingyun's Foundation Establishment, and Bai Yunhua died quietly soon afterward.
• Song Qingming ordered Song Yuanfang to bring Bai Jingyun to Funiu Mountain, where the Song Family's backing discouraged nearby rivals from targeting the Bai Family.
• Song Qingming tested the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire and Qiu Wuxin's White Lion Puppet with Golden Wind and Silver Armor, causing a disturbance that brought Song Qingyu to his cave abode.
• Song Qingyu learned that Song Qingming was studying a lightning technique that could control lightning arts, then joined him on the way to the family council.
• Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming that Huang Mengde had asked her to sound out Li Xiuning about becoming his Dao companion, and the family elders greeted them at the Council Hall.

At the Song Family council, Song Qingming reviewed the clan’s prosperity and set plans to upgrade Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein and develop Cangyuan Mountain. He named the next generation Si and arranged for Song Changze to prepare for forming his Golden Core, then encountered Song Yuanhao, Li Xiuning, and Xu Qingyin returning to the hall.

• Song Yuanfang reported the Song Family’s income and expenses, and Song Qingming praised the elders for managing the clan’s affairs.
• Song Qingming called for preparations to upgrade Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein and to develop Cangyuan Mountain without extensive involvement from subordinate families.
• Song Qingming chose Si as the next generation name, explaining that the family should remember and repay its ancestors’ kindness.
• After the meeting, Song Qingming asked Song Changze about his Conceal Origin Art and told him to hand over his duties and spend two years preparing for Golden Core formation.
• Song Yuanhao returned to the Council Hall with Li Xiuning and Xu Qingyin, and Song Qingming asked whether they had come for another matter.

Li Xiuning told Song Qingming about a possible high-tier Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder on an island in Taiyue Lake, and he traveled there with her and Song Qingyu to investigate. They found the island, where Song Qingming killed a Golden Core Demon King and discovered Demonic Energy on its core; a meditating man in a distant cave sensed the demon's death.

• Li Xiuning recalled seeing possible Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder in a cave on a Desolate Island in Taiyue Lake and agreed to guide Song Qingming there in exchange for a Barrier Breaking Pill.
• Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Li Xiuning traveled through Song Country and entered the demon-beast territory of Taiyue Lake to search for the island.
• Song Qingming and Li Xiuning found an island matching Li Xiuning's memory, but an Eight-legged Demon King attacked her as she left the Phantom Boat.
• Song Qingming rescued Li Xiuning and killed the Eight-legged Demon King with his Five Elements Divine Light Mirror and Profound Yang Blazing Flames.
• Song Qingming found a trace of Demonic Energy on the demon's core, and a middle-aged man meditating in a cave a thousand li away sensed the demon's death.

Song Qingming and Song Qingyu searched a cave on the Desolate Island for the Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder and uncovered a Black Tree Demon guarding it. After defeating the demon, they found a dried-up cultivator’s corpse beside the thunder, and Song Qingming wondered whether the person had been a Golden Core Cultivator.

• Song Qingming finished collecting materials from the Eight-legged Demon King's corpse and joined Song Qingyu and Li Xiuning in searching the cave Li Xiuning had found.
• The three hid from a swarm of Ice Blood Bats, then continued into a cavern filled with spiritual medicines.
• Black vines ambushed Song Qingyu and Golden Wind, but Song Qingming located the spirit vein's spiritual eye and exposed the Black Tree Demon's true body.
• Song Qingming and Song Qingyu fought together and defeated the Black Tree Demon, revealing high-tier Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder on its trunk.
• Song Qingyu noticed a dried-up cultivator's corpse beside the thunder, and Song Qingming wondered whether the cultivator had been a Golden Core Cultivator.

Song Qingming recovered the identity of the buried Golden Core cultivator and refined the Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder in the cave while Song Qingyu and Golden Wind faced a Peak Golden Core demonic cultivator outside. As Song Qingyu neared defeat, Song Qingming emerged from seclusion.

• Song Qingming and Song Qingyu found a damaged Storage Bag and a Silver Token identifying the dead cultivator as a Five Thunder Sect elder surnamed Chen, then buried him and recovered the demon tree’s spiritwood.
• Song Qingming sent Song Qingyu and Li Xiuning to guard the cave, then absorbed the white Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder and began refining it.
• A Red-faced Man arrived to avenge his demonic pet and attacked Song Qingyu, while Golden Wind joined the battle as her Corpse Puppet.
• The Red-faced Man’s Blood-colored Flood Dragons overwhelmed Golden Wind and drove Song Qingyu to the brink of defeat.
• Li Xiuning sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to warn Song Qingming, but Song Qingming emerged from the cave moments later.

Song Qingming emerged from secluded cultivation and joined Song Qingyu in battle against Ma Wuchen, the demonic cultivator who had nearly killed him in the Tongtian Tower. Ma Wuchen recognized clues linking Song Qingming to the Tongtian Token and attacked with his Blood Corpse Puppets, while Song Qingming drew him into the White Scroll and revealed an uncanny defense.

• Song Qingming gave Li Xiuning a defensive talisman and hurried out to rescue the poisoned Song Qingyu from Ma Wuchen.
• Song Qingming blocked Ma Wuchen’s spear with the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, and the siblings refused Ma Wuchen’s demand for Spirit Stones and Golden Wind.
• Song Qingming and Song Qingyu fought off Ma Wuchen’s Blood-colored Flood Dragons, while Ma Wuchen began suspecting Song Qingming had killed his disciple and possessed a Tongtian Token.
• Ma Wuchen summoned five Golden Core Blood Corpse Puppets, and Song Qingming sent Silver Armor and the White Lion Puppet Beast to help Song Qingyu while he faced Ma Wuchen.
• Song Qingming swept Ma Wuchen into the White Scroll, where Ma Wuchen’s sword pierced Song Qingming’s chest without drawing blood.

Song Qingming trapped Ma Wuchen in the White Scroll and used the Azure Jade Bottle to overpower his defenses, while Song Qingyu fought the Blood Corpse Puppets outside. Ma Wuchen escaped the scroll but Song Qingming killed him with a third sword strike, then captured his Primordial Spirit, which begged for its life and offered help with advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

• Song Qingming concealed himself inside the White Scroll and prepared the Azure Jade Bottle while Ma Wuchen searched for a way out.
• Song Qingyu and her puppets fought Ma Wuchen's five Blood Corpse Puppets as Song Qingming struck Ma Wuchen with Azure Sword Lights.
• Song Qingming used his divine ability to suppress the Black Jade Thunder Qilin and disrupt Ma Wuchen's defense, but Ma Wuchen escaped the damaged White Scroll with help from his puppets.
• Song Qingyu tried to stop Ma Wuchen with a Crimson Talisman, but Ma Wuchen detonated a Blood Corpse Puppet to interrupt her and flee.
• Song Qingming unleashed a third Azure Sword Light that killed Ma Wuchen after piercing through his remaining Blood Corpse Puppets and defensive talismans.
• Song Qingming took Ma Wuchen's Storage Bag and sealed his escaping Primordial Spirit with a Town Origin Soul Locking Talisman; Ma Wuchen begged for his life and offered help with reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Song Qingming killed Ma Wuchen, saved the injured Song Qingyu, and brought his companions to Xufeng Island to recover. After finding little treasure in Ma Wuchen’s storage artifact, he searched the demonic cultivator’s soul and learned of a hidden cave abode nearby.

• Song Qingming imprisoned Ma Wuchen’s fleeing soul, burned away the battlefield traces, and returned to find Song Qingyu unconscious with her Blood Poison flaring up.
• Song Qingming gave Song Qingyu a Grade 3 Detoxification Pill, recovered the badly damaged Golden Wind, and led Song Qingyu and Li Xiuning away from the Desolate Island.
• Two cultivators arrived at the island, detected Demonic Energy, and decided to report the suspected Golden Core demonic cultivator to their sect.
• Song Qingming brought his companions to Xufeng Island, arranged for Song Qingyu to recover in seclusion, and opened Ma Wuchen’s storage artifact after spending three days removing its restrictions.
• Disappointed by Ma Wuchen’s meager possessions, Song Qingming used a soul-searching technique and learned that the Crimson Blood Old Demon and Xiao Huang were martial brothers.
• Song Qingming finished searching Ma Wuchen’s memories and discovered that Ma Wuchen had a hidden cave abode nearby.

After killing Ma Wuchen, Song Qingming discovered that Crimson Blood Old Demon had been Ma Wuchen’s master and destroyed the demonic fiend’s manifested face before it could identify him. He then looted Ma Wuchen’s hidden cave abode and found a formation that could aid a Golden Core Cultivator’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Song Qingming learned from Ma Wuchen’s memories that he had fled Crimson Blood Old Demon and hidden near Song Country while preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Song Qingming destroyed Ma Wuchen’s soul, but Crimson Blood Old Demon’s face manifested from the remains; Song Qingming burned it away before it could learn his identity.
• Song Qingming checked on Song Qingyu’s secluded cave abode, then disguised himself and traveled through demon-beast territory to Ma Wuchen’s cave on Reef Island.
• Song Qingming entered Ma Wuchen’s cave, broke its deadly sword trap, and took the Spirit Stones and spiritual objects, burning the demonic cultivation materials.
• Song Qingming searched beneath the Spirit Gathering Array and found Ma Wuchen’s formation, which could help temper a Golden Core’s Spiritual Energy and improve the chance of forming a Nascent Soul.

Song Qingming escaped Reef Island with the Spiritual Heart Jade Plate and a formation that could aid a Nascent Soul breakthrough, then returned safely to Funiu Mountain with Song Qingyu and Li Xiuning. After sharing their gains with Huang Siyuan, he planned to use the Spirit Stones to improve the family’s spiritual vein and Mountain Protection Array.

• Song Qingming dismantled Ma Wuchen’s formation, took the Spiritual Heart Jade Plate and its manual, and fled Reef Island.
• Liu Qingyin of the Hunyuan Sect intercepted Song Qingming while searching for a demonic cultivator, but accepted his explanation and let him leave.
• Song Qingming met Song Qingyu and Li Xiuning on Xufeng Island, then escorted them south and sent Li Xiuning to Chiyan Market with a warning to keep their trip secret.
• Song Qingming and Song Qingyu returned to Funiu Mountain and agreed to conceal Crimson Blood Old Demon’s threat from Huang Siyuan.
• Song Qingming told Huang Siyuan about their battle with Ma Wuchen and displayed their gains, then said he would use the Spirit Stones to upgrade Funiu Mountain’s spiritual vein and Mountain Protection Array.

Song Qingming decided to prioritize strengthening Funiu Mountain’s spiritual vein to prepare the Song Family for Crimson Blood Old Demon, while the clan gathered funds and he sought formation guidance from Bai Yuxian. After discussing the upcoming Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair, he visited Song Xinyu, who said he had something to discuss.

• Song Qingming explained that upgrading Funiu Mountain’s spiritual vein would strengthen the family’s defenses, and Huang Siyuan agreed after Song Qingyu and Song Qingming reassured her about the expense.
• Song Yuanfang organized voluntary donations and the liquidation of family assets, and the Song Family gathered nearly forty thousand Spirit Stones in donations.
• Song Qingming visited Bai Yuxian, and they set aside formalities to discuss formation techniques as friends, benefiting from their exchange.
• Bai Yuxian told Song Qingming that the Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair would likely take place in one or two years and that the group might travel by Treasure Ship if Yuchen Sect’s Teleportation Array remained broken.
• Song Qingming visited Song Xinyu, learned that Song Linxi and Zhao Ruoxu had established their foundations under his guidance, and heard Song Xinyu say he wanted to discuss something.

Song Qingming supported Song Xinyu’s plans for the Song family descendants at Mount Guyang, then strengthened Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein and defenses. He prepared to travel to the Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair, leaving Huang Siyuan to oversee the family and help Song Changze attempt Golden Core formation.

• Song Xinyu asked Song Qingming to bring Song Linxi back to the family, but Song Qingming left the choice to her and promised to support her future; Linxi chose to stay with her master at Mount Guyang.
• Song Qingming gave Song Xinyu Spirit Stones and pledged family help to gather and relocate the mortal Song descendants living beneath Mount Guyang.
• Song Qingming refined a Grade 3 High-grade Spirit Gathering Array, used family and personal Spirit Stones to advance Funiu Mountain’s spirit vein, and strengthened its defenses with formations and a magic treasure that detected demonic cultivators.
• Song Qingming praised Song Yuanfang’s cultivation and instructed him to gather Grade 2 and higher spiritual items for the upcoming Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair; he also arranged for Huang Siyuan to oversee Song Changze’s Golden Core attempt while he was away.
• Huang Siyuan asked Song Qingming to look for a better Alchemy Furnace at the trade fair, and he agreed to find one for her.

Song Qingming led several younger family members east toward the Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair, stopping at Windless Island to await a Treasure Ship. There, Zhang Tieyang invited him to dine and proposed a marriage alliance between their families, leaving Song Qingming to ask which Song junior Zhang had chosen.

• Song Yuanfang entrusted Song Yuanqian and the others with the family’s trade goods, and Song Qingming led them from Funiu Mountain to join the Carefree Sect’s expedition.
• Song Xinyu asked Song Qingming to take Song Linxi along, and he agreed before the sect’s Flying Boat departed under Bai Yuxian’s command.
• During the journey, Song Qingming guided Song Yuanhao through his cultivation worries, and Song Yuanhao gradually eased his anxiety as they traveled farther from home.
• The Flying Boat reached Windless Island, where Song Qingming and the others waited for the Star Gate cultivators and a Treasure Ship bound for Leiyuan Sea.
• Zhang Tieyang complained about the costly settlement with the Hu Family over Iron Immortal Fortress, and Song Qingming warned him to be careful with his words.
• Zhang Tieyang asked Song Qingming to help arrange a marriage between Zhang Yurong and a member of the Song Family, and Song Qingming asked which junior he had in mind.