Chapter Summaries

Daoist Lingxu and Chen Qingxuan trapped Yang Baixuan and the White Bone Old Demon in a battle above the canyon, while a disguised Yellow-clothed Woman secretly began breaking the seal below. Song Qingming resisted her mind-affecting technique and discovered Zheng Xingyun and the others had been ensnared, leaving him to face the woman alone.

• Daoist Lingxu and Chen Qingxuan ambushed Yang Baixuan and the White Bone Old Demon, forcing them into a desperate Spirit Transformation battle as Song Qingming and the others guarded the canyon.
• A Yellow-clothed Woman secretly struck one of the bronze handles from the cauldron at the sealed formation, intending to free the being trapped within and return to the Sacred Realm.
• Fu Jinglong sent Zheng Xingyun, Song Qingming, and other disciples to search for the missing Junior Sister Yun, who appeared to be walking toward the Sealed Land.
• The woman posing as Junior Sister Yun ensnared Zheng Xingyun and the other disciples with a secret art, but Song Qingming awakened through the Azure Dragon's protection and retreated.
• Song Qingming exposed the woman's disguise and found Zheng Xingyun and the others trapped in black mist as the woman prepared to attack him.

Song Qingming risked his life to stop the woman surnamed Yun from breaking the True Demon Seal, alerting Taiyi Sect’s reinforcements and forcing her plan to fail. A month later, he awoke in Jade Profound Island after the demonic invasion had been crushed and found his injuries mostly healed.

• Song Qingming failed to send a message through the black clouds and fought the woman surnamed Yun’s Nascent Soul Early Stage incarnation with his Myriad Spirit Puppet Array.
• Song Qingming hid a Level 4 Low-grade Spirit Talisman among his Golden Illusion Butterflies and used it to break through the black-cloud Restriction, alerting Fu Jinglong and the disciples above the gorge.
• Daoist Lingxu’s External Incarnation dispersed the black clouds and pursued the woman surnamed Yun, who revealed that she was an incarnation before vanishing in flames.
• A man and a small azure snake at Taiyi Sect’s mountain gate lamented their failed plan and left through the Mountain Protection Array.
• Fu Jinglong rescued Zheng Xingyun and the others, and the sect found Song Qingming injured; after a month, he awoke as the demonic forces had been defeated and learned that his injuries had mostly healed.

Song Qingming recovered from his injuries and spoke with Daoist Lingxu about the Azure Rhinoceros Jade Pendant, the hidden demon, and his hope of obtaining a Nascent Soul Opportunity. He learned that Li Xuanyi had left the sect and that Wang Qingyun had died defending it, then returned to seclusion to heal himself and repair his puppets.

• Liu Yang told Song Qingming that Daoist Lingxu’s Yang Returning Pill had rapidly healed his injuries, and Song went to meet his master.
• Song showed Daoist Lingxu the Azure Rhinoceros Jade Pendant, which had protected him from the woman surnamed Yun’s illusions, and Daoist Lingxu warned him to keep the treasure concealed.
• Song recounted his fight with the woman surnamed Yun, and Daoist Lingxu revealed that she had been a clone and offered to seek a Nascent Soul Opportunity for him.
• Song learned that Li Xuanyi had left the Taiyi Sect and that Daoist Lingxu would welcome her back if she returned.
• Song discovered that Wang Qingyun had died in the battle, buried the cloth shoes from Wang Qingyun’s mother by his grave, and shared Spirit Wine with Zheng Xingyun.
• Song returned to his residence and entered seclusion to recover and repair Golden Wind and Silver Armor.

Song Qingming accepted Daoist Lingxu’s dangerous Nascent Soul opportunity and entered the Heart Refining Tower to experience forming a Nascent Soul in its Heavenly Fire Illusion. As he began his trial, Song Qingyu quietly left Funiu Mountain to handle an undisclosed matter, leaving instructions for Song Yuanfang if she failed to return.

• Song Qingming recovered from his injuries while Liu Yang brought him the materials needed to repair his damaged puppets.
• Daoist Lingxu explained that the Heart Refining Tower could improve Song Qingming’s chances of forming a Nascent Soul, but its Heavenly Fire Illusion could trap and kill him; Song Qingming resolutely agreed to enter.
• Song Qingming meditated at Taiyi Sect as he waited, and Liu Yang joined him to accompany the journey and observe the tower.
• Daoist Lingxu brought Song Qingming and Liu Yang to Demon Quelling Palace, where three Nascent Soul elders opened the Heart Refining Tower.
• Song Qingming entrusted Liu Yang with his clan token and other valuables, then entered the tower and stepped into the Heavenly Fire Illusion.
• Song Qingyu told Song Yuanfang she was leaving to seek spiritual items and handle other matters, instructing him to give her sealed letter to Song Siyuan if she had not returned within half a year.

Song Qingyu was taken by the White-clothed Woman to a hidden cave on Fire Spirit Mountain, where they uncovered a sword-shaped rune connected to Song Qingyu’s Natal Flying Sword. The rune entered the sword, and the White-clothed Woman refused to return it, leaving Song Qingyu ready to destroy it rather than follow her.

• Song Qingyu placed two bamboo slips among Song Qingming’s books, then a green-robed figure secretly left Funiu Mountain.
• A purple-robed woman destroyed Fire Spirit Mountain’s array and killed its defenders before Song Qingyu led the White-clothed Woman and her disciples into the hidden cave.
• The White-clothed Woman discovered a sword-shaped rune behind the stone wall and used Song Qingyu’s Profound Nether Golden Light Sword to draw it out.
• The rune escaped the White-clothed Woman’s control and disappeared into Song Qingyu’s sword.
• The White-clothed Woman kept the sword, and Song Qingyu threatened to destroy her Natal Magic Treasure rather than follow her without it.

Song Qingyu secured the Profound Nether Sword Art inheritance and agreed to copy it for the White-clothed Woman in exchange for protection for herself and her clansmen. At Cloud Dragon Mountain, Li Xuanyi learned that Zhou Daoping would marry into the Li Family and that the ancestors expected her to pursue the Nascent Soul Realm; meanwhile, Song Qingming began the perilous Fetal Nascent Soul Transformation.

• Song Qingyu confronted the White-clothed Woman, who revealed that she sought the Profound Nether Sword Art techniques left by her senior brother, Ling Zhentian, and promised not to take the inheritance by force.
• Song Qingyu agreed to copy the rune-sealed technique for the White-clothed Woman on the condition that she swear not to harm Song Qingyu or her clansmen, and the woman destroyed Fire Spirit Mountain before taking Song Qingyu with her.
• Li Xuanfeng told Li Xuanyi that the Zhou Family had agreed for Zhou Daoping to marry into the Li Family, and explained that the ancestors wanted her to become the family's future Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Li Xuanfeng gave Li Xuanyi a Token granting her permission to cultivate alongside the ancestors at the mountaintop, leaving her troubled by the family's expectations.
• Song Qingming passed the first two stages of Nascent Soul formation in the Heavenly Fire Illusion and began the painful Fetal Nascent Soul Transformation by shattering his Golden Core.

Song Qingming failed his first attempt at forming a Nascent Soul in the Heavenly Fire Illusion but found that the Incomplete Map and Thousand Year Spirit Milk could help him try again. Elsewhere, Huang Siyuan learned Song Qingyu had left to pursue an opportunity, while Qingyu faced pressure from Martial Uncle Liu over the cultivation art she had recovered.

• Song Qingming's Golden Core cracked before his Nascent Soul could form, and he awoke from the Heavenly Fire Illusion unharmed.
• Song Qingming used the Thousand Year Spirit Milk and the Incomplete Map to restore his mana, then entered the illusion for a second attempt.
• Daoist Lingxu told Liu Yang that Song Qingming had not emerged from the Heart Refining Tower, and the two decided to wait rather than risk disrupting his cultivation.
• Huang Siyuan learned from Song Yuanfang that Song Qingyu had been gone for four months, read her letter, and ordered him to alert the sect's Law Enforcement Hall.
• Song Qingyu gave Martial Uncle Liu the cultivation art she had reproduced, but Liu accused her of withholding something and called Bai Yuling and Yang Zixin to surround her.

Song Qingyu endured five days of torture in the Illusion Heart Cauldron before Bai Yuxian and the Carefree Sect found the formation imprisoning her, forcing the injured White-clothed Woman to flee. Meanwhile, Song Qingming emerged from the Heart Refining Tower after two years of trials that strengthened his prospects of reaching Nascent Soul, but he declined Daoist Lingxu's offer to formally join the Taiyi Sect and headed east alone.

• The White-clothed Woman trapped Song Qingyu in the Illusion Heart Cauldron, where Song Qingyu resisted days of painful illusions without revealing the item she sought.
• Huang Siyuan, Li Wutong, and Fang Baixuan searched Yunwu Mountain for Song Qingyu until Bai Yuxian joined them and discovered a hidden formation.
• The White-clothed Woman withdrew the cauldron and fled with her disciples when the Carefree Sect attacked the formation, leaving the unconscious Song Qingyu behind; Bai Yuxian rescued her and abandoned the pursuit.
• Song Qingming emerged from the Heart Refining Tower after spending two years inside and making four attempts to break through to Nascent Soul, succeeding at Fetal Nascent Soul Transformation on his third attempt.
• Daoist Lingxu offered to support Song Qingming's Nascent Soul formation if he formally joined the Taiyi Sect, but Song Qingming declined for now and departed east alone.

Song Qingming arrived at Cloud Dragon Mountain to visit Li Xuanyi, only to learn that she was about to marry and could not receive him. After disguising himself and coercing a Li Family cultivator into arranging a meeting, he was intercepted by Li Xuanfeng, who told him something had happened to Xuanyi and led him into the family’s mountain gate.

• Zhou Daoping discussed his arranged marriage to Li Xuanyi with his Sixth Uncle and said he accepted the family’s decision.
• Song Qingming learned at Cloud Dragon Market that Li Xuanyi’s Dual Cultivation Ceremony was approaching, then received a refusal when he asked to see her.
• Song Qingming disguised himself, threatened Li Quansheng, and made him carry a letter to Li Xuanyi in exchange for Spirit Stones.
• Li Quansheng led Song Qingming to a riverside meeting place, but Song Qingming fled before Li Xuanyi and her companion emerged from hiding.
• Li Xuanfeng intercepted Song Qingming, learned he had come to see Xuanyi, and escorted him into Cloud Dragon Mountain to meet a Li Family Ancestor.

Months earlier, Li Xuanyi visited Zhou Daoping, asked about his past love and his willingness to marry into the Li Family, then left him a message after hearing his music. Months later, Song Qingming arrived at Cloud Dragon Mountain to visit Li Xuanyi, but the Li Family's Ancestor accused him of knowing about her disappearance and attacked him until Song explained what little he knew; a voice then interrupted the Ancestor.

• Li Xuanyi visited Zhou Daoping at his pavilion, praised his appearance, and asked whether he had loved someone and whether he agreed to join the Li Family willingly.
• Zhou Daoping described his lost love and said he accepted the marriage arrangement for the sake of cultivation, then played music for Li Xuanyi; after she left, he found her message on a pillar.
• Song Qingming met two Li Family cultivators in the hall, and they questioned whether he was the person they sought before the Li Family's Ancestor arrived with Li Xuanfeng.
• The Ancestor demanded to know where Li Xuanyi was and accused Song Qingming of helping her leave for Taiyi Sect, then used a golden palm to pin him down.
• Song Qingming said he had not seen Li Xuanyi for decades and had only heard that she voluntarily left Taiyi Sect, but the Ancestor remained suspicious until an unseen voice called for him to wait.

Song Qingming cleared up the Li Family’s suspicions about Li Xuanyi’s disappearance, then received a portrait from Zhou Daoping to pass along if he ever met her. As Li Xuanfeng escorted him off Cloud Dragon Mountain, Li Boying asked Li Mengliang whether Song would keep quiet about the confrontation.

• Li Mengliang arrived with news that Li Xuanyi had not gone to Jade Profound Island, easing Li Boying’s suspicion that Taiyi Sect was involved.
• Song Qingming explained that he had come to visit Li Xuanyi and deliver a letter from Song Qingyu, then let the Li elders read it; they confirmed it contained only greetings and apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Li Boying warned Song Qingming not to be involved in Li Xuanyi’s disappearance, while Li Mengliang gave him several thousand Spirit Stones and asked him not to tell Taiyi Sect about the confrontation.
• Li Xuanfeng introduced Song Qingming to Zhou Daoping, who gave him a portrait for Li Xuanyi and invited him to share Spirit Wine with them.
• After Zhou Daoping left, Li Xuanfeng escorted Song Qingming down the mountain, while Li Boying and Li Mengliang watched and Li Boying asked whether Song would keep the incident secret.

After leaving the Li Family, Song Qingming returned to Wei State and rescued a marketplace from a demonic beast attack, where he learned Song Qingyu had been injured. He then reached Funiu Mountain and found an unexpected guest waiting at home.

• Li Boying and Li Mengliang concluded that the Taiyi Sect had nothing to do with Li Xuanyi's disappearance, and Li Boying told Li Mengliang to summon Li Xuanfeng when he returned.
• Song Qingming left Cloud Dragon Mountain and traveled back toward the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, reflecting on his gains and progress toward the Nascent Soul Realm.
• A horde of aquatic demonic beasts attacked a marketplace near Taiyue Lake, and Song Qingming arrived in time to defeat them and save the cultivators.
• Song Qingming met Yun Nishang, who told him that Song Qingyu had been injured about a year earlier, prompting him to hurry toward Funiu Mountain.
• Song Qingming reunited with Huang Siyuan at Funiu Mountain and went with her to meet a guest, whose sight left him stunned.

Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and discovered that Li Xuanyi had left the sect and come to seek refuge with his family. After welcoming her, he learned about Song Qingyu’s past injury and saw Li Xuanyi and Qingyu preparing to pursue a cultivation opportunity together.

• Song Qingming reunited with Li Xuanyi at the Immortal Gathering Pavilion, where she explained that she had left the sect to avoid an arranged marriage to Zhou Daoping and needed a place to stay.
• Song Qingming agreed to shelter Li Xuanyi and accepted Zhou Daoping’s portrait of her to keep, while she planned to travel onward after staying on the mountain for a time.
• Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi shared a welcome feast, and Song Qingming gave Huang Siyuan a pill to help her advance her cultivation.
• Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming that Song Qingyu had been injured and held captive by mysterious outsiders seeking a Nascent Soul cave abode, but she had recovered after being rescued.
• Li Xuanyi urged Song Qingyu to break through to Golden Core Seventh Layer so they could pursue an opportunity they had discovered together, and Song Qingyu agreed to try.

Song Qingming saw Song Qingyu enter seclusion and discussed Li Xuanyi’s independent cultivation journey before she departed. At Mount Guyang, Bai Yuxian asked whether Song Qingming would join the Carefree Sect, and he left to discuss the possibility with his family.

• Song Qingyu entered seclusion to try to advance to the Late Golden Core Stage, while Li Xuanyi promised to return for her in two years.
• Li Xuanyi explained why she would not return to the Taiyi Sect and said she would stay away from Southern Prefecture unless she attained the Nascent Soul Great Dao; Song Qingming supported her decision.
• Li Xuanyi departed on a training journey, and Song Qingming headed to Mount Guyang to obtain supplies for his cultivation.
• Bai Yuxian warned Song Qingming that the powerful Sword Cultivators who attacked Song Qingyu remained a danger, then asked about his search for a place to form Nascent Soul.
• Bai Yuxian proposed that Song Qingming join the Carefree Sect so it could assist his Nascent Soul breakthrough; he said he would first discuss it with Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan, and the others.
• Bai Yuxian told Li Mufeng that Song Qingming seemed interested in joining, and Li Mufeng said he would not oppose the matter.

Li Mufeng told Chen Xuanxin that a demon beast in Taiyue Lake might have become a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor, while Song Qingming visited his aging nephew and later learned Song Qingyu had advanced to the Late Golden Core Stage. After reconsidering sect integration, Song Qingming decided against joining for now and proposed establishing a separate settlement for part of the Song clan in the East Sea.

• Chen Xuanxin urged Li Mufeng to give Song Qingming the Nascent Soul Pill, but Li Mufeng said it was reserved for Chen and revealed the possible Nascent Soul demon beast in Taiyue Lake.
• Song Qingming visited Song Xinyu, gave him a Longevity Pill, and heard his concern that the Song clan's children might be sent to war again.
• After two years of seclusion, Song Qingyu emerged having advanced to the Late Golden Core Stage, aided by one of the talismanic inscriptions in her inheritance.
• Song Qingyu revealed that she and Li Xuanyi had agreed to travel through the East Sea, and Song Qingming accepted her decision without pressing her for details.
• Song Qingming told Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan that he had decided not to integrate into the sect for now, since joining could make them compete with sect cultivators for limited Nascent Soul resources.
• Song Qingming proposed sending some clan members to a safer East Sea settlement as a safeguard, and Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan supported preparing a way out for the family.

Song Qingming prepared to establish a refuge for the Song Family on Black Cloud Island, where he unexpectedly reunited with Luo Li and learned that the Tianxuan Sect had fled there after the Giant Spirit Sect seized its home. The Tianxuan Sect’s troubles remained unresolved as Luo Li finished recounting how its former allies had driven them from White Sand Island.

• Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan supported Song Qingming’s plan to send clansmen away from Wei State, and Song Qingming approved Song Changze’s renewed attempt at core formation.
• Song Changze accepted a Five Elements Core Formation Spiritual Item and a Jade Dust Pill before entering seclusion under Huang Siyuan’s protection.
• Song Qingming told Bai Yuxian that he would remain outside the Carefree Sect for now, then left Funiu Mountain secretly with Song Xuanqing and other clansmen.
• Song Qingming brought the group to Black Cloud Island to establish a Song Family foothold and encountered a Tianxuan Sect disciple who tried to conceal his identity.
• Luo Li arrived and greeted Song Qingming, then explained that the Tianxuan Sect had fled to Black Cloud Island after the Giant Spirit Sect expelled them from White Sand Island.
• Luo Li said the Giant Spirit Sect had taken over the Tianxuan Sect’s territory after the Chongyun Sect was destroyed, extorted the sect, and forced its members to flee.

Song Qingming accompanied Luo Li to White Sand Island to reclaim Tianxuan Sect’s spiritual land from Giant Spirit Sect. After confronting the sect’s cultivators, he asserted his authority by killing two of them and ordered the rest to leave and surrender their Storage Bags.

• Song Qingming reassured Luo Li that he would help Tianxuan Sect reclaim White Sand Island, then brought her to the island.
• Liu and Hu mistook Luo Li’s arrival for an offer to submit to Giant Spirit Sect, but she demanded the return of White Sand Island.
• Hu attacked Song Qingming and was sent flying, revealing that Song Qingming was a Golden Core Cultivator.
• Yu Feng arrived and tried to explain Giant Spirit Sect’s claim to the island, but Song Qingming killed Hu and ordered Giant Spirit Sect to leave.
• Song Qingming killed another cultivator who questioned his demand for their Storage Bags, then warned the remaining Giant Spirit Sect cultivators to obey.

Song Qingming forced Giant Spirit Sect’s cultivators to leave White Sand Island and accepted their Storage Bags as compensation for Tianxuan Sect. When True Person Zi Yue and Meng Dongyang came to confront him, they discovered he was a Peak Golden Core cultivator, and Song Qingming demanded their Purple Wolf Puppet Beast in compensation for his damaged puppet.

• Song Qingming intimidated Giant Spirit Sect’s cultivators into leaving White Sand Island and accepting that their Storage Bags were compensation for Tianxuan Sect.
• Song Qingming gave the Storage Bags to Luo Li and explained that he had provoked Giant Spirit Sect’s subordinates to draw out their leaders.
• True Person Zi Yue and Meng Dongyang set out for White Sand Island with more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Purple Wolf Puppet Beast.
• Meng Yangdong broke White Sand Island’s protective array, and the Giant Spirit Sect cultivators pursued what they believed was Song Qingming before discovering the figure was a Corpse Puppet.
• Song Qingming revealed himself as a Ninth Level of Golden Core cultivator, and True Person Zi Yue tried to explain Giant Spirit Sect’s occupation of White Sand Island.
• Song Qingming demanded the Purple Wolf Puppet Beast as compensation for the damage to his puppet and threatened the Giant Spirit Sect cultivators when True Person Zi Yue refused.

Song Qingming trapped the Giant Spirit Sect leaders in the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array and forced them to give up a puppet beast and end their pressure on Tianxuan Sect. He arranged for Tianxuan Sect to support the Song Family’s new branch on Black Cloud Island, then left for the Floating Cloud Mountain Range after the family had begun settling in.

• Song Qingming used the Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array to trap True Person Zi Yue and the Giant Spirit Sect cultivators, then accepted their Grade 3 Low-grade Purple Wolf Puppet Beast as compensation.
• Song Qingming secured Tianxuan Sect’s control over the surrounding sea region, cut its tribute to half, and required the Giant Spirit Sect to honor the agreement through Soul Contracts.
• Song Qingming asked Luo Li to help Song Xuanqing and the Song Family establish themselves on Black Cloud Island, and she agreed to assist them.
• Tianxuan Sect returned to White Sand Island, and Song Qingming set up a protective array there before the Song Family began developing Black Cloud Island with Tianxuan Sect’s help.
• After the Song Family gained a foothold on Black Cloud Island, Song Qingming gave Song Xuanqing further instructions and departed for the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.

Song Qingming returned to the Song Family and resumed seclusion while Song Changze prepared to form his Golden Core. After Song Changze successfully condensed his core at Cangyuan Mountain, the chapter ended with him attaining the Golden Core Great Dao.

• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain, gave Song Yuanfang a cultivation method for Bai Jingyun, and entered seclusion to prepare for his Nascent Soul attempt.
• Song Qingyu emerged from seclusion and later traveled east with Li Xuanyi to the Eastern Sea Cultivation World.
• Song Yuanfang received word that a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon had appeared over Song Changze’s cave, and Song Qingming hurried to Cangyuan Mountain to guard him.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan concealed Song Changze’s Core Formation from outsiders while Song Yuan Hao and other family cultivators helped secure the area.
• More than a month later, Song Changze condensed his Golden Core, and several days afterward he emerged from seclusion having attained the Golden Core Great Dao.