Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming learned that the Nine-Layered Brilliant Gold Pagoda was a rare Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure and discussed its risks and his cave-abode discoveries with Qu Bai. He then met Song Changze, Liu Yuxin, and Luo Li, helping them prepare for Nascent Soul formation and agreeing to honor He Yuxin’s final wish.

• Granny Jin Yue returned to her island courtyard, refused Tao Yu’s request to leave with her, and told Huang Siyuan she could return with her later if she wished.
• A white-haired old Daoist was summoned to the Void Great Hall Beyond the Nine Heavens, where a figure appeared atop the bronze coffin.
• Song Qingming showed Qu Bai the Nine-Layered Brilliant Gold Pagoda, and Qu Bai identified it as a Grotto-Heaven Spirit Treasure and warned him to keep its powers secret.
• Song Qingming gave Qu Bai the damaged painting from the cave abode, then received a list of materials needed for Qu Bai’s research.
• Song Qingming met Song Changze, Liu Yuxin, and Luo Li, who obtained spiritual items to aid their future Nascent Soul attempts.
• Liu Yuxin asked to move He Yuxin’s remains back to Jingyuan Mountain, and Song Qingming agreed to honor her final wish and pay his respects.

At He Mengxin’s funeral on Jingyuan Mountain, Song Qingming and other Nascent Soul ancestors honored her and reassured Liu Yuxin. Back at Funiu Mountain, Monk Jin Yun received permission to build a meditation courtyard, and Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi chose seven Song family juniors to train at Qingyun Mountain.

• Liu Yuxin and Song Changze hosted He Mengxin’s funeral, where Song Yuanfang, Song Yushan, Song Yu Ping, Song Yu'an, and other guests paid their respects.
• Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi arrived at Jingyuan Mountain to honor He Mengxin, and Song Qingming encouraged Liu Yuxin to carry on her master’s legacy.
• After the funeral gatherings ended, Monk Jin Yun asked to stay near Funiu Mountain and build a meditation courtyard, and Song Qingming agreed.
• Song Yuanfang brought talented Song family juniors before Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi, who selected seven as disciples.
• Song Qingming gave each new disciple a magic artifact and departed for Qingyun Mountain with them, Song Qingyu, and Li Xuanyi.

Song Qingming welcomed seven new disciples to Qingyun Mountain, assigned his senior disciples to teach them, and shared a sunrise with Li Xuanyi as they resolved to keep pursuing the Great Dao together. Thirty years later, Qingyun Mountain had become a thriving center preparing for a major Trade Convention, where Song Qingyu sensed a familiar figure in the crowd and used her divine sense to search for them.

• Song Qingming gathered his disciples, formally assigned the seven newcomers to his and the other Nascent Soul Ancestors’ branches, and entrusted Bai Jingyun and the senior disciples with teaching them during their seclusion.
• Song Qingming and Li Xuanyi watched the sunrise together, reflected on their long lives, and promised to cultivate toward a future where they could remain together.
• Thirty years later, Qingyun Mountain had grown into the northern region’s most prosperous marketplace, and cultivators arrived in large numbers for its upcoming Trade Convention.
• Song Qingyu refused to confirm rumors that the convention would auction Cold Jade Spiritual Water, then went to welcome Long Ziyun, who asked to meet Song Qingming after he emerged from seclusion.
• While walking through the crowded marketplace, Song Qingyu spotted a familiar figure, lost sight of them, and spread her divine sense across the street as the crowd bowed to her.

After emerging from thirty years of seclusion, Song Qingming struggled to advance his Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art and discovered unfamiliar Seven-Colored Illusion Butterflies at Qingyun Mountain Marketplace. He reunited with Huang Siyuan at Immortal Phoenix Tower, and the chapter ended as Song Siqing arrived to report on the unexpected encounter.

• Song Qingming emerged from seclusion unable to break through the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, while the Ice Fire Flood Dragon reported that it had advanced to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer.
• Song Qingming inspected Qu Bai’s work, his External Incarnation, his puppets, and his Seven-Colored Illusion Butterflies, then followed several unfamiliar butterflies to a rented cave abode.
• The Yellow-clothed Woman denied owning the butterflies and refused to identify their owner, so Song Qingming asked Fang Baixuan and Song Siqing to investigate her.
• Song Qingming visited Immortal Phoenix Tower, tasted the Cuiyun Carp, and reunited with Huang Siyuan, who had returned after a hundred years.
• Song Siqing entered the private room, recognized Huang Siyuan, and asked whether anything had happened.

Song Qingming reunited with Huang Siyuan, learned how she had formed her Nascent Soul, and tried to reassure Li Xuanyi after she withdrew to her cave. Several days later, Qingyun Mountain’s Trade Convention opened to a large crowd, and Song Qingming welcomed sect leaders and guests.

• Song Siqing brought Tao Yu before Song Qingming, who discovered that she was Huang Siyuan’s friend and apologized for the rough questioning by giving her a special guest token.
• Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming that Granny Jin Yue had required her to remain for three hundred years and avoid contacting old acquaintances, but had recently let her return; she had formed her Nascent Soul and reached its Third Layer.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan reminisced about their years apart, and he promised to thank Granny Jin Yue for helping Huang Siyuan attain the Dao.
• Song Qingming went to see Li Xuanyi, but she insisted he should stay with Huang Siyuan and returned to her cave abode, leaving him confused.
• The Qingyun Mountain Trade Convention opened, drawing a large crowd, and Song Qingming welcomed Bai Yuxian, Xu Ziyan, Zhou Ziyang, Chen Yunxiao, and Yang Fengyu.
• Song Qingming asked why Wei Dongcheng had not attended; Yang Fengyu explained that Wei had entered seclusion to address a cultivation problem and invited Song to his Nascent Soul celebration.

The Carefree Sect hosted a Qingyun Mountain Trade Convention and Auction, showcasing the region’s recovery and its growing strength after the Demonic Beast Turmoil. After the gathering ended, Li Mufeng again offered to resign as First Elder, while Song Qingming refused and gave Huang Siyuan a valuable alchemy furnace.

• Yang Fengyu reported that Wei Dongcheng had formed a Nascent Soul, while Song Qingming and the other guests discussed the growth of their sects and territories.
• Ye Linyuan noticed Bai Yuxian’s Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, and Li Mufeng arrived after recovering in seclusion from his injuries.
• Song Qingming opened the Qingyun Mountain Auction, where cultivators competed for spiritual items, including a Dragon Flame Pill that Song Qingyu purchased.
• Song Qingming exchanged Cold Jade Spiritual Water for a Jade Soul Fruit from the Tianxing Sect, and Bai Yuxian selected a spiritual medicine from the remaining offers.
• The Carefree Sect finished the convention with substantial profits, and Li Mufeng again urged Song Qingming to take over as First Elder, but Song Qingming refused.
• Song Qingming gave Huang Siyuan the Grade 4 Middle-rank Crimson Dragon Cauldron, which he had obtained in the Eastern Sea.

Song Qingming welcomed Huang Siyuan back to Qingyun Mountain, gave her treasured alchemy resources, and revealed the Mysterious Realm Heavenly Tome while helping her plan her cultivation. After Long Ziyun brought him a confidential matter for the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, Song Qingming attempted to advance his Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art with a Jade Soul Fruit, while Xia Mo reached the Ninth Level of Golden Core in the same art and prepared to meet a guest.

• Song Qingming gave Huang Siyuan the Crimson Dragon Cauldron and a Yunyang Sect alchemy manual, hoping she would become the Carefree Sect's first Grade 4 Alchemist.
• Song Qingming showed Huang Siyuan the Mysterious Realm Heavenly Tome and explained that it aided technique comprehension, then discussed waiting until her Mana was ready before using the Twin Saints of Ziyang's secret art to help her advance.
• Song Qingyu interrupted the pair to tell Song Qingming that Long Ziyun had been waiting to see him, and Long Ziyun privately presented him with an important matter concerning the Four Seas Merchant Alliance.
• After Long Ziyun departed, Song Qingming consumed a Jade Soul Fruit and used it to help his Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art break through its bottleneck.
• Xia Mo advanced her Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art to the Ninth Level of Golden Core, then arranged for an honored guest to meet her at Drifting Cloud Pavilion.

Two years after arriving at Qingyun Mountain, Song Qingming asked Bai Yuxian to guard the mountain while he traveled east to help the Four Seas Merchant Alliance with Elder Qin’s Spirit Transformation breakthrough. On the voyage into the Outer Sea, he reunited with Xia Mo, and the party reached a region of chilling yin winds near their destination.

• Song Qingming reunited with Bai Yuxian and learned that Su Mo had reached the Third Level of Golden Core.
• Song Qingming asked Bai Yuxian to guard Qingyun Mountain and lent her the Purple Flame Divine Fire Ribbon before departing the next day.
• Song Qingming met Long Ziyun at an Outer Sea island, accepted the promised Mysterious Spirit Pill, and learned that Elder Qin would use Mysterious Yin Spiritual Energy to aid his breakthrough.
• Xia Mo joined Song Qingming and Long Ziyun aboard the Treasure Ship, and the three discussed the Dao during their voyage.
• The Treasure Ship reached a yin-wind-swept stretch of sea, and its crew hurried onward to avoid powerful Ghostly creatures.

Song Qingming and Long Ziyun defeated a powerful ghostly creature on the way to a hidden Yin Spirit Land, where they joined other Nascent Soul Cultivators to help Jin Chen attempt a breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm. The chapter ended as they activated the Earth Marsh Grand Formation and gathered Yin Spirit Energy around Jin Chen.

• A Nascent Soul ghostly creature attacked the Four Seas Merchant Alliance’s Treasure Ship, but Song Qingming defeated it with the Five Elements Divine Light Mirrors and rescued the captured cultivators.
• Long Ziyun and Song Qingming reached the hidden Yin Spirit Land and met Wang Quan'an and the other assembled cultivators, including Long Ziyun’s master, Jin Chen.
• Jin Chen explained that he had kept his identity and breakthrough plans secret, then gave Song Qingming and Xia Mo Jade Slips detailing the Earth Marsh Grand Formation.
• After three days of preparation, Long Ziyun and Qi Yun’s group left to guard the formation’s exterior while Jin Chen and seven cultivators prepared to activate it.
• Song Qingming, Xia Mo, Wang Quan'an, and the other formation helpers activated the grand formation, drawing powerful currents of Yin Spirit Energy toward Jin Chen.

Daoist Jin Chen prepared to attempt the final trial of Spirit Transformation, refining a Yin Yang Creation Pill while Song Qingming and the others supplied yin spirit energy through a grand array. A Nascent Soul Peak Ghost Cultivator attacked the Four Seas Merchant Alliance’s guards and threatened the array, but a golden light emerged from within to block his strike.

• The chapter explained the three trials of Spirit Transformation and described how rare and dangerous the final Nascent Soul-Spirit Convergence trial was.
• Daoist Jin Chen swallowed a Yin Yang Creation Pill and used his Natal Nascent Soul to absorb yin spirit energy gathered by the array.
• Wang Quan'an reminded Song Qingming, Xia Mo, and the other cultivators to keep the array running while Long Ziyun and Qi Rong guarded the area outside.
• Qi Rong and Long Ziyun trapped a group of Ghost Cultivators in white mist, but the creatures returned and a black-robed Nascent Soul Peak Ghost Cultivator struck the man surnamed Wang into the sea.
• The black-robed Ghost Cultivator summoned powerful ghostly puppets, attacked Long Ziyun and the man surnamed Wang, and prepared to break the barrier around the array.
• A golden light shot from within the barrier and split apart the black light aimed at the array.

Daoist Jin Chen’s External Incarnation drove off the Netherworld Old Ancestor while the grand array continued supporting Jin Chen’s attempt to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm. Jin Chen’s breakthrough ultimately failed, and the chapter ended as another attacker struck the formation.

• Daoist Jin Chen’s External Incarnation appeared to protect the array, defeated the Netherworld Old Ancestor’s attacks, and held him off while Long Ziyun and the others fought the ghostly creatures.
• Qi Rong, Long Ziyun, and their allies killed three ghostly creatures, forcing the Netherworld Old Ancestor to retreat.
• Months later, Daoist Jin Chen briefly displayed the aura and control of a Spirit Transformation cultivator, leading Wang Quan'an and the others to believe he had succeeded.
• Daoist Jin Chen lost control of the Heaven and Earth Vitality, suffered its backlash, and admitted that his breakthrough had failed.
• As Wang Quan'an and the others comforted Daoist Jin Chen, a fierce battle sounded outside the formation, and they realized someone was attacking.

Song Qingming helped defeat the Netherworld Old Ancestor’s ghost army, pursued and killed the weakened ancestor, then used the information he obtained to find the ancestor’s hidden cave. He entered the cave with Qu Bai and began searching its hall for treasures while Qu Bai fought the remaining Ghostly creatures.

• The Netherworld Old Ancestor attacked Long Ziyun, Qi Rong, and the others, but Song Qingming, Xia Mo, Wang Quan'an, and other Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivators appeared and routed his army.
• Song Qingming pursued the injured Netherworld Old Ancestor, broke through his attempts to escape, and killed him with the Seven Stars Sword Light Array.
• Song Qingming captured the Netherworld Old Ancestor’s ghost infant and forced a soul search, gaining useful information before leaving the battlefield.
• Song Qingming followed the information to a concealed cave beneath a distant island and entered its grand hall.
• Song Qingming summoned Qu Bai to deal with the remaining Ghostly creatures while he searched the hall for treasures.

Wang Quan'an accepted Daoist Jin Chen’s request to take over as First Elder of the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, while Song Qingming found the Mysterious Jade Treasure Bed in the Netherworld Old Ancestor’s cave. After returning to the Treasure Ship, Song Qingming met with Xia Mo, who showed him a Soul Controlling Banner that revealed a familiar figure.

• Wang Quan'an and Long Ziyun saw that Daoist Jin Chen’s condition had sharply worsened after his failed breakthrough, and he entrusted Wang Quan'an with the position of First Elder.
• Daoist Jin Chen gave Long Ziyun a Storage Bag of spirit items meant to help her advance, and told her to keep the gift secret from everyone, including Wang Quan'an.
• Song Qingming and Qu Bai searched the Netherworld Old Ancestor’s cave abode and found a Mysterious Jade Treasure Bed, which Song Qingming stored in the Radiant Gold Pagoda.
• Song Qingming collected treasures and Spirit Stones from the cave before returning to the Treasure Ship, where Long Ziyun told him Xia Mo had returned safely.
• Xia Mo showed Song Qingming a Soul Controlling Banner she had obtained, and Song Qingming recognized the translucent figure that emerged from it.

Song Qingming returned from the Outer Sea, reunited with his family, and brought Song Changyue’s ghost back to the Song Family, where she began recovering in Yinfeng Ridge. After Bai Yuxian returned the Purple Flame Divine Fire Silk and encouraged him to entrust it to Li Xuanyi, Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming she planned to enter seclusion to break through.

• Bai Yuxian won Spirit Stones from Song Qingyu, who teased her about becoming Song Qingming’s sister-in-law and drew an unguarded admission that Bai Yuxian fancied him.
• Song Qingming brought Song Changyue’s soul to Yinfeng Ridge and explained how a Ghost King had imprisoned her in a Soul Controlling Banner after she entered the Ghost Path.
• Song Qingming arranged for Song Changyue to recover in the Yin Spirit Land, and Song Yuanfang volunteered to watch over her.
• Song Qingming returned to Qingyun Mountain, reunited with Bai Yuxian and the others, and recounted Daoist Jin Chen’s failed attempt to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Bai Yuxian returned the Purple Flame Divine Fire Silk, and Song Qingming accepted her suggestion that Li Xuanyi should wield it instead.
• Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming she would enter seclusion in a month to attempt a breakthrough and urged him to spend time with Senior Sister Li.

Huang Siyuan prepared to break through using the Mysterious Jade Treasure Bed, which suited her cultivation technique and could boost her cultivation speed. Beyond the Nine Heavens, the White-clothed Woman and her allies tried to reach a sealed object near the Huayang Realm, but Yang Baixuan and the White Bone Old Demon arrived to contest it, leaving both sides poised to fight.

• Huang Siyuan told Song Qingming and Li Xuanyi that the Mysterious Jade Treasure Bed increased her cultivation speed by about thirty percent, and Song Qingming urged her to use it for her breakthrough.
• After Li Xuanyi left to cultivate in seclusion, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan began preparing for her breakthrough.
• Beyond the Nine Heavens, the black shadow and the White-clothed Woman's group used a formation and bronze mirror to guide a sealed Silver Light Cluster toward the Huayang Realm's outer membrane.
• As the seal weakened near the realm membrane, the black shadow sensed Yang Baixuan, who appeared and demanded the object in exchange for ending his grievances with the group.
• Yang Baixuan summoned a Nascent Soul Late Stage man and used a possession technique to reveal the White Bone Old Demon, then both prepared to fight the black shadow's group.

Song Qingming comprehended Heaven and Earth Vitality after decades of seclusion, passing the first trial on his path to Spirit Transformation. At the Nine Heavens battlefield, the Black Shadow defeated the White Bone Old Demon and overwhelmed Yang Baixuan, but Yang disrupted the attempt to seize the Silver Light Cluster, which plunged through the world membrane toward the Huayang Realm.

• Qu Bai received the requested materials and a Nascent Soul Early Stage Ghost Core, then speculated that Song Qingming had given the stronger core to his Dao companion.
• Song Qingming used the Mysterious Jade Treasure Bed to comprehend Heaven and Earth Vitality and resolved to master his new power before leaving seclusion.
• Yang Baixuan and the White Bone Old Demon revealed their hidden abilities, but the Black Shadow used True Demonic Energy to defeat them.
• The White Bone Old Demon lost his possessed body and part of his Primordial Spirit, while Yang Baixuan destroyed his physical body and tried to send his Primordial Spirit into the Silver Light Cluster.
• The Black Shadow stopped Yang Baixuan from reaching the cluster, but Yang struck the formation’s blue light strands, severing the group’s control and sending the Silver Light Cluster through the membrane into the Huayang Realm.

After nearly twenty years in seclusion, Song Qingming emerged having comprehended Heaven and Earth Vitality and learned of his companions’ progress. Huang Siyuan returned from Leiyuan Sea as a Level 4 Alchemist, but their reunion was interrupted by a strange blue object falling from the sky, prompting the Carefree Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators to set out and investigate.

• Qu Bai explained that the Ice Fire Flood Dragon’s rapid cultivation came from swallowing Heavenly Python True Essence, not True Spirit Essence Blood, and cautioned him against relying on pills.
• Song Qingming emerged from seclusion, and the Ice Fire Flood Dragon reported that Song Qingyu had reached the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer while Li Xuanyi remained in seclusion crafting a puppet.
• Huang Siyuan reunited with Song Qingming and revealed that she had successfully refined Level 4 Low-grade Gold Origin Pills, becoming the Carefree Sect’s first Level 4 Alchemist.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan spotted an eerie blue light plunging from the northwest sky, and the sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators gathered to assess the phenomenon.
• Feng Yuan identified the falling object as possibly a Heavenly Falling Star, and Song Qingming agreed to investigate; Bai Yuxian joined the expedition because the Northern Frontier Demon Race might also seek it.
• Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, Li Xianyun, Bai Yuxian, and the others departed aboard the White Bone Flying Boat to investigate the falling star.

Song Qingming and the Sky Fox Clan’s Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor clashed while rushing toward a mysterious Heaven and Earth Phenomenon, but the arrival of Spirit Transformation experts revealed a battle far beyond the Nascent Soul cultivators’ power. As Chen Qingxuan fought two Demon Saints, the Human and Demon races gathered around the Silver Light Cluster and began fighting over access to it.

• Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor and his allies pursued Song Qingming’s group, and the two sides fought after Song Qingyu mocked him.
• Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian gained the upper hand against their opponents, but the distant battle near the Silver Light Cluster interrupted them.
• Song Qingming’s group and Heavenly Tail Demon Emperor’s group hurried toward the battlefield and saw Chen Qingxuan fighting Demon Saint Lei Hu and Demon Saint Yu Lin.
• Feng Yangzi and other Heavenly Imperial Sect cultivators joined Song Qingming, while reinforcements gathered on both sides.
• Demon Race cultivators moved toward the Silver Light Cluster, prompting Feng Yangzi to call the Human Race cultivators to attack, and the two sides began fighting.

Chen Qingxuan reached an agreement with the Demon Race to open the Beyond-Heavens Immortal Mansion and send Nascent Soul Cultivators inside. Song Qingming entered with his companions after receiving a powerful Spirit Talisman from Chen Qingxuan, while a mysterious young woman arrived and followed them into the passage.

• Chen Qingxuan and the Demon Saints Yulin and Lei Hu ended their stalemate by agreeing to let cultivators from both races explore the immortal mansion together.
• Chen Qingxuan, Yulin, and Lei Hu combined their techniques to open the Silver Light Cluster’s Restriction, and Song Qingming agreed to enter with Bai Yuxian, Song Qingyu, Li Xianyun, and Ye.
• Song Qingming noticed Liang Yushan and the Qingyang Sacred Sect among the arriving cultivators, then greeted Xia Mo when she arrived with members of the Hundred Flowers Palace.
• Chen Qingxuan secretly gave Song Qingming a powerful Silver Talisman for protection, and Song Qingming and his companions entered the passage into the white mist.
• A young woman surrounded by flames arrived after Song Qingming’s group and transformed into a fiery arrow to enter the passage.

Song Qingming reunited with his companions in the secret realm and helped drive off a powerful Black Suanni from the Suanni Race, though Yu Mengning was seriously injured and Ye Linyuan remained missing. The group entered a teleportation Restriction and arrived on a mountain where flight was forbidden, then set out by Puppet Beast toward a Green Stone Pagoda.

• Song Qingming reunited with Xia Mo and Shen Bingling, then followed his scouting butterflies to help Song Qingyu, Bai Yuxian, Li Xianyun, and Yu Mengning fight a white-robed Half-step Spirit Transformation Demon Cultivator.
• The white-robed man used the Purple Coral to absorb their attacks, but Xia Mo and Shen Bingling joined the battle and turned the tide against him.
• The opponent revealed himself as a Black Suanni and used a powerful Black Orb to disrupt the group, injuring Yu Mengning before escaping through a beam of white light.
• Song Qingming and the others searched for Ye Linyuan but could not find him, so they returned to the meeting point and entered the white light together.
• The group emerged on a mountain with dense Spiritual Energy and discovered that a Restriction prevented flight, so Song Qingming brought out two Puppet Beasts to carry them toward the Green Stone Pagoda.