Chapter Summaries

Over half a year, Chen Yuquan made rapid progress in artifact refinement, while Chen Sheng managed the Alchemy Hall’s successful Foundation Establishment Pill production. Zhao Jin Hu brought Zhao Yi to study under Chen Sheng, and the chapter ended with Zhao Yi beginning his training at the Alchemy Hall.

• Wu Lingshuang learned from Wu Qingshan that Chen Yuquan had become skilled at preliminary artifact forging and rune inscription, and she prepared a Fire Marrow Pill for him.
• Chen Sheng reviewed the elders’ Foundation Establishment Pill results and assigned Li Min and Hu Bao to oversee spiritual-material management after the next batch.
• Zhao Jin Hu brought Zhao Yi to Pill Cauldron Peak and asked Chen Sheng to admit the talented youth to the Alchemy Hall.
• Chen Sheng assigned Zhao Yi to the Fire Spirit Courtyard, with the possibility of transferring to Fire Spirit Palace after half a year.
• Zhao Jin Hu told Chen Sheng that Chen Hanchi and Bai Yutang were thriving in the Western Frontier, and Chen Sheng declined an offer to meet Bai Li again.
• Chen Sheng instructed the Fire Spirit Courtyard Deacon to teach Zhao Yi well and give him special attention if he showed talent.

Chen Sheng witnessed Chen Xin form a False Core, then spent ten years advancing his cultivation and alchemy. After reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and completing the fifth layer of the Myriad Divine Transformation Formation, Chen Sheng successfully refined his first Third-rank pill.

• Chen Xin formed a False Core on Rizhao Peak, and Hua Taixuan, Lin Xian, Chen Sheng, and the gathered elders congratulated him.
• Chen Sheng returned to his pill-formula deductions without envy and continued cultivating and refining pills over the following years.
• Chen Sheng used a Breakthrough Pill to reach Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, increasing his spiritual power and divine sense.
• Chen Sheng completed the fifth layer of the Myriad Divine Transformation Formation and gained finer control over his divine sense.
• Chen Sheng used the Black Dragon Cauldron to refine a Third-rank Replenishing Origin Pill, marking his entry into the ranks of Third-rank Alchemists.

Chen Yuquan visited Fang Manor, where Fang Lingxiao learned of his rapid cultivation and artifact-refining progress and received a pill and alchemy insights from Chen Sheng. Fang Lingxiao hoped to match Chen Yuquan with Fang Mochou, but she rejected the idea, leaving him worried she might miss her chance with someone exceptional.

• Chen Yuquan arrived at Fang Manor and Fang Mochou teased him about his darkened skin before learning he had reached Foundation Establishment at twenty-one.
• Fang Lingxiao greeted Chen Yuquan, praised his cultivation, and learned that he had become a Second-grade low-tier Artifact Refiner.
• Chen Yuquan gave Fang Lingxiao a Third-rank Replenishing Origin Pill and Chen Sheng's alchemy insights on the Profound Jade Pill.
• Fang Lingxiao spoke with Chen Yuquan, escorted him out, and told Fang Mochou he had been getting to know her future husband.
• Fang Mochou objected to marrying Chen Yuquan, while Lin Jiao said marriage should not be forced and Fang Lingxiao silently worried she would regret turning him down.

Chen Sheng refined a Third-rank Replenishing Origin Pill while teaching Chen Yuquan about fire techniques and alchemy. He supported his son’s plan to forge a Nascent Natal Magic Treasure, then urged him to visit his mother and take care in his work.

• Chen Sheng refined six Third-rank Replenishing Origin Pills as Chen Yuquan watched and imitated his fire-control hand seals.
• Chen Yuquan confirmed that he had delivered a pill and alchemy insights to Fang Lingxiao on Chen Sheng’s behalf.
• Chen Sheng gave Chen Yuquan a Replenishing Origin Pill and asked about his plan to forge a Nascent Natal Magic Treasure.
• Chen Sheng gave Chen Yuquan a token containing one hundred thousand Contribution Points to obtain spirit materials for the treasure.
• Chen Sheng told Chen Yuquan to visit his mother and prioritize stability over haste when refining artifacts, and Chen Yuquan agreed to return home that evening.

Chen Sheng’s breakthrough to Third-rank Grandmaster Alchemist elevated his standing in Qinghua Sect, and the sect admitted him to its core decision-making circle. The chapter ended with Chen Sheng receiving the Five-Colored Canopy for protection as the sect prepared to celebrate his achievement and tightened patrols over reports of Demonic Cultivators.

• The cultivators learned that Chen Sheng had become a Third-rank Grandmaster Alchemist, and the Alchemy Hall elders celebrated his achievement and hoped he would restore the hall’s former glory.
• Hua Taixuan and the False Core True Persons admitted Chen Sheng to Qinghua Sect’s summit conference, where Chen Sheng explained his fees and warned that Third-rank pill refinement could fail.
• Hua Taixuan proposed a celebration and temporarily granting Chen Sheng the Five-Colored Canopy; the proposal passed unanimously, with the condition that Chen Sheng return it before leaving the sect.
• Hua Taixuan warned the True Persons about reports of False Core Demonic Cultivators in southern Chu Kingdom and ordered them to strengthen patrols and report any signs to the sect.
• Hua Taixuan took Chen Sheng to the Main Peak Treasury and handed him the Five-Colored Canopy, which Chen Sheng accepted and promised to use in service of the sect.

Qinghua Sect celebrated Chen Sheng’s advancement to Third-rank Grandmaster Alchemist and made him the Alchemy Hall’s sole Hall Master, presenting him with the Five-Colored Canopy to mark his status. After hearing his former student Zhang Li speak about alchemy and his family, Chen Sheng offered to let Zhang Li’s talented grandson try to enter the Alchemy Hall, while Fatty Zhao watched the ceremony with concern.

• Qinghua Sect held a grand celebration for Chen Sheng and named him the youngest sole Hall Master in the Alchemy Hall’s history.
• Chen Sheng arrived wearing the Five-Colored Canopy, and Hua Taixuan used the ceremony to signal that Chen Sheng was a pillar of the sect.
• Zhang Li, a former student of Chen Sheng, lectured on improving the first-tier Qi Gathering Pill before greeting Chen Sheng.
• Zhang Li told Chen Sheng that he had failed to reach Foundation Establishment and hoped his talented grandson could succeed where he had not.
• Chen Sheng invited Zhang Li to bring his grandson to the Alchemy Hall to try for an opportunity there.
• Fatty Zhao watched Chen Sheng and the Five-Colored Canopy while inwardly lamenting the sect cultivators’ caution.

Seventeen years later, Chen Yuquan saved Green Elm Market Town from a Demonic Cultivator raid with his Demon-Burning Fire and returned to Fenghua Immortal City. There, he learned Fang Mochou had reached Foundation Establishment and become engaged, and told Wu Lingshuang that he had put his youthful feelings behind him to pursue the Great Dao.

• Three Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivators used a Seal-Breaking Rune to breach Green Elm Market Town's formation and led their followers in slaughtering its residents.
• Chen Yuquan arrived and trapped the attackers in his Eight-Faced Li Fire Formation, burning the Demonic Cultivators and rescuing the surviving townspeople.
• Chen Yuquan burned the remaining traces of the slain white-dressed cultivator, then left for Fenghua Immortal City as the townspeople praised him as Fire Divine Lord.
• Chen Yuquan returned to Heart-Seeking Hall, where Wu Lingshuang welcomed him and he proposed refining spiritual materials into weapons for his father's upcoming hundredth birthday.
• Wu Lingshuang told Chen Yuquan that Fang Mochou had reached Foundation Establishment and become engaged, then offered to help him win her back.
• Chen Yuquan said his youthful infatuation had passed and that he would devote himself to the Great Dao, earning Wu Lingshuang's approval.

Chen Sheng broke through to the sixth layer of Body Refining and attained a Flood Dragon Body, then discussed the growing demonic threat with Chen Yuquan. After learning that Golden Core demonic cultivators from another cultivation domain were active in the Chu Kingdom, Chen Yuquan chose to stop hunting demons and cultivate in the sect until the danger became clearer.

• Chen Sheng consumed two Blood Sha Pills, shattered his cultivation bottleneck, and transformed into a seventy-foot crimson flood dragon before returning to human form.
• Chen Yuquan arrived to congratulate Chen Sheng on his breakthrough and described his demon-slaying exploits and growing reputation as the Fire Divine Lord.
• Chen Sheng told Chen Yuquan that his third martial uncle had encountered a Golden Core demonic cultivator near Xijiang and that the Three Sects had found traces of several False Core demons.
• Chen Sheng explained that the demonic cultivators likely came from another cultivation domain and warned that the Chu Kingdom faced gathering trouble.
• Chen Yuquan agreed to cease demon hunting and remain in the sect to cultivate until the situation became clearer.

The Three Sects launched a coordinated purge of demonic cultivators, using arrays and three-part inspections to expose hidden threats. In Nanling Immortal City, Li Qingcang fought Fatty Zhao after the demonic cultivator was unmasked, but Fatty Zhao escaped through the city barrier, leaving the city devastated.

• Hua Taixuan ordered the Qinghua Sect to activate its Demon Detecting Array and require three layers of verification, while the Lixiao and Yueling Sects issued similar purge orders.
• The Three Sects exposed and arrested hundreds of demonic cultivators, and Yueling Sect law-enforcement cultivators tested Fatty Zhao at Wealth Gathering Pavilion.
• Fatty Zhao refused to swear a Heart Demon Oath, revealed himself as a False Core demonic cultivator, and used the Soul Venerable Banner to slaughter law-enforcement cultivators and nearly a thousand people in Nanling Immortal City.
• Li Qingcang arrived and used the city-protecting array and Nine-Dragon Li Fire Golden Rings to suppress Fatty Zhao and destroy his Ghost King.
• Fatty Zhao blasted a breach in the city barrier and escaped with Blood Escape, while Li Qingcang vowed that the demon had to be eliminated.

News of Fatty Zhao’s exposure as a False Core demonic cultivator reached Fenghua Immortal City, alarming Chen Yuquan and Chen Sheng. Fatty Zhao returned to the White Bone Dharma King’s stronghold, where the Dharma King sent Black Snake Venerable to take charge before traveling west and meeting Fu Tianhuo, whom he recognized as the Fire Phoenix King.

• Cultivators in Fenghua Immortal City discussed Fatty Zhao’s massacre and the danger posed by his Soul Venerable Banner, prompting Chen Yuquan to realize that Fatty Zhao had used him to learn about Chen Sheng.
• Chen Yuquan warned Chen Sheng, who told him not to blame himself and strengthened his defenses with the Canopy.
• Fatty Zhao reached a hidden demonic stronghold and reported to the White Bone Dharma King that the Three Sects’ investigation had exposed him after the Black Demon Venerable’s attack drew their attention.
• The White Bone Dharma King spared Fatty Zhao, appointed Black Snake Venerable to oversee the stronghold, and traveled to the Western Frontier to question Blood Refining Dharma King about suspected dealings with the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.
• At Blood Refining Dharma King’s underground palace, the White Bone Dharma King met Fu Tianhuo and recognized him as the Fire Phoenix King.

Chen Sheng celebrated his hundredth birthday with his family as the cultivation world gradually calmed after the Three Sects’ purge of demonic cultivators. Ten years later, he reunited with Zhao Yi and welcomed Chen Yuquan’s breakthrough, while Wu Lingshuang and Fang Mochou spent time with Fang Mochou’s young daughter.

• Chen Sheng held a modest hundredth-birthday banquet with his nine children, and Wu Guang explained that martial law had prevented him from gathering a hundred Foundation Establishment offspring for the celebration.
• Over the next ten years, the cultivation world grew more peaceful, though the Three Sects continued guarding against demonic cultivators.
• Chen Sheng visited the Fire Spirit Palace, where Zhao Yi was teaching alchemy as a lecturing elder, and praised him for his instruction.
• Chen Yuquan emerged from seclusion at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and told Chen Sheng he planned to study weapon refining and improve the Li Fire Pillar.
• Chen Sheng gave Chen Yuquan the Eight-Faced Fire Evasion incantation and urged him to practice movement techniques to survive future encounters with demonic cultivators.
• Wu Lingshuang and Fang Mochou played with Fang Mochou’s three-year-old daughter, Fang Nianxi, as Wu Lingshuang reflected on how much Fang Mochou had changed.

Qinghua Sect abandoned its frontier cities as demonic forces launched a coordinated assault, and the Blood Refining Dharma King’s attack on the sect was repelled before he escaped. The chapter ended with news that Lixiao Sect had held firm but Yueling Sect had been destroyed, leaving Qinghua Sect facing a more dangerous war.

• Black Demon Venerable attacked Xijiang Immortal City with array-breaking weapons, but Li Yuan repelled spies and sent an emergency report to Qinghua Sect.
• Hua Taixuan, Chen Sheng, Lin Xian, and Chen Xin agreed to withdraw from the Immortal Cities and defend Qinghua Sect, while Li Yuan and Li Weiyang began evacuations.
• The Blood Refining Dharma King ambushed fleeing cultivators; Li Weiyang escaped with resources using a puppet, while Fang Lingxiao and Lin Jiao killed themselves and Zhang Heng rather than surrender.
• Black Demon Venerable broke Xijiang Immortal City’s array, killed Li Yuan, and massacred the city; at Qinghua Sect, Hua Taixuan used the sect’s treasures and grand array to drive off the Blood Refining Dharma King.
• Hua Taixuan rallied the sect’s grieving leaders, but later reports revealed that Lixiao Sect had survived while Yueling Sect had fallen after dividing its forces to reinforce Nanling Immortal City.

After thirty years of war, Chen Sheng failed to form a Body Cultivator Golden Core but advanced to late-stage Foundation Establishment and planned to attempt False Core later. Qinghua Sect weathered the demonic invasion while the war shifted toward Lixiao Sect and the Demon Race, where Chen Sheng’s descendants fought for merit.

• Chen Sheng’s attempt to break through to the Seventh Layer of Body Refining failed, though he emerged unharmed and resolved to try forming False Core after reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Chen Sheng reflected on how he had advanced to late-stage Foundation Establishment over the past twenty years and planned to seek a third-grade Demon Core for a future False Core attempt.
• Blood Refining Dharma King disappeared to recover, while Black Demon Venerable expanded the Blood Refining Hall’s domain and White Bone Dharma King established the White Bone Demonic Sect in Chu Kingdom.
• Cultivators learned that the demonic forces came from Yue Kingdom’s Four Symbols Devilish Sect, whose remnants had crossed the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range and allied with the Demon Race to start the war.
• Lixiao Sect endured repeated Demon Race assaults after Linglong fell, while Qinghua Sect sent False Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators to fight alongside them.
• Wu Guang, Li Yang, and Chen Yuquan fought on the battlefield, with Chen Yuquan distinguishing himself as the most outstanding of Chen Sheng’s descendants.

Chen Yuquan destroyed Black Wind Fortress after killing its three Foundation Establishment Perfection demons, earning praise from Qinghua Sect and a promise that it would reserve a third-grade fire-attributed Demon Core for his future False Core attempt. Chen Sheng told Hua Taixuan he needed ten more years before attempting a mid-grade Third-grade Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill, and Hua Taixuan agreed to wait.

• Chen Yuquan attacked Black Wind Fortress and killed the Black Wind Demon, Poison Tail Demon, and Red Python Demon before burning the fortress to the ground.
• Chen Sheng read the battle report and concluded that Chen Yuquan's achievements would earn him Golden Core Formation resources from the sect.
• Hua Taixuan praised Chen Yuquan's victory at a Qinghua Sect meeting and agreed to reserve a third-grade fire-attributed Demon Core for his future False Core attempt.
• Hua Taixuan asked Chen Sheng whether he could refine mid-grade Third-grade pills, and Chen Sheng said he needed ten more years before attempting the Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill.
• Hua Taixuan agreed to wait until Chen Sheng reached Foundation Establishment Perfection before providing the precious pill materials.

The Fire Phoenix King revealed that he had engineered the war against Chu Kingdom’s sects to eliminate rivals and sacrifice his son for his own ambitions. Meanwhile, the White Bone Dharma King seized Black Snake Venerable’s Golden Core and prepared to claim the last core needed to restore the Four Symbols Devilish Sect and become a Nascent Soul Magnate.

• The Fire Phoenix King publicly condemned the White Bone Dharma King and Blood Refining Dharma King for abandoning the war, while secretly monitoring the Demon Kings’ reactions.
• The Fire Phoenix King recalled using the war against Lixiao Sect to eliminate two rising juniors and sacrifice Crimson Feather, hoping to remove obstacles to his ambitions.
• The White Bone Dharma King dismissed the Demon Race alliance and told Black Snake Venerable that conflict with the demons would eventually serve his plans.
• The White Bone Dharma King asked Black Snake Venerable to help restore the Four Symbols Devilish Sect, then captured her when she tried to flee and extracted her Golden Core.
• The White Bone Dharma King placed Black Snake Venerable’s Golden Core beside Blood Refining Dharma King’s and resolved to obtain Myriad Souls from the Western Frontier.

After the Demon Race began withdrawing, Wu Lingshuang visited Fang Mochou and saw Fang Nianxi's growing swordsmanship before discussing the war's aftermath with Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng expected Guang'er and Yuquan to return soon and planned to help both sons prepare to form Golden Cores, while the sect remained wary of the demonic forces.

• The Demon Race retreated after failing to break Lixiao Sect's grand formations, and the forces reclaimed Linglong Immortal City.
• Wu Lingshuang visited Fang Mochou and learned that Fang Nianxi had reached Foundation Establishment and developed Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Wu Lingshuang gave Fang Nianxi Meridian Nourishing Pills, and Chen Sheng later decided to send her a volume of Sword Scripture.
• Chen Sheng told Wu Lingshuang that the White Bone Demonic Sect had proposed peace talks, but Qinghua Sect would remain on guard against them and the Blood Refining Hall.
• Chen Sheng said Guang'er and Yuquan should return soon and promised to make up Guang'er's battle-merit shortfall so both sons could pursue Golden Core formation.

Chen Yuquan returned from the Demon Race front and told Chen Sheng he would cross the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range to seek a true Golden Core rather than settle for a False Core. Chen Sheng supported his choice and gave him a third-rank Demon King core as a fallback, then told Wu Guang and Li Yang that the sect would reward them with Demon Cores so they could prepare for False Core formation.

• Chen Yuquan described to Chen Sheng how Human Race cultivators and Demon Race cultivators differed in magic battles, warning that Demon Kings' experience and bloodline abilities made them formidable.
• Chen Sheng gave Chen Yuquan a third-rank fire-aspected Demon King inner core, but Chen Yuquan asked that it be given to his mother and declared his intent to seek a true Golden Core beyond the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.
• Chen Sheng accepted Chen Yuquan's decision and urged him to take the core as a lifesaving fallback and to bid his mother farewell properly.
• Chen Yuquan accepted the core, thanked Chen Sheng, and flew toward Qinghua Courtyard to see his mother.
• Wu Guang and Li Yang visited Chen Sheng, who told them they would receive third-grade Demon Cores at the Sect Grand Celebration and advised them to prepare carefully for attempting a False Core.

Chen Sheng reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and successfully refined a third-grade mid-grade Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill. Hua Taixuan rewarded him with a third-grade Fire-Eyed Beast Inner Core for Wu Lingshuang, while Chen Sheng doubted he could obtain the materials needed to refine Hua Taixuan’s hoped-for longevity pill.

• Chen Yuquan departed for the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range with two Breath Concealment Talismans, leaving Wu Lingshuang and Fang Mochou sorrowful.
• Wu Guang and Li Yulong successfully became False Core cultivators, while another senior true disciple died after a failed breakthrough.
• Five years later, Chen Sheng reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and decided to attempt refining a third-grade mid-grade pill.
• Chen Sheng spent twelve days preparing and refining the Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill, then captured the pill after its powerful pill spirit emerged.
• Hua Taixuan praised Chen Sheng’s success and gave him a third-grade Fire-Eyed Beast Inner Core for Wu Lingshuang.
• Chen Sheng recognized Hua Taixuan hoped for an Azure Luan Longevity Pill but doubted the extinct materials could be found.

Hua Taixuan reached the mid-Golden Core stage and announced that Qinghua Sect would restart Fenghua Immortal City. As Chen Xin and Zhao Yi prepared to lead the rebuilding effort, the sect chose to remain cautious toward the missing Blood Refining Hall leaders.

• Hua Taixuan arrived at the assembly having advanced to the mid-Golden Core stage and credited Chen Sheng's Profound Origin Barrier Breaking Pill for helping him break through.
• Hua Taixuan raised the prospect of refining Azure Luan Longevity Pills, and Chen Sheng offered to make them if cultivators gathered the rare materials.
• Hua Taixuan announced that Qinghua Sect would restart Fenghua Immortal City, and Chen Xin volunteered to lead capable disciples there.
• Li Yang reported that the Black Demon Venerable had not appeared for several years, and Hua Taixuan ordered the sect to defend itself and avoid acting rashly against the Blood Refining Hall.
• Zhao Yi told Chen Sheng and Hu Bao that he would lead the remaining members of the Zhao Clan to Fenghua Immortal City to rebuild their family foundation.

After abandoning the chance to form a Golden Core, Chen Sheng prepared a hidden cultivation refuge and used a Demon Core to condense a Sha Core before dying in a Cold Jade Coffin. The Myriad Lives Tome recorded the end of his third life and granted him three new talents for his next life.

• Wu Lingshuang told the gathered cultivators that Chen Sheng had left for the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range after the Azure Luan Longevity Pill materials never arrived.
• Chen Sheng established a hidden cave abode with the Nine Palaces Spirit Concealment Gathering Formation and began cultivating the Profound Yin Pill Condensation Art.
• After ten years, Chen Sheng used a third-grade Demon Core and the Pearl Condensation Secret Art to form a Sha Core over the following twelve years.
• At age 202, Chen Sheng entered a Cold Jade Coffin and died after activating the formation's concealment function.
• The Myriad Lives Tome recorded Chen Sheng's third life and awarded him Artifact Talent, Formation Talent, and Sword Talent.