Chapter Summaries

Ji An traveled to Crying Phoenix Mountain Immortal City to search for an aggressive demon beast cub with an Earth-grade bloodline and asked Wei Songnian to help him find one. He also told Wei Songnian that his missing clan uncle Wei Qingshu had been linked to strange disappearances of spirit fish at Black Dragon Pool.

• Ge Ying agreed to refine Ji An's Azure Lotus Pills for the customary fee, then warned him that the Demon Catastrophe was approaching.
• Ji An boarded a spirit vessel to Crying Phoenix Mountain Immortal City, where he had a brief, unusual insight while meditating.
• Ji An found Wei Songnian's clan shops and asked him to search for a tiger- or bear-type demon beast cub with an Earth-grade bloodline.
• Ji An explained that the Golden Spirit Sect's beast cub orders were booked years ahead, so he had come to search the city himself.
• Ji An told Wei Songnian that spirit fish had vanished from Liang Qiu's Black Dragon Pool dojo during an investigation into Wei Qingshu.
• Wei Songnian revealed that Wei Qingshu was his clan uncle, whose damaged dantian had left him with little hope of reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Ji An visited Crying Phoenix Mountain Immortal City, reunited with former sect companions, and sought Earth-grade demon beast cubs while exploring the city’s stalls. After the Stone Turtle sensed something desirable at a stall, Ji An stopped to inspect an unusual seed-shaped stone.

• Ji An told Wei Songnian that fear of death drove cultivation and that he wanted to see the vast world, while Wei Songnian said he hoped to live peacefully and strengthen his family through his descendants.
• Wei Songnian hosted Ji An and their former companions at Dingxiang Pavilion, where Ji An asked them to look out for Earth-grade demon beast cubs.
• Ji An stayed at the Wei Family Talisman Shop, observed the Stone Turtle’s spiritual energy growth, and cultivated before asking Wei Songnian to arrange introductions to beast-tamer shops.
• Wei Songnian reported that the shops would notify him about rare cubs but that Ji An would have to compete with other buyers.
• Ji An toured the independent cultivators’ stalls with Wei Shouqing, and the Stone Turtle’s longing led him to inspect a mysterious seed-shaped stone.

Ji An discovered that a yellowish-brown stone could increase his Gen Spirit and had Wei Shouqing buy it after its seller demanded an outrageous price. The seller vanished from the Immortal City, leaving Ji An to wonder whether the stone was unique.

• Ji An sensed the stone increasing his Gen Spirit, but abandoned the purchase when its stall owner raised the price and demanded a thousand Spirit Stones for a map.
• Wei Songnian told Wei Shouqing to buy the stone for twenty Spirit Stones, and Wei Shouqing haggled the seller down to five.
• Ji An found that the stone continued increasing his Gen Spirit, tied it into a pendant, and asked Wei Songnian to watch the seller.
• Wei Songnian reported that the stall owner had disappeared from his residence, and Ji An ordered him to search the city for a few more days.

Ji An learned that an Earth-grade bloodline Rock Armor Bear cub was being auctioned and bought it despite doubts about its mixed Earth-Fire bloodline. He formed a blood contract with the cub and left the auction with his new spirit beast.

• Ji An heard from Wei Songnian that a Rock Armor Bear cub would be auctioned at the Li Clan Beast Taming Shop.
• Ji An and Wei Songnian inspected the cub and discovered that its Earth-grade bloodline was mixed with Fire, making its future uncertain.
• Ji An outbid the bald cultivator with eighty-five mid-grade Spirit Stones and a Purple Fire Gourd containing three years' worth of nurtured earthfire.
• Ji An paid for the cub, formed a blood contract with it, and carried it away from the auction.

Ji An hosted a farewell banquet, showed Zhao Mengyao and Zhang Yuanshan his Rock Armor Bear and Purple Fire Gourds, then returned to the sect to seek advice on harmonizing the bear’s conflicting earth and fire bloodlines. He chose a riskier synergy method and learned which secret art and preparations to pursue.

• Ji An showed Zhao Mengyao and Zhang Yuanshan his Earth-grade Rock Armor Bear, and Zhao Mengyao noted that its earth and fire powers might be harmonized.
• Ji An sold Zhao Mengyao a Purple Fire Gourd and agreed to supply Zhang Yuanshan with gourds after the next harvest, while explaining that he grew them himself.
• Ji An left Crying Phoenix Peak by Spirit Boat after asking Wei Songnian to keep looking for unusual seeds.
• Ji An visited Li Minghui at the Beast Taming Hall and asked how to address the Rock Armor Bear’s mixed bloodlines.
• Li Minghui explained the safer method of suppressing one bloodline and the riskier method of bloodline synergy, and Ji An chose synergy.
• Li Minghui directed Ji An to borrow the Theory of Spirit Beast Five Elements Synergy and prepare fire-earth synergy pills and formation diagrams.

Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak after obtaining a spirit-beast cultivation secret art, commissioning a formation, and purchasing supplies. He introduced the Rock Armor Bear to the peak’s inhabitants and Golden Fur, which began teaching the timid cub how to eat.

• Ji An obtained the Theory of Spirit Beast Five Elements Synergy and commissioned a Blazing Fire Earth-Nurturing Formation through Ye Changqing at the Labor-Study Hall.
• Ji An exchanged for a year’s supply of medicinal materials and returned to Crimson Flame Peak, where Huang Xuan and the others welcomed him and reported the peak’s harvests and expenses.
• Ji An introduced the Rock Armor Bear to the other residents, then stopped Golden Fur from attacking it and explained that the cub would serve as a frontline meat shield.
• Ji An took the Rock Armor Bear into the cavern, checked the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree and Soul Nurturing Wood, and cast spells on the spirit plants.
• Golden Fur brought the Rock Armor Bear a Fire Tooth Rabbit, demonstrated how to eat it, and shared the prey with its new companion.

Ji An tended the Spirit Fields and discovered a Crimson Cloud Pine showing signs of intelligence before the mutated Azure Water Turtle hatched. The turtle bonded with Ji An, and he entrusted its feeding to Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian.

• Ji An summoned the Grey Feather Sand Goose, introduced his three demon beasts, and cast spells to tend the Spirit Fields.
• Huang Xuan and Li Cheng discussed Ji An’s exceptional skill with Farming Spells and his combat ability.
• Ji An found the gourd field too dry and decided to reduce the density of spiritual plants so the Spirit Fields could be sustained while he was away.
• While nurturing a Crimson Cloud Pine, Ji An sensed that it might be developing a trace of intelligence.
• Ji An nurtured the mutated turtle egg with mana and completed a blood contract after sensing new life within it.
• Three days later, the mutated Azure Water Turtle hatched, bonded with Ji An, and was entrusted to Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian for feeding.

Ji An refined the Rock Armor Bear’s fire-and-earth bloodlines with a new formation, then gained a deeper insight into the Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art by comprehending the sun’s Bing Fire power. A visiting female cultivator arrived at Crimson Flame Peak and was astonished by Ji An’s many second-tier spirit trees.

• Ji An used Ye Changqing’s formation plates to refine the Rock Armor Bear’s bloodline, and the bear responded well to the earth-element formation.
• Golden Fur tricked the Rock Armor Bear into raiding the White Jade Bees’ hives, and Ji An treated the cub after the swarm stung it.
• After half a year, Ji An cultivated for three hours and realized that the Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art drew on the sun’s Bing Fire power as well as its other spiritual opportunities.
• Ji An returned to the Cold Pool, ate the food Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian had prepared, and celebrated his improved cultivation prospects.
• A female cultivator arrived by flying boat and exclaimed at the many second-tier spirit trees on Crimson Flame Peak.

Ji An hosted Wei Songnian and Yin Qiuyun on Crimson Flame Peak before visiting his master, Ge Ying, to discuss a new cultivation insight. After learning that Ji An could absorb four kinds of spiritual resonance, Ge Ying sent him to ask Jia Yu for guidance, and Jia Yu arranged to observe his cultivation the next day.

• Wei Songnian and Yin Qiuyun visited Ji An, and Ji An welcomed them with Spirit Food and second-tier Pine Nut Wine.
• Ji An told Wei Songnian that Crimson Flame Peak had more than seventy second-tier spiritual plants, and Wei Songnian invited him to a celebration in Green Bamboo Valley.
• After the meal, Ji An gave Yin Qiuyun a jar of premium honey, and the couple left praising his hospitality and connections.
• The next day, Ji An told Ge Ying that he had absorbed a fourth kind of spiritual resonance, and she admitted she could not answer his questions and directed him to Jia Yu.
• Jia Yu assured Ji An that nothing was wrong, but asked him to drink with him that evening and let him observe his cultivation the next day.

Ji An cultivated at Sunrise Peak, impressing Jia Yu with his progress and learning that his prospects for reaching the Chaoyuan Realm were strong. After returning to practice, Ji An mastered Explosive Fireball and gained a Ren Water Dao Seed from Surging Waves Art, while Jia Yu faced Zhu Xiangrong’s anger over a short supply allotment.

• Jia Yu brought Ji An to a secluded cultivation spot, where Ji An absorbed Wood, Earth, Water, and sunlight spiritual opportunity as he cultivated.
• Jia Yu praised Ji An’s potential, advised him to polish his foundation without relying on breakthrough pills, and urged him to reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Ji An told Jia Yu he had cultivated Grade 2 Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo and planned to submit its golden leaves for minor merit.
• Ji An practiced spells, mastered Explosive Fireball, and awakened the Surging Waves Dao Seed after focusing on Surging Waves Art.
• Zhu Xiangrong arrived at the Treasure Pavilion to collect his supplies and confronted Jia Yu because his Mysterious Yellow Earth allotment was five jin short.

Jia Yu persuaded Zhu Xiangrong to prioritize supplies for Ji An, arguing that Ji An could reach the Origin Seeking stage and strengthen the sect as a Spirit Farmer. Ji An continued developing Crimson Flame Peak and ended by commissioning Zhao Lei to refine a spiritual artifact from a second-tier Purple Fire Gourd.

• Jia Yu explained that Ji An, a Foundation Establishment Layer 5 Spirit Farmer who had mastered several cultivation spells, showed promise of reaching the Origin Seeking stage, and Zhu Xiangrong accepted the reason for diverting supplies.
• Ji An attended Wei Songnian's celebration, brought gifts, and learned from Wu Yan how his Green Deer could control enemies, heal wounds, and command Grass Puppets.
• Ji An arranged to use four thousand jin of pine nuts for brewing, completed his talisman work, and watched his Rock Armor Bear and Azure Water Turtle continue to develop.
• Ji An practiced the Water Control Art at Crimson Flame Peak before Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuanshan arrived to discuss Purple Fire Gourd materials.
• Ji An sold gourds to Liang Qiu and Zhang Yuanshan, sold the remaining materials to Zhao Lei, and then commissioned Zhao Lei to refine an artifact from a second-tier gourd.

Ji An commissioned Zhao Lei to refine his Second-tier Purple Fire Gourd into a spiritual artifact and secured its seeds. He then arranged for Zhang Yuanshan to make auxiliary artifacts, bought sword bamboo leaves, and asked him to find Mysterious Yellow Earth.

• Ji An paid Zhao Lei to study a spiritual-artifact refining plan for the Purple Fire Gourd and asked him to use the best materials.
• Zhao Lei processed the gourd in Ji An's Earth Fire Room and returned seven mature Second-tier seeds.
• Ji An asked Zhang Yuanshan to refine high-grade Water Repelling and Fire Repelling Pearls for him.
• Zhang Yuanshan bought fifty jin of Ji An's top-grade golden sword bamboo leaves.
• Ji An asked Zhang Yuanshan to acquire Mysterious Yellow Earth, and Zhang offered half a jin he already had.

Ji An traded for Mysterious Yellow Earth, obtained a newly refined flame-nurturing spirit artifact, and cultivated with spiritual resources. The chapter ended with him breaking through to the Sixth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

• Ji An bought half a jin of Mysterious Yellow Earth from Zhang Yuanshan and told Liang Qiu that feeding his Azure Water Turtle Sky Origin Pears had helped it grow.
• Zhao Lei asked Zhu Xiangrong for advice on refining Ji An’s Purple Fire Gourd, and Zhu Xiangrong recommended prioritizing storage capacity over flame power.
• Ji An received Zhao Lei’s completed spirit gourd, which stored more than five times as much flame as a top-grade magic artifact and nurtured flames at Foundation Establishment Perfection strength.
• After two years of cultivation, Ji An absorbed spiritual opportunities from the Azure Dragon Wood, Mysterious Yellow Earth, Trickling Spirit Water, and nearby spirit trees.
• Ji An’s mana surged into his expanded dantian, and he broke through to the Sixth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Ji An continued cultivating spells and managing his spirit plants before Ye Changqing brought the materials needed to upgrade his spirit fields. They marked out forty-eight mu of fields for Mid-grade Second-tier cultivation, and Ji An reserved the final two-mu quota for the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree in his underground cavern.

• Ji An practiced controlling his new strength, rewarded his disciples with spirit tea, and increased their daily talisman-making materials.
• Ji An practiced Entangle Art, Quicksand Art, and Plants and Trees Become Soldiers in a wasteland, repeatedly growing and consuming spirit plants to improve his spells.
• Ji An tended his spirit trees and fields, while his Azure Water Turtle, Rock Armor Bear, and Spirit Seeking Rat continued to grow.
• Ye Changqing arrived with Spirit Binding Stakes, Five Elements Spirit Soil, and an allocation plan for upgrading fifty mu of spirit fields.
• Ji An, Ye Changqing, and the disciples marked out and prepared forty-eight mu of spirit fields around the Cold Pool and Crimson Cloud Pine Forest.
• Ji An designated the remaining two-mu spirit field quota for the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree in his underground cavern.

Ji An celebrated the completion of fifty mu of Mid-grade Second-tier Spirit Fields with Ye Changqing, who praised Ji An’s bamboo-fermented Spirit Wine and the resources his fields could provide the sect. After drinking, Ji An cultivated beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree, while Ye Changqing woke the next morning to learn that Ji An was still cultivating.

• Ji An told Ye Changqing that all fifty mu of Spirit Fields had been successfully cultivated, and the disciples prepared a banquet to celebrate.
• Ye Changqing tasted Ji An’s Mulberry Wine and Pine Nut Wine fermented in spirit bamboo, praised their improved qualities, and learned how the method worked.
• Ye Changqing said Ji An’s Second-tier crops had eased the sect’s shortage of spiritual materials, and Ji An predicted he could supply around ten Azure Dragon Wood trees each year within a few years.
• Ji An and Ye Changqing drank into the night; Ye Changqing became dead drunk, while Ji An summoned the Grey Feather Sand Goose and cultivated beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree until his drunkenness faded.
• Ji An tended the Mid-grade Second-tier Spirit Fields overnight, and Xia Yuhan told Ye Changqing the next morning that Ji An was cultivating and had asked her to apologize for any shortcomings in the hospitality.

Ye Changqing warned Ji An that a Demon Catastrophe was nearing and that sect politics were less peaceful than Ji An believed. Li Minghui later arranged supplies from Ji An’s Spirit Fields for her master’s plan to cultivate a Five-Colored Deer, leaving Ji An to tend the crops and trade future Spiritual Peaches.

• Ye Changqing told Ji An that Demonic Beasts were gathering near Crying Phoenix Mountain and that a Demon Catastrophe could erupt within a few years.
• Ye Changqing warned Ji An about struggles over resources and Central Continent sects that wanted to keep Western Continent cultivators weak, while Ji An reflected on how cultivation resources were limited.
• Half a month later, Li Minghui praised Ji An’s Spirit Farming and said her master’s plan to cultivate a Five-Colored Deer would begin the following month.
• Li Minghui arranged for disciples to collect fresh mulberry leaves from Ji An every three days and traded for 360 mature Jade Vine Fruits.
• Li Minghui offered to trade minor merits for Ji An’s future Grade 2 Low-tier Spiritual Peaches, and Ji An agreed.

Ji An sold spirit fruits, learned that his second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was bearing fruit, and arranged with Wei Songnian to make talismans as the Demon Catastrophe approached. After more than half a year of practice, he mastered the Surging Waves Art and strengthened his Ren Water Dao Seed.

• Ji An sold Li Minghui 360 Jade Vine Fruits for 1,512 minor merits, and she recognized the quality of his Spirit Sealing Talismans.
• Golden Fur told Ji An that the second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit Tree had begun bearing fruit, and Ji An informed Liu Su Yun.
• Ji An continued nourishing the Apricot Yellow Banner and feeding flames to the Purple Flame Spirit Gourd.
• Wei Songnian told Ji An that demon beasts were gathering and arranged to provide talisman materials, with Ji An agreeing to hand over 35 percent of the talismans and sell the surplus.
• Ji An accepted 8,200 Spirit Stones from spirit wine sales and offered to help Wei Songnian if he needed funds for Yin Qiuyun's Foundation Establishment Pill.
• More than half a year later, Ji An mastered the Surging Waves Art, deepening the hue of his Ren Water Dao Seed and improving his comprehension of Ren Water Dao spells.

Ji An trained Mountain Stabilizing Art, tended his spirit plants, refined his artifact, and cultivated for three and a half hours, impressing Liu Su Yun with his progress. He and Liu Su Yun discussed how she would pay him for cultivating her Earth Spirit Fruit Tree, and Ji An asked her to exchange the reward for Spirit Stones and Wood Element Foundation Establishment Late Stage pills.

• Ji An chose Mountain Stabilizing Art as his next training priority and repeatedly cast and dispelled it before tending his Crimson Cloud Pines and medicinal garden.
• Ji An refined the Apricot Yellow Banner, then ended his cultivation for the day and ate breakfast prepared by Xia Yulian.
• Ji An cultivated at the Cold Pool from dawn until noon and pondered how he might eventually fuse Jia Yi Wood to reach Origin Seeking.
• Liu Su Yun arrived to check on the ripening Earth Spirit Fruits and was surprised to learn Ji An had cultivated continuously for three and a half hours.
• Liu Su Yun offered to pay Ji An for cultivating her second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit Tree, and Ji An asked her to provide Spirit Stones and exchange the major merits for Wood Element Foundation Establishment Late Stage pills.

Ji An sold Liu Su Yun second-tier Earth Spirit Fruits and gave her Spiritual Peaches, while asking her to help him obtain Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills. Liu Su Yun returned to the sect to exchange for the pills, but Jia Yu questioned why an Earth Element cultivator wanted Wood Element pills.

• Liu Su Yun agreed to seek Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills for Ji An, and he repaid her fifty thousand Contribution Points with Spirit Stones.
• Ji An offered Liu Su Yun the second-tier Earth Spirit Fruits, and she paid two hundred and ten Spirit Stones for each fruit.
• Liu Su Yun visited Ji An's cavern, where she saw the rapidly ripening fruits and let her Golden Spotted Spider eat one.
• After the Earth Spirit Fruits finished ripening, Ji An gave Liu Su Yun two Spiritual Peaches and asked Xia Yuhan to pack twelve more for her.
• Liu Su Yun returned to the Treasure Pavilion and asked Jia Yu to exchange for Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills, prompting him to question her request.

Ji An discovered that cultivating beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree brought strange, opposing sensations to his body and soul, and he suspected he was absorbing the essences of the sun and moon. He visited Ge Ying with Spiritual Peaches and began discussing his discovery with her.

• Jia Yu limited Liu Su Yun to ten Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills because the sect was tightening resource exchanges, and Liu Su Yun learned she could not fulfill her promise to Ji An as quickly as she had hoped.
• Ji An inspected the Dragon Blood Tree, directed Xia Yuhan to pack the harvested Spiritual Peaches, and spent the evening tending the Spirit Fields before cultivating beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree.
• While cultivating under the tree, Ji An felt his soul grow refreshed as his body turned intensely cold, and he guessed he was absorbing the moon's essence; at noon, he compared the sensation with the warmth he felt while absorbing sunlight.
• Ji An brought Second-tier Spiritual Peaches to Ge Ying at Condensing Emerald Cliff and told her about Crimson Flame Peak's flourishing plants and creatures.
• Ge Ying praised Ji An's cultivation work, and Ji An asked her for guidance about his cultivation technique, beginning with the refreshing sensation he felt beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree at night.