Chapter Summaries

Ji An discussed his unusual cultivation effects and future needs with Ge Ying, who helped him plan for Foundation Establishment Late Stage and accompanied him to Sunrise Peak. There, Ge Ying exchanged her Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pill allocation for him, despite Jia Yu warning that she might need the resources herself.

• Ge Ying questioned Ji An about his cultivation symptoms, concluded they seemed beneficial, and sent him to ask Jia Yu about the mysteries he had encountered.
• Ge Ying gave Ji An a Spiritual Peach, watched him refine it, and praised his spiritual-energy refinement as comparable to cultivators with Earth-grade aptitude.
• Ji An asked Ge Ying to use his minor merit to obtain Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills, and she agreed to accompany him to Sunrise Peak.
• At Treasure Pavilion, Ji An gave Jia Yu two Spiritual Peaches and learned that the rules now limited exchanges made on another cultivator's behalf to ten pills per year.
• Ge Ying offered to use her own pill allocation for Ji An, declined Jia Yu's suggestion that she preserve resources for a Longevity Pill, and exchanged her full allocation for forty pills.

Ji An exchanged for more cultivation resources after describing his mysterious ability to refine moonlight spiritual opportunity, leaving Jia Yu unable to explain how he could do so. He then organized a major clearing of Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Fields to reduce their upkeep and free time for cultivation.

• Ji An told Jia Yu that his cultivation had begun drawing cold, soul-pleasing power at night, and Jia Yu assured him there was no problem while granting him spiritual items worth two thousand minor merits.
• Ge Ying agreed to save Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills for Ji An until he reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and asked him to help Luo Ying with needed metal-element spiritual items.
• Jia Yu ate Ji An’s Spiritual Peaches and later wondered whether Ji An possessed a Dao body or Companion Spirit Treasure that let him refine moonlight spiritual opportunity.
• Ji An directed Huang Xuan to cut down excess spirit plants and sent Li Cheng to recruit Spirit Farmers for the work.
• Ji An led more than thirty Qi Condensation Stage disciples in clearing and pruning the Spirit Fields, finishing after half a month at a cost of over a thousand Spirit Stones.

Two years later, Ji An continued cultivating his spells and spirit trees, and confirmed that he was close to breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. When Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuanshan came to buy the harvested Purple Fire Gourds, Ji An stood firm on his price for Zhao Lei’s chosen gourd.

• Xia Yulian fed Blue Shell a Spirit Feeding Pill and stopped Big Yellow from heading to the mulberry grove to steal honey.
• Ji An practiced spells in the wasteland, reviewed his progress, and concluded that only Quicksand Art and Plants and Trees Become Soldiers still needed to reach Great Perfection.
• Huang Xuan reported that the harvest included twenty-four top-grade and ninety high-grade gourds, and Ji An sent messages to Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuanshan to arrange their purchase.
• Ji An tended the Earth Spirit Fruit Trees and mid-grade Soul Nurturing Wood, then cultivated beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree and confirmed he was near a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Zhao Lei chose one of Ji An’s three second-tier spirit gourds and offered half a jin of Mysterious Yellow Earth plus ten mid-grade Spirit Stones, but Ji An demanded one jin of Mysterious Yellow Earth and offered ten mid-grade Spirit Stones in change.

Ji An traded spirit gourds with Zhao Lei and Zhang Yuanshan, then hosted them as they discussed the approaching Demon Catastrophe. Li Minghui arrived afterward with news that the Five-Colored Deer had reached the Origin Seeking stage and presented Ji An with a gift from her master.

• Ji An traded Purple Flame Spirit Gourds with Zhao Lei for Mysterious Yellow Earth and Spirit Stones, and Zhao Lei agreed to refine two gourds into spiritual artifacts.
• Ji An completed his transaction with Zhang Yuanshan, then invited both Senior Brothers to drink and discuss reports of demon beasts near Crying Phoenix Mountain Immortal City.
• Li Minghui arrived at Crimson Flame Peak on her Golden Feathered Eagle, which circled the peak before landing.
• Li Minghui told Ji An that the Five-Colored Deer had broken through to the Origin Seeking stage and credited him with the foremost contribution.
• Li Minghui presented Ji An with a gift selected by her master, and Ji An accepted it.

Li Minghui gave Ji An a top-grade Golden Feathered Eagle egg and Spiritual Peach Seeds, and Ji An began nurturing the egg. The Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree reached top-grade, and after harvesting its leaves, Ji An was still drawing talismans when Huang Feihu arrived to visit.

• Li Minghui gave Ji An a Golden Feathered Eagle egg, a jade slip with its care instructions, and thirty Spiritual Peach Seeds, and Ji An gave her Crimson Flame Peak specialties in return.
• Ji An removed the egg from its spirit liquid, fed it mana, and placed it in a Spirit Beast Bag, hoping it would spur the lazy Grey Feather Sand Goose to work harder.
• Ji An found that the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree had reached top-grade and meditated beneath it to strengthen his soul with its moonlight power.
• Ji An told Xia Yuhan to pick the tree’s tea leaves that evening and keep one-third, then forbade further harvesting for half a year.
• Huang Feihu visited Crimson Flame Peak and joked with Li Cheng and Huang Xuan before learning that Ji An was drawing talismans.

Ji An rewarded Huang Feihu, Huang Xuan, and Li Cheng with second-tier spiritual seeds and bamboo shoots, then continued cultivating his wood-path spells. Liu Su Yun arrived at Crimson Flame Peak carrying two seeds from a Mid-grade Second-tier Cloud Top Jade Tree.

• Ji An gave Huang Feihu, Huang Xuan, and Li Cheng Second-tier Spiritual Peach Seeds and Earth Spirit Fruit Tree Seeds, and offered Huang Feihu Jade Vine branches and Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo shoots.
• Ji An advised Huang Feihu to practice Thick Earth Art and explained that mastering basic spells might help with comprehending their advanced forms.
• Huang Xuan showed Huang Feihu Crimson Flame Peak's second-tier spiritual plants, and Huang Feihu left with Jade Vine branches and bamboo shoots.
• Ji An practiced Plants and Trees Become Soldiers and Quicksand Art, making progress while pondering how the Jia Wood and Yi Wood paths could unite.
• Ji An arranged a lavish meal for Liu Su Yun's visit and asked Xia Yulian to reserve Jade Vine Fruits for Hall Master Wu Yan.
• Liu Su Yun arrived on her flying carpet and presented Ji An with two seeds from a Mid-grade Second-tier Cloud Top Jade Tree.

Ji An received two Cloud Top Jade Tree seeds from Liu Su Yun and promised her future access to Earth Spirit Fruits and spiritual tea. After discussing tea, formations, and repayment, Liu Su Yun left with a sample of Ji An’s Pine Nut Wine.

• Liu Su Yun gave Ji An two high-grade Cloud Top Jade Tree seeds, and Ji An promised her an annual quota of fifty Earth Spirit Fruits and future spiritual tea.
• Ji An used the Azure Wood Life Creation Art to nourish the seeds, then said he would plant them that night.
• Ji An offered Liu Su Yun a limited annual reservation of Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea in exchange for Mysterious Yellow Earth.
• Liu Su Yun offered to help Ji An obtain small formations for hunting demons, but Ji An said he had no use for them at present.
• Ji An told Liu Su Yun that one of his second-tier Earth Spirit Fruit Trees would bear ripe fruit in about thirteen or fourteen months and said her quota could begin accumulating.
• Liu Su Yun left after discussing her unpaid major merits, and Ji An gave her a section of bamboo containing spiritual wine to appraise.

Ji An planted Cloud Top Jade Trees and tea seeds, traded spirit fruits with Wu Yan, and advanced several spells to Great Perfection. The Dragon Blood Tree reached the Second-tier, leaving Crimson Flame Peak with a growing supply of valuable spirit fruits.

• Ji An ordered Huang Xuan and Li Cheng to clear a patch of spirit mulberries, then planted tea seeds and used spells to make them sprout.
• Wu Yan visited Ji An with his Green Deer, inspected a hundred spirit fruits, and traded four hundred lesser merits for them.
• One year later, Ji An completed Plants and Trees Become Soldiers and Five Directions Spirit Gathering Art at Great Perfection.
• Ji An gathered Metal Element Essence at Crimson Flame Peak and stored it in Jade Bottles as his Golden Feathered Eagle landed on his arm.
• Ji An found the Dragon Blood Tree had grown to a Second-tier spirit tree, with fruits nearing harvest, while the orchard’s Spiritual Peaches and Spiritual Apricots had reached low-grade Second-tier.

Ji An decided to take up alchemy and body refinement during his newfound free time, and his master Ge Ying gave him her Green Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace. He returned to Crimson Flame Peak with plans to begin refining Grain Abstinence Pills as the Demon Catastrophe drew closer.

• Ji An visited Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian at the Cold Pool, then studied the Molten Gold Jade Bone Body technique and his master's alchemy inheritance.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying at Condensing Emerald Cliff, brought her top-tier Jade Dew Golden Bud, and heard that Liu Yu had advanced to Foundation Establishment Late Stage as the Demon Catastrophe approached.
• Ji An asked Ge Ying for a beginner's alchemy furnace, and she gave him the Green Lotus Fire Cloud Furnace and advice on learning alchemy.
• Ji An chose Grain Abstinence Pills as his first recipe, returned to Crimson Flame Peak, and asked Xia Yuhan to buy ingredients for one hundred batches.

Ji An began cultivating the Molten Gold Jade Bone Body as the Heavenly Origin Pear Tree transformed into a second-tier spirit tree. He arranged for his disciples to find long-serving replacements for Crimson Flame Peak and prepared to practice alchemy by refining Grain Abstinence Pills.

• Ji An arrived at the Cold Pool and learned that the Heavenly Origin Pear Tree was transforming into a second-tier spirit tree, then rewarded the disciples with five Spirit Stones each.
• Ji An asked the disciples to find dependable replacements who could serve Crimson Flame Peak for at least thirty years, and they planned to search among Spirit Farmers and cultivators at Azure Water Lake.
• Ji An began cultivating the Molten Gold Jade Bone Body and felt its warmth and effects after drawing spiritual energy into his body.
• Xia Yuhan delivered medicinal materials costing fifty Spirit Stones, and Ji An said he would practice alchemy by refining Grain Abstinence Pills and destroy any inferior pills.
• Ji An tended the spirit plants and trees across Crimson Flame Peak with spells, then gathered Spirit Charcoal and returned to his cave abode to try firing an alchemy furnace.

Ji An learned the Three Yang Pill Fire Art and successfully refined Grain Abstinence Pills, then advanced his body cultivation and prepared to expand his pill sales. He left Huang Xuan with pills to sell and a formula for the Yellow Bud Pill, while aiming to eventually refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

• Ji An practiced the Three Yang Pill Fire Art and refined six Grain Abstinence Pills, five standard-grade and one inferior-grade, raising his mastery to Minor Accomplishment 36%.
• A month later, Ji An assessed the gains from the Molten Gold Jade Bone Body and considered cultivating both mana and body.
• Ji An gave Huang Xuan 460 standard-grade Grain Abstinence Pills, including twelve premium pills, to sell below market price and offered the group a thirty-percent share.
• Ji An gave Huang Xuan the Yellow Bud Pill formula and asked him to buy one hundred sets of ingredients using Spirit Stones from the storehouse.
• Ji An said that refining Qi Condensation Stage pills still made him an apprentice and that he would count as a true Alchemist only after refining a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Ji An broke through to Foundation Establishment Layer 7, gained insight into the Wood Dao, and qualified as a Class A Disciple. After receiving his new jade token and learning about his benefits, he went to exchange for the next stage of the Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art.

• Ji An broke through to Foundation Establishment Layer 7 and gained insight into the fusion of Jia Wood and Yi Wood.
• Ji An visited the Labor-Study Hall, where Ye Changqing confirmed his breakthrough and brought him to Hall Master Zhang Zizhao.
• Zhang Zizhao issued Ji An a Class A Disciple jade token and transferred his Contribution Points and minor merits.
• Ye Changqing explained Ji An's Class A benefits, and Ji An gave him Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea.
• Ji An visited the Skill Distribution Hall, exchanged Mana Seals with Teng Zhiyuan, and learned that his Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation method would cost ten thousand Contribution Points.

Ji An visited the Skill Distribution Hall, where he exchanged Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo Golden leaves for Mysterious Yellow Earth and learned how to qualify to guard the hall. He then told his master Ge Ying that he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and she gave him pills and arranged for more to support his cultivation.

• Teng Zhiyuan discovered Ji An's impressive cultivation and resources while processing his technique, then learned that Ji An farmed spiritual plants on Crimson Flame Peak.
• Ji An offered Teng Zhiyuan a yearly supply of Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo Golden leaves, and the two exchanged them for Mysterious Yellow Earth and agreed to stay in contact.
• Teng Zhiyuan explained that Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivators who had been in the sect for a hundred years could apply to guard the Skill Distribution Hall and freely read Class B and lower jade slips.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying and reported that he had broken through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, surprising her with his faster-than-expected progress.
• Ge Ying gave Ji An two hundred and forty Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills and said he could exchange Meteorite Iron with Luo Ying when she returned.
• Ji An urged Ge Ying to exchange her remaining merits for more pills, and she agreed to give him any surplus pills after fulfilling the sect's obligations.

Ji An secured Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills, discussed alchemy and the coming Demon Catastrophe with Ge Ying, and collected his sect allotment from Jia Yu. He began practicing the Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation method and found that it increased his spiritual power refinement speed by twenty percent.

• Ji An asked Ge Ying to purchase extra Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills for him, and she promised to try to obtain twenty more while warning that the sect’s exchange rules might tighten after the Demon Catastrophe began.
• Ji An told Ge Ying about his alchemy progress and the Three Yang Pill Fire Art, then listened as she explained how to circulate his new cultivation method and urged him to stay overnight.
• Ji An exchanged one thousand four hundred minor merit points for twenty Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills from Jia Yu, bringing his total to three hundred and ten.
• Jia Yu asked Ji An to brew more Pine Nut Wine and save five thousand jin for him, offering Fire Element Spiritual Items to compensate for the pine nuts Ji An would otherwise give the sect.
• Ji An declined Jia Yu’s offer of spirit tools, saying his Apricot Yellow Banner was sufficient to protect him.
• Ji An practiced the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art beneath the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree and found that his spiritual power refinement speed had increased by twenty percent.

Ji An practiced refining Yellow Bud Pills and Meteorite Iron before learning that a Demon Catastrophe was expected within one or two years and that Central Continent reinforcements would be delayed. A month later, he exchanged Meteorite Iron and Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo golden leaves with Ge Luoying, opening a connection with the sword cultivator.

• Ji An ruined his first Yellow Bud Rice refinement, adjusted the furnace temperature, and eventually produced four pills in each of two successful batches.
• Ji An refined Meteorite Iron at Crimson Flame Peak and stored the resulting metal for later use.
• True Lord Zhengyang warned Golden Spirit Sect cultivators that nearly one million demonic beasts had gathered near Cloud Brushing Valley and ordered them to prepare for a Demon Catastrophe.
• True Lord Zhengyang said Central Continent reinforcements would not arrive for two years and directed the sect to stockpile supplies while defending the Crying Phoenix Peak region.
• Ge Ying introduced Ji An to Ge Luoying, who exchanged two jin of Meteorite Iron and five jin of golden leaves from Ji An for her sword cultivation needs.
• Ge Luoying and Ji An exchanged Mana Seals so she could contact him for more materials later.

Ji An and his fellow disciples discussed the coming Azure Mist Secret Realm, and Liu Yu and Ge Luoying agreed to enter it together. Before they parted, Ji An invited his master and senior sisters to visit Crimson Flame Peak, and Ge Ying agreed.

• Ji An and Ge Luoying began chatting over the Sword Bamboo Golden Leaf, and Ge Ying welcomed Liu Yu and Zhong Yuefei when they arrived.
• Ge Ying asked her disciples to help one another during the coming Demon Catastrophe, and Ji An and Zhong Yuefei said they would not enter the Azure Mist Secret Realm while Liu Yu said he would.
• Ge Ying suggested Liu Yu and Ge Luoying apply for Traction Talismans so they might be teleported to the same place, and Ge Luoying agreed to team up with Liu Yu.
• Ge Ying offered to prepare pills for Liu Yu and Ge Luoying, and she asked Zhong Yuefei to help refine them.
• Ji An invited Ge Ying, Zhong Yuefei, and Ge Luoying to stay at Crimson Flame Peak when the mulberry blossoms bloomed, and they agreed.

Ji An welcomed his master and fellow disciples to Crimson Flame Peak and showed them his spirit plants, spirit beasts, and a rare Soul Nurturing Wood. Before Liu Yu departed for the Azure Mist Secret Realm, Ji An lent him spirit artifacts and sponsored him with talismans and talisman soldiers in exchange for looking for rare spirit seeds.

• Liu Yu brought Zhong Yuefei, Ge Ying, and Ge Luoying to Crimson Flame Peak, where Ji An greeted them and showed them the mountain's spirit plants and his Golden Feathered Eagle and Rock Armor Bear.
• Ji An led the group underground and revealed a Spirit Vein Node containing a Soul Nurturing Wood, astonishing Zhong Yuefei, Liu Yu, Ge Luoying, and Ge Ying.
• Ji An offered two Purple Flame Spirit Gourds to Liu Yu and Ge Luoying, but Ge Luoying declined and left, saying a Sword Cultivator needed only a sword.
• Ji An lent both gourds to Liu Yu and gave him talismans and Foundation Establishment Middle Stage talisman soldiers, asking him to watch for rare spirit seeds in the Azure Mist Secret Realm.
• Liu Yu accepted the supplies as a loan, delighted by how useful they would be.

Ji An hosted his sect companions, discussed pill shortages and his possible future stewardship of Condensing Emerald Cliff, and exchanged gifts with them. After they departed, he gave Huang Xuan 420 Yellow Bud Pills to sell and ordered ingredients for Shengyuan Pills.

• Ji An reassured Liu Yu that finding Sky Origin Ginseng was the priority while Liu Yu promised to seek spiritual seeds in the Azure Mist Secret Realm.
• Ji An shared a meal and spiritual wine with his master and fellow disciples, who discussed medicinal pill shortages and the plan for Ji An to manage Condensing Emerald Cliff.
• Ge Ying told Ji An that the sect would keep Crimson Flame Peak as his cultivation grounds and make arrangements if he took charge of Condensing Emerald Cliff.
• Two days later, Ji An gave his departing guests second-grade gifts, accepted five Mystic Wood Spirit Gathering Pills from Zhong Yuefei, and arranged to exchange Dragon Blood Fruit for Purple Ganoderma Spirit Condensing Pills in the future.
• Ji An learned that more than a hundred Grain Abstinence Pills remained unsold and gave Huang Xuan 420 Yellow Bud Pills to sell.
• Ji An handed Huang Xuan the Shengyuan Pill formula and ordered him to gather ingredients for one hundred portions by the next day.

Ji An trained his body, gathered scarce Fire Cloud Ginseng, and agreed to refine pills for Zeng Rui. Ye Changqing then warned that the sect’s preparations for war had restricted medicinal materials, leaving Ji An unable to practice alchemy unless he first achieved a sixty-percent success rate.

• Ji An tempered his body and learned from Huang Xuan that only eighty Fire Cloud Ginseng plants had been gathered for Shengyuan Pills.
• Zeng Rui sold Ji An two hundred Fire Cloud Ginseng plants and paid him to refine ten batches of a pill that would support his vitality.
• Ji An advised Zeng Rui to learn a body-refining method and asked Huang Xuan to prepare materials for two hundred more batches of Shengyuan Pills.
• Ye Changqing visited Ji An and explained that battles along the Crying Phoenix Peak front had led the sect to restrict medicinal materials.
• Ye Changqing told Ji An that only Alchemists with success rates of at least sixty percent could receive refining assignments, and Ji An asked him to make an exception.

Ji An arranged to buy pills so he could take alchemy assignments and successfully created his first top-grade talisman armament. Two months later, he met with artifact refiner Teng Zhiyuan, who told him about an upcoming lecture and trade fair, while Wei Songnian reported the cost of the pills Ji An had ordered.

• Ji An persuaded Ye Changqing to let him submit purchased Blazing Sun Pills before taking an alchemy assignment, and asked Wei Songnian to buy five hundred pills.
• Ji An successfully drew his first top-grade talisman armament, then produced another after a failed attempt and stopped when his divine sense grew tired.
• Two months later, Du Huaiyuan taught Xia Yuhan about brewing Mulberry Wine, and Xia Yuhan wondered whether Du might accept her as a partner after she established her foundation.
• Teng Zhiyuan visited Crimson Flame Peak, bought two jin of Ji An's second-tier sword bamboo leaves for Mysterious Yellow Earth, and invited him to a cultivation lecture and trade fair.
• Wei Songnian delivered the five hundred Blazing Sun Pills and reported that their purchase left the Wei Family short of nine thousand Spirit Stones.