Chapter Summaries

True Lord Qiongxiao agreed to send the Merchant Airship to Harmony Peak for one month, giving the Western Continent cultivators a chance to fight the demon beasts. In Azure Cloud Immortal City, Jia Yu and his companions bought the Heavenly River Sword Art for Li Haoran and considered Farming Spells for Ji An.

• True Lord Qiongxiao told True Lord Beichen and True Lord Huoyun that the airship would leave for Harmony Peak in two days and stay for no more than one month.
• Qiongxiao informed the Central Continent cultivators of the plan, and True Lord Cangwu and the others agreed to go.
• Jia Yu, Lin Qiubai, and Li Haoran completed a resource trade with Qian Wenting, then asked to buy an Origin Seeking sword art and a Farming Spell.
• Li Haoran chose the Heavenly River Sword Art over the Azure Lotus Sword Art, and Jia Yu bargained with Qian Wenting to buy it.
• Qian Wenting showed them several Farming Spells and explained that they were effective but difficult to master.

Jia Yu negotiated the purchase of four Origin Seeking Farming Spells for the sect, while Ji An welcomed Du Huaiyuan and Xia Yulian to Crimson Flame Peak and agreed to help Du Huaiyuan acquire materials for a spiritual artifact. The chapter ended with Jia Yu informing Ji An that the spells had been bought and urging him to break through to the Origin Seeking stage.

• Jia Yu haggled with Qian Wenting and bought four Origin Seeking Farming Spells for fifteen High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Du Huaiyuan and Xia Yulian arrived at Crimson Flame Peak, where they discussed Ji An’s cultivation and the orchard’s growing harvests.
• Du Huaiyuan asked Ji An to provide spiritual fruits for brewing wine, and Ji An agreed to share two or three hundred jin of Grade 1 Top-Grade fruits.
• Du Huaiyuan said he needed second-tier Water Element Spiritual Items to forge a Tidal Surge Pearl, and Ji An offered to lend him five jin of Mysterious Yellow Earth.
• Ji An received Jia Yu’s message that the sect had bought four spells, including the Cloud Dragon Rain Spreading Art, and that he should reach the Origin Seeking stage soon.

Ji An received news of new spells, advanced his body-refinement cultivation to Foundation Establishment, and refined Azure Lotus Pills. Meanwhile, the sect prepared to reinforce Harmony Peak, the Central Continent airship departed for the front, and True Lord Qiongxiao exchanged a demon core for cultivation pills.

• Ji An learned that Uncle-Master Jia had bought spells and was urged to improve his cultivation so he could learn them.
• Xia Yulian visited the Azure Water Turtle, while Du Huaiyuan checked the spirit fields and Ji An practiced the Molten Gold Jade Bone Body, breaking through to Foundation Establishment as a body refiner.
• Ji An refined eight Azure Lotus Pills, including two premium-quality pills.
• Lin Qiubai and Li Haoran arranged to deliver farming-spell jade slips and collect materials to reforge Li Haoran's flying sword, while Jia Yu received Ji An's message promising an Origin Seeking breakthrough within three to five years.
• The Central Continent Merchant Airship left Azure Cloud Immortal City for Harmony Peak, prompting cultivators to speculate that the siege had been resolved.
• True Lord Qiongxiao exchanged a Fourth Layer Golden Core demon core with True Lord Cangwu for ten Purple Lotus Burning Heaven Pills.

Hu Yu Niang ordered the demon kings to watch the demonic cultivators while the demon beasts withdrew, and Ji An learned that the curse tormenting him had not been activated. Six months later, Liu Yu reported that demonic cultivators were slaughtering families across the Western Continent, leaving the sect short of experienced fighters and raising the prospect of another conscription.

• Hu Yu Niang heard that the demon beasts had been defeated at Harmony Peak and ordered the demon kings to monitor demonic cultivators while maintaining pressure on the humans.
• Ji An waited for the Blood Corrupting Soul Chasing Curse to flare up, but it never activated, and he later received Liu Yu's news that the demon beasts had retreated.
• Six months later, Liu Yu visited Ji An and Du Huaiyuan at Crimson Flame Peak, where Ji An announced that the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree had become a low-grade second-tier spirit tree.
• Liu Yu told Ji An and Du Huaiyuan that demonic cultivators had wiped out a cultivation family and polluted its Spirit Vein, and that he had arrived too late to catch them.
• Liu Yu explained that demonic cultivators were attacking across the Western Continent while the Enforcement Hall struggled to find enough senior cultivators to lead hunting teams.
• Du Huaiyuan feared that the worsening Demon Disaster would force the sect to conscript him into an Enforcement Hall team.

Ji An and Liu Yu discussed the Demonic Cultivator crisis, then admired the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree as Azure Dragon’s agents reported on their secret campaign to spread demonic methods. Central Continent forces suppressed the crisis, and three years later Ji An encountered the bottleneck before the Origin Seeking stage.

• Liu Yu told Ji An and Du Huaiyuan that the sect suspected someone was secretly spreading identical Demonic Cultivator methods across Western Continent.
• Ji An and Liu Yu visited the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree and watched it gather moonlight, while Azure Dragon’s agents reported that hundreds of cultivators had taken up the Heavenly Demon Genesis Scripture.
• Black Eagle reported that a suspected Golden Core Stage Demonic Cultivator had killed sect cultivators, and Azure Dragon ordered his agents to watch for the threat.
• True Lord Qiongxiao sent Central Continent cultivators to join the campaign; five Golden Core Stage Demonic Cultivators were found, three killed and two driven into flight, and Western Continent gradually stabilized.
• Three years later, Ji An found that his spiritual power could no longer enter his dantian and realized he had reached the bottleneck before the Origin Seeking stage.

Ji An reached the perfected peak of Foundation Establishment and nurtured his Life Light until it achieved Self-Generating Radiance. Meanwhile, Mu Songde died after his failed attempt to break through to the Origin Seeking stage, and Ji An ended the chapter preparing to attempt that breakthrough himself.

• Ji An confirmed he had reached Foundation Establishment Layer 9 and devoted more time to nurturing his Life Light.
• Lin Jiuxiao and Jia Yu watched Mu Songde and Li Yuangong's breakthrough attempts, but Mu Songde's spiritual energy vortex collapsed and he was found dead in his cave dwelling.
• Ye Changqing mourned Mu Songde at the Soul Hall, and three months passed.
• Ji An's Life Light continued shining after he stopped circulating his secret art, confirming it had achieved Self-Generating Radiance.
• Ji An announced that he would attempt to break through to the Origin Seeking stage the next day.

Ji An prepared to leave Crimson Flame Peak and traveled to the Treasure Pavilion to obtain a Foundation Replenishing Pill for his breakthrough to the Chaoyuan Realm. After reading the sect’s breakthrough guidance, he entered a sealed cave abode, leaving Jia Yu waiting for his return as a fellow Chaoyuan Stage cultivator.

• Ji An instructed his disciples to manage Crimson Flame Peak while he was away and flew to the Treasure Pavilion the next morning.
• Ji An encountered Jia Yu after Yue Yunlong successfully broke through to the Chaoyuan Realm.
• Ji An told Jia Yu that his life radiance had reached perfection and requested a Foundation Replenishing Pill for his own breakthrough.
• Jia Yu gave Ji An the pill and a jade slip containing the sect’s breakthrough method and prior cultivators’ insights.
• Ji An entered the sealed cave abode, telling Jia Yu it was the last time he would call him Martial Uncle.

Ji An began his Origin Seeking breakthrough, compressing his mana and shaping the life light in his dantian. After capturing the hidden seed of fire, he ignited the Primordial Life Fire and completed the breakthrough’s central step.

• Ji An entered his new cave dwelling and began circulating the secret art to gather spiritual energy and compress his mana.
• Jia Yu saw a vast Spiritual Energy Vortex above Ji An’s cave dwelling and marveled at the depth of his foundation.
• Ji An endured painful pressure in his dantian, then used moon essence to ease the discomfort and accelerate his cultivation.
• By the evening of the third day, Ji An had transformed all the mana in his dantian and sent two fish of life light to absorb and refine it.
• Ji An entered a still, meditative state and captured the seed of fire as it appeared in his dantian.
• The two fish of life light merged around the seed, and emerald-green flames formed the Primordial Life Fire.

Ji An successfully broke through to the Chaoyuan Stage, stabilized his realm, and discovered that the Stone Turtle strengthened his Primordial Life Fire while taking only ten percent of his Dharma power. After celebrating with Jia Yu, Ji An left to exchange for cultivation methods and spells, eager to use the Spiritual Opportunity the Stone Turtle had accumulated.

• Yue Yunlong completed his breakthrough to the Chaoyuan Stage and learned from Jia Yu that Ji An had also recently broken through.
• Ji An examined his new Primordial Life Fire and Immortal Veins, and the Stone Turtle fed Pure Spiritual Qi to the flame, stabilizing and strengthening it.
• Ji An cultivated until his realm stabilized, finding that the Stone Turtle now devoured only ten percent of his Dharma power.
• Ji An announced his breakthrough to Jia Yu, who congratulated him and explained that an old ancestor would summon him in about a month to discuss Chaoyuan Stage cultivation and replace his Identity Jade Token.
• After drinking and talking through the night with Jia Yu, Ji An left for the Skill Distribution Hall to exchange for cultivation methods and spells.

Ji An celebrated his breakthrough to the Origin Seeking stage and visited the Skill Distribution Hall to obtain the sect’s cultivation method and spells. He left with the Five Elements Cycle Scripture and several jade slips, preparing to study them at Crimson Flame Peak.

• Ji An promised Jia Yu that he would invite him to Crimson Flame Peak in five years and provide spirit wine, then invited him to a celebration at his cave abode.
• Jia Yu agreed to notify the other Origin Seeking cultivators about Ji An’s celebration, and Ji An flew to the Skill Distribution Hall.
• Ji An revealed his breakthrough to Teng Zhiyuan, who addressed him as Martial Uncle and directed him to the second floor.
• Mo Feiyu explained the cost and benefits of the Five Elements Cycle Scripture, including deferred repayment and two free spells.
• Ji An selected the Five Elements Cycle Scripture, several farming spells, the Earth Evasion Technique, and two Metal Element spells, and agreed to repay the required merit points.
• Ji An exchanged Mana Seals with Mo Feiyu, invited him to the celebration, and left to return to his cultivation grounds.

Ji An rapidly advanced several Origin Seeking-level spells with the Stone Turtle, then studied the Five Elements Cycle Scripture and its method for opening a Divine Mansion. The chapter left him absorbed in the new cultivation art as Zhang Cuihua came to find him.

• Ji An learned the Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art and used the Stone Turtle to raise it to Great Perfection, then advanced three other farming spells.
• Ji An slept after five days without rest while Zhang Cuihua and the disciples at the Cold Pool worried about him and discussed his possible breakthrough.
• After waking, Ji An raised three more spells, bringing six of the seven Origin Seeking-level spells he had obtained to Great Perfection.
• Ji An went to the Cold Pool, learned he had spent two days and three nights in his cave abode, and asked Zhang Cuihua to bring him dinner later.
• Ji An studied the Five Elements Cycle Scripture and focused on opening the Wood Element Divine Mansion, immersing himself in its teachings until Zhang Cuihua appeared.

Ji An tested his newly elevated farming spells after announcing his breakthrough to the Origin Seeking Stage and began preparing a celebration banquet. His message left Li Lingyu and Liu Yu struggling with the news that he had advanced far beyond them.

• Ji An sent Golden Message Swords to inform his master and fellow disciples of his breakthrough, then instructed Zhang Cuihua to prepare a lavish banquet for about forty Origin Seeking cultivators and up to fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Zhang Cuihua told Wei Songtao that Ji An had broken through, and Wei Songtao and Tian Tiezhu witnessed Ji An's spectacular Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art over the orchard.
• Ji An tested the Cloud Dragon Rain Spreading Art, Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Art, and Sacred Flame Mantra, finding that they nourished his spirit plants but that their ranges remained limited.
• Ji An tested the farming spells across the spirit plant fields and concluded that tending the fields at Condensing Emerald Cliff would take even more time.
• Li Lingyu read Ji An's message and lamented that he had advanced to Origin Seeking while she had only just reached the Sixth Layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Liu Yu learned of Ji An's breakthrough and worried that his own impending Origin Seeking breakthrough would not be enough to close their widening gap.

Ji An tested how Chaoyuan Stage spells affected spirit plants, then began opening his Wood Divine Palace and advanced faster than expected. He met two other newly advanced cultivators at Sunrise Peak, where Jia Yu prepared them for Old Ancestor Zhengyang’s guidance.

• Ji An cast the Sacred Flame Mantra on the Crimson Cloud Pine and discovered that his Chaoyuan Stage spiritual power strengthened the plant and left golden traces on its needles.
• Ji An studied the Five Elements Cycle Scripture and began opening his Wood Palace by growing inner vein patterns in his liver, though the process drained his Spiritual Sense.
• Ji An found that his farming spells’ lingering intent continued nourishing spirit plants for about two days, letting him plan to cast them less often.
• Ji An opened seven vein patterns over half a month while Zhang Cuihua’s spirit tea helped restore his Spiritual Sense, then received Jia Yu’s message summoning him to Sunrise Peak.
• Ji An met Jia Yu, Li Yuangong, and Yue Yunlong at the Treasure Pavilion, where Jia Yu explained that Old Ancestor Zhengyang would advise the three new Chaoyuan Stage cultivators.

Ji An attended True Lord Zhengyang’s lecture on Chaoyuan cultivation, then arranged celebration banquets with Li Yuangong and Yue Yunlong. He visited Ge Ying to invite her to his celebration and prepare to take over Condensing Emerald Cliff, where the sect would build a Spirit Stone-funded Teleportation Array to Crimson Flame Peak.

• Jia Yu comforted Yue Yunlong and Li Yuangong about their slow progress opening spirit palaces, while Ji An concealed how far he had advanced.
• True Lord Zhengyang explained Chaoyuan cultivation, Five Elements Qi, and yin-yang balance, then replaced the disciples’ Identity Jade Tokens with stronger ones.
• Ji An, Li Yuangong, and Yue Yunlong exchanged Mana Seals and scheduled their celebration banquets in the order they had broken through.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying, invited her to his celebration, and agreed to formally take charge of Condensing Emerald Cliff.
• Ge Ying told Ji An that the Labor-Study Hall had approved the transfer and planned a Teleportation Array between Condensing Emerald Cliff and Crimson Flame Peak, with the sect covering its Spirit Stone costs.
• Ji An urged Ge Ying to go to the Labor-Study Hall that day to complete the arrangements.

Ji An invited sect cultivators to celebrate his breakthrough to the Origin Seeking Stage, reconnecting with Ye Changqing and preparing an extravagant banquet at Crimson Flame Peak. The feast impressed the guests with rare spirit fruits, wine, and honey-grilled fish, while the chapter left Ji An’s growing agricultural resources and responsibilities as a future steward of Condensing Emerald Cliff under discussion.

• Ge Ying told Zhang Zizhao that the materials for a Teleportation Array between Crimson Flame Peak and Condensing Emerald Cliff were ready, and Ji An invited him to the celebration.
• Ji An visited Ye Changqing, promised him Dragon Blood Fruit, and learned that Ye had applied to retire as his lifespan neared its end.
• Ji An invited Mo Feiyu to the celebration before returning to Crimson Flame Peak to prepare for the event.
• Wei Songtao and the other disciples organized the celebration, where guests sampled rare second-tier spirit fruits and discussed Ji An’s potential to improve the sect’s spirit-herb supply.
• Ji An began the banquet with spirit wine, demon-beast dishes, and honey-grilled Red Spotted Grouper, surprising the guests with its Mid-grade Second-tier honey.

After his celebration, Ji An traded Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo golden leaves with Li Haoran for Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree seeds and an unidentified spiritual plant. Li Haoran departed, leaving Ji An with new plants to cultivate and a potential future obligation to compensate his trading partner.

• After most guests left, Ji An invited fellow disciples to bring him high-grade spiritual plant seeds and promised good prices and discounts.
• Jia Yu stayed for more spiritual wine, Han Yan asked to see the Emerald Leaf Red Lotus, and Li Haoran requested sword bamboo leaves.
• Li Haoran offered Ji An two Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree seeds and the roots of an unidentified plant he had recovered in the Azure Mist Secret Realm.
• Ji An agreed to buy the roots for two catties of golden leaves and promised further compensation if they identified the plant or discovered its potential was high.
• Ji An traded one catty of golden leaves for the seeds and promised Li Haoran one mature fruit each time the tree bore fruit.
• Li Haoran took his leave with a flash of sword light.

Ji An showed the visiting cultivators the spirit plants on Crimson Flame Peak, where his orchards and gardens impressed them and opened the way for exchanges of fruit, pills, and spirit tea. The tour ended with Jia Yu imagining that the sect might one day produce more Second-tier silkworm silk than Falling Maple Valley.

• Jia Yu praised Li Haoran’s flying sword for revealing sword intent and beginning to nurture a sword spirit, prompting Han Yan to predict that he would become a Golden Core cultivator.
• Ji An led Han Yan, Jia Yu, Ge Ying, Ge Luoying, and Ye Changqing through the orchards, explaining how he planned to cultivate Sky Origin Pear trees and describing the Dragon Blood Trees, Spiritual Apricots, and Spiritual Peaches.
• Han Yan arranged to buy Ji An’s Mid-grade Second-tier Spiritual Peaches in exchange for pills, and Ji An promised to prioritize pills that nourished the core of a Wood Element Divine Mansion.
• Ji An pointed out that a Longevity Peach had become a Second-tier spirit plant overnight, and Han Yan offered to refine Longevity Pills from its fruit.
• Ji An showed the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree and the extensive mulberry and other wood-element gardens, while Jia Yu considered how their spirit mulberries could increase the sect’s Second-tier silkworm silk production.

Ji An showed the visiting cultivators Crimson Flame Peak’s resources and the Emerald Leaf Red Lotus, whose three-layer Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire had appeared for the first time. The group returned to the Cold Pool after discussing the sect’s growing spirit-farming industry and plans to establish a Department of Agriculture, leaving Ji An preparing wine and fruit gifts for his guests.

• Ji An guided the group through the Fire Crystal Ant passage to the lava pool, where they saw the Emerald Leaf Red Lotus produce a three-layer flame for the first time.
• Han Yan learned that the lotus had withered about four years earlier and considered the possibility of eventually claiming a slot to absorb its Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire.
• Ji An showed the group his Iron Birch Woods, Copper Pattern Mulberries, and Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo, while Jia Yu and Ye Changqing discussed the sect’s dependence on spirit farmers and plans for a Department of Agriculture.
• The flying boat returned to the Cold Pool, where Ji An arranged for Wei Songtao to fill the guests’ wine gourds and told Zhang Cuihua to prepare Dragon Blood Fruit gifts.

Ji An settled into life as an Origin Seeking cultivator, discussed his alchemy and new duties with Ge Ying and the Condensing Emerald Cliff disciples, then tended his Spirit Fields and planted the nameless spirit plant in his Molten Cave. After observing the Sacred Flame Mantra transform Ding Fire into Bing Fire, he wondered how to trigger Yin-Yang transformations within the other Five Elements powers.

• Jia Yu gave Ji An a jade slip explaining Origin Seeking benefits and obligations, while Han Yan departed on her Golden Feathered Eagle and Jia Yu flew away on his wine gourd.
• Ge Ying told Ji An to stay on Crimson Flame Peak until a Teleportation Array was built and arranged for him to take over Condensing Emerald Cliff’s medicinal garden in the future.
• Ji An revealed that he could refine Azure Lotus Pills with an eighty percent success rate, impressing Ge Ying, Li Lingyu, Mu Qingwan, Zhong Yuefei, and Du Huaiyuan.
• After the gathering dispersed, Ji An rewarded Wei Songtao and instructed him to prepare a place for the Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree.
• Ji An tended his Spirit Fields, planted the nameless spirit plant in the Molten Cave, and used the Sacred Flame Mantra to nourish it.
• Ji An saw the mantra transform Ding Fire into Bing Fire and wondered how the Yin-Yang transformation could occur within a single Five Elements power.

Ji An advanced his cultivation, prepared a Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree seed, and planted it near the Cold Pool. Elsewhere, Azure Dragon recruited Demon Cultivators to infiltrate Harmony Peak as undercover agents.

• Ji An reasoned that Wood Element Dao Intent might nourish spirit plants, then left the lava cave when he could not work out how to control the spell.
• Ji An cultivated his medicinal garden, strengthened a Blood Soul Profound Origin Tree seed with life force and the Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art, and opened his sixteenth vein pattern.
• Ji An told Wei Songtao to water the planted Blood Soul Profound Origin Trees with demon beast blood, then planted one and noted that its sharp leaves could injure people.
• Xiong Ba and Black Eagle assembled thirty hooded Qi Condensation cultivators for Azure Dragon.
• Azure Dragon ordered the selected Demon Cultivators to enter Harmony Peak and lie low, assuring one recruit that his identity would remain hidden unless exposed to a Golden Core cultivator.