Chapter Summaries

Ji An and Du Huaiyuan finalized the name, costs, and sales plan for Du Huaiyuan’s Wood Element spirit wine, then brought it to the Treasure Pavilion for the sect to evaluate. Lin Jiuxiao confirmed its potency, and the group discussed its price and growing supply.

• Ji An and Du Huaiyuan settled on the name Green Leaf Wine and calculated its costs, with Ji An reimbursing Du Huaiyuan eight thousand Spirit Stones for his contributed herbs.
• Ji An took Du Huaiyuan to the Treasure Pavilion and negotiated a price of five hundred minor merits per jar, along with an equal split of the sect’s future external net profits.
• Jia Yu summoned Lin Jiuxiao to verify the wine, and Ji An explained its effects while they waited.
• Lin Jiuxiao drank a jar, confirmed it contained one hundred and thirty-six strands of Wood Element Qi, and questioned its price after hearing the sect could supply it in increasing quantities.

Ji An completed his fifty high-grade spirit plants on Crimson Flame Peak and prepared a Li Di Flame Light Banner, arranging for Zhu Xiangrong to refine it and Liu Su Yun to weave its flag surface. He went to Sunrise Peak to claim the patriarch’s promise, and True Lord Zhengyang immediately took him to inspect the plants.

• Jia Yu and Lin Jiuxiao agreed with Ji An and Du Huaiyuan on a fifty-year Green Leaf Wine partnership, and Du Huaiyuan signed the agreement.
• After three years, Ji An completed the materials for his banner and reported that Crimson Flame Peak had reached fifty high-grade spirit plants.
• Ji An asked Zhu Xiangrong to refine the spirit tool and arranged for Liu Su Yun to weave its flag surface within a month.
• Ji An visited True Lord Zhengyang at Sunrise Peak and reminded him that the fifty-plant promise was due.
• True Lord Zhengyang agreed to inspect Crimson Flame Peak that day and carried Ji An away on a fire-element auspicious cloud.

Ji An showed True Lord Zhengyang the high-grade Spirit Plants growing on Crimson Flame Peak, and True Lord Zhengyang inspected their value and discussed how they could benefit the sect. In the lava cavern, he identified Ji An’s unknown plant as Phoenix Wood, a rare Spirit Plant capable of reaching the fourth grade, and ordered the area secured.

• Ji An guided True Lord Zhengyang through the underground cavern, where True Lord Zhengyang inspected the High-tier Earth Spirit Tree and Soul Nurturing Wood and urged Ji An to keep supporting the sect with its harvest.
• Ji An explained why he had planted Mysterious Sun Wood, then showed True Lord Zhengyang the Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo, Copper Pattern Mulberry, Iron Birch, and Crimson Cloud Pine forests.
• Ji An led True Lord Zhengyang to the lava pool, where True Lord Zhengyang recognized the unidentified Spirit Plant as Phoenix Wood, a Fire Element treasure that could reach the fourth grade and potentially nurture Phoenix Nirvana Fire.
• True Lord Zhengyang told Ji An that Phoenix Wood would not flower or bear fruit until it reached the third grade, then ordered him to raise the cavern ceiling and restrict access to the area.

Ji An showed True Lord Zhengyang Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Plants and entertained him with specialty food and wine. After learning that Ji An expected his Blood Corrupting Soul Chasing Curse to fade before he needed to leave the sect, True Lord Zhengyang ordered measures to improve the peak’s Spirit Vein and strengthen security around it.

• Ji An showed True Lord Zhengyang the High-grade Spirit Plants and discussed expanding the cultivation of Spirit tea for the sect.
• Ji An hosted True Lord Zhengyang for lunch, served bamboo-tube Spirit wine, and explained how the soul curse was being worn away by his completed Wood Divine Mansion.
• True Lord Zhengyang told Ji An not to leave the sect until the curse was gone and asked him to visit the Limitless Hall before departing.
• True Lord Zhengyang summoned Jia Yu, Zhang Zizhao, and Lin Jiuxiao, then ordered Zhang Zizhao and Chu Huaige to survey Crimson Flame Peak’s earth veins and plan to raise its Spirit Vein grade.
• Jia Yu volunteered to help mobilize materials, while True Lord Zhengyang ordered Lin Jiuxiao to establish an Enforcement Hall branch near Crimson Flame Peak and increase western-perimeter patrols.

Ji An and Zhang Zizhao’s group planned to raise Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein grade, then Zhu Xiangrong completed Ji An’s Li Di Flame Light Banner and bonded it to him. Ji An began seeking Fire Element Essence to nourish the new Spirit Tool while continuing plans for a Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

• Ji An surveyed Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein with Zhang Zizhao, Jia Yu, and Chu Huaige, who completed a plan requiring about forty thousand Spirit Stones per year and one month of work.
• Ji An supplied his blood to Zhu Xiangrong’s newly forged Li Di Flame Light Banner, which awakened with a phoenix cry and bonded with Ji An’s Primordial Life Fire.
• Zhu Xiangrong told Ji An to feed the banner two thousand strands of Fire Element Essence daily and agreed to accept Sword Bamboo Golden Leaves toward the forging fee.
• Ji An asked Zhu Xiangrong for help finding Wuji qi for a Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, but learned that no available cultivators could provide it.
• Ji An ordered Wei Songtao to announce Crimson Flame Peak’s long-term purchase of Fire Element Essence and tested the Li Di Flame Light Banner, which consumed sixty percent of his spiritual qi.

Ji An completed his Fire Element Divine Mansion, dispelled the curse that had plagued him for decades, and advanced his spells with the Stone Turtle. After the sect learned of his progress, he began cultivating the Earth Mansion’s Wutu Earth Qi.

• Ji An chose the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner as the foundation for coordinating the Five Elements Banners and fed the newly refined Li Di Flame Light Banner nearly two thousand wisps of Fire Element Essence.
• At Crying Phoenix Peak, the Demon Kings discussed waiting for human Golden Core cultivators to die before attacking, while the Western Continent’s cultivation world gradually recovered over five years.
• Ji An completed his Heart’s Fire Mansion, strengthened his Primordial Life Fire, and found that the Blood Corrupting Soul Chasing Curse had completely dispersed.
• Ji An used the Stone Turtle to improve his Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword, Mixed Gold Profound Armor Spell, and Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Art, then sent news of his progress to the patriarch.
• True Lord Zhengyang told Jia Yu that Ji An had reached the Chaoyuan Stage 3rd Rotation and opened the Earth Element Divine Mansion, and ordered him to buy Earth Origin Soul Calming Pills.
• Ji An began cultivating Wutu Earth Qi on Crimson Flame Peak, and the vein patterns of his spleen lit up with yellow spiritual radiance.

After learning that Ye Changqing had died, Ji An mourned his old friend and resolved to make better use of his time. He sought permission to gather Earth Qi near the sect, received a protective Talisman Treasure from True Lord Zhengyang, and affirmed that he might one day leave for the Central Continent while still remembering the sect.

• Ge Ying told Ji An that Ye Changqing had died, and Ji An agreed to attend the funeral at Xuanhua Peak three days later.
• Ji An visited Lin Mao, who also mourned Ye Changqing, and granted him permission to attend the funeral.
• True Lord Zhengyang guided Ji An in cultivating the Earth Element Dao after Ji An described his practice.
• Ji An told True Lord Zhengyang that he planned to gather Wutu and Jitu Earth Qi within a thousand li of the sect to forge the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• True Lord Zhengyang gave Ji An a Talisman Treasure for protection and said the sect hoped to support its younger generation.
• Ji An said he hoped to travel through the Central Continent if he reached Golden Core, and promised to leave Third-grade Spirit Plants for the sect.

Ji An received True Lord Zhengyang’s blessing to pursue a higher realm, then attended Ye Changqing’s funeral and displayed powerful agricultural spells. He reviewed the Department of Agriculture’s progress and prepared to spend less time there while gathering materials for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

• True Lord Zhengyang recalled his own journey beyond the sect and accepted Ji An’s decision to pursue further cultivation.
• Ji An and True Lord Zhengyang walked across Sunrise Peak, where True Lord Zhengyang explained the peak’s name and its founding patriarch’s hopes for the sect.
• At Ye Changqing’s funeral, Ji An used earth, wood, and rain spells to help the newly planted cloud cypress take root and flourish.
• The following day, Ji An heard that the Department of Agriculture had eighty-seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators and enough promising disciples to keep progressing toward its goal of two hundred Spirit Farmers.
• Ji An said his medicinal garden should provide materials for ten batches of Foundation Establishment Pills in about ten years, and he approved the Department’s cultivation policies.
• Ji An told Lin Mao, Kong Yunyi, and the other deacons that he would spend less time at the Department of Agriculture while gathering Wutu Earth Qi and Jitu Earth Qi for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.

Ji An prepared for a journey beyond Crimson Flame Peak by gathering talisman-making and alchemy inheritances, organizing his supplies, and deciding to bring Golden Fur. He finished by opening the Metal Palace in his cave abode before leaving the next day.

• Ji An discussed cultivation with Lin Lan and Han Shan, setting a ten-year deadline for Lin Lan to perfect at least two Foundation Establishment Realm Farming Spells and hearing Han Shan's plan to specialize in Fire and Earth Element Spells.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying, who warned him to remain cautious during his travels, and he assured her that the Patriarch had given him a defensive treasure.
• Ji An visited Mo Feiyu at the Message Transmission Hall and exchanged merit points for alchemy and talisman-making inheritances, along with a free map of the Western Continent.
• Ji An reviewed his new inheritances, stored some belongings, and prepared travel supplies, including spirit tools, talisman soldiers, and spiritual tea.
• Ji An tended the Spirit Fields, told Golden Fur it would accompany him the next day, and returned to his cave abode to cultivate the Metal Palace.

Ji An traveled to Divine Eagle Cliff to gather Earth Element Qi and descended into Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where the thick mist concealed a dangerous demonic snake. The chapter left him facing the snake after it lunged at him.

• Ji An gathered Green Leaf Wine, then entrusted the Green Deer with tending his spirit plant garden while he prepared for a trip.
• Ji An took the Golden Feathered Eagle, Golden Fur, and Big Yellow to Divine Eagle Cliff, leaving his other tamed beasts behind.
• Ji An collected Wutu Earth Qi from the mountain peaks, then flew toward Eagle Sorrow Ravine after finding little to consume.
• Ji An descended alone into the ravine's dense mist while the Golden Feathered Eagle waited above.
• A large winged demonic snake sprang from a cave and lunged at Ji An, who had not sensed its approach.

Ji An explored Eagle Sorrow Ravine, gathered Earth Qi, and found a large cache of rare Black Soul Calming Grass. Two Heavenly Demon Alliance cultivators recognized him from the alliance’s kill list and planned to report his location, while Ji An left the ravine to assess his gains.

• Ji An killed a demon snake, collected its head and gallbladder, and stored its meat for dinner.
• Ji An descended to the valley floor with Big Yellow and Golden Fur, gathered Ji Earth energy, and consumed Earth Qi.
• Golden Fur found Black Soul Calming Grass, and Ji An followed it to several clumps hidden in a rock crevice.
• Two Heavenly Demon Alliance cultivators recognized Ji An from a kill-list portrait and decided to report him to the alliance.
• Ji An left Eagle Sorrow Ravine on the Golden Feathered Eagle and landed on a secluded black-stone hill.

Ji An spent a month searching the sect’s outskirts for Earth Element Qi, practicing spells and gathering resources before returning to Crimson Flame Peak. After resting, he found that a second Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was nearing its transformation into a high-grade Second-tier tree, then resumed his work at the peak.

• Ji An camped beside a Spirit Vein Node, harvested and processed materials, and wove a meditation cushion from Black Soul Calming Grass; Golden Fur advanced to Foundation Establishment Layer 5 after refining a demon core.
• Ji An flew around the sect for a month with the Golden Feathered Eagle, mapping places with Earth Element Qi and improving his Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword and Mixed Gold Profound Armor Spell.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, received sixty-eight thousand strands of Fire Element Essence from Wei Songtao, and instructed him to begin purchasing Earth Element Essence.
• After feasting and resting for three days, Ji An found that a second Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was about to become a high-grade Second-tier tree.
• Ji An fed Fire Element Essence to the Li Di Flame Light Banner and then studied how to draw Fire Dragon Talismans while eating barbarian ox meat.

Ji An returned to the sect, visited Ge Ying, and learned that Han Yan had developed the Purple Flame Heart Protecting Pill from high-grade Crimson Cloud Pine nuts. He left with the sect’s plans for the pill and a new supply of Earth Origin Soul Calming Pills, though he thought the quantity was too small.

• Ji An visited Ge Ying, showed her the Li Di Flame Light Banner, and offered her Longevity Pills, but she refused them.
• Ji An checked on the Department of Agriculture, then went to Sunrise Peak, where Han Yan and Jia Yu told him about the Purple Flame Heart Protecting Pill.
• Ji An argued that the sect could eventually profit by selling the pill or its formula, but agreed it was too soon while the sect had few high-grade spirit pines.
• Jia Yu told Ji An that Crimson Flame Peak’s spirit vein was expected to advance within ten years, so the sect would wait to plant more Crimson Cloud Pines rather than cut down existing spirit plants.
• Jia Yu gave Ji An nine Earth Origin Soul Calming Pills and said he could receive twelve every three years, but Ji An questioned the high exchange price and small supply.

Ji An gathered Earth Element Qi at Divine Eagle Cliff while continuing to cultivate and investigate the Li Di Flame Light Banner’s unusual attack. As he set up defenses, Xiong Ba and Black Eagle launched a planned ambush from below and above.

• Ji An bought nine Earth Origin Soul Calming Pills and learned that pills for strengthening the Earth and Metal Mansions were unavailable in Western Continent.
• Jia Yu confirmed that the Li Di Flame Light Banner’s Phoenix Bird shriek briefly stirred his emotions and seemed to affect his soul, though Ji An could not make it sound again.
• Ji An returned to his cultivation routine, then left the sect a month later to gather Wutu Earth Qi and continue building spirit silk for his banners.
• Ji An arrived at Divine Eagle Cliff, established protective spells and the Apricot Yellow Banner, and began gathering Wutu Earth Qi.
• Xiong Ba and Black Eagle recognized Ji An from the Heavenly Demon Alliance’s Hunting List and attacked, with Xiong Ba approaching from below as Black Eagle swooped down from above.

Ji An was ambushed by Xiong Ba and Black Eagle, but he used his hidden strength to kill Black Eagle and overpower Xiong Ba. The chapter ended with Xiong Ba unconscious in the rocks as Ji An stood victorious.

• Ji An refused Xiong Ba’s suspicious offer to trade and warned him not to approach.
• Xiong Ba attacked Ji An with a sonic roar as Black Eagle struck from behind with demonic clouds and wind blades.
• Ji An endured their attacks, then unleashed the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword and killed Black Eagle.
• Ji An used Finger Points to Steel to block Xiong Ba’s escape and attacked him with the Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Art and Li Di Flame Light Banner.
• Xiong Ba tried to counter with earthen spikes, but Ji An’s fireball blasted him into the rocks and knocked him unconscious.

Ji An captured a demon cultivator who ambushed him and brought the prisoner to True Lord Zhengyang, who uncovered the Heavenly Demon Alliance’s threat against the sect. True Lord Zhengyang gave Ji An a Mother-Child Heart Connection Jade for emergencies, and Ji An was left preparing to resume absorbing Qi despite the danger.

• Ji An defeated Xiong Ba, severed his limbs, healed him, and flew back to the sect with him as a prisoner.
• Ji An asked Lin Jiuxiao to interrogate the demon cultivator, but Lin Jiuxiao could not break through Xiong Ba’s Sea of Consciousness and took Ji An to see True Lord Zhengyang.
• True Lord Zhengyang soul-searched Xiong Ba and learned that he belonged to the Heavenly Demon Alliance, which had placed Ji An, Lin Jiuxiao, and others on a kill list.
• True Lord Zhengyang ordered Lin Jiuxiao to strengthen the Enforcement Hall’s patrols and told Ji An that the new Golden Core cultivator in the alliance was unlikely to target him immediately.
• True Lord Zhengyang gave Ji An a child jade from a Mother-Child Heart Connection Jade and taught him how to use it to signal for help.

Ji An continued cultivating and strengthening his tamed beasts after the Demon Cultivator ambush, then spent five years improving his techniques and gathering spirit silk. After visiting his aging master, he brought high-grade Earth Spirit Fruits to Treasure Pavilion and asked Jia Yu to inform Rock Ancestor.

• True Lord Zhengyang explained that Demon Cultivators were best regarded as demonic beasts, and Ji An asked to learn the Soul Search Technique before setting out for Divine Eagle Cliff.
• Ji An fed Demon Cultivator flesh to his tamed beasts, then learned from Lin Jiuxiao that the stronghold had been captured and that two of its members had led to the ambush.
• Over five years, Ji An opened more of his Gold Mansion, raised the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword to Great Perfection, and used spiritual essence to improve two spells.
• Ji An collected the fallen Earth Spirit Fruits and noted that his tamed beasts had grown stronger after eating Origin Seeking Demon Cultivator flesh.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying at Condensing Emerald Cliff and saw that her life fire was fading.
• Ji An gave Jia Yu a jar of high-grade spirit wine and asked him to tell Rock Ancestor that he had brought high-grade Earth Spirit Fruits.

Ji An arranged to have the Earth Dragon Beast soak his spider silk in its blood and secured a rare Void Stone for a spatial artifact. He then proposed specialized training for the Artifact Refining Hall, and Jia Yu planned to pass the idea on to the Patriarch.

• Ji An offered the Earth Dragon Beast spirit fruits, and it agreed to soak his spider silk in its blood until it was ready for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Jia Yu appraised a meteor stone brought in by Enforcement Hall disciples, and Ji An identified it as a Void Stone with a large internal space.
• Jia Yu explained that the sect would refine and reinforce the Void Stone before selling it to Ji An, who paid a thirty-thousand-minor-merit deposit.
• Jia Yu praised Ji An’s reforms at the Department of Agriculture and said the Patriarch was considering similar changes in other halls.
• Ji An proposed training talented artifact refiners to make high-level tools while having other disciples specialize in individual processes, and Jia Yu offered to present the idea to the Patriarch.

Ji An discussed assembly-line production, spirit-herb supplies, pill research, and travel plans with Jia Yu before returning to Crimson Flame Peak and breaking up Big Yellow’s chase of Youyou. Half a month later, Ji An collected his finished Void Stone pendant and found that its storage space had grown to one zhang five.

• Ji An warned Jia Yu that assembly-line production could leave low-level disciples unable to make a living, then suggested that the Puppet Hall was suited to the method.
• Jia Yu and Ji An discussed Crimson Cloud Pines, honey as a possible pill ingredient, and Han Yan’s need to travel to consume Earth Element Qi; Jia Yu proposed that Ji An accompany her.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, stopped Big Yellow from chasing Youyou, and warned Big Yellow not to chase the other tamed beasts again.
• Half a month later, Ji An received Jia Yu’s message, traveled to the Treasure Pavilion, and collected the Void Stone pendant Zhu Xiangrong had refined.
• Ji An tested the pendant’s Void Realm Space and found it had expanded from one zhang three to one zhang five.

Ji An learned about Void Stones and small worlds before spending a year strengthening his cultivation and spells. He then completed the blood sacrifice for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, gaining another Top-Grade Spirit Tool and instructions to nourish it with Earth Element essence.

• Ji An bought a large void realm space, and Zhu Xiangrong explained how to bind and later release its control rights.
• Ji An and the others discussed how small worlds could be claimed, grow, and preserve a sect's resources across generations.
• A year later, Ji An reviewed his improved cultivation and spell mastery before Zhu Xiangrong summoned him to Red Copper Mountain for the banner's blood sacrifice.
• Ji An bled onto the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and Zhu Xiangrong completed its refinement as the banner's qilin pattern fused with the blood sacrifice.
• The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner entered Ji An's dantian, and Zhu Xiangrong advised him to feed it Earth Element essence and Spirit Stones.