Chapter Summaries

Ji An hosted Wei Songnian before his friend left the sect to return to Minor Bamboo Mountain, offering support and asking him to acquire Earth Element Essence. A month later, Ji An accompanied Wei Songnian and the Wei Clan on their journey home, where the chapter left them traveling by flying boat toward Minor Bamboo Mountain.

• Zhu Xiangrong praised Ji An for providing high-grade Sword Bamboo Golden Leaves, and Ji An predicted that Crimson Flame Peak could soon cultivate Top-Grade Sword Bamboo.
• Ji An fed Earth Element Essence to the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, then sent invitations to Wei Songnian and Zhang Cuihua before practicing opening his Metal Divine Mansion.
• Ji An met Wei Songnian by the Cold Pool, learned that Wei Songnian would leave the sect to stabilize the Minor Bamboo Mountain Wei Clan, and promised to visit and lend his presence.
• Ji An asked Wei Songnian to acquire as much Earth Element Essence as possible, and Wei Songnian agreed to arrange regular deliveries after settling the clan's affairs.
• A month later, Ji An boarded the Wei Clan's flying boat with Wei Songnian, Yin Qiuyun, Bai Qi, and Bai Lin to travel to Minor Bamboo Mountain.

Wang Hao and Zhang Hongjiang planned to seize Minor Bamboo Mountain, but Wei Songnian returned with Ji An, a powerful Golden Spirit Sect cultivator, for the Wei Clan's succession ceremony. Ji An's presence forced the rogue cultivators to abandon their hostile plans and seek good relations with the clan.

• Wang Hao decided to attend the Wei Clan's succession feast with a high-grade artifact as a gift, intending to reclaim it later if he moved against the clan.
• On the journey home, Yin Qiuyun worried about sending Wei Bailin to the Golden Spirit Sect, while Wei Songnian explained why an early entry could benefit their son.
• Wei Songnian told Ji An that fewer than a hundred Wei Clan members remained and described the sect's promised Foundation Establishment Pills and tribute reduction.
• Zhang Hongjiang mocked the delayed succession ceremony until a Wei Clan disciple announced that Wei Songnian's flying boat was arriving.
• Ji An descended with Wei Songnian and revealed his friendship with him, prompting Wang Hao to realize he could not safely oppose the Wei Clan.

After attending Wei Songnian’s clan-head ceremony, Ji An left Minor Bamboo Mountain and headed back to his sect. Elsewhere, the demonic cultivator Yun Nianrong prepared to change locations, then spotted a passing cultivator and set out to attack.

• Wei Songnian became head of the Wei Clan, and Ji An warned him to stay alert around the rogue cultivators occupying Luoqing Mountain.
• Ji An gave Wei Songnian a Foundation Establishment Late Stage talisman soldier and four Top-Grade Explosion Talismans before leaving Minor Bamboo Mountain the next morning.
• Yun Nianrong used a secret medicine from the Blood Demon’s remnant soul to suppress resentment while preserving blood energy, and fed corpses to her Blood Beast.
• Yun Nianrong decided to leave the Golden Spirit Sect’s territory and planned to build her strength before taking revenge on the three sects.
• Yun Nianrong spotted a Fiery Auspicious Cloud passing nearby, disguised her Blood Cloud to resemble a Fire Element Cloud, and flew out to attack its rider.

Ji An fought Yun Nianrong, a demonic cultivator who attacked him with a blood river, Blood Crows, and soul techniques. He drove her into retreat with his powerful spells, then found a black jade slip on the ground.

• Ji An spotted Yun Nianrong approaching and prepared for battle, while her Soul-Corroding Demonic Sound failed to affect him.
• Yun Nianrong unleashed her blood river and Blood Crows, but Ji An countered with the Li Di Flame Light Banner and Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword, inflicting heavy losses.
• Yun Nianrong attacked with blood pythons, black mist, and a skeletal hand as Ji An launched a powerful sword strike that wounded her and split the blood river.
• Yun Nianrong struck Ji An with a Spiritual Roar, but he endured it and pressed his attack, forcing her to burn the blood river and flee with the Blood Escape Technique.
• Ji An gave up the pursuit and discovered a black jade slip on the ground.

Ji An recovered the Spiritual Roar soul-attack technique from a damaged Jade Slip, reported his encounter with Yun Nianrong to True Lord Zhengyang, and began learning the spell. Yun Nianrong escaped to Falling Maple Valley’s territory with severe injuries and vowed revenge on the Golden Spirit Sect.

• Ji An found the Spiritual Roar secret art on the damaged Jade Slip, copied its formula, and destroyed the original.
• Ji An met True Lord Zhengyang, who searched the battle site but could not track Yun Nianrong, then advised Ji An about future travel.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, learned to cast Spiritual Roar, and decided to keep the technique from the sect until he reached the Golden Core Stage.
• Yun Nianrong fled for two days, killing Foundation Establishment cultivators to replenish her Blood River before hiding in Falling Maple Valley’s territory.
• Yun Nianrong assessed her damaged Blood River, weakened Blood Beast, and severed legs, then vowed to ambush the Golden Spirit Sect after reaching Blood Core Stage.

Ji An opened the Lung's Gold Mansion and continued cultivating while tending his medicinal garden and planning to open the Water Element Divine Mansion next. He visited his aging master and arranged for the Department of Agriculture to provide Foundation Establishment Pills to its promising disciples.

• Ji An opened the Lung's Gold Mansion, strengthening his white flame and confirming his plans to perfect the Earth Mansion before the Metal Mansion and then open the Water Mansion.
• Ji An tended his medicinal garden, where the Blood Luo Fruit and Sky Origin Ginseng neared maturity, and considered what to plant after harvesting them.
• Ji An practiced his spells, absorbed Solar Bing Fire, and fed the resulting heart fluid into the Primordial Life Fire.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying at Condensing Emerald Cliff and kept her company despite worrying about her deteriorating health.
• Ji An told the Department of Agriculture's deacons to prepare ten batches of Foundation Establishment Pills for promising disciples, and Lin Mao reported that the hall had 119 Foundation Establishment Cultivators and a success rate above sixty percent.

Ji An arranged rewards and a Foundation Establishment Pill batch to strengthen the Department of Agriculture, then gave Han Yan a Longevity Peach in exchange for help finding spirit seeds. Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein began advancing ahead of schedule, and Ji An awaited its eruption with Zhu Xiangrong and Jia Yu when a silver streak appeared overhead.

• Ji An ordered Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea rewards for the top fifty disciples and told Kong Yunyi and Lin Mao to arrange for the best Alchemist to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Han Yan visited Ji An, confirmed the pills could be allocated through normal procedures, and learned that his cultivation methods had accelerated the medicinal herbs’ growth.
• Ji An gave Han Yan a stored Longevity Peach for her friend’s urgent need, asking her to help collect rare spirit seeds in return.
• Ji An noticed Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein advancing early and sent messages to Zhu Xiangrong, Jia Yu, Zhang Zizhao, Ge Luoying, and Old Ancestor Zhengyang.
• Half a month later, Zhu Xiangrong and Jia Yu brought disciples to Crimson Flame Peak ahead of its expected eruption and told Ji An that the ancestor planned to upgrade its Spirit Vein Nodes.
• As Ji An, Zhu Xiangrong, and Jia Yu waited in a bamboo grove, a silver streak emerged from the clouds with a thunderous sword cry.

Li Haoran and Ge Luoying joined Ji An and the others to collect resources from Crimson Flame Peak’s eruption, while Ji An gained a deeper understanding of the Five Elements. After the harvest, Jia Yu explained that the peak’s spiritual treasures might have been nurtured by ancient, higher-grade Spirit Veins, and Li Haoran asked Ji An about his Phoenix Wood.

• Li Haoran returned from the Far North with transformed sword intent, and Jia Yu, Zhu Xiangrong, and Ji An welcomed him before agreeing to reserve some of the eruption’s resources for the sect’s secret vault.
• Ge Luoying arrived as Crimson Flame Peak erupted, and Li Haoran, Ge Luoying, and Zhu Xiangrong set off to gather resources while Ji An and Jia Yu watched the eruption.
• Ji An absorbed profound Five Elements insights from the eruption and gained far more Dao essence than he had during the previous one.
• The cultivators searched the peak and divided its Spiritual Items, then Jia Yu explained that the treasures could have come from ancient Grade 3 or fourth-tier Spirit Veins that once existed there.
• Jia Yu asked Ji An to report the Spirit Vein’s advancement so Hall Master Zhang could arrange a survey, and Li Haoran asked Ji An whether his Phoenix Wood could advance to the fourth tier.

Ji An arranged for Li Haoran to cultivate Wood Element Qi at Crimson Flame Peak and asked him for combat training. Their spar showed how Ji An’s layered defenses and elemental spells could counter Li Haoran’s dual sword intents, until Li Haoran escalated with the Heavenly River Sword Art.

• Li Haoran asked to build a cottage at Crimson Flame Peak so he could consume Wood Element Qi while opening his Wood Element Divine Mansion, and Ji An agreed in exchange for a favor.
• Li Haoran confirmed that he had comprehended Water-element icy sword intent in addition to Metal sword intent, then warned Ji An that travel outside the sect could involve deadly clashes with rogue cultivators.
• Ji An asked Li Haoran to train him in combat Arts, and he prepared for their spar with defensive spells and the Li Di Flame Light Banner and Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Li Haoran tested Ji An with increasing numbers of sword lights, but Ji An’s Golden Light Art and Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner blocked and slowed them.
• Li Haoran unleashed twenty-seven sword lights infused with both sword intents, and Ji An used the Sacred Flame Mantra to dispel the accumulating cold.
• Li Haoran said he would get serious without layering sword intent onto his next attack, then unleashed the Heavenly River Sword Art as a torrent of Sword Qi.

Ji An fought Li Haoran to a standstill, then accepted a demon beast hide as a deposit for future Sword Bamboo Golden Leaves. At Condensing Emerald Cliff, Ji An discovered that one Spiritual Peach Tree had matured into a Grade 2 Top-tier Spiritual Peach and strengthened it with spells.

• Ji An and Li Haoran exchanged powerful attacks in a prolonged spar, with neither able to overcome the other's offense and defenses.
• After two quarters of an hour, Ji An called off the fight, and both men acknowledged that victory would be difficult; Li Haoran proposed sparring again after opening a Wood Element Divine Mansion.
• Li Haoran gave Ji An fourth-transformation Origin Seeking realm beast hide as a deposit for future Sword Bamboo Golden Leaves, and Ji An agreed to provide a mix of medium- and high-grade leaves later.
• Ji An visited his master's cave dwelling and learned that his master had gone out to see old friends, then cast spells over the medicinal garden.
• At the Rock Wall, Ji An found that the stoutest Spiritual Peach Tree had become a Grade 2 Top-tier Spiritual Peach, with Purple Crystal Bees circling it.
• Ji An cast the Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art, Sacred Flame Mantra, and Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Art on the tree before leaving satisfied.

Ji An toured Crimson Flame Peak, casting spells across its Spirit Fields and reflecting on the many spirit plants and creatures he had cultivated. The chapter ended with him checking on his companions, including Big Yellow, Golden Fur, and the Golden Feathered Eagle, whose cultivation had advanced.

• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, postponed reporting his news to the Ancestor Masters, and arranged dinner with Zhang Cuihua.
• Ji An cast growth, rain, fire, and earth spells across his orchards and Spirit Fields, tending crops that included high-grade Sky Origin Pears and Spiritual Peaches.
• Ji An inspected the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree and other mature plants, noting their products, harvest cycles, and potential uses.
• Ji An nurtured the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire, observed the nearly mature lotus pod, and tended the high-grade Phoenix Wood in the lava cavern.
• Ji An visited the Copper Pattern Mulberry Field and found Big Yellow asleep; Big Yellow had reached Foundation Establishment Layer 8, Golden Fur Layer 7, and the Golden Feathered Eagle Layer 5.

Ji An informed the sect that he had cultivated a Top-Grade Second-tier Spiritual Peach Tree, prompting its leaders to rush to see it and offer him a reward. He asked the sect to seek out rare spirit seeds and seedlings for him.

• Ji An harvested the last two Blood Luo fruits, destroyed the tree, and tended the remaining Sky Origin Ginseng.
• Ji An reassured Zhang Cuihua about her place at Crimson Flame Peak and gave her Spirit Stones to study spirit-fish farming.
• Ji An sent messages to sect elders announcing his Top-Grade Spiritual Peach Tree and the improved Crimson Flame Peak Spirit Vein.
• Ge Ying learned of the peach tree and hurried with Zhong Yuefei to Condensing Emerald Cliff, while True Lord Zhengyang and True Lord Yuxiao also went to see it.
• True Lord Zhengyang offered Ji An an additional request beyond the reward for cultivating the tree, and Ji An asked the sect to find him rare spirit seeds and seedlings.

Ji An received the sect’s support for his requests to obtain cultivation knowledge, spells, and spirit-tool forging methods, then continued cultivating at Crimson Flame Peak. After refining his Dao Rhyme, his Geng Metal Dao Seed advanced to top-grade, leaving him astonished by its apparent Golden Core-level rank.

• True Lord Zhengyang promised to seek Central Continent cultivation inheritances for Ji An, while prioritizing knowledge over spells and spirit-tool forging methods because the sect needed to buy Golden Core Pills.
• Ge Ying predicted that the top-grade Spiritual Peach would bear fruit within ten years, and Ji An said his other Spiritual Peach might not reach top-grade within thirty years because he planned to leave the sect to seek Wood Element Qi.
• Ji An nourished his two Five Elements Banners, refined an Earth Origin Soul Calming Pill, and opened another inner vein pattern while cultivating the Water Element Divine Mansion.
• Ji An ordered Stone Turtle to refine Dao Rhyme and improve his Dao Seeds, causing his Geng Metal Dao Seed to erupt in white light and fly into his Metal Element Divine Mansion.
• Ji An discovered that his Geng Metal Dao Seed had become top-grade and gained the true intent of the Geng Metal Dao spells “Unstoppable Art, All Things Wither.”

Ji An tested the improved power of his Metal Element Spells, then steadied his excitement by practicing talisman drawing. He later joined the sect’s inspection of Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein, and Zhang Zizhao chose the faster upgrade plan despite sacrificing the newly added outer fields.

• Ji An failed to elevate his Jitu Dao Seed, but discovered that his Golden Light Art and Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword had become faster and far more destructive.
• After spending the night excited by his new strength, Ji An calmed himself by drawing talismans before joining Zhang Zizhao, Jia Yu, and Chu Huaige for breakfast.
• Ji An accompanied Chu Huaige and the others as they inspected the Spirit Vein Nodes around Crimson Flame Peak.
• Chu Huaige explained that expanding the formation would take more than two hundred years to raise the Spirit Vein, while preserving its original area would take at least thirty-five or thirty-six years and cause the outer fields’ earth veins to wither.
• Zhang Zizhao chose the second plan, with Jia Yu agreeing that the sect should prioritize cultivating higher-grade spirit plants sooner.

Ji An completed the upgrade of Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein and arranged to raise new Spirit Fish, while reflecting on friendships that had faded as his cultivation advanced. Two years later, Ge Ying watched the sunrise at Condensing Emerald Cliff and died peacefully in her chair.

• Chu Huaige calculated the resources needed to upgrade Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein, and Jia Yu and Zhang Zizhao arranged to supply them.
• Four and a half months later, Chu Huaige activated the upgraded formation and promised to return each year to maintain it.
• Ji An invited Liang Qiu and Huang Feihu to discuss raising delicious Spirit Fish, and Liang Qiu provided six suitable varieties and their breeding methods.
• Liang Qiu and Huang Feihu accepted Spirit Fruit gifts and left, while Ji An considered how his growing cultivation gap had distanced him from old friends.
• Two years later, Ge Ying sat with Tian Jin’s help to watch the sunrise, then peacefully died as a yellow leaf drifted down.

Tian Jin discovered that Ge Ying had died, and Ji An arranged her funeral and scattered her ashes over Condensing Emerald Cliff. Afterward, Ge Ying’s disciples fought over her remaining alchemy furnaces before agreeing to auction them, and Ji An promised to host a gathering at Crimson Flame Peak before he left to travel.

• Tian Jin found that Ge Ying had passed away while watching the sunrise, and Ji An returned to find his master dead.
• Ji An informed Ge Luoying, his fellow disciples, and the Pill Cauldron Institute, which arranged Ge Ying’s funeral three days later.
• Ge Luoying, Ji An, and the others scattered Ge Ying’s ashes over Condensing Emerald Cliff according to her final wish.
• Zhu Qinghao proposed distributing Ge Ying’s belongings by alchemy ability, but Zhong Yuefei proposed auctioning the furnaces, and the disciples approved her plan.
• The disciples auctioned Ge Ying’s pills and alchemy furnaces, with Zhong Yuefei, Li Lingyu, and Mu Qingwan winning furnaces.
• Zhong Yuefei proposed that the disciples keep in touch, and Ji An agreed to host them at Crimson Flame Peak before leaving to travel.

Ji An prepared to travel to the Southern Continent, helped Tian Jin pursue alchemy training and receive a promised Foundation Establishment Pill, and joined a farewell gathering for Liu Yu. After the gathering, Ji An opened his Water Element Divine Mansion and advanced his body-refining cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage; the next day, he arranged his Department of Agriculture duties before visiting Sunrise Peak.

• Ji An explained that he needed to travel beyond the sect to absorb Earth Element Qi, while Liu Yu said he would soon depart for the Southern Continent.
• Tian Jin returned Ge Ying’s Dharma Restriction token, and Ji An told her that Ge Ying had arranged a Foundation Establishment Pill and helped her apply to the Pill Cauldron Institute.
• Ji An and the others held a farewell banquet for Liu Yu, where Ji An revealed that he also planned to travel to the Southern Continent.
• After returning from the banquet, Ji An refined the spirit wine and opened his Water Element Divine Mansion, advancing his body-refining cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Ji An told Kong Yunyi to manage Department of Agriculture matters while he visited Sunrise Peak and confirmed that the Foundation Establishment Pill allocation list was finalized.

Ji An told True Lord Zhengyang that he had opened vein patterns in all five organs and learned he might possess the rare Five Elements Dao Body. As Ji An prepared to travel to the Southern Continent with Han Yan, he also checked his disciples’ progress, praising Han Shan for completing a farming spell while Lin Lan remained behind.

• Ji An told True Lord Zhengyang that he had opened the Water and Metal Divine Mansions after developing vein patterns in all five organs, and True Lord Zhengyang suspected he had a Five Elements Dao Body.
• True Lord Zhengyang warned Ji An to keep the secret and explained that the sect lacked a Nascent Soul inheritance, so Ji An might need to seek one beyond the Western Continent.
• Ji An told True Lord Zhengyang he would travel to the Southern Continent when the Merchant Airship arrived, and agreed to go with Han Yan.
• Ji An instructed Lin Mao and another deputy hall master to take medicinal ingredients to the Pill Cauldron Institute and bring back refined Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Ji An questioned Lin Lan and Han Shan about their farming spells; Lin Lan had not completed one, while Han Shan had mastered the Thick Earth Return Origin Spell.

Ji An’s Department of Agriculture gained forty-eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and he offered them rare spirit seeds and bamboo saplings. A year later, tea trees at Crimson Flame Peak began producing seeds, just as Ji An prepared for an upcoming journey.

• Ji An advised Lin Lan and the other disciple to study the divine intent in their cultivation methods and told them he would travel after the Department of Agriculture was established.
• Lin Mao and Kong Yunyi delivered Foundation Establishment Pills, and Ji An ordered them distributed among the disciples.
• Lin Mao reported that forty-eight of sixty-six pill users had reached Foundation Establishment, and Ji An offered the new cultivators spirit seeds and bamboo saplings in exchange for Contribution Points.
• Ji An instructed Lin Mao and Kong Yunyi to organize the new cultivators and assign them to oversee medicinal gardens after three years.
• After a year of cultivation and talisman practice, Ji An learned from Wei Songtao that all three tea trees had begun producing seeds, then rode the Green Deer to inspect them.

Ji An harvested a small number of tea seeds, identified rare Azure Wave Spirit Mist Tree seeds brought by Han Yan, and discussed their future plans for the Southern Continent. He then arranged with Zhang Zizhao to transplant Sky Origin Pears so he could plant the new spirit trees on Crimson Flame Peak.

• Ji An collected twelve Cloud Top Jade Tree seeds and three Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree seeds, then asked Wei Songtao to commission a bell collar for the Green Deer.
• Han Yan visited Ji An, who identified her two seeds as Azure Wave Spirit Mist Trees and agreed to share a portion of their future harvest with her.
• Han Yan asked about the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire and Ji An estimated it would mature in about a hundred years; they also discussed their spirit tools and journey to the Southern Continent.
• Ji An visited Zhang Zizhao to arrange moving Sky Origin Pears from Crimson Flame Peak to Condensing Emerald Cliff, where he planned to plant the Azure Wave Spirit Mist Trees.
• Zhang Zizhao agreed to pay Ji An fifty major merits and fifty thousand Contribution Points per successfully transplanted tree, with five years to judge success.