Chapter Summaries

Ji An transplanted two Sky Origin Pear trees to test whether second-tier spirit wood could survive transplantation, but both trees died. Later, his Azure Dragon Wood trees manifested Azure Dragon phantoms and revealed themselves to be second-tier top-grade spirit trees, leaving him stunned by their extraordinary growth.

• Ji An and Zhang Zizhao agreed that Ji An would test transplanting two Sky Origin Pear trees, with the sect offering a reward if they survived.
• Ji An had Wei Songtao and Tian Tiezhu move the pear trees to Condensing Emerald Cliff, where he and Zhang Zizhao planted them and recorded the trial.
• Ji An used the Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Incantation and other spells to nurture the soil around two spirit seeds at the Cold Pool, while Wei Songtao earned Spirit Stones for preparing the old planting holes.
• Both transplanted Sky Origin Pear trees died, first one and then the other, leaving Ji An unable to judge the overall survival rate from such a small sample.
• While casting spells on his Jade Leaf Mulberry field, Ji An heard dragon roars and saw Azure Dragon phantoms above two Azure Dragon Wood trees.
• Ji An touched the trees and sensed their powerful life force, realizing he had cultivated them into second-tier top-grade spirit trees; when he cast the Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art again, the phantoms reappeared and their roars merged.

Ji An harvested a mature Sky Origin Ginseng, strengthened several Five Elements Evasion Arts, and agreed to fell one Top-Grade Azure Dragon Wood for resources and knowledge. He ended by consulting Han Yan about planting valuable Origin Seeking herbs, learning that Crimson Flame Peak already supported ingredients for three kinds of pills.

• Ji An harvested the mature Sky Origin Ginseng and examined his cultivation, then used the Stone Turtle to improve his Fire, Gold, and Water Escape Techniques.
• True Lord Zhengyang and True Lord Yuxiao arrived at Crimson Flame Peak, saw the Top-Grade Azure Dragon Woods, and praised Ji An's skill in cultivating spirit wood.
• Ji An agreed to fell one Azure Dragon Wood and exchange its material for resources, while True Lord Zhengyang resolved to trade the sect's wealth for cultivation and artifact-refinement knowledge.
• Ji An felled one tree, set aside two zhang of its spiritual material, and left one zhang as rent for the spirit fields.
• Ji An visited Han Yan at the Pill Cauldron Institute and asked what valuable spirit herbs he should plant in his medicinal garden.
• Han Yan explained the available ingredients for Origin Seeking pills and advised Ji An that planting Sky Origin Ginseng remained his best option.

Ji An prepared to leave the sect with Han for a journey expected to last years, settling Crimson Flame Peak’s affairs and asking his fellow disciples to support his apprentices. The chapter ended with his friends giving him a farewell banquet and wishing him a smooth journey.

• Ji An sold Jia Yu mature Foundation Replenishing Pill ingredients for eighty thousand minor merit and learned that the Patriarch had ordered most high-grade resources traded for inherited knowledge.
• Ji An told the Department of Agriculture he would be away for years, delegated responsibility for the Spirit Fields, and assigned Lin Lan and Han Shan duties on Crimson Flame Peak.
• Ji An rebuked Lin Lan for refusing to join a group of Spirit Farmers, then arranged for her, Han Shan, and Green Deer to maintain Crimson Flame Peak during his absence.
• Ji An brought Lin Lan and Han Shan to Crimson Flame Peak, explained their responsibilities to Wei Songtao and the others, and asked his fellow disciples to help them if needed.
• Du Huaiyuan, Zhong Yuefei, Li Lingyu, Mu Qingwan, and the others attended Ji An’s farewell banquet and wished him a smooth journey.

Ji An and Han Yan received guidance and powerful thunder talismans from True Lord Zhengyang before traveling to Azure Cloud Immortal City. They boarded the Central Continent Merchant Airship to explore its shops, with Ji An determined to browse cautiously.

• True Lord Zhengyang warned Ji An and Han Yan about the Southern Continent’s dangerous factions and gu insects, then gave each disciple a Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talisman.
• Ji An asked about lightning arts, but True Lord Zhengyang said the sect had none and urged the disciples to help its inheritance grow.
• Ji An and Han Yan used the Teleportation Array to reach Azure Cloud Immortal City, where they saw the enormous Merchant Airship hovering nearby.
• Han Yan led Ji An aboard the airship, and a guard gave them jade plaques containing a map and explained the rules and fees.
• Ji An chose to browse the airship to broaden his horizons and told Han Yan he would avoid buying anything he could not use.

Ji An and Han Yan explored the Merchant Airships, trading goods and searching for supplies before visiting the Golden Puppet Pavilion to test puppets. Han Yan found a promising defensive puppet, while Ji An asked about scouting and offensive models.

• Han Yan showed Ji An the Myriad Treasure Tower and explained the Merchant Alliance’s shops as they browsed the outer district, where she sold pills and bought goods.
• Ji An searched for spiritwood seeds and useful pills but found little he needed, while Han Yan acquired herbs and pill formulas.
• Ji An and Han Yan visited the Golden Puppet Pavilion, where Han Yan requested defensive puppets and Ji An asked to see scouting and Origin Seeking-level offensive puppets.
• A deacon demonstrated a great ape puppet that withstood Han Yan’s perfected Explosive Fireball spells without damage.
• Han Yan was satisfied with the puppet and asked Ji An to help test it with other attack spells.

Ji An demonstrated that his Golden Light Art could severely damage a supposedly Origin Seeking-resistant Puppet, prompting Fang Shiping to explain the spell’s unusual power and Han Yan to test the Puppet with her own Origin Seeking attack. After comparing defensive Puppets, Han Yan chose the great ape model, and Ji An asked about buying one as the chapter ended with Fang Shiping quoting its price.

• Ji An’s Golden Light Art severed the great ape Puppet’s head, and Han Yan told the deacon to activate it to reveal the damage.
• Fang Shiping inspected the cut, watched Ji An damage the Puppet again, and explained that his Foundation Establishment spell struck with the force of an Origin Seeking cultivator’s Chaoyuan Stage spell.
• Han Yan attacked the Puppet six times with her Fire Dragon Burning Heaven Art and left a deep dent in its chest.
• Han Yan and Ji An tested four defensive Puppet models, and Han Yan chose the great ape model.
• Fang Shiping quoted forty high-grade Spirit Stones for the damaged Puppet, and Ji An asked what discount the Pavilion would offer if he and Han Yan bought together.

Ji An and his senior sister visited the Golden Puppet Pavilion to buy puppets and learned about the Thread Control Curse. After selling Azure Dragon Wood to cover the cost, Ji An acquired a Storm Thunder Eagle and received a Golden Winged Bird as a gift, leaving with the secret art.

• Fang Shiping offered Ji An and his senior sister the Thread Control Curse if they bought enough goods and swore not to share it.
• Steward Liu demonstrated the Golden Winged Bird scouting puppet, and Ji An examined it before asking about attack puppets.
• Fang Shiping demonstrated the Storm Thunder Eagle, and Ji An decided he wanted to buy it despite its high price.
• Ji An offered a section of Azure Dragon Wood when he lacked enough High-grade Spirit Stones, and he and Fang Shiping haggled over its value.
• Ji An sold both sections of Azure Dragon Wood, purchased the Storm Thunder Eagle, and received the Golden Winged Bird as a gift after swearing a Great Dao Oath.

Ji An finished shopping aboard the Merchant Airship, buying a combat puppet and commissioning a Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner replica for delivery in thirty years. Back at the sect’s encampment, Jia Yu gave him the pills and talismans exchanged by the sect and sent him off with advice before his travels abroad.

• Ji An learned that puppets could not cast farming spells with spell intent, then bought a second-tier top-grade flying puppet from Golden Puppet Pavilion.
• At Myriad Treasure Tower, Ji An negotiated a two-hundred-High-grade-Spirit-Stone order for a Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner replica to be crafted in thirty years.
• Ji An returned to the sect’s encampment, where Jia Yu reported the sect’s trading results and gave him a jade slip about treasure plants and the pills his minor merit had earned.
• Jia Yu advised Ji An to stay cautious while traveling abroad and gave him three Top-Grade Fire Dragon Talismans for protection.
• Ji An accepted Jia Yu’s gift and asked him to help with anything that happened at Crimson Flame Peak while he was away.

Ji An learned the Thread Control Curse and prepared to leave the sect, while the Golden Puppet Pavilion investigated the unusually potent Azure Dragon Wood he had traded. Its attempt to invite him back failed when its messenger learned Ji An had already left to travel.

• Jia Yu warned Ji An that the Shadowless Sect tortured outsiders into malevolent ghosts and advised him to avoid its territory.
• Ji An studied the Thread Control Curse, learned to split off a thread of Spiritual Sense, and raised his proficiency to 36% before stopping to rest.
• At the Golden Puppet Pavilion, Yun Feihe recognized the rare spirituality in the Azure Dragon Wood Fang Shiping had received from Ji An and ordered an indirect inquiry into its origin.
• The next morning, Liu Anqing visited the Golden Spirit Sect residence to invite Ji An to the pavilion, but Zhang Ping told him Ji An had left to travel.
• Liu Anqing left without meeting Ji An after Zhang Ping returned the Spirit Stone and explained that he could not pass along the invitation.

Ji An and Han Yan traveled toward Southern Continent, gathered Earth Element Qi, and prepared to camp for the night. A distant cry for help interrupted Ji An’s cultivation, leaving them to decide whether to investigate.

• Fang Shiping reported that his inquiry into Azure Dragon Wood had failed because the person he sought had left, and Yun Feihe advised him to record the lead for a possible future investigation.
• Ji An and Han Yan flew to Jade Flower Mountain, where Han Yan consumed two strands of Wutu Earth Qi before they continued to a damp valley.
• Ji An set the Golden Feathered Eagle and Golden Winged Bird to watch for threats while he and Han Yan gathered two strands of Earth Qi each.
• The pair traveled onward, rested their spiritual power, and reached an open campsite, where Ji An assigned his beast companions to guard the area and began cultivating.
• A panicked cry for help woke Ji An, and Han Yan asked whether they should respond.

Ji An and Han Yan confronted Yun Nianrong, the Demonic Cultivator who had escaped Ji An before, and overwhelmed her blood river with their spirit tools and spells. Yun Nianrong burned her blood essence to escape, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ji An recognized the distant attacker as Yun Nianrong and went to investigate with Han Yan, warning her about Yun Nianrong's powerful divine soul attacks.
• Yun Nianrong devoured cultivators from a large family and sensed Ji An and Han Yan approaching, believing they could help her reach the Blood Origin Stage.
• Ji An and Han Yan prepared their defenses and attacked Yun Nianrong's blood river, destroying many Blood Crows and dispersing the demonic sound.
• Ji An's spells and Han Yan's Sun Swallowing Pearl damaged the Bone Demons and rapidly weakened Yun Nianrong's blood river.
• Yun Nianrong abandoned her revenge, burned her blood essence, and used the Blood Escape Technique to flee.

Ji An and Han Yan drove off Yun Nianrong, an Origin Seeking Demonic Cultivator, and warned Falling Maple Valley about the threat. A month and a half later, they reached the entrance to Southern Continent, where they prepared to travel in ordinary robes and Ji An reflected on his spell training.

• Ji An killed the Bone Demon after Yun Nianrong fled, then burned its remains while Han Yan discussed the battle with him.
• Yun Nianrong assessed her losses and decided to forge the Nine Sons Soul Devourer from infants’ living souls and remains.
• Ji An and Han Yan searched the battlefield, then warned Xie Yunfeng and other Falling Maple Valley cultivators about the escaped demonic cultivator.
• Ji An and Han Yan continued south for a month and a half, reached the Mad Sand River, and changed their plans to enter Southern Continent without sect robes.
• Ji An checked his spell progress and noted that he could split his divine sense into six strands to control six puppets.

Ji An and Han Yan reached Rongman Immortal City to rest and buy supplies, but overheard news of treasures appearing at Rotten Peach Mountain. Learning the mountain lay southwest of the city, they left immediately to investigate before the local sects arrived.

• Ji An and Han Yan crossed the Mad Sand River and flew west toward Rongman Immortal City to replenish their elemental essences and gather spirit seeds.
• They entered Rongman Immortal City, received temporary jade tokens, and went to its largest restaurant for a meal and local news.
• Ji An and Han Yan heard that a secret realm near Rotten Peach Mountain had apparently collapsed, scattering Void Stones and spirit plants, and suspected it might have left behind a world core.
• Ji An pressured Old Zhang into revealing that Rotten Peach Mountain lay over four hundred li southwest of the city.
• Ji An and Han Yan paid compensation for their uneaten meal and set out for Rotten Peach Mountain.

Ji An and Han Yan searched Rotten Peach Mountain for treasures after a secret realm collapsed, finding rare spiritual plants and a Void Stone before Peach Blossom Miasma forced them to pause. Earth Fiend Gate arrived to claim the mountain and inspect everyone’s gains, while hidden Golden Core cultivators challenged its demand.

• Ji An and Han Yan split up to search Rotten Peach Mountain, with Ji An sending Golden Fur and the Golden Winged Bird to help him explore the eastern side.
• Golden Fur found an unknown spiritual plant, and Ji An gathered more unfamiliar plants and roots as he searched through the night.
• Han Yan returned with a Void Stone, and she and Ji An rested and recovered their spiritual sense before the mountain basin filled with pink miasma.
• Han Yan discovered that the miasma blocked further searching, and Ji An learned that Earth Fiend Gate might soon arrive to claim the area.
• Earth Fiend Gate’s Golden Core cultivators ordered the treasure hunters to leave and submit their finds for inspection, but two hidden Golden Core cultivators challenged them.
• An Earth Fiend Gate cultivator declared that the challengers had no choice as yellow sand and sinister winds swept across the basin.

Ji An and the other cultivators were forced to submit to Netherworld True Monarch’s inspection as the Earth Fiend Gate searched Rotten Peach Mountain for a world core. The inspection revealed a dangerous unstable fragment and then a fully nurtured small world, which Netherworld True Monarch secretly kept while concealing his discovery.

• Netherworld True Monarch arrived at Rotten Peach Mountain and ordered the gathered cultivators to form four lines for inspection.
• Ji An and Han Yan joined the line and worried that the Earth Fiend Gate might discover Ji An’s hidden Void Stone.
• Sang Chen showed Netherworld True Monarch a small unstable world fragment, and Netherworld True Monarch returned it after judging it unsafe to keep.
• Sang Ji secretly marked the fragment with refined corpse dust before returning it to its owner.
• Another Earth Fiend Gate cultivator found a star-patterned sphere, and Netherworld True Monarch discovered that it contained a nurtured small world.
• Netherworld True Monarch secretly kept the sphere, created a convincing replica, and told the cultivators it was merely a strange stone that blocked divine sense.

Ji An and Han Yan escaped the Earth Fiend Gate’s inspection without losing their possessions, then stayed in Rongman Immortal City while Nascent Soul cultivators clashed near Rotten Peach Mountain. After buying Five Elements Essence and trading spirit seeds, Ji An encountered a mysterious metal-element seed identified as Vajra Bodhi.

• Netherworld True Monarch concealed that he already possessed the world core, while Sang Ji marked Ji An’s pendant and Void Stone with corpse dust during the Earth Fiend Gate’s inspection.
• Ji An and Han Yan left for Rongman Immortal City and decided to stay there to avoid danger from a possible conflict between the Earth Fiend Gate and Shadowless Sect.
• After sleeping for two days, Ji An spent ten thousand Spirit Stones on fire-element and earth-element Five Elements Essence, and he and Han Yan learned of a Nascent Soul battle near Rotten Peach Mountain.
• Ji An and Han Yan visited Azure Dragon Street, where Han Yan sold pills and Ji An offered high-grade spirit seeds in exchange for others.
• A shopkeeper showed Ji An a Mid-grade Second-tier metal-element spirit seed and revealed that it belonged to a Vajra Bodhi tree.

Ji An acquired a rare Vajra Bodhi Seed, while True Lord Cangwu considered the Merchant Alliance’s role in Western Continent and its supply of Golden Core Pills. Ji An and Han Yan decided to leave Rongman Immortal City for the dangerous Zangyin Mountain Range, while Sang Ji’s group killed Azhalong.

• Ji An and Han Yan bargained with the shopkeeper and traded two Sky Origin Pear seeds and a Dragon Blood Tree seed, plus five mid-grade Spirit Stones, for the Vajra Bodhi Seed.
• True Lord Zhengyang asked True Lord Cangwu to reserve two Golden Core Pills for the Golden Spirit Sect, but received only a verbal promise.
• True Lord Cangwu recorded what he had learned about Western Continent’s growing strength and the Merchant Alliance’s supply of high-grade resources.
• Ji An proposed leaving Rongman Immortal City to consume Qi in the Zangyin Mountain Range, and Han Yan agreed despite the ancestor’s warning about its dangers.
• Sang Ji’s group watched as refined corpses killed Azhalong, then Sang Ji mocked the dead cultivator’s combat ability.

Sang You and Sang Ji celebrated a successful ambush and planned more attacks, while Ji An and Han Yan traveled toward the Zangyin Mountain Range. Their cautious camp preparations exposed an Earth Fiend Gate ambush, and they faced several Black Zombies and four cultivators.

• Sang You and Sang Ji divided the loot from their victim and discussed using Moon Zombie fluid to break open more Void Stones.
• Ji An and Han Yan ended their lease, left Rongman Immortal City, and traveled southwest toward the Zangyin Mountain Range.
• Ji An and Han Yan camped in open terrain, set their beast pets to guard, and used Finger Points to Steel to block underground threats.
• Ji An noticed mist closing in from every direction and warned Han Yan, who illuminated the area with the Sun Swallowing Pearl.
• Several Black Zombies emerged from underground after crashing into Ji An's reinforced earth, and the pair recognized an Earth Fiend Gate attack.
• Ji An sent his beast pets away as he spotted four enemies in the clouds, including the cultivator who had inspected his Storage Bag.

Ji An and Han Yan fought an ambush by Earth Fiend Gate cultivators and their corpse refinements, and Ji An swiftly killed three of the four attackers. The last cultivator reached the ground and hid behind Black Zombies, leaving Ji An to confront him before he could escape underground.

• Ji An warned Han Yan about the four hidden enemies, prepared their talismans and defenses, and flew toward the attackers while evading the corpse refinements.
• Sang Ji drew Ji An closer with a decoy bone shield, but Ji An killed him with the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword, dispersing the black clouds.
• Han Yan blasted a bone shield aside with the Sun Swallowing Pearl as Ji An killed two more Earth Fiend Gate cultivators.
• Sang You landed among the four Black Zombies and considered using Earth Evasion to flee, while Ji An decided to pursue him to prevent future danger.
• Ji An descended to the ground, drew two Black Zombies toward him, and formed a single flying sword to attack Sang You from behind their cover.

Ji An and Han Yan defeated an Earth Fiend Gate ambush, fled to Qianren Mountain, and inspected their spoils. A strange Gourd Stone awakened the Stone Turtle and drew Ji An's divine sense into a perilous space, where the turtle appeared alive.

• Ji An killed Sang You and the attacking Black Zombies with the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword, while Han Yan and her allies helped hold off the assault.
• Ji An and Han Yan collected the spoils, burned the corpses, and fled toward the Zangyin Mountain Range before continuing to Qianren Mountain.
• In a hidden cavern, they found eight sealed Void Stones, white bone spirit tools, and spirit plants among the loot; Han Yan accepted some items after Ji An insisted they share the spoils.
• Ji An discovered a gourd-shaped gray stone that stirred the Stone Turtle, then concealed his interest while dividing the remaining items with Han Yan.
• As Han Yan recovered, Ji An's divine sense entered a barren, storm-wracked space, where he found the Stone Turtle alive on his shoulder and asked why it had brought him there.