Chapter Summaries

Ji An prepared to leave the sect and travel to the Central Continent, arranging supplies and saying farewell to his fellow disciples. The chapter ended with him entrusting Crimson Flame Peak to his disciples before departing the next day.

• Ji An asked Jia Yu to exchange his minor merits for ten Geng Metal Divine Thunder Talismans, and Jia Yu told him that True Lord Zhengyang planned to leave for the Central Continent with Junior Sister Han.
• True Lord Zhengyang explained that he intended to obtain the Golden Core Pill formula or buy pills in the Central Continent, gave Ji An two Bing Fire Divine Thunder Talismans, and planned to sell corpse puppets there for Grade 3 water- and metal-element materials.
• Ji An handed over his Department of Agriculture duties and medicinal garden, then received the ten Geng Metal Divine Thunder Talismans from Jia Yu five days later.
• At a farewell gathering, Du Huaiyuan asked his fellow disciples to look after his wife and children if he died, while Zhong Yuefei told Ji An she expected to reach Origin Seeking by their next meeting.
• Ji An entrusted Crimson Flame Peak to his two disciples and told them not to involve themselves in Department of Agriculture affairs unless they reached Origin Seeking.

Ji An prepared Crimson Flame Peak and instructed Lin Lan and Han Shan on caring for its spirit plants before leaving the sect with his spirit beasts. Three months into his journey, he perfected the Thread Control Curse and entered Gular Pass on his way toward Silver Moon City.

• Ji An guided Lin Lan and Han Shan through the spirit fields, explaining their care and sharing plans for seeds, Soul Nurturing Pendants, and Soul Incense.
• Ji An transferred useful resources into the Void Realm Space, practiced the Thread Control Curse, and prepared the spirit plants he would leave behind.
• Ji An left Crimson Flame Peak with the Golden Feathered Eagle, Big Yellow, and Golden Fur.
• Three months later, Ji An perfected the Thread Control Curse while traveling toward the Northern Star Mountain Range.
• Ji An entered Gular Pass, stowed the Golden Feathered Eagle, and rode the clouds alone through the freezing gale.

Ji An arrived in Silver Moon City, bought spirit soil to improve his Spirit Fields, and rented a cave dwelling for his stay. He then entered the Gourd World to enrich its Spirit Fields and tend its growing spirit plants.

• Ji An entered Silver Moon City, obtained an Identity Jade Token, and hired a broker to help him find spirit soil.
• Ji An visited several shops, then bought two thousand jin each of five types of spirit soil from Zhang's Spirit Rice Shop for six thousand Spirit Stones.
• Ji An rented a Mid-grade Second-tier cave dwelling for three thousand Spirit Stones per year and released his three spirit beasts in the Beast Taming Room.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and spread Yellow Crystal Soil over the earth-element Spirit Field, then cast the Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Art.
• Ji An spread soil over the other Spirit Fields and cast their corresponding cultivation arts as the spirit plants grew and the pond's fish leaped from the water.

After three years of cultivation and work in Silver Moon City, Ji An’s small world spirit vein advanced to Grade 1 Top-Grade, transforming its fields and spirit plants. The next day, he visited Zhuang Jingcheng’s talisman shop to deliver talismans and ask for the promised map.

• Ji An cultivated the Five Elements Cycle Scripture, reviewed his insights into yin and yang, and continued practicing escape techniques around Silver Moon City.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and discovered that its spirit vein had advanced to Grade 1 Top-Grade, causing its spiritual energy and fields to expand.
• Ji An inspected the growing Gathering Origin Tree, spirit plants, and spirit creatures, then cast the Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Art on the Spirit Fields.
• At the Zhuang Family Treasure Talisman Shop, Zhuang Jingcheng praised the popularity of Ji An’s talismans and asked how many he had brought.
• Ji An placed a stack of talismans on the table and asked whether Zhuang Jingcheng had obtained the promised map.

Ji An bought an updated map of the Molten Cave and prepared for its coming spiritual-energy eruption while selling talismans and discussing the risks with Zhuang Jingcheng. He also sold a Vermillion Bird Flame Grass Pill to Li Wanqing and asked to inspect a higher-grade pill furnace.

• Ji An bought Zhuang Jingcheng's Molten Cave map for ten mid-grade Spirit Stones and compared it with his own unfinished map.
• Ji An sold Zhuang Jingcheng talismans for 46,400 Spirit Stones, exchanging part of the payment for three High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhuang Jingcheng warned Ji An that treasure seekers often died in the Molten Cave, but Ji An said he would retreat if he found danger.
• Ji An visited Wonderful Pills Pavilion and sold Li Wanqing an ordinary-quality Vermillion Bird Flame Grass Pill for eighty mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji An asked to buy a spirit artifact pill furnace, and Li Wanqing offered to show him the pavilion's Mid-grade Second-tier Fire Crane Sun Furnace.

Ji An bought the Fire Crane Sun Furnace from Li Wanqing and sold him twenty Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills before leaving Silver Moon City for the Molten Cave. He reached the fog-shrouded valley, where his Fire Element Divine Mansion would let him endure its heat and fire poison for several days.

• Li Wanqing showed Ji An the Fire Crane Sun Furnace, and Ji An activated its inscriptions with his pill fire to test its features.
• Ji An bargained the furnace's price down to twelve High-grade Spirit Stones and bought it.
• Ji An sold Li Wanqing twenty Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills for eighty-five Mid-grade Spirit Stones, bringing his total proceeds from the day's sales to one hundred and sixty-five Spirit Stones.
• Ji An declined Li Wanqing's offer of soul-calming pills and rested for three days before leaving Silver Moon City.
• Ji An flew to the Molten Cave and assessed how its fire poison and Baleful Intent might affect him.

Ji An explored the Molten Cave, where he killed two Origin Seeking-level Molten Armor Lizards and discovered their eggs. He left with valuable bloodline specimens and a third potential site for comprehending Fire Generating Earth.

• Yang Wu warned his four companions to wait for the Molten Cave’s next spiritual tide before robbing cultivators, and he planned to sell detailed maps to lure more explorers inside.
• Ji An entered the caverns with his defenses raised and used a map to explore the dangerous underground passages over five days.
• Ji An reached a hidden hollow and escaped an ambush by an Origin Seeking-level Molten Armor Lizard using Earth Evasion Technique.
• Ji An killed the Molten Armor Lizard with his Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword and collected its blood for making talisman ink.
• Ji An discovered and killed a second Molten Armor Lizard, then found thirty-six eggs, including three with Earth-grade bloodlines and one nearly Heaven-grade.
• Ji An stored the eggs in his Spirit Beast Bag and recognized the lava lake as his third potential site for comprehending Fire Generating Earth.

Ji An entered the Molten Cave during its spiritual tide to observe Fire Generating Earth, while cultivators gathered above and Zhu Mingli and Jiang Chuchu arrived at his observation point. As the eruption peaked, Ji An comprehended the transformation of Fire into Earth and completed the Five Elements mutual-generation technique.

• Ji An returned to the snowy outskirts of the Molten Cave, purged the fire baleful intent from his body, and prepared his spirit beasts to stand guard.
• After ten days of waiting, Ji An entered the cave as the fire spiritual energy surged, while more than a thousand cultivators gathered above and discussed the potential harvest.
• Ji An reached a lava lake and met Zhu Mingli and Jiang Chuchu, disciples of True Person Huayang, who agreed not to move around once the rising spiritual mist obscured their vision.
• As the spiritual tide intensified, Ji An studied how yin and yang transformed Fire into Earth and sensed the Fire Element’s force descend into a solid foundation.
• Ji An comprehended Fire Generating Earth, and his Five Elements Cycle Scripture completed a cycle as his Fire and Earth Dao Seeds shone.

Ji An found and preserved a Fire Coral while returning through the Molten Cave, as Yang Wu’s gang ambushed Jiang Chuchu and Zhu Mingli. The chapter ended with Ji An emerging into the cavern where Yang Wu had wounded Zhu Mingli.

• Ji An searched the caves after the spiritual tide receded and found a Grade 1 High-tier Fire Coral growing beside a lava pool.
• Ji An sealed the Fire Coral’s vitality, stored it in the Void Realm Space, and planned to transplant it into the Gourd World.
• Zhu Mingli comprehended Fire Generating Earth, while Jiang Chuchu concealed her envy and decided to seek other places to pursue the same insight.
• Yang Wu and Liu Meng used Blood Mosquitoes to locate cultivators, then ambushed Jiang Chuchu and Zhu Mingli when they encountered them in a passage.
• Yang Wu wounded Zhu Mingli and revealed he had let his own men die for the sake of claiming more loot.
• Ji An followed cries for help to a cavern and appeared before the wounded Zhu Mingli and Yang Wu.

Ji An killed Yang Wu and Zhu Mingli in an underground cavern, then fled Silver Moon City and traveled north. After resting at a market near the Nu Lan River, he inspected his spoils and prepared to continue toward Red Rock City.

• Yang Wu attacked Ji An with a bladed shield and a soul-shaking tiger roar, but Ji An resisted and killed him with the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword.
• Ji An confirmed Zhu Mingli was dead, collected both men’s belongings and corpses, and escaped the cavern before fleeing Silver Moon City.
• Ji An traveled north for half a month, rented a cave dwelling near the Nu Lan River, and rested while tending to his Fire Coral in the Gourd World.
• Ji An corroded Yang Wu’s and Zhu Mingli’s Void Stones, discovered six more cultivator corpses and assorted resources, and sorted the spoils for sale in Red Rock City.

Ji An explored Red Rock Immortal City, sampled Pearl Blood Rice, arranged business with two shops, and rented an upper-grade Second-tier cave abode. In the Gourd World, he tested Spirit Devouring Insects as food for his spirit fish and Fire Crystal Ants, planted Pearl Blood Rice, and waited to see how it would grow.

• Ji An ate at the Drunken Immortal Inn, learned that Pearl Blood Rice came from the Sun Clan of Red Cloud Mountain, and bought one thousand jin of it on Snow Orchid Street.
• Ji An used his pills and talismans to arrange supply agreements with two shops, then rented an upper-grade Second-tier cave abode for three years.
• Ji An paid Li Zhonghe to find ten live Treasure Dragon Fish so he could test whether they could live in the Gourd World.
• Ji An released Spirit Devouring Insects into the pond and near the Fire Crystal Ant nest, where the spirit fish and ants quickly ate them.
• Ji An planted one mu of Pearl Blood Rice near the Spiritual Peach Tree and used the Cloud Dragon Rain Spreading Art to water the new shoots.

Ji An prepared the Gourd World for spirit plants, bought Treasure Dragon Fish, and confirmed they thrived in its pond while continuing his cultivation and alchemy. He brought Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills to Zhu Hanshan at the Spirit Pill Pavilion for appraisal, beginning the test of their future cooperation.

• Ji An enriched the Gourd World's soil, sealed the Fire Coral behind a formation, and replenished the Spirit Binding formation.
• Ji An processed the Molten Armor Lizard hide, then bought six Treasure Dragon Fish from Li Zhonghe and placed them in the pond.
• Ji An refined five Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills, three of them premium, and used the last of his Azure Green Spirit Seizing Fiend to strengthen the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
• Ji An fed spirit insects to the pond and confirmed that all six Treasure Dragon Fish were thriving in the Gourd World.
• Ji An visited the Spirit Pill Pavilion and presented his Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills to Zhu Hanshan for appraisal.

Ji An built his alchemy and talisman business in Red Rock Immortal City while waiting for a chance to comprehend Metal generating Water. After two years of steady cultivation, Yuan Hong and Zhang Le invited him to help break into a Golden Core-level ruin, and Ji An asked for more information before deciding.

• Ji An agreed to refine Fire Dragon Heart Refining Pills and Vermillion Bird Flame Grass Pills for Spirit Pill Pavilion and paid for the medicinal materials.
• Ji An sold Wei Xianglin 150 Fire Dragon Talismans, exchanged part of his payment for High-grade Spirit Stones, and bought more talisman materials.
• Ji An spent two years cultivating, refining pills, drawing talismans, and practicing escape techniques while seeking access to a mine where he could comprehend Metal generating Water.
• Ji An inspected the growth of the Gathering Origin Tree, Spirit Devouring Insects, fish, Fire Coral, Fire Crystal Ants, and bees in his Gourd World.
• Yuan Hong and Zhang Le told Ji An they had found a ruin protected by a Three Talents Profound Fiend Formation and offered him twenty percent of the core area's gains if he helped break it.
• Ji An examined a broken magic treasure from the ruin and asked Yuan Hong and Zhang Le to describe the site before he decided whether to join them.

Ji An rejected Zhang Le and Yuan Hong’s invitation to explore a dangerous ruin and focused on cultivation instead. He later met Wei Chengan, who invited him to dinner and offered to arrange access to mines where he could comprehend Metal Element Spiritual Opportunity.

• Zhang Le described the ruin’s resources and dangers, and Ji An questioned why its former owners had abandoned it.
• Ji An swore not to reveal the ruin’s location for thirty years if he declined, then decided the risks outweighed the uncertain rewards.
• Ji An refused Zhang Le and Yuan Hong’s invitation to join the exploration team.
• At Wei Family Talisman Shop, Ji An met Wei Chengan and discussed their origins and cultivation.
• Wei Chengan invited Ji An to dinner and offered to introduce him to mine owners so he could seek Metal Element Spiritual Opportunity.

Ji An arranged access to the Gu Family’s mine to comprehend the Metal Element Spiritual Tide, while his Pearl Blood Rice harvest proved unusually productive. After three days in the mine, he left excited that his understanding of the tide’s eruption supported his theory of Yin and Yang transformations.

• Ji An traded his talismans at Wei Chengan’s shop, and Wei Chengan introduced him to Gu Mingyuan, who arranged a place for him to study the Metal Element Spiritual Opportunity in three months.
• Ji An harvested Pearl Blood Rice in the Gourd World, measuring a yield of six hundred and forty jin per mu, then learned that this exceeded the Sun Family’s usual yield.
• Ji An spent the next two months refining pills, drawing talismans, and practicing spells before traveling to Black Tortoise Snow Mountain.
• Gu Mingyuan escorted Ji An into the Gu Family mine, explained the risks of the Metal Element Spiritual Tide, and accepted a deposit of three hundred middle-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji An entered the deepest cavern and studied the Metal Element Spiritual Energy, reasoning that its tide erupted when Yin and Yang separated.
• After three days, Ji An left the mine excited that his experience of the spiritual tide supported his theory.

Yuan Hong, Zhang Le, Pei Xiu, and Liu Ruyan reached the ruins beneath Snow Dragon Ridge and broke through the outer formation guarding its core. They entered the sealed inner area and prepared to open the first of three halls.

• Yuan Hong and Zhang Le led Pei Xiu and Liu Ruyan through the blizzard to a concealed entrance beneath a cliff, where they uncovered the ruins.
• Zhang Le left his Origin Seeking Ice Crystal Lion, A Bai, to guard the entrance while the four cultivators entered the underground cavern.
• Yuan Hong explained that the Three Talents Profound Fiend Formation guarded the core, and the group searched the outer ruins before agreeing to break its three weak nodes together.
• After two hours of coordinated attacks, the four shattered the formation and found three halls surrounded by sealing talismanic patterns.
• The group tested the inner restriction with stones and a demon rat, then restored their spiritual power and crossed safely to the first hall.
• Liu Ruyan attacked the crimson doors of the first hall, but another sealing formation blocked her sword.

Zhang Le, Yuan Hong, Pei Xiu, and Liu Ruyan collected valuable spiritual fiend energy and spiritual items from the ruin before the final hall released black mist that killed and transformed them. The corrupted group escaped the golden formation and planned to lure more cultivators to feed their master, while Zhang Le and Yuan Hong later approached Ji An in Red Rock Immortal City to trade Crimson Dragon Submerged Abyss Fiend.

• Liu Ruyan broke the first hall’s restriction, and the group collected Crimson Dragon Submerged Abyss Fiend and valuable fire-element spiritual items.
• The group found only a few hundred strands of White Tiger Roaring Wind Fiend in the second hall but recovered Dragon Pattern Gold and Heavenly Profound Vermilion Gold.
• Yuan Hong opened the final hall, releasing black mist that engulfed the group and left them apparently dead inside the golden formation.
• The group revived with blackened eyes and healing wounds, then forced the Ice Crystal Lion into the hall and declared they needed more cultivators’ flesh and blood.
• Zhang Le and Yuan Hong visited Ji An in Red Rock Immortal City and showed him a bottle of Crimson Dragon Submerged Abyss Fiend.

Ji An bought spirit baleful intent from Zhang Le and Yuan Hong, then replenished spirit soil by trading spirit fruits at the Zhou Family Spirit Rice Shop. In the Gourd World, he used Earth Yellow Crystal to nourish the Gathering Origin Tree, which rapidly advanced to Grade 1 Top-Grade.

• Ji An bought a jade bottle of spirit baleful intent from Zhang Le and Yuan Hong for fifteen High-grade Spirit Stones and learned their other spirit baleful intents had been depleted.
• After leaving Ji An's cave abode, Yuan Hong and Zhang Le discussed luring him into the ruins and planned to use a treasure-map scheme to find more candidates for their master.
• Ji An purchased spirit soil from Zhou Changji at the Zhou Family Spirit Rice Shop, selling spirit fruits to reduce the bill to one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and used one hundred jin of Earth Yellow Crystal with the Yellow Dragon Vitality Increasing Art to nourish the Gathering Origin Tree.
• The Gathering Origin Tree grew rapidly, and Ji An sensed that it had advanced to Grade 1 Top-Grade.

Ji An spent three years cultivating in Red Rock Immortal City, then learned that many high-level cultivators had gone missing and asked Gu Mingyuan to arrange access to stronger Metal Element Spiritual Tides. After trading spirit fiends and talismans with Yuan Hong, Ji An warned him about suspected bandit cultivators near the city.

• Ji An improved the Gourd World’s Spirit Fields, practiced the Seal Spirit Art and Five Elements Cycle Scripture, and reviewed his accumulated Spiritual Opportunity and spell mastery.
• Three years passed as Ji An gained chances to study Metal Element Spiritual Opportunity through Gu Mingyuan, but his understanding had not yet reached a breakthrough.
• At the Drunken Immortal Inn, Gu Mingyuan reported that unusually many cultivators renting second-rank cave dwellings had gone missing, and Ji An suspected bandit cultivators.
• Ji An asked Gu Mingyuan to arrange access to more violent Metal Element Spiritual Tides, and Gu Mingyuan agreed; Wei Chengan then announced he would leave Red Rock Immortal City to travel.
• Yuan Hong brought Ji An Crimson Dragon and White Tiger spirit fiends, bought talismans, and invited him to hunt a powerful target, but Ji An declined and warned him about possible bandit cultivators near the city.

Ji An grew suspicious of Yuan Hong and his companions, who planned to sacrifice cultivators to a demonic master while evading the immortal city's investigation. After buying spirit soil and learning of a powerful Metal Element Spiritual Tide, Ji An entered a mine to pursue the Metal generating Water divine intent.

• Ji An declined Yuan Hong's offer to hunt a powerful demon beast and open a talisman shop, then cultivated for five hours after seeing his visitors off.
• Yuan Hong told Zhang Le, Pei Xiu, Liu Ruyan, and the others that Ji An had revealed the enforcement team was investigating disappearances; they debated their plans and agreed to send the Liu brothers into the relic before targeting more cultivators.
• Ji An bought several thousand catties of second-tier spirit soil from the Sun Family Spirit Rice Shop and decided he would sell his spirit rice elsewhere.
• A month later, Gu Mingyuan arranged for Ji An to visit a mine tunnel where a large Metal Element Spiritual Tide was expected.
• After receiving warnings from a Gu Family deacon, Ji An flew into the mine to seek the Metal generating Water divine intent before the tide's predicted peak the next day.