Chapter Summaries

Ji An entered the Metal Element mine passage and comprehended Metal generating Water during a spiritual tide eruption. He left the Gu Family’s mine after withdrawing his Spirit Stones and recorded his insights at Red Rock Immortal City.

• Ji An rode deeper into the passage despite Hu Jingming’s warning that the spiritual tide could overwhelm cultivators who went too far below the surface.
• At the passage’s lowest level, Ji An sensed the Metal Element and concluded that its Yin and Yang transformation formed the basis of Five Elements mutual generation.
• A Geng Metal Storm swept Ji An upward as he comprehended Metal generating Water, and his cultivation absorbed the surging qi.
• Gu Zewei waited anxiously at the cave entrance while the other cultivators left, then watched Ji An emerge and request the return of his Spirit Stones.
• Gu Zewei told Gu Mingyuan that Ji An had left after claiming to comprehend Metal generating Water and had invited him to dinner at Drunken Immortal Inn.
• Back at Red Rock Immortal City, Ji An recorded his insights, distinguishing Metal generating Water from Fire Generating Earth and identifying Yin and Yang’s movement as their shared foundation.

Ji An advanced his Five Elements cultivation and arranged with Gu Mingyuan to seek access to an Earth Element Spirit Domain. While practicing evasion arts on the Nu Lan River, he encountered Zhang Le and Yuan Hong just as a pursued female cultivator called for help, leaving him to decide how to respond.

• Ji An discussed his progress and plans with Gu Mingyuan, who agreed to notify him about a possible auction for access to the Earth Element Spirit Domain.
• Ji An spent half a year practicing Five Elements Evasion Arts, improving his Wood Escape Technique and making gains while exploring the Nu Lan River.
• Ji An encountered Zhang Le and Yuan Hong, who explained that they still had not contacted the Gu Family mines to begin comprehending Metal generating Water.
• A female cultivator fled toward Ji An and the others while a cultivator on a crimson flying sword pursued her, and Yuan Hong warned that she might be trying to draw trouble toward them.

Ji An survived an ambush by four cultivators, killed Zhang Le and Yuan Hong, and discovered their bodies were inhuman. He brought the corpses to the Enforcement Squad in Red Rock Immortal City, where the squad captains began investigating their strange blood and toughness.

• Ji An realized Zhang Le, Yuan Hong, Pei Xiu, and Liu Ruyan had lured him into an ambush, then used his Talisman Treasure and Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword to kill Zhang Le and Yuan Hong as the other two fled.
• Ji An found black blood and strange decay patterns on Yuan Hong's corpse, collected the valuables from both bodies, and hurried back to Red Rock Immortal City.
• Ji An reported the suspected bandit cultivators to the Enforcement Squad and insisted that their bodies were abnormal despite the bald cultivator's doubts.
• Ji An showed the corpses to the squad captains and explained that Zhang Le had survived a spell piercing his glabella until Ji An attacked with many flying swords.
• A squad captain tried to cut open Yuan Hong's abdomen, but the corpse's flesh resisted the spirit tool, prompting the captains to invite Ji An to sit and rest.

Ji An discovered that Yuan Hong and Zhang Le had been carrying Demon Infants and cooperated with Red Rock Immortal City's law enforcement investigation. After the True Persons confirmed he was not a demonic cultivator and inspected his spoils, they let him leave with his haul and promised a reward.

• Ji An and the squad leaders found Demon Infants gestating inside Yuan Hong and Zhang Le, prompting a report to True Person Han Chi.
• Ji An explained that two escaped companions had attacked him and that he had killed Yuan Hong and Zhang Le with the Geng Metal Spirit Severing Sword; he also provided images of the fugitives.
• True Person Han Chi, True Person Chi Yun, and True Person Cang Miao questioned Ji An and tested his spell, then concluded he was not a demonic cultivator.
• The True Persons inspected Ji An's Spirit Tools and opened his two Void Stones, finding spirit materials and other spoils but no Demonic Artifacts.
• The True Persons returned the spoils to Ji An, said his reward would come later, and accepted his offer of thirty High-grade Spirit Stones for spirit fluid.

After reporting the demon cultivators, Ji An assessed his spoils, refined his stolen Spirit Tools, and devised a new battlefield use for his Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner. He returned to the Enforcement Hall with a lead about a possible ruin used as a hideout, then sold his spiritual herbs and saved the proceeds for an auction.

• True Person Chi Yun, True Person Cang Miao, and True Person Han Chi discussed Ji An’s report and suspected a Golden Core Stage demon cultivator was behind the parasitic puppets.
• Ji An sorted his spoils, began purging demonic qi from the Black Gold Hammer and a flying sword, and used the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to plan ways to strengthen his fire attacks.
• Ji An noticed Enforcement Hall cultivators screening people at Drunken Immortal Inn and returned to report that Yuan Hong and another man had invited him to explore a ruin.
• Ji An suggested that the Enforcement Hall investigate demon-beast hunters and the shops buying their materials to help locate the ruin and the demon cultivators.
• Ji An sold his spiritual herbs to Zhu Hanshan at Spirit Pill Pavilion for three High-grade Spirit Stones and planned to save them for an auction slot in the Earth Element Spirit Domain.

Ji An sold talismans and materials at Wei Family Talisman Shop, then commissioned five Spirit Tool talisman brushes from Gu Tai. When Gu Tai doubted he could draw Grade 2 Top-Grade talismans with a Grade 1 brush, Ji An began a demonstration to prove his skill.

• Ji An sold his talismans to Wei Xianglin, ordered monthly batches of materials, and received a jade pendant recommending him to Gu Tai.
• Ji An sold additional demonic beast materials to Wei Xianglin and exchanged his proceeds for three High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji An visited Gu Tai at Divine Brush Spirit Armor Pavilion and commissioned five Spirit Tool talisman brushes using materials Gu Tai offered.
• Ji An told Gu Tai he could draw Grade 2 Top-Grade talismans with a Grade 1 Top-Grade brush, but Gu Tai said he did not believe it and offered to host him at Drunken Immortal Inn if he succeeded.
• Ji An used his worn brushes to draw Mountain Quaking Talismans, succeeding four times and failing once, then began drawing Fire Dragon Talismans.

Ji An commissioned Master Gu Tai to craft a custom talisman brush and Earth Element spirit armor, then returned half a month later to test the finished brush. Meanwhile, the law enforcement team located demonic cultivators in Snow Dragon Ridge and True Monarch Tianshui ordered the major families to join the search.

• Ji An drew a top-grade Fire Dragon Talisman, impressing Master Gu Tai, and completed tests to customize a talisman brush.
• Ji An showed Master Gu Tai damaged Sky Soaring Armor and commissioned a top-grade Second-tier Earth Element spirit armor.
• Zhang Dong reported suspected demonic cultivators in Snow Dragon Ridge, and True Persons Chi Yun and Han Chi decided Chi Yun should seek help from True Monarch Tianshui.
• True Person Chi Yun informed True Monarch Tianshui about the demonic cultivators and their Demon Infants, and Tianshui ordered the major families to search Snow Dragon Ridge.
• Half a month later, Ji An visited Master Gu Tai to test the custom talisman brush, praising its smooth mana transmission.

Ji An tested Master Gu Tai’s improved talisman brush, crafted powerful talismans, and learned that materials for the Sky Soaring Armor might be ready within months. Meanwhile, the search for the demonic cultivator at Snow Dragon Ridge failed, but True Person Han Chi’s group discovered a blood-marked cave entrance that might lead to the cultivator’s lair.

• Ji An used Master Gu Tai’s mana-limiting talisman brush to craft successful Fire Dragon Talismans and an Earth Evasion Talisman, then sold them to Master Gu Tai.
• Master Gu Tai said he had gathered half the materials for the Sky Soaring Armor and expected to obtain the rest within two months to half a year.
• True Monarch Tianshui ordered the search of Snow Dragon Ridge to continue after warning the Golden Core cultivators that the demonic cultivator might possess a powerful inheritance.
• A signal talisman alerted the cultivators that two northern patrol squads had gone missing, but the demonic cultivator escaped and the attacked patrol members later returned without any apparent abnormalities.
• True Person Han Chi led a search near the attack site and, with the Ice Chi’s help, uncovered a cave entrance marked by fresh bloodstains.
• True Person Han Chi sent Zhang Dong and Wei Xiangfeng to report the discovery, then ordered the others to guard the entrance and wait for reinforcements.

True Lord Tianshui uncovered a demonic plot involving possessed cultivators and an ancient ruin that had imprisoned a powerful Demonic Cultivator, then organized a search and sealed the resource site. Later, Ji An traded talismans at the Wei Family Talisman Shop as dwindling materials revealed the turmoil’s effects, and Wei Xianglin offered him a fragmentary talisman-making inheritance.

• True Lord Tianshui returned after failing to catch the Demonic Cultivators, identified five missing sentries as demon soul puppets, and killed them to prevent further danger.
• True Person Chi Yun and Wei Tianyou exposed demonic markings in the sentries’ bodies, cremated the corpses, and rallied the cultivators to continue searching.
• Zhang Dong and another cultivator reported a suspected lair near Snow Dragon Ridge, and True Lord Tianshui led a team into the discovered ruin.
• True Lord Tianshui recognized the ruin as an ancient resource site and found that its formations had once suppressed a Demonic Cultivator, who had escaped and killed explorers.
• True Lord Tianshui ordered the assembled cultivators to inspect and seal the ruin, with the participating forces to share its resources.
• Ji An sold talismans to Wei Xianglin, learned that the shop’s material supplies had dwindled, and received Wei Xianglin’s offer of a fragmentary talisman-making inheritance.

Ji An negotiated with Wei Xianglin for access to the Wei Family’s talisman inheritance and learned its price, then arranged a custom Sky Soaring Armor with Master Gu Tai. The chapter left Ji An preparing to strengthen his defenses further as Master Gu Tai began work on the armor.

• Wei Xianglin offered Ji An a cooperation deal centered on making Purifying Spirit Talismans, with access to the full inheritance only after three years of successful production.
• Ji An objected to the restrictions, explained that he might leave Red Rock Immortal City, and learned that the inheritance would cost eighty High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji An agreed to buy the inheritance if the Wei Family approved and gave Wei Xianglin three talismans to present as proof of his skill.
• A shop assistant summoned Ji An to Master Gu Tai, who confirmed that the materials for his armor had been gathered and discussed making a full suit of Sky Soaring Armor.
• Ji An ordered a half-body Sky Soaring Armor, paid a deposit, and learned that its Primal Spirit Mud could let it repair ordinary damage while being nourished.

Ji An sought a way to earn more Spirit Stones and bought ingredients and a pill formula for Crimson Flame Void Breaking Pills from Zhu Hanshan. After days of preparing the ingredients and practicing their extraction, Ji An attempted to make the pills, but his first batch ended in a furnace explosion.

• Ji An discussed the Primal Spirit Mud in his spirit armor with Master Gu Tai, encouraged his ambition to refine an earth-element Dharma treasure, and left the artifact shop worried about his dwindling Spirit Stones.
• Ji An visited Spirit Pill Pavilion and asked Zhu Hanshan for alchemy work, then agreed to buy the Crimson Flame Void Breaking Pill formula and ingredients after learning the shop had twenty-two batches available.
• Ji An returned to his cave abode, memorized the pill formula, and practiced extracting spiritual essence from the ingredients, burning some Fire Leaf Grass before mastering its refinement.
• Ji An completed processing the ingredients for the twenty-two batches but retained enough spiritual essence for only fourteen, with much of it too poor in quality for premium pills.
• Ji An began refining the Crimson Flame Void Breaking Pills, but the pill furnace exploded during his first attempt.

Ji An refined Crimson Flame Void Breaking Pills, secured the Wei Family’s Purifying Spirit Talisman method under a five-year agreement, and collected his completed Sky Soaring Armor. The chapter ended with him postponing commissions for the armor’s remaining pieces until he had saved more Spirit Stones.

• Ji An refined fourteen batches of Crimson Flame Void Breaking Pills, producing twenty-two ordinary-quality pills and two premium-quality pills, then sold them to Zhu Hanshan for ninety-two middle-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ji An accepted the Wei Family’s terms, signed an agreement to cooperate for at least five years, swore a Great Dao Oath, and received the Purifying Spirit Talisman method and his first materials.
• True Monarch Tianshui dispatched True Person Chi Yun to spread news of the escaped demonic cultivator, and Red Rock Immortal City’s cultivators began taking precautions.
• Master Gu Tai demonstrated the Sky Soaring Armor, and Ji An tested its defense against a second-tier high-grade flying sword before paying the remaining balance.
• Ji An told Master Gu Tai he could not yet afford leg armor and a face guard, but promised to commission them after saving enough Spirit Stones.

Ji An delivered Purifying Spirit Talismans to the Wei Family shop, acquired First-tier materials, and tested storing his Sky Soaring Armor in his dantian. Two years later, his cultivation had progressed and the Gourd World's Spirit Vein had reached low-grade second-tier, leaving its fields, spirit plants, and spirit creatures flourishing.

• Ji An delivered over one hundred and thirty Purifying Spirit Talismans to Wei Xianglin, impressing him with a success rate above sixty percent and eight High-Grade talismans.
• Ji An accepted three thousand First-tier talisman material sets from Wei Xianglin, paid for two thousand sets, and left with the materials.
• Ji An assembled the Sky Soaring Armor and tried nourishing it in his dantian, but the burden of four Top-Grade Spirit Tools proved too uncomfortable, so he summoned it back out.
• Two years later, Ji An had reached Great Perfection in the Water Escape Technique and prepared to focus on Spiritual Roar.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World, where its Spirit Vein had advanced to low-grade second-tier and its five Spirit Fields had expanded to about fifteen mu each.
• Ji An tended the Gourd World's thriving Spirit Fields, trees, insects, bees, fish, and crops, and watched the Fire Crystal Ants and Purple Crystal Bees dance under his Sacred Flame Mantra.

Ji An learned that the Wei Family would auction an entry spot for the Earth Element Spirit Domain and obtained an invitation, while securing a supply of Second-tier Purifying Spirit Talisman materials. He planned to attend the auction in a month and began preparing to earn more Spirit Stones.

• Ji An tended the Iron Wire Grass in his small world and reflected on the risks of a future Golden Core breakthrough.
• Gu Mingyuan told Ji An that his family had traded away its Earth Element Spirit Domain spot, and Ji An learned the Wei Family might auction one.
• Ji An asked Wei Xianglin for an auction invitation, and Wei Xianglin agreed to inquire with the family head.
• Wei Xianglin brought Ji An an invitation to the Wei Family auction, scheduled for one month later, and said entry into the spirit domain would follow three days after the auction.
• Wei Xianglin offered Ji An three hundred sets of Second-tier Purifying Spirit Talisman materials per month, and Ji An accepted the first batch on credit.

Ji An sold his Purifying Spirit Talismans to raise bidding capital, then entered the Wei Family auction for a slot in the Nine Nether Land. His bid of Azure Dragon Wood and High-grade Spirit Stones won the slot after Zhang Daoyan challenged its appraisal and withdrew.

• Ji An sold 240 Purifying Spirit Talismans to Wei Xianglin, who exchanged five High-grade Spirit Stones for him and waived the remaining exchange fee.
• Ji An arrived at the Wei Family Estate and joined five other cultivators bidding for a slot to enter the Nine Nether Land.
• Wei Tianhua explained the auction rules and the dangers of the Nine Nether Land before the bidding began.
• The bids climbed past 300 High-grade Spirit Stones as the veiled female cultivator and Zhang Daoyan offered spiritual materials alongside their bids.
• Ji An bid 295 High-grade Spirit Stones and two pieces of Top-Grade Azure Dragon Wood, which Wei Tianhua appraised at 35 High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Daoyan challenged the appraisal, confirmed the Azure Dragon Wood's value, and left; Wei Tianhua declared Ji An the winner at 320 High-grade Spirit Stones.

After learning about the Nine Nether Land’s dangers, Ji An prepared supplies and studied the Five Elements before joining the quota holders at the Immortal City. He arrived at the cavern entrance with more than forty cultivators and waited for the mist to clear so they could enter.

• Wei Tianhua explained the Nine Nether Land’s Yin Soul Beasts, hazards, and survival requirements to Ji An, who committed the details to memory.
• Ji An checked his defenses and bought fifteen Grain Abstinence Pills before the expedition began.
• Wei Tianhua told Wei Xianglin that Ji An’s auction bid had earned the Wei Family an enormous profit and urged him to maintain ties with Ji An.
• Ji An joined the Wei Family group beneath the full moon, met Wei Chengyuan, and traveled through the Teleportation Array with the other quota holders.
• True Person Han Chi distributed jade slips containing a map and advice on Yin Soul Beasts, then told the cultivators to wait for the cavern mist to disperse.

Ji An entered the Nine Nether Land to search for an Earth Generating Gold spirit domain, enduring attacks from yin souls and Yin Soul Beasts as the Nether River Water rose faster than expected. He found a strange Three-Colored Spiritual Light and began sensing its conflicting elements, just as a cheetah-like Yin Soul Beast attacked him.

• Ji An studied the map and information about yin souls and Yin Soul Beasts before entering the cave with several defensive tools active.
• Ji An spent half a month searching the passages, fighting hostile souls, and resting in a defensive formation after noticing the Nether River Water was rising and a formation had been damaged.
• Golden Fur sensed a lurking enemy while Ji An slept, but the Yin Soul Beast watching him vanished before he woke.
• Ji An continued searching and sensed something trailing him as the flood grew stronger than expected.
• Ji An found a cluster of yellow, white, and black spiritual light and tried to understand its unusual mix of earth, metal, and water auras.
• A cheetah-like Yin Soul Beast emerged from the void and slashed at Ji An's neck.

Ji An killed a Yin Soul Beast and obtained a Soul Crystal before studying the Earth Generating Gold phenomenon. After testing another spiritual domain, he confirmed his understanding and advanced his Five Elements cultivation.

• The Yin Soul Beast ambushed Ji An, but his Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner blocked its attack while he recovered and counterattacked with Spiritual Roar, the Li Di Flame Light Banner, and his flying sword.
• Ji An found a Soul Crystal and a black beast horn after the Yin Soul Beast turned to ash, then used the Soul Crystal to recover his soul.
• Ji An studied the spiritual phenomenon and struggled to explain why Water Element spiritual light appeared alongside Ji Earth nurturing Geng Metal.
• Ji An exposed a false spiritual domain created by more than a dozen Yin Souls and destroyed them with a fire dragon spell.
• Two days later, Ji An observed Earth Generating Gold without Water and realized that Water had only replenished energy in the earlier phenomenon.
• Ji An's conviction strengthened, expanding the yellow flame layer of his Primordial Life Fire as the Five Elements Cycle Scripture began circulating again.

Ji An returned to a defensive formation near the hidden realm’s exit and cultivated as the Nether River Water’s surges drew more Yin souls through the passages. After a month, he acquired another Soul Stone, while Wei Chengyuan became trapped in a growing swarm of Yin souls and fled toward the exit.

• Ji An shattered an illusion, destroyed two Yin souls, and chose to leave the dangerous depths for the area near the exit.
• Ji An reached a defensive formation, set the Golden Winged Bird to patrol, stationed the Flame Dragon Eagle as a guard, and began cultivating with Golden Fur nearby.
• Over the next month, Ji An’s cultivation advanced as Yin souls were repelled by the Flame Dragon Eagle, and he unexpectedly obtained another Soul Stone.
• Wei Chengyuan escaped a gathering of hundreds of Yin souls but realized the hidden realm had become too dangerous to remain in.
• As Wei Chengyuan tried to flee the depths, he found the passages crowded with Yin souls and encountered cultivators’ dried corpses.

Ji An rescued Wei Chengyuan from a horde of Yin Souls and Yin Soul Beasts, then learned that the Nether River’s surge had endangered the hidden realm’s cultivators. After sharing a cup of spirit tea, they prepared to leave and report the crisis.

• Wei Chengyuan’s map Jade Slip corroded and shattered, so he used a spare to find the nearest defensive formation while fleeing the pursuing Yin Souls.
• Ji An’s formation ran out of power, and he encountered Wei Chengyuan as more than a hundred Yin Souls closed in behind him.
• Ji An attacked with silver flying swords and a Fire Phoenix, destroying most of the Yin Souls and forcing several Yin Soul Beasts to flee.
• Ji An collected Soul Crystals from the fallen creatures, while Wei Chengyuan thanked him and offered repayment.
• Wei Chengyuan warned Ji An that the Nether River had surged and many Yin Souls and Yin Soul Beasts had escaped, urging him to return to the surface and alert the authorities.
• Ji An packed away his equipment, gave Wei Chengyuan a cup of warm spirit tea, and prepared to leave with him.