Chapter Summaries

Ji An tested Green Deer's three innate spells after it entered the Golden Core realm, revealing its formidable defensive and trapping abilities. After hosting his fellow disciples, Ji An gave Liu Yu soul-nourishing incense, and Liu Yu prepared to collect a Golden Core Pill and attempt his breakthrough.

• Ji An named Green Deer Path of Abundance and watched it demonstrate a Thorn Wall that withstood his powerful attacks.
• Green Deer showed that its thorn vines could trap enemies and drain their vitality, then used them to bind Big Yellow until Ji An freed the bear.
• Ji An invited Liu Yu, Li Lingyu, and Zhong Yuefei to dine, served Phoenix Dance Danxia Tea, and discussed his Golden Core breakthrough.
• Ji An gave the departing guests third-order mid-grade Sandalwood Soul Nourishing Incense to help Liu Yu prepare for his breakthrough.
• Liu Yu said he would collect a Golden Core Pill from Sunrise Peak the next day and attempt to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Ji An explored the lava passages beneath Crimson Flame Peak, discussed the Five Elements Sect inheritance with True Monarch Lianshan, and continued refining his body deity. At Sunrise Peak, Liu Yu successfully formed his Golden Core and passed every thunder tribulation, while the Stone Turtle revealed Ji An’s updated Dao resonance.

• Ji An collected valuable fire-element materials beneath Crimson Flame Peak, including a fourth-order Fire Source Stone.
• True Monarch Lianshan told Ji An that continuing the Five Elements Cycle Scripture mattered more than rebuilding the Five Elements Sect, and Ji An planned to establish a Five Elements Hall when the time was right.
• Ji An refined his body deity beneath the Gathering Origin Tree, then traveled to Sunrise Peak to witness Liu Yu’s breakthrough.
• Liu Yu passed the thunder tribulations, transformed his Natal Magic Treasure into a fire dragon, and successfully formed his Golden Core.
• The Stone Turtle returned to Ji An and displayed his updated Dao resonance values.

Ji An joined True Lord Yuxiao and Lin Jiuxiao to discuss the sect’s preparations for the True Demon Tribulation, then went to Cloud Crane Mountain to try to tame the grieving Five-Colored Deer. He lured it with Spirit Incense and began using Five Elements spells, but the deer’s response remained uncertain.

• True Lord Yuxiao told Ji An and Lin Jiuxiao that Falling Maple Valley had agreed to negotiate in Azure Cloud Immortal City and build a Teleportation Array between the sects at a small fortress outside their mountain-protecting formations.
• True Lord Yuxiao described preparations for the True Demon Tribulation, and Ji An offered to lease his Golden Core Green Deer to the sect for cultivating strategic spirit plants.
• True Lord Yuxiao revealed that He Yuhan had died attempting to break through to Golden Core and that her Five-Colored Deer now mourned at her grave on Cloud Crane Mountain.
• Ji An, True Lord Yuxiao, and Lin Jiuxiao went to Cloud Crane Mountain, where Ji An offered Spirit Incense to the Five-Colored Deer and tried to win its trust.
• The Five-Colored Deer fled Ji An’s touch with Wood Escape Technique, and Ji An cast a sequence of Five Elements spells around it.

Ji An subdued the Five-Colored Deer and learned how it could help raise Spirit Vein grades as it grew. A month later, he visited Liu Yu after the Golden Core ceremony and discussed the sect’s plans and Liu Yu’s need for a defensive Magic Treasure.

• The Five-Colored Deer submitted to Ji An after he used Farming Spells, and Ji An made it his seventh beast with his blood.
• Ji An brought the Five-Colored Deer to Green Deer, which recognized it as its father, then took it to the Gourd World.
• True Monarch Lianshan explained that Five Qi Pills would help the Five-Colored Deer grow and that its innate spell could amplify Ji An’s Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Art by at least thirty percent.
• Ji An fed the Five-Colored Deer a Five Qi Pill and spent a month refining the body god before advancing toward a late Golden Core breakthrough.
• After the Golden Core ceremony at Sunrise Peak, Ji An visited Liu Yu at Blazing Sun Peak and discussed a possible Spirit Vein upgrade and Liu Yu’s plans to obtain a defensive Magic Treasure.

Yun Nianrong met Chen Sheng to propose an alliance between the Mysterious Yin Sect and the Heavenly Demon Alliance, explaining the approaching True Demon Tribulation and offering trade and intelligence in exchange for resources. Chen Xingzhou set off with her to inspect the devil den beneath Harmony Peak, while Yun Nianrong learned of his grudge against the Golden Spirit Sect and confirmed that the sect had grown to at least seven Golden Core True Persons.

• Yun Nianrong met Chen Sheng in Heavenly Demon City and proposed cooperation between the Mysterious Yin Sect and the Heavenly Demon Alliance.
• Yun Nianrong explained the True Demon Tribulation, the True Demon Realm, and her sect's offer to trade purification methods and intelligence for resources.
• Chen Sheng asked to verify the devil den, and Chen Xingzhou volunteered to travel to Harmony Peak with Yun Nianrong's group.
• Chen Xingzhou and Yun Nianrong discussed their grievances against the Golden Spirit Sect as they traveled together.
• Yun Nianrong told Chen Xingzhou that the Golden Spirit Sect had expanded rapidly and now possessed at least seven Golden Core True Persons.

Ji An prepared the sect for True Lord Yuxiao’s dangerous peace negotiations and asked Qin Yan to improve a process for mass-producing Thunder Pearls. After supporting the project with rare gourds, Ji An returned to his small world, where True Monarch Lianshan discussed his cultivation progress and the Five-Colored Deer’s potential.

• Ji An gave True Lord Yuxiao protective talismans and Thunder Pearls before Yuxiao departed for negotiations, and the sect’s Golden Core cultivators organized defenses and watched over the soul lamp.
• Ji An showed Qin Yan his Thunder Pearl refinement process and proposed dividing the work into stages so the sect could mass-produce them.
• Qin Yan identified the gourds as crucial to improving production, so Ji An supplied Azure Flame Purple Spirit Gourds and Frost Leaf Gourds for him to refine into magical treasures.
• Qin Yan agreed to prioritize improving the process, and Ji An contributed the gourds to the sect in exchange for merit.
• Ji An returned to his small world and told True Monarch Lianshan that he had refined seventy percent of the body deity transformation; Lianshan discussed his path toward late golden core and the Five-Colored Deer’s future potential.

Ji An cultivated his body and Golden Core while learning that demonic cultivators had secretly planted Demon Seeds during peace talks, prompting the sect to tighten inspections and task him with making Purifying Spirit Talismans. Months later, he began a demanding new stage of cultivation and learned he could eventually reach late Golden Core with help from Soul-nourishing resources and pills.

• Ji An refined his body with medicinal paste and the Immovable Wisdom King Art, then recovered and cultivated beneath the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• True Lord Yuxiao reported that peace talks had succeeded but Demon Seeds had been found in his and True Lord Chongxuan’s Sea of Consciousness; Ji An explained how to detect and purify them.
• True Lord Yuxiao ordered inspections of returning disciples and assigned Ji An to draw Purifying Spirit Talismans, while Zhu Changhe decided to stop using Demon Seeds for several years after his attempt was exposed.
• More than half a year later, Ji An sensed his Golden Core’s silver light synchronizing its heartbeat with his own and asked True Monarch Lianshan about his cultivation.
• True Monarch Lianshan told Ji An that the demanding cultivation was normal and could lead to late Golden Core, while Ji An prepared to use Soul Nurturing Wood pendants and Dark Night Soul Tempering Pills to restore his Spiritual Sense.

Ji An struggled to refine the Dark Night Soul Tempering Pill and learned that cold flame would be better suited to it. Five years later, the Golden Spirit Sect’s Spirit Vein rose to third-tier mid-grade, and Ji An decided to compete for a Yin Element Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire Seed at an upcoming auction.

• Ji An used three batches of materials to produce only two ordinary Dark Night Soul Tempering Pills, and True Monarch Lianshan explained that the Yin-leaning pill required cold flame.
• Five years later, the Golden Spirit Sect’s Spirit Vein advanced to third-tier mid-grade, filling the sect with spiritual currents and valuable items while Ji An gained insights and more than three hundred points of Dao Rhythm.
• Qin Yan collected rare spiritual items for the Treasure Pavilion as Ji An reflected on the Spirit Vein’s changes.
• At a meeting, True Lord Yuxiao said two Formation Hall disciples would attempt to form Golden Cores separately and outlined plans to strengthen the sect ahead of the True Demon Tribulation.
• True Lord Yuxiao announced an auction featuring soul-nourishing materials and the Nether Bone Fire, and Ji An said he would compete for the fire seed without sect support.

The Golden Spirit Sect limited its participation in the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Trade Fair, while Ji An stayed behind and focused on preparing for his future breakthrough. After Ji An revealed the Stone Turtle and explained the Gathering Origin Tree’s abilities, True Monarch Lianshan recognized the treasure’s possible Chaos Spirit Treasure origins and began discussing cultivation beyond the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lin Jiuxiao warned that the Mysterious Yin Sect’s Trade Fair could be a trap, and True Lord Yuxiao decided the sect would send only two cultivators.
• Qin Yan and the others agreed to avoid the Mysterious Yin Sect when possible, and Ji An promised not to leave the sect unless necessary.
• During the following half year, Han Shan and one Formation Hall cultivator successfully broke through to the Golden Core realm, while another Formation Hall cultivator died under Chaos Divine Thunder.
• Ji An used Dao Rhyme and the Stone Turtle to raise the Gathering Origin Tree’s grade, awakening True Monarch Lianshan, who witnessed the Stone Turtle’s power.
• Ji An showed True Monarch Lianshan the Stone Turtle and explained how the Gathering Origin Tree could improve the small world and its spirit plants.
• True Monarch Lianshan identified the Stone Turtle as possibly a damaged Chaos Spirit Treasure and invited Ji An to discuss cultivation after the Nascent Soul Realm.

True Monarch Lianshan explained the principles of cultivating Essence and Life, while Ji An helped the sect address its shortage of Golden Core Pills and gather resources for improving its Spirit Vein. After receiving a Seed of Fire, Ji An researched the Nether Bone Fire and learned the precautions needed to refine it.

• True Monarch Lianshan taught Ji An and the other disciples how Essence and Life cultivation changed across the realms, then discussed the Gathering Origin Tree’s energy and its uncertain path to a higher grade.
• At a sect meeting, Lin Jiuxiao reported that only five Golden Core Pills remained, and Ji An promised to refine ingredients he had brought back from Central Continent into at least eleven or twelve more pills.
• True Lord Yuxiao distributed resources gathered at the Trade Fair, including the treasures Zhang Zeye needed to begin upgrading the sect’s Spirit Vein.
• The sect agreed to seek more resources for the Spirit Vein project, while Ji An received the Seed of Fire he needed.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, researched the Nether Bone Fire, and learned that its Yin nature could harm low-level cultivators unless they used special pills or balanced it with a Yang-attribute spirit fire.

Ji An consulted True Monarch Lianshan about the Nether Bone Fire Seed and learned that it contained concealed Nascent Soul-level demonic intent. After reaching Golden Core seventh layer, Ji An refined the seed, and the Stone Turtle absorbed the demonic intent while strengthening his Soul.

• Ji An asked True Monarch Lianshan to inspect the Nether Bone Fire Seed, and True Monarch Lianshan found demonic intent bound to it and advised waiting until Ji An reached late Golden Core before refining it.
• Ji An taught Han Shan and Lin Lan about choosing a cultivation path; Han Shan chose to specialize in Earth Element power, while Lin Lan planned to enter seclusion and later travel alone.
• Three years later, Ji An broke through to Golden Core seventh layer and asked True Monarch Lianshan to guard him while he refined the Seed of Fire.
• Ji An refined Nether Bone Fire in his Water Element Divine Mansion and nurtured it beside his Primordial Life Fire and Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire.
• The Stone Turtle absorbed the demonic intent and increased Ji An's Soul intensity by roughly ten percent, leaving no demonic intent for him to wear away.

Ji An helped the Five-Colored Deer undergo its Golden Core breakthrough, while True Monarch Lianshan explained the beast’s tribulation and the history of the Divine Wood Sect. After the successful tribulation, Ji An collected the Stone Turtle’s gains and began cultivating with a Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pill.

• The Five-Colored Deer revealed it had gained the inheritance art needed to break through, and Ji An took it outside the Gourd World to face its thunder tribulation.
• True Monarch Lianshan explained that the deer would endure the Five Elements Thunder Tribulation and a final Chaos Thunder Tribulation, while Ji An discussed Crimson Flame Peak’s improved plants and the Divine Wood Sect’s rumored growth-accelerating treasure.
• The Five-Colored Deer survived its tribulation and reached Golden Core, while the Stone Turtle absorbed Dao Rhymes from the lightning.
• Ji An returned to the Gourd World with True Monarch Lianshan, who fell asleep beneath the Gathering Origin Tree as Ji An tended to him.
• Ji An checked the Stone Turtle’s increased Dao Rhymes, took a Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pill, and began cultivating with the Five Elements Cycle Scripture.

Ji An finished refining a powerful cultivation pill, reached late Golden Core, and reported his breakthrough to True Lord Yuxiao while donating pills to the sect. Meanwhile, Zhu Changhe investigated the failed demonic influence over the Golden Spirit Sect and ordered his allies to search for demon grottoes, leaving the Mysterious Yin Sect cautious as Ji An helped strengthen his sect.

• Ji An refined the Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pill and calculated that his remaining supply could support years of rapid cultivation toward Golden Core Layer 8.
• Zhu Changhe learned that the Golden Spirit Sect had acquired the Seed of Fire and that its demonic intent had vanished, so he ordered the Mysterious Yin Sect to lie low and reinforce its ties with Demon Cultivators.
• Zhu Changhe told Yun Nianrong to have their allies search the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains for demon grottoes as possible refuges.
• Ji An reported to True Lord Yuxiao that he had reached late Golden Core, and Yuxiao congratulated him on the sect's first breakthrough to that realm.
• Ji An gave the sect his remaining Purple Cloud Jade Ganoderma Pills and Five Qi Pills, warning Yuxiao to keep the Five Qi Pill secret.

Ji An discussed strengthening the sect and introduced the Five Qi Pill, whose effects True Lord Yuxiao, Han Yan, and Qin Yan tested. After discovering it greatly increased their cultivation efficiency, Han Yan asked Ji An how they could obtain its pill formula.

• Ji An and True Lord Yuxiao agreed to keep the Five Elements Sect inheritance secret and discussed expanding the sect’s halls and preparing for the True Demon Tribulation.
• True Lord Yuxiao said he and Lin Jiuxiao would study formations to address the Formation Hall’s shortage of expertise.
• Ji An visited Qin Yan to arrange the refinement of his Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner and asked about Gu Hongming’s progress.
• Han Yan, Qin Yan, and True Lord Yuxiao tested the Five Qi Pill and found that it increased their cultivation gains by roughly fifty, sixty, and ninety percent, respectively.
• Ji An said the pill’s effects lasted around half a year, and Han Yan asked how they could obtain its pill formula.

Ji An tested the Five-Colored Deer's defensive spell, assigned it to tend his Spirit Fields, and heeded True Monarch Lianshan's warning about crossing dangerous arrays. A month later, he visited Qin Yan at Fire Cloud Cave to complete a blood sacrifice for a black treasure banner.

• The Five-Colored Deer demonstrated a spell that could attack and defend, and Ji An put it in charge of Metal Element Spirit Plants and later the western mountain Spirit Fields.
• Ji An hung the Gourd Stone from the Five-Colored Deer's antlers and watched it pass through a Dharma Restriction, while True Monarch Lianshan warned him against relying on the beast to cross future arrays.
• Chen Xingzhou received spirit blood from Chen Xianrong, rewarded him with a Blood Origin Pill, and refined the blood using the Heavenly Demon Genesis Scripture.
• A month later, Ji An arrived at Fire Cloud Cave, where Qin Yan prepared a black treasure banner for its blood sacrifice.
• Ji An cut his wrist with the Golden Light Art and poured golden blood onto the banner until it roared and circled him.

Ji An strengthened his Five Elements Magic Treasures and tested their combined defensive domain, then sought True Monarch Lianshan’s advice on improving their offense. The chapter ended with Ji An asking how to make the five banners work together for stronger attacks.

• Ji An asked Qin Yan about Spiritual Fiends and had him assess the Blazing Sun Furnace, which Qin Yan agreed to upgrade while planning a future Yin-Cold pill furnace.
• Ji An exchanged great merits for Spiritual Fiends and fed them to the Li Di Flame Light Banner and Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to help restore and strengthen them.
• Ji An tested all five Magic Treasures in the Gobi Desert and formed a defensive domain whose strength exceeded that of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner alone.
• Ji An visited True Monarch Lianshan beneath the Gathering Origin Tree and asked how to combine the five banners’ offensive potential.

Ji An tested the strength of his five-Magic-Treasure defenses and learned the limits of his ability to withstand Nascent Soul attacks. Ten years later, as his small world’s spirit woods reached higher grades and he approached Golden Core Layer 8, True Monarch Lianshan hinted at an important matter to discuss after Ji An returned from Central Continent.

• Ji An asked True Monarch Lianshan to assess his five-Magic-Treasure defensive domain, and Lianshan explained that it could not reliably stop Nascent Soul attacks but that Ji An’s Adamantine Firmness and physique could let him withstand pure attacks briefly.
• Qin Yan presented Ji An with a pill furnace he had raised to third-tier High-Grade, and Ji An tested its improved response while congratulating him on his artifact-refining progress.
• Ji An spent ten years cultivating and nurturing spirit woods in the Gourd World, where many trees reached Third Order Top-Grade and he touched the bottleneck of Golden Core Layer 8.
• Ji An told True Monarch Lianshan that he and Qin Yan planned to travel to Central Continent on a merchant airship, and Lianshan said he had an important matter to discuss after Ji An returned.

Ji An advanced his Immovable Wisdom King Art and helped Qin Yan negotiate an exchange for Fire Source Stone and pill-furnace materials. True Monarch Lianshan then began burning his Nascent Soul to make one final contribution, sending Ji An away as his power surged.

• Ji An's bone marrow turned silver and his golden blood grew stronger as the Immovable Wisdom King Art reached late Golden Core.
• Ji An and Qin Yan met Wan Jinrong, who offered artifact-refining methods in exchange for Fire Source Stone; Qin Yan agreed to consult the Sect Master about the sect's reserves.
• Wan Jinrong supplied water-attributed materials for Qin Yan's third-tier pill furnace, and Ji An paid for them before the two returned to the sect.
• True Monarch Lianshan told Ji An that his Nascent Soul had about thirty years left and that he intended to burn it to raise his cultivation for one last contribution.
• Ji An took True Monarch Lianshan far from the sect, then left when asked; Lianshan activated the secret art and raised his cultivation from Nascent Soul Layer Six to Layer Nine.

Ji An witnessed True Monarch Lianshan’s death beneath Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, then used the resulting Dao Rhyme to improve his cultivation resources. The Gathering Origin Tree reached the Fourth Order, bringing Ji An closer to obtaining a Third Order Top-Grade Spirit Vein.

• Ji An watched Purple Heaven Divine Thunder strike the mountain, then bowed to the crater where True Monarch Lianshan had fallen.
• The Stone Turtle strengthened Ji An’s body and soul, while Zhu Changhe and a Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox sensed the unusual lightning from afar.
• Ji An saw that Lianshan’s Nascent Soul had increased his Dao Rhyme and vowed to restore the Five Elements Sect inheritance.
• Ji An drank Phoenix Dance Danxia Tea and used Spiritual Opportunity to raise Departing Fire Burns the Heavens to Great Perfection.
• Ji An studied Nascent Soul farming spells and became interested in Trace to the Source, which could return unused parts of spirit plants to the earth as spiritual qi.
• The Gathering Origin Tree completed its grade elevation and became a Fourth Order Heaven and Earth Spirit Tree.

Ji An advanced his plans to cultivate Five Splendor Pills, guided Han Shan in his cultivation and protected him on a trip to Azure Cloud Immortal City, then watched the Gourd World's Spirit Vein reach Third Order Top-Grade. He began organizing the expanded small world as a message arrived from Golden Fur.

• Ji An counted twenty-one Five-Colored Flowers, copied the Five Splendor Pill ingredients, and decided to spend his remaining Dao Rhyme strengthening his Dao Seed after mourning True Monarch Lianshan.
• Ji An met with Han Shan, gave him cultivation advice and protective talismans, and learned that Han Shan had chosen the auxiliary Thick Earth Pearl as his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Han Shan returned from Azure Cloud Immortal City with seeds for four spirit medicines, and Ji An rewarded him with Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea after confirming he had used the Purifying Spirit Talisman.
• Three months later, Ji An found that the Gourd World's Spirit Vein had risen to Third Order Top-Grade and measured the small world's expanded area at about Five Hundred Mu.
• Ji An ordered Ayun to make a round table and sand table to inventory the spirit trees, then Golden Fur brought him a Golden Message Sword.