Chapter Summaries

Ji An killed five Nascent Soul-level enemies, including a Mid Nascent Soul True Demon, then returned to the Golden Spirit Sect and decided to hunt the True Demons around it before rescuing Falling Maple Valley. Morag and the surviving True Demons regrouped at Jiu Pan Mountain, where they concluded they had to kill Ji An or abandon their plan to attack the sect.

• Ji An survived Morag’s axe strike, wounded Morag, then fled while repeatedly using Departing Fire Burns the Heavens to kill True Demons.
• Ji An entered the sect’s protective array and told its leaders that he had killed five Nascent Soul-level enemies, including a Mid Nascent Soul True Demon.
• Ji An postponed rescuing Falling Maple Valley and asked True Lord Moon Shadow to stay in contact with True Lord Chongxuan while he cleared the area around the sect.
• Ji An restored his damaged Dharma treasures and buried the purified ashes of the Mid Nascent Soul True Demon beneath the Soul Nurturing Wood.
• At Jiu Pan Mountain, Morag and the surviving True Demons discussed their losses, and Morag declared they had to kill Ji An or abandon their attack on the Golden Spirit Sect.

Morag ordered the True Demon army to retreat and contaminate the Spirit Veins in its occupied territories, while Ji An found their camp abandoned and searched for survivors. Ji An cleared a path through the demonic energy at Azure Dragon Mountain and brought True Lord Chongxuan and the hidden cultivators back toward the sect.

• Morag withdrew his forces in four teams and assigned them to contaminate Spirit Veins before gathering at Divine Eagle Cliff.
• Ji An returned to Jiu Pan Mountain, found only low-level demons, and asked Lin Jiuxiao to send flying puppets to search for the True Demon army.
• Ji An displayed the purified bones of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage True Demon at the Labor-Study Hall, and Lin Jiuxiao arranged to place them in a corner of the square.
• After receiving word that few demons remained in the southern region, Ji An went with True Lord Moon Shadow to Azure Dragon Mountain and burned away the demonic energy along a passage.
• True Lord Moon Shadow brought True Lord Chongxuan and the other hidden cultivators out of the cave, and Ji An invited them to return to the sect.

After escorting Falling Maple Valley’s cultivators to the Golden Spirit Sect, Ji An examined the spoils from his battle and considered how to use a captured Nascent Soul. Lin Jiuxiao then reported unnatural demonic pollution at Green Python Mountain, where Ji An discovered the True Demon race was deliberately corrupting a Spirit Vein.

• Ji An delivered the Falling Maple Valley cultivators to Lin Jiuxiao, who arranged their lodging and discussed the sects’ future alliance with True Lord Chongxuan and Fellow Daoist Moon Shadow.
• Ji An processed his battle spoils and studied three methods for using a captured Nascent Soul: strengthening his soul, creating a second Nascent Soul, or refining a death-substitution puppet.
• Lin Jiuxiao reported that Green Python Mountain was radiating demonic qi, and Ji An set out alone to investigate.
• Ji An searched the polluted mountain and found a deep well containing True Demon corpses, demonic markings, and a formation that was contaminating the Spirit Vein.
• Ji An realized the True Demon race was carrying out an extinction scheme by turning the area into a demon lair.

Ji An discovered and purified a True Demon contamination site, then flew to Falling Maple Valley to strike a major target. He caught Du Yu fleeing from the valley and killed him with a barrage of silver swords.

• Ji An destroyed the contamination formations and True Demon corpses, then used Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire to purify the nearby Spirit Vein.
• Ji An marked important Spirit Veins on his map, prepared his defenses, and recovered his spiritual power in the small world.
• Ji An rode the Li Di Flame Light Banner toward Falling Maple Valley, one of Western Continent’s two Grade 3 Spirit Veins.
• Ji An reached the mountain gate and cleared its demonic qi with Departing Fire Burns the Heavens and Vermillion Bird Profound Bright Art.
• Du Yu sensed Ji An’s attack and fled north, but Ji An pursued him and killed him with the Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword and his Nascent Soul Manifestation.

Ji An cleared True Demons and purified contaminated Spirit Veins across the Western Continent, then investigated Harmony Peak but found the enemy forces hidden inside a demon den. He returned to the Golden Spirit Sect and burned away the demonic qi around its mountain-protecting formation, restoring sunlight to the disciples.

• Ji An killed a Nascent Soul Middle Stage True Demon, cleared Falling Maple Valley's mountain gate, and purified five main Spirit Vein Nodes.
• After surveying contaminated Spirit Veins and killing a Nascent Soul Layer 2 True Demon, Ji An reported to Lin Jiuxiao and gave the sect a map of the contamination formations.
• Lin Jiuxiao organized disciple teams to purify the marked areas, while True Lord Chongxuan left to repair the Teleportation Array beneath Azure Dragon Mountain.
• Ji An and the disciples purified the remaining sources across the sect's territory and Falling Maple Valley, then Ji An headed to Harmony Peak to investigate the True Demons.
• Ji An found a demon den at Harmony Peak but chose not to enter, struck its entrance with Chaos Five Elements Thunder, and returned to the sect.
• Ji An burned away the demonic qi around the Golden Spirit Sect's mountain-protecting formation, and Lin Jiuxiao saw sunlight return.

Ji An discussed the sect’s recovery and long-term plans with Lin Jiuxiao, then asked Qin Yan to upgrade two Dharma treasures while the True Demon army remained missing. Qin Yan agreed to raise their grades and said he could improve the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner further once Ji An supplied fourth-order spiritwood.

• Ji An told Lin Jiuxiao he would purify demonic qi around the sect, while Lin Jiuxiao arranged patrols and expanded puppet surveillance without lowering the sect’s guard.
• Lin Jiuxiao described the growing mortal population and outlined plans to preserve an elite cultivation path, explore mineral resources, resume trade, and stockpile ores after the tribulation.
• Ji An visited Qin Yan and reported that he had killed two more Nascent Soul True Demons but lost track of their army.
• Ji An gave Qin Yan the Plain Cloud World Banner and Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to upgrade, and Qin Yan estimated the work would take just over a month.
• Qin Yan asked for fourth-order low-grade wood-element spiritwood to raise the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner further, and Ji An offered a Moonlit Purple Spirit Fir after the banners had time to stabilize.

After purifying demonic qi around the sect for two months, Ji An arranged for disciples and the Five-Colored Deer to help maintain the effort and learned that the sect’s Yin Vein might soon advance. Back at Crimson Flame Peak, he decided to pursue the Five Elements Divine Mountain, discovering that the Gourd World’s soil could provide its most important material once the Spirit Vein reached the Fourth Order.

• Ji An met Lin Jiuxiao, who reported that the sect’s Yin Vein might advance in one or two months, and Ji An asked to be notified when it showed signs of progress.
• Ji An told Lin Jiuxiao to have the Labor-Study Hall assign disciples to purify demonic qi, and he instructed Lin Lan to ask the Five-Colored Deer to help.
• Ji An visited Lin Lan, answered her cultivation questions, and set a monthly time for disciples to consult him at Crimson Flame Peak.
• Ji An purified the corpses of two True Demons and burned their remains into fertilizer, then decided he needed an offensive Magic Treasure to complement his Five Directions Banners.
• Ji An studied the Five Elements Divine Mountain’s refining method and realized that fourth-tier soil from the Gourd World could supply Yellow Emperor’s Virtue Earth once its Spirit Vein advanced.

Ji An discovered that Nascent Soul cultivator ashes could nourish Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots in place of Dao Rhyme, then witnessed Cloud Crane Mountain’s main Spirit Vein advance to Third Order Top-Grade. With the mountain’s cultivation resources improved and his sect disciples progressing, he returned to Crimson Flame Peak and prepared to focus on cultivation.

• Ji An found that the Fusang Tree was advancing because it had absorbed the ashes of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he realized that ashes could substitute for Dao Rhyme in nourishing spirit trees.
• Ji An confirmed that the Gathering Origin Tree had consumed a third of a Nascent Soul Layer Five true demon’s ashes, then decided to bury future Nascent Soul cultivator ashes beneath it.
• One month later, Cloud Crane Mountain’s main Spirit Vein advanced, improving most Spirit Fields despite widespread damage and chaos across the mountain range.
• Lin Lan and Han Shan reported the Spirit Fields’ gains, and Ji An learned that Han Shan was close to reaching mid Golden Core; he also told Lin Lan that he had killed the Mysterious Yin Sect cultivators responsible for her injury.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, checked his increased Dao Rhyme, and ordered Golden Fur, Big Yellow, Little Gold, and Blue Shell to stand watch while he began cultivating in earnest.

Ji An cultivated in the Gourd World while the Golden Spirit Sect’s leaders discussed their growing strength and plans for the future. The chapter ended with Han Shan reporting that he had mastered the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Art’s Perfected Realm.

• Ji An refined a Bodhi Fruit and inspected the Soul Nurturing Wood, finding that it absorbed nutrients more slowly than the Heaven and Earth Spirit Trees.
• True Lord Chongxuan and True Lord Moon Shadow worried about rebuilding their diminished sect, and Chongxuan urged them to remain confident for their disciples.
• Lin Jiuxiao gathered the Golden Core True Persons, who discussed the sect’s growing disciples, improving Spirit Veins, and prospects for future strength.
• Ji An inspected the flowering fourth-order Fusang Tree and other spirit plants, then ordered the Stone Turtle to raise the Moonlit Purple Spirit Fir’s grade.
• Lin Lan told Ji An that the sect’s Spirit Vein would advance soon, and Ji An shared the good news with her and Han Shan.
• Han Shan told Ji An that he had reached the Perfected Realm in the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Art after gaining insight from the Cloud Crane Mountain Spirit Vein’s advancement.

Ji An gave Lin Lan and Han Shan cultivation supplies and Enlightenment Tree seeds, then used fourth-order Spirit Wood to raise the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to Spirit Treasure grade with Qin Yan’s help. After returning to Crimson Flame Peak, he reassured Wei Baiyang that Minor Bamboo Mountain remained undiscovered by the True Demon army.

• Ji An gave Lin Lan and Han Shan Five Qi Pills, Enlightenment Tea, and Enlightenment Tree seeds, and answered their cultivation questions.
• Ji An checked the Stone Turtle’s remaining Dao Rhyme, then harvested a fourth-order Moonlit Purple Spirit Fir for the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
• Ji An paid Qin Yan three hundred and sixty thousand merit points to obtain the resources needed to raise the banner’s grade.
• A month later, Ji An and Qin Yan completed the banner’s promotion to Spirit Treasure grade, and Ji An rewarded Qin Yan with Blazing Fire Immortal Apricots.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak and told Wei Baiyang that Minor Bamboo Mountain’s hiding place had not been discovered by the True Demon army.

Ji An discovered that the Gathering Origin Tree had advanced to Fourth Order middle-grade, raising the Gourd World's Spirit Vein and triggering breakthroughs among many spirit plants. He began cultivating with the improved spiritual energy and found his cultivation efficiency had increased by over thirty percent.

• Wei Baiyang told Ji An that he had comprehended Fire Generating Earth, and Ji An gave him a jar of Enlightenment Tea before sending him off.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and found that the Gathering Origin Tree had reached Fourth Order middle-grade and the Spirit Vein had risen to fourth order low-grade.
• Ji An discovered a new Gathering Origin Tree flower bud and found that numerous spirit woods and plants had advanced in grade or flowered across the Spirit Fields.
• Ji An directed the Stone Turtle to refine Dao rhythm and raise the Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree's grade, then checked the Pure Water Lotuses and plants in the other fields.
• Ji An cultivated beneath the Gathering Origin Tree and found that the fourth-tier Spirit Vein had increased his cultivation efficiency by slightly over thirty percent.

Ji An refined spirit soil and forged the Five Elements Divine Mountain, confirming that the excavated soil could recover over time. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Fox Clan faced another intense True Demon assault, though its Great Elder believed the enemy’s demonic qi was waning and its retreat was near.

• Ji An buried three urns of Early Nascent Soul Cultivator ashes beneath the Golden Leaf Zitan, Fusang Tree, and Lightning Dragon Blood Fruit tree, then resumed cultivating.
• Ji An refined soil from the Spirit Fields into five kinds of fourth-order spirit soil and forged it into a Five Elements Divine Mountain.
• Ji An tested the spirit treasure on Big Yellow, whose injuries showed that the mountain could suppress a Golden Core-level beast without striking it.
• Ji An found that soil in the Yellow Spiritual Field had recovered more than half its spiritual energy and concluded he could refine spirit soil once a year.
• Hu Yu Niang reported that the True Demon army had intensified its attacks on Shouyin Mountain, injured the Third Elder, and weakened the Heavenly Fox Clan’s Spirit Vein.
• The Great Elder said demonic qi had been declining for months and predicted that the True Demon army’s retreat was near.

Ji An discovered that the True Demon Tribulation was nearing its end and confirmed that demonic qi at Harmony Peak had fallen sharply. As he waited near the demon lair, Morag arranged for Iron Plow and other commanders to attack the sect on their way back to the True Demon Realm.

• Ji An made the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner his Natal Spiritual Treasure, and Lin Lan reported that demonic qi had been declining for several months.
• Ji An traveled to Harmony Peak, found the demonic qi outflow had decreased by thirty to forty percent, and decided to wait there for half a month to watch for True Demons.
• Ji An used Chaos Five Elements Thunder at the demon lair entrance while considering whether to hunt True Demons retreating through it.
• Morag told Iron Plow that a powerful sect in the east of the Western Continent had defeated his forces and offered him a captured Nascent Soul level Heavenly Fox in exchange for help.
• Iron Plow agreed to join Morag and two other commanders in a one-month attack before they withdrew to the True Demon Realm.

Iron Plow’s True Demon army besieged the Golden Spirit Sect while True Lord remained away, and the sect spent vast resources resisting the attacks. After half a month, Ji An returned from Harmony Peak and unleashed a devastating fire attack on the army.

• Morag advised Iron Plow to keep the low-ranking True Demons out of the assault, while Iron Plow considered joining the attack on the formation.
• Lin Jiuxiao ordered the Golden Core cultivators and Origin Seeking disciples to counterattack with Thunder Pearls and Yin Thunder Beads, killing six elite True Demons and grievously wounding seventeen.
• Iron Plow grew furious at the casualties and vowed to join the battle, while the siege continued for another ten days and severely disrupted the Golden Spirit Sect’s Spirit Vein advancement.
• Ji An heard the battle while flying back from Harmony Peak, prepared his defensive treasures, and cast Departing Fire Burns the Heavens over the True Demon army.
• The True Demons were engulfed in purple flames as the Golden Spirit Sect cultivators cheered at True Lord’s return.

Ji An killed the True Demons attacking the Golden Spirit Sect and returned behind its mountain-protecting formation, where he learned the siege was straining the sect’s Spirit Vein. After resting, he planned to refine Dao rhythm from his spoils and strengthen his Geng Xin Metal Dao Seed before fighting again.

• Ji An used the Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword to kill a Nascent Soul Layer Six True Demon, seized its Void Stone, and stored its corpse.
• Ji An pursued and killed the five Early Nascent Soul True Demons fleeing from him, turning the ground between the formation and the enemy army into a killing field.
• Iron Plow and Morag arrived to find their Nascent Soul subordinates dead, but Ji An escaped through the mountain-protecting formation while Iron Plow attacked it in fury.
• Lin Jiuxiao told Ji An that the True Demons had besieged the sect since the third day after his departure and that their attacks were delaying the Spirit Vein’s advancement.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak to rest, set aside fifteen seized Void Stones, and asked the Stone Turtle to refine Dao rhythm and raise the grade of his Geng Xin Metal Dao Seed.

Ji An raised his Metal Dao Seed to top grade, then used his strengthened Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword to kill Morag. Iron Plow approached to avenge him but hesitated when Ji An prepared to attack again.

• Ji An spent his Metal Dao rhymes to raise the Geng Xin Metal Dao Seed to top grade and discovered that his Metal Element Spells had grown stronger.
• Ji An drank Thunderstruck Wood Spirit Tea, which tempered his body and strengthened his Nascent Soul, then slept to recover from his exhaustion.
• Iron Plow ordered the True Demons to withdraw, and Morag proposed using a secret treasure to trap Ji An and help Iron Plow kill him.
• After waking, Ji An saw Morag attacking the formation and followed him outside, where he used the Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword to pierce Morag's defenses and kill him.
• Ji An collected Morag's Void Stone and corpse, escaped Iron Plow's no-flight domain, and prepared another Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword as Iron Plow hesitated to approach.

Ji An escaped Iron Plow’s pursuit and captured the Soul Severing Cone after it failed to penetrate his defenses. With Iron Plow’s life-risking secret art nearing its limit, he ordered the True Demon elites to retreat toward Harmony Peak.

• Ji An turned back toward the sect when Iron Plow used a secret art to boost his strength and speed, then slowed the pursuer with the Five Elements Divine Mountain’s Five-Colored Radiance.
• Iron Plow struck Ji An with a soul attack and launched the blood-sacrificed Soul Severing Cone, but Ji An’s layered defenses stopped it as he crossed into the mountain-protecting grand formation.
• Ji An immobilized the Soul Severing Cone with the Five Elements Divine Mountain, sealed it with the Seal Spirit Art, and stored it away, though the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner was damaged.
• Ji An inspected his banners and refined a Lightning Strike Spirit Peach while watching Iron Plow, considering whether he could hunt the weakened demon after his secret art ended.
• Iron Plow abandoned his attack, summoned the surviving Nascent Soul True Demons, and ordered the elites above the Golden Core level to retreat toward Harmony Peak.

Ji An discovered the True Demon army had withdrawn, rescued Hu Yujie, and pursued the weakened Iron Plow with her help. He killed Iron Plow and several Nascent Soul followers, leaving the fleeing enemy army without its commander.

• Iron Plow found Morag dead and discovered the Heavenly Fox he had meant to claim had escaped.
• Ji An left the mountain formation and burned through the True Demon army, then exposed and captured the injured Hu Yujie with the Five Elements Divine Mountain.
• Hu Yujie offered to track Iron Plow, and Ji An agreed to pursue him after learning the True Demon commander was weakened.
• Hu Yujie guided Ji An to Iron Plow, where Ji An killed several Early Nascent Soul followers and slew Iron Plow with the Five Elements Divine Mountain and Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword.

Ji An announced that the True Demon threat was subsiding, then decided to release the Heavenly Fox Hu Yujie rather than sacrifice her for Dao charm. After hosting her farewell feast and giving her precious spirit tea, he escorted her beyond the sect’s protective formation so she could return to Green Hill.

• Ji An told the Golden Core cultivators that the Nascent Soul level True Demons had been executed and agreed to delay expanding patrols until he inspected the Harmony Peak demon cave again.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, kept Hu Yujie’s powers sealed while considering her fate, and began secluded cultivation as his beast companions arranged guard duties.
• Ji An purified a True Demon corpse, sorted his spoils, and absorbed Morning Sun Purple Qi before deciding to release Hu Yujie to foster goodwill with Green Hill.
• Ji An held a farewell feast for Hu Yujie and gave her a jar of Fourth Order Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea.
• Ji An escorted Hu Yujie through the sect-protecting grand formation and saw her off on her journey back to Green Hill.

Ji An purified a Nascent Soul into Soul Power Crystals, used one to strengthen his soul, and continued cultivating. At Green Hill, Hu Lingshan learned of Ji An’s strength and gifts, then considered how Green Hill should deal with the new human Nascent Soul Power.

• Ji An finished burning the True Demon corpses and Nascent Soul-level Magic Beast skeletons, burying some ashes beneath the Golden Leaf Zitan tree and feeding the rest to the Gathering Origin Tree.
• Ji An chose to refine his harvested Nascent Soul into soul nourishment, purified its Soul Power Crystals with his spirit fires, and consumed one to slightly increase his soul intensity.
• Ji An drank Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea and cultivated the Five Elements Cycle Scripture in the Gourd World.
• Hu Yujie told Hu Lingshan that Ji An had killed a weakened Nascent Soul Layer 8 True Demon despite being a Nascent Soul Layer 2 cultivator, and gave her Fourth Order spirit tea made from lightning-struck wood.
• Hu Lingshan identified the tea as coming from a Lightning-Struck Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree, declined to keep it, and questioned Ji An’s purpose in helping Hu Yujie.
• Hu Yujie said Ji An wanted harmonious coexistence, while Hu Lingshan warned that Green Hill’s need to control its demonic beast population would require compromises.