Chapter Summaries

Hu Yujie and Hu Lingshan discussed repaying Ji An while Green Hill struggled to recover from the True Demon Tribulation. Ji An learned that the Golden Spirit Sect’s Spirit Vein was recovering and the Gathering Origin Tree had reached Fourth-Tier Top-Grade; the chapter ended as Crimson Flame Peak erupted.

• Hu Lingshan told Hu Yujie not to use clan resources to repay Ji An and urged her to heal and help purify Green Hill’s contaminated Spirit Veins.
• Ji An refined spirit wood to repair the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner, then told the sect leaders that the Harmony Peak demon cavern might be ready for resealing in three to five years.
• Lin Jiuxiao, Qin Yan, and Zhang Zeye reported plans for rebuilding trade and the Spirit Vein’s rapid recovery, while Zhang Zeye advised against spending the sect’s reserves on further upgrades.
• Ji An sent Golden Fur and Big Yellow to dig trenches on Crimson Flame Peak in preparation for the Spirit Vein’s rise.
• Ji An discovered that the Gathering Origin Tree had become Fourth-Tier Top-Grade after absorbing Nascent Soul-level ashes, though the Five-Colored Flowers had not yet matured.
• Three months later, Ji An and the others watched Crimson Flame Peak rumble as magma erupted into the sky.

Ji An helped Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein advance to fourth order low-grade and gained a mid-grade Bing Ding Fire Dao Seed. After the advancement, he distributed Enlightenment Tea to the Golden Core True Persons and considered how the sect would manage when he eventually left the world.

• Ji An offered Qin Yan, Zhang Zeye, and the others Enlightenment Tea, agreed to future trades, and suggested they try planting Enlightenment Tea Tree seeds.
• Ji An flew toward the volcanic magma pillar and endured the Fire Element currents to deepen his understanding of fire.
• Ji An’s Bing Ding Fire Dao Seed advanced to mid-grade, strengthening his grasp of the Five Elements.
• The Spirit Vein advancement ended, and Crimson Flame Peak reached fourth order low-grade as Ji An gathered Morning Sun Purple Dew and checked his Dao resonance gains.
• Zhang Yi inventoried the collected spiritual treasures, then Ji An gave each remaining Golden Core True Person two liang of Fourth Order low-grade Enlightenment Tea and one jin of Third Order Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea.

Ji An arranged for Qin Yan to upgrade two Magic Treasures and Zhang Zeye to make sealing formations, then reassured the sect’s cultivators that Nascent Soul Pills would be available. He called a meeting to plan how the sect could cultivate vital spiritual plants independently after he eventually left, and the chapter ended with the sect beginning to organize long-term research.

• Ji An commissioned Qin Yan to upgrade the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner and Plain-Colored Cloud Realm, and asked Zhang Zeye to make sealing formations for his cave abode.
• Qin Yan estimated the upgrades would cost at least 1.6 million major merit, while Zhang Zeye calculated 250,000 major merit for the formations, and Ji An paid the deposits.
• Ji An told Qin Yan, Liu Yu, and Zhang Zeye that his small world’s medicinal materials would be ready to supply Nascent Soul Pills when they needed them.
• Ji An convened the sect master, Han Yan, Lin Lan, Han Shan, and Lin Jiuxiao to discuss how the sect could cultivate spiritual plants that depended on his small world.
• Han Yan proposed compiling medicinal-material lists, while Ji An urged the Department of Agriculture to train disciples and research suitable growing conditions in groups.
• Ji An directed the sect to draft regulations and share research findings gradually rather than rush for immediate results.

After the True Demon Tribulation ended, Ji An hosted his fellow disciples as they prepared to travel abroad, and sent spirit beasts with them for protection. True Lord Chongxuan and True Lord Moon Shadow then bid farewell to Lin Jiuxiao and prepared to rebuild Falling Maple Valley.

• Ji An welcomed Zhong Yuefei, Liu Yu, Li Lingyu, Wei Baiyang, and his other disciples to a farewell feast as the demonic qi began to disperse.
• Wei Baiyang and the others announced plans to travel abroad to seek opportunities, while Zhong Yuefei resolved to pursue the Golden Core Stage despite her age.
• Li Lingyu described the Thunder Pearls, puppets, and talismans the sect provided to help traveling disciples stay safe.
• Ji An lent the travelers the Golden Feathered Eagle and Rock Armor Bear as escorts, and Zhong Yuefei and the others departed.
• True Lord Chongxuan and True Lord Moon Shadow visited Lin Jiuxiao to bid farewell and return to rebuild Falling Maple Valley.

Lin Jiuxiao negotiated with Falling Maple Valley to sell them eighty thousand mortals so they could rebuild their sect. Meanwhile, Taixu Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators planned to restore contaminated Spirit Veins and discussed recruiting Li Haoran, who had refused to leave his Western Continent sect.

• Lin Jiuxiao refused Falling Maple Valley’s initial offer and agreed to provide eighty thousand mortals at fifty Spirit Stones each, with half the payment deferred for three years.
• True Lord Chongxuan paid Lin Jiuxiao two hundred Spirit Stones, and Lin Jiuxiao gave Falling Maple Valley three months to transport the mortals before the Azure Dragon Mountain teleportation array was dismantled.
• True Monarch Chongxu, True Monarch Zhenyue, and the other Taixu Sect cultivators discussed the devastation in Central Continent and planned to purify the Spirit Veins that could still be saved.
• True Monarch Zhenyue told the others that Li Haoran, a Golden Core ninth-layer Sword Cultivator with two levels of sword intent, had refused to join Taixu Sect because he already belonged to another sect.
• True Monarch Zhenyue planned to visit Li Haoran’s sect in Western Continent to persuade it to let him join Taixu Sect, and True Monarch Huayin offered to go along.

The chapter followed Li Haoran as he weighed whether to join Taixu Sect while awaiting news from Golden Spirit Sect, then showed Golden Spirit Sect preparing for a new wave of Golden Core breakthroughs. Ji An emerged from seclusion at Nascent Soul Layer Three and welcomed Lin Lan and Han Shan, who came to tell him about the sect’s coming breakthrough.

• True Monarch Zhenyue and True Monarch Chongxu discussed Western Continent’s vulnerability during the True Demon Tribulation, while True Person Huayin said resolving pollution was the sect’s priority.
• Li Haoran worried that Golden Spirit Sect might have fallen, decided to wait until travel to Western Continent resumed, and resolved to rebuild the sect if it had been destroyed or support it if it survived.
• Thirty years after the True Demon Tribulation, Lin Jiuxiao and the Golden Core cultivators discussed Zhang Yi’s planned breakthrough, the sect’s pill reserves, and the long wait for another harvest of Golden Core Pill ingredients.
• Ji An left his cave abode at Nascent Soul Layer Three and met Lin Lan and Han Shan, who told him a joyous event was approaching for the sect.

Ji An prepared to guide his disciples through breakthroughs and spell cultivation while refining his first batch of Fourth Order Top-Grade Five Splendor Pills. After the pills succeeded, he cast spells by the Cold Pool for Lin Lan and Han Shan to study, leaving Han Shan searching for a breakthrough in understanding.

• Ji An learned that Zhang Yi would attempt a breakthrough in two days, Wei Baiyang was nearing Five Qi Chaoyuan, and Li Lingyu was close to completion in her cultivation.
• Ji An diagnosed Han Shan’s spell-cultivation bottleneck as insufficient understanding of the Earth Element and invited him and Lin Lan to observe his spellcasting.
• Ji An entered the Gourd World and successfully refined two Fourth Order Top-Grade Five Splendor Pills, one premium-quality and one ordinary-quality.
• At dusk, Ji An demonstrated Dragon Soars, All Things Born for Lin Lan, then began casting the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation for Han Shan to study.
• Han Shan sensed a possible insight in Ji An’s spell but could not grasp it.

Ji An guided Lin Lan and Han Shan through Spirit Fields and special cultivation sites while discussing treasure plants and Spirit Plant research. In the small world, Han Shan achieved Great Perfection in the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Art after witnessing Ji An cast the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation.

• Ji An told Han Shan and Lin Lan to stop deliberately seeking enlightenment and instead sense the Five Elements power naturally.
• At the Crimson Cloud Pine Spirit Field, Ji An identified two third-tier high-grade trees, then examined the molten cave's Fire Coral and Phoenix Wood with his disciples.
• Ji An suggested that treasure plants might improve the soil around them, and Lin Lan agreed to test the idea near suitable trees.
• Ji An brought his disciples into the small world, where Lin Lan and Han Shan discovered that the Spirit Fields had reached fourth-tier mid-grade and the Gathering Origin Tree had reached fourth-tier high-grade.
• As Ji An cast the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation beside the Gathering Origin Tree, Han Shan gained enlightenment and cast the Earth Vein Spirit Ascension Art at Great Perfection.

Ji An showed Han Shan and Lin Lan the Gourd World's advanced Spirit Fields and explained how he cultivated lightning-struck trees. He introduced the Fourth Order middle-grade Fusang Tree and its mulberries, leaving their medicinal use undecided.

• Han Shan explained that Ji An's revelation about the ashes beneath the tree had distracted him into enlightenment, and Ji An encouraged him after he comprehended Earth Element divine intent.
• Ji An led his disciples through the black, green, and Crimson Spiritual Fields, explaining that the Fields had reached Fourth Order middle-grade and that their growth would help advance the small world.
• Ji An described cultivating lightning-struck trees with Yimu Wood Divine Thunder, naming the thirteen survivors and noting that hundreds of thousands had died in the process.
• Ji An showed his disciples the Fourth Order middle-grade Fusang Tree, whose leaves fed Crimson Gold Carp and whose ripe mulberries he planned to eat directly.

Ji An encouraged Lin Lan and Han Shan in their cultivation, then tested the strength of a Five Splendor Pill and found that even a quarter of one greatly accelerated his progress. Half a month later, he set aside his training to listen to a thunderstorm, sensing subtle changes in the Five Elements and Yin-Yang power around him.

• Ji An reassured Lin Lan and Han Shan that their ample resources could help them reach the True Lord level if they cultivated diligently.
• Han Shan told Ji An he planned to study Fire Element Spells, and Ji An advised him to work steadily and seek help only after thinking problems through.
• Ji An swallowed a quarter of an ordinary-quality Five Splendor Pill and spent about two hours refining its power, which he found equivalent to twelve or thirteen years of secluded cultivation.
• Ji An applied medicinal paste and practiced the Immovable Wisdom King Art, continuing his body cultivation at his own pace.
• Half a month later, Ji An opened his cave abode to the rain and listened with his divine sense as the Five-Colored Deer arrived.
• Ji An sensed the thunderstorm's Yin-Yang transformation and the Five Elements power moving through heaven and earth.

Ji An prepared the Five-Colored Deer to attempt its Nascent Soul breakthrough, while Lin Jiuxiao arranged for the sect to evacuate and protect Crimson Flame Peak. Meanwhile, Li Haoran returned to the Golden Spirit Sect with True Monarch Zhenyue and True Person Huayin, where they sensed a distant Law Tremor.

• The Five-Colored Deer told Ji An that it was ready to undergo the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, and Ji An promised it five spirit fruits for its breakthrough.
• Ji An sent Lin Jiuxiao a message asking the sect to activate its mountain-protecting formation and clear disciples from Crimson Flame Peak before the Five-Colored Deer began its breakthrough.
• Lin Jiuxiao ordered the evacuation and decided to discuss cultivating more Nascent Soul-potential guardian spirit beasts with Ji An.
• The Beast Taming Hall disciples learned that the Five-Colored Deer was preparing to break through and began evacuating the area.
• Li Haoran returned to the Golden Spirit Sect with True Monarch Zhenyue and True Person Huayin, and found the sect's mountain-protecting formation fully activated.
• True Monarch Zhenyue sensed a distant mana fluctuation and a trace of Law Tremor as the spirit boat approached the sect.

Li Haoran and the Taixu Sect cultivators investigated a Law Tremor near the Golden Spirit Sect and concluded that a demonic beast was attempting to break through. Meanwhile, Hu Yujie and Hu Yu Niang traveled from Green Hill to assess the Golden Spirit Sect, and the chapter left both groups approaching one another near the sect.

• Li Haoran failed to enter the Golden Spirit Sect because its mountain-protecting formation was sealed, so True Monarch Zhenyue took the spirit boat above it to investigate the Law Tremor.
• True Monarch Zhenyue and True Monarch Huayin sensed a demonic beast breaking through and decided to wait at a distance in case a lightning tribulation descended.
• True Monarch Huayin voiced concern that the Golden Spirit Sect's survival and possible Shapeshifted Great Demon would complicate negotiations over Li Haoran's entry into Taixu Sect.
• Hu Yujie and Hu Yu Niang traveled from Green Hill toward the Golden Spirit Sect, with Hu Yu Niang tasked by the Great Elder to assess the sect and True Monarch Xuanqing.
• True Monarch Zhenyue and True Monarch Huayin examined traces of the True Demon army near the sect, then prepared themselves when two Nascent Soul auras approached.
• Hu Yujie recognized the Taixu Sect mark on the spirit boat, and Hu Yu Niang wondered whether they should avoid the Taixu cultivators.

Hu Yujie and Hu Yu Niang encountered two Taixu Sect True Lords outside the Golden Spirit Sect and became wary of a possible alliance between the sects. Meanwhile, Li Haoran returned to the sect and reunited with Lin Qiubai, learning that the Golden Spirit Sect now had multiple True Lords.

• Hu Yujie questioned True Monarch Huayin and True Monarch Zhenyue, who explained that they had come to visit Xuanqing but could not enter the Golden Spirit Sect.
• Hu Yujie asked about the Spiritual Energy Vortex, and Hu Yu Niang and Huayin exchanged suspicions about the Taixu Sect, Green Hill, and Xuanqing.
• Hu Yu Niang decided to stay hidden and monitor the Taixu Sect visitors while Hu Yujie returned to Green Hill to report what had happened.
• Li Haoran reached Sunset Mountain and waited outside the formation until Lin Qiubai arrived and let him into the sect.
• Li Haoran told Lin Qiubai about the two Taixu Sect True Lords, and Lin Qiubai said he would bring him to meet the Sect Master and the True Lords.
• Li Haoran asked in surprise whether Senior Brother Ji had broken through to the True Lord realm.

Li Haoran returned to the sect on the verge of a Nascent Soul breakthrough and reported Taixu Sect’s offer to recruit him, prompting Ji An to negotiate for a suitable cultivation art. After learning how badly Central Continent had suffered in the True Demon Tribulation, Li Haoran heard that Ji An had slain numerous Nascent Soul True Demons, and Ji An revealed his Five Elements Cycle Scripture to impress Taixu Sect’s envoys before negotiations.

• Lin Qiubai told Li Haoran that Ji An had reached Nascent Soul Layer Three, while Li Haoran said he needed a cultivation art and pills to advance.
• Li Haoran and Lin Qiubai arrived at the sect, where Ji An recognized Li Haoran’s cultivation was close to perfection and the Golden Core True Persons congratulated him on his impending breakthrough.
• Li Haoran explained Taixu Sect’s recruitment offer and requested a Nascent Soul-level continuation of the Heavenly River Sword Art, but said the Cloud Sea Merchant Alliance’s destruction had cut off his lead.
• Li Haoran described the devastation in Central Continent, and Lin Qiubai told him that Ji An had slain at least a dozen Nascent Soul-level True Demons, including late-stage ones.
• Ji An brought Li Haoran and Lin Jiuxiao to meet Taixu Sect’s envoys, revealed his Nascent Soul Layer Three aura, and announced that he had obtained the complete Five Elements Cycle Scripture from the Five Elements Sect Ruins.

Ji An welcomed the Taixu Sect envoys, then watched the Five-Colored Deer survive its breakthrough and named it Wuyue. The Taixu Sect’s True Monarchs discussed a plan to trade Li Haoran a Sword Cultivator technique, and Ji An asked them for a cultivation method to support Li Haoran’s coming breakthrough.

• Ji An revealed that the Golden Spirit Sect had inherited the Five Elements Sect’s legacy, and the Taixu Sect envoys were astonished by the sect’s fourth-order Spirit Veins and the Five-Colored Deer’s breakthrough.
• True Monarch Huayin lamented that the Taixu Sect’s prepared cultivation resources would be unnecessary, while True Monarch Zhenyue suggested trading Li Haoran a Sword Cultivator technique.
• Monks in an eastern-coast temple agreed to build a Treasure Boat and send monk kings and believers across the sea to spread Buddhist Dharma in Eastern Continent.
• After the Five-Colored Deer survived the tribulation, Ji An named it Wuyue, and it formed a giant egg as it began shapeshifting.
• Ji An met the Taixu Sect True Monarchs and asked whether they had a cultivation method for Li Haoran, offering Rank 4 resources in exchange.

Ji An negotiated with True Monarch Zhenyue and True Monarch Huayin to obtain the Heavenly River Sword Art and Spirit Severing Insect Fluid. Li Haoran brought the requested spiritual items, leaving the sect ready to complete the cultivation-art trade.

• True Monarch Zhenyue offered the incomplete Heavenly River Sword Art in exchange for fourth-grade Fire and Metal spiritual items, and Ji An agreed to the trade.
• True Monarch Huayin named the price, and Ji An sent messages to Li Haoran, the sect master, and Zhang Yi to check the sect’s supplies.
• Ji An explained that he had released a wounded Heavenly Fox and burned the True Demon corpses he had slain, then asked whether the couple had Spirit Severing Insect Fluid.
• True Monarch Zhenyue gave Ji An forty bottles of Spirit Severing Insect Fluid, and Ji An said he would return in two days to settle the transaction.
• Li Haoran arrived with the requested resources from the Treasure Pavilion, and Ji An handed the Storage Bag to True Monarch Huayin for inspection.

Ji An completed the exchange of the Heavenly River Sword Art with Li Haoran and uncovered valuable goods from the Void Stones taken from True Demons. While preparing a demon tiger for his Spirit Beasts, he found a strange metal egg that absorbed Metal Element Spells.

• Li Haoran verified the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Heavenly River Sword Art and left with the jade slip, while Ji An invited True Monarch Zhenyue and True Monarch Huayin to visit Crimson Flame Peak in two days.
• True Monarch Huayin questioned the circumstances of the True Demon army's attack on Golden Spirit Sect and Green Hill, but True Monarch Zhenyue said the war's end mattered more than the details.
• Ji An opened twenty Void Stones and found demon beast corpses, True Demon corpses, cultivation materials, and enough spirit herbs for two batches of Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pills.
• Ji An decided to keep the Heavenly Fox and tiger demon corpses, trade a True Demon corpse to True Monarch Huayin, and feed the demon beasts' meat to his Spirit Beasts.
• While cutting up the tiger demon, Ji An found a gray-white metal egg in its stomach and discovered that it absorbed Sharp Metal Art and other Metal Element Spells.

Ji An studied an unknown Metal Egg, prepared parts of the defeated demons, and traded with True Monarch Huayin and True Monarch Zhenyue. After hosting them at his Daoist grounds, he learned they would leave the next day to tour the Western Continent, enter the Far North, and continue south.

• Ji An found that the Metal Egg absorbed or deflected his strongest attacks, stored it in the Void Stone, and fed small portions of the tiger demon to Big Yellow and Little Gold.
• Ji An processed the tiger demon and Heavenly Fox remains, then cultivated through the night.
• Ji An traded three True Demon corpses and Spirit Severing Insect body fluid with True Monarch Huayin for Spirit Stones and Water Element Spiritual Items.
• Ji An brought True Monarch Huayin and True Monarch Zhenyue to his Daoist grounds and hosted them with spirit food and wine.
• True Monarch Zhenyue announced that they would leave the next day to tour the Western Continent, enter the Far North, and travel south; Ji An agreed to see them off.

Ji An welcomed Hu Yujie and Hu Yu Niang, but declined Green Hill’s proposed trade after learning of a possible ban on contact between human and demon Nascent Soul sects. After they left, he examined Hu Yujie’s gift of spirit herbs, while Hu Lingshan suspected Ji An possessed a great secret and began considering how to obtain it.

• Ji An told Li Haoran he would refine a Nascent Soul Pill for him, and Lin Jiuxiao proposed raising spirit beasts for farming with the Five-Colored Deer’s help.
• Ji An informed Lin Jiuxiao that the Five-Colored Deer’s Daoist name was Wuyue and promised to arrange a jade slip after his shapeshifting was complete.
• Hu Yujie and Hu Yu Niang visited Ji An, offered him spirit herbs in thanks, and proposed regular trade between Green Hill and his sect.
• Ji An cited a possible prohibition against contact with demon forces and rejected trade, then asked Green Hill to avoid future contact with his sect.
• Ji An found that Hu Yujie’s gift could supply three more furnaces of Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pills and began studying the pill formula.
• Hu Yu Niang reported Ji An’s rapid cultivation to Hu Lingshan, who suspected he had a great secret and considered how to obtain it.

Ji An learned to refine the Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pill through trial and error, then successfully refined a fine-quality Nascent Soul Pill. After delivering it to the sect for inspection, he returned to Crimson Flame Peak and noticed a silver sword light approaching.

• Ji An refined the Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pill, blew up a furnace on his first attempt, and recorded his discoveries before producing pills from the remaining batches.
• Ji An tested a Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pill and found it had about half the medicinal effect of a same-tier Five Splendor Pill.
• Ji An refined a fine-quality Nascent Soul Pill and brought it to the Treasure Pavilion for storage and inspection.
• Han Yan confirmed the pill matched ancient records, while Zhang Yi said the sect would need to decide how to handle it before awarding contribution points.
• Ji An checked the giant egg near Crimson Flame Peak, then rode an Auspicious Cloud to meet a silver sword light approaching the peak.