Chapter Summaries

Ji An received demonic seeds from Li Haoran before Li Haoran entered seclusion to attempt the Nascent Soul Realm. Li Haoran survived the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and became a Nascent Soul True Monarch, leaving the sect celebrating his breakthrough.

• Li Haoran told Ji An he would attempt the Nascent Soul Realm and said the sect would exchange a Nascent Soul Pill for 1.6 million great merits.
• Li Haoran gave Ji An two demonic seeds he had obtained in the Central Continent, and Ji An sealed them away for safekeeping.
• Five days later, Ji An and the sect watched as Li Haoran confronted the thunder tribulation above Sunrise Peak.
• Li Haoran used his transforming sword intent to overcome the Chaos Divine Thunder and then the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, completing his breakthrough.
• Ji An saw that Li Haoran had survived with no fatal injuries, exchanged greetings with him, and departed while Li Haoran began stabilizing his realm.
• The sect spent the following days celebrating Li Haoran's rise to True Monarch and discussing his powerful sword intent.

Ji An improved his Water and Wood Dao Seeds, strengthened his Dragon Soars, All Things Born spell, and refined Moon Essence before Wuyue emerged as a Shapeshifted Great Demon. Wuyue demonstrated his strengthened abilities by suppressing Ji An’s Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner, and Ji An then summoned the Li Di Flame Light Banner to test him further.

• Ji An cultivated the Blood Tempering Secret Method and reflected on how balancing his body and soul had helped his cultivation progress.
• Ji An raised his Ren Gui Water Dao Seed and Jia Yi Wood Dao Seed to mid-grade, then tested their improved effects by casting Dragon Soars, All Things Born.
• Ji An absorbed Moon Essence on Crimson Flame Peak while Wuyue completed his transformation into a Shapeshifted Great Demon beneath the mountain.
• Wuyue tried to surprise Ji An with earth escape, but Ji An restrained him with Finger Points to Steel until a sword blast let Wuyue break free.
• Wuyue showed Ji An his strengthened five-element rain spell and used Five-Colored Radiance to devour the water attack from the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner.
• Ji An summoned the Li Di Flame Light Banner so Wuyue could demonstrate whether his ability could also counter a spirit treasure.

Ji An tested the Five-Colored Deer’s power against several Spiritual Treasures and learned about the deer’s inner core, Five Spirit Pearls, and Nascent Soul manifestation. The Five-Colored Deer then tested Ji An’s Five Elements Divine Mountain and struggled under its weight and suppression.

• The Five-Colored Deer used his Five-Colored Radiance to suppress the Li Di Flame Light Banner, sever its bond with Ji An, and explain how his ability affected enemy magic treasures.
• The Five-Colored Deer’s radiance slowed Ji An’s Natal Spiritual Treasure, but the Earth Kirin escaped by unleashing a powerful burst of spiritual energy.
• The Five-Colored Deer asked Ji An for five kinds of spirit soil to temper his Five Spirit Pearls, which served as his inner core, and explained that demon beasts fused their souls with their cores.
• The Five-Colored Deer revealed his Five Elements manifestation, and Ji An showed a changing sea-and-sky manifestation that shattered it and left the deer dizzy.
• Ji An tested the Five Elements Divine Mountain on the Five-Colored Deer, whose movement and spiritual power were suppressed until he asked to release his radiance.

True Monarch Wuyue accepted duties and benefits from Ji An after losing a contest against the Five Elements Divine Mountain, while the two discussed cultivation and the sect’s plans. Three days later, Li Haoran told Ji An he would take disciples, and Ji An questioned whether Li Haoran’s dangerous training methods would give them a sense of belonging to the sect.

• Ji An’s Five Elements Divine Mountain suppressed True Monarch Wuyue’s innate spell, and Ji An consoled him and asked him to aid sect disciples in exchange for payment.
• Ji An told True Monarch Wuyue that Li Haoran had become the sect’s first Nascent Soul Realm Sword Cultivator, then sent him to deliver materials to Qin Yan and arrange for the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to be upgraded.
• True Monarch Wuyue asked for a storage artifact and agreed to produce more offspring for the sect; Ji An gave him a Storage Bag and instructed him to ask the sect master about the arrangement.
• True Monarch Wuyue returned with news that upgrading the banner would cost 240,000 great merit and take about two months, and that he had obtained a Void Stone, an Identity Jade Token, and a fourth-order cave abode.
• Ji An and True Monarch Wuyue exchanged insights about Five Elements power and cultivation, and both benefited from their discussion.
• Li Haoran told Ji An that the sect wanted him to take three disciples and asked whether he should train them through dangerous travels; Ji An warned that this might weaken their sense of belonging to the sect.

Ji An advised Li Haoran on cultivating his disciples’ loyalty to the sect and discussed the evolution of his sword intent. Later, Ji An investigated the demonic vein at Harmony Peak, contained the demon den’s leaking qi with fire-element divine intent, and began exploring the polluted earth below.

• Ji An warned Li Haoran that taking his young disciples on travels too soon could weaken their ties to the sect, and advised waiting until they reached Origin Seeking or at least Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Li Haoran described how battle had changed his sword path from relying on one sword to break ten thousand arts to adapting through countless transformations, and Ji An recognized that his sword intent had reached the third level.
• Lin Jiuxiao told Ji An that the polluted Spirit Veins at Harmony Peak had become a demonic vein, and asked him to find a way to contain the demon den without relying on a costly sealing formation.
• Ji An inspected the demon den and found a spatial rift that swallowed his spells while continuing to release demonic qi.
• Ji An used the Vermillion Bird Profound Bright Art to burn away the leaking qi and spread fire-element divine intent through the demon den, then cleared the surface mist and entered the demonic vein underground.

Ji An tested whether his Earth Element cultivation could purify the demonic vein and asked the sect to wait before investing in sealing formations. He then raised the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to Spiritual Treasure level, discovered that all five banners improved his cultivation and spell power, and began testing their enhanced effects.

• Ji An repeatedly released the Vermillion Bird Profound Bright Art underground to purify the demonic vein, then tried the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation and returned to the sect to report his experiment to Lin Jiuxiao.
• Ji An told Lin Jiuxiao to wait up to three years before deciding whether to refine a sealing formation, since his method needed time to show results.
• Two months later, Qin Yan helped Ji An raise the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to Spiritual Treasure level, completing his set of five Spiritual Treasure banners.
• Ji An asked Zhang Yi to reserve Fourth Order spiritual items for future upgrades and returned to Crimson Flame Peak to cultivate with all five banners.
• Ji An found that the banners increased his spiritual qi refinement speed by about ten percent and boosted his Earth Element spell by more than fifty percent, while other tested spells gained nearly forty percent in power.

Ji An continued testing ways to purify the demonic contamination around Harmony Peak, then spent ten years cultivating before successfully advancing to Nascent Soul Layer Four. The chapter ended with the sect learning of a mysterious seven-colored light while Ji An emerged from his breakthrough as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.

• Ji An used the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation on the polluted land and found that fire could not effectively purify the contaminated earth.
• Ji An cast the Vermillion Bird Profound Bright Art into the demon cavern, burning away demonic qi at the spatial rifts, then treated a strip of polluted land with the nurturing incantation.
• Ten years later, a dark yellow mass of qi beyond Crimson Flame Peak became seven-colored light, which Lin Jiuxiao, Li Haoran, and True Monarch Wuyue could neither approach nor explain.
• True Monarch Wuyue told Lin Jiuxiao and Li Haoran that Ji An had been cultivating through a breakthrough and that he had not dared disturb him.
• Ji An drew in the Gourd World's concentrated spiritual qi and used his Nascent Soul Manifestation to push through his final bottleneck.
• Ji An succeeded in advancing to Nascent Soul Layer Four, entering the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Ji An received Profound Yellow Merit Qi and discovered that purifying demonic contamination had earned it. He upgraded his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed and began cleansing another contaminated region to gain more merit.

• Ji An completed his breakthrough and learned that True Monarch Wuyue had reported a strange occurrence outside Crimson Flame Peak.
• Seven-colored radiance descended near Ji An’s cave abode, and Profound Yellow Merit Qi appeared above Guanghan Palace.
• Ji An realized the merit likely came from purifying the Northern Lands, then hurried to Harmony Peak to confirm his theory.
• Ji An found the contamination at Harmony Peak eradicated and concluded that cleansing Spirit-Severing Lands could earn him merit.
• Ji An used the merit to raise the grade of his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed and began purifying another demonic vein.

Ji An purified part of Harmony Peak and called on his sect for support, prompting the sect to plan a teleportation array and a visit from True Monarch Wuyue. Meanwhile, a fleet of Buddhist monks neared the Eastern Continent, intending to spread their faith.

• Ji An suppressed the contamination across more than seven thousand mu, then sheltered in a cave and continued working toward earning Profound Yellow Merit Qi.
• Ji An sent the Golden Feathered Eagle to the sect with news that Harmony Peak had been purified and let Big Yellow and Golden Fur roam outside.
• Lin Jiuxiao shared Ji An's report with True Monarch Wuyue, Li Haoran, and Zhang Zeye, and Zhang Zeye agreed to prepare plans for a long-distance Teleportation Array.
• True Monarch Wuyue decided to travel to Harmony Peak immediately and departed with the Golden Feathered Eagle after Lin Jiuxiao prepared a message for Ji An.
• An elder monk announced that the Buddhist fleet would reach the Eastern Continent's coast in about a month, and the Monk Kings prepared their followers to spread Buddhist Dharma.

Ji An guided True Monarch Wuyue in trying to earn Profound Yellow Merit Qi by purifying polluted land, then continued his own daily purification work while awaiting the sect’s support. Liu Yu and Zhang Zeye arrived with guards and Formation Masters, bringing word that the sect’s Teleportation Array had been built at Luoyan Mountain.

• True Monarch Wuyue asked Ji An how to obtain merit, and Ji An agreed to show him how to purify polluted land.
• Ji An demonstrated the lingering power of his spell, and True Monarch Wuyue agreed to purify a ten-thousand-mu plot of land himself.
• True Monarch Wuyue marked out his experimental plot, then returned to the sect after asking Ji An for one ripe Fusang Tree mulberry.
• A month later, Liu Yu arrived with guards and disciples, while Zhang Zeye brought four Formation Hall disciples to help build a Teleportation Array.
• Zhang Zeye told Ji An that the sect’s Teleportation Array had been completed at Luoyan Mountain, near Crimson Flame Peak.

Ji An organized a search for Spirit Veins near Harmony Peak and chose a site for a Teleportation Array, while monks from Western Continent began establishing a foothold in Eastern Continent. A year later, Ji An returned to his cave abode and discovered that his Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner was transforming and the Fusang Tree’s fourth-tier mid-grade mulberries had ripened.

• Ji An assigned Zhang Zeyu and the others to search for a suitable Spirit Vein, while True Monarch Wuyue covered the eastern, northern, and western regions.
• Monk kings from Western Continent brought more than two hundred thousand people to Eastern Continent and planned to establish Lotus Temple and expand their Buddhist influence.
• Zhang Zeyu, Liu Yu, and True Monarch Wuyue reported finding several second-tier Spirit Veins, and Ji An chose the unclaimed site found by Zhang Zeyu for the Teleportation Array.
• Ji An returned to the sect a year later and found that the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner was at a crucial stage of transformation.
• Ayun brought Ji An three clusters of golden mulberries from the Fusang Tree, which had ripened as fourth-tier mid-grade spirit fruit.

Ji An ate a Fusang Tree mulberry and gained insight into the Power of the Fire Element, then gave another fruit to True Monarch Wuyue. His Earth Kirin advanced to Fourth Order mid-grade, strengthening Ji An’s defensive domain and boosting his spellcasting over contaminated land.

• Ji An ate a Fusang Tree mulberry, endured its searing spiritual energy, and gained insight into the Power of the Fire Element as he refined its energy.
• Ayun helped Ji An cultivate, and he later fed metal-element spiritual energy to the unknown Metal Egg before falling asleep.
• Ji An gave True Monarch Wuyue a Fusang Tree mulberry before they traveled to Harmony Peak for another round of spellcasting.
• More than a month later, Ji An’s Earth Kirin advanced to Fourth Order mid-grade, and the other four spiritual treasures answered its joyful roar.
• Ji An tested his strengthened defensive domain and found its power had increased by nearly twenty percent.
• Ji An cast the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation over contaminated land, discovered its power had increased by forty percent, and continued purifying the area.

Ji An advanced his cultivation and sect plans while Buddhist forces established Lotus Temple and debated how to spread their influence. He refined Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pills for Qin Yan and the sect, then returned from the Gourd World to the teleportation array.

• Ji An promised the disciples at Azure Dragon Ridge a reward after their task ended and learned that Gu Jingming hoped to affiliate his clan with the sect.
• A year passed, and Ji An refined a Fusang Tree mulberry, deepening his Fire Element comprehension and gaining the high-grade Dao Seed · Bing Ding Fire.
• Monk King Puxin announced that Lotus Temple and six outer temples were ready to spread Buddhist Dharma, while Monk King Kongwen urged the Buddhist cultivators to build their strength and contact small powers quietly.
• Ji An harvested the herbs for Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pills and refined ninety-two pills, including eighty-two premium-grade pills, for Qin Yan and the sect.
• Ji An left the Gourd World and arrived at the stone house containing the Teleportation Array.

Ji An exchanged pills and merits at the Treasure Pavilion, then heard of his disciples’ progress cultivating spirit plants in special environments and rewarded them with Five Qi Pills. A year later, Profound Yellow Merit Qi descended upon Crimson Flame Peak, leaving disciples to recognize the reward for Ji An’s work purifying contaminated land.

• Zhang Yi exchanged Ji An’s Spirit Nurturing Divine Fire Pills for major merits and told him Qin Yan had delivered fourth-tier spiritual items; Ji An prepaid merits and exchanged some for fifty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lin Lan reported that Jade Ganoderma and Fluffball Flowers were thriving near Azure Mist Pines, while Wei Baiyang described promising results from planting Fire Element Spirit Plants near Phoenix Wood.
• Ji An answered his disciples’ cultivation questions, revealed he was purifying about two million mu of contaminated land, and gave them Five Qi Pills, including an extra reward for Lin Lan.
• Ji An took his disciples into the Gourd World for a meal and drinks, where Wei Baiyang saw its abundant fourth-tier spirit plants.
• A year later, while Ji An cultivated with moonlight on Crimson Flame Peak, streams of Profound Yellow Merit Qi descended and formed an additional auspicious cloud above his Guanghan Palace.
• Disciples nearby saw the radiant streaks in the sky and identified them as Profound Yellow Merit Qi rewarding Ji An for benefiting heaven and earth.

Ji An completed the purification of Harmony Peak and returned to the sect, where he urged its leaders to seal the demon cave and develop the region. He arranged to dismantle the Azure Dragon Ridge Teleportation Array and left the sect to plan Harmony Peak’s long-term recovery.

• Ji An purified all of Harmony Peak, temporarily suppressed demonic qi in the demon cave, and found remnants of its old sealing formation.
• Ji An returned to the sect and proposed rebuilding a seal for the demon cave while dispatching disciples to raise Harmony Peak’s Spirit Vein grade.
• Zhang Zeye argued that Harmony Peak could help restore Western Continent’s earth veins and serve as a trade station, and Lin Jiuxiao agreed to discuss developing it with the Golden Core cultivators.
• Ji An proposed a fifty-year trial in which Foundation Establishment Late Stage Spirit Farmers would cultivate land at Harmony Peak for their own profit.
• Ji An ordered the sect to dismantle the Azure Dragon Ridge formations, deposit the recovered major merit in the Treasure Pavilion, and prepare a new demon-sealing formation.

Ji An used Profound Yellow Merit Qi to refine powerful Five Splendor Pills, then learned that True Lord Yuxiao had died. He went with his disciples to the Five Elements Hall and agreed to cremate Yuxiao’s body according to his final wish.

• Ji An assessed his strength and cultivation, then encouraged True Monarch Wuyue to finish purifying the polluted land and sold him Enlightenment Tea for Great Merit.
• Ji An spent half a month refining nine furnaces of Five Splendor Pills with Profound Yellow Merit Qi, producing forty-two pills, including thirty-eight premium pills.
• Ji An tested a merit-enhanced Five Splendor Pill and found it far easier to refine, with an effect nearly twice that of an ordinary pill of the same quality.
• The Golden Feathered Eagle told Ji An that Lin Lan was waiting outside, and Lin Lan informed him that Senior Brother Yuxiao had died.
• At the Five Elements Hall, Ji An learned that Yuxiao had requested burial beneath the Soul Nurturing Wood and promised to cremate him with Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire.

The sect mourned True Lord Yuxiao, reflected on its rise and the passing of generations, and appointed Qin Yan to lead the Five Elements Hall. Ji An and the others brought Yuxiao’s ashes to Crimson Flame Peak, where they buried them beside True Lord Zhengyang beneath the Soul Nurturing Wood.

• Lin Jiuxiao, Qin Yan, and Li Haoran reflected on the sect’s growth and the departed elders as Qin Yan resolved to develop the Heavenly River Sword Art’s later techniques and acquire other sword arts.
• Qin Yan offered to become the Five Elements Hall Master, and Lin Jiuxiao approved the appointment after Ji An and the other True Lords agreed.
• A white-haired disciple delivered the Talisman Treasure that True Lord Yuxiao had left behind, and Lin Jiuxiao and Ji An honored his sacrifice for the sect.
• Two days later, Ji An cremated True Lord Yuxiao’s body and belongings with the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire while the sect’s Golden Core cultivators attended.
• Ji An carried the disciples to Crimson Flame Peak on his Fire Phoenix and White Tiger spirit treasures, then led them through the Mimicry Formation to the underground cavern.
• Lin Jiuxiao poured Yuxiao’s ashes into cracks beside the Soul Nurturing Wood, where True Lord Zhengyang also rested, and Ji An burned the empty box.

Ji An advanced to Nascent Soul Layer Six after forty years of peaceful cultivation and surveyed the spirit plants in his Gourd World. With his Five Splendor Pills nearly depleted, he decided it was time to seek more merit.

• Ji An let the disciples tour Crimson Flame Peak, then sat with Li Haoran to reminisce as forty peaceful years passed.
• Ji An broke through to Nascent Soul Layer Six in the Gourd World, using up nearly all his Five Splendor Pills.
• Ji An reviewed his cultivation progress and concluded that Chaos Five Elements Thunder had become his strongest spell.
• Ji An rested and drank spirit tea while Ayun congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Ji An inspected the Gourd World's spirit fields, trees, and pond, noting how their growth had supplied materials for pills, talismans, and other resources.
• Ji An decided to leave seclusion and earn more merit because his pills were running low.

Ji An prepared to travel to Central Continent to negotiate with Taixu Sect and purify polluted demonic veins. He arranged for Qin Yan to accompany him, hoping to obtain Phoenix Nirvana Pills so Qin Yan could attempt to form a Nascent Soul during the journey.

• Ji An cultivated Azure Dragon Wood saplings and inspected his growing thunderstruck spirit plants, including the Fourth Order mid-grade Fusang Tree.
• Ji An absorbed Morning Sun Purple Dew, traveled by teleportation arrays to Sunrise Peak, and asked Lin Jiuxiao about passage to Central Continent.
• Lin Jiuxiao reported that no merchant caravans from Central Continent had arrived, so Ji An prepared to make the arduous journey alone and expected to be away for ten to fifteen years.
• Ji An summoned Qin Yan and explained that he planned to negotiate with Taixu Sect for Phoenix Nirvana Pills that could help cultivators form Nascent Souls.
• Ji An invited Qin Yan to travel with him and attempt his breakthrough in Central Continent if the negotiations succeeded, and Qin Yan agreed.

Ji An prepared to leave for Central Continent and entrusted Crimson Flame Peak to his disciples, then discovered that the Metal Egg emitted a life aura when he fed it Metal Element Spiritual Energy. He continued pouring energy into it until its shell turned silvery white, suggesting the egg was close to revealing what it contained.

• Ji An agreed with Qin Yan to leave for Central Continent after Qin Yan made arrangements, and set their departure meeting for the first day of the next month.
• While waiting for guests, Ji An sensed a faint aura fluctuation from the Metal Egg but could not detect anything unusual with his divine sense.
• Ji An told Lin Lan, Han Shan, and Wei Baiyang that he would be away for about ten years and asked them to tend Crimson Flame Peak.
• Lin Lan reported that Harmony Peak’s Spirit Vein and Spirit Fields had improved, while Han Shan and Liu Yu described plans to strengthen the site and establish more sect branches there.
• Back in his small world, Ji An confirmed that the Metal Egg’s recurring aura was a sign of life and repeatedly infused it with Metal Element Spiritual Energy.
• The Metal Egg’s shell became translucent and bright silvery white after absorbing more energy, and Ji An anticipated that its secret would soon be revealed.