Chapter Summaries

Li Haoran and the sect leaders discussed defending Western Continent from infiltrating Buddhist Cultivators and managing the sect’s resource shortages. Ji An then hired Qin Yan to upgrade four Spiritual Treasures, and after the first upgrade they discussed developing Tribulation-Crossing Treasures for the sect.

• Li Haoran, Lin Jiuxiao, Qin Yan, Ji An, and True Monarch Wuyue discussed monitoring key areas, screening cultivators, protecting mortals, and the danger posed by Buddhist Cultivators.
• The group addressed the sect’s shortage of fourth-tier resources, and Ji An asked the sect to seek rare items and spiritual seeds while Qin Yan offered to craft Spiritual Treasures for other cultivators.
• Ji An gave Qin Yan the materials and six hundred thousand contribution to upgrade four Spiritual Treasures, asking him to finish within seven or eight months before Ji An traveled to Central Continent.
• After six months, Qin Yan completed the upgrade of the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to mid-grade fourth tier, strengthening Ji An’s Five Elements balance and defensive domain.
• Qin Yan proposed refining Tribulation-Crossing Treasures to help future disciples survive Nascent Soul tribulations, and Ji An agreed that they should begin searching for the rare materials.

Ji An prepared to give a sermon before leaving for the Central Continent, while Qin Yan shared his understanding of cultivation arts with him. Back at Crimson Flame Peak, Ji An witnessed the Soul Nurturing Wood take its first step toward Fourth Order and entrusted his disciples with the peak’s duties as the sect strengthened its foundations.

• Qin Yan asked Ji An about his plans, and Ji An said he would give a sermon at Limitless Hall before leaving for the Central Continent for several years.
• Qin Yan explained his cultivation and shared his views on cultivation arts, earning Ji An’s praise for his profound understanding.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, where the Soul Nurturing Wood had begun advancing toward Fourth Order, marking the sect’s first Spirit Wood on its own land to reach that stage.
• Ji An tended the plants in his small world, helped the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch advance toward Fourth Order, and cultivated with the Five Elements Cycle Scripture.
• The next day, Ji An told his disciples he would leave after his sermon and instructed them to manage Crimson Flame Peak while they reported on Harmony Peak’s effort to raise its Spirit Vein to Second Order.

Ji An prepared the sect for the threat of Buddhist cultivators by advancing its defenses, coordinating its halls, and planning a Teleportation Array to Harmony Peak. After teaching the Golden Core disciples about cultivation paths, he postponed his departure until the next day.

• Ji An ordered disciples traveling outside the sect to move in groups with flying puppets, and assigned True Monarch Wuyue to cultivate the Soul Nurturing Wood and Phoenix Wood.
• Ji An told Lin Jiuxiao about the Soul Nurturing Wood's progress, and Lin Jiuxiao reported improvements in the Talisman Crafting Hall and the Puppet Hall's production of more than twelve thousand surveillance puppets.
• Ji An asked Zhang Zeye about the northern Yin Vein and Harmony Peak defenses, learning that the Yin Vein needed at least twenty more years to reach the fourth tier and that a protective formation could be ready in about three months.
• Ji An scheduled a lecture for the Golden Core disciples and learned that the existing Teleportation Array at Luoyan Mountain could be reused for a link to Harmony Peak.
• Ji An explained the Golden Core cultivation paths and advised the disciples individually, extending the lecture into the night and deciding to leave the next day.

Ji An traveled toward Central Continent by way of the Far North, then found and killed a Kui Ox that had just survived its transformation tribulation. The Kui Ox’s parents sensed their child’s death and headed for the outer seas to find its killer.

• Ji An prepared spirit tea and resources for his journey, reviewed the Five Elements Sect inheritance, and failed to learn how to use or damage the Buddhist relic.
• Ji An detoured through the Far North to avoid Buddhist cultivators, then traveled along the coast toward Central Continent.
• After detecting a sea beast’s breakthrough, Ji An found a tribulation-wounded Kui Ox and secretly approached it.
• Ji An killed the Kui Ox with his spirit treasures, collected its blood and stored its remains, then hid nearby to await possible relatives.
• The slain Kui Ox’s parents learned that the Blood Corrupting Soul Chasing Curse on their child had triggered, and they set out for the outer seas to seek revenge.

Ji An ambushed two Kui Ox, killed the weaker one, and took its corpse while the stronger one hid in a storm. As Ji An fled, the Nascent Soul Layer 8 Kui Ox attacked with Gui Water Divine Thunder, and both sides exchanged powerful attacks.

• Ji An waited for the Kui Ox relatives, then ambushed them with the Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword when they arrived.
• Ji An killed the Nascent Soul Layer Six Kui Ox with his first strike and wounded the Nascent Soul Layer 8 Kui Ox with his second.
• The surviving Kui Ox summoned wind, rain, and lightning, while Ji An used his Nascent Soul Manifestation and Black Tortoise Armor Formation to move the dead Kui Ox into the Gourd Stone.
• Ji An flew toward the coastline, but the surviving Kui Ox attacked him with Gui Water Divine Thunder as he tried to escape.
• Ji An met the Kui Ox's Thunderlight Burst with Chaos Five Elements Thunder; his manifestation shattered, but his defensive domain held while the Kui Ox suffered badly.

Ji An survived a clash with a powerful Kui Ox, recovered its corpse, and reached Golden Dragon Mountain to trade with True Lord Tianyan. He stayed to observe the sect’s Spirit Vein advancement and learned that the monk who defeated him was Jingyue, whose Divine Feet could carry him vast distances.

• Ji An blasted half the Kui Ox’s tail with Chaos Five Elements Thunder, and the wounded beast retreated into the sea as Ji An fled to recover.
• Ji An entered his small world, found the dead Nascent Soul Layer Six Kui Ox, and spent several days processing its corpse for use as spirit-beast feed and other resources.
• Ji An arrived at Golden Dragon Mountain a month later and completed a resource trade with True Lord Tianyan.
• Ji An asked to remain at the mountain to observe its Spirit Vein advancement, and True Lord Tianyan agreed.
• Ji An told True Lord Tianyan about his defeat by a monk, and Tianyan identified the monk as Jingyue, a cultivator of the Divine Feet ability.
• Ji An asked True Lord Tianyan to explain Buddhist cultivators’ cultivation methods.

Ji An learned how Buddhist cultivators gathered prayer power and used divine abilities, then refined his Dao resonance to raise his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed to Earth grade. He arrived at Diancui Mountain and began purifying its demonic vein with a stronger Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation.

• True Lord Tianyan explained Buddhist cultivators’ prayer power, four divine abilities, and the risks of fighting them.
• Ji An thanked True Lord Tianyan for hosting him and secured an invitation to return when the Spirit Vein advanced again.
• Ji An told True Lord Tianyan he planned to purify Diancui Mountain’s demonic vein to gain Profound Yellow Merit Qi.
• Ji An spent his Dao resonance to raise the Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed to Earth grade, leaving only Fire Dao resonance.
• Ji An reached Diancui Mountain, burned away demonic qi, killed a fifth-layer Golden Core skeletal bird, and began purifying the land with an enhanced spell.

Ji An continued purifying the demonic vein at Diancui Mountain, then met Lu Sheng, whose Lu Clan once lived there, and agreed to seek high-grade spiritual tree seeds in exchange for his help. Wan Jinrong later visited and agreed to forge Ji An a durable cauldron for rendering sea beast oil, taking Ji An’s fourth-order Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea as a deposit.

• Ji An spent the day casting spells to burn away demonic qi and suppress its production, then cultivated and refined three Soul Stones in his small world.
• After several months, Lu Sheng visited Diancui Mountain, explained that it had been his clan’s ancestral land, and learned that Ji An planned to leave once the demonic vein was purified.
• Ji An told Lu Sheng the purified land’s Spirit Vein would likely fall below First Order Low-Grade, declined his spiritual soil, and asked him to search for high-grade spiritual tree seeds; Lu Sheng learned Ji An’s Daoist name was Xuanqing.
• Two days later, Wan Jinrong visited and congratulated Xuanqing on reaching the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• Ji An asked Wan Jinrong to forge a sturdy large cauldron for rendering oil from two Nascent Soul sea beasts, and Wan Jinrong agreed to prepare the materials.
• Ji An gave Wan Jinrong a jar of fourth-order Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea as a deposit and explained that he had cultivated a Lightning-Struck Wood Youyue Cangyu Tree, whose tea could restore Spiritual Sense, nourish the Nascent Soul, and temper the body.

Ji An traded Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea with Wan Jinrong, commissioned a Frost Copper Cauldron, and discussed ways to draw the Eastern Sea cultivation world into the conflict with Buddhist cultivators. After completing the cauldron trade and receiving a Flame Soul Pearl, Ji An welcomed True Person Shengyang, whose offer of rare Spirit Rice seeds caught his interest.

• Wan Jinrong praised Ji An’s Lightning-Struck Wood tea and agreed to trade for more when Ji An could cultivate a surplus.
• Ji An commissioned a Frost Copper Cauldron from Wan Jinrong and asked him to seek fourth-grade high-grade Spiritual Items.
• Ji An proposed using benefits from defeating Buddhist cultivators, or faith power, to persuade the Eastern Sea cultivation world to join the fight.
• Wan Jinrong returned a month later with the cauldron, and Ji An traded fish oil for a Flame Soul Pearl while giving Wan Jinrong extra fish oil.
• True Person Shengyang offered Ji An several spirit seeds, then mentioned wild Spirit Rice that could reach third-tier low-grade; Ji An eagerly asked its name and Five Elements affinity.

Ji An cultivated the Lu Clan’s wild Grade 3 spirit rice in his Gourd World, then completed the purification of Diancui Mountain and earned heavenly merit. He moved on to purify Yan Hui Ridge and, while cultivating in the small world, noticed an unusual change in his Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed.

• Ji An accepted True Person Shengyang’s wild spirit rice seeds, promised future cooperation with the Lu Clan, and gave Shengyang a jade plaque exchangeable for a premium Golden Core Pill.
• Ji An selected three vigorous seeds, named them Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice, and planted them in the Gourd World, where his farming spell rapidly grew them into dark, lustrous shoots.
• After two years of purifying the demon veins around Diancui Mountain, Ji An completed the work, received heavenly merit, and told True Person Shengyang that the Lu Clan could resettle the restored land.
• Ji An left Diancui Mountain and began purifying the demon vein at Yan Hui Ridge.
• While cultivating in the small world, Ji An saw lightning flicker across his unusually brilliant Wu Ji Earth Dao Seed.

Ji An used Profound Yellow Merit Qi to improve his pill furnaces, cleansed demonic veins across Central Continent, and advanced his spiritual rice cultivation. After learning that Buddhist forces had stopped expanding for unknown reasons, he left Cloud Sea Immortal City and began the safer ocean route back to his sect.

• Ji An infused merit into the Blazing Sun Furnace, which transformed into a plump Fire Crane, then used the remaining merit to improve the Frost Moon Furnace.
• Ji An refined and absorbed Five Splendor Pills as his cultivation advanced, and over the following years he cleansed Yan Hui Ridge and seven other demonic veins.
• Ayun reported that Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice had yielded sixty-two grains, and Ji An selected twelve seeds to cultivate further in the small world.
• Ji An met Wan Jinrong in Cloud Sea Immortal City, learned that Buddhist forces had stopped expanding, and warned that they might be plotting something.
• Ji An departed for his sect by way of the northern coast, avoiding the Spirit-Severing Land and hoping to encounter a sea beast undergoing tribulation.

Ji An returned to the Golden Spirit Sect and learned that Buddhist cultivators had secretly brainwashed mortals across the sect’s territory. He approved the sect’s efforts to detect their influence, offered to support the search, and asked when the sect’s Yin Vein would advance in grade.

• Ji An flew past the Divine Wood Sect, admired its vast resources, and continued north toward the Western Continent.
• Lin Jiuxiao told Ji An that Buddhist cultivators had vanished after over a thousand mortals were found worshipping Buddhist statues and spreading distorted beliefs.
• Ji An examined the map and learned that the sect had sealed the affected valley and sent puppets and Low-level Cultivators to search it.
• Lin Jiuxiao described research by the Formation Hall, Talisman Hall, and Beast Taming Hall into ways to detect Buddhist influence.
• Ji An praised the sect’s countermeasures, said he would remain to provide support, and declared that the Buddhist cultivators could be defeated once located.
• Ji An asked Lin Jiuxiao when Ze Ye expected the sect’s Yin Vein to reach a higher grade.

Ji An returned to the sect, learned about the future Yin-Yang resonance region and the sect’s efforts against Buddhist infiltration, and reunited with his disciples. He reached the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul Late Stage and discovered two new buds on the Five-Colored Flower, leaving him hopeful about his future cultivation.

• Lin Jiuxiao showed Ji An a map of the predicted Yin-Yang resonance region between Sunrise Peak and Cloud Crane Mountain and described its promise for growing spiritual plants.
• Ji An heard that the Formation Hall had developed disks to detect people whose minds had been twisted, though the devices still needed refinement.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak, where Lin Lan, Wei Baiyang, and Han Shan greeted him and received Soul Crystals as rewards for their work.
• Ji An learned that the sect had sealed Harmony Peak after Buddhist cultivators appeared, then asked his disciples to bring him spiritual tree seeds.
• After two months of consuming his remaining Five Splendor Pills, Ji An reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage bottleneck.
• Ji An discovered two buds on the Five-Colored Flower and anticipated that its future ripening would support his cultivation with high-grade Five Splendor Pills.

Ji An used the Five Elements Sect’s inheritance to accelerate his cultivation and helped his sect locate and eliminate the Buddhist cultivators infiltrating the Western Continent. After two years of alternating his technique’s circulation, he broke through into the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

• Ji An discovered a secret method in the Inheritance Jade Slip that used alternating forward and reverse circulation to build pressure against his cultivation bottleneck.
• Lin Jiuxiao, Zhang Zeye, and Yun Qianhe asked Ji An for a Buddhist spiritual object to help them track the hidden Buddhist cultivators, and he gave them Kong Wen’s relic.
• True Monarch Wuyue reported that he and True Monarch Haoran had killed the two Buddhist cultivators in the Western Continent after tracking them with a new array disk.
• Ji An burned the two corpses and promised True Monarch Wuyue three Fusang Tree mulberries when they ripened.
• After two years of alternating his technique’s circulation, Ji An unified the rhythms of his Five Elements Divine Mansions and broke through his bottleneck as his Nascent Soul Manifestation expanded.

Ji An studied a Three Flowers Realm cultivator’s changing inheritance, while the Five Elements Sect prepared defenses against Buddhist incursions. Two years later, Ji An oversaw Cloud Crane Mountain’s Spirit Vein advancement and sensed two mysterious auras meet and disappear.

• Ji An discovered that the Inheritance Jade Slip had adapted its Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation method to him, improving his Spiritual Energy refinement by at least half.
• Lin Jiuxiao warned the sect’s Golden Core cultivators that True Monarch Haoran and True Monarch Wuyue’s killing of two Buddhist cultivators had made conflict unavoidable, and ordered preparations to detect and repel infiltration.
• Lin Lan brought Ji An honey, reported that Soul Crystals strengthened her soul effectively, and asked whether he planned to travel; Ji An said he might transform the Spirit-Severing Land before returning to Central Continent.
• Two years later, Ji An observed Cloud Crane Mountain’s Spirit Vein advance and gained insight into the interaction of yin and yang with Five Elements power.
• After the mountain’s advancement ended, Ji An followed an aura southward and sensed it collide with another aura, causing both to vanish.

Ji An investigated the interaction of Yin and Yang auras, cultivated, and tested whether producing Moon Essence could earn merit before planning an expedition to transform Spirit-Severing Land. Lin Jiuxiao considered stepping down as sect master to pursue a Nascent Soul breakthrough, while Ji An asked Lin Lan to consider succeeding him and prepared to leave in three days.

• Ji An detected a subtle new aura forming when the Yin and Yang auras collided but could not understand the transformation.
• Ji An merged his remaining Profound Yellow Merit Qi into the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and found that releasing Moon Essence earned only a few wisps of merit.
• Lin Jiuxiao told Ji An he wanted to resign as sect master and focus on cultivation, and Ji An supported him if he found a qualified successor.
• Ji An told Lin Jiuxiao he planned to search for Spirit-Severing Land near the Western Continent–Central Continent border and requested fifty flying puppets from the Puppet Hall.
• Zhang Zeye said a long-distance teleportation array would not be practical, and Ji An decided to travel without one.
• Ji An asked Lin Lan whether she wanted to succeed Lin Jiuxiao, advised her to weigh the duties against the power, and announced that he would depart in three days.

Ji An cultivated lightning-struck spirit plants in the Gourd World and began testing whether he could restore the Spirit-Severing Land with spells. He left the first ten thousand mu under surveillance and concealed himself in a nearby cave while Big Yellow and Golden Fur guarded the entrance.

• Lu Yunfei brought sixteen kinds of Puppets to Ji An, paid the merit points, and received cultivation guidance and a promise of fourth-tier Spirit Wood to refine.
• Ji An used Yimu Wood Divine Thunder on the Jade Leaf Mulberries and cultivated new branches, with one Third Order Middle-Grade tree sprouting tender shoots; none of the Crimson Cloud Pines survived the lightning.
• Ji An nurtured the Gourd World's spirit fields, where lightning-struck trees, Bodhi Trees, and Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice had grown and advanced in grade.
• Three days later, Ji An cast spells over ten thousand mu along the edge of the Spirit-Severing Land and released flying Puppets to monitor the area.
• Ji An carved a cave into a stone mountain, set up the Black Tortoise Armor Formation, and sent Big Yellow and Golden Fur to guard the entrance.

Ji An transformed the Spirit-Severing Land, earned Profound Yellow Merit Qi, and strengthened his Natal Spiritual Treasure while developing a plan to expand the restored land. As he continued his work, four Buddhist cultivators flew through the region on a mission to open opportunities in Western Continent.

• Ji An gradually expanded his spell’s coverage, and after years of work, the first restored land became fertile and earned him Profound Yellow Merit Qi.
• Ji An considered whether the restored land could be eroded and transformed again for more merit, then decided to remain in Western Continent and guard the route between continents.
• Ji An mapped the Spirit-Severing Land, created lakes along its border to slow erosion, and expanded his transformation plan to 1.2 million mu.
• Ji An cleared savage beasts from the Spirit-Severing Land and gained more Profound Yellow Merit Qi, which raised his Natal Spiritual Treasure to fourth-grade high-grade.
• Four Buddhist cultivators of the Reincarnation Realm flew through the Spirit-Severing Land toward Western Continent after Lotus Temple dispatched them to expand its influence beyond Central Continent.

Ji An killed four disguised Lotus Temple Monk Kings who came to investigate earlier deaths in Western Continent, then returned to his cave abode to recover and search their Summoning Bags. In Central Continent, Lotus Temple learned that its latest Western Continent mission had ended in disaster and decided to gather intelligence indirectly.

• Kongxing led four Monk Kings toward Western Continent, disguising themselves as Golden Core Daoist cultivators and heading for a treasure’s light.
• Ji An recognized that the travelers’ Spirit Clouds were not Five Elements power, challenged them, and attacked when Kongxing claimed they had escaped savage beasts.
• Kongxing and the other Monk Kings revealed their Buddhist power and fought back, but Ji An overwhelmed them with Chaos Five Elements Thunder, his Nascent Soul Manifestation, and the Five Elements Divine Mountain.
• Ji An collected the four Summoning Bags, erased the battle’s traces, monitored the passage entrance with flying puppets, and returned to his cave abode to cultivate and rest.
• Kongjian told the Lotus Temple Monk Kings that all their envoys to Western Continent had died, and Jingyue proposed using contacts in Southern Continent and the Far North to investigate instead.
• After recovering, Ji An began opening one of the Summoning Bags with the Great White Spirit Extinguishing Sword.

Ji An translated Buddhist cultivators’ records, learned to make Bodhi Wishful Incense, and reported the Buddhist threat to his sect while continuing to transform Spirit-Severing Land. True Monarch Wuyue visited him, asked about his progress, and finally requested the ripe Fusang mulberries.

• Ji An decoded Buddhist Jade Slips, learned the Minor Formless Art and the recipes for Bodhi Wishful Incense and Vajra Body Tempering Paste.
• Ji An refined Bodhi Wishful Incense that proved about forty percent more effective than the seized incense at nourishing his soul and restoring his Spiritual Sense.
• Ji An sent the Golden Feathered Eagle to deliver a warning and the Minor Formless Art to the sect master, urging the sect to stay vigilant against Buddhist cultivators.
• Ji An reported that transforming the Spirit-Severing Land would take about two years and three months, and explained the merit gains to True Monarch Wuyue.
• True Monarch Wuyue told Ji An that Lin Lan had become sect master and asked for the ripe Fusang mulberries; Ji An said he had kept them ready for him.