Chapter Summaries

Ji An waited for Golden Fur to undergo a bloodline breakthrough in the Gourd World, then returned to Crimson Flame Peak to cultivate the sect’s spirit plants with Yimu Wood Divine Thunder. He began blanketing the planned Crimson Cloud Pine Forest with lightning, frightening demonic beasts across the nearby mountains.

• Ji An learned that the Crimson Cloud Pines and Jade Leaf Mulberries had mostly reached Second Order Top-Grade, while True Monarch Wuyue said demonic beasts struggled to master lightning spells.
• True Monarch Wuyue asked for Five-Colored Flowers and reported that the Phoenix Wood was beginning to transform; Ji An agreed to give him a flower after reaching the Ninth Layer Nascent Soul.
• Golden Fur began a painful bloodline breakthrough, and Ji An explained that its progress had come through natural accumulation; he also gave True Monarch Wuyue three golden mulberries.
• After the tribulation ended, Ji An checked his cultivation techniques and Merit Qi, then left the Gourd World with True Monarch Wuyue and the flying puppets.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak the next morning and cast Yimu Wood Divine Thunder over the planned Crimson Cloud Pine Forest, terrifying beasts at the Beast Taming Hall on Luoyan Mountain.

Ji An returned to the sect, cultivated lightning-struck Spirit Trees, and learned how its defenses and Cloud Yang Valley had developed. He planned to stay for half a month before leaving to transform the Spirit-Severing Land, while the sect’s new cultivation resources and protective measures showed growing promise.

• Ji An used Yimu Wood Divine Thunder to create lightning-struck wood, then discovered a surviving Crimson Cloud Pine and nurtured new saplings in the scorched Spirit Field.
• Liu Yu arrived after the thunder shook the area, learned Ji An’s purpose, and watched him strike a Jade Leaf Mulberry grove; two surviving trees showed the attempt had succeeded.
• Ji An told Liu Yu that lightning-struck trees could become fourth-order Spirit Plants and help strengthen the sect’s foundation, and Liu Yu left to inform the other disciples.
• Ji An met with Lin Lan, learned she had become Sect Master and appointed Liu Mingze to lead the Department of Agriculture, and said he would stay for half a month before returning to the Spirit-Severing Land.
• Lin Lan explained that redesigned Identity Jade Tokens could expose impostors and that the sect had installed a powerful fourth-order mountain-protecting formation.
• Lin Lan reported that Cloud Yang Valley’s yin-yang Spirit Veins supported special Spirit Plants and that the Department of Agriculture would continue developing the valley and planting high-order Spirit Trees.

Ji An learned that Cloud Yang Valley must raise its Yin and Yang Spirit Veins together, then collected the Wood Element Spiritual Items needed to advance his treasure. After cultivating a fourth-grade high-grade Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood and obtaining its Wood Heart, he brought the materials to Qin Yan to upgrade the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.

• Lin Lan discussed the need to raise both Spirit Veins at once, and Ji An explained how balanced Yin and Yang could make the process more efficient.
• Lin Lan told Ji An that three disciples had reached the Five Qi Chaoyuan realm and would break through at Stone Monkey Mountain, and Ji An agreed to give a sermon after their breakthroughs.
• Ji An retrieved the gathered Wood Element Spiritual Items from Zhang Yi and learned that his great merit balance had become a debt of more than seventy thousand.
• Ji An used Dao resonance to raise a Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood to fourth-grade high-grade, harvested its Wood Heart, and infused merit into the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner.
• Ji An brought the prepared materials to Qin Yan at Red Copper Mountain and asked him to raise the banner's grade again.

Ji An had Qin Yan upgrade the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner with a Fourth Order high-grade Wood Heart, then exchanged cultivation insights with him. After the upgrade succeeded, Ji An traded Qin Yan spirit fruits and arranged access to pills, while asking whether the Southern Continent could provide high-grade Water Element Spiritual Items for another treasure.

• Ji An gave Qin Yan a Fourth Order high-grade Wood Heart and asked him to upgrade the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner, agreeing to settle the refining fee after the work was done.
• Ji An and Qin Yan discussed Nascent Soul cultivation, while Qin Yan reflected on his slow progress and traveled away through the Teleportation Array.
• Ji An visited the Yin and Yang convergence Spirit Fields and examined the contrasting white and black soils, but learned little from them.
• Half a month later, Qin Yan returned the upgraded Fourth Order high-grade Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner and gave Ji An the leftover materials.
• Qin Yan asked to buy fourth-order low-grade Spirit Fruits, and Ji An offered him some while arranging for Fourth Order high-grade Five Qi Pills to reach the Treasure Pavilion.
• Ji An asked Qin Yan whether the Southern Continent could supply Fourth Order high-grade Water Element Spiritual Items for the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner.

Ji An upgraded his Bing Ding Fire Dao Seed to Earth Grade and told his disciples he had already reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage. He left them preparing for the day he would depart for a broader world and the sect would lose access to his resources.

• Ji An and Qin Yan planned to trade Buddhist treasures and Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood for the Spiritual Items needed to upgrade Ji An's Five Directions Banners.
• Ji An ate the last Fusang Tree mulberries and advanced his Bing Ding Fire Dao Seed to Earth Grade.
• Ji An refined the mulberries' spiritual qi and continued cultivating in his small world.
• Ji An gave his four disciples Five Qi Pills and assigned them responsibility for caring for Crimson Flame Peak's Spirit Trees.
• Ji An revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and urged his disciples to plan for the sect's future after his departure.
• Lin Lan and Han Shan realized that Ji An's departure could cut off crucial supplies, and Han Shan resolved to cultivate faster.

Ji An continued transforming the Spirit-Severing Land while preparing his sect for a future war against the Buddhist cultivators. After the Gourd World’s Spirit Vein advanced to fourth-grade high-quality, he discovered his cultivation speed had nearly doubled, and Qin Yan arrived with enough Water Element Spiritual Items for another high-grade spirit treasure.

• Ji An told Lin Lan and Wei Baiyang to prepare the sect for a future war, and Lin Lan planned to consult True Monarch Haoran and True Monarch Chiyan before announcing his breakthrough.
• Ji An checked his flying puppets for infiltrators, then used spells to make lakes and ponds that would help transform the Spirit-Severing Land.
• True Monarch Hongyue heard opposing views as Eastern Sea Nascent Soul cultivators debated whether to aid the Central Continent against the Buddhist cultivators.
• Ten years later, the Gourd World’s Spirit Vein advanced to fourth-grade high-quality, and Ji An found that his cultivation efficiency had nearly doubled.
• Ji An told Qin Yan he had disclosed his breakthrough while asking the disciples how the sect should respond if he joined the Starry Road.
• Qin Yan reported that he had traded Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood for the Water Element Spiritual Items Ji An needed, and Ji An brought him into the Gourd World.

Ji An hosted Qin Yan in his small world, where they discussed spirit resources and a possible trade for Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood. After Ji An strengthened the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner and inspected his spirit rice, he and Qin Yan returned to the sect, with Qin Yan exhausted by the journey.

• Ji An welcomed Qin Yan with fourth-tier spirit wine and dishes, and Qin Yan admired the small world's resources and Ji An's cultivation.
• Qin Yan reported that True Monarch Tianshui wanted high-grade Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood in exchange for a Fire Element Spiritual Item, but Ji An said he could not provide another piece yet.
• Ji An used Merit Qi to improve the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner, then inspected the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch and the Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice.
• Ji An and Qin Yan left the small world at dawn and flew back to the sect, with Qin Yan struggling to keep up.
• After they reached the sect, Qin Yan remarked on the benefits of owning many spiritual treasures, and Ji An suggested body-tempering cultivation to strengthen his Primordial Life Fire.

Ji An spent decades strengthening the sect’s resources and refining his cultivation before reaching the Ninth Layer Nascent Soul within the Gourd World. He stood at the pinnacle of the world and turned toward tempering himself, deepening his understanding of Yin and Yang, and preparing to enter the Starry Road.

• Ji An advised Qin Yan to cultivate Body Refining and gave him the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to prioritize their urgent work.
• Ji An nurtured the Spirit Fields and Phoenix Wood at Crimson Flame Peak, while Lin Lan and Zhang Zeye delivered a new Identity Jade Token linked to the Two Forms Dust Array.
• Ji An tested the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner with Qin Yan, then left to strengthen Dragon Soars, All Things Born at Azure Water Lake.
• Over the next sixty years, Ji An refined his cultivation in the Gourd World as the Five Elements and Yin Yang powers began circulating in parallel.
• Ji An broke through to the Ninth Layer Nascent Soul and began preparing to temper himself, comprehend deeper Yin and Yang power, and accumulate merit for the Starry Road.

Ji An strengthened the spiritual plants and spirit beasts in his Gourd World after breaking through in cultivation, while Buddhist Monk Kings arrived in Eastern Continent to plan their campaign against the immortal cultivators. The chapter left Monk King Ruhai asking how many Nascent Soul cultivators remained in each region.

• Ji An inspected the Gathering Origin Tree and cultivated the spiritual plants throughout his Gourd World with the Virtuous Merit Spirit Nurturing Incantation.
• Ji An noted that his spirit beasts had all advanced to the Golden Core Stage and planned to send Pearl Blood Rice and Mysterious Frost Crystal Rice seeds to the Department of Agriculture.
• Monk King Ruhai arrived in Eastern Continent with other Buddhist cultivators, hoping to spread Buddhism, gather believers, and accumulate merit.
• Monk King Jingyue described the five regions and proposed either attacking Central Continent's major sects directly or first conquering regions outside it.
• Monk King Ruhai asked how many Nascent Soul cultivators remained in each region.

Monk King Ruhai and the other Buddhist leaders planned an invasion of Southern Continent, while Ji An continued transforming Spirit-Severing Land and used his accumulated Spiritual Opportunity to improve the fields in his small world. The chapter left Ji An with three small-world Spirit Fields at Fourth-Tier Top-Grade and a clearer sense of the resources needed to raise Spirit Veins further.

• Monk King Jingyue described the strength of the cultivators across the continents, and Monk King Ruhai proposed expanding Buddhist influence before confronting Central Continent.
• Monk King Jingyue and the other Monk Kings persuaded Ruhai to concentrate their forces on Southern Continent, and Ruhai ordered them to prepare a surprise attack after resting for half a month.
• Ji An transformed more of the second Spirit-Severing Land and noted that his accumulated Profound Yellow Merit Qi had modestly improved his cultivation efficiency and recovery.
• Ji An entered his small world and ordered the Stone Turtle to spend Spiritual Opportunity on raising the grades of the Spirit Fields.
• The Stone Turtle raised the Crimson and white Spirit Fields to Fourth-Tier Top-Grade, while the black and green fields remained Fourth-Tier upper-grade; the expenditure consumed more than two million Spiritual Opportunity.

Ji An upgraded the Gathering Origin Tree and planned to strengthen his Five Elements Divine Mountain. Meanwhile, Buddhist reinforcements prompted True Monarch Hongyue to warn the Eastern Sea and Central Continent sects, and True Monarch Canglong left the Central Continent gathering committed to starting the war soon.

• Ji An used the Stone Turtle to refine all his stored Dao rhythms and raise the Gathering Origin Tree's grade, then told Ayun to gather soil for refining a spirit treasure.
• True Monarch Hongyue called an emergency meeting of Eastern Sea Nascent Soul cultivators after spotting a Buddhist Treasure Boat, but most attendees refused to join the war without better terms.
• True Monarch Hongyue and True Monarch Qingping decided to carry the Eastern Sea's refusal and new intelligence to Central Continent themselves.
• At the Divine Wood Sect gathering, True Monarch Hongyue reported the Buddhist reinforcements and the Eastern Sea sects' response to True Monarch Canglong and the Central Continent leaders.
• True Monarch Canglong urged the Central Continent sects to begin the war before more Buddhist reinforcements arrived, and the assembled True Lords began discussing troop and resource allocations.

The Central Continent sects agreed on troop deployments, targets, and rewards for their war against the Buddhist cultivators, while True Monarch Zhenyue considered recruiting True Monarch Xuanqing. Half a year later, Ji An sensed three Nascent Soul cultivators approaching and recognized the wounded Netherworld True Monarch fleeing two Buddhist pursuers.

• True Monarch Canglong organized the allied sects’ first-stage troop deployments and secured agreement to attack two Buddhist array nodes.
• After two days of discussion, the cultivators settled a battle plan and two years of preparation, and True Monarch Canglong invited Eastern Sea cultivators to join for equal rewards.
• True Monarch Pingtian suggested recruiting True Monarch Xuanqing, and True Monarch Zhenyue agreed to visit the Western Continent after settling his sect’s affairs.
• Half a year later, Ji An sensed three Nascent Soul cultivators approaching and prepared his defenses.
• Ji An saw two Buddhist cultivators pursuing a wounded Netherworld True Monarch.

Ji An encountered two Buddhist cultivators who had defeated the Netherworld True Monarch and his Great Yin Moon Corpse, then confronted them himself. After revealing his Ninth Layer Nascent Soul Manifestation, he crushed both monks with the Five Elements Divine Mountain and wondered why the fight had been so easy.

• Ji An recalled meeting the Netherworld True Monarch during his earlier journey to the Southern Continent and suspected the Earth Fiend Gate was under attack.
• Liao Chen and his Junior Brother used Buddhist treasures to disable the Great Yin Moon Corpse and fatally strike the Netherworld True Monarch, whose Nascent Soul escaped.
• Ji An faced the two monks and attacked with his Five Directions Banners after hearing Liao Chen's greeting.
• Ji An unleashed his Nascent Soul Manifestation, trapping the monks in surging waves and weakening their Buddha light.
• Ji An extinguished the monks' Buddha light and crushed them beneath the Five Elements Divine Mountain, then questioned how quickly he had defeated them.

After defeating the Buddhist cultivators who attacked Netherworld True Monarch’s sect, Ji An learned that a force of fifty or sixty Nascent Soul Buddhist cultivators had invaded Southern Continent. He agreed to help Netherworld True Monarch prepare for reincarnation, took his small world, and began accepting control of his Great Yin Moon Corpse.

• Ji An collected the defeated Buddhist cultivators’ remains and treasures, then met Netherworld True Monarch’s surviving Nascent Soul beside his destroyed body.
• Netherworld True Monarch told Ji An that Buddhist cultivators had besieged his sect without provocation and that at least fifty or sixty Nascent Soul cultivators had joined the attack.
• Ji An promised not to harm Netherworld True Monarch and offered to accept him as a disciple if he reincarnated successfully and found him again.
• Netherworld True Monarch retrieved his reincarnation materials from the small world, which Ji An took, and Ji An agreed to guard his reincarnation and arrange a place near mortals.
• Netherworld True Monarch transferred control of his Great Yin Moon Corpse to Ji An, then began removing his imprint so Ji An could claim it.

Ji An returned to his sect with news that Buddhist cultivators had destroyed the Southern Continent’s Shadowless Sect and Earth Fiend Gate and were threatening the Western Continent. The sect prepared its defenses, while Li Haoran proposed ambushing the approaching enemy and Ji An warned him about the Buddhist Divine Feet ability.

• Ji An subdued the Great Yin Moon Corpse, took Netherworld True Monarch’s Corpse Nurturing Bag, and brought Netherworld True Monarch’s Nascent Soul back toward the sect.
• Monk King Ruhai ordered the Buddhist cultivators to prepare to move into the Western Continent, while Monk King Kongjian and Monk King Jingyue outlined plans to establish temples and seek demonic beast allies.
• Ji An summoned the sect’s Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators and told them the Buddhist forces had destroyed the Shadowless Sect and Earth Fiend Gate, with at least fifty or sixty Nascent Soul cultivators in the Southern Continent.
• The sect leaders planned to activate the mountain-protecting formation, recall the disciples, dismantle the Teleportation Array to Harmony Peak, and warn the Far North; Ji An also revealed that the Great Yin Moon Corpse could fight at Nascent Soul Layer Four.
• Li Haoran asked how to damage the Buddhist cultivators’ morale, and Ji An recommended an ambush only with caution because Divine Feet could let enemies cross vast distances instantly.

Ji An and his companions prepared to face the Buddhist cultivators, while Ji An took Netherworld True Monarch to a populated region so he could undergo rebirth. Netherworld True Monarch began the rebirth ritual, and his Nascent Soul disappeared into the earth.

• Ji An advised Li Haoran to temper his Sword Intent against suitable opponents and assigned Qin Yan and True Monarch Wuyue roles in defending the sect.
• Qin Yan and True Monarch Wuyue departed to seek allies, while Ji An planned to scout Southern Continent and set out for the Mad Sand River the next evening.
• Ji An took Netherworld True Monarch to a misty mountain outside Jiayuan Immortal City and prepared a peaceful site for the rebirth formation.
• Netherworld True Monarch drew the formation with spirit blood and Runes, asked Ji An to stand guard, and began the ritual.
• The formation’s chill and whispers intensified as Netherworld True Monarch’s Nascent Soul shrank, burst apart, and a black shadow sank into the earth.

Ji An investigated the vanished reincarnation formation, secured the Great Yin Moon Corpse, and examined the World Stone and his spoils, including two top-grade Spirit Stones. After scouting Earth Fiend Gate, he followed the Buddhist Cultivators toward the Western Continent and attacked one of their troop carriers, leaving its vessel snapped in half and falling.

• Ji An found that the reincarnation formation had vanished, then scattered grass seeds over its former site and used Wood Element spells to grow the surrounding vegetation.
• Ji An ordered the Great Yin Moon Corpse to stay in his cavern and avoid harming living beings, learned that it could speak, and placed it back in the Corpse Nurturing Bag.
• Ji An inspected the World Stone's small world, judged its Spirit Veins inferior to those in the Gourd World, and used farming spells to tend its Spirit Fields before recovering in the Gourd World.
• Ji An refined the remains of Netherworld True Monarch and the Buddhist Cultivators, found two top-grade Spirit Stones among his spoils, and tested one to restore his spiritual power.
• Ji An disguised himself as a Buddhist Cultivator and watched Earth Fiend Gate before following six flying vessels north toward the Western Continent.
• Ji An struck the last flying vessel with the Five Elements Divine Mountain, shattered its defenses, and snapped the troop carrier in half.

Ji An ambushed the Buddhist expedition with Chaos Five Elements Thunder, then drew Monk King Ruhai away to test himself against the strongest pursuer. After a prolonged clash left both men injured and Ji An low on spiritual power, he fled as more Buddhist cultivators closed in.

• Ji An used Chaos Five Elements Thunder to destroy the rear of a Buddhist flying vessel and kill or injure its cultivators and guardian Vajras.
• Ji An resisted the Buddhist treasures with the Five Elements Divine Mountain, struck again, and retreated east to see which enemies would pursue him.
• Monk King Ruhai chased Ji An while the other pursuers fell behind, and Ji An slowed down to prepare for a direct fight.
• Monk King Ruhai attacked with the Mount Sumeru Seal, but Ji An blocked it with the Five Elements Divine Mountain and met his Buddhist arts with his own attacks.
• Ji An and Monk King Ruhai fought for two quarters of an hour as more Buddhist cultivators approached, then Ji An withdrew the Five Elements Divine Mountain and escaped at full speed.

After Ji An escaped the Buddhist cultivators’ pursuit, Monk King Ruhai regrouped his forces and planned for further action against Western Continent. Ji An returned to the sect, warned the True Lords that they were the enemy’s target, and prepared them for battle.

• Monk King Ruhai told Monk King Falan that Ji An was a reincarnated Ninth Layer Nascent Soul cultivator, and they decided to wait for Monk King Jingyue and investigate whether the enemy belonged to a Western Continent sect.
• Ruhai and Falan returned to the surviving vessels, learned that three guardian Vajras and more than three hundred traveling monks had died, and ordered the monks to form a defensive formation and rest.
• Ruhai told Monk King Shanjue to spread a boastful account of the pursuit and secretly sent Falan to inform Monk King Kongjian and arrange for Jingyue to meet them near the Golden Spirit Sect.
• Ji An returned to the sect and told Lin Lan that he had destroyed a flying vessel, killed hundreds of Buddhist cultivators, and believed the sect was their next target.
• Ji An summoned the True Lords, warned them to prepare for battle, and gave Li Haoran a jade slip showing the faces of Ruhai and Falan.
• Li Haoran welcomed the coming fight as a chance to deepen his sword intent and assured Ji An that his Clear Sword Heart would warn him of danger.

Ji An prepared Golden Spirit Sect for the Buddhist cultivators’ approaching attack while refining his strength and upgrading his treasures. After the enemy camped near the sect without attacking, he suspected a trap and considered going out to investigate.

• Ji An told Li Haoran, True Monarch Wuyue, and Qin Yan how he would support the defense and potentially strike Buddhist forces in Southern Continent.
• Ji An refined a Buddhist cultivator’s remains, recovered his Spiritual Sense and Dharma power, and opened two Summoning Bags containing supplies and more than eighty sticks of Bodhi Wishful Incense.
• Han Shan reported that Buddhist cultivators had encamped three hundred li southwest of the mountain gate, and Ji An asked him to invite Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan dismantled Buddhist treasures and discovered Heavenly Feather Gold, which Ji An used to begin upgrading the Plain Cloud World Banner; Qin Yan also found materials for upgrading the Li Di Flame Light Banner.
• After half a month without an attack, Lin Lan reported that the Mountain Protecting Array was draining the sect’s resources, and Ji An suspected the enemy was baiting them and planned to investigate if the standoff continued.