Chapter Summaries

Ji An abandoned his plan to trade Fusang Tree mulberries and used their Dao charm to advance spirit plants, eventually raising the Azure Firmament Divine Jade Tree to the fifth tier. He agreed to join Que Yue Sanren, Xuan Shuang Sanren, and Yun Miao Sanren on an expedition to the Vast Sea Realm in three hundred years, and learned about its dangers and their proposed terms for sharing its resources.

• Ji An used Dao charm from Fusang Tree mulberries to cultivate the Azure Firmament Divine Jade Tree, then had True Monarch Wuyue trade Fourth-Tier Top-Grade spirit fruits for sea beast remains to fertilize spirit trees.
• After half a year of cultivation, the Spirit Field beneath the Gathering Origin Tree reached Fifth-Tier Low-Grade, and Ji An later succeeded in advancing the Azure Firmament Divine Jade Tree to the fifth tier.
• Ji An met Yun Miao Sanren at Que Yue Sanren's cave abode and learned that the Vast Sea Realm, a world formed from a slain Black Dragon, would reappear in three hundred years.
• Que Yue Sanren invited Ji An to join him, Xuan Shuang Sanren, and Yun Miao Sanren in exploring the dangerous Vast Sea Realm, and Ji An accepted.
• Que Yue Sanren proposed an equal division of resources, with the three experienced cultivators choosing first and battle expenses offset against the final gains; Ji An agreed and listened to their account of the realm's dangers and preparations.

Ji An traded his abundant spirit fruits and Lightning-Struck Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo leaves for demon beast resources and materials to upgrade his spirit treasures. He left the Plain Cloud World Banner with Que Yue Sanren, who returned it a month later upgraded to fifth-tier low-grade.

• Ji An agreed to join Xuan Shuang Sanren and Yun Miao Sanren on future hunts, and Yun Miao Sanren offered to trade her demon beast resources for his spirit fruits and tea.
• Ji An exchanged hundreds of fourth-tier top-grade spirit fruits for Yun Miao Sanren’s fourth-tier sea beast corpses and fifth-tier demon beast meat.
• Ji An traded over nine hundred jin of fourth-tier top-grade Sword Bamboo Golden Leaves to Que Yue Sanren for materials to upgrade his spirit treasures, and Que Yue Sanren agreed to upgrade three banners in return for priority in future trades.
• Ji An burned the fifth-tier demon beast meat in his Gourd World and buried some of the ashes beneath the Gathering Origin Tree and Seven Luminaries Golden Branch tree.
• A month later, Que Yue Sanren returned the Plain Cloud World Banner upgraded to fifth-tier low-grade, and Ji An tested its power.

Ji An upgraded his Spiritual Treasures, strengthened his cultivation and escape techniques, and watched the Gourd World’s resources grow. He then joined Que Yue Sanren, Xuan Shuang Sanren, and Yun Miao Sanren in preparing to hunt Abyssal Sea Serpents guarding a Magnetic Ore Vein.

• Ji An gave Que Yue Sanren the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner to upgrade and discovered that Que Yue Sanren had noticed the Yellow Emperor's Virtue Earth sealing his wine jar.
• Ji An received the Li Di Flame Light Banner, negotiated for pill-furnace materials and an upgrade to the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner, and agreed to trade Yellow Emperor's Virtue Earth when it could be harvested.
• Ji An tested the strengthened Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation, Yin and Yang Divine Thunder, and Soaring Golden Light, then resolved to create a stronger escape spell before entering the Vast Sea Realm.
• Three years later, Ji An found that the Seven Luminaries Golden Branch had reached the fifth tier and that four colors of Spirit Fields had advanced to the fifth tier.
• Yun Miao Sanren reported finding a Magnetic Ore Vein in an Abyssal Sea Serpent nest, and Que Yue Sanren arranged for the group to set out in three days.
• Xuan Shuang Sanren warned that the undersea hunt would test their combat coordination, while Yun Miao Sanren asked Ji An whether he knew the sea beasts' habits and weaknesses.

Ji An and the other cultivators planned their hunt for an Abyssal Sea Serpent guarding a Magnetic Ore Vein, then traveled to Zhenhai City to rest and gather supplies. Ji An searched the city for a Water Element Heaven and Earth Spirit Root and learned that Yunshui Pavilion had recently obtained a sapling.

• Yun Miao Sanren described the Abyssal Sea Serpents, deep-sea hazards, and the proposed division of the Magnetic Ore Vein’s spoils, which Ji An and the others accepted.
• After half a month, Yun Miao Sanren led the group to Zhenhai City, where Ji An obtained an entry-and-exit jade token and saw the island’s true landscape beyond its deceptive formation.
• Yun Miao Sanren explained Zhenhai City’s defenses and the Stormy Sea mission, then gave the group jade slips containing the rift’s location after they swore not to disclose it for one hundred years.
• Ji An asked Yun Miao Sanren where to buy high-tier spirit seeds, received a map, and visited Canglan Town and Yunxia Town to search for supplies.
• A broker brought Ji An to Yunshui Pavilion, where he asked for a Water Element Heaven and Earth Spirit Root seed or sapling, and the shopkeeper said the pavilion had recently obtained a sapling.

Ji An bought a Cloud-Coiling Tree and planted it in his small world, then joined Yun Miao Sanren to search for the Abyssal Sea Serpents’ deep-sea fissure. The group’s hunt began as Ji An and Yun Miao Sanren descended into the dark, freezing depths to locate the fissure and draw the serpents out.

• Ji An bargained with a shopkeeper and bought a Cloud-Coiling Tree sapling for ten Fourth-Tier Top-Grade spirit fruits.
• Ji An planted the Cloud-Coiling Tree beside a lake in his small world and used the Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation to help it grow; he told Ayun to prepare to collect its leaf droplets once it reached the Fourth Tier.
• Half a month later, Ji An met Yun Miao Sanren and the others at the Stormy Sea, where they planned to lure Abyssal Sea Serpents toward a formation Xuan Shuang Sanren would set up.
• Ji An volunteered to dive with Yun Miao Sanren, and the pair descended into the sea while Xuan Shuang Sanren and Que Yue prepared to establish the formation.
• Ji An and Yun Miao Sanren adapted to the darkness, undercurrents, and soul-freezing cold as Yun Miao Sanren sent scouting fish to search for the fissure.

Ji An and the three Sanren mined a Magnetic Ore Vein, agreed to turn his share into a Magnetic Divine Needle, and returned to Sea Star City as accepted members of the same team. Back in his small world, Ji An raised the Cloud-Coiling Tree to Fourth-Tier high-grade and learned that the Soul Nurturing Wood was nearing a breakthrough.

• Yun Miao Sanren, Xuan Shuang Sanren, and Que Yue Sanren praised Ji An for defeating the Abyssal Sea Serpents and confirmed he would receive thirty percent of the ore.
• Xuan Shuang Sanren told Ji An about the medicinal garden ruins in the Vast Sea Realm, and Que Yue Sanren offered help obtaining materials for a high-grade defensive spiritual treasure.
• The four cultivators set up a formation, mined the Magnetic Ore Vein, and agreed that Que Yue Sanren would refine the ore while Ji An used his share to make a Magnetic Divine Needle.
• The group returned to Sea Star City and celebrated their successful expedition at a banquet.
• Ji An used the Stone Turtle's Dao Rhyme to raise the Cloud-Coiling Tree to Fourth-Tier high-grade and instructed Ayun to fertilize it with the best materials.
• Ayun told Ji An that the Soul Nurturing Wood showed signs of a grade breakthrough, and he went to inspect it.

Ji An discovered that the Soul Nurturing Wood had reached fifth tier and bloomed, then developed a powerful new Soul Incense using its flowers and leaves alongside leaves from the Gathering Origin Tree. After arranging for Ayun and the other puppets to make it, he continued his cultivation and work on new treasures and spells.

• Ji An found cracks on the Soul Nurturing Wood, burned the Abyssal Sea Serpent remains, and buried some of their ashes near the tree as it transformed.
• Ji An decided to raise his cultivation to the Three Flowers Realm Middle Stage before constructing an Inner Scenery World, and he considered creating a Yin-and-Yang-powered flying escape spell.
• Green Deer told Ji An that Que Yue Sanren had invited him to a discussion, and Ji An later discovered the fifth-tier Soul Nurturing Wood had bloomed with flowers that accelerated divine sense recovery.
• Ji An met with Que Yue Sanren and the other cultivators, received his share of Magnetic Refined Iron, chose the second design for his Magnetic Divine Needles, and agreed to pay Que Yue Sanren with leftover material.
• Ji An refined a new Soul Incense from Soul Nurturing Wood flowers and leaves and Gathering Origin Tree leaves, then trained Ayun and the other puppets to make it.

Ji An refined and tested the Magnetic Divine Needle, then spent five years cultivating his Gourd World until the Cloud-Coiling Tree reached the fifth tier and the Five Elements Spirit Roots connected. Ten years after his last visit, he met Que Yue Sanren to trade Seven Luminaries Golden Branch fruits for materials to make a pill furnace.

• Ji An accepted the Magnetic Divine Needle and its control incantation from Que Yue Sanren, paid the agreed fee, and offered Soul Nurturing Incense for future exchanges.
• Ji An refined the Magnetic Divine Needle, tested it against his spiritual-energy armor, and watched the Stone Turtle swallow and return it.
• Five years later, Ji An celebrated as the Cloud-Coiling Tree reached the fifth tier and the five Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots formed a connection.
• Ji An sampled a meal cooked with the Cloud-Coiling Tree’s spiritual water and found that the Kun Spirit Rice held forty percent more spiritual energy than before.
• Ten years after their last meeting, Ji An visited Que Yue Sanren and presented Seven Luminaries Golden Branch fruits, asking what pill furnace materials they could buy.

Ji An traded resources for a pill furnace and an Azure Firmament Divine Jade Pill formula, then received the completed furnace and successfully refined his first Five Splendor Pills. He ended the chapter delighted that he could now cultivate with fifth-tier pills he had made himself.

• Ji An traded Soul Nurturing Incense to Que Yue Sanren for a pill furnace, which Que Yue Sanren estimated would take about half a year to refine.
• Ji An instructed Ayun to cultivate at least three Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood plants and then negotiated a long-term spirit-fruit exchange with Xuan Shuang Sanren for the Azure Firmament Pill formula.
• Ji An and Xuan Shuang Sanren agreed that he would provide one hundred Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruits in exchange for four pills per five fruits and the formula after the first delivery.
• A year later, Que Yue Sanren delivered the completed Profound Yang Furnace, which Ji An refined and nourished before testing it with lower-tier pills.
• Ji An used the Profound Yang Furnace to refine two successful Five Splendor Pills, caught them with the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and tasted their spiritual energy.

Ji An refined Yin and Yang Five Splendor Pills for decades before using one to break through into the Three Flowers Realm Middle Stage, raising the Gourd World's Spirit Vein to Fifth-Tier Low-Grade. As the small world's laws grew more complete, its four seasons became distinct, bringing a harsh first winter.

• Ji An refined the Five-Colored Flowers into pills and spent sixty years cultivating until he reached a bottleneck.
• Ji An swallowed a Yin and Yang Five Splendor Pill and broke through into the Three Flowers Realm Middle Stage.
• Ji An's breakthrough caused the Gourd World's Five Elements Spiritual Opportunity to surge, and its Spirit Vein rose to Fifth-Tier Low-Grade.
• Ji An permitted Ayun to brew spirit wine from spiritual fruits, except those borne by Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots.
• The Gourd World's laws developed through autumn and winter, and Yue Ling'er and True Monarch Wuyue observed that its four seasons had become distinct.

Ji An traded Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruits to Xuan Shuang Sanren for the Azure Firmament Pill formula and pills, then sought to use fifth-tier sword bamboo leaves to obtain materials for a defensive spiritual treasure. He learned that the exchange rate for suitable high-grade materials could reach one hundred low-grade materials to one, and had not yet decided whether to accept.

• Ji An promised True Monarch Wuyue a fifth-tier spiritual fruit if he broke through to the Three Flowers Realm within two hundred years, before their departure for the Vast Sea Realm.
• Three years later, Ji An collected the ripe Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruits and took Lightning-Struck Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo leaves from the Gourd World as trade samples.
• Ji An traded five Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruits to Xuan Shuang Sanren for the Azure Firmament Pill formula and exchanged five more fruits for four pills.
• Ji An and Xuan Shuang Sanren agreed to exchange future spiritual fruits for pill formulas and discussed which fruits could substitute for others.
• Ji An showed Que Yue Sanren the sword bamboo leaves and asked to trade them for materials for a fifth-tier high-grade defensive spiritual treasure.
• Que Yue Sanren offered an exchange rate as high as one hundred fifth-tier low-grade materials for each suitable high-grade material.

Ji An negotiated a long-term trade with Que Yue Sanren, bought spiritual seeds, and strengthened cultivation and production in the Gourd World. The chapter ended when Ayun discovered that the Soul Nurturing Wood had borne two fruits, prompting Ji An to investigate them.

• Ji An negotiated an exchange ratio of eighty jin of low-grade materials for one jin of high-grade materials with Que Yue Sanren, with the agreement lasting thirty years before reverting if Ji An failed to increase supply.
• Ji An agreed to repay the materials owed for refining his pill furnace before commissioning a fifth-tier defensive Spiritual Treasure, and he and Que Yue Sanren discussed Yin and Yang cultivation through the night.
• Ji An bought sixteen types of spiritual seeds from True Lord Ru Lan and planted them in the Gourd World.
• Ji An cast the Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation, strengthening the Gourd World's Five Elements divine intents, then ordered Ayun to harvest soil for spiritual earth and expand the Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo cultivation area.
• Ji An began contemplating the Middle Stage section of his cultivation technique, but Ayun interrupted him to report that the Soul Nurturing Wood had borne two fruits.
• Ji An and Ayun flew to the Soul Nurturing Wood, where Ayun showed him a black fruit about the size of an egg.

Ji An traded Yellow Emperor's Virtue Earth and White Emperor's Crystal Earth with Que Yue Sanren, then spent decades developing and cultivating the Yin Yang Cave True Art, which nourished the Gourd World as it strengthened him. He planned another resource trade and promised to upgrade Ayun with a Fifth-Tier body and treasure in the future.

• Ji An brought Que Yue Sanren one thousand jin of Yellow Emperor's Virtue Earth and three thousand jin of White Emperor's Crystal Earth, settling his debt and arranging for a Fifth-Tier High-Grade Defensive Spiritual Treasure to be refined.
• Thirty years later, Ji An circulated his new Yin Yang Cave True Art beneath the Gathering Origin Tree, drawing in spiritual energy and releasing Yin and Yang radiance that nourished the Gourd World's spirit plants and inhabitants.
• True Monarch Wuyue and Yue Ling'er observed the radiance and recognized that it benefited living beings and helped purify bloodlines.
• Ayun reported that the third Fifth-Tier Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood had transformed and that the day's harvest and spirit earth were ready; Ji An prepared to fell the wood and trade resources the next day.
• Ayun apologized for being too weak to help fell Fifth-Tier spirit wood, and Ji An promised to give her a Fifth-Tier body and Spiritual Treasure in a few decades.

Ji An prepared to raise the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to the fifth tier while True Monarch Wuyue completed his bloodline purification and attempted a breakthrough. Wuyue survived the tribulation and became Wuyue Sanren, though his new realm meant he could no longer enter the Gourd World.

• Ji An felled the Thunderstruck Azure Dragon Wood and instructed Ayun to preserve its branches and leaves.
• Ji An brought spirit materials and the Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to Que Yue Sanren, who agreed to refine it to the fifth tier within half a month.
• True Monarch Wuyue told Ji An he was ready to break through, and Ji An gave him two Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruits to support the attempt.
• Ji An took True Monarch Wuyue into a remote starfield, where Wuyue endured the lightning tribulation and successfully reached the Three Flowers Realm.
• Ji An examined the Dao Rhyme gained from Wuyue's breakthrough, then learned that Wuyue Sanren could no longer enter the Gourd World and would next cultivate the power of the Void Cave Heaven.

Ji An returned to Sea Star City with Wuyue Sanren, who had broken through to the Three Flowers Realm, and began using Yin and Yang power to refine his spells and plans. After upgrading the last of his Five Directions Banners, Ji An advanced his understanding of Yin and Yang and gained a new perspective on the world.

• Wuyue Sanren explained that Three Flowers Realm cultivators could use Yin and Yang power to release any spell, prompting Ji An to rethink how he created spells.
• Ji An and Wuyue Sanren flew back to Sea Star City, where Wuyue Sanren told the Green Deer about his breakthrough.
• Ji An planned a celebration for Wuyue Sanren and ordered him to find two adjacent Fifth-Tier Low-Grade cave residences.
• Ji An collected the upgraded Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner from Que Yue Sanren and discovered that completing the Five Directions Banners greatly strengthened their flow of spiritual power.
• Ji An practiced the Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation, then used the Stone Turtle to deepen his understanding of Yin and Yang until he could perceive the world as arrangements of black and white power.

Ji An perfected the Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation, strengthened Soaring Golden Light, and spent more than two centuries cultivating the Gourd World’s spirit fields and plants. As he prepared to enter the Vast Sea Realm, he toured the world with Ayun and ended at the Fusang Tree, the first mid-grade spirit wood to bloom and bear fruit.

• Ji An raised the Yin Yang Spirit Transformation Incantation to Great Perfection, advanced the Yin Yang Dao Seed to high-grade, and found the spell’s power had more than doubled.
• Ji An spent his remaining Spiritual Energy and Dao Resonance advancing Soaring Golden Light, then returned to Sea Star City.
• After more than two hundred years, Ji An dined with Ayun and explained that he would keep her safe in the Gourd World during his coming journey.
• Ji An and Ayun toured the Gourd World, where the Spirit Fields and Spirit Vein had reached Fifth-Tier Mid-Grade and many spirit plants had matured.
• Ji An reviewed his preparations for the Vast Sea Realm, including his Soul Nurturing Fruits, spirit woods, and accumulated materials for a Fifth-Tier high-grade spiritual treasure.
• Ji An and Ayun reached the Fusang Tree and noted that it was the first mid-grade spirit wood to bloom and bear fruit.

Ji An inspected the plants and supplies in his Gourd World before preparing to enter the dangerous Vast Sea Realm. At Yun Miao Sanren's gathering, Xuan Shuang Sanren agreed to sell him a high-grade Origin Crystal in exchange for several Fifth-Tier spiritual fruits.

• Ji An and Ayun toured the Gourd World, discussing the Fusang Tree's flowering period, scarce high-tier spirit bees, and the spiritual plants cultivated across the fields and lake.
• Ji An reviewed his plans for researching combat puppets and discussed the dangers and short duration of the upcoming Vast Sea Realm journey with Ayun.
• Ji An organized his supplies, slept beside the Gathering Origin Tree, and arrived at Yun Miao Sanren's cave abode the next day.
• Ji An asked Yun Miao Sanren and the other cultivators for an Origin Crystal, but Yun Miao Sanren and Que Yue Sanren could not spare one.
• Xuan Shuang Sanren offered Ji An a high-grade Origin Crystal in exchange for one Soul Nurturing Fruit, one Azure Firmament Divine Jade Fruit, and two Thunderstruck Wood Dragon Blood Fruits.
• Ji An accepted Xuan Shuang Sanren's terms and agreed to complete the exchange after they set out.

Ji An and his companions located the Vast Sea Realm entrance and crossed into the realm, where the turbulent passage separated them. Ji An reached the far side alone, confirmed Wuyue Sanren's blood contract remained intact, and used Stone Turtle's immense harvest of Dao Rhymes to improve Soaring Golden Light.

• Ji An and the others searched the Spirit-Severing sea region for the Vast Sea Realm entrance while encountering other cultivator teams and the White Bone Monastery cultivator who had provoked him.
• Ji An sensed Yin and Yang Qi, leading his companions to the entrance as a colossal water column and three islands rose from the sea.
• Stone Turtle absorbed Yin and Yang Qi, strengthening Ji An's Qi and Blood Power and Soul Power as the group prepared to enter the current together.
• Ji An entered the reverse-flowing seawater, endured its freezing pressure, and was swept through the Realm Gate, where he became separated from his companions.
• Ji An reached the Vast Sea Realm alone, found no sign of his teammates, confirmed Wuyue Sanren's blood contract was intact, and checked Stone Turtle's greatly increased Dao Rhymes.
• Ji An ordered Stone Turtle to refine Dao Rhymes and raise the grade of Soaring Golden Light.

Ji An completed his mastery of Soaring Golden Light, then led Yun Miao Sanren and the others to rescue Wuyue Sanren, who had been trapped by Saint Lord Cang Ming. Ji An defeated Saint Lord Cang Ming with his manifestation and Yin and Yang Divine Thunder, while the group’s reunion with Wuyue Sanren remained unresolved.

• Ji An used the Stone Turtle’s Dao resonance to perfect Soaring Golden Light and decided to save the remaining resonance for improving his Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots and Spirit Vein.
• Yun Miao Sanren joined Ji An and discussed how the Vast Sea Realm interfered with their connections and might contain a region sealing Sun power.
• After Que Yue Sanren and Xuan Shuang Sanren arrived, Ji An sensed that Wuyue Sanren was in trouble and led the group toward him.
• Wuyue Sanren struggled against Saint Lord Cang Ming’s Bone Demon Soldiers while Cang Ming used him as bait to lure Ji An into a trap.
• Ji An arrived, recognized Saint Lord Cang Ming, and unleashed his Nascent Soul Manifestation and Yin and Yang Divine Thunder.
• Ji An overwhelmed Saint Lord Cang Ming’s manifestation and defenses, killing him before his fellow disciples arrived.

Ji An killed Saint Lord Cang Ming, healed Wuyue Sanren, and then drove off Saint Lord Bai Ye after the Stone Turtle devoured several of her demonic souls. He reunited with his companions, warned them that they were enemies of the White Bone Monastery, and memorized their route through the Vast Sea Realm.

• Ji An destroyed Saint Lord Cang Ming and his Demon Infant with the enhanced Yin and Yang Divine Thunder, while Wuyue Sanren thanked him for saving his life.
• Ji An used the Spring Return Art to purge the black qi poisoning Wuyue Sanren's wounds and told him to stay close.
• Saint Lord Bai Ye attacked Ji An, whose Manifestation was suppressed until the Stone Turtle swallowed three of her demonic souls and broke her illusion.
• Saint Lord Bai Ye retreated, and Ji An chose not to pursue her so he could remain with his companions; he discovered that the Stone Turtle's feast had increased his Dao Rhyme.
• Ji An reunited with his companions, told them about the White Bone Monastery and Saint Lord Cang Ming's death, then memorized the route Yun Miao Sanren gave him.