Chapter Summaries

Li Lingyu and Liu Yu recommended Ji An to Ge Ying as a gifted candidate for her medicinal garden and possible registered disciple, but Liu Yu could not find him. Meanwhile, Ji An registered for the disciple recruitment and bribed Tian Qingbai to help promote his cultivation and spell achievements, leaving with plans to reclaim the favor later.

• Li Lingyu bowed to Ge Ying and resolved to advance her cultivation in honor of her late father's wish.
• Liu Yu recommended Ji An to Ge Ying for his cultivation and perfected Minor Cloud and Rain Art, and Li Lingyu added that he had also perfected Thick Earth Art.
• Ge Ying grew eager to meet Ji An, and Liu Yu went to find him but returned without him.
• Ji An bought Talisman Grass seeds, exchanged Contribution Points for a meridian-opening secret art, and registered for the disciple recruitment with Tian Qingbai.
• Ji An gave Tian Qingbai five Spirit Stones to prepare a shortlist of promising disciples, then silently vowed to make him repay the debt.

Liu Yu brought Ji An to meet Ge Ying, who tested his spirit-farming skills in her medicinal garden. Impressed by his perfected spells and faint spell intent, Ge Ying offered to take him as a registered disciple, and Ji An accepted.

• Liu Yu told Ji An that Ge Ying needed a Spirit Farmer and arranged to bring him to her the next morning.
• Liu Yu escorted Ji An to Ge Ying’s cave dwelling, where Ji An noticed the dense spiritual energy of the mountain.
• Ge Ying questioned Ji An about cultivating spirit herbs and asked him to demonstrate the Thick Earth Art and Minor Cloud and Rain Art.
• Ji An’s spellcasting revealed perfected skill and a trace of spell intent, impressing Ge Ying.
• Ge Ying offered to take Ji An as a registered disciple, and Ji An knelt and accepted.

Ge Ying accepted Ji An as her disciple and assigned him to take over Liu Yu’s position managing her medicinal garden. After learning about Spirit Veins and the garden’s duties, Ji An moved to Condensing Emerald Cliff to choose a residence.

• Ge Ying praised Ji An’s cultivation and promised to help him with Foundation Establishment if he fulfilled his duties.
• Ge Ying explained how Spirit Veins gathered spiritual energy, supported sects, and influenced the balance among the three sects.
• Ge Ying gave Ji An the medicinal garden’s entry token and instructions, and introduced him to Xiang Yong, who would manage the garden with him.
• Xiang Yong showed Ji An the garden and described the demanding work required to care for its spiritual herbs.
• Liu Yu took Ji An to Condensing Emerald Cliff and told him which bamboo buildings were available; Ji An chose to pick one at random.

Ji An joined his fellow disciples for a feast and began work managing the medicinal garden, where he planned to demonstrate his spell talent and earn his master’s favor. Xiang Yong explained how the garden’s Wood Origin Pearls were produced, while growing uneasy about Ji An’s proposed rotation of their work areas.

• Li Lingyu, Mu Qingwan, Du Huaiyuan, and Liu Yu joined Ji An for a feast at a marketplace near the sect’s inner grounds and toasted their bonds as fellow disciples.
• Ji An checked his spiritual essence the next morning, tested whether Gen Spirit could enhance a spell, and found that no spell was available for it.
• Ji An cultivated in the medicinal garden, taking advantage of its rich spiritual energy before Xiang Yong arrived.
• Ji An told Xiang Yong he would take over Old Zhang’s eastern fields and proposed that they switch areas every two months.
• Xiang Yong explained that he and Old Zhang had divided the garden along a central axis and that they used Wither and Flourish Art on Purple Sun Wood to produce Wood Origin Pearls.

Ji An finished tending his medicinal fields and visited Zhao Mengyao to ask about faster transportation between Condensing Emerald Cliff and Azure Water Lake. He bought a Grey Feather Sand Goose and left with advice to discipline the intelligent, mischievous beast.

• Ji An completed his assigned Spirit Fields quickly, and Xiang Yong sensed spell intent in Ji An's rain spell.
• While waiting for Zhao Mengyao, Ji An practiced the Sharp Metal Art and then invited her to lunch.
• Ji An told Zhao Mengyao that Ge Ying had accepted him as a disciple and asked her to recommend an easy-to-raise flying beast.
• Zhao Mengyao took Ji An to the Beast Taming Hall, where he chose a Grey Feather Sand Goose and paid forty-six Spirit Stones for it.
• A Beast Taming Hall disciple gave Ji An a Beast Taming Token and a jade slip, and warned him to discipline the goose because it was intelligent and mischievous.

Ji An left his old courtyard, settled his rebellious Grey Feather Sand Goose, and prepared for a new life while supporting Huang Feihu’s talisman practice. He left Huang Feihu with the prospect of a future position managing a medicinal garden.

• Ji An used the Sharp Metal Art to frighten the Grey Feather Sand Goose into flying steadily, then warned it and the Spirit Seeking Rat not to fight or damage his spirit plants.
• Ji An packed his belongings, sowed Talisman Grass seeds in the Spirit Field, watered the crops, and departed on the sand goose with the Spirit Seeking Rat.
• Ji An visited Huang Feihu and offered him more than two hundred sheets of talisman paper without asking for immediate payment.
• Ji An told Huang Feihu about becoming a disciple and offered to recommend him to manage his master’s medicinal garden if Ji An later achieved Foundation Establishment.

Ji An settled into life at Condensing Emerald Cliff, discussed cultivation with his new seniors, and learned that his inability to maintain a spiritual-power vortex was normal after recently reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation. The chapter ended with Mu Qingwan beginning Foundation Establishment.

• Ji An arrived at Hundred Flavors Tower ahead of his friends and asked Wei Songnian to help him find a puppet to guard his Spirit Field; Huang Feihu offered the puppet his grandfather had left behind in the meantime.
• Ji An returned to Condensing Emerald Cliff with his Grey Feather Sand Goose and Spirit Seeking Rat, brought spirit wine to Li Lingyu, Du Huaiyuan, and Mu Qingwan, and talked with them about tamed beasts.
• Ji An asked how to condense the spiritual-power vortex required at the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation, and Du Huaiyuan explained that he needed more spiritual power and time to cultivate.
• Ji An cultivated and practiced the Sharp Metal Art, then sensed spiritual energy gathering toward a bamboo building and learned from Du Huaiyuan that Mu Qingwan was establishing her foundation.

After Mu Qingwan and Du Huaiyuan achieved Foundation Establishment, Ji An continued cultivating and managing his spirit fields at Condensing Emerald Cliff and Azure Water Lake. He refined Kun Spirit to form the Houtu Yuan Augmentation Dao Seed, then prepared to test its effects on his Azure Corn.

• Mu Qingwan achieved Foundation Establishment, and Du Huaiyuan congratulated her before returning to his lodge to prepare for his own breakthrough.
• Three days later, Mu Qingwan and Du Huaiyuan discussed reporting their breakthroughs to their Master and choosing Foundation Establishment cultivation arts, while Li Lingyu and Ji An agreed to continue sharing cooking duties.
• Over the next half year, Ji An improved his cultivation and spells while tending fifteen mu of spirit fields and drawing talismans.
• Ji An refined Kun Spirit through the Stone Turtle and formed the Houtu Yuan Augmentation Dao Seed, which enhanced comprehension of Path of Self-Earth spells.
• Xiang Yong brought Ji An sixteen spirit stones earned from selling Wood Origin Pearls accumulated over the past half year.

Ji An shared Spirit Stones with Xiang Yong, received cultivation guidance from Ge Ying, and continued improving his farming and cultivation. After two months, he arranged for Huang Feihu to turn his harvested Talisman Grass into talisman paper in exchange for a share of the proceeds.

• Ji An gave Xiang Yong four Spirit Stones and said he would handle condensing Wood Origin Pearls himself to practice the Wither and Flourish Art.
• Ge Ying advised Li Lingyu on tempering her divine sense and warned Ji An not to force open the branch meridians near his heart.
• Ji An secretly decided to keep nourishing his immortal meridians despite Ge Ying's advice to focus on cultivation.
• Two months later, Ji An found that his spirit crops had flourished and his Azure Corn yield had exceeded six hundred jin per mu.
• Ji An offered Huang Feihu ten percent of the proceeds to make talisman paper from Ji An's harvested Talisman Grass, and Huang Feihu agreed to consider the arrangement.

Ji An arranged with Huang Feihu to plant and process more Talisman Grass while building his savings toward Foundation Establishment. After seeing an enormous vessel carrying dismissive Central Continent cultivators, he shared unusually delicious spirit rice with Li Lingyu, who discovered it came from his comprehension of Thick Earth Art Dharma Intent.

• Ji An offered Huang Feihu a long-term arrangement to process Talisman Grass from another twenty mu of fields, and Huang Feihu eagerly agreed.
• Ji An bought Talisman Grass and Azure Corn seeds, returned to Azure Water Lake, and flew back on the Grey Feather Sand Goose.
• Ji An saw a colossal flying vessel pass overhead, carrying young Foundation Establishment Cultivators who disparaged the Western Wasteland and its sects.
• Ji An reviewed his Contribution Points and Spirit Stones, then prepared a meal of his own spirit rice for Li Lingyu.
• Li Lingyu recognized the rice's exceptional quality and urged Ji An to offer its secret art to the sect, but he revealed it came from comprehending Thick Earth Art Dharma Intent.

Ji An traveled to Azure Cloud Immortal City, sold talismans, and bought spiritual liquids to prepare for Foundation Establishment. After his Spirit Seeking Rat detected an unknown powder on his spirit stones, Ji An realized someone might be tracking him and resolved to investigate.

• Li Lingyu told Ji An that Clear Void Water and Century Stalactite Spirit Liquid could replenish dharma power, then said she planned to attempt Foundation Establishment after tempering her spiritual sense for several more months.
• Ji An sold talismans at his partnered shops in Azure Cloud Immortal City and bought Clear Void Water and Hundred Flower Spirit Liquid.
• At his inn, Ji An had the Spirit Seeking Rat inspect his spirit stones, and it found an invisible, faintly scented powder on two of them.
• Ji An concluded that someone might be tracking him through his Storage Bag, asked the Spirit Seeking Rat to remember the powder’s scent, and decided to investigate the culprit.
• Ji An moved the spirit stones into another Storage Bag, swallowed a Jade Ganoderma Pill, and cultivated the Clear Origin Scripture.

Ge Ying summoned her disciples to announce a sect-wide compulsory mission to gather five-elements spiritual items for a plan to advance the main Spirit Vein. Ji An sought capital to profit from the coming price surge, and Ge Ying agreed to lend him twenty mid-grade Spirit Stones after confirming his Thick Earth Art Dharma intent.

• Li Lingyu received Ge Ying’s emergency transmission and set off with Ji An to the mountaintop cave abode, where the disciples gathered.
• Ge Ying explained that True Person Qianyue of the Coiled Mountain Sect had devised a plan to improve the sect’s main Spirit Vein, and the sect would require disciples to submit five-elements materials through a long-term compulsory mission.
• Ge Ying warned the disciples that rival forces might oppose the sect’s growth, then told them to buy supplies outside the sect without revealing the plan.
• Ji An asked Ge Ying to lend him Crystal Stones so he could stockpile goods before prices rose, saying he hoped to earn Contribution Points for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ji An demonstrated his Thick Earth Art Dharma intent in Ge Ying’s medicinal garden, and she agreed to lend him twenty mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Ji An and Li Lingyu traveled from Azure Bamboo Mountain Market toward Azure Cloud Immortal City to buy and trade spiritual items, but a rogue Foundation Establishment Cultivator ambushed them. The chapter ended as Ji An charged the attacker, Zhang Tie Zhu, and his Stone Turtle Shield was struck by Zhang’s flying sword.

• Ji An told Li Lingyu that he had been tested by their Master, and they agreed to travel through nearby markets toward Azure Cloud Immortal City.
• Ji An gathered his talismans and spirit beasts, then joined Li Lingyu on the journey to Azure Bamboo Mountain Market.
• After Ji An bought up the market’s Five Elements goods, he persuaded Li Lingyu to continue toward Azure Cloud Immortal City with him.
• Zhang Tie Zhu pursued them in a black flying vessel and demanded their Storage Bags and magic artifacts.
• Ji An and Li Lingyu prepared to fight, with Li Lingyu raising her Heavenly Net Umbrella and Ji An summoning the Spirit Seeking Rat and using talismans.
• Zhang Tie Zhu attacked Ji An with a high-grade fiery flying sword, which pierced the Stone Turtle Shield’s defensive light and struck its surface.

Ji An and Li Lingyu fought Zhang Tie Zhu, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, using talismans and coordinated defenses until Li Lingyu’s Flame Shuttles broke through his defenses and killed him. They gathered the spoils, concealed the body, and fled, planning to report the matter to their sect.

• Ji An and Li Lingyu used talismans and artifacts to withstand Zhang Tie Zhu’s attacks and gradually wear down his defenses.
• Zhang Tie Zhu targeted Li Lingyu with an Explosive Fireball, but Ji An rushed in and layered Water Curtain defenses to save her.
• Ji An and Li Lingyu coordinated their attacks while Li Lingyu restrained Zhang Tie Zhu’s flying sword, and Ji An studied the weakening protective glow.
• The Spirit Seeking Rat raised a stone spike that disrupted Zhang Tie Zhu’s dodge, letting Ji An’s Geng Metal attacks and Li Lingyu’s Flame Shuttles pierce his defenses and kill him.
• Ji An and Li Lingyu identified Zhang Tie Zhu as an artifact-shop shopkeeper, collected his belongings, crushed his body, and escaped on their flying spirit beast.

After surviving a robber cultivator’s attack, Ji An and Li Lingyu returned to the sect, reported the incident, and began dealing with their spoils. Ji An received a spirit-herb manual from his master and arranged for a trusted artifact refiner to appraise their loot.

• Ji An and Li Lingyu recovered from the battle, divided plans for their spoils, and bought Five Elements Spiritual Items in Azure Cloud Immortal City; Ji An discovered that a Spirit Stone from the Pang Family Talisman Shop carried suspicious powder.
• Back at the sect, Ge Ying promised to seek justice through the Enforcement Hall and took the robber cultivator’s artifacts and spell jade slips as evidence.
• Ge Ying warned Ji An and Li Lingyu not to leave the sect before Foundation Establishment and gave Ji An the Hundred Herbs Manual to study.
• Ji An asked Li Lingyu to help find an artifact refiner to appraise their spoils, and she agreed to visit his Foundation Establishment acquaintance the next day.

Ji An and Li Lingyu had Zhang Yuanshan appraise and buy their artifact materials, then sought repairs for their damaged artifacts and discussed the powder found on a Spirit Stone. After handling errands and tending his spiritual plants, Ji An returned to find Huang Feihu and the others making talisman paper from the harvested Talisman Grass.

• Ji An and Li Lingyu visited Zhang Yuanshan, who identified their unfinished defensive artifacts and valuable ores, bought them for five hundred Spirit Stones, and agreed to repair their Stone Turtle Shield and Heavenly Net Umbrella.
• Ji An asked Zhang Yuanshan about secret arts for probing Storage Bags and learned that skilled high-level cultivators could inspect the contents of low-grade bags.
• Li Lingyu departed for Sunset Mountain, and Ji An bought seeds, then arranged with Wei Songnian to sell his talismans and warned him about suspicious medicinal powder found on Spirit Stones from a shop.
• Ji An returned to his Spirit Fields, replanted Talisman Grass and Azure Corn, and used spiritual energy, spells, and rain to tend the plants in his courtyard.
• Ji An flew to Huang Feihu's courtyard and found wooden sheds filled with harvested Talisman Grass while several people hurriedly made talisman paper.

Ji An profited from selling Five Elements Essence and exchanged Contribution Points for a Foundation Establishment Pill, while Li Lingyu received a premium pill from Ge Ying. Ji An would have to wait eight years to collect his pill, and Li Lingyu prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment with her master's gift.

• Ji An inspected Huang Feihu's Talisman Paper production and arranged for Wei to purchase it every two months.
• Ge Ying rewarded Ji An and Li Lingyu for killing a Foundation Establishment Realm rogue cultivator, doubled Ji An's medicinal-garden Contribution Points, and advised him to hold his Five Elements Essence.
• Ji An and Li Lingyu had their recovered magical artifacts appraised by Zhang Yuanshan, consigned a flying sword for sale, and collected their repaired artifacts and the Spirit Stones Zhang owed them.
• After selling his stockpile of Five Elements Essence, Ji An exchanged Contribution Points for a Foundation Establishment Pill, which he could collect in eight years.
• Ge Ying gave Li Lingyu a premium Foundation Establishment Pill to improve her chances of success.

Ge Ying encouraged Li Lingyu to pursue Foundation Establishment and asked her fellow disciples to support Ge Luoying. After Li Lingyu succeeded in Foundation Establishment and moved away, Ji An completed his preparation for his own breakthrough and condensed a Wood Element Dao Seed, greatly strengthening his Wither and Flourish Art.

• Ge Ying encouraged Li Lingyu and asked her to build a connection with Ge Luoying, her sword-cultivating descendant.
• Ji An watched Li Lingyu prepare for Foundation Establishment and congratulated her when she succeeded the next morning.
• Li Lingyu moved away from Condensing Emerald Cliff and later sold her flying boat, giving Ji An another 220 Spirit Stones.
• Over the next three years, Ji An cultivated steadily, opened every branch meridian he could, and reached a bottleneck while waiting for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ji An spent his accumulated spiritual potential to condense a Wood Element Dao Seed, which let him draw Wood Element primordial qi from plants with far greater force.
• Ji An decided to keep his newly potent Wood Origin Pearls from being sold and took over casting the Blazing Fire Spell on the medicinal garden’s fire-element plants.

Ji An received a premium Foundation Establishment Pill from Ge Ying and began his breakthrough that night. After enduring the physical trial and using Hundred Flower Spirit Liquid and Clear Void Water, he successfully established his Foundation and woke the next morning with Foundation Establishment Realm spiritual pressure.

• Ji An asked Ge Ying for help obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill early, and she gave him a premium pill she had refined.
• Ge Ying told Ji An to support Luo Ying when he was able, and Ji An readily agreed.
• Ji An prepared for the breakthrough at his bamboo lodge and began circulating the Foundation Establishment method after nightfall.
• Ji An swallowed the pill and spirit liquids as his dharma power gathered, enduring intense pain while his immortal veins and body were scoured by spiritual qi.
• Ji An's dharma power began turning into jade liquid, and by morning he had successfully achieved Foundation Establishment.
• The author noted that the cultivator-robbers' flying boat had been sold and its 220 Spirit Stones divided.

After achieving Foundation Establishment, Ji An stabilized his realm and learned from Ge Ying about choosing a cultivation method. He chose the Wood Element Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art and agreed to help recruit Spirit Farmers for Ge Ying’s medicinal garden before leaving Condensing Emerald Cliff.

• Ji An discovered that Foundation Establishment had strengthened his immortal veins and reduced the Stone Turtle’s share of his refined mana from more than before to thirty percent.
• Ge Ying explained how cultivation methods shaped mana and recommended that Ji An choose a Wood Element method for its benefits to planting, alchemy, and lifespan.
• Ji An chose the Azure Wood Eternal Spring Art, and Ge Ying told him he qualified for key cultivation and could exchange for early- and middle-stage portions of the method for free.
• Ge Ying asked Ji An to recruit one or two Spirit Farmers for the medicinal garden, and Ji An offered to help screen candidates while noting that Huang Feihu lacked the required spell proficiency.
• Ji An visited the medicinal garden, congratulated Xiang Yong, and asked him to guide the incoming Spirit Farmers.