Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan approved Ji Dongchen’s request to join the front line and then visited True Monarch Xuanyuan to ask about the Ancient Ruins in the North Mang Mountain Range. After revealing that he had refined a high-quality Nascent Soul Pill, he gained True Monarch Xuanyuan’s regard and discussed whether the sect had ingredients for other rare pills.

• Miao Zixi told Ji Haoyuan that Ji Dongchen had reached Foundation Establishment and wanted to join the front line, while Ji Dongbai and Ji Dongming were preparing for Foundation Establishment.
• Ji Haoyuan approved Ji Dongchen’s request for Sector 6-C and directed Miao Zixi to assign the other two to Sectors 3-C and 5-C if they later volunteered.
• Ji Haoyuan visited True Monarch Xuanyuan, who recognized that he was close to condensing a Nascent Soul after twenty years of secluded cultivation.
• Ji Haoyuan showed True Monarch Xuanyuan the high-quality Nascent Soul Pill he had refined, astonishing him and earning a change in how he addressed Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan said he could likely refine Infant Transformation Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills if the sect had the necessary ingredients.

Ji Haoyuan learned that the sect had a Foundation Establishment Flower but no Infant Transformation Grass, and that only Tier 3 Great Demons could enter the North Mang Mountain Range ruins. After obtaining the flower, he began considering a way to profit from the demons emerging from the ruins.

• Ji Haoyuan asked True Monarch Xuanyuan about resources for forming a Nascent Soul, and learned the sect had a Foundation Establishment Flower but no Infant Transformation Grass.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan warned Ji Haoyuan that only Tier 3 Great Demons could enter the North Mang Mountain Range Ancient Ruins, then explained that wars between major sects were driven partly by disputes over valuable resource veins.
• Ji Haoyuan used True Monarch Xuanyuan's authorization and his sect contributions to obtain the Foundation Establishment Flower from the Sect Treasury.
• Ji Haoyuan continued thinking about the ruins and considered becoming a “Rogue cultivator” to hunt for treasures on the Great Demons that emerged from them.

Ji Haoyuan concealed himself near the Myriad Poisons Thunder Marsh, waiting for Demon Beasts to emerge from the Ancient Ruins. When battles broke out among the demons, he sensed a late Tier 3 Great Demon escaping underground and prepared to hunt it.

• Ji Haoyuan left Yanfa Sect and traveled toward the Ancient Ruins, drawn by an intuition that they held something important for him.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Withering Wood Silent Annihilation Method to hide in a forest near the Myriad Poisons Thunder Marsh and waited for a hundred and fifty days.
• Great Demons emerged from the ruins in two groups, then fought fiercely as they fled, killing several of their own.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed an intense agitation in his Spiritual Sense while remaining concealed during the fighting.
• Ji Haoyuan detected a late Tier 3 Great Demon escaping underground and prepared to begin his hunt.

Ji Haoyuan and his Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox searched the North Mang Mountain Range for valuable treasures, but their actions drew the attention of a powerful Crimson Flood Dragon Great Demon King. Ji Haoyuan fled as the demon king ordered its forces to capture him, leaving him to face the pursuit without relying on his old concealment tactic.

• A hidden late Tier 3 Centipede Great Demon emerged from the ground, but Ji Haoyuan killed it with his spear and took its corpse.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox led Ji Haoyuan toward valuable targets, and he killed a Tier 3 Demon Python and a Brute Ox Great Demon before deciding to stop hunting.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed danger and fled the North Mang Mountain Range with the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox stored in his Beast Taming Token.
• A late Tier 4 Crimson Flood Dragon Great Demon King attacked Ji Haoyuan's former position and ordered its demons to capture him or bring back his corpse.
• The Green Mountain Wolf King led a pursuit while Ji Haoyuan sensed the nearby Great Demons and realized he could no longer rely on his breath-concealing technique.

Ji Haoyuan fled the North Mang Mountain Range as demons closed in, but the Green Mountain Wolf King caught up and broke through his defensive treasure. Still racing for the boundary, Ji Haoyuan took another attack and revealed an object in his hand.

• Ji Haoyuan used his Golden Core’s power to flee, but a Black Luminous Thunder Eagle attacked him and he killed it with a flash of crimson light.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Heaven Ascending Dharma Seal to quadruple his speed as Great Demons converged on him.
• The Green Mountain Wolf King pursued Ji Haoyuan with wind-based movement and attacked him with a Spiritual Energy-empowered green longsword.
• Ji Haoyuan’s Tai Hao Huang Tian Zhao blocked the longsword briefly before its barrier shattered, and he used the impact to propel himself forward.
• The Green Mountain Wolf King caught up again, and Ji Haoyuan endured another attack before an object appeared in his hand.

Ji Haoyuan used the God Slaying Treasure Gourd to severely injure the Green Mountain Wolf King and escaped back to Yanfa Sect. While taking stock of his spoils, he found a pearl that sent the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox into a deep sleep, along with Infant Transformation Grass and a Fourth-grade alchemy furnace.

• Ji Haoyuan struck the Green Mountain Wolf King with the God Slaying Treasure Light, then fled beyond its Spiritual Sense range while the injured demon king abandoned the pursuit.
• Several days later, Ji Haoyuan returned to Yanfa Sect and shut himself away in his cave abode on Yuquan Peak.
• Ji Haoyuan opened the Tier 3 Demon Python's Storage Bracelet and found spirit herbs, soul-nourishing items, and a silver pearl that the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox swallowed before falling into a deep sleep.
• Ji Haoyuan opened the Tier 3 Brute Ox Great Demon's Storage Ring and found many spirit herbs, three stalks of Infant Transformation Grass, and a Fourth-grade True Treasure alchemy furnace.

Ji Haoyuan used the Innate Pure Yang Fruit to transform into an Innate Pure Yang Body, then began forming his Nascent Soul. His Golden Core transformed smoothly, and dense Spiritual Energy surged into the newly awakened Nascent Soul.

• Ji Haoyuan obtained a Fourth-grade True Treasure pill furnace and found the Innate Pure Yang Fruit inside the Centipede Great Demon’s Storage Magic Treasure.
• Ji Haoyuan consumed the Innate Pure Yang Fruit and, after several months, successfully attained the Innate Pure Yang Body.
• Ji Haoyuan prepared four Infant Transformation Pills, five Foundation Establishment Pills, and three Nascent Soul Pills before beginning his breakthrough a year later.
• Ji Haoyuan’s twelve-pattern Golden Core expanded, and an Infant Transformation Pill helped it develop into a tiny figure resembling him.
• Ji Haoyuan consumed a Nascent Soul Pill and a Foundation Establishment Pill, awakening the Nascent Soul’s spirituality as Spiritual Energy surged into it.

Ji Haoyuan completed his Nascent Soul breakthrough, gaining a golden, highly resilient Nascent Soul and the Death Substitution divine ability. As a terrifying tribulation gathered over Yuquan Peak, the Yanfa Sect’s True Monarchs arrived to protect the area and discussed the dangers Ji Haoyuan still faced.

• Ji Haoyuan’s Nascent Soul transformed into pure gold, and he gained an Immortal Mark that granted him the Death Substitution divine ability.
• A massive Spiritual Energy storm gathered over Yuquan Peak, and Miao Zixi realized Ji Haoyuan was ascending to the Nascent Soul realm.
• Ji Haoyuan asked Ice Fire True Person, True Person Leixia, Zhang Tianyang, and the others to evacuate everyone from Yuquan Peak.
• As dark clouds gathered over the peak, True Monarch Yanfa, True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and True Monarch Baihua arrived, and True Monarch Yanfa set up protective restrictions.
• True Monarch Yanfa explained that Ji Haoyuan still had to endure the lightning, heart demon, and Yin Fire tribulations, which had defeated previous Yanfa Sect cultivators.

Ji Haoyuan faced the heavenly lightning tribulation and absorbed or destroyed each bolt, using the Tribulation Lightning Fruit to withstand the final Nirvana Divine Lightning. Refining the lightning helped him master Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning, and he entered the Heart Demon Tribulation in a state of enlightenment.

• Ji Haoyuan appeared beneath the Tribulation Clouds as the first bolt of lightning descended and absorbed it into his body.
• Ji Haoyuan destroyed the second bolt with the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear, then charged through the third and absorbed its remaining lightning.
• Ji Haoyuan swallowed the Tribulation Lightning Fruit to weaken the final Nirvana Divine Lightning, then absorbed what remained.
• Ji Haoyuan refined the tribulation lightning, entered enlightenment, and mastered Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning.
• The Heart Demon Tribulation descended, but Ji Haoyuan saw through the boundary between reality and illusion and gained further enlightenment.

Ji Haoyuan passed the Nascent Soul tribulations, became True Monarch Nanhua, and received the Yanfa Sect’s Grand Elder Token. The sect’s leaders congratulated him and left him to consolidate his new cultivation.

• Ji Haoyuan comprehended the Inner Demon Curse Seal, then endured the Yin Fire Tribulation as golden radiance protected his Nascent Soul and golden lightning extinguished the flames.
• Heaven and earth bestowed Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds and Essence Jade Dew upon Ji Haoyuan, and his Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear advanced into a Fourth-grade True Treasure.
• Yanfa Sect members congratulated Ji Haoyuan on becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord, and the sect’s leaders presented him with four rare Fourth-Order spiritual items.
• True Lord Yanfa gave Ji Haoyuan the Grand Elder Token, and Ice Fire True Person, True Person Leixia, Zhang Tianyang, and the others paid their respects to Grand Elder Nanhua.
• True Lord Yanfa told Ji Haoyuan to consolidate his cultivation and said he could choose a vacant Fourth-Order Spiritual Peak before the sect leaders departed.

After Ji Haoyuan reached the Nascent Soul realm, he gave Ice Fire True Person a defensive treasure before she left for garrison duty and moved his followers to Nanhua Peak. Ten years later, he had reached the Nascent Soul Second Layer and quietly visited the Technique Manifestation Stele, where True Monarch Yanfa appeared before him.

• Ice Fire True Person told Ji Haoyuan she was heading to A-Grade No. 3 War Zone, and he gave her an imitation Fourth-grade defensive True Treasure, the Tai Hao Huang Tian Zhao.
• Ji Haoyuan chose Fourth-Order Nanhua Peak as his new Spiritual Peak, and Miao Zixi and the other cultivators from Yuquan Peak moved there.
• Over the next ten years, Ji Haoyuan consolidated his cultivation and advanced to the Nascent Soul Second Layer with the help of Heavenly Splendor Purple Dew and Fourth-Order spiritual materials.
• Ji Haoyuan left Nanhua Peak unnoticed and went to Dharma Cloud Peak to visit the Technique Manifestation Stele.
• True Monarch Yanfa appeared before Ji Haoyuan at Dharma Cloud Peak.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul Second Layer, Ji Haoyuan learned that the war between the Four Sects had intensified and that the Yanfa Sect had lost four Golden Core cultivators. He decided to go to the Zone A-6 Battlefield and settle his old grudge with True Monarch Bihai.

• True Monarch Yanfa welcomed Ji Haoyuan and explained that his Nascent Soul Celebration would be postponed because the war had intensified.
• True Monarch Yanfa told Ji Haoyuan that several Nascent Soul True Lords had gone to the frontline and that the Yanfa Sect had lost four Golden Core cultivators.
• Ji Haoyuan asked where True Monarch Bihai was stationed and said he intended to settle their karma after Bihai had repeatedly tried to kill him.
• True Monarch Yanfa said True Monarch Bihai and Senior Sister Leixia were at the Zone A-6 Battlefield.
• Ji Haoyuan planned to head to Zone A-6 in a few days and estimated that he and True Monarch Fuguang had a strong chance of defeating Bihai.

True Monarch Bihai launched a surprise Nascent Soul attack on True Person Leixia during the battle at Zone A-6, but True Monarch Fuguang intervened and drove him off. Bihai threatened to keep targeting Yanfa Sect's Golden Cores, leaving Fuguang furious and the danger unresolved.

• True Monarch Yanfa gave Ji Haoyuan a Fourth-Order Concealment Talisman and advised him to wait for the right opportunity at Zone A-6 Battlefield.
• Half a month later, True Person Leixia fought Wan Changtong above the battlefield, and both suffered serious wounds.
• True Monarch Bihai ambushed True Person Leixia with an Azure Giant Hand, but True Monarch Fuguang blocked the attack.
• True Monarch Fuguang confronted True Monarch Bihai, who threatened to kill Yanfa Sect's Golden Cores and then withdrew with Wan Changtong and the others.

Ji Haoyuan reunited with True Monarch Fuguang and True Person Leixia, then revealed that he had come to settle his karmic ties with True Monarch Bihai. The three agreed on a plan that would use Leixia as bait, and Ji Haoyuan gave her the Seven Luminaries Heavenly Profound Pagoda for protection.

• True Monarch Fuguang warned True Person Leixia that True Monarch Bihai was likely targeting her, and she agreed to avoid acting unless necessary.
• Ji Haoyuan met True Monarch Fuguang and True Person Leixia in a Cave Mansion and asked Leixia to call him Junior Brother again.
• Ji Haoyuan said he had come to settle his karmic ties with True Monarch Bihai and explained his plan to the two Yanfa Sect cultivators.
• True Person Leixia agreed to help, and True Monarch Fuguang accepted the plan after warning that Leixia would face danger as bait.
• Ji Haoyuan gave True Person Leixia the Seven Luminaries Heavenly Profound Pagoda, an Imitation Fourth-grade True Treasure, to protect her.

Several months after receiving the Seven Luminaries Heavenly Profound Pagoda, True Person Leixia led Yanfa Sect cultivators in an assault on the True Word Sect's stronghold. True Monarch Bihai ambushed her, but True Monarch Fuguang intervened, and the two Nascent Soul cultivators faced off.

• True Person Leixia led Golden Core cultivators from the Yanfa Sect in an attack on the True Word Sect's stronghold, drawing out Wan Changtong and his fighters.
• True Monarch Bihai watched from hiding, wrestled with murderous impulses, and ultimately vanished to attack True Person Leixia.
• True Person Leixia used the Seven Luminaries Heavenly Profound Pagoda to withstand Bihai's surprise strike, but she was injured and the pagoda's light dimmed.
• True Monarch Bihai launched a massive azure blade aura at True Person Leixia, and True Monarch Fuguang's arrows of light intercepted it.
• True Monarch Fuguang confronted True Monarch Bihai and challenged him to fight.

True Monarch Fuguang fought True Monarch Bihai but could not overcome him in a direct exchange. Nan hua then struck Bihai with a Pure Gold Flame Spear, destroying his physical body as his Nascent Soul began to escape.

• True Monarch Fuguang and True Monarch Bihai clashed with their powers, and Bihai gained the upper hand.
• Fuguang challenged Bihai’s claim that no one in Zone A-6 Battlefield could defeat him.
• Nan hua attacked Bihai from behind with a Pure Gold Flame Spear, knocking away and damaging Bihai’s Heavy Water Soul-Snatching Hook.
• The spear pierced Bihai repeatedly, forcing out his true body and destroying it.
• Bihai’s Nascent Soul threatened revenge and began to teleport away, but a voice reached him.

Ji Haoyuan’s method drove True Monarch Bihai to abandon his escape and attack, and Ji Haoyuan destroyed his Nascent Soul. The Yanfa Sect then defeated the True Word Sect, and True Monarch Fuguang asked Ji Haoyuan how to deal with the captives.

• Ji Haoyuan’s hand seal stirred resentment and hatred in True Monarch Bihai, who gave up escaping and attacked him.
• Ji Haoyuan shattered Bihai’s strike and killed him with Pure Yang Thunder, causing his Nascent Soul to dissipate.
• Wan Changtong warned the True Word Sect cultivators to retreat, but Ji Haoyuan suppressed him with the Seven Luminaries Heavenly Profound Pagoda and killed him with a lightning-wreathed palm.
• True Person Leixia and the Yanfa Sect’s Golden Core cultivators wiped out the remaining True Word Sect forces and captured thousands of lower-level cultivators.
• True Person Leixia reported the battle’s outcome, and True Monarch Fuguang asked Ji Haoyuan how the captives should be handled.

Ji Haoyuan arranged to exchange Yanfa Sect prisoners and set out to exploit the True Word Sect’s weakened position on other battlefields. Meanwhile, a blood-red infestation emerged at the former Fuya Secret Realm and began spreading across the Boundless Sea.

• Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Fuguang agreed to exchange Yanfa Sect prisoners and force the remaining True Word Sect captives to mine under restrictions.
• Ji Haoyuan announced he would visit other battlefields to catch the True Word Sect off guard, and True Person Leixia urged him to be careful.
• Blood-red mist and tentacles appeared where the Fuya Secret Realm had stood, tearing open spatial cracks and releasing eye-covered fleshballs.
• The fleshballs attacked cultivators from Zhuyue Island, parasitizing many and turning them against their companions.
• After the slaughter, twenty parasitized cultivators split up and flew in different directions across the Boundless Sea.

Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Baihua halted their plans after Flying Star Palace ordered Yanfa Sect and the Five Elements Profound Sect to end their war with the True Word Sect and the Five Elements Demonic Sect. Ji Haoyuan returned to Yanfa Sect and learned the order came from Third Elder Liu Daoxuan, then asked whether Liu would also interfere in the dispute over the Large Spirit Mine and Large Prime Gold.

• Ji Haoyuan arrived in War Zone Number Four and discussed targeting the True Word Sect’s Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator with True Monarch Baihua.
• Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Baihua received a message ordering their sects to cease the war, issued in Flying Star Palace’s name.
• True Monarch Baihua speculated that a favor owed by a Flying Star Palace Elder to the True Word Sect’s Sect Leader might explain the order.
• Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Baihua made no moves while the True Word Sect withdrew from the war.
• Ji Haoyuan returned to Yanfa Sect and learned from True Monarch Yanfa that Flying Star Palace’s Third Elder, Liu Daoxuan, had issued the order.
• Ji Haoyuan asked whether Liu Daoxuan would also claim a role in the dispute over the Large Spirit Mine and Large Prime Gold.

Ji Haoyuan learned that the True Word Sect wanted Yanfa Sect to keep only its current thirty percent of the mineral resources, while Liu Daoxuan stood to claim a much larger share. Back at Nanhua Peak, Ji Haoyuan opened True Monarch Bihai’s Storage Ring and found three Supreme-grade spirit stones among its treasures.

• True Monarch Yanfa told Ji Haoyuan that the True Word Sect wanted Yanfa Sect to retain only thirty percent of the Spirit Stone mine and Large Primordial Gold Vein.
• True Monarch Yanfa said Liu Daoxuan would likely give the True Word Sect a share close to Yanfa Sect’s and keep most of the remainder for himself.
• Ji Haoyuan left True Monarch Yanfa and returned to his Cave Mansion on Nanhua Peak.
• Ji Haoyuan broke the restrictions on True Monarch Bihai’s Storage Ring and found three Supreme-grade spirit stones, along with many Third-Order materials and one Fourth-Order mineral material.