Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan arranged a Nascent Soul Celebration for the following year and agreed to return to the Crimson Cloud Sect with Ice Fire True Person. They visited the Ji Family’s prosperous market town, where Ice Fire True Person remarked on how much his family had grown.

• Miao Zixi told Ji Haoyuan that the sect leaders had asked about his Nascent Soul Celebration and that Ice Fire True Person had visited while he was in seclusion.
• Ji Haoyuan instructed Miao Zixi to notify him when senior sect members visited, then met with True Monarch Yanfa and the other Grand Elders, who scheduled his celebration for one year later.
• Ji Haoyuan visited Ice Fire True Person, who invited him to return to the Crimson Cloud Sect with her; he agreed to go three days later.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person visited Maple Leaf Market Town in the Ji Family’s territory, and Ice Fire True Person praised the family’s growth.

Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person discovered that three cultivators were attacking an elderly man and his granddaughter near Maple Leaf Market Town, apparently over a treasure connected to the Ji Family’s Profound Treasure Pavilion. Just as the attackers were about to kill the granddaughter, an unseen force knocked their weapon aside, and the assailants turned toward its source.

• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person heard a battle outside Maple Leaf Market Town and went to investigate.
• Three masked cultivators demanded the storage pouches of an elderly man and his granddaughter, and the elder recognized them as connected to the Ji Family’s Profound Treasure Pavilion.
• The elder recalled that he and his granddaughter had recently tried to sell an unusual ancestral treasure at the pavilion, where it had been dismissed as worthless.
• The attackers intensified their assault, wounded the elder, and targeted his granddaughter, Yan’er.
• An invisible force of dharma knocked away the longblade just before it struck Yan’er, and the three attackers looked toward its source.

Ji Haoyuan intervened when three Ji Family cultivators tried to kill an elder and his granddaughter, then used Soul Search to uncover their crimes. After killing their leader, he waited for two Ji Family officials implicated in the scheme to arrive, intending to learn how widespread corruption was in Maple Leaf Market Town.

• Ji Haoyuan questioned the elder and his granddaughter about the three masked cultivators, who attacked with a Tier 2 low-grade Talisman.
• Ji Haoyuan extinguished the Talisman's power, and the elder recounted how the cultivators had tried to murder them and seize their treasure.
• Ji Haoyuan used Soul Search on the leading ninth-level Qi Refinement cultivator and killed him after discovering his past crimes.
• Ji Wangchuan and Yao An arrived, and Ji Haoyuan recognized them from the dead cultivator's memories as officials who had recruited outlaws to carry out dirty deeds.
• Ji Haoyuan held back from confronting the two, intending to investigate how many people in Maple Leaf Market Town were involved.

Ji Haoyuan restrained Ji Wangchuan and Yao An after finding a headless corpse near Maple Leaf Market Town, then summoned the Ji Family’s law enforcement personnel. When Ji Qingfei and Ji Yunfan arrived and recognized Ji Haoyuan, the scene ended in tense silence as they awaited his judgment.

• Ji Wangchuan challenged Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person over the killing near Maple Leaf Market Town, but Ji Haoyuan refused to identify himself.
• Ji Haoyuan sealed Ji Wangchuan’s and Yao An’s spiritual power, brought them before him, and sent out Message Talismans.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person discussed the difficulty of preventing wrongdoing within a large family.
• Ji Qingfei, Ji Yunfan, and two other Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived and respectfully greeted Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person.
• Ji Wangchuan and Yao An realized Ji Haoyuan was True Monarch Nanhua, while Ji Qingfei and the others grew anxious at his silent, stern gaze.

After learning that Ji Wangchuan and Yao An had abused their power without the family leaders’ knowledge, Ji Haoyuan ordered accountability and compensation for the grandmother and grandson. The elder gave Ji Haoyuan an ancestral black iron object that stirred his mind and Spiritual Sense, and Ji Haoyuan arranged to protect and help the pair while investigating their origins.

• Ji Haoyuan tested Ji Qingfei and Ji Yunfan’s knowledge, then told them what Ji Wangchuan, Yao An, and their subordinates had done.
• Ji Qingfei admitted his failure to oversee the family, and Ji Haoyuan ordered the Ji Family to acknowledge the wrongdoing and prevent a recurrence.
• Ji Qingfei apologized to the grandmother and grandson, offered them a free Tier 1 high-grade Cave Mansion, and gave them Spirit Stones and pills as compensation.
• The Sixty-Year-Old Elder offered Ji Haoyuan an ancestral Black Iron Object, whose touch stirred Ji Haoyuan’s mind and Spiritual Sense.
• Ji Haoyuan secretly told Ji Qingfei to investigate the pair’s origins, guarantee their safety, and help the granddaughter achieve Foundation Establishment.

Ji Haoyuan investigated the mysterious black iron object and discovered it contained the remnant soul of a Spirit Artifact, suggesting it might be a Spirit Treasure. The chapter ended with him realizing how extraordinary such a treasure would be.

• Ji Qingfei accepted Ji Haoyuan’s instructions without asking about his secret investigation into the grandmother and grandson.
• Ji Wangchuan, Yao An, and their accomplices were publicly executed for plundering outside Maple Leaf Market Town, and Ji Bochang silenced clan dissent over the punishment.
• Ice Fire True Person departed for the Crimson Cloud Sect, while Ji Haoyuan returned to the Ji Family’s core grounds in Heaven Piercing Valley.
• Ji Haoyuan tested the Black Iron Object with his Divine Sense and magic power, but it only reacted when he applied the Pure Yang Power of his Innate Pure Yang Body.
• Ji Haoyuan detected a Spirit Artifact Remnant Soul inside the Black Iron Object and considered whether it could be a Spirit Treasure.

Ji Haoyuan discovered that the black iron hilt was the damaged remnant of a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure called the Sun Star Sword and kept its true nature secret. After spending time with the Ji Family, he gave them resources to improve their spirit land and help Ji Qingfei form her Golden Core.

• Ji Haoyuan infused the black iron object with Innate Pure Yang Power, revealing the Sun Star Sword and learning that it could unleash a strike beyond the Fourth-Order when fully charged.
• Ji Haoyuan communicated with the hilt’s remnant spirit and learned that the Sun Star Sword had once been a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, though its blade was missing and the remnant soon fell silent.
• Ji Haoyuan let the sword hilt return to its ordinary black iron appearance and decided to conceal it, since revealing its value could attract powerful enemies.
• Ji Qingfei delivered Ji Haoyuan an investigation into the grandmother and grandson who had possessed the hilt, but the dossier offered no useful information, so he ended the inquiry.
• Ji Haoyuan spent time with the Ji Family, guiding Ji Qingfei and others while nourishing the Sun Star Sword with his Innate Pure Yang Power.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Bochang a Spirit Ascension Pearl to improve the family’s Third-Order Spirit Land and gave Ji Qingfei resources and a Tribulation Treasure to support her Golden Core formation.

After returning to the Yanfa Sect, Ji Haoyuan prepared for his Nascent Soul Celebration and urged Miao Zixi to advance her Golden Core formation. The celebration began with Lan Hailong and Golden Light Sword Lord presenting gifts, and another Nascent Soul True Lord arrived as the gathering continued.

• Ji Haoyuan left the Ji Family, briefly visited the Crimson Cloud Sect, and returned to the Yanfa Sect with Ice Fire True Person.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Miao Zixi a Golden Core Pill and tribulation treasures, advising her to attempt Golden Core formation within the next few years.
• Ji Haoyuan remained on Nanhua Peak and nourished the Sun Star Sword until the day of his Nascent Soul Celebration arrived.
• The Yanfa Sect began Ji Haoyuan's celebration, which was planned to include congratulations, a sermon, and a free exchange among cultivators.
• Lan Hailong and Golden Light Sword Lord arrived and gave Ji Haoyuan Fourth-Order Mysterious Clear Jade Marrow and Fourth-Order Thunder Dragon Wood.
• Another Nascent Soul True Lord's powerful mana fluctuation appeared outside the Yanfa Sect.

Ji Haoyuan’s Nascent Soul celebration welcomed Mo Cangyun and Daoist Tianyan, whose precious gift of Purple Lightning Spirit Fire astonished him. As the celebration continued, Ji Bochang, Ji Qingfei, and Meng Jiyue mingled with powerful guests, and Meng Jiyue asked Miao Ran about her preparations to form a Nascent Soul.

• Mo Cangyun congratulated Ji Haoyuan and gave him a box of Fourth-Order Primordial Magnetic Star Sand.
• Daoist Tianyan, Sect Leader of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, arrived as a distinguished guest and presented Ji Haoyuan with Purple Lightning Spirit Fire.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized the fire’s value and decided to ask Daoist Tianyan about his reasons for giving it later.
• Xiahou Qingshan, representatives of the Danding Sect, the Ji Family, and the Crimson Cloud Sect attended, while Ji Bochang and Ji Qingfei were surrounded by powerful cultivators seeking their favor.
• Meng Jiyue asked Miao Ran about her preparations to form a Nascent Soul and whether Ji Haoyuan had prepared resources for her.

Ji Haoyuan delivered an enlightening sermon at the celebration before opening the trading session and exchanging the Heavy Water Soul-Snatching Hook for Lan Hailong’s Fourth-Order defensive art. He asked Lan Hailong not to pass the art on to anyone else after their deal.

• Ji Haoyuan’s sermon on the Dao left cultivators of every level deeply immersed and gave even several Nascent Soul experts new insights.
• The celebration entered its final trading stage, and Ji Haoyuan offered the Heavy Water Soul-Snatching Hook in exchange for a matching True Treasure or valuables.
• Fellow Daoist Ruoshui offered a Fourth-Order Kunxu Earth Crystal, but Ji Haoyuan said it was not enough to match the hook’s value.
• Lan Hailong offered Ji Haoyuan the Fourth-Order earth-attribute defensive art Yellow Heaven Canopy, which Ji Haoyuan eagerly wanted.
• Ji Haoyuan agreed to exchange the Heavy Water Soul-Snatching Hook for the art, on the condition that Lan Hailong would not pass it on to anyone else.

After the Nascent Soul Celebration, Daoist Tianyan warned Ji Haoyuan that “Heaven has no second sun; a nation has no second ruler,” a divination tied to him and possibly his damaged Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure. Ji Haoyuan then learned that the True Word Sect was directing rapidly growing, hard-to-kill Evil Cultivators toward the Yanfa Sect’s territory.

• Ji Haoyuan and Lan Hailong completed their exchange after Lan swore he would never trade the Yellow Heaven Canopy technique to anyone else.
• After the celebration ended, Ji Haoyuan asked Daoist Tianyan to stay, and Tianyan shared a warning from his divination.
• Ji Haoyuan suspected the warning concerned the Sun Star Sword hilt and his damaged Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, then thanked Tianyan.
• True Monarch Yanfa showed Ji Haoyuan and the other True Lords a Jade Slip describing Evil Cultivators that devoured cultivators, grew quickly, and were difficult to kill.
• The group learned that the True Word Sect was guiding the Evil Cultivators toward other regions, including the Yanfa Sect’s territory, and understood its earlier actions against Flying Star Palace’s Liu Daoxuan.

Ji Haoyuan and the Yanfa Sect learned that Evil Cultivators spreading from the Boundless Sea were connected to the Sealed Evil in the Fuya Secret Realm. After thirty years of cultivation, Ji Haoyuan reached the Nascent Soul Third Layer and Fourth-Order body tempering.

• True Monarch Yanfa revealed that Evil Cultivators had emerged from the Boundless Sea and left several nearby Cultivation Islands deserted.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized the aura on the corpses as belonging to the Sealed Evil he had fought in the Fuya Secret Realm.
• Ji Haoyuan warned that the Sealed Evil might escape or send more Evil Cultivators into the Southern Wasteland Domain, and True Monarch Yanfa said he would investigate.
• Ji Haoyuan warned Ice Fire True Person, True Person Leixia, True Person Beichen, Pei Youlan, Zhang Tianyang, and others to beware of the Evil Cultivators, then began closed-door cultivation.
• Over thirty years, Ji Haoyuan refined the Purple Lightning Spirit Fire, forged an Acquired Thunder Body, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Third Layer and Fourth-Order body tempering.

After thirty years in seclusion, Ji Haoyuan emerged with stronger cultivation and new treasures, only to receive a highest-level distress alert from True Monarch Fuguang. True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Baihua arrived, and the three faced the choice of who would leave to help while someone stayed to guard the Yanfa Sect.

• Ji Haoyuan refined the Primordial Magnetic Starlight Ring, cultivated the Yellow Heaven Canopy, and increased his Sun Star Sword Qi to two strands.
• Miao Zixi and Ji Qingfei advanced to the Golden Core, while Ice Fire True Person reached the Golden Core peak and left to seek a breakthrough in her state of mind.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that Evil Cultivators had spread into many regions, though True Monarch Yanfa had judged the space around the Fuya Secret Realm stable for several hundred years.
• True Monarch Fuguang sent a highest-level distress alert from the Sang Country Border, prompting True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Baihua to hurry to Nanhua Peak.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan explained that Fuguang had been searching for a Ruins Secret Realm and asked Ji Haoyuan and Baihua which of them would accompany him while the other guarded the sect.

True Monarch Xuanyuan and Ji Haoyuan set out to find True Monarch Fuguang, who was being hunted by two human cultivators and two Demon Kings for the Dongyuan Token. As the pursuers closed in, Xuanyuan and Ji arrived at Fuguang’s side.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan chose Ji Haoyuan to accompany him to find True Monarch Fuguang and left True Monarch Baihua to guard the sect.
• More than ten days later, True Monarch Fuguang fled from True Monarch Mohuo, True Monarch Shangyuan, and the Green Mountain Wolf King, who demanded his Dongyuan Token.
• Mohuo, Shangyuan, and the Green Mountain Wolf King attacked Fuguang together, forcing him to dodge their spells and soul-targeting soundwave.
• The concealed Black Hidden Mantis King ambushed Fuguang with a pitch-black scythe, but Fuguang escaped after a defensive Talisman briefly blocked the strike.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan and Ji Haoyuan arrived and appeared beside True Monarch Fuguang.

Ji Haoyuan ambushed and killed the Green Mountain Wolf King’s physical body, then used the Inner Demon Curse Seal and lightning to keep its Demon Nascent Soul from escaping. True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang blocked the Wolf King’s allies from intervening as Ji Haoyuan moved to finish the grudge.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan and Ji Haoyuan arrived, and Ji Haoyuan immediately attacked the Green Mountain Wolf King with his spear.
• Ji Haoyuan feinted with the God Slaying Treasure Gourd, then struck the Wolf King with lightning and pierced its brow with a spear light, killing its physical body.
• True Monarch Mohuo, True Monarch Shangyuan, and the Black Hidden Mantis King prepared to attack Ji Haoyuan, but True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang confronted them.
• The Green Mountain Wolf King’s Demon Nascent Soul went mad and kept fighting Ji Haoyuan instead of fleeing.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Inner Demon Curse Seal to prevent the Demon Nascent Soul from teleporting away, and lightning bolts began striking it from the sky.

Ji Haoyuan helped True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang drive off True Monarch Mohuo’s group after the Green Mountain Wolf King was destroyed. True Monarch Fuguang revealed that the Cave Abyss Relic Realm was an ancient Spirit Transformation Grand Venerable’s Dao Field, and the three reached its entrance ready to enter.

• The Green Mountain Wolf King’s Demon Nascent Soul was charred to ash by lightning while True Monarch Mohuo and his allies could only watch.
• Ji Haoyuan confronted True Monarch Mohuo, who withdrew with True Monarch Shangyuan and the Black Hidden Mantis King rather than fight True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang.
• Ji Haoyuan asked why True Monarch Fuguang had been pursued, and True Monarch Fuguang explained that the pursuit centered on his Dongyuan Token for the Cave Abyss Relic Realm.
• True Monarch Fuguang said the realm was an ancient Spirit Transformation Grand Venerable’s Dao Field, where Nascent Soul cultivators and Tier 4 Demon Kings could enter but Nascent Soul Great True Monarchs were rejected or hindered.
• Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang arrived at the realm’s entrance, and True Monarch Fuguang urged them to enter together.

Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang entered the Ruins Secret Realm and encountered a powerful Northern Bear King that they identified as a Fourth-Order Puppet. They fought back against its blizzard and freezing attack, but the clash remained unresolved.

• Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang entered the Ruins Secret Realm and arrived on a snow-covered peak filled with deadly azure winds.
• Ji Haoyuan protected the group from the cold as the Northern Bear King appeared before them.
• True Monarch Fuguang and True Monarch Xuanyuan realized the Northern Bear King was a Fourth-Order Puppet rather than a real demon king.
• The Northern Bear King unleashed a devastating blizzard, and True Monarch Xuanyuan used his Boundary Stabilizing Pearl to suppress it.
• The Northern Bear King fired an Ice-Blue Light Pillar at the group, and Ji Haoyuan countered with a flaming spear that caused a red-and-blue explosion.

Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang defeated the Northern Bear King puppet and learned that the Ruins Secret Realm had belonged to the Puppet Venerable. They reached an ancient labyrinth of buildings protected by a powerful barrier, and True Monarch Fuguang brought out the Dongyuan Token.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan destroyed the Northern Bear King with a massive sword strike, leaving only puppet wreckage behind.
• Ji Haoyuan asked True Monarch Fuguang about the secret realm's former master, and Fuguang identified him as the Spirit Transformation Grand Venerable known as the Puppet Venerable.
• Ji Haoyuan realized the secret realm might contain the inheritance of a Fifth-Order Puppet Master and considered changing his plans to pursue it.
• Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang found ancient buildings arranged like a labyrinth, whose interiors resisted their Divine Sense.
• A rune-covered barrier blocked the three as they approached the buildings, and True Monarch Fuguang took out the Dongyuan Token.

Ji Haoyuan entered a hidden inheritance space, crafted three puppets, and obtained a Dongyuan Token that revealed a path to the complete Fifth-Order puppet inheritance. He returned to True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang and told them what had happened.

• The Dongyuan Token resonated with the light screen, opening the way for Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang to enter the building complex.
• Ji Haoyuan gained insight from the ancient puppet texts and diagrams, then was transported to an independent space filled with puppet-making materials.
• Ji Haoyuan crafted a Tiger Puppet, a Bird Puppet, and a Humanoid Puppet, each at least Second Order, and the space exchanged them for a Dongyuan Token.
• The token sent Ji Haoyuan information about the subsequent puppet inheritance, and an invisible force returned him to True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang.
• Ji Haoyuan recounted his experience, and True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang were astonished by the prospect of a complete Fifth-Order puppet inheritance.

Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang pursued the Fifth-Order Puppet Master inheritance and found a hidden area containing a Grand Xuan Clear Lotus. The treasure was guarded by powerful formation patterns, leaving them to face a dangerous obstacle.

• Ji Haoyuan told True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang that he had a sixty percent chance of obtaining the complete Fifth-Order Puppet Master inheritance, and they agreed to continue with him.
• Ji Haoyuan's Dongyuan Token grew hot as they searched the buildings, revealing a curtain of light that he led the others through.
• The three arrived in a verdant forest, where they found a pool containing a Grand Xuan Clear Lotus with five azure seeds.
• Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang realized that strange formation patterns guarding the lotus held power comparable to a top-tier Great True Monarch.