Chapter Summaries

After securing six Foundation Establishment Pills for the Ji Family, Ji Haoyuan prepared to leave in search of a Core Formation opportunity, but Ice Fire True Person summoned him and offered him a chance to compete for entry into the Thousand Streams Secret Realm. He learned that the realm contained rare Core Formation spiritual items and would draw Foundation Establishment cultivators from powerful Golden Core Sects across multiple regions.

• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Bochang and the others nine pills, leaving six for the Ji Family after setting aside three for other families.
• Ji Haoyuan told Ji Bochang that he planned to leave the family and seek an opportunity for Core Formation, then arranged to depart after paying respects to his elder brother.
• Ji Haoyuan left Ganyang Mountain with Ji Qingfei to visit his great-grandfather, but an urgent message from Ice Fire True Person redirected him toward the Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Ice Fire True Person told Ji Haoyuan that the Thousand Streams Secret Realm opened once every hundred years and contained rare treasures, including Core Formation spiritual items.
• Ice Fire True Person explained that Foundation Establishment cultivators from both local and distant Golden Core Sects, including Great Golden Core Sects, would enter the realm.

Ice Fire True Person gave Ji Haoyuan one of the Crimson Cloud Sect’s two slots for the Thousand Streams Secret Realm and asked him to retrieve a Jadeite Fruit in exchange for help with his future Core Formation. After cultivating for nearly a year, Ji Haoyuan perfected his Second Order Star Battle Body and created the Great Sun Heaven-Slaying Sword Art, but chose to delay Core Formation until his cultivation art was perfected.

• Ice Fire True Person explained that the Crimson Cloud Sect had two slots for the Thousand Streams Secret Realm and offered one to Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan accepted the slot and agreed to find a Jadeite Fruit for Ice Fire True Person in return for her help with his future Core Formation.
• Ice Fire True Person gave Ji Haoyuan Stardust Sand, rare treasures, Daoist arts, and a Cave Mansion Token for his cultivation.
• After nearly a year of cultivation, Ji Haoyuan brought his Star Battle Body to Second Order perfection and fused two sword arts into the Great Sun Heaven-Slaying Sword Art.
• Ji Haoyuan decided not to attempt Golden Core formation yet and resolved to visit the Thousand Streams Secret Realm and the location marked on his map.

Ji Haoyuan set out for the Thousand Streams Secret Realm with a protective sword talisman from Ice Fire True Person. At Cangling Mountain, he reunited with Yang Donghuai and discovered that Yang and the Changhe Sect cultivators expected him to help them fight without receiving a share of any Core Formation spiritual items.

• Ice Fire True Person sent Ji Haoyuan to the Thousand Streams Secret Realm and gave him a Golden Core Sword Talisman for emergencies.
• Ji Haoyuan arrived at Cangling Mountain, where peak Foundation Establishment cultivators from various sects awaited the Secret Realm's opening.
• Ji Haoyuan spotted Yang Donghuai with four Changhe Sect cultivators, and Yang brought them over to introduce them.
• Gu Shaoyang said the Changhe Sect would protect Ji Haoyuan and Yang Donghuai if they helped fight for Core Formation spiritual items, but the Changhe Sect would keep the items for itself.
• A Changhe Sect female cultivator said Ji Haoyuan might receive a share only if they had extras, and Yang Donghuai warned him about the dangers and deaths in past Secret Realm expeditions.

Ji Haoyuan refused Yang Donghuai’s offer to join forces, recognizing that Yang was trying to isolate him and turn other cultivators against him. When the Thousand Streams Secret Realm opened, Ji Haoyuan entered alone and found himself in a lush forest rich in Spiritual Energy, just as two Netherworld Sect cultivators approached.

• Yang Donghuai said that fewer than one-third of the gathered cultivators came from the local sects, and Ji Haoyuan declined to join his group.
• Fairy Yao threatened Ji Haoyuan if he competed with the Changhe Sect for spiritual items, while Yang Donghuai pretended to offer protection.
• Ji Haoyuan noticed hostile gazes from the Netherworld Sect cultivators and suspected Yang Donghuai wanted others to target him.
• After more cultivators arrived, the Thousand Streams Secret Realm opened, and the gathered cultivators entered.
• Ji Haoyuan entered the Secret Realm, found himself in a dense forest with Third-Order Spiritual Vein-level Spiritual Energy, and sensed two figures flying toward him.

Ji Haoyuan fought the two Netherworld Sect cultivators who had come to kill him, using his sword art and spear to destroy their powerful artifacts and one of their Demon Shadows. He unleashed Sword Qi Thunder Sound against the Gray Robe Man’s icy flames, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• The Gloom Man and Gray Robe Man summoned two peak Foundation Establishment Demon Shadows from their Ghost Banners to attack Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan’s Great Sun Heaven-Slaying Sword Art pierced and destroyed one Demon Shadow, splitting the Gloom Man’s Ghost Banner and injuring him through their connection.
• The Gloom Man tried to seal Ji Haoyuan’s spear with his Eight Demonic Seal Law Rings, but the Flowing Flame Void-Splitting Spear shattered the rings and killed him.
• The Gray Robe Man turned his remaining Demon Shadow into icy black flames that froze the surrounding area and weakened Ji Haoyuan’s Sword Light.
• Ji Haoyuan strengthened his Sword Light with Sword Qi Thunder Sound, shocking the Gray Robe Man with a power associated with Golden Core True Persons.

Ji Haoyuan killed a Netherworld Sect cultivator and gathered rare spiritual items in the Thousand Streams Secret Realm. After encountering a fleeing female cultivator and leaving her pursued by Heavenly Music Sect cultivators, he sensed a Tier 3 spiritual item and flew toward its source.

• Ji Haoyuan killed the Gray Robe Man, then caught and killed a Green Leaf Demon Snake that had tried to ambush him.
• Ji Haoyuan followed the snake to a patch of Blue Nether Butterfly Flowers and collected the Tier 2 high-grade spiritual items.
• Ji Haoyuan found several other spiritual items, including a Spear-shaped Fruit that could aid comprehension of spear intent.
• Ji Haoyuan saw a beautiful female cultivator fleeing two Heavenly Music Sect cultivators, but left without intervening.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed a powerful fragrance from the southeast, suspected a Tier 3 spiritual item had appeared, and flew toward it.

Ji Haoyuan waited for a Cloud Dragon Golden Date to ripen while cultivators from three outside sects arrived and tried to force him away. He stole the ripe fruit and escaped, while the others pursued him and lost his trail.

• Ji Haoyuan found an unripe Cloud Dragon Golden Date in a misty valley and waited for it to ripen.
• Cultivators from the Golden Light Sect, Cloud Peak Sect, and Heavenly Music Sect arrived and demanded that Ji Haoyuan leave.
• Ji Haoyuan ignored their threat, and the red-haired Heavenly Music Sect cultivator and the others attacked him with spiritual artifacts.
• Ji Haoyuan used Crimson Thunder to disrupt the attackers just as the Cloud Dragon Golden Date ripened.
• Ji Haoyuan seized the fruit, sealed it in a Jade Box, and escaped on his Flame Wings.
• The other cultivators pursued Ji Haoyuan but soon lost track of his aura.

Ji Haoyuan discovered a hidden Water Mansion and struck a deal with the Beautiful Female Cultivator to explore it together in exchange for first pick of its treasures. They entered the mansion and found rare materials, several third-tier spiritual herbs, and a Core Formation spiritual item.

• Ji Haoyuan followed a strange spiritual fluctuation to a river, where the Beautiful Female Cultivator was using a glowing item to open a hidden opportunity.
• Ji Haoyuan offered to protect her inside the river’s hidden site in exchange for choosing treasures first, and she accepted.
• Ji Haoyuan placed Formation Flags to conceal the area’s anomalies while the Beautiful Female Cultivator used a Jade Token to open the Water Mansion’s restrictions.
• Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator entered the Water Mansion and found rare Treasure Materials, spiritual herbs, and a True Spirit Golden Bamboo Shoot.

Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator explored the Water Mansion, where Ji Haoyuan deciphered its Natural Killing Arrays and advanced his formation attainments to the third order. After reaching the mansion’s center, he chose the Jadeite Fruit that Ice Fire True Person had asked him to obtain.

• The Beautiful Female Cultivator warned Ji Haoyuan that Natural Killing Arrays guarded the Water Mansion’s treasures, and he recognized them as a chance to study formations.
• Ji Haoyuan endured the first array’s sword-light attacks with the Kun Luo Spirit Umbrella, deciphered its runes, and used Formation Flags to disable it.
• Ji Haoyuan studied and passed through nearly every Natural Killing Array in the Water Mansion, advancing his formation attainments to the third order.
• At the center of the Water Mansion, Ji Haoyuan chose the Jadeite Fruit, and the Beautiful Female Cultivator looked surprised.

Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator divided the treasures in the Natural Water Mansion, then emerged to find rival sects confronting one another. The Heavenly Music Sect and Golden Light Sect proposed joining forces with the Changhe Sect and Yang Donghuai to capture the pair and seize their gains.

• The Beautiful Female Cultivator explained the Jadeite Fruit’s use, and Ji Haoyuan chose it and the Purple Gold Sky Profound Flower before they divided the Water Mansion’s treasures.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed that the restriction outside had been broken and warned the Beautiful Female Cultivator that leaving might be difficult.
• Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator emerged from the river and faced cultivators from the Heavenly Music Sect, Golden Light Sect, Changhe Sect, and Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Gu Shaoyang, Yang Donghuai, and Fairy Yao urged Ji Haoyuan to join their side, but he refused their help.
• The Heavenly Music Sect and Golden Light Sect told the Changhe Sect and Yang Donghuai about the Natural Water Mansion and suggested they join forces to capture Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator.

Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator faced a joint attack from the Heavenly Music Sect, Golden Light Sect, and Changhe Sect, but Ji Haoyuan proved far stronger than his opponents expected. He escaped their attacks, killed a Heavenly Music Sect cultivator, and pierced a Changhe Sect cultivator through the glabella as the man cried out to Senior Brother Gu for help.

• The Heavenly Music Sect and Golden Light Sect attacked Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator after Ji Haoyuan refused to join them, prompting Gu Shaoyang to ask Yang Donghuai to prove his loyalty.
• Yang Donghuai brought out the Fire Cloud Heavenly Spirit Seal and joined Gu Shaoyang, Fairy Yao, and the others in attacking Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator.
• Ji Haoyuan used his Flame Wings to evade the combined assault, then killed a Heavenly Music Sect cultivator in an instant.
• The red-haired and square-faced Heavenly Music Sect cultivators attacked with a drum and flute, using Scattering God Illusionary Sound, while the Beautiful Female Cultivator shielded them with a green leaf.
• A Changhe Sect cultivator trapped Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator with a water-blue curtain, but Ji Haoyuan shattered it with a punch.
• Ji Haoyuan struck the Changhe Sect cultivator through the glabella before Gu Shaoyang and the others could stop him, despite the victim's cry for Senior Brother Gu to save him.

Ji Haoyuan overwhelmed the encircling cultivators with the Wave-Chasing Sky-Burning Seal, killing several and forcing the Golden Light Sect cultivators to flee. When Gu Shaoyang, Fairy Yao, and Yang Donghuai unleashed Talisman Treasures, Ji Haoyuan shattered the first two with a single punch as the flaming Flood Dragon Phantom descended.

• Gu Shaoyang and the others attacked Ji Haoyuan and the Beautiful Female Cultivator with the Great Wave Surging Art, but Ji Haoyuan answered with a sea of fire that evaporated the attack and burned two Heaven Music Sect cultivators to ash.
• Ji Haoyuan summoned an enormous yellow hand and crushed the Scarred Youth, prompting the three Golden Light Sect cultivators to flee.
• Gu Shaoyang and Fairy Yao activated their Talisman Treasures, while Yang Donghuai brought out a flaming Talisman Treasure that summoned a Flood Dragon Phantom.
• Ji Haoyuan covered himself in Starlight and shattered Gu Shaoyang and Fairy Yao's Talisman Treasures with one punch, causing the treasures in their hands to explode.

Ji Haoyuan killed Gu Shaoyang and Fairy Yao, then crippled Yang Donghuai and had Lu Mengchan execute him. After exchanging names and gifts with Lu Mengchan, he watched her depart and left after erasing the traces of the battle.

• Ji Haoyuan shattered Gu Shaoyang and Fairy Yao's Talisman Treasures and killed them with a single attack.
• Ji Haoyuan stopped Yang Donghuai from fleeing and severely wounded him, ignoring his offer to reveal Ice Fire True Person's secret.
• Ji Haoyuan ordered Lu Mengchan to kill Yang Donghuai, and she pierced his glabella with her flying sword.
• Lu Mengchan introduced herself, learned Ji Haoyuan's name, and gave him the Storage Pouches and a Jade Slip containing insights on forming a Golden Core.
• Lu Mengchan departed, and Ji Haoyuan erased the traces of the battle before leaving the area.

Ji Haoyuan left the Thousand Streams Secret Realm and traveled in disguise to Chaotic Seal Forest, where he located a hidden Cave Mansion. After revealing and entering the Illusory Void Concealment Formation, he concealed it again behind him.

• Ji Haoyuan gained a Nascent Artistic Conception while studying the cultivation materials and Jade Slips he had collected in the Thousand Streams Secret Realm.
• The Secret Realm Jade Talisman teleported Ji Haoyuan out of the realm, while Lu Mengchan headed north after arriving beside a surging river.
• Several days later, Ji Haoyuan reached Chaotic Seal Forest in disguise and found a concealed Tier 3 formation using his completed map.
• Ji Haoyuan spent three days weakening the Illusory Void Concealment Formation until its true shape appeared.
• Ji Haoyuan entered the Cave Mansion and used Formation Flags to conceal it again.

Ji Haoyuan discovered the inheritance of the deceased Golden Core cultivator True Person Yunshang and learned of his request to deliver his ashes and Purple Light True Jade to the Yanfa Sect. He collected the inheritance and promised to fulfill the request after reaching Golden Core, then examined the remaining treasures and jade slips.

• Ji Haoyuan cautiously took True Person Yunshang's unmarked Storage Ring and found precious third-tier materials, pills, two Dharma treasures, and several jade slips inside.
• Ji Haoyuan read True Person Yunshang's final words and learned that the Yanfa Sect elder had died from a curse after fighting True Person Kumou.
• Ji Haoyuan promised to deliver Yunshang's ashes and Purple Light True Jade to his Dao companion, True Person Leixia, at the Yanfa Sect after reaching Golden Core.
• True Person Yunshang's body burned into ashes, and Ji Haoyuan placed them in a Jade Box.
• Ji Haoyuan learned he could keep the defensive Kunji Pagoda, then read the remaining jade slips and became delighted.

Ji Haoyuan completed the Fire Virtue Profound Yellow Scripture and prepared to return to Crimson Cloud Sect to pursue Golden Core formation. At Miaoyu Peak, Ice Fire True Person struggled to control her conflicting powers as True Person Yan Huo pressed her to become his Dao companion.

• Ji Haoyuan found the Thick Earth True Scripture and Wutu Heavenly Thunder among the Jade Slips, then merged the scripture with his existing cultivation techniques.
• After half a month, Ji Haoyuan completed the Fire Virtue Profound Yellow Scripture, giving him a high chance of forming a Golden Core.
• Ji Haoyuan considered using the Du'e Profound Jade, a Treasure Embryo, and possibly the Kunji Pagoda to withstand the Golden Core Heavenly Tribulation, then set off for Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Ice Fire True Person suffered as frost and flames ravaged her body, while her spiritual power began leaking beyond her control.
• True Person Yan Huo approached Miaoyu Peak, urged Ice Fire True Person to become his Dao companion, and argued that she should abandon frost for yin fire as the restrictions around the peak shook.

Ice Fire True Person confronted True Person Yan Huo after he broke into Miaoyu Peak, then revealed her deteriorating condition to Ji Haoyuan in her Cave Mansion. Ji Haoyuan gave her the Jadeite Fruit he had found in the Thousand Streams Secret Realm.

• True Person Yan Huo reached Miaoyu Peak as its restrictions collapsed and found Ice Fire True Person waiting outside her Cave Mansion, apparently in good health.
• Ice Fire True Person rebuked True Person Yan Huo for repeatedly trespassing, accepted his Earth Spirit Flame, and warned him not to do it again.
• True Person Yan Huo left, and Ice Fire True Person restored the peak’s restrictions before noticing Ji Haoyuan nearby.
• Ice Fire True Person took Ji Haoyuan into her Cave Mansion, where her veil vanished and her unstable aura and bleeding revealed how serious her condition was.
• Ice Fire True Person asked whether Ji Haoyuan had found the Jadeite Fruit, and he handed her the Jade Box containing it.

Ji Haoyuan refined the Earth Spirit Flame and gained the Earth Fire Profound Body, then learned from Ice Fire True Person how Golden Core grades were determined. Her warning against recklessly pursuing a Super-grade Golden Core steadied his Dao Heart and led him to abandon upgrading the flame for now.

• Ice Fire True Person gave Ji Haoyuan the Earth Spirit Flame, a refining method, and a Third Order Earth Fire Crystal in exchange for the Jadeite Fruit.
• After a month of refining the flame, Ji Haoyuan merged the Earth Spirit Flame into his body and gained the Earth Fire Profound Body.
• Ice Fire True Person told Ji Haoyuan that his physique would allow him to form at least a Grade 6 Golden Core.
• Ice Fire True Person explained Golden Core grades and warned Ji Haoyuan that pursuing a Super-grade core could lead to his death.
• Ji Haoyuan decided not to use the Earth Fire Crystal to upgrade the flame, and his Dao Heart became clear and steady.

Ji Haoyuan discussed his journey and the treasures from True Person Yunshang's Cave Mansion with Ice Fire True Person, who helped him prepare for forming the Golden Core. Because Yan Huo could interfere with the Crimson Cloud Sect’s Spiritual Vein, they set out to seize a different Third-Order Spirit Land near Heaven Piercing Valley.

• Ji Haoyuan recounted his journey, including entering True Person Yunshang's Cave Mansion, and offered its treasures to Ice Fire True Person.
• Ice Fire True Person took the Dark Water Profound Stone and Cloud Moon Pills, then explained the uses of the other treasures to Ji Haoyuan.
• Ji Haoyuan said he wanted a Golden Core Pill and a Tribulation Treasure, and Ice Fire True Person offered to help him obtain both.
• Ice Fire True Person warned Ji Haoyuan that Yan Huo could disrupt his breakthrough at the Crimson Cloud Sect and identified a Third-Order Spirit Land near Heaven Piercing Valley instead.
• Ice Fire True Person and Ji Haoyuan left the Crimson Cloud Sect two days later to confront the Tier 3 Great Demon occupying the Spirit Land.

Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person entered Heaven Piercing Valley to claim its Third-Order Spirit Land, and Ice Fire True Person killed the Moon-Worshipping Silver Wolf that guarded it. They began setting up a Rank 3 formation and refining Formation Flags to secure the valley.

• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person entered Heaven Piercing Valley, cutting down the Demon Beasts that tried to block their way.
• The Moon-Worshipping Silver Wolf confronted them and attacked after Ice Fire True Person demanded that it leave the Spirit Land.
• Ice Fire True Person split the wolf's attack and froze it with her Frost Sword Qi, shattering its body and killing it.
• Ice Fire True Person collected the Moon-Worshipping Silver Wolf's Rank 3 Demonic Core.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person assessed Heaven Piercing Valley's rich Spiritual Energy and spiritual herbs, then activated a Rank 3 Array Plate over the area.
• Ji Haoyuan began refining Formation Flags while he and Ice Fire True Person worked to sort out the valley's Earth Veins and establish the formation.