Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan fought the stern-faced man of the Hundred Beasts Sect and killed his Lightning Patterned Leopard. The wounded man swore to kill Ji Haoyuan and everyone connected to him, then swallowed a drop of crimson blood.

• Ji Haoyuan attacked the stern-faced man and his Lightning Patterned Leopard with flame dragons and a fiery sword light.
• The stern-faced man revealed his mid Golden Core cultivation and used the Beast Taming Heavenly Battle Scripture to fuse his aura with the leopard's.
• Ji Haoyuan absorbed the surrounding lightning and struck the man's transformed Claw-shaped Artifact with Wood Heavenly Lightning.
• Ji Haoyuan redirected his spear light past the man's Yellow Banner and pierced the Lightning Patterned Leopard through the eye, killing it.
• The stern-faced man suffered backlash from the leopard's death, threatened Ji Haoyuan and his associates, and swallowed a drop of crimson blood.

Ji Haoyuan fought the stern-faced Hundred Beasts Sect Elder after he used the Demon Transformation Secret Tome to become a Demon Tiger. Ji Haoyuan killed him with a powerful second-star-enhanced punch, though the strain exposed flaws in his incomplete Star Battle Body, and he sensed something nearby.

• The stern-faced man used the Demon Transformation Secret Tome and transformed into a hundred-meter Demon Tiger.
• The Demon Tiger attacked Ji Haoyuan with wind blades and a giant tiger claw, but Ji Haoyuan blocked both with his starlight-enhanced body and Yuan Chen Sword.
• Ji Haoyuan struck the Demon Tiger’s head, but its demonic vitality let it endure the blow and begin healing.
• Ji Haoyuan summoned the projection of a second Great Star, pushing his body beyond its limits, then crushed the Demon Tiger with a stronger punch and killed the stern-faced man.
• Lin Qingwu and the others watched Ji Haoyuan’s victory as he turned toward something he sensed nearby.

Ji Haoyuan captured the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox, which offered him a Blood Pearl and acknowledged him as its master. Guided by the fox to a secluded cave, he dug beneath it and saw what lay below.

• Ji Haoyuan grabbed the White Fox after realizing it was the cause of the trouble with the Hundred Beasts Sect.
• Lin Qingwu told Ji Haoyuan that the fox was a Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox, and the fox offered him a Blood Pearl to acknowledge him as its master.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that the fox could find treasures and raise their grade, then agreed to follow it toward a nearby treasure.
• Ji Haoyuan told Lin Qingwu and the other cultivators to keep the incident secret and compensate the victims’ families before they left.
• Ji Haoyuan collected the fallen man’s possessions, burned his corpse, and followed the fox to a secluded cave.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Yuan Chen Sword to dig beneath the cave and saw what lay below.

Ji Haoyuan discovered an Underground Spirit Cave containing a pool of Thousand Year Jade Dew and collected it with the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox. He left the jade-producing stone pillar in place and returned to his cave mansion in Heaven Piercing Valley, newly impressed by the fox’s abilities.

• Ji Haoyuan used his experience to break the Natural Restriction and entered the Underground Spirit Cave with the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox led Ji Haoyuan to a pool of Milky White Liquid, which he identified as Thousand Year Jade Dew after tasting it and recovering his spiritual power.
• Ji Haoyuan collected the Thousand Year Jade Dew in a Jade Bamboo Bottle and gave some to the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox, which drank it and grew new white fur.
• Ji Haoyuan decided to leave the jade-producing stone pillar in its natural surroundings and planned to restore the Natural Restriction and conceal the cave with formations.
• Ji Haoyuan returned to his cave mansion in Heaven Piercing Valley and reflected on the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox’s abilities.

Ji Haoyuan assessed the spoils from his battle, discovered that the Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox could nourish powerful treasures, and considered seeking stronger techniques and allies. At the Hundred Beasts Sect, five bells announced an Elder’s death, and its Golden Core Elders gathered before Miao Qianqiu.

• Ji Haoyuan found Wutu Yuansha and a Tier 3 Beast Taming Token in the stern-faced man’s Storage Ring.
• The Treasure-Seeking Spirit Fox took the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear in its mouth and seemed to nourish it, while ignoring the Yuan Chen Sword and Jade Flame Lamp.
• Ji Haoyuan reviewed the battle and decided he needed stronger techniques, treasures, and connections in the Golden Core circle.
• Five bells rang in the Hundred Beasts Sect’s True Dragon Hall to announce the death of an Elder, and enormous demon beasts swept across the sect’s sky.
• The Hundred Beasts Sect’s Golden Core Elders gathered in a grim, murderous True Dragon Hall before their Grand Elder, Dragon Taming True Person Miao Qianqiu.

Dragon Taming True Person ordered the Hundred Beasts Sect to investigate Lei Bao’s death, while Ji Haoyuan advanced to the peak of Golden Core second level and traveled to a trade fair in Danding Immortal City. He arrived as his Senior Sister Jiang Miaoran met with Ji Yue.

• Dragon Taming True Person unleashed his Golden Core Domain and ordered the Hundred Beasts Sect to investigate Lei Bao’s death, offering rewards for clues and planning to seek a divination slot if necessary.
• After half a year of cultivation, Ji Haoyuan reached the peak of Golden Core second level with help from Thousand Year Jade Dew.
• Ji Haoyuan decided to attend a Golden Core trade fair in Yue Kingdom to seek resources for refining his Lifebound Artifact and improving his abilities.
• Ji Haoyuan checked on his clan, gave Talisman Treasures to its members, and arranged for Lin Qingwu to receive one as compensation before departing for Danding Immortal City.
• Jiang Miaoran met with Ji Yue in a teahouse, and Jiang Miaoran told her that Ji Haoyuan had arrived.

Ji Haoyuan met Meng Jiyue, Ice Fire True Person’s longtime friend and an Elder of the Danding Sect, before joining them at the Golden Core trade fair in Hundred Pills Tower. As Meng Jiyue greeted the assembled cultivators, Ice Fire True Person explained who some of them were, and Ji Haoyuan began to notice several people.

• Ji Haoyuan arrived at the teahouse, where Ice Fire True Person introduced him to Meng Jiyue and explained her role in refining his Golden Core Pill.
• Meng Jiyue invited Ji Haoyuan to call her Senior Sister Moon Shadow and served him Spirit Soothing Flame Flower Tea.
• Meng Jiyue led Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person through Danding Immortal City to Hundred Pills Tower and promised them discounts and priority service.
• Guo Zhen escorted the group to the top floor, where Golden Core cultivators had gathered for the trade fair.
• Meng Jiyue greeted cultivators who recognized her, while Ice Fire True Person told Ji Haoyuan about the attendees and he took note of several people.

Ji Haoyuan traded an Azure Jade Heart Crystal for the Yan Huo Steel Fiend he needed, beating Kong Chenzi to the exchange. After the trade fair, he asked Meng Jiyue where he could find Wutu Thunder Stone, and she began explaining that it might not be available in Danding Immortal City.

• Ji Haoyuan sensed malice from Kong Chenzi of the Heavenly Music Sect and suspected the man knew he had killed sect cultivators in the Thousand Streams Secret Realm.
• Meng Jiyue opened the trade fair with a Tranquil Glazed Pill, and a Golden Core cultivator traded for it.
• A cultivator offered True Yuan Magnetic Steel for a Realm-Breaking Pill, but nobody could fulfill his request.
• Kong Chenzi offered Spiritual Wood Yuan Fiend for the Yan Huo Steel Fiend, but Ji Haoyuan traded his Azure Jade Heart Crystal for it first.
• After the trade fair, Ji Haoyuan asked Meng Jiyue where to obtain Wutu Thunder Stone, and she said the naturally formed kind might not be available in Danding Immortal City.

Ji Haoyuan finished forging the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear into his Lifebound Artifact and traveled to Myriad Law Immortal City to prepare for its upcoming Auction. After selling some spoils there, he saw a crowd rushing toward the central district and stopped a cultivator to ask what was happening.

• Ji Haoyuan refined the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear with Yan Huo Steel Fiend and Wutu Yuansha, advancing it into a peak mid-grade Tier 3 Lifebound Artifact.
• Ice Fire True Person told Ji Haoyuan she had left to investigate a treasure tied to her fortuitous opportunity, while Meng Jiyue returned to her sect; Ji Haoyuan sent Meng Jiyue a message before departing Danding Immortal City.
• Ji Haoyuan traveled safely to Myriad Law Immortal City, where he sold some spoils, including the Thundercloud Leopard corpse, for High-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Haoyuan noticed many cultivators, including Golden Core cultivators, hurrying toward the city's central district and asked a Foundation Establishment cultivator what had happened.

Ji Haoyuan learned that the Technique Manifestation Stele could deduce techniques and grant selected cultivators a chance to comprehend beside it. After the stele chose him, he advanced farther than anyone expected and began comprehending face-to-face with it.

• A Foundation Establishment cultivator told Ji Haoyuan that the Yanfa Sect's Technique Manifestation Stele could complete and correct techniques, and that those who comprehended crucial insights might join the sect as core disciples.
• Ji Haoyuan rewarded the cultivator with a Realm-Breaking Pill and followed the crowd to the plaza where the stele stood.
• The Technique Manifestation Stele released a white halo that pushed away the cultivators around it, then scattered lights that selected people for technique deduction and comprehension.
• A speck of light landed on Ji Haoyuan despite his distance from the stele, drawing the crowd's attention.
• Ji Haoyuan walked past the point where others were forced to stop and sat directly before the stele to begin comprehending.

The Yanfa Sect's Technique Manifestation Stele reacted to Ji Haoyuan, displaying three True Canons and alarming the sect's Elders. True Monarch Xuanyuan ordered Lei Xia to accompany him to Myriad Law Immortal City, saying the mysterious person shared a karmic connection with them.

• The Technique Manifestation Stele obscured information about Ji Haoyuan, leaving those nearby unable to recall his appearance or cultivation.
• The Technique Manifestation Stele at Dharma Cloud Peak glowed and successively revealed Starry Sky Battle True Scripture, Illusory God Heavenly Saber Jade Codex, and Three Powers Thunderous Firmament True Codex.
• The Yanfa Sect Elders realized the person who caused the manifestations had likely gained an opportunity at the stele in Myriad Law Immortal City, and they resolved to meet him.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan appeared before the Elders and ordered Lei Xia to accompany her master to Myriad Law Immortal City, saying the person shared a karmic affinity with them.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan warned the Elders not to spread the matter outside the sect.

Ji Haoyuan gained major insights from Yanfa Sect’s Technique Manifestation Stele, then True Monarch Xuanyuan summoned him to the City Lord’s Mansion and asked whether he would share what he had learned. Ji Haoyuan agreed to give the sect his comprehensions free of charge.

• True Monarch Xuanyuan warned the gathered cultivators before departing Dharma Cloud Peak with True Person Leixia.
• Ji Haoyuan continued studying the Technique Manifestation Stele, deriving the Illusory God Heavenly Saber Jade Codex, the Starry Sky Battle True Scripture, and the Three Powers Thunderous Firmament True Codex while keeping his core cultivation method concealed.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan used the stele to summon Ji Haoyuan to the City Lord’s Mansion in Myriad Law Immortal City.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan explained that Ji Haoyuan had triggered the stele’s phenomena three times and asked him to share his insights in exchange for a reward, making clear that the choice was voluntary.
• Ji Haoyuan agreed to share everything he had comprehended free of charge as repayment for Yanfa Sect’s opportunity.

Ji Haoyuan accepted the Yanfa Sect’s offer to become a Guest Elder and received a soul-defense treasure. He then returned True Person Yunshang’s belongings and final message to True Person Leixia, helping her learn what happened to her Dao companion.

• Ji Haoyuan agreed to share the results of his Technique Manifestation with the Yanfa Sect.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan offered Ji Haoyuan a Guest Elder Token and the Mysterious Light Flame Dragon Hood, and Ji Haoyuan accepted.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan introduced his disciple, True Person Leixia, and Myriad Law Immortal City’s City Lord, Zhang Tianyang.
• Ji Haoyuan asked True Person Leixia whether True Person Yunshang had been her Dao companion, then gave her Yunshang’s Storage Ring and recounted his final wishes.
• True Person Leixia read Yunshang’s Jade Slip, thanked Ji Haoyuan, and bowed to him; Ji Haoyuan accepted her bow and said Yunshang had helped him greatly.

Ji Haoyuan accepted valuable gifts from True Person Leixia and Zhang Tianyang, then agreed to go with Leixia to the Yanfa Sect. On the journey to the sect’s mountain gate, she explained its vast spiritual-vein network and set out to find him a peak of his own.

• True Person Leixia gave Ji Haoyuan five Five Elements Thunder Stones, including the Wutu Thunder Stone he needed, and Zhang Tianyang gave him a Heavenly Spirit Fruit.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan encouraged Ji Haoyuan to accept the gifts as goodwill and invited him to visit in the future.
• True Person Leixia offered to register Ji Haoyuan as a Yanfa Sect Guest Elder, and he agreed to follow her arrangements.
• Zhang Tianyang told Ji Haoyuan that the Myriad Law Immortal City Auction would begin in about two months and offered to arrange his attendance.
• Ji Haoyuan traveled with True Person Leixia toward the Yanfa Sect Mountain Gate as she described the sect’s many spiritual veins and planned to help him find a peak of his own.

Ji Haoyuan registered as a Guest Elder of the Yanfa Sect but declined to leave behind a Soul Lamp, agreeing instead to return every sixty years. When True Person Leixia tried to secure Tiantai Peak for him, Pang Yitong revealed it had already been given to True Person Qianyue, and Ji Haoyuan left the decision to True Person Leixia.

• True Person Leixia brought Ji Haoyuan to the Yanfa Sect's Elder Hall to register him as a Guest Elder.
• Ji Haoyuan declined to leave behind a Soul Lamp and accepted the requirement to return to the sect every sixty years.
• True Person Leixia took Ji Haoyuan to the Affairs Hall and asked Pang Yitong to transfer Tiantai Peak into Ji Haoyuan's name.
• Pang Yitong explained that he had given Tiantai Peak to True Person Qianyue after True Person Beichen requested a Spiritual Peak for his disciple.
• Pang Yitong urged Ji Haoyuan to choose another peak, but Ji Haoyuan calmly left the matter to True Person Leixia's decision.

Ji Haoyuan and True Person Leixia secured Tiantai Peak for him by invoking Leixia’s right to manage her late Dao companion’s property. Leixia revealed that the move would draw Ji into her faction’s conflict with True Person Beichen’s, and Ji accepted the risks.

• Ji Haoyuan refused to yield to Pang Yitong, and True Person Leixia asserted her right to dispose of Tiantai Peak.
• True Person Leixia ordered Pang Yitong to change the peak’s ownership to Ji Haoyuan and report to the Reward and Punishment Hall for punishment.
• Pang Yitong transferred Tiantai Peak to Ji Haoyuan but secretly resented him for not helping.
• As Leixia led Ji toward Tiantai Peak, she explained that her faction’s relations with True Person Beichen’s faction were poor and worsening after Monarch Tianxu’s fall.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized that joining the Yanfa Sect had already tied him to Leixia’s faction and accepted that they would contend with their rivals by their own strength.

True Person Leixia used her Golden Core Domain to break the formation protecting Tiantai Peak, where True Person Qianyue had been staying. True Person Beichen arrived to confront her and turned his attention to Ji Haoyuan, who felt the threat of Beichen’s blade lights.

• Ji Haoyuan and True Person Leixia arrived at Tiantai Peak, whose rich resources made it highly desirable.
• True Person Leixia expanded her Golden Core Domain and shattered the formation around the peak.
• True Person Qianyue confronted Leixia, but her lightning-filled Domain overwhelmed him.
• True Person Beichen arrived, dispelled Leixia’s Domain around Qianyue, and challenged her claim to decide who could occupy Tiantai Peak.
• True Person Beichen suspected Leixia wanted the peak for Ji Haoyuan and summoned countless blade lights that threatened him.

Ji Haoyuan accepted True Person Beichen’s wagered duel against True Person Qianyue, with Tiantai Peak and valuable treasures at stake. The battle began in the high sky, where Ji Haoyuan effortlessly shattered Qianyue’s opening blade attacks.

• True Person Leixia shielded Ji Haoyuan from True Person Beichen’s Golden Core Domain and clashed with him using her Purple Lightning Domain.
• True Person Beichen proposed a duel for ownership of Tiantai Peak, wagering Purple Spirit Lightning Fluid against Leixia’s Saber-Sword Grass.
• Leixia asked Ji Haoyuan whether he would accept, and he agreed to fight True Person Qianyue despite the stakes.
• Leixia and Beichen agreed that neither duelist could use high-grade Tier 3 magical treasures, then flew with their disciples into the high sky.
• True Person Qianyue attacked Ji Haoyuan with blade qi, but Ji Haoyuan shattered the blade light with a finger and destroyed Qianyue’s giant blade aura with his palm.

Ji Haoyuan defeated True Person Qianyue’s Ten Directions Blade Slaughter Array and won the wager, then took up residence on Tiantai Peak. True Person Leixia gave him the peak’s ownership Jade Token, which would let him draw upon its earth veins to establish a powerful formation.

• True Person Qianyue warned Ji Haoyuan that his next attack would exceed the limits of his realm, then unleashed the Ten Directions Blade Slaughter Array.
• True Person Beichen revealed that he had forced True Person Qianyue to live as a mortal soldier to temper himself and promised to concede the wager if Ji Haoyuan broke the array.
• Ji Haoyuan restored his magic power and used lightning and fire to destroy the array, prompting True Person Qianyue to concede defeat.
• True Person Beichen handed over a jade bottle and left with True Person Qianyue, while Ji Haoyuan reflected that the sect’s factions still obeyed proper rules.
• Ji Haoyuan stood on Tiantai Peak, where True Person Leixia gave him its ownership Jade Token and explained that he could use the earth veins to set up a natural formation.

Ji Haoyuan condensed the Three-Colored Thunder Pill, reached the peak of early Golden Core, and set out for the Myriad Law Immortal City Auction to obtain resources. Meanwhile, Dragon Taming True Person Miao Qianqiu visited the Thousand Mechanisms Sect and met True Person Xuanji.

• Ji Haoyuan thanked True Person Leixia for supporting him and received her Message Jade Talisman before she left Tiantai Peak.
• Ji Haoyuan fused the Crimson Firmament Heavenly Thunder, Wutu Heavenly Thunder, and Wood Heavenly Lightning into the Three Talents Divine Thunder, then compressed it into a Three-Colored Thunder Pill.
• Ji Haoyuan ate Zhang Tianyang’s Heavenly Spirit Fruit and cultivated for more than half a month, reaching the peak of early Golden Core.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that Star Crystal Sand would appear at the Myriad Law Immortal City Auction and decided to gather resources from Tiantai Peak before attending.
• Dragon Taming True Person Miao Qianqiu arrived at the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, where True Person Xuanji welcomed him and asked why he had come.