Chapter Summaries

The narrator returned to Fenglan City with Young Miss Zhilin and newly recruited Immortal cultivators, then learned how the Heavenly One Dao had grown during his absence. After asking to see a captured spy, he recognized the prisoner and laughed.

• The narrator led Young Miss Zhilin and the other Immortal cultivators to Fenglan City, where the Heavenly One Dao welcomed them back.
• The narrator introduced Young Miss Zhilin, Jin Lin, Jin Xin, Tiyun, and the others, and Shana reported that the sect had gained resources, advanced its cultivators, and captured a spy.
• The narrator reunited with his companions and heard that Little Tun’s evolution had drawn dragon beasts, forcing Fenglan City to flee into the demonic qi region.
• The narrator discussed the need to refine Kuiyi Stone ore and fortify Fenglan City before the Heavenly One Dao crossed paths with rival sects.
• Shana brought the captured Immortal cultivator before the narrator, who recognized him and laughed.

The narrator confronted a captured young man from the Kuiyi Mountain tribe and showed him Shentian Stone, revealing that Heaven's Unity Sect could mine Kuiyi Stone and refine it. The young man was left despairing over the tribe's inability to reach Tongtian Mountain and reclaim its homeland.

• The narrator identified the young man as a Kuiyi Mountain tribesman and showed him the captured Kong Li, prompting him to demand Kong Li's release.
• The narrator explained the tribe's origins as descendants of disciples who fled the Kuiyi Mountain sect and argued that the tribe had attacked him first.
• The narrator asked whether the young man had ever seen Shentian Stone, then demonstrated a large piece and proved its weight by placing it on his shoulder.
• The narrator said Heaven's Unity Sect could mine Kuiyi Stone and refine Shentian Stone, while the tribe might never live to see the demonic aura around Kuiyi Mountain recede.
• The young man demanded to know what art let the narrator enter Tongtian Mountain, as the narrator noted that mining there remained dangerous and costly.

I persuaded the young man from the Darkmountain Clan that cooperation with Heaven's Unity Path was a better way to obtain Darkstone than trying to steal it. I released him with a demonic-qi-repelling pill so he could return and urge his clan to join, while Kong Li remained in my hands.

• I mocked the young man for claiming Darkmountain and its Darkstone belonged exclusively to his clan, arguing that his branch was driven by greed.
• I explained that my demonic-qi-repelling pills and Darkstone mining carts let me mine Darkstone, while the clan had wasted its time waiting and attempting to rob me.
• I proposed that the Darkmountain Clan join Heaven's Unity Path and earn Darkstone through sect missions and exchanges.
• The young man asked me to release Kong Li as part of the cooperation, but I told him to persuade Kong Mu and the elders to join first.
• I ordered the guards to untie the young man and gave him a demonic-qi-repelling pill so he could leave the Sea of Demonic Qi and return to his clan.

The narrator oversaw Bai Cheng’s weapon forging while designing a Gold-Transforming Furnace to equip the Heavenly Unity Sect for possible wars. When Bai Cheng tried to unite her six spiritual roots into an Earth spiritual root, her Spirit Veins fell into chaos, and the narrator intervened to save her.

• The narrator sent Kong Ke to mediate, encouraged the Heavenly Unity Sect’s disciples and elders, then entered seclusion to refine Gold-Transforming Pouches.
• The narrator trained Bai Cheng in artifact refinement, and she quickly became skilled at producing consistent batches of Kuiyi Stone divine weapons.
• After nine days, the narrator completed a blueprint for a Gold-Transforming Furnace capable of refining large-scale equipment.
• The narrator gave Bai Cheng instructions for combining her six spiritual roots into an Earth spiritual root and began refining the furnace beside her.
• Bai Cheng’s Spirit Veins became chaotic as she practiced, putting her Nascent Soul in danger, so the narrator set aside the furnace and intervened.

I stabilized Bai Cheng’s clashing six-root Spirit Veins and taught her to cultivate steadily, then completed the Transmuting Metal Furnace and showed her how to use it. With Bai Cheng set to craft divine weapons and Fenglan City’s construction on hold, I went to attend to Shanai, who had been waiting outside.

• I guided Bai Cheng’s turbulent spiritual energy into a stable circulation and gave her pills to nurture her Spirit Veins.
• I explained that her six spirit roots made cultivation difficult, warned her against rushing, and taught her a method to follow.
• I spent nearly ten days forging the Transmuting Metal Furnace while Bai Cheng continued cultivating through minor setbacks.
• I taught Bai Cheng spells suited to her aptitude, including Deconstruction, and showed her how to operate the furnace.
• I left the furnace with Bai Cheng for crafting divine weapons, postponed Fenglan City’s infrastructure work, and went to see Shanai.

Lord Xia met with Empty Space and learned that the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe’s elders wanted negotiations near their hidden base. He guessed the tribe’s underground hideout from their map, and Empty Space accidentally revealed that the Kuiyi Mountains had another hidden earth vein.

• Shanae brought Lord Xia back to the Windveil Hall, where Empty Space reported that the clan elders wanted Windveil City’s floating island moved before negotiating.
• Shanae challenged the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe’s attempt to dictate the meeting place, and Empty Space stood his ground.
• Lord Xia inferred that Empty Twilight and the elders had returned to gather the tribe near the outskirts of the Kuiyi Mountains.
• Empty Space offered to reveal another hidden earth vein if Lord Xia could locate the tribe’s hideout, and Lord Xia identified a canyon with a concealed wind funnel.
• Empty Space accused Lord Xia of learning the location from Empty Strength, but Lord Xia denied having questioned him.

Xia learned that the Kuiyi Mountain Clan might possess a hidden top-grade ore vein and arranged to meet them outside Windbillow City. The clan’s leader greeted Xia after Kong Ke inadvertently exposed the name of their Sacred Land of Rising.

• Kong Ke revealed that the Kuiyi Mountain Clan had concealed a possible top-grade ore vein behind Kuiyi Mountain for future generations.
• Xia refused to take Windbillow City outside and proposed meeting the clan at a designated area, while Shanae warned Kong Ke not to expect them to trust his people.
• Xia ordered the miners to return and headed to the meeting place, reasoning that the hidden vein could help the sect rise.
• Kong Mu and dozens of clan members confronted Xia, and Kong Mu accused Kong Ke of revealing their Sacred Land of Rising.
• Kong Ke denied telling Xia the secret, and the clan leader praised Xia before beginning their meeting.

Xia negotiated with Kuiyi Mountain Clan patriarch Kong Lian about joining the Heavenly Unity Sect and moving to Fenglan City, offering the clan respect and a fair chance to earn sect benefits. Kong Lian was intrigued by Xia’s plans to excavate Kuiyi ore and seek earthblood, but the clan’s decision remained unsettled.

• Xia promised to make concessions while preserving the Kuiyi Mountain Clan’s way of life, and Kong Lian praised his sincerity as Kong Mu grumbled.
• Xia asked Kong Lian to lead the clan into joining the Heavenly Unity Sect and settling in Fenglan City.
• Xia argued that the clan could use the sect’s resources to turn its Kuiyi ore into powerful weapons and pursue earthblood in the Tianyuan Mountains.
• Kong Lian questioned whether Xia could refine earthblood, and Xia assured him he had a way and would treat the clan as Heavenly Unity Sect disciples.
• Xia explained that the clan’s property would remain its own, but members would need to earn merit through sect missions to exchange for weapons and future body-tempering pills.

Dao Lord Xia explained the Heavenly Unity Sect’s merit system to Kong Lian, including how Kuiyi Mountain’s ore searches and donated resources could earn merit. Kong Lian became interested in joining the system and considered exchanging his clan’s accumulated resources for merit.

• Kong Lian asked whether searching Kuiyi Mountain for top-grade ore veins could count as a sect mission and what merit could buy.
• Dao Lord Xia gave Kong Lian a jade scroll listing merit exchanges and explained that ore-vein searches required a team.
• Dao Lord Xia assured Kong Lian that the Heavenly Unity Sect had ample resources and allowed members to donate items in exchange for merit.
• Kong Lian offered Yeyun Jade, and Dao Lord Xia estimated it would earn thirty or forty merit points.
• Kong Lian asked about exchanging a large stockpile of resources, and Dao Lord Xia said the merit value would depend on market prices.

Dao Master Xia persuaded the Kuyi Mountain Clan to join Tianyi Dao by showing them its merit ledger and the resources it offered. The clan agreed after Xia released Kong Li, while Kong Lian privately asked to use his hidden treasures for merit without the clanspeople knowing.

• Kong Lian became excited about exchanging the Kuyi Mountain Clan’s treasures for merit points and asked Xia how the system worked.
• Xia explained that merit points would be recorded individually and could bring members security, positions, and special living quarters.
• Kong Lian persuaded the clanspeople with the merit ledger, and they eagerly considered joining Tianyi Dao.
• Kong Mu spoke privately with Kong Lian, who then made Kong Li’s release a condition of the clan joining.
• Xia released Kong Li from the glass bottle, and Kong Mu caught his weakened Nascent Soul transformation as the clanspeople celebrated.
• Kong Lian privately asked Xia whether merit values were confidential so he could donate his hidden hoards without the clan knowing.

Kong Lian joined the Heavenly Unity Dao with the Kuiyi Mountain Clan and exchanged his clan’s hoarded resources for a vast reserve of merit points. Dao Master Xia considered how to invest those resources while regulating Kuiyi Stone weapons, leaving the clan settled in Fenglan City under the Dao’s protection.

• Kong Lian agreed to join the Heavenly Unity Dao while seeking to retain his position and convert his cave abode into merit points.
• The Kuiyi Mountain Clan completed most of its relocation to Fenglan City, where Dao Master Xia planned new facilities.
• Kong Lian exchanged his hoarded resources for a huge number of merit points but chose to save them for Kong Mu.
• Dao Master Xia weighed how resource supply would affect merit-point values and considered ways to prevent disciples from exploiting Kuiyi Stone exchanges.
• Dao Master Xia set Kuiyi Stone weapons at market-aligned prices in the merit register and restricted their use to preserve their value and maintain balance.

The narrator explained how Heaven's Unity Dao used its resources to cultivate disciples and build Windmist City, then began restoring and upgrading the ancient Heaven-Suppressing Formation with Outer Dao Stone. The first massive sword stone was installed at Windmist City's core, leaving the disciples stunned by its scale and value.

• The narrator explained that the Gold-Transforming Furnace helped Bai Cheng refine Outer Dao Stone armaments while strengthening her spiritual veins through sustained use.
• The narrator described Heaven's Unity Dao's immense costs for cultivating its disciples, building defenses, and renovating its mountain gate.
• The narrator found an ancient book donated by Kong Lian and learned the history and workings of the Outer Dao Mountain Sect's Heaven-Suppressing Formation.
• The narrator decided to restore and improve the formation by replacing its Heaven-Suppressing Sword Stones with Outer Dao Stone.
• The first nearly sixty-meter-long Outer Dao Stone sword stone was installed at Windmist City's central core, shocking the Heaven's Unity Dao disciples.

The Sect Master explained why the Heaven's Unity Sect needed thirty-six Kuinyi Stone Heaven-Suppressing Sword Stones despite their enormous cost. Kong Lian recognized the Sect Master's ambition to turn Windmist City into a mobile fortress, and the chapter ended with the Sect Master asking what he knew about the legendary Sky City.

• The Sect Master announced the Heaven-Suppressing Formation, easing the disciples' concerns about the costly Heaven's Unity project.
• Kong Lian warned that making all thirty-six Heaven-Suppressing Sword Stones from Kuinyi Stone would consume the sect's resources, while a team led by Kong Mu searched for a hidden ore vein.
• The Sect Master insisted that Kuinyi Stone was essential to protect Windmist City from powerful attacks.
• The Sect Master explained that the formation's runes would gather qi and greatly increase Windmist City's speed, allowing it to serve as a mobile sect.
• Kong Lian recognized the plan as resembling the legendary Sky City, and the Sect Master asked how he knew about it.

Kong Lian told Xia that Sky City had overturned the various-paths alliance in the Tianyuan Mountain Range and had close ties with the Devil Race. He explained how demonic-qi cultivation changed its practitioners, and Xia warned that the power came at the cost of eventual madness and death.

• Kong Lian said the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe had learned of Sky City's actions through its intelligence networks.
• Kong Lian explained that Sky City had attacked the various-paths alliance, taking Earthblood and other reserves while aiding the Devil Race.
• Xia asked why Sky City had allied with the Devil Race and what kind of beings its members were.
• Kong Lian said the Devil Race consisted of immortals who cultivated techniques resonating with demonic qi and developed crystallized nodes in their spiritual meridians.
• Xia said demonic qi could bring temporary strength but would eventually consume practitioners, drive them mad, and destroy their Dao.

Dao Master Xia and the All-Heaven Sect prepared to seek earthblood and explore Mount Kuiyi while facing the Devil Race and rival sects. When major sects surrounded the mountain and the demonic qi rose with the tide, the first exploration team remained missing and the danger to the sect grew.

• Kong Lian warned Dao Master Xia that war with the Devil Race and Sky City made the route to earthblood dangerous, while he hoped to gather Kuiyi ore for Fenglan City’s Heaven-Suppressing Formation.
• Dao Master Xia convened the leadership to discuss Sky City, the Devil Race, and ways to find Mount Kuiyi’s hidden ore veins.
• Kong Lian volunteered to lead the second exploration team, and Dao Master Xia approved the mission after Kong Lian arranged for his merits to pass to his family if he died.
• A day after Kong Lian’s team departed, the first exploration team had not reported back, and Kong Ke warned that major sects had surrounded Mount Kuiyi after capturing informants.
• Kong Ke named the sects gathering around Mount Kuiyi and warned Dao Master Xia that the demonic qi was rising with the tide.

The narrator rejected proposals to leave Windveil City or use inferior materials and ordered it deeper into the demonic-energy sea to search for Insight Jade. After Kong Mu's exploration team found no ore vein, the narrator reassured them and claimed he would take over the search.

• The narrator decided Windveil City would move toward the rear mountain while the Heaven-Suppressing Sword Stone project continued.
• Shana and Yingyi guided Windveil City through the shifting currents as the narrator built several dozen Insight Jade Drill Dragons.
• Kong Mu returned from the rear mountain without finding an ore vein or the Dragonfall Mountain Range's claw-shaped eye.
• The narrator comforted Kong Mu and said he had another way to find the ore vein, prompting her to doubt his claim.

The narrator redirected Kong Mu and Kong Lian’s failed ore-vein search toward a new mapping mission while warning them that sects had surrounded Windveil City. After comparing their excavation records with an ancient map, the narrator determined the direction the vein had shifted.

• Miss Zhilin warned the narrator that the shifting earth vein, intense demonic qi, and approaching sects made finding and mining the ore vein difficult.
• The narrator met Kong Lian’s team in the Luolong Mountain Range and told Kong Lian that the other sects had surrounded Windveil City.
• The narrator offered Kong Lian and Kong Mu first-grade merit points for mapping their excavation and exploration sites, and they accepted.
• Kong Lian, Kong Mu, and their team spent half a day recording their excavation sites and gave the map to the narrator.
• The narrator compared the excavation points with an ancient map and said they had determined the direction the ore vein had shifted.

The narrator used Windmist City’s radar and a set of drill dragons to locate and extract sections of land in the Fallen Doubt Dragon Mountain Range. Windmist City lifted the captured earth, leaving Kong Lian, Kong Mu, and the others stunned.

• The narrator used Windmist City’s radar to identify a route and had Shana fly the city toward the suspected dragon-claw eyes.
• After half a day, the narrator ordered Shana to lower the drill dragons into the ground.
• The drill dragons burrowed down and unfolded grappling claws when they reached softer areas.
• The narrator ordered everyone to brace as Shana raised Windmist City, and the city’s pull cracked the ground apart.
• The drill dragons hauled several chunks of land upward, astonishing the Kuiyi Mountain Clan and the other disciples.

Dao Master Xia used fissures created by the Earthborer Dragons to calculate where Kuíyí Stone might lie, despite Kong Lian and Kong Mu doubting the method. The third descent uncovered the hidden ore vein and brought up several transparent crystal dragons.

• Dao Master Xia directed Earthborer Dragons to churn the earth at calculated locations, but the first two descents found no Kuíyí Stone.
• Kong Lian and Kong Mu questioned the method and suggested relying on the Kuíyí Mountain Tribe’s usual searches.
• Disciples following the fissures discovered Kuíyí Stone ore powder at the location Dao Master Xia had marked for the third descent.
• Dao Master Xia ordered the third descent, and the Earthborer Dragon brought up sections of the unusually hard, high-purity Kuíyí Stone vein.
• Kong Lian gasped as transparent crystal dragons emerged from underground.

The narrator and Heaven's Unity Way's elders investigated an Earth-Drilling Dragon's unexpected resistance and discovered a buried hidden chamber. They opened its Kuisui Stone gate, revealing that Kong Lian had a formation plate that bypassed the need to break the formation by force.

• The narrator, Xian Li, Hu Xia, Ling Zhao, Nan Jin, Zhi Lin, Ying Yi, and other Grand Elders inspected the landing sites beneath the Sea of Demonic Qi.
• The group found a smooth formation wall where an Earth-Drilling Dragon had stopped digging, and the narrator ordered everyone to search for an entrance.
• Kong Mu found a passage that the Earth-Drilling Dragon had broken through, and the group followed it to a buried chamber.
• Xian Li and the others drained the demonic qi from the passage while the narrator prepared to break the chamber's formation.
• Kong Lian placed a formation plate against the gate, and it opened with a rumble.