Chapter Summaries

Lan Chang'an watched Great Dayu Kingdom weigh the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty’s offer, then sensed a change in the world’s fortune as the Tianyi Great Tribulation began. Tianyi Divine Monarch killed the Confucian Sage, and some of the returning fate flowed to the Mystic Vine.

• Marquis Tianwu showed Emperor Yu, Yu Yuanjin, and True Lord Iron Calculation their ancestor’s oath and offered a Dragon Star Pill and support for a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator if Great Dayu joined the Immortal Dynasty.
• After Marquis Tianwu left Great Abyss, Old Monster Jinkun apologized to Lan Chang'an with precious materials and an Infant Transformation Pill, and Lan Chang'an returned to secluded cultivation.
• Lan Chang'an sensed the world’s fortune shift and saw the Mystic Vine’s growth accelerate as it absorbed heaven-and-earth Dao resonance; True Lord Iron Calculation identified the change as the Tianyi Great Tribulation.
• Priestess Pu told Black Phoenix and Great Monarch Thousand Shadows that a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch had fallen, while Marquis Tianwu realized his teacher had died.
• Tianyi Divine Monarch overcame the Confucian Sage’s array and divine abilities, then killed him with the Heaven-Slaying Luck-Seizing Sword.
• As the Confucian Sage’s fate returned to heaven and earth, a portion flowed to an unknown realm and was absorbed by a section of mysterious gourd vine.

Lan Chang'an prepared to leave the increasingly turbulent Great Abyss, while the Cloud Glow Sect adjusted to the rise of the Great Dayu Imperial Clan and the coming Ancient Nether Palace. The chapter ended when Baolian Maiden arrived at the sect and asked to meet True Lord Xiang.

• Yan Donglai and River God discussed the Tianyi Great Tribulation and believed Lu Changqing was fortunate to have ties to Tianyi Sect, unaware that Lan Chang'an had helped True Lord Jingtian.
• After the Tianyi Great Tribulation, cultivators across the Human Realm failed in their attempts to reach Spirit Transformation, while Lan Chang'an found that the Mystic Heaven Gourd Vine and Nine-Seed Bitter Heart Lotus had grown rapidly.
• Lan Chang'an prepared Xiao Qingshan for Nascent Soul Formation, and Xiao Qingshan later succeeded and was chosen to attend Yu Yuanjin's Great Cultivator Celebration.
• Lan Chang'an, Jiang Ziyan, and Xiao Qingshan discussed the Great Dayu Imperial Clan's growing power, the coming Ancient Nether Palace, and the dangers gathering across the Great Abyss.
• Lan Chang'an divined that Zhao Siyao was approaching a crucial turning point, strengthening his desire to leave for the Outer Sea, and Puppet Master Wei returned with gains from the Northern Region.
• Baolian Maiden arrived at the Cloud Glow Sect and asked the mountain guards to summon True Lord Xiang.

Baolian Maiden delivered Divine Monarch Jing’s enhanced Heaven-Splitting Axe and three spatial fifth-rank spirit talismans to Lan Chang'an, then revealed the Curse of Time hidden in Yan Donglai’s Evergreen Demonic Art. With his karmic ties to Tianyi Sect severed, Lan Chang'an decided to leave the Great Abyss for the Outer Sea and prepared Cloud Glow Sect to endure the coming chaos.

• Baolian Maiden met Lan Chang'an and gave him the upgraded Heaven-Splitting Axe and three Spirit Transformation-level spirit talismans as Divine Monarch Jing’s repayment, while clarifying that Jing had ended their mutual obligations.
• Lan Chang'an persuaded Baolian Maiden to explain the Evergreen Demonic Art’s drawback, learning that Yan Donglai suffered from the Curse of Time and could only have it resolved by an Evergreen Art cultivator at the Spirit Transformation stage.
• Great Monarch Thousand Shadows secretly watched Baolian Maiden leave and escaped after she sensed his presence, while Lan Chang'an told Jiang Ziyan that Baolian Maiden was Jing’s friend and someone he had just met.
• After divining that his karma with Tianyi Sect had been severed, Lan Chang'an decided to leave the Great Abyss for the Outer Sea, refined the Heaven-Splitting Axe, and warned Xiao Qingshan to avoid the Ancient Nether Palace and the coming Demon Tide.
• Lan Chang'an informed Jiang Ziyan of his plans and arranged for Cloud Glow Sect to buy his Tier 3 Puppet Array, leaving the sect with defensive resources and puppet-making knowledge before his departure.

Lan Chang'an left the Great Abyss and boarded an Azure Sea Merchant Alliance Deep Sea Giant Ship bound for the East-Facing Sea, while he secretly nourished the Heaven-Splitting Axe’s Artifact Spirit. The chapter ended with the ship nearing the East-Facing Sea and a dark-skinned survivor recognizing a wandering merchant as the legendary Daoist Tianshu.

• Lan Chang'an collected the Mystic Heaven Gourd Vine, erased traces of his cave abode, and secretly left the Cloud Glow Sect with his spirit pets.
• Lan Chang'an crossed the Great Abyss and Eastern Region, planned to reach the distant Heavenly Star Sea, and considered the threat posed by Immortal Physician Changqing.
• Priestess Pu learned that Lan Chang'an had fled the Great Abyss and abandoned her plans to ambush him through Ancient Nether Palace.
• Lan Chang'an traveled aboard the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance’s Deep Sea Giant Ship and used the Fourth Life to nourish the Heaven-Splitting Axe’s Artifact Spirit.
• Lan Chang'an attended an exchange meeting to gather information about overseas cultivation and Zhao Siyao’s circumstances.
• As the ship neared the East-Facing Sea, a dark-skinned cultivator who had survived a volcanic eruption recognized a wandering merchant as Daoist Tianshu.

Lan Chang'an journeyed from the Donglin Sea to the Heavenly Star Sea, gathering intelligence and encountering a rumor that Star-Moon Palace’s Star King had been gravely wounded. Upon arriving, he concealed his identity and drew the interest of Azure Sea Merchant Alliance elder Wei Dongjun, who invited him to consider joining the alliance.

• Daoist Tianshu traded an unnamed ore for three treasures, then killed the dark-skinned young man and took his Storage Bag.
• Lan Chang'an arrived at Donglai Island, sold some goods, gathered information about the Donglin Sea and Azure Sea Merchant Alliance, and learned Zhao Siyao’s current-life family was connected to the alliance.
• A traveling merchant claimed that Star King had failed to advance to Spirit Transformation and was gravely wounded, while Lan Chang'an suspected the rumor came from an Abyss City demonic cultivator.
• The Deep Sea Giant Ship passed a Bone Ghost Ship raid without intervening, and Lan Chang'an regretted losing the chance to fight its Nascent Soul cultivators.
• After the ship reached the Heavenly Star Sea, Lan Chang'an introduced himself to Wei Dongjun as Lu, and Wei invited him to consider becoming an Azure Sea Merchant Alliance Guest Elder.

Lan Chang'an explored the Heavenly Star Sea, chose the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance as a place to settle, and became one of its Guest Elders. While selecting a cultivation island, he sensed a clear connection to Zhao Siyao's reincarnation nearby.

• Lan Chang'an crossed the sea with his Tier 4 spirit pets, and Di Yan Jun befriended a Flying Rat King and went with him to visit the Spirit Rat Clan's Seabed Secret Realm.
• Lan Chang'an explored the southwestern Heavenly Star Sea, traded for local resources, and decided to join the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance.
• Wei Dongjun brought Lan Chang'an to Luoxia Main Island, where Alliance Leaders Qiu Luoyan and Zuo Tianxiong approved him as a Guest Elder after questioning him with the Heart-Questioning Mirror.
• Lan Chang'an registered his Mystic Water Turtle and received a chart of the Alliance's Spiritual Vein islands before choosing a Dao Field.
• Lan Chang'an sensed a stronger karmic connection to Zhao Siyao's reincarnation as he and Qiu Luoyan approached the island he had selected.

Lan Chang'an settled on Hidden Mist Island as a Guest Elder of the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance and used divination to find Fairy Zhao reincarnated as Zhao Shiyao, whose life was again turning toward hardship. He intervened on her betrothal day, claiming her as his concubine and taking her away from the Zhao and Chen families.

• Lan Chang'an chose Hidden Mist Island, established his residence, and studied the Merchant Alliance's duties and contribution rewards.
• Lan Chang'an identified Zhao Shiyao as Fairy Zhao's reincarnation and decided to approach her when she reached a low point in her life.
• The Chen Family demanded that Zhao Shiyao become Chen Muge's concubine alongside Zhao Yueshu, and Zhao Shiyao refused and fled the island.
• Lan Chang'an met Zhao Shiyao in the clouds and declared that she had a bond with him and that he would take her as his concubine.
• Lan Chang'an gave the Zhao Family patriarch a betrothal gift and ignored Chen Muge's objections, while Chen Muge withdrew and planned to report the matter to his great-grandfather.

Lan Chang'an took Zhao Shiyao as his concubine, promised to help her dissolve and reform her core, and brought her to Hidden Mist Island, where she successfully formed a True Core. He also chose a high-risk mission to slay a powerful Ink Flood Dragon, while Zhao Shiyao began to suspect that someone had sabotaged her earlier attempt to form a Golden Core.

• Zhao Shiyao agreed to become Lan Chang'an's concubine after he promised to protect her through core dissolution and recultivation.
• Lan Chang'an brought Zhao Shiyao to Hidden Mist Island, gave her authority over the island, and provided cultivation resources and a Golden Core method.
• Chen Muge learned that Lan Chang'an was a powerful Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, and the Chen Family Old Ancestor ordered him to dissolve his engagement to Zhao Yueshu and reunite the sisters.
• Wei Dongjun visited Hidden Mist Island, gave Zhao Shiyao Star Dust Crystal Sand, and Lan Chang'an gifted her a bracelet that could unleash a Tier 4 water-element spell.
• Lan Chang'an selected a high-bounty mission to slay the Ink Flood Dragon and began preparing to leave after Zhao Shiyao completed her recultivation.
• With Lan Chang'an protecting her, Zhao Shiyao dissolved and reformed her core, successfully forming a True Core and suspecting that her previous Golden Core attempt had been secretly sabotaged.

Zhao Shiyao transformed her False Core into a perfected True Core with Lan Chang'an's support, while her younger sister Zhao Yueshu left Hidden Mist Island rejected and resentful. Years later, Lan Chang'an set out to hunt the Ink Flood Dragon and plunged into the deep sea after it.

• Zhao Shiyao refused to let her relatives visit Hidden Mist Island and allowed Zhao Yueshu to seek refuge there, but Lan Chang'an only permitted her to stay temporarily and rejected her plea to become his concubine-servant.
• Zhao Yueshu left the island in disappointment, while rumors spread that Lan Chang'an had enjoyed the Zhao sisters' company.
• Zhao Shiyao completed her Second-Turn Core Transformation and formed a perfected True Core, shocking the Zhao Family and intensifying Zhao Yueshu's jealousy.
• Zhao Shiyao gradually recalled fragments of a past life and began addressing Lan Chang'an as Brother Lu, while he prepared to pursue the Ink Flood Dragon.
• Lan Chang'an met Di Yan Jun and the Flying Rat King, learned the flood dragon was not truly tied to Nine Dragons Hall, and continued alone toward its territory.
• Lan Chang'an found the Ink Flood Dragon battling two Star-Moon Palace cultivators, then followed it beneath the sea despite their warning.

Lan Chang'an killed the Tier 4 Ink Flood Dragon in the deep sea with the Heaven-Splitting Axe and claimed its corpse and possessions. After meeting the Star-Moon Palace elders, he learned that True Lord Ling Chun was worried his arrival from the Tianheng Continent might bring her an unpredictable calamity.

• Lan Chang'an used the Sea-Suppressing Spirit Bead, a Tier 4 Water Evasion Talisman, and Lord Mystic Water's Sea Flag Water Domain to overcome the Ink Flood Dragon's deep-sea advantages.
• The Ink Flood Dragon unleashed its God-Eroding Poison Mist and dragon flame, but Lan Chang'an activated the Heaven-Splitting Axe and beheaded it.
• Lan Chang'an and Puppet Master Wei collected the Ink Flood Dragon's valuable corpse and possessions, while Lord Mystic Water concealed traces of the battle.
• Lan Chang'an surfaced and told Jiang Yulou and Yu Zhengyin of Star-Moon Palace that he had slain the flood dragon with Lord Mystic Water's help and a costly secret art.
• At Sky-Beyond Island, Jiang Yufan visited True Lord Ling Chun, who revealed that a fellow disciple at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage had arrived from the Tianheng Continent and might bring her an unpredictable calamity.

Lan Chang'an returned to the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance with the Ink Flood Dragon's head, claimed the mission reward, and secluded himself to recover and study his gains. After discovering that the [Nine Imprint Tablet] could erase the karmic Killing Intent from slain Dragon Descendants, he reconsidered his plans to hunt them, while the Merchant Alliance's Grand Elder weighed Lan Chang'an's trustworthiness and Wei Dongjun sought his alliance with an unusually generous trade offer.

• Lan Chang'an presented the Ink Flood Dragon's head to the Merchant Alliance, where Alliance Leader Zuo Tianxiong and Vice Alliance Leader Qiu Luoyan verified the kill and doubled his mission contribution reward in exchange for priority on trading the corpse materials.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Hidden Mist Island, entered seclusion, and examined the [Heaven-Splitting Axe], divining that it would undergo its first Spirit Treasure tribulation in twenty-two to twenty-seven years.
• Lan Chang'an absorbed the dragon-blood Killing Intent with the Blood Prison Dragon Baleful Art, realized that killing too many Dragon Descendants would bring karmic danger, and confirmed that the [Nine Imprint Tablet]'s Reincarnation Power could eliminate that karma.
• The Grand Elder cautioned Wei Dongjun against trusting Lan Chang'an too readily, while Wei Dongjun defended Lan Chang'an's character and considered how to secure the Azure-Eyed Beast's support in the Merchant Alliance's looming succession struggle.
• After ending his month of seclusion, Lan Chang'an negotiated over the Ink Flood Dragon's core materials, and Wei Dongjun presented an offer so generous that Lan Chang'an remarked on his apparent lack of interest in profit.

Lan Chang'an strengthened his puppets, advanced his sword array, and visited Xiangong Island to exchange puppet-making knowledge. As the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance faced an internal succession struggle and attacks from the Black Sea Merchant Alliance and pirates, Lan Chang'an chose to remain at headquarters, where Vice Alliance Leader Wan told him the Grand Elder supported sending him to confront the Whale Skeleton Giant Ship.

• Lan Chang'an traded the Ink Flood Dragon's materials to Wei Dongjun, gave its Dragon Essence Great Elixir to Lord Mystic Water, and exchanged alliance contributions for rare resources.
• Lan Chang'an and Puppet Master Wei upgraded their four humanoid puppets, then visited Xiangong Island and exchanged insights with Iron Skeleton Duke.
• After returning, Lan Chang'an clarified his path toward Tier 4 Middle-Grade puppet mastery and spent thirteen years improving his cultivation tools and raising all sixteen Green Profound Swords to Tier 4 High-Grade.
• The Azure Sea Merchant Alliance faced a succession dispute, attacks from the Black Sea Merchant Alliance and pirates, and renewed destruction attributed to the Insect Demon.
• Lan Chang'an chose to remain at the Luoxia Archipelago headquarters despite pressure to leave, and Vice Alliance Leader Wan visited to ask him to contain the Whale Skeleton Giant Ship.
• Vice Alliance Leader Wan told Lan Chang'an that the Council of Elders and the Grand Elder supported sending him on duty, leaving Lan Chang'an surprised by the Grand Elder's distrust.

Lan Chang'an secured his place at the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance headquarters by winning the Azure-Eyed Beast's approval, while a growing external crisis forced the alliance's leaders to reshuffle their plans. As the Grand Elder rejected help from Sky-Beyond Island, Alliance Leader Qiu Luoyan revealed herself as a traitor and attacked him and Wei Dongjun with Heart-Severing Poison.

• Lan Chang'an delayed his transfer from Hidden Mist Island and earned the Azure-Eyed Beast's favor by drinking and speaking frankly with him at Wei Dongjun's banquet.
• The Black Sea Merchant Alliance expanded into Azure Sea territory, the Insect Demon killed a branch elder, and the Council of Elders sent the Azure-Eyed Beast and Vice Alliance Leader Wan to respond.
• The Grand Elder took the mission to confront the Insect Demon himself, protecting Wei Dongjun from being forced into a dangerous expedition, while refusing a visit from Immortal Physician Ling Chun.
• Alliance Leader Qiu Luoyan attacked the Grand Elder with Heart-Severing Poison and poisoned Wei Dongjun, then demanded the Azure-Eyed Beast's Life-Contract Jade Tablet.
• Qiu Luoyan's allies entered the forbidden area as the main island's protective formation was damaged, but Wei Dongjun used his grandfather's Clam Pearl to neutralize most of the poison.

Qiu Luoyan’s betrayal and the Insect Demon’s assault pushed the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance headquarters toward collapse, forcing the Grand Elder to spend his life to save Wei Dongjun. Lan Chang'an rescued the Grand Elder’s fleeing Nascent Soul, accepted his final wish, and then headed for the besieged main island.

• Alliance Leader Zuo and the Grand Elder confronted Qiu Luoyan for betraying the merchant alliance as the Insect Demon and his forces attacked the headquarters from outside.
• Qiu Luoyan and two Nascent Soul elders attacked Wei Dongjun while Alliance Leader Zuo fought to hold the damaged formation against the Insect Demon’s Golden Flame Insects.
• The Grand Elder unleashed the Azure Sea Returning Tide Melody, drove back Qiu Luoyan’s group, and gave Wei Dongjun time to escape, but the technique consumed his life.
• Qiu Luoyan sent the Nether Wind Swallow after the Grand Elder’s fleeing Nascent Soul and pursued Wei Dongjun, believing he carried the Great Demon King’s life contract.
• Lan Chang'an intercepted the Nether Wind Swallow, defeated and sealed it, then heard the Grand Elder’s final wish and took his Nascent Soul into the Nine Imprint Tablet.
• After gaining the Grand Elder’s reincarnation imprint and Storage Ring, Lan Chang'an saw the Insect Demon overwhelm the main island and rushed to intervene.

Lan Chang'an rescued Wei Dongjun by defeating Alliance Leader Qiu and two Nascent Soul elders, then cured Wei’s Heart-Severing Poison and hurried toward the besieged headquarters. As Lan arrived, the Insect Demon recognized him, recalled his swarm, and fled.

• Qiu Luoyan and two Nascent Soul elders attacked Blue Field Island, but Lan Chang'an trapped them with Lord Mystic Water and killed the elders with the Green Profound Sword Formation.
• Qiu Luoyan’s Nascent Soul was destroyed when a mysterious Gu worm inside it bloomed and annihilated her consciousness.
• Lan Chang'an used Evergreen Mana to dissolve Wei Dongjun’s Heart-Severing Poison and learned of Qiu Luoyan’s past connection to Immortal Physician Ling Chun.
• Lan Chang'an rode Lord Mystic Water toward the main island, where the Insect Demon’s Golden Flame Insects were overrunning the defenses and Alliance Leader Zuo was under attack.
• The Insect Demon saw Lan Chang'an approaching, recalled the Golden Flame Insect Swarm, and fled, warning his two Evil Path subordinates as he escaped.

Lan Chang'an helped repel Insect Demon’s assault on the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance headquarters, killing two Evil Path Nascent Souls and pursuing the last while Insect Demon escaped. Star-Moon Palace’s Saber-Sword Twin Lords chased Insect Demon, who fled to his master, Immortal Physician Ling Chun; she revealed that he was her Second Nascent Soul and learned Lan Chang'an’s identity and strength.

• Insect Demon fled when Lan Chang'an approached, but Lan Chang'an chased him and killed one Evil Path Nascent Soul while the other escaped.
• Alliance Leader Zuo and his allies captured the Flying Zombies and sealed the remaining Golden Flame Insects as Lan Chang'an pursued and killed the fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Lan Chang'an returned to the headquarters, where the cultivators thanked him for defeating the attackers and realized he had killed five Nascent Souls in total.
• The Saber-Sword Twin Lords arrived from Star-Moon Palace and pursued Insect Demon, while Wei Dongjun suspected the Azure Sea Grand Elder had arranged their support in advance.
• Insect Demon escaped into the sixth layer of the Nine Heavens of Astral Wind and met his master, Immortal Physician Ling Chun, who absorbed his Nascent Soul and collected his belongings.
• Immortal Physician Ling Chun identified Lan Chang'an as a fellow sect member who cultivated the Evergreen Art, then destroyed Insect Demon's body and vanished before the Saber-Sword Twin Lords arrived.

After defeating the conspirators who had plunged the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance into crisis, Lan Chang'an examined his spoils, helped Alliance Leader Zuo purge the alliance, and arranged for the captured Tier 4 Flying Zombie to support its defenses. With the external threat settled and the Azure-Eyed Beast returning, the Grand Elder's wish was nearly fulfilled, leaving the transfer of the beast's Life Contract as the final step.

• Lan Chang'an reviewed his battle gains, bound the Nether Wind Swallow to him, and claimed valuable treasures from Qiu Luoyan and the other Nascent Soul cultivators he had slain.
• Lan Chang'an studied the Azure Sea Grand Elder's memories and discovered his Tier 4 music skills and the Bixin Concentration Art.
• Alliance Leader Zuo and Wei Dongjun visited Lan Chang'an, who agreed to let the merchant alliance lease a Tier 4 Flying Zombie and used the Nether Wind Swallow to assist their investigation.
• Lan Chang'an traded the battle spoils for materials to build Tier 4 puppets while Alliance Leader Zuo purged traitorous families and personnel across the alliance.
• Vice Alliance Leader Wan settled the dispute with the Black Sea Merchant Alliance after Star-Moon Palace intervened, and the Azure-Eyed Beast began returning to headquarters.
• The Azure-Eyed Beast arrived at the archipelago headquarters as Lan Chang'an entered his Fourth Life, with only the transfer of its Life Contract remaining to fulfill the Grand Elder's wish.

Lan Chang'an helped secure Wei Dongjun’s control of the Azure Sea Merchant Alliance’s Great Demon King Life Contract, completing the Fourth Life’s final wish and awakening the Grand Elder’s memories and abilities. After inheriting Wei Lang’s lifetime of insights, Lan Chang'an learned of the Grand Elder’s suspicions about Immortal Physician Ling Chun and gained powerful cultivation arts and skills.

• The Azure-Eyed Beast returned to the merchant alliance, and Lan Chang'an agreed to attend the Council of Elders and meet it at Azure Water Palace.
• Lan Chang'an returned Wei Lang’s Storage Ring to Wei Dongjun, recounted the Grand Elder’s final moments, and showed the Azure-Eyed Beast evidence suggesting Immortal Physician Ling Chun might have planted a Pure Heart Gu.
• Lan Chang'an investigated the Azure-Eyed Beast and found a lingering aura connected to its past treatment, leaving the beast and Wei Dongjun suspicious of Immortal Physician Ling Chun.
• The Council of Elders approved Wei Dongjun’s inheritance of the Great Demon King’s Life Contract and appointment as vice alliance leader, while Lan Chang'an publicly backed him and completed the Fourth Life’s karmic wish.
• Lan Chang'an opened the Fourth Life’s reincarnation and experienced Wei Lang’s lifetime, learning his history, cultivation arts, and skills, including the Azure Sea Returning Tide Melody and the Second Nascent Soul method.

Lan Chang'an studied Wei Lang's memories, recultivated his secret arts, and used the Fourth Life to strengthen his treasures and puppet spirit. After three years on Hidden Mist Island, he prepared to take the Heaven-Splitting Axe to a remote place for its impending spirit treasure tribulation, only to discover that its emerging Artifact Spirit was arrogant and demanding.

• Lan Chang'an considered cultivating Dragon Riding Technique, concluding that Nine Imprint Tablet could dissolve the killing karma from hunting Dragon Descendants.
• Lan Chang'an reviewed Wei Lang's memories, recognized intelligence about the Shadow Demon and Immortal Physician Ling Chun, and suspected Divine Monarch Jing had helped him evade a past calamity.
• Lan Chang'an recultivated the Azure Sea Concentration Art and used the Fourth Life to enhance his soul power, [Nail-Head Arrow], [Heaven-Splitting Axe], and commander puppet spirit.
• Wei Dongjun visited Lan Chang'an with Chi Yuning and offered valuable gifts; Lan Chang'an asked him to help Zhao Shiyao obtain the Azure Sea Returning Tide Melody and Bixin Concentration Art.
• Over the next three years, Zhao Shiyao passed the assessment for the Azure Sea Returning Tide Melody, while Lan Chang'an absorbed Wei Lang's insights and advanced his Bixin Concentration Art.
• Lan Chang'an prepared to travel and find a secluded place for the Heaven-Splitting Axe's spirit treasure tribulation, but its emerging Artifact Spirit ordered him to protect it and find a hidden location.

Lan Chang'an waited in seclusion in the Desolate Sea until the [Heaven-Splitting Axe] endured its First Spirit Treasure Tribulation and became a True Spirit Treasure. After testing its power by slaying a Tier 4 Dragon Lizard, he rewarded Di Yan Jun and Flying Rat King and prepared to continue his plans in the Heavenly Star Sea.

• Lan Chang'an refused the [Heaven-Splitting Axe] Artifact Spirit’s demands for sacrifices while he nurtured it and prepared the remote island for its tribulation.
• The [Heaven-Splitting Axe] survived a bolt of Heavenly Thunder Fire, passed its First Spirit Treasure Tribulation, and gained greater power and a Treasure Connection Art.
• Daoist Tianshu discovered that Lan Chang'an had nurtured a True Spirit Treasure, while Lan Chang'an left the island before the news could spread.
• Lan Chang'an recruited Di Yan Jun and Flying Heaven Jun to help locate a Tier 4 Dragon Lizard, then killed it with one strike from the [Heaven-Splitting Axe].
• Lan Chang'an gave Flying Rat King part of the Dragon Lizard’s remains and bestowed its Dragon Essence Great Elixir on Di Yan Jun.