Chapter Summaries

Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao fled the Heavenly Moon Wolf, healed Zhao Siyao's shattered leg in a sheltered valley, and prepared an ambush when the wolf caught up. The wolf resisted their trap and retreated after Lan Chang'an sensed something strange about its soul and body.

• Lan Chang'an poisoned the Black Wind Wolf with his Cold Iron Spikes, and the Earth Rock Rat killed it before he and Zhao Siyao escaped on her Flying Boat.
• Lan Chang'an set Zhao Siyao's broken leg in a hidden valley and explained how he had concealed their trail, while the Heavenly Moon Wolf approached from above.
• The Heavenly Moon Wolf descended into the valley with its strength reduced because moonlight could not reach it, and Lan Chang'an prepared his defenses and a hidden talisman array.
• The Heavenly Moon Wolf used an illusion that affected Zhao Siyao, but Lan Chang'an pretended to fall for it while waiting for the beast to enter the trap.
• Lan Chang'an sensed a disharmony between the Heavenly Moon Wolf's soul and body, and the wolf halted before the trap and slowly withdrew.

Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao escaped the Black Mist Mountain Range, where the Heavenly Moon Wolf and the restored Chen Fuhai watched them leave. Back in Yellow Dragon Immortal City, Lan Chang'an prepared to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, then, nearing seventy and having given up on Chen Fuhai's return, planned to use Zhao Siyao as his apparent refining partner so he could keep all the pills.

• Lan Chang'an healed Zhao Siyao's broken leg overnight with Evergreen Mana, stabilizing her enough to travel.
• Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao left the valley and headed back while the Heavenly Moon Wolf watched from a distance beside the restored Chen Fuhai.
• After returning to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, Lan Chang'an decided to wait for Chen Fuhai while preparing to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill and enter seclusion immediately afterward.
• Lan Chang'an resolved to attempt Foundation Establishment at around seventy, believing his accumulated strength would peak by then.
• Lan Chang'an received Li Erqing's letter and concluded the Jade Moon Lake Mu Family was vulnerable as its aged Second-Order Spirit Beast neared death.
• Two years later, Lan Chang'an abandoned his wait for Chen Fuhai and planned to present Zhao Siyao as his refining partner while keeping all the Foundation Establishment Pills for himself.

Lan Chang'an arranged to refine Foundation Establishment Pills with Zhao Siyao after Chen Fuhai withdrew from their agreement, then moved to a secure cave abode to prepare for Foundation Establishment. Alchemist Hua completed the furnace, producing three pills, including a Fine Foundation Establishment Pill, but the chapter ended before Lan Chang'an chose his share.

• Zhao Siyao told Lan Chang'an that Chen Fuhai had survived the Heavenly Moon Wolf but lost his Storage Bag and could no longer join the pill-refining plan, and she agreed to cooperate with Lan Chang'an instead.
• Lan Chang'an showed Du Wei the White Jade Python's demon core, and Du Wei introduced him and Zhao Siyao to Alchemist Hua to arrange pill refinement.
• Lan Chang'an rented a cave abode near Yellow Dragon Mountain and brought Guan Qiaozhi, the Mystic Water Turtle, and the Earth Rock Rat while he waited for the scheduled refinement.
• Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao brought their materials to Alchemist Hua, who gave Lan Chang'an first choice of the pills because his materials were more valuable.
• Fu Xuemei arrived while Alchemist Hua refined the pills and quietly watched from beside the Pill Furnace.
• Alchemist Hua opened the furnace and produced three pills, including one Foundation Establishment Pill with four and a half dao markings that he identified as a Fine Foundation Establishment Pill.

Lan Chang'an obtained a Fine Foundation Establishment Pill, but exchanged it with Fu Xuemei for a genuine pill after she appealed to his sympathy and offered him a favor. After realizing Alchemist Hua had likely sacrificed other pills to produce the fine one for Fu Xuemei, Lan Chang'an prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment and began circulating his method.

• Alchemist Hua produced a Fine Foundation Establishment Pill, and Fu Xuemei asked to trade it for her genuine Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Fu Xuemei told Lan Chang'an about her bond with her younger brother and offered him an important favor and a gift of thanks in exchange for the fine pill.
• Lan Chang'an agreed to the trade, received Fu Xuemei's genuine pill, and left with Zhao Siyao.
• Lan Chang'an concluded that Alchemist Hua had likely sacrificed the chance to produce more pills to please Fu Xuemei, though he kept his resentment to himself.
• After meditating for half a month, Lan Chang'an felt his condition had peaked, assessed his chances of success at ninety-five percent, and began his Foundation Establishment attempt.

Lan Chang'an used his carefully built foundation, pure mana, powerful spiritual sense, and a Foundation Establishment Pill to break through at age seventy. His success stunned the cultivators around Yellow Dragon Mountain and left Zhao Siyao and Guan Qiaozhi rejoicing as he began stabilizing his new realm.

• Lan Chang'an endured the influx of spiritual energy as his healthy body, pure mana, and powerful spiritual sense carried him through the key stages of Foundation Establishment.
• Lan Chang'an swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill, and spiritual energy gathered into a vast vortex as his mana began transforming into liquid.
• Zhao Siyao guarded Lan Chang'an's cave abode for a month while Guan Qiaozhi anxiously brought her tea and asked about his progress.
• Lan Chang'an successfully reached Foundation Establishment in his seventies and told Zhao Siyao he would speak with her after leaving seclusion.
• Zhao Siyao congratulated Lan Chang'an, while Guan Qiaozhi wept with joy at his breakthrough.
• Alchemist Hua and Fu Xuemei were astonished by Lan Chang'an's success at an age that seemed to break the Liang Kingdom Cultivation World's thousand-year record.

After establishing Foundation, Lan Chang'an consolidated his cultivation and discovered that his Mystic Water Turtle grew unusually quickly when absorbing his Evergreen Mana. He emerged to find that his late-in-life breakthrough had made him famous across Liang Kingdom, attracting the attention of cultivation forces, while Zhao Siyao delivered a thank-you gift from Fu Xuemei.

• Lan Chang'an assessed his new Foundation Establishment cultivation, long lifespan, and spiritual sense, which had been strengthened by the Nine Imprint Tablet.
• During a month of seclusion, Lan Chang'an found that his Mystic Water Turtle's cultivation grew more than twice as fast when it absorbed his Evergreen Mana.
• Lan Chang'an considered what to do with his two remaining Foundation Establishment Pills, one genuine and one inferior.
• After leaving seclusion, Lan Chang'an reunited with Zhao Siyao and Guan Qiaozhi, who congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Zhao Siyao explained that Lan Chang'an's breakthrough at threescore and ten had made him famous and drawn recruitment interest from cultivation forces.
• Zhao Siyao gave Lan Chang'an the thank-you gift Fu Xuemei had sent while he was in seclusion.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Lan Chang'an accepted Fu Xuemei's gift and received visits from cultivators seeking to recruit or befriend him. He rejected the idea of joining a force and began planning how to strengthen himself and eventually pursue Core Formation.

• Lan Chang'an accepted Fu Xuemei's Second-Order Middle-Grade Talisman Brush and judged that their exchange had been fair.
• Lan Chang'an thanked Zhao Siyao for her help by giving her several Second-Order Talismans, and she recognized him as a Second-Order Talisman Master.
• Foundation Establishment cultivators and other visitors came to congratulate Lan Chang'an, recruit him, or see the unusually old cultivator who had broken the Liang Kingdom record.
• Lan Chang'an examined the Nine Imprint Tablet and found that his second life was lighting up faster after his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Lan Chang'an decided to remain independent, considered his long-term prospects for Core Formation, and planned to make stronger talismans, advance his Body Refinement Art, and develop a Treasure Talisman.

Lan Chang'an left Yellow Dragon Mountain, planned to sell his Foundation Establishment Pill to the Mu Family, and received visits from acquaintances after returning to Water Moon Residence. The chapter ended when Zhou Qingxuan arrived to recruit him and was startled by the healthy, unusually fast-growing Mystic Water Turtle.

• Lan Chang'an reflected on the requirements for nurturing a Treasure Talisman and concluded that his Evergreen Art and long lifespan suited the task, though he still needed high-grade spirit-tree bark.
• Lan Chang'an moved out of his cave abode at Yellow Dragon Mountain and sent Li Erqing a letter arranging a visit to the Mu Family to sell them his Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Water Moon Residence, where neighbors and Du Wei congratulated him on establishing his foundation; Du Wei also conveyed Alchemist Hua's apology for Miss Fu's visit.
• Lin Lu and Li Qiuyue visited Lan Chang'an, then encountered Zhou Qingxuan outside his residence and hurriedly addressed her as a senior.
• Zhou Qingxuan visited Lan Chang'an on her clan's behalf to recruit him, noticed his Mystic Water Turtle's excellent condition and hidden cultivation, and greeted him when he appeared.

Zhou Qingxuan visited Lan Chang'an on behalf of the Beast Taming Zhou Family to recruit him as a guest elder, but he declined and proposed cooperation instead. They agreed to explore a talisman trade that could give Lan Chang'an access to rare late Second-Order Monster Beast Hide.

• Zhou Qingxuan reminisced with Lan Chang'an about Bamboo Leaf Mountain and told him that Liang Shaotian had founded a hidden demonic cult stronghold near the Black Mist Mountain Range.
• Zhou Qingxuan invited Lan Chang'an to become a guest elder of the Beast Taming Zhou Family, explaining that the family needed a second-rank Talisman Master.
• Zhou Qingxuan gave Lan Chang'an a Second-Order Earth Spirit Pill as compensation for the abnormal pill she had sold him before, and she was shocked to learn his Earth Rock Rat had advanced and mutated.
• Zhou Qingxuan suspected Lan Chang'an had a beast-taming inheritance, but he attributed his spirit beasts' progress to veterinary skill and rare materials.
• Lan Chang'an declined to join the Zhou Family and offered to trade talismans for late Second-Order Monster Beast Hide.
• Zhou Qingxuan said the Zhou Family might provide the hides if Lan Chang'an could make the Second-Order Middle-Grade talismans they needed.

Lan Chang'an completed a talisman-making deal with the Zhou Family, used rare beast hide to produce his first Second-Order High-Grade Talismans, and traded for Puppeteer Sang’s puppet inheritance. He was stunned to learn that Sang had once traded with the mysterious Daoist Tianshu, and asked where their meeting had taken place.

• Lan Chang'an agreed with Zhou Qingxuan that the Zhou Family would provide monster beast hide in exchange for talismans, and he gifted her several low-grade talismans before she left.
• Over the following months, Lan Chang'an gathered materials, drew more than twenty Second-Order Middle-Grade Talismans, and considered finding a source of high-grade spirit wood.
• Zhou Qingxuan delivered the Zhou Family’s beast hide, and Lan Chang'an processed it into seven sheets of high-grade talisman paper and successfully drew three Second-Order High-Grade Talismans.
• Lan Chang'an paid the Zhou Family with talismans, bought Spiritual Sand Stones to advance his body-refining art, and received an invitation from Li Erqing to visit the Mu Family.
• Lan Chang'an traded an alchemy inheritance and five talismans to Puppeteer Sang for a Second-Order puppet inheritance, then asked about Sang’s spiritual sense cultivation method.
• Puppeteer Sang said he had traded with Daoist Tianshu, and Lan Chang'an asked where he had met the mysterious traveling merchant.

Lan Chang'an met Daoist Tianshu, traded a year of lifespan to preserve a rare Peach Wood Branch, and chose Heavenly Pure Water. Afterward, he left Yellow Dragon Immortal City alone to visit the Jade Moon Lake Mu Family.

• Lan Chang'an learned from Puppeteer Sang that Daoist Tianshu had once traded him a puppet inheritance, then went to the dilapidated outer-city temple to seek the traveling merchant.
• Daoist Tianshu told Lan Chang'an he had traveled from the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty through Great Qing and offered him three valuable items in exchange for one year of lifespan to give vitality to a Peach Wood Branch.
• Lan Chang'an used the Ancient Wood Evergreen Art to preserve the branch and chose Heavenly Pure Water as his payment.
• Daoist Tianshu revealed that the Peach Wood Branch was a forging material for one of the Nine-Five Supreme Dragon Artifacts, then refused to explain the origins of Lan Chang'an's Evergreen Art and vanished.
• Lan Chang'an bought a second-rank Flying Boat, told Zhao Siyao he was leaving, and flew alone toward the Jade Moon Lake Mu Family.

Lan Chang'an returned toward Jade Moon Lake and encountered Huang Yu, who tried to dissuade him from helping the Mu Family in its conflict with the Huang Family. He reached Jade Moon Lake to a solemn welcome, reunited with Li Erqing, and learned how much strain Li Erqing's sprawling family caused him.

• Lan Chang'an met Huang Yu on the river, denied plans to directly join the Mu-Huang conflict, and accepted a bottle of Essence Condensation Pills.
• Huang Yu consulted Huang Tankong, who ordered the Huang Family to postpone its open campaign against Jade Moon Lake for half a year because of Lan Chang'an's connections.
• Lan Chang'an had his Earth Rock Rat memorize Huang Yu's scent before continuing toward Jade Moon Lake.
• Mu Renlong and Li Erqing flew out to welcome Lan Chang'an, while the Mu Family celebrated his return.
• Lan Chang'an reunited with Li Erqing, who complained that his many wives, children, and grandchildren brought constant trouble.

Lan Chang'an visited the Mu Family on Moon Heart Island, refused to join its conflict with the Maple Leaf Huang Family, then offered to sell it a Foundation Establishment Pill. He settled at his old courtyard and began learning puppetry, discovering a promising new craft.

• Lan Chang'an paid respects at Mu Maode's grave and met Mu Bingyun, Mu Xiuyun's young grandniece and adopted disciple.
• At a banquet, Lan Chang'an reunited with Mu Yunfei as Mu Chengji and the other Mu Family leaders described their troubles with the Maple Leaf Huang Family.
• Lan Chang'an refused to serve as the Mu Family's guest elder or take part in its struggle, but privately offered to sell it a Foundation Establishment Pill for five thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lan Chang'an asked Mu Renlong to give Mu Xiuyun a chance to compete for the pill, and Mu Renlong agreed to put her forward for consideration.
• Lan Chang'an returned to his old courtyard at Jade Moon Mountain Villa, studied Puppeteer Sang's inheritance, and crafted a basic Puppet Claw piece within half a month.

Lan Chang'an sold the Mu Family a Foundation Establishment Pill, learned that Mu Xiuyun had given up her chance to use it, and received a talisman inheritance from her through Mu Bingyun. As Mu Chengji began his breakthrough attempt, Lan Chang'an secretly left the Mu Family encampment using an illusion talisman.

• Lan Chang'an sold a Foundation Establishment Pill to Mu Renlong and Li Erqing for twenty Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Erqing told Lan Chang'an that Mu Chengji had been chosen to use the pill and that Mu Xiuyun had voluntarily given up her chance.
• Mu Bingyun visited Lan Chang'an on Mu Xiuyun's behalf, delivered her second-rank Talisman Master inheritance, and later returned for his guidance.
• Lan Chang'an reviewed information about nearby Spiritual Veins and considered renting or buying Fox Valley, but found it too expensive.
• As Mu Chengji began attempting Foundation Establishment, Lan Chang'an used an Illusion Truth Talisman to leave a convincing illusion of himself and slipped out of the Mu Family encampment.

Lan Chang'an waited outside Jade Moon Lake as the Maple Leaf Huang Family attacked the Mu Family during Mu Chengji’s Foundation Establishment attempt. After Huang Yu left to raid the Mu Family’s assets, a disguised Lan Chang'an killed him and fled with his Storage Bag.

• Lan Chang'an concealed himself near Jade Moon Lake and sent the Earth Rock Rat to identify the Huang Family cultivators who arrived to disrupt the Mu Family.
• Huang Tankong, Huang Yingchun, and Huang Yu attacked Moon Heart Island’s formation while Mu Renlong urged Mu Chengji to keep his mind steady.
• The Huang Family’s reinforcements joined the assault, and Huang Tankong sent Huang Yu to destroy the Mu Family’s nearby Medicine Garden and mines.
• Huang Yu and his men found the Medicine Garden mostly evacuated, then killed the elderly cultivator and mortal miners at a nearby mine.
• After Mu Chengji’s gathered spiritual energy collapsed, Huang Yu flew back toward Jade Moon Lake and encountered Lan Chang'an disguised as Liang Shaotian.
• Lan Chang'an used a divine sense attack, killed Huang Yu, took his Storage Bag, and escaped into the northern mountain forest.

Lan Chang'an killed Huang Yu and disguised the murder as Liang Shaotian's work, while Mu Chengji's attempt to reach Foundation Establishment failed under pressure from the Huang Family. The Huang Family fled after learning of Huang Yu's death, and the Mu Family later celebrated the blow to its rival as Lan Chang'an quietly enjoyed his spoils.

• Lan Chang'an discarded his demonic disguise and reflected that he had framed Liang Shaotian for killing Huang Yu, while his First Life's soul brand recovered inside the Nine Imprint Tablet.
• Mu Chengji failed to establish his Foundation, and the Huang Family mocked the Mu Family until messengers reported that Huang Yu had been killed.
• Huang Tankong and Huang Yingchun learned that witnesses blamed Liang Shaotian, who had killed Huang Yu for looking at him, and hurried away after hearing he had gone north.
• Several days later, the Mu Family received news of Huang Yu's death and celebrated as Li Erqing told Lan Chang'an the Huang Family had blamed Liang Shaotian.
• Lan Chang'an inspected Huang Yu's Storage Bag and counted more than two thousand Spirit Stones, three High-Grade Magic Items, and other spoils among his gains.

Lan Chang'an considered his next purchases and, after Zhang Tieshan recommended a vacant co-rental spot on Wuqi Mountain, left Jade Moon Lake to inspect it. He arrived at the mountain and encountered the artifact refiner Gu Lai.

• Lan Chang'an decided to remain with the Mu Family for two months after Huang Yu's death, while offering Mu Bingyun and Mu Ershun guidance.
• Zhang Tieshan visited Lan Chang'an, explained that Liang Shaotian had become too powerful for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators to confront, and recommended a vacant peak on Wuqi Mountain's Second-Order Middle-Grade Spiritual Vein.
• Lan Chang'an studied puppetry and refined a crude First-Order Low-Grade humanoid Puppet before taking leave of the Mu Family.
• Li Erqing and Mu Ershun saw Lan Chang'an off, while Mu Bingyun watched his departure from a nearby shrub forest and felt melancholy.
• Lan Chang'an spent two months inspecting spiritual-vein sites, then arrived at Wuqi Mountain and met the Foundation Establishment cultivator Gu Lai.

Lan Chang'an competed with several Foundation Establishment cultivators for the right to lease Wuqi Mountain’s vacant Third Peak and was unexpectedly selected. He named the peak Small Turtle Peak and planned to prepare it for his move.

• Lan Chang'an met Gu Lai, a former acquaintance who had once repaired his Iron Net Umbrella, and learned that they were both competing for Third Peak.
• Lan Chang'an and Gu Lai met Lin Ye and Shi Manrong, who assessed their skills as potential tenants; Lin Ye recognized Lan Chang'an as the cultivator who had established his Foundation at seventy.
• After seven days, Lin Ye announced that Lan Chang'an had been chosen to jointly rent Third Peak with them.
• Lan Chang'an signed a spiritual contract, inspected the vacant peak, and named it Small Turtle Peak.
• Lan Chang'an planned to return to Yellow Dragon Immortal City for supplies and bring Guan Qiaozhi to help manage the peak, while Shi Manrong offered to arrange its formations.

Lan Chang'an returned to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, reconnected with Guan Qiaozhi and Zhao Siyao, and received gifts from Fu Xuemei, including a Five Longevity Peach and a Yellow Dragon Pavilion VIP Token. He spent the following months preparing for the auction, acquiring a protective formation, puppet supplies, a top-grade Diamond Bell, and Longevity Pills, while still seeking second-order high-grade spirit wood for his Treasure Talisman Plan.

• Lan Chang'an planned to secure Small Turtle Peak with a mountain-protecting formation before developing its cave abode and gardens.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Water Moon Residence, reunited with Guan Qiaozhi, and shared a warm visit with her and the Mystic Water Turtle.
• Zhao Siyao told Lan Chang'an that Fu Dong had established his foundation and passed him Fu Xuemei's gifts: a Five Longevity Peach and a Yellow Dragon Pavilion VIP Token.
• Lan Chang'an ate the peach, extending his lifespan by eight years, and considered why Fu Xuemei had sent him repeated gifts.
• Lan Chang'an bought supplies for Small Turtle Peak and his puppet practice, then used his VIP Token to purchase the top-grade Diamond Bell and two Longevity Pills.
• Lan Chang'an failed to find second-order high-grade spirit wood and left the remaining needs of his Treasure Talisman Plan to the upcoming auction.

Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao attended Yellow Dragon Immortal City's large-scale auction, where Lan Chang'an finally bid on the Golden Nan Spirit Bamboo he needed for his Treasure Talisman Plan. He outbid a cultivator from Profound Sound Pavilion, overcame a complaint from Dao Wu, and left with the spirit bamboo.

• Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao took seats together at the auction, where cultivators from across Liang Kingdom gathered, including He Yuanwu and Fu Xuemei of Yellow Dragon Mountain.
• The auction began, and Zhao Siyao passed on bidding for top-grade magic items because she wanted to save Spirit Stones for upgrading her Iron Net Umbrella.
• Lan Chang'an waited until the Golden Nan Spirit Bamboo appeared, then bid against Fairy Wei of Profound Sound Pavilion.
• Dao Wu of Blazing Fire Palace urged Lan Chang'an to give Fairy Wei some face, but Lan Chang'an challenged his interference and Fairy Wei told Dao Wu the matter did not concern him.
• Lan Chang'an won the Golden Nan Spirit Bamboo for 1,100 Spirit Stones and collected it from the auction's back area.