Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng completed his metal Spirit Root with the Golden Yang Zhi, then learned that Ye Xuecang advised him to cultivate both the Five Spirits True Scripture and the Five Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture. After nearly half a year in seclusion, he emerged with plans to change his cultivation method and news of the Ye Family’s growing strength.

• Ye Jingcheng studied the Spirit Replacement Method’s spirit seals for three months, then refined the Golden Yang Zhi into golden spiritual liquid while preserving a portion of the herb.
• Ye Jingcheng used the spiritual liquid and Spirit Replacement Method to complete his metal Spirit Root, then confirmed his five-colored Spirit Root with the Spirit Testing Stone.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Golden Falcon’s metal-attribute spiritual energy could now enter the lingzhi within him, though he needed a cultivation method to absorb it properly.
• Ye Jingcheng read Ye Xuecang’s advice to cultivate the Five Spirits True Scripture while using the Five Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture to temper his true essence.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Jingyu had reached the Purple Mansion, Ye Xingshui had established Foundation Establishment, and the Ye Family had secured Idle Cloud Mountain and prepared its Taichang Imitation Market restaurant.

Ye Jingyu overcame her doubts and successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment as Ye Jingcheng's five spiritual roots became complete. As Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing traveled to Idle Cloud Mountain, they discovered two hidden cultivators waiting for the Chu Family to return.

• Ye Jingcheng emerged from seclusion and noticed Lingyun Peak’s spirit vein had advanced to Tier 3 Grade-Middle as Ye Jingyu prepared to break through.
• Ye Jingyu faced an illusion that accused her of wasting family resources, then found resolve in her past efforts and successfully formed the Mystic Wood Azure Elephant Spirit Platform.
• Ye Jingcheng realized his five spiritual roots were complete and concealed the truth by attributing his unusual presence to the Bronze Ancient Lamp.
• Ye Xinghan gave Ye Jingcheng an improved Wood Core Spirit Liquid formula, and Ye Jingcheng set off with Chu Yanqing to inspect Idle Cloud Mountain.
• Near Idle Cloud Peak, Ye Jingcheng concealed their identities, and they overheard Xuan Wu and another cultivator waiting for the Chu Family to return over the Purple Moonflowers.

Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing uncovered the truth behind a message urging her to return to Yan Return County, then mourned Chu Yanqing’s fallen clansmen on Idle Cloud Peak. Chu Yanqing revealed that a thousand-year spirit tree concealed the key to the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm, leaving Ye Jingcheng considering how to explore it safely with the Ye Family.

• Ye Jingcheng seized the souls of Xuan Wu and Xiao Liu, learned they had come under the Xun Family’s orders to find the Chu Family’s descendants, and killed them after Chu Yanqing read their jade slip.
• Ye Jingcheng warned Chu Yanqing that rushing to Yan Return County could endanger her Ninth Aunt, and they returned to Idle Cloud Peak instead.
• Chu Yanqing inspected the purple roses and then spent thirty days in mourning for her dead clansmen while preparing her state of mind for a Purple Mansion breakthrough.
• After completing the mourning rites, Chu Yanqing showed Ye Jingcheng a removable piece of the Thousand Year Idle Cloud Sinking Iron Wood that held the key to the third-order Pill Wasteland Secret Realm.
• Ye Jingcheng recognized the token as the entrance key to a secret realm left by the Eight Desolations Sect and considered bringing Ye Family cultivators to help explore it.

Ye Jingcheng learned that the Purple Wood Sect might be under scrutiny and received warnings to prepare for a future East Sea beast tide while avoiding the dangerous Pill Wasteland Secret Realm. He received the Mystic Wood Disc and began refining it, while the family planned to investigate Yan Return County and gather materials for spirit puppets.

• Ye Jingmu reported missing spirit fish, and Ye Jingcheng explained that he had fed them to a spirit beast before meeting Ye Xuefan, Ye Haicheng, and Turtle Ancestor.
• Ye Xuefan warned that the Grand Righteousness Merchant Association and Profound Sword Pavilion might be investigating the Purple Wood Sect, prompting the family to prepare for a major East Sea beast tide and seek Five Elements source stones and puppet materials.
• Ye Jingcheng revealed the key to the likely Pill Wasteland Secret Realm, but Ye Xuefan told him not to enter Yan Return County until the family investigated the toxic swamp, the Xun Family, and the conflict between Taiyi Sect and Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Haicheng gave Ye Jingcheng the Mystic Wood Disc, and Ye Xuefan supplied spirit pills for changing his cultivation method.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard, examined the Mystic Wood Disc, and successfully refined it in half a day.

Ye Jingcheng traveled to Taichang County to pay respects to Tianfu Real Person, meet Taiyi Sect leaders, and oversee the Ye Family’s return to Taichang Market. After learning about a Nascent Soul grand wedding and auction five years away, he inspected the family’s reopened businesses and visited Yong'an Pavilion to discuss artifact materials.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Illusion Peak, paid respects at Tianfu Real Person’s mourning hall, and received Heaven Array Shangren’s request to send restaurant profits to Grandmaster Taihao.
• Grandmaster Taihao warned Ye Jingcheng to avoid Taiqing County and told him about Sikong Zi Ming’s grand wedding, auction, and trade fair five years later.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Grandmaster Taihao storage bags for Xuandao Real Person and others, then returned to Taichang Market without visiting Ye Jingteng or Fairy Liu Huan.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the Ye Family’s renovated One Leaf Pavilion as Ye Jingyun organized its reopened alchemy shop and restaurant.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the Zhang Family’s Yong'an Pavilion to seek a reliable supplier for materials needed to forge Five Elements Sky Armor Puppets.

Ye Jingcheng bought rare materials at Yong'an Pavilion, suspected the Zhang Family was active in the Sand Sea World, and left wary of Taiyi Sect’s possible schemes. Meanwhile, Chu Xiqing faced pressure from Xun Changsheng, and the Ye Family Restaurant opened in Taichang Market to a packed crowd.

• Ye Jingcheng examined Yong'an Pavilion’s materials, bought Metal and Wood Attribute supplies, and suspected the Zhang Family had explored the Sand Sea World with Taiyi Sect.
• After Ye Jingcheng left, Zhang Yujing removed the sand-and-earth spirit ores and warned that he hoped Ye Jingcheng knew when to stop pushing his luck.
• Xun Changsheng threatened to use Chu Xiqing’s essence blood to find surviving Chu Family members if she failed to locate the secret realm within half a year.
• The Ye Family opened its Taichang Market restaurant with live Spirit Beasts, spirit meals, free gifts, and a lottery that attracted a large crowd.
• Grandmaster Taihao and disciples from Taiyi Sect attended the opening, deterring the Jin and Kong Families from sabotaging the restaurant.
• The restaurant filled all fifty tables and ten private rooms, and Ye Jingcheng asked Grandmaster Taihao to inspect the spirit-isolating jars.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Lingyun Peak, prepared his spirit beasts and resources, and secluded himself to change to the Five Spirits True Scripture. He completed the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, leaving his five mansions united and new spirit images beginning to form.

• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingyun to keep the market's growth cautious and gave him the remaining Second Order Thunder Rhino Beetles to guard it.
• Ye Jingcheng secretly bought Heavenly Armor Puppet Materials, returned to Lingyun Peak, and entered seclusion without disturbing Chu Yanqing.
• Ye Jingcheng fed his spirit beasts, formed a Blood Pact with the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf, and gave it a Second Order Wind Attribute inner core to support its advancement.
• Ye Jingcheng refined more than a hundred Thunder Rhino Pills for his Thunder Rhino Beetles and planted spirit wood in a formation designed to produce powerful Wood Cores.
• Ye Jingcheng dispersed his Four Forms true essence and began cultivating the Five Spirits True Scripture, then spent three months stabilizing at the early Purple Mansion stage.
• Ye Jingcheng condensed a Metal-Aspect Heavenly Mansion, completing his Five Elements Heavenly Palace as spirit images began forming in the other three mansions.

After two years of cultivation, Ye Jingcheng returned to the Purple Mansion Middle Stage and witnessed several spirit beasts advance, gaining powerful new abilities. He prepared to refine pills and Purple Mansion Jade Liquid for Chu Yanqing and possibly Ye Jingteng.

• Ye Jingcheng tested Vermilion Bird Sky Burning but found he had not yet mastered the secret art, then confirmed he could still use Crimson Flame Fire Feather.
• The four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles advanced to the third order, gained Silver Lightning, and received Thunder Peng meat and Treasure Light from Ye Jingcheng.
• The Four-Colored Cloud Deer advanced to the third-order middle stage, became the Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and demonstrated its ability to dispel the Golden Scale Beast's art, summon Wood Giants, conceal itself, and heal with its blood.
• The White Eyebrow Azure Wolf broke through, while Ye Jingcheng assessed his spirit beasts' cultivation and rewarded the wolf with pills and Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Wood Core Spirit Liquid for the Peach Wood Wood Demon, then began preparing to refine pills and Purple Mansion Jade Liquid for Chu Yanqing and possibly Ye Jingteng.

Ye Jingcheng refined Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, helped Chu Yanqing prepare for her Purple Mansion breakthrough, and learned that unknown cultivators were surveilling the Ye Family. After two years in seclusion, he mastered the beginner stage of a fire secret technique and tested the growing Thunder Rhino Beetle formation, leaving him eager to hear news about the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm.

• Ye Jingcheng refined two portions of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and saw signs that the Peach Wood Wood Demon was nearing a breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng reunited with Chu Yanqing, picked ninety-nine Spirit Apricots with her, and gave her Purple Mansion Jade Liquid to aid her impending breakthrough.
• Ye Xingqun told Ye Jingcheng that three cultivators had been watching Lingyun Peak from afar with a blood-colored bottle, while Ye Xingshui reported an upcoming wedding auction attended by Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng learned about the Ye Family's growing businesses and Spirit Extinguishing Locusts, then entered seclusion to restore his cultivation and practice a fire secret technique.
• At age seventy-seven, Ye Jingcheng reached the beginner stage of Vermilion Bird Sky Burning and tested an insect formation with more than one hundred and twenty second-rank Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• Ye Jingcheng fed and stabilized his Thunder Rhino Beetles, anticipating news from Ye Haicheng about the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm.

Ye Jingcheng returned from seclusion and learned that three Xun Family cultivators had been causing trouble while searching for a secret key. He exposed their disguise and heard their proposal to explore the Third-Order Pill Wasteland Secret Realm, leaving him weighing the opportunity against its dangers and the uncertain status of his clan elders.

• Ye Jingcheng inspected his cave heaven, tended its Spirit Beasts and plants, and saw that the Dragon Beard Fruit Tree had flowered.
• Ye Jingming told Ye Jingcheng that troublemakers were searching Idle Cloud Peak, and Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Jinghu and the others were lying in ambush near Lingyun Peak.
• Three disguised Xun Family cultivators arrived pretending to be Ye Family members returning from Taihang Market, but Ye Jingcheng recognized and detained them.
• The Xun Family cultivators revealed that they sought the secret key to enter the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm and described its rumored treasures and dangers.
• The Xun Family cultivators urged Ye Jingcheng to join them, arguing that their Purple Mansion ancestors could handle the formations and Wood Demons and that they could explore the secret realm over multiple expeditions.

Ye Jingcheng negotiated compensation from the Xun Family, learned that the Ye Family had taken control of its leadership while preserving their cooperation, and prepared for a trade fair. As he was about to leave for Taichang Market, Chu Yanqing began her breakthrough to the Purple Mansion.

• Ye Jingcheng made the three Xun Family cultivators surrender four Foundation Establishment Pills and their storage bags, then sent them away with their spirit platforms sealed.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that the Xun Family sought a treasure from the Chu Family and gave the recovered storage bags to the family treasury; Ye Xingqun presented him with a thousand-year Double Happiness Lotus and other acquired materials.
• Ye Jingcheng checked on Chu Yanqing, cultivated his Water Spirit Secret Method, and trained his Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that he, Ye Xuefan, and Ye Haiyan had entered the Xun Family and replaced its leadership while keeping up the appearance of cooperation.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared spirit pills for an upcoming trade fair, and a Xun Family cultivator delivered four Foundation Establishment Pills and a Sound Transmission Jade Token.
• As Ye Jingcheng prepared to leave for Taichang Market, Chu Yanqing began breaking through to the Purple Mansion, prompting Ye Jingcheng to activate the formations and gather the Ye Family cultivators.

Chu Yanqing overcame her Heart Demon Tribulation and successfully condensed her Purple Mansion on Lingyun Peak. After helping her stabilize her breakthrough, Ye Jingcheng prepared a group of Ye Family cultivators and supplies for a trip to Taichang Market.

• Chu Yanqing relived memories of her mother and faced accusations about the Chu Family's enemies during her Heart Demon Tribulation, but she rejected the illusions and condensed her Purple Mansion.
• Ye Jingcheng told the Ye Family to keep Chu Yanqing's breakthrough and the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid secret, then guarded her while studying the Insect Formation.
• After three days, Chu Yanqing emerged from seclusion, and Ye Jingcheng gave her Water Attribute spirit pills and Water Spirit Pearls to help stabilize her cultivation.
• Chu Yanqing declined to accompany Ye Jingcheng to Taichang Market, asking him to bring back Water Attribute treasures if he found any.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered fifteen clansmen, prepared supplies and Spirit Stones, and learned that the group had obtained two Qingling Tokens before setting off for Taichang Market.

Ye Jingcheng arrived at Taichang Market, stocked One Leaf Pavilion with spirit pills, and announced that the Ye Family could sell Third-Order pills. Meanwhile, Ye Jingli and the others explored the rogue cultivators’ stalls, where Ye Jingli spotted a crystal resembling the Tai Qian Yuan Stone.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at One Leaf Pavilion with Ye Jingli, Ye Jinghu, and other Ye Family clansmen after waiting for Chu Yanqing’s breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng stocked the shop’s three floors with spirit pills, including Third-Order pills, and established the Ye Family as a Third-Order pill shop.
• Ye Jingcheng sent guides to publicize the shop’s Third-Order pills and its offer to refine unfamiliar rare pills for free from supplied formulas.
• Ye Jingcheng began refining Second-Order Jade Soul Pills while Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingli explored Taichang Market’s rogue cultivator stalls.
• Ye Jingli examined a piece of Purple Ore Silver Iron and noticed a translucent crystal that looked like the Tai Qian Yuan Stone Ye Jingcheng had described.

Ye Jingcheng traded a Third Order defensive magic treasure for rare materials needed for the Stone Recipe after a stall owner revealed he knew the location of a mountain spirit and was gathering cultivators to explore an Inheritance Cave. As the grand wedding approached, Ye Jingcheng finished five days of pill refinement and received an invitation from Daoist Jun to the first small Purple Mansion trade gathering.

• Ye Jingli found Tai Qian Yuan Stone at a stall and called Ye Jingcheng after the stall owner demanded a Third Order defensive magic treasure for it.
• Daoist Jun privately told Ye Jingcheng that he knew where to find a mountain spirit and was seeking help to enter an Inheritance Cave.
• Ye Jingcheng traded a Third Order Profound Mountain Shield and five thousand Spirit Stones for the Tai Qian Yuan Stone and Third Order Profound Origin Scarlet Gold, then left without agreeing to join the expedition.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingli to trade Third Order pills for materials needed for the Stone and Wood Recipes, while the others continued browsing the market.
• Ye Jingcheng refined pills for five days, then received a Sound Transmission Talisman invitation to a Purple Mansion trade gathering from Daoist Jun.

As Taiyi Sect prepared for Patriarch Zi Ming’s wedding, Ye Jingcheng attended a Purple Mansion trading gathering under the alias Seven Injuries. The gathering opened with Xu Wuyou’s discourse on the Aura Observation Technique, leaving Ye Jingcheng wary that powerful cultivators might perceive fortune and calamity.

• Ye Jingcheng walked through Taichang Market, where the streets and buildings were decorated for Taiyi Sect’s grand wedding.
• Ye Jingcheng disguised his identity and entered Zitian Real Person’s residence to attend a Purple Mansion trading gathering.
• Ye Jingcheng saw over two hundred Purple Mansion Cultivators gathered, including Xu Wuyou, Grandmaster Taihao, and Fairy Liu Huan.
• Xu Wuyou welcomed the guests and announced that five Dao discourses would earn their speakers five magical artifacts refined by Taiyi Sect’s Law Peak.
• Xu Wuyou gave the first discourse on the Aura Observation Technique, and Ye Jingcheng worried that it could reveal fortune, opportunities, and calamities.

Ye Jingcheng attended a Purple Mansion gathering where powerful cultivators shared their Dao and traded rare treasures. He acquired a Fourth Order Peng Wing, then spotted the Cave Heaven Mystic Stone he needed for the Third Order Stone Recipe as the trade fair continued.

• Wuyou Real Person described Purple Peak's role in saving Taiyi Sect, and Ye Jingcheng reconsidered why the Ye Family had received Taiyi Sect's favor.
• Qiu Xueyun, Li Shiyi, Lan Wenyuan, and Li Baihe shared insights on spirit corpses, alchemy, water arts, and Spirit Talismans, with Li Baihe's lecture impressing the hall.
• Xu Wuyou opened the trade fair by offering six treasures in exchange for items that could defend against Heart Demon Tribulations or cold jade more than three thousand years old.
• Li Baihe offered a Fourth Order Peng Wing for spirit pills that enhanced the divine soul, and Ye Jingcheng traded him four Purple Soul Pills for it.
• Ye Jingcheng watched other cultivators trade rare materials he could not afford, then recognized a dazzling stone as the Cave Heaven Mystic Stone, a key material for the Third Order Stone Recipe.

Ye Jingcheng obtained the Cave Heaven Mystic Stone at the trade fair and tried to exchange several treasures, but a suspicious cultivator later recognized connections to his past. He covered his tracks and resumed alchemy before Martial Uncle Zi Ming’s wedding began.

• Ye Jingcheng exchanged two Purple Spirit Pills and two thousand Spirit Stones for the Cave Heaven Mystic Stone, completing the three main materials for the Third Order Stone Recipe.
• Ye Jingcheng offered the Thunderstorm Spear, Purple Gold Ring, and Celestial Water Pills at the trade fair, but no one made an offer.
• After noticing a cultivator tracking him, Ye Jingcheng set up a stall and met a man who said the treasures resembled those of an old acquaintance and promised to return with Fourth Order Peach Wood heartwood.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Shadowless Daoist Robe, secret techniques, and several identity changes to evade the suspected Qingling Merchant Guild pursuer and conceal evidence of his past.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to refining pills for the Ye Family as the market prospered, then the wedding festivities began with auspicious signs appearing over Taichang Mountain Range.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family climbed Taiyi Sect’s Devout Dao Ladder to attend Sikong Zi Ming’s wedding, where the sect displayed its immense power and welcomed the bride in a spectacular procession. The wedding celebrations began as guests offered congratulations and gifts.

• Crimson spiritual clouds gathered over Taichang Market, and Ye Jingcheng led Ye Jinghu, Ye Jingli, Ye Qingyan, and other Ye Family members toward the Taichang Mountain Range.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed many powerful guests attending, including Qinghe Sect rebel cultivators, but saw no one from the Qingling Merchant Guild or among the visiting lecturers.
• Ye Jingcheng guided the Ye Family up the Devout Dao Ladder, where its pressure tempered their spiritual power and true essence before they reached Taiyi Sect’s mountain gate.
• Three flood dragons, three luan phoenixes, and three white horned horses pulled the wedding carriage as a fleet of spirit boats followed, impressing the gathered cultivators.
• Sikong Zi Ming rode an Amethyst Dragon Horse to receive his bride, and spiritual dew fell over the guests as the procession entered and cultivators offered gifts and congratulations.
• Zhou Xu of the Zitian Zhou Family congratulated Zi Ming True Monarch and presented three third-order Purple Profound Azure Sandalwood trees.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family attended Sikong Zi Ming’s Nascent Soul celebration, presenting a millennium Double Happiness Lotus and observing powerful factions from across the Eastern Region offer gifts. As influential True Monarchs arrived and blessings filled the skies, the chapter left the gathering at its most lavish with Tai Peng True Monarch’s arrival from Penglai Immortal Sect.

• Wan Family and Cheng Family offered gifts to Zi Ming True Monarch, followed by Qinghe Sect’s affiliated Purple Mansion factions and families from other countries.
• Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family forward with a millennium Double Happiness Lotus and received a higher pavilion because he was Tianfu Real Person’s disciple.
• Golden Core True Persons presented their gifts as spirit rain fell, and Ye Jinghu absorbed it while nearing a breakthrough.
• Cloud Blood True Monarch, Beihe True Monarch, and Heavenly Saber True Monarch arrived in succession, with Sikong Zi Ming showing particular warmth to Heavenly Saber True Monarch.
• Bai Yao True Monarch arrived, announced a Fourth Order High-Grade spirit pill for an upcoming auction, and a low-grade Third Order magic treasure landed before Ye Jingcheng.
• Tai Peng True Monarch arrived on a Fifth Order Roc Fish, and his appearance brought a sky-wide Double Happiness Character, spirit fish, and scattered treasures.

At the Taiyi Sect wedding banquet, Ye Jingcheng built ties with Jia Tiange and arranged a possible trade between their families. Later, Wan Hongchang revealed the Wan Family’s Sword Wasteland heritage and offered information about the Zhang Family’s teleportation array, leaving Ye Jingcheng weighing the opportunity.

• Zi Ming True Monarch and Spirit Rainbow Fairy completed their wedding rites, and the Taiyi Sect began its banquet and contests.
• Ye Jingcheng befriended Jia Tiange and agreed to discuss trading the Ye Family’s Cloud Horn Deer dishes for the Jia Family’s restaurants.
• After the banquet, Ye Jinghu began secluding himself to pursue a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Wan Hongchang met Ye Jingcheng at a market stall, said the Wan Family belonged to the Sword Wasteland Lineage, and asked whether the Ye Family had a special lineage or means of protecting itself.
• Wan Hongchang offered a jade talisman describing how the Zhang Family had received an ancient teleportation array leading to the boundless Sea of Sand, and Ye Jingcheng considered what the information could mean for the Ye Family.