Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng successfully refined his first First-Order Grade-High spirit pill before Ye Xinghe abruptly ordered the family members in the market to return to Lingyun Peak for a clan competition. Meanwhile, Li Mutian revealed that the Ye Family’s withdrawal was part of a scheme involving gu-poisoned Blood Heart Pills, leaving the three rival families poised to act.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Crimson Flame Fox to refine two Ice Purity Pills, becoming a First-Order Grade-High Alchemist and moving closer to advancing his Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng considered changing cultivation arts to better use the Golden Scale Beast and Crimson Flame Fox, but urgent news interrupted him.
• Ye Xinghe ordered Ye Jingcheng and the others to leave the market immediately for a clan competition, and led them through a secret passage toward Lingyun Peak.
• Li Mutian learned that the Ye Family had left the market and celebrated, then invited the Chu and Chen Families’ chief managers to discuss the third market’s auction.
• Li Mutian and the other managers discussed the gu-poisoned Blood Heart Pills and the Ye Family’s growing power.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Lingyun Peak as the Ye Family’s Guardian Spirit Beast went berserk after being poisoned by a Bloodthirsty Demon Gu. With the family fighting to contain the crisis and spies gathering nearby, Ye Jingcheng sent a message offering his help.

• Ye Xinghe brought Ye Jingcheng and the others to Lingyun Peak, where the Mountain Protection Array was active and the Ye Family prepared for battle.
• Ye Jingyong told Ye Jingcheng that Turtle Ancestor had gone berserk, prompting the Patriarch to summon Fourth Grandfather back.
• Ye Jingyu revealed that medicine given to Turtle Ancestor had been contaminated with a colorless, odorless Second-Order Bloodthirsty Demon Gu that took three years to erupt.
• A massive ice arrow struck the Clan Guardian Array, and Ye Xingliu ordered the clansmen to seal off the area within thirty li of Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingyu, Ye Jingteng, Ye Jingyong, and other clansmen found hostile spies among nearby Rogue Cultivators and prepared to kill them.
• Ye Jingcheng sent a Sound Transmission Talisman toward Lingyun Peak, offering his help and deciding to explain his abilities as a special spirit body that could heal Spirit Beasts.

Ye Jingcheng searched the area while the Ye Family struggled to subdue Turtle Ancestor, as the Xu, Li, Chu, and Chen Families arrived and challenged Ye Xingliu. After Ye Haicheng revealed Turtle Ancestor’s poisoned inner core and announced Ye Jingteng’s apprenticeship to Grandmaster Taihao, the rival families departed, and Ye Jingcheng remained puzzled by Ye Xingliu’s silence.

• Ye Jingcheng released the Crimson Flame Fox and Golden Scale Beast to search the surrounding hills while he waited for word from Ye Xingliu.
• A spirit boat bearing the Xu Family’s banner arrived, and Ye Xingliu confronted Xu Wenchang as the Xu, Li, Chu, and Chen Families questioned the blood demon qi at Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Xingliu accused Li Mutian and Li Muhe of tampering with the Blood Heart Pill, while Chu Xiyu challenged his claim and the families pressed the Ye Family to accept help.
• The Ye Family’s formation struck at Lingyun Peak, and Ye Haicheng emerged carrying Turtle Ancestor’s blood-colored inner core as the Xu Family’s spirit disk exposed its demonic gu poison.
• Ye Haicheng told the four families that Ye Jingteng had become Grandmaster Taihao’s disciple, then ordered them away and announced changes to clan stipends.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed that Ye Xingliu had not answered his Sound Transmission Jade Talisman.

After Turtle Ancestor’s apparent death, Ye Xingliu announced new family rewards and policies to spur the Ye Family into action, and the Clan Competition began. Ye Jingcheng suspected the truth about Turtle Ancestor might be hidden, but focused on preparing to compete for first place in his group.

• Ye Xingliu raised clan stipends for cultivators making progress, cut them for those who were not, and promised rewards for the Clan Competition’s top competitors.
• Ye Family cultivators gathered at the Martial Arts Arena, where the competition was divided into groups by cultivation stage and Ye Jingcheng entered the middle-stage group.
• Ye Jingcheng assessed his rivals, especially Ye Jingyong and his Small Seal dharma artifact, while aiming to win a better cultivation art.
• Ye Xingliu secretly warned Ye Jingcheng to guard his secrets against Body Seizure and keep their voice transmissions secret, making Ye Jingcheng suspect Turtle Ancestor might not be dead.
• Ye Jingcheng calmed himself by cultivating until Ye Xinghe called the competitors to draw lots, and Ye Jingyong warned him that his Flying Cloud Leopard had grown stronger.

The Ye Family Clan Competition began, and Ye Jingcheng drew Number Twenty-Two while several relatives fought their first-round matches. Ye Jingcheng took the stage for his own battle, where his opponent asked whether he could use Spirit Talismans, leaving the match unresolved.

• Ye Jingcheng drew Number Twenty-Two, and Ye Jingli drew Eighteen, realizing he might face Ye Jingcheng in the third round.
• Ye Jingyong defeated Ye Xingyu after a hard-fought battle, helped by the Flying Cloud Leopard’s advantage over the Spotted Tiger.
• Ye Jingyun was eliminated, while Ye Jingyu advanced with her Jade Ring Rat.
• Ye Jingli defeated Ye Jingfeng, whose opponent’s Azure Scale Python wore spiked Serpent Armor.
• Ye Jingcheng watched the matches and recorded them before stepping onto the stage to face a middle-aged Talism Maker.
• Ye Jingcheng’s opponent asked whether he could use Spirit Talismans, and the chapter ended before their battle began.

Ye Jingcheng defeated Ye Xingyu to advance into the top six of the mid-stage Qi Training tournament, then lost to Ye Jingyong in another match. After watching the late-stage competitors, he prepared for the top-six matches as night fell.

• Ye Xingyu entered the arena as a Spirit Talisman Master, and Ye Jingcheng released his powerful Crimson Flame Fox to fight him.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Crimson Flame Fox overwhelmed Ye Xingyu with rapid fireballs while Ironwood Vines and an Ice Seal Talisman trapped him, forcing him to concede.
• Ye Xinghe confirmed Ye Jingcheng’s advancement into the top six, and Ye Jingcheng agreed to sell Ye Jingli Spirit Feeding Pills in exchange for armor for the Crimson Flame Fox.
• Ye Jingyong defeated a Qi Training Stage 5 opponent with his Flying Dagger, Flying Cloud Leopard, and Small Seal, while Ye Jingli narrowly won his match using the Azure Scale Python.
• Ye Jingcheng watched Ye Jingteng dominate the late-stage arena and Ye Jingyu fight with a Golden Feathered Eagle, then waited for the mid-stage top-six matches to begin.

During the Ye Family Clan Competition, Ye Jingcheng defeated Ye Jingli while Ye Jingteng beat Ye Jingyu with a powerful sword strike. Ye Jingcheng then faced Ye Jingyong for the mid-stage title, and Ye Jingyong revealed a mature First Rank Late Stage Crimson Armor Beast.

• Ye Jingyong used the Mountain Splitting Seal’s earthy yellow light to immobilize his opponent and win his match.
• Ye Jingcheng trapped and attacked Ye Jingli’s Azure Scale Python with Ironwood Vines, Silver Snow Needles, and the Crimson Flame Fox’s Fireballs, prompting Ye Jingli to concede.
• Ye Jingteng combined his Azure Origin Sword Light into a mighty sword that cut through Ye Jingyu’s attacks and won the final late-stage match.
• A remaining clansman conceded to Ye Jingcheng, leaving Ye Jingyong as his opponent for the mid-stage title.
• Ye Jingyong summoned a mature First Rank Late Stage Crimson Armor Beast as his battle with Ye Jingcheng began.

Ye Jingcheng defeated Ye Jingyong in the mid-stage Qi Refinement Clan Competition by coordinating his Spirit Beasts and spells, then began considering which cultivation method to choose as his reward. He remained suspicious that Turtle Ancestor was alive but kept his thoughts to himself, and the chapter ended with him weighing the cost of raising more Spirit Beasts.

• Ye Jingcheng used his Golden Scale Beast, Crimson Flame Fox, Ironwood Vines, and talismans to trap Ye Jingyong’s Spirit Beasts and force him to concede.
• Ye Jingyong asked whether having Spirit Beasts refine pills improved their control, and Ye Jingcheng said it could without revealing the Blood Pact of the Treasure Book.
• Ye Xinghe announced Ye Jingcheng as the mid-stage Qi Refinement competition’s first-place winner, with Ye Jingyong second and Ye Xingyuan third.
• Ye Haiyi ended the Clan Competition by urging the Ye Family to remember its humiliation.
• Ye Jingcheng suspected Turtle Ancestor was still alive but decided not to investigate because he lacked the strength and might be mistaken for an informant.
• Ye Jingcheng considered choosing cultivation methods matching his spiritual roots and headed toward his small courtyard.

Ye Jingcheng collected his first-place Clan Competition reward at the Treasure Pavilion, where Ye Haiping let him choose from cultivation methods and Spirit Beasts. The chapter ended as Ye Jingcheng began examining the choices in a sealed compartment.

• Ye Jingcheng fed his Crimson Flame Fox, Golden Scale Beast, and Jade Ring Rat, giving each Treasure Light before returning them to the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Ye Jingcheng went to the Treasure Pavilion in the rain to collect his reward and learned from Ye Xingqi that Ye Haiping was on the second floor.
• Ye Haiping called the competitors in one at a time, and Ye Jingteng, Ye Jingyu, and the Xing Generation clan uncles emerged looking disappointed.
• Ye Haiping tested Ye Jingcheng’s vigilance by showing him two Beast Communication Marks, and Ye Jingcheng revealed his own five-inch mark bearing the Crimson Flame Fox’s silhouette.
• Ye Haiping showed Ye Jingcheng Profound Rank and Yellow Grade Supreme-Tier cultivation methods, warned him to keep them secret, and offered him a jade slip listing Spirit Beasts to choose from.

Ye Jingcheng examined the Spirit Beast options and cultivation methods before choosing the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture despite its demanding requirements. Ye Haiping accepted his choice after hearing that the Crimson Flame Fox might surpass Second Order Late Stage, and told him to leave appearing dejected so the Ye Family would not draw attention.

• Ye Jingcheng examined the Spirit Beast jade slip, found no promising beasts, and turned to the cultivation methods.
• Ye Jingcheng reviewed several Profound Rank methods and found the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture, which required balanced spiritual energy and multiple powerful Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Haiping warned Ye Jingcheng that the method would require four Foundation Establishment Monster Beasts and could be difficult to cultivate.
• Ye Jingcheng chose the scripture, reasoning that he could improve his Spirit Beasts' bloodlines and find suitable beasts before reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Jingcheng suggested the Crimson Flame Fox might exceed Second Order Late Stage, persuading Ye Haiping to accept his choice and advise him to appear dejected when he left.

Ye Jingcheng memorized the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture and returned to his courtyard to study it. Meanwhile, Ye Haicheng reported that his plan had gone smoothly, but warned that news from Taiyi Sect suggested war might be approaching.

• Ye Haiping returned the jade slip to Ye Jingcheng and urged him to keep working on alchemy.
• Ye Jingteng recommended that Ye Jingcheng visit Taichang Market and offered a letter of introduction to Ding Taisheng at Cloud Arriving Shop.
• Ye Jingcheng secured his courtyard with an Array Disk and began reviewing the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture, recording key points and insights.
• Ye Haicheng emerged from the mountain lake and told Ye Xingliu and Ye Haiyi that the matter had gone smoothly.
• Ye Haicheng warned that Haiyun's news from Taiyi Sect could signal war, and Ye Xingliu agreed to select Spirit Beasts for Jingteng.

Ye Jingcheng exchanged Ice Purity Pills for alchemy materials and sought Ye Haitian’s advice to improve his skills. When Ye Haiyun’s fire chamber opened during a pill-refining session, Ye Jingcheng was allowed inside to observe closely.

• Ye Jingcheng decided to switch to the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture and went to the Treasure Pavilion for pill materials.
• Ye Haiping appraised Ye Jingcheng’s Ice Purity Pills and exchanged them for Spirit Feeding Pill and Azure Spirit Pill materials.
• Ye Jingcheng brewed Azure Spirit Tea for Ye Haitian and asked him to clarify his alchemy questions.
• Ye Haiyun’s fire chamber door cracked open while he refined pills, and Ye Jingcheng recorded his technique.
• Ye Haitian told Ye Jingcheng to enter, and Ye Jingcheng quietly watched Ye Haiyun refine pills from the back of the fire chamber.

Ye Jingcheng watched Ye Haiyun refine Spirit Nurturing Pills for five days, learning the formula and advanced alchemy techniques before Ye Haiyun asked him to demonstrate his own skills. Ye Jingcheng successfully refined six Ice Purity Pills with the Crimson Flame Fox’s fire and looked forward to making pills for the fox as it prepared to advance.

• Ye Haiyun refined batch after batch of Spirit Nurturing Pills while Ye Jingcheng recorded his formula and techniques in a jade slip.
• After five days of refining, Ye Haiyun stopped to recover, and Ye Jingcheng meditated and reviewed what he had learned.
• Ye Jingcheng realized his alchemy skills had improved enough that he could produce at least four Ice Purity Pills per batch and had memorized the Spirit Nurturing Pill formula.
• Ye Haiyun asked Ye Jingcheng to refine a batch himself, and Ye Jingcheng used the Crimson Flame Fox’s flames instead of Earth Fire.
• Ye Jingcheng refined six Ice Purity Pills, then planned to use his improved skills to make Spirit Pills for the Crimson Flame Fox.

Ye Jingcheng learned Alchemy from Ye Haiyun, then prepared to change his cultivation method and advance the Crimson Flame Fox. After months of secluded cultivation, he returned to Qi Training Stage 6 through the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture, with a firmer foundation and improved Fireball Spell.

• Ye Haiyun demonstrated how to refine ten Ice Purity Pills, including two with Pill Patterns, and advised Ye Jingcheng to practice more and replace his damaged pill furnace.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard, cared for his Spirit Beasts, and refined nine batches of Azure Spirit Pills over ten days, producing sixty-two pills.
• Ye Jingcheng entered secluded cultivation and changed from the Li Fire Art to the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Scripture, dropping to Qi Training Stage 1 as he opened its many meridians.
• After a month, Ye Jingcheng reached Qi Training Stage 3 and used Azure Spirit Pills and the Beast Communication Mark to accelerate his cultivation.
• Three more months later, Ye Jingcheng returned to Qi Training Stage 6 with a solid foundation and found that he could cast a faster, more Crimson Flame Fox-like Fireball.

After emerging from seclusion, Ye Jingcheng returned to the market, where Ye Xinghe revealed that war was likely and gave him a superior pill furnace. Ye Jingcheng agreed to refine pills for the family, leaving with greater confidence in making the Crimson Flame Fox's Advancement Pill.

• Ye Jingcheng fed his Spirit Beasts, ended his seclusion, and went to the Treasure Hall before flying to the market.
• Ye Jingcheng found the market bustling again and reunited with his family at the Ye Family Shop.
• Ye Xinghe prepared a spirit meal for Ye Jingcheng and revealed that the Taiyi Sect had begun issuing conscription orders, making war likely within the next few years.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to refine Ice Purity Pills, Qi Replenishing Pills, and Body Healing Pills for the family.
• Ye Xinghe gave Ye Jingcheng the Azure Elephant Furnace, a First-Order Grade-High pill furnace, and warned that the family would assign him more work.

After a spiritual meal, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli exchanged a custom-made beast Dharma Artifact for spirit pills and discussed the market before the approaching battle. Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingli a list of Spirit Herbs to watch for as he pursued the Golden Scale Beast’s advancement.

• Ye Xinghe warned Ye Jingli that the Ye Family could not encroach on the Mo Family’s restaurant business, and Ye Jingcheng reminded him to speak cautiously around the great families.
• Ye Jingli worried that Ye Xinghe would resent his careless remark, but Ye Jingcheng reassured him and advised him to remember to listen, watch, and speak less.
• Ye Jingli gave Ye Jingcheng golden Purple Spirit Sparrow-feather wings designed for the Crimson Flame Fox and mentioned an unfinished shield artifact for the Golden Scale Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingli bottles of Azure Spirit Pills and Spirit Feeding Pills, and offered to let the Golden Scale Beast spar with Ye Jingli’s Azure Scale Python.
• Ye Jingli urged Ye Jingcheng to visit the market stalls for bargains, and Ye Jingcheng handed him a jade slip listing Spirit Herbs for the Golden Scale Beast’s advancement.

Ye Jingcheng tested the Crimson Flame Fox’s new Purple Gold Wings and used the Azure Elephant Furnace to improve his alchemy. After months of practice, he and the fox prepared to refine the fox’s Advancement Spirit Pill.

• Ye Jingcheng fitted the Purple Gold Wings onto the Crimson Flame Fox, which tested them by racing around and flying above the courtyard.
• Ye Jingcheng shared Treasure Light with Spirit Beasts in the Inner Courtyard, including Ye Jingli’s Azure Scale Python.
• Ye Jingcheng seasoned the Azure Elephant Furnace and refined Spirit Feeding Pills with pill patterns and seven Ice Purity Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng spent three months studying pill formulas and practicing alchemy, eventually succeeding in refining four Body Healing Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox recovered overnight, then Ye Jingcheng laid out Spirit Herbs to begin refining the fox’s Advancement Spirit Pill.

Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox refined Crimson Flame Pills after a failed first attempt and weeks of temperature-control training. They produced two pills, and Ye Jingcheng let the exhausted fox recover before taking one.

• Ye Jingcheng's first attempt to refine an Advancement Pill failed when the medicinal liquid ignited after he added Fallen Flame Grass, so he recorded what went wrong.
• Ye Jingcheng trained himself and the Crimson Flame Fox to control furnace temperatures for half a month, turning down pill-refining commissions to focus on practice.
• Ye Jingcheng began a second attempt, and the Crimson Flame Fox lowered its flames precisely as Fallen Flame Grass and Red Dragon Fruit made the medicinal liquid surge in temperature.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox successfully refined two scarlet Advancement Pills, which Ye Jingcheng named Crimson Flame Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng cleaned and put away the Azure Elephant Furnace, then gave the exhausted Crimson Flame Fox Azure Spirit Pills and Body Tempering Pills so it could recover before consuming a Crimson Flame Pill.

Ye Jingcheng visited Ye Jingli and learned that the Taiyi Sect would send its affiliated forces into Jade Dragon Valley in half a year. He received spirit herbs needed for the Golden Scale Beast’s Advancement Pill and hoped the Crimson Flame Fox would advance before the expedition.

• Ye Jingli showed Ye Jingcheng the Meteor Hammer he had fitted to the Azure Scale Python and gave him a Jade Shield Ring for the Golden Scale Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the ring’s shield with the Golden Scale Beast, fed both beasts pills, and discussed his unusual affinity for Spirit Beasts with Ye Jingli.
• Ye Jingli told Ye Jingcheng that the Taiyi Sect had chosen Jade Dragon Valley for an expedition in half a year, where affiliated forces would face the Demon Race.
• Ye Jingli gave Ye Jingcheng a century-old Yellow Earth Fruit and Black Cloud Lotus, leaving only a Green Root Fruit and Earth Cloud Ganoderma needed for the Golden Scale Beast’s Advancement Pill.

Ye Jingcheng helped the Crimson Flame Fox refine a Crimson Flame Pill, gaining a temporary boost to his cultivation, then began intensively training the Golden Scale Beast ahead of the expedition to Jade Dragon Valley. His demanding training drew the attention of the Ye Family, including Ye Xinghe, who wondered whether the method could benefit other Beast Communication Mark holders.

• Ye Jingcheng poured Treasure Light into the Crimson Flame Fox and gave it a Crimson Flame Pill, which engulfed it in a protective blaze.
• For several days, Ye Jingcheng absorbed the pure fire-attribute spiritual power transmitted through his Beast Communication Mark, bringing him closer to Qi Training Stage 7.
• After the Crimson Flame Fox's power transmission ended, Ye Jingcheng fed the Golden Scale Beast and began drilling it in the Earth Spike Art and Jade Shield Ring.
• Ye Jingcheng pushed the exhausted Golden Scale Beast to repeatedly cast Earth Spikes, using a Spirit Feeding Pill and a little Treasure Light to help it continue.
• Ye Jingcheng raised the Earth Spike requirements as training continued, attracting the interest of Ye Family members, including Ye Xinghe.