Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng visited Ye Jingteng and promised to refine Purple Mansion Jade Liquid for him after urging him to support Ye Qingshuang in Taiyi Sect. After returning home and reuniting with Chu Yanqing, he headed to Lingyun Lake to prepare for his own breakthrough, where the Crimson Flame Fox began breaking through to the late stage of the third order.

• Ye Jingcheng visited his old courtyard and met Ye Jingteng, who described his efforts to build the Ye Family's influence within Taiyi Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng promised to refine Purple Mansion Jade Liquid for Ye Jingteng, while asking him to support Ye Qingshuang's bid for a chief disciple seat and look after two other Ye Family recruits.
• Ye Jingcheng surveyed Lingyun Peak for suspicious people and, finding no new threats, decided to prepare for a breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Late Stage.
• Chu Yanqing emerged from seclusion, and Ye Jingcheng gave her two Three-Colored Pearls to dispel Pill Poison while accepting three Second Order Peak spirit armors she had made.
• After sharing tea and picking Spirit Apricots, Ye Jingcheng told Chu Yanqing he expected to reach the Purple Mansion Late Stage within two years.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Grotto-Heaven, gave the Crimson Flame Fox spirit pills and Treasure Light to begin its breakthrough, and saw the Golden Scale Beast train harder in the Body Tempering Array.

Ye Jingcheng oversaw the Sunflower Wood Demon's advancement, strengthened the grotto heaven's spirit vein, and helped a new Star Pear Wood Wood Demon emerge. After months of cultivation, the Peacock Stone Stone Spirit was born and began producing golden spirit liquid, which Ye Jingcheng rushed to collect.

• The Sunflower Wood Demon advanced to the Second Order Mid Stage, developed Sunflower Spirit Fire, and received a cultivation method from Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng set up a Spirit Gathering Array, increasing the grotto heaven's spiritual energy as the Star Pear Wood and Peacock Stone continued absorbing energy.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Frost Centipede Pills and Black Ant Pills, and the Star Pear Wood Wood Demon emerged at the Second Order Mid Stage.
• Ye Jingcheng named the six older Star Pear Wood Wood Demons Star One through Star Six and the new one Star Seven, then encouraged them with Beast Communion and Treasure Light.
• The Dream Devouring Insect absorbed beast souls while Ye Jingcheng fed pills to his spirit beasts and cultivated for two months.
• The Peacock Stone Stone Spirit was born and began forming golden spirit liquid, prompting Ye Jingcheng to take out jade bottles to collect it.

Ye Jingcheng tested the Golden Light Peacock Stone’s Body Tempering Spirit Emulsion, then oversaw several advances among his spirit beasts and wood demons. After three years of secluded cultivation, he broke through to Purple Mansion Late Stage at eighty-five.

• Ye Jingcheng fed the golden spirit liquid to the Golden Scale Beast, which grew stronger and trained in the Body Tempering Array while the Peacock Stone began gathering another drop.
• Peach Wood reached Second Order Peak, received Third Order Wood Recipe Spirit Liquid from Ye Jingcheng, and began its advancement.
• Ye Jingcheng let the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit consume a damaged Third Order defensive magic treasure, and it later reached Second Order Peak and began advancing again with a Third Order Stone Square.
• Over three years, Star Seven’s intelligence formed, and the mischievous Wood Demon played among the Star Pear Wood Demons and the Flesh Ganoderma Wood Demon.
• Ye Jingcheng emerged from three years of seclusion after breaking through to Purple Mansion Late Stage.

After three years of secluded cultivation, Ye Jingcheng emerged to find his grotto heaven flourishing and his Spirit Beasts stronger, then assessed their abilities and planned his next steps. The Dragon Beard Fruits were nearing ripeness, but the grotto heaven’s spirit energy was running short, so he planned to seek better ways to sustain it.

• Ye Jingcheng surveyed the transformed grotto heaven and found that many Spirit Beasts and Wood Demons had grown stronger during his seclusion.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon revealed that its Dragon Beard Fruit had produced two nearly mature fruits, while the Golden Scale Beast’s Earth Scale Palace failed against the dragon’s frost attack.
• Ye Jingcheng stopped their fight, treated and encouraged the Golden Scale Beast, then watched the Crimson Flame Fox demonstrate a powerful flame transformation.
• Ye Jingcheng fed Star Seven and Meat Ganoderma Treasure Light and Spirit Transformation Pills, then planned further pill refining, cultivation, and magical treasure work.
• Star One brought Ye Jingcheng the grotto heaven’s accumulated Star Pears and Sunflower Seeds and warned that its spirit energy was dwindling.
• Ye Jingcheng acknowledged the spirit shortage and planned to seek a stronger Third-Order Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stones in Zhao Country or Chu Country.

After five years in seclusion, Ye Jingcheng returned to oversee family affairs and assess the Ye Family’s prosperity, while learning that the Jin Family had begun opposing them and that Spirit Rainbow Fairy had entered seclusion. He gathered materials for his cultivation plans, heard news about the Thunder Peng and an upcoming auction, and ended by returning to his courtyard to spend time with Chu Yanqing.

• Ye Qingfeng explained the Ye Family’s selective Black Ganoderma Fish breeding to Ye Qingyu and said they would both enter seclusion to pursue Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Jingcheng emerged from the Spirit Lake, praised the fish breeding, and learned from Ye Qingfeng that the Jin Family had repeatedly opposed the Ye Family and that Spirit Rainbow Fairy had entered seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng attended the Ascension Assembly, helped name the new Qing-generation clansmen, and learned that the Ye Family had gained several Foundation Establishment cultivators and grown more prosperous.
• Ye Xingqun showed Ye Jingcheng the family accounts and delivered the requested cultivation materials, including everything needed for the Dream Devouring Insect pill formula.
• Ye Jingcheng asked about acquiring high-grade Third Order cultivation items, learned of an upcoming auction at Xin'an Market, and ordered Ye Jinghu recalled from Hidden Valley.
• Ye Xingqun told Ye Jingcheng that Ye Jinghu had gained renown with his Thunder Peng and that the Jia Family was buying Thunder Peng and mixed-blood thunderbird eggs; Ye Jingcheng then returned to his courtyard to spend time with Chu Yanqing.

Ye Jingcheng refined pills, advanced the Dream Devouring Insect, and fed Sunflower Seeds to the Crimson Flame Fox before taking Chu Yanqing to Zhao Country. As they approached Xuanliang Mountain, Chu Yanqing achieved minor mastery of the Star Illusion Eye and Ye Jingcheng prepared to investigate the Zhang Family’s territory.

• Ye Jingcheng refined First and Second Order Black Ant Pills and Dream Devouring Pills, then fed a Dream Devouring Pill and Treasure Light to the Dream Devouring Insect.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Crimson Flame Fox all eighteen of his remaining Sunflower Seeds, and the fox formed a Sunflower Spirit Fire among its flames.
• Chu Yanqing returned from artifact crafting, revealed that she had advanced to a Third Order mid-grade Artifact Crafter, and agreed to travel with Ye Jingcheng to Zhao Country.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Chu Yanqing three Star Pear Fruits, and the two left Lingyun Peak for Zhao Country after spending the night beneath the apricot blossoms.
• During the journey, Chu Yanqing refined five Star Pear Fruits and reached minor mastery of the Star Illusion Eye while Ye Jingcheng studied the Profound Desolate Overlord Body Secret Classic.
• Ye Jingcheng identified Golden Light Peak and told Chu Yanqing that Xuanliang Mountain lay farther north.

Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing investigated Xuanliang Mountain for the Zhang Family’s Teleportation Array, but suspicious signs made Ye Jingcheng fear the mountain was a trap. They reached Xin'an Market to seek supplies, where Ye Jingcheng found that Lingtian Pavilion’s catalogue lacked the supreme-grade Spirit Gathering Array he wanted.

• Ye Jingcheng planted Shadow Wood Puppets near Xuanliang Mountain while Chu Yanqing used the Star Illusion Eye to spot a cave and two Zhang Family cultivators emerging from it.
• After the Zhang cultivators searched the area and left, Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing waited, then departed for Xin'an Market because he suspected Xuanliang Mountain concealed a trap.
• Ye Jingcheng concluded the Teleportation Array might have been moved elsewhere in Zhang Family territory and considered the Spirit Extinguishing Locusts a possible last resort for finding it.
• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing entered Xin'an Market using a guiding token and toured its busy streets before visiting the Ling Family’s Lingtian Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the third-floor catalogue and found a third-order high-grade Spirit Gathering Array but no supreme-grade array.

Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing visited Xin'an Market, where Ye Jingcheng learned that Zhao Country and Jin Country had been secretly stockpiling Spirit Gathering Arrays and Spirit Attraction Stones. After a leisurely three-month journey back toward Lingyun Peak, Chu Yanqing opened up about her childhood and thanked Ye Jingcheng, then hinted that she would stop waiting once they returned.

• Ye Jingcheng bought spirit materials for Chu Yanqing and reserved a third order high grade Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stone from Ling Shuiyun, who revealed that Zhao Country and Jin Country had collected them for twenty years.
• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing found little of value at the Purple Mansion Trade Fair and auction, though Chu Yanqing bought a young White Ganoderma Crane Spirit Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing took more than three months to travel back toward Lingyun Peak, enjoying time together and preparing for Ye Jingcheng's future Heart Demon Tribulation.
• As they walked through a heavy rain, Chu Yanqing told Ye Jingcheng that her life had been strictly planned since she was three and that she had never been allowed to play in the rain.
• Chu Yanqing said she did not hate her father, thanked Ye Jingcheng for accompanying her, and said that once they returned, she would not wait any longer.

Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing cultivated together, strengthening their cultivation and spirit abilities before Chu Yanqing entered seclusion to pursue the Purple Mansion Middle Stage. In the grotto-heaven, Peach Wood advanced and produced more potent lifespan-extending peaches, while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon ate a ripe Dragon Beard Fruit and Ye Jingcheng improved his Water Spirit Secret Method.

• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing cultivated together, and their true essence strengthened Ye Jingcheng's Black Tortoise spirit shadow while his Treasure Light cleared Chu Yanqing's pill poison and old injuries.
• After two months of cultivation, Ye Jingcheng found himself closer to the Purple Mansion Peak, while Chu Yanqing left a talisman saying she had entered seclusion to break through to the Purple Mansion Middle Stage.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the grotto-heaven and watched the Peach Wood Wood Demon break through, gaining spirit peaches that extended lifespan by fifty years and bore fruit once every twenty years.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon found two ripe Dragon Beard Fruits, ate one to strengthen its bloodline, and gave the other to Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng practiced Black Tortoise Four Waters, summoning towering waves and a Black Tortoise spirit shadow, then resumed cultivation as he planned for his return to the Green Cloud Sea Region.

Ye Jingcheng completed the first layer of the Profound Desolate Overlord Body Secret Classic, while his Stone Spirit began advancing and expanding his grotto heaven. Ye Haicheng revealed that a hidden force collecting Spirit Attraction Stones had appeared across the East Sea, and warned that the Zhang Family might be behind it as the Ye Family prepared for a possible beast tide.

• Ye Jingcheng forged the Mystic Body, tested its strength, fed his spirit beasts, and used the Second Order Dream Devouring Insect to strengthen his soul.
• The Stone Spirit began breaking through, drawing in spiritual qi and expanding the grotto heaven, so Ye Jingcheng left and channeled Treasure Light into it.
• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Haicheng at Lingyun Lake, where Ye Haicheng gave him a concealed third-order God Extinguishing Needle.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that a hidden force was collecting Spirit Attraction Stones in the Green Cloud Sea Region and that the Ye Family might soon unleash a beast tide to protect its secrets.
• Ye Haicheng warned Ye Jingcheng not to pursue the Zhang Family, which might have multiple Golden Core cultivators, and revealed that the family suspected it was behind the Spirit Attraction Stone collection.
• Ye Haicheng gave Ye Jingcheng a storage bag of third-order materials and ordered him to focus on strengthening the Ye Family.

Ye Jingcheng learned that the Ye Family planned to test his ability to Blood Pact with a Demon King before risking a contract with the Earth Dragon Demon King. After the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit broke through to the early third rank and revealed its spatial concealment ability, Ye Jingcheng expanded and reorganized his Grotto Heaven, then set out to collect supplies to strengthen its spiritual energy.

• Ye Haicheng gave Ye Jingcheng Beast Souls and proposed testing his Blood Pact with an ordinary Demon King before considering the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to the test and watched Ye Haicheng revisit Lingyun Peak before returning to guard the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit.
• The Stone Spirit broke through to the early third rank, demonstrated its Space Concealment Art and durable stone-man form, and expanded the Grotto Heaven by several times.
• Ye Jingcheng surveyed the enlarged Grotto Heaven, planned its layout, and released his Spirit Beasts and Wood Demons to settle into the new space.
• Ye Jingcheng moved mountain soil into the Grotto Heaven, created three spirit lakes, and divided the Spirit Eye Spring among them.
• After receiving the Ling Family's message that the Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stones were ready, Ye Jingcheng left to purchase them while taking precautions against being watched.

Ye Jingcheng traded for the Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stone at Lingtian Pavilion, then escaped the market and lured two pursuers into an ambush. He defeated the Heavenly Origin Dual Cultivators with the Five Elements Sky Pearl and his other techniques, though the wood puppet they used hinted that someone had hired them.

• Ye Jingcheng left Lingtian Pavilion after learning someone else wanted the treasures he had ordered, then met Ling Shuiyun at a tavern and completed the trade.
• Ye Jingcheng escaped Lake Heart Island through an array gap and used a Shadow Wood Puppet to spot two Purple Mansion cultivators pursuing him.
• Ye Jingcheng lured the pursuers, Bei Yuan and Dong Yuan, into a valley array and recognized them as the notorious Heavenly Origin Dual Cultivators.
• Bei Yuan deployed a Purple Mansion Peak wood puppet and fought Ye Jingcheng alongside Dong Yuan, but the Five Elements Sky Pearl's Profound Cold Domain and Dragon Wood Fang secret art overwhelmed them.
• Bei Yuan's Mystic Pearl blocked Ye Jingcheng's Soul Extinguishing Needles, but a concealed God Extinguishing Needle killed him, while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon tore apart Dong Yuan.

Ye Jingcheng escaped a trap and discovered that a cultivator using Puppet Wasteland methods might be connected to the Zhang Family, then reported back to the Ye Family and strengthened his Grotto Heaven. After years of cultivation, he broke through to Purple Mansion Peak at age ninety-one, with a chance to reach Golden Core before turning one hundred.

• Ye Jingcheng hid inside his Grotto Heaven while a cultivator’s spiritual explosion destroyed the valley, then used what his Shadow Wood Puppet had witnessed to suspect that the Zhang Family’s forces included descendants of the Puppet Wasteland.
• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Haisheng at Lingyun Peak and received two hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, which he used with the Heavenly Origin Dual Cultivators’ Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stones to raise his Grotto Heaven’s spirit vein to third order high grade.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the Heavenly Origin Dual Cultivators’ belongings, kept their Heavenly Wood Puppet in storage, and gained valuable magic artifacts and nearly six hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• After a year of cultivation, Ye Jingcheng’s soul and divine sense reached Third Order Peak, and he harvested three nearly ripe peach fruits from the Peach Wood tree.
• Three years later, Ye Jingcheng completed the second layer of the Profound Desolate Overlord Body Secret Classic and reached Purple Mansion body cultivation after consuming the Peacock Stone Stone Spirit’s Body Tempering Golden Liquid.
• Ye Jingcheng broke through to Purple Mansion Peak at age ninety-one and considered the possibility of reaching Golden Core before he turned one hundred.

Ye Jingcheng consolidated his cultivation, surveyed the Grotto-Heaven, and learned that the Ye Family had grown stronger but was losing ground in Taihang Market. He decided to confront Jiang Jinghe and the Jin Family while preparing to change the family leadership.

• Ye Jingcheng practiced the Great Desolate Step, tended to his Grotto-Heaven, and used the Dream Devouring Insect to temper his divine soul as he prepared for a future Golden Core breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Xingqun and Ye Jinghu, learned that Ye Jinghu had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and told him that reaching Purple Mansion would reveal the family’s secrets.
• Ye Xingqun reported the Ye Family’s new cultivators, spirit beasts, finances, and population, then explained that the Jin Family and Jiang Jinghe were pressuring the Ye Family in Taihang Market.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered Ye Xingqun to summon Jiang Jinghe and invite his senior brothers to a meeting, saying he would handle the Jin Family matter.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jinghu to prepare to help establish the family’s authority and discussed replacing the Family Head within two years, naming Ye Jinghu, Ye Qingwen, and Ye Qingyan as candidates.
• Ye Xingqun gave Ye Jingcheng the gathered materials for several spirit-beast advancement projects and reported that Ye Qing Shuang had reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Taihang Market and prepared to confront the forces suppressing the Ye Family. After Jiang Jinghe sent a message, he came to meet Ye Jingcheng, leaving their negotiations about to begin.

• Chu Yanqing carved a wooden sword for a hoped-for child, and Ye Jingcheng carried her into their room.
• Jin Yurong urged Jiang Jinghe to confront the Ye Family, but Jiang Jinghe insisted on following the rules and convening a grand competition.
• Jiang Jinghe learned that Ye Jingcheng had left seclusion and would reconvene the Taihang Small Gathering in five days; Jin Yurong revealed that the Jin Family had another Golden Core cultivator.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Ye Family Restaurant with Ye Jinghu, Ye Jingli, Ye Qingyan, and Ye Qingwen, then gave the lists of hostile Rogue Cultivators and Robber Cultivators to the three younger cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng waited for Jiang Jinghe to explain himself, exchanged a Sound Transmission Talisman with him, and received Jiang at his door.

Ye Jingcheng heard Jiang Jinghe’s explanation and let him leave with a warning, while the Ye Family hunted down cultivators who had spread rumors about them. As the market fell into fear, Ye Jingcheng proposed a sect-backed trading association to sell the Ye Family’s Black Ganoderma Fish.

• Jiang Jinghe warned Ye Jingcheng about the Jin Family and Purple Peak, offered compensation, and was told to continue organizing the Taihang Grand Tournament.
• Ye Qingwen and Ye Qingyan tracked down and killed two cultivators who had spread rumors against the Ye Family.
• Ye Jinghu baited Chen Yuanqing into appearing to attack in the market and killed him under the pretext of punishing a violation of market rules.
• The Ye Family executed most of the rogue cultivators who had framed them, leaving the Taihang Market in fear.
• Ye Jingcheng hosted Ye Jingteng, Grandmaster Taihao, Heaven Array Real Person, Zi Yue Real Person, and Ye Qingshuang, then proposed that the sect establish a trading association for the Ye Family’s Black Ganoderma Fish.

Ye Jingcheng secured Taiyi Sect and Sword Peak’s partnership in a merchant guild to sell the Ye Family’s Black Ganoderma Fish and other goods. He then gave Ye Jingteng Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, leaving his brother resolved to establish a dependable foothold for the family within the sect.

• Ye Jingcheng showed Heaven Array Real Person and Zi Yue Real Person a nearly three-year-old, First Rank peak Black Ganoderma Fish, and explained its prospects for reaching the Second Rank.
• Heaven Array Real Person agreed to establish a merchant guild, with Taiyi Sect and Sword Peak taking eighty percent of the profits and the sect providing Purple Mansion Cultivators to lead caravans.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed that the guild could also sell other Ye Family goods and escorted Heaven Array Real Person, Zi Yue Real Person, and Grandmaster Taihao to their rooms.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Qingshuang two Frost Centipede Pills for her First Rank peak Frost Centipedes.
• Ye Jingteng worried that Purple Peak’s growing power threatened Illusion Peak, but Ye Jingcheng reminded him that Taiyi Sect would remain united against Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingteng Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, and Ye Jingteng swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to secure the Ye Family a reliable backer and channels within Taiyi Sect.

The Ye and Jin Families faced off in the Taihang Market grand competition as their powerful sect backers arrived to watch. Ye Jinghu defeated Jin Xinhuo in the first match, and Ye Qingwen stepped forward to begin the second.

• Wei Dazhong and Abbess Jingxin arrived at Juehe Valley, followed by the Jin and Ye Families' spirit boats.
• Ye Jingcheng emerged with True Persons from Illusion Peak and Sword Peak, while the Jin Family had brought Xiao Quan'an from Purple Peak.
• Jiang Jinghe announced the competition rules and the Ye and Jin Families were placed in the main group.
• Ye Jinghu used lightning talismans, artifacts, and Thunder Rhino Beetles to overcome Jin Xinhuo's techniques and defeat him.
• Jin Yurong sent Jin Xinyu into the second match, and Ye Qingwen answered by summoning a Crimson Moon Python.

Ye Qingwen lost his match against Jin Xinyu after she revealed an Extracorporeal Incarnation Technique, leaving Ye Jingcheng to face Jin Yurong in the Purple Mansion battle. Ye Jingcheng defeated Jin Yurong with his wood-based treasures and techniques while trying to conceal the full extent of his strength.

• Jin Xinyu used illusionary Silver Moon blades to draw Ye Qingwen in, but his Mystic Desolate Overlord Body stopped her attack before her incarnation struck him from behind and won the match.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Qingwen to write a self-criticism and accept the same assignment as Jinghu, then prepared for the Purple Mansion battle.
• Jin Yurong challenged Ye Jingcheng, who considered how to win without overwhelming him too quickly and began with Adamantine Vines.
• Jin Yurong broke through Ye Jingcheng's defenses with his Flying Sword and Golden Jade Rope, but Ye Jingcheng unleashed the Mystic Wood Disc and trapped him with wood lightning and vines.
• Ye Jingcheng used a freezing spirit talisman and poisonous Jade Poison Vines to defeat Jin Yurong, then reflected on whether he had revealed too much.

Ye Jingcheng secured the Ye Family’s victory over the Jin Family at Taihang Market and prepared Ye Jinghu to become the next Family Head. He then traveled to Earth Dragon Valley to join his relatives and pursue a Two-Headed Turtle Demon King as part of his preparation for a breakthrough.

• Ye Jingcheng defeated Jin Yurong, and Jiang Jinghe declared the Ye Family the winner of the Taihang Market contest.
• Jin Yutang accepted defeat and left with the Jin Family, while the Taiyi Sect’s observers departed to report what they had witnessed.
• Ye Jingcheng appointed Ye Jinghu as the next Family Head, revealed the family’s hidden strength, and set becoming a Nascent Soul Family as its next goal.
• Ye Jingcheng instructed Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingfu to restore the family’s reputation, then traveled to Earth Dragon Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng met the Earth Dragon Demon King, who promised to save him a Heavenly Dragon Fruit when it ripened.
• Ye Haicheng and Ye Haiyan joined Ye Jingcheng at the family’s teleportation array, and they prepared to depart for the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King.