Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng began advancing the Blood Spring in his cave heaven, then went to the Duan Family Inn to meet Duan Qingtan about Fourth Order Earth Dragon Pill ingredients. Duan Qingtan asked whether he could refine a Gold Core Pill, and he said he had not refined one but did not consider it especially difficult.

• The Golden Tempering Essence Fruit Wood Demon lamented its lack of a blood pact, while the Jade Ring Rat encouraged it and spoke of reaching Fifth Order.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the cave heaven, praised the Stone Spirit's cultivation, distributed spirit pills, and used a spring pill to begin advancing the Blood Spring.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the Duan Family Inn after receiving an offer of Earth Dragon Pill ingredients in exchange for a meeting.
• Duan Qingtan welcomed Ye Jingcheng in Lakeside World, played the Jade Lotus tune, and served the inn's signature spirit wine, cuisine, and tea.
• After Duan Qingtan set up an array, she asked whether Ye Jingcheng had refined a Gold Core Pill, and he said he had not but that it was not particularly difficult to refine.

Ye Jingcheng agreed to refine Gold Core Pills for the Duan Family after they provided the required materials and spirit herbs. Back in his Grotto Heaven, he watched the Blood Spring awaken the Spring Spirit and discovered its water could accelerate a spirit wood demon’s cultivation.

• Ye Jingcheng questioned Duan Qingtan about a Soul Inquiry Talisman, then accepted the Duan Family’s offer to provide materials for three batches of Gold Core Pills and gave them three years to wait for the pills.
• Duan Qingtan told Duan Chuan Yun that Ye Jingcheng might have detected their Spirit Stealing Insects, and Duan Chuan Yun proposed sending him the remaining eggs to avoid offending him.
• Duan Chuan Yun explained that Prefecture Lord Xiao was badly injured and in seclusion, leaving the Duan Family worried about threats from heretical cultivators and desperate to secure Gold Core Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the herbs and pill formula, suspected the Duan Family might have a Golden Core Fruit Tree, then set the thought aside and studied the formula.
• After two months, the Blood Spring’s radiance faded and the Spring Spirit developed a new thought, so Ye Jingcheng asked the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit to guide it.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Blood Spring’s spirit water on the Star Pear Wood and learned it could grant about a year of cultivation; he found the spring produced a drop every month and a half, with greater overall benefits than before.

Ye Xingliu led a group of Ye Family cultivators through the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground and onward to the Central Region, while Ye Haisheng continued training Soul Devouring Insects. At Xiao Mountain Market, Ye Jingcheng successfully refined a Spirit Patterned Gold Core Pill for Chu Yanqing.

• Ye Haisheng welcomed Ye Xingliu and the other Ye Family cultivators, discussed the family’s progress, and enlisted Ye Jingzhong’s help with the Soul Devouring Insects.
• Ye Xingliu explained that the Qing and Yun Generations would focus on trials and expansion rather than controlling the Sky Sand Sect, then led the group to visit the Dragon Ancestor and take the Teleportation Array to the Central Region.
• Huang Tieyun received visiting cultivators at Sand Yellow Mountain and prepared to welcome cultivators from the Holy Land, hoping they would help develop the Sky Sand Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng refined two fourth-rank middle-grade Azure Water Flood Dragon Pills and then began making a Gold Core Pill for Chu Yanqing.
• The Golden Dewdrop Fruit caused the pill furnace’s spiritual energy to surge, but the Crimson Flame Fox stabilized it with purple fire, allowing Ye Jingcheng to complete one Gold Core Pill with Spirit Patterns.

Ye Jingcheng hosted the opening of the Sky Sand Array Pavilion, welcomed powerful guests, and traded spirit pills and treasures at a small Golden Core gathering. After Xu Qiukui proposed raiding Green Spring Sect for its spirit trees, the group postponed the plan until Prefecture Lord Xiao recovered, and Xiao He told Ye Jingcheng that valuable treasures had arrived in Xiao Mountain Prefecture.

• Ye Jingcheng opened the Sky Sand Array Pavilion with Ye Xingliu and received Golden Core guests, including Xu Qiukui and Xiao He.
• Xu Qiukui proposed a small Golden Core trade fair, where Ye Jingcheng exchanged a Golden Arm Magic Treasure, an Inheritance Grace Pill, and a Longevity Spirit Peach for sought-after materials and arranged further trades.
• Xu Qiukui urged the gathered cultivators to raid Green Spring Sect for its Primal Star Forging Fruit tree and Blessing Longevity Tea Fruit tree, but Jade Cloud Real Person and the others wanted to wait until Prefecture Lord Xiao left seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng met with Xiao He after the guests departed, and Xiao He told him that new treasures had arrived in Xiao Mountain Prefecture and could be obtained with Merit Points.

Ye Jingcheng visited Xiao Mountain Prefecture’s treasure hall to exchange Merit Points and chose a Five Aspects Furnace suited to his five-aspect spirit fire. He returned to the Sky Sand Array Pavilion with the Ye Family’s Spirit Herbs and began seclusion to refine the Golden Scale Pill and Crimson Flame Pill.

• Xiao He explained that the Righteous Path Sect’s pill gathering was being held early, but Ye Jingcheng learned he could not attend without joining the sect or receiving a recommendation.
• Xiao He led Ye Jingcheng into the hidden true hall of Xiao Mountain Treasure Hall, where he searched the treasures but found none of the missing main ingredients for his pills.
• Ye Jingcheng chose the Five Aspects Furnace over the Heaven Rat Furnace, exchanged for it, and owed Xiao Mountain Prefecture 130 Merit Points.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to the Sky Sand Array Pavilion and told Ye Xingliu he would enter seclusion, while Ye Xingliu took charge of the family’s affairs.
• Ye Xingliu gave Ye Jingcheng a storage bag of Spirit Herbs, including a Golden Dewdrop Fruit from the Ye Family’s matured Golden Core Fruit Tree, and Ye Jingcheng began seclusion.

Ye Jingcheng cultivated spirit herbs and refined Jade Soul Pills, Third-Order spirit pills, and Gold Core Pills with the Five Aspects Furnace. After a long period of preparation, he watched the Jade Scale Flood Dragon begin breaking through to the Fourth-Order Middle Stage and discovered a promising Double Horn Thunder Rhino Beetle egg.

• Ye Jingcheng fed Blood Spring to the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, protected its new sprout, and bestowed Treasure Light upon it.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox nurtured the Five Aspects Furnace and used it to refine Jade Soul Pills, Third-Order spirit pills, and Gold Core Pills for the Ye Family and Duan Family.
• Ye Jingcheng spent two months studying and practicing the Crimson Flame Pill and Golden Scale Pill formulas before preparing to refine them.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon devoured Star Eating Fish and a Great Demon corpse, then used an Azure Water Flood Dragon Pill as it began breaking through to the Fourth-Order Middle Stage.
• Ye Jingcheng found fifty eggs from the Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles, including one with five layers of advancement spiritual light that could become a Double Horn Thunder Rhino Beetle.

Ye Jingcheng completed advancement pills for the Golden Scale Beast and Crimson Flame Fox, then rushed to Black Cloud Mountain to arrange lightning tribulations for other beasts. Meanwhile, the Duan Family elders blamed Duan Qingtan for entrusting their Golden Core Pills to Ye Jingcheng, but Duan Chuan Yun urged them to wait until the deadline passed.

• Ye Jingcheng gave the Golden Scale Beast its Golden Scale Pill, and it entered advancement while tempering itself in the Tiangang Body Tempering Grand Array.
• Ye Jingcheng refined a Crimson Flame Pill from the Bone Flame Demon Fox's blood essence, and the Crimson Flame Fox began its advancement after consuming it.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and Golden Falcon were nearing breakthroughs, so he left the grotto-heaven to find a nearby place for the lightning tribulations.
• Ye Xingliu directed Ye Jingcheng to Black Cloud Mountain, and Ye Jingcheng hurried there to prepare for the beasts' breakthroughs.
• Duan He Feng called for Duan Qingtan to be replaced as family head and urged her to sacrifice for the Duan Family after their pill commission appeared to have failed.
• Duan Chuan Yun told the elders not to act until the deadline passed, noting that Ye Jingcheng had left toward the Sky Sand Restaurant's spirit mountain.

Ye Jingcheng brought the Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon to Black Cloud Mountain, where both beasts broke through to the fourth order and survived their lightning tribulations. Afterward, Feng Daoran visited and asked when Ye Jingcheng planned to travel to Wang Qing Prefecture, leaving the date undecided.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Black Cloud Mountain, where Ye Qingfeng activated the mountain’s protective array while Ye Jingcheng set up two additional formations to conceal the beasts’ breakthroughs.
• Ye Jingcheng released the newly advanced Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon, then let out the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and fed it a great demon corpse.
• The Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon endured their lightning tribulations, condensing an ultimate-grade beast core and a high-grade beast core respectively.
• Ye Jingcheng healed the injured beasts with Treasure Light and spirit pills, then returned them to the Grotto-Heaven.
• Feng Daoran arrived on his Three-Headed Black Flame Lion, gave Ye Jingcheng a Third-Order Spirit Attraction Stone, and asked when he would set out for Wang Qing Prefecture.
• Ye Jingcheng told Feng Daoran that the date was undecided and that he needed more time to prepare.

Ye Jingcheng learned of the Ye Family’s growth, delivered spirit pill commissions, and gave Duan Qingtan the Gold Core Pill he had refined. The chapter left Duan Chuan Yun preparing to strengthen his own cultivation and reconsider the Duan Family’s future.

• Ye Jingcheng gave Feng Daoran a Third Order Star Pear Fruit and agreed to join the possible expedition to Southern Barbarian State with the other Gold Core cultivators.
• Ye Qingfeng told Ye Jingcheng about the Ye Family’s new Purple Mansion Cultivator, its growing ranks and promising young talents, and its expanding branches across the Central Region.
• Duan Chuan Yun rejected the idea of giving the Gold Core Pill to the Duan Family’s Clan Elders and told Duan Qingtan to collect it while he pursued a breakthrough to Purple Mansion Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng delivered spirit pill commissions to Xiao Congrong, accepted some new commissions, and limited Third Order spirit pill commissions to five every five years.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Duan Qingtan the Gold Core Pill and offered to refine future Golden Dewdrop Fruit for two portions of spirit materials.

Ye Jingcheng and the other cultivators traveled from Xiao Mountain Prefecture to Wang Qing Prefecture for a Golden Core trade fair and auction. After arriving and learning about the Green Pagoda Demon King's rare holy juice, Ye Jingcheng visited Prefect Wang while Ye Xingliu went to approach the Vajra Sect about selling Sand Ginseng Scorpions.

• Xiao He led Ye Jingcheng and the other cultivators to Yang Mountain's Teleportation Array and transported them to Wang Qing Prefecture.
• Wang Shiyun welcomed the group and guided them to Wang Qing Market, where Ye Jingcheng learned that the Green Pagoda Holy Juice could help a Purple Mansion body cultivator advance.
• Purple Blessing Real Person recommended that Ye Jingcheng exchange for Green Pagoda Holy Juice, and Ye Jingcheng considered using it to help Ye Haicheng reach Purple Mansion Peak.
• Wang Shiyun announced that the Golden Core trade fair would begin in three days and the auction in five, then assigned the guests temporary palaces.
• Ye Jingcheng left Huang Tieyun at the palace and went to visit Prefect Wang, while Ye Xingliu went to sound out the Vajra Sect about selling the Ye Family's Sand Ginseng Scorpions.

Ye Xingliu offered the Vajra Sect Sand Ginseng Scorpions for its medicinal cuisine, while Ye Jingcheng explored Wang Qing Market and learned that a Nascent Soul True Lord would direct an upcoming operation. Two days later, Ye Jingcheng and the other True Persons gathered with Xu Qiukui and headed to the Golden Core Auction.

• Ye Xingliu visited Golden Gate Restaurant, where Steward Zhu hosted him and heard his offer to supply Sand Ginseng Scorpions.
• Ye Xingliu left Steward Zhu one Second Order middle-grade Sand Ginseng Scorpion and ten First Order scorpions as samples, then departed after paying for his meal.
• Jin Huanliu examined the cooked scorpions, praised their benefits, and decided the Vajra Sect should negotiate for a lower price and exclusive supply.
• Ye Jingcheng spoke with Prefect Wang, learned that a Nascent Soul True Lord would direct an upcoming operation, and searched the market for promising Spirit Beasts without finding any.
• After two days of cultivation, Ye Jingcheng joined Purple Blessing Real Person and Feng Daoran outside Qiukui Palace; Xu Qiukui arrived, and the group headed toward the Golden Core Auction at Azure Scholar Hall.

Ye Jingcheng attended a Golden Core trade fair in the Azure Scholar Hall, where he learned about its anonymous teleportation pavilion and formed an alliance with Xiao Mountain Prefecture cultivators. The fair began with rare treasures on offer, while the gathering’s organizer promised a mysterious final item.

• Ye Jingcheng entered the Azure Scholar Hall, saw its secret-realm interior, and found forty-two Golden Core cultivators and more than a dozen Purple Mansion Cultivators gathered there.
• Purple Blessing Real Person explained how the Teleportation Pavilions enabled anonymous exchanges and offered cultivators a way to escape.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed with Purple Blessing Real Person, Jade Cloud Real Person, and Union Madam to form an alliance for mutual support.
• Wang Kewei opened the trade fair, announced the exchange rules, and promised to offer a mysterious treasure last.
• An anonymous cultivator offered an Origin Realm Stone, a Three Star Fruit, and fourth-rank Hundred Refined Geng Metal in exchange for defensive magic treasures or fourth-rank escape Spirit Talismans.

Ye Jingcheng traded with Purple Blessing Real Person for an Origin Realm Stone and obtained the Water Moon Flower by offering a Flower Octopus Demon King core and an Azure Flood Dragon Pill. The exchange gathering continued, ending as Thousand Crane Real Person offered a Crimson Flame Sky Lion cub for a powerful magic treasure.

• Purple Blessing Real Person exchanged a Golden Silk Treasure Armor and two hundred thousand Spirit Stones for three rare materials, then gave Ye Jingcheng the Origin Realm Stone and Three Star Fruit in return for his Longevity Spirit Peach.
• Union Madam tried to obtain a fourth-order Water Attribute Demon King core but failed, so she exchanged for a Water Attribute flying sword instead.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged a Flower Octopus Demon King core, an Azure Flood Dragon Pill, and three hundred thousand Spirit Stones for Water Virtue Real Person's Water Moon Flower.
• Ye Jingcheng failed to trade his spirit pills for the ingredients he needed for the Earth Dragon Pill and Golden Falcon Pill, while the Jade Union Dual Cultivators sought fourth-order Demon King cores.
• Thousand Crane Real Person offered a Crimson Flame Sky Lion cub in exchange for a fourth-order mid-grade or higher magic treasure.

Ye Jingcheng assessed the Crimson Flame Sky Lion and warned Purple Blessing Real Person that it was mixed-blood, then considered joining Xu Qiukui’s mission to Jia Yuan Prefecture. The six cultivators agreed to target the Green Spring Sect, swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, and received Fourth Order Formation Breaking Talismans.

• Ye Jingcheng recognized that the Crimson Flame Sky Lion was mixed-blood and warned Purple Blessing Real Person, who decided against exchanging for it.
• Thousand Crane Real Person exchanged the Crimson Flame Sky Lion for a Fourth Order Middle Grade broad sword, and the Trade Fair continued.
• Prefect Wang announced three operation rewards, listed fifty treasures available for Merit Points, and described missions in Jia Yuan Prefecture, He Chong Prefecture, and Demon Gate Prefecture.
• Xu Qiukui urged Ye Jingcheng, Purple Blessing Real Person, Qian Chen, and the Jade Union Dual Cultivators to join him in targeting the Green Spring Sect in Jia Yuan Prefecture.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to the Jia Yuan Prefecture mission, and the six cultivators swore a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Prefect Wang issued the group three Fourth Order Formation Breaking Talismans for their mission.

Ye Jingcheng and the other factions planned an expedition to Jia Yuan Prefecture, where they would attack the Green Spring Sect, while Ye Jingcheng considered the risks posed by Xu Qiukui and the Ghost Profound Sect. He then attended the Wang Qing Prefecture auction with Ye Xingliu and Huang Tieyun, where he reviewed the lots and focused on Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and the final treasures.

• Xu Qiukui and the other leaders agreed on how many cultivators each faction would send and arranged to gather at Yellow Court Mountain to attack Jia Yuan Prefecture.
• Ye Jingcheng persuaded Xu Qiukui to share intelligence on Jia Yuan Prefecture, and Xu Qiukui gave the group jade slips containing the information.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu discussed the Green Spring Sect, the Ghost Profound Sect, and the possibility that Xu Qiukui might betray the group after the attack.
• Ye Jingcheng attended the fourth-rank auction with Ye Xingliu and Huang Tieyun, and Huang Tieyun brought the Sky Sand Sect's Spirit Stones for bidding.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Huang Tieyun to watch for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, then examined the list of the auction's final treasures, including a high-grade fourth-rank Treasure Boat.

Ye Jingcheng won the fourth-order high-grade Profound Light Boat at the auction despite fierce bidding, then learned that Purple Blessing Real Person could introduce him to a Golden Core cultivator with valuable fourth-order demon king blood essence. The chapter ended as they arrived at the Duan Family Inn to meet that collector.

• Ye Xingliu won several auction treasures, including two supplementary ingredients, while Huang Tieyun bid for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, which sold for 230,000 Spirit Stones.
• Ye Jingcheng watched the finale auction begin and saw the fourth-order mid-grade Mystic Emblem Seal sell for 3.8 million Spirit Stones.
• Ye Jingcheng outbid Mystic Bone Real Person and bought the fourth-order high-grade Profound Light Boat for five million Spirit Stones.
• A fourth-order mid-grade Heavenly Armor Puppet sold for 5.8 million Spirit Stones, astonishing Huang Tieyun and Ye Xingliu, who remembered that the Ye Family already had four fourth-order Spirit Puppets.
• Purple Blessing Real Person told Ye Jingcheng that a rogue Golden Core cultivator had several kinds of fourth-order blood essence and led him to the Duan Family Inn to meet the collector.

Ye Jingcheng met Long Xunxian through Purple Blessing Real Person and traded pills and body-tempering treasures for several kinds of Fourth-Order Monster Beast Essence Blood. He also discovered Long Xunxian’s loose cultivator alliance was gathering Essence Blood and Spirit Beast cubs by luring demons, and left with a valuable Golden Great Peng Bird Demon King blood sample.

• Purple Blessing Real Person introduced Ye Jingcheng, posing as Qian Chen of the Sky Sand Sect, to Long Xunxian in the Carefree Earth Realm.
• Long Xunxian offered six kinds of Fourth-Order Essence Blood, and Ye Jingcheng traded a patterned Profound Flame Pill, Peacock Stone Body Tempering Golden Liquid, and Spirit Stones for Wood Jiaolong and Mountain Carrying Turtle Blood Essence.
• Ye Jingcheng questioned Long Xunxian’s supply of Essence Blood and used a patterned Azure Water Flood Dragon Pill and Enticement Beast Pills to reveal that a Loose Cultivator Alliance lured demons in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.
• Long Xunxian exchanged a drop of Late Fourth-Order Golden Great Peng Bird Demon King Blood Essence for Ye Jingcheng’s Azure Water Flood Dragon Pill and a future pill-refining opportunity.
• Ye Jingcheng sold more Enticement Beast Pills, exchanged contact methods with the others, and departed while Purple Blessing Real Person and Long Xunxian stayed behind to talk.

Ye Jingcheng examined powerful demon blood essences, then led Huang Tieyun and Ye Xingliu toward a secret mission in Jia Yuan Prefecture. Huang Tieyun learned that the group would enter Heretical Cultivator territory with twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, a Purple Mansion cultivator, and a Golden Core cultivator, and grew alarmed about the Sky Sand Sect’s survival.

• Ye Jingcheng tested Mu Jiaolong Blood with the Azure Dragon Divine Light and judged it a powerful new trump card, then put away the Golden Roc Demon King and Mountain Carrying Turtle blood essences.
• Ye Jingcheng dismissed Huang Tieyun’s concern about people buying spirit talismans and kept the mission’s details secret while planning to bring twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Sea of Sand.
• Ye Jingcheng and the other Golden Core cultivators teleported to Xiao Mountain Prefecture, where Xiao He gave each of the six True Persons a Fourth Order protective talisman from Prefecture Lord Xiao.
• Ye Jingcheng departed with Ye Xingliu and Huang Tieyun aboard his new Fourth Order Profound Light Boat.
• Ye Jingcheng told Huang Tieyun that their mission to Jia Yuan Prefecture would include twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, one Purple Mansion cultivator, and one Golden Core cultivator, leaving Huang Tieyun worried that the Sky Sand Sect might be devastated.

Ye Jingcheng prepared the Sky Sand Sect for a dangerous campaign against the Sky Sword Sect while the Ye Family sent Ye Jinghu and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor to support his plans in the Central Region. The chapter left Ye Jinghu traveling with the spirit treasure and demon emperor as Ye Haicheng stayed behind to guard the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that the Sky Sand Sect had eleven Foundation Establishment cultivators, selected three combat-capable cultivators for the operation, and ordered more Ye Family members to join them.
• Ye Jingcheng declared that the Sky Sword Sect would be destroyed, and Huang Tieyun and the three selected cultivators agreed to take part.
• Ye Haicheng sent Ye Jinghu to the Central Region to support the family’s plans and oversee arrangements involving Ye Jingxin and Ye Qing Xu.
• Ye Haicheng inspected Ye Jingzhong’s progress cultivating the Soul Devouring Insects and learned their numbers had grown by more than fifty percent.
• Ye Haicheng gave the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor the One Qi Blood Soul Pearl and fourth-rank Earth Dragon Pill ingredients before arranging for Ye Jinghu to carry him toward the Central Region.
• Ye Haicheng remained at the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground as Ye Jinghu’s group departed through the Teleportation Array.

Ye Jingcheng joined Xu Qiukui and the other cultivators at Yellow Court Mountain to plan a raid on Green Spring Sect in Jia Yuan Prefecture. He agreed to draw attention by attacking Demon Jade Mountain in exchange for a share of the spoils and a third-order spiritual mountain, while keeping his formidable strength and plans to himself.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Yellow Court Mountain with Huang Tieyun and met Xu Qiukui and the Jade Union Sect and Purple Blessing Sect cultivators.
• Feng Daoran arrived, and Xu Qiukui brought the group aboard the Dragon Envoy Flying Boat to discuss their mission.
• Xu Qiukui proposed attacking Green Spring Sect, and the group agreed after he swore a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Xu Qiukui suggested a diversionary attack on Demon Jade Mountain, but Ye Jingcheng initially refused because of the risk and lack of rewards.
• Xu Qiukui offered Ye Jingcheng a share of Green Spring Sect's resources, Merit Points, and a third-order spiritual mountain, and Ye Jingcheng accepted.