Chapter Summaries

The Great Azure Turtle broke through to become a fourth-rank Demon King and survived its fourfold lightning tribulation with help from Ye Jingcheng’s array. After discovering Ye Jingcheng and his other spirit beasts had already reached the fourth rank, the Turtle Ancestor asked for Beast Communion, healing, and pills; Ye Jingcheng instead promised to improve a pill formula, then departed with fifty clansmen for the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

• Ye Jingcheng prepared to lead fifty clansmen toward the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground, but the Great Azure Turtle’s breakthrough drew him and other Ye Family members to Sky Shadow Peak.
• The Great Azure Turtle emerged as a fourth-rank Demon King and insisted it could withstand its lightning tribulation without the array.
• Ye Jingcheng activated the Thunder Pagoda Array after the first strike, helping the Great Azure Turtle survive all four tribulations.
• Inside Ye Jingcheng’s Cave Heaven, the injured Turtle Ancestor admitted its pain and asked for Treasure Light, Beast Communion, and help advancing its cultivation.
• The Turtle Ancestor discovered that Ye Jingcheng and several spirit beasts had already reached the middle stage of the fourth rank, and Ye Jingcheng promised to improve a pill formula for it.
• After the Turtle Ancestor remained in his Cave Heaven, Ye Jingcheng took the fifty clansmen aboard a spirit boat and set out for the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

As Sky Sand Mountain prepared for Sky Sand Sect’s Golden Core Ceremony, Ye Qinghe and Ye Qingming discussed the event’s growing importance, while the sect planned new businesses and an auction. Ye Jingcheng returned from seclusion, learned that many Golden Core cultivators would attend, and told Zhu Wenjing to stop waiting outside his cave and claim one of her own.

• Ye Qinghe bought a hundred Golden Yuan Chestnut Rice seeds at the temporary market, and Ye Qingming urged him to leave because the ceremony might draw more than local Golden Core cultivators.
• Ye Xingliu and Xiao Congrong proposed expanding Sky Sand Sect’s businesses with spirit pills, a restaurant, Spirit Rice, Spirit Wine, and a new auction hall, and Huang Tieyun agreed to increase cultivation and brewing.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain, and Ye Jinghu told him that six Golden Core cultivators were confirmed to attend, including Thousand Crane Real Person of Hundred Beasts Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed Zhu Wenjing meditating outside his cave and asked why she remained there.
• Zhu Wenjing explained that she had vowed to serve whoever saved the Zhu Family, but Ye Jingcheng refused her offer and told her to claim a cave and cultivate so she could protect her family herself.

Ye Jingcheng’s Sky Sand Sect held its grand Golden Core ceremony, drawing cultivators and factions eager to honor the renowned Thousand Dust Real Person. The gifts grew increasingly lavish, and the chapter ended as Duan Chuan Yun prepared to offer his congratulations ahead of Purple Blessing Real Person.

• Ye Jingcheng completed the Sky Sand Sect’s sacrificial ceremony and invited the gathered cultivators to enter Sand Yellow Mountain.
• Duan Chuan Yun told Duan Qingtan that Ye Jingcheng’s exceptional Gold Core Pill had helped him break through to Golden Core, and he considered the gift his family should present.
• Ye Qinghe and Ye Qingming registered guests and announced offerings, beginning with Foundation Building cultivators and then the Purple Mansion factions.
• Zhu Quanxian presented the Zhu Family’s unusually generous gifts in gratitude for Ye Jingcheng saving his family, prompting other Purple Mansion cultivators to offer valuable treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng instructed Xiao Congrong to waive the usual pill-commission limit for cultivators who had presented special spirit items.
• Duan Chuan Yun stepped forward to offer congratulations before the other Golden Core factions, and Purple Blessing Real Person yielded the lead to him.

Ye Jingcheng welcomed Golden Core cultivators from several prefectures to his ceremony as they presented valuable gifts and recognized his achievements. After the eleventh shower of spiritual rain, Thousand Puppet Real Person arrived with a section of fourth-order Soul Return Wood, leaving Ye Jingcheng surprised by Mystic Puppet Sect’s second delegation.

• Duan Chuan Yun presented Azure Jade Lotus Tea Tree and Cloud Rosy Grass, then publicly credited Ye Jingcheng with helping him form his Golden Core.
• Purple Blessing Real Person, Union Madam, Feng Daoran, and Mountain Puppet Real Person presented gifts, including a Cloud Mystic Willow Wood Core that could help Peach Wood advance.
• Thousand Crane Real Person presented Thunder Mystic Tiger essence blood and offered to exchange knowledge about Spirit Beasts with Ye Jingcheng.
• A Mystic Machine Real Person from Celestial Pivot Prefecture presented fourth-order Spirit Gathering Array Disks, and another Golden Core cultivator from that prefecture arrived afterward.
• Thousand Puppet Real Person of Mystic Puppet Sect presented fourth-order Soul Return Wood after Mountain Puppet Real Person had already attended, surprising Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng welcomed Prefecture Lord Xiao and Prefect Wang to his Golden Core ceremony, which continued with a feast, junior contests, and an auction. Afterward, he led the Golden Core cultivators into the palace for a trade fair and cultivation exchange.

• Prefecture Lord Xiao and Prefect Wang arrived at Sand Yellow Mountain, and Ye Jingcheng greeted them as rosy clouds released spirit rain.
• Xiao He presented a Fourth Order Demon King demon core, while Wang Shiyun presented Green Scholar Tree Sap on behalf of their prefects.
• Prefecture Lord Xiao proposed a Golden Core auction and cultivation exchange, and Ye Jingcheng agreed.
• Ye Jingcheng hosted a spirit feast and answered Thousand Crane Real Person’s questions about the Monster Beasts of the Sea of Sand Small World.
• Ye Xingliu arranged junior contests, in which the Sky Sand Sect won more matches than it lost.
• After the feast, Ye Jingcheng started the auction and then led the Golden Core cultivators into the palace for a trade fair and cultivation exchange.

Wang Shiyun told Xiao He why Prefect Wang had given up his Nascent Soul Spirit Herb and revealed Thousand Dust Real Person’s formidable strength, leaving Xiao He worried that Xiao Wankun might join the Earth Immortal Realm expedition. At Sky Sand Sect’s auction and Golden Core exchange gathering, Ye Jingcheng gained cultivation and alchemy insights, and the gathering’s treasure trade was postponed until the next day.

• Wang Shiyun explained that a descendant of Jade Wood Divine Lord had failed to reach Nascent Soul, so Prefect Wang had voluntarily given up his Nascent Soul Spirit Herb, and she revealed Thousand Dust Real Person’s strength and abilities to Xiao He.
• Xiao He realized Wang Shiyun likely wanted him to tell Xiao Wankun about Thousand Dust Real Person, and he worried that Xiao Wankun might join the Earth Immortal Realm expedition.
• Ye Xingliu opened Sky Sand Sect’s auction, where cultivators bid on a nearly five-hundred-year-old stalk of Second-Order High-Grade Golden Light Bamboo.
• Ye Jingcheng hosted the Golden Core exchange with fourth-order Bright Heart Tea, shared fire-arts insights, and listened to Xiao Wankun’s alchemy instruction and discussion of Pill Planting Technique.
• Prefect Wang shared artifact-crafting knowledge, and Thousand Puppet Real Person discussed how a powerful divine soul could transcend the limits of one’s realm.
• Ye Jingcheng asked to postpone the treasure trade gathering so he could absorb what he had learned, and Xiao Wankun agreed to hold it the next day.

Ye Xingliu presided over the Sky Sand Sect auction, where rare treasures and Ye Jingcheng’s pill-making skill drew intense interest and high bids. The auction ended, and Ye Jingcheng woke at Thousand Dust Palace and began inviting Golden Core True Persons to the Trade Fair.

• Ye Xingliu sold the Foundation Establishment Pills for fifty-four thousand Spirit Stones and auctioned Mystic Origin Heavy Water to Wang Shiyun for eighty thousand.
• The auction’s rare Third Order Spirit Herbs and Forging Gold Spirit Milk drew high bids, with the Spirit Milk selling for one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• A Third Order high-grade Sky Net Umbrella sold for four hundred and eighty thousand Spirit Stones, and Wang Shiyun bought three patterned Water Essence Pills for four hundred thousand.
• Xiao He judged that Thousand Dust Real Person’s Alchemy had reached Fourth Order High-Grade, while the buyers realized the Water Essence Pills were likely refined in one batch.
• Ye Jingcheng woke after consolidating his cultivation and Alchemy insights, recorded new knowledge for the Ye Family, and instructed clansmen to invite the Golden Core True Persons to the Trade Fair.

Ye Jingcheng hosted a Golden Core trade fair, exchanging treasures and completing the ingredients needed for his spirit beasts’ advancement. After the fair, he visited Prefect Wang, who welcomed him with a pot of mysterious Hundred Fragrance Tea.

• Duan Chuan Yun arrived early after gaining cultivation insights and breaking through to the Golden Core Initial Stage.
• Ye Jingcheng offered Black Crow Natal spirit feathers, a Profound Cloud Shield, and Purple Golden Profound Flame Pills in exchange for rare spirit materials.
• Prefecture Lord Xiao traded a Fourth-Order White Tanuki Stone demon heart for the Black Crow spirit feathers, and Thousand Puppet Real Person exchanged Vajra Profound Lotus and White Jade Earth Root for the pills.
• Mystic Machine Real Person privately told Ye Jingcheng that he had news of a Fourth-Order earth wyrm, while Prefect Wang sought formation-breaking spirit talismans for his Magic Treasures.
• After the trade fair ended, Ye Jingcheng visited Prefect Wang, who invited him to taste Hundred Fragrance Tea.

Ye Jingcheng heard Prefect Wang’s account of the Earth Immortal Realm and received an invitation to help explore a suspected Fifth-Order inheritance there. He asked for two days to consider the offer and left with a gift of Hundred Fragrance Tea, while Prefect Wang offered to repair his Profound Light Boat.

• Ye Jingcheng drank Prefect Wang’s Fourth Order High-Grade Hundred Fragrance Tea and asked how Prefect Wang had obtained it.
• Prefect Wang asked how quickly Ye Jingcheng had broken Demon Jade Mountain’s formation, then explained the Earth Immortal Realm’s treasures, inheritances, and risks.
• Prefect Wang invited Ye Jingcheng to join an expedition to a suspected Fifth-Order inheritance, offering a share of its gains, access to its cultivation techniques, and support from his faction.
• Ye Jingcheng asked for two days to consider and promised to keep the inheritance secret under a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Prefect Wang gave Ye Jingcheng half a tael of Hundred Fragrance Tea and offered to repair his Profound Light Boat.

Ye Jingcheng negotiated with Mystic Machine Real Person to hunt a powerful earth dragon in a secret realm ten years later, then struck an inn partnership with Duan Chuan Yun. The chapter ended with Duan Chuan Yun regretting how little leverage he had gained and wondering whether Ye Jingcheng was an old monster.

• Ye Jingcheng visited Mystic Machine Real Person, who offered him a share of an earth dragon hunt in exchange for the Rock Heart Flower.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to join the hunt in ten years, provided he could withdraw if unexpected dangers or an overly powerful earth dragon appeared.
• Duan Chuan Yun visited Ye Jingcheng with Frigid Spirit Fine Brew and offered the Duan Family Inn's profits in exchange for the Sky Sand Sect's support.
• Ye Jingcheng secured the Sky Sand Sect's right to participate in operating the inn, and Duan Chuan Yun accepted the partnership.
• Duan Chuan Yun asked Ye Jingcheng about a marriage match for his daughter, but Ye Jingcheng gave no commitment.
• Duan Chuan Yun told Duan Qingtan that the negotiation had both succeeded and failed, and privately wondered whether Ye Jingcheng was an old monster.

Ye Jingcheng traded a fourth-order Demon King inner core to Union Madam for the Golden Jade Heart Sutra and a Spirit Attraction Stone, then refused Thousand Crane Real Person’s proposed cooperation. The next day, he began his Golden Core Dao lecture before thousands of cultivators at Sand Yellow Mountain.

• Ye Jingcheng agreed to trade a fourth-order Demon King inner core for Union Madam’s Golden Jade Heart Sutra and a fourth-order Spirit Attraction Stone, and they swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to keep the deal secret.
• Ye Jingcheng studied the Golden Jade Heart Sutra after Union Madam departed.
• Thousand Crane Real Person proposed cooperating with Sky Sand Sect, but Ye Jingcheng refused to open up the Monster Beasts of the Small World.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed Thousand Crane Real Person leave Sand Yellow Mountain with an unfriendly look and watched him head toward Xiao Mountain Market.
• Ye Jingcheng began his Golden Core Dao lecture before thousands of cultivators, explaining alchemy and cultivation to an absorbed audience.

Ye Jingcheng agreed to pursue an opportunity in the Earth Immortal Realm after weighing its benefits to the Ye Family. Prefect Wang warned him that Righteous Path Sect could detect cave heavens, forcing Ye Jingcheng to reconsider how he would protect his treasures and conceal the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor.

• After the ceremony, cultivators praised Sky Sand Sect for letting them cultivate nearby, while Cheng Xuan told Xiao Congrong that senior brother Huang believed Xiao had a better chance of reaching Purple Mansion.
• Xiao Congrong urged Cheng Xuan to cultivate and warned him not to act foolishly, then offered him a place at Xiao Mountain Market if he came to understand Xiao's plans.
• Ye Jingcheng chose to take the risk of entering the Earth Immortal Realm, hoping that helping Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao reach Nascent Soul would strengthen the Ye Family's position.
• Prefect Wang gave Ye Jingcheng information about the Earth Immortal Realm and warned that Righteous Path Sect could detect cave heavens and punish cultivators who hid their gains inside them.
• Ye Jingcheng realized he could not safely conceal treasures in his cave heaven and decided to seek the Clan Elders' counsel, especially about hiding the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor.
• Ye Xingliu reported that the Ye Family had finalized its cooperation with the Duan Family and would open Sky Dust Wine House at the market.

Ye Jingcheng used the Crimson Flame Fox and the Five Aspects Furnace to refine spirit pills for half a year, including the difficult Jade Scale Pill. He fed advancement pills to the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and Golden Falcon, leaving all three to undergo breakthroughs.

• Ye Jingcheng returned to the Grotto-Heaven and began refining commissioned pills to sharpen his Alchemy with the Crimson Flame Fox.
• Over half a year, Ye Jingcheng refined the Golden Falcon Pill and Five-Colored Pill before successfully completing the Jade Scale Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and Golden Falcon their spirit pills, then placed them in formations to advance.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Golden Scale Beast two earth-attribute spirit pills and promised it would be first to receive an Advancement Pill after reaching the fifth order.
• The Golden Scale Beast asked the Crimson Flame Fox to spar, and the fox agreed after glancing at Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingting and Ye Yunxi traveled toward Xiao Mountain Prefecture while discussing Jingting’s growing talisman skills and the upcoming Ye Family competition. Meanwhile, the family prepared its Talisman Association and watched the Wan and Ma Families’ search for the Sky Sand Sect inheritance.

• Xiao Shaon visited the Ye Talisman Shop seeking Ye Ting, defended his exchange of talisman knowledge with her, and warned his attendant not to speak ill of her.
• Ye Yunxi met Ye Jingting at Jade Mountain, and the two traveled toward Xiao Mountain Prefecture while discussing Jingting’s talisman-making and the family competition.
• Ye Yunxuan warned Ye Qingfu that the Wan and Ma Families were cooperating and might have found an inheritance site; Ye Qingfu revealed that the Ye Family had arranged for them to search for the Sky Sand Sect’s inheritance.
• Ye Haiyu asked Ye Xuefan how to organize the Talisman Association, and Ye Xuefan set competition divisions, rewards, and plans to recruit talented participants without regard to bloodline.

The Ye Family held a Talisman Association competition, then selected six talented clansmen to test whether they could cultivate the Heavenly Talisman Mystic Body Secret Canon. The chapter ended as Ye Jingting and the others began copying its talisman onto their arms under Ye Xuefan’s protection.

• Ye Haiyu opened the Talisman Association competition, and more than a hundred and eighty participants crafted Spirit Talismans for the judges.
• Ye Xuefan announced the rankings, with Ye Jingting, Ye Qingxin, and Ye Qingmeng leading the young Foundation Establishment cultivators and Ye Yunxuan, Ye Yunhe, and Ye Yunxiang leading the young Qi Refinement cultivators.
• Ye Xuefan awarded the winners jade tokens and rewards, then led the six top young talisman crafters to the family Treasure Building for testing.
• Ye Xuefan warned the six to keep the Heavenly Talisman Mystic Body Secret Canon secret and gave each of them a jade slip.
• Ye Jingting began copying the talisman onto her arm, and the other five followed her.

Ye Yunxuan successfully copied a spirit talisman onto his body and agreed to cultivate the Heavenly Talisman Mystic Body Secret Canon. Three years later, Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan found the hidden entrance to the Sky Sand Cloud Wilds secret realm.

• Ye Yunxuan completed a Water Marsh Talisman, earning doubled clan stipends and twenty thousand Contribution Points, while Ye Jingting and the other clansmen failed to retain their copied talismans.
• Ye Xuefan gave Ye Jingting and two others third-rank talisman formulas to study, and rewarded Yun He and Yun Xiang with second-rank treasures.
• Ye Yunxuan swore not to reveal the Heavenly Talisman Mystic Body Secret Canon and agreed to change cultivation under Ye Xuefan's protection.
• Three years later, Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan searched the southern Sea of Sand for the Sky Sand Sect inheritance, hoping to trade it to the Ye Family for resources.
• A Void Spirit Insect detected a hidden secret-realm entrance, and the Wan and Ma families entered after setting up formations.
• Ma Xiuyuan recognized the mountain gate inside as the cave abode of Cloud Wilds Real Person, marked by the words “Sky Sand Cloud Wilds.”

Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan led their families through the Sky Sand Sect’s secret realm and uncovered an inheritance revealing the sect’s connection to the Earth Immortal Realm. They left with a secret art and treasures they planned to trade to the Ye Family for resources to help their clans reach the Purple Mansion.

• Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan agreed to search together and divide treasures, while Ma Xiuyuan’s Ma Family kept priority in choosing Spirit Herbs.
• The group searched the mountain’s foot and courtyards, then broke the formation protecting the Sky Sand Ancestral Hall.
• Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan lit incense and received a Smoke Art Inheritance, learning about the Earth Immortal Platform, the Mending Heaven Garden, and the danger of entering without Nascent Soul strength.
• Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan discovered a Fourth-Order Sand Concealing Pearl Magic Treasure, a Golden Dewdrop Fruit, and the Sand Domain Forbidden Art in the three Jade Boxes.
• Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan agreed to trade the magic treasure and fruit to the Ye Family for six portions of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and to exchange the inheritance information for Third-Order Magic Treasures.
• Ma Xiuyuan took the meditation cushions and incense burner, while the two families prepared to divide the remaining items.

Ye Jingcheng perfected Fingertip Divine Lightning, inspected the Ye Family’s growing Central Region holdings, and met Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan about Cloud Wilds Real Person’s inheritance. Their discovery of a route to the Earth Immortal Realm in the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground gave him a major opportunity for the Ye Family, and he rewarded them while demanding secrecy.

• Ye Jingcheng mastered Fingertip Divine Lightning and urged his Spirit Beasts to cultivate before leaving the grotto-heaven to inspect the Ye Family and seek spirit herbs.
• Ye Haiyan returned the repaired Profound Light Boat to Ye Jingcheng and told him Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan had found Cloud Wilds Real Person’s inheritance cave.
• Ye Jingcheng met Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan at Sky Phoenix Oasis, accepted their Golden Dewdrop Fruit and Sand Concealing Pearl, and gave them Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and Azure Purple Pills in exchange for their information.
• Wan Chengjie told Ye Jingcheng that Sky Sand Sect’s cultivators had entered the Earth Immortal Realm through a route in the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground, and Ye Jingcheng recognized the discovery’s value to the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan with access to magic treasures and spirit puppets, ordered them to keep the matter secret, and offered them another treasure after they presented two cultivation arts.

After years of gathering ingredients and refining pills, Ye Jingcheng completed Long Xunxiang’s Blood Cleansing Pill and traded it for rare materials, while also securing a promising Spirit Beast cub. Back at Xiao Mountain Market, he reviewed the Ye Family’s growing business and prepared to refine Peach Square and strengthen himself.

• Ye Jingcheng rested in the Cave Heaven, absorbed the blood avatar’s insights, and spent two years refining spirit pills, including the commissioned Blood Cleansing Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed pills and Treasure Light among his Spirit Beasts and Wood Demons, then urged the Jade Ring Rat to perfect its Breathing Method and pursue a breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng met Long Xunxiang in Xiao Mountain Market and exchanged the Blood Cleansing Pill for Heartless Crying Phoenix Wood and Crimson King Sparrow essence blood.
• Long Xunxiang offered two Spirit Beast cubs, and Ye Jingcheng chose the Green Eyed White Tiger as additional payment for the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the tavern, Alchemy Pavilion, and Array Pavilion, left spirit pills for sale, and set out for Sand Yellow Mountain to refine Peach Square.

Ye Jingcheng mastered Three Finger Divine Lightning after three years of practice in the Sea of Sand, then witnessed the Golden Falcon’s breakthrough to the fourth-tier middle stage and its formidable sword attacks. The Golden Falcon sparred with the Golden Scale Beast, and ten days later the Five-Colored Cloud Deer emerged from seclusion as a Six-Colored Cloud Deer.

• Ye Jingcheng unleashed Three Finger Divine Lightning in the Sea of Sand and reflected on the limits of his control over different lightning combinations.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the grotto-heaven and watched the Golden Falcon attack with a sword formed from its beak and its transformed body.
• The Golden Falcon told Ye Jingcheng it could currently produce only one sword, and he urged it to develop three swords before turning its body into a fourth.
• The Golden Falcon sparred with the Golden Scale Beast, whose Gravity Divine Light and the bird’s sword intent tempered each other.
• Ye Jingcheng resumed cultivating Five Elements Divine Lightning, and ten days later the Five-Colored Cloud Deer emerged as a Six-Colored Cloud Deer.