Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan claimed the last of Zuoqiu Jian’s treasures, including the Wind Spirit Pearl, then disguised himself as Li Bufan and looted the Demon Suppression Division. After killing several Hidden Mansion Realm cultivators, he returned to Purple Cloud Ridge.

• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the fused Spirit Light and Black Underworld swords could create layered bands of light and darkness that sliced a corpse apart, and he named the weapon the Yin-Yang Sword.
• Zhang Lingshan took the Wind Spirit Pearl from the sixteenth treasury and noticed that it caused an unusual change in his Pouch Space.
• Zhang Lingshan freed the captive women, gave them blood mist to restore their strength, and told Feng Sirui to lead them in destroying the Zuoqiu Family.
• Zhang Lingshan disguised himself as Li Bufan, entered the Demon Suppression Division, killed its guards, and emptied its treasury and Li Bufan’s residence.
• Zhang Lingshan found a jade bracelet, a blank sheet of paper, and a soil-filled gourd in Li Bufan’s Storage Bag; the gourd swallowed the Seven Stars Spirit Nourishing Lotus and kept it rooted in its soil.
• Zhang Lingshan killed four more Hidden Mansion Realm cultivators, then used the Mountain Shifting Technique to return to Purple Cloud Ridge.

Zhang Lingshan investigated the growing Flame Grass beneath Purple Cloud Ridge, absorbed its energy, and fled after a powerful Flame Creature wounded him. He relocated the Divine Craftsmanship Workshop and prepared to leave Central Province, while at the Sword Sect, Zhuo Ling'er and Chu Siming lost control as they tried to claim the Luminous and Dark Nether Treasure Swords.

• Zhang Lingshan asked Guan Weigong and Zhong Hailan to leave Central Province with him, and they agreed to move the Fire Spirit Stone Mine and workshop.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Abandoned Mine Pit and absorbed the Flame Grass's energy until the Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art reached Minor Accomplishment.
• Zhang Lingshan sensed a dangerous presence below and rushed out, but the Flame Creature struck his back with two burning tendrils.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Mountain Shifting Technique to relocate the Divine Craftsmanship Workshop, then had Zhong Hailan treat his wounds and resolved to leave Central Province.
• At the Sword Sect, Zhuo Ling'er and Chu Siming released the sword qi of the Luminous and Dark Nether Treasure Swords, but their bodies slipped from their control and fell toward the Nine Provinces Continent.

Chu Siming and Zhuo Ling'er traced the fused Spirit Light and Black Underworld swords to the Zuoqiu Family, but failed to locate their owner and headed for the Great Yu Dynasty’s Imperial City to demand help. There, Chu Siming called out the emperor, prompting Yuwen Shuo to react angrily.

• The Sword Saint Ancestor suppressed the swords’ summoning power and ordered Chu Siming and Zhuo Ling'er to find the merged sword’s master and bring him to become his disciple.
• Chu Siming and Zhuo Ling'er sensed the sword qi to the burning Zuoqiu Family city, where they extinguished the flames and broke the city’s formation without harming the survivors.
• The four Sword Sect visitors found Zuoqiu Jian’s treasure vaults but could not sense the merged sword’s owner, so they suspected he possessed a treasure that concealed sword qi.
• Chu Siming and Zhuo Ling'er decided to seek an edict from the Great Yu Dynasty’s imperial family and flew toward the Imperial City.
• Yuwen Shuo reviewed reports of the Zhang and Zuoqiu families’ destruction and resented his elder brother Yuwen Wuji’s silence in Saint Gazing Tower.
• Chu Siming announced himself from the sky and demanded that the Great Yu Dynasty’s emperor come out to welcome him, angering Yuwen Shuo.

Chu Siming and three Sword Sect experts arrived in the Great Yu Dynasty to find the person who fused the Spirit Light Sword and the Black Underworld Sword, then went to Purple Cloud Ridge to hunt a Fire Spirit Beast. Zhang Lingshan secretly absorbed the escaping flames and advanced his Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art to Greater Accomplishment while the four experts struggled to contain the beast.

• Chu Siming killed an Imperial City Guard with a casual sword strike, then forced Yuwen Shuo to summon him to the palace and issue a decree seeking the sword-fusing expert.
• Chu Siming and the other three sensed dense fire spiritual energy and flew toward Purple Cloud Ridge, while Zhong Hailan spotted them and Zhang Lingshan went to investigate.
• Zhang Lingshan reached the Abandoned Mine Pit and waited as Chu Siming, Zhuo Ling'er, and their masters confronted the Fire Spirit Beast underground.
• Chu Siming released the Black Underworld Sword Qi to darken and suppress the Fire Spirit Beast, which rampaged through the mine and blasted flames out through the ground.
• Zhang Lingshan transformed into a Fire Dragon and devoured the escaping flames, raising his Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art to Greater Accomplishment as the four experts prepared to retreat.

Zhang Lingshan confronted the Sword Sect disciples who had tried to make him bait for the Fire Spirit Beast, overpowering Zhuo Ling'er and demanding their treasures. The others launched a diversion to rescue her and attack him, but Zhang Lingshan took the Dark Nether Treasure Sword and vanished with the Mountain Shifting Technique.

• Zhang Lingshan emerged from the Fire Spirit Beast's cavern and was surrounded by Zhuo Ling'er, Chu Siming, Male Master, and Female Master.
• Zhuo Ling'er attacked Zhang Lingshan with sword qi, but he caught her first strike and endured another with his hardened body.
• Zhang Lingshan charged through the Luminous Treasure Sword's light, seized Zhuo Ling'er, and threatened her until the others handed over their pills.
• Zhang Lingshan demanded the Dark Nether Treasure Sword, and Chu Siming sent it to him while Male Master and Female Master prepared a counterattack.
• Male Master and Female Master used the spreading darkness to send Female Master toward the Fire Spirit Beast's nest, while Chu Siming attacked Zhang Lingshan with the Black Underworld Sword Qi.
• Zhang Lingshan landed with the Dark Nether Treasure Sword and escaped using the Mountain Shifting Technique.

Zhang Lingshan completed the Yin-Yang Sword, trained against the Fire Spirit Beast, and gathered his companions to travel to Jade Province. After learning the Sword Saint Ancestor planned to take him as a disciple, Zhang Lingshan rejected the offer and revealed he had taken the Sword Sect’s swords, while his followers chose to stay with him.

• The Male Master and Female Master returned to the Sword Sect with Zhuo Ling'er, and Chu Siming resolved to enter the Tribulation River to grow strong enough to defeat Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan fused the Black Underworld Sword and Spirit Light Sword into the Complete Yin-Yang Sword, whose black and white sword seals disappeared into his wrists.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Fire Spirit Beast’s mine, fought it with the Yin-Yang Sword, and absorbed enough Flame Spiritual Qi to bring the Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art to Perfection.
• Zhang Lingshan reunited with Guan Weigong, Zhong Hailan, Pei Xingdou, and Feng Sirui’s group, then learned the Sword Saint Ancestor intended to accept the fused-sword genius as his disciple.
• Zhang Lingshan rejected the Sword Saint Ancestor’s offer, disclosed that he had taken the Spirit Light and Black Underworld Swords, and gave his companions the choice to leave or follow him.
• Feng Sirui, Guan Weigong, Zhong Hailan, and the others pledged to stay with Zhang Lingshan, who planned to teleport them toward Central Province before taking a Flying Boat to Jade Province.

Zhang Yanshi destroyed the Jade City Demon Suppression Division while investigating Zhang Lingshan’s background, then took Cang Changzhen to the Sandalwood Sect to target Zhang Lingshan’s family. Cang Changzhen was thrown into the Sect’s powerful Formation and rescued, where he learned that a great expert was stationed there.

• Zhang Yanshi crushed the Demon Suppression Division members, forced Cang Changzhen to hand over Zhang Lingshan’s dossier, and learned that Zhang Lingshan’s family had moved to the Sandalwood Sect.
• Zhang Yanshi carried Cang Changzhen to the Sandalwood Sect and noticed its Formation was far more powerful than Cang Changzhen had claimed.
• Zhang Yanshi hurled Cang Changzhen at the Formation, injuring him, and a guarding disciple let him inside.
• A young monk told Cang Changzhen that Kong Dagui was at the Sandalwood Sect and that a great expert was stationed there.
• Cang Changzhen asked to meet the expert stationed at the Sect.

After Zhang Yanshi failed to breach the Sandalwood Sect’s Formation, he forced Cang Changzhen to help capture Zhang Lingshan’s family by threatening the Cang Family. Cang Changzhen agreed to devise a plan, leaving the Zhang Family’s safety uncertain.

• Kong Dagui led the injured Cang Changzhen to meet Snake Zhengming, who explained that he had used the Formation to cushion Cang Changzhen’s fall and identified Zhang Yanshi as a Hidden Mansion Realm expert seeking the Zhang Family.
• Snake Zhengming told Cang Changzhen to rest and said he would handle Zhang Yanshi, while Kong Dagui realized Cang Changzhen had betrayed Zhang Lingshan by guiding Zhang Yanshi to the Sandalwood Sect.
• Cang Changzhen told Kong Dagui that Zhang Yanshi had destroyed the Demon Suppression Division and killed everyone there with one move.
• Unable to break the Sandalwood Sect’s Formation, Zhang Yanshi sent Cang Changzhen a voice transmission and threatened to wipe out the Cang Family unless he delivered Zhang Lingshan’s family within a day.
• Cang Changzhen warned Zhang Yanshi that Snake Zhengming guarded the Zhang Family, then claimed he had a plan to help capture them.

Zhang Yanshi sought Zhang Lingshan’s relatives and enlisted Green Lotus Sect Saintess Wu Fangfang to lure Zhang Lingyu out of the Heaven Sect Ruins. Wu Fangfang trapped Zhang Lingyu in a Cyan Lotus Platform, leaving Zhang Yanshi poised to capture her.

• Cang Changzhen told Zhang Yanshi that Wu Fangfang might know Zhang Lingchuan’s whereabouts and directed him to Green Mountain Temple.
• Snake Zhengming arranged for Du Lao Jiu to deal with Zhang Yanshi while Snake Qingchan searched for Zhang Lingchuan.
• Zhang Yanshi met Wu Fangfang, who offered to lure Zhang Lingyu out of the Heaven Sect Ruins instead of revealing Zhang Lingchuan’s location.
• Wu Fangfang led Zhang Yanshi through the Mist Realm to Zhang Lingyu, who came out to meet her.
• Wu Fangfang attacked Zhang Lingyu and trapped her in a Cyan Lotus Platform, while Zhang Yanshi berated Wu Fangfang for walking into a trap.

Zhang Yanshi escaped the ambush after Zhang Lingyu’s corpse puppet exploded, then healed himself and set out to find Zhang Lingchuan. Wu Fangfang tracked him down and offered to use her spirit-sensing talent to locate Zhang Lingchuan in exchange for his help.

• Zhang Lingyu’s Self-Sacrifice Puppet exploded, allowing Zhang Yanshi to escape Chen Xiangxue and Chen Lifeng, while Wu Fangfang vanished.
• Zhang Yanshi recovered in a hidden mountain cave by swallowing a Fire Lotus Pill, then searched the clouds for Zhang Lingchuan.
• Wu Fangfang appeared before Zhang Yanshi and explained that her special talent could sense Zhang Lingchuan through his Ghost Path aura.
• Wu Fangfang asked Zhang Yanshi for Spirit Stones to extend her sensing range, and he reluctantly agreed to use a pure Fire Spirit Stone.
• Zhang Yanshi secretly intended to use the Fire Spirit Stone’s Flame Aura to keep Wu Fangfang’s Ghost Path talent in check if she betrayed him.

Zhang Yanshi and Wu Fangfang tracked Zhang Lingchuan to a mountain cottage, where they found him gravely ill and apparently delirious. After Zhang Yanshi saved him with Heart Blood and struck him, Zhang Lingchuan’s body proved extraordinarily resilient and began breaking through to the Aperture Opening Realm, leaving Zhang Yanshi amazed by his potential.

• Wu Fangfang used the Fire Spirit Stone to sense Zhang Lingchuan’s aura and led Zhang Yanshi to a secluded thatched cottage.
• Zhang Yanshi found Zhang Lingchuan bedridden and tried to capture him to use as leverage against Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingchuan explained that he and Zhang Lingshan were not close, then appeared close to death and asked Zhang Yanshi to take his corpse home.
• Zhang Yanshi fed Zhang Lingchuan a drop of Heart Blood, restoring his color and easing his illness.
• Zhang Yanshi struck Zhang Lingchuan, but the young man survived the blow and began opening an aperture as Spiritual Qi gathered around him.
• Zhang Yanshi realized he could not see through Zhang Lingchuan and concluded that the young man possessed extraordinary talent.

Zhang Lingchuan’s breakthrough awakened a mysterious power, and Zhang Yanshi unknowingly helped it descend into his body. The Zhang Family Ancestor manifested through Zhang Lingchuan, spared Zhang Yanshi, and then faced Zhang Lingshan, who recognized that his younger brother was gone.

• Zhang Lingchuan endured a violent spiritual-qi breakthrough, recovered his youthful appearance, and reached the Aperture Opening Realm Peak.
• Zhang Yanshi examined Zhang Lingchuan, then rescued him from his surging Qi and Blood Fire Seed and guided him with the Fire Lion Divine Art.
• Zhang Lingchuan rapidly reached the Meridian Opening Realm Peak before a white lightning bolt lifted him into the air.
• Zhang Yanshi realized he had helped the Zhang Family Ancestor descend into Zhang Lingchuan and knelt to welcome his master’s manifestation.
• The manifested Zhang Family Ancestor spared Zhang Yanshi, sent Wu Fangfang away, and met Zhang Lingshan, who arrived and recognized that Zhang Lingchuan was no longer himself.

Zhang Lingshan confronted the Zhang Family Ancestor, who had possessed Zhang Lingchuan, and discovered that his Profound Gold Body made him difficult to defeat. The ancestor fled by taking over Zhang Yanshi instead, while Zhang Lingchuan was sent flying to lure Zhang Lingshan away.

• Zhang Lingshan attacked Zhang Yanshi, but the Zhang Family Ancestor deflected his strike and revealed himself as Zhang Lingchuan’s possessor.
• Zhang Lingshan fought the Zhang Family Ancestor, accused Zhang Yanshi of helping destroy the Central Province Zhang Family, and learned the ancestor had spared him despite his role in leading Zuoqiu Jian there.
• The Zhang Family Ancestor recognized Zhang Lingshan’s Profound Gold Body and refused his offer to take over his body, fearing the consequences.
• Zhang Lingshan pursued the fleeing Zhang Family Ancestor and Zhang Yanshi, repeatedly intercepting them with the Mountain Shifting Technique.
• The Zhang Family Ancestor abandoned Zhang Lingchuan’s body and entered Zhang Yanshi’s, then ordered him to send Zhang Lingchuan flying as a decoy.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Zhang Lingchuan from the Zhang Family Ancestor and brought him to the Heaven Sect Ruins, where Bai Zhiyao said a rare treasure was needed to heal his soul. Zhang Lingshan identified the Azure Awareness Fruit’s hidden growing place as a possible lead, then punished Chen Xiangxue and Chen Lifeng for failing to capture Zhang Yanshi.

• Zhang Lingshan caught Zhang Lingchuan, whose body and soul had been severely damaged, and escaped toward the Flying Boat carrying Zhang Xianfeng and the others.
• The Zhang Family Ancestor possessed Zhang Yanshi and attacked Zhang Lingshan’s group, but Zhang Lingshan arrived and forced them to flee after wounding Zhang Yanshi.
• Zhang Lingshan brought Zhang Lingchuan to the Heaven Sect Ruins, where Bai Zhiyao said a Soul Nurturing Flower, Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill, or Soul Returning Fruit might heal his soul.
• Bai Zhiyao explained that the Soul Returning Fruit might grow where the Azure Awareness Fruit could be found, and Zhang Lingshan said he had a Directional Jade Slip to that place.
• Zhang Lingyu accused Chen Lifeng of ruining the plan to capture Zhang Yanshi, and Zhang Lingshan confirmed Zhang Lingchuan could be saved before sending Zhang Lingyu to see him.
• Zhang Lingshan spared Chen Xiangxue and Chen Lifeng from death but inflicted a painful punishment on them with flames mixed with his essence blood.

Zhang Lingshan founded Spirit Mountain to compete for Heavenly Dao luck, appointed its leaders and protectors, and began building its grounds. Zhuo Yu established a floating central mountain as Zhang Lingshan’s residence and advised that a Spirit Vein would strengthen the sect’s fortune.

• Zhuo Yu explained the struggle for luck and warned that Upper Realm experts intended to carve up the Nine Provinces Continent’s Heavenly Dao Rules.
• Zhang Lingshan named the sect Spirit Mountain, appointed Zhuo Yu, Guan Weigong, Zhao Huanyang, Feng Sirui, Celestial Crane Daoist, and Pei Xingdou to leadership roles, and empowered Zhao Huanyang with Divine Dew.
• Zhang Lingshan moved a mountain into the Heaven Sect Ruins, impressing Zhuo Yu and Pei Xingdou with his mastery of the Star Shifting Technique.
• Zhang Lingshan brought Xu Zhongyin into the planning, and Xu Zhongyin, Zhuo Yu, and Pei Xingdou designed Spirit Mountain’s layout over three days and nights.
• Zhang Lingshan moved dozens of mountains to form Spirit Mountain, and Zhuo Yu used formations to raise its central peak into a Suspended Mountain.
• Zhuo Yu said a Spirit Vein could stabilize Spirit Mountain’s fortune, and Zhang Lingshan realized that he had one.

Zhang Lingshan helped Zhuo Yu implant a Spirit Vein into Mountain Master Peak, then traveled to find the Azure Awareness Fruit and the Soul Returning Fruit for Zhang Lingchuan. After crossing a dangerous river in a barren realm, he reached lush land that seemed to be the Azure Awareness Fruit orchard.

• Zhang Lingshan let Zhuo Yu and Han Ruier implant the Spirit Vein into Mountain Master Peak, and he infused it with his Essence Blood and Life Essence to bind Lingshan’s fortune to it.
• Three days later, Zhuo Yu completed the implantation, and Zhang Lingshan gave him and Han Ruier Life Essence before arranging for his family to stay on Mountain Master Peak.
• Zhang Lingshan left Spirit Mountain with the Directional Jade Slip Jin Tingchen had given him and was transported to a desolate land where he collected unusual Barren Branches.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Barren Branches turned the soil and plants around them into barren sand, and he stored each branch in a separate Spirit Plant Bag.
• Zhang Lingshan used fire dragons to force his way across a river of hostile green algae faces and reached a lush region that appeared to be where the Azure Awareness Fruit grew.

Zhang Lingshan ripened the Flame Feather Fruit Tree and fought off the Talisman Sect and Weapon Sect as they tried to claim its fruit. He swallowed every Flame Feather Fruit to keep them from stealing any, leaving the onlookers convinced he had burned himself to death.

• Zhang Lingshan met the Little Girl, who called herself the Azure Spirit Old Ancestor and explained how Flame Feather Fruits could be ripened and used to fly in the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden.
• Zhang Lingshan poured his Flame True Qi into the Flame Feather Fruit Tree until its fruits ripened, while the Little Girl warned him that the tree was draining him.
• Zhang Lingshan raised a sea of fire as experts gathered to steal the fruit, including disciples of the Talisman Sect and Weapon Sect.
• When the fruits fell, Zhang Lingshan used the Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon as a basket to collect them while fire dragons fought off the sect disciples' talismans and trays.
• Zhang Lingshan ate nearly a hundred Flame Feather Fruits before the sect disciples could take them, and the onlookers assumed he had burned himself to death.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Flame Feather Fruits and transformed into a Flame Human Bird, then introduced himself to the Weapon Sect as the Spirit Mountain Master. Ruan Chengqi recognized that Spirit Mountain had received the Heavenly Dao’s recognition and decided to investigate it after leaving the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden.

• Zhang Lingshan refined all the Flame Feather Fruits, grew Flame Feather Wings, and prepared to fly away as the Talisman Sect and other onlookers withdrew.
• Ruan Chengqi introduced himself and invited Zhang Lingshan to join the Weapon Sect, but Zhang Lingshan rejected the offer and challenged him to improve the Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed that he was the Spirit Mountain Master and said his Artifact Dao Protector had forged his weapon.
• Ruan Chengqi left with Xu Meiren and the other Weapon Sect disciples after Zhang Lingshan refused to entertain them further.
• Ruan Chengqi told his companions that the Heavenly Dao had recognized Spirit Mountain and urged them to investigate it after they left the garden.

Zhang Lingshan followed Azure Spirit Old Ancestor to the Soul Returning Fruit Tree, where she claimed she could help him find a fruit. While waiting, he tested his Purple Mansion Eyesight and discovered five robed newcomers nearby.

• Zhang Lingshan took Azure Spirit Old Ancestor flying and agreed to follow her search for a Soul Returning Fruit.
• Azure Spirit Old Ancestor enlarged her body, changed into a disguise, and guided Zhang Lingshan through the garden to the enormous Soul Returning Fruit Tree.
• Azure Spirit Old Ancestor led Zhang Lingshan to a secluded branch where she said a Soul Returning Fruit would appear, and he promised to help her in the future.
• Zhang Lingshan sealed himself inside the Life and Death Bell and carefully opened part of his Purple Mansion to strengthen his eyesight.
• Zhang Lingshan's enhanced vision revealed five young people in golden Eight Trigrams robes, and he asked Azure Spirit Old Ancestor to identify their sect.

Zhang Lingshan and the Little Girl harvested Soul Returning Fruits, then fought the Array Gate disciples who tried to reclaim them. Zhang Lingshan killed all five disciples and left with the Little Girl, while witnesses identified him as the Flame Human Bird and scattered to avoid trouble.

• The Array Gate disciples spread out around the Soul Return Fruit Tree and prepared a Formation as the fruits ripened.
• Zhang Lingshan and the Little Girl collected four of the five Soul Returning Fruits, but the Array Gate leader intercepted them and demanded the fruits back.
• Zhang Lingshan attacked the five disciples, blinded them with a fiery red sun, and killed them, swallowing their Yin Spirits for Energy Points.
• Zhang Lingshan searched the disciples’ Storage Bags, gave them to the Little Girl to identify, and flew away with her as the Soul Return Fruit Tree collapsed.
• Witnesses recognized the Flame Human Bird as the one who had overcome the Array Gate Formation, then dispersed and agreed not to reveal what they had seen.