Chapter Summaries

After becoming the youngest Steward in the Heavenly Crafts Division, Zhou Ling received congratulations and attention from powerful families and academies across Qingyun Immortal City. He collected his rewards and began exchanging contribution points for pills, while others prepared to visit him and consider alliances.

• Li Yang learned that Zhou Ling had become a Steward and ordered Li Yu and Li Yun to prepare a generous gift and visit the Zhou Family, while raising the possibility of a marriage alliance.
• Wang Qingshang and Dean Gong heard of Zhou Ling’s promotion and each regretted that he was already married into the Wang Family.
• He Zijian learned of Zhou Ling’s new position from He Lingyun and decided they would visit the Zhou Family to congratulate him.
• Zhou Ling thanked Director Qin, received a briefing Jade Slip, and invited him to a celebration before his transfer to Jinguang Immortal City.
• Director Qin directed Zhou Ling to collect his rewards and arranged for Luo Qin to help establish a Spirit Gathering Formation at the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Ling received a Fourth-Tier Spirit Gathering Bead and two thousand Contribution Value from Steward Zheng, then agreed to exchange points for pills.

After becoming a steward of the Heavenly Crafts Division, Zhou Ling spent his contribution points on a Fourth-Order Spirit Gathering Formation for the Zhou Family and arranged for Luo Qin to inspect their spirit vein. Back home, he told his family about his promotion, learned Wang Xin had three Third Order Water Spirit Pearls for the formation, and joined Zhou Shan in planning a celebration.

• Zhou Ling exchanged his contribution points for an Earth-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and a Fourth-Order Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Zhou Ling asked Luo Qin to inspect the Zhou Family's four-attribute spirit vein and help establish a Five Elements Spirit Gathering Formation.
• After Zhou Ling left, Luo Qin learned that Zhou Ling had won the steward selection competition by refining a Third-Tier Top-Grade Five Elements Treasure Sword.
• Zhou Ling told Li Ru and Wang Xin that he had become a steward, and they celebrated the news.
• Wang Xin gave Zhou Ling three Third Order Water Spirit Pearls and suggested using them as formation eyes to strengthen the family's Water Attribute spiritual energy.
• Zhou Shan arrived, celebrated Zhou Ling's promotion, and proposed that the Zhou Family hold a celebration.

After becoming a Steward of the Heavenly Crafts Division, Zhou Ling discussed the timing of announcing himself as Lingxiao Sect Master with Zi Ling and chose to wait until he was stronger. He then arranged for the Zhou Family’s Spirit Gathering Formation and invited Luo Qin to serve as a guest elder.

• Chu Xing, Yuan Hu, Bai Ji, and the others congratulated Zhou Ling on becoming a Steward, and Zhou Ling went to tell Zi Ling.
• Zi Ling proposed announcing Zhou Ling as the Lingxiao Sect Master at the celebration, but Zhou Ling argued that it was too soon and she left the decision to him.
• Wang Xin explained her plans for an extensible Spirit Gathering Formation, and Zhou Ling agreed to have her discuss them with Luo Qin.
• Wang Xin and Zhou Ling showed Luo Qin the family’s spirit land, and Luo Qin finalized a plan for the Grand Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Zhou Ling invited Luo Qin to become a guest elder of the Zhou Family, and Luo Qin accepted despite warning that his time would be limited.

Zhou Ling celebrated his appointment as Steward of the Heavenly Crafts Division, attracting Qingyun Immortal City's powerful factions and securing new Workshop orders and recruits. After the celebration raised his reputation, he inspected the newly installed Fourth Order Spirit Gathering Formation with Wang Xin and Luo Qin.

• Zhou Ling welcomed guests from the Daoist Academies, the Heavenly Crafts Division, the Evil Slaying Department, and prominent families to his Steward celebration.
• Zhou Ling pledged that the Heavenly Crafts Division and Zhou Family Workshop would support the city's factions, prompting several families to promise cooperation.
• Zhou Ling's celebration ended with his reputation soaring, and the Zhou Family received dozens of Workshop orders.
• Zhou Ling recruited Lu Chang and Cai Jindao as Artifact Refiners and Yuan Yu as an Alchemist for the Zhou Family Workshop.
• Wang Xin told Zhou Ling that the Fourth Order Spirit Gathering Formation had been completed, and Zhou Ling went to the spirit lake to inspect it with Wang Xin and Luo Qin.

Zhou Ling reviewed the Fourth-Order Spirit Gathering Formation, managed his expanding workshop, and planned his cultivation and the rebuilding of the Lingxiao Sect. He then officially took up the post of Director of the Heavenly Crafts Division and learned how its staff and production quotas were organized.

• Steward Luo demonstrated how the Spirit Gathering Formation gathered water spiritual energy, condensed Five Elements Vitality, and used its spatial array to fuse spirit veins; Zhou Ling activated it with Water Attribute Spirit Stones after Luo departed.
• Over the next half month, Zhou Ling's workshop attracted orders from major forces, and he planned to expand it while leaving its daily affairs to Yuan Hu and the others.
• Zhou Ling considered his Golden Core preparations, Wang Xin's future cultivation, and the resources needed to rebuild the Lingxiao Sect before officially taking office as Director.
• Lu Yunxi briefed Zhou Ling on the Heavenly Crafts Division's staff, its supply duties, and the monthly Treasure Artifact quotas for its stewards.

Zhou Ling took charge of the Heavenly Crafts Division and accepted the challenge of refining a Fourth Order Fire Fiend Sword for the Jin Family. After strengthening his Dry Yang True Fire and advancing his cultivation, he prepared to simulate the sword’s forging method before attempting the refinement.

• Lu Yunxi reported that the Jin Family needed a Fourth Order Fire Fiend Sword to restrain yin fiend qi, and Zhou Ling decided to refine it himself.
• Zhou Ling heard that the Jin and Ye Families were pioneering Fourth Order domains with support from Qingyun Immortal City and considered the Ancient Cloud Realm’s potential for the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Ling kept the Heavenly Crafts Division’s operations unchanged, then collected the Fire Fiend Sword materials and two Fourth Order fire-seed crystals.
• Zhou Ling entered seclusion and used Dry Yang True Fire to absorb the crystals, advancing it to the middle Fourth Grade and himself to Foundation Establishment Layer 8.
• Zhou Ling planned to use Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulation to master the Fire Fiend Sword’s forging method and resolved to have the Black Water Sect search the Ancient Cloud Realm for more spirit flames.

Zhou Ling completed the Fourth-Tier Fire Fiend Sword after repeated practice in the illusionary realm, proving his skill as a sword forger while improving his cultivation. After catching up on messages, he learned of his disciples’ progress, his new Inner Academy Instructor position, and the Song Family’s rapid expansion, and agreed to retrieve the prepared Third Order spirit vein.

• Zhou Ling forged the Fire Fiend Sword Seal after half a month of simulated practice, completing the Fourth-Tier sword.
• Zhou Ling tested the sword against a Third-Tier black shield and shattered it with one strike, confirming his advancement as a Fourth-Tier Artifact Refiner.
• Zhou Ling discovered that his cultivation and divine soul had improved after consuming the pills he had collected from the Heavenly Crafts Division.
• Zhou Ling learned that Luo Xuan had comprehended the Second Realm of the Sword Dao, Bai Ji had reached Qi Condensation Peak, and both Dao Academies had appointed him an Inner Academy Instructor.
• Zhou Ling received the Song Family Head’s message that the family had prepared the Third Order spirit vein and replied that he would soon retrieve it.

Zhou Ling revealed that he had forged a Fourth Order Fire Fiend Sword, winning the Heavenly Crafts Division’s recognition before arranging to retrieve a spirit vein. He and Luo Qin reached Flame Light Island, where Luo began preparing to extract its Third-Grade Mid-Tier fire-attributed spirit vein.

• Zhou Ling revealed his Fourth Order Fire Fiend Sword to the Heavenly Crafts Division, silencing He Shen’s doubts and earning congratulations from the other stewards.
• Zhou Ling discussed retrieving a spirit vein with Luo Qin and Lu Yunxi, then arranged to travel to the Longevity Realm with Luo in three days.
• Zhou Ling and Luo Qin arrived at Flame Light Island, where Luo explained the uses of the island’s Nine Yang Bamboo and Zhou asked to transplant some to the Zhou Family.
• Song Ping welcomed Zhou Ling and Luo Qin and led them to the spirit vein’s eye in a hollow filled with Nine Yang Bamboo.
• Luo Qin identified the vein as a medium-sized, Third-Grade Mid-Tier fire-attributed spirit vein and began placing array flags for its extraction.

Zhou Ling and Steward Luo extracted a Third-Order fire spirit vein from Flame Light Island and integrated it into the Zhou Family’s earthly vein, giving the family a true Golden Core foundation. Zhou Ling then used [Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulation] to advance his Five Elements Sword Art and contacted Dean Gong for guidance on his newly comprehended sword intent.

• Zhou Ling excavated the spirit vein’s source, and Steward Luo used the Five Elements Diagram to extract the vein and its surrounding terrain successfully.
• Steward Luo integrated the Third-Order Mid-Tier fire spirit vein into the Zhou Family’s earthly vein, and he recommended the Third-Tier High-Grade Four Directions Fire Dragon Array.
• Zhou Ling considered exchanging for the Four Directions Fire Dragon Array after the new year, when he had accumulated enough Contribution Value.
• Zhou Ling used [Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulation] to advance the Five Elements Sword Art beyond Man and Sword as One and comprehend the Five Elements Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent.
• After restoring part of his spiritual soul, Zhou Ling contacted Dean Gong to arrange a meeting and ask for guidance on sword dao.

Zhou Ling sought Dean Gong’s guidance on his newly comprehended Five Elements Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent and learned how it related to the Heaven and Earth Sword Strike. Dean Gong invited him to join her team for a competition at the main academy, where she planned to ask about a Five Elements Unity method.

• Zhou Ling visited Dean Gong to ask about the Five Elements Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent he had recently comprehended.
• Dean Gong explained that Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent could evolve into many forms, then demonstrated her fourth-step Falling Wood Sword Intent, which made Zhou Ling’s Five Elements Treasure Swords resonate.
• Dean Gong described two paths of advanced swordsmanship and explained that Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent was powerful but made it harder to comprehend a unique Sword Intent for the Four Realms.
• Dean Gong told Zhou Ling that achieving Five Elements Unity could lead to the Heaven and Earth Sword Strike, and said he would need to obtain a cultivation method from the main academy.
• Dean Gong offered to seek the method during an upcoming main academy competition and invited Zhou Ling to accompany her team.

Dean Gong recruited Zhou Ling to represent Nine Heavens Sword Academy in the Grand Academy Competition and gave him the Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array to practice with her. After inspecting the expanded family Workshop, Zhou Ling returned home and agreed to guide He Zijian in swordsmanship.

• Dean Gong explained that the Grand Academy Competition in Qingyang Immortal City would affect the Dao Academy's and Qingyun Immortal City's standing, then assigned Zhou Ling one of the Instructor slots alongside herself.
• Zhou Ling learned that the competition would pair four Foundation Establishment disciples and two Golden Core Instructors from each academy, and Dean Gong set their goal as reaching the top sixteen.
• Dean Gong gave Zhou Ling the Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array and told him to practice coordinating with her before the competition in three months.
• Zhou Ling inspected the enlarged family Workshop, considered hiring another Third-Order Artifact Refiner, and decided the family could not yet afford the expense.
• He Zijian asked Zhou Ling for help with his swordsmanship bottleneck, so Zhou Ling invited him and his sister to the family's small square.

Zhou Ling guided He Zijian’s sword cultivation and welcomed him and He Lingyun as retainers of the Zhou Family. After arranging their duties and planning to expand the family grounds, Zhou Ling studied Dean Gong’s Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array and began cultivating its Golden Sun Sword Domain.

• Zhou Ling analyzed He Zijian’s Thunder Roar Sword Formula, advised him to focus its power into one strike, and helped him unleash a much stronger sword attack.
• He Zijian asked Zhou Ling to accept him as a disciple, but Zhou Ling declined while promising to continue helping him.
• He Lingyun proposed that she and He Zijian become Zhou Family retainers, and Zhou Ling agreed to take them in.
• Zhou Ling made He Zijian captain of a new guard squad and planned for He Lingyun to manage a future Spirit Beast Garden, while considering purchasing land to expand the family grounds.
• Zhou Ling studied the Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array and entered an illusionary simulation to cultivate its Golden Sun Sword Domain.

Zhou Ling and Dean Gong successfully cultivated the Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array, and Dean Gong gained an epiphany that helped her condense her Sword Heart. The next day, Song Yue sought a place in the Heavenly Crafts Division and asked Zhou Ling’s Workshop to build two replacement warships for the Song Family.

• Zhou Ling and Dean Gong corrected their coordination, fused their Five Elements Sword Intent, and formed the Sun Moon Sword Domain.
• Dean Gong’s epiphany advanced her Sword Dao and allowed her to condense her Sword Heart, after which she planned to enter seclusion.
• Song Yue asked Zhou Ling to recommend her for a Second-Grade Steward position in the Heavenly Crafts Division and said she hoped to attempt the Heavenly Guard assessment next year.
• Song Yue brought plans for the Song Family’s Golden Sword and Purple Thunder Boat and asked whether Zhou Ling’s Workshop could build replacements for their damaged warships.
• Zhou Ling reviewed the plans, agreed the Workshop could forge both warships, and went to gather his Workshop’s staff.

Zhou Ling learned that a serious Beast Tide was attacking Anyang Immortal City and began preparing Qingyun Immortal City and the Zhou Family for danger. He organized the Workshop to forge a Golden Sword Warship and studied how to combine its complex inscriptions.

• The Song Family Head gave Zhou Ling the Zhou Family’s share of the Everlasting Realm expedition profits and asked him to forge two warships quickly because of the Beast Tide at Anyang Immortal City.
• Zhou Ling learned from Lu Yunxi that two Fifth-Tier Demon Kings were attacking Anyang Immortal City, reviewed footage of the battle, and ordered information gathered while speeding up preparations for aid.
• Zhou Ling exchanged for warship blueprints and inscription materials, then assigned the Workshop to forge a Golden Sword Warship.
• Zhou Ling studied the warship’s five cooperating inscriptions and considered how his abilities could help him refine them before the Beast Tide grew more dangerous.

Zhou Ling used Blood Dragon Grass to break through to Third-Tier Body Refining, then checked on the Lightning Sword Warship project as Qingyun Immortal City prepared supplies amid the Beast Tide at Anyang Immortal City. The chapter ended with Zhou Ling heading to the Heavenly Crafts Division, where workers were producing supplies for the defense.

• Zhou Ling inventoried the Song Family Head’s Storage Ring and set aside the Third-Tier Dragon Blood Grass for his own cultivation and the Second-tier grasses for his father.
• After the New Year, Zhou Ling nearly completed plans for a Lightning Sword Warship and prepared medicinal liquid for his body-tempering breakthrough.
• Zhou Ling absorbed the Blood Dragon Grass, endured its violent medicinal power, and broke through to Third-Tier Body Refining with eight hundred drops of essence blood.
• Zhou Ling inspected the warship hull at the Workshop, guided the Artifact Refiners, and told Yuan Hu to adjust prices for future orders as Beast Tide-driven material costs rose.
• Zhou Ling reassured his worried parents about the Nascent Soul Cultivators guarding Anyang Immortal City, while Xin'er refused her mother’s invitation to go to Qingyang Immortal City.
• Zhou Ling went to the Heavenly Crafts Division, where stewards were working overtime to produce supplies for Anyang Immortal City.

Zhou Ling organized the Heavenly Crafts Division to increase production for Anyang Immortal City as the Beast Tide worsened, while Dean Gong invited him to join the Sword Academy’s support mission. He stayed behind to forge weapons and help develop a more efficient furnace, which succeeded in rapidly refining ore.

• Zhou Ling ordered the Heavenly Crafts Division to focus its supplies on Anyang Immortal City, seek help from Xuanyuan Daoist Academy disciples and the city’s great families, and raise deliveries by half.
• Zhou Ling accepted a task to forge thirty Third Order Explosive Fire Thunders after no one else took it.
• Dean Gong invited Zhou Ling to accompany the Sword Academy’s disciples to Anyang Immortal City, but he declined because the Heavenly Crafts Division needed him to forge supplies.
• Dean Gong shared insights about the Five Elements Sun Moon Sword Array, and Zhou Ling lent her the Five Elements Treasure Sword before she departed for Anyang Immortal City.
• Three days later, Zhou Ling and Steward Luo tested the new Spirit Fire Furnace, which quickly refined multiple chunks of Second Order Dark Iron.
• Zhou Ling identified improvements to the furnace’s iron-liquid outlets and ordered Steward Luo to build another furnace of the same size.

Zhou Ling received the Song Family Head’s offer of spirit herbs and agreed to recommend the Song Family as a partner family of the Heavenly Crafts Division after the Beast Tide. On his way to address urgent needs at Anyang Immortal City, he discovered that the Golden Fire Crow had advanced to Third Order and gained powerful new abilities.

• The Song Family Head collected the Golden Sword Warship and offered the Heavenly Crafts Division spirit herbs, including a Jade Soul Grass for Zhou Ling.
• Zhou Ling accepted the Jade Soul Grass as payment for forging the Purple Lightning Warship and agreed to recommend the Song Family for partnership after the Beast Tide.
• Lu Yunxi told Zhou Ling that Anyang Immortal City urgently needed pills, other supplies, and Formation Masters to repair its damaged Magic Array.
• The Golden Fire Crow arrived at Third Order, learned to speak, and told Zhou Ling it had awakened the Blazing Sea Golden Sword Technique and the Blazing Gold Heaven Swallowing Flame.
• The Golden Fire Crow explained that consuming metal ores could strengthen its bloodline and flame, then devoured several Departing Fire Gold Stones as Zhou Ling rode it to the Heavenly Crafts Division.

Zhou Ling led Formation Masters from Qingyun Immortal City to aid Anyang Immortal City, whose weakened Magic Array was under attack from a powerful Beast Tide. After arriving, he met City Lord Qi Xuan and joined the leaders gathered to coordinate the city’s defense.

• Zhou Ling ordered Steward Luo to assemble Formation Masters and decided to lead the aid mission himself, while telling Lu Yunxi to oversee the Heavenly Crafts Division in his absence.
• Steward Luo led Zhou Ling and ten Formation Master stewards aboard a warship toward Anyang Immortal City, carrying the Heavenly Gate Sword Light Formation and other supplies.
• Steward Luo explained that two Fifth-Tier Demon Kings led the Beast Tide and taught the Formation Masters how to deploy the Fourth-Tier formation during the journey.
• The warship reached Anyang Immortal City, where Zhou Ling and the others were greeted by Battalion Commander Chu Jia and escorted to the city’s hall.
• City Lord Qi Xuan welcomed Zhou Ling, who entered a gathering of powerful cultivators and was greeted by Dean Gong.

Zhou Ling arrived in Anyang Immortal City with reinforcements and introduced the Fourth Order Heavenly Gate Sword Light Formation, which required eight Golden Core Sword Cultivators to operate. With only seven available, Zhou Ling agreed to take the final position, and the team prepared to set up the formation before the next major Demon Beast assault.

• Chen Zhanglei praised Zhou Ling’s pure soul and confirmed his ability to forge a Fourth Order Treasure Artifact, while Dean Gong also praised his sword talent.
• Zhou Ling told City Lord Qi that the Heavenly Gate Sword Light Formation could trap several Fourth-Tier Demonic Beasts, but Dean Gong could gather only six Golden Core Sword Cultivators.
• Dean Gong asked Zhou Ling to fill the eighth position, and Zhou Ling agreed despite Lin Tong’s concerns about risking a valuable artifact refiner.
• City Lord Qi briefed the newcomers on Anyang Immortal City’s repeated Demon Beast assaults, and Zhou Ling handed over the aid artifacts he had brought.
• Steward Luo explained the formation to the six recruited sword cultivators, and Dean Gong assigned the eight participants to its four gates.
• The group left for the west city gate to set up the formation as Demon Beasts roared nearby.

Zhou Ling surveyed the Demon Beast army and used his observation skills to identify weaknesses in its Fourth-Tier leaders. After the Heavenly Gate Sword Light Formation was completed, he told City Lord Qi he could share what he had learned, and the assembled cultivators asked him to explain.

• Zhou Ling observed the organized Demon Beast Camps and identified the strengths and weaknesses of several Fourth-Tier Demonic Beasts, including the Golden Horned Beast.
• Zhou Ling decided to share his findings by presenting himself as a Third-Order Beast Tamer and using the Golden Fire Crow as proof.
• Dean Gong and the others completed the Heavenly Gate Sword Light Formation, which City Lord Qi believed could hold off three Fourth-Tier Demonic Beasts.
• Zhou Ling told City Lord Qi that he had discovered weaknesses in several Fourth-Tier Demonic Beasts and asked to brief the other Nascent Soul cultivators.
• City Lord Qi gathered the cultivators in the discussion hall, where they questioned Zhou Ling about his findings.