Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi traveled to Sword Island so she could overcome her tribulation. Jin Xi survived the first nine lightning strikes but was engulfed by a devastating Five Elements Divine Thunder, leaving her charred body on the ground.

• Jin Xi taught Lu Xuanji to conceal his strength in battle, then reminded him to call her Xi'er rather than Ancestor.
• Lu Xuanji used a Pure Yang Token to bring himself and Jin Xi from a town in Chu Kingdom to the desolate ancient Sword Island.
• Lu Xuanji explained that time had ruined the island’s formations, medicinal gardens, and weapons, and Jin Xi began her tribulation there.
• Jin Xi swallowed the first six tribulation bolts and shattered the next three with her swordsmanship, suffering her first injury.
• A Five-colored Tribulation Cloud formed and unleashed Five Elements Divine Thunder powerful enough to match a Nascent Soul fifth layer strike, leaving Jin Xi’s body charred.

Jin Xi recovered from her tenth heavenly tribulation and gained insight into her Indestructible Sword Body, but a true human tribulation drew her into an Illusionary Realm against Zi Yunxiao. As Zi Yunxiao threatened to kill her, Jin Xi’s aura suddenly surged to the Spirit Transformation Second Layer.

• Jin Xi healed from the tenth heavenly tribulation, then absorbed its insights while Lu Xuanji guarded her.
• Zi Yunxiao sensed an approaching threat, but his deductions through the Heavenly Mechanism Disk revealed only a blur before he was pulled into an Illusionary Realm as a human tribulation.
• Lu Xuanji realized Jin Xi had entered her true human tribulation and could only overcome it herself.
• Jin Xi recognized Zi Yunxiao as the man who had killed her father and attacked the Jin Family, while Zi Yunxiao identified her as a surviving Jin Family descendant.
• Zi Yunxiao’s pressure broke Jin Xi’s legs when she refused to kneel, and he prepared to kill her with a purple starburst.
• Jin Xi’s aura abruptly rose from the Nascent Soul first layer to the Spirit Transformation Second Layer, and she shattered Zi Yunxiao’s attack.

Jin Xi fused her Heavenly Devil Dao Body, Indestructible Sword Body, and Azure Lotus Clone, gaining a new understanding of herself and power beyond Zi Yunxiao's. After a fierce battle in which she repeatedly healed and grew stronger, Zi Yunxiao unleashed Purple Cloud Divine Intent Annihilation against her.

• Jin Xi reached the Spirit Transformation Second Layer through the human tribulation, but Zi Yunxiao trapped her in Purple Yang Heavenly Fire and began refining her.
• Jin Xi summoned her Azure Lotus Clone, united her conflicting physiques, and absorbed the purple flames through an Azure Lotus.
• Jin Xi fought Zi Yunxiao in a fierce exchange, suffering severe wounds while rapidly healing and growing stronger.
• After a hundred moves, Zi Yunxiao activated Purple Cloud Divine Intent Annihilation and submerged Jin Xi in a Purple Cloud Mass.

Jin Xi faced Zi Yunxiao in her human tribulation and awakened the demonic intent Vast Devil Soil, allowing her to defeat and kill him. She emerged from the Illusionary Realm having resolved to destroy the Purple Family’s high-level cultivators while sparing its low-level cultivators and commoners.

• Purple mist erased most of Jin Xi’s body, but her unwillingness to die awakened the demonic intent Vast Devil Soil and rebuilt her body.
• Jin Xi fought Zi Yunxiao, matching his attacks and enduring his Universe Annihilation Palm.
• Jin Xi’s seventh punch manifested a demonic mountain, and her eighth punch shattered Zi Yunxiao’s golden palm imprint and struck his chest.
• Jin Xi tore Zi Yunxiao apart, then suppressed her urge to exterminate the entire Purple Family and resolved to spare its low-level cultivators and commoners.
• The Illusionary Realm dispersed, and Jin Xi told Lu Xuanji that she had passed the human tribulation and killed her old enemy.

After ten years on Sword Island, Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi returned to their separate lives, with Jin Xi hiding her jealousy over his other loved ones. Lu Xuanji reunited with the Lu Clan and met his children.

• Jin Xi told Lu Xuanji about killing a Spirit Transformation cultivator in the Illusionary Realm but kept the cultivator's identity secret.
• Jin Xi searched Sword Island for five years, found no treasures, and then cultivated there with Lu Xuanji as their relationship grew more intimate.
• After ten years, Lu Xuanji advanced to Purple Mansion Layer 7, and he and Jin Xi returned to the small town using the Pure Yang Token.
• Jin Xi kissed Lu Xuanji goodbye and privately struggled with jealousy about his wife, Ye Wanyi, and other women in his life.
• Lu Xuanji returned to the Lu Clan, met with its cultivators, and reunited with Ye Wanyi and their sons, Xian'er and Fan'er.

Lu Xuanji reunited with Ye Wanyi after thirty years away and discovered that they had twin sons, Lu Xian and Lu Fan. After learning their aptitudes were vastly different, he vowed to help Lu Fan reach Golden Core instead of limiting him to raising descendants.

• Ye Wanyi told Lu Xuanji that their twin sons, Lu Xian and Lu Fan, were born while he was in seclusion and introduced the grown young men to him.
• Lu Xuanji welcomed his sons, then reunited with Ye Wanyi and reproached her for risking her cultivation by bearing children before reaching Golden Core.
• Ye Wanyi explained that she had accepted her limits and wanted to leave descendants, while Lu Xuanji gave her a booklet about attempting Golden Core.
• Ye Wanyi revealed that Lu Xian had a Heavenly Spirit Root and Lu Fan had a Five Spirit Root, and proposed prioritizing Xian while steering Fan toward producing descendants.
• Lu Xuanji rejected Ye Wanyi’s plan for Lu Fan and promised to provide the resources needed to help him reach Golden Core.

Lu Xuanji explained the difficulty of advancing from Purple Mansion to Golden Core and the importance of a cultivator’s Golden Core grade and quality. He reassured Ye Wanyi about her cultivation prospects and revealed that Chu Kingdom’s sects concealed multiple Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators.

• Ye Wanyi worried that bearing Fan'er and supporting Lu Xuanji had slowed her cultivation, while Lu Xuanji urged her to pursue Golden Core so they could share longevity.
• Lu Xuanji described the steps to achieve Golden Core and explained that Ye Wanyi’s decade at Purple Mansion Layer 9 showed her progress was slow.
• Lu Xuanji explained that a Golden Core’s grade and revolutions shaped a cultivator’s strength and future prospects.
• Ye Wanyi asked about Ancestor Jin, and Lu Xuanji said she had formed an Eighth Revolution High-Grade Golden Core and recently entered Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuanji revealed that Danyang Sect and the other great sects had Nascent Soul Ancestors and more Golden Core cultivators than low-level cultivators knew.

Lu Xuanji reunited with his adult sons and heard Lu Xian recount how the clan had raised him. He warned Lu Xian that exceptional talent required powerful backing, explaining that Ancestor Jin’s rise to Nascent Soul would help protect him until he achieved Golden Core.

• Lu Xuanji sent Lu Fan away and asked Lu Xian about his life, his cultivation, and whether he liked anyone.
• Lu Xian described his Heavenly Spirit Root, his education, years tending Spirit Fields, and the clan’s plans to give him a gradual path to higher cultivation.
• Lu Xuanji told Lu Xian a story about the Celestial Emperor’s Son and argued that a cultivator should secure allies and resources rather than rely on an unsupported struggle.
• Lu Xuanji explained that Ye Feixue had left the Lu Clan because her talent endangered the clan, and that Lu Xian’s talent could also attract threats.
• Lu Xuanji said Ancestor Jin’s recent advancement to Nascent Soul gave her enough strength to protect Lu Xian until he reached Golden Core.

Lu Xuanji taught his sons about the importance of powerful backing, then examined Lu Fan and found no exceptional talent or fortune. He offered Lu Fan a choice between an easy life supporting the family through descendants and a difficult path to improve his aptitude, leaving Lu Fan to decide.

• Lu Xuanji told Ye Xian that powerful backers had protected him from dangers and helped him grow as a cultivator.
• After Ye Xian left, Lu Xuanji reflected on his eldest son's pride and his effort to temper him.
• Lu Fan told Lu Xuanji that he had no ambitions beyond taking more wives and having more children for the family.
• Lu Xuanji examined Lu Fan and found a Five Spirit Root, no special physique, ordinary fortune, and ordinary comprehension.
• Lu Xuanji offered Lu Fan two paths: an easy life raising descendants or a harsh struggle to improve his aptitude.

Lu Xuanji offered Lu Fan a choice between an easy mortal life and the dangerous path of cultivation, then promised resources and methods to improve his Five Spirit Root if he chose to pursue the Dao. Lu Fan chose cultivation, while Lu Xuanji privately worried that his son’s poor aptitude would make the road exceptionally hard.

• Lu Xuanji told Lu Fan he had to choose his own future, and Lu Fan asked whether someone with a Five Spirit Root could still succeed.
• Lu Xuanji showed Lu Fan ten million spirit stones and said he could use the wealth to support his cultivation.
• Lu Xuanji described methods to improve Lu Fan’s prospects, including Five Elements Pills, a pseudo Dao Body, and top-grade Spirit Pills, while warning that support would depend on Lu Fan’s effort.
• Lu Fan said he was unwilling to remain ordinary and chose the path of cultivation.
• After Lu Fan left, Lu Xuanji reflected on his own rise and used his Phone Fate Deduction to confirm how badly Five Spirit Roots hindered cultivation.

Lu Xuanji refined Five Elements Pills to balance his son Lu Fan’s Spiritual Roots and help him cultivate through Five Elements Intergeneration. Lu Fan’s speed rose to that of Triple Spirit Roots, and Lu Xuanji gave him the Five Elements Sword Scripture before considering how else to transform Spiritual Roots and physiques.

• Lu Xuanji decided to use Five Elements Pills to balance Lu Fan’s Spiritual Roots after ruling out costly Creation Fruits.
• The Alchemy Hall elder gathered the eighteen ingredients, and Lu Xuanji refined seven Five Elements Pills.
• Lu Fan took three pills, bringing his wood, water, metal, and earth attributes to five inches each; a fourth pill caused no further change.
• Lu Fan found that Five Elements Intergeneration raised his cultivation speed to that of Triple Spirit Roots.
• Lu Xuanji taught Lu Fan the Five Elements Sword Scripture, which could be cultivated to Nascent Soul Late Stage, then pondered how to transform Spiritual Roots and physiques.

Lu Xuanji studied constitutions and spirit roots before Ye Wanyi reached the Pseudo-Core realm. He gave her spirit stones and urged her to build enough magic power for a High-Grade Golden Core, and she entered seclusion to cultivate.

• Lu Xuanji reviewed the Heaven Worshiping Cauldron’s role in transforming constitutions and compared his own spirit root and soul strength with those of Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators.
• Five years later, Ye Wanyi broke through to the Pseudo-Core realm, and Lu Xuanji sparred with her to assess her new combat strength.
• Lu Xuanji gave Ye Wanyi one hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones and told her to aim for the thirty Jiazi of magic power needed for a High-Grade Golden Core.
• Ye Wanyi and Lu Xuanji spent three days together before she entered seclusion to cultivate and refine the spirit stones.

Lu Xuanji reunited with Jin Xi at Ziyang Mountain, where she gave him lifespan-extending medicinal ingredients for the Great Elder and showed him the powerful formations she had built. In the medicinal garden, Lu Xuanji recognized the purple mist as Emperor Flowing Sap, which Jin Xi had cultivated by transforming Starlight Power.

• Lu Xuanji sensed that the Great Elder had reached Purple Mansion Layer 9 but had less than sixty years of life remaining, then traveled to Ziyang Mountain.
• Jin Xi reproached Lu Xuanji for staying away for ten years, and they reunited and shared their longing for each other.
• Lu Xuanji asked Jin Xi for lifespan-extending pills for the Great Elder, and she offered medicinal ingredients he could use to refine them.
• Jin Xi explained that she had established three fifth-grade grand formations around Ziyang Mountain to defend and nourish it.
• Jin Xi led Lu Xuanji into the medicinal garden, where he recognized the purple mist as Emperor Flowing Sap produced by a formation she had copied from Chaos Palace.

Lu Xuanji used Imperial Flowing Sap to help the Devouring Metal Insect evolve, while refining pills from rare herbs in Jin Xi’s garden. After three years, the insect reached the Golden Core stage, though its combat power remained weak.

• The Devouring Metal Insect absorbed Imperial Flowing Sap, entered a golden cocoon, and began evolving beyond the Purple Mansion peak.
• Lu Xuanji harvested rare medicinal ingredients and refined Longevity Pills, giving five to Jin Xi for delivery to the Lu Clan’s Great Elder.
• Lu Xuanji refined Nirvana Pills, Pure Yang Pills, Purple Mansion Pills, Core Formation Pills, and Creation Pills over three years.
• At the beginning of the third year, the Devouring Metal Insect emerged from its cocoon as a Golden Core Demon Beast.
• Lu Xuanji put the insect through its Golden Core Tribulation, which it passed despite its weak combat power.

Lu Xuanji advanced to Purple Mansion Layer 8 as the Devouring Metal Insect became a Golden Core Demon Beast, and Jin Xi explained the path of cultivation beyond Nascent Soul. Their discussion was interrupted by a massive Beast Tide, and Lu Xuanji worried about the Lu Clan as Jin Xi explained why humans and demons allowed the slaughter to unfold.

• The Devouring Metal Insect consumed immortal gold and entered slumber, while Lu Xuanji advanced to Purple Mansion Layer 8.
• Jin Xi congratulated Lu Xuanji and explained how Nascent Soul Cultivators pursued their own cultivation paths; Lu Xuanji asked her about forming a core and advancing further.
• Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi felt the ground shake and saw tens of thousands of demon beasts surging together in a Beast Tide.
• Lu Xuanji said he needed to return to the Lu Clan, and Jin Xi reassured him that she had sent word and that the clan would avoid major losses, though some people would die.
• Jin Xi explained that human Nascent Soul True Lords and demon Nascent Soul Demon Emperors used the Beast Tide to reduce demon populations, redirect clan conflicts, nurture prodigies, and provide humans with resources and a chance to settle grudges.

After Jin Xi sent Lu Xuanji into the Beast Tide with a mark that shielded him from powerful demon attacks, he carved through the enemy ranks. The chapter ended with him continuing forward after killing ten Demon Lords in succession.

• Jin Xi entered a profound state of Dao comprehension, then returned to the mortal world when she felt warmth toward Lu Xuanji.
• Lu Xuanji said he would fight the Demon Race, and Jin Xi marked him as under her protection before he left Ziyang Mountain.
• Lu Xuanji descended into the Beast Tide, where weaker demon beasts fled from his Purple Mansion Layer 8 aura.
• Lu Xuanji killed and devoured a mixed-blood Kunpeng, then slew a White Wolf and a White Tiger, healing the wound the White Tiger inflicted.
• Lu Xuanji killed a mixed-blood Azure Dragon and several other Demon Lords, reaching ten consecutive kills as the Beast Tide fell into chaos around him.

Lu Xuanji slaughtered Purple Mansion Demon Beasts during the Beast Tide, prompting the Demon Emperors to send more forces against him. As the Golden Crow lineage surrounded him, Liu Rumeng arrived with Human Race cultivators, and the two armies clashed.

• Lu Xuanji killed a Purple Mansion Demon Lord after surviving a string of battles and continued hunting Demon Beasts.
• At the Demon Emperor Palace, Kunpeng Demon Emperor learned that a descendant had been killed by a Human Race prodigy, and Golden Crow Demon Emperor urged him to send Demon Race prodigies after the human.
• Kunpeng Demon Emperor and Golden Crow Demon Emperor dispatched forces toward the battlefield while the Demon Emperors watched the clashes elsewhere.
• A Golden Crow Demon Lord led thirty-eight Purple Mansion Demon Lords and fifteen hundred Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts to surround Lu Xuanji.
• Liu Rumeng arrived with eighteen Purple Mansion sword cultivators and eight hundred Foundation Establishment sword cultivators, and the Human Race forces collided with the Golden Crow army.

Lu Xuanji fought the Golden Crow Demon Race army while Liu Rumeng and the Golden Crow Demon Lord took their battle into the sky. After killing several demon beasts with the Pure Yang Broken Sword and his other techniques, he was immediately surrounded by more enemies.

• Liu Rumeng and the Golden Crow Demon Lord soared into the sky to fight, keeping their battle away from the forces below.
• Lu Xuanji saw the Golden Crow Demon Lord's power and abandoned the idea of challenging a Golden Core cultivator across realms.
• A Purple Mansion Layer 9 Golden Crow attacked Lu Xuanji, who used the Pure Yang Broken Sword to raise his Pure Yang True Fire to its perfected stage and burn it to death.
• The perfected Pure Yang True Fire severely injured Lu Xuanji, but the Void Stomach, nearby plants, and Heaven Mending Qi rapidly healed him.
• A White Wolf and a gray eagle attacked Lu Xuanji; he killed them with his weapons, Heaven Devouring Cauldron, and Pure Yang True Fire.
• Three more demon beasts pounced on Lu Xuanji before he could catch his breath.

Lu Xuanji fought through the battlefield as the human cultivators drove the Demon Race into retreat, while Liu Rumeng defeated the Golden Crow Demonflame Lord and used the Kunpeng Demon Lord to survive her Golden Core tribulation. After the battle, Liu Rumeng entered seclusion as a newly born Golden Core Great Cultivator, and Lu Xuanji returned to Ziyang Mountain to cultivate and reflect on how the Beast Tide wore away tribulation.

• Lu Xuanji killed three demon beasts but suffered worsening injuries as the battle continued and the Demon Race began to retreat.
• Liu Rumeng defeated the Golden Crow Demonflame Lord, overcame her Fate Tribulation, and trapped the Kunpeng Demon Lord in an array diagram.
• Liu Rumeng drew down her Golden Core heavenly tribulation and used the Kunpeng Demon Lord to block its first five strikes, killing him before she passed the remaining strikes.
• Liu Rumeng successfully formed a Golden Core and left to enter seclusion, while the human cultivators counted their losses and collected the battlefield’s treasures.
• Lu Xuanji returned to Ziyang Mountain to cultivate and concluded that the Beast Tide helped both humans and demons wear away their Tribulation Qi and resolve their tribulations.

Lu Xuanji realized that the Beast Tide helped powerful cultivators wear away their Tribulation Qi, then began hunting across human territories to seize treasures. After he killed a Golden Crow descendant, the Golden Crow Demon Emperor placed a bounty on him, offering great rewards to any Demon Race prodigy who killed the black-armored youth.

• Lu Xuanji connected the Beast Tide and the schemes of powerful cultivators to the struggle between fortune and Tribulation Qi, then used a Nirvana Pill to heal his injuries.
• After resting for a day, Lu Xuanji donned the Void Sky Armor and began slaughtering cultivators and monsters across human territories to take their treasures.
• Lu Xuanji fought a Purple Mansion Layer 9 peacock, overcame its Five-Colored Divine Sword with his Primordial Magnetism Celestial Blade, and sealed its corpse in profound ice.
• The Golden Crow Demon Emperor sensed that a descendant had died and saw an image of Lu Xuanji killing a Golden Crow with a great blade.
• The Golden Crow Demon Emperor ordered the Demon Race to reward any prodigy who killed Lu Xuanji with three days in the blood pool and several pills.