Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuanchen argued with his father, Zhang Hongzhan, about putting family business ahead of cultivation, then agreed to work toward a breakthrough. After hearing a mysterious message about a hen’s Phoenix-bloodline egg, he suspected his Golden Finger had arrived and decided to investigate.

• Zhang Hongzhan urged Zhang Xuanchen to cultivate and catch up to his talented older brother, Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Xuanchen argued that the Xuanxiao Zhang Clan needed greater income and resources, including funds for future Nascent Soul Pills.
• Zhang Hongzhan threatened to summon Zhang Xuanchen’s mother, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to break through to Qi Refining Level 7 within a week.
• Zhang Hongzhan sent Zhang Xuanchen out of the room and told him to leave family matters to the elders.
• Zhang Xuanchen heard that Granny Wang Yumei’s hen would lay an egg with a faint Phoenix Bloodline and decided to check it the next day.

Zhang Xuanchen tested his Immortal Fate Information by setting out for Qingniu Town, while Zhang Xuanbing secretly followed to protect him. After waiting outside the town chief’s bedroom, Zhang Xuanchen summoned Town Chief Zhang to meet him in the garden.

• Zhang Xuanli teased Zhang Xuanchen about his interest in women, and he scolded her before sending her to find Zhang Guangyao in the spirit fields.
• Zhang Xuanchen refined Essence Condensing Pills, produced mostly Inferior Grade pills, and decided to sell them to Rogue Cultivators.
• Zhang Xuanchen concealed himself and flew to Qingniu Town to investigate the Immortal Fate Information concerning Wang Yumei.
• Zhang Xuanbing followed Zhang Xuanchen in secret, intending to protect his younger brother.
• Zhang Xuanchen found Town Chief Zhang busy with his wife, waited on the roof, then summoned him to the garden.
• Town Chief Zhang dressed and told his wife that an immortal had arrived before going to meet Zhang Xuanchen.

Zhang Xuanchen found a spiritual egg with a trace of Phoenix Bloodline, then broke through to Qi Refining Level 7 and took the egg to the Spirit Beast Garden for help hatching it. The chapter ended as he arrived at the garden, where the Lineage carefully raised rare Red Pearl Spirit Fish.

• Zhang Xuanchen visited Wang Yumei’s home, found a spiritual egg beneath an ordinary hen, and paid Zhang Yang five jin of Spirit Rice to deliver to Granny Wang.
• Zhang Xuanchen returned to his room and cultivated for three days, breaking through to Qi Refining Level 7.
• Zhang Xuanchen examined the egg and discovered Golden Patterns on its shell and a trace of Phoenix Bloodline, then decided not to eat it.
• Zhang Xuanchen carried the egg to the Spirit Beast Garden to ask Thirteenth Grandfather, a Second-grade Top-tier Beast Tamer, how to hatch it.
• Zhang Xuanchen reached the Spirit Beast Garden beneath the eastern hill, where Moon Gazing Lake held more than ten Red Pearl Spirit Fish.

Zhang Xuanchen discovered information about Xiao Yan, whose Soul Ring held a Spirit Transmutation expert’s remnant soul, and decided to seek his favor rather than risk antagonizing him. After visiting the Spirit Beast Garden and revealing his Late Qi Refining cultivation to Zhang Guangli, he presented the elder with an egg that seemed to surprise him.

• Zhang Xuanchen learned that Xiao Yan would soon face an annulled engagement and that his Soul Ring held a Spirit Transmutation remnant soul, so he resolved to form a bond with him.
• Zhang Xuanchen visited Zhang Xuanlong at the Spirit Beast Garden, encouraged him to cultivate, and promised him a promising beast egg or cub once he reached Qi Refining Middle Stage.
• Zhang Xuanchen met Zhang Guangli by Moon Gazing Lake and revealed that he had reached Late Qi Refining.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered Zhang Guangli an egg, which the elder first dismissed as ordinary before reacting with surprise.

Zhang Xuanchen discovered that his egg was a powerful Golden Core Realm Yao Beast egg and entrusted it to the Zhang Clan. After Zhang Hongzhan summoned him, he learned that his family wanted him to help Zhang Xuanbing choose a cultivation partner.

• Zhang Guangli examined Zhang Xuanchen's enlarged egg and identified its life force as greater than that of a Purple Cloud Eagle, concluding it belonged to a Golden Core Realm Yao Beast.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave the egg to the Zhang Clan, and Zhang Guangli promised to hatch it for a junior to claim through Contribution Points.
• Zhang Xuntong arrived by Sword Control Technique, fell, and told Zhang Xuanchen that the Clan Leader had summoned him.
• Zhang Xuanbing told Zhang Hongzhan he had no interest in becoming Clan Leader and suggested that Zhang Xuanchen take the position when he was older.
• Zhang Guangli brought Zhang Xuanchen to Zhang Hongzhan's courtyard, where Zhang Hongzhan asked him to help Zhang Xuanbing choose a cultivation partner.

Zhang Xuanbing agreed to seek a cultivation partner and left the choice to Zhang Xuanchen, who learned of his brother’s history with Su Muyan and supported their match. Zhang Hongzhan then revealed that Su Muyan was more talented than she seemed: she had a Dual Spirit Root.

• Zhang Xuanbing told Zhang Xuanchen he trusted him to choose a cultivation partner who suited both him and the Lineage.
• Zhang Xuanchen weighed the Penglai Islands’ balance of power and suggested Wang Ruoyan or Qin Chuxue as possible matches for Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Hongzhan and Zhang Guangli revealed that Zhang Xuanbing had rescued Su Muyan from Evil Cultivators three years earlier.
• Zhang Xuanbing admitted he was more inclined to marry Su Muyan, and Zhang Xuanchen endorsed the match despite her apparent Triple Spirit Root.
• Zhang Hongzhan gave Zhang Xuanchen a letter, and Zhang Xuanchen discovered that Su Muyan had a Dual Spirit Root.

Zhang Xuanchen agreed that Zhang Xuanbing should marry Su Muyan to help preserve the Su Family, while Zhang Hongzhan revealed the mysterious spirit fruit Lin Wanqing had eaten and Zhang Guangli reported that Xiao Chen’s egg could grow into a Golden Core-level demonic beast. Three days later, Zhang Xuanchen flew to the Xiao Clan to help with a marriage dispute, arriving as arrogant visitors from a Golden Core sect confronted the clan.

• Zhang Hongzhan explained that the Su Family had arranged Zhang Xuanbing’s marriage to Su Muyan in exchange for the Zhang Family protecting their descendants if they failed to produce a Golden Core cultivator within twenty years.
• Zhang Xuanchen supported the marriage, and Zhang Xuanbing promised to protect the Zhang Clan; Zhang Hongzhan said he would settle the marriage with the Su Family the next day.
• Zhang Hongzhan revealed that Lin Wanqing had eaten an unknown five-colored spirit fruit while fleeing through the Azure Nether Mountain Range, and Zhang Guangli showed them an egg with potential to reach the Golden Core Realm.
• Zhang Xuanchen mastered the Sword Qi Technique, then told Zhang Xuanbing to follow secretly as he flew to the Xiao Clan to intervene in its marriage dispute.
• At the Xiao Clan’s main hall, several arrogant visitors in moon-white robes faced the clan while a young woman stood in the center.

Liu Ruyan came to the Xiao Clan to break her engagement to Xiao Yan, but he rejected her terms and issued her a Divorce Letter instead. Jiang Tiangou attacked Xiao Yan, and the Xiao Clan’s attempt to invoke the Zhang Family’s protection was met with mockery before an unidentified young master challenged Jiang Tiangou.

• Liu Ruyan demanded that Xiao Zhan dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan and offered a Barrier Breaking Pill as compensation.
• Jiang Tiangou and the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect disciples used their superior cultivation to suppress the Xiao Clan and pressure Xiao Zhan to agree.
• Liu Ruyan challenged Xiao Yan to defeat her in three years, but Xiao Yan declared that he had no interest in her and wrote her a Divorce Letter expelling her from the Xiao Clan.
• Jiang Tiangou attacked Xiao Yan, and Xiao Zhan stepped in to block the Flame-Wrapped Giant Palm.
• The Xiao Clan’s Great Elder warned that the Zhang Family protected them, but Jiang Tiangou dismissed the threat and an unidentified young master challenged him.

Zhang Xuanchen and Zhang Xuanbing rescued the Xiao Clan from Jiang Tiangou and the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, then left Liu Ruyan’s fate to Xiao Yan. The Xiao Clan was assured that the Zhang Family would handle any retaliation.

• Zhang Xuanchen entered the hall, healed Xiao Yan, and declared that he would protect the Xiao Clan if the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect surrendered its Storage Bags and left.
• After Jiang Tiangou insulted him, Zhang Xuanchen slapped him, and then killed a Qi Refining Level 6 disciple with the Clear Wind Sword.
• Jiang Tiangou ordered Steward Li and the other disciples to attack, but Zhang Xuanbing arrived and killed Jiang Tiangou and the attackers with Ice Swords.
• Zhang Xuanbing spared Liu Ruyan when Zhang Xuanchen stopped him, then brought her before his younger brother.
• Liu Ruyan begged Zhang Xuanchen to spare her, but he kicked her to Xiao Yan and let him decide whether she lived or died.

Xiao Yan killed Liu Ruyan after she pleaded for her life, then accepted Zhang Xuanchen’s friendship and encouragement. He returned to cultivating at the Xiao Clan’s back mountain, where his spiritual energy vanished again and a mysterious voice spoke to him.

• Liu Ruyan begged Xiao Yan to spare her, but he rejected her plea and slashed her throat.
• Zhang Xuanchen praised Xiao Yan, who thanked him and vowed to repay his kindness; the two agreed to call each other brothers.
• Zhang Xuanchen accepted the Xiao Clan’s eight Storage Bags as thanks, then left with Zhang Xuanbing and Little Brother to report to the Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan went to the back mountain and cultivated with the Fire Spirit Art, but the spiritual energy he gathered disappeared.
• After cursing the heavens and lying on the grass, Xiao Yan heard a low, magnetic voice ask why he seemed lost.

Xiao Yan met the Burning Ruin Venerable, who accepted him as a disciple and gave him a spirit-liquid formula to repay Zhang Xuanchen. Zhang Xuanchen parted from Zhang Xuanbing at Fire Maple Mountain, sending his brother back with evidence and instructions for the Zhang Family while he stayed behind.

• The Burning Ruin Venerable appeared from Xiao Yan's ring, and Xiao Yan immediately asked him to become his master.
• The Burning Ruin Venerable accepted Xiao Yan and gave him a formula for First-grade Top-tier Crimson Stamen Spirit Liquid so he could thank Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Xuanbing asked why Zhang Xuanchen valued Xiao Yan, and Zhang Xuanchen said Xiao Yan might become a Nascent Soul True Lord or even a Spirit Transformation Venerable.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Xuanbing a Sound-retaining Stone containing evidence against Young Master Jiang and Liu Ruyan, and told him to inform the Ancestor and develop the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild cautiously.
• Zhang Xuanbing offered Zhang Xuanchen Spirit Stones, but Zhang Xuanchen refused and assured him he was well equipped for Fire Maple Mountain.
• Zhang Xuanbing escorted Zhang Xuanchen to Fire Maple Mountain, then flew back toward the Lineage while Zhang Xuanchen stayed behind.

Zhang Xuanchen took over the defense of Fire Maple Mountain from Zhang Hongrui, who left to reunite with his wife and newborn son. At the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, an angry stranger demanded that Ancestor Cangming appear, and the disciples fled after one was slapped for challenging him.

• Zhang Xuanchen arrived at Fire Maple Mountain, where Zhang Hongrui welcomed him and urged him to protect his cultivation and prepare properly for the assignment.
• Zhang Hongrui explained the mountain's spirit fields, Warm Velvet Chickens, and Primordial Fire Array before entrusting the mountain's safety to Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Hongrui departed to see his wife and child, while Zhang Xuanchen began refining the array plate.
• A furious man appeared above the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect and shouted for Old Dog Cangming to come out.
• A disciple named Fan Jian tried to rebuke the stranger but was slapped down, and the other disciples hurried away to avoid trouble.

Zhang Chongxian confronted Lin Feng over Cloud Mountain Sword Sect disciples who insulted the Zhang Family while trying to force the Xiao Clan to end an engagement. After revealing evidence and admitting he had killed the disciples, Zhang Chongxian demanded compensation, and the two Ancestors began haggling under the threat of a fight.

• Zhang Chongxian arrived at the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect and demanded that Lin Feng produce Old Ghost Cang Ming and compensate the Zhang Family with a Golden Core Pill.
• Zhang Chongxian played a Sound-retaining Stone recording of Jiang Tiangou insulting the Zhang Family, and Lin Feng questioned a disciple about the incident at the Xiao Clan.
• Jiang Erhe learned that Jiang Tiangou and Liu Ruyan were dead, then flew to meet Lin Feng and Zhang Chongxian.
• Zhang Chongxian admitted killing the sect disciples and unleashed his sword intent, forcing Jiang Erhe to his knees while Lin Feng shielded him.
• Lin Feng refused to pay a Golden Core Pill, and Zhang Chongxian lowered his demand to five Foundation Establishment Pills before Lin Feng countered with one and threatened to fight.

Zhang Chongxian accepted compensation from Jiang Erhe but secretly waited outside the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect to kill him if he sought revenge. After Jiang Erhe left the sect, Zhang Chongxian killed him, while Zhang Xuanchen later met Xiao Yan at Fire Maple Mountain.

• Zhang Chongxian accepted two Foundation Establishment Pills and a Storage Bag from Jiang Erhe, who claimed he bore no resentment over his son's death.
• Lin Feng warned Jiang Erhe to stay inside the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect, while Zhang Chongxian concealed himself outside the sect and waited for him.
• Seven days later, Jiang Erhe left the sect to seek revenge, and Zhang Chongxian captured him and killed him with one punch.
• Lin Feng erupted in anger after learning of Jiang Erhe's death.
• At Fire Maple Mountain, Zhang Xuanchen finished tending the spirit fields and welcomed Xiao Yan, who had advanced to the third layer of Qi Refining.

Xiao Yan thanked Zhang Xuanchen with a valuable Crimson Stamen Spirit Liquid formula before setting out to travel and train. After Xiao Yan left, Zhang Xuanchen studied the formula and discovered a chance to raise his Warm Velvet Chickens to a higher stage.

• Xiao Yan told Zhang Xuanchen that his cultivation had recovered and offered him the Crimson Stamen Spirit Liquid formula as thanks for helping the Xiao Clan.
• Zhang Xuanchen accepted the formula, recognized its great value, and promised to help Xiao Yan if he ever needed it.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to travel and train, then left aboard his flying boat after Zhang Xuanchen asked him to prioritize the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild when selling treasures.
• Burning Ruin Venerable told Zhang Xuanchen that Xiao Yan had likely noticed his fortuitous opportunity and advised him to befriend Xiao Yan.
• Zhang Xuanchen returned to his spirit fields, studied the formula, and received information that Fire Fluff Grass seeds could help Warm Velvet Chickens advance to the First Stage Mid-phase.

Zhang Xuanchen discovered Fire Fluff Grass among his Fire Spirit Grass and considered how to advance the Warm Velvet Chickens without exhausting Fire Maple Mountain’s Spirit Vein. After Zhang Xuanhu warned him that Evil Cultivators were destroying families across the Penglai Islands, Zhang Xuanchen stayed cautious and focused on strengthening himself.

• Zhang Xuanchen opened the eight Storage Bags taken from the Cloud Mountain Sword Sect and found spirit stones, artifacts, pills, and other goods, but no Spirit Planter inheritance.
• Zhang Xuanchen found seventeen patches of Fire Fluff Grass among the Fire Spirit Grass and cleared nearby plants to give them room to grow.
• Zhang Xuanhu arrived injured and warned Zhang Xuanchen that Evil Cultivators had wiped out more than twenty Qi Refining Families and that he must not leave Fire Maple Mountain without urgent cause.
• Zhang Xuanhu collected more than forty-two thousand Warm Velvet Chicken eggs and agreed to bring Zhang Xuanchen a Second-tier Spirit Planter Inheritance and a Wind Attribute Evasion Technique.
• Zhang Xuanchen returned to his cabin and cultivated the Sky Burning Wind Control Art to improve his strength.

A year after settling at Fire Maple Mountain, Zhang Xuanchen learned that an infant Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire would soon appear in the Dragon Mountain Range. He left to reach it before anyone else, equipped with his father’s support and emergency supplies.

• Zhang Xuanchen advanced to Qi Refining Eighth Layer, improved his alchemy and escape technique, and watched his Fire Fluff Grass grow.
• Zhang Xuanchen received Immortal Fate Information revealing that the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire would be born at the Earth Vein Volcano in three days.
• Zhang Xuanchen hurried back to Xuanxiao Mountain and told Zhang Hongzhan about the Spirit Fire.
• Zhang Hongzhan gave Zhang Xuanchen concealment and teleportation items, talismans, a disguise mask, a protective pearl, and spirit stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen set out to pursue the Spirit Fire and left Fire Maple Mountain in his father’s care.

Disguised as a Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, Zhang Xuanchen traveled from Yunhua Immortal City toward Black Dragon Immortal City to reach the Dragon Mountain Range. Yan Ruyu recognized him, warned him about standing at the edge of the Teleportation Array, and privately agreed to keep his journey secret.

• Zhang Xuanchen used a Bone Shifting Disguise Mask and concealed his cultivation before paying seven thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones to travel to Black Dragon Immortal City.
• A Bihai Immortal Sect disciple rudely made Zhang Xuanchen and the other travelers wait for the Teleportation Array to activate.
• Yan Ruyu arrived, noticed Zhang Xuanchen, and warned him to move away from the edge of the array before it activated.
• After the teleportation, Yan Ruyu spoke with Zhang Xuanchen in a deserted place, and he asked her to keep his journey secret from the Bihai Immortal Sect.
• Yan Ruyu promised to keep quiet and gave Zhang Xuanchen Soul Stabilizing Profound Jade to prevent dizziness during future teleportation.

Zhang Xuanchen left Yan Ruyu and traveled toward the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire in the Dragon Mountain Range. After killing a Shadow Leopard, he confronted three men who had been following him.

• Yan Ruyu explained to Elder Xu that she was cultivating a connection with Zhang Xuanchen while searching for the Nanhai Hidden Dragon.
• Zhang Xuanchen took a teleportation array to Qingmu Market and continued on foot toward the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire.
• A first-grade late-stage Shadow Leopard ambushed Zhang Xuanchen, but he killed it with his Clear Wind Sword and three Flying Swords.
• Three cultivators emerged from hiding and decided to follow Zhang Xuanchen, hoping to seize whatever treasure he was pursuing.
• The three men lost Zhang Xuanchen's aura by a boulder, then heard his icy voice ask, "Are you looking for me?"

Zhang Xuanchen killed three robber cultivators in the foggy forest and fled before their deaths drew attention. Meanwhile, the Xuanxiao Zhang Family and Liuyun Su Family announced that Zhang Xuanbing and Su Muyan would become Cultivation Partners in half a year, and Su Zhengxiong warned his granddaughter to put the Zhang Family first after marriage.

• Zhang Xuanchen beheaded the Scarred Burly Middle-aged Man and killed the Lean Man with an Explosive Flame Talisman.
• The Fat Middle-aged Man used a Diamond Talisman to survive Zhang Xuanchen's Chain Fireball, but Zhang Xuanchen shattered his protection with an Ice Sword Talisman and killed him.
• Zhang Xuanchen collected the three men's Storage Bags, burned their bodies, and fled at high speed as demonic beasts failed to catch him.
• The Xuanxiao Zhang Family and Liuyun Su Family announced that Zhang Xuanbing and Su Muyan would become Cultivation Partners half a year later.
• Su Zhengxiong warned Su Muyan that after marrying into the Zhang Family, she must place its interests above the Su Family's, and she promised to obey.