Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuanchen showed Great Sage around the Zhang Family’s Spirit Beast Garden and discussed the Azure Gold Profound Monkey clan’s future home on Flower Fruit Mountain. He then met Zhang Xuanlong, reaffirmed their brotherly relationship, and learned from Xuanjing that Zhang Xuanlong possessed the Myriad Beast Profound Body.

• Zhang Xuanchen released Great Sage and the Mutated Thunder Tiger cub in the Spirit Beast Garden, while keeping the Azure Gold Profound Monkey clan in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Great Sage that the Azure Gold Profound Monkey clan would live on Flower Fruit Mountain after the Spirit Vein advanced, and asked him not to waste spirit peaches or interfere with willing beast tamers.
• Great Sage agreed to the conditions and headed toward Flower Fruit Mountain to explore the Lineage.
• Zhang Xuanchen found Zhang Xuanlong riding with thousands of Dragon Scale Horses and reminded him to call him Seventh Brother when they were alone.
• Zhang Xuanlong showed keen interest in Zhang Xuanchen’s tiger cub, and Xuanjing explained that he could sense its potential because he possessed the Myriad Beast Profound Body.

Xuanjing explained how Zhang Xuanlong's Myriad Beast Profound Body could boost his cultivation through contracts with demon beasts. Zhang Xuanlong accepted the Mutated Tiger Cub as his Natal Spirit Beast and named it Thor, while his two Purple Gold War Lions continued to grow stronger.

• Xuanjing explained that Natal Spirit Beasts could return ten percent of their spiritual power to a cultivator with the Myriad Beast Profound Body, though soul limits restricted how many Equal Contracts someone could form.
• Zhang Xuanchen realized Zhang Xuanlong could become a remarkable cultivator if he chose powerful beasts and benefited from their cultivation.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Xuanlong the Mutated Tiger Cub he had promised, and Zhang Xuanlong named it Thor and declared it his Natal Spirit Beast.
• Zhang Xuanlong assured Zhang Xuanchen that he had trusted him to keep his promise, and the two joked together.
• Zhang Xuanlong summoned his two Purple Gold War Lions, which had reached the peak of the first rank, and Zhang Xuanchen urged him to grow strong enough to tame them.

Zhang Xuanchen planned family competitions to award resources fairly while giving Zhang Xuanlong a chance to win a Purple Gold War Lion. Meanwhile, Zhang Guangxin’s forces hid near the Huang Family, preparing to eliminate the Zhang Family’s defectors without letting them evacuate their younger members.

• Zhang Xuanchen explained the Myriad Beast Profound Body to Zhang Xuanlong and rejected giving him the beasts outright because it would be unfair to the other clansmen.
• After Xuanjing suggested a competition system, Zhang Xuanchen announced plans for a Family Tournament and a Family Grand Competition, with a Purple Gold War Lion as a first-place reward in the tournament.
• Zhang Xuanlong vowed to win the tournament, then formed an Equal Contract with Thor and promised to grow stronger to ease Zhang Xuanchen’s burdens.
• Zhang Guangxin led 140 Zhang Family members hiding near the Huang Family and explained that secrecy would prevent the Huang Family from moving its younger members away.
• Zhang Guangxin scolded Zhang Hongniu for not reading the Clan Leader’s books and ordered him to copy Thirty-Six Stratagems and On How to Completely Eliminate a Faction a hundred times after the factions were wiped out.

Zhang Guangxin led the Zhang Family in destroying the Huang Family, while Zhang Guangli wiped out the Yang Family and learned that Little Gold was close to a breakthrough. The Zhang Family prepared to support the attacks on the Blue Family and Ding Family, and Yang Chengze’s three escaped descendants remained in danger.

• Zhang Guangxin assigned forces to attack the Huang Family’s strongholds and spirit-vein sites, ordering them to kill all cultivators but spare mortals.
• Zhang Guangxin killed Huang Tian and the Huang Family elders, then discovered that Huang Xiong had been poisoned and dead for at least half a year.
• Zhang Guangxin’s forces exterminated the Huang Family’s cultivators and gathered its resources before heading to assist the clan elders.
• Zhang Guangli’s forces defeated the Yang Family, and Yang Chengze learned that three of his descendants had escaped toward Bihai Immortal Sect territory.
• Zhang Guangli killed Yang Chengze and fed his corpse to Little Gold, who revealed that it was nearing Second Order Peak.

Zhang Hongqing caught Yang Yunzhong, learned that a Bihai Immortal Sect spy was hidden in the Zhang Family, and recruited Yang Yihu and Yang Yilong into the Dark Hall. The four great Foundation Establishment families and twelve Qi Refining families were soon wiped out, leaving the Penglai Islands shaken by the Zhang Family’s power.

• Yang Yunzhong abandoned Yang Yihu and Yang Yilong after they argued with him about the Yang Family’s destruction.
• Zhang Hongqing appeared before the three, questioned Yang Yunzhong about the Bihai Immortal Sect spy, then killed him when he could provide no useful information.
• Yang Yihu and Yang Yilong agreed to join the Zhang Family’s Dark Hall, and Zhang Hongqing placed Black Seals in their seas of consciousness.
• Zhang Hongqing took the two to a Dark Hall outpost before flying toward Xuanxiao Mountain.
• The Zhang Family erased the Huang Family, Yang Family, Blue Family, and Ding Family, along with twelve Qi Refining families, from the Penglai Islands.
• The Zhang Family’s remaining affiliated forces fell silent, while some guilty families offered half their resources as tribute.

Zhang Xuanchen gathered the Zhang Family cultivators and Family Generals to expose informants working for the Bihai Immortal Sect. Using Xuanjing’s Judgment Heart Light, he identified Zhang Hongyuan and Hao Cheng, leaving the assembly poised to deal with the two traitors.

• The Zhang Family’s cultivators and Family Generals assembled at the Clan Martial Arena after Zhang Xuanchen summoned them.
• Zhang Xuanchen announced that someone had betrayed the Lineage and called on the Bihai Immortal Sect informants to step forward.
• When nobody came forward, Zhang Xuanchen claimed he could see through people’s hearts and activated Xuanjing’s Judgment Heart Light as the Judgment Heart Eye.
• The ability caused Zhang Xuanchen pain, but he briefly examined the crowd and identified two spies.
• Zhang Xuanchen named Zhang Hongyuan and Hao Cheng as traitors, and the others backed away from them and readied themselves to attack.

Zhang Xuanchen exposed Hao Cheng as a Bihai Immortal Sect spy, and Hao Cheng confessed that he had betrayed the Lineage for the woman who was carrying his child before being sentenced to execution. Zhang Hongyuan then confronted Zhang Xuanchen over what he saw as unfair favoritism, but the clansmen rejected his accusations and listed the Clan Leader’s contributions.

• Li Qing accused Hao Cheng of betraying the Lineage, and Hao Cheng confessed that he had done so for Yaru, a Bihai Immortal Sect disciple carrying his child.
• Zhang Xuanchen sealed Hao Cheng’s cultivation and ordered the Enforcement Hall to execute him.
• Zhang Hongyuan approached Zhang Xuanchen and accused him of gaining the Clan Leader position and abundant resources through favoritism.
• Zhang Hongyuan complained that ordinary clansmen had to work for resources while Zhang Xuanchen received everything he wanted.
• The clansmen condemned Zhang Hongyuan and defended Zhang Xuanchen by naming his contributions to the Lineage.

Zhang Xuanchen condemned Zhang Hongyuan, who exposed Li Xuan’s poison scheme before taking his own life, then announced new family competitions and their rewards. After dismissing the clan members, Zhang Xuanchen prioritized promoting the Spirit Vein and went to meet Elder Xu at the mountain gate.

• Zhang Xuanchen rejected Zhang Hongyuan’s claims and ordered him to take his own life, while explaining that his family privileges came from his contributions.
• Zhang Hongyuan realized Li Xuan had misled him, revealed that Li Xuan was poisoning goods at Wonderful Hand Pharmacy, and severed his own heart meridian.
• Zhang Xuanchen announced the Family Grand Competition, a five-year contest for members aged thirty and below, with the first event scheduled for four years later.
• Zhang Xuanchen announced the Family Tournament, a three-year contest for members aged eighteen and below, with the first event scheduled for two years later.
• Zhang Xuanchen discussed Zhang Xuance’s special physique with Xuanjing, then met Elder Xu at the mountain gate and apologized for keeping him waiting.

Zhang Xuanchen welcomed Elder Xu, who prepared to raise Flower Fruit Mountain’s spirit vein with a powerful Formation. In Hanhai Royal City, Zhang Chongxian sought a map marking Wuhe County and Little Village, then left Hai Lao Er with pills as compensation after learning Xiao Yan had asked the same question.

• Zhang Xuanchen escorted Elder Xu to Flower Fruit Mountain, where Elder Xu confirmed its spirit vein was fit for advancement and chose the Third-grade Top-tier Azure Profound Spirit Quenching Vein Ascending Array.
• Elder Xu said the Formation would take fifteen days to set up and required forty-five thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones and cultivators to receive the returning spiritual energy.
• Zhang Xuanchen promised to secure Flower Fruit Mountain and dispatched clan members to guard the area while Elder Xu worked.
• Zhang Chongxian bought a Qing Kingdom map from Hai Lao Er and asked why Wuhe County and Little Village were missing from it.
• Hai Lao Er explained that Xiao Yan had asked the same question, and Zhang Chongxian pressured him into marking both locations on the map.
• Zhang Chongxian gave Hai Lao Er a bottle of Essence Condensing Pills as compensation, and Hai Lao Er rejoiced over the pills’ quality.

Zhang Chongxian discovered that Purple Cloud Sect had destroyed Little Village and went to Qing Kingdom’s Imperial City to demand help finding his missing disciple, Zhang Tiedan. He claimed to be the boy’s master, setting himself up to confront Purple Cloud Sect while concealing his identity.

• Hai Lao Er treasured the fine grade Essence Condensing Pill from Zhang Chongxian and reflected that Qing Kingdom and Purple Cloud Sect’s conflict was none of his concern.
• Zhang Chongxian found Little Village in ruins, discovered Li Lan and Zhang Qingqing’s gravestones, and read a letter describing Purple Cloud Sect’s slaughter of the villagers.
• Zhang Chongxian disguised himself as Gu Yun and flew to the Imperial City to make Qing Kingdom help locate Zhang Tiedan.
• During the court assembly, Zhang Chongxian’s arrival provoked a confrontation with Qin Ming and Qin Lu, two Golden Core Mid Stage Ancestors.
• Zhang Chongxian told the Qin Family Ancestors that he had accepted Zhang Tiedan as his disciple and asked Qing Kingdom to investigate the boy’s disappearance.

Zhang Chongxian killed Shen Ziyang after the official blamed him for Wuhe County’s massacre, then ordered Qing Kingdom to find Zhang Tiedan. When the Dark Guard discovered that the boy was being hunted by Purple Cloud Sect disciples near the Dragon Mountain Range, Zhang Chongxian flew to rescue him.

• Shen Ziyang accused Zhang Chongxian of failing to save Wuhe County and killing his grandson, and Zhang Chongxian crushed him to death.
• Qin Ming told Qin Zheng to mobilize the Dark Guard and find Zhang Tiedan, while Zhang Chongxian chose to wait outside the Imperial City.
• News of Shen Ziyang’s death spread through Qing Kingdom as the Dark Guard and great families searched for Zhang Tiedan.
• The Dark Guard commander reported that a twelve-year-old rogue cultivator named Zhang Tiedan was surrounded by Purple Cloud Sect outer disciples near the Dragon Mountain Range.
• Zhang Chongxian flew toward Zhang Tiedan’s location and vowed to destroy the Purple Cloud Sect.

Zhang Tiedan, badly wounded while hunting Purple Cloud Sect Disciples to avenge Little Village, collapsed as Li Qiang and his men closed in. Zhang Chongxian rescued him and offered to take him to kill people, leaving Zhang Tiedan’s revenge poised to continue.

• Li Qiang led four disciples in pursuing Zhang Tiedan, hoping to claim a bounty and buy pills.
• Zhang Tiedan recalled learning that Zhao Wu and Hong Ming were responsible for Little Village’s destruction, and that his hatred of the Purple Cloud Sect had become his Inner Demon.
• Wounded and exhausted, Zhang Tiedan collapsed near a waterfall and lamented that he could not find his master or avenge his family and village.
• Li Qiang mocked Zhang Tiedan and launched sword qi at him, but Zhang Chongxian appeared and killed Li Qiang and the other four disciples.
• Zhang Chongxian healed Zhang Tiedan with Thousand-year Stone Milk, then invited him to come along to kill people.

Zhang Chongxian took Zhang Tiedan to the Purple Cloud Sect to let him vent his hatred, leaving the spiritual treasure beneath the waterfall behind. Zhuge Qingrou realized Zhang Tiedan’s fate had changed and went with Aunt Ting to watch what would happen at the sect.

• Zhang Chongxian healed Zhang Tiedan, earned his trust, and carried him toward the Purple Cloud Sect on a golden sword.
• A Shadow Leopard survived by playing dead, then accepted a Demon Spirit Blood Washing Pill from Zhuge Qingrou and ran into the forest.
• Zhuge Qingrou’s compass shattered as she realized Zhang Tiedan’s fate had changed and become connected to a powerful, elusive fate.
• Zhuge Qingrou told Aunt Ting that Zhang Chongxian had taken Zhang Xuanchen and that the Purple Cloud Sect would face the consequences of its past misdeeds.
• Zhuge Qingrou and Aunt Ting vanished to watch the events at the Purple Cloud Sect.

Zhang Chongxian attacked the Purple Cloud Sect’s Outer Court to avenge Zhang Tiedan, shattering its defenses and devastating its buildings. As Purple Lightning True Person arrived to retaliate, Zhang Chongxian shielded Zhang Tiedan and blocked the incoming hammer strike.

• Zhang Chongxian told Zhang Tiedan to stay silent and taught him that facing an enemy meant striking without warning.
• Zhang Chongxian chose the Purple Cloud Sect’s Outer Court as his target and used a Third-grade Top-tier Crimson Flame Burning Ground Talisman to break its formation and set the sect ablaze.
• Xuan Yao True Person extinguished the flames inside the formation and ordered the Outer Court’s elders and dean to help maintain it.
• Zhang Chongxian unleashed Myriad Swords Worshiping the Ancestor, shattering the weakened formation and reducing the Outer Court’s palaces to ruins while killing more than three thousand disciples.
• Purple Lightning True Person attacked Zhang Chongxian with his twin hammers, but Zhang Chongxian blocked the strike while protecting Zhang Tiedan with a golden sword shield.

Zhang Chongxian confronted the Purple Cloud Sect over its disciples’ slaughter of Little Village, demanding justice for Zhang Tiedan’s family. The sect’s leaders admitted fault, and Hong Ming revealed Zhao Tianhai had ordered the attack, leaving him as Zhang Chongxian’s next target.

• Purple Lightning True Person, Purple Firmament True Person, and Xuan Yao True Person surrounded Zhang Chongxian, who reassured Zhang Tiedan that he would protect him.
• Zhang Chongxian accused the Purple Cloud Sect of killing hundreds in Little Village, including Zhang Tiedan’s mother and elder sister, five years earlier.
• Purple Lightning True Person and Purple Firmament True Person admitted they had not known about the crime and promised to reform the sect.
• Zhang Chongxian demanded that the sect hand over Zhao Wu and Hong Ming, but Xuan Yao True Person revealed Zhao Wu was already dead and brought Hong Ming before him.
• Hong Ming confessed that Zhao Tianhai had ordered him and Zhao Wu to go to Little Village, identifying Zhao Tianhai as the instigator.

Zhang Tiedan avenged his mother and sister by killing Zhao Tianhai and Hong Ming, then broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer as his inner demon dissipated. Zhang Chongxian left with him to investigate the treasure beneath the waterfall, while the Purple Cloud Sect elders began a purge and Zhuge Qingrou and Aunt Ting departed for the Northern Black Tortoise Sea Region.

• Zhang Chongxian stopped Zhao Tianhai from attacking Hong Ming, and Purple Sky True Person refused to protect his descendant.
• Zhang Chongxian crippled Zhao Tianhai and Hong Ming and handed them to Zhang Tiedan, who beheaded them with the Lin Jin Sword.
• Zhang Tiedan's inner demon vanished, and he broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer before returning the sword to Zhang Chongxian.
• Zhang Chongxian left with Zhang Tiedan to investigate the treasure beneath the waterfall, while Purple Lightning True Person ordered a purge of the sect's elders.
• Zhuge Qingrou and Aunt Ting left for the Northern Black Tortoise Sea Region to visit the Ancient Ruins and Eldest Senior Sister.

Hai Lao Er decided to abandon collecting protection fees and start a family after learning of the powerful sword cultivator's deeds. Meanwhile, Xiao Changsheng persuaded the Xiao Clan to support Xiao Yan as their hope for survival, while secretly concealing Xiao Yan's rapid rise and the death of the clan spy; he waited for Xiao Yan to return.

• Hai Lao Er celebrated the Golden Core sword cultivator's exploits, then left his stall to pursue marriage and establish the Hai Clan Immortal Family.
• Xiao Changsheng told Xiao Jingwu and the elders that Xiao Yan was a talented descendant of the Xiao Clan and urged them to bring his family back and nurture him.
• Xiao Changsheng agreed to give up his Young Patriarch position and half his cultivation resources if that would help Xiao Yan become the clan's next Golden Core Ancestor.
• Xiao Changsheng revealed privately that Xiao Yan had advanced from Qi Refining First Layer to Foundation Establishment in five years and that he had killed the secret guard sent to investigate him.
• Xiao Changsheng resolved to help Xiao Yan lead the Xiao Clan to safety and hoped he would return without disappointing him.

Zhang Chongxian pushed Zhang Tiedan to overcome his fear and grief, then followed the Treasure Seeking Rat into a hidden cave behind the waterfall. The chapter ended with Zhang Chongxian carrying Zhang Tiedan into the newly opened cave.

• Zhang Chongxian threw Zhang Tiedan from the waterfall, then used spiritual energy to lower him safely into the water.
• Zhang Chongxian urged Zhang Tiedan to move past his painful past and live for his mother and sister, and Zhang Tiedan resolved to begin again.
• Zhang Tiedan washed himself, emerged smiling, and asked Zhang Chongxian for clothes.
• Zhang Chongxian followed the Treasure Seeking Rat back up the waterfall and found a tree trunk behind it.
• Zhang Chongxian set up concealment and soundproofing arrays, punched through the cliff wall, and carried Zhang Tiedan into the cave.

Zhang Chongxian discovered Zhang Tiedan had a Thunder-Fire Dual Spiritual Root and brought him into the Zhang Family’s plans. After exploring the evil cultivator’s cave mansion, they left with useful spells and cultivation methods, while Zhang Chongxian warned Tiedan against practicing the harmful art.

• Zhang Chongxian shielded Zhang Tiedan from the cave mansion’s thunder-sha aura and realized the boy had unusually good fortune.
• Zhang Chongxian tested Zhang Tiedan’s Spiritual Root and found he had a Thunder-Fire Dual Spiritual Root, then told him to conceal it as a Triple Spirit Root for now.
• Zhang Chongxian told Zhang Tiedan to attend the Family School and take part in the Zhang Family’s tournaments after they returned.
• Zhang Chongxian and Zhang Tiedan explored the cave mansion, finding cultivation manuals, spell scrolls, pill formulas, and three spirit herbs.
• Zhang Chongxian destroyed the Three Yin Soul Devouring Art and gave Zhang Tiedan the Thunder Prison Devouring Sha Art and lightning spells, warning him not to cultivate the art or use the spells against the Lineage.

Zhang Chongxian reassured Zhang Tiedan about defending himself and took him to visit his mother and sister before returning to the Zhang Clan. At the clan school, the children played under Zhang Guangzheng’s watch, who quietly prepared to hand the school over to his daughter as his life neared its end.

• Zhang Chongxian stopped Zhang Tiedan from swearing an oath, explained the clan’s rule that he could strike back against anyone who harmed him, and stored the pill formulas and spirit herbs.
• Zhang Chongxian took Zhang Tiedan to pay respects to his mother and sister, then spent seven days showing him the world and preparing to return him to the clan.
• At the Zhang Clan school, Zhang Xuance lost another tree-climbing contest to Zhang Xuanjing, and Little Peach caught him when he fell.
• Zhang Guangzheng dismissed the children and reminded them to cultivate carefully and treat one another harmoniously.
• Little Peach tried to extend Zhang Guangzheng’s life, but he told her to stop and asked her and the others to leave without telling Zhang Xuan Chen.
• Zhang Guangzheng told his daughter Zhang Hongyu that she would take charge of the school after his death, then asked her to help him home.