Chapter Summaries

A premature Golden Sha Tide swept over Bare Rock Sword Ridge, and Zhang Chongxian rode with Chu Zhiwei toward the safety of Rust Forest Sea. When six desperate Golden Core cultivators targeted their Flying Boat, Zhang Chongxian prepared to face them as the tide approached.

• Chu Zhiwei identified the Golden Sha Tide and urged Zhang Chongxian onto her Third-grade Top-tier Mysterious Boat to escape to Rust Forest Sea.
• Zhang Chongxian sensed that the Golden Sha spiritual energy could benefit him, but concealed his interest as the tide killed cultivators and demonic beasts around them.
• True Person Blackbird and five other Golden Core cultivators feared they could not outrun the tide, and they mocked Blackbird by boasting about his wife.
• True Person Blackbird proposed seizing the approaching Flying Boat, and the other five agreed to join the attack.
• Blackbird and the five cultivators charged at Chu Zhiwei and Zhang Chongxian, who sent Chu Zhiwei inside and prepared to face them.

Chu Zhiwei used three powerful spirit talismans to attack True Person Blackbird and his group while protecting Zhang Chongxian, and they escaped aboard the Mysterious Boat as the Golden Sha Tide consumed their pursuers. As Zhang Chongxian cultivated amid the tide, an ancient eye opened above Sky Scar Sword Mountain and recognized his Great Evolution Geng Gold Scripture inheritance.

• Chu Zhiwei stepped in front of Zhang Chongxian and launched three Third-grade Top-tier Spirit Talismans at True Person Blackbird and the other Golden Cores.
• True Person Blackbird used an Early Golden Core cultivator as a shield, and the talismans froze one pursuer and wounded True Person Redskin and the others.
• True Person Blackbird began destroying his Golden Core, and True Person Redskin gave up resisting as the Golden Sha Tide closed in.
• The Mysterious Boat escaped the talismans' range while Zhang Chongxian restored Chu Zhiwei's spiritual power and she leaned against him.
• True Person Blackbird's self-destruction killed him and the other pursuers when the Golden Sha Tide swallowed the blast.
• Zhang Chongxian cultivated from the Golden Sha Tide as an ancient eye opened above Sky Scar Sword Mountain and commented on his age, cultivation, and Great Evolution Geng Gold Scripture.

A hidden presence in the Beyond-Realm Star Sea marked Zhang Chongxian for Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate’s inheritance trial, then Zhang and Chu Zhiwei escaped the Rust Forest Sea. At the edge, Chu declared Zhang was her man and threatened anyone who might interfere.

• A presence in the Beyond-Realm Star Sea placed golden light inside Zhang Chongxian so he could survive failing Evil-Breaking Heavenly Venerate’s trial.
• The Mysterious Boat carried Zhang Chongxian and Chu Zhiwei out of the Rust Forest Sea after two and a half hours.
• Chu Zhiwei stored the Mysterious Boat, and she and Zhang watched the Golden Sha Tide devastate cultivators still trapped inside.
• Zhu Jue assured Zhang Chongxian that they were safe and congratulated him and Chu Zhiwei on their relationship.
• Chu Zhiwei declared Zhang Chongxian was her man, threatened to kill Lone Sword True Person if he caused trouble, and warned Zhu Jue not to spread the news.

Zhang Chongxian and Chu Zhiwei watched the Golden Sha Tide disappear at the edge of the Rust Forest Sea, then decided to return to the Zhang Family together. Chu Zhiwei eagerly anticipated meeting his clansmen, while Zhang Chongxian considered how her strength would benefit the clan.

• Zhang Chongxian dismissed the threat of Dugu Jian, and Chu Zhiwei linked arms with him after worrying he might judge her harshly.
• The Golden Sha Tide crashed into the Rust Forest Sea and vanished into a mysterious space at its border.
• Zhang Chongxian told Chu Zhiwei he needed to return to his clan, and she insisted on accompanying him and protecting the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Chongxian agreed to bring Chu Zhiwei to meet his clansmen and considered how her presence could strengthen the clan.
• Chu Zhiwei imagined being welcomed as an Ancestor and wondered whether the spiritual treasures in her Storage Ring would be enough for the clansmen.

Chu Zhiwei and Zhang Chongxian hurried back to the Zhang Family after he sensed something was wrong, while she planned to help destroy the Bihai Immortal Sect. At the Bihai Immortal Sect, True Person Canghun prepared the sect for a night raid on the Su Family.

• Zhang Chongxian told Chu Zhiwei she would not need to fight on the front lines if the Zhang Family battled the Bihai Immortal Sect.
• Chu Zhiwei resolved to help the Zhang Family destroy the Bihai Immortal Sect and supported returning immediately when Zhang Chongxian sensed danger at home.
• Chu Zhiwei brought out a Third-grade Top-tier Flying Boat, and she and Zhang Chongxian set off for the Zhang Family.
• Twenty-nine days later, True Person Canghun, Xi Mengyao, and Bu Yun gathered Bihai Immortal Sect elders and stewards to prepare an attack on the Su Family.
• True Person Canghun promised battle merit and rewards to the fighters, while sect disciples waited near the Su Family's major Spirit Veins.

True Person Canghun led Bihai Immortal Sect’s forces to attack the Su Clan, and three powerful Spirit Talismans cracked the clan’s protective array. True Person Fentian revealed himself by striking Canghun, who was stunned to find him defending the Su Clan.

• True Person Canghun brought nearly a thousand Qi Refinement disciples to Liuyun Mountain and used three Third-grade Top-tier Spirit Talismans to attack the Su Clan’s Bibo Kunsha Great Array.
• Su Jiaru asked Zhang Zujun and True Person Fentian to ensure the Su Clan’s bloodline survived, and Zhang Zujun affirmed that the Zhang Family would honor its promise.
• The three sword phantoms battered the array until it cracked open, while Su Zhengyi did not operate it at full strength.
• As True Person Canghun entered through the breach, True Person Fentian struck him with a Flame Spear and sent him crashing through several mountains.
• True Person Canghun recognized True Person Fentian and offered the Su Clan double the benefits to switch sides.

True Person Fentian intervened in the battle between the Bihai Immortal Sect and the Su Family, while Su Jiaru destroyed herself to strike back at the sect. The Bihai Immortal Sect retreated after suffering heavy losses, and True Person Canghun left vowing revenge and suspecting a traitor within his sect.

• True Person Fentian revealed that the Wang Family opposed a unified Penglai Islands and had deliberately helped the Su Family, prompting True Person Canghun to suspect a high-ranking traitor in the Bihai Immortal Sect.
• True Person Canghun warned Xi Mengyao and Bu Yun about Su Jiaru's impending self-destruction, but Su Jiaru seized Bu Yun and rushed toward the Bihai Immortal Sect's cultivators before exploding.
• True Person Canghun shielded the sect's Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators from the blast, suffering severe injuries as his defenses broke and hundreds of disciples and elders died.
• True Person Fentian departed after declaring his mission complete, while True Person Canghun found Bu Yun gravely crippled and crushed his head before taking his armor and Storage Ring.
• True Person Canghun confronted Zhang Zujun and Su Zhengyi, threatened the Zhang and Su Families with revenge, and left to search for the traitor in the Bihai Immortal Sect.

After True Person Su died, Su Zhengyi ordered the Su Family to repair its defenses and prepare for attacks from the Bihai Immortal Sect. Two months later, Zhang Xuanchen, Luo Lingshuang, and Great Sage found an island that held Sea Calming Divine Iron, where Zhang Xuanjing and Little Lotus appeared beside them.

• Zhang Zujun urged Su Zhengyi to repair the Clan Protection Array, then led the Zhang Family back to Xuanxiao Mountain.
• Su Zhengyi ordered Zheng Xiong to invite a formation master and Zheng Guo to protect the Su Family’s Spirit Vein sites, telling them to kill Bihai Immortal Sect disciples they encountered.
• Zhang Xuanchen used his treasure-seeking physique to locate an inheritance Cave Mansion beneath an uninhabited island in the Endless Sea, where Great Sage could obtain Sea Calming Divine Iron.
• Great Sage eagerly dragged Zhang Xuanchen toward the opportunity while Luo Lingshuang followed them.
• Zhang Xuanjing and Little Lotus appeared beside Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang when they reached the marked location.

Zhang Xuanchen and his companions broke into an underwater Golden Core inheritance Cave Mansion, where Great Sage eagerly led the way. Nearby, two members of the Wei Family investigated the area and discussed their plan to gain an advantage over rival factions by subduing Xuandan Sect.

• Mystic Mirror found the Cave Mansion entrance underwater, and Little Lotus located it with her perception.
• Zhang Xuanchen set up concealment, defensive, and soundproof arrays before Great Sage smashed open the stone door.
• Great Sage rushed into the Cave Mansion, and Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang followed cautiously.
• A middle-aged man and a green-robed woman from the Wei Family checked the island but detected nothing unusual.
• The woman explained that the Wei Family intended to investigate nearby factions and subdue Xuandan Sect to strengthen its position.

Zhang Xuanchen discovered the Water Moon Fragrance secret technique and gave it to Luo Lingshuang, whose Water Spiritual Root made it especially suitable for her. After Xuanjing warned them that members of the Eastern Lan Wei Family had inspected the area, the group prepared to leave the island.

• Great Sage entrusted Zhang Xuanchen with refining the Sea Calming Divine Iron into a powerful weapon that could grow with him.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang examined the cave's jade slips and found the Third-grade Top-tier Water Moon Fragrance secret technique, which could restore spiritual energy.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Water Moon Fragrance to Luo Lingshuang, and she accepted it as a technique well suited to her Water Spiritual Root.
• Xuanjing warned Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang that two Golden Core cultivators from the Eastern Lan Wei Family had investigated the island and advised them to leave.
• Zhang Xuanchen worried that the Wei Family's plans to unify the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain could threaten the Zhang Family's plans.

After returning to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, Hua Shisan discussed the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain’s growing conflict and Luo Lingshuang’s relationship with Zhang Xuanchen, while Jian Yuntian announced his plan to attempt a dangerous breakthrough. Hua Shisan ordered the sect not to interfere with Luo Lingshuang and questioned whether Jian Yuntian had considered the risks of proceeding without a Nascent Soul Pill.

• The major forces competed for influence across the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain as Soul Devouring Cult remnants attacked neutral forces.
• Hua Shisan cared for Zhu Jingyi in the Sword Tomb and told her his Inner Demon had been dispelled and his cultivation bottleneck had loosened.
• Jian Yuntian reported the regional power struggle, and Hua Shisan declared that the Nine Splendor Sword Sect would reclaim its dominance after a hundred years.
• Jian Yuntian told Hua Shisan that Luo Lingshuang loved Zhang Xuanchen and intended to become his cultivation partner, so Hua Shisan ordered the sect not to interfere.
• Jian Yuntian said he would attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm in a month and asked Hua Shisan to support Zhou Tianjian if he died.
• Hua Shisan warned Jian Yuntian that attempting the breakthrough without a Nascent Soul Pill carried a high risk of death.

Jian Yuntian resolved to attempt a dangerous breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, while Hua Shisan promised to support Tian Jian if Jian Yuntian fell. At the Zhang Family, the elders struggled to manage their newly acquired industries until Zhang Hongzhan sensed Zhang Xuan Chen returning and left the problem to him.

• Jian Yuntian told Hua Shisan that breaking through to Half-step Nascent Soul would destroy his sword bone, but he chose to risk a direct breakthrough.
• Jian Yuntian asked Hua Shisan to make Tian Jian the next Sect Leader if he died, and Hua Shisan agreed.
• Jian Yuntian departed to attempt his breakthrough, and Hua Shisan wished him success.
• The Su Family repaired its Clan Protection Array, buried Su Jiaru, transferred more than half its industries to the Zhang Family, and agreed to provide annual payments worth at least one hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The Zhang Family elders debated how to manage their expanded industries and mines, but lacked enough people and resources to oversee them.
• Zhang Hongzhan sensed three familiar, powerful auras outside the array and told the elders that Xuan Chen had returned to handle the problem.

Zhang Xuanchen returned to Xuanxiao Mountain with Luo Lingshuang and the Great Sage, and the Zhang Family welcomed him home. Zhang Xuanbing brought Zhang Tian and Su Muyan to meet him so he could assess the child’s cultivation talent, while reassuring Zhang Tian that he would be loved and supported whether or not he had Spiritual Roots.

• Zhang Xuanchen’s return delighted Zhang Xuanbing, and the elders discussed Zhang Tian’s unusual intelligence and possible special physique.
• Zhang Hongzhan invited the elders to see whether Su Muyan had condensed a First-grade or Second-grade Golden Core, and they flew toward the family mountain gate.
• Zhang Xuanbing took Zhang Tian and Su Muyan to meet his younger brother so Zhang Xuanchen could examine Zhang Tian’s cultivation talent.
• Zhang Tian worried that he might lack Spiritual Roots, but Zhang Xuanbing promised to teach him martial arts or let him remain with his parents if he could not cultivate.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived at Xuanxiao Mountain with Luo Lingshuang and the Great Sage, and the gate guards welcomed him as Clan Leader.

Zhang Xuanbing brought his gifted young son Zhang Tian to meet Zhang Xuanchen, who discovered through Xuanjing that the child possessed a rare Xiantian Wisdom Bone. The family headed to the Main Hall to discuss the discovery, while Xuanjing cautioned Zhang Xuanchen not to celebrate too soon.

• Zhang Xuanbing arrived with Zhang Tian and Su Muyan, and Zhang Xuanchen admired his brother’s transformation after absorbing Dragon Yuan.
• Zhang Tian introduced himself to Zhang Xuanchen and asked whether he had cultivation talent.
• Zhang Xuanbing explained that Zhang Tian had memorized the Thousand Character Classic after hearing it once, prompting the family to examine him.
• Zhang Hongzhan directed everyone to continue the discussion in the family’s Main Hall, and Zhang Xuanchen carried Zhang Tian there with Luo Lingshuang.
• Xuanjing identified Zhang Tian’s constitution as a Xiantian Wisdom Bone and described its extraordinary comprehension and cultivation potential.
• Zhang Xuanchen grew excited about Zhang Tian’s prospects, but Xuanjing warned him not to celebrate too soon.

Zhang Xuanchen discovered that Zhang Tian’s Xiantian Wisdom Bone was damaging his frail body and explained that he would need vast resources and painful body cultivation to survive. Zhang Tian agreed to endure it, and Zhang Xuanchen began treating his injuries with Zhang Guangyao’s help before informing the Zhang Family elders of the danger.

• Zhang Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that Zhang Tian’s powerful divine soul was causing his body to age and deteriorate, and that body-tempering could lessen but not eliminate his need for nourishment.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Zhang Tian that he could cultivate immortality but would have to endure great hardship, and Zhang Tian tearfully agreed because he wanted to live and meet his family’s expectations.
• Zhang Xuanchen inspected Zhang Tian and found that his bones and meridians had already suffered subtle damage from the Xiantian Wisdom Bone.
• Zhang Xuanchen directed Zhang Guangyao to use his healing spiritual power to repair Zhang Tian’s meridians, and Zhang Guangyao completed the treatment after a quarter of an hour.
• Zhang Guangyao asked about Zhang Tian’s hidden injuries, and Zhang Xuanchen reassured Su Muyan before explaining the Xiantian Wisdom Bone’s dangers and the resources Zhang Tian would require.

Zhang Xuanchen explained that Zhang Tian’s Xiantian Wisdom Bone would require constant nourishment or risk destroying his body, and proposed tempering it with the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art. The Zhang Family pledged its support, while Zhang Xuanbing and Su Muyan chose the painful cultivation path for their son.

• Zhang Xuanchen reassured the hall that Zhang Tian’s condition could be managed with spiritual resources or the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered to personally teach Zhang Tian the body-tempering art after he awakened his Spiritual Root at seven.
• Zhang Xuanbing and Su Muyan chose the body-tempering path so Zhang Tian’s needs would not burden the whole family.
• Zhang Guangyao and the elders promised to provide Zhang Tian with resources before Foundation Establishment and urged his parents not to sacrifice their own cultivation.
• Zhang Xuanbing asked Su Muyan to tell Zhang Tian the truth about his condition, and she left the Main Hall with him.

Zhang Xuanchen reviewed the clan’s major events and issued orders to reward the Dark Hall, recruit Family Generals, and set terms for Zhang Xuanli’s marriage alliance. He then learned the clan’s first minor competition was less than half a year away, while the elders joked that they no longer needed to think for themselves when he was present.

• Zhang Xuanchen heard that Zhang Zujun had reached the Golden Core Realm, Ren Shian’s group was visiting the Sacred Pill Hall, and the Bihai Immortal Sect’s raid on the Su Family had been repelled at the cost of Bu Yun and Su Jiaru’s lives.
• Zhang Xuanchen ordered a reward for the Dark Hall Master and barred Zhang Family members from forming deep ties with the Wang Family after the Wang Family Old Ancestor broke faith during the raid.
• Zhang Xuanchen ordered the Xuanxiao Merchant Guild to recruit three hundred Family Generals to manage the Su Family’s former industries and Spirit Vein lands.
• Zhang Xuanchen said Ren Shian could marry Zhang Xuanli only if he joined the Zhang Family, unless Zhang Xuanli strongly chose otherwise.
• Zhang Xuanchen confirmed the clan’s first minor competition would take place in less than half a year, and Zhang Guangyao joked that the elders no longer needed to use their brains while Zhang Xuanchen was present.

Zhang Xuanchen discussed the family’s development and insisted that cultivators and Family Generals receive their due resources. He announced Luo Lingshuang’s Great Dao Golden Core, and the hall’s elders swore Blood Oaths to keep it secret.

• Zhang Xuanchen asked Zhang Hongyi how many family cultivators were between thirteen and eighteen, and Zhang Hongyi reported that there were thirty-three.
• Zhang Xuanchen ordered that no one withhold resources from clan members or Family Generals and threatened to kill anyone who did.
• Zhang Xuanchen announced that Luo Lingshuang had become a Golden Core cultivator with a Great Dao Golden Core and the Daoist title True Person Ningyuan.
• The elders and other people in the hall swore Blood Oaths not to reveal Luo Lingshuang’s achievement outside the hall.
• Zhang Hongzhan explained that they had sworn to protect Luo Lingshuang and the Zhang Family from the danger of the secret spreading.

The Zhang Family welcomed Luo Lingshuang as a new Golden Core combatant and discussed preparing for its first Family Tournament instead of attacking the Bihai Immortal Sect. Zhang Xuanchen worried that the family’s many emerging geniuses were consuming its fortune, but Xuanjing reassured him that the Fortune Golden Dragon was growing stronger.

• Luo Lingshuang accepted the Zhang Family elders’ Blood Oaths and expressed her willingness to put the family first.
• Zhang Guangyao proposed joining forces with the Su Family to destroy the Bihai Immortal Sect, but Zhang Xuanchen urged caution and set a meeting to decide the Family Tournament rewards.
• Zhang Xuanbing left after Zhang Xuanchen promised to send him a list of treasures needed to nourish Xiao Tian before age seven.
• Xuanjing woke Great Sage with a punch, then ran from him as they chased each other around the Main Hall.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Luo Lingshuang he feared the Zhang Family’s string of geniuses might exhaust its fortune and leave future generations unable to continue the family line.
• Xuanjing explained that the Fortune Golden Dragon was growing stronger and that the gathered beings of great fortune were helping the family produce geniuses, easing Zhang Xuanchen’s worry; Luo Lingshuang and Great Sage then left the hall.

Ren Shian confessed his feelings to Zhang Xuanli, who accepted them but asked him to marry into the Zhang Family. He waited anxiously for his answer after explaining why she wanted to remain with her family.

• Ren Shian recalled how Zhang Xuanli had saved him from the Azure Gold Profound Monkeys, leading him to fall in love with her.
• The Zhang Family had secretly helped set up the rescue to encourage Ren Shian and Zhang Xuanli’s relationship.
• Ren Shian visited Zhang Xuanli at night and offered her flowers, confessing his feelings.
• Zhang Xuanli said she felt the same way but required him to marry into the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Xuanli promised Ren Shian he would be welcomed, would not be mistreated, and could return to the Xuandan Sect with her if he wished.