Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuanchen led the group to the Bihai Immortal Sect’s underground treasure vault, where they broke open the gate and discovered valuable pills, materials, and treasures. While planning to use their gains to strengthen the Zhang Family, he spotted a black iron sheet and asked Xuanjing to inspect it for a hidden opportunity.

• Zhang Xuanbing recognized Xiao Yan as the young man whose engagement had been broken off and praised his rapid cultivation, while Xiao Yan credited Zhang Xuanbing with saving his life.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered Xiao Yan first choice of three treasures, and Xiao Yan was astonished when Zhang Chongxian, Zhang Zujun, and the Ancestors approved without objection.
• Zhang Xuanchen led the group through secret passages to the underground treasure vault and ordered everyone to blast open its bronze gate.
• The group broke the gate and found a vault filled with spiritual energy, pills, and precious materials, including Purple Lightning Meteorite Bamboo and Golden Spirit Profound Ginseng.
• Zhang Xuanchen considered using the Golden Spirit Profound Ginseng to make pills that could help him subdue True Person Huang Tian, then picked up a black iron sheet and asked Xuanjing to check it for a great opportunity.

Zhang Xuanchen uncovered the Spirit Guiding Meridian Controlling Method inside the black iron shard and explained its powers and cultivation costs to the others. Xiao Yan chose to learn it, and Zhang Chongxian reported that the treasure vault held a far greater haul than expected.

• Xuanjing used Truth-Breaking to reveal the secret art hidden in the black iron shard, and Zhang Xuanchen absorbed its contents.
• Luo Lingshuang supported Zhang Xuanchen as he recovered, and he explained that the Spirit Guiding Meridian Controlling Method could gather spirit energy and control Spirit Veins.
• Zhang Xuanchen described the method’s immense potential and severe cultivation costs, which cooled the crowd’s excitement.
• Zhang Xuanchen recommended the introductory Spirit Gathering level to Xiao Yan, who chose the secret art as his first treasure.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Zhang Chongxian about the vault’s inventory, and Zhang Chongxian reported a large collection of artifacts, including three Third-grade Top-tier artifacts and fifty-two Second-tier Top-grade Artifacts.

Zhang Chongxian and Zhang Guangyao catalogued Bihai Immortal Sect’s vast reserves, and Zhang Xuanchen declared that the Zhang Family would use them to pursue dominance over the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain. Xiao Yan pledged his support and was invited to choose treasures and Spirit Stones, leaving the family ready to develop with its new wealth.

• Zhang Chongxian reported that Bihai Immortal Sect’s treasure vault held valuable pills, spirit herbs, treasures, and millions of Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen celebrated the Zhang Family’s sudden wealth and asked about Bihai Immortal Sect’s cultivation methods.
• Zhang Guangyao listed the sect’s cultivation methods and spells, including a Fourth-grade Low-tier cultivation method and fourteen Third-tier Cultivation Methods.
• Zhang Xuanchen announced his ambition for the Zhang Family to become the overlord of the Heavenly Dragon Sea Domain.
• Xiao Yan praised Zhang Xuanchen’s resolve, pledged his support, and exchanged a fist bump with him.
• Zhang Xuanchen invited Xiao Yan to choose from the remaining treasures and take Spirit Stones for cultivation.

Xiao Yan chose treasures suited to his cultivation and learned that the Zhang Family planned to build an immortal city at the former Bihai Immortal Sect site. Zhang Xuanchen named it Lingxiao Immortal City and assigned Zhang Guanghan and Zhang Hongwen to oversee its construction.

• Xiao Yan selected a Burning Crystal Stone and a Third Stage mid-stage Profound Flame Fox’s Illusion Dream Fire, then declined Zhang Xuanchen’s offer of spirit stones and left to find Xiao Zhan.
• Zhang Xuanchen told the Zhang Family elders that Xiao Yan’s master was a Nascent Soul True Lord and Fourth-tier Top-grade Alchemist, and that Xiao Yan had given him a Golden Pattern Profound Condensing Fruit.
• Zhang Xuanchen explained that the Zhang Family had gathered the ingredients for a Golden Core Pill and planned to ask Xiao Yan’s master to refine it after they dealt with the former Bihai Immortal Sect site.
• Zhang Xuanchen proposed developing the former sect site into an immortal city and received the elders’ agreement.
• Zhang Xuanchen named the city Lingxiao Immortal City and appointed Zhang Guanghan and Zhang Hongwen to oversee its construction.

Zhang Hongzhan ordered the execution of surrendered Bihai Immortal Sect disciples who had killed members of the Zhang Family Alliance, then taught the younger Zhang Family generation that mercy to enemies could endanger their loved ones. He spared the survivors who had killed no one, sentencing them and their families to mine at Xuanling Mountain, while the battle’s casualties were tallied.

• Zhang Xuanchen left the treasure vault with Luo Lingshuang and the others as Zhang Guanghan and Zhang Hongwen prepared to carry out a mission.
• Zhang Hongzhan ordered more than two hundred surrendered Bihai Immortal Sect disciples who had killed Alliance members executed, then warned the young Zhang Family clansmen against showing mercy to enemies.
• Zhang Hongzhan spared more than three hundred Bihai Immortal Sect survivors who had killed no one and sentenced them and their families to mine at Xuanling Mountain.
• Zhang Hongzhan ordered Zhang Hongguan, Zhang Xuanming, and Zhang Xuantong to escort the survivors to the former Bihai Immortal Sect prison and kill anyone who resisted.
• The battle’s casualties were reported: the Zhang Family had no deaths, while the Su Family lost eighteen members and the other affiliated forces suffered heavier losses.

After defeating the Bihai Immortal Sect, Zhang Xuanchen announced rewards for the Zhang Family’s allies and plans to build Lingxiao Immortal City at Xuanling Mountain. The Zhang Family’s victory celebrations were joined by news that Lin Wanqing had broken through to the Golden Core Realm.

• Zhang Hongzhan promised the allied factions fair battle rewards and death pensions, while warning that betrayal or falsified merits would be punished.
• Zhang Chongxian advised Zhang Hongzhan and the gathered leaders that young cultivators had to face trials and risks to grow.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered ten Foundation Establishment Pills for exchange and announced that the Zhang Family would build Lingxiao Immortal City, inviting cultivators to register for paid work.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Hongzhan a Storage Ring of spiritual materials and instructed him to oversee the work at Xuanling Mountain.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that Lin Wanqing was undergoing a Golden Core lightning tribulation, and Zhang Chongxian celebrated the Zhang Family’s new Golden Core cultivator.

The Zhang Family returned to Xuanxiao Mountain aboard Chu Zhiwei’s Third-tier Flying Boat while Zhang Xuanchen set a date for his wedding to Luo Lingshuang. The chapter left the family preparing to celebrate their marriage one month later.

• Zhang Hongzhan handed Zhang Guangyao back the Storage Ring and decided to return to the clan to reunite with Lin Wanqing.
• Chu Zhiwei brought out a Third-tier Flying Boat, expanded it to carry a thousand people, and took the Zhang Family toward Xuanxiao Mountain.
• Zhang Xuanchen proposed that the Zhang Family later have a Third-tier Flying Boat forged at the Heavenly Craft Pavilion using their own materials.
• Zhang Chongxian and Zhang Hongzhan urged Zhang Xuanchen to treat Luo Lingshuang well and asked when they would hold their wedding.
• Zhang Xuanchen promised Luo Lingshuang he would not let her down and proposed they marry in one month; she agreed.

Lin Wanqing provoked the Heavenly Dao when her Golden Core tribulation seemed too weak, then used the Heavenly Creation Body to refine the stronger lightning. As the Zhang Family arrived and learned she had condensed a Second-grade Golden Core, Lin Wanqing continued enduring the tribulation.

• Lin Wanqing questioned the weak tribulation and pointed her sword at the heavens, angering the Heavenly Dao and greatly strengthening the third bolt.
• Lin Wanqing activated the Heavenly Creation Body and clashed with the Thunder Dragon, refining lightning within her body despite being injured.
• Zhang Zu'an met Zhang Xuanchen and the other Zhang Family members aboard their Flying Boat and explained that Lin Wanqing had provoked the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that Lin Wanqing had condensed a Second-grade Golden Core and possessed the Heavenly Creation Body because she had eaten a Heavenly Creation Fruit in her youth.
• Chu Zhiwei watched Lin Wanqing withstand the tribulation and grew more confident in the Zhang Family's future.

After Lin Wanqing completed her Golden Core tribulation, she reunited with Zhang Hongzhan and learned that the Zhang Family had destroyed the Bihai Immortal Sect and taken control of the Penglai Islands. News of the Zhang Family’s sudden rise reached the Wang Family, where Wang Qingrou questioned how it had obtained its strength and Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Talisman.

• Lin Wanqing apologized to the Heavenly Dao, purified herself, and reunited with Zhang Hongzhan aboard the Flying Boat.
• Lin Wanqing learned from Luo Lingshuang that the Zhang Family had destroyed the Bihai Immortal Sect and taken control of the Penglai Islands.
• Zhang Xuanchen apologized to Chu Zhiwei for Lin Wanqing’s failure to greet her, and Chu Zhiwei joined Lin Wanqing and Luo Lingshuang’s conversation as Zhang Chongxian piloted the Flying Boat toward Xuanxiao Mountain.
• Wang Qingrou angrily rebuked the Wang Family’s upper ranks for failing to learn of the Bihai Immortal Sect’s destruction, and Wang Haobo explained how unexpected the Zhang Family’s strength had been.
• Wang Qingrou considered whether the Zhang Family had hidden its strength to unify the Penglai Islands and questioned where it had obtained its Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Talisman.

Wang Qingrou ordered Wang Qingkuang to visit the Zhang Family and investigate its ambitions and Luo Lingshuang’s ties to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect before deciding whether to seek permission to destroy it. Meanwhile, the Bihai Immortal Sect’s fall alarmed nearby sects, while the Xuandan Sect celebrated Wang Teng’s Golden Core breakthrough and its close ties with the Zhang Family.

• Wang Haobo told Wang Qingrou that the Zhang Family’s Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Talisman likely came from Horizon Restaurant or the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, and warned that Luo Lingshuang made the Zhang Family dangerous to confront.
• Wang Qingrou noted that the Zhang Family could have five Golden Core cultivators and said the Wang Family needed to determine whether it planned to expand beyond the Penglai Islands.
• Wang Qingrou tasked Wang Qingkuang with visiting the Zhang Family in a month alongside Wang Mingyu and Zhang Xuanyun to investigate Luo Lingshuang, the Zhang Family’s strength, and its ambitions.
• Wang Qingkuang accepted the assignment, and Wang Qingrou promised to record merit for him upon its completion.
• The Cloud Mountain Sword Sect and Thousand Sword Sect were shaken by news of the Bihai Immortal Sect’s destruction, while the Xuandan Sect remained at ease.
• Wang Teng revealed that he had reached Golden Core and praised Ren Danxiong for strengthening the Xuandan Sect’s relationship with the Zhang Family.

Wang Teng rewarded Ren Danxiong and tasked him with strengthening ties between the Xuandan Sect and the Zhang Family. Meanwhile, Zhang Xuanchen completed plans for Lingxiao Immortal City and sent Li Xiao to deliver them to Xuanling Mountain, urging him not to waste his talent.

• Wang Teng praised Ren Danxiong, rewarded him with Wanhua Spirit Brew, and asked him to visit the Zhang Family with gifts and congratulations in a month.
• Wang Teng also told Ren Danxiong to assess whether his grandson and Zhang Xuanli were compatible and, if so, arrange their marriage.
• Zhang Xuanchen finalized a design for Lingxiao Immortal City, with eight outer-city gates, four marketplaces, eight inner-city districts, and Heavenly Pivot Hall at its center.
• Li Xiao demonstrated that his Second-grade Spirit Splitting Technique had reached great mastery, but refused Zhang Xuanchen's offer to transfer him to the War Hall.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Li Xiao a booklet to take to the War Hall for delivery to Xuanling Mountain and encouraged him to make use of his talent.

Jun Xiaoyao questioned whether he could care for others as he prepared to repay Zhang Xuanchen’s kindness. Meanwhile, Zhang Xuanchen inspected the spoils taken from two Evil Cultivators and secretly welcomed Elder Dan, who planned to refine Golden Core Pills for the Zhang Family.

• Jun Xiaoyao wondered whether he would grieve if his five disciples fell, then decided he would repay Zhang Xuanchen by dealing with the Luo Family if necessary.
• Zhang Xuanchen inspected Azure Evil and True Person Yangxie’s Storage Rings, found the Soul Searching Technique, and burned the wicked-path items he could not use.
• Zhang Xuanchen sensed Elder Dan approaching the Zhang Family and welcomed him without revealing his identity to the clan.
• At the Sacred Pill Hall, Zhang Xuanchen explained why he had concealed Elder Dan’s visit, and Elder Dan praised the alchemy facilities and said he might refine nine fine grade Golden Core Pills.

Zhang Xuanchen secured Elder Dan’s Alchemy Manual and entrusted him with materials for two kinds of pills to refine. After leaving the alchemy room, Zhang Xuanchen learned from Chu Zhiwei that her grandfather, True Monarch Yu Hua, needed a rare pill to recover from injuries suffered fighting a monstrous being.

• Elder Dan gave Zhang Xuanchen his Alchemy Manual after Zhang Xuanchen praised him and offered spirit herbs that could restore the divine soul.
• Xiao Yan accepted the spirit herbs and handed the manual to Zhang Xuanchen, then joined Elder Dan to assist with alchemy.
• Zhang Xuanchen supplied materials for the Golden Core Pill and the Third-grade Top-tier Golden Ginseng Pill before leaving Elder Dan to work for half a month.
• Zhang Xuanchen met Chu Zhiwei in the Sacred Pill Hall and learned she had come seeking a Fourth-tier Peak Grade alchemy grandmaster.
• Chu Zhiwei told Zhang Xuanchen that True Monarch Yu Hua needed a Fourth-tier Peak Grade Blood Dragon Nirvana Pill after a ten-day battle with a monstrous being from the Dark Abyss Forbidden Land left him severely injured.

Chu Zhiwei asked Zhang Xuanchen to arrange a meeting with Elder Dan so the alchemist might refine a Blood Dragon Nirvana Pill for her grandfather. As the Zhang Clan prepared for Zhang Xuanchen’s wedding, True Person Huang Tian agonized over whether to attend and admit his past mistake.

• Chu Zhiwei asked Zhang Xuanchen to connect her with Elder Dan, and he advised her to offer soul-type spiritual medicines and information about spirit fires or beast flames.
• Chu Zhiwei gave Zhang Xuanchen a Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Talisman and said she would return to the Sacred Pill Hall in fifteen days.
• Zhang Xuanchen returned to Profound Heaven Villa as his wedding preparations with Luo Lingshuang continued.
• The Zhang Clan sent wedding invitations to major factions, drawing cultivators and Flying Boats toward Xuanxiao Mountain.
• True Person Huang Tian considered attending Zhang Xuanchen’s wedding to confess his mistake, fearing both death and the end of his cultivation progress.

Gou Fugui decided to go to the Zhang Family and confess his guilt after learning how its influence protected businesses in Yunhua Immortal City. At the Nine Splendor Sword Sect, Zhou Tianjian convened an assembly over Luo Lingshuang’s upcoming marriage, where elders disputed whether she should be expelled.

• Gou Fugui paid for the table he had smashed and heard the restaurant waiter praise the Zhang Family’s protection and low rents.
• Gou Fugui left the restaurant and vanished, declaring that he had come to confess his guilt to the Zhang Family.
• Zhou Tianjian presided over a sect assembly and asked the elders and Peak Masters to discuss Luo Lingshuang’s marriage to Zhang Xuanchen.
• Great Elder Yang Wei argued that Luo Lingshuang had disregarded the sect and should be expelled, and seven others agreed.
• Fourth Elder Gu Heng defended Luo Lingshuang, noting that she had paid for her stay and owed the sect no loyalty.

Zhou Tianjian persuaded the Nine Splendor Sword Sect to preserve ties with Luo Lingshuang and the Zhang Family rather than risk provoking a powerful force behind them. Ancestor Qingming Hua Shisan appeared and tested Zhou Tianjian’s resolve, leaving the sect’s future direction in his hands.

• Gu Heng argued that the Nine Splendor Sword Sect should maintain ties with Luo Lingshuang and offered to lead a delegation to her wedding at Xuanxiao Mountain.
• Zhou Tianjian supported visiting the Zhang Family and explained that Luo Lingshuang’s Fifth-Rank Spirit Tool showed the sect should not provoke the force behind her.
• Hua Shisan appeared in the Main Hall as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator, and the sect members bowed to him.
• Hua Shisan asked whether Zhou Tianjian would regret not eliminating the Zhang Family, and Zhou Tianjian declared that he would choose to befriend them without regret.
• Yang Wei admired Zhou Tianjian’s resolve and reconsidered whether the Nine Splendor Sword Sect might prosper under his leadership.

Hua Shisan installed Zhou Tianjian as the Nine Splendor Sword Sect’s future Sect Leader and ordered him to accompany Hua Shisan to Luo Lingshuang’s wedding. As Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang enjoyed a quiet moment before their wedding, True Person Huang Tian arrived at the Zhang Family’s mountain gate, and Zhang Xuanchen ordered him to kneel outside.

• Hua Shisan declared that the Nine Splendor Sword Sect must obey Zhou Tianjian and ordered Yang Wei to demand that the Ancient Blade Sect hand over Xia Xiangtian.
• Hua Shisan suspected that Lu Qinghan had targeted Xia Xiangtian for a body seizure, appointed Gu Heng to oversee the sect, and departed with plans to bring Zhou Tianjian and Liu Yunshu to Luo Lingshuang’s wedding.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang reminisced about their years together and reassured each other that their love mattered more than wedding gifts.
• Zhang Wanjun informed Zhang Xuanchen that True Person Huang Tian had arrived with urgent business, and Zhang Xuanchen ordered him to kneel outside the mountain gate or leave.

Zhang Xuanchen explained why he spared True Person Huang Tian: he had gained the Karma Fate Control Technique and planned to bind Huang Tian with it. Outside the mountain gate, Zhang Chongxian defended Zhang Wanjun and the others, then punished Gou Fugui for betraying the Zhang Family.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Luo Lingshuang that the Zhang Family’s strength let him treat True Person Huang Tian with contempt, and revealed that the Karma Fate Control Technique could control one person’s life and death.
• Zhang Wanjun ordered True Person Huang Tian to kneel outside the mountain gate or leave, prompting Gou Fugui to unleash his aura against Zhang Wanjun, Li Xiao, and Li Qing.
• Zhang Chongxian appeared, shattered Gou Fugui’s pressure with his Sword Intent, and slapped him flying.
• Gou Fugui protested that he had come to submit and had only meant to teach the juniors a lesson, but Zhang Chongxian reminded him that he had attacked the Zhang Family while Zu Jun was injured and later vanished when the clan needed him.
• Zhang Chongxian declared Gou Fugui a faithless traitor and kicked him into a boulder, making him spit blood.

Gou Fugui admitted his wrongdoing and pledged himself to the Zhang Family in exchange for a chance to break through. Zhang Xuanchen bound him with a control technique and then hurried to the Sacred Pill Hall after Elder Dan reported that the Golden Core Pill had been refined.

• Gou Fugui apologized to Zhang Wanjun and the others, acknowledged Zhang Chongxian's strength, and offered to serve the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Xuanchen confronted Gou Fugui about underestimating the Zhang Family, and Gou Fugui explained that he was willing to accept any price for a chance to break through.
• Zhang Xuanchen agreed to spare Gou Fugui and grant him an opportunity to advance if he submitted to a restriction, and Gou Fugui accepted.
• Zhang Xuanchen used the Karma Fate Control Technique to bind Gou Fugui, who knelt and called him Master before being told to address him as Clan Leader.
• Li Qing led Gou Fugui away, while Zhang Xuanchen learned from Elder Dan that the Golden Core Pill was ready and left for the Sacred Pill Hall.

Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang met Elder Dan’s true identity and discussed Luo Lingshuang’s future on the Central Land Immortal Continent’s Hidden Dragon List. Xiao Yan learned how Horizon Pavilion’s rankings were compiled and was warned not to dismiss them when he eventually traveled there.

• Zhang Xuanchen praised Elder Dan for refining two top-tier Third-grade pills, and Elder Dan recognized the Tidal Lotus Lamp carried by Luo Lingshuang.
• Little Lotus identified Elder Dan as Danyangzi, the Fifth-grade Top-tier Pill King and founder of Heaven and Earth Pill Pavilion, while Elder Dan recognized Luo Lingshuang’s Great Dao Golden Core and predicted her success on the Hidden Dragon List.
• Xiao Yan apologized for concealing Elder Dan’s presence, then learned that Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang planned to marry in thirteen days.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Hidden Dragon List, and Elder Dan explained its rankings, rewards, and the potential of its listed cultivators.
• After Xiao Yan questioned Horizon Pavilion’s authority, Elder Dan described its influence and heavenly-secret divination, then warned Xiao Yan not to speak carelessly when he reached the Central Land Immortal Continent.