Chapter Summaries

Su Zhengxiong warned Su Muyan that the Su Family might face extinction if it failed to produce a Golden Core cultivator, while Bihai Immortal Sect planned to wait for his death before attacking. Meanwhile, Zhang Xuanchen reached the Earth Vein Volcano and continued toward the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire despite a cultivator’s warning.

• Su Zhengxiong told Su Muyan that the Su Family was declining and might rely on Ancestor to sacrifice himself if no one reached the Golden Core realm within twenty years.
• Xi Mengyao dismissed Yang Haoyu’s concerns about the Zhang and Su families’ marriage alliance and ordered him to prepare for a Golden Core breakthrough.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived at the Earth Vein Volcano after surviving attacks from cultivators and demonic beasts along the way.
• Zhang Xuanchen searched for a route toward the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire while pretending to look for herbs and ores among the Qi Refining cultivators.
• Zhou Qingyang warned Zhang Xuanchen that stronger demonic beasts lay ahead, but Zhang Xuanchen thanked him and continued onward.

Zhang Xuanchen secretly reached the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire beneath a volcano and endured its birth amid a violent eruption. After discovering a vast deposit of Earth Core Fire Crystal, he began binding the newly born Little Fire Dragon and drawing it toward his dantian.

• Zhang Xuanchen concealed himself from a Blazing Howl and dug through the hill toward the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire.
• Zhang Xuanchen found a large pillar of Third-grade Top-tier Earth Core Fire Crystal and the Little Fire Dragon resting above it.
• Zhang Xuanchen set up defensive and concealment formations, then tried using frozen blood and essence blood to connect with the Little Fire Dragon.
• The Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire erupted at midnight, shaking the volcano range as Zhang Xuanchen's formations and Profound Ice Pearl resisted the flames.
• Zhang Xuanchen bound the Little Fire Dragon with threads of natal essence blood and began drawing it toward his dantian, but it erupted in flames around him.

Zhang Xuanchen subdued the Mysterious Yang Fire while three Golden Core cultivators confronted the Crimson Flame Mad Flood Dragon in the Earth Vein Volcano. As the battle erupted, Zhuge Qingrou discovered that her latest divination contradicted her prediction of a great opportunity.

• Zhang Xuanchen endured the Mysterious Yang Fire’s backlash, sealed himself in ice, and fused his essence blood with it until it descended into his dantian.
• Black Dragon True Person, Tianlan True Person, and Withered Wood True Person arrived at the Earth Vein Volcano and searched for an opportunity.
• The Crimson Flame Mad Flood Dragon confronted the trespassing cultivators and struck Withered Wood True Person when he tried to flee.
• Withered Wood True Person urged Black Dragon True Person and Tianlan True Person to help defeat the dragon, and both joined the battle.
• At Horizon Restaurant, Zhuge Qingrou questioned why her latest calculation contradicted her prediction of a great opportunity, while Yan Ruyu said she had lost their wager.

Zhuge Qingrou calmed her troubled heart after Yan Ruyu reminded her of their master's teachings, while their master Jun Xiaoyao resolved to seek allies amid a rising chaotic age. In an underground cave, Zhang Xuanchen bound the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire, advanced to Qi Refining Tenth Layer Late Stage, and fled with an Earth Core Fire Crystal as rival cultivators pursued him.

• Yan Ruyu helped Zhuge Qingrou steady her aura by recalling their master's teachings, then the two joked about whether their master would find a partner.
• Jun Xiaoyao sensed that a chaotic age was coming and decided to make friends with powerful figures to protect Horizon Pavilion.
• Zhang Xuanchen bound the Earth Vein Profound Sun Fire, purged impurities, and raised his cultivation to Qi Refining Tenth Layer Late Stage.
• Zhao Tianhai and his followers entered the cave after pursuing the wounded Ye Xingyun, and Zhang Xuanchen took the Earth Core Fire Crystal before fleeing.
• Ye Xingyun fled in the opposite direction, while Wang Chao sent Li Ming and two disciples after him and led the rest after Zhao Tianhai.
• Cultivators from several factions spread word that a naked young man carried an Earth Core Fire Crystal, and Zhao Tianhai closed in on Zhang Xuanchen.

Zhang Xuanchen fled with the Earth Core Fire Crystal while Purple Cloud Sect, Tianlan Sect, the Xiao Clan, and Lei Kuang converged on him. After Lei Kuang’s strike left him injured but alive, the rival forces argued over who would claim him and the crystal.

• Zhang Xuanchen discovered his clothes had burned away, put on a gray robe, and fled as cultivators from Tianlan Sect and the Xiao Clan closed in.
• Lei Kuang struck Zhang Xuanchen with a Purple Thunder blade, but Zhang survived by activating a Second-tier Top-grade Profound Earth Shield Talisman.
• Lei Kuang demanded the Earth Core Fire Crystal and offered to spare Zhang, prompting Zhao Tianhai to offer Zhang a place in Purple Cloud Sect as his Personal Disciple.
• Xiao Changsheng accused Zhao Tianhai of changing his attitude after trying to kill Zhang and vowed to repay Purple Cloud Sect for its past attack on the Xiao Clan.

Zhang Xuanchen used talismans to escape the factions pursuing him for his Earth Core Fire Crystal, but Withered Wood True Person ambushed him. Zhang Xuanchen vanished with a Teleportation Talisman, and the gathered factions accused the wounded Withered Wood True Person of taking the crystals.

• Xiao Changsheng offered to protect Zhang Xuanchen if he gave half the Earth Core Fire Crystal to the Xiao Clan, while Zhao Tianhai urged him to choose the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Xuanchen cursed the factions and fled with a Swift Wind Escape Talisman, prompting Lei Kuang, Tianlan Sect's cultivator, and the Xiao Clan elder to pursue him.
• Zhang Xuanchen used two Sky Burning Talismans to trap his pursuers in flames, then concealed his breath and changed his appearance while escaping.
• Withered Wood True Person attacked Zhang Xuanchen with a wooden binding technique, but Zhang Xuanchen activated a Teleportation Talisman and disappeared before the wooden bell crushed him.
• Zhao Tianhai and the other factions confronted Withered Wood True Person, accused him of keeping the Earth Core Fire Crystal, and threatened him with pursuit by the Purple Cloud Sect's Ancestor.

Withered Wood True Person denied possessing the Earth Core Fire Crystal, then left after impaling Zhao Tianhai for accusing him. Zhang Xuanchen washed ashore gravely wounded and was rescued by a young girl, while the Zhang family learned that Evil Cultivators had slaughtered Red Jade Island’s inhabitants.

• Withered Wood True Person used his Golden Core pressure to subdue the cultivators and dragged Zhao Tianhai before him.
• Zhao Tianhai demanded to inspect Withered Wood True Person’s Storage Ring, so Withered Wood True Person impaled him with Green Bamboo and insisted the Earth Core Fire Crystal was elsewhere.
• Withered Wood True Person withdrew from the contest and vanished, while Lei Kuang, Xiao Changsheng, and the others left to report what had happened.
• A young girl and her brother, Iron Egg, found the unconscious Zhang Xuanchen near their fishing village, and she carried him home despite his severe injuries.
• A messenger told the Zhang family that eight Evil Cultivators had breached Red Jade Island, killed Cousin Hong Xu, and blood-sacrificed eight thousand mortals.
• Zhang Hongzhan shattered a table in fury, and Zhang Guangli demanded permission to avenge the dead by killing the Evil Cultivators.

The Zhang Family responded to attacks by the Soul Devouring Cult, and Zhang Hongqing returned to lead a patrol with Zhang Xuanbing. The chapter ended with an unconscious young man waking in a poor family’s home, where Zhang Tiedan went to fetch him water.

• Zhang Hongzhan urged the elders to gather the Zhang Family’s strength, move mortals inward, and wait rather than provoke the Soul Devouring Cult.
• Zhang Hongqing returned to the Main Hall, and Zhang Hongzhan ordered him to select thirty disciples, patrol west of the family, and investigate Red Jade Island with Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Hongqing accepted the mission and agreed to guide Zhang Xuanbing, then left the Main Hall.
• Zhang Hongzhan worried about Xiao Chen’s safe return while spiritual energy surged from the side room, signaling a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Half a month later, a pale young man woke in a crude house, and the girl beside him called for her mother.
• The Middle-aged Woman sent Zhang Tiedan to bring water, and he carried a basin into the room.

Zhang Xuanchen woke in the home of the poor family who had rescued him and learned how much they had sacrificed to keep him alive. After promising to repay them, he began treating his injuries and realized he would need a special pill to restore his meridians.

• Zhang Xuanchen woke in Little Village and learned that Zhang Qingqing and Zhang Tiedan had found him on the beach and that their mother had refused to bury him while he was still breathing.
• The Middle-aged Woman told Zhang Xuanchen that the family had helped him without expecting repayment, and Zhang Qingqing showed him where his belongings were.
• Zhang Tiedan insisted Zhang Xuanchen repay the family's expenses, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to return their money and offered to build them a house, which Zhang Tiedan refused.
• Zhang Xuanchen took out a Grade 2 High-grade Healing Pill and began treating his injuries, knowing he would eventually need a Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill to repair his meridians.

After recovering enough to sit up, Zhang Xuanchen concealed his cultivation and introduced himself to Li Lan’s family as a First-rate Martial Artist. The village chief and villagers brought food to help Li Lan, and Zhang Xuanchen decided to do something for the kind community before he left.

• Zhang Xuanchen recovered from his injuries with a Healing Pill and reflected on how he needed more backup plans.
• Li Lan and Zhang Qingqing brought Zhang Xuanchen a meal, and he reassured them that he appreciated their hospitality.
• Zhang Xuanchen claimed he was a First-rate Martial Artist who had been injured fighting bandits, hiding his identity as a cultivator.
• Zhang Tiedan asked Zhang Xuanchen to teach him martial arts, and Zhang Xuanchen said the boy’s admiration was natural.
• The village chief and several villagers brought food for Li Lan, who accepted after they explained they wanted to repay the kindness of her late husband, Zhang Qiqiang.
• Zhang Xuanchen heard how the villagers had supported Li Lan and decided to do something for Little Village before leaving.

Zhang Xuanchen recovered in a remote Qing Kingdom village while the major forces searched unsuccessfully for him, and he began teaching the village youths martial arts. A new Immortal Fate revelation pointed him toward a secret realm appearing in three days, where the true opportunity lay beyond a dangerous trap.

• Zhang Xuanchen learned from Village Chief Zhang Shuo that he was in Wuhe County of the Qing Kingdom and said he had come seeking an Immortal Opportunity.
• Zhang Xuanchen persuaded Zhang Tiedan to eat with him by promising to teach him martial arts, while planning to hide in the village until the search for him eased.
• The major forces sealed teleportation arrays and searched for Zhang Xuanchen, but his repeated identity changes kept them from finding him; most abandoned the investigation by the twentieth day.
• Zhao Wu complained to Hong Ming in Anyang Prefecture City about his grandfather's insistence that the Purple Cloud Sect keep searching for Zhang Xuanchen.
• Zhang Xuanchen hunted a tiger and prepared a body-tempering cauldron for twenty-three village youths, after Zhang Hao had advanced to become a Third-rate Martial Artist.
• Zhang Xuanchen received information that the Sky Dragon Secret Realm would appear in three days and that the Eastern Demon Sealed Land held the Profound Dragon Venerable's legacy, True Dragon Essence Blood, and a True Dragon Egg.

Zhang Xuanchen prepared to leave Little Village for the Sky Dragon Secret Realm and said a private farewell to Zhang Shuo, while Zhang Qingqing accepted that he did not return her feelings. He secretly left Zhang Tiedan a letter and entrusted it to Zhang Qingqing, who was to give it to him the next morning.

• Zhang Xuanchen decided to leave for the inheritance of the Profound Dragon Venerable after twenty days in Little Village.
• Zhang Shuo noticed Zhang Xuanchen intended to leave, and Zhang Xuanchen confirmed he would depart that night.
• Zhang Qingqing overheard their conversation, grieved over Zhang Xuanchen's departure, and chose to join the village gathering anyway.
• Zhang Xuanchen shared a final meal with Li Lan, Zhang Tiedan, and Zhang Qingqing without telling Li Lan or Zhang Tiedan he was leaving.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Zhang Qingqing a Brocade Pouch containing a letter for Zhang Tiedan and instructed her to deliver it the next morning.

Zhang Xuanchen parted from Zhang Qingqing, then discovered two Evil Cultivators preparing to sacrifice a village for the Soul Devouring Cult. After learning about the Blood Spirit Beads and hearing one cultivator condemn the hypocrisy of righteous sects, Zhang Xuanchen killed him and vowed to protect those under his care.

• Zhang Qingqing embraced Zhang Xuanchen, said her final farewell, and ran home with the Brocade Pouch intended for Iron Egg.
• Zhang Xuanchen sensed an evil aura and found two Evil Cultivators setting up a Formation to sacrifice the village's mortals.
• Zhang Xuanchen killed the Eagle-Nose Man, crippled the Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man, and took him to the mountain for questioning.
• The Black-Robed Middle-Aged Man explained how Blood Spirit Beads were made and revealed that a righteous Great Sect had once exterminated his family.
• Zhang Xuanchen said the man's grievance did not justify slaughtering mortals, then killed him when he could not explain the Soul Devouring Cult's purpose.

Zhang Xuanchen left Little Village after protecting it from a Blood Sacrifice that destroyed the rest of Wuhe County, leaving Zhang Tiedan secret cultivation methods and a warning. In Anyang Prefecture City, Zhao Wu suspected that Little Village held the clue to finding Zhang Xuanchen.

• Zhang Xuanchen purified the Blood Spirit Bead, left cultivation and martial arts manuals for Zhang Tiedan, and departed for the Royal City.
• White Tiger Army soldiers told Zhang Shuo that Evil Dao Demonic Beings had wiped out Wuhe County and its thirty-four villages, sparing only Little Village.
• Zhang Qingqing told Zhang Tiedan that Zhang Xuanchen had left and gave him his letter; Zhang Tiedan read it, burned it, and hurried to the wooden hut to retrieve the manuals.
• Zhao Wu and Hong Ming overheard a discussion about the massacre and Little Village's survival, and Zhao Wu concluded that the village could reveal Zhang Xuanchen's whereabouts.

Zhao Wu and Hong Ming attacked Little Village searching for Zhang Xuanchen, but Zhao Wu was killed by Zhang Hao before Hong Ming massacred the villagers. Zhang Tiedan returned to find his mother, sister, and the rest of the village dead, then swore vengeance and asked Zhang Xuanchen to take him in.

• Zhao Wu and Hong Ming reached Little Village and demanded to know where Zhang Xuanchen had gone, killing Zhang Zheng, a child, and Zhang Shuo when they learned he had left.
• Zhang Hao stabbed Zhao Wu through the heart, killing him and rallying the villagers against Hong Ming.
• Hong Ming used the Three Pure Sword Art to slaughter the villagers, including Zhang Hao, Li Lan, and Zhang Qingqing, then took Zhao Wu's body back toward the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Tiedan discovered that he could absorb spiritual energy and hurried home, hoping to see his mother and sister.
• Zhang Tiedan found Little Village covered in corpses, mourned his family, swore to avenge them, and asked Zhang Xuanchen to take him in.

Zhang Xuanchen arrived in Hanhai Royal City to find a Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill before continuing to the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. After buying and refining a Standard Grade pill, he restored his meridians and prepared to set out.

• Zhang Xuanchen entered Hanhai Royal City and searched several shops for a Second-tier Top-grade Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill.
• Zhang Xuanchen followed other customers to the Divine Pill Pavilion, where he chose to buy pills rather than attend its Auction.
• Steward Xu told Zhang Xuanchen that the pavilion’s last fine grade Meridian Restoration Pill had been bought by the Third Prince of Qing Kingdom, and Zhang Xuanchen purchased a Standard Grade pill for eighteen thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen rented a room at the Horizon Restaurant and refined the Green Spirit Meridian Restoration Pill for an hour.
• Zhang Xuanchen restored his meridians and prepared to head to the Sky Dragon Secret Realm.

After Purple Cloud Sect learned Zhang Xuanchen’s location, it mobilized disciples to inspect travelers and their Storage Bags. Zhang Xuanchen reached Horizon Restaurant in disguise and used Yan Ruyu’s token to seek her protection, learning she was cultivating in the basement.

• Hong Ming told Zhao Tianhai that Zhang Xuanchen was hiding in Little Village, and Zhao Tianhai rushed to report the discovery to the sect master.
• Purple Cloud Sect dispatched more than half its disciples to guard teleportation arrays, marketplaces, and other locations.
• Zhang Xuanchen traveled to Black Dragon Immortal City, disguised himself as a weathered Wandering Swordsman, and realized Purple Cloud Sect disciples were inspecting people nearby.
• A young man from the Bai Family resisted an inspection, giving Zhang Xuanchen time to reach Horizon Restaurant without being stopped.
• Zhang Xuanchen presented Yan Ruyu’s pink token to the shopkeeper, who escorted him to her underground cultivation chamber.
• Yan Ruyu answered from within the Cave Mansion and told the shopkeeper to leave.

Zhang Xuanchen asked Yan Ruyu to protect him from the major forces and escort him to Worry-Free Island so he could reach the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. Yan Ruyu warned him that the realm was deadly but agreed to let him choose for himself, then guessed that he sought her help because he held the Earth Core Fire Crystal.

• Yan Ruyu recognized Zhang Xuanchen as the person whose arrival had prompted her heavenly warning, and he flattered her before admitting he needed help.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Yan Ruyu to activate a Soundproof Array, then asked her to protect him from searches and escort him to Worry-Free Island.
• Yan Ruyu warned Zhang Xuanchen that the Sky Dragon Secret Realm was extremely dangerous and urged him not to go, but he insisted he would enter.
• Yan Ruyu accepted Zhang Xuanchen's decision and asked whether he needed protection because he had taken the Earth Core Fire Crystal from the major forces.
• Zhang Xuanchen insisted that he had obtained the Earth Core Fire Crystal first and that the other forces had tried to rob him.

Yan Ruyu took only a small piece of Zhang Xuanchen’s Earth Core Fire Crystal and arranged for Elder Xu to help transform Xuanxiao Mountain. As they headed for the teleportation array, Elder Xu killed a Purple Cloud Sect disciple who threatened Yan Ruyu, and the group departed for Worry-Free Island.

• Yan Ruyu returned most of Zhang Xuanchen’s Earth Core Fire Crystal and told him she could not enter the Sky Dragon Secret Realm because her master would confine her for fifty years.
• Yan Ruyu introduced Elder Xu as a third-order peak Formation Master who would help Zhang Xuanchen improve Xuanxiao Mountain in exchange for a fist-sized piece of the crystal.
• Elder Xu led Yan Ruyu and Zhang Xuanchen to the teleportation array, where Purple Cloud Sect disciples demanded to search their belongings and their leader leered at Yan Ruyu.
• When Brother Yu threatened the group and demanded that Yan Ruyu sleep with him, Elder Xu crushed his head and warned the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to seek revenge if they dared.
• Black Dragon Guards recognized Yan Ruyu, and Elder Xu told the Purple Cloud Sect disciples he was going to Worry-Free Island before the array was activated.

Elder Xu and Yan Ruyu helped Zhang Xuanchen escape to Worry-Free City, where he prepared for his family’s arrival and the Sky Dragon Secret Realm. The Black Dragon Guards punished a Purple Cloud Sect Disciple who threatened them, while Zhang Xuanchen arranged lodging and set out to explore the city.

• Elder Xu paid the teleportation fee for herself, Yan Ruyu, and Zhang Xuanchen, and the Black Dragon Guards sent them to Worry-Free Island.
• A Purple Cloud Sect Disciple accused the Black Dragon Guards of letting the group escape, so one guard knocked him unconscious and decided to report the matter to the young master.
• Zhang Xuanchen arrived in Worry-Free City and thanked Yan Ruyu and Elder Xu for saving him.
• Yan Ruyu told Zhang Xuanchen that eighty-six members of the Zhang Family, led by the Great Elder, would arrive the next afternoon, and she reserved thirty Spirit Qi Guest Rooms for them.
• Zhang Xuanchen paid Yan Ruyu eight thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, then learned about the city's trading places before she departed without telling him where Horizon Restaurant was.