Chapter Summaries

Little Lotus revealed how Danyangzi was betrayed and forced to self-destruct by Han Yun and three major forces in the Central Land Immortal Continent. Xiao Yan vowed to conceal his identity until he was strong enough to avenge his master, and Elder Dan warned Zhang Xuanchen to keep the precious pills secret.

• Xiao Yan promised to reach the Central Land Immortal Continent, make the Hidden Dragon List, and restore Elder Dan's physical body, while Elder Dan warned him not to reveal that he was Danyangzi's disciple.
• Little Lotus told Xiao Yan that Danyangzi had once led the Heaven and Earth Pill Pavilion and was betrayed by his eldest disciple Han Yun, who conspired with the Nine Nether Devil Palace to force him to self-destruct.
• Danyangzi revealed that the Great Void Immortal Sect and the Shangguan Clan had also joined the plot that destroyed his pavilion, and Xiao Yan vowed to conceal his identity and kill Han Yun when he was strong enough.
• Zhang Xuanchen offered to help Xiao Yan in the future, and Elder Dan gave him eight Golden Core Pills and the Third-grade Top-tier Golden Ginseng Pills while warning him to keep them secret.

Zhang Xuanchen learned that the Evil Demons might be part of a growing threat to the Xuanqiong Cultivation World, then arranged for Elder Dan to negotiate refining Blood Dragon Nirvana Pills for the Feather Immortal Sect. Chu Zhiwei was stunned when Elder Dan offered the sect three pills and demanded divine-soul medicines as payment.

• Elder Dan and Little Lotus explained that the monster Chu Zhiwei had described resembled the Evil Demons, whose growing numbers could threaten the Xuanqiong Cultivation World.
• Zhang Xuanchen urged everyone to cultivate harder and encouraged Xiao Yan to take responsibility for protecting the world.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Elder Dan to refine a Blood Dragon Nirvana Pill and offered to negotiate benefits with Ancestor Chu.
• Elder Dan agreed to meet Chu Zhiwei and proposed refining the pills in exchange for five Fourth-Grade Mid-Rank or two Fourth-tier Upper-grade divine-soul spiritual medicines.
• Elder Dan offered the Feather Immortal Sect three Blood Dragon Nirvana Pills, leaving Chu Zhiwei shocked by his generosity and skill.

Elder Dan agreed to refine Blood Dragon Nirvana Pills for the Feather Immortal Sect and promised to help protect Zhang Chongxian from pressure by its Nascent Soul experts. On the Zhang Clan Patriarch’s wedding day, Zhang Xuance led a group of children to help Luo Lingshuang’s side, plotting to disrupt the wedding games despite having accepted treats from Zhang Xuanchen.

• Chu Zhiwei accepted Elder Dan’s offer of three Blood Dragon Nirvana Pills and added a high-grade Fourth Stage soul-nourishing spirit herb to the deal.
• Elder Dan scheduled the pill refinement for half a month later and agreed to accompany Zhang Chongxian to the Feather Immortal Sect to deter its Nascent Soul experts.
• Zhang Xuanchen left the alchemy chamber with Luo Lingshuang to prepare for his wedding and said he would seek the Luo Clan elders’ approval.
• Zhang Family members returned to Xuanxiao Mountain, and the wedding day arrived.
• Zhang Xuance rallied Zhang Xuanmu, Zhang Xuanfeng, Zhang Xuanxue, and Zhang Xundun to help Luo Lingshuang’s side, dismissing concerns that they were switching sides after accepting treats from Zhang Xuanchen.

As the Zhang Family’s wedding guests gathered, Zhang Xuance led a group of children toward Frost Cold Courtyard to help Luo Lingshuang. In the Guest Welcoming Hall, Ling Han of Ice Cold Palace stared intently at Zhang Xuanbing until he warned her to stop probing him, leaving her embarrassed and indignant.

• Zhang Xuance persuaded Zhang Xundun and the other children to go to Frost Cold Courtyard to help Luo Lingshuang.
• Representatives from numerous Golden Core factions and hundreds of Foundation Establishment powers attended the Zhang Family wedding, while Zhang Hongzhan and Zhang Xuanbing welcomed the guests.
• Xiao Rou teased Aunt Yue about the handsome Zhang Family youths and pointed out that Ling Han was staring at Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Xuanbing warned Ling Han that he would cut her down if she continued investigating him.
• Ling Han withdrew her gaze, felt embarrassed and angry, then reminded herself that she had been at fault.

Ling Han sensed Zhang Xuanbing’s hidden strength and decided she wanted to make him her husband, despite his existing marriage. Outside Profound Heaven Villa, Zhang Xuanchen learned of her interest as he prepared to fetch the bride.

• Ling Han told Aunt Yue that Zhang Xuanbing’s spiritual power and aura suggested he possessed unusual talent or a powerful opportunity.
• Ling Han proposed a marriage alliance with Zhang Xuanbing and said she would marry him if he could defeat her.
• Aunt Yue tried to dissuade Ling Han, but Ling Han ignored her and continued thinking about Zhang Xuanbing.
• Outside Profound Heaven Villa, Zhang Xuanchen learned from Xuanjing that Ling Han had taken an interest in his brother.
• Zhang Xuanming told Zhang Xuanchen that it was time to go fetch the bride.

As Zhang Xuanchen's wedding procession approached Frost Cold Courtyard, Luo Lingshuang prepared to marry him and reassured his family that she wanted his future to be peaceful and safe. She came outside to meet the children and asked them not to make things difficult for him when he arrived.

• Zhang Xuanchen set out with the wedding procession toward Frost Cold Courtyard.
• Lin Wanqing and Zhang Xuanli helped Luo Lingshuang get ready, while Zhang Tian praised her appearance and teased Zhang Xuanli.
• Lin Wanqing called Luo Lingshuang her daughter and worried that her absent maternal family had left her wronged, but Luo Lingshuang said she was happy and wished only for Zhang Xuanchen to live safely and peacefully.
• Luo Lingshuang joined the family in the courtyard and said that being in each other's hearts was enough.
• Luo Lingshuang gave red envelopes to the children and told them not to make things difficult for Zhang Xuanchen.

Zhang Xuanchen married Luo Lingshuang, while Zhang Xuance’s antics provided comic relief. At the wedding banquet, Wang Mingyuan spread Luo Lingshuang’s identity to stir rumors against Zhang Xuanchen, who recognized the provocation.

• Zhang Xuance took Luo Lingshuang’s red envelope and promised to support her, but Zhang Xuanchen overheard him and kicked him high into the air.
• Zhang Xuanchen carried Luo Lingshuang to the Guest Welcoming Hall on the Purple Gold War Lion to perform the wedding rites.
• Zhang Xuance complained about his injury, then tried to impress Zhang Tian with a saying that Zhang Tian pointed out Zhang Xuanchen had written.
• Guests at the wedding learned Luo Lingshuang was Qingming True Lord’s personal disciple and speculated that the Zhang Family had used underhanded means to keep her from the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.
• Wang Mingyuan revealed he had arranged for Luo Lingshuang’s identity to be exposed so rumors would trouble Zhang Xuanchen and the Zhang Family.

At Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang’s wedding, Luo Lingshuang and Zhang Xuanbing silenced guests who insulted the couple by displaying their power. Hua Shisan arrived as Qingming True Lord and offered to represent Luo Lingshuang’s absent relatives as a wedding witness, with three treasures presented from Zhou Tianjian’s Storage Ring.

• Luo Lingshuang summoned water swords and Zhang Xuanbing revealed his Foundation Establishment Peak cultivation, frightening the guests who had spread gossip.
• Luo Lingshuang warned the troublemakers to respect her wedding and declared that outsiders must address her as True Person Ningyuan.
• Zhang Xuanchen thanked Zhang Xuanbing, then defended Luo Lingshuang while keeping his own true cultivation hidden.
• Hua Shisan arrived with three companions, and the gathered cultivators bowed to him as Qingming True Lord.
• Luo Lingshuang called Hua Shisan her master, and he said he had come to attend the wedding and offered to serve as its witness.
• Three spiritual treasures emerged from Zhou Tianjian’s Storage Ring.

At Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang’s wedding, Hua Shisan presented Luo Lingshuang with three precious gifts on behalf of Qingming True Lord, strengthening the Zhang Family’s ties to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect. The couple completed their wedding rites and began celebrating with their guests, while Hua Shisan told Zhang Xuanchen to care for Luo Lingshuang and call him Uncle Hua.

• Zhou Tianjian revealed three wedding gifts from Qingming True Lord: a Thousand-year Water Soul Pearl, an Illusion Heart Lotus Seed, and Azure Phoenix Inner Armor.
• Luo Lingshuang accepted the treasures after Zhang Xuanchen nodded, and Hua Shisan joined Zhang Hongzhan and Lin Wanqing on the high platform.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang completed the wedding bows before Heaven and Earth, their elders, and each other.
• The newlyweds changed clothes, returned to the banquet, and toasted Hua Shisan and the Nine Splendor Sword Sect guests.
• Hua Shisan told Zhang Xuanchen to treat Luo Lingshuang well and to call him Uncle Hua instead of Qingming True Lord.

Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang celebrated their wedding, toasted the guests, and spent their wedding night together. The next morning, most guests had left after several cultivators made breakthroughs during the feast.

• Liu Yunshu secretly gave Luo Lingshuang a booklet of intimate advice, and Luo Lingshuang hid it in her Storage Ring.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang toasted the major Golden Core forces and the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan joked about wedding-night preparations and later brooded over a woman from the Central Land Immortal Continent.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang walked beneath the moonlight, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to protect her before carrying her to Profound Heaven Villa.
• Luo Lingshuang read Liu Yunshu's booklet in their room, but Zhang Xuanchen set it aside and told her to follow his instructions.
• The next morning, guests from most forces departed after many low-level cultivators advanced their cultivation or broke through during the feast.

After spending the morning with Luo Lingshuang, Zhang Xuanchen learned about developments involving the Wang Family and two visiting sects. He decided to leave for the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, break through to the Golden Core realm along the way, and prepare for the possibility that the Luo Clan would challenge his standing.

• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang noticed their cultivation had improved after their night together, and she urged him to get ready to visit his parents.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that the Nine Splendor Sword Sect representatives had left early, the Wang Family had noticed the Zhang Family, and his father was meeting with representatives of Xuandan Sect and Ice Cold Palace.
• Zhang Xuanchen decided to use the Suspended Lamp Red Fire Dragon Pearl to pursue a Great Dao Golden Core and gain the strength to earn the Luo Clan's recognition.
• Zhang Xuanchen planned to travel to the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, break through in a space in the Dark Night Forest, and miss the Zhang Family's first Family Grand Competition.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Xuanjing to choose sword arts and movement techniques better suited to his strength.

Zhang Xuanchen reassured Zhang Tian that he would resolve the backlash from the boy’s Xiantian Wisdom Bone with True Dragon Essence Blood. In the family Main Hall, Ren Danxiong accepted Ren Shian’s decision to marry Zhang Xuanli into the Zhang Family, then ordered the Xuandan Sect’s visitors to return early.

• At dinner, Zhang Tian asked what kind of dragon blood he needed, and Zhang Xuanchen promised to resolve the backlash when Zhang Tian turned seven without making him feel indebted.
• In the Main Hall, Ren Shian declared that he and Zhang Xuanli loved each other and explained why the Zhang Family could offer her more freedom than the Xuandan Sect.
• Zhang Hongzhan defended Ren Shian’s choice and challenged Ren Danxiong to match the Zhang Family’s promises.
• Ren Danxiong relented, asking that one of Ren Shian and Zhang Xuanli’s future children bear the Ren surname, and Zhang Xuanli agreed.
• Ren Danxiong ordered He Miaomiao and the other Xuandan Sect visitors to end their exchange at the Zhang Family early and return to the sect.

Ren Danxiong confronted Zhang Hongzhan over Xuandan Sect disciples staying with the Zhang Family, then agreed to let He Miaomiao, Xu Wenqiang, and Zhang Wenhao study there for one year. Zhang Hongzhan negotiated a discounted pill purchase, including a Purple Mansion Returning Yuan Pill to help a Zhang Family ancestor attempt a breakthrough.

• Ren Danxiong ordered He Miaomiao, Xu Wenqiang, and Zhang Wenhao to return to the Xuandan Sect, but the three refused.
• He Miaomiao explained that the Zhang Family's Nine Yang Heaven Melting Array and unusual alchemy methods had greatly improved their skills, and Ren Danxiong allowed them to stay for one year.
• Ren Danxiong learned that the Formation Master who established the array belonged to the Horizon Restaurant and had left Yunhua Immortal City.
• Zhang Hongzhan asked the Xuandan Sect to discount several batches of pills in exchange for keeping the three disciples in the Zhang Family.
• Ren Danxiong offered a Third-grade Top-tier Purple Mansion Returning Yuan Pill for fifteen hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Zhang Hongzhan agreed to buy it while asking about its quality.

Ren Danxiong agreed to sell the Zhang Family pills at a discounted price, while Ling Han continued trying to secure Zhang Xuanbing as her husband. Zhang Xuanbing refused, but Ling Han stunned the Zhang Family by offering to marry into it herself.

• Ren Danxiong settled the pill order with Zhang Hongzhan for twenty-three thousand one hundred and eighty Mid-grade Spirit Stones and left with Ren Shian and the others.
• Ling Han offered to raise her terms by thirty percent if Zhang Xuanbing married into the Ice Cold Palace.
• Ling Han told Zhang Xuanbing he could bring Su Muyan with him, and Su Muyan said she would leave the decision to her husband.
• Zhang Xuanbing rejected Ling Han and left the Main Hall with Su Muyan, while Zhang Hongzhan said he respected his son's wishes.
• Ling Han asked whether Zhang Hongzhan would stop her if she chose to marry into the Zhang Family.

Ling Han left the Zhang Family after expressing interest in Zhang Xuanbing, while the family discussed her intentions and the Nine Splendor Sword Sect’s offer to take Zhang Xuance. Zhang Xuan Chen rejected the offer and announced that he and Luo Lingshuang would leave to break through to the Golden Core realm and pursue several crafting and cultivation goals.

• Ling Han reassured Zhang Hongzhan that she bore no ill will toward the Zhang Family, then left for Ice Cold Palace with Aunt Yue and Xiao Rou.
• Zhang Xuan Chen and Luo Lingshuang joined Zhang Hongzhan and the elders, who welcomed Luo Lingshuang and encouraged the newlyweds to grow the family.
• Zhang Xuan Chen read Qingming True Lord’s letter offering to accept Zhang Xuance into the Nine Splendor Sword Sect and inferred that it was a test of whether the Zhang Family knew about Xuance’s special physique.
• Zhang Xuan Chen burned the letter and refused to send Zhang Xuance to the sect, deciding that the Zhang Family would keep its Heavenly Talent.
• Zhang Xuan Chen announced that he and Luo Lingshuang would travel to a space in Dark Night Forest to break through to the Golden Core realm, then visit the Heavenly Craft Pavilion and seek Yaoyang Sword Leaf Grass.

Zhang Xuanchen prepared to break through to the Golden Core Realm and traveled with Luo Lingshuang and Great Sage to the hidden space in the Dark Night Forest. After a year of secluded cultivation, he successfully condensed a wind-and-fire Great Dao Golden Core, triggering extraordinary phenomena.

• Zhang Xuanchen told Zhang Hongzhan and the elders that he was about to break through, gave them a route map to the hidden space, and entrusted them with family affairs.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang said farewell to the Zhang Family, then set off with Great Sage for the Dark Night Forest while Elder Dan, Zhang Chongxian, and Ancestor Chu headed to the Feather Immortal Sect.
• The trio reached the hidden space after four months and entered it, where Zhang Xuanchen began preparing for his breakthrough.
• After a year, Xuanjing guided Zhang Xuanchen through harmonizing wind and fire spiritual energy and fusing it with his cultivation art.
• Zhang Xuanchen condensed a crimson-and-azure Great Dao Golden Core, and its extraordinary phenomena caused winds, clouds, and thunder to surge.

Zhang Xuanchen provoked the Heavenly Dao to make its lightning tribulation temper his body and help him advance to Three Transformations. He survived the first two strikes and broke through, while the tribulation still loomed overhead.

• Zhang Xuanchen taunted the Heavenly Dao, causing the lightning tribulation to intensify and alarming Luo Lingshuang and Great Sage.
• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that the tribulation remained within the range of a Great Dao Golden Core tribulation and urged him to withstand it.
• Zhang Xuanchen swallowed the Dragon Pearl and used the Dragon Abyss Sword to resist the first lightning strike, tempering his Golden Core and body with Lightning Power and Dragon Power.
• Zhang Xuanchen deflected the stronger second strike with Wind Fire Tornado and broke through the Three Transformations barrier.
• Zhang Xuanchen's Dragon Scales spread across his upper body and his injuries healed, while Luo Lingshuang reflected that her own recent breakthrough had helped her keep up with him.

Zhang Xuanchen survived his Great Dao Golden Core tribulation and recovered under Luo Lingshuang’s care, while she reassured him that his talent would earn the Luo Clan’s approval. Ten days later, Lin Wanqing and Zhang Xuanbing arrived in the space to break through.

• Zhang Xuanchen completed his Great Dao Golden Core during the third lightning tribulation, and the Black Dragon dispersed before his body could give out.
• Luo Lingshuang caught Zhang Xuanchen, healed his wounds, and worried over his reckless attempt to advance his cultivation.
• Zhang Xuanchen explained that he had risked the tribulation to gain strength before meeting the Luo Clan, and Luo Lingshuang praised his Great Dao Golden Core and promised he could earn the elders’ approval.
• Luo Lingshuang carried Zhang Xuanchen to bed and went to cook while he and Great Sage requested dishes.
• After ten days of recovery, Lin Wanqing and Zhang Xuanbing arrived in the space to break through.

Zhang Xuanchen prepared to leave his hidden space while Zhang Xuanbing considered using Snowmoon Spirit Peaches to condense a First-grade Golden Core. After departing with Luo Lingshuang and Xuanjing, Zhang Xuanchen discovered an Immortal Opportunity at Moonlit Mountain and hurried into the Dark Night Forest to claim it.

• Zhang Xuanbing said that the Fourth-Tier Dragon Yuan and Snowmoon Spirit Peaches gave him a chance to condense a First-grade Golden Core, though he lacked certainty.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Lin Wanqing two Third-grade Top-tier Spirit Talismans and warned her not to clash with Han Li while Zhang Xuanbing cultivated in seclusion.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang left the hidden space and emerged atop a cliff in the Dark Night Forest.
• Zhang Xuanchen received an Immortal Fate notice that a Jadeite Beetle leader and ten subordinates would mutate into Jadeite Spirit Insects beneath Moonlit Mountain in fifteen days.
• Zhang Xuanchen, Luo Lingshuang, and Xuanjing set off for the Jadeite Mine, following Xuanjing's directions to avoid Third-rank Yao Generals.

Zhang Xuanchen waited for Jadeite Beetles to mutate into Jadeite Spirit Insects, then killed the Ink Crystal Python and moved the Jadeite Vein into the Myriad Spirit Ring. When powerful monster beasts approached, he fled alone with Luo Lingshuang and Great Sage inside the ring.

• Xuanjing told Zhang Xuanchen that a Jadeite Vein contained eleven Jadeite Beetles nearing mutation, and Zhang Xuanchen decided to wait before taking the vein.
• Zhang Xuanchen, Luo Lingshuang, and Great Sage waited four hours while Xuanjing and Little Lotus concealed their auras.
• Great Sage lured the Ink Crystal Python out, revealed his Late Golden Core cultivation, and tore the beast in half.
• Luo Lingshuang and Little Lotus uprooted the Jadeite Vein, and Zhang Xuanchen stored it in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Xuanjing warned that dozens of powerful auras, including three Fourth Stage monster beasts, were approaching, so Zhang Xuanchen sent Luo Lingshuang and Great Sage into the ring and fled with the python's corpse.