Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xuanchen learned that the peach grove held an immortal Myriad Manifestations Returning Origin Peach Tree whose fruit could greatly enhance cultivation, while the Golden Monkey and the tree spirit asked him to help them escape. The chapter ended with both eagerly waiting for his answer.

• The Golden Monkey recognized Zhang Xuanchen from its inherited memories and asked him to take it out of the peach grove, while the tree spirit argued with it.
• Xuanjing identified the Golden Monkey as a rare creature with seventy percent of the Battle Saint Monkey bloodline awakened and the maiden as an incarnation of the immortal Myriad Manifestations Returning Origin Peach Tree.
• Xuanjing explained the spirit peaches’ cultivation benefits and limits, and Zhang Xuanchen marveled at the tree’s value.
• The Golden Monkey accidentally struck Zhang Xuanchen with its elbow, then apologized and repeated its request to leave; the tree spirit also looked to Zhang Xuanchen hopefully.

Zhang Xuanchen tried to win over Little Gold and Little Peach by cooking them a feast, and both agreed to leave with him in exchange for good food. After learning Little Gold wanted to avenge the Azure Gold Profound Monkeys against the Shadow Lion clan, Zhang Xuanchen proposed they join him and take revenge together.

• Little Gold offered Zhang Xuanchen the Peach Trees and its protection in exchange for help leaving the hidden place, and Little Peach agreed to give him her peaches.
• Zhang Xuanchen cooked a feast with Little Gold and Little Peach, and they became familiar with him over the meal.
• Little Peach asked Zhang Xuanchen to take her with him, offering him her peaches and the fruit she would bear once mature.
• Little Gold explained that it wanted to settle its troop nearby and destroy the Shadow Lion clan, which had hunted them decades earlier.
• Zhang Xuanchen invited Little Gold to leave with him and Little Peach, promising plentiful food and a chance to take revenge together.

Zhang Xuanchen formed Equal Contracts with Golden Monkey and Little Peach, gaining a boost to his cultivation and Spiritual Sense. As the monkeys transplanted the peach trees into the Myriad Spirit Ring, he began telling Golden Monkey the legend of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

• Golden Monkey agreed to follow Zhang Xuanchen after Zhang promised to bring his clan and give them a place to thrive.
• Zhang Xuanchen and Golden Monkey signed an Equal Contract, raising Zhang Xuanchen's cultivation to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Little Peach formed an Equal Contract with Zhang Xuanchen, raising his Spiritual Sense to the Early Golden Core level.
• Zhang Xuanchen named Little Peach Zhang Xuantao and Golden Monkey Zhang Xuansheng, whom he called the Great Sage.
• Golden Monkey sent the Azure Gold Profound Monkeys to transplant every peach tree into the Myriad Spirit Ring, while Zhang Xuanchen began telling him the Great Sage's legend.

After telling Golden Monkey the story of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Zhang Xuanchen cleared Peach Blossom Spring of its remaining peach trees, pits, and saplings before leaving with his companions. Back in the Secluded Ravine, he released Great Sage, who wanted to fight the Shadow Lions, but Zhang Xuanchen explained they first had to climb the cliff to reach the Dark Night Forest.

• Zhang Xuanchen finished telling the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's story, and Little Peach sympathized with the Great Sage while criticizing Tang Monk.
• Zhang Xuanchen searched Peach Blossom Spring for valuables, and Xuanjing told him the space could only be taken away by someone at the Nascent Soul realm.
• Little Peach revealed she could see Xuanjing, and the two argued over what to call each other.
• A Golden Monkey declared it would become Zhang Xuansheng and the Great Sage, and Zhang Xuanchen corrected it that the story was fictional but it could still become a Yao Saint.
• Zhang Xuanchen collected the remaining peach pits and saplings, stored Great Sage and the monkey troop in the Myriad Spirit Ring, and left Peach Blossom Spring.
• Zhang Xuanchen returned to the Secluded Ravine and released Great Sage, who wanted revenge on the Shadow Lions, but Zhang Xuanchen said they had to climb the cliff to reach the Dark Night Forest.

Zhang Xuanchen gave the Great Sage and Little Peach a divine soul cultivation method as they climbed into the Dark Night Forest, then set out with the Great Sage to seek the Shadow Lion pack. Elsewhere, Han Li confronted Ancient Blade Sect pursuers after they exterminated his family, and Tai Ming dismissed his appeal to the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.

• Zhang Xuanchen gave the Great Sage the Zhang Family's Primordial Spirit Returning Divine Art and urged Little Peach to cultivate it as well.
• Zhang Xuanchen realized the life force around the Myriad Manifestations Returning Origin Peach Tree might help hatch his Dragon Egg and decided to place it beneath the tree.
• Zhang Xuanchen and the Great Sage reached the top of the cliff, and the Great Sage confirmed he could locate the Shadow Lion territory but warned that its leader might have reached the Third Stage.
• Zhang Xuanchen reassured the Great Sage that he could kill the Shadow Lion leader and escape by hiding in the Myriad Spirit Ring.
• Han Li accused Tai Ming and the Ancient Blade Sect of exterminating his family despite the Nine Splendor Sword Sect's ban on factional attacks during the fight against the Soul Devouring Cult.
• Tai Ming mocked Han Li and argued that the Nine Splendor Sword Sect would not punish the Ancient Blade Sect for destroying the Han Family.

Han Li survived Tai Ming’s attempt to kill him by leaping from Desolate Spirit Cliff, then discovered the treasures in Peach Blossom Spring had already been taken. He was left injured but alive, still determined to avenge his family.

• Tai Ming revealed that the Soul Devouring Cult leader was expected to reach Nascent Soul Late Stage within a year, and explained that the Ancient Blade Sect hoped to benefit from the coming conflict.
• Tai Ming demanded Han Li’s treasures, but Han Li leaped from Desolate Spirit Cliff rather than surrender them.
• Han Li reached the bottom of the cliff alive and used a drop of green liquid from the Little Green Bottle to heal most of his injuries.
• Han Li made his way through the caves, avoided First Stage Blood Patterned Cracked Face Monsters, and found the entrance to Peach Blossom Spring.
• Han Li discovered that the Peach Trees and other treasures had recently been dug up, and despaired that his chance to gain strength and take revenge was gone.
• Elsewhere, Zhang Xuanchen fought back the urge to sneeze and complained that someone was cursing him.

Zhang Xuanchen and Great Sage abandoned their plan to attack the Shadow Lion pack after Little Peach sensed powerful Yao Generals guarding it, while Lord Eagle ordered the local clans to stop fighting and defend the forest’s outskirts. As they headed for the outskirts, Zhang Xuanchen detected the pursuing Heavenly Wolf Mercenary Group and led Great Sage toward them for a fight.

• Little Peach warned Zhang Xuanchen and Great Sage that four or five powerful demon beasts, including a Half-step Demon Sect Master, guarded the Shadow Lion den, so they postponed their revenge.
• Zhang Xuanchen reassured Great Sage that they would return when they were stronger, and Great Sage agreed to wait.
• Lord Eagle summoned the Shadow Lion leader and other Yao Generals, forbade them from attacking one another, and tasked them with defending the outer regions.
• Great Sage concealed his demon aura, transformed into a small crimson-gold monkey, and perched on Zhang Xuanchen’s shoulder as they traveled toward the forest’s outskirts.
• Zhang Xuanchen sensed the Heavenly Wolf Mercenary Group twenty li away, and he led Great Sage toward them to settle the score.

Zhang Xuanchen and Great Sage confronted the Heavenly Wolf Mercenary Group, killing its leaders and lackeys before Wei Wudao’s grandson summoned a Golden Core Peak phantom. Great Sage blocked the phantom’s attack, while Zhang Xuanchen launched Samsara Tribulation Light as the young man fled.

• Fierce Wolf blamed the refined young man for leading the mercenary group to the Xuanbing Poison Lizard’s nest and causing heavy losses.
• Zhang Xuanchen appeared and offered to join the refined young man in killing the mercenaries, but Fierce Wolf attacked him.
• Great Sage killed Fierce Wolf with a monkey hair, and the surviving mercenaries knelt and begged for mercy.
• Great Sage killed Monkey and crushed the Qi Refining lackeys while Zhang Xuanchen confronted the refined young man.
• The young man revealed himself as Wei Wudao’s grandson and summoned a Golden Core Peak phantom, whose palm Great Sage blocked.
• The young man used defensive and Gale talismans to flee, and Zhang Xuanchen unleashed Samsara Tribulation Light.

Zhang Xuanchen killed Wei Xian with the Samsara Tribulation Light, then Little Peach destroyed Wei Wudao’s soul attack before the group escaped to hide. At the Wei Family’s ancestral land, Wei Wudao erupted in fury, and the clan feared that Wei Xian or Wei Tian had been harmed.

• Zhang Xuanchen used the Samsara Tribulation Light to bypass Wei Xian’s defenses and kill him, exhausting his spiritual power and divine soul in the process.
• Wei Wudao tried to curse Zhang Xuanchen with his Blood Soul Cursed Body, but Little Peach destroyed the attack before it could reach him.
• Great Sage collected the Storage Ring and Storage Bags, then carried Zhang Xuanchen away while Little Peach searched for a hidden cave.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Xuanjing he would have killed Wei Xian even knowing the risks, because he would not let a dangerous enemy escape.
• At the Wei Family’s ancestral land, Wei Wudao’s killing intent sent nearby cultivators to their knees, and they wondered whether Wei Xian or Wei Tian had been harmed.

Wei Wudao warned the Wei Family not to provoke Zhang Xuanchen after learning of Wei Xian’s death, while Zhang recovered in seclusion and advanced his cultivation. After seven days of painful training, Zhang reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and completed the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art’s Second Revolution Late Stage.

• Wei Wushuang returned to the Wei Family Main Hall, drawing attention as the family’s young master and a powerful Bloodthirsty Sword Body cultivator.
• Wei Wudao reflected on Wei Xian’s death and decided the Wei Family must avoid Zhang Xuanchen and seek to befriend him.
• Wei Wudao summoned the Wei Family’s core disciples, stewards, and elders to announce the warning.
• Zhang Xuanchen sheltered in a cave near the Dark Night Forest, entered the Myriad Spirit Ring, and began cultivating in Bone Tempering Spirit Spring.
• Little Peach sent Zhang Xuanchen a pale green light to ease the pain as he cultivated the Divine Dragon Hegemony Body Art.
• After seven days, Zhang Xuanchen completed the Second Revolution Late Stage and had already broken through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

After advancing his body cultivation, Zhang Xuanchen left seclusion with Great Sage and headed for Canglan Immortal City to seek the Heavenly Heart Flower and a weapon for the monkey. Meanwhile, the Soul Devouring Cult prepared to wage war on the Nine Splendor Sword Sect and seize control of the region.

• Zhang Xuanchen thanked Little Peach for helping ease his pain and resolved to seek more resources for his body cultivation.
• Zhang Xuanchen reunited with Great Sage and flew with him toward Canglan Immortal City, promising to look for a suitable staff and planning to attend the auction for the Heavenly Heart Flower.
• Evil Moon True Person reported to Ouyang Hao that Master Bai had left Daojian Immortal City and that she had carried out his instructions to care for its people.
• Ouyang Hao warned the cult’s leaders never to provoke Horizon Restaurant again and ordered them to attack the cities and marketplaces around the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.
• Ouyang Hao declared that the Cult Leader would soon reach Nascent Soul Late Stage and that the Soul Devouring Cult would destroy the Sword Sect; the assembled cultivators cheered for the cult’s rise.

The Zhang Family discussed Luo Lingshuang’s feelings for Xiao Chen and the clan’s gains from the war against the Soul Devouring Cult. Zhang Chongxian revealed that their collected Evil Cultivator Corpses could secure a Golden Core Pill, though the chapter left the cost of his battle with a Golden Core Mid Stage cultivator uncertain.

• Zhang Chongxian showed the Zhang Family elders how capable his Treasure Seeking Rat was and said he had found a valuable Star Soul Flower.
• Zhang Chongxian lamented the Zhang Family’s losses in the war and credited Luo Lingshuang with helping them survive.
• Zhang Hongxi said Luo Lingshuang liked Xiao Chen and suggested they marry, while Zhang Guanghan advised the elders to let the young people decide for themselves.
• Zhang Chongxian ordered the family to keep quiet about Luo Lingshuang’s feelings, then learned they had enough Evil Cultivator Corpses to exchange for a Golden Core Pill.
• Zhang Chongxian revealed that he had killed a Golden Core Mid Stage cultivator from the Ancient Blade Sect and acquired the corpses needed for the exchange.

Zhang Xuanbing proposed that Luo Lingshuang exchange the Zhang Family’s evil cultivator corpses for better Golden Core Pills, but Zhang Chongxian refused to trouble her until she arrived with Zhang Xuanchen. The family reunited with Zhang Xuanchen, and he revealed that he had brought treasures to help them advance their cultivation and survive the coming battle.

• Zhang Xuanbing suggested that Luo Lingshuang exchange the thirteen Foundation Establishment Peak evil cultivator corpses for Golden Core Pills, but Zhang Chongxian decided to go himself.
• Luo Lingshuang arrived with Zhang Xuanchen, and Zhang Xuanbing recognized his younger brother beneath his disguise and happily embraced him.
• Zhang Xuanchen teased Zhang Xuanbing by asking him to chill a basket of spiritual peaches, and the brothers shared a playful reunion.
• Zhang Chongxian inspected Zhang Xuanchen and was astonished that he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage at nineteen with a stable foundation.
• Zhang Hongqing asked Zhang Xuanchen about the treasure he had brought, and Zhang Xuanchen promised it could help the elders advance and survive the battle.

Zhang Xuanchen distributed rare Third-grade spirit peaches to help the Zhang Family members improve their cultivation, then gave Luo Lingshuang three True One Profound Water Peaches to aid her pursuit of a Great Dao Golden Core. Moved by his generosity, Luo Lingshuang vowed to protect him from being deceived by a woman with ill intentions.

• Zhang Xuanchen offered Luo Lingshuang a Green Pattern Peach, and their closeness drew knowing smiles from the others.
• Zhang Xuanchen distributed cultivation-enhancing Third-grade Spirit Peaches to the Ancestor and the Zhang Family members, including Zhang Xuanbing.
• Zhang Xuanchen gave Luo Lingshuang three True One Profound Water Peaches, explaining that they could cleanse her dantian and help her condense a Great Dao Golden Core.
• Luo Lingshuang cried with joy, and Zhang Xuanchen nervously wiped away her tears while the others wondered at his obliviousness.
• Luo Lingshuang told Zhang Xuanchen he treated her better than anyone besides her parents and secretly vowed to protect him from women with ill intentions.

Luo Lingshuang accepted Zhang Xuanchen’s invitation to visit the Zhang Family and came to regard the clan as her second home. As she prepared for a Great Dao Golden Core breakthrough, Great Sage’s talking startled the family, who learned about him and teased him about his place in their generational hierarchy.

• Zhang Xuanchen invited Luo Lingshuang to visit the Zhang Family, and she agreed.
• Zhang Chongxian and the other Zhang Family members promised to protect Luo Lingshuang during her Golden Core breakthrough, moving her to tears.
• Luo Lingshuang said the True One Profound Water Peach could help her prepare within one or two years and gave herself a fifty percent chance of forming a Great Dao Golden Core.
• Luo Lingshuang asked Zhang Chongxian for the evil cultivator corpses, and he gave her the Storage Ring so she could seek a higher-quality Golden Core Pill.
• Great Sage spoke aloud asking Zhang Xuanchen for more Iced Spirit Peaches, revealing that he could talk to the Zhang Family.
• Zhang Xuanchen explained Great Sage’s circumstances, and Great Sage refused to change his generation character because he did not want Zhang Xuanchen to call him Ancestor.

Zhang Chongxian gave Zhang Xuanchen Yao Beast Blood Essence and warned the Zhang Family elders to protect their lives, while Zhang Xuanchen and Luo Lingshuang set out to exchange for a Golden Core Pill. Five days later, Zhang Xuanchen attended Baojin Sword Pavilion’s auction alone in disguise, planning to sell Third-grade Spirit Peaches for spirit stones.

• Zhang Xuanchen reunited with the Treasure Seeking Rat, and Zhang Chongxian agreed to keep it with him.
• Zhang Chongxian gave Zhang Xuanchen more than a hundred bottles of Yao Beast Blood Essence, including blood from eleven Third-rank Yao Generals, and agreed to collect Blood Spirit Beads for him.
• Zhang Chongxian advised Zhang Xuanchen to keep the Golden Core Pill and his Li Feiyu identity secret, then warned Zhang Zonggan and Zhang Zonghui not to risk their lives in a future battle.
• Zhang Xuanchen disguised himself as Li Feiyu and accompanied Luo Lingshuang to exchange for the Golden Core Pill.
• Five days later, Zhang Xuanchen disguised himself as a black-robed elder and attended Baojin Sword Pavilion’s crowded auction alone to sell Third-grade Spirit Peaches.

Zhang Xuanchen brought spirit peaches to Baojin Sword Pavilion for its auction, where Pavilion Master Wu Jinming recognized Great Sage’s strength and welcomed him. Wu then revealed that he wanted a Third-grade Top-tier Earth Attribute spirit peach to help him break through to Late Golden Core and support his nephew Zhou Tianjian’s bid to lead the Nine Splendor Sword Sect.

• Zhang Xuanchen asked to consign items at Baojin Sword Pavilion, and Great Sage ate a Third-grade Mid-tier Golden Vein Body Tempering Peach in front of the attendant.
• Wu Jinming appeared, recognized Great Sage as a powerful monkey demon, and invited Zhang Xuanchen to a private room.
• Zhang Xuanchen displayed ten boxes of spirit peaches for auction, which Wu Jinming estimated would fetch at least twenty-seven thousand five hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen inferred that Wu Jinming sought an attribute-matched spirit fruit to advance his cultivation.
• Wu Jinming explained the Nine Splendor Sword Sect’s factional struggle and asked Zhang Xuanchen for a Third-grade Top-tier Earth Attribute spirit peach, offering double the Spirit Stones.

Zhang Xuanchen sold Wu Jinming a Third-grade Top-tier Thick Earth Kun Yuan Peach that could help him break through to the Late Golden Core stage, then asked to attend the auction privately. Wu Jinming arranged a VIP room and ordered Wu Mingguang to call his aunt over to serve Zhang Xuanchen.

• Zhang Xuanchen realized that helping Wu Jinming advance would indirectly protect Luo Lingshuang, who supported Zhou Tianjian, and agreed to sell him a spirit peach.
• Zhang Xuanchen suppressed the spiritual energy from his wine while Wu Jinming eagerly offered double the peach’s value.
• Zhang Xuanchen showed Wu Jinming a Third-grade Top-tier Thick Earth Kun Yuan Peach and sold it for three thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked for a private auction room and secrecy, and Wu Jinming assured him Baojin Sword Pavilion would not reveal what happened.
• Wu Jinming took Zhang Xuanchen to the VIP auction room and ordered Wu Mingguang to call his aunt over after no female disciples were available.

Zhang Xuanchen arrived at the auction, rebuffed Li Rou’s attempted service, and watched Wu Yaorao open the bidding. The first item was a First-grade Top-tier Mirror Breaking Pill, which he ignored while waiting for a more valuable lot.

• Wu Jinming escorted Zhang Xuanchen to VIP Room Six, where he waited for the auction to begin.
• Li Rou entered to serve Zhang Xuanchen, but he told her to rest and promised to speak to Pavilion Master Wu on her behalf.
• Wu Yaorao opened the auction amid the crowd’s loud cheers and flirtatious calls.
• Wu Yaorao presented a First-grade Top-tier Mirror Breaking Pill with a starting bid of five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen began cultivating and asked Great Sage to alert him when a Second-tier Top-grade spiritual item appeared.

Zhang Xuanchen bid for the Heavenly Heart Flower after realizing the Wei Family and Tianyang Sect knew it was an ingredient in Golden Core Pills. When the Wei Family tried to claim the flower through its influence, Wu Yaorao upheld the auction rules and urged it to keep bidding.

• Wu Yaorao put a Third-grade Top-tier Heavenly Heart Flower up for auction, drawing the attention of the Wei Family and Tianyang Sect.
• Wei Wuji and the Tianyang Sect raised the price to one hundred thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Xuanchen told Li Rou to bid two hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for the flower.
• Wei Wuji invoked the Eastern Lan Wei Clan's reputation and asked the sixth private room to give them the flower.
• Zhang Xuanchen asked Wu Yaorao whether the highest bidder would win, and she affirmed the auction rules while encouraging Wei Wuji to bid again.