Chapter Summaries

Lu Wanyuan traveled with Shangguan Qianxue to Cui Mountain in Yunmeng Marsh, where he was to take up a dangerous post near the Wolong Mountain Range. They arrived and met Shangguan Qianxue’s Third Senior Brother, who questioned Lu Wanyuan’s identity.

• Lu Wanyuan agreed to accompany Shangguan Qianxue, and they left Luoye City aboard her Spirit-Stone-powered Flying Vessel.
• Shangguan Qianxue explained that Yunmeng Marsh was divided among Qingyun Sect, Beast Taming Sect, and Joyful Union Sect, and warned Lu Wanyuan about Demonic Beasts and Robber Cultivators.
• During their ten-day journey, Shangguan Qianxue shared cultivation knowledge with Lu Wanyuan, who saw the vast mountain range and learned that their destination, Cui Mountain, was still far from the Wolong Mountain Range.
• Shangguan Qianxue landed the Flying Vessel at Cui Mountain, where her tall, thin Third Senior Brother arrived on a Magic Sword and complained about his five years stationed there.
• Third Senior Brother noticed Lu Wanyuan and asked Shangguan Qianxue who he was.

Shangguan Qianxue took over the post at Cui Mountain and brought Lu Wanyuan along to cultivate its remaining Spirit Lands. After learning that the area was exposed to Demonic Beasts, Robber Cultivators, and other dangers, Lu Wanyuan tried to reassure himself that Shangguan Qianxue would bear the brunt of any trouble.

• Shangguan Qianxue told her Third Senior Brother she had brought Lu Wanyuan to help cultivate Spirit Lands, and he handed her the token for Cui Mountain's Defense Array before leaving for Qingyun Sect.
• Shangguan Qianxue refined the token, landed at Cui Mountain, and led Lu Wanyuan into a pavilion.
• Shangguan Qianxue met her Fourth Senior Brother, who explained that the stationed cultivators watched for Demonic Beasts and protected a Second-tier Low-grade Spirit Vein.
• Shangguan Qianxue learned that nearby sects relied on Cultivation Families to guard their territory, while Qingyun Sect had not opened Cui Mountain to families because the area was too dangerous.
• Lu Wanyuan realized Cui Mountain faced threats from Demonic Beasts, treasure-seeking cultivators, Robber Cultivators, and neighboring families, then comforted himself that Shangguan Qianxue would deal with any trouble.

Lu Wanyuan learned that the growing dangers around Cui Mountain could create an opportunity for the Lu Family to establish a permanent Cultivation Family, though he would need greater strength and careful preparation first. After Shangguan Qianxue encouraged him to cultivate the land and promised help advancing his career, he chose a site for the Spirit Fields and carved out a cave abode called Qingxi Cave.

• Lu Wanyuan realized that the other sects’ Cultivation Families around Cui Mountain might give the Lu Family a chance to establish roots there, but he would need to reach Foundation Establishment and prepare a formation, a Spirit Vein, and stronger family members.
• Shangguan Qianxue worried that enemies might attack them secretly, and Lu Wanyuan urged her to focus on improving her strength.
• Shangguan Qianxue told Lu Wanyuan to cultivate the three hundred mu of Spirit Fields and offered to ask her family to send a Spirit Planter to teach him.
• Lu Wanyuan traveled west to the valley, inspected the overgrown land, and chose a spot beside a stream for his cave abode.
• Lu Wanyuan carved three rooms and a main hall into a white cliff, named the abode Qingxi Cave, and rested after the exhausting work.

Lu Wanyuan finished reclaiming the valley’s Spirit Fields and reported the results to Shangguan Qianxue. She approved his work and said the Shangguan Family would send Spirit Planters, while Lu Wanyuan planned to look around nearby Cui Mountain.

• Lu Wanyuan reviewed his accumulated Entries and cultivation items, then spent the night cultivating.
• Lu Wanyuan used the Puppet Xiao Hei to clear the valley over ten days, then burned the debris and spent nearly a month removing rocks and tree stumps.
• Lu Wanyuan completed more than a thousand mu of reclaimed land, including about 100 mu of Spirit Land suitable for better Spirit Plants.
• Lu Wanyuan told Shangguan Qianxue the reclamation was finished, and she praised the results and promised to send Spirit Planters.
• Shangguan Qianxue warned Lu Wanyuan to stay on Cui Mountain because the area was unsafe and he still needed to manage the Spirit Fields, and he said he would look around nearby.

Lu Wanyuan considered Cui Mountain’s potential as a future base for the Lu Family, but knew it would take a rare opportunity and greater strength to claim it. Shangguan Qianxue brought him to meet Xu Yuhe, a Second-tier Spirit Planter who praised his work reclaiming Spirit Land and offered him a chance to learn from her.

• Lu Wanyuan assessed Cui Mountain’s poor farmland, strategic location, and danger from Yao Beast Tides as he imagined developing it for the Lu Family.
• Lu Wanyuan concluded that the Lu Family should stay cautious and grow its population before pursuing Cui Mountain.
• Shangguan Qianxue found Lu Wanyuan and told him that the Spirit Planter she had promised to bring was arriving.
• Shangguan Qianxue introduced Xu Yuhe as her childhood playmate and a Second-tier Spirit Planter.
• Xu Yuhe praised Lu Wanyuan’s reclamation and grading of the Spirit Land, then teased him about the high regard Shangguan Qianxue held for him.

Lu Wanyuan watched Xu Yuhe demonstrate powerful Spirit Rain Technique and sow spirit crops at Cui Mountain, learning from her methods. Ye Xuan and Shangguan Qianxue’s fourth senior brother then arrived, and their hostility toward Lu Wanyuan threatened to spark a confrontation.

• Lu Wanyuan dismissed Xu Yuhe’s suggestion that Shangguan Qianxue was thinking about him, while Shangguan Qianxue focused on the Spirit Land.
• Xu Yuhe used Spirit Rain Technique to water ten mu of land, then scattered seeds with precise control while Lu Wanyuan studied her technique.
• Xu Yuhe praised Lu Wanyuan, prompting Shangguan Qianxue to object to her teasing.
• Ye Xuan arrived with Shangguan Qianxue’s fourth senior brother and accused her of hiding and flirting with Lu Wanyuan.
• Ye Xuan threatened Lu Wanyuan, whose suspicion that the fourth senior brother was from the Murong Lineage grew, and Lu Wanyuan cursed Ye Xuan in response.

Lu Wanyuan learned that Ye Xuan’s hostility came from a grudge against the Murong Family, and Shangguan Qianxue warned him to stay safe on Cui Mountain. After Ye Xuan and Murong Quan left, Lu Wanyuan resolved to use his Spirit Locking Ring if Murong Quan attacked him.

• Ye Xuan confronted Lu Wanyuan, but Shangguan Qianxue ordered him not to cause trouble on Cui Mountain.
• Shangguan Qianxue sent Ye Xuan and his companion away after rejecting his advances.
• Xu Yuhe and Shangguan Qianxue discussed Ye Xuan, and Shangguan Qianxue asked Lu Wanyuan why Murong Quan was hostile toward him.
• Lu Wanyuan explained the Murong Family’s pill experiments on imprisoned people, and Shangguan Qianxue urged him to remain on Cui Mountain and grow stronger.
• Lu Wanyuan thanked Shangguan Qianxue and secretly resolved to kill Murong Quan if he attacked him alone.
• After they left, Murong Quan asked Ye Xuan whether they were really going to leave empty-handed.

Murong Quan and Ye Xuan plotted to target Lu Wanyuan and separate him from Shangguan Qianxue, but Lu stayed cautious and focused on cultivation and Spirit Planting. Xu Yuhe and Shangguan encouraged him to seek Spirit Planter certification, and he learned how important Spirit Planters were to other cultivation professions.

• Murong Quan told Ye Xuan that Lu Wanyuan had killed a promising Murong Family alchemist, and the two agreed to seek revenge.
• Murong Quan whispered his plan to Ye Xuan, who offered to handle Shangguan Qianxue while Murong dealt with Lu.
• Lu Wanyuan spent several days cultivating in Qingxi Cave and learning Spirit Planting from Xu Yuhe, while remaining wary of the Murong disciples.
• Xu Yuhe praised Lu's Spirit Planting talent after he perfected the Spirit Rain Technique and urged him to take the Spirit Planter certification exam.
• Xu Yuhe showed Lu her Spirit Planter token and explained how Spirit Planters supported alchemists, Artifact Refiners, and Formation Masters.
• Lu was amazed by the profession's importance and resolved to pursue Spirit Planting.

Lu Wanyuan, Shangguan Qianxue, and Xu Yuhe were ambushed on Cui Mountain by the Foundation Establishment cultivators Lu Da and Lu Er, who called themselves the Twin Tigers of Yunmeng Marsh. With Cui Mountain’s formation and patrol apparently unresponsive, the group faced an uncertain fight as the attackers’ flying swords exploded and released pale yellow smoke.

• Two fire dragons attacked, and Shangguan Qianxue shielded Lu Wanyuan while Xu Yuhe used an ice-spike talisman to suppress one dragon.
• Shangguan Qianxue discovered that Cui Mountain’s formation token did not work and worried that the mountain had been overrun or betrayed.
• Lu Da and Lu Er arrived, identified themselves as the Twin Tigers of Yunmeng Marsh, and taunted the women and Lu Wanyuan.
• Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe moved to intercept the attackers’ flying swords, but the swords dropped past their defenses and self-destructed, spreading pale yellow smoke.

Lu Da and Lu Er poisoned Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe with an aphrodisiac, but Shangguan used her master’s Golden Light Sword Spirit Talisman to kill both men. As the drug overwhelmed her, Ye Xuan and Murong Quan arrived, and Lu Wanyuan recognized them.

• Lu Da and Lu Er detonated their poisoned flying swords, causing Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe to inhale the aphrodisiac.
• Shangguan fought the drug’s effects and realized Xu Yuhe was even more severely affected.
• Shangguan activated her third-rank Golden Light Sword Spirit Talisman and beheaded Lu Da and Lu Er.
• The drug surged through Shangguan after she used the talisman, leaving her dazed and close to collapsing.
• Ye Xuan and Murong Quan appeared, and Lu Wanyuan spotted them.

Lu Wanyuan was caught between Murong Quan and Ye Xuan while Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe struggled under the drug’s effects. He tossed Spirit Locking Rings at the two men, and the chapter ended as Xu Yuhe stumbled toward Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan approached Shangguan Qianxue while Murong Quan went after Lu Wanyuan.
• Lu Wanyuan tried to flee, but Murong Quan seized him with a giant hand and flung him toward the women.
• Lu Wanyuan calculated where he would land and threw a Spirit Locking Ring at each of the two men as he fell.
• Ye Xuan and Murong Quan saw the rings but relaxed when they sensed no spiritual energy from them.
• Xu Yuhe, dazed by the drug, murmured to herself and ran toward Ye Xuan.

Lu Wanyuan used Spirit Locking Rings to seal Ye Xuan and Murong Quan’s spiritual power, killed them, and fled to Qingxi Cave with Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe. After failing to find an antidote for their poisoning, he woke to the women’s anger and promised to take responsibility.

• Lu Wanyuan’s Spirit Locking Ring entered Ye Xuan and Murong Quan’s Dantians and locked their spiritual power.
• Lu Wanyuan killed Ye Xuan and Murong Quan with his Golden Light Sword, then took their Storage Bags along with those of the two poisoned cultivators.
• Lu Wanyuan fled to Qingxi Cave with Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe, activated the Forbidden Seals, and searched the Storage Bags for an antidote.
• Lu Wanyuan found no antidote and, as the poisoned Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe pressed close, gave in to temptation.
• Lu Wanyuan woke to Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe’s anger and said he would take responsibility; Xu Yuhe defended him for saving them from Ye Xuan.

Lu Wanyuan faced Xu Yuhe and Shangguan Qianxue after the night they spent together, while the women pressed him about taking responsibility. Shangguan Qianxue left to investigate a failure in Cui Mountain's formations, and Xu Yuhe stayed behind to care for him.

• Xu Yuhe asked Lu Wanyuan how he planned to take responsibility, and he admitted he already had a Cultivation Partner and a son.
• Xu Yuhe and Shangguan Qianxue teased Lu Wanyuan as he struggled to answer their questions.
• Lu Wanyuan became frightened at the thought of facing Baili Qiuyue alongside the two women and grew so exhausted that they checked on him.
• Shangguan Qianxue and Xu Yuhe realized that Cui Mountain's Formation Crafting had failed and that someone had sabotaged it.
• Shangguan Qianxue left to investigate the disruption while Xu Yuhe stayed with Lu Wanyuan.

Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe reconciled, while Shangguan Qianxue explained that she had dealt with the danger at Cui Mountain and planned to return to Qingyun Sect to investigate. The chapter left Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe guarding the Spirit Land as Shangguan Qianxue departed with plans to return in a month.

• Xu Yuhe gave Lu Wanyuan a pill, and he embraced her; after spending time together, they discussed Shangguan Qianxue's unexplained absence.
• Xu Yuhe told Lu Wanyuan that she and Shangguan Qianxue had burned the attackers' bodies while he slept, and she teased him for being frightened.
• Shangguan Qianxue arrived and gave Xu Yuting a Formation Crafting token to secure Cui Mountain.
• Shangguan Qianxue said she had dealt with the troublemakers and would return to Qingyun Sect to report the incident to her Master and investigate what was happening.
• Lu Wanyuan agreed to stay at Cui Mountain and take care of the Spirit Land while Shangguan Qianxue prepared to leave.

Lu Wanyuan continued training as a Spirit Planter while tending hundreds of mu of Olive Spirit Grass with Xu Yuhe. Shangguan Qianxue returned from Qingyun Sect devastated after her master died attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lu Wanyuan improved his Spirit Planter spells and watered the Olive Spirit Grass fields, strengthening his cultivation in the process.
• Lu Wanyuan asked Xu Yuhe when Shangguan Qianxue would return, and Xu Yuhe explained that the Olive Spirit Grass needed another month before harvest.
• Shangguan Qianxue flew back to Cui Mountain looking exhausted, and Lu Wanyuan embraced her and asked what had happened.
• Shangguan Qianxue told Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe that she no longer had a master because her master had died attempting to break through from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm.

With Qingyun Sect bracing for a possible Demonic Beast Tide, Shangguan Qianxue explained that the sect planned to recruit loose cultivator families to guard its territories. Lu Wanyuan and his companions divided their spoils, and he prepared to return to the Lu Family once the Olive Spirit Grass matured, leaving Shangguan Qianxue to guard Cui Mountain.

• Shangguan Qianxue told Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe that Qingyun Sect factions had paused their infighting after reports of strange Demonic Beast activity in the Wolong Mountain Range.
• Shangguan Qianxue explained that Qingyun Sect planned to invite loose cultivator families to become Cultivation Families and guard its territories, while keeping the Demonic Beast Tide threat classified.
• Lu Wanyuan spilled out the contents of four Storage Bags, and he, Shangguan Qianxue, and Xu Yuhe sorted the spoils, including forty-eight thousand Spirit Stones and Cultivation Techniques.
• Lu Wanyuan kept the Qingyun Sect inheritance materials and found a second-tier Artifact Refining inheritance, a record of local events, and the bizarre Yin Yang Qian Kun Art among the Jade Slips.
• Lu Wanyuan said he would return to the Lu Family after the Olive Spirit Grass matured, and Shangguan Qianxue agreed to remain at Cui Mountain because she had nowhere else to establish herself.

Shangguan Qianxue told Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe that the coming Yao Beast Tide could devastate the region, and explained that she wanted a place of her own because she could not return to the Shangguan Family. She and Xu Yuhe discovered they were both pregnant by Lu Wanyuan, who embraced them and proposed moving the Lu Family to Cui Mountain; the chapter ended with Shangguan Qianxue asking whether it could become their home.

• Shangguan Qianxue warned Lu Wanyuan and Xu Yuhe that the Yao Beast Tide might be so fierce that no one in the region would survive.
• Shangguan Qianxue explained that she wanted to establish a home at Cui Mountain because she could not return to the Shangguan Family after her pregnancy was discovered.
• Shangguan Qianxue revealed that Lu Wanyuan had gotten her pregnant, and Xu Yuhe suspected that she was pregnant too.
• Lu Wanyuan welcomed the news, embraced both women, and said he would return to Luoye City to bring the rest of the Lu Family to Cui Mountain.
• Shangguan Qianxue asked Lu Wanyuan whether Cui Mountain could become the Lu Family's home.

Lu Wanyuan planned to move the Lu Family to Cui Mountain to survive the coming Yao Beast Tide, then returned to Luoye City to bring his family there. After reuniting with Baili Qiuyue, he told her about the two women and two children he had brought into the family, and she welcomed the news.

• Lu Wanyuan showed Shangguan Qianxue his Clan Establishment Order and explained that the Lu Family should focus on surviving the Yao Beast Tide rather than defending Cui Mountain.
• Shangguan Qianxue agreed that Lu Wanyuan should return to Luoye City quickly, while Xu Yuhe offered to accompany him and he refused.
• Lu Wanyuan reached Luoye City twenty days later and reunited with his son, Lu Gulei, at their rented cave residence.
• Lu Wanyuan waited for Baili Qiuyue to finish cultivating, then reunited with her and told her about the two women and two children.
• Baili Qiuyue said she welcomed the four additions because they would help the Lu Family grow and ease the burden of increasing its population.

Lu Wanyuan told Baili Qiuyue about the possible Yao Beast Tide and planned to move the Lu Family to Cui Mountain, where they would hide in a concealed underground bunker. He went to Lu's Shop to tell Lu Wanhe that it would close temporarily while the family prepared.

• Baili Qiuyue accepted Lu Wanyuan's plan to grow the Lu Family's population and said Lu Wanhe and Fourth had been busy running the shop.
• Lu Wanyuan warned Baili Qiuyue that a Yao Beast Tide might strike the Wolong Mountain Range and told her to keep the news secret.
• Lu Wanyuan explained that he wanted to move the Lu Family to Cui Mountain and hide them in a concealed underground passage during the tide.
• Lu Wanyuan went to Lu's Shop, met attendant Ouyang Lulu, and learned that Fourth was refining pills.
• Lu Wanyuan told Lu Wanhe he intended to close the shop temporarily so the Lu Family could prepare for the danger.

Lu Wanyuan warned Lu Wanhe and Ouyang Lulu that Luoye City faced destruction and arranged for his family to evacuate to Cui Mountain. He then bought a concealment formation and haggled over its price.

• Lu Wanyuan told Lu Wanhe and Ouyang Lulu that Luoye City might soon be destroyed and ordered them to pack and wait for him before evacuating to Cui Mountain with the Lu Family.
• Lu Wanhe asked Lu Wanyuan to bring Ouyang Lulu, then explained that they had become Cultivation Partners after she fainted outside his shop.
• Lu Wanyuan welcomed Ouyang Lulu into the family and gave her 1,000 Spirit Stones as a wedding gift.
• Lu Wanyuan visited the Huang Family Shop and asked the mustachioed shopkeeper for a formation suited to concealment.
• The shopkeeper showed Lu Wanyuan an incomplete third-stage Taiji Stone Formation Array whose illusion effect could hide them from Golden Core Cultivators.
• Lu Wanyuan balked at the shopkeeper's price of 3,000 Spirit Stones and began bargaining.