Chapter Summaries

Shen Xuan returned to White Crane Island and negotiated with Wei Family Ancestor for the Divine Turtle Remains in exchange for his friend's help against the Lu Family. As the Lu Family broke the island's formation and charged, Shen Xuan secretly boarded Wei Yating's escape boat, with his resolve to help the Wei Family growing.

• Shen Xuan refused Patriarch Lu's ransom demand, frightened the Wave-Treading Ice Bears with his aura, and returned to White Crane Island.
• Lu Family Ancestor agreed to capture Shen Xuan alive while the Lu Family prepared its all-out siege.
• Shen Xuan told Wei Family Ancestor that his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage friend could hold off a False Core True Person, and they agreed on rewards tied to the battle's outcome.
• At dawn, Patriarch Wei rallied the Wei Family cultivators as they prepared to fight and evacuate their people.
• Shen Xuan concealed himself and boarded the War Boat carrying Wei Yating while the Lu Family's bombardment destroyed White Crane Island's formation.
• The Rogue Cultivators in the Lu Family's ranks rushed onto White Crane Island after the formation fell.

The Wei and Lu Families clashed in a deadly battle as the Wei Family tried to evacuate its remaining heirs. Shen Xuan intervened from hiding, and a Flood Dragon Snake emerged from the sea to defeat Lu Zhanpeng and drag him underwater.

• The Lu Family’s warships forced its rogue cultivators into battle against the Wei Family fleet while Wei Family elders, women, and children fled by flying boat.
• The Lu Family Ancestor and Lu Zhanpeng blocked the Swift Wind Warship, and Lu Zhanpeng attacked it while the Wei Family Ancestor was occupied.
• Shen Xuan’s spiritual-energy ice walls slowed Lu Zhanpeng’s Dharma Sword, and an unfamiliar voice urged Wei Xinghong to steer the Swift Wind Warship into the sea.
• A dragonlike roar shattered Lu Zhanpeng’s Spiritual Pressure, and a five-zhang Flood Dragon Snake surfaced and struck him with a Thunder Arc talisman.
• The Flood Dragon Snake bit Lu Zhanpeng, spun until he lost consciousness, and dragged him beneath the sea as blood spread across the water.

Shen Xuan killed Lu Zhanpeng during the Lu Family’s attack on the Wei Family, turning the battle and exposing the strength behind his Shen Changsheng identity. The Lu Family Ancestor retreated to Azure Dragon Island, while Shen Xuan returned to White Crane Island with the surviving Wei Family cultivators.

• Shen Xuan killed Lu Zhanpeng, and the Lu Family’s rogue cultivators faltered as the Wei Family rallied.
• The Lu Family Ancestor found Lu Zhanpeng’s corpse and confronted Shen Xuan, who revealed his Divine Dragon Manifestation and shattered the Water Spirit Chains.
• Shen Xuan killed the Ice Mountain Bear King with his golden staff and met the Lu Family Ancestor’s flying sword with the Ice Soul Divine Sword.
• After recognizing Shen Xuan’s strength and realizing defeat was certain, the Lu Family Ancestor led his forces in retreat toward Azure Dragon Island.
• Wei Qingxin and Shen Xuan let the Lu Family withdraw, and Shen Xuan returned to the Swift Wind Warship as Wei Yating, Wei Xinghong, Qingfeng, Mingyue, and the survivors stared in shock.
• Wei Xinghong piloted the Swift Wind Warship back to White Crane Island with Shen Xuan and the remaining Wei Family cultivators.

After the Wei Family celebrated its victory over the Lu Family, Shen Xuan recovered from his injuries and reflected on how he had killed Lu Zhanpeng. Meanwhile, powerful figures learned of Shen Changsheng’s deeds, and Wan Meng prepared to reveal his identity despite her promise to keep it secret.

• Wei Yating visited Shen Xuan’s Cave Abode after the victory banquet, but he refused to receive her while recovering beside the Spirit Pond.
• Shen Xuan used Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to recover and reviewed how he had killed Lu Zhanpeng, taken the Ice Mountain Bear King’s corpse, and earned the Wei Family Ancestor’s promise of twelve pieces of Divine Turtle Remains.
• A Divine Sword Sect disciple told his Master that the Lu Family had been defeated, and the Master chose not to pursue the Wei Family because Junior Brother Tianyi would object.
• The Lu Family Ancestor told a masked Black-Robed Cultivator how Shen Changsheng had defeated Lu Zhanpeng, and the cultivator blamed the Lu Family’s carelessness and ordered it to seize White Crane Island.
• Mingyu Demon Venerable learned from Wan Meng that Shen Changsheng was Shen Xuan, a direct disciple of Qingyun Sect, and advised Wan Meng to stay away from him.
• Wan Meng decided to sell information about Shen Xuan’s identity and planned to give him two important pieces of information for free so he would not resent her.

After learning that the Divine Sword Sect was targeting the Divine Turtle Remains, Shen Xuan collected them from the Wei Family and left White Crane Island. A Foundation Establishment disciple of the Divine Sword Sect intercepted him at sea and challenged him for the remains, leaving Shen Xuan to face a high-stakes duel.

• Wan Meng warned Shen Xuan that his identity and abilities would soon be revealed, and told him the Wei-Lu war served Beast Sovereign Pavilion's expansion while the Divine Sword Sect was entangled in a plot against Wei Anxin.
• Shen Xuan decided to leave the East Mountain Sea Region within three days and went to the Wei Family Ancestor to collect the twelve Divine Turtle Remains owed to him.
• Shen Xuan said farewell to Wei Yating and the Wei Family, then departed White Crane Island on the Silver Horned Heavenly Steed.
• Nie Wuchen of Divine Sword Sect intercepted Shen Xuan in a misty stretch of sea and challenged him, proposing the Divine Turtle Remains as the stakes.
• Shen Xuan accepted the spar after Nie Wuchen offered his Top-grade Flying Sword, the Golden Gang Sword, and Azure Water Cold Gold alongside the Divine Turtle Remains.

Shen Xuan defeated Nie Wuchen in a duel on the East Sea, overpowering his sword techniques with his transformed physical strength and claiming the Azure Water Cold Gold. Nie Wuchen’s Hidden accomplice, True Person Wuxuan, let Shen Xuan escape into the sea, while Nie was left defeated and shaken.

• Nie Wuchen attacked Shen Xuan, who evaded his sword strikes with the Lightning Escape Technique and revealed he had noticed an accomplice nearby.
• Shen Xuan transformed into a Dragon-Headed Giant and used the Golden Light Rod to break through Nie Wuchen’s sword attacks and Shadow Forest Sword array.
• Nie Wuchen tried to flee and then combined the Golden Gang Sword and Shadow Forest Sword, but Shen Xuan defeated him and took both swords.
• Shen Xuan accepted the Azure Water Cold Gold, returned the Shadow Forest Sword, and escaped into the deep sea using the Water Escape Technique.
• True Person Wuxuan revealed himself and told Nie Wuchen he could do nothing to pursue Shen Xuan in the sea.
• Nie Wuchen was left devastated by his defeat, and Xuanzhen worried that the loss would damage the Divine Sword Sect’s reputation and require his senior brother to negotiate with the Qingyun Sect.

After five years away, Shen Xuan returned to Qingyun Immortal City and reunited with Shangguan Yan'er, then gave her a token for trading with the Tongxin Chamber of Commerce. He asked whether her family had two suitable candidates to train as Alchemy Apprentices.

• Shen Xuan explored the East Sea seabed in his Flood Dragon Dharma Form and reflected on why he had spared Nie Wuchen after their duel.
• Shangguan Yan'er worried about Shen Xuan's five-year disappearance while her family maintained its modest trade in Qingyun Immortal City.
• Shen Xuan secretly entered Shangguan Yan'er's residence, and they spent the night together before he told her he would return to his sect to cultivate.
• Ten days later, Shangguan Yan'er read a report that Shen Xuan had slain a False Core True Person and defeated a Divine Sword Sect Core Formation Direct Disciple.
• Shen Xuan gave Shangguan Yan'er Zhuo Qingning's Tongxin Chamber of Commerce token and asked her to find two suitable mid-grade Water Spirit Root candidates from her family to train as Alchemy Apprentices.

After returning to Qingyun Sect, Shen Xuan planned to focus on Water Method Alchemy and cultivation while investigating a possible connection between a Qingyun Sect True Person and the Demon Sect. True Person Hanyu confirmed that infiltration had occurred but warned him not to pursue the matter, leaving Shen Xuan resolved to rely on his own strength and improve his Alchemy Skill.

• Shen Xuan asked Shangguan Yan'er to find a willing Immortal Seedling from the Shangguan Family to serve as one of his Alchemy Apprentices and gave her a list of ingredients to buy.
• Shen Xuan reviewed reports on the ongoing Dao-Demon War, then visited True Person Hanyu and presented his account of the years at White Crane Island along with Nie Wuchen's Golden Gang Sword and Azure Water Cold Gold.
• True Person Hanyu advised Shen Xuan to keep the Divine Turtle Remains and praised his progress in the Cave True Ice Heart Art, saying he might eventually form a Profound Ice Golden Core.
• Shen Xuan told True Person Hanyu that he suspected one of his martial uncles was secretly colluding with the Demon Sect, and she confirmed that sect infiltration had a long history but refused to name anyone.
• Shen Xuan concluded that he could trust few people and needed to strengthen himself through Alchemy, then went to visit Underworld Cultivator Li Ruyi.

Shen Xuan tried repeatedly to visit Li Ruyi at the Spirit Pill Hall, but Zhao Shun and Huang Yuan kept claiming she was refining pills. After waiting seven days, Shen Xuan was finally led to her Alchemy Room, where he found her working under Zhao Shun’s supervision and reacted to the medicinal fragrance.

• Shen Xuan visited the Spirit Pill Hall to see Li Ruyi, but Huang Yuan said she was at a critical stage of pill refinement.
• Shen Xuan handed over Nie Wuchen’s flying sword and the Azure Water Cold Gold to True Person Lingxiao in exchange for one hundred thousand Sect Contribution Points.
• Shen Xuan refined the Ice Mountain Bear King's Essence Blood and chose its Smell Wind Discern Taste talent.
• Zhao Shun repeatedly turned Shen Xuan away, claiming Li Ruyi was refining pills, so Shen Xuan waited in the reception hall for seven days.
• Huang Yuan led Shen Xuan to Li Ruyi’s Alchemy Room, where Shen Xuan saw her refining pills with two Alchemy Apprentices while Zhao Shun supervised.

Shen Xuan discovered that the Spirit Pill Hall was overworking Li Ruyi and confronted its disciples after her Taiqing Pill batch exploded. He left with Li Ruyi, while Ge Chengming and the others were forced to let her go.

• Shen Xuan saw that Li Ruyi was exhausted while refining pills, and Zhao Shun blamed him for distracting her when the Pill Furnace exploded.
• Shen Xuan ignored Zhao Shun's accusations, checked on Li Ruyi, and asked why she had been made to refine Taiqing Pills.
• Zhao Shun attacked Shen Xuan, who dodged and slapped him twice; Huang Yuan stopped Zhao Shun from escalating the fight.
• Ge Chengming arrived, reprimanded Zhao Shun, and asked Shen Xuan why he had come to see Li Ruyi.
• Shen Xuan invoked True Person Hanyu and left with Li Ruyi, while Ge Chengming let them go and Zhao Shun complained about the humiliation.

After Shen Xuan rescued Li Ruyi from the Spirit Pill Hall disciples, he brought her to Hanyu Peak, where True Person Hanyu welcomed her and approved their plan to develop a cheaper Foundation Purifying Pill. When Zhao Shun filed a complaint against Shen Xuan, Shen Xuan went to answer it, confident he could make Zhao Shun pay.

• Zhao Shun agreed to report Shen Xuan to the Law Enforcement Hall after Huang Yuan urged him to file a complaint.
• Shen Xuan apologized to Li Ruyi for the Spirit Pill Hall’s treatment of her, and Li Ruyi explained how Zhao Shun had pressured her for her alchemy knowledge.
• True Person Hanyu allowed Li Ruyi to live at Hanyu Peak and assigned Liu Bingyu to help her find a suitable cave abode.
• Shen Xuan told True Person Hanyu that Li Ruyi could help him create a cheaper Foundation Purifying Pill, and Hanyu gave him permission to proceed.
• Li Ruyi settled into an ice valley cave abode and became close with Liu Bingyu.
• After receiving word that a Law Enforcement Hall enforcer was waiting at the mountain entrance, Shen Xuan went to face Zhao Shun’s complaint.

Shen Xuan defended himself in the Law Enforcement Hall against Zhao Shun’s accusations of assault and alchemy sabotage, then exposed Zhao Shun’s mistreatment of Li Ruyi. The chapter ended with Shen Xuan demanding that Zhao Shun face punishment for making a false accusation.

• He Zhengming questioned Shen Xuan after Zhao Shun accused him of harming a fellow disciple and sabotaging alchemy.
• Shen Xuan described how Zhao Shun had tried to strike him and demonstrated his strength by knocking the head off a thousand-jin Black Iron Dummy.
• Shen Xuan challenged Zhao Shun’s account of the failed Taiqing Pill and explained that Li Ruyi had been exhausted by repeated alchemy under Zhao Shun’s pressure.
• Li Ruyi confirmed that Zhao Shun had refused her request to rest and threatened to expel her from Qingyun Sect, while the alchemy records showed she had refined five batches in succession.
• Ge Chengming tried to challenge Li Ruyi’s testimony, but He Zhengming offered to test Shen Xuan and Li Ruyi with the Treasure Mirror.
• Zhao Shun tried to withdraw his complaint and leave, but Shen Xuan stopped him and asked He Zhengming to explain the punishment for a false accusation.

Shen Xuan chose Snow Lotus Terrace for a custom Third-grade Alchemy Room and hired Old He to build it for three million spirit stones, while preparing to pursue the Alchemy Dao. After arranging to sell some beast materials, Shen Xuan learned that Wang Fugui was near death and wanted to see him and Lu Zhengying one last time.

• Shen Xuan toured Hanyu Peak with Old He and selected Snow Lotus Terrace as the site for a side-by-side Water Law and Fire Method Alchemy Room.
• Shen Xuan approved Old He's one-year construction schedule and three-million-spirit-stone price, requiring the finest materials and agreeing to provide a deposit.
• Shen Xuan told Lu Zhengying he was selling parts from the Ice Mountain Bear King and Invisibility Yao Shark to fund his alchemy plans.
• Lu Zhengying told Shen Xuan that Wang Fugui, now 122 years old, was close to death and wanted to see them again.

Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan joined Lu Zhengying to visit the dying Wang Fugui, who asked Shen Xuan to help his talented great-grandson enter Qingyun Sect. Wang Fugui gathered his three classmates for a final banquet, where Shen Xuan sensed an unseen guest nearby.

• Shen Xuan visited Qin Yuehan at Cold Moon Pavilion and invited her to accompany him and Lu Zhengying to see Wang Fugui.
• At the Liu Mansion, Lu Zhengying and the cloaked Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan found Wang Fugui near death amid disputes among his descendants.
• Shen Xuan drew out Wang Fugui's remaining vitality, giving him twelve hours, and agreed to teach Wang Fugui's great-grandson the basics if the boy showed talent in Pill and Talisman.
• Wang Fugui asked his great-grandson to join Qingyun Sect under the Wang surname, and Shen Xuan agreed to help him.
• Wang Fugui hosted a final banquet with Shen Xuan, Qin Yuehan, and Lu Zhengying, and Shen Xuan noticed an unseen visitor on the wall.

Wang Fugui died after reuniting with Ling Zhenfeng and asking him to bury him beside Zhao Sujin, while Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan traveled to meet Ling Zhenfeng at Soul Severing Cliff. Shen Xuan waited there with his demonic insects on alert, then saw several clouds of Demonic Qi approach amid a fight.

• Ling Zhenfeng revealed himself to Shen Xuan and Wang Fugui, and Wang Fugui happily reunited with his old friend.
• Wang Fugui asked Ling Zhenfeng to bury him with Zhao Sujin, and Ling Zhenfeng agreed before Wang Fugui died.
• Shen Xuan asked Lu Zhengying to oversee Wang Fugui's funeral and take Wang Xiaogui to Hanyu Peak, then left with Qin Yuehan to meet Ling Zhenfeng.
• At Soul Severing Cliff, Shen Xuan told Qin Yuehan that Li Changan had disappeared and explained why Wang Fugui had never pursued Zhao Sujin.
• When Ling Zhenfeng failed to arrive, Shen Xuan spread his Yin Devouring Demonic Worms across the area as a precaution.
• Several clouds of Demonic Qi rushed toward Shen Xuan amid the sounds of fighting.

Ling Zhenfeng led Murong Cheng and the Niu Brothers to Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan, and the group clashed. Shen Xuan revealed his overwhelming strength by killing the Niu Brothers, while Murong Cheng remained to face him.

• Ling Zhenfeng explained that the Yin Sha Sect's Holy Son Murong Cheng and his senior brothers Niu Dahai and Niu Dajiang had pursued him, then fought Niu Dajiang while Shen Xuan and Qin Yuehan stayed behind.
• Qin Yuehan fought Niu Dahai, and Shen Xuan urged her to commit to her sword before pulling her back when she recklessly charged him.
• Murong Cheng recognized Shen Xuan and tried to escape with Niu Dahai, but Shen Xuan used Yin Devouring Demonic Worms to delay them and intercepted them with Thunder Escape.
• Shen Xuan killed Niu Dajiang with his Golden Light Rod, then stunned Niu Dahai with Roar of the Four Directions and killed him with a flying sword.
• Murong Cheng realized Shen Xuan was far stronger than expected and roared that he would fight him to the death.

Shen Xuan defeated Murong Cheng with the Purple Gold True Water Seal after his Corpse Beasts trapped the Yin Sha Sect Holy Son. After recovering some strength, Shen Xuan turned to Ling Zhenfeng and asked him to help deal with the aftermath.

• Murong Cheng tried to escape Shen Xuan’s attacks, but three Corpse Beasts surrounded him and the Iron Beak Sea Crocodile bit off his thigh.
• Murong Cheng regrew his leg and offered to negotiate, but Shen Xuan pretended to accept before striking him with the Purple Gold True Water Seal, crushing him to dust.
• Shen Xuan collapsed from draining his Dao Foundation Spirit Sea, and Qin Yuehan gave him three drops of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to help him recover.
• Ling Zhenfeng realized Shen Xuan had likely been suspicious of him and reflected on how Shen Xuan had defeated Murong Cheng and the Niu Brothers.
• Shen Xuan recovered enough to stand, recalled the Purple Gold True Water Seal and his Corpse Beasts, and asked Ling Zhenfeng to handle the aftermath without damaging the Storage Bags.

After Shen Xuan, Qin Yuehan, and Ling Zhenfeng defeated Murong Cheng and the Niu Brothers, they divided the spoils and uncovered rare treasures, including Moon Soul Jade. The chapter ended with Shen Xuan trading the demonic loot for Ling Zhenfeng’s spiritual treasures and other possessions.

• Ling Zhenfeng searched the bodies and confirmed Murong Cheng’s Storage Bag and some Demonic Treasures had survived, while Shen Xuan stayed wary in case Ling Zhenfeng turned on him.
• Ling Zhenfeng explained that Murong Cheng had no tracking treasures, then inventoried the spoils and reported their spirit stones, demonic stones, and Demonic Treasures.
• Shen Xuan identified a Demonic Flood Dragon Bloodstone and a rare Dragon Roar Stone among the loot and kept both for himself.
• Ling Zhenfeng revealed that Murong Cheng had hunted him for his Moon Soul Jade, which Shen Xuan traded for the demonic materials and Demonic Stones.
• Ling Zhenfeng showed Shen Xuan his spiritual treasures, pills, Spirit Stones, and a mysterious lotus seed, and Shen Xuan offered to trade the demonic loot for those possessions.

Shen Xuan shared spoils and Yin Devouring Demonic Worms with Ling Zhenfeng, then explained to Qin Yuehan why he avoided romance and agreed to pursue Core Formation with her. Back at Hanyu Peak, he arranged support for Wang Xiaogui, lent Li Ruyi Moon Soul Jade, and discussed replacing costly ingredients in her improved Foundation Purifying Pill formula.

• Shen Xuan gave Qin Yuehan a High-grade Flying Sword and Spirit Wood Shield, then transferred a Demonic Worm Leader and more than a thousand Yin Devouring Demonic Worms to Ling Zhenfeng before he departed.
• Qin Yuehan asked Shen Xuan why he did not want a Dao companion, and he explained that he was focused on surviving and achieving Core Formation; she proposed they work toward Core Formation together, and he agreed.
• Shen Xuan arranged for Su Xue'er to give Wang Xiaogui the Divine Treasure Canghai Technique, and he asked Lu Zhengying to sell seized treasures and obtain rare medicinal herbs.
• Shen Xuan offered Li Ruyi the Moon Soul Jade, and she accepted it to strengthen her soul body despite knowing it would merge with her.
• Shen Xuan told Li Ruyi that two main ingredients in her improved Foundation Purifying Pill formula were too rare and expensive, and she gave him a list of Spirit Herbs to use as replacements.

Shen Xuan enlisted True Person Hanyu to help Li Ruyi and their team develop a cheaper Foundation Purifying Pill recipe, and their experiments produced a promising pill after three months. The chapter ended with the team deciding who would test it.

• Shen Xuan persuaded True Person Hanyu to learn Water Method Alchemy and accelerate experiments to improve the Foundation Purifying Pill recipe.
• Shen Xuan set a strict cost target, and True Person Hanyu, Li Ruyi, Liu Bingyu, and Lu Zhengying joined him in a coordinated development team.
• True Person Hanyu quickly mastered Water Method Alchemy, and Shen Xuan used his Mysterious Jade Talisman’s progress display to evaluate experimental batches.
• Three months later, Shen Xuan found that Ice Mountain Bear King Essence Blood had not improved his Water Spirit Root and focused on the ongoing pill project instead.
• Li Ruyi judged a batch promising, and True Person Hanyu refined two pills, one poor and one with four Dao Patterns; the team wondered who should test the better one.