Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhengshan and his companions looted the Blazing Sun Palace ruins, finding Spirit Artifacts, standard-issue Magic Treasures, and stores of valuable ores. After leaving before the thunderclouds faded, they discovered a concealed formation hiding something valuable, and Yang Zhengshan began studying how to breach it.

• Yunxiao recovered two Spirit Artifacts, and Yang Zhengshan stored them for later distribution.
• Yang Zhengshan and his companions searched the Palace Ruins, collecting Magic Treasures and vast quantities of ores before leaving as the protective thunderclouds began to disperse.
• Yang Zhengshan weighed whether to explore the Sea of Blazing Sun, search nearby, or look for hidden Immortal Cultivators' dwellings.
• Yunxiao spotted an obscure concealed formation, and Yang Zhengshan identified its nine spirit pines as ten-thousand-year-old third-tier spirit plants.
• Yang Zhengshan found that the ancient formation had a flaw and began studying it while his companions admitted they could not break formations.

Yang Zhengshan and his companions broke into an ancient cave abode, where they found Spirit Pines that could serve as Core Formation Spiritual Items and Scale Vines with abundant life force. After searching the abode, they were interrupted by a fleeing female cultivator pursued by four others, leaving Yang Zhengshan cautious as trouble arrived.

• Yang Zhengshan used vines and his companions' attacks to open a gap in the failing formation, then led them inside.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized the Spirit Pines' ability to nourish the divine soul and restrain Heart Demons, and had Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu dig up the pines and Scale Vines.
• Yang Zhengshan and his companions entered the cave abode, found an ancient cultivator's remains, and searched the chambers for surviving treasures and records.
• A disheveled female cultivator reached the entrance and begged Kou Ta to save her from four pursuers.
• Yunxiao and Hong Fuxiu went outside to meet the pursuers while Yang Zhengshan stayed hidden, and Hong Fuxiu reproached Kou Ta for staring at the woman.

Yunxiao and his companions encountered Wang Henglie of Youyu Gate in Sun Cave Heaven, where Wang Henglie launched a deadly attack and Yunxiao struggled to withstand him. Yang Zhengshan’s hidden soul techniques and Soul Suppressing Lock then caught Wang Henglie off guard, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta noticed the disheveled woman’s suspicious condition and prepared for a possible trick.
• Wang Henglie recognized Yunxiao and ordered his companions to attack, driven by his hatred of Lingxiu Sea and his desire for revenge.
• The woman attacked Hong Fuxiu, but Hong Fuxiu countered with Southern Bright Leaving Fire and engulfed her in flames.
• Wang Henglie pressured Yunxiao with successive saber strikes, forcing him to retreat despite his sword defense.
• Yang Zhengshan’s chains and vines trapped the combatants, while his Soul Crows subtly disrupted Wang Henglie’s soul perception.
• The Soul Suppressing Lock seized Wang Henglie’s leg, and the Soul Crows’ influence prevented him from breaking free.

Yang Zhengshan captured and killed Wang Henglie and his companions before leaving the area, while Zhang Mo watched from a distance. Elsewhere, True Person Cangji discovered signs of the Nine Tripod Divine Pill but could not divine its destined recipient, and Yang Zhengshan's group fled a forest engulfed by fiery rain.

• Yang Zhengshan used the Soul Suppressing Lock to seal Wang Henglie's divine soul, then helped Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu defeat their opponents.
• Yang Zhengshan crushed Wang Henglie's divine soul, sent the bodies and spoils to the Spirit Source Land, and left with Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, and Yunxiao.
• Zhang Mo and Duan Qiankun arrived after the group departed, and Zhang Mo said they would meet Yang Zhengshan again.
• True Person Cangji used the Heavenly Secret Disk to discover the Nine Tripod Divine Pill but failed to divine its Person of Destiny, then claimed the opportunity for himself.
• Yang Zhengshan and the others fled as fiery rain set the mountain forest ablaze.

Yang Zhengshan and his companions traveled to the Sea of Blazing Sun, where they surveyed a chaotic battle and spotted several old acquaintances. They approached Cloud Skiff’s group to propose cooperation, but Yun Bi looked down on the Lingxiu Yang Family as they arrived.

• Yang Zhengshan decided to visit the Sea of Blazing Sun before leaving Sun Cave Heaven, hoping to find its source of true fire.
• The group reached the dried-up sea and found cultivators, Ghost Cultivators, and Demonic Beasts fighting over the ruins of a Sun True Sect hall.
• Yang Zhengshan sent Soul Crows to scout, and a Ghost Cultivator named Tian Ye swallowed one before Zhang Mo and Duan Qiankun joined the battle against him.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized Cloud Skiff and Baiyun True Lord’s remaining disciples hiding aboard a Flying Boat, then agreed to approach them about cooperating.
• Cloud Skiff recognized Yang Zhengshan, while Yun Bi dismissed the Lingxiu Yang Family as a minor cultivation family.

Yang Zhengshan met with Yun Ge’s group near Sun Cave Heaven’s battlefield and proposed that they cooperate to secure treasures and face powerful enemies together. Yun Ge’s group revealed that they wanted the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and a Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seed, leaving Yang Zhengshan eager to pursue both prizes.

• Yun Ge welcomed Yang Zhengshan, Yunxiao, Kou Ta, and Hong Fuxiu aboard his Flying Boat, and Yang Zhengshan clarified that Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu had been serving his family rather than Wanbao Trading Company in Baiyun Immortal City.
• Yang Zhengshan proposed that his group and Yun Ge’s group advance and retreat together, joining forces against enemies such as the Demon Race and Yellow Springs Hall while claiming separately acquired treasures.
• Yun Ge’s group showed Yang Zhengshan a mirror image of the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and explained that it could help a Foundation Establishment Cultivator form a False Core through the External Pill Method.
• Yang Zhengshan and his companions saw a Nine-Patterned Bodhi Tree bearing twelve fruits, and Yun Ge explained that its seeds could grant sudden enlightenment and help cultivators comprehend their Dao Path after the ninth lightning tribulation.

Yang Zhengshan and Cloud Skiff joined forces to seize the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seeds and Nine Tripod Divine Pill, but they were surrounded by enemies as Yun Fan worked to break the courtyard formation. As True Person Cangji arrived and more onlookers converged, Yang Zhengshan prepared a defensive formation for the coming battle.

• Yang Zhengshan and Cloud Skiff agreed to take the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seeds and Nine Tripod Divine Pill, then retreat together after reaching the protected courtyard.
• Yang Zhengshan and Cloud Skiff’s group drove off the Howling Moon Wolf demons, and Yun Fan began breaking the courtyard formation.
• Yang Zhengshan warned Yunxiao, Kou Ta, and Hong Fuxiu to prioritize survival and prepared talismans while they waited for the formation to be broken.
• True Person Cangji arrived near the Palace Ruins searching for the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, while Zhang Mo, Old Ghost Tian Ye, and others focused on Yang Zhengshan’s group.
• Yang Zhengshan set up Ning Yun’s Flame Prison Burning Heaven Formation as enemies gathered around the courtyard.

Yang Zhengshan’s group broke into the formation, seized the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Tree, and entered the main hall, where a spiritual Nine Tripod Divine Pill escaped its captors. As the hall descended into battle, Yang Zhengshan proposed that Yunxiao swallow the pill and risk being sent into the Spirit Source Land.

• Yun Fan opened a breach in the formation, and Yang Zhengshan covered the group’s escape by activating the Flame Prison Burning Heaven Formation.
• Yunxiao cut down the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Tree, and Kou Ta threw it to Yang Zhengshan, who sent it into the Spirit Source Land.
• Yun Ge opened the Alchemy Furnace and struggled with the spiritual Nine Tripod Divine Pill while Yang Zhengshan took the items from a storage rack.
• Zhang Mo attacked the Alchemy Furnace, the Divine Pill broke free, and Yang Zhengshan secretly sent the damaged furnace into the Spirit Source Land.
• As Cloud Skiff and the others fought intruders for the Divine Pill, Yang Zhengshan asked Yunxiao whether he would risk swallowing it for a chance at Core Formation.

Yang Zhengshan fought through the chaotic battle so Yunxiao could seize the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, but Duan Qiankun blocked him with Lin Daoyuan and Yue E turned into Yin Soldiers. Yang Zhengshan freed their souls from the Blood Jade Restrictions and struck Duan Qiankun with thunder, while the battle around the pill remained unsettled.

• Yang Zhengshan urged Yunxiao to seize the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and used a barrage of talismans to clear a path through the melee.
• Duan Qiankun confronted Yang Zhengshan and summoned Lin Daoyuan and Yue E as Yin Soldiers to attack him.
• Yang Zhengshan and his allies blocked Lin Daoyuan and Yue E while he struck Duan Qiankun with the Azure Flower Thunder Bead, distracting him.
• Yang Zhengshan pulled Lin Daoyuan and Yue E's souls from their bodies, detonated the Blood Jade Restrictions in their Seas of Consciousness, and returned their souls.
• Yang Zhengshan saw Yun Fan and Yun Bi knocked out of the air as the battlefield grew even more chaotic.

Yang Zhengshan joined the battle over the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and unleashed more than three hundred Mysterious Thunder Talismans when the fighting stalled. The resulting uncontrollable thunderstorm engulfed the combatants, and Yunxiao seized the divine pill and tried to swallow it despite the lightning striking him.

• Yang Zhengshan put the injured Lin Daoyuan and Yue E into ice coffins and stored them away before flying toward the battle.
• Zhang Mo nearly suppressed the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, but True Person Cangji and six Tianji Envoys arrived and used the Star Meteor Technique and a Star Track to intervene.
• The fighters attacked one another and chased the fleeing divine pill, while Yang Zhengshan failed to get close enough to claim it.
• Yang Zhengshan pierced more than three hundred Mysterious Thunder Talismans with the Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword, summoning a vast thunderstorm that he could not fully control.
• Yunxiao grabbed the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and tried to force it into his mouth while the thunder struck him.

Yunxiao swallowed the Nine Tripod Divine Pill during the collapsing Sun Cave Heaven, and Yang Zhengshan rescued him by taking him through the Great Void to Spirit Source Land. Yang Zhengshan stabilized Yunxiao and prompted him to begin Core Formation, then tried to return to Sun Cave Heaven to help Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu, but spatial distortion repeatedly trapped him in a teleportation loop.

• Yunxiao swallowed the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, and Yang Zhengshan shielded him from Zhang Mo and the others before teleporting them away.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yunxiao entered the Great Void, where Yang Zhengshan sensed Spirit Source Land and brought them there safely.
• Yang Zhengshan used Life Force, Spring of Vitality, pills, and Xuan Zhen's Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Curse to stabilize Yunxiao's grievous injuries.
• Yang Zhengshan urged Yunxiao to form his core, and Yunxiao began circulating his cultivation technique as the divine pill's energy continued to rampage through him.
• Yang Zhengshan attempted to return to Sun Cave Heaven, but spatial distortion repeatedly dragged him into the Great Void until his eighteenth attempt did not bring him back beside Xuan Zhen.

After Yang Zhengshan took the Nine Tripod Divine Pill away, True Person Cangji died from the backlash of trying to divine Yang Zhengshan, and the surviving Tianji Pavilion members let him go. Yang Zhengshan reunited with Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu, recovered in hiding, and received two Heart-Burning Fruits from Hong Fuxiu.

• True Person Cangji tried to divine Yang Zhengshan with the Twenty-Eight Mansions Fate Disk, but the backlash destroyed his body and soul.
• Zhang Mo pursued Old Ghost Tian Ye while the other fighters fled, and Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu had already left the battlefield.
• Yang Zhengshan returned and asked the Tianji Envoys about his friends; True Person Shouyi told him they had gone to the Palace Ruins and let him depart.
• Yang Zhengshan found Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu, confirmed they were safe, and led them away from the chaotic ruins to hide and recover.
• After Yang Zhengshan recovered for seven days, Hong Fuxiu gave him two Heart-Burning Fruits to keep.

Yang Zhengshan and his companions fled the Solar True Fire and twelve Lava Divine Generals, then returned to the Spirit Source Land. He invited Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu to join, and gave the unconscious Yunxiao a Dao Intent Sacred Lotus seed to help his divine soul advance.

• Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu handed Yang Zhengshan two Heart-Burning Fruits they had seized, and he agreed to keep them until they could divide their gains.
• A pillar of Solar True Fire erupted in the Sea of Blazing Sun as twelve Lava Divine Generals emerged, forcing Yang Zhengshan, Kou Ta, and Hong Fuxiu to flee.
• Yang Zhengshan saw the flames tear a massive hole in the sky, then took Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu through the void back to the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Zhengshan revealed the Spirit Source Land to Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu and invited them to join, while Xuan Zhen led them to look around.
• Yang Zhengshan checked on Yunxiao, judged that he needed help advancing his divine soul, and fed him a Dao Intent Sacred Lotus seed.

Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu joined Spirit Source Land, accepting deputy hall master roles while retaining their Wanbao Trading Company guest elder status. Yang Zhengshan prepared for the turmoil following Sun Cave Heaven’s fall and returned to Yu Qingyi, who worried over his prematurely white hair before he reassured her and took her to their courtyard.

• Yang Zhengshan offered Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu Spirit Source Land positions, salaries, and terms for joining, and they agreed to join as its people.
• Yang Zhengshan appointed Kou Ta deputy hall master of Tai Wei Tower’s Immortal Hall and Hong Fuxiu deputy hall master of Ziwei Tower’s Jingxuan Hall, then asked Xuan Zhen to help them settle in.
• Yang Zhengshan arranged for people in Jade Capital City to watch Sun Cave Heaven and the Yunxiao Mountain Range, anticipating further conflict but deciding not to take part as he prepared for Core Formation.
• Yu Qingyi saw Yang Zhengshan’s white hair and cried, and he explained that his lost lifespan would recover soon.
• Yang Zhengshan comforted Yu Qingyi, then took her back to their separate courtyard.

Yang Zhengshan examined the Spirit Pines and Scale Vine, finding that they supplied most of the items he needed for Core Formation. While sorting his Sun Cave Heaven spoils with Yu Qingyi, he found the Nine Tripod Divine Pill recipe, which could let her condense a False Core and live for over two thousand years, though he would need to become a Golden Core cultivator before he could refine it.

• Yang Zhengshan studied the Spirit Pines and Scale Vine and found they could provide ingredients for Oblivion River Dew and Spring of Vitality, leaving the Supreme Demon Core Pill and Tongming Pill as his main missing Core Formation items.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi inspected his treasure warehouse, where he checked the Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seeds and four Spirit Artifacts and sorted through Storage Bags and Jade Slips.
• Yang Zhengshan found the Nether Soul Refining Scripture for Red Cloud, a large flying boat blueprint to send to Ma Qiuyan, and a blueprint for a third-rank Blazing Divine General puppet.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered the Nine Tripod Divine Pill recipe and told Yu Qingyi it could let her condense a False Core and gain more than two thousand years of lifespan.
• Yang Zhengshan carefully stored the recipe after realizing he could not understand or refine it until he had condensed a Golden Core, and he resolved to focus on the Supreme Demon Core Pill and Tongming Pill for now.

After distributing the Sun Cave Heaven treasures to Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta, Yang Zhengshan arranged care for the injured Lin Daoyuan and Yue E and taught Red Cloud’s spirit the Yellow Springs Spirit Refining Scripture. The spirit awakened without Red Cloud’s memories, and Yang Zhengshan named it Red Soul, leaving it in Red Cloud’s care.

• Yang Zhengshan gave Xuan Zhen two hundred thousand merit points to exchange for armor for his Golden Armored Divine Generals.
• Yang Zhengshan gave Hong Fuxiu a Spirit Artifact Treasure Mirror, gave Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta two Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seeds each, and promised them shares of the Spirit Pine potion and a Heart-Burning Fruit.
• Yang Zhengshan converted Magic Treasures and ores into two million merit points for Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta, then told them to settle in the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Zhengshan had Zhang Hexuan refine branches and leaves from the Spirit Pine Tree and asked Ning Yun to take the injured Lin Daoyuan and Yue E back.
• Yang Zhengshan taught Red Cloud the Yellow Springs Spirit Refining Scripture, awakening its ghost consciousness without restoring its memories.
• Yang Zhengshan named Red Cloud’s tiny horse-shaped spirit Red Soul and asked Red Cloud to care for it.

Yang Zhengshan began refining a Supreme Demon Core Pill as Sun Cave Heaven crashed into the Wanhua Mountain Range, leaving Jade Valley devastated. After the Tianxian Dao envoy claimed a portion of the Solar True Fire and Golden Core cultivators fought over the remaining opportunities, Baiyun True Lord drew Yellow Springs Old Ancestor away from the fallen cave heaven.

• Yang Zhengshan started refining the Supreme Demon Core Pill as Sun Cave Heaven fell onto the edge of the Wanhua Mountain Range, devastating the land around Jade Valley.
• A woman from Tianxian Dao claimed thirty percent of the Solar True Fire, subdued twelve Lava Divine Generals, and left the remaining opportunities to the gathered cultivators.
• Golden Core cultivators rushed into the scorched mountain range and began fighting over its treasures.
• Baiyun True Lord confronted Yellow Springs Old Ancestor, declaring that he would hold him back and prevent him from gaining anything.
• Baiyun True Lord used his Nine Heavens Thunder River to battle Yellow Springs Old Ancestor, then led him between the Main World and the Great Void and drew him far from the fallen cave heaven.

Old Daoist Huagai claimed the True Sun Staff for Tianji Pavilion, while the factions divided control of Great Sun Mountain and Baiyun True Lord returned to reclaim Baiyun Immortal City. Yang Zhengshan kept the Spirit Source Land quiet as True Sun Immortal City rose on Great Sun Mountain and attracted cultivators seeking its remaining treasures.

• After two days and a night of fighting, Old Daoist Huagai secured the True Sun Staff, and the other Golden Core cultivators abandoned their claims.
• Wanhua Demon Court took the lead in developing Great Sun Mountain with support from Tianji Pavilion and Wanbao Trading Company, while Wuchang Ghost Sect was excluded.
• Baiyun True Lord returned to Baiyun Immortal City, purged the Kuang Family, praised Luo Cheng, and questioned Cloud Skiff, Yun Fan, and Yun Bi about Sun Cave Heaven.
• Baiyun True Lord learned that Yunxiao had swallowed the Nine Tripod Divine Pill and that Yang Zhengshan had helped send Yunxiao away, then decided to pursue his own share of Great Sun Mountain.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered the Spirit Source Land to stop expanding and lie low while the factions developed Great Sun Mountain.
• A year later, Wanhua Demon Court completed True Sun Immortal City, which soon drew cultivators and cultivation forces seeking the relics and opportunities on Great Sun Mountain.

Yang Zhengshan began his long-prepared attempt to form a Golden Core while the Spirit Source Land continued strengthening its internal forces. At Li Jianan’s Foundation Establishment Ceremony, Hong Fuxiu discussed her hopes of having a child, and Kou Ta learned that Wanbao Trading Company planned to move its center of operations to True Sun Immortal City.

• Yang Zhengshan secluded himself on a northern peak and began compressing and purifying his magic power for Pure Spirit Core Formation.
• As Yang Zhengshan remained in seclusion, True Sun Immortal City grew more prosperous, Baiyun Immortal City declined, and the Spirit Source Land focused on strengthening itself.
• Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu brought a Mind-Clarifying Grass to Li Jianan’s Foundation Establishment Ceremony, where Hong Fuxiu told Ma Qiuyan she might be pregnant.
• Xuan Zhen told Kou Ta that Wanbao Trading Company was preparing to move its regional center from Baiyun Immortal City to True Sun Immortal City, and Kou Ta chose not to return.
• Li Jianan arrived with Li Jianning and began her ceremony lecture, sharing Foundation Establishment experience with younger cultivators while senior cultivators offered guidance.

Yunxiao emerged from seclusion after forming a False Core and learned that he was in the Yang Family’s Spirit Source Grotto-Heaven. He accepted the position of Immortal Hall Master, then returned to seclusion while the Yang Family remained cautiously watchful.

• Yunxiao absorbed spiritual energy in Wanqi Hall and formed a False Core, causing a massive vortex that drew Xuan Zhen and the others to Wuzhen Dao Palace.
• Yunxiao greeted the gathered cultivators, thanked Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu for their help, and learned from Yang Jizhen that he was in the Yang Family’s Spirit Source Grotto-Heaven.
• Yang Jizhen introduced Yunxiao to Green Mist and Yu Qingyi, and the group showed him around Jade Capital City and the Spirit Source Land.
• Yu Qingyi and Yang Jizhen offered Yunxiao the position of Immortal Hall Master, and he accepted.
• Yunxiao returned to seclusion to stabilize his cultivation, while Yu Qingyi and Yang Jizhen agreed to remain cautious and rely on the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace if needed.