Recaps

The Green Wolf King completed its breakthrough, but the Golden Crow burned it when it challenged Yang Zhengshan, forcing Yang to mediate between them and repair the injury. Over a year later, Yang learned the Three Great Sects would reopen the Ancient Relic Formation and arranged for Zhou Tianci to enter, despite Lu Fusheng warning that the opening might be a deadly trap for Youyu Gate.

• The Green Wolf King broke through to the second rank and challenged Yang Zhengshan for the position of wolf king.
• The Golden Crow attacked the Green Wolf King with Solar True Fire, spending the equivalent of five thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones and burning a patch of fur from its head.
• Yang Zhengshan stopped the Golden Crow, helped heal the Green Wolf King, and urged it to cultivate and avoid provoking the Golden Crow.
• Yang Zhengshan spent the following year cultivating and drew close to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.
• Lu Fusheng told Yang Zhengshan that the Three Great Sects would reopen the Ancient Relic Formation next year and offered the Lu Family's five slots.
• Yang Zhengshan said Zhou Tianci would enter with his Soul Seed Token, and Lu Fusheng warned that the opening was likely a deadly trap for Youyu Gate.

Yang Zhengshan entered the Ancient Relic Formation with Zhou Tianci through a Divine Soul Spirit Seed, then waited outside to witness the expected clash between Youyu Gate and the Lingxiu Three Sects. The battle erupted with more than twenty Martial God Realm experts, and Yang Zhengshan fled as its shockwaves spread before witnessing a massive sword strike collide with a black giant palm.

• Yang Zhengshan escorted Zhou Tianci to the Lu Family, then settled in Nameless Valley to watch the Ancient Relic Formation opening and the conflict he expected to follow.
• Zhou Tianci entered the Ancient Relic Formation, summoned Yang Zhengshan with the Jade Token, and learned that Red Gold Geng Essence could help him forge his Spirit Foundation.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Spirit Source Land while Zhou Tianci searched the relic formation, then came back to Nameless Valley on the day the formation reopened.
• Lan Peng and Lu Youning fled as Pang Yuanchen and other Youyu Gate experts appeared, and Duan Qingyun, Shanyuan, and Yuesu opened the battle against them.
• Yang Zhengshan fled the spreading shockwaves, then saw a golden sword-light dragon clash with a black giant palm.

Yang Zhengshan watched the Three Sects and Twelve Families fight Youyu Gate, then returned to the Ancient Relic Formation after the battle ended with Youyu Gate retreating. He began taking control of the formation and ordered his green wolves to kill any humans still inside.

• A Hidden Sword Mountain sword cultivator joined the battle and fought off two Youyu Gate immortal cultivators while a giant emerald umbrella protected the Martial God Realm fighters below.
• Lu Fusheng fought a Youyu Gate opponent, while Yang Zhengshan watched the battle and noticed Chu Lingxiao detect his hidden presence from far away.
• The daylong battle ended the next morning with Youyu Gate retreating; Yang Zhengshan estimated that at least four Martial God Realm experts had died.
• Yang Zhengshan used the Jade Token and Cave Heaven Portal to return to the Ancient Relic Formation after leaving the formation's entrance anchored to himself.
• Yang Zhengshan summoned eighteen green wolves, divided them into three teams, and ordered them to kill every human remaining in the formation.

Yang Zhengshan led the Dharma Protector Army into the Ancient Relic Formation to secure cultivation resources, beginning with the Mineral Vein Mine. After surveying its dangers, he summoned the Golden Crow and asked it to try communicating with the Golden Feather Fire Crows.

• Yang Zhengshan warned the five hundred bow-equipped Dharma Protector Army soldiers about the dangers of the relic formation and ordered them to prepare for the expedition.
• Yang Zhengshan chose the Mineral Vein Mine as the first target because Zhou Tianci needed resources to improve his chance of shaping his Golden Body.
• Yang Zhengshan descended into the mine, examined its tunnels and ruins, and encountered a Gold-Eating Rat at the bottom.
• Yang Zhengshan identified Golden Feather Fire Crows and Crystallized Demon Spiders as the main threats to clearing the mine, then summoned the Golden Crow as a possible way to deal with them.
• The Golden Crow agreed to try calling the Golden Feather Fire Crows after Yang Zhengshan promised it might gain a flock of underlings.

Yang Zhengshan used the Golden Crow and more than three hundred Golden Feather Fire Crows to clear the mine tunnels, then sent workers to secure the mines. He moved the lake into the Spirit Source Land through the Cave Heaven Portal, leaving its remaining aquatic Strange Beasts stranded in the mud.

• The Golden Crow summoned more than three hundred Golden Feather Fire Crows and led them to clear the mine tunnels, sparing the Spirit Amber Moths.
• Yang Zhengshan prepared caves on Flame Mountain for the fire crows, then moved them into the Spirit Source Land.
• Zhou Tianci and five hundred Dharma Protector Army soldiers entered the mines to remove dangers, and a thousand Innate Martial Artists arrived five days later to mine.
• Yang Zhengshan left Zhou Tianci and Yang Qinwu in charge of the mine and flew with Yu Qingyi to the lake.
• Yang Zhengshan opened the Cave Heaven Portal at the lakebed and drained the lake into the Spirit Source Land, carrying its water and aquatic creatures into the valley.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi returned to the drained lake and found aquatic Strange Beasts stranded in the mud, where they would eventually die without water.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi searched the lakebed, found a precious portion of Mysterious Water, and gathered spiritual resources before organizing others to clear the relic. In the Dharma Transmission Hall, Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, Cui Yang, and Ning Yun each received cultivation methods, and Ning Yun’s unusual scripture left Yang Zhengshan pondering its difficult path.

• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi collected spirit grasses, killed strange fish, and discovered a basin of Mysterious Water that benefited both their cultivation.
• Yang Zhengshan gathered water-attribute spiritual items for Spirit Source Land and sent An Yuxing, Wu Zheng, and soldiers to search the lakebed further.
• Yang Zhengshan assigned teams led by Liang Shengze, Qu Changkong, and Ding Qiu to clear strange beasts from the medicinal gardens and relic formation.
• Yang Zhengshan activated the Dharma Transmission Formation with Yang Jizhen, who received the Yi Wood Thunder Control Scripture and Yi Wood Azure Thunder Sword Formula.
• Ma Qiuyan received the Gui Water Nourishing Essence Scripture, Cui Yang received the Li Fire True Scripture, and Ning Yun received the Taiyin Moon Essence Heart Nourishing Scripture.
• Yang Zhengshan considered the benefits and demanding requirements of Ning Yun’s soul-focused cultivation method.

Yang Zhengshan organized the removal of the Ancient Relic Formation’s remaining resources, helped his disciples change cultivation methods, and broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. As he studied the Foundation Establishment Pill and practiced talisman drawing, Lian Shengqian learned Yang Zhengshan’s identity and renewed his desire for revenge.

• Yang Zhengshan returned with Ning Yun to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau and promised to guide her in cultivating the Taiyin Moon Essence Heart Nourishing Scripture.
• Yang Jizhen and the other disciples changed to their new cultivation methods, while the Clan Grand Hall divided the work of clearing and transporting the Ancient Relic Formation’s resources into four parts.
• The Formation Department opened a cave abode and found talisman-making manuals, giving the Spirit Source Land an inheritance for producing talismans.
• Yang Zhengshan used a High-grade Jade Marrow Pill to break through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, then began studying the Foundation Establishment Pill recipe and practicing talisman drawing.
• Lian Shengqian received a report identifying Yang Zhengshan as the ancestor of the Lingxi Yang Family and renewed his plans to take revenge for their past dispute.

Lian Shengqian set out to ruin Yang Zhengshan’s family, and his retaliation reached Yang Qinting at the Xuanqing Sect, where a Lian Family deacon reassigned him to exhausting work. Yang Qinting sought help from Li Benqing and wrote to Yang Zhengshan, leaving his new assignment unresolved.

• Lian Shengqian rejected the idea of killing Yang Zhengshan outright and sent out two letters to begin tormenting him and his clan.
• Yang Qinting cultivated to the fourth layer of the Postnatal Realm and went to the Medicinal Garden with Li Qianqian.
• Lian Shengyu used his position as a Hall of Hundred Crafts deacon to assign Yang Qinting to the Weapon Casting Workshop, disrupting his easy medicinal-garden work.
• Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian suspected the Lian Family was targeting him because of his family, and Yang Qinting asked Teacher Li for help.
• Li Benqing told Yang Qinting to return to tending the Purple-Green Vines, and Yang Qinting later wrote Yang Zhengshan about the incident.

The Joint Law Enforcement Squad punished the Lingxi Yang Family by ordering ten Innate Martial Artists to guard dangerous Anhu City and confiscating three hundred Spirit Stones. Yang Zhengshan decided to preserve the family, go to Anhu City, and first confront the Lian family, then rode the Green Wolf King toward Lian Family Town.

• The Joint Law Enforcement Squad accused the Lingxi Yang Family of evading its duties and ordered ten Innate Martial Artists to serve in Anhu City for ten years, while confiscating three hundred Spirit Stones.
• Wang Lei and Li Chang paid the Spirit Stones, and Lan Peng told them that the Lian Family had influenced the squad and that the Lu Family could offer little help.
• Yang Zhengshan received letters about the punishment and weighed whether to move the Lingxi Yang Family or send them to Anhu City, deciding that the family had to be preserved.
• Yang Zhengshan chose to deal with the Lian Family before going to Anhu City and enlisted the Green Wolf King to hold off the Lian family patriarch.
• Yang Zhengshan rode the Green Wolf King to Lian Family Town before dawn and prepared to confront the Lian family.

Yang Zhengshan took advantage of the Green Wolf King’s assault on the Lian family to rob the family’s hidden cellar and burn its ancestral hall. After rescuing the badly wounded wolf, he left it to recover in the Spirit Source Land while the Lian Family Old Ancestor returned to find the family disgraced.

• The Green Wolf King attacked the Lian Family Old Ancestor, who led the fight away from Lian Family Town while Yang Zhengshan slipped into the Lian estate.
• Yang Zhengshan killed four guards, broke into a hidden cellar, and transported its Spirit Stones and other treasures to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau.
• Yang Zhengshan set the Lian Clan Ancestral Hall ablaze with earthfire and left the estate as the Lian Family Old Ancestor defeated the Green Wolf King.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared beside the fallen Green Wolf King and took it to the Spirit Source Land, leaving the Lian Family Old Ancestor unable to understand its disappearance.
• The Lian Family Old Ancestor returned to find the ancestral hall burning, then collapsed into coughing as his clansmen watched in fear.
• Yang Zhengshan treated the Green Wolf King’s severe injuries with pills and Healing Art, then told Dalang and Da Qing to keep watch while it recovered.

Yang Zhengshan sorted through the Lian Family’s treasury, finding valuable inheritances that could aid his talisman study, spear intent, and use of divine soul techniques. He sent ten Innate Martial Artists to Anhu City under Yang Minghao’s lead, while Lu You'an and Lan Peng suspected he was behind the Gale Gray Wolf attack on the Lian Family.

• Yang Zhengshan counted the Lian Family’s spirit stones and set aside its Dharma Artifacts, cultivation techniques, and other belongings for his family and disciples.
• Yang Zhengshan found Hundred-Talisman Daoist’s talisman inheritance, the Heart Sword Scripture, and the Soul Crow Split Spirit Technique, recognizing uses for each.
• Yang Zhengshan judged Hidden Sword Mountain’s foundation too dangerous to provoke and left Xuegu Town to answer the Lingxiu Three Sects’ conscription order.
• Yang Zhengshan sent Ding Qiu, Yang Minghao, and eight Dharma Protector Army soldiers toward Anhu City, giving Yang Minghao the Jade Token of the Divine Soul Spirit Seed and warning them to retreat if danger arose.
• Lu You'an told Lan Peng that a Gale Gray Wolf had injured the Lian Family ancestor, and the two suspected Yang Zhengshan was connected to the attack.

Yang Zhengshan refused partial help with the conscription and sent Yang Minghao and Ding Qiu with their group to Anhu City, while he returned to the Spirit Source Land to cultivate and practice alchemy. In Anhu City, Li Wenyu recruited the ten newcomers into her City Defense Army camp, where they waited for orders.

• Lu You'an and Lan Peng discussed the Lian Family’s burned Ancestral Hall and agreed that Lan Peng would visit Lingxi Mountain to offer help with the conscription.
• Lan Peng questioned Yang Zhengshan about the Lian Family incident and the Gale Gray Wolf, then offered to replace part of the Yang Family’s conscription quota; Yang Zhengshan declined and introduced Yang Minghao as his son.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Spirit Source Land and focused on cultivating, practicing alchemy with the Youth-Preserving Pill, and studying talismans.
• Yang Minghao, Ding Qiu, and their eight companions reached Anhu City, where the guards allowed entry but prevented people from leaving amid reports of strange beasts nearby.
• Li Wenyu, a Huanyue Sect disciple and City Defense Army colonel, recruited the ten members of the Lingxi Yang Family into her command and assigned them to Duan He’s barracks.
• Duan He told Yang Minghao and Ding Qiu to stay in camp and await orders, and the group began serving in Anhu City’s defenses.

After reaching full perfection in Qi Refining, Yang Zhengshan began refining a Foundation Establishment Pill while Zhou Tianci, An Yuxing, and Yu Qingyi started their breakthroughs to the Golden Body Realm. Yang Zhengshan’s third attempt produced one intact pill, but its grade and usefulness remained unclear.

• Yang Zhengshan reached full perfection in Qi Refining and learned that Yu Qingyi still needed more time to complete her cultivation.
• Zhou Tianci began his breakthrough in a metal-rich mountain hollow, while An Yuxing and Yu Qingyi entered seclusion in places suited to their cultivation.
• Yang Zhengshan prepared to establish his foundation within five years and began refining Foundation Establishment Pills with the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Yang Zhengshan’s first two attempts failed, and he paused to check on Yu Qingyi, An Yuxing, and Zhou Tianci.
• Half a month later, Yang Zhengshan completed his third attempt, producing one intact pill with three faint cloud patterns while the other two crumbled into ash.

Yang Zhengshan completed his Foundation Establishment Pill preparations while mourning Zhou Tianci, who died after failing to break through. Yu Qingyi successfully reached the Golden Body Realm, and Yang Zhengshan began his own foundation establishment, leaving his fate uncertain as he endured the first painful stage.

• Yang Zhengshan refined one low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, then later produced one high-grade and one mid-grade pill in his final furnace.
• Zhou Tianci died after failing at the first stage of his breakthrough, and Yang Zhengshan attended his funeral on Anxi Mountain.
• Yu Qingyi absorbed the power of a ten-thousand-year-old Ancient Wutong Tree and successfully forged her Spirit Foundation.
• Four months later, Yu Qingyi completed her breakthrough to the Golden Body Realm, and Yang Zhengshan waited until she had stabilized before preparing to establish his own foundation.
• Yang Zhengshan swallowed a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and began forcing his magic power to break through the restraints of his dantian.

Yang Zhengshan completed Foundation Establishment, strengthening his body and soul and expanding the Spirit Source Land to a thousand-li radius. After he and Yu Qingyi celebrated their breakthroughs, they planned to visit Lianxin Valley while the Clan Grand Hall began greening the newly expanded territory.

• Yang Zhengshan's dantian shattered and reformed as a Qi Sea, completing his Foundation Establishment and giving him thirty-six drops of liquid magic power.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered that advancing through the Foundation Establishment Realm would take far longer without cultivation resources, then used his connection to the Origin Core to survey the expanded Spirit Source Land and its spirit veins and mineral deposits.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi strolled together after stabilizing their breakthroughs, and they agreed to travel to Lianxin Valley to explore the Immortal Cultivator world.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yu Qingyi that the Lingxiu Three Sects and Youyu Gate had ended their war through an agreement that let Youyu Gate explore the Ancient Relic Formation, though he expected hostilities to resume.
• The Spirit Source Land held a three-day celebration for Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi, after which the Clan Grand Hall began planting seeds across the expanded territory.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized that his strengthened soul had fused with the Spirit Source Land's Origin Core and caused the land to expand.

Yang Zhengshan mastered the Soul Crow Split Spirit Technique and learned more about the forces in the Yunxiao Mountain Range. After consulting Yang Minghao in Anhu City, he and Yu Qingyi began a leisurely journey toward Lianxin Valley.

• Yang Zhengshan used his new spatial insight to move between nearby locations and decided that refining Cave Heaven Portals was beyond his current abilities.
• Yang Zhengshan cultivated the Soul Crow Split Spirit Technique, creating a concealed soul crow that could carry his awareness over long distances.
• Yang Zhengshan prepared to travel to Lianxin Valley, leaving a Jade Token with Jiang Ning and the soul crow at Lingxi Mountain.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi visited Yang Minghao in Anhu City, where he learned that Ding Qiu had earned the title Number One Saber of Anhu City.
• Yang Minghao told Yang Zhengshan about Cangyu Mountain, a rumored land of Demon Cultivators in the depths of the Yunxiao Mountain Range.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi set out on foot for Lianxin Valley, taking a winding route through the mountains.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi arrived at Lianxin Valley, where Yang Zhengshan explored the immortal cultivation market and learned about its shops, auctions, and the wider Myriad Flower Domain. After buying a map, he discovered that the Yunxiao Mountain Range was ruled by powerful Cloud Sparrow demons, forcing him to reconsider plans to establish a resource base there.

• Yang Zhengshan hired Luo San to guide him through Lianxin Valley and rented a Cave Abode with Yu Qingyi.
• Luo San brought Yang Zhengshan to Danxuan Pavilion, where he learned about pill prices and the rarity of Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce held an auction every three years and bought a Jade Slip map of the Myriad Flower Domain at Wanshan Tower.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered that the Yunxiao Mountain Range was the Cloud Sparrow Clan's territory, ruled by three Demon Kings, and reconsidered entering its depths to establish a resource base.

Yang Zhengshan studied the powers surrounding the Yunxiao Mountain Range and decided to seek an opportunity in Lingxiu Sea by approaching Huanyue Sect as the Lian Family Old Ancestor neared death. He stayed in Lianxin Valley to prepare for the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction and bought many spirit beasts to raise in the Spirit Source Land.

• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi discussed the strengths of the regional forces, the Lingxiu Three Sects’ hostility toward immortal cultivation, and the risks of establishing themselves as outsiders.
• Yang Zhengshan decided to exploit the coming death of the Lian Family Old Ancestor and consider seeking Huanyue Sect’s support, while Yu Qingyi warned that involvement in the sects’ conflicts was dangerous.
• Yang Zhengshan used a Soul Crow to tell Li Chang to have the Secret Martial Guard watch the Lian family and report immediately if the Lian Family Old Ancestor died.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi stayed in Lianxin Valley to attend the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction the following spring, and Yang Zhengshan visited Lingyu Pavilion to obtain an invitation.
• Yang Zhengshan declined to buy a costly Golden Fire Flood Dragon but purchased more than thirty first-rank spirit beasts, along with Spirit Beast Bags, Beast Blood Pills, and Mixed Grain Pellets.

Yang Zhengshan secured an invitation to the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction, expanded the Spirit Source Land’s collection of Strange Beasts, and met his neighbor Yao Fu. He learned that Yao Fu had befriended him in hopes that someone would protect his grandson and the Yao Family after Yao Fu died.

• Yang Zhengshan spent twenty thousand Spirit Stones at Lingyu Pavilion and received an invitation to the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction from Yang Qi.
• Two lackeys followed Yang Zhengshan after he left the shop, and their sinister-faced boss ordered them to watch him as a potential target for after the auction.
• Yang Zhengshan delivered the newly purchased Strange Beasts to the Beast Taming Department and told Luo Feiyu to raise the Cloud Tiger Colts and aquatic beasts carefully.
• Yang Zhengshan met his neighbor Yao Fu, who visited often and brought small gifts while sharing knowledge about Lianxin Valley.
• After New Year, Yao Fu introduced his grandson Yao Cheng and explained that he hoped neighbors would look after the young cultivator and preserve the Yao Family after his death.

Yang Zhengshan accepted Yao Fu’s talisman-master inheritance without promising to look after Yao Cheng, then attended the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction with Yu Qingyi. He won a Jade Cloud Boat but failed to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill or a mid-grade Magic Treasure, and the auction continued.

• Yao Fu offered Yang Zhengshan his family’s talisman-master inheritance in exchange for looking after Yao Cheng, but Yang Zhengshan explained he would soon leave Lianxin Valley and made no such promise.
• Yang Zhengshan accepted the inheritance as a goodwill bond with Yao Cheng and later found that its Golden Light Talisman and Godly Movement Talisman added to the Spirit Source Land’s collection.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi attended the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce auction, where True Person Yunguo opened the bidding with a Jade Cloud Boat.
• Yang Zhengshan outbid the other guests at seven thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones and bought the Jade Cloud Boat.
• Yang Zhengshan bid thirty thousand for a Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, but the three pills sold for at least forty-five thousand five hundred each.
• Yang Zhengshan bid fifty thousand for the Red Sun Sword, but another guest won the mid-grade Magic Treasure for eighty-eight thousand.

Yang Zhengshan won the Golden Thunder Bamboo at the auction, then discovered that three Foundation Establishment cultivator robbers were following him and Yu Qingyi. He ambushed one of them, and after his attack left her unable to control her magic power, he killed her with the Azure Gleam Sword.

• Yang Zhengshan bid 180,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones for the Golden Thunder Bamboo and secured it at the auction.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi left Lianxin Valley, but he sensed three Foundation Establishment cultivators following them and took Yu Qingyi into the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Zhengshan identified the pursuers as cultivator robbers and decided to confront them while they searched the forest.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared behind the seductive woman and attacked her with the Azure Gleam Sword and Explosion Talismans.
• The woman's golden barrier stopped the sword, but Yang Zhengshan's gaze left her bleeding and unable to control her magic power.
• Yang Zhengshan pierced the woman's throat with the Azure Gleam Sword as the other two robbers approached.

Yang Zhengshan fought three Foundation Establishment cultivators, killed An Qing, and forced the two surviving men to retreat using his teleportation ability. He then salvaged An Qing’s belongings and discovered her soul spells and soul-focused treasures, learning that her failed Soul Absorbing Technique had left her vulnerable to his attack.

• Yang Zhengshan used the Spirit Source Land to evade the sinister man’s Blood Qi Dharma Image and reappeared beside An Qing to stab her through the head.
• Yang Zhengshan had Green Wolf King destroy An Qing’s lingering soul and eat her body, then continued battling the two men without being able to break their defenses.
• Yang Zhengshan hid in the Spirit Source Land, and the sinister man ordered the burly man to retreat after they failed to locate him.
• Yang Zhengshan collected An Qing’s storage bag and magic treasures, then spent half a month refining them and inventorying her belongings.
• Yang Zhengshan found an Artifact Casting inheritance and three soul spells, and realized An Qing had suffered backlash when she used Soul Absorbing Technique against his powerful soul.
• Yang Zhengshan identified An Qing’s Soul Swaying Bell, Golden Cloud Silk Ribbon, and Soul Piercing Awl, and recognized how dangerous her soul-focused arsenal had been.

Yang Zhengshan continued cultivating his spells and treasures while guiding his disciples and considering the Yang Family’s bid to become one of the Twelve Great Clans. After learning that three families were competing for the Lian Family’s position, he decided to ask the Huanyue Sect for support through Lu Fusheng.

• Yang Zhengshan stored the feminine Golden Cloud Silk Ribbon for a disciple and began cultivating his soul spells and attuning his new treasures.
• Yang Jizhen and Ma Qiuyan’s relationship came to light, and Yang Zhengshan approved their marriage; he also encouraged Ning Yun to choose a husband for herself.
• Yang Zhengshan read reports about the Clan Grand Hall’s excavation of the Ancient Relic Formation and the Secret Martial Guard’s intelligence on the Lian Family.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that the Anhu City Luo Family, Wuxiang Sect Chen Family, and Qingyu City Ming Clan were eyeing the Lian Family’s place among the Twelve Great Clans.
• Yang Zhengshan decided to explore the Huanyue Sect’s support for the Lingxi Yang Family and wrote to Lu Fusheng to request an introduction.

Lu Fusheng asked Huanyue Sect to support Yang Zhengshan’s bid for great-clan status, but Sect Master Yue Qing instead invited Yang to join the sect. Elsewhere, Mo Xuanyu revealed that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had helped fuel the war and led the dying Lian Family Old Ancestor to a blood formation, where he agreed to become a Blood Corpse.

• Li Chang delivered Yang Zhengshan’s letter to Lu Fusheng, who learned Yang had achieved Foundation Establishment and agreed to seek Huanyue Sect’s help.
• Lu Fusheng told Yue Qing that Yang wanted great-clan status, and Yue Qing asked him to bring Yang to her so she could personally offer him a place in Huanyue Sect.
• Mo Xuanyu revealed to the Lian Family Old Ancestor that he was from the Wuchang Ghost Sect and threatened the Lian Family unless the old man cooperated.
• Mo Xuanyu took the Lian Family Old Ancestor to a hidden cavern at Black Mountain Ridge and showed him the Yin-Baleful Blood-Baleful Great Formation.
• The Lian Family Old Ancestor learned the Wuchang Ghost Sect had helped provoke the war and entered the blood pool to become a Blood Corpse.

Yang Zhengshan refused to join the Huanyue Sect outright but proposed cooperating with it through the Lingxi Yang Family, offering resources from the Spirit Source Land. He claimed to be an attendant of White Jade Capital, a grotto-heaven, and left Yueqing considering the proposal with her sect.

• Yang Zhengshan met Yueqing at Jingyuan Pavilion after Lu Fusheng told him the Huanyue Sect wanted to recruit him.
• Yueqing offered Yang Zhengshan a generous annual salary, Wangyue Mountain as a cultivation ground, access to the sect’s techniques, and a Magic Treasure, but he declined to join.
• Yang Zhengshan proposed becoming a Guest Elder while the Huanyue Sect helped the Lingxi Yang Family secure Great Clan status and both sides exchanged resources.
• Yang Zhengshan displayed pills, spirit tea, wine, medicinal goods, Spirit Weapons, and Red Cloud Horses, surprising Yueqing and Lu Fusheng with the Yang Family’s apparent abundance.
• Yang Zhengshan claimed he had returned from White Jade Capital in the Great Void, and Yueqing connected the claim to the grotto-heaven secret realm known from Huanyue Sect records.
• Yueqing said she could not decide on cooperation alone, and Yang Zhengshan agreed to let the Huanyue Sect discuss the proposal.