Recaps

Yang Zhengshan used his new status as Wanbao Trading Company's Guest Elder to leave the Immortal Law Hall unharmed, then settled into a quiet routine of cultivation and alchemy. Three years later, he refined his first high-grade Demon Core Pill and urged Yang Zongyuan to aim beyond Foundation Establishment toward the Golden Core Realm.

• Yang Zhengshan revealed his Guest Elder token to Kuang Hengxian, who backed down and let him leave the Immortal Law Hall.
• Yunxiao obtained a suitable third-order spiritual material, then returned to the Xuanqing Sect to prepare for a breakthrough; Yang Zhengshan sent Li Jianning and Li Jianan to study there.
• Yang Zhengshan moved into Wanbao Trading Company's cave abode and resumed alchemy and cultivation while secretly returning to the Spirit Source Land.
• Ma Qiuyan established her foundation in the second year, and Cui Yang established his in the third year under Yang Zhengshan's guardianship.
• Three years later, Yang Zhengshan refined his first high-grade Demon Core Pill, and Yang Zongyuan congratulated him.
• Yang Zhengshan encouraged Yang Zongyuan to pursue the Golden Core Realm, and Yang Zongyuan vowed not to disappoint him.

Yang Zhengshan traded a high-grade Demon Core Pill for a Third-Order spiritual material and used his accumulated contribution points to obtain the remaining materials for his Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron. Two years later, Yang Jizhen and Ma Qiuyan began refining it with Yang Zhengshan and Golden Crow assisting, and the process was underway when Golden Crow released Solar True Fire.

• Yang Zhengshan presented Zhongli Xiayi with a high-grade Demon Core Pill and exchanged it for a Third-Order spiritual material.
• Yang Zhengshan used two Black Iron Tokens and his contribution points to obtain Purple Sandalwood Heart Wood and Golden Vein Bamboo, completing the three required spiritual materials.
• Yang Jizhen examined the materials and prepared to refine the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, while Yang Zhengshan obtained additional Second-Order materials for him.
• Over the next two years, Yang Jizhen perfected the refining process, then went with Yang Zhengshan and Ma Qiuyan to Flame Mountain's Pill Hall to begin.
• Yang Jizhen and Ma Qiuyan started shaping and inscribing the materials while Yang Zhengshan chanted the Purifying Heart Divine Curse to steady them.
• Yang Jizhen called for fire, and Golden Crow spat out Solar True Fire to heat the materials.

Yang Zhengshan and Yang Jizhen successfully refined the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, which became a high-grade Magic Treasure after absorbing the Water of Transformation and gave Yang Zhengshan new insights into life, death, withering, and flourishing. The chapter ended with the Green Wolf King visiting Yang Zhengshan after reaching the first level of human transformation.

• Yang Zhengshan used his Pure Heart Hand to keep the Water of Transformation from clashing with Solar True Fire, then told Yang Jizhen to let it merge with the cauldron's core when it could not be separated.
• Yang Jizhen and Ma Qiuyan completed the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, and the Water of Transformation helped raise it to a high-grade Magic Treasure.
• Yang Zhengshan refined the cauldron as his Life-Bound Magic Treasure and gained abundant life force and vague insights into the Way of Life, Death, Wither and Flourish.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Jizhen to rest and review the refining process before helping him make the Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the hall and found the Green Wolf King, who knelt and announced that he had entered the first level of human transformation.

Yang Zhengshan granted the Green Wolf King territory and planned a Demon Hall, then mourned Red Cloud and preserved its soul in the Exquisite Soul Domain. As An Yuxing and Liang Shengze reflected on the limits of their cultivation, a strange golden phenomenon erupted in the eastern sky.

• Yang Zhengshan learned that the Green Wolf King had reached the Humanoid Transformation Stage and granted the azure wolf clan the ten peaks around Azure Wolf Mountain.
• Yang Zhengshan decided to establish a Demon Hall in Tai Wei Tower to manage Demonic Beasts.
• Yang Zhengshan spent Red Cloud’s final days beside it, then used the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda to preserve its soul before burying its body at Anxi Mountain.
• An Yuxing and Liang Shengze discussed how their Golden Body Realm cultivation had stagnated despite the resources of Spirit Source Land.
• An Yuxing and Liang Shengze saw the eastern sky erupt in thunder as crimson-gold streams of light and golden vortexes appeared.

After Zhang Xian broke through to the Divine Soul Realm, the Lingxiu Sea’s forces weighed the threat as he pressed Xuanqing Sect to join a war against Youyu Gate. Yang Zhengshan remained unconcerned about the political upheaval, but entered seclusion after sensing an unexplained change in his Azure Wood Longevity Scripture.

• Liang Shengze and An Yuxing recognized that the vast phenomenon in the east marked Zhang Xian of the Wuxiang Sect advancing to the Divine Soul Realm and warned that the balance of power could shift.
• An Yuxing told Yang Chengmou, Yang Chengye, and Lü Hua about Zhang Xian’s breakthrough, and Yang Chengmou decided Ziwei Tower would wait for the Wuxiang Sect’s next move.
• The Lingxiu Sea’s forces sent congratulatory gifts to the Wuxiang Sect, but Zhang Xian sought Lin Daoyuan’s support for attacking Youyu Gate, arguing that Baiyun Immortal City would contain the fallout.
• Lin Daoyuan hesitated over the risks of offending Baiyun Immortal City, so Zhang Xian left to persuade Yue E of the Huanyue Sect instead.
• Yang Zhengshan dismissed the threat to the Lingxiu Sea’s commercial interests, congratulated Yunxiao on reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and then entered seclusion.
• Yang Zhengshan sensed an unfamiliar change in his magic power while cultivating the Azure Wood Longevity Scripture, then used Dao Intent Sacred Lotus seeds and the Purifying Heart Divine Curse to investigate it.

Yang Zhengshan comprehended the Wither and Flourish Divine Ability, discovered that his remaining lifespan was 232 years, and reorganized his cultivation plans. He then realized Yu Qingyi had long possessed the Way of Vitality and a lifespan of 328 years, before the two left the orchard together.

• After swallowing ten lotus seeds, Yang Zhengshan comprehended the Way of Life, Death, Wither and Flourish and advanced his cultivation.
• Yang Zhengshan sensed 232 years of remaining life and planned to focus on his main cultivation methods, divine ability, and Soul Crow Split Spirit Technique.
• Yang Zhengshan went to the Spirit Fruit Orchard and observed Yu Qingyi cultivating the Vine Art.
• Using his new insight, Yang Zhengshan saw that Yu Qingyi possessed the Way of Vitality and had a lifespan of 328 years.
• Yang Zhengshan explained his discovery to Yu Qingyi, then carried her away from the orchard.

Yang Zhengshan tested the Way of Wither and Flourish, discovering that it could steal and bestow lifespan but was inefficient for extending his own life. He sent Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu to Zhang Xian’s Martial Immortal Grand Ceremony, where they arrived at the Wuxiang Sect and met Lu Fusheng.

• Yang Zhengshan tested his Death Dao Rhyme on Spirit Plants and other living creatures, finding that lifespan theft cost far more than it gained and consumed Dao Rhyme slowly replenished over several months.
• Yang Zhengshan discussed the Way of Wither and Flourish with Yu Qingyi, who urged him to focus on cultivation, then shared his comprehension with her before she entered seclusion.
• Green Mist delivered Ziwei Tower’s invitation to Zhang Xian’s Martial Immortal Grand Ceremony, and Yang Zhengshan assigned Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu to represent the Yang Family.
• At the Pill Hall, Yang Zhengshan assessed Zhang Hexuan’s failed Spirit Gathering Pill attempt and advised him to prepare for Foundation Establishment.
• Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu arrived at the Wuxiang Sect for Zhang Xian’s ceremony, where Yang Mingcheng introduced himself to Lu Fusheng as Yang Zhengshan’s eldest son.

At Zhang Xian’s Martial Immortal Grand Ceremony, Yang Mingcheng, Lu Fusheng, and Ding Qiu grew suspicious of the gathering and its unfamiliar Foundation Establishment Cultivators. The ceremony turned into a trap when a crimson net sealed the square, Yue E was thrown back, and Yang Shenwu and Zhang Xian welcomed a mysterious Deacon.

• Lu Fusheng and Yang Mingcheng discussed the Yang family before Ding Qiu warned that hidden people and danger were nearby.
• Lu Fusheng pointed out seven unfamiliar Foundation Establishment Immortal Cultivators, and Yang Mingcheng realized their presence was abnormal.
• Zhang Xian held his ceremony with Lin Daoyuan, Yue E, Yang Shenwu, and Han Jiangche, then shared his insights into the Martial Dao.
• As the banquet continued, Ding Qiu sensed growing danger, so Yang Mingcheng and Lu Fusheng refrained from eating.
• A strong scent of blood spread after nightfall, and Yang Shenwu admitted he had no choice while Zhang Xian urged Lin Daoyuan to keep drinking.
• Yue E tried to escape, but a crimson net enclosed the square and knocked her back; Yang Shenwu, Zhang Xian, and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator welcomed the Deacon who emerged from the hall.

Zhang Mo of the Wuchang Ghost Sect sprang a trap on the Lingxiu Three Sects, using the Blood Spider Immortal Trapping Formation and Blood-Weeping Gu to attack three Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists and their forces. Yang Mingcheng, Ding Qiu, and Lu Fusheng escaped to the Spirit Source Land, but the poison followed them, leaving Yang Mingcheng trapped in an illusion as Wu Zhan rushed to summon the Old Master.

• Zhang Mo revealed himself and explained that Zhang Xian had helped him lure the Lingxiu Three Sects into a trap, while Yang Shenwu was under his control.
• Han Jiangche attacked Zhang Xian as Lin Daoyuan and Yue E fought Zhang Mo, and Yang Mingcheng, Ding Qiu, and Lu Fusheng escaped with the Jade Token.
• Zhang Mo released Blood-Weeping Gu that filled the fighters with terrifying illusions, then used the Blood Spider Immortal Trapping Formation and Myriad Ghost Banner to hinder their escape.
• Lin Daoyuan and Yue E struggled against Zhang Mo as the poison worsened, while Yang Shenwu and Zhang Xian overwhelmed Han Jiangche.
• Yang Mingcheng, Ding Qiu, and Lu Fusheng arrived at the Reception Hall in the Spirit Source Land and succumbed to the Blood-Weeping Gu's illusions.
• Ding Qiu urged Wu Zhan to fetch the Old Master, and Wu Zhan flew toward Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau.

Yang Zhengshan rescued Yang Mingcheng, Ding Qiu, and Lu Fusheng from Blood-Weeping Gu and learned that a formation had trapped the leaders and guests at Wuxiang Sect’s Martial Immortal Grand Ceremony. He went to Wuxiang Sect to assess the Blood Spider Immortal Trapping Formation, but the gathered experts had no clear way to break it.

• Yang Zhengshan discovered Blood-Weeping Gu inside Yang Mingcheng, Ding Qiu, and Lu Fusheng, and Xuan Zhen used the Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Curse to remove the bugs and their toxin.
• Wu Zhan sent Yang Mingcheng and Ding Qiu home to recover and arranged for Yang Minghao to escort Lu Fusheng back to the Lu Family.
• Yang Chengye reported that a grand formation had sealed off the Martial Immortal Assembly at Wuxiang Sect, trapping many powerful figures, including Lin Daoyuan, Yue E, and Han Jiangche.
• Yang Zhengshan considered how Lingxiu Sea’s possible power vacuum could affect the Yang Family and Spirit Source Land, then went with Xuan Zhen to Wuxiang Sect.
• Yunxiao, Jie Yan, Liu Yue, and Yang Zhengshan examined the Blood Spider Immortal Trapping Formation, but Ma Qiuyan could not identify a way to break it, leaving them to consider attacking it by force.

Zhang Mo captured Lin Daoyuan, Yue E, and Han Jiangche before escaping the damaged formation, leaving the Lingxiu Sea’s sects vulnerable. Yang Zhengshan went to the Huanyue Sect, where he agreed to help defend it as Yue Qing ordered the sect to consolidate its forces.

• Zhang Mo revealed that Zhang Xian and Yang Shenwu had helped lure Lin Daoyuan and Yue E into his trap, then ordered his people to retreat as Yunxiao damaged the formation.
• Duan Qiankun packed Lin Daoyuan, Yue E, Han Jiangche, and the Blood Puppets into Spirit-Sealing Coffins, and Zhang Mo escaped with him using a Teleportation Talisman.
• Yang Zhengshan and Xuan Zhen identified Zhang Mo’s handiwork after Yunxiao broke the formation, and Yang Zhengshan warned that the Lingxiu Sea was about to fall into chaos.
• Yunxiao returned to the Xuanqing Sect, while Yang Zhengshan sent Xuan Zhen to guard Yang Family Town and traveled with Liu Yue and Yueming to the Huanyue Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan reassured Yue Qing that Yue E was missing rather than confirmed dead, advised her to consolidate the sect’s forces and defend its mountain gate, and agreed to hold the fort.

After the Wuxiang Sect fell, the Lingxiu Sea descended into chaos as cultivator robbers preyed on local families. The Lu Family considered seeking the Yang Family’s protection, while Yang Chengzhang prepared to send troops against the raiders.

• Yang Zhengshan read reports of the Wuxiang Sect’s destruction and learned that the Zhuang Family had been wiped out and its wealth looted.
• Lu Fusheng, Lu You'an, Lu Youning, and Lan Peng agreed that the Lu and Lan Families needed the Yang Family as a new backer, and Lan Peng agreed to approach Yang Zhengshan.
• Xue Fuyang reported to Yang Chengzhang that four families had suffered raids and that many families were asking the Yang Family for help.
• Yang Chengzhang condemned the cultivator robbers and decided to request that the Jade Capital Guard dispatch troops.

Yang Chengmou sought Yang Zhengshan’s advice about the Lingxiu Sea unrest and his difficulty controlling the Council Hall. Yang Zhengshan urged him to act decisively against troublemakers, address misconduct among the Yang Family’s younger generations, and take action in the Lingxiu Sea except against Baiyun True Lord’s lineage and Cangyu Mountain.

• Yang Chengzhang urged Yang Chengmou to send troops against Immortal Cultivators attacking small families near Yang Family Town, but Yang Chengmou hesitated because the broader situation in Lingxiu Sea remained uncertain.
• Yang Chengmou learned that Lan Peng had come to Yang Family Town to seek an audience with Yang Zhengshan, then went to inform his grandfather.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized that Lan Peng was likely asking for help and made Lan Peng wait while he took Yang Chengmou for a walk by the lake.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Chengmou to deal firmly with greedy and disruptive people in the Council Hall, reminding him that the Yang Family ruled the Spirit Source Land and that Yang Zhengshan stood behind him.
• Yang Zhengshan instructed Yang Chengmou to have Yang Chengye discipline the younger Yang Family descendants and said wicked descendants should be sent to mine in the Relic Formation.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Chengmou to act in the Lingxiu Sea without excessive concern, while avoiding conflict with Baiyun True Lord’s lineage and Cangyu Mountain.

Yang Zhengshan learned that Immortal Cultivators had attacked the North Shi Family and considered how to help Lan Peng and the Lu Family without bringing them into the Spirit Source Land. Meanwhile, Fang Shou and four other Immortal Cultivators divided the Spirit Stones they had stolen from local clans.

• Yang Chengmou told Yang Zhengshan that Rogue Cultivators had attacked minor clans in Yang Family Town, and Yang Zhengshan approved sending Jade Capital Guards to eliminate them.
• Lan Peng told Yang Zhengshan that he and the Lu Family wanted to seek refuge with the Yang Family, then described the attack on the North Shi Family and the escape of a powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
• Yang Zhengshan explained that joining the Yang Family meant relocating to the Spirit Source Land for thirty years, so he offered to help the Lu Family hire a Wanbao Trading Company Guest Elder to protect Shanggu Prefecture City.
• Lan Peng agreed to discuss hiring a Guest Elder with Lu Fusheng after Yang Zhengshan assured him that the Wanbao Trading Company was more powerful than Baiyun Immortal City.
• Fang Shou and four other Immortal Cultivators divided tens of thousands of Low-grade Spirit Stones they had stolen from four Martial Dao families.

Fang Shou planned to expand his raids to provoke the Lingxiu Yang Family, while Yang Zhengshan arranged protection for the Lu Family through Wanbao Trading Company. The chapter left Fang Shou’s companion Li Shangyuan watching the north with an ominous interest in the Yang Family, and Yang Zhengshan’s request for two Guest Elders posted.

• Fang Shou dismissed Li Shangyuan’s concerns about angering the Yang Family and revealed that he had come to test its strength for the Emerald Lake Fang Family.
• Fang Shou said more allies would arrive the next day so they could launch a larger raid, while Li Shangyuan privately wondered whether this was the Yang Family he knew.
• Yang Zhengshan joked with Zhongli Xiayi over tea, then asked whether Wanbao Trading Company would hire two Guest Elders to protect the Lu Family’s interests.
• Zhongli Xiayi explained that Yang Zhengshan could use contribution points to post a task, and Yang Zhengshan planned to send the Guest Elders to Yang Family Town while Yang Family cultivators protected Shanggu Prefecture City.
• Yang Zhengshan posted a task at Wanxiang Tower to hire two Guest Elders to guard Yang Family Town for one hundred contribution points per year.

Yang Zhengshan recruited Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu to guard Yang Family Town and learned more about the demon clans in the Wanhua Mountain Range. Meanwhile, Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan planned a raid on the Yang Family, leaving Li Shangyuan conflicted over whether to warn Yang Zhengshan, his old acquaintance.

• Yang Zhengshan welcomed the Foundation Establishment Dao companions Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta, then took them to Yang Family Town to guard it against powerful attackers.
• On the journey, Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta told Yang Zhengshan about Baiyun Immortal City's conflict with the Earth-Shaking Tiger clan and the demon kings of the Wanhua Mountain Range.
• Yang Zhengshan stationed Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta in Yang Family Town and arranged for Bai Xiaoyun and Xuan Zhen to guard Shanggu Prefecture City for the Lu Family.
• Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan gathered Rogue Cultivators and announced their plan to raid Yang Family Town, believing the Yang Family had only one Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
• Li Shangyuan recognized that the planned raid threatened Yang Zhengshan, his former companion, and struggled over whether to warn the Yang Family.

Li Shangyuan warned the Yang family that enemies would attack in two days, prompting Yang Zhengshan to prepare Yang Family Town for a raid. As Fang Shou’s group approached under cover of night, Li Shangyuan slowed down at the rear, leaving his intentions uncertain.

• Li Shangyuan sent Yang Family Town a paper crane warning of an attack and signed himself as an old acquaintance.
• Kou Ta delivered the warning to Yang Chengzhang, and Chen Zhongshu and Lü Hua recognized Li Shangyuan as someone who had traveled with Yang Zhengshan.
• Yang Chengzhang and An Yuxing returned to the Spirit Source Land to request troops, while Yang Zhengshan decided the warning was trustworthy and made preparations.
• Yang Zhengshan, Yang Jizhen, Kou Ta, and Hong Fuxiu watched over Yang Family Town as Kou Ta sensed Yang Zhengshan’s powerful Spiritual Sense.
• Fang Shou led his group toward Yang Family Town, while Li Shangyuan fell behind and ignored a companion’s urging to hurry.

The Yang family’s Jade Capital Three Guards ambushed and annihilated Fang Shou’s Qi Refining cultivators before they could reach Yang Family Town. Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan confronted the defenders, but Yang Zhengshan and Hong Fuxiu arrived, and a hidden figure appeared behind Fang Ze.

• Li Shangyuan fled the arrow barrage and realized the Yang family had equipped its soldiers with powerful spirit-weapon bows and specialized magic-breaking arrows.
• The Jade Capital Three Guards used arrow volleys to suppress Fang Shou and the other cultivators, then attacked in coordinated squads and killed them.
• Han Fei ordered five hundred soldiers to secure the battlefield as Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan appeared overhead and Fang Ze unleashed a wave of fire.
• Yang Zhengshan arrived and confronted Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan, while Hong Fuxiu used her brocade to swallow Fang Ze’s flames.
• A burly figure appeared ten zhang behind Fang Ze, its presence hidden from him until it deliberately revealed a trace of aura.

Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta defeated and captured Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan, while Yang Zhengshan reunited with Li Shangyuan. Li Shangyuan told Yang Zhengshan about his lonely years and Tang An’s death, and the chapter ended with Yang Zhengshan urging him to keep moving forward.

• Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta overwhelmed Fang Ze and Zhang Baishan with coordinated attacks and captured them alive.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Hong Fuxiu and Kou Ta to watch the prisoners and interrogate them as they returned.
• Yang Zhengshan found Li Shangyuan hiding beneath a tree and greeted his old acquaintance.
• Li Shangyuan described his difficult years as a Cultivator Robber and broke down while recounting Tang An’s death.
• Yang Zhengshan comforted Li Shangyuan, who wiped away his tears and resolved to keep walking the difficult road.

Yang Zhengshan promised to help Li Shangyuan cultivate, then learned that Youyu Gate was preparing to attack Lingxiu Sea and met with Yue Qing to discuss their options. With outside support uncertain, Yue Qing asked whether White Jade Capital could intervene, leaving Yang Zhengshan to maintain his fabricated story.

• Yang Zhengshan agreed to send Li Shangyuan to Xuan Zhen for cultivation and promised him a Foundation Establishment Pill once he reached Great Perfection of Qi Refining.
• Three thousand Jade Capital Guards patrolled Yang Family Town while disorder spread across Lingxiu Sea.
• Lü Hua told Yang Zhengshan that Youyu Gate was gathering troops and could attack Lingxiu Sea within Half a Month.
• Yang Zhengshan and his allies concluded that Lingxiu Sea lacked the strength to resist Youyu Gate, while Baiyun Immortal City and Hidden Sword Mountain might not provide effective aid.
• Yue Qing told Yang Zhengshan that Youyu Gate had demanded Han Jiangche from the Lingxiu Three Sects and threatened to wipe them out; Yang Zhengshan recognized the demand as a pretext.
• Yue Qing asked Yang Zhengshan whether White Jade Capital could help, and he silently faced the need to continue his fabrication.

Yue Qing offered Yang Zhengshan Wuxiang Sect’s remaining foundation in exchange for his support, and he agreed only if Hidden Sword Mountain joined the effort and took charge of the Lingxiu Sea. After Yang Zhengshan left, Yue Qing weighed the proposal with Liu Yue, while he returned to Spirit Source Land to check on the growing Golden Thunder Bamboo.

• Yue Qing told Yang Zhengshan that much of Wuxiang Sect’s foundation remained and offered it to the Yang Family if he could help make Youyu Gate fear the consequences.
• Yang Zhengshan weighed the benefits of Wuxiang Sect’s assets against the danger of putting the Yang Family on the front line, then asked Yue Qing to bring Hidden Sword Mountain into the plan.
• Yang Zhengshan proposed that Huanyue Sect pledge allegiance to Hidden Sword Mountain and that the Yang Family follow as its vassal, forcing Xuanqing Sect to face the new arrangement.
• After Yang Zhengshan departed, Liu Yue said she favored joining Hidden Sword Mountain because she was an immortal cultivator, and Yue Qing considered using the Xuanqing Sect’s internal divisions to pressure it.
• At Spirit Source Land, Yang Zhengshan inspected the Golden Thunder Bamboo with Yang Jizhen and urged him to nourish it with more lightning-attribute spiritual items.

Yang Zhengshan negotiated the Yang Family’s submission to Jian Changhe and Hidden Sword Mountain, offering support in exchange for a stable Lingxiu Sea. Jian Changhe then moved to reorganize the Lingxiu Three Sects, and Xuanqing Sect submitted to him.

• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Jizhen to focus on researching how to refine Cave Heaven Portals and said he would handle affairs in the Lingxiu Sea himself.
• Jian Changhe asked to see White Jade Capital, but Yang Zhengshan warned him that entering would be dangerous and refused.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed that the Yang Family would become a vassal of Hidden Sword Mountain in exchange for access for its disciples to the Ancient Relic Formation; Jian Changhe also made him a guest elder.
• Yang Zhengshan advised Jian Changhe to confront Youyu Gate decisively, and Jian Changhe set out for Xuanqing Sect to reorganize the Lingxiu Three Sects.
• Su Zheng and Xuanqing Sect’s other leaders knelt before Jian Changhe and offered to return to Hidden Sword Mountain, while Yunxiao and Yun Xi watched helplessly.

Jian Changhe made Yang Zhengshan the head of a new Guest Elder Hall and ordered the Yang Family to take over Wuxiang Sect and Wuxiang City. Back in the Spirit Source Land, Yang Chengmou launched a purge of Jade Capital City, and soldiers arrived at Kaiyang Tower to arrest people on a list.

• Jian Changhe appointed the Yang Family to replace Wuxiang Sect among the Lingxiu Three Sects and assigned it Wuxiang Sect’s mountain gate and Wuxiang City.
• Jian Changhe appointed Yunxiao, Yun Xi, and Liu Yue as guest elders and made Yang Zhengshan and Yunxiao the Guest Elder Hall’s Hall Master and Vice Hall Master.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to take responsibility for Wuxiang City’s defenses, then returned to the Spirit Source Land after arranging the takeover with Su Zheng.
• Yang Chengmou stopped the Council Hall’s argument over Changqing City and summoned Martial Hall elders to carry out a purge.
• Jade Capital Central Guard soldiers began arrests across Jade Capital City, and Yang Qinhu led soldiers into Kaiyang Tower with an order to arrest listed criminals.

Yang Zhengshan uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in the Spirit Source Land, punished the guilty and disciplined his four sons, then sent the Yang Family army to take over Wuxiang City. The chapter left the Jade Capital Guards entering the city after Chu Lingxiao confirmed the Yang Family’s authority.

• Yang Qinhu arrested officials across Kaiyang Tower and other branches, including Yang Jilin, while Yang Mingzhao and Yang Mingcheng struggled to understand the purge.
• Yang Zhengshan reviewed Tianshu Tower’s findings, ordered Yang Jilin imprisoned in the mines for life, and had Yang Mingcheng and his three brothers receive military rods for neglecting their duties.
• After the three-day purge, Yang Zhengshan ordered Yang Chengmou to take control of Wuxiang Sect and Wuxiang City.
• Song Dashan led three thousand Jade Capital Guards to Wuxiang City and asked Xuanqing Sect elder Chu Lingxiao to open the gates.
• Chu Lingxiao verified the Yang Family’s authority token and ordered the city gates opened.

Song Dashan and the Jade Capital Guard took control of Wuxiang City, crushing resistance from Wuxiang Sect remnants, while Yang Zhengshan’s forces seized the sect itself. After the slaughter, Yang Zhengshan discovered that the sect’s defensive array remained mostly intact and found six rare Five Elements Fruit Trees, though their valuable Five Elements fruit would take a thousand years to grow.

• Song Dashan entered Wuxiang City with Chu Lingxiao and learned that surviving Wuxiang Sect disciples and local clans might resist the Yang Family’s takeover.
• When martial artists attacked the Jade Capital Guard, Song Dashan ordered the city sealed and troublemakers killed, triggering widespread battles that the Guard eventually won.
• Yang Zhengshan took over Wuxiang Sect after Yun Xi led the Xuanqing Sect disciples away, then ordered the remaining resisting disciples killed.
• Ning Yunfei reported that Wuxiang Sect’s Nine Palaces Dragon Trapping Array was mostly intact, though the treasure vault was empty.
• Ning Yunfei led Yang Zhengshan and Yang Minghao to a grove where Yang Zhengshan identified six third-tier Five Elements Fruit Trees and realized their prized fruit would take a thousand years to grow.