Chapter Summaries

Yang Qinting came to Qinye Hall to accept a safe medicinal-herb tending mission and reunited with Li Qianqian, whose dispute with Wang Qisheng escalated into a sword fight. After Wang Qisheng left, he asked his father, Wang Qiutang, for permission to kill Yang Qinting, and Wang Qiutang agreed as long as it did not happen inside the sect.

• Yang Qinting visited Qinye Hall and accepted Li Qianqian's offer of a long-term mission tending herbs in the Hundred Herb Garden.
• Wang Qisheng confronted Li Qianqian over her marriage engagement, and she threatened to kill any husband forced on her before switching to the Emotionless Sword Dao.
• Wang Qisheng drew his sword at Yang Qinting, but Li Qianqian blocked the attack until Deacon Sun intervened and Wang Qisheng left.
• Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian's closeness drew teasing from the disciples, and Yang Qinting considered telling his family about her.
• Wang Qisheng asked Wang Qiutang to let him kill Li Qianqian, then settled on Yang Qinting when his father reminded him of Li Qianqian's connection to Chu Lingxiao.
• Wang Qiutang authorized Wang Qisheng to target Yang Qinting outside the sect, while warning him to behave himself and pursue the marriage alliance.

Yang Qinting left the Xuanqing Sect to tell his family he intended to marry Li Qianqian, but he was followed and sought help from the Secret Martial Guard. At Tianshu Tower, Yang Chengye assessed the powerful families involved and said the marriage might require the Old Ancestor’s intervention.

• Chu Lingxiao refused to interfere in Li Qianqian’s arranged marriage, leaving Li Qianqian panicked and sorrowful.
• Yang Qinting left the Xuanqing Sect for home and visited Zhang Cheng in Qingyu City, where they realized someone had followed him.
• Zhang Cheng urged Yang Qinting to use his Jade Token to return to the Spirit Source Land and have Tianshu Tower investigate.
• Yang Qinting arrived at Tianshu Tower, met Yang Chengye, and explained his conflict with Wang Qisheng and his plans to marry Li Qianqian.
• Yang Chengye reviewed intelligence on the Wang and Li families, noted Chu Lingxiao’s potential to become a Martial Immortal, and said the marriage might require the Old Ancestor’s help.

Yang Chengye gathered his men to help Yang Qinting deal with six Wang Family pursuers, whom he suspected of targeting the Yang Family as well as his nephew. After luring them onto Lingxiu Sea, he and eight companions rose from beneath their boat and surrounded the attackers, declaring that the Yang Family would demand justice from the Xuanqing Sect.

• Yang Chengye decided to handle Yang Qinting’s pursuers first and brought his core team from Tianshu Tower to Qingyu City.
• Zhang Cheng reported that six Heavenly Dipper Stage martial artists were watching Yang Qinting, and Yang Chengye suspected the Wang Family meant to provoke a conflict with the Yang Family.
• Yang Chengye told Yang Qinting and Zhang Cheng to leave the city for Yang Family Town, while his men secretly followed them beneath their boat using Sea Dragon Pills.
• Wang Shanhu and five other Wang Family martial artists pursued Yang Qinting’s boat through the nighttime fog and charged to take them alive.
• Yang Chengye and eight companions burst from the lake and surrounded Wang Shanhu’s group, and Yang Chengye rejected their appeal to the Xuanqing Sect’s authority.

Yang Chengye’s men captured Wang Shanhu and his companions after they ambushed Yang Qinting, then brought them to Yang Family Town. After learning that Yang Qinting wanted to marry Li Qianqian, Yang Zhengshan sent Yu Qingyi to seek Chu Lingxiao’s help and promised Yang Qinting he would bring Li Qianqian to him if necessary.

• Yang Chengye ordered Luo Bo and the others to trap Wang Shanhu’s group in the Eight Directions Prison, and they captured them alive.
• Yang Qinting recognized Wang Shanhu as a Xuanqing Sect deacon, and Yang Chengye took the prisoners to Yang Family Town.
• Yang Zhengshan read the report about Yang Qinting’s wish to marry Li Qianqian and discussed the matter with Yu Qingyi.
• Yu Qingyi agreed to visit Chu Lingxiao and seek her help with the marriage alliance, while Yang Zhengshan gave her a jade token for protection.
• Yang Zhengshan visited Yang Qinting in Yang Family Town, confirmed that Li Qianqian shared his feelings, and offered to steal her away if the families refused.

Yu Qingyi visited Chu Lingxiao to discuss Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian’s marriage, offering Yang Family resources to help Chu advance to the Divine Soul Realm. Chu Lingxiao was left weighing the proposal, while Lin Daoyuan grew curious about the Yang Family and went to question the Huanyue Sect.

• Chu Lingxiao received Yu Qingyi at her Bamboo Building after learning that the Yang Family matriarch had requested an audience.
• Yu Qingyi asked Chu Lingxiao to approve the marriage between Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian and offered resources to help Chu reach the Divine Soul Realm.
• Yu Qingyi said Yang Zhengshan might secretly take Li Qianqian if Chu refused, leaving Chu shocked and uncertain.
• After Yu Qingyi left, Lin Daoyuan identified her mastery of the Wood Transformation Body-Nurturing Method and remarked on the Yang Family’s unusual resources.
• Lin Daoyuan left for the Huanyue Sect to investigate the force behind the Yang Family, while Chu Lingxiao considered whether to accept Yu Qingyi’s proposal.

Yang Zhengshan prepared to confront the Wang Family at Xuanqing Sect while Yu Qingyi returned from speaking with Chu Lingxiao. Lin Daoyuan questioned Yue E about the Yang Family, and the chapter ended as Yang Zhengshan’s group brought the shackled Wang Shanhu to Xuanqing Sect’s mountain gate.

• Yang Zhengshan met Yu Qingyi at Xuanqing Sect’s Guest Reception Hall, and she told him Chu Lingxiao needed time to consider their proposal.
• Yang Zhengshan said Cheng Ye had arrived with their people and announced that they would go to Xuanqing Sect the next day to demand justice from the Wang Family.
• Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi went shopping in Qingyu City while the Wang Family watched them.
• Lin Daoyuan visited Yue E at Huanyue Sect and asked about the Yang Family, and Yue E warned him that its hidden secrets could endanger Xuanqing Sect.
• Lu Yang saw Yang Zhengshan’s group approaching Xuanqing Sect’s mountain gate with Wang Shanhu and five other men in shackles.

Yang Chengye brought the injured Yang Qinting and Wang Shanhu to Xuanqing Sect’s mountain gate to demand justice, while Yang Zhengshan used the confrontation to establish the Yang Family’s standing. Jiang Baichuan mobilized the Law Enforcement Hall and led three hundred sword-bearing disciples toward Qingyun Peak to handle the Wang Family’s actions.

• Yang Chengye brought Wang Shanhu and the other Wang Family members to Xuanqing Sect’s gate, where Lu Yang called for Elder Lu to hear the Yang Family’s complaint.
• Yang Qinting explained that Wang Shanhu had tried to intercept and kill him, and Lu Yang revealed that the dispute stemmed from Yang Qinting’s relationship with Li Qianqian and her engagement to Wang Qisheng.
• Yang Chengye challenged Elder Lu to make Xuanqing Sect enforce its rules, but Lu Yang persuaded the elder to send the matter to the Law Enforcement Hall instead of attacking the Yang Family.
• Yang Chengye ordered his men to beat Wang Shanhu and the other captives, while Yang Zhengshan explained to Yu Qingyi that he meant to use Xuanqing Sect’s prestige to deter Wuxiang Sect from targeting the Yang Family.
• Jiang Baichuan learned that the Wang Family had tried to kill Yang Qinting, summoned three hundred Law Enforcement Hall disciples, and led them toward Qingyun Peak.

Wang Qiutang tried to kill Yang Chengye at the Xuanqing Sect’s mountain gate, but Yang Zhengshan intervened with his Vine Art and the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace. The sect’s two Foundation Establishment Cultivators arrived to face Yang Zhengshan as the confrontation escalated.

• Wang Qiutang learned that Jiang Baichuan and three hundred sword-bearing disciples were heading to Qingyun Peak, then hurried there with Wang Qisheng.
• Chu Lingxiao and Li Qianqian set out for Qingyun Peak after hearing that the Yang Family had come to demand justice and that Yang Qinting was safe.
• Wang Qiutang accused the Yang Family of being evil thugs and launched a sword attack at Yang Chengye, but Yang Zhengshan’s Vine Art shattered the sword light and struck the sect’s protective barrier.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared atop the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, challenged Wang Qiutang, and demanded that Xuanqing Sect’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators come meet him.
• True Person Yunxiao and True Person Yun Xi arrived, and Yunxiao recognized the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace as a Spirit Treasure.

Yang Zhengshan rescued Yang Chengye and Yang Qinting from Xuanqing Sect, demanded an explanation, and threatened to burn the sect if it failed to respond within three days. His departure left Xuanqing Sect facing the consequences, while Li Qianqian worried that her family and the Yang Family would decide her future with Yang Qinting.

• Yang Zhengshan rejected Yunxiao's invitation, ordered Yang Qinting to leave Xuanqing Sect, and demanded an explanation within three days or he would burn the sect.
• Yang Zhengshan vanished with Yang Chengye, Yang Qinting, and the others, astonishing the witnesses; Yunxiao and Yun Xi suspected he had a grotto-heaven.
• Yun Xi realized Yang Zhengshan's Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace was a spirit-treasure-level alchemy furnace, and she and Yunxiao discussed learning whether he could refine valuable pills.
• Lin Daoyuan decided Xuanqing Sect needed to settle its conflict with Yang Zhengshan, while weighing threats from Mo Xuanyu, Youyu Gate, and Hidden Sword Mountain.
• Bai Yiyi teased Li Qianqian about marrying Yang Qinting, but Li Qianqian worried their families could prevent the match and resolved to become stronger so she could make her own decisions.

Yang Zhengshan waited for Xuanqing Sect to decide how to answer the Yang Family after Wang Qiutang’s attack. Lin Daoyuan intervened, ordered Wang Qiutang to apologize and the Wang Family to face discipline, removed Cheng Shangshi as Sect Master, and appointed Su Zheng in his place.

• Yang Zhengshan told Yang Qinting to reunite with his mother while he went to bring Yang Chengan home.
• Lu Yuanping accused Wang Qiutang’s family of harming missing disciples, prompting Jiang Baichuan to question Cheng Shangshi’s handling of the matter.
• Lin Daoyuan arrived with Yunxiao and Yun Xi and ordered them to escort Wang Qiutang to apologize to Yang Zhengshan and negotiate compensation.
• Lin Daoyuan ordered Jiang Baichuan to have the Law Enforcement Hall punish the Wang Family according to sect rules.
• Lin Daoyuan removed Cheng Shangshi as Sect Master and sent him to guard Anhu City for thirty years.
• Lin Daoyuan appointed Su Zheng as the new Sect Master, and Su Zheng accepted.

Li Qianqian’s family agreed to her marriage with Qin Ting as Yang Zhengshan’s show of strength settled the Wang Family crisis. At Yang Family Town, Yunxiao and Yun Xi visited Yang Zhengshan to ask whether he could refine a Demon Essence Pill, and he admitted he had never made one.

• Li Qingyang told Li Qianqian that the family had agreed to her marriage with Qin Ting, and Chu Lingxiao approved the arrangement.
• Yue E and Yue Qing discussed securing more resources from the Yang Family, obtaining the rare Nine Nether Ghost Orchid, and strengthening Huanyue Sect’s ties with Yang Zhengshan.
• Yang Family Town’s residents celebrated Yang Zhengshan’s defiance of Xuanqing Sect, while Yang Xiangheng brought Yunxiao and Yun Xi to meet him.
• Yunxiao asked Yang Zhengshan about refining a Demon Essence Pill, and Yang Zhengshan explained that he knew the methods but had never refined one.
• Yunxiao and Yun Xi were not greatly disappointed, since Demon Essence Pill refinement was rare even among second-rank Alchemists.

Yunxiao gave Yang Zhengshan three Demon Cores in exchange for three Demon Essence Pills if Yang Zhengshan mastered their refinement. Yang Zhengshan refined his final batch of Turtle Breath Pills, producing two low-grade pills, and gained confidence in his ability to attempt Demon Essence Pills.

• Yunxiao gave Yang Zhengshan three second-tier low-grade Demon Cores, and Yang Zhengshan agreed to do his best to refine Demon Essence Pills for him.
• Li Qingyang and Li Qingyue visited Yang Chengan and Zhou Yunxian to affirm the marriage between Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian.
• Yang Zhengshan welcomed Lan Peng and Lu Youning, who told him they planned to enter seclusion and attempt breakthroughs; he lent them High-grade Jade Marrow Pills.
• After preparing himself for three days, Yang Zhengshan used the Golden Crow's Solar True Fire to refine his final furnace of Turtle Breath Pills, producing two low-grade pills while one pill crumbled.
• Yang Zhengshan advised Zhang Hexuan to experiment with different pills and not fear failure, and he was pleased with his disciple's progress.

Yang Zhengshan handed True Person Jingshui two Turtle Breath Pills and arranged for Mei Qinghai to manage Wangyue Mountain while Jingshui entered seclusion. Meanwhile, Yang Qinting married Li Qianqian and brought her to Spirit Source Land, where she joined the Yang family and found its peaceful life welcoming.

• Yang Zhengshan gave True Person Jingshui two Turtle Breath Pills, and Jingshui agreed to leave Wangyue Mountain's affairs with Mei Qinghai while Liu Yue prepared to establish her foundation.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to Spirit Source Land to study how to refine the Demon Essence Pill as Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian's marriage was arranged and held.
• The morning after their wedding, Yang Qinting and Li Qianqian obtained permission from An Yuxing to enter Spirit Source Land, where they registered and received Li Qianqian's identity plate.
• Yang Qinting brought Li Qianqian to meet his parents, grandparents, and other relatives, and Yang Mingzhao told them they would work at Qicao Garden and live nearby.
• Li Qianqian told Yang Qinting that Spirit Source Land felt more peaceful and welcoming than her former home or the Xuanqing Sect.

Yang Zhengshan learned that another Wuchang Ghost Sect Blood Pool Deacon, Zhang Mo, had arrived near the Yunxiao Mountain Range, then helped Xuan Zhen steal the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade from Mo Xuanyu’s Blood Pool. He brought the jade into the Spirit Source Land, where Golden Crow began refining away its Xue Sha Qi.

• Xuan Zhen told Yang Zhengshan that the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Zhang Mo had arrived with four Foundation Establishment Yin Soldiers and seemed to be planning a major move with Mo Xuanyu.
• Xuan Zhen revealed that he could send the Soul Crow into the Blood Pool and asked Yang Zhengshan to retrieve the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade so he could escape its control.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed, gave Xuan Zhen a Jade Token, and sent the Soul Crow into the Blood Pool while Mo Xuanyu was away.
• Yang Zhengshan used the Pure Heart Hand to take the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade from the bottom of the Blood Pool and transport it into the Spirit Source Land.
• The stolen jade released Xue Sha Qi that corroded the surrounding land, so Yang Zhengshan had Golden Crow put it in the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine it.

Yang Zhengshan and Xuan Zhen escaped the collapsing Blood Pool cavern with its sinister treasures and brought them to Yang Zhengshan’s Spirit Source Land. As Yang Zhengshan began refining the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade, Mo Xuanyu discovered his lair was gone, while Liu Zaixian investigated the wreckage and summoned help.

• Yang Zhengshan appeared beside Xuan Zhen, killed the remaining blood puppets, and joined him in taking the Charred Ancient Scroll and three Giant Bone Pillars from the cavern.
• Yang Zhengshan moved Xuan Zhen and the pillars into the Spirit Source Land, revealing his Grotto-Heaven; Xuan Zhen showed little envy and revealed that the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and Fragmented Scroll were his opportunities.
• Yang Zhengshan stopped the Golden Crow from refining the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and began removing Mo Xuanyu’s divine-soul power so Xuan Zhen could lift the restriction on his soul.
• Mo Xuanyu found the Blood Pool cavern collapsed and realized he had lost his treasures, formation, and base, leaving him afraid to return to the Yin Soul Division.
• Liu Zaixian investigated the cavern’s collapsed entrance, found blood slurry and signs of a man-made Blood Pool formation, and sent communication talismans to summon the Qingli Six Families.

Mo Xuanyu blamed Zhang Mo for the destruction of his blood pool and fled Lianxin Valley, while Zhang Mo learned that the Qingli Six Families had taken over the site and postponed his plans. After Yang Zhengshan removed the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade’s soul restrictions, Xuan Zhen regained his freedom and revealed the Dao Palace’s Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Curse, leaving Yang Zhengshan stunned by the power of Xuan Zhen’s hidden inheritance.

• Mo Xuanyu suspected Zhang Mo had destroyed his great formation and blood pool, then left Lianxin Valley to protect himself.
• The Qingli Six Families’ reinforcements arrived and cleared away the remaining blood pulp and Yin Sha Qi from Lianxin Valley.
• Zhang Mo learned that Mo Xuanyu’s formation and blood pool had fallen to the Qingli Six Families, and he ordered an investigation while delaying his plan to move against them.
• Yang Zhengshan refined the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and erased its remaining soul restrictions, freeing both Xuan Zhen and the Ghost Woman.
• Xuan Zhen used the Purify Heaven and Earth Divine Curse to cleanse the blood jade and destroy the distant Giant Bone Pillars, absorbing the released energy.
• Xuan Zhen told Yang Zhengshan that the curse was one of the Dao Palace’s Eight Divine Curses, and Yang Zhengshan realized Xuan Zhen had concealed part of the Dao Palace inheritance.

Yang Zhengshan agreed to join Xuan Zhen’s Wuzhen Dao Palace and helped establish it in the Spirit Source Land. After struggling to cultivate the Golden Light Divine Curse, Yang Zhengshan gained a profound realization and saw the transformations of myriad qi and the Great Void.

• Xuan Zhen offered to teach Yang Zhengshan the Eight Divine Curses if he joined the Dao Palace, and Yang Zhengshan accepted on the condition that it be established in the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Zhengshan and Xuan Zhen agreed to build one Dao Palace in the Spirit Source Land and another outside, with Yang Zhengshan offering disciples and construction support.
• Xuan Zhen chose a site beside Daqing Lake, and Ziwei Tower sent Formation Masters and craftsmen to build Wuzhen Dao Palace on Daogong Mountain.
• Yang Zhengshan learned the Purifying Heart Divine Curse and Purifying Body Divine Curse, but struggled for months to reach entry level in the Golden Light Divine Curse.
• Yang Zhengshan swallowed a lotus seed from the Dao Intent Sacred Lotus, grasped the meaning of myriad qi, and cultivated the Golden Light Divine Curse to entry level.
• Yang Zhengshan opened his eyes with golden light in his pupils and saw spiritual qi, the Great Void, and indistinct Unknown Existences as transformations of myriad qi.

Yang Zhengshan advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and discovered he could control the weather, while the Spirit Source Land continued to grow and its cultivators made a wave of breakthroughs. In Lianxin Valley, rising danger from cultivator robbers drove demand for weapons, and Yang Chengan and Yang Jizhen wondered whether the valley itself might be targeted.

• Yang Zhengshan studied the Golden Light Divine Curse as the Spirit Source Land developed, and Xuan Zhen established Wuzhen Dao Palace and joined Tai Wei Tower's Immortal Hall.
• Yang Minghao, Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze, Wu Zheng, Song Dashan, Yang Mingzhen, Wu Zhan, Luo Jinsong, Green Mist, and Red Cloud broke through to the Golden Body Realm, while Liu Yue established her foundation with Yang Zhengshan's protection.
• Yang Zhengshan broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and demonstrated that he could summon wind, clouds, thunder, and rain in the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Chengan sold Zhang Yan a Qinggang Sword and accepted an order for three more, while Yang Jizhen worried that the recent robberies around Lianxin Valley might grow worse.
• Yang Chengan suggested asking the family for news about the cultivator robbers, and Yang Jizhen went to seek guidance from Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Chengan and his companions noticed suspicious black-robed cultivators gathering in Lianxin Valley and tried to secure the workshop’s valuables as the marketplace came under attack. The artifact workshop was then raided, Yang Jishan was struck down, and Yang Chengan ordered Jiang Ping'an to escape with him.

• Yang Jishan secretly alerted the rear courtyard while appraising sixteen high-grade dharma artifacts sold by a black-robed cultivator, and Yang Chengan paid the man in spirit stones.
• Yang Chengan spotted an unusual number of black-robed cultivators and told Yang Jishan and Jiang Ping'an to close the shop and pack its valuables.
• An explosion shook Lianxin Valley, its guardian array activated, and hundreds of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators attacked the marketplace.
• The black-robed cultivator returned, broke into the workshop, and demanded the three men surrender their Storage Bags.
• The cultivator attacked with a talisman that wounded Yang Jishan, while Yang Chengan and Jiang Ping'an failed to pierce the cultivator’s black-mist defense.
• Yang Chengan told Jiang Ping'an to take the fallen Yang Jishan and flee.

Jiang Ping'an and Yang Jishan fled into Lianxin Valley’s shanty town, where Xia Yunshu helped treat Yang Jishan and agreed to guide them toward an exit. As eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators prepared to attack the valley, the Ghost Woman discovered that the assault was not Mo Xuanyu’s work and used the Three Yin Weaving Net to examine the connections between people.

• Yang Chengan survived a fatal-looking wound long enough to strike the black-robed cultivator with a spear, then hid in the shanty town to heal.
• Jiang Ping'an carried Yang Jishan to Xia Yunshu’s hut, where she gave Yang Jishan a high-grade Antidote Pill and Wood Spirit Pills.
• Yang Jishan woke and asked Xia Yunshu to help them escape; the three set out toward Lianxin Valley’s southern exit.
• Liu Zaixian and Lin Jiangchuan saw eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators surrounding the valley and hoped the Thick Earth Mountain-Locking Array would hold until reinforcements arrived.
• Zhang Mo delayed breaking the formation so the Qingli Six Families could seek reinforcements, revealing that Lianxin Valley was only the start of his plan.
• The Ghost Woman recognized a Blood Puppet, realized the attackers were not Mo Xuanyu’s forces, and used the Three Yin Weaving Net to observe the connections between people.