Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhengshan arrived at Baiyun Immortal City with Yunxiao and learned about its formidable defenses, strict rules, and bustling population. After settling into a cave abode, they saw a mysterious armored woman fly to the city's administrative center, then returned to plan which rare spirit materials Yang Zhengshan would seek.

• Yunxiao showed Yang Zhengshan Baiyun Immortal City's massive mountain foundation, defensive array, and Tianji Pavilion as they approached the city.
• A white-robed Foundation Establishment Cultivator mocked Yang Zhengshan, who ignored him and entered the city with Yunxiao.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that Baiyun Immortal City forbade flying and fighting, relied on Second-tier puppet patrol guards, and charged visitors for entry and residence.
• Yunxiao helped Yang Zhengshan register his Cloud Tiger Colt and rent a Grade D cave abode before showing him the city's landmarks and alliance stations.
• A golden-armored female cultivator flew through the city's protective array and landed at True Lord Tower, prompting Yunxiao to take Yang Zhengshan back to their cave abode.
• Yang Zhengshan planned to search for Third-Order Spirit Wood and other materials for his Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and Azure Wood Violet Lightning Sword.

Yang Zhengshan visited Wanbao Trading Company in Baiyun Immortal City to seek Wood and Lightning Attribute spiritual materials for his Life-Bound Magic Treasure. After learning that Martial Dao cultivators could reach the Golden Core Realm, he revealed his skill as an Alchemist and negotiated to become a Guest Elder in exchange for scarce Third-Order Spiritual Materials.

• Yang Zhengshan met Zhongli Xiayi, who told him that Martial Dao could lead to the Golden Core Realm, prompting him to reconsider what Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists could achieve.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Zhongli Xiayi about acquiring Second-Order and Third-Order Wood Attribute and Lightning Attribute spiritual materials, but she explained that the rare materials required valuable exchanges or lengthy, dangerous missions.
• Zhongli Xiayi offered another route: Yang Zhengshan could become a Guest Elder by contributing his skills in Alchemy, Artifact Casting, Talismans, or Formations.
• Yang Zhengshan disclosed that he was a Second-Order Alchemist who could refine Demon Core Pills and showed Zhongli Xiayi one of his pills.
• Zhongli Xiayi offered Yang Zhengshan one portion of Third-Order Low-Grade spiritual material if he joined Wanbao Trading Company, and said further materials would depend on his contributions.

Yang Zhengshan investigated a cultivator who had been following him and discovered that two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Yunyao Alliance sought revenge for a woman he had killed. Facing their influence in Baiyun Immortal City, he revealed to Yunxiao that Wanbao Trading Company had invited him to become a guest elder.

• Yang Zhengshan considered Wanbao Trading Company’s offer but left without accepting, then noticed an ordinary cultivator following him through Baiyun Immortal City.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to his cave abode and covertly followed the cultivator to Zuiyun Restaurant, where he overheard two Foundation Establishment men discussing revenge for their younger sister’s death.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized the men as two cultivator robbers whose female companion he had killed, then followed them to the Yunyao Alliance and realized they could use its influence against him.
• Yang Zhengshan told Yunxiao about the threat, and Yunxiao pledged to stand by him despite the danger posed by the Yunyao Alliance.
• Yang Zhengshan revealed that Wanbao Trading Company had invited him to become a guest elder, and Yunxiao reacted with astonishment.

Yang Zhengshan decided to join Wanbao Trading Company after learning its guest elders could trade contribution points for rare goods without surrendering their freedom. He became a Ninth-Rank Guest Elder and entered the treasure vault to choose a third-order spiritual material for his planned life-bound magic treasure.

• Yunxiao urged Yang Zhengshan to join Wanbao Trading Company, explaining that it was backed by a powerful force from the Central Region.
• Yang Zhengshan studied the guest elder rules and decided the company could support his cultivation, trading, and future plans for the Spirit Source Land.
• Yang Zhengshan joined Wanbao Trading Company, and Zhongli Xiayi revealed that Baiyun True Lord was its Sixth-Rank Guest Elder in the city.
• Yang Zhengshan received an identity token, a guest elder robe, and a Grade C Cave Abode before entering the company's treasure vault.
• Yang Zhengshan told the vault elder he needed wood- and lightning-attribute materials, then examined the available third-order spiritual materials.

Yang Zhengshan joined Wanbao Trading Company as a ninth-rank guest elder and acquired Banyan Heart Wood from its Treasure Vault. He discovered a profitable route to earning contribution points by refining Foundation Establishment Pills, then returned to Chunqiu Ward with materials for thirty-five batches.

• Yang Zhengshan chose Banyan Heart Wood from the Treasure Vault, and Zhongli Xiayi showed him around Wanbao Trading Company before taking him to his assigned cave abode.
• Yang Zhengshan studied the mission catalog and realized he could profit from refining Foundation Establishment Pills, especially since he could make mid-grade and high-grade pills.
• Yang Zhengshan exchanged ten Foundation Establishment Pills for six hundred contribution points and used them to obtain materials for thirty-five batches.
• Li Deming learned that Yang Zhengshan could refine Demon Core Pills and explained that such alchemists were called pill medicine masters.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to Chunqiu Ward, told Yunxiao he had joined Wanbao Trading Company, and explained that he had received Foundation Establishment Pill materials.

Yang Zhengshan learned about Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu’s positions in the Yunyao Alliance and prepared to confront Blazing Flame Hall with help from his allies. As Yang Jizhen and Xuan Zhen escorted Bai Xiaoyun toward Baiyun Immortal City, Duan Qiankun spotted them and returned to report their passage to Zhang Mo.

• Yang Zhengshan identified Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu as Blazing Flame Hall’s leaders and planned to lure them out of Baiyun Immortal City to fight them.
• Yang Zhengshan consulted Wanbao Trading Company’s intelligence, concluded that the Yunyao Alliance was divided, and began preparing with Xuan Zhen, Yang Jizhen, Bai Xiaoyun, and Yunxiao as allies.
• Xu Mingzhu and Zhou Tu discussed waiting for Yang Zhengshan to leave the city before attacking him, while Xu Mingzhu refused to investigate his origins further.
• Yang Jizhen and Xuan Zhen collected Bai Xiaoyun from Qingli Immortal City and set off with Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun toward Baiyun Immortal City on Golden Feather Fire Crows.
• Xuan Zhen sensed someone watching the group as they crossed a gorge, and Duan Qiankun identified them as members of the Lingxiu Yang Family before returning to Zhang Mo’s blood-filled formation.

Zhang Mo prepared to attack Lingxiu Sea while Yang Zhengshan and his disciples established the Greater Yin Cold Pool Formation to ambush his pursuers. Yang Zhengshan lured a hidden Foundation Establishment cultivator toward the prepared mountain stream as a flying boat approached.

• Zhang Mo told Duan Qiankun to wait until his Spirit-Swallowing Dharma Body reached great completion before attacking Lingxiu Sea and destroying the Lin Family.
• Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun showed Yang Zhengshan their Greater Yin Cold Pool Formation and selected a water-rich mountain stream south of Baiyun Immortal City as its site.
• Ma Qiuyan, Ning Yun, Xuan Zhen, Yang Jizhen, and Bai Xiaoyun spent more than half a month building the formation and its underwater cave abode.
• Yang Zhengshan sent Yunxiao out of the city, then left the next morning while six Qi Refining cultivators watched him.
• Yang Zhengshan feigned alarm as he evaded a concealed Foundation Establishment pursuer and headed toward the mountain stream when a flying boat arrived from the north.

Yang Zhengshan lured Xu Mingzhu’s flying boat into the Greater Yin Cold Pool Formation, where Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun activated the trap. After the formation weakened the pursuers, Yang Zhengshan launched a surprise soul attack, leaving two Foundation Establishment cultivators falling toward the river.

• Zhou Tu and Xu Mingzhu pursued Yang Zhengshan in a flying boat, while Master Zhou prepared to seal the Void and prevent his escape.
• Yang Zhengshan led the flying boat through the Great River mountain gorge, where Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun activated the Greater Yin Cold Pool Formation.
• The formation spread Greater Yin cold qi across the river and trapped Xu Mingzhu’s group, while Master Zhou identified ways they might break it.
• Yang Zhengshan waited for the cold to weaken the pursuers, then assigned Yunxiao, Xuan Zhen, Bai Xiaoyun, and Yang Jizhen their roles before entering the formation.
• Yang Zhengshan used the Soul-Absorbing Bell and two Soul Piercing Awls to strike the group by surprise, sending two Foundation Establishment cultivators plunging toward the river.

Yang Zhengshan ambushed Xu Mingzhu’s group, but Yunxiao revealed himself as a powerful Sword Cultivator and killed Zhou Tu and Xu Mingzhu with two strikes. Yunxiao then unleashed another sword against the remaining enemies, shattering the formation and carving a deep ravine through the river channel.

• Yang Zhengshan used the Soul-Absorbing Bell and Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda to kill three Foundation Establishment cultivators before Xu Mingzhu attacked him with his Dharma Image.
• Xuan Zhen, Yunxiao, and Bai Xiaoyun entered the formation, and Yunxiao blocked Zhou Tu’s Geng Metal Sword Qi before revealing his hidden Sword Cultivation.
• Yunxiao killed Zhou Tu with one sword strike, stunning Yang Zhengshan, Xu Mingzhu, and the others.
• Xu Mingzhu fled, but Yunxiao struck him down as Yang Zhengshan praised the sword and agreed that it was worth two Demon Essence Pills.
• Yunxiao ignored Master Zhou’s plea for mercy and unleashed another sword, destroying the formation and splitting the river channel through the surrounding terrain.

After Yunxiao helped Yang Zhengshan defeat Xu Mingzhu’s party, the group celebrated and Yunxiao agreed to teach Yang Zhengshan’s sword-cultivator disciples in exchange for Demon Essence Pills. When Yang Zhengshan returned to his cave abode, Immortal Law Hall officers arrested him and took him away without explaining the charge.

• Yunxiao revealed that his Danyue Sword was a damaged Spirit Artifact, and Xuan Zhen and Bai Xiaoyun gathered the surviving spoils after the battle.
• Kuang Fu learned that Xu Mingzhu’s Soul Tablet had shattered and ordered an investigation into Yang Zhengshan.
• Yang Zhengshan hosted Yunxiao and his disciples, then agreed to owe Yunxiao two Demon Essence Pills for three years of guidance for Li Jianning and Li Jianan.
• Xuan Zhen, Yang Jizhen, and the others explored Baiyun Immortal City before departing, while Yang Zhengshan stayed behind to visit Wanbao Trading Company and refine pills.
• Kuang Hengxian and other Immortal Law Hall officers confronted Yang Zhengshan at his cave abode and ordered him to accompany them to the Hall.
• Yang Zhengshan went with the officers, signaled Yunxiao not to intervene, and Kuang Hengxian noticed the gesture and asked whether Yang Zhengshan had accomplices.

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.