Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhengshan learned that refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill required perfect Divine Path Intent, then left his alchemy studies to meet Tianji Pavilion’s envoys at the Tianyun Sword Sect. He watched them search the sect for connections to True Monarch Changming, while their investigation found no link between Changming and Yang Zhengshan.

• Fengling explained that Yang Zhengshan needed perfect Divine Path Intent to integrate Dao intent into the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, and he spent half a month learning alchemy from her.
• Ma Qiuyan told Yang Zhengshan that Tianji Pavilion’s three True Lords had arrived after searching forces throughout the Wanhua Mountain Range for information about True Monarch Changming.
• Yang Zhengshan joined Baiyun True Lord and the others in welcoming Huagai, Jiechen, and Dingchen, and Baiyun promised that the Tianyun Sword Sect would cooperate.
• Tianji Pavilion’s Foundation Establishment cultivators searched the sect while Jiechen used the Destiny Star Compass to investigate for connections to True Monarch Changming.
• Jiechen’s investigation found no connection between Yang Zhengshan and True Monarch Changming.

Yang Zhengshan left the Tianji Pavilion inquiry behind and spent years cultivating, nurturing his Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron and overseeing the growing strength of the Spirit Source Land. He then visited Flame Mountain, where Yang Jizhen presented the newly forged Thunder Fire Spear, a Spirit Artifact made from Shui Ji’s trident.

• Huagai questioned Baiyun True Lord and Yang Zhengshan about the Immortal Fate Trading Fair, and Yang Zhengshan concealed his encounter with Shui Ji.
• After Tianji Pavilion’s people left, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Spirit Source Land and devoted himself to studying alchemy with Fengling.
• Over the following years, Yang Zhengshan nurtured the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, while the Spirit Source Land gained many Golden Body Realm Martial Artists and eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Yang Zhengshan rode Red Soul to the Immortal Artifact Pavilion on Flame Mountain after Red Soul showed off its improved Cloud Soaring Technique.
• Yang Jizhen presented Yang Zhengshan with the Thunder Fire Spear, a thunder-and-fire Spirit Artifact he had spent twelve years forging from Shui Ji’s trident.

Yang Zhengshan tested the Thunder Fire Spear, then took up spear training again and used his Golden Core insights to deepen his Self-Only Spear Intent. He ended the chapter after a spear strike shattered the spatial barrier of the Life Realm Immortal Palace and left a hole into the Void.

• Yang Zhengshan praised the Thunder Fire Spear, and Yang Jizhen eagerly accepted permission to take ores from the Treasure Vault for artifact-casting practice.
• Yang Zhengshan trained with the Thunder Fire Spear at Danyun Cliff, combining Yi Wood Divine Thunder, Solar True Fire, and his Spirit-Swallowing Dharma Body to unleash powerful attacks.
• Yang Zhengshan named his strongest thunder-and-fire thrust Thunder Fire Void-Breaking and recognized that the Golden Crow had to cooperate to release Solar True Fire.
• Yang Zhengshan resumed pure spear arts and reflected on why the Spear Dao and Spear Intent had been overlooked by Immortal Cultivators.
• Yang Zhengshan used his last Nine-Patterned Bodhi Seed to advance his understanding of Spear Intent, then pierced the spatial barrier of the Life Realm Immortal Palace and opened a hole into the Void.

Yu Qingyi safely broke through to the Divine Soul Realm, and Yang Zhengshan planned her soul cultivation and celebrated her status in the Yang Family. Meanwhile, the chapter ended with Zhang Mo rebuilding his forces at the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool.

• Yang Zhengshan named his barrier-piercing spear the World-Breaking Spear, then used the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus to repair the Void Rift and stop spiritual energy from escaping.
• Yu Qingyi broke through as a Spiritual Energy Vortex gathered above the Longevity Palace, and Yang Zhengshan checked her condition after the breakthrough.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered a celebratory banquet for Yu Qingyi and later advised her to cultivate the Thousand-Thread Soul Control Method alongside the Soul Crow Split Spirit Technique.
• Yang Zhengshan explained that Yu Qingyi’s cultivation should focus on strengthening her soul as preparation for reaching the Golden Core Realm.
• At Ten Thousand Bone Yin Mountain, Zhang Mo watched over the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool after years of losses had forced him to rebuild his Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets.

An elder captured Zhang Mo, destroyed his blood pool, and turned him into a Blood Corpse Puppet, while the Tianyun Sword Sect learned that five Wuchang Ghost Sect blood pools had been destroyed and prepared for the sect’s response. Baiyun True Lord entered seclusion to break through, and a Spirit Source Land flying boat arrived at Qingli Immortal City with a shipment of goods.

• A gaunt elder found Zhang Mo, used the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade to seize control of his blood pool, and turned him into a Blood Corpse Puppet.
• Three days later, Ten Thousand Bone Yin Mountain collapsed, and the elder vanished into the mountains carrying Zhang Mo.
• Baiyun True Lord told Yang Zhengshan and Jian Changhe that five Wuchang Ghost Sect blood pools had been destroyed and warned that the sect might retaliate.
• Baiyun True Lord entered seclusion to break through, leaving Yang Zhengshan and Jian Changhe to help manage Tianyun Sword Sect affairs.
• A Blazing Sun Flying Boat carrying nearly ten thousand Storage Bags of goods arrived outside Qingli Immortal City, where Xia Yunshu and Yang Qingyu led the unloading.

Yang Qingyu encountered a mysterious elder at the Yang Family’s Immortal Artifact Pavilion, who offered goods in exchange for Purple Flame Crystal and demanded secrecy. She hurried back to the family, prompting Yang Jizhen to summon Yang Zhengshan from Yuxiao Hall to handle the matter.

• Yang Qingyu and Xia Yunshu escorted goods to Qingli Immortal City and delivered them to the Immortal Artifact Pavilion.
• While touring the shops with Li Zhang, Yang Qingyu sensed a fatal threat from a black-robed elder and recognized him as a powerful Senior.
• The elder asked Yang Qingyu to arrange a trade: he would provide items from a Storage Bag in exchange for Purple Flame Crystal, and he warned her not to reveal his existence.
• Yang Qingyu promised to consult her family, then left Qingli Immortal City with Xia Yunshu as the elder watched unseen from the Great Void.
• Yang Jizhen arrived at Yuxiao Hall and told Yang Zhengshan that something at home required his attention, so Yang Zhengshan went to the Life Realm Immortal Palace before heading back.

Yang Zhengshan learned that Lin Xiqiu, a Golden Core cultivator and the last surviving ancestor of the Lin clan, had sent him a cache of Wuchang Ghost Sect treasures and sought Purple Flame Crystal. After Yang Qingyu delivered Yang Zhengshan’s refusal to get further involved, Lin Xiqiu gave her a Soul Gathering Bead; meanwhile, An Wusheng brought the Wuchang Ghost Sect into the Wanhua Mountain Range and planned to target its demons in preparation for the approaching Struggle for Authority.

• Yang Qingyu told Yang Zhengshan about the mysterious senior who had requested Purple Flame Crystal, and Yang Zhengshan found Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and other evil items in the Storage Bag.
• Yang Zhengshan gave the evil treasures to Xuan Zhen and sent Yang Qingyu back with Purple Flame Crystal and a message that he wanted no further trouble.
• Yang Qingyu delivered the message to Lin Xiqiu, who accepted Yang Zhengshan’s boundary and gifted her a Soul Gathering Bead before leaving.
• Yang Qingyu refined the Soul Gathering Bead and discovered that it could strengthen her divine soul and aid her cultivation.
• An Wusheng and Yu Yuan arrived in the Wanhua Mountain Range aboard the Bone Dragon Flying Boat, and An Wusheng proposed hunting its demons as the Struggle for Authority approached.

An Wusheng and the Wuchang Ghost Sect attacked the Gray Horn Green Ox clan, claiming the clan had destroyed one of their Blood Pools. Yu Yuan fought the Green Ox Demon King, but An Wusheng discovered the Demon King had escaped into the Great Void, so they moved on to target White Sheep.

• The Dragon Bone Flying Boat arrived at the Gray Horn Green Ox Tribal Land, and thousands of Blood Corpse Puppets slaughtered the clan.
• Yu Yuan confronted the Green Ox Demon King and demanded that he submit, while the Demon King insisted he had no knowledge of the destroyed Blood Pool.
• The Green Ox Demon King used his plant-and-tree powers to battle Yu Yuan and claimed that he could survive as long as the mountain forests remained.
• An Wusheng split apart the giant ox body with his bone sword, then revealed that the Green Ox Demon King had escaped into the Great Void.
• An Wusheng and Yu Yuan left to attack White Sheep before seeking the Sand Nightmare Beast.

Yang Zhengshan learned that the Wuchang Ghost Sect was slaughtering demon clans in the Wanhua Mountain Range, while fleeing beasts began spilling into Tianyun Sword Sect territory. At Xiaoyun Peak, Wen Yu and Wen Qiao faced an attack by Venom Fang Vipers and chose to hold their ground while seeking reinforcements.

• Yang Zhengshan heard that An Wusheng and Yu Yuan had wiped out several demon settlements, but he ordered Cloud Skiff to keep watch rather than involve the Tianyun Sword Sect.
• The Wuchang Ghost Sect expanded its attacks to ordinary settlements, driving demon beasts from the northern Wanhua Mountain Range into the Yunxiao Mountain Range.
• Wen Qiao told Wen Yu that Venom Fang Vipers had attacked Xiaolin Mountain and killed its stewards and disciples.
• Wen Yu recognized that the vipers had come from the Wanhua Mountain Range and hurried to activate Xiaoyun Peak's Protection Formation as they arrived.
• Wen Yu rejected Wen Qiao's offer to stay behind alone, and the two prepared to defend Xiaoyun Peak to the end while seeking help from the sect.

Wen Yu and the people of Xiaoyun Peak fought off an attack by more than a hundred Venom Fang Vipers while awaiting help. As Demonic Beasts fleeing the Wanhua Mountain Range threw the Tianyun Sword Sect’s territory into chaos, Yang Zhengshan sent for reinforcements and set out for Xiaoyun Peak.

• Wen Yu summoned a cold-qi Flood Dragon, killed a Demonic Beast Venom Fang Viper, and held several others back while Wen Qiao and the peak’s disciples and servants defended the Protection Formation.
• Demonic Beasts fleeing the Wanhua Mountain Range triggered battles around Baiyun Immortal City, prompting the Tianyun Sword Sect to dispatch Foundation Establishment elders to answer requests for reinforcements.
• Cloud Skiff learned that Xiaoyun Peak faced more than a hundred Venom Fang Vipers, including twelve Demonic Beast Venom Fang Vipers, and realized the crisis extended into the Yunxiao Mountain Range.
• Cloud Skiff asked Yang Zhengshan to mobilize Hidden Sword Mountain, Cangyu Mountain, and the Yang Family because the sect’s forces were already stretched thin.
• Yang Zhengshan sent Soul Crows to notify the other forces, ordered Yunxiao to invite Jian Changhe out of seclusion, and went personally to Xiaoyun Peak.

Wen Yu and Wen Qiao nearly lost Xiaoyun Peak to a horde of Venom Fang Vipers, but Yang Zhengshan arrived and destroyed the beasts. He rewarded them and assigned Wen Yu to lead reinforcements against the demonic beasts spreading into the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

• Wen Yu unleashed Mystic Ice Forest after the Protection Formation collapsed, then ordered Wen Qiao and the disciples to flee as the Venom Fang Vipers broke free.
• Yang Zhengshan arrived, pinned the attacking Venom Fang Viper with his lightning-wrapped Long Spear, and killed more than a hundred beasts with vines.
• Yang Zhengshan gave Wen Yu a Supreme Demon Core Pill and three high-grade Demon Core Pills, then tasked her with leading reinforcements from Qingyu Mountain, Hidden Sword Mountain, and the Lingxiu Sea to hunt the beasts.
• Wen Yu discovered the Supreme Demon Core Pill and warned Wen Qiao to keep it secret, then gave him two high-grade Demon Core Pills to aid his cultivation.

Yang Zhengshan confronted the Green Ox Demon King, who had been spying on him, and learned the demon king wanted refuge after the Wuchang Ghost Sect destroyed his clan. Yang Zhengshan initially refused to shelter him, but changed his mind after seeing the Green Ox Demon King's remarkable spirit-plant cultivation skills.

• Yang Zhengshan tracked down the hidden watcher in the Great Void and identified him as the Green Ox Demon King.
• The Green Ox Demon King explained that he had only been curious about Yang Zhengshan's earlier battle, then asked to settle in the Yunxiao Mountain Range and join the Tianyun Sword Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan refused, wary that sheltering the Green Ox Demon King would provoke the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• The Green Ox Demon King offered Yang Zhengshan spirit plants he had cultivated in Planting Balls and explained how his methods accelerated their growth.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized the Green Ox Demon King's value to the Spirit Source Land and warmly invited him to talk.

Yang Zhengshan invited the Green Ox Demon King into the Life Realm Immortal Palace, persuading him that it was a safe, secluded refuge despite the hundred-year restriction. The Green Ox Demon King eagerly accepted the place as his new home, unaware that Yang Zhengshan also considered killing him for his Demon Core if he proved untrustworthy.

• Yang Zhengshan befriended the Green Ox Demon King and listened as he complained about the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court.
• Yang Zhengshan offered the Green Ox Demon King a secluded Spirit Vein Blessed Land, explaining that he would have to stay there for a hundred years.
• The Green Ox Demon King hesitated because he had just met Yang Zhengshan, but accepted after Yang Zhengshan offered to find him another hidden Spirit Vein Land instead.
• Yang Zhengshan brought the Green Ox Demon King into the Life Realm Immortal Palace and explained the hundred-year restriction.
• The Green Ox Demon King was delighted by the Immortal Palace's dense spiritual energy and agreed to stay there, and Yang Zhengshan led him to choose a palace.

Yang Zhengshan welcomed the Green Ox Demon King into the Life Realm Immortal Palace and sent orders for reinforcements to counter the demonic-beast turmoil. The Spirit Source Land assembled a large expeditionary force, which prepared to depart for the eastern Yunxiao Mountain Range.

• Yang Zhengshan gave the Green Ox Demon King a palace, named Green Ox Palace, and asked him to help cultivate spirit plants in exchange for pills.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to Xiaoyun Peak, and his Soul Crow delivered his decree to Cangyu Mountain to send elite forces east and prepare for a prolonged deployment.
• Que Lingfei decided to send half of Cangyu Mountain's strength and began gathering the Cloud Sparrow Clan and its vassal tribes.
• Jian Canghai led six Foundation Establishment Cultivators and more than a hundred Qi Refining Cultivators from Hidden Sword Mountain toward the eastern Yunxiao Mountain Range.
• Xuan Zhen oversaw the Spirit Source Land's mobilization of cultivators, demonic beasts, and three hundred Golden Body Realm Martial Artists, with Qu Changkong commanding the martial artists.
• Ding Qiu arrived beside Xuan Zhen as the assembled forces prepared to march.

A beast horde attacked Yunyao Villa, and Luo Fengxia chose to fight rather than abandon the Luo Family's territory. The Tianyun Sword Sect's reinforcements arrived as the defenders were locked in a desperate battle.

• A massive horde of Demonic Beasts and Exotic Beasts breached Yunyao Villa's outer defenses and besieged the Luo Family's clan residence.
• Luo Fengxia learned that the inner Formation could hold for only a quarter of an hour, but the sect's reinforcements had not yet arrived.
• Luo Fengxia ordered the Luo Family to leave the Formation and fight to the death, then joined the battle against the beasts.
• Yang Jizhen and Cui Yang arrived with the Tianyun Sword Sect's reinforcements and attacked the flying beasts and the horde.
• The reinforcements' arrival lifted the defenders' spirits, and cultivators poured from the flying boats to join the fight.

Yang Jizhen and Cui Yang turned the battle at Yunyao Villa in the Tianyun Sword Sect’s favor, while teams fought demonic beasts throughout the eastern Yunxiao Mountain Range. Yang Zhengshan then confronted a rare Demon King-level Wu Wei Zheng, whose abilities remained unknown.

• Yang Jizhen and Cui Yang combined thunder techniques and Mysterious Thunder Talismans to devastate the demonic beasts attacking Yunyao Villa, prompting the survivors to flee as the defenders pursued them.
• Ding Qiu and Wen Qiao’s team searched the eastern mountain forest, where Ding Qiu killed a Black Wind Tyrant Bear with one saber strike.
• Li Jianning and Li Jianan fought a Red-Eyed Bat swarm until Xuan Zhen arrived and sent thirty-six Golden Armored Divine Generals into battle.
• Yang Zhengshan stayed in the eastern Yunxiao Mountain Range and faced a rare, crimson Demon King called Wu Wei Zheng, which might have inherited the ancient Zheng’s innate divine ability.

Yang Zhengshan confronted the ancient strange beast Wu Wei Zheng, who attacked him before agreeing to leave the Yunxiao Mountain Range. Wu Wei Zheng revealed that he was avoiding a mysterious Struggle for Authority, leaving Yang Zhengshan to wonder whether it was connected to Tianxian Dao’s Prohibition of Usurping Authority.

• Yang Zhengshan intercepted Wu Wei Zheng at the edge of the Yunxiao Mountain Range and demanded that he leave, but Wu Wei Zheng attacked with his five tails.
• Yang Zhengshan dodged the attack and struck Wu Wei Zheng twice with his Thunder Fire Spear, but the beast’s body proved too sturdy to seriously injure.
• Yang Zhengshan used his Wither and Flourish Dao Intent and Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, prompting Wu Wei Zheng to recognize his Dao Intents and withdraw his hostility.
• Wu Wei Zheng transformed into a human form, introduced himself as Zheng Zhang, and said he wanted to avoid the Struggle for Authority rather than flee the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan persuaded Zheng Zhang to seek refuge elsewhere, and Zheng Zhang left for the south.
• Yang Zhengshan considered whether the Struggle for Authority was related to Tianxian Dao’s Prohibition of Usurping Authority and pondered the connection between authority, Dao Intent, and Dao Master.

Baiyun True Lord emerged from seclusion at the late Golden Core stage, and Yang Zhengshan helped arrange resources for Yunxiao to attempt core formation. Ten years later, Yang Zhengshan’s sons sought his guidance on their spear techniques, and he recognized that their Spear Dao had not kept pace with their cultivation.

• Baiyun True Lord emerged from three years of seclusion after breaking through to the late Golden Core stage, and Yang Zhengshan celebrated with him, Que Lingyu, Jian Changhe, and Yunxiao.
• Que Lingyu traded Green Feather Tree Sap for Longquan Brew, while Yang Zhengshan agreed to provide Demon Core Pills to Cangyu Mountain and Hidden Sword Mountain.
• Baiyun True Lord asked Yang Zhengshan to sponsor a Supreme Demon Core Pill and provide Tongming and Lightning Tribulation Pills so Yunxiao could attempt core formation.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to his routine of cultivation and alchemy, and another ten years passed until the 145th year of the Spirit Source.
• Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Minghao asked Yang Zhengshan for guidance because they felt their Spear Technique had reached its limit.
• After watching their techniques and studying their methods, Yang Zhengshan concluded that their Spear Dao comprehension lagged behind their Golden Body Realm cultivation.

Yang Zhengshan examined why Yang Mingcheng and his brothers struggled to find their own Dao, then developed a new path for the Spear Dao. He recorded his Four Realms of Spear Dao as a cultivation technique, though his strongest demonstration relied on the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

• Yang Zhengshan explained that Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Minghao could reach the Divine Soul Realm without comprehending Dao Intent, but he considered how the Spear Dao might become a path of its own.
• Yang Zhengshan organized his insights into four realms: Thunderbolt, Self-Only, Void-Breaking, and the ultimate realm that integrated spear and heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhengshan demonstrated Only I Am the World by borrowing the Life Realm Immortal Palace's power to turn the surrounding hundred li into his spear domain.
• Yang Zhengshan recognized himself as a founder of the Spear Dao and recorded his insights on a jade slip.
• Yang Zhengshan refined the Four Realms of Spear Dao into a new cultivation technique.

Yang Zhengshan gave Yang Mingcheng and his brothers the Four Realms of Spear Dao and collected Old Ox’s spirit-plant seedlings, then learned about the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill. He could not yet refine the pill and lacked the rare materials and formation needed to gather Pure Yang Qi.

• Yang Zhengshan gave the Four Realms of Spear Dao to Yang Mingcheng and his brothers as a reference and allowed the method to be copied into the Dharma Transmission Hall.
• Yang Zhengshan visited Old Ox, who gave him six planting balls containing rare second- and third-tier spirit-plant seedlings and said Yang Qinting knew how to transplant them.
• Old Ox asked Yang Zhengshan to refine a Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill and handed him a storage pouch of spiritual medicines and the pill recipe.
• Yang Zhengshan read that the pill could preserve a remnant soul and enable rebirth, and realized it could protect Yu Qingyi if she failed Core Formation.
• Yang Zhengshan said he could not currently refine the pill because it required Greater Yin Moon Essence, Pure Yang Qi, and Earth Origin Spirit Paste, and he lacked a formation to gather Pure Yang Qi.