Chapter Summaries

As Tianyun Sword Sect’s reinforcements helped turn the fighting at True Sun Immortal City, Yang Zhengshan realized Wanhua Demon Court had left them to face Wuchang Ghost Sect alone. Elsewhere, Lin Xiqiu and the Green Ox Demon King destroyed Soul Controlling Hall’s blood pool, while An Wusheng suspected the raid was meant to force his army to withdraw.

• Yang Zhengshan noticed Baiyun True Lord and Que Lingyu were holding back while waiting for Wanhua Demon Court’s reinforcements, and he warned Yunxiao to be cautious.
• Xuan Zhen led the Jade Capital Guard’s flying boats into battle, and the Tianhe Sword Array tore through the Yin Soldier Army before Leng Xuan attacked Hidden Sword Mountain’s cultivators and Jian Changhe intervened.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered Shui Ling had fled and realized Wanhua Demon Court had abandoned True Sun Immortal City and treated Tianyun Sword Sect as cannon fodder.
• At the Nanhua Seven Mountains, the Qingyuan Fox Clan and Blazing Phoenix Clan attacked Wuchang Ghost Sect’s forces while Lin Xiqiu and the Green Ox Demon King destroyed the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool and severed the underground Yin Vein.
• An Wusheng and Ji Wusi realized Wanhua Demon Court’s reinforcements had not arrived and suspected the blood pool raid was intended to make them withdraw.

Yang Zhengshan unleashed Nine Heavens Yi Wood Divine Thunder to cripple the Yin Soldier forces and create an opening for retreat, then killed Ghost Granny by consuming her lifespan with his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability. The battlefield shifted into a deadly confrontation between the two sides’ Golden Core cultivators, and Yang Zhengshan challenged Ji Wusi while his allies faced the remaining enemies.

• An Wusheng abandoned plans to return to the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool and decided to destroy the Tianyun Sword Sect before turning his forces against the Qingyuan Fox Clan.
• Yang Zhengshan killed Violent Bear Demon King, then unleashed Nine Heavens Yi Wood Divine Thunder, heavily injuring four Demon King Yin Soldiers and killing tens of thousands of Yin Soldier Blood Puppets.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered a retreat, and Xuan Zhen led the Flying Boat fleet away as An Wusheng, Yu Yuan, Ji Wusi, and Ghost Granny attacked the opposing cultivators.
• Yang Zhengshan used his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability to consume Ghost Granny’s lifespan and kill her with a single word.
• Yang Zhengshan replenished some of his lost lifespan and magic power with pills and Spring of Vitality, then challenged Ji Wusi while his allies fought the remaining enemies.

As the Tianyun army retreated, Yang Zhengshan fought Ji Wusi across the Great Void but neither could decisively defeat the other. Ji Wusi finally let Yang Zhengshan go, though a blood-red thread still clung to Yang Zhengshan’s divine soul and could reveal his location.

• Yang Zhengshan shattered the Zhengyang Formation to slow the Yin Soldier Army, while the retreating Tianyun forces and their Flying Boats fought off pursuit.
• Ji Wusi trapped Yang Zhengshan at a distance and attacked his divine soul with blood-red threads, forcing him to flee through the Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan turned on Ji Wusi with the Wither and Flourish Divine Ability, costing Ji Wusi more than thirty years of lifespan before escaping again.
• After hours of pursuit, Yang Zhengshan and Ji Wusi discussed ending their fight, and Ji Wusi departed after warning Yang Zhengshan not to oppose the Soul Controlling Hall.
• Yang Zhengshan moved farther from the real world and tried to remove the thread from his divine soul, unaware that it let Ji Wusi track him and could lead him to the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

Yunxiao escaped the battle at True Sun Immortal City with the badly damaged Lava Divine General and headed toward the Yang Family Blessed Land, worried about Yang Zhengshan. In the Great Void, Heavenly Sword True Monarch killed Leng Xuan, then revealed that he had used Jian Changhe’s divine soul to be reborn.

• The Soul Controlling Hall captured True Sun Immortal City, while Yunxiao and the injured Lava Divine General escaped into the Wanlin Mountain Ridge.
• Yunxiao sealed his wounded shoulder and set off with the Lava Divine General toward the Yang Family Blessed Land, unable to sense Yang Zhengshan nearby.
• Jian Changhe and Leng Xuan fought to a standstill until Leng Xuan unleashed Blade Soul Prison and Jian Changhe’s Azure Gold Sword shattered.
• An unknown sword light destroyed Blade Soul Prison and split Leng Xuan’s body and divine soul, then its wielder pulled Jian Changhe out of the Great Void.
• The wielder revealed himself as Heavenly Sword True Monarch and told Jian Changhe that he had borrowed Jian Changhe’s divine soul to nurture his true spirit and return to life.

After returning to the Life Realm Immortal Palace, Yang Zhengshan learned the extent of the Spirit Source Land’s losses and ordered the family to withdraw from its outside holdings. With Baiyun True Lord still missing, the Tianyun Sword Sect faced collapse, while Su Mei prepared the Qingyuan Fox Clan to retake True Sun Immortal City.

• Jian Changhe accepted Heavenly Sword True Monarch as his ancestor, promised to find him a suitable body, and heard that treasures were hidden on Hidden Sword Mountain.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace after destroying Ji Wusi’s soul thread and checked on Yu Qingyi and the wounded survivors.
• After reviewing the many deaths and severe losses, Yang Zhengshan ordered the Spirit Source Land to abandon all outside industries and withdraw its personnel.
• At Baiyun Immortal City, Yun Ge learned that the Yang Family had left Qingli Immortal City and entered death seclusion to attempt Core Formation, preparing for Baiyun True Lord’s possible death.
• Su Mei learned that Yang Zhengshan and the others had not returned to Baiyun Immortal City, then ordered Xuan Ling to investigate the north and prepare to retake True Sun Immortal City.

After Baiyun True Lord failed to return, Yang Zhengshan concluded that he had died in battle and decided to replace Tianyun Sword Sect with White Jade Capital. He strengthened Spirit Source Land’s defenses and prepared its people for the conflicts ahead.

• After Wuchang Ghost Sect retreated from Wanhua Mountain Range, Yang Zhengshan concluded a year later that Baiyun True Lord could not return and had died in battle.
• Yang Zhengshan sent Kou Ta to retrieve Tianyun Sword Sect’s Sect-Suppressing Seal and recruit suitable families into Spirit Source Land for White Jade Capital.
• Yang Zhengshan used the Golden Light Divine Curse to turn a Ghost General into a Golden Armored Divine General and planned to cultivate more as reusable battlefield forces.
• Yang Zhengshan gave Xuan Zhen a full set of Core Formation Spiritual Items, and Xuan Zhen went into seclusion to attempt core formation.
• The people of Spirit Source Land took up cultivation, research, alchemy, and other work after the battle exposed their lack of strength and cannon fodder.

Yang Zhengshan took the Tianyun Sword Sect’s Sect-Suppressing Seal for White Jade Capital and recruited four Baiyun Immortal City families into the Spirit Source Land. He required them to obey White Jade Capital’s laws and ordered Yang Chengmou to arrange their resettlement and integration.

• Kou Ta returned from Baiyun Immortal City with the Tianyun Sword Sect’s Sect-Suppressing Seal, and Yang Zhengshan decided to make it White Jade Capital’s seal.
• Kou Ta recruited the Luo, Wen, Shen, and Mu families, who chose to leave Baiyun Immortal City after Baiyun True Lord disappeared and the Wuchang Ghost Sect remained a threat.
• The four families moved to the Spirit Source Land, bringing expertise in formations, talismans, demonic beasts, and artifact refining.
• Yang Zhengshan told ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the families that they must follow White Jade Capital’s laws and that clan influence would be broken apart.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered Yang Chengmou to assign the families’ ordinary members to villages and towns and their Immortal Cultivators to Jingxuan Hall.

Luo Cheng and the other relocated families settled into the Spirit Source Land and committed to joining White Jade Capital, while the wider Myriad Flower Domain descended into conflicts and preparations for war. Ten years later, the Spirit Source Land had grown rapidly, and Yang Minghao began breaking through to the Divine Soul Realm.

• Ning Yun showed Luo Cheng and Luo Fengxia their new pavilion in the immortal palace, where Luo Cheng finally felt reassured about joining White Jade Capital.
• Luo Cheng told Luo Fengxia that the Luo Family had to integrate fully into White Jade Capital, and asked her to seek a master for the younger members and arrange ties with the Yang Family.
• Over the next ten years, the Luo, Wen, Mu, and Shen families gradually integrated into the Spirit Source Land as conflicts spread throughout the Myriad Flower Domain.
• Yu Qingyi sealed Chouqin Pavilion’s formation as Yang Minghao began his breakthrough, and Yang Mingcheng learned that his younger brother was progressing smoothly.
• The Spirit Source Land’s population and cultivation strength rose sharply, with eight martial artists reaching the Divine Soul Realm and twelve cultivators establishing their foundations over the decade.

Yang Minghao safely broke through to the Divine Soul Realm, and Yu Qingyi reflected on Yang Yunyan’s limited future in the Martial Dao and Yang Zhengshan’s preparations for her to become a Ghost Cultivator. Soon after, Xuan Zhen formed his core and survived the Thunder Tribulation inside the Immortal Palace, while the others considered their own chances at Core Formation.

• Yang Mingzhi and Yang Mingcheng celebrated Yang Minghao’s breakthrough, then lamented that Yang Yunyan had fallen behind in cultivation.
• Yu Qingyi reassured them about Yang Yunyan, while the narration explained Yang Zhengshan’s plans to preserve deceased souls and prepare a path for Ghost Cultivators.
• After Yang Minghao’s aura settled, a vast spiritual-energy vortex formed over the Immortal Palace, and Yu Qingyi recognized that Xuan Zhen was forming his core.
• Yunxiao and Lin Xiqiu observed Xuan Zhen’s Thunder Tribulation and realized the Immortal Palace’s spiritual energy and Dao Resonance helped him endure it.
• Xuan Zhen successfully became a Golden Core True Lord, prompting Shen Ming, Wen Yu, and Kou Ta to discuss attempting Core Formation.
• Luo Cheng said he would attempt Core Formation first because his lifespan was nearly over, then returned to his pavilion.

Yang Zhengshan gained a breakthrough in the Way of Great Void, comprehended the divine ability Seal Great Void, and advanced to the Golden Core Mid Stage. After emerging from seclusion, he learned that Xuan Zhen had formed his core and that Luo Cheng had failed and died, so he collected Luo Cheng’s remnant soul.

• Xuan Zhen emerged from seclusion as a Golden Core cultivator, and Yunxiao, Lin Xiqiu, and Green Ox congratulated him while Yang Zhengshan remained in seclusion.
• White Jade Capital held a banquet, an exchange meeting, and a Dao lecture to celebrate Xuan Zhen’s breakthrough before he secluded himself to stabilize his cultivation.
• Yang Zhengshan received enlightenment through the Life Realm Immortal Palace, comprehended Seal Great Void, and advanced to the Golden Core Mid Stage.
• Luo Cheng attempted to form his core, but his spiritual energy vortex dissipated before thunderclouds gathered, and he died with only a remnant soul remaining.
• Yang Zhengshan emerged from seclusion, learned that Xuan Zhen had succeeded three years earlier, and collected Luo Cheng’s remnant soul to try to cultivate it into a ghost cultivator.

Yang Zhengshan visited the Divine Soul Hall, settled Luo Cheng’s remnant soul, and reunited with Xuan Zhen after his breakthrough to Golden Core. He explained the roots of the Way of Golden Light to Xuan Zhen and left him to contemplate the Dao.

• Yang Zhengshan placed Luo Cheng’s remnant soul in a memorial tablet at the Divine Soul Hall and gave soul power to its Yin Souls and Red Soul.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Immortal Palace, where Xuan Zhen congratulated him on leaving seclusion and learned that Yang Zhengshan had reached the Golden Core Mid Stage.
• Yang Zhengshan demonstrated his ability to seal off the Great Void and chose the title Wither and Flourish True Lord.
• Xuan Zhen asked Yang Zhengshan about the roots of the Way of Golden Light, and Yang Zhengshan explained its connection to the Five Primordials and the Great Dao.
• Yang Zhengshan advised Xuan Zhen not to force his understanding of the Dao, and Xuan Zhen acknowledged that he had been impatient.

After ending his five-year seclusion, Yang Zhengshan learned about the Yang Family’s growing number of spirit-aperture children and arranged to strengthen the Immortal Palace’s cultivation resources. He then left the sealed Spirit Source Land for Wanhua Mountain Range to learn about the outside world and handle its affairs.

• Yang Zhengshan reunited with Yu Qingyi, heard about the Life Realm Immortal Palace’s progress, and told her to let Yang Chengmou focus on cultivation.
• Yu Qingyi told Yang Zhengshan that three children had recently been found with spirit apertures, bringing the Yang Family’s Immortal Cultivator numbers above twenty.
• Yang Jizhen presented Yang Zhengshan with a newly completed low-grade Spirit Artifact Divine General Chessboard that could nurture over one hundred twenty thousand Divine Generals.
• Yang Zhengshan arranged for Wuzhen Dao Palace’s disciples to recite the Golden Light Divine Curse and asked Xuan Zhen to help turn his Ghost Generals into Divine Generals.
• After settling White Jade Capital’s affairs, Yang Zhengshan left the Life Realm Immortal Palace, passed through the Yang Family Blessed Land, and headed through the Great Void toward Wanhua Mountain Range.

Yang Zhengshan visited Taoyuan Mountain and arranged for the Spirit Source Land to trade pills and Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats through Wanbao Trading Company. He then set out for the Central Region to deliver pills owed to the Hengshan Sect, carrying a token from Zhongli Xiayi to help him meet True Lord Yunxiu.

• Yang Zhengshan surveyed the Wanhua Mountain Range and found its spiritual energy and Spirit Veins had weakened after the war and destruction of the Giant Bone Pillars.
• Zhongli Xiayi welcomed Yang Zhengshan to Taoyuan Mountain and explained that the Taixuan Wangxu Formation detected his arrival through the Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan and Zhongli Xiayi agreed that the Spirit Source Land would sell pills and Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats through Wanbao Trading Company in exchange for resources.
• Yang Zhengshan told Zhongli Xiayi he planned to visit the Hengshan Sect to deliver pills owed from an earlier trade.
• Zhongli Xiayi gave Yang Zhengshan a token to use when meeting True Lord Yunxiu, and Yang Zhengshan departed for the Central Region.

Yang Zhengshan reached the Hengshan Sect to deliver pills and seek an introduction to Qihe Zhenjun, learning about the sect’s strength, war, and need for trade. He waited at the Immortal Welcoming Pavilion for Qihe Zhenjun while considering the Hengshan Sect a promising partner for White Jade Capital.

• Zhongli Xiayi admitted to Zhongli Yue that she feared the road ahead and silently hoped to meet Yang Zhengshan again.
• Yang Zhengshan crossed the Great Void for three days and reached the Hengshan Sect, where he presented Zhongli Xiayi’s token and requested an audience with True Lord Yunxiu.
• Lan Xi told Yang Zhengshan that True Lord Yunxiu was in seclusion, and Yang Zhengshan explained that he had come to deliver pills and meet Qihe Zhenjun.
• Lan Xi arranged for someone to invite Qihe Zhenjun and told Yang Zhengshan that affiliated forces were carrying most of the fighting against the South Sea Demon Race.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that the Hengshan Sect needed outside supplies and considered expanding its commercial cooperation with White Jade Capital.

Yang Zhengshan met Qi He of the Hengshan Sect to deliver Baiyun True Lord’s overdue pill order and negotiate further business. Qi He agreed to continue buying pills and other supplies from the Yang Family, and Yang Zhengshan returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace after securing substantial orders.

• Yang Zhengshan told Qi He that Baiyun True Lord had gone missing after the battle at True Sun Immortal City and delivered the pills Baiyun had arranged for Hengshan Sect.
• Qi He inspected the pills, praised their quality, and agreed to continue working with Yang Zhengshan on pill orders.
• Yang Zhengshan presented the Yang Family’s talismans, flying boats, magic treasures, and formations, and Qi He showed interest in the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat and Blazing Sun Golden Boat.
• Qi He asked Yang Zhengshan to send flying boats, talismans, and magic treasures, while confirming that Hengshan Sect would continue ordering pills from him.
• Yang Zhengshan secured thirty million Low-grade Spirit Stones’ worth of orders for talismans, magic treasures, and Dharma Artifacts during three days at Hengshan Sect’s Immortal Welcoming Pavilion.
• Yang Zhengshan collected a deposit, left Hengshan Sect, and returned to the Life Realm Immortal Palace a few days later.

Yang Zhengshan arranged the Hengshan Sect’s orders and accepted a major trade deal from Wanbao Trading Company, then sent a guarded fleet carrying goods toward Taoyuan Mountain and the Hengshan Sect. As the Yang Family Blessed Land reopened, forces in the Lingxiu Sea reacted, while Heavenly Sword True Monarch chose to remain hidden until the Struggle for Authority reached its final stage.

• Yang Zhengshan distributed the Hengshan Sect’s orders among his subordinates and received Li Deming, who delivered Zhongli Yue’s proposal for Wanbao Trading Company to trade supplies with the Yang family.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to send two Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats and other goods to Wanbao Trading Company and the Hengshan Sect, then dispatched a fleet under Yunxiao’s escort.
• News of the Yang Family Blessed Land’s reopening spread, and representatives of the Huanyue Sect and Xuanqing Sect decided to visit Yang Zhengshan, while Yue E and Lin Daoyuan stayed behind.
• Heavenly Sword True Monarch told Que Lingyu he would not meet Yang Zhengshan yet because he needed to hide until the Struggle for Authority’s final opportunity, which he described as a path to becoming a Dao Master.

Heavenly Sword True Monarch explained the paths to becoming a Dao Master and the Struggle for Authority to Que Lingyu, including his ambition to surpass Wanhua Dao Master. Several days later, Yang Zhengshan received old acquaintances at the Yang Family Blessed Land and identified why Jingshui True Person’s cultivation had stalled.

• Heavenly Sword True Monarch told Que Lingyu that Dao Masters could rise through comprehending Great Dao Intent, perfecting Great Void Dao Intent, or contending for authority, and described ways to fight for the Position of Authority.
• Heavenly Sword True Monarch said he would surpass Wanhua Dao Master, and Que Lingyu encouraged him as they reminisced about their past.
• Jingshui True Person, Yun Xi, Chu Lingxiao, Lu Fusheng, and Lan Peng arrived at the Yang Family Blessed Land and waited while Yang Zhengshan finished refining Tongming Pills.
• Yang Qingyu welcomed the visitors, and Chu Lingxiao learned that Yang Qingyu was Li Qianqian’s daughter and that Li Qianqian had reached Golden Body Realm.
• Yang Zhengshan met the visitors on the eighth day and explained that Jingshui True Person’s repeated conversion between magic power and True Essence had hindered his cultivation and made further breakthroughs unlikely.

Yang Zhengshan agreed to protect Lingxiu Sea in the Yang Family’s name without stationing forces there, then focused on alchemy as the Spirit Source Land prospered through new trade and boat orders. When the Wuchang Ghost Sect launched a major invasion of the Wanhua Mountain Range and targeted Baiyun Immortal City, Yang Zhengshan warned Yun Fan and Yun Bi to evacuate to Qingli Immortal City and preserve Baiyun True Lord’s orthodoxy.

• Yang Zhengshan invited Yun Xi to remain at Zhuxi Pavilion until Yunxiao returned, and agreed that the Yang Family would protect Lingxiu Sea under its name while trading for its resources.
• Yang Zhengshan accepted a Spirit Aperture Child from the Lu Family and ordered a mountain gate and an Immortal Welcoming Pavilion built.
• Yunxiao returned with successful trade deals, including Hengshan Sect’s order for ten Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats and one hundred Blazing Sun Golden Boats.
• In the spring of Year 168 of Lingyuan, the Wuchang Ghost Sect sent a large Yin Soldier Army into the Wanhua Mountain Range, and Yang Zhengshan saw that Baiyun Immortal City was being targeted.
• Yang Zhengshan discovered that Yun Ge’s Core Formation had failed and urged Yun Fan and Yun Bi to abandon Baiyun Immortal City and move to Qingli Immortal City to preserve Baiyun True Lord’s orthodoxy.

After Yun Ge died and the White Cloud Orthodoxy abandoned Baiyun Immortal City, the Wuchang Ghost Sect seized the city and spread panic across the region. With the Demon Emperor silent and the Qingyuan Fox Clan preparing to withdraw into Qingyuan Cave Heaven, Su Qingfu advised Yue Yao to seek refuge with the Yang family in the west.

• Yun Ge failed Core Formation and died, prompting Yun Fan and Yun Bi to lead the White Cloud Orthodoxy away from Baiyun Immortal City.
• Su Mei learned that the Demon Emperor had not answered their requests and ordered the fox clans to gather inside Qingyuan Cave Heaven.
• The Wuchang Ghost Sect broke through Baiyun Immortal City and slaughtered its remaining cultivators, driving nearby forces to flee.
• Su Mei refused to meet Xuan Ling and Yue Yao, while Su Qingfu told them the Qingyuan Fox Clan would seal its cave heaven.
• Su Qingfu advised Yue Yao to travel west and seek shelter in the Yang Family Blessed Land, and Yue Yao agreed to go look.

Yang Zhengshan focused on alchemy and White Jade Capital’s trade while refusing Xuan Zhen’s plan to attack the Wuchang Ghost Sect. As the Ghost Sect’s army threatened the Wanhua Demon Court, Yue Yao sought refuge for the Spirit Deer Clan with the Yang family, but Yang Zhengshan declined to meet her and later examined the valuable Fuzhu horn she left behind.

• Yang Zhengshan learned that Xuan Zhen had transformed 231 Ghost Generals into divine generals and told him to cultivate the Yin Souls at the Divine Soul Hall.
• Xuan Zhen proposed taking advantage of the war to seize Yin Souls from the Wuchang Ghost Sect, but Yang Zhengshan told him to avoid the conflict and develop steadily.
• Han Fei reported that Yue Yao, Demon King of the Spirit Deer Clan, wanted to meet Yang Zhengshan, who declined the visit by claiming he was in seclusion.
• After learning that the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s army was advancing toward True Sun Immortal City, Yue Yao visited the Yang family to seek a safe home for her clan, but Yang Qingyu told her Yang Zhengshan could not receive her.
• Yue Yao left a gift for Yang Zhengshan and departed; he discovered the box contained a Fuzhu horn, a valuable medicinal material, and wondered what she would ask of him.