Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhaojun withheld resources from the Ye Family to prevent its elders from returning to the Lower Realm to hunt the Azure Devil Race, while Ye Qingxuan continued his cultivation. As Dongxuan City neared the Water Marsh Kingdom, its cultivators grew alarmed, but Ye Qingxuan revealed that the kingdom was the city's intended destination.

• Ye Zhaojun agreed to store the unneeded Blessed Land Share within Xuantian Sect and planned to keep newly acquired resources from encouraging the Ye Family's elders to hunt the Azure Devil Race in the Lower Realm.
• Ye Qingxuan had Ye Zhaoheng buy twice the listed resources, handed them to Ye Zhaojun, and watched him leave before returning to Qingxuan Cave Heaven to cultivate.
• Su Jianfeng and Mu Chunzi worried that Dongxuan City was nearing the Water Marsh Kingdom, while other cultivators debated whether the city should continue south.
• Jiang Wen urged Ye Qingxuan to stop Dongxuan City's migration, but Ye Qingxuan said the Water Marsh Kingdom was their destination.

Dongxuan City entered the Water Marsh Kingdom and crossed its beast-filled territory without being attacked, revealing that its demonic beasts were confined by formations. As other powers began investigating the unexplained barrier, Cheng Yuan suspected Dongxuan City had occupied the kingdom and wondered who its City Lord really was.

• Dongxuan City passed through the Water Marsh Kingdom's barrier and flew toward its central lake without encountering attacks from Tier Six Demonic Beasts.
• Su Jianfeng, Mu Chunzi, and the cultivators saw numerous lower-tier demonic beasts confined by formations and suspected Dongxuan City had dealt with the Tier Six beasts.
• Cultivators following Dongxuan City were blocked by the barrier, while scouts reported the news of the Water Marsh Kingdom to their powers.
• Most powers doubted that the kingdom had been occupied but dispatched Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates to investigate; Xingluo City and the Huangji Sect did not send experts.
• Cheng Yuan suspected Dongxuan City had occupied the Water Marsh Kingdom and wondered what kind of person the Dongxuan City Lord was.

Dongxuan City settled in the Water Marsh Kingdom, which Ye Qingxuan claimed as its territory and ordered expanded. He assigned his subordinates to develop the region and prepare cultivation residences, while reserving the highest-grade Spirit Veins for himself to handle.

• Ye Qingxuan lowered Dongxuan City onto Dongxuan Lake and declared the Water Marsh Kingdom Dongxuan City's territory, barring outsiders from entering and forbidding anyone from taking its resources.
• After lifting the city's lockdown, Ye Qingxuan allowed those already inside to explore, and cultivators including Su Jianfeng and Mu Chunzi flew across the Water Marsh Kingdom.
• Ye Qingxuan ordered Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng to expand Dongxuan City, with him personally setting up its city walls.
• Ye Qingxuan instructed them to seal Spirit Veins and build Cave Mansions, Small Courtyards, and Large Courtyards above them in a 7:2:1 ratio.
• Liu Feifeng explained that Dongxuan City's Formation Masters could only handle Spirit Veins up to Third-grade, so Ye Qingxuan said he would manage higher-grade veins and asked for a count of registered cultivators before promising rewards for their work.

Ye Qingxuan planned to build Dongxuan City’s population and talent base while avoiding exposing his identity or the Realm Gate. He began expanding the city across the Water Marsh Kingdom as cultivators worked for Contribution Points and the mortal population grew.

• Ye Qingxuan ordered Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng to reward Dongxuan City’s cultivators and encourage them to help develop the city.
• Ye Qingxuan considered Dongxuan City’s shortage of talented cultivators and decided to build its foundation gradually rather than recruit the Ye Family and risk exposing himself or the Realm Gate.
• Ye Qingxuan set up city walls around the Water Marsh Kingdom and prepared to establish formation restrictions and residences across its Spirit Veins.
• Dongxuan City’s cultivators took on expansion work for Contribution Points, and Rogue Cultivators began accepting tasks as well.
• Dongxuan City’s mortal residents received support for raising children, and the number of newborns began growing rapidly.

Ye Qingxuan oversaw Dongxuan City’s expansion across the former Water Marsh Kingdom, building housing and cultivation facilities while carefully raising spiritual energy in its civilian districts. A decade later, the expansion was nearly complete, but Dongxuan City still lacked its own mid- and high-grade specialists and experts.

• Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates from major powers arrived outside Dongxuan City, sensed its Seventh-tier Star Dou Great Formation, and waited instead of trying to enter.
• Ye Qingxuan developed Cave Mansions, Small Courtyards, and Large Courtyards along the Spirit Veins, and planted Spirit Gathering Grass to gradually increase spiritual energy in the New District.
• Ye Qingxuan assigned Spirit Fields to ordinary residents and kept their districts’ spiritual energy at Tier 1 so the residents would not be harmed.
• Ten years passed, and the former Water Marsh Kingdom had become a district of Dongxuan City with hundreds of thousands of cultivation residences and numerous Spirit Medicine Gardens.
• Ye Qingxuan recognized that Dongxuan City still lacked its own mid- and high-grade craftspeople and experts, leaving its development dependent on him and the city’s formation.

After Dongxuan City’s expansion was completed, Ye Qingxuan rewarded its cultivators with permanent cave mansions and reorganized them into core and outer members. He left the city’s recruited outsiders bound by contracts while reserving its highest command positions and special cultivation resources for those who swore lifelong loyalty.

• Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng reported that Dongxuan City’s expansion was complete.
• Ye Qingxuan granted Dongxuan City cultivators permanent cave mansions suited to their cultivation and offered the four leaders mansions one tier above their current level.
• Ye Qingxuan divided Dongxuan City cultivators into core members, who swore lifelong Dao Oaths, and outer members, who signed contracts.
• Ye Qingxuan reserved commander-level positions for core members and assigned powerful outer members to oversee the city’s industries.

Ye Qingxuan established Dao Oaths as the requirement for Dongxuan City Core Members and announced the city’s reopening in three years. Most affiliated cultivators became Core Members, while Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing’s son Li Bin failed to qualify after Sun Da influenced him, and Sun Da himself avoided taking the oath.

• Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng swore Eternal Loyalty and No Information Disclosure to Ye Qingxuan, becoming trusted Core Members.
• Dongxuan City announced it would reopen in three years, and its reforms offered affiliated cultivators Permanent Cave Mansions as rewards.
• Around eighty percent of Dongxuan City’s affiliated cultivators made Dao Oaths within three days; most of the rest became Outer Members under contracts.
• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing became Core Members, but their son Li Bin failed to make a Dao Oath and became an Outer Member.
• Li Yuan confronted Sun Da for egging Li Bin on, while Sun Da denied responsibility and revealed that he had not gone to the City Lord’s Mansion to take an oath.

Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing weighed whether to claim their rewarded Cave Mansions or prioritize breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm, while Jiang Yinyin planned to reach the Golden Core Realm before claiming a higher-tier mansion. The chapter left their cultivation goals unresolved, with Jiang Yinyin encouraged by Liu Feifeng to overcome her bottleneck.

• Jiang Dongming warned Sun Da to visit the City Lord's Mansion, but Sun Da said he would first sell his Cave Mansion and seek resources to break through before deciding whether to sign a contract.
• Jiang Dongming cautioned Li Yuan against trusting Sun Da, then left to claim a permanent Third-Tier Cave Mansion; Wang Xing also departed.
• Mu Qingqing worried that Li Bin could not become a core member, and Li Yuan reassured her that they should focus on breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm before claiming Cave Mansions.
• Jiang Yinyin told Liu Feifeng she expected to reach the Golden Core Realm within twenty years so she could claim a Fourth-Tier Cave Mansion.
• Liu Feifeng praised Jiang Yinyin's talent and urged her to patiently comprehend the bottleneck and find an opportunity to break through.

Ye Qingxuan reviewed Dongxuan City’s membership and set policies for those who rejected its terms, while expanding recruitment and announcing prices for high-tier Cave Mansions. The chapter left Jiang Wen with orders to begin recruiting rogue cultivators and publicize the new prices.

• Jiang Yinyin learned that 8,763 cultivators had become Core Members, 2,211 were Outer Members, and sixteen had refused to swear a Dao Oath or sign a contract.
• Liu Feifeng told Jiang Yinyin that Ye Qingxuan would decide the sixteen cultivators’ fate, and Jiang Yinyin left to enter closed-door cultivation.
• Jiang Wen presented Ye Qingxuan with the membership rosters and reported that sixteen cultivators had refused Dongxuan City’s terms.
• Ye Qingxuan stripped the sixteen cultivators of their positions but allowed them to keep their Cave Mansions, saying he would not break his word over them.
• Ye Qingxuan ordered Jiang Wen to recruit qualified rogue cultivators from outside and announce the external and member prices for Fifth-Tier and Sixth-Rank Cave Mansions.

After Dongxuan City expelled sixteen cultivators who refused to swear a Dao Oath or sign a contract, Jiang Wen opened recruitment to Rogue Cultivators, drawing an enthusiastic response. Bai Shuqing, who had already joined, returned to his Cave Mansion and prepared to use his inherited Seven Emotions Compass for the first time to improve his cultivation.

• Jiang Wen removed the sixteen unwilling cultivators from Dongxuan City's roster, while Sun Da ignored Li Yuan's message and focused on preparing for a breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Jiang Wen opened recruitment to Rogue Cultivators, and applicants flocked to Dongxuan City's assessment site, encouraged by the rewards and the city's recent strength.
• Bai Shuqing revealed that he had already passed the assessment and joined Dongxuan City, leaving the other Rogue Cultivators annoyed and envious.
• Bai Shuqing returned to his Rented Cave Mansion and brought out the Seven Emotions Compass, whose seven jewels had gathered enough emotional energy to activate.
• Bai Shuqing began using the compass to improve his cultivation for the first time since inheriting it.

Bai Shuqing used the Seven Emotions Compass to raise his cultivation, while Dongxuan City recruited nearly twenty thousand settled Rogue Cultivators. The chapter ended as an unknown voice identified Bai Shuqing’s compass as a Three-star Low-grade Bloodline Spirit Treasure.

• Bai Shuqing activated the Seven Emotions Compass and absorbed its Pure Energy, raising his cultivation from Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to Foundation Establishment Late Stage in less than a day.
• Ye Qingxuan sensed Starlight Hall trembling, examined Dongxuan City with his Spiritual Sense, and disappeared from Wan Ling Mountain Summit.
• Jiang Wen registered cultivators for Dongxuan City, including Niu Dali and the Nascent Soul Mid Stage cultivator Su Jianfeng, and issued them Jade Tokens for their assessment tasks.
• Su Jianfeng joined the recruitment after regretting that he had waited years to join Dongxuan City, while Mu Chunzi and Wu Jizi also queued to enlist.
• Nearly twenty thousand cultivators signed up over three days, and most who joined became Outer Members because they could not make a Dao Oath.
• As Bai Shuqing admired the Seven Emotions Compass, an unseen speaker called it a Three-star Low-grade Bloodline Spirit Treasure.

Ye Qingxuan reassured Bai Shuqing that Dongxuan City would not seize his Seven Emotions Compass, then considered the prospect of cultivating powerful subordinates. Meanwhile, Su Jianfeng urged Li Changsheng to join Dongxuan City, but Li refused and viewed the city only as a temporary refuge.

• Ye Qingxuan revealed himself to Bai Shuqing as the Dongxuan City Lord and told him he did not covet the Seven Emotions Compass.
• Bai Shuqing vowed to serve Ye Qingxuan and promised his family he would avenge them.
• Ye Qingxuan returned to Wan Ling Mountain, considered Bai Shuqing and Luo Tian's potential to reach the Void Glimpse Realm, and began upgrading the formation linked to the Dongxuan Edict.
• Su Jianfeng urged Li Changsheng to formally join Dongxuan City, but Li declined because he disliked restrictions.
• Li Changsheng looked over Dongxuan City and resolved that his future lay beyond the city and the East Extremity Domain, in the Inner Five Domains of the Dihuan Realm.

Li Changsheng learned that the Everlasting Immortal Bottle could nurture his Spirit Roots with Spirit Crystals, but decided to remain in Dongxuan City until he reached the Spirit Transformation Realm. A year later, Ye Qingxuan finished upgrading the Core Members’ Dongxuan Edicts and began updating them with expanded privileges and a new Exchange List.

• Li Changsheng learned that supplying Spirit Crystals to the Everlasting Immortal Bottle could eventually raise his Spiritual Root Talent to Ten Element Spirit Root Talent.
• Li Changsheng decided to remain in Dongxuan City until he reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, then consider persuading the city lord to submit to him.
• Ye Qingxuan completed a year of closed-door cultivation to upgrade the formation linked to the Core Members’ Dongxuan Edicts.
• Ye Qingxuan added new exchange goods, including rare pills, resources, spells, and top-tier Cultivation Methods, while restricting exchanges to personal use.
• Ye Qingxuan began updating the Dongxuan Edicts held by all Core Members.

Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing struggled to find a way to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, but Ye Qingxuan’s newly expanded Exchange List offered them rare treasures and breakthrough aids. They chose to exchange for Third-Tier Enlightenment Pills and prepared to use them to pursue their breakthrough.

• Mu Qingqing suggested selling their Permanent Cave Mansion to buy spirit items for a breakthrough, but Li Yuan wanted to wait rather than sell it cheaply.
• The Dongxuan Edicts of Li Yuan, Mu Qingqing, and Dongxuan City’s other Core Members updated with a new Exchange List, stunning and exciting them.
• Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng returned to their Cave Mansions to review the list and exchange for treasures, while Outer Members and the Nascent Soul Realm newcomers remained unable to learn its contents.
• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing discovered breakthrough pills, Star Spirit Light, and Enlightenment Pills among the listed treasures and considered their options.
• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing chose to exchange their Contribution Points for two Third-Tier Enlightenment Pills to assist their breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm.

Ye Qingxuan prepared Dongxuan City for its opening by relying on Core Members to build its foundation and planning assignments for its growing ranks. Two years later, Core Members had made major breakthroughs, prompting envy among Outer Members, though few could sincerely swear the Dao Oath required to join them.

• Ye Qingxuan planned to assign Dongxuan City's cultivators to guard Spirit Veins and mine Spirit Minerals, while recruiting more members for future expansion beyond Xingluo State.
• Two years passed, leaving three days until Dongxuan City opened to the outside world, and Core Members had advanced in cultivation.
• Li Yuan and Mu Qingqing broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm and received third tier Permanent Cave Mansions, while Wang Xing failed to learn what advantages Core Members enjoyed.
• Wang Xing sold his Cave Mansion at a low price to obtain breakthrough resources, and Jiang Yinyin advanced to the Golden Core Realm and became the Dongxuan Guard Team's fifth Commander.
• Outer Members envied the Core Members' progress, but most who tried to swear Dao Oaths were rejected by the Dihuan Realm's rules and remained Outer Members.

Dongxuan City reopened to the outside world, and Ye Qingxuan introduced policies designed to attract cultivators and build up the city’s population and industries. While Rogue Cultivators entered, Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates from major powers stayed outside and asked Xueyu to arrange an audience with the City Lord.

• Ye Qingxuan unsealed Dongxuan City’s Teleportation Arrays and lowered its barrier as the city reopened.
• Xueyu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng announced the reopening and guarded the four gates as cultivators poured into the city.
• Ye Qingxuan’s policies directed visitors toward resource lands, distributed Cave Mansions, and offered Rogue Cultivators work and land to encourage them to settle.
• Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates hesitated to enter Dongxuan City, then chose to have Liu Shuijiang lead negotiations from outside.
• Liu Shuijiang approached Xueyu with more than ten Venerates and requested an audience with the City Lord.

Xueyu used Dongxuan City's backing to turn away a gathering of Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates, who chose to leave rather than risk provoking the city. Ye Qingxuan planned to let Dongxuan City build its foundations before expanding beyond Xingluo State.

• Xueyu refused the Spirit Transmutation Realm Venerates entry to meet Ye Qingxuan and warned them against declaring war on Dongxuan City.
• After receiving Ye Qingxuan's message, Xueyu said Dongxuan City would focus on business, stop expanding within Xingluo State, and welcome visitors who wished to enter.
• Liu Shuijiang and the other Venerates decided to leave Dongxuan City with their disciples rather than enter without knowing its strength.
• Ye Qingxuan praised Xueyu's nerve and said he preferred to avoid powerful visitors to preserve Dongxuan City's mystery.
• Ye Qingxuan decided to wait until Dongxuan City had built up its foundations before expanding beyond Xingluo State to gather resources for Qingxuan Cave Heaven Blessed Land.

Rogue cultivators assessed Dongxuan City’s opportunities and many decided to settle there, including five longtime friends with different cultivation professions. At the Government Affairs Hall, Jiang Yinyin sold Li Dachui a Fifth-Tier Cave Mansion after failing to persuade him to join the city.

• Several Purple Mansion Realm cultivators discussed settling in Dongxuan City, where they could earn Spirit Stone through their trades and rent land or cave mansions.
• Li Wenzhen, Wang Xuedan, Luo Xuqi, Wen Yunfu, and Li Danong decided to develop together in Dongxuan City, and many other rogue cultivators also chose to settle there.
• Jiang Yinyin grew bored while overseeing Dongxuan City’s Government Affairs Hall, where her subordinates handled property transactions.
• Li Dachui asked for a discount on a Fifth-Tier Cave Mansion, but Jiang Yinyin offered one only if he joined Dongxuan City.
• Li Dachui refused to join and paid six hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stone for a remote Fifth-Tier Cave Mansion before leaving with its formation token.

Zhou Qingguang regretted twice turning down chances to join Dongxuan City, whose growing power and influence made him resolve to seek entry again. He arrived in Dongxuan City with Heifeng and Qingyu and headed to Xueyu's Cave Mansion.

• Zhang Wenhao and Wang Hu discussed moving from Qingguang City to Dongxuan City and went to seek information from Jiang Wen.
• Zhou Qingguang arrived in Dongxuan City with Heifeng and Qingyu, bitterly recalling how he had twice rejected opportunities to join.
• Zhou Qingguang remembered leaving Dongxuan City in anger after Ye Qingxuan required him to pass the standard assessment.
• News of Dongxuan City's growing strength and its suppression of Water Marsh Kingdom convinced Zhou Qingguang to seek entry despite his embarrassment.
• Zhou Qingguang took Heifeng and Qingyu to Xueyu's Cave Mansion.

Xueyu reported Zhou Qingguang, Heifeng, and Qingyu’s decision to join Dongxuan City, while cultivators from Qingguang City also sought to relocate there. Ye Qingxuan ordered Qingguang City’s residents to move into Dongxuan City and assigned the three former leaders roles managing a Great District.

• Zhou Qingguang, Heifeng, and Qingyu visited Xueyu and learned he had a Fifth-Tier Cave Mansion bestowed by Ye Qingxuan.
• Heifeng declared that he and Qingyu would join Dongxuan City, and Zhou Qingguang silently accepted the decision.
• Xueyu informed Ye Qingxuan that the three wanted to join Dongxuan City, while Jiang Wen reported that many Qingguang City residents wished to relocate.
• Ye Qingxuan ordered all of Qingguang City’s mortal residents and cultivators to move into Dongxuan City and its tier 4 spirit vein to be guarded as a Spirit Land.
• Ye Qingxuan appointed Zhou Qingguang District Chief and Heifeng and Qingyu Deputy District Chiefs to manage the relocated residents.