Chapter Summaries

Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Yuanyao explained how they had been accidentally transported into the underground ruin and survived by growing Golden Pearl Rice. Xu Song identified the altar as a long-distance teleportation formation, then examined the remains in the Bright Hall and judged their owner to have been a ninth-layer Golden Core cultivator or possibly a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• Zhou Yang questioned Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Yuanyao after they ate, and they explained that a one-time teleportation formation had carried them into the ruin nearly eighty years earlier.
• Zhou Xuanyu said she had killed the Rogue Cultivators trapped with them to secure supplies, while she and Zhou Yuanyao survived by planting and rapidly cultivating Golden Pearl Rice in the Bright Hall.
• Xu Song identified the plaza altar as a long-distance teleportation formation and suggested a one-way emergency formation had accidentally sent Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Yuanyao to the ruin.
• Zhou Yang and the others entered the Bright Hall, where the statue's gaze compelled them to lower their heads and the jade-like skeleton lay beneath it.
• Xu Song examined the skeleton and declared that its owner had been at least a ninth-layer Golden Core cultivator, and might have been a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Zhou Yang and Xu Song discovered that the remains in Bright Hall belonged to a False Nascent Soul cultivator who had died during the Inner Demon Tribulation, and they searched his ancient storage ring for treasures. Zhou Yang nearly triggered a deadly ability in a Fire Phoenix True Feather before Xu Song warned him, and the pair turned to the last two preserved spirit objects.

• Xu Song identified the skeletal remains as those of a False Nascent Soul cultivator who had failed the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Zhou Yang collected the remains' robe and storage ring, finding that most of the ancient treasures inside had lost their spiritual energy.
• Zhou Yang discovered a fiery plume in a Jade Box, and it absorbed nearby Fire Element spiritual energy until Xu Song warned him to put it away.
• Xu Song explained that the plume was likely a Fire Phoenix True Feather or a similar sixth-rank Demon King's Natal True Feather, and that it could have unleashed a deadly Fire Element Divine Ability.
• Zhou Yang apologized, thanked Xu Song for the warning, stored the plume, and examined the two remaining Jade Boxes.

Zhou Yang uncovered a possible Light-attribute secret treasure, a Great Teleportation Token, and a teleportation formation’s cornerstone in the remaining Jade Boxes. After Xu Song took the formation treasures and the ancient skeleton to study, Zhou Yang set out for home, intent on investigating a suspicion about the skeleton and the underground ruins.

• Zhou Yang opened the second Jade Box and found a white pearl that Xu Song suspected had been refined from the eye of a Light-attribute creature.
• Xu Song explained that powerful cultivators could use rare treasures or secret methods to wield Light-attribute power, and Zhou Yang put the pearl away for later study.
• Zhou Yang opened the third Jade Box, revealing a Great Teleportation Token and a large Xuan Crystal Stone that Xu Song identified as the teleportation formation’s cornerstone.
• Xu Song took the token, cornerstone, and ancient skeleton, promising not to damage the formation and offering to help Zhou Yang defeat a Tier 5 Demonic Beast after cultivating his White Bone Clone Technique.
• Zhou Yang, Zhou Xuanyu, Zhou Yuanyao, and Xiao Ying left the Bright Hall to return home, while Zhou Yang resolved to investigate his suspicion about the skeleton and the ruins.

Zhou Yang took Zhou Xuanyu and her daughter to Jade Spring Peak, then investigated the Great Bright Immortal Palace records at the Yellow Sand Sect. He learned that his white pearl might be one of the lost Eyes of Light, a Seventh-tier Immortal Artifact.

• Zhou Yang brought Zhou Xuanyu and her daughter to Jade Spring Peak and left them there while he went to investigate his suspicions.
• Zhou Yang asked Zhang Yunpeng to let him examine the Yellow Sand Sect's records about the Great Bright Immortal Palace.
• Zhang Yunpeng provided the sect's records, which linked the Bright Hall and White Jade Statue Zhou Yang had found to the Great Bright Immortal Palace.
• Zhou Yang learned that the Bright True Monarch had created three Seventh-tier Immortal Artifacts, including the Eye of Light, from his immortal body.
• Zhou Yang suspected that his white pearl was one of the two Eyes of Light lost during the Great Bright Immortal Palace's internal strife.

Zhou Yang reflected on how the teleportation array might let the Zhou Lineage settle in the Great Bright Immortal Palace’s territory, but decided the family first needed to strengthen its foothold on Rhino Horn Continent. After returning to Jade Spring Lake Oasis, he reunited with Zhou Xuanyu, who celebrated the Zhou Lineage’s achievements but chose to remain at Jade Spring Peak rather than visit her loved ones’ graves.

• Zhou Yang speculated that the white pearl might be the Great Bright Immortal Palace’s lost Eye of Light and concluded that the teleportation array connected to its territory.
• Zhou Yang imagined using the array to establish a Zhou Lineage branch in another cultivation world, then cautioned himself that the family lacked the strength and knowledge to make the move safely.
• Zhou Yang returned to Jade Spring Lake Oasis, kept his Yellow Sand Sect trip secret from Zhou Xuanyu and her daughter, and spent nearly half a month telling them about the Zhou Lineage’s history.
• Zhou Guangxiang visited Zhou Xuanyu after hearing the news, and she wept with joy over the Zhou Lineage’s rise and Zhou Yang’s achievements.
• Zhou Yang urged Zhou Xuanyu to visit the graves at Red Tiger Mountain Oasis, but she said she was content to remain at Jade Spring Peak until her death.

Zhou Xuanyu passed away peacefully, and Zhou Yang spent the following twelve years strengthening himself and the Zhou family. As Zhou Guangxiang entered seclusion to attempt Opening the Violet Palace, Zhou Yang resumed clan leadership and prepared for the planned move toward Rhino Horn Continent.

• Zhou Yang cremated Zhou Xuanyu and buried her ashes beside Zhou Minghan's grave at Red Tiger Mountain.
• Zhou Yuanyao let go of her romantic feelings for Zhou Yang, reconciled with Xiao Ying, and sought to contribute to the Zhou family's alchemy work.
• Over twelve years, Zhou Yang comprehended the Twelve Yuan Chen Sword Formation and became the Zhou family's first Tier 4 Talisman Master, while his Golden Winged Thunder Eagle began its advance toward adulthood.
• Lu Xuewei and Zhou Tongyao achieved Foundation Establishment, bringing the Zhou family to eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators and making it a renowned power in the Boundless Sea of Sand.
• Zhou Guangxiang received Violet Heart Jade Marrow from Zhou Yang and entered seclusion to attempt Opening the Violet Palace.
• Zhou Yang took up clan duties again, reviewed the Zhou family's growth and its nine artificial oases, and predicted that his forces would be ready to move toward Rhino Horn Continent in three years.

Zhou Yang refused Zhou Yuanchen’s request for a Foundation Establishment Pill after revealing that Zhou Guangde had organized gambling duels that badly injured fellow clansmen. Zhou Yuanchen took his son back to the Yellow Sand Sect, and Zhou Yang’s ensuing crackdown on misconduct improved the Zhou family’s reputation among outsiders.

• Zhou Yuanchen asked Zhou Yang for a Foundation Establishment Pill for Zhou Guangde, who was nearing the age when his chances of success would decline.
• Zhou Yang revealed that Zhou Guangde had run a gambling den using private spell-duels, leaving at least five clansmen severely injured and one with a crippled arm.
• Zhou Yuanchen gave up his request, knocked Zhou Guangde unconscious, and took him back to the Yellow Sand Sect, barring him from returning to the Zhou family.
• Zhou Yang used Zhou Guangde’s case to tighten family discipline and punished descendants who bullied, robbed, or killed outsiders.
• Cultivators from small families and Rogue Cultivators praised Zhou Yang’s actions and became more willing to deal with the Zhou family.

Zhou Yang learned that Zhou Guangxiang had successfully Opened the Violet Palace and suggested that Liu Xuanxuan consider becoming his Dao companion. Liu Xuanxuan agreed, leaving Zhou Yang with her consent to arrange the match.

• Zhou Yang sensed that Zhou Guangxiang had successfully sent his spirit roaming and told Liu Xuanxuan he would soon become another Violet Palace Stage Cultivator in the Zhou Family.
• After Liu Xuanxuan praised Zhou Guangxiang's cultivation and character, Zhou Yang asked whether she had considered finding a Dao companion.
• Zhou Yang explained that he was suggesting Zhou Guangxiang because he wanted him to leave descendants for the Zhou Family.
• Liu Xuanxuan considered her prospects and decided Zhou Guangxiang was her best choice for a husband and Dao companion.
• Liu Xuanxuan told Zhou Yang she was willing to become Zhou Guangxiang's Dao companion if he did not disdain her.

Zhou Yang tried to persuade Zhou Guangxiang to consider Liu Xuanxuan as a Daoist companion, then spent two years preparing for his plan involving Rhino Horn Continent and the underground ruin. When Zhou Yang reached the ruin, Xu Song’s White Bone Clone ambushed him and revealed its strength.

• Zhou Guangxiang told Zhou Yang he would spend time getting to know Liu Xuanxuan before deciding whether they were suited to be Daoist companions.
• Zhou Yang pressed Zhou Guangxiang about his reasons and privately explained a plan that could prevent future conflict within the Zhou Lineage, giving him three years to consider it.
• Two years later, the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle awakened its Lightning Escape Technique, and Zhou Yang decided it was time to call Xu Song back.
• Zhou Yang flew to the underground ruin on the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle and was struck into a stone wall by a white skeletal figure.
• Xu Song spoke through the figure and taunted Zhou Yang about the strength of his White Bone Clone.

Zhou Yang learned that the long-range teleportation formation could still be activated, then gathered allies and resources to launch his planned expedition to Rhino Horn Continent. His party arrived to find the continent’s rhinoceros demonic beasts largely replaced by wolves and other creatures, while Zhou Yang remained confident that the Demon Kings would not interfere.

• Xu Song told Zhou Yang that the teleportation formation remained functional but required thirty-six High-grade Spirit Stones and a Nascent Soul cultivator to establish its spatial coordinates.
• Xu Song joined Zhou Yang’s lineage, and Zhou Yang prepared an expedition by summoning his cultivators, inviting Jiang Yuyan, and renting the Yellow Sand Sect’s Thunder Burst Ape.
• After more than half a year of preparation, Zhou Yang departed with Xu Song, Jiang Yuyan, Xiao Ying, Zhou Guangxiang, the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle, and the Eagle-Lion Beast.
• The party reached Rhino Horn Continent after just over half a month and found that wolves and other animals had largely replaced the rhinoceros demonic beasts.
• Zhou Yang recalled True Person Qingyang’s assurance that the Demon Kings would not interfere in the Boundless Sea of Sand unless their descendants or interests were threatened.

Zhou Yang’s group reached Rhino Horn Continent and confronted the Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf, whose history and rule over the continent’s wolf demons were revealed. Zhou Yang, Xu Song, Jiang Yuyan, and their allies launched a coordinated assault, leaving the fight against the Tier 5 wolf underway.

• The Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf’s exile from the Cloud Severing Mountain Range and its cultivation of herbivorous beasts as livestock explained the wolf demons’ dominance on Rhino Horn Continent.
• After the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle carried Zhou Yang’s group to the Tier 5 Spirit Mountain, the wolf demons sounded an alarm and the Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf confronted them.
• The Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf prepared to attack the humans and rebuked the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle, but Zhou Yang struck first by releasing Xu Song, the Giant Python Demon Corpse, and the White Bone Clone.
• Zhou Yang ordered the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle, Xiao Ying, Zhou Guangxiang, and the Eagle-Lion Beast to intercept the approaching wolf demons while he, Jiang Yuyan, and Xu Song attacked the Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf.
• Jiang Yuyan joined Xu Song’s assault with her golden mace and flying sword, believing their group might be able to win.

Zhou Yang, Jiang Yuyan, and Xu Song kept the Green-haired Giant Wolf trapped while testing its abilities, then prepared to unleash their full strength. Zhou Yang entrusted Jiang Yuyan with his Skyfire Meteor Talisman as they readied themselves to finish the fight.

• The Green-haired Giant Wolf spat out its demon core and blasted Zhou Yang and Jiang Yuyan's artifacts aside as it broke through Xu Song's Senluo Ghost Curtain.
• Zhou Yang summoned his puppet giant ape, which struck the wolf with lightning and wounded it with a powerful lightning pillar before the wolf healed using Blood Healing.
• Jiang Yuyan and Zhou Yang recovered their artifacts and joined Xu Song's White Bone Clone to force the Green-haired Giant Wolf back into the ghost curtain.
• Zhou Yang replaced the puppet giant ape's High-grade Spirit Stone and told Jiang Yuyan that they should stop testing the wolf and attack with all their strength.
• Zhou Yang gave Jiang Yuyan his Tier 5 Skyfire Meteor Talisman to use if the wolf survived their combined attack, and she promised to preserve it unless necessary.

Xu Song, Jiang Yuyan, and Zhou Yang badly wounded the Green-haired Giant Wolf as it tried to escape, but its wind-blade counterattack knocked Zhou Yang from the sky. Jiang Yuyan activated Zhou Yang’s Tier 5 Skyfire Meteor Talisman, and its giant fireball struck the fleeing wolf.

• Xu Song used a Demonic Secret Technique to strengthen the Giant Python Demon Corpse, which restrained the Green-haired Giant Wolf while his White Bone Clone burned it with white demonic flames and gouged out one of its eyes.
• The Green-haired Giant Wolf freed itself by shredding the demon corpse, suppressed the flames, and tried to flee, but Jiang Yuyan struck its back with her golden rod and a golden sword pierced its abdomen.
• Zhou Yang blocked the wolf with Qianyang True Fire, silver-white lightning, and his Great Evolution Divine Light Swords, inflicting further wounds.
• The Green-haired Giant Wolf unleashed thousands of wind blades to force a path out, breaking Zhou Yang’s Spirit Turtle Shield and knocking him toward the ground.
• Jiang Yuyan activated the Tier 5 Low-grade Skyfire Meteor Talisman, and its enormous crimson fireball struck the Green-haired Giant Wolf and exploded.

After the Zhou Lineage conquered Rhino Horn Continent, Zhou Yang returned to Red Tiger Mountain to recover from severe injuries while Zhou Guangxiang organized its development. The Zhou Lineage opened the new region to outside explorers, drawing families and Rogue Cultivators seeking land and protection.

• Xiao Ying treated Zhou Yang after the battle, while Xu Song and Jiang Yuyan killed the Green-haired Giant Wolf and secured its beast soul and demon core.
• Zhou Yang ordered Zhou Guangxiang to transport cultivators to Rhino Horn Continent, asked Xu Song to guard it, and promised Jiang Yuyan that the Zhou Lineage would protect the Yellow Sand Sect's legacy.
• Zhou Yang returned to Red Tiger Mountain and spent two or three years recuperating with Xiao Ying as Zhou Guangxiang transported cultivators to Rhino Horn Continent.
• The Zhou Lineage announced its occupation of Rhino Horn Continent and invited outside cultivators to explore the new region, offering protection and help establishing defensive formations.
• Families and Foundation Establishment Realm Rogue Cultivators flocked to the new Cultivation World to seek oases and establish lineages under the Zhou Lineage's protection.

Zhou Yang reviewed the Zhou Lineage’s discoveries in the new Cultivation World and planned to sell its stockpiled supplies and hold a second Grand Auction to ease its finances. He invited the Yellow Sand Sect to consign spirit pills, and Zhang Yunpeng agreed while raising a condition.

• Zhou Yang heard that explorers had found eight oases and multiple mineral veins, while Rhino Horn Continent held abundant Spirit Veins, ore deposits, valuable demonic beasts, and an underground river with a Tier 3 Water Demon.
• Zhou Yang ordered the Finance Hall to sell the Lineage’s stockpiled low-tier goods, and Zhou Tongxin estimated the sales could yield at least 500,000 spirit stones in profit.
• Zhou Yang told Zhou Tongxin that the second Grand Auction would take place in two years and that Guangxiang would provide treasures from the inner treasury.
• Zhou Yang traveled to the Yellow Sand Sect, paid respects at Jiang Yuyan’s grave, and proposed that Zhang Yunpeng’s sect consign surplus pills to the Grand Auction without paying commission.
• Zhang Yunpeng agreed to auction seven Foundation Establishment Pills, one Violet Cloud Pill, and other spirit pills, but asked Zhou Yang to accept a condition.

Zhou Yang agreed to support the Yellow Sand Sect’s alchemy, artifact forging, and formation needs, then traveled to Rhino Horn Continent to inspect the Zhou Lineage’s new home at Spirit Rhinoceros Peak. He secured Zhou Guangxiang’s agreement to marry Liu Xuanxuan and began cultivating on the mountain’s Tier 5 spirit vein.

• Zhou Yang accepted Zhang Yunpeng’s request for the Zhou Lineage to refine pills, artifacts, and formations for the Yellow Sand Sect, and received a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhou Yang returned to the Lineage, announced plans for a joint Grand Auction with the Yellow Sand Sect, and set out for Rhino Horn Continent after making arrangements.
• Zhou Yang approved Zhou Guangxiang’s development plans for Spirit Rhinoceros Peak and learned that Guangxiang needed at least five more years to attempt becoming a Fourth-Rank Formation Master.
• Zhou Guangxiang agreed to become Dao companions with Liu Xuanxuan, and Zhou Yang arranged for their wedding after the Grand Auction in two years.
• Zhou Yang took over the supervision of Rhino Horn Continent while Zhou Guangxiang returned to the Lineage, then Zhou Yang began cultivating in his cave on Spirit Rhinoceros Peak’s Tier 5 spirit vein.

Zhou Yang inspected Zhou Guangxiang’s oasis work, attended a successful Grand Auction, and announced her wedding to Liu Xuanxuan, which drew more than ten thousand celebrants. After the festivities, he took Lu Xuewei to Rhino Horn Continent to cultivate by a cold spring and keep her focused on her prospects for Core Formation.

• Zhou Guangxiang reported that the Zhou Clan had completed fifteen oases and planned to finish all twenty-five within fifteen years, and she told Zhou Yang she willingly served the clan despite thirty years of stalled cultivation.
• Zhou Yang returned to Rhino Horn Continent, emerged from two years of seclusion, and attended the Grand Auction, where the Zhou Clan earned more than five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• After the auction, Zhou Yang announced the wedding of Zhou Guangxiang and Liu Xuanxuan, and more than ten thousand cultivators attended their celebration at Red Tiger Mountain.
• Zhou Yang left the newlyweds to oversee Red Tiger Mountain and brought Xiao Ying and Lu Xuewei to Rhino Horn Continent.
• Zhou Yang directed Lu Xuewei to cultivate beside a cold spring and told her to seek guidance from him and Xiao Ying.

After a Three-tailed Demonic Fox killed Zhou Guangtai and other members of the Zhou Lineage, Zhou Yang tracked it down and killed it. He and Xu Song then discovered signs of something strange beneath the fox demon’s hiding place.

• Xiao Ying told Zhou Yang that the Three-tailed Demonic Fox had destroyed Crimson Fox Ridge’s Mountain Protection Array, killing Zhou Guangtai, more than twenty cultivators, and thousands of mortals.
• Zhou Yang flew to Crimson Fox Ridge, reassured Zhou Guangxiang, and went to invite Xu Song after the fox demon evaded their searches.
• After the fox demon attacked another mortal town, Zhou Guangxiang gave Zhou Yang its blood and fur, and Xu Song used the Myriad Miles Soul Chasing Technique to track it.
• Xu Song drove the fox demon out of its underground lair with the Heart-Devouring Demonic Wolf’s beast soul, and Zhou Yang killed it and preserved its soul and hide.
• Xu Song noticed that something below had nearly severed his contact with the wolf soul, so he and Zhou Yang prepared to investigate underground.

Zhou Yang discovered a Spirit-Suppressing Stone vein beneath the fox’s oasis and approved generous compensation for the Zhou Lineage cultivators who died defeating it. On the journey back, he learned that Zhou Yuanyao had married Pang He and had a daughter, then arranged for their branch to guard Jade Spring Lake Oasis.

• Zhou Yang found a Spirit-Suppressing Stone mineral vein above a high-grade spirit vein and sent Zhou Guangxiang to arrange for Rogue Cultivators to mine it.
• Zhou Guangxiang presented compensation for Zhou Guangtai and the other fallen cultivators, and Zhou Yang approved the plan, including a Foundation Establishment Pill for descendants of future Foundation Establishment martyrs.
• Zhou Guangxiang told Zhou Yang that Xuanxuan was expecting a son, so Zhou Yang decided to stay until the child was born.
• Zhou Guangxiang revealed that Zhou Yuanyao had become Dao companions with Pang He, helped him achieve Foundation Establishment, and had given birth to a daughter named Zhou Guangying.
• Zhou Yang assigned Zhou Yuanyao and Pang He to guard Jade Spring Lake Oasis and said their branch could take charge of it in the future.

Zhou Yang visited his family and disciples at Red Tiger Mountain, then reviewed the Zhou Lineage’s growth and enacted policies to extend childbirth subsidies and abolish the Pleasure House. The chapter ended with Liu Xuanxuan giving birth to a son, whom Zhou Guangxiang named Tongxuan.

• Zhou Yang visited Zhou Yuanyao and Pang He, gave Pang He a Tier 4 Low-grade Talisman, and arranged for them to guard Jade Spring Lake Oasis.
• Zhou Yang gave his pregnant disciple Liu Xuanxuan a Marrow Cleansing Flower and rewarded newly established Foundation Establishment Cultivator Zhou Tonghua with a Tier 3 High-grade Talisman.
• Zhou Yang reviewed the Zhou Lineage’s halls, then proposed extending childbirth subsidies from twenty years to thirty and abolishing the Pleasure House.
• Zhou Yang’s proposals became official policies despite objections from several Pleasure House Steward Elders.
• Liu Xuanxuan safely gave birth to a baby boy, and Zhou Guangxiang named him Tongxuan.