Chapter Summaries

Ye Ling ambushed Ancestor Xuanyuan to seize the Shapeshifting Blood Tuckahoe, but the Ten Desolations Nether Fire left Ancestor Xuanyuan with only a year to live. Meanwhile, Wei Suo, Yin Lihua, and Ji Ya explored the ruins of Dao Xuan Hall and encountered a white Jade Talisman that flew toward Wei Suo.

• Ye Ling used the Ten Desolations Nether God Arrow to strike Ancestor Xuanyuan and captured the blood-red rabbit containing the Shapeshifting Blood Tuckahoe.
• Ye Ling endured Ancestor Xuanyuan’s repeated Five Prisons Great Mountain Suppression attacks, then escaped after warning that the Desolate Ancient Nether Fire would drain Ancestor Xuanyuan’s lifespan and blood essence.
• Ye Ling told Ancestor Xuanyuan that he would seek revenge on the Sea Immortal Sect’s Wei Suo after their arranged duel, and Ancestor Xuanyuan learned that Ye Ling had at most a year to live.
• Wei Suo, Yin Lihua, and Ji Ya examined Dao Xuan Hall’s ruins and inferred that Silver Scale Demonic Beasts had destroyed it.
• Wei Suo’s blue ancient talisman reacted to dragon-shaped white spiritual light in the ruins, and a white Jade Talisman flew from the light to him.

Wei Suo reunited with Ancestor Xuanyuan and learned that Ye Ling had wounded him with a Ten Desolations Nether God Arrow, leaving him about a year to live. Ancestor Xuanyuan abandoned his plan to attack the Yin Corpse Sect after Wei Suo gave him a Primordial Sacred Fruit that could greatly extend his lifespan.

• Ancestor Xuanyuan expelled the arrow’s netherfire and summoned Wei Suo’s group, then angrily demanded to know what had happened between Wei Suo and Ye Ling.
• Yin Lihua explained that Ye Ling had used the Ten Desolations Nether God Arrow, and Ancestor Xuanyuan revealed that his Golden Core was grievously depleted and he had only about a year left.
• Ancestor Xuanyuan asked Wei Suo to help capture Yin Lihua so he could attack the Yin Corpse Sect and detonate his Golden Core there.
• Wei Suo offered Ancestor Xuanyuan a Primordial Sacred Fruit instead of agreeing to capture Yin Lihua.
• Ancestor Xuanyuan recognized the fruit’s life-extending power and said Ye Ling’s plans would come to nothing.

Wei Suo, Yin Lihua, and Ancestor Xuanyuan agreed to leave the dangerous Lesser Celestial Realm after checking a mapped spirit herb garden. The garden proved empty, and Yin Lihua parted from Wei Suo and Ancestor Xuanyuan to return to the Yin Corpse Sect and watch Ye Ling.

• Ancestor Xuanyuan decided to leave the Lesser Celestial Realm, while Wei Suo proposed visiting the spirit herb garden marked on his map first.
• Wei Suo and his companions appeared beside Yin Corpse Sect disciples mining Dark Sky Profound Gold Ore, and Yin Lihua ordered the disciples to continue their work.
• Wei Suo, Ji Ya, Yin Lihua, and Ancestor Xuanyuan left the Lesser Celestial Realm and found the mapped spirit herb garden abandoned, with its Void Origin Fruits already harvested.
• Yin Lihua declined Ancestor Xuanyuan's invitation to visit the Sea Immortal Sect and explained that she needed to return to the Yin Corpse Sect before Ye Ling could turn the elders against her.
• Wei Suo returned Yin Lihua's magical implement and spirit stone pouch, and she promised to watch Ye Ling and bring Wei Suo any news before departing.

Wei Suo returned to the Sea Immortal Sect with Ancestor Xuanyuan and Ji Ya, where Xuanyuan appointed him a Punishment Elder before beginning preparations to raise Wei Suo’s cultivation. The chapter ended with Xuanyuan taking Wei Suo and Ji Ya away to perform the Earth Transformation True Art, while Han Weiwei remained unconscious.

• Ancestor Xuanyuan told Wei Suo that Yin Lihua appeared to be a virgin with a Mysterious Cauldron body, and Wei Suo declined the idea of taking her as a cultivation partner.
• Wei Suo, Ji Ya, and Ancestor Xuanyuan arrived at the Sea Immortal Sect, where Xuanyuan ordered the disciples to let them pass and summoned Great Elder Fu Yun.
• Ancestor Xuanyuan announced that he would enter secluded cultivation and appointed Fu Yun to manage the sect in his absence.
• Xuanyuan ordered Fu Yun to give Wei Suo a Punishment Elder token, granting Wei Suo authority within the Sea Immortal Sect.
• Xuanyuan explained that he might be secluded for twenty to thirty years and said he could use the Earth Transformation True Art to help Wei Suo break through to the Mind Splitting Realm Fifth Level.
• After Wei Suo received the token, Xuanyuan took him and Ji Ya toward the rear of the hall and said three or four days should be enough.

Ancestor Xuanyuan taught Wei Suo the Sea Immortal Sect’s Seventy-Two Earth Aperture True Art and helped him use the sect’s spirit vein to break through to the Mind Splitting Stage Fifth Level. The chapter left Wei Suo warned that Ye Ling and the Yin Corpse Sect remained dangerous, and that he should stay in Sea Immortal City.

• Ancestor Xuanyuan explained the Earth Transformation True Art and gave Wei Suo its instructions for opening seventy-two Earth Yuan apertures.
• Wei Suo agreed to use the sect’s spirit vein to advance, and Ancestor Xuanyuan began opening his apertures with earth-element creatures formed from the crystal pillars.
• Three days later, the spirit energy in Sea Immortal City vanished as Wei Suo’s apertures drew on the spirit vein.
• Wei Suo refined the remaining spirit vein and broke through to the Mind Splitting Stage Fifth Level with fifteen Divine Seas.
• Ancestor Xuanyuan warned Wei Suo that Ye Ling’s Golden Core cultivation and magic treasures made him a serious threat, and advised him not to leave Sea Immortal City.

Wei Suo settled into the Sea Immortal Sect and obtained the Yang Zhi Bird’s demon core, completing the materials needed for Ji Ya to refine a Nine Yang Pill for Han Weiwei. While Ji Ya began refining it, Wei Suo cared for Han Weiwei and fed his Heart Devouring Worm powerful demonic beasts, then noticed something surprising about two Hun Yuan Yin Wa corpses.

• Wei Suo accepted Ancestor Xuanyuan’s jade talisman and had Lin Xiuxian guide him to a sect residence equipped for cultivation and pill refining.
• Wei Suo told the Yang Zhi Bird that True Person Huoyun had died and that Yao San San had been avenged, and the bird gave him its demon core and agreed to follow him.
• Ji Ya took the Yang Zhi Bird’s demon core and began preparing to refine the Nine Yang Pill while Wei Suo took responsibility for Han Weiwei.
• Wei Suo released his Heart Devouring Worm and fed it the corpses of Silver Scale Demonic Beasts and Hun Yuan Yin Was.
• Wei Suo examined the ancient Hun Yuan Yin Wa and found it had no demon core or Dharma pearl, then noticed something astonishing about the other two corpses.

Wei Suo examined the four-armed Hun Yuan Yin Wa’s unusual bones and then discovered that crystal marrow contained an astonishing amount of spiritual energy. With fourteen pieces, he realized he could potentially reach the threshold for forming a core in just over three days.

• Wei Suo found that neither Hun Yuan demonic beast had a Dharma pearl, but the four-armed Hun Yuan Yin Wa possessed a mature demon core and a skeleton that resisted divine sense.
• Wei Suo saw that the four-armed beast’s bones were silver tinged with gold and suspected its skeleton could be refined into high-grade magic treasures.
• Wei Suo returned to the quiet chamber and began absorbing spiritual energy from the crystal marrow.
• Wei Suo discovered that each thread of silver spiritual energy held the equivalent of at least ten High-grade Spirit Stones and that one piece of crystal marrow contained over thirty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wei Suo calculated that his fourteen pieces could provide enough spiritual energy to attempt core formation in just over three days.

Ye Ling offered the Blood Spirit Ancestor a Spirit Transformation Stage Blood Fu Ling and secured the Blood Spirit Escape Technique and authority to act against Wei Suo and Sea Immortal Sect. He learned that Wei Suo and Ancestor Xuanyuan had returned to Sea Immortal Sect, then ordered his disciple to prevent Wei Suo from cultivating in peace.

• Ye Ling presented the Blood Spirit Ancestor with a Spirit Transformation Stage Blood Fu Ling and requested the Blood Spirit Escape Technique and Yin Lihua as his concubine.
• Ye Ling told the Blood Spirit Ancestor that he had ambushed Ancestor Xuanyuan and explained that Wei Suo’s Blood-Eating Magic Saber and other treasures made him a threat to the Yin Corpse Sect.
• The Blood Spirit Ancestor granted Ye Ling the Blood Spirit Escape Technique and promised Yin Lihua if Ye Ling reached the Golden Core Third Layer or uncovered ancient Northern Mang clues.
• The Blood Spirit Ancestor authorized Ye Ling to spend up to six million Spirit Stones and lose twenty Mind Splitting Stage disciples while dealing with the matter.
• Ye Ling learned that Wei Suo and Ancestor Xuanyuan had returned to Sea Immortal Sect and that Ancestor Xuanyuan had entered secluded cultivation.
• Ye Ling told his disciple to ensure Wei Suo had no peaceful time to cultivate, then entered the bone-white hall.

Ye Ling planned to use a powerful skeleton to strengthen his position in the Yin Corpse Sect, while Wei Suo learned that Li Yizhan had been badly injured by Fiery Monk after leaving the Lesser Celestial Realm. After arranging a safe place for Li Yizhan to recover, Wei Suo asked him for guidance on forming a Golden Core, prompting Li Yizhan to realize Wei Suo might be close to a breakthrough.

• Ye Ling revealed that he had secretly obtained a Golden Core Fourth Layer cultivator’s corpse and planned to refine it into a Black Nether Bone Lord to rise within the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Wei Suo received Li Yizhan, who explained that Fiery Monk had attacked him after he escaped the Lesser Celestial Realm and that he wanted to recuperate in the Sea Immortal Sect.
• Li Yizhan warned Wei Suo that the Sea Immortal Sect could face disaster if news spread that Yao San San had killed True Person Huoyun, given Yao San San’s ties to Li Ruoxuan and the Fire Phoenix Palace.
• Wei Suo agreed to arrange a secure place for Li Yizhan to recover and reflected on how Golden Core cultivators could act with far more freedom than ordinary cultivators.
• Wei Suo asked Li Yizhan for advice about core formation, and Li Yizhan exclaimed that Wei Suo might have reached the threshold of forming a Golden Core.

Wei Suo refined Heaven Mending Pills and crystal marrows until he reached the threshold for forming a core, while Ji Ya completed the Nine Yang Pill. They used it to revive Han Weiwei, leaving Wei Suo determined to prepare for Golden Core formation.

• Wei Suo confirmed that Heaven Mending Pills could still expand his newly cultivated Divine Seas and refined them before consuming crystal marrows.
• After refining eleven crystal marrows, Wei Suo realized that another half marrow would bring his True Essence to the point of forming a core.
• Ji Ya brought Wei Suo the completed Nine Yang Pill, and the Green Robe Old Man instructed them to use it to save Han Weiwei.
• Wei Suo infused Han Weiwei with the Nine Yang Pill’s medicinal power, circulated her blood and qi, and removed the residual poison.
• The Green Robe Old Man confirmed that Han Weiwei’s vitality had returned, and Wei Suo resolved to become a Golden Core Stage cultivator to protect those close to him.

Wei Suo began cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Myriad Stars Body Tempering Method to prepare for Core Formation, while the Wang Family Merchant House manager agreed to procure a Golden Luster Dao Pill for the cultivator he believed was a hidden Rogue Cultivator nearing Core Formation. Wei Suo then headed back to his residence, planning to use the merchant house auction to gather what he needed and look for a way to help Han Weiwei recover.

• The Wang Family Merchant House manager told his clerk to promise a Golden Luster Dao Pill to the cultivator seeking one, reasoning that the cultivator might soon attempt Core Formation.
• Wei Suo practiced the Heavenly Dragon Myriad Stars Body Tempering Method in a forbidden area, endured intense pain, opened new orifices, and drew in starlight to temper his body.
• Wei Suo realized that reaching the technique's first level would take at least two years, so he decided to form his core before continuing its long-term cultivation.
• A Sea Immortal Sect disciple delivered Wei Suo a message, and Wei Suo rewarded Zhang Hanlin through the disciple for handling the matter well.
• Wei Suo returned to his residence and planned to attend the Wang Family Merchant House auction to prepare for Core Formation and seek something that could help Han Weiwei recover.

Wei Suo received the items and auction catalogue from Shopkeeper Wang, then studied the offerings as the auction began. A wealthy young cultivator with a rare white Kirin artifact spirit bid five hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for the Emperor Snake Larva Egg.

• Shopkeeper Wang gave Wei Suo the requested items, arranged for him to pose as the Golden Wind Hermit, and supplied the auction catalogue.
• Wei Suo and the Green Robe Old Man examined the catalogue, while a young cultivator in a nearby private room studied the Unknown Exotic Treasures.
• The young cultivator admired the auctioneer, and his white Kirin artifact spirit warned him that pursuing her would drain his spiritual energy.
• The Wang Family Merchant House presented the Emperor Snake Larva Egg, prompting excited reactions and rapidly rising bids.
• The young cultivator outbid the others with an offer of five hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, intending to use the egg to refine a Demon Spirit.

Wei Suo won the Golden Gilt Dao Pill after outbidding a mysterious white-robed Golden Core cultivator, then competed for a massive piece of Deepwater Jade to restore his Black Water Lotus. The white-robed cultivator raised the jade’s price to three hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, and Wei Suo’s response remained unresolved.

• The white-robed young man paid five hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for an Emperor Snake Larva Egg using a pouch of High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Wei Suo and the white-robed young man competed for the Golden Gilt Dao Pill, and Wei Suo secured it for one million and ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The Wang Family Merchant House accepted Wei Suo’s two Xuanji Workshop crystal talismans as payment and returned his extra Spirit Stones.
• Wei Suo bid two hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for a large piece of Deepwater Jade, hoping to restore and strengthen his Black Water Lotus.
• The white-robed young man raised the Deepwater Jade’s price to three hundred thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Wei Suo and the mysterious white-robed young man fought over a rare Wonderful Tree Fragment said to greatly accelerate cultivation, driving the price into the millions of Spirit Stones. After receiving an urgent message from Zhang Hanlin about the Sea Immortal Sect, Wei Suo made a final bid of five million Low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Wei Suo lost the Deepwater Jade auction to the white-robed young man, who devoured it to cultivate, while Wei Suo bought a Treasure Candle Fruit for the Yang Zhi Bird.
• The auction presented three Unknown Exotic Treasures, and the Green Robe Old Man and the white Kirin recognized the milky-white fragment as a Wonderful Tree Fragment.
• The Green Robe Old Man explained that Wonderful Tree Fragments could produce spiritual energy for years and greatly speed cultivation, prompting Wei Suo to compete for it.
• Wei Suo and the white-robed young man repeatedly raised their bids until the price reached two million ten thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhang Hanlin sent Wei Suo an urgent message recalling him to the Sea Immortal Sect, and Wei Suo answered the white-robed young man's three-million bid with five million Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Wei Suo bought a rare Wonderful Tree Fragment at auction, then hurried back to the Sea Immortal Sect to address a dispute involving Yun Bin and a Golden Core cultivator’s disciple. The Council of Elders heard competing accounts of the clash, and Wei Suo asked about the backgrounds of the two witnesses.

• Wei Suo outbid the young man in white for a Wonderful Tree Fragment with five million Low-grade Spirit Stones and asked Shopkeeper Wang to delay anyone leaving the auction.
• The young man in white learned that Wei Suo had already departed and planned to seek information about him from the Wang Family Merchant House.
• Zhang Hanlin told Wei Suo that Yun Bin had seriously injured Nangong Die, the disciple of Golden Core Stage One cultivator Silver Hook Rogue, in the Silent West Sea.
• Wei Suo arrived before the Sea Immortal Sect Council of Elders, where Yun Bin and Nangong Die gave conflicting accounts of their encounter.
• Wei Suo asked about the backgrounds of the two cultivators who had witnessed the clash.

Wei Suo defied pressure from the Yin Corpse Sect and his own elders to protect Yun Bin, then received an urgent message from Yin Lihua warning that Ye Ling was refining a powerful artifact. With Silver Hook Rogue possibly coming after him, Wei Suo entered the Sea Immortal Fairy statue with Ji Ya and Han Weiwei to begin forming his Golden Core.

• Wei Suo rejected the accusations against Yun Bin and ordered Nangong Die, Liu Qufeng, and the Hongyuan Sect cultivator to leave, insisting the Sea Immortal Sect would handle the matter itself.
• Wei Suo refused the Law Enforcement Elder's demand to execute Yun Bin, accepted responsibility for his decision, and ordered an investigation into the elder's possible collusion with the Yin Corpse Sect.
• After the visitors left, Wei Suo reassured Yun Bin and told the Law Enforcement Elder to report his recent contacts and activities to the Discipline Pavilion.
• Wei Suo received an urgent bone talisman message from his elder sister, Yin Lihua, then took Ji Ya and the still-sleeping Han Weiwei to the Sea Immortal Fairy statue.
• Wei Suo ordered Zhang Hanlin to guard the forbidden grounds and entered seclusion to attempt Golden Core Formation, as Ye Ling and Silver Hook Rogue threatened to cause trouble.

Wei Suo entered secluded cultivation in the Sea Immortal Sect’s forbidden chamber and overcame heavenly demon illusions to form his Golden Core. As True Person Yin Gou arrived to confront the sect, the core-forming phenomenon erupted over Sea Immortal City, revealing that someone there had succeeded.

• Ji Ya left Wei Suo to guard outside while he swallowed a Purple Fox Flower and prepared to form his Golden Core.
• Wei Suo refined the Golden Luster Dao Pill and Hun Yuan Yin Wa’s spiritual energy, then condensed his True Essence at the Shenting acupoint.
• Wei Suo resisted illusions of his parents, Nangong Yuqing, and his former humiliations through sheer will, allowing his Golden Core to stabilize and solidify.
• Wei Suo’s Golden Core opened more than ten thousand tiny points within his body, which began absorbing spiritual energy as his body and core were depleted.
• True Person Yin Gou arrived at Sea Immortal City intending to confront Wei Suo, while Ancestor Xuanyuan remained in secluded cultivation.
• A pillar of purple light and a vast funnel of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi appeared above Sea Immortal City, and cultivators realized someone had formed a Golden Core.

Wei Suo successfully formed a massive Golden Core inside the Sea Immortal Fairy statue, producing astonishing celestial phenomena that shocked the Sea Immortal Sect and nearby cultivators. True Person Yin Gou fled in fear, while Wei Suo examined his enormous Golden Core with delight.

• The Sea Immortal Sect disciples and elders realized that Wei Suo was forming a Golden Core inside the Sea Immortal Fairy statue.
• Wei Suo’s Golden Core devoured spiritual energy as the fifteen Divine Seas in his body condensed, and he opened additional acupoints through the Earth Transformation True Art and Heavenly Dragon Star Body Tempering Technique.
• A purple Heavenly Dragon phantom appeared above Sea Immortal City as Wei Suo’s Golden Core grew larger than a goose egg and filled his body with nourishing core energy.
• Wei Suo swallowed the pill from Old Freak Chen, quickly replenished his vital blood, and summoned his Golden Core.
• True Person Yin Gou mistook the immense Golden Core radiance for evidence of a Heaven-grade technique and fled, while Wei Suo admired the size of his Golden Core.

Wei Suo successfully formed an enormous Golden Core, and his strengthened divine sense and True Essence confirmed his newfound power. He discovered that his Golden Core radiance manifested as a mighty Heavenly Dragon, then took True Person Huoyun's and Yao San San's Golden Cores, prompting the Green Robe Old Man to ask whether he planned to refine the Annihilation Golden Core.

• Ji Ya and the Green Robe Old Man celebrated Wei Suo's Golden Core formation as the Sea Immortal Sect and Sea Immortal City realized a new Golden Core cultivator had emerged.
• Wei Suo found that his divine sense had nearly doubled and his True Essence had grown more than twice as powerful, but his Spiritual Qi Manifestation appeared as tiny lotus petals.
• Wei Suo activated his Golden Core and produced an imposing purple Heavenly Dragon wreathed in yellow clouds and silver starlight.
• The Green Robe Old Man judged the Heavenly Dragon manifestation powerful enough to rival an ordinary Golden Core cultivator's direct strike with their core.
• Wei Suo grabbed True Person Huoyun's and Yao San San's Golden Cores, and the Green Robe Old Man asked if he intended to refine the Annihilation Golden Core.

Wei Suo refined True Person Huoyun’s and Yao San San’s Golden Cores into Annihilation Golden Cores, then activated the ancient talisman fragment from the Reincarnation Tower. After learning it was a top-tier Guardian Ancient Talisman useful for long-distance teleportation and protection from spatial rifts, he set out with Ji Ya and the Green Robe Old Man for the Yin Corpse Sect.

• Wei Suo suppressed True Person Huoyun’s Golden Core radiance and refined the core into an Annihilation Golden Core.
• Wei Suo easily refined Yao San San’s Golden Core into a second Annihilation Golden Core and stored both away.
• Wei Suo activated the ancient talisman fragment, which formed an egg-shaped yellow light screen around him.
• The Green Robe Old Man identified the fragment as a top-tier Guardian Ancient Talisman that could protect cultivators during ultra-long-distance teleportation and passage through spatial rifts.
• Wei Suo left with Ji Ya and the Green Robe Old Man for the Yin Corpse Sect to test the talisman.