Chapter Summaries

Han Debiao and Han Benmin confronted Zhao Rongrong’s group over a restricted treasure site, while Lin Xuan joined Han Debiao and handed him a magic-treasure-grade pill furnace to secure their cooperation. Ye Xin reached the gates of the Heavenly Devil Palace and cautiously sent two puppet beasts to test them.

• Han Debiao failed to break the stone-wall restriction, and he and Han Benmin confronted Zhao Rongrong’s group when they arrived.
• Han Benmin’s Ground-Covering Insect exposed Lin Xuan hiding underground, and Lin Xuan joined forces with Han Debiao to avoid Zhao Rongrong’s group.
• Han Debiao pressured Lin Xuan for a share of the cave’s spoils, and Lin Xuan gave him an eight-hundred-year-old spirit herb and a magic-treasure-grade pill furnace.
• Han Debiao took the pill furnace and left with Han Benmin, while Lin Xuan followed; Zhao Rongrong’s group let them go rather than risk a trap.
• Ye Xin reached the Heavenly Devil Palace and sent two Ape Puppet Beasts to attack its closed gates.

Han Debiao and Han Benmin found Blue Glaze Grass, but a third-rank black centipede ambushed them and forced them to flee. Han Debiao lured it into the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow’s nest, escaped underground with the Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape, and began recovering in a secluded grotto.

• Han Debiao killed a Second-Rank High-Grade green giant python, and Han Benmin harvested three stalks of Blue Glaze Grass.
• A third-rank black centipede attacked Han Debiao and Han Benmin, and they fled through the forest while it pursued them.
• Han Debiao stayed behind to cover Han Benmin, but the centipede wounded him and drove him toward the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow’s nest.
• Han Debiao entered the cave, where the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow attacked the pursuing black centipede and started a fierce battle.
• Han Debiao escaped underground with the Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape and reached a secluded stone grotto, where he began healing while the ape kept watch.

Lin Xuan broke into an ancient cultivator’s chamber and found treasures that strengthened his prospects for reaching the Golden Core Realm, while blaming Han Changming for his lost arm. Ye Xin entered a formation-filled courtyard in search of a formation inheritance and faced a barrage of Wind Blades.

• Lin Xuan used a third-rank Beast Spirit Talisman to shatter the stone chamber door and searched the chamber’s Storage Bag.
• Lin Xuan discovered a mid-grade Purple Marrow Pill and a damaged Yellow Turban Strongman Talisman that could display Golden Core Realm strength.
• Lin Xuan decided to wait for the secret realm to close, credited the Amethyst Flying Scorpion for his fortune, and vowed to make Han Changming repay him for his loss.
• Ye Xin opened a hidden courtyard by attacking a stone wall, but the wall sealed her inside and a formation transported her to a wasteland.
• Ye Xin sent her Ape Puppet Beasts to break the formation, then raised a White Ice Wall with eleven Ice Soul Flags to block hundreds of cyan Wind Blades.

Han Changming displayed his alchemy skill to the Red Algae Sea’s leaders, while Han Debiao killed Zhao Rongrong and gained treasures that could help him form a Golden Core. Ye Xin found formations and jade slips in Heavenly Devil Palace before she and other cultivators were suddenly expelled into the sky, where Han Changming caught her.

• Han Changming joined a wager among the Red Algae Sea’s leaders and revealed that he had refined a mid-grade Blood Forging Pill, earning their interest and goodwill.
• Han Debiao followed the sounds of battle and helped Xue Hai defeat Zhao Rongrong and two Great Void Sect disciples.
• Han Debiao searched Zhao Rongrong’s Storage Bag and found two earth-element magic treasures, a mid-grade Purple Marrow Pill, spirit herbs, and records from an ancient cultivator’s cave dwelling.
• Ye Xin collected jade slips and two third-rank formations in Heavenly Devil Palace, then tried to open another stone chamber.
• A powerful force expelled Ye Xin and more than a dozen cultivators into the sky, and Han Changming caught Ye Xin as she fell.

After returning from Ten Thousand Devils Island, Han Changming and the Han Clan counted their gains, including powerful treasures and inheritances, while preparing for the clan’s future and guarding against Lin Xuan. Ye Xin revealed a Spirit Eye Jade, which the Taiyi Spirit-Transforming Gourd drained of its spiritual qi, and Lin Xuan returned to Azure Cloud Sect, where Azure Flame True Person warned him to avoid open conflict with Han Changming.

• Liu Sheng rescued the cultivators falling from Ten Thousand Devils Island, and Han Changming confirmed that all five Han Clan members had survived while Lu Xiaofeng and Zhao Rongrong were among those missing.
• Han Changming brought his clansmen back to Red Shrimp Island, where they contributed valuable formations, treasures, cultivation manuals, and a Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow to the clan.
• Han Changming gave Han Debiao a thousand-year spirit peach and cultivation advice, while the Han Clan arranged to bring Han Zhangxiang back to help protect its new treasures.
• Ye Xin revealed a Spirit Eye Jade taken from Heavenly Devil Palace, and Han Changming warned his family to keep its existence secret.
• The Taiyi Spirit-Transforming Gourd absorbed all the spiritual qi from the Spirit Eye Jade and grew larger, leaving Han Changming to wonder whether it could now upgrade pills.
• Lin Xuan told Azure Flame True Person about his losses on Ten Thousand Devils Island, and Azure Flame True Person advised him to heal, keep the Han Clan’s pill furnace secret, and avoid openly fighting Han Changming.

Han Changming refined five high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills and agreed to take Han Benzhi to propose marriage to the Liu Clan. At the Liu Clan stronghold, Liu Guangyang and Liu Weiwei awaited the Han family, hoping the marriage would secure the clan's future.

• Han Changming used fourth-rank Spirit Water and the Azure Flame Heaven-Burning Furnace to refine five high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Han Changming told Han Benzhi to prepare for a trip to the Liu Clan to propose marriage, while he and Ye Xin worried that their sons lacked dedication to cultivation.
• Han Changming, Ye Xin, Ye Xue, and Han Benzhi left Red Shrimp Island with ten Qi Refining cultivators and traveled toward White Birch Island.
• Liu Guangyang explained that he hoped Liu Weiwei's marriage to Han Benzhi would protect the Liu Clan after his death.
• Liu Weiwei wondered whether Han Benzhi had only casually promised to propose, while Liu Guangyang reassured her that the match benefited both her and the Liu Clan.

Liu Weiwei reluctantly accepted that marrying Han Benzhi could secure her path to Foundation Establishment, while Liu Guangyang welcomed Han Changming’s family to White Birch Island. The chapter ended with the engagement agreed upon, generous betrothal gifts presented, and Han Changming urging Liu Weiwei to reach Foundation Establishment before the wedding.

• Liu Guangyang urged Liu Weiwei to marry Han Benzhi, explaining that the Liu Clan could not provide her with a Foundation Establishment Pill and was under pressure from other factions.
• Liu Weiwei said Han Benzhi had promised to propose, and Liu Guangyang learned that Han Changming, his wives, and Han Benzhi had arrived at White Birch Island.
• Liu Guangyang recognized Han Changming as a Golden Core cultivator and welcomed his party, while Liu Weiwei was surprised by Han Changming’s cultivation.
• Han Changming proposed that Han Benzhi and Liu Weiwei become cultivation partners, and Liu Guangyang agreed on Liu Weiwei’s behalf.
• Ye Xin gave Liu Guangyang a Foundation Establishment Pill, jewelry, and magical robes as betrothal gifts, and Han Changming set the wedding for a year later alongside his Golden Core celebration.
• Han Changming urged Liu Weiwei to advance to Foundation Establishment before the wedding, and she agreed to strive for it.

Han Changming stopped Li Zifeng’s attack on the Liu Clan and discovered that Li Zifeng had used a demonic beast as a pretext to search for a rare treasure. Liu Guangyang revealed a sealed jade box, and Han Changming left White Birch Island with Li Zifeng in custody.

• A Second-Rank High-Grade red octopus attacked White Birch Island, and Han Changming used his Golden-Eyed True Pupil to find Li Zifeng hiding beneath the sea.
• Han Changming captured Li Zifeng, who admitted staging the attack to force Liu Guangyang to hand over a supposed rare treasure.
• Liu Guangyang revealed that the Liu Clan possessed a sealed golden jade box he had found years earlier, and Han Changming traded him a healing pill and promised a Foundation Establishment Pill for it.
• Han Changming warned Liu Guangyang to strengthen the Liu Clan’s defenses, then departed White Birch Island aboard the Spirit Flight Shuttle with Li Zifeng.

Han Changming visited Liu Sheng at Ocean Listening Pavilion, invited him to the Han Clan’s Golden Core ceremony, and handed over Li Zifeng for punishment. He then negotiated for help upgrading Red Shrimp Island’s spirit vein, and Liu Sheng agreed in exchange for spirit stones and a future favor; Han Changming asked to pay the cost in installments.

• Lin Yunfei reported that Han Zhangxiang might still be alive and may have reached the Golden Core stage, leading Liu Sheng to consider winning the Han Clan’s favor through its need for a stronger spirit vein.
• Han Changming invited Liu Sheng to the Han Clan’s Golden Core ceremony and his son’s wedding, then turned Li Zifeng over to Liu Sheng for attacking White Birch Island.
• Liu Sheng proposed killing Li Zifeng, but Han Changming suggested leaving punishment to the Li Clan, so Liu Sheng ordered the clan to discipline him and compensate the Liu Clan and Han Changming.
• Han Changming asked Liu Sheng to help upgrade Red Shrimp Island’s Second-Rank High-Grade spirit vein to the third rank.
• Liu Sheng agreed to arrange the upgrade for four hundred thousand spirit stones and one future request, and Han Changming asked to pay the cost over ten years.

Han Changming rebuked Han Benzhi for putting Liu Weiwei ahead of the Han Clan and returned to Red Shrimp Island with his family. After testing the unbreakable lock on the golden jade box, he judged Liu Weiwei’s politically astute advice and found her worth cultivating, pending further observation.

• Han Changming explained that he spared Li Zifeng to preserve Liu Sheng’s help and the Han Clan’s ties with Ocean Listening Pavilion, then ordered Han Benzhi to reflect on his priorities.
• Ye Xin advised keeping Han Benzhi out of important clan posts, while Ye Xue argued that guiding Liu Weiwei could help keep him in line.
• Han Changming tried to break the golden jade box’s silver lock with the Mountain-Shaking Ge and Crimson-Yellow Flame, but neither damaged it, so he put the box away unopened.
• Han Changming left Ocean Listening Pavilion for Red Shrimp Island, confined Han Benzhi to reflect, and asked Liu Weiwei how Li Zifeng should be handled.
• Liu Weiwei recommended leaving Li Zifeng’s fate to Ocean Listening Pavilion while using the case to gain concessions from the Li Clan, and Han Changming judged her promising but said he would observe her further.

Han Changming tested his Earth Guardian, tended his spirit herbs, and prepared for his Golden Core celebration and Han Benzhi’s wedding while the Chen Clan debated how to respond to his rise. After failing to refine Netherwater Pills, Han Changming welcomed Xu Ziyi of the Heavenly Pill Sect, who offered Golden Core Jade Liquid for pill formulas and spirit herbs.

• Han Changming summoned an Earth Guardian in the Vermilion Bird Space and used it to test the Mountain-Shaking Ge before watering his spirit herbs with diluted Spirit Water.
• Han Changming learned that guests were arriving for his celebration and that Liu Weiwei had reached Foundation Establishment; he approved sending a Tiger Eagle escort to fetch her for Han Benzhi’s wedding.
• At a Chen Clan council meeting, Han Desheng urged the clan to submit to Han Changming, while Chen Yuheng rejected a marriage alliance and ordered an apology gift and a group of clansmen sent away as a contingency.
• Azure Flame True Person agreed to attend Han Changming’s celebration with Lin Xuan, who said he would repair his relationship with Han Changming for now and wait for a chance to settle their grudge.
• After failing twice to refine Netherwater Pills, Han Changming welcomed Xu Ziyi, who asked whether his clan had obtained third-rank pill formulas and offered Golden Core Jade Liquid in exchange.

Han Changming negotiated with Xu Ziyi to learn how to refine Golden Core Jade Liquid in exchange for Heaven and Earth Spirit Water, then decided to give the acquired portion to Han Deling. Han Zhangxiang and Han Deling returned to Red Shrimp Island, with Han Deling having reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

• Han Changming refused to trade pill formulas for Golden Core Jade Liquid and offered Xu Ziyi Heaven and Earth Spirit Water in exchange for instruction in refining it.
• Xu Ziyi agreed to teach Han Changming for three days and accepted a total of 280 catties of third-rank Spirit Water, while giving him Golden Core Jade Liquid and one set of materials.
• Han Changming told Ye Xue that he would give the Golden Core Jade Liquid to Han Deling so she could attempt to reach the Golden Core stage.
• Han Zhangxiang and Han Deling returned to Red Shrimp Island, and Han Changming saw that Han Deling had advanced to Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
• Han Zhangxiang praised Han Changming for intending to give the Golden Core Jade Liquid to Han Deling and explained that he had returned after hearing news from the Red Algae Sea.

Han Zhangxiang revealed that he was alive, and the Han Clan negotiated with Ocean Listening Pavilion and the Chen Clan over their feud. Han Changming secured twelve islands, two hundred thousand mortals, and a marriage alliance, while Ocean Listening Pavilion expected the Han Clan to repay the favor in the future.

• Han Changming offered Han Zhangxiang the high-grade Red Flood Dragon Blade, which Han Zhangxiang planned to make his natal magic treasure.
• Liu Sheng arrived with Chen Yuanhua and Chen Yuxin and found Han Zhangxiang alive, while Han Desheng pleaded for the Chen Clan’s survival.
• Han Changming demanded territory and other concessions from the Chen Clan in exchange for sparing Chen Yuanhua.
• Liu Sheng mediated a settlement in which the Chen Clan would cede twelve islands, provide two hundred thousand mortals, and form a marriage alliance with the Han Clan.
• Liu Sheng accepted Han Zhangxiang’s promise that the Han Clan would help Ocean Listening Pavilion if needed, and Han Changming dismissed concerns about repaying the favor later.

Han Changming learned that the Han Clan had once been a powerful South Sea family, but the Myriad Dharma Sect destroyed it and forced one branch to flee to the East Sea. Han Zhangxiang revealed five ancient treasure-forging methods and gave Han Changming the chance to forge an earth-attribute treasure, leaving the clan focused on rebuilding its strength and someday seeking revenge.

• Han Changming asked Han Zhangxiang whether the clan’s ancestors had left behind powerful cultivation techniques and why the Han Clan still lived in hiding.
• Han Zhangxiang revealed that the Han Clan had once been one of the South Sea’s three great cultivation families, with ten Nascent Soul cultivators, and had been exterminated by the Myriad Dharma Sect.
• Han Zhangxiang explained that the clan’s surviving branch had fled the South Sea and brought no secret treasures or secret realms with it.
• Han Zhangxiang gave Han Changming a jade slip containing methods for forging five powerful treasures, including the earth-attribute Heaven-Transforming Gourd.
• Han Zhangxiang promised to help Han Changming forge a gourd-shaped treasure from the clan’s thousand-year-old gourds, while Han Daojing noted that a forged treasure could become a clan-defending heirloom.

Han Changming learned more about the Han Clan’s fallen glory and helped decide how to handle Han Dehao, then attended Han Benzhi’s wedding on Red Shrimp Island. The ceremony became an occasion for the Azure Cloud Sect to seek better relations with the Han Clan, whose two Golden Core cultivators surprised its visitors.

• Han Zhangxiang told Han Changming that the Han Clan descended from Nine Dragon Island and warned him to keep the secret from outsiders because the Myriad Dharma Sect could destroy them.
• Han Daojing urged the clan to focus on nurturing another Golden Core cultivator, and Han Changming recommended imprisoning Han Dehao for life rather than executing him.
• Han Changming vowed to grow stronger and avenge the Han Clan by destroying the Myriad Dharma Sect.
• Han Benzhi and Liu Weiwei completed their wedding rites, and Liu Sheng and Xu Ziyi presented gifts to the couple.
• Azure Flame True Person and Lin Xuan arrived to congratulate Han Changming, and the Azure Cloud Sect offered a third-rank Wind-Evasion Talisman and a Foundation Establishment Pill to mend relations.

Han Changming stunned the Golden Core ceremony guests by offering high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, revealing the Han Clan’s alchemy strength. He traded the pills for two Golden Pulp Fruits and left with five sets of materials for refining Golden Core Jade Liquid.

• Han Zhangxiang exchanged Purple Crystal Jade for a Fujin Fruit from Liu Sheng, giving Han Deling a spiritual item to aid her attempt at forming a core.
• Han Changming offered three high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, two eight-hundred-year Purple Flame Ginseng plants, and ore in exchange for magic treasures or earth-attributed artifact-refining materials.
• Xu Ziyi examined the pills and confirmed they were high-grade, stunning the guests and impressing the Han Clan’s rivals.
• Zhu Guangmao fixed his hopes on obtaining a pill for his five-spirit-root son, while Lin Xuan grew more wary of Han Changming’s potential.
• Xu Ziyi traded two Golden Pulp Fruits for two high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, giving Han Changming five sets of materials for refining Golden Core Jade Liquid.

Han Changming exchanged Purple Fire Ginseng for rare materials and discussed the Han Clan’s prospects with Han Zhangxiang. Meanwhile, Han Benzhi married Liu Weiwei, who pledged to put the Han Clan first, and Han Changming’s family welcomed her while urging the couple to cultivate and start a family.

• Han Changming traded Purple Fire Ginseng to Azure Flame True Person for a third-rank Soul-Chasing Spider inner core and to Xu Ziyi for Five-Colored Sand.
• Han Zhangxiang praised Han Changming’s alchemy and discussed how refining third-rank pills could protect the Han Clan; Han Changming said Xu Ziyi would guide him through refining Netherwater Pills.
• Han Benzhi married Liu Weiwei, who explained that she had chosen him partly for his character and promised to put the Han Clan’s interests first.
• The next morning, Han Benzhi and Liu Weiwei served tea to Han Changming, Ye Xin, and Ye Xue, who gave the newlyweds gifts and advised them to build a family and cultivate diligently.
• After Han Changming left, Ye Xin, Ye Xue, and Han Benfu introduced Liu Weiwei to the Han Clan’s circumstances, while keeping confidential matters from her.

Han Changming learned how to refine Golden Core Jade Liquid from Xu Ziyi, failed several attempts, then succeeded with his Azure Flame Heaven-Burning Furnace. He stored the liquid for future use and fed the Soul-Chasing Spider's demon core to the Amethyst Flying Scorpion, which fell asleep as Han hoped it would advance.

• Xu Ziyi taught Han Changming the Golden Core Jade Liquid refining process and guided him as he failed to refine three batches.
• After Xu Ziyi left, Han Changming failed another attempt, reviewed his mistakes, and successfully refined three portions of Golden Core Jade Liquid.
• Han Changming filled three jade bottles with the Golden Core Jade Liquid and stored them, thinking that Han Debiao could use a portion with his Fujin Fruit to attempt a breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.
• Han Changming fed the Soul-Chasing Spider's demon core to the Amethyst Flying Scorpion, which soon fell asleep, and he hoped it would advance to the third tier when it awoke.

Han Changming fed and cared for his spirit insects and Stone Man before returning to cultivation. At Beast-Taming Peak, Han Benmin continued trying to tame the fierce Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow, while Han Daojing warned him not to waste too much time; Benmin set a five-year limit and began weakening the bird with a freezing formation.

• Han Changming fed the Thunder Rhino Beetle and Void Origin Insect, then gave the Stone Man Gold Iron ore, which it absorbed before turning into a boulder.
• Han Changming entered his cultivation chamber and began circulating his cultivation art.
• At Beast-Taming Peak, Han Daojing and Han Benmin watched the injured Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow attack the restraints while resisting its capture.
• Han Daojing questioned whether Han Benmin should spend so much time taming the bird, and Benmin said he would give up after five years and kill it if he failed.
• Han Benmin activated a freezing formation that buried the platform in snow and gradually weakened the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow.

Seven years after Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang reached the Golden Core Realm, the Han Clan expanded its territory, recruited cultivators, and reviewed its finances under Ye Xue’s leadership. Han Changming met his young grandson Han Duanyu and found Han Benzhi indulging him, while Han Duanyu remained wary of his strict mother, Liu Weiwei.

• Ye Xue led the Han Clan’s accounting meeting, where members reported its population, income, expenses, shops, and growing strength across thirty-four islands.
• The clan reported five new Foundation Establishment cultivators and noted that its alchemy shops earned the most, while its bookstores operated at a loss.
• Han Duanyu ran around Dry Yang Peak, fell, and scraped both hands; Han Benzhi comforted him and encouraged him to cry without telling Liu Weiwei.
• Ye Xue rebuked Han Benzhi for teaching Han Duanyu to lie and took the boy into her care.
• Han Changming appeared, took Han Duanyu from Ye Xue, praised his bravery, and criticized Han Benzhi’s lack of diligence in cultivation.