Chapter Summaries

After returning to Vast Righteous City, Han Zhangxiang traded Demon-Luring Grass and Spirit Water with Thousand Spirit Fairy for Golden Core resources and brought them back to Red Shrimp Island. There he learned Han Daojing had reached Foundation Establishment great perfection, giving the clan another candidate to attempt forming a Golden Core.

• Han Zhangxiang returned to Vast Righteous City after three years and learned Han Daoguang had survived and Han Deling had formed a Golden Core.
• Han Zhangxiang contacted Thousand Spirit Fairy and offered three six-hundred-year Demon-Luring Grass stalks and one hundred jin of third-tier Spirit Water.
• Thousand Spirit Fairy agreed to trade an Essence Condensation Pill and a Fujin Fruit, asking Han Zhangxiang to give the Heavenly Sound Sect first consideration for future deals and keep their transactions discreet.
• Han Zhangxiang checked that no one followed him, then traveled back to Red Shrimp Island with the precious items.
• Han Zhangxiang learned from Han Daobin that Han Daojing had reached Foundation Establishment great perfection and could attempt to form a Golden Core.

After a dangerous encounter in the Outer Sea, Han Zhangxiang decided that the clan should postpone expansion until its Golden Core cultivators became stronger. Han Daojing received resources to prepare for a Golden Core breakthrough, while Han Changming and Ye Xin settled in to cultivate.

• Han Zhangxiang gave Han Daojing Golden Core Jade Liquid and a Fujin Fruit, instructing him to temper his spiritual power in seclusion before attempting the Golden Core Realm.
• After recalling his near-death encounter with a Poison Flood Dragon, Han Zhangxiang told Han Changming to postpone Outer Sea development and focus on reaching the mid-stage Golden Core Realm.
• Han Changming agreed to cultivate, then tested Han Duanyu and Han Duanxian on their lessons and told Liu Weiwei to ensure they kept studying.
• Han Changming shared stories of the Outer Sea with his family, and the children fell asleep as the family spent the evening together.
• Han Changming explained the Poison Flood Dragon encounter to Ye Xin, who agreed that they should wait to develop in the Outer Sea until they were stronger.
• Han Changming returned to his underground chamber, took a mid-grade Purple Sun Pill, and began refining its fire spiritual qi.

Han Debiao emerged from seclusion at the great perfection of Foundation Establishment and learned about Golden Core formation from Han Zhangxiang and Han Deling. Their discussion was interrupted by news that the Liu Clan had clashed with the Zhao Clan, raising suspicions that someone was trying to provoke conflict with the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Han Debiao tested his strength against the Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape and learned that Han Deling had entered the Golden Core stage.
• Han Zhangxiang told Han Debiao that Golden Core grades depended partly on spiritual items, while Han Deling urged him not to rush into forming a core.
• Han Daobin reported that the Liu Clan had fought a subsidiary force of the Azure Cloud Sect, and Han Zhangxiang asked to hear the Liu Clan's account before deciding what to do.
• Han Deling suspected the Great Void Sect and the Lu Clan were trying to drive a wedge between the Han Clan and the Azure Cloud Sect, while Han Debiao urged caution.
• Liu Ruoyun explained that the Liu Clan's escalating conflict with the Zhao Clan had left him as the sole survivor of a recent clash, though he could not confirm that his attackers were truly Zhao Clan cultivators.

After Liu Ruoyun brought evidence of a Zhao cultivator to the Han Clan, Han Zhangxiang sent Han Debiao and two younger clan members to investigate with spirit-tracking insects. Their trail led to Gold Star Island, where the group suspected Azure Cloud Sect involvement but had not yet decided how to proceed.

• Liu Ruoyun showed Han Zhangxiang a scrap bearing the Zhao Clan emblem, and Han Deling and Han Debiao warned that the conflict might be a trap.
• Han Benmin brought out Spirit-Chasing Insects, and Han Zhangxiang sent Han Debiao, Han Benmin, Han Benyong, and Liu Ruoyun to follow the scent.
• At the Desolate Island, Liu Ruoyun identified the site of the fight, and the insects tracked the scent southwest, away from the Zhao Clan's stronghold.
• The group followed the insects to Gold Star Island, controlled by the Azure Cloud Sect, where they circled uncertainly.
• Han Benmin and Han Benyong discussed how to investigate, and Han Debiao challenged their suggestions before Han Benyong proposed reporting back to the clan chief.

Han Debiao captured Zhao Feng and Sun Yun after they attacked Liu Ruoyun, uncovering a plot by an unknown mastermind to drive a wedge between the Han Clan and Azure Cloud Sect. The Azure Cloud Sect later settled the incident with the Han Clan, while Han Debiao resumed preparing for his attempt at the Golden Core Realm.

• Han Debiao ignored advice to notify Azure Cloud Sect and went to Gold Star Island to investigate the attack on Liu Ruoyun.
• Zhao Feng and Sun Yun, who had attacked Liu Ruoyun under threat to their abducted son, tried to lure Han Debiao into a trap and escape.
• Han Debiao defeated Zhao Feng, captured both attackers, and found the Azure Cloud Sect disciples they had imprisoned.
• Zhao Feng and Sun Yun revealed that their supposed employer used the false surname Yang, but they did not know the mastermind's identity.
• Han Zhangxiang sent Han Deling to explain the incident to Azure Cloud Sect, and she found an ancient Mystic Clear Spirit-Concealment Pill formula among the captives' belongings.
• Azure Cloud Sect ordered the Zhao Clan to ease tensions with the Liu Clan, kept Zhao Feng and Sun Yun for questioning, and gave them a Foundation Establishment Pill; Han Debiao returned to secluded cultivation.

After seven years of seclusion, Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang both reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, while the Amethyst Flying Scorpion advanced to the third rank. With the Han Clan struggling to support its growing ranks, they prepared to move to the Outer Sea and seek a new island.

• Han Changming emerged from seclusion at the Golden Core Middle Stage and discovered that the Amethyst Flying Scorpion had advanced to the third rank, gaining poisonous purple flames and a disorienting hiss.
• Han Changming learned that Han Benfu and Ye Xue had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and that Ye Xin was still changing her cultivation technique.
• Han Changming met Han Zhangxiang, Han Deling, and Han Debiao, and they discussed leasing an island in the Outer Sea to give the Han Clan new sources of income.
• Han Zhangxiang and Han Changming agreed to assess the available islands before choosing one, while Han Changming told Ye Xue, Han Benfu, and Ye Xin that the family would relocate.
• Han Changming told Liu Weiwei to remain on Red Shrimp Island until the clan had settled, then he and Han Zhangxiang led several dozen clan members away three days later.

Han Changming reunited with Han Changying in Vast Righteous City and learned that Han Daoguang had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection. He went to Vast Righteous Palace to lease an island for the Han Clan and learned the terms for renting Purple Moon Island.

• Han Changying finished arranging a Puppet Beast sale with Wan Yunjie before welcoming Han Changming and his companions.
• Han Changying told Han Changming that Han Daoguang had advanced to Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and gave him a third-rank Jade-Crowned Python demon core.
• Han Changming took Han Benxian and Han Benfu to Vast Righteous Palace to ask about leasing an island for the Han Clan.
• Han Benxian shared rumors that a third-rank high-grade Poison Flood Dragon had attacked human-controlled islands and wounded Ten Thousand Waves True Person.
• Shen Rong showed Han Changming three islands with mid-grade third-rank spirit veins and earthfire, then explained that Purple Moon Island required two mid-grade third-rank demon cores or two hundred thousand spirit stones, plus Golden Lizard Grass every thirty years.

Han Changming leased Purple Moon Island and three nearby islands from the Righteous Path Alliance, then set out with Han Zhangxiang and the clan to settle there. On the journey, they encountered Cheng Guangbei being pursued by two third-rank demonic birds, and Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang joined the fight.

• Han Changming agreed to lease Purple Moon Island and three small islands, paid two hundred thousand spirit stones, and accepted the Alliance's obligations.
• Shen Rong gave Han Changming the Purple Moon Token and information on the islands, and Chen Hong arranged for twenty thousand mortals to be sent to Purple Moon Island.
• Han Changming reported the lease to Han Zhangxiang, and the clan departed Vast Righteous City aboard the Spirit Flight Shuttle.
• After traveling for half a month, the group landed on a desolate island and spotted Cheng Guangbei fleeing from two early third-rank demonic birds.
• Han Changming recognized Cheng Guangbei, and he and Han Zhangxiang attacked the two demonic birds.

Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang killed two third-rank demon birds that had pursued Cheng Guangbei, then exchanged gifts with him before continuing toward Purple Moon Island. Cheng Guangbei departed with spirit wine and the demon birds’ claws, while Han Changming’s group carried the birds’ demon cores and bodies onward.

• Han Changming used his magical treasures and the Amethyst Flying Scorpion to kill one red demon bird, while Han Zhangxiang and Cheng Guangbei battled the other.
• Han Changming, Han Zhangxiang, and their allies brought down the remaining demon bird after it tried to flee.
• Cheng Guangbei thanked Han Changming, accepted a share of the demon bird’s claws, and received a flask of Mellow Honey Brew.
• Cheng Guangbei gave Han Changming two five-hundred-year Golden Thunder Grass plants and departed, promising to visit Purple Moon Island if he found valuable spirit herbs.
• Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang discussed Cheng Guangbei before Han Changming took the clan members aboard the Spirit Flight Shuttle and continued toward Purple Moon Island.
• Han Changming kept the demon cores, while Han Zhangxiang received the demon bird corpses.

The Han Clan arrived at Purple Moon Island to establish a new base and discovered Carefree Wanderer had been using its Earth Fire Hall to repair a puppet. After he left, the clan secured the island and began inspecting its facilities.

• Han Changming and the Han Clan reached Purple Moon Island after a month-long journey, and Han Zhangxiang declared it their new home.
• Han Changming detected someone in Earth Fire Hall, where Carefree Wanderer emerged and explained that he had been refining items there.
• Carefree Wanderer left the island, and Han Changming found no remaining signs of trouble.
• The clan members inspected the island while Ye Xin set up the Mystic Turtle Spirit-Guarding Formation around it.
• Han Benfu reported that Earth Fire Hall had twelve chambers but needed new formations, and Han Zhangxiang identified debris suggesting Carefree Wanderer had been repairing a third-rank Puppet Beast.

After settling on Purple Moon Island, the Han Clan assessed the resources and labor needed to develop its four islands and began securing the estate. Han Changming established his cave abode and cultivated his spirit insects, while Han Zhangxiang and Ye Xin worked on refining and protective formations.

• Han Changxin and Ye Xue reported that the island had been stripped of supplies and that replenishing it would cost at least one and a half million spirit stones, so Han Changming ordered the clan to buy necessities gradually.
• Han Debiao proposed cooperating with the Zhu Clan and forming a marriage alliance, and Han Zhangxiang agreed to consider matching Han Benxian with the clan after the Han Clan stabilized its position.
• Han Changming chose a manor in the valley for his cave abode, placed the Taiyi Spirit-Transforming Gourd and Spirit Eye Jade underground, fed Golden Thunder Grass to the Thunder Rhino Beetle, and gave spirit fruits to the Void Origin Insect.
• Han Changming began refining Foundation Establishment Pills to increase the Han Clan's number of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Han Zhangxiang began refining a flying magic treasure from the wings of a third-rank demon bird in the Earth Fire Hall.
• Ye Xin activated a concealment formation around a spirit herb garden with help from Han Duanzheng, then led him to the next garden.

Han Changming finished refining Foundation Establishment Pills and joined Han Zhangxiang to receive more than twenty thousand mortals delivered by the Righteous Path Alliance. The newcomers settled under the Han Clan’s protection as Jin Tianxing warned them that the Poison Flood Dragon remained a threat.

• Han Changming emerged from seclusion after refining fifty-three Foundation Establishment Pills and decided to hunt third-rank demon beasts with Han Zhangxiang to obtain resources for the clan.
• Han Zhangxiang told Han Changming that he had failed to refine a flying magic treasure, and Han Changming reported that he had refined forty-three Foundation Establishment Pills for the clan treasury.
• Ye Xue informed Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang that the Righteous Path Alliance had delivered over twenty thousand mortals to Purple Moon Island.
• Jin Tianxing delivered the mortals’ roster to Han Changming and warned him that the Poison Flood Dragon was active and three cultivators had been killed.
• Han Zhangxiang promised the mortals shelter and work, and Qi Dazhi led them in pledging obedience to Immortal Master Han.

The Han Clan settled the rescued mortals on Purple Moon Island and three nearby islands, then began organizing its work and plans for the Outer Sea. In the Inner Sea, Lin Xuan advanced to the Golden Core stage, though he formed a middle-grade core and blamed Ye Xin for his lost arm.

• Han Changming questioned Qi Dazhi about his origins and ordered Qi Dazhi’s family to remain on Purple Moon Island while the other mortals, including the dispersed Qi Clan members, were settled on three islands.
• Han Zhangxiang named his residence Golden Gourd Peak and rejected Han Changming’s proposal to use Demon-Luring Grass to lure third-rank demonic beasts to Purple Moon Island.
• Han Zhangxiang led Han Debiao and other clansmen to search nearby waters for demonic beasts, while Han Changming stayed behind to teach alchemy and other clan members taught their specialties.
• Azure Flame True Person watched Lin Xuan survive his Golden Core tribulation after consuming a Seven Star Origin Replenishing Pill and relying on three Golden Core spiritual items.
• Lin Xuan formed a middle-grade Golden Core and resented Ye Xin for the injury that he believed had prevented him from forming a high-grade core; Azure Flame True Person took him to consolidate his cultivation.

Han Changming finished refining Seven Stars Restoration Pills on Purple Moon Island, where the Han Clan had been rebuilding for half a year. An explosion drew him outside, where he found five Golden Core cultivators battling the Poison Flood Dragon, and their fight continued as it resisted their attacks.

• Han Changming refined twelve Seven Stars Restoration Pills and stored them away.
• Han Changming left to visit Han Benfu and guide her and Han Changxin in pill refinement, but an explosion interrupted him.
• Han Changming flew from Purple Moon Island and saw five Golden Core cultivators besieging the Poison Flood Dragon.
• Han Changming recognized Black and White Impermanence among the attackers and recalled the Poison Flood Dragon's earlier assaults on cultivators.
• Zheng Jiaojiao countered the dragon's poisonous beam with her blue mirror, while Liu Zhanyuan's expanding white bracelet was stopped by the dragon's green light.

Han Changming witnessed the wounded Poison Flood Dragon fight off its attackers before it fled toward Purple Moon Island. After Han Zhangxiang returned, Han Changming joined Shen Qinghuan in pursuit of the dragon, while the Han Clan considered the value of befriending Shen.

• A pockmarked man injured the Poison Flood Dragon with his Red Banner Flag, but the dragon killed him and escaped a barrage of attacks.
• Shen Qinghuan emerged from the sea and joined the hunt, while Zheng Jiaojiao and Liu Zhanyuan's attacks struck Purple Moon Island's formation without harming the clan members.
• The Poison Flood Dragon attacked Han Changming, then fled, and Shen Qinghuan asked Han Changming to help pursue it.
• Han Zhangxiang returned to Purple Moon Island, and Han Changming left with Shen Qinghuan to catch the Poison Flood Dragon.
• Han Changyan identified Shen Qinghuan as a Hidden Dragon Rankings cultivator, and Han Debiao said the Han Clan needed to show strength to befriend him.

Han Changming joined Shen Qinghuan, Black and White Impermanence, and other cultivators in their fight against a Poison Flood Dragon. The Han Clan of Golden Flood Dragon Island arrived and helped kill the beast, leaving the clan’s unexpected presence in Righteous Path Alliance territory as the story’s final development.

• Han Changming met Shen Qinghuan, who explained that the Poison Flood Dragon had escaped an attack by more than fifty Golden Core cultivators and preyed on cultivators to advance.
• Shen Qinghuan and the others wounded the Poison Flood Dragon with sword techniques, spells, and Liu Zhanyuan’s Hundred Ghost Flute, while Han Changming avoided revealing his Thunderfire Awl.
• A three-headed turtle surfaced with a red-robed young man and a blue-skirted maiden, whom Carefree Wanderer identified as members of the Han Clan of Golden Flood Dragon Island.
• The turtle’s three heads struck the Poison Flood Dragon with different spells, and Liu Zhanyuan’s flute disrupted its movements.
• The blue-skirted maiden enlarged a blue wheel and severed the Poison Flood Dragon’s head, killing it.
• The red-robed young man introduced himself and his sister to Shen Qinghuan, Zheng Jiaojiao, and Liu Zhanyuan, saying they had come to help.

Han Changming returned to Purple Moon Island after helping defeat a Poison Flood Dragon and learned that Han Debiao and Han Daoguang planned to attempt the Golden Core stage. He gave Han Daoguang one of his Fujin Fruits to support the clan, then Han Zhangxiang sent both men into seclusion to advance.

• Han Wenbin and Han Wenyue took the Poison Flood Dragon's venom sac and essence blood, while Shen Qinghuan and the others divided the rest of its corpse.
• Han Changming returned safely to Purple Moon Island and asked Han Zhangxiang whether the Han Clan of Golden Flood Dragon Island shared their origins.
• Han Zhangxiang explained the Nine Flood Dragon Token and gave Han Changming two lightning-attribute demon cores for his spirit insect.
• Han Zhangxiang asked Han Changming to provide Golden Core resources for Han Daoguang, and Han Changming gave him one Fujin Fruit.
• Han Daoguang and Han Debiao emerged after Han Changming left, expressed gratitude and approval, and agreed to attempt the Golden Core stage.
• Han Zhangxiang instructed Han Daoguang and Han Debiao to enter seclusion and strive to form their Golden Cores.

Han Benfu led five Foundation Establishment cultivators back toward Purple Moon Island after hunting demon beasts, but they encountered a beast tide and came under attack. The chapter ended with a Third-Rank silver eagle and a barrage of blue arrows threatening the group as they awaited help.

• Han Benfu led the group in hunting Alligator Turtle Beasts and refused Han Changjun’s suggestion to venture farther from Purple Moon Island.
• The six returned to the Crimson Sun Boat, but a blue beam and Wind Blades struck as a vast beast tide emerged from the sea and filled the sky.
• Han Changjun recognized the beast tide, while Han Benfu evaded attacks and sent transmission talismans to her father and the patriarch for help.
• A Third-Rank silver eagle appeared overhead and launched a huge lightning attack as blue arrows shot toward the group from below.

Han Changming rescued Han Benfu and her companions from a vast beast tide, then led them to a small island and fought off the demonic birds and sea beasts with his magical treasures and earth techniques. After they escaped back to Purple Moon Island, Han Zhangxiang asked whether Han Changming was unharmed.

• Han Benfu and Han Changjun argued over who would stay behind to cover the others until Han Changming arrived and blocked the demonic beasts’ attacks with the Thick Earth Shield.
• Han Changming ordered the group to retreat to a nearby island, where Han Benfu and the others set up a formation while the Amethyst Flying Scorpion fought the demonic birds.
• Han Changming and the Amethyst Flying Scorpion killed the Thunder Eagle and other powerful demonic beasts as the sea beasts swarmed the island.
• Han Changming used earth techniques to kill or bury hundreds of sea beasts, then struck the red starfish with the Thunderfire Awl.
• Han Changming led the group away on the Spirit Flight Shuttle, and they returned safely to Purple Moon Island, where Han Zhangxiang asked if Han Changming was all right.

Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang led the Han Clan in defending Purple Moon Island from a massive beast tide while Ye Xue and Qi Dazhi evacuated the mortals. With the island still under attack and their strength dwindling, Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang left the formations to confront the high-grade third-rank Fire-Eyed Sea Cow.

• Han Zhangxiang confirmed that the clan had abandoned the three smaller islands and ordered the clansmen to prepare Purple Moon Island for the approaching beasts.
• Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang activated the island's defensive formations and used the Five Thunder Demon-Slaying Formation to strike the attacking beasts and birds.
• Ye Xue struggled to evacuate more than twenty thousand mortals until Qi Dazhi organized the Qi Clan disciples into orderly groups to help.
• As the beast tide overwhelmed the defenses, Han Changming deployed the Amethyst Flying Scorpion and a third-rank Puppet Beast, then recalled the scorpion when the stronger beasts attacked it.
• Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang narrowed the formation to lure the low-tier beasts ashore and fought them until their mana was depleted and thirteen third-rank beasts surrounded the island.
• After Ye Xin confirmed the mortals were safe, Han Changming and Han Zhangxiang flew beyond the formation to attack the Fire-Eyed Sea Cow.