Chapter Summaries

Shen Long escaped Lin Yan and returned to Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace, where Song Yan asked him to help protect her family from Loose Immortal Xuanyu’s descendant. With Ximen Hai’s help, Shen Long arranged a meeting with Xuanyu and secured a reconciliation.

• Lin Yan escaped the Blue Octopus’s attack with a Fire Wing Talisman while the beast swallowed his four companions, then pursued Shen Long.
• Zhao Xueying asked Su Liang to help gather cultivators’ Essence Souls to repair the Heaven Ghost Banner, and promised to search for a woman he wanted captured.
• Shen Long reached Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace and learned that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was pressuring Song Yan to become his Dual Cultivation Partner.
• Shen Long asked Han Chuchu and Ximen Hai to arrange a meeting with Loose Immortal Xuanyu, the young cultivator’s Golden Core great-grandfather.
• At Green Flood Dragon Garden, Xuanyu’s descendant apologized to Song Yan, and she accepted the reconciliation as a misunderstanding.

Shen Long protected Song Yan, cultivated, and arranged support for Sun Yiyue before deciding to leave the North Sea Cultivation World to avoid the Three Immortals Sect. He departed through the teleportation array, while Jiang Yan ordered a secret search for him.

• Shen Long assured Sun Yiyue, Song Yan, and Song Sen that Lin Qingyun would no longer harass Song Yan, and warned them to conceal his true identity.
• Shen Long cultivated with a Blood Flood Dragon Pill as Lin Yan reported his escape to Jiang Yan, who ordered more people to search for him and the Spirit Treasure.
• Two months later, Shen Long gave Sun Yiyue second-rank Monster Beast Materials and introduced her to Song He, asking him to look after her while he was away.
• Shen Long traded two bottles of Golden Ganoderma Pills for Song He's Third Rank Demon Cores and learned that the Three Immortals Sect had pledged allegiance to the Heaven Ghost Sect.
• Shen Long paid ten thousand Spirit Stones and left Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace through the teleportation array.

Shen Long returned to the Spirit Control Sect after a journey through the North Sea, where he acquired the complete Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique. He submitted the technique to the sect for Merit Points and lifelong access, then reunited with old acquaintances at Golden Roc Garden.

• Shen Long protected three Golden-Winged Fire Ants as they advanced to the Third Rank, captured a Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, and let Xu Yinyin and Jiang Feng take it in exchange for two Demon Cores.
• Shen Long returned to the Spirit Control Sect and gave Chen Bing gifts from the North Sea Cultivation World, learning that his master remained in seclusion and Eldest Senior Brother had not returned.
• Shen Long presented the complete Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique to Chen Xiao and Liu Zi'an, who rewarded him with Merit Points and promised to keep his identity confidential.
• Liu Zi'an ordered that more resources be devoted to Shen Long, while Chen Xiao noted that no position among the 9 Prodigies was available.
• Shen Long reunited with Lin Shan at Golden Roc Garden, learned that Qian Dafu had a family and Ye Yuqing and Ye Yutang had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and arranged a banquet for that evening.
• Shen Long gave Lin Shan a Top-Grade Dharma Artifact for his son and then returned to his Cultivation Room to meditate.

After returning from the North Sea Cultivation World, Shen Long welcomed disciples and fellow cultivators, agreed to refine pills for Fairy Ice Centipede, and then turned away visitors to focus on cultivation. Chen Bing brought him the news that his eldest senior brother, Xu Xin, had been murdered while traveling through the Yu Kingdom.

• Shen Long hosted Qian Dafu, Lin Shan, Ye Yuqing, Ye Yutang, and others, answered their cultivation questions, and promised Golden Core Jade Liquid to those who reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
• Fairy Ice Centipede visited Shen Long and asked him to refine Beast Rearing Pills in exchange for two mid Third Rank Ice Wind Eagle demon cores, and he agreed.
• Shen Long spent the next half month refining pills for selected Golden Core Cultivators, received Merit Points from He Xin, and then announced that he would enter seclusion and refuse guests.
• Chen Bing told Shen Long that Xu Xin had been murdered after leaving a marketplace in the Yu Kingdom and that his Life Soul Lamp in Ice Silkworm Valley had gone out.

Shen Long traveled to Yu Kingdom to investigate the death of his senior brother Xu Xin, whose Life Soul Lamp had gone out. He enlisted the Song Family’s help, and they began a discreet search for clues while he stayed with them.

• Chen Bing told Shen Long that Xu Xin’s Life Soul Lamp had gone out half a year earlier and that Xu Xin had argued with several rogue cultivators before his death.
• Shen Long decided to investigate in Yu Kingdom himself and brought Qian Dafu along, asking Chen Bing not to inform their master yet.
• Gu Hong ordered Li Sangya to find a traitor who had fled into Human Race territory and recover or destroy a rare material from Ten Thousand Fire Valley.
• Shen Long met Song Qingyu and offered two bottles of Beast Rearing Pills in exchange for the Song Family’s help finding Xu Xin’s killer.
• Song Qingyu assigned Song Shuheng to investigate the rogue cultivators and possible evil cultivators discreetly, while Shen Long took up residence with the Song Family.

Shen Long investigated the disappearance of his senior brother Xu Xin and traced clues to the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator in Qingyang Marketplace. He secretly tracked the cultivator’s divine sense and settled in to monitor him while continuing his cultivation.

• Song Shuheng told Shen Long that disciples of the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator had been seen following Xu Xin, but the Song Family lacked evidence to act against them.
• Shen Long thanked the Song Family, then visited Qian Dafu in Qingtang Valley and reviewed information about the Song Family’s enemies, missing cultivators, and local factions.
• Shen Long traveled to Qingyang Marketplace in disguise, identified the Mysterious Yin Pavilion, and used his Spirit-Tracking Beast to memorize the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator’s divine sense.
• Shen Long rented a courtyard near the Mysterious Yin Pavilion and learned that the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator had been asked to find someone across the Thirty-Six Kingdoms.
• Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to watch the Mysterious Yin Pavilion, followed the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator from Qingyang Tower, and let the Spirit-Tracking Beast maintain its lock on him.
• Shen Long returned to his residence, swallowed a Blood Flood Dragon Pill, and began cultivating while waiting for the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator to leave the Marketplace.

Shen Long confronted the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator over the deeds of Chen Kong and Liu Ye, then pursued him when he fled. Shen Long killed him after discovering his Barbarian Race Totem Technique and took his belongings before leaving.

• Shen Long tracked the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator outside the Marketplace and accused him of knowing what Chen Kong and Liu Ye had done.
• The Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator attacked Shen Long, then fled with a Third Rank Talisman; Shen Long survived the lightning blast and pursued him using the Golden-Winged Wind Peng.
• Shen Long caught up with the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator and discovered that he had mastered a Barbarian Race Totem Technique.
• Shen Long used the Thunder-Guiding Bead and repeated piercing screeches to disorient the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator, then struck him with the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Shen Long froze and cleaved the Mysterious Yin Loose Cultivator, captured his Green Light Orb with the Soul Refining Bowl, took his belongings, and left after feeding the corpse to the Ice Flood Dragon.

Shen Long learned that his senior brother Xu Xin had died from Poison Ants, cleared up the misunderstanding with the Song Family, and returned to the Spirit Control Sect to report the news and honor Xu Xin. He pondered the purpose of the Magnetic Essence Bead before returning to alchemy.

• Song Qingyu and Song Shuheng told Shen Long that the Song Family had found Xu Xin's remains and belongings, and Shen Long confirmed them and accepted that his senior brother's death had been an accident.
• Shen Long paid Song Shuheng with pills to keep the matter quiet, then collected Qian Dafu and returned to the Spirit Control Sect.
• Shen Long told Master Ice Silkworm that Xu Xin had died from poison; Master Ice Silkworm confirmed the remains and ordered Chen Bing to arrange Xu Xin's funeral.
• Shen Long gave Master Ice Silkworm cultivation materials and asked him to refine treasures from a Third-Rank Ice Flood Dragon's hide and claws.
• Shen Long examined the Magnetic Essence Bead and wondered whether it was sought for weakening Gravity Restrictions, then attended Xu Xin's funeral and began refining pills.

Six months after refining Blood Flood Dragon Pills, Shen Long traveled with Master Ice Silkworm to Medicine King Marketplace for the Medicine King Assembly. They arrived at Heaven Pill Marketplace, where Shen Long separated from Master Ice Silkworm to browse and ran into Mu Weiwei.

• Shen Long finished refining twenty High-Grade Blood Flood Dragon Pills and agreed to attend the Medicine King Assembly with Master Ice Silkworm.
• Shen Long gave Chen Bing a Talisman Treasure, and Master Ice Silkworm gave him a pair of Ice Flood Dragon Gauntlets before they departed together.
• On the way, Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm met Lin Qing, Xu Mei, and a Green-Robed Maiden, then traveled with them to Heaven Pill Marketplace.
• At Heaven Pill Marketplace, Master Ice Silkworm reunited with Qin Hu, while Shen Long bought spirit herbs and browsed stalls in Bluestone Square.
• Mu Weiwei greeted Shen Long in Bluestone Square, and he walked over to meet her.

Shen Long met Mu Weiwei, traded for pills and rare materials, and settled in the East Hua Cultivation World while wary of the Three Immortals Sect’s search. He joined Master Ice Silkworm and Qin Hu at a gathering hosted by Xu Tianya, where they met several powerful cultivators.

• Shen Long learned from Mu Weiwei that the Three Immortals Sect was secretly searching for someone, and suspected they were looking for him.
• Mu Weiwei traded Shen Long Third-Rank Demon Cores and Spirit Beasts for High-Grade Medicinal Pills, and agreed to watch for high-grade spirit fire.
• Shen Long fed a Third-Rank Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada Demon Core to his spirit beast, then rented a courtyard and notified Master Ice Silkworm of his location.
• Ye Sen, Ye Hongyao, and Zhao Feng discussed whether any alchemist could refine Supreme Pills, while Ma Shuo ordered Han Luo to gather intelligence on Ten Thousand Fire Valley and the Fire Coral Beast.
• Shen Long sold Qin Hu a bottle of Vajra Bone Tempering Pills, and Qin Hu invited him and Master Ice Silkworm to Master Golden Crow’s gathering.
• Qin Hu brought Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm to Golden Crow Courtyard, where they met Xu Tianya, Master Nine-Turns, and Fairy Golden Butterfly.

At Master Golden Crow’s gathering, Shen Long heard about Ten Thousand Fire Valley, the Witch Clan’s curse arts, and traded for talismans and Spirit Fire. He left with a Fire Wing Talisman, a Golden Brilliance Talisman, and a ball of Second-Rank Spirit Fire.

• Master Golden Crow described how he and Fairy Lin survived Ten Thousand Fire Valley, and showed the Thousand-Year Golden Flame Bamboo and Golden Flame Stone he had found there.
• Han Luo of the Heavenly Talisman Sect joined the gathering and explained how the Witch Clan used Gu Insects and other mediums to curse enemies.
• Shen Long exchanged a thunder-attribute Third-Rank Demon Core with Master Golden Crow for two Third-Rank Fire Qilin Beast Demon Cores.
• Shen Long traded two Third-Rank Thunder Ray hides to Han Luo for a Fire Wing Talisman and a Golden Brilliance Talisman.
• Shen Long exchanged five bottles of High-Grade Medicinal Pills with Fairy Golden Butterfly for a ball of Second-Rank Spirit Fire.

Shen Long registered for the Medicine King Assembly’s alchemy competition, traded for supplies while browsing Bluestone Square, and went to Ye Hongyao’s gathering for Third Rank alchemists. There, he met Zhao Feng and Zhou Yuliang, who confirmed he was from the Zhou Clan of the Western Desert.

• Shen Long tested the Cyan Fire Bird against the Red Lotus True Flame, which devoured it, then registered for the alchemy competition at Heavenly Pill Palace.
• Ye Hongyao invited Shen Long to a gathering at Peony Garden, and he searched spirit herb shops for divine-soul-nourishing elixirs without finding any.
• At Bluestone Square, Shen Long traded Third Rank Spirit Wine with Han Lin for Fire Cloud Stones and set up a stall to sell his wares.
• Shen Long traded Green Civet Pills and Bright Moon Pills for a Dragon Transformation Pill formula from a green-shirted big man.
• Shen Long attended Ye Hongyao’s gathering and met Zhao Feng and Zhou Yuliang, who said he belonged to the Zhou Clan of the Western Desert.

At an alchemist gathering, Shen Long exchanged rare Demon Cores for a Corpse Bead and Mystic Cold True Water. He returned to the Spirit Control Tower and established a cold cultivation cave to grow Ice Snow Lotuses.

• Shen Long and the other cultivators discussed alchemy, including spirit flames and the dangers of Ten Thousand Fire Valley.
• Ye Hongyao began an item exchange, and Shen Long later offered Demon Cores and other resources for trade.
• Shen Long traded two Golden-Eyed Beast Inner Cores to Zhou Yuliang for a Corpse Bead from a Core Formation Late Stage Corpse King.
• Shen Long traded three Demon Cores to Lin Qing for Mystic Cold True Water and exchanged most of his remaining Demon Cores.
• Shen Long installed a Mystic Ice Cultivation Array in a cavern inside the Spirit Control Tower, filled its pool with Mystic Cold True Water, and planted five Ice Snow Lotuses.

Shen Long traded for Golden Sun Jade Liquid and entered the alchemy competition, where he refined twenty High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills. He ranked fourth in pill quantity so far and returned to Green Silkworm Courtyard to temper his body while the competition continued.

• Shen Long traded Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense to Zhou Yuliang for Golden Sun Jade Liquid.
• Shen Long joined the alchemy competition with more than three hundred Golden Core Cultivators and began refining Beast Rearing Pills.
• Zhou Yuliang and Lin Qian each finished first, producing twenty-three High-Grade Medicinal Pills apiece with Third-Order Spirit Flame.
• Shen Long finished ten days later with twenty High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills, placing fourth in pill quantity at that point.
• Shen Long bought refining materials, returned to Green Silkworm Courtyard, and consumed Golden Sun Jade Liquid to temper his body.

Shen Long placed eighth in the Medicine King Assembly’s alchemy competition and returned to the Spirit Control Sect, where he received a reward and began cultivating with the Corpse Bead. Liu Zi'an ordered that Shen Long be considered for an opening among the 9 Prodigies as Liu Zi'an’s kin attempted to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Ye Sen announced the alchemy results, naming Shen Long eighth and awarding him ten eight-hundred-year-old spirit herbs.
• Master Ice Silkworm praised Shen Long before they returned to the Spirit Control Sect, where Liu Zi'an congratulated him and ordered Chen Xiao to grant him Merit Points.
• Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Peak, told Qian Dafu he would pause pill-refining work, and assigned Lin Shan to care for Golden-Winged Fire Ants nearing the Third Rank.
• Shen Long planted his reward herbs in the Spirit Control Tower, set the Tree Demon to guard them, swallowed the Corpse Bead, and cultivated with a Blood Flood Dragon Pill.
• Liu Zi'an ordered Chen Xiao to increase patrols while Liu Zi'an’s kin entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Liu Zi'an told Chen Xiao to let Shen Long fill any vacancy among the 9 Prodigies.

After leaving twenty years of seclusion with his cultivation still stalled at a bottleneck, Shen Long witnessed Chen Bing enter the Golden Core Realm and sought advice about overcoming his own obstacle. He tested his physical strength against True Man Red Flood Dragon and learned that few Golden Core Cultivators could match him.

• Shen Long emerged from seclusion, learned that dozens of Golden-Winged Fire Ants had advanced to the Third Rank, and reviewed Lin Shan's ledger of visitors.
• Shen Long visited Ice Silkworm Valley and watched Chen Bing survive her Lightning Tribulation and enter the Golden Core Realm; he congratulated her with pills and a Dharma Treasure.
• Master Ice Silkworm gave Shen Long the Ice Flood Dragon Claws and advised him to seek insights, spar, or travel abroad to overcome his bottleneck.
• Shen Long told Master Ice Silkworm he might travel to the North Sea Cultivation World to hunt Monster Beasts if other methods failed.
• Shen Long sparred with True Man Red Flood Dragon in a one-punch test and knocked him back, revealing his exceptional physical strength and more than a hundred drops of Essence Blood.

Shen Long became one of the Spirit Control Sect’s 9 Prodigies and sought advice about his cultivation bottleneck, but news that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was distributing its conscription order signaled an approaching war. He then met Chen Tianxue, who asked him to refine pills for her injured divine soul and offered valuable materials in exchange.

• Shen Long traded Vajra Bone Tempering Pills to True Man Red Flood Dragon for a Golden Flame Ganoderma and two Third Rank Spirit-Tracking Beast cores, then listened to Red Flood Dragon’s advice about resolving bottlenecks.
• Liu Zi'an and Du Yinyin named Shen Long one of the 9 Prodigies, citing his contributions to the sect and promising him a Nascent Soul Spirit Item if he reached golden core great perfection.
• Chen Xiao learned that a representative of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had arrived to distribute the Ten Thousand Swords Order, and Liu Zi'an said the coming battle might help Shen Long resolve his bottleneck.
• Shen Long asked Qian Dafu about his disciples and learned Ye Yuqing remained stuck at a bottleneck, then arranged to meet a cultivator offering a Third Rank Wood Demon crystal core for Soul Nourishing Pills.
• Chen Tianxue told Shen Long that a Third Rank Late Stage Soul-Devouring Python had injured her divine soul and killed her companions, and offered him an Amethyst Flying Scorpion corpse in addition to the crystal core.

After Liu Zi'an announced that Liu had died attempting to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, Shen Long became one of the 9 Prodigies and learned that the Spirit Control Sect would join a major war against the Barbarian Race. Shen Long and a group of cultivators departed for the front lines aboard Liu Zi'an's flying boat.

• Shen Long gave Chen Tianxue a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill, and she repaid him with a five-hundred-year Soul Nourishing Grass.
• Liu Zi'an summoned the Golden Core Cultivators, announced Liu's death and Shen Long's promotion, then revealed that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had called for war against the Barbarian Race.
• Shen Long, True Man Red Flood Dragon, and other cultivators volunteered to fight, while Liu Zi'an ordered others to prepare resources and assemble.
• Shen Long invited his disciples and associates to join him; Ye Yuqing and Qian Dafu agreed, while Lin Shan chose to remain behind.
• Liu Zi'an led Shen Long and several hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators out of the Thousand Spirit Mountain Range aboard a cyan flying boat.

Zhe Sen mobilized the Sky Wolf Tribe after the Human Race launched a sudden large-scale invasion, while Shen Long arrived at Barbarian-Resisting City and joined a gathering of prominent cultivators. The chapter ended with the group discussing the strengths and weaknesses of their techniques against Barbarian Race cultivators.

• Zhe Sen ordered the Sky Wolf Tribe to conscript experts and send them to the front lines against the Human Race.
• Liu Zi'an led Shen Long and the Spirit Control Sect team to Barbarian-Resisting City, where Qi Shan registered them and assigned Shen Long to alchemy duties.
• Shen Long secretly had his Spirit-Tracking Beast lock onto True Man Profound Yin's spiritual sense as they passed each other in the city.
• Ye Hongyao invited Shen Long to a gathering at Profound Yin Garden, where he met Wu Yong, Chen Na, and other cultivators from major factions.
• Shen Long and the others discussed why the war had begun and compared the strengths of sword formations, totems, and corpse refinement against Barbarian Race cultivators.

Shen Long traded pills and cultivation materials with fellow cultivators, then strengthened his body with a Blood Ganoderma Body-Forging Pill. When the Barbarian Race mobilized its high-level cultivators, he went to the city wall and found Lu Qingshan preparing to command the battle.

• Shen Long and the other cultivators exchanged materials and pills, including Shen Long trading Dragon Transformation Pills to Wu Yong and Ye Hongyao.
• Shen Long returned to his residence and consumed a Blood Ganoderma Body-Forging Pill, further strengthening his physical body.
• True Man Profound Yin and Chen Chi discussed avoiding a direct conflict with Shen Long while strengthening the Hundred Ghosts Sect through its cooperation with the Heaven Ghost Sect.
• A month later, Qian Dafu told Shen Long that patrols had clashed with Barbarian cultivators and that Fairy Yuyang wanted to trade Azure Moon Spirit Water for healing pills.
• Shen Long traded two bottles of Gold Ganoderma Pills to Fairy Yuyang, then followed the alarm summoning unassigned high-level cultivators to the city wall.
• Shen Long saw the Barbarian forces gathered outside the city and recognized Lu Qingshan, a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, as the battle commander.