Chapter Summaries

Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm arrived at the Wang Clan’s birthday celebration for Wang Tianhua and were settled in Ice Silkworm Pavilion. As guests from major factions gathered, Wang Tianhua and Ye Sen discussed the celebration’s guests and the chance to build connections.

• Ye Sen arrived with Ye Hongyao, and Wang Yinghua welcomed them into the Wang Clan.
• Fairy Ice Flood Dragon met Master Ice Silkworm and Shen Long, then escorted them to Ice Silkworm Pavilion and told them to stay there until the celebration.
• Master Ice Silkworm told Shen Long and Chen Bing to rest and meet the other Golden Core Cultivators the next day.
• Wang Yiyue reported that major factions had sent guests to Wang Tianhua’s birthday, and Wang Tianhua told her to treat Medicine King Valley, Five Flames Palace, and the Shangguan Clan especially well.
• Ye Sen encouraged Ye Hongyao to make connections with cultivators from other regions, then teased her about finding a husband; she said her future Dao companion had to be a hero among men.

Shen Long attended a Golden Core gathering at Red Plum Garden, where he learned about spirit fires, bloodline purity, and exchanged resources with cultivators from across the Gan Yang Realm. Afterward, he fed his spirit beasts and insects, then resolved to focus on obtaining the Essence Blood of a Third-Rank Flood Dragon rather than seeking revenge yet.

• Fairy Ice Flood Dragon brought Master Ice Silkworm and Shen Long to Red Plum Garden, where Wang Yuesen introduced them to the gathered Golden Core Cultivators.
• Song Ming and Han Yue, known as the Ganyang Immortal Couple, arrived and shared their experience cultivating Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires.
• Master Ice Silkworm explained how difficult it was to raise a Spirit Beast's Bloodline Purity, while Shen Long concealed that his Golden-Winged Wind Peng had Bloodline Purity of three.
• Shen Long exchanged a bottle of Beast Rearing Pills with Shangguan Yunjie for two Golden-Winged Fire Ant Demon Cores and traded two Blood Extraction Fruits to Song Ming for a Fire Qilin Beast Inner Core.
• After the gathering, Shen Long fed a Demon Core and a Beast Rearing Pill to the Gold-Eating Ant Queen, then gave his other Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects pills and Spirit Herbs.
• Shen Long decided to postpone revenge and make obtaining the Essence Blood of a Third-Rank Flood Dragon his priority.

Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm gathered with Golden Core Cultivators and met Zhou Yuheng and Zhou Yuyan, who had arrived late from the Western Desert. Zhou Yuheng recounted their encounters with powerful beasts in the Hengduan Mountains, leaving Shen Long and the others wary of the dangers there.

• Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm discussed cultivation, insect driving, and beast taming with Golden Core Cultivators at the Wang Clan.
• Shangguan Yunjie and Song Ming asked why the Zhou Clan had not arrived, and the gathered cultivators speculated about dangers in the Hengduan Mountains.
• Wang Yuesen learned that the Zhou Clan had arrived and welcomed Zhou Yuheng and Zhou Yuyan to the pavilion.
• Zhou Yuheng explained that Ancestor Hualong had captured a Third-Rank Spirit Beast with Bloodline Purity of three after it killed two Golden Core Cultivators and Fourth-Rank Monster Beasts delayed their journey.
• Zhou Yuheng described a mutated Fourth-Rank Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros and the Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape that had wiped out the Three Immortals of Western Desert, while Master Ice Silkworm discussed the uncertain abilities of mutated beasts.

Shen Long attended Wang Tianhua’s birthday banquet, where he witnessed the Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator’s power and exchanged gifts with the guests. After returning to the Spirit Control Sect, Shen Long met Liu Zi'an, who rewarded him for his strength and past contributions and urged him to keep cultivating.

• Shen Long, Master Ice Silkworm, and Chen Bing attended Wang Tianhua’s birthday banquet, where Wang Tianhua demonstrated his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation.
• The guests presented birthday gifts, and Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm offered their own before the banquet ended.
• Chen Xiao summoned Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm to meet Liu Zi'an at Heavenly Ape Garden.
• Liu Zi'an praised Shen Long’s divine sense and gave him a Five Flames Crystal, instructing Master Ice Silkworm to refine it into an alchemy furnace.
• Liu Zi'an gave Master Ice Silkworm a late Third Rank Green-Eyed Ice Silkworm Inner Core and cautioned Shen Long not to rely on his Three-Colored Divine Lightning alone.
• Liu Zi'an told Chen Xiao that Shen Long’s past service to the sect, as well as his Three-Colored Divine Lightning, had earned the reward.

Shen Long chose a Dragon-Slaying Saber as his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, sought guidance from True Man Red Flood Dragon, and gathered materials for Master Ice Silkworm to forge his treasures. He then developed Golden Roc Peak and its Spirit Control Tower domain before beginning to refine pills for cultivation resources.

• Shen Long selected the Dragon-Slaying Saber design, and Master Ice Silkworm gave him a list of materials and agreed to forge it.
• True Man Red Flood Dragon advised Shen Long on the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique and said he had placed the eighth-level method in the Scripture Depository.
• Shen Long exchanged Merit Points and Spirit Stones for the technique and forging materials, then gave Master Ice Silkworm extra materials for forging his treasures.
• Shen Long moved to Golden Roc Peak, gave Qian Dafu materials to collect and Third-Rank pills to sell, and received the supplies Qian Dafu had gathered.
• Shen Long planted Mandala Wood and poisonous plants on the Spirit Control Tower's third floor and fed the Iron Tail Scorpion a late second-rank Soul-Severing Scorpion Inner Core.
• Shen Long prepared alchemy materials and began refining pills with his Red Lotus True Flame.

After three years of cultivation, Shen Long refined High-Grade Medicinal Pills and received his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure, the Dragon-Slaying Saber, while preparing to build his pill business. In Zhao Kingdom, Xu Yuyan survived her tribulation and entered the Golden Core Realm, prompting Chen Chi to tell her that Shen Long had also advanced.

• Shen Long emerged from seclusion after learning to refine High-Grade Medicinal Pills and went to Ice Silkworm Valley to collect his finished Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Master Ice Silkworm gave Shen Long the upgraded Crimson Crow Cauldron and advised him not to neglect his Life-Bound Spirit Bird.
• Qian Dafu delivered an early Third Rank Fire Qilin Beast Inner Core, and Shen Long rewarded him and instructed him to advertise his pill-refining services.
• Shen Long gave Qian Dafu High-Grade Second-tier Medicinal Pills to sell, then began refining the Dragon-Slaying Saber as his Life-Bound Dharma Treasure.
• Xu Yuyan passed her Lightning Tribulation and entered the Golden Core Realm.
• Chen Chi told Xu Yuyan that Shen Long had entered the Golden Core Realm, so she postponed her plan to avenge her clansmen.

Shen Long refined High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills for Xu Yao and used his spirit beasts’ high-rank demon cores and pills to prepare them for breakthroughs. After delivering Xu Yao’s pills, he asked Liu Yuruo to investigate the Xu Family of the Zhao Kingdom and returned to alchemy.

• Xu Yao asked Shen Long to refine ten High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills and offered three early Third-Rank Twin-Tail Scorpion Demon Cores as payment.
• Shen Long fed high-rank cores and pills to the Gold-Eating Ant Queen, Fire Rock Beast, and Iron Tail Scorpion, sending each into slumber as it digested them.
• Shen Long refined eighteen High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills and gave ten to Xu Yao.
• Shen Long asked Liu Yuruo to investigate the Xu Family of the Zhao Kingdom and gave her a bottle of High-Grade Beast Spirit Pills.
• Shen Long returned to the secret chamber to continue refining pills with spirit herbs and fruits he had obtained in the Secret Realm.

After three years of pill refining, Shen Long witnessed the Gold-Eating Ant Queen survive its tribulation and mutate into a Golden-Winged Fire Ant. He then joined his masters’ planned expedition to Jiang Kingdom after learning that Xu Yuyan and Chen Chi had joined the Hundred Ghosts Sect and reached the Golden Core Realm.

• Shen Long completed a batch of Golden Ganoderma Pills and saw the Gold-Eating Ant Queen undergo its Third-Rank tribulation.
• The Gold-Eating Ant Queen survived and mutated into a Golden-Winged Fire Ant, gaining a golden-jade disguise and golden demon fire.
• Chen Bing summoned Shen Long to Ice Silkworm Valley, where Master Ice Silkworm told him that several Third-Rank Flood Dragons had appeared in Jiang Kingdom and the group would hunt them.
• Liu Yuruo reported that Xu Yuyan and Chen Chi had joined the Hundred Ghosts Sect and reached the Golden Core Realm; Shen Long rewarded her and told her not to investigate in Zhao Kingdom again.
• The next morning, Shen Long, True Man Red Flood Dragon, Master Ice Silkworm, and Master Golden Toad departed for Jiang Kingdom.

Shen Long and his companions reached Green Gourd Marketplace in Jiang Kingdom to hunt three powerful Third-Rank Flood Dragons. After learning the dragons might have been created with stolen Dragon Transformation Pills, they joined a Dragon Hunting Squad to share information and search for them.

• Shen Long, True Man Red Flood Dragon, and their companions arrived at Green Sun Lake and met the Green Plum Immortal Couple, Lin Qing and Xu Mei.
• Qin Yunfeng and Qin Yunyan welcomed the cultivators to Quiet Manor and shared information about the Fire, Ice, and Green Flood Dragons.
• Qin Yunfeng explained that the dragons might be connected to premium Dragon Transformation Pills stolen from a shipment belonging to the Seven Clouds Merchant Alliance.
• Qin Yunfeng revealed that the dragons had killed thirteen Golden Core Cultivators and many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, while Nascent Soul teams searched the Green Dragon River's tributaries.
• Shen Long and the other five agreed to join the Dragon Hunting Squad to exchange information and search for the Flood Dragons.

Shen Long and his companions joined the Qin Family’s patrol to search for three Third-Rank Flood Dragons in the Jiang Kingdom. After seven days of searching a tributary of the Green Dragon River, they had found no trace of the dragons and had grown familiar with their patrol partners.

• Qin Yunfeng and Qin Yunyan discussed the Golden Core Cultivators gathering to hunt the Flood Dragons and the benefits their presence brought to the Qin Family and Jiang Kingdom.
• Shen Long released his Golden-Winged Fire Ants and fed them refining materials before putting them away again.
• Qin Yunfeng assigned Shen Long, Master Ice Silkworm, Mu Yan, and Chen Han to patrol together and warned them to avoid conflicts and report any Flood Dragon sightings.
• Master Ice Silkworm and Shen Long set out with Mu Yan and Chen Han, who rode a Two-Headed Fire Crow, and Master Ice Silkworm cautioned Shen Long to stay wary.
• The team patrolled a tributary of the Green Dragon River for seven days, found no trace of a Third-Rank Flood Dragon, and exchanged advice on insect control and beast taming.

After the Fire Rock Beast survived its tribulation and mutated into a Fire Qilin Beast, Shen Long discovered that it had gained a powerful Spirit-Breaking Divine Light. He suspected the Spirit Control Tower was behind the unusual frequency of his spirit companions’ mutations, then fed the Iron Tail Scorpion a mid Third-Rank Demon Core.

• Shen Long left the patrol after his Fire Rock Beast’s spirit bag shook, and Master Ice Silkworm followed him to a secluded valley.
• The Fire Rock Beast endured twenty-seven lightning strikes and mutated into a Fire Qilin Beast, delighting Shen Long and surprising Master Ice Silkworm.
• Shen Long tested the Fire Qilin Beast’s new abilities, naming its attack that shattered the Cyan Moon Pendant’s barrier the Spirit-Breaking Divine Light.
• Shen Long suspected the Spirit Control Tower increased the chances of mutations and sent the Fire Qilin Beast to rest in the tower’s volcano cluster.
• Shen Long fed the Iron Tail Scorpion a mid Third-Rank Purple-Winged Fire Scorpion Demon Core, and the drowsy scorpion fell asleep after he gave it a High-Grade Beast Rearing Pill.

Shen Long exchanged High-Grade Medicinal Pills for Green Wind Peng Demon Cores, then gathered materials and fed his spirit beasts before starting to refine pills for True Man Red Flood Dragon. The Golden-Winged Wind Peng fell asleep after eating multiple Demon Cores and Green Wind Grass.

• Shen Long collected three Third-Rank early-stage Green Wind Peng Demon Cores from Qin Yunqian in exchange for High-Grade Medicinal Pills.
• Shen Long met Lu Qingfeng, who had advanced to the Core Formation Late Stage, and bought Third-Rank refining materials and ores for his Spirit Ants.
• Shen Long gave a Foundation Establishment Cultivator a High-Grade Beast Spirit Pill in exchange for the stall's ores.
• True Man Red Flood Dragon gave Shen Long a Spirit Rearing Fruit and two Twin-Tail Scorpion Inner Cores as payment for ten High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills.
• Shen Long fed Cyan Marrow Jade and other ores to his Golden-Winged Fire Ants, then fed the Golden-Winged Wind Peng two Green Wind Peng Demon Cores and five Green Wind Grass plants until it grew drowsy.
• Shen Long put the Golden-Winged Wind Peng away and began refining pills in the Crimson Crow Cauldron.

Shen Long traded healing pills with Mu Weiwei, then guarded the Golden-Winged Wind Peng as it survived a rare Two-Colored Divine Lightning tribulation and advanced to Third Rank. After returning to Green Gourd Marketplace, he examined and cared for his spirit beasts before resuming alchemy.

• Shen Long met Mu Weiwei in Green Gourd Marketplace and exchanged ten Golden Ganoderma Pills for two drops of Millennium Spirit Milk and two Seven-Hundred-Year Three-Colored Mist Lotuses.
• Shen Long took the Golden-Winged Wind Peng to a bamboo forest, where it endured a lightning tribulation that culminated in Two-Colored Divine Lightning.
• The Golden-Winged Wind Peng survived the tribulation and advanced to Third Rank, sending a stream of mana into Shen Long's dantian.
• Shen Long returned to his residence, learned from Master Golden Toad that Master and Senior Brother Han had not returned, and checked on his Golden-Winged Fire Ants.
• Shen Long discovered that the Golden-Winged Wind Peng's Bloodline Purity had reached four, fed it a High-Grade Beast Rearing Pill, and let it roam on the third floor of the Spirit Control Tower.
• Shen Long began refining pills in his Alchemy Room.

Shen Long and his companions encountered three Flood Dragons while patrolling, and Xu Mo revealed himself as a Nascent Soul Cultivator to kill the Fire Flood Dragon. The group pursued the Ice Flood Dragon, which killed Chen Han as the battle continued.

• Shen Long joined Xu Mo, Master Golden Toad, Mu Yan, and the others to search for the Flood Dragons.
• Three Flood Dragons attacked the group, and Xu Mo revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation before killing the Fire Flood Dragon with one strike.
• Xu Mo pursued the Wind Flood Dragon while Mu Yan led Shen Long and the others after the Ice Flood Dragon.
• Master Golden Toad merged with his Four-Eyed Golden Toad and attacked the Ice Flood Dragon, but it broke free and fought back.
• The Ice Flood Dragon froze Chen Han's defenses, pierced his body, and smashed him into the ground.

Shen Long and his allies fought a powerful Third-Rank Ice Flood Dragon, but it overwhelmed them and forced them to flee. Shen Long later intercepted the wounded dragon, defeated it, and subdued it as his own beast.

• The Ice Flood Dragon froze and devoured the Two-Headed Fire Crow, then attacked Shen Long and the others as they tried to retreat.
• Master Golden Toad wounded the Ice Flood Dragon’s soul with a Soul-Extinguishing Talisman, and the group scattered while the weakened dragon fled.
• Shen Long revealed he had merged with the Golden-Winged Wind Peng and intercepted the Ice Flood Dragon, attacking it with his beasts and treasures.
• Shen Long battered the Ice Flood Dragon until it was gravely wounded, then demanded that it submit as his master.
• The Ice Flood Dragon lowered its head, and Shen Long placed more than ten restrictions on it before storing it in a Spirit Beast Bag.

After subduing the Ice Flood Dragon, Shen Long returned to Green Gourd Marketplace and concealed his role from Xu Mo, who asked him to refine Beast Rearing Pills. Shen Long accepted several pill-refining commissions and began work, while Xu Mo and Qin Yiming wondered who had killed the Ice Flood Dragon.

• Shen Long returned to Green Bamboo Pavilion, gave Master Golden Toad Golden Ganoderma Pills, and received five seven-hundred-year Green Wind Grass plants.
• Xu Mo visited Shen Long and commissioned top-grade Beast Rearing Pills, giving him a bottle of Fire Flood Dragon Essence Blood as compensation.
• Shen Long denied seeing any other high-level cultivators, and Xu Mo told him to bring the pills to Golden Gourd Garden.
• True Man Red Flood Dragon and Master Ice Silkworm returned, gave Shen Long a Three-Tailed Spirit Fox Demon Core and materials for Blood Flood Dragon Pills, and heard his account of the encounter.
• Shen Long began refining Beast Rearing Pills, while Xu Mo and Qin Yiming discussed the unknown cultivator who had killed the Ice Flood Dragon.

Shen Long refined top-grade pills, delivered them to True Man Red Flood Dragon and Xu Mo, then returned to the Spirit Control Sect with his companions. After the Iron Tail Scorpion survived its tribulation and gained a corrosive sound-wave ability, Shen Long began cultivating the Seventh Floor of the .

• Shen Long refined twenty top-grade Blood Flood Dragon Pills, gave five to True Man Red Flood Dragon, and delivered ten top-grade Beast Rearing Pills to Xu Mo.
• Shen Long left Green Gourd Marketplace with True Man Red Flood Dragon, Master Golden Toad, and Master Ice Silkworm aboard the Ice Moon Skiff.
• The Iron Tail Scorpion underwent a tribulation, survived a strike of Two-Colored Divine Lightning, and advanced to the Third Rank.
• Shen Long tested the Iron Tail Scorpion's new corrosive Yellow Sound Wave, which dissolved a second rank Wind-Chasing Rabbit.
• Shen Long trained the Third Rank Golden-Winged Wind Peng, then swallowed a Blood Flood Dragon Pill and began cultivating the Seventh Floor of the .

After five years of seclusion, Shen Long mastered the Seventh Floor of the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique and set out to confront the enemies who killed his parents. Unable to attack the Golden Flame Sect alone, he approached the rival Wei Clan and arranged a spar with Wei Tianxue.

• Shen Long emerged from seclusion after mastering the Seventh Floor and tested his dragon abilities in the Spirit Control Tower.
• Shen Long fed the injured Ice Flood Dragon medicine and herbs, then learned from Qian Dafu that no remedy for its wounded divine soul had been found.
• Shen Long paid respects to his parents' spirit tablets and left the Spirit Control Sect after learning that Master Ice Silkworm was in seclusion.
• Master Golden Flame warned Lv Yue to avoid drawing attention to her ghost-path cultivation, while the chapter revealed the Golden Flame Sect's strength and the Wei Clan's decline.
• Shen Long disguised himself as Yu Long and visited the Wei Clan, hoping to use its feud with the Golden Flame Sect to his advantage.
• Wei Tianxue agreed to spar with Shen Long and flew with him away from the Green Peach Mountain Range.

Shen Long defeated Wei Tianxue and recruited her to help gather allies against the Golden Flame Sect. He then infiltrated Green Python Valley in disguise, ambushed Chen He over the murder of his parents, and abducted him after killing Chen He's attendant.

• Shen Long defeated Wei Tianxue with the Ice Flood Dragon and Golden-Winged Fire Ants, then asked her to help oppose the Golden Flame Sect.
• Wei Tianxue agreed to contact other Golden Core Cultivators and sent Wei Yuying to reach Daoist Xu and Fairy Liu.
• Chen He ordered the remnants of the Sun Clan hunted down and told his subordinate to claim they had colluded with the Barbarian Race.
• Shen Long disguised himself as Yu Long and visited Chen He, who recognized the portraits of Shen Long's parents and realized he was an enemy.
• Shen Long incapacitated Chen He, severed his limbs, killed Chen He's attendant, and carried Chen He away from Green Python Valley.

Shen Long set out to avenge his parents after killing Chen He, prompting Master Golden Flame and Lv Yue to prepare to flee the Wei Kingdom. When they recognized Shen Long’s parents in his portraits, they tried to escape, but he caught up and blocked their path.

• Master Golden Flame and Lv Yue learned that the Wei Clan, the Liu Clan, and other factions were joining forces against the Golden Flame Sect.
• Master Golden Flame planned to abandon most of the sect’s disciples and use a false march to the front lines to gather the elites before fleeing the Wei Kingdom.
• Shen Long recalled torturing and killing Chen He, then waited in Green Python Valley for the Golden Flame Sect’s leaders or their enemies to act.
• Master Golden Flame and Lv Yue recognized Shen Long’s parents in the portraits he showed them and fled when he demanded an explanation.
• Shen Long merged with the Golden-Winged Wind Peng, caught up with Master Golden Flame and Lv Yue, and blocked their path.