Chapter Summaries

Wang Daoyuan and the other cultivators discovered and opened the entrance to True Lord Hundred Spirits' cave abode on Cloud Hidden Isle. After entering, Wang Daoyuan slid into a mist-filled medicine garden and began collecting its soil in search of spirit herb seeds.

• The cultivators learned that Cloud Hidden Peak was a fourth-order high-grade magic tool, and Xuan Jiushao used his Yin-Yang Compass to locate a hidden entrance beneath it.
• The cultivators cleared the area and concentrated sunlight on a rock, then broke open the entrance with a combined attack of twenty spells.
• Wang Daoyuan entered first and slid down a smooth passage that prevented flight, while the others followed him into the cave abode.
• Shi Zhenbang learned that the cloud mist had returned early and decided his group should stay hidden rather than risk drawing the Three Great Sects' attention.
• Wang Daoyuan reached a mist-covered grassland filled with Second-Order Spirit Plants, tested a dead tree that crumbled to ash, and stored the surrounding soil in the Spirit Pearl Space to search for seeds.

Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoyin stripped spirit plants from the underground medicinal gardens while the other factions explored and collected their own finds. At the deepest level, Wang Daoyuan persuaded the cultivators to share a Fourth-order Cloud Hidden Tea plant’s leaves equally, while secretly taking cuttings for himself.

• Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoyin peeled up turf and gathered spirit plants in the first medicinal garden before the other cultivators arrived.
• Wang Daoyuan explained that the Second-Order plants might have degenerated from rarer, higher-grade varieties, prompting the Crimson Sun Palace and Myriad Spirit Sect cultivators to gather turf as well.
• In the next garden, Wang Daoyuan collected Violet Rhyme Dragon Pattern Ginseng, cut down a Purple Cloud Wood tree, and transplanted its sapling into the Spirit Pearl Space.
• The cultivators descended to a small chamber containing a spirit spring and a Low-grade Fourth-order Cloud Hidden Tea plant.
• Wang Daoyuan stopped the Cultivator surnamed Tu from uprooting the tea plant and proposed dividing its leaves equally among the nine powers.
• Wang Daoyuan secretly took several tender branches for propagation, then divided the tea leaves and gave the Netherworld Sect’s share to Luo Hongming.

Wang Daoyuan led the group across a lava river bridge and into the core area of True Lord Hundred Spirits' cave abode. The group split between four treasure halls and the cave entrance, where a flame resembling the Crimson Sun True Fire revealed itself and blocked their way.

• Wang Daoyuan used Soul Chasing Bees to scout a bridge over lava, then carried them and a Myriad Spirit Sect disciple's white leopard safely across with water dragons.
• The group reached four halls and True Lord Hundred Spirits' cave abode, and Wang Daoyuan proposed that they pursue their own targets.
• Most factions rushed toward the halls while the Three Sects of the Zhao Kingdom gathered at the cave entrance, where Wang Daoyuan's bees were burned to ash by a golden-red flame.
• Wang Daoyuan recognized the flame as likely the Crimson Sun True Fire, while the Netherworld Sect cultivators recoiled from its Pure Yang Energy.

Wang Daoyuan and the Cultivator surnamed Tu worked together to enter True Lord Hundred Spirits' cave abode, where they found the Crimson Sun True Fire and a sleeping spirit beast egg. The chapter left them inside the formation chamber, with Wang Daoyuan suspecting the egg belonged to a Crimson Feather Crow.

• Wang Daoyuan sent Luo Hongming and the other two to search the four palaces, while Lei Wudao left the Cultivator surnamed Tu behind and went treasure hunting.
• Wang Daoyuan and the Cultivator surnamed Tu agreed to cooperate, using fire-controlling arts to weaken the formation's Crimson Gold Flames.
• Wang Daoyuan's Bifang phantom absorbed the flames' spiritual power, formed a connection with the formation, and opened the cave abode's gate.
• Wang Daoyuan and the Cultivator surnamed Tu wrapped themselves in spiritual power from the flames and passed through the cave abode's inner door.
• They found the Crimson Sun True Fire, a sleeping spirit beast egg, and a Blood Fire Fusang wood Formation Eye beneath the fire.
• Wang Daoyuan identified the formation as the Divine Fire Burning Heaven Array and suspected the egg was a Crimson Feather Crow egg.

Wang Daoyuan convinced Tu to help him claim the Crimson Sun True Fire and Crimson Feather Crow egg, then took Tu into True Lord Hundred Spirits’ chamber. After they both tried to kill each other, Wang Daoyuan subdued Tu and began turning him into a clone.

• Wang Daoyuan persuaded Tu to leave the formation core untouched until they retrieved True Lord Hundred Spirits’ inheritance, offering Tu the Crimson Feather Crow egg and keeping the Crimson Sun True Fire for himself.
• Wang Daoyuan took the ring from True Lord Hundred Spirits’ chamber, and he and Tu withdrew without disturbing the skeleton.
• Wang Daoyuan and Tu attacked each other as soon as they left the chamber.
• Wang Daoyuan used the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal to suppress Tu, then damaged his Violet Mansion with the Soul Slaying Blade.
• Wang Daoyuan knocked Tu unconscious, merged a Split Soul into his glabella, and stored him in the Spirit Pearl Space to finish fusing into a clone.

Wang Daoyuan controlled the underground formations while waiting for Tu Youming’s clone to finish merging, then secretly removed the Crimson Sun True Fire and prepared to stage a fight. The formations were broken, and he was ready to begin the performance that would conceal his acquisition of True Lord Hundred Spirits’ inheritance.

• Wang Daoyuan strengthened the Crimson Sun True Fire, recovered his spiritual sense, and manipulated the treasury formation to delay Xuan Jiuxiao while the clone’s soul merged.
• Wang Daoyuan learned Tu Youming’s memories, prepared supplies for an investigation, and planned to use the Chi Yuan Divine Fire Pearl in his staged battle.
• Wang Daoyuan redirected power from the Artifact Refining Hall to the treasury, allowing Wang Daoyin and Senior Brother Liu to break into the hall and seize its inheritance.
• Wang Daoyuan secretly removed the Crimson Feather Crow egg and took the Crimson Sun True Fire into the Spirit Pearl Space, where the other spirit fires subdued it.
• The underground formations were all broken, and Wang Daoyuan prepared to begin his performance.

Wang Daoyuan pretended that Tu Youming had betrayed him, using the explosion of a crimson pearl to cover up evidence of his own actions. After the group returned to Cloud Hidden Isle, Lei Wudao’s pursuit of Tu Youming led to a confrontation at Green Willow Continent, which Zhou Jingyuan defused by protecting the Shi family.

• Wang Daoyuan staged a fight with Tu Youming, then survived the Chi Yuan Divine Fire Pearl’s explosion and claimed Tu Youming had attacked him and fled with True Lord Hundred Spirits’ inheritance.
• Xuan Jiuxiao, Kui Jian, and Wang Daoyin arrived; Wang Daoyin gave his injured brother a Sweet Dew Pill, while the clone Tu Youming escaped east and hid in a demonic beast’s cave.
• Wang Daoyuan accused Tu Youming before Lei Wudao, and Kui Jian and Xuan Jiuxiao backed his account; the group inspected the scorched cave mansion and then returned to Cloud Hidden Isle.
• Shi Xingguo told Lei Wudao that a streak of fire had flown east from the island, but Lei Wudao still attacked Green Willow Continent’s defensive formation.
• Shi Xingguo appealed to Zhou Jingyuan for help, and Zhou Jingyuan persuaded the Three Sects of Zhao Kingdom to spare Green Willow Continent.
• Wang Daoyuan led the group westward aboard his flying vessel after the dispute ended.

Wang Daoyuan accused Tu Youming of stealing True Lord Hundred Spirits’ inheritance and injuring him, prompting the Golden Core Cultivators to question the expedition survivors and investigate the missing spirit-fire pearl. After Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoyin were searched without finding it, True Man Chi Yuan offered compensation, though Tu Youming remained absent.

• Wang Daoyuan told True Man Chi Yuan that Tu Youming had attacked him and fled with True Lord Hundred Spirits’ inheritance, and Zhou Jingyuan, Xuan Jiuxiao, and Kui Jian corroborated his account.
• True Man Chi Yuan agreed to compensate Wang Daoyuan and the Netherworld Sect after Tu Youming returned, and the group went back to Qingli Market to discuss the expedition.
• Luo Hongming recounted the exploration, and Wang Daoyuan explained that Tu Youming had taken the Universe Ring and the crimson-gold pearl that anchored the formation.
• True Person Kui Tian identified the formation as the Divine Fire Burning Heaven Array and reasoned that the pearl likely held the Fire Seed of the Crimson Sun True Fire.
• When True Man Chi Yuan accused Wang Daoyuan of hiding the pearl, Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoyin submitted their Storage Bags for inspection, but the group found nothing.
• True Man Chi Yuan apologized and offered ten top-grade third-rank Sweet Dew Pills as compensation.

After the expedition to True Lord Hundred Spirits' cave abode, Wang Daoyuan received sect rewards and examined the inheritance and treasures he had brought back. He planted the recovered spirit plants and prepared to focus on condensing his fourth Spiritual Power Seed.

• Wang Daoyuan accepted the medicine bottle, and the search found nothing suspicious on him; the factions began leaving Qingli Market.
• True Man Minghai questioned Wang Daoyuan, Luo Hongming, Zhou Qi, and Liu Jinhui about their gains, then awarded Wang Daoyuan five hundred thousand sect Contribution Points.
• Wang Daoyuan used his avatar, Li Qingquan, to pledge allegiance to the Hundred Spirits Ring and found the Heavenly Fire Refining Spirit Art and Record of Fire Control inside.
• Wang Daoyuan added the Crimson Sun True Fire and Crimson Feather Crow Egg to his collection, and the spirit veins in his Spirit Pearl Space improved after the fire fused with them.
• Wang Daoyuan planted the recovered Purple Cloud Wood and Cloud Hidden Tea branches and assessed the Violet Rhyme Dragon Pattern Ginseng he had obtained.
• Wang Daoyuan planned to condense his fourth Spiritual Power Seed while his avatar sorted the spirit plants from the recovered turf.

Wang Daoyuan refined his fire spiritual power, repaired his Natal Artifacts, and waited for the sect cultivators to leave Qingli Market before retrieving Tu Youming. He then searched the Skyrend Mountain Range for avian Demon Beasts and their Natal Feathers, ending at the immense Wan Chuan River.

• Wang Daoyuan condensed a Fire Attribute Spiritual Power Seed, repaired the White Tiger Blade and Black Tortoise Shield, and refined more than one hundred and eighty Violet Rhyme Pills.
• After Myriad Spirit Sect and Crimson Sun Palace left Qingli Market, Zhou Qi and Liu Jinhui went to Wanchuan Market to block Tu Youming’s escape, while Shi Zhenbang urged his allies not to oppose the Wang Clan.
• Wang Daoyuan flew east and then south, secretly retrieved Tu Youming from his hiding place, and took him into the Spirit Pearl Space to tend the Spirit Fields.
• Wang Daoyuan continued south and southwest in search of third-order avian Demon Beasts and Natal Feathers for the Vermilion Bird Fan, but found only land-based Demon Beasts.
• Wang Daoyuan reached the Wan Chuan River, where its vast, dangerous waters teemed with aquatic Demon Beasts.

Wang Daoyuan searched the Wan Chuan River’s northern bank for dragonkin and found a mid-grade Third-order Ink Feather Stork with a Natal Feather. He reached the storks’ forest but faced the problem of capturing it without being overwhelmed by the dozens of demon birds nearby.

• Wang Daoyuan met Zhou Qi, Liu Jinhui, and Xu Tingxuan, who had found no trace of Tu Youming after months of searching.
• Wang Daoyuan asked whether they had found dragonkin, and the three warned him that searching the riverbed was too dangerous and urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Wang Daoyuan traveled east along the Wan Chuan River and used Soul Chasing Bees to scout the area, losing several thousand while mapping the local demon-beast distribution.
• Wang Daoyuan learned that a forest north of the river held several dozen Third-order demon birds, including a mid-grade Third-order Ink Feather Stork with a likely Natal Feather.
• Wang Daoyuan concealed his aura and confirmed the stork’s unusually long tail feather was its Natal Feather, but realized he would have to capture it amid dozens of nearby Third-order demon birds.

Wang Daoyuan ambushed and killed a Mid-grade Third-order Ink Feather Stork in the Wan Chuan River, then escaped the pursuing demon beasts and birds. After returning to Jade Spring Peak, he received a terse message from Zhou Luan asking where his promise was.

• Wang Daoyuan lured the Ink Feather Stork into deeper water and subdued it with the Soul Annihilation Bell before beheading it and storing its corpse.
• Wang Daoyuan fled the surrounding aquatic demon beasts and pursuing demon birds on the Wind Fire Flying Kite, and Zhou Qi and the others scattered to avoid the flock.
• Wang Daoyuan told Zhou Qi and Xu Tingxuan that he had provoked the demon birds while searching for dragonseed, and Xu Tingxuan warned him to stop searching the dangerous area.
• Wang Daoyuan bid the three farewell and returned to Jade Spring Peak, where Zhou Luan sent him a message asking, “Where is your promise?”

Wang Daoyuan visited Zhou Luan to fulfill his promise to refine her Natal Artifact, and learned that her inherited guqin melody resembled one from his previous life. After years of adapting her Fire Phoenix Flowing Flame Sword to her Crimson Luan Divine Fire Technique, he completed the modifications and gave her the sword and its new nurturing method.

• Wang Daoyuan visited Zhou Luan, recognized her guqin melody as High Mountains and Flowing Water, and pretended he had learned it from ancient books.
• Zhou Luan reminded Wang Daoyuan of his promise to refine her Natal Artifact, saw through his story about Tu Youming, and explained Blood Shadow's incomplete Bing Fire Divine Thunder inheritance.
• Zhou Luan gave Wang Daoyuan the Fire Phoenix Flowing Flame Sword and Crimson Luan Divine Fire Technique inheritance materials, and ordered him to stay in her cave mansion while he worked.
• Wang Daoyuan spent nearly half a year studying the inheritances and three years testing modifications, then confirmed the revised artifact worked when Zhou Luan used it.
• Wang Daoyuan altered Zhou Luan's Natal Artifact's sword form and handed it back with a new nurturing method so she could condense the artifact patterns herself.

Wang Daoyuan tested Zhou Luan’s newly modified Crimson Luan Flowing Flame Sword against his Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal, then traded fifty Violet Rhyme Pills for her secret Violet Mansion Resonance technique. After three years of using it to cultivate the White Tiger Divine Charm, he achieved a breakthrough that strengthened his White Tiger Sword Intent.

• Zhou Luan challenged Wang Daoyuan to a duel after completing modifications to her Natal Artifact, and he defeated her crimson luan manifestation with the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal.
• Wang Daoyuan asked Zhou Luan for guidance in comprehending divine beast charms, and she exchanged her resonance secret technique for fifty Violet Rhyme Pills.
• Wang Daoyuan studied Zhou Luan’s technique and repeatedly stimulated the White Tiger Phenomenon while refining the White Tiger Blade over three years.
• Wang Daoyuan’s White Tiger Phenomenon released a powerful roar, his soul took on a tiger-like aura, and the White Tiger Sword Intent became more solid.

After comprehending the White Tiger Divine Charm, Wang Daoyuan cultivated until he reached Violet Mansion Mid Stage, then prepared to travel to the Southern Wilderness. Before leaving, he returned to Jade Spring Peak to protect Yang Yulin during his Violet Mansion breakthrough at Giant Wood Peak.

• Zhou Luan demanded Ink Jade Nether Lotus seeds from Wang Daoyuan, and he gave her ten before they discussed his plans to cultivate and later seek spiritual fire and Wutu Essence.
• Seven years later, Zhou Luan emerged from seclusion close to Violet Mansion Late Stage as Wang Daoyuan broke through to Violet Mansion Mid Stage; he gave her Youth Preserving Pills, which she happily took.
• After receiving a message from the Lineage, Wang Daoyuan gave Zhou Luan provisions and fifty Violet Rhyme Pills, then left for Jade Spring Peak and said he would travel to the Southern Wilderness after handling Lineage business.
• Wang Daochang explained that Yang Yulin was about to open his Violet Mansion at Giant Wood Peak, where active third-tier Demon Beasts and Old Ancestor Yang's declining condition posed risks.
• Wang Daoyuan agreed to oversee Giant Wood Peak and protect Yang Yulin, then flew southeast.

Wang Daoyuan guarded Giant Wood Peak while Yang Yulin opened his Violet Mansion, then prepared to leave the Wang Lineage for the Southern Wilderness. After making arrangements for the family and bringing Bai Sheng along, he boarded a Divine Weapon Pavilion vessel bound for Treasure Cauldron Mountain.

• Wang Daoyuan guarded Giant Wood Peak, drove off approaching beasts, and used a newly mastered Heaven Severing Sword technique to kill an Iron-Winged Golden Eagle.
• Yang Yulin successfully opened his Violet Mansion, giving the Yang Lineage two Violet Mansion cultivators, though Yang Yong was nearing the end of his lifespan.
• Wang Daoyuan gave Wang Daochang two kinds of Second-Order spirit grain and entrusted the Yin Yang Violet Jade to Twelfth Uncle before leaving to search for Wutu Essence.
• Wang Daoyuan guided the alchemists in refining four Foundation Establishment Pills and arranged for Wang Mingshan to handle the ingredients.
• Wang Daoyuan summoned Bai Sheng to Dragon Fall Ridge, took him into the Spirit Pearl Space, and boarded a Divine Weapon Pavilion flying vessel at Qingli Market for Treasure Cauldron Mountain.

Wang Daoyuan visited True Man Lei Yan at Treasure Cauldron Mountain before setting out for the Southern Wilderness to seek Metal Attribute Spirit Fire and Wutu Essence. After receiving advice and protective treasures, he arrived at Narsha Market Town and planned to learn about the nearby Narsha Plain before exploring further.

• True Man Lei Yan recognized that Wang Daoyuan had refined Crimson Sun True Fire and learned that he intended to search the Southern Wilderness for rare materials.
• True Man Lei Yan advised Wang Daoyuan to nourish the Crimson Feather Crow Egg with essence from Blood Fire Fusang branches and to search fourth-order metal- and earth-attribute spirit veins.
• True Man Lei Yan gave Wang Daoyuan a Violet Thunder Evil Slaying Token, Blood Fire Purple Gold Armor, Sweet Dew Pills, and Spirit Awakening Pills, and warned him not to provoke Golden Core cultivators.
• Wang Daoyuan left pills for Wang Daoyin, supplies for Wang Mingting, and cut several thick Blood Fire Fusang branches before departing Treasure Cauldron Mountain.
• Wang Daoyuan traveled south to Narsha Market Town, near a fourth-order earth-attribute spirit vein that might contain Wutu Essence.
• Wang Daoyuan decided to stay in Narsha Market Town and learn about Narsha Plain before venturing into the Southern Wilderness.

Wang Daoyuan entered Narsha Market Town disguised as a rogue cultivator and learned about the dangers and factions of Narsha Plain by listening in at a tavern. He met the information broker Yuan Chen, who offered him a map and intelligence on local forces for three hundred spirit stones.

• Wang Daoyuan arrived in Narsha Market Town, concealed his appearance, and visited Qinghe Tower to gather information.
• Cultivator Xiang told Know-it-all that Blazing Sand Wolves and Flying Sand Bandits had killed his companions, and said he might seek refuge with Mad Sand Hermit.
• Wang Daoyuan learned that Narsha Plain was controlled by dangerous bandit groups and inhabited by powerful Fierce Beasts.
• Wang Daoyuan followed Know-it-all after the men left the tavern and asked whether he sold information.
• Yuan Chen identified himself as Know-it-all and offered Wang Daoyuan a map and jade slips about the plain and its factions for three hundred spirit stones.

Wang Daoyuan assessed the dangers around Narsha Market Town and joined Xue Ling’s team to hunt a Huanglin Python at Huanglin Mountain, where he also hoped to investigate a fourth-order Earth Attribute spirit vein. The team reached the barren mountain and prepared to begin their expedition.

• Wang Daoyuan learned about Narsha Plain’s cultivators and bandit groups, then spent half a month verifying information before seeking a team.
• Wang Daoyuan chose Xue Ling’s team, which was heading to Huanglin Mountain to hunt a Mid-grade Third-order Huanglin Python.
• Wang Daoyuan introduced himself as Zhou Ming and told Xue Ling that he was a Low-grade Third-order artifact forger and alchemist.
• Xue Ling introduced his daughter Xue Chan, a formation expert, and the body cultivators Chu Cheng and Wu Xiao; he then ended recruitment and ordered the team to prepare.
• Xue Ling led the assembled team southeast in a flying boat, and they reached Huanglin Mountain more than two hours later.

Xue Ling’s group trapped and killed the Huanglin Python with Wang Daoyuan’s decisive strike, then set out to return to Narsha Market Town. As they left the mountain path, the Flying Sand Bandits ambushed them and invited Wang Daoyuan to join their band.

• Xue Ling led the group into Huanglin Mountain, where Xue Chan arranged a formation to trap the Huanglin Python.
• The Huanglin Python’s scales resisted Xue Ling’s sword and the other cultivators’ attacks, while its thrashing strained the formation.
• Xue Ling struck the python’s head with a silver seal, making it roar and expose its mouth, and Wang Daoyuan killed it with the Heavenly Fiend Absolute Life Sword.
• The Foundation Establishment cultivators found Third-order Earth Attribute materials in the python’s lair, and Xue Ling gathered the spoils before leading the group back toward Narsha Market Town.
• A Flying Sand Bandit attacked with an earthy-yellow Flying Sword, which Wang Daoyuan cleaved in two, then invited him to join the band.