Chapter Summaries

Wang Daoyuan and his companions were surrounded by Flying Sand Bandits, who demanded Xue Chan as a bride and tried to recruit Wang Daoyuan. After Wang Daoyuan displayed his White Tiger Sword Intent, the bandits’ yellow-haired leader ordered a retreat.

• Three flying boats carrying six Violet Mansion Cultivators and numerous Foundation Establishment Cultivators surrounded Wang Daoyuan’s group.
• The yellow-haired cultivator demanded that Xue Ling hand over Xue Chan to marry Flying Sand Hermit, and threatened the group when Xue Ling offered him a storage bag instead.
• Chu Cheng and Wu Xiao threatened the bandits, while Xue Ling offered another storage bag to persuade them to leave.
• The yellow-haired cultivator abandoned his demand for Xue Chan but said he would take Wang Daoyuan with him, offering him a place among the Flying Sand Bandits.
• Wang Daoyuan rejected the offer and released his White Tiger Sword Intent, then challenged the yellow-haired cultivator to test his strength.
• The yellow-haired cultivator raised his hand as if to attack, then ordered the Flying Sand Bandits to retreat.

Wang Daoyuan drove off the Flying Sand Bandits, ended his alliance with Xue Ling's group, and returned to Narsha Market Town after finding clues to Blazing Sun Stone that could help hatch the Crimson Feather Crow Egg. The story left him with a reason to search around Huanglin Mountain for more of the rare stones.

• The Flying Sand Bandits retreated after Wang Daoyuan's aura convinced them that fighting him would be dangerous.
• Wang Daoyuan demanded the materials from the Huanglin Python's cave and told Xue Ling's group their partnership was over.
• Xue Ling offered Wang Daoyuan his savings in exchange for protecting Xue Lin and Xue Chan, but Wang Daoyuan refused and advised them to leave Narsha Plain quickly.
• Tu Youming found an Earth Attribute demon-bird feather and fiery stones in the storage bag, identifying the stones as Blazing Sun Stone that could nourish the Crimson Feather Crow Egg.
• Wang Daoyuan flew northwest around the bandits' territory and reached Narsha Market Town three hours later, planning to search near Huanglin Mountain for more Blazing Sun Stone.

Wang Daoyuan obtained a Spirit-Isolating Jade Pendant from He Yuanqing and waited in Narsha Market Town while gathering news. He then traveled to Huanglin Mountain to search for Blazing Sun Stone, but when he could not find how the Huanglin Python had reached the underground source, he decided to dig down to the lava himself.

• Wang Daoyuan visited Divine Weapon Pavilion's shop and asked for a reusable tool to withstand violent spiritual energy.
• He Yuanqing recognized Wang Daoyuan and gave him a mid-grade Third-order Spirit-Isolating Jade Pendant, warning him not to let its refining method spread.
• Wang Daoyuan spent more than three months at Qinghe Tower, listening for news while the Feisha Gang remained active near Qingyan Mountain.
• After learning about Sand Chasing Harriers and finding no reports of Flying Sand Bandits near Huanglin Mountain, Wang Daoyuan took a detour through Mad Sand Bandits' territory to reach the mountain.
• Wang Daoyuan searched the Huanglin Python's cave and used his Spirit Seeking Plate, but found no passage that could explain how the python had reached the underground Blazing Sun Stone.
• Wang Daoyuan decided to dig down from the surface to the underground lava using his Dust Returning Flame.

Wang Daoyuan used Dust Returning Flame to dig deep beneath Huanglin Mountain and found a Blazing Sun Stone vein near the underground lava. After mining more than two thousand jin of ore and sealing the tunnel, he emerged to find an old man waiting above the valley.

• Wang Daoyuan used Dust Returning Flame and the Vermilion Bird Fan to dig a deep tunnel while storing excess spiritual power in the Spirit Pearl Space.
• Wang Daoyuan found that the hot spring vein carried up low-quality Blazing Sun Stone and located a richer vein beside the underground lava.
• Wang Daoyuan sent Bai Sheng to restrain the flames in the Spirit Pearl Space and excavated more than two thousand jin of Blazing Sun Stone over three days.
• Wang Daoyuan sealed part of the tunnel, returned to the surface, and removed the rock covering the entrance.
• An old man appeared above the valley and challenged Wang Daoyuan to prove he could retreat unharmed from a fight with him.

Wang Daoyuan faced the Flying Sand Hermit, who tried to recruit him as a son-in-law before attacking with a powerful sandstorm. Wang countered with the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal, and both prepared immense seals for a decisive clash.

• The Flying Sand Hermit offered Wang Daoyuan his daughters and the Flying Sand Bandits' estate in exchange for joining his family, but Wang refused.
• The Flying Sand Hermit attacked with boulders and then unleashed a suppressive sandstorm from his earthen-yellow gourd.
• Wang Daoyuan fled on the Wind Fire Flying Kite as the sandstorm accelerated, then used the Kirin Seal and Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal to slow it.
• The Flying Sand Hermit gathered the sandstorm above himself and brought out his Natal Artifact, while Wang Daoyuan merged his artifacts into his seal and replenished his spiritual power.
• The Flying Sand Hermit's hundred-zhang seal formed with an imposing suppressive aura as Wang Daoyuan prepared to meet it.

Wang Daoyuan and Flying Sand Hermit fought to a standstill until both revealed life-saving treasures and agreed to trade instead of continuing the battle. Flying Sand Hermit offered information about a place where Wutu Essence could mature and began asking Wang Daoyuan about the True Demon Blood Lotus.

• Wang Daoyuan and Flying Sand Hermit struggled to sustain their seals, but Wang Daoyuan's Spirit Peach Dew let him outlast his opponent.
• Flying Sand Hermit detonated his great seal, scattering Wang Daoyuan's Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal and injuring both cultivators.
• Flying Sand Hermit recognized Wang Daoyuan and revealed a Talisman Treasure, while Wang Daoyuan countered with his Violet Thunder Evil Slaying Token.
• Wang Daoyuan and Flying Sand Hermit put away their treasures and agreed to discuss a deal.
• Flying Sand Hermit explained that an ancient cultivator's records pointed to a place where Wutu Essence might now be fully nurtured.
• Flying Sand Hermit asked Wang Daoyuan whether he had heard of the True Demon Blood Lotus, and Wang Daoyuan said he had not.

Wang Daoyuan agreed to help Flying Sand Hermit obtain the True Demon Blood Lotus in exchange for its share and Fumo Zhenren’s later legacy. The lotus would mature in about thirty years, and the two settled on an initial exchange of the White Tiger Blade legacy for thirty Essence Blood Pills.

• Flying Sand Hermit explained that the True Demon Blood Lotus could strengthen qi and blood, and that he needed it to have a chance at Core Formation.
• Flying Sand Hermit offered Wang Daoyuan a portion of the lotus and Fumo Zhenren’s later legacy in return for help, while assuring him that Core Formation devil cultivators were unlikely to appear.
• Wang Daoyuan accepted the deal after weighing the danger and the value of the legacy, and learned that the lotus would mature in roughly thirty years.
• Wang Daoyuan asked Flying Sand Hermit to provide Wutu Essence’s location as a deposit, but Flying Sand Hermit refused and offered the White Tiger Blade legacy instead.
• Flying Sand Hermit asked for fifty Essence Blood Pills in exchange for the legacy, and Wang Daoyuan bargained him down to thirty.

Wang Daoyuan recovered from his fight with Flying Sand Hermit and traded thirty Essence Blood Pills for Fumo Zhenren’s inheritance. He obtained a revised sword art and the Sword Shadow Divine Light Technique, which suited his cultivation and could eventually form a powerful sword formation.

• Wang Daoyuan recovered in He Yuanqing’s cave abode while He Yuanqing obtained thirty Essence Blood Pills from their master.
• After repairing the White Tiger Blade and Black Tortoise Shield, Wang Daoyuan met Flying Sand Hermit at Huanglin Mountain and exchanged the pills for four pages of inheritance.
• Wang Daoyuan examined Fumo Zhenren’s improved White Tiger Sword Art and learned that the pages also recorded sword-control methods and two sword cultivator spells.
• Wang Daoyuan discovered that the Sword Shadow Divine Light Technique let him form ten White Tiger Blade phantoms without visualizing ancient famous swords.
• Wang Daoyuan learned that the phantoms could attack, defend, perform simple sword spells, and potentially combine into a sword formation.

Wang Daoyuan found a Sand Chasing Harrier with a likely Natal Feather while following a sandstorm across Narsha Plain, but a Violet Mansion cultivator stole its corpse and fled. As Wang Daoyuan chased him, a powerful man called the thief his only son and challenged him from afar.

• Wang Daoyuan practiced condensing a sword shadow with the Sword Shadow Divine Light Technique, but avoided using the unverified White Tiger Sword Art and refining method.
• After learning that sandstorms gathered often at Narsha Ridge, Wang Daoyuan followed one and searched its Sand Chasing Harriers for a Natal Feather.
• Wang Daoyuan spotted a Mid-grade Third-order Sand Chasing Harrier with a likely Natal Feather and killed it with the White Tiger Blade.
• A Violet Mansion Mid Stage cultivator stole the Harrier's corpse, so Wang Daoyuan chased him westward and demanded the Natal Feather.
• A distant man roared that Wang Daoyuan was bullying his only son on his territory.

Wang Daoyuan failed to reclaim the Earth Attribute Natal Feather from Mad Sand Hermit and instead recruited Flying Sand Hermit to help eliminate the Mad Sand Bandits. Flying Sand Hermit agreed to gather his men for an ambush, leaving their attack on Mad Sand Hermit about to begin.

• Wang Daoyuan confronted Mad Sand Hermit and his son Tianyi over the stolen Earth Attribute Natal Feather, but Mad Sand Hermit refused to hand it over.
• Mad Sand Hermit revealed a Talisman Treasure that could threaten Wang Daoyuan, so Wang Daoyuan fled to Huanglin Mountain rather than risk a fight.
• Wang Daoyuan proposed that Flying Sand Hermit join him in killing Mad Sand Hermit and taking over the Mad Sand Bandits.
• Flying Sand Hermit warned that Mad Sand Hermit's Low-grade Fourth-order formation and the risk of rival forces exploiting their losses made an attack difficult.
• Wang Daoyuan proposed luring Mad Sand Hermit out and ambushing him, then reminded Flying Sand Hermit that True Man Lei Yan could kill him if he betrayed the deal.
• Flying Sand Hermit agreed to the plan and said he would gather his men to attack Mad Sand Hermit.

Flying Sand Hermit and Wang Daoyuan plotted to lure Mad Sand Hermit into a fight by attacking the Shady Mountain Oasis. Wang Daoyuan killed the cultivators sent to collect tribute and headed for Mount Dingfeng to escalate the trouble.

• Flying Sand Hermit returned with five Violet Mansion Cultivators and explained that threatening the Shady Mountain Oasis would force Mad Sand Hermit to respond.
• Wang Daoyuan agreed to pose as a rogue cultivator and kill Mad Sand Bandits, while Flying Sand Hermit and his men stayed hidden.
• Wang Daoyuan entered the oasis, killed a Phantom Spirit Wolf Spider, and continued searching the riverbed for artifact-refining materials.
• A Violet Mansion Mid Stage Mad Sand Bandit demanded a share of Wang Daoyuan’s harvest, and Wang Daoyuan killed him with a surprise attack.
• Wang Daoyuan killed the Foundation Establishment Cultivator who raised the alarm, then flew toward Mount Dingfeng as the remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators fled.

Wang Daoyuan lured Mad Sand Hermit and the Mad Sand Bandits into a battle, using the Flying Sand Bandits’ ambush to gain the advantage. The clash of Mad Sand Hermit’s Talisman Treasure with the two Demon Subduing Seals left Flying Sand Hermit gravely injured and Wang Daoyuan nearly out of spiritual power.

• Wang Daoyuan tested the Sword Shadow Divine Light Technique against the Mad Sand Bandits’ formation while Flying Sand Hermit watched and scouted their approaching forces.
• Wang Daoyuan and Flying Sand Hermit agreed on a plan to ambush Mad Sand Hermit, his Violet Mansion allies, and their flying warship.
• Wang Daoyuan drew the Mad Sand Bandits after him, and the Flying Sand Bandits emerged to split their forces and engage them.
• Wang Daoyuan killed the Mad Sand Bandits’ Violet Mansion Mid Stage cultivator by destroying his Natal Artifact with sword shadows and the White Tiger Blade.
• Mad Sand Hermit activated his Talisman Treasure, and Flying Sand Hermit and Wang Daoyuan struck it with their Demon Subduing Seals.
• The Talisman Treasure’s collision with the seals caused a massive shockwave that grievously injured Flying Sand Hermit and depleted most of Wang Daoyuan’s spiritual power.

Wang Daoyuan killed Mad Sand Hermit with the Violet Thunder Evil Slaying Token, secured the Earth Attribute Natal Feather and other valuable materials, then left the campaign against the Mad Sand Bandits to Flying Sand Hermit. Back in Narsha Market Town, he focused on the Crimson Feather Crow Egg, which had begun shaking as the hatchling neared its emergence.

• Wang Daoyuan killed Mad Sand Hermit with the Violet Thunder Evil Slaying Token, then healed Flying Sand Hermit and claimed Mad Sand Hermit's Universe Ring.
• Wang Daoyuan found the Earth Attribute Natal Feather, rare refining materials, and the crafting method for the Heavenly Wind Sand Control Fan in the Universe Ring.
• Wang Daoyuan declined to join the raid on the Mad Sand Bandits' lair and left for Narsha Market Town, while Flying Sand Hermit stayed behind to recover and sent a subordinate to seek the bandits' surrender.
• Wang Daoyuan borrowed He Yuanqing's cave dwelling at Divine Weapon Pavilion and watched the Crimson Feather Crow Egg shake after Tu Youming nourished it with yang energy from Blazing Sun Stone.

Wang Daoyuan nurtured a Crimson Feather Crow egg until it hatched, then set out to gather intelligence before venturing farther into the Southern Wilderness. Yuan Chen told him about nearby spirit veins, including a fourth-order Metal Attribute Spirit Vein in Blood Demon Ridge.

• Wang Daoyuan and his avatars fed the Crimson Feather Crow egg Blazing Sun Stone essence and Crimson Sun True Fire essence until it began to hatch.
• Wang Daoyuan moved the egg out of the Spirit Pearl Space, and a Low-grade Second-order Crimson Feather Crow chick emerged and accepted a crushed Red Scale Pine nut as food.
• Wang Daoyuan placed the chick in the Spirit Pearl Space with Tu Youming, where it eagerly entered the Crimson Sun True Fire, then cleared the cave abode and left Narsha Plain.
• Wang Daoyuan visited Know-it-all's shop, and Yuan Chen offered free intelligence in exchange for the story of Mad Sand Hermit's defeat.
• Wang Daoyuan described the fight against the Mad Sand Bandits while withholding his secrets, then asked Yuan Chen about Devil Race mountain ranges and fourth-order spirit veins.
• Yuan Chen named several alleged Devil Race ranges and reported that Blood Demon Ridge contained a Mid-grade Fourth-order Metal Attribute Spirit Vein and a Low-grade Fourth-order Attribute-less Spirit Vein.

Wang Daoyuan learned about Blood Demon Ridge from Yuan Chen and traveled there disguised as a Blood Demon cultivator. He found his old acquaintance Kui Jian being overwhelmed by five devil cultivators and intervened, killing two of them as the others prepared to flee.

• Yuan Chen told Wang Daoyuan about Blood Demon Ridge, the ancient Myriad Beast Valley, and the powers guarding the human realm.
• Wang Daoyuan left Narsha Market Town and traveled south, using his Blood Demon avatar’s traits and Blood Boiling Pills to pass as a devil cultivator.
• Wang Daoyuan discovered Kui Jian, a disciple of True Person Xuanlei, being besieged by five mid-stage Violet Mansion devil cultivators.
• Wang Daoyuan feigned disinterest before attacking the elderly devil cultivator, while Kui Jian struck the burly middle-aged devil cultivator.
• Wang Daoyuan and Kui Jian killed two attackers, leaving the remaining three devil cultivators terrified and ready to flee.

Wang Daoyuan pursued and killed demonic cultivators with Kui Jian, then found a hidden cave abode in Blood Demon Ridge and seized it from its occupant. He left the defeated cultivator in the Spirit Pearl Space as a new clone candidate and continued seeking a place to settle while investigating Metal Attribute Spirit Fire.

• Wang Daoyuan and Kui Jian killed the demonic cultivators who had attacked Kui Jian, and Wang Daoyuan took their storage bags and a bone sword.
• Wang Daoyuan healed Kui Jian, who chose to leave Blood Demon Mountain and rode away after refusing to treat his debt to Wang Daoyuan as repaid.
• Wang Daoyuan suppressed his cultivation, disguised himself, and sent Soul Chasing Bees to search for a concealed cave abode with water spiritual energy.
• A Soul Chasing Bee died from the violent spiritual energy near a promising cave, so Wang Daoyuan chose the concealed abode as his foothold.
• Wang Daoyuan broke through the defensive formation, defeated the Ice Attribute demonic cultivator inside, damaged his soul, and stored him in the Spirit Pearl Space.
• Wang Daoyuan saw Bai Sheng examining the day’s spoils and reflected that robbing cultivators brought quick profits.

Wang Daoyuan prepared his new cave abode in Blood Demon Ridge and learned from Cui Ming about Blood Demon City, where Metal Attribute Spirit Fire might be found. He condensed his fifth Spiritual Power Seed from Heavenly Fiend Gold, leaving him with all five elemental seeds gathered in his dantian.

• Wang Daoyuan kept the Azure Water Golden Blade Formation and arranged for Cui Ming to set up Spirit Isolation and God-Prohibiting Formations in the cave abode.
• Wang Daoyuan learned from Cui Ming's memories that Blood Demon City lay beneath Blood Demon Ridge at the convergence of two spirit veins and might contain Metal Attribute Spirit Fire.
• Wang Daoyuan concluded that infiltrating Blood Demon City would require stronger disguise and a body capable of enduring its violent spiritual energy.
• Wang Daoyuan chose Heavenly Fiend Gold to condense a Metal Attribute Spiritual Power Seed, using Crimson Sun True Fire to extract its essence.
• Wang Daoyuan condensed a silver Metal Attribute Spiritual Power Seed, completing the gathering of all Five Elements Spiritual Power Seeds.

Wang Daoyuan spent eight or nine years tempering his body with the Gui Water Nether Flame until he could withstand the violent spiritual energy of Blood Demon Mountain. Disguised as Zhou Ming, he infiltrated Blood Demon City and received a token, though a Golden Core demonic cultivator could still expose him.

• Wang Daoyuan used the Gui Water Nether Flame to refine the spiritual spring’s violent energy and cultivate his True Essence.
• He spent eight or nine years nourishing his five viscera and meridians, greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Wang Daoyuan put on a God-Forbidden Silk cloak and traveled south toward Blood Demon City.
• A burly Violet Mansion Late Stage cultivator tested Wang Daoyuan’s strength, accepted his claim that he was Zhou Ming, and led him to the city’s hidden entrance.
• An elderly Violet Mansion cultivator gave Wang Daoyuan a token and showed him the tunnel into Blood Demon City.

Wang Daoyuan entered Blood Demon City, gathered intelligence, and accepted a mining task to search for spirit fire and Heavenly Fiend Gold. He entered the dangerous Heavenly Fiend Gold Mine despite warnings that most miners never came back out.

• Wang Daoyuan refused an offer to join the Blood Demon Army and entered Blood Demon City.
• Wang Daoyuan spent more than a month gathering information in the city before visiting the Mission Hall for work.
• Wang Daoyuan chose the Heavenly Fiend Gold Mine task and learned that Blood Demon City also had a restricted Grand Unity Essence Gold Mine.
• Wang Daoyuan stored most of his belongings in the Spirit Pearl Space and traveled to the mine, where the guard inspected his bags and demanded five hundred jin of Heavenly Fiend Gold.
• Wang Daoyuan entered the mine and was met by a dense wave of Killing Intent that threatened cultivators' bodies and minds.

Wang Daoyuan explored the depleted Heavenly Fiend Gold mine and learned it had become a prison where the Killing Intent slowly destroyed cultivators. After the black-cloaked man tried to kill him with a trapped storage bag, Wang Daoyuan pursued him, only for the man to unleash a powerful Silver Armored Corpse.

• Wang Daoyuan followed the mine tunnels deeper, where dense Killing Intent weakened his divine sense and threatened his soul.
• Wang Daoyuan discovered a black-cloaked cultivator, who explained that the mine was nearly exhausted and that he had been imprisoned there for an offense.
• The black-cloaked man offered more than seventeen jin of Heavenly Fiend Gold in exchange for spiritual power, but Wang Daoyuan evaded the trapped storage bag he threw.
• The black-cloaked man fled, and Wang Daoyuan pursued him with sword shadows.
• The black-cloaked man released a High-grade Third-order Silver Armored Corpse, which withstood Wang Daoyuan's sword shadows and threatened him.