Chapter Summaries

At the exchange meet, Wang Daoyuan used the Azure Dragon Pearl to dissolve some of Cultivator Li’s death aura, raising hope that he could be cured and earn the Azure Needle White Jade Pine. True Man Yan Yang then accused Wang Daoyuan of deceiving Li and questioned where he had obtained so much life force.

• The cultivators began the exchange meet, and Zhou Clan members offered a Molten Lava Meteorite before others presented their wares.
• Cultivator Li offered his Azure Needle White Jade Pine in exchange for help removing the death aura left by a ghost cultivator’s attack.
• Zhong Zhenyang determined that curing Li would require an enormous amount of life force, equivalent to that of hundreds of Golden Core cultivators.
• Wang Daoyuan used the Azure Dragon Pearl to transfer life force into Li, dissolving about one-tenth of the death aura and extending Li’s life by several decades.
• True Man Yan Yang accused Wang Daoyuan of misleading Li and suggested that he might have secretly slaughtered ordinary people for life force.

Wang Daoyuan revealed his Life Spirit Fire to clear suspicion that he had killed cultivators for vitality, then used it to cure a Golden Core cultivator. He presented spirit items for trade and secured a buyer for his Youth Preserving Pills in the Wind Snow Divine Palace.

• Song Yan insinuated that Wang Daoyuan might have killed Rogue Cultivators for vitality, but True Man Lei Yan vouched for his disciple.
• Wang Daoyuan revealed his Life Spirit Fire, and a Golden Core cultivator from the Zhou Clan identified it as a rare source of vitality.
• True Man Lei Yan threatened the Song Family and Crimson Sun Palace with a trade boycott if they continued to target Wang Daoyuan.
• Wang Daoyuan used the Life Spirit Fire to remove death qi from the cultivator surnamed Li, who recovered and gave him the Azure Needle White Jade Pine.
• Wang Daoyuan offered Heavenly Fiend Gold, Grand Unity Essence Gold, Cloud Hidden Tea, and Youth Preserving Pills in exchange for spirit plants or cultivation resources.
• A female cultivator from the Wind Snow Divine Palace agreed to buy all the Wang Clan's Youth Preserving Pills and offered one High-grade Spirit Stone for each of the thirty pills.

Wang Daoyuan traded his wares at Phoenix Platform, gaining a sword-talisman refining method and two Phoenix Feather Fir saplings while keeping his remaining Wutu Essence to improve the Wang Clan’s spirit vein. After returning to Zhao Kingdom aboard a Zhou family flying warship, he warned True Dragon Tamer that Song Yan might attack Wucheng Pass and reached Jade Spring Peak.

• Wang Daoyuan exchanged Youth Preserving Pills for thirty High-grade Spirit Stones, then accepted a sword-talisman sample and refining method in return for Grand Unity Essence Gold.
• Wang Daoyuan agreed to trade ten jin of Cloud Hidden Tea with King Linjiang for two Phoenix Feather Fir saplings, and the Qin Kingdom imperial family bought his remaining Heavenly Fiend Gold.
• Wang Daoyuan declined the Heavenly Secret Sect’s offer for his remaining Wutu Essence, explaining that he wanted to use it to raise the Wang Clan’s spirit vein grade.
• Zhou Jingyuan visited Wang Daoyuan to ask about Youth Preserving Pills, and Wang Daoyuan promised to refine more for the Zhou family.
• Zhou Jingyuan sent Wang Daoyuan back aboard a flying warship, with Zhong Zhenyang and True Dragon Tamer joining the trip.
• Wang Daoyuan warned True Dragon Tamer that Song Yan might risk an attack on Wucheng Pass, then continued to Jade Spring Peak.

Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak, reunited with Zhou Luan, and tended to his treasures and the Heaven Sealing Sword Prison Talisman. He then sensed the Crimson Feather Crow approaching a breakthrough in the Spirit Pearl Space, where its growing power stirred a foreboding disturbance.

• Wang Daoyuan learned that Zhou Luan had warned Twelfth Uncle about spies watching Jade Spring Peak and gave Twelfth Uncle two pieces of Yin Yang Violet Jade and a Purple Cloud Wood Heart.
• Zhou Luan revealed that the Netherworld Sect, the half-demon tribes, and Green Willow Continent had sent watchers, then received Wang Daoyuan's master's cultivation notes and returned north of the mountains.
• Wang Daoyuan planted the exchanged trees and Purple Cloud Wood in the Spirit Pearl Space, then studied the Heaven Sealing Sword Prison Talisman and decided to leave it to Twelfth Uncle as a lineage trump card.
• Wang Daoyuan sensed the Spirit Pearl Space growing unstable and found spiritual energy surging toward the sleeping Crimson Feather Crow, whose power was nearing the Fourth-order level.

Wang Daoyuan watched the Crimson Feather Crow undergo its Golden Core tribulation inside the Spirit Pearl Space, where it fought through nine lightning strikes and a Golden Crow bloodline trial. The crow survived as a charred, flame-covered lump, and Wang Daoyuan confirmed that it had passed the tribulation.

• After the Crimson Feather Crow reached Low-grade Fourth-order, tribulation clouds gathered inside the Spirit Pearl Space, and Wang Daoyuan moved his avatar and other living beings out.
• The clouds contracted above the crow, and it shattered the first six lightning bolts with its claws before using scarlet-gold flames to withstand the next two.
• The crow took the ninth lightning strike head-on, suffered severe injuries, and swallowed an Essence Blood Return Pill.
• A tribulation Golden Crow descended and overwhelmed the injured crow until it burned its Natal Feather and transformed into a scarlet-gold sun.
• The two birds transformed into suns and collided, after which the tribulation pressure vanished and Wang Daoyuan sensed that the charred crow was still alive.

After the Crimson Feather Crow survived its Bloodline Tribulation, its bloodline and abilities strengthened, and Wang Daoyuan learned that four powerful corpses had entered the Skyrend Mountain Range. He sent Spirit Devourer to track them, fearing their attacks could trigger a Beast Tide and endanger the Lineage’s holdings.

• Wang Daoyuan shared the Crimson Feather Crow’s Heaven and Earth Boon with the creatures in the Spirit Pearl Space, where the bird recovered and its bloodline grew purer.
• The boon advanced the five spirit veins and spirit fires, strengthened the Blood Fire Fusang, and left Fat Tiger on the verge of breaking through to third-order.
• The Crimson Feather Crow displayed its Blazing Sun divine ability, then settled atop a Blood Fire Fusang while Wang Daoyuan let it comprehend its new realm.
• Zhou Luan told Wang Daoyuan that one mid-grade fourth-order corpse and three Low-grade Fourth-order Corpses had left the Mirror Lake Oasis secret realm and entered the Skyrend Mountain Range.
• Wang Daoyuan had Spirit Devourer collect the Black Demon Robe, then sent him into the Skyrend Mountain Range to monitor the corpses and nearby Demon Beasts.

Wang Daoyuan prepared for the threat posed by scattered corpses while Cloud Wing advanced to a Low-grade Third-order Demon Beast. Shi Ling discovered that the corpses had taken refuge underground after fighting local Demon Beasts, leaving Wang Daoyuan hoping to delay a wider crisis until his master's artifact was ready.

• Wang Daoyuan decided to wait for Shi Ling to gather intelligence before involving the Netherworld Sect, and he ordered the Military Governor's Mansion to recruit more people.
• Cloud Wing advanced to a Low-grade Third-order Demon Beast, gained a soul-restraining presence, and learned to shrink after eating roasted meat.
• Shi Ling returned with news that four corpses had slain Demon Beasts and retreated into a Yin Energy-filled cave after seven Fourth-order Demon Beasts challenged them.
• The corpses carried three slain Fourth-order Demon Beasts into the cave, where they could become Walking Corpses, while nine Demon Beasts gathered outside.
• Wang Daoyuan checked the corpses in the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and learned they had made no unusual moves, so he planned to buy time until his master's artifact was ready.

Wang Daoyuan completed the Myriad Waters Return to Source Array and tested its strength, establishing Jade Spring Peak as a formidable stronghold. After repairing minor flaws, he confirmed the array could threaten Mid Golden Core cultivators and protect the Wang Clan from future attacks.

• Wang Daoyuan refined forty-one Formation Eyes and their connecting materials from Deep Sea Iron Crystal Sand, then engraved the formation patterns.
• Wang Daoyuan rebuilt the Myriad Waters Return to Source Array at the old Formation Eye sites and activated it, enveloping Jade Spring Peak in a powerful barrier.
• Wang Daoyuan tested the array against Twelfth Uncle's water dragons and found that the formation could withstand his strongest attacks until he used seventy percent of his power.
• Twelfth Uncle celebrated the array's strength, while Third Brother regretted that his Fire Attribute cultivation limited how much power he could draw from it.
• Wang Daoyuan inspected and repaired minor flaws in the formation, then confirmed it could summon thirteen water dragons capable of slaying a Mid Golden Core cultivator.

Wang Daoyuan dealt with demon beast threats around Dragon Fall Ridge while the corpse refiners remained active in the north. After spending time cultivating with Zhou Luan, he learned that the corpse refiners had launched new attacks against the Demon Race and Half-demons, prompting them to seek his help.

• Wang Daoyuan relocated ordinary clansmen from Dragon Fall Ridge’s eastern peaks, reinforced the outposts, and sent the Demon Slaying Division to hunt Third-order Demonic Beasts.
• Wang Daoyuan’s Demon Slaying Division used eight Flying Warships to clear Low-grade Third-order Demonic Beasts near Dragon Fall Ridge, then turned south to avoid exposing the Five Elements Secret Realm.
• Wang Daoyuan went to the Northern Mountain Branch, where he studied the Heaven Sealing Sword Prison Talisman while Zhou Luan worked on condensing spirit fire.
• Wang Daoyuan showed Zhou Luan his spirit fire, and after more than two years she found clues toward condensing her own as their cultivation advanced toward Mid Golden Core.
• Several corpse refiners left the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and attacked the Half-demons and Demon Race, devastating fox tribes and wounding the Bloodfang Wolf King.
• The silver foxes, white foxes, and Bloodthirsty Azure Wolf pack sought help from Wang Daoyuan as fighting spread through the north.

Wang Daoyuan agreed to help the Bloodthirsty Azure Wolves and the fox Half-demons resist the advancing Corpse Refinements, despite disrupting his cultivation plans. After healing the Blood Fang King's wounds, he left the group prepared to face the shared enemy.

• Wang Daoyuan decided to aid the tribes after realizing the Corpse Refinements could otherwise march toward Jade Spring Peak.
• Wang Daoyuan met Hu Ling, Ming Xin, the Blood Fang King, and the Fierce Tooth King and agreed to target the low-grade Fourth-order Corpse Refinements while they held off the stronger ones.
• The Fierce Tooth King asked Wang Daoyuan to treat the Blood Fang King's wounds, which were plagued by Corpse Qi and death qi.
• Wang Daoyuan used his Life Spirit Fire to remove the death qi and most of the Corpse Qi, then the Blood Fang King cleared the remainder with his blood qi.
• The Blood Fang King thanked Wang Daoyuan and promised to repay the favor.

Wang Daoyuan stayed near the half-demon tribes and answered their call when corpses attacked a small tribe. He helped Blood Fang King destroy a Fourth-order humanoid corpse, while the other battles continued.

• Ming Xin teased Wang Daoyuan and invited him to the Nether Fox Tribe, but he declined and stayed near the half-demon tribes instead of returning to Returning Goose Market.
• After three days, Hu Ling and Ming Xin called Wang Daoyuan to help defend a small tribe from four Fourth-order corpses.
• Wang Daoyuan and the others divided the corpses among themselves, with Blood Fang King suppressing a Low-grade Fourth-order humanoid corpse for Wang Daoyuan to exploit.
• Wang Daoyuan used the Life Spirit Fire to burn away the corpse's Corpse Qi and death qi while Blood Fang King pinned it down.
• Blood Fang King tore the weakened corpse apart and asked Wang Daoyuan to rinse his mouth with the Life Spirit Fire because the corpse stank.

Wang Daoyuan and the four Half-demons killed three corpses near Mirror Lake, then treated their injuries and urged the rival groups to work together against the remaining threat. The vulture corpse escaped toward the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, while the danger at Mirror Lake remained.

• Wang Daoyuan used the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal to pin down the humanoid corpse, then refined it with Life Spirit Fire as the vulture corpse fled toward the Yellow Springs Secret Realm.
• Wang Daoyuan and the others defeated the black bear corpse, and Blood Fang King gave him the three Corpse Cores they had recovered.
• Wang Daoyuan healed Blood Fang King, Hu Ling, Fierce Tooth King, and Ming Xin, then rejected Ming Xin's invitation to visit the Nether Fox tribe.
• Fierce Tooth King and Ming Xin traded insults, but they agreed with Wang Daoyuan that their groups should stop fighting and unite against the remaining corpses by Mirror Lake.

After defeating the corpse puppets, Wang Daoyuan returned to Returning Goose Market, reconciled with Zhou Luan, and managed the attention of Demon Race and Half-demon emissaries without promising them aid. A year later, he broke through to Mid Golden Core with Zhou Luan standing guard.

• Wang Daoyuan declined Ming Xin’s invitation to stay with the Nether Fox Tribe and returned to Returning Goose Market.
• A Black Robe Elder in the Yellow Springs Secret Realm recognized the Yellow Springs Bead’s aura in Wang Daoyuan’s Natal Artifact and decided not to head south while Wang Daoyuan remained a threat.
• Zhou Luan confronted Wang Daoyuan about Ming Xin, then accepted the Crimson Sun True Fire and ordered him to reflect in the Front Courtyard.
• Demon Race and Half-demon emissaries visited Returning Goose Market, and Wang Daoyuan instructed Lu Yuan to accept their gifts but make no promises.
• After a year of cultivation, Wang Daoyuan advanced to Mid Golden Core while Zhou Luan guarded him.

After Wang Daoyuan stabilized his breakthrough, Zhong Zhenyang summoned him to discuss the State of Song’s preparations to attack Wucheng Pass. Wang Daoyuan resisted the Netherworld Sect’s request to send his forces, citing the danger of corpses in the Skyrend Mountain Range, and Zhong Zhenyang offered to withdraw the conscription in exchange for one condition.

• Wang Daoyuan stabilized his cultivation after breaking through, and Zhou Luan questioned how he had advanced so quickly.
• A message from Fifth Uncle-Grandfather summoned Wang Daoyuan to meet Zhong Zhenyang, interrupting his time with Zhou Luan; she gave him the Crimson Sun True Fire to take along.
• Zhong Zhenyang told Wang Daoyuan that Song Yan had gathered resources and forces to attack Wucheng Pass, and asked him to lead part of the Military Governor's Mansion there.
• Wang Daoyuan refused, arguing that his duty was to guard Yannan Commandery and that several powerful corpses could still threaten the region.
• Zhong Zhenyang acknowledged the sect had not considered the corpse threat and said it would not conscript the Military Governor's Mansion if Wang Daoyuan agreed to one condition.

Wang Daoyuan negotiated with Zhong Zhenyang over the Netherworld Sect’s purchases and exchanged three Corpse Cores for the Zhong Clan’s Divine Ability Essentials. The chapter ended with Wang Daoyuan inspecting the inheritance, which contained methods for comprehending Lesser Divine Abilities and examples of success.

• Wang Daoyuan offered the Netherworld Sect one Low-grade Third-order Flying Warship per year for eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones and demanded that the sect stop restricting the Wang Clan’s flying boats and Flying Warships.
• Zhong Zhenyang accepted Wang Daoyuan’s terms and asked whether he could refine Low-grade Fourth-order Flying Warships, but Wang Daoyuan said he lacked the method.
• Zhong Zhenyang explained that he wanted Corpse Cores to help his grandson, Zhong Yaoting, force his way into Core Formation, and Wang Daoyuan offered his three Corpse Cores in exchange for something valuable.
• Zhong Zhenyang offered the Zhong Clan’s Divine Ability Essentials, an inheritance that could guide Golden Core cultivators toward comprehending Lesser Divine Abilities.
• Wang Daoyuan accepted the exchange and gave Zhong Zhenyang all three Corpse Cores; Zhong Zhenyang handed over the Animal Hide Book containing the Divine Ability Essentials.

Wang Daoyuan prepared the Wang Clan for an approaching war between Song Kingdom and the Three Sects of Zhao Kingdom, securing a flying-warship materials deal while planning to increase the clan’s strength. He left the clan focused on cultivation, Foundation Establishment, and refining artifact talismans before the conflict escalated.

• Wang Daoyuan examined Divine Ability Essentials, recognized its method as similar to Zhou Luan’s secret art, and completed a deal with Zhong Zhenyang to sell Netherworld Sect a Low-grade Third-order flying warship each year and buy its materials.
• Wang Daoyuan assessed the approaching war and warned Fifth Uncle-Grandfather that the Song Kingdom and the Sixth Prince’s branch could threaten the Wang Clan.
• Wang Daoyuan gave Fifth Uncle-Grandfather Violet Rhyme Pills and Cloud Hidden Tea and urged him to cultivate toward Violet Mansion Peak and Golden Core formation.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak and instructed Third Brother to help advance the clan’s cultivation, open access to Foundation Establishment Pills, and improve Wang Shouze’s ability to refine Flying Warships.
• Wang Daoyuan resolved to raise his talisman-refining and artifact-refining skills to Low-grade Fourth-order so he could create artifact talismans for the clan’s future Golden Core Cultivators.

Wang Daoyuan improved his talisman-crafting skills while preparing the Wang Clan for war. Meanwhile, the Thunder Ape defeated a Golden Striped Tiger, escaped an ambush, and reunited with Wang Mingsheng before heading to Jade Spring Peak.

• Wang Daoyuan crafted hundreds of Golden Thunder Demon Extermination Talismans and planned to raise his talisman-crafting and artifact-refining levels.
• The Thunder Ape killed a Golden Striped Tiger and put its corpse into a Spirit Beast Bag.
• Cultivators from the Demon Slaying Division ambushed the Thunder Ape with a formation, but it shattered the formation and drove them to flee.
• Wang Mingsheng recognized the Thunder Ape, and the Thunder Ape accepted wine from him.
• The Thunder Ape rode Wang Mingsheng's flying warship to Jade Spring Peak.

Wang Daoyuan learned the Thunder Ape had gathered ingredients and inherited a recipe for Hundred Fruit Brew, then arranged to cultivate them and sent the ape to guard Dragon Fall Ridge. He improved his artifact-refining skill to Low-grade Fourth-order and prepared to practice making sword talismans.

• The Thunder Ape returned to Jade Spring Peak with rare ingredients, including a Star Spirit Fruit, and explained that it had suddenly learned how to brew the wine through inherited memories.
• Wang Daoyuan recorded the brewing proportions and planted the ingredients in the Spirit Pearl Space, placing the Nine-leaf Soul Grass near the Gui Water Nether Flame.
• Wang Daoyuan gave the Thunder Ape wine and assigned it to watch over the eastern end of Dragon Fall Ridge in exchange for monthly supplies.
• The Thunder Ape traded the Golden Striped Tiger's corpse to Wang Daochang for more wine, while Wang Daoyuan named the new brew Hundred Fruit Brew.
• After a year of practice, Wang Daoyuan became a Low-grade Fourth-order Artifact Refiner and decided to practice with the easier sword talismans first.

Wang Daoyuan completed four Heaven Sealing Sword Prison Talismans and received a powerful magic tool from his master through Yu Boqing. After Yu Boqing left, Wang inspected the Meteorite Fire Control Gourd and discovered its Star Core and stored contents.

• Wang Daoyuan spent a year refining four Heaven Sealing Sword Prison Talismans, giving the Wang Clan five in total when including the one he had acquired earlier.
• Wang Daoyuan sensed Yu Boqing approaching Jade Spring Peak and welcomed him to the Assembly Hall.
• Yu Boqing delivered a magic tool from True Man Yunhe and asked whether the corpse refinements had made unusual moves.
• Wang Daoyuan described the corpse refinements hidden in the Yellow Springs Secret Realm, reported his improved cultivation and skills, and sent Cloud Hidden Tea to his master, True Man Yunhe, and Yu Boqing.
• After Yu Boqing departed, Wang Daoyuan inspected the Meteorite Fire Control Gourd and found a refinement method, a Jade Slip, and several stones inside.

Wang Daoyuan discovered that the Meteorite Fire Control Gourd could nurture flames, absorb attacks, and draw purple qi, while its Star Core transformed that qi into Star Power. He left the gourd and two Star Cores to develop in the Spirit Pearl Space, then turned to preparing fire-attribute artifact talismans and planning an Earth Fire Chamber.

• Wang Daoyuan placed Rootless Fire in the Meteorite Fire Control Gourd and found that its five flames gathered around the Star Core without interfering with one another.
• Wang Daoyuan learned from True Man Lei Yan's Jade Slip that his master had crafted the gourd for him and left materials sufficient to refine two more.
• Wang Daoyuan put the gourd and two Star Cores in the Spirit Pearl Space, where they absorbed spiritual energy and purple qi.
• Wang Daoyuan examined a Star Core and found that it had converted absorbed purple qi into a slight increase in Star Power.
• Wang Daoyuan decided to refine fire-attribute artifact talismans for the Lineage and planned to establish an Earth Fire Chamber for alchemy and artifact refinement.