Chapter Summaries

Wang Daoyuan guarded Twelfth Uncle as he survived the Core Formation tribulation and absorbed the Heaven and Earth Boon. When Fourth-order demon birds came to seize the boon, Wang Daoyuan killed one, while another escaped and the boon ended.

• Wang Daoyuan arranged for clan members and spirit beasts to gather near Jade Spring Peak while Spirit Devourer watched for demon beasts.
• Twelfth Uncle endured the nine lightning tribulations, surviving with damaged artifacts, then recovered and stabilized his cultivation by absorbing the Heaven and Earth Boon.
• Wang Daoyuan allowed clan members, spirit beasts, and spirit plants to absorb the golden raindrops while he watched for approaching demon birds.
• Wang Daoyuan trapped a Fire Feather Crane with Water Dragon Prison and killed it with the White Tiger Blade, storing its corpse for Tu Youming.
• A golden-feathered eagle fled after witnessing the Fire Feather Crane's death, and two slower demon beasts turned back when the Heaven and Earth Boon ended.

Wang Daoyuan secretly followed two Fourth-order demon beasts toward Jade Spring Peak and killed one before it could attack Dragon Fall Ridge. He confronted demon race leaders who challenged the Wang Clan’s claim to the ridge and threatened his family, leaving them wary of his retaliation and the corpse refiners to the north.

• Wang Daoyuan entered Skyrend Mountain Range in disguise to protect Dragon Fall Ridge and Linzhi Mountain from demon beasts enraged by the end of the Heaven and Earth Boon.
• Two Fourth-order demon beasts turned toward Dragon Fall Ridge, and Wang Daoyuan killed the grizzly bear with the White Tiger Blade while the wild boar escaped underground.
• Three human-shaped demon race members arrived, and Wang Daoyuan revealed himself after the silver-haired man identified him as the likely killer.
• The demon race members disputed Wang Daoyuan’s claim to Dragon Fall Ridge and threatened the Myriad Waters Return to Source Array at Jade Spring Peak.
• Wang Daoyuan warned that he could hunt their members and ally with the corpse refiners if the demon race attacked his clan, causing the demon race members to reconsider the danger of provoking him.

Wang Daoyuan negotiated a pact with several fourth-order demons to limit attacks between humans and demons, securing room for the Wang Clan to expand in the Skyrend Mountain Range. After the Heaven and Earth Boon, several clansmen and spirit beasts broke through, and a Clear River Carp appeared close to advancing to the third order.

• The silver-haired demon eased tensions, and Wang Daoyuan proposed rules for conflicts between humans and demons in the Skyrend Mountain Range.
• The silver-haired man and the other demons agreed that neither side's Golden Core-level cultivators or fourth-order demons would attack the other's weaker forces, while the Wang Clan would not encroach on their territories.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak and found Fifth Uncle-Grandfather, Wang Daochang, several other clansmen, and spirit beasts cultivating after the Heaven and Earth Boon.
• Fifth Uncle-Grandfather and Wang Daochang advanced to Violet Mansion Late Stage and Mid Stage, Big Black reached second-order upper grade, and the Thunder Ape advanced to Mid-grade Third-order.
• Cloudwing carried the Thunder Ape and Big Black away to guard Dragon Fall Ridge, while Wang Daoyuan prepared to deal with two fourth-order Demon Beast corpses.
• A second-order upper-grade Clear River Carp leaped from Jade Dragon Spring, appearing close to breaking through to the third order.

Wang Daoyuan and Twelfth Uncle witnessed the Clear River Carp break through to the third order and grow a golden reverse scale, naming it Golden Scale as a new guardian spirit beast. Wang Daoyuan then arranged clan affairs and began planning improvements to his Water Attribute spells.

• Wang Daoyuan suggested feeding the Clear River Carp a third-order Jade Dragon Algae, and Twelfth Uncle brought one from Jade Dragon Spring.
• The Clear River Carp reached the Low-grade Third-order, shed its scales, and grew a golden reverse scale and new water-blue scales; Twelfth Uncle named it Golden Scale.
• Wang Daoyuan appointed Twelfth Uncle Grand Manager of the Military Governor's Mansion and asked Wang Mingshan to seek Golden Core Pill ingredients and Purple Gold Jade Marrow Fruit.
• Wang Daoyuan gave Wang Mingshan the Jade Scale Flood Dragon's horns to refine into a Natal Artifact.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to his cave abode and began developing a stronger version of Water Dragon Prison and related spells using his Xuanwu Manifestation.

Wang Daoyuan refined Black Tortoise spells into powerful defensive techniques, then learned that the Zhao family had launched attacks on the Three Great Sects and their allied lineages. He chose not to interfere and turned his attention back to cultivating with Zhou Luan.

• Wang Daoyuan transformed the Black Tortoise Phantom into Black Tortoise Bright Light Armor, which withstood Zhou Luan's powerful fireball attacks.
• Wang Daoyuan spent months refining the Water Dragon Prison into Black Tortoise Purgatory, which resisted Zhou Luan's ordinary spells and consumed much of her Crimson Luan Divine Fire Technique.
• Wang Daoyuan cultivated the Mystical Charm of the Black Tortoise until he could cast Black Tortoise Bright Light Armor and Black Tortoise Purgatory directly.
• Zhou Luan told Wang Daoyuan that Zhao family cultivators were attacking northern Heyang Commandery's lineages and that the Zhao faction had doubled its assault on Wanchuan Market.
• Wang Daoyuan criticized the Long-legged Prince for driving old lineages toward the Three Great Sects and decided not to interfere unless the Zhao family targeted him.
• Wang Daoyuan swept Zhou Luan into his arms and said their cultivation and the Cloud Rain Heart Sutra mattered more than the conflict.

Wang Daoyuan refused to aid families that had abandoned the Military Governor’s Mansion, then learned that the Gu Family of Linhai had taken Wanchuan Market and planned to invade Yannan Commandery. He prepared to face the Gu Family’s Mid Golden Core cultivator, confident that the Wang Clan had enough strength to stop him.

• Wang Daoyuan told Twelfth Uncle that the Military Governor’s Mansion would not aid families outside Yannan Commandery, and Twelfth Uncle turned away their requests to join its ranks.
• Wang Daoyuan agreed to accept the families’ Foundation Establishment cultivators as Rogue Cultivators only if they served in the Demon Slaying Division against Third-order Demon Beasts.
• Wang Daoyuan learned that two Golden Core cultivators from the Gu and Lu Families had breached Wanchuan Market, whose Fourth-order Defensive Formation had lasted only three days.
• Zhou Luan reported that the Gu Family’s Mid Golden Core cultivator was gathering troops to invade Yannan Commandery, though Blood Shadow knew little about the family’s methods.
• Wang Daoyuan refused Zhou Luan’s offer to accompany him and said the Wang Clan could counter the Gu cultivator with multiple Golden Core combat forces, including a hidden one.

Wang Daoyuan ambushed the Gu cultivator leading an attack on Heyang Commandery and wore down his defenses in a fierce battle. Just as Wang Daoyuan was about to finish him, an unseen figure intervened and asked him to spare the Gu cultivator.

• Zhou Luan questioned Wang Daoyuan about his hidden Golden Core combat strength, and he explained that it was the male Crimson Feather Crow.
• Wang Daoyuan scouted eastern Heyang Commandery and discovered Flying Warships heading north from Wanchuan Market with a Golden Core cultivator from the Gu Family.
• Wang Daoyuan ambushed the Gu cultivator with the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal, breaking through his water-blue barrier and phantom sword and knocking him into the Qingli River.
• Wang Daoyuan trapped the Gu cultivator in Black Tortoise Purgatory and attacked with the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal, but the Gu cultivator broke free with a powerful flood-dragon strike.
• The Gu cultivator exhausted his Spiritual Power and divine sense as Wang Daoyuan's attack was blocked by a Yellow Mane Qilin phantom, and an unseen speaker urged Wang Daoyuan to spare him.

Wang Daoyuan confronted a late Golden Core cultivator from the Gu Family, who claimed Qingli Commandery and threatened the Wang Clan. Their battle left Wang Daoyuan badly injured and unable to retreat without risking the collapse of his authority in Yannan Commandery, so he decided to reveal the Crimson Feather Crow.

• A yellow-robed Gu Family cultivator emerged and offered Wang Daoyuan a chance to surrender, while warning that the Gu Family could easily suppress him and destroy the Wang Clan.
• Wang Daoyuan rejected the offer, moved several li away with an evasion technique, and threatened to infiltrate Linhai Prefecture and slaughter the Gu Family if they harmed his lineage.
• Wang Daoyuan trapped the yellow-robed cultivator with Black Tortoise Purgatory and Heaven Sealing Sword Prison, but the cultivator broke free using his Yellow Mane Qilin phantom and a Fang Tian Hua Ji.
• The yellow-robed cultivator broke Black Tortoise Purgatory and struck Wang Daoyuan with a powerful halberd blow, shattering his sword shadows and inflicting internal injuries.
• Wang Daoyuan and the yellow-robed cultivator clashed their Natal Artifacts and used Violet Mansion Resonance, damaging both weapons and leaving Wang Daoyuan more severely injured.
• Wang Daoyuan realized he could not retreat without risking defections and the collapse of the Military Governor's Mansion's authority, so he decided to expose the Crimson Feather Crow.

Wang Daoyuan used the Crimson Feather Crow to threaten Gu Changqing while battling the yellow-robed cultivator, and he nearly comprehended a Lesser Divine Ability before his opponent broke free. He forced the Gu Family cultivator to surrender the portion of the Flood Dragon Sea Covering Art below Golden Core in exchange for sparing them.

• Wang Daoyuan summoned the Crimson Feather Crow and used its attack on Gu Changqing to pressure the yellow-robed cultivator.
• Wang Daoyuan trapped the yellow-robed cultivator in Black Tortoise Purgatory while the Crimson Feather Crow pursued Gu Changqing into the Qingli River.
• As the yellow-robed cultivator fought the prison, Wang Daoyuan sensed that the Mystical Charm of the Black Tortoise was nearing a transformation into a Lesser Divine Ability, but the prison shattered before he could pursue the insight.
• The yellow-robed cultivator offered a Beast Soul Talisman and other possible payment, but Wang Daoyuan demanded the Gu Family's Flood Dragon Sea Covering Art inheritance below Golden Core.
• The yellow-robed cultivator agreed to hand over the inheritance and asked Wang Daoyuan to make the Golden Crow stop attacking Gu Changqing.

Wang Daoyuan forced Gu Changqing and Gu Chengfeng to surrender the Gu Clan’s cultivation art and spells, then returned to Jade Spring Peak with the Crimson Feather Crow. After Zhou Luan explained how to overcome the obstruction to his Lesser Divine Ability, Wang Daoyuan gained a clear path forward and began focusing on improving spells.

• Wang Daoyuan stopped the Crimson Feather Crow from attacking Gu Changqing but kept him under guard, forcing Gu Changqing to copy the Gu Clan’s pre-Golden Core Flood Dragon Sea Covering Art and its accompanying spells.
• Wang Daoyuan verified the Jade Slips, warned Gu Chengfeng not to enter Yannan Commandery again, and let him leave with Gu Changqing.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak, planted a Bloodfire Fusang Tree branch by the Earth Fire Chamber, and arranged for the Crimson Feather Crow to nest there.
• Zhou Luan told Wang Daoyuan that his Lesser Divine Ability was likely blocked because only the Mystical Charm of the Black Tortoise was near a breakthrough; the charms of all five divine beasts needed to reach that stage.
• Wang Daoyuan repaired his Natal Artifact over a month, then began improving its accompanying spells to deepen his understanding of the five divine beast charms.

Wang Daoyuan developed spells inspired by the Five Elements Divine Beasts and cultivated their mystical charms until he comprehended a Domain-type Lesser Divine Ability. He discovered that its hundred-li range let him control spiritual energy, changing its attributes and movement.

• Wang Daoyuan condensed the Divine Beast Phantoms and improved the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird spells, then developed the Kirin Evil Suppressing Art.
• Wang Daoyuan watched the Thunder Ape and Yun Yi kill two silver wolves, then persuaded Yun Yi to help him imitate its roar and developed the Tiger Roar Soul Suppressing Art.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to the Underground Cave Mansion and used secret techniques and spells to cultivate the mystical charms of the Five Elements Divine Beasts for a year and a half.
• Wang Daoyuan simultaneously cast the five corresponding spells and activated all five Violet Mansion Phenomena, breaking through the obstruction in his mystical charms.
• Zhou Luan noticed the strange spiritual energy and asked Wang Daoyuan what he had comprehended; he explained that his Domain-type Lesser Divine Ability let him control spiritual energy within a hundred li.

Wang Daoyuan tested the abilities of his new Five Elements Purgatory, then learned that the Zhao Kingdom's conflict had intensified. After Yan Hui reported unusual movements by Ghostly Soul Cave's corpse refiners, Wang Daoyuan agreed to help confront them.

• Zhou Luan explained how Lesser Divine Abilities could develop, and Wang Daoyuan tested his domain's effects on spells, finding that it weakened enemy attacks and let him cast multiple spells with less divine sense.
• Wang Daoyuan named his boundaryless domain Five Elements Purgatory and concluded that ordinary opponents could not break it without suppressing it through superior law comprehension.
• Wang Daoyuan asked Zhou Luan whether his Lesser Divine Ability could help their descendants develop a battle body, and the two decided to test the possibility themselves.
• The Zhao family attacked many lineages, while the Long-legged Prince's forces captured markets and targeted the Three Great Sects' industries, leaving Sanhe Market as the only major market still holding out.
• Yan Hui reported that Ghostly Soul Cave's corpse refiners were acting unusually, and Wang Daoyuan agreed to go help.

Wang Daoyuan joined Yan Hui and the Demon Beasts at Ghostly Soul Cave to repel the corpses sent from the Yellow Springs Secret Realm. After the Crimson Feather Crow helped burn a high-grade corpse, the remaining corpses fled west, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhou Luan offered to help, but Wang Daoyuan left Jade Spring Peak with the Crimson Feather Crow to support Yan Hui at Ghostly Soul Cave.
• Four corpses emerged and attacked the Demon Beast guards, while more corpses poured out of the cave and joined the fighting.
• Wang Daoyuan strengthened the Fire Sparrow’s flames and used the Vermilion Bird Fan to help the Demon Beasts burn a low-grade corpse to ashes.
• When the Demon Beasts struggled against a high-grade corpse, Wang Daoyuan released the Crimson Feather Crow, whose Crimson Sun True Fire burned the corpse to death despite its killing several Demon Beasts.
• The Crimson Feather Crow blocked the cave entrance, forcing the surviving corpses to retreat westward.

Wang Daoyuan and Yan Hui drove off the corpse refiners, and Wang Daoyuan discovered that True Man Ten Thousand Corpses was likely controlling them as a ghost cultivator. After healing the demons and easing tensions between the human race and Demon Race, Wang Daoyuan was asked how they could permanently deal with Ghostly Soul Cave.

• Wang Daoyuan used a Vermillion Bird Phantom to burn a wolf demon corpse refiner while Yan Hui and the other demons broke free from their opponents; the remaining corpse refiners fled west.
• Wang Daoyuan and Yan Hui's forces counted their casualties, and Wang Daoyuan stopped pursuing the eight surviving corpse refiners.
• The black tiger corpse refiner spoke to Wang Daoyuan through divine sense, identified himself as True Man Ten Thousand Corpses, and warned Wang Daoyuan not to interfere again.
• Wang Daoyuan healed the surviving demons, and Yan Hui's side agreed not to pursue their disputes over the human-Demon agreement and Wang Daoyuan's spirit beasts.
• Yan Hui asked Wang Daoyuan how they could destroy Ghostly Soul Cave and prevent the corpse refiners from returning.

Wang Daoyuan explored Ghostly Soul Cave and found a way to drain its Yin Energy by opening an underground water vein. While digging, he discovered a Fourth-Order Seven-Leaf Ghost Face Flower and planned to transplant it into his Spirit Pearl Space.

• Wang Daoyuan sent Soul Chasing Bees into Ghostly Soul Cave and learned that a deep Yin Vein fissure filled the empty cave with dense Yin Energy.
• Wang Daoyuan used a Spirit Seeking Plate to locate an underground water vein and proposed flooding the cave so the water could carry away its Yin Energy.
• Mountain Breaker King began digging through the rock, while Wang Daoyuan burned and broke through a nearby layer after sensing a divine-sense-like fluctuation.
• Wang Daoyuan found a Fourth-Order Mid-Grade Seven-Leaf Ghost Face Flower, whose floral dew could restore divine sense.
• Wang Daoyuan decided to obtain the flower and transplant it into his Spirit Pearl Space, where accelerated time could speed up its production of floral dew.

Wang Daoyuan rewarded the demons who helped him open Ghostly Soul Cave, then sensed his long-lost avatar Zheng Ping and learned that he had discovered a ruined Myriad Beast Valley branch hall east of the Skyrend Mountain Range. Wang Daoyuan grew eager to investigate the intact buildings and formations, which might still contain treasures from the sect’s ancient era.

• Wang Daoyuan gave the demons jars of thousand-year Drunken Dragon Brew in exchange for their help and moved the Seven-Leaf Ghost Face Flower into the Spirit Pearl Space.
• Mountain Breaker King dug through to an underground water vein, unleashing a surge that began flooding Ghostly Soul Cave, and everyone quickly left.
• Wang Daoyuan sensed Zheng Ping more than thirteen thousand li to the east and read his memories of crossing the Skyrend Mountain Range into a mist-shrouded river valley.
• Zheng Ping found the ruins of the Myriad Beast Valley Purple Gold River Branch Hall, where damaged formations, intact buildings, and signs of an ancient battle remained.
• Wang Daoyuan recognized the branch hall’s potential and considered that its unexplored areas might contain treasures capable of helping cultivators break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Wang Daoyuan arranged for his clan to expand into the Skyrend Mountain Range after reaching an agreement with the Demon Race, and sent Devouring Spirit to investigate the Purple Gold River branch hall. When the Zhao family threatened the Netherworld Sect’s Nine Nether Profound Crystal Mine, Wang Daoyuan agreed to help Luo Jiuyou while secretly delaying his response.

• Wang Daoyuan sent Devouring Spirit toward the Purple Gold River to investigate the branch hall and its surrounding valley.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak and told Wang Daochang and Wang Mingshan to resume the clan’s expansion into the Skyrend Mountain Range and develop a Silver Light Profound Iron mine.
• Zhou Luan told Wang Daoyuan that Zhao family cultivators and their allies had moved against the Netherworld Sect’s Nine Nether Profound Crystal Mine.
• Luo Jiuyou asked Wang Daoyuan to send support, and Wang Daoyuan agreed while claiming he had begun gathering manpower.
• Wang Daoyuan told Zhou Luan that he would take his time assembling a force for the distant rescue.

Wang Daoyuan learned that the Nine Nether Profound Crystal Mine had fallen under attack, but after a Golden Core self-detonation crippled the Zhao Kingdom forces, he chose not to pursue them. The Long-legged Prince’s council then decided to focus its campaign on Sanhe Market and conceal what had happened to Zhao Lingyan.

• Zhou Luan’s intelligence revealed that three late-stage Zhao Kingdom Golden Core Cultivators were assaulting the Nine Nether Profound Crystal Mine, despite Luo Jiuyou’s false reports that the battle was going well.
• After the mine’s defensive formation fell, Luo Jiuyou asked Wang Daoyuan to intercept the supposedly retreating Zhao Kingdom forces, but Wang Daoyuan continued to claim he was gathering manpower.
• A Golden Core Cultivator self-detonated inside the mine, leaving Zhao Lingyan badly injured and the other two Zhao Kingdom Golden Core Cultivators missing; the remaining Zhao Kingdom forces fled.
• Wang Daoyuan declined Zhou Luan’s suggestion to exploit the Zhao Kingdom’s retreat and went to sleep instead.
• At the Long-legged Prince’s council, Gu Chengfeng proposed attacking Sanhe Market, and the King of Linhai urged the group to disguise the mine battle’s outcome to keep the conscripted lineages loyal.

The Long-legged Prince’s forces arrived at Sanhe Market, where the Three Great Sects prepared their defensive formation and revealed a substantial reserve of Golden Core combatants. Zhao Lingjiang, Gu Chengfeng, and the King of Linhai attacked the sects’ champions outside the formation, with Gu Chengfeng overpowering a Crimson Sun Palace cultivator and provoking him with comparisons to Wang Daoyuan.

• The Long-legged Prince’s fleet traveled from Wanchuan Market to Sanhe Market, drawing more than a hundred accompanying flying boats.
• The Three Great Sects activated the Three Waters Convergence Array and gathered twelve Golden Core combatants, keeping five outside the formation.
• Zhao Lingjiang, Gu Chengfeng, and the King of Linhai left their warships to challenge the Three Sects’ cultivators outside the formation.
• Zhao Lingjiang used Guishui Divine Thunder to overwhelm the Netherworld Sect cultivator and his Black Bear Corpse, while the other two battles remained contested.
• Gu Chengfeng taunted the Crimson Sun Palace cultivator and struck him into the formation’s light barrier, leaving him enraged but not seriously injured.

Gu Chengfeng, King of Linhai, and Zhao Lingjiang retreated from Sanhe Market after its Three Waters Convergence Array repelled their assault. At Jiangya Peak, King of Linhai proposed using the Mountain River Seal to disrupt the formation’s spirit veins, leaving the Sixth Prince to choose between risking the seal or losing his allies’ support.

• Gu Chengfeng and King of Linhai withdrew from the formation’s attacks, while Zhao Lingjiang used the Gui Shui Lightning Sword to defeat the Netherworld Sect cultivator and wound the Black Bear Corpse.
• Zhao Lingjiang admitted he had only begun mastering the Gui Shui Lightning Sword, and King of Linhai praised the Zhao Lineage for having four cultivators capable of using it.
• The three Golden Core cultivators led their forces east and settled on spirit mountains near Jiangya Peak.
• King of Linhai explained that the Mountain River Seal could suppress one of Sanhe Market’s spirit veins and disrupt the Three Waters Convergence Array.
• King of Linhai said they would withdraw to Linhai Prefecture if the Sixth Prince refused to use the Mountain River Seal, depriving him of the support of the Thirteen Families of Linhai.