Chapter Summaries

Meng Guan and Wei Fan found two Congealed Golden Cores in Star Rock True Monarch’s cave dwelling and decided to use them to attempt breakthroughs into the Golden Core realm. As He Song traveled back toward the One Yang Sect, Meng Guan sent him a message promising that they would find him a Congealed Golden Core if either of them succeeded.

• Meng Guan used a blood-colored longsword to destroy two golden-armored guards, then entered the meditation chamber with Wei Fan to search for treasures.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan discovered a Golden Core beneath Star Rock True Monarch’s bones and found two Congealed Golden Cores in his Storage Pouch.
• The two friends agreed to keep one Congealed Golden Core each and seek another for He Song in the future.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan replenished the Spirit Stones in He Song’s Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array and entered seclusion inside the protected cave dwelling to attempt breakthroughs.
• He Song left for the One Yang Sect, and Meng Guan sent him a message explaining their discoveries and promising to help him obtain a Congealed Golden Core.

He Song exchanged letters with Meng Guan and Wei Fan, gave them guidance for forming Golden Cores, and returned to his hidden cave abode near Flying Cloud Immortal Market. There he began assessing the valuable gains from Star Rock True Monarch’s cave abode, including a defensive array and two Golden Core techniques.

• He Song received separate letters from Meng Guan and Wei Fan, who explained that they had obtained two Congealed Golden Cores and promised to seek one for him later.
• He Song replied that his cultivation had reached Perfect Foundation Establishment, told them to use the two cores themselves, and sent both friends his insights on forming a Golden Core.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan agreed to follow He Song’s guidance and entered separate quiet chambers to prepare for their Golden Core breakthroughs.
• He Song returned to his hidden cave abode near Flying Cloud Immortal Market and confirmed that Yu’er had remained safe while he was away.
• He Song reviewed his journey’s gains, including a powerful Golden Core defensive array, the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique, and the Earth Spirit Bodyguard Technique.

He Song tested the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique on an evil cultivator and confirmed that its Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core circulation routes worked. After the test killed the cultivator, He Song prepared to replace the slower Thick Earth Technique with the new method.

• He Song planned to study his Golden Core Defense Array, test the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique, and master the Earth Spirit Bodyguard Technique.
• He Song sensed an evil cultivator nearby and seized him with his divine sense, bringing him into his hidden cave abode.
• He Song tested the technique’s Qi Refining route and found it worked faster than the Thick Earth Technique and slightly expanded the dantian.
• He Song tested the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core routes, while the spiritual energy flooding the cultivator’s body severely damaged his meridians.
• He Song withdrew his power after confirming the routes, but the evil cultivator had died; He Song burned the body, collected the ashes, and prepared to change cultivation techniques.

He Song spent five years switching to the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique, advancing his early Golden Core cultivation and mastering the Earth Spirit Bodyguard Technique. After leaving seclusion, he considered moving or abandoning his medicinal gardens near the war between the Righteous Dao Alliance and the Devilish Dao Alliance, while waiting to learn whether Meng Guan and Wei Fan had formed Golden Cores.

• He Song secured his hidden cave dwelling and spent five years changing cultivation techniques and cultivating with the Purple Mansion Strengthening Yuan Technique.
• He Song advanced within the early Golden Core stage as his dantian gradually expanded and his mana increased.
• He Song mastered the Earth Spirit Bodyguard Technique and found that it could withstand an attack from the Purple Lightning Spirit Snake Seal.
• He Song left seclusion after studying the Golden Core Defense Array for five years, though he still needed more time to master it.
• He Song learned that Meng Guan and Wei Fan had not contacted him and expected news about their Golden Core breakthroughs soon.
• He Song considered moving or abandoning his medicinal gardens near the intensifying war and establishing new ones within One Yang Sect.

He Song decided to abandon his herb gardens near the Thick Earth Sect rather than risk drawing attention while retrieving their spirit herbs. After ten years in his hidden cave dwelling, he began searching the One Yang Sect's territory for a safer permanent Golden Core residence.

• He Song chose to leave his herb gardens, spirit puppets, and formations behind, reasoning that investigators would likely attribute them to the deceased Ningyin Real Person.
• He Song grew more determined to avoid the Thick Earth Sect because it might still be investigating the disturbance caused by his Golden Core breakthrough near Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market.
• He Song decided to replace his crude hidden cave dwelling with a permanent residence suited to his Golden Core cultivation.
• He Song ruled out locations near immortal province capitals because their resident Golden Core True Lords and the risk of being tracked could bring trouble.
• He Song studied a map of the One Yang Sect's territory and considered remote locations within easy reach of Immortal Cities and Immortal Markets, including the area around Flying Cloud Immortal Market.

He Song abandoned the idea of settling in the One Yang Sect’s heartland and traveled through its border regions to harvest and dismantle his twenty medicinal gardens. He left Su Qian Spirit Stones and a letter at Flying Cloud Immortal Market, then continued southeast toward the Purple Cloud Sect.

• He Song chose not to establish a Golden Core cave dwelling near Flying Cloud Immortal Market or in the One Yang Sect’s heartland, and instead considered safer border regions near other righteous sects.
• He Song left supplies in his hidden cave dwelling, concealed it again, and departed with Yu'er to harvest his medicinal gardens.
• He Song secretly left Su Qian several thousand Spirit Stones and a letter at Flying Cloud Immortal Market before continuing onward.
• Su Qian recognized He Song’s handwriting, thanked him, and decided to introduce a young girl she knew to Senior Chen Zhou.
• He Song harvested the spirit herbs and removed the formations from two medicinal gardens, then continued southeast by flying boat toward the Purple Cloud Sect.

He Song selected a secluded site near Blue Moon Immortal City in Azure Moon Province for his Golden Core cave dwelling and decided to buy a Red Sun Pearl at the provincial capital. To learn about local Golden Core True Lords without drawing their notice, he disguised himself as a Perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator and entered the capital, where he visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

• He Song searched several locations in Azure Moon Province and chose a secluded area near Blue Moon Immortal City for his cave dwelling.
• He Song decided his cave dwelling needed to stay concealed while accommodating medicinal gardens, so he planned to obtain a Red Sun Pearl.
• He Song left Yu'er protected by formations and traveled toward the Azure Moon Province Prefectural Capital.
• He Song stopped several hundred li from the capital, set down a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array as an escape route, and altered his appearance and cultivation aura.
• He Song entered the prefectural capital disguised as a Perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator and went to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's main branch, where a cultivator received him.

He Song visited Treasure Gathering Pavilion to buy Golden Core supplies and seek information about Azure Moon Province, but Liu Feng True Person refused to sell the information. While He Song waited for his purchases, he unexpectedly reunited with Master Luo Jing, who offered to help him.

• He Song introduced himself to Liu Feng True Person as Ningyin Real Person and claimed he had recently come from the Golden Snake Sect.
• He Song asked to buy rare curiosities and detailed information about Azure Moon Province, but Liu Feng said the pavilion did not sell that information.
• He Song ordered Golden Core spirit tea, pills, Spirit Talismans, heavenly treasures, and a Red Sun Pearl, then claimed he was over one hundred and ninety and wanted them only for comfort.
• Master Luo Jing recognized He Song in the VIP Hall and offered him favorable prices, explaining that the pavilion master was her martial uncle.
• He Song told Master Luo Jing that he wanted items used by Golden Core cultivators despite not having formed his Golden Core.

He Song reunited with Master Luo Jing at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and explained that he was buying Golden Core-level items as a keepsake, concealing that he had already reached the Golden Core realm. Master Luo Jing, now the pavilion’s Deputy Pavilion Master, took over his reception and picked up the Storage Pouch containing the items Liu Feng True Person had brought.

• He Song noticed that Master Luo Jing had advanced from Foundation Establishment Early Stage to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and was close to Perfect Foundation Establishment.
• Master Luo Jing reacted with surprise when He Song mentioned purchasing items needed by a Golden Core True Lord, then invited him to a banquet and offered him a discount.
• He Song claimed he wanted the items as a favorable omen for a future Golden Core breakthrough, and Master Luo Jing accepted his explanation and described how her master had aided her cultivation.
• Liu Feng True Person returned with a Storage Pouch and respectfully greeted Master Luo Jing as the Deputy Pavilion Master.
• Master Luo Jing took over He Song’s reception, and Liu Feng True Person left the VIP Hall with the pouch on the table.
• Master Luo Jing picked up the Storage Pouch while He Song wondered whether its Golden Core-level items would suit his needs.

He Song inspected Master Liu Feng’s Golden Core supplies and asked Master Luo Jing to replace and expand them with items suited to his earth-element cultivation. Luo Jing arranged the purchase, provided information about Green Moon Immortal Province, and saw He Song pay the enormous bill, leaving her more eager to befriend him as he read the Jade Slip.

• Master Luo Jing handed He Song Master Liu Feng’s Storage Pouch, and He Song found that it contained too few earth-element pills and other items suited to his needs.
• He Song asked Luo Jing to replace the supplies with earth-element items and increase their quantities, and she sent someone to arrange the exchange while they chatted.
• Luo Jing arranged for a Jade Slip with detailed information about Green Moon Immortal Province to be delivered with the goods and offered He Song a thirty-percent discount.
• He Song paid one million five hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, surprising Luo Jing and deepening her desire to befriend him.
• He Song took the purchased supplies and began reading the Jade Slip.

He Song learned about Azure Moon Province and accepted Master Luo Jing’s invitation to a private banquet, where he heard how Treasure Gathering Pavilion had failed to solve the Eight Vein Immortal City pavilion master’s murder. He asked about joining Treasure Gathering Pavilion and learned that Foundation Establishment cultivators faced strict requirements, while Golden Core True Lords needed only a main pavilion master’s approval.

• He Song studied Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s information and learned about Azure Moon Province’s territory, forces, and Golden Core cultivators.
• He Song thanked Master Luo Jing for her help, then accepted her invitation to dine at Drunken Moon Tower.
• At the private banquet, He Song and Master Luo Jing shared stories about their travels and Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• He Song learned that Master Luo Jing’s master had investigated the Eight Vein Immortal City pavilion master’s murder but found no trace of the culprit.
• He Song asked how to join Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Master Luo Jing explained its invitation, treasure, assessment, and token requirements.

He Song learned that Meng Guan had successfully entered the Golden Core realm, while Wei Fan had failed and needed years to recover. As Master Luo Jing realized He Song had a newly advanced Golden Core True Lord among his close friends, she reassessed his prospects of reaching the Golden Core realm.

• He Song considered how difficult it was to join the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and set aside the matter while awaiting news from Meng Guan and Wei Fan.
• Meng Guan's message said he had entered the Golden Core realm, while Wei Fan's Golden Core nucleus had collapsed during his breakthrough and left him gravely injured.
• He Song approved of Meng Guan's plan to strengthen himself in seclusion and worried that Wei Fan might never find another chance to obtain a Congealed Golden Core.
• Master Luo Jing offered He Song help, and he explained that Soul-Severing had become a Golden Core True Lord while Blessed Fortune had failed his breakthrough.
• Master Luo Jing recalled knowing Soul-Severing decades earlier, congratulated He Song, and concluded that his own chance of reaching the Golden Core realm was now much greater.

He Song asked Master Luo Jing to help him find Golden Core Secret Techniques and discovered a useful concealment technique at Treasure Gathering Pavilion. He wanted to buy the Hidden God Technique, but its price would leave him nearly penniless.

• He Song sent Meng Guan a message congratulating him on reaching the Golden Core realm and urging him to focus on strengthening his foundation rather than seeking opportunities.
• He Song asked Master Luo Jing whether Treasure Gathering Pavilion sold Golden Core Secret Techniques, and she escorted him to the main branch’s distinguished guest hall.
• He Song reviewed the available techniques and found that only the Hidden God Technique suited him, since it could conceal him from Golden Core divine sense.
• He Song saw that the Hidden God Technique cost more than 1.3 million Low-grade Spirit Stones, a purchase that would leave him with barely over a hundred thousand.

He Song bought the Hidden God Technique from Master Luo Jing at a steep discount, then returned to his chosen site near Blue Moon Immortal City to build a hidden Golden Core cave dwelling deep inside a stone mountain. After setting up its array, planting the Mixed Gold Spirit Fruit Tree, and arranging its rooms, he began carving scenes into the walls.

• He Song paid Master Luo Jing nine hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones for the Hidden God Technique and left with more than five hundred thousand remaining.
• Master Luo Jing told He Song she planned to return to Cloud Province Capital in several years and invited him to visit before she left.
• He Song retrieved the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array and traveled to the stone mountain he had chosen near Blue Moon Immortal City.
• He Song tunneled several thousand meters underground and carved out a cone-shaped cave dwelling inside the mountain.
• He Song installed a Blazing Sun Pearl, planted the Mixed Gold Spirit Fruit Tree, set up the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array, and furnished the cave dwelling with buildings taken from Silver Moon True Monarch's cave.
• He Song carved images of the sun, moon, stars, cultivation legends, and other scenes into the cave dwelling's stone walls.

He Song established a public residence in Blue Moon Immortal City while secretly building Spirit Fields and medicinal gardens across Green Moon Immortal Province. Five years later, he mastered the Hidden God Technique and considered visiting Thick Earth Sect to check on Lin Cong’s descendants, but stayed to await Master Luo Jing.

• He Song bought an estate in Blue Moon Immortal City and convinced the local Foundation Establishment cultivators that he was only staying temporarily.
• He Song secretly left the city and established Spirit Fields and medicinal gardens throughout Green Moon Immortal Province, planting spiritual rice and Five Elements Spiritual Ginseng.
• He Song returned to his Golden Core cave dwelling and worried that his remaining Spirit Stones would not last until his crops could be harvested.
• Five years later, He Song completed the Hidden God Technique, making it difficult for other Golden Core True Lords to detect him.
• He Song considered visiting Thick Earth Sect to protect Lin Cong’s descendants from the approaching righteous-demonic war, but decided to wait until he had seen Master Luo Jing off.

After ten years of study, He Song completely comprehended the Golden Core Defense Array, named it the Earth Treasury Divine Light Array, and traveled to meet Master Luo Jing before she left Green Moon Immortal Province. Their farewell banquet ended with Master Luo Jing sharing detailed Golden Core cultivation secrets with him, while He Song prepared to leave for Lin Cong's descendants.

• He Song reflected on his cultivation, the Spirit Stones he had spent maintaining two Golden Core Great Arrays, and the medicinal gardens expected to yield profits in five years.
• He Song finished comprehending the Golden Core Defense Array, named it the Earth Treasury Divine Light Array, and stored it because he could not afford the Golden Core spiritual ore needed to make another set of array components.
• After receiving Master Luo Jing's message that she was returning to Cloud Province, He Song left his cave abode and traveled toward the Azure Moon Province Prefectural Capital.
• He Song set up a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array outside the prefectural capital, then met Master Luo Jing at Drunken Moon Tower for a private farewell banquet.
• Master Luo Jing shared detailed knowledge about condensing a Golden Core, and He Song realized she was trying to improve his chances of success.

He Song and Master Luo Jing shared their Golden Core insights before traveling together toward Cloud Province, where they parted so He Song could continue to the Thick Earth Sect. He Song reached Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market, the place where he had secretly formed his Golden Core, and saw that it remained unchanged.

• Master Luo Jing told He Song everything her master had taught her about forming a Golden Core, and He Song thanked her for her generosity.
• He Song proposed traveling with Master Luo Jing toward Cloud Province, and she accepted the safer arrangement.
• After half a month of uneventful travel, He Song and Master Luo Jing parted outside an unnamed immortal city, with her heading to the Cloud Province Capital.
• He Song continued north, concealing his low-grade Spiritual Artifact flying boat and switching to his White Jade Boat upon entering Qionghua Sect territory.
• He Song arrived at Bamboo Mountain Immortal Market, where he had formed his Golden Core in Silver Moon True Monarch's cave abode.

He Song visited Lin Cong’s grave and evacuated more than a hundred of his descendants from their home before the righteous-demonic war could reach them. After bringing the Lin Family into One Yang Sect territory, he accepted Su Qian’s offer to have her disciple An Ning help them settle near Flying Cloud Immortal Market.

• He Song visited Lin Cong’s grave, offered spirit tea, and explained that he had come to take Lin Cong’s descendants away for their safety.
• He Song waited half a month while the Lin Family gathered its members and possessions, then carried more than a hundred of them away aboard the White Jade Boat.
• He Song guided the Lin Family through Thick Earth Sect and Qionghua Sect territory and into One Yang Sect territory, where he reflected that none of them had spirit roots.
• Su Qian sent He Song a message offering her disciple An Ning’s help in settling the Lin Family near Flying Cloud Immortal Market.
• He Song agreed to Su Qian’s proposal and steered the White Jade Boat toward Flying Cloud Immortal Market.

He Song brought the Lin Family to Flying Cloud Immortal Market and entrusted their resettlement to Su Qian and An Ning. After agreeing that An Ning would take over Su Qian’s future message deliveries, he secretly watched the Lin Family settle safely before leaving.

• He Song arrived at Flying Cloud Immortal Market with more than one hundred Lin Family members and told Xuanying True Person he was only passing through.
• He Song explained to Su Qian and An Ning that the Lin Family needed a peaceful home away from war and worldly strife.
• Su Qian asked He Song to let An Ning replace her as his contact when Su Qian’s lifespan ran out, and He Song agreed, paying her two thousand low-grade Spirit Stones for arranging the resettlement.
• He Song introduced Su Qian and An Ning to the Lin Family, then departed and secretly observed them from nearby.
• Su Qian and An Ning settled the Lin Family in a remote town with help from An Family members, and He Song left once he was satisfied they were safe.

After ensuring the Lin Family was safe, He Song returned to his Golden Core cave dwelling and considered how to seek new opportunities while protecting his identity. He spent five years cultivating and gathering local information, then prepared to pursue opportunities with greater strength and resources.

• Su Qian urged An Ning to protect the Lin Family and build a good relationship with He Song, hoping her disciple might eventually gain his help and achieve Foundation Establishment.
• He Song understood Su Qian’s hopes and considered leaving An Ning a Foundation Establishment Pill if he ever obtained one, then departed for his cave dwelling.
• He Song scanned the regions along his journey for opportunities but found none, and decided to gather information from nearby settlements and later investigate the Purple Cloud Sect’s territory.
• He Song returned to seclusion for five years, sold some Foundation Establishment-era gains, and increased his holdings to more than ten thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• After five years, He Song had advanced his mana and strengthened his spells, while his Mysterious God Body Refining Technique had tempered his body enough to contend physically with a Qi Refining cultivator at great perfection.