Chapter Summaries

He Song refined the Guest Elder Token and learned that his new position offered substantial benefits and freedom. After True Monarch Luo Jing explained that she had recruited him for peace of mind amid the looming conflict with the demonic path, He Song accepted her task and moved into a lavish residence in the Cloud Province Capital.

• He Song refined the Guest Elder Token and discovered its defensive barrier, storage space, contribution records, and treasury access.
• True Monarch Luo Jing explained that the token connected guest elders to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and that He Song could earn rewards without being bound to stay in Cloud Province.
• True Monarch Luo Jing revealed that she hoped He Song would remain nearby if the demonic path threatened the capital, though she placed no restrictions on his movements.
• He Song accepted Luo Jing's task, which awarded him ten thousand Contribution Points each year for remaining stationed in the capital, even if he left.
• True Monarch Luo Jing explained the guest elder benefits and sent He Song to a luxurious residence prepared by the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

He Song examined the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s records for treasures that could help him break through to late Golden Core, then searched its treasury for them. Finding none of the three breakthrough treasures, he spent heavily on ingredients for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill and left with some materials still missing.

• He Song settled into the guest elder residence, found its quiet chamber already equipped with a Complete Spirit Gathering Array, and protected himself with a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array.
• He Song memorized the treasure information in True Monarch Luo Jing’s Jade Slip and identified the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, Heavenborn Spirit Liquid, and Golden Scale Fruit as possible breakthrough aids.
• He Song used his Guest Elder Token to search the treasury, discovered none of the three treasures, and spent his initial fifty thousand Contribution Points on other items.
• He Song exchanged two hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones for Contribution Points and bought scarce ingredients for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, though he still lacked several main ingredients and many supplementary ingredients.
• He Song exchanged another one hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones for fifty thousand Contribution Points to keep available for urgently needed ingredients.

He Song visited True Monarch Yun Jing and reunited with Meng Guan and Wei Fan while gathering materials for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill. After learning He Song had become a Treasure Gathering Pavilion guest elder, Meng Guan and Wei Fan offered him a guest elder position in the One Yang Sect.

• He Song decided to visit his friends before overseeing Cloud Province and traveled to Azure Moon Prefecture to see True Monarch Yun Jing.
• He Song told True Monarch Yun Jing he was gathering ingredients for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, and she sold him a primary ingredient he did not yet have.
• He Song traveled to One Yang Prefecture, where Meng Guan and Wei Fan greeted him and the three friends caught up over tea.
• He Song told Meng Guan and Wei Fan that he had become a Treasure Gathering Pavilion guest elder.
• Meng Guan offered He Song a One Yang Sect guest elder position with a stipend, contribution points, and access to the sect treasury.

He Song considered Meng Guan’s invitation to become a guest elder of the One Yang Sect while learning that the sect expected a war with the northern demonic sects. He became more open to joining after Meng Guan assured him guest elders could avoid war missions, but he postponed his decision and urged Meng Guan and Wei Fan to stay safe.

• Meng Guan invited He Song to join the One Yang Sect as a guest elder, and He Song hesitated because of his past ties to Silver Moon True Monarch and the prospect of war.
• Meng Guan told He Song that the three northern demonic sects seemed poised to attack Snow Wind Palace and that the One Yang Sect would join the conflict.
• He Song learned that guest elders could avoid war-related missions and might gain access to rare treasures, easing his resistance to joining.
• He Song agreed to give Meng Guan and Wei Fan a definite answer before leaving and warned both men to be cautious in the coming war.
• He Song reflected that Meng Guan might lead the One Yang Sect’s cultivators to victories like True Monarch Tian Jue had once led the Locking God Sect.

He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan reunited in One Yang Prefecture, where they shared cultivation insights and discussed He Song’s plan to refine Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills. Wei Fan offered to help gather the ingredients, and He Song agreed, leaving Wei Fan searching the One Yang Sect treasury for the herbs they needed.

• He Song speculated that Meng Guan might reach the Nascent Soul realm during the coming battle and kept his hopes to himself.
• He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan spent many days catching up and exchanging Golden Core cultivation knowledge.
• He Song told Meng Guan and Wei Fan that he was gathering ingredients to have Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills refined.
• Wei Fan proposed joining He Song to gather the ingredients and share the pills according to their contributions.
• He Song agreed and showed Wei Fan the required herb quantities, marking the ingredients he had already acquired.
• Wei Fan used his One Yang Sect Elder Token to search the sect treasury for the remaining herbs.

He Song received most of the herbs needed for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill from Wei Fan and agreed to give him one-third of the completed pills. After spending nearly a month with Meng Guan and Wei Fan in One Yang Prefecture, He Song departed for Cloud Province Capital, deciding against visiting An Ning because the Ancestor of Snow Wind might recognize him.

• Wei Fan told He Song that he had bought many of the required spiritual herbs and agreed to keep searching for the rest in exchange for a share of the pills.
• Several days later, Wei Fan delivered the herbs he had purchased, leaving only a few rare auxiliary herbs and two main herbs to be found.
• He Song proposed that Wei Fan receive one-third of the pills, guaranteed him at least one, and explained how the distribution would account for their contributions.
• He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan spent more than ten days discussing their past, cultivation, combat, and the pill-refining effort.
• He Song left One Yang Prefecture for Cloud Province Capital, while Meng Guan and Wei Fan returned to secluded cultivation to prepare for the coming war.
• He Song suppressed his wish to visit An Ning in Cloudridge Prefecture because the Ancestor of Snow Wind might recognize him.

He Song decided against meeting An Ning in person, revealed his true Daoist title to her, and arranged for Meng Guan to assist her if she encountered danger. He also joined the One Yang Sect as a Guest Elder and returned to Cloud Province Capital, where he continued searching for the rare ingredients needed to refine the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill.

• He Song warned An Ning to protect herself during the coming war and told her she could seek help from a One Yang Sect true disciple by giving the name Cang Song True Lord.
• An Ning grew curious about He Song’s identity and began using her sources to investigate Cang Song True Lord.
• He Song asked Meng Guan to help An Ning if she mentioned his title, and Meng Guan agreed to assist if the situation allowed.
• He Song recalled his decision to join the One Yang Sect as a Guest Elder and use its treasury and benefits to support his plans.
• He Song spent fifty thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones to obtain fifty thousand One Yang Sect Contribution Points through Meng Guan, then checked both Guest Elder Tokens for the spirit herbs he needed.
• He Song returned to Cloud Province Capital and took up residence in Treasure Gathering Pavilion under True Monarch Luo Jing’s welcome.

He Song explained to True Monarch Luo Jing why he had sought other friends for ingredients to refine the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, and she offered him a pouch of her collected spiritual medicines. He discovered that many were ingredients for the pill, bringing him closer to completing his collection.

• True Monarch Luo Jing asked He Song about the happy event that had put him in good spirits after his trip.
• He Song explained that he was gathering ingredients for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill and had received help from Yun Jing, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan.
• True Monarch Luo Jing revealed she had heard about his effort and questioned why he had not asked her for help first.
• He Song explained that his approach to Yun Jing had happened by chance, and True Monarch Luo Jing appeared relieved.
• True Monarch Luo Jing gave He Song a Storage Pouch of spiritual medicines, and he found that more than half were ingredients for the pill.

He Song accepted spirit herbs True Monarch Luo Jing had gathered to help him refine the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, paying more than their value and promising to repay her kindness. After settling into his Cloud Province Capital residence, he studied the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl’s refinement method for several months and entered his hidden cave abode to begin preparing its Earthfire Array.

• He Song took the spirit herbs he needed from True Monarch Luo Jing’s Storage Pouch and left Spirit Stones worth thirty percent more than their value.
• He Song thanked True Monarch Luo Jing and promised to remember and repay her help, while she was pleased by his response.
• True Monarch Luo Jing continued visiting He Song over the following days, and he settled into his Cloud Province Capital residence.
• He Song opened a concealed cave abode beneath his residence and moved his alchemy and artifact-refining facilities there to keep them private.
• He Song studied the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl’s refinement method for several months after obtaining its supplementary materials from True Monarch Luo Jing.
• He Song declined True Monarch Luo Jing’s latest visit, activated his residence formations, and entered the hidden cave abode to inspect the Earthfire Array.

He Song activated the Earthfire Array and began tempering the auxiliary materials for his natal magic treasure, the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl, while keeping the Earth Vein Pearl safely with him. He left Clear Wind to guard the materials, returned to seclusion, and later declined to pursue a Golden Core cave dwelling in Cloudridge Province.

• He Song activated the Earthfire Array and heated the artifact-forging furnace before placing the spirit ores for the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl inside to temper.
• After several days passed, He Song realized that refining the materials would take years and left Clear Wind to guard the cave abode and furnace.
• He Song kept the Earth Vein Pearl in his Storage Pouch, then returned to his residence in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and resumed secluded cultivation.
• True Monarch Luo Jing continued visiting He Song and told him that a Golden Core cave dwelling had emerged in Cloudridge Province.
• He Song declined to explore the cave dwelling and urged True Monarch Luo Jing to avoid the danger as well.

He Song learned that the northern Devil Dao Sects and the allied righteous sects had spent years preparing for war, but neither side had yet made a move. While remaining in seclusion, he strengthened his Golden Core puppets and mastered the Hundred Flowers Secret Technique.

• True Monarch Luo Jing told He Song that Snow Wind Palace, One Yang Sect, and Purple Cloud Sect had allied against the three northern Devil Dao Sects, with the Golden Snake Sect secretly joining them.
• He Song learned that both sides had completed extensive war preparations but held back because each knew how ready the other was.
• He Song reasoned that Meng Guan might reach Golden Core Great Perfection before the war began, easing his worries about Meng Guan and his own safety.
• He Song collected useful treasures during his seclusion, saving cultivation resources and integrating puppet materials into Clear Wind to strengthen it.
• He Song placed Clear Wind and Mingyue in an array to absorb spiritual energy, while Clear Wind grew stronger faster than Mingyue.
• He Song mastered the Hundred Flowers Secret Technique and could condense at least fifteen flowers of magical power when casting it.

After ten years in seclusion, He Song had strengthened his Hundred Flowers Secret Technique, Golden Core puppets, and other skills, while finally gathering every ingredient for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill. He arranged to avoid interruption, entered his hidden cave abode, and reinforced it with a powerful defensive array before beginning the pill refinement.

• He Song spent ten years cultivating, increasing the mana flowers of his Hundred Flowers Secret Technique from fifteen to eighteen while making modest progress in his other arts and body refinement.
• He Song strengthened Clear Wind and Mingyue, focusing precious materials on Clear Wind so it could gradually suppress ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivators.
• He Song gathered the final main ingredient for the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill through the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's treasury.
• He Song told True Monarch Luo Jing he needed urgent secluded cultivation and asked that no one disturb him.
• He Song entered his hidden cave abode and set up an Earth Treasury Divine Light Array to protect himself while refining the pills.

He Song strengthened his hidden cave abode’s defenses and began refining the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill, which could help him break through his Golden Core late-stage bottleneck. The pill’s medicinal properties began to fuse in the Violet Sun Furnace, and He Song found that no one had disturbed him.

• He Song reinforced the Earth Treasury Divine Light Array with mid-grade Spirit Stones and concealed the cave abode beneath a Phantom Maze Array.
• He Song inspected the materials melting in the Earthfire Array and considered the future strength he could gain from refining the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl.
• He Song checked Clear Wind and Mingyue, the Golden Core puppets guarding the cave abode as its final line of defense.
• He Song brought out the Violet Sun Furnace, prepared the spiritual flame, and began refining the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill.
• He Song added and sorted the required spiritual herbs, then used his divine sense to fuse their medicinal properties.
• He Song scanned the cave abode, found no disturbances, and waited for the fused medicinal properties to reach their peak.

He Song refined three exceptional Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills, set one aside for Wei Fan, and swallowed one to overcome his late Golden Core bottleneck. As the pill’s power circulated through his Golden Core, he sensed his strength gradually increasing, but the breakthrough had not yet occurred.

• He Song completed the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills and produced three flawless pills of exceptional quality.
• He Song reserved one pill for Wei Fan and kept the other two for his own breakthrough attempt.
• He Song calmed himself in his quiet chamber before swallowing one of his pills and refining its medicinal power.
• He Song sensed the pill’s power entering and circulating through his Golden Core, where it began gradually increasing his strength.

He Song used an Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill to repair his Golden Core and break through to the Golden Core Late Stage, then stabilized his cultivation. He decided to keep his remaining pill in reserve and realized that five years had passed since he entered seclusion.

• The Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill restored He Song's Golden Core, erased his bottleneck, and allowed him to break through to the Golden Core Late Stage.
• He Song absorbed the cave abode's abundant spiritual energy and cultivated until his new realm was stable.
• He Song considered selling his spare Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill for a fortune or saving it to help someone close, and decided to keep it in reserve.
• He Song calculated that five years had passed since he told True Monarch Luo Jing he was entering seclusion.

After stabilizing his cultivation at the late Golden Core stage, He Song discovered that the materials for refining the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl had melted completely. He calmed himself, then began the refinement using the Earth Vein Pearl and the method for making it his Natal Dharma Treasure.

• He Song realized that the five years spent refining the Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pill and consolidating his cultivation had passed without his noticing.
• He Song inspected the materials in the artifact-refining furnace and confirmed that they had melted enough to begin refining the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl.
• He Song decided to calm his emotions and bring his condition to its peak before attempting the important refinement.
• He Song took the Earth Vein Pearl from his Storage Pouch and began following the method for fusing it with the auxiliary materials and his blood essence.

He Song refined the Earth Vein Pearl into his natal Earth Vein Spirit Pearl by fusing supplementary materials with his essence blood and forming patterns inside it. The newly completed treasure erupted with light and began absorbing spiritual energy in He Song’s cave dwelling.

• He Song fused the Earth Vein Pearl’s supplementary materials into an earthy-yellow liquid, then used secret techniques to refine it into golden glazed liquid.
• He Song forced three drops of essence blood from his body and merged them with the liquid, sensing a connection form between himself and the mixture.
• He Song poured the mixture into the Earth Vein Pearl and used his artifact-refining skills to fuse the materials, his essence blood, and the pearl together.
• He Song sent the secret technique’s incantation seals into the pearl, forming patterns until it became his Earth Vein Spirit Pearl and released a brilliant golden, blood-tinged radiance.
• The Earth Vein Spirit Pearl began absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy to strengthen itself, and He Song waited for it to settle.

He Song completed and refined the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl as his natal magic treasure, emerging from seclusion with late Golden Core cultivation and the strength to face Golden Core Great Perfection cultivators. True Monarch Luo Jing brought him news of the outside world and told him that his friend Meng Guan had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and that the One Yang Sect planned a grand gathering.

• He Song finished refining the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl, then spent several months refining it for his own use and storing it in his dantian.
• He Song emerged after a little over five years of seclusion, having advanced to the late Golden Core stage and gained a natal magic treasure that greatly strengthened him.
• True Monarch Luo Jing visited He Song and told him that the war between Snow Wind Palace and the northern Devil Dao Sects had still not begun.
• True Monarch Luo Jing informed He Song that Meng Guan had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and that the One Yang Sect planned a gathering to celebrate and display its strength.

He Song learned from True Monarch Luo Jing that Meng Guan had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and invited him to the One Yang Sect’s grand gathering. After checking the risks, He Song decided to attend, reassured that Ancestor of Snow Wind would be absent and that few Nascent Soul cultivators or northern devil-path figures were likely to appear.

• True Monarch Luo Jing told He Song that Meng Guan had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and that the One Yang Sect would hold a grand gathering to announce it.
• He Song found Meng Guan’s invitation, which had arrived while he was in seclusion, and decided to attend the gathering at the One Yang Sect.
• He Song asked True Monarch Luo Jing about the gathering’s dangers, including whether Ancestor of Snow Wind and other Nascent Soul Ancestors would attend.
• True Monarch Luo Jing said Ancestor of Snow Wind had declined because she needed to guard Snow Wind Palace, while most other Nascent Soul Ancestors would send Golden Core sect leaders instead.
• True Monarch Luo Jing estimated that few northern devil-path cultivators would attend, and that any who came would likely be no stronger than Golden Core; He Song concluded the risk was manageable.

He Song decided to attend Meng Guan’s gathering at the One Yang Sect after assessing the risks, testing his Earth Vein Spirit Pearl, and learning that northern demonic cultivators had not set out. He reached the sect, reunited with Meng Guan and Wei Fan, and entered the mountain gate for the first time, where he saw the vast grounds of a Nascent Soul Sect.

• He Song tested the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl’s offensive and defensive power and decided to refine mid-grade Spiritual Artifacts after the gathering.
• He Song gathered information from True Monarch Luo Jing and learned that invited demonic cultivators from the north had not departed.
• He Song left the Cloud Province Capital and traveled toward the One Yang Sect while concealing his cultivation at the middle Golden Core stage.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan welcomed He Song at One Yang Prefecture, and Wei Fan escorted him into the sect.
• He Song entered the One Yang Sect’s mountain gate and saw its vast mountain range, palaces, Spirit Fields, medicinal gardens, and exotic creatures.