Chapter Summaries

He Song studied the Evil Repelling Pill formula, successfully refined one batch, and then failed at several more attempts. He considered asking True Monarch Luo Jing to test whether the pill could counter the Hidden God Technique, but rejected the idea to protect his secrets.

• He Song learned that the Evil Repelling Pill’s utmost yang qi heightened a cultivator’s sensitivity to energy fluctuations and could threaten the concealment provided by his Hidden God Technique.
• He Song explored Lingyun Capital while studying the pill formula, then understood how the pill’s yang qi produced its effects.
• He Song refined a batch of Evil Repelling Pills in the Violet Sun Furnace on his first attempt, though he suspected luck had helped him succeed.
• He Song failed several subsequent attempts and considered returning to Cloud Province Capital to have True Monarch Luo Jing test the pill against his Hidden God Technique.
• He Song decided not to involve True Monarch Luo Jing because the test might expose his secrets to a future soul search.

He Song tested whether an Evil Repelling Pill could enhance a Golden Core puppet and let him perceive through its eyes. Using Clear Wind and the Realm-Entry Puppet Control Technique, he saw the dense spiritual energy and treasures throughout his residence in Lingyun Capital, but the chapter left his attempt to see through the Hidden God Technique unresolved.

• He Song considered testing the Hidden God Technique through puppets enhanced by Evil Repelling Pills and planned to return to One Yang Sect territory if the experiment failed.
• He Song gave Clear Wind an Evil Repelling Pill, then had the puppet attack him with the Stele-Splitting Finger while he defended with the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl.
• He Song found that Clear Wind's spell contained pure yang energy and used the Realm-Entry Puppet Control Technique to see through the puppet's eyes.
• Through Clear Wind, He Song saw dense spiritual energy gathering around his meditation cushion and filling his residence in Lingyun Capital.
• He Song noticed that the spiritual-energy vortices in the residence gathered around spirit ore, herbs, and furnishings, though those items held little value for him.

He Song tested the Hidden God Technique and found that it concealed him from Clear Wind, even while he moved underground. He then refined and activated a second teleportation array in Lingyun Capital, preparing to travel to Cloud Province Capital and set it up there.

• He Song observed the spiritual energy vortices above Lingyun Capital’s major powers and returned to his quiet room to test the Hidden God Technique.
• He Song hid underground while Clear Wind searched the room, and Clear Wind detected no sign of him, even as He Song moved with the Earth Escape Technique.
• He Song decided to return to Cloud Province Capital and use his second Void Stone to establish a teleportation route between the two capitals.
• After several days, He Song finished refining the second teleportation array and assembled it inside his residence in Lingyun Capital.
• He Song activated the array with nearly a thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones, strengthened the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array, left Clear Wind to guard the residence, and entered the teleportation array.

He Song returned to Cloud Province Capital after testing whether the Hidden God Technique could fool cultivators who had taken Evil Repelling Pills. He confirmed it worked and began enlarging his hidden cave abode to make room for a teleportation formation and the buildings he had brought back.

• He Song traveled from Lingyun Capital through the transmission array to Northern Sun Immortal Province, then flew toward Cloud Province Capital.
• He Song captured two murderous evil cultivators, fed them Evil Repelling Pills, and used them to test the Hidden God Technique before killing them with the Soul Searching Technique.
• He Song confirmed the pair had failed to notice him while he hid and traveled underground, proving the Hidden God Technique could deceive those who had taken Evil Repelling Pills.
• He Song returned to Cloud Province Capital, gave True Monarch Luo Jing a brief, fabricated account of his trip, and went back to his residence.
• He Song entered his hidden cave abode and expanded it, then began bringing out stone pillars from his Storage Pouch for its planned setup.

He Song finished securing his Cloud Province Capital cave dwelling and decided to bring Yu'er to Lingyun Capital, where its richer spiritual energy could support her cultivation. He teleported back to Lingyun Capital to buy a spirit beast bag, planning to return later and continue monitoring the conflict brewing between the Devil Dao Sects and Snow Wind Palace.

• He Song set up a second teleportation array, planted spirit herbs around the cave dwelling, and left the Golden Core puppet Idle Cloud to guard it.
• He Song decided not to plant the Mixed Gold Spirit Fruit Tree in the cave, since Lingyun Capital's richer spiritual energy could improve its growth and fruit.
• He Song chose to take Yu'er to Lingyun Capital because he would no longer stay long in Cloud Province and hoped the better cultivation environment would help her reach the Golden Core Realm.
• He Song decided to buy a spirit beast bag so he could carry Yu'er and potentially use the arrays inscribed on her shell in future battles.
• He Song teleported to Lingyun Capital, intending to study his remaining pill formulas before returning to check on the region and the anticipated war between the Devil Dao Sects and Snow Wind Palace.

He Song returned to Lingyun Capital, bought a spirit beast pouch for Yu'er, and purchased a large residence of his own. He planned to use the estate to practice his crafts and secretly dig underground tunnels for a secure retreat.

• He Song left Cloud Province Capital and teleported back to his residence in Lingyun Capital.
• He Song stored the teleportation array and restored the Treasure Gathering Pavilion residence before leaving it.
• He Song purchased a spirit beast pouch that could gather spiritual energy and support Yu'er's cultivation.
• He Song bought a large residence in Lingyun Capital and registered it under the name Mysterious Turtle True Lord.
• He Song headed to his new estate, planning to practice his arts there and dig hidden tunnels beneath it.

He Song secured his manor in Lingyun Capital and built a concealed cave abode deep beneath it, planning to keep his teleportation array and useful buildings safe there. The cave abode was complete and ready to serve as both a hidden refuge and a spiritual herb garden.

• He Song decided to hide his teleportation array underground and store his large work buildings in his Storage Pouch so he could escape more quickly if danger arose.
• He Song entered his newly purchased manor, kept its existing warning array, and installed a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array to strengthen its defenses and concealment.
• He Song used the Earth Escape Technique to descend several thousand meters, found no nearby cave abodes, and carved out a hidden underground hollow.
• He Song installed another Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array in the hollow and placed a Blazing Sun Pearl overhead to illuminate the cave abode.
• He Song completed the cave abode, intending it to house his teleportation array and serve as a spiritual herb garden.

He Song established a Spirit Gathering Array in his hidden cave abode, planted the main ingredient for the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill, and outfitted his residence with spirit puppets. He learned the pill formula, eventually refined his first successful batch, and spent down his Spirit Stones buying herbs as he practiced.

• He Song planted spirit herb seeds in his hidden cave abode and left Mingyue to absorb spiritual energy and guard its teleportation array.
• He Song bought materials and refined several dozen Foundation Establishment spirit puppets to maintain and serve his residence.
• He Song tested the Spirit Gathering Array, then memorized four pill formulas and chose to master the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill first.
• He Song repeatedly failed while refining the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill before finally producing his first successful batch.
• He Song continued practicing the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill and Evil Repelling Pill, using up Spirit Stones to buy more spirit herbs.

He Song mastered four new Golden Core pill formulas but continued cultivating in seclusion to improve his refining skills and success rates. He focused on the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill, eventually surpassing the benchmark success rate and beginning to earn Spirit Stones.

• He Song mastered the refining methods for the Nine Revolutions Spirit Returning Pill, the Nine Revolutions Spring Returning Pill, and the Jade Detoxification Pill.
• After several years in seclusion, He Song remained in Lingyun Capital and recognized that refining local pills could bring greater profits than selling pills from outside.
• He Song bought several hundred portions of herbs from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion branch after exhausting his initial supply of Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill materials.
• He Song repeatedly refined Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pills, learning from failures as his techniques and success rate improved.
• He Song raised his success rate above the benchmark and began earning Spirit Stones from refining the pill.

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• The narrator said they had been running a fever for five days.
• The narrator reported that many symptoms remained.
• The narrator planned to go to the hospital for an injection if they were still feverish the next day.
• The narrator said they could only ask for two more days off.

He Song spent fifteen years in Lingyun Capital refining and selling pills while cultivating in seclusion, raising his cultivation to the brink of Golden Core Great Perfection. He realized he still lacked the treasures needed to attempt a future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

• He Song improved his success rate refining the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill and cautiously sold surplus pills under layered disguises at shops across Lingyun Capital.
• He Song mastered the Nine Revolutions Spirit Returning Pill, Nine Revolutions Spring Returning Pill, Jade Detoxification Pill, and Evil Repelling Pill so he could supply himself with them.
• After stabilizing his pill-refining success rates, He Song emerged from seclusion and realized fifteen years had passed since he arrived in Lingyun Capital.
• He Song assessed his cultivation and estimated that his fifteen years of progress in Lingyun Capital equaled about twenty years near One Yang Sect.
• He Song calculated that he was close to Golden Core Great Perfection but recognized he lacked the treasures needed to pursue a Nascent Soul breakthrough.

After fifteen years of seclusion, He Song left Lingyun Capital and returned to Cloud Province Capital, where he met with True Monarch Luo Jing. He Song considered using Purple Bamboo Capital as a safer base for seeking opportunities, while learning that Ning Xin was nearing her attempt to enter the Golden Core realm.

• He Song decided that Purple Bamboo Capital could be a safer starting point for seeking opportunities than Lingyun Capital, though its spiritual energy was weaker.
• He Song inspected his concealed cave dwelling, harvested mature spiritual herbs in Cloud Province Capital, planted replacements, and teleported there.
• He Song met True Monarch Luo Jing and disguised his substantial cultivation progress by claiming his gains from seclusion were modest.
• True Monarch Luo Jing told He Song that Ning Xin had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and would soon receive a Congealed Golden Core to attempt a breakthrough.
• He Song recalled meeting Ning Xin when she had only recently entered Foundation Establishment and reflected on how close she was now to Golden Core.

He Song met with True Monarch Luo Jing, learned about Ning Xin’s coming Golden Core breakthrough and the tensions around One Yang Sect, then returned to Cloud Province Capital to retrieve Yu'er. He discovered that Yu'er had secretly reached the Golden Core realm, and began examining the changes caused by her breakthrough.

• He Song agreed to emerge from seclusion to celebrate Ning Xin’s Golden Core breakthrough and asked True Monarch Luo Jing to send him word when it was near.
• True Monarch Luo Jing told He Song that One Yang Sect and the northern Devil Dao sects had seen only minor clashes, while Snow Wind Palace remained under pressure.
• He Song left True Monarch Luo Jing and returned to his hidden cave abode in Cloud Province Capital, planning to take Yu'er to Lingyun Capital.
• He Song disguised himself, traveled to Yu'er's concealed location, and found her waiting within the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array.
• He Song discovered that Yu'er had reached the Golden Core realm and learned she could communicate through divine sense and expand or shrink her body within limits.

After Yu'er reached the Golden Core realm, He Song taught her about the cultivation world, concealed her in a Spirit Beast Bag, and returned to Lingyun Capital. He began mastering the Spirit Taming True Formula while cultivating and refining pills, steadily increasing his cultivation and wealth.

• He Song placed extensive cultivation-world knowledge in a Jade Slip for Yu'er, who absorbed it but remained simple-minded.
• Yu'er told He Song she had broken through to the Golden Core realm without understanding how it happened.
• He Song put Yu'er in his Spirit Beast Bag, erased traces of her presence, retrieved the Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array, and headed to the Cloud Province Capital.
• He Song returned to Lingyun Capital and began cultivating the Spirit Taming True Formula, a method for communicating with, nourishing, strengthening, and controlling spirit beasts.
• During seclusion, He Song refined and sold Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pills, grew his cultivation and wealth, and periodically gathered news about Lingyun Capital and its surroundings.

He Song stayed safely in Lingyun Capital while studying the opportunities beyond it, improving his pill-making skills, and cultivating the Spirit Taming True Formula. The chapter ended with him completing the formula and looking toward Yu'er’s spirit beast pouch.

• He Song learned about Golden Core cave dwellings, spiritual energy eruptions, and other opportunities, but avoided leaving Lingyun Capital because of the dangers outside.
• He Song received messages from Meng Guan, Wei Fan, An Ning, and Xiao Qing, but replied briefly without revealing his location.
• He Song made a few Golden Core acquaintances in Lingyun Capital while keeping most of his time to himself.
• He Song improved his skills with the Nine Revolutions Spirit Marrow Pill and began studying his other four pill formulas.
• He Song continued cultivating and studying the Spirit Taming True Formula until he completed it, then looked at Yu'er's spirit beast pouch.

He Song used the Spirit Taming True Formula on Yu'er, raising her cultivation to the verge of the Golden Core Middle Stage and strengthening their connection. After forty-nine days, Yu'er had gained a reserve of He Song's spiritual power, though He Song was unsure whether the technique had changed how she felt toward him.

• He Song summoned Yu'er and explained that the Spirit Taming True Formula could increase her strength, and Yu'er eagerly agreed to let him use it.
• He Song poured his mana into Yu'er, raising her aura from the newly entered Golden Core Realm to just short of the Golden Core Middle Stage.
• He Song spent forty-nine days using the formula's secret art to merge and stabilize his mana with Yu'er's demonic power, saving her decades of cultivation.
• Yu'er's cultivation and strength improved, her body grew larger, and she developed a stronger mutual understanding with He Song.
• He Song sensed that Yu'er carried some of his purer spiritual power, but he could not tell whether the technique had made her more attached to him.

He Song returned to the Cloud Province Capital after Meng Guan reported that a major event had occurred within the One Yang Sect and asked to meet. He reunited with Meng Guan and Wei Fan, and, after True Monarch Luo Jing left them alone, activated the array in his residence as they prepared to discuss the matter.

• He Song let Yu'er sleep while she absorbed the power from the Spirit Taming True Formula, then returned to cultivation and pill refinement.
• After several months, Yu'er awoke, and He Song placed her in his spirit beast pouch to cultivate.
• He Song received Meng Guan's letter about a major event in the One Yang Sect and agreed to meet Meng Guan and Wei Fan in the Cloud Province Capital.
• He Song teleported to the Cloud Province Capital, informed True Monarch Luo Jing that his friends might visit, and waited for them to arrive.
• He Song and True Monarch Luo Jing met Meng Guan and Wei Fan outside the city and invited them to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• True Monarch Luo Jing left He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan to discuss their business, and He Song activated the array in his residence.

Meng Guan told He Song that One Yang, the One Yang Sect’s sole Nascent Soul Cultivator, was nearing the end of his lifespan, and He Song inferred that Meng Guan sought advice about becoming his successor. He Song agreed to hear the details, and Meng Guan and Wei Fan confirmed that One Yang had already begun evaluating multiple Golden Core candidates.

• Meng Guan set up a concealment array beside He Song’s array so their conversation would remain private.
• Meng Guan revealed that One Yang had little lifespan left, and He Song considered the turmoil the sect might face without a Nascent Soul successor.
• He Song inferred that One Yang was choosing a successor and asked whether Meng Guan had come to compete for the position.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan were pleased that He Song had understood their situation and confirmed that One Yang had been selecting candidates for years.
• He Song’s speculation proved accurate: One Yang valued Meng Guan but was also considering several Golden Core cultivators with better spiritual-root aptitude.

Meng Guan explained to He Song that he faced three powerful rivals in the contest to become One Yang’s successor, and He Song could not find a way to help him. After several days of catching up, the friends were together when the struggle within the One Yang Sect suddenly took a turn.

• Meng Guan and Wei Fan rejected plans to eliminate the other candidates or seek great service for the One Yang Sect, then asked He Song for advice.
• Meng Guan told He Song that four candidates were favored by One Yang, with the other three backed by One Yang’s descendants or entrenched sect lineages.
• He Song realized Meng Guan’s position could worsen over time, but he could not find a solution after hearing the details.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan stayed at He Song’s residence for several days, and the three friends shared news while He Song kept his secrets private.
• As He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan drank tea in a pavilion, the succession struggle suddenly took a turn.

After An Ning warned He Song that Snow Wind Palace had suffered an ambush and might soon face an attack from the northern devil sects, He Song realized the conflict could draw in the One Yang Sect and strengthen Meng Guan’s claim to succeed as its leader. He told Meng Guan and Wei Fan what was happening and gave them spirit pills and talismans to prepare for the coming war.

• He Song received a message from An Ning reporting that Snow Wind Palace Golden Cores had been ambushed in Jade Lake Province, leaving only two survivors, and that the sect had gone on alert against the northern devil sects.
• He Song worried about An Ning’s safety and realized that a war involving Snow Wind Palace would likely draw in the One Yang Sect and boost Meng Guan’s chances of becoming its successor.
• When Meng Guan asked why He Song was looking at him strangely, He Song said he and Wei Fan might one day have to address him as One Yang.
• He Song explained that Snow Wind Palace had formed a deep grudge with the Northern Devil Sect and was guarding against an attack by the three northern devil sects.
• He Song gave Meng Guan and Wei Fan spirit pills and Spirit Talismans to help them prepare for the conflict.