Chapter Summaries

He Song traveled in secret to a remote Golden Core Concealment Array and set up a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array nearby so he could study it safely. He realized the concealment array was far more intricate than expected and might even be a Nascent Soul Array, leaving him determined to keep comprehending it.

• He Song changed his appearance and suppressed his aura before leaving the Immortal Province Capital, then traveled underground toward the concealment array.
• During the journey, He Song sensed Golden Core cultivators searching aboveground and suspected they were rogue cultivators who had ambushed a Golden Core cultivator months earlier.
• He Song reached the concealment array, confirmed its range, and set up a Heavenly Dipper Divine Thunder Array beside it.
• He Song began studying the concealment array from within his own array and found its inner workings unusually intricate.
• He Song considered that the array might be a Nascent Soul Array and recognized that mastering it could greatly improve his abilities.

He Song fortified his position around the concealment array with multiple defensive and escape measures while continuing to study it. As the conflict between the righteous and demonic paths intensified elsewhere, he made his first progress toward understanding the array.

• He Song set up a Phantom Maze Array, an Earth Treasury Divine Light Array, and a teleportation array, and ordered Clear Wind to destroy the teleportation array if he fled without him.
• He Song continued studying the concealment array while a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator gradually reduced the frequency of his searches nearby.
• Meng Guan, Wei Fan, True Monarch Luo Jing, and An Ning sent He Song updates about the intensifying conflict, the Nascent Soul cultivators holding back, and Snow Wind Palace's guarded mountain gate.
• He Song gave An Ning instructions to prioritize her safety and notify him if she was transferred away from Snow Wind Palace's mountain gate.
• He Song gained his first understanding of the concealment array and considered how mastering a Nascent Soul Array could let him overpower Golden Core cultivators.

He Song continued comprehending a mysterious concealment array and discovered that it also had formidable defensive capabilities, while remaining uncertain how many other layers it contained. He later received Meng Guan’s report that the righteous and demonic sects had fought a major battle, signaling a fiercer war ahead.

• He Song calmed himself after making progress on the array and resumed studying it, finding that the difficult first step had made further comprehension easier.
• After the Golden Core cultivator searching the area stopped sweeping it with divine sense, He Song concluded that the person had likely left and returned to studying in greater peace.
• He Song determined that the array had both concealment and defensive layers, though he had not yet learned whether it possessed offensive, Spirit Gathering, or other effects.
• He Song considered how the array could protect him from Golden Core opponents and give him time to escape through a teleportation array.
• Meng Guan told He Song that the three righteous sects and three demonic sects had fought a battle involving dozens of Golden Core True Lords, with few casualties but rising tensions.
• He Song congratulated Meng Guan, who was delighted by the battle and grew stronger through fighting.

He Song exchanged messages with Meng Guan and An Ning about the war, then discovered that the formation he was studying had a third layer devoted to attack and slaughter, suggesting it was a Nascent Soul Array. He immersed himself in deciphering it, hoping to gain a powerful weapon and escape route, but still did not know how many layers it contained or how long mastery would take.

• He Song warned Meng Guan not to take unnecessary risks, and Meng Guan offered to save the Golden Cores he obtained for He Song, who insisted on paying market price.
• An Ning told He Song that Snow Wind Palace’s increasingly tense situation might lead to her being sent to the battlefield, and He Song asked her to contact him so Meng Guan and Wei Fan could protect her.
• He Song broke through the formation’s defensive second layer and discovered that its third layer wielded attack and slaughter, leading him to suspect it was a Nascent Soul Array.
• He Song realized that mastering the formation could let him defeat Golden Core cultivators and possibly escape a Nascent Soul Cultivator by teleporting to Lingyun Capital.
• He Song devoted more time each day to comprehending the formation, though he had yet to determine its full depth or master its outer layers.

He Song devoted himself to comprehending a Nascent Soul Array, recognizing it as a precious, reusable trump card. As the righteous-demonic war intensified, he arranged for Meng Guan to protect An Ning when she arrived in Jade Lake Prefecture, while avoiding any show of closeness that might endanger her standing in Snow Wind Palace.

• He Song judged the Nascent Soul Array safer and more suitable for him than a Nascent Soul Puppet or spirit beast, then focused nearly all his time on comprehending it.
• An Ning told He Song that the war had intensified and the Ancestor of Snow Wind had ordered her to travel to Jade Lake Prefecture for battle.
• He Song told An Ning to seek out Soul-Severing True Monarch, then asked Meng Guan to protect her and shared why she had warned him about the war.
• Meng Guan welcomed the chance to repay An Ning for her warning and offered to bring Wei Fan to greet her, but He Song advised them to wait in Jade Lake Prefecture instead.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan agreed to look after An Ning discreetly so she could be protected without risking repercussions within Snow Wind Palace.

He Song arranged for An Ning to avoid direct combat by asking Meng Guan and Wei Fan to help her, and they made their connection seem like a chance friendship to avoid drawing attention. After learning how much He Song had done for her, An Ning’s respect for him deepened, though she remained curious about how he and the two cultivators had become friends.

• Meng Guan, Wei Fan, and An Ning publicly explained their consideration for her as a favor between mutual friends, while keeping their association discreet.
• He Song felt relieved that An Ning would not be treated as a disposable pawn in Snow Wind Palace’s early battlefield engagements.
• An Ning thanked He Song and reconsidered her belief that he could do little for her as a fellow Golden Core cultivator.
• After arriving in Jade Lake Prefecture, An Ning met Meng Guan and Wei Fan and learned that He Song had personally asked them to protect her.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan explained their plan to maintain a public distance from An Ning while secretly sharing information and helping one another survive the war.
• An Ning became more reverent toward He Song and asked how he had met Meng Guan and Wei Fan, but He Song offered little explanation.

He Song settled An Ning’s situation by arranging support from Meng Guan and Wei Fan, then returned to studying a Nascent Soul Array. He discovered it had only three layers and continued his lengthy, difficult study, with Yu’er and messages from friends easing his isolation.

• He Song let the stories about himself, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan spread and decided An Ning could learn about their relationship through her own inquiries.
• Meng Guan and Wei Fan gave An Ning some help, reducing the danger she faced on the battlefield and repaying her earlier favor.
• After An Ning established initial trust with Meng Guan and Wei Fan, He Song stopped worrying over their affairs and resumed studying the Nascent Soul Array.
• He Song broke through the array’s third layer and discovered that it had only concealment, defense, and offense layers, with no fourth layer or Spirit Gathering effect.
• He Song continued comprehending the array over the following years, struggling with successive problems while Yu’er and messages from friends helped relieve his gloom.

He Song continued studying a Nascent Soul Array while fearing its absent owner might return, though he concluded the Nascent Soul Cultivator had most likely died. Reports from the battlefield described the righteous and demonic paths’ escalating war and Meng Guan’s major victory.

• He Song reasoned that the Nascent Soul Array’s owner was probably dead, since no one had appeared or disturbed the formation during the twenty years he had studied it.
• He Song resolved to flee through the teleportation array if he sensed a Nascent Soul Cultivator approaching, but continued studying the formation while preparing for the owner’s possible return.
• Meng Guan, Wei Fan, An Ning, and True Monarch Luo Jing sent He Song updates about the righteous and demonic paths’ increasingly fierce battles and mounting losses.
• Meng Guan led Golden Core True Lords in a charge that broke through the demonic side’s defenses and tore a large breach in their battle line.

An Ning managed logistics for the righteous path’s war against the demonic path, helping Meng Guan and Wei Fan fight effectively as the righteous forces advanced. Meanwhile, He Song mastered the Nascent Soul Array and discovered a tiny, treasure-filled cave abode inside it, then chose to leave the site for now.

• An Ning stayed safely in Jade Lake Prefecture, distributing supplies and secretly setting aside extra resources for herself, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan.
• With An Ning’s support, Meng Guan and Wei Fan fought brilliantly, and Meng Guan led the righteous path in capturing an Immortal Province Capital after a long siege.
• The demonic path shifted Golden Core reinforcements to the main battlefield, allowing the righteous path to break through on other fronts before the demonic forces withdrew behind their formations.
• Years later, Meng Guan’s forces confronted the Devil Dao Sect beneath a second Immortal Province Capital as He Song fully comprehended the Nascent Soul Array.
• He Song took control of the array and discovered a miniature cave abode containing spiritually rich treasures, then decided to leave and seek materials to create his own array.

After comprehending a Nascent Soul Array in an abandoned cave abode, He Song teleported to safety and bought the rare materials needed to craft its array components. He left with his fortune greatly reduced but planned to gain a powerful defense against Golden Core and some Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• He Song concluded the Nascent Soul Array's master was probably dead after sixty years without returning, but decided to prepare for the possibility that the master was still nearby.
• He Song teleported from the cave abode to Lingyun Capital rather than dismantling his arrays, then disguised himself by changing his appearance and displaying Golden Core Great Perfection cultivation.
• He Song traveled from Lingyun Capital to another immortal capital to buy Nascent Soul spiritual materials through the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• He Song spent two-thirds of his fortune on the materials, leaving with enough resources to craft a Nascent Soul Array that could threaten Golden Cores and help him escape certain Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• He Song rejoiced at the protection the array could offer and began considering his next steps.

He Song refined and tested a powerful Nascent Soul Array, naming it the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array. He then returned in disguise toward the remote place where he had first discovered it, reflecting on how the devastation from past battles had faded.

• He Song rented a residence in an Immortal Capital and spent half a month refining every array plate and flag needed for the Nascent Soul Array.
• He Song set up the array in a secluded place, tested its powerful concealment, attacks, and defenses, then stored it for future use.
• He Song named the array the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array and traveled through the Treasure Gathering Pavilion teleportation array to Purple Bamboo Capital.
• He Song left Purple Bamboo Capital in disguise and headed toward the remote place where he had first comprehended the array, avoiding True Lord Qingyang.
• He Song recalled the destruction left by Golden Core battles decades earlier and saw that the landscape had largely recovered, with grass growing over old scars.

He Song returned to the site of the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array, wary that a hidden Nascent Soul Cultivator might be watching him. He set up a second array beside the first and sent his Golden Core puppets to investigate the suspected Nascent Soul abode, leaving the dangerous exploration to Clear Wind.

• He Song used his divine sense to seize several evil cultivators and carried them underground as potential probes.
• He Song reached the array site and confirmed that his existing formations and controlled Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array remained undisturbed.
• He Song deployed a new Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array and linked it tightly to the old one.
• He Song released Clear Wind, Mingyue, and Idle Cloud, noticing that their cultivation had improved over the decades.
• He Song took control of Clear Wind and equipped him with Spirit Talismans, two mid-grade spirit artifacts, and other protective items before sending the puppets to investigate.

He Song sent Clear Wind, Mingyue, and Idle Cloud into the Nascent Soul Cave Abode and realized its miniature appearance came from spatial power. The puppets explored Welcoming Radiance Palace and then entered the Alchemy Room, where He Song found unusually powerful equipment but had not yet discovered any pills or herbs.

• He Song controlled the three Golden Core puppets through the array and saw that the cave abode appeared miniature from outside but full-sized within.
• He Song sent Idle Cloud to scout Welcoming Radiance Palace before Clear Wind and Mingyue joined the search, but they found no treasures there.
• He Song led the puppets to the Alchemy Room and recognized its layout as a place where the cave abode's owner had refined pills.
• He Song examined the room's pill furnace and tools and judged them stronger than mid-grade spirit artifacts, with signs that they shared the same origin.

He Song collected valuable Nascent Soul-grade pills and herbs from an alchemy room, then uprooted the palace and stored it away. He explored the Spirit Artifact Palace next, but found its tools and artifacts unimpressive after discovering its owner had struggled to forge even a single Low-grade Spiritual Artifact.

• He Song examined the alchemy room’s spiritual pills and herbs and judged them to be Nascent Soul items, though he did not know their effects.
• He Song had Clear Wind, Mingyue, and Idle Cloud uproot the alchemy room and stored the palace, pills, and herbs in his Storage Pouch.
• He Song sent Idle Cloud into the Spirit Artifact Palace to investigate, then had Clear Wind and Mingyue enter after it returned unharmed.
• He Song inspected the Spirit Artifact Palace’s ores and finished artifacts and found that nearly all were low quality, with only one Low-grade Spiritual Artifact among them.
• He Song realized the palace’s owner had used a mid-grade Spirit Artifact furnace to barely forge a Low-grade Spiritual Artifact, laughed at the result, and lost interest in the palace’s contents.

He Song discovered a vast store of rare spiritual herbs in the Spirit Plant Hall and uprooted the hall and surrounding crops to take them with him. He then reached the Immortal Abode, concealed his puppets, and prepared to test its dangers with a captured evil cultivator.

• He Song sent Idle Cloud into the Spirit Plant Hall to scout it, then brought in Clear Wind and Mingyue after it emerged unharmed.
• He Song found the hall packed with mature, valuable spiritual herbs and had his three Golden Core puppets uproot it for storage.
• He Song placed the living Spirit Plant Hall in his Spirit Beast Pouch, then returned to harvest the surrounding Nascent Soul spirit rice and herbs.
• He Song collected the harvested crops and led his puppets to a palace marked Immortal Abode.
• He Song hid Clear Wind, Mingyue, and Idle Cloud, then used his divine sense to place a captured evil cultivator outside the Immortal Abode.

He Song sent a rogue cultivator into a palace called the Immortal Abode, only to discover it was filled with pleasure-themed puppets rather than a true immortal’s dwelling. After exploring the palace, He Song found another palace labeled Cultivation Chamber and prepared to investigate it as a likely place where the Nascent Soul owner had died and left treasures.

• He Song awakened a Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator and watched him enter the Immortal Abode after spotting something inside.
• He Song sent Clear Wind Bright Moon and Idle Cloud to investigate and discovered the Immortal Abode held numerous seductive puppets and a puppet seated like a senior cultivator.
• The rogue cultivator mistook the seated puppet for a senior, and Idle Cloud later killed him when he tried to intercept it.
• He Song’s puppets searched the Immortal Abode and found only Golden Core puppets before continuing deeper into the Nascent Soul abode.
• He Song reached a palace labeled Cultivation Chamber, judged it a likely death-seclusion chamber containing the owner’s remains and fortune, and turned his attention to the four remaining rogue cultivators.

He Song used Yan Yang, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who claimed to be Ancestor Zhengyang’s granddisciple, to investigate a Nascent Soul’s cultivation chamber while preparing to kill him and conceal the discovery. Yan Yang opened the chamber door, awakening a powerful aura inside, and He Song cautiously tightened control of the surrounding array.

• He Song awakened the strongest captured evil cultivator, and Yan Yang begged for his life by claiming to be Ancestor Zhengyang’s granddisciple.
• He Song suspected Yan Yang might truly be connected to Ancestor Zhengyang, decided to kill him and search his soul, and prepared another evil cultivator as a decoy against possible tracking magic.
• Yan Yang explored the cultivation chamber but failed to uncover what lay inside using his Foundation Establishment methods.
• Yan Yang pushed open the chamber doors, awakening a powerful aura within the Nascent Soul.
• He Song sensed the aura from outside and cautiously controlled the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array without extending his divine sense into the Nascent Soul.

He Song discovered that a powerful Golden Core Great Perfection puppet guarded the cultivation chamber and watched it kill Blazing Sun True Person. After the puppet returned to its dormant state, He Song sent another demonic cultivator to investigate while keeping his own distance.

• He Song sensed that the awakening aura belonged to a puppet and dispersed the needles he had formed in the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array.
• Blazing Sun True Person cautiously opened the cultivation chamber and used his divine sense to investigate inside.
• The awakened puppet struck Blazing Sun True Person dead, then returned to its place and became a statue again.
• He Song found no tracking mark on Blazing Sun True Person's body and concluded that his claim of being Ancestor Zhengyang's grand-disciple had been false.
• He Song removed the corpse, brought another demonic cultivator to the chamber, and awakened him to continue probing.

He Song surveyed the cultivation chamber through Clear Wind, found a seemingly Nascent Soul cultivator’s undecayed corpse, and suppressed the chamber’s puppets before a rogue cultivator could be killed. The rogue cultivator searched the corpse and uncovered five high-grade Spirit Stones, while He Song kept watch and prepared to intervene.

• He Song used Clear Wind to inspect the cultivation chamber and spotted its puppets, talisman-making tools, and an undecayed corpse on a meditation cushion.
• He Song considered refining the corpse into a Nascent Soul puppet but chose to investigate cautiously in case it contained hidden defenses.
• He Song controlled the Myriad Swords Return to Origin Array to suppress the puppets, saving the Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator who entered the chamber.
• The rogue cultivator searched the corpse and took its Storage Pouch and Sound Transmission Talisman, then examined the pouch’s contents.
• He Song recognized five differently colored Spirit Stones in the rogue cultivator’s hands as high-grade Spirit Stones and continued watching for his next move.

He Song watched a rogue cultivator loot the cultivation chamber before killing him as he departed, then examined the enormous wealth recovered from his Storage Pouch. He found valuable Spirit Artifacts and approached the Jade Slips cautiously, leaving the chapter with him beginning to inspect the ones that seemed safe.

• The rogue cultivator took the Spirit Stones and talisman-making tools, then tried unsuccessfully to cut open the Nascent Soul corpse for its supposed Golden Core.
• The rogue cultivator bowed to the corpse and left the chamber, and He Song killed him with a flick of his finger as he headed toward a distant palace.
• Clear Wind retrieved the rogue cultivator's Storage Pouch, and He Song discovered more than five million mid-grade Spirit Stones, several thousand high-grade Spirit Stones, and other treasures.
• He Song found several high-grade or possibly Top-grade Spirit Artifacts and set them aside, hoping they would advance his artifact-refining skill.
• He Song avoided immediately examining the Jade Slips on precious spiritwood shelves in case their techniques or secret arts had been tampered with, but checked the casually discarded slips and found they contained no cultivation techniques or secret arts.