Chapter Summaries

Lin Chang'an helped the Glazed Saintess ignite her Glazed Pure Fire, and the resulting breakthrough sparked rumors about their relationship across Blazing Snow City and the North Cold Alliance. After she promised to repay him with Divine Sense resources, Lin Chang'an welcomed the attention as the Vajra Temple moved its Sect Grand Competition forward.

• The Glazed Saintess opened her mind to Lin Chang'an, who used Sun Essence Fire and her prepared materials to help her ignite the Glazed Pure Fire.
• When the spirit flame threatened to damage her, Lin Chang'an supplied Sun-Piercing Divine Sword fire and Spirit Liquid, allowing her flame to ignite and impurities to be driven out.
• Three months later, the Glazed Saintess's Dharma Aspect reached the Spirit Transformation Late Stage, startling Blazing Snow City cultivators and fueling rumors about her and Lin Chang'an.
• After emerging from seclusion, the Glazed Saintess promised to obtain Vajra Temple treasures and secret arts to help Lin Chang'an advance his Divine Sense, then returned to her Sect.
• The Peacock Princess discussed her plans to break the seal and rally former followers with Demon Venerable Jin Peng, while Jin Feng showed Lin Chang'an reports of the spreading rumors.
• Vajra Temple elders debated the Saintess's stay at Lin Chang'an's cave residence and decided to hold the Sect Grand Competition ahead of schedule.

Lin Chang'an welcomed the Glazed Saintess back to Blazing Snow City and received a rare Divine Sense breakthrough technique along with intelligence about the Spirit Realm. As the Saintess prepared for Vajra Temple’s Grand Competition, Lin Chang'an resolved to focus on strengthening himself before pursuing the wider world.

• Lin Chang'an reflected on the limits of his formation work in resource-poor North Cold Continent and sent a gift to Ling Qiao'er for her Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• At Ling Qiao'er's celebration, the cultivators saw that Evil Blade Patriarch was nearing death, and he gave her a Spirit Object meant for his own breakthrough.
• Lin Chang'an advised Zhao Lingyue about the dangers of the Spirit Realm, lent her a protective formation, and encouraged her search for Xingyue.
• The Glazed Saintess returned after five years, explained that her breakthrough had strengthened her standing at Vajra Temple, and asked Lin Chang'an to make a formation for her Fire Element abilities.
• The Glazed Saintess gave Lin Chang'an a rare secret technique for breaking through with Divine Sense and shared what she knew about the Spirit Realm's northern regions.
• Lin Chang'an realized that powerful factions were sharing intelligence about major threats and decided to prioritize his Divine Sense breakthrough.

Lin Chang'an and his companions raided a Thousand Mechanism Sect stronghold to seize a powerful Yin-Soul Beast King puppet and obtain a soul crystal for his divine-sense breakthrough. They escaped with the sealed puppet, while the surviving defenders alerted nearby strongholds.

• Jin Feng and Lin Chang'an discussed obtaining a soul crystal from a Yin-Soul Beast King and chose a Thousand Mechanism Sect stronghold guarded by puppet masters.
• Lin Chang'an infiltrated the stronghold, impersonated its cultivators, and sabotaged its formations before signaling Fairy Ice Butterfly, Jin Feng, and Green Ox to attack.
• Fairy Ice Butterfly, Jin Feng, and Green Ox overwhelmed the defenders as Lin Chang'an trapped the strongest Spirit Transformation cultivator inside his Yin-Yang Five-Elements Diagram.
• Lin Chang'an and the Sword Servant killed the trapped cultivator and sealed his Yin-Soul Beast King puppet inside the Formation Diagram.
• Lin Chang'an and his companions escaped the stronghold, and the surviving Thousand Mechanism Sect cultivators called for reinforcements.

Lin Chang'an advanced his divine sense to Spirit Transformation Late Stage while preparing to leave the North Cold Continent, then joined Blazing Snow City's cultivators as the Evil Blade Patriarch settled his affairs and chose to die through Primordial Spirit Liberation. The Evil Blade Patriarch left treasures and resources to his allies and descendants before his death, which renewed Lin Chang'an's resolve to survive his own cultivation journey.

• Lin Chang'an divided the spoils from his raid with Jin Feng and the Green-Horned Ox, then entered seclusion to break through his divine sense bottleneck.
• The Glazed Saintess resolved to compete for the opportunity to reach Void Refinement when her sect's secret realm opened twenty years later.
• Lin Chang'an advanced his divine sense to Spirit Transformation Late Stage, strengthened his Soul Spike, and discussed his plans to leave the North Cold Continent with Red-Clothed.
• Lin Chang'an and other cultivators gathered as the Evil Blade Patriarch distributed his treasures and arranged resources and protection for his descendants.
• The Evil Blade Patriarch burned his remaining life and used Primordial Spirit Liberation to die, leaving behind a Golden Skeleton and a Blood-Red Sarira.
• Lin Chang'an reflected on the dangers of cultivation and resolved to be more cautious so he would not die before reaching the end of his path.

After the Evil Blade Patriarch’s death, Lin Chang’an and Jin Feng weighed their next steps as tensions rose over Demon Venerable Jin Peng’s seclusion. The Golden Child Saint visited Blazing Snow City to probe Lin Chang’an about the Glazed Saintess, and Lin Chang’an decided to answer the provocation by relying on the Ice God Palace.

• Jin Feng proposed gathering intelligence and claiming territory if Demon Venerable Jin Peng failed his tribulation, and Lin Chang’an gave her resources while warning her to be cautious.
• War between the North Cold Continent and the Jade Jewel Continent intensified as the Jade Jewel Continent tried to recruit the Feather Clan.
• The Golden Child Saint arrived in Blazing Snow City claiming he had come to mourn the Evil Blade Patriarch, and the Wild Crane Wanderer suspected he intended to trouble Lin Chang’an.
• The Golden Child Saint mocked Lin Chang’an and probed him about the Glazed Saintess’s cultivation, then clashed with him using divine sense and inspected his sun essence fire.
• After the Golden Child Saint departed, Lin Chang’an resolved to visit the Vajra Temple and use the Ice God Palace’s backing to retaliate.

Lin Chang'an prepared powerful resources for the Glazed Saintess and traveled with Ice God Palace to Vajra Temple, where they staged an intimate display to unsettle the Golden Child Saint before the secret realm competition. The Glazed Saintess challenged Golden Child directly, muddying the other contestants’ plans as Vajra Temple sealed its forbidden grounds for the competition.

• The Glazed Saintess learned that the Golden Child Saint had gone to Blazing Snow City and was using rumors and an ice-type treasure to unsettle her before the competition; Lin Chang'an told her he would come to help.
• Lin Chang'an prepared nine sun essence fire beads, five Five-Elements Puppets, spirit liquid, and two Cold Pearls from Fairy Ice Butterfly, then joined True Lord Yunyi's delegation to Vajra Temple.
• At Vajra Temple, Lin Chang'an greeted the Glazed Saintess intimately and gave her the Storage Bag, while their staged display made the Golden Child Saint wonder whether she had gained a new advantage.
• The Glazed Saintess challenged the Golden Child Saint to a direct contest once the secret realm opened, prompting the other contestants to reconsider their plans.
• After Ice God Palace and the other visiting factions departed, Vajra Temple sealed its forbidden grounds and announced the competition's opening preparations.

Lin Chang'an broke through in his Divine Sense cultivation, then discovered that the Origin Spirit Pill delivered from Vajra Temple contained a toxin meant to block his progress. While he prepared to use the pill to his advantage, the Glazed Saintess celebrated her victory in the sect trial, and the Golden Child Saint learned that his master had a plan to help him pursue Void Refinement.

• Lin Chang'an cultivated Soul Hooking Mystic Sound to Proficient and gained strength comparable to a Late-Stage Spirit Transformation Cultivator specializing in Divine Sense.
• Jin Feng told Lin Chang'an that Demon Venerable Jin Peng's hidden Secret Realm had stirred unrest among the Demon Race, but Lin Chang'an refused to get involved.
• A Vajra Temple disciple delivered an Origin Spirit Pill to Lin Chang'an, who detected longevity vine rootlets and realized its toxin would make cultivation breakthroughs harder.
• Lin Chang'an concluded that someone at Vajra Temple had sent the poisoned pill to undermine him and the Glazed Saintess, and decided to consume it using the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine while pretending to cultivate.
• The Glazed Saintess revealed that she had won first place in the sect trial and obtained the Origin Spirit Pill to fulfill her promise to Lin Chang'an.
• The Golden Child Saint lamented his second-place finish, but his master told him the Glazed Saintess's fully developed Glazed True Body could give him another chance at Void Refinement.

After discovering that Vajra Temple’s Origin Spirit Pill had been tampered with, Lin Chang'an targeted the alchemist’s disciples and killed a fire-attribute monk while disguising the attack as the work of the Loose Cultivator Alliance. He escaped with a trove of spirit plants, but Vajra Temple found clues implicating the Alliance and began an investigation.

• Lin Chang'an learned from Jin Feng that a high-grade fifth-rank alchemist connected to the Golden Child Saint had likely tampered with his Origin Spirit Pill to eliminate a rival for the Glazed Saintess.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng lured a fire-attribute disciple of the alchemist into an ambush, poisoned and killed him, and looted his rare spirit field.
• Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng staged the killing to appear connected to the Loose Cultivator Alliance, then Lin Chang'an used the Profound Heaven Immortal Vine to consume the monk while preserving a trace of his remnant soul.
• A concealed golden light escaped from the cave, and the dead monk’s master traced his last aura to the site and found evidence pointing to the Loose Cultivator Alliance and a fire-attribute Spirit Transformation cultivator.

True Lord Qingxu fled after learning that his five-elements blood-fiend scheme had been exposed, while Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng divided spoils and resources from the Vajra Temple. Three years later, the Golden Child Saint returned to probe Lin Chang'an about a tampered Origin Spirit Pill, and Lin Chang'an quietly vowed to disrupt his plans with the Glazed Saintess.

• True Lord Qingxu received a warning that the Vajra Temple was coming for him, staged signs of a battle, and fled the Loose Cultivator Alliance while blaming Lin Chang'an and Jin Feng.
• Lin Chang'an explained that Qingxu had abandoned his alliance to hide his real intentions, then shared spirit fruits and other spoils with Jin Feng and set aside resources for their companions.
• Lin Chang'an examined Vajra Temple alchemy records, learned Mo Yin was preparing to advance to Spirit Transformation, and agreed that Mo Yin could serve as a hidden reserve in the Storm Mountain Range.
• Three years later, Lin Chang'an reached 93 points in Mid-Stage Spirit Transformation cultivation but recognized that scarce resources would make further advancement difficult.
• The Golden Child Saint visited Blazing Snow City with two monks, whose Dharma Eye confirmed Lin Chang'an's cultivation had risen; the Golden Child Saint concluded that Lin Chang'an had not detected the flaw in the Origin Spirit Pill.
• Lin Chang'an denied knowing Qingxu's whereabouts and resented Vajra Temple's investigation, then learned from Old Devil Hehuan that the Golden Child Saint sought the Glazed Saintess as a Dao companion and resolved to interfere.

The Glazed Saintess discovered that the Golden Child Saint and her master had secretly tampered with Lin Chang'an’s Origin Spirit Pill to curb his potential, and she decided to retaliate while preserving her standing in Vajra Temple. After keeping her agreement with Lin Chang'an, she joined him in planning a more dangerous scheme against Golden Boy.

• After the Vajra Temple party left Blazing Snow City, the Golden Child Saint’s junior brother confirmed that Lin Chang'an’s cultivation had not reached Spirit Transformation Late Stage, but the Golden Child Saint chose not to act without evidence.
• Two years later, the Glazed Saintess examined Vajra Temple’s treasury records and found that the Origin Spirit Pill given to Lin Chang'an contained longevity vine rootlets and was marked as unsuitable for the sect’s cultivators.
• The Glazed Saintess confronted her master, who admitted the sect had acted to suppress Lin Chang'an’s potential, and encouraged her to treat her retaliation against the Golden Child Saint as a personal dispute.
• The Glazed Saintess accepted Golden Boy’s gift of glazed essence, asked him to collect more for Lin Chang'an, and then traveled to Blazing Snow City as promised.
• The Glazed Saintess reassured Lin Chang'an that their agreement still stood, and he asked her to help recover resources from Golden Boy for implicating him.
• The Glazed Saintess proposed a trap to make Golden Boy’s life difficult, while Lin Chang'an considered involving Old Devil Hehuan in the scheme.

Lin Chang'an, the Glazed Saintess, and Old Devil Hehuan agreed to trap Golden Boy, with Hehuan disguising himself using a Demon Core and the Saintess planning to weaken Golden Boy first. After years of preparation and cultivation, the Glazed Saintess received Lin Chang'an's message and left Vajra Temple for Blazing Snow City, drawing Golden Boy's suspicion.

• Lin Chang'an and the Glazed Saintess persuaded Old Devil Hehuan to join their scheme against Golden Boy by offering him the chance to advance his cultivation and providing demonic disguises.
• The Glazed Saintess told Lin Chang'an she would find a chance to injure Golden Boy, while Lin Chang'an agreed to refine her spiritual items before acting.
• Lin Chang'an learned more about Vajra Temple's Buddhist heritage and the Glazed True Body, then entered seclusion to cultivate and refine the items.
• The Glazed Saintess returned to Vajra Temple, gained status and resources, and accepted Golden Boy's gifts while keeping her plans concealed.
• Several years later, the Glazed Saintess received a Sound Transmission Jade Talisman, emerged from seclusion, and left for Blazing Snow City as Golden Boy watched her suspiciously.