Chapter Summaries

Zhu Yu opened Lan’s bronze box, learned the history of the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins, and obtained the Naga Eye before completing his Foundation Establishment breakthrough. His new life essence affected those around him, and Little Black revealed that the Starry Wood would need to eat Little Seven to bear fruit.

• Zhu Yu opened the bronze box and resisted Lan’s will, uncovering Lan’s past and memories of the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins’ destruction and decline.
• Zhu Yu took the Naga Eye, recognized its lower-grade Divine Ability, and fed Hai’s origin essence blood to the Source Sea to establish a Tu Fishman bloodline.
• Zhu Yu emerged as a Great True Person, prompting Foundation Establishment cultivators across the Spirit Ruins to take notice and his companions on Tomb Island to welcome him.
• Zhu Yu found that his life essence frightened his demonic beasts and altered nearby surfaces, then used divine sense to shield its effects.
• Little Black told Zhu Yu that the Starry Wood was about to bloom but would need to eat Little Seven before it could bear fruit.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Zhu Yu received visits and gifts from fellow cultivators and arranged for help establishing his residence. He then visited the Dharma Repository to study Foundation Establishment cultivation methods, but lacked the contribution points to obtain the formation manual he wanted.

• Little Black explained that the Starry Wood needed Little Seven's Spirit Snatch ability to nourish its life source, while Zhu Yu welcomed Zhu Er, Zhong Li, and the others to his island.
• Zhu Yu invited Zhou Tong, Liang Kuan, Lu Wanrong, Bai Yan, and Shangguan Jiang to help establish his residence; Zhou Tong declined because of his duties.
• More than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators visited Zhu Yu with gifts and requests to send juniors and open shops at his future residence, and he accepted their offers.
• True Person Ma told Zhu Yu that the sect would prepare his residence by the True Lord's decree, and Zhu Yu asked him to begin as soon as possible.
• Zhu Yu went to the Dharma Repository, found a second-tier formations book priced beyond his contribution points, and read about the Jade Eating Method and cultivation through the Foundation Establishment Realm's nine heavens.

Zhu Yu studied Foundation Establishment methods and chose Thousand-Autumn Undying, then learned from Ancestor Xiang that Golden Core breakthroughs had repeatedly failed and that the heavens seemed to prevent them. He visited True Person Ma to ask about becoming Prefecture Master, and the chapter ended with True Person Ma saying the location was Zhu Yu’s choice.

• Zhu Yu compared Foundation Establishment methods, selected Thousand-Autumn Undying, and recorded the Three Calamities Corpse Record as a possible method for constructing a Corpse Domain.
• Zhu Yu confronted Ancestor Xiang at the Xiang Family ancestral hall and demanded compensation, but Ancestor Xiang said he had already sold his alchemy experience and Pseudo-Foundation Establishment.
• Ancestor Xiang told Zhu Yu that no one had successfully broken through to Golden Core in over a thousand years, suggesting that the heavens forbade it and warning that Zhu Yu could not escape the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu left Ancestor Xiang and traveled to Little Qiong Island to ask True Person Ma about the requirements for becoming Prefecture Master.
• True Person Ma said Zhu Yu could choose any location within Qingping Tower’s territory, and Zhu Yu asked when the construction would begin.

Zhu Yu secured permission to enter the Spirit Marsh Secret Realm and learned that Qingping True Lord was preparing to act against the Martial Realm. He captured Hai’s Jiaoren descendant Whale and a Golden Turtle, then returned to Tomb Island to check on the Starry Wood.

• True Person Ma offered Zhu Yu help and urged him to strengthen himself before the other Spirit Ruins Masters appeared and Qingping True Lord issued a decree.
• Zhu Yu obtained Ma’s mark to enter the Spirit Marsh Secret Realm, where he sought Hai’s descendant and found that it was a Jiaoren named Whale.
• Zhu Yu used Hai’s jade talisman to restrain the Kun Fish, then captured Whale and a Golden Turtle and stored them in his Ten Thousand Beast Bag.
• Chen Ying told True Person Ma that she had once worked with Zhu Yu, then privately showed a venomous look after he left.
• Zhu Yu returned to Tomb Island and found that the Starry Wood had quickly gained spiritual wisdom; Little Black indicated that life essence could cultivate it, while Little Seven disagreed.

Zhu Yu confirmed that Starry Wood had developed intelligence and might be a God-Grade Divine Gift, then arranged plans to explore the Fungal Domain and cultivate his growing resources. He accepted Whale as a potential Affiliate Foundation Establishment cultivator, told Zhu Yi he would soon open a mansion, and prepared to test a new transmission array.

• Zhu Yu discovered that Little Black had overworked Little Seven to feed Starry Wood, comforted Little Seven, and warned Little Black not to deplete it again.
• Zhu Yu inspected Starry Wood, saw its three powerful effects, and considered traveling to the Fungal Domain to search for Divine Gifts and contact the outside Insect Tribe.
• Zhu Yu brought Whale under his protection, confirmed its Jiaoren bloodline, and sent it to the Underground Mausoleum to study information and a body-refining method.
• Zhu Yi asked to visit her family, and Zhu Yu offered to bring her son Mie'er to join his household when he opened a mansion; Little White and Xiao Qing gave Zhu Yi gifts for her trip home.
• Zhu Yu activated an array made from Void Crystals and planned to transmit three thousand Soul Particles to test it, while wondering whether a Life Origin Stone could replace Little Seven's Life Essence.

Zhu Yu formed his Dao Foundation, gathered Cailing and his spirit-beast neighbors for a journey to the Fungal Domain, and enlisted Heitu to guide them. After seven days on the road, they encountered a Giant Bamboo Elephant Beetle caravan, and Heitu realized it could lead them to their destination.

• Zhu Yu used the returning Soul Particles to form a Graveyard Mound-shaped Dao Foundation and prepared to travel to the Fungal Domain with Cailing.
• Zhu Yu invited his neighbors to come along, gave them Mountain Master-level Spirit Power Food, and gifted the Hummingbird Couple a jade plaque to help their offspring.
• Two days later, Zhu Yu and the spirit beasts asked Heitu to guide them to the Fungal Domain, and he agreed in hopes of exchanging his Jade Coins for Life Immortal Dew.
• After seven days, the group encountered Giant Bamboo Elephant Beetles in the rain, and Zhu Yu led his companions aside to avoid them.
• Heitu recognized the beetles' route and urged Zhu Yu's group to follow them toward the Fungal Domain.

Zhu Yu followed the Big-Nosed Elephant Beetles to a Market, where Cailing defended him and Fire Tail challenged the Three-Headed Dog clan. After buying Spirit Power Food for his companions, Zhu Yu approached a Big-Nosed Elephant Beetle Mountain Master to purchase Meat Ganoderma Grass.

• Zhu Yu and his companions followed the Big-Nosed Elephant Beetles for three days and reached a Market where the beetles traded Meat Ganoderma Grass.
• Cailing told Zhu Yu that her failed breakthrough had shared lingering beneficence with their neighbors, and that Zhu Yu would receive something from the Old White Fox when he reached Mountain Master.
• Cailing knocked down Red Flower Ox after it attacked Zhu Yu over his Jade Coin, and Fire Tail insulted the Three-Headed Dog guarding the Market before overpowering it.
• San Gou'er recognized Zhu Yu as a guest from the Big-Winged Wasp tribe, but fled after Cailing's presence seemed to unsettle it.
• Zhu Yu exchanged Jade Coins for Life Origin Stones and bought Yellow-Furred Peaches, Thousand-Leaf Kiwis, and Cold Water Snow Lotuses for his companions.
• Zhu Yu approached the Big-Nosed Elephant Beetle Mountain Master to ask about buying Meat Ganoderma Grass Spirit Power Food and seeds.

Zhu Yu traded a Star Mushroom seed to Qulong Mountain Master for a Meat Ganoderma seed, then bought Sea Demon Nuli goods from Jia Twenty-Three and realized the Insect Realm was far stronger than outsiders believed. After reaching the Fungal Domain route, he discovered the goods included lord-level Meat Ganoderma Fruits, while Cailing warned him not to eat them.

• Zhu Yu exchanged Hua Ling’s Star Mushroom seed with Qulong Mountain Master for a high-quality Meat Ganoderma spirit seed.
• Zhu Yu met Jia Twenty-Three, learned its mother was the Sea Demon Nuli lord, and bought its Sea Demon Nuli seeds and fruits for eighteen Jade Coins.
• Cailing urged Zhu Yu to purchase Jia Twenty-Three’s goods, and Zhu Yu realized the Insect Realm had many Golden Core-level Lords and might lure outsiders like prey.
• Jia Twenty-Three sold Zhu Yu a Spider Silk Bag of Meat Ganoderma Grass for two Jade Coins, and Qulong Mountain Master sent the group away from the beetle gathering.
• Heitu returned with Wu Yang, who agreed to guide Zhu Yu’s group to the Fungal Domain for one thousand Life Origin Stones, and they set out together.
• At a stream, Zhu Yu opened Jia Twenty-Three’s bags and found lord-level Meat Ganoderma Fruits; Cailing ate one and warned Zhu Yu that they would harm his transformation into a Mountain Master.

Zhu Yu discovered that Sea Demon Nuli fruit strengthened his divine sense and helped him advance to a high-level second-instar Insect Clan Warrior, while he nurtured its spiritual species as a Life Seed. Back in the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins, he learned an expedition against the Martial Realm was approaching and began preparing a large Tu Fishman force.

• Zhu Yu learned from Cailing that the purple-robed Sea Demon Nuli spiritual species could become a Divine Gift if nurtured in a Life Realm by a king-grade Insect Clan Warrior, though a strange power prevented Cailing from explaining the Life Realm.
• Zhu Yu shared Meat Ganoderma Fruit with Cailing and Fire Tail, while Fire Tail and the other spirit beasts drove off the Three-Headed Dog Heizi when he tried to claim their share.
• Zhu Yu ate the Sea Demon Nuli fruits, tempered his Dao Foundation and divine sense, then molted and advanced to a high-level second-instar Insect Clan Warrior before nurturing the Sea Demon Nuli Algae in his Life Sac.
• At Qingping Tower, Zhu Yu asked the chat group about the Insect Realm, and Fenghou offered him bronze statues in exchange for Insect Clan remains with a Divine Gift or Mountain Master Realm.
• Zhu Yu realized an expedition against the Martial Realm was approaching and decided to raise a force of Tu Fishman warriors, ordering cultivation materials and sending the Mystic Water Thunder and Water Control Divine Ability Dharma Seeds into the Black Sun.

Zhu Yu refined his new divine abilities, cultivated his Life Spirit Ruins, and sent a Split Spirit toward the Canglan Spirit Ruins. After True Lord Huiyue sent him a Dark Elf named Nuoya, Zhu Yu discovered that her desire could draw power from the Abyss and wondered whether a Divine Spirit’s position could be taken.

• Zhu Yu learned that Hai’s Mystic Water Thunder connected to the Nine Heavens Thunder Domain and absorbed accumulated resources to expand and stabilize his Life Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu began analyzing Three Calamities Corpse Record and Underworld Coffin, then sent a Split Spirit to investigate the Canglan Spirit Ruins.
• True Lord Huiyue sent Zhu Yu a First-Order Perfected Dark Elf named Nuoya, and Zhu Yu thanked the messenger with Spirit Power Food for Huiyue.
• Zhu Yu sensed Nuoya’s desire and saw it unify into a source of Abyssal power that advanced her cultivation and formed a divine-art mark.
• Zhu Yu speculated that a Divine Spirit’s position might be usurped, then assigned Nuoya to Zhu Yi and branded her with a mana mark.

Zhu Yu oversaw the construction of his new residence while True Person Ma learned of Life Immortal Dew and flew into a rage at Ming Lan. As Ma Feng fought the Sword Peak Master, Zhu Yu sent a bolt of Mystic Water Thunder through the passage toward the battle, drawing several unseen gazes.

• Zhu Yu inspected the construction of his residence and gave True Person Ma Spirit Power Fruits from the Insect Realm.
• After hearing about Life Immortal Dew, True Person Ma left Zhu Yu and attacked Ming Lan at the Three-Ring Island Chain, accusing her of deceiving him.
• The Sword Peak Master rescued Ming Lan, but True Person Ma transformed into a towering figure and fought him with the Mountain-Crashing Pestle.
• Qingping Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered to watch, while they stopped Shangguan Zhong and another Sword Peak cultivator from joining the fight.
• Zhu Yu sensed True Person Ma falling behind and sent a bolt of Mystic Water Thunder through the passage toward the Sword Peak Master, alerting several unseen observers.

Zhu Yu’s Mystic Water Thunder nearly killed the Sword Peak Master and grievously wounded Ming Lan, then he learned why True Person Ma had confronted her. He entered the Black Sea of the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins and joined other Life Spirit Ruins cultivators, where Lianhua’s arrival signaled that the Evil Tide was approaching.

• Zhu Yu’s thunder struck the Sword Peak Master down, and True Person Ma and the other cultivators fled while Ming Lan stayed behind.
• Ming Lan’s attempt to disperse the remaining thunder triggered it to surge through her magic power and leave her grievously wounded; the Sword Peak Master survived and departed.
• Zhu Yu revealed to True Person Ma that his Life Spirit Ruins had amplified the Mystic Water Thunder, and True Person Ma explained how Ming Lan had deceived him with promises of Life Immortal Dew.
• Zhu Yu entered the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins and met Hong Sheng, Li Hui, Fan Yu, Bai Qing, Qing Ju, Yu Mang, Li Zhen, and other Foundation Establishment True Persons gathered by the Black Sea.
• Lianhua arrived, and Hong Sheng challenged her to lead the vanguard against the Evil Tide, prompting her to insist that the sect master and senior sisters should lead instead.

Zhu Yu joined Hong Sheng and the other Foundation Establishment True Persons in facing the Evil Tide, then harvested its remains and obtained a Myriad Beast Essence Soul. Back at Tomb Island, he discovered Xiao Qing and Little White were drawn to a Naga Eye, which he brought out for them.

• Hong Sheng explained the Evil Tide and led the gathered True Persons in confronting it, swiftly cutting down most of the Evil Monsters with Soul Severing.
• Zhu Yu joined the cleanup, discovered that slain Evil Monsters left Spirit Ruins Origin and spiritual object essences, and used Mass Grave to kill a second-tier monster.
• Zhu Yu obtained a blood-red Myriad Beast Essence Soul and learned from Zhuiyun that it could help demon beasts restore their ancestral bloodlines.
• Zhu Yu returned to Tomb Island and checked Xiao Qing and Little White, finding that they had accumulated six Spirit Ruins Origins over the past year.
• Zhu Yu took a sapphire Naga Eye from a bronze box, and Xiao Qing and Little White eagerly fixed their attention on it.

Zhu Yu assessed the resources and time needed to advance his Life Spirit Ruins, then prepared his Split Spirit to plunder the Martial Realm. As Hundred Treasures Pavilion delivered his requested resources, four disciples arrived hoping to congratulate him on his advancement.

• Zhu Yu found that Starry Wood’s transformation had given Little Black a moon attribute and the Moon Swallowing innate art, then obtained twenty-five moon-attribute Spirit Ruins Origins for it.
• Zhu Yu fed a Spirit Ruins Origin to the Dragon-Blooded Kobold and discovered that Black Tiger was transforming into a Copper-Armored Corpse.
• Zhu Yu calculated the immense resources and time required to reach Foundation Establishment Third Heaven and directed his Split Spirit to prepare for conquering parts of the Martial Realm.
• Zhu Yu sorted his remaining possessions as a Hundred Treasures Pavilion Flying Boat arrived at Tomb Island with the resources he had requested.
• Whale escorted Xun Su, Ni Ying, Qiao Hewei, and Bai Meng to the island, where they asked Zhu Yi to report their visit and congratulations to Zhu Yu.

Xun Su, Ni Ying, Qiao Hewei, and Bai Meng visited Zhu Yu, where Bai Meng presented a second-rank jade talisman and won Zhu Yu’s agreement to accept him as a disciple. Bai Meng then acted as if he controlled Zhu Yu’s household, while Zhu Yu watched him closely and wondered whether he had been possessed by a divine soul.

• Zhu Yi brought Xun Su, Ni Ying, Qiao Hewei, and Bai Meng into the hall to meet Zhu Yu, while Xun Su and Bai Meng argued outside.
• Bai Meng offered Zhu Yu his quasi-second-rank Sweet Dew talisman and insisted on becoming his disciple, and Zhu Yu accepted him despite the sect’s rule against master-disciple inheritance.
• When Whale announced Bai Xu’s arrival, Zhu Yu initially refused to see him, but Bai Meng urged him to receive Bai Xu for the sake of Bai Meng’s older brother.
• Bai Meng criticized Whale and proposed making it into talisman material, then intervened to excuse Bai Xu and treated him as an honored guest.
• Bai Meng ordered Zhu Yi to bring better tea and pastries, and Zhu Yu silently watched his increasingly brazen behavior while suspecting he was not possessed.

Zhu Yu uncovered the cracked Crystal Ball as a Strange Artifact Treasure, then used the Source Sea to breed ten thousand Tu Fishmen. He left Whale to manage the unruly fishmen as his Mansion was completed.

• Zhu Yu found and extracted the memory of Bai Meng obtaining the cracked Crystal Ball, while Bai Xu's attempt to apologize with gifts ended with Zhu Yu sending him flying alongside his Flying Boat.
• Zhu Yu recruited Xun Su, Ni Ying, and Qiao Hewei into his Mansion, gave Bai Meng an Explosive Ape, and had Whale escort him off Tomb Island.
• Zhu Yu retrieved the Crystal Ball and discovered that its Fantasy Power could turn firmly believed ideas into reality, though his attempt to extend his lifespan only produced a White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit.
• Zhu Yu filled the Source Sea with corpses, spiritual materials, and soul fragments to cultivate ten thousand Tu Fishmen, including more than a dozen Greater Tu Fishmen.
• Zhu Yu assigned Whale to raise the Tu Fishmen, and Whale struggled to manage them until he enlisted Zhong Li, Zhu Er, and the servants; Zhu Yu's Mansion was finally completed.

Zhu Yu established Yinming Mansion and activated the Tongyou array, linking the mansion to the Life Spirit Ruins and filling it with spiritual energy and treasures. After welcoming True Person Ma and his companions, he promised Ma Life Immortal Dew and discovered that Liang Kuan’s gift was a complete Blood Demon’s Heart Core, enough to help the Blood Slave advance to the second rank.

• Zhu Yu inspected Yinming Mansion, refined the Tongyou array, and connected it to the Life Spirit Ruins, drawing spiritual qi and useful substances into the mansion.
• True Person Ma told Zhu Yi, Liang Kuan, Bai Yan, Zhou Tong, Hong Xingwang, Xun Su, Ni Ying, Bai Meng, Qiao Hewei, and the others to seek the spiritual treasures forming in the mansion, and they gathered several valuable items.
• Zhu Yu invited True Person Ma and the others into the Inverted Tower, where they saw the training Tu Fishmen, Starry Wood, and Little Black.
• True Person Ma asked Zhu Yu to obtain Life Immortal Dew, and Zhu Yu promised him a portion that could extend his life by a sixty-year cycle, explaining its woodification side effect.
• Zhu Yu assigned Liang Kuan and the others to recruit disciples for Yinming Mansion, then found a complete Blood Demon’s Heart Core among the gifts and realized it could help the Blood Slave advance to the second rank.

Zhu Yu used the Blood Demon Heart Core to prepare the Blood Slave for a second-order breakthrough, while Meng swore an Abyssal Great Oath that bound her to him. As Yinming Mansion rapidly recruited disciples, Qi Refining Perfection cultivators began arriving, giving Zhu Yu potential candidates for his limited Affiliate Foundation Establishment slots.

• The Liang Family sent Zhu Yu a Blood Demon Heart Core, and he decided Liang Kuan might later become an Affiliate Foundation Establishment.
• Zhu Yu activated an altar and sent the Blood Slave into the Abyss with the Heart Core to attempt a breakthrough.
• Meng sensed the Abyss's powerful will, cursed the Blood Slave, and then swore an Abyssal Great Oath that bound her to Zhu Yu.
• Meng told Zhu Yu that the Abyss favored him and that staying near him would help her advance to the second order.
• Zhu Yu observed the Tu Fishmen's poor training and decided to cultivate more of them and improve their bloodlines.
• Yinming Mansion recruited nearly a thousand disciples in one day, and Late Qi Refining cultivators followed by Qi Refining Perfection cultivators began appearing among the applicants.

Yinming Mansion recruited cultivators, including Qiao Heyong and Hong Youfu, while Zhu Yi brought her son Cao Kun to meet Zhu Yu. Zhu Yu identified promising Foundation Establishment candidates and learned that Dragon-Severing True Person recommended Hong Youfu; then something he had been waiting for finally arrived.

• Qiao Heyong arrived to join Yinming Mansion, and Hong Youfu came at the Prefecture Master's invitation before registering as a perfected Qi Refining cultivator.
• Zhu Yi brought Cao Kun to meet Whale, who gave Cao Kun a Turtle Pearl and took them to Yinming Mansion on the Golden Turtle.
• Wu Yu and the other youths learned that Cao Kun's mother served Zhu Yu, the mansion's True Person, and regretted how they had treated him.
• Zhu Yu reviewed the recruits, recognized Qiao Heyong's talent, and asked Dragon-Severing True Person about Hong Youfu.
• Dragon-Severing True Person praised Hong Youfu and recommended him to Zhu Yu, prompting other True Persons to ask for disciples as well.
• Zhu Yu thanked Dragon-Severing True Person, then sensed the arrival of something he considered unreliable.

Zhu Yu and his companions reached the Red Fire Ant Market Ruins, where he learned about its rules, gained ideas for using God-Given Spirit Seeds in formations, and recruited two Bear Bees. He brought his group to the gate leading to the Fungal Domain, ready to enter and search for spirit seeds.

• Zhu Yu and his companions arrived at the Red Fire Ant Market Ruins after a grueling journey through the rain, and Zhu Yu paid the entry fees and ten days' lodging for the group.
• Yang guided Zhu Yu through the market, where Zhu Yu saw that the Red Fire Ants used a God-Given Spirit Seed called the Rain Flower Umbrella as the foundation of their protective formation.
• Zhu Yu bought ordinary spirit seeds and a jar of Bear Honey from Yutou, then asked the Bear Bee to move, but Yutou initially refused because its home was there.
• Yutou offered Xiong Da and Xiong Er to Zhu Yu, who welcomed the two Bear Bees into his group.
• Zhu Yu led his companions to the center of the Market Ruins and looked at the gate to the Fungal Domain.