Chapter Summaries

Zhu Yu and Hua Ling discovered that pairing sour West Mansion Begonia Divine Gift fruits with flower honey made them exceptionally delicious, prompting Zhu Yu to plan their sale. After Hua Ling counted the harvest and gave Zhu Yu a large supply of Life Immortal Dew, Zhu Yu arranged for Fire Tail to make attractive containers for pickling the fruit, just as a Big Grass Rat arrived with a message.

• Zhu Yu gave Hua Ling a West Mansion Begonia Divine Gift fruit and flower honey, and Hua Ling found the combination delicious.
• Zhu Yu proposed selling West Mansion Begonia Divine Gift fruits paired with flower honey, and Hua Ling agreed to help market them.
• Hua Ling counted 347 West Mansion Begonia Divine Gift fruits and 352 White-Tail Pear Divine Gift fruits, totaling 12,260,000 Life Origin Stones at its proposed prices.
• Hua Ling gave Zhu Yu a stone bottle containing over a thousand drops of Life Immortal Dew, but Zhu Yu insisted its value be deducted from the fruit sales.
• Zhu Yu and Hua Ling began preparing the fruit pulp, and Zhu Yu asked Fire Tail to make sturdy, attractive pickling containers.
• A Big Grass Rat arrived beside Zhu Yu and began squeaking loudly.

Zhu Yu harvested three hundred ripe fruits from the Slender-Leaf Sword Cedar and discovered that the tree had enlarged its iron vein and produced spiritual iron. Hua Ling advised him to keep the rare fruit for planting and future God-Given growth, while Zhu Yu hosted a banquet for his neighbors.

• Zhu Yu harvested three hundred Slender-Leaf Sword Cedar fruits and found that the underground iron vein had doubled in size and formed spiritual iron.
• Zhu Yu returned to Giant Peak Mountain, where Fire Tail had made containers for Hua Ling, and asked Hua Ling about the cedar fruit and iron vein.
• Hua Ling explained that rare Spirit Seeds were valuable for exchanges and that cultivating wild Spirit Seeds could eventually produce God-Given varieties, so Zhu Yu chose to keep the cedar fruits for planting.
• Zhu Yu paused his discussion with Hua Ling to bring dried God-Given fruit and Bear Honey to the banquet, where he found the Moon Sprite running a small betting game.
• Zhu Yu brought out Giant Peak Grapes, God-Given fruit, and Bear Honey for the gathered neighbors, and Fire Tail eagerly ate a piece of West Mansion Begonia fruit.

Zhu Yu shared God-Given fruit with the spirit beasts, revealing to Hua Ling that Giant Peak had more than two God-Given plants and promising him a future share. Hua Ling left to trade and deliver Life Origin Stones, while Zhu Yu noticed that fire-attributed spiritual energy around the formation was growing denser.

• Zhu Yu warned the spirit beasts to eat West Mansion Begonia fruit with Bear Honey, but several ignored him and were overwhelmed by its sourness before he gave them honey.
• Zhu Yu distributed God-Given fruit and Giant Peak Grape Spirit Power Food, while Heitu asked Hua Ling about Life Immortal Dew and then tasted White-Tail Pear fruit.
• Zhu Yu told Hua Ling that Giant Peak had more than two God-Given plants and promised to save him fruit for next year.
• Hua Ling agreed to deliver Xiong Da and Xiong Er's Life Origin Stones to the Red Fire Ant Tribe market for a one-tenth fee, and Zhu Yu warned the two insects about the risks of their approaching molts.
• Hua Ling departed with Fire Tail and the other spirit beasts, and Zhu Yu noticed that fire-attributed spiritual energy was growing denser.

Zhu Yu watched Cailing’s recovery transform the White-Tail Pear and turn his Big-Winged Wasp body into a true avatar, then received a powerful tail feather from her before she departed. Meanwhile, Hua Ling traded God-Given Fruits with Mountain Master Ye Lian for qi-and-blood fruits and Spirit Power Food, while Ye Lian recognized the Big-Winged Wasp as a royal clan.

• Zhu Yu found the White-Tail Pear withering as it shared its vitality with Cailing’s egg, and he replenished the plant with Life Origin Stones.
• Cailing returned to the second rank, transformed the White-Tail Pear into a Fire-attribute spirit plant, and used her power to strengthen Zhu Yu’s Big-Winged Wasp body into an avatar.
• Cailing gave Zhu Yu a tail feather with immense Divine Ability fluctuations and left, telling him to stay behind until she returned.
• Zhu Yu discovered that the transformed White-Tail Pear’s fruit could regenerate severed limbs and left it supplied with Life Origin Stones.
• Hua Ling traded White-Tail Pear and West Mansion Begonia fruits with Mountain Master Ye Lian for lord-grade Goji Berry fruits and mountain-master-grade Spirit Power Food.
• Mountain Master Ye Lian watched Hua Ling leave and identified the Big-Winged Wasp as a royal clan.

Zhu Yu finished planting the Slender-Leaf Sword Cedar grove, traded with Hua Ling, and revealed that the White-Tail Pear God-Given Spirit Seed had mutated into a fire-attribute fruit that could regrow severed limbs. He accepted a group of insects and spirit beasts as new residents of Giant Peak Market, then returned to building a teleportation formation.

• Zhu Yu planted the Slender-Leaf Sword Cedar seeds across Hundred Flower Peak and used Life Immortal Dew to help them sprout.
• Hua Ling traded Zhu Yu God-Given Fruits and Silver Wattle and Soapberry, and Zhu Yu returned some of the Jade Coins so Hua Ling would not take a loss.
• Zhu Yu showed Hua Ling the mutated fire-attribute White-Tail Pear God-Given Spirit Seed, whose fruit could regrow severed limbs, and Hua Ling celebrated its value to his trading business.
• After Hua Ling left, Heizi told Zhu Yu that Heitu had brought unfamiliar insects and spirit beasts to settle in Giant Peak Market.
• Zhu Yu approved Meijiao, Heipi, Wujiao, and the Red Fire Ant as residents and sent them with Heitu to find Fire Tail for housing.
• Zhu Yu returned to the formation and began building a teleportation formation with the Star Disk as its core.

Zhu Yu transported the Goji Berry God-Given Fruits, Life Immortal Dew, Cailing’s tail feather, and a Soul Particle Dao Foundation between his realms, then delivered a fruit to Huang Shi in exchange for a fresh Divine Seed. The chapter left Zhu Yu examining the blood-red crystal and asking which Dharma Image Realm Martial Artist it had come from.

• Zhu Yu used the Myriad Star Disk to send the Goji Berry God-Given Fruits, Life Immortal Dew, and Cailing’s tail feather to his main body, then sent a Dao Foundation containing six thousand Soul Particles back to the Split Spirit.
• Zhu Yu received Cailing’s tail feather, sensed its destructive power, and found that Cailing’s will urged him to use it while refusing to answer when he called.
• Zhu Yu watched the Yong Province Guard fight the Tu Fishmen outside Huangliang City, then visited Huang Shi’s camp and presented him with a lord-level Goji Berry God-Given Fruit.
• Huang Shi gave Zhu Yu a pouch containing a fresh Divine Seed, and Zhu Yu saw a silver-white heart sealed inside its blood-red crystal and asked which Dharma Image Realm Martial Artist it came from.

Zhu Yu negotiated with Huang Shi over Qin Wuxiang’s death, lent Tu Fishmen to allies, and inspected his occupied prefectures as Great Yu martial artists attacked them. He broke through to the Dharma Image Realm, entered the Haoran Long River, and found himself in a cramped wooden room where a yamen runner delivered a sheet of paper.

• Zhu Yu offered Huang Shi God-Given Fruits and life-extending Spirit Liquid in exchange for killing Qin Wuxiang, but Huang Shi refused and instead questioned Great Ancestor Shangguan about Qingping Spirit Ruins.
• Great Ancestor Shangguan suggested killing Qin Wuxiang and seizing his treasures, but Huang Shi rejected the plan and gave him a Military Dao booklet in return for information about the Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu lent Zang Hai three hundred thousand Tu Fishmen and Cang Li and Fu Hongxi one hundred thousand each, telling them to fight their way back and ordering his other allies to help defend Huangliang City.
• Zhu Yu inspected White Tooth, Gelan, Huangqi, Sangma, and Yinlan, where Great Yu martial artists were killing Tu Fishmen, then ordered Whale, Meng, and the Blood Slaves to patrol and retaliate.
• Zhu Yu broke through to the Dharma Image Realm at Qingfeng Stronghold and sensed that he could enter the Haoran Long River.
• Zhu Yu entered the Haoran Long River and found himself in a small wooden room, where a stern yamen runner left a sheet of paper on the desk.

Zhu Yu passed the Haoran Long River’s examination as Top Scholar, gained ten drops of its water, and learned about its trials and strange marketplace. After returning to Qingfeng Stronghold, he led his followers to attack rival factions and laid down rules against infighting and harming innocents, while his Haoran Righteous Sword Dharma Image remained unfinished.

• Zhu Yu completed a series of examinations in the Haoran Long River, glimpsed other cultivators trading through its cells, and earned the Top Scholar title and ten drops of river water.
• Zhu Yu used the river’s water to sharpen his comprehension, then returned to his quiet room and found Yu Fushui, Yulou, Li Ling, Yuan Guang, Dang Qing, Liu Peisan, You Mang, and the others waiting to congratulate him.
• Zhu Yu ordered Qingfeng Stronghold to flatten White Horse Stronghold and eradicate the Zhao Family and the Fisher Gang, then led his followers across Tai Lake by boat.
• Zhu Yu reflected that his Dharma Image, the Haoran Righteous Sword, still needed to be forged through righteous deeds and warned his followers not to become bandits.
• Zhu Yu established rules against killing fellow disciples, harming innocents, violating women, abducting, and plundering, and his followers promised to obey.

Zhu Yu led Qingfeng Stronghold’s forces toward White Horse Island, where he sent his talented subordinates to face the stronghold’s Golden Body Realm fighter without his help. As the battle intensified, they began breaking through their cultivation limits, while their opponent grew frightened and considered retreating.

• Li Ling argued that Tai Lake’s bandit strongholds might be sustained by powerful households and officials, and claimed that records from a century ago named the lake Dragon Court.
• Zhu Yu warned his subordinates that their long-stalled cultivation could break through by fighting White Horse Stronghold’s Golden Body Realm martial artist, but said he would not intervene.
• Zhu Yu studied the Dharma Image Realm’s three grades, resolved to clear out Tai Lake’s demons and monsters, and planned to visit Yong Province after taking the Three Rivers docks.
• Yuan Guang led the charge onto White Horse Island, while merchants watched nearly a thousand Dao Fruit Realm martial artists attack White Horse Stronghold.
• Zhu Yu overheard merchants discussing Heavenly Principle and recognized that the reports concerned his main body.
• Yu Fushui and the others fought White Horse Stronghold’s Golden Body Realm martial artist; their auras grew stronger as they endured his attacks, and he began contemplating retreat.

Zhu Yu gained the Dharma Image divine wonder “Know Good and Evil” after killing White Horse Stronghold’s Golden Body Realm leader, while seven of his subordinates broke through to the Golden Body Realm. After equipping them with new weapons and leaving them to handle the Fisher Gang and Zhao Family, Zhu Yu headed to Gelan Prefecture, where Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu ambushed him.

• Zhu Yu killed White Horse Stronghold’s Golden Body Realm Martial Artist and awakened “Know Good and Evil,” which let him perceive good and evil qi and gain Haoran righteous qi from punishing evil.
• Liu Peisan, Yu Fushui, You Mang, Dang Qing, Yuan Guang, Yulou, and Li Ling broke through to the Golden Body Realm, then celebrated their new ranks and gathered White Horse Stronghold’s spoils.
• Zhu Yu promised the seven sharp weapons or other requested equipment, gave Liu Peisan a blood-red bead, and left him in charge while he was away for half a month to a month.
• Liu Peisan tasked Li Ling and Yulou with contacting Ma Cheng about the Fisher Gang and Zhao Family, while he and the others registered and moved the spoils.
• Zhu Yu arrived outside a city in Gelan Prefecture and was ambushed by Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu, who gouged out his heart before he regenerated and unleashed the “Mass Grave” Divine Ability.

Zhu Yu was killed by Wanyan Hong but revived in his Spirit Ruins, then regrouped his forces as Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu departed. Little Jade returned after advancing to the second rank with two innate Divine Abilities, and Zhu Yu brought it to meet his other companions, where Starry Wood panicked at its killing aura.

• Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu attacked Zhu Yu's Mass Grave Field, and Zhu Yu chose to use his Superior Person ability to curse Wanyan Hong when he died.
• Wanyan Hong killed Zhu Yu, then accepted Yang Jiu's invitation to join Prince Qin's forces and left the ruins with him.
• Zhu Yu revived inside his Spirit Ruins, lamented the Spirit Ruins Origin consumed to manifest his main body, and ordered his subordinates to gather the Tu Fishmen and withdraw.
• Little Jade appeared after a seven-colored butterfly phantom vanished, having advanced to the second rank and awakened Void-Splitting Soul Severing and Teleportation.
• Zhu Yu praised Little Jade and took it to visit Little Black and Little Seven, but Starry Wood panicked when Little Jade's killing aura spread.

Zhu Yu learned that Gen might escape its captor, obtained Zang Hai’s Star-Drawing Platform, and recovered Lan’s Naga Tendon to help Xiao Qing and Little White break through. After expanding his Life Spirit Ruins with stored Spirit Ruins Origin, he reached Foundation Establishment First Heaven Perfection and prepared to alter the ruins and open a second Spirit Ruins.

• Little Seven told Zhu Yu that Gen’s captor had weakened and that Gen was preparing to escape, while Zhu Yu suspected Gen had once treated Little Seven as food.
• Zhu Yu learned that Little Black was waiting for Starry Wood’s fruit harvest before breaking through, and he reassured it that the wait might not be long.
• Zhu Yu met Zang Hai in the Foundation Establishment Realm, explained that a Martial Realm Dharma Image Realm Martial Artist had forced him to abandon territory, and received her small Star-Drawing Platform.
• Zhu Yu used the platform to retrieve a Dao Foundation and a Naga Tendon, broke Lan’s brand to read its memories, and gave the tendon to Xiao Qing and Little White so they could begin breaking through.
• Zhu Yu used Spirit Ruins Origin from Qin Ying, Baiya Prefect, and Lady Fei to expand his Life Spirit Ruins to a radius of a thousand zhang, reaching Foundation Establishment First Heaven Perfection.

Zhu Yu woke after his Life Spirit Ruins expanded, then sold Tu Fishmen to Qingping cultivators for Spirit Ruins Origin and other resources. As Qingping True Lord appeared before the assembled cultivators, the chapter ended just as the True Lord began addressing them about rewards and punishments.

• Zhu Yu's Life Spirit Ruins expanded more than tenfold, filling with millions of Tu Fishmen, while his followers settled into cultivation and Whale organized the fishmen.
• After waking, Zhu Yu found that the Tu Fishmen were multiplying rapidly and decided to sell some of them.
• Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi asked Zhu Yu for Tu Fishman bloodlines, and he gave each of them one.
• Zhu Yu sold one million low-grade Tu Fishmen to Wen Lan for six hundred portions of Spirit Ruins Origin and later sold nearly five hundred thousand more to Qingping cultivators.
• Qingping True Lord arrived, and the assembled cultivators bowed as the True Lord began speaking about rewards and punishments.

Qingping True Lord stripped Qiu Zhen of his Spirit Ruins and summoned powerful cultivators to help conquer the Martial Realm. Zhu Yu joined Baize’s group in an invasion of Yong Province, where their Tu Fishmen finally met resistance from Qin Qi’s forces and a battle began.

• Qingping True Lord seized Qiu Zhen’s Spirit Ruins for failing to gain territory within half a year.
• Zhan Long, Baize, Hanming, and other cultivators arrived, and Qingping True Lord ordered them to divide the Martial Realm after its affairs were settled.
• Baize’s group chose to seize Yong Province, invited Zhu Yu to join them, and accepted his offer to explain the Martial Realm.
• Zhu Yu brought Zang Hai and two others to join the invasion, then deployed millions of Tu Fishmen as anchors while the cultivators advanced toward Yong Province.
• The Tu Fishmen occupied territory without resistance until they reached Lu’an County City, where Wanyan Hong, Yang Jiu, Qin Qi’s forces, and the prefecture’s soldiers confronted them.
• The Tu Fishmen and Yong Province’s soldiers clashed on the ground as the cultivators fought in the air.

Lu Changsheng slaughtered the Martial Realm fighters and Yong Province Prefecture soldiers, while Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu abducted Qin Qi and the Mu family. Zhu Yu learned that the threat in Yong Province centered on Qin Wuxiang, acquired pseudo Other Shore Flowers to develop his Yellow Springs Road, and ordered the Tu Fishmen to surround the city as he began constructing his Dao Scenery.

• Lu Changsheng consumed the approaching Martial Realm fighters with darkness and crushed the Yong Province Prefecture soldiers beneath an invisible force.
• Two of Sword Elder's disciples attacked the Mu Family Head, but Lu Changsheng killed them; Wanyan Hong and Yang Jiu seized Qin Qi and the Mu family, while a hidden figure infected Li Huaiwu with a Ghost Egg and sent him after them.
• Dead Soul True Person offered Zhu Yu pseudo Other Shore Flowers, and Zhu Yu's analysis found they could help construct the Dao Scenery Yellow Springs Road.
• True Person Baize said the change in Yong Province concerned Qin Wuxiang and planned to recommend him to Qingping True Lord; Zhu Yu then bought one hundred flowers and requested the cultivation method.
• Zhu Yu ordered Hong Youfu and the others to scatter the Tu Fishmen and close in on Yong Province Prefecture City, then began altering his Life Spirit Ruins to build Yellow Springs Road.

Zhu Yu checked the transformations of his Corpse Puppets, met his Haoran Righteous Qi Split Spirit in Yong Province City, and discovered a mysterious woman with a special physique. After leaving the city with a Golden Body Realm martial artist’s corpse, he asked the group chat what a drop of Haoran Long River water was worth and received joking requests for it.

• Zhu Yu inspected the Dragon-Blooded Kobold Warrior and Black Tiger, confirmed their transformations, and prepared both to break through.
• Zhu Yu met his Haoran Righteous Qi Split Spirit, took half its Haoran Long River water, and told it to help the Heavenly Principle Sect find the White Lotus Sect’s Green-Clad Envoy.
• Zhu Yu encountered Lord Wu Ping and her maid Baozi at the Hundred Flavors Pavilion, while Lord Wu Ping wondered about his terrifying Killing Intent.
• Zhu Yu left Yong Province City with a Golden Body Realm martial artist’s corpse, then examined the corpse’s memories about Tai Lake and sent the information to his Split Spirit.
• Zhu Yu asked the group chat how much Haoran Long River water was worth, and several members jokingly asked him to send them some.

Zhu Yu traded five drops of Haoran Long River water to Lu Changsheng for five drops of Yellow Springs Water, while his Split Spirits expanded Qingfeng Stronghold and the White Lotus Sect through battles and recruitment. After collecting the Spirit Ruins Origin from fallen Golden Body Realm fighters, Zhu Yu welcomed Xiao Qing and Little White’s breakthrough to early second rank and received Moon Sand, which he prepared to analyze for cultivating Starry Wood.

• Zhu Yu exchanged five drops of Haoran Long River water with Lu Changsheng for five drops of Yellow Springs Water.
• Zhu Yu’s Split Spirits helped Qingfeng Stronghold take control of three piers and turned the White Lotus Sect into a growing force under the Heavenly Principle Split Spirit.
• The White Lotus Sect attacked the Taiping Society headquarters, and rumors said both sides suffered heavy losses while Heavenly Principle escaped the Taiping Society leader’s pursuit.
• Zhu Yu gathered the corpses of Golden Body Realm fighters and gained twelve thousand strands of Spirit Ruins Origin.
• Xiao Qing and Little White transformed into a two-headed Naga Great Serpent, reached early second rank, and then separated back into two bodies.
• Zhu Yu received Moon Sand from the altar and began analyzing a cultivation method for Starry Wood.

Zhu Yu accelerated the Starry Wood’s growth with Moon Sand, discovered that Little Seven had borne fruit, and secured a Fifth Realm Dharma Image Divine Seed from Huang Shi. After trading a Goji Berry for a Myriad Beast Blood Soul and hearing a warning about the cost of repeated deaths, he returned to his Life Spirit Ruins and received news that the offensive against Yong Province Prefecture was beginning.

• Zhu Yu gave Little Black Moon Sand to nourish the Starry Wood and learned its God-Given Fruit would mature in about three years.
• Little Seven told Zhu Yu that its Seven-Treasure Soul-Returning Ginseng had borne fruit, and he praised it and promised a Fruit Banquet when the berries ripened.
• Zhu Yu asked Huang Shi for a Fifth Realm Dharma Image Divine Seed, and Huang Shi agreed to have Shangguan Wanhe deliver one in three days.
• After Zhu Yu left, Huang Shi recruited Shangguan Wanhe as Left General and gave him the White Tiger Seven Baleful Intents military formation.
• Zhu Yu traded his lord-level Goji Berry to True Person Nine-Heads for a Myriad Beast Blood Soul, and Nine-Heads warned him that each true-body death diminished his fortune and fate.
• Three days later, Zhu Yu received a message from True Person Baize announcing an offensive against Yong Province Prefecture.

Zhu Yu and the True Persons attacked Yong Province Prefecture after the Tu Fishmen had occupied the rest of the province. Huang Shi's Formation Soul broke the city’s defenses, and the True Persons joined the assault, leaving the prefecture in ruins; afterward, Great Ancestor Shangguan delivered the Divine Seed and said he and Zhu Yu owed each other nothing.

• Zhu Yu learned that the Tu Fishmen had occupied ninety percent of Yong Province and watched a light screen reveal True Person Kuidou destroying a city and devouring its people.
• True Person Baize ordered Zhu Yu to send the Tu Fishmen against Yong Province Prefecture, and Zhu Yu directed more than two million of them toward the city.
• Huang Shi manifested a White Tiger Formation Soul, smashed through the city wall, and fought the defenders’ Dharma Image Realm Martial Artists.
• Huang Shi killed the brocade-robed woman, took her bright pearl, and charged at Wanyan Hong, Yang Jiu, and the other defenders.
• The True Persons attacked as the Tu Fishmen entered the city, and Yong Province Prefecture was reduced to ruins, though Yang Jiu escaped True Person Lianhua.
• Great Ancestor Shangguan gave Zhu Yu the woman’s Divine Seed and said he and Zhu Yu owed each other nothing; Zhu Yu then considered Huang Shi and the Military Dao inheritance.

Zhu Yu reunited Gen with Little Seven and discovered that Gen had been parasitized by Qin Wuxiang, whose memories revealed how he had engineered Yong Province’s crisis to seek a chance to restore his cultivation. Zhu Yu brought Gen into his Life Spirit Ruins, where it would stay, and learned the truth behind Qin Wuxiang’s scheme.

• Gen escaped as a clone and reunited with Little Seven, who begged it to stay with Zhu Yu.
• Gen agreed to remain with Zhu Yu after he promised not to refine it, and it revealed where its true body was hiding.
• Zhu Yu found Gen’s true body beneath a broken tile and discovered its Spirit Nourishment and Spirit Devouring abilities, along with its parasitic status.
• Zhu Yu entered his Life Spirit Ruins, encountered and overwhelmed the will parasitizing Gen, and absorbed unfamiliar memories.
• Zhu Yu learned that Qin Wuxiang had redirected the Zhenwu Guard and sent Huang Shi to Yong Province, expecting the worsening crisis to help him restore his cultivation.