Chapter Summaries

Zhu Yu completed the Yellow Springs Road Dao Scenery, tested its ability to project a spirit into the Netherworld, and learned how it would alter his Life Spirit Ruins. In the Insect Realm, his One-Leaf Lotus fruits ripened, and after sharing them with his neighbors, he inspired the spirit beasts to consider pursuing the Mountain Master Realm.

• Zhu Yu formed Yellow Springs Road, projected a Split Spirit into the Netherworld, and tested its ability to ferry weaker wandering souls within a three-li radius.
• Zhu Yu assessed how Yellow Springs Road could affect his body, Life Spirit Ruins, and Divine Abilities, then returned to the second level of the Inverted Tower.
• Zhu Yu found that the One-Leaf Lotus fruits had ripened and calculated how many he would share with his neighbors.
• Zhu Yu gave Heizi a fruit to taste and distributed the other One-Leaf Lotus fruits among Heitu and the gathered spirit beasts without charging them.
• Zhu Yu urged the spirit beasts to spend their wealth on preparing to break through to the Mountain Master Realm, and they wondered whether doing so would let them help him.

Zhu Yu harvested several spirit crops, shared Wild Giant Peak Grapes, and hired the three Snow Rabbit brothers to tend his orchard. When the White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit began ripening after receiving sunlight, its powerful fragrance spread far beyond Giant Peak Mountain and stirred the appetites of nearby creatures.

• Zhu Yu harvested the Sour Jujube Shrub, King Banana, and Blueberry Berry, setting aside some fruit for his neighbors and keeping the vision-strengthening Blueberry Berry Spirit Power Food.
• Zhu Yu distributed Wild Giant Peak Grapes to the gathered animals and Insect Clan Warriors, then had Fire Tail recruit hungry workers to harvest the crop.
• Fire Tail discovered Xueda could loosen soil with an Earth Attribute Innate Technique, and Zhu Yu hired Xueda, Xueer, and Xuesan for one hundred Life Origin Stones each per thirty days and nights.
• Zhu Yu found that the White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit needed sunlight to ripen, removed the Five Elements Array's overhead barrier, and ordered nearby spirit beasts to guard the mountain.
• The White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit's fragrance spread across the area, tempting White-Hair, the Hummingbird Couple, Fire Tail, and the other creatures nearby.

As the White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit ripened, its fragrance drew spirit beasts and wild Insect Clan Warriors toward Giant Peak Mountain. Zhu Yu and his allies fought off three fierce Azure-Feathered Eagles, welcomed Bailing and Baiyu, and prepared for a growing crowd to gather below the mountain as the fruit neared ripeness.

• The fruit’s fragrance drew Baldy, Xueda, and many other beasts and insects, while they warned their companions not to steal from Giant Peak.
• Heitu met Meijiao, Heipi, Wujiao, and the Red Fire Ant, then led them toward Giant Peak Mountain to help Zhu Yu resist the approaching gathering.
• Three fierce Azure-Feathered Eagles attacked White Feather, but she and the Hummingbird Couple killed them before they could escape.
• Bailing and Baiyu arrived as White Feather’s relatives, accepted Spirit Power Food from Zhu Yu, and argued with White Feather about building a nest at Giant Peak.
• More than a hundred spirit beasts and Insect Clan Warriors gathered below the mountain, including Heitu’s companions and a Yellow-Skin Tiger and Giant Lizard, while Zhu Yu watched the nearly ripe fruit.

Zhu Yu harvested ripe fruit from three God-Given Spirit Seeds and met Flower Ghost and Broken Tail, who came to propose a major trade. He offered to buy their essence blood for five hundred Life Origin Stones per drop, leaving the beasts stunned.

• Baldy and the other spirit beasts drove away most of the crowd drawn by the White-Tail Pear's fragrance, then confronted Flower Ghost and Broken Tail, who insisted on speaking with Giant Peak.
• Zhu Yu harvested 1,152 White-Tail Pear fruits and 355 West Mansion Begonia fruits, tasting one from each tree.
• Zhu Yu harvested 267 Empress Bamboo Fungus fruits and left after Empress Bamboo Fungus asked him for a story; he noted that Sasuke Hyacinth would ripen within days.
• Heitu reported the commotion to Zhu Yu, who thanked him and promised him a banquet when Hua Ling arrived.
• Zhu Yu met Flower Ghost and Broken Tail and asked whether they sold blood, offering five hundred Life Origin Stones for each drop of essence blood.

Zhu Yu traded essence blood for Life Origin Stones, exchanged spirit seeds with Spot, and hosted a feast for his neighbors. The Heavenly Fox Tribe offered to transform his White Fox bloodline in return for Spirit Power Food, and Zhu Yu gave his guests the Giant Peak Grape harvest as he wondered whether Hua Ling's Tribe had reached Moon-Gazing Plain.

• Flower Ghost and Broken Tail sold five drops of essence blood each to Zhu Yu for a total of two thousand five hundred Life Origin Stones, repaying the spirit beasts they had cheated.
• Spot traded nine Black Sweet Potato spirit seeds for a Giant Peak Grape spirit seed and a Spider Silk Bag.
• Que Er learned that Lan Chong was dead, then brought the Heavenly Fox Tribe's offer to transform Zhu Yu's White Fox bloodline in exchange for Spirit Power Food.
• Que Er said the Heavenly Foxes could help Zhu Yu reach the Three-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline, and Zhu Yu gave Que Er and the other White Fox one hundred Wild Giant Peak Grape Spirit Power Foods each.
• Zhu Yu distributed Spirit Power Food to his neighbors and gave them the season's Giant Peak Grape harvest, which they began picking and dividing.
• Zhu Yu wondered whether Hua Ling's Tribe had entered Moon-Gazing Plain.

Xianyue reunited with Zhu Yu and told him about a spiritual land near Moon-Gazing Plain that could suit his future garden, while Hua Ling arrived with a God-Given Fruit and news of his planned breakthrough. The chapter left Zhu Yu examining Hua Ling’s mysterious gift, a God-Given Fruit called Wuyou.

• Xianyue left with Hua Ling after the Giant Flea Merchants arrived, and the pair went to find Zhu Yu.
• Zhu Yu agreed to sell Xianyue God-Given Fruit in exchange for information about the Life Realm, and Xianyue revealed a spiritual land near Moon-Gazing Plain occupied by three second-order beasts.
• Hua Ling told Zhu Yu he planned to break through using only one lord-level Water Bayberry God-Given Fruit, and Zhu Yu brought him to see the fruiting White-Tail Pear God-Given Spirit Seed.
• Hua Ling tasted a White-Tail Pear God-Given Fruit and began assessing its value, while Zhu Yu opened Hua Ling’s gift and identified it as the God-Given Fruit Wuyou.

Zhu Yu learned about the Life Realm and Mountain Master Realm breakthroughs, then gave Hua Ling God-Given Fruits to sell and use for his advancement. He sent the Worry-Free Wood God-Given Fruit to his main body and decided to wait for Cailing, who might return with a Realm Seed.

• Hua Ling gave Zhu Yu a Wuyou Flower Wood God-Given Fruit, and Zhu Yu learned he had traded pickled West Mansion Begonia fruits for it rather than spending Life Origin Stones.
• Zhu Yu promised Hua Ling this season’s God-Given Fruits to sell, and Hua Ling explained the market for White-Tail Pear and pickled West Mansion Begonia fruits.
• Moon Sprite explained the Life Realm and said that eating many God-Given Fruits could raise the chance of reaching the Mountain Master Realm to at least seventy percent.
• Zhu Yu showed Hua Ling his God-Given Spirit Seeds and gave him Empress Bamboo Fungus fruits for his breakthrough, along with White-Tail Pear and West Mansion Begonia fruits to process and sell.
• Zhu Yu sent Hua Ling away with the processed fruits, then transmitted the Worry-Free Wood God-Given Fruit to his main body and waited for Cailing’s possible return with a Realm Seed.

Zhu Yu hired the three Snow Rabbit brothers to tend his spirit seed garden and discovered a native Millipede tribe among the Slender-Leaf Sword Cedars, which he decided to sell through Mountain Master Ye Lian. After Hua Ling delivered supplies and a Jade Coin from Ye Lian, Zhu Yu returned to the mountaintop and found a colorful rooster beneath the Big Banyan Tree.

• Zhu Yu checked his spirit seeds and estimated that fourteen fruit-laden plants would soon yield about eighty thousand fruits.
• Zhu Yu hired Xueda, Xueer, and Xuesan to loosen the hardened soil in his Slender-Leaf Sword Cedar garden, then rewarded them with Spirit Honey and Spirit Power Food.
• Xiong Da and Xiong Er alerted Zhu Yu to pests in the garden, where he discovered and gathered three hundred native Millipedes.
• Zhu Yu decided to sell the native Millipede tribe, and Hua Ling explained that Mountain Master Ye Lian’s caravan could transport them next year.
• Hua Ling delivered year’s worth of Mountain Master-level Spirit Power Food, Life Origin Stones, and a Jade Coin bearing Mountain Master Ye Lian’s mark.
• Zhu Yu returned to the mountaintop and saw a colorful rooster standing on the bluestone beneath the Big Banyan Tree.

Cailing gave Zhu Yu a World Tree Realm Seed, which he prepared to use for his Mountain Master breakthrough after strengthening his bloodline with Blood Source fruits. He entered secluded cultivation, and the chapter ended as his transformation began and a three-tailed Heavenly Fox apparition appeared amid changing elemental phenomena.

• Cailing gave Zhu Yu a Realm Seed nurtured from a lifeless World Tree seed, and Zhu Yu accepted it for his breakthrough after confirming with his main body.
• Zhu Yu harvested the mature Hyacinth God-Given Fruits, sent them and other resources to his main body, and arranged a trade with Que Er and Tuweiba for Heavenly Fox essence blood.
• Que Er and Tuweiba poured the essence blood over the Blood Source spirit seed, rapidly ripening its fruits, and Zhu Yu bought the blood and ate the fruits to strengthen his bloodline.
• Zhu Yu entrusted Giant Peak and its supplies to Baldy, Fire Tail, and the others, then entered secluded cultivation and fused the Realm Seed into his Life Sac.
• As Zhu Yu's grass cocoon grew, a three-tailed Heavenly Fox apparition appeared amid visions of wind, rain, thunder, lightning, fire, frost, and other elemental powers.

Zhu Yu gathered God-Given Fruits, arranged pill refining and Spirit Seed purchases, and began testing Spirit Patterns on Zhu Er and Liu San. After three days of cultivation, he returned to the Starry Wood just as its fruits were ready to mature.

• Zhu Yu examined the God-Given Fruit and learned his Insect Realm Split Spirit’s breakthrough would take years as its Realm Seed merged with its Life Sac.
• Zhu Er delivered Zhu Yu’s gifts, then urged Liu San to consider changing his path and becoming a Spirit Patterns test subject; Liu San struggled with the choice.
• Zhu Yu paid True Person Zhongshui four hundred strands of Spirit Ruins Origin to refine pills and traded Life Immortal Dew for second-order Spirit Seeds.
• Zhu Yu checked the Great Marsh Spirit Ruins and Life Spirit Ruins, then took Zhu Er and Liu San to his laboratory to test Spirit Patterns on them.
• Zhu Yu meditated for three days, then returned to the Starry Wood as hurried footsteps approached.

Zhu Yu received the Plague Spirit from Manager Liu and agreed to assess his grandson for an Affiliate Foundation Establishment position. He gained five new Foundation Establishment protectors, harvested the ripe Starry Wood God-Given Fruits, and offered Ji Feng the position after recognizing his unusual Wind-Cave Spirit Body.

• Zhu Yu accepted the Plague Spirit from Manager Liu and agreed to meet his grandson before deciding whether to grant him an Affiliate Foundation Establishment position.
• Zhu Yu discovered that Shangguan Mu, Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Huo, Shangguan Shui, and Shangguan Tu had all broken through to Foundation Establishment, then made them Yinming Mansion protectors.
• Zhu Yu harvested the Starry Wood’s three hundred and sixty ripe God-Given Fruits and learned that they extended life and granted the ability to sense Divine Radiance.
• Manager Liu brought his grandson Ji Feng to meet Zhu Yu, who recognized Ji Feng’s Wind-Cave Spirit Body and offered him an Affiliate Foundation Establishment position.
• Ji Feng accepted Zhu Yu’s offer without hesitation.

After three years of cultivation and commissions, Zhu Yu broke through to Foundation Establishment Second Layer by forging a second Life Spirit Ruins, the Three Calamities Spirit Ruins. He discovered that he could nurture a powerful Blood Flame Bull Demon there and celebrated with his companions, while preparing his long-accumulated followers for their own breakthroughs.

• Zhu Yu refined his cultivation resources and completed more than a hundred Heavenly Dao Sect commissions, earning over ten thousand strands of Spirit Ruins Origin.
• Zhu Yu forged the Three Calamities Spirit Ruins, doubling his soul strength and strengthening the first Life Spirit Ruins and its ability to resist and refine Black Water.
• Zhu Yu used a corrupted Demon Core to discover the Blood Flame Bull Demon, a second-order true-spirit species, and began nurturing it with Spirit Ruins Origin and Five Elements Essence.
• Zhu Yu found that the expanded Yellow Springs Road could reach farther into the Netherworld, then returned to the Present World after inspecting his Life Spirit Ruins.
• Qiao Heyong, Hong Youfu, Yao Ye, and the others congratulated Zhu Yu on his breakthrough, and he invited everyone to share a meal.
• Zhu Yu asked Zhu Er to invite Xiang Sui, Liang Kuan, and Ji Feng over, deciding they were ready to break through.

Zhu Yu gathered Xiang Sui, Liang Kuan, and Ji Feng at the Inverted Tower and brought them to the Life Spirit Ruins to break through to second-order. All three succeeded, and Ji Feng’s exceptional wind-based Dao Foundation and abilities impressed Zhu Yu as he considered how to develop his own Spirit Ruins.

• Zhu Er brought Xiang Sui, Liang Kuan, and Ji Feng to meet Zhu Yu, who promised to guide them through their second-order breakthroughs after the banquet.
• Qiao Heyong, Hong Youfu, and Yao Ye told Zhu Yu about Huang Shi’s expedition to a large Foreign Spirit Ruins, and Zhu Yu considered using his Dao Artifact Track and the Dao Beacon he had obtained from the Spirit Ruins.
• After the banquet, Zhu Yu brought the three cultivators into the second Life Spirit Ruins and used spiritual energy and Spirit Ruins Origin to protect their breakthroughs.
• Liang Kuan manifested the Crimson Charm Dao Foundation and gained the Crimson Charm corpse fire Divine Ability, strengthening the Life Spirit Ruins’ defenses against Black Water Island.
• Xiang Sui completed his breakthrough with the Wood King Cauldron Dao Foundation and gained the Spirit Quenching Divine Ability.
• Ji Feng manifested the formless Impermanence Dao Foundation, gained the Indeterminate Wind and Inconstant Wind Divine Abilities, and greatly pleased Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu reviewed the progress of his Split Spirits and learned about the turbulent Return to Ruins Realm before agreeing to join True Person Mi in exploring the super-large Foreign Spirit Ruins called Gui. After collecting his newly refined Myriad Soul Banner and devouring a Black Crystal, he discovered that its Ghost Vein could let his Life Spirit Ruins create native living beings.

• Zhu Yu checked on his Split Spirits, learning that they had advanced in their respective roles and that his Wang Clan Split Spirit had become a second-order Spirit Pattern Master known as Ghost Needle.
• True Person Mi invited Zhu Yu to develop the super-large Foreign Spirit Ruins Gui with her, describing its blood-burning martial humans and the ghosts, monsters, and spirits of its wilderness.
• Zhu Yu agreed to join True Person Mi in three months and accepted that she would receive thirty percent of their gains under the Sect rules.
• Zhu Yu ended his rental of the Fire Eye and retrieved the Myriad Soul Banner and two Spirit Artifact embryos refined by Luo Yan.
• Zhu Yu devoured True Person Mi’s Black Crystal and found that its Ghost Vein could enable his Life Spirit Ruins to give birth to native living beings.

Zhu Yu escaped the destructive force surrounding the Black Stone Fortress and fused with a mutated Iris Elf in the Spirit Spirit Ruins. After feeding and falling asleep, he was discovered by Vivian, who revealed that the elf cocoon had hatched and was meant for Lord Orpheus.

• Zhu Yu entered a sealed space inside a powerful creature and escaped through a breach made by Horse-Face.
• Zhu Yu endured the creature’s destructive blood, found a frail spiritual life, and fused with it as an Iris Elf.
• Zhu Yu learned that his new body could turn irises into Magic Crops and saw that it carried a mutation and an unknown talent.
• Ya Nu fed Zhu Yu Magic Sand Grains, and he gained magic before falling asleep in her care.
• Vivian told Knight Andre to guard the Elf Room and said the newly hatched elf would please Lord Orpheus.

After Andre and Monte left the Iris Sprite behind to establish the Iris family’s future, Andre led the family to the border and seized the supplies and money they needed. They obtained a Land Reclamation Decree and entered the slave market, where Zhu Yu sensed magic power in a sickly old nag.

• Vivian hurried off to tell Orpheus that Andre would guard the Elf Room, while Andre entered and Zhu Yu woke inside a wooden box containing his Iris body.
• Andre brought Iris and their children to the wilderness border, where he declared his plan to restore the family’s status and make them frontier nobles.
• Monte spotted an unprotected merchant caravan, and Andre killed its people and took its horses, carts, goods, weapons, and money.
• Andre sold barley in Locke City, obtained a Land Reclamation Decree, and learned the rules for claiming land and becoming a baron.
• Andre and Monte entered the slave market, where Zhu Yu used magic to understand the vendors and noticed a faint magical ripple coming from a sickly old nag.

Zhu Yu discovered that the old nag Andre bought carried a nearly dying foal with a sprite-like aura, and he guided Andre to feed it Magic Crystal Sand. After reaching ten magic points, Zhu Yu awakened the Dragon Might talent and accidentally demonstrated its power, leaving Andre terrified.

• Zhu Yu influenced Andre to buy the old nag for fifty Copper Ginars after sensing a foal and Spirit Ruins Origin inside it.
• Andre fed Zhu Yu Magic Crystal Sand, then considered using the Iris to help Monte condense Life Energy before Zhu Yu redirected his attention to the nag.
• Zhu Yu reached ten magic points, awakened Dragon Might, and found that the destructive thought it produced could pass through a hole in his mental barrier.
• Andre fed the nag several grains of Magic Crystal Sand, strengthening the foal but nearly emptying his stone box before Madam Aelia interrupted him.
• Zhu Yu released a faint Dragon Might roar that killed insects within a hundred meters and terrified Andre and his family.

Andre discovered that the old nag had given birth to a Phantom Beast, and bonding with it raised him to high-ranking knight. He led his family and serfs to White Water Ravine to claim new land, where the Phantom Beast helped him kill a Mystic Cat after it attacked a neighboring settlement.

• Andre covered the newborn Phantom Beast, hid its aura, and secretly bonded with it using his blood.
• The bond transformed Andre, strengthened him to high-ranking knight, and changed his hair blue-green; he chose to wait for an Iris Magic Crop before helping Monte become a knight.
• Andre bought one hundred serfs and supplies, then led his family toward White Water Ravine to establish a territory.
• Andre found another group of settlers already clearing the fertile plain, but a Mystic Cat killed their knight and guards.
• The Mystic Cat pursued Andre, and his Phantom Beast's Dragon Might disrupted its magic, allowing Andre to kill it with his sword.

Andre killed a Mystic Cat, gained its Heart Core, and received land, serfs, and supplies from Leo Cilan in exchange for future aid. As Andre established his domain and planted Iris crops, Zhu Yu strengthened him with secret techniques and cultivated his own magic power, before an unexpected question interrupted him in the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins.

• Andre killed the Mystic Cat, collected its blood, and extracted its Heart Core while Zhu Yu recognized its value for increasing his magic power.
• A servant reported the Mystic Cat’s death to Leo Cilan, who visited Andre and offered White Water Ravine, serfs, tools, grain, horses, cloth, and herbs in return for future help.
• Leo’s group recognized Andre as a Phantom Beast Knight, and the following day Andre and his family took possession of the camp and its resources.
• Andre planted the Iris Magic Crop, and Zhu Yu used magic power to revive it and sprout hundreds of seeds across the field.
• Zhu Yu secretly passed two knight secret techniques to Andre, who believed the gods had sent them and grew more confident as he developed his domain.
• Zhu Yu’s magic power increased through the Mystic Cat’s Heart Core and the Iris flowers before his consciousness withdrew to the Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins and he asked, “Are you ready—”

Zhu Yu entered the Gui Spirit Ruins, took over the body of Qingyangzi, and discovered he had become a Black-rank Baleful Soul with the Gui Art Alchemy Butchery. After accepting a summons to ambush gui near the Market, he set off from his temple and heard trumpets and gongs in the forest.

• Zhu Yu paid Little Ancestor Qingji to send his Split Spirit into the Gui Spirit Ruins and descended toward its Dao Beacon.
• Zhu Yu rejected the eerie village and possessed Qingyangzi in a ruined Daoist temple, gaining his memories and Gui Art, Alchemy Butchery.
• Zhu Yu killed the Yellow Weasel by turning it into a pill and learned that Old Mother Huang had invited him to ambush gui near the Market.
• Zhu Yu left Qingyang Temple with two Big-Headed Ghost Children, killed Lantern Ghosts along the way, and heard trumpets and gongs from a nearby forest.