Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng weighed the Wan Family’s offer and the risks of attacking the Zhang Family, then attended Sikong Ziming’s Dao lecture and recorded its teachings. Afterward, he learned the Ye Family’s deal with the Jia Family had been settled, including a gift of two Mystic Cloud Giant Rhinoceroses.

• Wan Hongchang offered the Wan Family’s inheritance and ten clansmen in exchange for the Ye Family’s protection, then gave Ye Jingcheng a jade talisman containing an address.
• Wan Hongchang swallowed a third-rank spirit pill to briefly experience Purple Palace power, then used a poison pill to take his own life.
• Ye Jingcheng confirmed Wan Hongchang’s death, considered the dangers of the Wan Family’s information, and sent Ye Xuecang and Ye Haicheng an update before attending the Dao lecture.
• Sikong Ziming expounded the Dao from Qi Refinement through Golden Core, while Ye Jingcheng recorded the lecture on jade slips.
• Xu Wuyou and Zitian True Person announced that the auction would take place in three days, and Ye Jingcheng learned the Azure Spirit Commerce Association night market would open the following dusk.
• Ye Jingyun told Ye Jingcheng that the Jia Family trade was settled and presented the Jia Family’s gift of two trained Mystic Cloud Giant Rhinoceroses.

Ye Jingcheng disguised himself to attend the Azure Spirit night market, where he traded for Three-Leaf Wood and Frost Centipedes while avoiding a suspected trap. The Azure Spirit Commerce Association still searched for the cultivator behind Qing Kongying’s death, and its agent warned an accomplice to watch wood-attribute cultivators.

• Ye Jingcheng sealed his room, disguised himself as a Purple Palace cultivator, and followed an Azure Spirit Token to the night market.
• Ye Jingcheng traded the Three-Origin Azure Cloud Swords and spirit stones for Three-Leaf Wood and four Thousand-Foot Frost Centipedes.
• Ye Jingcheng bought a Green-Pattern Ginseng from a female cultivator, but suspected her other spirit herbs were bait.
• After Ye Jingcheng left, an Azure Spirit Commerce Association cultivator questioned the female cultivator and warned her to watch wood-attribute cultivators.

Ye Jingcheng traded a high-grade Talisman Treasure for Mystic Silver Light Sand and bought two pill formulas at the Azure Spirit Night Market. When the market split into separate sessions by cultivation level, he concealed his true essence and approached the Purple Palace checkpoint cautiously.

• Ye Jingcheng sold two magic artifacts, then searched the market for treasures while guarding against revealing his ties to the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng traded the Mystic Cold Seal Talisman Treasure for Mystic Silver Light Sand from a cultivator he suspected was surnamed Jun.
• Ye Jingcheng bought the Thunder Essence Pill and Mystic Body Pill formulas, intending to give them to Ye Haicheng.
• Midnight bells announced the start of the true night market, and a voice divided the crowd into sessions for Purple Palace cultivators and those below that realm.
• Ye Jingcheng hid his true essence and joined the inspection line, where the two Purple Palace cultivators reassured him that they were checking cultivation levels.

Ye Jingcheng attended the Azure Spirit Night Market’s black-market auction and bought a third-tier Spirit Eye Spring for his Grotto-Heaven. The auction then sparked outrage by putting Wu Quancai’s corpse up for sale, and Ye Jingcheng stayed despite considering an early exit.

• Ye Jingcheng entered the circular auction hall after passing a spiritual inspection and listened as Steward Qing explained the market’s rules.
• Ye Jingcheng bid on Great Scarlet Ant Crystals but stopped when their price rose beyond his means, then watched other cultivators buy lots including herbs he needed.
• Ye Jingcheng outbid the others for a third-tier Spirit Eye Spring at three hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones, intending to place it in his Grotto-Heaven.
• Steward Qing presented Wu Quancai’s corpse, prompting a cultivator to denounce the Azure Spirit Commerce Association before Steward Qing silenced him with his Golden Core pressure.
• Ye Jingcheng considered leaving but decided to remain because his Lineage still needed pills and he wanted to sell unwanted magic treasures.

Ye Jingcheng secured Kun Fish essence blood at the night market, escaped without being followed, and used a Spirit Eye Spring to strengthen the Grotto-Heaven’s spirit vein. After returning to the Ye Family Pill Pavilion, he met Bai Yuanqing of Medicine King Valley and noticed the Spirit-Inquiring Talisman on his chest.

• A Taiyi Sect cultivator bought back the Martial Peak cultivator’s corpse for 138,000 spirit stones, while Ye Jingcheng recognized the sect-level schemes behind the dispute.
• Ye Jingcheng spent 160,000 spirit stones on third-rank Kun Fish essence blood, traded for spirit herbs, and sold unwanted magical artifacts during free trading.
• Ye Jingcheng left the night market early, eluded any pursuers, and returned to Taichang Market to place third-rank Purple Spirit Pills in the Ye Family’s One Leaf Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng joined the new Spirit Eye Spring to the original spring, raising the Grotto-Heaven’s spirit vein to third-rank strength, and warned his spirit beasts not to drink from the spring before it stabilized.
• Ye Jingcheng met Zhang Yuhuai and Bai Yuanqing at the Ye Family Pill Pavilion, then pointed out that Bai Yuanqing’s chest talisman was a Spirit-Inquiring Talisman.

Ye Jingcheng sold spirit pills to Bai Yuanqing and received a powerful new armor from Zhang Yuhuai, while Qing Xuanyuan’s investigation failed to identify him as the person he sought. As Taichang Market filled with cultivators for the auction, Ye Jingcheng prepared for the event and refined his armor.

• Bai Yuanqing tested Ye Jingcheng with a Spirit-Querying Talisman and bought all six of his Purple Spirit Pills.
• Zhang Yuhuai delivered Ye Jingcheng the Steadfast Turtle Shell Armor, a third-rank upper-grade magic treasure made from the Vast Azure Turtle’s shell.
• After Bai Yuanqing reported the test’s results, Qing Xuanyuan concluded Ye Jingcheng could not be the person he was searching for.
• Ye Jingcheng set up a Spirit Gathering Formation outside Ye Jinghu’s courtyard to support Ye Jinghu’s breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng refined the Steadfast Turtle Shell Armor as the Crimson Firmament Sky curtain appeared and the auction crowd gathered.

Ye Jingcheng attended the grand Taiyi Sect and Medicine King Valley auction, where he studied the Heavenly Wood Puppet and secured Foundation Establishment Pills for the Ye Family. The auction moved on to Blood King Pills, and Ye Jingcheng bid on them for the sake of his Jade-Scale Flood Dragon.

• Ye Jingcheng entered the crowded auction hall, greeted allied cultivators, and watched Xun Taishou’s ambiguous behavior toward the Ye Family with suspicion.
• Jin An opened the auction by presenting a third-rank Heavenly Wood Puppet, and Ye Jingcheng bid up to one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones before withdrawing as the price climbed higher.
• The Heavenly Wood Puppet sold for one hundred and eighty-eight thousand spirit stones, and the auction proceeded to sell five sets of Great Abyss Earth Fiend.
• Ye Jingcheng bought two groups of Foundation Establishment Pills for eighty-eight thousand spirit stones, securing four pills for the Ye Family’s younger cultivators.
• Jin An introduced Blood King Pills, and Ye Jingcheng bid eighty thousand spirit stones because the pills could help his Jade-Scale Flood Dragon break through to the late third rank.

Ye Jingcheng won the Sunflower Wood Demon and arranged for the Azure Cloud Nunnery to buy Purple Palace Jade Liquid on his behalf, securing the treasures he wanted at Taichang Market. The finale auction began with the Jia Family winning a Gold Condensation Pill for Jia Tiange, who left the hall early.

• Ye Jingcheng bought the Sunflower Wood Demon for one hundred thousand spirit stones after outbidding Tian Niu True Person.
• Ye Jingcheng had Abbess Jingxin bid on his behalf, and she secured a portion of Purple Palace Jade Liquid for one hundred and sixty-five thousand spirit stones.
• Ye Jingcheng refrained from bidding on the later high-grade treasures while Qing Xuanyuan watched him.
• The auction began selling its finale treasures, and the Jia Family won the Gold Condensation Pill for nine hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones.
• Jia Tiange left the auction hall after winning the pill, and other cultivators began filing out.

Ye Jingcheng left the auction and prepared for an upcoming secret-realm expedition while tending to the Ye Family and his Grotto-Heaven. He fed the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and formed a pact with the Sunflower Wood Demon, whose cultivation was nearing the mid-second stage.

• Ye Jingcheng left the auction with the Ye Family, urged his clansmen to cultivate, and returned to One Leaf Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng reviewed the invitation for a secret-realm visit one month later, planned to obtain defensive treasures, and informed Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan about the Zhang Family.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Grotto-Heaven, fed the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon pills and a water-python corpse, and saw that it had grown stronger but had not yet advanced to the late third stage.
• Ye Jingcheng released the Sunflower Wood Demon, subdued it with lightning, and established a Blood Pact and Soul Pact.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed through the pact that the Sunflower Wood Demon was close to the mid-second stage but had depleted its essence and qi after forming its spirit fruit.

Ye Jingcheng strengthened his spirit beasts and prepared for a secret-realm expedition with support from his family. At Scorched Heaven Peak, he joined six other Purple Palace cultivators invited by the cultivator surnamed Jun, and all seven gathered to await details about the expedition.

• Ye Jingcheng refined second-tier pills, fed them to his spirit beasts, and brought his Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle Array to initial mastery.
• Ye Shengyi arrived to support Ye Jingcheng and discussed the Zhang Family and a plan to relocate the Wan Family members to Cloud-Spreading Mountain.
• Ye Shengyi gave Ye Jingcheng a storage bracelet containing spirit pills and defensive magic treasures for the expedition.
• Ye Jingcheng left Taichang Market in disguise and met the cultivator surnamed Jun at Scorched Heaven Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Array, met the other invited Purple Palace cultivators, and saw the final cultivator arrive, completing the group of seven.

Ye Jingcheng joined six other Purple Palace cultivators after Jun described a hidden inheritance trial belonging to the ancient Heavenly Mountain Sect. The group agreed to face its powerful mountain spirit for the treasures, while Ye Jingcheng focused on the chance to subdue it.

• Li Bigmouth arrived late, and Jun formed a spirit-isolating array before requiring everyone to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Jun revealed that the secret realm lay outside Yan Kingdom and claimed it belonged to the ancient Heavenly Mountain Sect.
• Jun explained that six cultivators were needed to break the array and showed a spiritual image of the third-rank mountain spirit attacking him.
• Jun described the treasures in the ancient pavilions and warned that the mountain spirit grew stronger near its true body.
• Ye Jingcheng and the others agreed to enter the trial, and Madam Chen was the last to commit.

Ye Jingcheng joined Jun Buhui and five other Purple Palace cultivators to enter a hidden third-tier secret realm in Jin Kingdom and challenge its mountain-spirit inheritance. He stayed behind to fight the mountain spirit’s incarnation while the others climbed toward the treasure pavilions.

• Ye Jingcheng and his companions reached the desert entrance, where Jun Buhui swore there was no ambush and explained the inheritance lay inside a small secret realm.
• At midnight, Jun Buhui revealed the hidden entrance with a moonlit compass; Ye Jingcheng and the others sent puppets and Five Poison Bees through the spiritual gate to scout before entering.
• Inside the secret realm, Jun Buhui distributed five sets of battle-formation flags, and Ye Jingcheng volunteered to serve as the reserve and choose treasures last.
• The six cultivators activated the formation to break the barrier while Ye Jingcheng attacked the mountain spirit’s incarnation with a third-tier flying sword.
• Jun Buhui urged Ye Jingcheng to hold off the incarnation as the others climbed the mountain under increasing gravity, and Qiu Yingtai neared a pavilion while Ye Jingcheng remained below.

Ye Jingcheng uncovered Jun Buhui’s trap and fought to keep the other cultivators from escaping while protecting himself from Jun Buhui’s attacks. As the Mountain Spirit and Bai Xiaosheng killed cultivators and Madam Chen fled, Ye Jingcheng claimed the secret realm’s exit and summoned his powerful spirit beasts.

• The Mountain Spirit produced six stronger incarnations, which attacked Lin Fuqing, Madam Chen, Qiu Yongtai, and Bai Xiaosheng while Li Bigmouth joined the assault.
• Ye Jingcheng suspected Jun Buhui had arranged the trap, retreated from the fighting, and used an Array to block Jun Buhui’s advance.
• Jun Buhui revealed his late Purple Palace cultivation and attacked Ye Jingcheng, who defended himself with the Steadfast Spirit Armor and a cyan mirror.
• Bai Xiaosheng killed Lin Fuqing, while Madam Chen used blood talismans to escape the Mountain Spirit’s area and called for Ye Jingcheng’s help.
• Ye Jingcheng covered the secret realm entrance with a spirit bowl instead of escaping, then summoned a crimson four-tailed demon fox, a Golden Falcon roc, a Five-Colored Cloud Deer, a Golden-Scaled Beast, and a white flood dragon.

Ye Jingcheng killed Jun Buhui and Bai Xiaosheng, then turned on the Mountain Spirit after discovering it had engineered the secret realm’s deadly trials. He destroyed the Mountain Spirit’s Body-Tempering Stele body and left the secret realm’s fate unresolved.

• Ye Jingcheng’s five spirit beasts and magic treasures overwhelmed Jun Buhui, and the White Jade Flood Dragon and Golden Falcon slew him.
• Madam Chen tried to bargain with Ye Jingcheng while Bai Xiaosheng attacked, but Ye Jingcheng killed Bai Xiaosheng and sent Li Bigmouth fleeing.
• The Mountain Spirit offered Ye Jingcheng a partnership, but Madam Chen warned that it was moving its main body and preparing a powerful gravity attack.
• Ye Jingcheng used Mist Escape to reach the Mountain Spirit’s location, then trapped its main body with the Blackwood Disk while his Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles fought its avatar.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox struck the Body-Tempering Stele with Azure Sun Flame, extinguishing the Mountain Spirit’s life and leaving the stele charred.

Ye Jingcheng killed Li Bigmouth after refusing to trust his offer of the Heavenly Mountain Sect’s inheritance, then searched the collapsing secret realm for its remaining treasures. He reached the final palace, where the Heavenly Mountain Sect plaque and renewed formation barriers hinted at something valuable inside.

• Madam Chen overturned the Shadowless Bowl to escape, but Ye Jingcheng’s Heavenly Armor Puppet wounded her, and he shattered her Purple Palace while keeping her alive.
• Ye Jingcheng confronted Li Bigmouth, who offered a storage pouch and swore he would destroy it unless Ye Jingcheng promised to spare him.
• Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beasts attacked Li Bigmouth before he could crush the pouch, killing him; the pouch contained no inheritance or secret treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered the six men’s storage pouches, burned away the evidence, and sent Five Poison Bees to scout the mountain’s pavilions.
• Ye Jingcheng collected third-rank materials from several pavilions before finding the Heavenly Mountain Sect’s final hall.
• The Peachwood Demon drained a hole through the hall’s spirit barrier, revealing the scene inside to Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng explored the ancient Heavenly Mountain Sect hall, obtained the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body inheritance and a Golden Ganoderma Fruit, and harvested a valuable Golden Light Bamboo grove. When he left the mystic realm, Qing Xuanyuan and another Qing Family cultivator ambushed him, but Ye Shengyi appeared and killed them and the hidden formation’s remaining attacker.

• Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Jun Buhui, searched the grand hall, and discovered a smoke-based inheritance containing the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body cultivation technique.
• He recorded the inheritance, preserved the Golden Ganoderma Fruit, and transplanted the Golden Light Bamboo grove into storage.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered spirit herbs and prepared to leave the mystic realm with Madam Chen, the Stone Spirit, and his companions.
• A formation trapped Ye Jingcheng as he exited, where Qing Xuanyuan and a late Purple Palace cultivator confronted him; Ye Jingcheng killed Madam Chen before Ye Shengyi appeared and slew both attackers.
• Ye Shengyi identified a surviving clone and warned that its true body remained nearby, so Ye Jingcheng burned the area with the Crimson Flame Fox and Ye Shengyi killed the figure that emerged.

Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Jun Buhui to misdirect anyone investigating Qing Xuanyuan’s death, then returned safely to Soaring Cloud Peak with Ye Shengyi. After receiving resources and alchemy notes, he learned that the Ye Family’s cover story had held and began reviewing his gains.

• Ye Jingcheng visited Heaven's Chasm Marketplace disguised as Jun Buhui, bought pills and defensive treasures, then changed his appearance and returned toward Yan Kingdom.
• A month later, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Shengyi returned to Soaring Cloud Peak and fed the Red-Node Fish together.
• Ye Shengyi gave Ye Jingcheng three storage pouches taken from Qing Xuanyuan and the other two, along with a jade slip of his alchemy experience, before preparing to return to the Eastern Sea.
• Ye Jingcheng questioned the Ye Family elders and learned that a Zhang Family cultivator had asked about him, while the family’s arrangements had maintained the appearance that he had been aboard the spirit vessel.
• Ye Jinghu reported on the Ye Family’s affairs, including its trade with the Jia Family, and Ye Jingcheng went to his courtyard to sort through his gains.

Ye Jingcheng sorted the spoils taken from several Purple Palace cultivators, gaining valuable treasures and materials for the Ye Family. He uncovered a fourth-tier Thunder Peachwood Heart, advanced cultivation resources, and a powerful Azure Sky Sword Talisman Treasure, leaving him with a vast haul to store and use.

• Ye Jingcheng entered the Grotto-Heaven, planted the Golden Light Bamboo, built a pavilion beside the grove, and fed the spirit beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng searched Lin Fuqing's, Madam Chen's, and Qiu Yongtai's storage bags, obtaining the Mysterious Lakewood Heart, the Silver Pupil Dharma Eye secret art, Foundation Establishment Pills, and numerous magical treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng examined Jun Buhui's and the hidden cultivator's possessions, finding the Golden Mystic Bell, Primordial Heaven Umbrella, Blood Pool Cloth, and materials he planned to give Ye Jingyu.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered Qing Xuanyuan's fourth-tier Thunder Peachwood Heart, many materials for the third-tier wood formula, and a drop of fourth-tier Crimson Phoenix Sparrow blood essence.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected Qing Xuanyuan's magical treasures and found the Azure Sky Sword Talisman Treasure made from Qingyu True Person's personal sword.

Ye Jingcheng uncovered the Heavenly Mountain Sect’s surviving inheritance, including powerful cultivation arts, a body-tempering formation, and a spirit-race cultivation canon. He gave the Spirit Canon to the Stone Spirit and discovered that a golden peacock stone could give birth to another Stone Spirit.

• Ye Jingcheng preserved the surviving jade slips and found twelve high-grade Profound-rank cultivation arts, along with other techniques for the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered the Heavenly Gang Body-Tempering Grand Formation and realized his body-tempering stele could serve as its formation base.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Spirit Canon, which let Stone Spirits and mountain spirits strengthen themselves by devouring magical artifacts, and ordered the Stone Spirit to cultivate it.
• Ye Jingcheng read the Five Elements Divine Lightning secret art, copied it, and planned to send it to the Azure Cloud Sea Region.
• Ye Jingcheng examined a golden peacock stone and found that it had the potential to give birth to a Stone Spirit.

Ye Jingcheng sorted his spoils, improved his earth aptitude with a Golden Ganoderma Fruit, and received a heartfelt pendant from Chu Yanqing. He then learned that the Ye Family had discovered a child with an excellent ice spirit root, but the news had already leaked and could attract the Taiyi Sect.

• Ye Jingcheng restored the golden Peacock Stone's spiritual vitality, sorted his remaining treasures, and fed his spirit beasts, making Jade Lin promise to cultivate harder.
• Ye Jingcheng used Treasure Radiance to strengthen the Sunflower Wood Demon, then ate a Golden Ganoderma Fruit and advanced his earth-aspect aptitude.
• Ye Jingcheng decided to keep two Thousand-Foot Frost Centipedes for pill formulas and give the other two to the lineage, then left his Grotto-Heaven to attend to family affairs.
• Chu Yanqing gave Ye Jingcheng a jade spirit-apricot pendant she had refined, and he accepted it and promised to wear it.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at the council hall, where Ye Xingqun reported that a child with an excellent ice spirit root had been discovered and the news had already spread beyond the family.