Chapter Summary: “Auspicious Beast Qilin”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen continues cultivating inside the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp, using its emerald flames to temper his primordial spirit and deepen his comprehension of laws.
• Although the lamp’s original energy from the Demon-Elephant Soul Wraith has been exhausted, residual information from the previous illusion remains in his Sea of Consciousness. This allows him to continue studying the Jia Wood Law and Force Law, albeit less efficiently.
• Over ten years, Liu Yuanchen’s primordial spirit becomes partially transformed into a powerful Pure Yin Primordial Spirit, with most of it turning silver-white. His Nascent Dharma Form also grows to fifty zhang, though he has not yet condensed Witch Patterns.
• Liu Yan discovers a seventh-realm Soul Wraith resembling a strange yellow ox. It possesses dragon-like horns, scales, tremendous earth-shaking strength, and the ability to cause vegetation to flourish wherever it travels.
• Liu Yuanchen suspects the creature may be a Qilin, an auspicious beast associated with earth virtue, benevolence, and the restoration of the land. However, Liu Yan has never heard of Qilins, suggesting that the Origin Spirit Realm has no knowledge of them.
• Liu Yuanchen sends a Divine Ability Clone to investigate the creature in Yang-Realm Coiled Dragon Mountain. After waiting more than ten days, the clone finally encounters the enraged beast.
• The ox’s stomping causes severe earthquakes, collapsing trees, cracking mountains, and compressing the underground rocks around Liu Yuanchen. He realizes that its power can even counter earth-escape techniques.
• Liu Yuanchen swaps places with the clone using the Substitute-Death Clone technique and confronts the beast directly. After testing its strength, he decides not to prolong the battle because other powerful Eerie Creatures may be nearby.
• He uses the Force Law together with the Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms to create a massive axe strike. The attack instantly kills the Divine Ability Realm peak beast, splitting it from neck to lower back.
• Liu Yuanchen places the corpse into the Jadeglow Lamp. After refining it, he enters the lamp’s illusion and discovers that the creature is indeed a Qilin.
• Within the illusion, Liu Yuanchen takes the form of a Qilin and prepares to comprehend the Qilin Race’s earth-related laws. This could give him the Earth-Attribute Law, complementing the Ren Water and Jia Wood Laws he already possesses.

Character Development

Liu Yuanchen

• His primordial spirit grows substantially stronger through the Lunar Soul-Refining Art and the lamp’s flames.
• His comprehension of laws improves, especially the Force Law, which greatly enhances the power of his physical attacks.
• He becomes increasingly confident in his combat strength, recognizing that he can kill even peak Divine Ability Realm opponents with a single decisive strike.
• His ambitions expand beyond cultivation: he is excited by the possibility of obtaining a Qilin mount, whose symbolic status would greatly enhance his prestige.
• His Earth Immortal cultivation path becomes more clearly defined as he seeks to gather the Yin-Yang Five-Element Laws.

Liu Yan

• He continues serving as Liu Yuanchen’s intelligence-gathering assistant and successfully identifies a promising Soul Wraith target.
• His ignorance of the term “Qilin” highlights the isolation and limited historical knowledge of the Origin Spirit Realm.

Significant Themes

• Gradual cultivation and patience: Transforming the primordial spirit requires long-term refinement, adaptation, and careful management to avoid soul damage.
• Power gained through comprehension: The chapter emphasizes that mastery of laws can dramatically increase the effectiveness of techniques and spirit treasures.
• The contrast between appearance and identity: The beast initially resembles an abnormal yellow ox, but its traits reveal a hidden Qilin bloodline and identity.
• Lost ancient legacies: The Qilin Race was once one of the Primordial World’s great powers, yet its existence is unknown in the Origin Spirit Realm.
• Earth, life, and auspiciousness: The Qilin’s ability to shake the earth and nourish vegetation connects it with earth virtue, natural restoration, and benevolent power.
• Strategic combat: Liu Yuanchen avoids a prolonged battle and uses overwhelming force to end the confrontation quickly, minimizing the risk of attracting other powerful creatures.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen and Liu Yan discuss the mysterious yellow ox. Liu Yan provides its appearance, abilities, and location, while Liu Yuanchen interprets the clues and suspects it is a Qilin.
• Liu Yuanchen questions Liu Yan about Qilins, but Liu Yan’s confusion forces him to reconsider whether the creature is truly a Qilin or merely possesses a similar wood- or earth-based ability.
• During the battle, Liu Yuanchen and the strange ox clash directly. The beast’s furious charge demonstrates its immense physical strength, while Liu Yuanchen’s Force Law and axe technique decisively overwhelm it.
• After refining the beast in the lamp, Liu Yuanchen encounters its true Qilin form and gains the opportunity to experience the laws and heritage of the ancient Qilin Race firsthand.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen uses the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp to cultivate and comprehend laws through the memories of a Qilin-related Soul Wraith.
• He witnesses an ancient battlefield involving the Witch Race and Demon Race. The Demon forces include the Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and numerous Exotic Beast races, led by a powerful Heaven Hound carrying the Golden Crow War Banner.
• The battlefield is identified as the ancient Red Wasteland, likely located in what is now the Origin Spirit Realm. The war appears partly staged, with the Demon Heavenly Court directing the conflict through the Heaven Hound.
• After the Origin Spirit Realm begins violently shaking—likely because the Witch Race is departing from the Primordial World—the Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise races betray the Exotic Beasts and attack them.
• The Qilin Race is destroyed by the White Tiger Race. The Heaven Hound fights back using the Golden Crow War Banner and the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp, but is eventually severely wounded and escapes. The lamp is badly damaged and disappears.
• Liu Yuanchen later views the memories of a Mountain-Shaking Ox, an Eerie Demon whose body was possessed by the Qilin Soul Wraith. The Qilin remnant gradually strengthened the ox’s faint Qilin bloodline, causing it to transform and behave erratically before Liu Yuanchen killed it.
• After awakening, Liu Yuanchen discovers that the lamp has absorbed the ox and Qilin Soul Wraith’s power, significantly increasing its strength.
• He gains two major Earth Law Fragments: Wutu, associated with mountains and solid earth, and Weitu, associated with fertile soil and life-bearing earth.
• His Force Law also improves, and he inherits the Mountain-Shaking Earth-Splitting Minor Divine Ability.
• Liu Yan then reports unusual activity at Scarlet Flame Volcano. A vast yellow-brown mist is producing life-infused spiritual soil, suggesting that Liu Yuanchen’s enhanced Earth Laws have strengthened the Houtu Ancestor Witch’s Divine Ability, Virtue Bearing All Things.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen gains a deeper understanding of the ancient Witch-Demon War and the hidden political structure behind it.
• He realizes the Heaven Hound was likely a subordinate of Donghuang Taiyi and commander of a group of Exotic Beast guards.
• His cultivation advances considerably: his Divine Spring, Nascent Dharma Form, primordial spirit, Force Law, and Earth Laws all strengthen.
• He confirms that the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp can do more than assist in law comprehension—it can allow him to inherit abilities from absorbed beings, especially when their memories are sufficiently complete.
• Liu Yuanchen becomes suspicious that the Heaven-Restoration Sect’s Heaven Hound Dao Lord may be connected to the ancient Heaven Hound who escaped the massacre.
• His concern for his junior brother, nearby human settlements, and the hidden Grotto-Heaven at Scarlet Flame Volcano reveals his protective and pragmatic priorities.

Significant Themes

• Fragmented history and buried truth: Liu Yuanchen reconstructs ancient events from incomplete memories, revealing that official accounts of the Witch-Demon War may be misleading.
• Political betrayal and shifting alliances: The Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise races initially obey the Heaven Hound but later turn against the Exotic Beasts once the Origin Spirit Realm becomes isolated.
• Inheritance through remnants: Souls, bloodlines, memories, and laws can survive death and influence new hosts, as seen with the Qilin Soul Wraith and Mountain-Shaking Ox.
• Power through comprehension: Liu Yuanchen’s cultivation grows by understanding and absorbing the principles behind Divine Abilities rather than merely accumulating energy.
• The relationship between earth and life: Wutu represents the earth’s physical stability, while Weitu represents fertile soil and the life it nurtures. These laws also connect directly to the transformation of Scarlet Flame Volcano.

Character Interactions

• The ancient Heaven Hound commands the Demon army and the Exotic Beasts using the Golden Crow War Banner, while the Dragon, Phoenix, and other races follow his orders until they betray him.
• The Qilin is treated as the sovereign of beasts, yet even the White Tiger Race eventually turns against it and helps destroy the Qilin Race.
• Liu Yuanchen interacts indirectly with the Mountain-Shaking Ox through its memories, learning how the Qilin Soul Wraith altered its body and behavior.
• Liu Yuanchen and Liu Yan communicate about Scarlet Flame Volcano. Liu Yan reports the danger cautiously, while Liu Yuanchen assesses the phenomenon and orders continued surveillance.
• Liu Yuanchen’s suspicions about the Heaven-Restoration Sect’s Heaven Hound Dao Lord create a possible link between the ancient war and the present-day world.

Chapter Summary: “Mutation in the Nascent Dharma Form”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After comprehending the Weitu Law, Liu Yuanchen discovers that his Virtue Bearing All Things divine ability can now produce spirit soil filled with vitality, not merely spiritual energy.
• The soil accumulates rapidly near Scarlet Flame Volcano, forming an inch-thick layer every month across an area with a hundred-li radius. This soil is exceptionally valuable for cultivating delicate, high-grade spirit plants.
• Liu realizes the soil could generate enormous profits, especially because the Red Wasteland contains many Spirit Realms and Blessed Lands that require large quantities of fertile soil.
• He summons Liu Qingming, the chief steward of Dongyang Divine Prefecture, and entrusts the Liu Family with mining and selling the soil. The business could earn hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones annually, providing the clan with substantial benefits.
• Liu Qingming reports that the Liu Family is developing well: dozens of disciples have reached the Sea of Qi Realm, ten have reached the Condensed Origin Realm, and Liu Chengye is at the peak of the Condensed Origin Realm while cultivating three paths simultaneously.
• Liu Yuanchen gives Chengye advice about using Three-Light Origin Elixirs and preparing defensive artifacts for the tribulation that will accompany the formation of the Three-Origin Spirit Platform.
• Returning to cultivation, Liu Yuanchen uses Thick Earth Return-to-Origin to refine energy from a grain of Divine Breath Soil. His spleen and stomach absorb some of its power, but the excess energy is drawn into his Middle Dantian.
• The Houtu Ancestor Witch True-Form Diagram absorbs this remaining energy and unexpectedly merges with Liu Yuanchen’s Nascent Dharma Form, causing the Dharma Form to grow beyond seventy zhang and develop a yellowish-brown mark.
• After the fusion, Liu Yuanchen discovers that his Astral Force contains both green and yellow-brown energy. He can now cultivate both Jumang Astral Force and Houtu Astral Force.
• He attempts to merge the True-Form Diagrams of Zhurong, Roushou, Gonggong, and Dijiang into the Dharma Form, but all are rejected.
• Liu Yuanchen theorizes that the Divine Breath Soil enabled Houtu’s transformation. He plans to test this by refining One-Origin Heavy Water with the Gonggong inheritance, potentially allowing Gonggong’s True-Form Diagram to merge as well.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen becomes more capable of turning his cultivation achievements into practical resources for his family and faction. Rather than monopolizing the spirit soil, he deliberately gives the Liu Family control of its mining and trade.
• His understanding of the Earth Immortal Path deepens as he recognizes the strategic and commercial value of vitality-filled spirit soil.
• His cultivation undergoes a major change: the Nascent Dharma Form is no longer tied to a single Ancestor Witch inheritance. Houtu’s fusion gives him access to a second type of Astral Force and raises the possibility of combining multiple Ancestor Witch powers.
• Liu Qingming is shown to be a loyal, honest, and diligent administrator. Though not especially talented, he has prospered through his position and has managed Dongyang Divine Prefecture faithfully for over a century.
• Liu Chengye is revealed to be ambitious and hardworking. His simultaneous cultivation of three paths has slowed his progress, but reaching the peak of the Condensed Origin Realm at his age is still impressive.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and material wealth: Liu Yuanchen’s breakthroughs create valuable resources, demonstrating how supernatural abilities can produce economic and political influence.
• Family advancement and responsibility: He uses the spirit-soil business to strengthen the Liu Family rather than benefiting outsiders, showing his growing commitment to clan development.
• Transformation through fusion: The Houtu Diagram’s merger suggests that cultivation is not always linear; different inheritances and treasures can combine to produce unexpected mutations.
• The relationship between elemental attributes and cultivation: Earth-aligned treasures enhance Houtu’s inheritance, hinting that other powerful spiritual materials may awaken corresponding Ancestor Witch True-Form Diagrams.
• Long-term ambition: Liu Yuanchen begins envisioning the possibility of merging all twelve Ancestor Witch True-Form Diagrams and greatly increasing the power of his Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms.

Important Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen and Liu Qingming: Liu Qingming initially thinks Liu Yuanchen is investigating the soil accounts, but Liu Yuanchen clarifies that he wants the Liu Family to manage the expanding spirit-soil business. Their exchange highlights Qingming’s diligence and Yuanchen’s trust in him.
• Liu Yuanchen and the Liu Family: Through his instructions regarding the spirit soil and Liu Chengye’s cultivation, Liu Yuanchen actively supports the family’s prosperity and future strength.
• Liu Yuanchen and Liu Chengye: Although Chengye is not present, Yuanchen discusses his progress and offers elixirs and guidance for his future breakthrough.
• Liu Yuanchen and the Ancestor Witch inheritances: His experiments with Houtu, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the other True-Form Diagrams reveal the limits of his current fusion method and establish his next cultivation objective.

Chapter Summary: “Dao Lord’s Inheritance”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen refines more than fifty drops of One-Origin Heavy Water using the Gonggong Ancestor Witch True-Form Diagram and the Myriad Waters Returning to the Source divine ability.
• During this process, the Gonggong True-Form Diagram merges into his Nascent Dharma Form, leaving behind an azure-blue mark. His Astral Force consequently gains water, wood, and earth attributes.
• The previously obtained Houtu True-Form Diagram has also merged into the Dharma Form, while the Jumang True-Form Diagram fuses with it naturally because his original Dharma Form was already based on Jumang.
• Liu Yuanchen now possesses three merged Ancestral Witch inheritances and hopes eventually to incorporate all twelve, potentially allowing him to wield a trace of Pangu’s power and greatly strengthen his Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms.
• His Nascent Dharma Form grows beyond one hundred zhang, meeting two of the three requirements for advancing to the Dharma Form Realm. It can already withstand sixth-rank Dharma treasures; only the formation of Witch Patterns remains.
• While his main body cultivates in seclusion at Netherworld Coiled Dragon Mountain, Divine Ability Clone No. 6 searches Asking Dao Mountain for cultivation insights.
• The clone arrives at Xuanyang Peak, where Dao Lord Xuanyang’s inheritance is preserved. He witnesses the ambitious An Changsheng emerge from Xuanyang Cave, apparently having obtained part of the inheritance.
• Liu Yuanchen enters the cave and receives a complete vision of Dao Lord Xuanyang’s life, cultivation, and final battle against Extraterritorial Lifeforms.
• The inheritance provides several methods for condensing Witch Patterns, including the rapid technique “Borrow False to Cultivate Truth,” which can shorten the process to roughly ten years.
• Dao Lord Xuanyang entrusts the future of the Human Race to those who come after him, and Liu Yuanchen vows to uphold that responsibility.

Character Development

• Liu Yuanchen: His cultivation advances significantly. The fusion of multiple Ancestral Witch True-Form Diagrams strengthens his Dharma Form and divine abilities, while also confirming his theory that the diagrams can be integrated through the right spiritual treasures. He becomes increasingly aware of both the immense potential and enormous resource demands of pursuing all twelve inheritances.
• He also shifts from simply seeking personal strength to accepting a broader responsibility for the Human Race, inspired by Dao Lord Xuanyang’s final message.
• An Changsheng: Introduced as the crown prince of An Kingdom and a highly ambitious prodigy who seeks to become “number one under heaven.” His triumphant exit from Xuanyang Cave suggests that he has gained Dao Lord Xuanyang’s inheritance and may become Liu Yuanchen’s notable contemporary or rival.
• Dao Lord Xuanyang: Though long dead, his life is revealed through the inheritance. He is portrayed as a gifted cultivator, devoted teacher, and heroic Human Race defender who dies after resisting powerful Extraterritorial Lifeforms.

Significant Themes

• Accumulation and transformation: Liu Yuanchen’s progress depends on gradually gathering rare treasures and using them to transform his Dharma Form.
• Inheritance and continuity: Cultivation knowledge, sacrifices, and responsibilities pass from one generation to the next. Dao Lord Xuanyang’s legacy preserves not only techniques but his entire path of growth.
• The cost of power: Merging the remaining nine Ancestral Witch inheritances will require enormous quantities of rare spiritual treasures, making Liu Yuanchen’s ambition difficult despite his exceptional talent.
• Duty to the Human Race: The chapter emphasizes that great cultivators are responsible for protecting and advancing their civilization, especially against Extraterritorial Lifeforms.
• The value of cultivation insight: Liu Yuanchen lacks neither inheritances nor resources alone, but he needs experience and understanding. Xuanyang’s complete life-record provides guidance that ordinary written manuals cannot.

Important Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen’s main body interacts indirectly with the Houtu and Gonggong inheritances, whose fusion into his Dharma Form enhances his divine abilities.
• Divine Ability Clone No. 6 observes An Changsheng and hears other students debate the relative talents of An Changsheng and Liu Yuanchen.
• Liu Yuanchen respectfully receives Dao Lord Xuanyang’s inheritance through the statue and meditation cushion in Xuanyang Cave.
• Dao Lord Xuanyang’s final vision directly addresses future cultivators, entrusting them with the Human Race’s future. Liu Yuanchen responds by formally bowing and promising to fulfill that responsibility.

Chapter Summary: Breakthrough to the Dharma Form Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen exits Xuanyang Cave after obtaining Dao Lord Xuanyang’s complete inheritance, including the crucial Borrowed Falsehood, Cultivated Truth method for condensing Witch Patterns.
• Nearly a hundred cultivators gather outside to witness his emergence. The enormous pillar of light from Xuanyang Mountain confirms that Liu has received an exceptionally powerful inheritance.
• Liu encounters An Changsheng, who has also obtained part of Xuanyang’s inheritance. Liu casually reveals that he has reached the peak of the Golden Body Realm and received the complete inheritance, humiliating An Changsheng and overshadowing his achievement.
• Back in Dongyang Grotto-Heaven, Liu begins preparing to condense a Wood Witch Pattern based on Jumang’s Ancestor Witch inheritance.
• He harvests essence from more than a hundred Hundred-Year Flat Peach trees, carefully restoring the trees afterward with the Jia Wood Withering-and-Flourishing Art.
• Using the spirit-root essence, Origin Astral Force, and his understanding of the Jia Wood, Life, and Force Laws, Liu condenses a False Witch Pattern onto the forehead of his Nascent Dharma Form.
• The pattern initially remains an empty shell. Over the next eight years, Liu continuously nourishes it with Astral Force and law power.
• The Witch Pattern eventually manifests fully. The Jumang Ancestral Witch Dharma Form emerges, and its presence causes the vegetation, spirit plants, and Dao Soldiers throughout Dongyang Grotto-Heaven to react.
• Liu activates the enhanced Heaven-and-Earth Rejuvenation Divine Ability, causing plants to flourish, withered vegetation to recover, seeds to sprout, and even an Azurewater Spirit Peach tree to bloom.
• His breakthrough to the Dharma Form Realm also causes Dongyang Grotto-Heaven’s Main Spirit Vein to approach advancement to the seventh grade, while the Earth Book’s defensive power rises significantly.

Character Development

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates remarkable confidence and composure. He ignores the crowd outside Xuanyang Cave and deliberately uses understated but cutting remarks to establish his superiority over An Changsheng.
• His success confirms that his previous stagnation was not weakness but concealed accumulation. He has now become one of the Human Race’s most extraordinary talents, reaching the Dharma Form Realm at only 235 years old.
• Liu’s mastery of the Jumang inheritance deepens. His understanding of spirit-root essence, law integration, and the Witch Pattern method allows him to transform inherited knowledge into a powerful personal cultivation system.
• His combat potential increases dramatically. Before the breakthrough, he could defeat peak Divine Ability Realm opponents; afterward, he believes he can seriously injure or even kill ordinary Primordial Immortal Realm experts with the Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms.
• Despite his confidence, Liu remains cautious regarding peak Primordial Immortals who possess Half-Grade Laws, acknowledging that he is not yet capable of defeating such experts reliably.
• An Changsheng is portrayed as proud and competitive. His initial satisfaction at obtaining Xuanyang’s inheritance collapses when Liu’s achievement makes his own seem insignificant, leaving him angry and humiliated.

Significant Themes

• Hidden potential and delayed achievement: Liu’s long period without visible advancement concealed steady preparation, showing that apparent stagnation does not necessarily indicate failure.
• Inheritance and personal mastery: Receiving Xuanyang’s inheritance is only the beginning; Liu’s true strength comes from combining it with the Jumang Ancestor Witch inheritance, his spirit roots, laws, and unique cultivation resources.
• Accumulation leading to transformation: The Witch Pattern requires years of patient nourishment, emphasizing that major breakthroughs depend on sustained effort rather than sudden insight alone.
• Power connected to nature: Liu’s breakthrough is reflected through the flourishing of Dongyang Grotto-Heaven. His strength is not merely destructive; it also restores life and enhances the growth of the world under his control.
• Ambition balanced by caution: Liu recognizes his rapidly increasing strength but still understands the danger posed by superior experts, especially peak Primordial Immortals with profound law comprehension.
• Competition and pride: The interaction with An Changsheng highlights the social consequences of exceptional talent and the resentment created when one cultivator completely eclipses another.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen and the observing cultivators: The crowd is astonished by the scale of Liu’s inheritance and re-evaluates him as a supreme Human Race genius.
• Liu Yuanchen and An Changsheng: Liu’s apparently apologetic remarks are actually deliberate provocations. By mentioning both his higher cultivation and complete inheritance, he suppresses An Changsheng psychologically without needing a confrontation.
• Liu Yuanchen and his spirit plants: He treats the Hundred-Year Flat Peaches carefully, extracting only limited essence and restoring their vitality, reflecting his ability to cultivate without damaging his resources.
• Liu Yuanchen and Dongyang Grotto-Heaven: His breakthrough directly strengthens the grotto-heaven’s vegetation, spirit veins, and protective treasures, reinforcing the connection between his personal cultivation and the world he has built.

Chapter Summary: “The Wonderful Uses of Void Netherstone”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen assesses the major factions and concludes that most Human Race, Myriad Gods Sect, and Heaven-Restoration Sect Primordial Immortals pose limited danger because they lack Innate Spirit Treasures and the ability to mass-produce Acquired Spirit Treasures.
• He recognizes the greater threat posed by the Demon and Witch Races. Demons possess Innate Spirit Treasures and can create replicas, while Witch Race experts wield powerful bloodlines, Witch Patterns, laws, and inherited Divine Abilities.
• Recalling Dijiang Ancestral Witch’s inheritance, Liu Yuanchen examines a Void Netherstone taken from the Azure Elixir Sect’s treasury. After more than two hundred years, it has grown from roughly 800 pounds to 1,300 pounds and has accumulated immense spatial power.
• He enters the Nether Sun Grotto-Heaven, which has expanded to a diameter of two thousand li due to the Netherworld Sun Fragment and an Earth Vein created through the Earth Book Imprinting Technique.
• Liu Yuanchen activates Dijiang’s Spatial Domain Divine Ability, producing gray spatial mist and dividing the surrounding area into countless small spaces. He discovers that Void Netherstone can absorb this spatial power and continue growing.
• Using the Nine Heaven-Cleaving Forms, he cuts the Void Netherstone into numerous smaller fragments. Both the main stone and fragments absorb spatial power, confirming that the stone can function as a renewable storage medium—and potentially as a source of wealth.
• Liu Yuanchen realizes that combining Void Netherstone with the Spatial Domain Divine Ability could create a “Void Netherstone mine.” The material is highly valuable for crafting spatial artifacts and developing grotto-heavens and Blessed Lands.
• He returns to Dongyang Grotto-Heaven and continues cultivating his primordial spirit by feeding black flames from the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp into the Zhurong Ancestor Witch True Form Diagram.
• While Liu Yuanchen is secluded, Wan Yutang of the Myriad Treasures Trading Association visits Dongyang Divine Prefecture to propose a large-scale commercial partnership involving Spirit Field Soil from Scarlet Flame Volcano.
• Wan Yutang offers to purchase all the Spirit Field Soil Dongyang Divine Prefecture can produce at ten Spirit Stones per jin and distribute it throughout the Great Xia Divine Dynasty.

Character Development

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates increasing strategic awareness. He accurately evaluates his own combat limits, acknowledging that he can fight ordinary Primordial Immortals but should flee from Peak Primordial Immortals, powerful Witch Race experts, or opponents carrying Acquired Spirit Treasures.
• His mastery of Dijiang Ancestral Witch’s inheritance deepens. He recognizes the connection between his Mist Space Minor Divine Ability and the Spatial Domain Divine Ability.
• Liu Yuanchen’s focus expands beyond combat and cultivation toward resource development, commerce, and long-term faction building. He identifies Void Netherstone as both a cultivation aid and a major economic asset.
• His primordial spirit is close to a major breakthrough. Most of it has become silver-white, and with further tempering he expects to reach the Pure Yin Primordial Spirit stage, followed by the Yang Spirit Realm.
• Wan Yutang is revealed as a pragmatic and commercially astute negotiator. Rather than trying to seize Dongyang Divine Prefecture’s existing Spirit Field Soil business, he proposes expanding its market beyond the Red Wasteland.

Significant Themes

• Resourcefulness and hidden value: Liu Yuanchen discovers that an overlooked treasure can become extraordinarily valuable when paired with the right Divine Ability.
• Cultivation and commerce: Powerful cultivation resources are also economic assets. The chapter links personal advancement with the growth and prosperity of Liu Yuanchen’s territory.
• Strategic self-awareness: Liu Yuanchen’s careful assessment of enemies and his own limitations emphasizes survival, preparation, and avoiding reckless confrontation.
• Inheritance and innovation: He does not merely inherit the Ancestor Witches’ abilities; he combines them with his own techniques and treasures to create new applications.
• Expansion and logistics: The Spirit Field Soil proposal highlights how transportation networks, Divine Court connections, and territorial expansion shape the value of resources.
• Long-term development: The growth of the Nether Sun Grotto-Heaven and the planned use of Void Netherstone reflect Liu Yuanchen’s patient approach to building future strength.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen interacts mainly with his own Divine Ability Clone One, Liu Qingming, and Wan Yutang.
• Liu Qingming becomes uneasy when Wan Yutang appears interested in the Spirit Field Soil, since the Liu Family already controls its development.
• Liu Yuanchen initially suspects that Wan Yutang wants to take over part of the existing business, but Wan clarifies that the Myriad Treasures Trading Association intends to handle distribution outside the Red Wasteland.
• Wan Yutang explains that Spirit Field Soil is needed for Blessed Lands established in newly conquered Demon Race territory, making large-scale distribution profitable despite transportation costs.
• Liu Yuanchen remains cautious but becomes interested when Wan offers a guaranteed market and a fixed price of ten Spirit Stones per jin.

Summary of “Taiyin Jade Dew”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen reflects on the importance of connections in the Spirit Field Soil trade. The Myriad Treasures Trading Association benefits from its long-standing relationship with the Divine Court, while Liu and the Eight Desolations Pavilion lack comparable influence.
• He recognizes that Spirit Field Soil will be highly profitable while the Red Wasteland remains undersupplied, but its value will eventually decline once major factions accumulate enough reserves. He therefore plans to establish external markets before the resource becomes commonplace.
• Liu negotiates with Wan Yutang over distribution rights. He refuses to grant the Myriad Treasures Trading Association a monopoly, explaining that the Eight Desolations Pavilion has its own channels and must serve other forces. He offers the association at most thirty percent of the supply and proposes a short-term agreement, leaving the detailed bargaining to Liu Qingming and Wan Yutang’s subordinates.
• Two years later, at age 237, Liu completes the refinement of his Primordial Spirit. By refining black flame through the Zhurong Ancestor Witch True Form Diagram and Lunar Soul-Refining Art, he removes the final traces of golden yang energy and achieves a completely silver-white Pure Yin Primordial Spirit.
• This breakthrough places him at the peak of the Yin Spirit Realm. His clarity of consciousness improves dramatically, more than doubling his speed of law comprehension.
• Liu explains that advancing to the Yang Spirit Realm requires True Yang to arise naturally from within the Pure Yin Primordial Spirit. External yang energy would be impure and could damage or regress his cultivation.
• To bridge the final gap, he chooses the Lunar Yin-to-Yang Art, a modified cultivation method from the Great Xia Academy. Its crucial supporting medicine is Lunar Yin Jade Dew.
• He gathers the required materials: Moonlight Divine Water as a substitute for Lunar Yin Essence and Gui Water Essence, One-Origin Heavy Water as a source of Ren Water Essence for dilution, and various precious yin-attribute spiritual medicines.
• Using the Jumang Ancestral Witch Dharma Form, Yin-Yang Spirit Flame, Ren Water Law, and careful refinement, Liu successfully produces more than a thousand jin of Lunar Yin Jade Dew.
• He confirms that the diluted medicine no longer dangerously corrodes Divine Sense, making it suitable for tempering his Primordial Spirit.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen becomes more strategically mature in commerce. Rather than pursuing immediate profit through a monopoly, he protects the Eight Desolations Pavilion’s independence and prevents the Myriad Treasures Trading Association from controlling the entire market.
• His cultivation advances significantly with the completion of his Pure Yin Primordial Spirit. He gains sharper consciousness and much greater comprehension efficiency.
• Liu demonstrates increased confidence in his resources and abilities. Materials that would be rare or inaccessible to others are readily available to him through his position in the Netherworld and his accumulated treasures.
• Wan Yutang remains a trusted business partner but is disappointed when Liu refuses to grant the trading association exclusive control. Their relationship survives because the association still gains priority access and a substantial share.
• Liu Qingming is established as the capable chief steward responsible for handling the practical negotiations on Liu’s behalf.

Significant Themes

• Power of connections and influence: Access to major markets depends not only on resources but also on political and institutional relationships.
• Long-term strategy versus short-term profit: Liu values control, independence, and future flexibility over allowing one faction to monopolize the Spirit Field Soil trade.
• Market saturation and changing value: A scarce strategic resource can lose its exceptional value once supply meets basic demand, requiring foresight and new markets.
• Cultivation through balance and transformation: Liu’s progress depends on reaching the extreme of yin so that yang can arise naturally, emphasizing the cyclical relationship between opposing forces.
• Practical adaptation: The chapter contrasts alchemy with medicine refinement and shows Liu selecting the safer, more efficient method suited to his needs.
• Preparation for future breakthroughs: Achieving the Pure Yin Primordial Spirit is not the endpoint; Liu must now overcome the final barrier before reaching the Yang Spirit Realm.

Character Interactions

• Liu and Wan Yutang negotiate the Spirit Field Soil trade. Wan seeks half the supply and hopes for a monopoly, while Liu firmly limits the association to thirty percent and preserves the Pavilion’s own distribution channels.
• Liu’s refusal is diplomatic rather than hostile: he acknowledges the association’s importance and offers it early access, but refuses to place the entire industry under its control.
• Liu Qingming and Wan Yutang’s subordinates are tasked with continuing the detailed negotiations, showing Liu’s growing ability to delegate administrative matters.
• In the cultivation portion, Liu interacts primarily with his own spiritual techniques, Dharma Forms, and stored treasures, using them in combination to refine the Lunar Yin Jade Dew and prepare for his next realm breakthrough.

Chapter Summary: Yin Apex Gives Rise to Yang: Yang Spirit Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen begins cultivating with the refined Lunar Yin Jade Dew. To avoid its extreme corrosive and freezing effects, he first has his Dharma Form dilute and refine it before allowing his primordial spirit to consume it.
• After refining one drop, his Pure Yin Primordial Spirit becomes slightly purer, bringing his cultivation to the peak of the Yin Spirit Realm.
• Over the next two years, Liu Yuanchen refines more than five hundred jin of Lunar Yin Jade Dew. His yin energy reaches its limit, causing frost to cover his body and nearby surroundings.
• Once his primordial spirit becomes tolerant enough, he begins consuming the undiluted Lunar Yin Jade Dew directly. At the Yin Apex, vast yin energy gathers between his brows.
• Instead of immediately attempting the transformation, Liu Yuanchen uses Innate Primordial Qi and the Innate Gods-and-Devils Forging Method to strengthen and transform his primordial spirit.
• At sunrise, he draws Dawn-Rosé Purple Qi from the first sunlight of the day into his primordial spirit. This external yang energy acts as a catalyst, allowing the immense yin energy to condense into a scarlet point of True Yang.
• The newly formed True Yang absorbs and suppresses the surrounding yin energy. The frost disappears, his body regains warmth and vitality, and nearby frozen plants begin to revive.
• Liu Yuanchen successfully advances into the Yang Spirit Realm. The breakthrough causes no Heavenly Tribulation, but his aura becomes extremely powerful until he conceals it with the Withered Wood Longevity Art.
• Believing his physical cultivation and primordial spirit have both reached the seventh realm, Liu Yuanchen prepares to investigate the Grotto-Heaven near the source of the Fire Vein at Coiled Dragon Mountain.
• Before doing so, he receives his eldest nephew, Liu Chengye, who is approaching the Spirit Platform Realm.
• Liu Yuanchen gives Liu Chengye three Three-Light Origin Elixirs, discusses his preparations for the Three-Origin Spirit Platform tribulation, and presents him with a specially enhanced Flood Dragon Pearl.
• The Flood Dragon Pearl contains powerful Dragon Qi that may transform Liu Chengye’s Flood Serpent Immortal Seed into a Flood Dragon Immortal Seed. Liu Yuanchen advises him to nurture his Immortal Seed before attempting his breakthrough and promises to protect him at Coiled Dragon Mountain.

Character Developments

Liu Yuanchen

• Advances from the peak of the Yin Spirit Realm to the Yang Spirit Realm by successfully generating a thread of True Yang within his primordial spirit.
• Demonstrates increasing caution and sophistication in cultivation, carefully testing the dangerous Lunar Yin Jade Dew rather than consuming it recklessly.
• Combines multiple cultivation methods and external resources, including Innate Primordial Qi, the Innate Gods-and-Devils Forging Method, and Dawn-Rosé Purple Qi.
• Gains confidence in confronting the Fire Vein’s hidden Grotto-Heaven now that both his body and primordial spirit have reached the seventh realm.
• Shows generosity and responsibility toward his family by supporting Liu Chengye’s upcoming breakthrough.

Liu Chengye

• Has become the Liu Family’s patriarch and reached the limit of the Condensed Origin Realm after more than two centuries of cultivation and family management.
• Despite his age and status, he remains respectful toward Liu Yuanchen and still accepts the familiar name “Huzi” with emotion.
• Possesses substantial Human Dao Merit, which will help reduce the danger of his Heavenly Tribulation.
• Receives an opportunity to improve his Immortal Seed and potentially strengthen his future foundation.

Significant Themes

• Balance between yin and yang: The chapter centers on yin energy reaching its absolute limit and transforming into True Yang, illustrating that extremes contain the seeds of their opposites.
• Caution and experimentation in cultivation: Liu Yuanchen survives by testing the Lunar Yin Jade Dew through his Dharma Form first, exposing flaws in the inherited formula and emphasizing the dangers of blindly trusting cultivation methods.
• Transformation through synthesis: His breakthrough depends not on one technique alone, but on combining Lunar Yin-to-Yang Art, Innate Primordial Qi, the Gods-and-Devils Forging Method, and Dawn-Rosé Purple Qi.
• Incomplete knowledge and adaptation: Liu Yuanchen recognizes that the Lunar Yin-to-Yang Formula omits the possibility of using external yang energy. His willingness to identify and correct such flaws reflects his growing mastery.
• Family responsibility and inheritance: Liu Yuanchen’s support for Liu Chengye demonstrates his role as a protector and benefactor of the Liu Family, helping the next generation achieve a stronger foundation.
• Merit and destiny: Liu Chengye’s accumulated Merit Golden Light shows how responsible leadership can influence tribulation and cultivation success.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen primarily interacts with his own Dharma Form and primordial spirit during the dangerous refinement of the Lunar Yin Jade Dew, carefully coordinating them to prevent spiritual damage.
• His interaction with the sunrise and Dawn-Rosé Purple Qi becomes the decisive catalyst for forming True Yang.
• When Liu Chengye arrives, the relationship between uncle and nephew is respectful but affectionate. Liu Yuanchen treats Chengye as both a junior family member and a future pillar of the clan.
• Liu Chengye expresses gratitude and humility, while Liu Yuanchen reassures him, provides resources, evaluates his preparations, and gives strategic cultivation advice.
• Their exchange highlights Liu Yuanchen’s increasing authority and Liu Chengye’s dependence on his guidance as he approaches a major breakthrough.

Chapter Summary: “Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen advises and supports his nephew, Liu Chengye, after the young man breaks through to the Spirit Platform Realm. He urges Chengye to expand the family, eventually pass on the clan leadership, and focus on cultivation, promising him ample resources.
• Liu Yuanchen visits Scarlet Flame Volcano, where the Liu Family mines Spirit Field Soil created by his Virtue Bearing All Things Divine Ability. The soil is transported through Salt Marsh Lake and the Qingshui River to various regions of the Red Wasteland.
• The divine ability’s range has expanded slightly after Liu Yuanchen’s cultivation breakthrough, but its output has not increased much because his Earth-Attribute Law has made little progress. Its power continues to consume energy from the volcano’s lava lake, whose surface has fallen by hundreds of zhang.
• Liu Yuanchen meets Meng Tieshan beneath the lava lake. Meng has broken through to the Golden Body Realm using the Witch Race inheritance and has developed Spirit Perception after his Divine Sense disappeared.
• Meng explains that the underground Fire Vein has advanced to the upper seventh rank, allowing him to cultivate directly within it. His suppression of the Fire Vein has earned him substantial Merit and prevented Heavenly Punishment during his breakthrough.
• Liu Yuanchen examines his own Merit and realizes that his Merit Golden Lotus has grown from ten and a half petals to twelve. His Earthly and Human Dao Merit comes from several actions: suppressing the volcano, producing Spirit Field Soil, killing enemies connected to the Extraterritorial Lifeforms, eliminating harmful creatures, assisting the Moonwater Demon Lotus, and repairing a Spirit Vein Source.
• The ninth petal of the Merit Golden Lotus Mark within the Earth Book is nearly complete, suggesting that a major change may occur once all nine petals are filled.
• Liu Yuanchen enters the Fire Vein and passes through a spatial rift into a vast hidden realm: the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven. It contains upper eighth-rank fire spiritual energy, tremendous yang energy, an upper eighth-rank Main Fire Spirit Vein, and an Earth Vein.
• He identifies the grotto-heaven’s center and discovers that the extreme yang energy there is too powerful even for his Yin-Yang Spirit Flame Flood Dragons to absorb.
• A Flame Giant Hound emerges from the lava. Though intimidating, it is incomplete and does not pose an immediate threat. When Liu Yuanchen produces the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp, the hound demands that he return it, implying a mysterious connection between the beast and the lamp.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates increasing power, resourcefulness, and strategic awareness. His Earth Book and Dharma Form now protect him from environments that were previously unbearable. He also gains a clearer understanding of how his actions generate Merit and recognizes the enormous cultivation potential of the newly discovered grotto-heaven.
• Liu Chengye: Has reached the Spirit Platform Realm and is being positioned as a future contributor to the Liu Family’s prosperity and leadership.
• Meng Tieshan: Makes rapid progress through the Witch Race inheritance, reaching the Golden Body Realm and developing Spirit Perception. His merit from suppressing the Fire Vein gives him protection from Heavenly Punishment and places him ahead of their master in accumulated Merit.
• Flame Giant Hound: Initially appears dangerous but is revealed to be an incomplete lava-based entity. Its recognition of the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp introduces an unresolved mystery.

Significant Themes

• Family responsibility and succession: Liu Yuanchen supports the younger generation while planning for the Liu Family’s long-term growth and stability.
• Merit and cosmic balance: Good deeds such as protecting living beings, repairing spiritual resources, suppressing disasters, and eliminating threats earn both Human Dao and Earthly Dao Merit.
• Cultivation through stewardship: Liu Yuanchen’s power grows not merely through personal training but through developing land, protecting spirit veins, and improving the surrounding environment.
• Inheritance and transformation: Meng Tieshan’s Witch Race bloodline and inheritance allow him to cultivate in a fundamentally different way, replacing Divine Sense with Spirit Perception.
• Discovery and hidden potential: The Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven represents a major opportunity, potentially surpassing the Nether Sun Grotto-Heaven in resources and long-term value.
• Unresolved ancient connections: The Flame Giant Hound’s demand for the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp hints that the lamp may possess a deeper history or relationship to the grotto-heaven.

Important Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen comforts and instructs Liu Chengye, promising resources and encouraging him to strengthen the family.
• Liu Yuanchen and Meng Tieshan exchange news about their breakthroughs, cultivation methods, Merit, and responsibilities at Scarlet Flame Volcano.
• Liu Yuanchen recognizes Meng’s achievements and tells him to guard the Fire Vein, implying that Meng will continue benefiting from its suppression.
• In the grotto-heaven, Liu Yuanchen confronts the Flame Giant Hound and uses the Wind-Chant Beast Speech authority to understand its repeated demand that he return the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp.

Chapter Summary: Donghuang’s Legacy Treasure: Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen encounters a molten giant hound, initially believing it to be a nearly mindless remnant soul. He attempts to absorb it into the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp so he can examine its memories.
• The hound briefly regains its intelligence and identifies itself as the Heaven Hound Marshal, a former commander appointed by Donghuang Taiyi of the Demon Heavenly Court.
• The Heaven Hound reveals that the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp was bestowed upon him by Donghuang Taiyi. Liu Yuanchen realizes that the lamp in his possession may have been personally replicated or commissioned by Donghuang.
• By provoking the Heaven Hound’s pride, Liu Yuanchen learns that Donghuang also gave him the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner, a powerful High-Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure.
• The Heaven Hound explains the banner’s terrifying origins: its banner face was forged from the natal Li Huo of a slain Phoenix Race Great Luo Golden Immortal, its staff came from the Phoenix Race’s Lihuo Parasol Tree, and Donghuang Taiyi fused one of his own golden feathers into it.
• The banner could release Great Luo-level Li Huo and even kill Great Luo Golden Immortals. It was damaged after the Heaven Hound used it to break through the Twelve-Celestial Capital Gods and Fiends Formation while being attacked by numerous experts and Innate Spirit Treasures.
• The Heaven Hound accidentally confirms that the damaged banner is hidden somewhere within the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven. Liu Yuanchen then absorbs and refines the remnant soul after the hound refuses to reveal its exact location.
• Searching the grotto-heaven, Liu Yuanchen discovers the Heaven Hound’s decayed skeleton and finds the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner concealed inside its mouth.
• When he approaches, the banner activates a powerful defensive formation and releases a fire phoenix. The attack destroys his Dharma Form and Earth Book projection, forcing him to escape with the Substitute-Death Clone Divine Ability.
• Realizing that the banner and its protective formation are far beyond what he can currently withstand, Liu Yuanchen decides to enter the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp and study the Heaven Hound’s remaining memories and fire laws before attempting to claim the treasure.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates caution, intelligence, and skillful manipulation. Rather than immediately refining the Heaven Hound, he questions and provokes him to obtain information about the banner.
• He gains a clearer understanding of the Heaven Hound’s former status and the importance of the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner.
• Liu Yuanchen also recognizes his own limitations after narrowly surviving the banner’s fire phoenix attack. His approach shifts from direct acquisition to preparation through memory investigation and cultivation.
• The Heaven Hound is revealed as a proud, fiercely loyal former marshal of Donghuang Taiyi. Though reduced to a remnant soul, he retains strong allegiance to Donghuang and refuses to betray the banner’s location willingly.
• His arrogance makes him vulnerable to Liu Yuanchen’s provocations, but his experience and knowledge of the lamp allow him to resist its soul-bewitching effects.

Significant Themes

• The power of strategy over force: Liu Yuanchen succeeds in extracting crucial information by exploiting the Heaven Hound’s pride rather than overpowering him through combat.
• The danger of ancient treasures: The Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner remains extraordinarily powerful despite severe damage and the passage of countless years.
• Loyalty and political hierarchy: The Heaven Hound’s devotion to Donghuang Taiyi reflects the authority and influence of the former Demon Heavenly Court.
• Innate versus Acquired treasures: The chapter emphasizes that a carefully crafted Acquired Spirit Treasure can surpass even Innate Spirit Treasures when made from exceptional materials and infused with powerful forces.
• Preparation before advancement: Liu Yuanchen learns that possessing a treasure is not the same as being capable of controlling it; cultivation, knowledge, and understanding of its formation are necessary.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen initially attempts to absorb the Heaven Hound, but pauses when the remnant soul regains awareness and begins speaking.
• The two engage in a tense interrogation. Liu Yuanchen repeatedly insults the Heaven Hound’s strength and the prestige of the Heaven Hound Race to provoke him.
• The Heaven Hound angrily defends his race, his former achievements, and Donghuang Taiyi, revealing increasingly valuable information in the process.
• Once the Heaven Hound realizes he has been tricked into disclosing the banner’s location, he refuses to speak further.
• Liu Yuanchen then seals and refines him in the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp, intending to access his memories later.
• Liu Yuanchen’s first direct encounter with the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner ends in failure: its fire phoenix overwhelms his defenses, forcing him to retreat and reconsider his plan.

Chapter Summary: The Might of the Chaos Bell

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen enters the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp and experiences a historical illusion through the memories of Liu Yan, a Heaven Hound.
• Liu Yan, transformed into a crimson Heaven Hound, is relentlessly pursued by Gonggong-lineage Witches. Though he possesses Celestial Immortal cultivation and great speed, the Witches’ ability to draw endless strength from the earth allows them to outlast him.
• Just as Liu Yan is about to be killed, Donghuang Taiyi arrives and destroys the pursuing Witches with Solar True Fire.
• Grateful and seeking revenge for his slaughtered clansmen, Liu Yan joins the Heavenly Court. Donghuang Taiyi accepts him as a fellow defender of living beings rather than a mere servant.
• After centuries of service, Liu Yan reaches the Golden Immortal Realm and is appointed to lead campaigns against the Witch Race. Donghuang Taiyi gives him an imitation of the Jadeglow Lamp, the Azure Jade Ancient Lamp.
• Liu Yan earns military merit over hundreds of thousands of years and eventually becomes a regional general, though his cultivation remains limited to the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Donghuang Taiyi later assigns Liu Yan command over the Heavenly Court’s forces in the Origin Spirit Realm, where the Dragon, Phoenix, and other races have pledged allegiance. He gives Liu Yan the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner, containing powerful Phoenix flames and a single full-force strike from Donghuang Taiyi.
• The allied races eventually betray the Heavenly Court and join forces with the Witches. Liu Yan’s army is ambushed and devastated, while the connections between the Origin Spirit Realm and the Primordial World are severed.
• Surrounded by more than twenty Golden Immortal experts, Liu Yan activates Donghuang Taiyi’s golden feather. A projection of Taiyi appears with the Chaos Bell and annihilates the attackers, severely damaging or destroying their treasures as well.
• Knowing he cannot survive and refusing to let the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner fall into enemy hands, Liu Yan hides it in a concealed Blessed Land, establishes protective formations, and dies after exhausting his life force.

Character Developments

• Liu Yan: Begins as a hunted survivor driven by grief and vengeance. He becomes a loyal Heavenly Court commander, develops considerable military experience, and accepts increasingly important responsibilities despite being unable to advance beyond peak Golden Immortal cultivation. His final actions demonstrate loyalty, courage, and willingness to sacrifice himself to protect the Heavenly Court’s treasures.
• Donghuang Taiyi: Is portrayed as a powerful, dignified, and strategically minded leader. He protects oppressed races, rewards loyalty, respects the independence of allied races, and personally equips Liu Yan with powerful treasures. His projection’s destruction of the enemy forces reveals the overwhelming might of the Chaos Bell.
• Liu Yuanchen: Gains firsthand insight into the ancient Witch-Demon conflict and becomes fascinated by the Chaos Bell. He recognizes its extraordinary offensive, defensive, spatial, and temporal abilities and concludes that it likely escaped into Infinite Chaos rather than being destroyed.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Liu Yan remains loyal to the Heavenly Court even when abandoned and surrounded, ultimately dying to prevent its treasures from being captured.
• Revenge versus duty: His initial desire to avenge his clansmen evolves into a broader commitment to resisting the Witches and protecting the Heavenly Court’s forces.
• Political trust and betrayal: Donghuang Taiyi’s policy of treating all races equally strengthens the Heavenly Court, but the later betrayal by the Dragon, Phoenix, and other races exposes the danger of relying on newly allied powers.
• Power and survival: The chapter emphasizes the importance of endurance, strategic retreat, powerful artifacts, and escape abilities in the Primordial World.
• The grandeur of ancient treasures: The Chaos Bell is presented as one of the supreme treasures of creation, combining powerful offense, defense, and control over space and time.

Character Interactions

• Donghuang Taiyi rescues Liu Yan and offers him an honorable place in the Heavenly Court.
• Liu Yan repeatedly expresses gratitude and loyalty toward Taiyi, who responds by granting him increasingly powerful treasures and authority.
• Taiyi counsels Liu Yan against suppressing the Dragon and Phoenix races, emphasizing the Heavenly Court’s principle of equality.
• Liu Yan commands allied races that later betray him, turning former subjects into enemies.
• In the final battle, Donghuang Taiyi’s projected form appears through the golden feather and the Chaos Bell, rescuing Liu Yan from certain defeat and annihilating the forces surrounding him.

Chapter Summary: “Gather the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen exits the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp after experiencing the Heaven Hound’s vast memories, including battles from the Primordial World and the devastating Witch-Demon War.
• He reflects on the terrifying power of the Chaos Bell, which destroyed more than twenty Golden Immortals despite facing powerful formations and Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Liu Yuanchen decides not to pursue the damaged Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner yet. The treasure is too dangerous to reveal, as it could attract the Witch and Demon Races, the Heaven-Restoration Sect, and other powerful factions.
• He instead plans to claim the entire Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven. Though heavily fire-aligned and unsuitable for farming, it contains valuable spirit veins, earth veins, and the potential to produce more than ten wisps of Innate Primordial Qi annually.
• This resource is crucial because Liu Yuanchen needs one million wisps of Innate Primordial Qi to condense a single strand of Innate Undying Radiance and advance toward becoming a Primordial God-Demon.
• Cultivating inside the lamp grants Liu Yuanchen two new laws inherited from the Heaven Hound:
  • Flowing Fire Law, a powerful refining flame capable of strengthening metal and stone.
  • Speed Law, a branch of Space Law that enhances movement and can help break spatial restrictions.
• Both laws reach approximately one percent completeness, an astonishing level comparable to that of a Primordial Immortal, despite Liu Yuanchen himself still being only in the early Yang Spirit Realm.
• After learning that two years have passed, Liu Yuanchen replaces his missing Divine Ability Clone No. 4 and returns to the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven.
• He discovers that the grotto-heaven contains far less Innate Primordial Qi than expected, suggesting that some unknown force may be absorbing it.
• Liu Yuanchen uses a Qi-Locking Seal to restrict the loss and a Qi-Gathering Seal to collect roughly ten strands of Innate Primordial Qi per year.
• He then merges the Earth Book with the grotto-heaven’s spatial barrier, leaves the grotto-heaven, and successfully collects it into the Earth Book. The Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven appears as a new scarlet sphere on the Earth Book.

Character Development

• Liu Yuanchen becomes more cautious and strategic. Rather than recklessly claiming the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner, he chooses the safer long-term approach of controlling the entire grotto-heaven first.
• He gains greater awareness of the dangers of the Primordial World and the hidden experts who may still survive from the Witch-Demon War.
• His mastery of laws improves dramatically. The Flowing Fire Law strengthens his artifact-refining potential, while the Speed Law compensates for a former weakness in controlling the Sea-Calming Pearl.
• His ambitions become clearer: he is accumulating grotto-heavens and Innate Primordial Qi to transform his foundation into that of a Primordial God-Demon.

Significant Themes

• Caution versus greed: Liu Yuanchen suppresses his desire for the powerful banner and prioritizes survival and gradual accumulation.
• The lingering influence of ancient wars: The Witch-Demon War continues to shape the present through surviving treasures, formations, bloodlines, and hidden experts.
• Accumulation and long-term cultivation: Resources such as grotto-heavens, spirit veins, and Innate Primordial Qi are essential for achieving higher realms.
• Power and responsibility: Possessing a legendary treasure can bring overwhelming strength but also attract enemies capable of destroying Liu Yuanchen.
• Transformation through inheritance: The Heaven Hound’s memories and bloodline laws provide Liu Yuanchen with immense benefits while also linking him to dangerous ancient forces.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen mainly interacts with the legacy of the Heaven Hound, whose memories reveal the power of the ancient world and grant him the Flowing Fire and Speed Laws.
• The Heaven Hound’s connection to the Heaven-Restoration Sect and its leader, the Heaven Hound Dao Lord, creates a potential future threat.
• Liu Yuanchen recalls his earlier conflict with Wu Shan of the Black Lotus Holy Sect, whose mastery of Space Law exposed the limitations of Liu Yuanchen’s Sea-Calming Pearl. His new Speed Law may allow him to surpass that weakness.
• His Divine Ability Clones continue supporting his cultivation plans by guarding Coiled Dragon Mountain, the Dragon Abyss Grotto-Heaven, and other important locations.

Chapter Summary: “Demonic Race Stirs”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen studies the crimson sphere taken from the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven. Even after being sealed inside the Earth Book, it continues emitting powerful fire and yang energy, suggesting that the Golden-Feather Lihuo Banner still possesses tremendous potential.
• The removal of the Molten Lava Grotto-Heaven causes the nearby Fire Vein to fall from the artificially elevated eighth rank back toward its original seventh-rank level. Since the Scarlet Flame Volcano’s Spirit Field Soil production depends heavily on this vein, Liu Yuanchen decides to strengthen it.
• At the Fire Vein’s source, he discovers a rare single-element Spirit Vein Source shaped like a coiled Fire Dragon. Using the Earth-Spirit Dragon-Transformation Secret Art, he implants Void and Solid Earth-Spirit Seeds to accelerate the vein’s growth and restore it to the eighth rank.
• Liu Yuanchen returns to Netherworld Coiled Dragon Mountain and resumes cultivation. His immediate goal is to refine his Yang Spirit into a Pure Yang Primordial Spirit, while the more difficult cultivation of his Jumang Dharma Form is postponed.
• His Jumang Dharma Form requires comprehension of numerous Wood-element and spring-related Laws before its Witch Patterns can be completed. Because obtaining these Laws might require confronting powerful Wood Witches, he chooses the safer orthodox Earth Immortal path first.
• Using the Solar Spirit Refinement Art and the powerful yang energy from the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp, he spends five years converting the yin energy in his Primordial Spirit into Pure Yang energy.
• His progress is interrupted when Liu Yan reports that an Azure Flood Dragon at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm has discovered and destroyed many Scout Spirit Plants near Blackcloud Ridge.
• Liu Yuanchen suspects the Flood Dragon is acting under the orders of a powerful True Dragon or Peak Primordial Immortal. Although he could personally kill the Flood Dragon, doing so might expose his cultivation and provoke a dangerous retaliation.
• Instead, he travels to the Dongyang Divine Prefecture and asks the Grand Grandmasters to intervene. However, the Azure Origin Pill King reveals that the Dragon Race has recently reinforced the Demon Cloud Sea with several imperial-clan experts and large numbers of soldiers, greatly increasing its strength.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates growing strategic caution. Although he is powerful enough to defeat the Azure Flood Dragon, he prioritizes concealment and survival over immediate revenge.
• He continues balancing multiple responsibilities: strengthening his territory, supporting the Spirit Field Soil industry, advancing his cultivation, protecting his family and allies, and maintaining intelligence networks.
• His understanding of cultivation deepens. He recognizes that his Jumang Dharma Form has immense potential but requires an enormous range of Laws, making it impractical to pursue recklessly at present.
• Liu Yan proves effective as an intelligence coordinator, establishing an extensive surveillance network across the Yang Realm and accurately reporting the Dragon Race’s movements.
• The Azure Origin Pill King remains protective of Liu Yuanchen but is increasingly concerned about provoking a wider conflict with the Demon Race. His attitude shifts from casual confidence about killing a Flood Dragon to caution because of the Dragon Race’s recent military buildup.

Significant Themes

• Power versus concealment: Liu Yuanchen possesses enough strength to eliminate the immediate threat, but revealing his abilities could attract attacks from far stronger enemies.
• Long-term cultivation and preparation: The chapter emphasizes gradual strengthening—raising the Fire Vein’s rank, refining the Primordial Spirit, and carefully accumulating Laws rather than forcing breakthroughs.
• Strategic restraint: Survival depends not merely on winning individual battles but on understanding the broader political and military consequences of each action.
• Growth and foundations: Spirit Veins, cultivation realms, Dharma Forms, and intelligence networks all require strong foundations before they can advance further.
• Rising tension between races: The Dragon Race’s aggressive actions and reinforcement of the Demon Cloud Sea suggest that a larger conflict may soon erupt.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen works with the Earth Book and the Fire Vein, using his secret arts to strengthen the local spiritual environment.
• He maintains a close master-servant relationship with Liu Yan, relying on him to monitor the Yang Realm and the Demon Cloud Sea.
• Liu Yan reports the Azure Flood Dragon’s actions and explains how the Scout Spirit Plants were discovered and destroyed.
• Liu Yuanchen seeks help from the Grand Grandmasters, presenting himself humorously as someone who has been bullied.
• The Azure Origin Pill King responds with initial disbelief and amusement, then becomes serious after learning about the surveillance network and the Dragon Race’s reinforcements.
• The chapter ends with Liu Yuanchen learning that the Dragon Race’s actions are part of a much larger and potentially dangerous military movement.

Chapter Summary: “The Dragon Race’s Purpose”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen analyzes the Demon Race’s large-scale mobilization in the Demon Cloud Sea. He concludes that the forces are probably not intended to invade the Red Wasteland Marquisate or directly attack the Eight Desolations Pavilion, since the Demon Race lacks the unity and manpower for such an operation.
• The group suspects that the Dragon Race is instead targeting the Black Lotus Holy Sect, though they remain wary that the operation could be a trap designed to lure out and kill Eight Desolations Pavilion experts.
• Liu Yuanchen advises against sending a large force. He argues that interfering too aggressively might cause the Demon Race to withdraw or escalate its deployment, disrupting the conflict between the Demon Race and the Black Lotus Holy Sect.
• To investigate safely, Liu Yuanchen sends out Divine Ability Clone No. 4. He deliberately allows an Azure Flood Dragon at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm to chase him for over two thousand li.
• Once he confirms there is no ambush, Dragon-Fishing Venerable captures the Flood Dragon with a massive fishhook and brings him back to Coiled Dragon Mountain.
• Under interrogation, the Azure Flood Dragon reveals that the Dragon Race is indeed reinforcing the Demon Cloud Sea to eliminate the Black Lotus Holy Sect. The sect had previously ambushed and killed many Dragon Race members.
• The Dragon Race also discovered that the Heavenly Dao Authority of Blackcloud Ridge had been stolen. They suspect the Black Lotus Holy Sect is responsible and plan to surround and destroy it.
• Liu Yuanchen realizes that the Black Lotus Holy Sect has unintentionally taken the blame for his own theft of Blackcloud Ridge’s authority.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen demonstrates strategic caution and political awareness. Rather than rushing into battle, he evaluates the rival factions’ motives and seeks to preserve the conflict between the Demon Race and Black Lotus Holy Sect.
• He also shows growing confidence in his abilities. He uses his clone and movement techniques to test the Flood Dragon while concealing his true strength.
• The Eight Desolations Pavilion’s grandmasters display trust in Liu Yuanchen’s judgment, agreeing to his restrained investigation plan while remaining prepared to intervene.
• Dragon-Fishing Venerable is established as an intimidating specialist against dragon-type demons. His reputation alone is enough to break the Azure Flood Dragon’s resistance.
• The Azure Flood Dragon begins arrogantly, believing capturing Liu Yuanchen could earn him enough resources to reach the Primordial Immortal Realm. After being captured and tortured, his confidence collapses and he confesses.
• The Dragon Race is portrayed as powerful but constrained by internal rivalries, especially its longstanding hostility with the Phoenix Race and its need to monitor the growing Divine Court.

Significant Themes

• Strategic restraint over brute force: Liu Yuanchen recognizes that allowing enemies to weaken each other is more advantageous than openly intervening.
• Factional balance and political maneuvering: The Demon Race avoids destroying the Eight Desolations Pavilion because the Divine Court poses the greater long-term threat. Its actions are shaped by the need to maintain divisions within the Human Race.
• Misplaced blame and manipulation: Liu Yuanchen’s theft of Blackcloud Ridge’s authority is attributed to the Black Lotus Holy Sect, allowing him to benefit from their conflict with the Dragon Race.
• Hidden strength and deception: Liu Yuanchen conceals his real capabilities, using a clone and deliberately appearing vulnerable to uncover the enemy’s intentions.
• Old rivalries among the demon clans: The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races remain divided by ancient blood feuds, limiting the Demon Race’s ability to act as a unified force.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen persuades Golden Flame Venerable, Azure Origin Pill King, and Venerable Sea Severing not to launch a large-scale attack.
• The grandmasters discuss whether the Demon Race is targeting the Eight Desolations Pavilion or the Black Lotus Holy Sect, ultimately accepting Liu Yuanchen’s reasoning.
• Liu Yuanchen provokes the Azure Flood Dragon into pursuing him, then allows Dragon-Fishing Venerable to capture it.
• Dragon-Fishing Venerable threatens and tortures the Flood Dragon, forcing it to disclose the Dragon Race’s plans.
• The chapter ends with Liu Yuanchen recognizing that the Black Lotus Holy Sect has unknowingly shielded him from suspicion regarding the stolen Heavenly Dao Authority.

Summary: “Mixed Blessings and Woes”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Liu Yuanchen narrowly avoids suspicion from the Dragon Race after the destruction and disturbances surrounding Blackcloud Ridge are blamed on the Black Lotus Holy Sect, a common enemy of the Origin Spirit Realm.
• He recognizes that repairing the Ancestral Vein has earned him Merit and partial control over Blackcloud Ridge. However, fully claiming its Heavenly Dao Authority could create a disturbance large enough to attract the Dragon Race’s attention, so he decides to delay the attempt and focus on cultivation.
• The Dragon-Fishing Venerable interrogates an Azure Flood Dragon captured from the Demon Cloud Sea. The prisoner reveals:
  • At least four Dragon Race Origin Immortals are active in the Demon Cloud Sea.
  • Each Dragon King can command up to ten thousand elite personal soldiers.
  • The Dragon Race therefore has at least twenty thousand powerful troops in the region.
  • The Dragon Race has discovered six Demon Qi Black Lotuses and has been investigating Blackcloud Ridge, though the Eight Desolations Pavilion’s presence has discouraged them from searching too thoroughly.
• Liu Yuanchen learns that his Scout Spirit Plants are detectable because their connection to the Ginseng Fruit Tree prevents others from controlling them. This creates a significant security risk.
• The Dragon-Fishing Venerable gives Liu Yuanchen the Azure Flood Dragon, warning that the prisoner is a peak Divine Ability Realm expert whose cultivation is only temporarily sealed.
• Liu Yuanchen brings the Flood Dragon to the Nether Sun Grotto-Heaven, releases the seal, and uses him as a test opponent. Despite the Flood Dragon’s powerful spear techniques, dragonflame, and Dragon Pearl, Liu Yuanchen defeats him effortlessly using superior speed, physical strength, spatial abilities, and laws.
• Liu Yuanchen kills the Azure Flood Dragon and draws his corpse into the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp.
• Inside the lamp, Liu Yuanchen’s consciousness unexpectedly awakens in the body of a newborn Azure Flood Dragon. He discovers that the slain Flood Dragon was Ao Qing’s biological son, not merely his subordinate.
• Ao Qing and the child’s mother are disappointed that their son lacks a True Dragon body. Ao Qing names him Ao Xuan and intends to place him in the Dragon Race’s personal troops rather than recognize him as part of the imperial clan.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen becomes increasingly cautious and strategic. He understands that his growing connection to Blackcloud Ridge grants immense power but also threatens to expose him, so he postpones claiming full authority.
• His confidence in his own strength rises sharply. He confirms that his seventh-realm cultivation, exceptional body, and mastery of multiple laws allow him to defeat a peak Divine Ability Realm opponent with ease.
• Liu Yuanchen also becomes more aware of the weaknesses in his Scout Spirit Plants and realizes that Liu Yan must operate with greater secrecy.
• The Azure Flood Dragon changes from an arrogant and defiant prisoner into a frightened, helpless combatant once Liu Yuanchen overwhelms him. Before dying, he cannot accept that a young Human Race cultivator possesses such extraordinary mastery of laws.
• The Dragon-Fishing Venerable acts as both interrogator and benefactor. He provides Liu Yuanchen with valuable intelligence and freely gives him the captured Flood Dragon, while warning him not to underestimate the prisoner.
• Ao Qing is revealed to be deeply invested in Dragon bloodline purity. Though he acknowledges his son, he regards the child as fundamentally inferior because he was born a Flood Dragon rather than a True Dragon.

Significant Themes

• Power and concealment: Liu Yuanchen’s growing strength gives him greater freedom, but using it openly could reveal his identity and provoke powerful enemies.
• Mixed blessings: The Dragon Race’s conflict with the Black Lotus Holy Sect temporarily removes suspicion from Liu Yuanchen, but it also prevents him from safely hunting Eerie Creatures and acquiring laws.
• Bloodline discrimination: The Dragon Race values True Dragon blood above talent or familial connection. Even a child of imperial-clan blood is excluded from the clan if born in a lesser form.
• Institutional decline: Liu Yuanchen reflects that excessive devotion to bloodline purity causes the Dragon Race to suppress capable collateral members, weakening the race from within.
• Identity and reincarnation: Liu Yuanchen’s consciousness entering the body of Ao Qing’s newborn son introduces questions about his future identity and places him directly within the Dragon Race’s internal hierarchy.
• Strategic patience: Rather than seize Blackcloud Ridge immediately or provoke the Dragon Race, Liu Yuanchen chooses to accumulate strength and wait for a safer opportunity.

Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen and the Dragon-Fishing Venerable: Their exchange shows mutual trust and cooperation. The Venerable offers Liu Yuanchen the captured Flood Dragon, while Liu Yuanchen urges restraint because the Dragon Race is already fighting the Black Lotus Holy Sect.
• Liu Yuanchen and the Azure Flood Dragon: Their relationship shifts from interrogation to combat. Liu Yuanchen deliberately releases the prisoner to test his own abilities, taunting him throughout the battle and decisively demonstrating the gap between them.
• Ao Qing and his family: Ao Qing and the child’s mother react with disappointment to the newborn’s Flood Dragon form. Ao Qing gives him the name Ao Xuan but relegates him to a military role, revealing the emotional and social consequences of Dragon Race bloodline prejudice.
• Liu Yuanchen and Ao Qing: Although Ao Qing does not recognize him directly, Liu Yuanchen discovers that the opponent he killed was Ao Qing’s son, creating an unexpected personal connection and placing him in a potentially dangerous position within the Dragon Race.

Chapter Summary: “Abundant Harvest”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ao Xuan, a Flood Dragon and son of the True Dragon Ao Qing, had been treated fairly despite being excluded from the Dragon clan genealogy. He reached the peak of the Divine Ability Realm around three thousand years old and became vice commander of Ao Qing’s personal guard.
• After examining Ao Xuan’s memories, Liu Yuanchen learns that the Dragon Race has seven True Dragons and roughly fifty thousand elite soldiers stationed in the Demon Cloud Sea. Their forces are primarily hunting the Black Lotus Holy Sect to prevent the Human Race from obtaining stolen Heavenly Dao Authority.
• One year after refining Ao Xuan, Liu Yuanchen discovers that the Jadeglow Twofold Ceremonial Lamp has extracted six laws from him:
  • Wind-and-Rain Law
  • Water-Control Law
  • Spring Wind Law
  • Spring Rain Law
  • Spring Thunder Law
  • Wood God Law
• Ao Xuan’s memories also cause Liu Yuanchen’s Ghost Willow Domain to evolve into the Myriad Woods Domain, a powerful vegetation-based Divine Ability. He gains the Minor Divine Abilities Spring Wind and Rain, Wavebreaker, and Spring Thunder.
• Liu Yuanchen tests the Myriad Woods Domain in Dongyang Grotto-Heaven. It transforms nearby plants into Scout Spirit Plants and rapidly ripens Golden-Thread Rice, producing grain superior to ordinary crops. He realizes the ability could become even more powerful when used with high-level spirit plants.
• Liu Yuanchen worries that Ao Qing may seek revenge for Ao Xuan’s death, especially through indirect or underhanded methods. However, he believes that after further cultivation, he will be able to face Ao Qing without fear.
• Liu Chengye, Liu Yuanchen’s eldest nephew, arrives after preparing to break through to the Spirit Platform Realm. With Liu Yuanchen’s assistance, including Three-Light Origin Elixirs and a Dragon Pearl, he begins his breakthrough atop Coiled Dragon Mountain.
• After three months, Liu Chengye successfully condenses his Spirit Platform. His Flood Serpent Immortal Seed transforms into a Python Dragon Immortal Seed, greatly improving its grade from Grade-B Low-Grade to Grade-B High-Grade.
• Zhao Hong explains that Immortal Seeds can continue to improve during later realms, citing his own transformation from a Grade-B Low-Grade Flame Ape into a Grade-A Mid-Grade Zhu Yan.
• Zhao Hong suggests that Liu Yuanchen eventually take Liu Chengye as a disciple once he obtains a Grade-A Immortal Seed. Liu Yuanchen instead considers sending him to the Artifact Refining Lineage, where Chengye’s talents may be better suited and he would face fewer threats.

Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Gains six dragon-related laws, a powerful evolved Divine Ability, and several Minor Divine Abilities. His confidence and military potential increase, though he becomes cautious about Ao Qing’s possible retaliation. He also begins seriously considering how to establish a lineage and protect or advance his family.
• Ao Xuan: Though already dead, his memories and inherited laws prove extremely valuable. His mixed Flood Dragon bloodline gives Liu Yuanchen access to rare spring, water, wind, and wood laws.
• Liu Chengye: Demonstrates a strong foundation by completing his breakthrough in only three months. His Immortal Seed advances from a weak Flood Serpent to a much stronger Python Dragon, revealing considerable future potential.
• Zhao Hong: Acts as a mentor and offers guidance on Immortal Seed advancement and disciple selection. His own past demonstrates that poor initial talent can be overcome through repeated improvement.
• Ao Qing: Remains an indirect threat. His affection for Ao Xuan suggests he may investigate or retaliate against Liu Yuanchen.

Significant Themes

• Harvest from danger: Liu Yuanchen’s killing of Ao Xuan produces an unexpectedly rich reward, emphasizing that dangerous enemies can also provide cultivation resources and knowledge.
• Bloodline and potential: Ao Xuan’s near-True-Dragon bloodline grants extraordinary laws, while Liu Chengye’s Immortal Seed transformation shows that innate limitations can be improved over time.
• Growth through inheritance: Dragon Race techniques and laws can benefit Liu Yuanchen’s spirit plants, demon soldiers, and future military forces, showing how inherited knowledge can be repurposed.
• Protection and preparation: Liu Yuanchen balances cultivation advancement with concern for family safety, anticipating both Ao Qing’s revenge and attacks on Liu Chengye.
• Choosing the right path: Liu Chengye’s future depends not only on cultivation but also on entering a lineage suited to his talents. Liu Yuanchen prioritizes his safety and development over prestige.

Important Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen studies Ao Xuan’s memories and indirectly benefits from Ao Xuan’s Dragon Race inheritance.
• Liu Yuanchen protects Liu Chengye during his breakthrough and observes the transformation of his Immortal Seed.
• Zhao Hong advises Liu Yuanchen about Chengye’s potential and urges him to establish his own lineage.
• Liu Yuanchen respectfully rejects the immediate suggestion of taking Chengye as a disciple, preferring the safer and more suitable Artifact Refining Lineage for him.

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Liu Chengye undergoes his Spirit Platform Tribulation, first using six linked fire shields and spirit fire nurtured in his Immortal Seed. He survives and stabilizes his cultivation.
• Liu Chengye plans to establish a Spirit Realm at Dongyang Lake and asks Liu Yuanchen for guidance.
• Liu Yuanchen gives him an Earth Immortal Path cultivation method, then asks why he painfully used his Immortal Seed to nurture spirit fire.
• Chengye reveals that unknown experts have repeatedly infiltrated the Liu Family and even investigated ancestral graves, prompting Liu Yuanchen to act.
• Liu Yuanchen gives him a jade pendant containing a clone as a trap.
• That night, a Nether Soul Sect spy takes the bait, but Venerable Skyward (an Immortal Ascension expert of the Soaring Immortal Sect) appears, kills the spy, and seizes the pendant.
• Skyward reveals he plans to trade Liu Yuanchen's clone to the Dragon Race for entrance into Dragon Abyss to survive his coming tribulation.
• Liu Yuanchen counters that the Dragon Race does not know where Dragon Abyss is; he tells the story of Azure Dragon Ao Mang, who kept its location secret from his own race.

2. Character Developments

• Liu Chengye: Breaks through to Spirit Platform; displays unyielding resolve and self-sacrifice (training spirit fire in his Immortal Seed despite pain). Shows strategic caution and concern for his clan.
• Liu Yuanchen: Demonstrates shrewdness, confidence, and loyalty to family. Confidently claims he can defeat anyone below Primordial Immortal level, and uses deception to stall a stronger foe.
• Venerable Skyward: Revealed to be desperate and morally flexible—willing to cooperate with demons and kill juniors to survive. Yet he is cautious and intelligent, though swayed by Liu Yuanchen’s argument.

3. Significant Themes

• Clan protection and vengeance (Liu Yuanchen’s fury at spies targeting his family).
• The harsh reality of immortal cultivation: tribulations, desperation of aging experts, willingness to compromise.
• Deception as a survival tool: Liu Yuanchen’s trap, his manipulation of Skyward’s doubts, and hidden knowledge as power.
• The value of secret inheritances (Earth Immortal Path) and strategic resource distribution.

4. Character Interactions

• Banter between Zhao Hong and Liu Yuanchen about Pill King Lineage’s reputation—blaming Liu Yuanchen’s master for its poor standing.
• Warm mentorship between Liu Yuanchen and Liu Chengye, including gifts and trust.
• Confrontation between Venerable Skyward and Liu Yuanchen’s clone: Skyward predatory and arrogant, Liu Yuanchen respectful but cunning, gradually overturning the power dynamic through information.

Here is a concise summary of the chapter "Merger Plan":

1. Key Plot Points

• Liu Yuanchen meets with Venerable Skyward (an elder of the Soaring Immortal Sect) inside a sealed underground chamber and claims he can lead the entire sect into Dragon Abyss.
• To prove his credibility, Liu Yuanchen demonstrates a subtle spatial escape technique, slipping out of Skyward's carefully layered spatial barriers without being detected — greatly shocking the elder.
• Liu Yuanchen proposes a merger: the Soaring Immortal Sect reunites with Eight Desolations Pavilion, and in exchange, its members receive entry into Dragon Abyss.
• Venerable Skyward is tempted but refuses to decide immediately; he says he must return to consult his sect's disciples. He arranges to meet again in two months at East Mountain by Dongyang Lake with Qing Yuan, Duan Hai, and others.
• Liu Yuanchen reports the conversation to his grandmasters. They worry about spies and the security of their secret base, Eight Desolations Valley.
• Liu Yuanchen provides dragon scales from Ao Mang (the master of Dragon Abyss) as a way to let Venerable Skyward enter without endangering Eight Desolations Valley.
• He also proposes splitting the Soaring Immortal Sect: upright disciples join Eight Desolations Pavilion as the "Spatial Lineage"; untrustworthy or unclear-origin disciples remain in the Myriad Gods Sect to feed false information and gather Dragon Race intelligence.
• The grandmasters approve the plan.

2. Character Developments

• Liu Yuanchen: Shows strategic foresight, bold negotiation, and proven personal strength. He cleverly bluffs and uses multiple spatial law techniques to earn Venerable Skyward's respect, and later proposes a pragmatic, layered integration plan.
• Venerable Skyward: Initially skeptical and proud, he becomes genuinely impressed by Liu Yuanchen's skill. He is cautious, unwilling to rush a major sect decision, but clearly leans toward accepting the merger.
• Azure Origin Pill King: Acts as the cautious leader, wary of infiltration, hidden spies, and threats to Eight Desolations Valley.
• Golden Flame Venerable & Venerable Sea Severing: More enthusiastic, seeing the merger as a restoration of lost legacy and a strategic boon.

3. Major Themes

• Trust and Verification: Liu Yuanchen must prove his capability before being taken seriously; Venerable Skyward must test whether Liu's claims are genuine.
• Political Alliances and Mergers: The chapter explores how ancient sect relationships can be renegotiated through mutual benefit rather than simple loyalty.
• Risk Management: The grandmasters carefully weigh the dangers of admitting unknown cultivators into their most secret strongholds.
• Cultivation and Tribulation: Dragon Abyss is presented as a rare refuge for cultivators seeking to escape Heavenly Tribulation and pursue Longevity Immortality.

4. Character Interactions

• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Venerable Skyward: A tense, respectful confrontation where Liu proves his worth and makes his offer; Skyward moves from disdain to grudging admiration.
• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Liu Chengye: Brief reassurance that the danger at Dongyang Lake has passed for now.
• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Grandmasters: A strategic council where Liu presents his plan, anticipates objections, and supplies concrete solutions (dragon scales and sect division). The grandmasters ultimately unite behind his approach.

Chapter Summary: Negotiations

Key Plot Points & Events

1. Dragon Abyss Visit: Liu Yuanchen uses an Azure Dragon scale (from Ao Mang) to enter Dragon Abyss, collects rare spirit plants as evidence, and discovers the region is teeming with high-level demon beasts (Divine Ability and Primordial Immortal Realm). He views it as an inexhaustible treasury for comprehending laws, intending to return after the sect matter is resolved.
2. Negotiation Setup: The meeting takes place at Dongyang Lake's East Mountain underground chamber. Eight Desolations Pavilion sends three representatives (Azure Origin Pill King, Golden Flame Venerable, Venerable Sea Severing) covering all factions. Soaring Immortal Sect sends Venerable Skyward, Martial Sword Immortal Wu, and Venerable Void Nether (a space-path expert).
3. Evidence Presented: Liu Yuanchen presents the dragon-shaped spirit plants, which Venerable Skyward and Void Nether verify as authentic—their Dragon Qi content makes forgery impractical.
4. Terms Agreed: The Soaring Immortal Sect will rejoin as a subsidiary branch with equal treatment to other subsidiary branches. Venerable Skyward receives elder status and treatment but no direct authority. If a Longevity Immortal emerges from their branch, they may become a main branch.
5. Secret Intelligence Operation: Per Golden Flame Venerable's proposal, the merger will remain secret. A portion of reliable disciples will join as the "Spatial Lineage," while the Soaring Immortal Sect maintains its name and continues feigning loyalty to the Myriad Gods Sect and Demon Race to gather intelligence. All disciples receive equal treatment regardless of which group they join.
6. Dragon Scales Distributed: Liu Yuanchen gives each of the three Soaring Immortal Sect representatives a dragon scale, warning them of Immortal Ascension Realm demon beasts within Dragon Abyss. Venerable Skyward immediately activates his scale and teleports into Dragon Abyss.

Character Developments

• Venerable Skyward: Transitions from desperate antagonist to pragmatic negotiator. He directly addresses his past attack on Liu Yuanchen, framing it as forced by circumstances ("no road left for me"), suggesting personal growth or at least strategic reconciliation. His immediate testing of the dragon scale shows lingering wariness.
• Azure Origin Pill King: Demonstrates magnanimity, expressing sympathy for Liu Yuanchen being used as a hostage, and offers fair, generous terms without hard bargaining.
• Liu Yuanchen: Shows foresight and restraint—he prepared evidence, accepted the hostage role, and views Dragon Abyss strategically as a law-comprehension resource for future cultivation.

Significant Themes

• Pragmatism over Pride: Both sides compromise—the Soaring Immortal Sect accepts subsidiary status; the Eight Desolations Pavilion keeps the merger secret and treats all disciples equally.
• Mutual Benefit: The Soaring Immortal Sect gains survival and breakthrough opportunity through Dragon Abyss access; the Eight Desolations Pavilion gains spatial-path expertise, intelligence assets, and a path to strengthening their intelligence network.
• Trust and Verification: Venerable Skyward's worldview ("never release the hawk until the rabbit is seen") is honored—he requires physical proof before agreeing, and the negotiation succeeds because evidence is verifiable.
• Secret Operations: Rejoining is openly announced inwardly but concealed externally to maintain intelligence advantages against the Myriad Gods Sect and Demon Race.

Character Interactions

• Azure Origin Pill King ↔ Venerable Skyward: Cordial ribbing—Pill King jokes that Liu Yuanchen is being used as a hostage; Skyward defends his past actions while affirming he won't oppress the younger generation now that a path forward exists.
• Venerable Sea Severing ↔ Venerable Void Nether: Exchange of mutual respect; Sea Severing expresses regret at never having challenged Void Nether, while Void Nether modestly explains his reclusive nature and focus on breakthrough.
• Liu Yuanchen ↔ Elders: He remains respectful throughout, facilitating the meeting and providing the crucial evidence and entry tokens.

Summary: White Tiger Primordial Immortal

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Venerable Skyward returns from Dragon Abyss after a brief expedition. He is disheveled from battling a White Tiger but unharmed. He reports that Dragon Abyss is rich in Dragon Qi and suppresses the pressure of Heavenly Tribulation, allowing Qi Refinement cultivators to cultivate more effectively and potentially survive tribulations.
• The Soaring Immortal Sect leaders (Venerable Skyward, Venerable Void Nether, Martial Sword Immortal Wu) discuss the value of Dragon Abyss with Eight Desolations Pavilion leaders (Azure Origin Pill King and others). They agree on the sect's reunion with Eight Desolations Pavilion and depart, leaving behind Yellow Jade Tokens for future communication.
• Liu Yuanchen’s clone enters Dragon Abyss using Ao Mang’s dragon scale, avoiding detection. He discovers traces of the White Tiger’s battle with Venerable Skyward and finds a drop of platinum divine beast blood.
• Liu Yuanchen tracks the White Tiger to White Mountain by using the Jia Wood art to question a broken tree stump, which tells him the tiger’s location.
• At White Mountain, Liu Yuanchen is ambushed by the White Tiger but dodges. He unleashes the Misty Waves for Ten Thousand Miles divine ability, flooding the cave with rain to drain the area’s Geng Metal Qi and provoke the tiger out.
• The White Tiger emerges, revealing it is not a pureblood divine beast (it has yellow fur on its paws), and is wounded at the Mid-Stage Origin Immortal Realm.
• Liu Yuanchen summons his true body with a clone-substitution ability and declares, “I wish to borrow your life.”

2. Character Developments

• Venerable Skyward becomes a strong advocate for Dragon Abyss as a refuge for Qi Refinement cultivators, seeing it as a means to escape Heavenly Tribulation and preserve their inheritance.
• Azure Origin Pill King reaffirms his role as a cautious, strategic leader, warning that the Great Xia Divine Dynasty people inside Dragon Abyss are dangerous and that defenses are already in place.
• Liu Yuanchen shows his cunning and ambition: he immediately uses the distraction and chaos to pursue the White Tiger for its metal-element Laws, aiming to complete the Five Elements needed for his Grotto-Heaven to evolve into a Minor World. He is opportunistic, calculating, and ruthless.

3. Significant Themes

• Heavenly Tribulation and survival — Dragon Abyss is presented as a hidden sanctuary where cultivation can continue while avoiding tribulations.
• Strategic resource control — Dragon Abyss is treated as a vital asset for the future survival and expansion of the sects.
• Pursuit of Laws and world-building — Liu Yuanchen’s goal to collect Laws, especially metal-element Laws, reflects the larger theme of forging one’s own path to immortality and world creation.
• Predation and opportunity — Liu Yuanchen views the wounded White Tiger as prey, demonstrating the brutal, competitive nature of the cultivation world.

4. Character Interactions

• Venerable Skyward, Venerable Void Nether, Martial Sword Immortal Wu, Azure Origin Pill King, and Liu Yuanchen discuss the scale and potential of Dragon Abyss. Liu Yuanchen reveals its radius exceeds one million li, impressing the elders.
• Skyward advises Azure Origin Pill King to manage Dragon Abyss as a future retreat; Azure Origin warns him about the dangers from the Great Xia Divine Dynasty.
• Liu Yuanchen vs. the White Tiger — a direct confrontation built on provocation and ambush. The White Tiger recognizes Liu Yuanchen’s clone and attacks; Liu Yuanchen counters with terrain-changing divine ability and escalates to a true-body battle.