Chapter Summaries

Ji Yuan learned why Dong Qian had been mistreated by the Heavenly Fox Clan, advanced his body cultivation, and discovered hidden patterns on a Star Beast’s scales that might reveal how it traveled through the Void. At a banquet, Chen Xin asked Ji Yuan to introduce him to the Heavenly Fox cultivators he knew so he could get closer to Miss Tushan.

• Xu Youxia explained to Ji Yuan that the Demon God Continent’s pureblood clans rejected anyone whose bloodline was mixed with another race, helping Ji Yuan understand Dong Qian’s hardship in the Heavenly Fox Clan.
• Ji Yuan refined a Fourth Tier Abyss Core and reached the limit of the Golden Body Mystic Bone Realm, but decided to wait for Shen Xisheng’s guidance before attempting the next breakthrough.
• Ji Yuan examined the Twin-Horned Star Beast’s corpse and used a Clear-Mind Fruit to spot and record a small section of the intricate patterns on its scales.
• Xu Youxia told Ji Yuan that Chen Xin had invited them to a banquet, and Ji Yuan agreed to attend despite suspecting Chen Xin had another motive.
• At Phoenix Cry Tower, Chen Xin invited Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia to the Pill Origin Grand Assembly, then admitted he hoped Ji Yuan would introduce him to the Heavenly Fox cultivators he knew so he could approach Miss Tushan.

Ji Yuan attended the Pill Origin Grand Assembly with Xu Youxia and discovered that Chen Xin’s costly gift included a Fire Fox Demon Core, raising suspicions about Chen Xin’s motives. At the gathering, Ji Yuan declared that Dong Qian was his Dao companion, prompting Tushan Xue to challenge his claim until Chen Xin revealed Ji Yuan was Partridge Whistle’s direct disciple.

• Ji Yuan accepted Chen Xin’s invitation to the Pill Origin Grand Assembly and received a Fifth-Tier Fire Fox Demon Core and a Fourth-Tier Abyss Core as thanks for arranging an introduction to Tushan Xue.
• Xu Youxia warned Ji Yuan that Chen Xin’s interest in the Heavenly Fox Clan might have hidden motives, while Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia later suspected Gongsun Yan had another reason for attending the assembly.
• Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia arrived at the Jade Parasol Tree canopy and joined the Chen Household’s platform, where they observed powerful cultivators and noticed that no alchemist present seemed to exceed Sixth Tier.
• Tushan Xue and Dong Qian arrived with the Heavenly Fox Clan, and Ji Yuan noticed Dong Qian’s brief attempt to approach him before she held back.
• Chen Xin led Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia to Tushan Xue’s platform, where Ji Yuan greeted Dong Qian and declared that she was his Dao companion.
• Tushan Xue questioned Ji Yuan’s claim and implied he was unworthy, but Chen Xin defended him by revealing that Ji Yuan was Partridge Whistle’s direct disciple, leaving Tushan Xue and Dong Qian stunned.

At the Pill Origin Grand Assembly, Ji Yuan gained new insights into alchemy as Gongsun Yan arrived and warned Tushan Xue that the Heavenly Fox Clan should leave. After the assembly, Ji Yuan encountered his long-awaited eldest senior sister, who stepped through a fissure in the Void.

• Tushan Xue welcomed Ji Yuan and his companions onto the Heavenly Fox Clan's platform, where Ji Yuan watched Sixth-Tier Alchemists refine pills and learned from their techniques.
• Gongsun Yan appeared above the Jade Parasol Tree and recited the fundamentals of the Pill Way, helping Ji Yuan overcome several alchemy bottlenecks.
• Gongsun Yan told Tushan Xue to leave and stay out of the affair; she accepted his warning and departed with the Heavenly Fox Clan.
• The assembly ended at sunset, and Ji Yuan, Xu Youxia, and Chen Xin left the tree crown.
• A woman in silver armor stepped through a fissure in the Void, and Xu Youxia recognized her as their senior sister.

Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia joined Shen Xisheng in a hidden gathering beneath the Jade Parasol Tree, where powerful factions traded for a Star Beast corpse and pressured Gongsun Yan to sell another Great Dao Derivation Pill. When the gathering turned toward trapping him, Gongsun Yan escaped, leaving the factions’ plans unresolved.

• Shen Xisheng welcomed Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia through a rift into a hidden space beneath the Jade Parasol Tree, where the Yu Emperor, Huang Heng, Gongsun Yan, and other powerful figures had gathered.
• Shen Xisheng threatened Gongsun Yan for insulting her junior brothers’ ties to the Heavenly Fox Clan, then warned the gathered factions not to harm anyone from the Partridge Lineage.
• The old man in blue offered a peak sixth-tier Star Beast corpse, and Gongsun Yan traded his Seventh-Tier Great Dao Derivation Pill to obtain it.
• The Yu Emperor and other leaders pressed Gongsun Yan to trade another Great Dao Derivation Pill, but he insisted that he had no more.
• Shen Xisheng suggested that the gathered powers join forces to keep Gongsun Yan from leaving, and Seven Emotions Old Ghost arrived and supported the idea.
• Gongsun Yan transformed into a translucent fish and escaped into the Void, vowing never to return to Kunxi.

Shen Xisheng escorted Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia toward the Thunder Pool, explained the Heavenly Fox Clan’s political position in Kunxi, and ordered both juniors to focus on cultivation. Meanwhile, Hu Shan assessed the clan’s potential allies and learned that a new envoy from the Demon God Continent had arrived.

• The Yu Emperor departed with Huang Heng, while Yan Guichao gave Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia Wind Messenger Tokens before leaving; Shen Xisheng then took the two juniors from the canopy space.
• Shen Xisheng learned that Ji Yuan’s Dao companion was from the Heavenly Fox Clan and explained that the clan was seeking allies in Kunxi to attack the Martial God Continent from both sides.
• Shen Xisheng rebuked Ji Yuan and Xu Youxia for worrying about matters beyond their strength and ordered them to remain at the Thunder Pool until they advanced their cultivation.
• In Tushan Xue’s Cave Abode, Hu Shan identified the Eight Trigrams Sect as the likely force behind the Chen Household’s scheme and proposed contacting the Seven Emotions Old Ghost while waiting for the sect to approach.
• Hu Shan asked Dong Qian to strengthen her connection with Ji Yuan and the Partridge Lineage, then learned that an envoy from the Demon God Continent had arrived to contact the Heavenly Fox Clan.

Ji Yuan arrived at the Thunder Pool and settled into his new home on Heart-of-the-Lake Island, where a feast of True Dragon meat helped him break through to Nascent Soul Peak. The Panel then offered to unlock the Primordial Spirit Platform at an enormous cost, leaving Ji Yuan roaring in dismay.

• Shen Xisheng brought Ji Yuan through the formation protecting Heart-of-the-Lake Island and showed him the courtyard prepared for him.
• Ji Yuan met Bai Zhan, and Shen Xisheng welcomed him as a member of the Partridge Lineage and urged him to cultivate seriously.
• After three days of meditation, Ji Yuan joined Shen Xisheng, Xu Youxia, and Bai Zhan for a feast featuring True Dragon meat.
• The True Dragon meat sent Ji Yuan's qi and blood into a frenzy, but Shen Xisheng suppressed the surge and let him continue eating.
• Ji Yuan's magical power surged during the meal, so he meditated in Bai Zhan's Secluded Cultivation Room and broke through to Nascent Soul Peak.
• The Panel announced that the Primordial Spirit Platform could be unlocked for a huge number of Low-Grade Purple Spirit Stones, and Ji Yuan shouted in protest.

After breaking through to Nascent Soul Peak, Ji Yuan spent nearly all his Spirit Stones unlocking the Primordial Spirit Platform, then consolidated his cultivation and was taken to Thunder Pool to begin training under Shen Xisheng. The chapter left him badly injured after Shen Xisheng struck him and declared him far too weak to enter the Five Viscera Furnace Realm.

• Ji Yuan unlocked the Primordial Spirit Platform, which helped transform a Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit and continually strengthened it, after the Panel charged him nearly all his Spirit Stones and Spirit Fragments.
• Ji Yuan spent a month consolidating his Nascent Soul Peak cultivation, then Bai Zhan took him from Heart-of-the-Lake Island to Thunder Pool, where Ji Yuan saw its storm-lashed lake of Thunder Plasma.
• Bai Zhan explained that the Partridge Lineage used Thunder Pool to temper their bodies and cultivate the Ninefold Wind-Thunder Transformation, then left Ji Yuan with Shen Xisheng.
• Shen Xisheng removed Ji Yuan's Partridge Armor and released the force suppressing his True Dragon blood energy, then summoned him into the Thunder Pool and prepared to teach him the Five Viscera Furnace Realm.
• Ji Yuan heard Xu Youxia screaming deeper in Thunder Pool as Shen Xisheng struck him with a punch that broke four ribs and sent him flying through the Thunder Plasma.

Ji Yuan endured Shen Xisheng’s training in the Thunder Pool, learned to make the Fire God Spear an extension of his body, and mastered the Azure Eagle Transformation. After two years, Shen Xisheng began teaching him how to enter the Five Viscera Furnace Realm.

• Ji Yuan fought Shen Xisheng for ten days, improving his ability to anticipate her unarmed attacks before she tested his spearwork and showed him how rigid it was.
• Shen Xisheng taught Ji Yuan to carry the Fire God Spear constantly until it felt like part of his body, and he practiced the Ninefold Wind-Thunder Transformation in the Thunder Pool.
• After a year, Ji Yuan realized the spear had become a natural extension of his body, and Shen Xisheng told him his spear talent surpassed hers.
• A year later, Ji Yuan transformed into an azure eagle, flew through the Thunder Pool, and was struck down by a lightning pillar after glimpsing the Law of lightning.
• Shen Xisheng explained that the Five Viscera Furnace Realm refined the five organs into vital-blood furnaces, beginning with the Heart-Fire Ape and followed by four beasts that governed endurance, recovery, sharpness, and defense.

Ji Yuan endured Shen Xisheng’s brutal training in the Thunder Pool and ignited his Heart-Fire Ape, entering the One Viscera Realm. After learning Shen Xisheng had returned to the Shen Household over a crisis, he entered the Martial God Tower and heard multiple voices around him.

• Ji Yuan asked Shen Xisheng how to ignite Heartfire, and she explained that he had to compress all his vital blood into his heart.
• Shen Xisheng battered Ji Yuan and used the Thunder Plasma to compress his vital blood while he healed with Scarlet Yang Bone and endured months of training.
• Ji Yuan’s blood formed a cocoon around his heart, and he broke it open to summon the Heart-Fire Ape and reach the Five Viscera Furnace Realm.
• Tushan Xue asked Dong Qian to persuade Ji Yuan to bring the Partridge Lineage into an alliance with the demons, but Dong Qian explained they would not turn against the Martial God Continent.
• After a year and a half in the Thunder Pool, Ji Yuan emerged with his One Viscera Realm cultivation stabilized and learned that Shen Xisheng had returned to the Shen Household because of trouble there.
• Ji Yuan entered the Martial God Tower to challenge its third floor and investigate whether Mad Blade, Partridge Whistle, and the others had brought it back to the Martial God Continent, then heard voices from every direction.

Ji Yuan entered the Martial God Tower after it returned to the Martial God Continent and learned that cultivators could challenge it by earning merit in Demon-Slaying City. He failed to clear the fourth floor, then planned his next steps toward Spirit Transformation and learned from Bai Zhan where to find the materials he needed.

• The artifact spirit told Ji Yuan that the Martial God Tower was now in Demon-Slaying City, explained its new floor-by-floor rankings, and warned that the Human Realm was heading into chaos.
• Ji Yuan examined the leaderboards, noting Dugu Yan, Yan Chixiao, and Jiang Jun on the fourth floor, Partridge Whistle in second place on the sixth, and Mad Blade alone on the seventh.
• Ji Yuan cleared the tower's third floor but was defeated on the fourth after exhausting himself against its Black Iron Armored Soldiers.
• Ji Yuan concluded that the tower's return would draw body cultivators to Demon-Slaying City, increasing pressure on the Demon God Continent, then considered how to obtain Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones for his Spirit Transformation breakthrough.
• Ji Yuan asked Bai Zhan about the Grand Creation Sect and Heavenly Origin Sect, and Bai Zhan revealed that the former had split into the Grand Mystery Sword Sect and North-Knowing Tower, while the latter had become Mount Taihua.
• Bai Zhan told Ji Yuan that the Grand Mystery Sword Sect held the Creation Divine Tree and Mount Taihua still had Heavenly Origin Stones; Ji Yuan confirmed he planned to leave the mountain and return to Jade Parasol City.

Ji Yuan returned to Jade Parasol City, learned that the Heavenly Fox Clan was under pressure from the Eight Trigrams Sect, and reunited with Dong Qian before offering her refuge through his allies. After trading for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, he met Qingyang Yu of the Eight Trigrams Sect, whose aura the Ghost Envoy linked to the Demon God Continent.

• Ji Yuan used his Wind Messenger Token to meet Ding Shisan, paid for intelligence, and learned about the Heavenly Fox Clan’s alliances, the Eight Trigrams Sect’s hostility, and its plans to leave for Phoenix Immortal City.
• Ji Yuan reunited with Dong Qian at the Myriad Demon Grotto, heard about the clan’s worsening troubles, and told her she could seek help at the Thunder Pool if danger came.
• Ji Yuan attended three Nascent Soul Trade Fairs over six months and traded for two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and an alchemist’s notes.
• Chen Xin warned Ji Yuan that Qingyang Yu of the Eight Trigrams Sect wanted to meet him, and Ji Yuan agreed to see them at the Drunken Immortal Tower.
• Qingyang Yu questioned Ji Yuan about his ties to the Heavenly Fox Clan and warned him not to forget he was human; Ji Yuan challenged him for presuming to instruct the Partridge Lineage.
• The Ghost Envoy sensed a familiar aura from Qingyang Yu and told Ji Yuan that he was likely connected to the Demon God Continent.

Ji Yuan uncovered signs that Qingyang Yu and Elder Qingxuan were connected to the Demon God Continent, while the Heavenly Fox Clan faced an ominous journey to Phoenix Immortal City. After discovering that the clan’s detour to Immortal Grove Mountain led toward a likely trap, Ji Yuan rushed to seek help and rescue Dong Qian.

• Ji Yuan learned from Chen Xin that the entire Eight Trigrams Sect supported the campaign against the Heavenly Fox Clan, while Elder Qingxuan’s faction was especially eager to destroy them; the Ghost Envoy identified the Many-Eyed Devil Lord’s aura on Qingyang Yu.
• Dong Qian told Ji Yuan that the Heavenly Fox Clan had decided to leave Jade Parasol City, and his divinations foretold dire misfortune for the Nascent Soul fox women traveling with her.
• Dong Qian explained that the Sky Fox Blood Seal prevented her from leaving the clan, so she departed with the group despite Ji Yuan’s warning and his inability to divine her fate.
• Ji Yuan questioned the group’s detour to Immortal Grove Mountain and learned from Ding Shisan that its supposed old friend, the Immortal Grove Mountain Lord, had been killed a century earlier by the Cross Sword Lineage.
• Ji Yuan concluded that the Heavenly Fox Clan was heading into a trap, told Ding Shisan what he knew, and asked him to summon Bai Zhan and provide the fastest route to Immortal Grove City.
• Ji Yuan hurried toward the Teleportation Harbor to reach Dong Qian, deciding that he would go despite the danger because he could not bear to regret failing to help her again.

Dong Qian recognized that Tushan Xue’s detour to Immortal Grove Mountain was a trap designed to sacrifice her, but High Person Qingxuan’s ambush trapped the entire Heavenly Fox Clan. As Qingyang Yu revealed his betrayal by killing True Person Wuyin, he ran Dong Qian through with a demonic sword, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Dong Qian suspected Tushan Xue planned to use her death to force the Heavenly Fox Clan’s Ancestral Land to intervene, and she grew wary of Hu Shan’s story about True Lord Hongluan.
• High Person Qingxuan trapped the Heavenly Fox Clan on Immortal Grove Mountain and attacked while Eight Trigrams Sect cultivators slaughtered the fox women.
• True Lord Hongluan arrived, revealed herself as the Hatred-Severing Devil Lord, and joined High Person Qingxuan, who disclosed that he had seized High Person Qingxuan’s body.
• Qingyang Yu abandoned his fight with Tushan Xue, killed True Person Wuyin with a demonic sword, and then pierced Dong Qian’s brow with the same weapon.

Tushan Xue realized the Devil Race had manipulated her into helping set a trap for Hu Shan, while the Many-Eyed Devil Lord and the Hatred-Severing Devil Lord revealed their overwhelming power. After Hu Shan was killed, Partridge Whistle arrived with Ji Yuan, prompting the Hatred-Severing Devil Lord to reach for Dong Qian's corpse.

• The Hatred-Severing Devil Lord exposed Tushan Xue's role in arranging the ambush, and Tushan Xue understood that the Devil Race had used her to provoke the Heavenly Fox Clan.
• Hu Shan revealed that he had reached the Integrated Body Early Stage, but the Many-Eyed Devil Lord displayed Integrated Body Peak Stage power and the Hatred-Severing Devil Lord revealed her Tribulation Transcendence cultivation.
• The pressure from the two Devil Lords cracked Immortal Grove City's Sixth-Tier City-Guarding Grand Formation, and Ji Yuan arrived in the city as its residents panicked.
• Partridge Whistle appeared beside Ji Yuan, reassured him, and carried him out of Immortal Grove City toward the battle.
• The Many-Eyed Devil Lord used the Soul-Seizing Banner to tear Hu Shan's Primordial Spirit from his body and kill him.
• The Hatred-Severing Devil Lord sensed Partridge Whistle approaching, warned the Many-Eyed Devil Lord, and reached for Dong Qian's corpse as the Void split open.

Partridge Whistle arrived too late to stop the Devil Lords from escaping with Dong Qian’s Primordial Spirit, though he revealed that she had survived through a False Nascent Soul and hidden Primordial Spirit. After Ji Yuan and Partridge Whistle heard Tushan Xue’s account of the battle, Tushan Xue secretly revealed that she had orchestrated the betrayal and used the Inverted Sundial to obscure the truth before fleeing.

• The Hatred-Severing Devil Lord extracted Dong Qian’s Primordial Spirit, recognized her False Nascent Soul and hiding technique, and took her as a prospective disciple while the Many-Eyed Devil Lord urged them to flee.
• Partridge Whistle struck at the Devil Lords with his Void Wind-Thunder Great Hand Seal, but both escaped through a spatial rift; Ji Yuan learned from Partridge Whistle that Dong Qian’s Primordial Spirit had survived and been taken to the Demon God Continent.
• Tushan Xue told Partridge Whistle and Ji Yuan that Hu Shan had conspired with the Demon God Continent, while Ji Yuan collected Dong Qian’s body and left with Partridge Whistle.
• After they departed, Tushan Xue burned the Fox Clan cultivators’ bodies, stored Hu Shan’s body, and used the Inverted Sundial to scramble the area’s threads of cause and effect.
• Tushan Xue revealed that she had contacted the Demon God Continent herself, then left Immortal Grove Mountain to avoid the Heavenly Fox Clan’s investigation.

Ji Yuan returned to Thunder Pool, prepared to break through to Spirit Transformation, and read Dong Qian’s farewell letter urging him not to seek revenge yet. Elsewhere, Tian Wenjing emerged from the Nine Netherworld Forbidden Land and declared his breakthrough, while Han Feiyu settled into a new identity and wondered how Ji Yuan was faring.

• Partridge Whistle gave Ji Yuan a Mid-Grade Purple Spirit Stone and reassured him that Dong Qian’s abduction was also his responsibility as Ji Yuan’s master.
• Ji Yuan placed Dong Qian’s body in a spirit coffin, found her letter asking him to endure and postpone revenge, and began preparing for his Spirit Transformation breakthrough.
• Liu Yuan and Feng Zhitáo discussed the reopening of the Nine Netherworld Forbidden Land and learned that Senior Brother Yun had reached Nascent Soul Peak.
• Tian Wenjing emerged from the vortex above Blackwater Pool and announced that he would break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Han Feiyu returned to his home in Eastern Border City, reflected on escaping Tian Wenjing by casting part of his Divine Soul into reincarnation, and wondered how Ji Yuan was doing.

Ji Yuan completed the Spirit Transformation chapter of Sword Nine, created the Heaven-Severing Abyss technique, and then began his breakthrough using rare spiritual treasures. After consuming four Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and a Mid-Grade Purple Spirit Stone, he transformed his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit and reached Spirit Transformation at age three hundred and eighteen.

• Ji Yuan spent a month polishing his mind, then devised the Heaven-Severing Abyss sword art in the Dao Comprehension Chamber.
• Ji Yuan tested Heaven-Severing Abyss above the Thunder Pool, cleaving the clouds for ten thousand miles and impressing Bai Zhan and Partridge Whistle.
• Partridge Whistle told Bai Zhan and Ji Yuan about the Shen Household's crisis, Second Senior Sister's hidden breakthrough to Body Integration, and Third Senior Brother's expedition into a world fragment.
• Ji Yuan returned to seclusion beside Dong Qian's Spirit Coffin and used Form-Spirit Fruits and four Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones to stabilize his Nascent Soul during his breakthrough.
• Ji Yuan absorbed the Mid-Grade Purple Spirit Stone's energy, transformed his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit, and reached Spirit Transformation at age three hundred and eighteen.

Ji Yuan completed his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, spent eight years refining his skills, and upgraded the Wine Cellar to produce Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew. After emerging from thirty-eight years of seclusion, he shared the life-extending wine with Partridge Whistle and his senior brothers.

• Ji Yuan filled his expanded Dantian with nearly a thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, then spent eight years stabilizing his cultivation and refining his techniques and auxiliary arts.
• Tu Yue told Ji Yuan that all fifty spirit wines had finished brewing, allowing him to upgrade the Wine Cellar to Level 6 and gain enough comprehension to become a Fifth-Tier alchemist.
• Ji Yuan learned that thirty-eight years had passed during his seclusion and reunited with Partridge Whistle, Bai Zhan, and Xu Youxia, who had advanced to the Viscera Realm.
• Ji Yuan served Nine-Yang Lifebuilding Brew at a feast, and Xu Youxia punched away the clouds so the Great Sun could shine on the wine.
• Ji Yuan and the others drank the brew, which restored fifty years of lifespan, and Partridge Whistle thanked Ji Yuan for sharing it with his family.

After emerging from seclusion, Ji Yuan learned how the Demon God Continent had reshaped Kunxi, destroying the Eight Trigrams Sect and establishing Demon God Mountain. Bai Zhan gave him intelligence on the ambush that killed Tushan Xue and a wisp of Five-Element Essence, while Ji Yuan prepared to pursue his revenge.

• Partridge Whistle recognized that Ji Yuan had cultivated a Primordial Spirit, then sent Xu Youxia back to cultivate after Xu Youxia complained.
• Bai Zhan gave Ji Yuan a Jade Slip documenting decades of events, including the Demon God Continent's fragile balance with the Martial God and Central Continents.
• Ji Yuan learned that Tushan Ge had helped bring down the Eight Trigrams Sect, which was destroyed by the Demon Race, the Valley of Seven Emotions, and Hundred Poisons Mountain; Tushan Ge then founded Demon God Mountain on its former grounds.
• Bai Zhan gave Ji Yuan intelligence on more than twenty cultivators involved in the ambush of the Heavenly Fox Clan, and Ji Yuan recognized Qingyang Yu among them.
• Bai Zhan gave Ji Yuan a wisp of Five-Element Essence, and later asked Partridge Whistle how their eldest senior sister had been doing.

Ji Yuan planned his next steps after leaving seclusion, then traveled to Autumn Maple City to claim a Windletter Hall reward and seek an earth-attribute Demon Core. Tu Yue abruptly summoned him back to the Thunder Pool because something had changed in Dong Qian's corpse.

• Partridge Whistle said Shen Xisheng had settled the Shen Household's affairs, could reach the Martial God Tower's top three, and would return to the Thunder Pool before he left to investigate the Star Beasts on the Eternal Fall Continent.
• Ji Yuan questioned whether Partridge Whistle had reached the Dao Body Realm, learned Bai Zhan did not know, and told Bai Zhan he planned to leave the mountain.
• Ji Yuan reviewed his goals: complete his Earth Spiritual Root with an earth-attribute Demon Core, collect spiritual-wine recipes, and upgrade the Cave Abode and Mass Burial Ground.
• Ji Yuan left the Thunder Pool, met Ding San at Windletter Hall in Autumn Maple City, and learned his old intelligence was worth three Fifth-Order Demon Cores and a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone.
• Ji Yuan asked Ding San about a nearby Fifth-Tier earth-attribute Demon Beast, but Tu Yue urgently told him that something was wrong with Dong Qian's corpse, so he vanished to return to the Thunder Pool.