Recaps

Xu Chuan traded Void-Ascending Pills with the Li and Wang households for their inheritances, while the Xu Household expanded its reserves and pursued a century-long plan to grow its numbers. The chapter ended with Xu Chonghui asking Xu Chuan whether the Xu Household had a Jade Fungus Pill for Cao Shenglin’s elder brother.

• Xu Chuan told Li Xingyan and Wang Guangzhao about the coming demon calamity, then traded each a High-Grade Void-Ascending Pill in exchange for household resources and inheritance copies.
• Xu Mingxuan and his companions completed the secret trade with the Li Household, and the Xu Household allocated the formation and talisman materials to Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingyuan.
• Xu Dezhao showed Xu Chonghui the Xu Household’s vast treasuries and told him to marry two women as part of Xu Chuan’s hundred-year plan to increase the clan’s descendants.
• Xu Chonghui met the two prospective brides, returned to Dongxi, and began preparing for the marriages with Cao Shenglin’s acceptance.
• Cao Shenglin asked Xu Chonghui to seek a Jade Fungus Pill for her elder brother, and Xu Chonghui brought Xu Wenjing to visit Xu Chuan and made the request.

Xu Chuan arranged a Jade Fungus Pill trade with Cao Jinming and secured the Tongshan Cao Clan’s secret cooperation, while Ye Xuehua sacrificed herself to sabotage the Cao Clan’s plans for her newborn son. After Cao Zhenyi proved to have a heaven spiritual root, the Cao Clan discovered Ye Xuehua’s secret art had rooted withered wood in his dantian, and Cao Yulong’s attempt to reach Zhou Qingfang was blocked by Xu Mingwei.

• Xu Chuan agreed to exchange a Jade Fungus Pill for three thousand spirit stones’ worth of top-tier magical artifact materials, and Xu Chonghui’s wife, Cao Shenglin, informed her family of the deal.
• Cao Jinming traded the materials for the pill, then privately promised Xu Chuan secret trade and information about the Cao Clan’s main branch in exchange for restored relations.
• Ye Xuehua cast Greenwood Withering on her newborn son, Cao Zhenyi, draining her cultivation; after the Cao Clan separated her from the child, she killed herself in isolation.
• Cao Zhenyi’s spiritual-root test revealed a heaven spiritual root with eighty percent purity, but the Cao Clan’s ancestor found the withered-wood secret art in his dantian and learned Ye Xuehua was dead.
• The Cao Clan replaced Cao Shengming as clan head and summoned wood-type cultivators to seek a way to remove the art, then sent Cao Yulong to find Zhou Qingfang.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Mingwei to claim Zhou Qingfang had entered Death Seclusion, and Xu Mingwei refused Cao Yulong’s demand to enter the Xu Household’s grounds.

Xu Chuan provoked the Cao Clan into attacking the Zhou Household, then exposed their scheme and rallied the commanderies against them. The Cao Clan abandoned its plans against the Xu Household until the Demon Calamity, while Xu Chuan invited prominent clans from Moon Lake and Guangling Commanderies to gather in Guangling.

• Cao Yulong returned Ye Xuehua's corpse to the Zhou Household and revealed that her son Cao Zhenyi was afflicted by a withered wood seed, but Xu Chuan and Zhou Qingfang refused to help the Cao Clan without assurances of safety.
• Cao Defeng planned a night attack on the Zhou Household and an ambush against Xu Chuan, while Xu Chuan used divination to anticipate the assault and summoned reinforcements.
• Cao Defeng ambushed Xu Chuan with a talisman treasure, but Moyue defeated his attack and forced him to escape with a Hundred-Li Talisman.
• Cao Shengming and Cao Yulong led elders in attacking the Zhou Household, but Xu Mingwei gathered Qi Refining clans to reinforce it, and the Cao Clan's forces fled when they learned Xu Chuan had a peak second-tier flood dragon.
• Xu Chuan spread news of the attack across Great Wei, prompting commanderies to report demonic assaults and the Cao Clan to suspend its plans against the Xu Household until the Demon Calamity.
• The Xu Household invited martial aristocratic clans and cultivation clans of the sixth rank or above from Moon Lake and Guangling Commanderies to gather in Guangling.

Xu Chuan founded the Moon Mound Alliance to unite the martial and cultivation clans of Moon Lake and Guangling, establishing its leadership, Council of Elders, and academy. After the alliance began organizing its operations, Xu Chuan resolved to pursue divine ability core formation while preparing the Xu Household to face the Demon Calamity and the Cao Clan.

• Xu Chuan invited the clans of both commanderies to join the Moon Mound Alliance, promising shared defense, mediation, and an academy, and the clans agreed to join.
• Xu Chuan and the Xu Household discussed how to secure key alliance roles while assigning representatives, instructors, and administrators.
• Xu Chuan studied the three methods of Core Formation and decided to pursue divine ability core formation by comprehending the force of withering and flourishing.
• The clans gathered for the first Council of Elders meeting, unanimously appointing Xu Chuan Grand Elder and Xu Dezhao Alliance Leader before approving other officials and council requirements.
• The elders appointed Xu Chuan head of the Academy, selected its deans and instructors, and set tuition, admissions, and training rules.
• Xu Mingyuan proposed a branch alliance in Moon Lake, and the elders approved it; Xu Chuan urged the clans to work together and promised opportunities for Foundation Establishment to those who made outstanding contributions.

Xu Chuan established the Moon Mound Alliance and its academy, drawing support from clans across Great Wei and provoking Cao Defeng. While traveling with Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingshu into the Ten Thousand Mountains to help Moyue recover her strength, Xu Chuan learned that humans in Great Wei were kept as livestock and faced a periodic Blood Feast; the chapter ended as he found a dangerous willow demon whose vitality could help him advance.

• The Moon Mound Alliance began operating, and Xu Household invitations brought clans from across Great Wei to its founding ceremony.
• Xu Chuan introduced the alliance academy, which welcomed students from all backgrounds and offered tuition aid, winning support from many clans and alarming Cao Defeng.
• Cao Defeng ordered Cao Jinsheng to send low-aptitude disciples to the academy, while Cao Dezhang planned a competing Cao Clan academy and maneuvered against him.
• Xu Chuan traveled with Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingshu to the Ten Thousand Mountains, where Moyue revealed that Great Wei was a Land of Imprisonment and that a Blood Feast could annihilate its human inhabitants.
• After cautiously advancing through the dangerous mountains, Xu Chuan's party found a willow demon that killed Xu Mingshu's spirit insects and could provide the vitality Xu Chuan needed to advance his cultivation.

Xu Chuan and his family killed an Ancient Willow Wood Demon, allowing Xu Chuan to advance to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, while the Moonlit Academy held its first enrollment and rejected most of the Cao Clan's candidates. Months later, Xu Chuan's group encountered the Spirit-Taming Zhao Household surrounded by demon beasts, and a formation suddenly trapped everyone beneath a curtain of light.

• Xu Chuan, Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingshu, and Moyue defeated the Ancient Willow Wood Demon, and Xu Chuan absorbed its remaining vitality during a prolonged seclusion.
• Xu Chuan used a Void-Ascending Pill to break through to the Foundation Establishment late stage, and he found a Wood Heart to take back for refining Hundred-Grass Needles.
• Xu Mingxuan oversaw the Moonlit Academy's first enrollment, where Lei Shihao passed the three assessments and only one of thirteen Cao Clan children succeeded.
• Xu Chuan and his family continued hunting demon beasts, gathered materials for Moyue's recovery, and strengthened their spirit beasts with Demon Cores.
• Xu Mingshu spotted the Spirit-Taming Zhao Household fighting a peak second-tier Wood-Type demon beast and several other demon beasts, so Xu Chuan's group went to help.
• As the Zhao Clan Ancestor prepared to retreat, a curtain of light rose around the group and enclosed them beneath a giant formation.

Xu Chuan helped the Zhao Clan obtain the wood-type Demon Core it needed, gathered more cores for his own plans, and restored Moyue to third-rank strength. He attended the Zhao Clan’s Golden Core Ceremony, secured third-rank inheritances through a trade, and learned that the Zhao Clan’s new guardian beast was a Black Cloud Spirit Leopard.

• Xu Chuan and the Xu Household helped the Zhao Clan kill a peak second-tier demon beast, then exchanged a fire-type Demon Core for its wood-type core and divided the remaining spoils.
• Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi with his companions, gathered the materials needed for the Five-Spirit Reverse Core Method, and used it to raise three water-type Demon Cores to third rank for Moyue to refine.
• Xu Chuan restored Moyue’s vitality, enabling him to conceal that he was nearing the end of his lifespan, and Moyue agreed to gather information among powerful demon beasts.
• The Zhao Clan announced its Golden Core Ceremony after its guardian spirit beast advanced to third rank, and Xu Chuan accepted an invitation on behalf of the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan traded pillmaking and formation work for third-rank formation texts and a beast-taming inheritance, then attended the ceremony with Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingshu.
• The Zhao Clan’s guardian demon beast displayed its third-rank aura, and Moyue identified it as a Black Cloud Spirit Leopard.

Moyue infiltrated the Azure Sea Forest by defeating the Rift-Sky Tiger, taking his territory, and using pills to build ties with the forest’s rulers. Five years later, Xu Chuan gave Xu Dewen a High-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and promised the Xu Household would soon strike back at the Cao Clan, while keeping the looming Demon Calamity’s truth secret.

• Moyue returned to the Azure Sea Forest, killed the Rift-Sky Tiger, and persuaded the Three-Tailed White Fox and Tree King to let him take over the tiger’s territory and guard duty.
• Moyue gained permission to cultivate at Mirror Lake by giving the Three-Tailed White Fox a pill, then returned to Dongxi with pill ingredients and the Rift-Sky Tiger’s corpse.
• Xu Chuan and the Xu Household used Moyue’s haul to strengthen their resources, complete magical artifacts, and deepen the clan’s foundations over the next five years.
• Xu Mingwei brought Xu Dewen to Xu Chuan to request a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Xu Chuan warned that Dewen’s hatred and resentment could hinder his breakthrough.
• Xu Chuan gave Xu Dewen a High-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, promised the Xu Household would soon make the Cao Clan repay its losses, and told Xu Mingwei to summon Xu Mingxuan from Guangling.

Xu Chuan’s preparations for the coming Demon Calamity continued as the Xu Household grew in strength, while Cao Zhenyi learned that Xu Chuan might be able to undo the withered wood seed trapping his cultivation. Wei Dao left the declining Pill Hall and joined the Moon Mound Alliance’s Alchemy Pavilion on a trial basis, bringing the two storylines closer together.

• Xu Chuan ordered Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, and Xu Mingxuan to secretly build underground survival bases, warning that the millennium Demon Calamity could devastate the Xu Household.
• Over the next five years, the Xu Household’s members advanced their cultivation, and Xu Chuan reached the peak of Foundation Establishment’s eighth layer after consuming Void-Ascending Pills.
• The Xu Household’s second auction prospered, while the Cao Clan Academy faced ridicule for favoring Cao Clan descendants over outside students.
• Cao Zhenyi, secretly using the name Ye Fan, met Wei Dao and learned that his withered wood seed might be undone by Xu Chuan.
• Wei Dao visited Xu Chuan, confirmed that Cao Zhenyi was likely Ye Xuehua’s son, and proposed founding a Pill Pavilion; Xu Chuan instead directed him to serve a six-month trial as Deputy Pavilion Master of the Moon Mound Alliance’s Alchemy Pavilion.

Wei Dao joined the Xu Household’s Alchemy Pavilion while the Xu Household secretly mined a Spirit Stone Vein and negotiated with the Ancient Locust Tree King. Xu Chuan secured a limited passage for Xu Clan members and learned why Golden Core cultivators remained trapped in the Azure Sea Forest.

• Wei Dao reunited with True Person Yunding at the Alchemy Pavilion, received a copy of Yun Zhongzi’s Pill Dao Legacy, and stayed on as Deputy Pavilion Master.
• Captain Wu discovered a Spirit Stone Vein between Great Wei and Great Liang, and a hidden spy alerted both sides, triggering a bloody confrontation and a mobilization of cultivators.
• Xu Mingxuan persuaded the Moon Mound Alliance not to contest the vein, while Xu Mingwu revealed that the Xu Household could mine a small vein in the Azure Sea Forest.
• Xu Mingshu and other Xu Household cultivators mined more than six hundred thousand spirit stones, while Moyue offered the Tree King Spirit Liquid and learned the Tree King knew about Xu Chuan’s lineage.
• Xu Chuan visited the Ancient Locust Tree King, demonstrated his Withering-and-Blooming Force, and agreed to help awaken the Tree King’s offspring in exchange for the Tree King allowing up to seven Xu Clan members to leave at a time.
• The Ancient Locust Tree King told Xu Chuan that a future Blood Feast would draw outside cultivators into the forest, and that survivors might be chosen to leave.

Xu Chuan prepared the Xu Household for a confrontation after the Blood Clan and Sima Clan joined forces against them. When their forces arrived in Dongxi and demanded Xu Chuan and his clan members submit to questioning, the Xu Household answered with a declaration of battle.

• The Ancient Locust Tree King gave Xu Chuan a branch carrying one powerful strike, and Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi after learning that a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Clan had emerged.
• The Xu Household learned that the Blood Clan and Sima Clan planned to attack, and Xu Mingyuan urged the clan to fight back and use the crisis to strengthen its standing.
• Xue Wuxiu and the Sima Clan's head secured the Cao Clan's tacit approval, then arranged to bring a large force to Dongxi and demand answers about their grievances.
• Xu Chuan summoned the Xu Household's forces and prepared them as the Sima Clan and Blood Clan arrived outside Dongxi's grand formation.
• The Sima Clan's head demanded answers about Sima Xiangyan's death, while Xue Wuxiu demanded Xu Chuan accompany him to the Blood Clan; Xu Chuan's people answered their threats by shouting that they would kill anyone who trespassed.

The Xu Household defeated the Sima Clan and Blood Clan forces after Xu Chuan sealed the battlefield with a formation and revealed the household’s hidden strength. The Sima Clan’s Ancestor and the Blood Clan’s Ancestor learned of the losses, and Xue Lingshang grew interested in the Xu Household.

• Xu Mingxian trapped the battlefield inside the Sixfold Absolute-Sealing Formation while Xu Mingshu and other Xu Household members released spirit beasts to support their fighters.
• Xu Chuan killed the Blood Clan’s Grand Elder with the Hundred-Grass Needles, and the Xu Household eliminated the remaining Sima Clan and Blood Clan Foundation Establishment cultivators; the Sima Clan’s Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator self-detonated.
• Xu Chuan ordered the battlefield cleared, warned the Xu Household against arrogance, and had Moyue remove the Sima Clan’s imprints from their disciples.
• The Sima Clan’s Grand Elder reported the deaths to the Sima Clan’s Ancestor, who chose to let Xue Lingshang investigate the Xu Household first.
• Xue Wulei told Xue Lingshang what he knew about the Xu Household, and the Blood Clan’s Ancestor became intrigued by its concealed strength and origins.

Xue Lingshang investigated the Xu Household, then followed Xu Chuan into a trap built around a third-rank Moyue and a top-tier Demon-Sealing Formation. With the Zhao Clan Ancestor and the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard arriving, Xu Chuan declared that he intended to slay a Golden Core cultivator.

• Xue Lingshang visited Great Wei, studied the Xu Household, and arranged with Cao Jiyi to attack it in exchange for forty percent of its resources.
• After divining that Xue Lingshang planned to lure Xu Household members into danger, Xu Chuan used the Zhao Clan’s Spiritual Consciousness Jade Token to request aid.
• Xu Chuan left the clan grounds as bait, and Xue Lingshang followed him into the Broken Fang Mountain Range.
• Xu Chuan revealed Moyue’s breakthrough to the third rank and trapped Xue Lingshang inside a top-tier second-tier Demon-Sealing Formation.
• The Zhao Clan Ancestor arrived with the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard, and Xu Chuan told them he intended to slay a Golden Core cultivator.

Xu Chuan and Moyue killed Xue Lingshang, destroyed the Blood Clan, and turned their spoils into new weapons and a Profound Yin Blood Corpse. With the Xu Household strengthened, Xu Chuan planned to negotiate with the Cao and Sima Clans rather than destroy them, and departed for the Imperial Capital with his family.

• Xu Chuan joined Moyue in the Seven-Star Demon-Sealing Formation and helped kill Xue Lingshang, taking his Golden Core, corpse, divine soul, and seven Blood Corpses.
• Xu Chuan and Moyue traveled to Great Jin and annihilated the Blood Clan, collecting its resources, divine souls, and Myriad-Spirit Blood Pool before burning and concealing its grounds.
• The Zhao Clan Ancestor returned to Great Liang and ordered his clan never to oppose the Xu Household, while the Cao and Sima Clans chose to remain on guard.
• Over three months, Xu Chuan refined a Profound Yin Blood Corpse, strengthened his Soul Banner and seven Blood Corpses, and Moyue recovered to the middle third rank.
• Xu Chuan decided to visit the Cao and Sima Clans to negotiate, explaining that he wanted both clans to remain as a buffer during the coming demon calamity.
• Xu Chuan left for the Imperial Capital with six of his sons, including Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingyuan, and Xu Dewen.

Xu Chuan forced the Cao Clan to surrender half of Great Wei and settle old grievances, then intimidated the Sima Clan into compensating the Xu Household. After consolidating its new territory and holding a clan ceremony, the Xu Household prepared for a new era as Xu Dewen departed for Great Jin to pursue demonic cultivation.

• Xu Chuan confronted Cao Jiyi at the Cao Clan palace, claimed eleven commanderies for the Xu Household, and demanded compensation for past wrongs.
• Xu Chuan revealed Xue Lingshang as a Profound Yin Blood Corpse, prompting Cao Jiyi to kill the four responsible Cao Clan members and more than forty disciples before returning Cao Zhenyi to the Zhou Household.
• Xu Chuan visited the Sima Clan with Moyue, the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard, and the Blood Corpse, and secured materials and cultivation classics as compensation.
• Xu Chuan returned the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard to the Zhao Clan, then established the Immortal-Martial Alliance to govern the Xu Household’s eleven commanderies and held the Xu Clan Grand Ceremony.
• Xu Chuan instructed Xu Chonghui to arrange public and confidential clan histories, then escorted Xu Dewen to Black River Market in Great Jin as he began his demonic cultivation path.

Ye Fan began studying at the Moonlit Academy while Xu Chuan’s family and the Xu Household continued expanding their strength. After reaching foundation establishment perfection, Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi, arranged for Xu Mingyuan to succeed him as Grand Elder, and entrusted Xu Mingyuan and Xu Chonghui with the clan’s secret weapons as he prepared to step away from leadership.

• Ye Fan visited his mother Ye Xuehua’s grave, vowed to avenge her against the Cao Clan, and enrolled at the Moonlit Academy, where he excelled at techniques despite his stalled cultivation.
• Yang Zhao revisited Qingjiang County with Yang Ruifeng, then returned home and died; Xu Mingwei, Yang Ronghua, and other Xu Household members attended his funeral.
• After three years of secluded cultivation, Xu Chuan reached foundation establishment perfection, developed the Withering-and-Flourishing Ring, and left the Azure Sea Forest to meet his family in the Cloudgold Mountains.
• Xu Chuan learned that Xu Bai was nearing the third rank, that Xu Mingxian had discovered spirit veins beneath the Three-Absolute Dragon-Locking Grand Formation, and that the Xu Household’s strength had continued to grow.
• Xu Chuan refined three Demon Spirit Pills, gave two to Xu Mingshu for Xu Bai, and returned to Dongxi, where he told Xu Mingyuan and Xu Chonghui he would step down as Grand Elder and chose Xu Mingyuan as his successor.
• Xu Chuan secretly passed the Soul Banner and Profound Yin Blood Corpses to Xu Chonghui and Xu Mingyuan, then reviewed the completed Clan Genealogy and Clan History brought by Xu Dejing.

Xu Chuan secretly observed Ye Fan at Moonlit Academy, stepped down as Grand Elder in favor of Xu Mingyuan, and developed a new Foundation Establishment Pill formula for the Xu Household. After years of testing Ye Fan as a sweeper, Xu Chuan accepted him as a disciple, reversed the withered wood seed, and helped him break through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining before taking him to the Xu Household.

• Xu Chuan watched Ye Fan train in the Martial Way and decided to wait before taking him as a disciple, while he observed him in secret at Moonlit Academy.
• Xu Chuan resigned as Grand Elder of the Immortal-Martial Alliance, and the elders unanimously appointed Xu Mingyuan; Xu Mingyuan then established the Grand Supreme Elder position for Xu Chuan.
• Xu Chuan developed a new Jade Fungus Pill formula and taught Xu Mingqing to refine it in secret.
• After posing as Grandpa Wu Yan and letting Ye Fan help him for years, Xu Chuan revealed himself, reversed the withered wood seed, and accepted Ye Fan as his disciple.
• Xu Chuan guarded Ye Fan as he refined the seed's power, reached the early ninth layer of Qi Refining, and gained a greatly strengthened body.
• Xu Chuan brought Ye Fan aboard his Spell Boat and took him to the Xu Household.

Xu Chuan’s household strengthened its forces as Xu Bai reached the third rank, then joined Moyue and the others in killing the old snake of Ten Thousand Snakes Valley. After preparing the Xu Household for his absence and Ye Fan’s breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, Xu Chuan left for the Southern Heaven Domain with Xu Mingxian, Xu Deling, Xu Deyue, and Ye Fan.

• Ye Fan advanced to qi refining perfection, while Xu Chuan ordered Xu Mingxian to replace the Xu Household’s grand formation.
• Xu Bai broke through to the third rank, and Moyue negotiated for the Three-Tailed White Fox to relinquish her guardian territory after she reached the peak of middle third rank.
• Xu Chuan refined pills to help the Three-Tailed White Fox advance, then led a group that trapped and killed the old snake of Ten Thousand Snakes Valley.
• Xu Chuan prepared pills for Xu Ying, appointed Xu Mingwei leader of the secret Path Guardians, and told Bai Jing he planned to leave for the Southern Heaven Domain.
• Ye Fan reached Foundation Establishment, and Xu Chuan departed with Xu Mingxian, Xu Deling, Xu Deyue, and Ye Fan aboard Moyue.
• The Treant Avatar watched Xu Chuan’s group leave and wondered whether Xu Chuan would seek hope for the people of the region or break its cycle of tragedy.

Xu Chuan’s group entered the Southern Heaven Domain, settled temporarily in Horn Star City, and learned that the Wu Household might be tracking them. After more than half a year of scouting and cultivation, Xu Chuan chose Cloudbrook Town as the place for the Southern Heaven Xu Household to settle.

• The Treant Avatar warned Xu Chuan that an event would come within thirty-six to forty years, and Xu Chuan resolved to form his core and return within thirty-six years.
• Moyue flew Xu Chuan and his companions south to human territory, where Xu Chuan rescued Wu Household cultivators from a demon beast and claimed they were a displaced lineage seeking a new home.
• Wu Yuanqi described the Seven Cities of Skyreach and invited Xu Chuan to join the Wu Household, then brought the group to Horn Star City, where they bought temporary residence tokens and gathered information.
• Moyue discovered a hidden Tracking Mark on Ye Fan, and Xu Chuan suspected the Wu Household had placed it in case the group refused its recruitment offer.
• Xu Chuan and his companions rented a cave abode on Sky Crow Peak, and Ye Fan advanced rapidly while they spent over half a year cultivating and learning about the region.
• Xu Chuan chose Cloudbrook Town as the Southern Heaven Xu Household’s settlement because of its location near the Azure Sky Mountains, Cloud Lake, and Firecloud Valley.

Xu Chuan brought the Xu Household to Cloudbrook Town, defeated the Wu Household’s ambush, and bought slaves to build up his new home. After helping the slaves begin new lives, he attacked the Wu Household’s estate with Moyue and began searching for its treasures.

• Xu Chuan refused Wu Yuanqi’s offer to join the Wu Household and set out for Cloudbrook Town, where Wu Yuanqi ambushed him with eight cultivators.
• Xu Mingxian raised a stronger formation, and Xu Chuan revealed his true cultivation and Moyue; they killed the attackers and collected their souls and essence blood.
• Xu Chuan reached Cloudbrook Town, settled the Xu Household in a mansion, and bought forty mortal slaves, twenty cultivator slaves, and a method for removing their Blueflower Prohibitions.
• Xu Chuan renamed the slaves, outlined conditions for freedom, and promised them cultivation methods and a place in the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan went to Horn Star City that night, sealed the Wu Household’s estate in a formation, and led Moyue in destroying its defenses and killing its members.
• Moyue searched the estate with his spiritual consciousness and found two Wu Household treasure repositories while Xu Chuan collected Storage Pouches.

Xu Chuan plundered the Wu Household after destroying it, then helped the Yunxi Xu Household establish itself in Cloudbrook Town through a trading company and cultivation rules. At the Hua Household’s birthday banquet, he gave Hua Qingxue a Rejuvenation Pill, whose effects astonished the assembled guests.

• Xu Chuan and Moyue devastated the Wu Household, took its treasures and manuals, and left the four great clans of Horn Star City wary of pursuing them.
• Xu Chuan divided the spoils with the Xu Household, while Xu Mingxian studied formation texts and Xu Chuan arranged resources and rules for the Yan and Wu Clan members.
• The Xu Household opened the Xu Clan Trading Company, where Ye Fan bought goods from Huang Tianba’s group and sold them a Youth-Preserving Pill and a Realm-Breaking Pill.
• The Xu Household grew its business and connections in Cloudbrook Town, then Xu Chuan accepted an invitation to Hua Qingxue’s birthday banquet.
• Xu Chuan presented Hua Qingxue with a Rejuvenation Pill and a Youth-Preserving Pill; after Hua Qingxue swallowed the Rejuvenation Pill, her hair turned black and her face regained its youth.

Xu Chuan brought Xu Deling to Firecloud Valley to seek Firecloud True Person’s instruction, and Xu Deling demonstrated her artifact-refining skill in a contest against him. She lost, but Firecloud True Person recognized her talent and explained how his artifact patterns strengthened his weapons.

• Hua Qingxue accepted Xu Chuan’s Rejuvenation Pill and Youth-Preserving Pill, then promised the Xu Household a favor when she could not provide the Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula he sought.
• Xu Chuan gathered Azure Spirit Fruit, transplanted its tree into the Xu Residence, and refined five Azure Radiance Pills.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Deling visited Firecloud True Person, who challenged them to an artifact-refining contest and agreed to judge Xu Deling’s work.
• Xu Deling refined the Five-Spirit Casket and Heaven-Overturning Seal, while Firecloud True Person crafted the Mount Tai Sword and a defensive artifact.
• Xu Deling lost both artifact contests, and Firecloud True Person praised her skill while explaining that his artifact patterns gave his weapons the strength of a top-tier magical artifact.

Xu Deling became Firecloud True Person’s legacy disciple and young valley master, giving the Xu Household powerful backing as it expanded across Cloudbrook Town. Three years later, the household held its first auction, and Firecloud True Person arranged for Xu Deling to enter the Skyreach Secret Realm after she reached Foundation Establishment Perfection.

• Firecloud True Person accepted Xu Deling as his disciple after Xu Chuan persuaded him to hold a public ceremony, and he began teaching her artifact runes and the Fire Sovereign Scripture.
• At the ceremony, Firecloud True Person named Xu Deling his legacy disciple and young valley master, while Xu Chuan learned that she might pursue Divine Ability Core Formation through her innate spirit eyes.
• The Xu Household expanded its trading company, spirit fields, and share of Cloud Lake, while other Cloudbrook Town lineages adjusted their dealings with the newly backed household.
• Over the next three years, Xu Deling became known as Master Ling for her rune-inscribed magical artifacts, and the Xu Household prepared a major auction featuring rare pills and artifacts.
• Firecloud True Person agreed to preside over the Xu Household’s first auction and told Xu Deling to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection within six months so she could enter the Skyreach Secret Realm.

Xu Chuan traded the Azure Radiance Pill to the Chen Household, learned more about the Skyreach Secret Realm, and discovered that his descendant Xu Jingwu was destined to blaze a new path in the Martial Way. After taking the Chen Household’s Spirit-Nourishing Pill, Xu Chuan broke through the Foundation Establishment limit of spiritual consciousness, while Chen Changge began settling old scores.

• Firecloud True Person secured Xu Deling a place in the Skyreach Secret Realm, then protected the auction as the Azure Radiance Pill drew threats and bidders.
• Xu Chuan agreed to give the Azure Radiance Pill to the Chen Household in advance, and Firecloud True Person escorted Chen Tianfang safely away with it.
• Xu Chuan revealed that Xu Jingwu possessed Whole-Body Martial Bones, a Martial Ancestor’s heart, and a Martial Way Heavenly Eye, and planned to have him grow up outside the Xu Household.
• Chen Changge’s household delivered a high-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pill and its formula in exchange for the Azure Radiance Pill, and Chen Changge resolved to confront the lineages that had harmed his clan.
• Xu Chuan consumed the Spirit-Nourishing Pill and broke through the Foundation Establishment limit of spiritual consciousness, extending his perception dozens of miles.
• Chen Changge defeated Foundation Establishment perfection cultivators from several lineages, including the Mo Household, after returning with the lifespan-extending pill.

Xu Chuan traded an Azure Radiance Pill to Feng Juechen for a favor and a Skyreach Secret Realm entry token, while Moyue returned to Great Wei and helped conceal Xu Jingwu’s destiny as a Martial Progenitor. Back in Cloudbrook Town, the Yuan Household’s attack on the Huang brothers pushed Xu Chuan to secretly recruit them into the Xu Household as he tried to save Huang Tianhu.

• At the Three-Sect Trial, Hua Qingxue and Feng Juechen asked Xu Chuan for an Azure Radiance Pill, and he agreed to trade one for Feng Juechen’s favor and a secret realm entry token.
• Moyue returned to Great Wei, where Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingyuan sent the gifted Xu Jingwu to live under another name and sealed the memories of the Xu Household members.
• After returning to Cloudbrook Town, Moyue learned that Xu Chuan had secured secret realm access and eagerly agreed to accompany him.
• The Yuan Household’s Guest Elder injured Huang Tianxiong and Huang Tianhu while attacking Huang Tianba, and Ye Fan and Xu Deyue treated the brothers before bringing them to Xu Chuan.
• Xu Chuan stabilized Huang Tianxiong, promised to save Huang Tianhu, and invited all three Huang brothers to secretly join the Xu Household; he then used Life Essence Liquid to treat Huang Tianhu.