Chapter Summaries

Xu Chuan brought Ye Fan and Xu Deyue back to Cloudbrook City after disguising them as elderly rogue cultivators and slipping them past the Six Great Powers’ search teams. There, Moyue discovered the Spirit Transformation Flood Dragon’s Heart Blood was fire-type, and Xu Chuan recognized a dangerous herb among Ye Fan’s inheritance materials before Murong Yun revealed herself.

• Xu Chuan traveled with Moyue through the Skyvoid Expanse to Flowing Moon Prefecture and found Ye Fan and Xu Deyue at Lesser Cold Mountain.
• Xu Chuan changed their appearances and suppressed their auras, then led them past the search parties and the Six Great Powers’ encirclement.
• After escaping the northern region, Xu Chuan restored their appearances and had Moyue carry them safely back to Cloudbrook City.
• Moyue learned that the Heart Blood was fire-type and useless for his cultivation, then angrily returned to the deep pool.
• Xu Chuan identified Ye Fan’s Thousand-Bone Grass and suspected the accompanying Spirit Liquid was meant to be used with it.
• Murong Yun spoke from hiding, and the Great Yin Flying Sword emerged from Xu Deyue’s dantian.

Xu Chuan and the others divided the treasures brought back from their expedition and prepared to return to Dongxi in six months. Ye Fan and Xu Deyue reunited with their family and disciples, while Ye Fan received cultivation resources for Grandmaster Zhou and resolved to destroy the Cao Clan under Xu Mingxian’s guidance.

• Murong Yun identified the Heavenly Saint Milk, Dragon-Elephant Ingot, and blood-origin crystals, and the group used ancient scrolls to learn their forging, refining, and body-tempering methods.
• Xu Chuan divided the treasures, assigning Xu Deling the Dragon-Elephant Cauldron scroll and giving her three drops of flood dragon heart blood to repay the Heavenforged Sect if it ever opposed the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan told everyone to prepare to return to Dongxi in six months, and Xu Mingxian explained how the Xu Household had forced the Xi Household to relocate and killed Xi Daoyun.
• Ye Fan requested resources for Grandmaster Zhou, accepted pills from Xu Mingxian, and promised not to disrupt the Xu Household’s plans to destroy the Cao Clan and evacuate their people.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue reunited with Xu Chongfei, then welcomed their disciples Ye Feng and Tang Qianqian, who had both advanced in cultivation.

Rong Tianyang and True Lord Yan Zhen decided to return to the Heavenforged Sect with its remaining disciples, while Blazing Sun True Lord stayed behind to guard Xu Deling. Xu Chuan advised Xu Deling on how to manage the Skyfeather Sect after the departure and revealed that he had reserved Cloudbrook City’s Deputy City Lord position for Yan Kuangtu.

• Rong Tianyang raised the growing conflict between Heavenforged Sect disciples and locally recruited cultivators, and proposed returning south with True Lord Yan Zhen.
• Blazing Sun True Lord agreed that they could leave but insisted on remaining as Xu Deling’s Dao guardian until she reached Nascent Soul.
• Xu Deling accepted Rong Tianyang and True Lord Yan Zhen’s departure, and arranged for Blazing Sun True Lord to escort them back to the Heavenforged Sect.
• Xu Deling visited Xu Chuan to ask how to handle the Skyfeather Sect’s staffing shortage, and he suggested reducing its size, appointing a Deputy Sect Master, and inviting Elder Firecloud or Yan Wujin.
• Xu Chuan told Xu Deling that he had reserved Cloudbrook City’s Deputy City Lord position for Yan Kuangtu.

Xu Deling took charge of the Skyfeather Sect after the Heavenforged Sect disciples departed, recruiting Yan Wujin and Firecloud True Person as elders while the Yan Household waited for Yan Kuangtu to advance. A month later, Xu Chuan perfected the second level of the Mystic Heaven Spirit-Refining Art, bringing his spiritual consciousness to the golden core limit.

• Xu Chuan told Xu Deling that Yan Kuangtu could achieve divine ability core formation within ten years and that the Yan Household might eventually rule Skyreach Prefecture.
• The Heavenforged Sect disciples left Cloudbrook City, and Xu Deling declared that the Skyfeather Sect would remain open under her leadership.
• Xu Deling invited Yan Wujin to join the Skyfeather Sect as an elder, and he accepted and began teaching artifact refining.
• Yan Wujin told Yan Shoucheng that Yan Kuangtu had reached ninety percent comprehension of his divine ability after witnessing Moyue's transformation tribulation.
• Firecloud True Person joined the Skyfeather Sect as a Guest Elder, and his disciple Ning Xueshi became Deputy Sect Master as the sect recruited more disciples.
• Xu Chuan perfected the second level of the Mystic Heaven Spirit-Refining Art, reaching the maximum spiritual consciousness a golden core cultivator could attain.

Xu Chuan refined a Divine Consciousness Crystal and broke through to nascent soul-level spiritual consciousness, then prepared to return to the Primordial Battlefield with members of the Xu Household. He left Moyue to oversee the family’s affairs and summoned Mei Yun back, while the group gathered to depart.

• Xu Chuan spent two months refining the Divine Consciousness Crystal and transformed his divine soul, gaining nascent soul-level spiritual consciousness that Moyue and Xu Mingxian recognized.
• Xu Chuan discovered that the Clan Genealogy had revealed the third and fourth layers of the Mystic Heaven Spirit-Refining Art, then practiced shaping spiritual energy and consolidated his breakthrough.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian decided who would return to the Primordial Battlefield; Xu Chuan asked Moyue to stay behind and help Mo Wentian lead the Azure Dragon Alliance.
• Xu Chuan summoned Mei Yun, told him to cultivate in seclusion, and promised to help him achieve Core Formation within a year or two.
• Xu Deling left the Skyfeather Sect in Elder Yan and Senior Brother Ning’s care and joined Xu Mingxian, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and the others at Xu Chuan’s courtyard.
• Xu Chuan told the assembled group that they were ready to leave for the Primordial Battlefield.

Xu Chuan led his family through a hidden teleportation formation back to the Xu Household’s ancestral lands, where the Tree King warned them that a calamity had trapped the region beneath a fourth-tier formation. Xu Chuan quietly arranged to reunite with his Dongxi clansmen, and the chapter ended with his children gathering at the Jade-Cold Pool in excited anticipation.

• Xu Chuan brought Mei Yun and Chen Yulian to the Teleportation Plaza, where they swore secrecy oaths before the group activated the formation.
• The group arrived in a barren region with thin spiritual energy and flew to the Azure Sea Forest, where the Tree King warned that the Heaven-Sealing Formation prevented anyone from leaving until the calamity passed.
• Xu Chuan told the Tree King that the Xu Household had returned to take its clansmen away, then led the group into the forest toward Dongxi.
• Xu Chuan contacted Xu Mingwei through the Xu Clan Cave-Heaven and told him to alert only core members to meet at the Jade-Cold Pool and keep the return quiet.
• Xu Mingwei sent the news to Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingxuan, Xu Mingshu, Xu Mingqing, and Xu Dezhao, who gathered at the Jade-Cold Pool and discussed Xu Chuan’s return while they waited.

Xu Chuan reunited with his family after returning from Southern Heaven, discussed preparations for the coming calamity, and asked who would enter the Primordial Battlefield. The family chose their own paths, and Xu Chuan surprised Mei Yun by ordering him to enter as well.

• Xu Chuan returned to the Xu Household with Xu Chongfei, Chen Yulian, Mei Yun, and the others, where Xu Mingwei and the family welcomed them home.
• Xu Mingyuan reported that tensions between the Immortal Alliance and Martial Alliance had worsened, and Xu Chuan said the household would leave the alliance to manage itself.
• Xu Chuan directed Xu Mingxian to establish defensive and concealment formations and promised Xu Mingshu resources to strengthen her spirit insects and divine soul.
• Xu Chuan asked who would enter the Primordial Battlefield; Xu Mingxian, Xu Mingshu, Xu Deyue, Xu Deling, and Ye Fan agreed, while Xu Mingwei prioritized defending Dongxi and others chose to stay.
• Xu Mingxuan maneuvered his siblings into recommending him for the battlefield, and Xu Chuan agreed to lend him the Yellow-Mystic Stone to aid his cultivation.
• Xu Chuan ordered Mei Yun to enter the Primordial Battlefield, leaving the Foundation Establishment disciple shocked and reluctant.

Xu Chuan returned to the Xu Household and arranged cultivation resources for Xu Mingxuan and Mei Yun before preparing to emerge from seclusion publicly. His return spread across Dongxi and beyond, prompting family reunions and drawing attention from the Immortal-Martial Alliance and Great Wei.

• Xu Chuan promised to help Mei Yun reach Core Formation within two years and lent Xu Mingxuan a yellow-mystic stone, granting him the [Golden Koi] talent.
• Xu Chuan supplied Mei Yun with pills and ordered him to remain near the Jade-Cold Pool until he formed his Golden Core, then replanted treasured herbs and the withering-and-blooming tree in the Medicine Garden.
• Xu Deling reunited with Yang Ronghua, while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deyue reunited with their families and told Bai Jing about their travels in Southern Heaven.
• Xu Mingwei announced that Xu Chuan would emerge from seclusion in three days, and news of his return spread through Dongxi and the Guangling branch.
• The Immortal-Martial Alliance decided to send elders to welcome Xu Chuan, while Cao Dezhang informed Cao Jiyi that Xu Chuan was coming out of seclusion.

After more than thirty years in seclusion, Xu Chuan returned to the Xu Household and demonstrated his power before thousands of descendants, vassals, guests, and Dongxi residents. His cultivation remained difficult to discern, and he left the gathered clanspeople eager to meet him as the Xu Household received its visitors.

• Cao Jiyi and Cao Dezhang discussed the possibility that Xu Chuan had formed his core, while Lei Yunchao decided to visit the Xu Household with Lei Xiaoyun and other allied households prepared to attend a meeting.
• Xu Mingxian dismantled the Three Absolutes Locking Dragon Formation, releasing spirit-vein energy that began replenishing Dongxi.
• The Xu Household gathered to welcome Xu Chuan, and he appeared amid a jade-green shower that eased the ailments and fatigue of the people below.
• Lei Yunchao and Lei Xiaoyun watched the ceremony, and Lei Yunchao praised the Xu Household's unity as the bearing of a true aristocratic clan.
• Xu Chuan welcomed Lei Yunchao, thanked Bai Jing, and sent Xu Mingyuan and Xu Mingwei to receive the visitors before inviting the household to meet him in his courtyard.
• Elder Liu and Elder Xiao thanked Xu Mingyuan for receiving them on behalf of the Immortal-Martial Alliance.

Xu Chuan reunited with the Xu Household, guided its younger talents, and arranged how four allied households would face the coming great calamity. The four households chose to send their elites to establish branches under Xu protection, while Xu Chuan prepared his family for what came next.

• Xu Mingyuan confirmed to Elder Xiao that the Qin, Li, and Wang households had willingly become vassals of the Xu Household, and Lei Yunchao suspected they had joined to strengthen their lineages.
• Xu Chuan praised Xu Chongjian's sword talent and gave him the Thunderclap Sword, then instructed Xu Wenjing to pursue body tempering and artifact refining.
• Xu Chuan told the younger Xu Household members that the lineage would support those who proved their talent and value across cultivation and other disciplines.
• Xu Chuan offered the Li, Qin, Wang, and Zhou households the choice of relocating to Dongxi or sending their elites to establish protected branches; Zhou Qingfang chose the latter, and the other three followed.
• Xu Chuan promised each household five hundred years of Golden Core fortune and ordered Xu Mingyuan and several relatives to cultivate with him at the Jade-Cold Pool.
• Xu Chuan gave Xu Mingwei a pill to refine as a precaution.

The Xu Household sent cultivators into seclusion and recalled its allies and affiliated lineages to Dongxi as preparations for an approaching great calamity. Zhou Qingfang ordered the Zhou Household to establish a branch there, while the Qin, Li, and Wang households remained divided over whether to relocate.

• Xu Chuan supplied Xu Mingxuan with rare spirit medicines to help him raise his spiritual consciousness, while other Xu Household members and Xu Ying began seclusion with pills suited to their breakthroughs.
• At the Immortal-Martial Central Alliance, elders discussed the Xu Household's absorption of the Qin, Li, and Wang households, and Yun Ding told Wei Dao that the Xu Household was recalling its guest elders to Dongxi.
• Li Hongyi urged her brother Li Yuanhua to use her lineage contribution points for a high-grade Jade Fungus Pill so he could attempt foundation establishment.
• Zhou Qingfang announced that the Zhou Household would form a collateral branch and move it to Dongxi, appointing Zhou Zongdan to lead it and ordering the elders to select members.
• After the Qin, Wang, and Li households failed to agree on relocation, Li Xingyan called for their clansmen to choose for themselves at a future gathering.

Li Xingyan oversaw the selection of clansmen who would leave the Li Household to form a collateral branch in Dongxi, while the Zhou, Qin, and Wang lineages also sent branches to the Xu Household. The newcomers settled into Dongxi’s greatly improved cultivation environment, and Xu Chuan arranged for several Xu elders to pursue breakthroughs as the story turned toward their cultivation progress.

• Li Xingyan urged the Li Household to join the Xu Household’s collateral branch, then divided the clansmen by their choice; about three hundred, including two earth-spiritual-root talents and the younger child’s parents, chose Dongxi, while most remained behind.
• Li Xingyan appointed Li Yuanxing to lead the new branch to Dongxi in half a month, and the Qin Household and Wang Clan selected smaller groups to accompany them.
• Xu Mingxian installed a third-rank mid-grade spirit vein and stronger protective formations in Dongxi, where the Zhou Household’s branch arrived first and settled into Area A.
• The Li, Qin, and Wang branches arrived over the following days and began cultivating in Dongxi’s unusually dense spiritual energy, while other Xu vassals sent promising young talents.
• Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingshu, Xu Mingqing, and Xu Mingxuan underwent transformations of their divine souls; Xu Chuan sent three elders into seclusion to comprehend Divine Abilities, while Xu Mingshu prepared for Core Formation.

Xu Chuan supplied Xu Mingshu with high-grade pills and a new Storage Pouch before refining nine high-grade Golden Core Formation Pills and advancing his spiritual consciousness techniques. Meanwhile, Ye Fan brought Xu Deyue, Xu Chongfei, and Chen Yulian to visit his mother Ye Xuehua’s grave, where he vowed that he would soon crush the Cao Clan, shocking Zhou Qingfang with the possibility that Ye Fan and Xu Deyue had surpassed his cultivation.

• Xu Chuan gave Xu Mingshu three high-grade pills and a high-end Storage Pouch to prepare her for Golden Core Formation.
• Xu Chuan refined nine high-grade Golden Core Formation Pills from the Lei Clan’s ingredients and continued practicing his spiritual consciousness techniques.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue took Xu Chongfei and Chen Yulian to visit Ye Xuehua’s grave at the Zhou Household’s clan grounds.
• Ye Fan presented Zhou Qingfang with precious pills in gratitude for his kindness to Ye Xuehua, then asked to visit his mother’s grave.
• Ye Fan introduced his family to Ye Xuehua and vowed that he would soon trample the Cao Clan beneath his feet.
• Zhou Qingfang was stunned by Ye Fan’s vow and wondered whether Ye Fan and Xu Deyue’s cultivation had exceeded what he could sense.

Ye Fan moved his mother’s grave to Dongxi and sought Xu Chuan’s advice about taking revenge on the Cao Clan. Xu Chuan sent him to test the Three Houses’ hidden reserves, and Ye Fan entered the Great Wei Imperial Capital in disguise, challenged Cao Jiyi, and struck him with a powerful punch.

• Ye Fan moved Ye Xuehua’s coffin to Dongxi and buried her in the Xu Clan’s cemetery after Zhou Qingfang gave his permission to relocate her grave.
• Xu Chuan warned Ye Fan that destroying the Cao Clan could endanger the Imperial Capital and offered him a mission to test the Cao, Sima, and Liu Clans’ hidden reserves.
• Ye Fan accepted Xu Chuan’s mission, and Xu Deyue supported his decision to delay deciding whether to kill Cao Jiyi.
• Ye Fan disguised himself as a scarred middle-aged man, entered the Great Wei Imperial Capital, and called Cao Jiyi out at the palace formation.
• Cao Jiyi emerged and fought Ye Fan, but Ye Fan broke through his Sword Ray and struck his Crimson Sun Shield hard enough to send him flying.

Ye Fan defeated Cao Jiyi in Great Wei, then encountered Xu Dewen while traveling through Great Jin and learned where to find the Sima Clan. He reached the Sima Clan’s vast city, ready to investigate its reserves.

• Ye Fan overwhelmed Cao Jiyi with a slap and a kick, then left the Imperial Capital as cultivators speculated about his strength and origins.
• Ye Fan searched for the Sima Clan and noticed Xu Dewen using a formation and a demonic divine ability to kill the cultivators pursuing him.
• Ye Fan revealed the Xu Household Token and identified himself as Xu Deyue’s husband, prompting Xu Dewen to introduce himself as Xu De Ling’s brother.
• Ye Fan told Xu Dewen that he was investigating the Sima Clan’s reserves and declined Xu Dewen’s offer to accompany him to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Xu Dewen gave Ye Fan directions to the Sima Clan, and the two parted before Xu Dewen secretly departed in the opposite direction.
• Ye Fan reached the vast city where the Sima Clan resided.

Ye Fan tested the Sima Clan’s strength in Great Jin, then traveled to Great Liang and challenged Emperor Liu Qiankun at the Imperial Palace. The chapter ended as Liu Qiankun brought down the Nine Dragon Seal and Ye Fan punched upward to meet it.

• Ye Fan fought off the Sima Clan’s cultivators and resisted Sima Chengdao’s Blood Mist formation, blood spike, and soul-seizing chime before the two agreed to end the clash.
• As Ye Fan left the city, he killed the gate guards who had overcharged him, while Sima Chengdao ordered an investigation into his identity.
• Ye Fan reached Great Liang’s Imperial Capital and spent the night there, sensing something unusual about the peaceful city.
• The next morning, Ye Fan struck the Imperial Palace’s formation and drew out Emperor Liu Qiankun, declaring that he had come to test his cultivation.
• Liu Qiankun summoned the Nine Dragon Seal and brought it down on Ye Fan, who met the attack with an upward punch.

Ye Fan revealed Great Liang’s Fortune Secret Art while fighting Liu Qiankun, then followed Xu Chuan’s orders to challenge Xu Mingwei at the Immortal-Martial Central Alliance. Xu Mingwei was injured after Ye Fan broke through his arrow barrage, leaving their staged confrontation unresolved.

• Ye Fan fought Liu Qiankun, who drew on Great Liang’s Imperial Fortune to empower himself and the Nine Dragon Seal, forcing Ye Fan to retreat after taking a heavy blow.
• Liu Qiankun declined to pursue Ye Fan and ordered an investigation into the scar-faced Golden Core cultivator’s origins.
• After recovering, Ye Fan learned Xu Chuan wanted him to challenge the Immortal-Martial Central Alliance’s Grand Supreme Elder, while Xu Chonghui reported the challenge rumors to Xu Chuan.
• Ye Fan arrived at the Alliance’s mountain gate and demanded a fight with Xu Mingwei, who came out to face him with his usual bow and arrows.
• Xu Mingwei’s arrows wounded Ye Fan, but Ye Fan eventually broke through his defenses, snapped his bow, and sent him crashing to the ground.

Ye Fan returned from investigating the great powers and asked Xu Chuan to let him protect the Zhou Household when the Great Calamity came. As Zhao Qingyan visited Dongxi seeking advice, Xu Chuan revealed that the approaching Millennium Calamity would bring a devastating Beast Tide and offered the Zhao Clan a way to survive.

• Ye Fan reported on Great Wei, Great Jin, and Great Liang, then asked Xu Chuan for permission to defend the Zhou Household during the Great Calamity, and Xu Chuan agreed.
• Ye Fan told Xu Chuan that Xu De Wen was nearing Core Formation, but Xu Chuan warned him not to pry into De Wen’s path.
• Cao Jiyi suspected the Scarred Man came from a powerful outside sect, ordered the Imperial Capital’s formation inspected, and told Cao Dezhang to have the Lei Clan prepare for the calamity.
• Zhao Qingyan and the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard visited Dongxi, where Xu Chuan welcomed them and asked how the Zhao Clan planned to face the Great Calamity.
• Xu Chuan explained that the Millennium Calamity would bring an unprecedented Beast Tide alongside the Demon Calamity, and offered Zhao Qingyan a way out if the Zhao Clan lacked confidence in surviving.

Xu Chuan urged Zhao Qingyan to make the Zhao Clan a vassal of the Xu Household, promising to preserve a collateral branch through the millennium calamity. After confirming the calamity with Great Liang’s emperor, Zhao Qingran learned of Xu Chuan’s offer and weighed the Xu Household’s unknown strength, while news arrived that another Xu had formed a core.

• Xu Chuan asked Zhao Qingyan to send a collateral branch of the Zhao Clan to Dongxi as vassals, then showed him a spectacular core formation phenomenon in the Xu Household.
• Zhao Qingyan returned to the Zhao Clan and told its elders about the millennium calamity, while concealing Xu Chuan’s vassalage offer.
• Zhao Qingran visited Liu Qiankun, who confirmed the calamity was real and said even the Imperial Capital had uncertain odds of surviving it.
• After Zhao Qingran returned, Zhao Qingyan revealed Xu Chuan’s offer and explained that Xu Chuan had promised the Zhao Clan’s branch would endure.
• Zhao Qingran and Zhao Qingyan discussed Xu Chuan’s possible hidden strength, including rumors that he had formed a core, and the Xu Household’s influence through the Immortal-Martial Alliance.

Zhao Qingran and Zhao Qingyan weighed whether the Zhao Clan should become a vassal of the Xu Household or rely on the Liu Clan. After hearing that the Xu Household promised five hundred years of Golden Core fortune and learning that Black Cloud wanted to join it, Zhao Qingran sought the judgment of the Zhao Clan's surviving Ancestor.

• Zhao Qingran sent Zhao Qingyan to Dongxi to assess the Xu Household's offer while he dealt with the Liu Clan.
• Black Cloud Spirit Leopard eagerly carried Zhao Qingyan to Dongxi, where Xu Dezhao told him the Zhao Clan could receive the same terms as the Zhou, Qin, Li, and Wang clans, including five hundred years of Golden Core fortune.
• Zhao Qingyan returned and urged Zhao Qingran to choose the Xu Household, citing Dongxi's rich spiritual energy, the promised Golden Core opportunity, and Black Cloud's wish to join them.
• Zhao Qingran agreed to consider the matter with the elders and went to consult Zhao Qiyang, the clan's surviving Ancestor.
• Zhao Qiyang invited Zhao Qingran into his Cave Abode to hear the matter concerning the clan's survival and fortunes.