Chapter Summaries

Lin Xi Yu showed Qing Si a Heaven-Nurtured White Seed, a wisp of the Innate Life-Nourishing True Fire, and Qing Si eagerly tried to acquire it. Lin Xi Yu revealed that the fire belonged to the young man Qing Si owed a furnace of pills, the Autumn's Arrival Sword Immortal, and left Qing Si embarrassed by teasing her about him.

• Lin Xi Yu opened a talisman-sealed box and showed Qing Si a pearl-like fire seed that Qing Si recognized as the Heaven-Nurtured White Seed.
• Qing Si explained that the seed came from the Innate Life-Nourishing True Fire associated with Mysterious Lord Zhao Ming and tried to claim it for herself.
• Lin Xi Yu refused to sell the fire, explaining that it belonged to the young man Qing Si owed a furnace of pills.
• Qing Si remembered the young man from the Jade Sparrow Token, and Lin Xi Yu identified him as the Autumn's Arrival Sword Immortal, disciple of Great True Person Xuan Guang.
• Lin Xi Yu teased Qing Si about becoming the young man's cultivation partner, leaving Qing Si blushing and asking her to stop.

Lin Xi Yu negotiated with Qing Si over the price of the Heaven-Nurtured White Seed and learned how much it could advance Qing Si’s cultivation. Qing Si offered a collection of treasures and a treasured lineage inheritance, while Lin Xi Yu kept the seed with her and went to check on her disciples.

• Qing Si explained that the Heaven-Nurtured White Seed could save her nearly a century of effort and give her a chance to approach the Purple Threshold.
• Qing Si offered seven Purple Mansion Spirit Treasures, twelve Spirit Resources, a Spirit Elixir, and two Spirit Artifacts in exchange for the fire seed.
• Qing Si said she could also offer the Spirit Treasure enshrined beneath the Patriarch's portrait if the other items did not interest him, but that would settle the matter completely.
• Lin Xi Yu agreed to pass Qing Si's offers along and let her examine the fire seed while it remained in the hall.
• Lin Xi Yu left to visit her disciples, intending to hear about their cultivation difficulties and answer their questions.

Jiang Yang oversaw the construction of a new cultivation retreat in Zhouhui Valley and welcomed Shang Qingzheng there after she was delayed by her master. Shang Qingzheng became the first visitor to Clearwave Retreat, and the two reunited in its waterside pavilion.

• Jiang Yang told Cong Huaijin to oversee the renovation of Zhouhui Valley and let her choose the layout, provided she did not build a Dao Palace or temple.
• Jiang Yang gave Cong Huaijin spirit materials and rewards to distribute among the workers, and she enthusiastically supervised the construction.
• The workers completed Clearwave Retreat, and Jiang Yang moved there, leaving his moon-white spirit elm behind for Bi Xingjian to transplant later.
• Jiang Yang waited in the pavilion that night, and Shang Qingzheng arrived after her master had summoned her to hear a lecture on the arts and the Dao.
• Jiang Yang welcomed Shang Qingzheng, embraced her, and asked what she thought of the newly built retreat.

Jiang Yang showed Shang Qingzheng his new residence and told her he intended to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Purple Mansion. She feared for his safety but, reassured that he had prepared everything, found comfort in his embrace.

• Shang Qingzheng suggested ways to improve the bare valley and pond, and Jiang Yang left the retreat’s landscaping to her.
• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng entered the main building and found it lavishly furnished with treasures from the Grotto-Heaven.
• Jiang Yang revealed that he planned to break through to the Purple Mansion, and Shang Qingzheng ran upstairs, alarmed by how young he was and how quickly he had advanced.
• Shang Qingzheng worried about Jiang Yang’s white hair and asked whether he had mastered his Secret Art and prepared Spirit Treasures and Elixirs; he assured her he had.
• Jiang Yang comforted Shang Qingzheng as she cried, and she bit his shoulder after he laughed at her embarrassment.

Jiang Yang spent half a year preparing to break through to divine powers while Shang Qingzheng supported him and fretted over their differing cultivation speeds. After she played him “Great Peace Repose,” he announced he would enter seclusion in three days, and she asked him to make her his.

• Shang Qingzheng worried that her cultivation could not keep pace with Jiang Yang, but he reassured her he would not leave her behind.
• Jiang Yang offered Shang Qingzheng spirit elixirs and treasures, but she refused them and urged him to focus on his cultivation.
• Jiang Yang spent nearly half a year preparing for his breakthrough while Shang Qingzheng decorated the lodge and kept him company.
• Bi Xingjian visited Jiang Yang, helped transplant the Spirit Elm Tree, and told him about his work training disciples on the outer peaks.
• Shang Qingzheng played “Great Peace Repose” for Jiang Yang, who then said he would enter seclusion in three days to break through to divine powers.
• Shang Qingzheng embraced Jiang Yang and asked him to make her his.

Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng shared an intimate night before he entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough. After preparing his spirit resources and securing his retreat, Jiang Yang began raising his immortal foundation.

• Shang Qingzheng confessed her feelings to Jiang Yang and offered to help him through dual cultivation.
• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng spent the night together at the waterside pavilion.
• Three days later, Shang Qingzheng left as Jiang Yang entered the Quiet Chamber for seclusion.
• Jiang Yang arranged the Six-Yang Black Eagle Array and prepared the Mystic Star Locust Blossom, a spirit peach, and a Grand Pill.
• Jiang Yang consumed the locust blossom and Grand Pill, and their spirit vigor sent his immortal foundation surging upward.

Jiang Yang used the Spirit Peach to restore his lifespan and push Conjoined Branch into the Rising Sun Prefecture, where he formed his divine power. During the breakthrough, he relived hidden memories of his infancy and encountered a mysterious deity before awakening amid a wrecked room.

• Jiang Yang explained that his Immortal Art cultivated both inner nature and life, letting him form divine power without passing through the Great Void’s illusions.
• Jiang Yang inhaled the Spirit Peach’s vitality, regaining his lost lifespan and driving his immortal foundation toward the rising sun.
• Conjoined Branch reached the Rising Sun Prefecture, where Jiang Yang perceived the Peach Branch and gathered its wondrous essence.
• The Peach Branch stirred Jiang Yang’s memories, revealing a deep-blue presence and a deity who offered to take him away if he begged.
• Jiang Yang awoke to find the room in disarray, with Broadwood divine power manifesting around him.

Jiang Yang emerged from six years of seclusion having attained the Purple Mansion and concealed the signs of his breakthrough. As he went to choose a new talent from the Peach Branch, Xuan Guang prepared to leave Rain Xiang Mountain to seek guidance about the road ahead.

• Jiang Yang realized he had attained the Purple Mansion, but his memories of a mysterious being were fading, so he attributed their distortion to a Golden Core.
• Jiang Yang discovered that six years had passed, concealed his breakthrough’s signs, and decided to remain in seclusion to consolidate his cultivation.
• Jiang Yang entered Rising Sun and saw a new Peach Blossom and several possible talents on the Peach Branch.
• Xuan Di told Xuan Guang that his attempts to cultivate his fourth divine power had failed, while Xuan Guang said his fifth Immortal Foundation was nearing completion.
• Xuan Di discussed Rain Xiang Mountain’s recent good fortune and worried that the sect’s progress had come too easily.
• Xuan Guang told Xuan Di to keep watch over the sect and said he was leaving to ask about the road ahead.

Xuan Guang traveled through the Great Void to seek guidance about attaining the Dao, but Jiang Li abruptly escorted him to Autumn Reverie Palace for a meeting with Jiang Mangqing. Jiang Mangqing urged him to abandon his Immortal Foundation and cultivate a gentler Divine Power, while Xuan Guang questioned the cost of settling for a lesser path.

• Xuan Guang considered the origins of the Upright Corner Wood-Rabbit Dao Lineage while traveling through the Great Void with the Lush Jade Branch.
• Jiang Li appeared and invited Xuan Guang to speak with his superior, then led him into the ancient Secret Realm of Autumn Reverie Palace.
• Jiang Mangqing, a pinnacle Five Methods Great True Person, met Xuan Guang in a modest courtyard and criticized how hastily he had cultivated Green Tip Above.
• Jiang Mangqing advised Xuan Guang to discard his Immortal Foundation and cultivate Supreme Softness Armor instead.
• Xuan Guang argued that attaining the Dao through a subordinate Divine Power would likely fail to produce true fruition, and Jiang Mangqing insisted that the Surplus Position remained a great path.

Jiang Mangqing explained why the Celestial River Tradition wanted Xuan Guang to avoid seeking Yi Wood’s fruit position and instead pursue a Surplus position. Xuan Guang learned that Yi Wood had once drawn authority from the other three seasonal Dao lineages, and the chapter left him weighing the dangers and rules of attaining positions.

• Xuan Guang questioned Jiang Mangqing’s offer of a Surplus position and said he distrusted the tradition’s motives.
• Jiang Mangqing warned Xuan Guang that Yi Wood was dangerous and that True Lord Tian Yi might have left contingencies tied to its fruit position.
• Jiang Mangqing revealed that Yi Wood had once drawn the imagery of the other seasons, causing the Three Dao Lineages to lose authority before they reclaimed it.
• Jiang Mangqing explained that the tradition hoped to steer Xuan Guang toward a Surplus position to avoid risking a revival of True Lord Tian Yi or destabilizing Yi Wood.
• Xuan Guang connected Jiang Mangqing’s explanation to the Weak Water Gold-Seeking Method and considered how the Five Virtues governed principal, harvest, Containment, Transformation, and storage positions.

Xuan Guang weighed the Golden Edge Dao Lineage’s offers, while Jiang Yang gained a new fate divine power and received a cryptic prophecy of future disaster. The chapter left Xuan Guang’s decision unstated and Jiang Yang beginning to study his new ability.

• Jiang Mangqing offered Xuan Guang the sealed Year-End Spring Pin Secret Art if he cultivated Supreme Softness Armor, but Xuan Guang delayed deciding.
• Jiang Mangqing promised further benefits, including the Black-Horned Nine-Colored Deer as a celebratory sacrifice if Xuan Guang attained the Dao.
• Jiang Yang witnessed a Peach Branch bloom and received the prophecy, “Only a trace of old affection remains, until Spirit Marsh floods back, and the breach is sealed with one's body.”
• Jiang Yang’s third innate gift settled on Plum Takes Peach's Place, which could awaken a spirit and create a form to avert calamity or die in its place.
• Jiang Yang stayed in seclusion and began studying the new innate gift.

After Jiang Mangqing failed to persuade Yi Yuanguang to cooperate, Xuan Guang traveled to Broad Mulberry Valley to seek guidance and was welcomed by the Shuoyuan Qingyang Dao Lineage. He arrived at Vast Wilds Mountain, where the Dao Master awaited him.

• Jiang Mangqing told Jiang Li that Yi Yuanguang had refused, and rejected the suggestion to kill him, insisting they respect the White Emperor's Dao Lineage and Rain Xiang Mountain.
• Xuan Guang left the Sea of Clouds and traveled across the Eastern Yi Sea toward Broad Mulberry Valley, following a lead connected to True Person Zheying's ancestor.
• After crossing the desolate eastern reaches, Xuan Guang found Broad Mulberry Valley and met the Daoist acolyte Jinggui, who identified it as the home of the Shuoyuan Qingyang Dao Lineage.
• Hong Tong appeared, welcomed Xuan Guang as a guest, and explained that Jinggui was a young spirit cultivator assigned to receive visitors.
• Hong Tong escorted Xuan Guang into Vast Wilds Mountain and told him that the Dao Master was waiting in the palace.

Xuan Guang met the Greenleaf Yang Minister in Great Hua Heaven and sought guidance about the importance of the Yi Wood position. The Dao Master explained the forces that governed Dao attainment and began outlining how the Shuoyuan Qingyang Dao Lineage understood Wood Virtue through Yin-Yang.

• Hong Tong brought Xuan Guang to Great Hua Heaven and escorted him to the Dao Palace.
• Xuan Guang entered the palace, declared his lineage, and paid his respects to the Dao Master.
• The Dao Master praised Xuan Guang’s solid cultivation and said he had summoned him to see him in person.
• Xuan Guang asked whether the Yi Wood position was important, and the Dao Master said Dao attainment depended on the times, the hands behind the scenes, and oneself.
• The Dao Master explained that once Xuan Guang qualified to prove his Dao, obstacles could become support, and urged him to prove his qualification.
• Xuan Guang asked the Dao Master to show him a path, and the Dao Master began explaining the Yin-Yang positions of the Five Woods.

Xuan Guang received guidance from the True Lord and was given a Jade Box before leaving. Meanwhile, Jiang Yang completed an avatar through his Fate Divine Power and named it Zhiyang.

• The True Lord explained the paths of yin and yang, and Xuan Guang chose to follow yin.
• The True Lord gave Xuan Guang a Jade Box and dismissed him.
• After seven years, Jiang Yang used the God-Forming Prosperity Cloud to create a body in the Rising Sun Prefecture.
• Jiang Yang infused the body with his innate talent, awakening an avatar that shared his memories and perspectives and could bear calamity for him.
• Jiang Yang and the avatar discussed a name, and Jiang Yang called him Zhiyang.

After consolidating his newly attained divine powers, Jiang Yang visited Xuan Guang for guidance on the customs of reaching the Purple Mansion. He then ended his concealment and announced his achievement to the world.

• Zhiyang urged Jiang Yang to let him borrow divine powers to test them, but Jiang Yang refused and sent him into dormancy within his body.
• After two more years of cultivation, Jiang Yang fully settled his aura and decided it was time to reveal his attainment.
• Jiang Yang visited Xuan Guang on Fushu Peak, where his master praised his swift breakthrough and explained that he should hold a Purple Mansion Dharma Assembly and register his name and Daoist title with the Nether Bureau.
• Jiang Yang returned to Clearwave Retreat, released his divine powers, and announced that he had attained divine powers.

Shang Qingzheng waited anxiously for Jiang Yang to emerge from seclusion while Li Zhouying challenged her to a wager about his breakthrough. Jiang Yang attained Divine Powers within fifteen years, and Shang Qingzheng looked forward to Li Zhouying calling him True Person.

• Li Zhouying brought three newly admitted disciples to Shang Qingzheng, who dismissed them without assigning them duties.
• Li Zhouying teased Shang Qingzheng for waiting for Jiang Yang and wagered that he would take more than twenty years to break through.
• Shang Qingzheng accepted the wager and clapped hands with Li Zhouying three times.
• Jiang Yang announced that he had attained Divine Powers and invited cultivators to a ceremony in three months.
• Shang Qingzheng wept with relief, then told Li Zhouying she would wait to hear her call Jiang Yang True Person.

Jiang Yang announced his ascension to the Purple Mansion realm and discovered that his Conjoined Branch divine power let him perceive the threads of karma and destiny. Sect True Persons and other visitors congratulated him, and he learned that Tai Pei'er was studying in a Grotto-Heaven and that the Ripplefront Water Palace had sent an extravagant gift; the main Dharma Assembly was still three months away.

• Jiang Yang unleashed Conjoined Branch, saw the threads of destiny and karma, and noticed two golden threads extending from his own fate.
• Xuan Di, Xuan Yi, Lin Xi Yu, and Zhi Qiu arrived to congratulate Jiang Yang, while other cultivators gathered in the Great Void.
• Tai Fuwei congratulated Jiang Yang and told him that Tai Pei'er had entered a Grotto-Heaven to study the Dao.
• Xingbo'er and Fen Shuier presented congratulations and a gift list from the Ripplefront Water Palace, explaining that the Dragon Prince would not attend the Dharma Assembly.

Jiang Yang welcomed congratulations after attaining divine powers and learned why Yun Zhen had not come to see him. The chapter left him holding her letter, aware that she was secretly striving to break through before meeting him again.

• The Dragonkind envoys congratulated Jiang Yang and left, while he wondered whether Yuan Jun had also reached the Purple Mansion.
• A powerful Great True Person arrived, and Xuan Guang stepped forward to greet the visitor.
• Ying Huang arrived with an elder of her household, teased Jiang Yang, and congratulated him on attaining divine powers.
• Ying Huang explained that the Great True Person had come to renew old ties between Kunxu and Kunqiu as well as offer congratulations.
• Ying Huang gave Jiang Yang a letter from Yun Zhen and revealed that Yun Zhen was working hard to attain divine powers before seeing him.

After Jiang Yang’s breakthrough, the Greenleaf Dao Lord sent him a gift, and the sect prepared a celebration. Two Underworld Constables arrived at Zhouhui Valley to register his divine power and name, but the register rejected his name and they asked him to write it himself.

• Ying Huang said farewell to Jiang Yang, and the visiting True Persons soon departed.
• Xuan Guang gave Jiang Yang a long box bestowed by the Greenleaf Dao Lord of Broad Mulberry Valley.
• Jiang Yang returned to Clearwave Retreat and found the Underworld Constables Xie Caoxiu and Fan Qiu waiting outside.
• Xie Caoxiu and Fan Qiu congratulated Jiang Yang and began recording his divine power, Conjoined Branch, and his name in their register.
• The register rejected the name Jiang Yang, so Fan Qiu asked him to write it himself.

Jiang Yang received a Spirit Sword that revealed Bai Tang had reincarnated in Broad Mulberry Valley, then found a way to share her sword intent with Zhiyang. He left with the Underworld Constables' warning about the Sea Eye in mind and his two sword intents no longer interfering with each other.

• Jiang Yang signed the Underworld Constables' scroll, and his golden name weighed heavily on Fan Qiu and Xie Caoxiu.
• Xie Caoxiu warned Jiang Yang not to use the Sea Eye in the Heavenly Abyss again and offered to guide him to the Nether Bureau if needed.
• Jiang Yang opened the long case and found the Spirit Sword Bai Tang had once inhabited, but sensed that she was no longer inside it.
• Jiang Yang followed a golden thread east and realized that Bai Tang had reincarnated in Broad Mulberry Valley, within the Shuoyuan Qingyang Dao Lineage.
• Jiang Yang summoned Zhiyang and discovered that Zhiyang could borrow the Daybreak Separation Sword Intent, allowing each of them to wield one sword intent.