Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yang and Bai Tang explored the Palace of Guarding the Void and uncovered records linking Clear Isle Mountain’s Dao lineage to the ancient Mysterious Capital Immortal Mansion. After learning about Broadwood’s extraordinary power, they turned to another cache of books whose contents Bai Tang suggested were nearly useless.

• Jiang Yang put away the musical score and Pine Wind Painting, then finished searching the Palace of Guarding the Void.
• Bai Tang deciphered slips identifying the Clear Cloud Lone Isle Dao Lineage, founded by Nan Lüzi, whose teachings came from the Mysterious Capital Immortal Mansion.
• Bai Tang explained that the Mysterious Capital Immortal Mansion had been the foremost immortal power and that its Broadwood inheritance had remarkable abilities, though Nan Lüzi had not received its core teachings.
• Jiang Yang asked whether the remaining golden books had been damaged, and Bai Tang said they were intact but might as well be useless before showing him a page.

Jiang Yang learned from Bai Tang that the Ancient Star Charts recorded the conditions of Golden Core True Lords, then discovered that his Pine Winds Painting was an Ancient Spirit Artifact. After exploring the Palace of Guarding the Void, he flew toward Junguang Hall, where he expected to meet Qingzheng and the other disciples.

• Bai Tang explained that the Ancient Star Charts used the stars to track Golden Core True Lords, while blank spaces showed where those beings had concealed themselves.
• Jiang Yang took one star chart as a memento despite Bai Tang's warning that the ancient records had lost their usefulness.
• Jiang Yang showed Bai Tang the Ten Thousand Ravines, Pine Winds Painting, and she identified it as an Ancient Spirit Artifact that he could not refine with his magic power.
• Jiang Yang finished exploring the Palace of Guarding the Void and flew away without encountering an ambush.
• Bai Tang used the records to explain that Jiang Yang was between Clear Isle's second and third gates and that the disciples would likely gather at Junguang Hall.

Jiang Junrui, Qingyan, and Zhao Xixun struggled against two awakened Wu Guards while Destruction Thunder weakened them. Jiang Yang arrived just in time to split a lightning strike with his sword, leaving the three cultivators facing their unexpected rescuer.

• Jiang Yang flew toward the Threefold Gate, passing cultivators fighting and looting among ruined buildings.
• Jiang Junrui, Qingyan, and Zhao Xixun became trapped at Ten-Thousand Jun Hall between a Wu Guard and a Destruction Thunder formation.
• Jiang Junrui drew the Wu Guard's attacks while Qingyan prepared a talisman and Zhao Xixun used her Round Fan to restrain the guardians.
• A second Wu Guard awakened and struck Jiang Junrui down, forcing Zhao Xixun to halt the guardians with her Mystic Wind.
• A Destruction Thunder arc targeted Qingyan, but Jiang Yang's sword ray arrived first and shattered it before he appeared before the three cultivators.

Jiang Yang rescued Jiang Junrui, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan from the Wu Guards and the execution Thunder formation, then led them to safety. After they thanked him, Jiang Junrui offered him a share of the treasures they had found in the Ten-Thousand Jun Hall.

• Jiang Yang apologized for arriving late, then turned to face the approaching Wu Guards with the three disciples.
• Jiang Yang used Rainbow Pierces the Sun to drive back two Wu Guards, while Jiang Junrui, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan watched in awe.
• Jiang Yang realized his sword strikes could not seriously damage the recovering spirit statues, then unleashed Sun and Radiance Shine Together to trap them in dazzling light.
• Jiang Yang helped Jiang Junrui and led all three disciples out of the execution Thunder formation, then flew with them more than ten miles away to rest.
• Jiang Junrui, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan thanked Jiang Yang and offered him the spirit treasures and resources they had collected in the Ten-Thousand Jun Hall.

After defeating Wu Wei, Jiang Yang accepted only a bronze case from his fellow disciples and helped them recover while standing guard. He discovered the case held a rare strand of Foundation Establishment spirit thunder, though changes in the world meant he could not use it for cultivation.

• Jiang Yang accepted one Bronze Casket from Jiang Junrui, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan, then let them divide the remaining Spirit Treasures.
• Jiang Junrui's internal injuries flared up, and Jiang Yang used his Yi Wood Magic Power to help him recover.
• Jiang Yang offered to keep watch while Zhao Xixun and Qingyan restored their Magic Power, then stood guard in the trees as his own power recovered.
• Jiang Yang opened the Bronze Casket and identified its contents as Foundation Establishment spirit thunder called [Thunderbolt and Lightning].
• Jiang Yang realized the spirit thunder could not aid his cultivation because Execution Thunder no longer had an affinity with Wood Virtue, but he kept it as a valuable treasure.
• After the others had time to recover, Jiang Yang descended from the treetop.

Jiang Yang agreed to travel with Zhao Xixun and Qingyan toward the Blessed Land’s inner region, while the injured Jiang Junrui chose to leave on his own. As the three flew toward the Threefold Gate, they discussed the disciples they had encountered.

• Zhao Xixun showed Jiang Yang and Qingyan a map of the Blessed Land and invited Jiang Yang to join her journey beyond the Threefold Gate.
• Jiang Yang agreed to travel with Zhao Xixun and Qingyan, while Jiang Junrui declined to join them because his injuries left him unable to fight.
• Jiang Junrui said he had gained enough resources for Foundation Establishment and planned to leave the Blessed Land on his own.
• Jiang Yang, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan flew above the clouds, using Zhao Xixun’s map to guide their route.
• Qingyan said she had met Zhang Yunbai, who had chosen to travel alone, and Zhao Xixun described how she had found the map after being trapped in a pavilion.

Jiang Yang and his companions reached the Threefold Gate, where Dongmen Shu used an apparent Spirit Treasure trade to entrap and kill three cultivators who attacked him. Jiang Yang crossed into Mystic Capital Peach Radiance, a beautiful region deep within the Qingyu Mountain Blessed Land, still searching for Shang Qingzheng.

• Jiang Yang used the Spirit Crane to locate Shang Qingzheng and learned she was within ten thousand miles, south in the direction of the Threefold Gate.
• At the gate, Dongmen Shu of the Yi Sword Gate offered to trade Spirit Resources for materials to forge a Spirit Sword, but Jiang Yang and his companions had nothing he wanted.
• After Jiang Yang passed him, three black-robed cultivators attacked Dongmen Shu to seize the displayed treasures, and Dongmen Shu swiftly killed them and searched their Storage Bags.
• Jiang Yang realized Dongmen Shu had laid a trap for anyone tempted to attack him, and Zhao Xixun criticized the sword cultivator for dressing killing and robbery as a defensible scheme.
• Jiang Yang, Zhao Xixun, and Qingyan passed through the gate into Mystic Capital Peach Radiance, a land of mist, radiant clouds, flowers, and peach-pink petals.

Jiang Yang discovered that the untouchable peach blossoms were likely Mystic Capital Yancai, then left Zhao Xixun and Qingyan to follow a spirit crane toward Shang Qingzheng. He reached the vast Peach Blossom forest and reunited with her.

• Qingyan identified the blossoms as Yancai, also called Mystic Capital Flowers, whose gathered petals could form Peach Radiance Water that warded off evil and misfortune.
• Jiang Yang recommended that Zhao Xixun and Qingyan visit Junguang Hall, then excused himself and flew away to search for Shang Qingzheng.
• Zhao Xixun remarked that Jiang Yang seemed to belong to someone, while Qingyan warned her not to become a lovesick fool.
• Jiang Yang followed the spirit crane through the Threefold Gate, avoided several groups of fighting cultivators, and passed Zhang Yunbai as four people pursued him.
• Jiang Yang arrived at a vast Peach Blossom forest, where his spirit crane met another crane guiding Shang Qingzheng, and the two were reunited.

Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng reunited in Peachwell Grove and shared how they had been separated and what they had encountered in the Blessed Land. Shang Qingzheng then showed Jiang Yang a mysterious Pill she had taken from the Star-Picking Pavilion, leaving its identity unknown.

• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng found each other in Peachwell Grove, where they wandered among the blossoms and caught up.
• Shang Qingzheng told Jiang Yang that she had gotten lost, fought Lineage cultivators at the Star-Picking Tower, and escaped through a Mystic Stratagem Spirit Array after taking the tower’s treasures.
• Jiang Yang worried that Shang Qingzheng had been in danger, and she assured him that she had ways to protect herself and was nearing foundation establishment.
• Shang Qingzheng opened a sealed Wooden Box and showed Jiang Yang a pale-pink Pill bearing six profound markings.

Shang Qingzheng offered Jiang Yang a Mystic Fortune Illumination Pill to improve his aptitude, and he finally accepted it after realizing it could explain his secretly improving Spirit Root. They reconciled through an awkward, affectionate moment, and Jiang Yang prepared to show her a rare musical score.

• Shang Qingzheng explained the pill’s diminished ancient powers and its present ability to improve Spirit Root aptitude, then offered it to Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang refused the pill, while Shang Qingzheng insisted she had saved it for him and grew tearful when he kept declining.
• Jiang Yang accepted the pill to comfort Shang Qingzheng, and she cried as he reassured her and held her hand.
• Jiang Yang realized the pill could provide a plausible explanation for his improving aptitude, and Shang Qingzheng shyly withdrew her hand after he put it away.
• Jiang Yang changed the subject and brought out a rare musical score to show Shang Qingzheng.

Jiang Yang showed Shang Qingzheng the ancient Phoenix-Approaching Score, and they considered whether its author, Shang Wensu, might have been her ancestor. Shang Qingzheng played the score for Jiang Yang, whose sword dance stirred a new, still-distant intent within him.

• Jiang Yang showed Shang Qingzheng the Phoenix-Approaching Score, and she explained how ancient Musical Dao scores used symbols rather than ordinary notation.
• Shang Qingzheng identified Shang Wensu as the score’s author and wondered whether he was her ancestor, while Jiang Yang speculated about the Palace of Guarding the Void and the Seeing Simplicity Pavilion.
• Shang Qingzheng agreed to play the score on her flute after Jiang Yang suggested she put it away.
• Shang Qingzheng’s music evoked a gathering of birds, and Jiang Yang drew his sword and danced among the peach petals.
• Jiang Yang sensed a new intent taking root within him, though he could not yet bring it forth.

Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng shared a shy first kiss in the pavilion, then walked through the peach grove together. He gave her a colorful bouquet, which she happily accepted.

• Jiang Yang hesitated to kiss Shang Qingzheng until Bai Tang secretly pushed him toward her.
• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng kissed, and he awkwardly moved his hands after she called his attention to them.
• Shang Qingzheng asked Jiang Yang to take a walk, then offered him her hand as they left the pavilion.
• Jiang Yang told Shang Qingzheng about the Yancai trees as they strolled through the peach grove.
• Jiang Yang surprised Shang Qingzheng with a bouquet of spirit flowers and peach blossoms, and she said she loved it.

Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng explored the peach grove, discovered two joined trees, and decided to travel together to Jun Guang Hall, where the Blessed Land’s legacy was said to be held. They reached the crowded hall and Jiang Yang spotted several fellow disciples and a familiar face.

• Shang Qingzheng asked how Jiang Yang could collect the Mystic Capital Flowers, and he let her believe it was a secret before they continued through the grove.
• Jiang Yang identified two intertwined peach trees as possibly formed through the Rootstock Method, then took Shang Qingzheng’s hand as they admired them.
• Jiang Yang told Shang Qingzheng about Jun Guang Hall and offered her the choice to wait outside; she chose to come with him and said she could protect herself.
• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng flew toward the hall, lamenting the damage cultivators had caused to the Blessed Land’s buildings along the way.
• Jiang Yang recognized Qingyan, Zhao Xixun, Zhang Yunbai, and Dongmen Shu among the cultivators gathered at Jun Guang Hall, then noticed another familiar face.

Jiang Yang reunited with his Rain Xiang Mountain fellow disciples outside Junguang Hall, where the three major Sects had joined forces to keep other groups away. When another party challenged Yi Sword Gate’s claim to the hall, Dongmen Shu agreed to settle the dispute by force.

• Jiang Yang spotted Qin Dingyi and a white-robed woman who looked almost identical to her, then cautiously led Shang Qingzheng down to join his fellow disciples.
• Qingyan and Zhao Xixun welcomed Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng, and Zhao Xixun explained that Yi Sword Gate, Threefold Way, and Rain Xiang Mountain had driven off lesser groups and claimed the area around Junguang Hall.
• Qingyan and Zhao Xixun told Jiang Yang that a Spirit Array protected the hall and a guardian at its entrance demanded a secret password, so the cultivators planned to break in by force.
• Four cultivators arrived and asked to claim a place near the hall, but Dongmen Shu told them Yi Sword Gate had already claimed it.
• After the leading man challenged Dongmen Shu to settle the dispute through their skills, Dongmen Shu accepted, and Qingyan explained that the Sects took turns driving off newcomers.

Dongmen Shu killed a cultivator who challenged the group, and the remaining disciples gathered at an ancient hall guarded by an array spirit demanding the Immortal Edict. After their guesses failed, Qin Dingying proposed using the Twelve Heavenly Stems Method to break the array, and the cultivators agreed to follow her instructions.

• Dongmen Shu pierced the middle-aged man through the chest, collected his Mystic Artifact and Storage Bags, and let the man's companions flee.
• The cultivators gathered at the hall entrance after no one else came to challenge them.
• Qin Dingying proposed that they cooperate to break the array before competing for what lay inside.
• The array spirit appeared and demanded that they recite the Immortal Edict, rejecting their guesses.
• Qin Dingying explained that she could use the Twelve Heavenly Stems Method and assigned male and female cultivators to the yang and yin stem positions.

Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng joined the cultivators preparing to break Jun Guang Hall’s array, but Tai Pei’er revealed she knew the Immortal Edict and led them through a hidden entrance. The three entered the hall while the others remained outside attempting to break the array.

• Qin Dingying assigned the cultivators positions to disrupt the array, and Qin Dingyi recognized Jiang Yang but held back from confronting him.
• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng left the assigned positions and found Tai Pei’er waiting beside a Xiezhi statue.
• Tai Pei’er told Jiang Yang she could enter without breaking the array and greeted Shang Qingzheng.
• Tai Pei’er recited “Primordial Void, True Eternity” to the Divine General, who opened the spirit array.
• Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei’er passed through the array and entered Jun Guang Hall.

Tai Pei'er led Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng to three sealed Purple Mansion Spirit Treasures of the Three Yin Way, including the Taiyin treasure she hoped to use to change her Dao Lineage. She offered to share them with her companions, and Jiang Yang agreed to help break the shields.

• Tai Pei'er hurried Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng through the Jade Toad Swallowing the Moon passage as the formation outside began to tremble.
• They found three stone platforms holding spirit treasures, and Tai Pei'er recognized the Great Lunar Radiance Instrument and the Taiyin treasure she had long sought.
• Bai Tang identified the three treasures as Purple Mansion Spirit Treasures of the Three Yin branch: Taiyin, hui yin, and nether yin.
• Jiang Yang considered the value of the treasures but decided not to betray Tai Pei'er, who had brought him and Shang Qingzheng to them.
• Tai Pei'er offered one treasure to each of them and asked them to work together to break the mystic shields; Jiang Yang agreed.

Tai Pei'er, Jiang Yang, and Shang Qingzheng opened two stone platforms and claimed their Purple Mansion-grade spirit treasures before a rumble warned that cultivators outside might have broken through the formation. They began opening the final platform, hoping to leave before the others reached them.

• Tai Pei'er revealed that the three platforms held Purple Mansion-grade spirit treasures and asked to keep the Great Lunar Radiance Instrument, which Jiang Yang agreed to.
• The three broke the first shield, and Tai Pei'er took the Great Lunar Radiance Instrument, a Taiyin-path spirit treasure.
• They opened the second platform and revealed the Perfect Crescent of Darkness, a Hui Yin spirit treasure that Jiang Yang wanted; Shang Qingzheng let him take it.
• A loud rumble led Jiang Yang to suspect that cultivators outside had broken the formation, so Tai Pei'er urged them to hurry.
• The three gathered at the final platform and began breaking its spiritual shield.

Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei'er claimed the Nether Yin Spirit Treasure before escaping into the side hall, where another cultivator emerged carrying Solar Sun Essence. Tai Pei'er and Bai Tang warned Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng to flee as the commotion turned dangerous.

• Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng took the Square Fang Vessel, the Nether Yin Spirit Treasure, from the final platform while Tai Pei'er explained its uncanny nature.
• The cultivators broke the array outside Jun Guang Hall, and Qin Dingyi decided to seek revenge on the young man from Rain Xiang Mountain for her severed arm.
• The trio returned to the side hall, where Tai Pei'er urged Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng to leave before they investigated the corridor beneath the Golden Crow mural.
• A cultivator emerged carrying Solar Sun Essence, drawing attacks from nearby cultivators and making Tai Pei'er and Bai Tang urgently warn Jiang Yang and Shang Qingzheng to escape.

Jiang Yang fled Jun Guang Hall with Tai Pei'er and Shang Qingzheng as the Sun Essence erupted, then used layered defenses to shield them from its devastating radiance. The three huddled beneath the failing Mystic Shield, waiting to learn whether they would survive.

• Jiang Yang grabbed Tai Pei'er and Shang Qingzheng and raced from the hall as the Sun Essence transformed in its holder's grasp.
• A cultivator cut off the Sun Essence holder's arm, and the orb erupted, vaporizing nearby cultivators and blasting apart Jun Guang Hall.
• Jiang Yang fled through the corridors with Shang Qingzheng's flute strengthening his movement while Tai Pei'er guided him.
• Jiang Yang sheltered with the two women behind a bronze cauldron and reinforced the Mystic Shield with origin water, Shang Qingzheng's Talismans, and Tai Pei'er's jade token.
• The Sun Essence's radiance melted the cauldron and broke through the jade token and Talismans, leaving the Mystic Shield to shield the three as it began to evaporate.