Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei'er survived the Sun Essence's catastrophic radiance and learned why the spirit treasure had erupted. The blast exposed a hidden passage beneath Jun Guang Hall, and the three decided to explore the Underground Palace below.

• Jiang Yang waited until the radiance faded, then woke Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er beneath his Mystic Shield.
• Tai Pei'er explained that the unstable Taiyang Solar Sun Essence had transformed during the cultivators' struggle and unleashed the destructive radiance.
• Jiang Yang saw that the blast had devastated Jun Guang Hall and agreed with Tai Pei'er that they should leave the scorched area.
• The floor collapsed beneath the three, revealing a hidden passage and stairs descending into an Underground Palace.
• Jiang Yang proposed exploring below, and Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er agreed to go with him.

Jiang Yang, Tai Pei'er, and Shang Qingzheng entered the ancient Cave Abode and found that its complete lack of Spirit Vigor had ruined its medicinal garden. Jiang Yang discovered the final testament of Nan Lüzi, the founder of Qingyu Mountain Blessed Land, and began learning why he had fled the Immortal Mansion.

• Jiang Yang led Tai Pei'er and Shang Qingzheng down a hidden passage to an ancient door marked with the Immortal Edict, "Primordial Void, True Eternity."
• Jiang Yang opened the door, and the three found a cramped Cave Abode with no Spirit Vigor.
• Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er examined a medicinal garden where the spiritual herbs and fruit had withered away.
• Jiang Yang entered a small courtyard and found Nan Lüzi's final testament beside a bundle of wooden slips.
• Jiang Yang read that Nan Lüzi had stolen an immortal scripture after failing to obtain the means to attain the Dao, but could not understand its characters.

Jiang Yang and the two women discovered Nan Lüzi’s letter and a mysterious heavenly scripture in the thatched cottage. Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er could not read the slips, while Jiang Yang recognized their characters and began to study the profound cultivation method.

• Jiang Yang read Nan Lüzi’s letter, which described his regret and asked whoever found the scripture to return it to the Mysterious Capital Immortal Mansion.
• Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er returned from the withered medicinal garden, and Jiang Yang showed them the letter and wooden slips.
• Shang Qingzheng struggled to lift the exceptionally heavy slips before spreading them open on the desk for the three of them to read.
• Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er found the scripture impossible to comprehend and suffered dizziness, while Tai Pei'er concluded that it had chosen Jiang Yang as its reader.
• Jiang Yang recognized the characters from his awakened Dao Fruit and read the scripture’s full title and opening, realizing it was a profound foundational immortal art.

Jiang Yang deciphered an ancient Wood Virtue cultivation method and realized it could become his Dao Lineage, though he could not explain or recite its contents to Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er. After they entrusted him with the scripture, the three prepared to leave the cottage and choose which path to explore.

• Jiang Yang studied the Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter and learned that it cultivated the [Entwined Lotus Fate Divine Power], a path far more difficult than modern cultivation methods.
• Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er told Jiang Yang they could neither remember nor understand the scripture, and Jiang Yang discovered he could not speak its contents aloud.
• Tai Pei'er suggested Jiang Yang keep the scripture because only someone with the right affinity could read it, and Shang Qingzheng agreed.
• Jiang Yang accepted the wooden-slip text and found that it no longer felt as heavy as Shang Qingzheng had described before storing it in his Storage Bag.
• Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei'er decided to leave the cottage, with a collapsed hidden passage and an unexplored southern cave opening before them.

Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei'er chose the southern passage after leaving the Underground Palace, while the story shifted to the Southern Hall, where the Yi Sword Gate and Threefold Way groups explored separately. The two parties converged on the pavilion beside the Cold Pool and unexpectedly met there.

• Jiang Yang chose the southern route with Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er because the Northern Hall was blocked by molten iron.
• Jiang Yang led the two women up a steep, winding passage toward a faint light.
• Dongmen Shu warned his junior brother that the Threefold Way had likely manipulated the Twelve Heavenly Stems method to scatter the Yi Sword Gate disciples.
• Qin Dingying led Qin Dingyi and two disciples through the Southern Hall, while Qin Dingyi suggested investigating the northern side after they finished exploring.
• Qin Dingying's group and Dongmen Shu's group entered the pavilion terrace from opposite sides and met unexpectedly.

Dongmen Shu and Junior Brother Jin found spirit treasures and six Immortal Peaches in the Pavilions, but Qin Dingying’s party ambushed them and demanded the fruit. With Jin wounded and the group outnumbered, Dongmen Shu offered to surrender the Peaches and leave, while Jin began urging a desperate escape.

• Dongmen Shu and Junior Brother Jin entered the Pavilions and took a jade wine vessel and a Glazed Glass Cup.
• Dongmen Shu identified the six fruits as Immortal Peaches, stored three, and told Junior Brother Jin to preserve the rest for refining Longevity Pills.
• Qin Dingying attacked from behind and wounded Junior Brother Jin, then arrived with three companions to demand the Peaches.
• Dongmen Shu offered the remaining platter and a safe departure, but Qin Dingyi pointed out that six people would have to divide the six Peaches.
• Junior Brother Jin secretly urged Dongmen Shu to seize the treasures and escape on their swords.

Dongmen Shu traded four Peaches for an apparent escape route, then fled with his injured junior brother as the Threefold Way pursued them. At the Cold Pool exit, Jiang Yang found the abandoned Peaches and was confronted by a Threefold Way disciple, who lost his nerve when two powerful women appeared beside Jiang Yang.

• Dongmen Shu offered four Peaches to Qin Dingying and her companions in exchange for clearing the western exit, then set the tray beside the Cold Pool and fled with his junior brother.
• Qin Dingyi attacked with a smoking-flask Mystic Artifact, while Qin Dingying sent a companion after the fleeing pair and pursued them herself.
• Jiang Yang and the two women reached the sealed cave exit, moved the stone stele, and emerged beside the Cold Pool.
• Jiang Yang found the tray of Peaches and picked it up, recognizing the fruit and its familiar fragrance.
• A Threefold Way disciple accused Jiang Yang of stealing the Peaches and threatened him with a Black-Green Mystic Sword.
• The two women emerged behind Jiang Yang, and the disciple immediately backed down and called it a misunderstanding.

Jiang Yang refused to surrender the Spirit Fruit to the Threefold Way and fought Qin Dingyi and Qin Dingying with Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er. Qin Dingyi's Baleful-Hunting Jade Smoke Flask shrouded the battlefield as the sisters engaged Jiang Yang.

• Jiang Yang explained that a Threefold Way cultivator had demanded the Spirit Fruit, then tried to leave with Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er.
• The young man blocked Jiang Yang, but his Black-Green Spell Sword was broken before Qin Dingying and the others arrived to save him.
• Qin Dingyi recognized Jiang Yang and demanded the Spirit Fruit, but Jiang Yang denied her request and insisted it belonged to whoever found it.
• Qin Dingyi activated the Baleful-Hunting Jade Smoke Flask, and Jiang Yang assigned Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er to fight the other opponents while he faced the sisters.
• Qin Dingyi concealed herself in the baleful mist and sent a Baleful Blade toward Jiang Yang as Qin Dingying tried to withstand his sword qi.

Jiang Yang fought Qin Dingyi and Qin Dingying in the baleful mist while Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er engaged their own opponents. Shang Qingzheng's Clear Melody disrupted Qin Dingyi's bell attack, allowing Jiang Yang to pierce Qin Dingyi through the chest.

• Jiang Yang shattered Qin Dingying's blade and pressed her with sword qi until she cast Pure Yin Winterlight.
• Shang Qingzheng used her flute's Jade Bamboo Clear Melody against a woman defending with a stone disk, while Tai Pei'er trapped the wounded young man beneath her mystic umbrella.
• Qin Dingyi joined Qin Dingying in a combined defense against Jiang Yang, who overwhelmed their spells and ambushes with his swordsmanship.
• Qin Dingyi activated the Netherfiend Heavenly Sound Bells, but Shang Qingzheng's Clear Melody dispelled their confusion from Jiang Yang's mind.
• Jiang Yang seized the opening and drove his sword through Qin Dingyi's chest.

Qin Dingyi and Qin Dingying fought Jiang Yang while Tai Pei'er and Shang Qingzheng battled their own opponents in the baleful mist. After Jiang Yang unleashed a devastating sword strike, Qin Dingyi sacrificed her entire body to activate the Ninefold Nether Hidden Yin Sacrificial Method and send Qin Dingying fleeing as a Black Bat.

• Jiang Yang kept attacking the badly wounded Qin Dingyi, while Qin Dingying tried to seal her wound and urged her to retreat.
• Tai Pei'er trapped and subdued a young man with metal qi chains, then entered the thickening mist to regroup.
• Shang Qingzheng weakened the Threefold Way woman with the Peaceful Martial Truce Melody, and Tai Pei'er arrived to help her.
• Jiang Yang drew his Spirit Oak sword and unleashed Long Rainbow Drinks from the Ravine, breaking through the baleful mist and overwhelming the sisters' defenses.
• Qin Dingyi performed the Ninefold Nether Hidden Yin Sacrificial Method despite Jiang Yang's attack, sacrificing her body, blood, and cultivation to transform into a Black Bat that carried Qin Dingying away.

Jiang Yang killed Qin Dingying, while the other enemy escaped, and reunited with Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er unharmed. He shared the captured Spirit Fruits with them, and Tai Pei'er believed they might extend her clan elder’s life.

• Jiang Yang sealed the Jade Pot after Qin Dingying was killed, causing the baleful mist to dissipate.
• Jiang Yang found Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er safe in a nearby corridor, where they discussed how they had helped each other during the fight.
• Jiang Yang said he had killed Qin Dingying but failed to catch the remaining enemy, who escaped using a secret art.
• Jiang Yang gave Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er one Spirit Fruit each to share the spoils of the battle.
• Tai Pei'er heard Jiang Yang say the peaches might prolong life and promised that the Tai clan would repay him, thinking of its aging elder, Tai Fu Wei.

Jiang Yang, Shang Qingzheng, and Tai Pei'er agreed to leave the Blessed Land after securing their gains. Jiang Yang sent the women out ahead while he flew back to Peachwell Grove for an undisclosed task.

• Tai Pei'er carefully stored her Spirit Fruit, while Jiang Yang placed his fruits in an Ice Jade Box.
• Jiang Yang decided there was little left to explore and led Shang Qingzheng and Tai Pei'er toward the exit.
• The three reached the Threefold Gate, where Jiang Yang told the women to leave without him because he had something important to do.
• Tai Pei'er warned Jiang Yang that he had to return within one day, and Shang Qingzheng agreed to wait for him outside.
• After the women passed through the gate, Jiang Yang flew alone on his sword and returned to Peachwell Grove.

Jiang Yang searched Peachwell Grove for spiritual energy to cultivate the Broadwood divine power Conjoined Branch and found the Conjoined Tree he needed. After cutting off a branch, he noticed it resembled the Peach Branch in his sea of consciousness, leaving him to consider the possible connection.

• Jiang Yang studied the Immortal Art and decided to cultivate Broadwood, but worried that its rare spiritual energy would make entering the Dao difficult.
• Jiang Yang recalled two viable Lotus Seeds in Perching Crane Hall and considered asking Bi Xingjian or Xuan Guang to help grow a Twin Lotus.
• Jiang Yang found the pair of joined Peach trees in Peachwell Grove and recognized them as the Conjoined Tree needed for his cultivation.
• Jiang Yang cut a little over three feet from the trees' connecting branch, judging that the spirit roots would recover.
• Jiang Yang noticed that the flowering branch resembled the Peach Branch in his sea of consciousness and wondered whether the likeness was more than coincidence.

Jiang Yang returned from the Blessed Land and reunited with True Person Xuan Xi and the other disciples as the entrance began to close. Just as the True Persons’ efforts to hold it open were fading, a woman in yellow appeared before Xuan Xi and greeted her.

• Jiang Yang left the Flower Sea, passed through the Blessed Land’s exit, and emerged at Clear Isle Mountain.
• Jiang Yang greeted True Person Xuan Xi and reunited with Qingyan, Shang Qingzheng, Zhang Yunbai, and the injured Zhao Xixun.
• Zhao Xixun explained that a collapse in Jun Guang Hall had injured her, and Jiang Yang realized the Sun Essence explosion had caused it.
• Shang Qingzheng told Jiang Yang that True Person Tai had taken Tai Pei'er to Duguang and invited him to visit.
• The Blessed Land’s entrance began to close, so the True Persons joined their divine powers to hold it open while they waited for anyone still inside.
• A woman in yellow appeared before True Person Xuan Xi and greeted her as Xi Yu.

True Person Qing Si visited True Person Xuan Xi and discussed the treasures and history of Qingyu Mountain Blessed Land. After learning about a Spirit Fruit guarded by the Yi Sword Gate, Qing Si wondered if its owners would eventually seek her help.

• True Person Qing Si traded for treasures in Qingyu Mountain Blessed Land and lamented the damage disciples had caused to its resources.
• Qing Si and Xuan Xi discussed the Blessed Land’s origins in the Ancient Jin Kingdom and the mysterious death of Great True Person Nan Lüzi.
• Qing Si noticed Jiang Yang, learned he was Xuan Xi’s senior brother’s disciple, and praised his appearance.
• Qing Si told Xuan Xi she had sensed a Spirit Fruit at the Yi Sword Gate, where Ling Qing had kept it hidden from her.
• Xuan Xi suggested the Yi Sword Gate might eventually bring the Spirit Fruit to Qing Si for help, and Qing Si asked Xuan Xi to show her any treasures she had found.

Xuan Xi and Qing Si inspected the disciples’ gains from the Blessed Land, with Xuan Xi clarifying that the juniors could keep their Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment treasures while Purple Mansion finds belonged to their peaks. The inspection began with Jiang Junrui and then Qingyan and Zhao Xixun, whose collection included rare spirit materials that caught Qing Si’s interest.

• Xuan Xi warned Qing Si not to use demonic sect practices to inspect the disciples’ Storage Bags and explained the rules for their gains.
• Xuan Xi told the disciples to present their spirit materials but exempted Jiang Yang on Xuan Guang’s instructions.
• Qing Si identified Jiang Junrui’s Pills as an ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill, while Xuan Xi found only one jade shard among his odds and ends.
• Qing Si inspected Qingyan and Zhao Xixun’s abundant collection and recognized a Qiangqing Origin Fruit and a Chongyang Osmanthus Branch as rare Xun Wood materials.
• Qing Si invited Qingyan and Zhao Xixun to name anything they wanted in exchange for the rare items.

Qing Si traded beauty-preserving elixirs to Qingyan and Zhao Xixun, while Xuan Xi examined Zhang Yunbai’s offerings and discovered a Purple Mansion spirit treasure. Jiang Yang then asked Qing Si to identify five bottles of elixirs he had found in the Blessed Land, and she began examining them.

• Qing Si told Qingyan and Zhao Xixun she had no suitable Qi Refining elixirs, then offered each a Radiant Beauty and Youth-Preserving Elixir in exchange for their spirit treasures.
• Qingyan and Zhao Xixun accepted the pills and withdrew after completing the trade.
• Xuan Xi questioned Zhang Yunbai about the many blood-speckled items he had brought, and Zhang Yunbai said they belonged to cultivators who had attacked him.
• Zhang Yunbai presented a Jade Box containing the Purple Mansion spirit treasure Plain-Bearing Evening Cloud, which Xuan Xi took to keep for True Person Xuan Di.
• Jiang Yang asked Qing Si to identify five bottles of Spirit Elixirs from the Blessed Land, and he laid them out for her to inspect.

Qing Si examined Jiang Yang’s elixirs and discovered that two bottles had transformed into potent Gu Poison pills. She kept them for study and gave Jiang Yang a Jade Sparrow Token that would let him ask her to refine a batch of elixirs, while she continued examining the final bottle.

• Qing Si identified a weakened elixir as a Foundation Establishment-tier pill that helped refine true essence, and Jiang Yang happily put it away.
• Qing Si examined a luminous green pill and explained that it had transformed over centuries from a Wood Virtue elixir into a poison pill.
• Qing Si told Jiang Yang that the poison pills could harm cultivators outside the Gu Poison path and asked to keep the two bottles for study.
• Jiang Yang left his reward to Qing Si’s judgment, and she gave him Marrow Jade as a token for a future batch of free elixirs.
• Xuan Xi explained the token’s value, and Jiang Yang accepted it gratefully as Qing Si turned to the final bottle.

Qing Si identified Jiang Yang’s white pills as ancient Beast Pills that could awaken spirit and intelligence, while warning that their effects on humans were uncertain. As Xuan Xi and Qing Si inspected Shang Qingzheng’s scant finds, Qing Si opened a jade box and released a powerful, mouthwatering fragrance.

• Qing Si examined Jiang Yang’s three white pills and recognized them as Grand Pills originally made to raise spirit beasts.
• Qing Si said the pills could awaken intelligence and might strengthen human spirit sense, while Xuan Xi urged Jiang Yang to be cautious and save one for True Person Xuanyan to test.
• Jiang Yang put the pills away and considered giving one to Little Sixteen.
• Xuan Xi selected a talisman-covered Square Fang Vessel from Shang Qingzheng’s belongings and decided to conceal its contents.
• Qing Si opened an emerald-green jade box, releasing a rich fragrance that made everyone nearby swallow involuntarily.

After the Blessed Land closed, Qing Si and Lin Xi Yu recognized Shang Qingzheng’s spirit fruit as a rare West Peak Spirit Peach and negotiated for Qing Si to refine it into Pills while preserving its pit. Shang Qingzheng then revealed that she had also found a Purple Mansion spirit treasure, leaving Lin Xi Yu worried about how her disciple came to possess two such treasures.

• Qing Si and Xuan Xi recognized Shang Qingzheng’s fruit as a legendary West Peak Spirit Peach after she said she had picked it up.
• Qing Si pleaded to refine the peach, and Lin Xi Yu agreed on the condition that Qing Si take a fee and save the pit for her.
• Lin Xi Yu praised Shang Qingzheng and promised to reward her for earning the foremost merit on their peak.
• Shang Qingzheng revealed there was another item in the Square Fang Vessel, and Lin Xi Yu learned it was a Purple Mansion spirit treasure.
• Lin Xi Yu worried that Shang Qingzheng lacked the destiny to possess two Purple Mansion treasures and wondered whether someone had arranged for her to find them.