Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yang returned to Rain Xiang Mountain with the other disciples and settled back into his Courtyard on Fushu Peak. He sorted through the treasures and records he had collected, including a rare Spirit Artifact he planned to ask his master to refine.

• True Person Xuan Xi led Jiang Yang and the others through the Great Void back to Rain Xiang Mountain after True Person Qing Si and Shang Qingzheng parted ways.
• Lin Xi Yu brought the disciples through the sect array and ordered them to copy and submit the cultivation texts and other records they had obtained.
• Jiang Yang returned to his Courtyard on Fushu Peak, rested, and then emptied his Storage Bag to inventory his gains.
• Jiang Yang sorted his cultivation methods, records, and artifacts, including the Ten Thousand Ravines, Pine Winds Painting and the Stillness and Unity Furnace.
• Bai Tang told Jiang Yang to ask his master to refine the painting so Jiang Yang could use it without revealing how he had obtained it.

Jiang Yang sorted through his treasures and learned that Bai Tang had grown quiet because she was conserving energy. He discovered that sword intent from him could replenish her, but the chapter ended without explaining how he would obtain it.

• Jiang Yang organized his Pills and Spirit Treasures, setting aside the [Thunderbolt and Lightning] and [Perfect Crescent of Darkness] while considering what to do with his Spirit Peaches.
• Jiang Yang asked Bai Tang why she had been quiet, and she explained that she had been sleeping more to reduce her energy consumption.
• Jiang Yang offered Bai Tang the Spirit Peaches, but she said they could not help her because she had no corporeal body.
• Bai Tang told Jiang Yang that sword intent, or possibly sword essence, could replenish her energy.
• Bai Tang explained that the sword intent had to come from Jiang Yang, since he was the sword's master.

Jiang Yang learned that Bai Tang needed sword essence or sword intent to replenish herself, so he resolved to cultivate sword essence and avoid making her intervene. After failing to find his master, Xuan Guang, in seclusion, he visited his fourth senior brother, Bi Xingjian, who welcomed him back from the Blessed Land.

• Bai Tang told Jiang Yang that sword essence could barely replenish her, while sword intent would be much more effective, and she would tell him how when the time came.
• Jiang Yang resolved to cultivate sword essence and avoid actions that would force Bai Tang to expend her strength.
• Jiang Yang went to report to Xuan Guang but learned from Wei Rui that his master remained in secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Yang visited Bi Xingjian, who asked how his trip to the Blessed Land had gone and invited him inside.

Jiang Yang asked Bi Xingjian to cultivate two rare Purple Mansion Lotus Seeds into a Twin Lotus, and Bi Xingjian agreed to nurture them at a White Jade Spring. The chapter left Bi Xingjian engrossed in a Yi Wood cultivation manual Jiang Yang had given him.

• Bi Xingjian welcomed Jiang Yang and listened enviously as he described the Blessed Land.
• Jiang Yang showed Bi Xingjian a Purple Mansion Lotus Seed and asked him to grow a Twin Lotus.
• Bi Xingjian explained the seed was weak and that planting a second Lotus Seed alongside it would greatly improve its chances of survival.
• Jiang Yang produced his second Lotus Seed, and Bi Xingjian agreed to cultivate both at the White Jade Spring.
• Jiang Yang gave Bi Xingjian the Seasonal Renewal Spirit-Nurturing Incantation, and Bi Xingjian became absorbed in reading it while Jiang Yang played with Butterfly-Bearing.

Jiang Yang gave Bi Xingjian a Spirit-Opening and Wisdom-Awakening pill for Butterfly-Bearing, and Bi Xingjian hurried to take the cat to True Person Xuanyan. Back at his courtyard, Jiang Yang began seclusion by taking the Mystic Fortune Illumination Pill to prepare for changing cultivation methods and Foundation Establishment.

• Jiang Yang realized his Spirit-Opening and Wisdom-Awakening pill might help Butterfly-Bearing and told Bi Xingjian about its effects.
• Bi Xingjian accepted the pill after Jiang Yang explained that a True Person had found no danger beyond the Three Qi of the Baleful Plague Calamity.
• Jiang Yang asked Bi Xingjian to care for his Twin Lotus, and Bi Xingjian promised to do so.
• Bi Xingjian carried Butterfly-Bearing and the pill away to see True Person Xuanyan.
• Jiang Yang returned to his courtyard, settled into meditation, and took the Mystic Fortune Illumination Pill to begin refining its medicinal power.

Jiang Yang emerged from secluded cultivation with improved aptitude after taking the Grand Pill, then continued studying the Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter until his master Xuan Guang summoned him. He presented the treasures he had brought back from the Blessed Land and asked Xuan Guang about the Spirit Peach and the Broadwood path.

• Jiang Yang swallowed the Grand Pill and spent a little over a month in secluded cultivation, during which the Peach Branch disrupted his visions of the stars.
• Jiang Yang discovered that his spirit aperture had improved to Earth Grade, raising his spirit-vigor absorption efficiency by about thirty-five percent and bringing him close to the peak of late Qi Refining.
• Jiang Yang practiced his sword art and studied the Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter while preparing to change his Dao path.
• Xuan Guang summoned Jiang Yang after emerging from seclusion, and Jiang Yang presented the treasures he had obtained in the Blessed Land.
• Xuan Guang recognized Jiang Yang's Spirit Peach as a West Peak Spirit Peach and explained its origins before Jiang Yang asked why Peach Radiance trees still survived in the Blessed Land.

Xuan Guang explained why the West Peak Spirit Peach was so rare and let Jiang Yang keep the Spirit Treasures he had found. When Jiang Yang asked for a high-grade Sword Art, Xuan Guang gave him the Four Seasons Cloud's End Sword Canon, the foundation of his own Sword Dao.

• Xuan Guang told Jiang Yang that the West Peak Spirit Peach drew its power from the ancient union of Broadwood and Longevity Qi, which could no longer be recreated.
• Jiang Yang offered his Spirit Treasures to Xuan Guang, but Xuan Guang insisted that Jiang Yang keep them because he had earned them himself.
• Jiang Yang asked Xuan Guang where to find a high-grade Sword Art, unaware that his master specialized in the Sword Dao.
• Xuan Guang gave Jiang Yang the Four Seasons Cloud's End Sword Canon and explained that he could begin by cultivating the sword of any one season.

Xuan Guang taught Jiang Yang about the Sword Dao, revealed his Sword Intent, and said he hoped Jiang Yang would inherit his sword lineage. Seven days later, Jiang Yang began replacing his Yi Wood cultivation method with the Broadwood Immortal Art, and his dissipated cultivation started to return in its new form.

• Xuan Guang gave Jiang Yang a Sword Canon and taught him that Sword Intent was the Sword Dao's ultimate attainment.
• Xuan Guang revealed his Bearing Emerald Sword Intent and said Jiang Yang was the disciple he most hoped would inherit his Sword Dao mantle.
• Jiang Yang left Xuan Guang a peach in a jade box before departing.
• Seven days later, Jiang Yang resolved to cultivate the Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter and asked Bai Tang to stand guard.
• Jiang Yang dissipated his cultivation, then followed the Broadwood method to rebuild his magic power as his Yi Wood cultivation transformed.

Jiang Yang completed his transition to the Broadwood Dao Lineage and emerged from months of seclusion at Qi Refining Peak. He read Shang Qingzheng’s letters and learned that she had entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Jiang Yang refined his magic power into Broadwood magic power, gaining far greater quality at the cost of quantity and slower recovery.
• Jiang Yang took Pills and cultivated for four or five months, restoring his magic power and reaching Qi Refining Peak.
• Jiang Yang emerged from seclusion and practiced his Sword Art in the mountain courtyard.
• Jiang Yang read Shang Qingzheng’s first letter, which reported her success in the Blessed Land and her preparations for Foundation Establishment.
• Jiang Yang read Shang Qingzheng’s second letter and learned she had entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment and could not reply for a while.

Jiang Yang learned that Shang Qingzheng was preparing for Foundation Establishment and sent her a letter before visiting Bi Xingjian to check on the spirit lotus. Bi Xingjian showed him the blooming lotuses at White Jade Spring and confirmed that the cultivation project had succeeded.

• Jiang Yang read that Shang Qingzheng was preparing to attempt Foundation Establishment and wrote to congratulate her while sharing news of his own upcoming seclusion.
• Jiang Yang sent the letter by spirit crane and went to see how Bi Xingjian's spirit lotus had grown during the past half year.
• Bi Xingjian led Jiang Yang to White Jade Spring at the back of Fushu Peak and explained how he had combined and nurtured the spirit seeds there.
• Jiang Yang saw the blooming purple lotuses, including a twin lotus, and Bi Xingjian declared that his work had succeeded.

Jiang Yang learned that the Crimson Mansion Cloud Whirlpool Lotus he had asked Bi Xingjian to grow could eventually form a Mysterious Mansion and store magic power. With the twin lotus ready, he returned to his courtyard to begin gathering the spiritual energy needed to build his immortal foundation.

• Bi Xingjian told Jiang Yang that True Person Xuanyan had used Jiang Yang’s Elixir to treat Butterfly-Bearing, which was recovering under Xuanyan’s care.
• Jiang Yang refused Bi Xingjian’s offer to repay him, insisting that growing the spirit lotus settled their debt.
• Bi Xingjian identified the Crimson Mansion Cloud Whirlpool Lotus and explained its ancient uses, including forming a Mysterious Mansion that could store belongings and magic power.
• Bi Xingjian said the pond’s lotuses were foundation establishment rank, while the carefully cultivated twin lotus might eventually reach Purple Mansion rank after centuries of growth.
• Jiang Yang returned to his courtyard, where he prepared to gather spiritual energy from the twin lotus and reflected on how cultivating it would help him enter the Dao.

Jiang Yang gathered Double-Tier Pure Essence and Mysterious Min Lingxi for more than a year, believing the work itself had begun his foundation establishment. With both spiritual energies complete, he flew away to enter seclusion and attempt his breakthrough.

• Jiang Yang reviewed the methods for gathering Double-Tier Pure Essence and Mysterious Min Lingxi and decided to gather both himself.
• Jiang Yang bought the materials he needed at Chuanwu Market Ward, paying Gao Yuezhen extra for True Fire red copper.
• Jiang Yang gathered lingxi at noon and pure essence from the Violet Lotus at White Jade Spring each day while studying the Dao Chapter and practicing swordsmanship.
• Over a little more than a year, Jiang Yang completed both portions of spiritual energy and felt his Dao heart and cultivation deepen.
• Jiang Yang sealed the two bottles and flew away to enter seclusion and attempt his breakthrough.

Bi Xingjian warned Xuan Guang that Jiang Yang had changed cultivation methods and refused the peak’s spiritual energy, but Xuan Guang allowed him to proceed. Jiang Yang began his foundation-establishment breakthrough using his unusual Dao Chapter, with Bai Tang standing guard.

• Bi Xingjian reported that Jiang Yang had returned the Yi Wood spiritual energy and planned to enter seclusion with a different cultivation method.
• Bi Xingjian urged Xuan Guang to intervene, but Xuan Guang said he had examined Jiang Yang’s unusual dao lineage and drove Bi Xingjian from the mountain.
• Jiang Yang prepared his spiritual energy and elixirs in his meditation chamber and asked Bai Tang to guard the entrance.
• Jiang Yang activated the Mysterious Pivot Thunder All-Heavens Broadwood True Essence Immortal Gateway Dao Chapter and swallowed two portions of spiritual energy.
• Jiang Yang’s energy channels and qi and blood were drawn toward a single point as he continued the foundation-establishment process.

After establishing the Conjoined Branch and reaching Foundation Establishment, Jiang Yang discovered that his memories of the first twelve years of his life were missing, suggesting they had been tampered with. A new Flower Bud on the Peach Branch granted him the Heaven-Bestowed Talent Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows, whose second ability he found especially promising.

• Jiang Yang completed his breakthrough into the Dao and established the Conjoined Branch after seven years of cultivation.
• During his recovered memories, Jiang Yang realized he had been reincarnated as an infant, but his memories from infancy to adolescence were missing.
• Jiang Yang suspected someone had erased or sealed his memories and decided to investigate the mystery when his cultivation advanced.
• A new Flower Bud sprouted on the Peach Branch and showed Jiang Yang a portentous verse he could not interpret.
• The Dao Fruit bestowed Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows, a talent that could ward off calamity and evil, slay demons, and exert another powerful ability that Jiang Yang found satisfying.

After establishing his foundation, Jiang Yang examined the overbearing combat effects of his innate Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows ability and the changes to his cultivation. He learned more about the Broadwood Dao lineage, though its workings remained partly unclear to him.

• Jiang Yang learned that Peach Bow and Thorn Arrows could suppress opponents’ old qi, punish one person marked unjust, and make a forceful attack impossible to evade, with limits on each effect.
• The Peach Branch settled back into Jiang Yang’s sea of consciousness, and he examined his enhanced spirit sense, liquid true essence, and immense strength after Foundation Establishment.
• Jiang Yang realized Foundation Establishment cultivators vastly outclassed Qi Refining cultivators and concluded that fighting across an entire realm was nearly impossible.
• Jiang Yang examined his immortal foundation and learned that his Broadwood path suppressed earth virtue, could support Ding and Li fire, and feared shrine thunder and remnant metal.

After completing his Broadwood Dao foundation, Jiang Yang discussed its powers with Bai Tang and demonstrated how he could disguise his aura as a Yi Wood Cultivator. He began explaining the foundation’s destiny-based divine powers, including techniques that could manipulate fate and unite couples.

• Jiang Yang considered the unfamiliar Earth Altar Thunder and Remnant Metal lineages and marked them as dangers to watch for.
• Jiang Yang ended his seclusion and found his cottage filled with grass and flowers, then greeted Bai Tang.
• Jiang Yang told Bai Tang he had established his immortal foundation at twenty-two, and she praised his achievement.
• Jiang Yang explained that his Broadwood foundation, Conjoined Branch, could wield a wide range of powers, though his current cultivation limited them.
• Jiang Yang transformed his aura into that of a Yi Wood Cultivator, and Bai Tang confirmed that the disguise appeared flawless.
• Jiang Yang showed Bai Tang mysterious yellow light and described divine powers that could trace cause and effect, alter destiny, and join couples in marriage.

After two and a half years in seclusion, Jiang Yang discussed the strange Destiny Divine Power he had glimpsed and prepared to emerge. He examined how his bonded Spirit Sword, Spirit Oak, had grown alongside his Foundation Establishment and discovered its new illusion ability.

• Jiang Yang told Bai Tang that his Destiny Divine Power could link romantic fate, though he would only understand it fully after mastering it.
• Jiang Yang ended his seclusion, cleaned himself, and cleared the spiritual plants that had filled his meditation chamber.
• Jiang Yang summoned Spirit Oak and found that the sword had grown sturdier and more intelligent after his advancement.
• Jiang Yang discovered Spirit Oak's new Wondrous Illusion ability, which could create sword-light shadows to confuse opponents.

After emerging from nearly three years of seclusion with Foundation Establishment in the Broadwood Conjoined Branch lineage, Jiang Yang visited Bi Xingjian and met Butterfly-Bearing in human form. Once Bi Xingjian returned, he and Jiang Yang prepared to test Jiang Yang’s new strength in a spar.

• Jiang Yang left seclusion, noticed the spirit-pure elm’s growth, and flew to Bi Xingjian’s Courtyard to share his success.
• Butterfly-Bearing greeted Jiang Yang in human form, thanked him for awakening his intelligence, and invited him to visit True Person Xuanyan.
• While Bi Xingjian tended the Dewglow Four Seasons Spring, Butterfly-Bearing served Jiang Yang tea and repeatedly called him his benefactor.
• Bi Xingjian returned, and Butterfly-Bearing changed back into a black cat after Jiang Yang told his senior brother that he had established Foundation on the Broadwood Conjoined Branch path.
• Bi Xingjian asked to learn about Jiang Yang’s new lineage, and Jiang Yang proposed a spar; Bi Xingjian drew his jade-green short sword and agreed.

Jiang Yang and Bi Xingjian dueled on a mountain platform, where Jiang Yang’s powerful swordsmanship and Conjoined Branch immortal foundation overwhelmed Bi Xingjian’s attacks. The chapter ended as Jiang Yang redirected Bi Xingjian’s gathered sword light back at him with Grafting Flowers and Trees.

• Bi Xingjian invited Jiang Yang to a mountain platform and opened their duel with Jade Marrow Growth.
• Jiang Yang cut through Bi Xingjian’s attack and matched his countering sword ray, startling Bi Xingjian with the density of his power.
• Bi Xingjian used Spring Awakening, but Jiang Yang blocked the sword rays and recognized a resemblance to Fingertip Awakening.
• Bi Xingjian unleashed Wandering Fireflies, surrounding Jiang Yang with sword qi.
• Jiang Yang used Conjoined Branch to bind the sword qi, then cast Grafting Flowers and Trees to redirect it toward Bi Xingjian with greater force.

Jiang Yang sparred with Bi Xingjian and demonstrated the defensive power and limitations of his Grafting Flowers and Trees ability. As they returned to the courtyard, Bi Xingjian revealed that Xuan Guang’s search for the final cultivation method was being obstructed, leaving Jiang Yang with a new understanding of his master.

• Jiang Yang redirected Bi Xingjian’s sword attack with Grafting Flowers and Trees, then explained that the ability could not stop intangible attacks or force beyond his true essence.
• Bi Xingjian ended the sparring match, saying Jiang Yang’s defense made the outcome clear, while Jiang Yang urged him to continue so he could test another ability.
• Bi Xingjian showed Jiang Yang how autumn dew nourished spirit plants and lamented that the Yi Wood Dao Lineage had lost much of its former influence.
• Jiang Yang asked whether Xuan Guang could find the final cultivation method, and Bi Xingjian said someone seemed to be withholding it until Xuan Guang submitted and begged.
• Bi Xingjian advised Jiang Yang to pay his respects to Xuan Guang after his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and Jiang Yang agreed.