Chapter Summaries

Liu Yu investigated the Ruined Sword’s connection to the Sacred Fire Cult, compiled Tang Tianbao’s biography, and eased the sword’s resistance. He left Zhou Yunlong to rebuild the cult with resources and protection, then returned to the Chu Kingdom, considering the Divine Sand Sect’s destruction a possible way to settle the sword’s remaining karma.

• Liu Yu gave Zhou Yunlong a book on demonic cultivation and urged him to adapt the Sacred Fire Cult to the Cultivation World.
• The Ruined Sword responded to Liu Yu for the first time, prompting him to investigate its ties to the Sacred Fire Cult and Tang Tianbao.
• Liu Yu questioned Purple Heart and other cult members about Tang Tianbao, then spent seven days gathering their accounts.
• Liu Yu wrote Tang Tianbao’s biography, and the Ruined Sword trembled in response as its resistance toward him weakened.
• Liu Yu left Zhou Yunlong two Talisman Treasures and departed the Western Sands for the Chu Kingdom, resolving not to intervene further in the cult’s fate.
• Liu Yu took a Teleportation Formation back to the Chu Kingdom and considered destroying the Divine Sand Sect in the future to settle the Ruined Sword’s karma.

Liu Yu returned to the sect and met with Elder Yan, who revealed that he had only a year or two left to live and asked Liu Yu to preserve his alliance with the Yan Household. After they discussed the household’s future and Yan Hongyu’s impending death, Liu Yu left Green Elegance Peak resolved to pursue immortality rather than accept an ordinary end.

• Wen Caiyi told Liu Yu that Elder Yan had repeatedly sought him out and urgently wanted to meet at Green Elegance Peak.
• Liu Yu recognized that Elder Yan’s aura showed he was near the end of his lifespan, and Elder Yan confirmed his old injuries had left him with only a year or two to live.
• Elder Yan asked Liu Yu to maintain his relationship with the Yan Household after his death, and Liu Yu promised to help them when needed.
• Elder Yan told Liu Yu that Yan Hongyu was also nearing the end of her lifespan and had returned to the lineage, and Liu Yu accepted her decision without objection.
• After talking for more than half a day about Elder Yan’s past and future arrangements, Liu Yu left Green Elegance Peak determined to pursue immortality.

Liu Yu watched Little Green condense a demon core and endure its third-tier lightning tribulation, intervening after the final bolt left the serpent near death. Little Green survived with its aura stabilized, and its newly formed body bulges suggested it might be beginning to evolve toward a Flood Dragon.

• Liu Yu sensed Little Green beginning to break through and assessed its strong chances of reaching the third tier.
• Liu Yu cultivated for nine months while Little Green continued advancing, until it condensed a demon core and drew lightning tribulation to Qingyang Peak.
• Little Green endured eight bolts of lightning and developed bulges beneath its head, suggesting its bloodline might be evolving toward a Flood Dragon.
• The final blue-violet bolt pierced Little Green's chest and left it near death, so Liu Yu used Wither to weaken the remaining lightning and drew most of it out of its body.
• Liu Yu gave Little Green a third-tier Healing Spirit Pill, and its aura stabilized as he considered its possible Flood Dragon evolution.

After Little Green survived its tribulation and advanced to the third tier, Liu Yu celebrated with his fellow Golden Core disciples and prepared Jiang Qiushui to manage his affairs after he left. He promised to find Little Green a larger Spirit Beast Bag and gave it the full name Liu Qing, leaving it delighted and eager to recover.

• Liu Yu treated Little Green's tribulation wounds, put it in its Spirit Beast Bag, and invited the visiting Golden Core disciples to celebrate its advancement.
• Liu Yu stood firm against fellow disciples urging him to abandon the Chang'an Plan, and introduced Jiang Qiushui to his circle of friends.
• Liu Yu entrusted Jiang Qiushui with managing the sect and branch academy after his departure, gave her detailed instructions, and warned her not to harm Ji Ruyan.
• Liu Qing complained to Liu Yu that its Spirit Beast Bag was too cramped, and he promised to prepare a larger home once its wounds healed.
• Liu Yu named Little Green Liu Qing and asked it to call him Young Master, delighting the newly intelligent spirit beast.

Before the Chang'an Plan, Liu Yu visited the Liu Family and saw how his descendants had prospered, then returned to his Cave Abode to cultivate for the final month before his departure. He left the family in the care of death soldiers and began a period of seclusion.

• Liu Yu decided that Little Green had become his most important long-term support, then resolved to check on the Liu Family before the Chang'an Plan.
• Liu Xiu returned to the Liu Residence after placing first class in the palace examination, and Liu Si announced an ancestral ceremony to celebrate his achievement.
• Liu Si reflected on her long life and suspected that her mysterious Big Uncle had brought the Liu Family its good fortune.
• At the ancestral ceremony, Liu Si praised Liu Xiu while Liu Yu watched unseen, gave instructions to a death soldier, and departed without revealing himself.
• Liu Yu returned to his Cave Abode, told Wen Caiyi to turn away visitors, and entered seclusion to cultivate and nourish his treasures.

After reaching the peak of the golden core early stage, Liu Yu prepared to leave on the dangerous Chang'an Plan and said farewell to Jiang Qiushui and his fellow sect members. Heavenly Wind Ancestor gave him a precious escape talisman, then carried him away from the sect to discuss the mission.

• Liu Yu completed his secluded cultivation, raising his qi refining and body refining to the peak of the golden core early stage and extending his divine sense to eighty li.
• Liu Yu told Wen Caiyi to serve Jiang Qiushui while he was away, then went to Heaven-Reaching Peak to greet his nominal master Li Changkong before departing.
• Jiang Qiushui confronted Liu Yu about the dangers of the Chang'an Plan, but he refused to reconsider; she tearfully wished him safety and said she would wait for him at Qingyang Peak.
• Elder Yan, Lian Hongchen, and other Golden Core Elders gathered to see Liu Yu off, and Elder Yan reminded him not to forget them when he returned.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor gave Liu Yu a One-Qi Heaven and Earth Talisman, then took him away aboard a flying treasure to discuss the Chu Kingdom team's route and the mission's details.

Liu Yu learned the dangerous route and his sect’s covert instructions for the Chang’an Plan, then met the other Golden Core Cultivators assembled for the Chu Kingdom team. As the team prepared to enter the Hengduan Mountain Range, Heavenly Wind Ancestor offered them a chance to leave words on a rock face.

• Heavenly Wind Ancestor briefed Liu Yu on the route through the Hengduan Mountain Range, its Demon Beasts, and the dangers ahead.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor instructed Liu Yu to watch for Hehuan Sect cultivators and secure exclusive control of contact with Great Tang, even if it required killing rivals.
• Liu Yu arrived at Golden Desolation Mountain and recognized Zhuo Mengzhen among the team’s five Golden Core Cultivators, alongside Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and old Daoist Cang Lou.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor and Hehuan True Lord exchanged insults before urging the five cultivators to undertake the Chang’an Plan for its promised rewards.
• As Liu Yu and the others prepared to depart, Heavenly Wind Ancestor revealed a rock face where they could carve farewell messages.

Liu Yu and his companions left inscriptions before setting out on a dangerous journey into the Hengduan Mountain Range. As the five traveled, they introduced their abilities and treasures, agreeing to cooperate while Liu Yu revealed the power of his spear to establish his influence in the group.

• Liu Yu examined inscriptions left by past Golden Core Cultivators, then Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and Liu Yu carved their own messages on the wall.
• Heavenly Wind Ancestor reactivated the restrictions around the inscriptions as Liu Yu and the other four departed for the Hengduan Mountain Range.
• Mu Yunyan introduced herself and her Five Marvelous Glass Bells, and Cang Lou and Liu Yu urged the group to set aside old grudges and cooperate.
• Liu Yu revealed the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear, impressing the others and prompting Zhuo Mengzhen to recognize his strength.
• Zhuo Mengzhen, Gao Jianhan, and Cang Lou introduced their cultivation and treasures, while Liu Yu compared their offensive power.

Liu Yu and the other Golden Core cultivators entered the Hengduan Mountain Range under Zhuo Mengzhen’s concealing treasure and traveled through the demon-beast lands. When they reached the former Golden Kingdom, Mu Yunyan recognized her ancestors’ homeland and broke away to pay her respects at a ruin.

• The five cultivators crossed into demon-beast territory and flew close to the ground to avoid detection.
• Zhuo Mengzhen used the Azure Soul Gauze to conceal the group, briefly alarming Liu Yu, Daoist Cang Lou, and Gao Jianhan before she explained the treasure’s purpose.
• The group traveled two thousand li into the mountains while avoiding demon-beast gathering places and remaining cautious.
• Mu Yunyan recognized the ruins as part of the Golden Kingdom, where her ancestors had lived before demon beasts conquered it.
• Despite Cang Lou’s reminder to prioritize their mission, Mu Yunyan left the group to burn spirit money and pay respects at the ruins.

Liu Yu and the other four cultivators studied Skyhawk Ridge, pooled their sects’ intelligence, and waited until night to begin crossing the territory of the Heavenfrost Eagle clan. As they neared the ridge’s central stretch, third-tier spirit pressure suddenly swept over them, and Liu Yu chose to wait rather than assume they had been discovered.

• Liu Yu surveyed Skyhawk Ridge and estimated that the Heavenfrost Eagle clan had thousands of members, including hundreds of second-tier eagles and several third-tier demon cultivators.
• Liu Yu proposed that the five share their sects’ intelligence, and Cang Lou, Zhuo Mengzhen, Gao Jianhan, and Mu Yunyan each disclosed what they knew.
• The group agreed to wait until nightfall, when the eagles were less active, and planned to cross along the ridge’s boundary beneath the Azure Soul Gauze.
• At rat hour, Zhuo Mengzhen concealed the group with the Azure Soul Gauze, and the five traveled on foot through the forest toward the ridge’s central stretch.
• As Liu Yu and the others neared the cliff, all the insect calls stopped and third-tier spirit pressure enveloped the forest; Liu Yu stopped Zhuo Mengzhen from summoning her treasure and signaled the group to wait.

Liu Yu and his companions crossed Skyhawk Ridge, escaped the territory’s most dangerous area, and adjusted their route as demon beasts migrated toward the Southern Heaven Cultivation World. After learning that Mu Yuyan practiced the Phantom Dream Heart Sutra, Liu Yu began plotting how to obtain a copy, preferably through trade but by any means necessary.

• Liu Yu restrained Zhuo Mengzhen as a third-tier Heavenfrost Eagle’s spirit pressure swept over the party, and the five stayed still until the eagle moved away.
• The third-tier Heavenfrost Eagle returned to its cliff and fed part of its prey to younger eagles while Liu Yu and his companions continued their journey.
• At dawn, the party rested beyond Skyhawk Ridge’s most dangerous area and agreed to slow down as migrating demon beasts filled the mountain range.
• Mu Yuyan revealed that she practiced the Phantom Dream Heart Sutra and volunteered to scout ahead with her powerful divine sense.
• Liu Yu reasoned that demon cultivators struggled to locate observers because their divine-sense techniques were crude, then considered how to obtain Mu Yuyan’s cultivation art.

Liu Yu and the others reached Jade Wave Lake, where four powerful Ice Flood Dragons blocked their route, and agreed to wait for a chance to cross. After two days of watching the lake, Liu Yu sensed two peak third-tier Spirit Pressures erupt from its center.

• Liu Yu and the others arrived at Jade Wave Lake and learned that four third-tier Ice Flood Dragons made a direct crossing too dangerous.
• Cang Lou and the others shared what their sects knew, including that the two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons hunted every half month.
• Mu Yunyan suggested crossing while the two dragons were away, and Liu Yu proposed using the strongest sunlight to reduce the dragons' perception.
• Liu Yu and the others dug a concealed Cave Abode by the lake, and Liu Yu took the first watch.
• After two days, two peak third-tier Spirit Pressures erupted from the lake, and Liu Yu turned toward the center.

Liu Yu and four companions monitored two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons at Jade Wave Lake, then waited two months for a safe chance to cross their territory. They finally slipped past while the dragons were away and continued northwest, leaving the lake without being detected.

• Liu Yu observed two peak third-tier Ice Flood Dragons leave Jade Wave Lake, then watched them return a little over two quarter-hours later with captured prey.
• The five cultivators waited two months, rejecting four unsuitable outings before Gao Jianhan reported that the dragons had departed under favorable weather conditions.
• Liu Yu and Mu Yunyan argued for leaving immediately, and Gao Jianhan broke the tie in favor of departure.
• Concealed by Zhuo Mengzhen's Azure Soul Gauze, the five flew close to the ground along Jade Wave Lake, carefully suppressing their magic power fluctuations.
• The group passed the lake's most dangerous central area and left without alerting the two dragons still beneath the water, then flew northwest.

Liu Yu and his companions waited for the Redblood Crocodiles to leave Redblood Marsh, then began a concealed crossing. Zhuo Mengzhen spotted three Golden-Scale Fruits, but her reaction disturbed her aura and risked exposing the group to nearby demon cultivators.

• Liu Yu and his four companions chose Redblood Marsh over the unknown territories on either side and waited for its third-tier Redblood Crocodiles to go hunting.
• After thirty-five days, four third-tier Redblood Crocodiles left the marsh, and Liu Yu ordered the group to cross under Zhuo Mengzhen's Azure Soul Gauze.
• The five flew through the marsh in formation, with Mu Yunyan watching ahead and Liu Yu, Cang Lou, and Gao Jianhan watching the other directions.
• Zhuo Mengzhen detected a rare fragrance and used her divine sense to find three top-grade third-tier Golden-Scale Fruits on an ancient tree.
• Liu Yu noticed Zhuo Mengzhen's aura fluctuate and worried that the demon cultivators would detect them.

After Zhuo Mengzhen accidentally leaked the group’s aura near the Golden-Scale Fruit tree, Liu Yu and the others chose to attack the two Redblood Crocodiles guarding it rather than flee. Their opening assault began, and Liu Yu’s Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear broke through one crocodile’s defense before its tail forced the weapon back.

• Liu Yu recognized the Golden-Scale Fruit and considered its benefits, but decided that obtaining it was less important than finding the continuation of the Azure Yang Art.
• Zhuo Mengzhen accidentally let her aura escape through the Azure Soul Gauze, allowing two third-tier Redblood Crocodiles to discover the five cultivators.
• Liu Yu, Mu Yunyan, Cang Lou, Gao Jianhan, and Zhuo Mengzhen decided to fight and charged toward the two crocodiles guarding the Golden-Scale Fruit tree.
• The five launched coordinated attacks, with Zhuo Mengzhen targeting the low-tier demon beasts while the others attacked the two Redblood Crocodiles.
• Liu Yu’s spear lotuses failed to break one crocodile’s mud wall, but his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear shattered it before the crocodile blocked the spear with its tail.

Liu Yu and the other cultivators killed two Redblood Crocodile demon cultivators, and Liu Yu burned the first corpse to feed the Azure Yang Demonic Flame. As more demon cultivators approached, he used the few moments before the next battle to burn the swamp's lesser crocodiles for fuel.

• Liu Yu pierced the third-tier early-stage Redblood Crocodile's head with the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear while Mu Yunyan bound it with her golden rope, then burned its corpse with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• Liu Yu collected 120 degrees of fuel from the crocodile and planned to give its valuable skeleton to Mu Yunyan.
• Liu Yu sensed several third-tier demon cultivators approaching, and Mu Yunyan helped Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou finish off the wounded third-tier middle-stage Redblood Crocodile.
• Liu Yu split the Azure Yang Demonic Flame into a hundred threads and slaughtered the second-tier Redblood Crocodiles across the swamp to gather more fuel.

Liu Yu and his companions fought four Redblood Crocodile demon cultivators after destroying the beasts in the Redblood Marsh. Liu Yu used his hidden Wither ability, the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, and his treasures to kill the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, then turned his attention toward Zhuo Mengzhen.

• Liu Yu ignored distant pleas to stop and burned nearly all the low-tier demon beasts in the Redblood Marsh, gaining six hundred degrees of fuel.
• Liu Yu and his companions faced four approaching Redblood Crocodiles and attacked, with each cultivator taking on a designated opponent.
• Liu Yu deployed the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and fought the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, whose powerful attacks injured his ghosts and tested his defenses.
• Liu Yu used Wither to weaken the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, then coated his Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear with Azure Yang Demonic Flame and kept up his assault.
• Liu Yu and the Humanoid Evil Ghost overwhelmed the Silver-Toothed Redblood Crocodile, and its life force and Spirit Pressure vanished.
• Liu Yu looked toward Zhuo Mengzhen as the battle continued.

Liu Yu used the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and Astral Eyes to help Zhuo Mengzhen defeat a Redblood Crocodile, then joined Mu Yunyan’s fight while Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou struggled against the clan chief. His spear struck Mu Yunyan’s opponent, leaving its fate unresolved as the fight against the clan chief continued.

• Liu Yu spotted Zhuo Mengzhen in danger and used Astral Eyes to expose the Redblood Crocodile hiding in the marsh.
• Zhuo Mengzhen’s puppet pinned the crocodile down, allowing Liu Yu’s humanoid evil ghost to consume it.
• Liu Yu saw Gao Jianhan and Cang Lou struggling to keep the Redblood Crocodile Clan Chief from retreating toward Blackwater Lake.
• Liu Yu sent the Setting Sun Golden Rainbow Spear to help Mu Yunyan, whose treasures had weakened and bound her Redblood Crocodile opponent.
• The crocodile broke free of the Five Marvelous Glass Bells’ influence and began to tear through the golden rope, but Liu Yu’s spear pierced its body.

Liu Yu and the others killed the Redblood Crocodile clan chief after Liu Yu used Wither to weaken its attempt to raise its strength. After securing the spoils, the five cultivators split up to slaughter the remaining demon beasts in Redblood Marsh.

• Mu Yunyan decapitated the wounded Redblood Crocodile, while Zhuo Mengzhen's puppet killed another and preserved its demon core.
• Cang Lou called for help against the Redblood Crocodile clan chief, and Liu Yu collected three demon cores before joining the others.
• The clan chief began a secret art to increase its strength, but Liu Yu used Wither as Cang Lou and the other cultivators launched a combined assault.
• The five cultivators overwhelmed the clan chief and burned its body to ash, leaving its skeleton and demon core.
• Mu Yunyan stored the spoils, and the five cultivators split up to wipe out the low-tier demon beasts in Redblood Marsh.

After the five cultivators slaughtered the remaining demon beasts at Redblood Marsh, Liu Yu collected their corpses for fuel and concealed the battle’s traces. The group gathered around the Golden-Scale Fruit Tree to divide its treasures, with Zhuo Mengzhen apologizing and Mu Yunyan offering to give up the fruits.

• Liu Yu stayed behind to burn the demon beast corpses with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame, gathering 1,700 degrees of fuel.
• Liu Yu inspected the unharmed Golden-Scale Fruit Tree, then cleaned up and concealed traces of the battle at Redblood Marsh.
• Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, Cang Lou, and Zhuo Mengzhen returned after pursuing the fleeing demon beasts and gathered around the tree.
• Zhuo Mengzhen apologized for endangering the team and withdrew from the allocation of the Golden-Scale Fruits, but the others gave her no immediate response.
• Mu Yunyan offered to forgo the fruits and take the tree instead, saying Liu Yu, Gao Jianhan, and Cang Lou deserved the fruits for their contributions.