Chapter Summaries

Lin Changheng secured rare ingredients, pill formulas, and supplies for his Core Formation preparations, then reunited with Yi Jitian at the grand auction. The auction opened with the unexpected announcement of a First-Tier Lifespan-Extending Pill, leaving cultivators across the venue stunned.

• Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui agreed to cooperate at the auction, with Lin accepting bids up to fifty percent above an item's original value and requiring root fibers in any medicinal treasure he pursued.
• Lin Changheng sold four Spirit Artifacts, then bought the [Return-to-Truth Pills] and [Dust-Descending Pills] formulas and ingredient sets from the [Thousand Spirits Merchant Guild].
• Lin Changheng avoided Steward Liu's offer of resources from behind-the-scenes channels and left the guild without getting involved in risky dealings.
• At the auction venue, Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui unexpectedly reunited with Yi Jitian and Elder Ling, and Yi invited them to gather after the auction.
• Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui accepted Yi Jitian's invitation but agreed privately to remain cautious and keep some cards in reserve.
• True Person Shi announced a First-Tier Lifespan-Extending Pill, shocking Lin Changheng, Ye Wugui, and cultivators throughout the venue.

At the Immortal City auction, Fairy Shi revealed that the newly developed First-Tier Lifespan-Extending Pill added three years to a cultivator’s life, and Purple Thunder True Person won it for twenty-six thousand Spirit Stones. Lin Changheng also bought a Talisman Dao inheritance for Tantai Feiyue, while learning that the powerful True Person Azure Wood was connected to the Shi family and worrying that Young Master Shi might cause trouble; the chapter ended as the item Ye Wugui wanted appeared.

• Fairy Shi explained that the First-Tier Lifespan-Extending Pill added three years to a cultivator’s lifespan and that Pill Masters had developed it from an ancient formula.
• Purple Thunder True Person inspected the pill, then won it at auction for twenty-six thousand Spirit Stones, and Fairy Shi announced that future auctions would offer premium pills.
• Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui discussed the pill’s potential, Purple Thunder True Person’s strength, and True Person Azure Wood’s standing in the Extreme South Palace.
• Ye Wugui revealed that Young Master Shi was a descendant of True Person Azure Wood, prompting Lin Changheng to plan to leave Extreme Mountain Immortal City soon.
• Lin Changheng bought the Third-Tier Talisman Dao Inheritance Hundred Explanations of Cloud Talismans for Tantai Feiyue.
• Lin Changheng noticed that the item Ye Wugui wanted had appeared at the auction.

Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui pooled their resources to win a five-leaf wish-fulfilling glazed ganoderma, and Lin received Ye’s sword manual as collateral for a loan. After learning more about the Song Region’s power balance, they attended Yi Jitian’s banquet, where Yi began asking for help with Jin Kingdom infiltrators.

• Ye Wugui offered his Light-Splitting, Shadow-Transforming Sword Manual as collateral for borrowing forty thousand spirit stones from Lin Changheng, who accepted and lent him the money.
• Ye Wugui won the wish-fulfilling glazed ganoderma for 1,150 mid-grade spirit stones, and he and Lin divided its roots and costs; Ye also gave Lin two lavafire crystals.
• Lin Changheng bought celestial star vine, leaving both cultivators nearly out of spendable spirit stones, then heard Ye explain that Azure Mist Rogue Person might threaten a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui attended Yi Jitian’s banquet at the Star-Plucking Pavilion, where they concealed their successful purchase of the ganoderma from Elder Ling.
• Yi Jitian asked about their plans and revealed that Jin Kingdom cultivators were infiltrating Song Kingdom to attack its people, then began to discuss the stalled battlefield advance.

Lin Changheng transformed the [Medicinal Spirit Golden Toad] essence blood into the [Heaven-in-a-Pot] divine ability, creating a small cave heaven and greatly expanding his divine sense. After leaving [Extreme Mountain Immortal City], he killed the men Young Master Shi sent after him and vowed to settle their feud later.

• Yi Jitian recruited Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui to kill Jin Kingdom infiltrators in exchange for rewards, favors, and access to express deliveries through the [Immortal Relay Station] network.
• Young Master Shi insulted Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui at Yi Jitian’s banquet, but Yi Jitian defended his guests and sharply mocked Young Master Shi in return.
• Lin Changheng and Ye Wugui parted ways, and Lin later completed the transformation of the [Medicinal Spirit Golden Toad] essence blood into the [Heaven-in-a-Pot] Dao Fruit.
• Lin Changheng incorporated the divine ability’s true intent, expanding his [Life-Hiding Space] into a thirty-foot cave heaven and increasing his divine sense range to ten thousand feet.
• Young Master Shi sent three cultivators after Lin Changheng, but Lin killed them, buried their bodies in his cave heaven, and vowed to kill Young Master Shi himself.

Lin Changheng escaped suspicion after the Shi family began investigating Shi Jindan’s death, then traded for Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood and learned the colony’s location. At the Xue Family’s estate, he refined the mice’s Fire Escape talent into a new Otherworldly Art and tested its movement ability.

• The Shi family discovered Shi Jindan’s death and questioned Young Master Shi, who concealed his involvement and redirected suspicion away from Li Feiyu.
• Lin Changheng visited Xue Yinshan at Gold Valley Ridge to trade flowing flame stone essence for the Xue Family’s collected Flame-Shadow Mouse essence blood.
• Lin Changheng exchanged more flowing flame stone essence for the location of the Flame-Shadow Mouse colony, then settled into the guest courtyard for the night.
• Lin Changheng used spirit seizure on the essence blood and chose to refine Fire Escape rather than Gnawing or Shadow Splitting.
• Lin Changheng acquired the Fire-Escaping Otherworldly Art and tested its ability to move through flames, finding that it could carry him ten zhang at a time while consuming substantial magical power.

Lin Changheng mastered the first layer of the Light-Splitting, Shadow-Transforming Sword Manual, then hunted demon beasts alone in the Savage Wastes and reached Flame Ridge to bait Flame-Shadow Mice. After collecting enough essence blood for another Spirit Seizure, he prepared to use the Origin Cauldron while the mouse nest remained nearby.

• Lin Changheng completed the first layer of the Light-Splitting, Shadow-Transforming Sword Manual and formed a Sword Ray.
• Lin Changheng hunted wood-attribute demon beasts in the Savage Wastes, killed a late-stage second-tier ape with the Mountain-Bearing Divine Ability, and escaped a pursuing Turbid Core ape.
• Lin Changheng reached the Flame Ridge Mountains and used a Fire-Repelling Monster Art to withstand the heat while searching for Flame-Shadow Mice.
• Lin Changheng set a concealed formation and baited the mice with Wood Marrow Paste and demon beast meat.
• Lin Changheng killed eight Flame-Shadow Mice and collected enough essence blood for twenty-two progress points, bringing his total to eighty points and enabling another Spirit Seizure.

Lin Changheng hunted Flame-Shadow Mice for nearly a month, advancing his Spirit Seizure and Fire Escape before encountering and killing a powerful Earthfire Nether Serpent. As he began harvesting its valuable corpse, someone called out to stop him.

• Lin Changheng used a Water-Origin Boundary-Locking Formation to trap and kill groups of Flame-Shadow Mice, then fled when an escaped mouse appeared to summon a rat tide.
• For nearly a month, Lin Changheng moved between caves, collecting essence blood until his Spirit Seizure reached the fourth layer and his Fire Escape distance reached forty zhang.
• Lin Changheng climbed higher into the Flame Ridge Mountains and discovered an Earthfire Nether Serpent, which attacked his hiding place with a fire thread.
• Lin Changheng fought the serpent with puppets, talismans, his body-tempering arts, and the Blue-Black Sword Embryo, eventually killing it after a fierce battle.
• Lin Changheng suspected the serpent was a pure core demon beast and stabbed its eye to confirm it was dead before preparing to harvest the corpse.
• An unknown speaker called out, telling Lin Changheng to wait.

Lin Changheng fought a gray-robed False Core Cultivator who tried to seize the Earthfire Nether Serpent’s valuable remains, and used a Talisman Treasure to sever the elder’s arm. As the elder pressed his advantage with a bonded spear, Lin Changheng escaped with the Soul-Striking Whip, leaving his enemy raging over the stolen treasure.

• A gray-robed False Core Cultivator arrived and falsely claimed he had tracked the Earthfire Nether Serpent, but Lin Changheng extracted its valuable parts before the elder could claim them.
• The elder said he needed the serpent’s demon core and horn to treat his granddaughter’s dragon roar body, then launched a surprise attack when Lin Changheng recognized the condition.
• Lin Changheng evaded the elder’s Soul-Striking Whip and used the Light-Settling Pearl to trap it, creating an opening to strike with the Azure Purifying Sword Talisman Treasure and sever the elder’s arm.
• The elder’s bonded spear destroyed the exhausted Azure Purifying Sword Talisman Treasure and pursued Lin Changheng as he moved toward the trapped whip.
• Lin Changheng used Blood-Shadow Escape at the last moment and made the Soul-Striking Whip disappear, escaping the spear while the elder screamed over his lost treasure.

Lin Changheng recovered from his first battle with the gray-robed False Core cultivator, then tracked him down and crippled his damaged Treasure Artifact with a sixty-year-matured Treasure Talisman. He tried to enslave the defeated cultivator, but the man self-destructed, leaving Lin Changheng with only the Dark-Scaled Spear before he fled the resulting destruction.

• Lin Changheng hid in a tree, restored his strength, and discovered that the Heaven-in-a-Pot space had absorbed the Soul-Striking Whip and was nurturing its contents.
• After three days of recovery, Lin Changheng killed a Shadowclaw Black Panther and mastered the second level of the Light-Splitting, Shadow-Transforming Sword Manual.
• Lin Changheng used the Soul-Striking Whip to locate the gray-robed False Core cultivator in a poisonous valley, then set the valley ablaze to force him out.
• Lin Changheng fought the gray-robed False Core cultivator and used a Treasure Talisman nurtured for over sixty years to crack the Dark-Scaled Spear, then seized it into the Heaven-in-a-Pot space.
• Lin Changheng pressed his advantage and branded the gray-robed False Core cultivator with an improved Divine Blood Curse Seal, but the cultivator self-destructed rather than submit.
• Lin Changheng survived the explosion, gained no spoils beyond the Dark-Scaled Spear, and left the valley before stronger beings could investigate.

After fleeing a disturbance that drew powerful demons in the Savage Wastes, Lin Changheng returned to Floating Life Immortal City, advanced his pill-making and sword arts, and strengthened his alliance with Bai Hengwan. He left the city after refining a new cultivation pill and meeting Ye Wugui, then found four powerful figures waiting outside the Huang Household’s base at Spirit Vault Mountain.

• Lin Changheng withdrew from the Savage Wastes after a False Core elder’s detonation attracted several powerful demon beasts, and he later traded with the Xue Family for the essence blood he needed.
• Back in Floating Life Immortal City, Lin Changheng examined the damaged Dark-Scaled Spear, tested its wound-inflicting property, and decided it was better suited for Spirit Grafting than repair.
• Lin Changheng met Bai Hengwan, revealed his progress in Pill Dao, asked her to seek a Third-Tier Pill Dao Inheritance, and learned Elder Kong had been sent to the Song-Jin front by the Extreme South Palace.
• Lin Changheng secured a Spirit-Communing Pill, mastered the third layer of the Light-Splitting, Shadow-Transforming Sword Manual, and refined a Mystic Serpent Spirit-Tempering Pill from the Earthfire Nether Serpent’s gallbladder and demon core.
• Ye Wugui repaid Lin Changheng’s forty thousand Spirit Stones and reclaimed the Jade Slip before hurriedly leaving the Spirit Wine Tower.
• Lin Changheng left Floating Life Immortal City and found four figures with astonishing auras waiting beneath the Huang Household’s mountain-gate plaque at Spirit Vault Mountain.

Lin Changheng returned to the Huang Household, learned that Cook Zeng’s wife Huang Linglin had died, and helped Cook Zeng regain his resolve. He discovered a way to treat Huang Lingsu’s Dragon Roar Body and left after arranging her treatment and receiving the Huang Household’s gratitude.

• The Huang Household’s four Foundation Establishment cultivators warmly welcomed Lin Changheng, whose pill-making reputation had recently grown.
• Cook Zeng told Lin Changheng that Huang Linglin had died, and Lin Changheng’s words helped Cook Zeng recover his determination to pursue his Dao Path.
• Lin Changheng learned that Huang Lingsu’s vitality remained strong despite her age and examined her Dragon Roar Body.
• Lin Changheng used Earth Nether Aura to balance the yang energy in Huang Lingsu’s essence blood and told her that her condition could be cured.
• Huang Lingsu agreed to Lin Changheng’s treatment terms, including regular essence blood extraction and a future favor that would not violate her principles.
• Lin Changheng instructed Cook Zeng to bring Huang Lingsu to Jade Belt Lake monthly and provide blood-replenishing medicines, then departed amid the Huang Household’s lavish farewell.

After returning to Jade Belt Lake, Lin Changheng revived four Core Formation medicinal plants, used Spirit Grafting to repair and strengthen his Treasure Artifact Sword Embryo, and advanced to Foundation Establishment eighth layer. The chapter leaves him preparing his Heaven-in-a-Pot space as his Blue-Furred Tiger breaks through to the second tier and Xu Maoling arranges spirit soil for him.

• Lin Changheng returned to Perching Moon Island, reunited with Yan Mingyi and his three spirit beasts, and learned that the Ye Family of Falling Maple Market Ward had been blamed and nearly exterminated after the Supervisory Law Enforcement Team was wiped out.
• Lin Changheng used the Glorious Life Divine Ability to spend eight years of lifespan reviving four Core Formation medicinal plants, then entrusted Yan Mingyi with guiding Little Qing's breakthrough before entering seclusion.
• Lin Changheng used Spirit Grafting to transfer the Dark-Scaled Spear's Blood-Rending property into his damaged Blue-Black Sword Embryo, raising its progress toward becoming a Treasure Artifact to ninety-one percent.
• Deng Changsheng fled a battle with a Jin Kingdom cultivator and, at his old soul's urging, decided to visit Lin Changheng and ask for elixirs while offering him part of a recent find.
• Lin Changheng refined a Mystic Serpent Spirit-Tempering Pill and advanced to Foundation Establishment eighth layer, then met Xu Maoling to discuss buying spirit soil for the Heaven-in-a-Pot space.
• Little Qing broke through to the second tier and revealed its Wind Bind talent, impressing Xu Maoling as Lin Changheng asked him to arrange second- and third-tier spirit soil.

Lin Changheng examined the Sun Clan’s [Ancestral Blood Spirit-Summoning Pill] and restrained Xiao Hei from eating one, then considered ways to advance his stalled [Mystic Root] transformation. Deng Changsheng arrived badly injured and offered a rare crystal; Lin Changheng treated him and drew out most of the thunderous baleful intent, while Ji Ren’s old soul hid in silence.

• Xu Maoling agreed to prepare a cost-saving mixture of spirit soils for Lin Changheng’s [Heaven-in-a-Pot space], and Lin Changheng gave him tea as thanks.
• Yan Mingyi gave Lin Changheng three [Ancestral Blood Spirit-Summoning Pills] from the Sun Clan, and he explained their dangerous bloodline-awakening effects before stopping Xiao Hei from tasting one.
• Lin Changheng reviewed the two remaining possibilities for advancing his stalled [Mystic Root] transformation: using essence blood from non-five-element demon beasts or from cultivators with mutated spiritual roots.
• Deng Changsheng arrived injured by a berserk lightning technique and offered Lin Changheng a clear spirit stabilizing crystal, which completed the supplementary ingredients needed for the Dust-Descending Pill.
• Lin Changheng isolated and treated Deng Changsheng’s thunderous baleful intent with Blood Membrane Pills, a Wooden Life Pill, and his azurewood vitality, drawing out most of the lightning while Ji Ren’s old soul played dead.

Lin Changheng treated Deng Changsheng, discovered a foreign soul in his sea of consciousness, and chose to let him leave while keeping his distance. He strengthened his soul-eroding miasma insect breeding operation and refined three Premium Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving him poised to advance toward the third tier of the Pill Dao.

• Lin Changheng extracted and sealed Deng Changsheng’s thunderous baleful intent, then decided not to attack the foreign soul he sensed in Deng Changsheng’s sea of consciousness.
• Lin Changheng failed to fuse the baleful lightning with his own magical power, sealed it in a jade box, and asked Deng Changsheng to leave after he recovered.
• Deng Changsheng gave Lin Changheng information about the lightning cultivator who had ambushed him, while the old soul warned Deng Changsheng that Lin Changheng might have noticed its presence.
• Lin Changheng found over a hundred soul-eroding miasma insect eggs, contracted them to his will, and improved their rearing grounds with yin energy from the Hundred-Soul Banner and blood energy from demon beast meat.
• Cook Zeng brought seven-star spirit moon grass for a Foundation Establishment Pill request, and Lin Changheng discovered its roots, completing his collection of roots from all three main ingredients.
• Lin Changheng refined three cloud-patterned Premium Foundation Establishment Pills in one batch, confirming his Quasi-Third-Tier Pill Dao skill.

Lin Changheng rescued Xu Yongzhen and Xu Bazheng from the Ji family after uncovering a scheme tied to the Purple Pole Sect’s corrupt allocation of a Foundation Establishment Pill. He brought them to the Xu Family’s new residence, where he reunited with Xu Hanji and Tantai Feiyue, and they prepared to discuss the crisis.

• Lin Changheng spotted Xu Yongzhen being attacked, saved him from Ji Rong, and learned that Xu Yongzhen had been denied his Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lin Changheng killed Ji Rong and crippled Ji Rong’s father, then let Xu Bazheng deliver the final blow to avenge her injuries.
• Xu Yongzhen explained that Elder Xie had transferred his pill allocation to Xie Gaoye and arranged to send him to the Song-Jin Frontline, prompting him and Xu Bazheng to flee.
• Lin Changheng brought Xu Yongzhen and Xu Bazheng to the Xu Family’s new residence, where he reunited with Xu Hanji and Tantai Feiyue.
• Lin Changheng suggested they go inside the family grounds to discuss what had happened, and the Xu Family’s leaders agreed.

Lin Changheng returned to the Xu Family, received a rapturous welcome, reunited with Xu Fugui, and helped secure the lineage’s future. After mastering the Light-Splitting sword mystery, he learned that the Purple Pole Sect had sent False Core True Person Zhen to crush a rebellion, leaving him facing a new danger as he prepared to depart.

• The Xu Family recognized Lin Changheng and welcomed him back, and he and his companions explained how he had killed the cultivator who threatened Xu Yongzhen.
• Lin Changheng gave Xu Yongzhen a Dust-Forgetting Pill to protect their secret, then reunited with the aged Xu Fugui at the family gathering.
• Tantai Feiyue and Xu Hanji used wine and a scheme to draw Lin Changheng into their affection, and he later punished them while remaining with the Xu Family.
• Lin Changheng visited the graves of Xu Qianyan and his father-in-law, gave Xu Yongzhen a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill, and lectured the Xu Family’s Pill Masters.
• Lin Changheng mastered the Light-Splitting sword mystery, then learned that the Purple Pole Sect had sent False Core True Person Zhen to suppress a rogue cultivator rebellion.

Lin Changheng learned that a Purple Pole Sect inspection team had been destroyed over a rare Dust-Descending Pill ingredient, then traveled to Springwater Market to investigate and draw out True Person Zhen. He infiltrated the You Family Manor and subdued its leaders, demanding information about the dead cultivator and the events surrounding his death.

• At a banquet, Lin Changheng revealed his foundation establishment late stage cultivation, startling Guo Huairen and the Xu Family, then questioned Guo about the destroyed inspection team.
• Lin Changheng learned that the inspection team had demanded a Dust-Descending Pill ingredient from organized rogue cultivators, who killed them in a formation; a surviving cultivator escaped to Springwater Market and died there.
• Lin Changheng decided to investigate the incident, pursue the rare ingredient, draw out True Person Zhen, and use a lightning cultivator as a scapegoat; he also planned to enter the Sixty-Year Secret Realm when it next opened.
• At Springwater Market, Lin Changheng found that fear of True Person Zhen had silenced the locals, so he went to the You Family Manor for information.
• Lin Changheng used the fourth level of the Fire Escape Otherworldly Art to pass through the manor's formation and discovered that You Tianying had secretly reached foundation establishment late stage.
• Lin Changheng appeared in the You Family's study and restrained You Tianying, You Tianming, and You Luhua with sword light, demanding a proper account of his younger brother's affairs.

Lin Changheng subdued the You Family, forced You Tianying and You Luhua to accept his soul-binding curse seals, and learned how the Purple Pole Sect was tracking the remaining fugitives. After six months in seclusion, his Azure-Purple Sword Embryo reached the Quasi-Treasure Artifact stage, while he continued waiting for a chance to confront True Person Zhen.

• Lin Changheng stopped You Tianying, You Luhua, and a one-eyed You Family cultivator with three Azure-Purple Sword Embryos; when the one-eyed man attacked, You Tianying killed him to prove his submission.
• You Tianying told Lin Changheng about the Purple Pole Sect Inspection Team’s hunt, its blood-tracing methods, and the search for Qianmingzi through his daughter; he also offered to keep Lin informed of the team’s movements.
• Lin Changheng made You Tianying and You Luhua accept his modified Divine Blood Curse Seals, binding them to his control.
• Lin Changheng spent six months cultivating in a concealed bamboo house on the You Family estate while waiting for news about True Person Zhen and Qianmingzi.
• Lin Changheng’s Azure-Purple Sword Embryo broke through its nurturing restraint and reached the Quasi-Treasure Artifact stage, and he finished erasing the former owner’s imprint from the Soul-Striking Whip.

Lin Changheng joined the Purple Pole Sect’s search for Qianmingzi in Blackwater Marsh while disguised as the dead You Tianming. After Cultivator Ji forced scouts into a mysterious pool, True Person Zhen arrived and entered it, leaving Ji to kill the last witness.

• Lin Changheng tested the Soul-Striking Whip and heard from You Tianying that Qianmingzi’s hiding place had been narrowed down and True Person Zhen was leading the pursuit.
• Lin Changheng disguised himself as You Tianming and joined Cultivator Ji’s scouting party in Blackwater Marsh, where a Daoist-robed cultivator was swallowed by leeches.
• After the party reached the marsh’s heart, Cultivator Ji ordered Lin Changheng to activate a detection talisman and investigate a strange black pool; Lin Changheng vanished beneath its surface.
• Cultivator Ji sent a white-robed cultivator into the pool, and the man activated a Flame Messenger Talisman before disappearing.
• True Person Zhen arrived, confirmed the pool’s unusual spiritual power, and entered it to pursue the suspected criminal while Cultivator Ji waited for reinforcements.
• Cultivator Ji shot and killed the gray-robed cultivator when he asked about the mission reward.

Zhen pursued Qianmingzi into the depths of Blackwater Marsh, where a demon beast and Qianmingzi trapped him in a deadly battle. After Zhen escaped by abandoning his body, Lin Changheng intercepted and destroyed his soul, then claimed his treasure and Storage Bag.

• Zhen found fresh formation traces and a hidden cavern beneath the black pool, then entered it and was attacked by a False Core Turbid Core Demon Beast.
• Zhen escaped the beast’s lair but was ambushed by Qianmingzi, who revealed his False Core cultivation and attacked him over the Purple Pole Sect’s persecution and his daughter’s imprisonment.
• The Turbid Core Demon Beast joined Qianmingzi in attacking Zhen, while Qianmingzi revealed that he had sealed the pool with a Quasi-Third Tier formation.
• Zhen unleashed a life-sacrificing strike that gravely wounded Qianmingzi, then used the Mystic Embryo Return-to-Stillness Art to flee as a soul attached to his [Divine Azurewood Seal].
• Lin Changheng intercepted Zhen near the surface and destroyed his soul with an iron whip, then collected the [Divine Azurewood Seal] and Zhen’s Storage Bag.