Chapter Summaries

Taishu Jing reunited with Taishu Yun and Little Fire at the Formation Platform after earning a Purple Gold Token and free wine from the Treasure Exchange Pavilion. The group teleported from Cloud Dream Ancient City to Luoyun City, where they planned to gather information, look for a suitable Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item, and eventually visit the City Lord.

• Miaoyin gave Taishu Jing a Purple Gold Token, believing he was extraordinary, then prepared to end her stay and return.
• Taishu Yun and Little Fire waited for Taishu Jing at the Formation Platform, where he arrived just before it activated.
• Taishu Jing told Taishu Yun and Little Fire about his visit to the Treasure Exchange Pavilion, his twenty jars of wine, and his half-price wine privilege.
• Taishu Yun, Little Fire, Taishu Jing, and Little White traveled by spatial formation from Cloud Dream Ancient City to Luoyun City.
• The group learned that Luoyun City was larger and had stronger cultivators, then decided to gather information and search for a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item before visiting the City Lord.

Taishu Jing and his companions went to Luoyun City to meet its absent City Lord, while a great cultivator’s Small World drew disciples from across the region. After City Lord Murong An summoned them, he revealed that he was Murong Jingyu and Murong Jingyun’s paternal uncle.

• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun visited the City Lord’s Mansion, where guards learned that Murong Jingyu, the Eldest Princess’s child, had come seeking the City Lord.
• Taishu Jing learned that disciples were gathering for the emergence of a great cultivator’s Small World, which admitted cultivators from the Spirit Vein Realm through the Dao Foundation Realm.
• A Soul Palace Realm guard found Taishu Jing and invited him and his companions to meet the returned City Lord.
• Murong An met the three youths and remarked on Taishu Jing’s resemblance to his mother, Murong Jingyun.
• Murong An told them he was the younger brother of Yun Country’s Sovereign and the paternal uncle of Murong Jingyun and Murong Jingyu.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing agreed to help Murong An protect Yun Country’s affiliated sects from pressure by the Tianguang Sect when a great expert’s Small World opened near Luoyun City. As the Small World appeared, Taishu Jing and his companions cultivated, and Little Fire manifested the Path of Devouring.

• Murong An recognized Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing as Murong Jingyun’s sons and learned they had forged Dao Bodies.
• Murong An explained that the Tianguang Sect might suppress the Qingshi Sect and Yun Jian Sect before the Small World opened, and asked the brothers to intervene if needed.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing agreed to protect their side’s younger cultivators from being bullied.
• Several days later, a spatial rift and a gray doorway appeared three li outside Luoyun City, signaling that the Small World had emerged.
• Taishu Jing cultivated as Little White’s Path of Chaos grew, while Little Fire developed the Path of Devouring under Taishu Yun’s influence.

Taishu Jing, Taishu Yun, and their companion joined Murong An at the Small World, where Tianguang Sect provoked Qingshi Sect and Yun Jian Sect into a contest between their disciples. As Tianguang Sect’s Qi Yun stepped forward, Taishu Jing judged that the arrogant sect needed a lesson.

• Taishu Jing and the others left Luoyun City with Murong An and arrived at the Small World gathering.
• Elder Gu arrived with Tianguang Sect and mocked the absent leaders of Qingshi Sect and Yun Jian Sect.
• Murong An introduced Taishu Jing and his companions, saying they would not enter the Small World.
• Elder Gu challenged Qingshi Sect and Yun Jian Sect to have their disciples exchange pointers, and both elders accepted.
• Elder Gu sent the Soul Palace Realm disciple Qi Yun to face the other sects, while Taishu Jing thought Tianguang Sect needed to be taught a lesson.

The Small World opened, and cultivators from Luoyun City entered to seek opportunities. Murong An left with Elder Hong and Elder Bai, while Taishu Jing, Taishu Yun, and their companion followed, startling the elders with their unnoticed arrival and apparent Dao Foundation Realm cultivation.

• Qi Yun of the Tianguang Sect and Xu Ming of the Qingshi Sect fought evenly until the Small World gateway opened.
• Murong An sent the City Lord's Mansion Imperial Guards into the Small World, and disciples from the three sects and numerous local cultivators followed.
• Elder Hong and Elder Bai accepted Murong An's invitation to wait at the City Lord's Mansion, while Elder Gu used a Formation Platform to leave alone.
• Taishu Jing and the other two followed Murong An and the elders through the air, surprising Elder Hong and Elder Bai, who had not sensed their approach.
• Taishu Yun apologized for startling the elders, and they noticed that he and Taishu Jing were brothers and that their third companion had golden-red hair and eyes.

Taishu Jing reflected on the people he had met, flirted unknowingly with Little White, and relaxed with spirit wine while Taishu Yun and Little Fire cultivated. Little Fire revealed his Divine Phoenix form, drawing flocks of birds that gathered around him in a display Murong An identified as Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

• Elder Hong and Elder Bai asked Murong An about Taishu Jing and the two young men, and Murong An said Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing were his grandsons.
• Taishu Jing wondered whether he had misunderstood what it meant for Taishu Yun to be the protagonist and asked Little White to comfort him.
• Little White lay on Taishu Jing's chest, and Taishu Jing grew embarrassed when it said it was right over his heart.
• Taishu Jing gave Little White King Tier Treasure Medicines, then drank a flask of Frost Spirit Mist while Taishu Yun and Little Fire cultivated.
• Little Fire revealed his Divine Phoenix form, and tens of thousands of birds gathered around him in the sky.
• Murong An arrived with Elder Hong and Elder Bai and identified the spectacle as Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.

Little Fire's seven-colored Phoenix form triggered Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, alerting the Phoenix Clan at Myriad Emperors Ridge. A red-haired Phoenix Clan man arrived in Luoyun City to claim the new Holy Son, and Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun attacked him to protect Little Fire.

• Murong An, Taishu Jing, and Taishu Yun watched Little Fire reveal his Phoenix form as countless birds gathered around him.
• At Myriad Emperors Ridge, a red-haired Phoenix Clan man sensed the birth of a seven-colored Phoenix and declared the tenth Holy Son had been born.
• The Phoenix Clan man opened a rift through space and headed for Luoyun City to bring the new Holy Son to the Phoenix Divine Mountain.
• Taishu Yun sensed the powerful visitor approaching, while the sight of Little Fire stirred an uproar among the people of Luoyun City.
• The red-haired man arrived and looked at Little Fire, prompting Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun to attack him; Taishu Jing summoned the Starfall Bow.

Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing fought the red-haired man, a Saint from the Phoenix Heavenly Palace of Myriad Emperors Ridge, to test his strength and protect their brother. After he revealed he had come for the tenth holy son of the Phoenix lineage, the brothers lowered their weapons, and Taishu Jing demanded compensation for being frightened.

• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing revealed their Law Weapons and full strength, astonishing Murong An, Elder Hong, and Elder Bai.
• Taishu Jing shot the red-haired man with an arrow, and he shattered it with one finger but suffered a tiny cut.
• Taishu Yun struck the red-haired man with the Star Cloud Bell, and the man stopped the blow while feeling his palm go numb.
• Taishu Jing guessed that the red-haired man might be Little Fire's father, startling both Taishu Yun and the man.
• The red-haired man introduced himself as a visitor from the Phoenix Heavenly Palace of Myriad Emperors Ridge seeking the tenth holy son of the Phoenix lineage.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing dismissed their Law Weapons, and Taishu Jing demanded compensation for the scare.

Feng Zhe arrived to bring Little Fire, a seven-colored Phoenix, back to the Phoenix Clan’s Ancestral Land. Taishu Jing offered to send Little White back to the True Dragon Clan as well, but she refused to leave him, and Feng Zhe agreed not to force her.

• Feng Zhe introduced himself as a member of the Phoenix Clan and explained that he had come to take Little Fire to the Ancestral Land.
• Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing agreed that returning Little Fire to his clan would give him the best guidance and protection.
• Taishu Jing revealed Little White, a four-clawed True Dragon, and suggested Feng Zhe take her to her clan’s Ancestral Land too.
• Little White refused to leave Taishu Jing, and Feng Zhe said he would not force her.
• Little White promised she would never leave Taishu Jing, while Murong An realized she had feelings for his grandson.

Little Fire left with Feng Zhe to return to the Phoenix Ancestral Land and become a Holy Son, while Taishu Jing confronted Little White about whether it wanted to leave for the True Dragon Ancestral Land. Little White chose to stay with him, and Taishu Jing silently promised they would remain together.

• Feng Zhe invited Little Fire to return to the Phoenix Ancestral Land, and Little Fire accepted after saying farewell to Taishu Yun, Taishu Jing, and Little White.
• Feng Zhe and Little Fire departed through a rift in space, leaving Taishu Jing feeling the absence of his companion.
• After the others left to rest, Little White asked Taishu Jing why he had wanted it to go to the True Dragon Ancestral Land.
• Little White told Taishu Jing it only wanted to stay with him, and Taishu Jing apologized and resolved not to ask it to leave again.
• Little White rubbed against Taishu Jing's face as he made a silent promise that they would always be together.

The Small World closed after its survivors returned, and the sect elders encouraged their disciples to treat their losses as part of cultivation. Back in Luoyun City, Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun learned that Murong An had spiritual soil that could help them open their Dantian Inner Worlds.

• Murong An, the sect elders, and other cultivators gathered as the Small World expelled its survivors, including Imperial Guards and disciples who had suffered casualties.
• Elder Gu, Elder Hong, and Elder Bai urged their surviving disciples to strengthen their resolve, then led them away; Murong An returned to the city with his guards.
• The Small World's entrance sealed, while independent cultivators and members of smaller families departed after their own mix of losses and gains.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun discussed their inability to find suitable Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items in Luoyun City, and System Master said the city was too poor to have anything suitable.
• Murong An told Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun that he had leftover spiritual soil from nourishing his own Dantian Inner World, enough for them to use.

Murong An showed Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun his Dantian Inner World and explained the Hundred Flower Spirit Nurturing Soil that nourished it. He revealed that cultivating its small patch of flowers had taken two hundred years, partly because he had neglected to tend the world with spirit power.

• Murong An opened his Dantian Inner World to Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun, revealing a land filled with multicolored soil and fragrant flowers.
• Murong An identified the soil as Hundred Flower Spirit Nurturing Soil, ranked eight hundred and sixty-sixth on the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Item Ranking, and explained how its fragrance benefited the mind and could nurture intelligence in future living beings.
• Murong An told the brothers that he had obtained the soil while traveling and that growing the roughly thousand flowers had taken two hundred years.
• Murong An explained that cultivators used Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items and spirit power to nourish and develop their Dantian Inner Worlds.
• Taishu Jing doubted that Murong An had regularly sent spirit power into his world, and Murong An blushed as the brothers realized he had neglected the task.

Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun received Hundred Flower Spirit Nurturing Soil from Murong An and prepared to open their Dantian Inner Worlds. Taishu Jing began his breakthrough at a remote cliff, splitting his Dantian open and using the spiritual soil to stabilize the newborn world.

• Murong An showed Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun his Dao Law Runes and gave them the remaining Hundred Flower Spirit Nurturing Soil.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun decided to break through and spent half a month preparing to do so somewhere secluded.
• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun sat in meditation on a cliff while Little White watched over them and sensed the coming Thunder Tribulation.
• Taishu Jing sent his true spirit out of his Divine Court and split his platinum Dantian open with a blade-like palm strike.
• Taishu Jing's newborn Dantian Inner World began to collapse, so his true spirit placed the Hundred Flower Spirit Nurturing Soil inside it and stabilized the ground and sky.

Taishu Jing formed a living Dantian Inner World, and he and Taishu Yun overcame golden Thunder Tribulations that tempered their bodies and weapons. Taishu Jing used the resulting Lightning Tribulation Liquid to nourish his world, while Little White revealed how his Dragon Concealment had kept him hidden even from a Saint.

• Taishu Jing inscribed countless Dao Law Runes into his Dantian Inner World, creating a living Small World centered on his Paths of Reincarnation and Chaos.
• Taishu Jing realized that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items helped nurture life in a Small World, and that his grasp of life, death, and reincarnation would strengthen his world’s vitality.
• Taishu Yun also opened his Dantian Inner World, and he and Taishu Jing faced forty-nine golden lightning dragons in each of their Thunder Tribulations.
• Taishu Jing used the Starfall Bow to shatter the lightning dragons, while Taishu Yun broke them with the Star Cloud Bell; the golden lightning tempered both brothers and their Dao Weapons.
• Little White stayed undetected outside the Thunder Tribulation using Dragon Concealment, a True Dragon technique strengthened by his Way of Space.
• After the tribulations, Taishu Jing collected golden Lightning Tribulation Liquid and used it to grow his Small World’s plants and trees; Taishu Yun noticed his brother seemed more doting toward Little White.

Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun opened Dantian Inner Worlds of nine and ten zhang, impressing Murong An. A month later, they traveled with him toward Yun Country’s capital and arrived at Wood Spirit Valley, where Murong An reunited with the Wood Spirit Tribe’s chief.

• Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun told Murong An that their Dantian Inner Worlds measured nine and ten zhang, respectively.
• Murong An spent a month settling the City Lord's Mansion’s affairs, then departed for the capital with the two brothers.
• Murong An explained that the Wood Spirit Tribe lived in Wood Spirit Valley and supplied Yun Country with medicinal herbs.
• Mu Qi recognized Murong An and led him, Taishu Jing, and Taishu Yun to meet his father, Mu Zhe.
• Mu Zhe greeted Murong An and teased him for finally deciding to return.

Mu Zhe recognized the exceptional Wood Spirit Vitality in Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing and praised their cultivation to Murong An. Mu Qi took the brothers to the Wood Spirit Tribe’s Emperor Tier medicinal garden, where they met his daughters Qing’er and Xian’er, and Jing immediately clashed with the younger girl.

• Mu Zhe sensed the brothers’ dense Wood Spirit Vitality and told Murong An that their Sixth Realm cultivation made them potential candidates to reach the Cave Profound Realm.
• Mu Qi led Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing to a valley medicinal field, explaining that Mu Zhe had arranged a meeting gift for them.
• Mu Qi showed the brothers a Spirit Spring beside a medicinal field filled with hundreds of Emperor Tier treasure medicines and spirit herbs.
• Mu Qi introduced his daughters Qing’er and Xian’er to Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing, and Qing’er invited the brothers to call her Sister Qing’er.
• Taishu Jing called Xian’er a Little Squirt for staring at him, and Xian’er retorted that he was a narcissist.

Mu Qi led Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing to a hidden stone chamber and offered them Saint Medicine Seeds, believing the brothers had reached the Sixth Realm and could make the seeds sprout. Taishu Yun accepted four of the eight seeds, leaving the others with the Wood Spirit Tribe.

• Mu Qi revealed a concealed entrance in the cliff and led Taishu Yun, Taishu Jing, Qing'er, and Xian'er into a stone chamber.
• Taishu Jing guessed the seeds were melon seeds, while Xian'er called them gemstones; after Mu Qi identified them as seeds, Xian'er ran out in embarrassment.
• Mu Qi explained that the seeds were Saint Medicine Seeds and that the Wood Spirit Tribe could not sprout them without the Power of Laws.
• Mu Qi recognized that Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing had reached the Sixth Realm, astonishing Qing'er.
• Mu Qi offered the eight Saint Medicine Seeds to the brothers, and Taishu Yun took four, leaving four behind.

Xian'er got lost in the woods and was discovered by three men who identified her as a member of the Wood Spirit Tribe and followed her toward Wood Spirit Valley. Meanwhile, Taishu Jing and the others left the stone chamber with Saint Medicine Seeds, and Mu Qi sent Qing'er to look for Xian'er.

• Xian'er wandered into the woods, mistook the sounds around her for ghosts, and fell asleep beneath a tree.
• Three men found Xian'er and recognized her dark green eyes as proof she belonged to the Wood Spirit Tribe.
• Xian'er fled from the men, who followed her so she would lead them toward the Wood Spirit Tribe's stronghold.
• Taishu Jing gave one of his Saint Medicine Seeds to Little White, who accepted it.
• Qing'er asked Taishu Yun about Taishu Jing and Little White, then asked about Taishu Yun's own feelings.
• Mu Qi asked Qing'er to find Xian'er, who had wandered off again.

Qing'er and Taishu Jing found Xian'er after she fled through the forest, followed by three strange-looking men seeking the Wood Spirit Tribe’s medicines. The men threatened the group with their cultivation ranks, but Qing'er trusted Jing to handle them and left him facing the three brothers.

• Qing'er and Taishu Jing went to the valley’s edge to search for Xian'er, and Taishu Jing sensed her being followed by three strangers.
• Xian'er emerged from the forest scratched and frightened, warning Qing'er that three ghostlike people were chasing her.
• The three brothers arrived and revealed that they had followed Xian'er to find the Wood Spirit Tribe and its precious medicines.
• The mustached brother announced that their eldest brother had reached the Fifth Realm, frightening Xian'er into blaming herself for leading them there.
• Xian'er urged Qing'er to find King An, but Qing'er said Jing could handle the three men and led Xian'er aside.

Taishu Jing let the mustached man’s Spirit Weapon strike his forehead, revealing that he was unharmed, before Little White intervened and revealed its True Dragon form. The two surviving brothers prepared to fight Little White as its killing intent filled the sky.

• Taishu Jing insulted the three men, and the mustached man charged him with his woodcutter’s-blade Spirit Weapon.
• The mustached man struck Taishu Jing’s forehead, but the blow rang against him without injuring him.
• Little White roared, sent the mustached man flying, and shattered his Spirit Weapon, leaving him unconscious.
• Little White grew into a huge snow-white dragon and vowed to punish the men for attacking Jing.
• The bearded man and square-faced man faced Little White and readied their cultivation for a fight.