Chapter Summaries

Lin Ke and his allies defended Moon Moth Peak, killed three Golden Core demon beasts, and claimed a thousand-li territory for the Great Wilderness. Butterfly Transformation True Person arrived on the ninth day and revealed that she had also killed the Giant Swamp Frog, while Lin Ke asked about Blood-Devouring True Person.

• Han Yun took the Locust Fiend's corpse to have it appraised, and Lin Ke continued wondering how to build an intelligence network using spirit insects.
• Lin Ke and the others held their position through repeated demon-beast attacks, coordinating to kill the Dark Green Nether Goose and the Golden Rat after defeating the Locust Fiend.
• On the ninth day, Butterfly Transformation True Person arrived and asked how many Golden Core enemies had attacked Moon Moth Peak.
• Lin Ke told Butterfly Transformation True Person that the group had hired a Golden Core senior from the Spirit Insect Cave to help them kill the three enemies.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person used her Peak Seat token to grant the thousand-li territory to Lin Ke and revealed that she had killed the Giant Swamp Frog.
• Lin Ke congratulated Butterfly Transformation True Person and asked how Blood-Devouring True Person was doing.

Butterfly Transformation True Person offered to take Lin Ke as her disciple once he reached the Dao Foundation late stage and gave him and his companions Golden Cores. After the group secured the Great Wilderness Cavern, Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping planned to head to the Frontline to cultivate through battle, while Lin Ke was asked about his plans.

• Butterfly Transformation True Person said Blood-Devouring True Person was recovering from his injuries and promised to protect Lin Ke by having her disciples patrol his territory.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person offered to take Lin Ke as her disciple when he reached the Dao Foundation late stage, and Lin Ke accepted her favor.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person gave Lin Ke and his companions Golden Cores before flying away to inspect other places.
• Lin Ke and the others discussed the Golden Cores and agreed that the group should develop and guard the Great Wilderness Cavern rather than explore it yet.
• Huang Fuqi planned to fight at the Frontline to temper his sword intent and reach Golden Core, and Shi Ping said he would go with him to meet his master's cultivation requirement.
• Lin Ke asked the others where they would go next, and Huang Fuqi asked Lin Ke what he planned to do.

Lin Ke and his companions divided guard shifts for the Great Wilderness Cavern and agreed to develop it into a marketplace and waystation. After the others departed, Lin Ke flattened the surrounding land, buried the cavern beneath a foundation, and named the new settlement the Great Wilderness Palace.

• Lin Ke chose to return to the Green Mulberry Garden to consolidate his cultivation, while Han Yun planned to join the others at the Frontline and Fang Du went to meet his senior brothers.
• Lin Ke and the others assigned rotating guard shifts for the Great Wilderness Cavern, with Fang Du promising to keep them informed through the Mystic Vein Book.
• Lin Ke proposed turning the territory into a marketplace and waystation, and the group discussed how to develop it before bidding one another farewell.
• Lin Ke used Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning to flatten the surrounding land and Turn Earth to Steel to create a broad foundation over the Great Wilderness Cavern.
• Lin Ke built a small earthen house on the foundation and named the settlement the Great Wilderness Palace.

Lin Ke developed the Great Wilderness Palace site and experimented with breeding spirit insects in his Niwan Palace. After successfully mating a Sun-Transforming Dragonfly with a Blackgold Moth, he rushed away to find Lin Can so she could consume the eggs and reproduce the new insect.

• Lin Ke prepared a vast stretch of land for the Great Wilderness Palace and asked Zong Ya to hire a Formation Master from the Yi-Wa Market.
• Lin Ke searched the Great Wilderness Cavern for spirit insects but found none, then brought his captured insects into his Niwan Palace to conduct breeding experiments.
• Lin Ke's attempts to mate Blackgold Moths with locusts and Bird-Catching Spiders failed when the moths exploded.
• Lin Ke successfully bred a female Blackgold Moth with a male Sun-Transforming Dragonfly, which transferred its essence and dissolved into her.
• Lin Ke realized Lin Can needed to consume the resulting eggs for mass production, asked the Dream-Eating Gecko to guard the site, and flew off to find Lin Can.

Lin Ke helped Lin Can hatch a Giant Sun Dragonfly, refined it into his gu insect, and tested its speed and Solar Gathering ability. Zong Ya brought formation master Chang Qing to discuss building Lin Ke’s Great Wilderness Palace.

• Lin Can swallowed an egg and hatched a Giant Sun Dragonfly, which Lin Ke refined into his gu insect.
• Lin Ke tested the dragonfly’s Dash ability and used it with the Dragonfly Dash Art to fly a hundred li in seconds.
• Lin Ke activated Solar Gathering, which formed a blazing golden saber and revealed the dragonfly’s second ability.
• Zong Ya introduced Chang Qing, a formation master from the Dragon-Pointing Sect, whom she had invited to help build Lin Ke’s Great Wilderness Palace.

Lin Ke recruited Chang Qing of the Dragon-Pointing Sect to design a formation for the Great Wilderness Palace and asked about defending against Nascent Soul cultivators. Senior Brother Zhu arrived with generous funding, and Chang Qing eagerly agreed to build the grand formation.

• Lin Ke brought Chang Qing to the Great Wilderness Palace and asked what it would cost to build a formation capable of resisting a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Chang Qing proposed a high-grade Origin Tier grand formation and offered his thirty thousand spirit stones, but Lin Ke said they could not afford the full cost.
• Senior Brother Zhu arrived with Fang Du and urged Lin Ke to build the formation, offering two thousand mid-grade spirit stones to fund it.
• Chang Qing accepted the funding and vowed to build the grand formation properly.
• Senior Brother Zhu gave Lin Ke a Spirit Crystal Card worth one million as a first-meeting gift and said he admired him.

Lin Ke considered Zhu Qingge’s offer to invest in Great Wilderness Palace and agreed to let him join the group. Zhu Qingge then asked Chang Qing to build an origin tier superior formation, leaving Lin Ke concerned that Chang Qing had never completed one before.

• Lin Ke declined Zhu Qingge’s offer of one million spirit stones, and Zhu Qingge briefly offered ten million before putting the cards away.
• Zhu Qingge proposed investing in Great Wilderness Palace and moving some of his businesses there, and Lin Ke agreed to consult the others.
• Lin Ke asked the group for approval, and Huang Fuqi and the others agreed to let Zhu Qingge join.
• Lin Ke created a new seat at the group’s table for Zhu Qingge.
• Zhu Qingge asked Chang Qing whether he could build an origin tier superior formation, and Chang Qing said he had mastered three such formations left by his master.
• Chang Qing explained that his master had never completed the formation, and Lin Ke asked what would happen if Chang Qing’s attempt failed.

Lin Ke agreed to let Chang Qing build a great formation after Chang Qing pledged his life and Zhu Qingge offered support. Chang Qing chose the origin tier superior Cloudglow Formation, bringing his master's life's work back into the open.

• Lin Ke worried that Chang Qing's lack of experience with the inherited formations could put the Great Wilderness Palace's plans at risk.
• Zhu Qingge offered to hire additional Formation Masters and bring in an origin tier Formation Master to improve Chang Qing's odds of success.
• Lin Ke required Chang Qing to accept responsibility if the formation failed, and Chang Qing pledged all his possessions and even his life.
• Zhu Qingge promised Chang Qing the help of anyone below Fusion in the Cloud Frontier, while warning Lin Ke and the others not to dwell on what he had revealed.
• Lin Ke approved the project, and Chang Qing revealed three inherited formations before choosing the origin tier superior Cloudglow Formation.

Lin Ke, Zhu Qingge, Fang Du, and Chang Qing planned how to obtain the materials for three great formations, including the Cloudglow Formation. They divided up the search, with Chang Qing entrusting the formation work to the others as they set out to gather what they needed.

• Chang Qing revealed the material lists for the Beacon-Fire Flood Dragon, Chi Dragon Wind-Calling, and Cloudglow formations, and Zhu Qingge supplied crystal cards to fund their purchases.
• Zhu Qingge offered to find the Cloudglow Formation’s Nascent Soul, and Chang Qing revealed that he had his master’s Nascent Soul.
• Chang Qing said they needed twelve merfolk tear crystals, one Wind Feather of the Feathered Folk, three jin of solar essence, and sixty-five avian demon beast Golden Cores.
• Lin Ke volunteered to provide solar essence if he could condense and preserve it, while Zhu Qingge mentioned the distant Dawn Herald Immortal Lord as a possible source.
• Zhu Qingge took responsibility for the Wind Feather, Fang Du agreed to collect avian Golden Cores from the front line, and Chang Qing took charge of finding merfolk tear crystals near the Dianchi Great Marsh.

Lin Ke struggled to find a way to obtain the large amount of solar essence needed for an origin tier superior formation after learning how rare and expensive it was. He suspected the Jade Great Radiance Church might have a source or a method for producing it, and the chapter ended with Grand Elder Hua Wujiang and Lin Quan-meng arriving to visit him.

• Chang Qing gave Lin Ke a bottle of solar essence before leaving to prepare for the formation, while Zhu Qingge and Fang Du went to gather supplies.
• Lin Ke used the Giant Sun Dragonfly to investigate solar essence and concluded that it could consume and control the substance but probably could not produce it.
• Lin Ke tried to preserve solar essence after condensing it with the Giant Sun Dragonfly's Sun Gathering skill, but it vanished as soon as the skill stopped.
• Zong Ya reported that solar essence cost eight thousand per drop and that the Dawn Herald Immortal Lord of the Miao Frontier was the only known source and practitioner of its condensation method.
• Lin Ke wondered whether the Jade Great Radiance Church, a branch sect from the Miao Frontier, might possess solar essence or a way to condense it, and he told Zong Ya of his idea.
• Grand Elder Hua Wujiang and Lin Quan-meng arrived at Lin Ke's territory, and Lin Ke went out to greet them.

Hua Wujiang took Lin Ke to the Golden Wing Sect’s secret records and showed him a vision of the ancient sage Mencius, who had possessed the Myriad-Leak Body. He then offered to explain the realm of the Ancient Sages over tea, leaving Lin Ke with more questions about the sect’s hidden history.

• Hua Wujiang arrived with Lin Quan-meng and invited Lin Ke to view the records on the Myriad-Leak Body, while Lin Quan-meng asked to fight him.
• Hua Wujiang used the Heaven-Spinning Earth-Turning Art to take Lin Ke to a secret cave abode filled with candles containing the Golden Wing Sect’s secrets.
• Hua Wujiang guided Lin Ke to a candle that showed him a vision of Mencius defeating the Merfolk Spirit Marsh Adept with his vast righteousness qi.
• Hua Wujiang explained that Mencius had possessed the Myriad-Leak Body and urged Lin Ke not to tarnish its reputation.
• Hua Wujiang agreed to tell Lin Ke about the Ancient Sages’ realm and began preparing profound-grade tea for them.

Lin Ke learned the cultivation realms beyond Fusion from Hua Wujiang, who also explained why he trusted the sect’s future despite past betrayals. The chapter ended with Hua Wujiang recalling his master’s sacrifice and the words that had shaped his faith in passing on the sect’s legacy.

• Hua Wujiang gave Lin Ke Supreme Grade Profound Tier Jade Ginger Tea, and Lin Ke concealed how much his Embracing Origin Palace could withstand.
• Hua Wujiang explained the cultivation realms from Qi Refining through Great Void, revealing that Purple Mansion cultivators opened the Niwan Palace.
• Hua Wujiang urged Lin Ke not to let what happened with Li Le make him distrust everyone in the sect.
• Hua Wujiang recalled how his master burned his Embracing Origin and Central Pivot Palaces to rescue three hundred captured Dao Foundation disciples.
• Hua Wujiang remembered his dying master’s words: “Only by passing on the flame when the fuel is spent can life continue without end.”

Lin Ke learned more about the Golden Wing Sect’s willingness to protect its legacy and received Mystic Grade tea from Hua Wujiang. Back at the Great Wilderness Cavern, Chang Qing tried to goad Hua Wujiang into obtaining solar essence, and Lin Ke asked him to examine a spirit insect he suspected was connected to it.

• Hua Wujiang told Lin Ke that the sect’s elders watched over their disciples and urged him to seek their help when in trouble.
• Hua Wujiang gave Lin Ke a box of Mystic Grade tea and explained the grades of cultivation materials.
• Lin Ke asked Hua Wujiang for three jin of solar essence, prompting Hua Wujiang to scold Chang Qing for proposing the plan.
• Chang Qing mocked Hua Wujiang for being unable to obtain solar essence, but Hua Wujiang saw through his attempt to goad him into selling his spirit insects.
• Lin Quan-meng agreed that spirit insects lacked the connections and capabilities of formations, and Hua Wujiang started to leave.
• Lin Ke called Hua Wujiang back and asked him to examine a spirit insect that might be connected to solar essence.

Lin Ke learned from Hua Wujiang that the Giant Sun Dragonfly could condense solar essence through a power no known bloodline explained, putting the Golden Wing Sect at risk if the Dawn Herald Immortal Lord discovered it. Hua Wujiang revealed how to store solar essence and urged Lin Ke to master the Giant Sun Dragonfly’s abilities through the Moisture-and-Egg Transformation Method.

• Lin Ke summoned the Giant Sun Dragonfly and used Sun Gathering to form a golden saber infused with solar essence, which he could not store.
• Hua Wujiang made Lin Ke, Chang Qing, and Lin Quan-meng swear secrecy before explaining that the Dawn Herald Immortal Lord could destroy the Golden Wing Sect if he learned about the insect.
• Hua Wujiang said the Giant Sun Dragonfly could condense solar essence despite lacking the Nine-Headed Golden Crow’s bloodline, a talent that threatened the sect.
• Hua Wujiang taught Lin Ke to store solar essence in spirit-grade sand and extract it by melting the sand at high temperature.
• Hua Wujiang explained that the Moisture-and-Egg Transformation Method meant comprehending a spirit insect’s essence and wielding its abilities as naturally as one’s own, and Lin Ke resolved to practice.
• Hua Wujiang left after offering help with matters a Fusion Stage cultivator could handle, and Lin Ke noticed Lin Quan-meng bowing beside him.

Lin Ke learned that Lin Quan-meng was his childhood companion, Lin Ke’er, and she stayed with him while Chang Qing worked outside. Lin Ke and Lin Quan-meng grew closer, and Chang Qing had an epiphany that might let him advance the Cloudglow Formation beyond origin tier.

• Lin Quan-meng told Lin Ke that his parents had rescued and raised her as his child bride, and that bandits abducted her after killing his parents.
• Lin Quan-meng revealed that she had been rescued by the Mengzi Great Tribe and later remembered Lin Ke at the Sect Grand Tournament.
• Lin Ke comforted Lin Quan-meng, and the two spent four hours together inside the stone house.
• Chang Qing realized solar essence might help him fuse the Cloudglow Formation’s foundations and core into a stronger grand formation.
• Lin Ke emerged to find spiritual energy flooding into Chang Qing, who called for Lin Ke to bring out all their spirit stones.

Chang Qing formed a Golden Core and comprehended formation intent while immersed in the Cloudglow Formation. After he thanked Lin Ke and Lin Quan-meng, Lin Ke began experimenting with condensing solar essence, while Lin Quan-meng quietly savored being his Dao Companion.

• Lin Ke and Lin Quan-meng supplied spirit stones as Chang Qing absorbed spiritual energy and formed a Golden Core.
• Chang Qing comprehended formation intent and fully understood the Cloudglow Formation before thanking Lin Ke and Lin Quan-meng for their help.
• Lin Ke congratulated Chang Qing, then returned to his room to study Hua Wujiang's method for condensing solar essence.
• Lin Ke used Moist-Egg Transformation with the Giant Sun Dragonfly and tried to reshape the solar essence saber, but it only condensed and dissipated.
• Lin Quan-meng watched Lin Ke experiment and murmured that being his Dao Companion felt wonderful.

Lin Ke spent days studying the Sun Gathering Method, learning to condense solar essence into increasingly compact shapes but still failing to discover how to store it. As a nearby mulberry tree awakened into a spirit, he wondered whether chlorophyll could hold solar essence instead of sand.

• Lin Ke reflected on his resources and set out to experiment with the Sun Gathering Method while Lin Quan-meng stayed behind to watch him.
• Lin Ke spent days shaping the Sun Gathering Blade into a dagger and testing ordinary and spirit sand, but he could not figure out how to store solar essence.
• Lin Ke continued meditating on Golden Silkworm Peak, where his solar essence nurtured three mulberry trees and drove the Blackgold Silkworms away.
• A mulberry tree developed sentience and called Lin Ke “Daddy,” prompting him to wonder whether chlorophyll could store solar essence.

Lin Ke discovered that his newly awakened mulberry tree could produce a diluted form of solar essence and began experimenting with using it to charge grains of sand. He went to the Scripture Repository to learn more about mulberry trees and was recognized by its mysterious attendant.

• Lin Ke realized chlorophyll might help convert solar essence into energy stored in grains of sand, but he had no way to make it act as a converter.
• The newly awakened mulberry tree condensed a golden drop that Lin Ke identified as diluted solar essence, and he warned it not to produce more without permission.
• Lin Ke learned the tree had absorbed excess solar energy from his experiments and could release it, so he spent three days testing whether it could charge grains of sand.
• Lin Ke went to the Scripture Repository to investigate mulberry-tree varieties and legends, and its hooded attendant asked whether he was Lin Ke from the Green Mulberry Garden.

Lin Ke searched the Scripture Repository for information about the spirit mulberry tree at home and found a travel account describing Three-Legged Golden Crows nesting in Fusang wood. He left with a promising lead about the tree’s possible connection to the legendary grove.

• Lin Ke asked about ancestral reversion, and Senior Brother Qi Tian explained that it could weaken or strengthen a spirit plant and directed him to relevant jade slips.
• Lin Ke exchanged Mystic Vein contacts with Qi Tian, who offered to help him with future problems.
• Lin Ke searched spirit-plant records, spent over a hundred spirit stones, and found nothing about the mulberry tree at his home.
• Lin Ke searched travelogues and biographies, then found Black Tortoise True Lord's Journey to Question Heaven.
• Lin Ke read that the account described ten Three-Legged Golden Crows roosting in a grove of peerless-grade mystic Fusang wood.

Lin Ke investigated whether Solar Essence had awakened ancestral Fusang Wood traits in a mulberry tree and named the awakened tree Lin Fusang. With help from a Giant Sun Dragonfly, they successfully condensed Solar Essence into a golden mulberry, which Lin Ke harvested for testing.

• Lin Ke read an account of the Black Tortoise True Lord meeting the Three-Legged Golden Crows and suspected the Green Mulberry Garden tree was awakening Fusang Wood genes through Solar Essence.
• Lin Ke reasoned that ordinary mulberry trees might preserve dormant Fusang Wood traits and planned to cultivate a Giant Sun Dragonfly on Golden Silkworm Peak.
• Lin Ke named the awakened mulberry tree Lin Fusang and taught him to channel excess Solar Essence into his fruit.
• Lin Fusang gathered sunlight with help from the Giant Sun Dragonfly and concentrated the Solar Essence until one mulberry turned entirely gold.
• Lin Ke caught the golden mulberry, crushed it in a Glazed Glass Bottle, and confirmed that it released thick Solar Essence.