Chapter Summaries

As White Cloud Immortal City prepared to abandon the city, White Cloud True One entrusted Xing Huaian with its accumulated treasures and the task of rebuilding it. Zhou Xun warned his family and companions to flee, but learned that he could take only ten people and left with the group facing a difficult choice.

• White Cloud True One ordered the cultivators to withdraw secretly, and Zhou Xun proposed leaving within an hour.
• White Cloud True One gave Xing Huaian two Storage Pouches containing the city's accumulated wealth and charged him with restoring White Cloud Immortal City.
• Zhou Xun returned to his cave dwelling, summoned his family and companions, and warned them the city could no longer be defended.
• Zhou Xun explained that he could bring no more than ten people, and Zhou Jimin chose to stay behind with his wife rather than burden the fleeing group.
• Zhou Xun told Wang Erniu to notify the Lin family after they left, then flew to the eastern city gate, where White Cloud True One was waiting.

White Cloud True One evacuated Zhou Xun and his fellow disciples from White Cloud Immortal City, then fought Demon King Huangyuan to cover their escape. As the beast horde closed in, he urged the city's residents to flee and faced Azure Feather Demon King and the other Great Demons alone.

• White Cloud True One secretly carried Zhou Xun, his fellow disciples, and their families out aboard a concealed tower ship, but Demon King Huangyuan spotted them and attacked.
• White Cloud True One gave Xing Huaian a control token and held off Demon King Huangyuan while Zhou Xun and the others scattered to escape.
• True Person Jin Hong abandoned the plan to wait for the remaining cultivators and led his gathered forces out through the South City Wall.
• Lin Yuanru ordered the Lin family to flee through the North City Gate after learning that White Cloud True One had withdrawn.
• White Cloud True One returned to the city, announced that it could no longer be defended, and lifted the restrictions that prevented residents from leaving.
• Azure Feather Demon King confronted White Cloud True One outside the Mountain Protection Grand Formation as five Great Demons blocked the eastern approach.

White Cloud True One lured the beast horde to White Cloud Mountain and detonated part of its spiritual vein, killing most of the Demon Kings while Azure Feather Demon King escaped badly injured. After Zhou Xun and his companions headed toward Forgetful River Lake, two demon hawks caught up with them.

• White Cloud True One mocked the five Demon Kings, fled to White Cloud Mountain, and activated the formation linked to its spiritual vein.
• The spiritual vein’s explosion killed Demon King Huangyuan, Demon King Huyu, Demon King Fengyong, and Demon King Xuanlang, while Azure Feather Demon King survived with grave injuries and fled.
• Zhou Xun, Zhou Jinsong and his wife, Wang Erniu, and the others traveled toward Forgetful River Lake after leaving the flying ship.
• Two demon hawks caught up with the group, and Zhou Xun told Wang Erniu to take one while he handled the other.

Zhou Xun and Wang Erniu killed two demon hawks before a tremendous blast destroyed White Cloud Immortal City, apparently at the cost of White Cloud True One’s life. Zhou Xun reached the ruins, seized two great demon corpses, and escaped True Person Jin Hong’s pursuit.

• Zhou Xun killed two Tier 2 demon hawks with his flying sword and Golden Wheel Artifact, impressing Wang Erniu.
• A powerful shockwave leveled White Cloud Immortal City and part of White Cloud Mountain, leaving Zhou Xun to fear that White Cloud True One had perished.
• Zhou Xun gave the Blackscaled Armadillo to Song Yiqing and flew toward the ruined city, where he found four great demon corpses and no sign of the azure serpent.
• Zhou Xun stored the giant bear and Demon King Huyu corpses before fleeing as True Person Jin Hong and another Cloud Radiance Sect cultivator arrived.
• True Person Jin Hong pursued Zhou Xun but could not catch his faster Sky-Shunning Talisman, and Zhou Xun changed direction after escaping.

After escaping True Person Jin Hong, Zhou Xun discovered that the green ape could consume demon souls and harvested valuable materials from two Great Demons. Meanwhile, Xing Huaian mourned White Cloud True One and vowed to rebuild White Cloud Immortal City as Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators fled the beast horde.

• Zhou Xun escaped True Person Jin Hong with the Sky-Shunning Talisman and released the awakening green ape, which consumed the souls of the giant bear and Demon King Huyu.
• Zhou Xun dissected the two Great Demons, obtaining a third-tier mid-grade bear inner core, a third-tier low-grade snow fox inner core, and other valuable materials.
• Xing Huaian saw the destruction of White Cloud Immortal City, realized White Cloud True One had sacrificed himself, and vowed to rebuild the city after kowtowing toward White Cloud Mountain.
• Two Cloud Radiance Sect False Dan cultivators led Foundation Establishment cultivators out through the South City Wall while the beast horde pursued and intercepted them.

After White Cloud Immortal City fell, Xing Huaian fled the beast tide but was ambushed by Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators. He killed Fang Xu True One with an exploding Dharma treasure and, pursued by Yun Feng True One, called out to Zhou Xun for help as Yun Feng launched a blood-powered attack.

• Xing Huaian rested on a barren mountain after escaping the beast horde, where Yun Feng True One, Fang Xu True One, and Li Wanshan spotted him and decided to kill him.
• Xing Huaian fled and refused Yun Feng True One and Fang Xu True One’s offer to travel together, then used Tier 3 talismans to fight them off.
• Xing Huaian detonated a golden seal, killing Fang Xu True One, and fled while suffering backlash from his cultivation-boosting secret technique.
• Zhou Xun saw two figures pursuing one another and prepared to detour, but Xing Huaian flew toward him and shouted for his help.
• Yun Feng True One used a secret technique to launch a Blood-Coagulating Blood Diamond at Xing Huaian.

Zhou Xun intervened when Yun Feng True One attacked the badly wounded Xing Huaian, using talismans to challenge the False Dan cultivator. After trapping Yun Feng True One’s claw magic treasure, Zhou Xun’s five golden blades struck his Tier 3 defense, which held firm.

• Yun Feng True One struck Xing Huaian down, leaving him barely alive, and Zhou Xun recognized both men.
• Zhou Xun decided to save Xing Huaian and stop Yun Feng True One, then attacked with a Gold Blade Talisman and a gray talisman treasure.
• Yun Feng True One’s enhanced claw strike cracked Zhou Xun’s Diamond Talisman barrier but did not break it.
• Zhou Xun used an Entangling Talisman to trap Yun Feng True One’s claws and sent five Gold Blade Talismans at him.
• Yun Feng True One activated a Tier 3 low-grade Defense Talisman, which endured the golden blades with most of its power remaining.

Zhou Xun defeated Yun Feng True One after exhausting his talismans and using a quasi-third-rank puppet to restrain the man’s claw. He then subdued the badly injured Xing Huaian and began reaching for the Storage Pouches that likely held White Cloud True One’s treasures.

• Zhou Xun rejected Yun Feng True One’s offer of fifty thousand spirit stones and overwhelmed him with attack talismans.
• When Yun Feng True One broke free of the vine ball and sent his claw toward Zhou Nian, Zhou Xun’s giant ape puppet caught and restrained it.
• Zhou Xun drained Yun Feng True One’s shield with repeated spells, killed him, and took his Storage Pouch.
• Xing Huaian recalled how he had lured Yun Feng True One toward Zhou Xun while fleeing, then watched Zhou Xun defeat the formidable False Dan cultivator.
• Zhou Xun recognized a Storage Pouch on Xing Huaian as matching one associated with White Cloud True One and inferred that it contained the immortal city’s treasures.
• Zhou Xun knocked Xing Huaian unconscious and reached toward the Storage Pouches at his waist.

Zhou Xun searched the Storage Pouches taken from Xing Huaian and discovered that one held White Cloud Immortal City's treasures and another contained its cultivation records and rare spirit herbs. He claimed a Tier 3 High-Grade Dan Yuan Ginseng for himself, seeing it as a chance to improve his spiritual root and pursue higher realms.

• Zhou Xun returned Xing Huaian's personal Storage Pouch after seeing the Foundation Establishment treasures inside.
• Zhou Xun found White Cloud True One's Wood Radiance Gourd, pill refining furnace, defensive shield, Liu Bo'an's Fire Essence Ruler, and other Immortal City treasures in another pouch.
• Zhou Xun found spirit stones, talismans, materials, and cultivation records among the Immortal City's remaining stores.
• Zhou Xun discovered nearly a hundred spirit-herb boxes, including a Tier 3 High-Grade Dan Yuan Ginseng, and placed it in his own Storage Pouch.
• Zhou Xun examined the remaining boxes and found dozens of rare spirit herbs, ranging from Tier 2 Top Grade to Tier 3 Mid Grade.

Zhou Xun discovered two Essence Crystallization Pills among Xing Huaian’s belongings and divided White Cloud True One’s treasures between them. After healing Xing Huaian and leaving him in a cave, Zhou Xun headed toward Forgetful River Lake, while Xing Huaian later woke and realized someone had saved him.

• Zhou Xun found the Essence Nurturing Bottle hidden in a Spirit Isolation Wood box and discovered two Essence Crystallization Pills inside.
• Zhou Xun stored one pill for himself and decided to divide White Cloud True One’s other treasures with Xing Huaian.
• Zhou Xun took spirit herbs, several magical treasures, eleven High-Grade Spirit Stones, and materials for his Body Refinement Art, leaving the remaining treasures for Xing Huaian.
• Zhou Xun fed Xing Huaian a healing elixir, treated his injuries, left him in an empty cave, and flew toward Forgetful River Lake.
• Two days later, Xing Huaian awoke in the cave and realized that the elder who had approached him after Yun Feng True One’s death had spared and healed him.

Zhou Xun met South Peak True One, who learned that White Cloud True One had sacrificed himself to save his disciples and took Zhou Xun to the ruins of White Cloud Immortal City. After investigating White Cloud Mountain, South Peak True One discovered that its Tier 3 Spiritual Vein could recover, leaving open the possibility of rebuilding the city.

• Xing Huaian found that most of his treasures were gone, though he had survived and kept an Essence Crystallization Pill.
• South Peak True One caught up with Zhou Xun, verified his identity, and learned that White Cloud True One had detonated the spiritual vein to destroy the Beast Tide.
• Zhou Xun recounted the Beast Tide and White Cloud True One's sacrifice to South Peak True One.
• South Peak True One took Zhou Xun aboard his flying vessel and brought him to the ruins of White Cloud Immortal City.
• South Peak True One honored White Cloud True One and investigated White Cloud Mountain, finding that its Tier 3 Spiritual Vein could recover.

South Peak True One told Zhou Xun that White Cloud Immortal City could be rebuilt after its spiritual vein recovered, then confronted Cloud Radiance Sect First Elder True Person Yun Yi over the city’s lands. The chapter ended with Yun Yi promising that the sect would honor White Cloud True One’s inheritance, while warning that his surviving disciples might struggle to protect it.

• South Peak True One agreed to stay at Zhou Xun’s abode and gather White Cloud True One’s scattered disciples.
• South Peak True One laid a powerful formation near a mountain range before approaching eight Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators led by True Person Yun Yi.
• True Person Yun Yi learned that White Cloud Immortal City had been destroyed and prepared to return to Juntian City, but South Peak True One told him the Beast Tide had collapsed after White Cloud True One sacrificed himself.
• True Person Yun Yi mourned White Cloud True One publicly while inwardly considering the Cloud Radiance Sect’s chance to reclaim White Cloud Immortal City’s territory.
• South Peak True One reminded True Person Yun Yi that White Cloud True One’s seven disciples had inherited the lands, and Yun Yi promised the sect would honor its agreement but questioned their ability to defend them.

Zhou Xun brought South Peak True One to Forgetful River Lake, where the elder agreed to stay and improve the island’s protective formation. After greeting Song Yiqing and arranging for his returned family and fellow disciples, Zhou Xun began inspecting the spoils taken from Yun Feng True One.

• True Person Yun Yi and South Peak True One agreed that the Cloud Radiance Sect would oversee White Cloud Immortal City's territory until Xing Huaian reached True Core.
• South Peak True One arrived at Forgetful River Lake with Zhou Xun and identified flaws in the Vajra Five Elements Formation, offering to strengthen it.
• Song Yiqing welcomed South Peak True One, and Zhou Xun told her the elder had come to help; she reported that their relatives and companions had reached the lake safely.
• Zhou Xun arranged a new cave abode for South Peak True One and planned to visit his settled relatives the next day.
• Zhou Xun sealed his cultivation chamber and inspected one of Yun Feng True One's Storage Pouches, finding beast materials, over seventy thousand spirit stones, pills, and two Tier 3 materials.

Zhou Xun returned to Forgetful River Lake with valuable treasures after the Beast Tide retreated and reunited with his family and Wang Erniu. He learned the lake remained safe, rewarded Wei Qiuxin, and asked her to summon White Cloud True One’s disciples to the lake.

• Zhou Xun discovered Qingyuan True One’s defensive magical treasure and other valuable items in the second Storage Pouch.
• Zhou Xun reunited with Wang Erniu, Zhou Jinsong, and the others, then explained that White Cloud True One had detonated the spirit vein and died to cripple the Beast Tide.
• Zhou Xun warned Zhou Jinsong and Wanying to stay at Forgetful River Lake because the demon beasts had scattered across the region.
• Wei Qiuxin returned the formation control token and told Zhou Xun that two of her dragonfish had advanced to Tier 1 high-grade.
• Zhou Xun gave Wei Qiuxin a High-Grade Mystic Tool and instructed her to announce that South Peak True One summoned White Cloud True One’s disciples to Forgetful River Lake.

Zhou Xun hosted South Peak True One at Forgetful River Lake and asked him for guidance on the Water Curtain Heavenly Bloom Grand Formation. South Peak True One discovered Zhou Xun’s exceptional formation talent and spent three days teaching him, then they arrived together on a small island.

• Wei Qiuxin learned that South Peak True One was at Forgetful River Lake and promised Zhou Xun she would spare no effort in the matter he had assigned her.
• Zhou Xun served South Peak True One Crimson Spirit Dragonfish and Peach Blossom Wine at Stillheart Pavilion.
• Zhou Xun asked South Peak True One to explain why he kept failing to complete the Water Curtain Heavenly Bloom Grand Formation.
• South Peak True One learned that Zhou Xun had become a Tier 2 Low-Grade Array Formation Master at forty-eight and was impressed by his talent.
• South Peak True One taught Zhou Xun array formations without reservation for three days.
• Zhou Xun and South Peak True One descended onto a small island in Forgetful River Lake.

Zhou Xun successfully established the Water Curtain Heavenly Bloom Grand Formation and advanced to a Tier 2 mid-grade Array Formation Master under South Peak True One’s guidance. Over the following months, Lu Qingyuan, Zuo Qifan, and Tian Yu reached Forgetful River Lake, but Xing Huaian and the other disciples remained missing.

• Zhou Xun tested his newly refined Water Curtain Heavenly Bloom Grand Formation, and its barrier withstood a Tier 2 mid-grade offensive talisman.
• South Peak True One guided Zhou Xun in formations for half a year, sharing his inheritance and helping him rapidly master Tier 2 mid-grade formations.
• Lu Qingyuan arrived at Forgetful River Lake with his descendants, and Zhou Xun and South Peak True One welcomed him.
• Lu Qingyuan told Zhou Xun and South Peak True One that he had settled in a nearby market town after fleeing, and he had no news of their other senior brothers.
• Zuo Qifan and Tian Yu arrived a month later, but Xing Huaian and no further disciples appeared during the following month.

Wang Erniu left to help the Lin family rebuild Red Leaf Square, while Zhou Xun waited anxiously for news of Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian. The two missing cultivators were fleeing Song family pursuers toward Forgetful River Lake, hoping South Peak True One could save them.

• Wang Erniu told Zhou Xun that the Lin family had returned to Red Leaf Square, then left with Lin Xue'e while Lin Youhe and the others stayed behind.
• A month later, Yuan Pan'er and Ding Jihe arrived, but Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian remained missing, prompting South Peak True One to worry.
• Zhou Xun reassured South Peak True One and arranged to spread news to neighboring nations.
• Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian fled Song family cultivators after discovering that the family had uncovered White Cloud True One's hidden treasury at Butterfly Flower Valley.
• The Song family pursued the pair into Xu Nation, determined to capture them and seize White Cloud True One's remaining treasures.

Zhou Xun arrived as the Song family caught Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian near Forgetful River Lake, and killed a pursuing cultivator with a talisman. As the Song family Elder attacked Zhou Xun, a hidden figure appeared behind him.

• The Song family cultivators caught Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian as their exhausted flight toward Forgetful River Lake faltered.
• The Elder restrained Zhou Buqi and prepared to seize both men, while Zhou Buqi tried to warn his junior brother away.
• Zhou Xun saw the pursuit near Forgetful River Lake and flew out to stop the Song family, sending a Message Talisman to South Peak True One.
• The Elder ordered Jinshu to capture Zhou Xun, but Zhou Xun killed Jinshu with a nourished Tier 2 Mid-Grade Ice Spike Talisman.
• The Elder formed an azure giant hand to attack Zhou Xun, who called for his Uncle-Master, and a hidden figure appeared behind him.

South Peak True One arrived to save Zhou Xun, Zhou Buqi, and Xing Huaian from the Elm Ridge Song Family, then swiftly killed Song Yuankang and the other attackers. He left one terrified survivor alive to carry a message to Song Shiwun.

• South Peak True One broke the Song Family cultivators' giant hand attack with his mid-stage True Core power and approached their flying boat with Zhou Xun.
• South Peak True One treated the injured Xing Huaian with a medicinal Dan, then confronted Song Yuankang over the attack on White Cloud's disciples.
• South Peak True One rejected Song Yuankang's offer of compensation and killed him and the other Song Family cultivators with a golden, translucent shadow.
• South Peak True One let Zhou Xun choose two Storage Pouches from the fallen cultivators' spoils.
• South Peak True One spared the long-faced young man so he could deliver a message to Song Shiwun.

Zhou Xun and the surviving White Cloud Immortal City disciples reunited at Lakeheart Island, where they learned Xing Huaian’s injuries might damage his foundation and affect his ability to form Dan. Meanwhile, a survivor reached the Elm Ridge Song Family with news of Lu Henghua’s killings, leaving Patriarch Song Yuanqing horrified.

• South Peak True One released the long-faced Song Family survivor and ordered him to tell Song Shiwun that Lu Henghua was waiting at Forgetful River Lake.
• Zhou Xun and South Peak True One returned to Lakeheart Island, where Zhou Buqi reunited with the other disciples and they learned Xing Huaian was gravely injured.
• Zhou Xun explained that the Elm Ridge Song Family had pursued Zhou Buqi and Xing Huaian, and he said South Peak True One had demanded justice from them.
• South Peak True One warned Zhou Buqi that Xing Huaian’s injuries might affect his ability to form Dan, but offered to take him to a skilled third-rank Spirit Physician in Zhao Nation.
• The long-faced young man reached the Elm Ridge Song Family after ten days and told Patriarch Song Yuanqing that Lu Henghua had killed Ninth Granduncle and more than ten other Song Family cultivators.