Chapter Summaries

Xu Nation gained the upper hand in its battle against Heaven Feather Sect as True Person Maple Moon pressed Wu Zongdao and Wang Erniu’s squad broke through an enemy formation. The fighting continued to turn in Xu Nation’s favor until a Mid-Stage Core Formation cultivator rushed from Heaven Feather Sect’s camp.

• True Person Maple Moon recognized Wu Zongdao and attacked him with three Dharma treasures, forcing him to struggle on the defensive.
• True Person Yun Yi gained a slight advantage, while True Person Jin Hong and Xuan Qingzi fought their opponents to a draw; Xu Nation’s False Core forces also took fewer losses than Heaven Feather Sect.
• Wang Erniu ordered his squad to surround and bombard a Heaven Feather Sect force with talismans until its defensive barrier shattered.
• Wang Erniu killed the enemy squad’s two Foundation Establishment cultivators and helped wipe out its remaining members before moving to aid nearby battles.
• A streak of yellow light carrying Mid-Stage Core Formation pressure sped from Heaven Feather Sect’s camp toward the battlefield.

Heaven Feather Sect’s reinforcements forced Xu Nation’s army to retreat, turning the war into a stalemate after Feng Nation sent Song Shiwun to even the True Core forces. A year later, Wang Erniu had become renowned as the Golden Light Sword Immortal, but after killing a Heaven Feather Sect cultivator, he and his companion were confronted by the Jade Fan Young Master.

• Heaven Feather Sect’s First Elder arrived with nearly ten thousand reinforcements, prompting True Person Yun Yi to order Xu Nation’s troops to withdraw to Golden Fate Valley.
• Xu Nation suffered heavy casualties during its retreat, and True Person Yun Yi ordered compensation for fallen Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Xu Family.
• Feng Nation sent Song Shiwun as a True Core reinforcement, bringing both sides to parity and reducing the conflict to recurring large battles and scattered skirmishes.
• Wang Erniu gained fame as the Golden Light Sword Immortal after killing more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators in a year.
• Wang Erniu killed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Heaven Feather Sect cultivator, but the Jade Fan Young Master appeared and threatened him and his companion.
• Wang Erniu’s Foundation Establishment Late Stage companion recognized the Jade Fan Young Master and fled on a flying artifact.

Wang Erniu escaped the notorious Jade Fan Young Master, while Zhou Xun spent more than a year cultivating and advancing his skills at Forgetful River Lake. After successfully drawing and spirit-sealing a Tier 2 High-Grade Gold Blade Talisman, Zhou Xun returned to Lakeheart Island and received letters from Wang Erniu and Lin Xueying.

• The white-robed Jade Fan Young Master killed the burly man, but Wang Erniu escaped with the talisman Zhou Xun had given him.
• Zhou Xun spent more than a year cultivating at Forgetful River Lake and improved his array formation, alchemy, and other skills.
• Zhou Xun successfully drew and spirit-sealed a Tier 2 High-Grade Gold Blade Talisman, becoming a Tier 2 High-Grade Talisman Master.
• Zhou Xun drew more than thirty additional high-grade talismans before leaving seclusion to return to Lakeheart Island.
• Song Yiqing reported that letters from Wang Erniu and Lin Xueying had arrived, and handed them to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun learned that Heaven Feather Sect infiltrators were heading into Xu Nation and moved his allies to safety at Forgetful River Lake. Meanwhile, Feng Wuji prepared to lead an elite squad into Xu Nation to build momentum for forming his Golden Dan.

• Zhou Xun read Wang Erniu’s letter about his advancement to Foundation Establishment Level 5 and his narrow escape from the Jade Fan Young Master, Feng Wuji.
• Lin Xueying warned Zhou Xun that Heaven Feather Sect had sent an elite squad through Golden Ape Valley, and Zhou Xun urged Fang Tianlun and his wife to abandon Five Willow Mountain and shelter at Forgetful River Lake.
• Feng Wuji told his teacher that he planned to provoke Xu Nation’s True Dan cultivators to forge the momentum he needed to form his Golden Dan, and his teacher allowed him to go.
• A squad of ten Heaven Feather Sect cultivators crossed the Golden Ape Valley defensive line, while Zhou Xun secluded himself to draw more than twenty escape talismans.
• Zhou Xun summoned Fang Tianlun, Wei Qiuxin, Shi Wanrong, Zhou Jinsong, and the others, leaving them gathered in his reception hall, where Lin Xiuyin asked her younger brother why Zhou Xun had called them together.

Zhou Xun warned his disciples and subordinates that Heaven Feather Sect had sent False Core cultivators into Xu Nation, ordering them to stay near Forgetful River Lake and suspend trade. After Sun Yuanque described the attack on the Yan Family, Zhou Xun examined a damaged Heaven Feather Sect token, apparently a communication device.

• Zhou Xun told everyone that Heaven Feather Sect had sent elite squads led by a False Core cultivator into Xu Nation and ordered them to remain within twenty li of Forgetful River Lake and suspend spiritual material transactions.
• Zhou Xun distributed escape talismans and instructed everyone to withdraw if the situation became untenable.
• Sun Yuanque told Zhou Xun that Heaven Feather Sect cultivators had attacked the Yan Family at Bald Eagle Ridge, destroyed its formation, and killed many of its cultivators before reinforcements arrived.
• Sun Yuanque explained that Kuhe Zhenren had slain one attacker and given him the cultivator's belongings, then offered Zhou Xun the treasures to inspect.
• Zhou Xun took a damaged azure-black token and a standard-issue flying sword, then examined the token after Sun Yuanque departed.

Zhou Xun tracked the Heaven Feather Sect squad to Five Willow Mountain and learned that Dragon Convergence True One planned to attack Forgetful River Lake. Zhou Xun prepared an ambush, and the attackers were trapped inside the lake’s protective formation.

• Zhou Xun used Sun Yuanque’s token and his divination art to locate the Heaven Feather Sect cultivators at Five Willow Mountain.
• Dragon Convergence True One persuaded his squad to keep attacking Xu Nation holdings and chose Forgetful River Lake as their next target.
• Zhou Xun ordered his subordinates to stay inside the formation, then went to Lakeheart Island to prepare the formation and test the Demonic Spirit Transformation.
• Dragon Convergence True One led his eight companions toward Forgetful River Lake and ordered them to attack.
• Zhou Xun raised a light barrier around the lake, trapping the squad; Dragon Convergence True One called for retreat, but Zhou Xun altered the scene before him with the command flag.

Zhou Xun used a Tier 3 Low-Grade array formation to kill the eight Heaven Feather Sect cultivators accompanying Dragon Convergence True One, then sent his Green Serpent Demonic Spirit after the last survivor. Dragon Convergence True One wrongly believed the formation would soon run out of power, and was left battered after the serpent’s first attack as it prepared to strike again.

• Zhou Xun activated the Inferno Hell Transformation, and its fireballs killed the eight Heaven Feather Sect cultivators surrounding Dragon Convergence True One.
• Dragon Convergence True One tried to break out of the formation with the Green Source Pearl and a green greatsword, but remained trapped after half an hour of bombardment.
• Zhou Xun sent his Green Serpent Demonic Spirit into the molten hell to attack Dragon Convergence True One.
• Dragon Convergence True One recognized the Demonic Spirit Transformation and mistakenly concluded that the formation would soon run out of power.
• The serpent’s homing sphere of light struck Dragon Convergence True One, damaging the Green Source Pearl and leaving him protected only by a cyan barrier.
• The Green Serpent Demonic Spirit charged up a brighter second attack as Dragon Convergence True One tried to recover.

Zhou Xun killed Dragon Convergence True One and collected the Heaven Feather Sect cultivators’ wealth, then began refining the fallen pseudo-Dan cultivator into a Bloodfiend Spawn. The refinement triggered a divine-soul backlash as the Azure Ape emerged from the Azure Ape Pennant.

• Dragon Convergence True One used a third-grade Defense Talisman against the green serpent’s attack, but the remaining light spheres shattered his defenses and killed him.
• Fang Tianlun, Fairy Moonbright, Zhou Jinsong, Shi Wanrong, and other witnesses were shocked by Forgetful River Lake’s strength as news of the pseudo-Dan cultivator’s death spread.
• Zhou Xun searched Dragon Convergence True One’s Storage Pouch and found more than two hundred thousand spirit stones’ worth of loot, including a third-grade artifact-refining inheritance and two magical treasures.
• Zhou Xun inventoried the eight Foundation Establishment cultivators’ Storage Pouches, bringing the total haul to more than three hundred thousand spirit stones, then began refining Dragon Convergence True One’s corpse into a Bloodfiend Spawn.
• Dragon Convergence True One’s residual divine soul attacked Zhou Xun during the refinement, and Zhou Xun released the long-sleeping Azure Ape from the Azure Ape Pennant.

Zhou Xun began raising Dragon Convergence True One’s corpse as a Bloodfiend Spawn, while news of his victory at Forgetful River Lake spread across Xu Nation. The Cloud Radiance Sect decided to reward him and planned to prepare for a possible Heaven Feather Sect reprisal.

• The Azure Ape absorbed Dragon Convergence True One’s remnant soul, and Zhou Xun began refining the corpse into a puppet.
• Zhou Xun used divination to find the Land of Four Yin, placed the half-finished corpse in an Extreme Yin Corpse Raising Formation, and concealed the site.
• Heaven Feather Sect infiltrators attacked clans and markets across Xu Nation, while the Cloud Radiance Sect struggled to catch them and learned that Zhou Xun had wiped out a squad at Forgetful River Lake.
• The Cloud Radiance Sect Leader approved Zhou Xun’s 48,000-spirit-stone bounty and assigned Sun Qishan to prepare for a possible Heaven Feather Sect attack on Forgetful River Lake.
• Sun Qishan told Sun Yuanque that Zhou Xun’s third-rank low-grade formation had helped defeat the Heaven Feather Sect False Dan cultivator.

Sun Qishan prepared to bring Sun Yuanque to Forgetful River Lake, while Heaven Feather Sect’s infiltrators learned that Dragon Convergence True One had died there and devised a plan to exploit the Xu Nation’s likely defenses. Zhou Xun continued cultivating as another confrontation approached.

• Sun Qishan told Sun Yuanque that the Sect Leader wanted to meet Zhou Xun and deliver his reward, and promised to accompany him.
• At the Golden Ape Valley front line, True Person Yun Yi and the other cultivators praised Zhou Xun’s defeat of the Heaven Feather Sect squad, while Maple Moon True One regretted failing to kill him earlier.
• Feng Wuji’s gathered infiltrators learned that Dragon Convergence True One had died at Forgetful River Lake, and Hu Shan swore to avenge him.
• Feng Wuji proposed racing toward Forgetful River Lake to draw Xu Nation forces there, leaving other places vulnerable to attack.
• Sun Qishan brought Sun Yuanque and six False Dan cultivators to Forgetful River Lake, while Zhou Xun cultivated in his chamber, wary of another attack.

Zhou Xun collected a large bounty from Sun Yuanque and agreed to hold off Heaven Feather Sect cultivators while Cloud Radiance Sect reinforcements waited nearby. As Zhou Xun cautiously prepared for an attack at Forgetful River Lake, Heaven Feather Sect’s invading force instead approached the Sun Family.

• Zhou Xun received a message that Sun Yuanque had come to visit, then welcomed him in the reception hall.
• Sun Yuanque delivered 48,000 Spirit Stones as the sect’s bounty for the Heaven Feather Sect cultivators Zhou Xun had killed.
• Sun Yuanque revealed that Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators were lying in ambush nearby and asked Zhou Xun to keep any attacking Heaven Feather Sect force occupied until reinforcements arrived; Zhou Xun agreed.
• After Sun Yuanque left, Zhou Xun used the spiritual tea he had brought to track him, discovered the nearby ambush, and raised a faint barrier around Forgetful River Lake.
• More than thirty Heaven Feather Sect cultivators approached the Sun Family grounds, and the Sun Family watchmen rang the great bell to raise the alarm.

Heaven Feather Sect attacked and destroyed the Sun Family, then advanced toward Forgetful River Lake while Zhou Xun anticipated their plan and strengthened the settlement there. Elder Meng entered Forgetful River Quarter to gather intelligence, where he heard cultivators praise Zhou Xun's strength.

• Heaven Feather Sect cultivators broke the Sun Family's protective formation and slaughtered the family.
• Sun Qishan learned of the massacre and led more than sixty cultivators toward the Sun Family, while Feng Wuji's group detoured toward Forgetful River Lake.
• Feng Wuji halted his group near the lake and sent Elder Meng ahead to scout; Zhou Xun received Sun Qishan's warning and prepared for a possible attack.
• Zhou Xun concluded that the enemy might be luring Sun Qishan away before attacking Forgetful River Lake, and worried that the Foundation Establishment cultivators could evade his formation.
• Zhou Xun established Forgetful River Quarter for the gathered rogue cultivators and placed Wei Qiuxin in charge of setting it up.
• Elder Meng registered at Forgetful River Quarter, entered a tavern, and overheard cultivators say they had come there because Zhou Xun could withstand Heaven Feather Sect.

Elder Meng confirmed that the Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators had left to pursue the Sun Family, allowing Feng Wuji and the Heaven Feather Sect to launch their attack on Forgetful River Lake. Zhou Xun activated his formation as Feng Wuji and four False Core elders entered, while the sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators waited outside.

• Elder Meng tracked the Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators’ spiritual traces and reported to Feng Wuji and Hu Shan that they were heading toward the Sun Family.
• Feng Wuji and Hu Shan decided to move against Forgetful River Lake while the Cloud Radiance Sect cultivators were away.
• Zhou Xun spotted more than thirty Heaven Feather Sect cultivators approaching, sent messages to his followers, and activated the Vajra Five Elements Formation.
• Feng Wuji assigned Hu Shan and Elder Li to confront the formation’s demonic spirit, while Elder Wu and Elder Meng protected him as he activated a Restriction Breaking Talisman.
• Feng Wuji and four False Core elders entered the formation, where Zhou Xun raised a barrier and engulfed them in a blazing lava-and-flame illusion.

Zhou Xun ambushed Feng Wuji’s group and used his Azure Serpent, Ape Puppet, and Wood Radiance Gourd to kill Elder Li. He survived Elder Meng’s sudden dagger attack, leaving the gaunt elder shocked that Zhou Xun’s Body Refinement Art had blocked his lethal strike.

• Zhou Xun recognized the Restriction Breaking Talisman and ordered the Azure Serpent to attack while sending his Ape Puppet after Hu Shan and launching the Wood Radiance Gourd at Elder Li.
• Elder Li and Hu Shan fought off the Azure Serpent together, but Elder Li diverted his Bronze Seal to save Hu Shan from the Ape Puppet.
• Zhou Xun’s Wood Radiance Gourd struck Elder Li after his defenses failed, killing him, and Zhou Xun collected the fallen Bronze Seal.
• Elder Meng sent his Bronze Long-Glaive at Zhou Xun, then vanished and used a Golden Dagger to attack him by surprise.
• Zhou Xun’s defenses shattered, but his sixth-layer Body Refinement Art stopped the dagger at his arm, stunning Elder Meng.

Zhou Xun defeated the Heaven Feather Sect’s False Core Elders while Feng Wuji activated a Restriction Breaking Talisman. After Zhou Xun dispelled the formation and exposed Feng Wuji’s mistaken belief that Cloud Radiance Sect was behind the ambush, Feng Wuji prepared to face him.

• Zhou Xun killed Elder Meng with a punch after the Elder’s mana ran out, leaving Hu Shan trapped by the Ape Puppet and Elder Wu badly injured.
• Elder Wu swallowed a forbidden pill and charged the green snake to buy Feng Wuji time to escape, while Zhou Xun sent the Wood Radiance Gourd after Hu Shan.
• The Wood Radiance Gourd shattered Hu Shan’s barrier and killed him, as Zhou Xun ordered the green snake to spare Elder Wu’s body for use as Bloodfiend Spawn material.
• Elder Wu activated the Restriction Breaking Talisman, and Zhou Xun used the Control Command Flag to dispel the formation as a powerful beam shot into the sky.
• Feng Wuji realized the mission had collapsed, apologized to Elder Wu, and challenged Zhou Xun while mistakenly calling him Cloud Radiance Sect.

Zhou Xun confronted Feng Wuji, the Jade Fan Young Master of Heaven Feather Sect, and the two began a fierce battle. Zhou Xun boosted his power and sent the Wood Radiance Gourd at Feng Wuji again, while Feng Wuji gathered his Lightning Seeds into a second shield.

• Zhou Xun revealed that he was alone, and Feng Wuji realized he had mistaken him for a Cloud Radiance Sect cultivator before challenging him to a fight.
• Feng Wuji summoned a storm of lightning and twelve Lightning Flood Dragons, which attacked Zhou Xun and his azure snake demon spirit.
• Zhou Xun sent the Wood Radiance Gourd at Feng Wuji, breaking a shield formed from four Lightning Seeds before Feng Wuji's defensive treasure blocked the next strike.
• Zhou Xun used the Blood-Burning Secret Art and Sky-Shunning Talisman to strengthen himself, then powered up the Wood Radiance Gourd for another attack as Feng Wuji formed a second Lightning Seed shield.

Zhou Xun defeated Feng Wuji and wiped out the Heaven Feather Sect cultivators who had infiltrated Xu Nation. He kept Feng Wuji alive as a candidate for a second incarnation, while Feng Wuji secretly pretended to remain unconscious and plotted to kill him.

• Zhou Xun breached Feng Wuji's defenses with the Wood Radiance Gourd and Blood Escape technique, then bested him in a brutal hand-to-hand fight.
• Zhou Xun captured the unconscious Feng Wuji with a Spirit Sealing Talisman and collected the spoils of battle.
• Zhou Xun and the green serpent demon spirit used the Mountain Protection Grand Formation to eliminate the remaining Heaven Feather Sect cultivators at Forgetful River Lake.
• Zhou Xun recovered using a Tier 2 High-Grade spirit herb and decided Feng Wuji's Lightning Spiritual Root made him an ideal second incarnation.
• Feng Wuji woke, pretended to remain unconscious, and resolved to kill Zhou Xun before he could become a threat to the Heaven Feather Sect.

Zhou Xun used a quasi-Tier 3 Spirit Sealing Talisman to immobilize Feng Wuji and prepared the One Qi, Three Purities secret art. He began the ritual with Feng Wuji as its target, and an ancient force commanded Feng Wuji’s soul to depart.

• Feng Wuji woke up unable to move or sense his mana, and Zhou Xun told him the quasi-Tier 3 Spirit Sealing Talisman had sealed him.
• Feng Wuji feared Zhou Xun would enslave him, but Zhou Xun ignored him and carved the restrictions required for the One Qi, Three Purities secret art.
• Zhou Xun activated a spirit-replenishing restriction with a High-Grade Spirit Stone and confirmed it could restore his mana.
• Zhou Xun lit Spirit Soothing Incense, calmed his mind, and began performing the secret art on Feng Wuji.
• Feng Wuji realized he was at the center of a rare ritual, then an ancient force descended upon his soul and ordered it to depart.

Zhou Xun successfully refined Feng Wuji into his second incarnation, inheriting his memories, cultivation, and exceptional Lightning Spiritual Root. He began familiarizing himself with the powerful Purple Firmament Lightning Art and planned to continue along Feng Wuji’s cultivation path.

• Feng Wuji’s soul was drawn away through a seven-colored gate, and Zhou Xun used a Mystic Gesture to begin transferring his intent into Feng Wuji’s body.
• Zhou Xun inherited Feng Wuji’s memories, including his rise to Foundation Establishment Peak, his choice of the Purple Firmament Lightning Art, and his defeat during the war in Xu Nation.
• Zhou Xun recognized Feng Wuji’s exceptional talent and declared that he would fulfill Feng Wuji’s long-cherished wish.
• Zhou Xun completed the second incarnation, shut down the Spirit Replenishing Restriction, and meditated while the incarnation familiarized itself with the Purple Firmament Lightning Art.
• Zhou Xun reviewed the art’s demanding requirements, its Lightning Seed, and its secret techniques, including True Lightning Manifestation, True Lightning Shield, and True Lightning Sword.

Zhou Xun studied the Lightning Seed techniques, began refining four new Bloodfiend Spawns, and returned to Lakeheart Island to inspect the spoils from the Heaven Feather Sect cultivators. He found a second Essence Crystallization Pill among Feng Wuji’s belongings, and the chapter ended as he considered why Feng Wuji had carried it on a dangerous mission.

• Zhou Xun learned that Lightning Seeds could power Thunder Escape and the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation.
• Zhou Xun stopped the Azure Ape from absorbing all four corpses’ lingering souls and began refining Hu Shan into a Bloodfiend Spawn.
• Zhou Xun refined the other three corpses, then buried all four Bloodfiend Spawns at the Corpse Nurturing Ground.
• Zhou Xun examined Feng Wuji’s Storage Pouch and found spirit herbs, powerful talismans, and a replacement Sky-Shunning Talisman.
• Zhou Xun discovered an Essence Crystallization Pill in Feng Wuji’s pouch and wondered why Feng Wuji had carried it during the mission.