Chapter Summaries

South Peak True One learned that Zhou Xun had formed his core and defeated a Late-Stage Core Formation cultivator, so he sent Xing Huaian to deliver him a letter inviting him to Heaven Han City. Xing Huaian also planned to return to Xu Nation with his fellow disciples to rebuild White Cloud Immortal City.

• True Person Tian Ci urged South Peak True One to invite Forgetful River True One to Heaven Han City, and South Peak True One agreed to send a letter.
• South Peak True One summoned Xing Huaian and told him that Zhou Xun had formed his core and killed the Heaven Feather Sect's First Elder.
• South Peak True One explained that Zhou Xun's strength could help Heaven Han City and gave Xing Huaian a letter to deliver to him.
• Xing Huaian asked to return to Xu Nation and rebuild White Cloud Immortal City, but South Peak True One warned that its spiritual vein would take centuries to recover.
• Xing Huaian told Zhou Buqi, Lu Qingyuan, Yuan Pan'er, and the others about Zhou Xun's breakthrough and announced his plan to return to Xu Nation.

Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi left Heaven Han City for Xu Nation to rebuild White Cloud Immortal City, while Zhou Xun refined a Tier 2 High-Grade puppet. At the Golden Ape Valley pass, the returning disciples met True Person Feng Yun and asked to enter Xu Nation openly.

• Lu Qingyuan, Zuo Qifan, and Ding Jihe refused to return to Xu Nation, choosing to remain in Heaven Han City, while Xing Huaian and Zhou Buqi accepted their decision.
• Three days later, Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi set out for Xu Nation to rebuild White Cloud Immortal City.
• At Forgetful River Lake, Zhou Xun successfully refined a leopard-shaped Tier 2 High-Grade puppet after improving his Puppet Art under Hu Kui's guidance.
• True Person Feng Yun learned that a Core Formation cultivator from Xu Nation had arrived at the Golden Ape Valley pass and went to investigate.
• Xing Huaian identified himself and introduced Yuan Pan'er and Zhou Buqi, then asked True Person Feng Yun to open the pass so they could return to Xu Nation openly.

Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi returned to Xu Nation and reunited with Zhou Xun at Forgetful River Lake. They discovered that Zhou Xun's territory contained a hidden Top-Grade Tier 3 spiritual vein, and Xing Huaian realized he had returned to a place with a cultivation environment rivaling Heaven Han City.

• Feng Yun refused to let Xing Huaian and his companions pass through Golden Ape Valley, but directed them to a checkpoint farther north, where they passed safely.
• Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi decided to visit a market town, learn about Xu Nation, and then find Zhou Xun at Forgetful River Lake.
• After receiving Xing Huaian's message, Zhou Xun left Stillheart Pavilion and warmly welcomed his returning senior siblings at the lake's grand formation.
• Zhou Xun invited Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi to Lakeheart Island and explained that Forgetful River Lake had a visible Tier 2 mid-grade spiritual vein and a hidden Top-Grade Tier 3 spiritual vein.
• Xing Huaian was stunned by the spiritual vein's quality and recognized that Zhou Xun's Dao field rivaled Heaven Han City's cultivation environment.

Zhou Xun welcomed Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, Zhou Buqi, and their companions to Lakeheart Island, where they marveled at his cultivation grounds and spiritual tea. The group discussed rebuilding White Cloud Immortal City, and after they settled in, Xing Huaian privately thanked Zhou Xun for saving him in the past.

• Zhou Xun’s companions asked after Zuo Qifan and the others, and Yuan Pan'er said they had likely stayed in Heaven Han City for its cultivation grounds.
• Zhou Xun brought the group to Lakeheart Island, where they were astonished by its rich Spiritual Qi and flourishing spiritual plants.
• Zhou Xun offered Yuan Pan'er a place to attempt Dan formation and promised her a small island for cultivation.
• Zhou Xun served the guests Spirit Mist Tea, Crimson Spirit Dragonfish, and Peach Blossom Wine.
• Xing Huaian explained that the group planned to rebuild White Cloud Immortal City on its original site while its damaged spiritual vein recovered, and Zhou Xun offered them his cultivation grounds.
• After the others dispersed, Xing Huaian visited Zhou Xun alone and thanked him for saving him before.

Xing Huaian delivered Zhou Xun a letter inviting him to Heaven Han City, where True Person Tian Ci offered clues about the Eastern Wasteland’s ancient upheaval and how to leave it. Zhou Xun decided to attend the city’s grand gathering, reached Foundation Establishment Peak, and went to visit Song Yiqing.

• Xing Huaian told Zhou Xun that six thousand years ago an upheaval had ended the Eastern Wasteland’s ability to produce Nascent Soul cultivators, then handed him a letter from Heaven Han City’s elders.
• Zhou Xun learned from True Person Tian Ci’s letter that a missing substance had prevented him from forming an Immortal Golden Core, and that Tian Ci would share his research into the upheaval and ways to leave the Eastern Wasteland.
• Zhou Xun decided to travel to Heaven Han City in four years for its grand gathering, while Xing Huaian, Yuan Pan'er, and Zhou Buqi settled into their chosen homes.
• Half a year later, Zhou Xun formed his 190th droplet of liquid magic power and reached Foundation Establishment Peak before the age of eighty.
• Zhou Xun left his cultivation chamber and visited Song Yiqing, who was overjoyed to see him.

Zhou Xun advanced his array formation skill to quasi-Tier 3 by upgrading the Corpse Nurturing Ground, then prepared several Bloodfiend Spawns for stronger cultivation. Two years later, at age eighty-two, he continued tempering his body with the Hundred Meridian Body Refining Art.

• Zhou Xun reunited with Song Yiqing, praised her Foundation Establishment progress, and spent time with her before returning to cultivation.
• After three months of study, Zhou Xun refined the Five Elements Yin Gathering Array and tested it at the Corpse Nurturing Ground.
• Zhou Xun confirmed the array succeeded, raising the Yin Qi concentration enough to nurture five True Core-level Bloodfiend Spawns.
• Zhou Xun refined corpses from Heaven Feather Sect's First Elder, Second Elder, Wu Zongdao, and a False Core cultivator, then buried their Bloodfiend Spawns at the upgraded ground.
• Two years passed, and Zhou Xun's Spiritual Root sensitivity rose to seventy-three points after another Tier 3 High-Grade Spirit Herb advanced to Tier 4 Lower Grade.
• At age eighty-two, Zhou Xun circulated the Hundred Meridian Body Refining Art while wearing spiritual ointment made from Tier 2 Top-Grade spirit minerals.

Zhou Xun reached the peak of the sixth level of the Hundred Meridian Body Refining Art, helped the Azure Golden Dragon Carp advance to Tier 2 High-Grade, and prepared to leave for Heaven Han City. Before departing, he went to collect the five Bloodfiend Spawns that had finished being nurtured.

• Zhou Xun refined his body for five days until he reached the peak of the sixth level of the Hundred Meridian Body Refining Art, where he could withstand part of a low-grade magic treasure's power.
• Zhou Xun used the grand formation to gather Spiritual Qi and help the Azure Golden Dragon Carp break through to Tier 2 High-Grade while Song Yiqing and Wei Qiuxin watched.
• Zhou Xun encouraged Wei Qiuxin to keep cultivating after she reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.
• At age eighty-four, Zhou Xun reviewed True Person Tian Ci's letter and decided it was time to travel to Heaven Han City.
• Zhou Xun went to the Corpse Nurturing Ground to retrieve the five Bloodfiend Spawns and used the Bloodfiend Pouch to absorb the Yin Qi.

Zhou Xun prepared his Bloodfiend Spawns, arranged for Xing Huaian to oversee Forgetful River Lake, and set out with Xuan Yunzi and Song Yiqing for the Heaven Han City Grand Gathering. Along the way, a mysterious young man emerged in Hundred Savages Mountain seeking powerful spirit beasts, while Zhou Xun’s party reached Golden Ape Valley.

• Zhou Xun activated five Bloodfiend Spawns and confirmed that they could combine their strength into another Late-Stage Core Formation combat force.
• Xuan Yunzi visited Zhou Xun at Forgetful River Lake, where he invited Zhou Xun and Xing Huaian to attend the Heaven Han City Grand Gathering; Xing Huaian declined.
• Zhou Xun distributed Tier 2 puppets to his disciples and entrusted Forgetful River Lake to Xing Huaian before departing with Xuan Yunzi and Song Yiqing.
• A young man wearing a token marked with the character for “Imperial” emerged from a hidden passage in Hundred Savages Mountain and set off to tame high-grade demon beasts.
• Zhou Xun and his companions traveled north toward Heaven Han City and reached Golden Ape Valley, where True Person Feng Yun warmly welcomed him.

Zhou Xun traveled with Song Yiqing and Xuan Yunzi through the Hundred Thousand Swamps and several nations before reaching Heaven Han City. There, Feng Yue asked Zhou Xun to sell Crimson Flame, and Zhou Xun frowned at the request.

• Zhou Xun spent five days at Golden Ape Valley discussing array formations with True Person Feng Yun, and they agreed to meet again.
• Zhou Xun and Xuan Yunzi discussed the Hundred Thousand Swamps and the prospect of claiming its resources after the miasma dissipated.
• Zhou Xun sampled Du Kang Spirit Wine in Heaven Feather Immortal City before setting out toward Zhao Nation with Song Yiqing and Xuan Yunzi.
• Zhou Xun killed a group of bandit cultivators led by a False Core cultivator and took their nearly million spirit stones.
• Zhou Xun, Song Yiqing, and Xuan Yunzi arrived near Heaven Han City, where Feng Yue offered to buy Crimson Flame.

Zhou Xun refused Feng Yue’s increasingly generous offer to buy the Crimson Flame Marrow Swan, then entered Heaven Han City with Song Yiqing and Xuan Yunzi. After finding the city’s inns full, Zhou Xun unexpectedly met his senior brother Zuo Qifan, who noticed Zhou Xun’s Core Formation aura.

• Feng Yue offered Zhou Xun up to 500,000 spirit stones and a high-grade flying demon beast egg for the Crimson Flame Marrow Swan, but Zhou Xun refused and left with Song Yiqing.
• Feng Yue revealed that his strange beast had memorized Zhou Xun and his companions’ auras so he could track and rob them later.
• Zhou Xun, Xuan Yunzi, and Song Yiqing registered at Heaven Han City’s gate and entered without paying an entry fee because Zhou Xun was a Core Formation cultivator.
• Zhou Xun and his companions admired Heaven Han City’s prosperity, then discovered that its major inns were fully occupied.
• Zuo Qifan greeted Zhou Xun, but his expression changed when he sensed Zhou Xun’s Core Formation Stage mana aura.

Zhou Xun reunited with Zuo Qifan and visited South Peak True One in Heaven Han City, where he learned that True Person Tian Ci wanted to meet him. The chapter ended as Tian Ci arrived with two other prominent cultivators, and Zhou Xun greeted them.

• Zhou Xun met Zuo Qifan in Heaven Han City and introduced him to Xuan Yunzi.
• Zuo Qifan led Zhou Xun and Xuan Yunzi to South Peak True One's Daoist Temple, where South Peak True One welcomed Zhou Xun warmly.
• Zhou Xun and South Peak True One discussed array formations, and South Peak True One recognized Zhou Xun's quasi-Tier 3 skill.
• South Peak True One told Zhou Xun that he would explain the purpose of his letter after they met True Person Tian Ci the next day.
• True Person Tian Ci arrived at Zhou Xun's cave abode with True Person Pill Cauldron, True Person Iron Mountain, and South Peak True One, and Zhou Xun greeted them.

Zhou Xun learned from True Person Tian Ci that the Eastern Wasteland’s depleted Spiritual Qi prevented cultivators from reaching Nascent Soul or forming a true Immortal Golden Core. Tian Ci revealed he had discovered an outsider from another Cultivation World, but had killed him, leaving Zhou Xun without a way out.

• Zhou Xun welcomed True Person Tian Ci, South Peak True One, True Person Iron Mountain, and True Person Pill Cauldron, then brewed Spirit Mist Tea using an ancient method and offered to share its mnemonic.
• Zhou Xun asked about the great migration six thousand years earlier, and True Person Tian Ci explained that a Netherworld Invasion had left a passage sealed at the cost of the Eastern Wasteland’s Spiritual Qi.
• True Person Tian Ci described his exceptional spiritual root, failed attempt to form an Immortal Golden Core, and long stagnation at Peak Core Formation.
• Zhou Xun connected the history to the ghost mist he had encountered in White Cloud Immortal City and Fengyuan, then recounted those experiences to the group.
• True Person Tian Ci said he had found an outsider from another Cultivation World but had beaten him to death after the man offended him.

Zhou Xun agreed to inherit Heaven Han City after True Person Tian Ci offered him a Tier 4 human puppet and the support of the city’s elders. Examining the belongings of a slain outsider, Zhou Xun discovered a token tied to the Spirit Mastery Sect and learned about the powerful Central Continent and its beast-bonding cultivation method.

• True Person Tian Ci asked Zhou Xun to take over Heaven Han City after the elders passed away, offering him a Tier 4 human puppet that could unleash Nascent Soul-level combat strength.
• South Peak True One and True Person Pill Cauldron promised to support Zhou Xun, and he agreed to inherit the city.
• True Person Tian Ci showed Zhou Xun the slain outsider’s belongings, and Zhou Xun recognized a dark bluish-black token bearing the character for “Mastery.”
• True Person Tian Ci explained that the outsider had come from Central Continent and belonged to the Spirit Mastery Sect in Song Nation.
• True Person Tian Ci described the Spirit Mastery Scripture, which advanced cultivators through bonds with life-bound spirit beasts and their bloodline-based cultivation feedback.

Zhou Xun learned that Feng Yue was watching him and prepared to deal with the dangerous Spirit Mastery Sect cultivator. He went to White Jade Pavilion under the name Wang Teng and began negotiating the sale of a defensive magic treasure.

• True Person Tian Ci gave Zhou Xun three Jade Slips and an identity token, explaining that the token could help him find a way out of the Eastern Wasteland.
• Zhou Xun discovered that Crimson Flame had Azure Luan bloodline and deduced that Feng Yue wanted it for his own spirit beast; his Diviner's Compass confirmed Feng Yue was watching him nearby.
• Zhou Xun planned to buy powerful treasures or commission formations before confronting Feng Yue, and decided first to sell some of his possessions.
• Disguised as Wang Teng, Zhou Xun visited White Jade Pavilion and met its shopkeeper Liu Chengren and First Elder Fan Juheng.
• Zhou Xun presented an azure defensive magic treasure for sale, and Fan Juheng expressed strong interest in purchasing it.

Zhou Xun sold several magic treasures, then bought a powerful formation to prepare for his confrontation with Feng Yue. He gave Song Yiqing the Spirit Mastery Scripture and proposed that she contract the Crimson Fire Luan to improve her cultivation prospects.

• Zhou Xun sold three magic treasures to the White Jade Pavilion's First Elder for nearly 1.4 million spirit stones, then sold three more treasures at other merchant associations.
• Zhou Xun commissioned the Icefire Heavy Cloud Formation from South Peak True One for six hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Zhou Xun asked Song Yiqing whether she would change cultivation techniques and explained how the Spirit Mastery Scripture could let her overcome her poor aptitude.
• Zhou Xun proposed that Song Yiqing contract the Crimson Fire Luan as her natal spirit beast, and she agreed to cultivate the new technique.

Song Yiqing contracted the Crimson Flame and learned to fuse with it, while Zhou Xun refined fire-attributed Spirit Feeder Pills for her. After South Peak True One invited Zhou Xun and his companions to Heaven Han City's once-every-fifty-years auction, they arrived at Heaven Han Hall and settled into a private room.

• Song Yiqing studied the Spirit Mastery Scripture, gained the Crimson Flame's consent, and successfully contracted it as her natal spirit beast.
• Zhou Xun bought Tier 2 Demon Cores and spent half a month refining more than twenty bottles of fire-attributed Spirit Feeder Pills for Song Yiqing.
• Song Yiqing demonstrated that fusing with the Crimson Flame boosted her strength, and Zhou Xun judged the technique's power and demanding requirements.
• South Peak True One sent Zhou Xun a message inviting him to Heaven Han City's grand auction, and Zhou Xun brought Song Yiqing along.
• South Peak True One and Xuan Yunzi met Zhou Xun's group, and True Person Huang An welcomed them to Heaven Han Hall's reserved Private Room Armor Three.

Zhou Xun attended Heaven Han City’s auction, where several rare treasures drew fierce bidding. When Feng Yue tried to buy a set of Tier 3 High-Grade offensive talismans, Zhou Xun disguised his voice and bid against him, raising the price to nine hundred thousand spirit stones.

• Li Xiuyuan opened the auction and sold the Fire Cloud Sword and numerous treasures for Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The auction moved on to Core Formation treasures, and Li Family’s young master tried to invoke his clan’s status before True Person Tian Ci warned him to follow the rules.
• Xuan Yunzi bought an Essence Crystallization Pill for three hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Zhou Xun recognized Feng Yue’s voice when Feng Yue bid on six Tier 3 High-Grade offensive talismans and decided to keep them from him.
• Zhou Xun disguised his voice and raised the talisman bid to nine hundred thousand spirit stones, while Feng Yue hesitated.

Zhou Xun watched as the auction’s final item, Mystic Ice Marrow Elixir, sparked a fierce bidding contest. Feng Yue won it for three million one hundred thousand spirit stones, while Floating Cloudzi was expelled for threatening another bidder, and Zhou Xun left the elixir alone.

• Zhou Xun completed his purchase of six high-grade talismans before the auction presented its final item, Mystic Ice Marrow Elixir.
• Feng Yue, Floating Cloudzi, and True Person Ji Xuan bid for the elixir, with Feng Yue raising the price to three million one hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Floating Cloudzi threatened Feng Yue, and True Person Tian Ci used his Tier-4 Human Puppet to throw Floating Cloudzi out of the auction hall for breaking Heaven Han City's rules.
• Zhou Xun decided not to bid against Feng Yue, and True Person Huang An sold the elixir to Feng Yue for three million one hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Feng Yue received the Mystic Ice Marrow Elixir, confirmed its chill matched ancient records, and paid for it with three hundred and ten High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Feng Yue pursued Zhou Xun after he left Heaven Han City, intending to take his Crimson Flame. Zhou Xun lured him into a mountain valley and sprang a trap, but the chapter ended as a cry rang out overhead and the fight escalated.

• Feng Yue used his white elephant spirit beast to track Zhou Xun while Zhou Xun stayed in Heaven Han City and sought alchemy guidance from True Person Pill Cauldron, Qu Yongshou.
• After the grand gathering ended, Zhou Xun left the city, set up the Icefire Heavy Cloud Formation around a remote valley, and continued on as bait.
• Feng Yue caught up with Zhou Xun and demanded that he hand over the Crimson Flame, but Zhou Xun answered with a quasi-Tier 3 Gold Blade Talisman.
• An Earth Origin Beast attacked Zhou Xun from underground, and Zhou Xun used his five Bloodfiend Spawns to bind it while releasing thirty-six Lightning Seeds.
• A loud cry sounded from the sky as the battle continued.

Zhou Xun fought Feng Yue, countering his powerful treasures and the Azure Flame Luan’s fusion before piercing Feng Yue’s head with the Edge of Utmost Sharpness. The Azure Flame Luan survived and revealed that Feng Yue was not truly dead, leaving Zhou Xun facing an unexpected threat.

• Feng Yue sent his Azure Flame Luan after the Bloodfiend Spawn while Zhou Xun attacked Feng Yue with lightning.
• Feng Yue blocked Zhou Xun’s lightning with a Tier 3 mid-grade defensive treasure and tried to bind him with a pair of spatial rings, but Zhou Xun teleported away.
• Feng Yue merged with the Azure Flame Luan using the Transformation Unity Art, and Zhou Xun countered him with Extreme Frost Profound Ice Talismans and Yin Lightning.
• Zhou Xun struck Feng Yue through the head with the Edge of Utmost Sharpness, and Feng Yue’s body fell to the ground.
• The Azure Flame Luan slashed Zhou Xun and declared that Feng Yue was not dead, leaving Zhou Xun astonished.