Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chun stabilized his Violet Palace cultivation and successfully completed the dangerous first Cauldron Shattering and Reforging, mastering the second chapter of the Golden Cauldron Profound Manual. After reuniting with Su Yuzhen, he learned that Bai Bai had advanced and began considering how to obtain Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass, hoping Senior Lin would soon finish her attempt to form a Golden Core.

• After nearly two years of secluded cultivation, Zhou Chun brought his mana cultivation into alignment with his Violet Palace realm and prepared to undergo Cauldron Shattering and Reforging.
• Zhou Chun shattered and reforged his Dao Cauldron with high-quality Metal Qi, then used his soul fire to confirm that the new cauldron had succeeded.
• Zhou Chun mastered the second chapter of the Golden Cauldron Profound Manual and gained the Sky-Splitting Blade and Solid as a Golden Mountain spells.
• Zhou Chun emerged from seclusion and reunited with Su Yuzhen, who congratulated him on opening his Violet Palace.
• Su Yuzhen told Zhou Chun that Silver Lightning Thunder Python Bai Bai had advanced to Second-tier High-grade, and Zhou Chun considered seeking Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass to help it become a Flood Dragon.
• Zhou Chun looked toward Great Zhou Country and wondered whether Senior Lin's attempt to form a Golden Core would soon be complete.

After opening his Violet Palace, Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou Family, where his achievement sparked a clan-wide celebration and drew congratulations from across the region. In Great Zhou Country, Lin Hongyu formed her Golden Core, and Zhou Daoyi returned to Nine Peaks Ridge with the news, making the Zhou Family's celebrations even greater.

• The Su Family Ancestor welcomed Zhou Chun as a true junior after he opened his Violet Palace and invited him to seek cultivation advice.
• Zhou Chun returned to Nine Peaks Ridge, where Zhou Mingde celebrated his achievement and rewarded every Zhou Family cultivator with one hundred Spirit Coins.
• Lin Hongyu formed her Golden Core inside Xiandu Market, and market management fined her and Zhou Daoyi ten thousand Spirit Coins for failing to report it in advance.
• After Lin Hongyu began stabilizing her cultivation, Zhou Daoyi paid the fine, renewed her cave-abode lease, and set out for the Zhou Family with Lin Wan'er.
• Zhou Daoyi returned to Nine Peaks Ridge and told Zhou Mingde that Lin Hongyu had formed her Golden Core, prompting another round of celebration.

After Zhou Chun opened his Violet Palace and Lin Hongyu formed her Golden Core, the Zhou elders devised a plan to hide Lin Hongyu at a Wilderness Expanse stronghold. Zhou Chun traveled there to share the news and was reminded by Sun Yujiao’s approaching death that time and lifespan remained relentless.

• Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun, and Zhou Daoyi discussed how Lin Hongyu could cultivate without revealing her betrayal of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and Zhou Daoyi proposed secretly developing a Wilderness Expanse stronghold with captured bandit cultivators.
• Zhou Mingde approved Zhou Daoyi’s plan and arranged for Zhou Daoyi to offer Lin Hongyu an annual welfare payment and the family’s help gathering spiritual items.
• Zhou Chun obtained four Foundation Establishment Pills, announced the news to the family, and traveled to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold to tell Zhou Daoquan about his Violet Palace breakthrough and Lin Hongyu’s Golden Core.
• Zhou Chun learned from Zhou Zhengyong that Sun Yujiao planned to spend her final years with her birth family, and he reflected on how time had worn down the people he knew.

Zhou Chun inspected the Zhou Family’s Caiyu Valley operations, then visited Lu Ran to ask about Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass for the Silver Lightning Thunder Python. Lu Ran revealed the location of a Flood Dragon’s Lair in exchange for a promise to preserve trade with the Black Spear Tribe after his death, leaving Zhou Chun to consult the elders about the risks.

• Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan agreed that Lin Hongyu could take charge of the Frontier Outpost, and Zhou Chun planned for Xu Fu and his men to supervise incoming bandit cultivators.
• Zhou Chun inspected the Caiyu Valley Stronghold, rewarded Xu Fu and the death warriors with a promised Foundation Building Fruit, and saw that Great Strength had advanced to a second-tier mid-grade Demonic Beast.
• Zhou Chun inspected the Spirit Jade mine and warned Zhou Zhengyong to limit the growth of the tribespeople’s population.
• Zhou Chun visited Lu Ran and asked where he could find Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass to help the Silver Lightning Thunder Python transform into a Flood Dragon.
• Lu Ran offered the location of a Flood Dragon’s Lair in exchange for Zhou Chun’s promise to maintain trade with the Black Spear Tribe after Lu Ran’s death; Zhou Chun deferred his answer until he could consult the elders.
• Zhou Chun reported Lu Ran’s request to Zhou Mingde, who proposed seeking safeguards and discussed severing contact if none could be arranged.

Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde negotiated with Lu Ran over cooperation with the Scaly Frog Tribe, learned the tribe’s language, and inspected the distant location of a Fourth Rank Flood Dragon’s lair. Zhou Chun met Lu Ran’s chosen successor, Ukulu, and the chapter ended with the two exchanging gifts and expressing goodwill.

• Zhou Chun chose to cultivate Golden Gang Slash, Concentric Golden Lock, and the second part of the Flowing Light Golden Rainbow secret art after passing most family affairs to Zhou Jiarui.
• After a family celebration for Zhou Chun’s Violet Palace breakthrough, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde agreed with Lu Ran that the Zhou Family would keep its stronghold’s location secret from the Scaly Frog Tribe’s successor and maintain one-sided contact.
• Lu Ran told Zhou Chun about a Fourth Rank Black Flood Dragon’s lair and led Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde to a safe vantage point near it, where they viewed the underwater forest hiding the lair.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde learned the Scaly Frog Tribe’s language from Lu Ran, and Zhou Chun then met Ukulu, Lu Ran’s chosen successor.
• Ukulu tested Zhou Chun’s Cold Iron Trident, was reprimanded by Lu Ran for his lack of etiquette, and apologized by giving Zhou Chun a precious thousand-year water pearl.
• Zhou Chun accepted Ukulu’s gift, raised him to his feet, and exchanged friendly words with him about their two treasures and the friendship between their races.

Zhou Chun explored the Wilderness Expanse with the Wood Sprite, discovering several valuable spirit medicines and a thousand-year Golden Sword Bamboo. A Third-tier Demonic Beast guarding the bamboo attacked him, then escaped underground, leaving Zhou Chun to turn back to harvesting the treasure.

• Zhou Chun left the Scale Frog Tribe and decided to keep it from growing strong enough to threaten the Zhou Family.
• He explored familiar areas near Dragon Rise Valley with the Wood Sprite and found seven spirit medicines over five hundred years old, along with other rare herbs and fungi.
• The Wood Sprite led Zhou Chun to a stone forest, where he found a thousand-year Golden Sword Bamboo prized for crafting Wood Element Magic Treasures.
• A Third-tier Demonic Beast resembling a quilled badger emerged from underground and attacked Zhou Chun to protect the bamboo.
• Zhou Chun fought back with his defensive spells and magic tools, but the Demonic Beast fled underground before he could kill it.
• Zhou Chun gave up pursuing the Demonic Beast and sent his golden saber to cut down the Golden Sword Bamboo.

Zhou Chun collected a Thousand-Year Golden Sword Bamboo, gave the Wood Sprite a temporary stay in a primeval forest, and organized the Zhou Family’s plans for trade and intelligence gathering. Two months later, he retrieved the stronger Wood Sprite along with valuable spirit medicines, keeping its growth under control as he returned to family affairs.

• Zhou Chun cut down a Thousand-Year Golden Sword Bamboo, found no Metal Qi vein nearby, and brought the bamboo back to the family.
• Zhou Chun let the Wood Sprite roam a primeval forest for two months, then reported his meeting with Ukulu and his plans concerning the Scale Frog alien race to Zhou Mingde.
• Zhou Chun showed Zhou Mingde the Golden Sword Bamboo and ordered Zhou Xintie to refine fifty spear-, lance-, and trident-type magic tools, while directing Zhou Xinlan to prepare cultivation pills for trade.
• Zhou Chun asked Zhou Zhengqing about bandit cultivators and intelligence stations, approved expanding the network, and then entered secluded cultivation.
• After two months, Zhou Chun returned to the forest, collected spirit medicines with the Wood Sprite, and forcibly took it away despite its protests and increased strength.

After three years, Lin Hongyu returned to the Zhou Family as a Golden Core cultivator and pledged to help the family prosper, while the clan planned its next steps in the Wilderness Expanse. Zhou Chun set the bandit-capture operation in motion and rewarded artifact-refining talent Zhou Xintie with a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Lin Hongyu reunited with the Zhou Family’s four Violet Palace cultivators, promised to support the family, and agreed to repay Zhou Chun by handing him the stronghold’s income and remaining ore-vein output.
• Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Daoquan, and Zhou Chun decided not to give Lin Hongyu the family’s hidden Magic Treasure until she had served the family or earned merit.
• Lin Hongyu traveled to the Wilderness Expanse with Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan, while Zhou Zhengyong and Xu Fu returned to the family for their assigned duties.
• Zhou Chun sent Xu Fu, Zhou Zhengbai, and Zhou Xinlan to capture bandit cultivators and support the expansion of the Caiyu Mountain stronghold.
• Zhou Chun gave Zhou Xintie a Foundation Establishment Pill as a personal reward for his artifact-refining talent and work for the Zhou Family.

Zhou Chun learned that Zhou Zhengbai had been severely injured by a Jiang Family cultivator while capturing bandits in Ling Province, and he sought Zhou Mingde’s support to rescue him and punish the Jiang Family. He traveled to the Green Lotus Temple to learn whether it would oppose the Zhou Family’s intervention, and was received by Qing Weizi.

• Zhou Chun brought thirty-five captured bandit cultivators to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold, where he warned them to obey and arranged for Xu Fu to explain their confinement.
• Zhou Chun learned that Zhou Xintie had established his foundation, giving the Zhou Family ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and strengthening its artifact-forging capabilities.
• Zhou Chun learned that two Black Jade Toad tadpoles had survived their metamorphosis into adult toads, potentially providing venom for the family’s Violet Palace cultivators.
• Zhou Jiarui told Zhou Chun that Zhou Zhengbai had been severely injured by a Jiang Family cultivator and had escaped to a market town in Ling Province.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde agreed to rescue Zhou Zhengbai and discuss the Sky Mirror Sect’s likely response; Zhou Chun went to the Green Lotus Temple to meet Qing Weizi.
• Qing Weizi allowed Zhou Chun into the temple, where Zhou Chun paid his respects and considered the Sect Master’s apparent strain.

Zhou Chun led the Zhou Family on a sudden assault against the Jiang Family’s mountain gate, hoping to destroy the clan before the Sky Mirror Sect could intervene. As the Jiang Family rallied to defend itself and called for help, Zhou Chun explained that a prolonged siege could limit the Sky Mirror Sect’s response, then began to say why an even longer delay would be better.

• Qing Weizi encouraged the Zhou Family to act against the Jiang Family and said they need not fear pressure from the Sky Mirror Sect.
• Zhou Chun ordered three Violet Palace cultivators and six Foundation Establishment cultivators to attack the Jiang Family, while Zhou Jiapeng was sent to the prefectural border as a liaison.
• Zhou Daoyi led the group west on Qingqing, and Zhou Daoquan stayed behind at the border as the others flew toward the Jiang Family mountain gate.
• Zhou Mingde led the assault that broke the mountain gate’s forest illusion, and Jiang Shicheng ordered his clansmen to defend the formation and request aid from the Sky Mirror Sect and neighboring families.
• Jiang Shicheng realized Jiang Chuanxiong’s absence was connected to the attack and rallied the Jiang Family to fight to the death.
• Zhou Chun said the siege should last at least half a day so the Sky Mirror Sect’s response would be constrained, then suggested that one day would be even better.

Zhou Chun explained that the Zhou Family should use its attack on the Jiang Family to help Green Lotus Temple punish families that had pledged allegiance to the Sky Mirror Sect. As the Jiang Family’s formation weakened, reinforcements arrived, and the Zhou Family unleashed its full strength, leaving a hidden observer wary of its growing power.

• Zhou Chun persuaded Zhou Mingde and the others to make the campaign against the Jiang Family serve Green Lotus Temple’s wider aims, and the Zhou Family continued its assault without rushing the formation.
• Yu Jinghua received the Jiang Family’s plea for help, but Green Lotus Temple’s two Golden Core cultivators blocked his departure, and True Person Heavenly Mirror told him to handle the matter himself.
• Yu Jinghua summoned the Sky Mirror Sect’s Violet Palace cultivators, who avoided taking responsibility, so he assigned a reluctant Lin-surnamed cultivator to seek aid from families friendly to the Jiang Family.
• After half a day of fighting left the Jiang Family’s protective formation near collapse, two Violet Palace cultivators and five Foundation Establishment cultivators from the He and Guo Families arrived to support it.
• Zhou Mingde ordered the Zhou Family to fight with everything they had, and Zhou Chun transformed Bai Bai into a Thunder Flood Dragon and released his other spirit beasts.
• A hidden observer watched Zhou Chun’s azure and silver Wind and Thunder Twin Flood Dragons dominate the battlefield and resolved to warn the sect master about the Zhou Family’s potential threat.

The Zhou Family broke through the Jiang Family’s mountain gate and overwhelmed its defenders, leaving Jiang Shicheng to order his clansmen to scatter and flee. Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun killed the Guo Family Violet Palace cultivator, while the assault on the Jiang Family continued.

• Bai Bai transformed into a Thunder Flood Dragon and routed the He Family and Guo Family cultivators outside the Jiang Family mountain gate.
• The Zhou Family, its Demonic Beasts, and Zhou Mingde’s spell battered the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation until it broke open and flames engulfed the Jiang Family mountain gate.
• The Azure Flood Dragon entered through the breached formation, and the Zhou Family charged inside as Jiang Family cultivators fled in panic.
• Jiang Shicheng ordered the surviving Jiang Family members to scatter and escape, then fought Zhou Mingde while the He and Guo Family cultivators attempted to retreat.
• Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun joined forces to kill the Guo Family Violet Palace cultivator, and Zhou Daoyi went to aid Zhou Mingde while Zhou Chun pursued the surviving Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After destroying the Jiang Family, Zhou Chun and the Zhou Family searched its mountain gate for treasures, especially its Alchemy inheritance. The secret vault’s self-destruct Formation burned its contents, leaving the Zhou Family to inspect seven items rescued by their Spirit Pets.

• Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun reflected on the Jiang Family’s destruction, and Zhou Zhengqing left to search for news of Zhou Zhengbai.
• The Zhou Family gathered and cremated the dead, then searched the Jiang Family mountain gate and discovered its spirit medicines, Spirit Beast Garden, and other resources.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi plundered the treasure vault, while Zhou Mingde found the secret vault beneath a pool.
• Zhou Xindie said she needed ten days to half a month to attempt a safe breach, but Zhou Chun ordered the Formation broken by force before they had to leave the next day.
• The Zhou Family’s magical artifacts shattered the secret vault’s stone door, triggering its self-destruct Formation, and the Fire God Jackal and Azure Flood Dragon escaped with seven treasures.
• Zhou Xindie identified the flames as the work of the Heavenly Annihilation Earth Fire Formation, and Zhou Chun turned to examine the rescued items for the Alchemy inheritance.

The Zhou Family returned from destroying the Jiang Family with valuable treasures, spiritual resources, and books, then learned that Zhou Zhengbai had been killed inside a market. Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde appealed to Qing Weizi, who agreed to use the killing as grounds to demand justice from the Sky Mirror Sect.

• Zhou Mingde and the others examined the Jiang Family’s seven rescued treasures, including a Pill Book, cultivation records, a damaged treasure map, and a Heaven Reversing Regeneration Pill.
• Zhou Chun urged the Zhou Family to take only what they could safely carry, and Zhou Mingde led the group back to Misty Prefecture with their spoils.
• Yu Jinghua learned that the Zhou Family had destroyed the Jiang Family and resolved to focus on the Green Lotus Temple rather than fear the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Chun organized the returned loot, and the Zhou Family counted more than 127,000 Spirit Coins, thousands of pills, hundreds of magic tools, Spirit Medicines, and the Jiang Family’s books.
• Zhou Zhengqing reported that Jiang Chuanxiong had colluded with the Market Enforcement Team and killed Zhou Zhengbai inside the market, enraging Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde appealed to Qing Weizi, who promised to demand that Yu Jinghua hand over Zhou Zhengbai’s killer and accomplices.

Yu Jinghua rejected Qing Weizi’s demands, and their dispute escalated into open conflict between the Green Lotus Temple and the Sky Mirror Sect. As the Zhou Family prepared for the coming war, Zhou Chun traveled to Great Zhou Country to trade aquatic treasures and reached Sky Abyss Immortal City.

• Yu Jinghua refused to apologize to the Zhou Family, and True Person Heavenly Mirror let him handle the dispute himself.
• Yu Jinghua sent Qing Weizi a defiant letter, so Qing Weizi branded Mausoleum Prefecture cultivators as enemies and ordered them killed on sight in the Three Provinces Region.
• Yu Jinghua issued retaliatory orders, but the families under the Sky Mirror Sect hesitated, while violence between both sides’ subordinate clans spread.
• The Zhou Family honored Zhou Zhengbai’s sacrifice with generous compensation, and Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde discussed preparing for the coming war.
• Zhou Chun traded pills and magical artifacts with the Scale Frog alien race for aquatic treasures, then traveled to Great Zhou Country and arrived at Sky Abyss Immortal City.

Zhou Chun visited Sky Abyss Immortal City, explored its unusual flying rules and bustling markets, and consigned aquatic treasures at Heavenly Abyss Pavilion. He then sold seized magic tools and pills at a discount in the free-trade district, earning tens of thousands of Spirit Coins.

• Zhou Chun arrived at Sky Abyss Immortal City and surveyed its residences, roads, and cultivators from above.
• Zhou Chun explored the commercial district and learned that Heavenly Abyss Pavilion would hold a high-level auction in a month and a half.
• Zhou Chun, using the alias Han Yuan, consigned aquatic treasures at Heavenly Abyss Pavilion for upcoming auctions.
• Zhou Chun set up a stall in the free-trade district and offered magic tools and pills seized from the Jiang Family at sixty percent of market price.
• Zhou Chun sold several hundred magic tools and more than a thousand spirit pills in three or four days, earning tens of thousands of Spirit Coins.

Zhou Chun earned a large sum from selling his water-domain treasures and spent heavily at the Heavenly Abyss Pavilion’s advanced auction, buying a Thousand-Year Lightning Grass for Bai Bai and five High-grade Third-tier Talismans. As he left Sky Abyss Immortal City, he sensed someone following him, revealed the pursuer by fleeing at full speed, and saw a silver-robed young man give chase.

• Zhou Chun collected 53,700 Spirit Coins from his consigned treasures, bringing his earnings in Sky Abyss Immortal City to more than 100,000 Spirit Coins.
• At the advanced auction, Zhou Chun watched costly treasures sell and bought the Thousand-Year Lightning Grass for 100,000 Spirit Coins to help Bai Bai develop its bloodline potential.
• Zhou Chun spent another 45,000 Spirit Coins on five High-grade Third-tier Talismans requested by Zhou Mingde, then left the auction with his purchases.
• After leaving Sky Abyss Immortal City, Zhou Chun sensed he was being watched and used the Flowing Light Golden Rainbow technique to draw out his pursuer.
• A silver-robed young man revealed himself and transformed into a bolt of lightning, chasing Zhou Chun at greater speed.

Zhou Chun was ambushed after winning the Thousand-Year Lightning Grass and found himself outmatched by a silver-robed mid Violet Palace Stage cultivator with powerful lightning techniques and superior magic tools. As his insects and weapons suffered heavy losses, Zhou Chun began preparing to retreat and launched a final counterattack with a third-tier upper-grade offensive talisman.

• The silver-robed young man caught Zhou Chun in the sky and struck him with lightning, forcing Zhou Chun to stop and raise his defenses.
• The young man revealed that he wanted the Thousand-Year Lightning Grass and attacked Zhou Chun with a powerful silver spear that pierced his protections.
• Zhou Chun used a talisman to form spirit-light armor, transformed with the Dragon Transformation Secret Manual, and sent his Mysterious Armor Golden Feather and Flying Fire Scorpion against the young man.
• The silver-robed young man evaded Zhou Chun’s insect attacks and used a thunderous war drum to shake Zhou Chun’s soul, damage his Golden Saber, and kill many Flying Fire Scorpion.
• Recognizing that the young man countered his escape, insects, and magic tools, Zhou Chun decided to retreat and sent the surviving Mysterious Armor Golden Feather and an offensive talisman toward him.

Zhou Chun narrowly escaped Wang Jun of Thunder Cliff Valley after a fierce battle and hid beneath a lake until his pursuer gave up. After recovering from his severe injuries and losses, Zhou Chun left the Great Zhou Country to return to his Lineage, determined to seek revenge in the future.

• Zhou Chun used exploding insects, defensive magic tools, and talismans to delay Wang Jun while fleeing, but Wang Jun’s lightning attacks badly injured him and destroyed several of his treasures.
• Wang Jun identified himself as Wang Jun of Thunder Cliff Valley and tried to kill Zhou Chun, but Zhou Chun blocked the Soul-Capturing Thunder Sound and escaped through a Storm Cage talisman.
• Zhou Chun plunged into a lake and hid in mud at its bottom while Wang Jun searched the waters with lightning and thunder; Wang Jun eventually left without finding him.
• Seven days later, Zhou Chun emerged from the lake, badly injured, and vowed to remember Wang Jun and settle the score when he became strong enough.
• Zhou Chun recuperated in a secluded cave for a month, then left the Great Zhou Country to return to his Lineage.

After learning of dangerous Demonic Insects in the Snowfield, Zhou Chun identified them as likely Frosty Cold Bees and traveled there once his injuries had healed. He overcame their frigid qi with the Moon Toad Treasure Bead and captured the entire swarm, though their true identity remained to be confirmed.

• At Hongyu Peak Stronghold, Fu Changqing told Zhou Chun how strange insects in a Snow Valley had frozen a Frosty Yak to death.
• Zhou Chun searched ancient records and concluded the insects were likely Frosty Cold Bees, then waited in seclusion for his injuries to heal.
• Zhou Chun and Fu Changqing reached the mist-filled Snow Valley, where Zhou Chun sent Fu Changqing away and descended alone.
• Zhou Chun drew out the swarm, whose frigid-qi attacks froze him, but the Moon Toad Treasure Bead absorbed their cold qi and freed him.
• When the Demonic Wasps tried to flee, a strange roar knocked them down, and Zhou Chun sealed all 156 in separate jade boxes.