Chapter Summaries

After Mu Xuanfeng brought Zhou Chun back to Nine Peaks Ridge, Zhou Daoyi rewarded him for his mission and assigned him to remain with the Zhou Family. Zhou Chun inventoried and refined his recovered magic tools, purified his Rock Earth Turtle with Purifying Spirit Water, and arrived at Hundred Medicine Peak to collect his elixirs.

• Mu Xuanfeng escorted Zhou Chun to Nine Peaks Ridge, where Zhou Daoyi rewarded him with a bottle of Spring Sun Pills and three bottles of Beast Spirit Pills and told him to remain with the family.
• Zhou Chun returned to his residence, inventoried the Storage Bag Mu Xuanfeng had returned, and found four magic tools, seven talismans, books, and fifty-seven Spirit Coins.
• Zhou Chun refined three first-grade mid-tier magic tools and tested their capabilities, including the flying tool and the iron shield.
• Zhou Chun fed Purifying Spirit Water to his Rock Earth Turtle and made sure it had been cleared of Turbid Fiendish Energy.
• Zhou Chun went to Hundred Medicine Peak to collect his elixirs and surveyed the spirit medicine seedlings growing there.

Zhou Chun exchanged a hundred-year Wild Spirit Ginseng for Spring Sun Pills and discovered that one pill greatly accelerated his cultivation. He then left a mysterious snake egg with Zhou Daoquan for study, awaiting word on whether it could be hatched.

• Zhou Chun collected Spring Sun Pills and Beast Spirit Pills from Zhou Mingshan, then traded his Wild Spirit Ginseng for three more Spring Sun Pills.
• Zhou Chun fed the Rock Earth Turtle three Beast Spirit Pills and refined one Spring Sun Pill, which saved him months of cultivation and helped him break through an acupoint.
• Zhou Chun visited Zhou Daoquan on Flying Stone Peak and asked him to examine the mysterious snake egg obtained from the Mu Family.
• Zhou Daoquan agreed to research the snake egg and promised to let Zhou Chun form a contract with it if he found a way to hatch it.

After Zhou Zhengyong asked Zhou Chun to help find a bloodline-enhancing treasure for his Crimson Tail Monkey, they investigated a group of monkeys and discovered Vermillion Sun Fruit in their valley. They planned to bring Zhou Jiapeng along for protection before setting out.

• Zhou Chun continued cultivating as Rogue Cultivators took over more Spirit Cleansing Pavilion guard shifts, and his Rock Earth Turtle grew stronger.
• Zhou Zhengyong asked Zhou Chun to help find a spiritual object that could improve his Crimson Tail Monkey's bloodline, and Zhou Chun agreed but urged him to investigate first.
• Zhou Zhengyong scouted the location and found twelve or thirteen Crimson Tail Monkeys, including a First-grade High-tier Monkey King, and Vermillion Sun Fruit in their valley.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong decided they needed a powerful elder to protect them, then chose Zhou Jiapeng and began preparing for the trip.

Zhou Chun, Zhou Zhengyong, and Zhou Jiapeng entered a valley on Red Peach Ridge and fought the Crimson Tail Monkey troop. After driving the monkeys away without exterminating them, Zhou Jiapeng led the group to investigate the treasure they had been guarding.

• Zhou Jiapeng sent his Iron Feather Eagle to scout the valley and confirmed that no other demonic beasts or cultivators were nearby.
• Zhou Jiapeng led Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong into the valley, where wild monkeys attacked them and he drove the monkeys off with green needles.
• The three Zhou Family cultivators fought the Crimson Tail Monkey troop, and Zhou Chun killed two monkeys with his magic artifacts.
• The monkey king and the surviving monkeys fled after nearly half the troop was killed, and Zhou Jiapeng stopped the Iron Feather Eagle from pursuing them.
• Zhou Jiapeng explained that the family should preserve wild demonic beasts as potential Spirit Pet breeding partners, then led the group to search for the troop's treasure.

Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong found an unripe Vermillion Sun Fruit tree and waited for a Zhou Family elder to transplant it, but the Crimson Tail Monkeys returned with a powerful Vajra Monkey. Zhou Chun helped Zhou Zhengyong escape, then fled the Vajra Monkey by flying over the ravines and rested on a mountain peak.

• Zhou Chun persuaded Zhou Zhengyong that transplanting the Vermillion Sun Fruit tree could earn him family rewards even if its current fruits did not survive.
• Zhou Jiapeng returned to the Zhou Family to fetch an elder while Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong guarded the tree.
• The Crimson Tail Monkeys returned with a First-grade High-tier Vajra Monkey, and Zhou Chun proposed that Zhou Zhengyong escape while he held it off.
• Zhou Chun and his Rock Earth Turtle fought the Vajra Monkey long enough for Zhou Zhengyong to flee with his Crimson Tail Monkey.
• Zhou Chun bound the Vajra Monkey with a Thorn Entanglement Talisman, flew away on his magical artifact, and escaped across the ravines before landing to rest.

Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou Family after helping capture the Crimson Tail Monkeys and earn the friendship of Zhou Zhengyong and Zhou Jiapeng. Three months later, he learned that the Zhou Family would join a regional martial arts tournament and resolved to prepare for a chance to reach the Youth Group’s top ten.

• Zhou Daoquan rescued Zhou Chun and the badly burned Zhou Zhengyong, captured the unconscious monkeys, and transplanted the Vermilion Sun Fruit Tree.
• Zhou Jiapeng refused to search for the Vajra Monkey’s nest and led Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong back to the lineage, where Zhou Daoyi rewarded them for their efforts.
• Zhou Chun visited the recovering Zhou Zhengyong and sought advice from Zhou Jiapeng, strengthening his ties with both clansmen.
• Zhou Jiapeng told Zhou Chun that the Zhou Family would join a Daoist martial arts competition with four other local families in six months.
• Zhou Chun learned that reaching Level Eight Qi Refining could give him a chance to place in the Youth Group’s top ten and resolved to prepare.

Zhou Chun prepared for the Five Great Families’ martial arts competition, reached Level Eight Qi Refining, and traveled alone to Red Cliff Market to seek a high-tier magic tool. He arrived safely after avoiding attacks by flying high above the rogue cultivators.

• Zhou Chun learned the competition rules and decided he needed a First-grade High-tier magic tool to improve his chances.
• Zhou Chun tried to borrow Spirit Coins from fellow clansmen, but most planned to compete and the others had too little money to lend.
• The Zhou Family announced that participants could bring only five talismans per match and would hold an internal selection because each group could send only ten cultivators.
• Zhou Chun learned that the family treasury had almost no worthwhile First-grade High-tier magic tools left, then broke through to Level Eight Qi Refining after taking his eighth Spring Sun Pill.
• Zhou Chun visited Zhou Daoyi, received a warning to travel carefully, and left Nine Peaks Ridge for Red Cliff Market.
• Zhou Chun flew high above the Red Rock Mountain Range and reached Red Cliff Market without being attacked.

Zhou Chun disguised himself to trade in Red Cliff Market, sold a magic tool, and gathered valuable spirit herbs before visiting Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to shop for a first-grade high-tier offensive magic tool. After inspecting three options, he showed Steward Liu his funds so he could examine more of the shop’s inventory.

• Zhou Chun noticed that Li's Medicine Shop had opened in Red Cliff Market and disguised himself to avoid recognition by former Three Absolute Sect cultivators.
• Zhou Chun sold his Golden Willow Blade for fifty-nine Spirit Coins and bought a two-hundred-year-old Red Lingzhi Mushroom and other spirit herbs.
• After fourteen days, Zhou Chun purified the spirit herbs and went to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, where clerk Lan Zhi introduced him to Steward Liu Feng.
• Liu Feng showed Zhou Chun the Golden Goose Blade, Flame Sparrow Banner, and Minor Thousand Mountain Seal, but said he would need to verify Zhou Chun’s means before showing him more.
• Zhou Chun agreed and displayed his funds to Steward Liu.

Zhou Chun traded his Spirit Medicines and coins for the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel, then took precautions against being tracked and began his return journey from the market. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Steward Liu considered whether to spread news about Zhou Chun’s possible Spirit Medicines but decided against it.

• Zhou Chun chose the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel and exchanged it for his Spirit Medicines and fifty-seven Spirit Coins.
• Steward Liu wondered whether Zhou Chun had more Spirit Medicines and considered revealing the information, but hesitated because the Zhou Family might be testing the factions.
• Zhou Chun burned the box and clothes from the transaction, searched himself for tracking marks, and refined the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel.
• After familiarizing himself with the new magic tool, Zhou Chun left the market and traveled back on the ground instead of flying over the Red Rock Mountain Range.

Zhou Chun was ambushed by a husband-and-wife pair of bandit cultivators in the Red Rock Mountain Range, but he turned their attack into a chance to test his strength. The pair unleashed high-tier talismans against him, and the chapter ended as Zhou Chun prepared his response.

• Zhou Chun ignored a staged cry for help, then detected an ambush and blocked the triangular-eyed man's Flame Spear with his black iron shield.
• The red-gauze woman appeared behind Zhou Chun, and the couple attacked him from both sides with magic tools.
• Zhou Chun released his Rock Earth Turtle to raise a stone wall and used his Moon Blade Meteor Wheel to smash the triangular-eyed man's Flame Spear and damage his shield.
• The triangular-eyed man and the red-gauze woman unleashed a Fire Snake Talisman and a Golden Spear Talisman at Zhou Chun.
• Zhou Chun responded to the talisman attack in a way that left the triangular-eyed man dumbfounded.

Zhou Chun defeated and killed the triangular-eyed bandit cultivator, then recovered from the fight and searched the man’s belongings. Among the spoils, he found a rare ore that could benefit the Rock Earth Turtle in the future and a useful concealment art, leaving with the battle’s gains secured.

• Zhou Chun and the Rock Earth Turtle thwarted the triangular-eyed man and red-veiled woman’s attacks, forcing the woman to retreat while the man offered his Storage Bag in exchange for escape.
• Zhou Chun let the triangular-eyed man walk away, then attacked and killed him with the Moon Blade Meteor Wheel; he found the man’s hidden Storage Bag and burned the corpse.
• The red-veiled woman returned to the scene, discovered her husband’s death, and collapsed in grief.
• Zhou Chun recovered his magic power, examined the loot, and learned that an earth-yellow ore could help the Rock Earth Turtle evolve once it was strong enough to consume it.
• Zhou Chun found the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art in Feng Zhen's Miscellaneous Talks and recognized it as a valuable disguise and breath-concealment technique.

Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou Family with the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art and presented it to Zhou Daoyi, earning praise for his contribution and account of defeating rogue cultivators. After identifying items Zhou Chun had taken from the rogue cultivators, Zhou Daoyi decided not to pry into Zhou Chun’s private affairs, while Zhou Chun awaited his reward.

• Zhou Chun returned to the Lineage, restored his spiritual power, and went to Pagoda Peak to meet Zhou Daoyi.
• Zhou Chun presented Feng Zhen's Miscellaneous Talks and the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art, which Zhou Daoyi praised as a valuable secret art.
• Zhou Chun recounted his battle with a rogue cultivator couple, and Zhou Daoyi warned him against taking unnecessary risks.
• Zhou Daoyi identified Zhou Chun's Ginseng Yellow Pill and Tianhuang Stone and advised him to feed the stone to his Rock Earth Turtle later.
• Zhou Daoyi said he would discuss Zhou Chun's reward with the elders, then chose not to investigate how Zhou Chun had acquired the Spirit Coins for his magic tool.

Zhou Chun received generous clan rewards for contributing the Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Art and gained access to the Zhou Family Book Repository’s second floor. He chose a defensive secret art and learned that Zhou Daoquan expected to make progress studying his exotic beast egg within half a year.

• Zhou Chun waited for the clan’s reward and considered his chances in the upcoming selection tournaments.
• Zhou Daoyi awarded Zhou Chun elite clansman status, three hundred Merit Points, and permission to choose one secret art.
• Zhou Daoquan opened the restriction to the Book Repository’s second floor, where Zhou Chun selected the Five Elements Spirit Armor Art.
• Zhou Daoquan told Zhou Chun to remain nearby because his study of the exotic beast egg might yield results within half a year.

Zhou Chun and the other Zhou Family representatives traveled to the Wang Family’s Red Medicine Valley for the Five Great Cultivation Families’ Daoist martial arts competition, riding Patriarch Zhou Daoyi’s Azure Cloud Python. They were welcomed into the Wang family’s expansive medicinal valley, where Zhou Chun wondered whether all the spirit medicines there truly belonged to the family.

• Zhou Chun placed fifth in the Youth Group selection tournament, while Zhou Jiapeng took second place in the Elite Group, and the selected participants received talismans and rosters of rival cultivators.
• Zhou Daoyi released his Azure Cloud Python and carried twenty Zhou Family cultivators through the sky toward Red Medicine Valley.
• The Zhou cultivators admired the spectacle and scenery as the python flew, while Zhou Daoyi privately reflected on how unlikely it was to evolve the beast into a Flood Dragon.
• The Azure Cloud Python reached the Wang Family’s mountain gate, where Wang Zhixiong welcomed Zhou Daoyi and the Zhou cultivators inside.
• Zhou Chun and his companions saw the Wang Family’s vast medicinal fields, and Zhou Chun suspected the medicines might not all belong to the family.

Zhou Chun and the Zhou Family cultivators arrived at the Wang Family residence, where they joined the other families’ gathering. Zhou Chun reluctantly accompanied Zhou Zhengyong to meet several female cultivators and found himself warmly welcomed as they asked about his age and expertise in spirit beasts.

• Wang Zhixiong invited Zhou Daoyi to meet visiting Foundation Establishment cultivators while the Zhou Family juniors went to mingle with cultivators from the other families.
• At Dan Gui Courtyard, the gathered cultivators welcomed the Zhou Family and resumed a spell-casting contest with a Spirit Coin betting pool.
• Zhou Zhengyong encouraged Zhou Chun to bet and then persuaded him to accompany him to meet unmarried female cultivators.
• Zhou Chun introduced himself and Zhou Zhengyong to four female cultivators, who welcomed them and asked him about beast taming.
• Zhou Chun answered questions about his age and spirit-beast expertise while learning more about the women’s circumstances.

Zhou Chun attended the Five Great Cultivation Families’ gathering and entered the Daoist martial arts competition, where he defeated Wang Zhenzhen in his opening match. He returned to recover his magic power, knowing he still needed more victories to secure a place in the top ten.

• Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong socialized with young cultivators from the Five Great Cultivation Families, and Zhou Zhengyong attracted attention by showing off his Water Moon Rabbit.
• After the family patriarchs finished their discussions, the Youth Group competition began at the Wang Family of Red Medicine Valley, and Zhou Chun drew Jia Five Yang.
• Zhou Chun faced Wang Zhenzhen, who used a Golden Armor Talisman and a first-grade high-tier magic tool against him.
• Zhou Chun revealed his Moon Blade Meteor Wheel and sent the Rock Earth Turtle to attack Wang Zhenzhen, eventually outlasting her defenses until she admitted defeat.
• Zhou Chun returned to his seat and circulated his cultivation method to recover for his next matches.

Zhou Chun advanced through the youth group competition and faced He Chengfeng for a place among the top ten. As their decisive match reached its critical moment, the family heads debated the advantage of Spirit Pets in arena battles.

• Zhou Chun defeated a Level Eight Qi Refining cultivator from the Mu Family and advanced to the third round.
• Zhou Zhengyong conceded to Zhou Zhengkang, then fretted that he had let down Sun Yujiao; Zhou Chun comforted him.
• Zhou Zhengtao defeated his opponent to secure a place in the top ten.
• Zhou Chun drew He Chengfeng, while Wang Zhixiong predicted Zhou Chun would win because of his Rock Earth Turtle Spirit Pet.
• Zhou Daoyi defended the Zhou Family's use of Spirit Pets against other family heads, and Zhou Chun's match with He Chengfeng reached its critical moment.

Zhou Chun defeated He Chengfeng and secured a place in the Youth Group's top ten, then chose not to pursue the top three. Zhou Zhengkang won first place with his two Crimson Flame Wolves, and after the Elite Group results were announced, the Family Heads went to present the rewards.

• Zhou Chun used his Rock Earth Turtle and limited talismans to defeat He Chengfeng, earning a place in the top ten.
• Zhou Chun told Zhou Zhengyong he would not compete for the top three, while Zhou Zhengtao and another Mu Family cultivator also forfeited their chances.
• Zhou Zhengkang defeated Wang Zhenhong with his two first-grade high-tier Crimson Flame Wolves and advanced through the top-three competition.
• Zhou Zhengkang won first place, prompting cultivators from the other families to accuse the Zhou Family of cheating and several Family Heads to consider banning Spirit Pets.
• The Elite Group results gave the Zhou Family two top-ten places but no top-three finish, and Wang Zhixiong invited the Family Heads to present the rewards.

After the Daoist martial arts competition ended, Zhou Chun chose Jade Ginseng Pills as his reward and returned to the Zhou Family, where Zhou Daoyi announced rewards for the competitors. The chapter left Zhou Zhengkang designated as a Foundation Establishment seed, a decision Zhou Zhengyong expected to stir trouble among the older Zhou Family elders.

• The winners received their prizes, and Zhou Chun chose two bottles of Jade Ginseng Pills from the reward list.
• The Zhou Family returned to Nine Peaks Ridge on Zhou Daoyi's Azure Cloud Python, impressing the other families.
• Zhou Daoyi praised the Zhou Family competitors and announced promotions, secret art opportunities, and Lineage Merit Points as rewards.
• Zhou Daoyi proposed that Zhou Zhengkang become a Foundation Establishment seed with priority access to Foundation Establishment resources.
• Zhou Zhengyong warned Zhou Chun that older elders might resent Zhou Zhengkang's designation, but Zhou Chun advised them to stay out of the elders' affairs.

Zhou Chun reunited with his mortal parents and siblings after they were relocated near Nine Peaks Ridge, then helped them settle into their new lives. Later, Zhou Daoquan summoned him and revealed that the mysterious snake egg was ready to hatch and contract.

• Zhou Chun welcomed his parents to Nine Peaks Ridge and agreed they would continue living in the town outside the mountain.
• After half a month, Zhou Chun escorted his parents back to town, met his siblings, and gave his relatives special pills.
• Zhou Chun visited his family each month and helped them manage problems in their new settlement.
• Zhou Daoquan summoned Zhou Chun to Flying Stone Peak and teased him about repaying a favor.
• Zhou Daoquan showed Zhou Chun the mysterious snake egg, which had developed enough life force to be contracted and hatched.