Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chun uncovered immense spoils in Jiang Zhong’s Storage Bag, including two Golden Core formation spiritual items, and offered Lin Hongyu half, but she gave them all to him and asked him to help Lin Wan’er open the Violet Palace. After Qing Lingzi confirmed Zhou Chun’s victory over Jiang Zhong, Zhou Chun revealed Lin Hongyu’s Dragon Transformation Sect past to Qing Weizi, who threatened the Zhou Family until Zhou Chun invoked the Green Lotus Jade Token to seek exemption from their crime.

• Zhou Chun found more than four hundred thousand Spirit Coins and two Golden Core formation spiritual items among Jiang Zhong’s spoils, then offered Lin Hongyu half of his gains.
• Lin Hongyu refused the spoils and asked Zhou Chun to find spiritual items that could help Lin Wan’er open the Violet Palace; Zhou Chun promised to help.
• Qing Lingzi arrived at Nine Peaks Ridge, examined the dead Demonic cultivators and their artifacts, and agreed to testify to Zhou Chun’s victory before the Alliance Merit Award Department.
• Zhou Chun told Qing Lingzi that the Zhou Family’s Golden Core cultivator was Lin Hongyu, a former Red Dragon Guardian who had left the Dragon Transformation Sect, and Qing Lingzi brought him to meet Qing Weizi.
• Qing Weizi threatened the Zhou Family over concealing Lin Hongyu’s origins, so Zhou Chun presented the Green Lotus Jade Token and reminded him that it could pardon the family’s grave offense.

Zhou Chun used the Green Lotus Jade Token to settle the Zhou Family’s responsibility for sheltering Lin Hongyu, and Qing Weizi offered protection if she joined the Heavenly Spirit Legion. After learning how Zhou Chun slew Jiang Zhong, Qing Weizi invited him to become a nominal disciple and compete for the Seven Heroes of Tianling; Zhou Chun left to consult his family before deciding.

• Qing Weizi accepted Zhou Chun’s Green Lotus Jade Token and agreed that Green Lotus Temple would not pursue the Zhou Family over Lin Hongyu’s identity.
• Qing Weizi said Lin Hongyu could secure protection from the three sects by joining the Heavenly Spirit Legion until the war ended, and Zhou Chun said he would ask her first.
• Zhou Chun explained how his beasts, insects, artifacts, and Lin Hongyu’s intervention had enabled him to kill Jiang Zhong.
• Qing Weizi urged Zhou Chun to compete for the Seven Heroes of Tianling and offered to accept him as a nominal disciple, promising that Zhou Chun would keep the benefits and receive further support.
• Zhou Chun said he would discuss the offer with his elders before deciding, then left Green Lotus Temple.
• Qing Lingzi questioned whether Zhou Chun would be easy to control, but Qing Weizi said he had his own arrangements.

Zhou Chun sought advice about Qing Weizi's offer to make him her nominal disciple and have him compete for a place among the Seven Heroes of Tianling. After revealing his victory over Jiang Zhong and the Zhou Family's Golden Core ancestor, Lin Hongyu, to the Su Family Ancestor, he heard that he should not go to the battlefield without a way to survive a Golden Core demonic cultivator's attack.

• Zhou Chun told Lin Hongyu that Qing Weizi wanted her to join the Heavenly Spirit Legion, and Lin Hongyu agreed on the condition that Qing Weizi keep her identity and origins secret.
• Zhou Chun told Zhou Mingde about Qing Weizi's offer, but Zhou Mingde opposed his battlefield plans because the Yuanmo Legion and the Corpse Demon Sect might target him.
• Zhou Chun argued that becoming one of the Seven Heroes of Tianling could protect the Zhou Family and help him form a Golden Core, then agreed to seek advice from the Su Family and the Moon Wheel Sect.
• Zhou Chun visited the Su Family with Su Yuzhen and revealed that he had killed Jiang Zhong and that Lin Hongyu had formed a Golden Core; the Su Family Ancestor was astonished and began treating Zhou Chun as an equal.
• Zhou Chun explained Qing Weizi's offer and said he could withstand several attacks from an ordinary early Golden Core cultivator, but the Su Family Ancestor advised him not to go to the battlefield without a reliable way to escape one.

Zhou Chun secured a Lower Fourth Rank Mechanical Puppet from Qing Weizi in exchange for swearing to rank among the “Seven Heroes of Tianling,” and began preparing for the battlefield. He also arranged for Lin Hongyu to borrow the Zhou Family’s Earthen Adamant Vajra Shield before she joined the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

• The Su Family Ancestor warned Zhou Chun that he needed a way to escape a Golden Core stage cultivator and advised him to use Su Yunniang to pressure Qing Weizi into providing one.
• Su Yunniang persuaded True Person Bai Yue to cooperate with Zhou Chun’s plan, and Zhou Mingde approved Zhou Chun’s approach while lending Lin Hongyu a protective dharma treasure.
• Zhou Chun gave Lin Hongyu the Earthen Adamant Vajra Shield, which she refined and identified as a powerful defensive treasure.
• Qing Weizi agreed to lend Zhou Chun a Lower Fourth Rank Mechanical Puppet after Zhou Chun swore that he would never form his Golden Core if he failed to rank among the “Seven Heroes of Tianling.”
• Zhou Chun completed his apprenticeship ceremony with Qing Weizi, then asked to exchange Jiang Zhong’s and the other three enemies’ heads for items that would aid core fusion and opening the Violet Palace.

Zhou Chun prepared his family and allies for war, claimed his rewards, and headed to the Feng Kingdom battlefield after killing Jiang Zhong became public. Appointed commander of a five-hundred-man battalion, he defeated skeptical deputy commander Yue Feng in a spar and won the unit’s submission.

• Zhou Chun secured Nine Peaks Ridge, arranged trade and a reduced presence in the Wilderness Expanse, and asked Zhu Wuya to repair several defensive artifacts and examine a mysterious black bead.
• The Heavenly Spirit Alliance announced that Zhou Chun had killed Jiang Zhong, prompting a surge in morale among its cultivators and widespread scrutiny of Zhou Chun and the Zhou Family.
• Qing Weizi gave Zhou Chun a Yin-Yang Spirit Merging Pill, a Mysterious Heart Violet Returning Pill, and the next two layers of the Heart Lotus True Method before sending him toward the battlefield with Lin Hongyu.
• Zhou Chun arrived in Feng Kingdom and was appointed commander of an elite five-hundred-man battalion, angering deputy commander Yue Feng, who challenged him to prove his abilities.
• Zhou Chun used Bai Bai, Stone, and his artifacts to defeat Yue Feng, who admitted his mistake, while Cheng Zhiming and the soldiers pledged to obey their new commander.

Zhou Chun used Wood Sprite to locate a notorious band of demonic cultivators and led his battalion to attack them, but the band’s powerful formations and soul music left him fighting alone at a disadvantage. As reinforcements arrived, he sent them after the fleeing demonic cultivators while the Leopard Tail Demoness and the Misty Love Valley demoness continued their assault on him.

• After establishing his authority and studying his battalion, Zhou Chun chose to hunt a marauding demonic cultivator band rather than attack a fortress.
• Zhou Chun sent Wood Sprite to scout the band’s hiding place, then obtained approval from the camp commander and mobilized his troops.
• Yue Feng questioned how Zhou Chun had found the demonic cultivators, but Zhou Chun told him to follow orders and led the flying tower ships to the target area.
• Zhou Chun went ahead alone and engaged three Violet Palace cultivators and more than forty Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators, whose battle formations and soul music kept him on the defensive.
• When Yue Feng and Cheng Zhiming arrived, the Yin Ghost Sect cultivator began evacuating the Foundation Establishment demons, so Zhou Chun ordered his deputies to pursue them while Bai Bai chased their tower ship.
• The Leopard Tail Demoness shattered Stone’s shield as the Misty Love Valley demoness’s flute briefly affected Zhou Chun, and the Leopard Tail Demoness pounced on him.

Zhou Chun and his Spirit Pets fought off several demonic cultivators, killed the Misty Love Valley demoness, and drove the Leopard Tail Demoness to escape. After reporting a major victory and receiving praise, Zhou Chun examined his spoils and received the army’s merit ledger.

• The Leopard Tail Demoness nearly broke through Zhou Chun’s shield, but Stone trapped her with its Gravity Domain Force Field while Zhou Chun bound her with the Concentric Golden Lock Secret Technique.
• The Misty Love Valley demoness disrupted the fight with soul-attacking music, allowing the wounded Leopard Tail Demoness to escape with her; Thunder Python Bai Bai later pursued them while Zhou Chun held them back.
• The Misty Love Valley demoness played the lethal Misty Love Heavenly Sound, died from its backlash, and left Zhou Chun and Stone struggling against its illusions.
• Yue Feng and Cheng Zhiming killed the young Yin Ghost Sect cultivator, while Zhou Chun’s forces won the sortie with light losses; the Leopard Tail Demoness escaped, and two Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators fled.
• Zhou Chun reported the victory to Wei Yong, returned to camp, and later examined the Misty Love Valley demoness’s spoils, including the Leopard Tail Demoness’s silver beast-claw weapons.
• The Merit Reward Department delivered Zhou Chun the merit ledger after the battle rewards were calculated.

Zhou Chun led his forces through a major battle between the Heavenly Spirit Legion and the Yuanmo Legion, killing several Violet Palace demonic cultivators with help from Bai Bai and Stone. After defeating a Yin Ghost Sect cultivator who used Ghost God Possession, Zhou Chun returned to regroup with his subordinates while the Golden Core fighters were still battling.

• Zhou Chun secretly let Bai Bai absorb heavenly thunderforce from a powerful storm, restoring its ability to use Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder.
• The Heavenly Spirit Legion and Yuanmo Legion met in a large frontal battle, and Zhou Chun quickly killed a Yin Ghost Sect cultivator before helping his allies defeat another pair of demonic cultivators.
• Zhou Chun killed a Corpse Demon Sect cultivator after Qiao Ziyun recognized him as the cultivator who had killed Jiang Zhong and left the opponent to him.
• Zhou Chun's attacks helped force the demonic cultivators to retreat, while the Heavenly Spirit Legion's battle formations wounded several of them.
• Zhou Chun, Bai Bai, and Stone pursued a late Violet Palace Yin Ghost Sect cultivator, who used Ghost God Possession before they destroyed him after a difficult fight.
• Zhou Chun flew back to reorganize his subordinates while the Golden Core cultivators continued fighting.

Zhou Chun joined the battle and fought Xu Qinglin of the Beast Demon Palace, ultimately killing him with Bai Bai, Stone, and the Frosty Cold Bees. After collecting Xu Qinglin’s belongings, Zhou Chun saw the Heavenly Spirit Legion gaining ground and rushed to aid Cheng Zhiming, whose position was in danger.

• Zhou Chun led the First Brigade into the massive melee while Wei Yong and the other Golden Core cultivators engaged enemy leaders.
• Xu Qinglin challenged Zhou Chun over Jiang Zhong’s death, and the two fought with their magic tools, spirit beasts, and demonic creatures.
• Zhou Chun released Stone, the Flying Fire Scorpions, and the Frosty Cold Bees as Xu Qinglin deployed his Horned Winged Snakes and venomous attacks.
• Bai Bai’s Sky Thunder Slash and the Frosty Cold Bees’ icy breath left Xu Qinglin vulnerable, and Bai Bai killed him with a second lightning blade.
• Zhou Chun collected Xu Qinglin’s corpse and belongings, then hurried toward Cheng Zhiming to help his endangered subordinate.

Zhou Chun fought through a seven-day campaign, killing six Violet Palace demonic cultivators and holding the White-Haired Blood Demon Ge Changsheng at bay while preserving his strongest trump cards. After the armies ended the battle in a draw, he asked Wei Yong for a pill to break through to the late Violet Palace Stage, then learned that his brigade had suffered devastating losses.

• Zhou Chun rescued Cheng Zhiming, ordered him to protect the lower-ranked cultivators, and routed several demonic cultivators before Ge Changsheng challenged him.
• Zhou Chun defended against Ge Changsheng for three-quarters of an hour without using his ultimate moves, then withdrew as the armies regrouped and observed Lin Qingxuan battle Yin Shaotian.
• Over the next seven days, Zhou Chun killed six Violet Palace demonic cultivators and repeatedly restrained Ge Changsheng, while Lin Qingxuan kept Yin Shaotian occupied.
• After both sides lost one Golden Core cultivator and ended the conflict in a draw, Wei Yong praised Zhou Chun and agreed to seek a pill to help him reach the late Violet Palace Stage.
• Zhou Chun returned to his brigade and learned from Cheng Zhiming that only 325 of its 500 members had returned, including 32 who were disabled or had damaged foundations.

After returning from battle, Zhou Chun uncovered Xu Qinglin’s poison-cultivation inheritance and treasures, then received a pill and leave from Wei Yong to break through to the late Violet Palace Stage. He mastered the Great God Slaying Method, but Qing Weizi refused to help him obtain new artifacts, so Zhou Chun went to seek Zhu Wuya instead.

• Zhou Chun used the Wood Sprite to heal wounded soldiers, visited Yue Feng, and inventoried his spoils, including twelve Horned Winged Snake eggs, a deadly poison fruit, and the True Scripture of Ten Thousand Poisons.
• Wei Yong gave Zhou Chun a Jade Liquid Flowing Gold Pill and approved a year of leave, so Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou Family and entrusted the snake eggs and damaged Golden Rainbow Sword to Zhou Mingde.
• Zhou Chun took the pill and broke through to the late Violet Palace Stage, then recovered and mastered the Great God Slaying Method while continuing to cultivate the Heart Lotus True Method.
• Zhou Chun emerged from seclusion, returned his Frosty Cold Bees to their hive, and asked Qing Weizi for offensive magic artifacts, but Qing Weizi refused to help.
• Zhou Chun left Green Lotus Temple disappointed and traveled toward the Blazing Sun Sect to seek Artifact Refining Master Zhu Wuya’s help.

Zhou Chun returned to the Feng Kingdom front and joined a dangerous Demon Slaying Battalion mission to intercept demonic cultivators bringing reinforcements from the Yuanmo Realm. After assembling in secret, the battalion departed aboard a concealed flying magic treasure for the Spirit-Severing Desert.

• Zhou Chun exchanged Magic Treasure Spirit Material for two third-tier upper-grade anti-demonic magic artifacts, then returned to the front and resumed command of his brigade.
• Wei Yong assigned Zhou Chun to the Demon Slaying Battalion, explaining that the mission offered substantial merit rewards and valuable Demon Slaying Tokens.
• Zhou Chun traveled to a concealed meeting site, where Golden Core cultivator Zhang Dongyang inspected him and assembled more than one hundred and eighty cultivators.
• Zhang Dongyang explained the mission rules, distributed Recording Pearls, and led the battalion aboard the Hidden Dragon Boat toward the Spirit-Severing Desert.

Zhou Chun and the Heavenly Spirit Legion ambushed a demonic army crossing the Spirit-Severing Desert, inflicting heavy losses before enemy reinforcements forced them to flee. As Zhou Chun escaped, a demonic cultivator he recognized pursued him, and Zhou Chun prepared to use his hidden strength once they were far enough from the battlefield.

• Zhang Dongyang warned the cultivators that spells and Divine Abilities would be weakened in the Spirit-Severing Desert, then led them into an ambush against a large demonic army riding Ground-Traveling Centipedes.
• Zhou Chun used his new magic tools, spirit beasts, and Demonic Insects to kill Ground-Traveling Centipedes and demonic cultivators, then defeated two Violet Palace Stage opponents.
• Zhang Dongyang delayed the retreat so the Seven Heroes of Tianling could help kill Golden Core demonic cultivators, and the ambushers slew three before enemy reinforcements arrived.
• Zhang Dongyang ordered the cultivators to scatter and flee, while Zhou Chun recalled his spirit pets and escaped using the Flowing Light Golden Rainbow technique.
• A demonic cultivator skilled in the Wind Evasion Technique pursued Zhou Chun, who recognized him from their earlier encounter and decided he would deal with him once they were more than a hundred miles from the others.

Zhou Chun killed the blue-haired demonic cultivator and his giant serpent, then confronted Yan Wuji, the Blood Bone Gate cultivator responsible for Zhou Jiahe’s death. Zhou Chun and his allies battered Yan Wuji with their trump cards, and the chapter left Yan Wuji caught by a golden chain after his blood-flame tiger was frozen.

• Zhou Chun released Stone and fought the blue-haired demonic cultivator, then brought out Bai Bai and struck him with the Sword of Slaying Gods.
• The blue-haired demonic cultivator fled, but Zhou Chun pursued him with Bai Bai and a Fourth Rank puppet, and the poison needle helped kill him before Yan Wuji arrived.
• Zhou Chun killed the injured giant serpent, replaced the puppet’s Spirit Crystal, and stayed to confront Yan Wuji rather than flee.
• Yan Wuji summoned a Blood Bone Puppet and fought Zhou Chun, Stone, Bai Bai, and Zhou Chun’s Frosty Cold Bees, while his blood-cloud defenses resisted their attacks.
• Bai Bai’s Heavenly Gang Divine Thunder damaged Yan Wuji’s defenses, and the Frosty Cold Qi froze his blood-flame tiger before a golden chain struck him.

Zhou Chun fought Yan Wuji, overcoming the demonic cultivator’s hidden escape technique and powerful attacks with help from his Spirit Pets and a precious Fourth Rank talisman. The battle ended with Zhou Chun killing Yan Wuji and avenging Zhou Jiahe.

• Yan Wuji escaped Zhou Chun’s killing blow with a Death-Substitution Puppet, then counterattacked with the White Bone Spear and talismans.
• Stone restrained the White Bone Spear with its Golden Magnetic Aurora while Zhou Chun and Thunder Python Bai Bai struck Yan Wuji and damaged his defenses.
• Zhou Chun used the Vermillion Bird Leaving Fire Talisman to suppress the White Bone Spear, then charged Yan Wuji at close range and forced him to expend several talismans.
• Yan Wuji fled Zhou Chun’s assault, but Thunder Python Bai Bai unleashed Sky Thunder Slash while Zhou Chun followed up with lightning and the Golden Flame Demon-Quelling Blade.
• Zhou Chun’s blade severed Yan Wuji’s head after the wounded Young Master Blood Fiend pleaded for mercy.

After killing Yan Wuji, Zhou Chun discovered that Yan Wuji’s Blood Soul Mark let a Golden Core cultivator track him, so he fled into a dangerous rift abyss to evade pursuit. Yan Wuji’s father arrived and sent the Blood Bone Puppet into the abyss after him.

• Zhou Chun killed Yan Wuji, let the freed Blood Bone Puppet escape, and discovered that Yan Wuji had left a Blood Soul Mark on his Divine Soul.
• Zhou Chun fled toward the Wilderness Expanse, but the mark began stirring as Yan Wuji’s father tracked him; Zhou Chun turned back and entered a rift abyss filled with dangerous Sword Qi.
• A Blood Bone Gate Golden Core cultivator left the battlefield and raced toward the Spirit-Severing Desert after sensing Yan Wuji’s death.
• News of Yan Wuji’s death reached Wei Yong, Zhou Mingde, and Qing Weizi, who reacted with shock, concern, and political calculations.
• Yan Wuji’s father arrived at the rift abyss, confronted Zhou Chun, and sent the Blood Bone Puppet inside to pursue him.

Zhou Chun used the abyss’s Sword Qi and Stone’s Earth Evasion to survive the blood-robed middle-aged man’s pursuit, while discovering rare Earth Mother Profound Gold ore. The man left to recruit Zheng Kun, and Zhou Chun was left deciding whether to risk escaping before he returned.

• Zhou Chun descended into the abyss, evaded its Sword Qi, and lured the Blood Bone Puppet into a dangerous valley where the attacks heavily damaged it.
• The blood-robed middle-aged man hesitated to descend, while Zhou Chun hid and recuperated with the help of his Spirit Pets.
• Stone found Earth Mother Profound Gold ore underground, and Zhou Chun recognized it as a rare material needed for his planned Myriad Transformation Golden Cauldron.
• Stone carried Zhou Chun through the earth as the blood-robed middle-aged man repeatedly pursued him, but Zhou Chun escaped each attempt with Earth Evasion.
• Unable to catch Zhou Chun, the blood-robed middle-aged man left to enlist Zheng Kun’s help.
• Zhou Chun learned the man was gone and debated whether to seize the chance to escape or wait in case it was a trap.

Zhou Chun fled the Spirit-Severing Desert into the Wilderness Expanse and hid near a powerful water demon to escape the blood-robed man pursuing him. When the man and Zheng Kun defeated the gigantic turtle guarding the marsh, Zhou Chun was left trapped and considered risking Bai Bai’s life to draw the turtle back into the fight.

• Zhou Chun escaped into the Wilderness Expanse and used a map shared by Lin Hongyu to locate the Dragon Transformation Sect Main Altar, then headed in its direction.
• The blood-robed middle-aged man and Zheng Kun entered the Wilderness Expanse and followed Zhou Chun’s Blood Soul Mark to a vast marsh.
• The two men’s Blood Bone Puppet was destroyed by a water demon, and the demon attacked them with Water God Lightning.
• The blood-robed middle-aged man and Zheng Kun joined forces, exposed the gigantic blue-black turtle, and wounded it until it fled toward its underwater lair.
• Zhou Chun realized that the turtle had been defeated and considered sending Bai Bai into mortal danger to make it return and protect him.

Zhou Chun and Thunder Flood Dragon Bai Bai were cornered underwater by two Golden Core demonic cultivators, but the Giant Softshell Turtle and a Three-headed Black Snake intervened to protect them. The attackers fled after their alliance fractured, and Zhou Chun followed the pursuing beasts toward the surface.

• Bai Bai fought the blood-robed middle-aged man and Zheng Kun underwater, and the Giant Softshell Turtle joined the battle to protect the four-clawed Thunder Flood Dragon.
• The blood-robed middle-aged man empowered his White Bone Blood Banner and trapped the Giant Softshell Turtle in a blood-red vortex, allowing Zheng Kun to uncover Zhou Chun's hiding place.
• Zhou Chun revealed his Dragon Transformation Secret Manual form and stalled Zheng Kun by claiming he was a Dragon Transformation Sect spy; Bai Bai and the Giant Tiger Puppet helped repel Zheng Kun's attacks.
• The Giant Softshell Turtle broke free and damaged Zheng Kun's magic treasure with its Demonic Core, then fought harder after mistaking Zhou Chun and Bai Bai for Dragon Transformation Sect allies.
• A Three-headed Black Snake arrived and attacked the two cultivators, while the Giant Softshell Turtle joined it and the attackers argued over their failures.
• The blood-robed middle-aged man and Zheng Kun fled toward the surface, and Zhou Chun urged the Giant Softshell Turtle to pursue them alongside the Three-headed Black Snake.

Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou Family after surviving the pursuit, only to learn that he had been named one of the Seven Heroes of Tianling and given the title Young Master Dragon Tamer. With Bai Bai’s identity exposed and several powerful factions now posing potential threats, Zhou Chun planned to use the war, his growing battle record, and alliances to protect the family.

• The blood-robed middle-aged man and Zheng Kun retreated, and Zhou Chun accepted the giant turtle’s invitation to avoid a renewed ambush.
• The Heavenly Spirit Legion refuted the accusation that Zhou Chun was a Dragon Transformation Sect spy, and Zhou Chun was named one of the Seven Heroes of Tianling and titled Young Master Dragon Tamer.
• Qing Weizi considered arranging Zhou Chun’s death on the battlefield, while Wei Yong and the Su Family Ancestor assessed the risks and opportunities created by Bai Bai’s revealed identity.
• Zhou Chun returned to Tu Yun Ridge, where he discussed with Zhou Mingde the threats facing the Zhou Family and the need to gather allies and war merits.
• Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde agreed to seek Moon Wheel Sect’s support by offering family members, future dragon-blooded beasts, and part of the Zhou Family’s Beast Taming Skill.
• Zhou Chun decided to inventory his spoils and personally visit True Person Bai Yue at Moon Wheel Sect.