Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan discovered that Qi Village had been slaughtered and uncovered the Blood Shadow Ancestor’s scheme to restore his strength by draining blood. He ambushed the newly revived Golden Core cultivator and left him badly wounded, with the fight still underway.

• Ye Xuan reached Mount Qi, found a concealment formation, and entered Qi Village disguised as an ordinary person.
• Ye Xuan discovered that the villagers had been dead for over a month and realized the formation concealed the slaughter from the Yu City disciples.
• Ye Xuan entered Mount Qi and saw the Blood Shadow Ancestor absorb blood from a jade pendant while black-robed followers awaited his promised rewards.
• The Blood Shadow Ancestor regained his cultivation, then drained the black-robed figures and absorbed their blood.
• Ye Xuan attacked the Blood Shadow Ancestor with Azure Feather Swordsmanship, pursued him as he fled, and wounded him severely.

Ye Xuan killed the Blood Shadow Ancestor after the fiend fled into scattered blood droplets, then headed east to find a secluded place to form his Golden Core. His tribulation clouds transformed through nine cycles of compression and expansion, growing more than five hundred times as oppressive before the first bolt struck.

• Ye Xuan rejected the Blood Shadow Ancestor’s offers and hunted down the soul hidden in every blood droplet after the fiend detonated himself.
• Ye Xuan burned Mount Qi and Qi Village, prepared a cover story for the Yu City disciples, and left to pursue his Golden Core breakthrough.
• Ye Xuan traveled east for two days, settled in a remote valley, and claimed his system reward to begin forming his Golden Core.
• Ye Xuan watched his tribulation clouds shrink to one li and expand through nine cycles, their oppressive might doubling each time.
• Ye Xuan raised his presence and met the first purple bolt of heavenly lightning with Waning Moon.

Ye Xuan survived his Golden Core lightning tribulation, gained a supreme-grade lightning spirit root, and discovered his Golden Core was black before continuing east. Meanwhile, Wu Yuehua was cornered by four Demon Sect elders until a vast Sword-Ray suddenly descended.

• Ye Xuan endured the nine bolts of heavenly lightning, claimed a supreme-grade lightning spirit root on the final strike, and successfully formed his Golden Core.
• Ye Xuan found his body and soul strengthened but discovered that his Golden Core was black and impervious to his spiritual sense.
• Ye Xuan tested the core, then set off east at greatly increased speed using the Wind Thunder Step.
• Wu Yuehua, newly accepted as Ling Ziling's disciple, was pursued and wounded by four Demon Sect elders after escaping an ambush.
• The elders shattered Wu Yuehua's protective jade pendant, but a Sword-Ray spanning a hundred li suddenly descended toward the battlefield.

Ye Xuan rescued Wu Yuehua from Demon Sect elders, guarded her until she recovered, and refused her request for swordsmanship guidance. He later reached Tianyue City and began selling the elders’ spoils, where Azure Feather Pavilion’s Wu Gang recognized a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.

• Ye Xuan killed the Demon Sect elders who had attacked Wu Yuehua and gave her healing pills, then stayed to guard her while she recovered.
• After seven days, Wu Yuehua woke, thanked Ye Xuan, and asked him to teach her swordsmanship, but he refused and left.
• Wu Yuehua gave up pursuing Ye Xuan and flew toward a nearby major city to report that Demon Sect elders had infiltrated Dao Sect territory.
• Ye Xuan arrived in Tianyue City and brought the Demon Sect elders’ Storage Bags to Azure Feather Pavilion to sell.
• Wu Gang offered Ye Xuan a hundred and thirty thousand Spirit Stones for the spoils, then recognized the pill Ye Xuan showed him as a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.

Ye Xuan entrusted a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill to the Azure Feather Pavilion for auction and asked Wu Gang to gather materials for him. The auction drew powerful cultivators to Tianyue City, and the flawless pill became the final lot, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

• Ye Xuan let Wu Gang verify the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill, then agreed to auction it through the Azure Feather Pavilion and gave him a long list of materials to gather.
• News of the pill spread through Tianyue City, attracting dozens of Golden Core cultivators and a Nascent Soul early stage cultivator who failed to buy it in advance.
• Ye Xuan concealed his cultivation, entered the auction hall, and bought formations and precious materials as the bidding proceeded.
• Wu Gang presented the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill as the final lot and announced that it was flawless, prompting gasps throughout the hall.

Wu Gang auctioned a flawless Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill at Azure Feather Pavilion, drawing fierce bids from Tianyue City's Golden Core lineages, Wang Yu, and the Heavenly Eagle Elder. The Heavenly Eagle Elder won by staking his life-bound Law Treasure, and Ye Xuan eagerly awaited his share of the auction proceeds.

• Wu Gang began the auction of the flawless Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill, and bids climbed from one hundred thousand to two million low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The artifact-refining lineage offered Spirit Artifacts, but the Heavenly Eagle Elder's two-million bid drove every bidder except Wang Yu out of the contest.
• Wang Yu offered 1.5 million low-grade Spirit Stones and his intact Law Treasure longsword, exciting Ye Xuan with the prospect of obtaining a stronger weapon.
• The Heavenly Eagle Elder offered his mid-grade life-bound Wind Shadow Pearl, prompting Wang Yu to abandon the bidding.
• Wu Gang declared the Heavenly Eagle Elder the winner, and Ye Xuan eagerly anticipated receiving his auction proceeds.

Ye Xuan left Tianyue City with the Wind Shadow Pearl and auction proceeds, but the Heavenly Eagle Elder tracked him down and tried to force him into a meeting. After seeing Ye Xuan’s strength, the Elder revealed his plan to possess him, leaving Ye Xuan facing a Nascent Soul opponent.

• Wu Gang gave Ye Xuan the auction proceeds, the Wind Shadow Pearl, and most of the materials he had requested, and Ye Xuan asked him to keep gathering the rest.
• Ye Xuan changed his appearance repeatedly, left Tianyue City, and hurried toward Qingyu City with Wind Thunder Step and the Wind Shadow Pearl.
• The Heavenly Eagle Elder caught up with Ye Xuan, explained that his Heaven-Peeping Mirror had tracked him, and demanded that he visit the Elder’s home.
• Ye Xuan refused the Elder’s invitation and cut apart his giant palm with Waning Moon, revealing his formidable sword strike.
• The Heavenly Eagle Elder decided to possess Ye Xuan, unleashed his Nascent Soul power, and recognized Ye Xuan’s Azure Feather Swordsmanship.

Ye Xuan used the Blood Eruption Technique to overpower and kill the weakened Heavenly Eagle Elder, then escaped with his treasures. After reaching Qingyu City, Ye Xuan assessed his spoils and found the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill among them.

• Ye Xuan activated the Blood Eruption Technique, raising his cultivation to the peak mid Golden Core stage and battling the Heavenly Eagle Elder.
• The Heavenly Eagle Elder tried to flee, but Ye Xuan erupted his blood twice more, reaching the peak Golden Core late stage and catching up to him.
• Ye Xuan struck down the Heavenly Eagle Elder, beheaded him, and destroyed his Nascent Soul before escaping with the Heaven-Peeping Mirror and Qiankun Bag.
• Ye Xuan reached Qingyu City as the flying shuttle returned, then began recovering from his injuries and replenishing his lost Qi and Blood.
• Ye Xuan examined the Heavenly Eagle Elder's belongings and found the Wind Shadow Pearl, the Heaven-Peeping Mirror, Spirit Stones, and the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.

Ling Ziling simulated Ye Tian’s life and learned that his poison-pill research helped him fight stronger enemies, though he and the Dao Sect ultimately fell in the war against the Blood Demon Sect. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan returned to the sect and used his newfound free time to develop more skills for surviving future threats.

• Ling Ziling learned from Wu Yuehua that a powerful sword expert had rescued her from Demon Sect elders, then began a new simulation focused on Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian’s simulation revealed that he was a supreme-grade metal spirit-root genius who became interested in poison pills after the seventh elder died of poisoning.
• Ye Tian used poison pills to kill powerful Demon Sect cultivators, but the righteous-demonic war escalated and he died in battle at age 113 after his senior sister fell covering his escape.
• Ling Ziling resolved to study the Yellow Origin Realm, nurture alchemists, and simulate Lin Wan'er next.
• Ye Xuan returned to the sect, and Zheng Huaiyuan recognized his progress while leaving him to study beyond Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Xuan spent his spare time honing pill refining, formations, artifact refining, and talisman crafting to better protect himself against Nascent Soul cultivators.

Zheng Huaiyuan successfully refined three Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills despite a furnace explosion and entered seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough. While he was away, Ye Xuan practiced refining poison pills and tested a Laughing Gas Pill on Ji Fenghe, who decided to spread its effects for fun.

• Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe found Zheng Huaiyuan unharmed after his furnace exploded, with three partially effective Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills in hand.
• Zheng Huaiyuan activated Wood Spirit Peak's mountain-protecting formation and announced he would spend a month in seclusion while Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe guarded the peak.
• Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe discussed that Zheng Huaiyuan would need to reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm before gaining a mountain peak in the inner sect.
• Ye Xuan practiced refining poison pills using materials from the Azure Feather Pavilion while Ji Fenghe wandered around Wood Spirit Peak.
• Ji Fenghe tasted powder from Ye Xuan's Laughing Gas Pill and laughed uncontrollably for a quarter of an hour.
• Ji Fenghe learned the Laughing Gas Pill was easy to make with ingredients from Wood Spirit Peak and declared that he would fill the world with joy.

Zheng Huaiyuan faced his Nascent Soul tribulation while Ye Xuan, Ji Fenghe, and the sect's Golden Core elders watched. He survived the final lightning strike and successfully formed his Nascent Soul.

• Ji Fenghe refined Laughing Gas Pills, used them to prank Mo Qi and other outer sect disciples, and returned to Wood Spirit Peak bruised and silent about what he had done.
• Zheng Huaiyuan emerged from seclusion, and news of his impending Nascent Soul breakthrough drew many Golden Core elders and disciples to Wood Spirit Peak.
• Qi Yue led the spectators a hundred li away as Zheng Huaiyuan began his breakthrough beneath tribulation clouds spanning forty-nine li.
• Zheng Huaiyuan endured the first seventeen lightning strikes with weapons, protective treasures, and jade pendants, but the final strike engulfed him.
• Ye Xuan received the Heavenly Lightning Instruction check-in reward as Zheng Huaiyuan survived the tribulation and revealed his new Nascent Soul power.

After breaking through to Nascent Soul, Zheng Huaiyuan offered a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill to the sect and earned an inner sect elder position, bringing Wood Spirit Peak into the inner sect. Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe settled on the enlarged peak as outer disciples, looking ahead to the Spirit Medicine Realm selection.

• Qi Yue told Zheng Huaiyuan that donating a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill would earn him an inner sect elder position, and Zheng Huaiyuan agreed to join Pill Cloud Peak.
• Zheng Huaiyuan sold one of his remaining Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills to Mo Qi's master and accepted requests from other Golden Core cultivators to refine pills.
• Qi Yue used the sect's mountain-guarding formation to lift Wood Spirit Peak and move it into the inner sect.
• Zheng Huaiyuan and Qi Yue headed to visit the Ninth Elder while Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe remained on Wood Spirit Peak.
• Ye Xuan reassured Ji Fenghe that being outer disciples would let them avoid competing with inner disciples in the Spirit Medicine Realm selection.

Zheng Huaiyuan gave Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe land on Wood Spirit Peak and explained that they would become inner disciples after returning from the Spirit Medicine Realm. Ling Ziling simulated Lin Wan'er’s life and saw her rise in cultivation but repeatedly avoid hardship, ending with the sect master gravely wounded in a demon sect ambush.

• Zheng Huaiyuan allotted Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe a third of Wood Spirit Peak and promised to recruit people to develop their medicinal fields.
• Zheng Huaiyuan told Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe that they still had to take part in the outer sect selection before officially becoming inner disciples.
• Ling Ziling began a simulation of Lin Wan'er and saw her improve her Water Spirit Root, win the sect selection, and struggle after encountering stronger geniuses in the Spirit Medicine Realm.
• Lin Wan'er became Ling Ziling’s third disciple after placing second in the sect tournament, then refused to leave the sect with Ye Tian to gain experience.
• Lin Wan'er later avoided the war, failed at pill refining, and damaged medicinal fields on Wood Spirit Peak before going to the battlefield.
• A demon sect ambush gravely wounded the sect master and forced the Azure Feather Dao Sect to retreat.

Ling Ziling’s failed intervention weakened the Dao Sect’s fortune, while Ye Xuan spent three months cultivating on Wood Spirit Peak before Zheng Huaiyuan summoned him and Ji Fenghe to compete in the outer sect selection. At Dao Preaching Peak, Ye Xuan joined the crowded selection and found Mo Qi beside Ji Fenghe and a young woman.

• Ling Ziling’s simulated actions ended with the Dao Sect’s mountain formation breached, her grandfather killed, and the sect’s fortune falling by 22 points to 79.
• Ye Xuan remained on Wood Spirit Peak for three months, reached the mid Golden Core stage in secret, and improved his skills while displaying only ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivation.
• Zheng Huaiyuan told Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe that they would compete for one of 500 outer sect places in a selection with more than a hundred thousand participants.
• Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe traveled to Dao Preaching Peak, where Ji Fenghe met Mo Qi and a beautiful young woman before Ye Xuan arrived.

Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe competed in the sect selections, then encountered the arrogant Ye Tian during the inner sect matches. After Ji Fenghe and Ye Xuan secretly poisoned him, Ye Tian began to feel unwell on the platform.

• Ye Xuan met Xiao Yu, who flirted with him while watching Mo Qi, and Ji Fenghe teased Ye Xuan before being poisoned by him.
• Ye Xuan and his companions advanced through the outer sect selection, with Ye Xuan defeating challengers and lasting through the ten-day competition.
• Mo Qi and Xiao Yu were eliminated just short of the top 100, while Ji Fenghe reached the round of 32; Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe then watched the inner sect matches.
• Ye Tian mocked Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe for their age and cultivation, then went to fight in the inner sect competition.
• Ji Fenghe and Ye Xuan each secretly poisoned Ye Tian, who began to suffer stomach trouble during his match.

Ling Ziling simulated grand elder Luo Yun and discovered that he was the Blood Demon Sect grand elder’s son, a longtime spy in the Azure Feather Dao Sect, and the culprit behind her mother’s death. The simulation reached Luo Yun’s rise to grand elder, leaving Ling Ziling determined to kill him in future simulations.

• Ling Ziling began a simulation targeting Luo Yun and learned that he was born in the Blood Demon Sect and trained as a spy by his father.
• Luo Yun joined the Azure Feather Dao Sect, recruited Demon Sect disciples, and used the Faceless Mask while carrying out secret missions.
• Luo Yun exploited Qi Yue’s ambitions and arranged the death of Ling Ziling’s mother by luring her out to rescue Qi Yue.
• Ling Yue purged many spies after his wife’s death, but Luo Yun escaped suspicion and later became grand elder as Ling Ziling became sect master.

Ling Ziling reviewed a simulation in which a hidden force weakened the Dao Sect as Luo Li led the Blood Demon Sect to conquer the Southern Region, while she remained determined to purge the sect’s spies. As Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe prepared to enter the Spirit Medicine Realm, Luo Li discovered a sealed blood vial that promised a great opportunity.

• Ling Ziling learned from the simulation that an unknown force had killed Qi Yue, helped the Demon Sects destroy Flame Moon Valley and the Puppet Sect, and ultimately caused the Dao Sect’s fortune to decline.
• Ling Ziling suspected the Shadow Demon Sect might be behind the hidden force, then focused on finding a way to kill the Grand Elder and remove the Blood Demon Sect disciples from the Dao Sect.
• Luo Li returned from his travels with a sealed blood vial that he believed held an immense opportunity, and he found that it might open after another dozen years.
• Zheng Huaiyuan equipped Ye Xuan and Ji Fenghe with protective supplies and advised them to establish themselves safely in the Spirit Medicine Realm before exploring.
• Ye Xuan worried that the realm’s formation might expose his cultivation, while Ji Fenghe looked forward to the trip; they answered the Dao Sect’s summons and flew to the assembly point.

Ye Xuan and the other disciples boarded the Azure Feather Ship to travel to the Spirit Medicine Realm, where Ling Ziling urged them to survive and seek the world blessing gained by breaking through to Foundation Establishment. Ye Xuan received the Spirit Treasure Azure Cloud Boat from signing in, while Qi Yue secretly prepared to betray the Dao Sect and ambush the disciples.

• Ye Xuan, Ji Fenghe, Mo Qi, and Xiao Yu agreed to look out for one another in the Spirit Medicine Realm and shared poison pills and antidotes.
• Ling Ziling addressed the disciples, explained the world blessing and the exchange of spirit medicine for sect rewards, then unveiled the Azure Feather Ship.
• Qi Yue led the disciples aboard the giant Spirit Treasure warship, and Ye Xuan signed in to obtain the Spirit Treasure Azure Cloud Boat but postponed claiming it.
• Qi Yue launched the Azure Feather Ship through the sect-protecting formation and learned from its subsidiary command token how powerful it was.
• As the ship sped toward the Spirit Medicine Realm, Qi Yue considered his Blood Demon Sect mission to ambush and kill the disciples, then fake his death and escape.

Ye Xuan and the Dao Sect disciples traveled aboard the Azure Feather Ship to Yellow Moon Valley for the Spirit Medicine Realm gathering. After Ao Jin opened the passage and explained the restrictions, the disciples prepared to enter the realm for a half-year expedition.

• Zheng Huaiyuan watched the Azure Feather Ship depart with Ji Fenghe and Ye Xuan, while Ling Ziling reasoned that the Blood Demon Sect planned to ambush the Dao Sect on its return and covet the ship.
• On the Azure Feather Ship, the disciples formed groups for the expedition, and Ye Xuan planted a sliver of divine sense on Ji Fenghe for protection.
• The Azure Feather Ship arrived at Yellow Moon Valley, where the other four sects had gathered and their elders approached the Dao Sect representatives.
• Ao Jin arrived, opened a thousand-zhang golden ring passage, and announced that only Qi Refinement disciples could enter, that items stronger than Golden Core would be barred, and that entrants would be expelled after half a year.
• Ao Jin ordered the disciples to enter the Spirit Medicine Realm, where they would appear at random and face the risk of death.

Ye Xuan entered the Spirit Medicine Realm, tested its restrictions, and claimed the Azure Cloud Boat, then set out toward denser Spiritual Qi in search of better check-in rewards. The other disciples scattered across the vast realm while Ao Jin left the return passage open for their arrival in half a year.

• Ye Xuan entered the Spirit Medicine Realm through the golden ring and traveled alone through a passage for an hour before emerging on an unnamed mountain.
• Ye Xuan tested the realm's restrictions with the Heaven-Peeping Mirror, then claimed the Azure Cloud Boat and learned to power it with surrounding Spiritual Qi.
• Ye Xuan found no nearby disciples, collected several thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, and headed east toward denser Spiritual Qi; Ji Fenghe also set off alone to find a place to establish his foundation.
• Ao Jin shrank the golden ring but left it in place, explaining that it would reopen the return passage in half a year, then departed to open other rings.
• The five sect leaders returned to their warships to wait, and the area around Yellow Moon Valley became forbidden ground.