Chapter Summaries

The Lu Household wiped out the Divine Fire Gate and Zhao Household, then found that Zhou Cang had fled the Blazing Yang Sect with most of its treasury. After claiming the Blazing Yang Sect, Lu Chenxing sought a storage ring so he could transport the three territories’ spirit veins to Great Xia.

• Lu Chenxing sat out the Divine Fire Gate battlefield cleanup while Lu Changfeng gave the others a quarter of an hour to search for resources.
• The Lu Household attacked the unaware Zhao Household and killed its remaining defenders.
• After learning the Divine Fire Gate had fallen, Zhou Cang took most of the Blazing Yang Sect’s treasury and fled, leaving its disciples behind.
• The Lu Household arrived at the Blazing Yang Sect and learned Zhou Cang had escaped, so Lu Changfeng ordered an investigation and a bounty for him.
• Lu Chenxing examined the Blazing Yang Sect’s spirit vein and asked Lu Changfeng for a storage ring to transport the spirit veins from all three territories to Great Xia.

After destroying three factions, the Lu Household settled at the Blazing Yang Sect, while the Wang Household mistook the Lu Household’s ruined home for evidence that it had been wiped out. The Crimson Firmament Sect investigated the destruction, and its sect master revealed a sinister plan to use the entire commandery as fuel.

• Lu Changfeng sent Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming to sell resources and buy a storage ring, Mountain-Moving Talismans, and pills.
• The Wang Household learned that the Lu Household’s territory had been devastated and assumed a powerful Golden Core cultivator had exterminated it.
• Wang Haochang postponed the Wang Household’s planned attack on the Yang Household to avoid drawing the upper sect’s attention.
• Lu Changfeng and the other Lu Household cultivators settled at the Blazing Yang Sect after taking valuable resources from the three defeated factions.
• The Crimson Firmament Sect suspected that the Lu Household had acted on the Spirit Creek Sect’s orders and sent envoys to investigate and question the factions involved.
• After the envoys left, Mo Wuji revealed a mirror fragment containing a red-haired monster and said that an entire commandery should provide enough firewood.

Lu Chenxing’s household secured three spirit mountains and prepared a vast shipment of cultivation resources for Great Xia. As the Lu Household rebuilt, the Wang Household planned further attacks, while Lu Chenxing’s letter explained the nuclear weapons’ effects and requested more.

• Lu Chenxing used Mountain-moving Talismans and a storage ring to collect the Blazing Yang Sect’s spirit mountain, then set out to retrieve the mountains of the Divine Fire Gate and Zhao Household.
• Lu Changfeng organized the Lu Household’s rebuilding and cleanup as spies reported that it had survived and destroyed three stronger factions.
• Wang Haochang decided to worsen the commandery’s turmoil by targeting the Yang Household and then the Earth Spirit Sect.
• Lu Chenxing prepared three spirit mountains, pills, Spirit Stones, materials, and cultivation inheritances for Great Xia.
• Lu Chenxing wrote to Great Xia about the Lu Household’s battle, nuclear radiation, and the need for improved and replenished nuclear weapons.

Great Xia placed the three spiritual mountains Lu Chenxing sent back in the Kunwu Mountain Range to establish a cultivation ground. Zhang Weiguo began cultivating at the Blazing Yang Sect’s summit and attempted to break through to Foundation Establishment without a pill.

• Great Xia’s leaders reviewed Lu Chenxing’s letter, discussed the attack on the Lu Household, and ordered more nuclear bombs while prioritizing research into cultivation materials and nuclear weapons.
• Great Xia decided to place the three spiritual mountains in the Kunwu Mountain Range as a secluded cultivation base for its cultivators.
• Zhang Weiguo activated the spatial ring and placed the three mountains among the range, where their spirit veins began releasing spiritual Qi.
• Zhang Weiguo explored the Blazing Yang Sect’s preserved grounds, then sat at the summit and drew spiritual power into his Dantian as he attempted to break through.
• Great Xia’s leaders realized Zhang Weiguo had no Foundation Establishment Pill, while Jiang Daocheng said he might succeed through sudden enlightenment and his heavenly spirit root.

After Zhang Weiguo broke through to Foundation Establishment, Great Xia’s leaders launched nationwide Spirit Root testing and established the Star Palace to train gifted citizens. Testing began across the country, and Chen Feng showed signs of having the aptitude to become a cultivator.

• Zhang Weiguo used his Heavenly Spirit Root, deep Spiritual Power, and emerging artistic conception to break through to Foundation Establishment.
• Zhang Weiguo summoned a flying sword and demonstrated that he could ride and steer it through the air.
• Ji Chang'an ordered Spirit Root testing for Great Xia citizens aged over ten and under thirty-five, with those who had Heavenly Spirit Root aptitude sent to Three Saints Mountain.
• Great Xia’s senior officials named the country’s cultivation faction the Star Palace and began nationwide testing using Spirit-Sensing Stones.
• At a temporary testing site in Jingnan City, No. 11 Middle School, crimson light filled the room as officials told student Chen Feng he was about to become a cultivator.

Chen Feng discovered that cultivation was real when Great Xia officials recruited him for the Great Xia Star Palace, while officials celebrated the country’s growing ranks of heavenly spirit root cultivators and prepared resources for Lu Chenxing. The chapter left Great Xia expanding its cultivation efforts and anticipating the feedback Lu Chenxing would receive as the number of cultivators increased.

• Chen Feng was told by a Ministry of State Security official that his heavenly spirit root qualified him to join the Great Xia Star Palace, and he was taken to Three Saints Mountain by helicopter.
• Chen Feng saw the Great Xia Star Palace’s sacred immortal grounds and realized that cultivation was real.
• Great Xia officials celebrated having brought more than sixty heavenly spirit root cultivators to Three Saints Mountain, with nationwide testing still underway.
• Ji Chang'an and Li Tao discussed supplying Lu Chenxing with nuclear bombs, law artifacts, pills, and materials, while Li Tao reported that radiation-particle research had damaged a volunteer’s spiritual sense.
• Great Xia officials discussed how Lu Chenxing’s cultivation feedback system could accelerate his progress as the Star Palace grew toward an estimated five hundred cultivators.

Lu Changfeng and Lu Chenxing both broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and Lu Chenxing planned to repay the Lu Household by securing more cultivation resources. The household’s brief peace ended when Zhu Chuanxiong of the Crimson Firmament Sect arrived at its mountain gate.

• Lu Changfeng broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage after being stuck at the middle stage for more than a decade.
• Lu Chenxing immediately used Lu Changfeng’s meditation cushion to break through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage as well.
• Lu Chenxing resolved to repay the Lu Household with resources and realized that Great Xia’s growing cultivation efforts were accelerating his progress.
• Lu Chenxing began compressing his Spiritual Power to prepare for Core Formation, while the nearly penniless Lu Household waited for supplies from Great Xia.
• Zhu Chuanxiong of the Crimson Firmament Sect arrived at the Lu Household’s mountain gate.

Lu Changfeng told Zhu Chuanxiong that the Lu Household destroyed the Blazing Yang Sect, Divine Fire Gate, and Zhao Household in retaliation for their attack, and urged the Crimson Firmament Sect to investigate. Zhu Chuanxiong left promising an inquiry, but afterward a hidden scheme against the Lu Household began within the sect.

• Lu Changfeng welcomed Zhu Chuanxiong, the Crimson Firmament Sect’s second elder, who questioned him about the destruction of three subordinate powers.
• Lu Changfeng claimed twelve black-robed Foundation Establishment cultivators had attacked the Lu Household first and said the household’s ancestral protection had killed them.
• Lu Chenxing could no longer produce the images from the secret treasure fragments, so Lu Changfeng told Zhu Chuanxiong that the evidence had vanished and pointed him toward Quan Yong'an and the surviving attackers’ trail.
• Zhu Chuanxiong said he would report the matter and arrange an investigation, then accepted Lu Changfeng’s gift and learned that a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Blazing Yang Sect had escaped with its resources.
• After Zhu Chuanxiong reported back, someone in the Crimson Firmament Sect began plotting against the Lu Household and considered using Quan Yong'an and the Blazing Yang Sect survivor.

After the Lu Household settled its conflict with the Blazing Yang Sect, Divine Fire Gate, and Zhao Household, it used the peace and resources from three transfers with Great Xia to rebuild and grow stronger. Lu Chenxing reached Foundation Establishment Peak, and the chapter ended with Lu Changgeng proposing preparations for his attempt at Golden Core.

• Li Kaiyang assured Lu Changfeng that the Spirit Creek Sect would protect the Lu Household, and Lu Changfeng thanked him with a generous gift.
• The Lu Household restored Heavenly Traversal Peak, cleared the nuclear fallout, and distributed resources while its cultivators focused on raising their cultivation.
• Over two and a half months, Lu Chenxing reached Foundation Establishment Peak, and three transfers with Great Xia brought pills, artifacts, nuclear bombs, and resources worth millions of Spirit Stones.
• Lu Changfeng and the others changed clan missions to gather pill- and artifact-refining materials, while Great Xia's cultivation population and growing numbers of talented children impressed Lu Chenxing.
• Lu Changgeng said the Lu Household should begin preparing for Lu Chenxing's attempt to reach Golden Core.

Lu Chenxing prepared to travel with Lu Changfeng to Spirit Spring Market for an auction and buy pills for his Golden Core breakthrough. As they left, Wang Haochang decided to attack the Earth Spirit Sect to gather resources and strengthen the Wang Household.

• Lu Chenxing learned that Spirit Spring Market would hold a major auction in just over half a month and asked to attend.
• Lu Changfeng agreed to accompany Lu Chenxing, while Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming stayed behind to guard the Lu Household.
• Lu Chenxing showed the elders his nuclear bomb launcher and explained how to use it and shelter from its blast.
• Lu Changfeng carried Lu Chenxing to Spirit Spring Market as scouts reported their departure to other forces.
• Wang Haofeng urged Wang Haochang to destroy the Earth Spirit Sect and pursue the Golden Core Realm.
• Wang Haochang decided that the Wang Household would destroy the Earth Spirit Sect.