Chapter Summaries

After failing his fifth attempt to enter the inner sect, Lin Xiye left the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect and returned to his hometown with only years left to live. The Lin Household’s guards recognized him as their ancestor and sent word for the current household head to welcome him.

• Lin Xiye failed his fifth inner-sect assessment and received a token allowing a Spirit Root descendant to enter the sect directly.
• After a century of cultivation left him at Blood Refining Realm Middle Stage, Lin Xiye left the sect and traveled toward Qiao Town to spend his remaining years with his Lineage.
• Lin Xiye reached Qiao Town and released his presence when guards stopped his carriage at the gate.
• The guards recognized Lin Xiye as Ancestor Ye, learned that he had returned, and sent for household head Lin Changge.

Lin Xiye returned to the Lin Household after a century away and learned that his clan was vulnerable to stronger rivals because he was its only cultivator. He settled into his childhood home and opened the courtyard his father had left behind, where old family belongings stirred his memories.

• Lin Changge led the Lin clansmen to welcome Lin Xiye, who told them to rise and accepted their respectful reception.
• Lin Changge escorted Lin Xiye back to the household in a sedan chair and explained that the Lin Household had grown to over twenty thousand people but faced repeated pressure from the Zhao Household.
• Lin Changge showed Lin Xiye to his restored childhood residence, where Lin Xiye dismissed the servants and maids so he could rest in quiet.
• Lin Xiye visited the courtyard where his father had lived and found childhood toys and belongings left by his parents.

Lin Xiye discovered the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror, which consumed resources to improve his aptitude and enhance other things. After learning that even gold could power it, he saw a chance to pursue cultivation and longevity despite his age.

• Lin Xiye found the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror in the Lin Household courtyard and learned that it could appraise and elevate all things when given resources.
• Lin Xiye fed the mirror his last Spirit Stone fragment, and its golden light improved his aptitude so he could absorb Spiritual Qi faster.
• Lin Xiye realized his improved aptitude might be far beyond his original False Spirit Root and considered the mirror’s potential to enhance other cultivation resources.
• Lin Xiye placed a gold ingot on the mirror, which empowered it to upgrade a Body Tempering Pill into a potent, crystalline pill.
• Lin Xiye hoped the mirror could help him advance his cultivation and pursue longevity.

Lin Xiye concealed the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror and swallowed a Body Tempering Pill to strengthen himself before the Zhao Household could threaten his Lineage. After enduring seven days of agony, he completed his breakthrough to the Bone Refining Realm.

• Lin Xiye carved a secret chamber, hid the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror inside, and set up a warning illusion array around his courtyard.
• Lin Xiye decided to develop his Lineage quietly, knowing that the Zhao Household might attack Qiao Town now that he had left the Sunset Glow Sect.
• Lin Xiye swallowed a Body Tempering Pill and began advancing from Blood Refining toward Bone Refining.
• Lin Xiye endured seven days of severe pain as his bones broke and were remade, refusing to give up despite his age and limited lifespan.
• The pain faded, and a warming power enveloped Lin Xiye as his Qi and Blood, strength, and vitality grew, marking his successful advancement to the Bone Refining Realm.

After breaking through to the Body Tempering and Bone Refining Realm, Lin Xiye used the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror to upgrade his fragment of the Scarlet Flame Scripture into the Scarlet Flame Dao Scripture. He discovered that the mirror could keep upgrading an item if he invested more valuable resources, and resolved to explore its other abilities.

• Lin Xiye left his secret chamber after stabilizing his breakthrough, gained tenfold strength, and decided not to return to the Sunset Glow Sect.
• Lin Xiye spent two gold ingots to upgrade his fragment of the Scarlet Flame Scripture into the first volume of the true Scarlet Flame Dao Scripture, which allowed cultivation to Foundation Establishment and included Law Techniques and Movement Methods.
• Lin Xiye tried to upgrade the new scripture with two more gold ingots, but it did not change.
• Lin Xiye used refined iron ore as a resource, and the scripture grew into a book containing the first and second volumes.
• Lin Xiye concluded that the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror could upgrade items repeatedly, provided he invested increasingly valuable resources.

Lin Xiye used the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror to turn ordinary Spirit Tempering Grass into valuable century-old medicine, then cultivated to strengthen himself. A Zhao Household envoy arrived with a large armed procession and demanded that the Lin Household’s patriarch welcome him, leaving Qiao Town on the brink of conflict.

• Lin Xiye stored the Scarlet Flame Dao Scripture and used all his gold to upgrade two stalks of Spirit Tempering Grass with the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror.
• Lin Xiye cut a sprig from one stalk to sell discreetly, then swallowed the other century-old stalk and began cultivating in the secret chamber.
• A Zhao Household procession of carriages and more than two hundred guards arrived outside Qiao Town, led by a young cultivator riding a giant tiger.
• The Zhao Household envoy called for the Lin Household’s patriarch, startling Lin Xiye from his cultivation and alerting the town.
• Lin Changge arrived with Lin Household elders and martial artists to welcome the envoy as both sides stood ready for conflict.

The Zhao Household’s third elder threatened to seize Qiao Town unless the Lin Household surrendered most of its holdings, while Lin Changge struggled to avoid a battle. Lin Xiye emerged from the secret chamber and revealed his Early-stage Bone Refining cultivation, confronting the third elder.

• Lin Changge tried to appease the Zhao Household’s third elder, but the attendant provoked the Lin Household and threatened to kill them for refusing to kneel.
• The Lin Household’s young juniors protested the insult, and an elder silenced them as the Zhao guards drew their weapons.
• Lin Xiye observed the confrontation and assessed the Lin Household’s leadership, juniors, and weak fighting force.
• The third elder demanded the Lin Household submit and surrender nine-tenths of Qiao Town’s holdings, giving them three breaths to decide.
• Lin Xiye walked out of the fog, revealed his Early-stage Bone Refining cultivation, and declared that Qiao Town belonged to the Lin Household.

Lin Xiye revealed his Bone Refining Realm strength, killed the Zhao Household's third elder and two hundred guards, and rejected any compromise over Qiao Town. He reassured the Lin Household that he would protect them while planning to repair a valuable treasure and prepare for the Zhao Household's retaliation.

• Lin Xiye's display of Bone Refining Realm power frightened the Zhao Household's third elder, who still demanded most of Qiao Town's businesses on behalf of the Zhao Household.
• Lin Xiye seized the third elder and crushed him to death, then killed all two hundred Zhao Household armored guards.
• Lin Changge worried that Lin Xiye's actions had left the Lin Household no path of retreat, but Lin Xiye declared that they would fight their way to survival.
• Lin Xiye collected the third elder's belongings, including a damaged Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure array flag he planned to repair with the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror.
• Lin Xiye planned to seek attack items and bargains at an immortal cultivation market before the Zhao Household launched its next attack.

After destroying the Zhao Household party, Lin Xiye took control of its ferocious tiger and laid out plans to reform and expand the Lin Household. The chapter left Lin Changge inspired by Lin Xiye’s ambition to build the household into a major regional power.

• Lin Changge asked Lin Xiye what the Lin Household should do next, and Lin Xiye told the household members to take the Zhao Household’s carriages back.
• Lin Xiye threatened the ferocious tiger with death unless it submitted, then made it drink Spirit Severing Powder and gave it hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass.
• The ferocious tiger submitted to Lin Xiye, who climbed onto its back and made it his mount.
• Lin Xiye ordered the Lin Household to reorganize its guards, assess its younger generation, recruit support in nearby villages, and search for children with Spirit Roots.
• Lin Xiye explained his long-term plans to Lin Changge, who realized that his ancestor intended to make the Lin Household a major regional force.

Lin Xiye strengthened the Lin Household’s loyalty with promises of future life-extending pills, then advanced to the Late-stage Bone Refining Realm. Meanwhile, the Zhao Household grew concerned about its missing third elder and sent its second elder to investigate Qiao Town.

• Lin Changge pledged to serve the Lin Household, and Lin Xiye promised rewards and longer life for those who contributed to the Lineage.
• Lin Xiye returned to his courtyard, assigned the giant ferocious tiger a room, and secluded himself to cultivate.
• The Zhao Household patriarch worried that the third elder had not returned from Qiao Town, but several elders dismissed the danger and suggested sending someone to investigate.
• The Zhao Household patriarch ordered the second elder to go to Qiao Town and warned that the Lin Household would pay if the third elder had been harmed.
• Lin Xiye used the century-old Spirit Tempering Grass and his Profound-grade Spirit Root to break through to the Late-stage Bone Refining Realm, but thin spiritual energy slowed his progress.

Lin Xiye used the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror to upgrade the Lin Household’s resources and prepare to break through to the Organ Refining Realm. He gained a powerful formation treasure and turned his attention to testing whether worldly wealth could improve Spirit Stone fragments.

• Lin Xiye kept the remaining hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass and inventoried the Zhao Household third elder’s damaged treasure, Spirit Stone fragments, and Body Tempering Pills.
• Lin Xiye ordered Lin Changge to bring him the Lin Household’s accumulated gold, jade, and agate, intending to replenish the household’s finances by seizing the Zhao Household branch’s wealth in Sacrificial Water Town.
• Lin Xiye fed a chest of gold to the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror and upgraded the damaged formation flag into the Three Talents Formation Flags, a Spirit Nurturing Law Treasure.
• Lin Xiye used more gold to strengthen all three Body Tempering Pills, then placed chests of gold and silver on the mirror to test whether it could upgrade the ten Spirit Stone fragments.

Lin Xiye prepared to visit the cultivation market after finding that worldly treasures could not upgrade Spirit Stone fragments. Meanwhile, the Zhao Household’s second elder learned that Lin Xiye had destroyed the Zhao Household party, then left Qiao Town rather than risk confronting him, and Lin Xiye reassured the alarmed Lin Household.

• Lin Xiye put away his cultivation resources, took a leaf of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass and five Spirit Stone fragments, and prepared to go to the cultivation market.
• The Zhao Household’s second elder questioned a gate guard outside Qiao Town and learned that Lin Xiye had slaughtered the Zhao Household party.
• The Zhao Household’s second elder killed the guard in anger but decided against entering Qiao Town, then left to avoid risking his life.
• Lin Changge found the bloodstained crater and worried that the Zhao Household had begun its retaliation.
• Lin Xiye revealed that the second elder had already left, and the Lin Household elders and guards respectfully acknowledged their patriarch.

Lin Xiye ordered the Lin Household to expand its population and influence, then traveled to a cultivation market to prepare for the Zhao Household’s expected attack. He arrived at the hidden market, where cultivators traded goods and manuals.

• Lin Xiye told Lin Changge to recruit children, especially orphans, and promised to teach those with Spirit Roots to cultivate.
• Lin Xiye ordered the Lin Household to encourage childbirth and reward families whose children had Spirit Roots.
• Lin Xiye planned to develop the lands around Zichuan City and increase the Lin Household’s population and resources.
• Lin Xiye left Qiao Town to prepare for the Zhao Household’s attack, which he expected within three or four days.
• Lin Xiye reached the cultivation market two hundred li away and entered through its illusion formation.

Lin Xiye visited the Azure Shore Pavilion to sell a sprig of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass, but he grew wary after sensing that its staff and guards cultivated evil methods. The shopkeeper offered thirty Spirit Stone fragments, leaving Lin Xiye’s response unknown.

• Lin Xiye entered the Azure Shore Pavilion after noticing the market’s cultivators treated him with awe.
• An eager salesperson offered to show Lin Xiye around, but he declined and sensed traces of evil cultivation methods on the women at the entrance.
• Lin Xiye inspected the pavilion’s floors and realized that its guards, including the Bone Refining expert on the top floor, had also cultivated evil methods.
• Lin Xiye presented a sprig of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass to the shopkeeper and asked whether the pavilion would buy it.
• The shopkeeper recognized the herb and offered Lin Xiye thirty Spirit Stone fragments.

Lin Xiye negotiated with the Azure Shore Pavilion shopkeeper and sold a piece of hundred-year-old Spirit Tempering Grass leaves and stem for Spirit Stone fragments, Cultivation Methods, and pills. He then began buying supplies to prepare for confronting the Zhao Household's Organ Refining Realm ancestor.

• Lin Xiye kept his dissatisfaction hidden as the shopkeeper raised his offer to thirty-five Spirit Stone fragments.
• After the shopkeeper invited him to name a price, Lin Xiye demanded eighty Spirit Stone fragments, and the shopkeeper countered with sixty.
• Lin Xiye insisted on three Organ Refining Realm Cultivation Methods and a bottle of Spirit Tempering Pills in addition to the sixty fragments, and the shopkeeper agreed to the deal.
• Lin Xiye handed over the Spirit Tempering Grass piece and received the agreed payment and items.
• Lin Xiye ordered ten Flame Talismans, three Spirit Poison Bottles, and ten bottles of Body Tempering Pills to prepare for the Zhao Household's ancestor.

Lin Xiye bought supplies at the cultivation market and seized the chance to purchase a damaged Foundation Establishment-level Spirit Gathering Formation, hoping to repair it with the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror. He left for Qiao Town, conserving his strength as he prepared for the Zhao Household’s coming attack.

• Lin Xiye bought Flame Talismans, Spirit Tempering Pills, Spirit Poison Bottles, and precious herb seeds at the cultivation market.
• He overheard two Blood Refining Realm men arguing over a damaged Foundation Establishment-level Spirit Gathering Formation and offered fifteen Spirit Stone fragments for it.
• Lin Xiye used his Bone Refining Realm presence to make the seller accept his offer, then took the formation and left the market.
• He traveled toward Qiao Town while conserving his strength, intending to finish his preparations before the Zhao Household launched its attack.

Lin Xiye returned to the Lin Household after avoiding a fight between Spirit Nourishing cultivators, then used the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror to enhance his possessions. He resolved to consume his Body Tempering Pills and raise his cultivation to the Organ Refining Realm.

• Lin Xiye heard distant fighting between Spirit Nourishing cultivators and hurried away to avoid getting caught up in it.
• Lin Xiye returned to the Lin Household in Qiao Town and inventoried his cultivation methods, pills, talismans, formation flags, and other treasures.
• Lin Xiye used the Immortal-Appraising Treasure Mirror and the household's gold and valuables to enhance his belongings, exhausting the household's reserves of mundane wealth.
• Lin Xiye discovered that enhanced resources could not be consumed to enhance other items, and that he could not upgrade the Foundation Establishment-level Spirit Gathering Formation without Spirit Stone fragments or complete low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xiye stored his enhanced treasures and decided to take his Body Tempering Pills to strengthen himself and reach the Organ Refining Realm.

Lin Xiye reached the Early Organ Refining Realm while preparing for the Zhao Household’s attack. When Lin Changge reported that a force of nearly twenty thousand was approaching Qiao Town, Lin Xiye went out alone to face it.

• Lin Xiye used Body Tempering Pills to break through to Bone Refining Realm Perfection, then swallowed the remaining pills and endured the pain of reforging his five organs.
• After three days, Lin Xiye reached the Early Organ Refining Realm and decided to consolidate his cultivation before advancing further.
• Lin Xiye read the Lesser Five Elements Sword Technique until Lin Changge reported that nearly twenty thousand troops were approaching Qiao Town.
• Lin Xiye told Lin Changge to reassure the clan and maintain order, then left Qiao Town to confront the approaching force.
• The Zhao Household’s army, including five hundred heavy cavalry and over fifteen thousand armored guards, advanced toward Qiao Town.

The Zhao Household’s forces advanced toward Qiao Town, slaughtering and enslaving villagers along the way while a young Zhao descendant questioned the cruelty. Lin Xiye prepared to defend the town and faced the Zhao army as its elder ordered the assault to begin.

• The Zhao Household’s subordinate forces raided villages with the household’s tacit approval, killing villagers and taking young men as slaves.
• A young Zhao descendant tried to stop the violence, but an elder held him back and taught him that strength ruled the world.
• The Zhao Household assembled a force of nearly fifteen immortal cultivators and marched toward Qiao Town.
• Lin Xiye prepared the Lin Household’s defenses and waited outside Qiao Town as the Zhao army arrived.
• A Zhao Household elder declared that the Lin Household would be wiped out and ordered the subordinate forces to charge first.

As the Zhao Household attacked Qiao Town, Lin Xiye confronted its immortal cultivators and pretended to surrender to distract Zhao Renjia. Lin Xiye struck Zhao Renjia with Flame Talismans and activated the Three Talents Formation Flags, trapping the battle in a killing formation.

• Lin Changge directed the Lin Household’s defenders as arrows and heavy crossbows attacked the charging forces outside Qiao Town.
• Lin Xiye advanced toward the Zhao Household’s immortal cultivators, where Zhao Renjia emerged and demanded that he surrender, hand over the Immortal Ascension Token, and become a servant.
• Lin Xiye feigned submission while planning to injure Zhao Renjia and eliminate the Zhao Household’s Bone Refining Realm cultivators.
• Lin Xiye threw five Flame Talismans at Zhao Renjia, seriously injuring him as the Zhao Household’s cultivators rushed forward and their subordinate factions retreated.
• Lin Xiye used two Spirit Stone fragments to activate the Three Talents Formation Flags, filling the area with runes and the elements of metal, wood, and fire.