Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan, posing as Liang Shanbo, joined the Chen Household and learned from Chai Yunshan that the commandery clans were sending recruited Rogue Cultivators into a dangerous conflict over an ancient treasured land. He learned that the Zhao Clan had offered a Purple Mysterious Pill and a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact to anyone who killed Zhang Yaozu, leaving him to weigh the risks and opportunities of the conflict.

• Xu Fan entered seclusion at Clear Water Peak after joining the Chen Household as Liang Shanbo.
• Chai Yunshan visited Xu Fan with wine and warned him that joining the Chen Household at this time had been a dangerous choice.
• Chai Yunshan explained that the Nanyue Zhao Clan and Linhai Luo Clan were fighting over a treasured land from High Antiquity and using Rogue Cultivators to bolster their forces.
• Xu Fan learned that Luo Chongyun had been pursuing a Joint Cultivation Human Pill using Zhang Yaozu, and that cultivators from the other three commanderies had joined the conflict.
• Chai Yunshan told Xu Fan that the Zhao Clan had promised a Purple Mysterious Pill and a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact to whoever killed Zhang Yaozu.

Xu Fan learned that Zhang Yaozu was being forced toward the High Antiquity treasure land and agreed to Chai Yunshan’s request that they look out for each other. The Chen Household discussed Liang Shanbo’s uncertain background and decided to use the expedition as a chance to seize his inheritance if he died.

• Xu Fan heard that Zhang Yaozu, a Luo Clan cultivator with a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact, was resisting the plan to refine him into a human pill and might enter the High Antiquity treasure land.
• Chai Yunshan asked Xu Fan to watch each other’s backs, worried about what would happen to his family if he died, and Xu Fan agreed.
• Chen Jianxing asked Chen Jingyan about Liang Shanbo’s background, and Chen Jingyan said he seemed to be a Rogue Cultivator concealing his origins.
• Chen Jianxing decided Liang Shanbo would join the Chen Household’s expedition, while the family’s own cultivators stayed protected and the outside-surname cultivators faced the danger.
• Chen Jingyan noted that Liang Shanbo might possess a seventh-grade true-fire Cultivation Method, and Chen Jianxing ordered him to arrange to take it if an opportunity arose.

Liu Changfeng received a green talisman from True Person Qingsong and was sent to the High Antiquity treasure land to obtain a Foundation Establishment spiritual object and return quickly. Xu Fan reached the Great Sun Golden Body’s second refinement and second transformation, then prepared to join Chen Jingyan’s clansmen on their trip to the treasure land.

• True Person Qingsong told Liu Changfeng that his Foundation Establishment opportunity lay in the High Antiquity treasure land, gave him a green talisman to locate it, and warned him not to pursue anything else.
• Liu Changfeng suspected that powerful forces were influencing the Red Pine Sect’s handling of the treasure land, but decided to follow his master’s instructions and leave promptly.
• Song Junqing met Liu Changfeng at the foot of the peak, encouraged him to pursue his opportunity, and let him continue on his way.
• Xu Fan advanced the Great Sun Golden Body to its second refinement and second transformation, bringing his martial cultivation to the fifth transformation of True Essence.
• Chen Jingyan visited Xu Fan and said that he and the Chen Household’s clansmen would travel to the Zhao Clan’s Immortal Clan and hoped Xu Fan would help them find opportunities in the treasure land.