Chapter Summaries

Lü Yang reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement and received a high-grade Law Artifact from Xuanfeng, while the Evergreen Sect discussed preventing conflict with the Spirit Moon Sect and pursuing compensation from Yellow Maple Valley. Bai Mei gave Bai Lili a powerful treasure to ease her anger over Meng Yan, leaving the sect tensions and personal grudges unresolved.

• Lü Yang broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement and visited Xuanfeng, who praised his talent and gave him the Ten Thousand Laws Brush on the condition that he reach the top two hundred on the Disciple Ranking.
• Daoist Qingguang told the Evergreen Sect elders to monitor Jin Yun at Yellow Maple Valley, prevent sect conflict, and press Yellow Maple Valley for compensation over Meng Yan's actions.
• Daoist Qingguang ordered Evergreen Sect disciples to kill the Rogue Cultivator targeted by the Spirit Moon Sect's kill order if they encountered him.
• Bai Lili became furious while cultivating as she remembered Meng Yan and feared her anger might develop into a heart demon.
• Bai Mei comforted Bai Lili by giving her a Mystic Bird Chess Piece that could summon a fighting bird as powerful as the Azure Dragon Flag.

Su Liuyue and Ziyang searched Ghost Demoness's ruins for a Spirit Severing Pill to help Shen Ge, but found none. Back at the sect, Shen Ge reassured Su Liuyue and encouraged her to stop blaming herself as she agreed to help him focus on cultivation and teaching Su Sui.

• Ziyang and Su Liuyue explored the ruins beneath White Bone Mountain and opened the sealed cave abodes.
• They found hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones and other treasures, but no Spirit Severing Pill; Ziyang gave Su Liuyue a share for herself and Shen Ge.
• Ziyang promised to ask other sects about a Spirit Severing Pill after they returned to the sect.
• Su Liuyue told Shen Ge that the ruins had no Spirit Severing Pill, and he accepted the disappointment while saying he could wait and strengthen his foundation.
• Shen Ge returned half of the Spirit Stones to Su Liuyue and told her not to feel guilty about his injury; she encouraged him to study and teach Su Sui.

Ten years passed as Shen Ge’s injury remained unresolved, though he advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and studied artifact refining, talismans, and formations. Su Sui returned with a Soul-Nourishing Pill, and Shen Ge told her to prepare to break through to Foundation Establishment after helping recruit and teach new disciples.

• Shen Ge reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, but his cultivation stopped advancing and Huang Tao remained missing.
• Su Sui visited Shen Ge without knocking and gave him a Soul-Nourishing Pill she had obtained with difficulty.
• Shen Ge told Su Sui to stop wandering and prepare to break through to Foundation Establishment after completing her teaching duties with Senior Sister Nishang.
• Su Sui mentioned the Evergreen Sect’s new genius, Ye Xingchen, and Shen Ge advised her to use her superior cultivation speed rather than focus on competing at the same realm.
• Su Sui promised to find a pill to heal Shen Ge when she reached Golden Core, then ran off with the spirit fruits; Shen Ge swallowed the Soul-Nourishing Pill and privately praised her filialness.

Su Du and Han Yu discussed their plan to seize a mysterious flower and defy the heavens, while Mo Shang escaped the Ice and Snow Plateau in Old Man Wuya’s body with the Soul-Summoning Banner. At the Spirit Moon Sect, Shen Ge felt an unexplained restlessness as he stopped drawing talismans.

• Su Du teased Han Yu about marriage and her lingering thoughts of Shen Ge, while Han Yu warned Su Du that the emperor might arrange a match for her.
• Su Du and Han Yu discussed their carefully prepared scheme to take a flower within ten years and preserve the soil beneath it for their later plans.
• Mo Shang burst out of a collapsing snow mountain in Old Man Wuya’s body and claimed victory over Wuya’s schemes.
• Mo Shang retrieved formation flags and the Soul-Summoning Banner from the snow, then fled the dangerous plateau before his new body was fully adjusted.
• Shen Ge ruined a talisman when his hand slipped, sensed that something was wrong, and stopped to calm his mind.

Shen Ge and the Spirit Moon Sect delegation traveled to the Evergreen Sect for an exchange gathering and met their hosts at a welcoming banquet. The competitions were still three days away, leaving Shen Ge free to explore the sect before the contests began.

• Mu Wan asked Shen Ge about the upcoming exchange, and they discussed the Spirit Moon Sect’s weakened prospects in several disciplines.
• Ziyang led a hundred Spirit Moon Sect members to the Evergreen Sect, where Daoist Qingguang welcomed them.
• Shen Ge and Chu He observed the Evergreen Sect’s capable disciples as the delegation arrived.
• Li Ze and other Evergreen Sect disciples welcomed the visitors and brought them to a banquet, where Shen Ge sat beside Li Xue.
• Li Xue spoke with Shen Ge about True Person Qingyu, Su Liuyue, and their cultivation, and they exchanged compliments.
• Li Ze’s group escorted the Spirit Moon Sect delegation to their lodging and invited them to explore before the competitions began in three days.

Li Xue brought Shen Ge and the others around the Evergreen Sect, where Mu Wan bought Crimson Gold Copper with Shen Ge’s Spirit Stones. Shen Ge then found a damaged token bearing the character “white,” but its origins remained unknown.

• Li Xue showed the group the sect’s training ground and shop, but they declined to spar and went to browse the wares.
• Mu Wan spotted Crimson Gold Copper and asked Shen Ge to buy it, and he paid ten thousand Spirit Stones for it.
• The stall owner explained that the Evergreen Sect had displayed the material as an opportunity for the visiting disciples, and Mu Wan put it into her Storage Bag.
• Shen Ge and Mu Wan searched the shop for more treasures, while Li Xue tried to draw out Mu Wan’s knowledge of artifact refining.
• Shen Ge picked up a damaged token marked with the character “white,” and the stall owner offered to sell it to him for five hundred Spirit Stones.

Shen Ge bought a mysterious token, and Chu He later described an exceptionally lucky Evergreen Sect disciple whose fortune made Shen Ge suspect he was a child of fortune. Meanwhile, Daoist Qingguang refused Ziyang’s request to enter the Gods and Devils Abyss for a Spirit Severing Pill, leaving Ziyang to face the perilous journey without his help.

• Shen Ge paid five hundred Spirit Stones for a token that might lead to the ruins of a lost sect, while Mu Wan objected to the purchase.
• Mu Wan bought artifact-refining materials, and Li Xue took Shen Ge and Mu Wan to see a lake and pavilions at the Evergreen Sect.
• Chu He told Shen Ge and Mu Wan that a Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement Evergreen Sect disciple had found numerous treasures, including a nearly intact Talisman Treasure beneath a willow tree.
• Shen Ge warned Mu Wan against entering a secret realm with the lucky disciple, fearing his fortune could bring danger to those around him.
• In the Evergreen Sect’s main hall, Daoist Qingguang refused Ziyang’s request to accompany him into the Gods and Devils Abyss for a Spirit Severing Pill, citing the threat from the Three Demonic Dao Sects and the dangers of the abyss.

The exchange competition began with artifact- and pill-refining events, and Shen Ge and the Spirit Moon Sect disciples took their places. As competitors worked, several pill refiners were eliminated, while Shen Ge chose an unconventional design for his Law Artifact.

• The Evergreen Sect announced the competition events and called the participants to begin artifact and pill refining.
• Jin Ling warned Shen Ge and Mu Wan to place in the top five, and Ziyang watched Shen Ge while regretting that he could not risk seeking a Spirit Severing Pill for him.
• The participants collected identical materials and began refining; Shen Ge spent extra time preheating his furnace before processing his first material.
• Daoist Qingguang gave Ziyang a bottle of Spirit-Warming Pills to nourish Shen Ge's still-recovering soul.
• Several Spirit Moon Sect and Evergreen Sect disciples ruined ingredients and were eliminated from pill refining while Qingfeng continued working steadily.
• Jin Ling and Huang Tao shaped their materials into swords, while Shen Ge decided to make an unconventional Law Artifact instead.

Qingfeng placed second in the pill-refining competition behind Zhang Li, while Lu Yuan came third, and the rivals exchanged friendly remarks afterward. In the artifact-refining competition, Jin Ling defeated Liu Tao, and the remaining participants began presenting their artifacts.

• Zhang Li formed twelve high-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pills, while Lu Yuan produced ten pills, including one supreme-grade pill.
• Qingfeng formed three supreme-grade and five high-grade Soul-Nourishing Pills, securing second place behind Zhang Li and ahead of Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan accepted his defeat, and Qingfeng exchanged friendly words with him and Zhang Li before Zhang Li and Lu Yuan took Qingfeng to drink.
• Daoist Qingguang and Ziyang discussed the friendly exchange and recalled Ziyang's past loss in pill refining.
• Liu Tao presented a supreme-grade flying sword with twenty array-pattern sets, but Jin Ling's equally supreme-grade sword had stronger patterns, giving her the win.
• The remaining artifact refiners presented their work, including supreme-grade artifacts from Zhang Er and Mu Wan.

Shen Ge and his companions celebrated the artifact and alchemy competition results before a mysterious purple-haired woman arrived in the Southern Barbarian Lands. In the Luo Heaven Sea, Nascent Soul cultivators resolved to repair an ancient teleportation array and pursue her, leaving her next move unknown.

• Shen Ge learned that Jin Ling, Liu Tao, and Wang Hua had taken the top three places in the artifact refining competition, and he complained about receiving gold thread instead of a flying sword.
• Jin Ling scolded Shen Ge and Mu Wan, while Qingfeng gave Shen Ge four supreme-grade Spirit-Nourishing Pills and Chu He invited the group to celebrate.
• A purple-clad woman appeared in the Southern Barbarian Lands and decided to seek clues about reaching the Heavenly Desolation Domain.
• Nascent Soul cultivators in the Luo Heaven Sea found their ancient array disc damaged after the woman teleported away, and they agreed to repair it and seek help to stop her.
• Venerable Jihai warned that the woman threatened their sects and ordered the group to contact a sect that had left the Luo Heaven Sea thousands of years earlier.

Shen Ge reunited with Ye Xingchen during the sect competitions, while a mysterious purple-robed woman freed a little girl from a strange ball of light and named her Purple Eyes. After the Spirit Moon Sect failed to place in the talisman and formation competitions, its disciples began a group battle against the Evergreen Sect, where Shen Ge and Chu He faced the powerful Li Ze.

• Shen Ge met Ye Xingchen, the cultivator he had saved at Sunset Mountain Market, and accepted his invitation to talk.
• Su Sui scolded Lu Sheng for seeking a backer, then accepted the crispy meat pies he had brought and offered to help him with cultivation.
• A purple-robed woman captured a half-recovered ball of light, released a little girl with no memories, and named her Purple Eyes.
• The Spirit Moon Sect failed to place in the top three of either the talisman or formation competition, and Shen Ge, Mu Wan, and Chu He discussed the coming group battle.
• At the start of the group battle, Shen Ge and Mu Wan attacked the leading Evergreen Sect disciples while the Spirit Moon Sect fighters split up to hold their opponents back.
• Li Ze summoned a Water Dragon Technique against Shen Ge and Chu He, but Chu He destroyed the dragon with his Hand of the Earth as Li Ze prepared to stop holding back.

Shen Ge and Chu He battled Li Ze, who escalated his water-based techniques to counter their attacks. Meanwhile, Ziyang discussed Ye Xingchen’s injuries and possible ways to help him with several Nascent Soul Realm experts.

• Li Ze used Gloomy Rain Sword against Shen Ge and Chu He, while Shen Ge’s Golden Light Incantation protected him from the sword-qi rain.
• Shen Ge and Chu He attacked Li Ze with a sword of light, a stone spear, the Heaven-Overturning Seal, and Five Sword Nests, forcing Li Ze to strengthen his water-ball shield.
• Li Ze unleashed Marshland Kingdom and summoned water beasts to block the attacks and engage Shen Ge and Chu He.
• Chu He rescued Shen Ge from a water beast and warned him that the beasts were still water, then took on the stronger ones himself.
• Ye Xingchen served tea to Nascent Soul Realm experts as Daoist Qingguang and others discussed ways Ziyang could address Ye Xingchen’s injuries without entering the Gods and Devils Abyss.

Shen Ge, Chu He, and Li Ze remained locked in a stalemate as the other fights turned against the Evergreen Sect. Shen Ge left Li Ze’s water-beast assault to support Jin Ling, while Mu Wan challenged Yue Shan’s attempt to intervene.

• Jin Ling suppressed Liu Tao and Li Xue, while Yue Shan defeated Mu Wan, Li Kui, and their three allies by binding them with vines and threatening them with her flying sword.
• Ziyang, Daoist Qingguang, and Elder Languang discussed Yue Shan’s talent and Mo Qingyu’s long attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Shen Ge endured Li Ze’s water beasts until his Golden Light Incantation neared its limit, then abandoned his attack on Li Ze to help Jin Ling.
• Yue Shan prepared to join the fight against Jin Ling, but Mu Wan pointed out that Shen Ge had been involved in both battles from the start.

Shen Ge defeated Li Xue in the exchange match, then survived Li Ze’s powerful counterattack before the Spirit Moon Sect’s team claimed victory. The chapter ended with the cultivators trading jokes and challenges about fighting again after Shen Ge’s breakthrough.

• Shen Ge used Gale Escape to get behind Li Xue, and she admitted defeat after he threatened her with a flame-covered hand at her neck.
• Li Ze unleashed an enormous water ape’s claw at Shen Ge, who crashed into a crater but rose without serious injury.
• Li Xue and Yue Shan teased Shen Ge about his landing, and Mu Wan followed him after he flew away from them.
• Li Ze apologized for striking Shen Ge too hard, then admitted he had wanted to leave Shen Ge looking worse for wear.
• Li Ze conceded the team match to Shen Ge’s side and challenged him to a one-on-one fight after he reached Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Shen Ge protested that he was not known for sneak attacks after Li Ze cited his earlier attacks and a rumor about clubbing opponents from behind.

The sect exchange concluded, and the elders distributed individual and team rewards to the competitors. Shen Ge and his companions socialized with the Evergreen Sect disciples, while Ye Xingchen continued serving tea and overheard stories about the powerful cultivators.

• The Evergreen Sect elder announced the artifact refinement prizes, with Jin Ling receiving Law Treasure refinement material and Liu Tao taking second place.
• The elder announced the alchemy, talisman, and formation rewards, while disciples speculated about the prizes and Qingfeng remained composed.
• Shen Ge learned that each disciple on the winning team would receive one thousand Spirit Stones and looked forward to the team reward.
• Shen Ge and his companions collected their rewards and chatted with Li Ze and the Evergreen Sect group.
• Ye Xingchen continued serving tea and heard how Ao Feng had once been beaten by True Person Qingyu after confessing his feelings.
• Daoist Qingguang invited Ziyang to stay and discuss the Dao, but Ziyang declined because he had to manage the Spirit Moon Sect.

Zi Nü began organizing rogue cultivators into an alliance while several figures made plans for their futures. Huang Tao escaped his old identity by changing his appearance and divine soul signature, leaving as Zhou Shun.

• Zi Nü ordered Wan Xiao and the other two men in Sunset Valley to recruit rogue cultivators into an alliance, leaving its name and headquarters to them.
• Mo Shang considered joining the Blood Devil Grotto but chose to wait before deciding where to go.
• Meng Yan praised the Thunder Eagle for reaching the second-tier Demon Beast level and set out to sponge off Bai Lili and two people from the Blood Devil Grotto.
• Huang Tao emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Golden Core Stage and suspected the Spirit Moon Sect was hunting him because of what he knew about Shen Ge.
• Huang Tao used a secret treasure to change his appearance and divine soul signature, then adopted the name Zhou Shun.

Shen Ge spent a year cultivating in seclusion while news spread of the Purple Qi Sect’s rise and Meng Yan’s victory over the Blood Devil. When thunderclouds gathered over Mo Qingyu’s peak, Ziyang and the sect’s white-haired patriarch watched as she began her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Shen Ge practiced artifact refining, formations, talismans, and spirit medicine while hearing that the Purple Qi Sect had emerged and received territory from Yellow Maple Valley and the Evergreen Sect.
• Shen Ge learned that Meng Yan had defeated and humiliated the Blood Devil and two other Golden Core cultivators, and he seethed over his inability to avenge senior brother Qin Yu.
• Zhou Shun worked as a protector at the Purple Qi Sect and dismissed a sudden sneeze, confident that his changed divine soul signature would keep the Spirit Moon Sect from finding him.
• Shen Ge saw thunderclouds gather over his peak, recognized the lightning tribulation, and fled to avoid being caught in it.
• Ziyang opened the defensive formation around Mo Qingyu’s peak and celebrated her breakthrough after fifteen years of cultivation.
• The sect’s white-haired patriarch appeared beside Ziyang and said he had come to witness his disciple’s breakthrough.

Mo Qingyu overcame the Three-Nine Lesser Lightning Tribulation and reached the Nascent Soul Realm, then reunited with her master and welcomed Shen Ge and Su Sui. After learning that Shen Ge’s injury might leave him only a limited lifespan, the elders urged him to consider starting a family, and he decided to spend twenty years mastering his studies before leaving the sect to travel.

• Mo Qingyu used her flying sword to weaken the tribulation lightning, absorbed the remaining bolts, and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ziyang and Xuanguang congratulated Mo Qingyu, and their reunion led to Xuanguang angrily demanding to know where his second disciple Fenghuo was.
• Shen Ge brought Su Sui to pay respects; Su Sui received gifts from Mo Qingyu and the gathered elders after bowing to them all.
• Mo Qingyu asked about Shen Ge’s injury, but Ziyang dispelled her killing intent and Xuanguang later said he could not heal Shen Ge.
• Ziyang and Xuanguang advised Shen Ge to consider establishing a family because his injury might leave him only about a hundred and thirty or forty years to live.
• Shen Ge resolved to spend twenty years mastering his studies, then leave the sect and travel the world.

Shen Ge accepted Spirit Moon Sect’s generous support as he resolved to seek a way to heal his injury himself. In Hundred Flowers City, Han Yu reviewed her network’s progress and continued planning to bring the kingdom under her control within nine years.

• Xuanguang granted Shen Ge free access to spells below Divine Ability level and promised that any Lineage he established would become the foremost one affiliated with Spirit Moon Sect.
• Mo Qingyu offered Shen Ge her help and pledged to pursue Huang Tao, while Shen Ge left determined to find a way to heal his injury and make his life count.
• Han Yu arrived at All Under Heaven Pavilion and heard Zheng He explain that he had failed to win over Hu Xiao, whom Han Yu ordered him to send to prison if he could not be useful.
• Feng Wuhen reported that Han Yu’s network had infiltrated more than half of Hundred Flowers Kingdom and had bought up land and grain merchants to prepare for unrest.
• Han Yu planned to meet the heir of the Prince of Jinnan the day after tomorrow and said they needed a way to eliminate the army as a threat.
• Han Yu sent her associates away to think alone, mindful of the Commandery Princess’s order to secure the kingdom’s flower within nine years.

Shen Ge continued studying techniques while Su Sui broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, prompting him to urge her to cultivate seriously and protect herself. After she left determined to reach the Golden Core Stage, Shen Ge spoke with Fenghuo about disciples and love before returning to his studies and reflecting on his future.

• Over the year, Shen Ge mastered thirty techniques, while Mu Wan stopped sparring with him after he defeated her and began cultivating in earnest.
• Su Sui excitedly told Shen Ge that she had become the first disciple of her generation to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, and he criticized her for delaying her cultivation.
• Shen Ge explained that he was strict because he feared she would be unable to protect herself and because his injuries might prevent him from guarding her; Su Sui promised to cultivate hard and heal him.
• Su Sui left determined to break through to the Golden Core Stage, and Shen Ge watched her go with mixed feelings about how much she had grown.
• Fenghuo discussed the importance of strict teaching and his past relationship with a woman from the Hehuan Sect, then suggested Shen Ge find a woman of his own.
• Shen Ge dismissed the suggestion for now, resolved to prioritize becoming an immortal, and considered establishing a Lineage only if his injuries could not be healed.