Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao rescued several dozen unconscious cultivators from the Icefield Mystic Realm, charging each fifty Spirit Stones before sending them through the exit. He then joined the pile outside and pretended to be unconscious while the guards prepared to wake everyone and contact Yuan Zhiyun’s household.

• Lin Xiao searched the unconscious cultivators’ Storage Bags, took fifty Spirit Stones from each, and kept the old bags that contained valuables taken from the dead.
• The system revealed a Heart-Questioning Stone in Yuan Zhiyun’s Storage Bag, but Lin Xiao left it and took only fifty Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xiao opened the mystic realm’s exit and threw several dozen unconscious cultivators outside, where the guards recognized Hu Guanyu and Yuan Zhiyun among them.
• Lin Xiao went to another gray-dot area, repeated his rescue and fee-collecting process, then threw himself out and pretended to be unconscious.
• The two Heavenly Profound Sect guards moved the cultivators onto open ground and planned to notify Yuan Zhiyun’s household.

After the secret-realm survivors woke, Lin Xiao paid his share of the thank-you gifts and returned to Yuanling City to seek a Heart-Questioning Stone. He learned that buying one locally would be costly and decided against approaching Yuan Zhiyun, so he placed an order at Many Treasures Pavilion.

• Yuan Bi arrived, found Yuan Zhiyun unharmed, gave the gatekeepers a generous gift, and took her home.
• A senior fellow disciple from Seven Stars Peak took Hu Guanyu away, while Lin Xiao waited for the others to wake.
• Lin Xiao pretended to wake with the others, paid fifty Spirit Stones, and left for Yuanling City.
• Lin Xiao asked market shopkeepers about Heart-Questioning Stones and learned that they cost at least twelve hundred Spirit Stones in Yuanling City.
• Lin Xiao decided not to ask Yuan Zhiyun to trade for her stone and placed an order at Many Treasures Pavilion.

Lin Xiao ordered a Heart-Questioning Stone from the Many Treasures Pavilion and experienced a sudden burst of cultivation while reflecting on ordinary life in the city. After cultivating for two days, he spoke with Liao Pantu, who explained his rapid growth and revealed how he had taken the Key to the Secret Realm from a pool guarded by Silver-Tailed Fish.

• Lin Xiao paid Shopkeeper Zhong a deposit for a Heart-Questioning Stone, which the Many Treasures Pavilion promised to deliver in five days.
• Lin Xiao walked through the busy morning streets and reflected on the contrast between cultivation and ordinary life, hoping Lingxian Sect would make Xiushui Village prosperous.
• Lin Xiao felt the Original Essence Heart Sutra circulating rapidly, returned to the inn, and cultivated for two days.
• Lin Xiao asked Liao Pantu whether his rapid growth would continue, and Liao Pantu explained that it would stop when Lin Xiao reached his natural height.
• Lin Xiao asked why Liao Pantu had needed to recuperate, and Liao Pantu said he had taken the Key to the Secret Realm from a pool guarded by mother Silver-Tailed Fish.

Lin Xiao buried the remains he had collected from the ice caves in a nameless grave outside Yuanling City and offered wine to the dead. Three days earlier, Yuan Zhiyun had returned home and told Yuan Bi how she had been rescued, while discovering that fifty Spirit Stones were missing from her Storage Bag.

• Lin Xiao told Liao Pantu he had collected the bones in the ice caves and asked where he could bury them.
• Following Liao Pantu’s directions, Lin Xiao dug a grave, buried the remains with sentimental objects, and marked the site with a stone tablet reading “Nameless Grave.”
• Lin Xiao poured wine over the burial ground, then agreed to take Liao Pantu to the Immortal Fragrance Pavilion for a drink.
• Yuan Zhiyun woke at home and recounted to Yuan Bi how she had been trapped in the ice cave before losing consciousness.
• Yuan Zhiyun noticed that fifty Spirit Stones were missing from her Storage Bag, and Yuan Bi told her to rest and not worry about finding an Icefield Spirit for the ancestor.

After buying the Heart-Questioning Stone, Lin Xiao considered Shopkeeper Zhong’s offer to purchase his sect’s cultivation supplies and agreed to do business with the Many Treasures Pavilion. The two settled their future trading arrangements, and Shopkeeper Zhong gave Lin Xiao a token for his people to use when making deliveries.

• Yuan Zhiyun handed the Heart-Questioning Stone to Yuan Bi, while news of the Icefield Mystic Realm’s deadly ice caves spread through Yuanling City.
• Lin Xiao collected his Heart-Questioning Stone from Shopkeeper Zhong at the Many Treasures Pavilion and paid the remaining 1,050 Spirit Stones.
• Shopkeeper Zhong told Lin Xiao that the Many Treasures Pavilion would buy his goods, and later speculated to Changsheng that a new faction might be forming near Yuanling City.
• Lin Xiao consulted Liao Pantu and considered selling his sect’s pills and talismans through the pavilion to earn Spirit Stones and gain access to its information network.
• Lin Xiao returned the next day, agreed to trade with Shopkeeper Zhong, and received a token for his people to use when delivering goods.

Lin Xiao learned that Liu Chun had tracked him through a Spirit Stone and visited to thank him for saving his life. Their awkward conversation turned to Liu Chun’s future after leaving the Wu Household, and Liu Chun admitted he had no plans yet.

• Lin Xiao received a wooden box containing a Spirit Stone and realized Liu Chun had used it to find him.
• Liao Pantu explained how Liu Chun had tracked the Spirit Stone and reassured Lin Xiao that the people from the ice cave were unlikely to track him.
• Liu Chun visited Lin Xiao the next morning and formally thanked him for saving his life.
• Lin Xiao asked Liu Chun what he planned to do after leaving the Wu Household, and Liu Chun said he had not made any plans.

Lin Xiao recruited Liu Chun, a Foundation Establishment cultivator and talisman master, into the Lingxian Sect and planned to return with him the next day. As Lin Xiao asked Liao Pantu about the Icefield Spirit, a system notification announced that the sect’s school had opened and a construction task was complete.

• Liu Chun gave Lin Xiao a gift, accepted his invitation to join the Lingxian Sect, and became the sect’s newest member.
• Lin Xiao decided to leave for the sect the next day, and Liu Chun went to pack and say goodbye to his friend.
• Lin Xiao asked Liao Pantu about the Icefield Spirit, and Liao Pantu explained its purifying powers and the need to raise its level.
• The system announced that classes had officially begun at the Lingxian Sect’s school and that Lin Xiao had completed the surrounding construction task.

Lin Xiao accepted the Icefield Spirit from Liao Pantu and brought Liu Chun from Yuanling City to Xiushui Village to join his sect. Liu Chun was stunned to learn that Lin Xiao was a twelve-year-old sect master at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

• Liao Pantu gave Lin Xiao the Icefield Spirit and urged him to cultivate while searching for Liao Pantu's soul and physical body.
• Lin Xiao toured Yuanling City, told Shopkeeper Zhong he was leaving, and noted the marks of shops and lineages for his sect to record.
• The Yuan Household offered a hundred thousand Spirit Stones for an Icefield Spirit, but no cultivator delivered one after the mystic realm closed.
• Lin Xiao met Liu Chun at the inn and used the Heaven and Earth Transposition Formation Disk to take him to Xiushui Village that night.
• Lin Xiao showed Liu Chun the small sect and explained its members' cultivation; Liu Chun was astonished to learn Lin Xiao was its twelve-year-old sect master.

Lin Xiao returned to the Lingxian Sect and welcomed Liu Chun as its acting talisman-making elder, while Liu Chun gained a place to settle and renewed hope that the sect would endure. The chapter left Liu Chun settled in the sect, Liao Pantu cultivating in his room, and Lin Xiao hurrying home after his return.

• Liu Chun learned that Lin Xiao was a twelve-year-old Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator and the sect master, then met Liao Pantu in soul form.
• Xiaoluan rushed over to greet Lin Xiao, who asked whether he had been eating the Silver Frost Python Demon's demon core; Xiaoluan admitted he had eaten a little.
• Lin Xiao introduced Liu Chun to Xiaoluan and appointed Liu Chun acting elder of the talisman-making room, and Liu Chun accepted in hopes of finding a stable home while searching for his younger sister.
• Lin Xiao built Liu Chun a house at the Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling, and Liu Chun resolved to draw more talismans to help the sect.
• Lin Xiao explained the sect's basic routine and left Liu Chun to settle in, while Liao Pantu returned to his room and began cultivating with the Soul-Nourishing Pendant.
• Lin Xiao hurried home, glad that he had finally returned.

Lin Xiao returned home safely with Liao Pantu and introduced the talisman master Liu Chun to the sect. Liu Chun was surprised by the sect’s cultivation room and began trying one of its methods, the Sunflower Treasure Manual.

• Lin Xiao returned late at night, hugged Lin Dayou, and escaped to his room before his father could hit him with a shoe.
• The next morning, Lin Xiao greeted Lin Yun and his grandparents, then went up the mountain to meet the sect members waiting for him.
• Lin Xiao told the sect members about his trip to the world of immortal cultivation and introduced Liu Chun as a talisman master.
• Lin Xiao told Liu Chun he could answer questions about talisman making, choose a disciple, and study the sect’s cultivation methods without being required to share his own talisman designs.
• Liu Chun entered the cultivation room, was surprised by its dense Spiritual Qi and collection of cultivation methods, and tried practicing the Sunflower Treasure Manual.

Lin Xiao used the Item Synthesizer to create the Ten-Li Heart-Questioning Road and laid it along the mountain path, transforming it into a peach-blossom-lined staircase that could screen visitors by their dispositions. Its fragrance reached Sun Yigao’s private school, where Sun Yigao noticed the children’s minds and moods improve.

• After Tuzi reported the sect’s recent affairs, Lin Xiao decided to build a Heart-Questioning Road along the mountain path to screen intruders.
• Lin Xiao combined a Heart-Questioning Stone, a hundred Spirit Stones, and a peach branch in the Item Synthesizer, creating the Ten-Li Heart-Questioning Road.
• Lin Xiao claimed ownership of the road with his Divine Sense and learned that he could set which dispositions it would accept.
• Lin Xiao spread the road along the mountain path, which became bluestone steps lined with blooming peach trees and scattered petals.
• The peach-blossom fragrance reached Sun Yigao’s private school, clearing the minds of Sun Yigao and the children and improving their moods.

Lin Xiao installed the Icefield Mystic Realm entrance beside the Green Field entrance and discovered the ice pool could house Silver-Tailed Fish. After arranging the pool and planting Ice Stone Grass, he decided to cultivate in seclusion until he reached Golden Core.

• Lin Xiao placed the Icefield Mystic Realm entrance connection point beside the Green Field entrance and opened the mystic realm with the Key to the Secret Realm.
• Lin Xiao discovered that the ice pool had an expansive interior and tested its effect by putting a Silver-Tailed Fish in it.
• Lin Xiao placed ten Silver-Tailed Fish in the pool and planted Ice Stone Grass around its edge to test whether they would thrive there.
• Lin Xiao set aside the Icefield Spirit and resolved to settle the sect's affairs before entering seclusion to cultivate until he reached Golden Core.

Lin Xiao built a hidden, spacious sect storehouse in the mountainside and moved most of his collected herbs and treasures into it. He then explained the newly formed Icefield Mystic Realm to the disciples, who hoped to explore it once they had cultivated enough.

• Lin Xiao used Cold-Concentrating Jade, spirit wood, and a lock to synthesize a sect storehouse, then placed it inside the mountainside.
• He opened the storehouse with its matching key and found a spacious interior with shelves that preserved different kinds of supplies.
• Lin Xiao moved the Icefield Spirit, most of his Ice Stone Grass, and other medicinal herbs from his private storage into the sect storehouse.
• Lin Xiao found the disciples gathered around the new ice pool and told them it was the entrance to the Icefield Mystic Realm and explained when it opened.
• The disciples wanted to explore the Icefield and Green Field Mystic Realms, but they agreed to wait until their cultivation was strong enough to handle their dangers.

Lin Xiao set the Heart-Questioning Road to test character, and Liu Yunan became trapped in a trial involving his hated eldest uncle. At the Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling, he found Liu Shengsheng learning to cook from Jiang Youfu, then told Liao Pantu he planned to cultivate to Golden Core within half a year.

• Lin Xiao gave Jiang Youfu a Silver-Tailed Fish and showed Tuzi and Liu Yunan the newly built mountain path.
• Lin Xiao set the Heart-Questioning Road's character test, and Liu Yunan was sent into a trial at his eldest uncle's home.
• Lin Xiao realized Tuzi was also motionless on the road and went to find Liao Pantu while waiting for him to emerge.
• Liu Shengsheng followed Jiang Youfu at the stove, where he taught her cooking and let her help prepare ingredients.
• Lin Xiao told Liao Pantu he wanted to enter seclusion and reach Golden Core within half a year, leaving Liao Pantu stunned.

Lin Xiao planned to enter seclusion for six months to attempt to reach the Golden Core realm and asked Liao Pantu to oversee the sect. Elsewhere, people who stepped onto the newly transformed mountain path became dazed, while Liu Chun joined Jiang Youfu, Mo Yuanjiao, and Mo Que for a meal.

• Lin Xiao told Liao Pantu he intended to cultivate in seclusion for six months, and Liao Pantu warned him not to rush a breakthrough.
• Liu Yunan, Tietou, and the four members of the Lin family became dazed after stepping onto the mountain path.
• Xiaoluan and Big Peach walked onto the path and joined the dazed group.
• Sun Yigao found Tuantuan lying motionless on the path, picked him up, and carried him back to school.
• Jiang Youfu called everyone to eat, and Mo Yuanjiao and Mo Que hurried out of the Formation Hall as Liu Chun emerged from the talisman-making room.

After sharing Jiang Youfu’s spirit-fish feast, Lin Xiao visited his family and persuaded them to begin cultivating. The Lin family agreed to pursue immortality together, adding five new members to the Lingxian Sect.

• Jiang Youfu served a spirit-fish feast, and the gathered sect members praised his cooking and enjoyed the fish’s Spiritual Qi.
• Lin Xiao found his father and two older brothers among six people and two chickens caught on the Heart-Questioning Road, but left them to complete its screening on their own.
• Lin Xiao brought cooked spirit fish to the Lin family’s old home and urged his relatives to cultivate, explaining that their farming worries had eased with Lin Lei’s help.
• Old Master Lin decided that the whole family would cultivate, and the family welcomed the decision.
• Old Master Lin, Old Madam Lin, Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin, and Lin Yan joined the Lingxian Sect, while Aunt Lin put aside plans to arrange Lin Yan’s marriage.

Lin Xiao prepared his family and Liu Yunan for his long seclusion, entrusting Liu Yunan with helping manage the sect. Afterward, Lin Xiao examined his Heart-Questioning Road rewards and discovered a fragment that could help form a floating island.

• Lin Xiao gave his family pills and Teleportation Talismans, warned them that he would enter seclusion, and returned to the sect.
• Lin Dayou led the awakened members of the Lin family down the Heart-Questioning Road, leaving Lin Yun and the chickens to finish their experiences.
• Lin Xiao asked Liu Yunan to manage the sect with Senior Liao and Yigao, handed him the storeroom key, and explained how to handle supplies, stipends, and emergencies.
• Lin Xiao examined his rewards and discovered that collecting three Yaoguang Floating Island Fragments would create a Yaoguang Floating Island.

Lin Xiao explained the Heart-Questioning Road, assigned leadership and hall responsibilities, and announced that Lingxian Sect would openly accept disciples. He then began looking for a secluded place to advance his cultivation, reconsidering his original plan because of the sect storehouse's placement.

• Lin Xiao explained that the Heart-Questioning Road tested visitors and sent those who failed back to the foot of the mountain.
• Lin Xiao appointed Liu Yunan to manage sect affairs, assisted by Senior Liao and Sun Yigao, and assigned leaders to the Alchemy Chamber, Formation Hall, Talisman-Making Room, and Artifact Refining Hall.
• Lin Xiao warned the sect to stay alert as it came into the outside world's sight, while assuring everyone they could use Teleportation Talismans to return to safety.
• Lin Xiao announced that relatives and friends could join Lingxian Sect if they passed the Heart-Questioning Road.
• Lin Xiao noticed his father Lin Dayou thinking of his late wife and let him be, then ended the meeting.
• Lin Xiao asked Liu Yunan to explain sect affairs to Qin Jianghe by Location Sound Transmission Talisman and went to find a place to enter seclusion.

Lin Xiao built a hidden secluded cultivation site inside the mountainside and named it the Nature Platform, then placed advanced Cold-Concentrating Jade beside the spirit spring. He left Jiang Youfu’s meditation to carry him away for a chat.

• Lin Xiao used ordinary Cold-Concentrating Jade and five hundred Spirit Stones to synthesize a secluded cultivation site with a starry pool and a meditation platform.
• Lin Xiao placed the site near the spirit spring behind the Returning to the Garden Mountain Dwelling and entered it through a small piece of white jade.
• Lin Xiao named the site the Nature Platform after inspecting its interior.
• Lin Xiao placed advanced Cold-Concentrating Jade beside the spring, where frost formed around it without stopping the water from flowing.
• Lin Xiao quietly carried Jiang Youfu out of his meditation so they could talk.

Lin Xiao caught up with Jiang Youfu, encouraged his cooking discoveries, and gave him pills for his family before preparing to enter seclusion again. Meanwhile, rumors about the Lin family and the peach blossom path spread through nearby villages, and several visitors entered the path and emerged changed.

• Lin Xiao carried Jiang Youfu from the cultivation chamber to the main hall and heard that Jiang Youfu’s cooking with Spirit Plants and spirit fish could smooth meridians.
• Lin Xiao offered Jiang Youfu ingredients and pills for his family, then told him he would soon enter seclusion; Jiang Youfu said he was enjoying cooking with Sister Shengsheng.
• Villagers noticed the newly appeared peach blossom path beside the school and spread rumors linking it to the Lin family and a possible immortal.
• Scholars and visitors approached the path, and some who stepped onto it fell into a daze while others fled for help.
• The visitors who had entered the path later stood safely outside, gazing upward with more resolute expressions.