Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao approved Lingxian Sect’s group teaching schedule and agreed to lecture new disciples, while Xiaoluan revealed they had secretly studied the sect’s cultivation methods and wanted to teach as well. The chapter ended with Liao Pantu confirming Xiaoluan’s knowledge, surprising everyone else.

• Liu Yunan arranged group classes for cultivation and technical skills, with Teacher Pei and Wen Yuejun set to manage Lingxian Academy while Sun Yigao lectured there occasionally.
• Lin Xiao approved the teaching plan and wrote his name at the top of the cultivation lecture schedule.
• Xiaoluan told the gathered sect members they could take disciples and teach because they had studied cultivation methods up to the Golden Core Stage.
• Liao Pantu explained that Xiaoluan had long studied human cultivation methods and secretly asked him questions.
• Liao Pantu confirmed Xiaoluan’s claim, leaving the others astonished.

Xiaoluan became a lecturer for the new disciples, while Big Peach was allowed to attend their classes. The next morning, Liu Yunan gathered the new disciples and hurried them down the mountain to begin their sect activities.

• Liu Yunan agreed to make Xiaoluan a lecturer after she promised to teach in human language, answer questions patiently, and refrain from beating disciples.
• Big Peach asked to attend classes with the new disciples, and Lin Xiao gave him permission.
• At dinner, Old Master Lin, Yang Jinshu, and others pressed Liu Yunan to say when the new disciples could begin working.
• Liu Yunan posted the list of eleven lecturers and their rotation schedule, then spent the night writing and drawing in the General Affairs Hall.
• The new disciples changed into their sect uniforms the next morning, with some needing help to dress.
• Liu Yunan used the Wind Riding Technique to speed the new disciples down the mountain.

Liu Yunan brought the new disciples to Lingxian Sect’s teleportation platform and sent them to Yaoguang Floating Island, where they were stunned to discover the sect possessed a vast, sky-borne cultivation ground. Liang Zhonghuai weighed the dangers of Lingxian Sect’s mysterious origins against his faith in its rigorous recruitment and chose to walk its path as a disciple.

• Liu Yunan warned the newcomers to adapt to the extraordinary world of immortal cultivation, then instructed them to teleport in groups of ten.
• The disciples stepped onto the platform and appeared on Yaoguang Floating Island, whose teleportation capacity had increased after the island reached level two.
• The newcomers looked out over the floating island and saw the sect buildings far below, while Yuan Jinsheng and Liang Zhonghuai marveled at its dense Spiritual Qi.
• Liang Zhonghuai wondered whether Lingxian Sect was dangerously wealthy or backed by a powerful figure, then considered that it might instead be a peaceful refuge.
• Liang Zhonghuai touched his Lingxian Sect disciple token, recalled the Heart-Questioning Road, and resolved to walk the road ahead alongside the sect.

Liu Yunan finished showing the new disciples around Lingxian Sect and explained how their daily cultivation lessons would work. Yang Jinshu secretly recognized her mother among the visitors, while the disciples were tasked with choosing a name for their mountain peak.

• During the tour, Yang Jinshu recognized her mother, Zhu Xiurong, but the two did not acknowledge each other, and Yang Jinshu noticed her father was absent.
• Liu Yunan skipped a tour of the Yaoguang Small World herb garden and led the new disciples back to their cultivation hall around noon.
• Liu Yunan explained that lessons would begin the next day at the hour of the rabbit and that perfect monthly attendance would earn a small reward.
• Liu Yunan asked Bai Zhu to track lateness for the next month, and Bai Zhu earnestly agreed.
• Liu Yunan asked the new disciples to suggest names for their mountain peak, with Bai Zhu collecting their ideas.

Liu Yunan explained the new disciples’ plans for building homes, exploring the sect, and choosing masters. Meanwhile, Yang Jinshu secretly brought an elderly woman to meet Liu Yunan and Liu Shengsheng, revealing her as their grandmother.

• Liu Yunan told the new disciples they would build their own homes, explore the sect, and choose one skill to study under a master.
• The new disciples gathered around Bai Zhu to discuss names for their mountain and then set out to explore the sect.
• Yang Jinshu pulled Liu Yunan from the General Affairs Hall and brought him and Liu Shengsheng to the new disciples’ living quarters.
• Yang Jinshu entered the shelters using the Concealment Technique and later emerged supporting an elderly woman.
• Yang Jinshu introduced the woman as her mother and told Liu Yunan and Liu Shengsheng to greet their grandmother, leaving the siblings stunned.

Yang Jinshu reunited with her mother, Zhu Xiurong, while Liu Yunan reflected on how vast the world was and mourned the grandfather who had died before returning home. Lin Xiao proposed creating a sect cemetery, then hurried to teach the new disciples as their first cultivation lesson was about to begin.

• Yang Jinshu spent the night talking with Zhu Xiurong and later shared her thoughts with the urn containing her father's ashes.
• Liu Yunan told Lin Xiao how his grandmother had journeyed from the Immortal Cultivation Realm to find his mother, and Lin Xiao suggested that the sect establish a burial ground for its disciples and their families.
• Liu Yunan agreed to discuss the cemetery plan with Jianghe before presenting it to the sect.
• Lin Xiao and Liu Yunan talked until dawn, then Lin Xiao rushed off to teach the new disciples.
• The new disciples struggled to get ready, helping one another fix their hair before gathering at the cultivation hall, where Lin Xiao waited at the lectern.

Lin Xiao taught the new disciples the first section of the Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction, and several showed signs of beginning to draw Qi into their bodies. The disciples then chose representatives to plan their residential area and began organizing its construction themselves.

• Lin Xiao distributed the Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction and explained its first section to the new disciples.
• Bai Zhu realized he could read because the Heart-Questioning Road had taught him, and he felt grateful to the sect.
• Several new disciples showed faint signs of drawing Qi into their bodies, so Lin Xiao reviewed the material before dismissing the class.
• Liu Yunan guided the disciples in meditation and answered their questions while Hu Liang prepared to help with construction.
• The new disciples chose Bai Zhu, Liang Zhonghuai, Yuan Jinsheng, Xuanyuan Haoyue, and Teacher Pei to make a residential-area plan.
• The five representatives completed a general plan, and the new disciples began assigning people to gather materials and build.

The Lingxian Sect’s five newest disciples organized the construction of housing for all 132 newcomers, while the rest of the sect worked harder to feed and support them. Lin Xiao emerged from seclusion and shut himself away in the Artifact Refining Hall, leaving his unfinished business a mystery.

• The five new disciples planned a large courtyard with 22 smaller courtyards, then organized everyone to gather construction materials.
• Liu Yunan watched the new disciples cooperate, while Jiang Youfu and Liu Shengsheng brought them dinner each evening.
• Old Master Lin drew on the spirit-rice stores for the newcomers’ meals, prompting the spirit-field group to work harder and open more plots.
• Old Master Lin encouraged Sun Yigao to research pills for plants, and Sun Yigao and Liao Pantu became absorbed in the work.
• Xiaoluan supplied spirit-beast meat for the new disciples, while Qin Jianghe continued the Finance Hall’s trade and sought to expand it.
• Lin Xiao left seclusion, shut himself inside the Artifact Refining Hall, and continued attending Jiang Youfu’s dinners.

A group of ten cultivators traveling to the Mortal Realm to investigate the Execution Stone was ambushed by Spirit-Devouring Beasts and nearly out of spiritual power. Yao Yuchang forced He Yi to deal with the beasts, and He Yi destroyed them with a costly barrage of talismans, leaving the group to continue its journey.

• Jiang Youfu left meals outside Lin Xiao’s door, and the food repeatedly disappeared before returning empty.
• Ten cultivators from major sects encountered a pack of Spirit-Devouring Beasts on the road to the Mortal Realm and struggled because their spiritual power was nearly exhausted.
• Yao Yuchang singled out He Yi, the youngest and weakest cultivator, and demanded that he find a way to handle the beasts.
• He Yi used high-grade Explosive Flame Talismans to blow up the Spirit-Devouring Beasts, splattering some of the cultivators with black liquid.
• He Yi claimed the talismans were all he had, while Yao Yuchang looked down on him and worried about delaying the investigation.

He Yi and the others continued through the desolate Spiritless Land while he considered his secret reasons for joining the expedition. At Lingxian Sect, Bai Zhu balanced cultivation and mountain-naming duties, then learned that Xiushui Village was suffering from an overwhelming infestation of biting insects.

• Yao Yuchang reassured the group that they were close to leaving the Spiritless Land, while He Yi followed behind and reflected on how he had joined the expedition.
• After ten days at Lingxian Sect, most new disciples had drawn Qi into their bodies, and Bai Zhu was among the first to succeed.
• Bai Zhu collected possible names for the disciples' mountain and discussed the strongest candidates with Teacher Pei, Liang Zhonghuai, Yuan Jinsheng, and Xuanyuan Haoyue.
• Bai Zhu sent clean clothes and mixed-grain steamed buns to the old beggar who had once cared for him, hoping to visit him soon.
• The plants and animals around Xiushui Village had grown abundant in recent years, but the villagers found the greatly increased mosquitoes and other biting insects unbearable.

Madam Hu discovered that the streetlamp near the Lingxian Sect kept mosquitoes away, giving Xiushui Village’s children temporary relief. The sect then developed long-lasting mosquito-repellent lamp oil and prepared to distribute it, with Bai Zhu and the new disciples taking the task.

• Madam Hu carried her crying son to the streetlamp and found that mosquitoes stayed away from its light.
• Word spread through Xiushui Village, and families with children gathered beneath the lamp until Liu Yunan assured Village Chief Du Liushui that the sect would find a solution.
• Sun Yigao, Mo Yuanjiao, and others developed effective lamp oil that repelled mosquitoes and burned for the summer.
• Liu Yunan posted a task to distribute the oil, and Bai Zhu accepted it before telling the other new disciples.

As the Lingxian Sect distributed mosquito-repelling lamp oil, residents from Xiushui Village and nearby villages organized themselves into orderly lines. Bai Zhu gave an elderly man a bamboo tube of oil and lamp wicks, and the man left hoping his wife could sleep well that night.

• News spread that the Lingxian Sect would give away mosquito-repelling lamp oil, drawing crowds from Xiushui Village and nearby areas.
• The villagers formed ten orderly lines and stopped people who tried to push ahead.
• Liu Yunan led eleven new disciples down the Peach Blossom Mountain Path and assigned ten of them to distribute supplies.
• Bai Zhu and the other disciples handed out lamp oil, with bamboo tubes and wicks available for people who needed them.
• Bai Zhu gave an elderly man a bamboo tube of lamp oil and a handful of wicks, and the man left to return to his village.

Bai Zhu helped distribute mosquito-repellent lamp oil and reunited with the old beggar, while Yin Xiaoxiao received a bundle from her parents. After the distribution ended, the Lingxian Sect placed a Sect Bell near Peach Blossom Road so people in difficulty could call for help.

• Xie Rong told Yin Xiaoxiao that her parents had visited and gave her the bundle they brought, while she urged him to review Elder Yang's lesson.
• Elder Liu asked Bai Zhu to lead the next day's disciples down the mountain and gave him a Sound Transmission Talisman and instructions for emergencies.
• Bai Zhu distributed lamp oil and brought some to the old beggar, who was waiting outside the crowd.
• Liu Yunan stored the remaining lamp oil after villagers stopped coming, and the new disciples resolved to cultivate so they could help more people.
• Liu Yunan set up the Sect Bell shrine near Peach Blossom Road after Lin Xiao arranged for it to be made, allowing people in difficulty to summon the sect.

Lin Xiao emerged from seclusion in the sect’s Artifact Refining Hall and revealed the Lock Ring, a device he had developed after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Lin Yun and the others learned its storage and long-distance communication functions, which could let people traveling to the Immortal Cultivation Realm stay in contact with the sect.

• Lin Yun, Lin Lei, and the others waited anxiously as Lin Xiao worked in the sealed room for days, hearing repeated explosions.
• Lin Xiao announced his success and showed everyone a white jade ring he had named the Lock Ring.
• Lin Xiao explained that the Lock Ring could store roughly a hundred cubic meters of items and transmit voices in real time between rings.
• Lin Xiao described how he had adapted miniature teleportation formation patterns to select recipients and transmit sound using little spiritual power.
• Lin Xiao demonstrated that a Divine Sense Mark secured each Lock Ring so it could not be removed while its owner's Divine Sense remained intact.
• Lin Yun, Lin Lei, and the others admired Lin Xiao's invention and noted that it could let Finance Hall members communicate with the sect during trips to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

Lin Xiao discussed mass-producing Lock Rings and agreed to open the Icefield Mystic Realm to Foundation Establishment Realm members for training. He then learned from Liu Yunan that upgrading the Heart-Questioning Road had depleted more than half of the sect’s Spirit Stone mine, leaving him shocked.

• Qin Jianghe asked whether the Lock Rings could be mass-produced, and Lin Xiao explained their materials and complicated production process.
• Lin Xiao said he had made two hundred Lock Rings and would teach the Artifact Refining Hall to produce them and find substitute materials.
• Lin Xiao asked who wanted to enter the Icefield Mystic Realm, and Jiang Youfu eagerly volunteered to fish for Silver-Tailed Fish.
• The Foundation Establishment Realm members expressed interest, and the sect decided they could enter the Icefield Mystic Realm when it opened.
• Liu Yunan told Lin Xiao that upgrading the Heart-Questioning Road had cost many Spirit Stones, then revealed that more than half of the mine had been emptied.
• Lin Xiao nearly lost control of his voice when he heard how much of the Spirit Stone mine had been depleted.

Lin Xiao worried about the sect’s Spirit Stone supply and decided to resume cultivating on his own after learning that idle cultivation now cost five hundred Spirit Stones a day. Meanwhile, all 132 new disciples drew Qi into their bodies, and Liu Yunan gave them Peach Leaf Pendants for protection outside the sect.

• Lin Xiao arranged for the system to draw Spirit Stones from a sect vault instead of the mine, then learned idle cultivation at his Nascent Soul Realm cost five hundred Spirit Stones per day.
• Lin Xiao chose to cultivate on his own until he could afford idle cultivation again.
• On the twentieth day after the new disciples arrived, all 132 had successfully drawn Qi into their bodies.
• Liu Yunan distributed Peach Leaf Pendants and told the new disciples to wear them to conceal their cultivation when away from the sect.
• Liu Yunan explained that the pendants had been made from leaves that had fallen naturally from the Ten-Li Peach Blossom Tree.

The new disciples named their mountain Azure Cloud Peak and moved into the houses they had built. Lin Xiao received rewards for establishing the peak, including a First-Tier Spirit Vein and a Heart-Rectifying Mirror, which he placed at the sect’s mountain entrance.

• Bai Zhu told Liu Yunan that Azure Cloud Peak had received the most votes, and the new disciples agreed to make it the mountain’s official name.
• The Azure Cloud Peak disciples finished tiling their roofs, and Elder Hu used a formation plate to dry the houses so they could move in that night.
• Lin Xiao received a system notification that Azure Cloud Peak had been established and was told to choose a Peak Master.
• Lin Xiao found five thousand Spirit Stones, a First-Tier Spirit Vein, and a Heart-Rectifying Mirror among the rewards in his private vault.
• Lin Xiao examined the Heart-Rectifying Mirror, decided it could help people gain insight, and placed it at the entrance to the sect’s mountain path.

Lin Xiao split the Heart-Rectifying Mirror and crafted ornate frames, causing the two halves to transform into a Yin-Yang Heart-Rectifying Mirror. He placed the mirrors at busy entrances and installed a First-Tier Spirit Vein on Azure Cloud Peak, greatly increasing Spiritual Qi around the Lingxian Sect.

• Lin Xiao cut the Heart-Rectifying Mirror in half and went to the Artifact Refining Hall to make frames from Soul-Nourishing Wood, Cold-Concentrating Jade, and other materials.
• When Lin Xiao fitted the two mirrors into their frames, they fused back to back and became a Yin-Yang Heart-Rectifying Mirror with the power to form a Four Symbols Prison when joined.
• Lin Xiao placed one mirror at the cultivation hall entrance on Azure Cloud Peak and the other at the entrance to Yaoguang Floating Island.
• Lin Xiao placed the newly acquired First-Tier Spirit Vein in the drinking-water pool on Azure Cloud Peak, and its coverage overlapped with the existing spirit veins to raise the sect's Spiritual Qi.
• The people of Xiushui Village woke feeling refreshed and noticed that the crops looked more vigorous.

After discovering the Heart-Rectifying Mirrors, the Lingxian Sect disciples returned to cultivation, while Liang Zhonghuai decided to look for work to earn cultivation resources. Bai Zhu and Feng Xuanqie joined him, and the three set out to explore job options around the sect.

• The Lingxian Sect disciples gathered around the newly placed Heart-Rectifying Mirrors, found their reflections blurred in different ways, and soon returned to their work and cultivation.
• Liang Zhonghuai told Bai Zhu he planned to look for suitable work and earn cultivation resources rather than overfill his cultivation schedule, and Bai Zhu asked to go with him.
• Feng Xuanqie followed Liang Zhonghuai and Bai Zhu out of the cultivation hall and asked to join them, making their journey a group of three.
• Liang Zhonghuai said he hoped to find odd jobs at the Four Arts Hall before later studying one of its arts under a master.
• Bai Zhu said he wanted to work under Elder Liu at the General Affairs Hall, and Feng Xuanqie cautioned him to keep the work from interfering with cultivation.

Bai Zhu planned to balance sect work with learning a craft, while new Azure Cloud Peak disciples filled jobs across the Lingxian Sect. Meanwhile, ten cultivators emerged from the Spiritless Land and split up to carry out their negotiations; ten days later, the Azure Cloud Peak disciples gathered for the day they would take masters.

• Bai Zhu told Feng Xuanqie he intended to learn a craft while working and earning resources to visit the old beggar.
• Liu Yunan recruited Azure Cloud Peak disciples for the Spirit Field Group after its elders pressed him to advertise the work.
• More than a dozen new disciples joined the Spirit Field Group, and other sect departments followed by recruiting disciples for their own positions.
• After more than a year crossing the Spiritless Land, Yao Yuchang and the other nine cultivators reached the Mortal Realm and received maps assigning them kingdoms and sects to negotiate with.
• The nine companions departed in different directions, while He Yi examined his Jade Slip and flew toward his assigned destination.
• Ten days later, Azure Cloud Peak disciples assembled in the sect's square after their morning classes to take masters.