Chapter Summaries

Yang Yuanhong received a powerful armguard treasure forged by Bai Que and the other two Divine Path creatures for his protection. Chen Yang continued cultivating the Divine Artificer Technique, then prepared to leave the grotto-heaven after assigning the three creatures responsibility for completing the holy land.

• Bai Que presented Yang Yuanhong with the completed armguard, and Yang Yuanhong thanked the three Divine Path creatures for crafting it.
• Chen Yang reflected that Yang Yuanhong needed a supreme treasure to survive dangers while traveling without his protection.
• Bai Que and the other two entered the grotto-heaven's magma depths and watched Chen Yang temper his divine art using his own spirit body.
• Chen Yang finished cultivating and confirmed that the treasure had been delivered to Yang Yuanhong.
• Chen Yang announced his departure, reassured the three creatures that he would summon them again, and reminded them to build the holy land without mistakes.

Chen Yang and the Yang Family celebrated the birth of Yang Yuanling and Yang Yuanzhao while their cultivation, trade, and fief continued to develop. At the He Family, Yang Lingqing emerged from seclusion as a respected Manager Yang and set off with two cultivators following her.

• The barbarians found the Venerable Lord gone and a prophecy on his stele, then began a new era under the Barbarian Affairs Council.
• Wei Xinqing gave birth to twins, but the final Spirit Pearl chose neither child; the family named them Yang Yuanling and Yang Yuanzhao.
• Tiger Chasing's young cultivators gathered at Pine Mountain, where He Shenglai's rapid progress highlighted the strength of his inheritance.
• Yang Lingqing returned for the twins and prepared to visit the He Family after Tiger Chasing and Befeng City established successful trade.
• Chen Yang helped the Yang Family establish a Blazing Spirit Mine beneath its eastern fief, and the family sold its ore at a large profit.
• Yang Lingqing emerged from a pavilion at the He Family, and two cultivators addressed her as Manager Yang before following her.

Yang Lingqing exposed the spirit-garden stewards’ decades of skimming and demanded they pay her tribute. She left them shaken by revealing she knew exactly what they had stolen and when.

• Yang Lingqing inspected a Mother-Child Colorful Lotus garden and questioned why fewer plants had matured than the number of seeds planted.
• She ordered He Songyi to fetch thirty years of cultivation records, while the stewards assumed their carefully falsified ledgers would protect them.
• Yang Lingqing rapidly reviewed the ledgers, wrote a note, and left the garden with the two He Family cultivators.
• The stewards opened her note and found a detailed record of their stolen harvests, including the amounts, varieties, and dates.
• Yang Lingqing signed the note, “I am now the Great Thief of this Place,” and demanded the petty thieves offer up their money.

Yang Lingqing inspected Myriad Layer Forest’s spirit plant gardens and used their managers’ hidden accounts to recover Spirit Crystals without openly punishing them. After reporting the results, she earned He Dingshan’s praise, and the He and Yang Families agreed to exchange disciples periodically.

• Yang Lingqing inspected more than ten gardens, prompting their managers to prepare Spirit Crystals, while He Shengle and He Songyi discussed why she avoided punishing them directly.
• Yang Lingqing explained through her actions that she was using the managers’ own greed and unwritten rules to recover the He Family’s losses without provoking internal conflict.
• Over five days, Yang Lingqing inspected all 352 gardens under her authority and found problems in 278, issuing slips to their managers.
• After three days of rest, Yang Lingqing received Spirit Crystals from the managers, recorded every payment, and reported the holdouts to the He Family’s main affairs pavilion.
• He Dingshan praised Yang Lingqing and proposed that the He Family and Yang Family periodically exchange disciples for visits, study, and travel.

Yang Lingqing learned why He Shenglai wanted her to take He Songyi away: Central Region forces were coming to the Northwest after Yantian Palace predicted the Lesser Treasure Realm would soon open. He Shenglai asked her to bring He Songyi to the Yang Family’s fief, leaving her to decide whether to accept the final task before returning home.

• He Shenglai apologized for keeping Yang Lingqing busy for over a year and promised rewards before she could return to the Yang Family.
• Yang Lingqing refused to help with the Song Clan matter, revealing that she had uncovered He Songyi’s origins through the He Clan genealogy and stipend records.
• He Shenglai explained that the Song Clan bloodline was connected to the Treasure of Creation in the Lesser Treasure Realm and that the Murong Clan had hidden Song Clan survivors in the Colorful Cloud Blessed Land.
• He Shenglai gave Yang Lingqing a letter from Murong Tianyang stating that Yantian Palace had predicted the Lesser Treasure Realm would soon open and that Central Region forces were heading to the Northwest.
• He Shenglai asked Yang Lingqing to take He Songyi to the Yang Family’s fief because Myriad Layer Forest would soon receive Central Region cultivators and could not keep him safe.

Yang Lingqing agreed to take He Songyi to the Yang Family after He Shenglai offered rewards and revealed the Murong Clan was also protecting Song Clan descendants. During her stay in Myriad Layer Forest, she met He Shengyuan and recognized that the seemingly ordinary youth resembled Yang Lingshu in his youth.

• Yang Lingqing accepted He Shenglai's request to take He Songyi, in exchange for three Essence Condensation Treasure Trees and their cultivation methods.
• He Shenglai received an urgent message and left, promising to arrange the exchange and rewards while Yang Lingqing recuperated in Myriad Layer Forest.
• He Andao visited Yang Lingqing and pleaded for her to take a junior from his branch to the Yang Family.
• Yang Lingqing agreed to meet He Andao's junior, and He Andao brought He Shengyuan to the pavilion.
• Yang Lingqing recognized that He Shengyuan resembled Yang Lingshu in his youth and was concealing his talent and intelligence.

Yang Lingqing arranged for the He Family cultivators to serve the Yang Family, then returned to her fief and began cultivating with a Spirit Nurturing Precious Pill. As she considered the coming Lesser Treasure Realm conflict, she saw the Central Region forces’ arrival as an opportunity for the Yang Family.

• Yang Lingqing recognized He Shengyuan’s talent, and He Shenglai later recommended him, He Shengle, and He Songyi to the Yang Family.
• He Shenglai personally escorted the four travelers to Pine Mountain, where Yang Lingqing arranged for He Shengle to study under Yang Guanfeng and help tend the spirit plants.
• Yang Lingqing brought He Songyi and He Shengyuan to her fief, assigning the courier stations and marketplace shops to He Songyi and daily administration to He Shengyuan with Xie Chuan’s help.
• Yang Lingqing found an unlisted Spirit Nurturing Precious Pill among the rewards, took it, and began refining it while meditating.
• Yang Lingqing considered the Lesser Treasure Realm and the Central Region forces’ arrival, judging that the ensuing turmoil could give the Yang Family a chance to profit.

Yang Yuanhong entered the Central Region after training in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and arrived at Yanlai City, a renowned city ruled by the Sun Clan. At the city’s gates, a welcoming cultivator mistook him for an invited guest and asked whether he had come to attend the Second Young Master’s Yanlai Hunting Meet.

• Yang Yuanhong reached the Eighth Layer of Essence Condensation during eight months of training with Chen Yang’s assistance.
• Yang Yuanhong killed more than ten Spiritual Connection Realm Demon Beasts, including a Late-Spiritual Connection Three-Colored Great Python, after using the Three Divine Armguards.
• Yang Yuanhong crossed the Golian Mountain Range and flew toward Yanlai City, concealing his aura.
• Yang Yuanhong approached Yanlai City’s protective formation, where a welcoming cultivator appeared and asked if he had come for the Second Young Master’s Yanlai Hunting Meet.

Yang Yuanhong entered Yanlai City under an assumed persona and learned about the Sun Clan’s hunting meet, which Lingxiao Dao Academy had organized for generations. After hearing that hunters had found Dragon Marrow Jade Marrow there, he saw a possible way to break through his dragon-attributed variant body’s bottleneck.

• Yang Yuanhong posed as a proud unaffiliated wanderer, and the receiving cultivator inferred that he came from a powerful family.
• Yang Yuanhong paid a thousand Spirit Crystals to enter Yanlai City and asked the receiving cultivator to explain the hunting meet.
• The receiving cultivator explained that the Sun Clan held the meet in the Golian Mountain Range at Lingxiao Dao Academy’s instruction.
• The receiving cultivator described how a hunter once found Dragon Marrow Jade Marrow and presented it to Lingxiao Dao Academy in exchange for a disciple quota.
• Yang Yuanhong realized the Dragon Marrow Jade Marrow might help his dragon-attributed variant body advance beyond its bottleneck.

Yang Yuanhong learned that he could obtain a Yanlai Hunting Meet spot either by bidding at Yingcai Tower or by earning a place through Stone Man Dao debates. After realizing he could not afford the auction, he headed to the dojo and began considering how the Hunting Meet might help him build ties with the Dongfang Family.

• The reception cultivator explained that Hunting Meet spots at Yingcai Tower began at two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals, and Yang Yuanhong admitted he had only one hundred thousand.
• The reception cultivator brought Yang Yuanhong to Stone Man Dojo and explained that staying among the top three for three days, or reaching the top once, earned a spot.
• Yang Yuanhong noticed Dongfang Yinghao ranked third in the Condensed Origin Realm and learned that the Dongfang junior was seeking tempering rather than buying a spot.
• Yang Yuanhong decided that befriending Dongfang Yinghao at the Hunting Meet could help him secure the Dongfang Family's support for the Yang Family.

Yang Yuanhong attended the Stone Man Dao Debate in Yanlai City, where Chen Yang became eager to devour the Stone Man Spirit Image. After Yang Yuanhong defeated it, Chen Yang secretly took the Spiritual Connection Stone Man, shocking True Person Ku Ye.

• Sun Fubo returned four hundred Spirit Crystals to Yang Yuanhong, introduced himself, and gave him a token for the next day's Dao debate.
• Yang Yuanhong entered the Stone Man Dojo and joined the contest, where True Person Ku Ye explained the rules and awakened the Stone Man Spirit Images.
• Yang Yuanhong fought the Stone Man for two quarters of an hour, then changed his plan and revealed more of his strength at Chen Yang's urging.
• Yang Yuanhong destroyed the first Stone Man Spirit Image with one punch, and a black Spiritual Connection Stone Man appeared in its place.
• Chen Yang took the new Stone Man into Yang Yuanhong's sleeve, leaving True Person Ku Ye astonished by the unexplained spiritual treasure.

Yang Yuanhong impressed True Person Ku Ye with his mysterious Black Stone treasure and was invited to the Sun Residence, where he met three talented Sun Clan youths. The chapter left him in the reception hall with Sun Hongyu, Sun Hongwen, and Sun Qingwei as Ku Ye went to report his arrival.

• True Person Ku Ye questioned Yang Yuanhong about how he subdued the Stone Man Spirit Image, and Yang said his master had given him the Black Stone treasure.
• Ku Ye examined the Black Stone, found that he could neither use nor store it, and returned it with a jade pendant granting a hunting meet slot.
• Ku Ye invited Yang Yuanhong to the Sun Residence, and Yang accepted, explaining that he had wanted to visit the Sun Clan.
• Ku Ye brought Yang Yuanhong through the Sun Residence to the inner residence, where three Sun Clan juniors followed them to a reception hall.
• Sun Hongyu, Sun Hongwen, and Sun Qingwei introduced themselves and welcomed Yang Yuanhong while Ku Ye left to report his arrival.
• Yang Yuanhong sensed that the three youths' impressive cultivation owed partly to their family's treasures and medicinal support.

Yang Yuanhong learned that Sun Hongyu and the other Sun Clan youths had not made the Heavenly Talent Ranking, then met Sun Qingge, a renowned young talent of the clan. He accepted her invitation to hunt with her and her fellow disciples, settled into a lavish cave abode, and unknowingly came under unseen observation.

• Yang Yuanhong reflected on the Yang Family's need to grow strong without relying on the Immortal Venerable after learning that Sun Hongyu and the others had missed the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
• Sun Hongwen compared himself unfavorably with Yang Yuanhong and described the Sun Clan's celebrated talents, Sun Qitian and Sun Qingge.
• True Person Ku Ye brought Sun Qingge to meet Yang Yuanhong, and she invited him to join her and her three fellow disciples on a hunt at Goulian Mountain.
• Yang Yuanhong accepted Sun Qingge's invitation and followed her to a separate courtyard prepared for him at the Sun residence.
• Yang Yuanhong entered the Sun Clan's lavish cultivation cave abode, where two unseen pairs of eyes were already watching him.

Chen Yang intercepted two Sun Clan True Intent Cultivators who were investigating Yang Yuanhong and invited them into his Divine Palace. After securing their promise to protect his disciple, he sent them away, then revealed that maintaining the encounter had nearly exhausted his composure.

• Chen Yang sensed the Sun Clan's scrutiny of Yang Yuanhong and prepared the Cambang Divine Palace to confront the investigators.
• The white-haired old cultivator failed to divine anything about Yang Yuanhong and warned the handsome young man not to meddle further.
• Chen Yang seized the two cultivators' divine senses and invited them to meet him in Lonely Peak Under the Night.
• Chen Yang explained that he understood their investigation but secured their promise to protect Yang Yuanhong in the Sun residence.
• The two Sun Clan cultivators withdrew, and Chen Yang's figure shattered into a stone as he admitted he had barely held up against them.

After narrowly bluffing two Sun Clan True Intent Cultivators with a fragile grotto-heaven, Chen Yang recognized the danger of the Central Region and began attempting to integrate the Divine and Immortal paths. The Sun Clan cultivators withdrew, relieved and eager to build a bond with the powerful figure they believed Chen Yang to be.

• Chen Yang recalled that he could not overpower the Sun Clan cultivators directly and had relied on a carefully assembled temporary grotto-heaven to deceive them.
• Chen Yang concluded that he had to be far more cautious in the Central Region and reflected on the limitations of Divine Dao abilities compared with Immortal Dao techniques.
• Chen Yang considered that combining the Immortal and Divine paths might remake the Divine Dao, then returned to the divine hall to attempt Dao Integration.
• The refined-looking Sun Clan cultivator and the white-haired old cultivator calmed themselves after withdrawing their divine consciousness and decided to protect Yang Yuanhong to cultivate a connection with Chen Yang.

Yang Yuanhong toured Yanlai City with Sun Qingge and three Changge Sect disciples, who probed his background and discussed their cultivation arts. At the Yingcai Tower auction, Sun Qingge offered to buy anything he wanted, and Yang Yuanhong considered whether his family members might benefit from the offer.

• Yang Yuanhong suppressed his cultivation again after sensing that he was close to another breakthrough.
• Sun Qingge and three Changge Sect disciples accompanied Yang Yuanhong around Yanlai City, prompting him to suspect that the Sun Clan had learned of his powerful backing.
• Yang Yuanhong answered the group's questions about his background without revealing his origins, then learned about the Changge Sect's zither and flying sword arts.
• Sun Qingge led Yang Yuanhong and the others to a high-level room at the Yingcai Tower auction and offered to purchase anything he fancied.
• Yang Yuanhong considered which members of the Yang Family might need items from the auction, while Liu Qing and Cui Wangxue showed envy at Sun Qingge's offer.

Yang Yuanhong bought several treasures for his family and fellow cultivators at Yingcai Tower, then joined the Yanlai Hunting Meet in the Golian Mountain Range. As the hunters entered, dangerous beings in the grounds prepared to attack under the coming mountain-sealing fog.

• Yang Yuanhong had Sun Qingge bid on an Essence Condensation Precious Pill for his ancestor and an Earth Mud Fiend Art for Yang Lingqing.
• Yang Yuanhong noticed Liu Qing wanted a Sound-Building Stone and bought it, then secured a Green Wood Sword Box for Cui Wangxue.
• Yang Yuanhong obtained Wind-Riding Pine Dew for Yang Lingrui, ending the auction outing with a haul of treasures.
• After remaining in his cave dwelling until the Yanlai Hunting Meet, Yang Yuanhong traveled with the Sun Clan to the Golian Mountain Range and identified Dongfang Yinghao among the Dongfang Family cultivators.
• A white-haired old cultivator opened the hunting ground, and the participants entered as hidden dangers within prepared to reveal themselves when the mountain-sealing fog arrived.

Yang Yuanhong and his companions encountered an Essence Condensation Perfection Alligator Dragon Demon Beast in the hunting grounds and fought it to seize the treasures it might contain. Cui Wangxue wounded it with a sword strike, but the battle continued.

• Yang Yuanhong realized the hunting ground's baleful aura had driven away the Qi Gathering Cultivators and wondered how Lingxiao Dao Academy had created the place.
• Sun Qingge and the others sensed a powerful Demon Beast and headed for a black pool, expecting a high-level beast to carry a rare treasure.
• Cui Wangxue shattered the ice spikes launched from the pool and dived toward the Demon Beast, which burst out and revealed its Alligator Dragon form.
• Sun Qingge, Gu Yuanfang, and Liu Qing used musical techniques to break the beast's water barrier and numb it, while Yang Yuanhong watched.
• Cui Wangxue unleashed Flowing Clouds Shattering Break and cut into the Demon Beast's abdomen.

Yang Yuanhong and the Changge Sect disciples battled an Alligator Dragon Demon Beast until Sun Qingge used her zither arts to drag it from the cold pool and kill it. The group then discovered an East Sea Immortal Turtle Bone Relic inside the beast.

• Yang Yuanhong struck the Alligator Dragon Demon Beast with a powerful punch, but it sealed its wounds and escaped into the cold pool.
• The group surrounded the pool but hesitated to pursue the beast underwater, so Sun Qingge played her zither to draw it out.
• Sun Qingge used Yin Law, Lin Zhong Lock and Yang Law, Yi Ze Shock to immobilize and kill the Alligator Dragon Demon Beast.
• Cui Wangxue searched the beast’s chest and found a broken East Sea Immortal Turtle Bone Relic, which Sun Qingge identified as the source of some of its abilities.

Yang Yuanhong helped Liu Qing and Cui Wangxue obtain auction treasures, then the hunting grounds were engulfed by a strange fog. He used his divine ability to direct them toward safety and disappeared, leaving them to retreat while he acted alone.

• Sun Qingge’s group hunted for three days, then Cui Wangxue and Liu Qing chose to stop exploring deeper while Sun Qingge and Gu Yuanfang continued.
• Yang Yuanhong gave Liu Qing the Sound-Building Stone and Cui Wangxue the Green Wood Sword Box, asking them to help him with matters in the future.
• As Yang Yuanhong reached the cave entrance, a towering gray-white fog poured out from the depths and disrupted their perception.
• Yang Yuanhong activated the Life Extension ability of the Three Divine Armguards, learned which direction led toward the outskirts, and told Liu Qing and Cui Wangxue to retreat that way.
• Yang Yuanhong vanished before Liu Qing and Cui Wangxue could react, and they followed his advice and fled toward the outskirts.