Recaps

Li Zhengjun reported that Jade Wave Island in the Ning Kingdom had abundant Frozen Water spiritual materials, offering the Li Household a major new source of cultivation resources. True Person Yuhong ordered the elders to assess the island, develop its resources, recruit cultivators, and plan a branch there.

• Li Zhengjun reported that the Ning Kingdom could supply Frozen Water spiritual materials for more than fifty Fetal Breath cultivators, with a strong chance of higher-grade resources in Jade Wave Island's core region.
• Li Zhengchen explained that the Li Household's Frozen Water supplies were dwindling and neighboring powers had demanded double prices, but the Ning Kingdom's output, adjusted for the realms' time difference, could match the Lesser Cold River's.
• True Person Yuhong celebrated the discovery and speculated that other islands in the Shattered Star Sea might hold Frozen Water or Bright Yang spiritual materials.
• Li Zhengjun presented intelligence on Jade Wave Island, and True Person Yuhong directed the elders to map its resources and identify materials suitable for cultivation or breeding.
• Li Zhengjun reported that tests for Spirit Roots were underway among the Ning Kingdom's inhabitants and asked the Lineage to choose cultivation paths and methods for those who qualified.
• True Person Yuhong assigned Li Zhengchen to plan the Li Household's branch in the Great Scarlet Realm and assist Li Zhengjun in establishing it.

The Li Household agreed to review letters from the Great Scarlet Realm and keep its existence secret, fearing the fate of the An Household and the attention of True Person Heaven-Forging. Yuhong approved plans to protect Li Zhengjun and organize the Lineage’s growing two-realm operations, while Li Zhengchen prepared to confront the clans and sects exploiting the Household.

• Li Zhengjun presented letters from the ten young clansmen, and Li Chenbin proposed that at least three elders review all correspondence to prevent leaks about the Great Scarlet Realm.
• Li Zhengchen and Yuhong recalled how True Person Heaven-Forging killed An Siming for cultivating the Quail Fire Dao Path, and the elders agreed that the Li Household must guard its secrets.
• Yuhong explained that Li Zhengjun would need to seek opportunities beyond the Great Scarlet Realm to improve his chances of attaining the Purple Mansion, so the elders needed to plan for his protection.
• Li Zhengchen said the elders could not manage the expanding workload alone and proposed dedicated divisions for conquest, logistics, and intelligence; Yuhong gave him authority to organize them.
• Yuhong told Li Zhengchen to stop yielding to the Luo Household and the Hundred Fei Sect, and Li Zhengchen set out to confront them at the Observing Brightness Terrace.

The Luo Household, the Hundred Fei Sect, and their allies tried to exploit the Li Household’s supposed shortage of Frozen Water spiritual items by demanding a steep price increase. Li Zhengchen refused to yield, and Luo Yongying threatened that the Li Household would be unable to field enough young cultivators for the Radiant Bright Blessed Land expedition.

• Luo Yongying and Chen Po decided to press the Li Household for a higher price, hoping to profit from its apparent weakness and learn about True Person Yuhong’s condition.
• Li Zhengchen returned to the negotiations with Li Zhengjun, whom Chen Po and the other visitors dismissed as an ordinary Fetal Breath cultivator.
• Li Zhengchen asked the factions to name their price, then rejected Chen Po’s proposed eighty-percent increase.
• Chen Po lowered the increase to seventy percent, but Li Zhengchen again refused and cited the damage to the Lesser Cold River and the cost of rebuilding.
• Luo Yongying warned that the Radiant Bright Blessed Land would open in three months and claimed that the Li Household might lack enough young cultivators to take part.

Li Zhengchen rejected Luo Yongying’s attempt to use the Li Household’s troubles to demand places in the Radiant Bright Blessed Land, and accused the Luo Household of spying. He declared the trade deal over, warned the gathered powers not to target the Li Household, and ordered the guests escorted out.

• Luo Yongying offered to lower the price of Frozen Water spiritual items if the Li Household surrendered places in the Radiant Bright Blessed Land.
• Li Zhengchen accused Luo Yongying of spreading rumors or planting spies in the Li Household, then denounced his interference in its affairs.
• Li Zhengchen canceled the deal and declared that the Li Household would no longer buy Frozen Water spiritual items from Luo Yongying’s households.
• When Chen Po and representatives of the other six households tried to calm him, Li Zhengchen warned that the Li Household would strike down anyone who coveted its holdings.
• Li Zhengchen called in the Li Household guards and ordered them to show the guests out.

The Li Household rejected the neighboring households’ attempt to exploit its Frozen Water shortage, and Li Zhengchen taught Li Zhengjun how to gather Frozen Water spiritual resources before his departure. As Li Zhengjun prepared to establish the clan in the Ning Kingdom, True Person Yuhong ordered him to find worthy consorts and continue the family line.

• Chen Po and Luo Yongying blamed each other after the Li Household refused their deal, then planned to report its stance and target its descendants in the Radiant Bright Blessed Land.
• The other six households regretted offending the Li Household and worried about losing their spiritual crystal income.
• Li Zhengchen taught Li Zhengjun to identify and harvest Frozen Water spiritual resources and explained that the clan would keep the method for combining the gathered Qi secret.
• Li Chenbin gave Li Zhengjun an outline for founding and managing the clan in the Ning Kingdom.
• True Person Yuhong gave Li Zhengjun fertility pills and Cultivation Methods, then ordered him to seek worthy consorts and carry on the family line.

Li Zhengjun returned to the Great Scarlet Realm, praised Fang Yuan and Fang Qing for advancing in cultivation, and organized the Li Household’s new branch in the Ning Kingdom. He announced the Lineage’s urgent order to find spouses and have children, leaving Fang Qing newly determined to pursue him.

• Li Zhengjun found Fang Yuan and Fang Qing had reached the Fetal Breath realm and explained that the courtyard guard method advanced faster near cultivators of the Bright Yang Dao Lineage.
• Li Zhengjun gathered the ten Li Household descendants and told them their conquest of the Ning Kingdom had earned them recognition in Radiant Brightness Pavilion and helped resolve a spiritual-material shortage.
• Li Zhengjun appointed Li Yuankai governor of the Li Household in the Ning Kingdom and learned that seventy-four people of suitable age had Spirit Roots.
• Li Zhengjun ordered the first group of Spirit Root children to cultivate the Frozen Water Dao Path and the rest to learn the courtyard guard method.
• Li Zhengjun announced that all Li Household descendants must seek spouses and have children immediately, prompting Fang Yuan to consider earning merit and Fang Qing to decide she would pursue Li Zhengjun.

Li Zhengjun announced the Li Household’s plans to establish families in the Great Scarlet Realm, and Fang Qing confessed her feelings for him. He accepted her, and she fled the hall after Li Yuankai unexpectedly interrupted them.

• Li Zhengjun distributed cultivation resources and explained the clan’s marriage plans, rewards, and two branches of work to gather spiritual items and establish families.
• Fang Yuan left the hall after realizing Fang Qing wanted to speak privately with Li Zhengjun.
• Fang Qing asked whether she would make a suitable partner, and Li Zhengjun eventually realized she meant him.
• Fang Qing confessed that she would accept being one of his many partners, and Li Zhengjun gave her a dual cultivation method and promised to arrange her recognized status.
• Li Yuankai burst into the hall and interrupted them; Fang Qing fled after giving Li Zhengjun a protective charm, while Fang Yuan understood from her expression that she had been accepted.

Li Zhengjun learned that Ye Xiufan had unusual signs of cultivation and may have killed a Qi Refinement Devil Cultivator, so he ordered him secretly watched and considered using him. Meanwhile, Ye Xiufan discussed the Li Household with Elder Jiang, who warned him not to trust their intentions.

• Li Yuankai reported that Ye Xiufan had traces of Spiritual Qi despite not having begun cultivating and that a Devil Cultivator assigned to watch him had disappeared.
• Li Zhengjun concluded that Ye Xiufan had likely killed the Devil Cultivator and ordered Dongping to keep watching him without raising suspicion.
• Li Zhengjun decided that Ye Xiufan might be useful to him if he proved talented.
• Ye Xiufan told Elder Jiang that the Li Household had wiped out the Devil Cultivators and was distributing effective detoxification pills for free.
• Elder Jiang warned Ye Xiufan that the Li Household would likely use Spirit Root bearers as laborers and withhold its superior methods.

Ye Xiufan joined the Li Household’s new cultivators to learn the Frozen Water cultivation method, while Elder Jiang expected it to be a low-grade technique. After hearing Ye Xiufan recite it, Elder Jiang realized the method could reach Foundation Establishment and might even lead to Core Formation.

• Elder Jiang warned Ye Xiufan that the Li Household would not share its best cultivation methods and urged him to retrieve a spirit object from Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Ye Xiufan went to Hanyuan Hall, where Li Zhengjun announced that Hall Master Li would teach the gathered Spirit Root youths to cultivate.
• Li Zhengjun assigned water Spirit Root youths the Cold River Qi-Guiding Scripture and gave other youths the Knock on the Court and Receive Qi Instruction, with Contribution Points available for completing tasks.
• Li Dongping led Ye Xiufan and the other water Spirit Root youths to the riverbank to sense Frozen Water spiritual force and begin cultivating.
• Elder Jiang asked Ye Xiufan to recite the Fetal Breath method of the Frozen Water Dao Path, then fell silent before declaring that it could lead to Foundation Establishment and perhaps Core Formation.

Ye Xiufan learned that the Li Household’s cultivation method purified water-aspected Qi, and he and Elder Jiang focused on earning Contribution Points for its later sections. After three months, Li Zhengjun formed the Jade Capital Wheel, awakened Divine Sense, and asked Li Yuankai about Ye Xiufan’s recent actions.

• Elder Jiang explained that the Li Household’s method let cultivators with mixed Spirit Roots refine only water-aspected Qi, and Ye Xiufan learned that later sections could be exchanged for Contribution Points.
• Ye Xiufan and Elder Jiang decided to cultivate the method and seek Frozen Water spiritual items, while Li Dongping secretly recorded their actions.
• Over three months, Ye Xiufan reached Fetal Breath ahead of his peers, with Elder Jiang concealing his progress and helping him search for spiritual items.
• Li Zhengjun completed the Jade Capital Wheel, reached the Fetal Breath Fifth Layer, and awakened Divine Sense, which increased his confidence about confronting the tiger demon at Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Li Yuankai congratulated Li Zhengjun on his breakthrough, and Li Zhengjun asked what had happened in the Ning Kingdom and whether Ye Xiufan had acted unusually.

Li Zhengjun received reports on the Li Household’s progress in the Great Scarlet Realm, including the search for spiritual materials, a possible Three Yang source, and Ye Xiufan’s cultivation. He married Fang Qing before returning to the Lineage, leaving her resting after their wedding night.

• Li Yuankai reported that the household had collected a year’s supply of Frozen Water spiritual materials for more than thirty cultivators in three months.
• Li Yuankai described Gold-Bearing Mountain’s spirit-field potential, its Peak Qi Refinement tiger demon, and a presence resembling Three Yang spiritual materials; Li Zhengjun planned to deal with the demon.
• Li Yuankai told Li Zhengjun that Ye Xiufan had entered Fetal Breath and was exchanging gathered materials for Contribution Points, and Li Zhengjun decided to consult the True Person about him.
• Li Yuankai reported that the younger clansmen had taken wives and concubines and urged Li Zhengjun to marry before returning to the Lineage.
• Li Zhengjun married Fang Qing in a celebration across the Ning Kingdom, and the newlyweds spent the night together.
• Li Zhengjun left to attend to Lineage affairs while Fang Qing rested in bed and smiled after he had gone.

Li Zhengjun discovered that two concealed spirit beasts were spying on the Li Household and followed one to its handlers. The beast tamers revealed their plans while torturing Guo Pingjiang, and Sun Xing ordered him killed as the scouting bird returned.

• Li Dongping told Li Zhengjun that he and Li Yuankai had detected an unknown presence near the capital's protective formation.
• Li Zhengjun found a concealed waterbird and an owl watching the Li Household's cultivators, and identified them as reconnaissance spirit beasts controlled by a hidden beast tamer.
• Li Zhengjun, Li Yuankai, and Li Dongping secretly followed the waterbird from the capital toward the hills.
• Sun Xing and Wan Xun tortured Guo Pingjiang for information about the Li Household, but Guo Pingjiang refused to betray it.
• Sun Xing and Wan Xun discussed their intelligence on Jade Wave Island and the approaching Lineage expedition as the Reed-Hidden Sandpiper returned.
• Sun Xing ordered Guo Pingjiang killed.

Li Zhengjun rescued Guo Pingjiang and captured Sun Xing and Wan Xun, whose confession exposed the Sun Household’s interest in Jade Wave Island and the tiger demon on Gold-Bearing Mountain. As Li Zhengjun questioned their motives, more Sun Household cultivators arrived in the capital to discuss the mountain with Li Yuankai.

• Li Zhengjun broke into the cave, killed Sun Xing and Wan Xun’s spirit beasts, captured the two men, and rescued Guo Pingjiang.
• Li Zhengjun brought Guo Pingjiang back to the capital and promised the Li Household would make the Sun Household men pay.
• Sun Xing and Wan Xun confessed that they belonged to the Sun Household, a powerful vassal of the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect on Red Maple Island.
• Li Zhengjun questioned why the Sun Household had ignored the Devil Cultivator on Jade Wave Island and focused its reconnaissance on the tiger demon at Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Li Dongping reported that Sun Household cultivators had arrived in the capital and were discussing Gold-Bearing Mountain with Li Yuankai.

Li Zhengjun received Sun Ming and learned that the Sun Household wanted to capture the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger on Gold-Bearing Mountain. The two households agreed to search together in mid-spring, and Li Zhengjun prepared to return to the Yuyu Realm.

• Li Zhengjun and Li Dongping went to Hanyuan Hall after learning that Sun Ming and four Sun Household cultivators had arrived.
• Li Zhengjun rebuked Sun Ming's claim that the Sun Household had come to wipe out the Devil Cultivators, and Sun Ming concealed his plans to assess the Li Household.
• Sun Ming explained that the Sun Household had long sought a Ginseng-Cloud Tiger on Gold-Bearing Mountain as a spirit pet for their second young master.
• Li Zhengjun and Sun Ming agreed to join forces to capture the tiger in mid-spring.
• After Sun Ming left, Li Zhengjun warned that the Sun Household could not be underestimated and said he would return to the Yuyu Realm.

Li Zhengjun returned from the Great Scarlet Realm with news of his rapid breakthrough and the Li Household’s growing foothold there. After discussing plans to capture the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger on Gold-Bearing Mountain, the Lineage elders proposed using Yuyu Realm spirit-binding methods to control the Great Scarlet Realm’s unintelligent Demon Beasts.

• Li Zhengjun returned to Chongming Hall, where Yuhong recognized that he had formed the Jade Capital Wheel in half a month.
• Li Zhengjun reported that the Li Household’s first descendants in the Great Scarlet Realm were expected in about a month and that Frozen Water spiritual materials were being gathered steadily.
• Li Zhengjun asked the Lineage to provide a detection Law Artifact and Spirit Plant farmers for the planned capture and development of Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Li Zhengjun told Yuhong and the Lineage elders that the Sun Household wanted to join the Li Household in capturing the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger for their young master.
• Li Chenxiao explained that Great Scarlet Realm Demon Beasts appeared to remain unintelligent and in beast form, unlike Yuyu Realm demons that developed intelligence after forming the Brightness-Bearing Wheel.
• Yuhong agreed with Li Chenxiao that the Li Household could use Yuyu Realm spirit-binding methods to control Great Scarlet Realm Demon Beasts, including the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger.

Li Zhengjun and the Li Household elders planned how to secure Gold-Bearing Mountain, control the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger, and use Ye Xiufan to test the Great Scarlet Realm’s response to Yuyu Realm cultivation methods. They chose Li Huchan to accompany Li Zhengjun, while postponing Ye Xiufan’s Dao Path decision until Li Chenjun emerged from seclusion.

• Li Chenxiao proposed sending the loyal tiger demon Li Huchan to help subdue the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger and develop Gold-Bearing Mountain, and the elders unanimously approved.
• Li Zhengjun presented information about Ye Xiufan, and the elders concluded that a higher cultivator’s remnant soul might be attached to him.
• Li Zhengjun proposed guiding Ye Xiufan through Yuyu Realm cultivation methods so he could test the Great Scarlet Realm’s reaction, and Yuhong argued that spreading the teachings might also attract destiny and fortune.
• The elders agreed to use Ye Xiufan as a long-term test, but delayed choosing his Water Virtue path until Li Chenjun returned from seclusion.
• Yuhong instructed Li Chenxiao to teach Li Zhengjun the Spirit-Binding Method, and Li Chenxiao pledged to help him in the Great Scarlet Realm.

Li Zhengjun learned the Mystic Terrace Spirit-Suppressing Nature-Binding Instruction from Li Chenxiao, then returned to the Great Scarlet Realm to cultivate it. The Great Sun Golden Crow Nine Luminaries Profound Heaven Treasure Mirror strengthened his Divine Sense and helped him master the technique in three days, and he discovered that the Mystic Mirror had advanced in rank.

• Li Zhengjun met Li Hupeng, thanked his branch for its loyalty, and asked him to summon Li Huchan to accompany him to another realm.
• Li Chenxiao gave Li Zhengjun the Mystic Terrace Spirit-Suppressing Nature-Binding Instruction and explained how to suppress a Demon Beast's true spirit, warning him of the dangers of weak Divine Sense.
• Li Zhengjun returned to the Great Scarlet Realm, learned that the Sun Household cultivators could not reveal their beast-taming method or the Owl, and began cultivating in seclusion.
• As Li Zhengjun struggled with the technique's painful effects on his Divine Sense, the Great Sun Golden Crow Nine Luminaries Profound Heaven Treasure Mirror flooded his sea of consciousness with golden light and dispelled the chaos.
• Li Zhengjun mastered the technique within three days and realized that his Mystic Mirror had advanced in rank.

Li Zhengjun’s Mystic Mirror transformed his Sea of Consciousness into a golden hall beneath a radiant sun, and Fang Qing brought him word that Ye Xiufan was making a move. Ye Xiufan and Jiang Liuyang planned to use the conflict over Gold-Bearing Mountain’s spiritual item to their advantage, while Jiang also considered searching Li Zhengjun’s soul for the Li Household’s Cultivation Methods.

• Li Zhengjun’s Mystic Mirror formed a golden hall and sun in his Sea of Consciousness, calming the chaos and stabilizing his spirit platform.
• Fang Qing told Li Zhengjun that Ye Xiufan was making a move, so Li Zhengjun immediately rode out of the city while Fang Qing sought Li Yuankai.
• Ye Xiufan met with Jiang Liuyang, who explained that the Li Household’s formations prevented him from spying on its Cultivation Method through the Owl.
• Jiang Liuyang advised Ye Xiufan to reveal his cultivation to the Li Household, join its expedition to Gold-Bearing Mountain, and seize the spiritual item when the competing forces clashed.
• Jiang Liuyang warned Ye Xiufan that the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger wielded the elusive ancient Dao of rosy light and told him to avoid it.
• Jiang Liuyang suggested that if Ye Xiufan met Li Zhengjun alone, he might expend his soul power to search Li Zhengjun’s soul and steal the Li Household’s Cultivation Methods.

Li Zhengjun witnessed Ye Xiufan and Jiang Liuyang nearly attempt to search his soul, but Ye Xiufan’s intuition stopped them before they could act. After they left, Li Zhengjun captured and subdued an owl that had been spying for another household, then began teaching it human speech so it could help monitor Ye Xiufan.

• Li Zhengjun arrived with Li Dongping and heard Ye Xiufan claim that a Demon Beast had injured the Grandmaster while they hunted for spiritual materials.
• Jiang Liuyang urged Ye Xiufan to let him invade Li Zhengjun’s sea of consciousness, but Ye Xiufan sensed imminent danger and made him withdraw.
• Li Zhengjun let Ye Xiufan leave with the recovered Grandmaster, then captured an owl hiding in a locust tree.
• Li Zhengjun used the Mystic Platform Spirit-Suppressing and Soul-Binding Instruction to subdue the owl and remove Jiang Liuyang’s crude control over it.
• Li Zhengjun taught the owl human language, and it began speaking obediently to him.

Li Zhengjun used the Profound Terrace Spirit-Suppressing and Soul-Binding Instruction to turn Owl and the Reed-Hidden Sandpiper into spies, then sent the latter back to Red Maple Island with fabricated memories. On Red Maple Island, cultivators complained about the Sun Household’s rising tribute before a voice announced that the household had wiped out the Devil Cultivators on Jade Wave Island.

• Owl told Li Zhengjun that Ye Xiufan and a remnant soul planned to exploit the battle at Gold-Bearing Mountain and seize treasure there.
• Li Zhengjun sealed Owl’s recent memories, ordered him to keep spying on Ye Xiufan, and promised to teach him a Cultivation Method.
• Li Zhengjun told Li Dongping to speed up gathering Frozen Water spirit treasures, then captured and awakened the Reed-Hidden Sandpiper.
• Li Zhengjun sealed the Sandpiper’s memories of its capture, implanted a story that Sun Xing and his companion had died to the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger, and sent it back to spy on the Sun Household.
• Cultivators gathered at the Sun Household’s hall on Red Maple Island and complained that the annual tribute had risen by thirty percent.
• A voice from the horizon announced that the Sun Household had wiped out every Devil Cultivator on Jade Wave Island.

Sun Hongpu revealed that the Sun Household had falsely claimed for years to fight the Devil Cultivators on Jade Wave Island while collecting tribute and local resources. After announcing their supposed eradication, he introduced the Li Household as an ally and framed a hunt for the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger as a chance to test them; rival island Households volunteered to join.

• Sun Ming reported that the Li Household had cleared the Devil Cultivators from Jade Wave Island, and Sun Hongpu decided the Sun Household should announce the news before its long-running tribute scam was exposed.
• Sun Hongpu told the gathered island Households that the Sun Household had exterminated the Devil Cultivators, prompting relief and praise from the crowd.
• When the islanders asked about Jade Wave Island's resources, Sun Hongpu said the Li Household had helped in the campaign and had been allowed to settle there.
• Sun Hongpu claimed the Li Household had arranged to hunt the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger with the Sun Household, alarming nearby Households that feared the newcomer would grow powerful.
• Households from Five Clouds Island and East Cliff Island volunteered to join the hunt, hoping to test the Li Household, while Sun Hongpu accepted their offers and planned to use them to gauge its strength.

Li Chenjun outlined a plan for cultivating Frozen Water disciples and proposed using Ye Xiufan to test the path toward the Frozen Water Purple Mansion. He then taught Li Zhengjun the five virtues and twenty-five phases, leaving him with a record of Dao Paths to guide his own cultivation and the Great Scarlet Realm branch.

• Li Zhengjun told Li Chenxiao he had learned the basics of the spirit-binding Technique and bound two Demon Beast true spirits, astonishing him.
• Yuhong brought Li Zhengjun to meet Li Chenjun, who read about the Lineage's recent affairs and praised Li Zhengjun's accomplishments.
• Li Chenjun proposed focusing Jade Wave Island's Water Spirit Root cultivators on Frozen Water before expanding into Weak Water and Gui Water, alongside other suitable Dao Paths and the Winged Yang Wheel-Nurturing Instruction.
• Li Chenjun suggested Ye Xiufan follow the Frozen Water path and forge the Tread on Thin Ice Immortal Foundation so his attempt at a Purple Mansion Divine Ability could serve as a reference.
• Li Zhengjun explained how Ye Xiufan's fortune could help the Li Household obtain spiritual items and insights, while Yuhong accepted that he might not live to see the plan succeed.
• Li Chenjun explained the five virtues and their five phases, then gave Li Zhengjun his annotated Record of Observations on Dao Path to support his cultivation and leadership of the Great Scarlet Realm branch.

Li Zhengjun learned that the Li Household’s supposed hidden Purple Mansion seed had been a bluff, and Yuhong proposed raising a real candidate in the Great Scarlet Realm to protect Zhengjun and Li Chenjun. Yuhong explained that Bright Yang cultivators’ Solitary Ruler fate brings calamities upon their children, then took Zhengjun to seek help harmonizing his yin and yang and completing his fate.

• Li Chenjun warned that Bright Yang techniques and the Altar Thunder Dao Path could draw unwanted attention in the Great Scarlet Realm, so Yuhong advised teaching most disciples native Dao Paths.
• Li Zhengjun asked about the Li Household’s hidden Purple Mansion seed, and Yuhong admitted that he had invented the story to mislead rival households and shield Li Chenjun.
• Yuhong revealed that the Li Household now needed a genuine public Purple Mansion seed and proposed raising a gifted descendant in the Great Scarlet Realm, where time passed differently.
• Yuhong explained that Bright Yang Purple Mansion cultivators’ Solitary Ruler fate brought calamities upon their children, who had to survive tribulations and could suffer again when their father’s fate weakened.
• Yuhong brought Li Zhengjun to Heart-Destroying Mountain to meet True Person Dayu, whose Divine Abilities could harmonize Zhengjun’s yin and yang and help complete his fate.

Yuhong took Li Zhengjun and his youngest uncle to Heart-Destroying Mountain under the pretext of seeking treatment, intending for Li Zhengjun to meet True Person Dayu and strengthen his physique. Li Zhengjun resisted the unsettling influence of Dayu’s Pill Furnace, and the chapter ended with Yuhong asking whether she had finished refining the pills.

• Yuhong explained that Dayu’s Night Star Fire could help Li Zhengjun’s Bright Yang cultivation and said he would take him to Heart-Destroying Mountain.
• Yuhong told Li Zhengjun that appearing openly and presenting himself as a reformed scion would draw less suspicion than remaining hidden.
• Yuhong carried Li Zhengjun and his youngest uncle through the Great Void to Heart-Destroying Mountain.
• Duan Hongyu welcomed the visitors and led them inside, where the mountain’s heat and abundant vitality stirred unsettling urges.
• Li Zhengjun’s mind was disturbed by Dayu’s Pill Furnace, but the golden hall manifested by the Mystic Mirror restored his clarity.
• True Person Dayu praised Li Zhengjun’s composure, and Yuhong asked whether she had finished refining his pills.

True Person Dayu refined pills for Li Zhengjun and agreed to let the Li Household grow her Clear Heart Spirit Fruit trees in exchange for a guaranteed share. Yuhong then asked her to refine Li Zhengjun’s physique so he could eventually have many descendants.

• True Person Dayu finished a batch of Crimson Yang Essence-Melting Pills for Li Zhengjun and said she would refine another batch for Chenjun later.
• Yuhong asked Dayu to wash and refine Li Zhengjun’s body, explaining that Zhengjun had risked his life defending the Thawing Ice Bright Jade and was the last surviving descendant of his branch.
• Dayu asked Yuhong to grow her Clear Heart Spirit Fruit trees near the Lesser Cold River, and Yuhong negotiated a guaranteed seventy-thirty split of the harvest in the Li Household’s favor.
• Dayu gave Yuhong the spirit seeds and planting instructions, then asked what result he wanted from refining Zhengjun’s physique.
• Yuhong laid out spirit items and said he wanted Li Zhengjun to have a house full of children and grandchildren.