Chapter Summaries

After the Li Household crushed the Sun Household, Yang Lei and the other allied families thanked Li Dongping, who prepared to bring them before Li Zhengjun. Meanwhile, Sun Chengling returned to the mountain and confronted Li Zhengjun over the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger, just as the tiger began to move.

• Yang Lei realized the Li Household had decisively defeated the Sun Household and suspected it was connected to a powerful Foundation Establishment sect.
• Yang Lei and the families that had switched sides thanked Li Dongping, who praised their loyalty and arranged to bring them before Li Zhengjun.
• Li Yuankai signaled Li Dongping not to expose the Sun Household's crimes yet, so Li Dongping took the survivors to hear Li Zhengjun's account.
• Sun Chengling returned to the mountain, unaware that his household had been defeated, and secretly prepared a Wood Virtue Technique Method attack against Li Zhengjun.
• Sun Chengling challenged Li Zhengjun's interest in the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger and boasted of the Sun Household's beast-taming skill, but Li Zhengjun denied he meant to tame it as the tiger suddenly moved.

Li Zhengjun used fire talismans to defeat Sun Chengling’s ambush and then subdued the Qi Refinement Great Perfection Ginseng-Cloud Tiger with Spirit Seizure and Nature Capture. The tiger became his obedient spirit pet, leaving Sun Chengling stunned by Li Zhengjun’s power and methods.

• The Ginseng-Cloud Tiger attacked Sun Chengling, who deployed three spirit beasts to fight it.
• The tiger used the Rosy Light Escape Method to ambush Sun Chengling and badly wound his shoulder.
• Li Zhengjun unleashed Olefin Fire Prairie-Blazing Talismans, burning away Sun Chengling’s buried wood spirits and leaving Sun Chengling and his beasts gravely injured.
• Li Zhengjun stopped the wounded Ginseng-Cloud Tiger’s attack with his bare hand and slammed it into the mountain rock.
• Li Zhengjun used Spirit Seizure and Nature Capture to make the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger submit, and it knelt and greeted him as its lord.
• Sun Chengling watched the tiger speak and obey Li Zhengjun, overwhelmed by a method he could not understand.

Li Zhengjun used the Soul-Washing Incantation to make Sun Chengling confess the Sun Household’s plot, then killed him before the gathered cultivators. After pardoning the surviving followers and delegating the cleanup, Li Zhengjun set off with his newly subdued Demon Beasts to search for Jiang Liuyang.

• Li Zhengjun subdued Sun Chengling’s Iron-Arm Vajra and Gale Falcon, while the Black-Shelled Turtle severed its own meridians rather than submit.
• Li Zhengjun cast the Soul-Washing Incantation on Sun Chengling, making him believe he had captured the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger and prompting him to reveal the Sun Household’s scheme.
• Sun Chengling killed the dying Black-Shelled Turtle without hesitation and boasted to Li Zhengjun about the plot as the gathered cultivators listened.
• Li Zhengjun exposed Sun Chengling’s crimes to the crowd and beheaded him with his magic sword, Shaoming.
• Li Zhengjun allowed the other households’ surviving cultivators to leave or testify against the Sun Household, then assigned cleanup to Li Yuankai and Yang Lei.
• Li Zhengjun left with the subdued Demon Beasts to search for Jiang Liuyang.

Jiang Liuyang brought Ye Xiufan to Gold-Bearing Mountain to harvest the matured Phoenix-Perching Golden Parasol Tree, hoping to restore his remnant soul. When Li Zhengjun arrived, Jiang tried to search his soul but was trapped in a golden hall, where he mistook Li Zhengjun for an immortal and bowed before him.

• Jiang Liuyang and Ye Xiufan waited for the first dawn light while the owl kept watch, unaware that it was secretly circulating Li Zhengjun's Cultivation Method.
• As the first ray of sunlight struck the ground, Jiang Liuyang used his Technique Method to raise the mature Phoenix-Perching Golden Parasol Tree from beneath the earth.
• Li Zhengjun arrived, and Jiang Liuyang decided to search his sea of consciousness despite Ye Xiufan being unable to sense danger.
• Jiang Liuyang's Great Soul-Searching Method led him into a golden hall, where an overwhelming force made him kneel before a radiant figure.
• Jiang Liuyang kowtowed and begged to know the figure's name, and Li Zhengjun spoke from the dais, proclaiming his cosmic authority.

Li Zhengjun bound Jiang Liuyang’s true spirit and recruited the remnant soul to serve the Li Household and spread its new cultivation methods. He gave Jiang Liuyang a Frozen Water cultivation path and promised him a chance at a new body once Ye Xiufan reached Purple Mansion, then sent him back to Gold-Bearing Mountain with a Jade Slip.

• Jiang Liuyang knelt before Li Zhengjun, offered his service, and asked to become his disciple.
• Li Zhengjun used the Mystic Terrace Spirit-Suppressing, Nature-Binding Instruction and the Mystic Mirror to take Jiang Liuyang’s true spirit.
• Li Zhengjun described the Yuyu Realm’s six-realm cultivation system, and Jiang Liuyang realized it could make advancement more efficient than traditional Qi Refinement.
• Li Zhengjun told Jiang Liuyang that Ye Xiufan’s destiny would help him escape his remnant-soul state once Ye reached Purple Mansion.
• Li Zhengjun gave Jiang Liuyang a Jade Slip containing Frozen Water Dao methods and ordered him to spread the new cultivation path.
• Jiang Liuyang returned to Gold-Bearing Mountain holding the Jade Slip and reflected that he had only now entered the gate of cultivation.

Jiang Liuyang joined the Immortal Venerable’s disciples and entrusted the Phoenix-Perching Golden Parasol Tree to Li Zhengjun, who discovered that Gold-Bearing Mountain could supply Bright Yang primal Qi. After returning to the Li Household, Li Zhengjun assigned the work of rebuilding the estate and hurried back to the Yuyu Realm to report the discoveries.

• Jiang Liuyang apologized to Li Zhengjun and agreed to help spread the Immortal Venerable’s teachings and raise Ye Xiufan’s cultivation.
• Jiang Liuyang gave Li Zhengjun the Phoenix-Perching Golden Parasol Tree, and Li Zhengjun realized it could awaken his Second Uncle and sensed Bright Yang primal Qi at Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Jiang Liuyang woke Ye Xiufan, and the three returned to the capital of the Ning Kingdom and rejoined the Li Household.
• Li Zhengjun recorded the household’s battle contributions and assigned Dongping, Dongsheng, Yuankai, and Huchan tasks to clear and develop Gold-Bearing Mountain.
• Li Zhengjun returned to the Yuyu Realm through the Immortal Mirror to report the mountain, its Bright Yang Qi, and the Golden Parasol Tree to the Lineage.

Li Zhengjun arrived as True Person Zhaohuan sought help from Yuhong after Sunset Rosy Clouds nearly killed him. Yuhong explained that the Rosy Light Major Branch had appeared before its proper temporal sequence, suggesting a hidden plot against the three yang Dao Lineages; Zhaohuan entrusted Gao Yuning to the Li Household before vanishing.

• Li Zhengjun went to the Jade-Rinsing Garden, where Yuhong treated the injured True Person Zhaohuan and met his grandson Gao Yuning.
• Yuhong explained the difference between the Rosy Light Minor Branch, Rainbow and Nix, and the Major Branches, Crimson Rosy Clouds and Sunset Rosy Clouds.
• Yuhong used an inscription on his mystic stele to explain the temporal sequences and concluded that Sunset Rosy Clouds had emerged prematurely to weaken the three yang Dao Lineages.
• Zhaohuan recounted the attack on Crimson Firmament Mountain, and Yuhong warned that Zhaohuan was likely a target in a larger scheme and should flee the Chu Kingdom.
• Zhaohuan entrusted his possessions to Yuhong and asked him to protect Gao Yuning; Li Zhengjun proposed taking the boy into the Great Scarlet Realm to serve the Li Household.
• Gao Yuning offered his true spirit to Yuhong, and Zhaohuan urged him to live without seeking revenge before vanishing.

Li Zhengjun took a strand of Gao Yuning’s true spirit before Yuhong brought them into the Great Void to witness True Person Zhaohuan’s battle against two crimson-robed Purple Mansion cultivators. Zhaohuan was pierced and seemed defeated, but he tore off and swallowed all three of his Golden Crow legs, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Li Zhengjun took a strand of Gao Yuning’s true spirit with little resistance from the grieving disciple.
• Yuhong carried Li Zhengjun, Gao Yuning, and the other disciple into the Great Void, where they witnessed Zhaohuan facing two crimson-robed Purple Mansion cultivators.
• Yuhong explained Zhaohuan’s [Three-Legged Crow Feather] Divine Ability as the combatants exchanged attacks.
• The two cultivators trapped Zhaohuan in rosy light, sealed his wings, and pierced him with a crimson arrow.
• Zhaohuan tore off all three of his legs and swallowed them as the two cultivators celebrated their apparent victory.

Zhaohuan destroyed the Three-Legged Crow's legs and died, triggering the early manifestation of the Radiant Bright Blessed Land and the coming Golden Crow Sheds Its Feathers. Yuhong helped Gao Yuning escape to the Great Scarlet Realm, then returned to White Jade Mountain and discussed the Sunset Rosy Clouds Dao Lineage's plans with Li Zhengjun.

• Zhaohuan devoured the Three-Legged Crow's legs, died, and scattered into spiritual objects that drifted toward Crimson Firmament Mountain.
• Yuhong and the other Purple Mansion cultivators realized Zhaohuan's death had caused the Radiant Bright Blessed Land to manifest early, and they heard that Golden Crow Sheds Its Feathers was coming.
• Luo Hao apologized to Yuhong for Luo Yongying's offense, and Yuhong said their households should preserve their cooperation.
• Yuhong appeared to kill Gao Yuning in front of the Sunset Rosy Clouds cultivators, but later confirmed that Li Zhengjun had safely sent Gao Yuning and his true spirit to the Great Scarlet Realm.
• Yuhong told Li Zhengjun that Zhaohuan had been used to alter the spiritual atmosphere and suspected the Sunset Rosy Clouds cultivators were proxies for Falling Sunset Mountain.
• Yuhong asked Li Zhengjun what he had gained from his trip to Gold-Bearing Mountain.

Li Zhengjun and the Lineage elders planned for the Li Household’s future after discovering a Bright Yang spiritual land and preparing to build an immortal mountain. Li Zhengjun proposed bringing a nearly successful cultivator into the Great Scarlet Realm to quickly establish a Foundation Establishment cultivator as its protector while he entered seclusion.

• Yuhong praised Li Zhengjun for finding a way to save Li Chenwei and felt hope that his family might escape its fate of dying alone.
• Yuhong explained that the Bright Yang spiritual land could support spiritual seeds as the Three Yang Dao Lineage entered its final period of decline.
• Li Zhengchen said the Lineage had prepared the materials and plans needed to build an immortal mountain.
• Li Zhengjun warned that the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect would investigate the Li Household while he entered seclusion for Qi Ingestion.
• Li Zhengjun asked whether a Lineage cultivator was close to breaking through to Qi Ingestion, proposing to take that person into the Great Scarlet Realm to establish a Foundation Establishment protector.