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Chapter 01: Bright Clan Youth

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, and people, living or dead, are purely…

Chapter 02: The Bright Scripture

The Bright Scripture. Ming Ren entered four years ago, filled with the excitement of curiosity. The treasure was a gateway to a small secret realm that worked as a library,…

Chapter 03: Bright Immortal

Back at the Bright Clan, the elders waited for the younger generation to wake up from their meditation. Most of them would wake up after half an hour, with the…

Chapter 04: The Fate of the Bright Clan

Ming Ren opened his eyes to unfamiliar surroundings. He was in a comfortable white bed and sat on it cross-legged with no difficulty. The room had no furniture or windows.…

Chapter 05: I Owe Her Too Much

The elder knew he made a mistake even before Yun Shuqing screamed. The young man in front of him had no backing, but the young mistress of the clan still…

Chapter 06: Treachery

Cultivators categorized techniques into spiritual, soul, and mind. Arts that used true elements and most rare energies entered the first category, those that used the soul as a medium fell…

Chapter 07: Purple Cloud Dreamland

“The patriarch died!” Ming Ren wept in sorrow. Cultivators often lost ties to mundane problems and relations after growing old and weary, only using their clan to gather resources. So…

Chapter 08: Walking Out The Front Door

While Yun Jie faced his inner demons, the other cultivators also struggled inside the dreamland. Instead of opening the formation in a wide area, Ming Ren affected group by group…

Chapter 10: Bright Sword Art

“Good!” Ming Ren continued to cultivate. Breaking through the bottleneck after so many years filled him with joy and expectation. One hour passed, fifth layer middle stage! Another hour passed,…

Chapter 11: The Silver Clan

Silver Clan, Bluecloud City. The clan’s prestige reached a new level. Everything went well since it orchestrated the Bright Clan’s demise, morale and finances improved with territory and industries gained…

Chapter 12: Ming Ren Style Arts

Cultivation laws detailed how to cultivate the next step before immortality.  Writing a cultivation law required experience and knowledge as one mistake could cause serious Qi deviation and harm the…

Chapter 13: Hunting in the Vagrant Woods

The Vagrant Woods span a large area with unnaturally dense vegetation. Spirit beasts roamed about, some unknown and dangerous, and the nearby cities posted watches to prevent beast tides and…

Chapter 14: Ming Ren Style Cooking Art

Powerful and dangerous as enemies, loyal and brave as allies, spirit beasts could be a great asset to a cultivator. Beast tamers ranked among the most useful and difficult professions.…

Chapter 15: Granting an Opportunity (One)

Ming Ren laughed and extended his hand, “Please, I can’t finish by myself!” “Then, we will accept your kindness!” The group joined him while Little Fu already stuffed himself with…

Chapter 16: Granting an Opportunity (Two)

The elder’s posture stiffened. Change his destiny? Him, stuck at the peak of the ninth layer for years? Untalented, unable to break through? A chance for the Forest Clan to…

Chapter 17: Granting an Oppoprtunity (Last)

The Silver Clan aimed at the assets of the Bright Clan, especially the spirit herb garden, to profit together with the Sunflower Pavilion. The influence behind the pavilion hid well.…

Chapter 18: Elder Lin Dong

A while ago… Elder Lin Dong stared in the direction Ming Ren left.  He saw many unexpected events and near-death encounters as a hunter, yet nothing explained what had happened.…

Chapter 19: Elder Lin Dong (Last)

Elder Lin Dong became stronger for many reasons, but mostly because his use and control of spiritual energy improved by leaps and bounds. With a low-grade art, the cultivator spent…

Chapter 20: Prey

The cultivator’s faces twisted in fear as the spirit beasts rushed in from the forest. Death was only a few steps away. The flood mantis growled in fury, raising the…

Chapter 21: Queen And King

Bluecloud City, City Lord’s Mansion. The green-robed city lord scratched the head and sighed. The City Lord’s Mansion, the three big clans, and the Sunflower Pavilion were the biggest powers…

Chapter 22: A Meeting

The two-headed lioness struck ferociously without stopping. The rhino king focused on its formidable defense, but the enemy’s tail still pierced through, and its claws left big, deep marks. In…

Chapter 23: A Shocking Youth

Only spirit beasts and their descendants should have a spirit beast soul. A half-breed human cultivator born with a pure beast soul would be rare. Not completely beast nor human,…

Chapter 24: An Oath Under The Heavens

The pure looking spirit beast surprised Ming Ren. The pegasus, a horse-type flying spirit beast with innate True Wood Element lineage. It avoided combat, living in seclusion in the many…

Chapter 25: Willingness to Form a Pact

Whether the goal of this ambush was the clans or the city lord, Ming Ren had nothing to do with it. He couldn’t care less if the Cloud, White, and…

Chapter 26: Transformation

“Senior, what do you need from us?” Lin Qiang asked first. Jana spoke of its plight as before. Lin Qiang and Lin Dong couldn’t understand why such a magnificent being…

Chapter 27: A Double-Hour to Head Out

“Good!” Ming Ren nodded with satisfaction, “Now, see how many you can call!” Lin Dong and Lin Qiang stared in astonishment. Multiple summons? One was surprising enough, could she summon…

Chapter 28: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (One)

Outskirts of the Vagrant Woods. The group from the Forest Clan arrived and met one of their scouts. They carried a lot of low-grade equipment, such as traps and extra…

Chapter 29: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Two)

While elder Lin Dong held the beast’s claw, the summoned flood mantis slashed its left leg, and the saber-toothed cat hacked below its arm. The queen roared in pain and…

Chapter 30: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Three)

Lin Huangfu and the Forest Clan fought relentlessly, dozens of spirit beasts corpses on the ground. In a scenery of blood and destruction, spiritual energy flashed everywhere. “Patriarch, w-we need…

Chapter 31: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Four)

The proud and confident ape king from before disappeared as his wounds piled up and counterattacks missed. He growled with rage, commanding the other spirit beasts to attack. The sight…

Chapter 32: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Five)

The group led by the flame commander of Bluecloud City killed their way into the Vagrant Woods. The flaming halberd cut through spirit beasts with ease as their superior numbers…

Chapter 33: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Six)

Ming Ren, Lin Qiang, and Lin Dong circulated the joint Qi inside the formation, but it was clearly weaker than before. The repeated battles exhausted their body and mind, and…

Chapter 34: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Seven)

Lin Huangfu, the second elder, and the cultivators from the Forest Clan almost fainted on the spot. Did Lin Dong just threaten to kill someone from the City Lord’s Mansion?…

Chapter 35: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Eight)

The invisible rare energy surrounding Ming Ren brought forth visions of the past. He couldn’t move or speak, and everything happened as if in a single moment. Elder Li stood…

Chapter 36: Battle at the Vagrant Woods (Nine)

“He died? Damned bastard. Find the girl!” The silver patriarch extended his spiritual sense but found no traces. Wherever the bright patriarch sent Ming Lan was beyond his reach. The…

Chapter 37: Battle at The Vagrant Woods (End)

Ming Ren lost control. Pain, suffering, and humiliation filled his mind. Not even with all the experiences inside the Bright Scripture he could contain such a fury. The ancient roar…