Chapter Summaries

Hua Yin absorbed the blood mist and transformed into a Spirit Transformation-level threat, overwhelming the Nascent Soul cultivators. Su Jinxuan narrowly survived her attack, and Lu Yang emerged from a gate of light as Hua Yin fled.

• Hua Yin lost control of the blood mist, which flooded into her body and caused her to scream in agony.
• Su Jinxuan urged Wang Wan and the other cultivators to attack Hua Yin before her transformation could endanger them.
• Hua Yin emerged from the blood cocoon, pierced an Early Nascent Soul cultivator, absorbed the attacks and Law Treasures into a vortex, and devoured his corpse.
• Hua Yin attacked Su Jinxuan, broke through her defenses, and shattered the Spiritual Connection Ring before its barrier let Su Jinxuan escape.
• A gate of light appeared, frightening Hua Yin into fleeing, and Lu Yang stepped through as Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui stared in disbelief.

Lu Yang rescued Su Jinxuan and captured Hua Yin, discovering that a Blood Devil Race expert had survived by appearing through another cultivator of the Blood Devil Great Art. The chapter left him suspecting the technique concealed a larger Blood Devil Race plan.

• Lu Yang pulled the fleeing Hua Yin back through a spatial sword scar and sealed her with golden chains.
• Lu Yang checked on Su Jinxuan, gave her a new Spiritual Connection Ring, and saw her affection rise to 86.
• Baili Qiushui reacted jealously to Su Jinxuan's growing closeness with Lu Yang, while Wang Wan and the other cultivators addressed him as a senior.
• Lu Yang's system detected Hua Yin as a 10-point beauty, and he recognized the same Blood Devil Race presence he had sensed in Zhou Mu.
• Lu Yang inferred that the Blood Devil Race expert could transfer consciousness between cultivators who practiced the Blood Devil Great Art and suspected the technique served a deeper purpose.

Lu Yang confirmed that the Blood Devil Race expert had weakened after possessing Hua Yin, then used her Sound Transmission Jade Token to test whether he could add her as a friend. The expert warned that the Blood Devil Realm intended to connect to the Canglan Realm, leaving Su Jinxuan and the others fearful of an invasion.

• Lu Yang sensed that the Blood Devil Race expert's cultivation had fallen to early Spirit Transformation after possessing Hua Yin and concluded that possession came at a cost.
• Lu Yang took Hua Yin's Storage Bag, broke its restriction, and found blood pills, treasures, and a Sound Transmission Jade Token.
• Lu Yang exchanged sound transmission imprints with Hua Yin and discovered that she had an affection score of negative ninety-one.
• Lu Yang recognized Hua Yin as the Blood Devil Race expert and heard him threaten the Canglan Realm with invasion, regardless of whether Lu Yang ascended to the Spirit Realm.
• Su Jinxuan and the other Nascent Soul cultivators realized the Blood Devil Realm might invade and feared they could not resist it.

Lu Yang killed Hua Yin after she revealed that a Blood Devil Race invasion of the Canglan Realm was being prepared, then promised to help Heavenly Moon Valley after Lü Mingfei’s death. He located the Blood Devil Race expert in Yue Prefecture and set off through space to hunt him down.

• Lu Yang destroyed Hua Yin and her divine soul with the Metal Dao Principle, and Su Jinxuan and the others learned that a Blood Devil expert had possessed her.
• Lu Yang promised Fang Qin that he would help Heavenly Moon Valley, and Fang Qin accepted his offer.
• Lu Yang used a Low-Level Rebate Card to increase his Spirit Stones and searched for the Blood Devil expert’s new location and cultivation.
• Lu Yang found the expert possessing the Golden Core Realm Blood Devil Envoy Li Feng in the Qiyang Mountain Range and discovered that the expert’s cultivation had fallen to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui that he would pursue the expert, then opened a sword trace and traveled through space toward him.

Li Feng revealed himself as a Blood Devil expert, killed his two Golden Core companions, and absorbed their Essence Blood to restore his strength. As he headed into the Heaven Severing Mountain Range to hide and rebuild his power, a familiar sword scar appeared before him, and he realized his pursuer had found him again.

• Li Feng ambushed Wang Ni and killed him, then revealed his blood-and-flesh cultivation to the middle-aged woman.
• Li Feng trapped the woman in a formation, transformed amid a blood cocoon, and killed her when she tried to flee.
• Li Feng absorbed both cultivators’ Essence Blood and resolved to hide in Demon Beast territory while restoring his strength and advancing the Blood Devil Race’s plans.
• A familiar sword scar appeared in front of Li Feng as he flew toward the Heaven Severing Mountain Range, and he panicked at the return of his pursuer.

Lu Yang tracked down the Blood Devil Race expert’s latest host, sealed him, and prepared to take him back to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. As Lu Yang’s borrowed power faded and his cultivation returned to Early-stage Foundation Establishment, the captive was left wondering who Lu Yang really was and how he had gained such strength.

• Lu Yang killed the Blood Devil Race expert’s Late Golden Core host, then used the Search Module to locate his next host in Yue Prefecture.
• Lu Yang confronted the expert in a mountain cave abode, confirmed that he could track him, and refused the expert’s offer to join the Blood Devil Race.
• Lu Yang sealed the expert’s soul, Spiritual Qi, and body so he could take him back to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Lu Yang’s cultivation fell from Spirit Transformation Perfection to Early-stage Foundation Establishment as [Power of Money] dissipated.
• The sealed expert saw Lu Yang’s true cultivation and wondered how a Foundation Establishment cultivator had briefly reached Spirit Transformation Perfection.

Lu Yang captured a Blood Devil Hall expert and learned from Su Jinxuan that Yuan Xian had been swallowed by the forbidden Mystic Yellow Valley. After arranging for the remaining Blood Devil Hall members to be monitored and seeking a ride back to Qin Province, Lu Yang heard Yuan Xian call to him from outside the cave.

• Lu Yang contacted Su Jinxuan, who reported that the other deputy hall masters were dead and Yuan Xian had vanished inside Mystic Yellow Valley.
• Lu Yang recalled the valley's destruction and the disappearances of cultivators who entered, then decided not to investigate it himself.
• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan to watch the Blood Devil Hall's lower-ranking members, and she said they had prepared to handle the coming turmoil.
• Lu Yang contacted Jiang Shiqing to arrange for the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot to pick him up.
• A voice outside the cave claimed to be Yuan Xian and asked Lu Yang to speak with him.

Lu Yang learned that a Void Evil Entity had destroyed Mystic Yellow Valley and discovered it had influenced Yuan Xian to lure him into its warped space. He kept his cultivation concealed and invited Yuan Xian inside, preparing to face the entity’s probe.

• Lu Yang searched for information about Mystic Yellow Valley and learned that its ascended ancestor had sent a Void Evil Entity disguised as a Mystic Origin Dao Tree, which destroyed the sect and warped nearby space.
• Lu Yang used a rebate to recover Spirit Stones, upgraded Tycoon's Confidence, and searched for Yuan Xian's condition.
• Lu Yang learned that the Void Evil Entity had influenced Yuan Xian and planned to use him to lure Lu Yang into Mystic Yellow Valley's alternate space.
• Lu Yang heard Yuan Xian repeat his request to speak, noticed his agitation, concealed his cultivation at Early-stage Foundation Establishment, and told him to come in.

Lu Yang confronted Yuan Xian, whose body had been transformed by the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, and drove off the roots that attacked him. After learning the vine was near the Void Refinement Realm and that fighting it risked drawing dangers from the True Void, Lu Yang decided to enter its alternate space, use all his Spirit Stones to reach a higher cultivation realm, and kill it quickly.

• Yuan Xian arrived at Lu Yang’s cave abode, and wooden tendrils emerged from his eyes as he muttered that Lu Yang should be captured.
• The Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine attacked Lu Yang with roots from the void, but Heft of Money stopped them at the cost of more than a million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang used Power of Money to regain Spirit Transformation Perfection and destroyed Yuan Xian and the tendrils with his sword techniques, though some roots escaped into the void.
• Lu Yang searched for information and learned that the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine was at Spirit Transformation Perfection, near Void Refinement, and that a prolonged battle could attract dangers from the True Void.
• Lu Yang decided to enter the alternate space, spend all his Spirit Stones to raise his cultivation, kill the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine swiftly, and leave.

Lu Yang traveled to Mystic Yellow Valley to confront the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine, which attacked him with a vast net of roots. He burned all 4.3 billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to reach Void Refinement Perfection and discovered that he could turn every Principle he mastered into its own domain.

• Lu Yang sealed the Blood Devil Race expert inside an isolated space and traveled to Mystic Yellow Valley.
• Lu Yang found a hidden spatial node and entered the alternate space where the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine had prepared an ambush.
• Lu Yang spent more than 300 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to break through to the Void Refinement Realm and learned about its power and heavenly tribulations.
• Lu Yang spent the remaining Spirit Stones to advance through Mid and Late Void Refinement to Void Refinement Perfection.
• Lu Yang used his Principles to turn the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine's roots to ash and realized that each Principle he mastered could form its own domain.

Lu Yang destroyed the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine in its otherworldly space, but could not damage the mysterious black sphere left behind. He sealed the sphere and escaped as a gigantic bone hand swept through the space, leaving its fate unknown.

• Lu Yang expanded his Principle Domain across the other space and crushed the Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine’s roots until its true body was exposed.
• The Heart-Eroding Nether Luo Vine opened cracks into the True Void, and Lu Yang sensed dangerous gazes watching through them.
• Lu Yang attacked the vine with golden sword lights and a Taiji diagram, destroying its body but leaving behind an unbreakable black sphere.
• Lu Yang took the black sphere, sealed it with his Principle Domain, and returned to the Canglan Realm, reducing his cultivation to Spirit Transformation Perfection to escape the realm’s suppression.
• Before the spatial crack closed, Lu Yang saw a giant hand made of white bones shatter the other space with a sweep.

Lu Yang returned after defeating the Void Evil Entity and brought the sealed mastermind behind the Blood Devil Hall to Profound Earth Mountain. He warned that scattered Blood Devil Hall members remained across the Eastern Domain, then left with Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Liu Yaoyao aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.

• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode, found the sealed Blood Devil Race expert still there, and carried him through space toward Profound Earth Mountain.
• At Profound Earth Mountain, Lu Yang reunited with Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Liu Yaoyao and revealed that his captive was the mastermind behind the Blood Devil Hall.
• Yang Qiu and the other grand elders thanked Lu Yang for preventing another Bloodthirst Tide, and Lu Yang accepted their gratitude.
• Lu Yang warned that Blood Devil Hall members of lower cultivation ranks remained scattered across the Eastern Domain and urged the sects to work together against them.
• Yang Qiu promised to rally allied forces in Yellow Province, and Lu Yang told them to seek him at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect if problems arose.
• Lu Yang and the three women departed Profound Earth Mountain aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.

After spending time with Jiang Shiqing, Liu Yaoyao, and Qin Nanyue, Lu Yang reviewed his rewards and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 16. He gained a powerful Profound Heaven Law Treasure and the Ancient Battle Physique, leaving him vastly richer and stronger.

• Lu Yang claimed an 86-billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stone rebate and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 16.
• Lu Yang received Su Jinxuan's affection rewards, including a Mid-Level Rebate Card, 500,000 Cultivation Method Experience, and the Golden Light Ten Thousand Swords Diagram.
• Lu Yang decided to keep the Golden Light Ten Thousand Swords Diagram and considered giving Su Jinxuan the Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl.
• Lu Yang received 30,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones and the Ancient Battle Physique for adding Hua Yin as a friend.
• Lu Yang assessed the physique's fivefold physical-strength increase, injury-fueled combat boost, and immunity to soul-suppressing Law Techniques.

Lu Yang upgraded Wang Da to Spirit Transformation Perfection and gained a powerful new bodyguard, then refined the Tycoon's Money House and moved his Spirit Stones into it. He began examining his final reward, the Intermediate Mercenary Contract.

• Lu Yang used the Intermediate Puppet Upgrade Card on Wang Da, raising him to Spirit Transformation Perfection.
• Lu Yang examined Wang Da's new spirit-grade Burn All Eight Wastelands trait, cultivation method, and max-level techniques.
• Lu Yang dismissed Wang Da and inspected the Tycoon's Money House, which stored Spirit Stones and generated daily interest.
• Lu Yang refined the Tycoon's Money House, deposited his Spirit Stones, and moved precious items into its storage.
• Lu Yang examined his final reward, the Intermediate Mercenary Contract.

Lu Yang reviewed his mercenary contracts, then used Dao Comprehension Tea to study the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record. After waking from the previous night, Qin Nanyue found herself imagining that she and the others could overpower Lu Yang together, then hurried to cultivate so he would not outpace her.

• Lu Yang judged the Intermediate Mercenary Contract useful for a future trip to the Spirit Realm, though it offered little advantage in the Canglan Realm.
• Lu Yang took out Senior Sister Mu's stone stele, drank Dao Comprehension Tea, and began working out the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record.
• Qin Nanyue woke beside Jiang Shiqing, cleaned herself, and left the bedroom while Jiang Shiqing continued sleeping.
• Liu Yaoyao teased Qin Nanyue about the previous night, and Qin Nanyue briefly imagined inviting Yingying to help them make Lu Yang surrender before questioning her own thoughts.
• Qin Nanyue learned that Lu Yang was cultivating and went to cultivate herself, while Liu Yaoyao began studying the Record of Bewitching the Mind and Forgetting Worries.

Lu Yang began cultivating the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record and received a system reward for mastering knowledge beyond his limited store of knowledge. He discovered that Lin Ying had reached Foundation Establishment and reassured Liu Yaoyao that he considered her his woman, leaving her eager to cultivate alongside him.

• Lu Yang used his new understanding of the Metal Dao to begin cultivating the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record, then stored the stele in the Tycoon's Money House.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with attribute points and experience, which he spent on the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record and his Spirit Root while saving the Law Technique Experience.
• Lu Yang checked Lin Ying's panel and saw that she was consolidating her realm after breaking through to Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Yang found Liu Yaoyao studying her family's Record of Bewitching the Mind and Forgetting Worries and reassured her that he regarded her as his woman.
• Liu Yaoyao asked to cultivate alongside Lu Yang, and he encouraged her to pursue cultivation and ascend with him.

Lu Yang entered Dao Province and diverted the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot toward a familiar trace of blood Qi, discovering that Evil Cultivators were slaughtering Lakeview Town. The three attackers fell when Lu Yang’s powerful presence and dragon roars reached them, leaving the Demon Suppression Bureau officials and surviving children to wonder who had intervened.

• Lu Yang crossed into Dao Province and saw a powerful pale blue flood dragon in the river.
• Lu Yang sensed familiar blood Qi and ordered Wang San to steer the chariot toward it.
• Three Evil Cultivators trapped Lakeview Town in a blood formation and drained its residents, while two Demon Suppression Bureau officials defended a group of children.
• A distant Nascent Soul True Lord’s presence knocked the two Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivators from the sky.
• The Golden Core Evil Cultivator tried to flee but fell after dragon roars sounded, as the officials wondered whether a flood dragon had come to help.

Lu Yang arrived at a blood-mist-shrouded town, where Wang Da destroyed the formation and revealed the slaughter within. After speaking with Demon Suppression Bureau officials Wang Li and Lin Lin, Lu Yang suspected the Blood Devil Hall’s purge had driven its remaining envoys to desperate violence.

• Nine Cloud Flood Dragons pulled an ancient bronze chariot carrying Lu Yang and his companions toward the town.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da to destroy the formation, dispersing the blood mist and exposing the massacre.
• Lu Yang chose to descend and inspect the town after seeing the unconscious children and the devastated streets.
• Liu Yaoyao asked the Demon Suppression Bureau officials who they were, and Wang Li introduced himself and Lin Lin.
• Wang Li and Lin Lin said such a massacre was unprecedented in their region, and Lu Yang suspected the Blood Devil Envoys were reacting to the ongoing purge.

Lu Yang learned that the Great Lin Dynasty cared for orphaned children and left three captured Evil Cultivators in the hands of Demon Suppression Bureau officials. He updated Su Jinxuan on the Blood Devil Hall purge, then arrived at Myriad Manifestations City, his destination.

• Lu Yang learned from Wang Li and Lin Lin that the Demon Suppression Bureau housed orphaned children, and he left the three captured Evil Cultivators as credit for them.
• Wang Li and Lin Lin sealed the captives, woke the children, and reported the incident while Lu Yang and his companions departed in the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
• Lu Yang contacted Su Jinxuan and learned that the Blood Devil Hall purge had spread across the Eastern Domain, while some members attacked civilians and cultivators.
• Lu Yang used the Search Module to locate more Blood Devil Hall members and sent their information to Su Jinxuan for the ongoing purge.
• Lu Yang and Liu Yaoyao arrived at Myriad Manifestations City, where they saw its bustling streets and holographic advertisements.

A lavish chariot arrived at Myriad Manifestations City, where the Merchant Alliance’s leaders welcomed its mysterious owner with unusual deference. The crowd mistook a gray-clad middle-aged man for a Spirit Transformation Realm mighty figure, then learned that Lu Yang was the young master they had come to greet.

• Nine Cloud Flood Dragon puppets pulled the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot into the sky above Myriad Manifestations City, drawing wary attention from nearby cultivators.
• Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Kong Xinci flew out from the Myriad Manifestations Tower and respectfully welcomed the chariot’s young master.
• A gray-clad middle-aged man stepped from the chariot, and his powerful Primordial Spirit led Nascent Soul True Lords to believe he was a Spirit Transformation Realm mighty figure.
• Several more Nascent Soul Realm cultivators emerged from the chariot, making the onlookers fear that its entourage could establish an immortal sect or holy land.
• Lu Yang stepped out in white, and Fan Jinyuan greeted him as the young master, surprising the crowd that had assumed the gray-clad man held that role.