Arc 12The Three Blazing Flame Palace

Yang Tianyou strengthened himself and helped the Yang Household expand its formations, trade, and influence before leading an expedition into the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm. Inside, a curse incited slaughter while Devil Cultivators ravaged the Yang Household’s lands outside, and Yang Tianyou’s group began gathering resources and resisting hostile cultivators.

  • Yang Tianyou raised his armor and Twin Blades and Starlight to Tier 2 Supreme-Grade, formed the Falling Star Divine Ability Prototype, and later left seclusion to find Zhiming and Black and White playing Go.
  • Yunhua advanced to Middle Golden Core, stabilized Fierce Ghost Cave with a formation, and helped Yang Haoyu upgrade the Purple Moon Boat into a top-class Third-Tier Lower-Grade Flying Boat.
  • At the Lineage Assembly, Yang Haoyu approved plans for a Trial Tower, a Golden Core auction, Purple Moon City, new enforcement and inspection halls, and other expansions to the Yang Household.
  • The Yang Household completed the Purple Moon Boat and Trial Tower, then hosted an auction where Yang Tianjiu sold valuable Third Tier items, a God-Slaying Crossbow, and a Purple-Cyan Cloud-Pattern Pill for high prices.
  • Yang Tianyou comprehended the Star Dao and later joined Yang Haoyu in preparing an expedition to the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm, crafting talismans as major powers gathered at its entrance.
  • After entering the Secret Realm, Yang Tianyou suspected Xu Yan True Person and learned that a curse was driving cultivators to violence, so he established a protected valley base and organized his clansmen to resist it.
  • Dwarf Child, Five Poisons Old Devil, and Old Devil Yan attacked the Yang Household’s territory, slaughtering villagers and plundering its mountains before Yunhua wounded Dwarf Child and the Lord of Blackblood City rescued him.
  • Yang Tianyou and his Spirit Beasts ambushed cultivators drawn to a white pillar and killed twenty-eight, while Yang Tianwang’s group found mineral veins and clashed with Goldwater Sect cultivators before discovering a large Spirit Mine.
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Ch. 277Strength and Skill at Go

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Yang Tianyou strengthened his defenses and life-bound Law Artifacts, then created a powerful new Divine Ability called Falling Star. He left seclusion eager to test his strength and found Zhiming and Black and White playing Go in the courtyard.

  • Yang Tianyou formed the Great White Blood Armor from his Blood Qi and the powers he had combined, giving himself Tier 2 Supreme-Grade defense.
  • Yang Tianyou spent half a month refining Twin Blades and Starlight, raising both life-bound Law Artifacts to Tier 2 Supreme-Grade.
  • Yang Tianyou combined Star Power and Magnetism Power into the Divine Ability Prototype Falling Star, a devastating attack that consumed most of both powers.
  • Yang Tianyou spent another half month immersed in the Unseen, wondered whether he could defeat a False Core Cultivator, and left his seclusion.
  • Yang Tianyou found Zhiming and Black and White playing Go in the courtyard and recalled that he had lost to them before.

Ch. 278Yunhua's Breakthrough

After three years of household growth, Yang Tianyou traveled to Crouching Ox Pass to ask Yunhua to arrange a Formation for the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm. Yunhua broke through to Middle Golden Core, then outlined the Formation upgrades needed for the Secret Realm and the Purple Moon Boat.

  • Yang Tianyou reviewed the Yang Household's growing cultivation, trade, and resources, then toured Purple Moon Mountain and saw the Purple Moon Boat nearing completion.
  • Yang Haoyu asked Yang Tianyou to invite Yunhua to set up a Formation at the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm and discuss Formations for the Purple Moon Boat.
  • Yang Tianyou reached Crouching Ox Pass and waited while Yunhua remained in seclusion.
  • After two months, Yunhua's breakthrough stirred Crouching Ox Pass's Spiritual Qi, and she emerged a day later as a Middle Golden Core cultivator.
  • Yang Tianyou asked Yunhua about the Secret Realm Formation, and she said she could set up a Third-Tier Middle-Grade Formation once she stabilized her cultivation.
  • Yunhua explained that the Purple Moon Boat needed upgrades to three Formations and nine supporting Tier 2 Formations to become a top-class Third-Tier Lower-Grade Flying Boat.

Ch. 279Secret Realm Evolution

Yunhua and Yang Tianyou stabilized the Spatial Passage and completed the Formation that advanced Fierce Ghost Cave, bringing the secret realm’s energies into order. After learning how small it would remain beside the realms of the wider Immortal Dao, they returned to Purple Moon Mountain and helped upgrade the Purple Moon Boat’s Formations.

  • Yang Tiankang welcomed Yunhua and Yang Tianyou to Fierce Ghost Cave and showed them the well-run domain.
  • Yunhua used two Void Crystals to stabilize both exits of the Spatial Passage with a Third-Tier Middle-Grade Two-Yi Rotation Formation.
  • Yunhua completed the advancement Formation, separating Fierce Ghost Cave’s energies and setting the secret realm on course to form in just over twenty years.
  • Yunhua explained that Fierce Ghost Cave would become only a low-ranking Yellow-Grade Secret Realm, prompting Yang Tianyou to reconsider his pride and the scale of the Immortal Dao.
  • Yunhua and Yang Tianyou returned to Purple Moon Mountain, where Yunhua and Yang Haoyu spent more than a month advancing the Purple Moon Boat’s Formations.

Ch. 280The Lineage Assembly (Part One)

At the Yang Household’s five-year Lineage Assembly, Yang Haoyu reviewed its shortcomings and heard Yang Dangkai report its rapid growth in cultivators, spirit beasts, income, and administrative departments. The assembly then turned to planning the Lineage’s future development.

  • Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou arrived at the Discussion Hall and took their seats as the Foundation Establishment elders greeted them.
  • Yang Haoyu praised the Lineage’s progress, warned about disorganized departments and clansmen who tarnished its reputation, and opened the assembly.
  • Yang Dangkai reported that the Yang Household had 387 cultivators, 530,000 mortals, a large population of spirit beasts, and an average annual net income of 220,000 Spirit Stones.
  • Yang Dangkai listed the Lineage’s halls and their leaders after explaining its administrative structure and sources of income.
  • Yang Haoyu moved the assembly to its second agenda item, inviting suggestions for the Lineage’s future development.

Ch. 281Lineage Assembly (Middle)

Yang Haoyu and the elders approved plans to strengthen the Yang Household’s combat training and develop elite clansmen, then considered Yang Tianjiu’s proposal to hold Golden Core-level auctions. The chapter ended with Yang Haoyu authorizing the auction plan, supported by a deal to obtain Third Tier Spirit Items from the Spiritvoid Pavilion.

  • Yang Xuanwu proposed building a Trial Tower to improve Wolf Pool clansmen’s combat abilities, and Yang Tianyou backed the plan.
  • Yang Haoyu ordered the Lineage to build the Trial Tower after completing the Purple Moon Boat and established the [Three Moons and Three Stars] system, with free Foundation Establishment Pills as rewards.
  • Yang Xuanyang asked about receiving recognition in both combat and the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, and Yang Haoyu said dual honorees could receive two rewards.
  • Yang Tianjiu proposed a Golden Core-level auction and explained that the Spiritvoid Pavilion would supply the Yang Household with one Third Tier Spirit Item each year under a cooperation agreement.
  • Yang Haoyu approved the auction plan and promised that the Lineage would support Yang Tianjiu, even if she had to refine more Third Tier Law Artifacts herself.

Ch. 282Lineage Assembly (Part Two)

The Yang Household’s Lineage Assembly approved new staff, construction, and oversight measures as it set out its development plans. It ended with Yang Tiankang stepping down as master of Wolf Pool and Yang Xuanwu taking over.

  • Li Yunhao asked to recruit Attendants to replace thirty-one who had married into the Yang Household and to add thirty more places; Yang Haoyu approved the plan with strict entry requirements.
  • Yang Dangkai proposed building Purple Moon City and upgrading its Spirit Vein, while Yang Qiongye proposed a Law Artifact to anchor the Lineage Ancestral Hall’s Fortune; Yang Haoyu approved both proposals.
  • Yang Dangmo proposed an Artifact Refining assembly, but Yang Haoyu rejected it; she approved Yang Dangkai’s proposal for a Law Enforcement Hall and Yang Tianyou’s proposal for an Inspection Hall.
  • The elders established plans to expand commerce through the Gold and Silver Alliance and maintain ties with Spiritvoid Pavilion, while assigning cultivators to guard the Yang Household’s villages and towns.
  • Yang Tiankang asked to give up his position as Wolf Pool master to focus on cultivation, and Yang Haoyu appointed Yang Xuanwu as his successor.
  • Yang Haoyu and the elders resolved two minor issues and brought the Lineage Assembly to a close.

Ch. 283Adjustments

After the Lineage Assembly, the Yang Household expanded Purple Moon Town, prepared its first Golden Core-level Auction, and strictly enforced its rules. The chapter left the thriving town attracting Rogue Cultivators eager to join the Yang Household.

  • Yang Tianjiu arranged with the Wang Surname Cultivator to obtain Third-Tier Spirit Items for an Auction planned for two years later, and received a first batch of goods worth eighty thousand Spirit Stones.
  • The Law Enforcement Hall arrested four Xuan and Yu generation descendants for serious misconduct, crippling their cultivation and imprisoning them; one died after resisting.
  • Yang Xuanle defended his extravagant household, arguing that he had followed proper marriage procedures and obeyed the Clan Rules, and continued living undisturbed.
  • A newcomer learned from Yan Xia Ke that the Yang Household's Attendant Hall was recruiting sixty-one Attendants and offered good pay, prospects, and strict discipline.
  • The newcomer, Wang Shan, decided to apply to the Attendant Hall.

Ch. 284Purple Moon Boat, Trial Tower

The Yang Household completed its Purple Moon Boat and Trial Tower, strengthening its defenses and creating a new way for Qi Refining cultivators to test their combat skills. The first Trial Rankings rewarded the top ten competitors and spurred the clan’s cultivators to train harder.

  • Yang Dangmo celebrated the completion of the Third-Tier Lower-Grade Purple Moon Boat, which carried four Third Tier Formations and nine Tier 2 Formations.
  • Five months after work began, Ancestor Yang Haoyu and the artifact refiners completed the nine-floor Trial Tower, which manifested waves of Demon Spirits for cultivators to fight.
  • The Yang Household placed the Trial Tower above Wolf Pool and announced three-month Trial Rankings for Qi Refining cultivators under forty, with Contribution Points and ranking placement affecting selection for the [Three Moons].
  • Yang Household cultivators flocked to challenge the Trial Tower, and many waited outside Wolf Pool for a chance to enter.
  • At the end of the first cycle, Yang Xuande ranked first, Yang Xuanying second, and Yang Yuhao third; the top ten received Contribution Points, while others resolved to improve their standing next cycle.

Ch. 285A Young Girl's Lament

Yang Haoyu explained how lineage fortune and incense could benefit the Yang Household, while Yang Tianyou considered using the Incense Divine Dao to help his parents. Five months later, Yang Xuanyun reached Foundation Establishment but was told she would have to keep concealing her identity until the late stage.

  • Yang Haoyu and the Yang Household cultivators used a great cauldron and spirit incense to suppress the Lineage's fortune, making the mountain's Spiritual Qi easier to refine.
  • Yang Haoyu described the ranks and methods of the Sun-Moon Empire's Incense Divine Dao, and Yang Tianyou considered using it to raise his parents' cultivation and extend their lives.
  • Five months later, Yang Xuanyun broke through to Foundation Establishment after nearly ten years of cultivation.
  • Yang Xuanyun asked Yang Haoyu to let her travel and stop hiding her identity, but Yang Haoyu warned that enemies could target her Ice Spirit Root and use curses against her.
  • Yang Haoyu told Yang Xuanyun she would have to wait until the Foundation Establishment Late Stage to move about freely, and the girl lamented her fate.

Ch. 286Purple Moon Auction (Part 1)

One year after Purple Moon Town began expanding, the Yang Household opened its first Golden Core-level auction, drawing more than a thousand cultivators. The first lot, a Heavenly Azure Pearl, sold for 165,000 Spirit Stones to a Golden Core Cultivator.

  • Purple Moon Town’s Spirit Vein advanced to third-tier lower-grade as the town grew into a city, and cultivators gathered at the Purple Moon Auction House.
  • Yang Tianjiu welcomed the crowd and announced that the auction would offer 1,500 Spirit Items, including ten third-tier items and multiple God-Slaying Crossbows.
  • Yang Tianjiu introduced the third-tier middle-grade Heavenly Azure Pearl with a starting price of 50,000 Spirit Stones.
  • Cultivators competed for the pearl, and True Person Xuanling bid up to 160,000 Spirit Stones before another Golden Core Cultivator offered 165,000.
  • Yang Tianjiu brought down the gavel and sold the Heavenly Azure Pearl to the other Golden Core Cultivator for 165,000 Spirit Stones.

Ch. 287Purple Moon Auction (Middle)

The Purple Moon Auction sold a succession of valuable Spirit Items, including Cold Yin Water and three Foundation Establishment Pills. After a day of bidding, Yang Tianjiu introduced the God-Slaying Crossbow as the 1,489th item, and bidding began.

  • Bidders competed for five Third Tier Spirit Items, which sold for high prices, including a Nine Extremes Demon-Sealing Formation for 78,000 Spirit Stones.
  • A Water Attribute cultivator, a middle-aged alchemist, and a red-robed old man competed for fifteen jin of Cold Yin Water, which the old man won for 33,000 Spirit Stones.
  • A goateed old man from a Yang Household lineage outbid a Rogue Cultivator and secured the first Foundation Establishment Pill for 13,500 Spirit Stones; the other two sold for 13,800 and 13,700 Spirit Stones.
  • After presiding over the auction for more than twenty shichen, Yang Tianjiu introduced the God-Slaying Crossbow, a Forbidden Artifact capable of a False Core Cultivator's full-force strike.

Ch. 288Purple Moon Auction (Part 2)

At the Purple Moon Auction, Luo Hua and other cultivators competed fiercely for the Yang Household’s God-Slaying Crossbow, whose fame drove its price far above its usual value. True Person Xuanling won it for forty thousand Spirit Stones and began studying it, but the Yang Household’s safeguards stopped him from examining its inner workings.

  • Luo Hua bid eighteen thousand Spirit Stones for the God-Slaying Crossbow, hoping to secure another after using one to kill a Ninth Layer Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator.
  • Xu Bowen and other Foundation Establishment Cultivators raised the bids as they competed with Luo Hua for the crossbow.
  • True Person Xuanling joined the bidding at thirty-five thousand Spirit Stones, then won the crossbow for forty thousand.
  • Yang Tianjiu announced that the Yang Household would offer more God-Slaying Crossbows at future auctions, encouraging cultivators to seek further deals with the household.
  • True Person Xuanling tried to study the crossbow, but its activation safeguard forced him to stop, unaware that its soul-gathering stone was essential to its true power.

Ch. 289Purple Moon Auction (Conclusion)

The Yang Household’s first Golden Core-level Purple Moon Auction concluded after Golden Core Cultivators competed for several third-tier treasures and Qingye True Person won the Purple-Cyan Cloud-Pattern Pill for 217,000 Spirit Stones. Yang Tianjiu ended the event with new business connections and plans for further cooperation, while the next auction was scheduled for five years later.

  • Lingfeng True Person won the Wind-Chasing Soul-Seizing Spear for 59,000 Spirit Stones, and other Golden Core Cultivators bought the Crimson-Blood Moon Essence Wheel, Blue Xing Celestial Splendor Bottle, and Crimson Refining True Gang Divine Ability.
  • Yang Tianjiu presented the Purple-Cyan Cloud-Pattern Pill, prompting Jilian True Person, Lingfeng True Person, and Qingye True Person to compete for it.
  • Qingye True Person borrowed Spirit Stones and bid 217,000, causing Jilian True Person to withdraw; Yang Tianjiu sold him the pill.
  • Qingye True Person celebrated his chance to reach Middle Golden Core, and Yang Tianjiu announced that the next Purple Moon Auction would take place in five years.
  • Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Golden Core Cultivators approached Yang Tianjiu afterward to discuss purchases and cooperation with the Purple Moon Trading Company.

Ch. 290Three Years Flew By, Three Intents

Three years after the Purple Moon Auction, Yang Tianyou reached Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer and brought his Blade Intent to major accomplishment. He then comprehended the Star Dao and decided to wait for the Four Symbols Sect secret realm before pursuing an Acquired Heaven and Earth Spirit Body.

  • The Yang Household's Commerce Hall grew more prosperous, and three years passed after the Purple Moon Auction.
  • Yang Tianyou broke through to Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer and fully materialized his Blade Intent, reaching major accomplishment.
  • Yang Tianyou continued contemplating the Star Dao in the Dao Comprehension Space and overcame the interference from the Blade Dao and Metal Element Dao.
  • After half a month, Yang Tianyou comprehended the Star Dao, and the repulsion among his three Daos diminished.
  • Yang Tianyou decided to wait six years for the Four Symbols Sect secret realm before seeking two Foundation Establishment Late Stage Spirit Beasts to refine an Acquired Heaven and Earth Spirit Body.

Ch. 291Three Blazing Flame Palace's Secret Realm

News spread that the Three Blazing Flame Palace's secret realm had appeared in the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest, and Yang Haoyu summoned Yang Tianyou to discuss the Lineage's response. Yang Tianyou agreed to venture inside despite the danger, and Yang Haoyu began considering who would go.

  • Cultivators confirmed that the Three Blazing Flame Palace's secret realm would open in half a year in the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest.
  • Yang Haoyu gave Yang Tianyou information about the Three Blazing Flame Palace and its mysterious destruction a thousand years earlier.
  • Yang Haoyu explained that only cultivators at Foundation Establishment or below could enter the secret realm.
  • Yang Tianyou argued that the risks were worth the opportunities and that many other forces would enter as well.
  • Yang Haoyu agreed to prepare for the expedition and said they should decide who would go first.

Ch. 292Forces and Preparations for Battle

Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu planned their Lineage’s expedition into the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm after learning that Yang Tianyou’s Elder Token belonged to a set of tokens collected across the region. They chose ten cultivators for the team and began preparing equipment, talismans, and pills for their departure in six months.

  • Yang Haoyu explained the four ranks of Three Blazing Flame Palace Tokens and showed Yang Tianyou several tokens the Lineage had collected.
  • Yang Tianyou proposed leading the expedition with Yang Dangmo and Yang Tiankang as deputies, and Yang Haoyu approved.
  • Yang Tianyou and Yang Haoyu selected ten Lineage members for the expedition, including Yang Tianxue, Yang Tianwang, Yang Tianshi, Yang Qiongchuan, Yang Xuanwu, Yang Xuanyang, and Yang Xuanting.
  • Yang Haoyu agreed to arrange Tier 2 Forbidden Artifacts, while Yang Tianyou prepared to refine Tier 2 Talismans, especially Great White Blade Formation Talismans.
  • Yang Haoyu assigned Yang Tianjiu and Yang Tianyun to gather the pills the team would need before setting out in six months.

Ch. 293Setting Out for the Grand Gathering

As the Three Blazing Flame Palace secret realm approached, Yang Tianyou prepared talismans while the Yang Household and major cultivation powers gathered their forces to travel to the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest. The Luochuan Sect sent a Nascent Soul Cultivator to mediate and guarded against outside powers as the grand gathering drew near.

  • Yang Tianyou spent months making Tier 2 Supreme-Grade talismans, including a Glazed Golden Armor Talisman and a Great White Blade Formation Talisman.
  • Yang Haoyu led the Yang Household aboard the Purple Moon Boat toward the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest, while Wolf Ancestor remained behind at the formation's control core.
  • Feng Yuezhi, Qingye True Person, True Persons Bai Long and Bai Xuan, Nine Swords True Person, Jilian True Person, White Corpse True Person, and the Yi Sword Sect led their forces toward the secret realm.
  • Major Golden Core powers across Luochuan Commandery set out for the gathering, while weaker Foundation Establishment lineages waited in the forest.
  • The Luochuan Sect dispatched a Nascent Soul Cultivator to mediate disputes and monitored outside powers, while allowing Rogue Cultivators to participate.

Ch. 294The Secret Realm Entrance

Yang Haoyu led the Yang Household to the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm after explaining the entry restrictions imposed by Luochuan’s major forces. They reached the protected entrance in the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest, where the secret realm’s self-destructing array would banish it into the Void Surface if breached.

  • Yang Haoyu learned that entry to the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm was limited to three thousand Cultivators, with priority given to major forces and Golden Core Cultivators.
  • Yang Haoyu steered the Purple Moon Boat toward the Southern Forbidden Secret Forest, where the suppressive force slowed its flight and made descent dangerous.
  • Yang Haoyu and the Yang Household Cultivators landed in the forest and found that the pressure hindered Spiritual Power, though Yang Tianyou and the other Body Cultivators felt suited to the conditions.
  • Yang Haoyu led the Yang Household’s eleven Cultivators through the waiting crowd to the secret realm’s entrance.
  • The Cultivators saw that the entrance was protected by Array Marks and a self-destructing restriction that would banish the secret realm into the Void Surface if anyone tried to force it open.

Ch. 295Opponents and the Evil Devils' Movements

Yang Tianyou surveyed the factions gathered outside the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm, while the Yang Household accepted twenty Qi Refining cultivators seeking entry. Meanwhile, Golden Core Devil Cultivators planned coordinated raids across Luochuan Commandery, including an attack on the Purple Moon Yang Household in three days.

  • Yang Tianyou assessed the major factions and their strongest Foundation Establishment cultivators assembled outside the secret realm.
  • Yang Haoyu and Yang Tianyou chose twenty Late Qi Refinement cultivators who offered the Yang Household the highest prices for entry.
  • Five Poisons Old Devil, Dwarf Child, and Old Devil Yan agreed to attack the Purple Moon Yang Household together.
  • Other Golden Core Devil Cultivators selected targets including the Flamefrost Sect, Goldwater Sect, and Yi Sword Sect.
  • The Devil Cultivators agreed to launch simultaneous attacks at midnight three days later and retreat after half a day.

Ch. 296Entering the Secret Realm, Xu Yan True Person

Yang Tianyou entered the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm and flew toward its central volcano, where a formation blocked the first arrivals. An old man named Xu Yan True Person appeared and revealed that he was a sinner clinging to the last of his life.

  • True Person Yunting opened the Secret Realm portal, and the sects and households entered in groups.
  • Yang Haoyu warned the Yang Household clansmen to prioritize their safety, while Yang Tianwang promised to cover Yang Tianyou’s retreat if needed.
  • Yun Zhan told Yang Tianyou to seek help from Luochuan Sect Disciples bearing Cloud-Thunder Patterns, and True Person Yunting praised Yang Tianyou’s Major-Completion Blade Intent.
  • The portal scattered Yang Tianyou from the other entrants, and he flew toward the volcano at the center of the vast Secret Realm.
  • The first cultivators to reach the volcano struck a formation membrane, and Xu Yan True Person appeared and identified himself as a sinner clinging to life.

Ch. 297Conjecture

Xu Yan True Person announced a token-based inheritance trial that would pit cultivators against one another, while Yang Tianyou suspected the announcement concealed a sinister plan. After his Spirit Beasts detected a curse and countless wronged souls beneath the Central Volcano, Yang Tianyou wondered whether Xu Yan True Person had caused the Three Blazing Flame Palace's destruction.

  • Xu Yan True Person announced that the Nine Great Legacy Grounds would open in half a month and that he would choose three cultivators for a final trial, with one inheriting the Secret Realm.
  • Yang Tianyou fled with Yang Xuanwu as token holders and other cultivators scattered, unaware that a red glimmer had appeared in their eyes.
  • Inside the Central Volcano palace, Xu Yan and two demonic entities discussed using Desire Demon Qi to drive cultivators to kill one another and help them escape their imprisonment.
  • Yang Tianyou told Yang Xuanwu that Xu Yan True Person's behavior seemed suspicious and questioned how he could have survived the Three Blazing Flame Palace's destruction.
  • Black and White detected a curse spreading through the Secret Realm, while Zhiming heard the cries of wronged souls beneath the Central Volcano.
  • Yang Tianyou wondered whether Xu Yan True Person had caused the destruction of the Three Blazing Flame Palace.

Ch. 298Countermeasures

Yang Tianyou realized that a strange force in the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm was attacking cultivators’ minds and organized the Yang Household to resist it while preparing to seize tokens and resources. As the Secret Realm descended into bloodshed, the deaths strengthened Xu Yan True Person beneath the Volcano.

  • Yang Tianyou used his Great Achievement Blade Intent to expel the strange power from his mind, then used a Purification Talisman to restore Yang Xuanwu’s clarity.
  • Yang Tianyou gathered the Yang Household clansmen and explained that the strange force targeted their souls, while Yang Tianshi proposed building a Mind-Cleansing Grand Formation if they found the right materials.
  • Yang Tianyou made a plan to use the valley as a base, craft more Purification Talismans, and send out protected clansmen to seize tokens, resources, and supplies.
  • Yang Xuanwu, Yang Xuanyang, Yang Dangmo, and others guarded the valley while the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators meditated against the Bloodthirsty Seal thoughts.
  • Cultivators across the Secret Realm began fighting and losing their reason, and more than a hundred died on the first day.
  • The earth absorbed the dead cultivators’ blood and souls and carried them beneath the Volcano, where Xu Yan True Person laughed and grew stronger.

Ch. 299The Household Meets Disaster, the Devil Cultivators Run Rampant

Yang Tianyou led five members of the Yang Household out to hunt in the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm while the Portal remained closed. Outside, Golden Core Devil Cultivators ravaged the Yang Household’s lands and other parts of Luochuan Commandery, and Yunhua was forced to let Dwarf Child escape after the Lord of Blackblood City intervened.

  • Yang Tianyou assigned five household members to hunt for tokens and resources while the rest stayed in the valley under the Formation’s protection.
  • True Person Yunting and other Golden Core Cultivators began preparing to reopen the Secret Realm’s Portal, which would take three months without spatial support.
  • Dwarf Child, Five Poisons Old Devil, and Old Devil Yan attacked Purple Moon Mountain, but Wolf Ancestor activated the Ten-Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Formation and blocked their assault.
  • The three Devil Cultivators slaughtered mortals in twelve villages, then plundered Bianhe Mountain and Three Rivers Mountain, killing cultivators and destroying resources.
  • Dwarf Child devastated Dengzhuang Town and killed Zhuang Beisheng and many others; Yunhua severed his arm, but the Lord of Blackblood City intervened and saved him.
  • More than a dozen Golden Core Devil Cultivators attacked across Luochuan Commandery and escaped, while the major forces killed only three of them.

Ch. 300Yang Haoyu's Anger, the Fishing Operation

Yang Tianyou and his Spirit Beasts used a Disciple Token as bait to ambush Cultivators inside the Three Blazing Flame Palace Secret Realm. After two days of hunting, they had gathered resources and Purification Talisman materials, but still needed many more materials to supply the Yang Lineage.

  • Outside the Secret Realm, Yang Haoyu and the other Golden Core Cultivators waited angrily for the gate to reopen after crushing their messages.
  • Yang Tianyou split the group into two teams and sent the Spirit Beasts to ambush Qi Refining Cultivators drawn toward a white pillar of light.
  • Black and White, Fengling, Yuan Ba, and Ruoqing killed approaching Cultivators, collected their Storage Bags, and burned the bodies.
  • Yang Tianyou used an Elder Token and a Guardian Token as bait while Zhiming helped him detect approaching Cultivators.
  • Over two days, Yang Tianyou and his Spirit Beasts killed twenty-seven Qi Refining Cultivators and one Foundation Establishment Cultivator and collected valuable resources.
  • Yang Tianyou calculated that the Lineage still needed roughly 120 more sets of Purification Talisman materials.

Ch. 301Conflict

Yang Tianwang’s group discovered several mineral veins, then fought Goldwater Sect cultivators who tried to seize Giant Mountain and escaped after killing two with Great White Blade Formation Talismans. As they recovered underground, Giant Mountain found a large high-grade Spirit Mine, and Yang Tiankang summoned Yang Tianyou before the group approached it.

  • Yang Tianwang and his group found three mineral veins with Giant Mountain’s help and collected ore worth about thirty thousand Spirit Stones.
  • Yang Tiankang, Yang Tianxue, Yang Tianwang, and Yang Xuanwu used Great White Blade Formation Talismans against five Goldwater Sect cultivators, killing two and driving the survivors off.
  • Yang Tiankang led the group underground on Giant Mountain, while Shangguan Hong ordered the Goldwater Sect to hunt down the Yang Household and seize its Elder Token.
  • Giant Mountain detected a large Spirit Mine that Yang Tianwang judged to be at least Second-Tier Upper-Grade.
  • Yang Tiankang sent a Communication Talisman to Yang Tianyou and told the others to recover their strength before approaching the mine.
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