Chapter Summaries

Yang Tianyou’s group finished harvesting the Zhao Household’s Spirit Medicine Garden, drawing attacks from Black Sha Sect Devil Cultivators and Immortal Dao cultivators who wanted its treasures. Yang Tianyou and his allies chose to fight, and the chapter left them facing seven Foundation Establishment enemies as Wolf Ancestor battled three Immortal Dao cultivators.

• Yang Tianyou spotted Immortal Dao cultivators and Black Sha Sect Devil Cultivators waiting near the Spirit Medicine Garden, and recognized the latter as enemies who had attacked his lineage.
• The Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends arrived, prompting the Black Sha Sect cultivators and three Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment cultivators to charge the Formation.
• Liu Changqing told Yang Tianyou that the spirit medicines had been harvested, and the two agreed to fight rather than retreat.
• Yang Tianyou attacked the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends while Liu Changqing and Liu Lingyu engaged two Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivators, and the Qi Refining disciples supported them through the Formation.
• Wolf Ancestor blocked the three Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment cultivators and knocked aside their leader’s cauldron before the others attacked him with a poleaxe and a jade-white vial.

Yang Tianyou fought the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends, using his blade intent and Foundation Establishment Blood Qi to counter their sinister ghosts. After the brothers overwhelmed his defenses, he faced their killing strikes with a glimmer of starlight appearing in his platinum pupils.

• Three Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment cultivators teamed up against the Purple Moon Wolf Ancestor and warned each other about its Purple Moon Divine Light.
• Yang Tianyou attacked the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends with his Great White Blade Intent, while the brothers summoned sinister ghosts to confront him.
• Yang Tianyou erupted with Foundation Establishment Blood Qi, burning away much of the ghostly mist and revealing himself as a Body Cultivator.
• The Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends blocked Yang Tianyou’s blade with a black mountain Law Artifact and exchanged more than a dozen attacks with him.
• The brothers battered Yang Tianyou’s Golden Spirit Armor, Dragon-Tiger Golden Pagoda, and Spirit-Shattering Gang Qi, then sent two sword strikes toward his neck.
• Yang Tianyou suppressed his churning Blood Qi and raised his gaze as starlight appeared in his platinum pupils.

Yang Tianyou used his Great White Gold Eyes to battle the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends, whose black mountain artifact gradually pushed back his starry attack. After taking a healing pill, he renewed his assault while the Yang and Liu Households’ cultivators routed most of the enemy Qi Refining fighters, leaving the fiends’ side in a precarious position.

• Yang Tianyou unleashed Ten Thousand Jun, suppressing the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends’ Flying Swords and driving his river of starlight against their black mountain.
• The Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends poured their Devil Qi into the black mountain and began pushing back Yang Tianyou’s attack as his strength waned.
• Yang Tianwang and the Qi Refining clansmen struck the black mountain with rocks from the Five-Element Rock Formation, buying Yang Tianyou time to take a Golden Wind Jade Dew Pill.
• Yang Tianyou recovered from his injuries and renewed his attack with the Great White Gold Eyes, frustrating the fiends’ plan to finish him with their trump card.
• The Yang and Liu Households’ cultivators routed the enemy Qi Refining fighters, killing most of them and leaving only three survivors.

Yang Tianyou and the Liu Household cultivators killed two Black Sha Sect Devil Cultivators and drove off the Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends. They defeated the Zhou Household fighters, but Zhou Mingchang detonated a Forbidden Artifact to cover two clansmen’s escape, leaving the survivors to consider hunting them down.

• Yang Tianwang’s group used the Five-Element Rock Formation to help Liu Changqing and Liu Lingyu kill two Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivators.
• The Hundred-Ghost Twin Fiends pushed back the Starlight Celestial River and escaped, while Yang Tianyou and the Liu cultivators attacked the remaining Zhou Household fighters.
• Yang Tianyou ordered the others to ignore the Zhou Household cultivator’s plea for mercy and keep fighting.
• Zhou Mingchang used a Forbidden Artifact to hold off Wolf Ancestor while two Zhou Household cultivators escaped with a surviving Qi Refining clansman each.
• Wolf Ancestor survived the explosion with minor injuries, and Liu Changqing proposed finding and killing the two escaped Zhou Household cultivators.

Yang Tianyou’s forces looted Bianhe Mountain while Zhao Leicong fought Iron Rakshasa to protect his household’s retreat. As Yang Tianyou watched, Zhao Leicong took a Qi-Exploding Pill and unleashed the White Tiger Seven-Kill, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yang Tianyou ordered the surviving Qi Refining Devil Cultivator captured, crippled, and held for interrogation, then led his forces to loot another Zhao Household treasure ground.
• Zhao Leicong and Iron Rakshasa fought in the sky, but Iron Rakshasa’s Rakshasa Battle Body endured the Nine-Tiger Golden Bell’s attacks.
• Zhao Leicong decided to stall Iron Rakshasa rather than flee, fearing pursuit would endanger the Zhao Household members he had sent into hiding.
• Zhao Leicong swallowed a Qi-Exploding Pill, sacrificing his body to restore his Spiritual Power, and Iron Rakshasa charged at him.
• Yang Tianyou found little among the Zhao Household’s spoils and watched Zhao Leicong unleash the White Tiger Seven-Kill across Bianhe Mountain.

Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing rushed to kill the Zhao Household’s Foundation Establishment fighters before the Dragon Valley Patrol Envoys arrived, choosing to attack three guardian Demon Beasts. Yang Tianyou’s blade strike closed in on the Golden-Scaled Beast’s neck, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Yang Tianyou learned that the Dragon Valley Patrol Envoys would reach Bianhe Mountain shortly, and he and Liu Changqing decided to attack before they arrived.
• Yang Tianyou chose the Golden-Scaled Beast as a target and split their clansmen into groups to confront it, the Three-Horned Yellow Ox, and the Blazing Flame Eagle.
• Wolf Ancestor wounded the Three-Horned Yellow Ox while Liu Lingyu trapped the Blazing Flame Eagle in a net of vines.
• The Golden-Scaled Beast used its roar to stun Yang Tianyou briefly, but he recovered and fought it head-on.
• Yang Tianyou unleashed a Nine Flames Talisman and a Blade Formation Talisman, then used his Blade Intent to make the Golden-Scaled Beast hesitate as his slash neared its neck.

Yang Tianyou defeated the Zhao Household's Golden-Scaled Beast, then joined Liu Changqing as they moved to ensure Zhao Leicong's death. When Yun Zhan arrived and engaged Iron Rakshasa, Yang Tianyou slipped away to attack the Zhao Household's remaining forces.

• Yang Tianyou used Blade Intent and the Black Mountain Talisman to survive the Golden-Scaled Beast's desperate attack and kill it.
• The Wolf Ancestor killed the Three-Horned Yellow Ox, while Liu Lingyu and the Liu Household cultivators killed the Blazing Flame Eagle; the onlookers withdrew.
• Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing decided to follow Iron Rakshasa's fight with Zhao Leicong and make sure the Zhao Household Ancestor died.
• Yun Zhan arrived from the Luochuan Sect and challenged Iron Rakshasa, drawing him into a fierce battle in the sky.
• Yang Tianyou slipped into concealment to sever the Zhao Household's branches, while Liu Changqing led the others away with the Wolf Ancestor.

Yang Tianyou killed Zhao Leicong after the Dragon Valley Patrol Envoys arrived at Bianhe Mountain, while the Zhao Household mourned their fallen Ancestor. At Purple Moon Mountain, Qi Yulong confronted Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng for the Divine Ability Stele, and their battle began with the Two Principles Water-Fire Formation holding against his Wheel-Turning Great Hand Seal.

• The Dragon Valley Patrol Envoys arrived at Bianhe Mountain, prompting the attacking forces to retreat.
• Yang Tianyou ambushed the badly wounded Zhao Leicong, killed him, and fled with his Law Artifact and Storage Ring.
• The Patrol Envoys focused on clearing Bianhe Mountain and rescuing the mortals, while the surviving Zhao Household cultivators mourned Zhao Leicong.
• Qi Yulong arrived at Purple Moon Mountain and confronted Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng, demanding the Divine Ability Stele.
• Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng attacked Qi Yulong, but his Wheel-Turning Great Hand Seal began devouring their attacks.
• Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng activated the Two Principles Water-Fire Formation, and it clashed with Qi Yulong's demonic palm.

Qi Yulong ended his fight with Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng, then used the Six Desires Red Dust Sect’s connection to Chen Qiaosheng to establish that their factions were not enemies. The three negotiated how to copy the Divine Abilities from the Divine Ability Stele, and Jin Lianri placed his stele on the table.

• Yang Haoyu watched as Qi Yulong’s Wheel-Turning Great Hand Seal gained the upper hand against Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng’s Two Principles Water-Fire Formation.
• Qi Yulong dissolved his demonic palm and proposed that they stop fighting, then showed Jin Lianri the Six Desires Red Dust Token.
• Qi Yulong explained that his Dragon Valley Sect served the Six Desires Red Dust Sect, which would not act against the Gold and Silver Alliance because of Chen Qiaosheng’s connection to Lin Yingyue.
• Jin Lianri invited Qi Yulong into the formation, where the two sides sat down to discuss the Divine Ability Stele.
• Qi Yulong offered to copy the Divine Abilities onto his blank Heavenly Evolving Stone in exchange for resources, and Jin Lianri brought out his pitch-black stele.

Qi Yulong and Jin Lianri restored a damaged Divine Ability Stele and copied its eighteen abilities onto a Heavenly Evolving Stone. After Jin Lianri asked why the Six Desires Red Dust Sect would spare the Gold and Silver Alliance, Qi Yulong revealed that a Sage Manifestation cultivator had fallen in the recent battle.

• Jin Lianri showed Qi Yulong the damaged Divine Ability Stele, and Qi Yulong produced a black stone bead that activated it and revealed eighteen Divine Abilities.
• Qi Yulong poured Spirit-Nourishing Milk over the stele to repair it, then copied all eighteen abilities onto his blank Heavenly Evolving Stone.
• Jin Lianri inspected the restored stele and gave Qi Yulong the agreed compensation for the materials he had used.
• Qi Yulong asked Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng to open the Formation, but Jin Lianri first questioned him about Senior Chen and the Red Dust Demon Venerable.
• Qi Yulong told them that a Sage Manifestation cultivator had fallen in the battle, shocking Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng, then began explaining what had happened.

Qi Yulong reported that Chen Qiaosheng had joined the Demon Dao in destroying the Myriad Forms Sect, leaving the Gold and Silver Alliance concerned about the consequences. Back at Purple Moon Mountain, Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng discussed seeking protection from the Mountain and River Hall, then learned the Yang Household had destroyed the Zhao Household and offered Tianyou three days to study the Divine Ability Stele.

• Qi Yulong told Jin Lianri about the Demon Dao victory at the Myriad Forms Sect and Chen Qiaosheng's role in slaying its Grand Elder and Immortal Dao cultivators.
• Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng worried that Chen Qiaosheng's actions could draw retaliation against the Gold and Silver Alliance, but concluded that the Mountain and River Hall could shield them.
• Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng returned to Purple Moon Mountain, where Yang Haoyu asked whether their negotiations had succeeded.
• Yang Haoyu reported that Tianyou had helped destroy the Zhao Household and that Zhao Leicong had fallen, clearing obstacles to the Yang Household's growth.
• Jin Lianri offered Tianyou three days to study the Divine Ability Stele, and Yang Haoyu thanked him on behalf of the Yang Household.

Yang Tianyou and the cultivators of the Yang and Liu Households pursued the Devil Cultivators who had looted the Zhao Household’s Pill Hall. They intercepted the three Devil Cultivators, but Qingyang attempted to flee and was blocked by Yang Tianyou, who then attacked with Liu Changqing, Liu Lingyu, and the Five-Element Rock Formation.

• Yang Tianyou recovered from his injuries, and the Yang and Liu cultivators set out to stop the Devil Cultivators from claiming the Zhao Household’s Pill Hall.
• Three Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivators counted the pills they had stolen and debated whether to raid another Immortal Dao lineage.
• An attack stopped their concealed Flying Shuttle, and the Devil Cultivators deployed their defenses against an enormous wolf’s head.
• Qingyang used an Escape Technique Talisman to flee, abandoning the other two Devil Cultivators.
• Yang Tianyou intercepted Qingyang with his golden Moon Disc, and the two exchanged attacks.
• Liu Changqing, Liu Lingyu, and thirty Qi Refining cultivators joined Yang Tianyou in attacking Qingyang.

Yang Tianyou and the Liu Household’s cultivators surrounded the Green Ram Devil Cultivator and broke through his defenses, killing him when his escape attempt failed. They then joined Wolf Ancestor and Liu Lingyu, who quickly finished off the two remaining Devil Cultivators.

• Yang Tianyou, Liu Changqing, Liu Lingyu, and the Qi Refining cultivators attacked the Green Ram Devil Cultivator from every direction.
• The Green Ram Devil Cultivator activated three defensive Talismans, but Yang Tianyou’s Great White Heavenly Blade and the coordinated attacks wore them down.
• The Green Ram Devil Cultivator used a Blood-Escape Talisman, but Liu Changqing trapped him with vines and Yang Tianyou killed him.
• Yang Tianyou collected the Green Ram Devil Cultivator’s Storage Bag and treasures, then went with Liu Changqing to support Wolf Ancestor and Liu Lingyu.
• The two remaining Devil Cultivators burned their Essence Blood and fought desperately, but Wolf Ancestor and Liu Lingyu held them back until Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing arrived and helped kill them.

Yang Danglong helped Yang Tianyou intercept the Green Ram Devil Cultivator and his companions, then watched as the Yang and Liu Households divided the spoils from their victory. Liu Changqing and Liu Lingyu chose their shares first, and the chapter left the remaining treasures still to be divided.

• Yang Danglong tracked the Green Ram Devil Cultivator, alerted Yang Tianyou, and set up a Formation to intercept the Devil Cultivators.
• Yang Tianyou and his allies killed the three Devil Cultivators, while Yang Danglong withdrew and watched them depart.
• Yang Tianyou displayed the spoils from the thirteen Foundation Establishment opponents they had killed, including Zhao Leicong’s damaged Nine-Tiger Golden Bell.
• Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing agreed to divide the spoils thirty-seventy, with Liu Changqing choosing first.
• Liu Changqing took the Three-Horned Yellow Ox’s corpse and a Dragon-Pattern Black-Gold Cauldron, and Liu Lingyu chose Crimson Flame Agate.

Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing divided the Zhao Household’s spoils, then Yang Tianyou returned to Purple Moon Mountain. Jin Lianri offered him three days to comprehend the Divine Ability Stele, and Yang Tianyou asked for half a day to prepare before beginning.

• Yang Tianyou chose seven Spirit Items, including materials for the Yang Household, a Flying Shuttle, and a Formation Disc.
• Yang Tianyou and Liu Changqing divided the remaining resources and copied valuable Cultivation Methods and texts for both households.
• Liu Changqing left satisfied with the Liu Household’s gains, while Yang Tianyou suspected the Zhao Household Remnants had taken the Dragon Valley Scripture Repository’s other texts.
• Yang Tianyou led the Yang Household back to Purple Moon Mountain after parting with the Liu Household.
• Yang Haoyu told Yang Tianyou that Jin Lianri had granted him three days to comprehend the Divine Ability Stele.
• Yang Tianyou thanked Jin Lianri and requested half a day to prepare before beginning his comprehension.

Yang Tianyou returned to the Yang Household after the Cold Tide upheaval and prepared to draw a Spirit Communication Talisman using materials he had taken from the Green Ram Devil Cultivator. As he studied its method, he reflected on how the complexity of cultivation, the Dao, and the worlds of creation were connected.

• Yang Tianyou returned to his room in Purple Moon Town, where the Yang Household was busy rebuilding and caring for survivors after the upheaval.
• Yang Tianyou released Fengling and Yuan Ba, who eagerly began another Go match.
• Yang Tianyou entered his Seclusion Chamber to prepare for drawing talismans and reviewed the Mystery Chest Talisman Canon he had obtained from the Green Ram Devil Cultivator.
• Yang Tianyou selected the Spirit Communication Talisman, a rare Second-Tier Middle-Grade talisman that could enhance comprehension, and brought out its two sets of materials.
• Yang Tianyou memorized the talisman-making method and considered how the complexity of runes reflected the structure of cultivation, the Great Dao, and the Three Realms.

Yang Tianyou successfully created a Spirit Communication Talisman and then entered the Divine Ability Stele’s consciousness space to comprehend its most powerful palm technique. The chapter ended as a giant hand descended before him, revealing the Dharma-Protecting War God Way, One-Qi Capturing Hand.

• Yang Tianyou studied runes and used the Bodhi Leaf’s Spirit Marks to attempt a talisman, but his first sheet of paper shattered.
• Yang Tianyou adjusted his state, used the Great White Gold Eyes and Jade Register Heavenly Book, and completed a Spirit Communication Talisman.
• Yang Tianyou ate Spirit Cuisine with Fengling and Yuan Ba before flying to the summit of Purple Moon Mountain.
• Yang Tianyou activated the talisman and entered the Divine Ability Stele’s consciousness space to study the palm imprint.
• A giant palm descended from the clouds before Yang Tianyou, and he recognized it as the Dharma-Protecting War God Way, One-Qi Capturing Hand.

Yang Tianyou comprehended the One-Qi Capturing Hand, a Nascent Soul Divine Ability, in three days, while Jin Lianri departed to support the fighting at Yellowstone Market. Yang Haoyu then explained the Zhao Household's weakened state and its surviving remnants, as Yang Tianyou urged her to eliminate them.

• Yang Tianyou repeatedly observed the One-Qi Capturing Hand in the Divine Ability Stele and comprehended it after three days.
• Jin Lianri praised Yang Tianyou's progress, and Yang Haoyu was pleased that he had gained a Divine Ability for the Yang Household.
• Jin Lianri and Zheng Qiufeng left to support Taihao True Person at Yellowstone Market as the conflict with the Gold and Silver Alliance grew more delicate.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Haoyu that the One-Qi Capturing Hand was a lower second-level Nascent Soul Divine Ability and acknowledged that he had only just begun cultivating it.
• Yang Haoyu reported that the Zhao Household had lost Bianhe Mountain and most of its people, while Zhao Zongkun and Zhao Zongbin led the surviving remnants.
• Yang Haoyu showed no concern when she learned that the Yang Household's agent in the Zhao Household had stopped providing intelligence.

Yang Haoyu learned that the Zhao Household remnants had fled to Cloudglow Sect territory, then received a visitor from the Three Rivers Sect and concluded that the sect was not investigating the Zhao affair closely. The surviving Zhao Household settled in a remote village in Silver River County, where Zhao Zongkun struggled with their losses and exile.

• Yang Tianyou gave Yang Haoyu Zhao Leicong's Storage Ring and a record of contributions from the battle at Bianhe Mountain.
• Yang Qiongye reported that the Zhao Household remnants had fled west to Silver River County, and Yang Haoyu decided to let them go rather than risk conflict in Cloudglow Sect territory.
• Yang Tianyou claimed to have comprehended a Golden Core Divine Ability, and Yang Haoyu reprimanded Yang Qiongye for delaying the search while sharing some responsibility with him.
• Yang Dangkai told Yang Haoyu that Qi Guijie of the Three Rivers Sect had arrived, and Yang Haoyu said his visit suggested the sect would not probe deeply into the Zhao affair.
• Yang Haoyu sent Yang Qiongye back to oversee the External Affairs Hall and then went to meet Qi Guijie with Yang Tianyou and Yang Dangkai.
• Zhao Zongkun watched over the surviving Zhao Household members as they prepared a remote village for shelter, and Zhao Zongbin reassured him that it was a suitable hiding place.

Zhao Zongkun put Zhao Zongbin in charge of the Zhao Household while he devoted himself to cultivation and revenge against the Yang Household. Meanwhile, Nie Qing'er reflected on how she had disguised herself as Li Yulan and married Zhao Tingfeng to avenge the destruction of her family, leaving her living among the very people she intended to destroy.

• Zhao Zongkun entrusted Zhao Zongbin with the Zhao Household's affairs and vowed to cultivate to the Golden Core Realm before taking revenge on the Yang Household.
• Zhao Zongbin reassured Zhao Zongkun that he would lead the surviving clansmen through the Cold Tide and eventually settle with the Xiang Household in Ba Commandery.
• Zhao Tingfeng and Nie Qing'er built and decorated a courtyard together, and he brought her honey flower tea.
• Nie Qing'er recalled that the Zhao Household had slaughtered her Li Household after her father killed a Zhao wastrel who had murdered her younger sister.
• Nie Qing'er had joined forces with the Yang Household, adopted a fabricated identity, and married Zhao Tingfeng despite opposition from his family.