Chapter Summaries

Guangdong Ren and Wang Changsheng fought the Blue-Robed Beauty, but Fang Mu intervened and chased her away. Guangdong Ren explained that her Blood Bat Mark came from the Blood Bat Clan and was backed by a Transformation Stage Demon Race member, then he and Wang Changsheng hurried off to obtain the Fu Jin Fruit.

• Guangdong Ren and Wang Changsheng attacked the Blue-Robed Beauty with fire, ice, blades, and lightning, while she countered with her Blue Feather Fan and wind techniques.
• The Blue-Robed Beauty blocked the attackers and survived Guangdong Ren's Golden Geng Demon Slayer Blade and Wang Changsheng's Blue Lightning Orb.
• A dark light struck through the Blue-Robed Beauty's shield, but her Blood Bat Mark destroyed it with an Invisible Sound Wave.
• Fang Mu appeared from the forest and pursued the Blue-Robed Beauty after she fled in Blue Escape Light.
• Guangdong Ren told Wang Changsheng that the Blood Bat Mark was a one-use life-preserving art granted by a powerful Transformation Stage Demon Race member.
• Guangdong Ren and Wang Changsheng left the forest to seek the Fu Jin Fruit.

Wang Changsheng and Guangdong Ren found that Gold-Striped Flame Bugs had taken over the Lion's Roar Beast's cave, and they fought the swarm to reach the Fu Jin Fruit Tree. Wang Changsheng entered the underground cave and found three Fu Jin Fruits, while Guangdong Ren stayed behind to hold off the Bug Queen and its companions.

• Guangdong Ren lured the cave's inhabitants out, discovering that Gold-Striped Flame Bugs had replaced the Lion's Roar Beast and that three Fu Jin Fruits remained.
• Guangdong Ren and Wang Changsheng returned to the cave, where the Bug Queen emerged and sent the swarm's flame-wreathed attacks against them.
• Wang Changsheng used the Frost Cloud Bottle's icy power to bring down the swarm's attacks, but the Bug Queen targeted him and revealed its Wind Tunneling ability.
• Wang Changsheng evaded the Bug Queen's strike, and Guangdong Ren trapped it with a Tier 3 Mid-Grade Array Talisman and told Wang Changsheng to harvest the fruits.
• Wang Changsheng flew into the cave while Guangdong Ren held off the other Gold-Striped Flame Bugs, then found the Fu Jin Fruit Tree and a golden-light-emitting wall of ore in an underground chamber.

Wang Changsheng escaped the Bug Queen’s nest with Fu Jin Fruits and materials, while Fang Mu killed the Blue-Robed Beauty and claimed her corpse for his Heaven Corpse. Wang Changsheng and Guangdong Ren met Madam Jin, who revealed their destination was an Infant Spirit Fruit that could increase the chance of Nascent Soul Formation by twenty percent.

• Wang Changsheng collected insect eggs, Golden Beads, and Fu Jin Fruits before escaping the Bug Queen’s return, then gave Guangdong Ren two Fu Jin Fruits.
• Wang Changsheng killed a Black Python and a Scarlet Scorpion, gathered two Black Mushrooms, and joined Guangdong Ren to continue searching for rare medicines.
• Fang Mu used his Little Jiangshi and Black Bone Bird to kill the wounded Blue-Robed Beauty, then took her corpse to refine into a Wind Attribute Heaven Corpse.
• Wang Changsheng and Guangdong Ren met Madam Jin, who led them to a cave and revealed they would harvest an Infant Spirit Fruit that increased the chance of Nascent Soul Formation by twenty percent.

Wang Changsheng, Guangdong Ren, and Madam Jin made a plan to seize Infant Spirit Fruits guarded by powerful Four-Winged Gold Cicada Centipedes. After Wang Changsheng swore an oath and received a talisman, Guangdong Ren and Madam Jin lured away two centipedes, leaving Wang Changsheng to enter the cavern.

• Madam Jin revealed that Infant Spirit Fruits lay inside a cavern guarded by mutated Four-Winged Gold Cicada Centipedes that might have reached Tier 4.
• Guangdong Ren and Madam Jin argued over who would lure away the centipedes and who would harvest the fruit, then agreed Wang Changsheng would harvest it under oath.
• Wang Changsheng swore on the Nether Ghost Forbidden Tome and negotiated for ten Foundation Establishment Pills to be sent to his clan if he failed to return.
• Madam Jin gave Wang Changsheng a Tier 3 Earth Restraint Spirit Talisman in case a centipede remained to guard the cavern.
• Guangdong Ren and Madam Jin drew two Tier 3 upper-grade centipedes away from the cavern, and Wang Changsheng flew inside.

Wang Changsheng seized the two Infant Spirit Fruits but was attacked by a Four-Winged Gold Cicada Centipede and vanished during his escape. Guangdong Ren and the Gold-Robed Elderly Woman argued over his disappearance until a Mystic Moon Mate Pearl revealed that he had returned.

• Wang Changsheng found two Infant Spirit Fruits, then discovered that Golden Lightning guarded the tree and destroyed his Ape Puppets.
• Wang Changsheng fought the Four-Winged Gold Cicada Centipede, trapped it with a talisman, and took both fruits before fleeing.
• The centipede pursued Wang Changsheng, who used White Ice Pythons to freeze it, but two more centipedes attacked and he disappeared in the Golden Thunder Light.
• Wang Lin escaped from pursuers using a Black Jade Plate and vowed to reclaim the position of Sect Master of the Nine Serenities Sect.
• Guangdong Ren and the Gold-Robed Elderly Woman argued over Wang Changsheng's fate and the lost fruits until the Mystic Moon Mate Pearls signaled his arrival.

Wang Changsheng traded the Infant Spirit Fruits for compensation, escaped the closing Skywolf Secret Realm, and refined his new Ruyi Profound Jade Staff, but the restriction on his chest remained. Afterward, he encountered the injured Wang Lin fleeing two pursuers and learned that Wang Lin had once been a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Wang Changsheng demanded compensation from the Gold-Robed Elderly Woman and Guangdong Ren for risking his life to retrieve the Infant Spirit Fruits.
• Guangdong Ren gave Wang Changsheng Tier 3 crafting materials, and the Gold-Robed Elderly Woman let him choose between two Magic Treasures; he chose the Ruyi Profound Jade Staff and handed over the fruits.
• The Skywolf Secret Realm closed before Madam Jin could remove Wang Changsheng's restriction, and he was teleported to a valley where he planned to refine his new staff.
• Three days later, Wang Changsheng tested the Ruyi Profound Jade Staff, saw the Vicious Ghost pattern still on his chest, and set off toward Wei Kingdom.
• Wang Changsheng encountered the injured Wang Lin being chased by two Core Formation Cultivators, avoided getting involved, and recognized Wang Lin as someone who had once been a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Wang Changsheng traveled to the Hundred Insects Mountains with the awakened Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat, whose search for food and a female Demon Rat led them to a hidden restriction beneath a lake. Meanwhile, Wang Mingren studied the Northern Frontier’s factions before Leng Rumei summoned him on a mission; the chapter ended with Wang Changsheng suspecting the restriction might conceal an Ancient Cultivator Abode.

• Wang Changsheng recalled that Wang Lin had once been a Foundation Establishment cultivator and wondered how he had become a Core Formation Cultivator, then left without getting involved in his pursuit.
• Wang Mingren read records about the Northern Frontier and learned about the Nine Serenities Sect’s conflict, then received Leng Rumei’s summons to Fire Phoenix Hall for a mission.
• Wang Changsheng released the awakened Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat in the Hundred Insects Mountains and let it search for spirit herbs.
• The Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat fled from a Yellow Giant Serpent, and Wang Changsheng killed the serpent and fed its meat to the rat.
• The Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat caught the scent of a female Demon Rat and chased it to a lake, where Wang Changsheng drained the water and discovered a pale-blue restriction beneath the lakebed.

Wang Changsheng entered a cave and stumbled upon Wang Lin, who trapped him while fleeing from three Core Formation Cultivators. After tracking Wang Lin’s bloodied scraps, Wang Changsheng found Ye Lin in hiding and attacked him.

• Wang Changsheng broke through the cave’s powerful Restriction and found Wang Lin appearing from a Teleportation Array.
• Three Core Formation Cultivators arrived and were trapped by the Four Elements Spirit Lock Formation, while Wang Lin used a Formation to pin Wang Changsheng and escape.
• Wang Changsheng forced his way out of the cave and followed Wang Lin’s bloodied scraps with the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat.
• The three Core Formation Cultivators discussed pursuing Ye Lin after their Soul-Seeking Plate stopped reacting, then flew away.
• Ye Lin revealed that he had neutralized the Nine Serenities Blood Ghost Restriction at the cost of most of his remaining lifespan and vowed revenge on Shangguan Wei.
• Wang Changsheng found Ye Lin in a Hidden Cave, rejected his claim to be at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and swung the Ruyi Profound Jade Staff at him.

Wang Changsheng spared Ye Lin after hearing about his formation skills and the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex, but kept him bound and stripped of his treasures. Meanwhile, Wang Qingshan and the others defeated three Yellow Giant Bears in the Taiyi Mountains and headed back.

• Ye Lin pleaded for his life, offering his knowledge as a High-Grade Tier 3 Formation Master and a Heaven-Grade Cultivation Art.
• Wang Changsheng bound Ye Lin, confiscated his possessions, and questioned him about his background and pursuers.
• Ye Lin explained his connection to the Nine Serenities Sect and offered to teach Wang Changsheng the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex and set up a Two-Way Teleportation Array.
• Wang Changsheng decided to spare Ye Lin for the time being and took him underground.
• Wang Qingshan and the others fought three wounded Yellow Giant Bears, and Wang Qingshan killed the two High-Grade bears with Hundred Swords Unite.
• Wang Qiuming helped kill the remaining bear, and Wang Qingshan led the group back aboard a flying boat.

Wang Changsheng brought Ye Lin to Red Leaf Ridge and forced him to set up a Teleportation Array and a confinement formation. The chapter left Ye Lin sealed in the basement as Wang Changsheng began sorting through the items he had obtained from the Skywolf Secret Realm.

• Wang Changsheng brought Ye Lin to Red Leaf Ridge and took over Wang Qiuxin's quiet residence.
• Wang Changsheng used Ye Lin's materials to make him set up a Two-Way Teleportation Array, which Wang Changyue tested by teleporting between Red Leaf Ridge and Azure Lotus Estate.
• Wang Changsheng decided to keep Ye Lin alive because the Nine Serenities Sect would still seek him out if he died, and Ye Lin could help the Wang Family.
• Ye Lin finished setting up a formation, and Wang Changsheng placed a Demon Bird Essence Soul inside him with the Soul Extinguishing Curse as a threat.
• Wang Changsheng sealed Ye Lin behind a light barrier within two Third Order Formations, returned to the surface, and poured out his Skywolf Secret Realm gains.

Wang Changsheng stored his gains from the Skywolf Secret Realm, sent Wang Qiuxin to carry out secret orders, and began cultivating with the Azure Tide Moonstone. Meanwhile, the Taiyi Immortal Sect and Wind Blaze Sect contested the Black Flame Sect’s allegiance, and Nangong Sheng proposed deciding the matter through three duels.

• Wang Changsheng sorted his spoils, sent Wang Qiuxin to deliver a letter and Demon Cores to Wang Qingkai, and fed the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat a Demon Core and an old Black Mushroom.
• Wang Changsheng began cultivating with the Azure Tide Moonstone and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water while Ye Lin pondered in an underground chamber.
• Nangong Sheng considered pledging the Black Flame Sect to the Wind Blaze Sect when his wife reported that Meng Tianzheng had arrived with Taiyi Immortal Sect forces, accusing the Black Flame Sect of robbing their supplies.
• Meng Tianzheng demanded that Nangong Sheng either pledge allegiance to the Taiyi Immortal Sect or face destruction, while Song Qingyun and the white-robed beauty warned against attacking the Black Flame Sect.
• Nangong Sheng proposed that each sect send three disciples to spar, with the winner of two matches gaining the Black Flame Sect’s allegiance, and Song Qingyun agreed.

Wang Mingren helped the Taiyi Immortal Sect secure the Black Flame Sect as an affiliated sect by winning his duel, while Zhao Wuji also won and Xiao Yu'er lost. Later, Wang Qingshan's group returned to the sealed Taiyi Mountains and turned back toward their Lineage so Wang Ruyan could begin secluded cultivation.

• Wang Mingren volunteered to fight for the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and Meng Tianzheng selected him, Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Yu'er for the duels.
• Wang Mingren defeated the red-clad Black Flame Sect woman with his Puppet Beasts and Dragon-Phoenix Rings; Zhao Wuji won his match, while Xiao Yu'er lost.
• Nangong Sheng agreed to make the Black Flame Sect an affiliated sect of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and Meng Tianzheng set out the terms of their submission.
• Wang Qingshan and the seven surviving members of his group returned to the Taiyi Mountains after eight years away.
• Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples announced that the mountains were sealed for ten years, so Wang Qingshan turned the Azure Flying Boat back toward the Lineage at Wang Ruyan's request.

After reaching the Core Formation Second Layer, Wang Changsheng tested Ye Lin’s willingness and ability to escape while the Wang Family prepared ways to strengthen and preserve itself. The chapter left the family considering its future plans as Wang Changqi reported that Wang Tianqi had advanced quickly in cultivation.

• Wang Changsheng reached the Core Formation Second Layer with the help of the Azure Tide Moonstone and found that the Vicious Ghost pattern had disappeared.
• Wang Changsheng confronted Ye Lin about the altered fourth-layer incantation of the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex, then deliberately teleported away to test whether Ye Lin could escape.
• Wang Qingqi successfully refined three Foundation Establishment Pills after years of preparation and two failed attempts.
• Wang Qingkai reported that three of five clansmen given Foundation Establishment Pills had succeeded, and Wang Changsheng planned to nurture them before sending them to develop in the South Sea.
• Wang Qingkai told Wang Changsheng that Wang Tianqi had reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and was progressing fastest among the Tian Generation clansmen.

Wang Changsheng arranged for Wang Tianqi to receive more cultivation resources and allowed Ye Lin materials for deducing formations while beginning to refine a Mystic Treasure Embryo. Meanwhile, Wang Mingren began secluded cultivation, and Shangguan Wei focused on recovering the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex.

• Wang Changsheng told Wang Qingkai that he was supplying Foundation Establishment Pills to prepare for the clan's development in the South Sea, then instructed Wang Changyue to secretly learn formations from Ye Lin.
• Wang Changsheng gave Ye Lin paper and brushes for his formation deductions, kept him confined by the Formation, and began refining a flying-sword-type Mystic Treasure Embryo for Wang Qingshan.
• Wang Mingren used a Crimson Flame Pill and a four-hundred-year-old Golden Sunfruit to attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer.
• Shangguan Wei questioned the Three Fiends of Nine Serenities about Ye Lin, then said she cared most about retrieving the Nine Serenities Celestial Illusion Codex.

Wang Changsheng finished refining a powerful Mystic Treasure Embryo as tensions rose across the Northern Frontier and Wei Kingdom. After the Hundred Flowers Sect announced Chen Yuhua’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, Wang Changsheng sent Wang Qingshan and thirty elite clansmen to hide in the Mortal World and gave him the sword for protection.

• Shangguan Wei ordered the Nine Serenities Sect to make trouble for the expanding Taiyi Immortal Sect while investigating Ye Lin’s whereabouts.
• Wang Changsheng completed the Mystic Moon Demon Slayer Sword and gave it to Wang Qingshan to strengthen him.
• Wang Changyue reported that Ye Lin was teaching her formations and that Wang Ruyan had entered secluded cultivation after learning about the Teleportation Array.
• Wang Ruyan told Wang Changsheng that Chen Yuhua of the Hundred Flowers Sect had formed her Nascent Soul and invited him to her ceremony; Wang Changsheng decided Wang Qingkai would attend in his place.
• Wang Changsheng instructed Wang Qingshan to take thirty elite clansmen, including Tianqi, to hide in the Mortal World while the threat from Chen Yuhua loomed.

The Wang Family prepared for a possible attack by the Hundred Flowers Sect while Wang Changsheng attempted to refine a defensive Mystic Treasure Embryo. After learning that Chen Yuhua was organizing a broad campaign against the Demonic Path, Wang Changsheng faced the question of how many cultivators the Wang Family would have to send.

• Wang Ruyan urged Wang Changsheng to hide vulnerable family members, and the Wang Family scattered its clansmen while making war supplies.
• Wang Changsheng told Wang Ruyan about Ye Lin and continued refining a defensive Mystic Treasure Embryo as Ye Lin taught Wang Changyue formations.
• Wang Changsheng's refinement failed, costing over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and he fed discarded materials to his Gold Devouring Ants.
• Ye Lin told Wang Changsheng that something had happened within the clan, so Wang Changsheng returned to Azure Lotus Estate and met with the Foundation Establishment clansmen.
• Wang Qingkai reported that Chen Yuhua was leading more than twenty Cultivation forces in a counterattack against the Demonic Path and expected the Wang Family to participate.
• Wang Changsheng asked how many troops the Wang Family had to send and what benefits it could receive, but Wang Qingkai said Chen Yuhua had not specified and the Five Sects of Wei would decide the numbers.

Wang Changsheng joined Wei Kingdom’s leaders to plan a military campaign and brought Wang Family and Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators to Pacify Demons City. The six kingdoms gathered to attack Qin Kingdom, where Chen Yuhua took command as the forces prepared for war.

• Wang Changsheng learned that Guangdong Ren and Ye Tong were in secluded cultivation and that Second Aunt had taken charge of the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Wang Changsheng met Li Qingshan, Tong Tianqi, Feng Yue, and Sun Junyan, who agreed to send troops while guarding against being used by Chen Yuhua.
• The Wang Family committed eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators, while the Hundred Spirits Sect committed thirty-two, and their forces joined Wei Kingdom’s campaign.
• Wang Changsheng and the other Core Formation Cultivators reached Chu Kingdom after the Hundred Flowers Sect had captured a demonic stronghold and won its first battle.
• Wang Changsheng arrived at Pacify Demons City with the gathered forces and told Wang Ruyan and Zhao Qian to keep their cultivators under control.

Wang Changsheng joined Chen Yuhua’s campaign to seize the Qin Kingdom after she promised territory to cultivators who helped destroy the Five Sects of Qin. The vanguard set out from Pacify Demons City, with Wang Changsheng assigned to attack the Hundred Ghost Sect.

• Chen Yuhua arrived at the palace and told the gathered Core Formation Cultivators that she intended to divide the Qin Kingdom with them.
• Chen Yuhua proposed destroying the Nether Corpse Sect and Hundred Ghost Sect, offering territory to those who joined the assault.
• Wang Changsheng signed up, hoping to secure a commandery for the Wang Family and the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Chen Yuhua organized fifteen Core Formation Cultivators and their forces into three groups, assigning Wang Changsheng to the Hundred Ghost Sect attack.
• Wang Changsheng gathered his Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining Cultivators, including members of the Wang Family and the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• The vanguard left Pacify Demons City and flew toward the heartland of the Qin Kingdom.

Zhao Yunxiao, Tong Tianqi, and Liu Ping attacked the Hundred Ghosts Sect, killing its guardian Human-Faced Bat and forcing Chen Yifeng to flee. Chen Yifeng escaped toward Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong, who intercepted him as the attackers plundered the sect and pursued its fleeing disciples.

• Zhao Yunxiao led Tong Tianqi and Liu Ping in an assault on Chen Yifeng, while Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong remained outside with the support force.
• Chen Yifeng summoned the Human-Faced Bat, a Ghost King, and the Hundred Ghosts Diagram, while Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples joined the battle with their banners.
• Zhao Yunxiao, Tong Tianqi, and Liu Ping destroyed the Human-Faced Bat, and Chen Yifeng fled after his defenses faltered.
• Chen Yifeng used three Third Grade Talismans to cover his escape, while Zhao Yunxiao and the others turned back to seize the Hundred Ghosts Sect's valuables and ordered the Foundation Establishment Cultivators to chase its disciples.
• Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong intercepted Chen Yifeng with a Silver Rainbow and hundreds of Yellow Flying Daggers.

Chen Yifeng delayed Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong as Zhao Yunxiao, Tong Tianqi, and Liu Ping were trapped by the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s formation at the pagoda. As the ambush closed in, Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong launched a fierce attack on Chen Yifeng.

• Chen Yifeng blocked the Silver Sword Qi and Blue Lightning Orb with his Black Banner and remarked that the time was right.
• Zhao Yunxiao, Tong Tianqi, and Liu Ping entered the Hundred Ghosts Pagoda grounds seeking the sect’s treasures and were trapped in the Thousand Bone Wraith Array.
• Three Core Formation Cultivators from other Demonic Sects activated the formation and sent Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples, Bone Corpses, and Ghosts to attack the righteous-path cultivators.
• Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong realized the assault at the mountain gate was underway, but Chen Yifeng kept them from leaving.
• Wang Changsheng and Zhao Yunrong summoned their treasures and struck at Chen Yifeng, who was startled by Zhao Yunrong’s thousand Silver Flying Swords.