Chapter Summaries

Wang Chen used Pure Yang Beads to strengthen his cultivation and hunted Evil Spirits during lulls in the Yin Wind Tide. After a powerful ice-armored Evil Spirit warned him that he had crossed the line, he stopped hunting and returned to secluded cultivation as the tide ended.

• Wang Chen tested a First-Turn Pure Yang Bead and found that it improved his Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma and empowered his Innate Five Elements Technique.
• Wang Chen lured and hunted Evil Spirits with Blood Crystals, refining Purest Yin Qi Beads into Pure Yang Beads as he expanded his range beyond the guard station.
• An ice-armored Fierce-level Evil Spirit appeared, told Wang Chen that he had crossed the line, and vanished without attacking.
• Wang Chen abandoned his hunt, returned to the guard station, and chose not to risk provoking the powerful Evil Spirit again.
• Wang Chen entered deep secluded cultivation, and the Yin Wind Tide ended after lasting more than four months.

After the Yin Wind Tide ended, Wang Chen left his Guard Station and answered a summons to Weifa City, where Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian asked to buy his Three Ying Spirit Rice. Yun Feifei then revealed that she wanted some too.

• Wang Chen received notice that the Yin Wind Tide had ended and replied to Yun Feifei while ignoring Mou Guangji.
• He left puppet Dao soldiers to defend his Guard Station and hurried to Weifa City in response to the Sect Law Hall's summons.
• Wang Chen arrived at the crowded Sect Law Hall, where Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian came over to meet him.
• Yun Feifei asked whether Wang Chen had Three Ying Spirit Rice to sell for Sun Yulian, and he offered her a thousand jin.
• Yun Feifei tugged at Wang Chen's sleeve and told him that she wanted some rice too.

Wang Chen sold Three Ying Rice to Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian before attending a gathering where True Person Bai Jun ordered the disciples to clear newly formed Evil Nests. After learning that Nest Stones could earn valuable merit points, Wang Chen declined Yun Feifei’s invitation to join her team and continued on his own.

• Wang Chen learned that Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian wanted Three Ying Rice to help resist Yin Sha energy, and he agreed to sell them a thousand jin each.
• True Person Bai Jun ordered the disciples to search their territories and destroy Evil Nests formed after the Yin Wind Tide.
• True Person Bai Jun announced that disciples could keep their gains and exchange Nest Stones for three thousand to thirty thousand merit points.
• Yun Feifei explained the value of Nest Stones and invited Wang Chen to join her team, but he declined.
• Wang Chen sold Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian two thousand jin of Three Ying Rice for ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Wang Chen used Global Mode to locate an Evil Nest deep in a swamp and fought his way through its hostile terrain. He reached the nest and, as its inhabitants launched a sudden attack, struck back with the Hidden Dragon Staff.

• Wang Chen searched the area around his territory with the Upper Clarity Qiankun Mirror, then used Global Mode to locate a suspected Evil Nest in a swamp dozens of li away.
• Wang Chen entered the thawing swamp the next morning and used Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to destroy ghosts and clear a path through the mist.
• Wang Chen reached a dead forest and confirmed with Global Mode that it was the Evil Nest.
• Demon spirits attacked Wang Chen with branches, vines, tentacles, and a whirlwind of Yin Sha energy.
• Wang Chen summoned the Hidden Dragon Staff and smashed apart the attacking vines with a powerful swing.

Wang Chen breached an Evil Nest and killed the giant monster lurking inside. After recovering its valuable Evil Nest Stone, he searched the mountains for more nests and found another by the afternoon of the second day.

• Wang Chen smashed through the Evil Nest with the Hidden Dragon Staff and Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, drawing out the monster within.
• The giant toad-like monster attacked with venom, but Wang Chen battered it with his staff and lightning before burning it with mystic fire.
• Wang Chen severed the monster's tentacles with the Crimson Lion Sword and killed it.
• Wang Chen dug an Evil Nest Stone from the remains and recognized that it was worth at least three thousand merit points.
• Wang Chen searched the mountains using his Divine Sense and discovered another target by the afternoon of the second day.

Wang Chen attacked a powerful mountain Evil Nest by burning its surrounding black nests and fighting the swarms of insects they released. As he bombarded the nest with seemingly endless Fire Crows, the mountain formed a Rock Giant that roared at him.

• Wang Chen observed the mountain Evil Nest and decided to destroy the smaller black nests around it before attacking the main target.
• His first Fire Crow was overwhelmed by coordinated swarms of insects, which then gathered into a red cloud and charged at him.
• Wang Chen summoned dozens of Fire Crows and controlled them to repel the insects and destroy more than a hundred black nests with rain of fire.
• Wang Chen continued bombarding the main Evil Nest, sensing its malice as flames spread across the mountain peak.
• The mountain rocks fused into a five- or six-zhang-tall Rock Giant, which roared at Wang Chen from within the flames.

Wang Chen fought the Rock Giant, a powerful guardian that could repair its stone body by absorbing rock. After closing in and using Turn Stone to Mud to soften the monster, Wang Chen made it lose its balance and summoned the Hidden Dragon Staff.

• The Rock Giant attacked Wang Chen with boulders, but he dodged and used Heavenly Dragon Vajra Palm to pulverize stone pellets and damage its armor.
• Wang Chen struck the Rock Giant with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, but it restored its shattered head by absorbing nearby stone.
• The Rock Giant summoned swarms of insects and attacked with stone spears, one of which pierced Wang Chen’s Resplendent Shield Armor and wounded his skin.
• Wang Chen cleared the insects with Fire Crows and approached the Rock Giant, deciding to destroy it and the nearby Evil Nest before it could grow stronger.
• Wang Chen evaded the Rock Giant’s stone club, cast Turn Stone to Mud on its ribs, and caused it to lose balance and fall.
• Wang Chen withdrew from the fallen Rock Giant and summoned the golden Hidden Dragon Staff.

Wang Chen defeated the Rock Giant, cleared the surrounding nests, and inspected the unstable Evil Nest before seven fellow disciples arrived to claim it. He left the site after confronting them, and they began moving in to take the nest.

• Wang Chen used the Hidden Dragon Staff to smash the Rock Giant's chest, then captured and purified its escaping stone heart with the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil.
• Wang Chen eliminated the flying insects and black nests around the mountain, leaving the unstable Evil Nest untouched.
• Wang Chen used Global Mode and spotted several cultivators approaching, then recognized them as fellow disciples led by Senior Brother Chen.
• Senior Brother Chen and the long-faced cultivator claimed the Evil Nest lay outside Wang Chen's territory and said they would clear it for him.
• Wang Chen accused the cultivators of coming to snatch the nest, then left when they insisted on taking it.
• The long-faced cultivator assumed Wang Chen had been intimidated, and the group prepared to approach the Evil Nest.

Senior Brother Chen and six Purple Mansions attacked the Evil Nest, but its venomous Yin Sha energy overwhelmed them and trapped their escape. Back at the guard station, Wang Chen sensed the disaster at the nest and saw a distant mountain collapsing.

• Senior Brother Chen's group bombarded the Evil Nest with their spiritual artifacts and flying swords, destroying its upper section.
• Black slurry erupted from the nest, devoured the cultivators' artifacts, and formed an Evil Monster that attacked the group.
• More Evil Monsters emerged as the nest exploded, and the long-faced cultivator's escape talisman failed amid the dense Yin Sha energy.
• The monsters struck down the long-faced cultivator and drove the other cultivators into a chaotic retreat as screams filled the mountaintop.
• Wang Chen sensed the outbreak from the guard station, recognized the Evil Nest's location, and watched a distant mountain peak collapse.

Wang Chen defended the guard station against a deadly Killing Intent storm and attacking Evil Monsters, but the worsening disaster left him weighing whether to flee to Weifa City. As he hesitated, Yun Feifei and two other cultivators reached the guard station and begged him for help.

• Wang Chen reinforced the guard station's formation with five High Spirit Stones as a Killing Intent storm battered its defenses.
• Wang Chen counterattacked with the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, clearing away the storm's insects and weakening the Killing Intent.
• Wang Chen used the formation's water mirror to strike down several Evil Monsters that hurled boulders at the guard station, driving the survivors away.
• Wang Chen considered remaining at the guard station or fleeing to Weifa City as Killing Intent continued to spread and mountains collapsed.
• Yun Feifei and two other exhausted cultivators arrived at the guard station and asked Wang Chen to save them.

After Yun Feifei, Sun Yulian, and Li Mengyan fled to Wang Chen’s guard station, they chose to stay and defend it rather than risk a breakout. As a massive horde of evil spirits attacked, the women took control of the Defense Array while Wang Chen went to the Imperial Tower to fight.

• Wang Chen opened the guard station’s gates and let Yun Feifei, Sun Yulian, and Li Mengyan inside.
• Yun Feifei explained that two members of their team had died when a sudden tide of Killing Intent struck during an assault on an Evil Nest.
• Li Mengyan advised the group to stay at the guard station and await reinforcements, and Wang Chen agreed.
• A vast army of Evil Monsters converged on the station and began pelting it with stones.
• Wang Chen handed control of the Defense Array to Li Mengyan, Yun Feifei, and Sun Yulian, then went to the Imperial Tower to attack the horde with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.

Wang Chen held the guard station against waves of Evil Monsters and gained true Grand Completion in Nine Heavens Divine Thunder. After a new flock of two-headed giant eagles began bombarding the defensive array, he prepared to face the aerial attack.

• Wang Chen used Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to kill the charging Evil Monsters, restoring the confidence of Li Mengyan, Sun Yulian, and Yun Feifei.
• Wang Chen gained enlightenment while repeatedly casting the spell and unleashed a powerful lightning pillar that killed or wounded dozens of Evil Monsters.
• Wang Chen achieved true Grand Completion in Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and replenished his Mana with the Heavenly Net to Punish Evil as the surviving monsters grew afraid.
• Two-headed giant eagles appeared above the guard station and bombarded its defensive array with Yin Sha-filled air bombs.
• Wang Chen saw the attack in the bronze mirror and opened his eyes with lightning gleaming in them.

Wang Chen and the three women fled the guard station after a powerful Baleful Intent spirit overwhelmed its defenses and destroyed it. After escaping through Wang Chen’s hidden tunnel, he placed Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian inside the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram, while Li Mengyan chose to flee with him on her Silver Lightning Flying Shuttle.

• Wang Chen’s lightning attacks cleared many black hawks, but a massive Baleful Intent spirit emerged from the Killing Intent clouds and struck the guard station.
• The Baleful Intent spirit shattered the defensive barrier and wounded Wang Chen, Li Mengyan, and the other two women, so Wang Chen ordered them to retreat.
• Wang Chen and the three women escaped underground as the puppet Dao soldiers self-destructed the guard station, damaging the spirit before it destroyed the ruins.
• Wang Chen led the women through his escape tunnel to a concealed location twenty li away.
• Wang Chen used the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram to bring Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian inside, but Li Mengyan refused and offered to escape with him on her Silver Lightning Flying Shuttle.

Wang Chen and Li Mengyan fled toward Weifa City through a region overrun by evil spirits, but Li Mengyan’s exhaustion forced them to switch to Wang Chen’s Magic Treasure Flying Ship. After a Golden Core-level evil spirit attacked, Wang Chen struck it with the ship’s God Slaying Cannon and escaped, finally sighting Weifa City.

• Li Mengyan used her silver Flying Shuttle to carry Wang Chen toward Weifa City, but she grew exhausted and had to land.
• Wang Chen brought Li Mengyan aboard his Magic Treasure Flying Ship and released Yun Feifei and Sun Yulian from the Grand Mystic Mirage Dragon True Form Diagram.
• Wang Chen and the three women powered the Flying Ship together, but a giant hand struck the vessel and sent it spinning.
• Wang Chen fired the God Slaying Cannon through the giant hand’s palm, then sped away as the wounded Golden Core-level attacker roared.
• Wang Chen replaced the Flying Ship’s depleted Spirit Stones and continued fleeing until Weifa City came into view.

Wang Chen and the other fleeing sect disciples reached Weifa City, where the gates were sealed amid an outbreak of evil spirits. After passing an inspection, Wang Chen entered the city and learned that the calamity had cut off their route back to the Mountain Sea Realm.

• Wang Chen and Li Mengyan's group found hundreds of cultivators blocked outside Weifa City's sealed gates.
• True Person Bai Jun ordered the frontier-reclaiming disciples admitted after individual inspections with the Chongyang Mirror.
• The mirror exposed several cultivators possessed by evil spirits, while Wang Chen, Li Mengyan, and the others passed safely.
• Wang Chen parted from Yun Feifei's group, accepted her communication jade talisman, and went to a tavern to gather information.
• Wang Chen learned that the Teleportation Array to the Mountain Sea Realm was disabled by Yin Sha energy and resolved to fight if they could not return.

Wang Chen found temporary lodging in a poor district of Weifa City after the inns demanded exorbitant prices, and he recovered from his injuries there. Over the next two days, he learned that the Teleportation Array remained shut, the city’s leaders were inaccessible, and the threat outside was worsening.

• Wang Chen left a tavern filled with fearful disciples and searched unsuccessfully for affordable lodging.
• A boy Wang Chen had hired as a guide offered him a room in his family’s home for fifty Spirit Stones, and Wang Chen accepted.
• Wang Chen reassured the boy’s wary mother, paid in advance, and gave the family food before settling into the boy’s simple room.
• Wang Chen treated his internal injuries and recovered with the help of his strong physique.
• Over the next two days, Wang Chen visited taverns and the Sect Law Hall, learning that the Teleportation Array was shut down and True Person Bai Jun could not be seen.
• More evil spirits gathered outside Weifa City as clouds of Killing Intent and baleful thunder made the city increasingly tense.

Wang Chen met Yun Feifei, Li Mengyan, and Sun Yulian in Weifa City and agreed to join them if they had to flee. A Golden Core demon attacked the city but withdrew after a fierce counterattack, only for a vast army of evil spirits to advance on Weifa City.

• Yun Feifei told Wang Chen that Mou Guangji had not returned and that fewer than half of their fellow disciples had survived, then proposed they join forces if Weifa City fell; Wang Chen agreed.
• A Golden Core demon reached through the Killing Intent clouds and clawed at Weifa City, prompting the city's cultivators and defenses to strike back.
• True Person Bai Jun sent a fire dragon against the demon, but the demon tore it apart before Sword Light drove the demon away.
• Warning horns and war drums sounded as Wang Chen saw a vast host of evil spirits approaching Weifa City.
• Tens of thousands of black-smoke-wreathed stone projectiles flew toward the city.

Weifa City’s defenders fought to hold back an overwhelming army of Evil Monsters as the City Protection Array weakened. Wang Chen joined the battle on the walls, where the first casualties and breaches in the barrier signaled that the city was in grave danger.

• Heavy crossbows, God Slaying Cannons, and the city’s defenders attacked the Evil Monsters, but their assault steadily drained the protective barrier.
• True Person Bai Jun ordered the pioneering disciples to reinforce the walls, and Wang Chen flew to join the defenders.
• Wang Chen unleashed the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, while thousands of cultivators and Dao soldiers bombarded the advancing enemies.
• Giant tentacles burst from the ground and battered the barrier, and Wang Chen used the Crimson Ni Sword to cut one apart.
• A tentacle broke through the barrier and killed two Battle Cultivators, showing that the city’s defenses had begun to fail.

Wang Chen fought off Evil Monsters as the City Protection Array failed across Weifa City, until a Golden Core True Person unleashed Evil-Slaying Divine Light and wiped out the attackers inside the city. The defenders faced a new threat as two-headed giants advanced, and a God Slaying Cannon fired at them.

• Evil Monsters breached the City Protection Array on all four walls, and Wang Chen rescued a cultivator before killing giant spiders and blasting a group of monsters with Talismans.
• The Evil Monster assault overwhelmed sections of the walls, forcing cultivators into close combat and putting one wall in danger of falling.
• A Golden Core True Person in the Sect Law Hall used the City Protection Array to unleash Evil-Slaying Divine Light, destroying the monsters inside the city and raising the defenders' morale.
• Two-headed giants carrying stone clubs marched toward Weifa City, trampling the Evil Monsters in their path.
• A God Slaying Cannon atop an Imperial Tower fired at the approaching giants.

The two-headed giants overcame Weifa City's God Slaying Cannons with earthen shields and armor, but True Person Bai Jun's rain softened the ground and stripped away their defenses. After the giants and Evil Monsters retreated, a colossal centipede made of intertwined two-headed giants erupted from beneath the ground and attacked the city gates.

• The two-headed giants formed stone shields and Rock Armor that blunted the God Slaying Cannons, while the first volley killed or wounded dozens of them.
• True Person Bai Jun summoned a storm that turned the soil to mud and dissolved the giants' stone defenses, allowing the God Slaying Cannons to strike them more effectively.
• The giants hurled stone clubs at the Imperial Towers, but Weifa City's Mana barrier deflected them; the giants then burrowed underground as the wounded Evil Monster army retreated.
• A giant earth bulge raced toward Weifa City's gate, and an earth dragon struck the gate and shattered the Mana barrier.
• A centipede formed from intertwined two-headed giants burst from the ground above the walls and spewed venom toward the defenders.