Chapter Summaries

Chang Mo fled Deng Guangkun’s pursuit with the Bronze Mirror, but the relic drained his blood essence and the Chang Family ancestor’s divine soul. Trapped after Deng Guangkun used Chang Mo’s parents’ bones to track him, Chang Mo faced death just as a blade’s cry rang through the mountains.

• Chang Mo recognized Deng Guangkun as the late-stage Spirit Transformation ancestor of the Deng Family, who attacked him with Cloud Piercing Arrows.
• Chang Mo used the Bronze Mirror to summon beast phantoms, and the Xuan Gui and Azure Sky Roc helped him survive and escape temporarily.
• Deng Guangkun pursued Chang Mo and revealed that he possessed Chang Mo’s parents’ bones, using them to track him wherever he fled.
• After a day of pursuit, Chang Mo had spent nearly seventy percent of his blood essence, and the Chang Family ancestor said he had no power left to help.
• Deng Guangkun fired another Cloud Piercing Arrow at the exhausted Chang Mo, who closed his eyes and awaited death as a blade’s cry rang out.

Chen Yan arrived in time to save Chang Mo from Deng Guangkun and confirmed that Chang Mo was the Demon Refining Sect’s inheritor. After Chen Yan defied Deng Guangkun’s threat on behalf of the Chongming Sect, three demonic-sect prodigies arrived and froze when they saw him.

• Chen Yan intercepted Deng Guangkun’s Cloud Piercing Arrow and saved Chang Mo from being killed.
• Chen Yan recognized Chang Mo as the Demon Refining Sect’s inheritor after Chang Mo admitted the truth.
• Deng Guangkun attacked Chen Yan again and threatened him with the Chongming Sect, but Chen Yan said he did not care about making it an enemy.
• Ye Ming, Yin Mo, and Gu Panpan flew over while discussing Chen Yan’s rise, then froze when they saw him.

Deng Guangkun learned that the Daoist-robed young man he had insulted was Chen Yan, the famed Number One Person in the Netherworld Realm, and tried to flee. Chen Yan captured him effortlessly, and Ye Ming, Yin Mo, and Gu Panpan bowed to Chen Yan as Patriarch.

• Deng Guangkun tried to win Ye Ming’s support by accusing Chen Yan of killing a Deng Family descendant and insulting the Chongming Sect.
• Ye Ming identified the calm young man as Chen Yan and recited his achievements, leaving Deng Guangkun and Chang Mo shocked.
• Deng Guangkun fled, but Chen Yan used Heaven in a Pot to capture him inside his sleeve and make him disappear.
• Ye Ming, Yin Mo, and Gu Panpan accepted the gap between themselves and Chen Yan, then bowed and paid their respects to Patriarch Chen.

Chen Yan spared the Chongming Sect members and met Chang Mo’s ancestor, Chang Beihe, after sensing the remnant soul within him. He learned that the Demon Refining Sect once controlled a medium-sized Red Copper Vein, received its location, and set off to claim it.

• Ye Ming and the other Chongming Sect members apologized for Deng Guangkun’s actions, and Chen Yan assured them he would not implicate their sect.
• Chang Mo thanked Chen Yan for saving him and feared Chen Yan had come to take the Demon Refining Sect Vault.
• Chen Yan called out Chang Mo’s hidden ancestor, and Chang Beihe appeared as a remnant soul and greeted him.
• Chang Beihe asked if Chen Yan sought the Demon Refining Sect Vault, but Chen Yan said he wanted the Red Copper Vein the sect had once controlled.
• Chang Beihe gave Chen Yan a jade slip containing the vein’s location and a sound-transmission talisman sword, and Chen Yan left for the site.

Chen Yan followed Facai’s strange perception to Spring Valley, where he found the buried Red Copper Ore mine and discovered a powerful Love Butterfly Flower Demon. After confirming the ore vein was inside, he demanded that the demon submit or die.

• Facai sensed a mysterious voice calling to it, and Chen Yan suspected the voice was connected to its lost origins and bouts of sleep.
• Chen Yan and Facai reached Spring Valley, where Chen Yan found no demons or spirit tides despite the valley’s rich spiritual energy.
• Facai spotted a hidden crack in the mountain wall, and Chen Yan recognized it as the collapsed entrance to the old Red Copper Ore mine.
• A Yin God realm flower demon emerged from the mine, revealed that it had awakened because the seal to the outside world was open, and transformed into a giant butterfly.
• The Love Butterfly Flower Demon confirmed that a Red Copper Ore vein lay inside the mine, and Chen Yan demanded that it submit or die.

Chen Yan forced the Love Butterfly Flower Demon to submit, then discovered a Red Copper Vein and its mid-grade Red Copper Refined Gold Fiend. He left her to guard the valley, preparing to mine the ore and forge a Yang Spirit-level Bing Fire Thunder God Cannon.

• Chen Yan revealed his Yang Spirit strength and made the Love Butterfly Flower Demon choose between submission and death.
• The Love Butterfly Flower Demon surrendered her life-bound divine soul, and Chen Yan promised to return her freedom after one hundred years of service.
• The Love Butterfly Flower Demon confirmed that a Red Copper Vein and a mid-grade Red Copper Refined Gold Fiend lay within the mountain.
• Chen Yan collected half of the Red Copper Refined Gold Fiend and let the Love Butterfly Flower Demon keep the rest as a reward.
• Chen Yan ordered the Love Butterfly Flower Demon to guard the valley so Xiang Prefecture could establish a stronghold and mine the Red Copper Ore.

Chen Yan oversaw the construction of the Super Thunder God Cannon at Red Copper Army Stronghold, then returned to Mount Lao and resumed cultivation. He broke through to Yin God Second Refinement.

• Chen Yan learned that Lu Da needed at least a year to complete the Super Thunder God Cannon, even after accelerating the work with more craftsmen and soldiers.
• Chen Yan entrusted Red Copper Army Stronghold to Lu Da, Xu Ji, and the Love Butterfly Flower Demon, then returned to Mount Lao.
• Chen Yan considered Chang Mo's plans to rebuild the Demon Refining Sect and supported the Netherworld Realm's local forces joining together against outsiders.
• Chen Yan kept watch over the missing Wood Spirit Physique and Wang Lingguan, and arranged for Flying Fish Guards to monitor the sleeping Facai.
• Chen Yan entered seclusion on Mount Lao and broke through to Yin God Second Refinement.

After reaching Yin God Second Refinement, Chen Yan received Guo Tai’s message that True Monarch Wuchen had descended into the Netherworld Realm and wanted to meet him. Chen Yan traveled to Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in Black Mountain City and arrived before Wuchen, whose true strength was concealed beneath the appearance of a refined young noble.

• Chen Yan completed Yin God Second Refinement and reflected on how quickly his cultivation had advanced.
• Xu Ji delivered Guo Tai’s voice transmission, informing Chen Yan that True Monarch Wuchen had arrived in the Netherworld Realm and wished to meet him.
• Chen Yan learned that Wuchen had lowered his cultivation to the Yin God Realm to enter a world that rejected outside Yang God True Monarchs.
• Chen Yan traveled to Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s Black Mountain City branch and was escorted through its bustling lower floors to the fifth floor.
• Chen Yan met Guo Tai and saw True Monarch Wuchen, who appeared to be a young noble.

Chen Yan met True Monarch Wuchen, who had come to the Netherworld Realm to befriend him and investigate a rumored high-grade Dao Fruit. As the two grew close, Chen Yan asked Wuchen for advice about his spirit beast, which had become constantly drowsy after awakening an Ancient Fierce Beast bloodline.

• True Monarch Wuchen warmly welcomed Chen Yan and asked him to treat them as equals, and they became friends over a cup of wine.
• Wuchen told Chen Yan that True Monarch Xingyao had sent him to seek the Dao Fruit in the Netherworld Realm, but he doubted it could be obtained amid competition from other worlds and Yellow Springs.
• Wuchen promised to protect Chen Yan and offered to introduce him to Tong Xiuyuan and True Monarch Xingyao in the Xuanhuang Realm.
• Chen Yan asked Wuchen for counsel about his spirit beast, whose awakened Ancient Fierce Beast bloodline had left it drowsy and difficult to wake.

Chen Yan learned from True Monarch Wuchen that Facai’s repeated slumber likely came from missing soul essence, which Chen Yan believed was lost in the Inner World. He left to investigate and save Facai, while True Monarch Wuchen explained to Guo Tai why he had befriended Chen Yan.

• True Monarch Wuchen theorized that Facai had been born or had become incomplete in soul essence, and warned that its soul could eventually collapse if the loss went untreated.
• True Monarch Wuchen explained that only Facai’s original missing soul essence could cure it, and Chen Yan recalled Facai hearing a call from the Inner World.
• Chen Yan concluded that Facai’s lost soul essence was likely somewhere in the Inner World and decided to search for it while Facai was awake.
• Chen Yan thanked True Monarch Wuchen, said farewell to him and Guo Tai, and used Abyssal Shrinking Ground to leave the pavilion.
• True Monarch Wuchen told Guo Tai that Xingyao had asked him to assess Chen Yan and recruit him to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, but that he instead made Chen Yan his fourth brother.
• Guo Tai reluctantly praised True Monarch Wuchen’s decision and was left bewildered by his patriarch’s straightforward temperament.

Chen Yan discovered that Facai was missing one soul and three corporeal souls, then brought it into his Sleeve Universe so he could search for them when it awakened. After the Four-Winged Cold Cicada’s natal soul reported that its main body had died, Chen Yan found Wang Lingguan’s Soul Lamp still burning but dangerously dim, indicating that Wang Lingguan was gravely wounded.

• Chen Yan visited Facai in a cave on Mount Lao and used Spirit Sight to confirm that one of its souls and three of its corporeal souls were missing and that its remaining soul fragments were beginning to dim.
• Chen Yan stored Facai in his Sleeve Universe and headed toward the passage to the Inner World so he could search for its missing soul fragments when it awakened.
• The Four-Winged Cold Cicada’s natal soul emerged and told Chen Yan it could no longer sense its main body, leading him to conclude that the main body had died.
• Chen Yan sensed that the Wood Spirit Physique remained unharmed and returned to Mount Lao to check the Soul Lamps.
• Chen Yan found Wang Lingguan’s Soul Lamp still lit but nearly extinguished, showing that Wang Lingguan was gravely wounded.

Chen Yan entered the Golden Mulberry Secret Realm after learning that the Four-Winged Cold Cicada had died and Wang Lingguan had been gravely wounded. He discovered that Sea Clan members led by Zaku had captured the Wood Spirit Physique and were hunting Wang Lingguan, and he set out to find them.

• Chen Yan questioned the Four-Winged Cold Cicada's awakened natal divine soul, then had it lead him to the Golden Mulberry Secret Realm.
• Zaku, Saka, and Talon discussed taking the sealed Wood Spirit Physique and pursuing Wang Lingguan, whom they intended to kill.
• Chen Yan arrived in the secret realm and sensed that the Wood Spirit Physique was there but sealed, while Wang Lingguan was beyond his divine sense.
• Chen Yan realized he could still sense the Wood Spirit Physique's location across the secret realm and prepared to find its captors.

Wang Lingguan exhausted himself fleeing Zaku, Saka, and Talon, then fought Talon despite having no Magic Power left. As Talon brought down his spiked club for the killing blow, a blade rang out overhead.

• Wang Lingguan used Thunderfire Escape repeatedly to flee from Zaku, Saka, and Talon, but his depleted Magic Power forced him to stop.
• Zaku mocked Wang Lingguan's lord and ordered Talon to kill him.
• Talon trapped Wang Lingguan with poison and water magic, then attacked him with a spiked club and demonic fire.
• Wang Lingguan exhausted his life force resisting Talon's attacks and could no longer summon Magic Power.
• Talon unleashed the full power of the Yin God Six Refinements and raised his club to kill Wang Lingguan, but a blade's cry rang through the sky.

Chen Yan arrived just in time to save Wang Lingguan from Talon, then confronted Zaku and attacked him with overwhelming blade power. The chapter ended as Chen Yan’s blade radiance collided with Zaku’s black whip.

• Chen Yan struck Talon’s spiked club from the sky and saved Wang Lingguan from being killed.
• Wang Lingguan recognized Chen Yan, and Chen Yan gave him a Life Creation Pill and reassured him that his failure was not his fault.
• Zaku mocked Chen Yan for being only at Yin God Second Refinement, while Saka stayed silent and Talon joined in.
• Chen Yan identified Zaku, Talon, and Saka as Sea Clan members and dismissed Zaku as noisy.
• Chen Yan unleashed his blade with the power of his Dao Fruits, and Zaku countered by conjuring a massive black whip.
• Chen Yan’s blade radiance and Zaku’s whip crashed together, unleashing a devastating shockwave.

Chen Yan tested his full combat power against Zaku, a Sea Clan Royal expert at Yin God Eight Refinements, and revealed strength that could rival the Yang God realm. After he shattered Zaku’s Ice Soul Cold Light, Chen Yan struck at him with a devastating saber-hand slash, leaving Zaku facing imminent defeat.

• Chen Yan chose to fight Zaku without unleashing the Dragon Sparrow Saber’s final transformation, relying instead on his martial arts and two Dao Fruits.
• Zaku’s Black Jade Longwhip was destroyed by Chen Yan’s slash, and Zaku recognized the Dragon Sparrow Saber as an Immortal Embryo and coveted it.
• Zaku unleashed his innate divine ability, Ice Soul Cold Light, while Saka believed it would kill Chen Yan.
• Chen Yan combined Indestructible Vajra, Damo's Whale Toss, and Dragon Elephant Great Strength, then shattered the Ice Soul Cold Light with his punch.
• Saka realized Chen Yan might possess Yang God-level combat power and warned Zaku, but Chen Yan appeared beside Zaku and brought down a saber-hand strike.
• Zaku reacted too late and roared in terror as Chen Yan’s attack descended.

Chen Yan killed Zaku with the combined power of his Dao Fruits, and the battle brought his Indestructible Vajra Dao Fruit to completion. Though he gained the strength to contend with Yang Gods, he resolved to keep his Dao Fruit power secret by eliminating the remaining enemies.

• Zaku unleashed his Ice Soul Cold Light in a desperate attempt to stop Chen Yan’s descending blade.
• Chen Yan invoked Dragon Slayer and used the power of Indestructible Vajra and Damo's Whale Toss to break through Zaku’s attack and kill him.
• Chen Yan’s Indestructible Vajra Dao Fruit reached completion, greatly strengthening his body and allowing him to wield more of his Dao Fruit power.
• Chen Yan realized his two Dao Fruits gave him the power to contend with Yang Gods, while acknowledging that Immortals could still overwhelm him.
• Chen Yan looked toward the distant Saka and Talon and decided to kill the remaining enemies to keep his Dao Fruit power secret.

Chen Yan killed Talon after Zaku’s death and pursued Saka to learn what he knew about the Sea Clan. Saka offered to reveal its secrets in exchange for his life, but Chen Yan refused and prepared to fight him.

• Chen Yan used Abyssal Shrinking Ground to catch up with Talon and killed him with a single blade strike.
• Chen Yan stored Talon’s corpse, hoping to learn about the Sea Clan’s strength and surviving immortal great powers from his memories.
• Chen Yan sensed Saka fleeing and pursued him with Abyssal Shrinking Ground.
• Saka stopped and offered to serve Chen Yan in exchange for revealing the Sea Clan’s internal affairs and being spared.
• Chen Yan refused because Saka knew about his Dao Fruit, and Saka accepted that they would fight.

After killing the Sea Clan pursuers, Chen Yan learned from Talon and Saka’s memories that the Sea Clan had gained a new immortal and was preparing to expand, leaving him worried about a possible war. He escorted Wang Lingguan, the Wood Spirit Physique, and the Four-Winged Cold Cicada to the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree’s location, where they discovered a vast natural illusion formation concealing the valley.

• Chen Yan used Thousand Faces to absorb Talon and Saka’s memories and learned that the Sea Clan had more than ten Yang God fighters and a newly ascended immortal.
• Chen Yan realized the Sea Clan’s ambitions could lead to war and planned to report what he had learned to True Monarch Wuchen.
• Wang Lingguan recovered, and Chen Yan reunited with him, the Wood Spirit Physique, and the Four-Winged Cold Cicada.
• The Four-Winged Cold Cicada led the group through the secret realm to the valley where it had been born and the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree was located.
• Chen Yan used Spirit Sight to reveal that a vast natural illusion formation concealed the seemingly ordinary valley.

Chen Yan and his companions crossed the illusion array into the true Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree Valley, where they discovered the ancient Immortal Treasure had died of old age. As the Wood Spirit Physique sensed the tree calling to him, Chen Yan wondered whether it had left behind a gift for vegetation.

• The Four-Winged Cold Cicada guided Chen Yan, Wang Lingguan, and the Wood Spirit Physique through the illusion array by sensing the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree's direction.
• After three hours of crossing realistic illusions, the group emerged into the true valley and found the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree.
• Chen Yan sensed that the ancient tree was dead, and the Four-Winged Cold Cicada was devastated by the loss of the tree that had guided its cultivation.
• Chen Yan used Spirit Sight and concluded that the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree had died after reaching the end of its destined lifespan.
• The Wood Spirit Physique heard the dead tree calling to him, and Chen Yan suspected it had left behind a gift only vegetation could sense.

Chen Yan considered how the lack of Immortal Spiritual Energy had doomed the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree’s spirit and might threaten his own path to immortality. When the Wood Spirit Physique touched the tree, its spirit appeared and began pouring spiritual energy into him, then released a seven-colored radiance.

• Chen Yan reasoned that the Sea Clan’s recent immortal ascension had likely consumed world origin to produce Immortal Spiritual Energy, damaging the spiritual energy of its three worlds.
• Chen Yan allowed the Wood Spirit Physique to approach the Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree while Wang Lingguan and the Four-Winged Cold Cicada watched.
• The Wood Spirit Physique touched the tree, causing its leaves to sway and the entire tree to dissolve into golden raindrops.
• The Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree’s spirit formed in the air, and Chen Yan prepared to defend the Wood Spirit Physique but sensed no hostility.
• The tree spirit drew spiritual energy from dozens of miles around and sent it pouring into the rising Wood Spirit Physique.
• The Golden Mulberry Spirit Tree’s spirit released a seven-colored radiance.