Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran and Ran Sect crossed the desert and discovered that an Evil Qiang Emperor could pass into the sea of clouds above Wanren Mountain without being destroyed. The discovery left Lu Ran eager to follow, but Deng Yuxiang and Yu Changsheng warned him not to ascend.

• Lu Ran failed to tame the Black Fire Colts, so Deng Yuxiang and Yu Changsheng attacked the herd while he gathered their dead souls.
• Ran Sect continued west through the wasteland, hunting evil demons and traveling for several days.
• Lu Ran and his companions found Wanren Mountain, whose towering peaks pierced the sea of clouds that marked the boundary between realms.
• Lu Ran created an Evil Qiang Emperor and sent him up a mountain peak to test the clouds.
• The Evil Qiang Emperor disappeared into the sea of clouds without being destroyed, and Deng Yuxiang and Yu Changsheng stopped Lu Ran from following.

Lu Ran and his group crossed the scorching Wanren Mountains and fought Sand River Babies that attacked from beneath the desert. After Lu Ran killed one with the Eight Desolates Saber, the weapon began vibrating again, leaving him eager to see whether the desert creatures could help it become a divine weapon.

• Lu Ran and his group traveled through endless, lifeless Wanren Mountains in the desert.
• A Sand River Baby attacked Jing Hong with Sand Vortex and Sand Thorn Flower, but Lu Ran rescued her and blocked the spikes with his Gold Jade Stone Talismans.
• Luo Ying used Canglong Sea Region to locate the buried Sand River Baby and pierced it with a Water Mist Arrow, disabling its sand-based techniques.
• Lu Ran stabbed the disabled Sand River Baby underground with the Eight Desolates Saber, but the weapon fell silent before becoming a divine weapon.
• Luo Ying detected more Sand River Babies, and her Water Mist Arrow disrupted one that emerged and unleashed Sand Wave Overwhelming the Sky.
• Lu Ran pinned the second Sand River Baby, revealed as a mummified corpse, with the Eight Desolates Saber, which began vibrating again.

After fighting through Wanren Mountain and escaping the Manhuang Nvba Clan, Lu Ran’s group reached the desert as rain began to fall. Meanwhile, Jiang Ruyi led Luoxian Pavilion out of the Stone Pillar Forest, where the group discovered two Sea Realm powers fighting nearby.

• Lu Ran absorbed energy and undead souls after Ran Gate defeated a group of Devil Race creatures, then led everyone northwest toward a large gathering detected by Jing Hong.
• Ran Gate encountered the Manhuang Nvba Clan and fought while retreating; Lu Ran drew in many undead souls before the group escaped beyond Wanren Mountain.
• Rain fell over the desert, while Jiang Ruyi continued leading Luoxian Pavilion east through the Stone Pillar Forest and toward its edge.
• Jiang Ruyi’s group emerged into a vast desert and spotted a massive sandstorm that Xue Fengchen identified as a Sea-grade Drifting Sand technique.
• Luoxian Pavilion members realized that a West Wasteland Believer and a Drought Sea Believer, both likely Sea Realm powerhouses, were fighting nearby, and they urged Jiang Ruyi to retreat.

Jiang Ruyi’s group encountered the Vicious Dog Clan while fleeing a battle between Sea Realm Great Beings, and their struggle drew Elder Peng and the Dry Sea Believer You Tianyao to the scene. The chapter ended with Elder Peng recognizing Gao Yunyan and the Yellow Sand Axe as the battlefield erupted around them.

• Jiang Ruyi led Luoxian Pavilion away from the distant Sea Realm battle, but Shanwei Disciples detected Vicious Hounds to the south.
• Jiang Ruyi killed the first Vicious Hound with lightning and the Liangye Sword, but more Hounds arrived and their barking drove the group into a frenzy.
• Xiong Xiong ordered Wang Xuyang to lead one squad away while he and the others fought; Gao Yunyan charged with the Yellow Sand Axe.
• A sand haze and thunder froze the Vicious Hounds, allowing the Shanwei Disciples and their allies to attack, until Elder Peng arrived and ordered everyone to kneel.
• Elder Peng killed two Shanwei Believers with his axe as You Tianyao unleashed Dry Sea Torrent from underground.
• Elder Peng spotted Gao Yunyan carrying the Yellow Sand Axe and recognized her.

Elder Peng confronted You Tianyao's Dry Sea Torrent while Gao Yunyan tried to hide her connection to the captives and the Yellow Sand Axe. Lu Ran investigated the dead at Wanren Mountain and was stunned to see Jiang Ruyi flying from the battlefield.

• You Tianyao unleashed the Dry Sea Torrent, swallowing Zhu Yuan and many Shanwei Believers while driving the survivors toward Elder Peng.
• Gao Yunyan told Elder Peng that Guo Yize had sent her to escort the captives, but Elder Peng grew suspicious when she confronted the Yellow Sand Axe's spirit.
• Xue Fengchen warned Gao Yunyan as his giant axe struck, while Elder Peng ordered her to hand over the Yellow Sand Axe.
• Lu Ran captured a departed soul and learned that Tianhuang Mountain had attacked the Han Hai Gang, whose Sea Realm Great Being You Tianyao fought back.
• Lu Ran saw Jiang Ruyi flying out from the edge of Wanren Mountain and recognized her by her Black Ice Sword.

Jiang Ruyi and her companions fled from Elder Peng after Gao Yunyan was exposed, but Lu Ran appeared and defeated the Sea Realm elder. The chapter ended with Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi reunited in the rain, as she confessed that she had missed him.

• Jiang Ruyi led Gao Yunyan and her companions through the air while they used Frost Talismans to slow Elder Peng's pursuit.
• The Yellow Sand Axe pulled Gao Yunyan toward Elder Peng, so Jiang Ruyi blasted the weapon and Gao Yunyan away with an Exploding Flame Talisman.
• Elder Peng leapt from the sand after Jiang Ruyi, but a mysterious Coir Raincoat Person appeared and battered him with powerful hammer and python techniques.
• The Coir Raincoat Person struck Elder Peng repeatedly, then killed him by driving the Eight Desolates Saber through his head.
• Jiang Ruyi recognized the Coir Raincoat Person as Lu Ran, and he asked how she had reached Holy Spirit Mountain.
• Jiang Ruyi told Lu Ran that she had missed him, and they kissed beneath the rain.

Lu Ran and his allies joined the battle against the Drought Sea Believer while Jiang Ruyi organized the survivors. After Wang Xuyang's soul begged Lu Ran for help, Lu Ran used a Soul-Snatching Mirror to capture him and turned toward the enemy who had caused his death.

• Lu Ran left Jiang Ruyi to return to the fight, while she ordered Song Yu to gather the survivors and count their numbers.
• A coir-raincoat archer unleashed the Myriad Dragons Sea Suppression Arrow, and the survivors marveled at the mysterious group's powerful, sect-diverse members.
• Lu Ran reached the battlefield's edge, collected departed Vicious Hound souls, and watched his allies attack the enemy hiding underground.
• Wang Xuyang's soul asked Lu Ran for help and spoke of his mother's hope that Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi would marry.
• Lu Ran changed his Ancient Bronze Mirror into a Soul-Snatching Mirror, captured Wang Xuyang's soul, and asked whether the Drought Sea Believer had killed him.

Lu Ran and his allies defeated the Drought Sea Believer and the elder, then returned to Jiang Ruyi and the surviving members of Luoxian Pavilion. After the Sea Realm protectors greeted Jiang Ruyi as the Ran Sect’s Sect Leader’s Wife, Lu Ran burned the two enemies’ souls while hiding how deeply the threat to her had shaken him.

• Wang Xuyang recognized You Tianyao as the man who had caused his death, and Lu Ran let him watch as Deng Yuxiang, Nightmare, Cong Long, and Yu Changsheng cornered and killed You Tianyao.
• Lu Ran collected You Tianyao’s soul and the elder’s soul in Black Mist Orbs, gathered the dead souls from the battlefield, and ordered Jing Hong to take the Vicious Hound’s corpse to absorb.
• Lu Ran and his allies reached Jiang Ruyi and the eight surviving members of Luoxian Pavilion, where the Sea Realm protectors addressed Jiang Ruyi as the Sect Leader’s Wife.
• Jiang Ruyi recognized that Lu Ran had again become the one protecting her, and she greeted his three Sea Realm allies.
• Lu Ran showed Jiang Ruyi the captured souls of You Tianyao and the elder, then ignited Soul Fire in the orbs as he reflected on his anger and fear for her.

Under the moonlight, Lu Ran revealed the truth about his Sculpture Garden and recounted his journey through Holy Spirit Mountain to Jiang Ruyi. After learning that gods treated humans as livestock, Jiang Ruyi asked to sever her contract with Jade Talisman and place her trust in Lu Ran.

• Jiang Ruyi learned that Lu Ran had possessed a Sculpture Garden in his Spiritual World since becoming a Celestial Goat Believer, and he explained why he had kept it secret.
• Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi agreed that the gods and devils raised humans as livestock, and Lu Ran comforted her as she struggled with the truth.
• Lu Ran recounted his battles and travels through Holy Spirit Mountain, then told Jiang Ruyi that Jiang Xian'er was safe at Yunhai Cliff and had broken her contract with Lietian.
• Jiang Ruyi asked whether she could sever her contract with Jade Talisman and bind herself to a Divine Idol in Lu Ran's Sculpture Garden.
• Lu Ran warned that breaking the contract could cost Jiang Ruyi a cultivation stage, but she insisted she no longer wanted to be Jade Talisman's believer and told him she wanted to trust him.

Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi entered the mountain cave and met with Yu Changsheng to plan their return to Yunhai Cliff. Jiang Ruyi began tearing up her contract with the god, enduring intense pain as Lu Ran helped her through it.

• Lu Ran told Xiong Xiong and Shi Biao to kneel on one knee and comfort the grieving Shi Yong, then entered the mountain with Jiang Ruyi.
• Lu Ran told Yu Changsheng he planned to visit the Vicious Dog Clan the next day and return to Yunhai Cliff within seven days.
• Lu Ran asked Yu Changsheng to help with Jiang Ruyi's decision to tear up her contract with the god, and she refused to delay despite the risks.
• Jing Hong arrived, and Jiang Ruyi began tearing up the contract as Lu Ran held her hand and sent black fire into her.
• Jiang Ruyi's pain faded into resolve while the Soul Soothing Horn sounded and the Changsheng Carp and Huisheng Carp drifted toward her forehead.

After Jiang Ruyi recovered from tearing up her contract, she bonded with Lu Ran and prepared to rebuild her strength while he led the Ran Sect through a dangerous mission in Wanren Mountain. The sect returned to Yunhai Cliff, where Jiang Ruyi reunited with Si Xianxian.

• Lu Ran helped Jiang Ruyi complete a new contract with the Jade Talisman False God, and she recovered while leaning on him.
• The Liangye Sword told Lu Ran that a mysterious force had blocked its cultivation path, and he promised they would find the other side.
• Lu Ran led the Ran Sect on expeditions against the Vicious Dog Clan, completed the mission after five days, and withdrew safely from Wanren Mountain.
• On the twenty-ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Lu Ran returned to Yunhai Cliff through a Standing Mirror with Jiang Ruyi and the others.
• Si Xianxian recognized Jiang Ruyi, rushed to embrace her, and anxiously checked whether she had been hurt or hunted.

Lu Ran organized the Ran Sect’s new members, assigning leaders and establishing Flying Immortal Hall under Song Yu. Jiang Ruyi persuaded its members to worship her instead of the Jade Talisman, while Lu Ran considered using their faith to cultivate his false god statues.

• Lu Ran merged Luoxian Pavilion into the Ran Sect and assigned Xiong Xiong, Shi Yong, and Shi Biao to Mature Devil Hall, while Gao Yunyan and Xue Fengchen competed for the title of Divine General.
• Lu Ran established Flying Immortal Hall with Song Yu as Hall Master and Zhang Zhenghu and An Xian as members.
• Jiang Ruyi asked the three Jade Talisman Disciples whether they still believed in the gods, and they admitted they thought the gods had sent them to be purged.
• Jiang Ruyi urged Song Yu, Zhang Zhenghu, and An Xian to believe in her and Lu Ran instead of the Jade Talisman, explaining that she was walking the path to godhood.
• Song Yu and Zhang Zhenghu knelt to worship Jiang Ruyi, and An Xian followed; Jiang Ruyi arranged to bring a physician to help them tear up their contracts.
• Lu Ran considered having Flying Immortal Hall members pray to the Jade Talisman Stone Statue so their faith could help him cultivate it.

After helping the Flying Immortal Hall trio recover from breaking their contracts with the gods, Lu Ran showed Jiang Ruyi and Si Xianxian around Yunhai Dwelling and offered the Seven Star Treasure Knife to Deng Yuxiang. The visit ended with Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi sharing how they had avoided dwelling on their longing for each other while separated.

• Lu Ran, Yu Changsheng, and Jing Hong treated Song Yu, Zhang Zhenghu, and An Xian after they broke their contracts, and the exhausted trio fell asleep.
• Jiang Ruyi and Si Xianxian joined Lu Ran and toured his residence at Yunhai Cliff.
• Jiang Ruyi picked up the Seven Star Treasure Knife, and Lu Ran offered it to her before she suggested giving it to Deng Yuxiang.
• Lu Ran led Jiang Ruyi and Si Xianxian toward the seaside and teased Jiang Ruyi about whether he had thought of her.
• Lu Ran admitted he had not dared to think deeply about Jiang Ruyi while they were apart, and Jiang Ruyi understood his feelings.

Lu Ran contracted with three Flying Immortal Hall members, restored their access to divine techniques, and discovered that their prayers could reach the Jade Talisman Stone Statue across great distances. After returning to Yunhai Dwelling, he sent Si Xianxian home and shared an intimate moment with Jiang Ruyi, interrupted briefly by Yan Shuangzi.

• Lu Ran signed Master-Servant Contracts with Song Yu, An Xian, and Zhang Zhenghu and restored their ability to use the Jade Talisman Faction’s techniques.
• Lu Ran directed the three believers to pray and sensed their Power of Faith flowing through their contract threads into the Jade Talisman Stone Statue.
• Lu Ran tested the connection at increasing distances and found that believers’ techniques remained usable and their Power of Faith eventually reached him even from far away.
• Lu Ran told the three Flying Immortal Hall elders to resume cultivation and announced that he would build a Feixian Palace for their hall.
• Lu Ran teleported Si Xianxian home after she spent the evening chatting with Jiang Ruyi, then carried Jiang Ruyi toward the bedroom.
• Yan Shuangzi appeared when Lu Ran called for the Evil Shadow Guardian, so Lu Ran ordered her to leave before he continued toward the bed with Jiang Ruyi.

After reuniting with Jiang Ruyi at Yunhai Dwelling, Lu Ran arranged for a grand Feixian Palace to be built and learned that old Mister Bai YanHui had hinted at good fortune arriving. As he waited by the sea, Gao Yunyan and Xue Fengchen approached with questions for him.

• Lu Ran woke beside Jiang Ruyi, joked with her about his clothes, and asked Yan Shuangzi to wash two white robes.
• Jiang Ruyi invited Deng Yuxiang to speak privately, gave her the Seven Star Treasure Knife, and asked her to recount what happened after entering Holy Spirit Mountain.
• Lu Ran chose a site with Xun Yifei and the Ghost General squad for a Feixian Palace larger than the Meeting Hall, where stone sculptures would be enshrined.
• Lu Ran remembered old Mister Bai YanHui's suggestion that good fortune might arrive and waited at the eastern sea cliff.
• Lu Ran told Gao Yunyan and Xue Fengchen they could bathe in the sea because it belonged to the Ran Sect, and invited them to ask their questions.

Lu Ran's ambitious speech helped Gao Yunyan break through into the Sea Realm, giving the Ran Gate its fifth Sea Realm powerhouse. As Yunhai Cliff prepared for her advancement, Jiang Ruyi revealed that she was nearing a cultivation breakthrough too, and Lu Ran sent her to cultivate.

• Lu Ran urged Gao Yunyan and Xue Fengchen to follow him in resisting the gods and devils, and Gao Yunyan's resolve pushed her through the bottleneck into the Sea Realm.
• Lu Ran named Gao Yunyan a Divine General and sent her into a meditation room, then challenged Xue Fengchen to reach the Sea Realm within a month.
• Deng Yuxiang learned of Gao Yunyan's breakthrough and left to arrange guards for Yunhai Cliff.
• Lu Ran sent the Xiaguang Saber and Liangye Sword to patrol while the cliff's fog grew dense.
• Jiang Ruyi told Lu Ran she was nearing a cultivation bottleneck, and he sent her to the central meditation room with Little Chifeng to cultivate.

Lu Ran tried to use a newly summoned Vicious Hound to strengthen Yunhai Cliff’s defenses, but its bloodlust forced him to kill it. As the cliff remained secure and Gao Yunyan completed her advancement, she emerged as a Sea Realm powerhouse and saluted Lu Ran as Sect Leader.

• Lu Ran summoned a Jiang Realm: Fifth Stage Vicious Hound, which struggled against its instincts and attacked Yan Shuangzi, so Lu Ran restrained and killed it.
• Yan Shuangzi told Lu Ran that merging with the Evil Dog Sculpture had restored her former strength and brought her near a cultivation bottleneck; Lu Ran ordered her to cultivate in seclusion.
• Lu Ran studied whether the Master-Servant Contract could control his believers’ life and death while cultivating at Yunhai Cliff.
• Two Nu Hai Yanjiaos flew over Yunhai Cliff, and Lu Ran defeated them and washed the Eight Desolates Saber in their blood as it neared a breakthrough.
• On September 7th, Gao Yunyan emerged from seclusion after eight days of blessing, and Jiang Ruyi entered Advancement Mode.
• Gao Yunyan approached Lu Ran at the cliff’s edge and knelt to salute him as Sect Leader, having reached the Sea Realm.

After advancing to Jiang Realm: Fourth Stage, Jiang Ruyi left seclusion and reunited with Lu Ran, who tested whether he could use the believer contract to control a follower’s life and death. The test worked, leaving Lu Ran determined to return to the human world and ask Immortal Sheep to sever the Ran Sect generals’ Master-Servant Contracts.

• Jiang Ruyi broke through to Jiang Realm: Fourth Stage and emerged from seclusion, where Si Xianxian greeted her and then left to enter seclusion with the Chifengwen Gourd.
• Lu Ran took Jiang Ruyi to meet the Flying Immortal Hall members and said construction on Feixian Palace could resume now that the fog had dispersed.
• Lu Ran used the Jade Talisman Stone Statue and the believer contract to pour destructive Divine Power into Song Yu, then stopped and healed him with Huisheng Carp and Cage Fire.
• Lu Ran realized he could use the contract to threaten a believer’s life and decided that, if the Ran Sect returned to the human world, he would first consult Immortal Sheep and arrange to sever the generals’ Master-Servant Contracts.

After Feixian Palace was completed, the Ran Sect’s followers began worshipping its statues, and their faith helped Lu Ran’s False God Jade Talisman Stone Statue advance to Sea Realm Fourth Stage. With the advancement benefiting Jiang Ruyi, Lu Ran decided to head south with her and Si Xianxian to explore and try his luck with the Eight Desolates Destruction Saber.

• Xiong Xiong, Shi Yong, and Shi Biao completed two statues for Feixian Palace, while Jiang Ruyi proposed adding statues of the Ran Sect’s leaders and ranks.
• Deng Yuxiang, Great Nightmare, and Luo Ying began visiting Feixian Palace to pray, and their worship helped trigger the Jade Talisman Stone Statue’s advancement.
• As the stone statue advanced overnight, Jiang Ruyi and Si Xianxian woke in Yunhai Dwelling, and Lu Ran explained that the process would improve Jiang Ruyi’s talent and cultivation aptitude.
• The Jade Talisman Stone Statue reached Sea Realm Fourth Stage, and Jiang Ruyi told Lu Ran that the advancement had benefited her greatly.
• Lu Ran announced that he would explore south before preparing for his next advancement, and Jiang Ruyi and Si Xianxian both insisted on joining him.

Lu Ran led a small Ran Sect squad south to explore unfamiliar territory and discovered a vast lake dotted with islands. As the squad approached, a scout spotted them and warned Island Master He, who suspected that Jingting Mountain’s people had returned.

• Lu Ran assigned Luo Ying and Xun Yifei to protect Yunhai Cliff, then chose Jiang Ruyi, Yu Changsheng, Deng Yuxiang, Yan Shuangzi, and the Fengyan Two Generals to accompany him south.
• The squad traveled inland through the mountains, finding scattered demons, devils, and evil spirits but no major stronghold.
• Lu Ran discovered an immense lake with numerous forested islands and ordered the squad to investigate despite Yu Changsheng and Jiang Ruyi’s warnings.
• At the lakeshore, Lu Ran noticed a figure moving on a distant island while the squad found no trace of life nearby.
• A grass-clothed scout reported the intruders to Island Master He, who angrily asked if they were from Jingting Mountain again.