Chapter Summaries

Lu Ran and the Ran Sect Generals planned to attack Jingting Mountain after settling the crisis at Yanyu Lake. The group prepared to leave the next morning, while He Yingcai was assigned to remain on Qinghe Island and report on the Thousand Boat Alliance.

• Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi thanked Yun Qianzhou and returned to Qinghe Island, where Deng Yuxiang comforted Yan Shuangzi and encouraged her to catch up with the Moonlight Tassel Sachet.
• Jiang Ruyi welcomed Yan Shuangzi and examined her restored eyes, while Lu Ran learned that Yun Qianzhou had entered seclusion again.
• Lu Ran proposed attacking Jingting Mountain, and He Qifeng agreed that the Great Wind Hall would travel with the Ran Sect and support the expedition along the way.
• Yu Changsheng recommended that He Yingcai stay on Qinghe Island as the Ran Sect's representative, and Lu Ran agreed to provide her with a divine weapon for communication.
• Lu Ran ordered the Ran Sect to rest for a day and depart for Jingting Mountain the next morning.

Lu Ran returned to Yunhai Cliff, prepared to enter seclusion, and shared a quiet reunion with Jiang Ruyi. Meanwhile, Li Rouyin asked Hao Tian not to leave for pilgrimage, ending the chapter in visible distress.

• Lu Ran found Jingting Mountain abandoned and burned, then left Great Wind Hall and returned to Yunhai Cliff with the Ran Sect.
• Lu Ran told the gathered believers he would enter seclusion and promised Bai YanHui that Mr. Conglong would arrange treatment for his eyes.
• Jiang Ruyi kissed Lu Ran, then agreed to send Si Xianxian away for the night before Lu Ran returned home and kissed her.
• Hao Tian visited Li Rouyin with spicy duck wings and told her he might leave to cultivate under Lord Dong Ting.
• Li Rouyin invited Hao Tian upstairs, asked him not to go, then crushed her Bamboo Cup as a terrifying pressure surged from her.

Lu Ran received Sudden Inspiration while resting with Jiang Ruyi and broke through his cultivation bottleneck, beginning his advancement to the Sea Realm in Yunhai Cliff’s Number One Closed Door Meditation Room. Jiang Ruyi organized the Ran Sect’s defenses and prepared for the dangers that might come during the next five to ten days.

• As Lu Ran reflected on Jiang Ruyi’s choice to leave the Human World and join him, Yunhai Chenqing Knife flew to his hand.
• Lu Ran’s insight deepened around the name Yunhai Chenqing Knife, and he headed into the Number One Closed Door Meditation Room to advance.
• Jiang Ruyi sent Xiaguang Saber, Silent Night Blade, and Eight Desolates Saber to protect Lu Ran, then urged Deng Yuxiang not to delay her own cultivation progress.
• Deng Yuxiang took Chifengwen Gourd to arrange the defenses, while Jiang Ruyi instructed Yan Shuangzi to summon the Fengyan Two Generals and guard the meditation room entrance.
• Jiang Ruyi went to the Meeting Hall to oversee preparations as Lu Ran began his Sea Realm advancement.

Lu Ran broke through into the Sea Realm and reunited with Jiang Ruyi, who urged him to keep advancing cautiously. After learning that Deng Yuxiang and Yan Shuangzi had also progressed, he went to test a Sea-grade Evil Technique and discovered that Yunhai Cliff had recently been attacked without suffering losses.

• Lu Ran guided his Divine Power to merge into a vast sea, completing his advancement into the Sea Realm.
• Jiang Ruyi embraced Lu Ran, congratulated him, and made him promise to remain cautious.
• Lu Ran learned that Deng Yuxiang had advanced the previous night and that Yan Shuangzi had reached the third stage of the River Realm in late September.
• Lu Ran sent Jiang Ruyi into seclusion and went to Ink Sea Bay to test a technique with Yan Shuangzi.
• Lu Ran learned that a Nu Hai Yanjiao had attacked Yunhai Cliff and that Luo Shenjiang had killed it without any losses.
• Lu Ran summoned a stable flesh-and-blood clone with the Sea-grade Evil Technique: Evil Shadow.

Lu Ran tested the power and limits of his Sea-grade techniques, then asked Yan Shuangzi whether she wanted to attack Daoji Peak now or after advancing. Yan Shuangzi chose to wait until she reached Jiang Realm: Fifth Stage, while Lu Ran prepared to challenge Master Jade Talisman at Yumen Pass.

• Lu Ran summoned Ying Ran and found that he could control the Sea Realm puppet only from a third-person perspective, then used it to overpower Yan Shuangzi in a sparring match.
• Lu Ran considered tracking Ying Ran through Mirror of Affinity to scout the Heavenly Realm, but discovered that summoning two Ying Rans at once made both puppets collapse.
• Lu Ran demonstrated Sea-grade Evil Teeth and Evil Shadow Flash, then encouraged Yan Shuangzi to stop belittling herself and speak honestly.
• Lu Ran asked Yan Shuangzi whether she wanted to attack Daoji Peak immediately or wait until she advanced, and she chose to go after reaching Jiang Realm: Fifth Stage.
• After Yan Shuangzi left to guard the Number One Closed Door Meditation Room, Lu Ran tested his Sea-grade Jade Talisman techniques and vowed to confront Master Jade Talisman at Yumen Pass.

Lu Ran discovered that the Chifengwen Gourd had advanced into a Second Stage Magic Tool and tested its newfound ability to swallow living creatures. After barely escaping its concentrated Divine Power, he realized the gourd might let him carry an army safely if it stopped refining its captives.

• After the mist cleared, Lu Ran learned Jiang Ruyi remained in seclusion and Deng Yuxiang had successfully advanced.
• Deng Yuxiang revealed that the Chifengwen Gourd had become a Second Stage Magic Tool after feasting for several days.
• The gourd swallowed Lu Ran, whose tiny body was overwhelmed by its concentrated Divine Power, then spat him back out when he ordered it to release him.
• Lu Ran concluded that the gourd could safely hold living captives if Little Chifeng stopped refining them, potentially allowing him to carry an army.

Lu Ran planned to gather believers in Zijin City and strengthen the Ran Sect’s divine statues before continuing his journey through Holy Spirit Mountain. He used Mirror Flower Moon to meet He Qifeng, who had prepared three Chixue Colt believers for him.

• Lu Ran learned that Lord Yun had not emerged from seclusion and that Cai Divine General communicated with Yu Changsheng almost every day.
• Lu Ran assigned Si Xianxian to prepare Flying Immortal Hall to receive Qifeng’s believers and said he would have half of them worship a new statue of Si Xianxian.
• Lu Ran planned to strengthen the Lietian God Statue and other statues by gathering Holy Spirit Qi and hunting Evil Underlings, then agreed to visit Seven Star Island and seek Immortal Island.
• Lu Ran used Mirror Flower Moon to travel to Zijin City with Yu Changsheng and Yan Shuangzi, where He Qifeng welcomed them.
• He Qifeng revealed that the three people waiting outside were Chixue Colt believers she had prepared for Lu Ran, who objected to what she seemed to think of him.

Lu Ran and He Qifeng discussed the three Zhong sisters, elite Chixue believers trapped in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, and decided they would join the Ran Sect. The chapter ended with Lu Ran assigning Yan Shuangzi a unit to command while Yu Changsheng realized he was the only Protector without followers.

• He Qifeng explained that Zhong Ya, Zhong Rou, and Zhong Ling had served as Chixue City guards and were skilled leaders and fighters.
• The Zhong sisters revealed that God Chixue had chosen them before they turned seventeen and sent them into Holy Spirit Mountain to gather Holy Spirit Qi; all three had reached Jiang Realm: Fourth Stage.
• Lu Ran asked which sect they wanted to join, but the sisters asked him and He Qifeng to decide for them.
• He Qifeng recommended that the dagger-wielding sisters join Nuo Sha, Greedy Wolf, or Yan Shuangzi's Vicious Hound faction, and Lu Ran accepted them into the Ran Sect.
• Lu Ran told Yan Shuangzi to establish a unit, leaving Yu Changsheng to wonder why he alone among the Four Great Protectors had no followers.

Lu Ran named the Shadow Guard, prepared to bring eighty-eight believers back to Yunhai Cliff, and demonstrated the Chifengwen Gourd’s newly revealed ability to absorb people. He and He Qifeng set off with nearly a hundred believers stored inside the gourd.

• Lu Ran named the unit the Shadow Guard and assigned the Zhong Sisters and another member to follow the Evil Shadow Guardian.
• He Qifeng told Lu Ran that eighty-eight carefully selected believers were willing to join the Ran Sect and urged him to project authority when meeting them.
• At the Training Ground, He Qifeng introduced Lu Ran to the believers and ordered them to obey him as they returned with him to construct the Ran Sect’s base.
• Lu Ran unleashed his Sea Realm aura, reassured the believers that he would give them a future, and shared Divine Power from the Chifengwen Gourd with He Qifeng.
• Lu Ran discovered that the Chifengwen Gourd could absorb living people, then used it to take in nearly a hundred believers before leaving with He Qifeng.

At Feixian Palace, Lu Ran brought the people from Zijin City into the Ran Sect and offered them a choice between cultivating Jade Talisman and Lietian divine techniques while urging them to believe in him instead of the gods. After most chose a path, Lu Ran began a display of power that left the chapter poised on his next move.

• Lu Ran ordered statues made for the Ran Sect’s Four Guardians and Eight Divine Generals and brought the Zijin City people to Feixian Palace.
• Lu Ran told the newcomers that he would protect them and displayed both Jade Talisman and Lietian divine techniques.
• Lu Ran urged the crowd to stop believing in gods and believe in him, promising protection, shelter, and freedom from enslavement.
• The newcomers chose between the two factions, with more initially favoring Lietian before Lu Ran’s reassurance brought the camps closer to balance.
• Lu Ran called Yu Changsheng and Jing Hong to help him, then looked toward the roiling clouds as a deafening boom shook the hall.

Lu Ran took in eighty-eight believers, organized the Ran Sect, and restricted a powerful divine technique to keep its disciples in check. After assigning his Shadow Guards weapons and codenames, he teleported to Seven Star Island to reclaim Holy Spirit Qi, startling a Mirror Demon.

• Lu Ran discussed sect discipline with Yu Changsheng and decided to forbid believers from using Liehuo Tiankui except when the sect faced an existential threat.
• Lu Ran appointed the Fengyan Two Generals to lead an Enforcement Hall and assigned Bai Lao to handle the disciples' education and discipline.
• Lu Ran signed contracts with eighty-eight believers, issued warnings, and began setting up the Ran Sect's rules and living arrangements.
• Lu Ran sent Yan Shuangzi and three Shadow Guards to choose weapons and codenames, then prepared to visit Seven Star Island with them.
• Lu Ran used the Teleportation Mirror to appear in a cave on Seven Star Island, where a Mirror Demon shrieked to warn nearby creatures of an intruder.

After Lu Ran’s Mirror Demon Sculpture advanced, he and the Shadow Guard Team found an Immortal Island, allowing the Lietian God Statue to reach the Sea Realm. As the statues’ advancement left Lu Ran mentally drained, Jiang Ruyi returned from seclusion and found him apparently asleep, unaware that he was still facing another enormous statue in his Spiritual World.

• Lu Ran’s Mirror Demon Evil Sculpture advanced to the Sea Realm, Second Stage, and he established Nine Star Island while keeping the guards at Yunhai Cliff.
• Lu Ran and the Shadow Guard Team found an Immortal Island, and Jiang Ruyi’s Lietian God Statue began advancing while she prayed at Feixian Palace.
• Lu Ran activated the Dong Ting God Statue as well, leaving him mentally dazed while both statues advanced.
• Jiang Ruyi advanced to the peak Jiang Realm and later returned to Yunhai Cliff, where Yan Shuangzi said Lu Ran had been lying down since absorbing the Immortal Island’s Holy Spirit Qi.
• Jiang Ruyi lay beside Lu Ran and held his hand, while Lu Ran remained in the Gods and Devils Sculpture Garden staring at an enormous Divine Idol.

Lu Ran discovered that the Dong Ting God Statue had reached Heaven Realm and that its advancement there followed a different pattern. As he and Jiang Ruyi discussed their plans to explore Holy Spirit Mountain and investigate the heavenly realm, Jiang Ruyi began breaking through to Sea Realm.

• Lu Ran examined the Heaven Realm Dong Ting statue and realized that its realm had three points of transformation instead of five.
• Lu Ran woke beside Jiang Ruyi, learned she had reached the peak of Jiang Realm, and told her about the statue’s growth pattern.
• Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi discussed traveling across Holy Spirit Mountain and using the Mirror of Affinity to investigate the heavenly realm.
• Jiang Ruyi surged with energy and began advancing toward Sea Realm while resting in Lu Ran’s arms.

Jiang Ruyi advanced to the Sea Realm while Yan Shuangzi reached the fourth stage of the River Realm, and Lu Ran prepared to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Ran Sect. After discussing future battles and stone sculptures, Lu Ran revealed that he could activate fifteen more.

• Jiang Ruyi advanced to the Sea Realm, and Yan Shuangzi emerged from seclusion at the fourth stage of the River Realm to stay by Lu Ran’s side.
• Lu Ran told Yan Shuangzi to consolidate her realm and said they would act against Daoji Peak around April.
• Lu Ran promised the Eight Desolates Saber that he would take it into battle after New Year’s, and the saber said its desire to destroy everything had grown stronger.
• Jiang Ruyi returned to Yunhai Dwelling, teased Lu Ran for complaining that she had not come home, and agreed to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Ran Sect and their guests.
• Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi discussed activating an earth-burrowing stone sculpture and planning their next journey through Holy Spirit Mountain.
• Jiang Ruyi asked how many more stone sculptures Lu Ran could activate, and he answered that he could activate fifteen.

On New Year's Eve, Lu Ran met He Yingcai in the mountains and traveled with the Shadow Guard Team to Mud Pig Forest to hunt pigs for Yunhai Cliff’s bonfire banquet. He Yingcai and Lu Ran’s guards began subduing the charging Mud Mountain Pigs, leaving the hunt underway.

• He Yingcai reflected on her feelings for Cong Long and urged the Cold Moon Sword Spirit to risk pursuing a new life.
• Lu Ran arrived through a mirror and asked He Yingcai where Mud Pig Forest was, then traveled there with the Shadow Guard Team.
• A Mud Mountain Pig attacked Lu Ran’s group with Mud Splatter, but He Yingcai blocked the attack with a lotus leaf.
• Evil Shadow Guardian used Instantaneous Movement to sever the Mud Mountain Pig’s head.
• More Mud Mountain Pigs charged from the swamp, and He Yingcai immobilized one with Lotus Root Silk Connection and disrupted its energy with Lotus Root Silk Chaos.

Lu Ran and He Yingcai fought the Mud Mountain Pigs, then returned to Yunhai Cliff, where He Qifeng asked when she could receive believers’ worship. He Yingcai planned to accompany Lu Ran to Red Rain Valley after New Year, and the chapter ended with Lu Ran pretending to be exhausted from the battle.

• Lu Ran and He Yingcai controlled the battlefield while the Eight Desolates Saber and Shadow Guards killed more than twenty Mud Mountain Pigs.
• Lu Ran ordered the Chifengwen Gourd to absorb the pig corpses and bones, promising it half the pigs to eat.
• He Yingcai offered to join Lu Ran's trip to Red Rain Valley after New Year, and Lu Ran agreed despite Mr. Conglong's advice that she remain on Qinghe Island.
• Lu Ran, He Yingcai, and the Shadow Guard Team returned to Yunhai Cliff, where He Qifeng asked when she could receive worship from believers.
• He Yingcai asked to see Yunhai Cliff, but Jiang Ruyi sent Mr. Conglong to show her around while Lu Ran claimed he was exhausted from fighting.

He Yingcai pressed Yu Changsheng about his feelings and persuaded him to let her remain by his side as they pursued their shared mission. At the banquet, Lu Ran noticed them arriving arm in arm and wondered whether gods and devils were truly eternal.

• He Yingcai told Yu Changsheng that Lu Ran had promised to bring her on the expedition to Red Rain Valley, while Yu Changsheng urged her to focus on her duties in the Bihuo Seven Islands.
• He Yingcai asked Yu Changsheng three questions, learned that he had no family or beloved and did not dislike her, then took his arm and vowed to help him with their mission until he accepted her.
• Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi discussed whether they would die in battle or attain eternal life, prompting Lu Ran to wonder whether all gods and devils were truly immortal.
• Lu Ran saw He Yingcai return to the banquet arm in arm with Yu Changsheng, welcomed him with roasted meat, and confused Yu Changsheng with an unexpected remark.

After Si Xianxian advanced, she hurried to Yunhai Dwelling to make sure Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi would take her traveling through Holy Spirit Mountain. On Lu Ran’s birthday, Jiang Ruyi gave him a black-and-gold robe she had made with Mom Luo’s help, and he set off in it the next morning.

• Si Xianxian advanced from the Second Stage to the Third Stage of the Jiang Realm, and Lu Ran guarded her as the breakthrough’s fog spread over Yunhai Cliff.
• Si Xianxian rushed to Yunhai Dwelling and clung to Jiang Ruyi, fearing Lu Ran would leave without her again; Jiang Ruyi promised they would take her along.
• Si Xianxian returned to stabilize her realm, while Yan Shuangzi said she would lend the Moonlight Tassel Sachet to the Mad Immortal Guardian after reaching the peak of the Jiang Realm.
• Lu Ran and Jiang Ruyi discussed their dangerous circumstances and agreed they should not consider having children yet.
• Jiang Ruyi gave Lu Ran a black-and-gold robe she had made with Mom Luo’s help, and Lu Ran put it on and kissed her.

Lu Ran and the Ran Sect attacked the Qiansi Ying Clan in Red Rain Valley, turning its deadly gorge into a battlefield as they slaughtered the clan. Lu Ran harvested Qiansi Ying souls to advance his evil sculpture, aiming to raise it beyond the Sea Realm and toward the Heavenly Realm.

• Lu Ran led the group into Red Rain Valley, where He Yingcai warned them that Qiansi Ying hid in surface cracks to ambush prey.
• Lu Ran killed a sleeping Qiansi Ying, then used his red eyes and Exploding Sky technique to attack the creatures lurking in the gorge.
• Jiang Ruyi poured Exploding Flame Talismans into the gorge while Si Xianxian blasted Qiansi Ying climbing its walls, and the Ran Sect pushed through the valley.
• Lu Ran fought through the sea of fire, killed the injured Qiansi Ying, and seized her soul as the Qiansi Ying Clan sculpture shook during its advancement.

Jiang Ruyi and the Ran Sect forces ravaged Red Rain Valley, but a large Qiansi Ying force counterattacked with Red Silk Rain. Lu Ran rescued Si Xianxian, then entered the enemy ranks to trigger his Electric Shackles Talisman as she summoned a giant Lietian God Hammer.

• Jiang Ruyi burned and flooded the canyon and surrounding forests while Deng Yuxiang reopened the earth with the Night Beguiler Evil Saber and blew away the Qiansi Ying Clan’s Red Silk Rain.
• A Qiansi Ying’s ultimate move was interrupted by a mysterious figure and the forest support forces were swallowed by Jiang Ruyi’s Quicksand Rivers.
• Sand Whips threatened Si Xianxian, but Lu Ran carried her to safety and sent her to He Yingcai’s lotus leaf.
• More than a hundred Qiansi Yings attacked from the southeast, and Lu Ran ordered everyone to retreat while he prepared the Eight Desolates Saber.
• Lu Ran charged into the Qiansi Ying ranks and activated a five-hundred-meter Lightning Domain, shocking the attackers before he withdrew.
• Si Xianxian formed a hundred-meter Lietian God Hammer and brought it crashing down on the Qiansi Ying legion as Lu Ran’s saber trembled beneath a terrifying aura.