Chapter Summaries

Ning Zhuo fought Tian Shuang while trying to protect the Three Generals Camp, and the battle exposed a weakness in his mind-sea defenses. The My Buddha Heart Demon Seal rescued him and wounded Tian Shuang, leaving both sides in a strange standoff as the Three Generals Camp pressed its attack.

• Ning Zhuo survived Tian Shuang's ice meteor and fought underground against waves of Earth Melt Ghosts while trying to buy time for the Three Generals Camp to retreat.
• Tian Shuang used Frost Soul Gaze to chill Ning Zhuo's body and mind, but Ning Zhuo adapted his Flame Cloak spell by controlling the Fire Aspect Heart Temple.
• Tian Shuang unleashed Frost Soul Gaze at full power and froze many of Ning Zhuo's mirror thoughts until the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal released Buddha Light and restored his thinking.
• The Buddha Light rebounded against Tian Shuang, grievously injuring his eyes and filling his mind with Buddha thoughts, while Ning Zhuo treated his wounds instead of attacking.
• Liu Er, Guan Hong, and Zhang Hei attacked Tian Shuang in turns, using their teamwork to drive him back as Earth Ash watched and laughed.

Ning Zhuo helped the Three Generals Camp withstand the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, then turned to fight Tian Shuang while Earth Ash attacked from afar. The battle remained unresolved as Tian Shuang’s ghostly instruments and Buddhist thoughts continued to trouble Ning Zhuo.

• Tian Shuang used his Ghost Lantern to hinder Liu Guan Zhang’s three generals while Earth Ash attacked their Iron Bucket Formation with ghostfire and summoned Fire Fiend Ghosts through a Ghost Gate.
• Ning Zhuo attacked the Fire Fiend Ghosts with Five Elements Spells and his mechanism army, forcing Earth Ash to withdraw the Ghost Gate and escape underground.
• Ning Zhuo returned to the camp, then attacked Tian Shuang, whose Buddhist thoughts made him stand still and accept Ning Zhuo’s spells; the three generals returned to command the formation.
• Zhu Xuanji criticized the three generals for dividing their forces, while Red Sleeve Immortal and Lin Bufan defended Ning Zhuo’s judgment and courage.
• Ning Zhuo continued fighting Tian Shuang in the air and summoned Heavy Armor Blood Ape Da Sheng to help him against the Ice Crystal Netherworld Souls.
• Tian Shuang attacked with an ice-crystal pipa whose mournful sound chilled Ning Zhuo’s soul and consumed his attention.

Ning Zhuo struggled to survive Heavenly Frost’s Profound Yin Frozen Realm while Sun Lingtong secretly helped him, until reinforcements from Two Injections Country’s main army arrived. Zhu Xuanji’s plan to turn the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts against the army was revealed as the fighting shifted against the ghosts.

• Heavenly Frost trapped Ning Zhuo and his allies in the Profound Yin Frozen Realm, where Yuan Dasheng sacrificed himself to shield Ning Zhuo from ice cones.
• Sun Lingtong used the Theft Art to remove the ice cones and save Ning Zhuo, exposing herself to Heavenly Frost, Zhu Xuanji, Lin Bufan, and Red Sleeve Immortal.
• Ning Zhuo dodged Heavenly Frost’s attacks with borrowed and mechanical equipment while Sun Lingtong aided him, and he saw that Liu Er and the other generals were losing ground to Earth Ghost.
• Zhu Xuanji revealed that his reinforcements had arrived, and Nascent Soul Cultivators from Two Injections Country’s main army attacked the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts.
• Blazing Sun True Person, Mountain Peak Zi, and a hunchbacked old man countered Heavenly Frost’s ice magic and helped Ning Zhuo escape his pursuit.
• Lin Bufan realized Zhu Xuanji had arranged for the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts to clash with Two Injections Country’s army, letting him use the conflict to protect Ning Zhuo and weaken both sides.

Ning Zhuo and the Three Generals Camp watched Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts turn the battle against Two Injections Country by switching identities through the Ghost Mask Technique. As the camp retreated, the Twin Ghosts unleashed their Heaven and Earth Combined Strike to stop Ning Zhuo from escaping.

• Tianshuang and Dihui revealed that they had exchanged identities using the Ghost Mask Technique, turning Two Injections Country's targeted attacks against its cultivators.
• Heaven Ghost gained the upper hand on the ground while Earth Ghost tore away the Heavenly Ghost Mask and overwhelmed his opponents in the sky.
• The Heavenly Ghost Mask, filled with Buddhist thoughts Ning Zhuo had planted in Earth Ghost, protected the Three Generals Camp from the battle's shockwaves.
• Liu Er ordered the Three Generals Camp to retreat in its Iron Bucket Formation, and the Heavenly Ghost Mask shielded them along the way.
• Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts refused to let Ning Zhuo escape and combined their divine abilities in the Heaven and Earth Combined Strike.

After the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts’ combined strike devastated the battlefield, Ning Zhuo and the Three Generals Camp faced them with little chance of victory. Zhang Hei charged the Ghost Cultivators to protect Ning Zhuo, and Tian Shuang answered with the Nine Nether Cold Soul Claw.

• The Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts’ combined strike killed more than half of Two Injections Country’s Nascent Soul Cultivators and devastated the Three Generals Camp.
• Ning Zhuo insisted on rescuing the surviving soldiers, while Sun Lingtong realized Buddhist intent was interfering with his judgment.
• Blazing Sun True Person and the two remaining Nascent Soul Cultivators fled, but the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts focused on Ning Zhuo and the camp.
• Tian Shuang attacked Ning Zhuo, and Zhang Hei, Guan Hong, and Liu Er worked together to break his ice blade.
• Ning Zhuo urged Sun Lingtong to escape with the others, but she refused to leave him behind.
• Zhang Hei charged the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, and Tian Shuang cast the Nine Nether Cold Soul Claw at him.

Ning Zhuo used the Tian Shuang Ghost Mask to connect his Life Hanging by a Thread divine power to Tian Shuang and flooded the connection with Buddhist thoughts. Tian Shuang turned against Earth Ghost to protect Ning Zhuo, leaving the battle at a sudden turning point.

• Tian Shuang overwhelmed Zhang Hei, Guan Hong, and Liu Er, while Ning Zhuo offered himself to spare the others.
• Zhang Hei, Guan Hong, and Liu Er stood together to fight for Ning Zhuo, and their shared resolve strengthened the Three Generals Camp's fortune.
• Sun Lingtong alerted Ning Zhuo to a plan, and Ning Zhuo used Life Hanging by a Thread to connect with the Tian Shuang Ghost Mask.
• Ning Zhuo poured Buddhist thoughts through the Ghost Mask, causing them to flood Tian Shuang's consciousness and suppress his own will.
• Tian Shuang blocked Earth Ghost's attack on Ning Zhuo and urged Earth Ghost to turn back.

Ning Zhuo sustained Tian Shuang’s Buddhist thoughts long enough for Tian Shuang to turn against Earth Ash, drive him away, and leave with a vow to pursue him. Tian Shuang gave Ning Zhuo his cultivation records, wealth, and ghost mask before departing, while Zhao Xi faced blame at the Two Injections Country army camp for the disastrous losses.

• Tian Shuang opened a Ghost Gate and unleashed ice ghosts against Earth Ash’s Fire Fiend and Earth Melt Ghost hordes, then used his spells and treasures to battle Earth Ash.
• Tian Shuang summoned the Profound Yin Ice Coffin, prompting Earth Ash to retreat underground rather than continue fighting.
• Tian Shuang thanked Ning Zhuo for awakening him, gave him a jade slip, his accumulated wealth, and the Tian Shuang Ghost Mask, and vowed to pursue Earth Ash even if it cost his life.
• Tian Shuang departed after composing a poem for Ning Zhuo, who collapsed from exhaustion and urged Liu Er, Guan Hong, and Zhang Hei to retreat after clearing the battlefield.
• The generals at the Two Injections Country army camp learned their battle squad had been devastated, then turned their attention toward Zhao Xi as the planner of the failed pursuit.

After the Three Generals Camp defeated the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, Zhao Xi learned that Ning Zhuo had earned great merit and moved to bring him back to the main camp. Zhu Xuanji’s suspicions about Ning Zhuo’s powers led Lin Bufan to retrieve him, and Ning Zhuo chose to separate from the Three Generals Camp rather than return to Zhao Xi’s camp.

• Zhao Xi faced criticism after Blazing Sun True Person and two other Nascent Soul Cultivators returned from their defeat by the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts.
• A messenger delivered proof that the Three Generals Camp had driven off the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, with Ning Zhuo and the camp’s generals credited with great merit.
• Zhao Xi ordered a troop to welcome Ning Zhuo, but Liu Er reported that Ning Zhuo had already left with his guard.
• Zhu Xuanji worried that Ning Zhuo might have mastered Life Hanging by a Thread and sent Lin Bufan to retrieve him.
• Sun Lingtong revealed herself to Liu Guan Zhang, and they trusted Lin Bufan after he showed them Fire in Wood and Ning Zhuo confirmed his identity.
• Ning Zhuo agreed to separate from the Three Generals Camp after they divided the spoils of war.

Ning Zhuo recovered and explored Tian Shuang’s Storage Bag with Sun Lingtong, uncovering immense wealth, Soul Dao records, and other spoils from the battle. After receiving Fire in Wood, Ning Zhuo resolved to rebuild his combat strength quickly, fearing Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts might return before he could leave the battlefield.

• Ning Zhuo healed in the Mechanical Cabin and joined Sun Lingtong to inspect Tian Shuang’s Storage Bag.
• Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong found more than one hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, along with numerous ghost-cultivation supplies and records.
• Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong examined damaged magic treasures recovered from cultivators killed by Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts’ combined attack.
• Ning Zhuo received the Tian Shuang Ghost Mask and Fire in Wood, while the Three Generals Camp prepared to report their victory and carry away battle spoils.
• Ning Zhuo decided to restore his Mechanism Puppets quickly, wary that Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts could reconcile and return to kill him.

After the battle with the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, Ning Zhuo decided to rebuild the Azure Iron Han Armor into a powerful flying weapon. With Sun Lingtong, he designed and tested extensive upgrades, leaving the armor transformed but still dependent on acquiring a Golden Core for its new power source.

• Ning Zhuo told Sun Lingtong he wanted to modify the Azure Iron Han Armor for flight after recognizing how badly he needed aerial combat ability.
• Ning Zhuo proposed replacing the armor’s Foundation Establishment Pill core with a Golden Core, while Sun Lingtong suggested using battle merit to seek Golden Cores and contacting Zhao Xi about the possibility of obtaining Nascent Souls.
• Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong designed a streamlined armor with golden swallow wings, then Ning Zhuo used the Mechanical Platforms to reshape it and conduct low-altitude flight tests.
• Ning Zhuo created a Five Elements Golden Core Wheel and added arrays for speed, endurance, pressure regulation, propulsion, and defense before assembling and testing the upgraded armor.
• Ning Zhuo corrected propulsion and overheating problems, strengthened the arrays, replaced the failing wing material, and refined the armor’s wings, core wheel, and controls.
• Ning Zhuo completed the transformed Azure Iron Han Armor, which now had golden swallow wings and twelve Spirit Division Mirrors along its spine.

Ning Zhuo strengthened his mechanism puppets, armor, spells, and flying-puppet designs while preparing for an expected decisive battle on the Thousand Peaks Forest Battlefield. As the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts remained separated and Two Injections Country faced an imminent assault, Zhao Xi sent Liu Er to deliver Ning Zhuo rewards and a plea for his help.

• Ning Zhuo cremated the Azure Iron Han Armor to restore Buddha Physician Meng Yaoyin’s spirituality and used Qi Bai’s relics to raise Nether Envoy Qi Bai’s spirituality to ninety-two percent, then chose to conserve the puppet.
• Ning Zhuo tested the upgraded Azure Iron Han Armor, designed new Five Elements spells and a three-layer Scorching Fire Shroud, and began developing Mechanism Golden Swallows based on the Thunder Stillness Bird.
• Tian Shuang relentlessly bombarded Di Hui as the two Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts fought in a remote part of Thousand Peaks Forest.
• Lord Long decided to attack Two Injections Country’s Frontline Camp without waiting for the missing Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts.
• Zhao Xi ordered Liu Er to deliver Ning Zhuo his battle-merit rewards and a personal letter asking him to help hold off the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts in the coming battle.

Ning Zhuo collected battle rewards, tested his mechanism equipment, and refined a Metal Aspect Lung Temple using Ten Thousand Year Gold Essence. Meanwhile, Lord Long secured Flourishing Weakness Young Master's help with a contract and a Life Sea Dragon Spring, then led Thousand Peaks Forest's army toward the Two Injections Country Frontline Camp as the second battle approached.

• Ning Zhuo gave Liu Er two hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and declined to return to the camp, while Liu Er handed him his exchanged battle rewards.
• Ning Zhuo accepted three Golden Cores, eighteen National Power Bricks, and two defensive Dharma treasures, but he and Sun Lingtong decided not to trust Zhao Xi's offer of a private Nascent Soul exchange.
• Ning Zhuo installed an earth-aspect Golden Core in the Five Elements Golden Core Wheel, tested the Azure Iron Han Armor and Mechanism Golden Swallows, and let Sun Lingtong try the armor.
• Ning Zhuo used the Cremation Prajna Spirit Liberation Scripture to refine his lungs with Ten Thousand Year Gold Essence, completing his Metal Aspect Lung Temple.
• Lord Long agreed to Flourishing Weakness Young Master's demand for a Life Sea Dragon Spring, and they sealed their deal with a Divine Decree of the God of Contract.
• Lord Long gave Flourishing Weakness Young Master the Dragon Spring and then led Thousand Peaks Forest's allied forces to the Two Injections Country Frontline Camp, where the second grand battle was about to begin.

Thousand Peaks Forest's allied army and Two Injections Country prepared for battle, with Lu Hongtu proposing that their Nascent Soul Cultivators challenge the enemy generals one by one. Lei Qingyang fought the Blood Shadow Cave Master in the opening duel, and the battle remained unresolved as the Blood Shadow Cave Master reappeared above him.

• Lord Long consulted Lu Hongtu and the allied army about attacking Two Injections Country's fortified camp, while keeping the Ginseng Beard Dragon King's plans secret.
• Lu Hongtu warned against a direct assault and proposed that allied Nascent Soul Cultivators draw out and duel Two Injections Country's generals.
• Zhao Xi dismissed concerns that strategist Ning Zhuo had abandoned his post, explaining that Ning Zhuo was carrying out a secret order.
• The Blood Shadow Cave Master challenged Two Injections Country's generals, and Zhao Xi sent Lei Qingyang to face him after Xu Dali volunteered.
• Lei Qingyang and the Blood Shadow Cave Master exchanged lightning and blood techniques; Lei Qingyang shattered the Blood Shadow Cave Master's blade and struck his clone with a Five Thunders Seal, but the Blood Shadow Cave Master reappeared overhead.

As Lei Qingyang lost the first champion duel to Blood Shadow Cave Master through hidden poison, the Thousand Peaks Forest Alliance sent the notorious Gu Cultivator Li Jiuqu to challenge Two Injections Country. Mo Yechen volunteered to face him, but as their battle reached a stalemate, the Alliance sent out nearly ten more Nascent Soul Cultivators, prompting Shuang Ling to challenge them all at once.

• Lei Qingyang struck Blood Shadow Cave Master's true body and nearly destroyed his blood sea, but poison made Lei Qingyang lose the duel and retreat to heal.
• Li Jiuqu revealed himself as a notorious Gu cultivator and issued a challenge, leaving Zhao Xi and the other Two Injections Country cultivators hesitant to respond.
• Mo Yechen volunteered to fight Li Jiuqu, and his Nascent Soul-level myna countered the Gu insects and helped him hold Li Jiuqu to a stalemate.
• Lu Hongtu urged Lord Long to send more fighters, and the Thousand Peaks Forest Alliance dispatched nearly ten Nascent Soul Cultivators to challenge Two Injections Country.
• Shuang Ling flew out with more than a hundred Mechanism Fairies and declared that she would fight the enemy cultivators all at once.

Shuang Ling battled the Thousand Peaks Forest Alliance’s Nascent Soul cultivators and used her mechanisms to force them to commit more fighters. As the battle spread into several duels, she unleashed her Golden Fire World Cleansing Wheel, killing Green Vine Physician and leaving the alliance’s assault under heavy pressure.

• Shuang Ling challenged the alliance’s cultivators, defeated Gu Ya’s wolf attacks with repeating crossbows and mechanisms, and drew Green Vine Physician into the fight.
• Gao Cuo attacked Shuang Ling with illusions, but her Star Sundial exposed his true body and her North Star Swordsmen drove him back; the Demon Heart Cave Master took his place.
• Shuang Ling used the Star Sundial to strengthen her puppets and fought six Nascent Soul cultivators at once, relieving pressure on Two Injections Country’s army.
• Shuang Ling’s blade mantises nearly killed Gu Ya, but Green Vine Physician unleashed her Ten Thousand Decay Azure Phosphorus Curse and destroyed much of Shuang Ling’s defensive line.
• Shuang Ling unleashed the Golden Fire World Cleansing Wheel, dispersed the curse’s flames, and killed Green Vine Physician.

Shuang Ling devastated the Thousand Peaks Forest army with her Golden Fire World Cleansing Wheel until Tu Ming, Bai Ling, and Xiang Yue confronted her with their divine powers. As the battlefield reached a stalemate, Gao Cuo approached Green Vine Physician’s stronghold at Entangled Vine Peak, hoping to exploit her absence and seize its treasures.

• Shuang Ling’s golden flames and crimson needles burned away two Nascent Soul Cultivators and drove the Thousand Peaks Forest forces into retreat, while Ning Zhuo studied how she controlled her divine power through Mechanical Creation.
• Lord Long sent Tu Ming, Bai Ling, and Xiang Yue to restrain Shuang Ling; their divine powers devastated her mechanical defenses, though Xiang Yue refused to join the others in attacking her.
• Shuang Ling withdrew her Golden Fire World Cleansing Wheel and fought the three True Lords while both armies watched the battle’s fortunes shift.
• Gao Cuo reached Entangled Vine Peak and learned from Sword Old One that Green Vine Physician might return there to rebuild her body using the stronghold’s arrangements.
• Gao Cuo and Sword Old One prepared to exploit the opportunity at Entangled Vine Peak, where the Cyan Seed Vine and Firefly Burial Gauze represented life and death.

Gao Cuo disguised himself as Old Monster Stone to exploit Green Vine Physician’s weakened defenses, prompting Dragon King Temple to order an immediate full assault on the Two Injections Country camp. The attack broke through several formations, while Shuang Ling’s Supple Bone Mysterious Consort held back Xiang Yue at the cost of leaving her exposed to the other Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• Gao Cuo and Sword Old One waited for Green Vine Physician’s Nascent Soul to return to Entangled Vine Peak, then planned to exploit the defenses weakened by her attempt to create a new body.
• Gao Cuo transformed into Old Monster Stone, startling Green Vine Physician and prompting her to send word to Dragon King Temple.
• After Ginseng Beard Dragon King set out to confront Old Monster Stone, Lord Long ordered the entire army to attack the Two Injections Country camp.
• Xiang Yue and Li Jiuqu led the assault, while Poison Scorpion Cave Master destroyed the Azure Moon Flying Shield Formation and helped break the Thunder Net Locks Sky Grand Formation.
• Zhao Xi activated the Azure Sea Soldier Tide Formation, but Xiang Yue smashed through its water dragons and endured the defenders’ arrows before Shuang Ling’s Supple Bone Mysterious Consort intercepted him.
• Shuang Ling’s puppet temporarily held Xiang Yue back, but using it drained her attention, allowing the Nascent Soul Cultivators who had been fighting her to retreat and target others.

The Thousand Peaks Forest allied army launched a full assault on Two Injections Country, and its defenses began to buckle as Lord Long and Lu Hongtu joined the battle. Shuang Ling fought Xiang Yue while Zhao Xi sent the Three Generals Camp to hold him off, and Ning Zhuo spotted a chance to pursue Demon Heart Cave Master and recover his mother's relics.

• Blood Shadow Cave Master, Poison Scorpion Cave Master, Gu Ya, Li Jiuqu, and White Feather attacked the walls, while Mu Lan, Zhao Xi, and the defenders countered with military strategies, formations, and national power.
• Li Jiuqu's unseen method made Zhao Xi vomit centipedes and maggots, while Ding Pi and Jia Wan defended the wall and began cooking amid White Feather's blade rain.
• Lord Long and Lu Hongtu entered the battle, smashing the defenses and drawing Two Injections Country cultivators into Lu Hongtu's Light Mountain Heavy Mist Diagram.
• Shuang Ling left her body under Shuang Jing's protection and sent her Nascent Soul into Supple Bone Mysterious Consort, which knocked Xiang Yue down and later grievously wounded him with Supple Bone Formless.
• Lord Long broke through the wall and slaughtered defenders, forcing Shuang Ling to divide her attention between him and Xiang Yue; Zhao Xi sent Liu Er, Guan Hong, and Zhang Hei to restrain Xiang Yue.
• Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong saw Demon Heart Cave Master enter the battle apart from Lin You, and Ning Zhuo prepared to seize the chance to reclaim his mother's relics.

Ning Zhuo entered the battle around the Two Injections Country frontline camp with a Mechanism Army, seeking an opportunity to act against the Six Caves Sect’s Mechanism Vehicle. As he fought toward Lin You through mounting resistance, Gu Ya’s wolf pack nearly overwhelmed his forces, but Ning Zhuo unleashed the Nine Heavens Fire Dragon Art and pressed onward.

• Ning Zhuo arrived near the battlefield with more than four hundred Mechanism Puppets and donned his completed Hundred-Armed Arhat Armor, impressing Sun Lingtong.
• Ning Zhuo led his Mechanism Army into the fighting, where Li Jiuqu’s gu insects and other battlefield attacks destroyed many puppets before they reached their first enemy group.
• Ning Zhuo attacked a group of barbarian cultivators, then continued toward the battlefield’s middle section, replenishing his losses and gaining strength through the Brave Warrior Return Technique.
• Gu Ya sent part of his wolf pack to attack Ning Zhuo’s Mechanism Army, scattering its formation and nearly annihilating it.
• Ning Zhuo cast the Nine Heavens Fire Dragon Art, summoned three fire dragons, and burned the wolf pack to nothing before continuing his advance.

Ning Zhuo crossed the battlefield toward Lin You, overcoming enemy cultivators and catastrophic losses among his mechanism army with increasingly powerful spells. He was still blocked by Chen Lingfeng, whose Rampage Wind Bone awakened as their duel escalated.

• Ning Zhuo used the Nine Heavens Fire Dragon Art to clear space for his mechanism army, while Gu Ya abandoned plans to send more wolves against him and focused on the front.
• The Blood Shadow Cave Master absorbed blood qi from the battlefield and destroyed many of Ning Zhuo’s mechanism puppets; Ning Zhuo retreated from Bai Ling’s Crane’s Cry in the Marsh and healed the damage to his sea of consciousness.
• Ning Zhuo pressed forward with Five Elements spells, killed three Golden Core cultivators with Profound Metal Slash, and drove closer to Lin You.
• Chen Lingfeng nearly wiped out Ning Zhuo’s mechanism army with Hundred Blades Storm, prompting Ning Zhuo to deploy Yuan Dasheng and Meng Yehu against him.
• Ning Zhuo and Chen Lingfeng fought to a draw, and Chen Lingfeng activated Rampage Wind Bone.