Chapter Summaries

Yuan Ming, Long Chong, and Qiong Yun fought poisonous silkworms before the secret realm’s Star Rain forced them to defend themselves with their magic treasures. After the meteors stopped, the forest and silkworms had been restored, and the three collected eggs before pressing onward.

• Long Chong and Qiong Yun combined water and lightning attacks to kill a third-grade silkworm king, and Yuan Ming froze the surviving poisonous silkworms.
• A vast Star Rain began, and Long Chong led Yuan Ming and Qiong Yun into the Mulberry Tree Forest, where the falling meteors passed through the trees.
• The three used their magic treasures in turns to deflect the meteors, but the Star Rain gradually corroded their treasures before abruptly stopping.
• Yuan Ming found that the forest had returned to its original state and that thousands of silkworm eggs were rapidly growing where the poisonous silkworms had been.
• Yuan Ming, Long Chong, and Qiong Yun collected some eggs and hurried onward through the forest.

Yuan Ming, Long Chong, and Qiong Yun followed the Blackwood Compass into a poisonous swamp where it pointed toward a powerful treasure. As they explored, Yuan Ming detected five concealed cultivators led by Huanlingzi, and Long Chong confronted them to protect Yuan Ming.

• Yuan Ming, Long Chong, and Qiong Yun found the purple vegetation restored after the Star Rain and continued southeast toward the treasure.
• Qiong Yun’s Blackwood Compass led the group to a poisonous swamp, where the three prepared protections and entered to search for the treasure.
• The group fought through several venomous demonic beasts, and Long Chong stored a Demonic Core they found.
• Yuan Ming detected five cultivators approaching under illusion arts and recognized Huanlingzi among them; Qiong Yun suspected Huanlingzi had come because Yuan Ming defeated Cui Yu.
• Huanlingzi appeared with Yun Jiuxiao, Ice Heart Fairy, Mi Luo, and Wulu disguised as Hong Chang, and Long Chong warned him not to harm Yuan Ming.

Huanlingzi used Ethereal Island’s illusion arts to trap Yuan Ming while Long Chong and Qiong Yun fought Huanlingzi’s allies. Yuan Ming saw through the illusion and countered Huanlingzi’s attack, then launched ice spikes at the Three-tailed Demon Fox.

• Huanlingzi threatened Yuan Ming, but Long Chong and Qiong Yun stood by him and fought Huanlingzi and the four Wulus.
• Huanlingzi used the Azure Oil Lamp to trap Long Chong and Qiong Yun in an illusion, while Yuan Ming recognized the illusion method and remained unaffected.
• Huanlingzi intensified his illusion with the Three-tailed Demon Fox, but Yuan Ming broke free by shattering the force enclosing the illusion.
• Yuan Ming pretended to remain trapped, blocked Huanlingzi’s real iron chains with five fiery eagles, and let the illusory chains pass through him.
• Huanlingzi prepared to defend himself when Yuan Ming located him, but Yuan Ming instead sent ice spikes toward the Three-tailed Demon Fox.

Yuan Ming defeated Huanlingzi by breaking through his illusions, killing the Three-tailed Demon Fox, and seizing the Azure Oil Lamp. Huanlingzi fled with a golden talisman while Yuan Ming discovered that an unknown force inside the lamp prevented him from imprinting it.

• Yuan Ming redirected the ice spikes to kill the Three-tailed Demon Fox, breaking the illusion that had trapped Long Chong and Qiong Yun.
• The Three-tailed Demon Fox used its Tail Severing Life-Saving Divine Ability to survive as a weakened two-tailed phantom, but Yuan Ming killed it with the Soul Annihilation Sword before it could escape.
• Huanlingzi summoned an Iron Chain Giant Python, but Yuan Ming used Thunder Rain's power to match his Late Core Formation mana and overpower him.
• Huanlingzi's Azure Oil Lamp failed to seize the Hundred Ghosts Night March Scroll, and Heavenly Ghost Rogue emerged from the scroll to seal the lamp.
• Huanlingzi pretended to attack before fleeing with a golden talisman, while Yuan Ming kept a mark on him and took possession of the Azure Oil Lamp.
• Yuan Ming tried repeatedly to imprint the Azure Oil Lamp, but a force within its rune formation obstructed him.

After Yuan Ming defeated Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao's group surrendered, but a herd of enormous Blue Strange Bulls emerged from the poisonous clouds and forced everyone to flee. The bulls pursued them with a powerful suction, and Mi Luo was caught and devoured as the others fought to escape.

• Yuan Ming joined Long Chong and Qiong Yun, announced that Huanlingzi had fled, and persuaded Yun Jiuxiao, Ice Heart Fairy, and Mi Luo to surrender.
• Long Chong demanded compensation for the ambush, and Yun Jiuxiao offered spirit stones on behalf of the four factions.
• A herd of Blue Strange Bulls charged out of the poisonous clouds, and Yuan Ming's group fled from them.
• The bulls used suction to drag Mi Luo backward, and his attacks barely injured one before it bit off his right arm.
• The herd caught Mi Luo, pierced him with its horns, and devoured him while the others fought to escape.

Yuan Ming and the others escaped a herd of Starry Sky Strange Bulls, with Flower Branch using its new clone ability to hold off their pursuers during a star rain. After reuniting, Yuan Ming followed Flower Branch to a poisonous pool and discovered a powerful Purple Lizard guarding a strange breathing creature.

• Yuan Ming used the Silver Banner and Thunder God's Hammer to break free of the Starry Sky Strange Bulls, then led the group in a retreat after learning their soul attacks were useless.
• The star rain slowed Yuan Ming's escape, so he summoned Thunder Rain while Flower Branch split off a clone and restrained the pursuing bulls with vines underground.
• Yuan Ming and Thunder Rain escaped the herd, and Flower Branch later rejoined him after recovering demonic power by devouring a lizard demon beast.
• Flower Branch told Yuan Ming about a place with dense poisonous mist and abundant spiritual energy, and led him there to investigate.
• Yuan Ming used his Split Soul to see through the fog and found a poisonous pool where a peak-third-rank Purple Lizard guarded a large, breathing purple object.

Yuan Ming learned that the poisonous mist concealed a Purple Extreme Tai Sui and subdued the lizard demon beast guarding it, obtaining most of the creature. He then reunited with Long Chong, Qiong Yun, and Wulu, removed Wulu’s illusion seed, and agreed that Wulu would travel with them.

• Xi Ying explained that the Purple Extreme Tai Sui could consume poisons and generate deadly toxins, making it valuable to Flower Branch and poison cultivators.
• Yuan Ming used his soul power and illusions to subdue the lizard demon beast and make it send most of the Purple Extreme Tai Sui through the poisonous mist.
• Yuan Ming collected the Tai Sui, gave the lizard demon beast poison-attributed spirit materials, and learned that Wulu had encountered Long Chong and Qiong Yun.
• Yuan Ming met the group and heard Wulu claim that Huanlingzi had forced him to serve and planted an illusion seed in his sea of consciousness.
• Yuan Ming removed Wulu’s illusion seed and invited him to travel with the group, and Wulu accepted.

During the prolonged Star Rain, Yuan Ming discovered that the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear absorbed starlight instead of being corroded. The absorbed Power of Stars strengthened his bones, and after refining the spear, he saw five eerie eyes appear in its purple glow.

• Long Chong offered Wulu spare magic treasures as the Star Rain began again, but Wulu said he had his own reserves.
• Yuan Ming questioned the lizard demonic beast about the Star Rain, but it knew little beyond dreaming of a boundless starry sky whenever it slept.
• Yuan Ming used the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear to shield the group, and the spear absorbed the falling starlight without being damaged.
• After the Star Rain ended, Power of Stars flowed from the spear into Yuan Ming and rapidly strengthened his bones.
• Yuan Ming refined the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear, then saw five eyes revolving within its dim purple glow.

Yuan Ming and his companions crossed from Purple Grass Continent to a barren, fire-rich land, where the Blackwood Compass led them to a lava lake filled with Earth Heart Fire Lotus. Yuan Ming stopped Wulu from rushing toward the flowers and began checking for a guardian, but his Spiritual Sense left him confused.

• Yuan Ming discovered that the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear contained a hidden source of the Power of Stars, then assured Long Chong, Qiong Yun, and Wulu it could protect them from Star Rain.
• Qiong Yun's Blackwood Compass lost its signal near the place Yuan Ming suspected held the Purple Extreme Tai Sui, so she and Long Chong gave up searching and the group continued onward.
• The four crossed to a barren crimson continent against a suction force thirty percent stronger than before; Yuan Ming used the spear and spirit stones to reach the land with the others.
• Yuan Ming killed a crimson scorpion that lunged at Qiong Yun, and the group followed the compass across the fire-rich continent toward a vast lava lake.
• Long Chong recognized the lotus flowers growing in a smaller lake within the lava as Earth Heart Fire Lotus, and Yuan Ming stopped Wulu from approaching before investigating for a guardian.

Yuan Ming and his companions were attacked by fire crocodiles while crossing the lava lake, but Yuan Ming seized an Earth Heart Fire Lotus and escaped. After eating it, he absorbed its spiritual power, advanced to the peak of the early Core Formation stage, and came close to a breakthrough.

• Yuan Ming warned the group to proceed carefully, but fire crocodiles burst from the lava and attacked them as they crossed the lake.
• Long Chong rescued Qiong Yun from two crocodiles, while Wulu escaped with serious burns.
• Yuan Ming used an illusion and the Void Transformation Art to reach the lake’s center, then took an Earth Heart Fire Lotus and escaped with Thunder Rain.
• The group retreated to shore, where the crocodiles stopped pursuing them and vanished into the lava.
• Yuan Ming ate the Earth Heart Fire Lotus and refined its spiritual power, reaching the peak of the early Core Formation stage and strengthening his body.

Yuan Ming used the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear to shield his group from Star Rain and discovered that the star power was weakening the spear’s seal. As the gathered cultivators arrived and spotted the Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, Long Chong challenged them to respect his group’s claim to harvest first.

• Yuan Ming told Long Chong, Qiong Yun, and Wulu how the Earth Heart Fire Lotus had aided his cultivation, and the group prepared to harvest the remaining lotuses.
• Yuan Ming used the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear to block the next Star Rain, absorbing its star power and strengthening his bones as the spear’s seal weakened.
• After the Star Rain ended, Qiong Yun urged the group to gather the lotuses before another storm, but Wulu warned that fire crocodiles guarded the magma lake.
• Fairy Jinyun, Daoist Qianbao, Huanlingzi, Green Pupil, and the other secret-realm cultivators arrived; Huanlingzi failed to control Wulu with the phantom seed and suspected Yuan Ming was responsible.
• Daoist Qianbao’s Pixiu identified the Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, and the newcomers turned their attention to the treasure.
• Long Chong told Green Pupil that his group would harvest first because they had arrived earlier, drawing the attention of the other cultivators.

Green Pupil was injured after Long Chong lured him toward the fire crocodiles, but Xue Jiao helped him escape before Daoist Qianbao stopped the ensuing fight. The cultivators agreed to cooperate in harvesting the Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, and Zhong Ling’s group agreed to support them with the Myriad Wood Grand Formation.

• Long Chong baited Green Pupil into approaching the lava lake, where fire crocodiles attacked and badly burned him; Xue Jiao used a water curtain and needles to help him escape.
• Green Pupil confronted Long Chong, but Daoist Qianbao intervened and Fairy Jinyun pressed the two to stop arguing.
• Huanlingzi proposed that the cultivators join forces against the fire crocodiles, and Yuan Ming agreed on behalf of Long Chong’s group.
• Zhong Ling, Baili Zhui, and Hua Ping initially declined to join, saying their Wood Attribute techniques were disadvantaged against the fire crocodiles.
• Daoist Qianbao persuaded Zhong Ling’s group to set up the Myriad Wood Grand Formation from shore, and Long Chong explained that the formation could restrain even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator for a time.

Yuan Ming helped the group agree on a plan to gather the Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, then prepared to collect them while guarding against his resentful allies. He also allowed Hong Ling and Blood Shadow to capture fire crocodiles for their blood qi, and the chapter left off as the group’s formation drew dozens of crocodiles to the surface.

• Yuan Ming proposed that swift cultivators gather the lotuses while the others restrained the fire crocodiles, and he suggested a distribution plan that guaranteed everyone one lotus or compensation.
• Yuan Ming, Fairy Jinyun, and Daoist Qianbao volunteered to gather the lotuses, while Yuan Ming told Qiong Yun and Long Chong to protect him and warned the group against harming one another.
• Yuan Ming refused to let Hong Ling and Blood Shadow appear openly, but agreed they could secretly capture fire crocodiles to obtain blood qi for their cultivation and his Demon Elephant Prison Suppressing Technique.
• The group split into three teams, and Yuan Ming asked Huanlingzi for additional help; Huanlingzi assigned Green Pupil to Yuan Ming’s team.
• Zhong Ling, Hua Ping, and Baili Zhui activated the Myriad Wood Grand Formation, whose vines disturbed dozens of fire crocodiles and drew them to the lava lake’s surface.

Yuan Ming, Daoist Qianbao, and Fairy Jinyun crossed the magma lake and harvested Earth Heart Fire Lotuses while fighting powerful fire crocodiles. After Yuan Ming took a rare golden lotus from Tusheng, a massive magma wave struck and badly injured Tusheng, leaving the source of the attack unclear.

• Daoist Qianbao, Fairy Jinyun, and Yuan Ming crossed the magma lake as their allies distracted the fire crocodiles, then faced nine enormous upper third-rank crocodiles guarding the lotuses.
• Yuan Ming froze two crocodiles long enough to collect two Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, while Daoist Qianbao and Fairy Jinyun used their treasures and abilities to harvest more.
• Yuan Ming noticed a golden Earth Heart Fire Lotus and moved to claim it, but Tusheng emerged from a black rock and reached for it.
• Yuan Ming used the Soul Annihilation Sword to blind and disorient Tusheng, then took the golden lotus from his grasp.
• A towering magma wave shattered Tusheng's protective barrier and badly injured him, prompting Yuan Ming, Daoist Qianbao, and Fairy Jinyun to retreat and look toward the lake.

Yuan Ming unleashed the Red Clad Woman and the blood shadows against the fourth-rank Fire Crocodile King, while the other cultivators fled the erupting lava lake. As Long Chong escaped the eruption, Green Pupil attacked him from behind and sent him toward a pillar of lava fire.

• The Fire Crocodile King attacked the fleeing cultivators with a vast wave of lava, and Yuan Ming hid inside an ice sphere while secretly releasing the Asura Blood Devouring Diagram.
• The Red Clad Woman restrained the Fire Crocodile King as the blood shadows drained its strength and carried it away; Fairy Jinyun escaped and saw that the remaining Earth Heart Fire Lotus had vanished.
• Daoist Qianbao and Tusheng reached shore, and the lava lake began to boil and erupt, forcing the cultivators to flee.
• Long Chong stayed behind to wait for Yuan Ming, but he and Qiong Yun fled when the ground began erupting; Long Chong narrowly dodged several lava pillars.
• Green Pupil appeared behind Long Chong and struck him into a pillar of lava fire.

Yuan Ming rescued Long Chong and his injured Cold Dragon after Green Pupil ambushed him during the volcanic eruption. Once the group reached safety, Long Chong accused Green Pupil, who denied it and demanded evidence, and Yuan Ming prepared to reveal what he knew.

• Green Pupil's attack sent Long Chong toward a fire crocodile, but the Cold Dragon shielded him until Yuan Ming and Thunder Rain drove the beast away and rescued them.
• Yuan Ming, Long Chong, and Qiong Yun escaped the erupting volcanoes and rejoined the others in a safe area.
• Long Chong attacked Green Pupil and accused him of breaking their agreement by ambushing him during the eruption.
• Green Pupil denied the accusation, and Long Chong showed the group's members the Cold Dragon's severe injuries as evidence of its sacrifice.
• Huanlingzi and others demanded direct proof, while Green Pupil urged them to strip Long Chong of his share of the Fire Lotuses and secret-realm treasures.
• Yuan Ming agreed that Green Pupil should face punishment if evidence proved the accusation, then drew everyone's attention by asking whether they would enforce the agreed penalties.

Yuan Ming exposed Green Pupil’s ambush of Long Chong, forcing Green Pupil to surrender his spoils and leave. After the group divided their treasures and Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, Daoist Qianbao and Fairy Jinyun questioned Yuan Ming about the blood shadow at the lava lake.

• Yuan Ming played a recording that proved Green Pupil had ambushed Long Chong, and the assembled cultivators turned against Green Pupil.
• Green Pupil surrendered his spoils and fled after Daoist Qianbao expelled him, while Long Chong received half the goods as compensation.
• Yuan Ming mocked Huanlingzi by revealing that he had defeated him and killed his spirit beast, then chose a Demonic Core and a spirit fruit from the remaining spoils.
• Daoist Qianbao distributed the Earth Heart Fire Lotuses and asked the group to report any Phoenix Cry Grass or Purple Jade Vine they found.
• The group dispersed, but Daoist Qianbao and Fairy Jinyun stopped Yuan Ming and asked whether he had seen anything unusual about the blood shadow at the lava lake.

Yuan Ming concealed his role in the blood shadow while Fairy Jinyun and Daoist Qianbao separately plotted around him. The chapter left Daoist Qianbao coveting Yuan Ming’s presumed treasure, while Fairy Jinyun’s father revealed that Yuan Ming’s icy ring might cure her Fire Toxin.

• Yuan Ming declined Daoist Qianbao’s offer to travel together, and Long Chong, Qiong Yun, and Wulu thanked and praised him before the group departed.
• Fairy Jinyun’s Long-eared Yellow Rat reported nothing useful, but she warned Daoist Qianbao that Yuan Ming might defeat them even if they fought together.
• Daoist Qianbao suspected Yuan Ming had captured the Fire Crocodile King with an imitation spirit treasure and decided to pursue the opportunity.
• Yuan Ming’s second Split Soul revealed that he had detected and monitored the Long-eared Marmot, then resolved to guard against Fairy Jinyun.
• Fairy Jinyun’s father said Yuan Ming’s icy ring might be an imitation of the Nine Palaces Cold Moon Ring and could cure her Fire Toxin.
• Fairy Jinyun rejected her father’s suggestion that she marry and have a child to resolve the Fire Toxin, insisting she would choose her own husband.

Fairy Jinyun’s father ordered her to keep watch on Yuan Ming, while Yuan Ming secretly pursued Green Pupil after his group settled in a gorge. Green Pupil recruited Huanlingzi to help attack Yuan Ming’s group, then revealed that Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin had already been poisoned with Hundred Day Drunk.

• Fairy Jinyun promised her father that she would keep a close watch on Yuan Ming.
• Yuan Ming’s group settled in a gorge to refine their Earth Heart Fire Lotuses, and Yuan Ming secretly left to pursue Green Pupil.
• Green Pupil summoned Huanlingzi, who brought Yun Jiuxiao and Bingxin to the valley, while Green Pupil proposed using One Day Red against Yuan Ming’s group.
• Huanlingzi refused to handle One Day Red, and Green Pupil revealed that the Purple Snake Flower Yun Jiuxiao had collected carried Hundred Day Drunk.
• Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin found purple snake-like markings on their chests, confirming that they had been poisoned.

Yuan Ming captured Green Pupil and subdued Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin, then learned from Huanlingzi’s memories that the four great islands were searching for a mysterious continent tied to the Three Immortal Islands. He used the Silver Token to alter the four captives’ memories and sent them away, leaving the continent’s secrets as his next lead.

• Green Pupil poisoned and defeated Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin, forcing Huanlingzi to agree to use One Day Red.
• Yuan Ming ambushed Green Pupil, froze him with his ice technique, and trapped Huanlingzi, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin in an illusion before freezing them.
• Yuan Ming searched Huanlingzi’s memories and learned that Fusang, Golden Ao, Ethereal, and Dehua Islands were seeking a continent connected to the Three Immortal Islands.
• Yuan Ming used the Silver Token on Huanlingzi, Green Pupil, Yun Jiuxiao, and Bingxin, then let the four fly away with gratitude and reverence toward him.