Chapter Summaries

After three months of cultivation, Yuan Ming learned more about the Void Land and received news of Xi Ying’s rise before Wulu visited him with a jade puppet and a Chaos Hole Origin Stone. Wulu also told Yuan Ming that Changchun Temple had destroyed the Cao Family, and he defended the family’s ruthless punishment.

• King Kong and Flower Branch left Azure Sky Island to travel after reaching cultivation bottlenecks.
• Yuan Ming reviewed what he had learned about the Void Land and read Xi Ying’s message about establishing the Xiyue Cult and taking over the Wuyue Cult’s territory.
• Yuan Ming sent Thunder Rain north with a sound talisman for Xi Ying, then resumed cultivation.
• Wulu visited Yuan Ming and gave him a jade puppet that could preserve his mother’s lifespan in slumber.
• Wulu shared the Blood Demon Ancestor’s spoils with Yuan Ming, who identified a Chaos Hole Origin Stone and kept it along with the jade puppet.
• Wulu told Yuan Ming that Changchun Temple had wiped out the Cao Family, and he said the family deserved its punishment.

Wulu revealed the Devil Race’s role in the Cao Family’s crimes and left to search Yunhuang for their hidden accomplices. Yuan Ming failed to adapt the Jade Puppet Technique for mortals, saw his parents return to Great Jin, and continued cultivating and researching while secretly exploring the Void Land through Huomo.

• Wulu told Yuan Ming that the Cao Family had altered his memories and that Devil Race remnants might be hiding in Yunhuang with three sets of Blood Puppet Armor; Yuan Ming promised the Mingyue Cult’s help, and Wulu left to investigate.
• Yuan Ming’s tests showed that mortals without spiritual roots could not use Jade Puppets, so he resumed studying the technique while trying to find a way to extend his mother’s life.
• Yuan Ming’s parents decided to return to Great Jin, and his mother asked him to stop exhausting himself seeking a way to prolong their lives; Yuan Ming embraced them and agreed to let them go.
• Yuan Ming arranged protection for his parents’ journey, then focused on cultivating the Chaos Hole Secret Art and continued researching Jade Puppets.
• A year later, Yuan Ming used Black Incense to control Huomo, a Nascent Soul Realm library administrator in the Void Prison, and studied its formation texts and other materials.

Yuan Ming studied array formations through Huomo’s possession and discovered the gifted prisoner Su Yingxue. While refining his soul inside the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron, he encountered Void, who claimed to be the cauldron’s Artifact Spirit and demanded most of its Wish Power Pills.

• Yuan Ming read array formation manuals through Huomo and heard that Su Yingxue in Kun District Cell 186 could advise him.
• Yuan Ming visited Su Yingxue and saw her designing a complex defensive formation, then returned to his true body when the possession ended.
• Yuan Ming entered the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron to temper his main soul as a Wish Power Pill formed.
• Yuan Ming’s second Split Soul swallowed the Wish Power Pill, rose to Sleep Shaman level, and broke free of his control.
• The second Split Soul identified itself as Void, the cauldron’s Artifact Spirit, and demanded ninety percent of future Wish Power Pills before vanishing.

Yuan Ming possessed Su Yingxue and studied her array records, learning about advanced formations and memorizing a long-range communication array. Twenty years later, he had advanced his cultivation on an Outer Sea island and secured a second Wish Power Pill, while the Mingyue and Xiyue Cults continued expanding.

• Yuan Ming possessed Su Yingxue and discovered that her Void Return cultivation and array knowledge far surpassed his own.
• Yuan Ming studied Su Yingxue’s books and Jade Slips, learned the array ranks, and memorized the Level Four Grand Void Communication Array.
• Yuan Ming moved to an Outer Sea island, cultivated there for twenty years, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage while refining his soul power.
• Yuan Ming learned that the Mingyue Cult had spread through the East Sea and parts of Southern Border, while Xi Ying’s Xiyue Cult had secured the Northern Desert and begun expanding westward.
• Yuan Ming condensed a Wish Power Pill inside the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron and successfully claimed it from Kong, obtaining his second pill.

Yuan Ming learned that his parents had died together and returned to Dragon King City to mourn them. After their funeral, he confronted Ancestor Mingquan about Changchun Temple’s restrictions on the Mingyue Cult and Xiyue Cult, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Yuan Ming learned from Xu Che that his mother had died peacefully and his father had taken a Merit Dissipation Pill to join her, leaving a message urging their son to live freely.
• Yuan Ming returned to Dragon King City and learned that the Three-Eyed Crow had been injured while carrying his parents’ remains out of Great Jin, where Changchun Temple had barred the two cults.
• Yuan Ming mourned beside his parents’ coffins, and Xiying arrived to keep vigil with him.
• Yuan Ming held a funeral attended by prominent cultivators, and Ancestor Mingquan arrived late to offer condolences.
• After the burial, Yuan Ming questioned Ancestor Mingquan about Changchun Temple’s ban on the two cults and their followers in the Central Plains.

Yuan Ming expelled Changchun Temple from the Eastern Sea, then met with Xi Ying and Wulu to discuss the surviving Devil Race forces and the danger of Changchun Temple’s growing power. They agreed to unify the Yunhuang Continent under the Mingyue Cult and Xiyue Cult, beginning with a campaign against Changchun Temple, while Yuan Ming stayed out of the fighting.

• Yuan Ming ordered Ancestor Mingquan and the Changchun Temple cultivators to leave the Eastern Sea, and Ancestor Mingquan departed with his people.
• Yuan Ming and Xi Ying met Wulu at Dragon King City, where Wulu reported that most of the Devil Race remnants had been killed but several had escaped into the deep sea.
• Yuan Ming explained that his Soul Descent Technique could not track the escaped Devil Race members without knowing their names or appearances.
• Xi Ying proposed unifying the Yunhuang Continent, and Yuan Ming and Xi Ying argued that Changchun Temple’s expansion and aggression made action necessary.
• Wulu agreed to help unify the continent, and Xi Ying declared that willing sects would join the Mingyue Cult and Xiyue Cult while those who refused would be destroyed.
• Yuan Ming urged Xi Ying to limit the war’s harm to ordinary people, declined to participate, and gave her the Asura Blood Devouring Diagram to train manpower.

The Twin Moons Alliance turned public anger against Changchun Temple into a growing campaign, winning over sects across the Central Plains and Southern Frontier. After a six-day battle at Changchun Temple, Xi Ying, Wulu, King Kong, and Flower Branch killed Tianjizi, leaving Changchun Temple defeated.

• The Twin Moons Alliance exposed Changchun Temple’s coercive expansion and publicized Yuan Ming and Xi Ying’s role in defeating the Wuyue Cult, attracting support from sects across Yunhuang Continent.
• Xi Ying won northern sects over through material support, cultivation teachings, and merit rewards, while Wulu subdued Southern Frontier opposition and brought its sects into the alliance.
• The Twin Moons Alliance’s armies joined outside the Great Jin Kingdom, and Xi Ying led a Grand Rite of Luo Tian in the capital to deliver the lingering souls from suffering.
• The Twin Moons Alliance marched on Changchun Temple as its former allies abandoned it or turned against it, leaving Tianjizi and the sect to face the assault alone.
• Xi Ying, Wulu, King Kong, and Flower Branch besieged Tianjizi for six days before he died; the Soul Suppressing Pot took his soul, and the Blood Puppet Armor sealed his corpse.

After defeating Changchun Temple, Xiying unified and governed the Yunhuang Continent while revealing the method Tianjizi used to reach the Void Return Stage. Yuan Ming began secluded cultivation with the Undying Tree as the foundation for his breakthrough, and ten years later Xiying prepared to support him and travel to the Overseas World.

• After Tianjizi died, Xiying destroyed Changchun Temple’s remaining resistance and took command of the sect as her base for unifying the continent.
• Xiying established rules to protect mortals, began organizing a continent-wide formation, and later told Yuan Ming that Tianjizi had advanced by uniting the five elements with a bonded spirit treasure.
• Yuan Ming proposed using the Undying Tree as his bonded spirit treasure, and Xiying agreed to supply what he needed for secluded cultivation at Chaotian Peak.
• During Yuan Ming’s retreat, Xiying renamed Changchun Temple the Twin Moons Alliance Headquarters and spent ten years consolidating the alliance’s rule across the Yunhuang Continent.
• Xiying used the alliance to regulate sects, manage resources, suppress rebellions, and aid mortals, then focused on gathering resources for Yuan Ming and intelligence for a journey to the Overseas World.

Yuan Ming reached Nascent Soul Late Stage and returned to seclusion while Xi Ying prepared to support his breakthrough to Return to Void and their eventual voyage overseas. A century later, at Yuhua City’s Immortal Elite Gathering, Li Yu reluctantly let her daughter Mei Xiao spend one day exploring with Fang Shuang and Liu Mao, watched by the greedy Fire Greedy.

• Yuan Ming emerged from seclusion after reaching Nascent Soul Late Stage, spoke with Xi Ying, and returned to cultivate toward Return to Void.
• A hundred years later, Liu Mao introduced Fang Shuang and Mei Xiao to Yuhua City’s Combat Arena before the Immortal Elite Gathering.
• Li Yu caught Mei Xiao complaining about her strict training and ordered her to return to cultivation.
• Zhang Xiu advised Li Yu to let Mei Xiao explore for a day, and Li Yu agreed while assigning Fire Greedy to watch her.
• Fire Greedy extorted Mei Xiao for Fire Crystal Stones, while Fang Shuang asked Liu Mao whether his master was the lord of the Black Wind Desert.

Yuan Ming broke through to the Return to Void realm at Chaotian Peak, drawing a vast celestial phenomenon and earning the reverence of the Twin Moons Alliance. After stabilizing his cultivation, he planned to leave Yunhuang and seek materials overseas to nurture the Soul Annihilation Sword.

• A seven-colored spiritual cloud gathered over Chaotian Peak as Yuan Ming began his breakthrough, and Xu Che joined Xiying and others waiting nearby.
• Yuan Ming absorbed the spiritual clouds, released a pillar of light and spiritual rain, and descended before the crowd after reaching Return to Void.
• Xiying embraced and kissed Yuan Ming, who announced that the alliance would hold a grand ceremony in half a year.
• Yuan Ming explained that he had relied on the Undying Tree’s stored spiritual power to complete his breakthrough, severely draining and damaging it.
• Yuan Ming discovered that the Soul Annihilation Sword had begun forming an Artifact Spirit and decided to seek spiritual materials overseas after stabilizing his cultivation.

Yuan Ming celebrated his breakthrough to Return to Void as cultivators from across the Cloud Wasteland gathered to congratulate him. Wan Tianren surrendered three pages of the Golden Sunflower Heavenly Tome to secure Fusang Island’s survival, and Yuan Ming examined the secret arts recorded within them.

• Yuan Ming received Xu Tian and Luo Xing'er, named their unborn child Xu Yuxian, and reflected on his dwindling family ties.
• Wan Tianren congratulated Yuan Ming and offered the three pages of the Golden Sunflower Heavenly Tome in exchange for mercy toward Fusang Island; Yuan Ming accepted.
• Xi Ying approved Yuan Ming’s decision to spare Wan Tianren, and Yuan Ming greeted Xi Zheng and Xiqian among the other guests.
• Yuan Ming joined the banquet and raised a cup with the gathered cultivators celebrating his attainment.
• Yuan Ming examined the Golden Sunflower Beast Taming Art, Scattering Beans into Soldiers, and Fiery Golden Eyes, but decided not to cultivate the latter two for now.

Yuan Ming and Xiying prepared to leave the Yunhuang Continent, appointing Yan Siyun to lead the Twin Moons Alliance and strengthening her and Yan Sijing with Wish Power Pills. After making arrangements to protect the alliance, they departed, with Yuan Ming revealing that they would first travel to Southern Frontier.

• Xiying chose Yan Siyun to succeed her as leader of the Twin Moons Alliance, and Yuan Ming agreed with her reasoning.
• Yuan Ming gave Yan Siyun and Yan Sijing Wish Power Pills, which raised Yan Siyun to the Slumber Witch Realm and Yan Sijing to its peak.
• Yuan Ming and Xiying named Yan Siyun alliance leader, entrusted her with the Blood Puppet Armor containing Tianjizi, and announced that they would enter seclusion on Chaotian Peak.
• Xiying explained that their supposed seclusion would deter threats while the Yan sisters grew stronger, and Yuan Ming left the Three-Eyed Crow behind to watch over the alliance after giving it a Wish Power Pill.
• Yuan Ming and Xiying set off, but Yuan Ming said they would go to Southern Frontier before heading to the Overseas World.

Yuan Ming, Xi Ying, and Wulu traveled to Golden Sunflower Island to journey to the Overseas World, where Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow warned them about three deadly sea regions. They agreed to proceed with Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow, Qiong Yun, and the Great Desolate Star River Pearl, and prepared to set out.

• Yuan Ming and Xi Ying found Xia Jie's residence deserted and saw that Snake King Valley had returned to an ordinary mountain valley.
• Yuan Ming, Xi Ying, and Wulu used Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow's talisman to travel to Golden Sunflower Island.
• Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow described Whale Calamity, the Wind Sea, and Demon Song, warning that an eruption in the Wind Sea would make the journey impossible.
• Yuan Ming, Xi Ying, and Wulu chose to continue despite the dangers, and Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow revealed that it, Qiong Yun, and Qiong Yun's companion would join them.
• Qiong Yun reunited with Yuan Ming and asked after Long Chong before Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow urged everyone to depart.

Yuan Ming and Xi Ying left the Yunhuang Continent, and a century of peace and prosperity followed there. Yuan Ming later awoke inside a dead Sabertooth Shark Beast in the East Pole Sea, where he met Sikong Zhan and his disciples; as they faced a new monster's attack, Sikong Zhuo was struck down protecting Ye Xinyao.

• The silver-robed girl teleported Yuan Ming and Xi Ying from the True Sea Hall to an island near the waters plagued by Whale Calamity.
• Over the following century, the Twin Moons Alliance ushered in a peaceful and prosperous era across the Yunhuang Continent.
• At Crescent Bay, Ye Xinyao, Sikong Zhan, Sikong Zhuo, and Sikong Lin discovered Yuan Ming alive inside a dead Sabertooth Shark Beast.
• Yuan Ming introduced himself as an Overseas Cultivator, learned he was in the East Pole Sea, and swam away after washing himself.
• A huge black demonic beast attacked Ye Xinyao as she returned from scattering Beast Repelling Powder, and Sikong Zhuo charged in to protect her.
• Sikong Lin rescued Ye Xinyao, but the demonic beast smashed Sikong Zhuo's Golden Armor Phantom and sent him flying, bleeding, toward the sea.

Yuan Ming rescued Sikong Zhan and the others by killing the level-five Yin Earthworm Beast, then accepted their invitation to Huayun Island. During the journey, he learned that the East Pole Sea’s depths were known as the deadly Abyss, which he suspected was where he had emerged from.

• Sikong Zhan fought the Yin Earthworm Beast to protect Sikong Zhuo, Sikong Lin, and Ye Xinyao, but the beast’s lightning wounded him and threatened to overwhelm him.
• Yuan Ming appeared with the unconscious Sikong Zhuo, nullified the beast’s lightning, and killed it with his Blood-colored Giant Elephant, taking its Demonic Core and Demonic Soul.
• Sikong Zhan thanked Yuan Ming and invited him to Huayun Island; Yuan Ming accepted, and Sikong Zhan gathered the remains of the Yin Earthworm Beast and Sabertooth Shark Beast.
• On Sikong Zhan’s sea-crossing flying boat, Yuan Ming asked about the East Pole Sea’s cultivation forces and learned that Huayun Island was subordinate to East Pole Palace.
• Sikong Zhan and Ye Xinyao explained that the depths of the East Pole Sea were called the Abyss, a deadly region where even Void Return experts could perish, and Yuan Ming wondered if he had emerged from it.
• Yuan Ming asked Sikong Zhan whether the East Pole Sea had many Void Return cultivators.

Yuan Ming arrived at Huayun Island, learned how island ownership worked, and tried to contact his distant companions. After checking on Xiying, he entered the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron and found Flower Branch and King Kong gravely injured, prompting him to recall the ten-year ordeal that had separated them.

• Sikong Zhan explained that Yuan Ming could join East Pole Palace for an assigned island or obtain a Challenge Token to challenge an island master, and he described the duties and costs of island ownership.
• Yuan Ming arrived at Huayun Island with Sikong Zhan's group, toured its busy settlements, and stayed in a courtyard near the Island Master's Manor.
• Yuan Ming received no replies from the Azure Spirit Communication Talismans, used Black Incense to possess Xiying, and saw that she was safe aboard a large sea-crossing flying boat.
• Yuan Ming entered the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron and found Flower Branch and King Kong unconscious and severely wounded.
• Yuan Ming recalled crossing the First Sea Zone safely with Qiong Yun's help, then spending ten years struggling through the Wind Sea until he emerged and the Wind-Calming Bead was destroyed.

After surviving the battle between two great demons, Yuan Ming learned that the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron’s Artifact Spirit had saved him and his companions in exchange for two hundred Wish Power Pills within a century. With Xi Ying and Wulu missing and Flower Branch preparing to break through, Yuan Ming left to seek information about East Pole Palace and continue searching for his companions.

• Yuan Ming asked the Artifact Spirit what had happened after he lost consciousness, but it could not explain why Xi Ying and Wulu had been separated from him.
• Yuan Ming gave Flower Branch and King Kong Wish Power Pills, and Flower Branch sensed a breakthrough and entered seclusion after receiving Three Lights Divine Water.
• Yuan Ming left Huayun Island with Sikong Zhan, sold the demonic beast materials, and obtained a detailed East Pole Sea map and books about East Pole Palace.
• Yuan Ming rode Thunder Rain toward East Pole Palace and read about its strength, its archipelago, and its rule over the East Pole Sea.

Yuan Ming arrived at the East Pole Archipelago, obtained a passage token, and registered to challenge the lord of Spirit Ape Island. Elder Mo Sanqi brought him to the island, where the challenge was about to begin.

• Yuan Ming reached the East Pole Archipelago and paid one thousand spirit stones for a passage token.
• Yuan Ming entered the island and went to Flowing Cloud Palace to purchase a Challenge Token.
• Yuan Ming chose to challenge Silver Dragon Daoist, the lord of Spirit Ape Island, and paid one million spirit stones to register.
• Elder Mo Sanqi agreed to witness the challenge and took Yuan Ming by flying boat to Spirit Ape Island.
• Mo Sanqi called for Silver Dragon Daoist to come out, and Yuan Ming realized that Mo Sanqi was a Void Return Stage cultivator.

Yuan Ming challenged Silver Dragon Daoist for control of Spirit Ape Island and overcame his poison and powerful lifebound treasure with his formidable body and a single decisive punch. Silver Dragon Daoist admitted defeat, and Elder Mo Sanqi declared Yuan Ming the new island master.

• Elder Mo Sanqi told Silver Dragon Daoist and Fairy Yun Luo that Yuan Ming had purchased a Challenge Token and intended to challenge for Spirit Ape Island.
• Silver Dragon Daoist secretly poisoned Yuan Ming during their greeting, then attacked him with a poisonous mist and spear, but Yuan Ming emerged unharmed.
• Silver Dragon Daoist summoned the Ink Dragon from the sea, and Yuan Ming shattered it with one punch, leaving Silver Dragon Daoist badly injured.
• As Yuan Ming approached, Silver Dragon Daoist panicked and admitted defeat.
• Elder Mo Sanqi declared Yuan Ming the new island master of Spirit Ape Island.

Yuan Ming took ownership of Spirit Ape Island after defeating Silver Dragon Daoist and began learning about the island and the dangers of the East Pole Sea. Fairy Yun Luo left him with a warning about two people close to Silver Dragon Daoist.

• Elder Mo Sanqi transferred Spirit Ape Island’s restriction key to Yuan Ming and explained Silver Dragon Daoist’s final right to retrieve his personal belongings.
• Elder Mo Sanqi announced Yuan Ming as the new island master, and Yuan Ming told the island’s cultivators to maintain things as they were for now.
• Silver Dragon Daoist retrieved his belongings and left, while Elder Mo Sanqi gave Yuan Ming detailed information about Spirit Ape Island.
• Fairy Yun Luo asked to buy three White Infant Fruits, and Yuan Ming said he would consider her request and answer in half a year.
• Fairy Yun Luo told Yuan Ming about the East Pole Sea’s Extreme Wind, Beast Disaster, and Demonic Cultivators, then warned him that two people close to Silver Dragon Daoist deserved his caution.