Chapter Summaries

Ling Yunhong and Zhao Yuanqian divided the spoils from the Ice Snow White Lion King and the other Golden Core Demon Kings, then agreed to strengthen ties between their clans. They decided to establish Third Rank Communication Arrays, and Zhao Yuanqian left for Heavenly Star Country while Zhao Baidong stayed behind to collect the Ling Clan’s array pattern.

• Ling Yunhong returned to Purple Scorpion Mountain and discovered that Zhao Yuanqian’s lifespan and cultivation had sharply declined after he used the Strength Enhancement Technique against the Ice Snow White Lion King.
• Ling Yunhong and Zhao Yuanqian thanked each other for their clans’ help, discussed the battle at the White Cloud Mountain Range, and agreed their younger generations would interact and their clans would arrange marriages.
• Ling Yunhong’s group and the Zhao Clan divided the spoils from the slain Golden Core Demon Kings according to their contributions, with Zhao Yuanqian’s sacrifice and defense of his ancestral grounds recognized.
• Zhao Yuanqian offered Ling Yunhong a Blood Jade Token, but Ling Yunhong declined it and accepted his goodwill instead.
• Zhao Yuanqian proposed that the clans build Third Rank Communication Arrays, and Ling Yunhong agreed to have Ling Penglin establish one at the Ling Clan’s ancestral grounds.
• Zhao Yuanqian left for Heavenly Star Country and left Zhao Baidong behind to receive the Ling Clan’s Communication Array Pattern once the array was complete.

More than twenty Golden Core Demon Kings fleeing the Crimson Gold Bear Race found their intended refuge in the Golden Winged Tiger Clan in crisis after the Li Clan and Heavenly Star Sect defeated its Nascent Soul lord. Meanwhile, the Crimson Gold Demon Lord considered an alliance with the crippled Golden Winged Tiger Demon Lord to resist the human forces, and asked him to involve the other Nascent Soul Demon Races.

• More than twenty Golden Core Demon Kings fleeing the Crimson Gold Bear Race met the Explosive Rock Bear King, who told them the Golden Winged Tiger Demon Lord had lost his body and the Li Clan had seized much of his territory.
• The fleeing Demon Kings debated seeking protection from the Li Clan's Blazing Flame Fire Phoenix, but most rejected the idea and fell silent when the rat demon demanded they name another path to survival.
• The Golden Winged Tiger Demon Lord contacted the Crimson Gold Demon Lord through a Communication Array and proposed an alliance against the Li Clan and Heavenly Star Sect.
• The Crimson Gold Demon Lord mocked the Golden Winged Tiger Demon Lord's weakened state, but considered the threat of the human forces gaining territory and strength.
• The Golden Winged Tiger Demon Lord said he would need five hundred years to recover, and the Crimson Gold Demon Lord urged him to contact the other Nascent Soul Demon Races for a shared solution.

Crimson Burst ordered a force to avenge the Crimson Kite Demon Queen, while an Eastern Demonic Domain invasion forced the Heavenly Star Sect and Li Clan to halt their expansion into Golden Winged Tiger territory. They established the Heaven Maple Country from the lands they had seized and selected five Golden Core forces to settle there.

• Crimson Burst condemned the fleeing Golden Core demons and ordered the Crimson Gold Bears to gather forces to attack the White Cloud Mountain Range Territory and the Yan Kingdom.
• Eastern Demonic Domain cultivators invaded the Heavenly Star Country and Yuan Kingdom, and a Nascent Soul Profound Heaven Corpse repeatedly attacked Heavenly Star Sect forces while keeping the Heavenly Star True Lord occupied.
• The Crimson Gold Demon Lord ambushed the Blazing Flame Fire Phoenix in Golden Winged Tiger territory, forcing the phoenix to abandon further advances and report to the Heavenly Star True Lord.
• The Heavenly Star True Lord and Blazing Flame Fire Phoenix agreed to consolidate the million li already seized rather than risk further losses to the Eastern Demonic Domain.
• The Li Clan and Heavenly Star Sect established the Heaven Maple Country and held a Foundation Establishment martial tournament to choose five Golden Core forces to settle there.

Ling Yunhong reported that Crimson Burst Old Bear was leading a powerful demon beast force toward White Cloud City, and the Yan Kingdom cultivators prepared to defend the territory without support from the Heavenly Star Sect. Ling Penglin and other reinforcements arrived, bringing White Cloud City's defenders to fourteen Golden Core combatants.

• Ling Yunhong returned to White Cloud City and reported that more than two million demon beasts and twenty-five Golden Core Demon Kings were approaching under Crimson Burst Old Bear.
• Liu Haochan and Ling Yunhong identified Crimson Burst Old Bear and the Golden Core Ninth Layer Silverback Spider King as the greatest threats, while many displaced Golden Winged Tiger Clan Demon Kings were unlikely to fight wholeheartedly.
• Liu Haochan said the Heavenly Star Sect could not send reinforcements because demonic cultivators were invading Heavenly Star Country, so Yan Kingdom's remaining Golden Core cultivators would have to defend White Cloud City.
• Ling Yunhong relayed the crisis to Ling Penglin and the other Golden Core cultivators stationed in Ice Snow Forest, and they traveled to White Cloud City aboard Zhao Baidong's flying boat.
• True Person Bai Yuan arrived, bringing White Cloud City's defenders to thirteen Golden Core cultivators and fourteen Golden Core combatants including Wind Shadow Peng.

White Cloud City’s cultivators fought Crimson Burst Old Bear’s demon army to a standstill while Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu took advantage of the battle to help the Golden Horn Mad Cow Race attack Serpent Dragon Lake. Spirit Array Old Ancestor offered to help capture the stronghold in exchange for its Third Rank High Grade Array Formation.

• Liu Haochan used White Cloud City’s three grand arrays and Ling Yunhong’s eleven Golden Core demon corpses to help the city’s cultivators match Crimson Burst Old Bear’s forces and hold them at bay.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu learned from their shattered Mother-Child Token that fighting had begun at the White Cloud Mountain Range Territory frontline, then set out to seize Serpent Dragon Lake.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu waited near Serpent Dragon Lake until the Golden Horn Mad Cow Race cracked its defensive array, then used their natal grand arrays to widen the breach.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor told the Golden Horn Mad Cow King that he would help capture Serpent Dragon Lake in exchange for its Third Rank High Grade Array Formation and to avenge his expulsion from the Hundred Spirits Sect.

Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu weakened Serpent Dragon Lake’s defenses with an Earth Overturning Vein Reversal Grand Array, forcing Qin Shi to summon the Blue Water Old Ancestor. The Blue Water Flood Dragon emerged to defend the lake and attacked them, while Spirit Array Old Ancestor recognized the dragon’s remarkable bloodline and the sources of its power.

• The Golden Horn Mad Cows agreed to Mo Qianqiu’s request and used their Third Rank Low Grade offensive array to widen the cracks in Serpent Dragon Lake’s grand array.
• Qin Shi ordered the array masters inside the lake to repair the damage with spirit stones, but Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu deployed thirty-six flags to activate a Third Rank Middle Grade Earth Overturning Vein Reversal Grand Array.
• Qin Shi crushed a Mother-Child Token and summoned the Blue Water Old Ancestor, warning that Serpent Dragon Lake would otherwise be destroyed.
• The Blue Water Flood Dragon emerged from the lake, scolded Qin Shi, and agreed to defend the region.
• The Blue Water Flood Dragon wielded its lifebound sword and banner to attack Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor concluded that the Blue Water Flood Dragon’s rapid advancement came from its pure bloodline, the slain Ice Flood Dragon’s essence blood, and a five-hundred-year-old Third Rank High Grade Dragon Transformation Grass.

Spirit Array Old Ancestor summoned his earth flood dragon to protect himself and Mo Qianqiu while they broke Serpent Dragon Lake's formation. The Blue Water Flood Dragon forced Spirit Array Old Ancestor to divert his attention from the grand array, slowing its attack on the earth veins as Qin Shi watched.

• Spirit Array Old Ancestor summoned his earth flood dragon and promised it pills refined from the Blue Water Flood Dragon's blood if it helped break the formation.
• The earth flood dragon used its defensive treasures and Earth Source Shroud to withstand the Blue Water Flood Dragon's attacks.
• The Blue Water Flood Dragon unleashed its bloodline pressure, but the earth flood dragon overcame its fear after recalling the promised reward.
• The Blue Water Flood Dragon emerged from Serpent Dragon Lake and attacked the earth flood dragon, forcing Spirit Array Old Ancestor to assist it.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor's intervention weakened the Earth Overturning Vein Reversal Grand Array, slowing its destruction of the earth veins.
• Qin Shi observed the battle, while the three Golden Horn Mad Cows continued attacking Serpent Dragon Lake's grand array from a distance.

Crimson Burst Old Bear used Formation Breaking Talismans to destroy two of White Cloud City's three protective formations, leaving Liu Haochan and the city's cultivators facing imminent defeat. As Liu Haochan considered abandoning the city, a hidden presence appeared in the southern sky and unleashed dozens of powerful lightning bolts.

• Crimson Burst Old Bear shattered White Cloud City's outer formation by driving Formation Breaking Talismans into its weakened barrier, then led the demon beasts in attacking the second formation.
• Crimson Burst Old Bear used another set of Formation Breaking Talismans to destroy the second formation, leaving the city protected by only its final Third Rank High Grade formation.
• Liu Haochan worried that the remaining formation would soon fall and weighed whether to flee, knowing the city's loss would endanger Yan Kingdom and bring punishment from the Heavenly Star Sect.
• Liu Haochan detected a faint spiritual fluctuation south of White Cloud City that resembled the concealment art of the Heavenly Star Flying Boats, and Crimson Burst Old Bear also noticed it.
• The empty sky warped, and dozens of black lightning bolts powerful enough to match Golden Core Initial Stage strikes burst from within.

Ling Pengyun and six Golden Core allies returned to White Cloud City and used tribulation lightning to damage Crimson Burst Old Bear’s Wolf Tooth Club. With the city’s cultivators covering their approach, they entered safely, giving the defenders a chance to resist the siege.

• Ling Pengyun’s tribulation lightning struck down two Golden Core Demon Kings outside White Cloud City, and Crimson Burst Old Bear recognized him and attacked with his Wolf Tooth Club.
• Ling Pengyun shielded his flying boat with the Profound Yang Magic Shield, then used nine bolts of tribulation lightning from the Lightning Transformation Mirror to dent and weaken the Wolf Tooth Club.
• Ling Pengyun called to Ling Yunhong to cover the group’s entry while he, Yan Siyi, Hundred Spirits True Person, and the other Golden Cores attacked the Wolf Tooth Club.
• Ling Yunhong rallied White Cloud City’s Golden Core defenders to protect the returning cultivators, noting that their arrival shifted the numbers in the city’s favor.
• Crimson Burst Old Bear ordered the remaining Demon Kings to stop Ling Pengyun’s group, but the city’s Golden Cores blocked their attacks and the group entered White Cloud City safely.

Ling Pengyun returned to White Cloud City with reinforcements, helping its defenders gain an advantage against the Crimson Gold Bear forces. At Serpent Dragon Lake, Qin Shi learned that the underground earth vein would soon fail, but insisted the defenders stay and protect the place.

• Ling Pengyun told Ling Yunhong and Liu Haochan that Heavenly Star True Lord had driven back the Profound Heaven Corpse and begun conquering territory in the Crimson Gold Bear domain.
• Ling Pengyun and six other Golden Core cultivators helped White Cloud City's defenders kill two more Demon Kings, reducing the enemy's numbers and easing the siege.
• A message warned Qin Shi that Serpent Dragon Lake's underground earth vein would collapse within half a day, weakening the Lake Protection Array by thirty percent.
• Ling Chengyuan warned Qin Shi that the defenders might not survive without the array and urged him to prepare to withdraw.
• Qin Shi insisted that Serpent Dragon Lake had to be defended, leaving Ling Chengyuan's appeal unanswered.

As Serpent Dragon Lake’s earth vein was destroyed and its protection array neared collapse, Ling Chengyuan chose to remain and fight alongside Qin Shi. A giant tortoise then appeared, killed a Golden Core Second Layer Golden Horn Mad Cow, and flew toward the lake while its magic treasures slaughtered lesser demons.

• Qin Shi warned Ling Chengyuan that Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu might destroy the spirit vein, and Ling Chengyuan agreed to stay as long as the threat remained manageable.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu destroyed the earth vein, weakening the Lake Protection Array until demon beasts broke through and killed more than a hundred low-level cultivators.
• Ling Chengyuan decided to hold out with Qin Shi and crushed a strange blood-red armor plate to seek an Old Ancestor’s support.
• After several days of bombardment left the array close to collapse, a hidden attacker struck the Golden Core Second Layer Golden Horn Mad Cow with Mystic Armor Mountain and nine blue needles, killing it.
• The Golden Horn Mad Cow King and another Golden Core Mad Cow attacked the revealed giant tortoise, but its shell withstood their blows as it flew toward Serpent Dragon Lake and its magic treasures massacred low-level demons.

The Black Armored Turtle returned to Serpent Dragon Lake and helped the Ling Clan defend against the demon beasts. Its premonition revealed a hidden treasure beneath the lake, which Ling Chengyuan identified as a Dragon Vein.

• The Black Armored Turtle entered Serpent Dragon Lake after killing a Golden Core Second Layer Demon King, and Ling Chengyuan confirmed it was Ling Pengyun's spirit beast.
• Qin Shi recognized the turtle as the sibling of his own Black Armored Turtle and felt defeated by how much stronger Ling Pengyun's spirit beast had become.
• The Black Armored Turtle sensed something special near Serpent Dragon Lake's Third Rank Spirit Vein and told Ling Chengyuan about its suspicions.
• Serpent Dragon Lake's Lake Protection Array shattered after holding off the enemy for several hours, allowing the Black Armored Turtle to sense a powerful, unusual aura beneath the lake.
• Ling Chengyuan identified the hidden spirit vein as a Dragon Vein, which could strengthen flood dragon bloodlines and produce Dragon Transformation Grass.

Ling Chengyuan realized Serpent Dragon Lake concealed a Dragon Vein and forced the remaining defenders to help the Ling Clan seize the territory and claim half the vein. He took shelter inside the Black Armored Turtle as the defenders fought to hold off the invading cultivators and demon beasts, while awaiting Frosty Old Ancestor.

• Yang Siqi and Liang Mingtu urged Ling Chengyuan to retreat, but Ling Chengyuan ordered them to stay and demanded half the Third Rank Spirit Vein beneath Serpent Dragon Lake for the Ling Clan.
• Qin Shi accepted Ling Chengyuan's terms and secretly asked him to keep the lake's secret, while Ling Chengyuan threatened Yang Siqi and Liang Mingtu into defending the territory.
• Ling Chengyuan told the Black Armored Turtle that a Dragon Vein lay beneath the lake and said Frosty Old Ancestor was on the way.
• Ling Chengyuan sheltered inside the Black Armored Turtle while his Golden Core Demon Corpse fought Mo Qianqiu; the turtle faced Spirit Array Old Ancestor, and the other defenders engaged the Golden Horn Mad Cows.
• The lake's cultivators formed a defensive array against more than two hundred thousand demon beasts, but the array began to buckle and was expected to break within hours.

The Ling Clan’s Frosty Spirit Tree emerged in Serpent Dragon Lake and slaughtered thousands of demon beasts with ice attacks. Its appearance drew the attention of the combatants above the lake, and a Golden Core Initial Stage Golden Horn Mad Cow charged toward it.

• The Frosty Spirit Tree rose from beneath Serpent Dragon Lake, froze a huge block of water, and crushed roughly a thousand demon beasts.
• The Frosty Spirit Tree formed ice arrows and killed thousands more low-rank demon beasts as they tried to flee.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor recognized the tree as a powerful offensive spirit plant and suspected it belonged to the Ling Clan.
• The chapter revealed that Ling Pengyun had left the Frosty Spirit Tree as a final defense for the Ling Clan and that it had learned the Jia Mu Escape Technique.
• The Golden Core Middle Stage Golden Horn Mad Cow held off Yang Siqi and Liang Mingtu while the Golden Core Initial Stage Golden Horn Mad Cow charged the Frosty Spirit Tree.

The Frosty Spirit Tree turned the battle on Serpent Dragon Island by holding off a Golden Horn Mad Cow and slaughtering lesser demon beasts. Liang Mingtu decided to commit himself to the Ling Clan’s cause, using secret arts to strengthen himself so Yang Siqi could help the tree.

• The Frosty Spirit Tree used a water shield, a flying sword, and ice spells to hold back a Golden Horn Mad Cow while killing lesser demon beasts.
• The tree’s attacks eased the pressure on the cultivators defending Serpent Dragon Island, and Yang Siqi, Liang Mingtu, and Qin Shi recognized its strength as a Ling Clan asset.
• Liang Mingtu concluded that his clan could not escape the Ling Clan’s control and resolved to prove its value by supporting the Ling Clan.
• Liang Mingtu told Yang Siqi to help the Frosty Spirit Tree while he held off the Golden Horn Mad Cow King alone for a hundred breaths.
• Liang Mingtu burned spiritual power, blood, and lifespan with three Liang Clan secret arts, then unleashed a torrent of attacks against the Golden Horn Mad Cow King as Yang Siqi went to aid the tree.

Yang Siqi and the Frosty Spirit Tree helped defeat the Golden Horn Mad Cow clan’s forces, driving the Golden Horn Mad Cow King to retreat and leaving Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu unable to take Serpent Dragon Island. The island’s defenders remained safe for now, while Ling Chengyuan considered the Liang Family’s future and the Qiu Clan’s fate.

• Yang Siqi and the Frosty Spirit Tree killed a Golden Horn Mad Cow at the Golden Core Second Layer, then joined Liang Mingtu in overpowering the Golden Horn Mad Cow King.
• Liang Mingtu’s secret art consumed nearly a hundred years of his lifespan, leaving him frail and unable to fight, while Ling Chengyuan considered keeping the useful Liang Family and eliminating the unhelpful Qiu Clan.
• After suffering heavy losses and realizing it could not safely seize Serpent Dragon Island, the Golden Horn Mad Cow King ordered its demon beasts to withdraw and returned to its clan’s territory.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu found themselves outnumbered by the island’s Golden Cores and decided to retreat rather than risk severe injury while trying to move the Dragon Vein.
• Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu left on the earth flood dragon, and Ling Chengyuan and the other defenders quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

After the battle on Serpent Dragon Island, Ling Chengyuan demanded half of its Dragon Vein for the Ling Clan and arranged for the Black Armored Turtle to stay and defend the island. Qin Shi refused to hand over the vein without his sect’s approval, but Hundred Spirits True Person soon confirmed the sect had agreed, while Ling Clan forces surrounded the sect’s Golden Core cultivators at White Cloud City.

• Qin Shi thanked the allies for defending Serpent Dragon Island, promised their artifact rewards, and asked one or two Golden Core cultivators to stay because the Spirit Array Old Ancestor and Mo Qianqiu could attack again.
• Ling Chengyuan said the Ling Clan had agreed to delayed payment but demanded its previously requested half-share of the Third Rank Dragon Vein, and left on the Black Armored Turtle to inspect it.
• Blue Jade threatened Ling Chengyuan, who taunted it, and the Frosty Spirit Tree summoned its Water Wood Sword as Liang Mingtu and Yang Siqi moved to protect Ling Chengyuan.
• Qin Shi received a message from Hundred Spirits True Person, who said he had agreed to the Ling Clan’s half-share of the Dragon Vein and ordered that no one obstruct it.
• At White Cloud City, Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, Ling Yunhong, Ling Penglin, Ling Chengxin, a mysterious red-robed Golden Core cultivator, and eleven Golden Core Demon Corpses surrounded Hundred Spirits True Person and the other Hundred Spirits Sect Golden Core cultivators.

Ling Pengyun forced Hundred Spirits True Person to reaffirm the Ling Clan’s share of the Dragon Vein at Serpent Dragon Lake, then Ling Chengyuan set out with Qin Shi and the Blue Jade Flood Dragon to explore the island. At White Cloud City, the defenders restored part of their main array as the beast tide weakened, while five outsiders arrived and watched the battle.

• Ling Pengyun threatened to end the pact with Hundred Spirits True Person unless the Ling Clan kept half the benefits of Serpent Dragon Lake’s Dragon Vein, and Liu Haochan urged both sides back to their posts.
• Ling Pengyun led the Ling Clan cultivators and Golden Core Demon Corpses away to fight the attacking Golden Core cultivators.
• Qin Shi guided Ling Chengyuan and the Black Armored Turtle into Serpent Dragon Island’s depths, with the Blue Jade Flood Dragon following and the Frosty Spirit Tree remaining behind with Yang Siqi and Liang Mingtu.
• White Cloud City’s defenders killed three Demon Kings, reduced the attacking force to eighteen Golden Core Demon Kings, and restored the Golden Moon Stellar Yang Grand Array to about seventy percent strength.
• Crimson Burst Old Bear continued to seek a chance to avenge Crimson Kite Demon Queen as five black streaks arrived near White Cloud City and revealed five cultivators watching the battle.

Gang Sha and four Profound Corpse Sect cultivators joined Crimson Burst Old Bear’s assault on White Cloud City, targeting Ling Pengyun and his Demon Corpses. Their combined attack overwhelmed the city’s defenders, leaving Ling Pengyun worried that demonic forces might also strike the Ling Clan’s vulnerable grounds.

• Gang Sha persuaded Yin Kui and the other Profound Corpse Sect cultivators to help seize Ling Pengyun’s Demon Corpses and other spoils.
• Gang Sha led the five cultivators toward White Cloud City and told Crimson Burst Old Bear that they had come to assist under the Profound Heaven True Lord’s orders.
• Gang Sha used thirty-six array flags to trap White Cloud City in a formation whose corrosive ghostly qi weakened the city’s defenses.
• Gang Sha transformed his body into a Demon Corpse and led three scaled Demon Corpses in attacking the City Protection Array, while Yin Kui and the others sent their own Demon Corpses and demonic treasures into battle.
• The attackers outnumbered and overpowered White Cloud City’s Golden Core defenders, and Ling Pengyun feared the Ling Clan’s grounds might be attacked while the kingdom’s interior defenses were weak.

Ling Wansheng and the Ling Clan cultivators defended a mortal city when demonic cultivators from the Profound Corpse Sect approached. After learning that all sixteen mortal cities and the clan territory were requesting aid, Ling Wansheng resolved to hold the city until reinforcements arrived.

• The City Protection Array Formation detected demonic cultivators approaching the city, and Ling Wansheng led the defenders to the North City Wall.
• Ling Wansheng identified the attackers as cultivators from the Profound Corpse Sect and crushed a Mother-Child Token to request aid.
• Ling Wansheng discovered that all sixteen mortal cities and the clan territory were signaling for help, raising fears that the Ling Clan was under attack on every front.
• An elderly Peng Generation cultivator rebuked the frightened defenders and reminded Ling Wansheng that the clan had supported his Foundation Establishment.
• Ling Wansheng vowed to keep the demonic cultivators out and prepared his Dao Techniques as the defenders readied their magical artifacts.