Chapter Summaries

Ling Chengxia’s forces crushed a demonic incursion into Ling Clan Territory while the Yan Kingdom’s Golden Core cultivators held the main invasion at White Cloud City. Ling Pengyun fought so effortlessly that he concealed his strength, and Ling Yunhong left the battle to refine pills.

• Ling Chengxia led three hundred Ling Clan cultivators to slaughter more than a hundred demonic cultivators and over a thousand demon beasts, suffering few casualties.
• At White Cloud City, forty Golden Core combatants from the Yan Kingdom’s four factions held off the invading demons and beasts, preventing Golden Core enemies from entering the kingdom’s interior.
• Hundred Spirits True Person watched Ling Pengyun leisurely fight a powerful demon beast and resolved to keep the Hundred Spirits Sect on good terms with the Ling Clan.
• Ling Yunhong yawned while restraining a Golden Core Middle Stage demonic cultivator, then left to refine pills from the clan’s matured spirit herbs.
• Ling Pengyun took over Ling Yunhong’s opponent, nearly overwhelmed him with a few moves, then deliberately eased his attacks to conceal his strength.

The battle for White Cloud City had settled into a cautious stalemate, with both sides avoiding heavy casualties. Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon arrived with nine powerful flood dragons and a Crimson Gold Bear, then led them around the city to attack Yan Kingdom’s heartland and force its defenders away.

• Ling Pengyun and the defenders of White Cloud City continued to avoid escalation, and both sides reduced their attacks to token fighting.
• Eleven powerful demons arrived near White Cloud City, led by Golden Core Completion Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon and accompanied by nine flood dragons or Half-Jiaos and a Crimson Gold Bear.
• The Crimson Gold Bear explained that White Cloud City lay between them and Yan Kingdom’s heartland.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon decided to bypass the city and ravage Yan Kingdom’s heartland, hoping to draw out its Golden Core defenders before attacking the city and reclaiming the White Cloud Mountain Range.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon and his group made a wide detour around White Cloud City and entered Yan Kingdom’s heartland.

Ling Chengxia encountered Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon while searching for demons in Ling Clan Territory and summoned the injured Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to protect him. Dragon Abyss said he could only guarantee Ling Chengxia’s escape until the other Ling Clan cultivators arrived.

• Ling Chengxia detected a Golden Core Middle Stage Crimson Gold Bear near the border of the Hundred Spirits Sect’s territory and sent his mirror toward it.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon emerged from hiding and charged at Ling Chengxia, revealing that it had Golden Core Completion cultivation.
• Ling Chengxia summoned Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King, whom Ling Pengyun had assigned to protect him during the demon uprising.
• Dragon Abyss recognized Mo Ye as a potential source of nourishment for his injuries but admitted he had only thirty percent of his peak strength.
• Ling Chengxia asked Dragon Abyss to hold off Mo Ye until the Ling Clan cultivators arrived.

Ling Chengxia and Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King fought Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon and its allies while Ling Chengxia reported the battle to White Cloud City. After learning of the Golden Core Completion flood dragon, Ling Pengyun left the city to join the fight.

• Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King agreed to hold back a hidden Golden Core Middle Stage Half-Jiao while Ling Chengxia faced the Crimson Gold Bear and a Golden Core Middle Stage Demon Corpse.
• Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King ambushed Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon, shattered several of its defenses, and attacked with Thousand Flowing Water and his reforged Cloud Touching Four Fists Set.
• A Golden Core Middle Stage Fire Serpent Python came to Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon's aid, but Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King trapped it with Thousand Flowing Water.
• Ling Chengxia and his allies forced the Crimson Gold Bear onto the defensive as he sent details of the battle to Ling Pengyun through Communication Treasure Mirrors.
• Ling Pengyun learned that a Golden Core Completion water flood dragon was attacking the Ling Clan, summoned another Golden Core Demon Corpse for each Ling Clan Golden Core cultivator at White Cloud City, and flew toward the battle.

The Ling Clan’s reinforcements helped the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King kill the Crimson Gold Bear and Fire Serpent Python, then joined the siege of Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon. Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon claimed Black Flood Dragon Lake had sent three Nascent Soul flood dragons against the Three Great Immortal Sects, leaving Ling Pengyun uncertain whether to believe the far-reaching threat.

• The Frosty Spirit Tree and Ling Chengyuan arrived to help Ling Chengxia’s forces kill the Crimson Gold Bear.
• The Ling Clan forces joined the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King’s battle, and the Fire Serpent Python was slain while Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon remained surrounded.
• Ling Pengyun arrived from White Cloud City and joined the attack on Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon revealed its Black Flood Dragon Lake lineage and threatened revenge from its Nascent Soul great-grandfather if the group killed it.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon swore that Black Flood Dragon Lake had sent three Nascent Soul flood dragons to attack the Three Great Immortal Sects, and Ling Pengyun hesitated over whether its claim was true.

Ling Pengyun investigated Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon’s warning that Black Flood Dragon Lake had returned and discovered that Heavenly Star Sect also knew of the threat. He returned to the Ling Clan and compelled Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon to sign a soul contract before releasing it, while Mo Ye tried to recruit both the Ling Clan and Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King.

• Ling Pengyun packed the Ling Clan’s valuables and ordered its elders to prepare the clan to flee Yan Kingdom or the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World.
• Ling Pengyun traveled to Crimson Gold City and asked Liu Haochan whether the Black Flood Dragon Lake threat and the attacks on the Three Great Immortal Sects were real.
• Liu Haochan confirmed that Black Flood Dragon Lake creatures had caused trouble in Heavenly Star Country and advised Ling Pengyun to release the trapped flood dragon rather than provoke the lake.
• Ling Pengyun returned to the Ling Clan and forced Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon to sign a Third Rank High Grade Soul Contract before agreeing to release it.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon urged the Ling Clan to submit to Black Flood Dragon Lake and invited Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to join it.

Ling Pengyun forced Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon to sign a contract, surrender its banner, and leave, then explained the threat posed by Black Flood Dragon Lake to his allies. The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King agreed to stay, while Ling Pengyun weighed the danger against the immense holdings his clan could not easily abandon.

• Ling Pengyun made Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon sign a Soul Contract forbidding revenge against or disclosure of the Ling Clan, then demanded its Illusory Flood Dragon Banner as the price of leaving.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon surrendered the banner and fled, abandoning the Fire Serpent Python and Crimson Gold Bear's corpse.
• Ling Pengyun told Ling Chengyuan, Ling Chengxia, and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King what he had learned in Heavenly Star Country about Black Flood Dragon Lake and its Nascent Soul flood dragons.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King considered returning to White Shadow Lake, but Ling Pengyun reminded it of its debts and warned it not to leave lightly.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King promised to stay if Ling Pengyun did, while Ling Pengyun worried that moving the Ling Clan would mean abandoning its six territories and many precious spirit veins.

Ling Pengyun prepared for the possibility that the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World would fall, sending a thousand promising clan members toward the Boundless Sea Region while deciding to keep defending the White Cloud Mountain Range. He returned to White Cloud City, where other sect leaders arrived wounded after defending their homes from powerful flood dragons and a flood python.

• Ling Pengyun ordered Ling Chengyuan to gather a thousand promising clan members and instructed Ling Chengxia to escort them by sea to the Ling Clan’s branches in the Boundless Sea Region.
• Ling Pengyun gave Ling Chengxia the White Shadow Secret Realm token and told him not to return, entrusting him with the Black Water Turtle as a future hope for the clan.
• Ling Pengyun rejected the idea of yielding the White Cloud Mountain Range, saying White Cloud City’s formations could help defend against a future attack from Black Flood Dragon Lake.
• A month later, Ling Pengyun returned to White Cloud City and continued stalling the Demon Race’s attack without killing its Golden Core beasts.
• Hundred Spirits True Person, Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, and other Golden Core cultivators returned to White Cloud City wounded after three Golden Core demons nearly breached the Hundred Spirits Sect.
• Yang Siling said Hundred Spirits True Person had burned his lifespan to drive off the attackers and likely had only ten or so years left to live.

Ling Pengyun warned Yan Kingdom’s Golden Core forces that Black Flood Dragon Lake might emerge, and secured their agreement to unite in its defense. The chapter ended with Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon and other flood dragons gathered beneath a lake near Hai Yun City, facing a powerful water flood dragon as demon beasts besieged the city.

• Yang Siling explained the rival factions within Hundred Spirits Sect and praised Hundred Spirits True Person for defending the sect’s foundation.
• Ling Pengyun learned that flood dragons and flood pythons had withdrawn from several Yan Kingdom sects, and suspected Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon had recalled them.
• Ling Pengyun told Hundred Spirits True Person, Medicine King Zhenren, and Pure Heart Old Daoist that Black Flood Dragon Lake was behind the attacks and urged them to prepare.
• Hundred Spirits True Person, Medicine King Zhenren, and Pure Heart Old Daoist agreed to join forces with Ling Pengyun to defend Yan Kingdom if the danger grew.
• Half a month later, millions of demon beasts besieged Hai Yun City while Mo Ye Old Water Flood Dragon and other Golden Core flood dragons gathered beneath a nearby lake before an immense water flood dragon.

Mo Lin ordered Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon and the other flood dragons to stop trying to seize territory and instead help the Crimson Gold Bear Race hold its lands, revealing that its own severe wound from Hai Yun True Lord prevented further attacks. They returned to Yan Kingdom and barely fought, while Ling Pengyun worried that Black Flood Dragon Lake’s eventual emergence was drawing closer; the chapter ended with a white shadow appearing on a golden beach at the Northern Wilderness’s northern edge.

• Mo Lin dismissed Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon and the other flood dragons after ordering them to help the Crimson Gold Bear Race defend its territory, then revealed its tail wound and recalled being injured by Hai Yun True Lord at Hai Yun City.
• Mo Lin continued purging the Hai Yun Evil Qi from its wound, lamenting that it could not soon avenge itself or reclaim human territory.
• Mo Ye Old Flood Dragon and the other flood dragons returned to White Cloud City in Yan Kingdom, where they barely attacked and instead quietly cultivated behind the demon beast horde.
• Ling Pengyun learned that the flood dragons had been ordered only to prevent Yan Kingdom from expanding and concluded that Black Flood Dragon Lake’s full emergence might still be some time away, though he urged his clan to prepare.
• Two and a half months later, a barely noticeable white shadow disturbed the quiet beach at the northern edge of the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World.

Ling Chengxia led a thousand Ling Clan members across the dangerous Barren Sea Region on the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King’s back. After avoiding a battle between demonic cultivators, they sensed a secret realm opening and considered investigating it.

• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King carried Ling Chengxia and the Ling Clan members into the unstable Barren Sea Region, concealing their presence with its Water Spirit Myriad Concealments Technique.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King detected powerful demonic cultivators fighting to the north and suggested going around them.
• Ling Chengxia chose to avoid the battle, despite his desire to kill the demonic cultivators and seize their resources.
• After they detoured, the fighting stopped and a spatial disturbance revealed that a secret realm had opened, with demonic qi suggesting it contained a demonic vein.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King urged Ling Chengxia to investigate the possible Demonic Path Secret Realm and take advantage of the cultivators who had opened it.

Ling Chengxia and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King waited near a secret realm entrance and learned that Yin Pearl Sect disciples had driven Zhang Renli and his companions out badly injured. As Zhang Renli prepared to summon reinforcements, the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King burst onto the island and attacked.

• Ling Chengxia sent his Golden Core Late Stage Steel Nether Fire Beast Puppet to protect the Ling Clan cultivators, then followed the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King toward the secret realm entrance.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King detected two Golden Core Middle Stage demonic cultivators guarding the island, and he and Ling Chengxia waited nearly half a month.
• Three demonic cultivators emerged from the secret realm, including the injured Golden Core Late Stage pair Ming Liang and Hong Er and the weakened Golden Core Completion cultivator Zhang Renli.
• Zhang Renli explained that roughly a thousand Yin Pearl Sect disciples and their formations had overwhelmed his group, then ordered Ming Xuan and Ming Dong to summon the clan's other Golden Core cultivators.
• The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King formed a blue water dome over the island and charged into its Limitless Astral Wind.

Ling Chengxia and Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King attacked Zhang Renli and the other Zhang Clan cultivators guarding the secret realm entrance. When Zhang Renli threatened to destroy the three entry tokens, Ling Chengxia ordered Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to stop, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ling Chengxia summoned the Yin Yang Transformation Profound Treasure Mirror and struck Zhang Renli's protective shield with a powerful Yin Yang Transformation Profound Ball.
• Zhang Renli recognized that his weakened group could not win and tried to deter Ling Chengxia by naming the Emerald Smoke Demon Sect.
• Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King ignored Zhang Renli's appeal and battered the shield with its claws and Thousand Flowing Water until the barrier shattered.
• Zhang Renli threatened to destroy the three secret realm entry tokens if Ling Chengxia harmed him or his clan.
• Ling Chengxia told Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to stop, saying they had achieved their purpose.

Ling Chengxia tricked Zhang Renli into handing over the secret-realm token and opening method, then violated their Soul Contract and killed Zhang Renli and the other five Golden Core cultivators. He survived the contract’s backlash, leaving the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King shaken and wary.

• Ling Chengxia learned that the Yin Pearl Demon Sect had once controlled the secret realm and demanded its token and opening method from Zhang Renli.
• Zhang Renli bargained for safe passage and half the secret realm’s benefits, but agreed to take thirty percent after Ling Chengxia negotiated; the two sides signed a Quasi Fourth Rank Soul Contract.
• After receiving and testing the token and method, Ling Chengxia attacked Zhang Renli and the other five Old Devils with powerful talismans and one-use magical treasures, killing them.
• Ling Chengxia admitted he had never intended to ally with the demonic cultivators and said his Dao was Attaining Dao Through Slaughter.
• The Soul Contract’s backlash caused Ling Chengxia severe pain and left his aura unsteady, but he survived; the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King recoiled and asked how he was still alive.

Ling Chengxia used Seal Removal Spirit Talismans to survive the contract backlash, then entered the White Shadow Secret Realm with Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to investigate the surviving Yin Pearl Sect cultivators. They found a thousand devil cultivators protected by powerful formations, so Ling Chengxia ordered a retreat.

• Ling Chengxia explained that three Seal Removal Spirit Talismans had neutralized most of the Soul Mark’s power, though the remaining backlash badly injured his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ling Chengxia collected the remains and valuables of Zhang Renli and the other devil cultivators, then opened the secret realm entrance with Zhang Renli’s token.
• Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King entered first, and Ling Chengxia followed into the secret realm.
• Formation attacks trapped Ling Chengxia and Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King, but Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King shielded them both with Thousand Flowing Water.
• Ling Chengxia spotted about a thousand devil cultivators, including more than ten Golden Core cultivators and a Quasi Fourth Rank demonic formation, and ordered Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to retreat.

Xuan An Old Demon and Xuan Ying Old Demon decided to abandon the Yin Pearl Secret Realm and rebuild the Yin Pearl Demon Sect in the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World, despite the danger surrounding Black Flood Dragon Lake. Months later, Ling Chengxia told Lin Luo about the secret realm, leaving him stunned to learn of its existence.

• After Ling Chengxia and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King withdrew, Xuan An Old Demon worried that outsiders had discovered the secret realm's entrance in the Barren Sea Region.
• Xuan Ying Old Demon urged Xuan An Old Demon to move the sect's resources and rebuild in the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World.
• Xuan An Old Demon warned that Black Flood Dragon Lake had reappeared, but Xuan Ying argued that the Yin Pearl Demon Sect could ally with the Flood Dragon Race.
• Xuan An Old Demon agreed to lead the sect to the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World and hoped the intruders would not pursue them.
• Months later, Ling Chengxia told Lin Luo about the Yin Pearl Secret Realm, and Lin Luo reacted with shock.

Ling Chengxia told Lin Luo about the Profound Pearl Secret Realm, and Lin Luo summoned Azure Water True Lord to negotiate access. Azure Water agreed to an equal division of its benefits and set out with Ling Chengxia for the secret realm’s entrance.

• Ling Chengxia confirmed the secret realm’s existence to Lin Luo and asked him to inform Azure Water True Lord before other Nascent Soul cultivators discovered it.
• Lin Luo awakened Azure Water True Lord from secluded cultivation, and the two men met with Ling Chengxia.
• Ling Chengxia demanded half of the secret realm’s territory and resources, and Azure Water temporarily immobilized him after he threatened to destroy his memories.
• Azure Water released Ling Chengxia and accepted the fifty-fifty division, then swore a Heaven’s Dao Oath to uphold it.
• Azure Water assured Ling Chengxia that he could conceal his karma from the Saint Demon Sect and left the Azure Sea Secret Realm with him for the entrance in the Barren Sea Region.

Ling Chengxia and Azure Water True Lord entered the Profound Pearl Secret Realm after killing three demonic cultivators from the Black Moon Island Zhang Family. They found the realm depleted but still under their control, and Azure Water True Lord judged its size to be a valuable small secret realm.

• Azure Water True Lord detected three hidden Golden Core demonic cultivators and killed them with Icy Soul Mystic Phoenixes.
• Azure Water True Lord found Dark Nether Island tokens identifying the dead cultivators as members of the Black Moon Island Zhang Family, which Ling Chengxia linked to the Emerald Smoke Demon Sect.
• Ling Chengxia used Old Devil Zhang Renli's secret realm token to open the entrance, and he and Azure Water True Lord entered the Profound Pearl Secret Realm.
• Ling Chengxia and Azure Water True Lord discovered that the secret realm's demonic veins had vanished and its surviving Profound Pearl Demon Sect members had dwindled to fewer than a hundred weak cultivators.
• Azure Water True Lord surveyed the realm and found that it spanned more than eight hundred and eighty li, making it a valuable small secret realm.

Ling Chengxia and Azure Water True Lord seized the Profound Pearl Secret Realm, refined its earth core, and divided its remaining veins between the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect and the Ling Clan. Ling Chengxia then gathered clan members to develop the Ling Clan’s holdings in the secret realm and entrusted their cultivation to Uncle Peng Liang.

• Azure Water True Lord killed the demonic cultivators guarding the secret realm and at its earth core, where he and Ling Chengxia found a letter asking them to spare the Profound Pearl Demon Sect’s remnants.
• Azure Water True Lord refined the earth core, sealed the secret realm’s existing entrances, and created a concealed entrance in the Barren Sea Region.
• Ling Chengxia and Azure Water True Lord divided the secret realm’s thousand remaining low-rank demonic veins evenly between the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect and the Ling Clan.
• Array Formation Masters converted half of each faction’s veins into spirit veins, leaving the Ling Clan with more than two hundred and fifty spirit veins and more than two hundred and fifty demonic veins.
• Ling Chengxia brought five hundred clan members to the secret realm to manage the Ling Clan’s veins and asked Uncle Peng Liang to oversee the spirit-plant cultivation.

Ling Chengxia arranged to cultivate at the Mountain Sea Qian Clan branch after discovering the Profound Pearl Secret Realm, while Ling Pengyun continued defending Yan Kingdom during the Beast Tide. The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King later reported the secret realm's discovery and capture, giving Ling Pengyun the Ling Clan a potential refuge as the crisis continued.

• Ling Pengliang agreed to tend the secret realm's spirit plants, and Ling Chengxia planned to cultivate at the Mountain Sea Qian Clan branch rather than return to the Ling Clan.
• Ling Chengxia sent the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King to inform the Ling Clan about the Yin Pearl Secret Realm, then traveled to Mountain Sea Island to cultivate.
• Ling Pengyun urged Ling Chengxin to leave the city wall and cultivate with Ling Lihao, while he continued defending White Cloud City against the Beast Tide.
• Ling Chengxin and Ling Lihao began secluded cultivation, aiming to advance their respective cultivation levels.
• Months later, the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King told Ling Pengyun that Ling Chengxia had discovered the Profound Pearl Secret Realm and seized it with the Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect.
• Ling Pengyun welcomed the secret realm as a possible refuge for the Ling Clan, and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King asked him for compensation.