Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun considered the coming danger in the Northern Wilderness and checked on the Black Armored Turtle and Ling Yunhong, hoping they would grow strong enough to help the clan. The turtle resolved to pursue a Special Grade Nascent Soul, while Ling Yunhong shared the major gains he had made in alchemy during seclusion.

• Ling Pengyun reflected on the fragile peace in the Northern Wilderness and hoped the Black Armored Turtle and Ling Yunhong could reach the Nascent Soul realm before another calamity.
• The Black Armored Turtle learned that Ling Chengxia had entered the Nascent Soul realm and, despite feeling surpassed, reaffirmed its plan to seek a Special Grade Nascent Soul.
• Ling Yunhong received Ling Pengyun's message and learned that Ling Chengxia had formed a Superior Grade Nascent Soul.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong shared their joy, and Ling Yunhong explained that his alchemy had advanced to established Quasi Fourth Rank standards and that he had perfected his Gentle Water Alchemy Method to Third Rank High Grade.

Ling Pengyun arranged for Ling Yunhong to help Yan Siyi prepare spirit food and pills while keeping Ling Chengxia’s recent Nascent Soul breakthrough secret so he could serve as a hidden asset. Ling Chengxia received powerful gifts from his relatives, while Ling Pengyun began cultivating and worried that Star Sea Old Ancestor might not recover before Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor.

• Ling Pengyun asked Ling Yunhong to assist Yan Siyi with spirit food and alchemy, and Ling Yunhong agreed while requesting Fourth Rank spirit food to aid his own breakthrough.
• Ling Yunhong decided to visit Golden Winged Mountain in person to congratulate Ling Chengxia, who had just entered Nascent Soul.
• Ling Pengyun told Ling Chengxia that the lineage would keep his breakthrough quiet and use him as a hidden card if chaos returned to the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World.
• Ling Pengxing, Ling Yunhong, the Black Armored Turtle, and other elders brought Ling Chengxia valuable gifts, including a Nascent Soul Spirit Ghost, healing pills, defensive treasures, and talismans.
• Ling Chengxia sorted through his gifts and judged that they had greatly strengthened his cultivation resources and defenses.
• Ling Pengyun entered seclusion to cultivate and improve his Five Elements Canopy, worrying that Star Sea Old Ancestor might recover more slowly than Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor.

Star Sea Old Ancestor learned that the Sea Flood Dragon Race had attacked Star Sea Pavilion’s forces and suspected its Old Ancestor had grown stronger by refining the Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s remains. He left seclusion to oversee the conflict, but three months later Star Sea Island came under siege, and the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor prepared to draw him out and kill him.

• Starry Sunny Grand Elder told Star Sea Old Ancestor that the Sea Flood Dragon Race had suddenly attacked Star Sea Pavilion’s forces, and they suspected its Old Ancestor had gained strength from the Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s remains.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor agreed to leave seclusion and oversee the front lines, revealing that he had stayed in seclusion to help the Sea Flood Dragon Banner refine the Black Flood Dragon’s body.
• Three months later, three powerful Blood Flood Dragons helped the demons besiege Star Sea Island and hold back Star Sea Pavilion’s Nascent Soul experts.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder inferred that the Sea Flood Dragon Race had used essence blood from the Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor to create the Blood Flood Dragons.
• The Sea Flood Dragon Race’s Old Ancestor concealed himself near Star Sea Island and planned to lure out Star Sea Old Ancestor before striking him.

Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor persuaded several demon and devil Spirit Transformation cultivators to join him in attacking Star Sea Old Ancestor, while Ling Pengyun learned that Star Sea Pavilion had called for his support in the Boundless Sea Region. The chapter left Ling Pengyun considering the urgent request after learning that Old True Lord Yun Qian had already set out.

• Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor contacted Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Emperor, the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect’s two Spirit Transformation Demon Lords, and Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor to ask them to join his attack on Star Sea Old Ancestor.
• Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor revealed his Consummation-level mid-grade Water Element True Intent and claimed he could nearly match Star Sea Old Ancestor, convincing the others to ally with him.
• Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor warned that Star Sea Old Ancestor might strengthen Star Sea Pavilion’s Sea Flood Dragon Banner, and the demon and devil cultivators agreed to attack before that happened.
• Ling Pengyun received a Message Talisman from Ling Lihao reporting that Old True Lord Yun Qian had requested support for a crisis in the Boundless Sea Region.
• Ling Pengyun learned that Old True Lord Yun Qian had already set out and furrowed his brows.

Ling Pengyun learned that Star Sea Pavilion had summoned him to support the Boundless Sea Region, where the Sea Flood Dragon Race had triggered a major crisis. He prepared the Ling Clan for trouble, accepted support from his relatives, and set out with Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia, and Ling Pengcheng.

• Ling Pengyun used the Communication Array to learn that the Sea Flood Dragon Race was behind the crisis in the Boundless Sea Region.
• Ling Pengyun gathered the Ling Clan’s Nascent Soul cultivators and senior members, explained the danger, and ordered preparations for a possible great battle.
• Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia, and Ling Pengcheng volunteered to accompany Ling Pengyun, while Ling Lihao and Ling Pengxing offered talismans and spirit ghosts to aid him.
• Ling Yunhong and other clan members gave Ling Pengyun treasures and supplies, and Ling Pengyun accepted their support.
• Ling Pengyun warned Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia, and Ling Pengcheng to follow his orders, then left the clan with them for the Boundless Sea Region.

As Ling Pengyun’s preparations for a possible great battle spread through the Ling Clan and the Righteous Path, Zhang Hua and his grandson Zhang Qing sought refuge at Ice Snow Marketplace. Zhang Qing learned the Ling Clan would establish an academy to recruit young cultivators, and Zhang Hua quietly entered the marketplace that night.

• Ling Lihao summoned the cultivators at Golden Winged Mountain and ordered them to stay put and collect combat supplies, as the Ling Clan prepared for a possible battle.
• The Ling Clan informed neighboring Nascent Soul Forces that a great battle might erupt, prompting the Righteous Path to investigate and grow tense.
• Zhang Hua and Zhang Qing arrived at Ice Snow Marketplace and, finding its lodgings occupied, settled in the guarded residential district outside it.
• Zhang Qing told Zhang Hua that the Ling Clan would hold a competition and establish an academy to recruit promising cultivators under twenty.
• Zhang Qing resolved to enter the academy and cultivate hard, while Zhang Hua decided to go into the marketplace secretly that night.

The Ling Clan Academy admitted Xiao Zhang Qing after discovering his talent for alchemy, and he entered the schoolhouse with his grandfather's fortune to support him. After he quickly became an Alchemy Apprentice and won scarce resources, the Ling Clan's own students faced pressure to compete, while Xiao Zhang Qing realized he had been recruited partly to spur them onward.

• The Ling Clan relocated spirit veins to the residential district, held its talent competition and academy recruitment, and admitted Xiao Zhang Qing for his promising alchemy aptitude.
• Old Master Zhang Hua gave Xiao Zhang Qing more than a hundred Spirit Stones and sent him to the academy, warning him to stay cautious amid coming chaos.
• Ling Yao Guang told the alchemy students that resources were limited and would go to those who achieved results first.
• Xiao Zhang Qing became an Alchemy Apprentice in three months, earned substantial resources, and prompted the Ling Clan Alchemy Seedlings to work harder.
• Xiao Zhang Qing realized the Ling Clan had recruited Rogue Cultivator geniuses to pressure its own younger generation, and wondered whether his sacrifice was sorrow or fortune.

Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan discovered signs that the Demon Race might be preparing to attack the Northern Wilderness, prompting Ling Chengmie to volunteer to infiltrate their territory. Meanwhile, Ling Pengyun advanced his cultivation and refined a defensive art while remaining hidden on besieged Star Sea Island until Starry Sunny Grand Elder recovered.

• Grand Elder Ling Chengyuan noticed that demon beast materials and sightings had declined, suspected the Demon Race was assembling an army, and sent messages to investigate.
• Ling Lihao asked Ling Chengmie to gather intelligence inside demon territory, and Ling Chengmie insisted he could enter using his Myriad Beasts Physique despite the risks.
• Ling Lihao agreed to let Ling Chengmie undertake the investigation after hearing that his concealment and spirit beasts could protect him.
• The Thunderous Rat received Ling Chengyuan's message, wondered how the Ling Clan knew of the Demon Race's plans, and headed deeper into the Boundless Great Swamp.
• Ling Pengyun reached 1,632 strands of Nascent Soul Spiritual Power and perfected his Five Elements Star Canopy art while secluded on Star Sea Island.
• Star Sea Island remained under siege by the Sea Flood Dragon Race as Ling Pengyun and Old True Lord Yun Qian waited for the injured Starry Sunny Grand Elder to recover.

Ling Pengyun assessed Star Sea Island’s weakening defenses and prepared with his family as the Demon Race’s siege intensified. Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s forces broke through the island’s formation, and an elderly man emerged from seclusion, ready to spring his trap.

• Ling Pengyun learned from Old True Lord Yun Qian that Starry Sunny Grand Elder remained too badly injured to stabilize the island’s formation, then checked his family’s preparations with the Overturning Sea Heavenly Sword Grand Array.
• Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor persuaded its demonic allies to provide Formation Breaking Talismans and waited for a chance to exploit the island’s weakening defenses.
• The Second Elder of the Sea Flood Dragon Race led an assault that widened a crack in the formation, allowing the talismans to create a massive breach.
• The Second Elder used a Quasi Fifth Rank ring to hold the breach open while the three Blood Flood Dragons and the demonic forces charged onto Star Sea Island.
• Heavenly Fire Old Lady Monarch attacked the Blood Flood Dragons with her Heavenly Fire Gourd as an elderly man emerged from seclusion and declared that it was time to spring the trap.

Star Sea Island’s defenders turned the battle against the Sea Flood Dragon forces when its formation suppressed the Second Elder and reinforcements arrived. The Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor entered the fight, where the Sea Flood Dragon Banner’s artifact spirit ambushed him and damaged his defensive treasure, setting up a clash between the two Spirit Transformation powers.

• Heavenly Fire Old Lady Monarch was cornered by three Blood Flood Dragons until the island’s formation released its quasi fifth-rank azure spear and drove the Sea Flood Dragon Race’s Second Elder beneath the seabed.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder announced that she had suppressed the Second Elder, while Ling Pengyun and Old True Lord Yun Qian arrived and wounded two Blood Flood Dragons with their Five Elements Long River and Sword Formation.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor arrived at Star Sea Island after judging that his forces could not win without his intervention.
• The Sea Flood Dragon Banner’s artifact spirit ambushed Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor and struck his defensive supreme treasure, then continued attacking it.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor angrily summoned the Sea Flood Dragon Race’s Heavy Water Dao Intent spear to counter the artifact spirit.

The Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor displayed strength approaching that of the Star Sea Old Ancestor, alarming the cultivators who watched and the hidden demonic Spirit Transformation cultivators. When the Star Sea Old Ancestor finally entered the battle, the other demons withheld their aid, leaving the two rivals to clash as the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor demanded their help once more.

• The Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor suppressed the Sea Flood Dragon Banner artifact spirit with his physique, revealing that he had reached the limit of the Spirit Transformation Early Stage.
• Ling Pengyun watched the battle and feared the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor could upset the balance between the Righteous Path and the demons.
• The Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor and the Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Emperor observed from hiding, and the Tiger Emperor persuaded the other concealed demons to weaken the Star Sea Old Ancestor without letting the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor grow unchecked.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor appeared and attacked with his Life-Bound Flying Sword and two Star Sea Seals, while the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor used a Strength Enhancement Technique to withstand the attacks.
• When the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor summoned the hidden demons, they stayed silent, so he threatened to withdraw unless they helped him injure the Star Sea Old Ancestor.

The Star Sea Old Ancestor trapped the demon and devil Spirit Transformations in the Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Grand Formation while three Righteous Path experts arrived to help stabilize the battle. The demon and devil forces faced a growing disadvantage, and Ling Pengyun suspected the Star Sea Old Ancestor had set his sights on the injured Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor and his escape treasures.

• The Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Emperor, Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor, Demon Gu Dao Lord, and Crimson Buddha Demon Lord attacked the Star Sea Old Ancestor as Ling Pengyun and the Righteous Path cultivators feared the island would fall.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor activated the Heavenly Dipper Earthly Fiend Grand Formation, trapping the demon and devil Spirit Transformations while preserving the island’s weakened defensive formation.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor used his tortoise-shell Heavenly Spirit Treasure to shield Star Sea Island, and the White Gold Old Dao Lord, Icy Cold Empress Lord, and Supreme Buddha Lord arrived to hold off the attackers.
• The trapped demons and devils realized their Formation Breaking Talismans were nearly exhausted and that the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor might weaken once his Strength Enhancement Technique wore off.
• Ling Pengyun concluded that the Star Sea Old Ancestor’s scheme might be aimed at the Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor, whose Void Treasure Mirror and Space Escape Technique could make him exceptionally valuable to defeat.

The Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Emperor’s danger signal prompted Xu Meng Tiger Emperor to recall the clan’s forces, while the Righteous Path Alliance watched for a chance to attack the clan. On the spirit island, Ling Pengyun continued to dominate a Blood Flood Dragon, which spent its remaining strength on a desperate assault before he summoned destructive lightning against it.

• Xu Meng Tiger Emperor received the shattered child talisman and recalled the Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Clan’s experts to defend their clan grounds.
• Old Daoist Zheng Yuan reported the clan’s sudden withdrawal to Dao Lord Zheng Feng, who chose to wait and consider an attack if the Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Emperor fell or was badly injured.
• Ling Pengyun suppressed a Blood Flood Dragon with his Five Elements Hundred Treasures Long River while the fighting continued across the spirit island.
• The Blood Flood Dragon activated its Blood Flood Dragon Great Technique and charged the river, risking its life in hopes of earning merit for its descendants.
• Ling Pengyun summoned a blue water flood dragon and unleashed a rain of destructive lightning bolts at the Blood Flood Dragon.

Ling Pengyun killed a Blood Flood Dragon and joined Starry Sunny Grand Elder in attacking the Sea Flood Dragon Race's Second Elder, whose Water Spirit Dao Intent could not withstand the Five Elements Hundred Treasures Long River's Heavy Water Dao Intent. As the Second Elder faced death, the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor launched a lightning attack at Ling Pengyun, forcing Star Sea Old Ancestor to press their Spirit Transformation battle more fiercely.

• Ling Pengyun killed the Blood Flood Dragon, captured its soul and remains, and noted that its residual Spirit Transformation essence blood might help produce a Nascent Soul flood dragon.
• Ling Pengyun assessed the other battles and saw that the injured Starry Sunny Grand Elder was struggling to keep the Sea Flood Dragon Race's Second Elder suppressed with Star Sea Island's array artifact.
• Ling Pengyun attacked the Second Elder, who used a desperate technique and incomplete Water Spirit Dao Intent to summon waves and retreat.
• Ling Pengyun's Five Elements Hundred Treasures Long River unleashed its Heavy Water Dao Intent, absorbed the water vapor empowering the waves, and helped Ling Pengyun and Starry Sunny Grand Elder break the Second Elder's defensive treasure.
• The Second Elder called to the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor for help, and the Old Ancestor fired Sea Dragon Shocking Thunder at Ling Pengyun while Star Sea Old Ancestor intensified his attacks.

Ling Pengyun and his allies joined forces to block the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor’s Spirit Transformation lightning, with Old True Lord Yun Qian’s aid stabilizing the attack. The Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor then ordered his forces to exploit the opening by attacking Starry Sunny Grand Elder and Heavenly Fire Old Lady Monarch.

• Yan Siyi, Ling Pengcheng, and Ling Chengxia refused to flee and used the Overturning Sea Heaven Sword Killing Array to help Ling Pengyun withstand the lightning.
• Ling Pengyun spent a third of his blood essence to merge his Five Elements Flood Dragon Yang Thunderclouds, then sent a powerful Five Elements Destruction Lightning against the Sea Flood Dragon Startling Thunder.
• Old True Lord Yun Qian left his fight with the wounded Blood Flood Dragon and sent his Three Thousand Dividing Cloud Sword Formation to help Ling Pengyun stabilize the lightning.
• Star Sea Old Ancestor mocked the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor, who decided not to attack Ling Pengyun again and ordered Blood Two and the Sea Flood Dragon Second Elder to kill Starry Sunny Grand Elder.
• Blood Two entangled Starry Sunny Grand Elder’s island protection array artifact while the Sea Flood Dragon Second Elder broke free and charged toward Starry Sunny Grand Elder’s hiding place.

Elder Xing Qing used her natal array and Mountain Dao Array Intent to kill the Sea Flood Dragon Race's Second Elder, but the effort burned away much of her blood and lifespan. As the battle continued, the Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor realized his race faced a grave loss of strength even if its forces survived.

• Elder Xing Qing trapped the Sea Flood Dragon Race's Second Elder in her Heavenly Mountain Heavy Mountain Array and strengthened it by burning her blood essence.
• Elder Xing Qing awakened the incomplete Mountain Dao Array Intent, drew on Star Sea Island's earth veins, and smashed the Second Elder's body while binding his surviving soul.
• Ling Pengyun, Old True Lord Yun Qian, and Heavenly Fire Old Lady Monarch sent messages of concern, while Elder Xing Qing accepted her condition and planned to use the Second Elder's soul as an artifact spirit for a quasi fifth-rank grand array.
• Elder Xing Qing chose to keep Blood Two suppressed rather than spend more blood and lifespan trying to kill him.
• The Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor despaired over the Second Elder's death and the Sea Flood Dragon Race's looming shortage of Nascent Soul Completion experts.

Ling Pengyun and his allies killed the remaining Blood Flood Dragons on Star Sea Island, then helped turn the demon-beast battlefield in the Righteous Path’s favor. Far away, Ling Chengmie discovered that the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan had gathered a huge army but had not yet attacked, and returned home with his intelligence.

• Starry Sunny Grand Elder’s intervention weakened the Sea Flood Dragon Race, but Star Sea Old Ancestor realized her injuries had worsened and her lifespan had dwindled.
• Ling Pengyun and Old True Lord Yun Qian helped Starry Sunny Grand Elder kill a Blood Flood Dragon, and she promised each of them a Fourth Rank Superior Grade array in return for their share of its remains.
• Ling Pengyun, Old True Lord Yun Qian, and Heavenly Fire Old Lady Monarch killed the last Blood Flood Dragon on Star Sea Island and then joined the ordinary battlefield to destroy demon-beast arrays.
• Yan Siyi, Ling Chengxia and his mother, and Ling Pengcheng joined the fighting and helped a Righteous Path cultivator kill a Nascent Soul Initial Stage demon beast and more than a hundred thousand ordinary demon beasts.
• In the Northern Wilderness, Ling Chengmie used his Myriad Beasts Physique to spy on a vast Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan army, guessed that turmoil elsewhere had delayed its attack, and returned home with the intelligence.

Ling Chengmie returned safely from the Boundless Great Swamp and reported signs that the Black Flood Dragon Clan was preparing for a massive upheaval, while Ling Chengxin inspected her spirit plants and Old Clan Head Ling Yunhong began refining Fourth Rank pills. Deep within Ice Snow Valley, a powerful aura stirred the spirit pool and drew in a vast tide of spiritual qi.

• Ling Chengmie returned to Golden Winged Mountain and told Ling Lihao that the Black Flood Dragon Clan had gathered nearly ten million demon beasts but had not yet attacked.
• Ling Chengmie worried about Ling Pengyun and the others in the Boundless Sea Region and entered seclusion to prepare for a future Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Ling Chengxin received word that Ling Chengmie had returned safely, then rebuked the Medicine Spirit Rabbits for asking for more help while tending her spirit plants.
• Old Clan Head Ling Yunhong celebrated his successful Quasi Fourth Rank pill batch and began attempting to refine a Fourth Rank Spirit Gathering Pill.
• A vigorous aura rose from Ice Snow Valley's spirit pool, drawing spiritual qi from across the surrounding region into a massive tide.

The Ling Clan prepared Ice Snow Valley for the Black Armored Turtle’s attempt to reach the Nascent Soul realm amid fears of a possible attack by the Black Flood Dragon Lake Clan. After the Spiritual Qi Tide ended, enormous tribulation clouds gathered over the valley, signaling that the turtle’s tribulation was about to begin.

• Ling Chengyuan learned that the Black Armored Turtle was attempting a Nascent Soul breakthrough and activated the Netherfrost Winter Grand Array while preparing the Heavenly River Vast Grand Array as backup.
• Ling Chengyuan rang the ancestral bell three times, summoned the Ling Clan cultivators, and arranged for them to receive war supplies and guard the breakthrough.
• Ling Pengxing arrived to defend Ice Snow Valley, while Ling Chengyuan explained that the tide remained stable and no demonic beasts had approached.
• Twelve days later, the Spiritual Qi Tide ended without incident, but immense tribulation clouds formed over nearly one-fifth of Ice Snow Valley.

The Black Armored Turtle completed its Nascent Soul tribulation, but the lightning damaged Ice Snow Valley’s two protective arrays. As the turtle entered Sudden Enlightenment, five demon lords moved against the valley, and Ling Pengxing prepared to confront them while Ling Chengyuan concealed the invasion from the clan.

• Ling Chengyuan and Ling Pengxing watched the Black Armored Turtle’s powerful tribulation, which forced both of Ice Snow Valley’s protective arrays to endure the final bolts and left them badly damaged.
• The tribulation dew gathered into the Black Armored Turtle’s cave, where its Nascent Soul aura emerged before fading as it entered Sudden Enlightenment.
• Black Abyss Old Flood Dragon led four Nascent Soul Initial Stage demon beasts toward Ice Snow Valley and ordered them to attack the patrolling Nascent Soul Spirit Ghosts before besieging the valley.
• The Ghost Immortal Lamp warned Ling Pengxing that five demon lords, including a Nascent Soul Late Stage black flood dragon, had targeted three spirit ghosts; it detected no trace of the Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor.
• Ling Pengxing took two spirit-ghost artifacts from Ling Chengyuan and left to confront the attackers, while Ling Chengyuan activated the damaged arrays’ concealment effects to hide the valley’s surroundings from its clansmen.