Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun traded a Fourth Rank Longevity Enhancing Spirit Apricot to Liu Haochan for a fourth rank jia mu infant, which Liu Haochan gave to his master, Heavenly Star Old True Lord. Later, Ling Chengxin used the cultivation returned by her fourth rank spirit plant to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, leaving the Ling Clan stronger and her father arming her with Spirit Treasures.

• Ling Pengyun inspected the rapidly growing heavenly source soul tree and exchanged a longevity enhancing spirit apricot with Liu Haochan for a fourth rank jia mu infant.
• Liu Haochan gave the spirit apricot to Heavenly Star Old True Lord, his master, and explained how he had obtained it from Ling Pengyun.
• Ling Chengxin began her Nascent Soul breakthrough after her fourth rank longevity enhancing spirit apricot tree returned a great deal of cultivation to her.
• Ling Chengxin survived the heavenly tribulation and gained an enlightenment that greatly improved her spirit plant attainment.
• Ling Pengyun gave Ling Chengxin a choice of fourth rank Spirit Treasures, and she selected a bow and a magical shield while Ling Cheng Mie unsuccessfully asked to take some too.

Ling Pengyun’s Heavenly Source Soul Tree reached the Nascent Soul realm, strengthening the Ling Clan’s reputation as the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World’s leading force. Ling Pengyun then brought healing treasures to Starry Sunny Grand Elder, who offered to refine powerful formations for him, as the planned campaign against the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect approached.

• Ling Pengyun helped the Heavenly Source Soul Tree break through to the Nascent Soul realm, and it produced three Fourth Rank Heavenly Origin Soul Fruits.
• The successful breakthrough further convinced Liu Haochan and other forces that the Ling Clan had an extraordinary foundation and was worthy of being called the Northern Wilderness Cultivation World’s number one force.
• Ling Pengyun visited Old True Lord Yun Qian and Starry Sunny Grand Elder at the Cloud Shadow Buddha Sect and revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Completion realm.
• Ling Pengyun gave Starry Sunny Grand Elder three Fourth Rank Longevity Enhancing Spirit Apricots and three Heavenly Origin Soul Fruits to help restore her lifespan and divine soul.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder offered to refine a Quasi Fifth Rank formation or three Fourth Rank Superior Grade formations for Ling Pengyun, and he accepted the opportunity.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder warned Ling Pengyun that Spirit Transformation forces planned to attack the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect soon, and that the coming conflict could be even more perilous than the battle in the Boundless Sea Region.

Ling Pengcheng and Liu Qin traveled to Cold Moon Market Town to find an Ice Source Blood Soul Fruit that could awaken Liu Qin’s latent Ice Soul Body. After Cold Water True Lady obtained the fruit, Liu Qin consumed it and began transforming, leaving her spirit body on the verge of manifesting.

• Ling Pengyun returned to his clan after hearing Starry Sunny Grand Elder warn that war might break out again, and he began making preparations.
• Ling Pengcheng arrived at Cold Moon Market Town with his newly wedded partner, Liu Qin, to seek an Ice Source Blood Soul Fruit for her.
• Cold Water True Lady recognized Ling Pengcheng and offered to obtain the rare fruit from Extremely Cold Immortal Palace within half a year.
• Half a year later, Cold Water True Lady delivered the third-rank fruit, and Liu Qin consumed it in their cave residence.
• Liu Qin endured hours of pain as her body became crystalline, and Ling Pengcheng recognized the changes as signs that her Ice Soul Spirit Body was about to manifest.

Liu Qin’s spirit body manifested, and Ling Pengyun gathered the Ling Clan to prepare for the coming great chaos by strengthening its defenses and assigning guardians to its spirit veins. The chapter ended with Ling Chengxia’s three Golden Flood Dragons advancing their bloodlines and triggering an immense Spiritual Qi Tide as they attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

• Ling Pengcheng told Liu Qin that her spirit body had formed, and the pair left Cold Moon Market Town for the clan after hearing of an important gathering.
• Cold Water True Lady suspected Liu Qin possessed an Ice Soul Spirit Body and decided to warn her sect to prepare soul-defending methods.
• At Golden Winged Mountain, Ling Pengyun revealed that the great chaos would rise again and proposed inviting Star Yuan to raise the clan’s spirit veins and strengthen their formations.
• The clan approved Ling Pengyun’s proposal and discussed recruiting outside cultivators and assigning its Nascent Soul members to guard its three spirit veins.
• Ling Chengxia watched his three Golden Flood Dragons elevate their bloodlines to the First Grade and attempt Nascent Soul breakthroughs, producing an immense Spiritual Qi Tide.

Ling Chengxia’s three Golden Flood Dragons survived their Nascent Soul tribulation on Yun Qian Mountain and grew powerful enough to match ordinary Nascent Soul Middle Stage demon beasts. As Ling Chengxia returned with them, the Star Sea Old Ancestor discussed the coming battle for a God Transformation Opportunity and the Hai Yun Heaven Swallowing Tortoise’s bloodline transformation.

• A mysterious spirit tortoise and other spirit beasts watched as Ling Chengxia’s three Golden Flood Dragons attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The three Golden Flood Dragons formed middle-grade Nascent Souls, endured powerful tribulation lightning with Yun Qian Mountain’s grand formation, and entered seclusion after gaining a Sudden Enlightenment opportunity.
• The three Golden Flood Dragons perfected their Three Flood Dragons Transformation Art and a shared defensive divine ability, making their combined strength comparable to ordinary Nascent Soul Middle Stage demon beasts.
• Ling Chengxia left Yun Qian Mountain with the three flood dragons, while tempted cultivators abandoned plans to pursue them after learning his status and family background.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor learned that Tun Tian’s bloodline transformation was progressing and promised to seek it a God Transformation Opportunity if the coming battle went well.
• The Star Sea Old Ancestor insisted that the Star Sea Pavilion must fight the demons to weaken them before the God Transformation Opportunity became available.

Ling Pengyun learned of his family’s progress and prepared for the coming war against the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect, while the Black Armored Turtle emerged from seclusion with powerful new techniques. The chapter ended as Ling Pengyun and his clan tried to advance Golden Winged Mountain’s spirit vein with help from a Star Sea Pavilion formation master.

• Ling Pengyun told Ling Chengxia that he had reached Nascent Soul Completion and ordered him to guard the clan lands with Ling Chengxin instead of joining the coming war; Ling Chengxia learned that Ling Chengxin had entered the Nascent Soul Realm with their father’s help.
• News spread that forces from several Cultivation Worlds would march against the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect, prompting some to flee the Boundless Buddha Territory and others to seek opportunity there.
• The Black Armored Turtle emerged from more than ten years of seclusion with a superior defensive divine power and a middle-grade Mystic Lightning Divine Power, then agreed to accompany Ling Pengyun to the coming battle.
• Ling Pengyun brought the Black Armored Turtle to Golden Winged Mountain, where clan members evacuated as the Fourth Rank Spirit Vein began advancing.
• Beneath Golden Winged Mountain, Xing Yuan of Star Sea Pavilion used a formation plate to guide the advancement, while Ling Lihao worried that failure would damage the mountain’s spirit vein.

Star Origin True Lord used his formations to advance Golden Winged Mountain’s spirit vein to Fourth Rank Middle Grade and agreed to keep working on Ice Snow Valley’s vein. Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi departed for the Supreme Buddha Domain Cultivation World, leaving Star Origin True Lord concerned for their safety and his master’s.

• Star Origin True Lord used array formations to channel tribulation lightning into Golden Winged Mountain’s spirit vein, advancing it to Fourth Rank Middle Grade and strengthening its foundation.
• Ling Pengyun rewarded Star Origin True Lord with two Quasi Fourth Rank Heavenly Origin Soul Fruits and learned that Ice Snow Valley’s spirit vein would need another one or two years to advance.
• Ling Lihao sensed that Golden Winged Mountain’s spiritual qi had doubled, then joined Ling Penglin in installing two more Mountain Protection Formations.
• Half a year later, Star Origin True Lord continued strengthening Ice Snow Valley’s spirit vein by refining spiritual treasures and feeding their power underground.
• Ling Pengyun asked Star Origin True Lord to aid the Ling Clan if the Black Flood Dragon Clan threatened it during the great upheaval, then paid him with two more Heavenly Origin Soul Fruits.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi left for the Supreme Buddha Domain Cultivation World, while Star Origin True Lord stayed behind and worried about their journey and Starry Sunny Grand Elder’s injuries.

As the Great Turmoil Pact approached, Righteous Path forces gathered at Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace in the Supreme Buddha Domain to prepare for war against the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect. Ling Pengyun reunited with Azure Sea True Lord and gave him ten Fourth Rank Talismans to aid him in the coming battle.

• Nearly twenty million cultivators gathered at Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace, which the Righteous Path forces chose as their temporary base against the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder arranged for Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi to stay on a crowded spirit mountain and told them that Old True Lord Yun Qian had returned to the sect to study a Sword Comprehension Stone.
• Ling Pengyun learned that Star Sea Pavilion had brought half its core strength while leaving enough forces behind to guard the Boundless Sea Region.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi reunited with Azure Sea True Lord, whose Azure Sea Azure Sky Sect had grown powerful after helping destroy the Saint Demon Sect.
• Azure Sea True Lord explained that he had joined the coming battle to seek merits and treasures, and Ling Pengyun gave him ten Fourth Rank Talismans.

Ling Peng Yun gave Azure Sea True Lord Fourth Rank Talismans and learned that his master, Azure Water True Lord, had turned to studying the Talisman Dao. Meanwhile, Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor called for restraint as the Northern Wilderness faced the wider conflict, but Crimson Buddha Demon Emperor demanded aid from the other demon and devil forces.

• Ling Peng Yun gave Azure Sea True Lord ten Fourth Rank Talismans, and Azure Sea True Lord promised him seventy percent of the sect’s net profits for five hundred years.
• Azure Sea True Lord told Ling Peng Yun that Azure Water True Lord was guarding the sect and studying talisman techniques, prompting Ling Peng Yun to plan to provide him with materials.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor confirmed that Ling Peng Yun had left and ordered his Nascent Soul clan members to avoid conflict and preserve their strength.
• Crimson Buddha Demon Emperor asked the other Spirit Transformation leaders to support the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect against the Righteous Path forces.
• Black Flood Dragon Old Ancestor refused to send troops, and Crimson Buddha Demon Emperor accused him and Sea Flood Dragon Old Ancestor of ingratitude and blame for Demon Gu Shidi’s death.

As demon forces rallied to support the Crimson Buddha Demon Sect, Old Monk Wu Yuan reassured the Righteous Path army and drew cultivators to a Merit Hall while Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi considered rewards to pursue. After the forces gathered at Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace, Wu Yuan called a council and proposed attacking Crimson Buddha Marketplace, whose defenses worried the assembled Nascent Souls.

• Crimson Buddha Demon Lord agreed to provide mortals and other benefits in exchange for demon reinforcements, and the demon Spirit Transformations signed a Soul Contract to support his sect.
• Old Monk Wu Yuan told the unsettled cultivators that the Righteous Path had prepared for the incoming demon forces and announced a Merit Hall stocked with treasures.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi inspected the Merit Hall and planned to earn merit for Buddha Spirit Bodhi and Fire-Origin Heavenly Water.
• Over the next half year, Righteous Path and demon armies gathered at Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace and Crimson Demon Marketplace, respectively.
• Old Monk Wu Yuan proposed that the Righteous Path attack Crimson Buddha Marketplace, and a Nascent Soul asked whether the Supreme Buddha Kingdom had prepared Formation Breaking Talismans.

The Orthodox Dao forces negotiated how to supply formation-breaking treasures and divide the defense of Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace before marching to besiege Crimson Buddha Marketplace. As battle approached, Xu Yan Tiger Demon secretly led an ambush force outside the marketplace, while Starry Sunny Grand Elder warned Ling Pengyun to take care during the coming assault.

• Old Monk Wu Yuan agreed that the Supreme Buddha Kingdom would supply the remaining formation-breaking treasures after Star Sea Pavilion, Icy Cold Palace, and the Four Immortals Alliance offered their contributions.
• The forces decided to send seventy percent of their cultivators to attack Crimson Buddha Marketplace and leave the rest guarding Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace; Ling Pengyun and Starry Sunny Grand Elder refused to stay behind, and Ling Pengyun revealed his Nascent Soul Completion strength.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder gave Ling Pengyun a Quasi Fifth Rank offensive talisman and a defensive talisman before the Orthodox Dao army departed Ten Thousand Buddhas Marketplace.
• Xu Yan Tiger Demon proposed ambushing the Orthodox Dao army after it weakened during a prolonged siege, then secretly led nine Nascent Soul demon lords out of Crimson Buddha Marketplace.
• Several months later, the Orthodox Dao army reached Crimson Buddha Marketplace, and Old Monk Wu Yuan ordered everyone to rest before the siege began the next day.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder told Ling Pengyun to be careful in battle and vowed to kill a Nascent Soul Completion demon despite his injuries.

The Righteous Path army besieged Crimson Buddha Marketplace, where Old Monk Wu Yuan fought Crimson Sword Old Demon while Ling Pengyun conserved his strength. After nearly half a month of attrition, Starry Sunny Grand Elder launched a final assault with a composite formation, and its flood-dragon formation spirit clashed with the marketplace’s Demon Blade.

• Old Monk Wu Yuan attacked Crimson Buddha Marketplace with the Supreme Divine Buddha Palm, and Crimson Sword Old Demon blocked it with his demonic sword.
• Ling Pengyun refused Wu Yuan’s request to help hold back Crimson Sword Old Demon, saying he would intervene if the battle became critical or other powerful enemies appeared.
• The Righteous Path and demonic forces fought a war of attrition for nearly half a month, weakening the marketplace’s protective formation.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder gathered the Righteous Path leaders and decided to launch a final assault using a composite formation powered by the cultivators’ spiritual energy.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder formed a huge flood-dragon formation spirit and sent it against Crimson Buddha Marketplace.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon activated the marketplace’s formation artifact, and its Demon Blade collided with the flood-dragon formation spirit.

The flood dragon soul battered the Crimson Buddha Marketplace formation until Crimson Sword Old Demon called on three powerful demon beasts to help defend it. Ling Pengyun joined the battle, overwhelmed Crimson Sword Old Demon’s demon sword with his Five Elements thunderclouds, and purified it, leaving its master injured and weakened.

• The flood dragon soul struck the Crimson Buddha Marketplace formation until it began to tremble, prompting Crimson Sword Old Demon to summon Xu Ming Old Demon and two flood dragon demon beasts.
• Ling Pengyun told Old Monk Wu Yuan, Cold Yin Old Lady Monarch, and White Cloud Old True Lord to hold back the demon beasts while he faced Crimson Sword Old Demon.
• Ling Pengyun used the Five Elements Hundred Treasures Long River and three Five Elements Flood Dragon Yang Thunderclouds to attack Crimson Sword Old Demon’s demon sword.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon unleashed his sword’s Spirit Transformation Sword Dao True Intent, but Ling Pengyun fused the thunderclouds and struck the sword with a powerful bolt of Five-Colored Thunder.
• Ling Pengyun’s thunder purified the demon qi and refining patterns from the demon sword, leaving its sword embryo intact and injuring Crimson Sword Old Demon through backlash.

Ling Pengyun destroyed Crimson Sword Old Demon's demonic sword with a powerful thunder technique, astonishing the cultivators and demons watching the battle. He recovered the cleansed sword embryo as a potential treasure, then withdrew to restore his spiritual power while Crimson Sword Old Demon remained inactive.

• Ling Pengyun's strike destroyed Crimson Sword Old Demon's extraordinary demonic sword, shocking the nearby cultivators and demons.
• Old Monk Wu Yuan, Cold Yin Old Lady Monarch, White Cloud Old True Lord, and Starry Sunny Grand Elder recognized Ling Pengyun's strength and divine sense.
• Ling Pengyun reflected that Crimson Sword Old Demon had lost a major source of power and resolved to kill him when the opportunity arose.
• Ling Pengyun judged the cleansed sword embryo could regain much of its power through a skilled Weapon Refiner and stored it as a potential trump card.
• Ling Pengyun swallowed high-grade Qi Recovery Pills and sat down to recover, wary of hidden Spirit Transformation experts and the chaotic battlefield.

As the Righteous Path siege strained Crimson Buddha Marketplace, Crimson Sword Old Demon sought guidance from Crimson Demon Dao Lord, who gave him two demonic talismans and ordered him to kill Ling Pengyun or two other Righteous Path Nascent Soul Completion experts. Half an hour later, Ling Pengyun finished recovering his spiritual power at the allied army’s rear.

• Crimson Sword Old Demon assessed the weakening defenses and feared that Crimson Buddha Marketplace would soon fall to the Righteous Path.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon contacted Crimson Demon Dao Lord and asked what to do next.
• Crimson Demon Dao Lord gave Crimson Sword Old Demon two demonic talismans and ordered him to kill Ling Pengyun or two other Righteous Path Nascent Soul Completion experts.
• Ling Pengyun recovered his spiritual power with the aid of Qi Recovery Pills.

Ling Pengyun’s assault on Crimson Buddha Marketplace was interrupted when Crimson Sword Old Demon unleashed six powerful demon corpses and charged the Righteous Path Coalition with two Spirit Transformation Talismans. Ling Pengyun burned his spiritual power to strengthen his thunder technique and struck down one demon phoenix, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Ling Pengyun joined the assault on Crimson Buddha Marketplace, and Crimson Sword Old Demon summoned six demon corpses whose phoenix absorbed the others’ power and used blazing demon fire to hold back the Hundred Treasures River.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon transformed himself into a thousand-zhang sword and charged the Righteous Path Coalition’s headquarters while the fiends kept Elder Xing Qing’s attacks occupied.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon revealed two Spirit Transformation Talismans, whose demon phoenixes shattered Ling Pengyun’s lightning and forced the coalition to raise its strongest defenses.
• Ling Pengyun restored his spiritual power, activated the Five Elements Spirit-Burning Art, and summoned the Five Elements Flood Dragon Yang Thundercloud despite the strain on his divine sense.
• Ling Pengyun’s lightning pierced one Spirit Transformation Talisman’s demon phoenix, which wailed in pain.

Ling Pengyun’s Heaven-Shocking Profound Thunder destroyed one Demon Phoenix and gravely wounded another, allowing the Righteous Path elders to suppress it and kill Crimson Sword Old Demon. The allies survived the assault, and Ling Pengyun received Crimson Sword Old Demon’s Nascent Soul as the battle turned in their favor.

• Ling Pengyun’s Heaven-Shocking Profound Thunder destroyed one Demon Phoenix and badly injured the second, while Crimson Sword Old Demon forced the surviving talisman creature to keep fighting.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder and the other Righteous Path Nascent Soul Completion powerhouses attacked the weakened Demon Phoenix with their trump cards and pinned it down.
• Crimson Sword Old Demon broke through the mountain’s defenses, but Starry Sunny Grand Elder struck him with the Heavenly Force Hammer, destroying his body and trapping his Nascent Soul.
• Starry Sunny Grand Elder gave Crimson Sword Old Demon’s Nascent Soul and divine soul to Ling Pengyun, who sealed them in a Soul Locking Bottle.
• Ling Pengyun asked about the Heavenly Force Hammer’s power, and Starry Sunny Grand Elder explained that years of tempering had strengthened its Heavenly Force Dao Intent.

After Crimson Sword Old Demon fell, the Righteous Path Coalition began breaking Crimson Buddha Marketplace’s defenses, while Xu Yan Old Demon and his allies prepared a desperate counterattack. The chapter ended with ten Nascent Soul tiger demons led by Xu Ming Tiger Demon ambushing the Righteous Path experts and rousing Ling Pengyun from meditation.

• Elder Xing Qing urged the Righteous Path Coalition to attack Crimson Buddha Marketplace, and Ling Pengyun withdrew to heal while the experts and ten million cultivators battered its formation.
• Crimson Buddha Dao Lord and other demonic Spirit Transformation cultivators resolved to kill Ling Pengyun if they found an opportunity, while Star Sea Old Ancestor guarded him and hoped to help him reach Spirit Transformation.
• Xu Yan Old Demon persuaded the Thunder Flood Dragon and Earth Flood Dragon to burn their Demon Power and lifespan to reach Nascent Soul Completion and hold off the Righteous Path attacks.
• Xu Yan Old Demon and the two flood dragons unleashed quasi fifth-rank treasures and talismans, temporarily driving back the combined formation’s flood dragon soul.
• Xu Ming Tiger Demon led nine Nascent Soul tiger demons in a surprise attack on Elder Xing Qing and the other Righteous Path experts, and Ling Pengyun awoke with murderous intent.

Ling Pengyun restored his spiritual power and fought off Xu Ming Tiger Demon’s ambush, revealing that the tiger demon had powerful treasures and a carefully prepared attack. The chapter ended as Xu Ming Tiger Demon launched a near-Spirit Transformation demonic-flame spear directly at Ling Pengyun.

• Ling Pengyun swallowed three Quasi Fifth Rank Star Sea Heavenly Origin Pills and quickly replenished his spiritual power.
• Ling Pengyun summoned the Hundred Treasures River to halt the ten Xu Tian Flame Demon Tiger Nascent Soul cultivators, while Xu Ming Tiger Demon ordered the others to keep Starry Sunny Grand Elder and his allies occupied.
• Xu Ming Tiger Demon used his Xu Tian Demonic Flame Fire Fan to clash with the Hundred Treasures River, and Ling Pengyun summoned two thunderclouds to bombard him with Five Elements Profound Thunder.
• Xu Ming Tiger Demon blocked the thunder with a defensive Transformation God Foundation Spirit Treasure and sent a set of Quasi Fifth Rank flying swords to attack Ling Pengyun’s thunderclouds.
• Ling Pengyun merged the thunderclouds to destroy the sword-light torrent, but Xu Ming Tiger Demon used the opening to combine several dozen demon beast phantoms into a powerful demonic-flame spear aimed at Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun and the defenders of the barren mountain faced a powerful assault from Xu Ming Tiger Demon, whose reforged Heavenly Star Pearl unleashed a Spirit Transformation-level spear. Ling Pengyun countered with a combined thundercloud attack that wounded Xu Ming, but the battle remained unresolved as Ling Pengyun exhausted his power and received Starry Sunny Grand Elder’s remaining recovery pills.

• Xu Ming Tiger Demon used the reforged Heavenly Star Pearl to attack Ling Pengyun with the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Star Slaying Spear, while Ling Pengyun’s Five Elements Star Canopy and thunderclouds slowed it.
• The Void Sky Demon Flame Tiger Emperor urged Xu Ming to kill Ling Pengyun and promised support for his attempt to reach Spirit Transformation, so Xu Ming activated the Xu Tian Divine Demon Transformation.
• Xu Ming and his nine Nascent Soul clansmen attacked the mountain’s defenses, forcing Ling Pengyun to stop Starry Sunny Grand Elder from risking her injuries and to raise his own strength with successive enhancement techniques.
• Ling Pengyun combined four thunderclouds into a Grand Five Elements Thundercloud, whose profound thunder destroyed Xu Ming’s flying swords and spear before striking and injuring him.
• Ling Pengyun exhausted his divine sense and spiritual power, and Starry Sunny Grand Elder gave him her three remaining Star Sea Heavenly Source Treasure Pills.