Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun and his allies secretly reached the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s stronghold and launched a surprise attack on Yellow Sand Valley. They broke through its formation and pressed their assault against the Void Refinement demon rat, leaving it shocked and under threat.

• Ling Pengyun and his companions concealed their presence as they traveled into the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s territory, where he discovered hidden mineral veins and noted their locations for future mining.
• Ling Pengyun surveyed Yellow Sand Valley and found that its defensive formation was only a Fifth Grade Peak formation.
• Ling Pengyun trapped Yellow Sand Valley within his Nether Void Domain, then used the Primal Chaos Axe and Five Elements Dharma Bead to smash through the formation and attack the Void Refinement demon rat’s cave.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, the other cultivators, Yan Siyi, the family cultivators, and the Star Sea Old Ancestor joined the assault, with the latter group using a battle formation to summon a fire sparrow formation spirit.
• The Void Refinement demon rat was left bewildered as the attackers overwhelmed its clan’s stronghold and threatened its life.

The Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable defended Yellow Sand Valley against Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, but his treasures and array could not stop their attacks. He begged for mercy and offered his clan’s wealth and allegiance, but Ling Pengyun reaffirmed his agreement to kill him and continued the assault.

• The Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable sensed Ling Pengyun’s strength and realized he was trapped inside the Nether Void Domain with no chance to flee.
• The Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable rallied his clan, activated Yellow Sand Valley’s protective array, and wielded the Yellow Sand Armor and Yellow Sand Gourd to resist the attackers.
• Ling Pengyun and his companions shattered the Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable’s attacks and exhausted the yellow sand in his gourd.
• The Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable begged for his life and offered the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s possessions and service in exchange for mercy.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch feared Ling Pengyun might accept the offer, but Ling Pengyun promised to honor their agreement and continued attacking.

Ling Pengyun and his allies defeated the Yellow Sand Rat Clan and searched Yellow Sand Valley for its treasures. He claimed a valuable Earth Treasure Tree and took a mutant little yellow sand rat as his Spirit Beast, then began dividing the spoils with the others.

• Ling Pengyun captured the fleeing soul of the Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable in a Soul Locking Jade Bottle after the group defeated the clan.
• Ling Pengyun and the others collected the fallen rats’ bodies and treasures, then searched Yellow Sand Valley and found a grade six low-rank Yang Earth Spirit Fruit Tree.
• Ling Pengyun discovered a mutant little yellow sand rat with strong earth-attribute abilities, but an unstable bloodline that would make future breakthroughs difficult.
• Ling Pengyun decided to keep the mutant rat, placed a Beast Control Restriction in its body, and stored it in his Beast Taming Pouch.
• Ling Pengyun and the others began dividing the spoils, including the Earth Treasure Tree, the valley’s spirit vein, the Demon Venerable’s inherited Spirit Treasures, and the clan’s array.

Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch divided the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s spoils, then set out to ambush the Blazing Flame Leopard Clan. They broke through the clan’s defenses at Blazing Flame Mountain and drove its demons back, beginning another battle.

• Ling Pengyun claimed Yellow Sand Valley’s spirit vein, array, plants, ores, and other spoils, then shared rewards with Yan Siyi and the others.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch exchanged his share for the Yellow Sand Armor and Yellow Sand Gourd and asked Ling Pengyun to reforge them for a fee.
• Ling Pengyun agreed to reforge the treasures after the demon-extermination campaign and led the group toward the Blazing Flame Leopard Clan’s territory.
• Ling Pengyun and his companions attacked Blazing Flame Mountain, shattered its array, and forced the Blazing Flame Leopard Demon Venerable and the other leopards back.

Ling Pengyun and his allies fought the Blazing Flame Fire Leopard Demon Venerable while news of the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s defeat reached the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable. The Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable fled the Three Demon Minor Realm, and Ling Pengyun’s group killed the leopard and secured its valuable remains.

• The Blazing Flame Fire Leopard Demon Venerable burned his life force to strengthen himself and battled Ling Pengyun, Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, and their allies.
• Yellow Sand Rats discovered that Yellow Sand Valley had changed hands, and news of the Yellow Sand Rat Demon Venerable’s suspected death spread among the three clans.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable suspected a powerful outsider had entered the Three Demon Minor Realm and fled with some descendants into the void.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies killed the Blazing Flame Fire Leopard Demon Venerable before his secret technique could consume most of his origin.
• Ling Pengyun took the leopard’s divine soul, giving him two Void Refinement Demon Venerable souls for refining Void Refinement Spiritual Items.

After claiming the treasures of Blazing Flame Mountain, Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch found Ice Sparrow Valley deserted because the Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable had escaped with the clan’s core members and treasures. They tracked him to the hidden Ice Sparrow Minor Realm, where they planned to pursue him and seize the valuable realm.

• Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch collected the Blazing Flame Fire Leopard Clan’s corpses, treasures, spirit pool, spirit vein, and artifact-refining inheritance, while distributing some rewards to their allies.
• The group reached Ice Sparrow Valley and found that the Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable and the clan’s core members had fled with many spirit objects.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch urged Ling Pengyun to track down the Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable, and Ling Pengyun agreed.
• Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch combined their tracking methods to follow the demon venerable’s traces out of the Three Demon Minor Realm.
• The pair tracked the Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable to the concealed Ice Sparrow Minor Realm, a valuable Fifth Grade Peak realm protected by a powerful formation.

The Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable met Ling Pengyun and his allies in battle, hoping to use the fight to break through to a higher realm. He unleashed his clan’s treasured ice techniques and attacked Ling Pengyun directly, but Ling Pengyun repelled his opening assault and welcomed the close-quarters fight.

• Ling Pengyun and his allies broke through the Ice Sparrow Minor Realm’s grand formation and invaded.
• The Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable sensed the attackers, decided he could not avoid battle, and flew out to confront them.
• The Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable summoned the Extreme Cold Ice Crown, Extreme Cold Flying Sword, and Extreme Cold Dharma Shield, then unleashed his life-bound Extreme Cold Ice Feather at Ling Pengyun.
• Ling Pengyun used the Five Elements Dharma Bead to summon a Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon, which blocked the ice attacks and drove the Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable back.
• The Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable sacrificed blood to empower his feather and charged Ling Pengyun with his bladed wings, while Ling Pengyun welcomed the physical fight.

Ling Pengyun fought the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable with his strengthened physique and Primal Chaos Axe. The Ice Sparrow used a dangerous battle technique and Boundary Breaking Spirit Items to break through its bottleneck, and Ling Pengyun withdrew so it could face its tribulation safely before he killed it.

• Ling Pengyun activated Primordial Hegemon Body Art and fought the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable, gaining a slight advantage despite his physique remaining at Spirit Transformation perfection.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow used a dangerous battle Dao Technique to channel its battle intent into striking its cultivation bottleneck, even as its body split with wounds.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow consumed Boundary Breaking Spirit Items and shattered its bottleneck, summoning a heavenly Tribulation Cloud.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and the other cultivators retreated from the Tribulation Cloud, while Ling Pengyun left its range so the Ice Sparrow could endure the tribulation and advance.

The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable survived his tribulation and advanced to Void Refinement Fourth Layer, only for Ling Pengyun and his allies to attack him. They killed him and captured his soul, then collected the spoils.

• The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable endured the tribulation lightning, lost several treasures, and advanced to Void Refinement Fourth Layer after receiving the great fortune sweet dew.
• Ling Pengyun arrived and attacked the newly advanced Demon Venerable with the Five Elements Dharma Bead and Primal Chaos Axe.
• The Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable fought back with his damaged treasures and new cultivation, but Ling Pengyun’s Five Elements Thunder Flood Dragon and axe wounded him repeatedly.
• Yan Siyi and the others arrived to help Ling Pengyun, and their combined assault killed the Demon Venerable and captured his soul alive.
• Ling Pengyun gathered the spoils with the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and the others.

After dividing the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Clan’s treasures, Ling Pengyun claimed the Ice Sparrow Minor Realm and Ice Sparrow Valley, planning to develop them as cultivation grounds and establish a family headquarters. He then agreed with Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to clear the remaining demon beasts and resources in the Three Demon Minor Realm before they set out together.

• Ling Pengyun exchanged for the Extreme Cold Ice Crown, the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable’s corpse, the clan formation, the pill-refining furnace, spirit plants, and the Pill Refining inheritance.
• Ling Pengyun acquired the Ice Sparrow Minor Realm and Ice Sparrow Valley, bringing his total number of Grade Six Low-Rank spirit veins to five.
• Ling Pengyun planned to use the Ice Sparrow Minor Realm to cultivate spirit plants and establish his future headquarters at Extreme Cold Valley.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch exchanged for the Extreme Cold Flying Sword and Extreme Cold Dharma Shield, while Ling Pengyun rewarded Yan Siyi and the others with valuable items.
• Ling Pengyun offered Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch seventy percent of the gains from ordinary demon beasts in exchange for leaving ordinary spirit veins and secret realms to Ling Pengyun’s clan.
• Ling Pengyun and Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch agreed to clear the remaining demon beasts and seize the unclaimed resources, then left the Ice Sparrow Minor Realm for the Three Demon Minor Realm.

Ling Pengyun and his allies conquered the Three Demon Minor Realm, claimed its resources, and arranged for the family to establish a presence there. After returning to Primordial Unity Immortal City, Ling Pengyun arranged for Old Sect Master Frost to refine three Void Refinement Spiritual Items and planned to secure Sun Moon Immortal Sect approval for a teleportation array.

• Ling Pengyun and the others used array disks to enter the Three Demon Minor Realm, slaughtered its ordinary demon beasts, and seized spirit veins, secret realms, and other resources.
• Ling Pengyun’s group became the new masters of the Three Demon Minor Realm, strengthened its defenses with the guardian array, and planted spirit seeds throughout it.
• Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to Primordial Unity Immortal City and agreed that Old Sect Master Frost would refine the three Void Refinement Spiritual Items.
• Ling Pengyun told the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch he would return to his clan, send people to occupy the realm, and report its coordinates to the Sun Moon Immortal Sect to seek permission for a teleportation array.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch trusted Ling Pengyun, who departed with Yan Siyi and the others; the Heavenly Monarch resolved to seek Ling Pengyun’s help with future opportunities.

Ling Pengyun arranged for a grade six low-rank Teleportation Array to be built between the Clear Mist Realm and the Three Demon Minor Realm, and negotiated discounted tribute terms with the Sun Moon Immortal Sect. He then hired the sect’s Array Formation Master to strengthen the Three Demon Minor Realm’s Guardian Realm Array, leaving the work underway in Ice Sparrow Valley.

• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to Primordial Unity Mountain with his people and looked forward to refining spiritual items and reforged Spirit Treasures with Ling Xiao.
• Ling Pengyun returned to his Lineage, arranged for Yan Siyi and the others to assign personnel, and gathered materials for a powerful Teleportation Array.
• Ling Pengyun contacted Liu Dongfang at the Sun Moon Immortal Sect and explained that his Lineage had conquered the Three Demon Minor Realm.
• Liu Dongfang brought a grade six low-rank Array Formation Master to meet Ling Pengyun, and they signed a discounted tribute agreement for the Three Demon Minor Realm.
• Ling Pengyun took Liu Dongfang and the Array Formation Master to Ice Sparrow Valley, where they built a grade six low-rank Teleportation Array.
• Ling Pengyun hired the Array Formation Master to reforge the Three Demon Minor Realm’s Guardian Realm Array to the pinnacle of grade six low-rank, and offered to sell him Spirit Treasures and spiritual plants at a discount.

Ling Pengyun oversaw the Three Demon Minor Realm’s recovery, then returned to the Clear Mist Realm to commission Old Sect Master Frost to refine Void Refinement spiritual items. The chapter ended with Frost beginning the refinement while Ling Yunhong observed his techniques.

• The Sun Moon Immortal Sect’s Array Formation Master reforged the Three Demon Minor Realm’s formation, strengthening its defenses and making it harder for Ling Pengyun to enter using the Nether Void Blade.
• Yan Siyi and the Lineage’s senior members moved cultivators into the realm’s Spirit Lands and began managing them and exploiting the Yellow Sand Rat Clan’s mineral veins.
• Ling Pengyun surveyed the realm’s progress, then traveled back to the Clear Mist Realm with the Array Formation Master and Liu Dongfang.
• Ling Pengyun, Ling Yunhong, and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch asked Old Sect Master Frost to refine Void Refinement spiritual items using the souls of three Void Refinement Demon Venerables.
• Old Sect Master Frost agreed to the commission and allowed Ling Pengyun and his companions to observe, summoning the Ice Profound Celestial Monarch and the Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch to stand guard.
• Old Sect Master Frost began refining in a grade six low-rank Alchemy Furnace as Ling Pengyun urged Ling Yunhong to study his techniques.

Old Sect Master Frost refined six portions of Void Refinement spiritual items for Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, while Ling Yunhong gained valuable pill-refining insights. After the group divided the items and departed, Frost planned to enter seclusion, and the Frost Immortal Sect leaders discussed the need for more spiritual items and Ling Pengyun’s safety as the Realm Chaos approached.

• Old Sect Master Frost successfully refined two portions of wu earth profound transformation spirit water and four portions of frost void-condensing spirit water, though his attempt using the Blazing Flame Fire Leopard Demon Venerable’s soul failed.
• Ling Pengyun, the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch, and Ling Yunhong praised Frost’s work, and Ling Pengyun and the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch split the six portions equally before leaving.
• Frost told Ice Profound Celestial Monarch and Ice Soul Old Celestial Monarch that he would enter seclusion to digest what he had learned and improve his refining skills.
• Ice Soul and Ice Profound asked about obtaining Void Refinement spiritual items for their lineages, and Frost explained that the sect lacked the rare materials but that the Realm Chaos might offer an opportunity.
• Concerned that Ling Pengyun was still traveling as the Realm Chaos drew near, Ice Profound and Ice Soul urged Frost to summon him back, and Frost sent him a message.

Ling Pengyun used treasures and void refinement creation aura to prepare Yan Siyi, Ling Lihao, and Ling Pengxing for breakthroughs to Void Refinement. He and Ling Pengxing also discussed acquiring a sixth-tier Ghost Dao minor realm, and Ling Pengxing offered to investigate the location of the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s realm.

• Old Sect Master Frost and the Frost Immortal Sect’s other cultivators received and divided the spiritual treasures Ling Pengyun had sent, then returned to their cultivation and duties.
• Ling Pengyun refined his unused treasures into two strands of void refinement creation aura and gave one each to Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao, along with spiritual items to aid their breakthroughs.
• Ling Pengyun summoned Ling Pengxing from the Myriad Ghost Realm and gave him the final strand of void refinement creation aura and three spiritual items.
• Ling Pengxing told Ling Pengyun that the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan was fighting the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan and that he had already received two void refinement spiritual items from Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch and the clan.
• Ling Pengyun brought Ling Pengxing to the Three Demon Minor Realm so he could attempt his breakthrough there, and proposed that they seek a sixth-tier Ghost Dao minor realm during the coming realm chaos.
• Ling Pengxing said the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan had discovered the location of the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s only sixth-tier minor realm and offered to investigate its coordinates, while Ling Pengyun urged him to be careful.

Ling Pengxing attempted Void Refinement in Ice Sparrow Valley while Ling Pengyun guarded him, and his breakthrough succeeded with a rare special ghost dao foundation. Ling Pengyun celebrated the Lineage gaining a second Void Refinement cultivator and gave Ling Pengxing a breakthrough gift.

• Ling Pengyun brought Ling Pengxing to a high-tier cultivation abode in Ice Sparrow Valley, gave him ghost crystals and the Valley Protection Array's Control Array Disk, and stood guard as he began secluded cultivation.
• Ling Pengxing consumed five portions of Void Refinement spiritual items and used the ghost crystals to break through his bottleneck and pass the inner-demon illusion trial.
• Ling Pengxing faced the powerful Ghost Dao Tribulation Cloud, shattered its lightning with his Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, and refined some of it before retreating behind the valley's protections.
• The tribulation cloud's sweet dew transformed Ling Pengxing's foundation into a special ghost dao Void Refinement foundation, and he reached the Void Refinement first layer with strength comparable to a cultivator at the second or third layer.
• Ling Pengxing emerged from seclusion and thanked Ling Pengyun, who congratulated him and presented him with a breakthrough gift.

Ling Pengyun helped Ling Pengxing reforge his Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, then returned to the Clear Mist Realm to guard Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao as they prepared to break through. Over the following years, Ling Pengxing advanced within the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan, while Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao both successfully entered Void Refinement with peak-top-tier foundations.

• Ling Pengyun gave Ling Pengxing grade six low-rank ghostpath nether soul treasure iron and offered to reforge his bonded Ghost Immortal Flying Sword.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing reforged the flying sword successfully after one failed attempt, strengthening it enough to let Ling Pengxing fight cultivators at the peak third layer of Void Refinement on equal terms.
• Ling Pengyun returned to the Clear Mist Realm to guard Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao, while Ling Pengxing traveled to the Myriad Ghost Realm to seek resources and fulfill his mission.
• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan appointed Ling Pengxing guest supreme elder and granted him inheritances, benefits, and an annual stipend of three grade six ghost crystals.
• Ling Pengxing went to the front lines against the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan, earning merit and rewards as the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan gained further advantage.
• Several years later, Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao both broke through to Void Refinement with peak-top-tier foundations, though neither condensed a special attribute foundation.

After Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao reached Void Refinement, Ling Pengyun strengthened their Natal Treasures and helped them prepare for their new cultivation realm. He then proposed holding a Void Refinement Ceremony for them to negotiate the division of nearby interests.

• Ling Pengyun celebrated Yan Siyi, Ling Lihao, and Pengxing Clan Brother successfully reaching Void Refinement with solid foundations.
• Ling Pengyun helped Yan Siyi reforge her Mandarin Duck Hotpot into a Grade Six Low-Rank treasure, while Ling Lihao refined the Extreme Cold Ice Sparrow Demon Venerable's hide into a Grade Six Low-Rank Natal Talisman.
• Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao used the Lineage's inheritances and increased comprehension to prepare Void Refinement Early Stage techniques and auxiliary arts, and received larger stipends.
• Ling Pengyun warned Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao that Void Refinement cultivators needed more treasures and resources, and told them the road ahead depended on themselves.
• Ling Pengyun proposed holding a Void Refinement Ceremony for Yan Siyi and Ling Lihao and using it to discuss dividing nearby interests with surrounding powers.

Ling Pengyun sought a larger share of Qianyuan Market’s profits to support the Lineage as its growing number of Void Refinement cultivators strained its resources. After the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch congratulated Yan Siyi and the other new Void Refinement cultivator and supported Ling Pengyun’s request, the Lineage held a grand ceremony for their breakthroughs.

• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch learned that two cultivators under Ling Pengyun had entered Void Refinement and wondered whether his disciple Hunwen Dao Lord would succeed in his own attempt.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch visited Yan Siyi and the other with congratulatory gifts, strengthening their goodwill toward him.
• Ling Pengyun told the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch that he planned to seek a larger profit share from Qianyuan Market, and the Heavenly Monarch supported him.
• Several months later, the Lineage held a grand Void Refinement Ceremony for Yan Siyi and the other, welcoming many nearby cultivators with a lavish reception.

Ling Pengyun proposed settling the division of Qianyuan Market’s benefits through contests against the other Void Refinement powers. The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch withdrew and yielded a share to the Ling Clan, leaving the remaining factions to consider how to respond.

• Void Refinement cultivators from the Golden Maple Immortal Sect, Beast Spirit Valley, and Hundred Mysteries Mountain questioned the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch about the Ling Clan’s invitation, but he claimed he knew nothing.
• Ling Pengyun revealed himself and proposed contests, offering to adjust each faction’s share of Qianyuan Market’s benefits according to the results.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch warned Ling Pengyun about challenging several factions, but Ling Pengyun said he was confident and needed to establish the Ling Clan’s strength.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch withdrew from the contests and yielded a half-percent share of the market’s benefits to the Ling Clan as a congratulatory gift.
• The remaining factions privately discussed the Primordial Unity Lineage’s closeness to the Ling Clan and doubted they could persuade it to oppose Ling Pengyun.