Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei and the Cangwu cultivators debated whether Forgotten Peninsula’s backlash justified testing or destroying it, while Duo Gan challenged the assumption that a small realm could be sacrificed for a larger one. Qu Jianlei asked Star Palace to evacuate nearby residents, and the chapter ended with him weighing an invitation to meet Lord Art Venerable.

• Qu Jianlei asked whether Forgotten Peninsula could withstand a Heavenly Demon siege, then said he might need to conduct more tests there.
• Duo Gan argued that Forgotten Peninsula was a small realm being made to suffer for Cangwu Realm, and warned that her side might possess a method capable of destroying it.
• Qu Jianlei said they might destroy Forgotten Peninsula if it threatened Cangwu, and asked Discipline Guardian to arrange the evacuation of nearby residents.
• Discipline Guardian urged caution and promised to report the matter, while True Immortal Zhu Dan proposed activating the Ascension Platform and then offered to introduce Qu Jianlei to Lord Art Venerable.
• Qu Jianlei considered the invitation and watched Wen Yu, Jade Forest Matron, and the Third Pavilion Lord for signs of suspicion.

Qu Jianlei and the six great factions destroyed a Demonic Qi Cluster whose Heavenly Demons had mysteriously concealed origins, raising suspicion that the Forgotten Peninsula’s Out-of-Body Great Venerable was behind them. He returned to investigate the Peninsula, and Jing Yuexin arrived ready to destroy its main body while preserving its treasures if possible.

• Qu Jianlei led the six great factions in destroying the Demonic Qi Cluster, where they found a Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demon and many weaker demons with dangerous corruption abilities.
• The factions failed to trace the Heavenly Demons’ origins, prompting the Vice Dean of the Art Academy to demand that the situation be reported to the Upper Realm and invite Qu Jianlei to meet the Art Venerable.
• Qu Jianlei declined the invitation and returned to the Forgotten Peninsula, where he deployed warships and divided four Nascent Soul Realm cultivators into two alert groups to inspect the area.
• Qu Jianlei studied the Peninsula’s unusual Boundary Membrane and learned from Jing Yuexin and Hall Master Jiang Hui that the Star Palace wanted him to be patient while it contacted the Upper Realm.
• Jing Yuexin supported Qu Jianlei’s plans and proposed destroying the Peninsula’s main body while trying to preserve its treasures, despite the risk posed by an Out-of-Body Great Venerable.

Qu Jianlei welcomed representatives from the major factions, then met Art Venerable Jin Ge, who challenged his intention to destroy the Forgotten Peninsula. Jin Ge revealed his own outsider origins and hinted that his long connection to Cangwu gave him a personal stake in the matter.

• Jing Yuexin and Jiang Hui argued over access to the Restricted Area as shuttles bearing Book Pavilion, Dao Palace, and Art Academy markings arrived at Red Leaf Ridge.
• Transformation Master Wen Yu said the factions would monitor Red Leaf Ridge while assisting with tests, and Qu Jianlei asked him to capture Heavenly Demons.
• After the banquet, Qu Jianlei asked True Immortal Jin Ge to stay and learned that he was Art Venerable’s incarnation and was not native to Cangwu’s realm.
• Jin Ge questioned Qu Jianlei about destroying the Forgotten Peninsula, and Qu Jianlei argued that neither of them could decide whether the Boundary Realm wished to continue existing as it was.
• Jin Ge said the Forgotten Peninsula was not his main concern and explained that, although he had little connection to the Boundary Realm, he had been with it for a long time.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with True Immortal Jin Ge over a way to stabilize Forgotten Peninsula, but refused its offer of two Five Elements Sources without a plan. Later, Third Pavilion Lord recognized Jin Ge’s manner as resembling a notorious Art Academy figure from the past, and Qu Jianlei confirmed his suspicion.

• True Immortal Jin Ge explained his concerns about Forgotten Peninsula and asked Qu Jianlei how he planned to attack it.
• Qu Jianlei challenged Jin Ge to offer a reward for information, then demanded one of every Five Elements Source for a plan to stabilize the peninsula.
• Jin Ge offered two sources as its limit, but Qu Jianlei rejected the deal and admitted he had no plan yet.
• Transformation Master Wen Yu led a group to capture Heavenly Demons while three other groups circled the peninsula aboard a warship.
• Third Pavilion Lord and Jade Forest Matron discussed changes in Forgotten Peninsula and recalled a violent Art Academy figure named Jin Yi.
• Qu Jianlei agreed that Third Pavilion Lord had probably guessed correctly about Jin Ge.

True Immortal Jin Ge revealed that the strange presence near Forgotten Peninsula was likely a Great Venerable and promised to support Qu Jianlei, though he urged patience. He also said people from the upper realm would arrive soon, leaving the others to consider what to report and ask about his cultivation.

• True Immortal Jin Ge appeared and argued with the Third Pavilion Lord about their past debate at the Book Pavilion.
• The Third Pavilion Lord described the presence as more stable and seemingly restraining its karmic ties, while Wood Revered warned that investigating further might alert the enemy.
• True Immortal Jin Ge identified the presence as likely a Great Venerable, advised Qu Jianlei to wait, and promised to support him.
• True Immortal Jin Ge revealed that people from the upper realm would arrive soon, shocking the group, then vanished after asking them not to reveal him.
• The Third Pavilion Lord and Jade Forest Matron discussed hinting at the news to First One, then the Third Pavilion Lord began sharing observations about Forgotten Peninsula.
• Qu Jianlei activated the defensive grand array and asked the Third Pavilion Lord what cultivation level True Immortal Jin Ge had.

Qu Jianlei watched two Upper Realm cultivators investigate the Peninsula while wondering whether Art Venerable was involved in the larger plot. True Immortal Jin Ge returned after briefly disappearing, and Qu Jianlei continued to weigh whom he could trust.

• Third Pavilion Lord asked Qu Jianlei about the mysterious senior, but Qu Jianlei said he needed to confirm his suspicions before explaining.
• Three days later, Master Yuan and Master Yan arrived from the Upper Realm and began investigating the Peninsula without engaging with the local factions.
• Jing Yuexin watched the two Masters work and questioned whether their isolated investigation would delay attention to the Heavenly Demon invasion.
• Qu Jianlei asked Transformation Master Wen Yu to have Four Sages Mountain followers observe the Masters and record their methods.
• True Immortal Jin Ge reappeared in Qu Jianlei's warship and dismissed the Upper Realm cultivators' methods, explaining that he had stopped capturing Heavenly Demons so Qu Jianlei would not suspect him.

Qu Jianlei pressed True Immortal Jin Ge to explain why he had come to Forgotten Peninsula, and Jin Ge admitted he sought an opportunity to break through by refining one of its small worlds. He left Qu Jianlei considering whether Jin Ge could separate a small world from the tangled Folded Spaces without provoking the upper realm’s Great Experts.

• Qu Jianlei challenged True Immortal Jin Ge’s claim that he had come to Forgotten Peninsula simply for adventure and asked him to reveal his real purpose.
• True Immortal Jin Ge explained that he had divined an opportunity connected to Qu Jianlei and his nonhuman soul-body companions.
• Jin Ge admitted he wanted Qu Jianlei’s help obtaining and refining one of Forgotten Peninsula’s small worlds to pursue a further breakthrough.
• Qu Jianlei warned that the small worlds had been created by upper-realm cultivators and asked whether dismantling one would incur karma or anger the Great Experts.
• Jin Ge said the upper realm treated Forgotten Peninsula as an experiment and that its small worlds were neglected treasures, though their Folded Spaces had become too entangled for him to separate one alone.

Qu Jianlei doubted True Immortal Jin Ge’s motives for asking him to dismantle the minor world and refused to help without proof, though they discussed compensation. After two Masters and cultivators from several factions entered Forgotten Peninsula to investigate, strong energy fluctuations appeared around the Restricted Area.

• True Immortal Jin Ge explained that refining a minor world might help his main body advance toward the Out-of-Body Realm, and Qu Jianlei demanded proof before agreeing to act.
• Jin Ge offered two types of the Five Elements Source as compensation, but Qu Jianlei refused to participate in any substantive action until he had more information.
• Two days later, the upper-realm Masters began an internal investigation of Forgotten Peninsula with cultivators from Star Palace, Book Pavilion, Art Academy, and Dao Palace.
• Discipline Guardian kept Wen Yu and Jin Ge outside the Restricted Area, partly to ensure support and prevent trouble from Red Leaf Ridge.
• On the fifteenth day after the investigators entered, distinct energy fluctuations appeared around the Restricted Area.

Energy chaos erupted inside the Restricted Area, trapping the expedition as Red Leaf Ridge held position outside and gathered reports from survivors. As injured groups escaped and warned of an Out-of-Body Realm threat and a Space Vortex, Qu Jianlei refused to send help in before checking for Demonic Qi; Master Yan’s group emerged, while Master Yuan appeared to have been swallowed by the vortex.

• Qu Jianlei brought Red Leaf Ridge’s warships to the guards, refused to enter the Restricted Area, and demanded their monitoring information.
• True Immortal Jin Ge divined that the disturbance involved the Art Venerable, then said the expedition would not be wiped out entirely and chose to wait.
• A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator from Star Palace escaped, warned that an Out-of-Body Realm attack and a Space Vortex had appeared inside, and asked Red Leaf Ridge for aid.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the Star Palace cultivator to stay put until the guards checked him for Demonic Qi, while an injured Art Academy Golden Core True Person emerged and fainted after delivering a message.
• Jade Forest Matron led the Book Pavilion battle team out, followed by Sanjiang Commander and True Immortal San He with Dao Palace cultivators.
• Master Yan and his group escaped, while Master Yuan was believed to have been swallowed by the Space Vortex.

The cultivators escaped the Restricted Area after an Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon attacked them, leaving many dead or injured and Master Yuan lost in a Space Vortex. As Red Leaf Ridge guarded the Peninsula, Qu Jianlei asked True Immortal Jin Ge whether he could get the team to the upper realm, offering to return and help afterward.

• Red Leaf Ridge deployed six Battalion-Class Ships outside the Restricted Area while Ridge Lord Qu gathered intelligence about the attack.
• The cultivators learned that a restriction the two upper-realm Masters had been modifying triggered an Out-of-Body aura and an expanding Space Vortex that their attacks could not stop.
• Master Yan escaped with the Discipline Guardian, both severely injured, and reported that Master Yuan had been swept into the Space Vortex; the exploration party had suffered heavy casualties.
• The fluctuations weakened, and the Five Great Factions arranged to guard the hostile Great Venerable inside the Forgotten Peninsula while awaiting reinforcements.
• Qu Jianlei asked True Immortal Jin Ge to get his team to the upper realm and promised to return and help deal with the small world if they could reach it safely.

Qu Jianlei consulted the Heroic Spirit Hypocrite about True Immortal Jin Ge and whether to leave Cangwu, then agreed to keep working with Jin Ge against the danger surrounding Forgotten Peninsula. After the Third Pavilion Lord and Jade Forest Matron visited, Jin Ge recognized Qu Jianlei’s Ritual Artifact as containing a Heroic Spirit Obsession, and Qu Jianlei asked whether he had encountered others.

• Qu Jianlei considered leaving Cangwu, but True Immortal Jin Ge urged him to investigate who was behind the scheme and asked him to help strip a small world before departing.
• Qu Jianlei brought Jin Ge to the small courtyard, where Hypocrite sensed him, identified flaws in his enlightenment, and advised Qu Jianlei to continue dealing with the Heavenly Demons since Jin Ge could still help the team reach the upper realm.
• Jin Ge and Qu Jianlei agreed to cooperate against the danger at Forgotten Peninsula, while Jin Ge proposed luring its hidden existence out for them to fight together.
• The Third Pavilion Lord and Jade Forest Matron visited, reported their suspicions about the Five Great Factions and the backlash they had suffered, and said the Second Pavilion Master would soon have to take the lead.
• After the visitors left, Jin Ge learned that Qu Jianlei possessed a Ritual Artifact, recognized its Heroic Spirit Obsession, and Qu Jianlei asked whether he had encountered other Obsessions.

Qu Jianlei learned more about the Upper Realm, Houde, as its second delegation arrived to investigate the Forgotten Peninsula. After they sealed the Peninsula and began monitoring it, Transformation Master Wen Yu told True Immortal Bu Hu that the Restricted Area might contain an Out-of-Body Opportunity, leaving her intrigued and suspicious.

• True Immortal Jin Ge told Qu Jianlei that his master, Great Venerable Wuji, came from Houde and may have left in search of an opportunity.
• Half a month later, True Immortal Bu Hu led twelve Nascent Soul Realm cultivators from Houde to investigate everyone who had entered Forgotten Peninsula.
• After more than ten days of questioning, Bu Hu ordered a grand array built around the Peninsula and gave Star Palace only two entry tokens authorized by the Upper Realm.
• Bu Hu refused requests to help study Heavenly Demons and said the delegation would monitor the Peninsula for one to three years before handing authority to Star Palace.
• Transformation Master Wen Yu asked Bu Hu about the Out-of-Body Opportunity in the Restricted Area, and she questioned how he had learned of it.

Transformation Master Wen Yu persuaded True Immortal Bu Hu to investigate the Forgotten Peninsula by presenting an unconfirmed report of an Out of Body Opportunity. Bu Hu led a group of cultivators into the Restricted Area, while Qu Jianlei and his companions suspected Wen Yu had maneuvered events for his own benefit.

• Wen Yu told Bu Hu that the Upper Realm had identified a possible opportunity inside the Forgotten Peninsula, though she doubted his report proved anything.
• Bu Hu announced an investigation and recruited six Nascent Soul cultivators, then pressured Sanjiang Commander to join; Wen Yu volunteered but was left behind.
• Six local cultivators and ten Upper Realm Nascent Soul cultivators entered the Restricted Area, while two Upper Realm cultivators stayed outside to guard and support them.
• Aboard the warship, Qu Jianlei and his companions reasoned that Wen Yu lacked authority to report to the Upper Realm and that Bu Hu had wanted to prevent Sanjiang Commander from doing so.
• True Immortal Jin Ge said Bu Hu knew him but had not sought his help, and he suspected Wen Yu was about to cause her trouble.
• The Book Pavilion's Second Pavilion Master visited Red Leaf Ridge with True Immortal San He and Jade Forest Matron, saying he would return to the Book Pavilion after Bu Hu emerged.

Qu Jianlei’s forces fought the surging Heavenly Demons around the Forgotten Peninsula until the demons began weakening and the Devil Qi receded, suggesting the situation inside the Restricted Area had changed. After Bu Hu’s team lost contact, Star Palace led a rescue expedition into the area while Qu Jianlei’s group stayed outside and continued clearing demons.

• Qu Jianlei agreed to help the Five Great Factions clear the unusually numerous Heavenly Demons around the Forgotten Peninsula, and Transformation Master Wen Yu revealed a karma-detecting Talisman Treasure to aid a future confrontation.
• Red Leaf Ridge deployed warships and Zi Jiuxian repeatedly replenished their supplies, but the Heavenly Demons kept increasing despite the combined efforts of the factions.
• On the eighth day, cultivators noticed that Heavenly Demons were becoming unusually fragile, and the Big Head Butterfly reported that Devil Qi growth was about to fall behind its consumption.
• As Devil Qi began receding across Central Province, an Upper Realm Nascent Soul Realm cultivator lost contact with Bu Hu’s team, prompting the two Upper Realm cultivators to ask Star Palace to organize a rescue.
• Qu Jianlei refused to enter the Forgotten Peninsula while the situation remained unclear, so Star Palace assembled a rescue team with help from the Art Academy and Bitter Sea and sent it into the Restricted Area.
• After Hall Master Hu suspected the Restricted Area might summon the Heavenly Demons back inside, Duo Gan said it was possible, and Hu ordered more cultivators to help exterminate them.

Heavenly Demons appeared throughout the Forgotten Peninsula, forcing the exploration teams to evacuate as they attacked the cultivators outside the Restricted Area. Amid the defense and inspections, Duo Gan delivered two captured Heavenly Demons to her First One, and Qu Jianlei divined that Great Chaos Rising had begun.

• Golden Core cultivators escaped the Restricted Area and reported Heavenly Demons, while another team emerged with two captured demons.
• The cultivators learned Heavenly Demons had appeared throughout the Forgotten Peninsula and began evacuating as Duo Gan ordered them to inspect the returning teams.
• Duo Gan warned of a massive attack, and the cultivators used spells, Laser Guns, Small Ships, and Energy Blocks to hold back the rising Demonic Qi.
• Duo Gan collected the two sealed Heavenly Demons and brought them aboard the warship for her First One.
• Qu Jianlei divined that Great Chaos Rising had begun, and True Immortal Jin Ge said he had not sensed the captured demon's other ties.

As Heavenly Demons overwhelmed the Forgotten Peninsula’s entrance, the Lower Realm cultivators pressed the Upper Realm for answers about Immortal Maiden Bu’s mission, but the two Nascent Soul cultivators could offer only a vague promise to report it. The chapter ended with a massive Devil Qi Barrier advancing toward the defenders, which True Immortal San He and the others feared might be an Out-of-Body-level threat.

• Qu Jianlei questioned True Immortal Jin Ge’s plan to wait for their opponent to expose a flaw, while the rescue team withdrew from the Restricted Area without finding Immortal Maiden Bu’s team.
• Heavenly Devil Qi increased over the next two days, Heavenly Demons gathered at the Forgotten Peninsula’s entrance, and the defenders struggled to hold them back as a Devil Qi Barrier formed.
• Hall Master Hu arranged for Star Palace’s three returning True Immortals to rejoin their ranks, and Red Leaf Ridge moved its warship farther away to limit danger.
• The Second Pavilion Master asked the two Upper Realm cultivators what Immortal Maiden Bu was doing and how long she would be gone, and they stalled by promising to report the matter upward.
• The Second Pavilion Master told the Book Pavilion disciples to hold on and said he would gather three to five more Nascent Soul cultivators within three days.
• True Immortal San He spotted the Devil Qi Barrier moving toward them, and Jade Forest Matron and the Third Pavilion Lord feared it might be an Out-of-Body-level threat.

As the Devil Qi Barrier advanced across the Forgotten Peninsula, Qu Jianlei warned the factions that an Out-of-Body Great Venerable might be behind it and prepared Red Leaf Ridge to confront it. Red Leaf Ridge’s weapons briefly slowed and pierced the barrier, but it quickly began advancing again and repaired the opening.

• Jade Forest Matron and the others discussed the danger of fighting Out-of-Body Heavenly Demons in Cangwu, while True Immortal Jin Ge agreed he could hold back only one opponent.
• Qu Jianlei told True Immortal Jin Ge that they might face at least three Out-of-Body opponents and agreed they might have to destroy the Forgotten Peninsula.
• Jade Forest Matron’s group requested help against the advancing Devil Qi Barrier, and Qu Jianlei revealed Red Leaf Ridge intended to confront the likely Out-of-Body Great Venerable while asking the factions to contribute their Trump Cards.
• Bitter Sea and the Art Academy offered powerful but unreliable experimental treasures, but Jade Forest Matron and Hall Master Hu urged them not to introduce more risks.
• At dawn, Qu Jianlei used six Battalion-Class Ships and the Small Tripod to slow the Devil Qi Barrier, but it darkened and sped up again.
• Red Leaf Ridge’s Broken Blade tore a huge gap in the barrier, but the black qi rapidly repaired it.

Qu Jianlei and the cultivators watched the Broken Blade battle the Devil Qi Barrier while Qu Jianlei secretly obtained a wisp of demonic qi for his plan to curse the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon. The Broken Blade struck a relocated breach, and the Heavenly Demon fled, leaving the gathered cultivators cheering over their victory.

• The Broken Blade repeatedly slashed the Devil Qi Barrier as the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon moved each breach away, and Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge recognized the exchange as a war of attrition.
• Qu Jianlei sent the Ruler to retrieve a wisp of demonic qi, and True Immortal Jin Ge sealed it inside a bubble using the power of laws.
• Qu Jianlei proposed entering the Portable Abode to attempt killing the Heavenly Demon with a curse, and True Immortal Jin Ge agreed to come along.
• An Out-of-Body aura suddenly surged from the Devil Qi Barrier and fled at tremendous speed, startling Qu Jianlei, True Immortal Jin Ge, and the watching cultivators.
• The Broken Blade struck a breach that no longer moved, pierced the barrier, and prompted the cultivators to cheer as they realized the Heavenly Demon had fled.

After the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon fled, Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge consulted Hypocrite about the demon’s retreat and the limits of Qu Jianlei’s Curse Art. Hypocrite explained that the demon had sensed the causal danger and warned that it could improve its defenses, while True Immortal Jin Ge still sought advice on stabilizing his Out-of-Body Realm through the small world.

• Red Leaf Ridge warned the cultivators that the demonic qi ahead was dangerous and the Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon might return, so the Five Great Factions used warships to attack the Devil Qi Barrier.
• Duo Gan told the cultivators that Red Leaf Ridge had been preparing an operation to slay Heavenly Devils, but the alert demon had fled before they could finish it.
• Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge examined the demonic qi and suspected that Qu Jianlei’s Curse Art could not affect the demon through it.
• Hypocrite explained that the demon had recognized the causal threat, but that Qu Jianlei’s Curse Art was too weak to kill an uninjured Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon and could provoke improved countermeasures.
• Hypocrite advised Qu Jianlei to keep the demonic qi as a deterrent and said he could improve the Curse Art when needed, while encouraging Qu Jianlei to develop his own methods.
• True Immortal Jin Ge asked Qu Jianlei whether he should prepare gifts before seeking Hypocrite’s advice about stabilizing his Out-of-Body Realm with the small world.

Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge noticed the Devil Qi Barrier was recovering too slowly and that Demonic Qi was seeping underground, suggesting Bu Hu’s team was preparing to break out. They warned Transformation Master Wen Yu and prepared for their return, but the breakthrough began sooner than expected.

• True Immortal Jin Ge lamented that he had no suitable gifts for the senior and regretted that Beihai had traded away a Guardian Rule.
• Qu Jianlei and True Immortal Jin Ge noticed the Demonic Qi was dissipating and recovering unusually quickly, while the Second Pavilion Master of the Book Pavilion also suspected an anomaly.
• True Immortal Jin Ge concluded that Bu Hu’s team was likely about to break out, and Qu Jianlei sent a subtle warning to Transformation Master Wen Yu.
• Transformation Master Wen Yu met with Qu Jianlei and Jin Ge, and the three agreed Bu Hu’s team would probably break out within three days while the Dao Palace collected more Energy Blocks.
• Before dawn the next morning, a Star Palace disciple warned that massive energy fluctuations were rapidly approaching the entrance to the restriction.