Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen began forging a defensive Magic Treasure from Profound Rock Demon Emperor’s remains, using rare materials and three clusters of Thousand-Year Thunder Essence. After more than a year of arduous work, he sealed the nearly complete Treasure Embryo inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron to nurture it before inscribing its formations.

• Luo Chen inspected the gathered materials and explained that the armor he planned to forge needed to fit both his ordinary body and his Heavenly Peng True Body.
• Luo Chen chose three of his remaining Thousand-Year Thunder Essence blossoms for the Demon Emperor Remains, then began refining Profound Rock Demon Emperor’s shell with Azure Flame.
• Luo Chen spent months softening and hammering the shell, then processed the auxiliary materials and fused them in the Primal Chaos Cauldron.
• Luo Chen added three clusters of Thousand-Year Thunder Essence to the mixture, judged that the shell could hold no more, and adjusted the material proportions over ten days.
• Luo Chen sealed the nearly complete Treasure Embryo inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron to continue nurturing it, leaving the formations and final treasure for later.

Luo Chen stabilized his cultivation, then received Han Zhan’s blunt instruction that he had mistaken formation proficiency for understanding a formation’s true meaning. After reconciling with Han Zhan and learning how to advance the Two Elements Array, Luo Chen met Black King, Zhang Jingqing, and Tian Xuan Fairy beneath the Mid-Autumn moon.

• Luo Chen recovered from the depletion and fire toxin caused by refining the Treasure Embryo, stabilized his Golden Core Sixth Layer, and planned his cultivation and formation work.
• Luo Chen admitted his unease about Han Zhan’s ability to penetrate his soul defenses, but sent him a Sound Transmission Talisman and arranged to meet.
• Han Zhan told Luo Chen that he copied formations’ forms without understanding their essence, and challenged him to grasp the true meaning behind the Two Elements Array.
• Luo Chen connected Han Zhan’s lesson to his own experience with alchemy and spells, then received Han Zhan’s advanced cultivation method for the Two Elements Array.
• Luo Chen left Han Zhan’s island relieved and grateful, resolving that he had misjudged Han Zhan.
• Black King brought Zhang Jingqing out of the Water Curtain Cave and surfaced at Great Marsh Lake, where he greeted Luo Chen as Tian Xuan Fairy stood beside him.

Luo Chen tested the Water and Fire Two Elements Array with Black King, advancing his mastery and glimpsing how a Golden Core cultivator might create a domain-like field. The array’s disturbance shook Peng Lake, and the chapter ended with Zhang Jiadi and Han Zhan recognizing its implications.

• Luo Chen summoned Black King and had him gather Peng Lake’s water vapor while Luo Chen supplied fire mana, using them as the array’s two formation eyes.
• Luo Chen fused the clashing elements into a Yin-Yang Fish, causing the Two Elements Array to reach Grandmaster level and letting him glimpse a power like a Nascent Soul Domain before the array broke apart and injured Black King.
• Luo Chen wondered whether formations, treasures, or other powers could let a Golden Core cultivator create a domain, then accepted Black King’s Cliff Serpent skin membrane to consider making a protective treasure for Zhang Jingqing.
• Luo Chen returned with Black King and Tian Xuan, pleased by the array’s potential but deciding to let his Demon Emperor Remains treasure embryo continue to be nurtured before carving formations into it.
• After the disturbance swept across Peng Lake, Zhang Jiadi warned Zhou Shanshan to abandon her clan’s plans to seize the lake and to respect Luo Chen, while Han Zhan saw promise in combining the Two Elements Array with his own formations.

Luo Chen learned why Golden Core cultivators could not normally wield Nascent Soul Domains, then completed his array training and began stabilizing a powerful armor Treasure Embryo. News of the Purple Monkey Flower reached him, but he could not leave to pursue it, so he called for Black King.

• Luo Chen asked Han Zhan about Nascent Soul Domains, and Han Zhan explained that only Nascent Soul cultivators could control matching spiritual energy, though a Primal Devil Sect cultivator had once created a Pseudo-Domain with a Myriad Souls Banner, an array, and a Split Soul.
• After three years of practice, Luo Chen reached Great Perfection in the Two Elements Array, the Liujia Array, and the Tier 3 Wishful Array, then began engraving the Treasure Embryo made from the Demon Emperor Remains.
• Zhou Shanshan refused to pay Xu Wang the one hundred thousand Spirit Stones promised for information about the Purple Monkey Flower, but Zhang Jiadi secretly brought the news to Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen used an illusion to verify Xu Wang's account, paid him one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the map and miscellaneous book, and required him to swear a Great Dao Oath of secrecy.
• Luo Chen told Tian Xuan that the Purple Monkey Flower grew on Purple Spirit Island in the Demon Sea, but he could not leave while stabilizing the Treasure Embryo's formation, so he ordered her to call Black King.

Luo Chen completed the High-Grade Profound Dust Armor and tested its earth-qi-absorbing Qi Armor, which grew stronger when he stood on the ground. After returning to Starry Hall, he learned from Tian Xuan that Blood Rogue had returned to the Ten Thousand Immortals Society, while Black King's mission to Purple Spirit Island remained unresolved.

• Luo Chen sent Black King to Purple Spirit Island to investigate the Purple Monkey Flower, a primary ingredient for his Nascent Soul Pill.
• Black King reached Purple Spirit Island, took a Detoxification Pill, and entered its Purple Qi Poison Barrier; three days later, he fled the island while a dozen purple figures pursued him.
• Luo Chen completed the Profound Dust Armor, confirmed it was a High-Grade Defensive Magic Treasure, and tested its Qi Armor in the sky above Peng Lake.
• Luo Chen discovered that the armor absorbed Earth Attribute spiritual qi and earth qi, greatly strengthening its protection while he stood on the ground.
• Luo Chen concealed the armor as his usual Daoist robe and returned to Starry Hall, where Tian Xuan told him that Blood Rogue had returned to the Ten Thousand Immortals Society.

Luo Chen learned that Blood Rogue had returned and was gathering rare materials in exchange for Nascent Soul Formation Insights, while Luo Chen focused on income, cultivation, and news from the Eastern Wasteland. The chapter ended with Ding Yi arriving from Cloud Touching Mountain to meet Luo Chen.

• Tian Xuan told Luo Chen that Blood Rogue had issued a resource-gathering task and offered Nascent Soul Formation Insights for a thousand-year Withered Blood Vine, drawing Golden Core cultivators to compete.
• Luo Chen declined to pursue the task, learned that Black King still had not returned, and heard that Eight-Hundred-Li Peng Lake and Azure Sun Shop had earned him nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones over the past year.
• Luo Chen developed a more intense body-tempering method, using the Flowing Fire Hammer Method and Tian Xuan's Wind Spiral Heavenly Blade Technique before applying Black Emperor Ointment.
• Luo Chen gathered news that a second Beast Tide had erupted in the Eastern Wasteland and seized three cultivation domains, strengthening his desire to return home while recognizing that he needed to reach the Nascent Soul Stage first.
• Tian Xuan reported that a Golden Core Cultivator named Ding Yi had come from Cloud Touching Mountain to visit Luo Chen, and Luo Chen ordered her to bring him in.

Ding Yi revealed that he planned to explore ancient cultivator ruins in the depths of the Sunken Sea and invited Luo Chen to join him, promising access to Five Elements Lotus Platforms. Luo Chen initially refused because of the danger, but the rare spiritual medicine left him wavering as Ding Yi departed, and Tian Xuan told him Black King had returned.

• Luo Chen reunited with Ding Yi, who revealed his hidden Golden Core Ninth Layer cultivation and praised Luo Chen’s strength.
• Ding Yi invited Luo Chen to explore the depths of the Sunken Sea, where ancient cultivator ruins might offer a chance at Nascent Soul Formation.
• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that Emerald Cold Fairy had entered the ruins as a furnace cauldron and emerged as a Nascent Soul cultivator.
• Luo Chen refused the invitation because he judged the Sunken Sea too dangerous and questioned why Ding Yi had chosen him as a companion.
• Ding Yi revealed that the ruins contained many Five Elements Lotus Platforms, prompting Luo Chen to reconsider as Ding Yi left to prepare at Cloud Touching Mountain.
• Tian Xuan approached Luo Chen and reported that Black King had returned.

Black King returned from Purple Spirit Island with news of Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers and a sample, giving Luo Chen confidence that he could eventually claim the island. Luo Chen then visited Cloud Touching Mountain, where Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master welcomed him into the cave.

• Black King told Luo Chen that Purple Spirit Island was covered in Purple Monkey Flowers and that he had fled after Purple Qi Poison Monkeys and Soul Poison forced him to abandon his search for Fourth-Order flowers.
• Black King spat out a Tier 3 Purple Monkey Flower, and Luo Chen said the living plant would help him conquer Purple Spirit Island.
• Luo Chen traveled to Cloud Touching Mountain and learned that the Cloud Touching Cave Master supported hundreds of independent cultivators through artifact forging and repairs.
• Luo Chen thought of his old companions in the Eastern Wasteland before meeting Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master outside Cloud Touching Cave.
• Ding Yi and the Cloud Touching Cave Master welcomed Luo Chen, and the three entered the cave together.

Luo Chen learned how to enter the Sunken Sea’s ancient cultivator ruins and judged that his Black Tortoise-blooded armor could protect him on the journey. He gathered Infant Face plants to improve a pill against the Purple Monkey Flower’s soul poison, then visited Sang JiuGong to ask about the flower.

• Luo Chen reviewed Ding Yi’s account of the ruins, learned that Black Tortoise bloodline was needed to enter the Sunken Sea’s depths, and realized his Profound Dust Armor might qualify.
• Luo Chen weighed the danger of competing with Nascent Soul cultivators and decided to prepare for the expedition with Black King, Tian Xuan, and Han Zhan.
• Tian Xuan negotiated with Zhou Shanshan for Infant Face plants, offering Spirit Stones and a custom defensive Magic Treasure in return.
• Luo Chen used the Infant Face plants to research an improvement to his Fourth-Order Poison Resistance Pill, hoping to counter the Purple Monkey Flower’s soul poison.
• Luo Chen visited Sang JiuGong on Tusang Island and asked whether he knew about cultivating or ripening the Purple Monkey Flower.

Lushan Jun brought Wen Xiu back to Lotus Picking Island to settle her ties with the Zhang Family, where Wen Xiu divorced Zhang Jiadi and reunited with her daughter. After reflecting on solitude and the meaning of cultivation, Luo Chen completed an improved Fourth Order Poison Resistance Pill and went to seek Duan Li at the Demon Hunter Division.

• Lushan Jun explained that Wen Xiu’s attachment to her daughter had stalled her cultivation and brought her to Peng Lake to face her past.
• Luo Chen met with Lushan Jun and offered to mediate Wen Xiu’s separation from the Lotus Picking Island Zhang Family.
• Wen Xiu divorced Zhang Jiadi, collected her share of the family property, and was stopped by Zhang Jingqing, who asked whether her mother no longer wanted her.
• Lushan Jun reflected with Luo Chen on the solitude of pursuing the Great Dao, while Luo Chen later questioned Tian Xuan about her age, family, and purpose in life.
• Luo Chen completed the improved Fourth Order Poison Resistance Pill, decided not to worry over worldly ties, and went to find Duan Li at the Demon Hunter Division.

Luo Chen was compelled to join the Fishing Old Man’s expedition to retrieve a Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine at Withered Wood Ridge, despite his plans for Purple Spirit Island. He discovered the mission route passed near the island, used the enforced departure to conceal his plans, and met the other cultivators as the expedition prepared to begin.

• Luo Chen recruited Duan Li for his Purple Spirit Island plan and reviewed his preparations for dealing with the poisonous flowers, poison monkeys, and battle damage.
• The Fishing Old Man told Luo Chen that Blood True Person had ordered him to join a mission to retrieve a Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine, and Luo Chen agreed after learning about the powerful team and promised rewards.
• Luo Chen learned that Withered Wood Ridge lay on the route to Purple Spirit Island and realized the compulsory mission would make his departure less suspicious, so he arranged for Lushan Jun and the others to leave ahead of him.
• After three months, Ding Yi and Zhou Shanshan visited Luo Chen but found he had already departed on the Demon Hunter Division mission.
• The Fishing Old Man introduced Luo Chen to the Seven Star Demon Hunters Gou XingShi and Dao Lan, while Huangfu Song remained in his room aboard the flying boat as the group prepared for a briefing on Withered Wood Ridge.

Luo Chen and four Golden Core Cultivators fought through Withered Wood Ridge, cutting down waves of Withered Blood Vine Daughter Vines as they approached the Vine King's lair. After Luo Chen burned and severed the vines pursuing him, the Vine King emerged in a towering pillar of spiritual energy.

• Fishing Old Man led Dao Lan, Gou XingShi, Huangfu Song, and Luo Chen into Withered Wood Ridge, where Withered Blood Vines attacked them from behind.
• The five pushed deeper into the forest, fighting Daughter Vines while Fishing Old Man used the Sound-Capturing Bell to guide them toward the Vine King's lair.
• They reached a valley guarded by over a hundred Fourth Order Withered Blood Vines, and Fishing Old Man ordered everyone to fight separately.
• Luo Chen evaded his pursuers, burned more than a dozen vines with Blazing Fire Miasma and Flourishing Decay True Fire, then severed them with Kusanagi Geng Metal Sword Qi.
• After the others defeated their pursuers, Fishing Old Man declared that the Vine King should come out, and a massive white vine rose within a pillar of spiritual energy.

Luo Chen watched the Blood God Child battle the Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine, then discovered that Fishing Old Man had used the mission to draw the vine’s true body from an abyss. After the mission ended and the group received vine materials, Luo Chen chose to explore the Demon Sea alone rather than return with them.

• Dao Lan retreated from the valley as the Fifth Order Withered Blood Vine appeared, and Fishing Old Man summoned a Blood God Child to fight it.
• Luo Chen and Gou XingShi watched the Blood God Child struggle against the Vine King until it drew Blood Rogue’s Divine Gang Blood Blade and began cutting down the vine.
• Fishing Old Man reappeared beside an abyss and used Huangfu Song’s jade seal to suppress a creature below while the Blood God Child protected him.
• The Blood God Child pulled the Withered Blood Vine’s true body from the abyss, and Fishing Old Man declared the mission complete and distributed the vine’s cast-off shells.
• Luo Chen declined to return on Fishing Old Man’s flying boat and set off alone to explore the Demon Sea.

Luo Chen reached Seven Stars Island, discovered that its natural labyrinth had been altered, and was ambushed by Hundred Refinements Mountain Master Liang Baizao. Liang revealed that Blood Nightmare Fiend had ordered him to lure Luo Chen out, and Luo Chen found himself trapped beneath a force linked to a distant mountain.

• After escaping Fishing Old Man, Luo Chen reflected on the power of Nascent Soul cultivators and questioned whether he should risk entering the Sunken Sea ruins before he was better prepared.
• Luo Chen followed Black King's route to Seven Stars Island and discovered that its moving islands, clouds, currents, and winds created a natural labyrinth.
• As Luo Chen mapped the labyrinth, he realized someone had altered its formation and tried to retreat, but the forest came alive and blocked his escape.
• Luo Chen recognized the waiting figure as Liang Baizao, who admitted he had arranged the Purple Monkey Flower lead and had spent years luring Luo Chen out under Blood Nightmare Fiend's orders.
• Liang Baizao demanded that Luo Chen submit to a restriction and return to beg forgiveness or die, then used a suppressive force to prevent him from escaping.
• Luo Chen descended as the force weakened, seeing a towering mountain linked to the seven islands by streams of light.

Luo Chen battled the Hundred Refinements Mountain Lord inside the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array, survived the traps and sword formation, and destroyed his enemy. After the array’s collapse shattered Seven Stars Island, Luo Chen set off for Purple Spirit Island with his allies, while the Mountain Lord’s soul remained alive inside his Golden Core.

• The Hundred Refinements Mountain Lord used Hundred Refinements Mountain and the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array to suppress Luo Chen, who transformed and fought back with powerful spells and his body.
• The Mountain Lord unleashed his Seven Fiends Swords, but Luo Chen resisted their attacks and broke free of the remnant soul’s assault on his consciousness.
• Luo Chen and the Mountain Lord were locked in a stalemate until the sword array collapsed, prompting the Mountain Lord to flee and abandon his swords.
• Lushan Jun, Sang JiuGong, Duan Li, and a Flood Dragon attacked the fleeing Mountain Lord, whose body was destroyed and Golden Core swallowed by the Flood Dragon.
• The array’s collapse and the loss of the islands’ earth Qi caused Seven Stars Island and its six linked islands to break apart.
• Luo Chen recovered his treasures and ordered Black King to leave the Mountain Lord’s surviving soul alone before leading his allies toward Purple Spirit Island.

Luo Chen and his companions investigated Purple Spirit Island, mapped its terrain and Purple Monkey Flowers, and prepared to establish a formation while preserving valuable plants. They raised the Inverted Jade Bowl Great Array and began slaughtering the demon beasts it had drawn into an ambush.

• Luo Chen secretly scouted Purple Spirit Island with Black King, Duan Li, Sang JiuGong, and Lushan Jun, using poison-resistance pills to endure the Purple Qi Poison Barrier.
• Duan Li reported the island’s demon beasts, while Sang JiuGong identified four Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers and more than a hundred Tier 3 flowers that he could cultivate further.
• Luo Chen agreed to let Sang JiuGong ripen at least ten flowers and promised to repair Duan Li’s damaged flower basket; Lushan Jun prepared talismans to protect important plants and locations.
• At dawn, Lushan Jun placed protective talismans while Luo Chen and the others installed array components across the island and Luo Chen set up the central formation.
• Luo Chen activated the Sealing God Compass and Duan Li’s flower basket, forming the Inverted Jade Bowl Great Array over Purple Spirit Island.
• Luo Chen lured a beast tide into an ambush, where Lushan Jun, Black King, and the others joined him to attack the trapped demon beasts.

Luo Chen and his allies wiped out the demon beasts on Purple Spirit Island, then Sang JiuGong began preparing the island to cultivate its Purple Monkey Flowers. While waiting, Luo Chen reflected on his shortcomings against stronger enemies and ended the chapter questioning how best to use his powerful body.

• Luo Chen and his allies attacked the beast tide, and Luo Chen swiftly killed the Golden Crown Flying Eagle before urging everyone to finish the battle quickly.
• Luo Chen subdued and killed the Third-Order Abyss Crocodile, venting the anger left by his recent battles, while his allies finished off the remaining demon beasts.
• Three days later, Duan Li and Lushan Jun departed, and Luo Chen collected four Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers while Sang JiuGong prepared the island's soil for cultivation.
• Sang JiuGong spent nearly half a year enriching the Heaven Pit and then began transplanting the island's Purple Monkey Flowers, while Luo Chen set up a protective array.
• Luo Chen examined his combat methods at the Nethercold Abyss and realized he lacked a powerful offensive Magic Treasure and had not fully developed his body's potential.

Luo Chen questioned the Hundred Refinements Mountain lord’s remnant soul about the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array and learned how the formation had been enhanced. After the lord surrendered his Storage Ring and chose to dissipate, Luo Chen studied the formation’s analysis and considered combining an array, a Natal Magic Treasure, and a power source to develop his Nascent Soul Domain concept.

• Luo Chen inspected the Hundred Refinements Mountain lord’s sealed Storage Ring and spoke with the lord’s surviving Golden Core about the limits of a remnant soul.
• Luo Chen asked how the lord had improved the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array, then pressured him into explaining the formation’s design.
• Luo Chen took the lord’s Storage Ring after the lord removed its restrictions, and the lord’s remnant soul dissipated in a grave on a nearby island.
• Luo Chen returned to Purple Spirit Island and studied the lord’s Jade Slip analysis of the Big Dipper Seven Peaks Array.
• Luo Chen considered combining a powerful array, a Natal Magic Treasure, and an energy source, then brought out his Golden Core, Essence Core, and Primal Chaos Cauldron.

Luo Chen completed the Purple Monkey Flower cultivation grounds on Purple Spirit Island and returned to the Ten Thousand Immortals Society, where he learned the war was going poorly for the Azure Sea Alliance. After settling back in at Peng Lake, he met with Ding Yi and learned that something had happened in Arctic Night Yama Heaven.

• Black King brought Luo Chen back from the sea after Luo Chen exhausted his mana testing a new spell, and Luo Chen reflected on how to control its power.
• Sang JiuGong finished transplanting the Purple Monkey Flowers, explained the Heaven Pit’s ripening method, and asked Luo Chen to help the Tu Sang Sect if it faced trouble; Luo Chen agreed.
• Luo Chen completed a concealment and defensive formation around Purple Spirit Island, then departed with Sang JiuGong on Black King’s back for the Ten Thousand Immortals Society.
• While crossing Azure Sea Alliance territory, Luo Chen learned that the Devilbreak Sect and Penglai Immortal Sect were gaining ground, possibly with support from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.
• At Peng Lake, Tian Xuan reported that Luo Chen’s Demon Hunter rank had risen to Five Star and that a Zhou Family cultivator and Ding Yi had sought him; Luo Chen arranged to meet the Zhou cultivator the next day and visited Ding Yi.
• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that something had happened in Arctic Night Yama Heaven.

Luo Chen learned that demon beasts escaping Arctic Night Yama Heaven had been gathering around the Sunken Sea, where he and his companions hoped to explore ancient cultivator ruins. After discovering why Ding Yi and Cloud Touching Cave Master were determined to go, Luo Chen sought Han Zhan’s help and prepared the Seven Fiends Sword for him.

• Ding Yi told Luo Chen that escaped demon beasts had stopped attacking the Three Oceans Defense Line and instead guarded the Sunken Sea, where ancient cultivator ruins lay.
• Cloud Touching Cave Master revealed that the ruins might hold an artifact-crafter’s inheritance, while Ding Yi showed Luo Chen his Taisui-possession and said he needed to find its true body; he also said the Five Elements Lotus Platform Luo Chen sought grew nearby.
• Luo Chen left without agreeing to go, and Ding Yi and Cloud Touching Cave Master discussed his rapid cultivation and reluctance to risk his life.
• Luo Chen asked Han Zhan whether he should explore the Sunken Sea, and Han Zhan said the ruins might offer him a chance to borrow a body and be reborn.
• Luo Chen offered Han Zhan the Seven Fiends Sword, and Han Zhan activated the seven swords and examined their power.