Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen learned from Langya True Person about Nascent Soul cultivation and the risks tied to the Purple Mansion, then traveled with him to the stalled truce talks at Mo Lan Court. There, Luo Chen spotted a Golden Core cultivator connected to an old grievance and summoned Sang Jinghe into the rain.

• Luo Chen revealed his upright, blazing mana to Langya True Person, who accepted that he was not a remnant of the Primal Devil Sect and discussed Soul Essence with him.
• Langya True Person explained that a thick Purple Mansion barrier protected a Nascent Soul from heaven and earth but could obstruct a future breakthrough to Spirit Transformation; Luo Chen realized his own barrier was exceptionally vast.
• Luo Chen learned that Devilbreak Sect Stream Masters still produced Soul Essence and decided to seek it at the Truce Assembly, which might also offer a chance to meet an intermediary for his return to the Eastern Wasteland.
• At Mo Lan Court, Luo Chen and Langya True Person discussed the negotiations, the Azure Sea Alliance's choice of Mu Lan Gaoxiong as its representative, and the Penglai Immortal Sect's influence through the mediation process.
• Golden Core cultivators from the Devilbreak Sect and Azure Sea Alliance traded accusations and threats, and Langya True Person lamented that a Penglai cultivator had killed his disciple.
• Luo Chen recognized the cultivator demanding vengeance for a family member and sent his Divine Sense to Sang Jinghe, who quietly went out into the rain.

Luo Chen learned that Flying Cloud Stream had been destroyed and that Gu Shaoshang and Gu Xiaolian might have survived with powerful legacies, leaving him wary of their future revenge. At the Halting War Assembly, he clashed with the Sky-Rending Stream Master and overwhelmed him in a contest of Nascent Soul Domains, earning recognition as one of the Northern Sea’s four Great Rogues.

• Sang Jinghe told Luo Chen that Flying Cloud Stream had been sacked and its disciples slaughtered, while reports about the Gu Siblings remained uncertain.
• Luo Chen recalled that Gu Shaoshang and Gu Xiaolian had emerged from the Dark and Bright Halls with likely inheritances, and resolved to deal with them if they appeared.
• Langya True Person briefed Luo Chen on the influential cultivators expected at the Halting War Assembly, including the Sky-Rending Stream Master.
• The Sky-Rending Stream Master insulted Luo Chen outside Returning Origin Palace and challenged him, while Langya True Person tried to defend his friend.
• Luo Chen’s crimson Nascent Soul Domain overpowered the Sky-Rending Stream Master’s azure domain, forcing him to put away his Flying Sword and withdraw.
• The Nascent Soul True Persons witnessed Luo Chen’s victory, and one declared that the Northern Sea now had four Great Rogues.

Luo Chen demonstrated his strength at the gathering of Northern Sea Nascent Soul cultivators, then spent one hundred million Spirit Stones to buy the remaining Grand Spirit Grass. When Netherfire Stream Master offered Soul Essence, he invited Luo Chen to speak privately, leaving Nan Qi Old Ghost's planned trade in doubt.

• Luo Chen entered Returning Origin Palace after overpowering Sky-Rending Stream Master in a clash of Nascent Soul Domains, and Netherfire Stream Master welcomed him before Shang Si Hai could speak.
• Shang Si Hai offered Ying Yuanjun's Fourth Order Grand Spirit Grass for one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones per stalk, and Luo Chen bought all one thousand remaining stalks for one hundred million Spirit Stones.
• Luo Chen collected the herbs in his Penglai Octagonal Pavilion, while Shang Si Hai suspected he was concealing a powerful background and spatial treasure.
• Luo Chen ignored the other goods being traded and waited for Soul Essence, while Nan Qi Old Ghost continued buying it.
• Netherfire Stream Master offered his Soul Essence, rejected Nan Qi Old Ghost's proposed trade, and invited Luo Chen to speak privately, unsettling Nan Qi Old Ghost and surprising Sky-Rending Stream Master.

Nether Fire Old Freak asked Luo Chen to remove the sentient Netherfire consuming his body, and Luo Chen devoured it with his Flourishing Decay True Fire over nine days. After Fu Chaosheng revealed that he had recognized Luo Chen, Luo Chen thanked him for his past help, and Fu Chaosheng asked him to return the favor.

• Nether Fire Old Freak explained that feeding his Netherfire Soul Essence had made it sentient, causing it to turn on him and burn through his body.
• Nether Fire Old Freak arranged for Luo Chen to treat him under Fu Chaosheng's guarantee, offering a bottle of Soul Essence as payment.
• Luo Chen used his Flourishing Decay True Fire to absorb the Netherfire throughout Nether Fire Old Freak's body instead of destroying it.
• After nine days, Nether Fire Old Freak recovered and left Fu Chaosheng to deliver the promised Soul Essence to Luo Chen.
• Fu Chaosheng revealed that he had recognized Luo Chen through Tian Xuan's recorded aura in his True Spirit Treasure Mirror.
• Luo Chen thanked Fu Chaosheng for his past guidance, and Fu Chaosheng asked him to help with something in return.

Luo Chen learned about the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s Five Hundred Year Competition and negotiated with Fu Chaosheng to guard his granddaughter in exchange for Soul Essence, a guest elder recommendation, and other assistance. Meanwhile, Nan Qi Old Ghost and the Sky-Rending Stream Master plotted to kill Luo Chen after the Halting War Assembly, unaware that he had already left Mo Lan Court and was traveling toward Cold Light Island.

• Fu Chaosheng explained the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven and the Five Hundred Year Competition, then asked Luo Chen to guard his granddaughter.
• Fu Chaosheng cited Luo Chen’s past feats and offered Soul Essence, a Dao Sect guest elder position, and help with other matters; Luo Chen agreed to bargain over the terms.
• Nan Qi Old Ghost urged the Sky-Rending Stream Master to kill Luo Chen after the Halting War Assembly, and the two agreed to plan the attack.
• Luo Chen traveled inside Black King’s stomach with Sang Jinghe, planning to visit Cold Light Island before heading to Divine Origin City to meet True Person Fu.

Luo Chen traveled back to the ruined Cold Light Islands and attacked the Wu Family’s leaders to avenge their role in the past. One of his targets survived his fire attack, revealing a Blood God Child and leaving Luo Chen confronting an unexpected remnant of the Blood God lineage.

• Luo Chen studied the Flame Radiance True Scripture during the journey and considered adapting its Acupoint techniques and learning its two Fourth Order Fire Attribute spells.
• Luo Chen reached the former Mo Family Fishery and learned how the Nascent Soul battle had shattered Cold Light Island and left Emerald Cold City submerged beneath the sea.
• Tian Xuan confirmed that Xiang Baiyang, now the Wu Family’s Supreme Elder, was the surviving elder of the Xiang Brothers from the Refining Peak Company.
• Luo Chen attacked seven Wu Family Golden Core Cultivators on White Sheep Island, killing six with his fire technique.
• The remaining cultivator resisted the flames with blood-red power, and Luo Chen recognized him as a Blood God Child.

Luo Chen confronted Blood Nightmare Fiend on Cold Light Island after the fiend’s array began turning millions of mortals and low-level cultivators into blood. Their battle ended with Blood Nightmare Fiend retreating into the Blood Sea, while Luo Chen escaped with the Soul Severing Blood Sword just as Blood Rogue arrived.

• Luo Chen recognized Blood Nightmare Fiend in a Wu Family Golden Core Cultivator and discovered that the fiend’s altered Island-Connecting Array was transforming the Cold Light Islands’ inhabitants into foul blood.
• Luo Chen sent Tian Xuan and Sang Jinghe through a passage carved by his Azure Sun Great Handprint, then fought through the red canopy domain and the corrupted cultivators to draw out Blood Nightmare Fiend.
• Luo Chen located Blood Nightmare Fiend near the ruins of Emerald Cold City and clashed with him, but his defenses failed to stop the Soul Severing Blood Sword from cutting his palm.
• Luo Chen used Mirror Flower Water Moon and Tribulation Lightning Power to immobilize Blood Nightmare Fiend, then tore his body apart, but the fiend’s Nascent Soul remained hidden in the Blood Sea.
• Luo Chen bound the Soul Severing Blood Sword with a small cauldron’s chains and fled, while Blood Rogue arrived and ordered Blood Nightmare Fiend to emerge from the sea.

After escaping the Cold Light Islands, Luo Chen examined the Soul Severing Blood Sword and traveled to Divine Origin City, where demon forces surrounded the city and human-demon tensions remained high. A purchase at the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion made him suspect that his vanished Mana had reached Sima Hui Niang through their Spiritual Rhinoceros Gu, and the chapter ended with Fu Hongzhang greeting him.

• Luo Chen left the Twin Blood Battle behind, examined the Primal Chaos Cauldron and Soul Severing Blood Sword, and resolved to seek advanced puppetry texts.
• Luo Chen learned that the Righteous-Demonic War had ended and that demon beasts surrounded Divine Origin City on three sides, then chose to enter the city.
• Luo Chen sent Sang Jinghe to rent a Fourth-Order Cave Mansion while he took Tian Xuan to browse shops, explaining that her identity as a Golden Core Demon Cultivator could draw trouble.
• At the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion, Luo Chen saw Spiritual Rhinoceros Gu and realized his lost Mana might have passed to Sima Hui Niang through their Gu worms, then bought one of every Gu.
• Sang Jinghe returned with Fu Hongzhang, who respectfully greeted Luo Chen as Senior Desolate Rogue.

Luo Chen settled into Little Qiong Mountain, learned that the Northern Sea’s Three Great Rogue Cultivators had ended up dead, mad, and missing, and began refining pills to advance his cultivation. As he took a Great Soul Pill, Shen WanDou arrived to test Luo Chen and discuss Puppet Art.

• Luo Chen asked Fu Hongzhang about the Three Great Rogue Cultivators and learned that Moon Rogue had vanished after abandoning the Ten Thousand Immortals Society, while Blood Rogue had apparently died in a disaster that left the Cold Light Islands a land of Severed Spirit.
• Tian Xuan brought Luo Chen a batch of medicinal ingredients and a Go set from Fu Chaosheng, and Luo Chen planned to resume pill refining and cultivation at Little Qiong Mountain.
• Shen WanDou learned that Fu Hongzhang was gathering resources for someone at Little Qiong Mountain and ordered an investigation into the Fourth-Order Cave Mansion.
• Luo Chen refined a Great Soul Pill using Soul Essence, discovered that raw Soul Essence contained lingering soul remnants, and used a special Soul Extraction Technique to make the pill safe.
• Shen WanDou went to Little Qiong Mountain intending to test Luo Chen’s strength for Liu Yuan, then used an ancient Puppet Art text to seek an audience.
• Luo Chen invited Shen WanDou into the cave mansion after demonstrating powerful Divine Sense.

Luo Chen learned about Heaven Earth Peak Star Gate from Shen WanDou, accepted a copy of the Primordial Puppet Art, and advanced his Soul Splitting Art by using Great Soul Pills. He discovered that Tribulation Lightning could refine a split soul, then recognized that an old acquaintance had followed Black King to his cave.

• Shen WanDou explained Star Gate’s ranks and benefits, offered to introduce Luo Chen to Northern Sea cultivators, and gave him a copied Jade Slip of the Primordial Puppet Art.
• Luo Chen studied the Puppet Art and considered using its Soul Imprint methods to control the White Tiger Puppet and Blood Sword.
• After three months of taking Great Soul Pills, Luo Chen gained control over his Divine Sense and used the Primal Chaos Cauldron’s Tribulation Lightning to test refining his Split Soul.
• Luo Chen concluded that carefully reduced Tribulation Lightning could strengthen his soul and began recovering his injured Split Soul with another Great Soul Pill.
• Tian Xuan brought back the injured Black King, and Luo Chen realized an old enemy had followed him to the cave.

Luo Chen met Zhou Yunshen, learned that the Coral Sea Zhou Family had fled to Divine Origin City and that Moon Rogue had purged his allies after his disappearance. After taking Zhang Jingqing under his protection, Luo Chen prepared to leave the war-torn Northern Sea for Central Province while vowing to confront Moon Rogue in the future.

• Zhou Yunshen arrived at Little Qiong Mountain, recognized Luo Chen despite his new identity, and thanked him for Black King's help in saving the Zhou Family survivors.
• Zhou Yunshen described the Demon Alliance's defeat of the Ten Thousand Immortals Society's defenses and told Luo Chen that Moon Rogue had seized Peng Lake, destroyed the Zhang Family and Tu Sang Sect, and persecuted cultivators connected to him.
• Luo Chen reacted with killing intent to the news, learned that Zhang Jingqing had survived and been cared for by the Zhou Family, and accepted responsibility for her future.
• Luo Chen used the Flourishing Decay True Fire to remove Shark Emperor Liu Jun's blue flames from Black King and instructed Black King to give Zhang Jingqing Zhou Yunshen's Storage Bag.
• Luo Chen asked Sang Jinghe to find out when Fu Chaosheng would return, signaling his intention to leave for Central Province, and resolved to seek out Moon Rogue once he became powerful enough.

Luo Chen learned from Zhou Yunshen why Nascent Soul cultivation speed depended on the Purple Mansion Barrier, and realized his unusually strong Purple Mansion and Fire Spirit Body explained his rapid progress. After exchanging advice and gifts, Luo Chen returned to his mountain and prepared to use his Divine Sense on the object inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron.

• Sang Jinghe told Luo Chen that Fu Chaosheng's return was delayed by unfinished business in the Northern Sea, so Luo Chen focused on cultivation.
• Luo Chen invited Zhou Yunshen to explain Nascent Soul cultivation, and their domains clashed, revealing how cultivators used their Mana to draw on surrounding spiritual energy.
• Zhou Yunshen explained that a thin Purple Mansion Barrier made cultivators with fewer Spirit Roots advance cautiously after reaching Nascent Soul, while Luo Chen realized his own barrier was exceptionally strong.
• Zhou Yunshen shared spirit-controlling techniques that Luo Chen could use in his Puppet Art studies, and said he planned to travel to Central Province and join Heaven Earth Peak with his family.
• Luo Chen gave Zhou Yunshen three defensive Magic Treasures for the Zhou Family's younger descendants, partly to repay an old promise.
• Luo Chen concluded that his Five Elements Spirit Root, strengthened by the Spirit Shaping Holy Spring, and his Fire Spirit Body accounted for his cultivation speed; a month later, he used Divine Sense to lock onto the object inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron.

Luo Chen planted a Soul Imprint in the blood sword Yuan Tu and gained limited control of it before Fu Chaosheng ordered an urgent departure for Central Province. Luo Chen boarded the Sword Halberd Ship with the other cultivators, while Shen WanDou sealed Divine Origin City after the ship sailed.

• Luo Chen used the Primal Chaos Cauldron to suppress the blood sword and plant a Soul Imprint through gaps in its seals.
• Luo Chen gained partial control of the sword, discovered its true name was Yuan Tu, and began refining it further.
• Fu Chaosheng returned and announced that the group would depart for Central Province at dawn because a Great Power was about to ascend.
• Luo Chen boarded the Sword Halberd Ship ahead of the other Northern Sea Nascent Soul True Persons, while Zhou Yunshen followed with his clansmen.
• The Sword Halberd Ship sailed from Giant Whale Port, and Shen WanDou ordered Divine Origin City sealed and its Spirit Energy Cannons deployed.

Aboard the Sword Halberd Ship, Luo Chen refined the Yuan Tu Sword and prepared to accelerate his cultivation while the vessel crossed the demon-ravaged Northern Sea. As the ship approached the Ice Peak Sect’s territory, the passengers sensed a massive Demon Race army and the reappearance of the Ghost Immortal Tower, leaving the sect’s fate uncertain.

• Fu Chaosheng showed Luo Chen the Sword Halberd Ship’s luxurious Kun Xiao Palace and explained that he would retire from the Merchant Alliance after returning to Central Province.
• Luo Chen sensed tens of thousands of demonic beasts following the ship and devoted himself to refining the Yuan Tu Sword.
• Luo Chen’s sword refinement triggered a bloody, sky-shaking phenomenon that led Zhou Yunshen and the other True Persons to compare the weapon’s power to the Divine Gang Blood Blade.
• Luo Chen concealed the Yuan Tu Sword in his right hand, ignored invitations to gatherings, and began refining Grand Origin Pills with his evolving Flourishing Decay True Fire.
• Fu Chaosheng told the True Persons that the ship would pass the Ice Peak Sect’s Blue Ice Sea Area on its way to Sun Moon Island.
• The True Persons sensed a massive Demon Race allied army near the Ice Peak Sect and recognized the Ghost Immortal Tower among its forces.

Luo Chen watched the Ghost Immortal Tower devastate Ice Peak Sect and saw Li Canghai save Extremely Cold Child’s Nascent Soul while taking Ice Soul Spirit Mountain. The Sword Halberd Ship departed, leaving Luo Chen wondering whether Li Canghai had used an Island-Connecting Array Formation method.

• Kong Chan blocked the Sword Halberd Ship from entering the Blue Ice Sea Area, and Fu Chaosheng negotiated a temporary standoff while both sides watched the battle.
• Luo Chen recognized Shark Emperor Liu Jun among the demons and studied the Ghost Immortal Tower, which had grown powerful enough to ignore attacks and charge Ice Peak Sect.
• Extremely Cold Child struck the Ghost Immortal Tower with a devastating attack, but the beast survived, roared across the battlefield, and swallowed him.
• Li Canghai appeared, rescued Extremely Cold Child’s Nascent Soul, and used a seal to take Ice Soul Spirit Mountain from the sea.
• Kong Chan declared the Blue Ice Sea Area conquered, and the Sword Halberd Ship departed without interference.
• In Kun Xiao Palace, Luo Chen wondered whether Li Canghai had used an Island-Connecting Array Formation method.

Luo Chen realized Li Canghai planned to use the Island-Connecting Array Formation to gather the North Sea’s spiritual lands into the Mountain Sea Seal. After hearing how Law True Intent had shaped the battles of Extremely Cold Child and Qing Shuang, Luo Chen sought a powerful soul-attacking spell and began to uncover a new possibility within Mirror Flower Water Moon.

• Luo Chen inferred that Li Canghai intended to absorb the North Sea’s spiritual lands into the Mountain Sea Seal and kept the revelation to himself.
• Luo Chen joined the discussion aboard the Sword Halberd Ship, where Fu Chaosheng explained that Nascent Soul cultivators who grasped Law True Intent could overwhelm other cultivators of their realm.
• Fu Chaosheng recounted Demon Emperor Qing Shuang’s battles against Nascent Soul cultivators and the Great Cultivators of Mingyuan Sect, while Luo Chen compared her strength with Ghost Immortal Tower’s.
• Luo Chen returned to his secret chamber and concluded that he needed a powerful soul-attacking spell rather than relying on external treasures.
• Luo Chen studied Ghost Immortal Tower’s moves, and Mirror Flower Water Moon stirred as his mana, Baleful Qi, and Source Power began to circulate.

Luo Chen perfected a new defensive soul art, then joined Fu Chaosheng and his group in teleporting from Sun Moon Island toward Central Province. The transmission left them in a blood-soaked underground palace, where Black King was spewing blood and Luo Chen admitted he had been careless.

• Luo Chen created the soul art Ghost God Repellent by refining his Ghost Immortal Tower Universe illusion with Baleful Qi and Source Power, and the technique appeared on his Attribute Panel.
• Luo Chen left seclusion and assured Yu Ziyou that he could protect Zhang Jingqing, Tian Xuan, Black King, and his other companions during the teleportation.
• Luo Chen entered the Teleportation Array hall with his group, where Fu Chaosheng greeted him and said they would travel home together.
• The Teleportation Array activated, and Zhou Yunshen watched the pillar of light from afar as he prepared to take a more dangerous route to Central Province.
• At Stars Island, the teleportation caused a great disturbance and blood spread from the underground palace; the other Nascent Soul True Persons found Luo Chen beside a Flood Dragon that was spewing blood, and Luo Chen apologized for his carelessness.

After a disastrous teleportation destroyed most of Black King’s Dragon Earthworms, Luo Chen and Fu Chaosheng agreed to split the costly compensation. As they traveled through Central Province, Fu Chaosheng explained the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s family hierarchy and fierce succession contests, then asked Luo Chen to help Fu Qing Lan compete for greater standing.

• Black King explained that the teleportation pressure had killed nearly all of his million Dragon Earthworms, though he had preserved several thousand Tier 2 survivors.
• Fu Chaosheng told Luo Chen that the Dao Sect demanded thirty million Spirit Stones for the damage to Stars Island’s teleportation array, and they agreed to pay half each.
• Fu Chaosheng introduced Central Province as the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s domain and sent Winter Mountain Man and Lu Qiuzhen toward Heaven Earth Peak while taking Luo Chen to the Fu Family.
• Fu Chaosheng explained that Central Province’s spiritual abundance came from careful Spirit Vein management and the mana of deceased cultivators who had joined the Dao Sect.
• Fu Chaosheng described the competition among Great Houses, Aristocratic Families, and Humble Families, then asked Luo Chen to help Fu Qing Lan win resources and status in the upcoming contests.
• Fu Chaosheng summoned four Jade Bottles before Luo Chen.

Fu Chaosheng gave Luo Chen the promised Soul Essence, high-grade Taihe Pills, and Flame Flow Marrow to secure his help in Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven. As Luo Chen prepared to advance his cultivation in the Fu Family’s cave mansion, Fu Chaosheng explained why he was willing to invest so heavily, while Fu Qinglan wondered whether her grandfather’s chosen protector could match the powerful cultivators others had found.

• Fu Chaosheng gave Luo Chen two bottles of Soul Essence, a bottle of high-grade Taihe Pills, and Flame Flow Marrow, and Luo Chen promised to give his all inside Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.
• Luo Chen recognized Flame Flow Marrow as Withered Source Fire Marrow and realized it could help advance his Source True Fire.
• Fu Hongzhang questioned Fu Chaosheng’s generous investment, and Fu Chaosheng said he was raising the stakes because he did not know what Luo Chen wanted and wanted him focused on the competition.
• Fu Chaosheng explained that Luo Chen valued bonds and kept his word, citing his treatment of his companions and spirit pet, then ordered Fu Hongzhang to send gathered intelligence and collect information about the Five Hundred Year Competition.
• After meeting Contemplating Heaven True Person, Yu Xu praised him as her protector, while Fu Qinglan said her grandfather had arranged one for her and privately doubted an independent cultivator could be formidable.

Luo Chen improved his cultivation with a Taihe Pill and fed Withered Source Fire Marrow to his Flourishing Decay True Fire, which nearly went out but showed signs of advancing. Fu Chaosheng took him toward Ranke Mountain because the Pill Saint’s ascension was approaching, and they learned it would take place in a year.

• Fu Qinglan and Yu Xu discussed whether an unattached cultivator could protect them in Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, then went to watch Dao Yin face the Mu Yuan Seven Sons at Go.
• Luo Chen used a high-grade Taihe Pill to raise his cultivation progress to Nascent Soul First Layer 25/100, then fed Withered Source Fire Marrow to his Flourishing Decay True Fire.
• A month later, Fu Chaosheng praised Luo Chen’s progress and offered to arrange more Taihe Pills, while Luo Chen concealed that his True Fire had nearly gone out before recovering.
• Fu Chaosheng told Luo Chen they had to leave for Ranke Mountain because the Pill Saint’s ascension was near.
• In Zhi Gu City, Fu Chaosheng explained the Gu Family’s power and Gu Daoyin’s reputation as a Go master; he told Luo Chen the Pill Saint would ascend from a distant peak in one year.