Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng brought the Chen Clan remnants to Pan Shi City, secured True Lord Mingtai’s cooperation, and led him to an Extreme Yang Land to cure his Corpse Poison. After discovering and destroying a Shadow Demon Cult outpost at Demon-Hidden Gorge, Song Changsheng entered the Extreme Yang Lake and sensed a powerful attraction in its depths.

• Song Changsheng ended his search for suitable candidates in the Chen Clan’s Small World, brought the clan remnants back to the Eastern Heaven Cultivation World, and assigned them to gather intelligence from Pan Shi City.
• True Lord Mingtai agreed to share Pan Shi City’s Intelligence Network with the Song Clan, and he and Song Changsheng departed to find the Extreme Yang Land.
• Song Changsheng located Demon-Hidden Gorge and discovered a Shadow Demon Cult outpost where demonic cultivators were growing Holy Spirit Fruits with human blood essence.
• Song Changsheng and True Lord Mingtai destroyed the outpost, and Song Changsheng learned through soul searching that the Shadow Demon Cult was powerful and likely had a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Song Changsheng opened the formations concealing the Extreme Yang Lake, while True Lord Mingtai began removing his Corpse Poison nearby.
• Song Changsheng entered the lake, absorbed its Pure Yang Power, and sensed a powerful attraction in its depths.

Song Changsheng found an Extreme Yang Sky Crystal, helped True Lord Mingtai purge his Corpse Poison, and brought Chen Lingxiu back to the Borderlands as his registered disciple. At Myriad Manifestations Mountain, he reunited with his allies and attended a celebration where Yi Tianzheng began announcing the Grand Competition rewards.

• Song Changsheng recovered a four-inch Extreme Yang Sky Crystal and several other pure yang treasures from Extreme Yang Lake, then cultivated there while True Lord Mingtai recovered.
• After True Lord Mingtai expelled the Corpse Poison, Song Changsheng returned to Pan Shi City and chose Chen Lingxiu to accompany him.
• Song Changsheng searched the Tianshan Mountain Range for the Snow Python, then told Chen Lingxiu about his clan and encouraged her to pursue the Chen Clan's arts and seek revenge.
• Song Changsheng and Chen Lingxiu traveled through the Space Teleportation Array to the Dagan Cultivation World and reached Myriad Manifestations Mountain, where they reunited with Yi Tianzheng and the others.
• Yi Tianzheng held a belated celebration banquet for Song Changsheng and began announcing the rewards for the Five Academies Grand Competition.

Myriad Manifestations Palace awarded the Five Academies Grand Competition participants, with Song Changsheng receiving special rewards for winning first place. He secured the Palace’s neutrality in his clan’s planned annexation of the Brocade Banner, reserved his second request, and arranged to have pills refined before entering the Treasure Vault to choose his remaining treasures.

• Yi Tianzheng announced the Division B rewards and named Hua Yan an Academy Honorary Elder for her contribution to the competition.
• Yi Tianzheng granted the Division A participants contribution points, treasure selections, academy elder posts, and opportunities to seek guidance, then awarded Song Changsheng three million points, access to the Palace, five treasures, and two requests.
• Song Changsheng asked True Monarch Heavenly Manifestation to keep Myriad Manifestations Palace neutral if the Wangyue Song Clan’s conflict with the Brocade Banner escalated, and the Palace agreed so long as he controlled the conflict’s scale.
• Song Changsheng stored his second request for later and offered treasures to have Palace alchemists refine three kinds of pills at a guaranteed fifty-percent yield.
• Song Changsheng asked for one piece of Deep Sea Sky Crystal and permission to select his remaining three treasures personally from the Treasure Vault.

Song Changsheng used his five choices in the Myriad Manifestations Palace treasure vault to obtain treasures for his clan and allies, then learned that the war with the Sea Race was nearing its end and that the East Sea Alliance had fared well. He left True Lord Jianxin with the Holy Spirit Fruit and its plant to investigate, while preparing to strengthen the Song Clan and its allies.

• Song Changsheng chose Moonlight Tears to complement his Extreme Yang Sky Crystal and support Zhuang Yuechan’s cultivation.
• He chose a Geng Metal Divine Thunder for Song Minghuang and True Phoenix Blood Essence to protect Song Qingxing during the Boundless Sword Sect’s trial.
• Song Changsheng collected the Deep Sea Sky Crystal and learned that three Fourth-Tier Supreme-Grade Alchemists would finish refining the requested pills within a year.
• True Lord Jianxin told Song Changsheng that the Sea Race was withdrawing, Great Gan had suffered heavy losses, and Song Qingxing and Song Youping had distinguished themselves during the war.
• Song Changsheng asked True Lord Jianxin to investigate the Holy Spirit Fruit and its plant, concealing what he knew about the Extreme Yang Land.

Song Changsheng traveled to Lin Hai City to assess the East Sea branch of Wind Whisper Hall and investigate the growing threats around the region. After learning that the Yaksha King Ye Shinu might be nearing a fifth-rank breakthrough, he decided to act against him himself to uncover the source of the Dao Comprehension Pills.

• Song Changsheng learned that Ji Shinian and the others had been ambushed by a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator on their return journey.
• Song Changsheng met Song Jingxiu at Lin Hai City and reviewed the branch’s intelligence network, informants, and growing revenues.
• Song Changsheng read the reports on the war and learned that the Sea Race had suffered heavy losses while the East Sea Alliance had avoided major damage.
• Song Jingxiu told Song Changsheng that the Yaksha King Ye Shinu was suspected of attempting to break through to the fifth rank, based on information linked to the Blood Soul Demonic Sect.
• Song Changsheng decided to confront Ye Shinu himself, hoping to learn where he had obtained the Dao Comprehension Pills.

Song Changsheng returned to White Dragon Island, learned that Ye Shinu was preparing to break through to the fifth tier with Blood Soul Demonic Sect support, and set out to stop him. After finding Ye Shinu inside the Sea Yaksha Clan’s lair, Song Changsheng launched a lightning strike at Night Mishah to separate the defenders.

• Song Changsheng brought Chen Lingxiu to White Dragon Island and learned from Song Youfu how Yin Chou’s intelligence linked Ye Shinu to the Blood Soul Demonic Sect and the Sea Yaksha Clan.
• Song Changsheng ordered Song Youfu to bring him the Thunder Shock Pellets and assigned Chen Lingxiu a residence and supervision on the island.
• Song Changsheng left to attack the Sea Yaksha Clan’s lair, planning to defeat one of Ye Shinu’s two Fourth-Tier High Grade guards before confronting him.
• Song Changsheng found Night Fu Ke and Night Mishah guarding the hall, used his Illusion Breaking Eye to confirm Ye Shinu was inside, and struck Night Mishah with Azure Thunder.

Song Changsheng lured Night Mishah away from the trench and revealed his overwhelming strength, killing his Demon King True Form with Geng Metal Divine Thunder after Night Fu Ke intervened. He then threw a powerful Thunder Shock Pellet toward the Sea Yaksha Clan’s spirit vein to disrupt Ye Shinu’s breakthrough.

• Song Changsheng fought Night Mishah while concealing his strength, and Night Fu Ke suspected he was a decoy for an accomplice targeting Ye Shinu.
• Night Fu Ke warned Night Mishah not to stray too far from the trench, but Song Changsheng trapped them with spatial abilities and attacked with the Night Illuminating Divine Bird.
• Night Fu Ke used an ancestral spirit bone to save Night Mishah from Song Changsheng’s killing strike, and Night Mishah fled toward the trench.
• Song Changsheng struck the fleeing Night Mishah with Geng Metal Divine Thunder, shattering his Demon King True Form and leaving Night Fu Ke with only his inner core.
• Song Changsheng threw a powerful Thunder Shock Pellet into the trench toward the Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein, declaring that Ye Shinu’s breakthrough was over.

Song Changsheng destroyed the Sea Yaksha habitat with the [Void Demon Crystal] and confronted Ye Shinu, who had mistaken him for a lone decoy awaiting Ji Shinian’s help. Their battle left Song Changsheng at a disadvantage until he activated the [Third Killing Formation Under Heaven].

• Song Changsheng detonated the [Thunder Shock Pellet] against the Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein, creating a Spatial Vortex that swallowed most of the Sea Yaksha habitat and its inhabitants.
• Song Changsheng accused Ye Shinu of sacrificing Night Mishah and provoking him into fighting, while Ye Shinu assumed Ji Shinian was hidden nearby.
• Ye Shinu transformed into his Demon King True Form and attacked Song Changsheng, who matched his first strike with the [Night Illuminating Divine Bird] and Yin-Yang techniques.
• Ye Shinu broke Song Changsheng’s [Yin-Yang Annihilation] and pressed him with lightning, but Song Changsheng met his next hammer blow with the [Five Beast Battle Body] and the [Law of Strength].
• After exchanging several hundred blows and falling behind, Song Changsheng activated the [Third Killing Formation Under Heaven].

Song Changsheng used the Third Killing Formation Under Heaven to severely wound Ye Shinu, then fought both him and Night Fu Ke with his divine abilities and treasures. Night Fu Ke was killed, while Ye Shinu fled and Song Changsheng pursued him.

• Song Changsheng trapped Ye Shinu in the Third Killing Formation Under Heaven and struck him with a sword that nearly split him in two.
• Song Changsheng fought Night Fu Ke while Ye Shinu tried to recover, then used the Night Illuminating Divine Bird and Mountain Overturning Seal against them.
• Ye Shinu's Blazing Sea Iguana inner core shattered in a clash with the Night Illuminating Divine Bird, and Song Changsheng blasted both Demon Kings away with the Void Bell.
• Song Changsheng attacked Night Fu Ke with the Spirit Severing Flying Knife, but a bone fused into Night Fu Ke's body blocked the strike.
• Song Changsheng focused his next attack on Night Fu Ke, while Ye Shinu fled; Night Fu Ke was burned to ashes, and Song Changsheng pursued Ye Shinu.

Song Changsheng nearly captured Ye Shinu, but You Lianyue of the Blood Soul Sacred Sect intervened and escaped with him. After the Sea Yaksha Clan’s defeat, Song Changsheng looted their remaining treasures and destroyed Ye Moluo’s attempt to rebuild his body before returning to the Gemini Islands.

• Song Changsheng pursued Ye Shinu across the sea and trapped him in a spatial prison, then grievously wounded him with a powerful sword strike.
• A mysterious rescuer broke Song Changsheng’s attack and revealed himself as You Lianyue, chief Protector of the Blood Soul Sacred Sect.
• You Lianyue took Ye Shinu and vanished before Song Changsheng could stop them, leaving Song Changsheng to suspect the sect wanted the Treasure Bottle Sect ruins.
• Song Changsheng returned to the Sea Yaksha Clan’s territory, looted its Treasure Vault, and found Ye Moluo’s inner core forming a new body in a Blood Pool.
• Song Changsheng crushed Ye Moluo’s True Spirit, confirmed no Sea Yaksha survivors remained, and set off for the Gemini Islands.

Song Changsheng reported that he had destroyed the Sea Yaksha Clan, then urged the East Sea Alliance to seize the opportunity to expand while searching for the Blood Soul Demonic Sect. The chapter ended with Song Qingxing preparing to depart, carrying True Phoenix Blood Essence from Song Changsheng to protect him.

• Song Youfu reported that Twilight Cloud City's three Great Families had contributed heavily to the East Sea Alliance, and Song Changsheng promised their sacrifices would be repaid when the alliance made its next move.
• Song Changsheng revealed that he had killed Night Fu Ke and Night Mishah, taken Ye Moluo's demon core, and severely wounded Ye Shinu, while You Lianyue of the Blood Soul Demonic Sect had rescued Ye Shinu.
• Song Changsheng told the alliance to explore the Distant Sea and find the Blood Soul Demonic Sect's lair before Ye Shinu could recover and break through to the fifth tier.
• After the meeting, Song Qingxing told Song Changsheng he was leaving, and Song Changsheng gave him True Phoenix Blood Essence to help save his life.

Song Changsheng prepared the East Sea Alliance for his departure and set out for Vast Peak with Chen Lingxiu and Song Qingxing. After returning to the Gemini Islands, he sent them ahead while he went directly to Sunset City.

• Song Qingxing promised to return alive from the Boundless Sword Sect's Trial Road, and Song Changsheng asked him to bring back his martial uncle if he could.
• Song Changsheng gave Song Youfu the Sea Yaksha demon kings' inner cores to refine into Barrier Breaking Pills and entrusted him with distributing them fairly.
• Song Changsheng told the East Sea leaders to consolidate the alliance, secretly prepare for possible expansion, and wait for a better opportunity to annex Brocade Banner.
• Song Changsheng visited the Vast Sea Merchant Association, strengthened their ties with the East Sea Alliance, and discussed trade routes with its leaders.
• Song Changsheng, Chen Lingxiu, and Song Qingxing returned to the Gemini Islands through the completed Space Teleportation passage.
• Song Changsheng sent Song Qingxing and Chen Lingxiu to Vast Peak and headed directly to Sunset City.

Song Changsheng returned to Sunset City, paid respects at Bai Zhengchun’s grave, and discussed the approaching Demon Race threat and regional tensions with Mu Guibai. Their conversation revealed new resources for Song Qingxing, suspicions surrounding several failed reincarnations, and that Song Shang was building a Fourth-Tier Sky Battleship.

• Song Changsheng traveled through Ling Province and Bianzhou, observed Ling Province’s recovery, and worried that the approaching hundred-year deadline would end the peace.
• Song Changsheng visited Bai Zhengchun’s grave with Mu Guibai and learned that the Boundless Sword Sect could not retrieve Bai Zhengchun’s remains from the sealed Trial Road.
• Mu Guibai gave Song Changsheng [Qilin Essence Blood] for Song Qingxing, and Song Changsheng gave Mu Guibai a [Reincarnation Plum] and medicinal ingredients to refine.
• Mu Guibai told Song Changsheng that True Monarch Tianyu’s reincarnation had failed and that the Heavenly Firmament Sect’s interest in Qingyang Hall’s gains could spark a wider conflict.
• Song Changsheng and Mu Guibai discussed monitoring the Demon Race and preparing for war, then Mu Guibai revealed that Song Shang had acquired a method to refine a Fourth-Tier Sky Battleship and used the [Deep Sea Sky Crystal] as its core.

Song Changsheng discussed Sunset City's Fourth-Tier Sky Battleship, the signs of an approaching chaotic age, and plans to strengthen the Song Clan's holdings. After surveying Jiang Province, he returned to Vast Peak and found Zhuang Yuechan cultivating as her Jade Zither played by itself.

• Mu Guibai questioned Song Changsheng about the Deep Sea Sky Crystal, and Song Changsheng explained that he wanted to restore four Fourth-Tier Puppets he had obtained in the Eastern Heaven Cultivation World.
• Song Changsheng and Mu Guibai discussed whether ancient Nascent Soul True Lords had foreseen the coming chaos and agreed to investigate while preparing retreat options, including the Song Clan's Small Worlds.
• Song Changsheng said Zhuang Yuechan was close to the Golden Core Stage and that he had arranged for a Golden Core Forming Pill, while Yin Shang's breakthrough remained uncertain.
• Song Changsheng visited Jiang Province, assessed its growing forces and Yu Xueqian's leadership, and planned to cultivate Purple Palace experts among loyal affiliated clans.
• Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak and found Zhuang Yuechan meditating before a Jade Zither whose strings played on their own.

Song Changsheng recognized that Zhuang Yuechan had entered a rare musical epiphany that could lead to her Golden Core breakthrough, but he remained troubled by Kongsang Xiruo’s unexplained long sleep. He told Wujie that a body-restoring pill was being refined and offered Song Changshou a choice between rebuilding a body and possessing a powerful Spirit Body, leaving the decision to him.

• Song Changsheng observed Zhuang Yuechan’s Dao resonance affecting her jade zither and concluded that her breakthrough in musical arts could let her attempt the Golden Core Stage.
• Song Changsheng checked on the still-sleeping Kongsang Xiruo, whose condition remained unexplained despite years of examinations, and chose not to interrupt Chen Lingxiu or Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi.
• Song Changsheng summoned Wujie and Song Changshou and revealed that an Alchemy Master was refining the [Supreme Clarity Body Sculpting Pill] so Wujie could reconstruct a physical body.
• Wujie rejected immortality as a curse and confirmed that he wanted to regain a body, so Song Changsheng planned to begin constructing the altar and told him to conserve his strength.
• Song Changsheng offered Song Changshou two ways to regain a body: use the [Supreme Clarity Body Sculpting Pill] or follow the Extreme Yin Returns to Yang Art with Reincarnation True Monarch’s Spirit Body, which could help him reach the Golden Core Stage.

Song Changsheng transferred Song Changshou’s divine soul into Reincarnation True Monarch’s spirit body and awakened a Fourth-Tier Puppet to strengthen Vast Peak’s defenses. After planting and accelerating the growth of a Willow Ancestor branch, he told Song Qingxing that the Boundless Sword Sect’s Trial Road was about to open and asked if he was ready.

• Song Changshou chose to fuse with Reincarnation True Monarch’s spirit body, accepting responsibility for protecting the Eastern Heaven Chen Clan, while Wujie thanked Song Changsheng for arranging a chance at a new life.
• Song Changsheng used the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram and the [Soul Locking Bronze Coffin] to transfer Song Changshou’s divine soul into the spirit body, then began restoring the Fourth-Tier Puppets.
• Song Changsheng installed a [Deep Sea Sky Crystal] Drive Core in Puppet One, tested its strength, and assigned it to help defend Vast Peak.
• Song Changsheng, Song Qingxing, and Song Qingxi planted the golden Willow Ancestor branch in the Spirit Plant Garden, and Song Changsheng used [Thunder Essence] to accelerate its growth.
• Song Changsheng told Song Qingxing that the Boundless Sword Sect’s next Trial Road was about to open and asked whether he was ready.

Song Qingxing prepared to enter the Boundless Sword Sect’s deadly Trial Road alone, while Song Changsheng organized a Grand Clan Meeting to strengthen the Song Clan against a possible Beast Tide. The meeting gathered the clan’s leaders and affiliated forces, and Song Changsheng ended by approaching the Wang Clan after noticing its members lacked a clear leader.

• Song Changsheng told Song Qingxing that he had to travel alone to the Boundless Sword Sect, and Song Qingxi embraced him and promised to wait at Wangyue Cliff for his return.
• Song Changsheng and Song Xianming discussed the dangers of the Trial Road, Song Xianming’s hopes of reaching the Golden Core Stage, and preparations for a possible Beast Tide.
• Song Qingxing departed through the Space Teleportation Array as Song Qingxi and the Song Clan elders saw him off.
• Song Changsheng ordered Song Changxiu to summon the clan’s elders and affiliated forces to a Grand Clan Meeting at Vast Peak and instructed the Law Enforcement Hall to monitor the regions.
• More than a hundred clan leaders and officials gathered at the meeting, where Song Changsheng noticed that the Ling Province affiliated forces had no clear leader after Wang Qingquan’s death.
• Song Changsheng stood and walked toward the Wang Clan’s seats.

At the Grand Clan Meeting, Song Changsheng reassured Wang Qianqian of the Song Clan’s continued support, then announced rewards and a new system of counties and Garrison Manors to tighten administration across the four states. He ended by unveiling a vast exchange of resources, including five [Barrier Breaking Pills].

• Song Changsheng greeted Wang Qianqian as his cousin and publicly affirmed his regard for the Wang Clan, easing her fear that the Song Clan had abandoned them.
• Song Qingxi opened the Grand Clan Meeting, and Song Changsheng announced regular Contribution Point rewards for forces that developed their regions well.
• Song Changsheng ordered Ling, Yang, and Xiang Provinces divided into counties governed by Garrison Manors, with the forces in each county placed under their oversight.
• Song Changsheng mapped out ten counties across the four states and expanded the provincial guards, while offering eligible Purple Palace Cultivators a chance to serve as Town Guardian Envoys.
• Song Changsheng announced that East Sea spoils and other cultivation resources would enter the Contribution Points Treasure Vault, including five [Barrier Breaking Pills].

Song Changsheng announced the distribution of five Barrier Breaking Pills and assigned several Town Guardian Envoys, leaving multiple posts vacant. After the assembly, he gave Wang Qianqian a Barrier Breaking Pill and promised her the Wutong County post if she reached the Purple Palace Stage, then summoned Old Ghost Chihuo for further arrangements.

• Song Changsheng announced that five Barrier Breaking Pills would be distributed and named Zijun, Yuan Tianshu, Old Ghost Chihuo, Song Qingxia, Zhang Ming, and Jiang Shuming to confirmed Town Guardian Envoy posts.
• Song Changsheng left several county posts and all provincial governor positions undecided, explaining that candidates would be chosen later according to circumstances.
• Song Changsheng kept Old Ghost Chihuo, Wang Qianqian, Song Yulong, and Yu Xueqian behind after the clan assembly.
• Song Changsheng met Wang Qianqian, gave her a Barrier Breaking Pill, and offered her the Wutong County Town Guardian Envoy position if she broke through to the Purple Palace Stage.
• Song Changsheng sent Wang Qianqian to prepare for her breakthrough and then received Old Ghost Chihuo for further arrangements.

Song Changsheng assigned Old Ghost Chihuo to restructure Yang Province’s forces and recruit secret operatives for a plan to infiltrate the Eastern Heaven Alliance. He also discussed upcoming breakthroughs and provincial needs with Song Yulong and Yu Xueqian, ending by giving Yu Xueqian a chance to compete for a Barrier Breaking Pill under fairer terms.

• Song Changsheng offered to remove Old Ghost Chihuo’s Divine Soul Imprint, but Chihuo chose to keep it and accepted the task of bringing Yang Province’s great families under the Garrison Manor’s control in exchange for becoming Provincial Governor.
• Song Changsheng ordered Old Ghost Chihuo to select cultivators for the Wind Whisper Hall, intending to have Chen Lingxiu lead them in infiltrating the Eastern Heaven Alliance and laying the groundwork for the Song Clan to seize the Eastern Heaven Cultivation World.
• Song Changsheng learned that Chi Li was preparing to break through to the Purple Palace Stage, while Old Ghost Chihuo resolved to obtain a Barrier Breaking Pill for Chiming; Song Changsheng withheld the pill he had planned to give Chihuo.
• Song Changsheng encouraged Song Yulong to break through and promised that he and Song Yushi would later lead a campaign against the Brocade Banner to avenge Lu Ke.
• Song Changsheng asked Yu Xueqian about Jiang Province’s weaknesses, heard that it needed more Purple Palace Cultivators, and changed the Barrier Breaking Pill allocation rules so Yu Xueqian could compete without the Wang Clan participating.