Chapter Summaries

The Myriad Dharma Sect disciples decided to break the ruins’ grand formation while Ink Palace’s cultivators battled High Person Corpse Yin. After Mo Thirteen drove Corpse Yin into retreat with a dharma treasure, Ding Xie entered the blood cavern and left Tu Shan Jun beside the blood pool to gather Baleful Intent.

• Li Shengli learned that Ink Palace’s Demon Cultivators were not targeting the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, then agreed with Zhang Ran to resume attacking the grand formation after half an hour of recovery.
• The Myriad Dharma Sect disciples unleashed their full strength, and the already tottering grand formation began to crack.
• Mo Thirteen learned from Si Zheng that High Person Corpse Yin could use only a declining portion of his strength, then pressed the attack with talismans and a dharma treasure.
• High Person Corpse Yin fled from Mo Thirteen’s group and planned to draw another person into the conflict to deal with them.
• Ding Xie entered the blood cavern after Mo Thirteen and High Person Corpse Yin had departed, set up a formation for Tu Shan Jun to gather Baleful Intent, and went after the others.
• Tu Shan Jun remained in the Soul Banner by the blood pool as the banner rapidly transformed under the influx of Baleful Intent.

Zhang Ran revealed that he had spent two months preparing a Forbidden Dharma Formation that suppressed the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples’ spiritual power, then moved to claim the lotus sealed inside the ruins. As the Demon Cultivators of Ink Palace fought Corpse Yin High Person outside, Ding Xie arrived and found Zhang Ran transformed by the white keratinous layer.

• The Myriad Dharma Sect disciples broke the formation and discovered the ruins held a sealed stone statue and lotus rather than treasures.
• Zhang Ran activated the Forbidden Dharma Formation, incapacitating the disciples and revealing that he had arranged the trap with the Rakshasa Void Clan.
• Li Shengli attacked Zhang Ran but was beaten, and Zhang Ran and more than ten white-bodied cultivators approached the lotus.
• Corpse Yin High Person fled into the hollow mountain while Mo Shisan and the Demon Cultivators of Ink Palace attacked him; Mo Shisan sent a warning to East Abyss City.
• Zhang Ran told Corpse Yin High Person to hold out for half an hour, then returned to the statue to take the lotus.
• Ding Xie arrived, and the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples called for his help as he saw Zhang Ran’s half-white body.

Ding Xie confronted Zhang Ran over his betrayal of the Myriad Dharma Sect, while Zhang Ran prepared to open a rift beneath the hollow. As the battle above continued, Ding Xie tried to summon help and Tu Shan Jun’s Soul Banner absorbed the blood pool’s Baleful Intent in its attempt to advance into a magic treasure.

• Ding Xie found Zhang Ran inside the formation and demanded to know why he had turned against his fellow disciples.
• Zhang Ran said his duty to save the Rakshasa Hollowfolk had bound him to his Lineage, then uprooted the lotus and caused the faceless statue to crack open around a white creature.
• Corpse Yin High Person attacked the distracted Mo Shisan with the Yin Baleful Curse Seal, but Mo Shisan used a fourth-rank Kui Radiance Type Six Shield Armor Talisman to block it.
• Zhang Ran said he was waiting for the seal to collapse, while Ding Xie took out his sect token to notify the Myriad Dharma Sect and worried that East Abyss City might lack reinforcements.
• Tu Shan Jun’s Soul Banner drew Baleful Intent from the blood pool, lengthening and changing as the pool receded, though its advancement into a magic treasure remained uncertain.

Zhang Ran swallowed the nine-petaled lotus and reached the False Core realm while Ding Xie and the others struggled against the Rakshasa Void Cave Heaven’s formation and its emerging Golden Core clansman. The chapter ended with Mo Thirteen activating a superior talisman treasure to attack the formation as Ding Xie took the skeletal Golden Core’s coffin strike.

• Zhang Ran swallowed the black-and-white golden lotus and advanced to the False Core realm as Ding Xie crushed his sect token for help.
• Zhang Ran ordered the Rakshasa clansmen to beat Li Shengli, who revealed that the sealed world was the Rakshasa Void Cave Heaven and claimed its people had been sealed for their bloodshed.
• Ding Xie attacked the formation with his sword pellet, but it held while a Rakshasa Void Golden Core clansman began emerging from the stone statue.
• Ding Xie persuaded Mo Thirteen to leave the Black Dragon Formation and help break the seal so the trapped Myriad Dharma Sect cultivators could join the fight.
• The skeletal Golden Core attacked Mo Thirteen with the Yin Extremity Seal, and Ding Xie took the blow while urging Mo Thirteen to break the formation.
• Mo Thirteen activated the superior talisman treasure on his chest and called for everyone to listen to the dragon's roar.

Mo Thirteen broke the formation with a talisman treasure, freeing the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples and driving High Person Corpse Yin to flee. As Ding Xie and Li Shengli fought Zhang Ran to stop the seal from breaking, a Golden Core creature forced its way through the widening crack.

• Mo Thirteen shattered the formation, and High Person Corpse Yin used the Life-Burning Art to escape while Mo Thirteen pursued the skeletal Golden Core.
• Li Shengli freed the suppressed disciples and ordered the Foundation Establishment cultivators to protect the younger students and lead them out.
• Ding Xie reached the main hall as Li Shengli fought Zhang Ran, whose Law-Breaking Awls wounded Li Shengli and collapsed his sword formation.
• Zhang Ran threatened the disciples outside, so Ding Xie joined Li Shengli in fighting him to prevent the Rakshasa Golden Core creature from escaping.
• Li Shengli used a talisman treasure against the crack, but a white arm knocked down the golden flying sword as the creature pushed halfway through.
• Ding Xie sensed movement from the Soul Banner and recognized Brother Tu Shan.

Ding Xie and Li Shengli tried to use a talisman treasure to restrain the Golden Core creature emerging through the rift while Zhang Ran fought them. After the treasure exploded and left Zhang Ran gravely wounded, Ding Xie returned to save him as the creature emerged, and the completed Soul Banner arrived in Ding Xie's hand.

• Li Shengli's golden sword talisman treasure briefly pushed against the rift, but Zhang Ran attacked him and forced him to struggle to maintain it.
• Ding Xie defended himself against Zhang Ran until Li Shengli's defenses drew Zhang Ran's assault away, giving the two sect cultivators a chance to flee.
• Zhang Ran dragged the golden sword out of the rift, causing the talisman treasure to explode and badly injure him.
• Ding Xie returned for Zhang Ran, broke through to the peak of Foundation Establishment, and was slammed into a wall by the Golden Core creature.
• Ding Xie called for the Soul Banner, and the completed banner hurtled through the rift and landed in his hand.

Tu Shan Jun’s Soul Banner completed its transformation into a low-grade magical treasure, and he returned to help Ding Xie seize Zhang Ran. After the Golden Core in the fissure attacked, Tu Shan Jun carried Ding Xie and Zhang Ran away with a blood escape, leaving the Rakshasa Void Race’s Golden Core behind them.

• Tu Shan Jun’s Soul Banner absorbed the blood pool’s Baleful Intent and transformed into a low-grade magical treasure.
• Ding Xie used the newly arrived Soul Banner to wrap up Zhang Ran while Tu Shan Jun attacked the half-bodied Golden Core in the fissure.
• The Golden Core blocked Tu Shan Jun’s sword pellet and struck him with a torrent of seal techniques, then tried to suppress Ding Xie.
• Tu Shan Jun realized the Golden Core’s attacks risked destabilizing the fissure and used the Spirit Demon Blood Slaughter Art to interrupt its spell.
• Tu Shan Jun burned blood and used the Yin Extremity God-Burning Art and Blood Escape to carry Ding Xie and Zhang Ran away.

Ding Xie and Tu Shan Jun escaped the ruins and found wounded Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, who demanded that Ding Xie abandon Zhang Ran, the sect traitor. Ding Xie refused and carried Zhang Ran back to the blood cavern, where he asked Tu Shan Jun for the Six-Turn Spring-Returning Pill, the treasured medicine meant to save Ding Xie's parents; Zhang Ran stopped him and said he was tired.

• Ding Xie and Tu Shan Jun fled the ruins with Zhang Ran, using Tu Shan Jun’s power to withstand the Rift Golden Core cultivator’s spell.
• They encountered wounded Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, including Li Shengli, who explained that the baleful yin tide had arrived early and trapped them in the Eastern Abyss.
• The disciples recognized Zhang Ran and attacked, but Tu Shan Jun blocked them while Ding Xie treated Zhang Ran.
• Li Shengli and the others condemned Ding Xie for protecting the sect traitor, but Ding Xie carried Zhang Ran away despite their demands.
• Back in the blood cavern, Ding Xie asked Tu Shan Jun for the Six-Turn Spring-Returning Pill, and Zhang Ran stopped him, saying he was tired.

Zhang Ran sacrificed his life and entered Ding Xie's Soul Banner, allowing Tu Shan Jun to reach Golden Core strength and confront the Rakshasa Void Clan. As the enemy’s Golden Core cultivator emerged from the rift and sent Foundation Establishment forces after the Myriad Laws Sect disciples, he sensed Tu Shan Jun’s rising power and raced toward it.

• Zhang Ran used Heavenly Sacrifice of Myriad Laws, gave Ding Xie his cast-off shell, and urged him to flee.
• Tu Shan Jun proposed that Zhang Ran enter the Soul Banner to raise his strength enough to hold off the Rakshasa Void Clan’s Golden Core cultivator.
• After learning that the banner would erase his consciousness, Zhang Ran agreed and ended his life so his Yin Spirit could enter it.
• Ding Xie watched as Zhang Ran entered the Soul Banner, and Tu Shan Jun’s power surged toward the Golden Core realm.
• The Rakshasa Void Clan’s Golden Core cultivator came through the rift, ordered his Foundation Establishment followers to capture the Myriad Laws Sect disciples, then sensed a powerful fluctuation and raced toward it.

Li Shengli sent the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples into hiding and went after Gu Xiao, who reached the blood cavern too late to save Zhang Ran. Tu Shan Jun absorbed Zhang Ran into the Soul Banner, advanced to Golden Core, and began fighting Wu Zu, a Golden Core cultivator of the Rakshasa Void Clan.

• Li Shengli sensed a Golden Core's power, ordered the junior disciples to hide underground, and left to retrieve Gu Xiao.
• Gu Xiao arrived at the blood cavern and watched Zhang Ran's body turn to dust as his Yin Spirit entered the black banner.
• Tu Shan Jun used Ding Xie's spiritual power to advance to Golden Core and gained a magic-treasure Soul Banner with a command banner.
• Tu Shan Jun introduced himself to Wu Zu, who attacked him to test his strength.
• Tu Shan Jun used Realm of Ignorance to counter Wu Zu's Shatter Art, and the two exchanged blows with Tu Shan Jun gaining a slight advantage.

Tu Shan Jun fought a Rakshasa Void Clan Golden Core cultivator while trying to protect Ding Xie, but his limited techniques and dwindling mana left him unable to gain the upper hand. The martial pawn revealed that he would use a Dharma Domain, leaving the battle at a critical turn.

• Tu Shan Jun concealed his supernatural signs and focused on facing the Rakshasa Void Clan Golden Core cultivator as Gu Xiao spotted Ding Xie and Li Shengli arrived.
• The martial pawn attacked with three bone spikes, and Tu Shan Jun used Realm of No Light to evade and counterattack.
• Ding Xie struggled to sustain the Soul Banner and estimated that he could hold out for only a little over two more quarter-hours.
• The martial pawn formed a White Bone Cage around Tu Shan Jun, but Tu Shan Jun used Spirit Demon Bloodslaughter Art to destroy its crucial points and stop it from contracting.
• After acknowledging Tu Shan Jun's strength, the martial pawn raised his arm and invoked a Dharma Domain.

Tu Shan Jun tested whether he could form a Dharma Domain, then fought Wu Zu inside the Rakshasa Blood River Domain using Ghost King Reborn. The battle left both Golden Core cultivators badly injured, while Tu Shan Jun discovered that his wounds had been poisoned.

• Wu Zu established the Rakshasa Blood River Dharma Domain, trapping Tu Shan Jun, Li Shengli, Gu Xiao, and Ding Xie inside.
• Tu Shan Jun failed to form his own Dharma Domain and questioned the path behind his power as a Soul Banner Main Soul.
• Wu Zu summoned countless Blood River Yin Spirits, and Tu Shan Jun activated Ghost King Reborn to destroy them and attack Wu Zu.
• Wu Zu avoided a direct fight and sent blood-red flying wheels after Tu Shan Jun while Ding Xie struggled to sustain the Soul Banner and secret art.
• Tu Shan Jun ended Ghost King Reborn when Ding Xie grew too weak, then clashed with Wu Zu and suffered severe injuries on both sides.
• Tu Shan Jun treated his wounds with a Yin Soul Pill and discovered that one wound was rotting with purple, poisoned blood.

Tu Shan Jun broke the Rakshasa Void Clan martial pawn’s domain and, with Ding Xie’s mana, manifested his own incomplete domain, Divinities, Realm of Bright Death. He trapped the martial pawn and began pulling out his yin god, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tu Shan Jun shattered much of the martial pawn’s domain by striking its vulnerable nodes, but the martial pawn restored it with the Heavenly Dao Seal Art.
• Tu Shan Jun asked Ding Xie for seventy percent of his mana, and Ding Xie supplied it with the help of a Golden Core-grade Yin Soul Pill.
• Tu Shan Jun manifested his domain, Divinities, Realm of Bright Death, which divided the cavern against the martial pawn’s blood river domain and terrified the cultivators watching.
• Tu Shan Jun stamped the martial pawn with a death character and raised a massive shrine from the blood river, binding the martial pawn with black threads.
• Tu Shan Jun used his soul-guiding banner to pull the martial pawn’s yin god halfway out of his body.

Tu Shan Jun fought the Rakshasa Void Clan Golden Core cultivator while Ding Xie struggled to sustain him and Li Shengli attempted a risky attack. As the martial pawn nearly killed Tu Shan Jun, Tu Shan Jun revealed he had weakened the poison and struck the enemy with a bone spike, leaving both combatants badly strained.

• Tu Shan Jun used the Soul-Calling Banner to bind the martial pawn’s yin spirit while Ding Xie’s mana and strength dwindled.
• Li Shengli charged the martial pawn with his dharma sword, but the Golden Core cultivator struck him into the river of blood, and Gu Xiao dove after him.
• Tu Shan Jun resumed his ghostly performance with the shrine’s yin spirits, but the martial pawn unleashed the Sea of Blood, shattered the shrine, and worsened Tu Shan Jun’s injuries with Rakshasa Spikes.
• As the martial pawn brought down his bone blade, a blood-red figure blocked it while Tu Shan Jun stabbed a bone spike into the wound in the martial pawn’s chest.
• Tu Shan Jun explained that he had replaced most of his poisoned blood, then retreated as the blood shadow clung to the martial pawn and exploded.

Tu Shan Jun fought the Rakshasa Void Clan Golden Core Wu Zu in Blood Cavern, using the Soul-Calling Banner and his dharma domain to overcome the stronger opponent. He unleashed his final technique, Mayfly Two Quarter-Hours, and pulled Wu Zu’s Yin Spirit into the shrine as he collapsed from the effort.

• Mo Thirteen abandoned the pursuit of Corpse Yin High Person and hid from the approaching Yin Baleful tide.
• A red cloud ambushed Corpse Yin High Person, killed his body and Yin Spirit, and took his Golden Core.
• Tu Shan Jun and Wu Zu continued their battle in Blood Cavern, with Wu Zu transforming into the blood river and overwhelming Tu Shan Jun with repeated attacks.
• Tu Shan Jun used the Ignorance Realm to locate Wu Zu, then borrowed half of Ding Xie’s mana to bind the Golden Core cultivator.
• Tu Shan Jun activated Mayfly Two Quarter-Hours, drew Wu Zu’s Yin Spirit into the shrine, and fell to the ground.

Tu Shan Jun defeated Wu Zu and gained a Golden Core yin spirit for the Soul Banner, while Ding Xie and the others survived the battle. The Myriad Dharma Sect patriarch arrived to rescue the remaining disciples, and his powerful aura seemed to target Tu Shan Jun.

• Tu Shan Jun killed Wu Zu with the banner masters’ ultimate technique, but the Soul Banner’s low grade prevented him from advancing to Golden Core middle stage.
• Ding Xie recovered enough strength to confirm the victory, and Gu Xiao emerged from the mud carrying the unconscious Li Shengli.
• A hooded figure gave a jade talisman to the presence in the fissure, which vowed that the Rakshasa Void Clan would not lose.
• Senior Brother Li found injured Myriad Dharma Sect disciples, and their patriarch arrived to kill a Rakshasa Void Clan cultivator and treat the survivors.
• The patriarch found that only twenty-six of the forty-seven disciples were alive, then his aura reached the blood cavern and appeared to lock onto Tu Shan Jun.

Tu Shan Jun and Ding Xie faced another Rakshasa Void Golden Core cultivator until True Person Scarlet Cloud arrived and killed him with the art of heart severance. Scarlet Cloud thanked Tu Shan Jun, left the Myriad Dharma Sect disciples in the blood cavern, and headed alone toward the ruins.

• Tu Shan Jun sensed dense Yin Baleful qi and recognized a mid-stage Golden Core expert from Rakshasa Void entering the blood cavern.
• The mist-shrouded expert demanded that Tu Shan Jun return the Martial Pawn’s Yin Spirit and attacked when Tu Shan Jun refused.
• True Person Scarlet Cloud arrived with the surviving Myriad Dharma Sect disciples and blocked the expert’s bone-needle sword with his scarlet flood-dragon ring.
• True Person Scarlet Cloud used the art of heart severance to destroy the Rakshasa Void expert’s body and Yin Spirit.
• Ding Xie identified Tu Shan Jun as his friend, and True Person Scarlet Cloud thanked Tu Shan Jun before leaving the group in the cavern and heading toward the ruins.

Tu Shan Jun reflected on his gains after True Person Chiyun killed the Rakshasa Void Clan attackers, while Ding Xie served time on Reflection Cliff awaiting the sect’s inquiry. A meal from Li Shengli revealed that Li hoped Ding Xie would speak in his favor when questioned two days later, but Ding Xie promised only to tell the truth without adding anything against him.

• Tu Shan Jun noted that the Soul Banner had become a magical treasure, he had reached the Golden Core Realm, and he had comprehended his Dharma Domain.
• True Person Chiyun returned with the head of a Rakshasa Void Clan cultivator after killing the evil cultivators outside the grotto-heaven.
• Two months later, Ding Xie remained confined on Reflection Cliff with his spiritual power and artifacts sealed while awaiting the sect’s investigation.
• Ding Xie kept the Soul Banner hidden and reasoned that presenting it as Li Qingfeng’s borrowed treasure would avoid exposing its true nature.
• Hua San delivered wine and dishes from Li Shengli, who asked Ding Xie to put in a good word for him during the inquiry.
• Ding Xie said he would not embellish his testimony, and Hua San told him that the questioning was scheduled for two days later.

Ding Xie left Reflection Cliff and underwent the Law Enforcement Hall’s three identity checks before facing a formal interrogation. After he recounted his role in fighting Zhang Ran, a Law Enforcement cultivator accused him of shielding the traitor.

• Ding Xie calmly left his prison cell, accepted a jade shackle, and flew to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Ding Xie passed checks of his sect token, essence blood, and spirit before entering the hall.
• Ding Xie greeted the seventeen assembled cultivators, including three Golden Core elders and representatives from Azure Billows Peak.
• Ding Xie recounted what happened after he encountered Zhang Ran and tried to stop him from opening the rift.
• A Law Enforcement cultivator accused Ding Xie of shielding Zhang Ran and asked him to answer the charge.

Ding Xie faced an Enforcement Hall inquiry over shielding Zhang Ran and the deaths and injuries caused by the Rakshasa Void Clan. The Heart-Questioning Mirror revealed Tu Shan Jun’s battle and Golden Core strength, leaving the sect to deliberate while Ding Xie returned to Canglan Peak to await judgment.

• Ding Xie refused to admit or deny guilt and entrusted the decision to the sect as the Enforcement Hall accused him of sheltering a traitor.
• Cangyun Daoist defended Ding Xie, while True Person Canglan and Senior Brother Du clashed over how the inquiry should proceed.
• The chief-seat cultivator used the Heart-Questioning Mirror to reveal Tu Shan Jun’s advancement to Golden Core and his battle against a Golden Core cultivator of the Rakshasa Void Clan.
• The chief-seat cultivator ended the questioning and asked Ding Xie to invite Tu Shan Jun to visit, but Ding Xie said his friend was busy.
• Ding Xie, Gu Xiao, and Li Shengli left the hall as Ding Xie was told to await Law Peak’s decision and returned to Canglan Peak.