Chapter Summaries

Yue Qianchou confronted the Daluo Sect after revealing how he had brutalized Zhao Chang and the other captured disciples, and the dispute erupted into a battle between the sect and his masked forces. The Daluo Sect suffered heavy losses, but its Venerables entered the fight, leaving Yue Qianchou unleashing swarms of black flying swords as Ziyi struggled against Luo Kun and Zhu Zhao.

• Yue Qianchou’s masked men threw Zhao Chang and the other crippled Daluo Sect disciples before the assembled sects, and Yue Qianchou pinned Zhao Chang beneath his foot.
• Yue Qianchou summoned more than six hundred masked Rogue Cultivators, while the Daluo Sect’s four Venerables confronted him and Ziyi prepared to fight them.
• Zhu Zhao attacked Ziyi, and Yue Qianchou killed Zhao Chang and ordered his forces to attack the Daluo Sect.
• Yue Qianchou’s coordinated fighters slaughtered hundreds of Daluo Sect disciples, prompting Luo Kun, Cui Zhaofan, and Li Mengbai to join the battle.
• Ziyi drove Zhu Zhao to the brink of defeat, but Luo Kun joined him against her while Cui Zhaofan and Li Mengbai attacked Yue Qianchou’s fighters.
• Yue Qianchou called for Ziyi to hold on and released swarms of black flying swords toward the two Venerables attacking his forces.

Yue Qianchou used his black flying swords to drive Cui Zhaofan and Li Mengbai away from the battlefield, then pursued them into the sky while the masked Rogue Cultivators renewed their attack on the Daluo Sect. The chapter ended with Yue Qianchou’s swords destroying Cui Zhaofan’s giant sword, as Li Mengbai prepared to intervene.

• Yue Qianchou sent torrents of black flying swords at Cui Zhaofan and Li Mengbai, and the swords tore through their Daluo Mountain Splitting Palm astral qi.
• Cui Zhaofan and Li Mengbai withdrew their protective astral qi and fled skyward, while the masked Rogue Cultivators regrouped and attacked the Daluo Sect.
• Yue Qianchou ordered his followers to kill their enemies and chased the two Daluo Sect consecrates into the sky.
• Ziyi used her Great Shifting Form Technique to pressure Luo Kun and Zhu Zhao, while the sects below watched Yue Qianchou’s pursuit in shock.
• Cui Zhaofan stopped fleeing and sent an enlarged flying sword at Yue Qianchou, whose black swords sliced it apart and made it explode.
• Li Mengbai watched the clash, then grasped his own flying sword as the Daluo Sect’s remaining disciples faced defeat.

Yue Qianchou used the Star Cloud Water Art and his Black Fire flying swords to badly damage Li Mengbai and Cui Zhaofan’s divine senses, leaving the three in a wary standoff. The four great Righteous Path sects intervened with more than a dozen experts, and Yue Qianchou accused them of joining forces against him.

• Yue Qianchou fought Li Mengbai and Cui Zhaofan in an aerial war of attrition while masked Rogue Cultivators overwhelmed the Daluo Sect disciples below.
• Li Mengbai tried to descend and attack the Rogue Cultivators, but Yue Qianchou revealed his Star Cloud Water Art and trapped both opponents inside a vast body of water.
• Yue Qianchou sent hundreds of Black Fire flying swords into Li Mengbai and Cui Zhaofan’s divine senses, inflicting severe pain and damage.
• Li Mengbai and Cui Zhaofan detonated their protective qi, blasting apart the water and leaving all three wary of resuming the fight.
• More than a dozen late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts from the four great Righteous Path sects intervened, and Yue Qianchou accused them of colluding against him.

Yue Qianchou stopped the battle with the Daluo Sect after the Righteous Path intervened, then mourned the Special Forces members who had fallen. At the Cultivation Alliance meeting, Zhu Xianxian revealed that the sects had pooled more than sixty million high-grade Spirit Stones to claim Yue Qianchou’s Rogue Cultivators, and Yue confronted the assembled sects.

• Lu Qing urged Yue Qianchou to halt the fighting, and Yue ordered Ziyi and the Special Forces Team to withdraw.
• Yue learned that Cui Zhaofan and Li Mengbai had been close to collapse and regretted giving up the chance to kill them; he sent more than two hundred fallen Special Forces members to Utopia for burial.
• The Hundred Charm Demoness revealed herself as the Crimson Powder Sect’s sect master and left Yue and Ziyi to return to her sect.
• Quan Deming summoned Yue to discuss an attack on Wuji Island, while Wen Zhongping and other sect leaders demanded an explanation from Zhu Xianxian over their pooled Spirit Stones.
• Zhu Xianxian revealed that the sects had paid over sixty million high-grade Spirit Stones for six hundred Rogue Cultivators, and Yue demanded that the sects who had plotted against him step forward.

After the Cultivation Alliance dropped its demands against Yue Qianchou, its leaders tried to assign his Rogue Cultivators to a defensive position for the coming assault on Wuji Island. Yue Qianchou secured permission for them to fight independently, leaving the Alliance’s deployment plan without them.

• Wen Zhongping and Yuan Jiuben withdrew their sects’ demands against Yue Qianchou, while the Daluo Sect’s representatives remained resentful.
• Quan Deming announced that the Alliance would attack Wuji Island after the Daluo Sect’s reinforcements arrived, and Duan Tianbo and Yuan Jiuben argued over where Yue Qianchou’s forces should defend.
• Yue Qianchou objected to the Alliance assigning his Rogue Cultivators to the eastern defense and argued that they should not be included in coordinated deployment.
• Yue Qianchou proposed that the Rogue Cultivators fight independently, and Hundred Charm Demoness, the Four Great Families, the Myriad Demon Palace, and the Six Paths Demonic Sect supported him.
• With no sect voicing a formal objection, Quan Deming approved the Rogue Cultivators’ independent status.

Yue Qianchou met with Corpse God Sect elders who wanted to know where he had obtained the Nether Iron in his flying artifacts. He claimed the Ghost General had gathered it for him in the Nine Nether Cave and said he had promised to bring the Ghost General Spirit Stones, leaving the elders with a new question about what he wanted in return.

• Yue Qianchou welcomed Tie Junshan, Jiang Huan, Feng Rutian, and Ji Feiming aboard his flying artifact, where they inspected its Nether Iron construction.
• Tie Junshan asked where Yue Qianchou had found so much Nether Iron, and Jiang Huan offered him ten million high-grade Spirit Stones upfront plus another ten million later.
• Yue Qianchou refused the offer, insisting he would not take money without earning it, then revealed that the Nether Iron came from the Nine Nether Cave.
• Yue Qianchou reminded the elders that he had rescued sect disciples during the Demon Ghost Domain trial and said he had befriended the Ghost General, who gathered the Nether Iron for him.
• Yue Qianchou said the Ghost General had asked him to bring back some Spirit Stones, prompting Tie Junshan to ask what else he wanted.

Yue Qianchou negotiated with the Corpse God Sect over nether iron while concealing what he knew about the Demon Ghost Domain. Elsewhere on Wuji Island, Man Hu and his brothers guarded a cave where the Young Palace Lord’s demonic cultivation involved draining the blood of thousands, until a strange sound drew them deeper inside.

• Yue Qianchou told Tie Junshan that a powerful figure in the Demon Ghost Domain likely wanted spirit stones, then warned the Corpse God Sect against entering the Nine Nether Cave.
• Tie Junshan and Jiang Huan asked Yue Qianchou to request nether iron from the Ghost General, and Yue Qianchou accepted Jiang Huan’s ten million spirit stones after refusing them several times.
• Yue Qianchou refused to sell his flying artifacts and ended the meeting after Tie Junshan pressed him for details about Mr. Nongzhu; Jiang Huan later threatened to seize the artifacts if Yue failed to help.
• On Wuji Island, Yan Bugui failed to enter a guarded cave, and Seventh Brother emerged before two disciples carried corpses away.
• Man Hu told his brothers that the Myriad Blood Pool Attraction had been prepared to awaken the Young Palace Lord’s demonic blood, while they worried about his loss of humanity after more than ten thousand people had been drained.
• A strange bubbling sound echoed from deeper in the cave, and Man Hu and his brothers hurried toward it.

Yan Zhuixing completed his transformation through the Demon Codex, awakening his devil blood and reaching the Tribulation Transcendence stage. After hearing why Huaxia had no resident Spirit Transformation experts, he learned that a powerful madman had driven them away more than a thousand years earlier.

• Thousands of venomous snake gu died in the blood pool, and Yan Zhuixing emerged as a gaunt, blood-soaked figure.
• Yan Zhuixing summoned and swallowed the blood-mist snakes, restoring his body as Man Hu and the other disciples watched.
• Yan Zhuixing flew from the cave, struck Seventh Brother by mistake, then washed beneath the waterfall and changed back into his handsome appearance.
• Man Hu congratulated Yan Zhuixing on awakening his devil blood, and Yan Zhuixing praised the Demon Codex.
• Yan Zhuixing asked why the Huaxia Cultivation World had no Spirit Transformation experts, and Man Hu explained that a madman had driven them away more than a thousand years earlier.

Yan Zhuixing returned to Wuji Palace, where he devoured a cultivator’s Nascent Soul before the Huaxia Cultivation Alliance launched an attack on Wuji Island. As the two sides clashed, Yue Qianchou and Ziyi watched the battle from flying magic artifacts.

• Yan Zhuixing learned that the Nine Nether Cave lay in the Demon Ghost Domain, ruled by the powerful Punishment Envoy, and decided to seek that expert one day.
• Yan Zhuixing returned to Wuji Palace and questioned Yan Bugui about Yue Qianchou rescuing Hundred Flower Fairy and Yan Zixia from Chang Mandong.
• Yan Zhuixing used his blood-red gaze to daze the hall, killed one of Chang Mandong’s disciples, and swallowed the disciple’s Nascent Soul.
• Chang Mandong accused Yan Zhuixing of causing cultivators’ deaths, but an alarm announced the Huaxia Cultivation Alliance’s attack on Wuji Island.
• Yan Zhuixing and the others went out to face the incoming army as battle erupted, while Yue Qianchou and Ziyi watched from a flying magic artifact with coconuts.

Yue Qianchou watched the battle while refusing to risk his people, then sent them underwater to collect the dead cultivators’ storage bags. As reinforcements were summoned and Yan Zhuixing led six companions toward the flying artifact, they discovered Yue Qianchou and Ziyi inside.

• The Cultivation Alliance and Wuji Island fought fiercely, and several Alliance cultivators were killed after recklessly attacking Nascent Soul Realm opponents.
• Yue Qianchou told Ziyi that they should prioritize their own safety and suspected Wuji Island still had fighters in reserve.
• Yue Qianchou ordered dozens of his men to collect storage bags from the sea and eliminate any survivors without being seen.
• Lu Qing and Niu Sen decided to summon reinforcements after realizing their side was outmatched by Wuji Island’s late Tribulation Transcendence stage experts.
• Yan Zhuixing spotted three distant flying artifacts, then led six companions through the battle toward them.
• Yan Zhuixing and his companions reached Yue Qianchou’s flying artifact and recognized him and Ziyi inside.

Yue Qianchou stayed inside a Ming iron flying artifact while Yan Zhuixing and Man Hu’s group failed to break it, then warned them that reinforcements were approaching Wuji Island. As the battle intensified, Yan Zhuixing’s group returned to the island and the Cultivation Alliance’s late Tribulation Transcendence experts tipped the fighting in its favor.

• Yue Qianchou ordered his people to seal the flying artifacts and hide underwater rather than fight Yan Zhuixing and the six late Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Man Hu’s group struck Yue Qianchou’s flying artifact twice, but its Ming iron shell withstood both attacks.
• Yue Qianchou warned Yan Zhuixing that Cultivation Alliance reinforcements were advancing from the southeast, and the approaching force confirmed his warning.
• Yan Zhuixing and his companions left for Wuji Island while Yue Qianchou’s group resumed watching the battle and prepared to collect storage pouches.
• Yan Zhuixing killed a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator on his way across the battlefield, and dozens of late Tribulation Transcendence experts arrived to reinforce the Cultivation Alliance.
• Chang Mandong’s junior brother Qiu was cut in half by three enemy experts, and Chang Mandong fled as they pursued him.

Yue Qianchou’s forces withdrew from the battle with thousands of stolen storage pouches, while the Cultivation Alliance blamed him for staying out of the fight. Among the loot, he discovered jade slips containing detailed intelligence on nearly every country and began searching for the two missing ones.

• Yue Qianchou recalled his underwater Special Forces members and withdrew to Wanghai Town with over three thousand storage pouches as the Cultivation Alliance retreated from Wuji Island.
• Chang Mandong searched the seabed for Elder Qiu’s storage pouch and found his severed corpse, but the pouch had been taken by someone else.
• The Cultivation Alliance leaders argued over their defeat and condemned Yue Qianchou for not joining the battle, then sent someone to summon him.
• Yue Qianchou and Ziyi sorted the captured pouches until they found one holding nearly sixty million high-grade Spirit Stones and a box of jade slips.
• Yue Qianchou discovered that the 317 jade slips held detailed geographic and military intelligence on countries, then asked Ziyi to identify the two missing countries.

Yue Qianchou defended the Rogue Cultivators against accusations that they had avoided the battle, then responded to Tu Yanfeng’s challenge by declaring that he and the Rogue Cultivators would leave the Cultivation Alliance. He left the sects stunned as he claimed he would continue supporting the Huaxia Cultivation World from the shadows.

• Yue Qianchou went to the Cultivation Alliance and challenged the sects to state why they had summoned him.
• Su Qiankun accused the Rogue Cultivators of standing aside during the fight, and Yue Qianchou argued that they had drawn away seven Tribulation Transcendence experts from Wuji Island.
• Tu Yanfeng accused Yue Qianchou of hiding in his flying artifact and refusing to fight, then revealed that all the Yujian Sect disciples who came with him had died in battle.
• Yue Qianchou apologized to Tu Yanfeng and praised the fallen Yujian Sect disciples, disarming Tu Yanfeng’s anger.
• Yue Qianchou announced that he and the Rogue Cultivators would withdraw from the Cultivation Alliance, while promising to support the Huaxia Cultivation World from the shadows.

Yue Qianchou left the Cultivation Alliance after Tu Yanfeng’s public confrontation, promising Yujian Sect his support and receiving invitations from several factions. After the others departed, Hundred Charm Demoness questioned his plans and their relationship, while Yue Qianchou remained guarded and wondered whether they could ever cross the line between them.

• Yue Qianchou announced his departure from the Cultivation Alliance, promised to support Yujian Sect if it faced trouble, and flew away.
• Niu Sen invited Yue Qianchou to Myriad Demon Palace, while Yue Qianchou promised Tie Junshan an answer within a month and agreed to visit Wangyue Sect.
• Yue Qianchou told Bi Shan and the others that he would visit the Wu family, then entered his flying artifact with Hundred Charm Demoness.
• Hundred Charm Demoness asked whether Yue Qianchou had staged his departure with Tu Yanfeng and whether Yujian Sect faced disaster, but Yue Qianchou denied it and said he no longer needed to build his reputation by harming them.
• Hundred Charm Demoness asked when they would meet again, and Yue Qianchou gave her a distant reply before privately wondering whether their feelings could cross a forbidden line.

Yue Qianchou investigated the recovered storage pouches, then traveled with Ziyi to the Wu family to arrange a meeting between Wu Bao and his master in the Demon Ghost Domain. The Wu family leaders agreed to summon their Clan Elders to discuss the risky meeting.

• Yue Qianchou learned that the storage pouches held few Spirit Stones and that Huaxia Country was missing from the chest’s map.
• Yue Qianchou dismissed his team and flying artifacts near the Wu family, then grilled pheasants for Ziyi and used water magic to clean her hands and face.
• Yue Qianchou secretly met Wu Sihai and the other three family heads in a mountain forest and said he planned to return to the Demon Ghost Domain with Wu Bao.
• Wu Sihai worried the Old Ancestor might endanger Wu Bao, so Yue Qianchou suggested inviting the Wu family’s three Clan Elders to discuss the matter.
• Wu Sihai flew off to summon the three Clan Elders.

Yue Qianchou returned to Shuntian Island with Ziyi after entrusting Wu Sihai with several items and instructions. He told Bi Changchun that he had plans to discuss, while Nong Zhu anxiously checked that Ziyi had been safe.

• Wu Bao avoided accompanying Wu Sihai and the family heads to see Bi Changchun, while Yue Qianchou gave Wu Sihai items and a jade disc to deliver and follow.
• Yue Qianchou and Ziyi traveled to the Demon Ghost Domain, and Ziyi worried about what Bi Changchun might ask her.
• Nong Zhu repeatedly questioned Bi Changchun about whether Yue Qianchou could protect Ziyi, then learned that Ziyi had returned.
• Yue Qianchou and Ziyi arrived at Shuntian Island and greeted Bi Changchun and Nong Zhu.
• Yue Qianchou told Bi Changchun that he had plans to report and wanted his approval.

Yue Qianchou explained his clashes with the Daluo Sect and revealed how he and Ziyi had fought its powerful cultivators. When Nong Zhu demanded to inspect Yue Qianchou’s weapon, he snatched his storage pouch and discovered it was empty, leaving the location of Yue Qianchou’s belongings unexplained.

• Yue Qianchou told Bi Changchun and Nong Zhu that the Huaxia sects had plotted against him and that his conflict with the Daluo Sect had cost both sides many lives.
• Ziyi recounted how Yue Qianchou defeated Luo Qingtian and later fought two late Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators, while their hired subordinates killed nearly all of the Daluo Sect’s disciples.
• Nong Zhu questioned how Yue Qianchou had defeated such powerful opponents and asked to see the treasure he had used.
• Nong Zhu snatched Yue Qianchou’s storage pouch and found it empty, and Ziyi asked where Yue Qianchou had hidden its contents.

Yue Qianchou revealed that he could form a green flying sword from fire, and Ziyi exposed that he had also used a black sword. Pressed by Bi Changchun and Nong Zhu, he unleashed the power of his Netherworld Ghost Fire, leaving Ziyi overcome by despair.

• Yue Qianchou asked Nong Zhu whether he knew Xiaoyao, and Nong Zhu denied knowing the name while warning him not to ask again.
• Nong Zhu demanded that Yue Qianchou show his treasure, so Yue Qianchou formed a green flying sword from fire in his palm.
• Ziyi recalled Yue Qianchou's black flying sword, prompting Bi Changchun and Nong Zhu to demand that he reveal his black fire.
• Yue Qianchou first showed restrained black flames, then released their full power at Bi Changchun's request.
• Bi Changchun recognized the flames as Netherworld Ghost Fire, while Ziyi was overwhelmed by despair and thoughts of her unknown parents.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yue Qianchou demonstrates the Black Fire, causing Ziyi to collapse due to extreme cold.
• Nong Zhu injects ten years of his cultivation into Ziyi to save her.
• Bi Changchun dispels the Black Fire and heals Ziyi.
• Yue Qianchou reveals he entered the Nine Nether Cave and saw the Netherworld Gate.
• Nong Zhu expresses admiration for Yue Qianchou's feat.

Character Developments

• Ziyi: Shows vulnerability and dependence on her master, Nong Zhu.
• Nong Zhu: Demonstrates deep affection and care for his daughter, Ziyi.
• Yue Qianchou: Proves his bravery and resourcefulness by entering the Nine Nether Cave and reaching the Netherworld Gate.
• Bi Changchun: Shows concern for Yue Qianchou's safety and well-being, despite his stern demeanor.

Significant Themes

• Master-Disciple Relationship: Nong Zhu's love for Ziyi and Bi Changchun's concern for Yue Qianchou highlight the importance of this bond.
• Curiosity and Bravery: Yue Qianchou's curiosity leads him to explore dangerous places, demonstrating his bravery.
• Power and Responsibility: The characters' powers come with the responsibility to use them wisely and for the greater good.

Character Interactions

• Nong Zhu and Ziyi: Nong Zhu's protective and caring nature towards Ziyi is evident in his actions.
• Bi Changchun and Yue Qianchou: Bi Changchun's sternness towards Yue Qianchou is balanced with concern and high expectations.
• Nong Zhu and Yue Qianchou: Nong Zhu expresses admiration for Yue Qianchou's feat, showing a shift in his perception of the younger cultivator.

Yue Qianchou presented Bi Changchun with the Netherworld Gate’s beast fangs and Door Knocker Ring, and Bi Changchun took him to Nine Nether Cave. Nong Zhu followed after them while Ziyi was left behind on Shuntian Island.

• Yue Qianchou revealed the Sky Swallowing Beast’s fangs and the Door Knocker Ring, while Nong Zhu repeatedly searched his storage pouches and questioned him.
• Nong Zhu and Bi Changchun examined the objects, and Nong Zhu suggested they could use the rare materials to draw Nanming to Bi Changchun.
• Yue Qianchou offered the fangs and ring to Bi Changchun and joked that he could dismantle the Netherworld Gate for more.
• Bi Changchun stored the fangs and ring, ordered Yue Qianchou to follow him to Nine Nether Cave, and flew away with him across Thousand Mile Lake.
• Nong Zhu pursued them, while Ziyi teleported outside but could not catch up before returning to Shuntian Island.