Chapter Summaries

Yan Zhuixing forced Wen Lanfeng to find Yue Qianchou in exchange for releasing his captives and helping resolve their control and injuries. As Wen Lanfeng raced toward the Demon Ghost Domain, the Blood Demon Palm’s power began spreading through his body, and he arrived at Shuntian Island in a deteriorating condition.

• Yan Zhuixing refused to release the captives from his control unless Wen Lanfeng brought him Yue Qianchou, whom he identified as Niu Youde.
• Wen Lanfeng agreed to find Yue Qianchou after Yan Zhuixing threatened Lu Yanqing and her disciples, leaving Lu behind as a hostage.
• Wen Lanfeng warned Yan Zhuixing not to harm anyone, then flew toward the Demon Ghost Domain.
• The power of the Blood Demon Palm spread through Wen Lanfeng, slowing his True Essence and making his blood seem ready to congeal.
• Wood Lady Mu saw Wen Lanfeng arrive on Shuntian Island and was shocked by his condition.

Wen Lanfeng searched for Yue Qianchou on Shuntian Island, but Wood Lady Mu could not tell him where Yue had gone. She pointed Wen toward Nong Zhu, while Nong Zhu’s joyful call brought Ziyi and Furong back to the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest.

• Wen Lanfeng arrived at Shuntian Island and demanded to know where Yue Qianchou had gone, but Wood Lady Mu said she did not know.
• Wen Lanfeng’s blood stagnated in his body, and he spat out a black clot before forcing his circulation back to normal.
• Wood Lady Mu reminded Wen Lanfeng that Nong Zhu might be able to find Yue Qianchou, so Wen flew toward the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Furong and Ziyi played in the sea until they heard Nong Zhu’s joyful howl and hurried back to the island.
• Nong Zhu appeared at Langhuan Courtyard and scolded Ziyi for taking Furong out to play instead of cultivating.

Wen Lanfeng came to Nong Zhu for help after Yan Zhuixing used the Blood Demon Palm to poison him and threatened Lu Yanqing, but Yue Qianchou was missing. Mu Niang contacted Nong Zhu, while Yue Qianchou continued pestering Huang Tian in Yellow Earth City about the Eastern Pole Sacred Land and the Immortal World.

• Nong Zhu scolded Ziyi for neglecting her cultivation and claimed he had reached the late Spirit Transformation stage.
• Wen Lanfeng arrived at the Purple Bamboo Forest, poisoned and badly weakened, and asked Nong Zhu to help find Yue Qianchou.
• Wen Lanfeng revealed that Yan Zhuixing had recovered from his injuries, reached the early Spirit Transformation stage, and endangered Lu Yanqing.
• Nong Zhu decided to ask Mu Niang about Yue Qianchou’s whereabouts, while Wen Lanfeng said he could survive for at least ten days and needed Lu Yanqing’s help to treat the poison.
• Mu Niang received Nong Zhu’s message on Shuntian Island and took out the silver sphere Yue Qianchou had given her.
• In Yellow Earth City, Yue Qianchou questioned Huang Tian about Ji Wu Immortal Lord’s appearance while they ate together.

Yue Qianchou returned from Yellow Earth City to Shuntian Island and learned that Yan Zhuixing had taken Lu Yanqing hostage while demanding his presence at Lingfang Valley. After hearing Wen Lanfeng’s account, Yue Qianchou prepared to confront Yan Zhuixing.

• Yue Qianchou mocked Huang Tian, left the shop, and continued charging Yellow Earth City goods to Huang Tian while Boli’s group enjoyed their stay.
• Yue Qianchou returned to Shuntian Island, where Wood Lady Mu told him that Wen Lanfeng had sought him and Nong Zhu had sent word asking about him.
• Nong Zhu argued with Wen Lanfeng over whether to confront Yan Zhuixing without Yue Qianchou, while Wen Lanfeng feared for Lu Yanqing’s safety.
• Yue Qianchou arrived at Zhulang Blessed Land with little braids and bronze-colored skin, surprising Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, Ziyi, and Furong.
• Wen Lanfeng explained that Yan Zhuixing had taken Lu Yanqing hostage and was demanding Yue Qianchou’s presence at Lingfang Valley.
• Yue Qianchou coldly agreed to face Yan Zhuixing after hearing what had happened.

Yue Qianchou set out to confront Yan Zhuixing, who had kidnapped one of his women, and asked Crocodile Immortal Lord to prevent Yan Zhuixing from escaping. Crocodile Immortal Lord identified Yan Zhuixing’s Blood Escape as a technique from the Demon God lineage and explained its history, but his account ended on an unresolved possibility.

• Yue Qianchou rebuked Wen Lanfeng for giving Yan Zhuixing blood orchids and letting him take hostages, then told Wen Lanfeng and Nong Zhu to go ahead to Lingfang Valley while he found a helper.
• Nong Zhu ordered Ziyi and Furong to remain inside the island-protecting formation, and Yue Qianchou reassured Furong before leaving.
• Yue Qianchou asked Crocodile Immortal Lord to accompany him and stop Yan Zhuixing from using Blood Escape to flee.
• Crocodile Immortal Lord said Blood Escape belonged to the Demon God lineage and could let its user escape anyone unless they were killed before using it.
• Crocodile Immortal Lord explained how the Demon God’s descendants inherited the Demon Codex and became Devil Lords, and wondered how Yan Zhuixing could have learned its techniques in the mortal world.

Yue Qianchou learned that Yan Zhuixing might be cultivating the Demon Codex and could be an inheritor favored by the Demon God, but resolved to confront him anyway. He and Crocodile Immortal Lord secretly reached a hillside overlooking Yan Zhuixing’s residence and prepared to attack and rescue two women controlled by the Demon Eye.

• Crocodile Immortal Lord explained the Demon Codex’s restrictions, its brutal Demonic Body trial, and the legends surrounding heirs favored by the Demon God.
• Yue Qianchou recognized that Yan Zhuixing knew the Little Demon Fist and Demon Eye, and suspected those arts explained Yan Zhuixing’s survival after their earlier battle.
• Yue Qianchou drew courage from his master Bi Changchun’s ambition to challenge the Demon God and decided to deal with Yan Zhuixing immediately.
• Yue Qianchou and Crocodile Immortal Lord traveled to a hidden hillside near the Lingfang Valley residence and made an underground observation post.
• Yue Qianchou identified Yan Zhuixing as his target and asked Crocodile Immortal Lord to subdue and rescue the two women controlled by the Demon Eye.

Yue Qianchou waited for reinforcements before confronting Yan Zhuixing, who held Lu Yanqing and other women hostage. He attacked without hesitation, and a mysterious figure’s sudden intervention let him absorb two enemies’ power and pursue Yan Zhuixing.

• Yue Qianchou told Crocodile Immortal Lord that he was waiting for reinforcements and intended to kill Yan Zhuixing himself.
• Nong Zhu and Wen Lanfeng arrived at Lingfang Valley, where Yan Zhuixing dragged Lu Yanqing out as a hostage and threatened to kill her unless they chose between her life and Nong Zhu’s.
• Yue Qianchou arrived and mocked Yan Zhuixing, then charged at him with a green broadsword despite Lu Yanqing being in the way.
• A figure burst from a nearby hill, removed two of Yan Zhuixing’s men along with Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu, and created an opening for Yue Qianchou.
• Yue Qianchou used the Star Absorbing Great Method on two enemies, leaving their dried husks behind as he pursued Yan Zhuixing.

Yue Qianchou killed Xin Lao Jiu and Xin Lao Ba, then rescued Lu Yanqing from Yan Zhuixing and confronted him. As Bing Chengzi and Li Duxing arrived, dozens of Spirit Transformation stage lords gathered in Lingfang Valley.

• Yue Qianchou killed Xin Lao Jiu and Xin Lao Ba, shocking Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, Lu Yanqing, and Yan Zhuixing.
• Yan Zhuixing cut Lu Yanqing’s hair and shoved her toward Yue Qianchou’s blade, but Yue Qianchou caught her and carried her to safety.
• Wen Lanfeng took the unconscious Lu Yanqing from Yue Qianchou, who then challenged Yan Zhuixing to fight.
• Bing Chengzi arrived and Yan Zhuixing addressed him as his master.
• Li Duxing arrived to ask after Lu Yanqing, and Pei Fang and dozens of Spirit Transformation stage lords gathered in Lingfang Valley.

Li Duxing returned to Lingfang Valley and attacked Yan Zhuixing after learning Lu Yanqing had been hurt. As Yan Zhuixing and Bing Chengzi tried to escape amid the fighting, a gigantic phantom hand seized Yan Zhuixing and hurled him back into the valley.

• Li Duxing arrived at Lingfang Valley, revealed that his cultivation had recovered, and demanded to know who had caused trouble there.
• Wen Lanfeng identified Yan Zhuixing as the one responsible, prompting Li Duxing to attack him while Bing Chengzi intervened.
• Yan Zhuixing urged that Lu Yanqing be awakened to reveal the truth, but she woke and screamed that she would kill Yue Qianchou.
• Wen Lanfeng stopped Li Duxing from attacking Yue Qianchou, while Bing Chengzi and Nong Zhu fought in the air.
• Bing Chengzi told Yan Zhuixing to flee, but a gigantic phantom hand seized Yan Zhuixing and hurled him into Lingfang Valley.

Yue Qianchou faced Yan Zhuixing’s threats and admitted that Hero was his man, then Yan Zhuixing exposed that Yue Qianchou was also Niu Youde, the Demon Ghost Domain’s Punishment Envoy. After Yue demonstrated teleportation and challenged Pei Fang and his allies, the gathered experts braced for a fight.

• Crocodile Immortal Lord struck Yan Zhuixing and sent him crashing into a crater, then Yue Qianchou challenged him to try escaping again.
• Yan Zhuixing threatened to reveal Yue Qianchou’s secrets, but Yue dismissed the threat and exposed Yan Zhuixing’s use of the Demon Codex and its Blood Escape cost.
• Yan Zhuixing accused Yue Qianchou of controlling Hero, and Yue admitted that Hero was his man, angering the gathered lords.
• Yan Zhuixing revealed that Yue Qianchou was Niu Youde, the Demon Ghost Domain’s Punishment Envoy, and Yue confirmed it to Pei Fang while teleporting beside him.
• Yue Qianchou declared that Pei Fang and his allies should be punished together, so Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da drew their weapons as the crowd retreated.

Yue Qianchou demonstrated overwhelming power by destroying Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da’s spirit treasures, then lured them into a battle underground. The chapter ended with the three trapped beneath the earth, desperately blasting upward to escape.

• Yue Qianchou erased the three late Spirit Transformation experts’ spirit treasures, leaving Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da terrified.
• Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da attacked Yue Qianchou, but he sank underground and avoided their combined strike.
• The three pursued Yue Qianchou into a pit, and the earth sealed over them as the fight moved underground.
• Yue Qianchou made the earth crush and restrain the three, while their attacks failed to break through the shifting soil.
• Pei Fang called for them to blast their way upward, and the three began bombarding the earth above them.

Yue Qianchou killed Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da with the Star Absorbing Great Method after they escaped his underground trap, then used a golden display to cement his authority as Punishment Envoy. He drove the gathered rulers from Lingfang Valley, leaving the Cultivation World convinced of his supremacy.

• Yue Qianchou trapped Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da underground, but their desperate attacks forced him to abandon his plan to wear them down.
• Pei Fang and the other two blasted their way out, and Yue Qianchou used the Star Absorbing Great Method to drain them into white mist and kill them.
• Yue Qianchou took the three storage pouches, while the onlookers stared in disbelief at the shattered remains of the three late Spirit Transformation stage masters.
• Yue Qianchou raised himself atop a mound and formed a golden wheel behind him, making the crowd mistake his display for a sacred sign.
• After Nong Zhu mocked his performance, Yue Qianchou challenged anyone who opposed him and ordered the rulers to leave Lingfang Valley.

Yue Qianchou confronted Yan Zhuixing after Li Duxing defeated Bing Chengzi, and the two began settling their long-standing conflict. Yue Qianchou overwhelmed Yan Zhuixing with Azure Fire and the Star Absorbing Great Method, leaving Yan Zhuixing’s body mangled.

• Yan Zhuixing accused Yue Qianchou of having toyed with him, but Li Duxing attacked before Yue Qianchou could respond.
• Li Duxing defeated Bing Chengzi with Thousand Mile Solitary Walk, leaving a gaping wound in Bing Chengzi’s chest, then spared his life because he wanted to kill Yan Zhuixing.
• Bing Chengzi told Yan Zhuixing that his duty was finished, and Yan Zhuixing summoned seven demonic flying snakes to avenge his master.
• Yue Qianchou intercepted the snakes with seven balls of Azure Fire and burned them while demonstrating his precise control over them.
• Yan Zhuixing rushed Yue Qianchou with Demonic Light Shadow and Demonic Fist, but Yue Qianchou countered with the Star Absorbing Great Method and blasted Yan Zhuixing’s drained body into a mangled pulp.

Yue Qianchou’s attempt to ensure Yan Zhuixing was dead unleashed an ancient black light from the pit, which overwhelmed the group’s attacks. Crocodile Immortal Lord briefly restrained it, but a strange apparition in the sky empowered the black light, allowing it to knock him away and escape.

• Yue Qianchou kept bombarding Yan Zhuixing’s remains, then poured Azure Fire into the pit after sensing something might still be there.
• An ancient black light rose from the pit, and Yue Qianchou, Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, and Li Duxing attacked it together, only to be blasted into the mountains as their weapons shattered.
• Crocodile Immortal Lord appeared and seized the black light with enormous hands, while Yue Qianchou urged him to destroy it.
• A gray mist and a pair of immense eyes appeared in the sky, and the black light suddenly broke free, struck Crocodile Immortal Lord into the mountains, and fled.
• The mist and eyes vanished, leaving the group stunned as the sky returned to normal.

After the battle destroyed Lingfang Valley, Yue Qianchou searched for a way to save the women controlled by Demon Eye. Crocodile Immortal Lord explained that Yue Qianchou’s master’s Righteous Qi Art could break the technique, leaving Yue with a possible solution.

• Wen Lanfeng dug Lu Yanqing out of the ruined ground, while Yue Qianchou used Star-Sucking to kill Bing Chengzi.
• Yue Qianchou uncovered the Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu and learned that both were alive but controlled by Demon Eye.
• Yue Qianchou found Crocodile Immortal Lord, who said Yan Zhuixing had escaped under the Demon God’s protection and could not readily be tracked.
• Crocodile Immortal Lord explained that Demon Eye could be broken by powerful Primordial Spirit cultivation, killing its caster, or other methods, then suggested Yue’s master’s Righteous Qi Art.
• Yue Qianchou realized his master might be able to undo the control over the two women.

Yue Qianchou used Spirit Awakening Pills to free Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu from the Demon Eye’s control, then reunited passionately with Yan Yu. The chapter ended with Lu Yanqing treating the gravely injured Wen Lanfeng as he wept, believing his long devotion had been answered too late.

• Crocodile Immortal Lord gave Yue Qianchou Spirit Awakening Pills, and Yue Qianchou hurried to Lingfang Valley.
• Yue Qianchou gave pills to Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu, freeing them from the Demon Eye’s control.
• Yan Yu kissed Yue Qianchou after learning he had traveled to rescue her, and the two openly embraced despite Nong Zhu’s protest.
• Wen Lanfeng asked Yue Qianchou for a pill to help Wen Rui, then revealed that his Blood Demon Palm injuries left him near death.
• Lu Yanqing examined Wen Lanfeng and vowed to heal him, while Wen Lanfeng wept at her concern and mourned that the moment he had longed for had come too late.

As Lu Yanqing hesitated to save Wen Lanfeng with a blood transfusion that might kill two donors, Wen Lanfeng asked Yue Qianchou to compose a melody for her as his final token of devotion. Yue Qianchou proposed collecting small amounts of blood from many donors, giving Lu Yanqing a way to treat Wen without sacrificing anyone.

• Lu Yanqing explained that treating Wen Lanfeng's Blood Demon Palm required replacing all his blood with transfused blood from two people with similar blood types.
• Wen Lanfeng urged Lu Yanqing not to break her vow against killing, while she insisted she would do anything to save him.
• Nong Zhu pressed Yue Qianchou to help, but Wen Lanfeng clarified that he wanted Yue to compose a melody for Lu Yanqing instead of saving his life.
• Yue Qianchou remembered blood donation and suggested taking a small amount from many people rather than draining two donors.
• Lu Yanqing agreed that the many-donor approach would work, and the group was relieved that Wen Lanfeng could be treated without anyone dying.

Yue Qianchou agreed to compose a song for Wen Lanfeng and Lu Yanqing, then performed “Woman Flower” beside a poppy. The song deeply moved Lu Yanqing and left the others astonished by his talent.

• Nong Zhu arranged for Lu Yanqing to accompany Wen Lanfeng to Biyuan Kingdom and gather people for his medical treatment.
• Wen Lanfeng asked Yue Qianchou to compose a song, and Nong Zhu, Yan Yu, and Hundred Charm Demoness encouraged Yue Qianchou to agree.
• Yue Qianchou spotted a red poppy on a hillside and chose it as inspiration for a song dedicated to Wen Lanfeng and Lu Yanqing.
• Yue Qianchou played the guqin and sang “Woman Flower,” moving Lu Yanqing and surprising Nong Zhu with his musical skill.

Yue Qianchou’s song stirred Lu Yanqing, who questioned him about his world before he fled with his companions to the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest. After admiring the forest’s strange glowing bamboo, Yue Qianchou went to Yellow Earth City, reunited Boli and his clansmen, and decided he would stop waiting if Huang Tian still found no news of the purple fire.

• Yue Qianchou’s performance moved Wen Lanfeng and Lu Yanqing, but he deflected Lu Yanqing’s questions and left with his companions.
• During the flight to the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, Yan Yu cheered Yue Qianchou up, and he promised to sing her a suggestive song.
• At night, Yue Qianchou admired the purple bamboo’s glow and spiritual energy, which even Crocodile Immortal Lord had never encountered.
• Yue Qianchou and Crocodile Immortal Lord traveled to Yellow Earth City, where Yue gathered Boli and the other clansmen and sent them to Utopia.
• Yue Qianchou decided that if Huang Tian had found no news about the purple fire, he would stop waiting.

Yue Qianchou learned that Bi Changchun had defeated the Eastern Pole Sacred Land’s forces and was leaving for the Netherworld, so he rushed to meet him at the Netherworld gates. Bi Changchun confirmed the battle and explained that he had spared an Immortal Lord to lead the Sacred Land and protect its mortals.

• Huang Tian told Yue Qianchou that Night Owl Immortal Lord and two Nether generals had died, Ji Wu Immortal Lord was badly injured, and the Enclosure Competition had ended.
• Huang Tian explained that the free-range natives were used for labor in Spirit Stone mines while the enclosed people served as a more comfortable population for the immortals.
• Wood Lady Mu told Yue Qianchou that Bi Changchun had briefly returned to Shuntian Island before heading toward Yin Feng Valley.
• Yue Qianchou sensed Bi Changchun entering the Nine Nether Cave and teleported to the Netherworld gates to intercept him.
• Bi Changchun confirmed that he had killed three powerful opponents and spared one Immortal Lord to lead the Eastern Pole Sacred Land and protect its mortals.