Chapter Summaries

After the golden gate vanished, Zhang Tie used his witchcraft to hide from a demonic beast tide and explored the ruins. He discovered a mountain filled with spiritual herbs, fruits, and treasures, while powerful beasts and mysterious formations made the place increasingly dangerous.

• Three white lights entered Bo Yao, Zhang Tie, and Yong E, and a bell rang as the mountain forest began to tremble.
• Bo Yao spotted a tide of demonic beasts rushing toward them, and Zhang Tie found that the golden gate had disappeared.
• Bo Yao, Zhang Tie, and Yong E split up; Zhang Tie used his witchcraft to hide while the beasts pursued the others.
• As Zhang Tie flew deeper into the ruins, another bell rang and four white streaks appeared in the sky, signaling more arrivals.
• A day later, Zhang Tie sensed powerful demonic beasts and discovered a peak covered in spiritual herbs, fruits, treasures, and mysterious formations.

Zhang Tie watched a Jiaochi Tribe party approach the treasure mountain, which was protected by an invisible barrier and a powerful formation. When the azure-horned young man tried to enter, the Four-winged Centipede attacked him, and his azure spears failed to pierce its shell.

• Zhang Tie identified the mountain’s soil as Earth Mother Spirit Soil and hid nearby to wait for others.
• Zhang Tie discovered that Bo Yao had also concealed himself near the mountain.
• Four Jiaochi Tribe members arrived, hidden inside a cloud of white mist.
• The azure-horned young man struck an invisible barrier, and the mountain’s golden formation attacked him.
• A Four-winged Centipede emerged and unleashed poisonous mist at the young man.
• The young man summoned hundreds of azure spears, but they shattered harmlessly against the centipede’s shell.

Zhang Tie helped a Black Shadow enter Treasure Mountain while the Jiaochi Tribe members fought to reach its breached formation. Inside, he discovered that Treasure Mountain was a ruined maze of caves, not the treasure-filled place he had expected.

• Zhang Tie recognized that the Four-winged Centipede fighting the Jiaochi Tribe youth was a puppet beast.
• You Yi opened a gap in the Treasure Mountain formation with a black beam, and the Black Shadow dashed through it.
• An Ji chased the Black Shadow while Zhang Tie summoned a Wind Dragon to delay the other Jiaochi Tribe members.
• Zhang Tie used Shift to vanish, and the gap in the formation closed before You Yi and the other Jiaochi Tribe member could enter.
• Zhang Tie found ruined walls, rubble, and a maze of cave entrances inside Treasure Mountain, and the scene seemed familiar to him.

Zhang Tie explored a hidden cavern filled with increasingly powerful puppet beasts and discovered a sixth-grade Six-winged Scorpion Puppet Beast. He met its attack head-on, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Zhang Tie entered a cave in the preserved ruins and found that his divine sense was severely restricted.
• Zhang Tie defeated a pack of fourth-grade puppet beasts and stored several intact specimens for studying their unusual refinement methods.
• Zhang Tie pressed deeper into the cave, encountering puppet beasts of rising grades, including fifth-grade beasts he could handle.
• A sixth-grade Six-winged Scorpion Puppet Beast ambushed Zhang Tie and sent him flying despite his blocking its strike with the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel.
• Zhang Tie enlarged his body, donned the Azure Crocodile Dragon Beast Armor, and clashed with the scorpion’s pincers, knocking them back but retreating several zhang himself.

Zhang Tie tested his combat strength against the Six-winged Demonic Scorpion Puppet Beast, using his abilities to blind it and counter its attacks. The battle continued to turn against him when the beast’s scream disrupted his consciousness and its tail fired a black pillar of light at his face.

• Zhang Tie noticed that a formation reinforced the cavern and decided to use the Six-winged Demonic Scorpion Puppet Beast as a sparring partner.
• Zhang Tie vanished from the beast’s pincer attack, froze it briefly, and stabbed its right eye with the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel.
• Zhang Tie unleashed ice cones and cold qi, while the blinded beast filled the cavern with black mist.
• Zhang Tie raised a wind wall to block the mist, but the Six-winged Demonic Scorpion charged through it and smashed its pincers against his shovel.
• The Six-winged Demonic Scorpion screamed, slowing Zhang Tie with soul-piercing pain, then fired a black pillar of light from its tail toward his face.

Zhang Tie killed a Six-winged Demonic Scorpion puppet with the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel, though the weapon consumed half his divine power. As he continued deeper into the passage, he discovered another identical puppet and concealed himself to pass it.

• Zhang Tie's Taotie Nascent Soul clone blocked the scorpion puppet's black beam and whisked him away from danger.
• Zhang Tie bound the Six-winged Demonic Scorpion with his domain and smashed its head and pincers with the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel.
• Zhang Tie stored the destroyed puppet, recovered his strength, and wondered why no one else had investigated the battle.
• Zhang Tie flew deeper into the passage and spotted another Void Refinement-stage Six-winged Demonic Scorpion puppet.
• Zhang Tie concealed himself, withdrew his divine sense, and cautiously moved past the seemingly inactive puppet.

Zhang Tie cautiously explored the passage beyond the Six-winged Demonic Scorpion, using his Yan Wind Wolf puppet to test the route. He reached the depths, where he heard three people fighting, and the force suppressing his divine sense suddenly vanished.

• Zhang Tie sent his Yan Wind Wolf puppet past the motionless Six-winged Demonic Scorpion to scout the passage.
• Zhang Tie used the puppet to move farther ahead, then teleported to its location and continued deeper into the passage.
• Zhang Tie found broken puppet remains, old skeletons, and battle marks, and noticed the passage seemed to lead into an unusual space.
• Zhang Tie heard a distant battle grow louder and judged that three people were fighting.
• Zhang Tie discovered that the mysterious force suppressing his divine sense had abruptly disappeared.

Zhang Tie entered the arena where Bo Yao and a Jiaochi Race youth fought a three-headed demon snake puppet beast over three protected stone pillars. As the others clashed, Zhang Tie rushed toward a barrier to seize a hidden treasure, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Zhang Tie used his divine sense to discover Bo Yao, the Jiaochi Race youth, and the three-headed demon snake puppet beast battling near three blue barriers.
• Zhang Tie emerged from the passage and charged toward the pillars, drawing the attention of all three fighters.
• The Jiaochi Race youth attacked Zhang Tie with crimson sword qi, while Bo Yao kicked back the puppet beast and fired two arrows at the youth.
• The Jiaochi Race youth deflected Bo Yao's arrow and counterattacked him with a giant crimson sword, which Bo Yao blocked with a black palm.
• The puppet beast reached the pillars and fired a blue weapon at Zhang Tie as he lunged for a barrier with a golden dragon claw.

Zhang Tie activated the Four Symbols Immortal-Locking Array to suppress the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast while allowing Bo Yao to retain his cultivation. They headed for the stone pillar to seize the remaining treasures, but the beast lunged at them.

• A black sphere entered Zhang Tie as he blocked the Jiaochi Tribe youth’s ice blade, then fled a crimson sword strike behind a shield of black mist.
• Zhang Tie set up the Four Symbols Immortal-Locking Array while Bo Yao held off the Jiaochi Tribe youth.
• The array suppressed Bo Yao’s cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage, but Zhang Tie used the array disk to restore it.
• Zhang Tie warned that the array would hold the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast for only a short time and told Bo Yao to seize the remaining treasures.
• Bo Yao and Zhang Tie flew toward the stone pillar as the Jiaochi Tribe youth attacked from outside the array.
• The Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast turned its six red eyes on them and lunged.

Zhang Tie fought the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast while Bo Yao seized a mysterious bronze lamp from a protected stone pillar. As Bo Yao reached for the final treasure, the beast unleashed a burst of extreme cold that froze him in midair, then swung its tail at his head.

• Zhang Tie struck the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast with the Great Mercy Great Compassion Palm, then trapped it beneath a golden bell.
• Bo Yao tore through a blue barrier and took the ancient bronze lamp while Zhang Tie blocked the beast’s green venom with the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel.
• Zhang Tie dodged the remaining venom, noticing that it had corroded his spirit treasure.
• Bo Yao rushed toward the final blue barrier, but the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast appeared in front of it at astonishing speed.
• The beast released extreme cold that encased Bo Yao in ice, then swept its tail toward his frozen head.

A Golden Light Faceless Man emerged from Bo Yao and destroyed the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast, but the Jiaochi Tribe youth seized the blue great seal while Zhang Tie and Bo Yao were distracted. As Bo Yao pursued him, the stone platform’s runes activated and transported all three away.

• The Golden Light Faceless Man emerged from Bo Yao, killed the Three-headed Demon Snake Puppet Beast, and vanished after the formation’s nine spirit stones were drained.
• The Jiaochi Tribe youth attacked Bo Yao, escaped the black chains by exploding into red motes, and took the blue great seal when its barrier shattered.
• The Jiaochi Tribe youth mocked Zhang Tie and Bo Yao for helping him profit, then retreated as Bo Yao charged after him.
• The stone platform and nine pillars activated, enveloped Zhang Tie, Bo Yao, and the Jiaochi Tribe youth in white light, and transported them away.

Zhang Tie, Bo Yao, and the Jiaochi Tribe youth arrived in a barren region where teleportation and flight were restricted, but Zhang Tie discovered his witchcraft still worked. As Zhang Tie prepared a formation to trap the youth, the youth threw the stolen blue seal away and fled.

• Zhang Tie, Bo Yao, and the Jiaochi Tribe youth crashed into a barren desert after emerging from a spatial rift.
• Bo Yao attacked the Jiaochi Tribe youth over the treasures, and Zhang Tie confirmed that teleportation was restricted while his witchcraft remained usable.
• Zhang Tie began setting up a sixth-tier formation while Bo Yao stalled the youth.
• The Jiaochi Tribe youth threw the blue seal in the opposite direction and fled.

Zhang Tie let Bo Yao inspect a treasure while secretly protecting the valuable jade slips hidden inside it, then followed Bo Yao toward a target located by his compass. The Jiaochi Tribe youth returned to the site and pursued them, revealing that his stolen spirit treasure was bait.

• Zhang Tie pretended to chase the fleeing Jiaochi Tribe youth, while Bo Yao stopped him and seized the youth’s blue seal-shaped spirit treasure.
• Zhang Tie gave Bo Yao the black sphere to inspect, though his Nascent Soul clone had already copied and secured the jade slips inside it.
• Bo Yao returned the sphere to Zhang Tie, who claimed he did not need the puppet-beast refinement method and let Bo Yao keep it for the sect.
• Bo Yao used a compass to find a direction, and Zhang Tie followed him across the barren horizon.
• The Jiaochi Tribe youth returned to the site and followed their tracks, saying that he had used his spirit treasure to lure them into pursuing a bigger prize.

Zhang Tie and Bo Yao crossed the dangerous Sea of Restrictions, where Zhang Tie broke through successive traps while plotting against his greedy companion. They reached a dense forest governed by a powerful restriction, which Zhang Tie saw as a chance to trap or kill Bo Yao.

• Bo Yao explained that the Sea of Restrictions held traps of varying grades and promised remarkable rewards at its core.
• Zhang Tie entered the desert and destroyed a concealed first-grade trap of black earthen spikes with azure lightning.
• Zhang Tie pushed through low-grade traps while Bo Yao followed behind and collected the benefits.
• Zhang Tie suspected Bo Yao was using him as disposable cannon fodder and considered separating from or trapping him before they reached the core.
• After the scenery shifted through grassland, a volcano, and a forest, Zhang Tie recognized the forest as at least a fifth-grade restriction and saw an opportunity to deal with Bo Yao.

Zhang Tie and Bo Yao traveled through a forest filled with powerful restrictions, with Zhang Tie carefully breaking them along the way. When Zhang Tie triggered a deadly restriction, sword qi, a binding net, and crushing rain trapped them both, and Bo Yao’s protective barrier began to crack.

• Zhang Tie warned Bo Yao that the forest’s restrictions could separate them, and Bo Yao told him to focus on breaking them.
• Zhang Tie spent more than half a month breaking hidden restrictions as he and Bo Yao advanced through the forest.
• Zhang Tie triggered a restriction that unleashed dense golden sword qi across the forest.
• Bo Yao tried to flee, but a net formed from leaves bound him and Zhang Tie.
• A sudden downpour struck with immense force, cracking Bo Yao’s protective barrier and making its firebird cry out.

Zhang Tie escaped a lethal restriction by using witchcraft and tricked Bo Yao into wasting a random teleportation talisman. After a month of careful attempts, Zhang Tie broke the chain of restrictions and gained further insight into formations.

• Bo Yao used his dharma projection to tear open the green net, but an invisible barrier knocked him back.
• Zhang Tie realized the apparent exit was a trap, then watched the restriction activate and begin compressing the space around them.
• Zhang Tie pretended to escape with a random teleportation talisman while secretly teleporting away with witchcraft; Bo Yao used an identical talisman and disappeared.
• After the restriction dissipated, Zhang Tie returned and examined it, identifying a fifth-tier restriction with sixth-tier spatial compression.
• Zhang Tie spent more than a month dismantling the chain of restrictions and improved his understanding of formations.

After spending more than thirty years deciphering the Sea of Restrictions, Zhang Tie broke through the seventh-rank trial and entered a void where he could choose one treasure. He used Witch’s Domain to call for the treasure most suited to him.

• Zhang Tie deciphered the restrictions along a path to a snow-covered mountain, reaching its foot after seven days of breaking through them.
• Zhang Tie broke the restrictions on a stone stele, revealing a black vortex, and secretly set a random teleportation formation to divert anyone who followed him.
• Zhang Tie leaped into the vortex, which vanished behind him, and found himself in a void filled with tens of thousands of treasures.
• A voice told Zhang Tie he had passed the seventh-rank restriction trial and could choose one treasure before being teleported away.
• Zhang Tie spread Witch’s Domain and called for the treasure most suitable for him.

Zhang Tie received a crimson sphere that transported him to a mist-shrouded battlefield filled with ancient bones and vicious ghosts. He explored the ruins and found enormous pits that appeared to have been caused by powerful restrictions exploding, raising questions about the Giant Demon Race.

• After Zhang Tie called for a suitable treasure, a crimson sphere flew into his hand and transported him to a space covered in black mist.
• Zhang Tie stored the talisman-sealed jade box, dispersed some of the mist, and found ancient bones and broken magical treasures scattered across a battlefield.
• Zhang Tie destroyed an attacking Core Formation-stage vicious ghost and continued exploring while wondering about the trial and the Giant Demon Race.
• Zhang Tie reached an enormous pit, teleported to its bottom, and concluded that it had probably been caused by the explosion of a fifth-tier restriction.
• Zhang Tie found dozens more pits as he ventured deeper and suspected that the later ones resulted from sixth-tier or seventh-tier restriction explosions.

Zhang Tie survived a series of attacks from a mysterious Black Shadow and used a spatial displacement technique to turn the attacker’s own spear barrage against him. The Black Shadow’s shield shattered, and Zhang Tie appeared beside him, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Zhang Tie caught and destroyed a yin-energy longsword, then used his azure lightning and Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel to break the attacker’s other swords and spears.
• A spear that could traverse space struck Zhang Tie from above, forcing him to block it with his shovel and dropping him several dozen feet.
• Zhang Tie spotted the Black Shadow behind hundreds of incoming spears and recognized the foe as an exceptionally powerful opponent.
• Zhang Tie used the word “Shift” to swap places with the Black Shadow, sending the spear barrage crashing into the attacker’s bone shield.
• The Black Shadow’s shield shattered, and Zhang Tie appeared beside him, startling him.

Zhang Tie trapped Black Shadow, then used his Hundred Thousand Souls Banner to devour the endless horde of evil ghosts Black Shadow unleashed. After three days, the banner reached its limit, leaving Zhang Tie facing the risk that it would be destroyed.

• Zhang Tie struck Black Shadow into a pit and trapped him beneath a golden bell, but Black Shadow shattered the bell with a spear and escaped.
• Black Shadow summoned countless evil ghosts, and Zhang Tie brought out the Hundred Thousand Souls Banner to devour them.
• Zhang Tie’s banner consumed the ghosts for three days while Black Shadow realized the attack was strengthening it instead of wearing it down.
• The banner began to glow with black light and slowed its devouring, and Zhang Tie recognized that it had reached its capacity.