Chapter Summaries

Yunxi warned Ghost King Yue Kou about the danger of altering Shui Qiancheng’s formations, then used her exchange with Yue Kou as bait to alert Baili Yanque to a possible traitor. After leaving Shui Qiancheng for Luming City, Yunxi and Di Fei found the Inquiry Pavilion closed amid the crowds gathering for the Langhuan Secret Realm.

• Yunxi told Yue Kou that the reinforced formation must not be altered and urged her to watch for Immortal Practitioners approaching the grand array.
• Yunxi suspected that a traitor might be among the Ghost Kings and sent Baili Yanque a report of Yue Kou’s question.
• Ghost Emperor Mei Huan ordered Baili Yanque to secretly investigate cities containing Nine Wheel Sacrifice Formations and tamper with their formations without exposing the scheme.
• Baili Yanque recognized Yunxi’s report as a warning about Yue Kou and replied that he understood.
• Yunxi and Di Fei left for Luming City in disguises, but found its lodgings full and the Inquiry Pavilion closed.

Yunxi and Di Fei disguised themselves to investigate Yuwen He, a Ghost Immortal who appeared to harbor a hidden danger, and arranged to team up with him for the Langhuan Secret Realm. After obtaining a one-time-use clue from Little Book, they revealed cultivation matching Yuwen He’s and offered to trade the information for his help.

• Yunxi learned that Yuwen He was waiting outside the Inquiry Pavilion for rumored firsthand information about a divine artifact in the Langhuan Secret Realm.
• Yunxi sensed a mass of black shadow inside Yuwen He and agreed with Di Fei to form a team with him while keeping their disguises and matching his cultivation.
• Yunxi contacted Chanjia and arranged for her and Little Book to help stage a meeting after Yuwen He followed the sisters to a private room.
• Yunxi received a self-destroying jade slip from Little Book, viewed its contents, and promised to sever ties with him afterward.
• Di Fei proposed that Yuwen He help each sister obtain a high-grade Defensive Soul Artifact in exchange for the divine-artifact clues, but Yuwen He questioned why they needed him now that their cultivation matched his.

Yunxi and Di Fei secured Yuwen He’s agreement to work with them in the Langhuan Secret Realm, but he overheard their plan to use a Defensive Soul Artifact to seize others’ cultivation. At the Inquiry Pavilion, Yunxi confirmed the divine artifact clue with Little Book, who then asked her for something in return.

• Yunxi and Di Fei persuaded Yuwen He to trade for their clue and swore a Heavenly Dao oath to keep it secret.
• Yuwen He rejected the sisters’ offer of lodging and dual cultivation, then overheard them discussing their plan to seize his cultivation after finding a Defensive Soul Artifact.
• Yunxi and Di Fei went to the Inquiry Pavilion, where Chanjia welcomed them and gave Di Fei a Little Cicada for exchanging information.
• Yunxi questioned Little Book about the divine artifact, and he insisted his information was true before asking her to show appreciation for his help.

Yunxi and Di Fei speculated that the Langhuan Secret Realm’s divine artifact might be the Evil God’s Saint Bone Star-Slaughtering Blade, and learned the danger of letting it escape. As the Secret Realm opened, they prepared to enter and respond according to what they found.

• Yunxi sent Little Book and Chanjia through a Moon Gate to Shui Qiancheng, then settled with Di Fei in the Inquiry Pavilion shop.
• Yunxi explained that the Evil God targeted Ghost Domain cultivators to repair his damaged divine soul, and she and Di Fei considered whether the Secret Realm’s divine artifact might be the Evil God’s weapon.
• Yunxi asked Ox-Head and Horse-Face about the Saint Bone Star-Slaughtering Blade and was warned to seal it or trap it in the Secret Realm if they found it.
• Other powerful figures discussed the artifact and decided not to interfere, while Baili Yanque told Di Fei to work with Ranxi and promised support in Luming City.
• Yunxi and Di Fei agreed to act according to circumstances, then left the Inquiry Pavilion when the Langhuan Secret Realm entrance opened.

Yunxi and Di Fei entered the Langhuan Secret Realm with Yuwen He, but the three were separated. Yunxi reunited with Di Fei on a lake island and met five other entrants, where Dugu Ye discovered that he could not leave.

• Yunxi, Di Fei, and Yuwen He entered the Langhuan Secret Realm after its entrance opened above Luming City, while low-level Immortal Practitioners who tried to follow were burned by its glow.
• The entrance closed after all eligible entrants went inside, and Yunxi, Di Fei, and Yuwen He were teleported to separate locations.
• Yunxi landed on a lake island with five others, then used the Soul-Binding Thread to bring Di Fei to her after Di Fei escaped a place that drained her Soul Power.
• Di Fei began recovering in a protective formation while Yunxi introduced herself as Qian Jiao and named Di Fei as Bai Mei to the five strangers.
• Wushen suggested that the group form a team, but Yunxi declined because she had already promised to team up with someone else.
• Dugu Ye tried to leave the island twice, but each time he reappeared in his original spot.

Yunxi and Di Fei discovered that Lake Heart Island trapped everyone and heard a warning that only one person could leave, prompting Dugu Ye to attack Cui Ying. As Yunxi and Di Fei mocked him, Dugu Ye struck at them and his scythe hit the island, which shook as a piercing scream rang out.

• Dugu Ye, Buddha Wushen, and Yuxing Chi each tried and failed to leave Lake Heart Island, so the group split up to investigate.
• Yunxi and Di Fei heard a voice claim that only the last surviving person could leave, but Yunxi chose to wait for the others to return.
• The five investigators returned wary, and Dugu Ye attacked Cui Ying, saying they had to test the warning.
• Yunxi and Di Fei openly mocked Dugu Ye for choosing Cui Ying as his target and explaining why he avoided the others.
• Enraged, Dugu Ye swung his Resentful Bone Scythe toward Yunxi and Di Fei, but the strike smashed into the island and triggered a tremor and a piercing scream.

Yunxi and Di Fei confronted a corrupted Black Tortoise while the others waited to claim its opportunity. As Yunxi worked to force the corruption out, Dugu Ye tried to leave but Cui Ying stopped him and he warned her about Di Fei’s Soul Artifact.

• The Black Tortoise attacked Dugu Ye, and Yunxi froze it before it could reach shore.
• Yunxi sent Ziyan into the green snake coiled around the tortoise, revealing that the beast was corrupted, while Di Fei warned the onlookers to stay back.
• Di Fei took out the Ghost Artisan Sphere, prompting Dugu Ye and the others to retreat, as Yunxi repeatedly froze the tortoise while the snake broke the ice.
• Dugu Ye tried to leave, but Cui Ying blocked him and attacked over his earlier assault on her.
• Dugu Ye warned Cui Ying that Di Fei’s Ghost Artisan Sphere had once belonged to the Ghost Emperor Mei Huan.

Yunxi removed the Evil Artifact Fragment from Lu Fu and accepted the Black Tortoise’s inner core in exchange for saving them both. After sealing the fragment and giving Ziyan the core to refine, she left the lake with Di Fei, while Cui Ying, Hua Wu, Yuxing Chi, and Wushen watched them with questions left unspoken.

• Dugu Ye recognized Di Fei’s Ghost Artisan Sphere as Ghost Emperor Mei Huan’s Soul Artifact and left, deterring Cui Ying and the others from pressing her.
• Yunxi used Ziyan and the Profound Thunder Purple Flame to burn away the Soul Power shielding the Evil Artifact Fragment inside Lu Fu.
• The Black Tortoise offered its inner core in exchange for Yunxi removing the fragment and saving Lu Fu, and Yunxi accepted the deal.
• Yunxi extracted and sealed the Evil Artifact Fragment, then used the Seven-Star Deadly Staff’s Wood Spirit Pearls to revive Lu Fu and the Black Tortoise.
• Lu Fu and the Black Tortoise shrank to juvenile forms and crawled into the forest, while Yunxi gave the tainted inner core to Ziyan to refine.
• Yunxi promised Di Fei the refined water-element inner core, and the two women left as Cui Ying, Hua Wu, Yuxing Chi, and Wushen watched them.

Yunxi and Di Fei formed a team with Hua Wu, Wushen, Cui Ying, and Yuxing Chi, then set out to find Yuwen He and investigate the Evil Artifact Fragment. After reconsidering the danger, Yunxi led the group to the Heavenly Jade Waterfall to seek a protective Soul Artifact, where twelve people were already waiting.

• Yunxi and Di Fei accepted Hua Wu, Wushen, Cui Ying, and Yuxing Chi as teammates after the four agreed to their terms.
• Yunxi used Little Book’s map and clues about the divine artifact to choose a route toward Yuwen He.
• Yuwen He followed a voice in his mind through a dense forest, lured by the promise of a treasure and power.
• Yunxi and Di Fei reasoned that the five teammates might have been brought together to help contain the Evil Artifact Fragment and that the fragment could lead them to the Saint Bone Star-Slaughtering Blade.
• Di Fei urged Yunxi to find a protective Soul Artifact before pursuing the divine artifact, so Yunxi changed their destination to the Heavenly Jade Waterfall.
• After five days of travel, Yunxi’s group reached the Heavenly Jade Waterfall and found twelve people already waiting for it to flow backward.

Yunxi explained how the Cloud Dragon Koi bubbles at Heavenly Jade Waterfall could become defensive Soul Artifacts, and the six agreed to compete for them as the waterfall began reversing. They spotted a koi and prepared to seize its bubble.

• Yunxi’s group assessed the other cultivators, then entered a Defensive Formation Disk to discuss the Soul Artifact contest.
• Yunxi explained that Cloud Dragon Koi bubbles could be refined into Defensive Soul Artifacts and said pure Immortal Yuan Force could attract them.
• Di Fei objected when Hua Wu asked Yunxi for her method, but Yunxi shared it after Yuxing Chi offered compensation.
• Cui Ying asked the others to help if her demon power attracted a Soul Artifact, promising not to contest the next one, and they agreed.
• At midnight, the waterfall began flowing backward, and Yunxi’s group spotted a Cloud Dragon Koi and prepared to seize its bubble.

Yunxi and Di Fei secured two Sea of Consciousness Shields, and their group of six forced the other cultivators to retreat from the Heavenly Jade Waterfall. As Yunxi prepared to leave, Wushen and Yuxing Chi revealed that they shared the mission to destroy the Evil Immortal's arrangements and that Yuxing Chi recognized Yunxi despite her changed face.

• Yunxi advised Di Fei to use Merit to obtain a Sea of Consciousness Shield when the Cloud Dragon Koi released its bubbles.
• Yunxi claimed a Sea of Consciousness Shield with the Moon Gate's Space-Time Power, and Di Fei, Buddha Wushen, Hua Wu, Cui Ying, and Yuxing Chi each obtained one as well.
• After the final bubble was destroyed, twelve Immortal Practitioners demanded three Soul Artifacts, but Yunxi's group revealed their Immortal Lord strength and drove them away.
• Yunxi and the others gave gifts to the Cloud Dragon Koi, which leaped into the Heavenly Jade Long River after the waterfall returned to normal.
• When Yunxi prepared to leave with Di Fei, Wushen stopped them, and Yuxing Chi said they shared a mission to destroy the Evil Immortal's arrangements and recognized Yunxi despite her altered appearance.

Yunxi and Di Fei rejected Yuxing Chi’s attempt to form an alliance over the rumored divine artifact, then discussed why he and the other Immortal Lords were following them. Yunxi planned to find Yuwen He, while Di Fei spotted a valley holding a Langhuan Twin Flower along their route.

• Yuxing Chi revealed that he recognized Yunxi as Ran Xi and asked her to join his group investigating the rumored divine artifact.
• Di Fei challenged Yuxing Chi’s motives and argued that the divine artifact should belong to the Ghost Domain; Yunxi then left with Di Fei.
• Hua Wu, Cui Ying, Wushen, and Yuxing Chi agreed to cooperate temporarily and followed Yunxi and Di Fei.
• Yunxi and Di Fei reasoned that Yuxing Chi suspected the divine artifact was connected to the Evil Immortals and wanted Yunxi’s help; Yunxi accepted the group’s pursuit as potential backup.
• Yunxi used the Heaven and Earth Contract to set their course toward Yuwen He, and Di Fei found a Langhuan Twin Flower in a valley five days away.

Yunxi and Di Fei reached the valley where the Langhuan Twin Flower grew and found its entrance guarded by Three-Eyed Golden Silk Monkeys demanding trades. Meanwhile, Yuwen He followed a divine artifact’s summons into a Withered Wood Forest and pulled the artifact from an altar.

• Yunxi reviewed the Langhuan Twin Flower’s ability to produce a clone that could serve as a spare body, and she and Di Fei decided to seek one while traveling toward Yuwen He.
• Yunxi and Di Fei reached the valley and found Immortal Practitioners waiting outside while Three-Eyed Golden Silk Monkeys demanded suitable trade items for entry.
• Cui Ying, Hua Wu, and Yuxing Chi caught up with Yunxi and Di Fei, joined the line, and tried to learn what opportunity lay in the valley.
• Yuwen He followed a voice into the Withered Wood Forest, where a shadow inside him carried him to an altar piled with bones.
• Yuwen He pulled a rust-covered divine artifact from the altar and prepared to recognize it as his master.

Yunxi and Di Fei entered the Three-Eyed Golden Silk Monkeys' valley by offering to refine medicine, where Elder Jin Lie asked for pills to prolong a monkey's life. After Yunxi's pills proved useless, a potion showed promise, but the messenger's return left Jin Lie alarmed.

• Yuwen He's black shadow merged with the blade in his Dantian, consuming his Nascent Soul as the blade regained its hilt and began fusing with his body.
• Yunxi sensed the Langhuan Secret Realm was about to become dangerous, and her Seven-Star Deadly Staff briefly stirred.
• Yunxi offered to refine pills for the Three-Eyed Golden Silk Monkeys, and Di Fei joined her so they could enter the valley together.
• Yunxi and Di Fei met Elder Jin Lie, who asked them for medicine to prolong a monkey's life.
• Jin Lie found Yunxi's Longevity Pills and other medicines useless, but a potion seemed effective, so he sent a little monkey to deliver it deeper into the valley.
• The little monkey returned and gestured urgently to Jin Lie, who stood up with a darkened expression.

Yunxi and Di Fei met the Monkey King Nan Ming after their potions awakened his mate, Lin Han. Lin Han begged Yunxi to save her child from Evil Qi lodged in the fetus, while Nan Ming explained how the corruption had entered them and left Lin Han close to death.

• Jin Lie explained that the potions had worked and that Nan Ming wanted to meet Yunxi and Di Fei.
• Jin Lie led Yunxi and Di Fei to Nan Ming, who asked them to agree to Lin Han’s reasonable requests.
• Yunxi saw that Lin Han was gravely ill and carrying a child, then noticed the Evil Qi in her belly.
• Lin Han asked Yunxi to save her child, while Nan Ming urged her to focus on recovering.
• Nan Ming explained that Evil Qi had entered their wounds during a dangerous expedition, and Lin Han had trapped it inside the fetus by burning her life force.

Yunxi proposed a dangerous plan to save both Lin Han and her unborn child, though the child had only a fifty percent chance of surviving and might never cultivate. Lin Han agreed to proceed, and Nan Ming accepted the plan despite objecting to freezing her in ice.

• Nan Ming insisted on saving Lin Han, while Lin Han insisted on saving the child, leaving Yunxi and Di Fei caught between their conflicting demands.
• Yunxi said she could try to save both and examined Lin Han, but a force repelled her attempt to inspect the fetus.
• Yunxi told Nan Ming she could preserve Lin Han's life, though Lin Han's cultivation would likely fall, and gave the child a fifty percent chance of survival with a risk of never cultivating.
• Lin Han agreed to Yunxi's plan even if its chance of success were only ten percent.
• Yunxi explained that she would use Twin Flower to refine a Clone for Lin Han and a new body to carry the fetus's soul, since an evil artifact fragment had entered the fetus.
• Yunxi said Lin Han had to be frozen in ice before the work began; Nan Ming objected, but then agreed.

Yunxi sought a way to save Lin Han’s poisoned unborn child and asked Star Trek to create a growing clone that could receive the fetus’s soul. Nan Ming came to discuss freezing Lin Han, and Yunxi insisted it had to happen now.

• Yunxi and Di Fei discussed the risks of transferring the fetus’s soul into a specially refined body, including the child’s future growth and cultivation.
• Yunxi contacted Star Trek, who agreed to use blood from Nan Ming, Lin Han, and the fetus to try to create a growing clone.
• Jin Lie brought Yunxi Twin Flowers of different ages and asked whether the child would be able to cultivate, but Yunxi could not guarantee it.
• Nan Ming asked whether Lin Han could avoid being frozen, and Yunxi said freezing was necessary to preserve her condition and keep the Evil Artifact Fragment still.
• Nan Ming asked when Lin Han should be frozen, and Yunxi answered that it should happen now.

Yunxi and Di Fei tried to save Lin Han and her unborn child after the fragment began merging with the fetus, and Yunxi froze Lin Han and collected blood samples to prepare a clone. Yunxi began refining Lin Han’s Clone while Di Fei guarded her, leaving the child’s fate dependent on the work ahead.

• Nan Ming agreed to let Yunxi and Di Fei examine Lin Han, but they found Evil Qi leaking from his residence and the fragment merging with the unborn child.
• Yunxi froze Lin Han with the Void Heaven Ice Flame, then collected blood from Lin Han, the fetus, and Nan Ming.
• Di Fei confronted Nan Ming over his threatening behavior, and Yunxi left with her to begin refining Lin Han’s Clone.
• Yunxi sent the blood samples to “Star Trek” and discussed with Di Fei the possibility that Nan Ming wanted to abandon the child and preserve Lin Han alone.
• Yunxi took out the oldest purple Langhuan Twin Flower and began refining Lin Han’s Clone as Di Fei stood guard.

Yunxi completed Lin Han’s clone and arranged for Star Trek to cultivate a compatible clone for the unborn child using Three-Eyed Golden Silk Monkey inner cores. She brought the finished clone and the infant in its culture tank to Nan Ming, who agreed to begin the next step.

• Yunxi finished refining Lin Han’s clone, and Di Fei paid her for an agreement to make one for her as well.
• Yunxi learned that Star Trek’s attempts to cultivate the child had failed because the culture fluid lacked suitable energy, so she asked Di Fei to obtain three preserved inner cores from Nan Ming’s clan.
• Nan Ming provided the inner cores, and Yunxi sent one with Supreme Immortal Stones to Star Trek, warning him to follow her instructions.
• Yunxi and Di Fei arrived at Nan Ming’s Immortal Cave with Lin Han’s clone, and Yunxi confirmed that Nan Ming found no problems with it.
• Yunxi brought out the infant in its culture tank, and Nan Ming agreed to begin after examining it.

Yunxi and Di Fei tried to save Lin Han and her unborn child while trapping the Evil Artifact Fragment. Lin Han’s soul entered a prepared Clone, but the fragment corrupted the infant and began attacking the formation before Yunxi sent it into another space.

• Yunxi drew a divine-script formation and warned Nan Ming, Jin Lie, and Jin Ting to protect the ritual as Di Fei prepared to extract the souls.
• After Yunxi removed the ice seal, Di Fei extracted Lin Han’s divine soul, but could not extract the fetus’s soul; she sent Lin Han’s soul into the prepared Clone.
• The infant drained Lin Han’s remaining life and weakened her soul in the Clone, so Yunxi froze Lin Han and ordered Nan Ming to take her away in an ice coffin.
• The corrupted infant broke free of Lin Han’s body and attacked Yunxi and Di Fei’s formation, using the Evil Artifact Fragment’s power to weaken it.
• Yunxi recognized the fragment’s strategy, then sent the fragment and infant into another space.