Chapter Summaries

Yunxi learned that Ye Tianhua had exposed Wei Yunqing’s past conduct, while Wei Yunqing cleared herself of suspicion but withdrew into seclusion. True Lord Xunkun arrived at the Haoran Sect, and Yunxi told him she wanted to discuss Xin Qiujian.

• Ye Tianhua described how Wei Yunqing took her share of their Enlightenment Fruit Tree and bought his share, prompting gossip about her selfishness.
• Yunxi predicted Wei Yunqing would eventually reappear, but Wei Yunqing emerged from the Law Enforcement Hall, moved to a new peak, and returned to seclusion after hearing the rumors.
• Hao Yan urged Haoyi to deal with Wei Yunqing, but Haoyi said she was a useful whetstone and warned that another scourge might emerge if she were removed.
• Venerable Haoqing brought True Lord Xunkun from the Kunmo Sect to the Haoran Sect, where Yunxi welcomed him.
• After checking that Xiao Lei’s meridians had recovered, Yunxi met Xunkun and said she wanted to discuss the Kunmo Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lord, Xin Qiujian.

Wei Yunxi and Xun Kun interrogated the Evil Soul that had possessed Xin Qiujian and uncovered its plan to provoke conflict between the Haoran Sect and the Kunmo Sect. The Evil Soul self-destructed during questioning, injuring Yunxi, and Yuling arrived to check on her.

• Xun Kun confirmed Xin Qiujian was a Kunmo Sect disciple, and Wei Yunxi explained that an Evil Soul had possessed him and ambushed her.
• Wei Yunxi brought Xun Kun to the Law Enforcement Hall, where he identified Xin Qiujian's corpse and she released the Evil Soul from its jade bottle.
• The Evil Soul admitted it had possessed Xin Qiujian for five years and planned to kill Wei Yunxi or injure her enough to spark conflict between the two sects.
• The Evil Soul attempted to self-destruct, but Wei Yunxi trapped it in her Wind Snow Domain; the blast shattered the domain and injured her.
• Wei Yunxi's Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella caught her as she fell, and Yuling arrived and asked whether she was injured.

Wei Yunxi was badly injured after containing an evil cultivator’s Nascent Soul self-destruction, and Venerable Yuling took her to Lingxue Peak for treatment. The Haoran Sect learned of the attack, while Xun Kun received evidence to pursue the evil cultivators and planned to return to the Southern Region.

• Wei Yunxi told Venerable Yuling that the Nascent Soul self-destruction had shattered her Wind Snow Domain and injured her, so he took her and Xun Kun to Lingxue Peak.
• Hao Song explained the incident to the Law Enforcement Hall’s three division masters, and they began cleaning up the damaged hall as Zhou Lingchuan arrived to assist.
• The Law Enforcement Hall announced the attack, prompting sect disciples to condemn the evil cultivators and discuss Wei Yunxi’s accomplishments and new Dao name, True Lord Ranxi.
• Venerable Yuling treated Wei Yunxi’s backlash and sent her to recuperate before discussing the attack with Xun Kun.
• Venerable Yuling gave Xun Kun an Imprint Jade containing Wei Yunxi’s account and the evil cultivator’s traced movements, and Xun Kun said he would return to the Southern Region with Xin Qiujian’s corpse.

Yunxi was seriously injured stopping an evil cultivator’s Nascent Soul self-destruction, prompting the Haoran Sect to arrange Xun Kun’s safe return to the Kunmo Sect. After half a year of recovery, Yunxi emerged from seclusion and told Dian Dian how dangerous the incident had been, as she prepared to head to the Central Domain.

• Yuling explained that Yunxi had been injured stopping an evil cultivator’s Nascent Soul self-destruction and worried that Xun Kun might be attacked on his journey home.
• Haoqing agreed to escort Xun Kun to the Kunmo Sect, and Xun Kun sent news of the incident to Venerable Linlang.
• Venerable Haoqing delivered Xin Qiujian’s corpse to Xun Kun and escorted him out of the Haoran Sect.
• Yunxi spent half a year in seclusion recovering her Meridians, then released Dian Dian and Rosy Cloud from her space.
• Yunxi reassured Dian Dian and explained that she had weakened the evil cultivator’s Nascent Soul with lightning techniques before it self-destructed.

Yunxi used Zhusheng’s gift of bamboo sap to heal her hidden injuries and broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage. After emerging from seclusion, she visited Venerable Yuling and learned that Kunmo Sect had captured a group of hidden evil demonic cultivators.

• Yunxi and Dian Dian suspected the captured Xin Qiujian had been used as a decoy, and Yunxi planned to confirm her theory by checking when his Soul Lamp went out.
• Dian Dian told Yunxi that Zhusheng had awakened, advanced to second order, and sent her pure bamboo sap as thanks.
• Yunxi drank the bamboo sap, healed her hidden injuries, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage during a month of seclusion.
• After leaving seclusion, Yunxi went to see Venerable Yuling and said she intended to participate in the Grand Competition of the Five Regions.
• Venerable Yuling told Yunxi that Kunmo Sect had used Xin Qiujian to capture a group of deeply hidden fallen evil demonic cultivators, putting the Southern Region on edge.

Yuling warned Yunxi that evil cultivators had made her a hunting target after she repeatedly thwarted their plans and helped expose their scheme to eliminate gifted disciples. He gave her powerful defensive treasures and told her to prepare to escort the disciples traveling to the Central Domain for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions.

• Yuling explained that cultivators joined evil forces because of unchecked desires and warned Yunxi to protect her life as she pursued her mission.
• Yuling told Yunxi that evil cultivators and righteous cultivators alike were watching her, and that she had repeatedly disrupted the evil cultivators’ schemes.
• Yuling revealed that the sects had confirmed Yunxi’s discovery of a plot to eliminate gifted disciples and had begun protecting their geniuses and purging suspicious cultivators.
• Yuling gave Yunxi a Jade Talisman containing three powerful attacks and a Green Jade Bracelet that could withstand one strike from a Void-Traversal cultivator.
• Yuling told Yunxi to prepare for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions and take an escort mission to the Central Domain.

Yunxi accepted a mission to escort Haoran Sect disciples to the Central Domain for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions and made clear she would treat them equally. At the Disciple Hall, Sheng Yuhong reflected on her distance from him, while Wei Yunqing emerged from seclusion with a changed view of him.

• Yuling confirmed that the evil cultivator had impersonated Xin Qiujian and explained that Xun Kun had been escorted safely back to the Southern Region despite an ambush.
• Yuling promised Yunxi a record of the Nascent Soul cultivators competing in the Grand Competition of the Five Regions.
• Yunxi accepted the escort mission at the Disciple Hall and told Zhou Lingchuan she would look after all participating disciples equally.
• Sheng Yuhong registered for the competition, and Zhou Lingchuan advised him not to mistake Yunxi's fellow-disciple regard for romantic interest.
• Wei Yunqing encountered Sheng Yuhong and, after advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, found him less capable of stirring her heart.

Yunxi learned that Wei Yunqing had emerged from seclusion and contacted friends while preparing for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions. She told Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui that Evil Cultivators planned to target the competition’s elite disciples, then proposed testing their strength in a match.

• Wei Yunqing registered for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions, and Elder Han sent Yunxi a message about her behavior toward Sheng Yuhong.
• Yunxi contacted friends in the sect, Wei Chenyin, and the Feng Family to learn how the Witch Tribe descendants were settling in.
• Feng Feng told Yong and Qin that Yunxi had asked about them, and they said they wished to follow her.
• Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui visited Yunxi, congratulated her on reaching Nascent Soul Late Stage, and discussed the competition.
• Yunxi offered to fight Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui together and said Evil Cultivators planned to kill the Five Regions’ elite disciples during the competition.

Yunxi told Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui that evil cultivators might threaten the Grand Competition of the Five Regions and offered to test their strength so they could better protect themselves. The three reached Doufa Peak, where Venerable Haohui agreed to referee their sparring match.

• Yunxi explained the danger surrounding the Grand Competition and said sect leaders would arrange a selection for Golden Core and Foundation Establishment disciples.
• Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang accepted Yunxi's offer to spar, and the three headed to Doufa Peak after Yunxi arranged for the Class A arena to be opened.
• Elder Han's preparations sparked rumors of a private grudge, drawing many disciples to Doufa Peak to watch.
• Zhang Lingrui told Yunxi that Cao Yi had formed his Nascent Soul and left on a mission to study formations using the Five Elements.
• Yunxi, Lin Keyang, and Zhang Lingrui arrived at the arena, where Venerable Haohui offered to referee their match.

Wei Yunxi fought Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang in a two-against-one sparring match at Doufa Peak, impressing the watching disciples and elders with her swordsmanship, ice spells, and boxing. After Lin Keyang was knocked off the arena, Yunxi and Zhang Lingrui’s final sword clash strained the protective barrier.

• Sheng Yuhong and Zhou Lingchuan hurried to Doufa Peak, where Wei Yunxi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang began their match under Venerable Haohui’s protective barrier.
• Zhang Lingrui attacked Yunxi with a golden sword, while Lin Keyang sent a Winged Tiger phantom at her; Yunxi blocked both attacks with her Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella and Nine Nether Sword.
• Yunxi created a Shadow Clone to face Lin Keyang while she fought Zhang Lingrui, using wind and ice sword techniques to counter his rain of swords.
• Yunxi’s Shadow Clone fought Lin Keyang with boxing techniques and Starlight Force, then knocked him off the arena with a powerful fist clash before merging back into Yunxi.
• Zhang Lingrui unleashed Profound Gold Void Breaker, and Yunxi answered with Ice Slash; their swords collided as Haohui heard the protective barrier crack.

Yunxi and Zhang Lingrui’s spar shattered Doufa Peak’s arena barrier before Venerable Haohui contained the damage. Back at Lingxue Peak, Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang decided to enter the Grand Competition of the Five Regions.

• Yunxi and Zhang Lingrui ended their powerful sword exchange when Haohui warned them that the arena barrier was about to break, but their residual attacks shattered it.
• Haohui dispersed the sword intent, and Yunxi agreed to compensate for the damage while Zhang Lingrui offered to pay half.
• Yunxi, Zhang Lingrui, and Lin Keyang returned to Lingxue Peak after Elder Han explained that the Disciple Hall would cover half the repair costs.
• Sheng Yuhong rebuked the gathered disciples for arguing over the spar’s outcome, and they left Doufa Peak.
• Yunxi told Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang she would not stop them from entering the Grand Competition of the Five Regions, and both chose to participate.

Yunxi advised Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang to prepare for the Grand Competition of the Five Regions, then discussed the competition and family affairs with Wei Chenyin and Feng Jiaqing. After warning Feng Jiaqing about the demonic cultivators’ plans, she gave the Feng Family a Nascent Soul Pill to help it raise a Nascent Soul True Lord; the chapter ended when a disciple delivered her an invitation.

• Yunxi reminded Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang to prepare defensive artifacts before they left to exchange sect contribution points.
• Wei Chenyin visited Yunxi, discussed the upcoming competition, and agreed to guard the Wei Family while Yunxi took part.
• Yunxi asked Wei Chenyin to deliver an invitation to Feng Jiaqing and arrange for the Witch Tribe descendants to travel in batches to Haoran City.
• Feng Jiaqing visited Yunxi, learned of her advancement and Dao name Ranxi, and recounted how he and Old Ancestor Feng had dealt with infiltrating demonic cultivators.
• Yunxi showed Feng Jiaqing a jade slip about the demonic cultivators’ schemes and urged the Feng Family to raise a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Yunxi gave Feng Jiaqing a Nascent Soul Pill, which he accepted as a purchase, and a disciple delivered Yunxi an invitation after he departed.

Yunxi investigated a Tianlin Shipping messenger and tracked a gray snake that entered Lingxue Peak, only for it to escape the formation. Lili identified the snake as a puppet carrying a human cultivator’s soul, while the hidden cultivator remained on Wuyou Mountain.

• Yujiang delivered Yunxi a jade slip from Ye Yirui, and Yunxi questioned him about Tianlin Shipping’s ownership before sending him away with a reward.
• Yunxi secretly marked Yujiang and arranged for Dian Dian and Lili to capture the gray snake that had followed him onto Lingxue Peak.
• Lili fought the gray snake, but it corroded a hole through Lingxue Peak’s formation and escaped before Yunxi could find its trail.
• A black-clad cultivator on Wuyou Mountain complained that Heavenly Dao suppression kept him from personally confronting Yunxi.
• Lili told Yunxi that the gray snake was a puppet carrying a wisp of a human cultivator’s dark gray soul.

Yunxi learned that the Shadow Gray Python was likely sent to kill her, and Venerable Yuling ordered the sect to search for it. Wei Yunqing found the injured python and contracted it, unaware that it was manipulating her, while Yunxi sensed that something was wrong.

• Yunxi told Venerable Yuling that the Shadow Gray Python had escaped after its tail was cut off, and he identified it as a dangerous beast controlled by a divided soul.
• Yuling warned Yunxi that the python might have been sent to invade her sea of consciousness and ordered the sect to search for it.
• The injured Shadow Gray Python regenerated its severed tail and slithered toward a mountain peak with a pleasant scent.
• The Law Enforcement Hall posted a notice asking disciples to report the missing python, while Wei Yunqing dismissed the notice as Yunxi's attempt to recruit help.
• Wei Yunqing found the python, named it Yingxi, and contracted it; the python secretly revealed that it considered her an unworthy master.
• Yunxi felt uneasy as sect disciples searched without finding the Shadow Gray Python.

Yunxi searched for life-saving secret techniques and agreed to meet Ye Yirui and her brother during the Central Domain competition. Meanwhile, Wei Yunqing fed the Shadow Gray Python and plotted against Yunxi, while Ye Yirui mourned over her brother’s deteriorating body.

• Dian Dian told Yunxi that his sect friends were searching for the Shadow Gray Python, and Rosy Cloud asked for a Life-Force Tree leaf so she could lay eggs before Yunxi released her from Lingxue Peak.
• Yunxi read Ye Yirui’s message asking her to help repair Ye Yuchen’s Dantian, then decided to meet them during her trip to the Central Domain and sent Ye Yirui a reply.
• Yunxi went to the Merit Hall to choose secret techniques for her trip, and True Lord Haofa advised her not to take more than three.
• Wei Yunqing fed the Shadow Gray Python medicinal pills and imagined taking more of Yunxi’s opportunities, while an unnoticed red light flashed in Wei Yunqing’s eyes and the python watched her.
• In Medicine King Valley, Ye Yirui stood grieving before Ye Yuchen’s ice coffin, knowing his body had begun to decay.

Ye Yirui learned that Wei Yunxi was coming to Medicine King Valley and hoped she could save her brother, Ye Yuchen. Meanwhile, Yunxi studied dangerous secret techniques and learned the sect planned to leave the Shadow Gray Python in Wei Yunqing's Immortal Cave as bait for the evil cultivators.

• Ye Yirui received word that Wei Yunxi was coming to Medicine King Valley and promised the dying Ye Yuchen she would find a way to restore him.
• Yunxi studied three secret techniques: Everywhere at Once, Sorrow of Snow, and Wrath of Thunder, each carrying a severe cost.
• Dian Dian told Yunxi that a Red-maned Horse had found the Shadow Gray Python inside Wei Yunqing's Immortal Cave, and Yunxi asked Dian Dian to reward it and keep Spirit Beast Peak's creatures away.
• Yunxi visited Yuling and offered to deal with the Shadow Gray Python, but Yuling explained that Old Ancestor Hao Yi wanted to leave it in place as bait while Wei Yunqing went to the Huaxian Sect grand competition.

Yunxi prepared for the sect’s departure, secured a Hong Energy Defense Shield through the Space Chat Group, and boarded Haoran Sect’s Flying Ship. As the ship left, Venerable Haoyan revealed that the Shadow Gray Python was behaving cautiously, and Yunxi went to investigate two figures appearing above the ship.

• Yunxi told Yuling that her Dantian had been repaired using the Medicine Immortal Sect’s Seven-Colored Lotus and agreed to keep the method secret.
• Yuling transferred half his Merit Points to Yunxi, who accepted them after exchanging for three secret arts.
• Yunxi received Star Trek’s Hong Energy Defense Shield and Hong Energy Blocks, then traded spiritual plant seedlings for more energy blocks.
• Yunxi spent the days before departure drawing talismans, refining pills, preparing medicine, and cultivating.
• Sect Master Yugeng sent the selected disciples off aboard Haoran Sect’s Flying Ship, while Venerable Haoyan said the Shadow Gray Python had remained inside Wei Yunqing’s Immortal Cave.
• Two figures appeared above the Flying Ship, and the Shadow Gray Python noticed them as Yunxi left the cabin to follow Haoqing.

Haoqing and Minghong agreed to have the Haoran Sect and Famous Sword Sect travel together toward the Central Domain, while Yunxi warned her companions to avoid Wei Yunqing. During the journey, Yunxi questioned Shi Jun about Zhou Langchen’s love tribulation, prompting Hao Yan to reveal a past tragedy involving a Famous Sword Sect disciple.

• Haoqing and Minghong agreed to travel together, and their sects’ Flying Ships proceeded side by side.
• Yunxi warned Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang through a voice transmission to avoid Wei Yunqing, and they agreed.
• Ten days into the journey, Shi Jun told Yunxi that Zhou Langchen had formed his Core and gone to undergo a love tribulation in the Mortal Realm.
• Yunxi’s questions about the tribulation unsettled Shi Jun, who left before answering her further questions.
• Hao Yan told Yunxi that five hundred years earlier a Famous Sword Sect genius had failed his love tribulation and accidentally killed his beloved, then tampered with his sea of consciousness after his memories were sealed.

Yunxi learned how the Famous Sword Sect’s karmic love tribulation had led an exceptionally talented disciple to abandon the sect, and discussed how Evil Cultivators may have manipulated his heartbreak. The conversation turned to mortal-world cultivation, and Haoqing criticized the Famous Sword Sect’s methods.

• Hao Yan told Yunxi that a genius disciple had failed his Nascent Soul tribulation after his beloved’s death, converted to the Ghost Path, and left the Famous Sword Sect.
• Yunxi suggested that Evil Cultivators had deliberately trapped the disciple in love, and Hao Yan said the sect had uncovered evidence supporting the suspicion.
• Hao Yan explained that Famous Sword Sect disciples could now choose whether to seal away memories from their karmic love tribulations and were given time to learn to let go.
• Hao Yan advised Yunxi to consider entering the mortal world for cultivation but warned her to hide her whereabouts because the Evil Cultivators targeted her.
• Hao Yan clarified that Haoran Sect’s mortal-world trials focused on experiencing ordinary life, not on karmic love tribulations.
• Haoqing joined Yunxi and Hao Yan, laughed about Yunxi striking a nerve with True Lord Shi Jun, and criticized the Famous Sword Sect’s approach to its trials.

Yunxi studied the Grand Competition’s eligible Nascent Soul cultivators while the Famous Sword Sect and Haoran Sect elders discussed the Evil Cultivators and the dangers surrounding the event. As the groups traveled safely to the Central Domain, the Rogue Cultivator Alliance joined them under Xiang Sizi, whose arrival frightened Wei Yunqing’s spirit beast Yingxi.

• Yunxi returned to her cabin and studied the jade slip listing cultivators qualified for the Grand Competition, intending to copy it for Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang.
• Shi Jun told Venerable Minghong about his conversation with Ranxi, and Minghong ordered him to warn the competing disciples to remain vigilant against Evil Cultivator traps.
• Venerable Mingxian explained that his breakthrough had revealed Heavenly Dao suppression and fragmentary images, and that he had been advised not to ascend while the Weiyu Realm remained unstable.
• Cultivators from all Four Regions traveled together and arrived safely at the Central Domain without an ambush.
• The Rogue Cultivator Alliance caught up with the Haoran Sect and Famous Sword Sect under Five Poisons Hermit Xiang Sizi, whose presence made Yingxi tighten around Wei Yunqing’s wrist in fear.
• Xiang Sizi met with Hao Yan and Haoqing, explained that she had joined the journey to confront the Evil Cultivators, and said she intended to repay them for the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s losses.