Chapter Summaries

Yunxi explained how the Evil Cultivator planned to use the trapped cultivators to free Longya and let it regain its power. She refused to give up, promised she had a way to deal with the artifact, and the chapter ended as cultivators began breaking through while another wave of Evil Souls appeared.

• Yunxi deduced that the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers had been weakened sealing Longya and that the Evil Cultivator intended to use the trapped cultivators to release the artifact.
• Yunxi explained that Longya was letting the cultivators fight Evil Souls so it could feed on them and eventually escape through a survivor.
• Han Lian and Xian Feng considered sacrificing themselves to keep Longya from escaping, but Yunxi urged them not to give up and claimed she had a way to deal with it.
• Yunxi declined to explain her plan and said she would need their cooperation when the time came.
• Cultivators in the Southern Region and Eastern Domain began breaking through as another wave of Evil Souls emerged, led by a Spirit Transformation-stage Evil Soul holding Longya.

Yunxi and the other cultivators escaped the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, but a giant hand tried to seize Longya and attacked Yunxi. Yuling helped save her, and the chapter ended with Yunxi badly injured and about to undergo the Spirit Transformation tribulation.

• Yuling and Xiang Sizi learned that the Evil Qi had vanished from the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, and Huatang began contracting it.
• The Scroll of Mountains and Rivers broke free, and Longya emerged as a giant hand reached down from a vortex to seize it.
• Yunxi and the other disciples chased Longya, and Yunxi destroyed the Flower Diadem Immortal Artifact to stop the giant hand from taking it.
• The giant hand struck Yunxi twice, but her Green Jade Bracelet and Substitute Puppet protected her while Yuling and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators drove it back.
• Yuling gave Yunxi a Life-Giving Pill, and she told him that she was about to undergo the Spirit Transformation tribulation.

Yunxi’s Immortal Artifact explosion wounded Longya, allowing Huatang to contract the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers and seal the artifact again. As the surviving cultivators faced Spirit Transformation tribulations, Wei Yunqing told the Venerables that the other trapped cultivators had died fighting the high-level Evil Souls.

• Yuling took the injured Yunxi to Huaxian Sect’s Tribulation Peak so she could prepare for her lightning tribulation.
• Huatang completed her contract with the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers and forced the wounded Longya back inside it.
• Purple-black lightning destroyed the black-robed male cultivator’s hiding place at Wuyou Mountain, and a lightning-covered giant hand seized him.
• Huaxian Sect’s Venerables brought thirty disciples to the Tribulation Peaks and activated formations to help them survive their tribulations.
• Wei Yunqing told Hao Yan that the evil cultivators had trapped the competition participants in the Sealed Land to free Longya, and that the other cultivators had perished fighting the high-level Evil Souls.

After emerging from the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, the surviving cultivators revealed how they had fought Evil Souls for ten years inside a time-accelerated Sealed Land. Yunxi began her Spirit Transformation tribulation despite severe injuries, and the Seven-Star Deadly Staff absorbed the first wave before she summoned the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella.

• Wei Yunqing described how the cultivators fought increasingly powerful Evil Souls and credited Ranxi and others with helping them survive.
• Hao Yan explained that only fifteen days had passed outside the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, while the survivors had aged ten years inside its time-acceleration formation.
• Wei Yunqing’s Mysterious Ice Needle trembled as Yunxi’s Spirit Transformation tribulation began over Tribulation Peak.
• Yunxi used Immortal Spirit Grass and restorative medicine to recover while preparing for the lightning tribulation.
• The Seven-Star Deadly Staff absorbed the first nine bolts of Tribulation Lightning, and Yunxi then recalled it and brought out the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella.

Yunxi endured the remaining waves of Tribulation Lightning and reached Spirit Transformation after a mysterious God Venerable questioned her deepest desire. She passed the tribulation as Spirit Rain fell and a unique celestial phenomenon appeared, while the reason she had been sent to the Weiyu Realm remained unresolved.

• Yunxi sent Hei Yao and the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon Umbrella away so she could endure the remaining Thunder Tribulation herself.
• Yunxi swallowed a Spirit Transformation Pill to repair the damage to her Meridians and guided the Tribulation Lightning into her Dantian to temper her Nascent Soul.
• Yuling activated the Tribulation Peak formation to weaken the final bolts, while the Cold Frost Profound Ice Needle trembled inside Wei Yunqing's Dantian at the presence of Ice Cold.
• As Yunxi lay barely conscious, a God Venerable argued that Longya only magnified people's desires and asked Yunxi to name her deepest desire.
• Yunxi said she wanted the Weiyu Realm restored and to learn why she had been sent there, then her Nascent Soul grew to merge with her body.
• Yunxi opened her eyes as Spirit Rain fell, confirming she had passed the tribulation and attained Spirit Transformation.

Yunxi survived her Spirit Transformation tribulation and received Merit from the Heavenly Dao for stopping the Evil Souls from escaping the Sealed Land. At Huaxian Hall, she faced Wei Yunqing and left an Ice Needle in her Dantian as a warning.

• Yunxi absorbed the Spirit Rain, which healed her hidden injuries, and asked Yuling whether the Huaxian Sect would compensate her for her destroyed Immortal Artifact.
• Yunxi told Yuling that she had saved Zhang Lingrui and Lin Keyang, while Wei Yunqing had survived using her own reserves.
• Buddha Son Yunchen thanked Yunxi for helping him pass his tribulation, and Master Yunyi and Yuling told their disciples to rest while they handled the aftermath.
• Huayu summoned Yunxi, Yunchen, Yuling, and Yunyi to Huaxian Hall, where cultivators questioned the masters about those lost in the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers.
• Yunxi warned Wei Yunqing that she could have used the Mysterious Ice Needle to kill her, then recalled one needle while leaving another inside Wei Yunqing's Dantian as a threat.

Wei Yunxi recounted how the cultivators survived ten years in the Sealed Land and stopped Longya from falling into the Evil Cultivator’s hands. After the newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivators gathered in Huaxian Hall and repaid or promised to repay their debts, Huatang appeared at the seat of honor.

• Wei Yunqing resolved to avoid Wei Yunxi, while Yunxi confirmed her companions were safe and exchanged Communication jade slip signatures with them.
• Yunxi told Hao Yan, Xiang Sizi, and the others how the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers had drawn them in and divided the cultivators into three groups in the Sealed Land.
• Yunxi and Yun Chen explained that the cultivators fought Evil Souls for ten years and that Yunxi injured Longya to thwart the Evil Cultivator’s scheme.
• Shi Jun gave Yunxi spirit stones he owed her, and newly advanced Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived, congratulated her, and repaid or promised to repay their debts.
• Huatang appeared at the seat of honor, and the cultivators stopped talking.

Huatang apologized for the deaths caused by the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers and offered compensation, while the gathered cultivators demanded an explanation. She revealed that Huabai had tampered with the treasure after being beguiled by evil cultivators, and Ranxi left wary of him and the Scroll’s remaining dangers.

• Xiang Sizi challenged Huatang to explain how evil cultivators had taken control of the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers and criticized Huaxian Sect’s failures.
• Huatang offered compensation to the fallen cultivators’ families and the survivors, and proposed giving Ranxi the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers.
• Ranxi refused the Scroll and requested a high-grade Spiritual Vein instead, warning Xiang Sizi that the treasure might still be dangerous.
• A cultivator pressed Huatang for the cause of the incident, and she disclosed that Huabai had tampered with the Scroll after being beguiled by evil cultivators.
• Yuling sensed Ranxi’s killing intent and urged her to settle her state of mind before cultivating again; other Venerables noticed her reaction to Huabai’s capture.

Xian Yao delivered Huaxian Sect’s compensation to Yunxi, who rejected her attempt to excuse Huabai and warned that she would avenge the dead cultivators. Yunxi then discussed Huaxian Sect’s suspected scheme with the three Venerables and planned a trip to Medicine King Valley before deciding whether to return with her master.

• Xian Yao gave Yunxi a Spiritual Vein and suggested Huabai’s actions had been driven by revenge, but Yunxi blamed him for the Five Regions’ losses and threatened to kill him if he approached her.
• Yunxi warned Xian Yao that she knew the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers contained Evil Souls and evil artifacts, and told her to convey that Venerable Huitang should not try to pass the scroll to her.
• Yunxi told Yuling, Hao Yan, and Haoqing that Huaxian Sect’s elders had knowingly agreed to use the scroll to suppress Longya and the Evil Soul, though Huabai’s selfish deal with Evil Cultivators had brought disaster.
• Hao Yan explained that Huaxian Sect feared Yunxi’s growing influence, while Haoqing urged her not to provoke conflict among the Five Regions.
• Yunxi told Yuling she planned to visit Medicine King Valley about the poisoning of Kunmo Sect disciples and then hoped to travel to the Northern Regions, but agreed to reconsider the Misty Snow Region because its cultivation limit excluded Spirit Transformation cultivators.

Hao Yan, Haoqing, and Yuling suspected Huaxian Sect had used Huabai and the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers to target Ranxi, then discussed the growing danger in the Weiyu Realm. After returning from the Scroll, Yunxi checked on Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui and told them to settle their minds before cultivating further; she later received Sheng Yuhong and Zhao Jinmu, who came to see her before the group returned to the Western Regions.

• Hao Yan, Haoqing, and Yuling speculated that Huaxian Sect had planned to trap Ranxi and the other cultivators in the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, using Huabai as cover.
• Yuling, Hao Yan, and Haoqing discussed Huaxian Sect's possible motives, the danger of the Evil Cultivators, and their need to prepare successors and raise their cultivation.
• Yunxi visited Lin Keyang and Zhang Lingrui, who were consolidating their cultivation, and reminded them to adjust their state of mind before entering seclusion.
• Sheng Yuhong and Zhao Jinmu visited Yunxi to congratulate her and confirm she was safe, and Yunxi told them to prepare for the return to the Western Regions.

Yunxi and Xun Kun visited Han Lian to ask whether they could still enter the Misty Snow Region after advancing to Spirit Transformation, then traveled to Medicine King Valley. The chapter ended with Xun Kun confronting Elder Ye about why he had poisoned Kunmo Sect disciples again.

• Yunxi secretly gave Zhao Jinmu a Gene Enhancement Potion and told him to take it privately after returning to his sect.
• Yunxi and Xun Kun visited Han Lian, who agreed to ask her master about whether Spirit Transformation cultivators could enter the Misty Snow Region.
• Huatang asked Xian Yao about Ranxi, and Xian Yao praised Ranxi's potions and resolved to repay her debt.
• Yunxi and Xun Kun arrived at Medicine King Valley and were welcomed by Ye Yirui and Ye Chengbil.
• Xun Kun told Ye Chengbil he wanted to know why Ye Chengbil had poisoned Kunmo Sect disciples a second time.

Yunxi and Xun Kun confronted Medicine King Valley over Ye Chengbil’s second poisoning of the Kunmo Sect disciples and forced a soul search after presenting proof. The search revealed that Ye Chengbil had colluded with evil cultivators in schemes against his family, and Ye Yirui began investigating his associates.

• Xun Kun tried to search Ye Chengbil’s soul, but Old Ancestor Ye intervened, so Xun Kun showed him the Imprint Jade recording of Ye Chengbil secretly administering powder.
• Yunxi demanded an explanation, and Xun Kun insisted on searching Ye Chengbil’s soul while holding him accountable for any collusion with evil cultivators.
• Xun Kun searched Ye Chengbil’s soul and discovered that he had conspired with evil cultivators to harm Ye Chengzong and seize Ye Yuchen’s Innate Dao Body.
• Xun Kun took Ye Chengbil’s Storage Ring and found a Black Token linked to evil cultivators.
• Old Ancestor Ye sent Ye Yirui to search Ye Chengbil’s medicine hut, and Xun Kun gave her a jade slip listing Ye Chengbil’s close associates for investigation.

Yunxi and Xun Kun helped Medicine King Valley stop a theft and exposed a group seeking a Black Token, then Ye Yirui led them to her brother, Ye Yuchen. The chapter ended as Ye Yirui opened his Ice Coffin so Yunxi could examine his injuries.

• Yunxi told Old Ancestor Ye that repairing Ye Yuchen's Dantian required the extinct Creation Green Lotus, and he explained Ye Yirui's long effort to heal her brother.
• Yunxi intercepted Aunt Ran and her companions as they searched Ye Chengbil's body for a Black Token, then captured them with Sleeve Universe.
• Xun Kun and Old Ancestor Ye stopped thieves from taking Medicine King Valley's Life-Force Tree and returned with the stolen tree and the culprits.
• Yunxi and Xun Kun handed both groups of captured people to Ye Yirui for questioning.
• Ye Yirui took Yunxi and Xun Kun to Ye Yuchen's Ice Coffin and opened it so Yunxi could examine him.

Yunxi examined Ye Yuchen’s damaged Dantian and agreed to seek a way to repair it, after seeing a ring that brought back visions of his future as a ruthless killer. She realized Ye Yuchen and Ye Yirui could become weapons for evil cultivators, and decided to stay at Medicine King Valley while Xun Kun remained with her.

• Yunxi found that Ye Yuchen’s Dantian was severely cracked but had no holes, and learned that Ye Yirui had kept him alive by freezing him and nourishing him with Spiritual Qi.
• Yunxi noticed the ruby ring on Ye Yuchen’s finger, recalled visions of him destroying Medicine King Valley and slaughtering cultivators, and told Ye Yirui she would consider how to repair his Dantian.
• Yunxi gave Ye Yirui Rejuvenation Fluid to restore Ye Yuchen’s body and promised to provide a list of spirit plants once she had adjusted her formula.
• Yunxi told Xun Kun that the Heavenly Dao had warned her the siblings could become weapons for evil cultivators, and explained how their desperation might lead them into conflict with righteous cultivators.
• Xun Kun warned Yunxi that treating Ye Yuchen could draw the attention of evil cultivators, and agreed to stay with her at Medicine King Valley while they awaited news from Han Lian.

After confirming her spirit beasts were safe, Yunxi negotiated an exchange with Star Trek to save the commander of his Third Group Army and obtain treatment for Ye Yuchen. She sent Star Trek a Longevity Fruit Tree and fruit, and he prepared to send an Advanced Treatment Pod and matching Repair Fluid.

• Yunxi checked on Dian Dian, Rosy Cloud, Zhusheng, and Lili in her space and found them safe.
• Yunxi accepted Star Trek's final batch of supplies and learned that the commander of his Third Group Army needed a way to extend her life.
• Star Trek explained that the commander's successor had died in battle and that she needed another twenty to thirty years to train a replacement.
• Yunxi offered a Longevity Fruit and agreed to exchange a Longevity Fruit Tree and fruit for an Advanced Treatment Pod and matching Repair Fluid for Ye Yuchen.
• Yunxi sent Star Trek the tree with one fruit, while Star Trek said he could provide the treatment equipment and Repair Fluid immediately.

Yunxi received a treatment pod and traded the Medicine Immortal Sect’s Seven-Colored Lotus seeds to Ethereal Immortal for protective Golden Armor. Meanwhile, Ye Yirui returned to Medicine King Valley to face the elders and asked them to help root out the evil cultivators hidden there.

• Yunxi accepted Star Trek’s treatment pod and Repair Fluid instructions, then refused Ethereal Immortal’s offer of another free Immortal Artifact.
• Yunxi sent Ethereal Immortal the Seven-Colored Lotus seeds from the Medicine Immortal Sect’s storehouse and received a set of Golden Armor in exchange.
• Yunxi bonded with the Golden Armor, which could protect her body and Nascent Soul, then began learning to use the treatment pod for Ye Yuchen.
• Medicine King Valley’s elders questioned Old Ancestor Ye about Ye Chengbil’s betrayal and argued over whether Ye Yirui should remain Young Valley Master.
• Ye Yirui entered the hall, accepted responsibility for the damage to Medicine King Valley, and asked the elders to help find the evil cultivators within the sect.

Ye Yirui secured the elders’ cooperation in purging Medicine King Valley, while Ranxi and Xun Kun’s departure delayed their companions’ return journeys. Han Lian learned that she could still reach the Misty Snow Region, but its entrance lay deep in the Polar Gale Zone.

• Old Ancestor Ye ordered the Third Elder to help Ye Yirui cleanse Medicine King Valley of Evil Cultivators, then warned the Great Elder and Second Elder not to lose sight of the sect’s security.
• Yuling and Haoqing learned that Ranxi would stay at Medicine King Valley, so Haoran Sect departed for the Western Regions without her.
• Venerable Wutong told Jin Can to stop pursuing Xun Kun and focus on cultivation, prompting her to return to Kunmo Sect and settle down to cultivate.
• Han Lian waited for her master’s reply about the Misty Snow Region while consolidating her cultivation in her Immortal Cave.
• Xian Yao visited Huaxian Sect’s Guest Peak to seek Ranxi, but Haoqing told her that Ranxi would not return to the Western Regions soon.
• Han Lian received word from Venerable Han Xiao that she could reach the Misty Snow Region in time, though its entrance was deep in the Polar Gale Zone.

Han Lian and Yun Chen prepared to travel to the Northern Regions and brave the Polar Gale Zone, while Yunxi and Xun Kun planned to follow after settling matters in Medicine King Valley. Yunxi examined Ye Yuchen and arranged to bring him to her residence for treatment, leaving Ye Yirui asking how she could repay her.

• Han Lian consulted Yun Chen, Xun Kun, and Ranxi about entering the Misty Snow Region, and they agreed that Yun Chen and Han Lian would set out first while the others caught up later.
• Yun Chen bid Master Yunyi farewell, boarded the Jihan Sect's Flying Ship, and departed for the Northern Regions.
• Yunxi learned that Ye Yirui had purged Ye Chengbil's faction from Medicine King Valley and reflected on how her support had changed Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen's fate.
• Ye Yirui told Yunxi that Ye Yuchen had improved after soaking in the Rejuvenation Fluid and gave her the spiritual plants gathered for the potion.
• Yunxi examined Ye Yuchen, told Ye Yirui to give him another Longevity Pill, and had her bring him to Yunxi's residence.
• As they left the Secret Chamber with Ye Yuchen in the Ice Coffin, Ye Yirui asked Yunxi how she and her brother could repay her.

Yunxi repaired Ye Yuchen’s Dantian, and he woke to reunite with Ye Yirui. After learning of Ye Chengbil’s crimes, Ye Yuchen asked his sister to hide his recovery while he met Old Ancestor Ye, as Yunxi and Xun Kun departed for Jihan Sect’s Flying Ship.

• Yunxi proposed that Ye Yirui either join the Medicine Immortal Sect or become the true Valley Master, and Ye Yirui chose to consider how to repay her kindness.
• Yunxi used the Advanced Treatment Pod to repair Ye Yuchen’s Dantian and sent Ye Yirui a Message Talisman when the treatment ended.
• Ye Yuchen woke before Ye Yirui arrived, examined his repaired Dantian, and reunited with his sister.
• Yunxi left Medicine King Valley with Xun Kun to catch Jihan Sect’s Flying Ship.
• Ye Yirui told Ye Yuchen that Ye Chengbil had colluded with evil cultivators and caused their father’s death and Ye Yuchen’s Dantian injury.
• Ye Yuchen asked Ye Yirui to keep his recovery secret and take him to Old Ancestor Ye, then asked her to tell him what had happened during his fifty years asleep.

Yunxi and Xun Kun reunited with Han Lian and Buddha Son Yunchen, and the four discussed the Misty Snow Region’s dangerous entrance in the Polar Gale Zone. They decided to pursue the secret realm despite the Realm Spirit’s apparent efforts to keep cultivators out, while Sheng Yuhong encountered Wei Yunqing aboard another ship.

• Yunxi and Xun Kun boarded Jihan Sect’s Flying Ship and reunited with Han Lian and Buddha Son Yunchen.
• Jihan Sect disciples discussed the deaths of Nascent Soul cultivators trapped in the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers.
• Han Lian explained the Misty Snow Region’s opening schedule and the risks of reaching its entrance in the Polar Gale Zone.
• Yunxi and the others reasoned that the Realm Spirit had placed the entrance in a dangerous location to keep cultivators away from the conflict with the Evil Cultivators.
• Han Lian, Buddha Son Yunchen, and Xun Kun recalled their resolve to sacrifice themselves during the battle, and Yunxi urged them to avenge their fallen companions.
• Yunxi and her companions decided to attempt the journey to the Misty Snow Region and prepare protective treasures; meanwhile, Sheng Yuhong encountered Wei Yunqing on Haoran Sect’s Flying Ship.