Chapter Summaries

Yunxi and the two True Venerables removed unhatched Evil Insect eggs from cultivators and contained the Feng Family disciples, but hundreds of grown insects still threatened their hosts. Yunxi proposed putting both the insects and their hosts into hibernation to allow the insects to be extracted safely.

• Master Ruohuai, Cang Lou, and Yunxi removed unhatched Insect Eggs from cultivators, while Yunxi warned that those whose insects had reached the sea of consciousness could not be saved.
• Yunxi learned from Lili that Feng Yan had confiscated the Feng Family’s problematic pills and suspected Feng Xichao was responsible.
• Yunxi told the Ye Family siblings to inform the encampment about the danger and bring in pills and suspected cultivators, then sent the Feng Family disciples to the Elixir Hall.
• Feng Yan burned the pills she had confiscated and returned to her tent, hoping to save more Feng Family disciples.
• Yunxi proposed putting the Evil Insects and their hosts into hibernation so the insects could be removed before draining their hosts’ power.

Yunxi, Master Ruohuai, and Cang Lou removed Evil Insects from the frontline encampment, then prepared the cultivators for renewed attacks. The Evil Venerable sent another wave of threadworms onto the battlefield, where Master Ruohuai destroyed those that had not yet entered anyone’s body.

• Yunxi froze Chu Xixi while Master Ruohuai and Cang Lou extracted her Evil Insect, and Yunxi burned it with Profound Thunder Purple Flame.
• Over seven days, the three treated the infected cultivators, saving those they could and arranging dignified deaths for more than a hundred who could not be rescued.
• Cang Lou returned with the remaining cultivators to the temporary city, while Yunxi prepared new arrivals with Imprint Jade and assigned Lili and Dian Dian to inspect returning cultivators.
• Xiong Wei targeted high-ranking evil cultivators, while the Evil Venerable berated Xing Luo for his false intelligence and ordered another attack.
• The next day, low-ranking evil creatures exploded on the battlefield and released black threadworms, but Master Ruohuai used Buddha light illumination to destroy those that had not entered cultivators' bodies.

Yunxi destroyed the Evil Insects and enemy forces on the battlefield, then led an advance toward the passage to the Wuwang Ruins. As Yunxi, Master Ruohuai, and Xiong Wei attacked the Evil Venerable, she was flung toward the passage, where a huge hand reached out.

• Master Ruohuai summoned Yunxi to the front lines, and she froze the affected cultivators before burning the evil cultivators and creatures with the Profound Thunder Purple Flame.
• Yunxi urged Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei to seize the opportunity, and they pushed the battlefield forward ten li while the front-line camp relocated and raised its defensive formation.
• Yunxi learned from Senior Ethereal Immortal that the Insectoid Race could evolve into a disaster, and she attacked the Evil Venerable with her Seven-Star Deadly Staff alongside Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei.
• The combined attacks of the three Mahayana True Venerables struck the Evil Venerable and sent Yunxi toward the Wuwang Ruins passage, where a huge hand reached out.

Yunxi was gravely injured while recording the passage array patterns, but she passed them to Cao Yi so he could try to break the evil cultivators’ route to the Ancient Battlefield. She entered a treatment pod in seclusion for what was expected to be a year of recovery, while the camp prepared for further attacks.

• Yunxi struck the black hand at the passage entrance, was hurled away, and suffered shattered bones as the Evil Venerable retreated into the passage.
• Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei brought the injured Yunxi back to camp, where she gave Ye Yirui a jade slip containing the passage’s array patterns for Cao Yi.
• Yunxi released the cultivators trapped in her domain and entered seclusion in the Pill Pavilion before Lili carried her to the Medicine Immortal Sect’s Advanced Treatment Pod.
• The treatment pod diagnosed devastating damage to Yunxi’s bones and meridians and began a year of treatment with high-grade Repair Fluid.
• Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen delivered Yunxi’s jade slip to Cao Yi, who promised to find a way to break the passage array.

After the Spirit Realm’s forces pushed the Ancient Battlefield forward, reports spread about Ranxi’s injuries and the evil cultivators’ failed plans. True Venerable Haoran told Yuling about the immortal bones and their potential to help cultivators prepare for the Spirit Realm’s ascension, but Yuling still wanted to go to the Ancient Battlefield.

• Dai Tong and Hua Yi discussed the battlefield’s advance, Ranxi’s injuries, and the need to prepare the next rotation of cultivators.
• The Evil Venerable was reprimanded in the Wuwang Ruins and warned to act carefully as the Spirit Realm neared completion.
• Qianmei told True Venerable Mingyou that marked ghost cultivators could become nourishment for the Evil God, and Mingyou ordered their quiet removal if their marks could not be erased.
• Spirit Realm leaders tightened security and increased preparations after learning of the evil cultivators’ Insectoid Race plan.
• True Venerable Haoran told Yuling that Ranxi’s group had retrieved immortal bones to support the ‘Create Immortal’ plan and offered him a chance to refine bones suited to his attributes.
• Yuling agreed to cultivate diligently but insisted that he still wished to join the next mission to the Ancient Battlefield.

Yuling learned that Ranxi had proposed the “Create Immortal” plan and that evil cultivators were using Evil Insects in the Ancient Battlefield, then prepared the sect’s disciples for the dangerous garrison mission. Feng Jiayun, worried about her daughter Yunxi, asked to join the mission despite lacking the required cultivation, and Yuling told her to stay in the sect.

• True Venerable Haoran told Yuling that Ranxi and her companions had recovered the immortal bones and warned that the next Ancient Battlefield garrison would face Evil Insects and heavier casualties.
• Yuling placed the Evil Insects information in the Mission Hall, where eligible disciples could review it and decide whether to keep or withdraw from the mission.
• Feng Jiayun heard that Yunxi had been transported to the Ancient Battlefield and decided to seek permission to join the garrison mission.
• Feng Jiayun asked Yuling to make an exception because she feared for Yunxi, but Yuling told her that her cultivation was insufficient and she should remain in the sect.

After recovering from her battlefield injuries, Yunxi emerged from seclusion and learned how the conflict had changed during her absence. The evil cultivators remained frenzied, but the Evil Insects had not appeared in the past two years.

• Feng Jiayun accepted Yuling’s warning that she would endanger Yunxi if she entered the Ancient Battlefield, and prepared high-grade pills for Yuling to deliver to her daughter.
• Yuling led Haoran Sect disciples to the Ancient Battlefield, where he met Xiang Sizi, who had volunteered for the garrison mission as a poison cultivator.
• After more than a year in the Advanced Treatment Pod, Yunxi woke with most of her injuries healed and spent two more years repairing hidden damage before emerging from seclusion.
• Ye Yirui told Yunxi that the new garrison force was twice as large, Yuling had arrived, the Pill Pavilion had a new manager, and Feng Yan had led the remaining Feng Family disciples away.
• Ye Yirui reported that the fighting had intensified and three Mahayana True Venerables were stationed at the battlefield; the Evil Insects had appeared in its first two years but not in the past two.

After recovering from her injuries and emerging from seclusion, Yunxi learned about the battlefield’s defenses and went to see her master. When Evil Insects appeared again, she joined Yuling and merged their domains to capture the battlefield’s evil cultivators and creatures, leaving the furious Evil Venerable to attack Master Bukou.

• Yunxi learned that six Mahayana True Venerables were guarding the Ancient Battlefield and that Yun Chen and Han Lian had returned to the Buddha Domain.
• Ye Yirui told Yunxi that the cultivators transported to the battlefield with her had accepted ten years of garrison duty, and Yunxi said she would visit the Spirit Domain encampment.
• You Zisang asked Yunxi about Feng Yan and the Imprint Jade, then received word that Evil Insects had appeared on the battlefield again.
• Yunxi arrived on the battlefield and rescued an infected cultivator while Yuling used his Ice Hell to contain the growing threat.
• Yunxi and Yuling merged their domains, drawing the battlefield’s evil cultivators and creatures inside before leaving it silent.
• The Evil Venerable, enraged that Yunxi had survived and disrupted his plans, hurled a black sphere of light at Master Bukou.

Master Bukou and True Venerable Xiao He repelled the Evil Venerable while Yunxi and Yuling cleared their domain of enemies. After reuniting with her master and catching up on four years of events, Yunxi proposed using the Spirit Realm’s return to the Immortal Realm to sever the Wuwang Ruins passage.

• Master Bukou and True Venerable Xiao He forced the Evil Venerable back into the Wuwang Ruins and discussed the greater threat hidden there.
• Yunxi and Yuling coordinated their attacks to defeat the enemies inside their domain, then returned to camp.
• Yuling warned Yunxi against risking her life and gave her a jade slip summarizing events from her four years in seclusion.
• Yunxi concluded that the Ghost Domain’s return and the Buddha Domain’s eventual restoration could allow the Spirit Realm to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
• Yunxi told Yuling that the Spirit Realm’s return would sever the passage from the Wuwang Ruins to the Ancient Battlefield.

Yunxi and Yuling discussed how the Spirit Realm's ascension might let them sever the passage from the Wuwang Ruins, while weighing the risks and the Create Immortal plan. They learned their allies were preparing to destroy the passage, then went to investigate an unusual condition among cultivators infected by Evil Insects.

• Yuling questioned whether the passage would break when the Spirit Realm ascended, warning that powerful Evil Cultivators might enter the Ancient Battlefield if it remained open.
• Yunxi explained that refining Immortal Bones could help cultivators trapped at bottlenecks and described how her ordeal with the bones had tempered her state of mind and advanced her cultivation.
• Yunxi told Yuling that the True Venerables were considering how to use the Immortal Bones, while Yuling explained that the Spirit Realm's defenses and ascension preparations made the next ten years crucial.
• Yuling said Cao Yi had successfully tested a formation disk designed to destroy the passage, and Yunxi offered to help him advance so he could make stronger disks.
• Yuling received a message from You Zisang, who requested Yunxi's help because cultivators infected by Evil Insects were showing an unusual condition.
• Yunxi agreed to go to the Pill Pavilion, and Yuling accompanied her to assist.

Yunxi discovered that the Evil Insects had laid eggs inside the frozen cultivators, whose eggs could drain their hosts’ essence even after the adults were killed. The group brought ten infected cultivators into Yuling’s Ice Hell with Wuwang to investigate ways to suppress and eradicate the insects without ending the freezing technique.

• Yunxi and Yuling joined You Zisang and Yutang Ruofeng at the Elixir Hall, where a Heavenly Demon Palace cultivator died as You Zisang tried to remove an Evil Insect.
• Yunxi deduced that revived insect eggs were draining the cultivator’s essence, and You Zisang burned his corpse before Yutang Ruofeng secured his ashes and Storage Ring.
• You Zisang explained that her treatment had worked on the first hundred cultivators, but the latest victim continued to lose his cultivation after the adult insect was killed.
• Yunxi warned that the eggs could hatch and cause a calamity in the Spirit Realm, while Yutang Ruofeng urged the group to prevent Heavenly Demon Palace cultivators from becoming insect hosts.
• Master Ruohuai proposed using a domain and Wuwang’s Buddhist power to suppress the insects without undoing the freezing technique, and You Zisang, Yunxi, and Yuling agreed to try it.
• You Zisang brought ten infected cultivators, Yunxi, and Wuwang into Yuling’s Ice Hell, where Wuwang immediately felt the domain’s intense cold.

Yunxi, You Zisang, Wuwang, and Yuling worked together to remove Evil Insects and their eggs from the afflicted cultivators. After three days and nights of treatment, Yuling’s ice-origin power was severely depleted, so Yunxi took over maintaining the domain while he began to recover.

• Wuwang used Buddhist seals to suppress the afflicted cultivators, while Yuling froze them and Yunxi and You Zisang used their Exotic Flames to destroy the insect eggs and extract the Evil Insects.
• Hua Mushu awoke after her treatment, inspected herself for remaining eggs, and agreed to stay in Yunxi’s domain for safety.
• The four treated the remaining cultivators in batches, clearing all the Evil Insects and eggs over three days and nights.
• A male cultivator’s cultivation dropped when Yuling was slow to freeze him, and Yunxi froze him with a Frost Art.
• Yunxi noticed Yuling’s silver hair turning black, and Wuwang explained that Yuling had overused his ice-origin power.
• Yunxi gave Yuling pills and medicinal potions, replaced Ice Hell with her Wind Snow Domain, and urged him to recover.

Yunxi and Wuwang discovered that an Evil Insect had entered a cultivator’s sea of consciousness through a bracelet made from Evil Insect Eggs, prompting a search for similar items among the Spirit Realm cultivators. At the Ancient Battlefield, the six True Venerables learned of the Evil Venerable’s scheme and began considering how to retaliate.

• After the cultivator’s cultivation fell, Wuwang examined him and found that an Evil Insect had entered his sea of consciousness.
• Hua Mushu revealed that the cultivator had taken a pill, and Yunxi found and burned a bracelet made from disguised Evil Insect Eggs in his Storage Ring.
• You Zisang informed the cultivators in the Wind Snow Domain and had them inspect their storage equipment for suspicious items.
• Yunxi left to check on Yuling’s recovery, while You Zisang took the affected cultivator to the True Venerables overseeing the area.
• Yutang Ruofeng told his grandaunt why the Heavenly Demon Palace cultivators had fallen, and all six True Venerables learned of the Evil Venerable’s plan.
• She Baihui urged the True Venerables to consider how to strike back against the evil cultivators.

The six True Venerables planned a counterattack against the evil cultivators while seeking a way to prevent Evil Insects from invading cultivators. Yunxi examined Cao Yi’s upgraded formation disk and agreed to study the divine-script runes that might make it powerful enough to destroy the passage, just as Yuling emerged from seclusion.

• Yutang Fengxin agreed with She Baihui that the cultivators should counterattack and focus on severing the passage from the Wuwang Ruins, while Ruo Huai insisted they also needed a defense against Evil Insects.
• The six True Venerables exchanged information, and Master Bukou and She Baihui went to guard the front lines as You Zisang brought an infected Huaxian Sect cultivator to Du'e and True Venerable Xiao He for questioning.
• Du'e suppressed the Evil Insect while Xiao He used flute music to awaken the cultivator, allowing You Zisang to question him about the bracelet connected to the attack.
• Yunxi waited outside Yuling’s restricted residence and searched her space for ice-element treasures to help restore his origin power after his strenuous battle and use of Ice Hell.
• Cao Yi visited Yunxi with an eighth-grade Spirit Gathering Formation for Yuling and a ninth-grade formation disk intended to destroy the passage, but warned that its power might be insufficient.
• Cao Yi proposed using Yunxi’s sealing runes to strengthen the disk, and Yunxi agreed to study the runes in his jade slip as Yuling opened the restrictions.

Yunxi took over Yuling’s duties while he entered seclusion to recover, then helped the Ye siblings prepare for cultivation and gave Xiang Sizi a poison to test against Evil Insects. Cao Yi and Situ Xuanming arrived seeking her help with new formation disks.

• Yuling told Yunxi to lead the Haoran Sect disciples during his seclusion, and Yunxi gave him ten-thousand-year frost to restore his source power.
• Yunxi gave Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen supplies and told them to cultivate; Ye Yuchen agreed to pursue a breakthrough.
• Xiang Sizi asked Yunxi for guidance on poisoning Evil Insects, and Yunxi gave her the poison Entwine to test.
• Cao Yi and Situ Xuanming visited Yunxi because Situ Xuanming wanted to see formation disks inscribed with special runes.

Yunxi tested one of her powerful formation patterns on a blank formation disk, which shattered under its force. She proposed inscribing the patterns while the disk was being refined, then received an urgent summons to the main tent.

• Situ Xuanming asked Yunxi to demonstrate her special formation patterns, and she warned that his disks might not withstand them.
• Yunxi inscribed an Explosive pattern onto Situ Xuanming's blank disk, which cracked and shattered within three breaths.
• Yunxi explained that testing disks one by one would waste her essence blood, spiritual power, and Merit, and Situ Xuanming left to seek another solution.
• Yunxi suggested that an artifact refiner inscribe the patterns while refining the disk, and Cao Yi hurried off to discuss the idea with Situ Xuanming.
• A Message Talisman arrived summoning Yunxi to the main tent at once.

Yunxi deduced that the Insect Egg bracelet had been planted in a cultivator’s memories, exposing a possible scheme by the Evil Venerable. The encampment prepared to seal itself and investigate while Yunxi stayed behind to assist with the formation and inquiry.

• Du'e and Xiao He reported that a Huaxian Sect cultivator had supposedly given the deceased male cultivator the bracelet, though her soul search and oath confirmed she had never done so.
• Yunxi reasoned that the male cultivator’s memories of receiving the bracelet had been fabricated, since he would have treasured anything given by the junior sister he pursued.
• Ruohuai and Yutang Fengxin suspected the Evil Venerable had planted the bracelet to sow confusion in retaliation for the destruction of the passage entrance.
• You Zisang urged the True Venerables to seal the encampment and investigate again, while Yunxi recommended that they personally take the field and said Xiang Sizi’s anti-insect poison was progressing.
• Du'e suggested bringing Yunxi to the battlefield, but Yutang Fengxin and Xiao He kept her at the encampment to assist You Zisang and cooperate with Situ Xuanming on strengthening the formation disk.

Yunxi and Xiang Sizi developed a poison called "Lingering Affection" to target Evil Insects while the Spirit Realm fought the evil cultivators. The chapter ended as they released the poison across the battlefield to test it against a swarm of insects.

• You Zisang, Ranxi, and Wuwang inspected the encampment, found Evil Insect Eggs, and helped stop infected cultivators from attacking their allies.
• Du'e, She Baihui, and Master Bukou fought the Evil Venerable and his forces, driving them back through the passage.
• Yunxi secluded herself with Xiang Sizi for a month, then began refining "Lingering Affection" to exterminate Evil Insects.
• Cao Yi suggested combining formation refining and inscription, and Situ Xuanming sought materials from the Artifact Refiners for a disk that could bear one hundred and eight formation patterns.
• Three days after the Evil Venerable retreated, low-ranking evil creatures emerged from the passage and self-destructed, scattering Evil Insects across the battlefield.
• Xiang Sizi released poison mist, and Yunxi used Spring Breeze Caress to carry it across the battlefield and expose the Evil Insects to it.

Yunxi and Xiang Sizi tested Lingering Affection against the Evil Insects, wiping out the battlefield swarm and forcing the Evil Venerable to change tactics. Yunxi then helped Xiao He and Du'e poison the Evil Venerable, who began coughing blood as his Dharma body shrank.

• Yunxi explained that Xiang Sizi's Lingering Affection spread through Evil Qi and turned the Evil Insects into bloody water, while Yutang Fengxin watched the poison take effect.
• Master Bukou ordered the cultivators to retreat, and Xiang Sizi confirmed that her poison had succeeded as the Evil Venerable attacked the withdrawing forces.
• Yunxi asked Xiao He how she could deliver poison to the Evil Venerable, and Xiao He said he and Du'e would need to break through his protective aura.
• Du'e attacked the Evil Venerable while Xiao He used his jade flute to restrain him, creating an opening for Yunxi to send Entangle into his body.
• Du'e and Xiao He continued their assault as Yunxi warned them that the poison would spread faster if the Evil Venerable circulated his cultivation technique.
• The Evil Venerable spat blood, lost his Dharma body, and accused the cultivators of poisoning him.

Yunxi explained how she poisoned Evil Venerable with the Medicine Immortal Sect’s lost poison, Entwine, and recounted the story behind the sect’s toxic arts legacy. The group considered how long Evil Venerable might take to purge the poison, and Yunxi confirmed that no antidote existed in this realm.

• Du'e recalled the Vajra Pestle and told Evil Venerable that the poison was their return gift for the insect eggs he had planted.
• Evil Venerable glared at Yunxi, then fled into the Wuwang Ruins passageway because he had been poisoned.
• Back at the encampment, Yunxi explained Entwine’s effects and its origins in the Medicine Immortal Sect’s toxic arts legacy.
• Yunxi recounted how the sect’s founder’s daughter poisoned her treacherous Dao Companion and his family before establishing a school of toxic arts.
• Yutang Fengxin and Xiao He wondered how long Evil Venerable would need to purge the poison, and Yunxi said there was no antidote in this realm.