Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu confined the Guan Family head after learning that an Ancient Treasure had driven him mad, then heard of deadly monsters and powerful factions converging on Eastern Peak Capital. Months later, Jin Miaoshan delivered two High-Grade Core Formation Spirit Items, a pill, and the Yin Fiend Corpse Refinement Art; Wang Yu began planning to cultivate the art and create an Extreme Yin Land in Guiling City.

• Wang Yu agreed to confine the Guan Family head in the City Lord's Mansion, where he imprisoned him and assigned a guard.
• Wang Yu learned that monsters and Core Formation cultivators had caused mass casualties in Eastern Peak Capital, while major sects and factions moved in to investigate.
• Jin Miaoshan delivered Wang Yu the Magma Earth Core Fruit, the Ten Thousand Year Tree Heart, a One-Pattern Essence Condensation Pill, and the Yin Fiend Corpse Refinement Art.
• Wang Yu used a Placement Slot to assess the time needed to master the Corpse Refinement Art, then prioritized the Ancient Soul Art and planned to use the Grand Yin Nether Eye to create an Extreme Yin Land.

Wang Yu gathered Grand Yin Moon Fiend Energy to temper himself and prepare a Living Corpse, but realized the moon-derived power differed from the Yin Fiend required by his corpse-refinement art. After months of training and blood-sacrificial refinement, his traits advanced and his True Essence reached five hundred drops, just as his spine began a second mutation.

• Wang Yu used his Grand Yin Nether Eye to draw down Moon Fiend Energy, enduring severe pain while collecting it and tempering his body.
• Wang Yu discovered that Moon Fiend Energy was not the top-grade Yin Fiend described in the corpse-refinement art, though it strengthened his eyes, Blood Qi, and Yin Nether Demonic Flood Dragon Spine.
• Wang Yu found that the Living Corpse had transformed after nearly sixty days of absorbing moonlight, then postponed extinguishing its vitality and instead began blood-sacrificially refining it with layered Corpse Control seals.
• Wang Yu continued his cultivation until Secret Art Completion advanced his Corpse Demon Bone and Heavenly Yin Blood traits, while his appearance became more human.
• Wang Yu reached five hundred drops of True Essence and prepared to advance, but his Yin Nether Demonic Flood Dragon Spine began a second mutation.

Wang Yu fused his Corpse Demon and body-refinement powers into the Yin Nether Demonic Flood Dragon Art, then met Zhuo Shouqing, who warned him that successful practitioners of the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation hunted one another. The chapter left Wang Yu learning that a Mixed Spiritual Roots cultivator had used the art to reach peak Core Formation and nearly Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude.

• Wang Yu used Grand Yin Moon Fiend Energy to fuse his Second Tier Corpse Demon and body-refinement powers, greatly increasing his strength.
• Wang Yu created the top-grade Second Tier cultivation method Yin Nether Demonic Flood Dragon Art, and Placement Slot 4 began cultivating it.
• Guan Yingdong told Wang Yu that a visitor had called him Fourth Brother, so Wang Yu hurried to meet Zhuo Shouqing in the Main Hall.
• Zhuo Shouqing explained that Zuoqiu Ming's Father and Jin Miaoshan had helped redirect Gold Abundance Pavilion's anger away from Wang Yu.
• Zhuo Shouqing warned Wang Yu that successful practitioners of the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation could devour one another and steal their accumulated Spiritual Root Aptitude.
• Zhuo Shouqing reported that a Mixed Spiritual Roots practitioner had reached peak Core Formation and raised his aptitude close to that of a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Wang Yu learned that Fu Xiao might seek to complete the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation by devouring another practitioner of the same kind, and received intelligence about Fu Xiao from Zhuo Shouqing. After spending the night with Zhuo Shouqing, Wang Yu returned to his secret chamber and regenerated his missing left arm.

• Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that perfecting the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation required devouring a similar demonic fetus, and that an Acquired Demonic Fetus Body could aid Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Wang Yu read Zhuo Shouqing's intelligence on Fu Xiao, a Peak Core Formation cultivator searching Vermilion Bird Divine Mountain for a Nascent Soul Opportunity.
• Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing agreed to monitor Fu Xiao rather than hide or confront him, then entertained four beauties together that night.
• The next morning, Wang Yu used two Yin Blood Pills to regrow the bones, muscles, and blood vessels of his left arm.
• Wang Yu used all five Placement Slots to accelerate the creation of another Yin Blood Pill and completed regenerating his left arm.

Wang Yu restored his left arm, advanced his body refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivation, and found that no sixth Placement Slot had appeared. After stabilizing his breakthroughs, he met Zhuo Shouqing outside the Guan family head’s prison and learned that an Evil God Ward True Disciple had come for the shackles taken from Eastern Peak Capital.

• Wang Yu healed his left arm and hosted Zhuo Shouqing before entering seclusion to advance his cultivation.
• Wang Yu reached Body Refinement Second Tier Middle Stage, but discovered that his expected sixth Placement Slot had not appeared.
• Wang Yu used an One-Pattern Essence Condensation Pill to break through to Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer, then stabilized his realm in seclusion.
• Wang Yu strengthened the zombie he was nurturing with more Grand Yin Moon Fiend Energy before leaving seclusion.
• Wang Yu found Zhuo Shouqing outside the prison holding the Guan family head and learned that an Evil God Ward True Disciple wanted the shackles from Eastern Peak Capital.

Wang Yu learned from Zhuo Shouqing that the shackles and the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins might be tied to an ancient Asura inheritance and Evil Suppression Prison. He focused on cultivation until Ding Ming and Wei Shan Ze arrived to visit him near the end of spring.

• Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that Xie Xie An was the Evil God Ward true inheritor and recounted the origins of the Rakshasa True Demon Scripture and Asura Killing Saint Scripture.
• Wang Yu connected Zhuo Shouqing’s story to the newly appeared Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison and cangue at the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins, and questioned the strange links between the inheritances.
• Zhuo Shouqing named Xie Xie An, Ding Ming, and Wei Shan Ze as the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s visiting true disciples, then left for Cloud Dream Pavilion.
• Wang Yu rearranged his Placement Slots and began cultivating the Wind Thunder Spirit Tattoo while continuing his alchemy studies and avoiding plans to explore the dangerous ruins.
• Ding Ming and Wei Shan Ze visited Wang Yu near the end of spring, and Wang Yu received them near the Main Hall’s Formation Core.

Wang Yu received Ding Ming and Wei Shan Ze, who had come to Guiling City seeking Zhuo Shouqing on Xie Xie An’s behalf. After uncovering their purpose, Wang Yu demanded compensation and turned his fists on Wei Shan Ze, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Ding Ming and Wei Shan Ze arrived at Guiling City and questioned Wang Yu about Zhuo Shouqing while concealing their real purpose.
• Wei Shan Ze attacked Wang Yu, but Wang Yu bound him with the City Lord’s Mansion’s Formation chains.
• Ding Ming and Wei Shan Ze argued over who had planned to intimidate Wang Yu, and Wang Yu threatened to keep them in the city until the ruins matter was settled.
• Wang Yu deduced that Xie Xie An wanted to ask Zhuo Shouqing about the fate of the Sword Cultivator and the Soul Demon.
• Ding Ming admitted Xie Xie An had sent him, but Wang Yu refused to share his own suspicions and demanded fifty thousand spirit stones for his friend’s recovery.
• Wang Yu unleashed the Wind Thunder Secret Art and struck at the still-bound Wei Shan Ze.

Wang Yu subdued Wei Shan Ze, took compensation from him, and used his expanding Guiling City network to learn that a new phenomenon had erupted at the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins. He watched a recording of the resulting mass rush and slaughter as cultivators charged toward two pillars of light.

• Wang Yu defeated Wei Shan Ze after the [Spirit Sealing Life Execution Formation] sealed his True Essence, took his Space Ring, and charged Ding Ming fifty Ten Thousand Spirit Stones for information about a possible Blood-colored Treasure Sword in the Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison.
• Several days later, Wei Shan Ze returned to plead for his belongings, and Wang Yu kept half the treasures after confirming their contents while leaving Wei Shan Ze's life-saving items untouched.
• Wang Yu expanded the City Lord's Mansion's businesses and cultivated Xu Ruozhou as a potential member of his administration, while preparing a Second Tier Top Grade Demon Spirit Pill for Snow Jade.
• Xu Ruozhou informed Wang Yu that a new phenomenon had appeared at the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins and that the explorers there had begun fighting.
• Wang Yu watched an Image Recording Stone show two pits opening beneath gray and red pillars of light, where a Gray-black Figure and a Bloody Figure clashed in the phenomenon called Rakshasa Fighting Asura.
• Cultivators rushed toward the pillars while opportunists attacked and killed them, and Wang Yu noticed several small black dots beneath the lights.

Wang Yu watched the battle for the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins’ Asura and Rakshasa inheritances through Image Recording Stones, then learned from Zhuo Shouqing why Nascent Soul cultivators avoided the demonic inheritance. As Guiling City returned to peace, Wang Yu wondered whether his Placement Slot could supply the scarce demonic qi needed to cultivate such a path.

• Wang Yu watched Xie Xie An repel a Core Formation sneak attack with a Talisman Treasure and saw Jin Miaoshan use a devastating weapon before entering the Asura light pillar.
• Jin Miaoshan obtained the Asura inheritance, escaped an ambush with help from her Protector, and both suffered heavy injuries; Wang Yu could not identify the victor beneath the Rakshasa pillar’s ghost fog.
• The battle ended, the ruins quieted, and Wang Yu shifted Guiling City’s shops from combat supplies toward everyday cultivation goods as cultivators departed.
• Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that Nascent Soul cultivators had committed to particular demonic qi, which was difficult to change and could be scarce for an inheritance like Jin Miaoshan’s.
• Wang Yu concluded that a cultivator might need to find the matching sealed Ancient Demon to obtain its demonic qi and wondered whether the Placement Slot could provide it.

Wang Yu planned to use the Scent Listening Sect’s incense to launch a Scent Listening Assembly that could grow into a regional treasure-exchange network. True Person Golden Flower agreed to supply the incense under conditions, while Wang Yu continued juggling cultivation, city administration, and the recovery of seized resource sites.

• Wang Yu planned a Scent Listening Assembly as a gathering for regional experts and a foundation for a future Treasure Exchange Meeting.
• Wang Yu met True Person Golden Flower and proposed that the Scent Listening Sect supply its Clear Source Wonderful Dao Incense for the assembly.
• True Person Golden Flower worried the incense’s fame would endanger her small sect, and Wang Yu offered to make her an offering of Guiling City.
• True Person Golden Flower agreed to supply the incense if Wang Yu renamed it and claimed it had been purchased from the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.
• Wang Yu returned to his busy routine of cultivation, pill refining, fox raising, and city administration while considering how to reclaim resource sites seized during the Eastern Peak Capital exploration.

Wang Yu prepared Guiling City’s first Scent Listening Assembly and Treasure Exchange Meeting to build connections among Foundation Establishment cultivators and establish the event’s reputation. The guests gathered and the incense tasting began, leaving the treasure exchange still to come.

• Wang Yu assessed his progress toward Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer and decided to handle two hostile Core Formation cultivators without seeking help from the Saint Sect.
• Wang Yu invited cultivators to the first Scent Listening Assembly and arranged Clear Source Wonderful Dao Incense, a banquet, and a treasure-exchange segment.
• Young cultivators from the Guan and Jiang Clans, Chao Yun Niang, Xiang Xiang, Kou Lan, Purple Gold Exalted Master, Blood Sabre Warrior, and Zhuo Shouqing arrived at the gathering.
• Nine Curves Talisman Master, Dragon Tiger Wanderer, and Rain Flower Daoist came as Wang Yu’s key prospective contacts, and Ye Qing joined after Wang Yu warned him not to cause trouble.
• Wang Yu welcomed the guests, began the gathering with entertainment and a banquet, then started the incense tasting after nightfall.

Wang Yu’s first Scent Listening Assembly ended in a successful Treasure Exchange Meeting, where Zhuo Shouqing traded for information and Wang Yu exchanged a Restriction Breaking Talisman. After Zhuo Shouqing departed, Wang Yu devoted himself to refining a corpse, and a special Sha Corpse was on the verge of being born.

• Zhuo Shouqing proposed a Treasure Exchange Meeting, and Rain Flower Daoist traded a Thunder Spirit Fruit plus Spirit Stones for Zhuo Shouqing’s Snow Bone Ginseng.
• A red-faced elder from Purple Dragon Mountain offered Purple Blood Loach eggs in exchange for valuable cultivation resources, and Zhuo Shouqing privately offered him information about an earth-attribute Core Formation Spirit Item.
• Wang Yu traded a Third Tier Restriction Breaking Talisman to the Nine Curves Talisman Master for Third Tier Meteorite Cold Iron and ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• The Dragon Tiger Wanderer, Rain Flower Daoist, and Zhuo Shouqing acquired treasures during the meeting, which Wang Yu closed by announcing another assembly in five years.
• Three months later, Zhuo Shouqing left Guiling City after secretly building influence there, while Wang Yu prepared to deal with the resource-point threats and focused on corpse refinement.
• After more than half a year of refinement, Wang Yu’s corpse absorbed Grand Yin Moon Fiend Energy to its limit, nearing transformation into a special Sha Corpse.

Wang Yu completed the initial refinement of a powerful Yin Fiend Corpse and arranged to obtain a suitable coffin for it. True Person Qingyang visited after successfully forming his core and explained that intelligence from Wang Yu and treasures found in the ruins had helped him succeed; he offered to lend Wang Yu his tribulation-lightning treasure.

• Wang Yu refined the Yin Fiend Corpse, subdued its bloodthirsty awareness, and discovered that its Yin Corpse Descending Fiend Curse could weaken opponents.
• Wang Yu disguised the corpse, dressed it in an aura-concealing robe, fed it Snow Jade's demon blood, and put it to sleep beneath the secret chamber's moonlight.
• Wang Yu ordered a suitable shrinking coffin from Gold Abundance Pavilion, and Xu Ruozhou informed him that True Person Qingyang had arrived.
• True Person Qingyang told Wang Yu that he had retrieved the Ink Wash Gate Founder's corpse and relics, found a Core Formation Spirit Item in the Prince's Residence, and used the Heavenly Thunder Descent Diagram to absorb his tribulation lightning.
• True Person Qingyang offered to lend Wang Yu the Heavenly Thunder Descent Diagram if he needed it.

Wang Yu recruited Qingyang to help reclaim Guiling City’s Yellow Crystal Iron Mine and Jade Lightning Banana Garden from rogue Core Formation cultivators, then advanced to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer while Snow Jade reached the Third Layer. At the mine, Wang Yu and his allies began their attack on True Person Flame Spit, with the Yin Fiend Corpse launching the first strike.

• Wang Yu explained that rogue Core Formation cultivators had seized the city’s private mine and banana garden, and Qingyang agreed to help in exchange for a share of the spoils.
• Wang Yu gave Qingyang intelligence about the enemies, arranged his personnel, and used a Frost Spirit Pill to advance to Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer as Snow Jade advanced to Foundation Establishment Third Layer.
• Wang Yu and Qingyang prepared an ambush at the Yellow Crystal Iron Mine, where True Person Flame Spit had forced wandering cultivators to work as slaves.
• Wang Yu and Snow Jade appeared before True Person Flame Spit, who mocked Wang Yu and burned away Snow Jade’s ice attacks.
• Wang Yu’s Yin Fiend Corpse leaped from the ground to begin the assault on True Person Flame Spit.

Wang Yu and Qingyang used the Yin Fiend Corpse and the Landscape Tapestry to kill True Person Flame Spit, then secured the Yellow Crystal Iron Mine. They later defeated the Core Formation cultivator at the Thunder Jade Banana Garden, though Wang Yu nearly burned and lost the Azure Water Sword.

• Wang Yu used the Yin Corpse Descending Fiend Curse to weaken True Person Flame Spit, then struck him while he was vulnerable.
• Qingyang unleashed the Landscape Tapestry, killing True Person Flame Spit and shattering his Golden Core.
• Wang Yu and Qingyang divided the spoils, and Wang Yu captured the miners and gave them the choice to leave or pledge allegiance to Guiling City Lord's Mansion.
• Wang Yu invited Qingyang to reside permanently in Guiling City, but Qingyang postponed his answer until their work was finished.
• Wang Yu and Qingyang defeated the Core Formation cultivator at the Thunder Jade Banana Garden, while Wang Yu nearly suffered burns and the Azure Water Sword was destroyed.

After consolidating his gains in Guiling, Wang Yu received the Grand Yin Nourishing Fiend Coffin and prepared to explore the outskirts of Eastern Peak Capital. He killed the imprisoned Guan family head and set out to investigate the ruins, leaving the newly arrived spiritual herb and demon core for later.

• Wang Yu reviewed his Spirit Stones, inherited cultivation methods, and plans for his Life-Bound Magic Treasure while True Person Qingyang celebrated his appointment as Guiling City Lord's Mansion's first guest elder.
• Ye Qing delivered Wang Yu's Grand Yin Nourishing Fiend Coffin from Golden Toad City, and Wang Yu refined it into a small, portable form.
• Wang Yu assessed the quiet Eastern Peak Capital Ruins and planned a secret expedition, with the Craftsmen's Institute and Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison among his targets.
• Wang Yu killed the Guan family head after the Bloody Manacles continued draining his Life Essence, and the man regained his reason long enough to thank him.
• After Ye Qing reported that a rare divine-sense herb had arrived and an ice-attribute Demon Core was on its way, Wang Yu chose to explore the ruins' outskirts first and search for shackles linked to the Bloody Manacles.

Wang Yu traded the Heavenly Soul Sect’s Ancient Soul Art to Jin Miaoshan for Soul Essence Pill materials, then traveled to the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins to begin a cautious exploration. He found a Corpse Wight guarding a familiar Evil Treasure: the Bloody Shackles.

• Wang Yu and Jin Miaoshan signed a Nether River Contract, and he transmitted the second-tier Ancient Soul Art in exchange for a thousand sets of Soul Essence Pill materials.
• Wang Yu realized Jin Miaoshan was likely suffering from the Asura Killing Intent and suspected she wanted the Ancient Soul Art to protect her soul.
• Wang Yu secretly left Gui Ling and reached the Eastern Peak Capital Ruins after seven days, planning a brief survey of the outskirts.
• Wang Yu entered the ruins’ underground passages and used Mountain Searching Demon Finding to search for monsters.
• Wang Yu spotted a Corpse Wight sitting on a piece of the Bloody Shackles.

Wang Yu tested the Corpse Wight’s abilities, killed it by attacking its weakened demon soul, and took its corpse and Bloody Shackles. The shackles transported him to the Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison, where he descended into its deeper levels and found a statue of the prison’s first founder.

• Wang Yu used Cold Flame, Heart Controlling Demonic Sound, and Soul Devouring Crows to weaken the Corpse Wight and probe its defenses.
• The Corpse Wight launched a surprise attack, but Wang Yu trapped it with Illusory Moon Realm and shattered its demon soul with Soul Shattering Finger.
• Wang Yu stored the Corpse Wight in the Grand Yin Nourishing Fiend Coffin, collected the Bloody Shackles, and was transported when they activated.
• Wang Yu arrived at the Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison and found his True Essence and divine sense sealed, though his physical strength remained active.
• Wang Yu cleared a path to the prison’s lower level and found a twenty-one-meter-tall Faceless Sword-Wielding Statue identified as the Suppression Prison’s first founder.

Wang Yu searched the Jingzhao Evil Suppression Prison’s eastern, northern, and western passages before entering the intact southern passage and being drawn into a realistic Mind Illusion Realm. He recognized the realm as a manifestation of the rare Dao of the Mind and suspected the Asura Killing Saint Scripture was hidden within, but he remained wary of its dangers.

• Wang Yu found a blank Stone Book beside a statue, took it, and guessed that Jin Miaoshan had taken the inheritance from that location.
• Wang Yu searched the northern passage’s Torture Chamber and took a weapon rack after finding that its blades and swords had been removed.
• Wang Yu found the western passage’s storeroom empty and moved on to the intact southern passage.
• Wang Yu triggered the southern passage’s Mind Illusion Realm and appeared in an Iron-Blood City among a line of prisoners surrounded by soldiers.
• Wang Yu identified the illusion as a path of the Dao of the Mind and considered the Asura Killing Saint Scripture a rare, dangerous cultivation method that he did not plan to pursue for now.

Wang Yu endured repeated battlefield deaths in the Mind Illusion Realm until he uncovered and placed the Minor Asura Killing Fist, breaking the illusion. He absorbed its inheritance from the passage and discovered a second technique that reminded him of Jin Miaoshan.

• Wang Yu was assigned a rusted spear as a prisoner soldier and was sent into a series of battles, dying repeatedly as he tested ways to survive and defeat the enemy.
• Across many cycles, Wang Yu improved his battlefield tactics and fighting skills until he unlocked the placement option for the Minor Asura Killing Fist.
• Wang Yu used a placement slot to cultivate the Minor Asura Killing Fist and learned it was a dual-path divine ability seeded by Asura Killing Intent.
• Wang Yu broke the Mind Illusion Realm and found that each cycle had moved his true body one step closer to the passage entrance.
• Wang Yu used the Stone Skin Book to absorb the passage's Asura Killing Intent and found records of the Minor Asura Killing Fist and the Killing Intent Sword.
• Wang Yu discovered a second placeable technique in the book that made him think of Jin Miaoshan.