Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu pursued the Zhuo family through a trapped underground complex and discovered a burial chamber containing a corpse and a Fourth Tier Magic Robe. When Zhuo Yu touched the robe, Wang Yu attacked him and Zhuo Jie with the Yellow Springs Great Handprint.

• Wang Yu found Zhuo Cang dead, reclaimed his Storage Ring, and placed the corpse in his Corpse Nourishing Coffin.
• Wang Yu recognized Other Shore Flowers carved in the hall and used Feng Shui Secret Art to navigate its traps.
• Wang Yu followed the trail underground and found signs that the Zhuo family had gone below.
• Zhuo Jie and Zhuo Yu lost four cultivators to the restrictions, then sent Zhuo Yu's Spirit Puppet into a hidden chamber.
• Zhuo Yu found a Fourth Tier Magic Robe beside a corpse, and Wang Yu appeared and struck at the brothers with the Yellow Springs Great Handprint.

Wang Yu escaped a dungeon filled with dangerous beings after defeating Zhuo Jie and discovering a sealed Spirit Puppet and Yellow Springs Demon Bones. He left the burial site intending to find Zhuo Wenshi, then realized the bones might be useful for an Earth Hatred Puppet.

• Zhuo Yu died when the Yellow Springs Handprint shattered his soul, while Zhuo Jie escaped Wang Yu’s attack and charged after him.
• Wang Yu fought Zhuo Jie under suppressive restrictions, killed him, and captured his remnant soul in Black Paper Boats.
• Wang Yu resisted the Spirit Puppet’s mind-altering influence by chanting the Heart Sutra, breaking the illusion and revealing a dungeon where the Yellow Springs Demon Bones lay.
• Wang Yu collected the Demon Bones and left the sealed dungeon, deciding not to explore the Middle or Rear Hall.
• Wang Yu searched Zhuo Jie’s memories for Zhuo Wenshi’s location and realized the Fourth-Tier spinal bone might be suited to an Earth Hatred Puppet.

Wang Yu examined the Earth Hatred Puppet Master Scripture and claimed the damaged Three Feet Snow robe before finding an underground tomb where Zhuo Wenshi and a disguised formation master were opening coffins. Zhuo Wenshi escaped the tomb’s deadly restrictions, leaving the formation master to die in Yellow Springs Bone-Corroding Water, while Wang Yu waited nearby in hiding.

• Wang Yu considered forging the Yellow Springs Demon Bone into an Earth Hatred Puppet but left the scripture in its Placement Slot to await feedback.
• Wang Yu inspected the Zhuo Family spoils, destroyed items that might track him, and refined the damaged Fourth Tier robe Three Feet Snow.
• Wang Yu found an underground palace and hid near its entrance with the Yin Fiend Corpse and Thunder Corpse while Zhuo Wenshi and a formation master entered.
• The formation master opened three nested coffins, then triggered the tomb’s restrictions, sealing the exit and releasing Yellow Springs Bone-Corroding Water.
• Zhuo Wenshi revealed she had anticipated the formation master’s scheme, took the Spirit Coffin’s treasures, and escaped through the Dragon-Severing Stone using his Earth-Walking Formation Pattern.
• The formation master’s attempt to follow Zhuo Wenshi failed, and the Yellow Springs Bone-Corroding Water dissolved his flesh as she left without retrieving his corpse.

Wang Yu defeated Zhuo Wenshi in the Nameless Underground Palace, searched her soul, and captured her beneath the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda. He then found a Minor Yin Corpse Nurturing Formation and prepared to advance his Aberrant Species Zombies.

• Wang Yu followed Zhuo Wenshi after sensing trouble and ambushed her with the Ice Dragon Art.
• Wang Yu overwhelmed Zhuo Wenshi with his techniques and corpses, then froze her with Frost Moon Across the Sky.
• Wang Yu searched Zhuo Wenshi's soul and found a Spiritual Telepathy Paper warning about Yellow Springs Temple.
• Wang Yu sealed Zhuo Wenshi beneath the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda to delay the Zhuo Clan from learning what had happened.
• Wang Yu emptied Zhuo Wenshi's Cosmos Ring, followed clues to a Minor Yin Corpse Nurturing Formation, and planned to advance his Aberrant Species Zombies.

Wang Yu searched the Secret Realm Buried Earth for Fiend Pits and underground tombs, gathering treasures and refining his body with several kinds of fiend energy. His Twin Corpses advanced to Third Tier Mid-Stage, and Wang Yu then broke through in the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art.

• Wang Yu used his Feng Shui Compass to establish a corpse-nourishing formation, then searched the Secret Realm and found underground tombs and Fiend Pits.
• Wang Yu collected Yellow Springs and other fiend energies, Third Tier materials, and a Yellow Springs Fiend Pearl and Fiend Root while cultivating in the pits.
• The Grand Yin Fiend Corpse advanced to Third Tier Mid-Stage and awakened Soul Shattering Sky Quaking Roar, which Wang Yu subdued with his Corpse Control Talisman Seals.
• The Thunder Corpse advanced to Third Tier Mid-Stage, awakened Heavenly Thunder Law Aegis, and destroyed the natural Feng Shui Formation before Wang Yu forced it into its coffin.
• Wang Yu practiced the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art with a Dragon Blood Secret Elixir, and his qi and blood surged as his Divine Marrow expanded through his Dragon Spine.

Wang Yu advanced his Body Refinement and Divine Sense, then gathered valuable Third Tier materials while exploring. At the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, Zhuo Shouyun recruited Lu Chenzhou into a plan to test the Sect Master’s intentions and challenge Zhuo Shouqing.

• Wang Yu reached Third Tier Mid-Stage Body Refinement and, after adapting to his new strength, advanced his Divine Sense with a Soul Dream Essence Pill.
• Wang Yu swept the area, improved his Feng Shui Miracle Art, and collected numerous Third Tier materials and Core Formation Cultivators’ Storage Rings.
• Zhuo Shouyun asked Lu Chenzhou for help, but Lu Chenzhou struck him apart when he suggested the Sect Master might intend to devour him.
• Zhuo Shouyun invited Lu Chenzhou to meet that night and outlined a plan to test the Sect Master by pressuring the Young Sect Master to attempt Nascent Soul Condensation or leave the Saint Sect Mountain Gate.
• Lu Chenzhou agreed to pretend to be controlled by Killing Intent Manipulation and help Zhuo Shouyun cripple Zhuo Shouqing, and the two agreed to sign a Nether River Contract.

Wang Yu returned from the Burial Pit Secret Realm with Zhuo Wenshi, whose conversion had left her a mindless puppet, and reported the dangers there to Zhuo Shouqing. He learned that Zhuo Shouyun’s faction had grown stronger and received a mission targeting the Elephant Mountain Duan Clan, leaving him wary of the widening conflict.

• Wang Yu questioned the converted Zhuo Wenshi and found that she had lost her agency and could not reveal the Zhuo Clan’s inheritance, so he decided to hand her over to Zhuo Shouqing.
• Wang Yu’s Grand Yin Nether Eye advanced to its third stage, letting him see the radiance of Star Power and control Grand Yin Power more readily.
• Wang Yu returned to the mountain gate, gave Zhuo Wenshi to Zhuo Shouqing, and warned him that he had killed Zhuo Shouyun’s people and encountered a dangerous demon-linked monster in the secret realm.
• Zhuo Shouqing assigned Wang Yu to investigate whether the Elephant Mountain Duan Clan was rebellious, explaining that Zhuo Shouyun had gained clan allies and support from the Master-Disciple Faction, including Lu Chenzhou.
• Wang Yu questioned the reasons for targeting the Duan Clan and worried that the mission meant Zhuo Shouqing and Zhuo Shouyun were heading toward open conflict.

Wang Yu warned Zhuo Shouqing that the intelligence about Fu Xiao and Elephant Mountain might be a trap designed to make him abandon his fair chance to compete with Zhuo Shouyun. He urged Zhuo Shouqing to wait, verify Zhuo Yuanshen’s trustworthiness, and let Wang Yu return to cultivation as Lu Chenzhou watched him leave.

• Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that Su Yulong had secretly allied with Zhuo Shouyun and that Elephant Mountain was tied to the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation.
• Wang Yu argued that Zhuo Shouyun might be using the Elephant Mountain intelligence and pressure from outside allies to provoke Zhuo Shouqing into forfeiting his advantage of fairness.
• Wang Yu advised Zhuo Shouqing to wait for a turning point and investigate whether Zhuo Yuanshen’s intelligence was reliable, especially whether his siblings had willingly sacrificed themselves during the Blood Spring Evil Art reconstruction.
• Wang Yu reminded Zhuo Shouqing to trust Yu Xing and Zuoqiu Ming, then decided to return to closed-door cultivation and attempt a breakthrough to Core Formation Fifth Layer.
• Wang Yu sensed Lu Chenzhou watching him outside the Law Enforcement Hall of Evil God Ward and waved back at him.

Wang Yu reached Core Formation Fifth Layer and was summoned by Yu Tang Tang to meet her father, the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon. He entered the secret realm within the Blood Demon Hall with Yu Tang Tang and the Tri-Colored Dragon Finch, leaving Tantai Chan to wait below.

• Wang Yu warned Zhuo Shouqing to stay hidden, delivered Top-Grade Spirit Pills to his partners, and agreed to refine Frost Snow Pills for Xue Liuyun.
• Wang Yu broke through to Core Formation Fifth Layer after accumulating enough magic power and refining part of his Top Grade Vast Cold Pill.
• Yu Tang Tang arrived with Tantai Chan and told Wang Yu that her father wanted to see him after being impressed by his Spirit Pills.
• Wang Yu went with Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan toward the Blood Demon Hall, deliberately displaying his Aurora Escape Technique to the sect disciples.
• The Tri-Colored Dragon Finch carried Wang Yu and Yu Tang Tang into the Blood Demon Hall's secret realm, while Tantai Chan stayed behind to wait.

Wang Yu negotiated with the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon to become his exclusive alchemist in exchange for protection and resources, then received Tantai Chan’s Human Slave Contract. He returned to Tantai Chan and told her to come with him to Cold Blood Peak.

• The Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon welcomed Wang Yu and offered him a Hand Token that could help resolve Nascent Soul-level trouble.
• Wang Yu agreed to become the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon’s exclusive alchemist, while retaining the right to accept other commissions when they did not conflict.
• The Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon promised to resolve Wang Yu’s problem with the Alchemy Hall and gave him Tantai Chan’s Human Slave Contract.
• The Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon explained that Tantai Chan had come to him after her father’s death and her mother’s attempt to sell her.
• Wang Yu left the Secret Realm, found Tantai Chan, placed the contract on the stone table, and told her to return to Cold Blood Peak with him.

After freeing Tantai Chan from the Human Slave Contract, Wang Yu planned to help her pursue Core Formation while gathering materials for his own cultivation and puppet-making goals. His pill business spread across Cold Blood Peak, and the chapter ended with Alchemy Hall elders offering him access to powerful inheritances if he joined their organization.

• Wang Yu gave Tantai Chan the Human Slave Contract and encouraged her to maintain her close relationship with Yu Tang Tang so she could seek a Core Formation Opportunity.
• Wang Yu gave Tantai Chan a Jade Slip for Yu Tang Tang containing information on high-level puppet materials, then planned to forge an Earth Hatred Puppet and gather resources for his divine abilities and treasures.
• Yan Ling and the Qiao Clan received Wang Yu's Top-Grade Spirit Pills and supplied two types of Third Tier Ice Attribute Spiritual Material; the Xue Clan, Chu Clan, and Ji Clan also sought his pills and offered materials.
• The Fiend Dragon Armor absorbed Fiend Qi Beads from the Burial Pit Secret Realm and advanced into a mid-grade Bloodline True Weapon.
• Three Alchemy Hall elders, Chi Xin, Qing Song, and Zi Yun, visited Wang Yu and urged him to join, citing protection from unpaid commissions and access to alchemy work.
• When Wang Yu rejected those benefits, Chi Xin offered access to a Fourth Tier Alchemy inheritance, prompting Wang Yu to hear the proposal.

Wang Yu rejected the Alchemy Hall’s exploitative contract and reported the incident to the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon. A month later, Su Yulong warned him to abandon Zhuo Shouqing and revealed that Zhuo Shouyun would be waiting for him in the Blood Abyss.

• Wang Yu refused a three-hundred-year Alchemy Hall contract that required annual alchemy work and a thirty-percent share of his proceeds, then drove Chi Xin, Qing Song, and Zi Yun from his Cave Abode.
• Chi Xin told Qing Song and Zi Yun to keep the incident secret because Wang Yu appeared to have powerful backing.
• Wang Yu recorded the contract dispute and sent it to the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon, then returned to studying the Minor Asura Killing Heart.
• A month later, Su Yulong visited Wang Yu and urged him to stay away from Zhuo Shouqing, warning that Zhuo Shouyun was too strong.
• Su Yulong revealed that the Blood Abyss was about to open and that Zhuo Shouyun would be waiting for Wang Yu there.

Wang Yu prepared a Yellow Springs Demon Bone for puppet forging while planning to enter the Blood Abyss. Meanwhile, Zhuo Shouqing provoked Lu Chenzhou with a public spectacle outside the Law Enforcement Hall, and Lu finally lost control.

• Wang Yu refused to be swayed by Fu Xiao's threats, contacted Zhuo Shouqing, and told him to stay inside until the Blood Abyss opened.
• Yu Tang Tang delivered puppet-forging materials and said her father had resolved the matter with the Alchemy Hall, while withholding what she knew about the Blood Abyss.
• Wang Yu used a Feng Shui formation and crystals to nourish the Yellow Springs Demon Bone, restoring its demonic qi and completing the initial puppet-forging preparations.
• Wang Yu asked Snow Jade to guard the Yellow Springs Demon Bone before heading to meet Zhuo Shouqing for information about the Blood Abyss.
• Zhuo Shouqing staged an ostentatious spectacle outside the Law Enforcement Hall to provoke Lu Chenzhou, who crushed his wine cup after enduring the taunt for days.
• Lu Chenzhou charged at several Inner Disciples watching Zhuo Shouqing's spectacle and killed them in a cloud of blood mist.

Lu Chenzhou attacked Zhuo Shouqing at the Law Enforcement Hall, and Wang Yu intervened to save him under the terms of their contract. After Lu Chenzhou trapped them with a Blood Dao technique, Wang Yu confronted him, and their killing intents resonated as they began to fight.

• Lu Chenzhou attacked the Law Enforcement Hall’s Formation, while Zhuo Shouqing retreated inside and taunted him about paying Crime Gold.
• Lu Chenzhou used a Formation Breaking Art to shatter the Formation and ensnare Zhuo Shouqing, but Wang Yu arrived and rescued him.
• Wang Yu told Zhuo Shouqing that saving him fulfilled their contract, then urged him to flee while Wang Yu held off Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou used the Blood Talisman Locking Void Method to stop Zhuo Shouqing’s Fleeing Void Talisman from working.
• Wang Yu clashed with Lu Chenzhou, matched his Blood Fist, and unleashed the Minor Asura Killing Fist as their killing intents resonated.

Wang Yu fought Lu Chenzhou in Evil God Ward, advancing his Minor Asura Killing Fist before the Blood Nether Mountain Master intervened. After Wang Yu revealed his connection to the Blood Dragon King, the matter ended without punishment for him, and he brought Zhuo Shouqing to his Cave Abode to negotiate.

• Wang Yu battled Lu Chenzhou across Evil God Ward, enduring the Blood Beast Outerwear and deepening his mastery of the Minor Asura Killing Fist as their fight devastated the ward.
• The Blood Nether Mountain Master stopped the fight and sentenced Lu Chenzhou to a hundred years of seclusion, then turned against Wang Yu over the destruction.
• Wang Yu showed the Demon Flood Dragon Token, prompting the Blood Nether Mountain Master to apologize and Zhuo Shouqing to accept responsibility for the losses.
• Elders and disciples discussed Wang Yu's strength and background, while one Qi Refining disciple discovered killing intent in the lingering fist marks.
• Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing went to Wang Yu's Cold Blood Cave with Huang Jiu accompanying them, and Wang Yu asked Zhuo Shouqing how he wanted to negotiate.

Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing uncovered Zhuo Shouyun’s scheme to drive them apart and discussed how Blood Abyss could provide a chance to weaken his forces. The chapter ended with Wang Yu proposing a new contract that would release Yu Xing and Zuoqiu Ming from their existing agreements.

• Wang Yu suspected that Zhuo Shouyun had arranged the failed surrender attempt to widen the rift between him and Zhuo Shouqing, but Zhuo Shouqing recognized the scheme himself.
• Huang Jiu warned Zhuo Shouqing that he had no path of retreat, and Wang Yu argued that Ancestor Lie would likely soon act against the foreign forces.
• Wang Yu cautioned Zhuo Shouqing that Zhuo Shouyun was using a second scheme to lure him into attacking before he was ready, since Zhuo Shouyun’s own followers remained strong.
• Wang Yu proposed that they use Blood Abyss to weaken Zhuo Shouyun’s forces while Zhuo Shouyun was away, and Zhuo Shouqing agreed to discuss a new contract.
• Wang Yu offered to prioritize attacking Zhuo Shouyun’s men in exchange for ending Yu Xing and Zuoqiu Ming’s contracts, and Zhuo Shouqing said he needed to consult them.

Wang Yu exchanged three million spirit stones for the Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao inheritance and studied its cultivation method, artifacts, and divine powers. He commissioned Heavenly Artifact Master to refine a Yellow Springs Demon Sword and awaited the Blood Abyss Training, which was still more than two years away.

• Wang Yu donated three million spirit stones to Cold Blood Peak and obtained the complete Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao inheritance.
• Wang Yu studied the inheritance’s yin-and-yang cultivation principles, three artifact designs, and divine powers, adding several techniques to his future placement plan.
• Wang Yu chose the Ice Soul Demonic Sword diagram as the basis for refining the Yellow Springs Fiend Root into a Yellow Springs Demon Sword.
• Wang Yu worked with Heavenly Artifact Master to gather materials and begin refining the sword, which was expected to be ready in about half a year.
• Wang Yu learned that the Blood Abyss Training was still more than two years away, and Yu Xing and Zuoqiu Ming returned at the end of March.

Wang Yu reunited with Zuoqiu Ming and Zhuo Shouqing, agreed to a new contract for the Blood Abyss, and received intelligence and specialized gear for the dangerous expedition. After two years of preparation, Situ Hong visited to ask Wang Yu to help kill Peach Blossom Ghost Mother and free him from his Star Slave status.

• Wang Yu met Zuoqiu Ming, collected Guiling City's earnings, and discussed Zhuo Shouqing's conflict with Zhuo Shouyun.
• Yu Xing agreed to the new Blood Abyss contract after revising its terms, and Zhuo Shouqing promised that his needs would take priority inside the Blood Abyss.
• Zuoqiu Ming gave Wang Yu Blood Abyss intelligence and a Saint Talisman that could rescue him from the Blood Abyss.
• Zhuo Shouqing gave Wang Yu clan intelligence, a talisman that could seal Space Shift methods, and a Blood Sac Robe for concealment and recovery.
• Wang Yu studied the intelligence and cultivated for two years as the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect prepared for the Blood Abyss.
• Situ Hong visited Wang Yu and asked for help killing Peach Blossom Ghost Mother so he could escape his Star Slave status.

As the Blood Abyss Training approached, Wang Yu prepared for the dangerous expedition and learned about the powerful cultivators joining it. The sect gathered its participants and announced their missions, and Wang Yu entered the Blood Abyss with hopes of improving his body and completing his fist art.

• Wang Yu accepted Situ Hong's commission to kill Peach Blossom Ghost Mother and spent the final months preparing pills, refining his magic treasure, and strengthening his techniques.
• At Cold Blood Peak's mobilization meeting, Wang Yu assessed the elite participants, including Yan Ling, Qiao Yu, Xue Ying, Chu Jun Tian, and three members of the Ji Clan.
• Cold Blood Mountain Lord announced the Blood Abyss Training would open in seven days, and Frost Demon Monarch assigned the participants to collect thirty Third Tier Blood Beast Crystal Cores for a Bloodfall Baptism.
• Frost Demon Monarch offered a Third Tier resource for each crystal core from a Blood Slaughter Beast, and Wang Yu suspected the cores could help perfect his Minor Asura Killing Fist.
• When the Blood Abyss opened, Wang Yu joined cultivators from the Nine Peaks on their journey, where he spotted acquaintances including Su Yulong, Wei Shan Ze, Ding Ming, Wei Hao, and Xie Xie An.

Wang Yu assessed the powerful cultivators entering the Blood Abyss, then rushed into the dangerous holy land ahead of Zhuo Shouyun’s group. He began exploring the Barren Blood Plains and discovered that Blood Beast Crystal Cores could strengthen his body.

• Wang Yu surveyed the rival forces and noted the unusual feud between Xie Xie An and Ding Ming, as well as the strength of Zhuo Shouyun’s companions.
• The Nine Peaks Mountain Lords opened the Blood Abyss Holy Land with their damaged Ancestor Artifacts, and Wang Yu entered among the first cultivators.
• Zhuo Shouyun’s group arrived behind Wang Yu and planned to use Jian Nanxing as bait while Ding Xiang concealed the others with Ghost Prison.
• Wang Yu reached the Barren Blood Plains, killed a lizard blood beast, and found that its Blood Beast Crystal Core held pure Blood Qi useful for body refinement.