Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu searched the gray-robed old man's Storage Bag and discovered a wealth of divine-sense and soul Dao inheritances, including the Ancient Soul Art. He chose to begin practicing Heavenly Soul One Qi and then placed the Ancient Soul Art into a training slot, but planned to focus on cultivation after returning to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

• Wang Yu found that the gray-robed old man's Storage Bag contained a complete inheritance alongside several valuable divine-sense and soul Dao techniques, pill formulas, and artifact methods.
• Wang Yu learned that the Ancient Soul Art came from the vanished Heavenly Soul Sect and that Yin Crow Exalted Master's inheritance included rare soul-and-sound techniques.
• Wang Yu decided to prioritize the Ancient Soul Art and eventually learn Yin Crow Exalted Master's other arts, while setting aside their final requests unless fate gave him an opportunity to fulfill them.
• Wang Yu replaced Profound Yin Hand in his placement slot with Heavenly Soul One Qi, then placed the Ancient Soul Art there, intending to cultivate it seriously after returning to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

Wang Yu hunted a Second Tier Early Stage Tuo Dragon in Withered Leaf Swamp and gathered its blood to refine Dragon Blood Secret Elixir. He took refuge near a stronger Tuo Dragon’s territory and began refining the elixir while preparing to cultivate until his Qi Refining Ninth Layer reached great perfection.

• Wang Yu decided to keep Profound Yin Hand in a placement slot and continued deeper into Withered Leaf Swamp with the Little Tuo Dragon.
• Wang Yu found a Second Tier Early Stage Tuo Dragon and chose to kill it for materials to make Dragon Blood Secret Elixir.
• Wang Yu fought the Tuo Dragon with Profound Yin Hand, Cold Flame, and his physical strength, then bound it with the Golden Blade Whip and killed it with a perfected Heart-Plucking Hand.
• Wang Yu stored the Tuo Dragon’s corpse and considered how to allocate placement time between Cold Dragon Alchemy and the Thirteen Soul Dao Inheritances.
• Wang Yu found a temporary cave near a Second Tier Late Stage Tuo Dragon’s territory, recovered, and began refining Dragon Blood Secret Elixir.

Wang Yu used the Nether Spring Lotus to overcome the three barriers to Foundation Establishment and emerged with three drops of Cold Blood True Essence. After confirming that his Placement Slot cultivation speed had greatly increased, he flew away as a nearby Tuo Dragon approached.

• Wang Yu reached Qi Refining Great Perfection and swallowed the Nether Spring Lotus to begin his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• He passed the Spirit Energy Barrier by condensing True Essence, then passed the Qi and Blood Barrier as his body transformed.
• The Nether Spring Lotus helped Wang Yu break through the Divine Sense Barrier, and the heaven and earth baptism completed his Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Yu discovered that his perfected arts had turned into Ancient Seal Script characters and merged into his Qi Sea, where he found three drops of Cold Blood True Essence.
• He confirmed that a Placement Slot's cultivation efficiency had risen to 2500 wisps per day, then sensed the approaching Tuo Dragon and flew away.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Wang Yu was ambushed by Lan Boting and used the Tuo Dragon to turn the fight into a three-sided battle. Lan Boting unleashed his Blood Essence Sword as Wang Yu waited for a chance to escape.

• Wang Yu tested his new Foundation Establishment flight and defensive abilities while crossing Withered Leaf Swamp.
• Lan Boting confronted Wang Yu and attacked him with sword qi and a Demon Binding Cord.
• Wang Yu lured Lan Boting toward the Tuo Dragon, which swallowed Lan Boting before he cut his way back out.
• Lan Boting dragged the bound, invisible Wang Yu into the Tuo Dragon’s Mud Ball domain, where he and the beast fought.
• Wang Yu severed his left arm to escape the Demon Binding Cord, then hid nearby as Lan Boting and the Tuo Dragon battled.
• Lan Boting invoked his Blood Essence Sword and unleashed a terrifying sword qi.

Wang Yu defeated Lan Boting and the Tuo Dragon, then used Lan Boting’s intelligence to cross the dangerous Withered Leaf Swamp. He reached the Red Kite Demon Domain and welcomed the start of his next journey, aiming for Core Formation.

• Wang Yu seized Lan Boting with the Profound Yin Hand, but Lan Boting exploded into bloody water after violating a binding contract.
• Wang Yu examined the Tuo Dragon’s valuable corpse and collected Lan Boting’s Storage Bags, finding Spirit Stones, artifacts, pills, and intelligence about the Withered Leaf Swamp.
• Wang Yu refined four Second-tier magical artifacts and followed Lan Boting’s map and intelligence through the swamp’s traps and dangerous demon-beast territories.
• After two months, Wang Yu passed through the swamp’s Core Area and advanced toward the Red Kite Demon Domain.
• In early January of his fifth year as an inner sect disciple, Wang Yu reached the nine twisted mountain peaks and set his sights on Core Formation.

Wang Yu returned to the sect and met Situ Hong to learn about recent developments, including Yan Ling’s rise and Wei Zhong’s entry into the Blood Abyss. After giving Situ Hong three Nether Heart Pills, Wang Yu flew toward Cold Blood Peak to report on his mission.

• Wang Yu entered Five Yin Ward in disguise and summoned Situ Hong to gather intelligence before reporting to Cold Blood Peak.
• Situ Hong told Wang Yu that Yan Ling had reached Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer and was defeating Cold Blood Peak’s other True Inheritors as she sought a Nascent Soul Seed quota.
• Situ Hong reported that Su Yulong had gone to the Elephant Mountain Duan Clan and Wei Zhong had entered the Blood Abyss.
• Wang Yu learned that Liu Jin Xian had reached Foundation Establishment and Gu Zheng Shun had been beaten after selling Profound Essence Flowers.
• Wang Yu gave Situ Hong three Nether Heart Pills as payment for the information, then flew toward Cold Blood Peak.

After returning to Cold Blood Peak, Wang Yu registered his Foundation Establishment and spread a cover story that he had used the Foundation Stealing Grand Art. He chose to become a deacon rather than compete for true inheritor, then obtained the sect’s Second Tier cultivation inheritance and selected techniques to learn.

• Wang Yu reported to Steward Liu, collected an increased mission reward, and registered as a Foundation Establishment cultivator on Cold Blood Peak.
• Wang Yu told Steward Liu that he had burned his lifespan and used the Foundation Stealing Grand Art granted by Senior Brother Zhuo to seize another cultivator’s foundation.
• At the Central Halls District, Wang Yu chose to become a deacon and requested a post in Evil God Ward’s Law Enforcement Hall.
• The hall master gave Wang Yu a Storage Bag, a Second Tier Law Enforcement Token, and other Foundation Establishment benefits.
• Wang Yu received the Heavenly Cold Yin Blood Art inheritance and decided to learn several of its spells, escape arts, and secret arts.

Wang Yu planned his cultivation priorities, donned the attire of a Foundation Establishment Steward, and visited the Evil God Ward to meet his fellow Law Enforcement Stewards. After recounting his recent experiences and joining the group as their fourth brother, he was left alone with Yu Xing to discuss something privately.

• Wang Yu prioritized learning movement techniques, commissioning a Foundation Establishment Magical Artifact, beginning the Ancient Soul Art, and advancing Cold Dragon Alchemy before leaving the Technique Transmission Hall.
• Wang Yu arrived at the Evil God Ward in a moon-white robe and Xiezhi Crown, inspected the Law Enforcement Hall, and introduced himself to its members as their fourth Law Enforcement Steward.
• Wang Yu met Yu Xing and told him he had cultivated the Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation; Yu Xing summoned Zhuo Shouqing and Zuoqiu Ming.
• Zhuo Shouqing and Zuoqiu Ming welcomed Wang Yu, teased each other over him, and urged him to call them brothers instead of Lords.
• Wang Yu recounted his time in Withered Leaf Swamp, blaming the deaths of Old Man Ning and the others on the Sword Sect Disciple and giving only a partial account of other events.
• Zuoqiu Ming proposed that Wang Yu stay at the hall and hold down the fort; Yu Xing accepted for the time being, then led the others outside so Wang Yu could speak with him privately.

Yu Xing, Zuoqiu Ming, and Zhuo Shouqing agreed to invest in Wang Yu as a powerful future ally rather than try to control him. The next night, they offered him cultivation opportunities and began negotiating the promised fertile territory.

• Yu Xing warned that Wang Yu was ambitious and difficult to win over, but Zuoqiu Ming and Zhuo Shouqing said they intended to invest in him as a future ally.
• The three discussed their dangerous family circumstances and past failed cultivation methods, then Yu Xing agreed to cooperate with their investment plans.
• After resting, Wang Yu learned that his True Essence had increased and spent the day cultivating while waiting for his three brothers.
• That night, Zuoqiu Ming warned Wang Yu that their family conflicts could make their enemies hostile toward him, and Wang Yu accepted the risk.
• Zuoqiu Ming offered Wang Yu a slot at Cold Blood Peak’s Spiritual Spring Cold Pool, while Zhuo Shouqing promised him a slot in Feng Province’s Profound Heaven Secret Realm when he reached Peak Foundation Establishment.
• Yu Xing began offering Wang Yu a fertile, high-potential territory for three hundred years, protected from all but Nascent Soul interference.

Wang Yu accepted Zuoqiu Ming, Yu Xing, and Zhuo Shouqing’s investment deal, signing a Nether River Contract in exchange for three future favors after he reached Core Formation. He studied the Foundation Establishment stage of the Grand Yin Nether Eye and reorganized his cultivation plans before the chapter ended with the author announcing a change to the update schedule.

• Wang Yu agreed to the three investments and three future favors, with his obligations beginning only after he reached Core Formation, and requested a treasure that increased comprehension.
• Yu Xing lent Wang Yu the Heavenly Enlightenment Cushion for five years, and Wang Yu and the others signed the Nether River Contract.
• After leaving, Wang Yu learned that the Grand Yin Nether Eye’s Illusory Moon stage could expose illusions and trap opponents in an illusion realm.
• Wang Yu removed Flood Dragon Strength from Placement Slot 3 and compared the placement times for Grand Yin Nether Eye, Ancient Soul Art, and Frost Moon Wings.
• Wang Yu chose to place Grand Yin Nether Eye first, planned to cultivate the Ancient Soul Art and Frost Moon Wings afterward, and used his spare time to study the Ancient Soul Art with the Heavenly Enlightenment Cushion.
• The author announced that updates would increase to three chapters and one extra chapter each morning, for about twelve thousand words daily.

Wang Yu received a Cold Pool token from Zuoqiu Ming and took his newly advanced Snow Jade Fox to Cold Blood Peak for a bath. A Core Formation elder tried to buy the token from him, but Wang Yu refused and entered the pool, leaving the elder weakened by a hidden wisp of Death Qi.

• Zuoqiu Ming gave Wang Yu a Cold Pool token and clarified that Wang Yu would return the Heavenly Enlightenment Cushion after five years.
• Wang Yu asked Gu Zheng Shun to find him a Third Tier Refined Corpse arm and arrange to buy his stored frozen corpses.
• Wang Yu helped the Snow Jade Fox break through to the First Tier Late Stage and decided to take it to the Cold Pool.
• Flying Snow Elder offered Wang Yu Spirit Stones and a spell art to surrender his Cold Pool opportunity, but Wang Yu refused and rebuked him.
• Wang Yu slipped Death Qi into Flying Snow Elder as he passed, then entered the Cold Pool while the exhausted elder let him go.

Wang Yu and the Snow Jade Fox underwent the Cold Pool baptism, improving his aptitude and cultivation while awakening the fox’s powerful Three-Tailed Snow Fox bloodline. After leaving the pool, Wang Yu planned to help Xueyu advance further, but postponed that to meet Gu Zheng Shun about acquiring a third-tier Corpse Arm.

• Wang Yu entered the Cold Pool with the Snow Jade Fox, and the pool strengthened his spiritual roots and affinity for water, ice, and Yin Spirit Qi.
• The Snow Jade Fox evolved into a Three-Tailed Snow Fox, gaining a powerful bloodline and rising to the First Tier Peak Stage.
• Wang Yu left the Cold Pool after Flying Snow Elder’s descendants arrived, avoiding any involvement with the dead elder’s belongings.
• A month after the baptism, Wang Yu had advanced his Foundation Establishment cultivation and considered buying a High-grade Foundation Establishment Pill to help Xueyu break through.
• Gu Zheng Shun summoned Wang Yu to Eight Treasures Pavilion, where Wang Yu asked whether he had found a seller for the third-tier Corpse Arm.

Wang Yu learned that Gu Zheng Shun's true disciple had lost the Corpse Fighting Assembly and met Lan Ji, who carried a request from Prince Jiang. He agreed to deliver Prince Jiang's letter to Princess Yan Ling in exchange for a Third Tier yin-and-soul bamboo treasure material, to be delivered to the Law Enforcement Hall.

• Gu Zheng Shun explained that his true disciple had lost the Corpse Fighting Assembly, leaving him under pressure to raise Spirit Stones and repair the disciple's Natal Corpse.
• Lan Ji arrived, gave Gu Zheng Shun thirty thousand Spirit Stones as a loan, and revealed that she had arranged the meeting with Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu threatened Lan Ji after she teased him, then used his Xiezhi Crown to make her disclose that Prince Jiang had sent her to contact him.
• Lan Ji asked Wang Yu to deliver Prince Jiang's letter to Princess Yan Ling, claiming Prince Jiang wanted a private meeting about Nascent Soul matters.
• Wang Yu demanded a Third Tier bamboo-type treasure material with yin and soul attributes, and Lan Ji agreed to have it delivered to the Law Enforcement Hall in Evil God Ward within three days.

Wang Yu received the Ghost Domain Wailing Bamboo and brought True Inheritor Jiang’s Secret Letter to Tantai Chan to pass to Yan Ling. He persuaded Tantai Chan to help deliver it and refine a High-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, leaving her to hope that supporting Yan Ling would let her change her fate.

• Wang Yu received the Third Tier Ghost Domain Wailing Bamboo and decided to use it to refine the Ghost Wail Flute.
• Wang Yu visited Tantai Chan and gave her True Inheritor Jiang’s Secret Letter for Yan Ling, emphasizing that she should deliver it quickly and in private.
• Tantai Chan initially refused to help, but Wang Yu reminded her of Yan Ling’s support and hinted that Yan Ling could help her escape her constraints.
• Wang Yu paid Tantai Chan thirty thousand spirit stones to refine a High-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, which she agreed to provide in a month.
• After Wang Yu left, Tantai Chan resolved to take the risk, believing Yan Ling might offer her only chance to change her fate.

Wang Yu spent four months running the Law Enforcement Hall while secretly cultivating spells, soul arts, and his divine sense, leaving most of his inheritances at an initial level. When his alchemy progress stalled for lack of materials and he could only wait, Situ Hong arrived with the long-sought Yin Marrow Liquid, and Wang Yu rewarded him with three Top-Grade Cold Blood Pills.

• Wang Yu acted like a domineering enforcer in Evil God Ward while secretly comprehending spells and cultivating throughout the day and night.
• Wang Yu entered most of his art inheritances and strengthened his divine sense, while his True Essence accumulation reached thirty drops.
• Wang Yu found that completing Cold Dragon Alchemy would still take fifteen years, leaving him unable to advance his alchemy without better materials.
• Situ Hong visited Wang Yu and delivered the Yin Marrow Liquid Wang Yu had asked him to find years earlier.
• Wang Yu gave Situ Hong three Top-Grade Cold Blood Pills, and Situ Hong accepted them with delight.

Wang Yu perfected Profound Yin Hand, began cultivating Flame Shaping Art, and used his sect position to gather valuable knowledge. He then visited Elder Lei Pivot at the Thunder Pivot Weapon Forging Workshop to have Ghost Bamboo forged into a weapon, claiming the material belonged to Lord Jiang.

• Wang Yu traded goods through Situ Hong for Yin Marrow Liquid, then used five portions over five months to perfect Profound Yin Hand and free Slot Three for Cold Dragon Alchemy.
• Wang Yu exchanged his remaining Contribution Points for Flame Shaping Art and discovered the discounts, salary, and storehouse access available through his Steward Token.
• Wang Yu explored Enforcement Headquarters' storehouse and obtained rare reference materials before life returned to its usual calm.
• Wang Yu visited the Thunder Pivot Weapon Forging Workshop with Zhuo Shouqing's introduction and asked Elder Lei Pivot to forge Ghost Bamboo with Earth Spirit Gold into an upgradeable Second Tier weapon.
• Elder Lei Pivot warned that the weapon would waste the Ghost Bamboo's potential, and Wang Yu claimed it was intended for the winner of the Corpse Fighting Dharma Assembly, Lord Jiang, to use in refining two natal treasures.

Wang Yu obtained his Ghost Wail Flute despite Lei Shu’s hidden tracking mark, while Snow Jade returned stronger from her breakthrough. Five years later, Wang Yu accepted a three-hundred-year appointment in Guiling City and prepared to depart, with his cultivation gains still to be revealed.

• Lei Shu kept the Ghost Domain Wailing Bamboo for half a month before returning it as a Ghost Wail Flute, which Zhuo Shouqing’s family found had contained a tracking mark.
• Wang Yu reunited with Snow Jade after her breakthrough at Ice Condensation Cave, and they trained together until their combat coordination improved.
• Wang Yu studied artifact appraisal and alchemy while developing his spells over the next five years.
• Zuoqiu Ming brought Wang Yu an appointment for territory in Guiling City, and Wang Yu agreed to travel there after making preparations.
• Wang Yu reviewed his spell and divine-sense progress as he prepared to leave for Guiling City.

After five years of rapid cultivation, Wang Yu reached the Foundation Establishment Second Layer and left the sect to take up his post as city lord of Guiling City. As he traveled through Cloud Ridge Province, he studied the city’s powers and considered how to establish control despite his low cultivation.

• Wang Yu reviewed his progress and rearranged his Placement Slots, assigning Mountain Searching Demon Finding to the third slot.
• Wang Yu spent his accumulated Spiritual Stones on supplies and prepared to leave the sect.
• Wang Yu thanked the Rebellious Spirit Three Young Masters and departed aboard his Flying Cloud Boat; Zuoqiu Ming gave him intelligence about Guiling City and warned him to be careful.
• Tantai Chan, Zhuo Shouqing, and the others watched Wang Yu leave while Situ Hong approached the final hurdle of his seclusion breakthrough.
• Wang Yu studied Guiling City’s population, resources, ruling clans, and history as he flew through Cloud Ridge Province.
• Wang Yu decided to make a show of force before offering concessions, hoping to stabilize the city until he reached Foundation Establishment Mid-stage.

Wang Yu reached the Three Thousand Li Reed Marshes, gained sudden insight into his musical techniques, and continued toward Guiling City. He bought local intelligence from Chao Yun Niang and learned that the Tuoba Family controlled the City Lord's Mansion, leaving him resolved to use them to establish his authority.

• Wang Yu played an ordinary flute over the reed marshes and suddenly advanced his three Soul and Sound Dual Dao Spell Techniques by learning to blend emotion into music.
• Chao Yun Niang intercepted Wang Yu aboard the Rouge Boat and invited him to travel with Cloud Dream Pavilion toward Guiling City.
• Wang Yu boarded the Rouge Boat and paid Chao Yun Niang for upper-grade intelligence about Guiling City's powers and surrounding territory.
• Wang Yu learned that the Bai, Guan, and Jiang Clans dominated the city, while several Core Formation forces held influence in the North District.
• Chao Yun Niang revealed that the Tuoba Family controlled the City Lord's Mansion and that General Tuoba had reached Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer.
• Wang Yu recalled that Zhuo Shouqing had arranged for him to take Guiling City and decided the Tuoba Family would make a useful target for establishing his authority.

Wang Yu arrived in Guiling City as Tuoba Lei and other local powers plotted against the new city lord. He attacked the City Lord’s Mansion, forced the gathered cultivators to choose sides, and began fighting as several opponents defected.

• Wang Yu and Chao Yun Niang reached Guiling City, where the Tuoba Family gathered local powers to discuss the incoming city lord.
• Tuoba Lei and his allies planned to kill Wang Yu, recruiting the Azure Dragon Gang Leader and considering help from Yellow Springs Temple.
• Wang Yu killed the armored guards at the City Lord’s Mansion and entered the assembly hall during the meeting.
• Wang Yu ordered those present to choose whether to stand with him or Tuoba Lei, while the Azure Dragon Gang Leader attacked.
• The Ink Wash Gate representative, the Scent Listening Sect Female Cultivator, the Jiang Family Head, and several minor factions sided with Wang Yu; the Guan Family Head and the Purple Dragon Mountain representative switched sides as the fight began.