Arc 12The Ancient Burial Pit

Wang Yu consolidated his standing in the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, built powerful alchemy partnerships, and strengthened his cultivation and treasures. After Zhuo Shouqing revealed that Zhuo Shouyun’s faction was targeting the Ancient Burial Pit, Wang Yu followed them into the secret realm, where he hunted Zhuo Cang while Zhuo Wenshi’s group opened an ancient hall.

  • Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, displayed the Thunder Monarch Decree to end the elders’ confrontation, and became a Cold Blood Peak Inner Sect Elder and Twelve Elders Candidate.
  • Wang Yu chose the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, established a residence near Xue Ying, and accepted Yan Ling’s factional support while advancing to the Core Formation Third Layer.
  • Wang Yu partnered with Yu Tang Tang, Tantai Chan, Yan Ling, and the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon to refine pills in exchange for rare materials, advancing his cultivation and perfecting Cold Dragon Alchemy.
  • Wang Yu attended the Heaven Treasure City Auction, bought materials for his treasures, then tracked and killed Wen Hua after Wen Hua won the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng.
  • Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak, advanced to the fourth level of Core Formation, strengthened the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda, and negotiated a reduced annual pill-refining arrangement with his partners.
  • Wang Yu refined the Vast Cold Twelve Aspects into an Innate Divine Power and bound it to the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda before spending nearly a year improving his cultivation and secret arts.
  • Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that Zhuo Shouyun’s faction had learned of the Ancient Burial Pit, and Wang Yu agreed to eliminate those targeting it before secretly entering the secret realm.
  • Wang Yu’s twin corpses killed five Foundation Establishment cultivators and wounded Zhuo Cang, who fled with a Fleeing Void Talisman, while Zhuo Wenshi’s group opened an ancient hall and Zhuo Cang arrived too late to enter.
Chapters 278–302 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 278277. All Trump Cards Revealed, Devouring Heaven Yin Spiritual Root

Wang Yu defeated the ambush at Sanmao City and devoured his enemies to strengthen his Spiritual Roots. He then devoured Luo Chen, obtaining the Heavenly Yin Spiritual Root.

  • Old Qiao attacked Wang Yu with the Profound Saint Sword, but Wang Yu survived the strike, regenerated his leg, and killed Old Qiao with a powerful counterattack.
  • Wang Yu's Thunder Corpse killed Zhang Pingping, while Zhou Tiedan tried and failed to awaken Luo Chen before Wang Yu defeated him with lightning.
  • Wang Yu devoured Zhang Pingping and Zhou Tiedan, strengthening his Spiritual Roots, then ordered Qingyang to aid Xu Ruozhou and plunder Sanmao City for Gui Ling.
  • Wang Yu devoured the mind-shattered Luo Chen with the Demonic Fetus Secret Incantation and obtained the Heavenly Yin Spiritual Root.

Ch. 279Core Formation Second Layer, Returning to the Saint Sect!

After reaching the Core Formation Second Layer, Wang Yu settled the aftermath of Sanmao City's fall and prepared to return to the Saint Sect. Zuoqiu Ming assured him that Thunder Howler Lord's token could protect him from Black Heaven Talisman Lord, and Wang Yu arrived at the sect after a three-month journey.

  • Wang Yu broke through to the Core Formation Second Layer and planned to sell his surplus spoils after returning to the Saint Sect.
  • Zuoqiu Ming questioned Wang Yu about killing Luo Chen, then confirmed that Thunder Howler Lord's token could handle the threat from Black Heaven Talisman Lord.
  • Wang Yu entrusted Zuoqiu Ming and Qingyang with Guiling City's future development and asked them to keep him informed about Moon Chase Province.
  • Wang Yu avoided Jin Miaoshan, left Guiling City alone, and flew toward the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect's mountain gate.
  • After three months, Wang Yu reached the Saint Sect and saw its familiar mountain gate and surrounding buildings.

Ch. 280The Thunder Command Drives Off the Enemy; Inner Sect Elder!

Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and used the Thunder Monarch Decree to drive off six Core Formation elders who came to challenge him over Luo Chen’s death. Jade Book Elder accepted Wang Yu into Cold Blood Peak as an Inner Sect Elder.

  • Wang Yu recognized that the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s mountain gate formation had been altered from the Nine Palaces Demon Star Flying Heaven Formation and suspected Blood Demon Hall concealed a Spatial Secret Realm.
  • Wang Yu flew to Cold Blood Peak to seek promotion, unaware that his return prompted Core Formation elders from Evil Sword Peak to gather against him.
  • Jade Book Elder greeted Wang Yu at Jade Book Hall, where six Core Formation elders confronted him over killing Little Talisman Lord Luo Chen.
  • Wang Yu displayed the Thunder Monarch Decree, causing the six elders to apologize and leave without a fight.
  • Jade Book Elder gave Wang Yu a Jade Soul Tablet, and Wang Yu branded it with his Divine Sense Imprint before being accepted as a Cold Blood Peak Inner Sect Elder.

Ch. 281Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao!

After completing his Jade Token registration, Wang Yu entered Cold Blood Peak’s Scripture Pavilion to choose an inheritance and selected the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture. He received its inheritance and began evaluating its divine abilities and magic treasures, leaving his choice of Life-Bound Magic Treasure undecided.

  • Jade Book Elder explained the restrictions on cultivating inheritances from multiple peaks and directed Wang Yu to the Mountain Lord’s Scripture Pavilion.
  • Wang Yu examined the pavilion’s inheritances and narrowed his choices to the Illusory Yin Profound Ice Art, Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, and Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao.
  • Wang Yu chose the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture and received its cultivation methods, divine abilities, spells, magic treasures, and Alchemy Recipes.
  • Wang Yu studied the scripture’s Ice Soul Divine Light, Aurora Escape Technique, and Vast Cold Twelve Aspects, noting their considerable growth potential.
  • Wang Yu inspected the scripture’s magic treasures, rejected the Ice Soul Demonic Sword, and considered the Extreme Ice Fan unsuitable as his Life-Bound Magic Treasure.

Ch. 282Innate Divine Power: The Choice of Magical Artifacts

Wang Yu chose the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda as his Life-Bound Magic Treasure and Vast Cold Twelve Aspects as his Innate Divine Power, then went to collect his Cold Blood Peak benefits. He received Zhuo Shouqing’s warning that he had forty years to prepare for a counterattack, along with compensation and a higher-ranking appointment.

  • Wang Yu selected the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda, Vast Cold Twelve Aspects, and several ice spells and secret arts to strengthen his cultivation and combat abilities.
  • Wang Yu encountered Xue Ying, whom he recognized as the woman who had once rushed to the dying Feixue; she had advanced from Qi Refining to Core Formation in under fifty years.
  • Wang Yu visited the Merit and Reward Hall, where Zhuo Yuanshen gave him a jade slip, a jade pendant, and an appointment as a Twelve Elders Candidate.
  • Wang Yu learned that Zhuo Shouqing had set a forty-year deadline for a desperate counterattack and offered compensation, including access to an Ancient Burial Pit and priority exchange rights in the Sect Treasury.
  • Wang Yu saw that his Demonic Fetus Profound Origin Secret Incantation could be advanced in the Placement Slot, though the deduction would take one hundred fifty years, and resolved to reorder his inheritances around the forty-year deadline.

Ch. 283The Inner Sect Elder's Obligations: The Complete Ancient Demonic Script

Wang Yu received the benefits and obligations of becoming a Cold Blood Peak Inner Sect Elder, including a duty to search ancient ruins for demonic-script tablets. He then visited the Outer Sect treasury and used spirit stones to buy Ink Copper, leaving with a needed material and a renewed appreciation for his new privileges.

  • Zhuo Yuanshen gave Wang Yu the Cold Blood Ring, a cave token with twelve sub-tokens, and an Ice Crown that could control part of Cold Blood Peak's great Formation.
  • Zhuo Yuanshen explained that Wang Yu had to explore a ruin every hundred years and submit any demonic-script tablet he found; Wang Yu learned four complete demonic scripts.
  • Wang Yu went to the treasury in the Central Halls District, where elders could exchange spirit stones for Contribution Points.
  • Wang Yu browsed the treasury's catalog and found Ink Copper, which he needed to refine the Feng Shui Compass.
  • Wang Yu paid 120,000 low grade spirit stones through the treasury Formation and received the Ink Copper.

Ch. 284Choosing a Cave Abode; Twelve Aspects of Guanghan

Wang Yu chose a plot on Cold Blood Peak for his new residence, discovered that Xue Ying had a Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root, and found the sect’s treasure vaults nearly empty. He updated his cultivation placements and began training Vast Cold Twelve Aspects as the divine power he planned to carve into his Golden Core.

  • Wang Yu found that Su Yulong’s former estate had become Zuoqiu Residence, so he searched Cold Blood Peak for another place to build his home.
  • Wang Yu met Xue Ying while she was choosing a residence, learned she had a Heavenly Ice Spiritual Root, and agreed to settle nearby.
  • Wang Yu claimed a plot, established a formation, opened chambers in the cliff, and settled the Spotless Jade Toad, Three-Tailed Snow Fox, and Snow Jade there.
  • Wang Yu checked several sect treasure vaults but found their stock poor; the manager explained that the vaults would not be replenished for another five years.
  • Wang Yu updated his cultivation placements, replacing Yellow Springs Great Handprint with Vast Cold Twelve Aspects and beginning its training as his planned Innate Divine Power.

Ch. 285The Theory of the False Infant; Black Heaven Talisman Lord

Wang Yu went to apologize to the Black Heaven Talisman Lord after killing Luo Chen, bringing Zhuo Shouqing and Huang Jiu as support. The Black Heaven Talisman Lord silenced Zhuo Shouqing and trapped Wang Yu with an invisible force, leaving Wang Yu unable to speak or move.

  • Wang Yu visited Azure Maiden Pavilion before dawn and pulled Zhuo Shouqing from a private room to ask him to arrange a meeting with the Black Heaven Talisman Lord.
  • Wang Yu explained how he killed Luo Chen and showed Zhuo Shouqing the Thunder Monarch Decree; Zhuo Shouqing agreed to help him apologize.
  • Wang Yu returned Luo Chen's Black Heaven Talisman to his Cosmos Ring, and Zhuo Shouqing summoned Huang Jiu, a False Nascent Soul expert, to accompany them.
  • Zhuo Shouqing explained the False Nascent Soul Realm and warned Wang Yu that Zhuo Shouyun's standing could make the Black Heaven Talisman Lord dangerous to them.
  • Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing climbed Evil Sword Peak and entered the Peak Hall to meet the Black Heaven Talisman Lord.
  • The Black Heaven Talisman Lord ordered Zhuo Shouqing to be silent and used an invisible force to pin Wang Yu in place.

Ch. 286The Grudges Temporarily Settled

Wang Yu offered Black Heaven Talisman Lord an apology, Luo Chen’s belongings, and edited memories to settle the conflict over Luo Chen’s death. Black Heaven Talisman Lord let him go, though Wang Yu remained wary of Evil Sword Peak, and he parted from Zhuo Shouqing with a secure Sound Transmission Jade Talisman and a postponement of their trip to the Ancient Burial Pit.

  • Wang Yu let Black Heaven Talisman Lord suppress him while explaining that he had come to apologize for Luo Chen’s death.
  • Zhuo Shouqing returned Luo Chen’s Cosmos Ring, and Black Heaven Talisman Lord inspected the Black Heaven Talisman and damaged Black Heaven Banner inside.
  • Wang Yu presented edited memories showing Luo Chen had ambushed him, then argued that killing Luo Chen had been necessary self-defense.
  • Black Heaven Talisman Lord dismissed Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing, who warned Wang Yu that Evil Sword Peak disciples might still target him.
  • Evil Sword Mountain Lord asked Black Heaven Talisman Lord about Wang Yu and learned that Wang Yu had swallowed Luo Chen’s Heavenly Yin Spiritual Root.
  • Wang Yu and Zhuo Shouqing parted after Zhuo Shouqing gave him a secure Sound Transmission Jade Talisman and said their Ancient Burial Pit trip could wait.

Ch. 287Direct Disciple Yan Ling, Core Formation Third Layer!

Wang Yu met Direct Disciple Yan Ling, who offered him Glass Lapis Lazuli and sought his support amid Cold Blood Peak’s factional politics. After accepting the material and settling into his new cave abode, he broke through to Core Formation Third Layer.

  • Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak and found workers building him a grand cave abode that encroached on Xue Ying’s nearby dwelling.
  • Yan Ling visited Wang Yu and Xue Ying, congratulated Wang Yu on becoming a Twelve Elders Candidate, and hinted that he should join her faction.
  • Yan Ling offered Wang Yu Glass Lapis Lazuli and warned that other factions might obstruct his access to treasures; after hearing Xue Ying’s agreement, Wang Yu accepted the offer.
  • Yan Ling left, and Wang Yu declined Xue Ying’s invitation to stay, added requirements for his cave abode, and began preparing to refine his treasures.
  • On the thirty-first day of his career as an elder, Wang Yu increased his magic power limit to one thousand wisps and broke through to Core Formation Third Layer.

Ch. 288Seeing Tangtang Again; Tantai Bows the Knee

Wang Yu planned his advance to Mid-stage Core Formation and used Yu Tang Tang’s visit to propose an alchemy partnership, gaining access to her abundant spirit medicines. After she left, he questioned Tantai Chan about Yan Ling and Cold Blood Peak, preparing for his next steps.

  • Wang Yu calculated that he could reach the Core Formation Third Layer peak within a year and planned to prepare a Breakthrough Pill and develop his alchemy connections.
  • Yu Tang Tang arrived at Cold Blood Peak carried by Tantai Chan and happily reunited with Wang Yu.
  • Wang Yu showed Yu Tang Tang his new Cave Abode, where she rode Snow Jade, the Three-Tailed Snow Fox, and learned about his recent achievements.
  • Wang Yu proposed that Yu Tang Tang provide spirit medicines and Alchemy Recipes for him to refine pills, and she agreed to discuss the venture with her father.
  • After Yu Tang Tang left, Wang Yu asked Tantai Chan to recount everything she knew about Yan Ling and the work she had done for her.

Ch. 289The Cold Blood Faction, the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda, and the Feng Shui Compass

Wang Yu learned about Cold Blood Peak’s factions and considered how to handle the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon before agreeing to teach Tantai Chan alchemy. The next morning, he began refining the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda and a formation disc in Cold Blood Peak’s secure cultivation room.

  • Tantai Chan explained Cold Blood Peak’s three factions, their leaders, and the balance of power among the Twelve Elders to Wang Yu.
  • Tantai Chan warned Wang Yu that the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon would likely try to capture him for unpaid pill refining, and advised him to bring pills useful to Yu Tang Tang if he wanted to negotiate.
  • Tantai Chan asked Wang Yu to teach her alchemy, and Wang Yu drew her close; they spent the night together.
  • The next morning, Wang Yu woke beside Tantai Chan and went to the Cultivation Room to refine the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda.
  • Wang Yu used Ice Dragon Pill Flame to refine the pagoda while shaping a formation disc with Samadhi True Fire and the Four Directions and Four Seas Qi.

Ch. 290Seven Apertures Qi Root, Flood Dragon Heart Ancestral Blood Pill

Wang Yu completed the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda and Feng Shui Compass, then received the Seven Apertures Qi Root and the Flood Dragon Heart Ancestral Blood Pill recipe from Yu Tang Tang. He promised to study the recipe for three years before refining the pill.

  • Wang Yu considered how Life-Bound Magic Treasures could grow with their cultivators and how the sect's Ancestor Artifacts chose inheritors.
  • Wang Yu finished refining the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda and Feng Shui Compass, then stored both treasures in his Qi Sea.
  • Tantai Chan left Wang Yu's cave after receiving his message that he would teach her alchemy when Yu Tang Tang visited.
  • Yu Tang Tang arrived with the Seven Apertures Qi Root and the Flood Dragon Heart Ancestral Blood Pill recipe, hoping Wang Yu would refine the pill for her.
  • Wang Yu accepted the recipe and materials, then told Yu Tang Tang he would study the recipe and refine the pill in three years.

Ch. 291Doing Business Together

Wang Yu used Yu Tang Tang’s pill recipes to demonstrate his alchemy skill and strengthen his partnership with the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon. After observing the sect’s hostile attitude toward outside experts, he contacted Huang Kai and began considering a plan involving him.

  • Tantai Chan explained which pills were in demand across the sect’s peaks and how the Alchemy Hall controlled breakthrough pill recipes and spirit-herb channels.
  • Yu Tang Tang offered Wang Yu three pill recipes, and he took Tantai Chan into the alchemy room to teach her while refining the pills over twelve days.
  • Wang Yu produced high-grade pills from the recipes, and Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan left with the Dragon Dragon Pill and a reminder to tell her father about their arrangement.
  • Wang Yu visited the Alchemy Hall and saw its staff drive away a third-rank alchemist from Feng Province by demanding he retake lower-rank tests.
  • Wang Yu contacted Huang Kai, discovered he was still alive, and considered whether he could replace him in a longer-term plan.

Ch. 292Several Third-Tier Treasures; Waiting for the Winds to Rise

Wang Yu expanded his alchemy business with the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon and Yan Ling, gaining rare resources while teaching Tantai Chan. As his cultivation advanced rapidly, he reached the Core Formation Early Stage’s Magic Power limit and faced the Strengthening the Core bottleneck.

  • Wang Yu accepted a large pill order from the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon through Yu Tang Tang and received rare treasures in exchange for his first batch of high-grade pills.
  • Wang Yu refined pills while Tantai Chan observed and learned, then used the Dragon Horn Earth Python Blood Essence, Moon Laurel Leaf, and Hundred Ghost Soul Nourishing Liquid to advance his body refinement, cultivation, and Divine Sense.
  • Yan Ling and Xue Ying visited Wang Yu, and Yan Ling arranged a pill-refining partnership that brought Wang Yu further rare resources, including the Fang Mountain Jade Tree Fruit and ingredients for the Soul Dream Essence Pill.
  • Wang Yu devoted most of his time to pill refinement and cultivation, while his other studies progressed more slowly and Tantai Chan continued receiving his guidance.
  • On the 316th day of his elder career, Wang Yu reached three thousand strands of Magic Power and faced the Strengthening the Core bottleneck before advancing further in Core Formation.

Ch. 293Heaven Treasure City Auction (Part 1)

Wang Yu prepared to attend Heaven Treasure City's Earth Grade Auction, disguising himself as a cultivator from Yellow Springs Temple to avoid attention. He reached the city, gathered materials to break through a minor bottleneck, and headed toward the auction venue.

  • Wang Yu considered his cultivation progress, filled all six Placement Slots with alchemy, and arranged to obtain bottleneck-breaking Alchemy Recipes through Yan Ling.
  • Tantai Chan told Wang Yu that the Heaven Treasure City Auction was about to open, and he decided to attend in search of scarce resources.
  • As rumors about Wang Yu’s past and connections spread, he disguised himself with the Earth Luo Ghost Mask and Yellow Springs Magic Power before leaving the sect.
  • Wang Yu traveled for more than a dozen days and arrived at Heaven Treasure City, a vast city governed by strict laws and protected by numerous law enforcers.
  • Wang Yu toured the city, collected materials for breaking through a minor bottleneck, and made his way toward the Earth Grade Auction venue.

Ch. 294Heaven Treasure City Auction (Part 2)

Wang Yu registered for Heaven Treasure Pavilion’s Earth Grade Auction, brushed off Wen Hua’s attempt to take his invitation, and spent three days gathering materials in Heaven Treasure City. At the auction, he passed on the early items and won Ghost Cave Yin Jade to improve his Ghost Wail Flute.

  • Wang Yu proved his identity and wealth to enter the auction, then sold his invitation to Wen Hua for one hundred thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones and received another invitation from the steward.
  • Wang Yu spent the next three days searching Heaven Treasure City’s trading streets for spiritual materials and considered options for strengthening his magic treasures.
  • Wang Yu entered a superior private room at the auction, where the Five Elements Spirit Orbs sold for one million seven hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.
  • Wang Yu ignored the auction’s earlier items because they were unsuitable or overpriced.
  • Wang Yu bid two hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones for Ghost Cave Yin Jade and won the material for his Ghost Wail Flute.

Ch. 295Heaven Treasure City Auction (Part 2)

Wang Yu bought several treasures at Heaven Treasure City’s auction, then targeted Wen Hua after he won the finale item, Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng. Wang Yu gathered allies to intercept him, while Wen Hua and his guards realized their teleport had landed inside Inverse Spirit Blood Sect territory and debated returning to the city.

  • Wang Yu bought Blood Dragon Essence and an Essence Soul Stone, then passed on expensive Top-Grade Spirit Pills.
  • Wen Hua bid ten Top Grade Spirit Stones for the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng and won the auction’s finale item.
  • Wang Yu used a mark he had placed on Wen Hua to identify his teleport direction and recruited three Core Formation Inner Sect Elders to help intercept him.
  • Wen Hua and his two Late-stage Core Formation guards landed in Inverse Spirit Blood Sect territory and considered returning to Heaven Treasure City.
  • One guard warned Wen Hua that his undisguised auction voice had likely revealed his identity, leaving Wen Hua awkward.

Ch. 296Ambushing Fellow Cultivators; Nascent Soul Divine Sense

Wen Hua fled with the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng while Wang Yu’s allies pursued him, and a Qiao Sword Cultivator intercepted the group. Wang Yu caught up with Wen Hua and attacked, then unleashed Soul Destroying Death Light against the Nascent Soul Divine Sense Imprint protecting him.

  • Wen Hua insisted on keeping the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng and led his two elders east toward the Yin Yang Sect.
  • The Golden Sword City Lord sent a Qiao Sword Cultivator to tail Wen Hua’s group after receiving Wang Yu’s transmission.
  • Wen Hua detected the Qiao Sword Cultivator, and his two elders fought him with black-water clay jars while he used the Glacier Undercurrent Sword to resist.
  • Wen Hua realized the Saint Sect City Lord had likely been sent to intercept him and fled ahead of the others.
  • Wang Yu caught Wen Hua, struck him with the Minor Asura Killing Fist, and forced a protective imprint from Wen Hua’s father to appear.
  • Wang Yu rejected the Nascent Soul cultivator’s offer and attacked his Divine Sense Imprint with Soul Destroying Death Light.

Ch. 297Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, Golden Sword City's Conclusion

Wang Yu and his allies killed the Yin Yang Sect reinforcements at Golden Sword City, then divided the spoils and discussed the danger of having offended the sect. The chapter left Wang Yu with two prospective followers as Qiao Yu recovered from his injuries.

  • Wang Yu destroyed the Yin Yang Sect Master's Divine Sense phantom, misdirected its tracking mark, and killed Wen Hua with the Yellow Springs Great Handprint.
  • Wang Yu and Qiao Yu worked together to kill one Late-stage Core Formation elder, while Chu Jun and Yang Xiong froze and killed the other.
  • Qiao Yu, Chu Jun, and Yang Xiong greeted Wang Yu as Candidate Elder, and the four went to Golden Sword City to discuss the Yin Yang Sect and their spoils.
  • Wang Yu gave the three allies the agreed nine hundred thousand spirit stones and let them divide the two elders' Storage Rings, warning them to keep the Young Sect Master's death secret.
  • Chu Jun asked to follow Wang Yu after his city-lord term ended, and Wang Yu agreed to provide Yang Xiong a cultivation post in Guiling City.

Ch. 298The Qiao Clan Joins: Core Formation Layer Four

Wang Yu turned Qiao Yu’s offer of loyalty into a pill-refining partnership, then returned to Cold Blood Peak and broke through to the fourth level of Core Formation with an Orchid Grace Pill. He continued refining pills while advancing Cold Dragon Alchemy, which he perfected in early January of his fourth year as an elder.

  • Yang Xiong and Chu Jun accepted Wang Yu’s offer of future support in Gui Ling, then left Golden Sword City.
  • After his injuries stabilized, Qiao Yu offered to serve Wang Yu, but Wang Yu refused to take him as a subordinate and proposed a pill-refining partnership instead.
  • Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak with spirit herbs that included nearly all the main ingredients for a Nascent Soul Pill, and arranged cooperation with the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon and the Qiao Clan.
  • Wang Yu refined and swallowed an Orchid Grace Pill, advancing to the fourth level of Core Formation and raising the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda to Mid-Grade Magic Treasure.
  • Wang Yu resumed alchemy and used the Placement Slot’s feedback to advance Cold Dragon Alchemy, perfecting it in early January of his fourth year as an elder.

Ch. 299Alchemy Advancement, Comprehension Soared!

After advancing his alchemy, Wang Yu refined a top-grade Exquisite Inner Core and Vast Cold Pills, using them to improve his comprehension and cultivation. As several clans and partners gathered to renegotiate pill cooperation, competing claims left the talks in dispute.

  • Wang Yu refined a top-grade Exquisite Inner Core and three top-grade Vast Cold Pills.
  • Wang Yu swallowed the pills, advanced three Vast Cold Twelve Aspects divine powers to the threshold, and shortened the progress of many techniques through improved comprehension.
  • Xue Ying congratulated Wang Yu and asked whether the Xue Clan could join his pill cooperation.
  • Wang Yu gathered Xue Ying, Yan Ling, the Qiao Clan representative, and Tantai Chan to discuss changing their cooperation because alchemy consumed too much of his time.
  • Yan Ling argued for continued cooperation with her, the Qiao Clan representative insisted his clan must participate, and Xue Ying offered to withdraw, sparking a larger dispute.

Ch. 300Divine Abilities Enter the Golden Core, Twelve Aspects of the True Self! (More to come at the start of the month!)

Wang Yu negotiated a new, smaller-scale pill-refining arrangement with the clans, offering one furnace of Third Tier Top-Grade Spirit Pills per family each year in exchange for valuable materials. After managing his alliances and dealings with Xue Ying and Tantai Chan, he refined the Vast Cold Twelve Aspects into an Innate Divine Power and began integrating it and the Aurora Escape Technique into his Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda.

  • Wang Yu proposed reducing bulk pill production and refining one furnace of Third Tier Top-Grade Spirit Pills for each family annually, and the representatives accepted the new arrangement with valuable materials as payment.
  • Xue Ying spoke with Wang Yu after Tantai Chan left, and Wang Yu suspected she knew about his plot against True Person Flying Snow and resolved to act against her when he found an opportunity.
  • Wang Yu drew Tantai Chan close and gave her a top-grade Flood Dragon Heart Ancestral Blood Pill for Tang Tang, while promising to refine her Breakthrough Pill if she supplied the materials.
  • Wang Yu refined the Vast Cold Twelve Aspects into an Innate Divine Power, manifesting its twelve aspects and binding its power to the Gleaming Ice Heart Pagoda.
  • Wang Yu began inscribing the Aurora Escape Technique into the pagoda so it could carry him in flight and strengthen the technique when used alongside it.

Ch. 301Unexpected Changes: Zhuo Family Members

Wang Yu prepared for the Ancient Burial Pit after Zhuo Shouqing warned that Zhuo Shouyun’s faction had learned of it and urged him to act before their strength grew. Wang Yu reached the secret realm, where Zhuo Wenshi’s group was still struggling to break its entrance restriction.

  • Wang Yu completed the Ice Soul Divine Light refinement and spent nearly a year advancing his cultivation and secret arts before Zhuo Shouqing summoned him.
  • Zhuo Shouqing told Wang Yu that his subordinates had revealed the Ancient Burial Pit to Zhuo Shouyun’s faction, and Wang Yu agreed to eliminate those now targeting it.
  • Wang Yu studied the Ancient Burial Pit’s intelligence, prepared his Ghost Wail Flute and formation flags, and secretly left the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.
  • Wang Yu traveled toward the Ancient Burial Pit in the Northern Severing Realm Mountain Range, concealing his swift escape technique to avoid attracting attention.
  • Zhuo Wenshi pressed an array master to open the secret realm’s entrance, but the array master said breaking its spatial restriction without a key would take time.

Ch. 302Burial Pit Secret Realm: A First Victory

Wang Yu entered the Ancient Burial Pit secret realm and ambushed the Zhuo family cultivators guarding its entrance, severely wounding Zhuo Cang before tracking him deeper inside. Zhuo Cang teleported to his companions, who had already entered a sealed hall and were unaware he had arrived.

  • Zhuo Wenshi’s group opened the secret realm entrance and went inside, while Wang Yu waited outside and followed them in afterward.
  • Wang Yu emerged among Zhuo Cang and five Foundation Establishment cultivators, then used his twin corpses to kill the five and wound Zhuo Cang as he fled with a Fleeing Void Talisman.
  • Wang Yu seized Zhuo Cang’s Golden Core, used it to track him, and hurried after him through the secret realm.
  • Zhuo Wenshi and five companions explored a sealed great hall, identified ancient markings, and opened its entrance with an Infiltration Seal.
  • Zhuo Cang teleported beside the hall after the six had entered, but an internal restriction prevented him from teleporting inside.
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