Arc 23The Tomb and the Tribulation

Wang Yu survived the war for the Sky Sword Sect, pursued his own cultivation while the Ice Prison Realm descended into chaos, and uncovered the Immortal Dynasty Crown Prince’s Tomb. After defeating the Yin Son of Heaven and claiming the tomb’s treasures, he reached the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation and set his sights on Ice Phoenix bloodline talents.

  • Wang Yu killed Spirit Ruin Child and the Five-Colored Saint Lord, escaped Heavenly Mother Hermit, and gained the Frozen Demon’s inheritance while resisting its attempt to control him.
  • Wang Yu joined the battle at the Sky Sword Sect, where the Prison King Spirit Official escaped after the Life Ancient Demon was released and the Grand Void Sword Sect dissolved.
  • Wang Yu reunited with his acquaintances in Golden Toad City, helped Tantai Chan prepare for Nascent Soul Condensation, and entered seclusion as Heaven Refining Demon Venerable took two Life Ancient Demons into the Chaos Layer.
  • Wang Yu traveled to Longevity City, gained access to the Yin Dynasty Minor Realm, and fought his way through its ghosts to confront the Yin Son of Heaven.
  • Wang Yu killed the Yin Son of Heaven and escaped the collapsing Ghost Realm, then claimed the Earth Ancestral Decree, the Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor, and other treasures from the tomb.
  • Wang Yu spared True Monarch Longevity in exchange for offerings to his Heavenly Demon Larva, then spent years cultivating and tempering his body with the Sea Suppressing Pearl.
  • Wang Yu passed the Divine Transformation Tribulation and reached the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation, concluding that Ice Phoenix bloodline talents could speed his progress toward the late stage.
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Ch. 553The Ignored Key Information: The Nine Dragon Emperor Sword Can Slay Immortals!

Wang Yu’s attempt to escape the ambush in Western Peak Capital faltered against Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child, but he revealed that he had prepared the city’s formations as a countermeasure. The Nine Dragon Slaying Immortal Formation manifested the Nine Dragon Emperor Sword and struck down the first attackers, forcing Prison King Spirit Official to intervene.

  • Wang Yu used the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram and Boundless Sea of Sorrow to attack Spirit Ruin Child, but Spirit Ruin Child repeatedly detected and thwarted his attempts to materialize nearby.
  • Prison King Spirit Official sent the Five-Colored Saint Lord into the formation with the Three Pure Ones Bell, and Wang Yu used a Heavenly Demon attack and the Yellow Springs Evil World Spear to break through his defenses.
  • Spirit Ruin Child intercepted Wang Yu and broke his Flesh Demon Sword, but Wang Yu counterattacked with the Dragon Emperor Fist and Vast Cold Twelve Aspects.
  • Heavenly Mother Hermit drained the trapping formation to bind Wang Yu’s attack, leaving him surrounded by her, Spirit Ruin Child, and the Five-Colored Saint Lord.
  • Wang Yu activated Western Peak Capital’s formations with his Coiling Dragon Ring, summoning the Nine Dragon Emperor Sword through the Nine Dragon Slaying Immortal Formation.
  • The sword’s golden radiance killed the three Half-step Spirit Transformation cultivators and struck at the four Spirit Transformation cultivators, prompting Prison King Spirit Official to act personally.

Ch. 554Universe Manipulation: Escaping to the Light

Prison King Spirit Official crushed Wang Yu’s body, but Wang Yu escaped with the Void Moon Eye Technique and recovered while Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and Five-Colored Saint Lord pursued him for months. The pursuers grew suspicious of his repeated circuits near Lotus City and continued hunting, while Spirit Ruin Child and Heavenly Mother Hermit secretly left their true bodies behind to wait for him there.

  • Prison King Spirit Official shattered Wang Yu’s Nine Dragon Emperor Sword, crushed his body, and ordered Heavenly Mother Hermit to kill him.
  • Wang Yu escaped with the Void Moon Eye Technique, while Heavenly Mother Hermit tracked his blood and pursued him with Spirit Ruin Child and Five-Colored Saint Lord; Dragon Chan Venerable asked Prison King Spirit Official to accept him as a disciple.
  • Wang Yu fled east, recovered his body with pills and his Fifth Tier cultivation, and avoided counterattacking because he feared Prison King Spirit Official would intervene again.
  • After months of pursuit, Wang Yu returned to Red Kite Land and repeatedly passed near Lotus City, where Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and Five-Colored Saint Lord debated why he had not sought refuge.
  • The three pursuers agreed to continue the hunt, but Spirit Ruin Child and Heavenly Mother Hermit secretly left their true bodies in Lotus City to wait for Wang Yu.

Ch. 555Slaying the Five-Colored, Destroying the Spirit Ruins

Wang Yu used a decoy and an ambush at Prison Ox Mountain to kill the Five-Colored Saint Lord, then learned that Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child had used him as bait. When the pair arrived, Wang Yu activated a prepared trap and took the Ephemera Dharma Pill, surging to Spirit Transformation Late Stage as he launched his attack.

  • Wang Yu learned that Spirit Ruin Child had been seen in Lotus City and used the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect's intelligence network to plan an ambush at Prison Ox Mountain.
  • Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child left the Five-Colored Saint Lord to face Wang Yu, while secretly preparing to arrive and attack afterward.
  • Wang Yu used Snow Jade and the Fiend Dragon Armor as a decoy, then trapped the Five-Colored Saint Lord beneath the Ice Hell Demon Seal and killed him.
  • Before his primordial spirit was destroyed, the Five-Colored Saint Lord revealed that the Out-of-Realm Thief had influenced him and mentioned an opportunity in the Severing Realm Mountain Range.
  • Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child arrived and were separated by Wang Yu's formation and spatial storm as he used the Ephemera Dharma Pill to reach Spirit Transformation Late Stage.
  • Wang Yu launched Frost Moon Across the Sky at Spirit Ruin Child, whose spiritual perception warned him of fatal danger.

Ch. 556Coming to an End, Raising Heavenly Demon Larvae

Wang Yu killed Spirit Ruin Child with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow, fought Heavenly Mother Hermit, and escaped before the Ephemera Dharma Pill’s effects faded. While recovering in the Endless Ice Field, he examined his spoils and used the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram to lure a Heavenly Demon Larva.

  • Wang Yu destroyed Spirit Ruin Child’s treasures and killed him, then seized his Cosmos Ring and attacked Heavenly Mother Hermit.
  • Heavenly Mother Hermit used her Treasure Gourds against Wang Yu, who eventually escaped when their clash left a cloud of dust.
  • Wang Yu secluded himself in an ice cave, planned to explore the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground and the Crown Prince’s Tomb, and found over ten thousand Top Grade Spirit Stones and a Water-Fire Essence Crystal in Spirit Ruin Child’s ring.
  • Wang Yu began raising a Heavenly Demon Larva with the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram, sealing a Lustful Heavenly Demon, a Wrath Karma Heavenly Demon, and a Sorrowful Music Heavenly Demon into it.
  • Wang Yu refined Heavenly Demon Pills and used captured demonic cultivators as bait, finally luring a Heavenly Demon Larva to descend.

Ch. 557Accelerate, Accelerate, Accelerate!

Wang Yu completed ten years of seclusion, forging new treasures and advancing his cultivation before returning to the Red Kite Demon Domain to check the war. He learned that the Blazing Sun Sect was close to defeat after the Fire Crow Clan revolted, leaving little time before Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s plan unfolded.

  • Wang Yu captured a Heavenly Demon Larva, completed the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram at Fifth Tier High Grade, and began feeding the larva Demonic Evil Thoughts.
  • During his seclusion, Wang Yu forged the White Bone Demonic Sword, developed the Blood God Ascension Pill, increased his magic power, and upgraded the Ocean Heart Ring and Demon Lock Bracelet into the Fox Tail Snow Bracelet.
  • Wang Yu perfected the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, swallowed two Blood God Ascension Pills, and emerged from the Endless Ice Field to investigate the battlefield from Maple Province City.
  • The Fire Crow Clan tried to leave the Blazing Sun Sect and rejoin the demon race, sparking an internal revolt that killed or scattered more than half the sect’s experts.
  • The Demonic Dao Alliance seized the Blazing Sun Sect’s weakness and conquered four provinces, prompting Wang Yu to estimate that the sect would fall within twenty years and that the decisive clash was approaching.

Ch. 558The Blazing Sun Sect's War: Omen of the Coming Storm

As the Demonic Dao prepared its final assault on the Sword Sect, the Blazing Sun Sect surrendered to Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable, while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable assembled his forces and advanced a plan to confront Prison King Spirit Official. Wang Yu learned the decisive battle was near and set out to secure Ancient Frozen Demon's inheritance before joining it.

  • Facing the Demonic Dao's overwhelming forces, Blazing Sun Sect Master agreed to surrender and went to negotiate with Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable accepted the surrender but ordered the Blazing Sun Sect to lead the assault on the Sword Sect Mountain Gate and its seven provinces.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable learned Chi Tian had been defeated by Wang Yu, warned him not to provoke Wang Yu, and discussed the plan involving Wuji, Sword Child, and the Life Ancient Demon.
  • After receiving news of Wang Yu's victories against two Spirit Transformation opponents, Heaven Refining Demon Venerable rallied his sect and sent word to the demon race before marching west toward the Sword Sect.
  • Wang Yu sensed the decisive battle was approaching, notified his contact with the Heavenly Demon Bone Forest Jade Pendant, and left Maple Province City for the Ice Clan's Gatekeeper Tribe to seek Ancient Frozen Demon's inheritance.

Ch. 559Destroy a Clan, Seize Inheritance. Spirit Transformation Third Layer!

Wang Yu went to the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground, destroyed the Gatekeeper Tribe, and took its Ice Clan inheritances. The Frozen Demon then poured Demonic Qi into him, unexpectedly advancing him to Spirit Transformation Third Layer.

  • Wang Yu arrived at the Gatekeeper Tribe and found the Great Priest and two Ice Clan elders discussing their dwindling prospects.
  • Wang Yu discovered the corpses of female cultivators used to nurture Ice Clan embryos, rejected the Great Priest’s claim that Cold Blood Peak had permitted it, and killed the three leaders.
  • Wang Yu crushed the Gatekeeper Tribe with the Ice Hell Demon Seal, seized the spoils, and transformed into a Pure-Blood Ice Clan member to enter its inheritance temple.
  • Wang Yu collected numerous Ice Dao techniques, divine powers, secret arts, and treasure-refining methods from the temple’s statues.
  • Wang Yu entered the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground, where the Frozen Demon poured Demonic Qi into him and propelled him to Spirit Transformation Third Layer.

Ch. 560Ancient Demon's Lingering Consciousness: Communication and Exchange

Wang Yu questioned the consciousness inside the sealed iceberg after the Frost Demon’s Demonic Qi entered his body, then negotiated with it while concealing his own plans. He agreed to receive its cultivation inheritance without approaching the iceberg, leaving the Frozen Demon Consciousness unable to impose its intended control on him.

  • Wang Yu realized the Frost Demon’s Demonic Qi remained under the demonic shadow’s control and resisted when it tried to force him closer.
  • The demonic shadow explained that it was an aggregate of the Ancient Demon’s residual will and claimed the Demon Race had originated the Body Refinement Dao.
  • Wang Yu deduced that the Frozen Demon Consciousness wanted to use him to spread its inheritance and manipulate Ice Clan cultivators into helping break its seal.
  • The Frozen Demon Consciousness proposed that Wang Yu teach the Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao to the Ice Clan, and Wang Yu feigned agreement while demanding it remove its control over his Qi Sea.
  • Wang Yu refused to approach the iceberg, foiling the Frozen Demon Consciousness’s plan to lodge part of itself in his body, and introduced himself as Crimson Heaven Demon Venerable.

Ch. 561Demonic Might Crushes the Sword Sect, The Apex Battle Begins

Wang Yu obtained the Frozen Demon’s cultivation inheritance, then joined the demonic army gathering to attack the Sky Sword Sect. He extorted the Demon Crossing Heart Incantation from Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, and the assault began.

  • The Frozen Demon consciousness gave Wang Yu the Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao inheritance while withholding its Divine Abilities and Secret Arts.
  • At the Sky Sword Sect, Grand void Sword Venerable assigned Jian He to guard the Sword Tomb and Miao Zhen, Fu Ling, and Hao Ran to defend the sect formation as the elders prepared for the coming siege.
  • Two months later, the Five Demonic Sects and the remaining demon-race venerables gathered around the Sky Sword Sect’s Immortal Mountain, with Heaven Refining Demon Venerable leading them.
  • Wang Yu arrived after contacting Chang Xi, learned that the Sky Sword Sect’s defenses were arranged to draw out Prison King Spirit Official, and warned the other demon venerables about the danger he posed.
  • Wang Yu demanded Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s secret art for refining Demonic Contamination and received the Demon Crossing Heart Incantation.
  • Wang Yu finished studying the secret art and declared that the war would begin.

Ch. 562Dharma Image Divine Might, Righteous Qi Sword Chief

Wang Yu watched the Heaven Refining Demon Sect’s assault on the Taixu Sword Sect and secretly intervened when Thunder Howler Lord was about to be killed. As the Spirit Transformation battle intensified, Wang Yu rescued Thunder Howler Lord and challenged the newly ascended Righteous Qi Sword Chief.

  • Wang Yu concealed himself in a spatial interlayer while the demonic forces attacked the Seventy-Two Peaks and the sword formations cut down their vanguard.
  • Fu Ling, Miao Zhen, Crimson Heaven, Yellow Springs, and Blood Demon clashed in the sect-protecting formation, where Blood Demon’s Blood Sea corroded several peaks and Miao Zhen fought off three Demon Venerables.
  • Thunder Howler Lord and his External Incarnation pierced Heaven Sword Peak Master, but Righteous Qi Sword Chief arrived and drove them back with seven-colored Righteous Qi sword qi.
  • Wang Yu used his Space Silver Lock to pull Thunder Howler Lord into the void before Righteous Qi sword qi struck him down.
  • Wang Yu thanked Thunder Howler Lord for his past support, then offered to fight Righteous Qi Sword Chief.

Ch. 563The Leaders of Righteous and Demonic Paths Battle the Spirit Official

As the righteous and demonic forces gathered for their decisive battle, Wang Yu helped Thunder Howler Lord withdraw and staged a fake fight with Righteous Qi Sword Chief. Grand Void Honored One and Heaven Refining Demon Venerable began their true clash, but Prison King Spirit Official emerged from hiding before it could run its course.

  • Wang Yu sent Thunder Howler Lord away to heal and watch the battle instead of joining it.
  • Righteous Qi Sword Chief and Wang Yu staged a clash, during which Yin Yang Demon Lord was killed and Wang Yu claimed his corpse.
  • Prison King Spirit Official learned that the Sword Sect’s plan might involve the Sword Tomb, Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s trump card, or the Life Ancient Demon, and ordered Heavenly Mother Hermit and Long Chan to lie in wait.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable unleashed World Power against Grand Void Honored One, who summoned his Natal Spirit Treasure, the Seeking the Dao Sword.
  • Wang Yu realized the two peak cultivators had been acting to strengthen their powers, but Prison King Spirit Official appeared from the void before they could continue.

Ch. 564Great Melee, World-Suppressing Turtle!

The Sword Sect’s defenders and demonic allies fought Dragon Chan Venerable and Heavenly Mother Hermit while the Prison King Spirit Official attacked through spatial rifts. Old Daoist Tai Xu summoned the World-Suppressing Turtle, whose inner realm trapped the fighters and began weakening the invaders.

  • Dragon Chan Venerable and Heavenly Mother Hermit broke into the Sword Sect’s mountain formation, forcing Wang Yu to flee into concealment as Heavenly Mother seized control of part of the formation.
  • The Blood Demon Hall Master abducted Fu Ling and Miao Zhen, while Dragon Chan Venerable used the Demon Refining Bowl to capture fleeing cultivators and Limitless Demon Venerable attacked him.
  • Wang Yu withdrew toward the demon spectators as Grand Void Honored One entered Tai Lake and brought out the World-Suppressing Turtle.
  • The Prison King Spirit Official revealed that his master had captured the World-Suppressing Turtle’s mate and son, enraging the turtle and prompting it to challenge him.
  • Old Daoist Tai Xu and the spirit beasts empowered the World-Suppressing Turtle, enclosing the fighters in its inner realm and cutting off the Prison King Spirit Official’s access.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable and Old Daoist Tai Xu attacked Dragon Chan Venerable and Heavenly Mother Hermit as their Dharma Idols weakened within the turtle’s world.

Ch. 565Great Annihilation Chaos World Punishing Heavenly Light

Prison King Spirit Official sent a powerful avatar into the Black Sea World, where Heaven Refining Demon Venerable and his allies lured him into a trap. Heaven Refining unleashed the Chaos Pivot Battleship’s world-destroying heavenly light, but the victory left the Black Sea World ruined and the World-Suppressing Turtle near death; the real Prison King Spirit Official remained outside the realm.

  • Prison King Spirit Official used Clear Lotus Life-Transforming Immortal Qi to create a Void Refinement Stage avatar and sent it into the Ice Prison Realm.
  • Wang Yu urged Azure Dragon Demon Venerable and White Tiger Demon Venerable to join the fight, but they refused to stand alongside the human cultivators while promising to resist the outsider if needed.
  • Prison King Spirit Official entered the Black Sea World and attacked Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, while Heaven Refining and Old Daoist Tai Xu set their trap in motion.
  • Limitless Demon Venerable activated the Heaven Refining Great Formation, which killed Dragon Chan Venerable and left Heavenly Mother Hermit vulnerable to Grand Void Honored One’s sword strike.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable bound Prison King Spirit Official and fired the Chaos Pivot Battleship’s Great Annihilation Chaos World Punishing Heavenly Light, destroying the avatar and the Black Sea World.
  • The group was transferred above Tai Lake, where the World-Suppressing Turtle lay near death and Heaven Refining Demon Venerable and Old Daoist Tai Xu remained wary; outside the realm, Prison King Spirit Official’s true body survived.

Ch. 566Life Ancient Demon, Prison King's Authority

Prison King Spirit Official killed Dan Chenzi and nearly overwhelmed the Sword Sect cultivators before Wang Yu and Grand Void Honored One wounded him. Meanwhile, Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable’s attempt to free the Life Ancient Demon led to its emergence, and Prison King Spirit Official used the Wedding Dress Secret Art to raise Chun Yangzi to Void Refinement Stage.

  • Prison King Spirit Official reappeared at the Sword Sect and killed Dan Chenzi with the Void Banner and Void Great Hand Seal.
  • Wang Yu used Chains of Heaven and Void Moon to slow Prison King Spirit Official, allowing Chun Yangzi to evade while Grand Void Honored One struck him with the Heaven Slashing Sword Drawing Art.
  • Prison King Spirit Official broke Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s domain and sent multiple Void Burial Heaven Fingers toward Chun Yangzi and Grand Void Honored One.
  • Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable entered the Floating Immortal Mountain with the Blood Demon’s heart, while the Ma Yi Youth repeatedly died trying to reach it and the surrounding flesh spread.
  • A bloody strange beast burst from the mountain and swallowed the three Void Burial Heaven Fingers before exploding, and Prison King Spirit Official recognized that the Life Ancient Demon had been released.
  • Prison King Spirit Official formed a Void Sealing Array around the Life Ancient Demon, then used the Wedding Dress Secret Art to raise Chun Yangzi to Void Refinement Stage while his own cultivation fell to Void Refinement Mid Stage.

Ch. 567The Finale (Two-in-One Chapter)

Prison King Spirit Official escaped after using Chun Yangzi to control the formation suppressing the Life Ancient Demon, leaving the cultivators to face the demon and the threat of an Upper Realm descent. Wang Yu suspected Heaven Refining Demon Venerable planned to use the Chaos Layer to break through the world, and the chapter ended when Grand Void Honored One returned to speak with him.

  • Prison King Spirit Official threw Chun Yangzi into the void formation as its controller, escaped the cage, and then fled through the world’s layers before the others could stop him.
  • The cultivators debated whether Dao Integration cultivators had caused past Ancient Demon calamities, then Heaven Refining Demon Venerable proposed gathering at Ice Plain City to escape through the Chaos Layer using his Chaos Pivot Battleship.
  • Azure Dragon Demon Venerable warned Wang Yu that Heaven Refining Demon Venerable had never prepared a backup plan, and Wang Yu deduced that he might be sacrificing Spirit Transformation cultivators to harness chaos and pursue Void Refinement.
  • Azure Dragon Demon Venerable gave Wang Yu three possible ways to survive an Upper Realm calamity, then returned with Poison Flood Dragon to the Demon Race Ancestral Land.
  • Wang Yu remained at Sword Sect as Chun Yangzi faced the Heavenly Tribulation, and Grand Void Honored One returned and asked him to wait.

Ch. 568The Hidden Void Stele's Aftermath and Plans

Grand Void Honored One gave Wang Yu the Hidden Void Stele and asked him to protect the human race’s remaining inheritance before leaving for the Chaos Layer. As the Ice Prison Realm descended into chaos, Wang Yu gathered treasures and reached Golden Toad City with Xie Xie An, where his acquaintances were arguing over their relationships with him.

  • Grand Void Honored One gave Wang Yu the Hidden Void Stele and the Coral Island Secret Realm token, then entrusted the Sword Sect’s surviving seeds to him before the Grand Void Sword Sect dissolved.
  • Wang Yu left the Sword Sect Mountain Gate to collect the Three-Colored Gourd Treasure Vine and Water-Fire Essence Crystals, planning to cultivate the Demon Crossing Heart Incantation and address his Demonic Contamination.
  • The departure of Spirit Transformation cultivators and the spread of news about the Prison King Spirit Official and the Ancient Demon plunged the Ice Prison Realm into widespread panic, slaughter, and chaos.
  • Jin Miaoshan gathered Wang Yu’s acquaintances in Golden Toad City and asked whether he had contacted them, prompting Ice Soul Fairy, Yan Ling, and Tantai Chan to argue over their connections to him.
  • After spending half a year gathering treasures, Wang Yu arrived above Golden Toad City with Xie Xie An, who awkwardly remarked on the argument below.

Ch. 569The Chaotic Era: The Situation After Fermentation

Wang Yu learned from Xie Xie An how the Righteous and Demonic Daos had plunged Red Kite into chaos and agreed to join him in pursuing the Blood Nether Three Demons’ Blood Sea treasure. After his other confidantes left in anger, Wang Yu reunited with Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan.

  • Wang Yu and Xie Xie An discussed the bloodshed and world-altering schemes ravaging Red Kite, including the Blood Nether Three Demons, Yellow Springs Temple, and Nether Mountain Sect.
  • Wang Yu asked Xie Xie An about Demonic Contamination, and Xie Xie An said the Barren Ancient Plains held more secrets than the Killing Demon’s seal.
  • Wang Yu invited Xie Xie An to pursue the Blood Sea demonic treasure, and Xie Xie An agreed; Wang Yu also asked him to send the three demons’ Nascent Souls into reincarnation.
  • Jin Miaoshan confronted Wang Yu about his relationships with Ice Soul Fairy, Yan Ling, and Dou Zhao, and all four women left after he tried to reassure them.
  • Wei Hao and Yin Gui reported that their people had arrived at Golden Toad City and would follow Wang Yu’s commands before they too departed.
  • Wang Yu reunited with Yu Tang Tang and Tantai Chan, teased them affectionately, and Tantai Chan kept her thoughts about their relationship to herself.

Ch. 570Chan'er's Nascent Soul Condensation: Changes Beyond Chaos

Wang Yu helped Tantai Chan begin a Nascent Soul breakthrough, then secluded himself to advance his cultivation and search for Demonic Contamination. Meanwhile, Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s group reached the Chaos Layer, where he sacrificed Grand Void Honored One to summon two Life Ancient Demons and convinced them to enter his vessel so he could attempt to break through.

  • Wang Yu gave Tantai Chan a Longevity Blood Infant Pill and guided her through the preparations for Nascent Soul Condensation, while he arranged for Jin Miaoshan to assist her during his seclusion.
  • Tantai Chan’s Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation began, and Wang Yu entered seclusion to rebuild his cultivation and search the Heart Lake Space for traces of Demonic Contamination.
  • Heaven Refining Demon Venerable and the other cultivators reached the edge of the Chaos Layer aboard the Chaos Pivot Battleship.
  • Heaven Refining revealed his plan to use the Life Ancient Demon, and Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable’s summoning brought the demon out through Righteous Qi Sword Chief.
  • Grand Void Honored One summoned a second Life Ancient Demon and died as his life force was drained, leaving the two identical demons arguing with each other.
  • Heaven Refining persuaded both Life Ancient Demons to enter his prepared vessel, then ordered Wuji to send him into the Chaos Layer.

Ch. 571Immortal Dynasty Crown Prince's Tomb, Underworld Ghost Dynasty

After completing a year of renewed cultivation, Wang Yu traveled to the Great Lake Spirit Domain to search for the Immortal Dynasty Crown Prince’s Tomb and found Three Corpses Daoist pursuing the Yin Corpse Qi beneath Longevity City. Wang Yu sought the underground tomb’s resources for his cultivation, and Three Corpses immediately offered to leave the site to him.

  • Wang Yu completed his recultivation, restored his Demonic Essence to one million strands, and set out to find the Immortal Dynasty Crown Prince’s Tomb.
  • Wang Yu rejected Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s proposals for surviving the Chaotic Era, entrusted the matter to Jin Miaoshan, and secretly traveled toward the ruins of Crane Returning Valley.
  • At Longevity City, Three Corpses Daoist used the Heaven Plundering Alliance to seize the city and sent Du Long to fight True Monarch Longevity, whom Du Long defeated.
  • Wang Yu encountered Three Corpses Daoist underground beneath Longevity City and learned that he had come for the dense Yin Corpse Qi and the burial ground below.
  • Wang Yu recognized the site’s potential to advance his Corpse Demon Secret Art and body-refinement cultivation, and Three Corpses offered to leave it to him.

Ch. 572Slaughtering Ten Thousand Ghosts, Displaying Demonic Might (Part 1)

Wang Yu offered the Three Corpses Daoist a refuge, then entered the Yin Dynasty Minor Realm to seek the Earth Ancestral Decree and a Dao Conforming Spirit Treasure. The Yin Son of Heaven ordered his ghosts to hunt the intruder, but Wang Yu effortlessly destroyed the first squad he encountered.

  • Wang Yu gave the Three Corpses Daoist a black ice token promising refuge in Golden Toad City if the Ice Prison Realm faced calamity.
  • After the Three Corpses Daoist departed, Wang Yu entered the Yin Dynasty Minor Realm and identified the Earth Ancestral Decree as the treasure sustaining it.
  • The Yin Son of Heaven learned an intruder had entered the tomb realm and ordered Ghost Dragon General to capture or kill him.
  • Wang Yu used his Feng Shui Compass to search for the Earth Ancestral Decree while approaching the realm's center and considering how to deal with the Crown Prince and the Dao Conforming Spirit Treasure.
  • A squad of Chimei Wangliang attacked Wang Yu, and he killed hundreds of fierce spirits with his Soul Destroying Death Light, leaving the Ghost Lynx General alive.

Ch. 573Slaughtering Ten Thousand Ghosts, Displaying Demonic Might (Part 2)

Wang Yu slaughtered the Ghosts surrounding him and confronted the Crown Prince Corpse, the Yin Son of Heaven, in Burial City. Their battle shattered the Cosmic Minor Realm, and Wang Yu overwhelmed the Yin Son of Heaven with his powerful Dharma Idol.

  • Wang Yu killed Ghost Dragon General and more than ten thousand Yin Ghosts with a single strike, then collected their Yin Cores and ghostly Nascent Souls.
  • Wang Yu flew toward the realm's center and crushed hordes of pursuing Ghosts with the Turbid World Great Hand Seal, bringing his estimated total kills to around one hundred and twenty thousand.
  • Wang Yu confronted the Yin Son of Heaven above Burial City and learned that several hundred thousand years might have passed in the outside world.
  • Wang Yu and the Yin Son of Heaven summoned their Dharma Idols and clashed in a fierce battle.
  • Wang Yu combined his Dharma Idol with the Eight-Armed Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Art and used his Spirit Treasures to pin and pierce the Ghost Emperor Dharma Idol, shattering a vast area of the realm.

Ch. 574Divine Rank Treasure, Prison King's Aftermath

Wang Yu battled the Yin Son of Heaven as the Yin Dynasty Ghost Realm collapsed and a strange purple orb formed from its essence, which the Yin Son of Heaven absorbed to stabilize his emerging imperial status. In the Return Ruins, the wounded Prison King Spirit Official told his master, Daoist Kongkong, about the escaped Ancient Demon and proposed using the Chaos Pivot Battleship’s presence to draw the Azure Blood Dragon Lord’s rivals into the crisis; Daoist Kongkong agreed to come oversee him.

  • Wang Yu shattered the Yin Son of Heaven’s Six Daos Ghost Emperor Dharma Idol and watched the Yin Dynasty Ghost Realm’s destruction fuel the Yin Son of Heaven’s fury.
  • A strange purple orb condensed from the collapsing realm, but the Yin Son of Heaven used Body Devouring to transform into a Yin Nether Demon Dragon and absorb it as his status began to stabilize.
  • Wang Yu repaired his Dharma Image while the Son of Heaven Demon Dragon prepared to resume their duel.
  • After recovering in the Void-Traveling Palace, Prison King Spirit Official contacted his master, Daoist Kongkong, and reported the Ancient Demon’s escape.
  • Prison King Spirit Official proposed exposing the Chaos Pivot Battleship’s presence to the Azure Blood Dragon Lord’s rivals so they might send a Dao Integration Cultivator to the lower realm.
  • Daoist Kongkong accepted the plan and said he would come in person to place restrictions on Prison King Spirit Official.

Ch. 575574. Yama Son of Heaven Sword, Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor

Wang Yu killed Yin Son of Heaven, escaped the collapsing Yin Dynasty Ghost Realm, and explored the true tomb beneath it. He forged a powerful growth-type sword, found the Earth Ancestral Decree, and discovered the Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor inside the coffin, leaving the tomb’s treasures still under examination.

  • Wang Yu transformed into an Ice Phoenix, tore apart Yin Son of Heaven’s demonic dragon, killed him, and erased his remnant soul.
  • Wang Yu used the Void Moon Technique to escape the collapsing Ghost Realm and emerged in the real burial pit, where he realized how its overlapping spaces sustained the ghost dynasty.
  • Wang Yu consumed the tomb’s jiangshi and other yin-ghost creatures to refine the Demonic Bone Sword into the growth-type Yama Son of Heaven Sword.
  • Wang Yu found the Earth Ancestral Decree in the main tomb chamber and added it to his Feng Shui Compass beside the Water Ancestral Decree.
  • Wang Yu sent the Yama Son of Heaven Sword into the coffin to drain the Immortal Dynasty Crown Prince’s Water Ba corpse, then discovered the Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor among the burial objects.

Ch. 576Conversation with the Monkey Spirit

Wang Yu obtained the Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor and persuaded its Artifact Spirit, Yuan Ling, to serve him after learning how Feikongzi had died and why the Ice Prison Realm was unusual. He then examined the Crown Prince’s other burial goods and found treasures that could strengthen his equipment and body refinement.

  • Wang Yu took the Five Elements Escaping Heaven Saint Armor from the tomb, but its storage properties and sleeping Artifact Spirit prevented him from putting it in the Ocean Heart Ring.
  • Yuan Ling awoke and recounted how Feikongzi had died after draining a living Dragon Vein, while Wang Yu explained the Heavenly Dao’s punishment and the Ice Prison Realm’s unusual nature.
  • Wang Yu revealed his young age and offered to help Yuan Ling recover in exchange for its help; Yuan Ling agreed, though it needed Dao Origin or rule-bearing energy to unleash its power.
  • Wang Yu learned that Water-Fire Essence Crystals could replenish Yuan Ling, and the Saint Armor shrank and hung from his hairpin as Yuan Ling returned to sleep.
  • Wang Yu inspected the remaining burial goods, including a Sea Suppressing Pearl, Void Gold, Myriad Spirit Bloodstone, and Immortal Flower, and considered using them to improve his treasures and body refinement.

Ch. 577Breaking Through to Spirit Transformation Fourth Layer, Body Cultivation Soared!

Wang Yu used the Sea Suppressing Pearl and the Five-Colored Saint Lord’s corpse to strengthen his body during five years of seclusion, then broke through to the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation. He began planning to acquire Ice Phoenix bloodline talents to speed up his cultivation toward the late stage.

  • True Monarch Longevity entered the collapsed Ghost Realm and found Wang Yu cultivating among powerful treasures in the tomb.
  • Wang Yu spared True Monarch Longevity on the condition that he send condemned cultivators and a demonic cultivator’s Nascent Soul to feed Wang Yu’s Heavenly Demon Larva.
  • Wang Yu marked True Monarch Longevity with a Demonic Thought Seed and ordered him to negotiate with the Heaven Plundering Alliance for the required offerings.
  • Wang Yu used the Sea Suppressing Pearl to compress his Demonic Essence and temper his body, consuming the Five-Colored Saint Lord’s corpse over nearly two years and increasing his physique’s strength by more than thirty percent.
  • After five years of seclusion, Wang Yu passed the Divine Transformation Tribulation and broke through to the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation.
  • Wang Yu concluded that acquiring Ice Phoenix bloodline talents could help him comprehend Vast Cold Artistic Conception and accelerate his progress toward Spirit Transformation Late Stage.
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