Arc 15The Far North Expedition

Chen Sanshi prepared Great Han for war, defended Jiang Xiyue as her demonic power resurfaced, and pursued the Far North secret realm for resources. The arc ended with Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue escaping an ambush after Lu Zhao and Yuwen Jiangyi attacked them in the miasma.

  • Chen Sanshi defeated Xue Zhu, but Jiang Xiyue’s demonic power emerged after Xue Xianrong revealed an evil god statue, forcing Chen Sanshi to destroy it and carry her away.
  • Chen Sanshi traded Xue Zhu’s head for the Jade Dew of Creation, then fled Sixue Dao with Jiang Xiyue as Zhao Rui’s corpse army overwhelmed the region.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to Qingxu Sect, prepared to form his Golden Core, and later helped suppress Jiang Xiyue’s demonic seed with True Person Yuling and Jiang Qiongsu.
  • Chen Sanshi completed the Grand Unity Golden Light Formation, agreed to send Great Han troops to Tianshui on his own terms, and organized a force of more than 2.6 million soldiers.
  • Chen Sanshi refused True Person Yuling’s offer to hide, gathered materials and advanced his skills, then set out toward the Far North secret realm as Jiang Xiyue began to awaken.
  • Chen Sanshi forced Old Green Wood Demon to give up Essence Wood, rescued the White Jade Spirit Snake, and obtained Azure Blood Hou essence blood with Dugu Ao’s help.
  • After Xu Wencai died following his forty-nine-day divination, Chen Sanshi went to Yufang Mountain and entered the miasma with Jiang Xiyue and Qingxu Sect disciples to seek rare materials.
  • Chen Sanshi confronted Lu Zhao and Yuwen Jiangyi after they killed two disciples, but escaped with Jiang Xiyue when their attacks overwhelmed him.
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Ch. 351Demon Seed

Chen Sanshi killed Xue Zhu and claimed his head, but Shentu Ye and Xue Xianrong’s group confronted him before he could leave with Jiang Xiyue. Xue Xianrong’s evil god statue triggered Jiang Xiyue’s demonic energy, and the chapter ended as she transformed before everyone’s eyes.

  • Chen Sanshi defeated Xue Zhu, took his head and artifacts, and returned to Little Witch Mountain disguised as Lu Shengzhi.
  • After the Tianyong City soldiers captured Little Witch Mountain, Shentu Ye challenged Chen Sanshi for Xue Zhu’s head, and Xue Xianrong’s group watched from the forest.
  • Xue Xianrong summoned his father and revealed a wooden-carved evil god statue, whose purple mystic qi caused Jiang Xiyue to collapse in agony.
  • Chen Sanshi destroyed the statue, but its eerie influence remained and caused Demonic Qi to emerge from Jiang Xiyue.
  • Shentu Ye and Xue Xianrong’s group fought Chen Sanshi, while Jiang Xiyue’s hair turned white, her eyes were revealed as blood-red, and demonic patterns spread across her face.

Ch. 352Qi Refinement, One Hundred Thousand Layers

Jiang Xiyue revealed a terrifying demonic transformation as battles and confrontations unfolded across several storylines. The chapter also showed Zhou Yao and Black Vipers gaining official posts, while Gu Mengli remained undefeated against the Earth Chosen Team.

  • Jiang Xiyue rose with white hair, crimson eyes, and coiling demonic energy, halting the fighting around her.
  • Li Changjiang joined the battle with his sniper rifle, Zhao Da unleashed sword light with his gaze, and Ruan Erniu signaled his teammates to press down.
  • Omankhu White challenged the warning that he could not provoke someone, while Xiong Qingzhou glared furiously at Li Changjiang.
  • Zhou Yao received a Fifth Rank post in the Ministry of Justice Central Investigation Department, and Black Vipers' followers gained official identities.
  • Gu Mengli defeated all thirty-six members of the Earth Chosen Team, remaining alone in the sky after their combined assault.

Ch. 353Zhao Rui

Chen Sanshi escaped with the unconscious Jiang Xiyue and the Jade Dew of Creation as Dugu Ao killed Xue Xianrong, while the Heavenly Sects investigated the upheaval in Sixue Dao. At the Imperial Mausoleum, Zhao Rui admitted to following the demonic path for the sake of the common people and rebuilding Immortal Song, just as Cao Xie confronted the Corpse Cultivator Daoist Zuoqiu.

  • Chen Sanshi carried Jiang Xiyue back to Dragon Elephant City, exchanged Xue Zhu's head for the Jade Dew of Creation, and left after learning that hundreds of thousands of corpses had vanished in Sixue Dao.
  • Dugu Ao killed Xue Xianrong before Elder Xue Jingfeng could reach him, then vanished as Xue Jingfeng recognized his son had been silenced.
  • Cao Xie, Yun Shuzi, and True Person Chunyang investigated the ruins at Little Witch Mountain and concluded that Zhao Rui might know what had happened.
  • True Person Chunyang killed a Gold Tablet commander who insisted that the envoys go to the Imperial Mausoleum, and the three Nascent Soul Cultivators went there to confront Zhao Rui.
  • Zhao Rui admitted that he had cultivated demonic arts and explained that he sought to restore order, protect the common people, and rebuild Immortal Song.
  • Cao Xie spotted Daoist Zuoqiu in a black jade coffin and stepped forward to confront the Corpse Cultivator.

Ch. 354Nine Revolutions Heavenly Tribulation

Zhao Rui’s imperial mausoleums trapped the Heavenly Sect envoys in a tribulation while Great Song and the demonic path overwhelmed Sixue Dao. Chen Sanshi returned to Qingxu Sect, recovered, and prepared to form his Golden Core as the war spread across Tianshui Continent.

  • Zhao Rui awakened successive Great Song emperors as Corpse Puppets, using their rising power and the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Tribulation formation to make Cao Xie, True Person Chunyang, and Yun Shuzi bear the Nascent Soul tribulation.
  • The nine Corpse Puppets fused into a Nascent Soul Corpse Cultivator, while hundreds of thousands of dead formed an army and the demonic path and Demon Suppression Division attacked Star Peak Mountain.
  • Chen Sanshi fled Sixue Dao with Jiang Xiyue and Lord of Mount Tai, then returned to Qingxu Sect and recovered from his injuries with the Taiyi Qinghua Life-Death Flame.
  • Chen Sanshi spent a year preparing to form his Golden Core and began the process in May of the twenty-fourth year of Tianwu.
  • The aftermath revealed that Chunyangzi had died, Yun Shuzi had escaped grievously injured, Cao Xie had slain Daoist Zuoqiu, and Sixue Dao had fallen to the demonic path and Great Song’s expanding army.

Ch. 355Core Formation

Chen Sanshi's preparations for closed-door cultivation were interrupted by True Person Yuling's visit. She apologized for what had happened to Xiyue and for nearly costing him his life, but Chen Sanshi told her not to blame herself.

  • Chen Sanshi set aside his plans for closed-door cultivation and greeted True Person Yuling at the entrance of his cave abode.
  • True Person Yuling said she had returned from the Demon Slaying Great Wall and accepted responsibility for what had happened to Xiyue.
  • True Person Yuling apologized for nearly causing Chen Sanshi to lose his life.
  • Chen Sanshi told True Person Yuling that she need not blame herself.

Ch. 356Chaos in Tianshui

The chapter compilation contained disconnected scenes about flame fusion, an illness, and events involving numerous unrelated characters. It left each storyline at a different point without a single continuing plot.

  • Chen Sanshi merged the Sky Burning Fire with the Myriad Beasts Blazing Fire, then began fusing two other flames.
  • Sui Jiang reported that someone had vomited blood and feared the poison had flared up.
  • Li Luo relied on his technique against Duncan O'Neal despite their gap in physical strength.
  • Chu Feng received fried rice from Bart, who told Basali to wash their hands before eating.
  • Lin Tianfan joked with Qin Keyi that he had never asked Lin Yingkong to be his cook for life.

Ch. 357Mystic Spirit Six Arms

An instructor explained how to begin cultivating the Lapis Lazuli Golden Body Realm, and Pan Shangjie attacked the person responsible for a crooked idea. Wang Feng shattered Wang Ke's arm, while Ye Han later abandoned his plan to flatten the Main Family after Yaochi pleaded with him.

  • An instructor explained that entering the initial stage of the Lapis Lazuli Golden Body Realm required opening the Tailbone Pass, the Spine Pass, and the Jade Pillow Pass.
  • Pan Shangjie grabbed the person who had proposed the crooked idea and punched him in the face.
  • Wang Feng shattered Wang Ke's arm, and the Grand Elder unlocked the cell door and walked out after seeing Wang Ke unconscious.
  • Gu Nanzheng took Mu Qingyu by the hand and personally drove her to school after receiving her assurance.
  • The long-faced middle-aged man summoned a water-blue planet inside the spacecraft and projected scenes from it.
  • Ye Han abandoned his plan to flatten the Main Family after Yaochi desperately pleaded with him.

Ch. 358Slay Immortal Sect Supreme Elder

Chen Sanshi sparred with Chen Duhe, learned that his son had become a weak incense deity, and stayed in the palace while preparing to locate and refine the Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation. In Kunxu, the orthodox sects appointed Cao Xie to establish Great Sheng and prepare an attack on Eastern Continent, but Li Guanfu demanded that they instead seek aid from Chen Lei, sparking Cao Xie's objection.

  • Chen Sanshi sparred with Chen Duhe, demonstrated Mystic Spirit Six Arms, and advised him to remember that his incense power came from the people.
  • Chen Duhe explained his plan to travel to the Cultivation World and build temples for the people, and Chen Sanshi agreed not to stop him.
  • Chen Sanshi stayed with his family while studying arrays and preparing to destroy the Mount Mang Ancestral Vein by refining the Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation.
  • At Kunxu, the Nascent Soul elders chose Cao Xie and the Cao Clan to establish Great Sheng and assigned Cao Xie to prepare to reclaim Eastern Continent.
  • Cao Xie vowed to kill Chen Lei and reclaim the ancestral vein, but Li Guanfu arrived and proposed seeking Great Han's aid against the Blood Demon Army in exchange for leaving Eastern Continent alone.
  • Cao Xie rejected Li Guanfu's proposal and argued that the orthodox sects should reclaim Eastern Continent and use its mortal armies against the Blood Demon Army.

Ch. 359Holy Sect

Li Guanfu forced the Holy Sect to agree to an alliance with the Eastern Continent, while Chen Sanshi completed a third-rank formation and discovered where the Far North secret realm would appear. After hearing Kunxu’s demands, Chen Sanshi agreed to send Great Han troops to Tianshui on the condition that he choose their station.

  • Li Guanfu threatened the Nascent Soul Cultivators and Huangfu Zhengze until the Holy Sect agreed to form an alliance with the Eastern Continent, though the agreement’s terms remained subject to discussion.
  • Huangfu Zhengze told Chongxu Zhenren to follow their earlier plan and keep more of Chen Sanshi’s group alive and controllable.
  • Chen Sanshi completed the Grand Unity Golden Light Formation, advanced his formation mastery to the third rank, and deciphered the compass’s directions for finding the Far North secret realm in Guangren Dao within two years.
  • Chen Sanshi granted Shangguan Siheng an official rank and noble title to help him avoid the seal’s suppression, then received the Holy Sect’s request for Great Han to reinforce the righteous-demonic battlefield.
  • Dongfang Jingxing read Kunxu’s terms, which demanded that Great Han later surrender the Eastern Continent or face Chen Lei’s cultivation being abolished, and Shangguan Siheng urged Chen Sanshi to send troops.
  • Chen Sanshi agreed to send Great Han troops to Tianshui but insisted that he personally choose where they would be stationed.

Ch. 360Taiyuan Peak Dispute

Chen Sanshi agreed to send Great Han’s army into Tianshui while preparing to search for the Far North secret realm, then returned to Qingxu Sect and learned its elders were divided over resources and Supreme Elder Zhang Huaiqing’s leadership. The dispute escalated when Xue Jingfeng accused Jiang Xiyue of demonic cultivation and blamed her for his son Xue Xianrong’s death.

  • Shangguan Siheng accepted Chen Sanshi’s condition that Great Han choose its own garrison location and promised to relay it to the Sacred Sect.
  • Great Han mobilized more than 2.6 million troops for the campaign, and Chen Sanshi appointed commanders before giving Chen Yunxi a Hundred Beasts Scroll to keep her in the capital.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to Qingxu Sect as Lu Shengzhi and attended a meeting where the elders argued over the sect’s border assignment and fourth-rank spirit vein.
  • Several elders criticized Zhang Huaiqing’s leadership and resource decisions, including his support for True Person Yuling and Xu Taisu.
  • Xue Jingfeng accused Jiang Xiyue of cultivating demonic arts and killing his son, claiming Xue Xianrong had exposed her before Dugu Ao silenced him.

Ch. 361Demonic Seed

Xue Jingfeng accused Jiang Xiyue of demonic cultivation, but after her tribulation he injured her by forcing her to endure a Demon-Expelling Incantation. Chen Sanshi and the others suppressed her ensuing demonic outburst, and True Person Yuling revealed the demonic seed inside Jiang Xiyue and sent her with Chen Sanshi to the Far North to seek a way to suppress it.

  • Chen Sanshi and True Person Xuancheng explained that Jiang Xiyue had killed Zhao Rui only after he was injured by a battle between higher-realm cultivators, while True Person Yuling said Jiang Xiyue was in seclusion to form her core.
  • Jiang Xiyue passed her nine-layer lightning tribulation without revealing Demonic Qi, but Xue Jingfeng trapped her in a Demon-Expelling Incantation and injured her when it showed no reaction.
  • Zhang Huaiqing had Xue Jingfeng bound and taken to Siguo Cliff for punishment, then told Chen Sanshi to help Jiang Xiyue in Hundred Flowers Valley.
  • Jiang Xiyue's Demonic Qi surged after Xue Jingfeng's spell, so Chen Sanshi, Jiang Qiongsu, and True Person Yuling activated the Nine Tribulations Earth-Quelling Formation and used the Yin-Yang Jade Pendant to suppress it.
  • An unseen ally's fourth-rank talisman treasure helped them subdue Jiang Xiyue, and True Person Yuling treated her while she lay unconscious.
  • True Person Yuling told Chen Sanshi that a conscious demonic seed inside Jiang Xiyue caused her power to rise and could seize her body, then gave him the Great Compassion Womb Soul Suppressing Bell and asked him to take Jiang Xiyue to the Far North.

Ch. 362Xu Taisu

Chen Sanshi prepared for the coming battle by acquiring rare materials, improving his skills, and mastering the Red Lotus Karmic Fire. At the end, Jiang Xiyue began to awaken from the ice imprisoning her beneath the hot spring.

  • True Person Yuling offered Chen Sanshi a way to hide and cultivate in safety, but he refused and vowed to defend the Eastern Continent.
  • Chen Sanshi selected Azure Dragon Ridge Scale Gold and the Great Void Star Forging Method at the Treasure Pavilion, then accepted Xu Taisu's Cloud Seal Demon Binding Silk in exchange for possibly repairing a damaged Tier 5 formation someday.
  • Chen Sanshi sent his Dragon Abyss Sword and Bright Silver Spear to Zinan for tempering, then cultivated and advanced his alchemy, talisman-drawing, and sword qi skills to Tier 3.
  • After learning that the Eastern Continent's 2.6 million troops were heading toward Guangren Dao, Chen Sanshi went to Hundred Flowers Valley and brought the Red Lotus Karmic Fire under control.
  • Chen Sanshi discovered Jiang Xiyue beneath the hot spring, where her ice prison was cracking and she was beginning to awaken.

Ch. 363Veteran General of the Great Han

Chen Sanshi accidentally intruded on his Senior Sister while she was recuperating in a spring and withdrew to apologize. The passage then shifted through unrelated scenes, ending with Yang Jian leaving despite the Jade Emperor's attempts to keep him.

  • Chen Sanshi rushed out of the pool and apologized to his Senior Sister as ice and mist obscured the spring.
  • Qi Yun stopped in midair and descended to the foot of a mountain.
  • Lin Chuyu grabbed Xia Hua and tried to lead her upstairs to prevent the racetrack incident from being exposed.
  • The Black Water Snake King begged for mercy and made promises under threat of death.
  • Lin Feng ordered the Shadow Thief not to throw away the Cursed Heart of the Elf.
  • Yang Jian left despite the Jade Emperor's attempts to keep him.

Ch. 364Cao Xie's Layout

The chapter shifted among disconnected scenes of military fighting, demonic threats, rescues, and confrontations. Gongsun Zan escaped the breached You Province camp, the Wei Army entered the city, and Bai Ye faced uncertainty about a Variant Monster's capabilities.

  • Wang Yu displayed a Demonic Artifact at the peak of Sixth Rank, drawing everyone's attention.
  • Shen Yuanyuan thanked Tang Fan for saving her, and an old man fled before Tang Fan could answer his request to leave.
  • Gongsun Zan escaped amid the chaos after the You Province camp was breached.
  • The Wei Army launched an all-out attack and entered the city.
  • Pang De and Ma Chao converged after the Yuan Army in the city had been killed or forced to surrender.
  • The Ninth King told Yinglong that the People of All Heavens would hunt down the strong ones on their side.

Ch. 365Form Transformation Tree Demon

Chen Sanshi entered Myriad Aspect Mountain to search for an Azure Blood Hou and encountered a powerful Green Wood Demon disguised as Dugu Ao. Trapped in the demon’s marsh, Chen Sanshi threatened it with immortal fire and demanded a piece of Essence Wood.

  • Chen Sanshi sent Qingniao and Baiyu to search for rare wood while he followed signs of the Azure Blood Hou to Thousand Snake Pool.
  • A false Dugu Ao led Chen Sanshi deeper into the marsh, but Chen Sanshi spotted inconsistencies and smashed the illusion with the Sky Fiend Cauldron.
  • The Green Wood Demon revealed itself and attacked Chen Sanshi with its vast network of demonic trees and roots, blocking his escape.
  • Chen Sanshi realized the demon was a transformed great demon and used fire arts to defend himself, but could not escape its territory.
  • Chen Sanshi revealed a trace of Upper Realm Immortal Fire and demanded Essence Wood, warning that he would burn the demon’s main body.
  • Chen Sanshi surrounded the Green Wood Demon with Law-Devouring Cicadas coated in immortal treasure lamp oil and threatened to make them self-destruct.

Ch. 366Tiger Demon

Chen Sanshi rescued the White Jade Spirit Snake from a tiger demon, killed the demon, and then confronted Dugu Ao and two other great demons. Dugu Ao revealed that they were searching for the Azure Blood Hou, whose essence blood Chen Sanshi also needed.

  • Chen Sanshi forced Old Green Wood Demon to surrender the Essence Wood and withdrew his Law-Devouring Cicadas after escaping the demon’s reach.
  • Chen Sanshi sensed that the White Jade Spirit Snake was in danger and rushed to find her fighting Old Wolf and his demon soldiers.
  • A Core Formation demon cultivator wounded the White Jade Spirit Snake, but Chen Sanshi arrived, rescued her, and defeated the tiger demon after it attacked him.
  • Dugu Ao appeared, and Chen Sanshi fought him briefly before recognizing him as the senior he had met before.
  • Old Green Wood Demon and a shapeshifted female demon arrived and discussed the tiger demon’s death with Dugu Ao and Chen Sanshi.
  • Dugu Ao said they were searching for the Azure Blood Hou and noted that Chen Sanshi needed its essence blood as well.

Ch. 367Five Zhang Plain

Chen Sanshi helped the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and Old Green Wood Demon capture an Azure Blood Hou, then returned to the Great Han camp as Xu Wencai began divining the secret realm and Great Han’s national fortune. Xu Wencai revealed that the ancestral vein had revived and ordered the Main Military Tent sealed for forty-nine days to seek a way through the danger facing Chen Sanshi and Great Han.

  • Chen Sanshi gave the white snake’s essence blood for the Illusion Dragon Pill and received Azure Blood Hou essence blood after the demons used the pill to lure and capture the beast.
  • The Nine-Tailed Fox Demon warned Chen Sanshi that people among rogue cultivators and the Demon Realm wanted to kill him, while Dugu Ao explained the limits of the agreement protecting him.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to camp, sent Old Green Wood Demon’s Essence Vine and Cloud Seal Demon Binding Silk to Tianyong City for Zinan to forge into a bow and arrows, and inspected the Border Great Wall.
  • After Wang Li reported another Blood Demon Army attack, Chen Sanshi flew southeast, leaving Xu Wencai to reveal to Qi Cheng that the ancestral vein had revived and Great Han’s fortune showed a deadly omen.
  • Xu Wencai ordered that no one approach the Main Military Tent for forty-nine days, then began his divination at Five Zhang Plain.

Ch. 368Two Mysterious Pearls

Zhu Tong led another assault on Gonghuai City after its civilians became Blood Demons and his army failed to capture it for two days. Elsewhere, Kyōraku attacked Starrk, Ren Jie recognized an immortal artifact, and Lu Zhang fled toward Frost Heavy Town.

  • Zhu Tong armed himself with two Gold-infused War Hammers and led his troops in another assault on Gonghuai City.
  • Zhou Yan gathered Mu Qingyan into his arms despite her shyness.
  • Kyōraku launched himself into the sky, turned, and lunged toward Starrk.
  • Ren Jie recognized the God Suppressing Banner as the immortal artifact that his earlier banner imitated.
  • Zhou Yan asked to see Zhou Lingyi once more because he feared it would be their last meeting.
  • Lu Zhang fled toward Frost Heavy Town as the White Robed Man pursued him, while Lin Xiao and the Frost Orc carrying Luo Luo began running.

Ch. 369Mu Qing Ming

Wang Li reported that cultivators from the Twelve Upper Sects had arrived to support the battlefield under the Sacred Decree. Chen Sanshi learned that a Sacred Sect's current Holy Son was among them and ordered the group into the command tent.

  • Wang Li reported to Chen Sanshi that cultivators from the Twelve Upper Sects had arrived outside the command tent.
  • Chen Sanshi read that the arriving group included a current Holy Son of a Sacred Sect whose cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul realm.
  • Chen Sanshi ordered Wang Li to bring all the arriving cultivators inside.

Ch. 370Stars Fall in Autumn Wind, Five Zhang Plain

Chen Sanshi prepared for the secret realm and set out for Yufang Mountain after Wang Jun apologized by killing his Cold Iron Bird. Xu Wencai found the secret realm entrance and a way to address danger facing the emperor, then died after passing his final instructions to Qi Cheng.

  • Chen Sanshi received the Hundred Deer Chasing Moon Bow and gave Qu Lingchuan a demon core while promising to prepare Core Formation Spirit Materials for Zinan.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to camp, where Wang Jun killed his Cold Iron Bird, swore a Heavenly Dao Oath, and left gifts as an apology to His Majesty Tianwu.
  • Mu Chutai told Chen Sanshi that cultivators were heading to Yufang Mountain, and Chen Sanshi set out to find the secret realm entrance.
  • After forty-nine days of divination, Xu Wencai gave Qi Cheng the entrance method and a way to break the predicament threatening the emperor, but said he could not determine when to use it.
  • Xu Wencai entrusted Qi Cheng with a secret art, gave him the courtesy name Boyue, and died after reflecting on his life and service to Great Han.
  • On the twenty-seventh year of Tianwu, the Big Dipper became disordered, the Emperor Star was surrounded by blood-red halos, and the Central Terrace Star went dark.

Ch. 371Luoxiao Immortal Palace

The chapter excerpt jumps among disconnected scenes involving cultivators, military battles, and other characters, leaving each conflict unresolved. It ends with an unnamed speaker unsure how a fight against a leading Third-Rank Divine Scholar would turn out.

  • On Yufang Mountain, Chen Sanshi hurried to the Blind Woman as prominent cultivators gathered below.
  • Lin Feng called Xia Ruoxi and told her to bring her identification to a coffee shop.
  • Lin Tian attacked Shangguan Tu but was sent flying into a stone wall.
  • Liu Ji led more than twenty people into the scene and challenged anyone to move.
  • Ye Chen broke the grand formation with one sword strike and turned toward the Flood Dragon Crown Prince.
  • An unnamed speaker wondered about the outcome of fighting the leading Third-Rank Divine Scholar.

Ch. 372Nascent Souls of the Human, Demon, and Monster Three Realms

Chen Sanshi saw a rare medicinal vine coveted by cultivators in the great hall. The account then shifted among unrelated encounters and ended with a Jade Talisman attacking a black bird.

  • Chen Sanshi surveyed the great hall, where cultivators coveted a Purple Firmament Ginseng Profound Vine used to refine Golden Core breakthrough pills.
  • The Primordial Chaos Exchange Umbrella absorbed the force of blood and qi as the red glow appeared to disperse.
  • The sect leader ended the sermon and cast a spell to awaken the listeners.
  • Bei Minglei reached the lowest secret chamber and saw Ba's Corpse inside an enormous cultivation tank.
  • Steel Base raised a thick shield around the entire base.
  • A Jade Talisman burst out of the earth and repeatedly struck a black bird.

Ch. 373Luoxiao Treasure Coin

The chapter contained disconnected snippets about cultivators, martial artists, monsters, and interpersonal conflicts, but it did not establish one continuous storyline. It ended with a woman leaning against a man consumed by grief and fury.

  • Daoist Master Dongwei explained that Yinglong was activating the Teleportation Array.
  • Xiang An attacked Bu Yuan after Yan Ming was injured and absorbed ownerless true qi into his dantian.
  • Black Bear knocked Gao Rui's knife away and bit his shoulder.
  • Lu Xia fled from a slow-moving monster after being abducted.
  • A woman quietly leaned against a man as grief and fury stirred within him.

Ch. 374The Use of Treasure Coins

Chen Sanshi used his knowledge of alchemy to make and sell Five Qi Toxin Purging Pills, then led the Qingxu Sect group through the Thousand Miasma Forest. As they finally emerged, he discovered that most of the disciples following him had disappeared.

  • Chen Sanshi realized the Money Toad sold Five Qi Toxin Purging Pills for treasure coins, but deciphered the formula from Su Yang’s pill and chose to gather the ingredients himself.
  • Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue entered the miasma to collect herbs while Lu Zhao and an elderly cultivator discussed plotting against him and waiting for their allies.
  • Chen Sanshi refined pills, sold them to Wang Jun and other cultivators, and increased his treasure coins from ten to fifty.
  • Chen Sanshi led the group through the forest for ten days, found ancient battlefield remains but no Fuxi Black Sand, and continued onward with the Qingxu Sect disciples.
  • Chen Sanshi and the group crossed the dense miasma and reached sunlight, where Su Yang turned back and discovered that only two of the six disciples behind them remained.

Ch. 375Formidable Enemy

Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue were ambushed by four Mid Core Formation cultivators hired by Cao Xie, and Chen Sanshi fought two of them while protecting the others. After his trump cards failed to turn the battle, he created an opening to escape with Jiang Xiyue.

  • Chen Sanshi found two slain Qingxu Sect disciples and sent Su Yang and the other disciples away before confronting Lu Zhao and Yuwen Jiangyi.
  • Lu Zhao and Yuwen Jiangyi attacked Chen Sanshi with their water-based magic treasures, while two other cultivators engaged Jiang Xiyue.
  • Chen Sanshi used the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and Burning Blood Tribulation to damage the enemies' treasures and nearly wound Yuwen Jiangyi, but Yuwen's Glazed Golden Body let him counterattack.
  • Chen Sanshi realized he could not defeat the two Mid Core Formation cultivators and worried that Jiang Xiyue's Vermilion Ink Mystic Light would erupt.
  • Chen Sanshi escaped their assault with Earth Escape, sent Law-Devouring Cicadas to detonate, and used an illusion-formation talisman to cover their retreat.
  • Chen Sanshi grabbed Jiang Xiyue and used Triple Blood Burning to flee.
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