Chapter Summaries

Chen Sanshi defeated the ancient corpse and met its remnant soul, who taught him how to refine Spirit Sealing and Spirit Extinguishing formations before disappearing. As the cave abode collapsed and his cultivation began to return, the old man warned him that people were waiting outside.

• Chen Sanshi killed the ancient corpse by destroying the Corpse Puppet Demon Vine, then used his newly grasped martial arts essence to defeat the remaining ancient corpses with Jiang Xiyue’s help.
• Chen Sanshi discovered the corpse’s Guardian Envoy silver token, and its remnant soul appeared and mistook Chen’s inherited Guardian Envoy Wooden Token for the mark of a Chief Guardian Envoy.
• The remnant soul told Chen Sanshi that All Laws Forbidden consumed spiritual energy stored in a spirit pearl and explained that the cave abode was nearing collapse.
• Chen Sanshi retrieved the spirit pearl from the corpse, and the old man dictated the Spirit Sealing Formation and Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation instructions, drawing several key runes before vanishing.
• Jiang Xiyue returned after harvesting the red lotus, and the remnant soul warned Chen Sanshi that people had arrived outside before disappearing completely.

As the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground collapsed, Chen Sanshi escaped the cultivators closing in and promised the dying Mo Zhu he would pass on his talisman inheritance and protect his grandson. After slipping out disguised as Mo Zhu, Chen Sanshi learned that Cao Zhi was waiting to meet Cao Xie.

• Chen Sanshi gathered spiritual plants as the Guardian Envoy's Cave Mansion collapsed, then tried to deliver Fang Qingyun's Jade Flute and a jade pendant to Jiang Xiyue, who rejected both.
• Wei Rui led cultivators toward the cave mansion, and Jiang Xiyue flew out alone to confront them while Chen Sanshi escaped in another direction.
• Chen Sanshi killed a cultivator who tried to rob him, then found the gravely wounded Mo Zhu hiding in a willow tree.
• Mo Zhu entrusted Chen Sanshi with his possessions and the True Talisman Classics, asking him to teach the inheritance to his grandson and protect him; Mo Zhu then died.
• Chen Sanshi disguised himself as Mo Zhu and passed through the guarded exit as the forbidden ground continued collapsing.
• At the Heavenly Sword Sect, Cao Zhi waited to meet Cao Xie.

After Fang Qingyun died and True Person Fengqi fled, Cao Zhi and the others abandoned Great Sheng and took refuge at the Guiyuan Sect, where they later learned of Great Han's slaughter of the Cao imperial clan. Elsewhere, Bai Sen's pursuers failed to locate him, and Bai Sen discovered that his power of sin had reached Level Two.

• Cao Zhi and the others fled to the Guiyuan Sect on the Tianshui Continent because they expected Chen Sanshi to descend upon the capital.
• Cao Zhi and the others cultivated in seclusion for more than ten years while gathering news of Great Han's slaughter of the Cao imperial clan.
• The giant lizard failed to locate Bai Sen through soul searching and assigned the search to its subordinate races.
• Two Yiyan Sword Sect cultivators suffered severe injuries when the Yin Yang Millstone exploded.
• Bai Sen summoned Lin Jiaxin after his power of sin broke through to Level Two.
• Wu Hao discovered that the Blood Jade could change according to his wishes and more than double his combat power.

Chen Sanshi returned to Tianshui Continent after his daughter Yunmei was born, investigated the Bai family’s troubles, and refined a powerful martial pill. He then explored the True Talisman Classics and discovered that Mo Zhu’s inheritance was far greater than he had claimed.

• Chen Sanshi stayed in the palace for Yunmei’s birth, discovered that she had a spirit root, and named her before leaving for Tianshui Continent.
• Chen Sanshi learned that the Blind Woman had killed more than a hundred people in the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground and that Seven Kill Sect activity had increased across Beiyang Dao.
• Chen Sanshi warned Bai Liangbi that the Golden Essence Mud Embryo might have been tampered with, but Bai Liangbi said it had shown no signs of interference and invited him to meet Qingxu Sect envoys.
• Chen Sanshi gave Bai Liangbi a Phoenix Luan Stone Beast to ripen, then refined a Thousand Origin Sacred Martial Pill and advanced to True Force Mid Stage progress 437/500.
• Chen Sanshi examined the True Talisman Classics and found himself in a dark space filled with tens of thousands of enormous, golden talismans.

Chen Sanshi examined an extensive talisman inheritance and reconsidered Mo Zhu's talent. The account then shifted through unrelated scenes, including Zhou Shan avoiding retaliation and Yang Fan entering the Low-level Domain God Realm.

• Chen Sanshi examined talisman inheritances ranging from first to fourth rank and used his divine sense to reveal their crafting processes.
• Zhou Shan found that Xu Long and the other forces made no move to settle accounts with him.
• Brother Dao and Boss Han reported their number tag at a lounge service desk and spoke privately with a service worker.
• Guanghui Xuan looked at Fairy Moyun with doubt amid criticism of Qin Ye's actions and stance regarding Tianhai.
• Yang Fan killed the War Emperor and his two high-level God-level Battle Souls, then entered the Low-level Domain God Realm.
• Ye Chen approached Lingxuzi after his cultivation and greeted him with cupped hands.

Bai Lao Wu criticized his father's favoritism, while several military clashes and dangerous encounters unfolded elsewhere. Pei Cainan forced Second Elder to evade his attack, and Qin Luo sheathed his sword at Stalin's request.

• Bai Lao Wu told Bai Lao Qi that their father had unfairly favored Eldest Brother and entrusted him with the family's best resources.
• Hong Tao abandoned ammunition conservation as the Imperial Guard fired on charging Persian soldiers.
• Jing Yan sensed a powerful nearby aura but failed to identify anyone suspicious.
• Mahabat Khan reported defeat by Ming Nation cavalry, ordered the governor-general's corpse brought forward, and decided with Shayista Khan to submit to Prince Akbar.
• Pei Cainan unleashed the Hundred Zhang Sword Light, forcing Second Elder to dodge rather than intercept him.
• Qin Luo stopped at Stalin's request, sheathed his sword, and returned to Stalin's side.

Chen Sanshi reached True Force Late Stage and developed a plan to draw Elder Shouzhong away, while the Bai family’s fear deepened after Bai Lao Wu was killed in the dungeon. He collected the Phoenix Luan Stone Beast, refined a Breakthrough Pill, and met with Qu Lingchuan and the others to arrange ships and fulfill Old Man Mo Zhu’s request, but Qu Lingchuan demanded more in return.

• Chen Sanshi opened all twenty-four True Ones, advanced to True Force Late Stage, and gained Drawing Fire, letting him wield multiple flames through his spear arts.
• Chen Sanshi considered luring Elder Shouzhong away by provoking a crisis among his disciples and arranged to settle the Teleportation Array matter before its five-year deadline.
• Chen Sanshi and Bai Chaotong found Bai Lao Wu and the dungeon guards dead, prompting Bai Lao Qi and other family members to urge Bai Liangbi to surrender the clan’s treasured artifact and move the family.
• Bai Liangbi gave Chen Sanshi the ripened Phoenix Luan Stone Beast and yin-fiend medicinal materials, then asked him to keep their pill refining confidential.
• Chen Sanshi refined a Breakthrough Pill, disguised himself as Mo Zhu, and met Qu Lingchuan, Deng Wuchang, and Zinan; Zinan delivered five warships, and Qu Lingchuan raised his price after receiving the pill.

Chen Sanshi secured Qu Lingchuan’s help with the Teleportation Array and coordinated plans with the Slay Immortal Sect as the Heaven and Earth Seal’s loosening approached. He then visited Mo Lin to fulfill his promise to pass on Mo Zhu’s True Talisman Classics and cultivation knowledge.

• Chen Sanshi offered Qu Lingchuan the Fire Lingzhi and priority on another Core Formation Spirit Material, while Dongfang Jingxing swore an oath on Chen Sanshi’s behalf; Qu Lingchuan then swore to open the Teleportation Array when asked.
• Chen Sanshi asked Deng Wuchang and Zinan to consider a long-term partnership and told them to answer in a year.
• Chen Sanshi rebuked Dongfang Jingxing for acting without permission, then ordered him to notify General Wang and gather forces near Great Marsh Market for the plan to lure the tiger from the mountain.
• Shangguan Siheng told Chen Sanshi that the Slay Immortal Sect would stand with the Eastern Continent and reported that the Seven Kill Sect had slaughtered a pair of Mother-Child Blood Fiend Flood Dragons before coming to Beiyang Dao.
• Chen Sanshi asked Shangguan Siheng to investigate the Demonic Cult’s plans and discussed providing manpower for his own plan.
• Chen Sanshi visited Mo Lin and confirmed that Mo Zhu had died, intending to give him a copy of the True Talisman Classics and pass on his cultivation insights.

Chen Sanshi plotted to draw Shengyun Sect into conflict while hunting the demonic cultivator who had been abducting people in Dusk Valley. When he and Shangguan Siheng finally cornered the culprit, his mask fell away and revealed Patriarch Bai.

• Mo Lin decided to head south to Tianshui and join an immortal sect, and Chen Sanshi gave him pills and a contact in Beiyang Dao.
• After another half year of cultivation, Chen Sanshi saw Shengyun Sect preparing the Demon Subduing Great Array as disappearances continued in Dusk Valley.
• Masked demonic cultivators ambushed five Shengyun Sect disciples near Ronghua City, killing four and leaving Zhu Qingfeng badly wounded.
• Elder Shouzhong assigned Peng Rui and Wang Jun to investigate the demonic cultivators, while Chen Sanshi arranged ambushes to draw Shengyun Sect into action.
• Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Siheng caught the demonic cultivator draining Bai Lao Qi in Dusk Valley, and Chen Sanshi struck him hard enough to knock off his hood and expose Patriarch Bai.

Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Siheng subdued Bai Liangbi, who confessed that he had used the Great Blood Refining Method to kill family members and claimed his father had consented. Bai Liangbi led Chen Sanshi to a hidden cave and revealed that the Bai family’s treasured heirloom was Breath Soil, which could produce an endless supply of cultivation resources.

• Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Siheng fought Bai Liangbi, who wielded the Ten-Thousand-Year Shocking Spirit Willow before calling a halt and asking them to conceal what had happened.
• Bai Liangbi deceived the arriving Bai clansmen, then explained to Chen Sanshi that he had used the Great Blood Refining Method on his father and killed Fifth Brother and Seventh Brother for betraying the clan.
• Bai Liangbi asked Shangguan Siheng to leave them alone with Chen Sanshi, while Shangguan Siheng accepted a Jade Slip containing the Great Blood Refining Method.
• Bai Liangbi led Chen Sanshi into a concealed cave beneath the medicine valley and revealed that the Bai family’s treasured heirloom was Breath Soil, which could create an endless supply of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Chen Sanshi learned that the Bai family’s Huangtian Breathing Soil could cultivate endless resources, while Bai Liangbi planned to use the Golden Essence Mud Embryo to protect it. Shangguan Siheng warned that Bai Liangbi’s dragon blood might be part of a Seven Kill Sect trap, but Bai Liangbi suspected Chen Sanshi wanted the treasure and turned against him.

• Bai Liangbi showed Chen Sanshi the Huangtian Cloud Sea and explained how it endlessly expanded and accelerated the growth of spiritual plants.
• Bai Liangbi recounted how the Bai family obtained Huangtian Breathing Soil, how Sikou Tu betrayed them, and why he intended to cultivate the Golden Essence Mud Embryo to deter their enemies.
• Chen Sanshi questioned why the Demon Suppression Division had allowed Bai Xifeng to obtain the Golden Essence Mud Embryo, suspecting that it concealed a trap.
• Shangguan Siheng warned that the dragon blood Bai Liangbi had used in the Great Blood Refining Method might be Mother-Child Blood Fiend Flood Dragon blood tied to the Seven Kill Sect.
• Chen Sanshi urged Bai Liangbi to stop cultivating until they understood the danger, but Bai Liangbi accused him of coveting the Breathing Soil and called him a wolf with savage ambitions.
• Chen Sanshi asked Shangguan Siheng whether the Great Blood Refining Method could affect Bai Liangbi’s mind.

Bai Liangbi prepared to forge the Mud Sculpture Golden Body while Chen Sanshi and the Slay Immortal Sect guarded Dusk Valley against the Demonic Sect’s plans for the Resting Soil. As Great Han unified the Eastern Continent, Chen Sanshi ordered an expedition into Tianshui and agreed to take his veteran companions with him.

• Bai Liangbi insisted on continuing his demonic cultivation and entrusted Chen Sanshi with guarding Dusk Valley during his seclusion, granting him access to the Bai family medicine vault.
• Chen Sanshi strengthened Dusk Valley’s defenses and moved Tianyong City forces there, while Cao Dongjun, Zhao Xun, and Jiang Shang watched from afar and planned to seize the Resting Soil after Bai Liangbi forged his Golden Body.
• In May of Tianwu’s fifteenth year, Chen Sanshi left Dusk Valley to inspect the approaching crisis at Great Marsh Main Peak and returned to Chang’an at the Heavenly Strike Army’s request.
• Xu Wencai announced that Qing had surrendered, completing Great Han’s unification of the Eastern Continent.
• Chen Sanshi ordered five thousand Heavenly Strike Army soldiers to prepare for an expedition into Tianshui, appointed its generals, and agreed to bring his veteran companions after they clamored to join him.

Chen Sanshi ended his cultivation and learned that the demon cultivators planned to turn Bai Liangbi into a dragon puppet using the Mother-Child Blood Fiend Flood Dragon’s blood. Bai Liangbi broke through to the Golden Body Realm as the transformation began, and Chen Sanshi revealed his true identity to propose a way to save the Bai Family.

• Peng Rui and Wang Jun followed Tianyong City captains to their Mountain God Temple base, where Su Can and Yu Ji confirmed that the ambushes were bait for Shengyun Sect.
• Chen Sanshi reached the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage, prepared to draw Elder Shouzhong toward the Mountain God Temple, and ordered Dongfang Jingxing to evacuate Yu Ji and Yu Lie.
• Shangguan Siheng reported that dragon blood could be used to make puppets, and Chen Sanshi realized that the demon cultivators meant to control Bai Liangbi and use a blood sacrifice to devastate Beiyang Dao.
• Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Siheng broke into Bai Liangbi’s cave and warned him that the demonic arts would turn him into a puppet, but Bai Liangbi said another soul was already devouring him.
• Bai Liangbi absorbed the Golden Essence Mud Embryo and reached the Golden Body Realm, then resolved to attack the Zhu and Qian families before losing himself.
• Chen Sanshi stopped Bai Liangbi and revealed that Xiao Feng was his alias, identifying himself as Chen Sanshi, known on Tianshui Continent as Chen Lei.

Chen Sanshi secured Bai Linxun’s pledge to bring the Bai family and Huangtian Breathing Soil to Great Han, then sent him toward Mount Dafeng to trigger a phenomenon while Shangguan Siheng helped delay their enemies. At Mount Dafeng, Peng Rui’s Shengyun Sect force was trapped in a formation and attacked by deadly flames, with no way out.

• Chen Sanshi offered the Bai family refuge in Great Han in exchange for Huangtian Breathing Soil, and Bai Linxun agreed to submit the clan and hand over the treasure.
• Bai Liangbi died after becoming a Dragon Puppet, and Chen Sanshi ordered Bai Linxun to take the Breathing Soil to Mount Dafeng while Shangguan Siheng arranged a pseudo-third-rank formation.
• Peng Rui led Shengyun Sect disciples from Great Marsh Market to attack the Mountain God Temple at Mount Dafeng, but they found it empty and were caught in a dense-fog formation.
• Pang Jingxuan identified the trap as a Nine Palaces Soul-Bewildering Formation, while Peng Rui’s disciples were burned by arrows wreathed in powerful flames.
• Pang Jingxuan realized the formation was pseudo-third-rank and admitted he could not break it, leaving the Shengyun Sect force trapped.

Peng Rui ordered Pang Jingxuan to break a formation to save their lives, while Liu Xie arranged misleading news for Guo Si and Gao Shun's archers attacked siege towers. Duo You later woke in seawater near an island after losing consciousness.

• Peng Rui ordered Pang Jingxuan to break the formation even at the cost of his life.
• Leo shut the empty storage room with Wind Green and returned up the corridor stairs.
• Wei Zhong understood that Liu Xie wanted Guo Si to hear of an apparent agreement to give Yuxiu to Yang Ding.
• Gao Shun's archers dipped their arrows in oil, lit them, and fired at the siege towers.
• Qin Yiren asked Cai Ze to report Great Qin's annual revenue in money and grain.
• Duo You woke in seawater after fainting and discovered an island behind him.

Elder Shouzhong left the Demon Subduing Great Array to rescue the disciples trapped on Mount Dafeng after a seven-colored phenomenon appeared near Dusk Valley. There, he broke the formation and fought Cao Dongjun’s dragon puppet, realizing he had been lured away through a scheme involving the missing Breathing Soil.

• Zhu Qingfeng and Li Sheng reported blood sacrifices across Beiyang Dao and pleaded for the trapped Shengyun Sect disciples on Mount Dafeng to be rescued.
• Elder Shouzhong saw the seven-colored auspicious radiance and flew from Great Marsh Main Peak toward Mount Dafeng, leaving Li Sheng to guard the Demon Subduing Great Array.
• Elder Shouzhong shattered the Nine Palaces Soul-Bewildering Formation, while Qi Cheng ordered the Tianyong City captains to scatter and retreat.
• Elder Shouzhong and the Shengyun Sect disciples attacked the exposed captains, as Wang Zhi covered Qi Cheng and Dongfang’s escape.
• Cao Dongjun arrived with the dragon puppet made from Bai Liangbi and accused Elder Shouzhong of taking the Breathing Soil.
• Elder Shouzhong realized he had been drawn into a scheme and clashed with Bai Liangbi’s puppet.

Xu Wencai prepared a terrain map for General Feng Yong, while the secret beneath Biluo Lake revealed entrances to the Ancient Demon Lord's inheritance grounds. General Zhu and the others worked to breach a secondary entrance, and Zhou Xuan gained hope as his mother began to gain the upper hand in battle.

• Xu Wencai surveyed the terrain in Beiyang Dao, marked a map, and ordered a eunuch to deliver it to General Feng Yong.
• The secret beneath Biluo Lake revealed the main entrance to the Ancient Demon Lord's inheritance grounds.
• General Zhu and the others worked to break through a secondary entrance behind the mountain where Zhang Di's parents were imprisoned.
• Yuanzhou Rat took an investor eager to see his flying wing to his empty home.
• Smoke Gun concentrated on firing at the target platform while Red Wolf tried to shoot down his bullets.
• Zhou Xuan watched his mother gain a slight advantage on the battlefield and began to feel hopeful.

Chen Sanshi led the Heavenly Strike Army against the cultivators of Great Marsh Main Peak, using the Eighteen Underworld Soldiers Rolling Thunder Formation to turn Great Han’s national fortune into deadly lightning. As the battle became a bloody melee, Li Sheng trapped Chen Sanshi in his Mirror Moon Sword Art, and Chen Sanshi answered his challenge to compete in martial arts.

• Chen Sanshi rallied the Heavenly Strike Army and ordered it to attack Great Marsh Main Peak.
• The army’s formation summoned heavenly lightning, killing Zhu Qingfeng and driving the cultivators into a panic until Li Sheng urged them to fight back.
• Zhao Kang and the captains from Tianyong City joined the formation as both sides clashed, and Xu Wencai directed lightning into the soldiers’ weapons and armor.
• Peng Rui attacked Chen Sanshi with his flying sword, but Chen Sanshi’s Crimson Flame Fire Dragon shattered the sword qi before Li Sheng intervened to save Peng Rui.
• Li Sheng challenged Chen Sanshi over the deaths of his clansmen and attacked with the Mirror Moon Sword Art, surrounding Chen Sanshi with illusory sword qi.
• Chen Sanshi dismissed Li Sheng’s claim of superior martial skill as the Mirror Moon Sword Qi closed around him.

Li Sheng intensified his attack after a white-robed figure escaped his Mirror Moon Sword Qi using Myriad Beasts Blazing Fire. Elsewhere, Emperor Chongzhen gathered ministers to settle hereditary peerages, and Kim Mi-soo and a companion returned to the place where they had waited for a bus the previous day.

• Li Sheng unleashed the Mirror Moon Sword Art more fiercely after the white-robed figure broke free and approached him.
• Reporters photographed Luo Yichen half-reclining on a bed when Shang Qi opened the door.
• Mokanas brought Simon to the heavily guarded fourth floor after tidying up.
• Lin Chuan pinned Fat Tiger's chest beneath his foot despite Fat Tiger's attempts to move his leg.
• Emperor Chongzhen summoned important ministers to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to settle the granting of hereditary peerages.
• Kim Mi-soo and a companion took a taxi to a shopping mall and returned to their previous bus waiting spot.

Chen Sanshi placed the Huangtian Breathing Soil at Huayao Palace, bringing an auspicious phenomenon to Great Han and promising a supply of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. On Tianshui Continent, Cao Xie captured Cao Dongjun, took control of the dragon puppet through a sword forged from Cao Dongjun’s spine, and ordered his descendants to search for Chen Sanshi.

• Chen Sanshi summoned the Huangtian Breathing Soil from the scroll and placed it at Huayao Palace, where its clouds spread over the mountain.
• Chen Sanshi tasked Xu Yunhuan with cultivating the treasures, proclaimed an amnesty, reduced taxes, and began plans for a second recruitment of cultivators with spiritual roots.
• Golden Core cultivators arrived at Great Marsh Market and blamed Elder Shouzhong for the Demon Subduing Great Array’s destruction as they sought the whereabouts of the Breathing Soil.
• Cao Dongjun fled toward the border, but Cao Xie immobilized him, searched his memories, and learned that the Breathing Soil had reached Chen Sanshi.
• Cao Xie severed Cao Dongjun’s connection to the dragon puppet, forged Cao Dongjun’s spine into a sword for Cao Zhi, and killed Cao Dongjun.
• Cao Xie told Cao Zhi to search for Chen Sanshi and ensure the two little beggars were properly settled.