Chapter Summaries

Chen Sanshi escaped an attack by Qiu Yan’s explosive black cicadas after Duan Silu and two others flew back to Ronghua City to rescue captives, leaving Wu Wei dead and little information uncovered. While waiting in a mountain cave for Shangguan Siheng’s group, Chen Sanshi sorted the spoils, assigned Dongfang Jingxing new techniques and weapons, cultivated Yin Soul Netherflame, and discovered his spirit snake had eaten most of the captured cicadas.

• Duan Silu and two companions flew to Ronghua City to rescue hundreds of captive boys and girls, while Chen Sanshi departed with Little Bamboo and Wu Wei.
• Dongfang Jingxing tortured Wu Wei for information, but a black cicada exploded and killed Wu Wei before he could reveal what lay in the Bai family’s medicine valley.
• Chen Sanshi and Little Bamboo fought through swarms of explosive black cicadas, captured four with Freeze Talismans, and escaped after spotting Qiu Yan in a distant forest.
• Chen Sanshi and Little Bamboo settled in a mountain cave to await Shangguan Siheng and the others, and Chen Sanshi sorted the spoils and gave Dongfang Jingxing three rewards.
• Chen Sanshi absorbed Yin Soul Netherflame through the Yanluo Seal, then found that his spirit snake had eaten nearly all the captured cicadas and tested the last one as an explosive arrow.

Chen Sanshi planned to prepare for the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground and left for Dusk Valley, where Jiang Shang and Zhao Xun were leading a search for him. Zhang Jinchen forced the Bai Family to let the search party enter its medicine valley, killing its two guardian spirit beasts as the chapter ended.

• Shangguan Siheng reported that the Slay Immortal Sect's people had reached safety, while Duan Silu and his companions had died after freeing captives from Shengyun Sect.
• Chen Sanshi discussed breaking the Great Marsh Main Peak formation and seizing the Li Family's Teleportation Array, then ordered Little Bamboo to prepare people for the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground.
• Chen Sanshi disguised himself as a Bai Family junior and traveled to Dusk Valley, where Jiang Shang and Zhao Xun confronted Bai Liangbi with hundreds of cultivators and demanded to search for Xiao Feng.
• Bai Liangbi fought Jiang Shang, but Zhang Jinchen arrived with Shengyun Sect disciples and compelled the Bai Family to let the search party enter Dusk Valley.
• Zhang Jinchen dismissed warnings about the delicate medicinal plants, killed the two spirit beasts guarding the medicine valley, and led the search party inside.

Zhang Jinchen investigated the Bai family's medicine garden, where Bai Xifeng revealed that Divine Wood Spirit Liquid had accelerated the growth of its ancient medicinal plants. After the visitors withdrew, the Bai family decided to seek the Qingxu Sect's help in protecting the treasure.

• Zhang Jinchen broke the medicine garden's formation, and Bai Liangbi protested that the disturbance had damaged the Skyfire Vermilion Bird Lotuses.
• Bai Xifeng revealed the Divine Wood Spirit Liquid from the Nine-Colored Divine Wood and explained how it had ripened the Bai family's medicinal plants.
• Zhang Jinchen accepted the Bai family's explanation, withdrew the Shengyun Sect, and urged Jiang Shang and Zhao Xun to focus on the Seven Kill Sect's demonic disciples.
• Elder Shouzhong ordered Wang Jun to ask the Bai family for some spirit liquid in exchange for benefits.
• Bai Liangbi and Bai Linxun discussed how they had concealed the truth, and Bai Xifeng told Linxun to invite the Qingxu Sect.

Chen Sanshi returned to Dusk Valley, suspected the Bai family’s public dispute was a cover for a greater treasure, and sought control of Great Marsh Market’s Teleportation Array by negotiating with Qu Lingchuan. After four months of cultivation, Chen Sanshi advanced his talisman skill and chose the Phoenix Luan Stone Beast as his target in the upcoming Nine Nether Forbidden Ground trial.

• Chen Sanshi spoke with Bai Liangbi, who denied blaming him for the search and invited him to relocate with the Bai family while offering to help cultivate a thousand-year spirit plant.
• Chen Sanshi concluded that the Nine-Colored Divine Wood Spirit Liquid was a smokescreen for the Bai family’s real treasure and planned to contact the Qingxu Sect for help securing an escape route for the court’s core personnel.
• Chen Sanshi arranged a meeting with Qu Lingchuan and offered cultivation resources in exchange for access to Great Marsh Market’s Teleportation Array, but Qu Lingchuan demanded a Breakthrough Pill before discussing cooperation.
• Chen Sanshi identified the Phoenix Luan Stone Beast as the rare ingredient required for a Breakthrough Pill and decided to seek one in the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground.
• Chen Sanshi spent four months in closed-door cultivation, improving his cultivation arts, skills, and spirit pets, and advanced Drawing Talismans to the Second Tier.

Chen Sanshi returned to Great Han after more than half a year away, while his son Chen Duhe encountered Incense God Cult bandits near Qingping Village. After Brocade Guards rescued Chen Duhe, they told him Chen Sanshi had returned and that he could leave the wilderness for the capital.

• Chen Sanshi considered taking Great Marsh Market and returned to Eastern Continent to attend to his family.
• Chen Duhe was forced to guide bandits toward Qingping Village, where his Howling Gold Beast attacked them.
• Pei Tiannan appeared, recognized Chen Duhe as Chen Sanshi's son, and ordered his followers to raid the village.
• Chen Duhe killed an Incense God Cult disciple with poisoned Yin Zhen, while Pei Tiannan wounded the Howling Gold Beast.
• Zhao Kang, Wang Li, and the Brocade Guards drove Pei Tiannan away and rescued Chen Duhe.
• The Brocade Guards told Chen Duhe that Chen Sanshi had returned and that he could go back to the capital; Chen Duhe departed in Shuhu's flying carriage.

Chen Sanshi oversaw Southern Xu’s surrender, expanded Great Han’s territory, and arranged troop deployments while rewarding those who had served the court. He stayed in the capital to guide his children until Zhang Shun arrived with news from the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground.

• Chen Sanshi attended court, heard that Southern Xu was preparing to surrender while Eastern Qing had resisted, and said he would deal with Eastern Qing if it refused to submit by the deadline.
• Chen Sanshi traveled to Southern Xu, accepted Fan Shuzhen’s surrender, and made him King of Southern Xu, bringing the former state into Great Han.
• Chen Sanshi ordered troop transfers across Southern Xu, secretly positioning two thousand soldiers near Nanling Town, and rewarded Qi Cheng, Dongfang Jingxing, Zhou Weizhen, and other officials and soldiers.
• After learning that the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground had not opened, Chen Sanshi stayed to study and spend time with his family, teaching Chen Duhe the Hook Sickle Spear Technique and visiting Chen Yunxi and Xu Yunhuan.
• Zhang Shun arrived at Langfeng Peak and reported that there was news from the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground.

Chen Sanshi returned to Tianshui to investigate the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground, whose entrance was filled with a deadly spiritual energy disturbance. After discovering that Guiyuan Sect disciples had arrived, he vowed to kill them all, while his plans for the expedition also included finding resources for the court and Earth Spirit Purple Vine.

• Chen Sanshi learned that the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground had opened but that its entrance tore apart anyone who approached, and he told Zhang Shun to keep watch.
• At the family banquet, Chen Sanshi and his senior brothers reaffirmed their vow to avenge Fang Qingyun and destroy Guiyuan Sect, and he discovered that Sun Li was pregnant.
• Ningxiang and Zhaozhao asked to join Chen Sanshi's journey, and he took them aboard the Imperial Carriage to Tianshui.
• Chen Sanshi met Sima Yao, organized his fifty-one subjects, and studied records of the forbidden ground, identifying Earth Spirit Purple Vine as a key target.
• At Autumn Frost Valley, Chen Sanshi saw a spirit beast die at the forbidden ground's entrance and recognized Cui Zichen and Qian Qiren among the Guiyuan Sect disciples.
• Chen Sanshi ordered Sima Yao to investigate how many Guiyuan Sect members had arrived, vowed none would leave alive, and discovered that his Sky Riding technique could accelerate flight threefold.

Chen Sanshi cultivated, gathered allies, and prepared for the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground while the Bai family urged him to leave Beiyang Dao. When the Forbidden Ground opened and reports of valuable treasures spread, he ordered Tianyong City to prepare to enter.

• Chen Sanshi returned to Dusk Valley, advised Bai Chaotong on alchemy, and completed the Bai family's pill order after Bai Liangbi offered to share most of the family's formulas.
• Bai Liangbi urged Chen Sanshi to leave Beiyang Dao with the Bai family, but Chen Sanshi refused because his grievances with Great Marsh Market remained unsettled; he learned that Qingxu Sect would soon send someone.
• After months of cultivation and receiving reports about Guiyuan Sect's expedition, Chen Sanshi hired Zinan to build a large ship and persuaded Deng Wuchang to help him fight.
• Chen Sanshi returned to Dusk Valley and continued cultivating while waiting for the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground to open.
• Dongfang Jingxing told Chen Sanshi that the Forbidden Ground had opened and that powerful treasures had appeared, drawing sects and martial families toward Autumn Frost Valley.
• Chen Sanshi ordered Little Bamboo to gather everyone in Tianyong City and prepare to enter the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground.

Chen Sanshi and Deng Wuchang entered the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground to search for treasures, but found little until White Jade led them through a pressure-free passage in Yellow Stone Mountain. They discovered a vast hidden ancient battlefield filled with intact artifacts, and Chen Sanshi urged Deng Wuchang to press onward.

• Cao Dongjun prepared the Seven Kill Sect's cultivators to lure intruders into a trap while Chen Sanshi sent Tianyong City's commandants into the forbidden ground in squads.
• Chen Sanshi disguised Deng Wuchang, and the two entered the forbidden ground, where they fought an Ancient Remnant Soul and found the outer region largely barren.
• Chen Sanshi suspected the sect disciples had discovered a hidden area, so Deng Wuchang guided him toward Yellow Stone Mountain.
• Chen Sanshi sent Azure Bird to summon the Han Court's people, then followed White Jade to a pressure-free entrance in the mountain and explored a cave passage.
• Chen Sanshi and Deng Wuchang emerged into a vast second battlefield, where Deng Wuchang gathered many preserved artifacts while Chen Sanshi selected only the finest and led them onward.

Chen Sanshi explored the Nine Nether Forbidden Ground, gathered resources, and found the Phoenix Luan Stone Beast and a mature Spirit-Rhino Horn. He overheard Qiu Yan and the Seven Kill Sect plotting to meet their Sect Master, then attacked Qiu Yan but barely escaped the Two-Headed Soul-Devouring Tiger’s assault.

• Deng Wuchang destroyed a group of wandering ghosts, gathered spirit plants, and later left to pursue a spirit beast while promising to return.
• Chen Sanshi sent Song Guizhi’s squad back with Dragon Bone Wood and allowed Dongfang Jingxing to leave early with a hundred remnant souls for his Myriad Souls Banner.
• Chen Sanshi searched along the Nine Nether River, found a Phoenix Luan Stone Beast and a mature Spirit-Rhino Horn, and overheard Qiu Yan’s companions summon him to Night Spring Pool because Bai Xifeng had entered the secret realm.
• Qiu Yan’s men harvested the Spirit-Rhino Horn and moved to take the Phoenix Luan Stone Beast, so Chen Sanshi attacked them with his bow and flying swords.
• Qiu Yan summoned his Two-Headed Soul-Devouring Tiger, whose roar nearly incapacitated Chen Sanshi, but Chen Sanshi recovered and escaped underground with a talisman.

The chapter was a collage of unrelated scenes, including Chen Sanshi inspecting his gains and Shen Qiang finding a heated thread on the Jianghu Grievances Board. It left Shen Qiang poised to investigate the thread.

• Chen Sanshi inspected the mature Spirit-Rhino Horn and five-hundred-year-old Phoenix Luan Stone Beast, leaving the Earth Spirit Purple Vine as his only remaining target.
• Ruo Ranran caught Ziyan as she fell, and the two later went to breakfast while Zhong Shan enjoyed some peace.
• A major battle erupted between the Black Feather Army and the Dragon Fierce Army at Weibei Pass.
• Hadley, Baryon, Sturridge, and the others swore to keep the secret of the Power of the Main God.
• Shen Qiang spotted a blazing-hot thread at the top of the Jianghu Grievances Board.

Bai Xifeng fought off the demonic cultivators at Night Spring Pool with a Ten-Thousand-Year Shocking Spirit Willow sword, then escaped while Chen Sanshi realized their plan might involve a tampered Golden Essence Mud Embryo. Chen Sanshi followed Guiyuan Sect disciples and killed Liu Feng to take his identity.

• Zhao Xun, Jiang Shang, and the Seven Kill Sect cultivators joined the attack on Bai Xifeng and forced him into Night Spring Pool.
• Bai Xifeng revealed the Thunderclap Sword made from Ten-Thousand-Year Shocking Spirit Willow and wounded the attackers, killing two Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators.
• Bai Xifeng broke through the formation and escaped, while Zhao Xun and Jiang Shang revealed they had deliberately let him leave as part of their plan involving Elder Shouzhong.
• Chen Sanshi suspected the demonic cultivators had tampered with the Golden Essence Mud Embryo and returned toward Night Spring Pool disguised as a loose cultivator.
• Chen Sanshi followed Guiyuan Sect disciples, then killed Liu Feng after Liu Feng secretly gathered an eight-hundred-year-old spiritual plant, and changed his appearance to match him.

Disguised as Liu Feng, Chen Sanshi followed Guiyuan Sect disciples to a hidden spirit land in the Second Forbidden Ground, where three sects cooperated to open an ancient barrier and gather treasures. He recognized the Guardian Envoy token as matching one left by his master, then watched the group prepare to explore deeper while selecting guards for the entrance.

• Chen Sanshi joined Qian Qiren and the Guiyuan Sect disciples, who used a map assembled from fragments to locate the secret realm with Shengyun Sect and Silent Cave.
• The three sects traveled through a valley filled with ancient high-level cultivators’ remains and discovered a powerful barrier guarding a spirit land rich in medicinal plants.
• Zhang Susu used four copper fragments to activate the formation disk and open the barrier, revealing a token engraved with “Guardian Envoy” that reminded Chen Sanshi of his master’s wooden token.
• The sects agreed to divide shared treasures fairly, entered the spirit land, and gathered medicinal materials without fighting.
• Xu Baoren proposed assigning guards to the entrance, and Zhang Susu ordered Qian You to stay while Wang Jun volunteered.

Chen Sanshi killed Qian You, activated the Guardian Envoy token to raise the barrier to Tier 4, and led Tianyong City forces into the secret realm to pursue the sect disciples. As the disciples uncovered evidence that the ruins belonged to the ancient Baiyujing battlefield and split up, Chen Sanshi sensed a dangerous hidden figure nearby.

• Wang Jun discovered Tianyong City forces approaching, sent a paper-crane warning into the forbidden ground, and fled; Chen Sanshi destroyed the crane and killed Qian You before he could raise an alarm.
• Chen Sanshi inserted the Guardian Envoy Wooden Token into the formation plate, strengthening the barrier to Tier 4 and opening a passage for himself and those he permitted through.
• Chen Sanshi gathered more than forty Tianyong City captains, vowed vengeance on Guiyuan Sect, and let them enter the secret realm; Deng Wuchang arrived and joined the pursuit.
• The barrier restarted after the sect disciples had explored two spiritual lands, trapping them inside; Zhang Susu urged them to seek another exit, and Zhang Jinchen found a possible route on the map.
• Qian Qiren identified Baiyujing and Luoxiao Sect artifacts among numerous Nascent Soul remains, linking the forbidden ground to an ancient Righteous-Demonic War.
• The three sects split up at a fork in the road, and Chen Sanshi sensed a mysterious, dangerous figure hiding in the forest ahead.

Chen Sanshi led Tianyong City’s cultivators in an ambush against the Guiyuan Sect, revealing his identity and overwhelming Xu Baoren with the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation and his own attacks. As Xu Baoren neared defeat, the mysterious figure from earlier returned, and Chen Sanshi recognized her as a blind woman.

• Chen Sanshi spotted a mysterious figure near the path to Silent Cave, but the figure ignored him and vanished; he then led Tianyong City’s captains after the Guiyuan Sect.
• Xu Baoren’s disciples found ancient sect remains and a two-thousand-year-old Fire Lingzhi; harvesting it drew powerful wandering souls, killing one disciple and injuring three.
• Chen Sanshi’s forces confronted the Guiyuan Sect, and he removed his disguise, revealing himself to Cui Zichen and Qian Qiren.
• Chen Sanshi ordered the Heavenly Gang Sword Formation into battle and charged Xu Baoren, while Deng Wuchang transformed and joined the fight.
• Chen Sanshi battered Xu Baoren with spells, spear, and Dragon Abyss until the mysterious figure returned and he saw that she was a blind woman.

Chen Sanshi and the Tianyong City captains defeated the Guiyuan Sect Disciples, but the Blind Woman warned them to leave as the blood awakened ancient corpses controlled by purple spiritual plants. Chen Sanshi stayed behind to cover the retreat, then was knocked back into the encirclement by a powerful ancient corpse wielding a Mountain Splitting Great Axe.

• Chen Sanshi killed Xu Baoren, Qian Qiren, and Cui Zichen, then led the Tianyong City captains in wiping out all twelve Guiyuan Sect Disciples.
• The Blind Woman warned Chen Sanshi to leave, and he saw blood draining into the earth as purple spiritual plants glowed and ancient corpses rose.
• A Nascent Soul Ancient Corpse struck Chen Sanshi, and he ordered the Tianyong City captains to retreat while the corpses attacked.
• Chen Sanshi, Sima Yao, Wang Zhi, and Deng Wuchang held back the Golden Body ancient corpses until the other captains escaped.
• A powerful ancient corpse wielding a Mountain Splitting Great Axe struck Chen Sanshi out of the air and left him surrounded again.

Chen Sanshi escaped the ancient corpses with help from Jiang Xiyue of the Qingxu Sect, then followed her to a Guardian Envoy’s cave mansion where cultivation was suppressed. When Jiang Xiyue opened a sealed chamber, its terrified wandering souls fled while a Deity Transformation cultivator cried, “All Laws Forbidden!”

• Chen Sanshi became trapped among ancient corpses until Jiang Xiyue froze them with a sword strike, opening a path for them to escape.
• Jiang Xiyue introduced herself as a member of the Qingxu Sect and asked Chen Sanshi to help her retrieve something.
• Jiang Xiyue led Chen Sanshi to a cave mansion where a law suppressed their cultivation, and Chen Sanshi learned that Jiang Xiyue was True Person Yuling’s disciple.
• Chen Sanshi identified the purple flowers on the corpses as Corpse Demon Vines and discovered a Deity Transformation cultivator’s corpse with a golden-rune-covered spine.
• Jiang Xiyue opened a stone door, releasing a swarm of wandering souls that fled in terror as the Deity Transformation cultivator shouted, “All Laws Forbidden!”

Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue entered the Guardian Envoy's Cave Mansion, where All Laws Forbidden stripped away cultivation and reduced even ancient cultivator corpses to mortal strength. After fighting through corpses and countless flying beasts, they reached a pill-making chamber, where Chen Sanshi found a Jade Slip of Ancient Pill Recipes.

• Chen Sanshi followed Jiang Xiyue through the stone gate and lost his cultivation, while his martial skill remained.
• Jiang Xiyue and Chen Sanshi fought awakened ancient corpses, and Chen Sanshi discovered their bodies had been weakened to mortal strength.
• Chen Sanshi protected Jiang Xiyue from swarms of flying beasts as they crossed a suspension bridge and chose a passageway from five routes.
• Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue found remnant souls reenacting a fight involving Baiyujing disciples, then searched the abandoned pill chamber.
• Chen Sanshi found an intact Jade Slip containing Ancient Pill Recipes, including recipes for Foundation Establishment pills and a martial cultivator's Golden Body.

Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue found a hidden Training Ground filled with rare spiritual plants and an ancient corpse guarding a scarlet lotus. Forced to fight under All Laws Forbidden, Chen Sanshi endured the corpse’s relentless attacks, developed the Ultimate Divine Ability, and pierced its heart.

• Chen Sanshi found an Ancient Pill Recipes Jade Slip and gathered dried spiritual treasures before following Jiang Xiyue through another passage.
• Chen Sanshi and Jiang Xiyue reached a white jade Training Ground filled with rare spiritual plants, and Jiang Xiyue claimed the scarlet lotus while offering the rest to Chen Sanshi.
• Chen Sanshi discovered that an ancient corpse guarded the Training Ground and understood that All Laws Forbidden had stripped away their supernatural abilities.
• Chen Sanshi fought the corpse with spear and sword while Jiang Xiyue held back the other ancient corpses, but his stamina dwindled as the battle dragged on.
• Chen Sanshi drew on his martial experience, saw through the corpse’s techniques, and fused spear and sword arts into the Ultimate Divine Ability.
• Chen Sanshi seized an opening and drove the Dragon Gallant Bright Silver Spear through the ancient corpse’s heart.

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.