Chapter Summaries

Wang Wu impersonated True Man Mu and encountered Madam, who mistook him for her lover and tasked him with buying a Five Poisons Profound Stone. After learning Jade Mountain Manor planned to have another Tree Demon Gardener verify True Man Mu, Wang Wu survived a Fire Essence Spirit Pill hidden in Madam’s reward pouch and sensed the manor’s master returning.

• Wang Wu used the Companion Demonic Vine and the Myriad Transformation Wishful Demon Leaf to perfectly impersonate True Man Mu.
• Madam embraced Wang Wu, mistook him for her lover, and gave him a code phrase and instructions to buy a Five Poisons Profound Stone.
• Madam told Wang Wu that True Man Mu had saved the Five Aggregates Spirit Fruit Tree and that the old woman planned to have another Tree Demon Gardener inspect him.
• Wang Wu decided to use a wooden substitute for True Man Mu and prepared defenses before opening Madam’s Storage Pouch.
• A fifth-grade Fire Essence Spirit Pill exploded from the pouch, but Wang Wu contained the blast and survived.
• Wang Wu sensed the manor’s master had returned before dawn and feared he might be discovered.

Wang Wu watched from hiding as the Jade Mountain Manor Lord and an Azure Pheasant delegation investigated True Man Mu, whose apparent revival had caused suspicion. The inspection cleared True Man Mu but exposed Nanny Xu’s mishandling of it, and the manor lord removed her from her duties.

• Wang Wu fled to a distant hill when he saw the manor lord arrive with a crowd, then watched their investigation from afar.
• Nanny Xu explained how she had used a secret prescription to revive True Man Mu, and Liu Bo examined the wooden body and found it alive but dormant.
• Nanny Xu failed to awaken True Man Mu with its jade talisman and admitted she had sent it to work after only one night of rest.
• Liu Bo inspected the Five Aggregates Spirit Fruit Tree and confirmed that True Man Mu had repaired it, then judged that the tree demon had likely exhausted itself.
• The Jade Mountain Manor Lord concluded that Nanny Xu had caused needless alarm and transferred the manor’s affairs to Jia Yan.
• The madam took Nanny Xu’s jade talisman and small cauldron, leaving Nanny Xu stunned and wondering what she had done wrong.

Wang Wu spent months cultivating his Ice Fire Spirit Root with Five Aggregates Spirit Pills, then discovered the manor’s array was close to failing and spotted a hostile watcher nearby. With the array’s Formation Stones nearly exhausted, he decided to seek Madam Jiayan’s help.

• Wang Wu used a ninth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pill to refine his Ice Fire Spirit Root and learned from its guidance, raising his cultivation progress to 2/100.
• Wang Wu monitored Jade Mountain Manor and saw Madam Jiayan visit him daily, tend the Five Aggregates Spirit Fruit Tree, and take her daughters out while causing no trouble.
• Wang Wu consumed all ten ninth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills over half a year, but his cultivation progress only reached 11/100.
• Wang Wu discovered that a Formation Stone in the Five Aggregates Spirit Array was overloaded and would fail within days.
• Wang Wu spotted an old man in black using a Sky-Gazing Compass from a concealed formation to watch Jade Mountain Manor.
• Wang Wu realized he could not repair the array’s failing Formation Stone in time and decided to ask Madam Jiayan for help.

Wang Wu approached Madam Jiayan to repair a failing Formation Stone in the Five Aggregates Spirit Array, but she mistook him for a powerful enemy and offered to cooperate with him. After learning the Myriad Poisons Sect threatened Jade Mountain Manor, Wang Wu and Madam Jiayan traced the breach in the manor’s defenses to a jade talisman she had given Jade Gentleman.

• Wang Wu secretly approached Madam Jiayan and tried to explain that a Formation Stone in the Five Aggregates Spirit Array was about to fail.
• Madam Jiayan assumed Wang Wu had killed Jade Gentleman and offered to help him in exchange for sparing her daughters, while Wang Wu clarified that he had no vendetta against the manor.
• Madam Jiayan asked Wang Wu to become a guest elder and revealed that the manor had three hundred spare Formation Stones, but warned him that the Myriad Poisons Sect might be watching them.
• Madam Jiayan explained that Lu Wuchen’s campaign had devastated the Yu and Fan Families, and that the Myriad Poisons Sect had been threatening Jade Mountain Manor.
• Wang Wu asked who had placed the Five Poisons Profound Stone beneath the Five Aggregates Spirit Fruit Tree, and Madam Jiayan suspected the jade talisman she had given Jade Gentleman had let an informant into the array.

Wang Wu repaired the Five Aggregates Spirit Array and learned why Madam Yu feared the Myriad Poisons Sect and could not seek help from the Immortal Alliance. He agreed to protect Jade Mountain Manor while recovering there, and Madam Yu explained the burdens imposed on female cultivators.

• Wang Wu replaced 269 badly worn Formation Stones and discovered that most of the array would need replacement within a century.
• Madam Yu revealed that her sister Yu Jinyan had joined the Dark Alliance and attempted to assassinate Lu Wuchen's eldest son, leaving the Yu Family vulnerable to confiscation by the Immortal Alliance.
• Madam Yu explained that the Myriad Poisons Sect was watching Jade Mountain Manor in hopes of catching Yu Jinyan and proving the family colluded with the Dark Alliance.
• Wang Wu said he had not been sent by the Myriad Poisons Sect and promised to protect the manor for three years, while warning Madam Yu not to hide anything from him.
• Madam Yu offered to help Wang Wu heal his injuries and explained that she was a cauldron for harvesting and replenishing, while her sister had escaped marriage because of her Heavenly Realm First Rank potential.

Wang Wu used the Five Aggregates Spirit Array to refine eighth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills, then swallowed one to force a dangerous breakthrough in his acquired cultivation. As his Ice Fire Spirit Root began to fracture and his cultivation foundation neared collapse, he chose to keep enduring the ordeal.

• Wang Wu gave Madam Yu a damaged Formation Stone, then told her he had lost his memories after a great battle and had been hunted for years.
• Madam Yu guessed that a Great Illusion King Worm in the Black Forest had caused Wang Wu's amnesia and suspected he had once been an Immortal Alliance formation master.
• Madam Yu gave Wang Wu twenty ninth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills and a cauldron that could refine Spiritual Essence, and Wang Wu secretly monitored her for two days before trusting her.
• Wang Wu used the Five Aggregates Spirit Array to refine three eighth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills and realized that repeated refining would wear out the manor's Formation Stones.
• Wang Wu swallowed an eighth-grade pill and endured its violent power as it battered his Ice Fire Spirit Root and threatened to destroy his cultivation foundation.

Wang Wu refined his Ice Fire Spirit Root into Ninth-Rank ice and fire roots, then sought comfort from Madam Yu and received the name Wang Zhige. Their quiet moment ended when Fan family cultivators arrived to strip Madam Yu of her authority and arrest her.

• Wang Wu endured the refinement of his Ice Fire Spirit Root, strengthening its balance and speeding up his spiritual-energy cycle, but learned that only one refinement remained and that he would soon need to condense a Spirit Pill.
• Wang Wu calmed himself, went to Madam Yu’s tutoring class, and accepted the name Wang Wu after she suggested Wang Zhige.
• Madam Yu proposed that Wang Wu stay with her and live peacefully, but he sensed an approaching guest and warned her to prepare.
• A Blood Crow brought Fan Chang’s handsome son and eleven cultivators to Jade Mountain Manor, where they demanded Madam Yu’s authority seal and Qi-Gathering Cauldron and accused her of colluding with the Dark Alliance.
• The cultivators ordered Madam Yu to surrender and face the Death Seekers Camp, while her eldest daughter defended her and was struck down by her half-brother.

Wang Wu manipulated the Five Aggregates Spirit Array and impersonated Yu Jinyan to draw the twelve Immortal Alliance cultivators away from Madam Yu without revealing his identity. He left the cultivators trapped and blaming Yu Jinyan, then used their attack on the array as cover to refine two Eighth Rank Five Aggregates Spirit Pills.

• Wang Wu reactivated the Five Aggregates Spirit Array, keeping the Blood Crow and Fan Xiaoyun outside long enough to distract them.
• Wang Wu disguised himself as Madam Yu, smashed the Dharma mirror, and fled, making the cultivators believe Yu Jinyan had appeared.
• Wang Wu opened the array's entrances, showed the cultivators a convincing silhouette of Yu Jinyan escaping, then shut the array again.
• Senior Brother Bai ordered the twelve cultivators to destroy the Five Aggregates Spirit Array, suspecting Yu Jinyan had killed the Blood Crow and Fan Xiaoyun.
• Wang Wu let the cultivators bombard the array and used the opportunity to refine two Eighth Rank Five Aggregates Spirit Pills.

Wang Wu destroyed the Five Aggregates Spirit Array while refining pills, leaving the Fan family and the Immortal Alliance cultivators scrambling to respond. As Fan Xiaoyun charged at Senior Brother Bai, Wang Wu realized that the supposed Fan Chang was an impostor—and that his little sister-in-law was behind the deception.

• Wang Wu used the Five Aggregates Spirit Array to refine two more Five Aggregates Spirit Pills before the array exhausted its Formation Stones and collapsed.
• Blood Crow fled to warn Fan Chang, while Senior Brother Bai and Junior Brother Chu tried to keep Fan Xiaoyun calm and called for reinforcements.
• Senior Brother Bai's group formed a defensive formation, escorted Madam Yu and her daughters inside, and left Wang Wu unable to rescue them immediately.
• Fan Xiaoyun accused the Immortal Alliance cultivators of conspiring against his family, then calmed down after Senior Brother Bai and Junior Brother Chu reassured him.
• A bedraggled figure claiming to be Fan Chang appeared and shouted for Fan Xiaoyun to run, but Senior Brother Bai called him an impostor and ordered the sword formation to attack.
• Fan Xiaoyun charged at Senior Brother Bai, and Wang Wu realized that Fan Xiaoyun was a fake and his little sister-in-law had taken Fan Chang's place.

Wang Wu witnessed Yu Jinyan rescue Madam Yu, then realized the Immortal Alliance had anticipated the operation and laid a wider trap. After escaping a First-Rank Sky-Veiling Spirit Talisman, he decided to leave Luoyue City and head north toward the Northern Wasteland while cautiously tempering his Destined Demonic Weapon.

• Yu Jinyan revealed herself, fought Senior Brother Bai, and escaped with Madam Yu and her daughters.
• Wang Wu noticed Senior Brother Bai and Junior Brother Chu investigating his Earth Evasion paths, and suspected the Immortal Alliance had set a trap for the Dark Alliance.
• Wolf Bu'er and a scruffy man arrived, and the man used a First-Rank Sky-Veiling Spirit Talisman that blocked Wang Wu's perception.
• Wang Wu fled two hundred miles after the talisman's effect faded and concluded the Immortal Alliance had anticipated the rescue and exposed the Dark Alliance's stronghold.
• Wang Wu decided to leave Luoyue City for the Northern Wasteland, traveling cautiously while tempering his Destined Demonic Weapon.

Wang Wu traveled through Human territory while tempering his Destined Demonic Weapon, then attacked someone he mistook for Wolf Bu'er. He subdued the fighter and discovered she was Wolf Bu'er's mother, the Snow Wolf General.

• Wang Wu continued tempering his right forepaw and refining Situational Vitality Pills as he traveled around manors and towns.
• Wang Wu sensed Wolf Bu'er's Gaze Divine Ability near a mountain and cautiously approached its suspected source.
• Wang Wu sneaked up on a wolf in the shrubs and attacked, but its strength and Indestructible Golden Body surprised him.
• Wang Wu fought the wolf, used his Companion Demonic Vine, and finally pinned it down after it tried to escape with a Body Protection Method.
• The wolf called Wang Wu an idiot and revealed herself as the Snow Wolf General, Wolf Bu'er's mother.

Wang Wu learned that the Snow Wolf General had come to Human territory to rescue her daughter, Wolf Bu'er, and listened as she explained why demons needed restraint in their cultivation. After realizing the Snow Wolf General was being hunted and worn down by the person who had taken Wolf Bu'er, Wang Wu gave her pills to recover.

• The Snow Wolf General convinced Wang Wu that she was not a Spirit Beast and explained that she had entered Human territory to save Wolf Bu'er.
• Wang Wu loosened his hold on the Snow Wolf General, but his attraction to her made their conversation awkward.
• Wang Wu sensed Wolf Bu'er using the Wolf's Gaze Divine Ability and took the Snow Wolf General underground to avoid detection.
• The Snow Wolf General explained that demons relied on their bloodlines and needed restraint, while Wang Wu reflected on his human instincts and cultivation path.
• The Snow Wolf General said she had been hunted for ten years and feared that the Humans were deliberately wearing down her will.
• Wang Wu inferred that the person holding Wolf Bu'er was trying to break the Snow Wolf General's resolve, then gave her ten Eighth-grade Situational Vitality Pills and ten Eighth-grade Spirit Energy Practice Pills.

Wang Wu discovered that Snow Wolf General’s slow qi-and-blood circulation explained why it had taken a century to temper its Destined Demonic Weapon, and he advised it on pursuing a breakthrough. Snow Wolf General offered to pass him the Wolf’s Gaze Divine Ability in exchange for help rescuing Wolf Bu’er, then revealed it was willing to become Wang Wu’s cauldron so he could reach First Grade.

• Wang Wu used the Companion Demonic Vine to guard Snow Wolf General while he refined pills and advanced his Destined Demonic Weapon to 1800/2000.
• Snow Wolf General learned Wang Wu was cultivating a Heavenly Eighth-Rank Destined Demonic Weapon and explained that qi-and-blood depletion had limited its own progress.
• Wang Wu examined Snow Wolf General and found that its qi-and-blood circulation was sixty times slower than his, making advancement to Second Grade difficult.
• Wang Wu advised Snow Wolf General to find resources and strengthen its Ancient Blood, though he predicted it would never reach First Grade.
• Snow Wolf General offered to fuse the Wolf’s Gaze Divine Ability into Wang Wu in return for help rescuing Wolf Bu’er, and Wang Wu agreed with limits on what he could promise.
• Snow Wolf General said it would marry Wang Wu and become his cauldron to help him reach First Grade for the sake of the Western Wilderness Demon Race.

Wang Wu hid the Snow Wolf General in a mortal village, used its memories to build a map, and tempered his Destined Demonic Weapon while reflecting on ordinary human life. His appreciation of the village’s daily routines awakened the special blessing Mortal World's Fiery Smoke.

• Wang Wu questioned the Snow Wolf General about its past and examined its Tongming Demon Core, gaining its memories and a detailed map of human territory.
• Wang Wu carried the Snow Wolf General, concealed beneath his fur, to a mortal village where he expected them to remain safe for ten days.
• Wang Wu observed the villagers’ harsh lives and considered how difficult it would have been to rise from mortal origins in the Cultivation World.
• Wang Wu tempered his Destined Demonic Weapon to Heavenly Eighth-Rank while continuing to watch the villagers’ daily routines.
• Wang Wu’s longing for home and appreciation of mortal life awakened the Mortal World's Fiery Smoke blessing, which concealed demon qi and weakened that of allied targets nearby.

Wang Wu used the Snow Wolf General’s bloodline ritual to fuse part of the Ancient Wolf Bloodline with his Ancient Bear Bloodline, then struggled to control the resulting beast nature. He swallowed four eighth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills and began tempering his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root, leaving his acquired cultivation system in chaos as he awaited the outcome.

• Wang Wu reflected on the Five Qi, refined Spirit Pills, and prepared for the Snow Wolf General’s bloodline ritual.
• The Snow Wolf General transferred its Third Grade Tongming Demon Core through a Wolf Guard Mark ritual, then collapsed unconscious as Wang Wu’s bloodline genes clashed with the wolf bloodline.
• Wang Wu used Situational Vitality Pills and ice-fire spiritual energy to sustain himself through the bloodline battle, which ended with his Ancient Bear Bloodline absorbing part of the Ancient Wolf Bloodline.
• Wang Wu struggled against his heightened beast nature, swallowed four eighth-grade Five Aggregates Spirit Pills, and fled with the Snow Wolf General to another village.
• Wang Wu began tempering his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root as his body and acquired system broke down, leaving him to endure while awaiting whether he would refine a Spirit Pill or lose access to the acquired path.

After enduring a prolonged manhunt and village-wide massacres, Wang Wu completed two Spirit Pills, stabilized his innate and acquired cultivation systems, and gained major new abilities. He left the ashes with Snow Wolf General to rescue Wolf Bu'er and confront the hunter pursuing them.

• Wang Wu remained concealed beside Snow Wolf General while cultivators searched the region and burned nine villages, and his presence absorbed the Crimson Flame Spirit Energy.
• Wang Wu awakened after condensing a second Spirit Pill, thanked Snow Wolf General, and learned that his Danger Sense and Ice Fire Spirit Pills had grown stronger.
• Wang Wu explained that their pursuer was using the Evil Fallen Corrupting Poison Flow and was likely trying to break Snow Wolf General by threatening Wolf Bu'er.
• Snow Wolf General recognized that the village massacres had prevented Wang Wu from hiding himself with human qi, then worried that it had failed to pass on the Wolf's Gaze Talent.
• Wang Wu tested his Danger Sense, stopped Snow Wolf General from using Wolf's Gaze, and carried it away at speed to save Wolf Bu'er.

Wang Wu tested his combat abilities and asked the Inheritance Soul Jade to assess his strengths and weaknesses. Learning that his growth would delay adulthood for fifteen hundred years and that his acquired spiritual root system might eventually be consumed by his innate bloodline system, he decided to seek Madam Yu's help.

• Wang Wu inscribed Spirit Pills and tested how Ice Spirit Energy enhanced his golden claw attack.
• Wang Wu used the Inheritance Soul Jade to appraise his strength, advantages, and disadvantages.
• The Inheritance Soul Jade warned that Wang Wu's physical growth could delay adulthood for fifteen hundred years and that his acquired spiritual root system might eventually be devoured.
• Wang Wu decided to find Madam Yu and ask her, as a trusted Human cultivator, to help him plan how to address his weaknesses.
• Wang Wu resolved to try to rescue Madam Yu, who was being hunted by the Immortal Alliance within the Dark Alliance.

Wang Wu strengthened his defensive and demonic arts, then comforted the grieving Snow Wolf General and learned that she recognized his inheritance from his mother. After she pledged herself to him and fell asleep in his arms, Wang Wu used her extensive map and his heightened Danger Sense to investigate the enemy’s preparations, discovering a vast network of Rapid Reaction Sword Formations.

• Wang Wu upgraded his shield, concealment, wind, and Overlord Demonic Arts to their current limits.
• Wang Wu realized Wolf Bu’er was likely dead and held the grieving Snow Wolf General as she offered to act as bait and urged him to flee Lu Wuchen.
• The Snow Wolf General explained the mutual bloodline bond linking her and Snake Nineteen to Wang Wu, then recognized his inheritance as the Bear Demon Emperor’s and his mother as Xiong Erhua.
• The Snow Wolf General regained her resolve, named Wang Wu her king, and fell asleep in his arms while he decided they would wait.
• Wang Wu used the Snow Wolf General’s detailed map and his Danger Sense to locate enemy preparations near Luoyue City.
• Wang Wu discovered dozens of groups deploying Rapid Reaction Sword Formations, supported by spirit-beast scouts across a vast area.

Wang Wu used the Snow Wolf General’s peak Wolf’s Gaze to investigate the Great Lake and discovered that a first-grade snake demon was concealed around an island at the Dark Alliance’s stronghold. After learning that the Immortal Alliance’s forces were tied down by a long-running war in the Northern Wasteland, Wang Wu considered killing an unnamed enemy and fleeing to the island.

• Wang Wu surveyed all thirty nearby Rapid Reaction Sword Formations and concluded that they surrounded the Great Lake where the Dark Alliance was based.
• Wang Wu asked the Snow Wolf General to use its peak Wolf’s Gaze, and it sensed a first-grade snake demon coiled around an island beneath layers of formations.
• Wang Wu treated the Snow Wolf General’s injuries and discussed the snake clan’s possible role in the Dark Alliance and its plans.
• The Snow Wolf General explained that the Immortal Alliance might not know about the snake demon and that the Northern Wasteland war had weakened both human and demon forces.
• Wang Wu decided he wanted to kill an unnamed enemy, then flee to the island and investigate.

Wang Wu prepared to reach Snake Island and ask Madam Yu to leave with him, while planning to muddy the waters around his pursuit. He attacked a Rapid Reaction Sword Formation, made sure Luoyue City knew Xiong Wu had returned, and escaped toward the island with the formation in tow.

• Wang Wu told Snow Wolf General about his plan to go to the island and asked it to hide while he used the Myriad Transformation Wishful Demon Leaf to disguise himself as a Human cultivator.
• Snow Wolf General warned Wang Wu that the Demon Leaf could provoke Grandpa Tree, but Wang Wu decided to use it anyway and carried the wolf in his clothes.
• Wang Wu reasoned that the hidden target in Luoyue City would be difficult to kill, so he chose to announce Xiong Wu’s presence and draw attention toward Snake Island.
• Wang Wu triggered the interception formation at a Rapid Reaction Sword Formation, then broke through its defenses and fought off the Human cultivators’ sword attacks with his Destined Demonic Weapon.
• Wang Wu killed several cultivators, seized the Rapid Reaction Sword Formation and the soil beneath it, and fled within seconds.