Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming left Void Palace after four years of deducing a new cultivation art and strengthening the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror. He reunited with Li Xuanyi, learned she was his senior sister in the Taiyi Sect, and went with her to meet Daoist Lingxu, who asked what art he had deduced.

• Liu Yang told Li Xuanyi that Song Qingming had arrived at the Taiyi Sect, and she realized he had broken their promise to find her despite being nearby.
• Li Xuanyi told Daoist Lingxu about her past journey and adventures with Song Qingming, and he praised Song Qingming’s caution.
• Song Qingming tested his new Five Elements Divine Light Mirror array against Golden Wind’s attack and saw it block the strike and immobilize Golden Wind.
• Song Qingming left Void Palace after four years, and Liu Yang told him that the other sect disciples were mostly away or in seclusion.
• Li Xuanyi greeted Song Qingming outside Daoist Lingxu’s cave, accepted his apology, and made him address her as Senior Sister Li.
• Daoist Lingxu welcomed Song Qingming and asked what cultivation art he had deduced.

Song Qingming presented his independently derived Azure Jade Treasure Refining Art to Daoist Lingxu, joined the Taiyi Sect as an outer disciple, and was asked to continue developing the art with the sect's help. The chapter ended as Daoist Lingxu's External Incarnation brought him back to the Void Palace and produced an ancient black Token.

• Song Qingming showed Daoist Lingxu and Li Xuanyi his new technique, which he had derived independently to the Mid Golden Core Stage and named the Azure Jade Treasure Refining Art.
• Daoist Lingxu asked Song Qingming to copy the technique for further study, and Li Xuanyi took him to stay at Heavenly Harmony Pavilion.
• Li Xuanyi and Liu Yang invited Song Qingming to spend half a year experiencing mortal life in villages below the mountain before Daoist Lingxu summoned him back.
• Daoist Lingxu's External Incarnation explained the Taiyi Sect's outer disciple rules, accepted Song Qingming's essence blood into the sect register, and taught him how to enter the Mountain Protection Array.
• Daoist Lingxu asked Song Qingming to develop the Azure Jade Treasure Refining Art to the Nascent Soul Realm and gave him two Nascent Soul techniques to study before their next visit to the Void Palace.
• Daoist Lingxu's External Incarnation brought Song Qingming into the Void Palace, where he restored the Void Stone Tablet and produced an ancient black Token.

Song Qingyu led Song Yuanli and Song Yuanhao to reinforce Tuoyun Mountain, which was besieged by the Cloud Crane Demon King and the Green Crocodile Demon King. Her forces launched a counterattack, but Zhang Rong quickly fell behind in his battle with the Green Crocodile Demon King.

• Song Qingming used the Golden Sun Token to strengthen Song Qingming’s senses and began examining the Void Stone Tablet.
• Song Yuanhao received an urgent plea for aid from Tuoyun Mountain, where two Demon Kings were attacking the Mountain Protection Array.
• Song Qingyu ordered Song Yuanhao and Song Yuanli to accompany her to Tuoyun Mountain and told Song Yuanfang to seek Carefree Sect reinforcements if needed.
• Song Qingyu arrived at Tuoyun Mountain and sent Song Yuanhao and Song Yuanli through the eastern approach to coordinate a counterattack with Lin Yutang and Zhang Rong.
• Zhang Rong led nearly a thousand cultivators out of the array to attack the Green Crocodile Demon King, but he was quickly overwhelmed by its greater strength.

Song Qingyu ambushed and killed the Green Crocodile Demon King, helping Tuoyun Mountain defeat the Demonic Beast Army and force the Cloud Crane Demon King to retreat. After receiving the Green Crocodile Demon King's materials, Song Qingyu prepared to leave just as Zhao Menglian arrived with reinforcements.

• Song Qingyu wounded the Green Crocodile Demon King with the Profound Nether Golden Light Sword, then joined Zhang Rong in pursuing and attacking him.
• Song Qingyu and Zhang Rong killed the Green Crocodile Demon King before the Cloud Crane Demon King could reach him, and Song Qingyu took his inner core.
• The Cloud Crane Demon King attacked Song Qingyu and Zhang Rong, but after failing to gain an advantage, he led the Demonic Beasts in retreat.
• Song Qingyu ordered the Tuoyun Mountain cultivators to stop pursuing the retreating beasts, and they counted their casualties and spoils after the battle.
• Lin Yutang thanked Song Qingyu, who declined most of the offered gifts and accepted the Green Crocodile Demon King's materials with Zhang Rong's consent.
• Zhao Menglian arrived at Tuoyun Mountain aboard a Flying Boat and realized the Demonic Beast Army had already withdrawn.

Zhao Menglian warned Song Qingyu that unrest at Golden Feather Mountain could bring the Demonic Beast Turmoil to Wei State ahead of schedule, and that demonic cultivators had also infiltrated the region. Song Qingyu organized the Song Family’s defenses, while the chapter ended with a white-robed man celebrating Ink Dragon’s takeover of Golden Feather Mountain.

• Zhao Menglian arrived at Tuoyun Mountain after Song Qingyu and Zhang Rong had already defeated the Demonic Beast Army and killed the Green Crocodile Demon King.
• Zhang Rong asked Zhao Menglian about the Carefree Sect’s plans for the approaching Demonic Beast Turmoil, but she said she could not give a definite answer.
• Zhao Menglian privately told Song Qingyu that trouble at Golden Feather Mountain had sent unfamiliar demonic beasts into Wei State and could make the turmoil arrive early.
• Zhao Menglian warned Song Qingyu to keep the news secret, prepare for demonic beasts and demonic cultivators, and avoid acting alone; she also asked her to inform Huang Siyuan.
• Song Qingyu returned to Funiu Mountain and had the Song Family prepare Jinshan Market’s defenses, train cultivators, gather supplies, and move provisions toward the front line.
• At Golden Feather Mountain, a black-clad man congratulated Ink Dragon on taking control of the mountain.

Crimson Cloud Demon Emperor agreed to join Ink Dragon in an invasion south, while Gao Yubai investigated the massacre of a vassal family and was ambushed by a demonic cultivator. Song Qingyu learned that Gao Yubai had vanished and sent a warning, but a purple-robed woman intercepted it.

• Ink Dragon rewarded Crimson Cloud Demon Emperor and secured his support for an attack south, then ordered the nearby Demon Kings to obey Golden Feather Mountain.
• A Gao Family messenger reported that demonic cultivators had slaughtered the Liu Family, and Gao Yubai went to White Forest Mountain to investigate.
• Gao Yubai tracked demonic energy to the mountain, where a man in black appeared and overwhelmed him and the Gao Family cultivators.
• Song Yuanfang told Song Qingyu that Gao Yubai and search parties had disappeared, and Song Qingyu decided to send support while warning the Gao Family to strengthen its defenses.
• A black giant bird swallowed Song Qingyu’s Sound Transmission Talisman and delivered it to a purple-robed woman, who read it and vanished.

Song Qingyu led Qinghe County cultivators to White Forest Mountain to rescue Gao Yubai, only to discover that the Demonic Cultivators had lured her into a trap. As she and the others fought inside the Blood Sea Demonic Cloud Formation, a massive sword strike hit the barrier from outside.

• Song Qingyu gathered eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators and joined Gao Changjin at White Forest Mountain to rescue Gao Yubai and the captured Gao Family cultivators.
• Four Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivators trapped the nine Qinghe County cultivators in a Blood-colored Cage, while a Golden Core Sixth Layer man in black and a Third Level of Golden Core purple-robed woman confronted Song Qingyu.
• The man in black revealed that the Demonic Cultivators had intercepted Song Qingyu's request for help and prepared the Blood Sea Demonic Cloud Formation to trap her, then tried to recruit her into the Cangyun Sect.
• Song Qingyu fought the purple-robed woman and a Golden Core Corpse Puppet until the man in black joined them, while the trapped cultivators used Song Yuanming's Universe Wind and Cloud Formation to resist the cage.
• The man in black sent six Foundation Establishment Corpse Puppets to help control the cage and pressured Song Qingyu, but a huge sword light struck the barrier from outside.

Song Qingyu lured the Golden Core Demonic Cultivators into a trap, and Carefree Sect reinforcements helped her defeat their group at White Forest Mountain. The Man in Black escaped with his Primordial Spirit, while Song Qingyu and the others dealt with the dying Gao Yubai and prepared to return to their duties.

• Li Wutong, Fang Baixuan, and Carefree Sect cultivators arrived to help Song Qingyu, who revealed that she had anticipated the Demonic Cultivators' scheme and lured them out.
• The Man in Black drained Gao Yubai and other Gao Family members to empower his Blood-Colored Jade Plate, but Song Qingyu endured his attack with her defenses.
• Li Wutong and the others broke the Blood Sea Demonic Cloud Formation, and Song Qingyu, Fang Baixuan, and the reinforcements killed the Purple-robed Woman and destroyed her Primordial Spirit.
• The Qinghe County and Carefree Sect cultivators defeated the remaining Demonic Cultivators, while Li Wutong pursued the Man in Black, who escaped by sacrificing his body and protecting his Primordial Spirit.
• Song Qingyu gave Gao Yubai a pill to prolong his final moments, and Fang Baixuan urged Gao Changjin to let him settle his affairs.
• Li Wutong gave the seized Storage Bags to Song Qingyu and said he would arrange Merit Points for the cultivators who took part.

After Gao Yubai died in the battle against demonic cultivators, Song Qingyu compensated the Gao Family, strengthened the Song Family, and improved her Natal Magic Treasure. More than four years later, the Northern Frontier demonic beasts began moving south, and Song Qingyu set preparations in motion before heading to the Carefree Sect.

• Gao Yubai died from his wounds, leaving Gao Changjin to lead a weakened Gao Family, and Song Qingyu later promised the family a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Song Qingyu sorted the demonic cultivators’ spoils, found Gao Yubai’s stolen magic tools and a Profound Crystal Spirit Pearl, and returned the tools to the Gao Family.
• Huang Siyuan returned from the Eastern Sea with supplies and two Foundation Establishment Pills; Song Qingyu gave one to the Gao Family and the other to Song Xuanfeng.
• After more than four years of preparations, the Northern Frontier demonic beasts began moving south, and Song Qingyu ordered nearby cultivation families to gather while keeping the news secret.
• Song Qingyu tested her strengthened Profound Nether Golden Light Sword, then left Funiu Mountain with Huang Siyuan to meet with the Carefree Sect.

The Carefree Sect prepared for a stronger-than-usual Demonic Beast Turmoil after learning that Golden Feather Mountain had a new Demon Emperor and its old agreement with the sect was void. As the sect deployed its forces, Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and reunited with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan.

• Li Mufeng told the Carefree Sect elders that Demon Emperor Molong had replaced Golden Feather Demon Emperor and that the coming beast tide could be fiercer than the last.
• Zhao Menglian proposed abandoning Tuoyun Mountain, but Li Mufeng rejected negotiations with the Demon Race and insisted the sect defend its territory.
• True Person Guangling volunteered to lead cultivators to defend Tuoyun Mountain, and Li Mufeng accepted his request.
• Li Mufeng assigned the sect's elders to the northern strongholds, sent reinforcements and supplies, and concentrated the main force at Guiyun Marketplace.
• Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan returned to Funiu Mountain with defensive supplies, where they reunited with Song Qingming, who had come back after more than twenty years away.

After returning to Wei State, Song Qingming learned that the Northern Frontier demonic beasts had begun moving south early and that Demon Emperor Molong had taken over Golden Feather Mountain. He prepared the Song Family for the coming turmoil, informed Li Xuanyi he could not escort her to the Eastern Sea, and consulted Carefree Sect leaders before visiting the ailing Yao Ganshu.

• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain, heard from Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan that the demonic beasts were advancing early, and ordered the family to prepare Jinshan Market’s defenses.
• Song Qingming told Li Xuanyi at Chiyan Market that he could not escort her to the Eastern Sea, gave her his maps and route, and urged her to leave the war zone soon.
• Song Qingming met Bai Yuxian and Li Mufeng at Mount Guyang, where Li Mufeng said the Song Family should guard Jinshan Market and await further instructions.
• Song Qingming visited the frail Yao Ganshu, who asked about his travels and urged him to handle the coming battle carefully.

Song Qingming prepared the Song Family and Jinshan Market for the approaching Demonic Beast Turmoil while arranging for relatives to strengthen their cultivation before the fighting. After months of preparation, the Demonic Beast Army reached the front, and a streak of red light entered Jinshan Market.

• Yao Ganshu gave Song Qingming a Level 3 Spirit Talisman in exchange for his promise to help Yao Ganshu's talented descendant when he attempted to form a Golden Core.
• Song Qingming obtained two Grade 2 High-grade Formations from Xu Ziyan, while Li Mufeng explained that Bai Yuxian would delay her Nascent Soul breakthrough to help defend the sect.
• Song Qingming gathered the Song Family's elders, warned them that the changed situation near Golden Feather Mountain could make the turmoil more dangerous, and arranged the family's response.
• Song Qingming gave Song Qingyu a pill to help her break through the Mid Golden Core Stage and arranged for several family cultivators to attempt breakthroughs before the invasion.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan led the family to Jinshan Market, where Song Qingming inspected and reinforced its defenses as nearby cultivators gathered.
• The Demonic Beast Army reached the front-line battlefield, and a streak of red light flew into Jinshan Market and descended into its central hall.

Song Qingming and the cultivators of Jinshan Market defeated an initial beast vanguard, then faced the main Demonic Beast Army behind their upgraded defenses. Huang Siyuan fought the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon but was tricked by its illusion, and Song Qingming called for her to draw it east so they could attack together.

• Song Yuanli reported that the Demonic Beast Army's vanguard was approaching, and Song Qingming assembled Jinshan Market's Foundation Establishment Cultivators to organize the defense.
• Song Yuanli led cultivators out against the first group of beasts, and Jinshan Market won a decisive battle with few casualties.
• More than half a month later, a larger Demonic Beast Army attacked Jinshan Market, but the Thick Earth Golden Light Array withstood its assault.
• Huang Siyuan left the array to fight the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon while Song Yuanli and the other cultivators charged into battle below.
• The Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon used an illusion to catch Huang Siyuan off guard and strike her, prompting Song Qingming to tell her to lure it east so they could join forces.

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan trapped and killed the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon, turning the battle outside Jinshan Market into a rout of the Demonic Beast Army. Afterward, the Ice Fire Flood Dragon swallowed the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon’s gallbladder, and the victorious cultivators returned to the marketplace.

• Song Qingming ambushed the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon with the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror after Huang Siyuan lured it away from the Demonic Beast Army.
• Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan overwhelmed the trapped Demon King, overcame its Natal Core and illusion techniques, and killed it.
• The Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon’s death sent the Demonic Beast Army into disarray, and Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan led the Jinshan Market cultivators in a counterattack that drove the beasts north.
• Song Qingming found a Blue Dragon Gallbladder in the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon’s corpse, but the Ice Fire Flood Dragon snatched and swallowed it.
• The Jinshan Market cultivators pursued the fleeing beasts, then returned after defeating the invading army and killing more than a thousand low-grade demonic beasts.

After Jinshan Market defeated the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon’s army, Song Qingming learned that Guiyun Marketplace faced an overwhelming siege led by Demon Emperor Molong and rushed there with Huang Siyuan. The chapter leaves Song Qingming and the Carefree Sect’s Golden Core Elders fighting the Demon Kings in a surprise counterattack east of the marketplace.

• Song Qingming reviewed Jinshan Market’s casualties, promised merit rewards and compensation for the fallen, and held an award ceremony ten days later with Huang Siyuan.
• Song Yuanli delivered a sect message reporting that eighteen Demon Kings and Demon Emperor Molong were besieging Guiyun Marketplace, so Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan hurried there to reinforce the Carefree Sect.
• Grand Elder Li Mufeng and the Carefree Sect’s nine Golden Core Cultivators planned a counterattack against the weaker eastern siege force while Li Mufeng drew Demon Emperor Molong into battle on the north side.
• Bai Yuxian led Song Qingming and the other Golden Core Elders out of the marketplace’s array and attacked two Early Golden Core Demon Kings as cultivators and defensive weapons struck the surrounding Demonic Beast Army.
• Song Qingming and Chen Xuanxin intercepted the arriving Golden Tiger Demon King, and the Carefree Sect’s cultivators began a fierce battle against the four Demon Kings that had rushed to the eastern front.

Carefree Sect killed the White Ox Demon King and Green Python Demon King, then repelled the Demonic Beast Army’s assault on Guiyun Marketplace and celebrated its first major victory there. Demon Emperor Molong ordered the siege to resume after two days and sent the Golden Tiger Demon King to press Crimson Cloud Mountain for reinforcements while hiding how little damage Carefree Sect had suffered.

• Bai Yuxian killed the White Ox Demon King and Green Python Demon King before their reinforcements could reach them, and Carefree Sect’s cultivators retreated safely into Guiyun Marketplace.
• The Golden Tiger Demon King failed to break the Mountain Protection Array, withdrew its army, and encircled Guiyun Marketplace after losing more than a thousand low-grade Demonic Beasts.
• Li Mufeng returned after fighting Demon Emperor Molong to a draw, praised the cultivators’ victory, and arranged a banquet and rewards.
• Demon Emperor Molong learned that Song Qingming had come from Jinshan Market and suspected that the Demonic Beast Army attacking it had run into trouble.
• Demon Emperor Molong rejected White Dragon Demon King’s plan to divide the army, ordered a two-day pause before renewed attacks, and told the Golden Tiger Demon King to seek reinforcements from Crimson Cloud Mountain while concealing the battle’s outcome.

Song Qingyu emerged from seclusion as a Mid Golden Core Stage Sword Cultivator and joined Huang Siyuan at Jinshan Market to help defeat the Blue Feather Demon King. When the demon tried to retreat during battle, Huang Siyuan blocked its escape, and Song Qingyu struck from the side.

• The Demonic Beast Army intensified its attacks on Guiyun Marketplace as six Demon Kings led nearly ten thousand beasts south to reinforce the Golden Tiger Demon King.
• Li Mufeng learned Song Qingyu had reached the Golden Core Fourth Layer and sent her to Jinshan Market while arranging for the Golden Winged Flying Tiger to reinforce Guiyun Marketplace.
• Song Qingyu arrived at Jinshan Market, where Huang Siyuan explained the Blue Feather Demon King's speed and cautious tactics, and they planned to kill it.
• The Blue Feather Demon King led its army against Jinshan Market, and Huang Siyuan fought it while the cultivators battled the beasts below.
• After neither side gained an advantage, the Blue Feather Demon King tried to flee, but Huang Siyuan used a Level 3 Talisman to block its path as Song Qingyu attacked from the side.

Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan killed Blue Feather Demon King, but two unfamiliar Demon Kings forced them back to Jinshan Market and soon laid siege to it. As demonic beast reinforcements pushed the Carefree Sect’s defenses toward collapse, Song Qingming volunteered to rescue the cultivators trapped at Tuoyun Mountain.

• Song Qingyu ambushed and severely wounded Blue Feather Demon King, then joined Huang Siyuan in chasing him down and killing him.
• Golden Toad Demon King and White Wolf Demon King arrived, pursued Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan, and forced them to retreat behind Jinshan Market’s Mountain Protection Array.
• Huang Siyuan sent a warning to Guiyun Marketplace, but the two Demon Kings returned days later with a stronger army and besieged Jinshan Market.
• Li Mufeng learned that Tuoyun Mountain and Iron Immortal Fortress were also under attack by newly arrived Demon Kings, while Guiyun Marketplace remained besieged by Ink Dragon Demon Emperor.
• Bai Yuxian and Li Wutong urged the sect to abandon Tuoyun Mountain, and Li Mufeng assigned Song Qingming to rescue Guangling and the other trapped cultivators.
• Li Mufeng ordered the defenders of Iron Immortal Fortress to withdraw toward Zixing Market and warned the council that the Carefree Sect had to hold Guiyun Marketplace until reinforcements arrived.

Song Qingming led reinforcements into Tuoyun Mountain and prepared its cultivators to evacuate under attack from three Demon Kings. As the Flying Boats began their breakout, Lin Yutang stayed behind with the elderly cultivators, and the rescue party faced a desperate battle to protect the crowded vessels.

• Song Qingming led two Flying Boats through the demonic beast blockade and safely brought them into Tuoyun Mountain, where he met True Person Guangling and agreed to wait two days for the evacuation preparations.
• Song Qingming discovered that Lin Yutang intended to stay behind with the cultivators who could not board, and Lin Yutang refused his attempts to change his mind.
• True Person Guangling directed the remaining cultivators to break out after the Flying Boats drew the Demonic Beast Army south, while the two vessels began withdrawing from Tuoyun Mountain.
• Three Demon Kings and thousands of demonic beasts surrounded the Flying Boats, so Song Qingming, True Person Guangling, Zhang Rong, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators engaged the enemy while the passengers defended the vessels.

Song Qingming led the evacuation of Tuoyun Mountain’s cultivators through a perilous battle, then escorted them to Zixing Market before returning toward Guiyun Marketplace with reinforcements. The Demonic Beast Army captured Tuoyun Mountain and Iron Immortal Fortress and concentrated on besieging Guiyun Marketplace, where Demon Emperor Molong prepared a final assault after Crimson Cloud Mountain’s Chi Yun arrived.

• Song Qingming, Song Xinyu, True Person Guangling, and Zhang Rong fought off several Demon Kings and helped the Tuoyun Mountain cultivators break through the Demonic Beast encirclement with few casualties.
• Song Qingming escorted the survivors to Zixing Market, then received Bai Yuxian’s order to return to Guiyun Marketplace with Song Xinyu and more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Zhao Menglian led the Iron Immortal Fortress cultivators in a costly retreat, and the Demonic Beast Army took both strongholds and devastated northwestern Wei State.
• The Demonic Beast Army turned east to join the siege of Guiyun Marketplace, while Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan continued to hold Jinshan Market against the Golden Toad and White Wolf Demon Kings.
• Demon Emperor Molong rejected the Golden Tiger Demon King’s proposal to attack Jinshan Market and ordered the army to focus on Guiyun Marketplace until Chi Yun arrived from Crimson Cloud Mountain.