Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Sheng Tian Secret Realm, Ji Haoyuan appeared in the North Mang Mountain Range and intervened to save a group of cultivators from demon beasts. The chapter ended with the group stunned after he killed both beasts in an instant.

• Ji Haoyuan, Ice Fire True Person, and Meng Jiyue were expelled from the Sheng Tian Secret Realm as it closed, and Meng Jiyue said she would enter seclusion after returning.
• Ji Haoyuan appeared in a forest in the southern part of the North Mang Mountain Range and sensed cultivators fighting a Red-tailed Scorpion nearby.
• A Jade-patterned Poison Lizard ambushed Daoist Friend Sun, leaving him unable to evade its attack.
• Ji Haoyuan killed the Jade-patterned Poison Lizard and the Red-tailed Scorpion with two streaks of Sword Light.
• The cultivators stared in shock at the dead demon beasts and their unseen rescuer.

Ji Haoyuan reached Nanshan Immortal City after learning that Demon Beasts had spread into human territory. True Person Yunshan explained that the incursions had worsened over the past few years, leaving Ji Haoyuan poised to learn more about the threat.

• Ji Haoyuan learned he was near the North Mang Mountain Range and that Nanshan Immortal City lay to the east, then set off toward it.
• On the way, Ji Haoyuan noticed increasing numbers of Demon Beasts, battle damage, and dead cultivators across human territory.
• Ji Haoyuan arrived at partially locked-down Nanshan Immortal City and revealed his Golden Core pressure to its patrol squad.
• True Person Yunshan came out to meet Ji Haoyuan, and the two introduced themselves as Golden Core cultivators.
• Ji Haoyuan asked about the Demon Beasts, and True Person Yunshan said their incursions into human lands had grown more serious over the past few years.

Ji Haoyuan returned to Heaven Piercing Valley after True Person Yunshan warned that a Beast Calamity was likely, and learned that Demon Beast attacks near the Ji Family were increasing. He met Ji Qingfei’s Dao companion, Ye Shuling, and prepared to give them two items.

• True Person Yunshan warned Ji Haoyuan that a Beast Calamity might soon spread across the Southern Wasteland Domain, so Ji Haoyuan left to return home.
• Ji Haoyuan crossed several sects’ territories, saw many signs of battle, and returned to the Ji Family’s expanded base near Heaven Piercing Valley.
• Ji Haoyuan arrived in the council hall and asked Ji Bochang about the situation; Ji Bochang reported growing numbers of Demon Beasts, including high-grade Second Order beasts, but no Tier 3 Great Demons yet.
• After the guests left, Ji Haoyuan asked Ji Qingfei about the woman beside him, and Ji Qingfei introduced his Dao companion, Ye Shuling.
• Ji Haoyuan approved of Ye Shuling and took out two items.

Ji Haoyuan gave gifts to Ye Shuling and Ji Yunshan, then presented Ji Bochang with two Core Formation spiritual items that Ji Bochang intended to reserve for a future family member. After spending half a month at the Ji Family, Ji Haoyuan received a Message Talisman from Ice Fire True Person.

• Ji Haoyuan gave Ye Shuling a Tier 2 high-grade spiritual artifact and a Talisman Treasure as meeting gifts, and she accepted them after he insisted.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Yunshan several items and asked him to pass two of them to Ji Yunfan when they met.
• Ji Haoyuan presented Ji Bochang with a Golden Core Pill and a True Spirit Golden Bamboo Shoot, but Ji Bochang said he would save them for a future family member with a chance to form a core.
• Ji Haoyuan stayed at the Ji Family for half a month, watched the Demon Beasts outside Heaven Piercing Valley, and guided Ji Qingfei, Ji Yunshan, and the others in cultivation.
• Ji Haoyuan received a Message Talisman from his Senior Sister, Ice Fire True Person.

Ice Fire True Person warned Ji Haoyuan that a large-scale Beast Tide Calamity was approaching, and they agreed to stabilize the Hongduan Mountain Range before it arrived. Meanwhile, Shangguan Yang learned that the Crimson Cloud Sect had become the range’s strongest force as the Shangguan Clan began moving to control the region.

• Ice Fire True Person met Ji Haoyuan at the Crimson Cloud Sect and told him that the current Demon Beast incursions were only early preparations for a coming Beast Tide Calamity.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person agreed that they needed to stabilize the Hongduan Mountain Range and protect their territories, and Ji Haoyuan hinted that he intended to settle old debts.
• Shangguan Yang, a Golden Core cultivator of the Shangguan Clan, visited the Netherworld Sect and heard Shadow True Person’s account of the region’s forces.
• Shangguan Yang learned that the Crimson Cloud Sect had surpassed the Changhe Sect as the strongest force in the Hongduan Mountain Range, which the Shangguan Clan intended to bring under its control.

Shangguan Yang promised Shadow True Person that he would confront the Crimson Cloud Sect, but Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person arrived and attacked the Netherworld Sect. After they shattered its Mountain Protection Array, they targeted Shangguan Yang, who revealed he belonged to the Shangguan Clan of the Wu Kingdom and asked to leave.

• Shangguan Yang acknowledged that Nanhua True Person had killed Shadow True Person's junior brother Youying and Wan Changkong, then promised to visit the Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person attacked the Netherworld Sect's Mountain Protection Array, prompting Shangguan Yang and Shadow True Person to go to the mountain gate.
• Shangguan Yang used a Black Greatsword to intercept Ji Haoyuan's Three-Colored Thunder Pill, but the weapon was damaged by the clash.
• Ice Fire True Person's Crimson Sword Light formed a Fire Dragon that destroyed the Netherworld Sect's Third-Order Mountain Protection Array.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person charged Shangguan Yang and Shadow True Person; Shangguan Yang identified himself as a cultivator of the Shangguan Clan and pleaded to leave.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person suspected Shangguan Yang was an unreliable threat and attacked him with Frost Sword Qi wrapped in Crimson Red Light.

Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person destroyed the Netherworld Sect’s Golden Core defenders and then confronted the Changhe Sect. The newly mid-Golden Core Xu Changhe and Chen Wen'an submitted, offering their treasures and agreeing to restrictions on their seas of consciousness.

• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person killed Shangguan Yang and Shadow True Person as Crimson Cloud Sect and Ji Family forces arrived to handle the Netherworld Sect’s remaining cultivators.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person left for Changhe Sect after killing its enemy sect’s Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.
• Xu Changhe emerged from seclusion after breaking through to mid Golden Core, and Chen Wen'an congratulated him.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person attacked Changhe Sect’s Mountain Protection Array, and Chen Wen'an and Xu Changhe recognized that both attackers had reached late Golden Core.
• Chen Wen'an and Xu Changhe offered the attackers access to Changhe Sect’s core treasury, but Ji Haoyuan said it was not enough.
• Chen Wen'an and Xu Changhe agreed to open their seas of consciousness and accept restrictions, and Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person accepted.

Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person brought Changhe Sect under their control, and Shadow Soul Sect submitted voluntarily. After securing Netherworld Sect’s spoils and ordering forbidden techniques destroyed, Ji Haoyuan used an ancient Treasure Refining Art to fuse a Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit with his Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear.

• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person planted restrictions in Chen Wen'an and Xu Changhe, took treasures and copied valuable techniques from Changhe Sect, then ordered the sect to monitor the Demon Beasts.
• Ice Fire True Person predicted that Shadow Soul Sect would submit, and Star Soul True Person and Shadow Moon True Person soon offered rare spiritual items and a wisp of their soul consciousness each.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person tallied Netherworld Sect’s resources and ordered the destruction of techniques and Secret Arts that required living sacrifices.
• Ji Haoyuan studied the ancient Treasure Refining Art he had taken from Shangguan Yang’s Jade Slip and began refining the Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit into his Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear.
• The spear and treasure spirit began to fuse amid orange flames, and the Cave Mansion shook as the spear shaft trembled violently.

Ji Haoyuan finished refining the Profound Fiend Treasure Spirit into the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear, then learned that Yanfa Sect cultivators had been sent to Heaven Piercing Valley to prepare for a Beast Tide. He returned to the Ji Family ancestral grounds as the Yanfa Sect group arrived.

• Ji Haoyuan completed the Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear's refinement, raising it to high-grade Tier 3 and giving it the potential to grow into a Fourth-grade True Treasure.
• True Person Leixia informed Ji Haoyuan that Yanfa Sect cultivators were heading to Heaven Piercing Valley to stop Demon Beasts from entering the Yuan Kingdom Cultivation World.
• Ji Haoyuan discussed the approaching Beast Tide with Ice Fire True Person, who advised him to keep control of the situation and offered to help if trouble arose.
• Ji Haoyuan returned to Heaven Piercing Valley and told Ji Bochang and the Ji Family that Yanfa Sect cultivators would be coming.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed powerful spiritual pressures approaching and appeared above the Ji Family ancestral grounds as the Yanfa Sect group arrived.

Ji Haoyuan received four Yanfa Sect Golden Core cultivators sent by the Elder Council to deal with a possible Beast Tide in the Qiu Long Mountain Range. Meng Changtian challenged Ji Haoyuan’s authority at the Ji Family grounds, while True Person Qianyue declined to support him.

• True Person Qianyue, Meng Changtian, Shi Siyao, and Zhou Kun arrived with the Yanfa Sect delegation, and Ji Haoyuan recognized Qianyue from their earlier dispute over Tiantai Peak.
• True Person Qianyue greeted Ji Haoyuan courteously, but Meng Changtian snubbed him and questioned whether he understood why the delegation had come.
• True Person Qianyue introduced Meng Changtian and Shi Siyao, and Shi Siyao privately told Ji Haoyuan that the sect’s Elder Council had sent them and that Zhou Kun was a powerful family-faction Elder.
• Ji Haoyuan welcomed Shi Siyao but said the group should discuss how to handle the Beast Tide without harming relations among sect members.
• Meng Changtian declared that the delegation would lead decisions about the Beast Tide, and True Person Qianyue chose not to defend Ji Haoyuan’s authority.

Ji Haoyuan overwhelmed Meng Changtian in their confrontation, then faced a Green-Robed Man wielding an Imitation Fourth-grade True Treasure, the Doomsday Wind Disaster Banner. As the banner’s wind dispersed Ji Haoyuan’s Sword Light, he unleashed a beam of three-colored lightning into the storm.

• Ji Haoyuan crushed Meng Changtian’s spear shadow with a lightning-wreathed giant hand and forced him back.
• Ji Haoyuan blocked Meng Changtian’s Spear-Breaking Light Transformation Technique and countered with a spear shadow that nearly drew Meng Changtian into it.
• A Green-Robed Man intervened with an azure gale, but Ji Haoyuan shattered it with Crimson Heavenly Thunder and attacked him with Sword Light.
• The Green-Robed Man used the Imitation Fourth-grade True Treasure, the Doomsday Wind Disaster Banner, to unleash a domain-like windstorm that dispersed Ji Haoyuan’s Sword Light.
• Ji Haoyuan merged three-colored lightning in his palm and sent it into the wind disaster.

Ji Haoyuan defeated Zhou Kun in a clash of power, then accepted Zhou’s concession and welcomed him and the others into the Ji Family to discuss the Beast Tide. Zhou Kun revealed the Yanfa Sect’s high-grade Tier 3 War Fortress as their main defense, leaving Ji Haoyuan impressed by the sect’s resources.

• Ji Haoyuan’s lightning attack overwhelmed Zhou Kun, leaving blood at Zhou Kun’s mouth and convincing the onlookers that Ji Haoyuan had reached the threshold of late Tier 3 strength.
• Ji Haoyuan conceded to Zhou Kun to ease tensions, and Zhou Kun admitted defeat and agreed to let Ji Haoyuan lead the effort against the Beast Tide.
• Ji Haoyuan brought Zhou Kun and the others into the Ji Family territory, where Meng Changtian apologized and Ji Haoyuan gave him a way to save face.
• In the Ji Family discussion hall, Zhou Kun presented the high-grade Tier 3 mechanism construct called the War Fortress and described its formations, defenses, and ability to empower cultivators inside it.
• Ji Haoyuan admired the War Fortress but wondered whether such a powerful war machine had any weaknesses.

Ji Haoyuan learned that fully activating the War Fortress would cost at least ten million Spirit Stones, while Ji Qingfei rushed to answer a highest-level rescue signal on Tianze Plain. There, Yanfa Sect cultivators were overwhelmed by a sudden swarm of Demon Beasts, and an Earthquake Tyrant Bear appeared.

• Zhou Kun told Ji Haoyuan that fully activating the War Fortress would consume at least ten million Spirit Stones and could last no more than an hour.
• Ji Haoyuan arranged Cave Mansions for Zhou Kun and the others.
• Ji Qingfei and Ye Shuling spotted a highest-level alert and rescue signal above Tianze Plain, and Ji Qingfei went to investigate while Ye Shuling led their people back to report it.
• Five Yanfa Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators and their companions fought off a sudden swarm of Demon Beasts as the situation escalated into a small-to-medium Beast Tide.
• Earth Rock Demonic Rats dragged several Qi Refining cultivators underground, and the Yanfa Sect group saw a Tier 2 high-grade Earthquake Tyrant Bear arrive.

Ji Qingfei used a powerful Talisman Treasure to help the Yanfa Sect cultivators escape the Demon Beasts, then began activating a Third-Order Talisman to repel them. Before he could finish, a Tier 3 Great Demon attacked, and its bear paw shattered the sword conjured by the Talisman Treasure.

• The silver-haired man urged the Yanfa Sect cultivators to flee while he held off the Earthquake Tyrant Bears, but the Demon Beasts closed their encirclement.
• Ji Qingfei arrived with a powerful Talisman Treasure, killed many Demon Beasts with two sword strikes, and opened a path for the group to retreat.
• As the Demon Beasts continued to pursue them, Ji Qingfei handed the Talisman Treasure to the silver-haired man and began activating a Third-Order Talisman.
• The silver-haired man and the others prepared to protect Ji Qingfei as the Talisman's power made the Demon Beasts hesitate.
• A Tier 3 Great Demon emerged and struck at the group, shattering the sword conjured by the Talisman Treasure with its bear paw.

Ji Haoyuan arrived in time to save Ji Qingfei and his group, then killed the Tier 3 Great Demon Earthquake Tyrant Bear with a single flaming spear. After Ji Qingfei respectfully greeted his Great-Uncle-Grandfather, Ji Haoyuan praised his composure and character.

• A flaming arrow scorched the Earthquake Tyrant Bear’s paw, but the demon healed and continued attacking Ji Qingfei and his group.
• Ji Haoyuan appeared, shattered the bear’s paw with a glowing giant hand, and formed a massive flaming spear.
• The Earthquake Tyrant Bear raised layers of Earth Element Light Shield, but Ji Haoyuan’s spear broke through them and struck its brow.
• The Earthquake Tyrant Bear fled and threw a defensive shield behind it, but Ji Haoyuan’s spear pierced its head and destroyed its demon soul.
• Ji Qingfei respectfully greeted Ji Haoyuan, who praised his performance and composure.

The Black Wind Demonic Tiger and other Tier 3 Great Demons confronted Ji Haoyuan’s group, but a devastating thunder attack revealed the humans’ late Golden Core-level strength and forced the demons to withdraw. After the clash, Shi Siyao asked Senior Brother Nanhua what they planned to do now that the Beast Calamity had erupted.

• Ji Qingfei began to respond to Ji Haoyuan’s praise, but several Tier 3 Great Demons emerged from the Qiu Long Mountain Range and their auras collided with Ji Haoyuan and three Golden Core cultivators.
• Zhou Kun challenged the Black Wind Demonic Tiger, which mocked him and sent a black hurricane sweeping through the Demon Beasts.
• A blue-clad figure launched a three-colored thunder pellet that destroyed the hurricane in a blast powerful enough to shock the Tier 3 Great Demons.
• The Black Wind Demonic Tiger judged the threat and ordered the other Great Demons to leave.
• Zhou Kun, Meng Changtian, Shi Siyao, and the silver-haired man’s group relaxed after the demons vanished, and Shi Siyao asked Senior Brother Nanhua about their next arrangements.

Ji Haoyuan and the other Golden Cores slaughtered tens of thousands of retreating Demon Beasts while Black Wind Demonic Tiger and the other Great Demons held back. They returned to Heaven Piercing Valley, where True Person Qianyue asked what had happened.

• Ji Haoyuan led Shi Siyao, Zhou Kun, and Meng Changtian in killing the fleeing Demon Beasts despite the Great Demons' protests.
• Black Wind Demonic Tiger and the other Tier 3 Great Demons refrained from attacking, hoping the humans would exhaust their spiritual power, and vowed to strike after regrouping.
• Ji Haoyuan and his group gathered Ji Qingfei, the silver-haired man, and the others with spiritual power and returned toward Heaven Piercing Valley.
• True Person Qianyue welcomed the group atop the War Fortress city wall and asked Ji Haoyuan whether something had happened on their side.

Ji Haoyuan strengthened his divine soul to the Golden Core peak while Heaven Piercing Valley weathered several probing attacks. In the Qiu Long Mountain Range, the Black Wind Demonic Tiger completed a High-grade Tier 3 Magic Treasure, and the gathered Great Demons discussed launching a large-scale attack against the Human Race.

• Ji Haoyuan assigned the city’s defenses to True Person Qianyue, Shi, Zhou, and Meng while he planned to refine pills for the coming war.
• Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Qingfei life-saving items and Tier 2 spells, then used Soul Jade Crystals to cultivate his divine soul and sent Ice Fire True Person a warning about the Beast Tide.
• Heaven Piercing Valley endured three small Demon Beast attacks over the next two months.
• Ji Haoyuan’s divine soul cultivation broke through to the Golden Core peak, after which he began refining pills.
• The Black Wind Demonic Tiger refined a High-grade Tier 3 Magic Treasure and swallowed it along with the surrounding Killing Intent.
• A jade-white python asked the Black Wind Demonic Tiger whether the Great Demons should launch a large-scale attack against the Human Race.

Ji Haoyuan entrusted Ji Qingfei with distributing Foundation Establishment Pills among the cultivators who had supported the Ji Family, and he and Ji Bochang agreed to nurture him as a successor. Their conversation ended when they sensed something near the distant city wall fortress.

• The White Jade Demonic Python, Black Wind Demonic Tiger, and a giant ape agreed to launch a large-scale attack on the Human Race in three months.
• After emerging from seclusion, Ji Haoyuan gave Ji Qingfei nine Foundation Establishment Pills, and Ji Qingfei suggested sharing some with the allies who had defended Heaven Piercing Valley.
• Ji Haoyuan praised Ji Qingfei's judgment and entrusted him with a second batch of nine pills to distribute as he saw fit.
• Ji Bochang encouraged Ji Qingfei to carry out the task, and Ji Qingfei accepted the responsibility.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ji Bochang agreed that Ji Qingfei's temperament and judgment made him the best descendant to nurture.
• Ji Haoyuan and Ji Bochang sensed something and turned their attention toward the distant city wall fortress.

Ji Haoyuan weighed the risks of fighting the Great Demons while Heaven Piercing Valley’s defenders repelled another Beast Tide. A Tier 3 Crimson Fire Demonic Bird attacked the War Fortress, and Shi Siyao moved to intercept it.

• Ji Bochang recognized the surging spiritual power as another Demon Beast attack, and Ji Haoyuan led the way to the city wall.
• Heaven Piercing Valley’s cultivators held formation and poured attacks into the Beast Tide, while the defensive formation crushed Demon Beasts that reached the wall.
• Ji Haoyuan considered whether to kill or wound Great Demons, but focused on preserving his family’s strength and judged a strike into enemy territory too risky.
• A Tier 3 Crimson Fire Demonic Bird flew at the War Fortress and battered its light barrier with waves of scarlet flames, draining the defenders’ spiritual power.
• Shi Siyao rushed out from behind the city wall and formed a jade-ribbon cocoon to face the bird’s attack.