Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong resisted Wei Li’s Bliss Illusionary Realm and learned that Wei Li wanted to cooperate to explore the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion. After Wei Li revealed his plan, Luo Hong threatened to kill him, and Wei Li claimed he was not a Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivator.

• Wei Li told Luo Hong that his powerful divine sense would deepen the Bliss Illusionary Realm, while Luo Hong recognized the illusion’s nature and located Wei Li.
• Luo Hong guessed that Wei Li had delayed activating the Bliss Mirror because he wanted to discuss something, and Wei Li asked why Luo Hong was rescuing Qi Fenglei.
• Wei Li produced a Restriction Token as proof that he had entered the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion and explained that he wanted to use the Bliss Mirror and Qi Fenglei’s family heirloom as opening gifts.
• Wei Li offered to bring Luo Hong into the cave mansion so they could split the treasures in a vault that required outside force to break open.
• Luo Hong rejected the offer and threatened to kill Wei Li for the treasures, prompting Wei Li to declare that he was not at the Nascent Soul Early-stage.

Luo Hong broke Wei Li’s Bliss Illusionary Realm, killed him, and seized his unusual spirit eyes. After the other Daoists fled, Dong Lijun found the badly injured Qi Fenglei, whose secret still seemed valuable.

• Wei Li used the Bliss Mirror to trap Luo Hong in an illusion, but Luo Hong spotted a flaw and destroyed the realm with his spiritual sense.
• Luo Hong sent three Flying Purple-striped Scorpions to help Dong Lijun and pursued Wei Li, ignoring his threat that Qi Fenglei would be killed.
• Wei Li unleashed his Mirage Spirit Eye, but Luo Hong shattered the illusion with a Spiritual Sense Secret Technique, extracted Wei Li’s Nascent Soul, and burned his body to ashes.
• The Red-faced Old Daoist and the other two fled from the Flying Purple-striped Scorpions, and Luo Hong recalled the scorpions instead of pursuing them.
• Dong Lijun found Qi Fenglei on Qingyun Peak, and Luo Hong recognized that Qi Fenglei’s Golden Core was damaged and inferred that he had killed Wei Li’s disciple.

Qi Fenglei escaped the Immortal Prison during Qingyun Temple’s destruction and learned that Luo Hong had caused the calamity to rescue him. As Luo Hong and Dong Lijun fled, Yueyang Palace pursued them, while Luo Hong detected Xiao Guan'er lying in ambush ahead.

• Qi Fenglei killed Daoist Leng with his secretly nurtured Vast Righteous Sword Intent, took the command talisman, and escaped the Immortal Prison into the chaos at Qingyun Temple.
• Gray Domain Demons attacked Qi Fenglei, but they fled when Luo Hong arrived; Dong Lijun explained that Luo Hong had devastated Qingyun Temple because of Qi Fenglei.
• Luo Hong collected the Outer Realm Sky Demons, destroyed the Immortal Prison with a Sky-Pillar Demonic Palm, and left Qingyun Peak with Qi Fenglei and Dong Lijun.
• Gongsun Yang and Yin Qiao led Yueyang Palace reinforcements to Qingyun Temple, discovered traces of True Devilish Qi, and pursued Luo Hong.
• After flying for three days, Luo Hong stopped the Demon Dragon Boat and told Dong Lijun that Xiao Guan'er was waiting in ambush ahead.

Luo Hong sent his External Incarnation to plant the shattered Bliss Mirror, tainted with demonic qi, at Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood’s ambush site while he withdrew to hide. The two demons mistook the fragments for a lucky find, but as they extracted their prize, two other late-stage cultivators arrived nearby.

• Dong Lijun recognized Old Demon Blackwood and urged Luo Hong to avoid the ambush, but Luo Hong explained that he had anticipated it and had a helper of his own.
• Dong Lijun took Qi Fenglei away while Luo Hong sent his External Incarnation toward the ambush and hid in the mountains.
• The incarnation planted demonized Bliss Mirror fragments in a cave beneath the lake, then left before Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood arrived.
• Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood uncovered the cave, collected the leaking True Devilish Qi, and divided the mirror fragments to extract more.
• Old Demon Blackwood sensed Old Daoist Gongsun and Yin Qiao approaching, and Xiao Guan'er wondered whether they had come for him.

Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood were ambushed by Gongsun Yang and Yin Qiao, who mistook them for the culprits behind the attack on Qingyun Temple. Yin Qiao realized someone was framing the demons and suspected Luo Hong was nearby, but the two sides began fighting before they could clear up the misunderstanding.

• Gongsun Yang detected unusual Spiritual Qi near the lake and ordered the Vermillion Bird Chariots to deploy the Three Suns Vermillion Bird Formation.
• Gongsun Yang sent a Fire Phoenix at the island, forcing Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood to flee into the sky.
• Gongsun Yang recognized the Bliss Mirror fragments in the demons' hands and accused them of attacking Qingyun Temple.
• Yin Qiao suspected someone had framed Xiao Guan'er and Old Demon Blackwood, then inferred that Luo Hong was present.
• Yin Qiao attacked Xiao Guan'er while Gongsun Yang charged Old Demon Blackwood, and the two demons fought back.

Luo Hong watched four Nascent Soul Late-stage Great Cultivators battle after his plan to exploit the confrontation was disrupted by Yin Qiao’s unexpected intervention. As the two sides paused to assess their next moves, Luo Hong prepared to enter the fight.

• Luo Hong realized Yin Qiao had helped Gongsun Yang and accepted that he owed her a favor.
• Luo Hong judged that Xiao Guan’er and Old Demon Blackwood were holding back their formation’s power for a reason, then put on his iron mask and vanished.
• Gongsun Yang attacked Old Demon Blackwood, but their clash left Gongsun Yang sensing that his opponent was stronger.
• Yin Qiao joined Gongsun Yang and said they had to wait for Yueyang Palace’s formation to finish before escaping the opposing formation’s harassment.
• Xiao Guan’er complained that Yin Qiao had nearly injured her, and Old Demon Blackwood urged her to reveal her true abilities once Yueyang Palace’s formation activated.

Old Demon Blackwood revealed that the Ten Thousand Locust Sun Severing Formation could absorb the Three Suns Vermillion Bird Formation, trapping Gongsun Yang and forcing Yin Qiao to face Xiao Guan'er. Outside the formation, a masked man appeared before the Yueyang Palace cultivators and was identified as Zhuo Bufan.

• The Three Suns Vermillion Bird Formation’s fire failed to harm the black vines, and Yin Qiao realized the enemy formation was absorbing its power through Yang-to-Yin Transformation.
• Gongsun Yang found himself cut off from the outside as Old Demon Blackwood summoned twelve Dark Vine Ghost Kings to attack him.
• Xiao Guan'er intercepted Yin Qiao, used External Mana Circulation, and transformed into her oppressive Brahma True Body.
• Outside the vine dome, Yueyang Palace cultivators failed to contact Gongsun Yang and prepared to focus their formation’s attack on one point.
• A masked man warned that the vine formation was stealing their power, and the green-robed Daoist recognized him as Zhuo Bufan.

Luo Hong arrived at the vine canopy battle, freed Luo Panyang and the other Yueyang Palace cultivators from the trapped Three Suns Vermillion Bird Formation, and broke through the canopy. He found Xiao Guan'er, Old Demon Blackwood, Yin Qiao, and Gongsun Yang fighting, then prepared to face Old Demon Blackwood while Yin Qiao kept Xiao Guan'er occupied.

• Luo Hong recognized Luo Panyang and persuaded him to withdraw the Three Suns Vermillion Bird Formation.
• Black vines trapped the formation’s fire birds and began draining the Yueyang Palace cultivators, so Luo Hong cut apart their formation flags with the Divine Edge Shadowless Sword.
• Luo Hong crushed the vine canopy with Universe Power and descended into the battle inside.
• Xiao Guan'er recognized Luo Hong and told Old Demon Blackwood that he possessed the Ancient Evil Dragon Blood they wanted.
• Yin Qiao asked Luo Hong to take down Old Demon Blackwood while she continued fighting Xiao Guan'er.

Luo Hong fought Old Demon Blackwood, using Universe Power and Divine Edge Shadowless Swords to kill a Dark Vine Ghost King before summoning spirit beasts and countering Blackwood’s vine pythons with water dragons. The battle remained unresolved as the two forces clashed.

• Luo Hong attacked Old Demon Blackwood with Universe Power, forcing him into the lakebed and killing his Dark Vine Ghost King with Divine Edge Shadowless Swords.
• Old Demon Blackwood summoned another Dark Vine Ghost King and strengthened his body, then called a second ghost king from Gongsun Yang’s battle.
• Luo Hong summoned Little Gold and twelve Flying Purple-striped Scorpions to hold back the vine ghosts.
• Old Demon Blackwood released forty-nine Mindless Demons and sent ten enormous vine pythons after Luo Hong.
• Luo Hong drove back the vine pythons with Universe Power and raised ten Water Dragons to fight them.

Luo Hong’s Vajra Ring demolished Old Demon Blackwood’s defenses and destroyed several of his treasured magic items, making Blackwood believe Luo Hong had revealed a trump card. Blackwood evaded the ring with a Dark Vine Ghost King and brought out an unassuming Ebony Hairpin, which made Luo Hong suspect it was a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.

• Luo Hong used Water Element Spiritual Qi to break free of Old Demon Blackwood’s vine pythons and charged at him.
• Luo Hong’s Vajra Ring smashed through Blackwood’s black vine hand, Drinking Fiend Sword, and ghost net before escaping the Minor Sumeru Treasure Bottle.
• Luo Hong secretly used the Divine Edge Shadowless Sword to break the bottle and let Blackwood believe the Vajra Ring had done it, hoping to force Blackwood to reveal his hidden methods.
• Blackwood switched places with a prepared Dark Vine Ghost King to evade the approaching Vajra Ring and produced an unadorned Ebony Hairpin.
• Luo Hong sensed little Spiritual Qi from the hairpin and feared that it was a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.

Luo Hong and Old Demon Blackwood traded traps while fighting with powerful treasures and summoned creatures. Old Demon Blackwood finally teleported behind Luo Hong and struck him with his Natal Demonic Vine, which threatened him despite his Universe Power defense.

• Luo Hong identified Old Demon Blackwood's Ebony Hairpin as a high-grade Imitation Spirit Treasure and used the Void Spirit Cauldron and Two Elements Gourd to slow it.
• Luo Hong sent the Vajra Ring after Old Demon Blackwood, who evaded by swapping places with Dark Vine Ghost Kings.
• Luo Hong revealed that he had hidden thirty-six Divine Edge Shadowless Swords and used Little Gold and the Flying Purple-striped Scorpion to attack Old Demon Blackwood's forces.
• Old Demon Blackwood anticipated Luo Hong's sword trap, swapped with a Dark Vine Ghost King, and teleported behind Luo Hong.
• Luo Hong blocked Old Demon Blackwood's ink-black vines with Universe Power, but Old Demon Blackwood claimed his Natal Demonic Vine could take effect without piercing Luo Hong's body.

Luo Hong used the Black Crow True Flame to burn Old Demon Blackwood’s Natal Demonic Vine while drawing the foreign spiritual Qi from his wound, forcing Blackwood to flee. He then trapped Xiao Guan’er in the formation and confronted her, before greeting Yin Qiao.

• Luo Hong let Old Demon Blackwood’s Natal Demonic Vine drain his magic power, then sent the Black Crow True Flame through it and used the vines to help heal his brow wound.
• Old Demon Blackwood escaped the flames by shedding the infected vines, fled from the formation, and left the Ebony Hairpin and Mindless Demons behind.
• Luo Hong trapped Xiao Guan’er with Universe Power as she tried to flee, and she pleaded with him after learning he was Zhuo Bufan.
• Yin Qiao covered the restrained Xiao Guan’er with a red gauze magic treasure, and Luo Hong greeted Yin Qiao on her advancement to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Luo Hong resolved the ambush and arranged for Yin Qiao to take Xiao Guan'er into Taiyi Sect’s custody, avoiding a clash with the demonic path. After Gongsun Yang departed, Yin Qiao asked Luo Hong to stay in touch about a favor she might request within twenty years.

• Gongsun Yang thanked Luo Hong for rescuing Yueyang Palace and agreed to let their grievances go after hearing Luo Hong’s explanation.
• Luo Hong pressed Xiao Guan'er’s head into the mud when she begged him not to kill her, then listened as Gongsun Yang proposed handing her to Taiyi Sect.
• Yin Qiao offered to take Xiao Guan'er, and Luo Hong agreed; she captured the demoness in a Demon-Subduing Pagoda.
• Gongsun Yang left to check on his disciples, and Luo Hong removed his Iron Mask and thanked Yin Qiao.
• Yin Qiao gave Luo Hong a Ten Thousand Mile Talisman and said she might ask him for a favor within twenty years.

Luo Hong restored the Myriad Forms Divine Eye by adding Wei Li’s Mirage Spirit Eye as its fourth aspect, then met Qi Fenglei, who thanked him for his rescue and proposed a transaction. The chapter ended with Qi Fenglei referring to the entrance to the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion.

• Yin Qiao gave Luo Hong a Ten Thousand Mile Talisman and left to resume refining pills at the Taiyi Sect.
• At Dangqi Mountain, Luo Hong confirmed that his Myriad Forms Divine Eye had recovered and absorbed one of Wei Li’s Mirage Spirit Eyes as its fourth aspect.
• Luo Hong opened the enhanced divine eye, sensed that its four aspects strengthened one another, and prepared to refine the Bloodworm Mother’s Origin Essence Blood.
• Qi Fenglei visited Luo Hong, thanked him for rescuing him from the Immortal Prison, and kowtowed three times.
• Luo Hong told Qi Fenglei that he no longer needed anything from him, but Qi Fenglei proposed a transaction concerning the entrance to the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion.

Luo Hong traded Soul Nurturing Pills and a ten-thousand-year-old Ancient Spiritual Medicine to Qi Fenglei for the Qi Family’s Myriad Sword Diagram. Qi Fenglei left with a greatly improved chance of Nascent Soul Formation, while Luo Hong discovered that the diagram concealed a deeper secret.

• Qi Fenglei offered the Qi Family heirloom as payment for an opportunity to reach Nascent Soul Formation, explaining that he had given up on retrieving his ancestor’s treasures from the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion.
• Qi Fenglei revealed the Myriad Sword Diagram, and Luo Hong identified eighty-one sword arts within it that also served as seals hiding another secret.
• Luo Hong agreed to the exchange and offered Qi Fenglei twenty Soul Nurturing Pills and a ten-thousand-year-old Ancient Spiritual Medicine.
• Qi Fenglei accepted the items, which Luo Hong said could raise his chance of Nascent Soul Formation by fifty percent, and left to cultivate.
• Luo Hong kept the Myriad Sword Diagram and noted that Qi Fenglei’s remaining challenge was overcoming the heart demon trial.

After five years in seclusion, Luo Hong emerged as his disciple Luzhu won a tournament at Hongru Academy. With the Taiping Water Mansion opening soon, Luo Hong and Dong Lijun prepared to travel there, while Luo Hong's avatar reported that its Natal Demonic Artifact was ready.

• Luzhu defeated a Foundation Establishment Late-stage cultivator with her spells and won the Hongru Academy tournament.
• Dong Lijun told Luo Hong that the Taiping Water Mansion would appear in just over a month and that she had arranged to meet Yi and the others at Puyang Ferry seven days later.
• Luo Hong agreed to leave the next day and privately hoped to obtain the True Spirit Origin inside the Water Mansion.
• Luo Hong's avatar said its Natal Demonic Artifact had been refined and could assist him despite not yet being fully nurtured.
• Luzhu returned from the tournament, found Luo Hong out of seclusion, and told him she had not forgotten him during his five-year absence.

Luo Hong discovered that Luzhu possessed the rare Ice Soul Cold Body and realized her Ice Soul Cold Qi could help him refine Primordial Heavy Water. He forged her a powerful Mystic Ice Sword, taught her a sword art, and left her with instructions and a talisman before departing for over a month.

• Luo Hong examined Luzhu's Ice Needle and recognized that it was formed from Ice Soul Cold Qi, revealing her Ice Soul Cold Body.
• Luo Hong concluded that Luzhu would need a way to balance her powerful cold qi as she advanced, and considered using cold flames to temper her body.
• Luo Hong realized that Luzhu's Ice Soul Cold Qi could help him refine Primordial Heavy Water for the Universe Pearl.
• Luo Hong forged a Mystic Ice Sword from special ice, infused it with Ice Soul Cold Qi, and transmitted a sword art to Luzhu.
• Luo Hong warned Luzhu to remain in the cave abode while he was away and gave her a Four Symbols Teleportation Talisman in case of an attack.

Luo Hong and the others gathered with the Ye Family Siblings to locate the Taiping Water Mansion, only to learn that it had appeared within Myriad Demon Valley. After hearing that Old Demon Che had sealed his true body, they planned to enter the valley quietly.

• Ye Chong apologized to Luo Hong for his junior relatives’ offense, and Luo Hong said he would let the matter rest.
• Ye Jue used the Ye Family’s river diagram to reveal that the Taiping Water Mansion had appeared on the border of Myriad Demon Valley.
• Luo Hong explained that Myriad Demon Valley was dangerous because it held many demon cultivators and was ruled by the Deity Transformation great demon Old Demon Che.
• Yi Xitian, Zen Master Biyue, and Ye Chong said Old Demon Che had not appeared for years and had sealed his true body, easing the group’s fears.
• Dong Lijun urged the group to avoid alerting the valley’s demon cultivators, and Luo Hong suggested splitting up and blending in.

Luo Hong infiltrated Myriad Demon Valley, using Earth Evasion and the Myriad Illusions Mirage Realm to pass its defenses. He reached a demon gathering at Spirit Pearl Cave, where a Three-Eyed demon cultivator began using his Spiritual Eye Divine Ability to scan the surroundings.

• Luo Hong traveled alone to Myriad Demon Valley and evaded its demon-beast patrols underground.
• Luo Hong found an extensive forest of Earth Vine Demons blocking his way and used the Myriad Illusions Mirage Realm to distract them and the Three-Eyed Monkeys guarding them.
• Luo Hong passed the demon forest and encountered a Three-Eyed Monkey demon cultivator repeatedly scanning the area with his Spiritual Eye Divine Ability.
• At Spirit Pearl Cave, demon cultivators and beasts feasted on humans and drank child wine while boasting about abducting children and the Spider Silks.
• The noise in Spirit Pearl Cave abruptly stopped as the Three-Eyed demon cultivator used his three eyes, though the gathered demons did not notice.

Luo Hong infiltrated the demons’ cave in Myriad Demon Valley and confronted three demon cultivators, killing one after discovering that their leader, a shapeshifted Mutant Centipede, had gone to the Taiping River. The surviving demons struggled to recall anything suspicious, but the Three-Eyed Demon Cultivator refused to betray the Valley Lord.

• Luo Hong prepared to kill the three demon cultivators, but the Three-Eyed Demon Cultivator sensed him before he struck.
• Luo Hong revealed himself and questioned the rat demon about Hundred Eyes, learning that their eldest brother was a shapeshifted Mutant Centipede who had gone to guard the riverbank.
• The lion demon tried to alert others, so Luo Hong killed him with his Divine Edge Shadowless Swords.
• Luo Hong questioned the rat demon about why Hundred Eyes had gone to the river, and the rat demon said he did not know of any orders.
• Luo Hong ordered the two survivors to recall unusual events in the valley, but the Three-Eyed Demon Cultivator refused to betray the Valley Lord.