Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong learned that Hundred Eyes Demon Lord had prepared an ambush by the river, so he concealed himself to watch events unfold. Elder He arrived at the river and was attacked by hidden enemies, leaving him poisoned and under renewed assault.

• Luo Hong used Qing Feng to search the Three-Eyed Demon Cultivator's memories, learning that a Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear's trusted subordinate had given Hundred Eyes Demon Lord formation treasures and command flags three years earlier.
• Luo Hong suspected a riverside ambush and possible cooperation between the Ye Family and Myriad Demon Valley, then decided to hide and observe.
• Luo Hong ordered Qing Feng to return, stored the three demons' corpses, and left the mountaintop.
• Elder He reached the riverbank and was ambushed by a fish demon, whose poison corroded his arm despite his Purple Light Bell.
• Elder He absorbed a volley of red beams with his Purple Gold Alms Bowl, but the attack ruined the treasure, and a second volley forced his Stone Turtle to defend him.

Elder He was trapped by demon cultivators in the Hundred Poisons Immortal Trapping Formation, where the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear confronted Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue over the Taiping Water Mansion. Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue negotiated cooperation, but the Corpse Bear demanded the Ancient Cultivator Remnants, and Zen Master Biyue asserted that Benefactor Luo had first pick.

• The Hundred-Eyed Centipede poisoned Elder He's Stone Turtle and blocked his escape, but Yi Xitian's sword light interrupted their clash.
• Yi Xitian revealed that he had discovered the demon ambush, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear emerged from the poisonous miasma.
• Yi Xitian called on Zen Master Biyue to join him, and she appeared with the Browed Monk while they awaited Benefactor Luo.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear accused the three cultivators of trespassing and threatened to kill them.
• Yi Xitian proposed cooperation and explained that more Late-stage Great Cultivators would extend their time inside the Water Mansion.
• The Corpse Bear demanded all the Ancient Cultivator Remnants, while Zen Master Biyue said Benefactor Luo had first choice and the Corpse Bear could choose second.

Luo Hong arrived at the riverbank and killed Hundred Eyes Demon Lord with a sudden sword strike, then reached an agreement with the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear over which treasures each would claim. The group entered the Taiping Water Mansion and found a glowing stone face beneath the water.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear dismissed Luo Hong and threatened to seize the first choice of treasures from him.
• Luo Hong’s hidden attack cleaved Hundred Eyes Demon Lord’s body in two, and Luo appeared to confront the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear.
• Zen Master Biyue and Yi Xitian mediated, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear said he sought a Flying Knife Magic Treasure while Luo Hong sought spirit materials.
• Luo Hong and the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear agreed to choose different kinds of treasures first, and Dong Lijun and the Ye Family Siblings arrived.
• The twelve cultivators followed the Ye Family Siblings underwater to the Taiping Water Mansion, where they saw a glowing stone face with its eyes shut.

Luo Hong helped the Ye Family disable the Taiping Water Mansion’s outer formation and met the Cave Spirit guarding it. The group prepared to drug the Cave Spirit unconscious so they could enter the mansion.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear urged the group to break the River-Overturning Water-Fighting Great Formation by force, but Ye Chong offered the Ye Family’s plan to sever the river’s water veins instead.
• Luo Hong helped Ye Chong and Ye Jue set up the Water Vein Severing Great Formation, secretly swapping out some Formation Flags as he worked.
• Ye Chong and Ye Jue activated the formation, weakening the barrier until gaps opened and the Cave Spirit awakened.
• The Cave Spirit demanded to know who had entered, while Silver Fairy and Luo Hong recognized its significance and the danger it posed inside the Taiping Water Mansion.
• Ye Jue provided Spirit-Mixing Powder for a plan to drug the Cave Spirit, and Luo Hong dissolved his share into a Spirit Orb of pure Water Element Spiritual Qi.

Luo Hong and the other cultivators entered the Water Mansion through the Cave Spirit and arrived at a reception platform in a dangerous Space Fragment. After Ye Chong explained the three trials guarding the route to the Pill Room, Luo Hong stepped onto the Heart-Questioning Bridge, followed by Dong Lijun.

• Ye Chong, Ye Jue, and the other cultivators fed spiritual qi to the Cave Spirit, which fell asleep and let them enter its mouth.
• Luo Hong emerged on a reception platform where his divine sense was heavily suppressed and a narrow bridge led toward the Water Mansion.
• Wu Lie warned his companions to stay alert around Luo Hong, while Zen Master Biyue used Buddhist light to help the dizzy Ye Family Siblings recover.
• Ye Chong identified the bridge as the first of three trials for those seeking the Feather Ascension Pill, though he did not know how to pass it.
• Zen Master Biyue and Browed Monk argued over who should scout the bridge, but Luo Hong stepped onto it first.
• Dong Lijun followed Luo Hong, saying she felt safer staying near him with the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear present.

Luo Hong helped Dong Lijun cross the fear-inducing Heart-Questioning Bridge, then discovered that the Heaven and Earth Gate crushed anything entering its range. He used Universe Power to protect them both and led Dong Lijun through, toward the Yin Yang Pool.

• Luo Hong recognized the Heart-Questioning Bridge’s subtle Curse Art and warned Dong Lijun that the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear might become dangerous after obtaining the treasure.
• The bridge conjured Gray-backed Water Wolves from Dong Lijun’s childhood fears; Luo Hong destroyed the beasts with his Divine Edge Shadowless Sword while she fought through her fear.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and his subordinates followed, facing stronger water creatures, while Zen Master Biyue and Yi Xitian cast protective incantations on their companions.
• Luo Hong and Dong Lijun crossed the Heart-Questioning Bridge and reached the Heaven and Earth Gate, where a Golden Light Pearl and Dong Lijun’s skylarks were crushed by an unseen force.
• Luo Hong identified the force as Universe Power, neutralized it around himself, and invited Dong Lijun through the gate before they continued toward the Yin Yang Pool.

Luo Hong and Dong Lijun arrived in the Yin Yang Pool, where intense water and fire Heaven and Earth Vital Energy overwhelmed Dong Lijun’s defenses. After realizing the pool could help him survive the Space Passage, Luo Hong asked Silver Fairy about collecting its vital energy, and she hinted that he might obtain both a ready-made method and a spirit treasure.

• Luo Hong and Dong Lijun emerged into the Yin Yang Pool, where Dong Lijun’s protective treasures could not shield her from the extreme heat.
• Luo Hong transferred magic power to Dong Lijun and recognized that the pool contained dense Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
• Luo Hong explained that the pool’s trial tested the purity of magic power and considered how its Yin-Yang balance controlled the vital energy.
• Luo Hong asked Silver Fairy to help collect the pool’s water and fire vital energy, but she warned that the Sky Breaking Spear would absorb it all.
• Silver Fairy revealed that Luo Hong might find a ready-made way to collect the vital energy and obtain a spirit treasure for free.

Luo Hong discovered that the runes around the Yin Yang Pool were part of a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, then retrieved the completed Eight Trigrams Disc hidden beneath the fire-element cloud. He reached the Pill Room, where Dong Lijun was trying to break the restrictions on compartments containing Ancient Pills.

• Silver Fairy pointed out the runes, and Luo Hong realized they described a treasure for gathering Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
• Luo Hong carried Dong Lijun across the Yin Yang Pool and sent her through the Teleportation Array to the Pill Room.
• Luo Hong entered the fire-element cloud and found the Eight Trigrams Disc at the bottom of the pool.
• Luo Hong used the Void Sky Cauldron's Treasure-Passing Art to collect the disc, causing the two elemental cloud masses to merge into it and destroying the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Luo Hong teleported to the Pill Room and found Dong Lijun attempting to break the restrictions on compartments containing Ancient Pills.

Luo Hong and Dong Lijun emptied the Pill Room and escaped into the Water Mansion’s garden, where they parted ways as Luo headed for the main hall. The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and the others arrived afterward, believing the main hall’s powerful restriction would keep Luo from its treasures.

• Luo Hong broke the Pill Room’s restrictions while Dong Lijun collected the medicinal gourds and pill formulas.
• Luo Hong revealed that damaging the Yin Yang Pool would cause the Heaven and Earth Gate to fail, then opened a passage from the Pill Room to the Water Mansion’s garden.
• Luo Hong asked Dong Lijun to watch the Ye Family Siblings and warned her to stay away from the Ye Family before heading toward the main hall.
• Dong Lijun chose to search the side halls, and the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear, Yi Xitian, Zen Master Biyue, and the others later emerged into the garden.
• Ye Chong explained that the main hall was protected by the Grand Marvelous Divine Restriction, leading the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear to believe Luo Hong could only reach the side halls.

Luo Hong tested the Grand Marvelous Divine Restriction blocking the Water Mansion’s main hall and found that breaking it would take time. The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear’s group and Yi Xitian’s party arrived, and Nanbu and Wu Lie prepared to attempt the seal.

• Ye Chong and his sister left to seek their own opportunities, while Yi Xitian agreed to collect the Ye Family’s share of the Heavenly Treasure Glazed Liquid.
• Elder He left for the side halls, and Yi Xitian, Zen Master Biyue, Xia Tingshan, and the Browed Monk headed to the main hall.
• Luo Hong pressed the crystal wall and withdrew when the Grand Marvelous Divine Restriction’s white threads tightened around his Rakshasa Ghost Hand.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and its two subordinates fought through the Snake-man Puppets and reached Luo Hong at the crystal wall.
• Nanbu offered to break the restriction with his Thunderclap Spear, and Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue promised to reward the contribution.
• Nanbu and Wu Lie prepared to attack the seal as Luo Hong watched Wu Lie’s forehead.

Luo Hong and the others broke through the Grand Marvelous Divine Restriction and entered the main hall, where they found a cache of treasures. Their inspection of the sealed containers ended with Luo Hong discovering something shocking inside a jade bottle.

• Nanbu sacrificed the Thunder Roar Spear to blast open the crystal wall, while Wu Lie's demon eye opened a vortex through the restriction.
• Luo Hong escaped through the gap and secretly sent his Bright Spirit Rat to keep watch on the Ye Family.
• The group entered the main hall and found eight shelves holding ancient treasures and rare materials, which they gathered for distribution.
• Yi Xitian offered Wu Lie and Nanbu the chance to choose first in exchange for their earlier contribution, and the two demons inspected nine sealed containers.
• Luo Hong opened a jade bottle's restriction slightly, sensed what was inside, and suddenly narrowed his eyes in shock.

Luo Hong secured nine transparent crystal grains from the first-floor treasures, recognizing them as Origin Crystals formed from True Spirit Origin. When the group tried to enter the second floor, a burst of Five Elements-mixed Heaven and Earth Vital Energy injured several of them and left Nanbu's body doomed.

• The group found transparent crystal grains and ancient beast organs among Lord of Taiping Prefecture's stored items, then divided the first-floor treasures.
• Luo Hong yielded some Ancient Treasures in exchange for all the wooden boxes and Jade Bottles, while keeping the Demon Subduing Pestle and red stones he wanted.
• Luo Hong and Silver Fairy concluded that the crystal grains were Origin Crystals formed when ancient beasts failed to refine True Spirit Origin.
• Yi Xitian broke the Restriction at the second-floor entrance, but a surge of Five Elements-mixed Heaven and Earth Vital Energy engulfed the group.
• Zen Master Biyue blocked the entrance as everyone retreated, and Luo Hong judged that Nanbu's demon body would perish without prompt treatment from a Deity Transformation Cultivator.

After Nanbu died from the violent Five Elements Spiritual Qi, Luo Hong accompanied the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear to search the Main Hall’s second floor for the remains and treasures of Lord of Taiping Prefecture. As the Corpse Bear reached for a Storage Bracelet, Luo Hong launched a sudden attack.

• Nanbu’s Demon Core erupted, so Wu Lie extracted his primordial spirit before the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear threw out his body, which exploded outside the Main Hall.
• With the Eight-Part Purple Sandalwood Bowl’s seal being scoured away, the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear asked Luo Hong to accompany him to the second floor, and Luo Hong agreed while planning to kill him.
• Luo Hong and the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear entered the second floor and found blue bone fragments and the damaged remains of Lord of Taiping Prefecture’s explosion.
• Luo Hong found and pocketed a damaged Crystal Blue Pearl, while the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear continued searching through the hostile Spiritual Qi.
• The two discovered a Crystal Blue Bracelet embedded in the floor, and Luo Hong struck at the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear as he reached for it.

Luo Hong defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear on the second floor of Taiping Water Mansion, then searched the Water Mansion for True Spirit Origin. After finding none in the bear’s bracelet, he decided the Ye Family Siblings might know where it was and left as Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue headed to the second floor.

• Luo Hong overpowered the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and killed its essence soul when it tried to flee and possess him.
• Luo Hong took the bear’s tenth-grade demon core and found the restricted entrance to the Glazed Heavenly Pool, but left it unopened.
• Luo Hong teleported to a scripture repository, where he found the refinement method and Treasure-Passing Art for the Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc.
• Luo Hong and Silver Fairy discovered that the Crystal Blue Jade Bracelet held no True Spirit Origin, though it contained other valuable treasures and materials.
• Luo Hong suspected the Ye Family Siblings knew about a secret location, used the bracelet’s authority to leave the repository, and collected its books and jade slips.
• Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue grew suspicious of Luo Hong’s absence and flew toward the second-floor entrance.

Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue discovered that Luo Hong had killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and escaped through a destroyed Teleportation Array, then set out to search the Water Mansion for him. Meanwhile, Wu Lie attacked Dong Lijun to use her as bait for Luo Hong, and she prepared to fight back.

• Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue returned with the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear's corpse, and Wu Lie fled the main hall.
• Yi Xitian concluded that Luo Hong had killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear and escaped through a Teleportation Array, while Zen Master Biyue confirmed the array had been destroyed from the other end.
• Yi Xitian and Zen Master Biyue split up to search the Water Mansion, and the Browed Monk volunteered to take one route alone.
• Dong Lijun broke into a Side Hall, collected its calligraphy and paintings, and encountered Wu Lie as he flew past.
• Wu Lie accused Luo Hong of harming his brother and killing the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear, then attacked Dong Lijun to lure Luo Hong into Myriad Demon Valley.
• Dong Lijun released her righteous qi into her Flying Sword and challenged Wu Lie as he launched a deep yellow attack at her.

Dong Lijun and Elder He fought Wu Lie while Luo Hong followed the Bright Spirit Rat’s signals to the Ye Family Siblings. The siblings used their Azure Token to reach a cliff concealing the Taiping Secret Vault, unaware that Luo Hong had found them.

• Dong Lijun’s Vast Righteous Qi empowered the World-Shaking Sword, which clashed evenly with Wu Lie’s Ancient Saber, but his vicious insects broke her inkstone and pushed her into danger.
• Elder He intervened for a few Feather Ascension Pills, and he and Dong Lijun stalemated Wu Lie together.
• Ye Chong and Ye Jue used their Azure Token to pass the Water Mansion’s Restrictions as they searched for the Taiping Secret Vault.
• A shadow resembling a rat’s tail secretly followed the Ye Family Siblings while Luo Hong pursued the Bright Spirit Rat’s signals through the Water Mansion.
• Luo Hong caught up with Ye Chong and Ye Jue as they stood before a cliff carved with a lifelike True Dragon that stirred a faint sense of fear in him.

Luo Hong watched the Ye Family Siblings open the Taiping Water Mansion with a Restriction Token and realized the family had concealed its true plan from their allies. After Ye Chong escaped and the cliff passage sealed, Luo captured Ye Jue’s Nascent Soul and turned her over to Qing Feng while he examined the wall.

• Ye Chong used a Crystal Blue Token to open the Floating Dragon Cliff Wall, and Luo Hong recognized it as a Restriction Token.
• Luo Hong reasoned that the Ye Family had hidden the token from its helpers and had arranged the expedition to retrieve treasures while dealing with the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear.
• A restriction exposed the Bright Spirit Rat as the Ye Family Siblings entered, and Luo Hong revealed himself and attacked.
• Ye Chong vanished through the restriction, abandoning Ye Jue, whom Luo Hong killed and captured as a Nascent Soul.
• Ye Jue refused to reveal the Ye Family’s plan because a restriction threatened her Nascent Soul, so Luo Hong handed her to Qing Feng and inspected the sealed cliff wall.

Luo Hong’s incarnation unleashed the Demon Son Light Spear and destroyed the Dragon Breaking Stone, opening a path into the space beyond. The blast awakened the Cave Spirit, and Luo Hong entered the breach as its cry echoed through the water mansion.

• Qing Feng reported that the Dragon Breaking Stone could only be opened with the Azure Token or overwhelming power, and Luo Hong summoned his incarnation after it claimed to have a way through.
• Luo Hong’s incarnation transformed into a Three Heads Six Arms Ancient Demon, drawing Yi Xitian, Zen Master Biyue, Wu Lie, Dong Lijun, and Elder He toward the disturbance.
• The incarnation used the Extreme Demonic Blades as rails to fire the Demon Son Light Spear, whose stray beams battered the water mansion and blasted back approaching cultivators.
• The Demon Son Light Spear cracked and vaporized the Dragon Breaking Stone, then pierced deeper into the mountain and damaged the water mansion’s spatial barrier.
• The Cave Spirit cried out in pain as it awakened, and Luo Hong rushed through the breach into the empty space beyond the cliff wall.

Ye Chong entered Prefect Taiping’s secret vault and learned from its artifact spirit that the vault was linked to the River of Time and that a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure had once been hidden beneath the Yin Yang Pool. He suspected Luo Hong had taken it, then asked about the other mystery Prefect Taiping could not understand, and the artifact spirit pointed to a treasure in the vault.

• Ye Chong found the Taiping Tablet in the secret vault, realized Ye Jue had been left behind, and tried unsuccessfully to take the tablet through its protective bubble.
• The secret vault artifact spirit appeared and explained that the Azure Token could grant entry but could not help Ye Chong claim the treasures.
• The artifact spirit revealed that the vault was connected to the River of Time and that Prefect Taiping had used Universe Power to draw some of its temporal energy into the vault.
• The artifact spirit said Prefect Taiping had refined a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure beneath the Yin Yang Pool, but Ye Chong concluded Luo Hong had taken it.
• Ye Chong asked about the other thing Prefect Taiping could not comprehend, and the artifact spirit pointed to a bubble at the center of the vault.

Ye Chong learned to use Universe Power to retrieve treasures from the secret vault, but an intruder’s attempt to tear into the vault forced him to flee before he could obtain the Five-Colored Orb. Luo Hong then entered the vault and found the artifact spirit, which told him to use his Universe Power gently to open the treasure bubbles.

• The secret vault artifact spirit gave Ye Chong the Northern Emperor Mysterious Pearl and Golden Crow Divine Iron so he could cultivate enough Universe Power to retrieve treasures.
• Ye Chong retrieved several treasures, then spent another year cultivating until he could take the Taiping Tablet, but the Five-Colored Orb still required at least five more years of training.
• A giant eye appeared through a spatial rift as a Ghost Hand tore at the vault, and the artifact spirit warned Ye Chong that the intruder’s Universe Power was seizing control.
• Ye Chong activated the Azure Token and escaped, while Luo Hong entered the secret vault through the rift he had opened with the Netherworld Ghost Hand.
• Luo Hong spotted the Five-Colored Orb and demanded the retrieval method, so the artifact spirit told him to use his Universe Power gently because he was strong enough to burst the bubbles.