Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong offered to trade a powerful Corpse Puppet for the Immortal Transformation Sect’s Nine Nether Underworld Spider, revealing his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation to prove he could fulfill the deal. Madam Mu asked for three days to consult her Junior Sisters, leaving Luo Hong waiting for the sect’s decision.

• Madam Mu and Luo Hong agreed to exchange sect inheritances under Heart Demon Oaths, and Lan Cai'er chose the Feather Ascension Pill.
• Madam Mu asked Luo Hong for an Ancient Spiritual Medicine, but he revealed that he had used mature Flying Purple-striped Scorpions to provoke the Nine Nether Underworld Spider.
• Madam Mu refused to trade the sect’s Guardian Beast, and Luo Hong offered to replace it with a Corpse Puppet capable of matching a Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator.
• Luo Hong revealed his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation and invoked Xiang Zhili to reassure Madam Mu that he meant no harm.
• Luo Hong showed Madam Mu his Soul Stones and promised to refine the Corpse Puppet before taking the Nine Nether Underworld Spider.
• Madam Mu requested three days to discuss the offer with her Junior Sisters, and Luo Hong agreed to wait.

Luo Hong secured the Immortal Transformation Sect’s Curse Art inheritance in exchange for helping it refine a late-stage corpse puppet, while arranging to pursue its Nine Nether Underworld Spider himself. Meanwhile, Han Li collected heavenly lightning and received Luo Hong’s message asking him to visit the Immortal Transformation Sect.

• Luo Hong reasoned that Madam Mu valued the Immortal Transformation Sect’s future more than the Nine Nether Underworld Spider and offered to refine a late-stage corpse puppet in exchange for the sect’s Curse Art inheritance.
• Madam Mu agreed to the trade but left subduing the Nine Nether Underworld Spider to Luo Hong, then gave him the inheritance after they both swore Heart Demon Oaths.
• Qing Feng told Luo Hong that Heavenly Demons could sense his Destiny Star when he swore an oath, and Luo Hong resolved not to use his Heavenly Demon Seed carelessly.
• Madam Mu and Lan Cai'er concluded that Luo Hong had advanced from Nascent Soul Early-stage cultivation with extraordinary speed, and Madam Mu entrusted Lan Cai'er with handling his affairs.
• Han Li collected a bolt of heavenly lightning at Silver Flood Dragon Volcano, discovered Luo Hong’s hidden Sound Transmission Talisman, and agreed to visit the Immortal Transformation Sect.

Luo Hong studied the Immortal Transformation Sect’s Curse Arts and discovered that its Mountain Protecting Great Formation amplified curses across vast distances. He began experimenting with a miniature version of the formation in his Portable Jade Mansion.

• Luo Hong explained that Unit One would draw most of its power from a Blood Pool and told Bai Dingxiang to prepare for its construction.
• Luo Hong studied the Immortal Transformation Sect’s nine hundred-odd Curse Arts, strengthening his foundations in the discipline.
• Luo Hong examined the sect’s secret curse techniques and realized their rituals drew on the Mountain Protecting Great Formation to amplify their power.
• Luo Hong built a miniature version of the formation in his Portable Jade Mansion and adjusted it to produce Spiritual Qi resembling Curse Spiritual Qi.
• Luo Hong tested the secret techniques and discovered that the formation acted as a signal amplifier, extending curses’ range and enabling Myriad-Mile Curse Slaying.

Luo Hong used the Curse Spirit Grand Formation to send his spiritual sense beyond the realm and encountered Azure Domain Demons, learning about the Demon Essence Contest. After returning to the Mortal World, he left behind a colossal presence searching the Gray Mist for him.

• Luo Hong summoned Outer Realm Sky Demons to fuel the Curse Spirit Grand Formation, drove the Immortal Transformation Sect cultivators away from Luhua Peak, and sent his spiritual sense beyond the realm.
• Luo Hong found his Destiny Star in the Gray Mist and encountered two Azure Shadows, using the Seed of the Heavenly Demon to make them hesitate.
• Luo Hong learned that the Demon Essence Contest occurred every ninety thousand years and that the next contest was less than ten thousand years away.
• Luo Hong dismissed the ancient Azure Domain Demon and observed Chiwu Star before his spiritual sense was pulled back to the Mortal World.
• After Luo Hong left, an enormous Azure body searched the Gray Mist and smashed a stretch of void with its claw.

Luo Hong reunited with Han Li and asked him to negotiate with the Tianlan Sacred Beast for the cultivation method of the Destruction Dharma Eye. The beast agreed to teach it in exchange for Han Li freeing it from the Void Sky Cauldron’s assimilation and sheltering it for a time.

• Luo Hong welcomed Han Li to the bamboo tower and explained that the Seven Star Money had helped him calculate Han Li’s whereabouts.
• Zhen Lan, Luzhu, and Silver Moon joined Luo Hong and Han Li for wine, and Silver Moon took human form.
• Luo Hong asked Han Li about capturing the Tianlan Sacred Beast and revealed that he wanted its knowledge of the Destruction Dharma Eye.
• Han Li summoned the Void Sky Cauldron, and Luo Hong persuaded the awakened Tianlan Sacred Beast to discuss a deal.
• The Tianlan Sacred Beast offered to teach Luo Hong the Destruction Dharma Eye if Han Li freed it from the cauldron’s assimilation and sheltered it; Luo Hong advised Han Li to accept and offered him the demon eye.

Luo Hong gave Han Li a Destruction Dharma Eye in exchange for the Heavenly Lan Sacred Beast’s secret technique, then gathered with Han Li, Luzhu, and Zhen Lan over wine. The chapter left Han Li examining Luo Hong’s collection of ancient pills, which he agreed to identify within seven days.

• Luo Hong gave Han Li a pitch-black demon eye, and Han Li accepted the Heavenly Lan Sacred Beast’s conditions in exchange for its secret technique.
• The Heavenly Lan Sacred Beast imparted the technique to Luo Hong and Han Li before returning to sleep.
• Han Li gave Luzhu several bottles of Qi Gathering Pills after Luo Hong hinted that she needed pills to advance her cultivation.
• Zhen Lan and Luzhu drank too much and fell asleep, so Luo Hong moved them away before discussing the ancient pills with Han Li.
• Han Li identified a gourd of Blood Limb Pills and agreed to identify Luo Hong’s collection of ancient pills within seven days.

Luo Hong and Han Li exchanged help refining a Four Flames Fan and a powerful corpse puppet, then Han Li departed for the Yin Yang Cave. Luo Hong sent twelve mature Flying Purple-striped Scorpions into the Earth Abyss to attack the Nine Nether Underworld Spider and waited for news about Kunwu Divine Mountain.

• Luo Hong offered Han Li rare materials for his fan in exchange for help refining a corpse puppet, and told him he had killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Corpse Bear.
• Han Li accepted the materials, and he and Luo Hong drank together before spending the next half year refining their respective treasures.
• Han Li left Luhua Peak with the completed Four Flames Fan to keep his appointment at the Yin Yang Cave and search for the Yin Zhi Horse.
• Madam Mu offered Luo Hong the Netherworld Token, but Luo Hong instead asked her to lift the Earth Abyss restrictions and released twelve mature Flying Purple-striped Scorpions to attack the Nine Nether Underworld Spider.
• Luo Hong returned to his bamboo building, having finished his preparations for Kunwu Divine Mountain and awaiting news.

The Ye Family’s attempt to unseal Kunwu Mountain exposed the phenomenon to the Southern Border, drawing attention from cultivators and major sects. Madam Mu revealed the Immortal Transformation Sect’s role in guarding the seal and learned that Luo Hong had already set out toward the site; the chapter ended with the Poison Saint Sect arriving at the lake as other cultivators searched the area.

• The Ye Family discovered that its concealment array had been destroyed and that its disciples had vanished, so Ye Zheng led the family elders underground to enter Kunwu Mountain through a crack in the seal.
• Cultivators across the Southern Border spread news of the seven pillars of light, and the Immortal Transformation Sect received reports of a suspected Strange Treasure.
• Madam Mu told Lan Cai'er that the Immortal Transformation Sect had been founded to guard Kunwu Mountain, which sealed an ancient fiendish devil, and arranged to contact Senior Xiang while keeping Luo Hong uninformed.
• Zhen Lan revealed that Luo Hong had heard about the pillars, set out ahead of them, and asked Madam Mu and Lan Cai'er to follow as soon as possible.
• Several hundred cultivators gathered at the lake and found the enormous underground seal, while the Ye Family’s crack remained undiscovered.
• Hua Wuqi arrived with three Nascent Soul elders and Poison Saint Sect cultivators, and one elder suggested killing the low-level cultivators gathered there.

Hua Wuqi’s Poison Saint Sect searched for the broken seal beneath Nameless Lake as more powerful cultivators arrived. Luo Hong revealed himself and attacked Old Demon Gan, leaving the Five Sons Demon trapped beneath a crushing ghost hand.

• Hua Wuqi ordered Hua Wuxin to recruit Foundation Establishment cultivators to search for the seal, and Hua Wuxin pocketed nearly half the spirit stones before Hua Wuqi knocked him into Nameless Lake.
• The Yu-surnamed cultivator reported that the searchers had found an underground Illusion Array that likely concealed the seal’s gap.
• Old Demon Gan arrived with the Five Sons Demon, and he and Hua Wuqi questioned each other about their reasons for coming to Nameless Lake.
• Luo Hong revealed himself, identified himself to Old Demon Gan, and withstood his killing intent using his Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivation.
• Luo Hong used Universe Power and Black Crow True Flame to overpower the Five Sons Demon, then froze its five skeletons and brought down a Sky-Supporting Ghost Hand.

Luo Hong nearly killed Old Demon Gan, but Hua Tianqi used the Xumi Five Elements Wall to save him. After explaining that he had provoked the fight to cow the others, Luo Hong told Hua Tianqi he wanted to borrow something, leaving Hua to wonder whether he meant the treasure.

• Luo Hong immobilized Old Demon Gan and attacked, but the Five Skeletons merged into a Giant Jade Bone Skeleton and countered with a Bone Blade.
• Luo Hong blocked the Bone Blade with his armored fist and prepared to finish Old Demon Gan, but Hua Tianqi sealed the Jade Bone Skeleton inside the Xumi Five Elements Wall.
• Luo Hong shattered the crystal with a punch, sending the damaged Five Skeletons and Old Demon Gan into Nameless Lake; Qing Feng then returned after bearing the backlash of Luo Hong's curse.
• The Five Skeletons regrouped near Hua Tianqi, and Old Demon Gan allied with him after realizing Luo Hong had not shown his full strength.
• Hua Tianqi explained that he had intervened to preserve the Poison Saint Sect's chance to explore Kunwu Mountain, while Luo Hong said he had no grudge against him and wanted to borrow something.

Luo Hong obtained the Poison Saint Sect’s Induction Bead from Hua Tianqi and used it to locate the Flying Immortal Stone within Kunwu Mountain. He entered through an Illusion Array alone and found himself on the mountainside, aiming to avoid the Ye Family and keep his strength hidden.

• Hua Tianqi gave Luo Hong the Induction Bead after learning he intended to investigate the Flying Immortal Stone and consider ascension.
• Luo Hong asked Hua Tianqi to take him to the Illusion Array, then followed a Poison Saint Sect disciple underground.
• After Luo Hong left, Old Demon Gan confronted Hua Tianqi, who proposed sabotaging Luo Hong’s teleportation through the array so they could reach the treasures first.
• Luo Hong used his Mirage Spirit Eye to see through the Illusion Array and passed through it before Hua Tianqi and Old Demon Gan arrived.
• Luo Hong emerged in a Stone Pavilion, used the Induction Bead to locate the Flying Immortal Stone on the mountainside, and decided to avoid the Ye Family ahead.

Luo Hong crossed the Ye Family’s delaying arrays and reached a stone hall filled with shattered Ancient Stone Puppets. He ambushed and killed a Lion-Roc Beast, securing its tenth-grade Demon Core and four wings before heading onward.

• Luo Hong bypassed the Illusion Arrays and Five Elements formations with his Mirage Spirit Eye and Petrifying Demon Eye.
• Luo Hong examined the broken Ancient Stone Puppets in the stone hall and chose the corridor indicated by the Induction Bead.
• Luo Hong lured the concealed Lion-Roc Beast into attacking, then severed its four wings with the Divine Edge Shadowless Sword.
• Luo Hong pursued the wounded beast and burned it to death with Black Crow True Flame.
• Luo Hong collected the Lion-Roc Beast’s Demon Core and wings for brewing Azure Flame Wine and refining magic treasures.

Luo Hong followed the Induction Bead toward the Flying Immortal Stone, but a hidden Wood Kui stalked him along the forest path. After trapping Wood Kui and revealing the Lion-Roc Beast’s Demon Core, Luo Hong tried to force him to cooperate.

• Luo Hong collected stone puppets and followed the Induction Bead down a forest-lined stairway toward the Flying Immortal Stone.
• Wood Kui secretly pursued Luo Hong by hiding inside ancient trees and tracking his movements.
• Luo Hong used an illusion to lure Wood Kui into revealing himself and blocked his Wood Evasion Technique.
• Luo Hong showed Wood Kui the Lion-Roc Beast’s Demon Core, shocking him and using the beast’s death to press him for cooperation.

Luo Hong questioned Wood Kui about the Flying Immortal Stone and persuaded him to travel together by promising to help recover his Natal Soul Token. Wood Kui agreed and led Luo Hong through the forest toward the stone.

• Wood Kui admitted that the Flying Immortal Stone could carry up to seven Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivators, though it was usually activated with three.
• Luo Hong revealed that he knew about the demons' Natal Soul Tokens and demonstrated that he could pass through the restrictions outside Kunwu Hall.
• Luo Hong promised to help Wood Kui reclaim his Natal Soul Token after they visited the Flying Immortal Stone, with the Heart Demon as witness.
• Wood Kui accepted the promise and led Luo Hong through the forest, bypassing restrictions to shorten the journey.

Han Li, the Elder surnamed Fu, and Bai Yaoyi joined forces inside Kunwu Mountain as they investigated signs of a powerful demon bird and learned that Luo Hong might be nearby. The chapter ended with Hua Tianqi inviting them to join his group, while Han Li suspected that Old Demon Gan’s Five Sons United Inner Demon had gone wrong.

• The Elder surnamed Fu warned Han Li and Bai Yaoyi that Old Demon Gan and Hua Tianqi’s group could threaten them, so the three agreed to help one another in danger.
• The group discovered demon blood and a severed bird claw, which Old Demon Gan identified as belonging to a Level Ten Great Demon that had likely attacked Luo Hong.
• Bai Yaoyi’s Ice Soul Birds found ashes nearby, leaving Han Li concerned about Luo Hong’s fate and the others wary of the demon bird’s whereabouts.
• Hua Tianqi invited the Elder surnamed Fu’s group to travel with them, claiming that the dangerous person who had killed the demon might attack them; Han Li wondered whether Old Demon Gan’s inner demon technique had gone wrong.

Han Li and the other cultivators formed an alliance against Luo Hong, while Silver Moon explained the three methods of reaching the Spirit World. The chapter ended with Han Li learning that the ancient cultivators had likely used a Reverse Spirit Passage to leave the Mortal World.

• Elder surnamed Fu joined Hua Tianqi, Han Li, and Bai Yaoyi in an alliance against Luo Hong, then asked how Luo Hong had passed through the formations unhindered.
• Hua Tianqi reasoned that Luo Hong had gone to the Side Hall to seek the Flying Immortal Stone, giving the alliance time to reach the mountain first.
• Silver Moon told Han Li that the Flying Immortal Stone route had been severed and explained that normal ascension required a Spatial Node, a Flying Immortal Stone, and an Ascension Platform.
• Silver Moon explained that normal ascension required at least nascent soul late-stage cultivation to withstand Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, while a stable Spatial Node could be traversed directly only by cultivators at Spirit Transformation Late-stage or stronger.
• Silver Moon described the third method: opening a Reverse Spirit Passage with a supreme treasure, immense resources, and Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, which the ancient cultivators had likely used to leave the Mortal World.

Luo Hong examined the Flying Immortal Stone and learned how it had once been used to ascend to the Spirit World. He discovered that activating it required Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, which he possessed, but he still needed to determine the correct method and was prepared to spend three Top-grade Spirit Stones to test the formation.

• Luo Hong inspected the Flying Immortal Stone, and Wood Kui explained that it was a Spirit World object that could not be damaged or refined.
• Luo Hong tried infusing the stone with mana, but it showed no response, so Wood Kui described the formation, spiritual energy, and Silver Vortex involved in a past ascension.
• Luo Hong identified the White Jade Plaza’s formation as the Three Immortals Gathering Vitality Great Formation, which extracted Heaven and Earth Vital Energy from spiritual qi.
• Wood Kui lost hope after Luo Hong explained that the Mortal World’s Heaven and Earth Vital Energy had been depleted, but Luo Hong knew he possessed a large supply.
• Luo Hong decided to test the formation at low power to determine how to activate the Flying Immortal Stone, despite expecting the test to consume at least a third of each of his three Top-grade Spirit Stones.

Luo Hong activated the Three Immortals Gathering Vitality Great Formation to study how to safely supply the Flying Immortal Stone with Heaven and Earth Vital Energy. He successfully made silver runes appear on the stone, while Xiang Zhili realized someone might be preparing to ascend and rushed toward the formation.

• Luo Hong activated the great formation, drawing Kunwu Mountain’s spiritual qi and disrupting the Purple Bamboo Illusion Formation.
• Han Li and the others escaped the collapsing illusion, and Han Li noticed that the Poison Saint Sect members had advanced far ahead.
• Xiang Zhili arrived at Kunwu Mountain, recognized the formation as one connected to the Flying Immortal Stone, and hurried toward it.
• Luo Hong calculated the stone’s seven energy-entry points, reclaimed his spent spirit stones, and prepared to test it with the Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc.
• Luo Hong directed streams of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy onto the Flying Immortal Stone, causing silver runes to appear, and Mu Kui believed the stone had activated.

Luo Hong activated the Flying Immortal Stone but learned that its space passage had collapsed, so he planned to remove the stone and study it. When Wood Kui revealed that the stone’s restriction was tied to Kunwu Mountain, Luo Hong tried to break it with the Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc.

• Luo Hong recognized that the Flying Immortal Stone’s silver runes were applications of Silver Tadpole Script, but stopped studying them when they overwhelmed his primordial spirit.
• Old Ghost Xiang contacted Luo Hong through the Ten Thousand Mile Talisman, and Luo told him that he had activated the Flying Immortal Stone.
• Luo Hong concluded that the original space passage had collapsed and asked Wood Kui about the restriction anchoring the stone to Kunwu Mountain.
• Wood Kui explained that removing the Flying Immortal Stone without the proper method would require uprooting the entire mountain, but Luo Hong decided to try anyway.
• Luo Hong unleashed the Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc, shattered the restriction’s azure runes, and began forcing the Flying Immortal Stone upward as the ground shook.

Luo Hong resisted the Demon Concubine’s offer to ascend through a Reverse Spirit Passage and pretended to accept so he could draw Xiang Zhili to the White Jade Plaza. When the Demon Concubine tried to recruit Xiang Zhili too, Luo Hong exposed her promise as a scam and called out to Silver Fairy for proof.

• The Demon Concubine offered Luo Hong a way to reach the Spirit World through an imitation Reverse Star Disk, but Luo Hong recognized that the passage would only protect Linglong.
• Mu Kui offered to become Luo Hong’s Spirit Beast for three thousand years if Luo Hong took him along, and Luo Hong pretended to accept the Demon Concubine’s terms.
• The Demon Concubine ordered Luo Hong to lure Xiang Zhili away from the Demon Sealing Tower, and Xiang Zhili arrived at the White Jade Plaza.
• The Demon Concubine told Xiang Zhili she would take him to the Spirit World too, and Xiang Zhili asked her for details about the method.
• Luo Hong warned Xiang Zhili that the Demon Concubine’s ascension method was a scam, then summoned Silver Fairy to reveal what he knew.