Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong and Han Li watched the out-of-control yellow earth ball damage the ninth-layer altar, allowing True Devil Origin Qi to leak out. The Charming Woman took control of the Two-headed Silver Wolf and threatened the cultivators, while Luo Hong flew to confront it and Han Li received the Soul Nurturing Gourd containing Linglong’s other half of the primordial spirit.

• Xuan Qingzi and True Person Qimiao tried to stop the yellow earth ball, but their magic treasures shattered and they fled.
• Luo Hong drank Han Li’s Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to restore his magic power before the yellow earth ball struck the white jade altar.
• The impact cracked the altar and caused True Devil Origin Qi to leak out, but the seal remained mostly intact.
• The Charming Woman absorbed the leaking devil qi and transformed into the mountain-sized Two-headed Silver Wolf by using the wolf demon body.
• Luo Hong gave Han Li the Soul Nurturing Gourd containing Linglong’s other half of the primordial spirit, then flew to face the Two-headed Silver Wolf.

Luo Hong used Little Gold’s transformation ability through spirit merging to grow into a giant and confront the demonized Two-headed Silver Wolf while the others held off the Blood Flame Ancient Demon. He left the wolf dazed and lifted its body, but his chest was grievously wounded and the battle remained undecided.

• Luo Hong enlarged his body by borrowing Little Gold’s transformation ability, while Xuan Qingzi and True Person Qimiao prepared to assist him.
• Gui Ling and Old Demon Han blocked the Blood Flame Ancient Demon, while Ye Zheng chose to wait and see how the fight turned out.
• The Two-headed Silver Wolf completed its Demonized Body, darkening most of its fur and strengthening its aura.
• Luo Hong charged the demonized wolf; its claws tore through his armor, but his Universe Pearl-enhanced punch dazed it and sent it crashing down.
• Luo Hong grabbed the wolf’s black head and slammed it into the ground, then lifted its enormous body over his waist.

Luo Hong tried to exile the Two-headed Black Wolf, hoping the Outer Realm Sky Demons would destroy Yuan Cha's Split Soul. His allies' demon-suppressing treasures failed to stop her, and she escaped Luo Hong's punch by returning to human form.

• Black Robe Luo Hong opened the Gate to the Outer Realm with the Heavenly Demon Banner, and Luo Hong hurled the Two-headed Black Wolf toward it.
• The Two-headed Black Wolf regained consciousness and clawed at the gate's edge, resisting exile as the Power of Space tore into her paws.
• Luo Hong called on the others to help, and True Person Qimiao used the Demon Sealing Rings while Xuan Qingzi attacked with the Tian'a Divine Sword.
• The Two-headed Black Wolf shattered the rings and damaged the sword with soundless ripples and a sharpened section of her claw.
• The Two-headed Black Wolf fired claw lights at Luo Hong, then reverted to human form and vanished just before his punch landed.

Luo Hong failed to defeat the Charming Woman and tried to escape as she summoned Yuan Sha’s cross-realm Demonic Thought. Yuan Sha identified Luo Hong’s spirit flames as a threat and targeted him, while the Heavenly Demon Banner malfunctioned and left him unable to flee.

• Luo Hong used the Blood Roar Eye and Universe Power to try to knock the Charming Woman into the Domain Gate, but her Demon Claw repelled him and badly wounded him and Little Gold.
• Luo Hong sent Little Gold into the Spirit Beast Bag and prepared to flee beyond the domain with the Heavenly Demon Banner.
• The Charming Woman summoned Yuan Sha’s enormous Demonic Statue, and Xuan Qingzi recognized it as the Holy Ancestor’s true cross-realm divine thought.
• Ye Zheng attacked the Immortal Master surnamed Xu and defected to the Ancient Demon’s side as the other cultivators reacted in despair.
• The Charming Woman told Yuan Sha that Luo Hong’s spirit flames could transform True Demon Origin Qi into Spiritual Qi, so Yuan Sha targeted him and demanded that his spirit flames be preserved.
• Luo Hong’s Heavenly Demon Banner failed to close the Gate to the Outer Realm, leaving his attempted escape unsuccessful as Yuan Sha raised a finger toward him.

Luo Hong and Han Li tried to repair the altar formation as Holy Ancestor Yuan Sha fought Grand Princess Linglong, but the Roaming Kunpeng emerged from the Outer Realm Gate and threatened everyone. Luo Hong activated a protective formation with Han Li and Lin Yinping, and Linglong arrived inside it carrying Lan Cai'er.

• Luo Hong escaped Yuan Sha's attacks after the silver-haired Grand Princess Linglong intervened and challenged the demonic statue with the Reverse Star Disk.
• Han Li told Luo Hong that Linglong had ordered them to repair the stone pillar formation, but Luo Hong's incarnation warned that the Heavenly Demon Banner was breaking.
• A gigantic Azure claw emerged from the Outer Realm Gate, and Luo Hong identified it as the Roaming Kunpeng.
• Luo Hong pulled Lin Yinping into helping him and Han Li activate the Three Tribulation Thundercloud Array as the Kunpeng gathered a massive Azure Lightning Ball.
• Luo Hong compressed the array's protective screen, and Fairy Linglong arrived inside it with Lan Cai'er.

Luo Hong and the others survived the Roaming Kunpeng’s devastating lightning attack, but the creature demanded that Luo Hong find Rahu within a hundred years in exchange for sparing them. The Kunpeng then disappeared into the Demon Cave, leaving the survivors to flee into the air.

• The Azure Lightning Ball destroyed the white jade altar, unleashed the True Devil Origin Qi, and killed Xuan Qingzi, Ye Zheng, and the others caught in its blast.
• Luo Hong, Old Demon Han, and Linglong combined their abilities with the Three Tribulation Thunder Firmament Array to shield their group from the remaining lightning.
• After the lightning faded, Luo Hong spotted a two-headed giant wolf and warned everyone not to relax when the Azure Giant Claw began gathering lightning again.
• Luo Hong opened a spatial crack with a blood-colored stone and told the Kunpeng he had encountered Rahu and would seek it out.
• The Kunpeng ordered Luo Hong to find Rahu within a hundred years and activate its Feather with his blood essence, then flew into the Demon Cave.
• Old Demon Han fled upward, and Luo Hong carried Lin Yinping several hundred zhang into the air.

Luo Hong and the others survived the destruction of the demon cavern after the Roaming Kunpeng drove off the Azure Giant Claw, but the calamity killed Madam Mu and the others and destroyed Luo Hong’s Heavenly Demon Banner. Linglong prepared to devour Yuan Cha’s Split Soul and return to the Spirit World, while Luo Hong acquired the Black Wind Banner and freed Old Ghost Xiang from a spatial rift.

• The Azure Giant Claw withdrew through the Gate to the Outer Realm, and the cavern collapsed into a crater with no true demon origin qi remaining.
• Luo Hong found the Heavenly Demon Banner ruined, while Lan Cai'er grieved for Madam Mu and Han Li asked Luo Hong about the azure streaks that had entered his chest.
• Linglong revealed that she intended to devour Yuan Cha’s Split Soul and return to the Spirit World, and she asked Han Li to seal certain memories before she acted.
• Linglong taught Luo Hong the Black Wind Banner’s Treasure-Passing Art, and she and Han Li performed the Spirit-Sealing Method.
• Luo Hong used the Black Wind Banner to tear open a Spatial Rift and let Old Ghost Xiang escape, then greeted him resentfully.

Luo Hong discovered that the damaged Eight Spirit Ruler was absorbing the Wish Power hidden on him, which he traced to the Supreme Hong Lord Talisman. He chose to let the ruler drain it, leaving the source and risks of the Wish Power unresolved.

• Xiang Zhili saw Luo Hong's injuries and the defeated Two-headed Silver Wolf, then asked about Senior Linglong.
• Luo Hong told Xiang Zhili that Senior Linglong would soon ascend to the Spirit World and urged him to seek her advice about Spatial Nodes.
• Luo Hong found the damaged Eight Spirit Ruler buried in the charred soil, and it began drawing seven-colored radiance from him.
• Luo Hong identified the radiance as Wish Power and suspected the Supreme Hong Lord Talisman had gathered it.
• Luo Hong decided to let the Eight Spirit Ruler absorb the Wish Power because he feared its unknown risks.

After Luo Hong restored the Eight Spirit Ruler and returned it to Linglong, Xiang Zhili arranged for the Immortal Transformation Sect to manage Kunwu Mountain. The chapter ended as the Reverse Spirit Passage opened, revealing the route to ascension.

• Luo Hong used his Wish Power to repair the Eight Spirit Ruler, while Long Meng regained control of Linglong's body.
• Luo Hong handed the Eight Spirit Ruler to Linglong, who used it to repay Old Demon Han and warned him not to approach her again.
• Luo Hong explained that the group was in the Ninth Layer of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and that Kunwu Mountain's suppressed demonic qi had vanished.
• Xiang Zhili proposed that Lan Cai'er lead the Immortal Transformation Sect in relocating to Kunwu Mountain, and Lan Cai'er agreed to guard it for the Great Jin Cultivation World.
• The Counterfeit Reverse Star Disk opened the Reverse Spirit Passage, forming a golden pillar and a round, starry entrance.

After Linglong departed through the Reverse Spirit Passage, Luo Hong arranged for his share of Kunwu Mountain’s benefits to gather materials for a replacement talisman and left to recover from his injuries. Xiang Zhili met Old Demon Hu and discussed Kunwu Mountain’s new division of benefits, while Luo Hong and Han Li went their separate ways to seek secluded places to recuperate.

• Linglong used her identity ring to ride the true Reverse Star Disk into the Reverse Spirit Passage, which collapsed after she disappeared.
• Xiang Zhili invited Luo Hong to meet a Deity Transformation friend, but Luo Hong declined and asked him to oversee Immortal Transformation Sect’s relocation.
• Luo Hong entrusted Lan Cai'er with his share of Kunwu Mountain’s benefits and a list of materials needed to refine a new Formless Spirit Merging Talisman.
• Luo Hong and Han Li left through a Space Passage, while Xiang Zhili caught Old Demon Hu’s message and went to meet him.
• Xiang Zhili told Old Demon Hu that Kunwu Mountain’s demonic qi had been purged and explained the proposed division of its benefits; Old Demon Hu then sensed a tenth-rank Mu Kui and flew off to investigate.
• Han Li offered to protect Luo Hong while they traveled to recuperate, but Luo Hong said he would heal at True Lord Wentian’s secluded cave abode.

After recovering from his injuries, Luo Hong traveled with Luzhu to Guangnan Prefecture, researching ancient accounts of the Zhongshan true spirit along the way. He planned to hide in the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion for ten years so Luzhu could form her core, but their low-key journey west left him wondering whether its entrance was still secret.

• Luo Hong used a Feather Ascension Pill to restore his depleted qi and blood before setting out to find Luzhu and travel to Guangnan Prefecture.
• After more than half a year, Luo Hong and Luzhu visited a bookstore in Guangnan Prefecture City, where Luo Hong studied ancient accounts of exotic beasts.
• Luo Hong explained that Zhongshan was a true spirit of heaven and earth and suspected its transformation came from the laws of heaven and earth.
• Luo Hong told Luzhu they would stay in Guangnan Prefecture for ten years and that she could form her core there.
• Luo Hong and Luzhu left the city posing as Qi Refining cultivators and headed west toward the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion, questioning whether its entrance remained hidden.

Luo Hong and Luzhu rescued Gong Xuehua’s family from Huang Family cultivators and learned about the grand King Ginseng Assembly in Guangnan Prefecture. After Lu Xinchuan’s father confronted them as they tried to leave, Luo Hong and Luzhu’s next move remained uncertain.

• Luzhu subdued three Huang Family cultivators who were attacking Lu Xinchuan, Gong Xuehua, and their son, and Luo Hong ordered her to kill them and dispose of the evidence.
• Luzhu and Gong Xuehua recognized each other, while Luo Hong asked Lu Xinchuan why cultivators were heading west and learned about the King Ginseng Assembly and its Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng prize.
• Luo Hong, Luzhu, and the Lu family traveled toward the assembly, where Lu Xinchuan’s father scolded him for coming despite the Lu Family’s conflict with the Huang Family.
• Luo Hong tried to leave with Luzhu, but Lu Xinchuan’s father suspected them of being Huang Family spies and challenged them.

Luo Hong and Luzhu reached a market hosting the Sima Family’s King Ginseng Assembly, where Luo Hong planned to send his disciple into a dangerous contest for experience. Luzhu prepared to challenge the assembly, while Luo Hong disappeared and left her to face the trial alone.

• Lu Xinchuan’s second uncle sensed that Luzhu was a Foundation Establishment Late-stage cultivator, and Lu Xinchuan’s father told the family not to investigate her and Luo Hong.
• Luo Hong reprimanded Luzhu for failing to conceal her cultivation, then comforted her as she worried about growing distant from her mortal friend Gong Xuehua.
• Luo Hong and Luzhu entered a market where blood ginseng was sold and learned that the Sima Family’s King Ginseng Assembly took place on a fortified twin-peaked mountain.
• Luo Hong explained that the assembly was likely a display of the Sima Family’s strength and decided Luzhu should gain combat experience by competing for the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng.
• Luo Hong vanished before Luzhu could protest, leaving her to face the challenge of fighting a Core Formation cultivator.

Luo Hong infiltrated the Sima Family’s stronghold to investigate its formation and discovered a hidden dungeon beneath the formation’s core. He witnessed the Sima Family using imprisoned cultivators as living sacrifices to refine magic artifacts, leaving him quietly enraged.

• Luo Hong followed the Sima Family’s guests into the mountain formation and used the Five Elements Evasion Technique to reach the Twin Dragon Pavilion.
• Luo Hong found that the pavilion concealed a second underground level and used illusion spells to pass the Sima Family cultivators without raising alarm.
• Luo Hong entered a dungeon beneath the formation’s core and found imprisoned cultivators of several cultivation levels.
• A hidden formation activated, and Buddhist chants drove the prisoners’ blood and qi into a frenzy until they exploded.
• Luo Hong realized that the Sima Family was refining magic artifacts with living people and grew angry at the slaughter.

Luo Hong discovered that the Sima Family was systematically refining artifacts with living cultivators and learned that Blood Ginseng was used to make their victims susceptible to Buddhist Chants. At King Ginseng Hall, Sima Xiao questioned the gathered family heads about their refusal to let the Sima Family open ginseng shops, leaving the hall tense and silent.

• Luo Hong rescued a body-tempering cultivator from a prison cell, entered the Stone Room, and knocked out two Formation Masters with his divine sense.
• Luo Hong searched the remaining Formation Master's soul and confirmed that the Sima Family was refining Magic Artifacts with captives brought from various places and using Blood Ginseng to help control them.
• Sima Xiao welcomed the Core Formation family heads to King Ginseng Hall and invoked their old friendships to ease their fears about his Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Sima Xiao explained that the Thousand-Year King Ginseng had helped him form his Nascent Soul, then asked why the families refused to let the Sima Family open ginseng shops in their markets.
• The family heads fell silent as Sima Xiao questioned whether there was a problem with the Sima Family's Blood Ginseng.

Sima Xiao confronted the Guangnan Prefecture clan heads after they jointly refused to let the Sima Family sell Blood Ginseng in their markets. He revealed that he had poisoned them with Ten Fragrance Powder and ordered his guards to feed them ginseng.

• The clan heads refused the Sima Family's request because they suspected Blood Ginseng was linked to the disappearance of cultivators who had consumed it.
• Sima Xiao offered to lower Blood Ginseng's price by twenty percent, but the Qi Family head led the others in preparing to leave.
• Sima Xiao threatened the clan heads when they tried to leave King Ginseng Hall, and the Qi Family head threatened that their clans would retaliate if they were killed.
• The clan heads discovered that poisoned tea fragrance had stopped them from circulating their Magic Power, and the Qi Family head identified the poison as Ten Absolute Poisons.
• Sima Xiao said he would let the clan heads return alive, then ordered his guards to feed them ginseng.

Luzhu traveled to the King Ginseng Assembly venue to complete Luo Hong’s trial and found a central arena where Core Formation cultivators could compete for a Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng. Just as she prepared to enter, a purple-robed female cultivator took the stage and faced the arena’s guardian.

• Luzhu hired Jiang Tieshan to guide her to the King Ginseng Assembly and used a Wind Protection Talisman to shield him during their flight.
• Jiang Tieshan explained the rules of the surrounding arenas and said he did not know why the central arena had opened this time.
• Luzhu decided to use the central arena to gain fighting experience and picked the waiting Early Core Formation cultivator as her opponent.
• A purple-robed female cultivator entered the arena before Luzhu could, and the burly guardian, Huang Mou, challenged her.
• Huang Mou summoned a giant hammer, and the purple-robed female cultivator countered by raising a huge yellow handkerchief.

Luzhu watched the purple-robed female cultivator defeat the arena guardian, then challenged her despite the enormous gap in their cultivation. She launched a surprise attack with the Mysterious Ice Sword Magic Artifact, and the chapter ended as the fight began.

• Luzhu told the arena guardian’s disciples that their master was likely to lose, angering them.
• The purple-robed female cultivator defeated the arena guardian with the Su Nu Sword, binding him until he conceded.
• The arena guardian threatened Luzhu after his disciple complained, and Luzhu accepted his challenge to fight his eldest disciple.
• Luzhu entered the arena and revealed her Foundation Establishment Late-stage cultivation, stunning the spectators.
• Luzhu activated the Mysterious Ice Sword Magic Artifact and attacked the purple-robed female cultivator by surprise.

Luzhu nearly defeated a purple-robed female cultivator in the arena, but the woman revealed Mid Core Formation strength and turned the fight around. A mountain’s collapse interrupted their battle as Luo Hong investigated the Sima Family’s artifact-refining operation beneath Twin Qin Mountain.

• Luzhu used the Mysterious Ice Sword to damage the purple-robed female cultivator’s Su Nu Sword, then overwhelmed her with Ice Soul Silver Needles and the Yellow Brocade Handkerchief.
• The purple-robed female cultivator revealed her Mid Core Formation cultivation, escaped Luzhu’s ice mist, and attacked with two purple foxes formed from purple qi.
• Luzhu began to concede defeat and prepared a golden talisman, but an earth-shattering roar drew everyone’s attention to a collapsed peak of Twin Qin Mountain.
• Luo Hong decided to investigate the Sima Family’s expansion because it had reached the peak containing the Heavenly Question Cave Mansion entrance.
• Luo Hong freed an unconscious young cultivator from the artifact-refining chamber, treated him with magic power and a pill, and woke him.
• Sima Xiao received feedback from the restrictions in King Ginseng Hall.

Luo Hong rescued Qi Buxiu from the Sima Family’s dungeon and learned that blood ginseng and a Charm Technique had been used to capture him. As Sima Xiao led the clan heads to Twin Dragon Pavilion, Luo Hong watched and prepared to confront them.

• Qi Buxiu awoke in the dungeon and told Luo Hong he remembered cultivating at home before losing nine days of memory.
• Luo Hong discovered that Qi Buxiu’s mind had been tampered with and learned that a caravan merchant’s daughter had lured him into accepting century-old blood ginseng.
• Qi Buxiu recognized the Sima Family’s Formation Masters and urged Luo Hong to escape before the family’s Nascent Soul Ancestor could intervene.
• Sima Xiao arrived with Sima Qian and captured clan heads, then ordered them to accompany him to Twin Dragon Pavilion after learning someone had entered its Lotus Room.
• Sima Xiao found the prison cells bloodied and the captives dead, and decided to replace them with cultivators from the clan heads’ families.
• Luo Hong watched Sima Xiao and the others arrive and said they had come late, but their arrival was welcome.