Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong explored Void Sky Hall, discovered that its fifth-floor seals were weakening, and was bound by a severe new restriction after refusing to return the Golden Tower Jade Book. He later found the Inner Hall’s hidden controlling array and began explaining his connection to Ice Phoenix to Han Li.

• Luo Hong, Han Li, Ice Phoenix, and Bai Yaoyi entered the Inner Hall, where Ice Phoenix opened a Spatial Rift and the group found an empty stone room.
• Luo Hong proposed that they split up to search for the array core, and the group agreed to meet at the Han Li Platform on the fifth floor.
• Ice Phoenix thanked Luo Hong for saving her and accepted a Feather Ascension Pill before leaving to explore the third floor.
• Luo Hong used the Golden Tower Jade Book to reach the Dark Hall’s fifth floor, where he found six sealed demon souls and saw that their seals were weakening.
• Luo Hong refused to let the Golden Tower Jade Book return to the Four Directions Ruyi Altar and was bound by a restriction requiring him to return it within thirty years or suffer Divine Soul Annihilation.
• Han Li met Luo Hong at the Han Li Platform, where Luo Hong identified a hidden controlling array and explained that he and Ice Phoenix had become acquainted through conflict.

Luo Hong considered using the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate to destroy the weakened demonic souls, then confronted the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother inside the treasure. He learned she believed she was bound to serve the gate’s new master, but Luo Hong hesitated to claim the treasure after recalling its cost to Liu Xipei.

• Luo Hong told Han Li he would wait for Ice Phoenix to summon the formation, while privately reasoning that destroying the six demonic souls was the only way to end the threat of their escape.
• Luo Hong considered his abilities against souls and decided the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate might offer a way to eliminate the demonic souls before they could restore themselves with True Demon Qi.
• Luo Hong entered the gate’s ghostly domain and found the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother waiting calmly, convinced that he could command her as the treasure’s new master.
• Luo Hong mocked the Ghost Mother’s claim that her status as a Nascent Soul Late-stage ghost servant made her valuable, so she revealed the Ghost Head tattoo that bound her to the gate.
• Luo Hong understood that he had not yet gained control of the gate and hesitated to leave a Spiritual Sense Imprint after remembering how it had drained Liu Xipei’s lifespan.

Luo Hong and the others discovered the Void Sky Hall’s control formation but could not activate it with their current strength. After Ying Ming explained why she could not safely help, Luo Hong proposed that they cultivate for thirty years and try again.

• Luo Hong examined the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate and advised Han Li that Ice Phoenix could help him survive the Space Storms on an ascension journey.
• Bai Yaoyi told Han Li that Ice Phoenix had rescued her from a chamber full of wolf-shaped puppets, and Ice Phoenix revealed she had searched the other levels because she did not trust them.
• Ice Phoenix recognized the platform and summoned the hidden control formation, but she, Han Li, Luo Hong, and Bai Yaoyi could not supply enough magic power to activate it.
• Luo Hong summoned Ying Ming, who revealed she was a Spiritually Connected Puppet and refused to operate the formation because her spiritual power could damage the Void Sky Hall.
• Luo Hong proposed that they heal and cultivate for thirty years before trying again, and Bai Yaoyi agreed.

Luo Hong spoke with Wentian's split soul about the weakening seals on the demon souls and explored ways to stop them from escaping. The split soul rejected several of Luo Hong's methods as temporary restraints, then recognized the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate and identified its sinister creator.

• Luo Hong sent Luzhu back to the Jade Manor with cultivation arts and asked Ying Ming about True Lord Wentian's connection to the Void Sky Hall.
• Wentian's split soul revealed itself from Ying Ming's sachet and confirmed that the seals on the demon souls were weakening.
• Luo Hong explained how the Demon Bell Drum had helped the Ancient Demons damage the sealing array, and Wentian's split soul concluded the array could not be repaired.
• Luo Hong showed Wentian's split soul the Black Crow True Flame, Mysterious Yin Eye, and Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, but the split soul said they could only restrain the demon souls temporarily.
• Luo Hong revealed the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate, which Wentian's split soul recognized as a spirit treasure refined by the ancient Yellow Springs True Person.

The Heaven-Asking Split Soul explained the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate’s history and the dangers of mastering it, revealing how it could trap and empower ghosts. Luo Hong realized the gate might suppress the demon souls threatening the Mortal World, but doubted it could stop them completely, and the Heaven-Asking Split Soul hinted at a loophole.

• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul told Luo Hong how Yellow Springs True Person gathered fallen souls, angered both sides in the ancient war, and died defending the gate.
• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul explained that the gate eroded its master and could let powerful ghosts seize control, forcing one ancient Spirit Transformation cultivator to abandon it and lose a realm of cultivation.
• Luo Hong understood that the gate was Yellow Springs True Person’s Dao-Achieving Treasure, designed to raise ghosts while making them compete until the strongest was absorbed.
• Luo Hong revealed that a Nascent Soul Late-stage ghost had tried to trick him into mastering the gate, and he thanked the Heaven-Asking Split Soul for warning him.
• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul proposed using the gate to contain the Six Great Demon Generals’ demon souls, and Luo Hong pointed out that a powerful demon soul could cause havoc inside it.
• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul said the gate’s designed abilities must contain loopholes that could help solve the problem.

Luo Hong uncovered the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate’s connection to Soul Stones and Rahu, then destroyed its outer structure and killed Yellow Springs Ghost Mother. After forty-nine days of refinement, he exposed Rahu’s Hide, leaving the treasure’s true nature revealed.

• Luo Hong questioned Yellow Springs Ghost Mother in the Ghost Domain Space and learned that she had used Liu Xipei, Yin Sha Qi, and Soul Stones to help control the ghost gate.
• Luo Hong compared the Ghost Domain Space with the Netherworld and concluded that the gate’s foundation was connected to Rahu.
• Luo Hong burned the Yellow Springs Heavenly Ghost Gate with Black Crow True Flame, and Yellow Springs Ghost Mother attacked him to stop the destruction.
• Luo Hong immobilized Yellow Springs Ghost Mother and destroyed her with the Scolding Eye Divine Light.
• Luo Hong refined the ghost gate for forty-nine days, tore away its final restriction, and identified the remaining hide as Rahu’s Hide.

Luo Hong forged the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand and reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Late-stage while he and Han Li spent thirty years in the Void Sky Hall. After the four cultivators escaped, they emerged above a Chaotic Star Sea battle, where a strange celestial phenomenon and terrifying Spiritual Pressure interrupted the fighting.

• Luo Hong explained why Rahu materials could exceed the Mortal World's Spiritual Grade, then worked with the Heaven-Asking Split Soul to plan a glove-shaped Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
• Over thirty years, Luo Hong forged the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand, sealed the six demonic souls inside its ghost domain, and cultivated until he reached full completion in the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Han Li arrived and saw the Demonic Faces on Luo Hong's glove; one gaze from its palm injured Han Li's primordial spirit.
• Ice Phoenix and Bai Yaoyi joined Luo Hong and Han Li, and the four activated the formation to leave the Void Sky Hall, with Han Li retrieving the Void Sky Cauldron.
• The four arrived as Star Palace and the Inverse Star Alliance fought on Luoxing Island, where an immense celestial phenomenon and terrifying Spiritual Pressure halted the battle.

Luo Hong, Han Li, and Ice Phoenix emerged from the Void Sky Hall near Luoxing Island, where Ice Phoenix killed Old Demon Hun and the group decided to seek a route to the Outer Sea through Star Palace. Luo Hong recognized Star Palace elder Lu Zhengyi as an old acquaintance, while Fatty Jiang surrendered and a new arrival approached.

• Old Demon Hun charged toward the brilliant clouds, but a white jade palace appeared and revealed that the phenomenon came from the Void Sky Hall rather than a treasure.
• After the palace vanished, Old Demon Hun attacked the newly arrived group and Ice Phoenix killed him with crystalline sword lights.
• Bai Yaoyi chose to leave alone, while Luo Hong, Han Li, and Ice Phoenix decided to approach Star Palace openly for passage to the Outer Sea.
• Luo Hong teleported to Lu Zhengyi and greeted him as an old friend, surprising the Star Palace elder with his Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivation.
• Fatty Jiang surrendered to Star Palace and handed over his life-bound magic treasure, while Luo Hong explained how he and the others had entered and escaped the Void Sky Hall.
• Ice Phoenix appeared beside Luo Hong and warned that someone was approaching.

Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix reunited with Ling Yuling after helping repel an Inverse Star Alliance attack, then traveled with her toward Tianxing Island to seek use of a Teleportation Array. The Twin Saints learned that Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix were Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivators and decided to meet them, while Luo Hong prepared to pay his respects to Ling Yuling’s parents.

• Luo Hong revealed that Zhuo Bufan had been an alias, and Ling Yuling recognized him and Han Li from their past encounter.
• Ling Yuling learned from Lu Zhengyi that Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix were Nascent Soul Late-stage cultivators and agreed to help them reach the Outer Sea through a Star Palace Teleportation Array.
• Fatty Jiang pleaded to defect from the Inverse Star Alliance, and Ling Yuling allowed him to accompany them to Star Sand Island.
• The Twin Saints received Ling Yuling’s message, learned of Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix’s cultivation, and decided to leave seclusion to meet them.
• Luo Hong learned that True Lord Skyfire had died sixty years earlier, then said he would first pay respects to Ling Yuling’s parents.

Luo Hong asked the Twin Saints of Tianxing for access to Star Palace’s Teleportation Array and declared his intention to seize Biling Island’s Spirit Stone Mine, provoking Ling Xiaofeng. Wen Qing stopped the confrontation and sought to learn how long Luo Hong planned to remain in the Chaotic Star Sea, and he said he would leave after reaching Deity Transformation.

• Luo Hong met Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing, confirmed that he and his companions came from Great Jin, and explained that they had reached the Chaotic Star Sea by accident.
• Luo Hong said he and his companions wanted to travel to the Outer Sea and asked about Biling Island’s High-grade Spirit Stone Mine.
• Luo Hong proposed clearing out the Inverse Star Alliance and Outer Sea demon race forces on Biling Island in exchange for half the mine’s proceeds, and Han Li accepted after learning it might contain wood-element top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Ling Xiaofeng summoned the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain and challenged Luo Hong, but Wen Qing stopped him before the two sides fought.
• Wen Qing asked how long Luo Hong intended to occupy Biling Island, and Luo Hong said he would leave the Chaotic Star Sea after reaching Deity Transformation.

Luo Hong reached an agreement with the Twin Saints of Tianxing to occupy Biling Island and share its spirit stone output with Star Palace. After he and Ice Phoenix entered Tianxing City to shop, Wen Qing revealed that her Lingming Art had foreseen Luo Hong killing the Twin Saints with one punch, and she urged Ling Yuling to form a partnership with him.

• Luo Hong explained that he needed Biling Island to improve his chances of reaching Deity Transformation, and Wen Qing and Ling Xiaofeng agreed not to oppose his occupation of it.
• Luo Hong offered Star Palace half the mine's spirit stone output while he held Biling Island, and he and Han Li arranged to meet at Starry Sky Hall three days later.
• Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix accepted maps from Ling Yuling and entered Tianxing City to purchase supplies.
• Wen Qing told Ling Xiaofeng and Ling Yuling that her Lingming Art had shown Luo Hong killing them with a single punch, prompting Ling Xiaofeng to acknowledge that her warning had saved his life.
• Wen Qing urged Ling Yuling to choose Luo Hong as a Dual Cultivation Partner, and Ling Yuling fell silent as Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix began browsing the market district.

Luo Hong visited Skyfire Pavilion to meet True Lord Skyfire’s successor and discovered that the successor had been waiting for him. He rescued Tian Xingfu’s Wind and Thunder magic treasure refinement, then recognized Island Master Liu as Liu Xinjing.

• Luo Hong and Ice Phoenix arrived at Skyfire Pavilion, where Tian Sishao cautiously challenged his claim that he had known her ancestor, True Lord Skyfire.
• Luo Hong proved his identity by giving Tian Sishao Youth-Preserving Pills, and she explained that her father, Tian Xingfu, had waited a hundred years for him.
• An explosion interrupted their conversation as Tian Xingfu and three others struggled to refine a Wind and Thunder magic treasure.
• Luo Hong took control of the refinement and fused the wind and thunder spiritual power, completing the spearhead-shaped treasure.
• The green-robed Island Master Liu recognized Luo Hong as Brother Zhuo, and he identified her as Liu Xinjing.

Luo Hong, using the name Zhuo Bufan, collected the treasure True Lord Skyfire had left for him and identified it as the Dragon Subduing Blade, a magic treasure connected to Night Dragon Island. After warning Tian Xingfu about the danger and advising his family to stay in Tianxing City, Luo Hong departed with Ice Phoenix.

• Liu Xinjing recognized Zhuo Bufan and recalled that he had once saved her, while Tian Xingfu revealed that True Lord Skyfire had ordered him to wait one hundred years and give Zhuo Bufan an item only after he reached the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Tian Sishao recognized Zhuo Bufan's Nascent Soul aura, and Tian Xingfu unearthed a jade box hidden inside a purple wooden boulder beneath a courtyard tree.
• Luo Hong opened the jade box and suppressed the dazzling silver light from the Silver Dagger inside.
• Tian Xingfu identified the dagger as likely being the Dragon Subduing Blade, True Lord Skyfire's secret final magic treasure.
• Luo Hong connected the blade to Night Dragon Island and past attempts to interfere with True Lord Skyfire, then decided to investigate the matter.
• Luo Hong gave Tian Xingfu two pills to aid his Core Formation, gave Tian Sishao a magic artifact, warned the family to stay in Tianxing City, and departed with Ice Phoenix.

After leaving Star Palace, Luo Hong exposed and killed an Inverse Star Alliance spy on Silver Shark Island, then led Ice Phoenix and Old Demon Han toward Biling Island. They arrived at the island’s demon-controlled mines, where the Jade Flood Dragon and the Inverse Star Alliance forces realized that three Human Race Nascent Soul Late-stage Cultivators had descended.

• The Twin Saints of Tianxing used Ling Yuling’s appearance at the banquet to imply that Luo Hong was her chosen partner, while Wen Qing and Ling Xiaofeng told her to wait for a chance to win him over.
• Luo Hong arrived on Silver Shark Island, silenced a hostile crowd, and identified He Yuan as a spy from Six Extremes Hall working for the Inverse Star Alliance.
• Luo Hong killed He Yuan with Qing Feng’s help and learned that He Yuan had been sent to investigate Star Palace after signs of Void Sky Hall’s appearance and unusual deployments stirred Old Demon of Six Extremes’s suspicions.
• Luo Hong, Ice Phoenix, and Old Demon Han flew north toward Biling Island, ignoring its Defensive Great Formation.
• At Biling Island’s mining region, the Jade Flood Dragon and a short, stout Demonic Cultivator panicked upon sensing the three arriving Human Race Nascent Soul Late-stage Cultivators.

Luo Hong arrived at Biling Island and ordered everyone except Star Palace cultivators to leave within one shichen, prompting the Inverse Star Alliance and demon clan to prepare for a fight. While they awaited reinforcements, Luo Hong explained to Han Li and Ice Phoenix how completing the Five Elements Spiritual Roots could help cultivators reach Deity Transformation and Void Refinement.

• Tang Kun gathered the Inverse Star Alliance’s Nascent Soul cultivators, learned that Star Palace’s activity on Biling Island was abnormal, and ordered the Azure Sea Surging Wave Great Formation activated.
• Lu Zhengyi ordered Star Palace disciples to hide in the mine tunnels while Du Changkong stayed to watch Luo Hong arrive.
• Luo Hong demanded that everyone except Star Palace cultivators leave Biling Island within one shichen and claimed the island as his dojo.
• Tang Kun ordered the Inverse Star Alliance to hold the island until Six Paths Extreme Saint could teleport over, while Jade Flood Dragon rallied the demon cultivators and had Poison Toad blow the Heart-Bewitching Conch.
• Luo Hong discussed the Deity Transformation bottleneck and the importance of unifying the Five Elements with Han Li and Ice Phoenix.

Luo Hong sent the Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion to attack the demon cultivators on Biling Island while Qing Feng went after the Inverse Star Alliance. The scorpion devoured its way through the demons’ defenses, and Yu Jiao’s attempt to seal it in jade ended with its tails breaking free and releasing purple mist.

• Luo Hong released the recovered Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion to attack the demons and sent Qing Feng to deal with the Inverse Star Alliance cultivators.
• The scorpion’s roar turned the gathered low-level Sea Demons into blood mist, leaving Yu Jiao and four demon cultivators temporarily unable to move.
• The demon cultivators tested the scorpion’s limits, then attacked while it devoured the surviving beasts and corpses.
• The short and stout demon cultivator bound the scorpion’s tails as the Short-horned Green Snake, Black-feathered Giant Eagle, and Molten Giant Turtle struck, but the scorpion shrugged off their attacks and killed the Short-horned Green Snake.
• Yu Jiao used her Flood Dragon Flame to encase half the scorpion in white jade, but its tails shattered the Golden Rings and released thick purple mist.

The Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion defeated the demons guarding the mining area and spared the Jade Flood Dragon from being eaten only after deciding she should become a jade bracelet. Meanwhile, Qing Feng infiltrated the Inverse Star Alliance formation, possessed Pang, and then took over Fairy Dong’s body, leaving Tang Kun and the Grey Robed Old Man facing his curse.

• The Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion killed the Short and Stout Demonic Cultivator and tore out the Molten Giant Turtle’s Demon Heart.
• The Jade Flood Dragon begged to be spared, and the Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion transformed into a Purple-clothed Girl and ordered her to become a jade bracelet.
• Tang Kun and the other Inverse Star Alliance cultivators heard the battle at the demon mining area while remaining inside the Azure Sea Surging Wave Great Formation.
• Qing Feng revealed that he had devoured Pang’s Nascent Soul and possessed his body, then attacked Fairy Dong when she tried to capture him.
• Qing Feng entered Fairy Dong’s dantian and took over her body after she was wounded by the Blood Demon Slash.
• Qing Feng taunted Tang Kun and the Grey Robed Old Man, then unleashed a Curse Art.

Qing Feng killed the Grey Robed Old Man with a Curse Art, while Luo Hong learned more about A Zi’s human form and evolving potent poison. After Star Palace assigned Lu Zhengyi to manage Biling Island, Luo Hong went to meet the approaching Golden Flood Dragon King and two demons from his past, setting up a confrontation.

• Qing Feng used a Shocking Curse to kill the Grey Robed Old Man’s Physical Body, and the man’s Nascent Soul fled toward Tang Kun.
• Luo Hong named the transformed Twin-tailed Purple Crystal Scorpion Luo Zi, or A Zi, and considered how her potent poison could erode matter and aid his Nuclear Spirit Ascension research.
• Lu Zhengyi arrived with Du Changkong and agreed that Star Palace would manage Biling Island under Luo Hong’s conditions.
• Luo Hong sensed the Golden Flood Dragon King approaching and flew out to confront him, telling Han Li that the encounter was his opportunity to obtain materials for the Pill Spiritual Root.
• The Golden Flood Dragon King and his companions discussed the human attack on Biling Island before Luo Hong appeared; Luo Hong recognized the silver-crowned Nine-Wind-Splitting Beast and the Black-robed Big Man as old enemies.

Luo Hong confronted the Golden Flood Dragon King to seize his Demon Core, overpowering him and Feng Xi in battle. He killed Feng Xi, beheaded the Golden Flood Dragon King, and captured the king’s primordial spirit to search for the Dragon Scale Fruit’s location.

• Feng Xi recognized Luo Hong as the cultivator who had killed the Golden Flood Dragon King’s grandson, and the king challenged Luo Hong after misunderstanding why he had come.
• Luo Hong demanded the Golden Flood Dragon King’s Demon Core, stole his Golden Spear, broke his claw, and took his Golden Scale Small Shield while repelling Feng Xi and the turtle demon.
• The Golden Flood Dragon King used the Three Brahma Divine Art and attacked Luo Hong, but Luo Hong struck him with the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand and drove him into the sea.
• Feng Xi attacked Luo Hong from behind and was cut into pieces by the Divine Edge Shadowless Swords.
• Luo Hong used the Boundless Sea Suppressing Art to force the Golden Flood Dragon King out of the sea, then beheaded him with the Divine Edge Shadowless Swords.
• Luo Hong blasted the fleeing Golden Flood Dragon King’s primordial spirit out of the void and sealed it in a Soul Gathering Bottle for a Soul Search.

Qing Feng failed to ambush Six Paths Extreme Saint, who canceled his transmission after seeing Luo Hong kill the Golden Flood Dragon King and warned the Inverse Star Alliance about the new power on Biling Island. Back on the island, Luo Hong gave Han Li the Golden Flood Dragon Core and enlisted him to cultivate Dragon Scale Fruits, leaving the Star Palace to process the dragon’s corpse.

• Qing Feng waited by the damaged Teleportation Array to ambush Six Paths Extreme Saint, but Six Paths canceled his transmission after witnessing the Golden Flood Dragon King’s death, and Qing Feng followed Luo Hong’s aura.
• Six Paths Extreme Saint told the Inverse Star Alliance elders that their High-grade Spirit Stone allocations were canceled and arranged for Old Demon White Bone to investigate Luo Hong.
• Luo Hong returned to Biling Island carrying the unconscious Black Armored Big Man and gave Han Li the Level Ten Golden Flood Dragon Core.
• Luo Hong told Han Li about the Dragon Scale Fruit tree and its transplantation method, and Han Li agreed to cultivate the fruits and share them.
• Luo Hong asked Lu Zhengyi to have Star Palace disciples process the Golden Flood Dragon King’s corpse, allowing the palace to keep everything except its scales and bones.