Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong arrived at Blood Kill Sect to punish the men who had harmed his disciple and seized Yellow Maple Valley’s Spirit Island, while Old Demon Hehuan and Supreme Yang Venerable investigated the Tuwu people’s unexplained withdrawal. The chapter ended with Luo Hong overpowering Old Demon Hehuan’s divine ability and capturing him in the Five-Colored Giant Palm.

• Supreme Yang Venerable told Old Demon Hehuan that the Tuwu people had withdrawn, and the two grew suspicious after learning Wei Wuya had left the front lines for Flowing Mind Sect.
• Luo Hong appeared inside Blood Kill Sect’s protected peak and attacked Second Lang Brother for injuring Fan Mengyi, using five demonic heads to drain his life force.
• Old Demon Hehuan asked Luo Hong to spare the Three Lang Brothers and promised to withdraw Blood Kill Sect from the Spirit Island, but Luo Hong vowed to kill the sect’s Cultivators at Core Formation or above.
• Supreme Yang Venerable threatened to intervene for the sake of the greater situation, and Old Demon Hehuan realized Luo Hong might be connected to the Tuwu people’s withdrawal.
• Luo Hong unleashed a Five-Colored Giant Palm that swallowed Old Demon Hehuan’s Primordial Two Qi Bead, pursued him with Teleportation, and seized his Physical Body.

Luo Hong annihilated Old Demon Hehuan, the Three Lang Brothers, and Supreme Yang Venerable after they participated in seizing Yellow Maple Valley’s Spirit Island. His return as a Deity Transformation Cultivator shook Southern Sky, and the sects began preparing for his ceremony while the story left Taizhen Sect and Joyous Union Sect retreating behind closed gates.

• Luo Hong crushed Old Demon Hehuan and the fleeing Three Lang Brothers after they tried to escape.
• Luo Hong defeated Supreme Yang Venerable, took the True Yang Treasure Wheel for Fan Mengyi, and killed him with Spiritual Sense Crystallization.
• Luo Hong destroyed the primordial spirits of nearly every Core Formation cultivator in the Blood Kill Sect before flying back to Yellow Maple Valley.
• Taizhen Sect and Joyous Union Sect discovered that Supreme Yang Venerable and Old Demon Hehuan had died, throwing Southern Sky into turmoil.
• Wei Wuya announced Luo Hong’s Deity Transformation and invited Southern Sky’s sects to his ceremony, prompting the major factions to offer congratulations.
• Taizhen Sect and Joyous Union Sect eventually sent invitations but sealed their mountain gates, while Ghost Spirit Sect eagerly supported Luo Hong.

After reuniting with Yu Ruoxi, Luo Hong prepared a grand Deity Transformation Ceremony to reassure the Southern Sky Cultivation World and strengthen Yellow Maple Valley. As the guests waited at Mist Mountain, True Person Qihuang stirred suspicion toward Luo Hong, and a violent fluctuation of spiritual qi erupted from Hua Shen Peak.

• Luo Hong summoned Yellow Maple Valley’s cultivators, rewarded them with Spirit Stones, and appointed Xiao Cui'er to oversee the ceremony and rebuild the sect’s mountain gate on the overseas Spirit Island.
• Nearly three months later, Xiao Cui'er hosted high-level cultivators from across Southern Sky at Mist Mountain for Luo Hong’s Deity Transformation Ceremony.
• Old Demon Yun Lu and Dong Xuan'er attended for the Ghost Spirit Sect, while Yun Lu warned her that their sect hoped to ease tensions with Luo Hong.
• True Person Qihuang arrived, criticized Luo Hong for not appearing, and spread unease among the guests; Old Demon Yun Lu recognized that he was seeking revenge for Supreme Yang Venerable.
• After Luo Hong and Yu Ruoxi remained absent for more than half a day, a violent fluctuation of spiritual qi came from Hua Shen Peak.

Luo Hong manifested a colossal five-colored dharma body and delivered a three-day lecture on cultivation, astonishing the gathered sect leaders with practical guidance from Qi Refining through Deity Transformation. Afterward, he returned to Hua Shen Peak, where Xiao Cui'er reported three groups requesting audiences, and Yu Ruoxi pressed her to identify the third visitor.

• Luo Hong formed a giant five-colored dharma body that shook Mist Mountain and commanded the cultivators’ attention.
• Luo Hong explained his cultivation methods and detailed ways to overcome bottlenecks across the realms, including the trials of Nascent Soul formation and advancement to Deity Transformation.
• Dong Xuan'er and Old Demon Yun Lu recognized the value of Luo Hong’s teachings, while True Person Qihuang struggled with whether to bring them back to Taizhen Sect.
• Luo Hong ended the lecture after three days, dispersed the giant, and returned to Hua Shen Peak to rest with Yu Ruoxi.
• Xiao Cui'er reported that Yan Ruyan, Old Demon Yun Lu and Dong Xuan'er, and a third visitor wanted to meet Luo Hong; Yu Ruoxi asked who the third person was.

Luo Hong received guests from the Joyous Union Sect, Imperial Spirit Sect, and Ghost Spirit Sect, resolving Dong Xuan’er’s Heart Demon temporarily and giving Han Yunzhi treasures to aid her Nascent Soul breakthrough. The chapter ended with Yan Li appearing in a weakened state and revealing that she had told Yan Ruyan about the Netherworld.

• Luo Hong agreed to let the Joyous Union Sect settle its past conflict with Yellow Maple Valley by dealing with those responsible, and he temporarily suppressed Dong Xuan’er’s Heart Demon.
• Luo Hong learned that Han Yunzhi was preparing for Nascent Soul Formation and gave her an Ancient Treasure, Soul Nurturing Pills, and a Skyward Pill.
• Yan Ruyan interrupted Luo Hong’s meeting with Han Yunzhi and asked whether he knew a female cultivator surnamed Yan.
• Yan Ruyan revealed Yan Li through a wooden box, and Luo Hong confirmed she was alive but badly injured.
• Yan Li told Luo Hong that she had informed Yan Ruyan about the Netherworld and asked him to forgive her for repaying Yan Ruyan’s help.

Luo Hong negotiated with Ghost Spirit Sect over access to the Netherworld, then arranged his and Yu Ruoxi’s cultivation before withdrawing from public view. After 182 years of preparations, he successfully refined the Five-Colored Peacock heartblood and manifested its Dharma pattern.

• Luo Hong allowed Ghost Spirit Sect to raise ghosts in the Netherworld in exchange for sixty percent of their harvest for two hundred years, and warned Yan Ruyan to resolve Wang Chan’s feud with Han Li.
• Luo Hong gave Yu Ruoxi a Dual Cultivation secret art and urged her to cultivate toward Deity Transformation so they could ascend to Spirit World together.
• Luo Hong’s teachings inspired breakthroughs across Southern Sky, while competition for cultivation resources sparked conflicts that the major sects contained.
• Yu Ruoxi advanced to Nascent Soul Late-stage after sixty years, and Yellow Maple Valley’s Core Formation guardians spent a hundred years placing black stones into Spatial Nodes.
• After 182 years, Luo Hong refined the Five-Colored Peacock heartblood and formed a lifelike Five-Colored Peacock pattern on his chest.

After refining the Five-Colored Peacock’s true blood, Luo Hong recovered and refined the Spirit Pearl, then learned from Silver Fairy how to make it into a Boundary-Setting Pearl. He traveled to the Spatial Node in Demon Fall Valley to prepare for his departure to the Spirit World, where Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou arrived seeking an explanation of the ascension method.

• Luo Hong visited Yellow Maple Valley, saw Fan Mengyi sparring with Wang Qingqing, and reflected on leaving his disciples and the Mortal World.
• At the Demon Feeding Tower, Luo Hong used the Universe Pearl to pull the Spirit Pearl out of its Universe Space and fully refined it, but decided not to fuse it into his Natal Spiritual Treasure.
• Silver Fairy taught Luo Hong the secret technique for refining a Boundary-Setting Pearl from the Spirit Pearl, which could help him locate the Mortal World and return in the future.
• Luo Hong flew to the Spatial Node in Demon Fall Valley, dismissed the three Yellow Maple Valley guards, removed the node’s restrictions, and placed six Flying Immortal Stones in the formation.
• Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou arrived, and Bai Yunzhou demanded to know the details of the ascension method before proceeding.

Luo Hong connected the Flying Immortal Stones to a Spatial Node, securing an ascension route for himself, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou, who planned to depart in ten years. He told Yu Ruoxi how to maintain the route and began crafting a Natal Soul Lamp with the Boundary-Setting Pearl, whose space net started to move like a living thing.

• Luo Hong activated the Flying Immortal Stone array, and a response from the Spirit World linked the Spatial Node to Sky Abyss City.
• Luo Hong explained that the connection was stable, though each Flying Immortal Stone would be consumed when used for ascension.
• Bai Yunzhou left to settle his sect’s affairs and agreed to return in ten years, while Xiang Zhili went with him; Luo Hong spent half a year securing the site with arrays.
• Luo Hong visited Yu Ruoxi and gave her the Restriction Token and Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc so she could maintain the ascension route after he left.
• Luo Hong began making a Natal Soul Lamp using the Boundary-Setting Pearl, and the resulting black Space Net expanded and began contracting and expanding like a living creature.

Luo Hong and Yu Ruoxi prepared for ascension, and Luo Hong left the Mortal World with Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou. He arrived in the Spirit World, where the cultivators guarding the Spirit Ascension Platform reacted to the arrival of three ascended cultivators.

• Luo Hong finished refining the Boundary-Setting Pearl and soul fire, then spent the next ten years traveling through the Mortal World with Yu Ruoxi.
• Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou gathered at Demon Fall Valley, and Yu Ruoxi activated the Flying Immortal Stones with the Water-Fire Eight Trigrams Disc.
• After the three men ascended, Yu Ruoxi returned to her cave residence and began cultivating with the pills Luo Hong had left for her.
• At Sky Abyss City, Miao and Xuan Kongzi sensed a disturbance at the Spirit Ascension Platform and learned that three cultivators were ascending from the Mortal World.
• Luo Hong arrived in the Spirit World, saw Three Suns and Four Moons overhead, and declared that he had reached the Spirit World.

Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou arrived in Sky Abyss City and learned about the dangers facing Ascended Cultivators and the limits of Spirit World talisman arts. Xuan Kongzi challenged Luo Hong to complete a torn talisman after Luo questioned his attempt to trade it, leaving their exchange tense.

• Xuan Kongzi and the Beautiful Woman in Black welcomed Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou to a pavilion and learned their Mortal World lineages.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Ascended Cultivators needed Dust-Extinguishing Pills to suppress their Otherworldly Aura, and Bai Yunzhou planned to contact Taiyi Sect for support.
• The Beautiful Woman in Black described possible posts in Sky Abyss City, while Xuan Kongzi showed Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou high-grade Spirit Talismans and offered to trade them.
• Xuan Kongzi explained the three realms of Talisman Dao, and Luo Hong recognized the Spirit Talismans as based on techniques he already understood.
• Xuan Kongzi presented Luo Hong with a treasured torn talisman, and Luo Hong questioned whether he was expected to complete it; Xuan Kongzi challenged him to do so.

Luo Hong restored Xuan Kongzi’s torn talisman into a Treasure Talisman, then planned to earn Dust-Extinguishing Pills by serving as an Azure Nether Guard with Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou. Ying Ming reported that True Lord Wentian’s true body was more than three years away in the dangerous Wilds, leaving Luo Hong to consider how to reach it.

• Luo Hong restored Xuan Kongzi’s Azure Armored Strength Talisman, impressing Xuan Kongzi and winning the wagered Treasure Talisman.
• The Beautiful Woman in Black tried to charm Luo Hong, but his powerful primordial spirit rebuffed her technique.
• Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou settled into the Spirit Ascension Hall and agreed to seek Azure Nether Guard assignments together to earn Dust-Extinguishing Pills.
• Ying Ming emerged from Luo Hong’s Jade Token and revealed that True Lord Wentian’s true body lay far to the east, more than three years away in the Wilds.

Luo Hong and his companions learned about their duties as Azure Nether Guards and went to choose cave abodes in Sky Abyss City. At the Jade Palace Pavilion, they decided to compete for Spiritual Land at Cui Long Mountain, while Luo Hong claimed the easternmost plot near Qionglai Mountain for his own plans.

• Ying Ming told Luo Hong that her master's split soul would remain dormant for up to a hundred years and that he had three hundred years to find the master's true body; Luo Hong promised to handle it and asked Ying Ming to stay hidden.
• A Void Refinement cultivator named Meng met Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou, accepted Bai Yunzhou as an outer disciple of Taiyi Sect, and gave the three permission to move freely through most of the Spirit Ascension Hall.
• Luo Hong, Xiang Zhili, and Bai Yunzhou read the instructions for serving as Azure Nether Guards and went to the Jade Palace Pavilion to choose Spiritual Land.
• A bright-eyed maidservant explained that Cui Long Mountain had the richest Spiritual Qi but fierce competition, while Qionglai Mountain offered poor Spiritual Qi and few competitors.
• Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou agreed to compete for the newly vacant Spiritual Land at Cui Long Mountain, and Luo Hong joined them, asking for the easternmost plot closest to Qionglai Mountain.

Luo Hong, Bai Yunzhou, and Xiang Zhili selected spirit lands at Cui Long Mountain and learned the rules for the contest. After they left, Senior Jiao advised Xiao to target Luo Hong, then lent him a Heart-Concealing Mask after recognizing Luo Hong’s hidden strength.

• Luo Hong, Bai Yunzhou, and Xiang Zhili chose three spirit lands at Cui Long Mountain, drawing attention from the other Deity Transformation Cultivators.
• The Purple Robe Big Man announced that the contest would begin at Guangwu Pavilion three days later and warned that any means were allowed within the restrictions.
• Most cultivators avoided Cui Long Mountain’s contested spirit lands, while the Yellow-robed Woman stayed with Xiao and Senior Jiao until the pavilion closed.
• The Yellow-robed Woman said she would rely on Xiao in the contest, and Senior Jiao suggested that Xiao target Luo Hong.
• Xiao said Luo Hong made him uncomfortable and asked to choose another spirit land, prompting Senior Jiao to lend him a Heart-Concealing Mask and explain that Luo Hong’s divine sense far exceeded his cultivation.
• The Yellow-robed Woman was startled by Luo Hong’s strength and questioned why they were still choosing his spirit land.

Luo Hong entered Black Flame Tower to seek contact with the Black Phoenix Tribe, then joined its grand auction and gauged the value of Spirit World treasures. The auction’s finale was revealed as a jade slip containing the original cultivation method for the Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle, and Luo Hong prepared to bid if it was an orthodox Five Elements method.

• The Purple Robe Big Man rebuked the Yellow-robed Woman for favoring Luo Hong’s spirit land, and she registered to compete for it.
• Luo Hong noticed that two more competitors had appeared for his chosen spirit land, then entered Black Flame Tower and paid to attend its auction.
• A Green Feathered Demonic Cultivator gave Luo Hong a Light-Blocking Pendant and led him through a teleportation formation into the auction venue.
• Luo Hong watched the Miyxin Furnace and other treasures sell at high prices while considering Spirit World cultivation methods and auction values.
• The Black Phoenix Clan female cultivator announced an Integration Late-stage senior’s cultivation method as the finale item and revealed that it contained the original Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle method and part of the Yin Yang Transformation Ultimate Art.

Luo Hong won the Yin Yang Transformation Ultimate Art at Black Flame Tower, then revealed his identity as a newly assigned Black Phoenix Envoy and followed Xiao Hong into the inner tower. Meanwhile, the Long Family’s bait drew notice, and Xu Feng sought an audience with a powerful figure at Alien Spirit Hall.

• Luo Hong recognized the jade slip’s cultivation art as the Yin Yang Transformation Ultimate Art and suspected the Long Family had put it up as bait.
• Luo Hong outbid a Void Refinement Cultivator with thirty-five million Spirit Stones and obtained the jade slip.
• Luo Hong rewarded the Green Feathered Demonic Cultivator with three extra High-grade Spirit Stones and stayed behind after the auction to meet Xiao Hong.
• Luo Hong showed Xiao Hong the Black Phoenix Envoy secret talisman, and she agreed to take him into Black Flame Tower’s inner tower.
• The Long Family Head learned that Master Chi had auctioned the jade slip but ordered him not to investigate Luo Hong.
• Xu Feng knelt outside a secluded room in Alien Spirit Hall, where a powerful man demanded a satisfactory explanation for his visit.

Xu Feng reported that Luo Hong threatened his mission, and his hidden master ordered him to kill Luo Hong during the spiritual land contest. Meanwhile, Luo Hong joined the Black Phoenix Envoys, traded Xiao Hong a large supply of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Jade, and left under an ancestor’s personal order despite her suspicions.

• Xu Feng told his hidden master that Luo Hong’s presence endangered his mission, and the master gave him a treasure and ordered him to kill Luo Hong at the spiritual land contest.
• Xiao Hong gave Luo Hong a Black Phoenix Token and explained how he could inspect the envoy rankings, exchange catalogue, and bounties.
• Luo Hong learned that the Black Phoenix Clan needed Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Jade to help its members advance to Void Refinement.
• Luo Hong exchanged twelve hundred pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Jade with Xiao Hong for Contribution Points, earning her gratitude and a promised favor.
• After Luo Hong left, Xiao Hong told two stationed envoys that his secret talisman warned them not to entrust him with major clan affairs but carried the Ancestor’s Personal Order.

Luo Hong attended the battle for the spirit land in a hidden Secret Realm and watched the first duel between the White-robed Youth and the Cultivator surnamed Xiao. The Cultivator surnamed Xiao unleashed a powerful wind attack, but the White-robed Youth stopped it with his transformed body as the battle remained unresolved.

• Xiao Hong decided to keep the Black Phoenix Demon King's warning about Luo Hong secret and planned to ask the Ancestor before taking action.
• Luo Hong reached Guangwu Pavilion and joined four other cultivators competing for spirit land, including the yellow-robed woman and the late-arriving Cultivator surnamed Xiao.
• The scar-faced Ban led the contestants into a Secret Realm and drew lots, pairing the White-robed Youth against the Cultivator surnamed Xiao in the first battle.
• The White-robed Youth released Golden Spirit Bugs and attacked with blood blades, while the Cultivator surnamed Xiao blocked his strike with a golden dharma wheel and gathered wind power with an azure banner.
• The Cultivator surnamed Xiao summoned a massive azure Green Flood Dragon Claw, but the White-robed Youth transformed into a golden-armored giant and halted its descent despite being wounded.

Luo Hong defeated the White-browed Old Man with his powerful primordial spirit and swift sword technique, then recognized signs that the remaining contests were being rigged in the Yellow-robed Woman’s favor. The second round began with her receiving a suspicious bye, giving Luo Hong another reason to claim the spiritual land.

• The Cultivator surnamed Xiao defeated Bai with the Azure Heavens Divine Wind, then stopped his attack when Bai conceded.
• Luo Hong ignored the White-browed Old Man’s demand that he surrender and defeated him with the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand and Divine Edge Shadowless Sword.
• The White-browed Old Man conceded and left, while the others reacted with surprise at Luo Hong’s primordial spirit cultivation.
• The Yellow-robed Woman defeated the Scholar-robed Fatty in a fight Luo Hong recognized as staged, then received the second-round bye.
• Luo Hong suspected the contest was rigged and resolved to seize the spiritual land, thinking of testing the Azure Heavens Divine Wind with his Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire.

Luo Hong fought Cultivator surnamed Xiao, who used several spirit treasures and deadly attacks to test Luo Hong’s hidden abilities and try to kill him. Luo Hong bypassed Xiao’s gray shield and pierced his dantian, sending Qing Feng inside.

• Luo Hong used the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand and Soul-Snatching Demonic Needles, but Cultivator surnamed Xiao blocked them with a mask that protected his primordial spirit.
• Cultivator surnamed Xiao slowed Luo Hong’s assault by self-destructing his Golden Wheel Magic Treasure, then unleashed the Azure Heavens Divine Wind with his Green-faced Great Banner.
• Luo Hong summoned the Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire, whose Blue-white Fire Wolf destroyed Xiao’s Azure Nether Blades and shattered his Formation Plate magic treasure.
• Cultivator surnamed Xiao used a gray bottle-shaped shield to resist the fire wolf and revealed that he was willing to sacrifice blood essence to wield the powerful Great Five Elements World-Purifying Bottle.
• Luo Hong realized Cultivator surnamed Xiao intended to kill him and asked who was behind the attack, but Xiao refused to explain and prepared another strike.
• Luo Hong vanished through the gray light shield, appeared behind Cultivator surnamed Xiao, pierced his dantian, and sent Qing Feng into him.

Luo Hong defeated the Xiao cultivator, exposed his true identity as a Spirit Race spy, and forced him to begin answering questions. After recovering in his residence, Luo Hong learned the spy’s name was Xu Feng.

• Luo Hong used his Five-Colored Peacock Dharma Idol to weaken the Xiao cultivator’s Nascent Soul, allowing Qing Feng to devour it, but Qing Feng found that the man’s memories after three hundred years ago were missing.
• Luo Hong discovered an azure figure hiding inside the Green-faced Great Banner, captured it with the Great Five Elements Magnetic Light, and restored control of the Xiao cultivator’s puppet body.
• Luo Hong defeated the Xiao cultivator in the spirit land contest, received the Emerald Cascade token from the Scar-faced Cultivator, and watched the injured Xiao cultivator and Yellow-robed Woman leave.
• Luo Hong returned to his residence, recovered his magic power, and met the Xiao cultivator there a day later.
• Luo Hong identified the Xiao cultivator as a Spirit General of the Artifact Spirit Race and pressured him with the threat of exposing his accomplices.
• The Xiao cultivator revealed that his true name was Xu Feng and that he was a Mid-level Spirit General of the Spirit Race.