Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong reflected on his stalled cultivation art and decided to pursue a way to interpret the Golden Que Jade Book by making a name for himself in the Talisman Dao. After meeting Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou, he revealed he had received forty years of leave and planned to use it to improve his cultivation.

• Luo Hong recalled that the Yin Yang Transformation Ultimate Art was too incomplete to help him finish his cultivation art, while the Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle had strengthened his Five-Colored Giant Spear.
• Luo Hong considered the Golden Que Jade Book a promising reference for his Great Five Elements Universal Saintly Art but concluded that deciphering its Golden Seal Script would take too long.
• Luo Hong realized he might obtain a script-interpretation method through the Black Phoenix Clan, but would first need to establish a reputation in the Talisman Dao.
• Luo Hong met Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou near Cui Long Mountain, and they expressed relief that he had returned safely.
• Luo Hong told Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou that Spirit Inquiry Compensation gave him forty years free from patrol duty, and he left to enter seclusion and improve his cultivation.

After returning to his cave abode, Luo Hong discovered that arranging Primordial Spirit Particles into Five Elements Rings greatly reduced their repulsion and improved his cultivation efficiency. When his forty years of leave ended, True Person Kong attacked Luo Hong’s spirit land to demand an explanation for his disciple’s death, and Luo Hong answered with a powerful treasure talisman.

• Luo Hong ate a Purple Ginseng Fruit and discovered that its Primordial Spirit Particles dispersed more slowly than ordinary ones.
• Luo Hong arranged Primordial Spirit Particles in his Nascent Soul into Five Elements Rings, reducing their repulsion and speeding his cultivation.
• Luo Hong recorded his findings, refined a Purple Ginseng Fruit pill, and spent the following years cultivating toward Spirit Transformation Mid-stage.
• True Person Kong attacked Luo Hong’s spirit land, while Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou confronted him and protested his disregard for Sky Abyss City’s rules.
• Luo Hong denied responsibility for Daoist Wang’s death and countered True Person Kong’s attack with a Green Thunder Sword formed from a treasure talisman.
• True Person Kong used a Three-legged Cauldron to withstand Luo Hong’s strike and declared that the talisman would not drive him away.

Luo Hong faced True Person Kong’s coercion and learned that the Long Family wanted him to handle an undisclosed matter. After refusing Kong’s threats and inadequate offers, Luo received a Blood-Red Token ordering him to gather at True Dragon Pavilion in three months.

• Luo Hong revealed that his Azure Calamity Lightning Sword Talismans contained calamity lightning, making True Person Kong hesitate to continue their fight.
• Duan Jintong arrived, warned Luo Hong that pursuing Kong through the Law Enforcement Hall would achieve little, and advised him to hear Kong out.
• Luo Hong let True Person Kong into his formation, where Kong offered Dust-Extinguishing Pills and admitted he wanted Luo to do something for him on the Long Family’s behalf.
• Luo Hong refused to agree without learning the task and demanded better compensation, while True Person Kong threatened him and produced more pills and high-grade spirit materials.
• True Person Kong left a Blood-Red Token and ordered Luo Hong to gather at True Dragon Pavilion in three months, but still did not explain the task.

Luo Hong left Senior Kong’s cave after refusing to be intimidated, then visited Black Flame Tower to trade treasure talismans for Contribution Points and seek techniques for interpreting Silver Tadpole Script and Golden Seal Script. Xiao Hong agreed to submit his application but became suspicious after he asked about the Long Family’s plans, and ordered an investigation into potential Talisman Dao candidates.

• Luo Hong declined Xiang Zhili and Bai Yunzhou’s offer to confront Senior Kong, explained that Kong had tried to force him into working for the Long Family, and revealed that he had reached Spirit Transformation Mid-stage.
• Xiao Hong met with eight Black Phoenix Envoys and learned that the Long Family was preparing for the Dragon Blood Trial, while human cultivators were too wary to cooperate with them.
• Luo Hong arrived at Black Flame Tower and asked Xiao Hong to apply for techniques to interpret Silver Tadpole Script and Golden Seal Script.
• Luo Hong showed Xiao Hong the treasure talismans he had refined and traded five of them for Contribution Points; Xiao Hong agreed to submit his application.
• Luo Hong casually asked whether the clan knew of the Long Family’s unusual movements, prompting Xiao Hong to order two Black Phoenix Envoys to investigate candidates proficient in the Talisman Dao.

Luo Hong killed Xu Feng after the Spirit Race spy sought his help escaping Sky Abyss City, then met Bai Shou and agreed to travel with him and three companions to Qionglai Mountain. Qiu Wannian revealed that his spirit land was the largest tract there, giving Luo Hong a possible route to his own plans.

• Luo Hong accepted Xu Feng’s summons to Orchid Fragrance Pavilion, where Xu Feng explained that Spirit Race spies had been captured after he tried to contact a clanmate.
• After confirming Xu Feng’s account through Qing Feng, Luo Hong judged him no longer useful, took him to the Jade Residence, and destroyed his body and primordial spirit.
• Luo Hong returned to the pavilion and encountered Bai Shou with Qiu Wannian and two other Deity Transformation Cultivators; Bai thanked him for saving his life and invited him to travel to his cave abode.
• Luo Hong accepted Bai Shou’s invitation, and the group boarded Qiu Wannian’s spirit boat for Qionglai Mountain after paying Luo Hong’s bill.
• Qiu Wannian said his spirit land was the largest tract on Qionglai Mountain, and Luo Hong privately formed a suspicion.

Luo Hong visited Bai Shou, accepted the Heavenly Fiend Mad Armor, and was invited to help Qiu Wannian, Xu Yueying, and Mo Buping deal with a fiend sealed in an ancient secret realm. He agreed to consider the dangerous venture and promised to answer within five days.

• Bai Shou gave Luo Hong the Heavenly Fiend Mad Armor, explaining that only someone with immense sha qi could hope to master it.
• Qiu Wannian asked Bai Shou to help with a secret matter, but Bai Shou said he was occupied and suggested asking Luo Hong instead.
• After Luo Hong swore a Heart Demon Oath, Qiu Wannian revealed that the group had found a sealed secret realm imprisoning an ancient fiend.
• Mo Buping and Xu Yueying explained that the fiend had an exceptionally tough Dharma Body and asked Luo Hong to strike it at a critical moment.
• Luo Hong asked how the gains would be divided, accepted the proposed second choice of spiritual items, and said he would give Qiu Wannian an answer within five days.

Qiu Wannian, Xu Yueying, and Mo Buping weighed the risks of recruiting Luo Hong to explore the Sealed Secret Realm, while Luo Hong recognized it as the site containing the Jade Bone Human Demon. As the five days passed, Luo Hong learned that the Heavenly Fiend Mad Armor was an ancient Evil Dragon Clan treasure and began refining it.

• Xu Yueying worried that Luo Hong would reject their invitation, while Qiu Wannian and Mo Buping debated whether their Thunder Strike could protect them from the demonic creature.
• Mo Buping revealed that Thousand Treasures Venerable had created the Secret Realm to contain himself if his attempt to cultivate demonic arts turned him into a monster, and warned that the creature might possess refined spirit treasures.
• Qiu Wannian and Mo Buping agreed not to tell Luo Hong about the possibility of spirit treasures, though Xu Yueying questioned withholding the warning.
• Luo Hong deduced that the Secret Realm held the Jade Bone Human Demon and decided to accept the invitation, confident he could handle the danger.
• Luo Hong easily imprinted the Heavenly Fiend Mad Armor, and Silver Fairy identified it as the Evil Dragon Clan's natal battle armor and explained that Heavenly Sha strengthened its defense.
• Luo Hong began refining the armor during the five days he had asked to consider the expedition, while Silver Fairy said True Dragon blood might one day restore its Origin Power.

Luo Hong agreed to join Qiu Wannian, Xu Yueying, and Mo Buping in exploring the Sealed Secret Realm, then helped open its entrance and entered with them. After the group encountered demonized Jade Claw Cranes, they killed the flock, and Luo Hong showed interest in their poison sacs.

• Luo Hong agreed to help explore the Sealed Secret Realm after Qiu Wannian explained the danger posed by Spirit World tribulations, and he signed Mo Buping's Spirit Contract.
• Qiu Wannian opened the secret realm's entrance at his spirit site, and the four cultivators entered a mist-covered lake beneath seven enormous light balls.
• Xu Yueying used a jade bottle to clear a passage through the white mist, and the group flew toward the place where Thousand Treasures Venerable had fallen.
• A flock of demonized Jade Claw Cranes attacked with corrosive black Water Arrows, damaging Mo Buping's bronze mirror and weakening Xu Yueying's wind barrier.
• Luo Hong, Mo Buping, and Xu Yueying joined forces to kill the Jade Claw Cranes, and Luo Hong examined one of their poison sacs.

Luo Hong and the others entered the Seven Hues Void Severing Great Formation to find the sealed demonic creature. As they approached what appeared to be Thousand Treasures Venerable’s remains, A Zi brought Luo Hong news that confirmed his suspicions.

• Luo Hong collected the black water from the demonized birds, which he considered using as a substitute for a spirit material he needed.
• The group found the Seven Hues Void Severing Great Formation, and Qiu Wannian opened a gap with the Hollow Jade Ball.
• The group entered the formation and saw a quiet floating rock covered with buildings and restrictions.
• Mo Buping lit the Demon Seeking Incense, which led them to a circular plaza and a strange stele resembling a humanoid figure.
• Qiu Wannian concluded that the stele was Thousand Treasures Venerable’s remains and led the group toward it while Luo Hong followed.
• A Zi secretly reached Luo Hong and delivered news that confirmed his foreboding.

Luo Hong and Qiu Wannian’s group attacked the Jade Bone Human Demon, but a Long Family party ambushed them after Mo Buping’s betrayal and a delayed poison took effect. Qiu Wannian unleashed the Seven-Colored Sky Breaking Formation’s space-destroying power, and the chapter ended as the Long Family’s young master used a Dragon-Shaped Jade Pendant to slow the collapse.

• Qiu Wannian, Xu Yueying, and Mo Buping restrained the Jade Bone Human Demon with Buddhist chains and the Wood Spirit Tree while Luo Hong struck it with a Yellow Springs Ghost Hand.
• A hidden attacker hit Luo Hong with crimson flames, and Master Chi, the Green-Robed Elder, and a handsome young man appeared as Mo Buping abandoned Qiu Wannian.
• Mo Buping revealed that he had betrayed Qiu Wannian to seek entry to the Long Family’s Dragon Bestowal Pool, while Master Chi’s group admitted they sought Thousand Treasures Venerable’s treasures.
• The handsome young man revealed that poison from the Demon Seeking Incense had taken effect, and Qiu Wannian and Xu Yueying released the Jade Bone Human Demon before their enemies could kill them.
• Qiu Wannian activated the formation’s space-destroying power, but the Long Family’s young master used a Dragon-Shaped Jade Pendant to slow the seven light spheres’ flickering.

Luo Hong watched the Long Family faction battle the Jade Bone Human Demon, then intervened to save Qiu Wannian and his wife while disguising himself as a demon cultivator named Han Li. He killed Elder Liu and drove the Long Family Youth to flee, leaving Master Chi alone against the Jade Bone Human Demon.

• The Jade Bone Human Demon shattered the Azure Jade Giant Bell with the Glazed Golden Light Hammer, forcing Elder Liu to abandon his pursuit of Xu Yueying.
• The Long Family Youth, Elder Liu, and Master Chi attacked the Jade Bone Human Demon while Mo Buping moved to capture Qiu Wannian and his wife.
• Luo Hong revealed that he had avoided the earlier ambush and decided not to take the Long Family Youth’s True Dragon Blood, but to rescue Qiu Wannian and his wife.
• Luo Hong ambushed Elder Liu, then disguised himself as a Silver Moon Wolf Clan cultivator named Han Li and killed Elder Liu with the Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire.
• Luo Hong used Heavenly Sha Soul-Seizing to frighten the Long Family Youth, who retreated toward the exit as Master Chi struggled against the Jade Bone Human Demon.

Luo Hong suppressed the Jade Bone Human Demon, claimed the Golden Que Jade Book page, and spent days breaking the restriction on the Glazed Golden Light Hammer before emerging from the secret realm. After reuniting with Qiu Wannian and Xu Yueying, he learned that the Long Family’s ambush was tied to his participation in the Dragon Blood Trial.

• Master Chi fled after detonating a spirit treasure, while Qiu Wannian killed Mo Buping with the Heavenly Strike and escaped with Xu Yueying.
• Luo Hong used the Universe Pearl to evade the Jade Bone Human Demon’s Glazed Golden Light Hammer, then trapped the demon with the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand and took the Golden Que Jade Book page.
• Luo Hong searched Thousand Treasures Venerable’s temporary dwelling, gathered spirit materials, and spent more than ten days breaking the restriction linked to the Glazed Golden Light Hammer.
• Qiu Wannian and Xu Yueying chose not to report the incident to the Golden Court Guard, then saw an armored figure leave the secret realm before Luo Hong emerged, exhausted and injured.
• Qiu Wannian invited Luo Hong to recuperate and explained that the Long Family’s attack was also meant to eliminate him because he had taken part in the Dragon Blood Trial.

Qiu Wannian explained the Long Family’s Dragon Blood Trial and its dangers, while Luo Hong learned why outside aides fought fiercely for rewards. After recovering, Luo Hong found Xiao Hong and two Black Phoenix Envoys waiting in his formation, and Xiao Hong used his request for script-deciphering methods to negotiate over a mission.

• Qiu Wannian told Luo Hong that the Dragon Blood Trial forced a generation of Long Family clansmen to surrender much of their True Dragon Bloodline to the Destined Dragon Son, while outside aides competed for rewards such as entry to the Dragon Bestowal Pool.
• Luo Hong realized that the trial’s incentives encouraged outside aides to fight and indirectly helped the Destined Dragon Son, then declined Qiu Wannian’s pill and began recuperating.
• A month later, Luo Hong found Xiao Hong and two other Black Phoenix Envoys had entered his formation, and he recognized Xiao Hong before inviting them into his cave abode.
• Xiao Hong said the Black Phoenix Tower had a mission for Luo Hong, but he refused to join the Dragon Blood Trial and said he did not want to offend the Long Family.
• Xiao Hong revealed that the Black Phoenix Clan had responded to Luo Hong’s request for methods to decipher Silver Tadpole Script and Golden Seal Script, but said the demon-enhanced versions would be difficult to obtain.

Luo Hong negotiated with Xiao Hong over helping the Black Phoenix Tribe, rejecting her offer of an original script interpretation until she promised him three Black Flame Pills. After learning the mission involved extracting True Dragon Blood from a Long Family member, he suspected the Black Phoenix Demon King had authorized it and wondered whether she had noticed him.

• Luo Hong refused Xiao Hong's attempt to secure his help with a better interpretation of the Golden Palace Jade Book, saying he would study the original method instead.
• Xiao Hong offered Luo Hong three Black Flame Pills within thirty years, explaining that she would refine them herself despite the risk of severe injury.
• Luo Hong asked whether Xiao Hong could guarantee the pills' quality, then agreed to hear about the mission after she assured him they would be effective.
• Xiao Hong asked Luo Hong to kill at least one Long Family member during the Dragon Blood Trial and use a deadwood awl to extract some of their dragon blood.
• Xiao Hong revealed that an Integration-stage Black Phoenix had crafted the awl, and Luo Hong suspected the Black Phoenix Demon King sought True Dragon Blood and might have detected his presence.

Luo Hong accepted the Black Phoenix Clan’s mission to obtain True Dragon Blood and negotiated a contract that rewarded him for recovering more, while the Black Phoenix Demon King took a personal interest in him. After studying the Golden Tower Jade Book and beginning a new secret art, Luo Hong headed to the meeting at True Dragon Pavilion, where True Person Kong noticed that one of the recruited cultivators was missing.

• Luo Hong decided the mission was worthwhile after learning the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor could extract all the True Dragon Blood from its victims, and he asked Xiao Hong how much pressure the Black Phoenix Clan could withstand.
• Luo Hong and Xiao Hong negotiated a secret contract promising him benefits for the True Dragon Blood he retrieved, and Xiao Hong later told the Black Phoenix Demon King that he had accepted the mission.
• Luo Hong prepared the Glazed Golden Light Hammer, refined and sealed the corrosive black water he had collected, and studied the Golden Tower Jade Book for a month.
• Luo Hong identified the Jade Book as a record of the immortal Way of Treasure Control and began cultivating the Heavenly Origin Life-Returning Art.
• Luo Hong arrived at True Dragon Pavilion for his meeting with True Person Kong and the other Deity Transformation Cultivators; True Person Kong found that one recruit had not shown up.

Luo Hong joined a Dragon Blood Trial team aboard the Long Family warship and met his wary teammates, Xu Xuechuan and Li Jun. After more than half a year of travel and cultivation, the warship suddenly shook, jolting the three awake.

• Luo Hong arrived late at the trial gathering, where True Person Kong announced the rewards, including entry to the Dragon Bestowal Pool, Spirit-Reversing Pills, and spirit treasures.
• True Person Kong teleported the cultivators to the Long Family warship, where Long Lie ordered them to stay in their cabins unless summoned.
• A red-haired cultivator confronted Luo Hong, but Li Jun stepped in to block him before the man left after a single clash.
• Luo Hong introduced himself to Li Jun and Xu Xuechuan, who warned him that Wu Liang was formidable and blamed him for attracting trouble.
• Li Jun explained that the team could cultivate freely until the warship reached a dangerous region, while Luo Hong secretly deduced the Heavenly Origin Life-Returning Art during the journey.
• After more than half a year, the warship shuddered violently and woke Luo Hong, Li Jun, and Xu Xuechuan.

After the Long Family warship was attacked by ancient beasts, Luo Hong and the others broke out of their cabins and discovered Human-faced Snakes targeting the passengers. As Wu Liang struggled against the attackers, True Person Kong offered the group ten blood seals each if they helped defeat the powerful Human-faced Snake woman.

• Luo Hong broke the cabin restrictions and escaped with Xu Xuechuan and Li Jun after repeated attacks trapped them inside.
• Wu Liang destroyed the exit restrictions with an Azure Lightning Seed, and the group flew onto the deck amid a swarm of Winged Flying Snakes.
• Human-faced Snake monsters landed on the deck, while the Long Family strengthened its Body Refiners with bloodline-stimulating Spirit Lights.
• Li Jun explained that the Integration-stage Human-faced Snake King periodically revived and used cultivators as sacrifices.
• Wu Liang attacked the Human-faced Snake woman but became overwhelmed, while Luo Hong, Xu Xuechuan, and Li Jun refused to help.
• True Person Kong offered the three cultivators ten blood seals each if they helped destroy the Human-faced Snake woman.

Luo Hong concealed his strength while Wu Liang, Li Jun, and Xu Xuechuan fought a Young Woman Human-faced Snake that could devour divine abilities. After she overwhelmed them, Luo Hong secretly killed her and destroyed the formation treasure, freeing the cultivators trapped inside the warship as the battle turned against the snakes.

• Wu Liang, Li Jun, Xu Xuechuan, and Luo Hong joined the attack on the Young Woman Human-faced Snake to earn Blood Seals, while Luo Hong held back against the Two-headed Human-faced Snakes.
• The Young Woman Human-faced Snake devoured Wu Liang's Blood Thorns and Li Jun's yellow dragon, then used their abilities to defeat Wu Liang, Li Jun, and Xu Xuechuan.
• Luo Hong identified a possible Xiongqu Bloodline in the monster and secretly struck her with a Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle, causing her to explode.
• Luo Hong drove back the Two-headed Human-faced Snakes and cut the formation treasure in half with the Divine Edge Shadowless Sword.
• The restrictions on the cabins broke, and the freed Deity Transformation Cultivators poured out of the warship to attack the Human-faced Snakes.

After the snake tide, Long Lie’s warship carried Luo Hong, Li Jun, and Xu Xuechuan out of Zhurong Basin. At a banquet, Long Lie explained the Human-faced Snake King and handed out the promised blood marks before asking Wu Liang to leave so he could speak privately with the others.

• Long Lie called the cultivators back to the warship after the Three-headed Human-faced Snakes fled, and the ship escaped the remaining snake tide.
• A woman hidden in black flames examined the snake corpses, recognized the Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle, and concluded that Luo Hong had a pure Acquired Five Elements Body.
• Xu Xuechuan proposed pooling their thirty blood marks to deter rival teams, but Luo Hong pretended to be selfish so she would reject the plan.
• Long Lie invited Luo Hong, Li Jun, Xu Xuechuan, and Wu Liang to a banquet, where Xu Xuechuan asked about the Young Woman Human-faced Snake and Luo Hong asked about the Snake King.
• Long Lie explained that the Human-faced Snake King repeatedly revived because its primordial spirit had never been found, then gave the four their blood marks and asked Wu Liang to leave.

Long Lie warned Luo Hong, Xu Xuechuan, and Li Jun that the Dragon Blood Trial would allow participants to be killed, and they agreed to protect his granddaughter rather than compete for Blood Marks. Months later in Dragon Gazing City, the Purple-robed Youth learned that Elder Liu had died and ordered his younger brother to stop pursuing Han Li until he returned from the trial.

• Long Lie told Luo Hong, Xu Xuechuan, and Li Jun that the Long Family had abolished the ban on killing during the Dragon Blood Trial and asked them to protect his granddaughter.
• Long Lie gave them an Eight Gates Spirit Locking Formation, and the three agreed to accept his offer and keep the changed rules secret.
• Back in their cabin, Li Jun and Xu Xuechuan thanked Luo Hong for breaking the seal and saving them, then began studying the formation while Luo Hong continued practicing his secret art.
• Several months later in Dragon Gazing City, a handsome young man learned that his spies had all been killed while investigating Han Li and angrily blamed Han Li for Elder Liu's death.
• The Purple-robed Youth scolded his younger brother for acting on Han Li's claimed identity, ordered him to make no further moves until the trial ended, and reviewed information about Luo Hong.