Chapter Summaries

Su Wanrong refused to enter Mizong Forest with Ya Hu until his curse forced her to cooperate, and she agreed after he revealed that he sought the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor. Meanwhile, Luo Hong’s group became trapped in the forest’s shifting maze as pink miasma blocked their path.

• Ya Hu told Su Wanrong that Mizong Forest was dangerous and proposed they cooperate to find what they sought.
• Su Wanrong refused, but Ya Hu used the Nine Netherworld Nether Eyes to bind her with the Magpie Bridge Curse, preventing them from moving more than ten li apart or attacking each other.
• Ya Hu revealed that he wanted the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor, and Su Wanrong agreed to cooperate in exchange for all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures they found.
• Luo Hong’s group fled deeper into Mizong Forest and released Ye Ying as the forest’s danger became clear.
• Miao Hu reported that pink miasma had blocked their route, while Luo Hong realized the forest was a moving maze.

Luo Hong and the others discovered that Mizong Forest’s shifting miasma trapped cultivators who carried the ancient map, then followed its bright spots in search of a way out. After Luo Hong destroyed a swarm of Corrupt Butterflies and the group found a stable Spirit Aperture, he realized a crucial clue and stomped at the ground.

• The group learned that entering the miasma triggered whispers that disrupted their magic power, while the moving mist and a frozen ancient map left them trapped in a maze.
• Luo Hong stopped Yin Kuang from destroying the map and led the group toward a nearby bright spot, where they found a Ten Thousand Year Corrupt Heart Flower.
• Luo Hong noticed that the miasma avoided the flower, but a swarm of Corrupt Butterflies emerged and attacked as the group approached.
• Luo Hong used Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire to annihilate the butterflies, allowing Xuan Kongzi to harvest the flower safely.
• Ye Ying and Miao Hu discovered that the flower grew within a second stable Spirit Aperture, and Luo Hong stomped the ground after Xuan Kongzi remarked that harvesting it had not destroyed the aperture.

Luo Hong exposed an artificial Spirit Aperture formation and reasoned that the strange forest had been designed to lure intruders inside. As the group uncovered the formation, Barbarian Ghost ambushed them and revealed that he had come for Luo Hong’s Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor.

• Luo Hong damaged the ground and discovered that a formation lay beneath the stable Spirit Aperture.
• Miao Hu cleared away the earth while Ye Ying questioned Luo Hong, who summoned Ying Ming to confirm that True Lord Wentian had arranged the formation.
• Luo Hong concluded that he needed to venture deeper into the forest to discover its master’s purpose, and Xuan Kongzi began copying the exposed formation markings.
• Barbarian Ghost ambushed the group, killed Xuan Kongzi, and blasted Luo Hong through the trees with his Crimson Crystal Hammer.
• Luo Hong recovered and absorbed the Crimson Crystal Spirit Flame, while Barbarian Ghost identified the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor as his target.

Luo Hong fought off Barbarian Ghost long enough for Ying Ming to find a route through Mizong Forest, then escaped with Ye Ying while Barbarian Ghost pursued them. After learning that Guangyuan City was the nearest gathering place for aliens, Luo Hong realized Guangyuan Zhai had an intelligence station there.

• Luo Hong denied possessing the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor and told Ying Ming to find a way out by sensing True Lord Wentian's aura.
• Luo Hong used Universe Power, spell attacks, a curse, and a giant hammer strike to delay and heavily injure Barbarian Ghost before fleeing deeper into Mizong Forest with Ying Ming and Ye Ying.
• Luo Hong recovered his magic power with Ye Ying's Black Phoenix Returning Origin Pills, then asked why she had stayed with him; Ye Ying explained that she had already become a target by witnessing Xuan Kongzi's death.
• Ye Ying told Luo Hong that Guangyuan City was the nearest place where aliens gathered, drawn by the immovable Guangyuan Heavenly Book.
• Silver Fairy recognized Guangyuan City as the location of a Guangyuan Zhai intelligence station.

Luo Hong connected the Guangyuan Heavenly Book’s bounty missions to the purpose of the artificial place and concluded that the way out lay at the forest’s center. Meanwhile, Meng Chen and Purple Cloud learned that Barbarian Ghost had been badly injured by a human Nascent Soul cultivator and joined forces to pursue Luo Hong’s group.

• Silver Fairy explained that the Guangyuan Heavenly Book had no evil nature and that greed drove cultivators to betray their clans for resources revealed by its answers.
• After Ye Ying described the Heavenly Book’s secret-related bounty missions, Luo Hong inferred that the place’s master and the Heavenly Book were linked, then led the group toward the forest’s center.
• Meng Chen and Purple Cloud found Barbarian Ghost injured beneath a collapsed mountain, and Barbarian Ghost said a human cultivator with a golden hammer had struck him hundreds of miles away.
• Meng Chen and Purple Cloud investigated the battle site, confirmed that the human cultivators were at Nascent Soul stage, and agreed to pursue Luo Hong’s group together.
• Meng Chen sent Chang Nu carrying Purple Cloud’s Shadow Slaves after the other fleeing cultivators, while he and Purple Cloud pursued Luo Hong; the clay figurine at Barbarian Ghost’s waist cracked again.

Ya Hu recruited the injured Barbarian Ghost by promising to heal him and give him the Glazed Golden Light Hammer, while Luo Hong searched for a way through Mizong Forest’s shifting miasma maze. After using Enlightenment Tea to understand the Miasma Whisper, Luo Hong began testing his solution on Ye Ying.

• Ya Hu found Barbarian Ghost and learned that Luo Hong had badly injured him with the Glazed Golden Light Hammer.
• Ya Hu offered to use his Nine Netherworld Nether Eyes and a Substitute Puppet to remove the metal-element power from Barbarian Ghost’s body, and promised him the hammer afterward.
• Barbarian Ghost agreed to cooperate with Ya Hu and signed a Flying Spirit Blood Contract.
• Luo Hong concluded that the Miasma Whisper amplified its effects by transmitting power between the primordial spirit and magic power, then swallowed an Enlightenment Tea leaf to speed up his thinking.
• Luo Hong tested his discovery by repeatedly entering and leaving the miasma, then grabbed Ye Ying’s hand and dragged her toward it.
• Ye Ying initially feared that Luo Hong would make her suffer qi deviation, but she found the sensation unexpectedly pleasant.

Luo Hong devised a way to resist the Miasma Whisper and persuaded Ye Ying to continue deeper into Mizong Forest in search of the Spirit Aperture Grand Formation’s array diagram. After they captured a Thug sent by Meng Chen, Luo Hong learned that its master was a Great Yaksa, not a Yaksha King.

• Luo Hong explained that his countermeasure could temporarily suppress the Miasma Whisper, then led Ye Ying out of the miasma.
• Luo Hong convinced Ye Ying to press deeper into the forest, arguing that its master was absent or unable to control the grand formation.
• Luo Hong detected a pursuing Nascent Soul aura, and Ye Ying identified the approaching creature as a High-ranking Thug.
• Ye Ying attacked the Thug with her White Thunder and Jade Ruyi, but it evaded her strikes and devoured part of the Rainbow Phoenix’s spiritual power.
• Luo Hong captured the Thug with Universe Power, intercepted its hidden Shadow Race puppet, and began searching its soul.
• The Thug’s master erased its body and primordial spirit, but Luo Hong learned that the master was a Great Yaksa rather than a Yaksha King.

Luo Hong and his companions reached the ruins of True Lord Wentian’s cave mansion and used Ying Ming’s connection to her master to enter his hidden residence. There, they found a sealed research chamber and began searching the jade slips for clues, with Luo Hong discovering that one recorded the secret of Mizong Forest.

• Luo Hong explained that six Foreign Race Refinement Void cultivators were pursuing them and led Ye Ying and Ying Ming deeper into Mizong Forest.
• Meng Chen and Purple Cloud learned that Luo Hong had captured a Chang Nu and accelerated their pursuit.
• A formation of Black Stone Colossi surrounded the group, but Ying Ming used her core to halt the puppets.
• Luo Hong, Ye Ying, and Ying Ming reached a ruined cave mansion, where Ying Ming identified True Lord Wentian’s hidden residence and teleported them inside.
• Luo Hong stopped Ying Ming from opening a sealed chamber and asked her and Ye Ying to examine the jade slips first.
• Luo Hong began reading a jade slip that recorded the secret of Mizong Forest.

Luo Hong uncovered True Lord Wentian’s plan to use the Great Nirvana Primordial Union Divine Technique to strengthen his foundation and improve his chances of reaching Integration. After Ye Ying chose the Phoenix Blood Spirit Transformation Flower and gave Luo Hong a Heavenly Phoenix Feather, the Heaven-Asking Split Soul awakened and agreed to help subdue the primordial spirit beyond the stone door.

• Luo Hong read True Lord Wentian’s records and realized he had exploited the Guangyuan Heavenly Book to gain repeated chances to ask questions while developing a secret technique.
• Ye Ying identified the Great Nirvana Primordial Union Divine Technique and chose the Phoenix Blood Spirit Transformation Flower over the technique, then gave Luo Hong a Heavenly Phoenix Feather in return.
• Luo Hong explained that the technique used nine transformations to strengthen a cultivator’s Essence foundation and greatly improve the chance of advancing to Integration.
• Luo Hong told Ying Ming that True Lord Wentian had likely been captured by Guangyuan Zhai and explained that the primordial spirit beyond the door could be dangerous.
• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul awakened, accepted that the main body was gone, and offered the primordial spirit to Luo Hong while promising to help subdue it.
• Luo Hong used a Black Qi Ghost Hand to disable the stone door’s restriction runes and began opening it.

After the Wentian Primordial Spirit released its excess power, Luo Hong had Little Gold devour it while he prepared for the cultivators drawn by its enticing Origin Power. Two Spirit Race warships arrived first, and Luo Hong engaged them while Ye Ying held off the other ship.

• The Heaven-Asking Split Soul entered the Wentian Primordial Spirit and stopped it from destroying the Mizong Forest grand formation, then released its power as a fragrant Origin Power sphere.
• Luo Hong ordered Little Gold to devour the sphere, sent Ying Ming to protect her, and left the Dark Residence with Ye Ying to prepare an ambush.
• Luo Hong and Ye Ying set Formation Flags at the array nodes, while A Zi burrowed underground to await his signal.
• Two Spirit Race warships commanded by Yan Wen and Yue Zhu arrived, and Luo Hong and Ye Ying prepared to fight them.
• Luo Hong cut down the warships’ crystalline-armored birds with his swords and Yin Souls, then attacked the crimson warship with his palm.

Luo Hong destroyed Yan Wen and helped Ye Ying capture Yue Zhu, then confronted Miao Hu and her companions when they arrived seeking the strange fragrance. He exposed that two of them had been possessed by Yaksha and Shadow Race seniors, who revealed themselves at the chapter’s end.

• Luo Hong crushed Yan Wen’s crimson warship, damaged his true body with the Universe Pearl, and destroyed him with the Great Zhou Heavenly Annihilation Divine Needle.
• Luo Hong joined Ye Ying in bringing down Yue Zhu’s yellow warship, and Ye Ying captured Yue Zhu in her Glazed Pagoda with Luo Hong’s help.
• Miao Hu, Yin Kuang, and Chi Yangzi arrived seeking the strange fragrance, but Yin Kuang and Chi Yangzi rejected Ye Ying’s warning and accused her and Luo Hong of keeping the treasure.
• Luo Hong struck Yin Kuang and Chi Yangzi away and stopped his fist just before hitting Miao Hu, after spotting green shadows on the two men he had attacked.
• Luo Hong called on the Yaksha Race and Shadow Race seniors concealed within Yin Kuang and Chi Yangzi to stop hiding.

Luo Hong exposed the Shadow Slaves among Miao Hu’s companions and confronted Meng Chen, Purple Cloud, and Ya Hu’s group over the Origin Spirit. As the battle escalated, Ye Ying and Su Wanrong secretly agreed to work with Luo Hong, while Meng Chen and Purple Cloud unleashed their true forms and powers.

• Luo Hong revealed that Yin Kuang and Chi Yangzi were Shadow Slaves, and Meng Chen and Purple Cloud appeared after he exposed them.
• Luo Hong spotted Ya Hu, Barbarian Ghost, and Su Wanrong in hiding, turning the confrontation into a three-way standoff.
• Luo Hong charged Meng Chen and Purple Cloud, broke Meng Chen’s gale with the Glazed Golden Light Hammer, and countered Purple Cloud’s Soul-Sapping Silk.
• Meng Chen and Purple Cloud released their slaves and transformed to unleash their full strength, while Ya Hu urged his group to stop holding back against Ye Ying.
• Su Wanrong secretly contacted Ye Ying, who chose to ally with Luo Hong and ordered Su Wanrong to capture her while she prepared to use the True Spirit Soul.

Luo Hong used a hastily assembled miasma array and A Zi’s roar to disrupt Meng Chen and Purple Cloud’s magic power, then killed them in an instant. As Ye Ying began awakening her Heavenly Phoenix True Soul, Ya Hu briefly controlled Su Wanrong to attack her, but Ye Ying’s death-qi shield saved her; Ya Hu then fled, and Luo Hong moved to intercept him.

• Luo Hong activated a temporary array beneath the battlefield, and A Zi’s roar solidified Meng Chen and Purple Cloud’s magic power as they prepared their strongest abilities.
• Luo Hong struck Meng Chen and Purple Cloud with golden light and absorbed their remains into Netherworld in the Palm.
• Ya Hu warned Barbarian Ghost that the array’s roar could be resisted, and they turned to stop Ye Ying from awakening her Heavenly Phoenix True Soul.
• Luo Hong stalled Barbarian Ghost while Ya Hu used the Magpie Bridge Curse to control Su Wanrong, who attacked Ye Ying from behind.
• Ye Ying’s death-qi spirit shield knocked Su Wanrong’s sword fingers away, and Ya Hu fled as Luo Hong blocked his path.

Luo Hong defeated Ya Hu, seized the Nine Netherworld Nether Eyes, and learned that Little Gold’s Nirvana Primordial Spirit Fusion Technique was increasing her cultivation. The battle ended with Barbarian Ghost falling before Su Wanrong, leaving Luo Hong and Su Wanrong in control of the surviving opponents.

• Luo Hong saw through Ya Hu’s curse ambush and countered the Nine-Headed Dharma Form with the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand while sending the Jade Bone Human Demon to attack.
• Ya Hu sacrificed his wings to empower the Nine-Headed Dharma Form, but Luo Hong’s full-strength strike scattered it and left Ya Hu severely injured.
• Ya Hu tried to trick Luo Hong with the Soul Extinguishing Divine Light and then fled in thirteen copies, but Luo Hong’s illusion and Little Gold’s Extreme Destruction Divine Light defeated him and destroyed his Storage Bag.
• Luo Hong scolded Little Gold for wasting the Storage Bag, then learned that she felt stronger and that her cultivation was increasing with each breath of Spiritual Qi.
• Barbarian Ghost, having lost his will to fight after Ya Hu’s death, fell to the ground after Su Wanrong overwhelmed him.

Luo Hong left Miao Hu to cultivate in the Dark Residence and traveled with Ying Ming to Guangyuan City after refining the Nine Netherworld Nether Eyes. There, he encountered a Void Refinement Late-stage silver-winged man who revealed his role in the schemes surrounding Mizong Forest and the Guangyuan Heavenly Book.

• Luo Hong thanked Ye Ying, who departed with Su Wanrong to return to her clan and treat her bloodline backlash.
• Miao Hu begged to travel with Luo Hong, but he arranged for her to remain in the Dark Residence and cultivate under a protective formation.
• Luo Hong refined the Nine Netherworld Nether Eyes, which expanded the Netherworld Grotto-heaven and strengthened the Yellow Springs Ghost Hand.
• Luo Hong and Ying Ming used the directional teleportation array to reach the skies near Guangyuan City.
• A gaunt silver-winged Void Refinement Late-stage man confronted Luo Hong and disclosed that he had monitored Mizong Forest, recognized Luo Hong's connection to the cave abode, and suspected Ya Hu and the others had been defeated.

Luo Hong confronted the injured Void Refinement cultivator Yu Dianzhu, who demanded the legendary Netherworld Lotus or Dark Blood Crystal in exchange for his life. When Yu Dianzhu attacked with the Five-Colored Divine Light, Luo Hong passed through it unharmed, revealing a mysterious Five-Colored Halo around his body.

• Luo Hong explained that he had uncovered the trap involving the Ancient Map and Mizong Forest, then tried to negotiate with the Gaunt Middle-aged Man.
• The Gaunt Middle-aged Man demanded a Netherworld Lotus or Dark Blood Crystal, but Luo Hong said he had neither and realized the man intended to kill him.
• Luo Hong pointed out that his opponent was injured and readied his Ghost Claw, Five-Colored Spirit Light, and Universe Pearl.
• The Gaunt Middle-aged Man revealed his Five-Colored True Blood and attacked Luo Hong with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Luo Hong moved unharmed through the divine light, and Yu Dianzhu used a Spiritual Eye Divine Ability to spot the faint Five-Colored Halo circulating over Luo Hong’s body.

Luo Hong fought Yu Dianzhu, revealing his powerful Five-Colored True Blood and several formidable abilities before the battle reached a stalemate. Yu Dianzhu proposed cooperation to obtain the Feng Yuan Continent’s only Five-Colored True Soul, and Luo Hong suspected it was the Five-Light Clan’s Sacred Soul.

• Yu Dianzhu recognized Luo Hong’s Five-Colored True Blood and attacked him with Five-Colored Light Swords.
• Luo Hong used the Formless Spirit Merging Talisman, Myriad Realms Devouring Origin Technique, and Heavenly Manifestation to counter Yu Dianzhu’s attacks.
• Luo Hong crushed Yu Dianzhu’s crystalline defense, but Yu Dianzhu completed a partial fusion with the Five-Colored Peacock and restrained Luo Hong with its tail feathers.
• Luo Hong destroyed Yu Dianzhu’s black spearhead with the Extreme Destruction Divine Light, broke free, and summoned the Sky-Breaking Spearhead.
• Yu Dianzhu called for a truce and offered to cooperate with Luo Hong to obtain the Five-Colored True Soul.
• Luo Hong asked whether the Five-Colored True Soul was the Five-Light Clan’s Sacred Soul.

Luo Hong negotiated with Yu Dianzhu to steal a portion of the Five-Light Clan’s Five-Colored True Soul, while bargaining for the Green Luo Fruit and the Soul Fusion Secret Technique. The chapter ended with Luo Hong agreeing to Yu Dianzhu’s price of three Lightning Crystals and revealing that he already had one.

• Yu Dianzhu proposed that Luo Hong impersonate a Five-Light Holy Son, win the Sacred Lord position, and awaken the Five-Colored True Soul so Yu Dianzhu could seize part of it.
• Luo Hong agreed to cooperate on the condition that his share of the True Soul would go to Little Gold, and he questioned Yu Dianzhu about how the clan’s elders tracked it.
• Yu Dianzhu suggested exchanging Five Light Transformation for Luo Hong’s Soul Fusion Secret Technique, but Luo Hong pointed out that the clan techniques were already necessary for the plan.
• Luo Hong offered his Soul Fusion Secret Technique and Thunderclap Stones in exchange for Yu Dianzhu’s Green Luo Fruit, then revealed that he knew about the fruit through the Bright Spirit Rat.
• Yu Dianzhu demanded three Lightning Crystals along with the Soul Fusion Secret Technique for the Green Luo Fruit, and Luo Hong agreed, showing that he already possessed one crystal.

Luo Hong traded a Lightning Crystal for Yu Dianzhu’s Green Luo Fruit and agreed to help him obtain the Five-Colored True Soul, while secretly planning to use the arrangement to enter the Earth Abyss and study the fruit as a source of reserve magic power. Yu Dianzhu then contacted Great Elder Jin of the Sky Peng Clan, who planned to place a restriction on Luo Hong and use the scheme against the Five-Light Clan.

• Luo Hong inspected Yu Dianzhu’s Green Luo Fruit and accepted it after Yu Dianzhu handed it over in exchange for a Lightning Crystal.
• Luo Hong and Yu Dianzhu discussed their plan for three days, with Yu Dianzhu naming two possible Five-Light Holy Sons for Luo Hong to replace.
• Luo Hong visited deserted Guangyuan City and told Silver Fairy that he intended to use Yu Dianzhu to enter the Earth Abyss, not to help him seize the Five-Colored True Soul.
• Luo Hong explained that he wanted to study the Green Luo Fruit to develop reserve magic power that could restore his strength during battle, but Silver Fairy refused to help with his research.
• Yu Dianzhu contacted Great Elder Jin of the Sky Peng Clan and revealed that he had recruited Luo Hong, a powerful human cultivator, for the plan.
• Great Elder Jin decided that Luo Hong needed to be restricted and said he would act when Yu Dianzhu brought him to the Flying Spirit Race’s territory.

Luo Hong killed Xie Yuan, the Five-Light Holy Son guarding the Wood Bell Flowers, and took his identity. After discussing the risks with Yu Dianzhu, Luo Hong headed for Xie Yuan’s cave residence, determined to deal with any troublesome Holy Sons himself.

• Xie Yuan and four Five-Light Flying Spirit Generals questioned two demon cultivators about the Sky Peng Clan and Chi Rong Clan, then used Soul Search on them for clues about the stolen Wood Bell Flowers.
• Luo Hong secretly killed Xie Yuan after the other Flying Spirit Generals departed, then captured and searched his Nascent Soul.
• Luo Hong burned the corpses and used Xie Yuan’s blood to copy his appearance and aura.
• Luo Hong told Yu Dianzhu that Xie Yuan’s hostile relationships with other Five-Light Holy Sons could complicate the disguise, but Yu Dianzhu explained that Xie Yuan had no powerful backing and was the safest replacement.
• Luo Hong ended contact with Yu Dianzhu and flew toward Xie Yuan’s cave residence.