Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng agreed with Ye Haicheng and Ye Xueliang to raid Moon Gazing Lake, then traveled to Taihang Market to publicize the Ye Family’s losses and demand action against Heretical Cultivators. The chapter left the market’s cultivators rallying behind Jiang Jinghe’s proposed Demon Hunting Squads, while the Ye Family’s covert operation was poised to begin.

• Ye Haicheng and Ye Xueliang told Ye Jingcheng that the family and Hidden Peak had approved an operation at Moon Gazing Lake, with help from allied Demon Kings against the Silver Moon Pythons.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to target Moon Gazing Lake and later returned to oversee the relocation of the Ye Family’s mortals.
• After more than half the mortals had been moved, Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyun, and Ye Haicheng traveled by spirit boat to Taihang Market with blood corpses to display.
• Ye Jingcheng accused Heretical Cultivators of slaughtering Ye Family mortals and abducting cultivators, then urged Ward Master Jiang to organize Demon Hunting Squads.
• Ye Jingcheng offered Welcoming Spring Tea and discounts at Ye Family businesses to people who killed Heretical Cultivators, while the displayed bodies and stele stirred fear and speculation.
• Jiang Jinghe faced pressure from the market’s cultivators to organize the Demon Hunting Squads, as Jin Yutang and Kong Wanjun avoided committing their families.

Ye Jingcheng coordinated the Ye Family’s response to growing turmoil in Taihang County while preparing to strengthen its defenses. After meeting the masked Chu Yanqing at the family restaurant, he learned she had returned, though her reason for coming remained unclear.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng met Grandmaster Taihao, who gave the Ye Family a Purple Firmament Talisman and advised them to hold their ground as the sect investigated the Celestial Corpse Sect’s attack.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the talisman and the Corpse Daoist’s storage bags, finding three valuable second-order high-grade talismans and a Black Corpse Needle, then began studying the Golden Falcon Pill formula.
• Ye Jingcheng urged Ward Master Jiang to act, while Jiang Jinghe privately decided to avoid involvement in the conflict and focus on gathering resources for his Purple Mansion attempt.
• Ye Xinghe told Ye Jingcheng that a hooded visitor was waiting at the family restaurant, and Ye Jingcheng recognized the pill bottle associated with Chu Yanqing.
• Ye Jingcheng went to the restaurant’s second floor and greeted the guarded Chu Yanqing, asking why she had come without notifying him.

Chu Yanqing warned Ye Jingcheng that the Ye Family might be targeted over a rumored treasure, but Ye Haicheng dismissed the danger and continued preparing the family’s deception and evacuation. After setting the plan in motion and drawing Taiyi Sect investigators to Lingyun Peak, Ye Jingcheng secretly left for Moon Gazing Lake on a mission.

• Chu Yanqing warned Ye Jingcheng that a Nascent Soul True Lord had divined a lost Eight Desolations Sect treasure in Taihang County and gave him an escape route to Zhao Country.
• Ye Jingcheng reported the warning to Ye Haicheng, who said the Beast Communication Tower could not be divined and focused on Taiyi Sect’s strength and the coming beast tide.
• Ye Jingcheng angrily confronted Jiang Jinghe over the weak Demon Hunting Squad, while Jiang Jinghe contacted the county families and avoided committing himself.
• The Ye Family staged reports of blood sacrifices and Heretical Cultivator attacks, completed the mortal evacuation, burned the towns, and confirmed that a beast tide had begun.
• Grandmaster Taihao and Qian He Shangren investigated the Ye Family’s evidence, while Ye Jingcheng arranged preparations against spirit corpses and corpse poison.
• Ye Jingcheng secretly traveled through the mountains aboard the Black Coffin White Bone Boat and reached the vicinity of Moon Gazing Lake.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family launched their assault on Moon Gazing Lake, where two Silver Moon Pythons led a vast demon-beast force. The battle began with Ye Jingcheng fighting alongside his nine Second Order Spirit Beasts, while Ye Haicheng and the clan’s strongest beasts engaged the pythons.

• Ye Haicheng assembled the Ye Family force at Moon Gazing Lake and ordered them to clear the nearby Second Order Demon Beasts before attacking the two Silver Moon Pythons.
• Ye Haiyu and Ye Hai Fei began setting up the Two Elements Bright Extinction Formation while the clansmen concealed themselves and waited.
• Two Silver Moon Pythons emerged, one having transformed into a half-flood dragon, and charged after discovering the Ye Family.
• Ye Haicheng used his Water Dividing Banner to split the lake and expose its demon beasts, then sent the Star-Eyed Iron Ape and Savage Flame Azure Ox against the pythons.
• Ye Jingcheng released nine Second Order Spirit Beasts and fought the lake’s demon beasts alongside the Ye Family clansmen.

The Ye Family overwhelmed the Silver Moon Pythons and other beasts at Moon Gazing Lake, capturing several promising young monsters and collecting valuable spoils. After killing the two Silver Moon Python Great Demons, the clan began gathering resources while Ye Haicheng stayed behind to guard against reinforcements.

• Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family fought through Moon Gazing Lake as the Star-Eyed Iron Ape battered one Silver Moon Python and Ye Haicheng struggled against the awakened flood-dragon bloodline of another.
• Ye Hai Fei and Ye Haiyu deployed the Twofold Yin-Yang Twin Birth Grand Array, and their formations and Blood Leeches tipped the battle into a massacre of the lake’s beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng captured a three-opportunity Silver Moon Python and an early Second Order Blood-Marked Crocodile while the Ye Family killed the remaining Second Order beasts.
• Ye Xuefu led the clan in the Star Moon United Heart Battle Array, and Ye Haicheng and the others killed both Silver Moon Python Great Demons.
• Ye Haicheng gave Ye Jingcheng Silver Moon Python essence blood and agreed that the Great Demon inner cores would go to Fourth Ancestor; he then used the Celestial Demon Banner to absorb wandering demon souls.
• Ye Xuefu ordered the clansmen to gather spoils under a seventy-thirty division, while Ye Haicheng remained outside the formation to guard against approaching Great Demons.

Ye Jingcheng searched the Silver Moon Python lair at Moon Gazing Lake and secured valuable treasures before the Ye Family fled from the arriving demons. The family escaped after detonating a formation that devastated the lake, while the Silver Moon Demon King learned that humans beyond Mount Taihang had attacked its clan.

• Ye Jingcheng collected Azure Moon Fish and carefully transplanted the Moon Gazing Grass from the Silver Moon Python’s underwater lair.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered a Dragon Beard Fruit Tree, stored a talented Silver Moon Python egg, and harvested large chunks of Azure Water Cold Iron.
• Ye Jingcheng joined Ye Xingyu, Ye Jingyu, and the other Ye Family cultivators as they retreated from the arriving Silver Moon Python demons and the approaching Silver Moon Demon King.
• Ye Haicheng and the Star-Eyed Iron Ape killed an early Third Order Silver Moon Python while the Ye Family prepared its escape.
• Ye Hai Fei activated a self-destruction formation fueled by the lake’s Tier 3 Spirit Vein, and Turtle Ancestor carried the Ye Family away with a Wind Travel Talisman.
• The formation devastated Moon Gazing Lake, and the Silver Moon Demon King arrived to learn that humans beyond Mount Taihang had attacked its clan.

The Xu and Chu Families faced destruction as the Jin and Kong Families moved against them, while Kong Guxiang and Jin Chengyun turned their suspicions toward the Ye Family. A renewed beast tide surged toward the human territories, and Ye Jingcheng emerged after refining a Second-Order High-Grade spirit pill.

• Xu Chunlin rejected Xu Wenjin’s plans to flee or surrender and prepared the Xu Family to defend Taicang Mountain as Kong Yulong arrived to apprehend them.
• Chu Tianfen told the Chu Family to fight and escape, believing Chu Yanqing had already led its most promising members to safety in Zhao Country.
• Kong Guxiang persuaded Jin Chengyun that the Ye Family might hold the secret treasure and that its hidden strength warranted their attention.
• The Silver Moon Demon King ordered the Golden Giant Lizard and the beasts of Earth Dragon Valley to join a renewed beast tide and strike toward Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Lingyun Peak and emerged from the Pill Pavilion after refining a Second-Order High-Grade spirit pill, drawing praise from Grandmaster Taihao.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng gathered the Ye Family to hunt the Blood Cultivators, but a massive beast tide suddenly struck Lingyun Peak. As the family fled, the Silver Moon Demon King smashed a fleeing spirit boat, and Grandmaster Taihao recognized Ancient Fragrance Real Person and Chengyun Real Person among those escaping.

• Ye Jingcheng met Grandmaster Taihao and Qian He Shangren outside the Earth Fire Room and showed them the high-grade spirit pills he had refined.
• Qian He Shangren proposed using Ye Family sites as bait for the Blood Cultivators, but Ye Jingcheng and Grandmaster Taihao rejected the plan.
• Ye Haicheng emerged from seclusion, claimed to have made a Blood-Seeking Talisman, and gathered the Ye Family cultivators to search for the Blood Cultivators.
• A huge beast tide surged toward Lingyun Peak, forcing Grandmaster Taihao to send a distress signal and provide the Ye Family with a powerful formation.
• Grandmaster Taihao and the Ye Family abandoned Lingyun Peak when the Silver Moon Demon King appeared and began fleeing inland.
• The Silver Moon Demon King smashed a fleeing spirit boat, and Grandmaster Taihao recognized Ancient Fragrance Real Person and Chengyun Real Person among the cultivators who escaped.

The Ye Family fled the beast tide while Ye Haicheng and the elders stayed behind to draw off the pursuing Great Demons. Jade Dragon Valley’s reinforcements arrived, and Ye Jingcheng led the survivors toward Green Willow Mountain, where Jin Yutang demanded an explanation for the sudden beast tide.

• Kong Guxiang and Jin Chengyun fled the Silver Moon Demon King toward Lingyun Peak while their clansmen were overwhelmed by the beast tide.
• Ye Xingliu and Ye Haicheng organized a rear guard, then led the elders and other clansmen away from the Treasure Boat so Ye Jingcheng could escape with the rest of the Ye Family.
• Tianfu Real Person and Jade Dragon Valley’s other cultivators arrived on a golden copper-coin treasure, and Tianfu Real Person went to aid the rear guard while directing Ye Jingcheng toward Green Willow Lake.
• Ye Jingcheng reached Buqing Mountain, ordered Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun to warn the mortals to migrate, and continued with the Ye Family toward Green Willow Mountain.
• Jin Yutang confronted Ye Jingcheng at Green Willow Mountain, and Ye Jingcheng said the Silver Moon Demon King seemed to have followed Jin’s ancestor out.

Ye Jingcheng brought the surviving Ye Family members into Green Willow Mountain as the Jin Family learned that its ancestor was gravely wounded and the Kong Family ancestor had died. With the beast tide closing in, the families prepared to defend the mountain, and Ye Jingcheng sent a small team out to fight while concealing the Ye Family’s remaining strength.

• Ye Jingcheng convinced Jin Zongliang to let the Ye Family enter Green Willow Mountain by invoking Tianfu Real Person’s judgment and explaining that Jin Chengyun had gone to Lingyun Peak.
• Tianfu Real Person returned with the badly wounded Jin Chengyun, reported the apparent destruction of Lingyun Peak, and set up a fourth-order formation to defend Green Willow Mountain and Green Willow Lake.
• Grandmaster Taihao told Ye Jingcheng that Ancient Fragrance Real Person had fallen to the Silver Moon Demon King, while the surviving clansmen assessed their losses and prepared for the next attack.
• Heaven Array Shangren urged the cultivators to confront the approaching beasts before they amassed at the mountain, and Grandmaster Taihao warned them to watch for burrowing monsters.
• Ye Jingcheng and Jin Yutang selected teams to fight; Ye Jingcheng sent Ye Jingli, Ye Jinghu, Jing Ting, and other Ye Family cultivators out to earn Beast Communication Marks.
• Ye Jingcheng released his Crimson Flame Fox and Golden Scale Beast as the team prepared to face the approaching beasts.

Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family in repelling the beast tide’s first assault on Green Willow Mountain while carefully concealing the family’s strength and preserving its fighters. The cultivators returned behind the mountain’s array as reinforcements arrived, and Grandmaster Taihao warned that the beast tide could last a long time.

• Ye Jingcheng directed the Ye Family’s cultivators and Spirit Beasts as they fought off waves of First and Second Order Monster Beasts on Green Willow Mountain.
• Ye Jingcheng sent the Golden Scale Beast and Crimson Flame Fox after Second Order pythons, while the Ye Family defeated many beasts without losing any clansmen, though several Spirit Beasts died.
• Ye Jingcheng stopped Ye Jingli from pursuing the retreating beasts, ordered the battlefield’s spoils distributed by merit, and led the family back behind the array.
• Grandmaster Taihao warned Ye Jingcheng that the orderly beast tide might continue for a long time, and Ye Jingcheng arranged for the family to recover and conceal its capabilities.
• Miaofa Real Person arrived with more than two thousand cultivators from Taihang Market, including Ye Jingyong, Chu Yanliu, and Ye Wen, while cultivators from the Kong Family also gathered at Green Willow Mountain.

Miaofa Real Person and Tianfu Real Person focused on defending Green Willow Mountain as the beast tide gathered, while Ye Jingyong challenged Ye Jingcheng’s leadership and Ye Jingcheng pledged to strengthen the family. When the Silver Moon Demon King attacked the formation after spotting Kong Yulong and Kong Wanjun, the cultivators realized its fury was tied to the Kong and Jin Family ancestors’ visit to Lingyun Peak.

• Miaofa Real Person questioned whether the Three-Eyed Demon King had sought a treasure years earlier, but Tianfu Real Person told him to leave the matter alone and concentrate on defending Green Willow Mountain.
• Ye Jingyong demanded that Ye Jingcheng step down as Family Head, but Ye Jingcheng accepted responsibility and asked the family to give him ten years to prove himself.
• Ye Jingcheng surveyed the growing beast tide, searched for missing Xu Family, Chu Family, and Chen Family members, and traded for protective treasures and second-order Spirit Herbs.
• The Silver Moon Demon King led tens of thousands of Monster Beasts against Green Willow Mountain as Tianfu Real Person, Miaofa Real Person, and Chengyun Real Person faced it from within the formation.
• After the Silver Moon Demon King spotted Kong Yulong and Kong Wanjun, it furiously struck the formation, and the cultivators connected its anger to the Kong and Jin Family ancestors’ visit to Lingyun Peak.

Silver Moon Demon King battered Green Willow Mountain’s Mountain Protection Array while a beast tide ravaged the cultivators below. Ye Jingcheng concealed the Ye Family’s strength as hidden cultivators revealed themselves, and Tianfu Real Person began forming another array as reinforcements appeared in the distance.

• Tianfu Real Person, Miaofa Real Person, and Jin Chengyun attacked Silver Moon Demon King, but it broke free of Jin Chengyun’s Azure Wave Prison and nearly shattered the array’s Spirit Shield.
• Tianfu Real Person redirected the Mountain Protection Array to defend against Silver Moon Demon King, leaving Green Willow Mountain exposed to the beast tide.
• A disguised old rogue cultivator revealed himself as a Purple Mansion Cultivator and wounded a Fire Swallowing Sparrow, prompting other hidden cultivators to show their abilities.
• Kong Yulong’s clan suffered heavy losses to Silver Moon Pythons, and he called for the Kong Family to gather with the Jin Family.
• Ye Jingcheng concealed his strength, spent talismans to protect the Ye Family, and kept his other Spirit Beasts hidden while the Golden Scale Beast and Crimson Flame Fox fought.
• Tianfu Real Person took out a compass and began assembling another array as more figures appeared in the distance.

Taiyi Sect turned the beast tide around and drove off Silver Moon Demon King, but a disguised cultivator stole much of the Jiaolong blood amid the chaos. Ye Jingcheng secretly collected some blood, protected his family, and traded for resources as the survivors gathered at Green Willow Mountain.

• Taiyi Sect revealed the Tiangang Sword Formation, and the True Persons wounded Silver Moon Demon King with the Lake Dragon projection and their combined attacks.
• A Golden Lizard great demon helped Silver Moon Demon King escape toward the Taihang Mountain Range, and the four True Persons pursued it.
• A disguised Foundation Establishment cultivator revealed Purple Mansion Middle Stage cultivation, seized the Jiaolong blood, scattered portions among the beast tide and rogue cultivators, and fled toward Taiqing County.
• Ye Jingcheng collected Jiaolong blood openly and secretly let the Peach Wood Wood Demon absorb blood washed into the ground, while the beast tide collapsed and the remaining Monster Beasts fled.
• Ye Jingcheng sent Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyong after the fleeing beasts with a strict limit on how far they could pursue, then treated the Ye Family's injured and reprimanded its Qi Refining cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged pills for Water Attribute monster materials and Spirit Talismans as returning cultivators formed a makeshift market.

After the beast tide, Ye Jingcheng reassured the Taiyi Sect, strengthened ties with its Grandmasters, and began planning the Ye Family’s recovery. He left the family’s younger generation with greater duties and a chance to rebuild its strength.

• Ye Jingcheng waited for Heaven Array Shangren and Grandmaster Taihao, then handed them Jiaolong Blood and gifts of Demon Beast materials.
• Heaven Array Shangren and Grandmaster Taihao accepted the offerings and spoke warmly with Ye Jingcheng as suspicion of the Ye Family eased.
• Three Yuan Real Person and Miaofa Real Person returned without an apparent breakthrough in their investigation, while Ye Jingcheng went back to oversee his family.
• Ye Jingcheng assigned Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyong to clear lingering Monster Beasts and help relocate the Ye Family’s mortals back to their towns.
• Ye Jingcheng showed Ye Jingyong a selection of valuable Spirit Beast eggs and young beasts, then told him the Ye Family’s future depended on the Jing Generation.

Ye Jingcheng attended Miaofa Real Person’s assembly, where the Taiyi Sect addressed the beast tide’s aftermath and opened an exchange list for the survivors. He obtained the rare herbs needed for Violet Condensing Spirit Liquid and left with the Ye Family focused on rebuilding and developing.

• Ye Jingcheng considered the limits of his gold-aspect spiritual power before bells summoned everyone to the assembly beside Green Willow Lake.
• Ye Jingyong chose a Silver Moon Python Spirit Beast egg, increasing his Contribution Point debt to seventeen thousand.
• Miaofa Real Person displayed ten corpses, promised the sect would continue investigating the beast tide, and announced that Taihang County families could continue developing and exchange materials with the sect.
• Ye Jingcheng identified the thousand-year Rejuvenation Flower and over-five-hundred-year Soul Nourishing Grass he needed for the Five Elements Heavenly Mansion Secret Art.
• Ye Jingcheng used the family exchange line to obtain enough Rejuvenation Flower and Soul Nourishing Grass to refine two portions of Violet Condensing Spirit Liquid.

Ye Jingcheng returned the Ye Family to Lingyun Peak and cautiously searched for signs that someone had tampered with the mountain. After the Peach Wood Wood Demon removed hidden spiritual marks, Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Qingwen had a Water and Earth Dual Spirit Root.

• Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family back to Lingyun Peak and forbade anyone from using Beast Communication Marks or forming new Beast Communions while they cleared the remaining Monster Beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng restored the mountain’s defenses and family facilities, then discovered signs that someone had entered his courtyard and killed his Five Poisons Bees.
• Ye Jingcheng arranged for the family’s buildings to be rebuilt while the Peach Wood Wood Demon searched underground and devoured mysterious spiritual-light marks.
• Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyong, and the others arrived with fifteen Immortal Seedlings, and Ye Jingli announced that Ye Qingwen had a Water and Earth Dual Spirit Root.

Ye Jingcheng discovered that a hidden method remained in Lingyun Lake and followed Turtle Ancestor’s instructions to change the water carefully and seal the lake and glaciers from probing. After securing the area, he entered his Cave Heaven to tend his spirit beasts and prepare for their advancement.

• Ye Jingcheng presided over the family sacrificial rite, where Ye Wen was recognized as a Dual Spiritual Roots genius and the family selected sixteen youths with Spirit Roots.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected Lingyun Lake and its surroundings, changed the water to irrigate the Spirit Fields, and waited for Turtle Ancestor to investigate.
• Turtle Ancestor found a hidden method in the iceberg’s water, warned Ye Jingcheng not to change it too frequently, and gave him an Array Disk to conceal Lingyun Lake and the glaciers.
• Five days later, Ye Jingcheng changed the water again, planted Azure Jade Lotuses, and activated the formation to block probing and conceal the lake’s visible surroundings.
• Ye Jingcheng entered his Cave Heaven, fed his spirit beasts, found six spirit peaches on Peach Wood, and received five drops of the Silver Moon Demon King’s Jiaolong Blood.
• Ye Jingcheng promised Peach Wood that it could prepare to advance after bearing its current crop, then released the Golden Scale Beast, which asked for the Silver Moon Pythons’ corpses it had slain.

Ye Jingcheng cultivated his Spirit Beasts and refined a second-order Golden Falcon Pill while Taiyi Sect True Persons investigated the beast tide and Qinghe Sect continued spreading rumors about a secret treasure. The chapter ended with Ye Jingcheng discovering that the Peach Wood Wood Demon’s area was engulfed in spirit light.

• Ye Jingcheng planted Moon Gazing Grass and a Dragon Beard Fruit Tree in his cave heaven, using Treasure Light and Silver Moon Python blood to nourish the tree.
• Taiyi Sect True Persons concluded that the secret-treasure rumor had been spread to destabilize their sect and discussed the Earth Dragon Demon King’s role in the beast tide.
• Tianfu Real Person proposed auctioning the Kong and Xu Families’ Purple Mansion Spirit Liquid quotas to compensate other subordinate families.
• West King Real Person ordered his subordinate to keep spreading rumors that the Kong Family Old Ancestor had obtained the secret treasure, hoping to test whether Old Daoist Taiwu was alive.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox successfully refined a second-order Golden Falcon Pill, and Ye Jingcheng then found the Peach Wood Wood Demon’s area engulfed in spirit light.

Ye Jingcheng harvested six Spirit Peaches and prepared the Golden Falcon for a breakthrough to the Third Order. After receiving word that Ye Xingyi had returned with crucial spirit herbs, Ye Jingcheng went to meet the visiting Yuan and Wei Family Heads, leaving the reason for their visit to be discussed.

• Ye Jingcheng harvested six ripe Spirit Peaches from the Peach Wood Wood Demon and promised it Wood Core Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that a Thunder Rhino Beetle had advanced, then fed the Golden Falcon pills, a Third-Order Monster Beast Inner Core, and Treasure Light to spur its breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng watched over the Golden Falcon as its soul began to transform, causing the Soul Contract to tremble.
• Ye Jingcheng received messages that Ye Xingyi had returned with the Rejuvenation Flower and Soul Nourishing Grass, which he needed to prepare Violet Condensing Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Jingcheng went to the Council Hall and learned that Yuan Haoyun and Wei Yunchang had come to visit the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng greeted Yuan Haoyun and Wei Yunchang in the side hall, where they spoke respectfully about receiving Ye Xingyi's guidance.