Chapter Summaries

After Ye Xuecang’s breakthrough, the Ye Family defeated the invading Great Demons, slew the Ghost Face Shark and Azure Light Sparrow, and subdued the Golden Light Rhino. The family fled by spirit shuttle with Ye Shengyi and Ye Xuecang badly injured, while Ye Haicheng warned that the Sea Overturning Demon King might pursue them.

• The Ye Family renewed its assault as sunlight returned, while Ye Jingcheng and the others held the Golden Light Rhino and the other demons in place.
• Ye Xuecang used the One Sword River Breath to kill the Ghost Face Shark, then slew the Azure Light Sparrow and both Sabertooth Sharks.
• Ye Xuecang subdued the Golden Light Rhino as his mount, and the Crimson Flame Fox absorbed the Azure Sun Flame.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the family to clean up and depart, distributed Great Demon flesh to the Spirit Beasts, and told Ye Shengyi he would restore his path after slaying a Golden Core Demon King.
• The Ye Family boarded Ye Xuefan’s spirit shuttle and departed after concealing their traces; Ye Jingcheng confirmed Ye Haicheng was alive, and Ye Haicheng urged everyone to hurry in case the Sea Overturning Demon King pursued them.

Purple Wood Sect forces attacked Jade Clear Island, while Ye Xingyu infiltrated its Spring Jade mine and seized valuable jade and Cold Jade Silkworms. After the island’s defenders detonated a formation, Ye Xingyu escaped badly injured, and the battle continued.

• Guo Xianyuan’s impostor killed Uncle Zhao and captured the patrol before the attackers landed on Jade Clear Island and destroyed most of its formation cores.
• Ye Hai Fei activated the Sky Crystal Water Prison Array, and Purple Wood Sect’s forces attacked the island’s outnumbered defenders.
• Guo Xianyuan entered the Spring Jade mine, killed Guo Qingming and the other cultivators there, and discovered Second-Order Spring Jade and valuable Cold Jade Silkworms.
• Ye Xingyu sealed the Second-Order Spring Jade vein and sent a signal to Ye Hai Fei, who coordinated an assault that broke Steward Guo’s formation.
• Guo Qingming’s formation detonated as Ye Xingyu attacked from within, leaving Ye Xingyu seriously injured but able to escape with a flight talisman.

After the Ye Family returned from the Outer Sea, Ye Jingcheng tallied his remarkable kills and healed his injured Spirit Beasts in the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven. Turtle Ancestor hinted that it needed Ye Jingcheng’s spiritual energy to recover, and Ye Jingcheng agreed to help it periodically.

• Ye Jingyu announced that the Purple Wood Sect had declared war on the Jade Chu Sect over the Green Fish Island theft.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng that the Guo Family of the Jade Chu Sect was searching for a Five-Colored Island.
• Ye Jingcheng reported that he and Ye Haicheng had killed four great demons, sixty Second Order Demon Beasts, and 382 First Order Demon Beasts, impressing the Ye Family with his record.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven and used Treasure Light and the Wood Healing Art to begin repairing the Golden Falcon’s injured wing.
• Ye Jingcheng treated the Jade Scale Flood Dragon before giving Turtle Ancestor one page of Treasure Light, which did not visibly heal its shell.
• Turtle Ancestor told Ye Jingcheng it was no longer useful to Ye Jingcheng’s great grandfather and needed spiritual energy to recover, and Ye Jingcheng promised to provide some every half month.

Ye Jingcheng returned from his grotto-heaven after refining spirit beast materials and learned that the Jade Chu Sect planned to enlist allies against the Purple Wood Sect. He secured a promise that his family would search for a hidden island, then found another message from An Yuhuai waiting for him.

• Ye Jingcheng inspected his spirit lake, fed his spirit beasts, and processed the Golden Great Peng Bird's essence blood and other demon beast materials.
• Guo Xingyun discussed the Purple Wood Sect with Jade Inquiry Real Person, who blamed Yu Xingmu for exposing the Five Elements Spirit Palace map and planned to recruit other Purple Mansion Factions against the Purple Wood Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng left the grotto-heaven with Turtle Ancestor and learned that the family had awarded him 150,000 Contribution Points and that Second Ancestor wanted to see him in a month.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Ye Haicheng to find him a hidden island, gave him demon beast materials, and urged him and Turtle Ancestor to use treasures that could help them break through.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard, found several messages from An Yuhuai urging him to attend the sect lecture gathering, and received yet another talisman from him.

Ye Jingcheng joined the Purple Wood Sect’s campaign against Jade Cold Island, learning that it held the Accumulated Cold Grass his Jade Scale Flood Dragon needed. Meanwhile, Jade Inquiry Real Person persuaded the Yun Family to consider a feast at Hongmen aimed at destroying the Purple Wood Sect’s leadership and seizing its teleportation array and treasure map.

• An Yuhuai publicly reprimanded Ye Jingcheng for delaying his assignment, but Ye Jingcheng invoked a secret task from Purple Wood Real Person and quieted the accusation.
• Ye Jingyu ordered Ye Jingcheng to join the campaign toward Jade Cold Island and secretly told him that the island held thousand-year Accumulated Cold Grass; he also warned that the Profound Sword Pavilion might be receiving support from the Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared for the campaign, accepted a Third Order Array Disk from An Yuhuai, and departed with Purple Wood Sect cultivators alongside Ye Haisheng and another Ye Family elder.
• Jade Inquiry Real Person presented Yun Baili with a Five Spirits Palace Spirit Map and told Yun Baixuan that the Purple Wood Sect had an inland teleportation array and descended from the Great Wood Island Mu Family.
• Yun Baixuan agreed to discuss Jade Inquiry Real Person’s proposal with Uncle Tian, and he and Yun Baili accepted a plan to invite the Purple Wood Sect’s leaders to a birthday feast and divide the gains.

Ye Jingcheng helped the Purple Wood Sect capture Jade Cold Island, broke its protection formation, and killed three hidden Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators guarding the Spirit Herb Garden. He obtained the thousand-year Accumulated Cold Grass and confirmed Jade Chu Sect had no backer, then prepared to test the Profound Sword Pavilion and Grand Righteousness Merchant Association.

• Ye Haisheng led the Purple Wood Sect's assault on Jade Cold Island, and Ye Jingcheng shattered its protection formation with a Golden Light Falling Cloud Star Rock.
• Ye Jingcheng released his Thunder Rhino Beetles and went to the summit's Spirit Herb Garden to search for Accumulated Cold Grass.
• Ye Jingcheng exposed three concealed Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, captured one with the Golden Dragon Token, and killed all three.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the thousand-year Accumulated Cold Grass and other Spirit Herbs, then used a Soul Inquiry Talisman to confirm Jade Chu Sect had no backer.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Haisheng the mission was complete and awaited Fourth Brother as the Ye Family prepared to test the Profound Sword Pavilion and Grand Righteousness Merchant Association.

Ye Jingyu negotiated with Fairy Wu Xin for Profound Sword Pavilion’s support, offering territory in exchange for a custom Third-Order sword as the conflict over Jade Chu Sect escalated. After Ye Jingcheng returned to Purple Wood Island, Ye Xuecang revealed a secret plan to strike the Yun Family at a birthday banquet on Peach Cloud Island.

• Ye Jingyu met Fairy Wu Xin at Hanging Sword Tower and offered one-third of Jade Chu Sect’s territory, including Jade Wood Bay, for a custom Third-Order sword; Wu Xin agreed to consider the deal.
• Wu Xin told Uncle Bei that both Purple Wood Sect and Jade Chu Sect claimed Sky Cloud Pavilion’s backing, and Uncle Bei advised her to watch the Yun Family while Profound Sword Pavilion pursued its own plans.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Purple Wood Island after studying the Jade Scale Pill formula and refining Earth Return Pills, then joined the Ye Family’s senior members in the underground hall.
• Ye Xuecang revealed that the Ye Family would attack the Yun Family and assigned Ye Xuefan, Ye Haicheng, Ye Haihe, and Ye Jingcheng their roles while ordering them to keep his return from seclusion secret.
• Ye Jingyu reported that Yun Baixuan had invited the Ye Family to Peach Cloud Island for his concubine’s birthday, and Ye Xuecang ordered Ye Jingyu and Ye Xuefan to attend openly.

Ye Xuefan and Purple Wood Sect turned Yun Baixuan’s birthday banquet on Peach Cloud Island into a trap for the Yun Family and its allies, revealing overwhelming forces and a Golden Core sword cultivator. The slaughter left Sky Cloud Real Person captured and the assembled guests being wiped out.

• Yun Baixuan welcomed cultivators to Peach Cloud Immortal’s birthday banquet while Jade Inquiry Real Person, Xu An, Steward Xiao, and then Ye Jingyu and Ye Xuefan arrived with gifts.
• Yun Baixuan accused Purple Wood Sect over Green Fish Island, and Jade Inquiry Real Person challenged Ye Xuefan about attacks on Jade Clear Island and Jade Cold Island.
• Ye Xuefan exposed the Great Azure Turtle and summoned the Golden Core sword cultivator, while a Fourth Order giant lizard and numerous Great Demons and Purple Mansion cultivators surrounded Peach Cloud Island.
• Sky Cloud Real Person attacked, but the golden claw and Thunder Collapse Sword overcame his defenses and trapped him in a mountain prison.
• Ye Jingcheng drove Yun Baili into retreat as Ye Haicheng and Ye Haihe suppressed Yun Baixuan, while the Ye forces killed the Yun Family’s guests and cultivators who begged to surrender.

The Ye Family wiped out the cultivators on Peach Blossom Island and began taking control of the Sky Cloud Islands through deception rather than open conquest. Ye Xuecang impersonated Sky Cloud Real Person and infiltrated the Yun Family, while Ye Jingcheng received the Blazing Flame Fire Crystal and prepared to help seize Jade Chu Sect territory.

• Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family’s allies killed Yun Baili, Yun Baixuan, and the other cultivators on Peach Blossom Island, then Ye Xuecang sealed Sky Cloud Real Person’s soul.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the family to take over Jade Chu Sect territory, infiltrate the Yun Family, and establish a merchant association to screen factions in the Green Cloud Sea Region.
• Ye Xuecang transformed himself into Sky Cloud Real Person and flew to the Sky Cloud Islands, while Ye Jingcheng received the Blazing Flame Fire Crystal from Ye Xuefan.
• Ye Jingyu revealed that Purple Wood Sect cultivators had already been relocated and spies had thrown Jade Chu Sect into chaos, so the group headed to Jade Wood Bay.
• Ye Xuecang entered the Yun Family estate, blamed Jade Chu Sect for Yun Baili’s and Yun Baixuan’s deaths, and ordered the Yun Family to investigate and destroy the sect.
• Ye Xuecang secretly planted Blood Leech eggs in the Yun Family cultivators’ wine and announced that he would enter seclusion to break through to the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Ye Jingcheng and the Purple Wood Sect captured Jade Chu Island after he used the Peach Wood Wood Demon to disable the Ten Clear Palace formation and foil Guo Xingyun’s trap. Guo Xingyun escaped with a Third Order spirit talisman, while the Purple Wood Sect moved to seize the Jade Chu Sect’s remaining islands and resources.

• Ye Jingcheng warned Ye Jingyu that Guo Xingyun’s flight and the unusually favorable situation seemed suspicious, so the Purple Wood Sect surrounded Jade Chu Island instead of rushing in.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Peach Wood Wood Demon found the Ten Clear Palaces’ hidden formations and severed their connections, preventing Guo Xingyun from detonating them.
• Guo Xingyun activated a trapping formation and the jade talisman, but the Ten Clear Palaces formed a giant Peach Wood spirit shadow that broke the trap.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Purple Wood Sect attacked the Jade Chu Sect forces; Guo Xingyun escaped with a Third Order spirit talisman, and Ye Jingyu killed Yu Chuanjun.
• After the fighting ended, Ye Jingyu assigned Purple Wood Sect cultivators to cleanse the subsidiary islands and claim their resources.

After the Ye Family seized Jade Chu Island, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu assessed its Spring Jade vein and other spoils, while Ye Haicheng brought back a fragment of the Five Elements Spirit Palace map and materials from Guo Xingyun. Ye Jingcheng began cultivating in the Ten Clear Palace and treating his Spirit Beasts, where he discovered the four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles were about to advance.

• Ye Jingyu led Ye Jingcheng and the Purple Wood Sect cultivators through Jade Chu Island’s Ten Clear Palace and Spring Jade mine, finding a rich Second Order vein and a Tier 3 Spirit Herb Garden stripped of its herbs.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu that Guo Xingyun had been killed and showed them a fragment of the Five Elements Spirit Palace map.
• Ye Haicheng shared Guo Xingyun’s spirit materials, allowing Ye Jingcheng to complete the materials for his Blazing Flame Fan except for the Crimson Flame Fox’s advancement essence blood.
• Ye Jingyu learned of a method to cultivate the Spring Jade vein, while Ye Jingcheng found a Tier 3 Mind Expansion Pill formula among the Jade Slips.
• Ye Jingcheng secluded himself in the Ten Clear Palace, let the Stone Spirit absorb the Tier 3 Spirit Vein’s energy, and treated the four injured Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• Ye Jingcheng realized the four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles were nearing the Second Order Late Stage.

Ye Jingcheng inspected his Spirit Beasts and the spoils from his expedition, discovering valuable Dharma Treasures, Purple Essence Pills, and the Three Yuan Blood Escape art. He ended with wealth worth at least three to four hundred thousand Spirit Stones and a new escape technique to prepare for his trip to Hidden Island.

• Ye Jingcheng fed the Roc Fish to test its ferocity, and it fought and devoured two Star Eating Fish before he gave it Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng examined Yun Baili's Storage Bracelet and found three Dharma Treasures, the Azure Spirit Shuttle, and around one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Ye Jingcheng searched Jade Inquiry Real Person's belongings and found two Purple Essence Pills, Constant Yuan Sand, a Mystic Jade Silver Flute, and Three Yuan Azure Cloud Swords.
• Ye Jingcheng examined another Purple Mansion Cultivator's jade slips and discovered the Three Yuan Blood Escape art, which could let him flee even from Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng tallied his gains from the expedition at three to four hundred thousand Spirit Stones, excluding Dharma Treasures and Spirit Pills.

Yun Qianyu and Yun Baiqiu fled the Yun Family after suspecting that Sky Cloud Real Person had been replaced, but Sky Cloud Real Person caught and killed them. On Azure Hidden Island, Ye Jingcheng killed a Spotted Seal great demon and served as bait, allowing Ye Xuecang and an ally to trap the Sea Overturning Demon King and strike its shell.

• Yun Qianyu suspected the Sky Cloud ancestor had been Body Seized and tried to flee with Yun Baiqiu, but Sky Cloud Real Person appeared and killed them both.
• Ye Jingcheng reached Azure Hidden Island, recognized the Spotted Seal as bait from the Sea Overturning Demon King, and waited for Ye Xuecang.
• Ye Xuecang ordered Ye Jingcheng to kill the Spotted Seal, and Ye Jingcheng confirmed the command through the Family Head Token before attacking.
• Ye Jingcheng used his magical treasures and needles to kill the Spotted Seal, then noticed tracking rain and saw the Sea Overturning Demon King approach.
• The Sea Overturning Demon King entered Ye Xuecang's array, and Ye Xuecang's ally struck its shell with a golden tail, shattering much of it.

Ye Xuecang and the Earth Dragon Demon King killed the Sea Overturning Demon King, then discovered a Star Sea Fruit Tree, a fourth-order spirit vein, and the ancient Ocean Measuring Tablet in its lair. The Earth Dragon Demon King stayed behind to guard the discoveries while Ye Xuecang and Ye Jingcheng set out to search other great demon lairs.

• Ye Xuecang and the Earth Dragon Demon King overwhelmed the Sea Overturning Demon King, and Ye Jingcheng fled the collapsing Azure Hidden Island with the Three Yuan Blood Escape Technique.
• Ye Xuecang severed the Sea Overturning Demon King's head, collected its Golden Core, and the Earth Dragon Demon King took its stone-pearl treasure.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King gave the stone pearl to Ye Jingcheng and accompanied him and Ye Xuecang to the Sea Overturning Demon King's underwater lair on the Golden Light Rhino.
• Ye Jingcheng and the others found a Star Sea Fruit Tree, and Ye Xuecang ordered the Golden Light Rhino to clear the area while he set up an array.
• Ye Xuecang moved an ancient stone stele and revealed a fourth-order spirit vein; the Earth Dragon Demon King recognized the Ocean Measuring Tablet as their greatest discovery.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King agreed to guard the lair while Ye Xuecang and Ye Jingcheng left to search other great demon lairs, including the Golden Light Rhino's.

Ye Jingcheng explored the Golden Light Rhino Great Demon's island and received treasures, a hidden island, and the Five Elements Spirit Map from Ye Xuecang. After discussing the Ye Family's future and choosing the Dao Name Thousand Dust, he continued gathering resources from slain Great Demons before Ye Xuecang told him to return to Lingyun Island and hone his Alchemy.

• Ye Jingcheng gave the stone pearl magic treasure to Ye Xuecang for safekeeping, and Ye Xuecang handed him treasures recovered from the Yun Family's vault.
• Ye Jingcheng collected Golden Rhino Grass and Golden Grit Spirit Soil from the Golden Light Rhino Great Demon's island.
• Ye Jingcheng advised the Ye Family to concentrate its resources on its strongest combat power, and Ye Xuecang gave him the Five Elements Spirit Map and the location of his hidden island.
• Ye Jingcheng named his Dao Thousand Dust and his hidden island Dust Hidden Island.
• Ye Jingcheng collected two Golden Great Peng Bird eggs and a Metal Element Wood, then gathered herbs and resources from other slain Great Demons' cave abodes.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng to return to Lingyun Island and improve his Alchemy.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Purple Wood Island for the Purple Wood Sect’s victory celebration, exchanged for spirit herbs, and opened the Storage Bracelet Ye Xuecang had given him. The arrival of senior figures from the Yun Family, Profound Sword Pavilion, and Grand Righteousness Merchant Association raised concern that they might uncover his origins, and Steward Xiao began probing his authority.

• Ye Jingcheng avoided the crowded docks, met Ye Jingyu, and gave him a jade slip recording mines and other resources in the sea region.
• Ye Jingcheng left a Storage Bracelet and a Sound Transmission Talisman for Ye Haicheng, then exchanged his Contribution Points for Spirit Herbs at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng opened Ye Xuecang’s Storage Bracelet and found a Purple Jade Soul Tablet, a Purple Jade Cold Bed, Third Order pill formulas, a Soul Searching Technique, and spirit materials.
• Ye Jingcheng attended the Purple Wood Sect’s celebration with An Yuhuai as Yun Baiyuan, Fairy Wu Xin, and Steward Xiao arrived as representatives of major powers.
• Steward Xiao questioned An Yuhuai about Ye Jingcheng’s identity and asked whether he could make decisions about a proposed cooperation.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu managed Purple Wood Sect’s dealings with the Profound Sword Pavilion, the Grand Righteousness Merchant Association, and Yun Baiyuan while concealing the Ye Family’s plans. Ye Jingcheng departed for Hidden Island and, after more than two months there, succeeded in refining third-order Black Water Pills as his spirit beasts hunted for food.

• Ye Jingcheng told Steward Xiao and Fairy Wu Xin that Spring Jade negotiations had to wait for Ye Jingyu, then gave them island deeds, Cloudwood, and offers to trade for scarce spirit herbs.
• Ye Jingyu stalled Yun Baiyuan with tea, refused to discuss Peach Garden Mountain Villa, and handed him a Storage Bracelet for Sky Cloud Real Person with instructions not to inspect it.
• Guests at Purple Wood Sect’s celebration concluded that the Yun Family and Purple Wood Sect were allied, while Ye Jingcheng prepared to leave with a Blood Leech and accepted a mission to Hidden Island.
• After arriving at Dust Hidden Island, Ye Jingcheng spent more than two months refining pills and successfully produced third-order Profound Flame Pills and Black Water Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng fed a Black Water Pill to the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, which then fought the other spirit beasts over the Sabertooth Shark meat it had brought back.

Ye Jingcheng refined a Third Order Golden Scale Pill and let the Golden Scale Beast take it while undergoing a breakthrough. Afterward, he fed Thunder Rhino Pills to his Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles.

• Ye Jingcheng gave the Roc Fish a Peng Fish Pill, then set up an array to protect it as it began to change.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Thunder Rhino Pills with pill patterns and studied the Golden Scale Pill formula before preparing to refine it.
• Ye Jingcheng used Earth Kirin Lion essence blood to overcome the beast phantom in the furnace and successfully refined a Golden Scale Pill.
• The Golden Scale Beast reached the brink of a breakthrough, and Ye Jingcheng let it consume a Third Order Demon Core before giving it the Golden Scale Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng set the Jade Ring Rat to observe the Golden Scale Beast's Breathing Method, then fed Thunder Rhino Pills to his beetles.

After failing to refine a Third Order Golden Falcon Pill, Ye Jingcheng learned that the Golden Falcon had found a Mystic Turtle island. He discovered a Third Order Late Stage Water Thorn Turtle nearing the time to lay its eggs and ordered the Golden Falcon to monitor it.

• Ye Jingcheng failed to refine the Third Order Golden Falcon Pill, sent the Crimson Flame Fox to eat, and recorded what he had learned from the attempt.
• The Golden Falcon captured an Azure Mystic Turtle and told Ye Jingcheng it had found the Mystic Turtle Clan more than eighteen thousand miles northeast of Dust Hidden Island.
• Ye Jingcheng left the Scarlet Flame Fox and Jade Scale Flood Dragon to guard the island, then flew with the Golden Falcon to investigate the turtle island.
• Ye Jingcheng spotted Azure Mystic Turtles, Water Thorn Turtles, and Supreme Mystery Turtles, along with a third order high grade Water Attribute Spirit Vein and caves containing spirit milk.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed a Third Order Late Stage Water Thorn Turtle beneath the island and ordered the Golden Falcon to check on it every half month and alert him when it was suffering most.

Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beasts grew stronger as he prepared to hunt the weakened Water Thorn Turtle, and he received the Blazing Flame Fan from Ye Xuefan. The group reached Mystic Turtle Island and began their assault, drawing out the island’s turtle defenders and the enormous Water Thorn Turtle.

• Ye Jingcheng’s beasts killed an Azure Pattern Electric Eel, and he praised their improved coordination while telling Golden Falcon to scout Mystic Turtle Island.
• The Roc Fish awakened at the First Rank Late Stage and revealed that its Five-Colored Spirit Bubbles could trap Star Eating Fish.
• Ye Jingcheng studied the Jade Scale Pill while Golden Falcon reported that the Water Thorn Turtle was about to lay eggs.
• Ye Xuefan arrived with the Golden Light Rhino, and Ye Jingcheng refined the newly completed Blazing Flame Fan while they traveled toward Mystic Turtle Island.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Golden Light Rhino drew the turtles’ attention as Ye Xuefan began deploying array flags, and the island’s turtles attacked before the enormous Water Thorn Turtle emerged.