Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng and his spirit beasts killed the Third Order Late Stage Water Thorn Turtle and gathered its surviving young, eggs, and valuable materials. Before leaving Turtle Island, Ye Jingcheng found six drops of Centennial Spirit Milk and shared some with Ye Xuefan.

• Ye Jingcheng, his spirit beasts, and the Golden Light Rhino attacked the Water Thorn Turtle, and Ye Jingcheng finished it off with the Azure Swan Sword.
• Ye Jingcheng had the adult turtles slaughtered and collected the young turtles, then found a Water Thorn Turtle egg buried deep in the seabed.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Water Thorn Turtle egg to Ye Xuefan, who assigned the Water Thorn Turtles to Uncle Hai Fei and shared the island's spirit milk and Turtle Spirit Grass with Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered six drops of Centennial Spirit Milk in a stone milk cave and concealed the cave with an array.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Xuefan three drops of Centennial Spirit Milk, but Ye Xuefan kept only two, and the group prepared to leave the island.

Ye Jingcheng refined a powerful Jade Scale Pill and fed it to the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, which began a violent breakthrough on Hidden Island. With the dragon sealed in the island lake to advance, Ye Jingcheng turned to cultivating and patrolling the sea.

• Ye Jingcheng watched his Spirit Beasts hunt and considered how to strengthen them, especially the Four-Colored Cloud Deer, whose Wood Form lagged behind.
• After resting and studying pill-refining methods, Ye Jingcheng successfully made Peng Fish Pills and Thunder Rhino Pills, then began refining a Jade Scale Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng’s first Jade Scale Pill attempt failed, but after reviewing the process, he used Fourth Order Silver Moon Dragon blood to produce a potent pill without a pill pattern.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Jade Scale Pill to the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, which thrashed and bled for a day as jade light enveloped it.
• Ye Jingcheng sealed the cave entrance beneath the island lake so the Jade Scale Flood Dragon could advance on the stronger spirit vein, then resumed cultivation and sea patrols.

Ye Jingcheng nurtured his Thunder Rhino Beetles, discovered a promising insect king, and helped the Four-Colored Cloud Deer approach a breakthrough. After two years, the Golden Scale Beast finally advanced to Purple Mansion Early Stage, though it remained eager to challenge the Crimson Flame Fox.

• Ye Jingcheng found that his four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles had reached Second Order Peak and gained powerful lightning attacks, then prepared Enticement Beast Pills to breed the rest.
• The Thunder Rhino Beetles produced more than one hundred and eighty eggs, including one with four layers of spiritual light that could become an insect king.
• Ye Jingcheng hunted a Mystic Wood Eagle and fed its inner core to the Four-Colored Cloud Deer, which began breaking through to Third Order.
• Two years later, Ye Jingcheng sensed that the Golden Scale Beast had advanced and saw its new golden scales, patterned forepaws, and short horns.
• The Golden Scale Beast boasted to the other Spirit Beasts and looked for a chance to challenge the Crimson Flame Fox, but Ye Jingcheng told it that it was still no match.

Ye Jingcheng watched the Golden Scale Beast test its new Earth Qilin Seal against the Crimson Flame Fox, then prepared the Jade Ring Rat for a breakthrough and continued raising his Thunder Rhino Beetles. The Golden Falcon emerged from seclusion with a powerful new sword technique, and Ye Jingcheng sent it to hunt nearby seas while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and Four-Colored Cloud Deer remained in seclusion.

• The Golden Scale Beast fought the Crimson Flame Fox, used its Earth Qilin Seal, and was forced to call for Ye Jingcheng when Azure Sun Flame burned through its defenses.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Jade Ring Rat a Second Order earth-attribute demon core and continued training his Thunder Rhino Beetles with the Sky Opening Divine Drum Insect Array.
• The Roc Fish emerged from the island lake after breaking through to the Second Order, and the Golden Scale Beast and Thunder Rhino Beetles competed for the spirit fish it brought.
• The Golden Falcon emerged from seclusion, demonstrated its immense speed and Golden Sword Secret Technique, and thanked Ye Jingcheng for his support.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Golden Falcon a Third Order Golden Light Pill and sent it to hunt nearby seas, while the Golden Scale Beast quietly hoped for pills made from third-rank earth-element Monster Beast demon cores.

Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu attended the Qingling Merchant Guild’s trade fair, where Ye Hai Fei arranged to join Master Qing in searching for the Five Elements True Monarch’s treasure. Later, Ye Jingcheng returned with two Rock Eagle eggs and learned that the Four-Colored Cloud Deer had broken through, but its test against the Golden Scale Beast ended in defeat.

• Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu entered the Qingling Merchant Guild’s hidden Sea City and browsed the trade fair.
• Ye Xingyu traded for a Kanli Fire Crystal and a Spirit Beast egg while Ye Hai Fei offered Brahma Soft Jade for information about the Five Elements True Monarch’s cave dwelling.
• Master Qing showed Ye Hai Fei a Five Elements Spirit Palace treasure map, and they agreed to exchange maps and explore together after swearing Heart Demon Oaths.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Dust Hidden Island with two Rock Eagle eggs after the Golden Falcon helped him slay a pair of Third Order Rock Eagles.
• Ye Jingcheng found that the Four-Colored Cloud Deer had broken through and ordered it to fight the Golden Scale Beast.
• The Four-Colored Cloud Deer staggered the Golden Scale Beast with its inhalation, but the Golden Scale Beast defeated it with the Earth Qilin Seal.

Ye Jingcheng witnessed the Jade Scale Flood Dragon’s breakthrough to Third Order Middle Stage, tested its strength, and set out to meet Ye Xuefan about the Five Elements True Monarch’s inheritance. Meanwhile, Qing Kongying used the Qingling Original Shadow Mirror to identify two cultivators carrying Qingling Tokens, drawing the Qingling Merchant Guild’s attention toward the Purple Wood Sect.

• The Four-Colored Cloud Deer summoned three Third Order Wood Giants, and Ye Jingcheng considered training them to fight alongside the Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon emerged from seclusion as a powerful Third Order Middle Stage jiaolong, defeated the Golden Scale Beast’s attacks, and received pills and Spirit Beast meat from Ye Jingcheng.
• After receiving Ye Xuefan’s message about the Five Elements True Monarch’s inheritance, Ye Jingcheng visited the Earth Dragon Demon King, then headed back toward the Ye Family’s Purple Wood Island.
• Master Qing showed the Five-Colored Spirit Palace map to the green-masked Qing Fox Elder, who supplied him with a Purple Moon Flame Fox and a Third Order spirit puppet for the expedition.
• Qing Kongying used the Qingling Original Shadow Mirror to trace two Qingling Tokens and identified their current bearers as little-known Foundation Building Cultivators of the Purple Wood Sect, which had a Purple Mansion Middle Stage cultivator.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Purple Wood Island, submitted his Hidden Island hunting mission, and received a Heavenly Sand Seal and a spirit boat from Ye Haicheng. After spending more than half a month refining the treasure, he accepted a new mission and headed for a remote island.

• Ye Jingcheng submitted his public mission and then presented his Beast Communication Mark and soul banner to Ye Xuefan for the Ye Family’s secret mission.
• Ye Xuefan counted Ye Jingcheng’s demon souls and materials, awarded him 180,000 Contribution Points, and learned that he would give some shell armor material to Ye Haicheng.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Haicheng the Water Thorn Turtle shell and spirit pills, and Ye Haicheng presented him with the Heavenly Sand Seal and a late-stage Third Order spirit boat.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng to refine the Heavenly Sand Seal and said Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu would take him to the Five Elements True Monarch’s spirit palace in a month.
• After refining the Heavenly Sand Seal for more than half a month, Ye Jingcheng accepted a mission from Purple Wood Hall and set off for a remote island.

Ye Jingcheng joined Ye Xuefan, Ye Haicheng, and the Earth Dragon Demon King in the Great Azure Turtle’s cave heaven while the Ye Family prepared for a dangerous treasure hunt. Ye Hai Fei met Qing Kongying, combined their three Five-Colored Spirit Maps, and set out with him for the Outer Sea.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Black Horn Island and learned that Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu were absent, while Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng were preparing for the Qingling Merchant Guild encounter.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King joined the group, and the Great Azure Turtle opened its cave heaven so Ye Jingcheng and the others could wait safely inside.
• Three disguised cultivators left a Sky One City tavern, fooling two Qingling Merchant Guild watchers who had been waiting to identify the visitors.
• Qing Kongying traveled to an island near the Sky Cloud Islands and met Ye Hai Fei, who negotiated a sixty-forty division and an oath of secrecy.
• The three Five-Colored Spirit Maps joined to reveal a route into the Outer Sea, and Ye Hai Fei cut the map apart and kept a piece before the group set out by spirit boats.

Ye Hai Fei, Qing Kongying, and their companions entered Five Elements True Monarch’s hidden Small World and reached the Five Elements Dojo, where Qing Kongying revealed his true strength and attacked the Purple Wood Sect cultivators. The chapter ended with Qing Kongying launching a coordinated assault while Ye Xuefan was caught in the Purple Moon Flame Fox’s illusion.

• Ye Hai Fei and Qing Kongying waited for the Red Algae Mist to reveal the natural array, then used their Spirit Maps to open the entrance to the Small World.
• The four cultivators entered the Five Elements Dojo and argued over how to divide its inheritance and treasures before advancing through the mountain gate.
• Qing Kongying tested the array protecting the pill furnace, then revealed his Purple Mansion cultivation and sent Flying Swords toward Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu.
• Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu avoided the attack with Substitute Calamity Talismans, while Ye Xuefan exposed the Purple Wood Sect’s three Purple Mansion cultivators and deployed a third-order array.
• Qing Kongying trapped Ye Haicheng beneath a great bell, sent a Purple Mansion Middle Stage puppet after Ye Jingcheng, and used the Purple Moon Flame Fox to ensnare Ye Xuefan in an illusion before attacking Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye family defeated Qing Kongying’s group, then Ye Jingcheng passed the Five Elements trial and entered a hall of inheritances. Outside the Small World, Azure Fox Real Person discovered what had happened and prepared to enter.

• Ye Jingcheng used his spirit beasts to kill Qing Kongying, while Ye Xuefan restrained the Purple Moon Flame Fox and the Ye family killed the remaining Foundation Building Cultivator.
• Ye Xuefan ordered the group to destroy their Qingling Tokens and hide identifying belongings, while Ye Hai Fei explained that the furnace trial allowed only three attempts.
• Ye Jingcheng crossed the sacrificial furnace and passed trials of fire, water, wood, earth, and gold by copying techniques with his Five Elements abilities.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the palace, chose the cultivation-inheritance hall, and cut down its Second Order Late Stage spirit puppet.
• Azure Fox Real Person and a female cultivator viewed the Small World through a Qingling Original Shadow Mirror and decided to enter.

Ye Jingcheng received the Five Elements True Monarch’s inheritance, including a cultivation scripture, a method for completing his Spirit Roots, and puppet-refinement techniques. After leaving the inheritance halls, he watched the Earth Dragon Demon King kill Azure Fox Real Person, then regrouped with the Ye Family as they prepared to leave with their gains.

• Ye Jingcheng performed the required rites, and the Five Elements True Monarch’s weakening soul projection accepted him as an inheritor before dissipating.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the three Jade Slips and found the Five Spirits True Scripture, the Spirit Replacement Method, and instructions for refining Five Elements Sky Armor Puppets.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the inheritance and Celestial Soul Stone statue, then searched the other halls and found a few treasures while confirming that the apparent riches had been illusions.
• Ye Jingcheng emerged as the formation collapsed and saw the Earth Dragon Demon King defeat Azure Fox Real Person and seize his golden core.
• Ye Jingcheng reported his findings to Ye Xuefan, and Ye Xuefan said the inheritance was the most important gain and reminded everyone to leave no suspicious evidence.

After the Ye Family escaped the Small World, Ye Jingcheng received the Purple Moon Flame Fox’s remains and prepared the Crimson Flame Fox’s advancement. He refined two Third Order Crimson Flame Pills and was left certain the fox could advance into a four-tailed fox.

• The Earth Dragon Demon King gave Ye Xuefan the Qingling Original Shadow Mirror and Purple Moon Flame Fox, and Ye Xuefan ordered the family to hide their tracks and change Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xingyu’s identities.
• Ye Xuefan destroyed the Red Spirit Algae and led the group away; afterward, the Ye Family destroyed the spirit corpses used to conceal the two cultivators’ identities.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng he knew of a gold-element Heavenly Spiritual Root in the Jade Cloud Islands, advised against widely promoting the Five Spirits True Scripture, and gave him the Purple Moon Flame Fox’s corpse as a reward.
• Ye Jingcheng extracted thirteen drops of essence blood and the demon core from the Purple Moon Flame Fox, completing the materials needed for the Third Order Crimson Flame Pill.
• Ye Jingcheng nurtured the Heavenly Ox Azure Crimson Furnace with the Crimson Flame Fox, then refined three Profound Flame Pills and two Third Order Crimson Flame Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng completed the Crimson Flame Pills, leaving the Crimson Flame Fox’s advancement into a four-tailed fox nearly certain.

Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Supreme Clarity Spirit Guarding Art might conceal a threat to his soul, then advanced to Purple Mansion Middle Stage and learned of rising tensions across the region. The chapter ended as the Crimson Flame Fox broke through after consuming its Advancement Pill.

• Ye Jingcheng questioned the Wood Demon about the Supreme Clarity Spirit Guarding Art and feared its mysterious point of light could prepare a cultivator for Body Seizing, so he sent his concerns to Ye Xuecang.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Crimson Flame Fox a Crimson Flame Pill and an Advancement Pill, then left it to break through under protection.
• Ye Jingcheng cultivated for three years, used a Purple Essence Pill to break through to Purple Mansion Middle Stage, and successfully tempered the Ice Phoenix Pearl.
• Ye Jingcheng learned from the Family Token that the Yuan and Wei Families were enemies, the Qinghe Sect was pressing Taiqing County, and Ye Xuecang wanted to meet him at the Sky Cloud Islands.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed a surge of fire-aspect true essence through his Beast Communication Mark and realized that the Crimson Flame Fox had advanced.

Ye Jingcheng watched the Crimson Flame Fox reach Third Rank Purple Mansion Middle Stage and display its new flames and illusions, then inspected and fed the spirit beasts in his grotto-heaven. The Jade Ring Rat had failed to advance, while the Peach Wood Wood Demon produced four Longevity Spirit Peaches; Ye Jingcheng left for the Purple Wood Sect to seek a higher-grade Spirit Gathering Array.

• The Crimson Flame Fox emerged from its breakthrough with the Azure Sun Flame and Purple Moon Heart Flame, then used its heart flames and fox phantoms to overpower the Golden Scale Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, Golden Falcon, Four-Colored Cloud Deer, and other spirit beasts, and began breakthroughs for the Thunder Rhino Beetle King and Roc Fish.
• Ye Jingcheng found that the Jade Ring Rat had failed to advance, gave it a Foundation Establishment Pill, and encouraged it to continue cultivating its Breathing Method.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered four Longevity Spirit Peaches on the Peach Wood Wood Demon and rewarded it and the Stone Spirit with Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng concluded that the grotto-heaven needed a second-order spirit vein and left for the Purple Wood Sect to obtain a higher-grade Spirit Gathering Array.

Ye Jingcheng gathered materials from the Ye Family and traveled to the Sky Cloud Islands, where Yun Baiyuan tried to probe his ties to Purple Wood Sect and asked him to arrange an introduction. Ye Jingcheng refused the offer and left, then met Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe, confirming the family’s covert operation inside the Yun Family was still underway.

• Ye Jingcheng exchanged Moon Spirit Pearls for Second-Order materials to upgrade a spirit vein and received pill and treasure materials from Ye Xuefan.
• Ye Jingcheng traveled to Sky One City disguised as Tang Cheng and was escorted by Yun Chuanzhi to meet Yun Baiyuan at Cloud Crane Pavilion.
• Yun Baiyuan offered Ye Jingcheng Purple Mansion Jade Liquid in exchange for an introduction, but Ye Jingcheng refused and left the restaurant.
• Yun Baiyuan and two other Yun Family Purple Mansion cultivators wondered whether their suspicion about their ancestor was mistaken and mentioned that Qian Yu had been out of contact.
• Ye Jingcheng received Ye Xuecang’s message, changed identities with Bone Transformation Pills, and met Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe at a concealed shop.
• Ye Xuecang confirmed the Beast Communication Marks with Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haihe, revealing that Ye Haihe had taken the place of one of the Yun Family’s Purple Mansion cultivators.

Ye Xuecang warned Ye Jingcheng to avoid the Taichang Mountain Range and revealed that the Ye Family possessed a spirit treasure and its first layer of the Treasure Unlocking Art, which might protect him from Tianfu Real Person. Ye Jingcheng left with the art and a Soul Splitting Fruit, while the Ye Family remained committed to its plans despite the dangers in both the Green Cloud Sea Region and Yan Country.

• Ye Xuecang explained that the Ye Family intended to replace most of the Yun Family’s Purple Mansion Cultivators and eventually control the family.
• Ye Xuecang warned Ye Jingcheng never to enter the Taichang Mountain Range and advised him to arrange for Tianfu Real Person to conduct any disciple-acceptance ceremony on Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Xuecang gave Ye Jingcheng the first layer of the Treasure Unlocking Art and revealed that the Eight Desolations Sect had been destroyed over the spirit treasure it had obtained.
• Ye Xuecang gave Ye Jingcheng a third-order Soul Splitting Fruit and asked whether he could control the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor after reaching Golden Core; Ye Jingcheng answered that he was eighty percent certain.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to give two Longevity Spirit Peaches to the family, then left with Cloud Concealment Tea as Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe discussed the danger of the journey and the Ye Family’s lack of alternatives.

Ye Jingcheng returned from Purple Wood Island to Lingyun Peak, carrying cultivation techniques and new guidance on training his Thunder Rhino Beetles. He arrived in Earth Dragon Valley and headed to find Ye Haicheng with Turtle Ancestor, saying he had something important to discuss.

• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xingyu, and Ye Haiping shared wine on Purple Wood Island, where Ye Haiping urged Ye Jingcheng to act carefully when he returned to Yan Country.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Teleportation Array to return to Lingyun Peak, bringing Jade Slips containing cultivation techniques for the Ye Family.
• Ye Xueliang tested Ye Jingcheng's Thunder Rhino Beetle Insect Array against his Black Armor Scorpions, then taught Ye Jingcheng how to improve the formation and gave him the Wrath of Heavenly Insects secret art.
• Ye Jingcheng treated the injured spirit insects, and Ye Xueliang advised him to reduce the Thunder Rhino Beetles to one hundred and twenty and develop more formidable insect swarms.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived in Earth Dragon Valley, met Purple Mansion Middle Stage Turtle Ancestor, and went to find Ye Haicheng to discuss an important matter.

Ye Jingcheng met with Ye Haicheng and learned that the Yuan Family was stirring up a potential beast tide, then visited the Earth Dragon Demon King for help. There, he discovered a Heavenly Dragon Fruit Tree in bloom, leaving him with a chance to pursue a rare treasure the Demon King might not need.

• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that Lingyun Peak needed Foundation Establishment Pills and warned that the Yuan Family was trying to provoke another beast tide, while the Wei Family might be secretly helping them.
• Ye Haicheng sent Ye Jingcheng to meet the Earth Dragon Demon King and arranged for Turtle Ancestor to accompany him for the Beast Communication Ceremony.
• Turtle Ancestor tested two kinds of pill residue, preferred the Golden Scale Pill residue, and gave Ye Jingcheng a shed Third Order turtle shell in exchange for Treasure Light.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King warned Ye Jingcheng that the Yuan Family was moving toward the Azure Wind Wolf Plains and could provoke a much larger beast tide.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King invited Ye Jingcheng into the Dragon Hall, where Ye Jingcheng saw a blossoming Fourth Order Heavenly Dragon Fruit Tree and drank Fire Ridge Tea.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Lingyun Peak in secret and discovered signs that someone had been watching his courtyard while he was away. He headed to Lingyun Lake to meet Ye Jingyun, Ye Jingli, and Ye Xingqun and investigate who had been infiltrated and whether the Taiyi Sect was involved.

• Ye Jingcheng secretly returned from Earth Dragon Valley and used his Family Token to enter Lingyun Peak without revealing himself.
• At the family tournament, Ye Jingting defeated Ye Jinglan and reached the top three of the late Qi Training stage competition.
• Ye Qingwen won the middle Qi Training stage tournament using his body cultivation and Dharma Artifacts.
• Ye Jingjiang took first place, Ye Qingyan second, and Ye Jingting third in the late-stage tournament; Ye Jingyun postponed the rewards after learning Ye Jingcheng had emerged from seclusion and planned to change them.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the formations around his courtyard and found spiritual traces had been erased from Spirit Flags, confirming someone had repeatedly watched the site.
• Ye Jingcheng avoided entering his courtyard and went to Lingyun Lake to meet Ye Jingyun, Ye Jingli, and Ye Xingqun.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Lingyun Peak, rewarded his relatives with pill formulas, a furnace, spirit beast eggs, and cultivation arts, and learned that the Yuan and Wei Families' feud was harming the Ye Family. He left them with a plan to pressure the Wei Family into exposing the Yuan Family while seeking help from Azure Cloud Nunnery.

• Ye Jingcheng reunited with Ye Jingli, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Jingyun, explained why he had hidden the survival of family members, and reassured them that Ye Jinghu was safe but reprimanded the family for letting him attempt Foundation Establishment without a pill.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingyun numerous pill formulas and the Heaven Bell Furnace, then let Ye Jingli, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Jingyun choose spirit beast eggs and supplied cultivation arts for family rewards.
• Ye Jingyun reported that the Yuan and Wei Families' clashes had disrupted Taihang Market and forced the Ye Family to withdraw from its Hidden Valleys.
• Ye Jingcheng rejected the plan to ally with the Wan Family and instead proposed contacting Azure Cloud Nunnery, while having the Wei Family find evidence against the Yuan Family.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingli to ask their eldest brother to bring Taiyi Sect pressure on the Wei Family, threatening to label them Qinghe Sect spies if they failed to investigate the Spirit Extinguishing Locust case and target the Yuan Family.