Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng investigated a suspicious visit from Ye Jingteng, set precautions for the Ye Family, and began studying the Treasure Unlocking Art. Meanwhile, Yuan Haoyun prepared another scheme with mysterious cultivators, who ordered him to intensify the apparent conflict with the Wei Family.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Jingteng had visited his courtyard twice during his seclusion and received a storage bag of gathered materials, which he had Ye Jingyun hold while he investigated the suspicious circumstances.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli to pretend he had not broken through, continue pressuring the Yuan Family, coordinate with Azure Cloud Nunnery, and restrict access near his courtyard; he also gave the family his Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that Xu Xiuqing had left six years earlier while Chu Yanqing remained with the Ye Family, then began studying the Treasure Unlocking Art and found that it slightly strengthened his divine soul.
• Ye Jingcheng spread Five Poisons Bees and Red Joint Fish around Lingyun Lake to monitor for trouble.
• Yuan Haoyun showed the Aura Isolation Robe-wearing cultivators a route between Lion King Ridge and Red Clouds Ridge, claiming it would let them pass while the demon kings' control was relaxed.
• The mysterious cultivators agreed to trust Yuan Haoyun once more, warned him that Taiyi Sect had grown suspicious, and ordered him to heighten the apparent conflict between the Yuan and Wei Families.

Ye Jingteng broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and learned that his family had an important matter to discuss. At Taichang Market, Ye Jingli urged him to use his sect connections to target the Yuan Family, and Ye Jingteng agreed to recruit fellow cultivators before returning to the sect.

• Ye Jingteng awoke from cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and tested his stronger swordsmanship.
• Grandmaster Taihao told Ye Jingteng that his clansmen were waiting in Taichang Market and said Ye Jingcheng might become Tianfu Real Person’s Nominal Disciple if he reached the Purple Mansion realm.
• Ye Jingteng met Ye Jingli and Ye Xingyi at One Leaf Pavilion, where Ye Jingli revealed the family’s growing market earnings and discussed Ye Jingcheng’s delayed breakthrough.
• Ye Jingli presented a jade slip recording Yuan Family cultivators entering the Ethereal Mountain Range and argued that the Yuan Family had helped cause the Spirit Extinguishing Locust disaster.
• Ye Jingteng agreed to help bring down the Yuan Family and returned to the Taiyi Sect to recruit fellow senior brothers, including Fairy Liu Huan.

Liu Huan and the Ye Family raided the Wei Family, forcing its elders to expose the Yuan Family’s schemes before the Wei cultivators attacked Yuan Haoqiang’s force at Juehe Valley. At Taicang Mountain, Liu Huan’s group confronted Yuan Shanan, who revealed that the Yuan Family had evacuated its most talented members, and the battle began.

• Wei Yunchang ordered the Wei Family to support the Yuan Family, but Liu Huan, Ye Jingteng, Ye Jingyun, and their companions broke the Wei Family’s array and surrounded them.
• Liu Huan killed Wei Yunchang after he tried to stall, and the surviving Wei elders revealed evidence that the Yuan Family had plotted a beast tide and committed other crimes.
• Yuan Haoqiang led a hundred Yuan Family cultivators toward Juehe Valley, where three Wei Foundation Establishment cultivators and their forces ambushed and killed them.
• Yuan Shanan told Yuan Changxing to flee if the Family Head’s jade slip shattered, then sent him away as Liu Huan’s group arrived at Taicang Mountain.
• Liu Huan’s group broke through the Yuan Family’s layered formations and found that its talented clansmen and Yuan Haoyun had already departed.
• Yuan Shanan taunted Liu Huan about Violet Zenith Old Ancestor and Taiyi Sect’s danger, and Liu Huan attacked him as the other cultivators charged.

Liu Huan and the Ye Family wiped out the Yuan Family forces at Taicang Mountain, then the Ye brothers captured and killed the fugitive Yuan Changxing. They divided his treasures and continued toward Lingyun Peak, with Ye Jingteng keeping most of the spoils to prepare for a Purple Mansion breakthrough.

• Liu Huan killed Yuan Shanan, and Ye Jingteng and the other Taiyi Sect and Ye Family fighters slaughtered the remaining Yuan Family cultivators at Taicang Mountain.
• Liu Huan assigned the Ye Family ten percent of the gains and ordered the group to report the threat of a beast tide, while Yuan Changxing remained missing.
• Yuan Changxing returned to Taicang Mountain the next morning, but Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyun, and Ye Jingteng trapped and killed him with their attacks and Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Jingyun tried to search Yuan Changxing's soul but found that a family Jade Book's restriction had blocked him, then divided the storage bag's contents with his brothers.
• Ye Jingteng took the most valuable treasures and promised to support the Ye Family after reaching Purple Mansion, while Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli kept Yuan Changxing's Jade Slips and azure deer for the family.

Ye Jingcheng comprehended the first Spirit Pattern of the Treasure Unlocking Art and used a Soul Splitting Fruit to break through his divine sense. After learning more about Ye Jingteng’s suspicious behavior, he planned to test him with the Celestial Soul Art and received an Azure Crimson Ancient Lamp and a promising young deer.

• Yuan Haoyun led Aura Isolation Robe cultivators into Cloud Lion Ridge, where they were ambushed by Crimson Flame Cloud Lions and other Spirit Beasts, and Yuan Haoyun was killed.
• Ye Jingteng waited outside Ye Jingcheng’s courtyard for two days, then visited the clan school and left for Jade Dragon Valley; Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli burned their robes and sent Ye Jingcheng a message.
• Ye Jingcheng comprehended the first Spirit Pattern of the Treasure Unlocking Art and ate a Soul Splitting Fruit, breaking through his divine sense.
• Ye Jingcheng found the four Longevity Spirit Peaches ripe, protected the Jade Ring Rat as it entered seclusion, and rewarded his Spirit Beasts with Treasure Light and spirit liquid.
• After hearing Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli’s account of Ye Jingteng, Ye Jingcheng suspected Tianfu Real Person and told them to test Ye Jingteng’s reaction to the Celestial Soul Art.
• Ye Jingyun presented Ye Jingcheng with an Azure Crimson Ancient Lamp and a young azure deer with the potential to advance four times.

Ye Jingyun revealed the Azure Hidden Deer’s bloodline and demonstrated the Azure Crimson Ancient Lamp’s extraordinary concealment, while Ye Jingcheng assigned family rewards and continued comprehending the Treasure Unlocking Art. After Turtle Ancestor emerged stronger from seclusion, it fought the newly advanced Golden Scale Beast, which proved powerful enough to crack its shell.

• Ye Jingyun explained that the azure deer descended from a great Azure Hidden Deer and showed how the extinguished Azure Crimson Ancient Lamp concealed his aura even from Ye Jingcheng’s divine sense; Ye Jingcheng accepted the lamp and paid him five thousand Contribution Points.
• Ye Jingyun proposed giving the azure deer to Ye Qingyan, and Ye Jingcheng selected Ye Xingshui and Ye Jingyu as candidates for support while reviewing three clansmen who passed the Beast Communion assessment.
• Ye Jingcheng assigned Ye Jingyun to handle the family’s plans involving the Wan Family, Azure Cloud Nunnery, and Wei Family, then returned to comprehending the Treasure Unlocking Art.
• Three months later, Ye Jingcheng saw that Turtle Ancestor had advanced further within the third tier, while the Golden Scale Beast reached the third-tier middle stage and the Jade Ring Rat reached the second tier.
• The Golden Scale Beast challenged Turtle Ancestor, and their clash ended with the Golden Scale Beast’s Earth Qilin Seals cracking Turtle Ancestor’s shell despite the beast not yet using its demon core.

Ye Jingcheng discovered Turtle Ancestor’s Ye God Valley and learned that war might soon threaten the Ye Family. He secretly performed Beast Communion with three young clansmen, then returned to seclusion while the family prepared for what lay ahead.

• Turtle Ancestor showed Ye Jingcheng the fourth-order Spirit Eye Spring, Golden Core Fruit Tree, and Beast Communication Tower in Ye God Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that the Wan Family’s settlement request had failed, Azure Cloud Nunnery would move to Taicang Mountain, and fighting in Yan Return County could draw Taiyi Sect into war.
• Ye Jingcheng refused to lend Buqing Mountain to the Wan Family but allowed it to leave Immortal Seedlings, and told Ye Jingyun to bring three youths to Lingyun Lake for Beast Communion.
• Ye Jingcheng secretly tested Ye Qingyan, Ye Qingfeng, and Ye Qingwen, then performed Beast Communion and set soul restrictions on them.
• Ye Qingyan asked when Ye Jingcheng would emerge from seclusion, and Ye Jingcheng said it would be soon before releasing the youths from the grotto-heaven.

Ye Jingcheng completed the Treasure Unlocking Art and refined the One Qi Blood Soul Pearl, gaining a way to shield his sea of consciousness and disguise his cultivation aura. He prepared to pressure Jade Dragon Valley by hunting demons while the Earth Dragon Demon King arranged to hide in Ye God Valley.

• Ye Jingcheng finished comprehending all thirty-six Spirit Patterns, strengthened his divine soul, and left his cave heaven for Earth Dragon Valley.
• Ye Haicheng gave Ye Jingcheng the sealed storage bag containing the spirit treasure, and Ye Jingcheng asked the Earth Dragon Demon King to hide in Ye God Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng learned from Ye Haicheng about a Third Order Late Stage Thunder Peng in Thunder Peng Valley and planned to hunt demons to pressure Jade Dragon Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng entered his cave heaven, used the Golden Dragon Token to open the storage bag, and refined the soul-type treasure into his sea of consciousness.
• Ye Jingcheng identified the treasure as the One Qi Blood Soul Pearl and discovered it could protect his sea of consciousness and conceal his aura, though its second Treasure Unlocking Art layer was beyond his current ability.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Ye Haicheng, who found that he could no longer see through Ye Jingcheng as before.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng trapped and killed a Thunder Peng, then took its egg, Lightning Attraction Wood, and Thunder Essence Grass. Ye Jingcheng later lured out and killed an Azure Hidden Deer for its blood, and fled toward Red Clouds Ridge as Azure Wind Wolves pursued him.

• Ye Jingcheng concealed himself near a Lightning Attraction Wood and set a fourth-rank array to ambush the Thunder Peng with Ye Haicheng.
• When the Thunder Peng arrived to cultivate with lightning, Ye Jingcheng activated the array and his Spirit Beasts killed it.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered the Thunder Peng was female and had recently laid an egg, then collected its corpse and uprooted the Lightning Attraction Wood.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Thunder Peng's cave, took its egg and transplanted its Thunder Essence Grass before retreating from the demon king's territory.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Jade Ring Rat and the blood of an Azure Hidden Deer’s offspring to lure and kill an Azure Hidden Deer, collecting its blood and demon core.
• Ye Jingcheng rode his Golden Falcon toward Red Clouds Ridge while concealing his aura and escaping a pursuing pack of Azure Wind Wolves.

Taiyi Sect defended Jade Dragon Valley against the Three-Eyed Clan and the Azure Wind Wolf Clan, whose Azure Wind Wolf King joined the beast tide. As Ye Jingcheng fled the conflict, Nine Rivers Shangren ambushed him, and Ye Jingcheng answered by releasing his Spirit Beasts.

• Azure Moon Fish sensed the approaching beast tide, and Taiyi Sect raised Jade Dragon Valley’s array as Fire Cloud Birds, Fire Swallowing Sparrows, and Three-Eyed Demon Pengs attacked.
• The Three-Eyed Demon King told Miaofa Real Person that the Azure Wind Demon King was coming, and the Azure Wind Wolf King’s wolves soon assaulted the valley with wind blades and a tornado.
• Tianfu Real Person arrived by golden spirit boat and confronted the two Demon Kings while the Azure Wind Wolf King demanded the return of its clan’s wolf cub.
• Ye Jingcheng recovered in a cave, then traveled through the mountains toward the Ye Family while concealing his aura and riding the Four-Colored Cloud Deer.
• Nine Rivers Shangren trapped Ye Jingcheng with an array and a spirit bowl, but Ye Jingcheng escaped the bowl’s attack and released his Spirit Beasts.
• The Golden Scale Beast struck from underground with Golden Light Earth Spikes, surprising Nine Rivers Shangren.

Ye Jingcheng defeated and killed Nine Rivers Shangren after a fierce battle, then returned to the Ye family as the Taiyi Sect demanded forces for Jade Dragon Valley. The chapter ended with Ye Jingcheng sending Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun to serve there with four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles while he remained behind to stabilize his cultivation.

• Ye Jingcheng and his five beasts attacked Nine Rivers Shangren, whose Soul Banner trapped several of them but failed to seize Ye Jingcheng, the Crimson Flame Fox, or the Four-Colored Cloud Deer.
• Ye Jingcheng and his beasts overcame Nine Rivers Shangren’s illusions, invisibility, and spirit bowl with flames, lightning, and the reconstructed Heaven River Pearl, then killed him and destroyed the battlefield traces.
• At Lingyun Peak, Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyun, Ye Xingyi, Ye Xinghan, and Ye Jinghu discussed the Taiyi Sect’s demand for four Foundation Establishment combatants and other cultivators to defend Jade Dragon Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng’s breakthrough commotion revealed that the Ye family could now present itself as a Purple Mansion Family, and he summoned the family’s Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun to go to Jade Dragon Valley with four Hidden Wing Thunder Rhino Beetles while he stayed behind to stabilize his cultivation.

Ye Jingcheng settled the family dispute, sent Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli to Jade Dragon Valley with spirit talismans, and assigned Ye Jinghu ten years of duty at Insect Valley. While examining Nine Rivers Shangren’s spoils inside the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven, Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Azure Wind Wolf pup might be the Azure Wind Wolf King’s offspring, leaving him wary of the coming beast tide.

• Ye Jingcheng reprimanded Ye Jinghu for attempting Foundation Establishment without consulting the family and ordered him to guard Insect Valley for ten years after the crisis.
• Ye Jinghu gave Ye Jingcheng two Greater Purple Firmament Talismans and over fifty Lesser Purple Firmament Talismans, and Ye Jingcheng passed forty of the lesser talismans to Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli before they left for Jade Dragon Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng sold Ye Jinghu a Thunder Peng egg for three thousand Contribution Points, then worked with Ye Jinghu and two Spirit Beasts to tend the neglected Spirit Field.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven to inspect Nine Rivers Shangren’s Spirit Beast Bag and found an azure wolf pup with white fur above its eyes; the Treasure Book identified it as a White Eyebrow Azure Wolf with five layers of Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng decided to raise the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf himself and examined Nine Rivers Shangren’s treasures, including the Soul Banner, Shadowless Bowl, Shadowless Daoist Robe, and a dangerous Golden Thunder Pearl.

Ye Jingcheng examined Nine Rivers Shangren’s treasures, then met Ye Jingyu and learned of her plan to research stealing vitality from spirit plants to extend cultivators’ lifespans. He gave Ye Jingyu and Ye Xingshui longevity fruits and Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving both with a chance to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Ye Jingcheng found the Profound Wood True Scripture, the Wood Puppet Shadow Technique, the Withered Wood Qi Concealment Art, and Jade Poison Vine among Nine Rivers Shangren’s belongings.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the family Spirit Herb Garden, where Ye Jingyu explained her research into extracting vitality from spirit plants to extend cultivators’ lifespans.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingyu a Longevity Spirit Peach and a Foundation Establishment Pill, and she sealed them away before preparing to enter seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng went to see Ye Xingshui, who was preparing to leave for Jade Dragon Valley and entrust the Formation Pavilion to Ye Jingzhi.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Xingshui a Longevity Spirit Fruit and a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Ye Xingshui returned to the pavilion, telling Ye Jingzhi he would enter seclusion before continuing his instruction.

Chu Yanqing reunited with Ye Jingcheng, and the two shared an intimate evening before he was summoned to the Ye Family Council Hall. With the battle at Jade Dragon Valley worsening and Tianfu Real Person seeking him, Ye Jingcheng refused to go and prepared to redirect a beast tide toward the Sky Spirit Mountain Range.

• Chu Yanqing told Ye Jingcheng she had changed her name to Chu Qing, and he picked Spiritual Apricots with her before they shared Cloud Concealment Tea and agreed to go to Lingyun Peak.
• At Jade Dragon Valley, the Azure Wind Wolves and other beast clans launched another assault, and Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun protected their family members as the Ye Family suffered heavy losses.
• Ye Jingyun released ten Thunder Rhino Beetles, whose Thunder Nets drove back the charging Azure Wind Wolves.
• After arriving at Lingyun Peak with Chu Yanqing, Ye Jingcheng learned that a Taiyi Sect deacon was demanding his presence at Jade Dragon Valley while Tianfu Real Person was there.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Qingyan to claim his cultivation was unstable and to prepare the Ye Family and its mortals for a beast tide in the Sky Spirit Mountain Range.

Ye Jingcheng prepared to outlast Tianfu Real Person by mastering Spirit Controlling, first with the Golden Scale Beast and then with the Peach Wood Wood Demon. As a massive beast tide advanced on Lingyun Peak, he discovered that controlling the Wood Demon might let him draw on its soul, while the Ye Family struggled to defend its home and protect its mortals.

• Ye Haicheng gathered beasts at Earth Dragon Valley to make the Ye Family’s preparations look like a threat, and sent Ye Haiyan to ask Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan for help.
• West King Real Person decided to invade Taiqing County, announced that the North River Old Ancestor had reached Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and named the Wan Family as the first target.
• Ye Jingcheng told Chu Yanqing to wait at Lingyun Peak, then went to Lingyun Lake to practice Spirit Controlling while preparing to face Tianfu Real Person.
• Ye Jingcheng controlled the Golden Scale Beast several times, gaining its scales and abilities but weakening both himself and the beast, before attempting to control the Peach Wood Wood Demon.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Wood Demon experiment gave him enhanced healing and a faint point of light in his mind that appeared to draw in his soul, suggesting his idea might work.
• A beast tide led by four Golden Giant Lizard Great Demons advanced toward Lingyun Peak, prompting the Ye Family to evacuate mortals, slow the beasts with formations, and send away its Taiyi Sect deacon.

Ye Jingcheng defended Lingyun Peak from Earth Dragon Valley’s beast tide as Taiyi Sect’s leaders learned of the Demon King’s plans and Tianfu Real Person arrived to reinforce the Ye Family. Tianfu Real Person accepted Ye Jingcheng as his disciple, drove back the attackers, and raised questions about whether he had truly sent only an incarnation.

• Azure Wind Wolves harried Jade Dragon Valley, inflicting heavy losses on the Ye Family while Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli waited for a chance to retreat.
• Heaven Array Shangren reported Earth Dragon Demon King’s feint and planned attack to Taiyi Sect’s True Persons, who agreed that Tianfu Real Person would send an incarnation to Lingyun Peak and take Ye Jingcheng as a nominal disciple.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared to risk his life, rallied the Ye Family at Lingyun Peak, and used his Thunder Rhino Beetles and arrays to hold back Earth Dragon Valley’s beasts.
• Tianfu Real Person arrived with Grandmaster Taihao and Illusion Peak disciples, and Ye Jingcheng addressed him as Master.
• Tianfu Real Person set up a powerful array, drove back the Golden Lizard Great Demons, and left Grandmaster Taihao puzzled by the control of an apparent incarnation.

After the beast tide paused, Ye Jingcheng met with Tianfu Real Person and feared that his master intended to seize his body, but Tianfu instead gave him a cultivation art, alchemy insights, and a Dharma treasure. Tianfu drove the beasts away and left for Taicang Mountain, while Ye Jingcheng wondered why he had claimed to be an avatar and went to consolidate his cultivation.

• The beast tide withdrew from Lingyun Peak, and Ye Jingcheng revealed that his Purple Mansion breakthrough had left his cultivation unstable.
• Tianfu Real Person examined Ye Jingcheng, gave him a Mystic Clarity Pill, and said that his arrival was only an avatar's.
• Tianfu Real Person lamented Taiyi Sect's decline, then gave Ye Jingcheng the Four Flames True Incantation, alchemy insights, and a Third Order Middle Grade Heaven Training Ruler.
• Tianfu Real Person left Lingyun Peak and drove the beast tide back, killing the four Golden Lizard Great Demons and collecting their corpses.
• Grandmaster Taihao told Ye Jingcheng that Illusion Peak would support the Ye Family, then ordered Taiyi Sect's disciples to pursue the retreating beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng went into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation and pondered why Tianfu Real Person had called himself an avatar.

Ye Jingcheng analyzed Tianfu Real Person’s intentions and concluded that he was still testing him, then met secretly with Ye Haicheng, Ye Haiyan, and Ye Xuecang to discuss Tianfu Real Person’s investigation of Earth Dragon Valley. The chapter ended with Ye Jingcheng ordering the Ye Family to keep supporting Jade Dragon Valley and predicting that the Demon Race turmoil would soon be pacified.

• Ye Jingcheng reasoned that Tianfu Real Person was still confirming something and wanted him to continue cultivating the Supreme Clarity Spirit Guarding Art.
• Grandmaster Taihao told Ye Jing Yun that the Ye Family would not need to send anyone else to Jade Dragon Valley, and Ye Jingteng questioned Ye Jinghu about his Thunder Spiritual Root.
• Ye Jingcheng visited Chu Yanqing, told her the apricots were not yet ready to pick, and left Lingyun Peak in disguise to meet Ye Haicheng and Ye Haiyan.
• Ye Xuecang confirmed that Tianfu Real Person had gone to Earth Dragon Valley to investigate the Earth Dragon Demon King, then tested Ye Jingcheng’s identity.
• Ye Jingcheng said Tianfu Real Person likely suspected the Ye Family had cooperated with the Earth Dragon Demon King and ordered Ye Jing Yun and Ye Jing Li to keep supporting Jade Dragon Valley.

Tianfu Real Person returned to defend Jade Dragon Valley as the Demon Kings broke through its array, and he and San Yuan Real Person killed the Cloud Lion Demon King. After the Earth Dragon Demon King intervened and forced the retreat, Tianfu Real Person’s strength collapsed, and he gave Heaven Array Shangren the Cloud Lion Demon King’s Golden Core.

• The Azure Wind Wolf King led a full assault on Jade Dragon Valley alongside the Three-Eyed Demon King and Cloud Lion Demon King, while a second Azure Wind Wolf King emerged and attacked the Purple Sun Qiankun Grand Array.
• The Three-Eyed Demon King used a newly revealed divine power to burn a hole through the array, and the second Azure Wind Wolf King shattered it and rushed inside.
• Tianfu Real Person returned and restored the array, then used its Bagua weapons to trap and overpower the Azure Wind Wolf King.
• Tianfu Real Person trapped the Cloud Lion Demon King as San Yuan Real Person struck it with all three sword embryos, killing it.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King appeared and formed a Mountain Prison around Jade Dragon Valley, prompting the Demon Kings to retreat and Tianfu Real Person to order the others not to pursue.
• Tianfu Real Person gave the Cloud Lion Demon King’s Golden Core to Heaven Array Shangren and walked toward the hall as his aura and strength faded.

Shi Chen pressured the Wan Family into helping the Qinghe Sect attack Taiyi Sect through the Jade River, then led an assault on Stone Gate Pass. Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng learned of Tianfu Real Person’s likely plan to seize his body, and Ye Xuecang ordered him into seclusion while arranging a wedding alliance to delay him.

• Shi Chen used the Qinghe Token and the hidden history of the Wastelands to pressure the Wan Family into opening the Jade River route north, and Wan Hongtu replaced Wan Chengyi and Wan Chengrong with Wan Hongchang as family head.
• At Stone Gate Pass, spirit fish shattered the defenses as Qinghe Sect forces attacked the Taiyi Purple Peak cultivators; Shi Chen revealed his Purple Mansion cultivation and summoned the Ten Thousand Blood Array Fish.
• Shi Chen’s forces struck down Superior Mingyuan, and West King Real Person arrived at Stone Gate Pass.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that Jade Dragon Valley had been pacified and warned Ye Xuecang that Tianfu Real Person was near death and might try to seize his body.
• Ye Xuecang ordered Ye Jingcheng into sealed-off seclusion and proposed a grand wedding with the Azure Cloud Nunnery to delay Tianfu Real Person, while he guarded Ye God Valley.