Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng reunited with the Ye Family in the Outer Sea as they prepared to confront the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King. After reaching Ye Shengyi’s hidden seabed base and receiving his cultivation insights, the group cautiously approached the target and began luring it with Blood Demon Fish.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng teleported to an Outer Sea island, where Ye Xingliang told them the other Ye Family members would arrive later.
• Ye Xuecang, Ye Xuefan, Ye Hai Fei, and Ye Haihe arrived aboard a Blue Water Whale, and the group prepared to hunt the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King.
• The Ye Family traveled to Ye Shengyi’s seabed base, where Ye Shengyi gave Ye Jingcheng jade slips containing alchemy and breakthrough insights.
• The group moved deeper into the Outer Sea, used Blood Leeches and a fourth-rank mirror treasure to survey the waters, and waited for a safe opportunity.
• As violet qi drifted over the sea and Purple Jade Snails appeared, Ye Xuecang judged the plan feasible and released Blood Demon Fish to lure the turtle demon.

Ye Xuecang, Ye Shengyi, and the Ye Family lured the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King into an ambush after changing islands and using Blood Demon Fish as bait. The battle intensified as their formation trapped the Demon King, but it remained powerful and unweakened.

• Ye Xuecang’s first two batches of Blood Demon Fish drew groups of Water Arrow Turtles instead of the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King, so the Ye Family changed islands with Turtle Ancestor’s help.
• After three island changes, Ye Xuecang used a Second Order Peak Blood Demon Fish to lure the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King into the open, and Ye Xuecang struck its Water Aspect head with Thunder Collapse.
• Ye Shengyi hit the Demon King’s Wood Aspect head with Bing Fire Divine Lightning as Ye Xuefan deployed the Mystic Square Water Restriction Grand Array.
• Ye Jingcheng released his seven powerful Spirit Beasts, which joined Ye Xuecang, Ye Shengyi, and Ye Haihe in attacking the Demon King and preventing it from escaping into the seabed.
• Ye Xuefan completed the formation, removing the Demon King’s water and restricting its movement, while the Ye Family’s Spirit Beasts charged its heads and tried to injure it.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye clan subdued the badly injured Two-Headed Turtle Demon King after the Azure Sun Flame weakened it, binding it with a Soul Contract. The Crimson Flame Fox withdrew the flame and prepared to enter seclusion, while the turtle reluctantly began healing the Golden Scale Beast and secretly plotted against Ye Jingcheng.

• Ye Xuefan strengthened the Water Restriction Grand Formation while Ye Xuecang wounded the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King with Moon Slash.
• The Golden Scale Beast lost a leg to the turtle, then crushed one of its heads with three Earth Qilin Seals.
• Ye Xuecang used Five Elements Sky Armor Puppets to draw out the turtle heads while the Azure Sun Flame burned through the demon king’s vitality.
• The Two-Headed Turtle Demon King offered submission, and Ye Jingcheng bound both heads with a Soul Contract after they agreed to a Blood Pact.
• The Crimson Flame Fox absorbed and withdrew the Azure Sun Flame, then told Ye Jingcheng it needed seclusion and might reach Third Order Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King to heal the Golden Scale Beast, while the turtle secretly considered retaliating before fleeing.

Ye Jingcheng forced the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King to heal the Ye Family’s wounded and studied the path from Purple Mansion to Golden Core. He decided to temper his Dao Heart with an illusion formation, but still needed to obtain one of at least the fourth order.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Soul Contract to make the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King heal the Golden Scale Beast and Ye Xuefan, then ordered it to treat the other injured Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Xuecang led the family into Turtle Ancestor’s grotto-heaven while he stayed outside to guard it, and Turtle Ancestor eyed the Two-Headed Turtle’s two Demon Cores greedily.
• Ye Jingcheng checked on the Crimson Flame Fox, whose cultivation had begun advancing, and gave it Treasure Light and two Profound Flame Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng read Ye Shengyi’s and Ye Xuecang’s Jade Slips about Golden Core breakthroughs and learned about Gathering Mansion and Solidifying Core, the Heart Demon Tribulation, and lightning tribulation.
• Ye Jingcheng chose to use an illusion formation inside the grotto-heaven to temper his Dao Heart and prepare for a Golden Core breakthrough, but realized he lacked a fourth-order illusion formation.

After studying the family’s records, Ye Jingcheng learned two methods for refining true essence and heard more about the Ye Family’s lost inheritance and Turtle Ancestor. Ye Shengyi gave him a lifespan-extending spirit peach, an illusion-array disk, and promised to guide his alchemy on Azure Hidden Island.

• Ye Jingcheng emerged from two days of reading the jade slip and learned the Expanding Mansion Method and the Ye Family’s Enlightenment Method.
• Ye Shengyi explained that a grotto-heaven collapse had destroyed much of the Ye Family’s inheritance and that Turtle Ancestor’s offspring might lead to another grotto-heaven.
• Ye Shengyi told Ye Jingcheng that the family hoped to breed his Two-Headed Turtle Demon King and that Ye Jingcheng could become the family’s future standard-bearer.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Shengyi a Longevity Spirit Peach, and Ye Shengyi accepted it and promised to guide his alchemy toward refining a Fourth-Order Spirit Pill.
• Ye Shengyi gave Ye Jingcheng an illusion-array disk, then the two left the grotto-heaven and arrived on Azure Hidden Island.

Ye Jingcheng arrived at Azure Hidden Island, where Ye Shengyi revealed the family had upgraded its spirit vein to Fourth Order and arranged a place for him to cultivate. Ye Jingcheng then set up the Four Profound Heaven Illusion Array to temper his state of mind, but after breaking its first illusion he faced a terrifying vision of the Star Sea Demon Emperor and realized the more difficult layers were still ahead.

• Ye Shengyi restored Azure Hidden Island’s concealment and showed Ye Jingcheng its newly upgraded Fourth Order Spirit Vein, which the family had built with over ten million Spirit Stones.
• Ye Shengyi opened a cave abode on the island to cultivate and guide Ye Jingcheng, while Ye Jingcheng established his own cave abode and released his sea-dwelling Spirit Beasts to recover and roam.
• Ye Jingcheng worked with the Peach Wood Wood Demon and Star Pear Wood Demons to set up the Four Profound Heaven Illusion Array, and instructed them to release him if he had not emerged after half a month.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the array and quickly shattered its first illusion, which had placed him among female cultivators during a dream of his Golden Core ceremony.
• Ye Jingcheng was confronted by an illusion of the Star Sea Demon Emperor destroying his cave heaven and Spirit Beasts, but recognized the scene as an illusion when his Treasure Book remained unchanged.
• Ye Jingcheng saw through the beastly shadow and prepared for the array’s third and fourth layers.

Ye Jingcheng failed to break the third illusion trial but used the setback to plan further training. After two years of cultivating his body, soul, and alchemy, he broke through to the Purple Mansion Middle Stage and strengthened his divine soul to the threshold of the fourth order, leaving him ready to relax and prepare to condense his core.

• Ye Jingcheng escaped the illusion formation after fifteen days and realized he had been climbing a false mountain, but he judged that the experience had revealed his shortcomings and the Treasure Book's power.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Wood Demons and resumed his daily training in body tempering, dream devouring, and pill refinement.
• After two years, Ye Jingcheng broke through to the Purple Mansion Middle Stage, defeated two third-order Adamantine Vine Wood Giants, and tested his speed against the Five-Colored Cloud Deer.
• Ye Jingcheng used a third-order peak killer whale Beast Soul and a Purple Soul Pill to strengthen his divine soul, then expanded his divine sense beyond his cave heaven.
• Ye Shengyi praised Ye Jingcheng's progress and urged him to rest, commune with beasts, and prepare to condense his core.

Ye Jingcheng watched the Crimson Flame Fox reach the Third Order Peak, then resumed alchemy and became a Fourth-Order Alchemist by refining a Profound Jade Azure Water Pill. After receiving a Thunder Armor and the Earth Dragon Demon King's Heavenly Dragon Fruit, he tested his control over the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King and left it eager to follow the Ye Family.

• The Crimson Flame Fox broke through to the Third Order Peak, changing the colors of its four tails and sharpening its fire control.
• Ye Jingcheng refined White Eyebrow Pills, Golden Ritual Pills, Fire Completion Pills, and Earth Monarch Pills with Ye Shengyi's guidance.
• Ye Jingcheng followed Ye Shengyi's advice to abandon half the pill portions and successfully refined an ordinary fourth-order Profound Jade Azure Water Pill.
• Ye Shengyi left Ye Jingcheng a Third Order Peak Thunder Armor and a Heavenly Dragon Fruit from the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King's Wood Head to bite off its Water Head, then stopped it to confirm the soul contract's control.
• Ye Jingcheng healed the turtle with Treasure Light and showed it a Profound Jade Azure Water Pill, prompting both heads to pledge loyalty to the Ye Family.

Ye Jingcheng completed Beast Communion with the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King and began a breakthrough to Golden Core after his five Purple Mansions filled with true essence. Outside, Ye Shengyi organized the Ye Family’s defenses around Azure Hidden Island and allowed rival forces to investigate, while he hoped Ye Jingcheng could lead the family back to its ancestral land.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Beast Communication Mark on the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King, gave it two third order low-grade spirit pills, and sent it back to the sea to cultivate.
• Ye Jingcheng refined the demon king’s true essence for more than ten days, filling all five of his Purple Mansions and recognizing that his chance to form a Golden Core had arrived.
• Ye Jingcheng swallowed three spirit pills, resumed Beast Communion, and began compressing his Purple Mansions using the Ye Family’s Golden Core breakthrough method.
• Ye Shengyi gathered Ye Xuefan, Ye Haihe, Ye Hai Fei, and Ye Xuefu to arrange four Hidden Islands’ defenses around Azure Hidden Island.
• Ye Shengyi told the Ye Family cultivators not to fear the Grand Righteousness Merchant Association or Qingling Merchant Guild, and said the Fallen Cloud Archipelago and Jade Cloud Islands could investigate as they wished.
• Ye Shengyi watched the mist cover Azure Hidden Island and hoped Ye Jingcheng would lead the Ye Family back to its ancestral land.

The Qinghe Sect’s Elder Xuan Ming dismissed claims that the Yun Family had been taken over, prioritizing the Mystic River Boundless Sword Formation as reports of a growing beast tide emerged. Five years later, the Ye Family prepared for Ye Jingcheng’s breakthrough to Golden Core, while the Yun Family and Purple Wood Sect drew cultivators to a major auction and husband-selection competition that the Qingling Merchant Guild planned to use to expose them.

• Cheng An showed Elder Xuan Ming a dying Yun Family descendant’s testimony that the family had changed after the Jade Chu Sect’s destruction, but Xuan Ming refused to investigate before the Qinghe Sect’s sword formation was ready.
• Fairy Wu Xin reported that the Profound Sword Pavilion had gathered all one hundred thousand swords but only one-third of the required Beast Soul swords, and warned that monster numbers were surging.
• Five years later, Ye Shengyi saw five-colored spiritual haze gathering over Azure Hidden Peak and summoned the Ye Family because Ye Jingcheng was approaching a Golden Core breakthrough.
• Ye Xuefu and other Ye Family members set up Enticing Demon Grass and layered formations across several islands to prepare for a beast tide and protect the breakthrough.
• The Yun Family ancestor and Purple Wood Sect announced an auction featuring Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, followed by a competition to choose a husband for Yun Caini.
• Qing Yuanming confirmed that the Yun Family intended to launch an exposure campaign after the competition and said he would wait for Uncle Xuanhu before acting.

Ye Jingcheng struggled to form a Five-Colored Golden Core as his water and fire spirit shadows absorbed his true essence, then overcame a Heart Demon Tribulation built around the Ye Family discovering his past life. He formed the core, and the lightning tribulation began.

• Ye Jingcheng used Beast Communion, Fire Spirit Stones, and Fire Attribute Spirit Pills to sustain his core condensation as his Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird spirit shadows grew clearer.
• Ye Jingcheng fell into a Heart Demon Tribulation in which the Ye Family accused him of being a transmigrator who had seized the real Ye Jingcheng's body.
• Ye Jingcheng recalled his breakthrough and declared that his previous life did not change his identity as a member of the Ye Family, while Ye Haiyun defended him.
• Ye Haiyun faded from the illusion, and Ye Jingcheng announced that he had condensed his core as the five semicircular Golden Cores converged.
• Ye Jingcheng formed a Five-Colored Golden Core, and dark clouds gathered as the lightning tribulation arrived.

Ye Jingcheng underwent a formidable Golden Core tribulation, unleashing powerful secret arts and enduring the lightning with his treasures and body. He survived the final strike, though Ye Shengyi and the others could not tell whether his Golden Core was High Grade or Top Grade.

• Ye Jingcheng's breakthrough drew Spirit Beasts from across the region, while Ye Shengyi guarded him and the island's array kept the beast tide at bay.
• Ye Jingcheng's divine sense spread to nineteen thousand zhang, and he prepared to face the lightning tribulation with his arrays, treasures, and Great Desolate Body.
• The first two lightning strikes shattered his defensive array and forced Ye Jingcheng to combine the Five Elements Sky Pearl's secret arts with his Wind Essence Bottle and Vermilion Bird True Flame.
• Ye Jingcheng endured the lightning's energy, which tempered his body and Golden Core, as the thunderclouds gathered for a final barrage.
• Ye Shengyi activated the fourth-rank Island Protection Array against three enormous bolts, and Ye Jingcheng countered with his remaining secret arts and Black Tortoise Divine Wrath before enduring the last strike himself.
• Ye Jingcheng survived the tribulation, while Ye Shengyi and the others debated the grade of his Golden Core and Ye Hai Fei urged the family to promote Five Spiritual Roots cultivators.

After surviving the lightning tribulation, Ye Jingcheng reached the Gold Core realm and returned to the Ye Family, which was preparing to launch a beast tide. He stayed behind to stabilize his cultivation while his Spirit Beasts reported their discoveries, including a distant island where people were inciting beast tides.

• Ye Jingcheng discovered that his Gold Core had condensed, his Desolate Body had advanced to the Purple Mansion Middle Stage, and his divine sense could reach more than ten thousand zhang.
• Ye Jingcheng greeted the Ye Family elders on the beach and handed Ye Shengyi a jade slip containing his Core Formation Insights.
• Ye Shengyi told Ye Jingcheng to stabilize his cultivation because the family might soon need his strength, and confirmed that Dragon Ancestor and the others were at the Sky Cloud Islands.
• Ye Jingcheng chose not to join the others at the Sky Cloud Islands because the Lingyun Peak family head could not risk exposing his identity.
• The Roc Fish presented its catches, while the Golden Falcon reported discoveries that included a distant island where people were provoking beast tides.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Roc Fish and Golden Falcon but refused to give the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King Fourth-Order Spirit Pills.

After breaking through to Golden Core, Ye Jingcheng returned to his grotto heaven and checked on his spirit beasts and resources. He comprehended the Black Tortoise Suppresses the Heavens divine power, but found that his Vermilion Bird spirit phantom’s ability remained incomplete.

• Ye Jingcheng reunited with the grotto heaven’s spirits and beasts, learned that the Jade Scale Flood Dragon was nearing a breakthrough, and gave spirit pills to several of his companions.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf’s Wind-Fixing Break, found it could trap weaker cultivators and see through wind for thousands of miles, then gathered the grotto heaven’s resources.
• The Jade Ring Rat refused Ye Jingcheng’s spirit pills at first, but he urged it to keep striving, and it finally swallowed them and entered the Grand Heavenly Body Tempering Array.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Black Tortoise spirit phantom and comprehended the Black Tortoise Suppresses the Heavens divine power.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the Vermilion Bird spirit phantom, saw its destructive power but found no complete technique within it, and decided to ask his second grand-uncle about it.

The Yun Family auction ended with the sale of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, and Yun Caini announced a tournament to choose her husband while secretly seeking help to expose the impostors she believed had taken over her family. Ye Xuecang prepared precautions against a hidden Nascent Soul arrival, and Qing Yuanming attended the tournament with Uncle Xuanhu.

• A rogue cultivator bought the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid for 160,000 Spirit Stones, after which Yun Caini announced her husband-selection tournament and the Yun Family's recruitment of affiliated cultivators.
• Ye Xuecang learned that the inspection formations were ready and that the Grand Sun Taoist Temple's Sea Viewing Mirror had detected no Nascent Soul Cultivators entering the sea.
• Ye Xuecang ordered his people to monitor Soul Inquiry Talismans and Jade Slips, stay near Turtle Ancestor, and flee to the Outer Sea if a Nascent Soul Cultivator arrived through a Teleportation Array.
• At the North Sea Arena, Yun Caini opened registration while hoping a Qingling Merchant Guild contestant would win and help her force the disguised Yun Family Patriarch to reveal himself.
• Qing Yuanming saw Yun Caini unveil her face and privately told Uncle Xuanhu that he alone deserved to enjoy her; Uncle Xuanhu did not reply.

Yun Caini’s staged son-in-law competition ended unexpectedly when Qing Bai'an and Xiao Xinyuan conceded to Xiao Yuanhe, while the Yun Family announced an expedition into the Outer Sea. At Sky One City, Ye Xuecang revealed to five Golden Core True Persons that the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng was real, though retrieving it would be difficult.

• Yun Caini oversaw the three-arena competition, where Qing Bai'an and Xiao Xinyuan revealed themselves as Purple Mansion cultivators and Xiao Yuanhe became a champion.
• After secret messages arrived, Qing Bai'an and Xiao Xinyuan both conceded, leaving Xiao Yuanhe as the unexpected victor; Yun Baili had Yun Caini taken away and announced the Yun Family’s Outer Sea expedition.
• Cheng An and Fairy Wu Xin concluded that the auction and competition had been smokescreens to gather the region’s Golden Core True Persons, then decided to report their suspicions to Mystic Bright Martial Uncle.
• Ye Xuecang, disguised as the Yun Family ancestor, met Mystic Tiger Real Person, Yellow Springs Real Person, Bai Changsheng, Purple Cry Real Person, and Peaceful Lake Real Person at Heaven One Pavilion.
• Ye Xuecang confirmed that the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng was real and showed the gathered True Persons a jade slip containing a leaf from the transformation spirit herb.

Ye Xuecang sold five True Persons information about the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng in exchange for precious treasures and binding oaths. After they left to prepare for the expedition into Yinsha Abyss, he ordered the Yun Family to gather its Hidden Island cultivators and ready a coordinated plan.

• Ye Xuecang demanded one Fourth-Order treasure for the information, and Bai Changsheng proposed that contributors with such treasures could bring an additional Golden Core cultivator.
• Ye Xuecang explained the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng's properties and refused to let the True Persons bring Nascent Soul cultivators, warning that the Star Sea Demon Emperor could sense them.
• The five True Persons offered rare treasures, and everyone swore Heavenly Dao Oaths against breaking their agreement or acting against one another.
• The True Persons learned that the ginseng was deep in Yinsha Abyss, agreed on a time, and departed to prepare.
• After the visitors left, Ye Xuecang ordered Jingyu to gather the family's core Hidden Island cultivators, assigned Hai Fei to surveillance, and sent the Purple Wood Sect's people to Number One Demon Luring Ground.
• Ye Xuecang told his Third Great Grandfather and Jingcheng to prepare for their crucial roles in the family's plan.

Ye Jingcheng stabilized his Five-Colored Golden Core and watched the Jade Scale Flood Dragon undergo its fourth-order breakthrough amid a growing beast tide. The flood dragon entered the thunderclouds and unleashed an immense aura, leaving Ye Jingcheng wary of its strength.

• Mystic Tiger Real Person told Qing Mingyuan to gather more Purple Mansion Cultivators and investigate the Grand Righteousness Merchant Association and Profound Sword Pavilion as the Qingling Merchant Guild headed for Qingling Island.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the Void Mystic Treasure Bottle, then discovered the Jade Scale Flood Dragon was shedding scales and nearing its fourth-order tribulation.
• Ye Jingcheng moved the Jade Scale Flood Dragon out of the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven, assembled his Spirit Beasts and Thunder Rhino Beetles, and prepared to defend the island as Monster Beasts gathered.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon fought the first two lightning bolts with its ice claw and devoured the weakened lightning while Ye Jingcheng’s Spirit Beasts attacked the approaching beast tide.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon sent its demon core into the third bolt, shattered it, and plunged into the thunderclouds as its scales fell and its aura grew powerful enough to make Ye Jingcheng wary.

After the battle, Ye Jingcheng healed Jade Qilin and tested its newly gained Fourth-Order strength and abilities. He then received Ye Xuefan's order to return to Purple Wood Island, signaling that the Ye Family's operation was about to begin.

• The Peach Wood gathered Monster Beast materials and captured several pregnant Monster Beasts for the Ye Family to raise.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the Jade Scale Flood Dragon's scales and used Treasure Light to heal it after it devoured thunder.
• Jade Qilin swallowed the spirit fish and Monster Beasts trapped in the Roc Fish's Five-Colored Spirit Bubbles.
• Jade Qilin demonstrated Mystic Origin Ice Storm and struck the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King with a powerful tail, impressing Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng sent the clansmen a message about the Spirit Beast's breakthrough, then received Ye Xuefan's order to return to Purple Wood Island.

Ye Jingcheng joined the Ye Family’s hidden clansmen on Purple Wood Island as Ye Xuefan laid out a dangerous, three-part plan to exploit the beast tide. The teams prepared to target Jade Mountain Island, Yinsha Abyss, and Three Yuan Island, where Ye Jingcheng’s group would face a massive demon hunt.

• Ye Jingcheng entered Purple Wood Island and met more than a hundred hidden Ye Family clansmen, learning that the family had grown to over five hundred cultivators and more than fifty Foundation Building cultivators.
• Ye Xuefan introduced Ye Jingcheng as the head of the Ye Family, then gathered the family’s Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators to reveal their Beast Communication Marks.
• Ye Xuefan assigned Ye Jingyu and Ye Hai Fei to lure the beast tide and attack near Azure Hidden Island and Jade Mountain Island, where they would use Fourth Order Enticing Demon Grass against Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Xuefan sent Ye Hai He and Ye Xuefu with Second Brother to Yinsha Abyss to draw the attention of Demon Emperors and Human Race factions, warning them to return safely.
• Ye Xuefan assigned Ye Jingcheng, Ye Hai Cheng, Ye Hai Sheng, himself, and Third Uncle to hunt demons with the Earth Dragon Demon King near Three Yuan Island, requiring them to kill seven Demon Kings and many other demons within five days.