Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family prepared for the coming beast tide by distributing evacuation jade slips, combat treasures, and Spirit Beasts among their relatives. As the family organized its retreat and Ye Jingcheng strengthened ties with Ye Jingyu, Ye Haiyu arrived with word that the crisis had begun.

• Ye Shengyi handed out evacuation jade slips and supplies, while Ye Jingcheng gave the elders magic treasures and arranged for Ye Haihe and Ye Hai Fei to borrow the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf and Roc Fish.
• Ye Jingcheng delivered jade slips to five trusted people, then chose to focus on mastering the Water Spirit Secret Method rather than studying Five Elements Divine Lightning.
• Ye Jingyu brought Ye Jingcheng the ingredients he had been seeking, and Ye Jingcheng gave him a Spirit Beast Bag, a Jade Scale Pill, and a Dragon Beard Fruit for the Jade Scale Snake.
• Ye Jingyu asked Ye Jingcheng to care for Ye Fu's family if he failed to return, and Ye Jingcheng urged him to expect victory.
• Ye Jingyu coordinated the Purple Wood Sect's formation and the evacuation of Ye Family resources and mortals as the family prepared to leave the Green Cloud Sea Region.
• On Ye Jingcheng's eighth day at Purple Wood Island, Ye Haiyu arrived from Sky Cloud Island and told him that Second granduncle said the crisis had begun.

Ye Jingcheng led Ye Family cultivators toward the Sky Cloud Islands while Ye Xuefan gave the Great Azure Turtle its inherited Fourth Order demon core and sent it to a hidden Ye Family base. Meanwhile, Ye Xuecang’s disguised party departed to hunt the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, and the Ye Family prepared to mobilize at Purple Wood Island.

• Ye Jingcheng gathered Ye Jinghu and other Ye Family cultivators at the teleportation island, then Ye Xuefan severed the array and had Turtle Ancestor swallow it into the grotto-heaven.
• Ye Xuefan gave the Great Azure Turtle the old Great Azure Turtle’s Fourth Order demon core, and Turtle Ancestor left for a hidden Ye Family peak in the Sky Horse Sea Region.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan traveled toward Three Yuan Island by way of the Outer Sea, avoiding Demon Emperor territories.
• Ye Xuecang, disguised as Sky Cloud Real Person, met with other powerful cultivators on Sky Cloud Island before their party sailed secretly toward Yinsha Abyss to reach the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng.
• An innate martial artist on the shore accidentally crushed a jade slip while relieving himself as the party departed.
• Ye Jingyu, Ye Hai Fei, and Ye Xingliu rang the Purple Wood Sect’s bell and summoned its cultivators to Purple Wood Plaza to prepare for action against the Demon Beasts.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family arrived at Three Yuan Island and killed its Sky Water Azure Ox Demon King to secure a base in the Outer Sea. They established a formation across the islands and deployed their forces to prepare for the approaching demon hordes.

• Ye Jingcheng reached Five Finger Island, used Ye Hai Fei’s Blood Leeches to scout the surrounding territories, and continued toward Three Yuan Island with Ye Xuefan, Ye Shengyi, and the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Xuefan began arranging a fourth-order formation while Ye Jingcheng and Ye Shengyi approached the island, alerting the Sky Water Azure Ox Demon King and disrupting Ye Xuefan’s concentration.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King fought the Sky Water Azure Ox Demon King, while Ye Jingcheng used the Void Profound Dharma Bottle to redirect its sound and water attacks; Ye Shengyi struck it with Five Elements Divine Lightning, and the group killed it.
• Ye Jingcheng extracted the Sky Water Azure Ox Demon King’s demon core and beast soul, then released the Ye Family’s clansmen and Spirit Beasts across Three Yuan Island.
• Ye Xuefan assigned Hai Cheng and Hai Sheng to secure Left Yuan Island and Right Yuan Island, while Ye Jingcheng organized the Spirit Beasts and Thunder Rhino Beetles to defend the islands and hunt down the coming demons.
• The Ye Family began setting up formations around the islands, and Ye Jinghu compared his progress with Ye Jingcheng’s while the clan members displayed their Spirit Beasts.

Ye Xuecang led the cultivators toward Yinsha Abyss to search for the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, and they cautiously assessed the Mystic Yin Shark Demon King. After confirming it remained a late fourth-rank Demon King, Ye Xuecang offered Mystic Jade Mussel Crystal in exchange for at least a ninth of the ginseng.

• Ye Xuecang warned the cultivators not to recklessly release their divine senses near Yinsha Abyss, lest they frighten the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng into hiding.
• Ye Xuecang landed the spirit shuttle on an island and arranged for the Foundation Building Cultivators to wait there while the Golden Core cultivators proceeded.
• Bai Changsheng sent a concealed spirit fish into the abyss and used a mirror treasure to scout the Mystic Yin Shark Demon King's territory.
• The Mystic Yin Shark Demon King's divine sense detected the scouting fish, and Mystic Tiger Real Person hid the group with a spirit bowl until the danger passed.
• Bai Changsheng concluded that the Mystic Yin Demon King had not advanced beyond the late fourth rank.
• Ye Xuecang offered his Mystic Jade Mussel Crystal, demanding at least one ninth of the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng in return.

Ye Xuecang and the other Golden Core cultivators negotiated how to divide the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng’s roots before using Mystic Jade Mussel Crystal to lure it out. Meanwhile, Mystic Bright Real Person ordered an investigation into Purple Wood Sect, Ye Hai Fei headed toward the Sky Cloud Islands, and Purple Wood Sect prepared for the approaching beast tide.

• Ye Xuecang proposed using his high-grade Mystic Jade Mussel Crystal to lure out the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, and several cultivators demanded an agreement on dividing its roots.
• Bai Changsheng promised at least three root segments if his Bai Family obtained the ginseng, while Mystic Tiger Real Person made a similar offer for Qingling Merchant Guild; the cultivators then swore Heavenly Dao Oaths and planned where to fish in the abyss.
• Fairy Wu Xin and Cheng An reported their findings to Mystic Bright Real Person, who ordered Wu Xin to investigate Purple Wood Sect and the beast tide while Cheng An stayed on Grand Righteousness Island.
• Ye Hai Fei sensed multiple True Persons guarding Jade Mountain Island, gave up on approaching it, and headed toward the Sky Cloud Islands after seeing Fairy Wu Xin and Cheng An leave.
• Purple Wood Sect cultivators gathered on Azure Hidden Island, where An Yuhuai urged them to complete their Monster Beast-killing mission before the beast tide arrived.

Ye Xuecang and seven Golden Core cultivators waited beneath the sea for the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, then fought over its captured spirit shadow. With the Mystic Yin Demon King approaching, Bai Changsheng’s group gained the upper hand.

• Ye Xuecang and the other cultivators waited while the spirit shadow used a Water Phase Illusion to deceive them and lure the sturgeon away from the cave.
• The genuine spirit shadow seized the Mystic Jade Mussel Crystal, and Ye Xuecang marked it so the cultivators could attack together.
• Bai Changsheng and Mystic Tiger Real Person tried to recruit the others, and Ye Xuecang sided with Mystic Tiger Real Person while Peaceful Lake Real Person backed Bai Changsheng.
• Whale-shark roars signaled the Mystic Yin Demon King’s approach, and Bai Changsheng used a Fourth Order rope to bind the spirit shadow.
• Bai Changsheng’s five-person group attacked Mystic Tiger Real Person’s treasure bottle, leaving their side close to victory.

Ye Haihe seized the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng from the abyss and divided its twisted roots among the rival factions as a beast tide and powerful Demon Emperors converged on Yinsha Abyss. Qingling True Monarch and Bai Changsheng then appeared and disputed who held the ginseng’s main body.

• Qing Mingyuan and the other cultivators descended into Yinsha Abyss to support the fight against the Mystic Yin Demon King and search for the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng.
• Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe ignored Ye Xuecang’s warning and joined the dangerous descent, where great demons attacked the cultivators.
• Bai Zihua reached for the ginseng’s hiding place, but the Star-Eyed Iron Ape distracted him and Ye Haihe grabbed the ginseng, kept one root, and threw its main body toward Qing Mingyuan.
• The cultivators seized the remaining twisted roots while Ye Xuefu crushed a jade slip, triggering Azure Lantern Fish to release a fragrance that drew monsters toward Yinsha Abyss.
• The Chameleon Lizard revealed a Jade Mirror whose Nascent Soul projection alerted four Demon Emperors, and Qingling True Monarch and Bai Changsheng appeared to contest the ginseng’s ownership.

Ye Hai Fei ambushed Fairy Wu Xin, took her identity, and used it to reach Jade Mountain Island. After revealing the beast tide plan to Qinghe Sect, he escaped as the Taiqing Peng King and other Demon Kings converged on the island.

• Fairy Wu Xin fought off Ye Hai Fei’s ambush, but the Roc Fish, Water Thorn Turtle, and other attackers trapped and subdued her.
• Ye Hai Fei took Wu Xin’s azure-red token, disguised himself as her with a Bone Transformation Pill, and headed for Jade Mountain Island.
• Near the island, Ye Hai Fei told Mystic Bright Real Person that he had found Beast Wasteland, then lured him toward the spirit boat and detonated it with the blooming Enticing Demon Grass.
• The Enticing Demon Grass drew Demon Kings toward Jade Mountain Island, and Qinghe Sect cultivators destroyed the grass and attacked Ye Hai Fei.
• The Water Thorn Turtle sacrificed itself to shield Ye Hai Fei as he fled with the Roc Fish using the Three Yuan Blood Escape, pursued by Mystic Bright Real Person.

Ye Hai Fei fought to reach Taiqing Peng King while Mystic Bright Real Person pursued him, and he survived only by sacrificing puppets and arrays. At Yinsha Abyss, Qingling True Monarch killed several cultivators before Ye Xuecang used the Ocean Measuring Tablet to unleash a devastating array explosion, leaving both True Monarchs facing the arriving Demon Emperors.

• Ye Hai Fei fled toward Taiqing Peng King, then consumed a beast pill and sent five Five Elements Sky Armor Puppets to attack Mystic Bright Real Person.
• Ye Hai Fei detonated the puppets and five arrays, but the Roc Fish swallowed him and escaped as Taiqing Peng King confronted Mystic Bright Real Person.
• White Jade True Monarch captured and killed Mystic Yin Demon King with the White Jade Small Banner, while Qingling True Monarch refused to yield the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng.
• Qingling True Monarch killed Yellow Springs Real Person and pursued Peaceful Lake Real Person, Purple Cry Real Person, and Ye Xuecang; Purple Cry Real Person died, while the other two escaped her first attack.
• Ye Xuecang revealed the Ocean Measuring Tablet concealing a Fourth Order array and spirit vein, triggering an explosion that forced Qingling True Monarch and White Jade True Monarch to defend themselves.
• The array blast faded, the Ocean Measuring Tablet vanished into the sea, and the two True Monarchs found Demon Emperors arriving.

The Ye Family activated four Fourth Order Enticing Demon Grasses on Three Yuan Island to lure in Demon Kings while preparing to defend the islands. As multiple Demon Kings approached, Ye Jingcheng ordered the Dragon Ancestor to target the swift Cloud Bird Demon King and set a goal of killing two enemies before the rest arrived.

• Ye Haicheng and Ye Haisheng reported that Left Yuan Island and Right Yuan Island were ready, while Ye Jingcheng and the others took their defensive positions.
• Ye Xuefan used spiritual liquid to ripen four Fourth Order Enticing Demon Grasses and released Enticement Beast Pills and Beast Attracting Powder.
• Ye Shengyi used the detection formation to report rising numbers of approaching Demon Kings as the grasses’ fragrance spread.
• A Cloud Bird Demon King and a Flower Octopus Demon King arrived with a tide of Monster Beasts, while a Tiger Shark Demon King and a mid fourth-order Three-Headed Bird Demon King appeared farther away.
• Ye Jingcheng asked the Dragon Ancestor to kill the Cloud Bird Demon King first and urged Ye Shengyi and the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King to help kill two Demon Kings before more arrived.

Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King led the defense of Three Yuan Island, killing the Flower Octopus and Cloud Bird Demon Kings as the invading beasts entered the Mist Array. With six Demon Kings still gathered outside, they divided their opponents and Ye Jingcheng began fighting two Tiger Pincer Shrimp Demon Kings.

• The Two-Headed Turtle Demon King, Ye Jingcheng, and Ye Shengyi attacked the Flower Octopus Demon King, and their combined techniques killed it and secured its Golden Core and Beast Soul.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King trapped the Cloud Bird Demon King, while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon struck it down and smashed its Golden Core.
• Ye Family clansmen and Spirit Beasts ambushed the Monster Beasts entering the Mist Array, while the formation collected more than a thousand Beast Souls and dragged the spoils onto the islands.
• Six Demon Kings gathered outside the formation, and the Three-Headed Bird Demon King threatened the Ye Family as Ye Jingcheng spotted its earth-attribute spirit fire.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King engaged the late-fourth-order Thunder Flood Dragon, while the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King, Ye Shengyi, and the Jade Scale Flood Dragon took on other Demon Kings.
• Ye Jingcheng attacked the two Tiger Pincer Shrimp Demon Kings with Profound Origin Ice Burst and the Void Profound Dharma Bottle.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family fought to kill the Demon Kings while newly arrived enemies threatened their battle line. After defeating the Tiger Pincer Shrimp Demon Kings, they turned against the Three-Headed Bird Demon King, and Ye Jingcheng unleashed the Black Tortoise Four Waters - Divine Wrath.

• The Ye Family used the Profound Origin Ice Burst, Flying Swords, and Spirit Talismans to slaughter demons as Ye Jingcheng and the Jade Scale Flood Dragon fought the Demon Kings.
• Ye Jingcheng trapped the Tiger Pincer Shrimp Demon Kings with the Void Profound Dharma Bottle and attacked them with Vermilion Bird True Flame, while the Crimson Flame Fox's Azure Sun Flame helped finish them off.
• The Jade Scale Flood Dragon killed the Killer Whale Demon King, bringing the Ye Family's Demon King tally to six, and Ye Jingcheng ordered his clansmen to use every method against the remaining enemies.
• Ye Shengyi urged Ye Jingcheng to kill the Three-Headed Bird Demon King and free the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King, while Ye Xuefan redirected the formation to hold back a newly arrived Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Jade Scale Flood Dragon joined the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King in attacking the Three-Headed Bird Demon King, which countered them with flames and hurled Fire Crystal Rock at Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng dodged the Fire Crystal Rock with the Great Desolate Step and unleashed Black Tortoise Four Waters - Divine Wrath.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family fought off several Demon Kings but abandoned their unfinished Beast Soul mission when stronger flood dragons approached. As the family fled toward the Inner Sea, Ye Shengyi stayed behind to face two pursuing Demon Kings and prepared to sacrifice himself.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Black Tortoise Divine Wrath secret method, and the Jade Scale Flood Dragon killed the Three-Headed Bird Demon King; Ye Jingcheng collected its demon cores and Beast Soul.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Shengyi killed the Thunder Eel Demon King while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon fought the Dark Night Purple Bat Demon King, but Ye Xuefan warned that powerful flood dragons were approaching.
• Ye Shengyi ordered the Ye Family to retreat, and he and Ye Jingcheng killed the Frost Centipede Demon King to fill most of the remaining Soul Banner quota.
• Ye Jingcheng brought the clansmen and Spirit Beasts into his Grotto Heaven Stone, then fled toward the Inner Sea with Ye Shengyi and the Demon Kings aboard a spirit boat.
• Ye Shengyi leapt from the spirit boat to hold off the pursuing Thunder Flood Dragon and Dark Night Purple Bat Demon Kings, declaring that he would test the difference between a False Core and Golden Core self-destruction.

Ye Jingcheng turned back from the Human Race’s defenses and disguised himself inside a wounded Blue Water Whale to enter the beast tide. In the grotto heaven, he tended to the surviving Ye Family members, mourned their losses, and prepared for the next stage of their struggle.

• Ye Jingcheng spotted arrays and scouts ahead, then chose to avoid the Human Race forces and return to the beast tide rather than risk being identified and interrogated.
• Ye Jingcheng hid inside the Blue Water Whale with the Shadowless Daoist Robe and the Stone Spirit’s Space Concealment Art, and the jiaolong requisitioned the whale into the beast tide.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the grotto heaven, where he urged the wounded Ye Family members to recover and promised that their eventual return would make the Eastern Region tremble.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Shengyi’s storage bag to Ye Xuefan and checked on the injured clansmen, including Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingzhong.
• Ye Jingcheng counted the soul banner’s Beast Souls and found 93,600 in all, including nine fourth-order Demon King Beast Souls, before contacting the other clansmen with the Family Token.

Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe escaped with a curved root of the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng while Ye Xuecang remained behind, then evaded a pursuer by sending a decoy spirit shuttle onward. Huang Yuanan discovered the decoy and redirected his party toward the Red Cloud Archipelago, while the Ye family members continued their circuitous route toward the Fallen Cloud Sea Region.

• Ye Xuefu reassured Ye Haihe that Ye Xuecang might survive his escape from the Qing Family and White Family Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Ye Haihe used the Blood Leech Disc to detect a powerful divine sense tracking their spirit shuttle and suspected Huang Yuanan or Zi Qingming.
• Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe sent their spirit shuttle onward with puppets, then used Water Escape to change course toward the Sky Cloud Sea Region before circling toward the Fallen Cloud Sea Region.
• Ye Xuefu stopped Ye Haihe from pursuing Huang Yuanan to seize his curved root, warning that the risk of losing their prize and exposing the family was too great.
• Huang Yuanan spotted the decoy shuttle, destroyed it, and found puppets aboard; after realizing the Yun Family had escaped, he and the other Purple Mansion cultivators turned toward the Red Cloud Archipelago.

Ye Jingyu led the Purple Wood Sect’s defense of Azure Hidden Island while secretly using the beast tide to gather souls in his Soul Banner. After the formation broke and a Sea Shark Demon King appeared, he evacuated the Ye Family and a few surviving cultivators, then detonated the formation and fled by spirit boat.

• Ye Jingyu ignored calls to retreat and kept the Purple Wood Sect fighting while secretly collecting beast souls in his Soul Banner.
• Ye Jingyu warned the Ye Family clansmen to move toward the island’s center as the fourth-order formation’s shield collapsed beneath a massive wave.
• Ye Jingyu turned the formation to offense, killed numerous Third Order Great Demons, and gathered their souls as hundreds of cultivators died or fled.
• Ye Jingyu killed a late Third Order Heavenly Wind Python after the Roc Fish trapped it, then learned that a fourth-order Demon King was approaching.
• Ye Jingyu brought fewer than one hundred Purple Wood Sect cultivators and the Ye Family clansmen aboard a spirit boat while preparing the formation to self-destruct.
• Ye Jingyu detonated the formation as the Sea Shark Demon King tried to swallow Azure Hidden Island, then escaped with the spirit boat using a fourth-order spirit talisman.

Ye Jingyu led the surviving Purple Wood Sect cultivators away from the ruined sect, completed the Ye Family’s mission, and helped set Qinghe Sect up to take the blame for the beast tide. Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng learned of the battle at Red Cloud Island, disguised himself as a Purple Mansion cultivator, and slipped into the island’s defenses.

• Ye Jingyu let the Purple Wood Sect cultivators choose whether to leave or stay, then departed with those who remained and tended to the wounded Ye Hai Fei.
• Ye Jingyu told Ye Xingliu he would serve as the family’s spear soldier, accepting the bloodshed and Heart Demon Tribulation that came with the role.
• Ye Jingyu planned a new route away from the Green Cloud Sea Region and sent a message to the Ye Family’s hidden cultivators to spread the story that Qinghe Sect had caused the beast tide.
• Ye Jingcheng learned through a soul search that Grand Sun Taoist Temple and Celestial Water Sect were defending Red Cloud Island against the Jiaolong Clan, then waited for an opening.
• Ye Jingcheng searched the soul of a wounded Purple Mansion cultivator, took his appearance, staged his escape from the Blue Water Whale, and entered Red Cloud Island’s formation.

Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as the injured Rogue Cultivator Chen Wan while Red Cloud Island’s defenders struggled against the beast tide. The Poison Jiaolong Demon Emperor broke through the formation, letting fourth-order jiaolongs invade the island.

• Ye Jingcheng pretended to recover from severe injuries and considered fleeing to the Sky Horse Sea Region, but waited to avoid drawing the Nascent Soul cultivators’ attention.
• Zi Yuyuan invited Ye Jingcheng to join the Zi Family and Xiao Daoyou at a subsidiary Formation Core, but the others lost interest as Ye Jingcheng maintained his helpless disguise.
• Ye Jingcheng judged that Red Cloud Island’s formation would eventually fall and watched the battle between the Nascent Soul cultivators instead of collecting Beast Souls.
• The Poison Jiaolong Demon Emperor overwhelmed Red Fan True Monarch and Celestial Water True Monarch with its poisonous attacks, forcing them to teleport away.
• The Poison Jiaolong Demon Emperor struck a hole in the formation, and more than a dozen fourth-order jiaolongs rushed onto the island and began slaughtering its inhabitants.

Ye Jingcheng escaped Red Cloud Island after the beast tide overwhelmed its defenders, disguising his flight as that of the wounded Chen Wan. He reached Cloud Gazing Island by evening to meet Xiao Quanyun, a Ye Family cultivator who had been waiting there.

• Jiaolong Demon Kings destroyed several formation cores, and Celestial Water True Monarch and Red Fan True Monarch joined the battle to drive them back.
• Ye Jingcheng captured a juvenile Golden Light Python while Zi Yuyuan urged him to flee, then Chen Whale Sea's forces arrived and shattered the cultivators' will to fight.
• The defenders split between fighting and fleeing; Ye Jingcheng fled with cultivators from the two sects, using Great Gale Talismans to escape the beast tide.
• An Ocean Control Sect spirit boat passed Ye Jingcheng, and Ming Hai Real Person questioned him before allowing him to continue toward the Sky Horse Sea Region.
• Ye Jingcheng bypassed Sky Horse Pass and reached Cloud Gazing Island, where he sent a voice transmission using a prepared Family Token after changing his appearance.

Ye Jingcheng met Ye Xingxiao on a reef and learned that she had been assigned to help him infiltrate Cloud Gazing Island during the beast tide. He entered the island disguised as her, then returned to his room and released her to take over before Wen Quancheng could discover the deception.

• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Xingxiao on a reef, verified their Beast Communication Marks, and exchanged identities and information about her cover as Xiao Quanyun.
• Ye Xingxiao warned Ye Jingcheng that the Grand Sun Taoist Temple had brought most of its forces and the Sea Viewing Mirror to Sky Horse Island, while Wen Quancheng was pursuing her.
• Ye Jingcheng placed Ye Xingxiao in the Grotto Heaven and flew to Cloud Gazing Island disguised as her.
• Ye Jingcheng passed the island's divine-sense inspections, changed into Xiao Quanyun's appearance, and returned to the Grand Sun Taoist Temple's branch temple.
• Wen Quancheng told Ye Jingcheng that they would enter Sky Horse Pass at dusk and that most people would be left behind to resist the beast tide.
• Ye Jingcheng checked the island for threats, released Ye Xingxiao, and asked her to resume the disguise while he put away the Grotto Heaven Stone.