Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingyu and Ye Hai Fei fought off a beast tide in the Fallen Cloud Archipelago, killing an Azure Moon Jiaolong after Ye Haihe and Ye Xuefu arrived to help. The group reunited with Ye Xuecang and prepared to flee as the beast tide spread, while Ye Jingcheng worried about his relatives and began preparing the Crimson Flame Fox for a breakthrough.

• Ye Jingyu and Ye Hai Fei led their group to a barren island and prepared to fight the pursuing demon pythons and Azure Moon Jiaolong.
• Ye Hai Fei, Ye Jingyu, and their allies attacked the great demons, but the array broke and the Azure Moon Jiaolong wounded the Roc Fish.
• Ye Haihe and Ye Xuefu arrived, helped kill the Azure Moon Jiaolong, and led the group in defeating the remaining great demons as several Purple Wood Sect cultivators fled.
• Ye Xuecang arrived with a Fourth Order spirit boat and told the group that Chen Whale Sea and Sky Jiaolong Sea were driving a massive beast tide, so they needed to hurry.
• In the grotto-heaven, Ye Xuefan reassured Ye Jingcheng that Ye Xingxiao was safe, while they feared for Ye Jingyu and the others trapped in the Fallen Cloud Archipelago.
• Ye Jingcheng took the Earth Head and demon core from the Three-Headed Bird Demon King to help the Crimson Flame Fox attempt a fourth-rank breakthrough.

As the beast tide threatened the Green Cloud Sea Region, Ye Xingxiao and Wen Quancheng passed through Sky Horse Pass and secretly departed with other powerful factions’ disciples and treasures. Aboard the spirit skiff, two sisters revealed that they had emerged from seclusion and suspected the Beast Wasteland or the Yun Family had helped stir up the crisis.

• Sky Horse Island filled with refugees as Nascent Soul cultivators restricted entry to Sky Horse Pass and used the Sea Viewing Mirror to inspect those entering.
• Ye Xingxiao worried that the mirror would expose Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe, but Wen Quancheng reassured her and took her through a concealed route to a pier.
• Wen Quancheng and other faction members boarded Fourth Order spirit skiffs with young disciples and their factions’ treasures, then secretly departed beneath the sea.
• Ye Xingxiao entered her room, set up formations, sent transmissions with the Family Token, and began meditating.
• Two sisters who had pretended to be close to Young Master Xu revealed themselves as Yu Ling and her sister, discussed the beast tide’s possible instigators, and assessed the cultivators aboard their skiff.

The Ye Family abandoned its attempt to enter Sky Horse Island and hid deep beneath the seabed, hoping to survive the coming beast tide. On Sky Horse Island, Nascent Soul leaders argued over who had provoked the crisis before Great Dragon True Monarch ordered them to defend the pass and search for Beast Wasteland.

• Ye Xuecang learned that the Ye Family had lost its chance to retreat through Sky Horse Pass and decided they should leave the satellite islands instead of risking exposure in a secret realm.
• Ye Haihe reported that someone was secretly trading roots for retreat slots, but Ye Xuecang dismissed the rumor and ordered news of secret realms spread among the Rogue Cultivators to mask the Ye Family’s departure.
• After a clash exposed the root trader, many cultivators fled toward secret realms, and Ye Jingyu, Ye Hai Fei, and the others left avatars carrying Enticing Demon Grass as decoys.
• Ye Xuecang led the Ye Family into a deep seabed chasm, concealed them with the Ocean Measuring Tablet, and prepared them to wait until the beast tide began.
• At Heaven-Horse Sea-Repelling City, Beihe True Monarch, Qinghe True Monarch, Qingling True Monarch, White Jade True Monarch, and Red Fan True Monarch disputed responsibility for provoking the beast tide.
• Great Dragon True Monarch ended the argument, ordered the Nascent Soul cultivators to hold the line until the Immortal Sect arrived, and told them to search for Beast Wasteland and its spirit treasure.

Ye Jingcheng cultivated the Star Illusion Eye and prepared to travel through the Sky Lu Archipelago while the Ye Family waited for a chance to help Dragon Ancestor break through. After escaping a battle aboard the spirit skiff, he saw the twin female cultivators use a Golden Core Spirit Puppet to kill a Purple Mansion Peak cultivator, then watched them turn toward him.

• Ye Jingcheng successfully cultivated the Star Illusion Eye after consuming more than ten Star Illusion Fruits.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng that his Second Grand Uncle and Ninth Grand Uncle were safe but could not reach Sky Horse Island, and that the Ye Family would follow its original plan.
• Ye Xingxiao warned Ye Jingcheng that more people were aboard the spirit skiff than the eleven passengers he could sense, and Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Xiao Quanyun before leaving the grotto-heaven.
• Two twin female Purple Mansion cultivators attacked a man aboard the spirit skiff, and Ye Jingcheng used the commotion to slip away without drawing pursuit.
• Ye Jingcheng saw the twin cultivators use a Golden Core Spirit Puppet to kill a hidden Purple Mansion Peak cultivator, then realized they were heading toward him to silence witnesses.

Ye Jingcheng escaped the Chen Whale Sea after killing two cultivators who pursued him and taking their belongings, including the Chen Whale Jade. He reached Desolate Cloud Ridge safely, while Zhang Mingli discovered the sisters’ deaths and decided to pursue the person who had taken the treasure.

• Ye Jingcheng stopped to deceive the two pursuing women, then used his Void Profound Dharma Bottle and Five Elements Sky Pearl to trap them and their Golden Core spirit puppet.
• Ye Jingcheng killed the woman controlling the puppet with his God Extinguishing Needle, caught the other after her blood escape, and shattered her Purple Mansion, but her soul-searching restriction destroyed her soul.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the women’s treasures and belongings, hid the battle’s traces, changed his appearance, and took a deceptive route toward land.
• Ye Jingcheng avoided spirit boats bound for Sky Horse Island and reached Desolate Cloud Ridge, where he felt safe enough to continue toward his family’s route.
• Zhang Mingli examined the battle site with a Spirit Map and learned that Zhang Yuling and Zhang Yuxue had died and the Chen Whale Jade was missing.
• Zhang Mingli chose to pursue Ye Jingcheng, but he proceeded cautiously to judge the fugitive’s strength.

Ye Jingcheng examined the spoils from the Grand Sun Taoist Temple and the two Zhang Family cultivators, distributing treasures to the Ye Family and discovering that the Zhang Family had stolen Chen Whale Jade. He chose to continue revealing the remaining treasures, leaving the question of the jade and the Earth Dragon Demon King unresolved.

• Ye Jingcheng inspected the captured cultivators' Storage Bags and found Monster Beast corpses, Spirit Herbs, Spirit Stones, magical treasures, and thousands of Beast Souls.
• Ye Jingcheng let Ye Family clansmen exchange Contribution Points for magical treasures, and Ye Jinghu chose a Thunderclap Axe.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed more treasures from the Grand Sun Taoist Temple's Purple Mansion cultivators, while his Contribution Points surpassed Ye Xuecang's.
• Ye Jingcheng found Zhang Family array tokens marked Golden Valley and told Ye Xuefan that the Zhang Family had Chen Whale Jade that could aid a Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng hesitated over whether to reveal the Chen Whale Jade to the Earth Dragon Demon King, then continued searching the remaining Storage Bags and took out a palm-sized piece of water jade.

Ye Jingcheng uncovered Chen Whale Jade, a weakened Divine Concealment Talisman, and a young Chen Whale among the recovered treasures, then gave the Chen Whale to Ye Haisheng. The Earth Dragon Demon King considered forming a Blood Pact with Ye Jingcheng to advance to the fifth order, while the family continued traveling across Han Country.

• Ye Jingcheng revealed Chen Whale Jade, prompting Ye Xuefan to order the Ye Family members to swear Heavenly Dao Oaths and conceal its discovery.
• Ye Jingcheng found a nearly depleted fourth-order high-grade Divine Concealment Talisman and a talented young Chen Whale among the treasures.
• Ye Xuefan asked Ye Haisheng to take the Chen Whale, and Ye Haisheng insisted on paying one million Contribution Points, with eight hundred thousand owed.
• Ye Jingcheng offered a captured Golden Light Python to the family, but Ye Xuefan decided to keep it until a suitable cultivator was available.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King discussed forming a Blood Pact with Ye Jingcheng to reach the fifth order, and Ye Xuefan contacted Ye Xuecang to dissolve its existing pact.
• Ye Jingcheng left the cave heaven to replace Ye Haicheng aboard the spirit boat as the family traveled over Beast Plain.

As the beast tide threatened Sky Horse Island, cultivators used High-Level Enticing Demon Grass and the Celestial Soul Art to provoke the Demon Emperors into attacking Sky Horse Pass. Amid the resulting battle, Ye Xuecang evacuated the Ye clan through the seabed, carrying their spatial treasures toward a destination he had sensed in the Eastern Region.

• Beihe True Monarch, Qingling True Monarch, and White Jade True Monarch denied responsibility for the beast tide until Tai Peng True Monarch warned that the immortal sects could reduce their Earth Immortal Realm quotas.
• High-Level Enticing Demon Grass appeared on Sky Horse Island, and nearby cultivators self-detonated after using the Celestial Soul Art, enraging the Demon Emperors.
• Tai Peng True Monarch ordered the True Monarchs to leave the formation and fight as the Demon Emperors charged toward Sky Horse Pass.
• Ye Xuecang told Ye Jingyu and Ye Xingliu to move the clan into the World in Painting treasure and Heavenly Mystery Manor, then carried both treasures and the Ocean Measuring Tablet into the deep sea.
• A Black Crow Shark Demon King searched the area but returned to Sky Horse Island, allowing Ye Xuecang to continue fleeing without being discovered.

Chu Yanqing taught Ye Yunxi before joining the Ye Family’s leaders to discuss a Second Order Late Stage Wood Demon discovered in Zhao Country. The family prepared to send Chu Yanqing to investigate while guarding Lingyun Peak amid rumors and growing unrest.

• Chu Yanqing encouraged Ye Yunxi to keep attending the family school and began teaching her cultivation.
• Ye Jingyun told Chu Yanqing that the family’s merchant association had found a Wood Demon near the border of Xin'an County and Shanling County in Zhao Country.
• Chu Yanqing agreed to investigate the Wood Demon, and Ye Jingyun planned for the group to depart in two days while the family sealed Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingyun asked Ye Jingli to protect Lingyun Peak from possible Robber Cultivators, and Ye Jingli agreed despite refusing to invite Ye Jingteng because Ye Yunxi was there.
• Ye Jingyun asked Ye Jingli to send a voice transmission to Ye Jingteng and ask whether anything unusual had happened in Yan Country.

Ye Jing Yun’s party returned to Lingyun Peak after a staged departure exposed an attack on the family’s spirit lake. The Ye Family strengthened its defenses, while Ye Jing Yun suspected the attack concealed a more serious threat and kept the plan to capture Wood Demons in motion.

• Three disguised attackers tried to poison Lingyun Lake, but Ye Jingli and the spirit beasts defeated them; the last attacker poisoned himself before he could be identified.
• Ye Jingzhi searched the attackers and found they had posed as Ye Family members, while Ye Jingli suspected rivals in the spirit-fish trade.
• Ye Jing Yun returned with Chu Yanqing and privately warned Ye Xinghan that the attackers might have acted because Jingcheng and much of the family’s main force were away.
• Ye Jing Yun arranged for people to impersonate Jingcheng and Jinghu at the family assembly and told Ye Xinghan that the plan to capture Wood Demons would continue.
• Ye Jing Yun addressed the gathered clansmen, urging vigilance against the Jin Family and Kong Family and encouraging them to strengthen the Ye Family.

The Zhang Family decided to spread rumors accusing the Ye Family of being tied to the Beast Wasteland, while delaying their evidence until Ye Jingcheng returned. Meanwhile, Ye Jingyun’s group prepared a covert expedition to Xin'an County to investigate a Golden Dust Sand Thorny Wood Demon and search for a route to the West Sand World.

• Zhang Yujing used footage of Spirit Beasts at Lingyun Peak to argue that the Ye Family might be descended from the Beast Wasteland.
• Zhang Yuhuai warned that Ye Jingcheng was dangerous, so Zhang Yujing chose to pressure the Ye Family with rumors rather than reveal the evidence immediately.
• Zhang Yujing ordered rumors spread across the Cultivation Worlds of Zhao Country and Jin Country and the Qinghe Four Prefectures, hoping to draw Ye Jingcheng back to Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingyun told Chu Yanqing that their target was a Golden Dust Sand Thorny Wood Demon and that the expedition was really seeking clues to a Teleportation Array to the West Sand World.
• Ye Jingyun explained that the family had moved valuable resources into Hidden Valley and arranged practical training for important clansmen, including Yun Xi.
• The group took Bone Transformation Pills and set out by a different route, with Ye Jingli’s research guiding their search for possible Teleportation Arrays and Zhang Family branches in Xin'an County.

Ye Jingyun’s group searched Xin'an County for the relocated Teleportation Array and followed a Flame Rock Bird into Jia Family territory. Chu Yanqing spotted a concealed formation at Flame Fierce Peak, while the Jia Family cultivators found no Blood Pact on the bird or the payment, leaving the group’s discovery unnoticed.

• Ye Jingyun and the others searched the Hu, Jia, and Yu Family territories but found no sign of the Teleportation Array.
• Ye Jingyun explained that a Wood Demon had sensed something near Zhu Hong Peak, and Chu Yanqing insisted on helping the Ye Family investigate.
• Ye Jingyun released a charmed Flame Rock Bird, and the group followed it into Jia Family territory.
• Chu Yanqing saw a high-rank formation and a vast open-air hall at Flame Fierce Peak through her Star Illusion Eyes.
• A Jia Family cultivator killed the bird, accepted Ye Jingyun’s Spirit Stones, and drove the group away.
• The Jia Family cultivator brought the bird and payment to Flame Fierce Peak, where the middle-aged man checked both for a Blood Pact and found nothing.

Ye Jingcheng secured the Earth Dragon Demon King's cooperation after the demon king lifted his old blood pact, then secretly established a soul contract while appearing to complete a blood pact. The Earth Dragon Demon King discovered the change and concealed his fury, leaving their alliance outwardly intact but dangerously uncertain.

• The Earth Dragon Demon King returned to his true form and announced that the old blood pact had been lifted, while Ye Jingcheng read Ye Xuecang's warning to destroy the cave heaven if the demon king reneged.
• Ye Jingcheng stood his ground under the Earth Dragon Demon King's pressure and invoked the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and Two-Headed Turtle Demon King as he discussed completing the pact and helping the demon king break through.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King agreed to proceed after resting, while Ye Jingcheng fed his Spirit Beasts and trained before beginning the pact.
• Ye Jingcheng sent essence blood into the Earth Dragon Demon King's glabella, forming a soul contract rather than the expected blood pact.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King sensed the contract's true nature and seethed with rage, but kept his expression calm.

Ye Jingcheng secured the Earth Dragon Demon King's acceptance of the Soul Contract, agreed on terms for their cooperation, and entered Beast Communion with it. The pair prepared to travel to Chu Country, where Ye Jingcheng planned to cultivate and meet Turtle Ancestor.

• The Earth Dragon Demon King struggled with the Soul Contract before accepting its bond with Ye Jingcheng and returning to cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng studied the Earth Spirit Secret Method for a month while the group continued its journey toward Yan Country.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King asked Ye Jingcheng to discuss their future privately and set three conditions for its place in the Ye Family, which Ye Jingcheng accepted.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Earth Dragon Demon King the Chen Whale Jade to help it prepare for a breakthrough to Demon Emperor.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King completed Beast Communion, and the Earth Dragon Demon King's powerful true essence surged into Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng told the Earth Dragon Demon King they would rendezvous with Turtle Ancestor in Chu Country, then left to cultivate during the journey.

Ye Jingfeng met Turtle Ancestor in Demon Subduing Valley while the Zhang Family planned to expose the Ye Family as descendants of the Beast Wasteland. As Taiyi Sect began investigating and the rumors spread, Ye Jingyun arranged for the family’s younger members and marked clansmen to evacuate while others stayed behind.

• Ye Jingfeng reached Demon Subduing Valley, met Turtle Ancestor, and learned that Jingcheng and Fourth Grand Uncle had passed Sky Horse Pass.
• Zhang Yongxin and Zhang Yujing planned to spread claims that the Ye Family belonged to the Beast Wasteland and prepared to relocate Zhang Family members with help from the Jia Family.
• Xuandao Real Person questioned Ye Jingteng and Ye Qingshuang, accepted their denials, and warned that Taiyi Sect would investigate the Ye Family through Soul Inquiry.
• Ye Jingyun told the Lingyun Peak assembly that rumors had spread across Zhao Country and Jin Country and that the family could not withstand an intensive search.
• Ye Jingyun arranged for younger family members to go to Earth Dragon Valley, marked clansmen to go to Hidden Valley and Insect Valley, and the remaining elders to stay behind; Ye Jingli volunteered to remain.

Ye Jingcheng learned that Law Peak and Sword Peak were coming to investigate the Ye Family and considered striking at the Zhang and Jia Families in the Far West Sand Sea. The Earth Dragon Demon King offered three more Demon Kings for the fight, and Ye Jingcheng hurried back to Yan Country as the Ye Family prepared for the crisis.

• Ye Xuefan made Ye Jinghu’s Family Head position temporary and warned that the Ye Family’s plans had been thrown into disarray.
• Ye Jingcheng learned from the Family Token that Law Peak and Sword Peak were coming to investigate the Ye Family, then asked how many Golden Cores the Zhang and Jia Families might have.
• Ye Xuefan estimated that the Zhang and Jia Families had at least five Golden Cores, making an attack on the Far West Sand Sea too dangerous.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King offered the Three-Eyed Demon Peng, the Thunder Peng Demon King, and the Mammoth Elephant Demon King as additional fighters, while requiring Ye Jingcheng not to use Beast Communion with them before its breakthrough.
• Ye Xuefan advised Ye Jingcheng to keep Beast Wasteland hidden and suggested Zi Ming True Monarch might help conceal it from the Penglai Immortal Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng took over the fourth-order spirit boat from Ye Haisheng and sped toward Yan Country.

Ye Jingfeng sold Demon Subduing Valley a rumor that the Zhang Family was preparing to break through to Nascent Soul, using the claim to distract attention from the Ye Family’s true target, the Jia Family. At Lingyun Peak, Ye Jingcheng revealed his Golden Core breakthrough and challenged the sect’s accusations before Zitian Real Person arrived.

• Ye Jingfeng negotiated a payment with Steward Qiu for information linking the Zhang Family to a Spirit Gathering Array and Taiyi Sect’s planned attack on Yong'an Peak.
• Steward Qiu decided to investigate the Zhang Family and report the information to the Qiu Family and the Celestial Corpse Sect.
• Ye Jingfeng sent Ye Family clansmen to spread the rumors among Rogue Cultivators as a public counterattack meant to distract from the Jia Family.
• Miaofa Real Person accused the Ye Family of being Beast Wasteland descendants at Lingyun Peak, but Ye Jingyun denied the charge and said Ye Jingcheng was in seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng returned after breaking through to early Golden Core and questioned Three Yuan Real Person and Miaofa Real Person about their accusations.
• Three Yuan Real Person and Miaofa Real Person left Lingyun Peak, and Zitian Real Person arrived to meet Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng negotiated with Zi Ming True Monarch’s avatar over cooperation between the Ye Family and Taiyi Sect, arguing that both faced threats from Qinghe Sect and the coming beast tide. Zi Ming agreed to the terms with restrictions, and Ye Jingcheng prepared to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.

• Ye Jingcheng recognized that the figure posing as Zitian Real Person was Zi Ming True Monarch’s avatar and proposed cooperation despite the avatar’s threats.
• Ye Jingcheng offered to prevent a beast tide from reaching Mount Taihang Mountain Range and provide a Nascent Soul combatant to help Taiyi Sect resist Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng warned that blaming his family for ties to the Beast Wasteland would isolate Taiyi Sect and strengthen Qinghe Sect’s position.
• Ye Jingcheng suggested that Taiyi Sect could investigate Qinghe Sect’s sword formation and seize the Zhang Family’s Spirit Gathering Array.
• Zi Ming True Monarch’s avatar accepted cooperation, limited the Ye Family’s influence to Taihang County, and demanded a Heavenly Dao Oath that included the Demon Emperor.

Ye Jingcheng secured Taiyi Sect’s support, tightened the Ye Family’s defenses, and gathered clansmen at Lingyun Peak and Earth Dragon Valley. He then prepared a concealed trap for the Three-Eyed Demon King, who arrived at Earth Dragon Palace and was offered the Earth Dragon Demon King’s essence blood.

• Ye Jingcheng summoned the Lingyun Peak clansmen, ordered them to stay close and suspend outside missions, and arranged for returning supporters to emerge from seclusion gradually.
• Ye Jingcheng released the Hidden Peak clansmen at Lingyun Lake so they could see the Ye Family’s ancestral land, then set rules for their safety.
• Ye Jingcheng visited Chu Yanqing and the younger clansmen in Earth Dragon Valley, reassured them about Lingyun Peak, and established a concealing formation before the Demon Kings arrived.
• Ye Jingcheng hid in Earth Dragon Palace while the Earth Dragon Demon King went to summon the Three-Eyed Demon King.
• The Three-Eyed Demon King arrived, promised to help the Earth Dragon Demon King break through, and received a drop of essence blood from him.

Ye Jingcheng and Earth Dragon Demon King subdued the Three-Eyed Demon King with a Soul Contract and brought him into the Ye Family’s cave-heaven. After collecting Crimson Pattern Blood Flame Crystal and Great Demons from his territory, the Three-Eyed Demon King saw the Ye Family’s other spirit beasts and began to believe he might advance further under their care.

• Earth Dragon Demon King and two other Demon Kings trapped the Three-Eyed Demon King, and Ye Jingcheng used a Soul Contract to force him into submission.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King to heal Three-Eyed and learned that taking on more Demon King contracts would strain his divine soul.
• Earth Dragon Demon King sent Three-Eyed to retrieve Crimson Pattern Blood Flame Crystal and bring ten Third Order Great Demons, then left to deal with Mammoth Demon King.
• Three-Eyed returned with the crystal and eleven Great Demons, and Ye Jingcheng welcomed them into the cave-heaven.
• Three-Eyed saw the Ye Family’s powerful spirit beasts and glimpsed hope of advancing to the Fifth Order, while Ye Jingcheng placed the Blood Flame Crystal beside Crimson Flame Fox as it broke through.