Chapter Summaries

Ye Xueliang organized three teams to hunt the surviving Zhang Family cultivators using Blood Plates and scent-tracking Spirit Beasts, while Rogue Cultivators joined the search for rewards. The chapter revealed that Zhang Yucheng’s group was hiding in a Secret Realm, where Zhang Yongtai warned that the Ye Family’s Blood Plates could expose them before their treasure was finished.

• Ye Haisheng presented three Blood Plates made from the essence blood of Zhang Family members, and Ye Xueliang assigned three teams to pursue the survivors with tracking Spirit Beasts and Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• Rogue Cultivators in Far Spirit Oasis discussed the upcoming auction and hunted Zhang Family members for tax exemptions.
• Zhang Yuan entered the Zhang Family’s Secret Realm and reported that the Ye Family had turned the Rogue Cultivators against them.
• Zhang Yucheng asked Zhang Yongtai how soon their treasure would be completed, and Zhang Yongtai said it needed several more months.
• Zhang Yongtai warned that the Ye Family could track them with Blood Plates and said they had no trusted person to carry a spatial dharma artifact.

Ye Jingcheng oversaw the Ye Family’s expanding Spirit Beast operations on Sky Shadow Peak, then refined pills with the Crimson Flame Fox and produced four portions of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid. As he prepared to continue, the spirit vein’s surging energy signaled that it was about to advance to Fifth Order.

• Ye Jingcheng surveyed the newly established Spirit Beast Valleys and discussed the Ye Family’s plans to raise Spirit Beasts and cultivate its clansmen.
• Chu Yanqing joined Ye Jingcheng for Scarlet Jin Tea, and he gave her the Desolate Overlord Body Scripture to cultivate alongside her artifact crafting.
• Ye Jingcheng cared for the injured Crimson Flame Fox and instructed it to use only crimson fire while helping him refine pills.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Spirit Nurturing Pills, Jade Soul Pills, and Purple Soul Pills before using a Purple Jade Fruit to make Purple Mansion Jade Liquid.
• Ye Jingcheng produced four portions of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, and the spirit vein began surging as it prepared to break through to Fifth Order.

Ye Jingcheng used the spirit vein’s breakthrough to fifth order to give the Ye Family and his Spirit Beasts a chance to advance. As the Spiritual Qi Tide ended, several cultivators and beasts made progress, and Ye Jingcheng prepared to begin the Earth Dragon Demon King’s soul infusion.

• Ye Jingcheng summoned clan members who were ready to advance and had them cultivate within the Spiritual Qi Tide surrounding the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng released the Golden Scale Beast, Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and Golden Falcon to cultivate, then set up formations to isolate everyone as the tide faded and the spirit vein became fifth order.
• The Golden Scale Beast awakened and received a fourth-order earth-attributed demon core, while Ye Jingcheng sent the Qi Refinement clan members to collect Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Ye Haiyu and Ye Haiyan awakened at Foundation Establishment Peak, and Ye Jingcheng gave each Purple Mansion Jade Liquid before they returned to their caves to prepare for breakthroughs.
• Ye Xuefan fell just short of Purple Mansion Peak, but Ye Jingcheng said he would soon refine Hai Sheng Pills; Ye Xuefan then urged him to prepare soul infusion for the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed that the time had come to pursue fifth-order combat power and transmitted to Turtle Ancestor, which held the Beast Communication Tower.

Ye Jingcheng completed the Third Soul Injection in the Beast Communication Tower, strengthening his Beast Communication Mark and helping the Earth Dragon Demon King's soul approach a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Ye Family members hunted Zhang Family cultivators and captured more than a thousand Sand Ginseng Scorpions in the Sea of Sand.

• Ye Xuefan led the ancestral ceremony, after which Ye Jingcheng entered the Beast Communication Tower to undergo the Third Soul Injection.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King absorbed the most soul power as Ye Jingcheng directed the remaining power to his Spirit Beasts, Wood Demons, and Stone Spirits, while restricting the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sky Shadow Peak, where Ye Xuefan said the Earth Dragon Demon King was close to breaking through and worried that the Zhang Jia Families had made no move.
• At Yellow Jade Oasis, Hai Sheng and Ye Qingfeng tracked and killed hidden Zhang Family cultivators, then found a jade talisman indicating that others were supposed to stay in place.
• Ye Xueliang and his group captured over a thousand Sand Ginseng Scorpions, and Ye Jingzhong explained their usefulness as nourishment, food for Sea of Sand livestock, and protection against some poisons.

Ye Jingfeng reconsidered the Ye Family’s hunt for the Zhang Family after Ye Jingzhi suggested the Zhangs were luring them west, while Ye Jingcheng inspected the Cave Heaven and its growing spirit beasts. The chapter left the Ye Family continuing its hunt and preparing its spirit beasts and Wood Demons for greater roles.

• Ye Jingfeng’s group killed another group of Zhang Family cultivators but found no useful information, and Ye Jingzhi argued that the Zhangs were deliberately drawing them west.
• Ye Jingzhi proposed that the Zhang Family’s hidden base might lie near Far Spirit Oasis, and that the Ye Family should seek information at the auction and identify Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators who did not attend.
• Ye Jingfeng reported the theory to the family and contacted his great-grandfather, then ordered the group to continue hunting Zhang Family clansmen.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the Cave Heaven, saw that the Golden Scale Beast was nearing a breakthrough to the fourth order, and considered transferring several contracted beasts to the family.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded Peach Wood for its service, then noticed that the Peacock Stone Stone Spirit was developing spiritual intelligence and asked the Stone Spirit to guide it.

Ye Jingcheng strengthened his spirit beasts and inspected the magic treasures taken from the Zhang Family, keeping several for himself and giving the Golden Sounding Spear to the Earth Dragon Demon King. As the Far Spirit Oasis auction approached, Ye Haicheng prepared the Ye Family’s new marketplace for its opening and ordered precautions against suspicious cultivators.

• Ye Jingcheng told the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit to nurture the Peacock Stone Stone Spirit, then urged the Stone Spirit and Peach Wood to advance by devouring defensive magic treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng warned the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath and not entertain foolish thoughts about the Sea of Sand.
• Ye Jingcheng agreed to let Star Pear Wood Star Seven leave the secret realm and stay at Sky Shadow Peak, while the Jade Ring Rat showed growing intelligence by refining its Breathing Method and speaking to him.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Golden Sounding Spear to the Earth Dragon Demon King and kept the Sky Illusion Daoist Robe, ancient bronze mirror, Head Chopping Blade, and Nine Secluded Needle for his own use.
• Ye Jingcheng began studying the Five Elements Divine Lightning jade slip while the Crimson Flame Fox continued refining spirit fire and absorbing soul power.
• As the auction neared, Ye Haicheng ordered heightened security, a Soul Inquiry Grand Array, and surveillance of suspicious rogue cultivators at the Ye Family’s marketplace.

Wan Chengjie arranged to use the Wan Family’s Void Spirit Insect and Xu Changkong’s knowledge to search for hidden realms and Zhang Jia Family footholds, while the Ye Family prepared to open its auction in Far Spirit Oasis. As Ye Haicheng gathered the cultivators’ attention, he began announcing the Ye Family’s rules.

• Wan Chengjie told Wan Chengming that the Wan Family should hunt Zhang Family cultivators and help the Ye Family in hopes of gaining a place in the mountains, and he showed him the Void Spirit Insect’s ability to sense hidden realms.
• Wan Chengjie met Xu Changkong and Daoist Jiang with Wan Chengming, offering to help locate three oases with Second Order High Grade spirit veins if Xu Changkong guided them to likely secret-realm locations.
• Wan Chengjie urged Xu Changkong to act before the auction, arguing that waiting would cost him the chance to pursue Celestial Dipper Qi.
• Three days later, the Ye Family opened its auction in Far Spirit Oasis with a one-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone entry fee, and Ye Haicheng noticed over fifty Foundation Building Cultivators among the attendees.
• Ye Jingfu told Ye Haicheng the auction was about to begin, and Ye Haicheng released his Purple Mansion aura to command the crowd’s attention before announcing the Ye Family’s rules.

Ye Haicheng opened the Far Spirit Market auction by offering oasis rights under Ye Family protection in exchange for taxes, labor, and loyalty, then used a Soul Inquiry Grand Array to gather intelligence on the Zhang and Jia Families. After the Rogue Cultivators revealed several Secret Realms and other leads, Ye Jingfu began the auction, where the first portion of Absolute Yin Qi of Earth Sha sold for 8,900 Spirit Stones.

• Ye Haicheng announced that oasis owners would receive a century of autonomous rights and Ye Family protection, while listing their duties and obligations.
• Ye Haicheng required the Rogue Cultivators to disclose suspected hideouts of the Zhang and Jia Families and submit to Soul Inquiry.
• The Rogue Cultivators revealed three Second-Order and five First-Order Secret Realms, along with information about desert Monster Beast clans and absent cultivators.
• The Ye Family found no Zhang Jia Family agents among the auction attendees, and an hour later Ye Jingfu resumed the auction.
• Ye Jingfu auctioned a portion of Absolute Yin Qi of Earth Sha, which sold for 8,900 Spirit Stones.

Wan Chengjie and his companions found the Zhang Family’s secret realm beneath an ordinary sand dune in Eastern Flame Sand Valley and prepared to hold its entrance. Inside, Zhang Yucheng discovered their position, prompting Zhang Yongtai to order the clan to gather and break out before the Ye Family arrived.

• Wan Chengjie led Xu Changkong, Jiang Yuwei, and Wan Chengming into Eastern Flame Sand Valley, where the Void Spirit Insect eventually exposed a formation-hidden secret realm entrance.
• Wan Chengjie sent a Ten Thousand Li Sound Transmission Jade Talisman and set up defensive formations while his companions prepared their own methods.
• Zhang Yucheng inspected the High-Grade Spirit Stone Mine and its nearly mature Top-Grade Spirit Stone, then detected the cultivators outside through his paired mirror.
• Zhang Yongtai ordered the Zhang Family cultivators to gather, take the excavated spirit stones and the unfinished Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and force their way out of the secret realm.
• Ye Haicheng hurried toward Eastern Flame Sand Valley, and his Myriad Blood Plate revealed a powerful concentration of Zhang Family bloodlines nearby.

Wan Chengjie and Wan Chengming escaped into the Third-Order Secret Realm after ambushing the Zhang Family, while the Zhang Family scattered to flee from Ye Haicheng. Zhang Yongtai and Zhang Yongbei attempted to escape together, but Ye Haicheng’s spirit boat caught up with them.

• Wan Chengjie, Wan Chengming, Xu Changkong, and Jiang Yuwei prepared for an attack as the secret realm entrance opened and Zhang Yucheng led more than thirty people out behind a third-order magic treasure.
• Xu Changkong and Jiang Yuwei fled, but Wan Chengjie stayed concealed and killed Zhang Yucheng with his talisman treasure before leading Wan Chengming into the secret realm.
• Zhang Yongtai returned with Jiang Yuwei’s head, then ordered the Zhang Family cultivators to scatter and gather at Sky Leaving Grassland when he sensed Ye Haicheng approaching.
• Zhang Yongbei escaped Xu Changkong’s pursuit and joined Zhang Yongtai, refusing to hand over the storage bag containing the Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ye Haicheng’s spirit boat accelerated toward Zhang Yongtai and Zhang Yongbei, and a Blazing Black Flame Sparrow Spirit Shadow struck their boat.

Ye Haicheng killed Zhang Yongtai and Zhang Yongbei, then entered the secret realm and discovered a high-grade spirit stone mine with signs that a valuable stone had recently been removed. He confronted Wan Chengjie and another Wan Family member but feigned a misunderstanding while secretly preparing to question them.

• Ye Haicheng used the Blood Pool Cloth, Soul Banner, and Earth Lizard Great Demon to defeat and kill Zhang Yongtai.
• Ye Haicheng and the Three-Eyed Demon Peng caught Zhang Yongbei, who offered a great opportunity in exchange for mercy, but Ye Haicheng killed him and took his Storage Bag.
• Ye Haicheng entered the Third-Order Secret Realm after learning the Wan Family members were inside, and the Three-Eyed Demon Peng sensed a Fire Vein beneath Sand Valley.
• Ye Haicheng discovered a small or medium High-Grade Spirit Stone Mine and noticed that a stone had recently been excavated from a hollowed-out spot.
• Ye Haicheng found Wan Chengjie and another Wan Family member hiding beneath a hill; after Wan Chengjie explained their situation, Ye Haicheng concealed a Soul Inquiry Talisman and asked whether they had seen Zhang Family members.

Ye Haicheng spared Wan Chengjie and Wan Chengming, then searched the Zhang Family’s secret realm and found valuable spirit stones, Purple Jade Fruits, and Purple Body Ginseng. Back in Far Spirit Oasis, Wan Chengjie planned to rebuild the Wan Family, while Ye Jingfu developed the Ye Family’s External Affairs Building and noticed Wan Chengjie recruiting cultivators.

• Ye Haicheng confirmed that Wan Chengjie and Wan Chengming had not inspected the secret realm, then let them leave after Wan Chengjie offered a Void Spirit Insect.
• Ye Haicheng searched the secret realm, found a flawed Top-Grade Spirit Stone and two Purple Jade Fruits in the Zhang Family’s storage bags, and discovered that the Zhang Family had stripped the Spirit Herb Garden bare.
• Ye Haicheng left the secret realm on the Three-Eyed Demon Peng to pursue the remaining Zhang Family cultivators.
• Wan Chengjie returned to Far Spirit Oasis and told the other Wan Family cultivators to request another oasis and an artifact-crafting shop, marry, and grow the family.
• Wan Chengjie went to recruit rogue cultivators at the Loose Cultivator Plaza and saw Ye Jingfu’s External Affairs Building.
• Ye Jingfu considered how to organize the External Affairs Building and recognized Wan Chengjie as a promising Wan Family cultivator.

Ye Haicheng and the Ye Family pursued the Zhang Family remnants into the Sky Leaving Grassland, secured major resources, and began planning their next expansion. Ye Jingcheng learned that the family had gained a secret realm, spirit stone deposits, and other prospects, then discovered Chu Yanqing was expecting twins.

• Ye Haicheng crushed the fleeing Zhang Family cultivators with the Twin Golden Lion Seal, and Ye Jingdian reported that only a few Zhang Family members remained.
• Ye Haicheng ordered Ye Jingdian to map the Sky Leaving Grassland and investigate its Demon Kings and Demon Emperor.
• Ye Jingcheng practiced Bing Fire Divine Lightning near Sky Phoenix Oasis while the Ye Family relocated mortals and developed the oasis.
• Ye Xueliang reported a colony of more than ten thousand Sand Ginseng Scorpions and a Sky Sand Crystal Mine near West Plug Oasis.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that the family had obtained a Third-Order Secret Realm, a medium-sized High-Grade Spirit Stone Mine, and a half-finished Top-Grade Spirit Stone.
• Chu Yanqing revealed that she was pregnant with twins, and Ye Haicheng stopped Ye Jingcheng from examining the newly forming children with divine sense.

Ye Jingcheng proposed sweeping reforms to the Ye Family’s clan support, childbirth rewards, and governance as the family prepared to grow its ranks. He declined the family head position, then provided Purple Mansion resources to help Ye Xueliang attempt a breakthrough and discussed the family’s plans involving Azure Cloud Nunnery.

• Ye Jingcheng proposed funding children with Spirit Roots, doubling Clan Stipends and rewarding descendants, and allowing trusted non-blood relatives to join the Elder Council.
• Ye Haicheng suggested that Ye Jingcheng remain family head, but Ye Jingcheng declined and agreed to serve only as Alchemy Grand Elder.
• Ye Haicheng asked how much Purple Mansion Jade Liquid Ye Jingcheng had refined, explaining that the Ye Family might need Azure Cloud Nunnery as a contact and refuge amid danger at Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng gave one portion of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid to Ye Haicheng and another to Ye Xueliang, then persuaded Ye Xueliang to accept a Longevity Spirit Peach and additional Purple Jade Fruits.
• Ye Haicheng and Ye Xueliang gave Ye Jingcheng gathered spiritual materials, and the meeting ended with the clan celebrating Ye Xueliang’s hoped-for breakthrough.

Ye Jingcheng spent time with Chu Yanqing on Sky Shadow Peak before returning to the cave heaven to advance his spirit plants, refine pills, and plan for the Ye Family’s future. Meanwhile, Ye Haisheng pursued Jia Family cultivators into the Fallen Soul Forbidden Land and waited outside its sandstorm for them to emerge.

• Ye Jingcheng shared a Spirit Fish Feast and watched the sunset and moonrise with Chu Yanqing, who urged him to withdraw from Yan Country if the Ye Family could not hold it.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to the cave heaven, reassured the Stone Spirit about the foolish Peacock Stone Stone Spirit, and learned that the Crimson Flame Fox had improved its spirit flame conversion.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Star Pear Wood Wood Demon an Advancement Spirit Liquid, then refined Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and began making Fourth-Order Spirit Pills.
• Ye Haisheng and his companions cornered Jia Family cultivators who had fled into the Fallen Soul Forbidden Land, a dangerous sandstorm said to contain Demon Kings.
• Ye Haisheng arranged thirty-six dharma swords and told his companions to wait outside while he prepared to kill the Jia Family cultivators when they came out.

Ye Haisheng saved Ye Qingfeng from a Jia Family cultivator, then led the group through an attack by Soul Devouring Insects in the Fallen Soul Forbidden Land. After killing a third-order Soul Devouring Insect, they fled the swarm and headed to search the Jia Family Secret Realm.

• Ye Qingfeng examined the edge of the Fallen Soul Forbidden Land before a golden-armored Jia Family cultivator ambushed him.
• Ye Haisheng revealed himself and used his third-order sword embryo to kill the attacker, then reprimanded Ye Qingfeng for letting his guard down.
• A vast swarm of Soul Devouring Insects emerged from the sandstorm, and Ye Qingwen recognized them and urged everyone to flee.
• The insects damaged Ye Haisheng's sword embryo and their soul-devouring cries incapacitated the Foundation Establishment cultivators, but Ye Haisheng protected the group with his soul pendant.
• Ye Haisheng used five Five Elements Sky Armor Puppets to restrain the third-order Soul Devouring Insect Great Demon, then killed it with his sword embryo.
• Ye Haisheng collected the Great Demon's corpse and led the group away from the swarm to search the Jia Family Secret Realm.

Ye Jingli visited Ye Xingqun with his new Five Colors Bone Fire Pearls, and their drinking led to a sober discussion of family, inheritance, and the constraints trapping Lingyun Peak. Ye Jingli chose to enter seclusion to pursue Foundation Establishment Late Stage, leaving Ye Xingqun to take one pearl for Ye Jingyun.

• Ye Jingli emerged from Lingyun Lake and celebrated mastering water-forging artifact refinement, then went to the bamboo grove to see Ye Xingqun.
• Ye Jingli cooked a Black Ganoderma Fish, and he and Ye Xingqun drank together as Ye Jingli showed him two Five Colors Bone Fire Pearls.
• Ye Xingqun spoke about mortality, family inheritance, and how the Ye Family’s progress had shifted rather than ended unfairness, while Ye Jingli listened tearfully.
• Ye Xingqun asked Ye Jingli to represent Lingyun Peak at the Clan Meeting, but Ye Jingli said he would enter seclusion until he reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Ye Xingqun took one of the Bone Fire Pearls to give to Ye Jingyun as rain fell over the bamboo grove.

Ye Jingcheng’s Spirit Beasts made breakthroughs while the Ye Family and its allies prepared for mounting political danger. The chapter left Ye Jingcheng heading to the family’s largest Clan Meeting as another beast approached a breakthrough.

• Ye Jingyun ordered the Ye Family to recruit Immortal Seedlings in He County and Daze County, then received Ye Xingqun’s newly refined Five Colors Bone Fire Pearl.
• Ye Xingsu accepted instructions to distance Azure Cloud Nunnery from the Ye Family and seek another alliance with Taiyi Sect.
• Zitian Real Person and Zi Ming True Monarch discussed the Ye Family’s hidden strength and planned to conceal its records unless its promise to help Taiyi Sect proved false.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon broke through, and he rewarded them with Treasure Light and Spirit Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng checked on the Jade Ring Rat and the Soil Turning Earthworm, then prepared to attend the Ye Family’s Clan Meeting.

Ye Jingyu tested the Spirit Seed Array while the Ye Family experienced a wave of Foundation Establishment breakthroughs. Ye Jingcheng visited his pregnant wife, then went to the Council Hall, where Lingyun Peak clansmen challenged the fairness of the family’s arrangements.

• Ye Jingyu confirmed that the Star Pear Wood Demons were thriving under the Spirit Seed Array and that the new spirit liquid suited them.
• A breakthrough disturbance arose on Sky Shadow Peak, which Ye Jingyu recognized as another clansman reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing discussed their unborn children, naming them Ye Qing Nian and Ye Qing Feng, before he left to attend to family affairs.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at the Council Hall and found Ye Qingwen, Ye Qingfeng, Ye Jingting, and other younger Lingyun Peak clansmen kneeling before Ye Haicheng.
• Ye Qingwen demanded to know how Lingyun Peak’s clansmen would be treated and offered his stored gains, while Ye Jingting argued that the Clan Meeting could not be genuine without absent family elders.

Ye Jingcheng answered Ye Qingwen’s demands by revealing the Hidden Peaks’ losses and explaining that the Ye Family could not abandon its defenses. After Ye Qingwen and the others accepted punishment, Ye Haicheng warned of possible dissent within the clan and ordered an Inner Hall meeting to plan the family’s future.

• Ye Jingcheng showed the clan members records of deaths across the Hidden Peaks and Lingyun Peak, then explained that withdrawing would expose the family and its mortals to powerful enemies.
• Ye Qingwen, Ye Jingting, and Ye Qingfeng admitted they were wrong, and Ye Jingcheng ordered them to establish a Hidden Peak on the Sky Leaving Grassland and serve there for thirty years.
• Ye Haicheng praised Ye Jingcheng’s handling of the dispute but warned him to investigate who had influenced the juniors and to impose stronger secrecy rules on talented cultivators without Ye Family blood.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Haicheng Bright King Pills and revealed that he could now barely refine Fourth Order Middle Grade spirit pills.
• Ye Haicheng directed Ye Jingcheng to convene an Inner Hall meeting for Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators and above to decide future hall divisions and salary standards.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng discussed the Sea of Sand, the Eastern Region, and the East Sea, where the injured Heavenly Saber True Monarch and the Qinghe Sect’s possible actions remained concerns.