Chapter Summaries

The Ye Family discovered thirty-eight juvenile Blood Jade Eels in Green Willow Lake and waited for their two presumed parents to return. When two mutated Second Order Late Stage Blood Jade Eels appeared, the family prepared formations and a Silver Moon Python to capture them.

• Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun searched Green Willow Lake and found thirty-eight juvenile Blood Jade Eels.
• Ye Xingqun and Ye Jingli concealed the lake and used blood food to lure the juvenile eels while the Ye Family kept watch for five days.
• After the beast tide ended, Ye Jingyun prepared to leave for Lingyun Peak, but Ye Jingli signaled that two adult Blood Jade Eels had appeared.
• Ye Xingqun identified the adults as mutated Second Order Late Stage Blood Jade Eels and assigned Ye Jingyong’s Second Order Peak Silver Moon Python to help capture them.
• Ye Xingqun set up the Water Separation Mountain Severing Formation, and Ye Jingyun began deploying the Second Order Heaven Trapping Formation.

The Ye Family captured two adult Blood Jade Eels and their young at Green Willow Lake before heading to clear beasts at Lingyun Peak. Meanwhile, sect forces prepared to travel to the East Sea for a major auction and a counteroffensive, with Taiyi Sect also planning a branch in the Green Cloud Sea Region.

• Ye Jingyong and the Ye Family captured two Blood Jade Eels and thirty-eight juveniles at Green Willow Lake.
• Ye Jingyun left Ye Jingli to guard the lake and led the others toward Lingyun Peak to clear the beast tide.
• Ye Xingqun recorded valuable monster beasts while Ye Qingyan sorted demon cores and spirit herbs for pill refining.
• Beihe True Monarch told West King Real Person that their sect had to join the counteroffensive and warned him to keep a low profile until Heavenly Saber True Monarch died.
• Zi Ming True Monarch explained that Taiyi Sect members were traveling to the East Sea for a major auction and Trade Fair, and announced plans to establish a branch in the Sky Cloud Islands.

Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingzhong an improved Sand Ginseng Scorpion pill formula, then investigated the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground to learn about its Soul Devouring Insects. He discovered that the depths held at least five Demon Kings and an ancient Teleportation Array of unknown destination, leaving him unwilling to enter alone.

• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jingzhong an improved pill formula that could help Sand Ginseng Scorpions advance to Second Order Peak or beyond, and Ye Jingzhong ordered the young Insect Valley cultivators to develop it.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground alone, captured hundreds of Soul Devouring Insects, and fed a Third Order insect's Beast Soul to his Dream Devouring Insect.
• Ye Jingcheng searched the Third Order Soul Devouring Insect's memories and found that several Soul Devouring Insect Demon Kings lived deeper in the forbidden ground, near Sand Soul Grasses and a mysterious formation.
• Ye Jingcheng spent over half a month luring and killing seven Third Order Great Demon Soul Devouring Insects, learning that at least five Demon Kings lived inside and that an ancient Teleportation Array lay in the depths.
• Ye Jingcheng decided not to enter the forbidden ground alone because the Demon Kings could be Fourth Order late-stage and the array's destination was unknown.

Ye Jingcheng escaped the Soul Devouring Insects in the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground and resolved to investigate the Sea of Sand’s other forbidden grounds for Teleportation Arrays. At Azure Sand Oasis, Chu Yanqing discovered signs of a hidden Water Attribute secret realm that Ye Jingcheng suspected the Jia Family had concealed.

• Ye Jingcheng fled a mid Fourth-Order Soul Devouring Insect Demon King and its swarm, using his Spirit Beasts to cover his escape.
• Ye Jingcheng recorded the Soul Devouring Insects’ strengths and weaknesses and considered the danger posed by unknown Teleportation Arrays in the other forbidden grounds.
• Ye Jingcheng flew to Azure Sand Oasis, where Chu Yanqing was examining the Azure Sand Berries with her children.
• Chu Yanqing detected that the oasis’s Water Attribute spiritual energy conflicted with its Fire-leaning spirit vein and suggested a hidden secret realm or Small World.
• Ye Jingcheng concluded that intensifying the Fire Attribute energy could reveal the hidden realm and suspected the Jia Family had concealed it after discovering the Teleportation Array in the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family discovered the Water Marsh Small World and stormed it, quickly defeating the Jia Family’s hidden Purple Mansion cultivators. Ye Jingcheng then tested whether the Dream Devouring Insect could overcome soul restrictions and search their memories, while the remaining Jia Family cultivators were left to Ye Xuefan.

• Ye Xuefan, Chu Yanqing, and Ye Jingcheng located a concealed entrance beneath Azure Sand City and used the Peach Wood Wood Demon to open it.
• Ye Jingcheng identified the entrance as a Small World and led the Ye Family into the Water Marsh Small World, where the Jia Family had concealed four Purple Mansion cultivators.
• Jia Zeyang gathered Jia Qiantai and two other cultivators after sensing trouble, but they found the White Jade Flood Dragon had already slain the defenders near Water Marsh Lake.
• Ye Jingcheng killed Jia Zeyang with the Nine Secluded Needle after the Ancient Bronze Mirror briefly restrained him, while the Crimson Flame Fox killed the other three Purple Mansion cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng had the Dream Devouring Insect absorb the four cultivators’ souls and attempted to use Dream Devouring Soul Light to break their soul restrictions and search their memories.

The Ye Family secured the Jia Family’s hidden Small World, installed a formation to nurture its resources, and inventoried the captured treasures. Ye Jingcheng uncovered information about the Central Region and a rare Cave Heaven, leaving the family with new prospects and plans for its future.

• Ye Xuefan oversaw the conversion of the Small World’s formation into an Azure Water Sky Cloud Formation, while Chu Yanqing reported that the Jia Family cultivators had nearly all been eliminated.
• Ye Xingyu told Ye Xuefan that the treasury held spirit stones, cultivation resources, puppets, and a Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, and wondered where the Jia Family had planned to flee.
• Ye Jingcheng used his Dream Devouring Insect to search Jia Family memories and learned about the Central Region, its nine major powers, and a Teleportation Array associated with the Sky Sand Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng showed Ye Xuefan a half-finished fourth-order Soul Devouring Insect puppet, a fourth-order Dharma Puppet, and the Jia Family’s Jade Within Sky Cave Heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng privately planned to give Ye Xuefan a captured Gold Core Pill and seek another pill for Chu Yanqing’s future breakthrough.

Ye Jingcheng distributed the Jia Family’s spoils, gave Ye Xuefan a Gold Core Pill, and agreed that Chu Yanqing would remain in the Water Marsh Small World with their children. After he left for the Black Crow Forbidden Ground, Human Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at Sky Horse Pass and the Jiaolong Clan received orders to retreat and defend Sky Jiaolong Sea.

• Ye Jingcheng examined the spirit herbs and materials Ye Xuefan collected, found that he had gathered most of the ingredients for several Advancement Spirit Pills, and accepted the useful herbs.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Xuefan a Gold Core Pill, prompting Ye Xuefan to promise to prepare a formation for Chu Yanqing’s future lightning tribulation.
• Ye Xuefan organized the Ye Family’s settlement in the Water Marsh Small World and explained how the Jia Family had used Sand Thorn Wood Demons to enter it.
• Chu Yanqing offered Ye Jingcheng the Storage Bags she had obtained, but he told her to keep them and support Ye Yunxi and Ye Qingwen; she chose to stay in the Small World with Feng'er and Nian'er.
• Ye Jingcheng toured the Water Marsh World with Chu Yanqing, then left for the Black Crow Forbidden Ground.
• Dozens of Human Nascent Soul cultivators appeared at Sky Horse Pass, and the Jiaolong Clan received orders to retreat and defend Sky Jiaolong Sea.

Ye Jingyu watched the peaceful mortals of the Small World and learned that the Jiaolong Clan had withdrawn from Sky Horse Pass. As the Ye Family divided its forces and prepared to attend Divine Lord Tiande’s auction, the story left the family planning its retreat while the Penglai Immortal Sect sought to use the auction to obtain treasures from the demon races.

• Ye Haihe told Ye Jingyu that the Jiaolong Clan had withdrawn and that a Spirit Transformation cultivator might have arrived at Sky Horse Pass.
• Ye Jingyu tended the Jiaolong egg and comforted the Azure Jade Serpent before joining the Ye Family’s meeting.
• Ye Xuecang split the Ye Family into groups, ordered exposed members to stay behind, and gave Ye Jingyu auction information, supplies, and spirit herbs to seek.
• Divine Lord Tiande told Tai Peng True Monarch to prepare a grand auction and said the Penglai Immortal Sect would avoid acting first if the demon races remained peaceful.
• Divine Lord Tiande planned to meet the Jiaolong Saint and advised Tai Peng True Monarch to obtain a Dragon Soul Flower to help him seize an immortal foundation safely.

Yu Xuanying arranged for Ye Jingyu and thirty-one Ye Family cultivators to enter Sky Horse Pass by posing as members of the Yu Family Commerce Association, charging them an increased fee. Once inside, Ye Jingyu began planning how the rest of the Ye Family could return and leave safely.

• Yu Xuanying warned his family to keep a low profile as they searched for a new home after losing the Jade Cloud Islands.
• Ye Jingyu, disguised as Tang Haoran, negotiated with Yu Xuanying to escort thirty-two cultivators through Sky Horse Pass, and the group left spiritual imprints on Yu Family tokens.
• Yu Xuanying moved mortals from the Jade Cloud Islands while Ye Jingyu worried about his other clansmen and sent a message to a Jing Generation member.
• Ye Xingliu soul-searched a group of Rogue Cultivators, adopted their identities, and led them to hunt Monster Beasts while waiting for Ye Jingyu's message.
• Ye Jingyu and his group passed the Sea Viewing Mirror inspection and entered Sky Horse Pass, where Yu Xuanying warned them to leave with the merchant caravan after the auction.
• Ye Jingyu searched his inn room for hidden surveillance, set up an Isolation Array, and contacted Ye Xingliu, Ye Xuecang, and the others.

Ye Jingyu browsed the stalls at Sky Horse Pass and learned that a Celestial Water Sect trade fair would offer fourth-order Thunder Jiaolong Blood Essence. He attended the fair, where the organizer presented that blood essence alongside Mysterious Yang Spirit Water and a body-refining technique, all in exchange for Demon Beast Inner Cores.

• Ye Jingyu visited Loose Cultivator Plaza, bought a Three Star Fruit and refining materials, and obtained an invitation to Celestial Water Sect’s trade fair from Chen Xiuyuan.
• Ye Jingyu bought a suspicious snake egg after challenging the stall owner’s claim that it was a Jiaolong egg.
• Ye Jingyu checked that no one was following him, then decided to attend the trade fair to seek the Thunder Jiaolong Blood Essence.
• Ye Jingyu arrived at the Real Person Hall trade fair, where Miao Yuan introduced fourth-order Mysterious Yang Spirit Water, Thunder Jiaolong Blood Essence, and the Mysterious Origin Body Forging Scripture for barter with Demon Beast Inner Cores.

Ye Jingyu traded for Mysterious Yang Spirit Water and won a bidding war for Later Mysterious Qilin Lion blood essence to help Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beast advance. The gathering then turned to the rare Three Origins Dao Foundation Method, whose masked owner would exchange it only for longevity-extending herbs.

• Ye Jingyu offered eleven third-order great demon inner cores, ten thousand Spirit Stones, and two third-order magic treasures to obtain Mysterious Yang Spirit Water.
• Yuan Hao Shangren auctioned Later Mysterious Qilin Lion blood essence, and Ye Jingyu won it with a bid of six hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones.
• Yuan Hao Shangren sold a pill-patterned Heavenly Origin Barrier Breaking Pill for seven hundred and eighty thousand Spirit Stones and a Golden Light Armor for five hundred and eighty thousand Spirit Stones.
• A masked old cultivator offered the incomplete Three Origins Dao Foundation Method, Carefree Divine Lord’s inheritance, in exchange for at least two kinds of fifty-year longevity-extending spirit herbs.
• Yuan Hao Shangren inspected part of the method, identified it as Carefree Divine Lord’s inheritance, and offered only one fifty-year Longevity Spirit Fruit for it.

Ye Jingyu traded demon materials for supplies and a battle formation, then kept a low profile while waiting for the auction. On the eve of the event, he joined the Yu Family’s group to leave Sky Horse Pass by spirit skiff as cultivators gathered for the coming beast tide.

• Mo Dao Real Person failed to trade his demon fox blood essence and magic treasure for a longevity spirit herb, while Ye Jingyu considered but did not approach him.
• Ye Jingyu traded materials from great demons for auxiliary materials and a battle formation suited to himself, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, and the Azure Jade Serpent.
• Ye Jingyu left the Trade Fair, changed identities on his way back to the inn, and stayed inside while the crowds at Sky Horse Pass grew.
• Ye Jingyu learned that Ye Xingliu’s group had reached an agreement with the Xu Family at a price of five hundred Spirit Stones per person, while another Ye Family team had withdrawn to regroup with Ye Xuecang.
• When Yu Xuanying’s token glowed on the eve of the auction, Ye Jingyu and the other Ye Family clansmen joined her group and headed to the rear-island dock.
• Yu Xuanying paid Manager Wan and led nearly three hundred people aboard a spirit skiff, while Ye Jingyu assessed the nearby cultivators and judged he could handle any unexpected danger.

Ye Jingcheng explored the Black Crow Forbidden Ground with a Flying Puppet, discovered powerful Wood Demon Demon Kings and valuable Black Crow Flame Ears, then escaped without taking them. He headed toward another forbidden ground, while Mystic Tiger Real Person and Bai Changsheng waited on Green Fish Island to intercept Yun Family cultivators and Yellow Springs Real Person for their ginseng roots.

• Ye Jingcheng infiltrated the Black Crow Forbidden Ground with his Flying Puppet and found no Teleportation Array.
• A Sky Crow Ancient Tree attacked the puppet, and Ye Jingcheng discovered nests holding hundreds of Black Crow Flame Ears, including several fourth-order clusters.
• Black Crow Demon Kings returned as the Wood Demons bound the puppet, but Ye Jingcheng freed it with the Golden Glazed Sword and Head Chopping Blade.
• Ye Jingcheng chose not to seize the Flame Ears, planned to acquire the Black Crows and cultivate them later, and departed for another forbidden ground.
• On Green Fish Island, Bai Changsheng told Mystic Tiger Real Person they were waiting to capture Yun Family cultivators and Yellow Springs Real Person, who carried ginseng roots.

Ye Jingyu and the Ye Family clansmen were caught in an ambush when the White Family and Qing Family confronted the Yu Family’s spirit skiff. By hiding among the Yu Family and disguising his spiritual power, Ye Jingyu passed Mystic Tiger Real Person’s inspection and escaped immediate suspicion.

• Yu Xuanying halted the spirit skiff near Green Fish Island, where White Family and Qing Family cultivators attacked and concealed Purple Mansion cultivators fled.
• Ye Jingyu recognized the attackers, warned the Ye Family clansmen, and led them to join Yu Xuanying while handing over their Storage Bags as supposed entrusted treasures.
• Bai Changsheng pursued a Jade Return Gate True Person, while Mystic Tiger Real Person questioned Yu Xuanying about the Yu Family’s role in bringing cultivators to the region.
• Yu Xuanying claimed the Yu Family had acted under orders from the Celestial Water Sect and Grand Sun Taoist Temple, and Mystic Tiger Real Person inspected the cultivators with a mirror.
• Ye Jingyu used Beast Communion to imitate the Mottled Cloud Tiger’s spiritual power, passed the inspection, and watched Mystic Tiger Real Person pursue the fleeing cultivators.

After the Yu Family’s spirit shuttle reached Xuanhe Island, Yu Junyuan revealed that he knew of Ye Jingyu’s ties to the Yun Family and proposed cooperating with his family’s demon-luring ability to help the Yu Family seek Nascent Soul advancement. Ye Jingyu swore to keep the Yu Family’s secret, then left the island with his clansmen and headed toward the mainland.

• Yu Xuanying pursued the fleeing cultivators with Ye Jingyu while brooding over the losses the Yu Family had suffered and the blame it would bear.
• Yu Junyuan gave Mystic Tiger Real Person the Yu Family’s share, then left after watching the spirit shuttle depart.
• At Xuanhe Island, Yu Junyuan met Ye Jingyu and offered a Yu Family token as a gesture of goodwill.
• Yu Junyuan said the Yu Family wanted to cooperate with Ye Jingyu’s family and use its ability to lure demons to help a patriarch pursue Nascent Soul advancement.
• Ye Jingyu swore to keep the Yu Family’s plans secret, then left the island with his clansmen and headed toward the mainland.

Ye Jingcheng failed to explore the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground and returned to prepare for his Golden Scale Beast’s Fourth Order lightning tribulation. The Golden Scale Beast endured two increasingly powerful bolts, and the thunderclouds continued to gather as its tribulation went on.

• Ye Jingcheng found that neither his Five Poisons Bees nor their split soul could escape the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground, so he decided to plant Shadow Wood there and left for Sky Phoenix Oasis.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that his Golden Scale Beast had broken through and needed to undergo a lightning tribulation, so he chose a location in the Sea of Sand and set up the Great Jade Golden Bell Array.
• Ye Jingcheng released the Crimson Flame Fox and Jade Scale Flood Dragon to guard the Golden Scale Beast, which emerged eager to fight the Jade Scale Flood Dragon before Ye Jingcheng ordered it to face its tribulation.
• The Golden Scale Beast formed the Earth Qilin Hall to meet the first lightning bolt, then charged through the shattered hall and absorbed the lightning.
• The second bolt shattered the Earth Qilin Hall and stripped away the Golden Scale Beast’s scales, but new scales grew back as the beast taunted the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and the thunderclouds continued churning.

Ye Jingcheng’s Golden Scale Beast endured its lightning tribulation, and the depleted spirit energy briefly weakened the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground. After Peach Wood exposed the ancient city within, Ye Jingcheng recovered several treasures, including the Sky Sand Spirit Codex, and continued exploring.

• The Golden Scale Beast faced two more lightning bolts without using the formation, completed its five-bolt tribulation, and received Treasure Light from Ye Jingcheng as it recovered.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed that the lightning tribulation had temporarily weakened the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground, allowing some Five Poisons Bees to escape, and used their memories to learn that cultivators had died trapped inside the ancient city.
• Ye Jingcheng brought Peach Wood to the forbidden ground, where its roots absorbed spirit energy and revealed the city’s walls, remains, Storage Bags, and inscriptions.
• Ye Jingcheng sent puppets to retrieve the Storage Bags and found a mortal Blood Nurturing Pill recipe and the earth-attributed Mystic Rank Peak Grade Sky Sand Spirit Codex.
• Ye Jingcheng had Peach Wood change positions around the forbidden ground and continued exploring.

Ye Jingyu and Ye Xingliu returned to Lingyun Peak with more than sixty clansmen, and Ye Jingyu took over as acting family head so Ye Jingyun could cultivate. Across the family, key members prepared to break through, while Ye Jinghu rushed back to Lingyun Peak and the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King tried to negotiate for better treatment.

• Ye Jingyun welcomed Ye Jingyu, Ye Xingliu, and more than sixty clansmen back to Lingyun Peak, where Ye Jingyu praised the family’s growth and agreed to act as family head.
• Ye Jingyu and Ye Xingliu urged Ye Jingyun and themselves to enter seclusion, and Ye Jingyu sent a message that prompted clansmen across the family to prepare for cultivation.
• Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyong, and Ye Qingyan arranged their duties, declared “See You at the Summit,” and entered seclusion to pursue breakthroughs.
• Ye Jinghu left his merchant role in the mortal domain and flew toward Lingyun Peak, determined to reach Purple Mansion before the Earth Dragon Demon King broke through.
• Wood Head and Water Head asked Ye Xuefan where their master was and tried to raise conditions, but Ye Xuefan left; the Two-Headed Turtle Demon King then hunted fish in the lake while Ye Xuefan watched from concealment.

Ye Jingcheng arrived at Sky Leaving Grassland, reviewed the Ye Family’s exploration, and claimed Azure Ox Mountain as his Hidden Peak base. Elsewhere, Jiaolong Saint and Divine Lord Tiande struck a deal involving Dragon Soul Grass and the sacrifice of Nascent Soul cultivators.

• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Jingting at the Ye Family’s grassland base and examined their map of Sky Leaving Grassland, including a fourth-order Rhino Horn Deer Demon King’s territory.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingting and the returning Ye Qingfeng, Ye Qingwen, and clansmen that he would be stationed at Azure Ox Mountain, and asked them to spread a fearsome title for him.
• Ye Jingting chose Poison Master as Ye Jingcheng’s public title, while Ye Qingwen had proposed Dust Demon.
• Ye Jingcheng killed the Mystic Azure Ox on Azure Ox Mountain and claimed the mountain, planning to use it as a base for exploring the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Jiaolong Saint confronted Divine Lord Tiande, who bargained for Dragon Soul Grass and offered Nascent Soul cultivators and access to the Sky Horse Sea Region in exchange.
• Jiaolong Saint agreed to hand over one stalk of Dragon Soul Grass, while Divine Lord Tiande dismissed concerns about the human sects learning of their arrangement.

After seven years of training and fighting across the Sky Leaving Grassland, Ye Jingcheng returned toward Sky Phoenix Oasis as the Earth Dragon Demon King neared a breakthrough and the Ye Family prepared for its Ascension Assembly. He left the Rhino Horn Deer Demon King unconvinced but wavering, and learned that his children were about to have their Spirit Roots tested.

• Ye Jingcheng fought the Rhino Horn Deer Demon King, wounded it with his Nine Secluded Needle, and offered it pills and magical treasures to join the Ye Family; the Demon King hesitated before refusing again.
• Ye Jingcheng received word that the Earth Dragon Demon King was about to break through and that the Ye Family's Ascension Assembly was approaching, then gathered his Spirit Beasts to return.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Qingwen had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Ye Jingting and Ye Qingfeng had reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and the Azure Scale Horse herd had grown to two thousand.
• Ye Jingcheng and his companions visited Far Spirit Oasis, where he saw its growing markets and heard how Wan Chengjie and the Wan Family had expanded their family.
• Ye Jingfeng agreed to return to Sky Phoenix Oasis after arranging the Ascension Assembly at Far Spirit Oasis, and Ye Jingcheng flew ahead toward Sky Phoenix Oasis.