Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng’s Spirit Beasts advanced in the grotto-heaven, and the Jade Scale Flood Dragon reached the late fourth order with new powerful abilities. After sending Turtle Ancestor to the Sea of Sand, Ye Jingcheng met Mystic Machine Real Person and prepared to enter the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

• The Six-Colored Cloud Deer displayed its new strength, summoning six powerful Adamantine Vine Wood Giants and demonstrating blood-absorbing and healing abilities.
• After a month, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon emerged from the lake at the late fourth order and demonstrated its strengthened Profound Cold Storm and Silver Moon Ice Palace.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and watched the Golden Scale Beast train the Golden Falcon and Six-Colored Cloud Deer.
• Ye Jingcheng told Turtle Ancestor to remain in the Sea of Sand, but Turtle Ancestor agreed to leave after learning Ye Haicheng had reached Golden Core and would infuse a soul soon.
• Ye Jingcheng traveled to Sand Yellow Mountain, where Mystic Machine Real Person was waiting to guide him to the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.

Ye Jingcheng joined Mystic Machine Real Person and Azure Origin Real Person to enter Mystic Origin Pavilion’s secret realm and hunt the Earth Jiao guarding its Mystic Origin Crystal Earth Spirit Mine. The attack began under the Spirit Thunder Attraction Array, but the creature emerged at Fourth Order Peak and immediately knocked away Mystic Machine Real Person’s saber.

• Mystic Machine Real Person explained the secret realm’s mine and thunderstorm weakness, showed Ye Jingcheng the Spirit Thunder Attraction Array, and gave him a day to prepare.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the formation and Mystic Origin Pavilion’s forces, then followed Mystic Machine Real Person and Azure Origin Real Person to the secret realm hidden beneath Mystic Origin Lake.
• Azure Origin Real Person activated the array as the group entered the secret realm, and Mystic Machine Real Person pointed out the Fourth Order High-Grade Earth spirit vein and its mine.
• Mystic Machine Real Person struck toward the mountain, but the Earth Jiao roared out at Fourth Order Peak and knocked away his saber.

Ye Jingcheng joined Mystic Machine Real Person and Azure Origin Real Person to kill the Fourth Order Peak Earth Flood Dragon in Mystic Origin Pavilion’s secret realm. After claiming the beast’s corpse and blood, Ye Jingcheng retrieved the Rock Heart Flower from the Mystic Origin Crystal Mountain.

• The Earth Flood Dragon overwhelmed Mystic Machine Real Person, but Ye Jingcheng shielded him and offered to kill it in exchange for seventy percent of its treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng revealed his powerful Spirit Beasts, magic treasures, and lightning techniques, and Mystic Machine Real Person agreed to the proposed division of the spoils.
• Ye Jingcheng, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, the Crimson Flame Fox, Mystic Machine Real Person, and Azure Origin Real Person wore down the Earth Flood Dragon in a prolonged battle.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Five-Tailed Illusion and soul attacks to disable the Earth Flood Dragon, then beheaded it with the West King Blood Mother Sword and collected its blood.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Earth Flood Dragon’s demon core to Mystic Machine Real Person, then dug up the Rock Heart Flower and sealed its spirit image in a jade box.

Ye Jingcheng refined an Earth Dragon Pill and delivered it to the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor so it could attempt to become a true jiaolong. He learned that the Ye Family planned to retrieve Chen Whale Jade when the Earth Immortal Realm opened, and Ye Hai Sheng had already scouted a route.

• Ye Jingcheng split the Rock Heart Flower with Mystic Machine Real Person, received a share of the Mystic Origin Earth Crystal, and left the secret realm.
• After returning to Sand Yellow Mountain, Ye Jingcheng spent half a year refining the Earth Dragon Pill and succeeded on his second attempt.
• Ye Jingzhong learned that the Soul Devouring Insects had laid twenty thousand eggs, bringing their total population to one hundred thousand.
• Ye Jingcheng delivered the Earth Dragon Pill to the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor and urged it to break through at Sky Phoenix Oasis, where a fifth-order Spirit Vein could help.
• Ye Jingcheng congratulated Ye Hai Sheng on reaching Purple Mansion Middle Stage, and Ye Hai Sheng revealed the Ye Family's plan to retrieve Chen Whale Jade using a route his Chen Whale had scouted.

The Ye Family prepared for the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s breakthrough while investigating an unusual rise in certain Spirit Beasts near Sky Leaving Grassland. Ye Xuecang then led the family to a newly discovered Third-Order Secret Realm, which he suspected was a sealed Suppression Desolation Secret Realm, and they began preparing to enter cautiously.

• Ye Xuefan and Ye Jingcheng helped the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor prepare to advance with arrays, spirit stones, and pills, while Ye Jingcheng gave spirit herbs to Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng.
• Ye Qing Nian and Ye Qing Feng noticed an increase in flying and fire-attribute Spirit Beasts, and Ye Qingfu told them it might signal a Demon Emperor or a special spirit pet rather than a beast tide.
• Ye Jingyu and the others discussed a newly discovered secret realm near Tianyou County, then waited for Ye Xuecang to arrive at Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Xuecang joined the group and led them to the cave near Golden Bear Mountain, where they found ancient arrays concealing a secret realm.
• Ye Xuecang identified the site as possibly the Suppression Desolation Secret Realm, tested its rank, and ordered the group to use Flying Puppets and set up arrays before entering.

Ye Jingyu and the others explored a secret realm, uncovered the Penglai Demon Sect’s Dao Embryo scheme, and brought their discoveries back to Ye Xuecang, who ordered the Ye Family to investigate for infiltrated cultivators. Five years later, Ye Jingcheng completed the Four-Finger Divine Lightning and watched the Roc Fish and White Eyebrow Azure Wolf advance, then tested their new abilities.

• Ye Jingyu, Ye Jingli, Ye Jingfeng, and Ye Qingyan entered the secret realm, destroyed a blood-covered cultivator in Penglai robes, and recovered its treasures and records.
• Ye Jingyu discovered that the Penglai Demon Sect had secretly cultivated Dao Embryos in other sects and harvested them, while Ye Xuecang warned the group to keep the discovery secret.
• Ye Xuecang took the Demon Refining Pillars and key jade slips for the Ye Family, distributed the remaining rewards, and learned of the Five Elements Suppress Demon Battle Formation for Ye Jingcheng.
• Five years later, Ye Jingcheng completed the Four-Finger Divine Lightning as the Roc Fish and White Eyebrow Azure Wolf advanced to the peak of the early fourth rank.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the Roc Fish’s Five-Colored Spirit Bubbles and powerful suction, then turned to the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf, which said it had learned a new move.

Ye Jingcheng tested the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf’s new abilities, prepared for the Earth Immortal Realm, and returned to cultivation. Two years later, Chu Yanqing overcame her heart demon and condensed a High-Grade Golden Core, then faced her tribulation with the Ye Family gathered to support her.

• The White Eyebrow Azure Wolf unleashed its Eye of the Hurricane and demonstrated its speed, impressing Ye Jingcheng before he rewarded it and the Roc Fish with spirit pills and Treasure Light.
• The Golden Scale Beast challenged the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf to spar, and Ye Jingcheng let the Spirit Beasts train inside the Tiangang Grand Array.
• Ye Jingcheng reviewed the family’s affairs, learned that the Desolation Suppressor inheritance and a fourth-order battle formation had arrived, then resumed cultivating for the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Two years later, Chu Yanqing faced a heart demon that invoked her family’s past, but she rejected its accusations and condensed a High-Grade Golden Core.
• Chu Yanqing went to the Ye Family’s tribulation-crossing mountain as thunderclouds gathered, with Chu Yanliu, Ye Qing Nian, Ye Qing Feng, and two Golden Core cultivators present to support her.

Ye Jingcheng brought three demons out to undergo tribulation after the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven expanded and they advanced. The Stone Spirit survived first, strengthening its Cave Heaven, while Peach Wood began its tribulation.

• The Cave Heaven began expanding as the Stone Spirit approached its breakthrough, and Ye Jingcheng emerged from cultivation and gathered the Spirit Beasts and core Spirit Herbs.
• Ye Jingcheng took the advancing Stone Spirit to the Sea of Sand, where Ye Haisheng stood guard as its lightning tribulation began.
• Ye Jingcheng brought out Peach Wood and the Peacock Stone, who had also advanced, and arranged defensive arrays and a Spirit Gathering Array for all three demons.
• The Stone Spirit absorbed part of its lightning tribulation into its Python Veins and Cave Heaven, reaching fourth-order low grade and becoming the Ye Family's first Stone Demon Demon King.
• The Stone Spirit told Ye Jingcheng that its Cave Heaven had tripled in size, its spirit vein had risen to fourth-order high grade, and its Space Concealment Art had strengthened.
• Peach Wood began undergoing its lightning tribulation beside Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng watched Peach Wood and the Peacock Stone Stone Spirit survive their tribulations, bringing three more demons to Golden Core strength and further expanding his grotto heaven. He then checked the grotto heaven’s growth and found that the Spring Spirit’s water could age Spirit Herbs faster, helping the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng mature sooner.

• Peach Wood absorbed tribulation lightning with its Natal Spirit Root and overcame five lightning tribulations, advancing to a Golden Core Demon King.
• The Peacock Stone Stone Spirit struggled through its tribulation, survived by taking shelter in the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit’s formation, and recovered with Ye Jingcheng’s Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng realized the three newly advanced demons would give his expedition to the Earth Immortal Realm ten Demon Kings; he gave Ye Haisheng spirit pills and asked him to help obtain Chen Whale Jade.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his expanded grotto heaven, placed his Spirit Beasts there, and saw its spirit vein had reached fourth-rank high-grade.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the Spring Spirit’s water and found each drop could add two and a half years of medicinal age to a Spirit Herb.

Ye Jingcheng broke through to late-stage Golden Core and assessed his growing strength before returning to the family to review preparations for the Earth Immortal Realm. He approved preparations for a border Temporary Market to begin after his return, while the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor remained in seclusion.

• Ye Jingcheng tested the Three Demons, found that Peach Wood’s Natal Spirit Root could pierce powerful shields, and discovered that Peach Resin excited the Thunder Rhino Beetles.
• After ten years in seclusion, Ye Jingcheng broke through to late-stage Golden Core at age one hundred and fifty, with divine sense reaching ninety-eight thousand zhang.
• Ye Jingcheng found that the Jade Ring Rat was nearing a breakthrough and that the White Eyebrow Azure Wolf and Roc Fish had reached mid fourth tier, then distributed his Spirit Pills and Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain and heard Ye Haiyan and Ye Jingnan discuss establishing a border Temporary Market.
• Ye Jingcheng approved Ye Jingnan’s preparations for the Temporary Market but told him to wait until Ye Jingcheng returned from the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Ye Jingnan reported that the Ye Family had five Golden Core cultivators and thirty-six Purple Mansion cultivators, while the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor had still not emerged from seclusion.

The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor advanced its bloodline and transformed into a jiaolong, while Ye Jingcheng arrived at Sky Phoenix Oasis having broken through to the Golden Core Late Stage. The Dragon Ancestor asked to accompany Ye Jingcheng to the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground, and Ye Jingcheng then left with Chu Yanqing.

• The Three-Eyed Demon Peng and beasts across the Ye Family's valleys became agitated as the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor began advancing on Sky Shadow Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived and surprised Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng by revealing he had reached the Golden Core Late Stage.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor emerged as a golden, four-clawed jiaolong and bowed to Ye Jingcheng, calling him master.
• Ye Jingcheng announced that Sky Phoenix Oasis would hold the Dragon Ceremony in ten years, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor asked to join him at the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Jingcheng congratulated Chu Yanqing on her Golden Core breakthrough and took her to his cave abode.

Ye Jingcheng reunited with Chu Yanqing, reviewed the Ye Family’s expansion plans, and revised its scheme to frame the Qinghe Sect. He then joined the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor and Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng at the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground, where Peach Wood broke through the formation and revealed the ancient city’s altar.

• Ye Jingcheng spent five days resting and traveling with Chu Yanqing, then met Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng to discuss the family’s plans for Sky Leaving Grassland and Chen Whale Sea.
• Ye Jingcheng proposed disguising the Chen Whale Sea operation as the Beast Wasteland’s work and having rumors connect the Qinghe Sect to a plot involving Qingxi Real Person and Chen Whale Jade; Ye Xuefan agreed.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that the Heavenly Saber Sect wanted to name Purple Moon Mountain its Tenth Peak, and Ye Jingcheng agreed to the arrangement.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor emerged from seclusion, and it, Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xuefan, and Ye Haicheng traveled by Profound Light Boat to the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s sand dragons failed to pass through the illusion formation, but Peach Wood absorbed spiritual energy and broke the formation, exposing the ancient city and its floating altar.

Ye Jingcheng confirmed that the ancient city held an Earth Immortal Platform and arranged for the Ye Family to use it. He then traveled to the Sky Leaving Grassland, where the Rhino Deer Demon King agreed to submit to him.

• Ye Jingcheng identified the ancient altar as an Earth Immortal Platform, and Ye Xuefan failed to record its obscure formation patterns.
• Ye Jingcheng planted a Shadow Wood beside the platform, then had Ye Haicheng prepare to receive the group when they returned.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng he planned to subdue the Rhino Deer Demon King in the Sky Leaving Grassland.
• Ye Jingcheng heard cultivators at the Ye Family Restaurant discussing the rewards and dangers of exploring Lion Red Ridge before heading into the grassland.
• Ye Jingcheng confronted the Rhino Deer Demon King and showed it the Six-Colored Cloud Deer, which carried a trace of its aura.
• The Rhino Deer Demon King accepted Ye Jingcheng's offer and submitted.

Ye Jingcheng met with the Rhino Deer Demon King, learned about the Sky Abyss Mountain Trench, and arranged for it to protect Ye Qing Nian and Ye Qing Feng. At Heaven's Blessing Market, Ye Jingfeng was appointed market chief, giving the Ye Family control over Tianyou County through the Heavenly Saber Sect's backing.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that the Rhino Deer Demon King knew basic formations and heard its account of the Sky Abyss Mountain Trench and the Demon Saint Dojo.
• Ye Jingcheng asked the Rhino Deer Demon King to watch the Sky Roc Demon Emperor and protect Ye Qing Nian and Ye Qing Feng.
• The Rhino Deer Demon King gave Ye Jingcheng a two-thousand-year-old Wood Yang Mushroom, and Ye Jingcheng exchanged it for a Fourth-Order Pure Wood Pill while explaining the Ye Family's contribution rules.
• Ye Jingcheng left Deer Forest for Sky Phoenix Oasis, intending to return to the Central Region and attend auctions before entering the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Mo Dao Real Person appointed Ye Jingfeng as Heaven's Blessing Market's new chief and revealed that he was a junior brother and nominal disciple of Heavenly Saber True Monarch.
• The gathered cultivators accepted Ye Jingfeng's appointment, and Mo Dao Real Person announced a succession ceremony in three months.

Ye Qingyan managed the Ye Family’s growing business in Taichang Market while Ye Yunsheng explained the family’s cautious stance toward the Jiang and Li Families. A visit from Ye Qingshuang revealed that she had rapidly advanced using a secret Dao Heart cultivation method, leaving Ye Qingyan alarmed by its possible connection to the Penglai Immortal Sect.

• Ye Tengyuan gave a lucky customer an Azure Spirit Pill at One Leaf Pavilion and later questioned Ye Yunsheng about expanding the Ye Family’s promotions.
• Ye Yunsheng warned Ye Tengyuan to conceal his contempt for Jiang Yunfu and explained that the Ye Family needed to develop patiently under pressure from the Jiang and Li Families and Taiyi Sect.
• Ye Jingteng and Ye Qingshuang visited Ye Qingyan, who discovered that Qingshuang had reached the Purple Mansion Middle Stage.
• Ye Qingshuang said her new cultivation method emphasized a clear Dao Heart and could help with a future Nascent Soul breakthrough, but she could not reveal its source because of a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Ye Jingteng invited Ye Qingyan and Ye Qingshuang to attend a Fifth-Order auction at Medicine King Valley, and Ye Qingyan agreed to travel with them.
• After the visitors left, Ye Qingyan sent a jade slip back to the family because he suspected Qingshuang’s cultivation method was connected to the Penglai Immortal Sect’s Dao Embryo Method.

Sikong Zi Ming and his allies prepared for the Earth Immortal Realm expedition while Qinghe Sect negotiated with the Celestial Corpse Sect against Taiyi Sect. At Medicine King Valley, Bai Yao True Monarch sent six concealed figures into a secret spiritual lake.

• Sikong Zi Ming examined Zi Tian True Lord’s Eight Trigrams Plate and discussed the Ye Family’s absence and the Heavenly Saber Sect’s participants in the expedition.
• Sikong Zi Ming ordered spirit marks sent to Qinghe Sect and warned that the Heavenly Saber Sect might have sold information about Taiyi Sect’s cultivators.
• Qinghe True Monarch persuaded Celestial Corpse True Monarch to cooperate by revealing Medicine King Valley’s marriage alliance with the Spirit Talisman Sect.
• Qinghe True Monarch urged Beihe True Monarch to target Taiyi Sect rather than Heavenly Saber True Monarch and warned him about the Ye Family’s Fifth Order Demon Emperor.
• Bai Yao True Monarch opened the spiritual lake in Medicine King Valley’s secret herb garden, sent six figures in Aura Isolation Robes below its surface, and intensified the garden’s spiritual qi.

After mastering Five Elements Divine Lightning, Ye Jingcheng prepared his treasures and Spirit Beasts for the Earth Immortal Realm expedition and met with family members to arrange their duties. The Ye Family began preparations on several fronts, including a dangerous mission to steal Chen Whale Jade.

• Ye Jingcheng reached major mastery in Five Elements Divine Lightning and arranged which Spirit Beasts and treasures would remain behind before the Earth Immortal Realm opened.
• Ye Jingcheng read Ye Jingnan's report, invited Purple Blessing Real Person and other True Persons to a banquet, and traveled to the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Jingcheng praised Ye Qingwen, gave him a Golden Tempering Essence Fruit, and headed toward the Black Crow Forbidden Ground.
• Ye Xuecang assigned Chu Yanqing, Ye Yunxi, and Ye Xingxiao to guard Sky Phoenix Oasis for three years.
• Ye Xuecang sent Ye Haicheng and Ye Hai Sheng to steal Chen Whale Jade from the Chen Whale Sea, while Ye Xueliang was ordered to urge subordinate families toward the Sky Leaving Grassland and Peng Valley.

Ye Jingcheng prepared his Spirit Beasts, treasures, and arrays with the Ye Family for their entry into the Earth Immortal Realm, then left Sky Phoenix Oasis after a tender farewell with Chu Yanqing. Meanwhile, Ye Yunxuan demonstrated a new talisman-bestowal technique that could strengthen Spirit Beasts, and Ye Haiyu urged him to report it and claim the Talisman Hall Master position.

• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sky Phoenix Oasis on the Black Crow Demon King and gathered his Spirit Beasts with Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan to prepare the family's Earth Immortal Realm expedition.
• Ye Jingcheng entrusted the Blood Soul Pearl to Ye Xuecang and received fourth-rank talismans, Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, and five fourth-rank Array Disks from his relatives.
• Ye Jingcheng planted spare Spirit Herbs and Soil Turning Earthworms in the family garden, then shared a quiet meal with Chu Yanqing before leaving with her Apricot Soul Jade.
• Ye Yunxuan showed Ye Haiyu a Silver Moon Python bearing a bestowed talisman that improved its water-attribute cultivation.
• Ye Haiyu praised Ye Yunxuan's breakthrough, told him to report it to the family instead of joining the beast tide trials, and urged him to claim the Talisman Hall Master position.

Ye Jingcheng prepared for the Earth Immortal Realm trip while hosting Purple Blessing Real Person, Union Madam, and Feng Daoran at the Ye Family's wine house. After making clear that he would not help them enter the realm, he heard Union Madam's request that he protect the Jade Union Sect if she died, and she offered him a Purple Flame Blood Lotus.

• Ye Jingfu reprimanded Qinglin and Qingyu for treating Duan Family women at the wine house as romantic prospects, insisting they protect the Ye Family's business interests.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at the wine house, reviewed its growing earnings, and spent the night cultivating the Nine Yin Profound Soul Secret Classic with the Dream Devouring Insect.
• Purple Blessing Real Person, Union Madam, and Feng Daoran brought congratulatory Spirit Herbs, but Ye Jingcheng returned them and hosted the three at a spirit banquet without discussing the Earth Immortal Realm.
• The guests understood Ye Jingcheng's refusal to help them enter the Earth Immortal Realm and left the matter unspoken during the banquet; Feng Daoran departed confident, while Purple Blessing Real Person gave up.
• After the others departed, Union Madam told Ye Jingcheng she would enter the Earth Immortal Realm and asked him to protect the Jade Union Sect for fifty years if she died, offering a Purple Flame Blood Lotus.

Ye Jingcheng agreed to protect the Jade Union Sect under limited conditions, then prepared his spirit beasts and traveled with Prefecture Lord Xiao to the Mystic Puppet Convention. At Prefect Wang’s gathering, he learned the Earth Immortal Realm’s rules and received a Jade Mirror and Thousand-Year Spirit Milk as the group prepared to enter.

• Union Madam offered Ye Jingcheng a limited protection agreement, and he accepted after swearing a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Ye Jingcheng placed the Purple Flame Blood Lotus beside the Crimson Flame Fox as it neared a breakthrough, then had the Golden Scale Beast guard it.
• Ye Jingcheng attended the Mystic Puppet Convention in Wang Qing Market and acquired three Fourth Order Spirit Herbs before Prefect Wang invited him to a gathering.
• Prefect Wang introduced Ye Jingcheng to Luosha Daoyou and Yin Wu Daoyou, then explained their rendezvous plan and precautions for the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Prefect Wang gave each cultivator a Jade Mirror and a drop of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk for their journey.