Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng traveled with the Southern Wilderness State cultivators to Tianjing Prefecture, where they prepared to enter the Earth Immortal Realm. The group was given ten days to explore Tianjing Market before gathering again.

• Wang Kewei showed Xiao Wankun an Infant Ganoderma Horse and promised to help him secure a future breakthrough after Wang succeeded.
• Ye Jingcheng used up his Earth Yin Qi, strengthening his divine sense, then received Prefect Wang's order to depart.
• Ye Jingcheng joined more than forty cultivators at the teleportation plaza and traveled with them to Junhe Prefecture, where the Southern Wilderness State expedition group gathered.
• Ye Jingcheng and the group teleported to Tianjing Prefecture, where he saw the immense Dao Gate Mountain Range and Zhengyuan Mountain.
• A red-faced prefecture lord told the gathered cultivators they could explore Tianjing Market freely but had to assemble again in ten days.

Ye Jingcheng gathered supplies in Sky Capital Market for the Earth Immortal Realm expedition, then withdrew to an inn when his Crimson Flame Fox broke through. As he prepared to cultivate, his Jade Ring Rat also began its breakthrough to the Purple Mansion realm.

• Ye Jingcheng traded a Fourth-Order lower-grade Flying Sword for Fourth Order Demon King essence blood and Yuanye Earth Yin Qi, then refused the seller Tang’s treasure-map expedition invitation.
• Ye Jingcheng searched the market for supplies, traded his pills for two Fourth-Order defensive Spirit Talismans and a Formation Breaking Talisman, and refused to join other treasure-hunting teams.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed that his Crimson Flame Fox was about to break through, rented a room in an inn, and entered his grotto-heaven.
• The Five-Tailed Crimson Fox completed its breakthrough, and Ye Jingcheng gave it spirit pills and Treasure Light to help it consolidate its cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng was preparing to cultivate the Nine Yin Profound Soul Secret Classic when his Jade Ring Rat began charging toward the Purple Mansion realm.

The Jade Ring Rat formed its inner core and reached the Third Order, revealing that its new hearing technique could detect cultivators through formations. As cultivators gathered at the Righteous Path Sect and Penglai Immortal Island for the Earth Immortal Realm’s opening, Ye Xuefan, Ye Xuecang, the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, and Peach Wood waited outside the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground for the Earth Immortal Platform to activate.

• The Jade Ring Rat broke through to the Third Order, formed a Demon Beast Inner Core, and thanked Ye Jingcheng.
• After consolidating its cultivation, the Jade Ring Rat listened across the market and detected roughly fifty thousand cultivators, including more than thirteen hundred above the Purple Mansion realm.
• Ye Jingcheng trained the Jade Ring Rat’s listening accuracy before joining Golden Core cultivators traveling to the Righteous Path Sect’s mountain gate.
• Yun Ye briefed the gathered cultivators and told them they would be transported to the Earth Immortal Platform in three days, where Martial Uncle Divine Lord would be present.
• Tai Peng True Monarch told the cultivators assembled at Penglai Immortal Island that richer spiritual energy might yield extraordinary treasures and promised rewards for valuable finds.
• Ye Xuecang asked Peach Wood to probe the Illusion Sand Forbidden Ground again while Ye Xuefan and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor waited for signs of the platform’s activation.

The Ye Family and other cultivators entered the Earth Immortal Realm as powerful sect ancestors warned their followers and plotted against rival forces. Meanwhile, Ye Xueliang organized a monster-clearing operation with the Great Azure Turtle, and the old Hidden Peak members prepared their plans in the Green Cloud Sea Region.

• Peach Wood broke the strengthened illusion array, and Ye Xuecang led his group onto the Earth Immortal Platform to enter the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Divine Lord Tiande sent the assembled cultivators into the realm, then ordered his followers to plunder Medicine King Valley's Dao because he suspected it had found a route to the Central Region.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the realm under Divine Lord Zhengyuan's watch, and Zhengyuan ordered a discreet investigation into Ye Jingcheng's bloodline Spirit Beasts and possible connections.
• Ye Xueliang gathered the Far Spirit Oasis cultivators for a monster-clearing operation, while the Great Azure Turtle demanded credit, Spirit Herbs, and Beast Souls in exchange for its protection.
• Ye Haicheng and the old Hidden Peak members prepared their monster-hunting and support plans in the Green Cloud Sea Region, relying on Ye Haisheng's Chen Whale to infiltrate Chen Whale Sea.

Ye Jingcheng hunted treasures in the Lower Immortal Realm while trying to reunite with Ye Xuefan, Ye Xuecang, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor. After three days, three cultivators surrounded him and demanded his treasures.

• Ye Jingcheng used the West King Blood Mother Sword and a Five Poisons Bee to kill a Red-Eyed Giant Toad, then collected its Blood Sun Flower, inner core, and Beast Soul.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan killed an Azure-Backed Iron Bear Demon King with help from Ye Jingcheng’s Spirit Beasts, and Ye Xuecang collected a Blood Mother Mushroom.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan set out to meet the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor and find Ye Jingcheng, carrying Peach Wood for him.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor drove off disciples of the Purple Sun Immortal Sect, killed a Fourth Order Sky Rock Python, and collected a Heavenly Dragon Fruit Tree.
• Sikong Zi Ming and Sikong Zi Tian entered a volcano to capture a Southern Brightness Crimson Flame Fire Spirit with a Bagua Disc.
• Three cultivators surrounded Ye Jingcheng and demanded his treasures; he denied belonging to one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects.

Ye Jingcheng killed three cultivators who tried to ambush him, then found a hidden secret realm in a spirit mountain. He reunited with Ye Xuecang, Ye Xuefan, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, and the group began investigating the realm’s entrance.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Crimson Flame Fox, Jade Scale Flood Dragon, and Golden Scale Beast to kill the three ambushers, then collected their belongings and found a Heavenly Treasure Rat.
• Ye Jingcheng reached a spirit mountain stripped of its mature Spirit Herbs and used the Void Spirit Insect to locate a secret realm there.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan arrived with the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, who reported that descendants of the Sky Jiaolong Sea and Spirit Transformation Demon Race members might also be in the Earth Immortal Realm.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor gave Ye Jingcheng rare Spirit Herbs, and Ye Jingcheng told Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan to keep their treasures and explore the secret realm with him.
• The Void Spirit Insect led Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xuecang, and Ye Xuefan through a ruined cave to a clear pool, where it settled on an ordinary stone at the bottom.

Ye Jingcheng and his companions entered a Fifth-Order Secret Realm and explored the abandoned Chess Heaven Pavilion, where they defeated its guardian and uncovered valuable resources. They left with a Primal Jade Fruit Tree and discovered a rich Purple Origin Stellar Silver Mine.

• Ye Jingcheng activated the patterned stone beneath the lake, opening a Fifth-Order Secret Realm, and led his companions inside after checking for danger.
• Ye Jingcheng used his Jade Ring Rat to locate a powerful eagle demon near the central Spirit Mountain, then led the group toward Chess Heaven Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng and his companions defeated the late fourth-order Owl Eagle, and Ye Xuefan began examining the chess-piece formation protecting the Chess Heaven Treasure Hall.
• Ye Jingcheng opened a Spirit Herb Garden and collected its Primal Jade Fruit Tree, Golden Core Fruit Tree, Purple Jade Vines, and other herbs.
• Ye Xuecang reported finding a mine rich in Purple Origin Stellar Silver on a nearby Spirit Mountain.

Ye Jingcheng and the others broke into Chess Heaven Hall, where they uncovered powerful chess-array records, a cultivation codex, and several treasures. They left the secret realm with the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor wielding a fifth-order chessboard pearl and headed for Gourd Mountain.

• Ye Xuefan failed to break the chessboard formation by force, so he told Ye Jingcheng to let Peach Wood drain its spiritual power while they reviewed their gains.
• Peach Wood located the formation core in the stone lions, and Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xuefan, Ye Xuecang, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor protected its spirit root as it drained the formation and subdued ninety-one stone figurines.
• Ye Jingcheng and the others entered Chess Heaven Hall, paid their respects, and found the Chess Array Secret Records, the Heavenly Chess Soul Disk Spirit Codex, and other inheritance materials.
• Ye Jingcheng opened three Jade Boxes and found a fifth-order Two Elements Chessboard Pearl, which he gave to the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, along with fourth-order Heavenly Silk Treasure Armor and fifth-order Blazing Ember Meteorite Gold.
• Ye Jingcheng and the others left the secret realm and set out for Gourd Mountain to help Prefecture Lord Xiao and Prefect Wang obtain treasures for forming a Nascent Soul.

Ye Jingcheng met Prefecture Lord Xiao, Prefect Wang, Yin Wu, and Luosha True Person before they traveled to the hidden Cloud Seclusion Pavilion inheritance site. The group reached the entrance of its Fourth-Order Secret Realm, where Prefect Wang proposed using a Five Elements formation and promised additional rewards for breaking its Fifth-Order defensive array.

• Ye Jingcheng reached Gourd Mountain, waited for the mirror fragment to reveal a new map, and traveled to a spirit lake where Prefecture Lord Xiao, Prefect Wang, and Yin Wu were waiting.
• Prefect Wang told Ye Jingcheng that Qian Chen and Luosha from the Brahmin were still expected, and the group waited for their arrival.
• Luosha True Person arrived and said Zhang ZhiQiu's avatar had delayed him; Prefecture Lord Xiao explained that Zhang ZhiQiu was a notorious Nascent Soul rogue cultivator who hunted weaker cultivators through avatars.
• The five traveled by earth shuttle to a rift valley, where Prefect Wang revealed an abandoned cave entrance and led them inside.
• The group found the Cloud Seclusion Pavilion inscription, and Prefect Wang explained that its Fourth-Order Secret Realm was protected by a Fifth-Order Nine Nether Profound Yellow Array.
• Prefect Wang gave the others Jade Slips describing the Five Elements Law Breaking Battle Formation and promised each of them three drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk if they broke the array.

Ye Jingcheng and the others tried to break the Nine Nether Profound Yellow Array protecting a Water Attribute Spirit Herb Garden, where Prefect Wang sought the Infant Ganoderma Horse. Their strongest attacks only damaged the formation briefly, and Ye Jingcheng agreed to try his own method for an additional share of the treasures.

• The group entered the mystic realm, and Prefect Wang sealed its entrance before leading them to the dark river and revealing that he sought the Infant Ganoderma Horse.
• Prefect Wang and the others formed a Five Elements Law-Breaking Blade, but the Nine Nether Profound Yellow Array blocked it and summoned Dark Nether Law Serpents.
• Prefect Wang, Prefecture Lord Xiao, and Luosha True Person combined their attacks with the formation’s sword, briefly cracking the Spirit Shield before it recovered.
• Yin Wu True Person offered to try another method if he received roots from the Infant Ganoderma Horse, but Prefect Wang refused and instead offered Ye Jingcheng an additional ten percent of the treasures for breaking the formation.
• Ye Jingcheng accepted and prepared to continue setting up the formation, intending not to reveal more of his strength than necessary.

Ye Jingcheng and the others broke the formation protecting Cloud Seclusion Pavilion’s hidden garden, claimed its spirit herbs and Dark Cloud Spirit Spring marrow, and explored the pavilion’s central hall. After the group left the secret realm, they emerged beneath a maple tree instead of at the abyss, leaving their whereabouts uncertain.

• Prefect Wang supplied Thousand-Year Spirit Milk as the group attacked the formation again, and Ye Jingcheng sent Peach Wood to drain spiritual energy from its formation core.
• Peach Wood weakened the formation, allowing the group to shatter it and enter a hidden Spirit Herb Garden containing the Infant Ganoderma Horse, Deer Meadow Leaves, and a Dark Cloud Spirit Spring.
• Prefect Wang captured the Infant Ganoderma Horse and divided the spirit herbs and spring marrow, giving Ye Jingcheng two drops of spring marrow.
• The group searched Cloud Seclusion Pavilion’s central hall, divided its treasures and copied the Dark Cloud Heavenly Water Secret Canon and two secret arts after swearing Heavenly Dao Oaths.
• Ye Jingcheng declined Prefect Wang’s offer to travel with the Righteous Path Sect, and the five left the secret realm only to find themselves beneath a maple tree instead of at the abyss.

Ye Jingcheng was trapped in Zhang ZhiQiu’s formation but escaped with the Peach Wood’s help while Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao negotiated for him. After they reunited, Ye Jingcheng declined to travel with them and chose to hide in a Fourth-Order Secret Realm.

• Ye Jingcheng found himself alone beneath a crimson maple tree, realized he was trapped in a formation, and used a Formation Breaking Talisman without success.
• Zhang ZhiQiu confronted Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao outside the formation and refused to spare Ye Jingcheng despite their appeals and offer of the Transformation Spirit Herb.
• Ye Jingcheng broke through the formation with the Peach Wood and fled aboard his Profound Light Boat as Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao hurried after him.
• Zhang ZhiQiu suppressed Luo Sha True Person and pursued the escaping Yin Wu True Person after Yin Wu True Person used a Fifth Order Formation Breaking Talisman to escape.
• Ye Jingcheng thanked Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao, declined their offer to travel together, and chose to hide in a Fourth-Order Secret Realm that Prefect Wang located for him.

Sikong Zi Ming split from the Taiyi Sect cultivators while Qinghe True Monarch and Beihe True Monarch arranged to follow them, suspecting they sought a hidden treasure. Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng prepared to trap the pursuing Zhang ZhiQiu in a fifth-order secret realm and waited underground for him to arrive.

• Three Yuan Real Person suspected that Sikong Zi Tian had secretly reached the Nascent Soul Realm as the Taiyi Sect gathered fifth-order Spirit Herbs.
• Sikong Zi Ming sent Sikong Zi Tian to search for secret realms with the others while he went off alone to seek treasure.
• Qinghe True Monarch and Beihe True Monarch persuaded Celestial Corpse True Monarch to follow the Taiyi Sect cautiously, suspecting it had gained another Nascent Soul Cultivator and possessed a treasure.
• Ye Jingcheng followed the Sky Sand Sect's route toward the Mending Heaven Garden and checked that Zhang ZhiQiu's tracking mark was nearing its end.
• Ye Jingcheng entered a searched fifth-order secret realm, placed his Grotto-Heaven at its entrance, and hid underground to wait for Zhang ZhiQiu.

Ye Jingcheng waited in the secret realm for Zhang ZhiQiu, then lured him into revealing his true body and attacking. Zhang ZhiQiu realized too late that Ye Jingcheng had prepared an ambush with two cultivators, a Peach Wood, and more than a dozen Demon Kings.

• Ye Jingcheng hid underground for several days while he watched the secret realm entrance and waited for Zhang ZhiQiu.
• Two cultivators entered the secret realm, searched for a while, and left, leading Ye Jingcheng to suspect they were Zhang ZhiQiu's incarnations scouting for traps.
• Zhang ZhiQiu sent an incarnation into the secret realm and then revealed his true body outside, attacking Ye Jingcheng with his Ancient Maple Formation.
• Ye Jingcheng countered with Five Elements Divine Lightning and Vermilion Bird True Flame, but Zhang ZhiQiu endured the attacks and charged toward him.
• A Peach Wood shattered Zhang ZhiQiu's Ancient Maple Formation as two cultivators and more than a dozen Demon Kings appeared, making Zhang ZhiQiu realize he had fallen into Ye Jingcheng's trap.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family used their spirit beasts, treasures, and formations to trap and kill Zhang ZhiQiu inside the secret realm. After the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor consumed Zhang ZhiQiu’s Nascent Soul and the family destroyed all his clones, Ye Jingcheng prepared to search the stolen memories.

• Zhang ZhiQiu revealed six Golden Core clones, but Ye Jingcheng summoned the Fifth Order Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, forcing Zhang to flee toward the secret realm entrance.
• Ye Xuecang used the Ocean Measuring Tablet, while Ye Xuefan activated the formation and both elders took Blood Cleansing Pills to block Zhang’s escape.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor trapped Zhang inside the Two Elements Chessboard Pearl, but Zhang empowered the Taiqing Sword with his blood and broke out.
• Ye Jingcheng used the One Qi Blood Soul Pearl to momentarily ensnare Zhang, allowing the Crimson Flame Fox’s Heaven Flame Furnace and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor to destroy his body.
• Zhang’s Nascent Soul was drawn back into the chessboard and pierced by Ye Jingcheng, who then had the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor consume it.
• Ye Jingcheng hunted down Zhang’s remaining clones and told his elders to sort the spoils while he used the Dream Devouring Insect to search Zhang’s memories.

Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan killed Zhang ZhiQiu’s avatar after he betrayed two Jade Transformation Sect cultivators and claimed a Golden Cloud Ant colony. Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng reached Disordered Burial Mountain to find another hidden avatar and use the Dream Devouring Insect to uncover it.

• Zhang ZhiQiu’s avatar lured two Jade Transformation Sect cultivators into an array, killed them, and captured the Golden Cloud Ants after slaying their Ant King.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan ambushed Zhang ZhiQiu’s avatar with their Spirit Beasts and treasures, then searched his belongings and collected the Golden Cloud Crystals.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan learned that their haul included fourth-order treasures and Spirit Herbs, though the Ant King’s death prevented them from raising it.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Disordered Burial Mountain, where Zhang ZhiQiu had concealed an avatar using the False Death Body technique.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared to use his Dream Devouring Insect to uncover the hidden avatar by recreating memories from Zhang ZhiQiu’s soul.

Ye Jingcheng killed Zhang ZhiQiu's avatar and seized the Ancient Gem Coffin and a vast cache of treasures, including the final material needed for his Nascent Soul Pill. After deciding to reunite with his grand uncles and possibly visit the Mending Heaven Garden, he left, while Sky Jiaolong cultivators arrived at the site seeking an inheritance.

• Ye Jingcheng found Zhang ZhiQiu's Ancient Gem Coffin and had the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor trap and destroy the avatar with its Mountain Prison and Mountain Collapse techniques.
• Ye Jingcheng recovered the Thousand Year Cold Marrow Heart and learned that the spoils included powerful treasures, spirit herbs, and Luo Sha True Person's belongings.
• Ye Jingcheng assessed that he had gathered the materials and advantages needed to greatly improve his chances of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Ye Jingcheng stored the Ancient Gem Coffin in his grotto-heaven and set out to meet Second Grand Uncle and Fourth Grand Uncle before deciding whether to visit the Mending Heaven Garden.
• Sky Jiaolong cultivators arrived at the site, concluded their elders had won, and headed to retrieve an inheritance said to include Dragon Spirit Grass.

The Qinghe Sect plotted to use the Ten Thousand Mile Mirror to frame the Ye Family and eliminate its rivals after the Earth Immortal Realm closed. Liu Huan suspected the Qinghe Sect was behind the scheme and sent a secret warning to Ye Qingshuang, who carried it toward Lingyun Peak as Ye Qingyan tried to contact Ye Jingyu.

• Xiao Yunshan and Cheng Yugu reported signs of another beast tide and blamed the Ye Family, then withdrew Qinghe Sect disciples gathering Beast Souls.
• Mystic Bright Real Person revealed the Qinghe Sect planned to seize Yan Country and asked Qingzhi to use his Ten Thousand Mile Mirror to record the Ye Family's methods.
• Liu Huan received Outer Sea intelligence, worried that the Ye Family's actions were too risky, and sent a jade talisman for Ye Qingshuang alone.
• Liu Huan arranged a Golden Core Auction to draw in cultivators while her White Fox sat beside her in the peach forest.
• Ye Qingyan gave Ye Qingshuang two Jade Soul Pills and asked her to deliver Liu Huan's urgent message to Lingyun Peak.
• After Ye Qingshuang departed in her sect-bestowed spirit boat, Ye Qingyan repeatedly used the family token to contact Ye Jingyu.

Ye Qingshuang returned to Lingyun Peak with an urgent message from Liu Huan, while the Ye Family secretly tested her with concealed Demon Refining Pillars and learned that she cultivated Penglai’s Dao Embryo Method. In the Green Cloud Sea Region, Ye Haicheng revised the family’s plan to acquire Chen Whale Jade and assigned Ye Haisheng the most dangerous task.

• Ye Jingyun received Liu Huan’s jade slip from Ye Qingshuang and sent a message to Ye Haicheng after learning it warned of scrutiny in the Green Cloud Sea Region.
• Ye Qingshuang visited the clan school, offered her talismans and Array Disks to Ye Jingfeng and Ye Jingli, and agreed to test a formation in a newly built ancestral hall.
• Concealed Demon Refining Pillars released a chain that Ye Qingshuang cut through, revealing to Ye Jingfeng and Ye Jingli that she cultivated Penglai’s Dao Embryo Method.
• Ye Jingfeng and Ye Jingli concealed the pillars and decided to keep Ye Qingshuang away from the family’s private affairs.
• Ye Haicheng gathered the Ye Family members at the Green Cloud Sect and ordered them to focus on acquiring Chen Whale Jade while arranging beast tides as cover.
• Ye Haisheng accepted responsibility for the Chen Whale Jade operation, with Ye Hai Fei and Ye Xuefu assigned to work together in the Sky Cloud Islands.

At a Golden Core gathering, Qinghe Sect used the Ten Thousand Mile Mirror to accuse Beast Wasteland of triggering beast tides, but the images showed cultivators using Qinghe Sect techniques and harming a Jiaolong. The gathering turned toward investigating the Outer Sea as enraged sea monsters prepared to retaliate against the human race.

• Liu Huan hosted a Golden Core gathering at Sky Cloud Market, where Azure Wisdom Real Person displayed the Ten Thousand Mile Mirror to reveal cultivators using Enticing Demon Grass to lure and kill Spirit Beasts.
• Mystic Bright Real Person blamed Beast Wasteland, but Liu Huan pointed out the cultivators' Azure Lotus Sword Art and Mystic River Boundless Sword Formation, then identified Qinghe Sect's Flying Puppet technique in the images.
• The mirror showed a cultivator attacking a young Jiaolong, prompting Liu Huan and the other True Persons to leave and investigate Sky Jiaolong Sea before its forces retaliated.
• Ye Hai Fei fought an Azure Jade Serpent as planned, let it break the formation and escape toward Sky Jiaolong Sea, then blamed Chen Xuanli for failing to contain it.
• A massive Sky Water Turtle condemned the human race for spreading Enticing Demon Grass and sent a tidal wave toward the Green Cloud Sea Region.
• The Star Sea Demon Emperor rallied Monster Beasts in the Star Cloud Sea and ordered them to destroy human islands.