Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng reached the edge of the Upper Immortal Realm and rescued Union Madam from a pursuing Heavenly Devil Sect elder. After learning that Southern Wilderness State cultivators were trapped in a sealed secret realm, he began gathering help to save them.

• Ye Jingcheng reached the edge of the Upper Immortal Realm after avoiding further Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Union Madam called to Ye Jingcheng for help while fleeing a Heavenly Devil Sect elder who accused her of stealing his treasure.
• Ye Jingcheng blocked the elder's attack and killed him with Five Elements Divine Lightning and silver needles.
• Union Madam told Ye Jingcheng that several Southern Wilderness State prefecture lords and Golden Core cultivators were trapped in a secret realm.
• Ye Jingcheng contacted Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao, then set out with Union Madam to gather Righteous Path Sect cultivators and asked her to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.

Ye Jingcheng joined Void Embrace True Monarch and the Righteous Path Sect cultivators to break the demonic sects’ siege of a secret realm. As the attack opened a breach in the formation, Ye Jingcheng’s Jade Ring Rat detected a nearby ambush.

• Ye Jingcheng warned Void Embrace True Monarch that the siege might be a trap, but Void Embrace True Monarch ordered the group to advance.
• Prefect Wang told Ye Jingcheng that Luo Sheng True Monarch of the Brahmin had been searching for Zhang ZhiQiu.
• At Maple Tree Ridge, Void Embrace True Monarch attacked the concealed secret realm entrance, and Demon Bow True Monarch’s forces emerged to defend it.
• Void Embrace True Monarch and Demon Bow True Monarch fought in the sky while Ye Jingcheng and the others attacked the formation.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Vermilion Bird True Flame damaged the formation, and his Qilin True Hall smashed open a breach.
• Ye Jingcheng sent out the Jade Ring Rat, which detected an ambush within a hundred li.

Ye Jingcheng helped the Righteous Path Sect break the Heavenly Devil Sect’s formation while warning Prefect Wang of hidden ambushers. Void Embrace True Monarch was poisoned after defeating Demon Bow True Monarch, and Ye Jingcheng fled the chaos in a different direction from the prefecture lords.

• Ye Jingcheng warned Prefect Wang that more than three cultivators were concealed nearby, and Prefect Wang ordered the group to attack the Heavenly Devil Sect before the ambushers struck.
• Ye Jingcheng released the Crimson Flame Fox and Golden Scale Beast as the Righteous Path Sect cultivators shattered the formation, killed several devil cultivators, and forced the survivors to flee through the secret realm entrance.
• Void Embrace True Monarch pursued Demon Bow True Monarch into a trap, used a substitute talisman to evade the formation’s attack, and struck Demon Bow True Monarch with the Bright Moon Pearl.
• Void Embrace True Monarch tore open the secret realm entrance, but Demon Bow True Monarch’s poisoned corpse contaminated him while his Nascent Soul escaped.
• Ye Jingcheng saw Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao flee with three other cultivators, avoided following them, and escaped in the opposite direction using his Heavenly Illusion Magic Robe and Soul-Seizing Blood Escape.

Ye Jingcheng escaped a pursuing devil cultivator who repeatedly shed decoy bodies, then hid in Azure Elephant Mountain’s secret realm and reunited with Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan. The Ye Family counted its immense gains from the recent battles and discovered a vein of Primordial Pure Yuan Geng Metal that could be used for Ye Xuecang’s Natal Sword Embryo.

• Ye Jingcheng lured the Blood Spear Sect cultivator into attacking, but the man escaped Ye Jingcheng’s counterattack by shedding successive husks and abandoning his storage bag.
• Ye Jingcheng reached Azure Elephant Mountain, searched its secret realm with his Spirit Beasts, established formations, and sealed the entrance before entering his grotto-heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan about the Righteous Path Sect’s siege, and they praised his choices while advising him that he should have delayed reporting the crisis.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan inventoried the Ye Family’s spirit treasures, Fifth-Order Magic Treasures, Spirit Herbs, and inheritances, revealing that the family had gained unprecedented resources.
• Ye Jingcheng searched the storage bags taken from the devil cultivators and found evidence of a Fourth-Order Primordial Pure Yuan Geng Metal vein, securing material for Ye Xuecang’s Natal Sword Embryo.

Ye Jingcheng spent months recovering in the Azure Elephant Mountain Secret Realm, refining Yuan Recovery Pills and cultivating until his body cultivation reached Purple Mansion Peak. With the Ye Family’s position secured, he left the secret realm to meet Prefect Wang and gather information, ending with a location and instructions to disguise himself before going there.

• Ye Jingcheng refined Yuan Recovery Pills to heal himself and the Crimson Flame Fox while the Ye Family’s Spirit Beasts recovered in the secret realm.
• Ye Xuefan reinforced the secret realm entrance with linked formations, while Ye Xuecang used the Mystic Lotus Spirit Mat to stabilize his damaged Sword Embryos.
• Ye Jingcheng consumed spirit herbs and a Blood Cry Fruit, breaking through to Purple Mansion Peak in body cultivation.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan reported that probing cultivators had left after seeing the formations, and Ye Jingcheng decided to contact Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao.
• Ye Jingcheng checked the Shadow Wood Puppets’ records, divided the spirit herbs and magic treasures, then left the secret realm.
• Ye Jingcheng and Prefect Wang verified each other’s identities by discussing their shared exploration and the Yin Wu True Person and Luo Sha True Person; Prefect Wang gave him a meeting location and told him to disguise himself.

Ye Jingcheng reached the Righteous Path Sect’s secret-realm market, where he learned that most of the sect’s cultivators had been lost in the Earth Immortal Realm. After Feng Daoran visited and spread word of Ye Jingcheng’s Alchemy, Ye Jingcheng gained new commissions, then received a summons from Void Embrace True Monarch.

• Ye Jingcheng entered the Righteous Path Sect’s secret realm with Prefect Wang and was given a residence with a Pill Room.
• Ye Jingcheng set up formations and estimated that only a little over a hundred Righteous Path Sect cultivators had survived the journey.
• Feng Daoran told Ye Jingcheng that Union Madam and her junior martial brother were gone, his Spirit Beast had died, and other sects had inspected his Spirit Herbs.
• Ye Jingcheng encouraged Feng Daoran to return to the Earth Immortal Realm in the future, and Feng Daoran left with renewed fighting spirit.
• Feng Daoran spread word of Ye Jingcheng’s Alchemy, bringing Golden Core cultivators to commission pills, including one who offered six Fourth Order Spirit Herbs.
• On the seventh day, Ye Jingcheng received a summons to meet Void Embrace True Monarch after he emerged from seclusion.

Ye Jingcheng met Void Embrace True Monarch and learned that the paintings in his palace were copies of spirit treasures. He chose to become a guest elder of Wang Qing Prefecture and selected the painting of the Bright Moon Pearl as his reward.

• Prefect Wang brought Ye Jingcheng to meet Void Embrace True Monarch, who praised his service to the Righteous Path Sect.
• Void Embrace True Monarch showed Ye Jingcheng paintings that held the power of spirit treasures and explained that they lacked Mystic Tadpole Markings.
• Void Embrace True Monarch offered Ye Jingcheng three rewards: join the sect, become a guest elder of Wang Qing Prefecture, or take a magic treasure.
• Ye Jingcheng chose to become a guest elder, valuing his ties to Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao as well as the alchemy assignments.
• Void Embrace True Monarch let Ye Jingcheng choose a painting, and Ye Jingcheng picked the Bright Moon Pearl.

Ye Jingcheng studied the painting scroll’s powerful illusion and spent the remaining months of the Earth Immortal Realm expedition refining pills and gathering Spirit Herbs. The expedition ended, and he returned to the Righteous Path Sect’s Earth Immortal Platform to have his gains tallied.

• Void Embrace True Monarch warned Prefect Wang that rising tensions among the regions could bring chaos and war.
• Qinghe True Monarch mourned North River True Monarch and declined Celestial Corpse True Monarch’s plan to attack Medicine King Valley, choosing instead to protect Qinghe Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the painting scroll, experienced the Bright Moon Pearl’s potent illusion, and considered how the Ye Family might use it to develop magic treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng refined pills for the remaining months, earning eleven Fourth Order Spirit Herbs and keeping some pills from his batches.
• Ye Jingcheng watched twelve Nascent Souls announce the expedition’s end, dissolved one Five Poisons Bee’s Soul Contract, and returned to the Righteous Path Sect’s Earth Immortal Platform.
• A Nascent Soul announced that the immortal sect would identify everyone’s Spirit Herbs free of charge.

Ye Jingcheng exchanged three Fifth Order Spirit Herbs for two Gold Core Pills and returned to Xiao Mountain after leaving the Earth Immortal Realm. He learned that the Blood Spear Sect had attacked the Sky Sand Sect and began planning a future strike, while Ye Xingliu revealed that Hai Sheng had fallen and trouble had arisen at the Sea of Sand.

• Ye Jingcheng submitted his treasures for inspection and exchanged the Heavenly Wood He Shou Wu, Azure Glow Grass, and White Jade Flower for two Gold Core Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng spoke with Golden Core cultivators before teleporting with Prefecture Lord Xiao and Prefect Wang back toward Southern Wilderness State.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Xiao Mountain and saw the Ye Family's busy shops, reflecting on the family's growing reputation.
• Ye Xingliu told Ye Jingcheng that Blood Celebration Old Demon had attacked the Sky Sand Sect while he was away, though Uncle Haiyan had moved the Teleportation Array to Xiao Mountain Market in time.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Ye Xingliu to keep investigating the Blood Spear Sect and said he would wait for the Dream Devouring Insect to advance before acting.
• Ye Xingliu told Ye Jingcheng that the family had obtained the Chen Whale Jade, but Hai Sheng had fallen and something had happened at the Sea of Sand.

Ye Jingcheng returned from the Earth Immortal Realm to find the Ye Family and Sky Sand Sect beset by raids, then restored their defenses and issued a bounty against suspected enemies. At the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground, he mourned Ye Haisheng and resolved to grow strong enough to protect the family.

• Ye Haiyan and the Ye clansmen discussed repeated raids on nearby spirit mountains and worried that the Ye Family's Temporary Market would lose people's trust.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain with Ye Jingnan and other clansmen, gave Ye Haiyan Spirit Pills, and revealed that the family had gained enough resources for more than ten Golden Core cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Teleportation Array repaired, strengthened the Mountain Protection Array, and found that the raiders had vanished; he suspected Thousand Crane Real Person and issued a bounty using the Black White Token.
• Ye Jingcheng honored Huang Tieyun at the sect ancestral hall, then teleported to the Fallen Soul Forbidden Ground and learned that Ye Haisheng had died.
• Ye Jingcheng grieved at Ye Haisheng's cave and sword marks, then resolved to reclaim Spirit Herbs, refine pills, and pursue breakthroughs to Golden Core Peak and Nascent Soul.

Ye Jingyu emerged from seclusion after reaching Purple Mansion Peak and met Spirit Rainbow Fairy, who warned that the Penglai Devil Sect’s return would force the Ye Family to choose a side. He was left needing to contact the family elders before the sect’s conflict reached them.

• Ye Jingyu broke through to Purple Mansion Peak, rewarded the Azure Jade Serpent and Jade Scale Flood Dragon, and urged Ye Jingyun to enter seclusion.
• Spirit Rainbow Fairy appeared near Lingyun Peak, saw through Ye Jingyu’s disguise, and asked whether he could make decisions for the Ye Family.
• Spirit Rainbow Fairy revealed that Sikong Zi Ming, Sikong Zi Tian, and Taiyi Sect’s Golden Core cultivators had perished, while the Penglai Devil Sect’s remaining Spirit Transformation cultivator was expected to return.
• Spirit Rainbow Fairy urged the Ye Family to support Medicine King Valley against the Penglai Devil Sect and warned that hesitation would make them cannon fodder.
• Ye Jingyu said he needed to consult the family elders, and Spirit Rainbow Fairy told him to contact them as soon as possible.

Ye Jingyu learned that Penglai might have obtained the Ye Family’s secrets and began preparing for Golden Light Temple’s Dao preaching and a possible retreat from the Eastern Region. Ye Xuecang and Hai Cheng decided to handle the Eastern Region while Ye Jingcheng stayed in the Sea of Sand to destroy Hundred Beasts Sect and prepare for a Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• Ye Jingyu sealed Lingyun Peak, contacted Ye Jingcheng, and confirmed that Penglai had likely plundered a Taiyi Sect cultivator’s Dao foundation.
• Ye Jingyu ordered the Ye Family to attend Golden Light Temple’s Dao preaching cautiously and prepare to withdraw, while Ye Jingyun reported that Heavenly Saber True Monarch had been killed by Qinghe Sect and Celestial Corpse Sect.
• Qinghe True Monarch dismissed concerns about Qinghe Sect’s detained members and planned for Qingxi Real Person to break through to Nascent Soul rather than attend the Dao preaching.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sky Phoenix Oasis, where Ye Xuecang told him that he would stay behind to destroy Hundred Beasts Sect and enter seclusion for a breakthrough.
• Ye Xuecang and Hai Cheng chose to handle the Eastern Region themselves and asked Ye Jingcheng to visit Qing Feng and a Spirit Beast in Far Spirit Oasis.

Ye Jingcheng visited Far Spirit Oasis with Chu Yanqing, then learned about the Seven Rebirth Phoenix and the Sky Roc Demon Emperor from Ye Qingfu and the Rhino Deer Demon King. He left without approaching the Phoenix Bird, but began considering how the Ye Family could recruit powerful demons through Beast Communion.

• Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing arrived at Far Spirit Oasis and saw how the Ye Family's affiliated families had expanded the surrounding oases.
• Ye Qingfu reported that Ye Qing Feng had encountered a powerful Bald Phoenix believed to be a Seven Rebirth Phoenix, so Ye Jingcheng ordered nearby cultivators to withdraw and continue supplying it with pills and food.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Spirit Pills to the family members and checked the progress of Ye Qing Nian's spirit beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng met the Rhino Deer Demon King, received rare Spirit Herbs, and asked how willing the Sky Roc Demon Emperor was to risk its life.
• Ye Jingcheng told the Rhino Deer Demon King to notify him when the Phoenix Bird left, then departed without approaching it.

Ye Jingcheng returned to the Sea of Sand, dealt with family matters, and refined the first layer of the Saint Spirit Tower’s Treasure Unlocking Art. He prepared to travel to the Central Region, where he planned to check on allies and confront the Hundred Beasts Sect and Blood Spear Sect if he found the chance.

• At the Hundred Beasts Sect, Moon Bloom Real Person rebuked Thousand Crane Real Person for investigating the Sky Sand Sect and ordered the sect to reduce its operations and check for a bounty.
• Moon Bloom Real Person supported the Golden Roc as it prepared to lay a mutated egg, then said the sect would move it elsewhere before it laid.
• Xiao Wankun ordered Xiao He to spread information about the Hundred Beasts Sect discreetly and send details to Mystic Machine Real Person through Poem Cloud Fairy.
• At Sky Phoenix Oasis, Ye Jingcheng returned and learned that Chen Whale remained attached to Ye Haisheng and might not pass on Beast Communion.
• Ye Jingcheng brought Turtle Ancestor into his grotto-heaven, where he took its Contribution Points and treasures, then refined the first layer of the Saint Spirit Tower’s Treasure Unlocking Art.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared to return to the Central Region to thank Duan Chuan Yun and Purple Blessing Real Person, check on the Jade Union Sect, and investigate the Hundred Beasts Sect and Blood Spear Sect.

Ye Jingcheng learned that the Blood Spear Sect had submitted to the Heavenly Devil Sect and that the Hundred Beasts Sect was acting cautiously, making retaliation difficult. After declining Prefect Wang’s offer to kill one person, Ye Jingcheng agreed to wait and received captured robbers and new pill-refining commissions.

• Ye Jingcheng thanked Purple Blessing Real Person and Duan Chuan Yun with spirit pills, and they told him the Blood Spear Sect had joined the Heavenly Devil Sect while the Hundred Beasts Sect’s leaders were gathering at Wang Qing Market.
• Ye Jingcheng invited the two cultivators to help at the Sky Sand Sect’s Temporary Market, then visited Xiao Wankun, who welcomed the plan and offered advice and rare treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain and met Mystic Machine Real Person and Wang Shiyun, who brought him bound robber cultivators captured by her father.
• Wang Shiyun asked whether killing one person would ease Ye Jingcheng’s hatred, explaining that Prefect Wang was willing to send someone after a Hundred Beasts Sect target.
• Ye Jingcheng shook his head, and Wang Shiyun told him that her father’s advice was to wait; she added that the Blood Spear Sect could wait too.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Wang Shiyun two bottles of Fourth-Order Spirit Pills and received a storage bag of spirit materials and a jade slip listing pill-refining commissions from Mystic Machine Real Person.

Ye Jingcheng approved the Ye Family’s plans for a Temporary Market, then spent six months cultivating while preparations continued. The Dream Devouring Insect crossed its Golden Core lightning tribulation and gained a High Grade Demon Core, along with new abilities.

• Ye Jingnan outlined the Temporary Market’s treasures, invited factions, transport plans, and visitor incentives, while Ye Jingcheng assigned Ye Haiyan and Ye Xingliu to oversee its defenses.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to secluded cultivation, using spirit pills and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s true essence to advance his cultivation.
• Six months later, Ye Jingcheng saw the Dream Devouring Insect preparing to undergo its Golden Core lightning tribulation and set up a formation to protect it.
• The Dream Devouring Insect endured four bolts with help from the formation, a soul shield, and Beast Souls Ye Jingcheng supplied, then achieved a High Grade Demon Core.
• Ye Jingcheng treated the injured Dream Devouring Insect and discovered that it had gained Nightmare Black Mist, a soul shield, and the Soul-Seizing Eye.

Ye Jingcheng inspected his strengthened Dream Devouring Insect and expanded Cave Heaven, then traveled to the Ye Family’s Temporary Market to oversee preparations. The market drew a growing crowd, and the chapter ended when he received a message from Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao.

• Ye Jingcheng found that the Dream Devouring Insect had grown stronger and improved his soul, then fed it spirit pills and Treasure Light.
• Ye Jingcheng checked the Fourth Order Cave Heaven, gave Advancement Pills to the Golden Tempering Essence Fruit Wood Demon and Star Pear Wood Demon, and inspected the Blood Spring and Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly egg.
• Ye Jingcheng left Ye Jinghe to guard Sand Yellow Mountain and its Teleportation Array, then flew to the Ye Family’s Temporary Market at Twin Peaks.
• Ye Qingfeng welcomed Ye Jingcheng and directed him to the Auction Hall, where Ye Haiyan and Ye Xingliu reported that the market had already attracted many cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng settled into the guest inn as the market’s crowds grew, then received a Sound Transmission Talisman from Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao.

Ye Jingcheng met with Void Embrace True Monarch, Prefecture Lord Liu, Prefect Wang, and Prefecture Lord Xiao as they prepared for possible trouble from demonic sects. The Temporary Market opened to an unexpectedly huge crowd, while Ye Jingcheng spotted suspicious cultivators and strengthened preparations for the auction.

• Ye Jingcheng welcomed Void Embrace True Monarch, Prefecture Lord Liu, Prefect Wang, and Prefecture Lord Xiao, who warned that they expected additional gains and possible demonic sect interference.
• Ye Jingcheng gifted Bright Heart Tea to the two Nascent Soul cultivators, then helped disguise their departure with spirit puppets before Void Embrace True Monarch revealed his cave-heaven and offered tea in return.
• Ye Jingcheng surveyed the Temporary Market as more than twenty thousand cultivators arrived and the Ye Family's shops drew heavy business.
• Several Golden Core cultivators began considering whether they could profit by running a market themselves, and Ye Jingcheng urged them to contribute treasures to the auction.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed several threatening cultivators in Aura Isolation Robes and suspected they were from the Heavenly Devil Sect.

The Ye Family’s successful auction ended, and Ye Jingcheng imposed strict cultivation-based limits on the Night Market to guard against an expected attack. During the Golden Core session, a disguised Nascent Soul cultivator tried to kill Ye Jingcheng while offering Bone Yin Qi, but Ye Jingcheng escaped and exposed the attacker as Heavenly Devil True Monarch as Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu struck.

• Ye Jingcheng’s auction earned the Ye Family more than seven million Spirit Stones, and the Rakshasa Swords sold for one million six hundred and thirty thousand.
• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Haiyan, and Ye Xingliu restricted Night Market entry by cultivation level, session size, and duration, and arranged for Golden Core cultivators to inspect attendees.
• The first two Night Market days passed without incident, and Ye Xingliu and Ye Haiyan obtained the Taiyang Spirit Grass for Ye Jingcheng.
• At the Golden Core Night Market, Ye Jingcheng offered a Gold Core Pill, a fourth-order Monster King demon core, and a fourth-order Yuan Recovery Pill in exchange for Nine Yin Qi.
• A disguised cultivator revealed himself as a Nascent Soul cultivator and attacked Ye Jingcheng with a demonic claw, but Ye Jingcheng escaped using his blood techniques and the Bright Moon Pearl painting.
• Ye Jingcheng recognized the attacker as Heavenly Devil True Monarch, and Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu attacked him.

Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu trapped and attacked Heavenly Devil True Monarch and Black Feather True Monarch, who escaped after tearing through the formation with their demon powers. Back at the market, Ye Jingcheng stopped three hidden attackers from killing Duan Chuan Yun, but several masked cultivators began coveting his Jade Scale Flood Dragon.

• Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu overwhelmed Heavenly Devil True Monarch and Black Feather True Monarch, while Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao helped sustain a Fifth Order Formation around Twin Peaks.
• Heavenly Devil True Monarch detonated two demon heads, and Black Feather True Monarch unleashed his Taiyin Ancient Crow wings to break through the formation; the two True Monarchs fled as their pursuers gave chase.
• Ye Jingcheng recovered from his injuries and used Void Embrace True Monarch's scroll to make the remaining Golden Core cultivators remove their Aura Isolation Robes.
• Three demon cultivators attacked Duan Chuan Yun, but Ye Jingcheng's Golden Scale Beast, Crimson Flame Fox, and Jade Scale Flood Dragon stopped them, and Duan Chuan Yun escaped with a Substitute Calamity Spirit Talisman.
• One attacker tried to provoke the crowd by revealing the Jade Scale Flood Dragon's Pure-Blood Frost Flood Dragon lineage, and several masked cultivators began eyeing it greedily.