Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng defeated three Golden Core devil cultivators who had tried to seize the fourth-order flood dragon, and the surviving cultivators accepted his authority over the Night Market. At dawn, he welcomed Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu back to Twin Peaks after their pursuit.

• Ye Jingcheng trapped and killed a late-stage Golden Core cultivator with the Bright Moon Pearl treasure map and Black Tortoise Divine Wrath, then subdued another with the Heavenly Hatred Bowl and Five Elements Divine Lightning.
• Ye Jingcheng and his Spirit Beasts overwhelmed a Golden Core Peak cultivator, and the Dream Devouring Insect consumed the souls of all three devil cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng invited the remaining Golden Core cultivators to resume the Night Market the next night and ordered the gathered cultivators to remain alert through the night.
• At dawn, Ye Jingcheng and the other Golden Core cultivators flew out to welcome Void Embrace True Monarch, Prefecture Lord Liu, Prefect Wang, and Prefecture Lord Xiao aboard the Dragon Envoy Flying Boat.
• Ye Jingcheng welcomed Void Embrace True Monarch and Prefecture Lord Liu back in triumph and invited them to a prepared banquet.

After the banquet, Void Embrace True Monarch confirmed that Heavenly Devil True Monarch had been executed while Black Feather True Monarch escaped badly wounded, and Ye Jingcheng received Bone Yin Qi and a Taiyin Ancient Crow wing from his allies. Ye Jingcheng searched the demon cultivators’ souls, learned that Silver Spear Real Person had escaped, and ended the Temporary Market with new herbs and substantial gains for the Ye Family.

• Ye Jingcheng hosted the cultivators after the battle, and Void Embrace True Monarch revealed that Heavenly Devil True Monarch had died while Black Feather True Monarch had escaped with severe injuries.
• Void Embrace True Monarch offered Ye Jingcheng Bone Yin Qi, and Prefecture Lord Liu gave him a severed Taiyin Ancient Crow wing and its essence blood.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Dream Devouring Insect to search three demon cultivators’ souls and discovered that Silver Spear Real Person had fled the battle again.
• Ye Jingcheng sorted the recovered treasures, fed his Spirit Beasts, and traded for two supplementary spirit herbs at the final Golden Core Night Market.
• The Temporary Market ended, and the sects and the Duan Family continued guarding its surroundings as Ye Jingcheng joined the patrols; the Ye Family had earned over five million Spirit Stones.

Ye Jingcheng attacked Blood Origin Valley, killed Blood Celebration True Person, and wiped out the Blood Spear Sect despite its attempts to negotiate. After returning to Southern Wilderness State, he learned Silver Spear True Person’s hiding place and resolved to wait until he was stronger before pursuing him.

• Blood Celebration True Person offered his own death and treasures to end the conflict, but Ye Jingcheng refused and demanded to see Silver Spear True Person.
• Ye Jingcheng killed Blood Celebration True Person with a soul attack and the help of his three Spirit Beasts, then led them in destroying the sect’s cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the spoils and returned to Southern Wilderness State while the two prefecture lords intercepted Profound Heaven Demon Sect reinforcements.
• Ye Jingcheng searched Blood Celebration True Person’s soul and learned that a Golden Roc of the Hundred Beasts Sect was about to produce a powerful mutated offspring.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that Silver Spear True Person was hiding in He Chong Prefecture and decided to advance to Golden Core Peak before trying to kill him.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain after coordinating with Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao, then planned years of cultivation and preparations for a Nascent Soul breakthrough. Meanwhile, Ye Xuecang prepared the Ye Family to attend Golden Light Temple’s impending preaching of the Dao, where a struggle over territory and orthodox lineages was expected.

• Ye Jingcheng met Prefect Wang and Prefecture Lord Xiao, handed over forty percent of the Blood Spear Sect’s spoils, and learned that he should stay cautious while the senior cultivators entered seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Sand Yellow Mountain, reviewed the treasures other families had sent, and told Ye Haiyan and Ye Xingliu to gather intelligence on the Hundred Beasts Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng entered his Grotto-Heaven, urged Peach Wood to cultivate harder, distributed supplies to his Spirit Beasts and Wood Demons, and set out his cultivation goals for the coming decade.
• Ye Jingyu reported to Ye Xuecang, Ye Haicheng, and Ye Jinghu that Golden Light Temple’s preaching of the Dao was one month away and that powerful cultivators had gathered across the region.
• Ye Xuecang decided to attend the preaching with the Three-Eyed Demon King and Thunder Peng Demon King, ordered preparations to gather clansmen and mine the Heavenly Poison Swamp, and directed Ye Jingyu to select talented disciples and send the family roster to the Taiyi Sect.

Medicine King Valley gathered allies for a sermon gathering intended to challenge Penglai’s dominance, while the Ye Family arrived hoping to secure protection and report what it knew about Penglai’s schemes. The gathering had not yet begun, and the Ye Family still needed to reach Spirit Rainbow Fairy without exposing its secrets.

• Hundred Refinements True Monarch urged the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators to support Medicine King Valley, while Scar Monk warned him to proceed cautiously until Bai Yao broke through to Spirit Transformation.
• Blood Cloud True Monarch declared that Blood King Valley would support Medicine King Valley after Celestial Corpse Sect’s forces repeatedly invaded its territory.
• The Ye Family’s spirit boat entered Divine Medicine Valley, where Zi Yue Real Person met Ye Xuecang and received a jade slip about the Demon Emperor and rare Fifth Order Spirit Herbs.
• Ye Xuecang told his family to wait until they met Spirit Rainbow Fairy before reporting the Demon Refining Pillar, and warned them to prepare for danger at the gathering.
• Mo Dao Real Person approached the Ye Family, and the assembled sects reached Medicine King Mountain, where Medicine King Valley directed them to wait at the Guest Welcoming Palace.

The Ye Family settled into its guest palace at Medicine King Mountain while Ye Qingshuang grew increasingly suspicious of the secrets surrounding her cultivation. Ye Xuecang met Spirit Rainbow Fairy and hinted that the Ye Family’s knowledge of the Eight Desolations Sect could help Medicine King Valley, then left without revealing everything.

• Ye Xuecang and Ye Haicheng realized Medicine King Valley had given the Ye Family a palace reserved for Nascent Soul factions, and Ye Xuecang took Ye Jingyu to visit the Taiyi Sect’s residence but did not find Spirit Rainbow Fairy.
• Zi Yue Real Person questioned Ye Qingshuang about her family’s behavior, while Qingshuang reflected on the family’s guarded attitude and the pain she felt when trying to return to her former cultivation method.
• Ye Xuecang received a summons from Spirit Rainbow Fairy and went to meet her with Ye Jingyu.
• Ye Xuecang told Spirit Rainbow Fairy that the Ye Family had obtained part of the Eight Desolations Sect’s inheritance and suggested that Bai Yao True Monarch’s breakthrough might help the family recall more.
• Ye Xuecang refused to explain everything or accept protection in exchange for the Ye Family’s secrets, then left with Ye Jingyu as Spirit Rainbow Fairy watched them go.

Su Xin Shangren learned that the Ye Family was treated as a Nascent Soul faction, while allied factions sought its favor and Heavenly Saber Sect prepared to rely on its backing. Qingfeng Shangren then heard Celestial Corpse Sect’s plan to accuse the Ye Family and pressure it during the lecture.

• Taiyi Sect’s affiliated factions visited Su Xin Shangren with gifts and asked her to put in good words for them with the Ye Family.
• Su Xin Shangren learned that the Ye Family had its own palace in the Peach Blossom Grove, reserved for Nascent Soul factions.
• Mo Dao Real Person reassured the Xiao and Gu Families that the Ye Family would protect Heavenly Saber Sect and suggested letting others learn that Purple Moon Mountain’s cultivators bore the Ye surname.
• Qingfeng Shangren welcomed Nine Li and Fu Xue of Celestial Corpse Sect, hoping their alliance would help Qinghe Sect recover its standing.
• Nine Li and Fu Xue urged Qingfeng Shangren to accuse the Ye Family of causing the beast tides and killing West King Real Person, then recruit other sects to pressure it at the lecture.

Medicine King Valley began its Dao lecture while Bai Yao True Monarch pursued a breakthrough to Spirit Transformation, drawing cultivators from across the Eastern Region. Tai Peng True Monarch arrived late and challenged Medicine King Valley and Golden Light Temple, but the lecture proceeded as Penglai’s wider troubles kept him from taking action.

• Hundred Refinements True Monarch opened the gathering and explained that Bai Yao True Monarch had obtained a Sixth Order Spirit Transformation treasure herb and entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough.
• Ye Xuecang, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Jinghu surveyed the gathered factions, noticed Qingfeng Shangren contacting coastal sects, and worried about the Ye Family’s safety.
• Golden Spirit True Monk arrived before the lecture, while Penglai’s pavilion remained empty as the appointed hour approached.
• Tai Peng True Monarch arrived with his disciple and questioned why Bai Yao had not sought Penglai’s help, then challenged Golden Spirit True Monk for coming without permission.
• Golden Spirit True Monk defended his visit by citing Medicine King Valley disciples who had joined Golden Light Temple, and Tai Peng took his seat without stopping the lecture.
• Hundred Refinements True Monarch resumed the gathering and announced that Medicine King Valley had prepared Azure Jade Spirit Dew for the attendees.

After five days of sermons, rival Nascent Soul factions turned a Dao discussion into a confrontation over the Ye Family’s origins and the Azure Cloud Beast Tide. Tai Peng True Monarch attacked Hundred Refinements True Monarch with a powerful punch, damaging Medicine King Mountain’s arrays before declaring the matter settled.

• Hundred Refinements True Monarch and four other cultivators delivered five days of sermons, after which Celestial Corpse True Monarch called for a discussion of the Dao.
• Celestial Corpse True Monarch and Tai Peng True Monarch challenged the Ye Family over its presence at the gathering, its missing Nascent Soul cultivator, and its connection to the Azure Cloud Beast Tide.
• Hundred Refinements True Monarch defended the Ye Family as a branch of Taiyi Sect nurtured by Medicine King Valley, then confronted Tai Peng True Monarch.
• Tai Peng True Monarch unleashed a punch carrying a Fifth Order Top Grade magic treasure, blasting away Hundred Refinements True Monarch’s Sinking King Hammer and damaging Medicine King Mountain’s arrays.
• Hundred Refinements True Monarch returned injured and disheveled, while Tai Peng True Monarch said he would let the matter rest and called for the discussion to continue.

At Medicine King Mountain, Qingfeng Shangren challenged the Ye Family, but Ye Jinghu defeated him with thunder techniques and Spirit Beasts. Ye Xuecang later won another match, leaving cultivators and Tai Peng True Monarch increasingly wary of the Ye Family’s possible ties to powerful Demon Emperors.

• Tai Peng True Monarch’s scrutiny frightened Ye Jingyu, and Ye Xuecang warned the Ye Family to stay cautious.
• Qingfeng Shangren challenged the Purple Mansion cultivators, and Ye Jinghu stepped forward to represent the Ye Family.
• Ye Jinghu broke Qingfeng Shangren’s sword formation with his Thunder Peng and thunder tiger, then injured him with a concealed Thunder Breaking Arrow until Qingfeng conceded.
• Hundred Refinements True Monarch declared Ye Jinghu the winner, and the exchanges continued with cultivators challenging Medicine King Valley’s allies.
• Ye Xuecang defeated a late-stage Golden Core cultivator from Celestial Corpse Sect with the Thunder Peng Demon King and Three-Eyed Demon King, intensifying suspicions about the Ye Family’s links to Demon Emperors.
• Tai Peng True Monarch worried the Ye Family might be connected to Fox Saint, and the exchanges ended after another day without a Nascent Soul match.

Ye Jingteng learned that the Ye Family had grown far more powerful than he knew, but Xuandao Real Person’s forced soul search yielded no secrets. At Tengyun Mountain, a veiled cultivator summoned Ye Jingteng’s clansmen and disciples to question them.

• Ye Xuecang and the Ye Family waited at Medicine King Valley while their six candidates took the assessment, and all six were accepted.
• Su Xin and other Yan Country cultivators approached Ye Xuecang, who declined to discuss gifts or favors at the assessment site.
• Ye Jingteng prepared spirit herbs to exchange for pills and wondered about Ye Jingcheng’s cultivation when Xuandao Real Person arrived and asked about the Ye Family.
• Xuandao Real Person showed Ye Jingteng images of Ye Haicheng, Ye Xuecang, and the Ye Family’s Nascent Soul power, leaving Ye Jingteng shocked and desperate to see Ye Jingcheng.
• Xuandao Real Person forcibly searched Ye Jingteng’s soul, but the Jade Book destroyed the soul and revealed nothing beyond what the Soul Inquiry Talisman had shown.
• A cultivator in an Aura Isolation Robe gathered Ye Jingteng’s clansmen and disciples at Tengyun Mountain and told them to answer questions truthfully.

The Celestial Corpse Sect and its allies attacked the Ye Family’s markets and strongholds across Yan Country, but the family had already hidden most of its core cultivators. Tai Peng True Monarch ordered further pressure on Medicine King Valley’s affiliated forces while planning his own breakthrough, as the surviving Ye Family members waited at Long Elephant Valley for news.

• Corpse Cloud Old Demon and three allies attacked Taihang Market, where Ye Family cultivators fled or self-detonated rather than be captured.
• The attackers struck Taichang Market, Heaven's Descent Market, Heaven's Blessing Market, and Lingyun Peak, but found few important Ye Family cultivators.
• Tai Peng True Monarch ordered his disciples to return to the sect and investigate whether the Ye Family had established a branch elsewhere, while postponing an attack on the Mount Taihang Mountain Range.
• Tai Peng True Monarch said he had a chance to break through to Spirit Transformation and planned to have Red Blood act after he entered seclusion.
• At Long Elephant Valley, Ye Jingfeng, Ye Qingyan, and Ye Haiyu gathered beside a Teleportation Array and worried after the soul slips of several disciples shattered.

After Penglai’s attack devastated Yan Country’s market towns, Spirit Rainbow Fairy organized Medicine King Valley’s alliance with local factions and arranged new markets and Teleportation Arrays. The Ye Family received a Gold Core Pill and two pieces of Space Jade, while Ye Xuecang warned Spirit Rainbow Fairy about Zi Yue Real Person; he was left to decide where the extra arrays should go.

• Spirit Rainbow Fairy reassured the gathered factions that Medicine King Valley and its allies would protect them, and proposed relocating market towns, establishing Teleportation Arrays, and arranging exchanges with the Western Region.
• Ye Xuecang refused the factions’ gifts, promised the Ye Family would protect talented descendants placed in market towns, and urged Spirit Rainbow Fairy to beware of Zi Yue Real Person.
• Spirit Rainbow Fairy gave Ye Xuecang a Gold Core Pill as the Ye Family’s reward and cautioned him to keep a low profile and avoid acting rashly.
• Spirit Rainbow Fairy, Qingling True Monarch, and Lin'an True Monarch traveled with the Ye Family to Yan Country and established Teleportation Arrays at Taichang Mountain Range and Lingyun Peak.
• Medicine King Valley’s group established more Teleportation Arrays across the region and left the Ye Family two additional pieces of Space Jade, leaving Ye Xuecang to choose their locations.

After thirteen years in seclusion, Ye Jingcheng broke through to Golden Core Peak and learned how the Ye Family and his Spirit Beasts had progressed. He decided to wait until his divine soul grew stronger before confronting the Blood Spear Sect, while preparing to target the Hundred Beasts Sect.

• Ye Jingcheng emerged from seclusion at Golden Core Peak after thirteen years and found his divine soul nearing Fifth Order strength.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the cave heaven, distributed spirit pills and Treasure Light, and noted the Spirit Beasts and spirit plants that had advanced.
• Ye Jingcheng reviewed the Ye Family’s news, including new Purple Mansion cultivators, another Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and the deaths of Ye Jingteng and other clansmen during the unrest.
• Ye Jingnan reported that the Temporary Market had succeeded, the Golden Roc was incubating at Beast Origin Mountain, and the Blood Spear Sect’s mountain gate had tightened its security.
• Ye Jingcheng decided to wait another half year to strengthen his divine soul before dealing with Silver Spear Real Person and the Blood Spear Sect.

After breaking through to Fifth Order divine soul cultivation, Ye Jingcheng tested his ability to wield the Two Elements Chessboard Pearl and welcomed the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly’s hatching. He reunited with Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng to begin a campaign against the Blood Spear Sect and Hundred Beasts Sect, with Silver Spear Real Person as their first target.

• Ye Jingcheng emerged from seclusion with his divine soul at the Fifth Order and measured its reach at about one hundred and eight thousand zhang.
• Ye Jingcheng borrowed the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s true essence and successfully used the Two Elements Chessboard Pearl to trap the Spirit Beasts in its chessboard world.
• Ye Jingcheng fed Turtle Ancestor spiritual pills and found that the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly had hatched, revealing its naturally powerful illusion ability.
• Ye Jingcheng reached Sand Yellow Mountain and joined Ye Xuefan, Ye Haicheng, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor to plan attacks on the Blood Spear Sect and Hundred Beasts Sect.
• Ye Xuefan proposed that the group first travel to He Chong Prefecture to kill Silver Spear Real Person before proceeding to Wang Qing Prefecture.

Ye Jingcheng infiltrated Purple He County and killed Silver Spear Real Person before he could complete a Nascent Soul breakthrough. After looting the secret realm and learning the Yin Yang Nascent Soul Refining Method, Ye Jingcheng discovered that Black Feather True Monarch had reincarnated through Body Seizing and was rebuilding his Nascent Soul.

• Ye Jingcheng crossed Demon Cloud Abyss, planted Shadow Wood Puppets along the way, and reached Purple He County in disguise as a Blood Spear Sect disciple.
• Ye Jingcheng used an illusion scroll to capture and kill Senior Brother Peng, then sealed the spirit lake before entering Silver Spear Real Person's secret realm.
• Ye Jingcheng interrupted Silver Spear Real Person's breakthrough, defeated him and his Yin Yang Demon Corpses, and killed him with a Flying Sword.
• Ye Jingcheng soul-searched Silver Spear Real Person, learned the Yin Yang Nascent Soul Refining Method, and destroyed the remnant of his soul hidden in Soul Nourishing Wood.
• Peach Wood and the Heavenly Treasure Rat gathered the secret realm's resources, and Ye Jingcheng learned that Black Feather True Monarch had undergone Body Seizing reincarnation there.

Ye Jingcheng attacked Black Feather True Monarch’s stronghold on Compass Mountain after learning that the Heavenly Devil Sect leader had seized a body and might have regained Nascent Soul strength. He reached the secret realm and found Black Feather True Monarch badly injured but at Fifth Order, leaving the two sides facing off as Peach Wood and the Spirit Beasts began breaking the formation.

• Ye Jingcheng learned from Silver Spear Real Person’s memories that Black Feather True Monarch had seized a Golden Core genius’s body and was recovering his strength at Compass Mountain.
• Ye Jingcheng left Ye Xuecang to eliminate the Blood Spear Sect cultivators while he headed for Compass Mountain to attack Black Feather True Monarch.
• Ye Jingcheng killed Thousand Faces Real Person and wiped out the Crimson Sky Sect cultivators, then entered the secret realm with the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor leading the way.
• Black Feather True Monarch’s Fifth Order formation struck the intruders, but the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor endured the flames while Peach Wood and the Spirit Beasts advanced.
• Ye Jingcheng saw that Black Feather True Monarch had recovered to Fifth Order despite serious injuries, and Black Feather True Monarch demanded to know who Ye Jingcheng was as the battle began.

Ye Jingcheng and the Demon Kings destroyed Black Feather True Monarch’s formation and killed him, then escaped the secret realm with their spoils. Xuan Ming True Monarch discovered the ruins and ordered the Heavenly Devil Sect to suppress the news and intercept them at Demon Gate Prefecture.

• Ye Jingcheng and the Demon Kings destroyed the Formation Cores while the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor overwhelmed Black Feather True Monarch, who tried to bargain for his life.
• Black Feather True Monarch unleashed three demon corpses, but Zhu Yan, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, and the Golden Scale Beast destroyed them before the Fifth Order Formation shattered.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor struck down Black Feather True Monarch’s body, and Ye Jingcheng’s Blood Soul Pearl, black-and-white pearl, and Flying Sword stopped his Nascent Soul from escaping.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Dream Devouring Insect to consume Black Feather True Monarch’s divine soul, searched it for hidden contingencies, and gave the Nascent Soul to the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor.
• Ye Haicheng and Ye Xuefan joined Ye Jingcheng after killing the Blood Spear Sect’s remaining forces and two neighboring Purple Mansion Factions, and the group withdrew from the area.
• Xuan Ming True Monarch found the secret realm in ruins and ordered the Heavenly Devil Sect to suppress news of the deaths and have Ghost Profound True Monarch intercept the fugitives at Demon Gate Prefecture.

Ye Jingcheng hid with his family in a cave heaven after escaping He Chong Prefecture with a Nascent Soul Pill and valuable treasures. Xuan Ming True Monarch and Ghost Profound True Monarch failed to identify or track the culprit, while Ye Jingcheng prepared to delay his return and pursue a breakthrough.

• Ghost Profound True Monarch used Hundred Ghosts Seeking Qi on Silver Spear's spirit blood, but found no remnant soul and suspected a demonic cultivator had collected it.
• Ghost Profound True Monarch sent out the Hundred Ghosts Patrol, but the spirits returned without locating the culprit, and Xuan Ming True Monarch eventually left.
• Ye Jingcheng hid in a stone coffin at Great Slumber Mountain while his companions stayed inside the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng considered the Nascent Soul Pill and his other spoils, including the Taiyin Ancient Crow's wings, the Black King Banner, and the Black Origin Hat.
• Ye Haicheng and Ye Xuefan urged Ye Jingcheng to use the Nascent Soul Pill and said Mo Dao Real Person could provide more of Heavenly Saber True Monarch's breakthrough insights.
• Ye Jingcheng and his family decided to remain in the cave heaven for about half a year before leaving.

Moon Bloom Real Person learned that the Hundred Beasts Sect was in danger and tried to flee with the Golden Peng Demon King, but Ye Xuefan’s group ambushed and killed them. Ye Xuefan then divided the next attacks, aiming to eliminate the remaining Golden Core cultivators and bring down the Hundred Beasts Sect.

• Moon Bloom Real Person received news of Silver Spear Real Person’s death and warned the Hundred Beasts Sect’s Golden Core elders to stay on guard and keep their disciples away from danger.
• Moon Bloom Real Person decided to flee to the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range with the Golden Peng Demon King, taking its egg and the Tongxi Wood through a hidden secret-realm exit.
• Ye Xuefan’s group trapped Moon Bloom Real Person and the Golden Peng Demon King in the Big Dipper Chess Formation and killed them, then seized their storage and Spirit Beast bags.
• Ye Xuefan planned to attack Thousand Gate City while Ye Jingcheng took the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor to Hundred Beasts Valley to kill Thousand Crane Real Person.