Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng and Xing Yuan True Monarch hunted the Purple Cloud Dark Hawk Falcon on Purple Mystic Mountain and obtained its Nascent Soul and Purple Mystic Heavenly Spirit Wood. A beast tide then surged toward them, and they hurried back to the Teleportation Array after Xing Yuan sensed something was amiss.

• Xing Yuan True Monarch established a Teleportation Array and let the cultivators scatter to search for resources.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch led Ye Jingcheng to Purple Mystic Mountain to hunt its Purple Cloud Dark Hawk Falcon.
• Ye Jingcheng trapped the hawk falcon with the Kun Peng Leaping Sea Screen, and the two killed it and captured its Nascent Soul.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the Purple Mystic Heavenly Spirit Wood as numerous monster beasts, including several Demon Emperors, formed a beast tide.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch urged Ye Jingcheng to return to the Teleportation Array, warning that something was amiss.

Ye Jingcheng and Xing Yuan True Monarch retreated to the Teleportation Array as a large force of Demon Emperors from the Demon Saint Organization arrived. Xing Yuan True Monarch persuaded the cultivators to stand and fight with a promise of greater plunder, and Ye Jingcheng faced a fifth order peak Heavenly Horned Black Ox as the battle began.

• Ye Jingcheng and Xing Yuan True Monarch spotted more than ten approaching Demon Emperors, including Heavenly Horned Black Ox and Azure Origin Golden Horned Rhinoceros Demon Emperors, and hurried toward the Teleportation Array.
• The cultivators gathered inside the formation, and Xing Yuan True Monarch promised them ninety percent of the plunder if they defeated the attackers.
• Ye Jingcheng warned the Ye Family cultivators to seal their hearing as the oxen’s bellows shook the formation, while the Nascent Soul cultivators charged out to stop the Demon Emperors.
• Ye Jingcheng fought a fifth order peak Heavenly Horned Black Ox, but his Five Elements Divine Lightning and Black Tortoise Shell failed to stop its charge.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Water King Mirror to create an avatar and sent the Crimson Flame Fox to attack, but the Heavenly Horned Black Ox ignored the flames and charged straight at them.

The Ye Family and other factions reinforced the Spirit Shield as the beast tide overwhelmed the defenders, while Ye Jingcheng unleashed his Great Five Elements Divine Power and killed a fifth order peak Heavenly Horned Black Ox Demon Emperor. A hidden Demon Saint learned of the Ye Family’s growing power and interest in beast souls, then watched the messenger who revealed the secret vanish from backlash.

• Xiao He called on Ye Jingzhong to release the Ye Family’s Spirit Extinguishing Locusts and Soul Devouring Insects, easing pressure on the Spirit Shield.
• The Ye Family deployed numerous spirit puppets, and Xiao He urged the other clans and sects to reveal their hidden methods.
• Ye Jingcheng combined all five lesser divine powers and, with help from the Crimson Flame Fox, struck down the Heavenly Horned Black Ox Demon Emperor and captured its beast soul.
• The Nascent Soul cultivators and Demon Emperors looked toward Ye Jingcheng in shock after he killed a fifth order peak opponent.
• A phantom told the Demon Saint about the Ye Family’s powerful spirit beasts and collection of beast souls, then scattered as the Demon Saint stepped forward.

Ye Jingcheng killed the Taiyuan Black Bear Demon Emperor before a Spirit Transformation Demon Saint descended and clashed with Divine Lord Zhengyuan. Suspecting that Penglai and Profound Heaven had made their move, Ye Jingcheng sent the Ye Family toward the Teleportation Array, but another wave of pressure struck as he fled.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Water King Mirror, Azure Sun Flame, and Three Edged Thorn to kill Jiang Daorong's Taiyuan Black Bear Demon Emperor, then shared part of its corpse with Jiang Daorong.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed a Spirit Transformation Demon Saint's pressure, but Divine Lord Zhengyuan arrived and confronted the Xuan Yuan Demon Saint.
• The Xuan Yuan Demon Saint transformed into a giant ox and attacked Divine Lord Zhengyuan, whose rune-covered sword met its charge.
• Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family away from the battle and told them to teleport out, then stored them in his cave heaven and headed for the Teleportation Array.
• Another wave of pressure descended on Ye Jingcheng as he fled.

Ye Jingcheng resisted the Primal Thunder Demon Saint’s Yuan Tiger Heart Thunder Divine Domain long enough to escape its killing blow, while Divine Lord Zhengyuan fought to protect him. The Teleportation Array was destroyed, leaving Ye Jingcheng’s fate uncertain as the battle continued.

• Ye Jingcheng suppressed the Divine Domain’s rage and lightning with the Nine Yin Profound Soul Secret Classic and the One Qi Blood Soul Pearl.
• Ye Jingcheng used a Domain Breaking Talisman to shatter the Primal Thunder Demon Saint’s Divine Domain and evade its thunder palm.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan intensified his attacks on the Primal Thunder Demon Saint as spiritual qi tides battered the battlefield and trapped cultivators fled.
• The Xuan Niu Demon Saint howled in pain, and a sword light pierced toward the Primal Thunder Demon Saint.
• The Primal Thunder Demon Saint attacked Ye Jingcheng while reaching to seize the sword, and its thunderbolts shattered the Teleportation Array.

Ye Jingcheng used a sixth-rank Blood Escape Talisman to flee the Primal Thunder Demon Saint, while Divine Lord Zhengyuan tried to hold the demons back. Purple Sun Divine Lord and other Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived to attack the Primal Thunder Demon Saint, leaving Ye Jingcheng to escape the clash on his own.

• Ye Jingcheng used his defensive treasures and powers to survive the Primal Thunder Demon Saint's thunder palm, then activated his sixth-rank Blood Escape Talisman.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan attacked the Xuan Niu Demon Saint and the Primal Thunder Demon Saint, but the Primal Thunder Demon Saint endured his strikes and pursued Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng fled toward a Teleportation Array, but the Primal Thunder Demon Saint caught him in its divine domain and nearly overwhelmed him.
• Purple Sun Divine Lord arrived and cleaved through the thunder domain, while Sky Piercing Divine Lord, the Wang Family's Righteous Spirit Divine Lord, Divine Lord Tiande, and Divine Lord Xuanwu joined the battle.
• Ye Jingcheng fled again with blood escape, unwilling to risk his life amid the Spirit Transformation cultivators' attacks.

After the Primal Thunder Demon Saint fled, Ye Jingcheng thanked the Divine Lords who had rescued him and resolved to grow stronger. Divine Lord Zhengyuan arrived and accused Divine Lord Tiande and Divine Lord Xuanwu of involvement in the attack, bringing the rival sides close to a fight before Ye Jingcheng tried to defuse the confrontation.

• The Primal Thunder Demon Saint fled before the four Divine Lords could pursue him, and Ye Jingcheng reflected on his need for greater strength and caution.
• Ye Jingcheng thanked Purple Sun Divine Lord, Sky Piercing Divine Lord, Righteous Spirit Divine Lord, Divine Lord Tiande, and Divine Lord Xuanwu for saving him.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan arrived, gave Ye Jingcheng a spirit pill, and demanded an explanation from Divine Lord Tiande and Divine Lord Xuanwu for the attack.
• Divine Lord Xuanwu and Divine Lord Tiande prepared to fight as Purple Sun Divine Lord and Sky Piercing Divine Lord joined Divine Lord Zhengyuan, while Righteous Spirit Divine Lord tried to mediate.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Divine Lord Zhengyuan about his junior brothers, seeking to ease the confrontation without revealing the Space Node.

After the battle with the Demon Saints, Divine Lord Zhengyuan and the other cultivators prepared a counterattack against the Heavenly Insect Realm. Ye Jingcheng returned to the grotto heaven, reassured his family, and used Soul Searching to uncover valuable treasures on Holy Bull Continent.

• Divine Lord Zhengyuan ordered Xing Yuan True Monarch and Bai Yuan True Monarch to rebuild the Teleportation Array, then secured the other Divine Lords’ support for a campaign against the demon mountains and continents.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan declared that the Righteous Path Sect would allocate the spirit mountains because it had suffered the greatest losses.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the grotto heaven, where his family welcomed him and he told them to prepare for the counterattack the next day.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Beast Souls of two slain Demon Emperors to the Dream Devouring Insect and searched the Heavenly Horned Black Ox Demon Emperor’s memories.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that the ox’s lair held a nearly mature Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, a Fifth Order Spirit Eye Spring, and a Fifth Order Yun Yu Spirit Tea tree.

Ye Jingcheng led Ye Family cultivators to claim the treasures in Sky Horn River Valley while Divine Lord Tiande ordered Penglai Sect to stop targeting the Ye Family for now. The Ye Family secured the valley’s resources and a young Heavenly Horned Black Ox, while the Great Demon Saints watched without intervening.

• Divine Lord Tiande told Crimson Blood True Monarch not to target the Ye Family and sent him to assist Yuan Hun True Monarch.
• Divine Lord Tiande ordered Saint Cloud True Monarch to watch Kasyapa and said Penglai Sect would leave the area lightly guarded.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Sky Horn River Valley with Ye Family cultivators and had them set up a formation.
• The pregnant Heavenly Horned Black Ox Demon Emperor charged out, and Ye Jingcheng used the Kun Peng Leaping Sea Screen to knock her down and kill her.
• Ye Jingcheng sealed the Ox Demon Emperor’s Beast Infant, removed her nearly developed calf, and stored it after confirming it could advance five times.
• Ye Yunxi, Ye Xingliu, and the other Ye Family cultivators retrieved the Nine Twists Spirit Ginseng, the Fifth Order spirit tea tree, and the Fifth Order Spirit Spring as Ye Jingcheng watched for the Great Demon Saints.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family traveled to the Xuan Niu Holy Land after gathering treasures and recording valuable sites across Xuan Niu Continent. There, the six Immortal Sects learned that they had found a Space Node near Yuan Lei Continent and decided to build a city to guard it.

• Ye Qing Nian collected a Fifth Order Earth Origin Absolute Flame Ginseng, and Ye Yunxi lamented that Spirit Transformation cultivators had limited the Ye Family's share of the nearby resources.
• Ye Qing Nian cautioned Ye Yunxi to speak carefully, then the two prepared to head for the Xuan Niu Holy Land.
• Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family toward the holy land aboard the Righteous Path Sect's Dragon Horn Dragon Envoy Flying Boat, carrying records of Secret Realms and mineral veins he had found.
• The Dragon Horn Dragon Envoy Flying Boat arrived at the holy land, where the other cultivators treated Ye Jingcheng with deference.
• Ye Jingcheng received word that a Space Node had been found and entered the temporary Council Hall, where Divine Lord Zhengyuan announced its location and ordered the sects to build a city there before resuming their clearing of Monster Beasts.

Kasyapa True Monarch led Xuan Ming True Monarch and other Nascent Soul cultivators to uncover a Heavenly Dragon Blood Demon Fruit, hoping it would help him reach Spirit Transformation. Their harvest turned into a deadly ambush by a peak Fifth-Order Corpse Underworld Insect and a Corpse Emperor blood flood dragon, which trapped the sect cultivators and began devouring them.

• Kasyapa True Monarch brought the cultivators to the Nameless Stone and revealed that a Sixth Order Spirit Herb was hidden there by an earlier Grand Elder.
• The cultivators set up the Demon Cloud Mysterious Concealment Formation while Kasyapa True Monarch broke the concealed formation and exposed the Blood Demon Fruit tree.
• The Blood Demon Fruit's resentment disturbed the cultivators, and Xuan Ming True Monarch warned that the sea of blood was about to dry up.
• Kasyapa True Monarch ordered a retreat after sensing a nearby spirit insect, but a peak Fifth-Order Corpse Underworld Insect attacked Xuan Ming True Monarch and another cultivator.
• A fifth-order peak Corpse Emperor blood flood dragon emerged, struck Kasyapa True Monarch, and swallowed Xuan Ming True Monarch's body as a blood formation trapped the remaining cultivators.

Ye Jingcheng joined the Divine Lords in exploring a rift valley to locate a Space Node leading to the Spirit Realm. They found a promising but unstable node, though Divine Lord Xuanwu and Tian De Divine Lord departed before the group could settle on it.

• Divine Lord Zhengyuan called Ye Jingcheng and Void Embrace True Monarch into the valley with the other cultivators seeking Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Void Spirit Insect and Stone Spirit Cave Heaven to sense the chaotic space as the group encountered deadly moving Space Cracks.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan used his Celestial Star Void Measuring Disk to map the Space Cracks, while the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven detected an additional one.
• The group found a huge Space Crack releasing violent spiritual energy, and several Divine Lords tested it and judged that its Space Node likely led to the Spirit Realm.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan proposed using the node as an option and setting up formations, but Divine Lord Xuanwu left after learning his martial nephew was in trouble, and Tian De Divine Lord departed soon afterward.

Ye Jingcheng and the Divine Lords discovered a juvenile Space Crack Divine Earthworm in the Space Node, and Ye Jingcheng began planning to capture it for the Ye Family. After the Divine Lords headed toward the demon sects, he stayed behind in the formation, wary of the injured Demon Saints.

• Ye Jingcheng saw a spirit shadow swim through the Space Crack, and the Divine Lords recognized it as a Space Crack Divine Earthworm.
• Purple Sun Divine Lord suggested that spatial spirit mines had attracted the earthworm, but the group found no suitable mines and assumed it had left.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan led the Divine Lords out to investigate the Profound Sky Demon Sect’s activities, while Ye Jingcheng followed and considered capturing the earthworm.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch set up a formation to guard the valley and conceal the Space Node.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan invited Ye Jingcheng to come along, but Ye Jingcheng declined and was warned to remain inside the formation because the Demon Saints might still be nearby.

Ye Jingcheng captured and subdued a juvenile Space Crack Divine Earthworm inside the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven. After meeting with Divine Lord Zhengyuan, he learned that a powerful Corpse Emperor had escaped two Spirit Transformation cultivators and was warned that his Jade Scale Dragon could make him a target.

• Ye Jingcheng hid in the rift valley and prepared the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven to lure and capture the Space Crack Divine Earthworm.
• The divine earthworm attacked the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit, but Ye Jingcheng and his Spirit Beasts trapped it and forced a Soul Contract after three days of struggle.
• Ye Jingcheng left the grotto heaven and saw the palaces and spirit veins the cultivators had built around the valley.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan told Ye Jingcheng that Kasyapa and Xuanming had died while pursuing the Heavenly Dragon Blood Demon Fruit, and that the Corpse Emperor had escaped from Tian De and Xuan Wu.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan warned Ye Jingcheng that the blood-flood-dragon Corpse Emperor might target him because he had a flood dragon by his side.

Ye Xingliu and Ye Qing Nian returned from a secret realm with the Ye Family’s harvest and met with representatives of Illusion Cloud Valley and the Mystic Puppet Sect. As the Ye Family’s status had risen, the Mystic Puppet Sect offered them a rare snake, and Ye Qing Nian proposed giving it to Feng'er instead.

• Ye Haiyan reported the Ye Family’s secret-realm harvest, and Ye Xingliu said they only needed to hand over fourth-rank Spirit Medicine Treasures or higher while giving the Righteous Path Sect its share.
• Ye Xingliu thanked Liu Huan for Illusion Cloud Valley’s help, and she gave the Ye Family a Spirit Beast Bag containing renowned hatchlings before they parted.
• Ye Haiyan and Ye Xingliu reflected on how the Ye Family had gone from seeking Illusion Peak’s favor to receiving gifts and invitations, while Ye Qing Nian did not share their memories of the family’s former standing.
• Ye Xingliu and the others arrived at the Mystic Puppet Sect, where Mountain Puppet Real Person offered them a juvenile Crimson Spirit King Snake with strong potential to become a Crimson Jiao.
• Ye Haiyan offered the snake to Ye Qing Nian, who suggested giving it to Feng'er so she could later refine a superior Natal Magic Treasure for him.

Ye Jingcheng watched the Ye Family’s exploration of a Third-Order Secret Realm and used Yun Yu Spirit Tea to support his cultivation while studying alchemy. After the clan members returned with a rich harvest, he let them keep most lower-order resources and promised Gold Core Pills to Ye Jingting and Xiao Shaon when the Golden Dewdrop Fruit matured.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Space Crack Divine Earthworm to observe Ye Jingting and Xiao Shaon transplanting a Golden Core Fruit Tree sapling inside the secret realm.
• Ye Jingcheng drank Yun Yu Spirit Tea, shared a cup with the subdued Space Crack Divine Earthworm, and considered how to use its ability to open secret realms.
• Ye Jingcheng studied an alchemy jade slip and planned to refine Nascent Soul Pills, Zhu Yan Pills, and Golden Falcon Pills for the Ye Family and his Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Jingting, Xiao Shaon, and the other explorers returned from the secret realm and handed Ye Jingcheng their gains.
• Ye Jingcheng let the clan members keep resources below the fourth order, requested a share for the sect, and promised Ye Jingting and Xiao Shaon a Gold Core Pill each when the Golden Dewdrop Fruit matured.

Ye Jinghu and Zi Lan arrived in Heavenly Demon State, where Ye Jinghu sought information about Long Xunxian and the force behind a jade talisman. He learned that Long Xunxian had died, but a trade fair at the Cloud Fragrance Wine House offered another lead and a chance to explore establishing a Ye Family presence.

• Ye Jinghu and Zi Lan entered the Cloud Fragrance Wine House and took a window seat on the fourth floor.
• Ye Jinghu asked Xiao Xiao about Long Xunxian, and she said he had died five years earlier after failing to break through to Nascent Soul.
• Ye Jinghu doubted Xiao Xiao's account and showed her a jade talisman, but she said only the proprietor might recognize it.
• Xiao Xiao gave Ye Jinghu a jade token advertising a Golden Core Auction and Trade Fair in five days.
• Ye Jinghu noticed the fair listed a demon core useful to Thunder Tiger and considered that the Ye Family might establish an enterprise in Heavenly Demon State.

Ye Jinghu attended Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant’s Trade Fair, learned about the major factions of Heavenly Demon State, and bid on treasures at the auction. He purchased Azure Essence Ape essence blood and set his sights on an Azure Light Thundercloud Leopard’s core to help his Thunder Tiger advance.

• Ye Jinghu left Zi Lan at the restaurant and went to the Trade Fair at Esteemed Guests Estate.
• Ye Jinghu met Xiao Yuan, who introduced him to the powerful factions of Heavenly Demon State, including Beast Origin Sect.
• Xun Yuanqing opened the Trade Fair with an auction followed by a barter session.
• Ye Jinghu passed on the first auction items but purchased three drops of Azure Essence Ape essence blood.
• Ye Jinghu bid eighty-five High-Grade Spirit Stones for the Azure Light Thundercloud Leopard’s core to strengthen his Thunder Tiger.

Ye Jinghu attended a trade fair to seek fifth-order Crimson Fox essence blood, buying a Gold Core Pill for Zi Lan and offering rare treasures in exchange for information. Xun Yuanqing revealed that the Beast Origin Sect possessed the needed essence blood and gave Ye Jinghu a sample to take to True Monarch Qianchen for negotiations.

• Ye Jinghu won a Gold Core Pill for 150 High-Grade Spirit Stones and later exchanged a fourth-order Lightning Talisman for a fourth-order Thunder Luan hide.
• Ye Jinghu offered a Thunder Blast Talisman, a Pure Essence Golden Yang Pill, and a Longevity Peach in exchange for information and essence blood from a fifth-order fire-attribute spirit fox, but found no suitable trade.
• Xun Yuanqing invited Ye Jinghu to a private pavilion and revealed that he belonged to the Beast Origin Sect, the faction Ye Jinghu had sought through Long Xunxian.
• Xun Yuanqing warned Ye Jinghu about the Xiao Family's pattern of leading outsiders into the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range and confirmed that the Beast Origin Sect had fifth-order Crimson Fox essence blood.
• Xun Yuanqing said the essence blood came from a late-stage Three-Eyed Crimson Sky Fox and gave Ye Jinghu a drop of ordinary Crimson Sky Fox spirit blood to bring to True Monarch Qianchen.

Xun Yuanqing received instructions from a crimson-robed fox-eared figure, while Ye Jinghu left Heavenly Demon Mountain Range with Zi Lan after securing news of the red fox. At Sky Phoenix Oasis, Ye Qingsheng discovered that the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s seclusion was affecting the Ye Family’s earth-element crops and declared it a great joy for the family.

• Xun Yuanqing reported that the arrangements were complete, and the fox-eared figure warned him to stay concealed while Spirit Transformation cultivators searched for Space Nodes.
• Xun Yuanqing told a subordinate to take Xiao Yuan mountain climbing in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range.
• Ye Jinghu and Zi Lan left the inn for the Teleportation Array, and Ye Jinghu brushed off Xiao Yuan when they crossed paths.
• Xiao Yuan grew furious after Ye Jinghu left, then heard that Zhao Wuji had found a Golden Core cultivator interested in searching for treasure.
• Ye Qingsheng traced Ye Yunhui’s failing earth-element crops to spiritual energy leaking toward Sky Shadow Peak and told him the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s seclusion was a great joy for the Ye Family.