Chapter Summaries

At Sky Shadow Peak, the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor broke through to the Fifth Order Late Stage, displaying his growing resemblance to a true dragon. He apologized for the pressure from his breakthrough and offered Contribution Points for the spiritual qi he had consumed, while the Ye Family celebrated the benefits of his advancement.

• Ye Hai Fei and Ye Haiyu recognized the gathering spiritual clouds as signs that the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor was breaking through and prepared for the event.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor emerged from seclusion as a nine-hundred-meter golden flood dragon and revealed his Fifth Order Late Stage aura.
• His breakthrough’s pressure briefly weighed on Ye Family cultivators, so the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor apologized and offered to let them use his gravity to temper their bodies.
• The Earth Dragon Demon Emperor offered thirty million Contribution Points to compensate for the spiritual qi his breakthrough had consumed, and Ye Hai Fei accepted his apology.
• After the gathering dispersed, the Ye Family found that the spiritual qi across the spiritual vein had grown denser and the spirit plants and herbs were flourishing.

Ye Jingcheng refined three Nascent Soul Pills and received another powerful treasure fragment brought back by the Space Crack Divine Earthworm. After tending to his spirit beasts and Adamantine Flying Ants, he prepared to leave his cave heaven to gather materials and deliver pills to the Ye Family before focusing on a physical breakthrough.

• Ye Jingcheng refined three Nascent Soul Pills in his Fifth Order High Grade pill furnace and credited the furnace with improving his yield.
• The Space Crack Divine Earthworm brought Ye Jingcheng a dark iron fragment that he judged to come from at least a Sixth Order Magic Treasure.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Space Crack Divine Earthworm and fed his other spirit beasts, while preparing Zhu Yan, Stone Spirit, and Peach Wood to reach Fourth Order Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the Adamantine Flying Ants, fed them pills and spirit mines, bestowed Treasure Light, and collected their golden insect crystals.
• Ye Jingcheng checked the ant queens and their eggs, then left the cave heaven to gather materials and deliver the year's pills to the Ye Family before pursuing a physical breakthrough.

Ye Qing Nian led the Ye Family’s cultivators back to their city outside the Space Node, where he urged caution and arranged exchanges for their gathered spirit materials. Ye Jingcheng emerged from seclusion, sent valuable pills and the Golden Scale Beast back to the Sea of Sand, and then set out to retrieve his three refined Natal Magic Treasures.

• Ye Qing Nian persuaded Ye Jingzhong not to risk capturing Thunder Finch Cicadas, suggesting the family buy them instead, and Ye Jingzhong agreed.
• Ye Qing Nian arranged for the family to exchange surplus spirit materials with the Righteous Path Sect for spirit pills and Spirit Talismans, while Ye Haiyan requested a Golden Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill for his coming breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng emerged from seclusion and heard Ye Qing Nian report the Ye Family’s gains from the past year.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Ye Xingliu and Yun Xuan to take three Nascent Soul Pills, other spirit pills, and the Golden Scale Beast back to the Sea of Sand, then had Ye Qing Nian distribute pills to the family.
• Ye Jingcheng went to pay his respects to his master at the Divine Palace before visiting Xing Yuan True Monarch to collect his three fully refined Natal Magic Treasures.

Ye Jingcheng visited Divine Lord Zhengyuan and Xing Yuan True Monarch amid the growing focus on two remaining Space Nodes in the Heavenly Insect Realm. Xing Yuan True Monarch presented Ye Jingcheng with three powerful Natal Magic Treasure prototypes and a method for upgrading them, leaving Ye Jingcheng eager to thank their maker, Huang Qi.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that only the Space Nodes in Xuan Niu Continent and Fu Shui Continent remained usable, with cultivators gathering toward them.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch invited Ye Jingcheng in, and Ye Jingcheng gave him Fifth Order Yu Yun Spirit Tea and Spirit Pills in gratitude for the sect’s support.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch accepted the Spirit Pills and revealed three Fifth Order High Grade Natal Magic Treasure prototypes: the Vermilion Bird Feather, White Tiger Claw, and Qilin Horn.
• Ye Jingcheng tested the Qilin Horn’s power and learned that Huang Qi of the Righteous Yellow Faction had crafted the treasures and left room for future upgrades.
• Ye Jingcheng offered additional gifts, but Xing Yuan True Monarch accepted only the Spirit Tea and gave Ye Jingcheng Fifth Order Azure Dragon Brew to take to Huang Qi.

Ye Jingcheng entered seclusion after Xing Yuan True Monarch gave him a Blood Essence Body Tempering Pill and exchanged for more cultivation materials. Ten years later, he broke through to the Nascent Soul realm as a cultivator of both dharma and body, greatly increasing his strength.

• Ye Jingcheng thanked Xing Yuan True Monarch for the Blood Essence Body Tempering Pill and left Xing Yuan Palace to prepare for seclusion.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged for spirit herbs and materials at the Righteous Path Sect's temporary treasure vault, then returned to Thousand Dust Palace and entered seclusion.
• Several cultivators found a large herd of White Mountain Yuan Oxen in northern Yuan Lei Continent and planned to capture them, unaware that insect phantoms were entering their bodies.
• After ten years in Stone Spirit Cave Heaven, its spirit shadow reached the fourth-order peak, and Ye Jingcheng's physical body broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed his new strength and found that his physical body, with his spirit control and Grand Origin Golden Body secret art, rivaled an ordinary Nascent Soul Late Stage body cultivator.

Ye Jingcheng tested his strengthened body, rewarded his Spirit Beasts and spirits, and learned that Yu Ling had been born and the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit had advanced. The Space Crack Divine Earthworm brought him eleven treasure fragments, including a bell fragment inscribed with a secret art.

• Ye Jingcheng sparred with the Golden Scale Beast and Jade Scale Dragon, gauging his physical strength after his breakthrough and Spirit Warding.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded his Spirit Beasts, Wood Demons, and Stone Spirits, and Peach Wood told him that Yu Ling had been born.
• Ye Jingcheng welcomed Yu Ling and gave her spirit pills, Treasure Light, and a defensive magic treasure while the Jade Scale Dragon showed affection for her.
• The Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit broke through to the Fourth Order Peak, and Ye Jingcheng rewarded and encouraged it.
• The Space Crack Divine Earthworm delivered eleven treasure fragments to Ye Jingcheng, who found a small bell fragment inscribed with a secret art.

Ye Jingcheng examined a secret art for refining the Spirit Crossing Bell, which could communicate with the Upper Realm, then reviewed his treasures and spirit beasts in his grotto-heaven. He left planning to hunt a Demon Emperor for the Dream Devouring Insect and collected Water Spirit Pearls from the spirit lake.

• Ye Jingcheng learned that the ancient bell fragment contained a method for refining a magic treasure that could communicate with the Upper Realm, and considered its future use for the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Space Crack Divine Earthworm with Treasure Light and Fifth Order Spirit Pills, then learned that it had nearly exhausted the treasures around its Space Node.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected his magic treasure fragments and Natal Magic Treasures, noting that three had become outstanding Fifth Order High Grade treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng found that the Dream Devouring Insect had nearly consumed its Beast Soul without making much progress, so he resolved to hunt a Demon Emperor.
• Ye Jingcheng saw that an Adamantine Flying Ant with Primordial Heavenly Ant bloodline had reached late third order and could speak, then collected Water Spirit Pearls from the lake.

Ye Hai Fei sent Ye Jingfeng, Ye Qingfu, Ye Qingwen, and Ye Zhijian into Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly Valley to test their resolve before their Gold Core breakthroughs. The first three failed their trials, and the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly appeared and flapped its wings as Ye Zhijian entered.

• Ye Hai Fei warned the cultivators that the illusion formation had been strengthened, and Ye Jingfeng entered first.
• Ye Jingfeng failed to escape an illusion in which the Ye Family's secrets were exposed and Turtle Ancestor was captured, then vowed to try again in half a month.
• Ye Qingfu endured an illusion of a beast tide threatening Far Spirit Oasis and emerged after an hour.
• Ye Qingwen also failed his trial, and Ye Hai Fei explained that they lacked the heart-forging and experience needed to see through the illusions.
• Ye Zhijian entered the valley, where the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly appeared and began flapping its wings.

Ye Zhijian experienced a vivid dream of living as Ye Yunjian, a Ye Family sword cultivator who rose to power amid the family’s struggle against the Jade Soul Clan. The dream faded, leaving the family unsure whether Ye Zhijian had awakened memories of a past life or been possessed by the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly.

• Ye Zhijian dreamed of Ye Yunjian’s life, from his early training in the Ye Family to the family’s battles and eventual attempt to preserve its bloodline through reincarnation.
• Ye Zhijian saw a mysterious, formless sword move in his dream and awoke with it lingering in his mind.
• Ye Hai Fei suspected Ye Zhijian might be Hai Sheng reincarnated, while the dream’s force made the others sense a sword suspended above Sky Shadow Peak.
• Ye Haicheng and the others watched the phenomenon fade and tried to restore the weakened Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly with spirit pills.
• Ye Haicheng concluded Ye Zhijian might have awakened his past-life wisdom and begun preparing to break through to Golden Core, but the family decided to wait for Jingcheng and could not rule out possession.

Ye Zhijian’s breakthrough caused a strange phenomenon at Illusion Valley, and Ye Haicheng concealed its connection to reincarnation while the family celebrated his own breakthrough. A second, stronger phenomenon then erupted at Tribulation Crossing Mountain as the Six-Colored Cloud Deer revealed its fifth-order aura.

• Ye Haicheng ordered Ye Hai Fei to conceal Illusion Valley’s radiance and told Ye Xueliang that the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly could no longer preside over the illusion array.
• Ye Xueliang watched Ye Zhijian, while sword cultivators emerged from the Sword Tower after sensing his sword’s power and the Sword Ladder’s insights turning chaotic.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Xingyuan and the gathered clansmen that Ye Zhijian had broken through due to his Heavenly Spiritual Root, while secretly instructing those who knew the truth to keep silent.
• Ye Xingyuan congratulated Ye Haicheng on his late-stage Golden Core breakthrough, and the other clansmen followed with congratulations.
• A Spiritual Qi Tide and Rosy Cloud appeared near Tribulation Crossing Mountain, and Ye Haicheng ordered the formations activated, the area cleared, and the nearby clansmen prepared for a beast tide.
• Ye Haicheng sensed that the Six-Colored Cloud Deer secluded on Sky Shadow Peak had released a fifth-order aura.

The Six-Colored Cloud Deer overcame a ten-stage lightning tribulation and became a Demon Emperor, strengthening the Ye Family. The Three-Eyed Demon Peng then failed its own breakthrough and withdrew to recover, though Ye Haicheng left open the possibility of another attempt.

• Ye Haicheng supplied the Six-Colored Cloud Deer with Morning Dew and Spirit Beast meat, and its healing aura restored injured cultivators.
• The Six-Colored Cloud Deer summoned six powerful Wood Giants and endured ten lightning tribulations, absorbing lightning true essence before becoming a Demon Emperor.
• The Six-Colored Cloud Deer accepted more provisions and flew to Sky Shadow Peak to recuperate.
• Crimson spiritual radiance signaled the Three-Eyed Demon Peng's breakthrough attempt, but the phenomenon faded and it admitted its failure to Ye Haicheng.
• Ye Haicheng encouraged the Three-Eyed Demon Peng to heal and suggested it might try again if the Ye Family prepared Nascent Soul-forming treasures for it.
• The Three-Eyed Demon Peng agreed to recover and gave up its fine cave dwelling, accepting that it had fallen behind the Ye Family's leading Spirit Beasts.

Qiu Yong Real Person arrived at Mystic Bull City warning of a Blood Demon Jiao Demon Corpse, prompting Xing Yuan True Monarch to summon the major factions. Ye Jingcheng then returned to the Ye Family’s shops and asked Ye Qing Nian how the family had fared during his long absence.

• Qiu Yong Real Person reached Mystic Bull City aboard a spirit boat, crying that a demon corpse was coming, but his body dissolved into bloody water before Xing Yuan True Monarch could save him.
• Zi Hao Real Person identified the threat as the Blood Demon Jiao Demon Corpse, which had survived attacks by Divine Lord Xuanwu, and Xing Yuan True Monarch ordered reports sent to Yun Tan True Monarch and called for a meeting of the major factions.
• The Ye Family continued operating its tavern and Spirit Beast Shop in Mystic Bull City, selling spirit meals, pills, Spirit Beasts, talismans, and magic treasures while its skilled members earned Spirit Stones.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived at the Ye Family shop and asked Ye Qing Nian how the family had fared over the past ten-odd years.
• Ye Qing Nian reported that the family was doing well, though its gains were limited, and said several family members were in seclusion pursuing breakthroughs.

Ye Jingcheng joined a gathering of Nascent Soul cultivators to discuss the plan to destroy a powerful Blood Demon Jiao demon corpse in the Heavenly Insect Realm. The gathering revealed a Buddhist ancient treasure and four formation plates intended to weaken and trap the corpse.

• Ye Jingcheng reunited with Mystic Puppet True Monarch, learned that Jiang Daorong had died in Lei Yuan Continent, and agreed to bring Mystic Puppet True Monarch on the expedition.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Spirit Palace and sat beside Prefecture Lord Liu after Xing Yuan True Monarch urged him to take a more prominent seat.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch announced that a fifth-order peak Blood Demon Jiao demon corpse had repeatedly killed Nascent Soul cultivators and posed a threat to everyone near Mystic Bull City.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch revealed that Daoist Zhao had borrowed a Buddhist ancient treasure from Daoist Jin Ci and that the group had four fifth-order Buddhist formation plates.
• The Zhao Family cultivator displayed an azure Buddha Lamp whose radiance made Ye Jingcheng feel his heart and soul being cleansed.

Ye Jingcheng and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators prepared to hunt a demonic corpse, learning it might possess a Sixth Order treasure medicine capable of aiding a breakthrough to Spirit Transformation. Ye Jingcheng was assigned to lead the fifth team at Mystic Snow Peak and began studying the formation that would help trap the target.

• Ye Jingcheng tested the Buddha Lamp ancient treasure’s effects and considered using his own treasures against demonic cultivators.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch explained that the Buddha Lamp would weaken the demonic corpse and organized the cultivators into five teams to surround and kill it.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch revealed that the corpse might possess a Sixth Order qi-and-blood treasure medicine, prompting Ye Jingcheng and the others to covet its spoils.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch assigned Ye Jingcheng to lead six Nascent Soul Cultivators guarding Mystic Snow Peak and outlined the formation-based plan to trap the corpse.
• The cultivators swore Heavenly Dao Oaths and held a Trade Fair, where Ye Jingcheng exchanged for two Fifth Order Spirit Talismans.
• Ye Jingcheng began familiarizing himself with the Fifth Order High Grade Buddha Shadow Mystic Bell Formation Array Disk.

Ye Jingcheng prepared his team to help ambush the fifth-order peak Demon Corpse, supplying spirit talismans and rehearsing their formation before they secretly traveled to Mystic Snow Peak. There, they took up a concealed position overlooking the plain where the Demon Corpse was believed to be hiding.

• Ye Jingcheng served Yu Yun Spirit Tea, asked his teammates about their abilities, and distributed Fifth Order Spirit Talismans for them to purchase.
• Ye Jingcheng led the team through formation practice for three days while cultivators gathered above Mystic Bull City.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch teleported the thirty-seven Nascent Soul Cultivators outside the city and ordered them to scatter and stay concealed.
• Ye Jingcheng's team traveled for a day and a half to Mystic Snow Peak, where they spotted valuable Spirit Snow Pear Wood Trees and agreed to leave them untouched until the mission ended.
• Ye Jingcheng's team climbed to the snowy peak's midsection and surveyed the plain and pools where the Demon Corpse was believed to be hiding.

The injured Corpse Emperor lured its attackers into its underground hall, where they destroyed its blood pool and launched an assault with a Thunder Bead and an ancient Buddha treasure lamp. The ambush faltered when Huang Qi was revealed to be controlled by a Corpse Underworld Insect, leaving the Corpse Emperor poised to strike back.

• The Corpse Emperor ordered Blood Zombies to feed corpses into its blood pool, then disguised attackers approached and it attacked them, recognizing too late that they were external avatars without Nascent Souls.
• A cultivator tossed a Thunder Bead into the pool, unleashing lightning that destroyed the pool and weakened or killed several Blood Zombies.
• The Corpse Emperor pursued the attackers out of its underground hall, where Xing Yuan True Monarch, Wang Yuanshu, and Zhao Yunpo used an ancient Buddha treasure lamp and a Thousand-Hand Buddha phantom against it.
• The Corpse Emperor transformed into a half-flesh, half-bone jiao dragon and struck the ancient lamp, while the attackers saw that the lamp was damaging its exposed bones.
• Huang Qi tore apart the formation's Array Disk and was exposed as a Nascent Soul cultivator whose mind had been devoured by a Corpse Underworld Insect, weakening the Buddha phantom as the Corpse Emperor laughed at the attackers.

Xing Yuan True Monarch and the Nascent Soul cultivators fought the demon corpse with Buddhist arrays and Spirit Treasures, but the creature unleashed a blood-powered secret art and broke their defenses. As Yun Tan True Monarch and Ye Jingcheng arrived with reinforcements, the demon corpse remained empowered and the battle continued.

• The demon corpse targeted the Zhao Family cultivators, but a silver-white Mystic Needle forced it to dodge while a green Buddha Lamp and Buddhist arrays trapped and weakened it.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch warned Daoist Wang that the demon corpse could use Corpse Underworld Insects through the Blood Zombies, and more Nascent Soul cultivators arrived to strengthen the encirclement.
• The demon corpse drew blood qi from nearby Blood Zombies, raised its power beyond the Nascent Soul Realm, and shattered the Buddhist treasures and array flags.
• The demon corpse tore apart two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators and swallowed their Nascent Souls before Yun Tan True Monarch and Ye Jingcheng arrived with their teams.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch urged everyone to hold formation and keep attacking, insisting that the demon corpse was nearing the end of its strength.

Thirty-four Nascent Soul Cultivators surrounded the Demon Blood Flood Dragon demon corpse with four Buddhist formations and attacked, believing its injuries had weakened it. Ye Jingcheng suspected it was hiding its strength, and the corpse broke free to kill and devour another Nascent Soul Cultivator, throwing the group into panic.

• The four Buddhist formations and the Wang Family's ancient treasure restrained the demon corpse while Xing Yuan True Monarch and Yun Tan True Monarch urged the cultivators to keep attacking.
• Ye Jingcheng suspected the demon corpse was concealing its strength and realized the Immortal Sect leaders were using the other cultivators to wear it down.
• Ye Jingcheng set aside his ambition to claim the Spirit Transformation precious medicine and sent the Three Edged Thorn and Water King Mirror to attack the demon corpse.
• The demon corpse unleashed its bloody radiance, shattered the formation, and charged two exhausted Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• The demon corpse tore apart one cultivator's body and swallowed their Nascent Soul, sending the surrounding cultivators into panic.

As Nascent Soul Cultivators died fighting the demon corpse, the Spirit Transformation Divine Lords observed from a hidden pocket world and Divine Lord Zhengyuan warned the others against probing the Ye Family’s strength. Ye Jingcheng unleashed more of his hidden power to help attack the demon corpse, which was ordered by Lei Yuan Demon Saint to target the cultivator carrying the Five-Tailed Demon Fox.

• The four great sects’ Spirit Transformation Divine Lords discussed the demon corpse’s strength, its Heavenly Dragon Blood Demon Fruit, and the Demon Saints’ ban on higher-ranked intervention.
• Righteous Spirit Divine Lord questioned whether the Ye Family possessed a treasure that strengthened Monster Beasts, and Divine Lord Zhengyuan pointed to the family’s use of Spirit Herbs and to powerful beasts appearing when Tian De acted in the Eastern Region.
• After more Nascent Soul Cultivators fell, Xing Yuan True Monarch urged the strongest cultivators to go all out, and they began activating their spiritual treasures and ancient treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng continued operating the Buddha Shadow Golden Bell Formation, released the Crimson Flame Fox and Golden Scale Beast, and used his Buddhist treasure to unleash concealed Azure Sun Flame against the demon corpse.
• The demon corpse grew furious when no Demon Emperors appeared, and Lei Yuan Demon Saint ordered it to kill the cultivator carrying the Five-Tailed Demon Fox, warning that it had claimed it could handle the Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Ye Jingcheng and the other cultivators battered the Blood Demon Jiaolong's demon corpse with spirit treasures and Azure Sun Flame, but it escaped through the void. As Demon Emperors gathered nearby, Ye Jingcheng learned that another demon was about to break into the grotto heaven.

• Xing Yuan True Monarch urged the cultivators to unleash their spirit treasures, and their combined attacks scorched and badly wounded the demon corpse with the Azure Sun Flame.
• The Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit warned Ye Jingcheng that a Sky Rending Mantis had appeared, while Xing Yuan True Monarch secretly knew of the danger and warned Ye Jingcheng when the demon corpse charged at him.
• Ye Jingcheng deployed his four Natal Magic Treasures, the Water King Mirror, and other treasures, while the Crimson Flame Fox and Golden Scale Beast helped trap and burn the demon corpse.
• As Demon Emperors approached, the demon corpse shed flesh to escape the Azure Sun Flame and used a Space Crack Horn magic treasure to flee into a nearby Space Node.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan identified the demon corpse's escape method, and the Grotto Heaven Stone Spirit and Space Crack Divine Earthworm warned Ye Jingcheng that a demon was about to enter the grotto heaven.