Chapter Summaries

The cultivators fought over the Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure as Purple Firmament True Monarch seized it, but Yun Yuan True Monarch stole Purple Firmament’s Cave Heaven and fled with his Nascent Soul. Crimson Demon True Monarch, Purple Firmament True Monarch, and Sky Cloud True Monarch pursued Yun Yuan, leaving Wu Fa True Monarch to attack Ye Jingcheng.

• Purple Firmament True Monarch used a Purple Sun Token to crush four of Crimson Demon True Monarch’s Nine Great Heavenly Demons, then seized the storage bag and placed it in his Cave Heaven.
• Wu Fa True Monarch attacked Purple Firmament True Monarch with a bone-needle spirit treasure, but Sky Cloud True Monarch blocked it with the Zhenghuang Seal.
• Yun Yuan True Monarch used a Cloud Prism to pull Purple Firmament True Monarch’s Jade Thumb Ring Cave Heaven away, then fled with a Domain Breaking Talisman.
• Crimson Demon True Monarch used a Nine Infant Token to summon a Blood Stained Demon that disrupted Yun Yuan True Monarch’s escape and weakened him; Yun Yuan then pierced his own path to Spirit Transformation by exploding his Azure Abyss.
• Yun Yuan True Monarch’s golden Nascent Soul escaped with the Cave Heaven and treasures, while Ye Jingcheng used the Heaven Fixing Treasure Mirror to slow Wu Fa True Monarch’s bone needle.
• Wu Fa True Monarch charged at Ye Jingcheng, while Crimson Demon True Monarch, Purple Firmament True Monarch, and Sky Cloud True Monarch pursued Yun Yuan’s fleeing Nascent Soul.

Xing Yuan True Monarch and the Righteous Path cultivators nearly killed Wu Fa True Monarch, but demonic reinforcements helped him escape. Wu Fa then urged Lan Li and the Sky Jiaolong Sea flood dragons to attack Ye Jingcheng, leaving the opposing forces on the brink of a larger conflict.

• Xing Yuan True Monarch, Void Embrace True Monarch, Azure Bamboo True Monarch, Ye Jingcheng, and the other Righteous Path cultivators besieged Wu Fa True Monarch and repeatedly blocked his escape.
• Sha Jia True Monarch and the demonic sect cultivators entered the battle, allowing Wu Fa True Monarch to explode a Fifth Order Flood Dragon Corpse and break out of Ye Jingcheng's Five Aspects Heaven Suppressing Array.
• Ye Jingyu noticed that the Anti-Air Formation had vanished, and the cultivators took to the air as more Nascent Soul cultivators entered the secret realm.
• Lan Li and the Sky Jiaolong Sea flood dragons arrived, and Wu Fa True Monarch urged Lan Li to kill Ye Jingcheng in exchange for his spirit treasure and a possible Heavenly Demon Blood Dragon Fruit.
• Xing Yuan True Monarch warned Lan Li that attacking Ye Jingcheng would turn the dispute into a conflict between the Central Region and the Sky Jiaolong Sea.

Lan Li and Wu Fa led an assault on Ye Jingcheng’s group, forcing the defenders into a desperate fight. Ye Jingcheng fled to draw them away, but Lan Li trapped him beneath a Seven-Colored Skynet Umbrella spirit treasure.

• Lan Li demanded to inspect Ye Jingcheng’s grotto-heaven and Storage Bags before helping, while Wu Fa warned that reinforcements might arrive.
• Lan Li’s jiaos attacked as Wu Fa’s demonic cultivators and Penglai fighters pressured the Righteous Path Sect’s formation.
• Ye Jingcheng and the defenders struggled against the jiaos, while Wu Fa waited for an opening to strike the Righteous Path Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu to stay behind and asked Xing Yuan True Monarch to protect them, then fled to draw Lan Li and Wu Fa away.
• Lan Li and Wu Fa caught up with Ye Jingcheng near the city wall, and Lan Li used the Seven-Colored Skynet Umbrella to capture him.

Ye Jingcheng fought Lan Li and Wu Fa, killing Wu Fa with a Sixth Order Phoenix Bird attack before appearing to die when Lan Li froze him with a Frost Flood Dragon. As Lan Li reached for Ye Jingcheng’s dropped treasures, he found only fox fur and an Azure Ancient Spear struck toward his reverse scale.

• Lan Li trapped Ye Jingcheng beneath the Seven-Colored Skynet Umbrella while his Jiaolong phantoms wounded him, and Wu Fa shattered Ye Jingcheng’s Black Tortoise Shell with the Profound Bone Needle.
• Ye Jingcheng attacked Wu Fa with the Heaven Fixing Treasure Mirror and unleashed a Sixth Order Phoenix Bird, leaving Wu Fa’s Nascent Soul exposed to a Thousand Leaf Soul Needle and Water Prism Thorns that killed him.
• Ye Jingcheng warned Lan Li that he had another Sixth Order method, then used a Blood Soul Pearl to make Lan Li mistake his attack for a Fox Art.
• Lan Li threw a scale that summoned a Frost Flood Dragon, freezing Ye Jingcheng and making his body and Nascent Soul vanish as Ye Jingyu, Ye Jinghu, and Xing Yuan True Monarch cried out.
• Lan Li found only a strand of fox fur among the fallen treasures, and an Azure Ancient Spear shot from the void toward his reverse scale.

Lan Li was overwhelmed by the Righteous Path Sect, the Nirvana Phoenix Clan, and the Qingqiu Tribe after Ye Jingcheng's death, but Crimson Demon True Monarch broke the encirclement and escaped with it. Yu'er then declared the Qingqiu Tribe's agreement with the Ye Family void, leaving Ye Jingyu to stop Ye Jinghu from pursuing them.

• Lan Li endured the attacks of the Qingqiu Tribe, Vermilion Luan, Min Yue, and the other cultivators, while Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu fought in grief over Ye Jingcheng's death.
• Ye Jingyu transferred his contracts with the Crimson Flame Fox, Golden Scale Beast, and Sea Suppressing Demon Emperor, then sent the beasts to attack Lan Li.
• Crimson Demon True Monarch arrived with seven Heavenly Demons, struck Vermilion Luan aside, and opened a path through the encirclement.
• Crimson Demon True Monarch used a Domain Breaking Talisman to flee toward the depths of the Northern Darkness Secret Realm with Lan Li, taking a wisp of blood qi as he left.
• Yu'er said the Qingqiu Tribe's agreement with the Ye Family was void because Qian Chen had fallen, and Ye Jingyu immobilized Ye Jinghu to prevent him from giving chase.

After Ye Jingcheng’s apparent death, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu mourned him and decided to protect what remained of the Ye Family rather than pursue more treasures. The survivors left the Northern Darkness Secret Realm, while Crimson Demon True Monarch secretly confirmed Ye Jingcheng’s death and departed.

• Ye Jinghu vowed to avenge Ye Jingcheng himself, and Ye Jingyu accepted the relics but distributed the treasures to Xing Yuan True Monarch, Min Yue, and Vermilion Luan.
• Ye Jingyu said the Ye Family would gather its clansmen and wait for the Earth Immortal Realm to end; Xing Yuan True Monarch offered to admit Ye family members to the Righteous Path Sect, and Ye Jingyu chose fifty.
• Sky Cloud True Monarch and Purple Firmament True Monarch said they would stop searching and prepare to leave the Earth Immortal Realm, while Vermilion Luan and Min Yue continued their search.
• Ye Jingyu gathered Ye Jingcheng’s remains and robe fragments before leading the others toward the Lower Earth Immortal Realm.
• Crimson Demon True Monarch returned to the secret realm, used a secret treasure to confirm Ye Jingcheng’s apparent death, and left after threatening Vermilion Luan and Min Yue.

Ye Jingcheng recovered from his staged death and examined the treasures taken from the Northern Darkness Secret Realm, including a powerful Spirit Treasure and rare breakthrough medicines. He planned to heal and remain cautious before retrieving the other three inheritance treasure towers in the final month.

• Ye Jingcheng woke after seven days of treatment and confirmed that Ye Jinghu and Fourth Brother were safe.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the Northern Darkness Secret Realm spoils and found thirteen treasures, including the Middle Grade Spirit Treasure Cold Sky Treasure Pearl.
• Ye Jingcheng identified a pill-patterned Nascent Soul Pill, an Azure God Pill, and a Netherworld Cold Marrow Fruit that could help him and the Jade Scale Dragon advance.
• Ye Jingcheng read the three Jade Slip inheritances: Green Lotus Sword Scripture, Kuisui Cold Heart Spirit Codex, and North Underworld Cold Body Spirit Codex.
• Ye Jingcheng warned that the Ye Family should be wary of Penglai and planned to retrieve the remaining three treasure towers during the final month after healing.

The Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and the Qingqiu Fox Saint stopped Tian De Divine Lord and the Jiaolong Saint from entering the mountain range, forcing them to flee. Tian De still tracked four spirit points moving deeper into the range, leaving their mission unresolved.

• The Qingqiu Fox Saint admitted that Tian De and the Nine Infants Old Demon had anticipated her clan's response and targeted the Qingqiu Tribe.
• The Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint revealed the hidden spirit boat and sealed the way with a vast barrier of fire, asking where Tian De and the Jiaolong Saint were going.
• The Phoenix Saint threatened to summon Zhengyuan Daoist Friend and Purple Sun Daoist Friend, while the Fox Saint questioned why the visitors had come to Nether Fire Mountain instead of Qingqiu Mountain.
• The Phoenix Saint ordered the intruders to leave and threatened to use their Nascent Soul cultivators as nourishment for her children, so Tian De opened a path through the flames and escaped with the Jiaolong Saint.
• The Jiaolong Saint rejected the idea of pursuing the Phoenix Saint's treasure and left after demanding more Nascent Soul cultivators at Sky Horse Pass.
• Tian De watched the Jiaolong Saint depart and found three black spirit points and one nearly transparent white point moving deeper into the mountain range.

Ye Qing Feng organized defenses to stop Penglai cultivators from crossing the mountains and reaching the Sea of Sand, while Guan Feng intercepted a scout near the Sky Abyss Mountain Trench. The scout was killed before he could report back, and Guan Feng credited Phoenix Saint for helping it earn the merit.

• Two Earth-Rending Sky Bear Demon Emperors trapped and destroyed a black shadow, discovering it was only a clone.
• A giant python swallowed another fleeing shadow, and a Peng bird killed a third disguised as a spirit boat; both proved to be clones.
• A cultivator emerged from a Shadow Wood tree, cut it down, and vanished before approaching the Sky Abyss Mountain Trench.
• Ye Qing Feng sent Guan Feng, the Black Crow Clan, and the Sky Crow Ancient Tree clan to patrol routes near the Sea of Sand, then deployed Soul Devouring Insects and prepared a hiding place for her allies.
• The cultivator found signs of harvested Spirit Herbs and hoped to earn a place as Divine Lord Tiande's Nominal Disciple by locating the Ye Family.
• Guan Feng trapped the cultivator in flames and burned him to ashes before he could send a message, then collected his belongings and thanked Phoenix Saint.

Ye Zhijian and the Ye Family ambushed Mu Yunxuan’s group in a swamp secret realm after the Mu Family tried to claim the Water Cloud Horses. The Ye Family wiped them out and tried to capture fragments of their memories, then planned to hide in another secret realm and erase all traces of the battle.

• Mu Yunxuan challenged Ye Zhijian’s group over the Water Cloud Horses, while Ye Zhijian recognized the Mu Family’s interest and chose to fight rather than surrender them.
• Ye Zhijian released the Water Cloud Horse cubs and deployed the Heavenly Mystery Cloth, while the Ye Family summoned a powerful force of Demon Kings and spirit puppets.
• Mu Yunxuan ordered his companions to break out and send word that the Ye Family’s Beast Taming surpassed the Sky Beast Sect’s, but their messages were blocked and the cubs helped complete Ye Hai Fei’s array.
• The Ye Family overwhelmed the Mu Family cultivators and their Spirit Beasts; Ye Zhijian and Ye Xuefu used powerful attacks to kill Mu Yunhe and Mu Yunxuan.
• Ye Xueliang used a Dream Devouring Insect to gather fragments from captured souls, and Ye Zhijian ordered the group to find a fourth-order secret realm and leave no traces behind.

Ye Xingliu, Ye Jingting, Xiao Shaon, and Ye Qingfeng fought Penglai cultivators while fleeing toward the Righteous Path Sect’s gathering point. After True Person Nulang revealed that Ye Jingcheng was dead and the Thundercloud Tiger was wounded, Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingyu arrived to turn the fight—only to face Crimson Demon True Monarch and two Heavenly Demons.

• Ye Xingliu refused to shake off the pursuing Penglai cultivators and ordered the others to prepare for battle.
• True Person Nulang and three other Penglai cultivators blocked the group, and Ye Xingliu began setting up a formation as the Spirit Beasts and Spirit Talismans attacked.
• True Person Nulang told Ye Jingting that Ye Jingcheng had died, briefly disrupting her and Ye Qingfeng’s assault.
• The Penglai cultivators wounded the Thundercloud Tiger, but Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingyu arrived using their talismans and attacked the Golden Core Peak cultivators.
• Crimson Demon True Monarch appeared with two Heavenly Demons and confronted Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingyu.

After Ye Jingcheng’s death, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu faced Crimson Demon True Monarch, whose departure came only after righteous sect reinforcements arrived. Ye Jingyu pledged the Ye Family’s future alliance with the Righteous Path Sect and reassured its allies that the family still had promising heirs and powerful spirit beasts.

• Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinghu released four spirit beasts to drive back Crimson Demon True Monarch’s Asura and Rakshasa phantoms, but Crimson Demon mocked them and declared he would destroy the Ye Family after reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Jinghu pursued Crimson Demon True Monarch, but Blood Stained Demon weakened him with a mouthful of spirit blood, and Ye Jingyu ordered him to stop.
• Sky Cloud True Monarch, Xing Yuan True Monarch, and other reinforcements arrived, prompting Crimson Demon True Monarch and the Golden Core cultivators to depart.
• Sky Cloud True Monarch warned the group that the Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure could bring great chaos, while Spirit Rainbow Fairy and the other Eastern Region allies grieved Ye Jingcheng’s death.
• Ye Jingyu announced that the Ye Family would join the Righteous Path Sect and assured Spirit Rainbow Fairy that the family had many future prospects; she reaffirmed her alliance with the Ye Family.
• Sky Cloud True Monarch hinted that Martial Uncle Zhengyuan favored cultivators with abundant true essence, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators began looking at Ye Jingyu with renewed interest.

After half a year hiding in Stone Spirit Cave Heaven, Ye Jingcheng prepared to send the Space Crack Divine Earthworm and Peach Wood to explore the remaining secret realms. He discovered the cave heaven was gradually evolving toward a blessed land, while the two demons found a guarded treasure tower and set their sights on the Earth Armor Puppets.

• Ye Jingcheng decided to keep using the Spirit Severing Art until Penglai's suspicions passed and then ordered the search for the remaining secret realms.
• Stone Spirit Cave Heaven showed Ye Jingcheng its new seas, forests, volcanoes, and other features, revealing that the Star Diagram was helping it evolve toward a blessed land.
• Ye Jingcheng confirmed that Stone Spirit Cave Heaven and the other cultivator could learn the Heaven-Refining Spirit Codex, though its early stages brought weakness and limited access to secret arts.
• Ye Jingcheng sent the Space Crack Divine Earthworm and Peach Wood to search the secret realms while the Ye Family remained hidden.
• The two demons reached a City Wall guarded by Earth Armor Puppets, used a void tear to bypass them, and took three Jade Slips and three treasures from the tower.
• Peach Wood urged the Space Crack Divine Earthworm to follow the departing puppets, hoping to seize the valuable Earth Armor Puppets.

Peach Wood and the Space Crack Divine Earthworm explored the final secret realm and tried to seize its Earth Armor Puppets before they sank underground. They recovered thirty puppets for Ye Jingcheng, who then examined the treasures and decided the Azure Profound Sword could go to Ye Zhi Jian.

• Peach Wood tested how the Earth Armor Puppets drew power and commands from underground, while Ye Jingcheng prepared the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven to store them.
• Peach Wood and the Space Crack Divine Earthworm found nine treasures in the final secret realm, but the hundred and eight Earth Armor Puppets began sinking into the ground.
• Peach Wood dragged thirty puppets into the air, and the Stone Spirit Cave Heaven stored them before the remaining puppets forced the demons to retreat.
• The Jade Scale Dragon froze the thirty captured puppets, and Ye Jingcheng reassured Peach Wood and praised its efforts.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the nineteen treasures and agreed that the Low Grade Spirit Treasure Azure Profound Sword could be given to Zhi Jian.

Ye Jingcheng examined the treasures and inheritances from the North Underworld Immortal Palace, discovering powerful talismans, battle arrays, cultivation techniques, and secret arts. The Ye Family prepared for the possibility that Penglai had gained a superior inheritance, while Ye Jingcheng planned to spread misleading claims about its value.

• Ye Jingcheng kept the Golden Roc Mountain River Rope and Qian Yuan Shield, then distributed one spirit material each to Ye Xuecang, Ye Haicheng, and Ye Haihe.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered the North Underworld Talisman Record, which contained many ice-attributed talismans, including seven Sixth Order types, but found no lower volume among the remaining jade slips.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Sky Yuan Array Record and learned that its six battle arrays could break powerful protective arrays or help cultivators resist stronger opponents.
• Ye Xuecang proposed arranging the battle arrays, Ye Haicheng asked whether Demon Emperors could join them, and Ye Jingcheng agreed to test the idea after they returned.
• Ye Jingcheng examined the remaining cultivation techniques, secret arts, and Spirit Realm map, but decided not to change his cultivation technique before reaching Spirit Transformation.
• Ye Xuecang worried that Penglai had obtained the central inheritance, so Ye Jingcheng planned to have Fourth Brother spread false claims about the inheritance's benefits.

Ye Jingcheng learned from the Space Crack Divine Earthworm that a secret realm beneath the City Wall held a chilling river and a palace that might contain the Northern Darkness Secret Realm’s true inheritance. After discussing the risks, he prepared the Ye Family to explore it, with the Jade Scale Dragon and Roc Fish set to enter the river.

• Ye Jingcheng copied the jade slip inheritances, gave a copy to Ye Xuecang, and stored the originals as the cave heaven filled with targeted spiritual rain.
• The Space Crack Divine Earthworm reported finding a secret realm beneath the City Wall, where Earth Armor Puppets guarded a dark, freezing river and a palace beneath its surface.
• Ye Jingcheng worried that the secret realm’s demanding requirements might signal a hidden scheme, but Ye Xuecang argued that the inheritance likely came from ancient Earth Immortal Realm trials.
• Ye Jingcheng decided to investigate cautiously, laying formations before leading the group toward the river.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Jade Scale Dragon and Roc Fish to enter the river and reach the palace while the others prepared to fight the Earth Armor Puppets.

Ye Jingcheng and the others reached the North Underworld Immortal Palace’s inheritance chamber, where a trial demanded a single survivor. They sent the Jade Scale Dragon across the Dark Nether Cold Water, and it reached the palace and retrieved a Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure, azure immortal jade, and a storage bag.

• Ye Jingcheng’s group entered the secret realm and found Earth Armor Puppets guarding a palace across the Dark Nether Cold Water.
• A message from the North Underworld Saint Monarch declared that only one survivor among tens of millions could claim the inheritance and required the heir to restore it above the Ninth Heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng concluded that only one person could cross the puppets’ formation and chose the Jade Scale Dragon to attempt the trial.
• The Jade Scale Dragon broke through the formation’s Spirit Shield, crossed the freezing river, and endured an icy blade that wounded it before reaching the palace.
• The Jade Scale Dragon retrieved an inkstone, azure immortal jade, and a storage bag, and the Ye Family members recognized a Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure and the Dry Cold Immortal Scripture—Dry Cold Storm.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family recovered the Dry Cold Immortal Scripture, the Ink Spirit Ten Directions Inkstone, and the Earth Armor Spirit Guarding Formation before leaving the Northern Darkness Secret Realm. Outside, they saw Sky Beast Sect cultivators being pursued by the Mu Family, but Ye Jingcheng ordered the Ye Family not to intervene.

• Ye Jingcheng and the others sealed away the Dry Cold Immortal Scripture and discovered that the Ink Spirit Ten Directions Inkstone held the Dark Nether Cold Water in its spatial interior.
• Ye Jingcheng examined Jade Slips describing the North Underworld Immortal Palace and the Earth Armor Spirit Guarding Formation, then gathered the uncontrolled Earth Armor Puppets and left the secret realm with the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng chose not to destroy the secret realm entrance, and the secret realm began disappearing as Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe concealed themselves outside to wait for the Qingqiu Fox Clan and Nirvana Phoenix Clan.
• Two days later, Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe saw two Sky Beast Sect Nascent Soul Cultivators fleeing the Mu Family with a wounded Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe not to interfere, even if the Mu Family captured the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly.

Ye Zhijian and his companions concluded their search in the Earth Immortal Realm and were drawn back as it ended, while Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe worried about the clansmen left behind. Divine Lord Xuanwu learned that Wu Fa had died and that the Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure was missing, then set out for the Great Abyss Realm.

• Ye Tengchuan demonstrated his improved Big Dipper Star Chen Sword Scripture, and Ye Zhijian and Ye Xingliu discussed the Mu Family’s hunt for Beast Taming Families and the Blood Resonance Beast Art.
• Ye Zhijian and Ye Tengchuan felt the Earth Immortal Platform summon them and left the Star Cave Heaven with their gains.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe emerged from their hiding place, reflecting on Ye Jingcheng’s feigned death and the danger facing Ye Jinghu, Ye Jingyu, and the Central Region clansmen.
• Divine Lord Xuanwu learned from Sha Jia True Monarch that Wu Fa had died fighting Ye Jingcheng and that the Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure had not been secured.
• Divine Lord Xuanwu ordered the Profound Sky Demon Sect to guard Profound Heaven Mountain and spread news of Yuan He’s impending breakthrough, then headed for the Great Abyss Realm.

Penglai’s returning cultivators reported their losses, and Crimson Demon True Monarch told Nine Infants about the Nethersea Spirit Codex and its precious breakthrough aid. At the Righteous Path Sect, Divine Lord Zhengyuan learned that Ye Jingcheng had not returned and demanded to know who had killed him.

• Crimson Demon True Monarch told Nine Infants that the Qingqiu Tribe and Tian Nie Tribe had taken the Azure Ancient Spear and Six Absolutes Fiend Demon Pearl, and that Ye Jingcheng had died fighting Lan Li and Wu Fa.
• Nine Infants ordered Divine Lord Tiande to inspect the returning cultivators’ gains, then heard that Crimson Demon True Monarch had obtained the Nethersea Spirit Codex and that Yun Yuan had found a Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Nine Infants told Crimson Demon True Monarch to enter seclusion and break through, while he planned to visit the Great Abyss Realm and sent Tiande to investigate whether Ye Jingcheng had faked his death.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan saw one of his soul tablets shatter as cultivators returned to the Righteous Path Sect’s Earth Immortal Platform.
• Yun Tian True Monarch apologized for failing to bring Ye Jingcheng back, and Divine Lord Zhengyuan unleashed his divine domain and demanded to know who had killed him.