Chapter Summaries

The Jade Scale Dragon fought the old Jiaolong Saint alongside the Qingqiu Fox Saint, then recovered in the lightning tribulation pool. In the Sea of Sand, Ye Jingcheng told Divine Lord Zhengyuan that his Spirit Beast had likely broken through to the sixth rank, leaving his master astonished.

• The Jade Scale Dragon attacked the old Jiaolong Saint, and the Qingqiu Fox Saint joined the fight to drive him away.
• The Jade Scale Dragon stopped pursuing the wounded Jiaolong Saint, returned to the lightning tribulation pool, and ate blood, meat, and spiritual pills before falling asleep.
• The Qingqiu Fox Saint considered where to establish a Saint Mountain, ordered word sent to the Ye Family, and thought about preparing two congratulatory gifts.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed the Jade Scale Dragon's transformation through Beast Communion and assured himself that their Soul Contract remained intact.
• Ye Jingcheng told Divine Lord Zhengyuan that the Jade Scale Dragon had likely reached the sixth rank, and Divine Lord Zhengyuan praised the breakthrough as a huge surprise.

Ye Jingcheng received guidance from Divine Lord Zhengyuan on constructing his divine palace and considered how to respond to the Demon Sects. He chose not to rush into a fight, then gave Zhengyuan two spirit herbs and half of the Ye Family’s Space Node jade slip.

• Phoenix Saint left to deal with trouble involving Qingqiu, and Ye Jingcheng reassured Divine Lord Zhengyuan that Daoist Nirvana Phoenix would not reveal the Heaven Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan explained how to construct a divine palace and gave Ye Jingcheng standard methods to study.
• Ye Jingcheng asked whether they should strike Profound Heaven or Penglai, but Zhengyuan warned that both Demon Sects were too dangerous to attack directly.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan advised forcing a Demon Sect Spirit Transformation cultivator into an unfamiliar realm and explained the three opponents’ abilities and treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Divine Lord Zhengyuan two spirit herbs and half of the Ye Family’s Space Node jade slip.

Purple Sun Divine Lord and Ye Jinghu waited at Tiancheng Peak for news from Divine Lord Zhengyuan, who had gone to confront the demon sages Five Colors and Heaven Bamboo Wood. Zhengyuan returned with two Sixth Order Spirit Herbs and hinted that he had taken another disciple, while Ye Jingyu’s good news left Ye Jinghu wondering about his own child.

• Purple Sun Divine Lord urged Ye Jinghu to ask the Ye Family elders what had happened, while Ye Jingyu arrived from Central Emperor State with spirit pills and Spirit Beast Bags.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan returned and named Five Colors and Heaven Bamboo Wood as the demon sages he had confronted.
• Zhengyuan gave Purple Sun Divine Lord a Sixth Order Spirit Herb and invited him to Central Emperor State, where he admitted he had taken another disciple.
• After the Divine Lords departed, Ye Jinghu noticed Ye Jingyu’s radiant expression and guessed that he was about to have a child.
• Ye Jingyu told Ye Jinghu that there was good news about his child and advised him to stay calm or let Qingfeng act as family head.

Ye Jingyu returned to the Sea of Sand with Ye Jinghu and Ye Yunxuan after Ye Jingcheng broke through to Spirit Transformation, and the family began weighing its next move against Penglai or Profound Heaven. The chapter ended with Ye Jingcheng asking when the Ye Family’s Sky-Breaking Battle Formation would be ready.

• A clansman confirmed that Ye Jingcheng had become a Spirit Transformation cultivator and Divine Lord, bringing Ye Jinghu to tears of joy.
• Ye Jingyu declared Qingfeng acting family head of the Central Region and brought Ye Jinghu and Ye Yunxuan to meet Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng gave Ye Jinghu an antidote to the Forget Dust Pill and explained that the family had hidden the truth from him for its plans.
• Ye Jingyu reported detailed intelligence about Penglai and Profound Heaven, including their cultivators, formations, and Spirit Transformation forces.
• Ye Jingcheng said the family could kill one Spirit Transformation cultivator, then weighed attacking Penglai against attacking Profound Heaven and asked when the Sky-Breaking Battle Formation would be ready.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family planned a future campaign against Penglai, assigning preparations for battle formations, talismans, weapons, pills, and beast tides. As they finished their strategy meeting, the Jade Scale Dragon arrived with the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint, Qingqiu Fox Saint, Guan Feng, and Yu’er.

• Ye Xuecang and Ye Qing Nian identified the candidates for the Sky-Breaking Battle Formation, while Ye Jingcheng assessed the family’s combat strength.
• Ye Jingyu argued that Penglai should be the Ye Family’s first target and agreed to investigate the Profound Sky Demon Sect’s Teleportation Arrays leading to the Eastern Region.
• Ye Jingcheng assigned preparations for battle formations, talismans, magical treasures, spirit pills, and beast tides in the Crimson Jade Grassland and the East Sea.
• Ye Jingyu ordered Ye Jinghu to enter seclusion and refine Thunder Tribulation Pearls.
• The Jade Scale Dragon arrived with the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint, Qingqiu Fox Saint, Guan Feng, and Yu’er, then circled Ye Jingcheng and shouted that it was hungry.

Ye Jingcheng met with the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint after Jade Qilin broke through, and they offered to bring their clans under the Ye Family in exchange for access to medicinal pills. The chapter ended with Ye Jingcheng explaining the required Soul Contracts and promising that their clans could one day produce semi-true spirits.

• Jade Qilin broke through, and Ye Jingcheng fed it Beast Corpses before sending it to consolidate its cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng offered the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint gifts, but both returned them and asked to submit their clans to the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng said their submission would require Blood Pacts that could be converted into Soul Contracts, while leaving open the option of remaining allies instead.
• The Qingqiu Fox Saint asked about the Crimson Flame Fox, and Ye Jingcheng described its humble beginnings along with the growth of other Ye Family Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng promised that the Ye Family and both clans could reach Void Refinement and produce semi-true spirits if the two Demon Saints submitted.

Ye Jingcheng secured the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint’s alliance with the Ye Family, exchanging contracts and pledging support before planning a future attack on Penglai. The chapter left the alliance preparing for the campaign, expected in roughly twenty years.

• The Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint offered Ye Jingcheng the Mountain Splitting Seal, but he declined to reclaim the treasure, and he formed Soul Contracts with both Demon Saints.
• Ye Jingcheng swore a Nascent Soul Oath to honor his promises and explained the limits of bloodline advancement, assuring the two Demon Saints that their descendants could also benefit.
• The Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint and Qingqiu Fox Saint pledged forces for the Ye Family’s attack on Penglai, offering eighteen and twenty-six Demon Emperors respectively, along with their Demon Kings.
• Ye Jingcheng shared the Sky Yuan Fire Spirit Battle Array and Sky Yuan Divine Wood Battle Array, and said the attack would likely take place in about twenty years.
• Before the Demon Saints departed, Ye Jingcheng gave them Fifth Order Spirit Pills and looked forward to using a Sixth Order cauldron treasure to refine Sixth Order Spirit Pills.

After returning from his tribulation, Ye Jingcheng reunited with his family and learned how the Ye Family had grown and changed over the centuries. He left the banquet to stabilize his cultivation and prepare for future battles, while promising Chu Yanqing they would pick apricots together next year.

• Ye Jingcheng walked to Sky Shadow Peak, reflecting on the clansmen he had outlived and the friends he had failed to share a final drink with.
• Chu Yanqing welcomed Ye Jingcheng to a lavish family banquet, where he met descendants including the gifted Teng Ming and learned of the Ye Family’s thriving new generation.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that his uncles Xingshui and Xingqun and his brother Ye Jingyun had died, and that they had all regretted not returning to the pavilion on Lingyun Peak.
• Ye Jingcheng resolved to crush Penglai and focus on stabilizing his cultivation, refining the Divine Palace and Heavenly Gate, and preparing pills and treasure arts.
• Chu Yanqing gave Ye Jingcheng a new defensive Apricot Jade and asked him to keep the old treasures she had made for him; he promised to return when the Spirit Apricots ripened.
• Ye Jingcheng entered his enlarged cave heaven with several Spirit Beast Bags and was surprised by the progress of its Spirit Beasts and Wood Demons.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Ye Jingcheng surveyed his expanded Grotto Heaven, rewarded his aging Jade Ring Rat and Soil Turning Earthworm, and ordered his Spirit Beasts to prepare for the coming attack on Penglai. As he consolidated his cultivation, his beasts entered his divine domain to temper themselves and study its power.

• Ye Jingcheng celebrated his Spirit Beasts’ progress and gave the aging Jade Ring Rat and Soil Turning Earthworm spirit fruits and Fourth Order demon cores to help them attempt breakthroughs.
• Ye Jingcheng freed the two old beasts from tending spirit herbs and let them cultivate, hunt, and leave the Grotto Heaven as they wished.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed spiritual light and spirit pills to his beasts, urged them to cultivate for the coming Penglai attack, and began consolidating his cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng’s newly unfurled divine domain filled the Grotto Heaven with spirit phantoms and forced nearby beasts and demons to retreat.
• The Crimson Flame Fox entered Ye Jingcheng’s fire divine domain to temper itself, followed by the Golden Scale Beast, Seven-Colored Cloud Deer, and Zhu Yan entering domains matching their attributes.

Ye Yunsheng told the Sea of Sand’s allied factions that five Nascent Souls had joined the Ye Family and announced expansion toward Cloud Jade Grassland and Crimson Jade Mountain. After the visitors left, Ye Jingyu prepared to return to the Central Region to investigate Penglai and the demonic sects.

• Wan Chengjie, Ma Yuyun, Xu Haocheng, and other faction leaders gathered at Facing Phoenix Peak to pay their respects to the Ye Family.
• Ye Yunsheng claimed that the Ye Family had gained five Nascent Souls and outlined its plans to expand westward into Cloud Jade Grassland and Crimson Jade Mountain.
• Ye Yunsheng offered rewards, including Gold Core Pills and Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, for information on high-rank Spirit Beasts, especially metal-attributed ones.
• The faction leaders delivered congratulatory gifts and departed, and Ye Yunsheng placed their offerings in the clan treasury.
• Ye Jingyu told Ye Jinghu to return to the Central Region and enter seclusion while she continued investigating Penglai and the demonic sects with the Demon Emperors and Ye Jingcheng’s fifth-rank Dream Devouring Insect.

Divine Lord Jiu Ying and Divine Lord Tiande investigated the long-running killings of Penglai cultivators and discovered that the threat might now reach Penglai Island. After the Sky Observation Mirror revealed ominous signs, Jiu Ying moved to secure allies and protect Penglai until Mingchen could break through.

• Divine Lord Tiande told Divine Lord Jiu Ying that an unknown faction had been killing Penglai's Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators and might target Chi Xing next.
• Divine Lord Jiu Ying warned Tiande not to rush into a trap, and Tiande agreed to keep Chi Xing inside the mountain gate.
• Jiu Ying asked about Xuan Wu and used the Sky Observation Mirror, which showed blankness when aimed at their suspected enemy and firelight and bloodlight over the surrounding mountains and waters.
• Jiu Ying concluded that Penglai was in danger and learned that Wei Mingchen might need another thirty-odd years to break through.
• Jiu Ying ordered Tiande to secretly invite Xuan Wu to Penglai Island and promised protection for the Profound Sky Demon Sect.
• Jiu Ying proposed assisting the Frost Flood Dragons with an attack on the Mount Taihang Mountain Range and urged them to send their Fifth Order Demon Emperors as well.

Wan Chengjie and two Wan Family cultivators were overwhelmed by a pair of Golden Origin Lion Kings until Ye Tengchuan and Ye Tengming arrived and subdued the demon beasts. The group discovered that Wan Xingchu and Wan Xingfeng had taken two lion cubs and two rare Golden Origin Treasure Mushrooms, leaving the consequences of their expedition unresolved.

• Wan Xingchu and Wan Xingfeng fled from a Golden Origin Lion King after their greed led them into danger, and Wan Chengjie arrived to rescue them.
• Wan Chengjie fought two Golden Origin Lion Kings, wounded one, and was badly struck by the other's golden flames.
• Ye Tengchuan arrived and severely injured one lion, while Ye Tengming trapped the other with his Thunder-Covering Net secret technique.
• Ye Tengming and Ye Tengchuan sealed the two subdued lion kings in Beast Sealing Talismans as Wan Chengjie and the others arrived.
• Wan Xingchu and Wan Xingfeng presented two Golden Yuan Lion cubs and two Fifth Order Low Grade Golden Origin Treasure Mushrooms.

Ye Tengchuan and Ye Tengming discovered a rich vein of Golden Flame Mystic Iron Ore in Beast Valley and began clearing its Golden Yuan Lions. Across the mountain range, the Ye Family gathered Beast Souls and prepared to move deeper as the exploration teams advanced.

• Ye Tengchuan identified the Wan Family’s discovery as a rich vein of Fourth Order Golden Flame Mystic Iron Ore, possibly with Fifth Order ore below, and awarded them merit.
• Ye Tengchuan and Ye Tengming refused Wan Chengjie’s gifts, told the Wan Family to continue exploring, and went to hunt the remaining Golden Yuan Lions.
• Ye Tengming remarked on Wan Chengjie’s skill in dealing with others, and Ye Tengchuan warned him not to underestimate the leaders of affiliated forces or lower his guard before the Penglai battle.
• Ye Qing Feng and Ye Xuecang watched the Ye Family’s Beast Banner gather Beast Souls for strengthening clan members, Monster Beasts, and battle formations.
• Ye Xuecang decided the banner had reached its limit, stored it, and led Ye Qing Feng, two Demon Emperors, and one Demon King deeper into the mountain range.

Ye Hai Fei and the Ye Family planned an East Sea expedition to avenge past wrongs, recruiting Chen Whale and preparing a deceptive strategy against Sky Jiaolong Sea. Meanwhile, the Sun and Moon Twin Sages learned that a Wang Family Nascent Soul Cultivator had set his sights on Sikong Li, leaving Sun Saint True Lord alarmed.

• Ye Hai Fei explained that the Ye Family would detour near the Golden Winged Demon Saint and use Jiaolong to create misunderstandings as Sky Jiaolong Sea joined forces with Penglai.
• Ye Haihe asked Chen Whale to join the expedition, and Chen Whale erupted with killing intent and agreed to go.
• Ye Haihe saw that several pieces of Chen Whale Jade were nearing Fifth Order potential, and the Ye Family set out for the East Sea.
• The Sun and Moon Twin Sages reflected on the Ye Family's growing strength and their inability to explore much of Star Sea.
• Moon Saint True Lord showed Sun Saint True Lord Sikong Li's message, revealing that a Wang Family Nascent Soul Cultivator had set his sights on her.

Sun Saint True Lord decided to lead the Star Sect’s core disciples away and attempt to rescue Sikong Li in the Central Region. At Sky Jiao Island, Divine Lord Tiande sought an alliance with the Jiaolong Saints, who ultimately resolved to reclaim a spirit treasure from the Mount Taihang Mountain Range.

• Sun Saint True Lord rejected Moon Saint True Lord’s suggestion to ask the Ye Family for help and planned to take about a hundred Star Sect core disciples to the Central Region while attempting to repair the ancient Teleportation Array to the South Sea.
• Divine Lord Tiande saw that Lan Li was beginning her breakthrough toward becoming the Sky Jiaolong Sea’s third sixth-order Demon Saint before the Jiaolong Saints interrupted his technique.
• Divine Lord Tiande proposed that Penglai and the Sky Jiaolong Sea join forces against the demons of the Mount Taihang Mountain Range, offering the Jiaolong Clan territory, half the spoils, and permission to establish forces and Teleportation Arrays in the Eastern Region.
• Frost Flood Dragon Jiaolong Saint refused to trade away Dragon Soul Grass, and Divine Lord Tiande departed without securing an agreement.
• Frost Flood Dragon Jiaolong Saint ordered the clan’s earth-, wind-, and lightning-attributed members to gather so they could reclaim the spirit treasure.

Ye Yunfei learned that Star Sect had recalled its core disciples and suspected it was preparing to flee or attack the Ye Family. As Star Sect escaped pursuit through a Teleportation Array, the Langya Wang Clan discovered the Star Sea and saw it as a chance to rise.

• A cultivator told Ye Yunfei that Star Sect had recalled its core disciples for an unusual Secret Realm Assessment, and Ye Yunfei ordered him to investigate their reactions.
• Ye Yunfei warned that Star Sect might be preparing to flee or make a move against the Ye Family, then sent messages.
• Moon Saint True Lord prepared to teleport away from Sun and Moon Island with three Star Sect elders while the core disciples hid in a Fourth Order Cave Heaven.
• Sun Saint True Lord and Sikong Li arrived, and Sun Saint revealed that pursuers had used an ancient treasure to lock down the Teleportation Array and that he had lost an arm.
• Sun Saint True Lord, Moon Saint True Lord, Sikong Li, and the elders escaped by teleporting, while their pursuers used an ancient treasure to keep the array intact and continue the chase.
• The pursuing Wang Family cultivators discovered the Star Sea's Fifth Order Spirit Vein, and Wang Xuanming declared that taking the region could help the Langya Wang Clan rise.

Ye Qing Nian confronted the Wang Family cultivators attempting to seize Sun and Moon Island, revealed the Ye Family’s strength, and forced them to withdraw. He then sealed the island and detained the Star Sect survivors as the Ye Family asserted control of the Star Sea.

• Wang Xuanming sent Wang Xinchen to seize Sun and Moon Island and three nearby islands while he and Wang Xuanmeng pursued the Star Sect remnants and their inheritance.
• Ye Qing Nian arrived with three Nascent Soul Demon Emperors and identified himself as head of the Ye Family, warning the Wang Family not to reveal their encounter.
• Wang Xinchen challenged Ye Qing Nian, who unleashed his Three Flowers Crowned Spirit Physique and the Demon Emperors’ power across the island.
• Wang Xuanming apologized, offered three three-thousand-year Fifth Order Fire Attribute Spirit Herbs, punished Wang Xinchen, and led the Wang Family away after they swore secrecy oaths.
• Ye Qing Nian destroyed the Teleportation Array and ordered the island sealed; the Ye Family made the cultivators swear oaths and detained all Star Sect cultivators.

Sun Saint True Lord, Moon Saint True Lord, and Sikong Li tried to escape through an ancient Teleportation Array, but Ye Xuecang and three Demon Emperors trapped them. With the array destroyed and defeat certain, Sun Saint True Lord surrendered and offered information and all their possessions, while Ye Xuecang demanded a more convincing reason for sparing them.

• Sun Saint True Lord urged the group to activate the ancient Teleportation Array after Moon Saint True Lord confirmed it led to an isolated island in the South Sea.
• The Heaven Fixing Treasure Mirror disrupted the array, and Sun Saint True Lord, Moon Saint True Lord, and Sikong Li attacked its golden light while Ye Xuecang and the spirit beasts moved to stop them.
• Sikong Li severed the encircling vines, but a Wood Giant smashed the ancient Teleportation Array as Ye Xuecang and the three Demon Emperors arrived.
• Sun Saint True Lord begged for mercy and offered information about the destination, a Top-Grade Spirit Stone vein, and ways to oppose the Profound Sky Demon Sect.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the Star Sect cultivators to surrender their possessions and prepare a convincing reason, and Sun Saint True Lord and Moon Saint True Lord handed theirs over while Sikong Li hesitated.

Ye Xuecang negotiated the Star Sect’s survival after its betrayal, demanding that its leaders and Golden Core cultivators repay a life debt to the Ye Family. The Star Sect agreed to serve the Ye Family for forty years, leaving its territory and treasures under Ye Family control.

• Ye Xuecang fed the three Spirit Beasts Fifth Order Spirit Pills while True Lord Sun Saint offered a South Sea map, details of an ancient Teleportation Array, and information about a secret realm with a potentially Top-Grade Spirit Stone Mine.
• True Lord Sun Saint offered his and True Lord Moon Saint’s service in future battles, hoping to spare his daughter Sikong Li as well as the Star Sect.
• Ye Xuecang told the three that Yi Yao and Ning Shuang had pleaded for them, then declared that every Star Sect cultivator above the Golden Core realm owed the Ye Family one life.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the three leaders and the Star Sect’s Golden Core cultivators to go to the Ye Family’s ancestral land and repay the debt in forty years, while the Ye Family took control of the sect’s treasures and property.
• True Lord Sun Saint, True Lord Moon Saint, and Sikong Li accepted the terms and swore a Heavenly Dao Oath; Ye Xuecang kept their magic treasures and storage bags.

Wang Xuanming and his companions learned that the Ye Family had powerful backing and were ordered to compensate the Righteous Path Sect. Meanwhile, Ye Xuecang prepared to travel to the South Sea while Ye Qing Nian returned to the Sea of Sand with the Star Sect’s remaining treasures.

• Wang Xuanming told Wang Xianzhi about the Ye Family, and Wang Xianzhi sought guidance from Righteous Spirit Divine Lord.
• Wang Xianzhi relayed Righteous Spirit Divine Lord’s order to send an ancient treasure and a Nascent Soul Pill to the Righteous Path Sect, then directed Wang Xuanmeng and Wang Xinchen to enter seclusion.
• Wang Xianzhi told his relatives to conceal what had happened by claiming they had visited a secret realm to sell a Spirit Herb.
• Ye Qing Nian reported that the Star Sect’s treasure vault had been inventoried, and Ye Xuecang ordered him to return to the Sea of Sand with Jade Within Sky and the recovered goods.
• Ye Qing Nian gave Ye Xuecang four powerful Spirit Beasts for the South Sea journey, and Ye Xuecang sent the Crimson Flame Fox back with him.