Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng traded for rare treasures at the Spirit Transformation Trade Fair, including ingredients for the Jade Scale Pill and a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Array. The chapter left him eyeing a Purple Origin Great Void Fruit tree whose owner sought Sixth Order Jiaolong or top-grade Demon Saint blood essence.

• Ye Jingcheng traded his Jiu Ying Banner for a three-thousand-year Azure Choking Profound Spirit Lotus and a Sixth Order Fire Attribute Spirit Herb.
• Ye Jingcheng exchanged two Longevity Spirit Peaches for a Sixth-Order Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Attraction Stones after no one offered the Jade Scale Pill ingredients he sought.
• Ye Jingcheng recognized several treasures among the next offerings, including the Purple Origin Great Void Fruit tree he needed.
• The owner of the Purple Origin Great Void Fruit tree requested Sixth Order Jiaolong-type or top-grade Demon Saint blood essence in exchange.

At the Sixth-Order Trading Conference, Ye Jingcheng avoided a trap, traded for the Purple Origin Void Fruit Tree, and gathered valuable materials while the cultivators exchanged final treasures. Yun Sha Divine Lord then revealed that ascended cultivators’ soul slips had shattered for thousands of years, prompting a rare account of a successful smuggling across.

• Ye Jingcheng suspected the Rock Flood Dragon Essence Blood and Purple Origin Void Fruit Tree were bait, then traded Frost Flood Dragon Essence Blood for the tree instead of agreeing to refine a pill on Boundless Island.
• Ye Jingcheng found a hidden mark on the Purple Origin Void Fruit Tree and concealed it in the Ancient Gem Coffin, while Old Ancestor Lu Ya objected to the trade and Yun Sha Divine Lord intervened.
• Ye Jingcheng traded a Sixth Order Spirit Pill and two Longevity Spirit Peaches for spirit herbs and Sixth Order Seven Treasures Golden Origin Mud.
• A cultivator offered the Seal Heaven Brush for a special means of breaking a mid sixth order formation, and traded it for a mid sixth order formation-breaking magic treasure.
• Yun Sha Divine Lord asked the cultivators to swear Nascent Soul oaths before revealing that ascended cultivators’ soul slips had shattered over the past eight thousand years.
• A cultivator reported that his master, Daoist Guo, had successfully smuggled across without his soul slip shattering, while other cultivators shared examples of failed attempts.

Yun Sha Divine Lord warned that sneaking into the Spirit Realm could mean entering hostile foreign territory, prompting the Spirit Transformation cultivators to plan for more information and concealment. Ye Jingcheng joined an information-sharing alliance, while the Mu Family’s attempt to use Demon Saint Han Ming’s essence blood in a Blood-Burning Curse against him failed, and its members turned to targeting his family.

• Divine Lord Lianming confirmed that Spirit Realm arrivals might face foreign races and Void Refinement cultivators, and Yun Sha Divine Lord proposed holding the next Spirit Transformation Convention in three hundred years.
• Ye Jingcheng observed the departing trade-fair attendees, then stayed for the Sixth Order auction and joined Divine Lord Zhengyuan’s small gathering with other Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Purple Sun Divine Lord helped establish an alliance to share news about sneaking into the Spirit Realm and provide mutual aid, with the members agreeing to meet again in forty years.
• Divine Lord Lu Ya returned to Boundless Island with a storage bag, and a Mu Family Spirit Transformation cultivator prepared to cast a Blood-Burning Curse using its contents.
• Demon Saint Han Ming recognized that the essence blood was its own, stopping the curse and exposing that Ye Jingcheng had tricked them into taking its blood.
• The Mu Family Spirit Transformation cultivator proposed seizing Ye Jingcheng’s son, daughter, and great-grandson, then suggested that Old Ancestor Lu Ya flee to the Great Abyss Realm.

Ye Jingcheng raised the spirit vein in his cave heaven to Sixth Order and planted rare Spirit Herbs while considering the Ye Family’s need to prepare for entering the Spirit Realm. After Ye Qing Nian finished cultivating, he proposed an Alchemist gathering in Purple Sand City, and Ye Jingcheng approved it.

• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Tengming, and Ye Qing Nian activated a Sixth Order Spirit Gathering Array, creating a powerful spiritual qi tide that nourished the cave heaven’s inhabitants.
• Ye Jingcheng transplanted Fourth- to Sixth-Order Spirit Herbs and hoped that the Jade Ring Rat and Soil Turning Earthworm would succeed in their breakthroughs.
• Ye Jingcheng urged Ye Qing Nian to enter seclusion after they returned from the Purple Sand Realm, and approved his decision not to choose Ye Yunsheng or Ye Tengming as acting patriarch.
• Ye Qing Nian proposed a gathering for Fifth Order Alchemists and promising younger Fourth-Order Alchemists in Purple Sand City, and Ye Jingcheng agreed and asked him to invite Zi Ning and Yuan Tan.
• Ye Qing Nian left to contact Alchemists and arrange the gathering, aiming to establish the Ye Family’s reputation in alchemy and recruit talent.

Ye Qing Nian hosted an alchemy gathering where Ye Jingcheng’s reputation as a Sixth Order Alchemist drew leading alchemists and a wealth of rare Spirit Herbs. Ye Jingcheng shared his insights and explained that becoming a Sixth Order Alchemist required drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into a pill.

• Huang Shen True Monarch privately dismissed rumors that Ye Jingcheng was a Sixth Order Alchemist, then grew uneasy when Yuan Tan True Monarch, Qingxia True Monarch, and other respected alchemists arrived.
• Ye Qing Nian opened the gathering with a treasure exchange, trading rare magic treasures and a Beast Puppet for Spirit Herbs that completed the Ye Family’s Jade Scale Pill ingredients except for Cold Jiaolong Essence Blood.
• Ye Jingcheng arrived after the exchange, and the gathered cultivators welcomed him as the Thousand Dust Divine Monarch and acknowledged him as a Sixth Order Alchemist.
• Ye Jingcheng gave an alchemy discourse, explaining that Sixth Order pills required alchemists to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into them to temper the potent medicinal properties of Sixth Order Spirit Herbs.

Ye Jingcheng explained how alchemists could reach the Sixth Order and instructed Yuan Tan True Monarch and Fairy Zi Ning in alchemy. Meanwhile, Huang Shen True Monarch offered Ye Qing Nian a Sixth Order Simulated Origin Pill formula, and Ye Qing Nian negotiated with two rogue cultivators who were considering joining the Ye Family.

• Ye Jingcheng revealed that Sixth Order alchemists could use a Sixth Order pill furnace or spiritual fire to assist their alchemy, and invited alchemy clients to Penglai Island.
• Huang Shen True Monarch gave Ye Qing Nian a Sixth Order Simulated Origin Pill formula and asked the Ye Family to refine a pill for him.
• Bai Xuan and the other cultivators distanced themselves from Huang Shen True Monarch after Yuan Tan True Monarch warned them to avoid becoming involved in his conflict with the Ye Family and Purple Sun Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng guided Yuan Tan True Monarch and Fairy Zi Ning as they refined pills, then demonstrated how his Divine Domain drew in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during alchemy.
• Ye Qing Nian met Rogue Cultivator Du and his disciple Chen, who asked to join the Ye Family on the conditions that it not overly restrict them and help Chen advance her alchemy.

Du Ruojun and Chen Siqian joined the Ye Family under strict alchemy and marriage conditions, while Ye Jingcheng planned how to obtain the Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly held by the Flying Corpse Gate. The chapter ended with him investigating whether the Mu Family also possessed one and preparing to pursue its Heavenly General Inheritance.

• Ye Qing Nian negotiated alchemy duties and family restrictions with Du Ruojun and Chen Siqian, and both agreed to join the Ye Family.
• Ye Qing Nian showed Ye Tengming his investigation into the pair and warned him to remain cautious while negotiating with other rogue Alchemists.
• Ye Qing Nian told Ye Jingcheng that the Flying Corpse Gate had found a Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly in the form of a Talisman Corpse.
• Ye Jingcheng decided to offer battle formations in exchange for the butterfly and asked Ye Qing Nian to find rare Sixth Order treasures and gather Simulated Origin Pill ingredients.
• Ye Jingcheng suspected the Mu Family might possess Heaven Dream Illusion Butterflies and sent a message to Ye Qing Nian instead of contacting the Flying Corpse Gate and Sky Beast Sect.

Ye Jingcheng attended a major auction on Purple Sand Cloud Island, where he bought Sixth Order Nine Yin Qi to advance his spiritual sense while watching several finale treasures sell for enormous sums. After the auction, he agreed to return to the Great Yu Realm alongside Divine Lord Zhengyuan and Purple Sun Divine Lord, then sent a message through the Inter-Realm Token.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Tengming discussed what the Ye Family would need to host an auction on the scale of the one on Purple Sand Cloud Island.
• Ye Qing Nian bid for the Bei Yuan Profound Star Spirit Codex at Ye Jingcheng’s request, but the price passed the Ye Family’s limit and they let it go.
• Ye Jingcheng won the Sixth Order Mysterious Bone Nine Yin Qi for thirteen thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and sealed it inside his grotto-heaven after inspecting it.
• The Seal Heaven Diagram, Purple Firmament Lightning Spear, Cloud Piercing Cone, and a defensive Spirit Treasure drew fierce bidding and sold for high prices.
• After the auction, Ye Jingcheng accepted Divine Lord Zhengyuan and Purple Sun Divine Lord’s offer to travel back with him and sent a message through the Inter-Realm Token.

Ye Jingcheng traded the Sky Yuan Vajra Battle Array to Divine Lord Miaoyuan and Bamboo Kui Divine Lord for Sixth Order Fire Attribute Spirit Herbs, a Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly, and its Talisman Corpse. He then formed a Soul Contract with the butterfly, established the Heart-Forging Grand Array for the Ye Family, and entered seclusion to strengthen his divine sense.

• Ye Jingcheng exposed the demonic qi from Jiu Ying Old Demon’s demonic gu and convinced Divine Lord Miaoyuan and Bamboo Kui Divine Lord to exchange treasures for the Sky Yuan Vajra Battle Array.
• Divine Lord Miaoyuan and Bamboo Kui Divine Lord gave Ye Jingcheng two Sixth Order Fire Attribute Spirit Herbs, a Fifth Order Late Stage Heaven Dream Illusion Butterfly, and a fifth-order-peak Talisman Corpse.
• Divine Lord Miaoyuan suspected that the Great Yu Ye Family had stumbled upon its inheritances by chance and continued searching for the Tianxuan Ye Family inheritance.
• Ye Jingcheng brought Ye Qing Nian, Ye Xuecang, and Ye Xuefan to Heaven Dream Illusion Heart Valley, formed a Soul Contract with the butterfly, and had Ye Xuefan complete the Heart-Forging Grand Array.
• Ye Qing Nian arranged for Ye Qingfu to serve as acting family head while he prepared to enter seclusion, and Ye Jingcheng began secluding himself to reach Mid Spirit Transformation divine sense.

Divine Lord Yuanming returned to Golden Light Temple and warned Gu Meng Divine Lord to prepare for trouble surrounding the Ye Family’s Spirit Transformation Ceremony. Meanwhile, Han Ming pressured the Golden Roc and Chen Whale clans to join a planned attack on Penglai Island, then met with allied Demon Saints to discuss keeping them isolated.

• Divine Lord Yuanming ended his ascetic cultivation and returned to Golden Light Temple, where he told Gu Meng Divine Lord to keep searching for the Eight-Tailed Demon Saint’s descendant and warned him to prioritize survival at the Ye Family ceremony.
• Divine Lord Yuanming asked Gu Meng Divine Lord to contact Hundred Crafts Daoist and have Azure Kun Demon Saint remain ready, fearing that the secret of the spirit vine might be exposed.
• Chen Whale Demon Saint watched the Golden Roc Clan’s prodigy advance through a breakthrough and agreed to uphold the Hundred Thousand Year Alliance with Golden Roc Demon Saint.
• Demon Saint Han Ming appeared during the Golden Roc’s tribulation and urged Golden Roc Demon Saint and Chen Whale Demon Saint to join a planned attack on Penglai Island in ten years; both refused.
• After Han Ming left, Chen Whale Demon Saint and Golden Roc Demon Saint worried that either informing the Ye Family or staying silent would worsen their position, and Golden Roc Demon Saint considered sealed seclusion or fleeing the realm.
• On a Nameless Island, Han Ming told Sky Rending Demon Saint and the other Demon Saints that he had deliberately made the two clans suspicious to the Ye Family and planned to deal with them after seizing the Ye Family’s secret treasure.

The Ye Family withdrew its flood dragons from Dragon Island after failing to find the hidden Dragon Land, while Ye Jingcheng prepared for his Spirit Transformation ceremony and tested a pill that could disguise his aura. As the ceremony approached, he learned that the Five Spirits Token might lead to the missing continuation of his cultivation scripture.

• The Jade Scale Dragon ended the Ye Family’s search for the Dragon Land and led the flood dragons and Ye Xuefu’s group back to Penglai Island, while a cyan figure emerged after they left to check that the secret remained concealed.
• Ye Jingcheng showed Ye Qingyan his Qingqiu Pills and guided him through the refinement process; Ye Qingyan planned to attend a Nascent Soul Trade Fair and expected to form Beast Communion with a Vermilion Luan.
• Ye Jingcheng tested his Sixth Order Simulated Origin Pills on the Crimson Flame Fox and decided he still needed someone at Mid Spirit Transformation to test them.
• With only three days left before the ceremony, Ye Jingcheng learned that more than twenty Spirit Transformation cultivators might attend and suspected some had hostile intentions toward the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng went to the Council Hall, where Ye Qing Nian explained that the Five Spirits Token likely connected to the Five Spirits Sect’s inheritance and the second half of Ye Jingcheng’s cultivation scripture.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Qing Nian expresses his determination to retrieve the Five Spirits Sect's inheritance for his father, Ye Jingcheng, when the Earth Immortal Realm opens next.
• Ye Jingcheng learns that a new Demon Saint has been born in the Golden Roc Clan, and Han Ming appeared in the Golden Roc Sea Domain on the same day.
• Ye Jingcheng decides to visit Zhengyuan Divine Lord and Purple Sun Divine Lord at the Divine Palace on Penglai Mountain.
• Zhengyuan Divine Lord informs Ye Jingcheng that Righteous Spirit Divine Lord wishes to meet him to discuss the Star Sea incident.
• Zhengyuan Divine Lord shares news of a cultivator who successfully smuggled across realms using a Spirit Pill that can alter one's aura.

Character Developments

• Ye Jingcheng: Shows gratitude towards his clansmen's support and expresses confidence in their future. He also demonstrates his magnanimity by understanding the Wang Family's actions in the Star Sea incident.
• Ye Qing Nian: Exhibits determination and ambition in wanting to retrieve the Five Spirits Sect's inheritance for his father.
• Zhengyuan Divine Lord: Reveals his concern and interest in smuggling across realms, showing his desire to protect and guide the Ye Family.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and determination: Ye Qing Nian's ambition to retrieve the Five Spirits Sect's inheritance and Ye Jingcheng's confidence in the Ye Family's future development.
• Magnanimity and forgiveness: Ye Jingcheng's understanding of the Wang Family's actions in the Star Sea incident, showing his willingness to let go of past grievances.
• Protection and guidance: Zhengyuan Divine Lord's concern for the Ye Family's safety and his desire to guide them, emphasizing his role as a mentor.

Character Interactions

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Qing Nian: Share a father-son moment, with Ye Qing Nian expressing his determination to help his father, and Ye Jingcheng showing gratitude and confidence in his son.
• Ye Jingcheng and Zhengyuan Divine Lord: Discuss various matters related to the Cultivation World and the Great Yu Realm, with Zhengyuan Divine Lord sharing important news about smuggling across realms.
• Ye Jingcheng and Purple Sun Divine Lord: Exchange pleasantries and share a drink of Azure Dragon Brew, with Purple Sun Divine Lord expressing envy of Ye Jingcheng's cultivation speed.

Ye Jingcheng welcomed Righteous Spirit Divine Lord and the Wang Family, discussed a possible joint search for the Pill God Palace and new revelations about Golden Light Temple’s Spirit Vine, then learned that the weakened Ouyang Family had arrived seeking trade with the Ye Family. The Ouyang Family planned to approach Ye Tengming and offer treasures in exchange for Fifth Order spirit blood, hoping eventually to obtain Sky Phoenix essence blood.

• Wang Xuanming apologized to Ye Jingcheng and offered compensation, which Ye Jingcheng accepted while promising to return it twofold at Wang Xuanming’s Spirit Transformation Ceremony.
• Righteous Spirit Divine Lord shared details about his friend’s successful smuggling attempt and the Simulated Origin Pill, and proposed that the Wang Family, Righteous Path Sect, Purple Sun Sect, and Ye Family explore the Pill God Palace together.
• Righteous Spirit Divine Lord revealed that Hundred Crafts Divine Lord was connected to Golden Light Temple and that the Spirit Vine had once provoked a great conflict in the Spirit Realm; Ye Jingcheng changed the subject to smuggling attempts.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that only two people were known to have smuggled themselves across in fifty years, then the guests turned to other recent events and promising juniors.
• Ouyang Zhiyuan told the Ouyang Family members that Thousand Dust Divine Lord could not receive them before the ceremony and suggested approaching him through Ye Tengming.
• The Ouyang Family Patriarch decided that Ouyang Zhiyuan should contact Ye Tengming and the Ye Family Patriarch to trade their treasures for Fifth Order spirit blood, seeking a path toward Sky Phoenix essence blood.

Cultivators gathered before Penglai Mountain to climb the Ye Family’s Tiangang Mountain and compete for its rankings, while Ye Qing Nian announced a Nascent Soul competition with valuable rewards. He then met Ouyang Jin, who revealed that the Ouyang Family wanted to trade Sixth Order Crimson Flame Yuan Fox essence blood inherited from the Spirit Realm for the Ye Family’s Sky Phoenix essence blood.

• Cultivators from across the Great Yu Realm gathered at Tiangang Mountain, where the Ye Family’s rankings and daily rewards drew crowds.
• Ye Qing Nian announced that the final day would include a Nascent Soul competition for cultivators under eight hundred years old, with three Fifth-Order treasures for the top finishers.
• Ye Tengming informed Ye Qing Nian that the Ouyang Family wanted to trade an exceptional treasure, and Ye Qing Nian went to meet Ouyang Jin at Ye Yuan Restaurant.
• Ouyang Jin offered to exchange special essence blood for the Ye Family’s Sky Phoenix Clan essence blood, and Ye Qing Nian initially dismissed the offer as ordinary spirit-beast blood.
• Ouyang Jin revealed that the Ouyang Family possessed Sixth Order Crimson Flame Yuan Fox essence blood brought from the Spirit Realm and explained how the family’s Spirit Realm bloodlines had once sustained its power.

Ye Qing Nian negotiated a cautious essence-blood trade with Ouyang Jin while Ye Jingcheng prepared for the rankings at Tiangang Mountain. As the ceremony began, Ye Jingyu divined that the Mu Family and Demon Saints planned to attack the Ye Family during the event, but could not uncover their full intentions.

• Ye Qing Nian told Ouyang Jin that the Ye Family would consider trading for the Ouyang Family’s Sixth Order essence blood, and Ye Jingcheng agreed on conditions requiring the user to refine it and cultivate within Ye territory for a hundred years.
• Ouyang Jin accepted the conditions, asked for a Nascent Soul Oath protecting his family, and said the Ouyang Family would arrive in roughly half a year.
• Ye Jingcheng and other Spirit Transformation cultivators gathered at Tiangang Mountain for the Purple Mansion Golden Core and Nascent Soul rankings, drawing factions from across the Great Yu Realm.
• Ye Jingyu used Blood-Qi Beast Communion with a Sky Crow Ancient Tree Wood Demon to divine the danger facing the Ye Family during the ceremony.
• Ye Jingyu saw a vision of Spirit Transformation cultivators and Demon Saints breaking through the Ye Family’s defenses, identified the likely attackers as the Mu Family and Demon Saints Han Ming and Lei Chen, and failed to divine their full plan.

Ye Yunxi, Ye Haicheng, and Ye Haihe took part in the Nascent Soul rankings at Tiangang Mountain, where they studied the techniques of the immortal sects’ leading cultivators. Jin Yuanzi won the contest, while the Ye Family participants returned to seclusion with valuable insights.

• Ye Haicheng entered the Heavenly Star Body Forging Array with Ye Haihe and Ye Yunxi as Nascent Soul cultivators from across the realms gathered to compete.
• Jin Yuanzi led the climb, while Bai Xin'er, Fairy Zi Ning, and other sect geniuses advanced behind him; Ye Yunxi studied their cultivation methods as she climbed.
• A profound chill spread across the mountain, prompting Divine Medicine Divine Lord to mistake it for a Mysterious Cold Divine Domain emerging from Ye Yunxi’s Profound Cold Qi.
• Void Embrace True Monarch noticed Ye Haicheng repeatedly watching the other cultivators and dropping jade slips, and realized he was copying their techniques to create Wonderful Law Spirit Puppets.
• Ye Haihe used the Star Body Tempering Method and controlled the Sea Suppressing Ape and White Eyebrow Azure Wolf as he pursued a high ranking.
• Jin Yuanzi took first place, Chen Banshan second, Bai Xin'er third, and Fairy Zi Ning fourth; Ye Haihe barely made the top ten, and all three Ye Family participants went into seclusion to contemplate their gains.

Ye Jingcheng’s Spirit Transformation Ceremony began on Penglai Immortal Mountain, drawing hundreds of Golden Core Factions and many Nascent Soul guests who presented rare treasures. As the ceremony continued, Qingxia Fairy offered a Sixth Order Moon Scenery Peach Tree Wood Core, and Divine Lord Zhengyuan arrived with gifts for his disciple.

• Ye Xuecang announced the start of the Spirit Transformation Ceremony as golden stairs appeared and guests began climbing Penglai Immortal Mountain.
• The Wei Family, Wan Family, and more than eight hundred Golden Core Factions presented gifts to Ye Jingcheng, followed by the Heavenly Saber Sect, Medicine King Valley, and other Nascent Soul Factions.
• Medicine King Valley presented more than twenty spirit herbs, and the visiting Nascent Soul Factions’ descendants received blessings from spirit rain.
• Qingxia Fairy of Qingxia Palace presented a Sixth Order Moon Scenery Peach Tree Wood Core, then praised Ye Qingyan’s alchemy and agreed to discuss the Dao of alchemy with him.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan arrived aboard the Azure Cloud Stepping Wind Boat, and Ye Jingcheng used a striking movement technique to meet him.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan gave Ye Jingcheng a drop of Sixth Order White Ape Essence Blood and a Sixth Order Purple Separation Profound Light Grass.

Ye Jingcheng welcomed Spirit Transformation cultivators to his ceremony as allies presented valuable gifts and warned him about hostile guests gathering nearby. The arrival of Divine Lord Wugu and Six Poisons Divine Lord brought rival demonic sects into the banquet, leaving the ceremony tense.

• Ye Jingcheng and Divine Lord Zhengyuan rode a Jiaolong carriage to Penglai Mountain after the Ye Family showered the crowd with spirit pills, lotus seeds, and spiritual treasures.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan gave Ye Jingcheng four drops of White Ape Essence Blood and a Sixth Order Purple Separation Profound Light Grass, explaining that the blood came from the White Ape Demon Saint.
• Purple Sun Divine Lord presented Great Sun Scarlet Gold and a Return Origin Heavenly Gate Fruit, while other sects and families brought Sixth Order treasures and spirit herbs.
• Yun Sha Divine Lord offered a Sixth Order Thousand Moon Spirit Condensing Pill formula and Moon-Congealing Grass, then warned Ye Jingcheng that suspicious Spirit Transformation cultivators had gathered nearby.
• Divine Lord Wugu arrived with a Fifth Order Top Grade Burning Oil Ancient Lamp and provoked Yun Sha Divine Lord, his old rival, while asking to taste the Ye Family's Azure Dragon Brew.
• Six Poisons Divine Lord of the Duyuan Sect arrived and presented a Fifth Order Top Grade Heavenly Poison Hook.

At Ye Jingcheng’s ceremony, Divine Lord Lu Ya tried to expose the Ye Family’s treasures and stir the gathered Spirit Transformation cultivators against them, but Ye Jingcheng trapped him with the Ten Directions Ink Spirit Inkstone. Demon Saint Han Ming and other attackers then revealed themselves, and Ye Jingcheng answered by displaying the Ye Family’s formidable forces as both sides prepared to fight.

• Ye Jingcheng welcomed visiting factions, including Divine Forge Valley, while more Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived and heightened the guests’ suspicions.
• A masked cultivator riding a horn whale arrived and was identified as Divine Lord Lu Ya, who began naming the Ye Family’s treasures and bloodline.
• Ye Jingcheng struck immediately, trapping Lu Ya inside the Ten Directions Ink Spirit Inkstone as a massive Ink Spirit attacked him.
• Demon Saint Han Ming led six beastly figures in an attack and accused Ye Jingcheng of destroying the Penglai Immortal Sect and taking its treasures, making the gathered cultivators wary of the Ye Family.
• Ye Jingcheng displayed the Five Elements Heavenly Palace and Divine Domain, the Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint, Qingqiu Fox Saint, more than a hundred Earth Armor Puppets, and the Jade Scale Dragon, revealing the Ye Family’s strength.
• Divine Lord Zhengyuan, Purple Sun Divine Lord, and Yun Sha Divine Lord joined Ye Jingcheng in the sky as the Demon Saints and rival cultivators faced the Ye Family’s forces.

The Demon Saints and their allies attacked the Ye Family, while rival Spirit Transformation cultivators maneuvered around the battle and Divine Lord Qu Yuan refused to help. Hidden in the Western Region, the Mu Family Old Ancestor prepared a jade bowl and spirit talisman as the attack on the Ye Family began.

• Jade Qilin overwhelmed Demon Saint Han Ming with superior frigid qi and physical strength, while other Demon Saints fought Heaven Nirvana Phoenix Saint, Qingqiu Demon Saint, and Ye Jingcheng.
• Yun Sha Divine Lord and the other Great Yu Realm cultivators joined the battle, but Divine Lord Wugu and his allies confronted them, leaving several observers waiting to see which side would weaken.
• Ye Jingyu welcomed Divine Lord Qu Yuan through the teleportation array, but Qu Yuan refused to act and instead examined Penglai Mountain.
• The Mu Family Old Ancestor watched from a hidden cave heaven as Sand Ants carried his concealed stone through the Gobi desert.
• The Mu Family Old Ancestor took out a jade bowl and attached a spirit talisman, whose aura made the sand creatures and Sand Jiaolongs cower.