Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen and Caiyi spent a joyful half-month with the Ye Family, where Caiyi found warmth that reminded her of the parents who had abandoned her. After Ye Tiancheng broke through to the Spirit Drawing Realm and the family discovered a spirit-crystal vein, the old steward rushed in with news of an even greater joyous occasion.

• Mi Jiangxue welcomed Caiyi warmly, and Caiyi ate far more than usual while Ye Zhen wondered about her unusual mood.
• Caiyi asked Ye Zhen about his childhood and family, then cried over not knowing why her parents had abandoned her; Ye Zhen promised that the Ye Residence would be her home.
• Mi Jiangxue and Caiyi grew close, went shopping in Blackwater Royal City, and Mi Jiangxue proudly introduced Caiyi as her future daughter-in-law.
• Ye Zhen and Caiyi became intimate, and the Ye Residence celebrated their relationship while Ye Tiancheng opened a meat-porridge stall.
• Ye Tiancheng broke through to the Spirit Drawing Realm, and the Ye Family discovered a Low-grade Spirit Crystal vein and offered the Qi Yun Sect half in exchange for mining it.
• As Ye Zhen discussed returning to the sect with Ye Tiancheng, the old steward rushed in and announced that he had astonishing news.

Ye Zhen discovered that his mother, Mi Jiangxue, was pregnant with twins, then returned to the Qi Yun Sect with Caiyi. As Caiyi's longing for her birth parents became a dangerous heart demon, she used the Five-Colored Stone to leave and seek her clan, promising to return.

• Ye Zhen and Caiyi confirmed that Mi Jiangxue was pregnant with twins, and Ye Zhen arranged spirit herbs and secret formulas to nurture the unborn children.
• Caiyi's grief over not knowing her birth parents triggered a surge of Soul Power that threatened the Qi Yun Sect, but Ye Zhen calmed her.
• Ye Zhen urged Caiyi to use the Five-Colored Stone to find her clan, and she quietly decided to leave rather than risk harming the Qi Yun Sect.
• Caiyi left Ye Zhen a handkerchief promising to return within one to three years, then activated the Five-Colored Stone and vanished in a cocoon of light.
• Ye Zhen watched Caiyi depart and promised to wait for her.

After Caiyi left, Ye Zhen threw himself into relentless cultivation, relying on the Seven Revolutions Soul Nurturing Technique to recover without rest. His efforts carried him into the Viscera Transformation Realm and awakened movement in his dormant second Talent Bloodline.

• Ye Zhen struggled with Caiyi's absence and poured nearly all his time into bitter cultivation.
• Sect Master Guo Qijing warned Ye Zhen that his self-destructive training would ruin his body, but Ye Zhen insisted he knew what he was doing.
• Ye Zhen used the Seven Revolutions Soul Nurturing Technique to recover rapidly and sustain his intense training.
• Less than nine months after entering the Bone Transformation Realm, Ye Zhen broke through to the Viscera Transformation Realm.
• Ye Zhen successfully unleashed the Divine Dragon Swishes Its Tail form of the Black Dragon Hegemony Style, and his dormant second Talent Bloodline moved.

Ye Zhen discovered that his second Black Light Talent Bloodline guided his cultivation of the Three Forms of the Black Dragon Overlord, while Liao Feibai pushed him through brutal training to refine his fist. Their fight escalated when Ye Zhen’s Crimson Jade Spiritual Armor shattered, prompting him to unleash a sudden power surge and counterattack with a dragon tail.

• Ye Zhen found that successfully performing the Black Dragon Overlord’s first two forms caused ripples in his second Black Light Talent Bloodline, which gave him insights into the martial skill.
• Sect Master Guo Qijing doubled the treatment of the Qi Yun Sect’s Menial Disciples and promised promising disciples the treatment of Outer Disciples.
• After half a month of training, Ye Zhen showed signs of mastering Black Dragon Overlord Fist, but Liao Feibai attacked him and began forcing him to strengthen its fierce, dominating intent.
• Ye Zhen’s fist improved under Liao Feibai’s attacks until it shattered her Profound Ice Spirit Sword, and Sect Master Guo Qijing activated the Sect-Protecting Spirit Weapon to shield the Qi Yun Sect.
• Liao Feibai broke Ye Zhen’s Crimson Jade Spiritual Armor and pressed a fatal attack, but Ye Zhen evaded, absorbed a blood-colored radiance that strengthened him, and struck back with a black dragon tail.

Ye Zhen left for the Illusory God Empire after a sparring match and drunken night with Liao Feibai helped him come to terms with Caiyi’s departure and remember Green Vine. As he arrived, the Tiannan Hua Family discovered Hua Wushuang had vanished and its Old Ancestors erupted in fury.

• Ye Zhen ran out of spiritual power sparring with Liao Feibai, then drank with her as they talked about Caiyi’s departure.
• Ye Zhen and Liao Feibai passed out drunk together, and Liao Feibai woke suddenly before flying away in embarrassment.
• Two days later, Ye Zhen reported to Guo Qijing, said farewell to Liao Feibai, and rode Little Cat toward the Illusory God Empire to visit Green Vine and investigate the Hua Family.
• Ye Zhen reached the Illusory God Empire in two days while the Hua Family learned that Hua Wushuang, his steward, and his guards had disappeared.
• Hua Zhu decided to seek the Illusory God Sect’s help and inform the Old Ancestors, who unleashed a deadly wave that killed servants and turned the area around Butterfly Valley to ash.

Ye Zhen entered the Qing Luo Sect under the name Zheng Fuyun and reunited with Green Vine, while Guo Wanfeng persuaded the elders not to expose or harm him. After giving Green Vine a Top-grade Green Wood Spirit Crystal, Ye Zhen learned that Han Tai had been mysteriously ill for more than a month.

• He Dong delivered Zheng Fuyun’s calling card to Guo Wanfeng, who ordered the sect to keep his arrival secret and summoned Xie Lu and True Person Tianzhu.
• Xie Lu and True Person Tianzhu warned Guo Wanfeng that Ye Zhen’s presence could bring the Illusory God Sect’s retaliation, but Guo Wanfeng argued that protecting Ye Zhen served the Qing Luo Sect’s interests.
• Green Vine reunited with Ye Zhen and urged him to leave because Xie Lu and True Person Tianzhu held grudges against him; Ye Zhen reassured her that he had prepared for the risks.
• Green Vine told Ye Zhen that Guo Wanfeng had rewarded her with Green Wood Spirit Crystals after his Black Dragon Ranking victory, and Ye Zhen gave her a Top-grade Green Wood Spirit Crystal to aid her cultivation.
• Green Vine told Ye Zhen that Han Tai had been ill for over a month, and that even her master could not discover the cause.

Ye Zhen discovered that Han Tai’s unexplained lethargy was caused by possession by a Blood Demon after a mysterious Myriad Stars Plate contactor guided him to test Han Tai’s reaction to bloodletting. As Han Tai attacked him in a frenzy, Ye Zhen pleaded with the distant expert for a way to save his friend.

• Ye Zhen visited the lethargic Han Tai, whose illness had resisted examination and treatment by Qing Luo Sect experts.
• Ye Zhen posted a reward through the Myriad Stars Plate and received advice to cut Han Tai’s wrist and observe his reaction.
• When Ye Zhen let Han Tai’s blood, Han Tai woke in a rage, healed the wound, and attacked Ye Zhen with unexpectedly powerful blows.
• Ye Zhen learned from the distant contact that Han Tai’s blood-red spiritual power and violent reaction confirmed that a Blood Demon possessed him.
• Ye Zhen connected the possession to the Blood Demon in Jinyang City and begged the expert to explain how to save Han Tai.

Ye Zhen learned Soul Shocking Thunder from the Myriad Stars Plate and used its lightning to drive the Blood Demon Venerable out of Han Tai. As Qing Luo Sect elders and Sect Master Guo Wanfeng arrived, three thunderbolts forced a mass of blood light from Han Tai’s body.

• The Blood Demon Venerable revealed himself through Han Tai and threatened Ye Zhen and Green Vine, forcing Green Vine to attack.
• The Myriad Stars Plate taught Ye Zhen Soul Shocking Thunder, explaining that its lightning could expel Blood Demons.
• Ye Zhen channeled black lightning through his sword strikes, weakening the Blood Demon Venerable while trying to spare Han Tai’s body.
• The Blood Demon Venerable’s screams alerted Qing Luo Sect elders and Sect Master Guo Wanfeng, who arrived at Baopu Peak.
• Ye Zhen continued striking Han Tai with Soul Shocking Thunder, and three thunderbolts forced a thick mass of blood light out of his body.

Ye Zhen pursued the Blood Demon Venerable after it escaped Qing Luo Sect, determined to stop it from draining more victims. As the demon regained strength, a mysterious senior learned Ye Zhen’s identity and wondered whether he had found a treasure.

• The Blood Demon Venerable escaped Qing Luo Sect after Guo Wanfeng and Ye Zhen helped break its attack, and Ye Zhen chased it on Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen found villages devastated by the Blood Demon and continued tracking it as it drained people and animals to recover its strength.
• Ye Zhen told the mysterious senior through the Myriad Stars Plate that the Blood Demon was Venerable-level and that hundreds had died during the pursuit.
• The mysterious senior sent a Purple Talisman Signal to learn about Ye Zhen, then read that he was nineteen, ranked first on the Black Dragon Ranking, and from the Black Dragon Domain.
• The white-browed, black-haired old man looked at the Myriad Stars Plate and wondered whether he had found treasure.

Ye Zhen pursued the Blood Demon Venerable Yin Suhai into a hidden Blood God Cult lair, where he discovered that his Soul Shocking Thunder threatened the cult. Surrounded by numerous Blood Demons and the formidable Blood Spirit Guardian, Ye Zhen faced an order to be captured alive.

• Ye Zhen chased Yin Suhai through the mountains, surviving repeated ambushes thanks to his Crimson Jade Spiritual Armor and Spiritual Energy.
• Ye Zhen found a lifeless region and entered a cave whose apparent greenery Clear Heart Sword Intent revealed to be an illusion concealing a blood river and piles of bones.
• Yin Suhai attacked Ye Zhen with Blood River Poison Smoke, but Ye Zhen's Crimson Jade Spiritual Energy neutralized the poison, and his Soul Shocking Thunder wounded Yin Suhai.
• Li Laogui emerged and attacked Ye Zhen, but his Soul Shocking Thunder struck Li Laogui as well.
• Seventeen Blood Demons gathered before the Blood Spirit Guardian, who recognized Ye Zhen's Soul Shocking Thunder as the art that had breached the cult's main altar six hundred years earlier.
• The Blood Spirit Guardian ordered the Blood Demons to capture Ye Zhen alive, and more than a dozen streaks of blood-red light rushed at him.

Ye Zhen escaped Blood River Cave with Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao after the beast resisted Blood Demon Protector Blood Spirit’s demonic sound and helped him evade the Blood Demon Venerables. As Blood Spirit ordered the demons to keep the cave’s location secret, three alarm bells rang at the Illusory God Sect, summoning its elders.

• Ye Zhen and Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao fled Blood River Cave while his Soul Shocking Thunder Lights held off the pursuing Blood Demons.
• Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao resisted Blood Spirit’s Blood Sea Demonic Sound, and Ye Zhen guided it past an illusion that threatened to send it into a mountain wall.
• Ye Zhen and Xiao Mao escaped into the clouds at top speed, leaving the six Blood Demon Venerables unable to track them.
• Blood Spirit refused to send Yin Suhai and Li Laogui after Ye Zhen, warning that he might reveal Blood River Cave’s location, and ordered the demons to cultivate.
• Three bell chimes sounded at the Illusory God Sect, prompting streaks of light to fly toward Thousand Illusions Peak as the elders were summoned.

The Illusory God Sect learned that the Tiannan Hua Family’s young master, Hua Wushuang, had vanished despite a sweeping search, leaving the sect afraid of the family’s retaliation. Thousand Illusions Eagle King proposed framing Ye Zhen of Black Water Country, but the sect still needed a way to withstand the Hua Family’s soul-searching.

• Fu Dongxing summoned the Illusory God Sect elders and investigators to hear the results of their search for Hua Wushuang.
• Qingyi reported that the sect and the Illusory God Empire had searched everywhere but found no trace of Hua Wushuang.
• The elders recognized that the Tiannan Hua Family might blame the Illusory God Sect or unleash its fury within the empire because Hua Wushuang was vital to its bloodline.
• The elders rejected the suggestion of framing a dead cultivator, fearing the Hua Family could uncover the deception through soul-searching.
• Thousand Illusions Eagle King proposed framing Ye Zhen, claiming he had a grudge against Hua Wushuang, could have defeated him, and was from Black Water Country.
• Qingyi questioned how the sect would fool the Hua Family’s soul-searching, and Fu Dongxing asked Thousand Illusions Eagle King whether he had a solution.

The Thousand Illusions Eagle King persuaded the Illusory God Sect to exploit a conflict between the Tiannan Hua Family and Black Water Country, while Hua Zhu arrived at the sect with twenty Soul Sea Realm experts demanding news of his son. As the sect prepared its response, Hua Zhu’s gaze lingered on Zuo Bin, and Ye Zhen remained unaware that his plan was unfolding.

• The Thousand Illusions Eagle King proposed provoking a war between the Tiannan Hua Family and Black Water Country, killing Ye Zhen if necessary, and destroying the Hua Family if the opportunity arose.
• Fu Dongxing received word that Hua Zhu was leading the Tiannan Hua Family to the Illusory God Sect, then ordered his elders to prepare the scheme and meet the arriving party.
• Hua Zhu arrived on two Flowing Light Flower Butterflies with twenty Soul Sea Realm experts and demanded that Fu Dongxing tell him what the sect had learned about his son Wu Shuang.
• Fu Dongxing led Hua Zhu to the Sect Main Hall, where the Thousand Illusions Eagle King coached the disciples to direct questions toward Ye Zhen and the Black Dragon Ranking competition.
• Hua Zhu scrutinized the four elders and ten True Disciples, and his veins throbbed when he looked at Zuo Bin.
• Ye Zhen arrived at the Qing Luo Sect without knowing that the events tied to his plan were unfolding at the Illusory God Sect.

Ye Zhen told Guo Wanfeng about the Blood God Cult, but the Tiannan Hua Family’s arrival at the Illusory God Sect delayed plans to unite against it. As Ye Zhen rushed to learn what had happened to Hua Wushuang, a mysterious senior gave him the first two levels of the true Soul Shocking Thunder Art and tasked him with killing Blood Spirit.

• Ye Zhen urged Guo Wanfeng to attack the Blood God Cult, but Guo Wanfeng planned to seek help from Fu Dongxing and other powers instead.
• Guo Wanfeng learned that Hua Zhu had brought twenty Soul Sea Realm experts to the Illusory God Sect over Hua Wushuang’s disappearance, delaying his trip to meet Fu Dongxing.
• Ye Zhen instructed Green Vine and rode Xiao Mao toward the Illusory God Sect to learn what the Tiannan Hua Family would do.
• Ye Zhen exchanged messages with the mysterious senior, who revealed that he had once let Blood Spirit escape and asked Ye Zhen to return to Blood River Cave.
• The senior taught Ye Zhen the first two levels of the Soul Shocking Thunder Art and told him to kill Blood Spirit and obtain the Blood God Pearl if he wanted to receive the third level.
• Ye Zhen began cultivating the first level on Xiao Mao’s back as the senior considered him a promising young talent.

Hua Zhu rejected the Thousand Illusions Eagle King's attempt to frame another man for Hua Wushuang's disappearance and accused the Illusory God Sect of killing his son. He launched a surprise attack that sparked a fierce battle between the Hua Family and the sect, while Hua Yan confronted the sect's two Grand Elders.

• The Thousand Illusions Eagle King claimed Hua Wushuang had vanished in the Black Dragon Secret Palace and suggested a tournament rival was responsible.
• Hua Zhu demanded to question the Illusory God Sect disciples and elders who had witnessed the tournament and secret palace events.
• After learning that Bu Changtian had died in the Black Dragon Secret Palace, Hua Zhu declared the gathered True Disciples culprits and bound them with Water-Fire Thunderlight.
• Hua Zhu ordered the Hua Family's twenty Soul Sea Realm experts to attack, then struck at the Thousand Illusions Eagle King and killed an Illusory God Sect elder.
• Fu Dongxing fought Hua Zhu as the Hua Family and Illusory God Sect battled through the ruined Sect Main Hall.
• Fu Dongxing summoned the sect's two Grand Elders, and Hua Yan appeared above the rear mountain's forbidden grounds to attack them.

The Illusory God Sect and the Tiannan Hua Family fought a devastating battle after Hua Yan ambushed the sect’s Grand Elders. Illusory God Sect reinforcements turned the tide, but Hua Yan revealed a general-grade Heavenly Spirit Boat and struck down a sect elder as a tiny kitten watched from the clouds.

• Hua Yan’s attack devastated the Illusory God Sect’s forbidden grounds, leaving Huan Meng badly wounded and forcing Huan Cang to confront Hua Yan.
• Fu Dongxing and the Illusory God Sect fought back against the Tiannan Hua Family as disciples fled and casualties mounted on both sides.
• Illusory God Sect reinforcements arrived, shifting the advantage and allowing Fu Dongxing to overpower Hua Zhu.
• Fu Dongxing promised the first half of the Thousand Illusions Secret Codex to those who killed three Hua Family martial artists, driving the sect elders to fight more fiercely.
• Hua Yan returned to the battle and ordered Hua Wei to activate a general-grade Heavenly Spirit Boat, whose beam killed an arriving Illusory God Sect elder.
• A tiny kitten gathered clouds around itself and watched the battle with a sharp glint in its eyes.

Ye Zhen watched the Tiannan Hua Family and Illusory God Sect nearly destroy each other before Qingyi halted the battle by claiming Hua Wushuang had left a posthumous child. The survivors stopped fighting, and Hua Yan demanded the child’s location while Qingyi insisted on asking questions first.

• Ye Zhen watched as Fu Dongxing and Hua Zhu led their forces in a frantic slaughter, with the Heavenly Spirit Boat killing Illusory God Sect elders and Fu Dongxing cutting down Hua Family fighters.
• Qingyi realized the battle stemmed from a misunderstanding over Hua Wushuang’s death and pleaded with Hua Zhu and Hua Yan to stop before both sides were destroyed.
• Qingyi claimed to know Hua Wushuang’s killer and body, then revealed that Hua Wushuang had left a posthumous child, shocking Hua Yan and halting the fighting.
• The survivors counted their heavy losses, while Qingyi admitted to himself that he had invented the child to save the Illusory God Sect from annihilation.
• Hua Yan demanded the child’s location, but Qingyi threatened to sever his heart meridians and asked Hua Yan to answer several questions first.

Qingyi tried to prevent the Tiannan Hua Family and the Illusory God Sect from destroying each other by investigating Hua Wushuang’s murder. Zuo Bin revealed that he had taken Hua Wushuang’s Storage Ring from Bu Changtian’s corpse, leaving the Illusory God Sect facing proof that Bu Changtian was the killer.

• Qingyi questioned Hua Yan’s evidence and persuaded him that the Illusory God Sect’s leaders had not deliberately murdered Hua Wushuang.
• Hua Yan explained that his Soul Imprint let him sense Hua Wushuang’s Storage Ring among the twelve bound Illusory God Sect True Disciples.
• Hua Zhu struck Zuo Bin and severed his left hand, exposing the ring and prompting Zuo Bin to insist he had not killed Hua Wushuang.
• Zuo Bin admitted he had taken the Storage Ring from Bu Changtian’s corpse in the Black Dragon Secret Palace.
• Hua Yan and Hua Zhu accused Bu Changtian of killing Hua Wushuang, while the Illusory God Sect’s leaders were left stunned and fearful.

Hua Yan threatened the Illusory God Sect over Hua Wushuang’s death and demanded to know where Wushuang’s posthumous child was. Qingyi blamed Ye Zhen for the deaths, and then revealed that Green Vine might have been involved with Wushuang, leaving Ye Zhen furious and exposed.

• Hua Yan threatened to bury twelve Illusory God Sect True Disciples alongside Hua Wushuang, while Hua Zhu warned that the Hua Family’s powerful ancestors were still alive.
• Qingyi questioned Zuo Bin’s account, and Hua Yan soul-searched Zuo Bin, whose head burst before Hua Yan confirmed the account contained strange details about Bu Changtian’s death.
• Qingyi accused Ye Zhen of killing Hua Wushuang and Bu Changtian, and Hua Yan decided to investigate the Black Dragon Ranking warriors, beginning with Ye Zhen.
• Hua Yan demanded information about Wushuang’s posthumous child, and Qingyi said Green Vine of the Qing Luo Sect had once been involved with Wushuang.
• Ye Zhen cursed Qingyi in fury, drawing everyone’s attention toward him.

Ye Zhen escaped the Illusory God Sect with Little Cat while Hua Yan and the others pursued him. He repeatedly used Soul Shocking Thunder Light to interrupt Hua Yan’s chase, but with Little Cat’s spiritual power running low, Ye Zhen spotted a possible way out.

• Qingyi identified Ye Zhen as the person who killed Hua Wushuang and framed Zuo Bin, prompting Fu Dongxing and Qingyi to attack him.
• Ye Zhen summoned Little Cat and fled through the clouds, while Hua Yan, Hua Zhu, Fu Dongxing, Huan Cang, and Qingyi pursued them.
• Hua Yan used Chase Mountains, Catch Moon to close in on Ye Zhen, but Ye Zhen struck him with Soul Shocking Thunder Light and made him fall from the sky.
• Hua Yan recovered and resumed his pursuit, while Ye Zhen fed High-grade Spirit Crystals to Little Cat to replenish its power.
• As Hua Yan closed in again, Ye Zhen used Soul Shocking Thunder Light a second time and then spotted an idea for escaping.