Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen crashed into the Demon Soul Secret Realm from a bloody vortex, survived the fall, and discovered that he had landed in a different realm from the Black Dragon Domain. After Luo Yingzi brought him through the protective screen, she tried to attack him, but Ye Zhen stopped her with a looming black shadow.

• A bloody light struck Zhu Xiao and the Qingyang Palace formation, killing Zhu Xiao and injuring the other martial artists while Ye Zhen survived the impact.
• Wei Lianchuan and Sha Congqian rushed toward Luo Yingzi and the protective screen, but both slammed into it as Luo Yingzi carried Ye Zhen through.
• Luo Yingzi threatened to kill Ye Zhen, then spared him when she decided he might be useful; Ye Zhen held back his Soul Shocking Thunder Light.
• Ye Zhen inferred from the names and cultivation levels around him that the vortex had carried him far beyond the Black Dragon Domain.
• Sha Congqian attacked the protective screen while Wei Lianchuan tried to persuade Ye Zhen to leave; Luo Yingzi attempted to seal Ye Zhen's cultivation.
• A massive black shadow rose behind Luo Yingzi, and Ye Zhen warned her to stand still.

Ye Zhen subdued Luo Yingzi after she escaped Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao’s jaws with a Profound Yin Force Field, while Qingyang Palace attacked the barrier outside. Luo Yingzi deduced that Ye Zhen came from another domain and pointed out blood-colored lights as major treasures in the Demon Soul Secret Realm.

• Ye Zhen used Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao to keep Luo Yingzi at bay as Wei Lianchuan and Sha Congqian led Qingyang Palace’s attack on the protective light screen.
• Luo Yingzi used her Profound Yin Force Field to escape Xiao Mao’s bite and lunged at Ye Zhen, but he knocked her down with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning and restrained her.
• Luo Yingzi recovered quickly and inferred from Ye Zhen’s cultivation, reactions, and accent that he was from another domain, though she could not identify which one.
• Luo Yingzi warned Ye Zhen that Qingyang Palace would soon break through the barrier and urged him to seek the secret realm’s treasures.
• Luo Yingzi pointed out blood-colored points of light ahead, identifying them as some of the Demon Soul Secret Realm’s most important treasures.

Ye Zhen survived an attack by five Demonic Spirit Ghosts and resisted Luo Yingzi’s Charm Arts before agreeing to cooperate with her under Soul Oaths. As Luo Yingzi explained the Demon Soul Secret Realm’s dangers and treasures, she spotted a blood-colored plant and rushed toward it.

• Ye Zhen used Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning to destroy five Demonic Spirit Ghosts that had attacked him, and he learned the Demon Soul Hall could collect them.
• Luo Yingzi tried to charm Ye Zhen, but his Clear Heart Sword Intent broke her influence, and he threatened her with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning.
• Luo Yingzi persuaded Ye Zhen to cooperate, and they made Soul Oaths not to plot against each other and to provide mutual assistance.
• Ye Zhen told Luo Yingzi his name and that he came from the Black Dragon Domain, then learned she had seen him crush Zhu Xiao of Qingyang Palace when he fell from the sky.
• Luo Yingzi explained that the Demon Soul Secret Realm would close in two days and warned Ye Zhen about its Demonic Spirit Ghosts and rare treasures.
• Luo Yingzi spotted a short blood-colored plant growing in the grass and rushed toward it.

Luo Yingzi and Ye Zhen harvested valuable Spirit Plants and fought their way through the Demon Soul Secret Realm, where Ye Zhen discovered that the Demon Soul Hall let him pass through protective barriers and absorb Demonic Spirit Ghosts. After Luo Yingzi explained the Demon Cloud Fruit’s life-saving power, they spotted another Demon Cloud Vine Tree and raced toward it amid a sudden impact and shriek.

• Luo Yingzi harvested a mature Demon Cloud Fruit and explained its dangers, then directed Ye Zhen to gather valuable Spirit Plants, including Tiger Tooth Seeds.
• After a distant boom, Luo Yingzi led Ye Zhen away from Qingyang Palace’s pursuing martial artists, and the pair defeated Demonic Spirit Ghosts while Ye Zhen secretly drew some into the Demon Soul Hall.
• Luo Yingzi struck a protective light barrier, but Ye Zhen passed through it and realized the Demon Soul Hall allowed him to cross; he returned and carried her through the barrier.
• Luo Yingzi and Ye Zhen fought more Demonic Spirit Ghosts, and she explained that captured ghosts could be refined into Soul Raising Pills while Ye Zhen secretly collected the remaining ghosts.
• Luo Yingzi explained that Demon Cloud Fruits could protect a martial artist from deadly attacks, then spotted a possible mature fruit and rushed toward its vine tree with Ye Zhen as a rumbling impact and piercing shriek sounded.

Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi were confronted over a Demon Cloud Fruit by Gu Baiyi, Lu Xiao, and their allies, who also demanded that Luo Yingzi answer for humiliating Gu Baiyi in the past. After Ye Zhen learned how she had bewitched Gu Baiyi into disgracing himself with a sow, he laughed, and Gu Baiyi attacked him.

• Gu Bufan of Soul Chasing Arrow Valley fired a Spirit Arrow at Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi as Ling Baiyi, Lu Xiao, and three other martial artists arrived and surrounded them.
• Lu Xiao demanded that Luo Yingzi explain her past actions toward Ling Baiyi, while Gu Bufan trained three Spirit Arrows on the group.
• Luo Yingzi suggested that she and Ye Zhen abandon the Demon Cloud Fruit, but Ling Baiyi's jealousy and Gu Baiyi's hostility made clear that their opponents would not let them go.
• Lu Xiao restrained Gu Baiyi when Luo Yingzi called him the most despicable man under heaven, and Luo Yingzi told Ye Zhen how she had bewitched Gu Baiyi into disgracing himself in a pigsty with a sow.
• Ye Zhen laughed at Gu Baiyi's humiliation, and Gu Baiyi rushed toward Luo Yingzi while striking at Ye Zhen with green flame.

Ye Zhen killed Ling Baiyi with a tracking Floating Cloud Finger, then faced three close-range Soul-Chasing Spirit Arrows from Gu Bufan. He emerged from the blasts completely unscathed, leaving Gu Bufan and the others stunned.

• Ling Baiyi charged Ye Zhen, but Ye Zhen's Floating Cloud Finger pursued him through every dodge and pierced through his forehead.
• Lu Xiao attacked Ye Zhen as Gu Bufan fired three Soul-Chasing Spirit Arrows at him, while Luo Yingzi tried to intervene.
• Lu Xiao stopped Luo Yingzi's rescue attempt with his Moon-Grasping Palm, and the arrows struck Ye Zhen.
• The blast faded to reveal Ye Zhen standing unharmed, astonishing Gu Bufan and the others.

Ye Zhen revealed how the Mirage Dragon Pearl and Demon Soul Hall let him survive Gu Bufan’s Soul Chasing Three Arrows, then fought back against the Xuan Yin Sect and Soul Chasing Arrow Valley. The battle continued as Gu Bufan prepared five arrows and Lu Xiao swooped in to attack Ye Zhen.

• Ye Zhen explained that he had absorbed one of Gu Bufan’s arrows into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, blocked another with the Demon Soul Hall, and endured the last with his Crimson Jade Spiritual Armor.
• Ye Zhen struck Gu Bufan with lightning, then used Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning and the Cloud Winged Tiger King to kill two Profound Moon Sect martial artists and badly injure another.
• Gu Bufan saved Yi Shan from the Cloud Winged Tiger King and attacked Ye Zhen with a volley of Spirit Arrows.
• Lu Xiao called for Gu Bufan to prepare a stronger attack, and Gu Bufan formed five Spirit Arrows as he retreated.
• Ye Zhen turned toward Gu Bufan to interrupt him, but Lu Xiao swooped toward Ye Zhen and shouted for him to die.

Lu Xiao and Gu Bufan ambushed Ye Zhen with a coordinated attack, but Luo Yingzi saved him with the Demon Cloud Fruit. Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi drove the attackers away, and Ye Zhen was left stunned by her willingness to risk such a precious treasure for him.

• Lu Xiao attacked Ye Zhen with Azure Flame Waves as Gu Bufan fired five Soul Chasing Spirit Arrows from behind.
• Ye Zhen tried to escape with Silver Thread Flash, but a blood-red object struck his armor and sent him reeling.
• Luo Yingzi's Protective Demon Cloud shielded Ye Zhen from the attacks, and she told him to use Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning against Lu Xiao.
• Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi counterattacked, forcing Lu Xiao and Gu Bufan to retreat while Luo Yingzi's Profound Yin Force Field killed Yi Shan.
• After Lu Xiao and Gu Bufan fled, Ye Zhen realized Luo Yingzi had given him the precious Demon Cloud Fruit to save his life.

Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi traveled through the Demon Soul Secret Realm, collecting Demon Cloud Fruits and Spirit Plants while Ye Zhen effortlessly captured Demonic Spirit Ghosts. With Lu Xiao and Gu Bufan threatening them outside, Luo Yingzi showed Ye Zhen how to leave the realm early, and they reached the exit vortex.

• Luo Yingzi claimed a Demon Cloud Fruit as payment for saving Ye Zhen and split the Storage Rings taken from four Profound Moon Sect disciples with him.
• Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi harvested seven more Demon Cloud Fruits and over a hundred Spirit Plants while Ye Zhen defeated martial artists and captured Demonic Spirit Ghosts.
• Luo Yingzi warned Ye Zhen that Lu Xiao and Gu Bufan could ambush them outside the realm, then proposed leaving early and demanded first claim on any further Demon Cloud Fruits.
• Ye Zhen collected more than a thousand Demonic Spirit Ghosts in the Demon Soul Hall as Luo Yingzi guided him through the realm toward its exit.
• Ye Zhen captured a huge swarm of Demonic Spirit Ghosts, including a Soul Commander, and Luo Yingzi claimed the Demon Cloud Fruit they found.
• Luo Yingzi rushed toward the enormous blood-colored exit vortex and told Ye Zhen they had to overcome its suction to escape.

Ye Zhen learned how vastly richer the True Spirit Domain’s cultivation resources were than those of the Black Dragon Domain, and he forged his resolve to pursue martial arts there. He planned to cultivate toward the Soul Sea Realm and parted from Luo Yingzi with supplies, advice, and warnings.

• Luo Yingzi told Ye Zhen that even the True Spirit Domain’s poorest regions had far denser Worldly Essence than the Black Dragon Domain, while its Spirit Veins offered still greater advantages.
• Ye Zhen overcame his thoughts about Heaven’s unfairness, reaffirmed that his fate was his to grasp through martial arts, and set breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm as his first goal.
• Luo Yingzi explained that Ye Zhen could rent Cultivation Chambers built on low-grade or mid-grade Spirit Veins and might seek a martial organization after reaching the Soul Sea Realm.
• Luo Yingzi gave Ye Zhen a Jade Talisman bearing her spiritual mark and two jade slips containing a map and information about the Demon Cloud Fruit.
• Luo Yingzi warned Ye Zhen to conceal his five Demon Soul Fruits and her secret, then flew off to rejoin her sect near Ancient Soul Mountain.

After learning that Demon Cloud Fruits served as passage permits to an Ancient Secret Mansion, Ye Zhen traveled toward Xining Martial City and struggled to contact his friends in the Black Dragon Domain. The chapter ended when three martial artists blocked his path and a Daoist greeted him.

• Ye Zhen learned from Luo Yingzi's jade slip that Demon Cloud Fruits could grant entry to an Ancient Secret Mansion expected to appear within a few years.
• Ye Zhen chose Xining Martial City as his first destination in the True Spirit Domain and rode there on Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen witnessed the True Spirit Domain's powerful people and beasts, frequent martial clashes, and several groups of would-be robbers fleeing from Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen repeatedly issued costly bounties through his Myriad Stars Plate to contact Tower Master Hai Luoshuang or Instructor Liao Feibai, but received no response.
• Three martial artists stopped Ye Zhen, and a Daoist stepped forward to greet him.

Ye Zhen refused the Longevity Sect’s attempt to recruit him, killed three Daoists who tried to seize Xiao Mao, and entered Xining Martial City. After renting a large courtyard at the Heavenly Martial Spirit Hall for a month, he prepared to test an idea about the Demonic Spirit Ghosts stored in his Demon Soul Hall.

• Three Longevity Sect Daoists tried to recruit Ye Zhen, then demanded that he surrender Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen killed two Daoists with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning and killed Fuchenzi as he fled.
• Lu Song arrived at the scene, found the three corpses, and flew toward Xining Martial City to pursue Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen concealed Xiao Mao before entering Xining Martial City and learned about the city’s spirit halls from a restaurant waiter.
• Ye Zhen rented a large mid-grade spirit courtyard at the Heavenly Martial Spirit Hall for a month and hurried to test his idea about the Demonic Spirit Ghosts.

Ye Zhen cultivated in a spirit courtyard in the True Spirit Domain and discovered that its dense Worldly Essence greatly accelerated his progress. He tested whether the Mirage Dragon Pearl could absorb Demonic Spirit Ghosts to strengthen his Soul Power, and the first attempt succeeded.

• Ye Zhen entered the spirit courtyard, marveled at its dense Worldly Essence, and began cultivating through his four Talent Bloodlines.
• The shopkeeper saw a vortex of Worldly Essence above Ye Zhen's courtyard and planned to sell news of his Heavenly Meridian.
• After two hours of cultivation, Ye Zhen found his vigor restored and estimated that the courtyard made him cultivate six times faster than in the Black Dragon Domain.
• Ye Zhen used the Demon Soul Hall and Mirage Dragon Pearl to draw a Demonic Spirit Ghost into the pearl.
• The Demonic Spirit Ghost dissipated inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, which sent a cool breath into Ye Zhen's divine soul and increased his Soul Power.

Ye Zhen spent two months cultivating in the Demon Soul Hall, greatly strengthening his Soul Power and learning the fortress’s functions. He left the spirit courtyard after reaching a bottleneck, while the innkeeper secretly sold news of his cultivation to other people.

• Ye Zhen refined Demonic Spirit Ghosts to raise his Soul Power, but limited each day’s increase after the surge caused pain in his skull; he worried about Caiyi and planned to send a domain letter if he could not contact her.
• Ye Zhen cultivated spiritual power and practiced the Black Dragon Hegemony Style, while learning that the Demon Soul Hall could change size and weight, raise protective barriers, fire Energy Cannons, store goods, and move, all at great cost in Spirit Crystals.
• Ye Zhen observed Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao absorbing Worldly Essence and growing stronger, though it showed no sign of breaking through to Heaven Grade.
• After two months, Ye Zhen reached the peak of the fifth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm and hit a bottleneck; his soul cultivation had advanced to the fifth level, but he still lacked a soul cultivation art.
• Ye Zhen declined to renew his spirit courtyard rental and left, while the innkeeper sent out message talismans to sell news of Ye Zhen’s cultivation for nearly two thousand Low-grade Spirit Crystals.

Ye Zhen searched Xining Martial Market for knowledge that could help him break through to the Soul Sea Realm, while Miao Jinfeng identified him as the likely killer of three Longevity Sect protectors and led eight elders to capture him. When Ye Zhen left the shop, dozens of people fixed their attention on him.

• News of Ye Zhen’s cultivation and emergence from seclusion prompted Xining’s martial forces to seek him out.
• Miao Jinfeng connected Ye Zhen’s traits to the young outsider suspected of killing three Longevity Sect protectors and summoned eight elders to seize him.
• Ye Zhen visited a manual shop to look for a soul cultivation art, rejected the available techniques, and bought a large collection of records and cultivation notes.
• Ye Zhen entered Xining Martial Market, where an informant sent a Talisman Signal reporting his location.
• As Ye Zhen stepped out of the shop, dozens of people turned their gazes toward him.

Ye Zhen refused recruitment by several powerful factions, including Du Xueshou’s Blood Hand Hall, and the Longevity Sect arrived before Du could attack him. The chapter ended with the sect’s Eight Protectors surrounding Ye Zhen as Miao Jinfeng accused him of killing True Person Fuchenzi.

• Yin Jianzhang, Yue Zhizhong, and Zong Yuan offered Ye Zhen positions in Wusheng Pavilion, Golden Crow Tower, and Purple Lightning Gang, while disputing their benefits.
• Du Xueshou drove away the other recruiters and invited Ye Zhen to join Blood Hand Hall.
• Ye Zhen declined Du Xueshou’s offer, and Du threatened to kill him for refusing.
• Du Xueshou fled when he saw Miao Jinfeng and Longevity Sect’s Eight Protectors arrive, believing they had come to capture him.
• Miao Jinfeng ordered the Eight Protectors to surround Ye Zhen and demanded to know whether he had killed True Person Fuchenzi.

Ye Zhen admitted killing Fuchenzi and his two accomplices, then used the Cloud Winged Tiger King as a distraction to unleash an illusion against Miao Jinfeng and the assembled martial artists. He left them fleeing from the apparent attack of countless powerful tigers.

• Miao Jinfeng accused Ye Zhen of killing Fuchenzi, and Ye Zhen admitted killing him and his two accomplices.
• Miao Jinfeng demanded that Ye Zhen surrender the Cloud Winged Tiger King in exchange for a possible reprieve.
• Ye Zhen produced the tiny Cloud Winged Tiger King and drew everyone's attention as it grew larger.
• Ye Zhen activated the Phantom Soul Beast King's illusion and made the onlookers perceive swarms of Cloud Winged Tiger Kings attacking them.
• Miao Jinfeng, the Longevity Sect's Protector Elders, and the gathered martial artists fled from the illusion.

Ye Zhen used an illusion centered on a real Cloud Winged Tiger King to trap the Longevity Sect’s Xining Branch fighters, then killed their Guardian Elders with lightning and the Floating Cloud Finger. Miao Jinfeng ordered a retreat, but Ye Zhen appeared beside Wu Qingxue and blasted through his defenses.

• Ye Zhen activated his Illusion Formation, making the Xining Branch fighters and nearby martial artists flee from visions of hundreds of Cloud Winged Tiger Kings.
• Ye Zhen used Silver Thread Flash, Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, and the Floating Cloud Finger to kill Jiao Yi and take his Storage Ring.
• Ye Zhen killed Wen Shou while the other Guardian Elders were distracted by the illusions, and distant onlookers realized he had slain two peak fifth-level Soul Sea Realm experts.
• Miao Jinfeng learned that Ye Zhen was killing the Guardian Elders, retreated beyond the illusion’s range, and saw another Wei Clan Elder fall.
• Miao Jinfeng shouted for the remaining elders to retreat, but Ye Zhen appeared beside Wu Qingxue and blasted through his Body Protection Spiritual Qi.

Ye Zhen turned the Longevity Sect’s pursuit into another ambush, killing Tong Hansu and Zhu Wei while the sect’s remaining fighters struggled to stop him. The chapter ended with Miao Jinfeng’s Fire Seal Meteor striking Ye Zhen in the chest.

• Ye Zhen escaped the combined attacks of Miao Jinfeng and four Protector Elders by riding Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen used Spirit Light Manifestation to split his image and draw the pursuers into three groups, then doubled back to attack Tong Hansu.
• Tong Hansu blocked Ye Zhen’s Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning with her shield, but his repeated Floating Cloud Fingers pierced it and battered her defenses.
• Miao Jinfeng launched Fire Seal Meteor at Ye Zhen as Zhu Wei was killed by a bloody claw that tore out and crushed his heart.
• Ye Zhen’s Floating Cloud Finger pierced Tong Hansu’s forehead, and Miao Jinfeng’s Fire Seal Meteor struck Ye Zhen in the chest.

Ye Zhen survived Miao Jinfeng’s Fire Seal Meteor while Du Xueshou killed one Longevity Sect Protector Elder and fought the last two. Ye Zhen killed Miao Jinfeng with a Heart Sword, and as the gathered martial artists fled, a Longevity Sect expert arrived from Ning Mountain.

• Ye Zhen emerged from Miao Jinfeng’s Fire Seal Meteor with only some of his hair burned, while Du Xueshou’s surprise attack killed Zhu Wei.
• Du Xueshou fought the Longevity Sect’s remaining two Protector Elders as Ye Zhen attacked Miao Jinfeng, who sent a talisman signal for reinforcements.
• Miao Jinfeng offered Spirit Crystals to persuade the watching martial artists to attack Ye Zhen, and several Soul Sea Realm martial artists began closing in.
• Ye Zhen unleashed his Heart Sword, piercing Miao Jinfeng’s Fire Seal Meteor and killing him with a single strike.
• The approaching martial artists fled as an expert from Ning Mountain arrived and roared that someone had massacred members of the Longevity Sect.