Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen fled Xining Martial City after Yang Zhengxi arrived and discovered the Longevity Sect’s elite dead, prompting warnings that the main sect would soon purge the city. Ye Zhen believed Xiao Mao had outrun Yang Zhengxi, but a strange presence in the clouds behind him left him realizing he was in trouble.

• Du Xueshou killed a Longevity Sect guardian elder and fled into the crowd, while Ye Zhen escaped on Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao.
• Yang Zhengxi found Miao Jinfeng and the other Longevity Sect elites dead, treated the wounded Xu Ji, and pursued Ye Zhen after learning he had fled.
• Yin Jianzhang, Zong Yuan, and Yue Zhizhong warned that the Longevity Sect would purge Xining Martial City and decided to leave.
• Ye Zhen used Xiao Mao’s increased speed and cloud-concealing ability to flee, believing he had shaken off Yang Zhengxi.
• Ye Zhen sensed something strange behind him in the clouds, turned around, and realized he was in trouble.

Ye Zhen fled Yang Zhengxi across the clouds while Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao struggled to maintain its enhanced speed. He slowed down to lure Yang Zhengxi within range of the Demon Soul Hall’s Energy Cannon, then fired it as Yang Zhengxi closed in.

• Yang Zhengxi pursued Ye Zhen on a Four-winged Flame-light Sparrow, and Ye Zhen boosted Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao with the Battle Soul Blood Banner.
• Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao pulled ahead, but Ye Zhen realized its enhanced speed would not last as long as the Four-winged Flame-light Sparrow’s pursuit.
• After an hour, Ye Zhen slowed Xiao Mao to conserve strength and consulted the spirit map Luo Yingzi had given him for a way to escape.
• Ye Zhen enlarged the Demon Soul Hall on Xiao Mao’s back and concealed it with clouds while exposing its Energy Cannon.
• Ye Zhen slowed Xiao Mao again as Yang Zhengxi closed in, then fired the Energy Cannon and revealed that the shot cost one hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals.

Ye Zhen used the Demon Soul Hall’s Energy Cannon against Yang Zhengxi, who sacrificed his Four-winged Flame-light Sparrow to escape the blast and attack Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen survived Yang Zhengxi’s Azure Sand Divine Palm and drove him back with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, then fled with Xiao Mao, but something he saw made his face darken.

• Ye Zhen fired the Energy Cannon at Yang Zhengxi, who forced the Four-winged Flame-light Sparrow into the beam and escaped using his afterimages.
• Yang Zhengxi caught up with Ye Zhen and Xiao Mao, striking them with his Azure Sand Divine Palm; Ye Zhen’s Crimson Jade Spiritual Energy began counteracting its poison.
• Ye Zhen hit Yang Zhengxi with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning repeatedly, stunning him and forcing him to activate a purple Jade Talisman that shielded him.
• Ye Zhen warned Xiao Mao to flee and used lightning to stall Yang Zhengxi, widening the distance between them.
• After believing he had escaped and preparing to tend to his wounds, Ye Zhen noticed something and his face darkened.

Ye Zhen raced toward the Xichuan Mountain Range while treating the Azure Sand poison that was killing Xiao Mao, with Yang Zhengxi close behind. As Ye Zhen’s strength ran low, he entered the forest and transformed into the Silver Thread Demonic Eagle King, leaving Yang Zhengxi puzzled by the sudden disappearance of his spiritual energy.

• Ye Zhen cut away Xiao Mao’s poisoned flesh, fed it antidotes, and sent his Crimson Jade Spiritual Energy through its body to help expel the Azure Sand poison.
• Ye Zhen urged Xiao Mao to carry them to the Xichuan Mountain Range, while Yang Zhengxi pursued them and used spirit-returning pills to sustain his movement technique.
• As Yang Zhengxi closed in, Xiao Mao shrank, and Ye Zhen put it inside his robes before using Silver Thread Flash to race into the forest.
• Ye Zhen exhausted his spiritual energy using Silver Thread Flash repeatedly, then used the Silver Thread Demonic Eagle King’s Essence Soul Pearl to transform into the eagle and fly above the forest.
• Yang Zhengxi noticed that Ye Zhen’s enormous spiritual energy fluctuations had suddenly vanished.

Yang Zhengxi searched the Xichuan Mountain Range for Ye Zhen while Ye Zhen hid and spent three days containing the Azure Sand Poison in Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao. After leaving their shelter to seek King-level Monster Beasts, Ye Zhen encountered a Three-tailed Azure Fox whose strange gaze dazed him and made lightning surge from his palm.

• Yang Zhengxi flattened the forest and searched for Ye Zhen, but failed to find him and vowed to kill him.
• Ye Zhen escaped Yang Zhengxi by disguising himself as a Silver Thread Demonic Eagle King, then hid with Xiao Mao in a tree hollow after killing two Blood Shadow Lions.
• Ye Zhen spent three days and two nights using Crimson Jade Spiritual Energy to drive Xiao Mao's Azure Sand Poison into a single acupoint.
• Ye Zhen left the tree hollow and traveled deeper into the forest, avoiding Monster Beasts as he sought the territory of King-level Monster Beasts.
• A Three-tailed Azure Fox flew over Ye Zhen, met his gaze, and dazed him as lightning surged from his palm.

Ye Zhen was bewitched into striking a Silver Horn Rhinoceros King, then barely escaped its attacks as it drove a stampeding beast tide through the Xichuan Mountain Range. His flight led Yang Zhengxi to discover him again, and Ye Zhen turned back with a smile as Yang Zhengxi charged toward him.

• The Three-tailed Azure Fox bewitched Ye Zhen, who blasted the pursuing Silver Horn Rhinoceros with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning and drew its rage.
• The Silver Horn Rhinoceros King used geomagnetic force to ground Ye Zhen, shattered his armor, and broke his right arm with a silver chain.
• Ye Zhen slipped beneath the beast, struck its vulnerable underside, and used spirit shadows to evade its attacks while fleeing.
• The Silver Horn Rhinoceros King's rampage created a stampeding beast tide, and Ye Zhen worried that Yang Zhengxi would hear the commotion and find him.
• Yang Zhengxi spotted Ye Zhen fleeing among the beasts and charged toward him after searching the Xichuan Mountain Range for days.
• Ye Zhen turned to look at Yang Zhengxi with a smile as Yang Zhengxi rushed toward him.

Ye Zhen disguised himself as Yang Zhengxi and used an illusion to make the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King attack him. After Yang Zhengxi survived the fight and the beast fled, Ye Zhen abandoned a chance to ambush him and began planning another way to kill him.

• Ye Zhen vanished into the beast tide after tricking the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King into mistaking Yang Zhengxi for him.
• The Silver Horn Rhinoceros King attacked Yang Zhengxi, who cursed Ye Zhen as he fought back and poisoned the beast with his Azure Sand Divine Palm.
• The wounded Silver Horn Rhinoceros King escaped with its geomagnetic power, and Yang Zhengxi stopped pursuing it to heal his injuries.
• Ye Zhen decided not to ambush the injured Yang Zhengxi because he was also hurt and his severed arm had not yet regrown.
• Ye Zhen concluded that he needed to carefully plan an underhanded way to kill Yang Zhengxi, then vanished into the sky.

Yang Zhengxi pursued Ye Zhen into the Demon Soul Hall, where Ye Zhen trapped him inside the Blood Star Illusion Array and tested the hall’s defenses. After Yang Zhengxi demanded a fair fight, Ye Zhen answered by striking him with repeated Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning.

• Yang Zhengxi resumed searching for Ye Zhen despite his injuries and spotted him fleeing after finding a Monster Beast killed by an Energy Cannon.
• Yang Zhengxi chased Ye Zhen into a valley and followed him through a dark entrance into the Demon Soul Hall.
• The hall’s doors shut, and Yang Zhengxi became trapped in the Blood Star Illusion Array as Ye Zhen watched from the Cardinal Hall.
• Yang Zhengxi blasted the array’s barriers with Azure Sand Divine Palms, while Ye Zhen observed that the hall could contain him but consumed Spirit Crystals rapidly.
• Yang Zhengxi challenged Ye Zhen to fight openly, and Ye Zhen summoned repeated bolts of Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning against him.

Ye Zhen killed Yang Zhengxi inside the Demon Soul Hall and discovered that Zi Ling, the Purple Sword Light in his body, could speak. After shrinking and concealing the hall, he set out to detoxify Little Cat, only to find the Three-tailed Azure Fox had appeared behind him.

• Ye Zhen ignored Yang Zhengxi's threats and offers, repeatedly struck him with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, and killed him after nearly thirty blows.
• Ye Zhen recovered Yang Zhengxi's Storage Ring and realized the fight had consumed much of his Spirit Crystals.
• A mysterious voice startled Ye Zhen inside the Demon Soul Hall, then revealed itself as Zi Ling in his First Sword Meridian.
• Zi Ling criticized Ye Zhen for his recent struggles and warned that seeking its help through a Soul Imprint could kill him before its voice fell silent.
• Ye Zhen shrank the Demon Soul Hall and prepared to find a safe place to detoxify Little Cat.
• The Three-tailed Azure Fox appeared silently behind Ye Zhen, and he recoiled with lightning gathering in his palm.

Ye Zhen accepted the Three-tailed Azure Fox's Glazed Jade Root Grass and used it to cure Xiao Mao's Blue Sand Poison, then inspected Yang Zhengxi's Storage Ring and discovered an enormous fortune. He found rare pills and a mysterious Beast Skin Secret Manual, whose contents remained unrevealed.

• The Three-tailed Azure Fox gave Ye Zhen nine stalks of Glazed Jade Root Grass and vanished after explaining that it could purify poison.
• Ye Zhen tested one stalk on a Golden Light Deer, then fed another to Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao and cured its Blue Sand Poison.
• Ye Zhen gave Xiao Mao Monster Cores and resolved to find a way to help it break through its bloodline shackles.
• Ye Zhen entered Yang Zhengxi's Storage Ring and found vast stores of Spirit Crystals, including more than one hundred million Low-grade Spirit Crystals, over 1.2 million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals, and five thousand High-grade Spirit Crystals.
• Ye Zhen read a ledger showing that most of the wealth came from the Xining Branch of the Longevity Sect and discovered eight Three Treasures Spirit Returning Pills.
• Ye Zhen's attention settled on an ancient Beast Skin Secret Manual with conspicuous characters.

After recovering from his battle with Yang Zhengxi, Ye Zhen contacted Instructor Liao Feibai through the Myriad Stars Plate and learned that Caiyi had not returned. Reassured about home, he tracked the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King to a rocky gorge, where it challenged him for coming back.

• Ye Zhen found that Yang Zhengxi's Azure Sand Divine Palm manual lacked its essential cultivation formula, then healed his injuries in four hours.
• Ye Zhen contacted Instructor Liao Feibai, told her what had happened, and learned that Caiyi had not returned.
• Instructor Liao Feibai told Ye Zhen that she and the Sect Leader were protecting his parents and maintaining his public appearance while he was missing.
• Ye Zhen agreed with Instructor Liao Feibai to communicate through special Myriad Stars Plate bounties and felt reassured about his homeland.
• Ye Zhen followed the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King's trail to a rocky gorge, where his Profound Yang Sword grew heavy from the geomagnetic force.
• As Ye Zhen entered the gorge, a voice asked whether he had come back looking for another beating.

Ye Zhen entered Stonecrag Grand Canyon to kill the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King, but discovered it had recovered from the Blue Sand Poison and was stronger than expected. As the beast unleashed a powerful Geomagnetic Force Field and dragged him toward the ground, Ye Zhen released a swarm of black dots, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Zi Ling warned Ye Zhen that the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King had likely cured itself of the Blue Sand Poison, and Ye Zhen asked her to explain her earlier warning if he defeated it.
• Ye Zhen noticed the canyon's geomagnetic force made the Profound Yang Sword grow far heavier and realized he could use that effect to his advantage.
• Ye Zhen found the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King fully recovered at its cave and fought it with Floating Cloud Finger, Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, and Star Chasing Steps.
• Ye Zhen struck the beast's vulnerable underside with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, enraging it into a crushing charge.
• Ye Zhen activated the Silver Thread Demonic Eagle King's Essence Soul Pearl and fled into the air, prompting the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King to unleash a vast Geomagnetic Force Field that dragged him down.
• As he fell, Ye Zhen shook a bundle in his hand and released countless black dots.

Ye Zhen used a storm of sword fragments to blind the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King, then killed it with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning and Floating Cloud Fingers. He absorbed the beast to form an Essence Soul Pearl, but the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s Third Layer Space remained sealed; Ye Zhen entered the new pearl to discover the king’s innate ability.

• Ye Zhen used the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King's Geomagnetic Force Field to drive thousands of sword fragments into its eyes and blind it.
• Ye Zhen bombarded the crazed Silver Horn Rhinoceros King with Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, then pierced its skull with six Floating Cloud Fingers.
• Ye Zhen told Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao to keep watch and activated the Mirage Dragon Pearl to absorb the king's corpse.
• The Silver Horn Rhinoceros King's power formed an Essence Soul Pearl, but it failed to break the seal on the Mirage Dragon Pearl's Third Layer Space.
• Ye Zhen sank his Spiritual Sense into the Essence Soul Pearl, and the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King inside raised its head and roared.

After killing the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King, Ye Zhen learned that Zi Ling’s power was too strong for him and his weapon to withstand. He used his new Geomagnetic Force Field to clear the beast’s cave, found two Geomagnetic Spirit Pearls, and was ambushed as he reached for them.

• Ye Zhen gained the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s Geomagnetic Force Field and asked Zi Ling why she could not unleash her power freely.
• Ye Zhen tested Zi Ling’s power through his Profound Yang Sword; the attack blasted a hole through rock but destroyed the sword and badly injured his right arm.
• Zi Ling told Ye Zhen that her burst had used less than ten percent of her power and that even a Spirit Weapon could withstand only a single use of roughly thirty percent.
• Ye Zhen used the Geomagnetic Force Field to clear the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s collapsed cave and explored deep inside it.
• Ye Zhen discovered two Geomagnetic Spirit Pearls and reached to take them as a green shadow flashed in from behind.

Ye Zhen followed the Three-tailed Azure Fox to a magma lake and discovered the Crimson Stem Yin Flower, but the fox took its ripe fruit after bewitching him with its gaze. Having secured the flower’s leaves and other valuable gains, Ye Zhen returned to the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s lair to study the True Spirit Domain and plan his cultivation before leaving the Xichuan Mountain Range.

• Ye Zhen collected two Geomagnetic Spirit Pearls and followed the azure shadow deep into the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s cave.
• Ye Zhen found the Crimson Stem Yin Flower growing above a magma lake, while the Three-tailed Azure Fox carried away its ripe fruit.
• The Three-tailed Azure Fox bewitched Ye Zhen with its seven-colored eyes and escaped; Ye Zhen realized its gaze was dangerously powerful.
• Ye Zhen picked two leaves from the Crimson Stem Yin Flower and left the cave, content with his other gains, including the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s Essence Soul Pearl.
• Ye Zhen stayed in the Silver Horn Rhinoceros King’s lair to study books and cultivation notes about the True Spirit Domain and plan his path before departing.

Ye Zhen arrived at Qinglan Martial Capital, intending to join the Myriad Stars Tower and obtain a Black Lotus Pill to help him break through to the Soul Sea Realm. After finding the Tower’s branch, he stepped inside, feeling as though he had returned home.

• Ye Zhen reached Qinglan Martial Capital after traveling from the Xichuan Mountain Range on Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen decided to join the Myriad Stars Tower, whose rules suited him and whose True Spirit Domain headquarters was in Qinglan Martial Capital.
• Ye Zhen learned that a Black Lotus Pill could protect his Innate Soul and greatly improve his chances of breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm.
• Ye Zhen found a Black Lotus Pill listed in the Myriad Stars Plate for two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals and learned the Tower also offered cultivation Quiet Rooms.
• Ye Zhen followed a map to the Myriad Stars Tower’s Qinglan branch and entered the nine-story building.

Ye Zhen visited the True Spirit Domain headquarters of Myriad Stars Tower to buy a Black Lotus Pill and a soul cultivation method, but learned that his Meteor rank from another domain needed to be registered. After Steward Ma explained that all 108 Meteor positions were occupied, Ye Zhen chose to challenge one immediately, and Steward Ma questioned whether he was treating the decision like child's play.

• Ye Zhen entered Myriad Stars Tower in Qinglan Martial City and used his Myriad Stars Plate to reach the second floor, where he requested a Black Lotus Pill and the Profound Marsh Soul Refining Scripture.
• Steward Wu verified that Ye Zhen's Myriad Stars Plate was genuine but found no Ye Zhen in the True Spirit Domain roster, so he directed him to register with Steward Ma.
• Steward Ma confirmed that Ye Zhen was a Seventy-two Meteorites member ranked eighteenth in the Black Dragon Domain and explained that the True Spirit Domain's 108 Meteor positions were all filled.
• Steward Ma offered Ye Zhen the options of remaining an ordinary member, challenging a Meteor, or another alternative, but Ye Zhen immediately chose to challenge one.
• Steward Ma frowned and asked whether Ye Zhen was treating the challenge like child's play.

Ye Zhen insisted on challenging a Shooting Star despite Steward Ma's warnings, then chose the insulting Wu Wei as his opponent. At the Martial Arts Institute, Wu Wei and the gathered tower members mocked Ye Zhen's cultivation as the challenge was about to begin.

• Steward Ma explained that the Shooting Stars were far stronger than Ye Zhen and warned that he could lose his Myriad Stars Plate, but Ye Zhen insisted on an immediate challenge.
• Wu Wei arrived, mocked Ye Zhen's Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation, and drew Ye Zhen's challenge despite Steward Ma's attempts to stop him.
• Wu Wei insulted Ye Zhen as an outer-domain barbarian and said Black Dragon Domain's Shooting Stars were not worthy to carry shoes; Ye Zhen vowed to make Wu Wei carry shoes for him.
• Steward Ma led Ye Zhen and Wu Wei to the Martial Arts Institute and sent Talisman Signals to gather stewards for the ranking challenge.
• The martial artists at the institute stopped training and gathered around Wu Wei, who identified Ye Zhen as his challenger; the saber wielder laughed at Ye Zhen's cultivation.

Ye Zhen challenged Wu Wei for his rank in the True Spirit Domain's Myriad Stars Tower and defeated him instantly, forcing him to apologize. Ye Zhen secured the win, and Steward Ma said the Tower Master would soon confirm his place among the Shooting Stars.

• Steward Ding announced that Ye Zhen would take Wu Wei's rank if he won, and the two began their match.
• Ye Zhen used his movement technique and Floating Cloud Finger to reach Wu Wei before he could react and press a finger to his forehead.
• Ye Zhen demanded an apology or that Wu Wei carry his shoes, and Wu Wei apologized loudly after Ye Zhen threatened him.
• Ye Zhen withdrew and dismissed Wu Wei's threat, while Steward Ding declared Ye Zhen the winner.
• Steward Ma said the Tower Master would seal Ye Zhen's appointment as one of the True Spirit Domain's one hundred and eight Shooting Stars.

At the Myriad Stars Tower, Yan Cong rejected Tian Guizhang’s proposal to share the Top-grade Spirit Vein after learning that Ye Zhen had arrived from an outer domain and defeated Wu Wei in one move. Yan Cong hurried to meet Ye Zhen, whose arrival left him and the gathered stewards awaiting the Tower Master’s appearance.

• Tian Guizhang offered to help Myriad Stars Tower secure the Top-grade Spirit Vein at the Spirit Gathering Assembly in exchange for a share, but Yan Cong did not agree.
• Yan Cong received a Talisman Signal reporting that Ye Zhen, a peak fifth-level Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist, had defeated Wu Wei in one move.
• Yan Cong told Tian Guizhang that Ye Zhen had been a Myriad Stars Tower Shooting Star in the outer domain, leaving Tian Guizhang gloomy.
• Steward Ma praised Ye Zhen’s talent and asked about the Black Dragon Domain, prompting Ye Zhen to object to its reputation as a barren wasteland.
• Steward Ma pointed out Yan Cong’s arrival, and Ye Zhen froze when he saw the two people who descended into the courtyard.