Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen discovered that True Spirit Domain Tower Master Yan Cong was the brother of Yan Kun, whom Ye Zhen had killed, and Yan Cong attacked him in revenge. Ye Zhen evaded Yan Cong’s strikes and tried to escape, but Yan Cong ordered the Myriad Stars Tower members to surround and capture him.

• Yan Cong asked Ye Zhen which domain he came from, then recognized him as the man who had killed his younger brother Yan Kun and nephew Yan Shaoqi.
• Yan Cong attacked Ye Zhen with his Mystic Ice Hand and a soul technique, but Ye Zhen escaped the grasp using his speed and the Geomagnetic Force Field.
• Ye Zhen mounted Xiao Mao and tried to flee, while Yan Cong pursued him with a Divine Ability Movement Technique.
• Xiao Mao’s speed surged, repeatedly allowing Ye Zhen to leave Yan Cong behind, and Yan Cong called on the Myriad Stars Tower members to help capture him alive.
• Dozens of Soul Sea Realm martial artists rose to surround Ye Zhen, with Wu Wei among the first to charge.

Ye Zhen used Myriad Stars Tower’s rules and the Myriad Stars Plate to stop Yan Cong from killing him, then left the tower after warning Wu Wei. As Ye Zhen considered how to find a soul cultivation technique and a Black Lotus Pill, someone intercepted him outside the tower.

• Yan Cong surrounded Ye Zhen with Soul Sea Realm martial artists, but Ye Zhen invoked the Myriad Stars Plate and warned that Yan Cong’s public attack could cost him his position.
• Wu Wei challenged Ye Zhen and was struck down by Soul Shocking Heavenly Lightning, prompting Yan Cong to retreat under pressure from the tower’s rules and watching Vice Tower Lords.
• Ye Zhen recalled the strict rules governing Myriad Stars Tower officials and decided not to register as a Meteor under Yan Cong, resolving to seek a soul cultivation technique and Black Lotus Pill elsewhere.
• Ye Zhen warned Wu Wei that he would kill him if they met again, then left the Martial Arts Institute as the watching martial artists moved aside in fear.
• Outside Myriad Stars Tower, Ye Zhen decided to find an inn and gather information, but a figure rose up to block him and said they had been waiting.

Tian Guizhang drew out Ye Zhen’s secret and tried to recruit him into the Sun Moon Divine Cult, while Yan Cong arranged for Xianyu Tong to assassinate Ye Zhen. The chapter left Yan Cong under reprimand from Myriad Stars Tower’s main headquarters but still relying on Ghost Spear to carry out his plan.

• Tian Guizhang stopped Ye Zhen, invited him to join the Sun Moon Divine Cult, and coaxed him into revealing that he had killed Yang Zhengxi.
• Tian Guizhang explained how he had inferred Ye Zhen’s involvement and promised that the Sun Moon Divine Cult could protect him from Qinglan Martial Capital’s top experts.
• Yan Cong ordered Xianyu Tong to watch Ye Zhen and kill him when an opportunity arose, promising him a promotion and a Secret Realm spot.
• Yan Cong received a reprimand from Myriad Stars Tower’s main headquarters for attacking Ye Zhen publicly and was docked half a year’s salary and given a demerit.
• Yan Cong’s father scolded him for acting rashly, and Yan Cong claimed he had made foolproof arrangements and trusted Ghost Spear to succeed.

Tian Guizhang offered Ye Zhen a place in the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s Moonlight Hall in exchange for competing in the Spirit Gathering Assembly six years later. He explained the Assembly’s history and its role in deciding control of Qinglan Martial Capital’s Top-grade Spirit Vein, leaving Ye Zhen questioning why he would have to wait six years.

• Tian Guizhang shared Eighteen Seed Spirit Brew with Ye Zhen and described its cleansing and healing benefits.
• Tian Guizhang offered Ye Zhen entry into Moonlight Hall, its cultivation resources, and a chance to advance to Sun Radiance Hall if he joined the cult.
• Ye Zhen asked what Tian Guizhang expected from him, and Tian Guizhang required him to place in the top three at the Spirit Gathering Assembly six years later.
• Tian Guizhang explained how the Golden Masked Sword King ended a bloody struggle over Qinglan Martial Capital’s Top-grade Spirit Vein and established the Spirit Gathering Assembly for martial artists under thirty.
• Ye Zhen asked why the Assembly was six years away when it was held once every five years.

Ye Zhen agreed to join the Sun Moon Divine Cult after negotiating for a Black Lotus Pill, a soul cultivation art, and Purple Spirit Jade. Outside the restaurant, Longevity Sect Hall Master Duan Yingnian tried to seize him, but Ye Zhen evaded the attack and stood more than a li away as Duan Yingnian demanded to know where Yang Zhengxi had taken him.

• Tian Guizhang offered Ye Zhen time to prepare for a future Spirit Gathering Assembly, but Ye Zhen insisted he could compete in the one six months away.
• Ye Zhen asked the Sun Moon Divine Cult for a Black Lotus Pill, a Low-grade Heaven-tier soul cultivation art, and at least a thousand pieces of Purple Spirit Jade in exchange for joining.
• Tian Guizhang agreed to provide the Black Lotus Pill and Dark Soul Art, and promised to obtain the Purple Spirit Jade at Ye Zhen's expense.
• Ye Zhen agreed to join the Sun Moon Divine Cult and said he would follow its rules for entering the Spirit Gathering Assembly.
• As Ye Zhen and Tian Guizhang left the restaurant, Longevity Sect Hall Master Duan Yingnian launched a surprise attack to capture Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen evaded Duan Yingnian's grab with his speed, and Duan Yingnian demanded to know where Yang Zhengxi had taken him while sending out his Spirit Binding Rope.

Ye Zhen fought off Duan Yingnian and fourteen Longevity Sect Protecting Sect True Persons while Tian Guizhang held Duan Yingnian back. After Ye Zhen killed nine attackers, reinforcements from the Longevity Sect and Sun Moon Divine Cult arrived, and both sides prepared to fight over him.

• Tian Guizhang severed Duan Yingnian’s Spirit Binding Rope and sent a talisman signal for reinforcements, telling Ye Zhen to hold out for sixty breaths.
• Ye Zhen killed two Longevity Sect Protecting Sect True Persons with his jade-colored finger before the others could surround him.
• Ye Zhen escaped the attackers’ combined assault and used his Heart Sword to kill two more, including Yuan Yi.
• Ye Zhen used the Geomagnetic Force Field to outmaneuver the remaining Longevity Sect fighters, killing seven more until the survivors fled.
• Tian Guizhang and Duan Yingnian’s reinforcements arrived, and both leaders shouted orders to kill Ye Zhen or protect him.

Tian Guizhang protected Ye Zhen from the Longevity Sect after Ye Zhen killed nine of its members, and the two sides avoided a full-scale battle. Ye Zhen accepted the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s protection and arrived at its main altar, where Tian Guizhang prepared to bring him into Moonlight Hall.

• Tian Guizhang ordered more than twenty Sun Moon Divine Cult experts to protect Ye Zhen, and Duan Yingnian called off the Longevity Sect’s attack rather than risk an all-out clash.
• Tian Guizhang accused Duan Yingnian of ambushing them and led Ye Zhen away after compensating local shopkeepers for the damage.
• Duan Yingnian vowed to put Ye Zhen in the Longevity Sect’s Soul Hook Ledger, and Tian Guizhang warned Ye Zhen to be careful.
• Ye Zhen told Chen Changxing that he had helped wipe out the Longevity Sect’s Xining Branch and killed Yang Zhengxi, prompting Chen Changxing to praise him and give him a talisman token.
• Tian Guizhang brought Ye Zhen to the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s main altar and said he would help him join Moonlight Hall.

Tian Guizhang brought Ye Zhen to the Moonlight Hall and secured his admission after Feng Qingyue recognized him as the Thunderbolt Killing God. Their meeting with Vice Cult Master Yao and Yao Zexuan ended in chaos when Feng Qingyue’s soul art left Yao Zexuan screaming and clawing at Yao Sen.

• Tian Guizhang explained the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s organization and warned Ye Zhen to obey its rules as they arrived at the Moonlight Hall.
• Feng Qingyue tested Ye Zhen with her soul art, but he remained unaffected, and she recognized him as the Thunderbolt Killing God.
• Feng Qingyue agreed to admit Ye Zhen to the Moonlight Hall, leaving Tian Guizhang to handle the remaining arrangements.
• Vice Cult Master Yao arrived with Yao Zexuan and challenged Ye Zhen’s admission, calling him trash and praising Yao Zexuan’s cultivation.
• Yao Zexuan stared at Feng Qingyue until her soul art made him lose awareness, and he then screamed about ghosts and attacked Yao Sen.

Ye Zhen joined Moonlight Hall, where Yao Sen tried to secure a place for his nephew Yao Zexuan by forcing a fight. After Feng Qingyue revealed intelligence about Ye Zhen’s recent battles, Yao Zexuan lost his nerve and Yao Sen left in disgrace.

• Yao Sen struck Yao Zexuan to break him out of Feng Qingyue’s soul illusion, then accused Feng Qingyue of using underhanded methods and demanded an explanation.
• Feng Qingyue rejected Yao Sen’s pressure, welcomed Ye Zhen into Moonlight Hall, and refused to let him dictate the hall’s affairs.
• Yao Sen invoked a contest over the Moonlight Hall spot, and Tian Guizhang agreed that Ye Zhen could fight Yao Zexuan.
• Tian Guizhang reminded Yao Zexuan that Ye Zhen was the Thunderbolt Killing God, and Feng Qingyue showed them fresh intelligence detailing Ye Zhen’s latest battle.
• Ye Zhen drew his sword and challenged Yao Zexuan, who hid behind Yao Sen and refused to fight.
• Yao Sen slapped Yao Zexuan and left with him as Tian Guizhang mocked the Yao family’s supposedly talented nephew.

Yan Cong learned that Ye Zhen had become notorious for defeating Soul Sea Realm fighters, while Ye Zhen settled into Moonlight Hall and received powerful soul-cultivation treasures from Vice Cult Master Tian. With the Black Lotus Pill and the Dark Soul Art in hand, Ye Zhen prepared to attempt a breakthrough.

• Yan Cong learned Ye Zhen had slain nine fifth-level Soul Sea Realm martial artists and feared the consequences for Myriad Stars Tower and the Spirit Gathering Assembly.
• Feng Qingyue explained Moonlight Hall's rules and allowances to Ye Zhen, gave him an identity Jade Talisman, and assigned him courtyard number one hundred.
• Ye Zhen found his courtyard on a mid-grade Spirit Vein and met Baicao, the servant assigned to him.
• A messenger sent by Vice Cult Master Tian delivered Ye Zhen a Black Lotus Pill and the Low-grade Heaven-tier Dark Soul Art.
• Ye Zhen examined the soul cultivation manual and decided to attempt a breakthrough.

Ye Zhen used the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s Spirit Plants to prepare for opening his Soul Sea, but his enormous Soul Power nearly exhausted his willpower. The Battle Soul Blood Banner restored his willpower, allowing him to finish opening the Soul Sea and summon his Innate Soul.

• Baicao explained how to prepare Ye Zhen’s Seven Marvelous Spirit Rice and Spirit Plants, and he ordered her to serve them daily.
• After eating and drinking, Ye Zhen felt his condition restored and studied the Dark Soul Art before attempting to open his Soul Sea.
• Ye Zhen opened his Soul Sea, but his vast Soul Power exhausted his willpower and threatened to halt the breakthrough.
• Ye Zhen used the Battle Soul Blood Banner’s blood light to replenish his willpower and continue expanding his Soul Sea.
• After all his Soul Power entered the Soul Sea, Ye Zhen shouted for his Innate Soul to appear and suppress the soul, and an identical phantom of him condensed in his sea of consciousness.

Ye Zhen nearly died while opening his Soul Sea when the Black Lotus Pill’s power ran out, but his golden and black talent bloodlines stabilized it and let him complete the breakthrough. He discovered that the pillars protected his Soul Sea and that his power had greatly increased, then resolved to practice the Three Forms of the Black Dragon Overlord to uncover his second bloodline’s ability.

• Ye Zhen used the Black Lotus Pill to help suppress his Innate Soul as he opened his Soul Sea, but the pill’s power ran out before the process was complete.
• As his Innate Soul weakened, Ye Zhen tried to refine a Demonic Spirit Ghost from the Demon Soul Hall for nourishment.
• Ye Zhen’s golden First Talent Bloodline and black Second Talent Bloodline manifested as pillars of light and stabilized his collapsing Soul Sea.
• Ye Zhen fully fused his Innate Soul into the Soul Sea and survived the breakthrough, then identified the golden pillar with his Sword Heart Communion divine ability and the black pillar with his Black Dragon Talent Bloodline.
• Ye Zhen found that his Soul Sea exceeded nine hundred meters in radius and that his Soul Power and spiritual power circulation had grown much stronger.
• Ye Zhen suspected that practicing the Three Forms of the Black Dragon Overlord would help him activate his second talent bloodline.

After breaking through to the Soul Sea Realm, Ye Zhen tempered his spiritual power and drew attention at Moonlight Hall when his cultivation caused a huge vortex. Seeking faster progress, he entered a High-grade Spirit Courtyard, where a Pulse Forging Realm martial artist ambushed him.

• Ye Zhen used his fifth-level Soul Power and the Mirage Dragon Pearl to temper his spiritual power, making it stronger than that of veteran Soul Sea Realm martial artists.
• Ye Zhen absorbed spiritual power through his four Talent Bloodlines, creating a vortex that Feng Qingyue and other martial artists mistook for proof that he had at least eight meridians.
• After five days of cultivation, Ye Zhen judged his progress too slow and decided to use a High-grade Spirit Courtyard to prepare for the Spirit Gathering Assembly.
• Ye Zhen received permission to cultivate for five days in Spirit Courtyard Number Sixty-Eight and passed through its protective screen.
• As Ye Zhen entered the courtyard, a crimson-cloaked Pulse Forging Realm martial artist attacked his crotch with a scorching fist seal, and Ye Zhen narrowly dodged the strike.

Ye Zhen overpowered Yu Huaisong after Yu nearly made him a eunuch, using successive Floating Cloud Fingers and then a Spiritual Power Brick to stop his attacks. The chapter left Ye Zhen still beating Yu Huaisong as the injured man tried to beg for mercy.

• Yu Huaisong mocked Ye Zhen and claimed the High-grade Spirit Courtyard, so Ye Zhen struck him with a Floating Cloud Finger that pierced his Body Protection Spiritual Armor.
• Ye Zhen enhanced a second Floating Cloud Finger with Zi Ling's power, wounded Yu Huaisong between the brows, and held him at swordpoint.
• Yu Huaisong taunted Ye Zhen by invoking the Sun Moon Divine Cult's ban on killing members, then secretly attacked him with Yin Wind Stab.
• Ye Zhen resisted the Soul Attack and smashed Yu Huaisong over the head with a Spiritual Power Brick, knocking him down and battering him repeatedly.
• Yu Huaisong began pleading for mercy, and Ye Zhen responded by swinging the brick even harder.

Ye Zhen entered High-grade Spirit Courtyard Number Sixty-Eight after knocking Yu Huaisong unconscious and freezing his lower body, while the Silver-haired Old Man warned Yu Huaisong not to damage the Divine Sect’s prized courtyard. Ye Zhen began cultivating inside and, after a day, opened his eyes in disbelief at the results.

• Ye Zhen struck Yu Huaisong in the head with his Spiritual Power Brick, then stripped and froze his lower body before entering Spirit Courtyard Number Sixty-Eight.
• The Silver-haired Old Man warned Ye Zhen that the courtyard’s protective screen would keep Yu Huaisong from reaching him, and Yu Huaisong woke and threatened Ye Zhen outside.
• Yu Huaisong prepared to attack the courtyard, but the Silver-haired Old Man warned him that damaging a High-grade Spirit Courtyard would bring the Divine Sect’s punishment, so Yu Huaisong withdrew.
• Yu Huaisong attacked the Silver-haired Old Man instead, demanded that a Spirit Courtyard be saved for him in five days, and left while threatening Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen cultivated with the Shattered Jade Heart Scripture and his four Talent Bloodlines, noticing that the High-grade Spirit Courtyard’s Worldly Essence greatly accelerated his progress.
• After cultivating for one day, Ye Zhen opened his eyes, filled with unbelievable delight.

Ye Zhen discovered that High-grade Spirit Courtyards accelerated cultivation far more than their Worldly Essence concentration suggested, but his five-day allowance there ended. After he saw Yu Huaisong beating Bai Zizai, Ye Zhen intervened, and their fight began with Ye Zhen shattering Yu Huaisong’s Flame Fist Seal.

• Ye Zhen realized that the purity of spiritual energy made cultivation in a High-grade Spirit Courtyard twice as fast as in a mid-grade one, and resolved to seek longer access or a higher monthly allowance.
• After five days, the courtyard formation expelled Ye Zhen from Spirit Courtyard Number Sixty-Eight and prevented him from reentering.
• Yu Huaisong demanded a reserved Spirit Courtyard from Bai Zizai, but Bai refused to change Dong Yan’s reservation, so Yu beat him while Dong Yan and Huo Ming watched.
• Ye Zhen rushed to defend Bai Zizai, prompting Yu Huaisong to attack him with his Flame Fist Seal.
• Ye Zhen shattered the Flame Fist Seal with a jade-colored finger and sent another Floating Cloud Finger toward Yu Huaisong’s glabella.

Ye Zhen defeated Yu Huaisong and protected Bai Zizai, but Yu Huaisong sought help from his brother-in-law, Jiao Xi. After Ye Zhen returned to Moonlight Hall, Tian Guizhang told him there had been an unexpected development concerning the Purple Spirit Jade he needed.

• Ye Zhen used lightning and the Floating Cloud Finger to defeat Yu Huaisong, then repeatedly struck him with a Spiritual Power Brick and warned him not to harass Bai Zizai again.
• Yu Huaisong threatened Bai Zizai, but Ye Zhen left Bai Zizai a Talisman Signal and departed; Yu Huaisong later threatened to return in three days and vowed to remember Ye Zhen.
• Yu Huaisong went to Jiao Xi for revenge, and Jiao Xi slapped him for being beaten by a first-level Soul Sea Realm martial artist before promising to deal with Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen returned to Moonlight Hall and met Tian Guizhang, who told him an unexpected development had occurred concerning the Purple Spirit Jade.

Ye Zhen learned that the Purple Spirit Jade shortage threatened his plans to cultivate the Shattered Jade True Scripture, so he agreed to attend the Heavenly Spirit Auction House’s Treasure Appraisal Convention. Before he could continue training, Moonlight Hall was summoned and he was selected for a two-month guard mission at Tiger Head Mountain Mine.

• Tian Guizhang told Ye Zhen that the Purple Spirit Jade supply had collapsed and that the Divine Sect could spare him only two hundred pieces, then suggested he seek more at the upcoming Treasure Appraisal Convention.
• Ye Zhen agreed to attend the auction in seven days, where large lots of Purple Spirit Jade might be sold, and settled down to cultivate.
• After two days, the Resonating Jade Bell summoned Moonlight Hall’s members, and messenger Zhang Deli announced a two-month mission guarding Tiger Head Mountain Mine.
• When no one volunteered, Zhang Deli began selecting ten martial artists at random and chose Ye Zhen as the final member.

Ye Zhen resisted a forced assignment to guard Tiger Head Mountain Mine after realizing the order was likely meant to put his life in danger. Feng Qingyue arrived, destroyed Vice Cult Master Yao’s order, drove off the messenger, and expelled Deputy Hall Master Lu Peng from Moonlight Hall.

• Ye Zhen refused to leave for Tiger Head Mountain Mine because he had an important matter in seven days, and Zhang Deli rejected his offer to pay for a substitute.
• Ye Zhen recognized that Yao Sen might be behind the assignment and sent Jade Talismans to Feng Qingyue and Deputy Cult Master Tian Guizhang.
• Lu Peng threatened Ye Zhen and attacked him with a spirit crane, but Ye Zhen evaded the strike with an afterimage.
• Feng Qingyue appeared, destroyed the purple jade talisman order without inspecting it, and ordered Zhang Deli to tell Yao Sen to bring the Cult Master's personal order if he wanted Moonlight Hall members.
• Feng Qingyue drove Zhang Deli away and ordered Lu Peng to leave Moonlight Hall permanently.

Feng Qingyue stripped Lu Peng of his position and drove him from Moonlight Hall, but Law Enforcement Hall Elder Tu De then arrived to arrest Ye Zhen for the alleged murder of Yu Huaisong. Ye Zhen challenged the accusation as Deputy Cult Master Yao Sen presented circumstantial evidence linking him to the death.

• Feng Qingyue dismissed Lu Peng as Deputy Hall Master, cut off his benefits, and forced him to leave Moonlight Hall.
• Elder Tu De arrived with Lu Peng and other officials, announced that the Law Enforcement Hall had come to arrest a murderer, and ordered Ye Zhen seized.
• Feng Qingyue and Ye Zhen demanded an explanation, while Commander Jiao Xi accused Ye Zhen of killing his brother-in-law Yu Huaisong.
• Ye Zhen expressed disbelief that Yu Huaisong had died after being struck by Spirit Bricks and demanded to know when and how he had died.
• Yao Sen claimed Ye Zhen was the murderer because he had threatened Yu Huaisong and Yu had died beneath Ye Zhen's finger technique; Ye Zhen mocked the reasoning.