Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen killed Yan Cong with the Arm-Connecting Fire Monkey King Puppet after learning that Yan Cong carried the Yan Family Ancestor’s Soul Chasing Yin Wind Curse. He stored the cursed puppet and took Yan Cong’s treasures, including tokens that could grant him entry to the Myriad Stars Tower’s treasure vault.

• Ye Zhen revealed himself to Yan Cong, who was immobilized by the Soul Locking Needle, and mocked him for calling him Senior.
• Yan Cong threatened Ye Zhen with the Soul Chasing Yin Wind Curse and offered a Soul Oath and one million Mid-grade Spirit Crystals in exchange for his life.
• Ye Zhen summoned Big Monkey and had the puppet crush Yan Cong’s head; the curse transferred to the puppet’s Spirit Sealing Puppet Bead.
• Ye Zhen decided the curse made enslaving Yan Cong too dangerous, then searched Yan Cong’s Storage Ring and collected his Spirit Crystals, Heaven Grade talismans, and Ten Thousand Mile Wind Chasing Talisman.
• Ye Zhen found Yan Cong’s Myriad Stars Tower Token and Treasure Vault Pass Token and vanished, intending to enter the treasure vault.

Ye Zhen infiltrated Myriad Stars Tower’s treasure vault while disguised as Tower Master Yan Cong, killing the guards and using Yan Cong’s tokens to pass the seals and defenses. He reached the vault, where a Palace Opening Realm King confronted him.

• Ye Zhen disguised himself as Yan Cong and passed sentries on his way to the underground treasure vault.
• Ye Zhen lured two guards away from the Spirit Energy Seal Gate and killed them before entering with the purple access token.
• Ye Zhen and Little Cat attacked the four guards before the Crimson Seal Gate, killed them, and took their Storage Rings.
• Ye Zhen used Yan Cong’s black identity Jade Talisman and purple access token to dispel the fire formation’s attacks and follow its hidden path.
• Ye Zhen entered the treasure vault and discovered that a Palace Opening Realm King was stationed inside.

Ye Zhen infiltrated Myriad Stars Tower’s treasure vault disguised as Tower Lord Yan Cong and fought its Palace Opening Realm King. He and his spirit beasts killed the guardian, but the battle destroyed many of the vault’s treasures.

• Ye Zhen tried to deceive the Palace Opening Realm King guarding the vault, then attacked him with three Heaven-tier offensive talismans.
• The guardian recognized Ye Zhen’s disguise and destroyed his defensive talismans, but Little Cat blocked the attack and wounded him.
• Ye Zhen sent Little Cat and three Great Ape Fire Monkey King Puppets against the guardian, who repelled them with his powerful cultivation and defensive spirit armor.
• Ye Zhen used the Great Force Divine Hammer, Thousand Vine Luo, and Geomagnetic Force Field to pin the guardian down as Little Cat and the puppets battered him.
• Ye Zhen bound the guardian with Thousand Vine Luo and killed him with a golden sword strike.

Ye Zhen killed the Palace Opening Realm King Qing Yu, captured his Innate Soul Light, and recovered enough Soul Power to loot Myriad Stars Tower’s treasure vault. He left with the vault’s vast wealth, including Spirit Crystals, Monster Cores, and rare materials.

• Ye Zhen imprisoned Qing Yu’s Innate Soul Light after killing him with the last of his Soul Power.
• Ye Zhen refined Demonic Spirit Ghosts to restore his Soul Power, then took Qing Yu’s Storage Ring, golden Myriad Stars Plate, and Low-grade Spirit Weapon.
• Ye Zhen found that Qing Yu’s Little Sky Star Demon Shadow had shattered the Great Ape Fire Monkey King Puppet, but stored it away to repair later.
• Ye Zhen swept up the vault’s Purple Spirit Jade, Scarlet Li Iron Ore, Treasure Artifacts, manuals, and other materials, despite much of the stock being destroyed in the battle.
• Ye Zhen collected the vault’s Monster Cores, including ten High-grade Heaven-tier cores, hoping to help Little Cat advance.
• Ye Zhen discovered enormous mountains of Spirit Crystals and used his Storage Rings to empty Myriad Stars Tower’s core treasure vault.

Ye Zhen robbed Myriad Stars Tower’s treasure vault, then assassinated Elder Du and several stewards to plunge the tower into chaos. As the tower’s martial artists discovered the deaths, Ye Zhen watched from hiding and sent a talisman toward the Sun Moon Divine Cult.

• Ye Zhen found Elder Du cultivating and killed him with a surprise attack using the Soul-Capturing Jade Skull and Xiao Mao.
• Ye Zhen captured Elder Du’s Innate Soul Light and took his Storage Ring.
• Ye Zhen killed six Myriad Stars Tower stewards, including Steward Ding.
• The tower’s warning gongs sounded, and its martial artists discovered that the Tower Master, Elder Du, and several stewards had been killed.
• Ye Zhen watched the resulting chaos from the clouds and sent a talisman toward the Sun Moon Divine Cult.

After receiving Ye Zhen’s report that Myriad Stars Tower’s leaders had been killed, Jian Qianxiong ordered the Sun Moon Divine Cult to seize the Tower’s cities and resources before rival powers could react. Ye Zhen continued to exploit the Cult Master’s belief in his powerful master, ignored Tian Guizhang’s apologies, and flew off to strengthen himself with his treasures.

• Jian Qianxiong received Ye Zhen’s Talisman Signal reporting the deaths of Myriad Stars Tower’s Tower Master, patrons, and six chief stewards, and urging him to gain the initiative.
• Jian Qianxiong sent out Cult Master decrees and ordered Elder Tu De and other commanders to seize Myriad Stars Tower’s mines, stockpiles, and cities.
• Jian Qianxiong warned Tian Guizhang to keep in closer contact with Ye Zhen, then dispatched nearly seventy percent of the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s forces toward lucrative cities.
• Nian Xinghe told Jian Qianxiong that an elder wished to leave the valley, and Jian Qianxiong ordered the Cult to watch its rivals and recall martial artists from Immortal Light Mountain.
• Ye Zhen pretended that his master might meet Jian Qianxiong, who also raised the possibility of discussing Ye Zhen’s marriage to Qingyue.
• Ye Zhen crushed Tian Guizhang’s repeated apologetic Talisman Signals and flew to ten thousand meters to use his treasures to increase his strength.

Ye Zhen refined the Innate Soul Light of slain Palace Opening Realm Kings, rapidly increasing his Soul Power until he entered the Soul Casting Stage. Meanwhile, the Myriad Stars Tower discovered that Yan Cong and two elders had died, and Ye Zhen wondered whether refining Qing Yu’s soul light could let him condense Innate Soul Light early.

• Xu Fei discovered that Yan Cong’s Soul Embedding Jade Slip had shattered and sounded the alarm at the Myriad Stars Tower headquarters.
• An old man at headquarters learned of his great-grandson Yan Cong’s death and roared in anger.
• Ye Zhen hid the Demon Soul Hall among the clouds and used the Soul Refining Spirit Stealing Art to absorb Gan Rusong’s Innate Soul Light.
• Ye Zhen completely refined Elder Du’s Innate Soul Light, then began refining Qing Yu’s and realized his Soul Power had reached its limit.
• Ye Zhen recognized that he had entered the Soul Casting Stage and wondered whether refining all of Qing Yu’s Innate Soul Light could help him condense Innate Soul Light ahead of time.

After Myriad Stars Tower’s Tower Master was killed and its vault robbed, rival forces launched a chaotic struggle for its territory while Yuan Xiang struggled to hold the tower together. Hidden in the clouds, Ye Zhen completed his breakthrough to Soul Refining Divine Light and opened his eyes to unleash two strange rays.

• Yuan Xiang stabilized Myriad Stars Tower, but urgent reports of attacks on branch towers soon arrived, and a missing shopkeeper later appeared at the Longevity Sect to set events in motion.
• The Longevity Sect, Sun Moon Divine Cult, and Heavenly Net Sect mobilized their martial artists, while Qingyun Fort and rogue cultivators joined the escalating fight over Myriad Stars Tower’s territory.
• Jian Qianxiong directed the Sun Moon Divine Cult to seize resources selectively in ordinary cities and target resource-rich cities around Qinglan Martial Capital.
• Ye Zhen continued cultivating inside the hidden Demon Soul Hall as Little Cat guarded him and consumed hundreds of Monster Cores.
• After refining Qing Yu’s Innate Soul Light, Ye Zhen condensed Innate Soul Light in his soul sea until his soul cultivation exceeded Gan Rusong’s, a first-level Palace Opening Realm King.
• Ye Zhen opened his eyes, fired two strange rays into the Demon Soul Hall’s wall, and realized he had naturally advanced to Soul Refining Divine Light.

After condensing Innate Soul Light, Ye Zhen greatly increased his abilities, transformed his Soul Refining Divine Eye into the Soul Refining Divine Light, and refined the Green Mother Green Light Mirror for defense. He returned to the Sun Moon Divine Cult after receiving an urgent summons from Cult Master Jian Qianxiong, who called him to the Divine Hall for important business.

• Ye Zhen discovered that Innate Soul Light had transformed his Soul Refining Divine Eye into a tangible Soul Refining Divine Light and greatly increased his Soul Power, Spiritual Sense, and combat capabilities.
• Ye Zhen spent three days refining the Green Mother Green Light Mirror, giving himself a protective defense against attacks.
• Ye Zhen found that Little Cat had advanced to Mid-grade Spirit-tier after devouring most of his Heaven-tier Monster Cores, and he read the Talisman Signals urging him to return.
• Ye Zhen flew to the Sun Moon Divine Cult on Little Cat, whose speed had increased after its breakthrough.
• Cult Master Jian Qianxiong summoned Ye Zhen to the Divine Hall as soon as he arrived.

Ye Zhen arrived at the Sun Moon Divine Cult's main hall as Cult Master Jian Qianxiong asked him to handle a matter that required borrowing his master's strength. Three Grand Elders then appeared with Yu Hanjing, and Lou Jianguo revealed that the coming Divine Sacrifice was actually the Sixty-Year Grand Sacrifice.

• Ye Zhen entered the main hall, where Tian Guizhang tried to curry favor with him and Jian Qianxiong greeted him warmly.
• Jian Qianxiong told Ye Zhen that only he could handle an important matter and that they needed his master's strength.
• Lou Jianguo, Nian Sijing, and Cai Xingchang entered the hall, accompanied by Yu Hanjing, who clung to Lou Jianguo.
• Jian Qianxiong and Yu Hanjing traded barbed remarks about their former relationship, while Ye Zhen sensed a mad, venomous look in her eyes.
• Lou Jianguo questioned Jian Qianxiong about the upcoming Divine Sacrifice and insisted it was the Sixty-Year Grand Sacrifice.

Lou Jianguo tried to force Jian Qianxiong into Secluded Cultivation and take control of the Sun Moon Divine Cult, but Ye Zhen openly sided with Jian Qianxiong. The chapter ended as Ye Zhen struck Lou Jianguo’s disciple Lian Zhai with a soul attack, leaving him screaming.

• Lou Jianguo demanded that Jian Qianxiong enter Secluded Cultivation and claimed he would take over as chief officiant of the Sixty-Year Grand Sacrifice.
• Jian Qianxiong accused Lou Jianguo of plotting to seize power, while Nian Sijing withdrew and Cai Xingchang blocked others from intervening.
• Lou Jianguo revealed that he had waited until Jian Qianxiong’s trusted aides were away, and Ye Zhen condemned his attempted coup and declared his side.
• Lou Jianguo threatened Ye Zhen, then proposed that his disciple Lian Zhai take charge of the Divine Cult if Jian Qianxiong stepped down.
• Lian Zhai challenged Ye Zhen to a three-move fight, but Ye Zhen fired a dark-crimson tri-colored beam that pierced his attack and struck him with a soul attack.

Ye Zhen killed Lian Zhai with a soul attack, prompting Lou Jianguo and Jian Qianxiong to begin their long-awaited battle. As the divine hall was destroyed by their clash, Ye Zhen noticed the Divine Statue had survived untouched, then saw a flaming figure fall from the sky.

• Ye Zhen killed Lian Zhai with his Heart Sword while Jian Qianxiong stopped Lou Jianguo from intervening.
• Lou Jianguo challenged Jian Qianxiong, and the two Palace Opening Realm Kings unleashed their flames and spiritual pressure inside the divine hall.
• Ye Zhen carried Feng Qingyue out of the hall as the others fled, while the spreading fire badly burned Tian Guizhang and destroyed the building.
• Jian Qianxiong and Lou Jianguo continued fighting in the sky, throwing the Sun Moon Divine Cult into chaos as their attacks set buildings ablaze.
• Ye Zhen saw that the Divine Statue remained unharmed amid the ruins, then watched a flaming figure plunge toward the ground.

Ye Zhen watched Cult Master Jian Qianxiong battle Supreme Grand Elder Lou Jianguo, who had reached the seventh level of the Palace Opening Realm and wielded Soul Burning True Fire. When Lou tried to force Jian to surrender the Sun Moon Divine Token, the Sun Moon Divine Altar appeared, overwhelmed Lou’s attack, and destroyed his soul-imprinted Spirit Weapon.

• Ye Zhen stopped Feng Qingyue from rushing to help the injured Jian Qianxiong, who faced Lou Jianguo after their battle.
• Lou Jianguo revealed his seventh-level Palace Opening Realm cultivation and demanded that Jian surrender the Sun Moon Divine Token and enter Secluded Cultivation.
• Lou Jianguo threatened Feng Qingyue and summoned Soul Burning True Fire, alarming Ye Zhen and the other onlookers.
• Jian Qianxiong warned Lou about the Sun Moon Divine Altar, which appeared overhead and unleashed overwhelming spiritual pressure.
• The Sun Moon Divine Altar suppressed Lou Jianguo and erased his Soul Burning True Fire and Mid-grade Spirit Weapon, leaving him screaming and wondering how the altar could be a soul weapon.

Jian Qianxiong used the Sun Moon Divine Altar to kill Lou Jianguo and restore order at the Sun Moon Divine Cult headquarters. After assigning the Grand Elders to reinforce the sect’s reputation, he dismissed everyone but Ye Zhen, then suddenly collapsed and began coughing blood.

• The Sun Moon Divine Altar absorbed Worldly Essence and overwhelmed Lou Jianguo, while Jian Qianxiong used his Origin Vital Blood to strengthen its attack.
• Nian Sijing and Cai Xingchang hesitated to join Lou Jianguo, and the altar annihilated him after Jian Qianxiong’s bloodlight pierced his defenses.
• Jian Qianxiong ordered an investigation, punishment for deserters and rumor-spreaders, and the capture of those who had sent messages outside the sect.
• Jian Qianxiong summoned the surviving leaders to a side hall, forgave Nian Sijing and Cai Xingchang, and assigned them to visit allies and kill a few opponents to bolster the Divine Sect’s prestige.
• Jian Qianxiong asked Ye Zhen to stay after dismissing the others, then slumped into his chair and began vomiting blood.

Jian Qianxiong appointed Ye Zhen Grand Branch Master of Chihuo Martial City and asked him to defend the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s expanded territory for three months. Ye Zhen agreed after Jian promised a year of the city’s income to Ye Zhen’s master and warned that the cult could be destroyed if the city fell.

• Jian Qianxiong explained that forcing the Sun Moon Divine Altar to kill Lou Jianguo had damaged his spirit palace and left him unable to fight at full strength for three months.
• Jian Qianxiong described how Elder Tu’s seizure of Myriad Stars Tower’s territory had increased the cult’s share of Chihuo Martial City to forty percent, drawing threats from surrounding factions.
• Jian Qianxiong asked Ye Zhen to become Grand Branch Master and defend Chihuo Martial City, where several factions and Palace Opening Realm Kings posed a serious danger.
• Jian Qianxiong offered Ye Zhen’s master all of the cult’s Chihuo Martial City income for one year in exchange for helping hold the city for three months.
• Ye Zhen agreed to do his best, and Jian Qianxiong told him he had to hold the city to prevent the cult’s weakness from being exposed and risking its destruction.

Ye Zhen arrived in Chihuo Martial City to take command of the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s beleaguered branch and found the situation more dangerous than expected. As he received the branch’s maps, Luo Shanhan learned that Flying Tiger Hall had made its move.

• Ye Zhen led his subordinates to Chihuo Martial City on Xiao Mao, whose Spirit Beast power and speed stunned Yu Qianlou and the others.
• After Ye Zhen departed, Jian Qianxiong ordered the Moon Shadow Guard to strike the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect while keeping thirty percent in reserve.
• Ye Zhen reached Chihuo Martial City and took over from the wounded Tu De, who appointed Luo Shanhan as Ye Zhen’s deputy and left two enforcers to help enforce his orders.
• Ye Zhen learned that the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect had joined forces and recently attacked the branch, while Flying Tiger Hall and many other local powers threatened the Cult’s position.
• Ye Zhen asked Luo Shanhan for maps of the branch’s territory and defenses, but Luo Shanhan received a message that Flying Tiger Hall had made its move.

Ye Zhen faced Flying Tiger Hall’s attack on the Northern Spirit Crystal Defense Zone and ordered the Crimson Fire Branch Hall to reinforce it. Luo Shanhan resisted the order, and Ye Zhen called for him to be seized, leaving the branch hall on the verge of internal conflict.

• Luo Shanhan reported that nearly two hundred Black Tiger Guards had surrounded the Spirit Crystal Defense Zone, and Ye Zhen learned that their force included about thirty Pulse Forging Realm martial artists backed by powerful tiger beasts.
• Luo Shanhan urged the branch hall to abandon a defense zone, while Zuo Xiong and Yu Qianlou warned that retreat could invite a full-scale attack and advised striking the Black Tiger Guard hard.
• Ye Zhen decided to reinforce the Spirit Crystal Defense Zone and ordered Luo Shanhan to assemble at least fifteen Pulse Forging Realm martial artists and more than fifty Soul Sea Realm martial artists.
• Luo Shanhan refused, claiming the branch hall’s fighters were too injured and exhausted to fight, then accused Ye Zhen of sending them to their deaths.
• Ye Zhen ordered Luo Shanhan seized for undermining the army’s morale, but Luo Shanhan defied him and warned that punishing him could plunge the branch hall into chaos.

Ye Zhen confronted Luo Shanhan for defying his authority and swiftly captured him using speed empowered by his Innate Soul Light. After rewarding the Crimson Fire Branch Hall’s fighters, Ye Zhen left to take command of the Spirit Crystal Mine defense zone while Yu Qianlou assumed control of the branch hall.

• Luo Shanhan rejected Ye Zhen’s command and proposed that they defend separate zones, so Ye Zhen attacked and captured him before Zuo Xiong and Yu Qianlou bound him.
• Ye Zhen ordered Hong Jiayin to gather the branch hall’s fighters, then distributed Spirit Crystals to the wounded survivors and promised rewards for those killed in battle.
• Hong Jiayin and the assembled fighters shouted, “Sun and Moon Shine Together, the Divine Sect is invincible!”
• Ye Zhen ordered Hong Jiayin to lead him to the Spirit Crystal Mine defense zone and instructed Yu Qianlou to take over the branch hall, treat the wounded, and hold position.

Ye Zhen led Crimson Fire Branch Hall reinforcements to the Spirit Crystal Mine and confronted Jiang Biao’s Black Tiger Guard. After intimidating the enemy with his Soul Refining Divine Light, Ye Zhen mocked Jiang Biao and ordered his forces to withdraw, leaving the two sides on the verge of battle.

• Ye Zhen marched toward the Spirit Crystal Mine with a hundred Soul Sea Realm martial artists and thirty Pulse Forging Realm martial artists, keeping former branch master Luo Shanhan under guard.
• Deputy Branch Master Hong Jiayin explained that the mine was protected by formations and defended by fifteen Pulse Forging Realm martial artists.
• Jiang Biao led more than twenty Black Tiger Guard Pulse Forging Realm martial artists and their Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers to confront Ye Zhen’s force, then mocked Hong Jiayin and Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen released his Soul Refining Divine Light, forcing Jiang Biao and the Black Tiger Guard to dodge and fall from their mounts.
• Ye Zhen and Hong Jiayin ridiculed the Black Tiger Guard, and Ye Zhen gave Jiang Biao ten breaths to withdraw from the mine’s territory.
• Jiang Biao threatened to destroy Crimson Fire Branch Hall, and Ye Zhen dismissed his forces as clay chickens and pottery dogs while patting Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao.

Ye Zhen used Cloud Winged Tiger King Xiao Mao to terrify Flying Tiger Hall’s Black Tiger Guard and force it to withdraw from Sun Moon Divine Cult territory. The chapter ended with Jiang Biao and his men hauling away their incapacitated mounts as the cultivators laughed at their retreat.

• Ye Zhen released Xiao Mao, who grew to enormous size and roared, sending all thirty-six Black Nightmare Shadow Tigers crashing to the ground in terror.
• Xiao Mao’s roar left the tigers helpless and frightened the surrounding martial artists, while the animals’ filth and stench finally interrupted his roar.
• Ye Zhen ordered Zuo Xiong to count down and threatened the Black Tiger Guard, prompting Jiang Biao to order a retreat.
• When the tigers could not stand, Ye Zhen granted the guard another ten breaths before threatening to make them Little Cat’s food rations.
• Jiang Biao and the other Pulse Forging Realm martial artists carried or dragged their tigers away, and the Sun Moon Divine Cult martial artists laughed at their disordered retreat.