Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhen proved his artifact-forging ability by repairing Wu Ying’s Shadow Moon Cloak, but Jin Mu still refused to honor their Soul Oath. Ye Zhen began forging a mid-grade Spirit Weapon in front of the Divine Sect, and Jin Mu knelt in awe as he watched.

• Jian Qianxiong praised Ye Zhen for forging three mid-grade Spirit Weapons and granted him access to the treasure vault and materials.
• Jin Mu accused Ye Zhen of passing off his master True Lord Black Water’s work as his own, so Ye Zhen revealed he had repaired Wu Ying’s Shadow Moon Cloak.
• Jin Mu still refused to concede and challenged Ye Zhen to forge a mid-grade Spirit Weapon before him within a year.
• Ye Zhen immediately began forging Black Silkworm Silk Armor in the Divine Sect Main Hall.
• Jin Mu watched Ye Zhen’s astonishing speed and technique, then knelt before him in reverence.

After Ye Zhen refined a Black Silkworm Silk Armor, Jin Mu swore loyalty and became his disciple, while Ye Zhen prepared the Divine Sect to gather materials and improved his Spirit Weapons. Ye Zhen then set out to meet Feng Qingyue, as Smiling Yama Yan Wuji arrived at the Sun Moon Divine Cult.

• Ye Zhen completed the Black Silkworm Silk Armor after four hours of refining, and Jin Mu bowed to him and swore a Soul Oath to become his disciple.
• Ye Zhen gave Jin Mu artifact-refining insights and ordered him to make one low-grade Spirit Weapon each month for the Divine Sect.
• Ye Zhen sent Jian Qianxiong a list of materials to seek and spent a day and a half modifying Thousand Vine Luo.
• Feng Qingyue invited Ye Zhen to drink at the Mist Mountain Bamboo Sea, and Ye Zhen left to meet her.
• Yan Wuji, the ninth elder of Myriad Stars Tower and a clan elder of the Xuantian Yan Family, arrived at the Sun Moon Divine Cult with two companions.

Jian Qianxiong received Yan Wuji, a powerful Myriad Stars Tower and Xuantian Yan Family elder, who demanded the Sun Moon Divine Cult help restore the Tower’s lost territory. Jian Qianxiong refused, and Yan Wuji warned him to hear him out or regret it.

• Jian Qianxiong read Yan Wuji’s visiting card and ordered the Divine Sect to prepare for the unexpected arrival and enter first-level alert.
• Yan Wuji arrived with his two bodyguards, the Yama’s Imps, and his presence unnerved Jian Qianxiong and the Divine Sect’s leaders.
• Jian Qianxiong asked why Yan Wuji had come, and Yan Wuji said he wanted information about Yan Cong’s murder and the loss of Myriad Stars Tower’s territory.
• Yan Wuji asked Jian Qianxiong to persuade the forces that had seized the Tower’s territory to return it, threatening Myriad Stars Tower’s fury if they refused.
• Jian Qianxiong rejected Yan Wuji’s demand as beyond the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s ability, but Yan Wuji stopped him and warned he would regret refusing to listen.

Yan Wuji pressured Jian Qianxiong over the Myriad Stars Tower deaths and threatened Feng Qingyue and Ye Zhen, leaving Jian trapped between protecting his daughter and protecting Ye Zhen. Meanwhile, Ye Zhen recognized that the Feng Qingyue waiting for him in the bamboo sea was a disguised impostor, but the attackers activated a formation around them.

• Yan Wuji accused the Sun Moon Divine Cult of having advance knowledge of the Myriad Stars Tower killings and threatened that Feng Qingyue and Ye Zhen could disappear.
• Jian Qianxiong sent Talisman Signals for Feng Qingyue and Ye Zhen, then learned that two people using Ye Zhen's identity had left the Divine Sect separately.
• Yan Wuji and his two Yama's Imps revealed their combined Palace Opening Realm power, forcing Jian Qianxiong to confront the threat while agonizing over his choices.
• Ye Zhen accepted Feng Qingyue's invitation to drink in the bamboo sea and noticed that the woman before him ignored their usual drinking customs.
• Ye Zhen forced the offered wine into the impostor's mouth, and a shout from the perimeter ordered the formation activated, surrounding them in white.

Ye Zhen exposed Wei Jingjing’s disguise and realized the ambush was designed to capture him alive. He interrogated the attackers outside the formation, learning that they came from the Xuantian Yan Family while using their captive to pressure them.

• Ye Zhen broke Wei Jingjing’s appearance-altering disguise and stopped her from resisting with the poison’s effects.
• Yan Ping threatened Ye Zhen from outside the illusion formation, but Ye Zhen recognized the group’s plan to capture him alive and demanded to know their faction.
• Yan Ping tried to bargain by asking whether the Sun Moon Divine Cult possessed a soul artifact, but Ye Zhen dismissed the question and began interrogating him instead.
• When Yan Ping failed to answer within five breaths, Ye Zhen tore off Wei Jingjing’s arm; Yan Ping then identified the Longevity Sect, which Ye Zhen rejected as the wrong answer.
• Yan Ping named the Xuantian Yan Family after another deadline, but Ye Zhen punished him for going overtime and demanded to know how many people the family had sent, giving him three breaths.

Ye Zhen escaped the Yan Clan’s formation with Earth Escape after killing Wei Jingjing, then ambushed the Yan Clan’s Killing God Squad from above. His Soul Refining Divine Light pierced the defenses of Yan Lun and another Palace Opening Realm King, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ye Zhen pressured Yan Ping into revealing the number of attackers and their mission, but Yan Lun stopped him before he disclosed their plans.
• Yan Lun revoked Yan Ping’s battlefield command and ordered the squad to kill Ye Zhen, while Yan Ping pleaded for Wei Jingjing’s life.
• Ye Zhen crushed Wei Jingjing’s head, then vanished from the formation using Earth Escape as the squad’s Spirit Weapons froze in midair.
• The Yan Clan’s Killing God Squad searched the formation, but Ye Zhen appeared a thousand meters above them and attacked Yan Lun and another member with Soul Refining Divine Light.
• Yan Lun and another Palace Opening Realm King formed soul shields and rushed Ye Zhen with Spirit Weapons, but his attack pierced their shields and extinguished the light in their eyes.

Ye Zhen used his Earth Meridian Heavenly Fire to melt Yan Ping and Yan He's Spirit Weapons, then killed Yan He and captured Yan Ping. After searching Yan Ping's soul and discovering that the Myriad Stars Tower's operation targeted more than just him, Ye Zhen hurried off on the Cloud Winged Tiger King.

• Yan Ping and Yan He attacked Ye Zhen with their Spirit Weapons, certain the close-range strikes would kill him.
• Ye Zhen released the Earth Meridian Heavenly Fire, melting both Spirit Weapons and destroying the Soul Imprints within them.
• Ye Zhen killed Yan He with the Great Force Divine Hammer and burned Yan Ping until he could no longer fight.
• Ye Zhen seized Yan Ping's Innate Soul after Yan Ping refused to reveal the Myriad Stars Tower's plans.
• Ye Zhen searched Yan Ping's soul, learned the operation was not aimed solely at him, and flew away in haste on the Cloud Winged Tiger King.

Ye Zhen raced toward Qingping River after learning that Myriad Stars Tower had lured Feng Qingyue into an ambush to capture her. As he found evidence of a fierce battle, Jian Qianxiong faced Yan Wuji’s threat at the Sun Moon Divine Cult headquarters, then received Ye Zhen’s Talisman Signal.

• Ye Zhen learned from Yan Ping’s memories that Myriad Stars Tower planned to capture Feng Qingyue alive and use her capture as part of a scheme to destroy the Sun Moon Divine Cult.
• Ye Zhen hurried to Qingping River, where he found wreckage from a painted pleasure boat and signs of a major battle, and sent Jian Qianxiong a Talisman Signal.
• Yan Wuji threatened Jian Qianxiong with a horrifying fate for Feng Qingyue if the Cult Master failed to satisfy Myriad Stars Tower.
• Jian Qianxiong swore revenge if Feng Qingyue were harmed, but Yan Wuji warned that she could be transformed into a monster.
• A Talisman Signal arrived and landed in Jian Qianxiong’s hand.

Ye Zhen found Feng Qingyue imprisoned in a hidden cave, where Myriad Stars Tower’s guards planned to use her as a bargaining chip and hinted at a sinister purpose for their Human-Snake Monster. As Yan Guo unleashed spirit-devouring ants against her, Ye Zhen remained hidden nearby, poised to act.

• Jian Qianxiong received Ye Zhen’s signal about Feng Qingyue’s whereabouts and stalled Yan Wuji through negotiations while ordering the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s search teams to withdraw.
• Ye Zhen infiltrated the hidden cave and discovered Feng Qingyue bound and badly injured, guarded by martial artists and a Human-Snake Monster he could not assess.
• Yan Guo sent Yin Wind Spirit Devouring Ants toward Feng Qingyue to avenge fallen comrades, but Yan Shuning forced him to recall them.
• Yan Shuning told Yan Guo that Feng Qingyue was needed for the Third Elder’s plans and promised he could deal with her after that night.
• Ye Zhen interrupted Yan Shuning with a cold snort.

Ye Zhen attacked Yan Shuning and the Yan Clan members in the cave, but the Human-Snake Monster blocked his Soul Refining Divine Light and badly wounded Little Cat. Yan Shuning deduced Ye Zhen’s role in the conflict and threatened his family, then seized a moment of distraction as the Human-Snake Monster moved.

• Ye Zhen emerged beside Feng Qingyue and unleashed the Soul Refining Divine Light at Yan Shuning while Little Cat killed four other martial artists.
• The Human-Snake Monster shielded Yan Shuning from the attack and struck Little Cat with its poisonous tail, forcing Ye Zhen to cut away the poisoned flesh.
• Ye Zhen realized the Human-Snake Monster had no Soul Power fluctuations, while Yan Shuning mourned the dead Yan Clan members and recognized Ye Zhen.
• Yan Shuning deduced that Ye Zhen had killed Yan Cong and survived the Killing God Squad, but he hesitated to send a Talisman Signal under Ye Zhen’s watch.
• Yan Shuning threatened to target Ye Zhen’s family, distracting Ye Zhen; Yan Shuning then moved his Jade Talisman as the Human-Snake Monster turned into a phantom.

Ye Zhen struggled against the Human-Snake Monster, using his Geomagnetic Force Field and Earth Meridian Heavenly Fire to hold it back. When Yan Shuning launched a dangerous weapon at him, Ye Zhen used a Wind Swallowing Beast to devour the attack, leaving Yan Shuning stunned.

• The Human-Snake Monster battered Ye Zhen with a powerful punch and corrosive venom, then attacked him with its thorn-covered tail.
• Ye Zhen slowed the monster with his Geomagnetic Force Field and forced it back with Earth Meridian Heavenly Fire, which it feared.
• While Ye Zhen contained the monster, Yan Shuning launched a spindle-shaped Low-grade Spirit Weapon at him.
• Ye Zhen summoned a Wind Swallowing Beast, which redirected the weapon and swallowed it.
• Yan Shuning froze in shock when his attack disappeared into the Wind Swallowing Beast's mouth.

Ye Zhen rescued Feng Qingyue after killing Yan Shuning and destroying the beast-shaped Jade Talisman that controlled the Human-Snake Monster. Enraged by the Myriad Stars Tower’s attempt to capture Feng Qingyue, Ye Zhen promised Jian Qianxiong a return gift, and Jian encouraged him to make it big.

• Yan Shuning’s Cloud Piercing Spirit Breaking Shuttle was swallowed by Ye Zhen’s Wind Swallowing Beast, and Ye Zhen killed Yan Shuning with Soul Refining Divine Light.
• Ye Zhen shattered Yan Shuning’s beast-shaped Jade Talisman, which caused the Human-Snake Monster to bleed and die.
• Ye Zhen freed Feng Qingyue, who explained how she had exposed an impostor and fought off several attackers before being captured.
• Ye Zhen sent Jian Qianxiong a Talisman Signal saying Feng Qingyue was safe and promising to retaliate against the Myriad Stars Tower.
• Jian Qianxiong replied that Ye Zhen should make his return gift big enough to earn permission to marry Feng Qingyue.

Ye Zhen infiltrated the Myriad Stars Tower branch in Qinglan Martial Capital to take revenge, only to find it heavily guarded. He confronted Acting Tower Master Yan Song with the help of Ice Fiend King Luo Zhu and Illusion Array King Chen Chi, then hinted that more allies were waiting as the attack began.

• Ye Zhen left Feng Qingyue behind to care for the injured Little Cat and used earth escape to reach Star Hall beneath the Myriad Stars Tower branch.
• Ye Zhen assessed the guards and Palace Opening Realm Kings inside Star Hall, then emerged before Yan Song and the others.
• Ye Zhen shattered Wu Bin's Soul Attack and revealed that he was the man who had killed the Killing God Squad.
• Yan Song tried to alert Yan Wuji with a Talisman Signal, but the formation outside Star Hall intercepted it.
• Ye Zhen revealed Ice Fiend King Luo Zhu and Illusion Array King Chen Chi as his allies, then announced that he had more friends to introduce.

Ye Zhen wiped out Myriad Stars Tower’s True Spirit Domain branch to avenge Feng Qingyue’s capture and redirect the tower’s anger away from his family and friends. After ordering the site looted and burned, he arrived at Sun Moon Divine Cult headquarters, where Yan Wuji recognized him.

• Ye Zhen, Luo Zhu, Chen Chi, and three Great Ape Fire Monkey King Puppets killed Acting Tower Master Yan Song and the other martial artists at Myriad Stars Tower’s branch, while Luo Zhu and Chen Chi dealt with the patrols.
• Chen Chi reported that the servants had mostly been spared, and Ye Zhen explained that Yan Shuning’s threat against his family and friends had driven him to destroy the branch and draw Myriad Stars Tower’s attention toward the Sun Moon Divine Cult.
• Ye Zhen gave Luo Zhu and Chen Chi the branch’s treasure vault, then ordered them to loot and burn the site before flying to Sun Moon Divine Cult headquarters.
• Yan Wuji bargained with Jian Qianxiong over the return of Myriad Stars Tower’s territory and captives, growing alarmed when his inquiries about Yan Shuning and Yan Song went unanswered.
• Ji Yuanxiu announced Ye Zhen’s arrival, and Yan Wuji shattered his tea bowl when he realized who Ye Zhen was.

Ye Zhen revealed that he had destroyed the Yan Clan’s Killing God Squad, the Human-Snake Monster, and Myriad Stars Tower’s True Spirit Domain branch. Yan Wuji was devastated by the loss of the branch and its experts, then summoned a soul weapon to attack Ye Zhen.

• Yan Wuji confronted Ye Zhen and probed him about escaping the Killing God Squad, while Jian Qianxiong and Ye Zhen hinted that Yan Wuji would receive a shocking gift.
• Ye Zhen brought out the corpses of the four members of the Killing God Squad, revealing that they had all been killed.
• Ye Zhen emptied more corpses from his Storage Ring, including Yan Clan juniors and the Human-Snake Monster, which Yan Wuji had expected to protect his forces.
• Ye Zhen revealed the corpses of Yan Song and Myriad Stars Tower consecrated experts, showing that he had wiped out the True Spirit Domain branch and cost the Yan Clan its domain.
• Yan Wuji spat blood as he realized the scale of the Yan Clan’s losses, then summoned a terrifying soul weapon, prompting Jian Qianxiong to warn everyone to retreat.

Yan Wuji attacked Ye Zhen with the Yama Brush, but Jian Qianxiong and the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s fighters countered with their Soul Artifact and a formation. As Yan Wuji escaped the formation’s trap, Ye Zhen appeared inside it and struck him again with Soul Refining Divine Light.

• Yan Wuji launched his Yama Brush at Ye Zhen, and the Sun Moon Divine Altar intercepted it, unleashing a shockwave that Jian Qianxiong blocked with Moon Guard.
• Jian Qianxiong, Ji Yuanxiu, Tu De, Ye Zhen, and the other cultivators attacked Yan Wuji and his two Yanluo Imps as the Nine-Lands Heaven-Sealing Origin-Trapping Formation began to close around them.
• Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light struck one Yanluo Imp and disrupted the trio’s fused auras, while Yan Wuji’s Yama Brush clashed with the Sun Moon Divine Altar.
• Yan Wuji used his natal essence blood to unleash Yama’s Nether-Breaking Strike, tearing open an escape route through the earthly meridian flood dragons and threatening revenge against the Sun Moon Divine Cult and Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen appeared inside the formation cage and fired Soul Refining Divine Light at Yan Wuji, making Yan Wuji tremble before he could finish speaking.

Ye Zhen destroyed Myriad Stars Tower, leaving Qinglan Martial Capital’s factions alarmed and Sun Moon Divine Cult bracing for the consequences. As Jian Qianxiong prepared Ye Zhen for the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice, an unseen shadow followed them into the Sun Moon Divine Altar.

• Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light killed Yan Wuji’s two Yanluo Imps, and Yan Wuji fled after seeing Myriad Stars Tower burning.
• Jian Qianxiong collapsed after praising Ye Zhen, and Feng Qingyue called him Father while tending to his injuries.
• The Longevity Sect, Heavenly Net Sect, and Qingyun Fort sent scouts toward Myriad Stars Tower as the blaze raised fears across Qinglan Martial Capital.
• Sun Moon Divine Cult’s elders discovered that Jian Qianxiong needed at least five years to recover, but he said the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice might change everything.
• Jian Qianxiong ordered the Divine Cult to prepare for the sacrifice and took Ye Zhen to the Sun Moon Divine Altar to explain his duties.
• A black shadow slipped into the Sun Moon Divine Altar after Jian Qianxiong and Ye Zhen.

Jian Qianxiong explained the Sun Moon Divine Altar’s role in the Sun Moon Divine Cult and guided Ye Zhen through becoming its assistant sacrificer. After Ye Zhen left a Soul Imprint on the Moon Disk, he tried to activate the altar and triggered a violent golden-flame attack.

• Jian Qianxiong told Ye Zhen that the Sun Moon Divine Altar served as the cult’s treasured artifact, defensive bulwark, and sacrificial vessel.
• Jian Qianxiong said Ye Zhen could inherit the position of Cult Leader if he reached the Palace Opening Realm, and explained how chief and assistant sacrificers received the Sun Moon Divine Lord’s grace.
• Jian Qianxiong brought Ye Zhen to the ninth-floor altar, where Ye Zhen found he could not stand on the moon-white disk without the chief sacrificer’s permission.
• Jian Qianxiong used the Sun Moon Divine Light Pearl to guide Ye Zhen in leaving a Soul Imprint on the Moon Disk and making a connection with the altar.
• Ye Zhen tried to activate the Sun Moon Divine Altar, but golden flames erupted from every direction and blasted toward him.

Ye Zhen learned more about the Sun Moon Divine Altar and discovered that a powerful, hidden old man had been speaking to him. The old man proposed a deal, and the chapter ended with Ye Zhen asking whether he could refuse.

• Jian Qianxiong warned Ye Zhen that he had not mastered the Sun Moon Divine Altar and explained the benefits of Ye Zhen's spiritual-sense trace on the Moon Disk.
• Jian Qianxiong advised Ye Zhen to visualize the Sun Moon Divine Lord during sacrifices to gain more blessing power.
• A mysterious voice warned Ye Zhen not to trust Jian Qianxiong's advice, and Ye Zhen concealed the voice's presence from the Cult Master.
• Ye Zhen left the altar, checked Little Cat's healing wound, and resumed cultivating before the mysterious old man spoke to him again.
• Ye Zhen searched the area with Clear Heart Sword Intent but could not detect the hidden speaker, who then proposed a transaction.
• Ye Zhen suspected the old man was plotting against the Sun Moon Divine Altar and asked if he could refuse the deal.

Ye Zhen received a mysterious visitor’s offer of a transaction involving the Sun Moon Divine Altar and a Jade Talisman containing a method to gain more Heaven-bestowed power. He then resumed cultivating the Unchanging Profound Fire Scripture, whose transformed energy greatly increased his strength, and refined his Profound Fire Drill technique.

• Ye Zhen asked whether he could refuse the mysterious old man’s proposed transaction, but the old man demonstrated his power and left a Jade Talisman as a token of sincerity.
• Ye Zhen examined the Jade Talisman and found a method for obtaining more Heaven-bestowed power during Divine Sacrifice, though he could not yet confirm whether it worked.
• Ye Zhen reflected that transforming his Purple Jade Spiritual Energy into Profound Fire Spirit Energy had reduced its quantity but greatly strengthened his combat abilities, while limiting some techniques.
• Ye Zhen continued practicing the Profound Fire Drill and improved his ability to condense it and layer Explosive Flame Formations onto it.
• Ye Zhen reached the point where he could form a crimson, translucent Profound Fire Drill at his fingertips almost instantly.