Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan and his companions copied the Blood Geckos’ teleportation-array patterns and set out for the Third Layer, where Pei Tong hoped to find treasures to save his grandfather. After Zuoqiu Wufeng killed Zhang Dilong and threatened Zhang Diqi, Zhang Lingshan used the Life and Death Bell to roar Zuoqiu Wufeng to death.

• Zhang Lingshan, Pei Tong, and Zhang Diqi uncovered pictures about the Blood Geckos and copied the yin and yang patterns of their one-use Teleportation Array before the cave collapsed.
• Pei Tong used the Star Dipper Compass to seek a passage to the Third Layer, and Zhang Lingshan restored some of the vitality Pei Tong had spent finding their direction.
• Zhang Lingshan and his companions found Zhang Dilong and other disciples dead, and Zhang Diqi rushed toward his slain friend’s body in grief.
• Zuoqiu Wufeng ambushed Zhang Diqi, revealed that an Iron Gallbladder Fruit had helped him reach the Organ Nourishing Realm, and used his killing-domain power to frighten Zhang Diqi.
• Zhang Lingshan rescued Zhang Diqi and, with a shout empowered by the Life and Death Bell and Life and Death Wheel, killed Zuoqiu Wufeng.

Zhang Lingshan led Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong to the passage from the Second Layer to the Third Layer, defeating Black Winged Bats along the way and collecting their useful remains. The group emerged into the Third Layer’s lightless forest, where Zhang Lingshan warned that fire could attract dangerous creatures and the mountain god.

• Zhang Lingshan absorbed Zuoqiu Wufeng’s Death Qi, collected the fallen fighters’ belongings, and left Zhang Diqi to recover from the killing illusion.
• Zhang Lingshan carried Zhang Diqi while Pei Tong used the Star Dipper Compass to guide them toward the Third Layer’s passage.
• The group found a giant Red-Crowned Rooster that appeared ordinary up close, then located a vine-covered dry well beneath it.
• Zhang Lingshan led Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong down the well, where they collected Black Winged Bat feces and Flying Squirrel Jade Liquid as he fought the bats.
• Zhang Lingshan chased the fleeing bats out of the passage and entered the Third Layer, discovering that its forest was completely dark and that flames could attract strange creatures and the mountain god.

Zhang Lingshan collected six Iron Gallbladder Fruits after triggering a Tyrannical Aura beneath the trees, then gave one each to Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong to help them break through. When Pei Tong struggled because Tracking had weakened his foundation, Zhang Lingshan used the Life and Death Wheel to restore his vitality.

• Zhang Lingshan waited at the cave entrance, killed attacking creatures, and accumulated Energy Points before Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong returned with supplies.
• Zhang Lingshan shared Selection Jade Tokens with Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong, then followed Pei Tong's Star Dipper Compass toward Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• The group found six Iron Gallbladder Fruits on six Iron Trees, and Zhang Lingshan took them, releasing a Tyrannical Aura that drove him to flee with his companions.
• Zhang Lingshan gave an Iron Gallbladder Fruit each to Zhang Diqi and Pei Tong and guarded them as they tried to break through to the Organ Nourishing Realm.
• Zhang Lingshan erased the mark on Nantang Yu's Azure Light Treasure Sword, then discovered that Pei Tong's weakened foundation was hindering his breakthrough.
• Zhang Lingshan infused Pei Tong with vitality through the Life and Death Wheel, helping restore the qi and blood depleted by Tracking.

Zhang Lingshan, Zhang Diqi, and Pei Tong searched the Third Layer for treasures, but their hunt led them to Zhang Xiujie, whose powerful mental strength could force others into dreams. When Zhang Diqi fell asleep and Zhang Xiujie addressed Zhang Lingshan, Zhang Lingshan attacked, only to be blocked by three walls of ice.

• Zhang Lingshan helped Pei Tong and Zhang Diqi break through to the Organ Nourishing Realm, then the trio resumed their search for treasures.
• Pei Tong used the Star Dipper Compass to guide them to valuable finds, but they found neither the treasures they sought nor anything that could improve mental strength.
• The Star Dipper Compass detected a person with immense mental strength nearby, and Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong suspected Zhang Xiujie had taken the mental-strength treasures.
• Zhang Xiujie appeared and welcomed Zhang Diqi, who walked toward him despite Zhang Lingshan's warning.
• Zhang Xiujie forced Zhang Diqi into a dream without moving, then spoke to Zhang Lingshan through his mind.
• Zhang Lingshan attacked Zhang Xiujie with the Life and Death Bell, the Life and Death Wheel, and his own martial arts, but three Ice Walls blocked his advance.

Zhang Xiujie blinded Zhang Lingshan and fled as the Mountain God approached, but Zhang Lingshan recovered enough to escape with Pei Tong and turned his injury into a chance to strengthen his Spiritual Consciousness. The chapter leaves Zhang Lingshan preparing to refine Golden Leaf Bamboo as his mental power nears a breakthrough.

• Zhang Lingshan countered Zhang Xiujie's ice attacks and nearly split him with an Evil Qi Blade, but Zhang Xiujie trapped him with an Ice Lotus and stabbed out both his eyes with Iron Nails.
• Zhang Lingshan's Qi and Blood Fire Seed burned away the Ghostly Entities invading his mind, letting him regain his movement just as the Mountain God approached.
• Zhang Xiujie fled with Zhang Diqi, while Zhang Lingshan called Pei Tong and escaped, unable to regenerate his eyes as they ran.
• Zhang Lingshan adjusted to being blind by sensing through his Spiritual Consciousness and hunted nearby creatures, gaining Energy and strengthening his mental power.
• Pei Tong found Golden Leaf Bamboo that could increase mental power, and Zhang Lingshan prepared to refine it as his Spiritual Consciousness neared its transformation into Divine Consciousness.

Zhang Lingshan advanced his spiritual power into Divine Consciousness, awakened the Heavenly Eye, and raised his Profound Gold Intent to the seventh level. While pursuing a treasure with Pei Tong, he was suddenly struck by immense gravity and left struggling to stay above the ground.

• Zhang Lingshan drank Golden Leaf Bamboo sap and advanced his Spiritual Consciousness into Divine Consciousness, enduring a painful adaptation as his Spiritual Fetus Infant formed.
• Zhang Lingshan used Heavenly Eye to subdue the Spiritual Fetus Infant, then discovered its brow-light could destroy a python’s soul and hunted demonic beasts with his new abilities.
• Zhang Lingshan gathered 10 billion Energy Points, hid inside the Life and Death Bell, and raised his Profound Gold Intent to the seventh level, transforming his thighs and knees.
• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong followed the Star Dipper Compass through an unusually quiet region, where Zhang Lingshan spotted a treasure and raced after it with Pei Tong.
• An immense invisible gravity crushed Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong toward the ground, forcing Zhang Lingshan to use Levitation and Cloud Ladder to keep them from being buried.

Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong discovered the Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow and defeated the vengeful spirit guarding it, then Pei Tong began collecting the treasure. Zhang Lingshan entered the water to find a powerful gray light, discovered it was a strange dragonfly, and waited for it to approach—only for it to reveal that it had been hunting him.

• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong entered a hidden cave and found a vast supply of Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow, along with a human skeleton.
• A ghostly figure calling himself Zhang Lingshan tried to possess Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan pinned him with a Divine Consciousness attack and burned him away.
• Pei Tong began harvesting the Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow in a Silver Gourd, while Zhang Lingshan guarded the cave entrance with the Life and Death Bell.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the water, endured its crushing pressure, and discovered that it forced impurities out of his body.
• Zhang Lingshan spotted a fish-headed dragonfly and waited for it to dart into his reach, but it suddenly flew at him with a mocking look, revealing its hunter's intent.

Zhang Lingshan gathered treasures in the Third Layer and struggled to find the concealed passage back to the Second Layer, while Pei Tong’s tracking effort left him weakened. After they uncovered Zhang Xiujie’s concealment, they reached the Second Layer with only three days left and Zhang Lingshan confronted Big Eye, ending the chapter with his blade embedded in it.

• Zhang Lingshan killed a Fish Head Dragonfly, gained Energy Points, and caught several glowing fish before leaving the water with Pei Tong and the Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow.
• Zhang Lingshan killed the Third Layer’s mountain god in one strike and took its Mountain God Crystal.
• Pei Tong burned his lifespan trying to locate the Dry Well passage, but Zhang Lingshan eventually exposed the Azure Concealment Stone hiding its entrance by attacking the surrounding terrain.
• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong reached the Second Layer and learned that only three days remained before the selection deadline, then went to a cliff so Zhang Lingshan could face Big Eye at night.
• Big Eye attacked Zhang Lingshan with a piercing cry and its Eyelash Whips, but Zhang Lingshan blinded it with his Heavenly Eye and hurled the Evil King Blade into it.

Zhang Lingshan killed and harvested Big Eye, then returned with the sleeping Pei Tong to the Third Layer as the Trial Land began to decline. Outside, the selection ended without Zhang Lingshan or Pei Tong emerging, leaving their friends and relatives to worry about them and Zhang Xiujie to hide his role in the separation.

• Zhang Lingshan defeated Big Eye, collected its tentacles and poison, and gained ten billion Energy Points by eating the rest of its eye.
• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong searched the Second Layer for the passage back to the First Layer but found only lesser treasures as fog thickened and Pei Tong fell into a deep sleep.
• Zhang Lingshan carried Pei Tong back through the Third Layer to the cave containing the Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow.
• The Trial Land gates closed while Zhang Diqi and Zhang Xiujie waited for Zhang Lingshan, and Zhang Diqi mourned his apparent death.
• Zhang Diqi recounted his journey with Zhang Lingshan, prompting Chen Guangtuo and others to suspect Zhang Xiujie had harmed him, while Zhang Xiujie dismissed their accusations.
• Zhao Liefeng and Xiang He expressed curiosity about Zhang Lingshan, and Pei Liang hoped his brother Pei Tong would return safely with the precious medicine.

Zhang Lingshan explored the Abyssal Melody River with Pei Tong before Rooster offered to show him a way out in exchange for help. Before they could leave, Rooster helped Zhang Lingshan refine Big Eye’s venom and obtain the Wind Whisper Hundred Apertures Fruit, leaving them ready to return to the river.

• Zhang Lingshan searched the fog-shrouded Third Layer while Pei Tong recovered, then spent half a month catching and roasting fish by the Abyssal Melody River.
• Rooster found Zhang Lingshan and offered to reveal the way out if Zhang Lingshan took him along; Zhang Lingshan tested Rooster’s power and learned about its Mystical Power.
• Rooster offered to help advance Zhang Lingshan’s Heavenly Eye, but learned Zhang Lingshan had already killed Big Eye and eaten it, so he told Zhang Lingshan to drink its stored Eyeball Venom instead.
• Zhang Lingshan drank the venom, gained 30 billion Energy Points, and learned that three eyes would eventually grow as its medicinal power took effect.
• Rooster agreed to guide Zhang Lingshan to the Wind Whisper Hundred Apertures Fruit, and Zhang Lingshan collected other treasures along the way.
• Rooster helped Zhang Lingshan find and obtain the Wind Whisper Hundred Apertures Fruit, then urged him to stop making requests and return to the Abyssal Melody River.

Zhang Lingshan followed Iron Rooster through the Abyssal Melody River, learning the Three Sovereigns Bell and Fish Dragon Art to survive its crushing depths and escape. After waking on the riverbank with Pei Tong, he watched Iron Rooster fly away without repaying its promised favors and asked where they had ended up.

• Zhang Lingshan put Rooster and Pei Tong in the Spirit Beast Bag and entered the Abyssal Melody River, catching fish as Rooster guided him through its currents and hidden caves.
• As the river's pressure grew unbearable, Rooster taught Zhang Lingshan the Three Sovereigns Bell, which he cultivated to withstand the depths.
• When Zhang Lingshan pretended he was suffocating, Rooster taught him the Fish Dragon Art, letting him breathe underwater and sense the way toward the exit.
• Zhang Lingshan followed the airflow to the sunlight, but a powerful current hurled him out of the river and left him unconscious on the ground.
• Pei Tong and Iron Rooster tended to Zhang Lingshan after he woke, and Iron Rooster flew away without repaying its promised favors.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Pei Tong where they were, but the chapter ended before Pei Tong answered.

Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong emerged from the Abyssal Melody River into Azure Province, disguised themselves, and helped Qin Feng's squad kill a fish monster at Azure Melody River. Pei Tong chose to investigate the strange creature as Zhang Lingshan headed with him toward Twin Cities, where Lu Jing confronted Pei Qing over the monster and a demand to help deal with Pei Xingdou.

• Zhang Lingshan disguised himself and Pei Tong with Demon Fox Transformation after they realized their survival from the ruined Trial Land had to remain secret.
• Qin Feng's squad encountered the disguised pair, and Lu Fang accused them of being fish demons before Qin Feng let them leave; Qin Feng and Wang Qing later caught up and offered bait to lure a fish demon.
• Pei Tong explained Lu Jing's pursuit of the Path of Manifestation, and he and Zhang Lingshan accepted the Demon Suppression Division's request to help catch the fish demon.
• Pei Tong killed a fish-headed, human-bodied monster with one sword thrust, and Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong left its body to Qin Feng and Wang Qing.
• Pei Tong suspected the fish monster was part of a larger scheme and decided to investigate before going to Twin Cities with Zhang Lingshan.
• Lu Jing woke in the City Lord's Mansion and rebuked Pei Qing for harming her Fish Person and demanding that she help deal with Pei Xingdou.

Pei Qing enlisted Lu Jing’s help to kill Pei Xingdou in exchange for the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror and the person who killed her Fish Person. Meanwhile, Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong arrived in Twin Cities, where Pei Tong discovered his cousin Pei Qing was closely allied with South Sea Merchant Guild elder Yan Feng.

• Lu Jing agreed to help Pei Qing deal with Pei Xingdou if she brought her the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror and the Fish Person’s murderer.
• Pei Qing left to obtain Lu Jing’s conditions, while Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong reached Twin Cities and discussed the South Sea Merchant Guild’s expanding influence.
• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong followed a crowd to the guild’s recruitment assessment, where a green-robed official accepted applicants based on their abilities.
• When Pei Tong saw Pei Qing leave the guild hall with Yan Feng, he hid behind Zhang Lingshan and explained that Yan Feng had harmed Pei Xingdou and sought to expand the guild into Azure City.
• Pei Tong realized Pei Qing was supporting the South Sea Merchant Guild and understood why it acted so arrogantly in Twin Cities.

Zhang Lingshan killed Pei Qing and Smiling Yama after Pei Qing recognized Pei Tong, then plundered the South Sea Merchant Guild. He met the force controlling the Fish Head Person’s corpse and agreed to trade the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror for an Organ Nourishing Realm cultivation method, but the method had not yet been handed over.

• Zhang Lingshan stopped the blue-robed assessor from grabbing Pei Tong and hid with him as Pei Qing and Smiling Yama left.
• Pei Qing recognized Pei Tong and called for Yan Feng to catch him, so Zhang Lingshan killed her with Piercing Intent and then killed Yan Feng.
• Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong raided the South Sea Merchant Guild, where Zhang Lingshan killed a defender who tried to trap him with the building’s formation.
• Qin Feng and Wang Qing arrived carrying the Fish Head Person’s corpse, which spoke for the force controlling them and offered an Organ Nourishing Realm cultivation method for the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror.
• Zhang Lingshan examined the mirror from Pei Qing’s Storage Bag and agreed to trade it, then asked where the cultivation method was.

Zhang Lingshan received only a partial glimpse of the Flawless Leakless Skill and traveled with Pei Tong to Azure City, where Pei Tong reunited with Pei Xingdou. Pei Xingdou offered other ways to obtain an Organ Nourishing Realm method while warning that his own Star Shifting Technique might not suit Zhang Lingshan.

• The Fish Head Person placed the Flawless Leakless Skill in a Jade Slip, then Qin Feng and Wang Qing collapsed and died after Zhang Lingshan refused to hand over the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror.
• Zhang Lingshan later viewed the Jade Slip’s hidden lesson, memorized the circulation route, and realized the Fish Head Person had withheld details needed to complete the skill.
• Zhang Lingshan fought his way into the Demon Suppression Division in Azure City and demanded that Pei Xingdou meet him, while Pei Hao tried to persuade his grandfather not to go.
• Pei Xingdou followed Zhang Lingshan’s escort to a mountain cave and reunited with Pei Tong, who explained how Zhang Lingshan had helped him escape the Trial Land.
• Pei Xingdou explained that his Star Shifting Technique was a life-saving support method that could harm Zhang Lingshan’s cultivation, and offered to help him obtain the Flawless Leakless Skill or an inheritance from the Central Province Demon Suppression Division.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Mountain God Crystal while Pei Xingdou recovered with Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow, then traded the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror for the Flawless Leakless Skill. After Qiao Wenjie fled into Azure Melody River and Pei Tong was caught in a spiritual illusion, Zhang Lingshan and Pei Xingdou tracked him to the City Lord's Mansion, where Zhang Lingshan burst into a courtyard and revealed a frail figure.

• Zhang Lingshan refined the Third Layer Mountain God Crystal and gained a regenerating Mountain God Armor, while Pei Xingdou recovered after consuming two drops of Thousand Year Stalactite Marrow.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Pei Tong two drops of the marrow and prepared with Pei Xingdou to seek the Flawless Leakless Skill at Azure Melody Riverbank.
• Qiao Wenjie emerged from the river, exchanged a Jade Slip containing the Flawless Leakless Skill for the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror, and pulled Zhang Lingshan into an illusion realm to comprehend the method.
• Qiao Wenjie escaped into Azure Melody River, and Pei Tong was trapped in a spiritual illusion before Zhang Lingshan rescued him.
• Pei Tong followed Pei Xingdou's tracking trail to Twin Cities, and Zhang Lingshan carried them into the City Lord's Mansion after discovering Qiao Wenjie's trail led there.
• Zhang Lingshan smashed into a courtyard and blasted apart a house, revealing a frail figure lying inside.

Zhang Lingshan killed Lu Jing after she refused to give him the complete Flawless Leakless Skill, then retreated to a hidden valley with Pei Xingdou and Pei Tong. After a month of failed deductions, he learned the skill exceeded his current cultivation framework, but gained enough Energy Points from fish to advance his Profound Gold Intent.

• Zhang Lingshan killed Lu Shixiong, seized Lu Jing, and snapped her neck when she tried to bargain with the Flawless Leakless Skill.
• Lu Jing survived briefly, threatened Zhang Lingshan and Pei Xingdou, and died after Zhang Lingshan's Heavenly Eye overwhelmed her; he burned her remains and recovered the Mystic Micro Treasure Mirror.
• Pei Xingdou explained what he knew about the mirror, then led Zhang Lingshan and Pei Tong to a secluded valley to rest.
• At the city gate, Zhang Lingshan killed Lu Fang when she recognized him and called him a fish demon.
• Zhang Lingshan spent a month trying to deduce the Flawless Leakless Skill, but the Panel showed it required one hundred billion Energy Points to deduce and marked it red.
• After gaining one hundred billion Energy Points by eating fish, Zhang Lingshan used them to advance his Profound Gold Intent.

Zhang Lingshan cleared the ruined Trial Land, then traveled with Pei Xingdou toward the Central Province Skill Transmission Pagoda to obtain an Organ Nourishing Realm cultivation method. At the pagoda, he disguised himself as Feng Yuchuan and met Li Weishan, while Zhang Xiujie mistook him for a Zhang Family Hidden Guard seeking favor.

• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Abyssal Melody River, gathered fish, and spent two months stripping the three levels of the ruined Trial Land of treasures and creatures.
• Zhang Lingshan told Pei Xingdou he planned to visit the Central Province Skill Transmission Pagoda, and they chose to travel through the Mist Realm.
• Chen Guangtuo complained that Zhang Xiujie had reached the Seventh Layer, while Hua Wuyue explained how the pagoda granted cultivation methods and Secret Techniques.
• Zhang Lingshan arrived at the pagoda under the name Feng Yuchuan and shared wine with Li Weishan, who described how merit-point visitors differed from Demon Suppression Envoy candidates.
• Zhang Xiujie noticed Zhang Lingshan and assumed his disguise was the Zhang Family Hidden Guard's Demon Fox Transformation, then dismissed him as an inferior cultivator seeking favor.

Zhang Lingshan, posing as Feng Yuchuan, entered the Skill Transmission Pagoda and climbed straight to the ninth floor, astonishing the cultivators below and unsettling Zhang Xiujie. He began extracting a suitable Organ Nourishing Realm cultivation method from the immense Dao Rhyme, replenishing his energy with pills as he comprehended.

• Zhang Lingshan ignored Li Weishan’s advice to prepare for months and entered the Skill Transmission Pagoda immediately.
• Zhang Lingshan climbed from the first floor to the ninth without stopping, while the golden Dao Rhyme light revealed his progress to everyone outside.
• Zhang Xiujie suspected Feng Yuchuan was a hidden Zhang Family rival and feared he had been sent to challenge his claim to family head.
• Li Weishan identified the newcomer as Feng Yuchuan, and Chen Guangtuo, Hua Wuyue, and others marveled at his achievement.
• Zhao Liefeng and Xiang He discussed Feng Yuchuan’s strength and agreed he was an extraordinary cultivator, while Zhao resolved to befriend him.
• Zhang Lingshan focused on sorting through the ninth floor’s vast Dao Rhyme and consumed pills to sustain the energy needed to comprehend a suitable cultivation method.

Zhang Lingshan ate an Iron Gallbladder Fruit and broke through to the Organ Nourishing Realm while absorbing cultivation-method Dao Rhymes on the Skill Transmission Pagoda’s ninth floor. The Demon Suppression Division’s elders began investigating Feng Yuchuan’s identity, unaware that he was Zhang Lingshan, who continued studying and swallowed a bottle of Stomach Nourishing Pills.

• Zhang Lingshan ate the Iron Gallbladder Fruit and broke through to the Organ Nourishing Realm, sending a howl that scattered the clouds above the Skill Transmission Pagoda.
• Chen Guangtuo and others marveled at Feng Yuchuan’s breakthrough, while Zhang Xiujie criticized his comprehension and Zhao Liefeng argued that he might have understood several cultivation methods.
• Hua Wuyue and Zhao Liefeng revealed that Chen Youming had previously reached the ninth floor, and the crowd concluded Feng Yuchuan had extraordinary potential.
• Twelve Skill Transmission Elders gathered to compete for Feng Yuchuan as a disciple, but the White-haired Old Man ordered them to investigate his background before choosing.
• The elders launched a wide-ranging investigation into Feng Yuchuan while Zhang Lingshan continued absorbing Dao Rhymes and swallowed a bottle of Stomach Nourishing Pills.