Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan followed the little girl to find Nourishing Body Mushrooms, only to discover that Ghost Gate disciples were guarding Parasitic Mushrooms in a cave. After Zhang Lingshan swallowed Xiao Tao and drove the others away, he and the little girl collected the mushrooms, and he remembered the escaped Ghost Gate Senior Brother.

• Zhang Lingshan ate six Qionghua Fruits and learned from the little girl that Azure Awareness Fruit ripened in three days and was highly sought after.
• The little girl led Zhang Lingshan toward a damp cave where Nourishing Body Mushrooms grew, but warned him that powerful mind-controlling enemies were inside.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the cave and swallowed Xiao Tao when she charged at him, then withstood the freezing attack from the Ghost Gate Senior Brother.
• The Ghost Gate Senior Brother and the other Yin Spirits fled, and the little girl explained that the cave’s Parasitic Mushrooms helped Yin Spirits fuse with human shells.
• Zhang Lingshan and the little girl picked and stored the newly matured Parasitic Mushrooms, and Zhang Lingshan resolved to remember the escaped Senior Brother.

Zhang Lingshan drove Gui Hao and the Ghost Gate disciples away, then harvested Nine Nether Purple Rice from the Nine Nether Ice Flowers with Little Girl’s guidance. After Little Girl explained that the rice needed Yin Yang Talisman Water and Fireless Heavenly Flame to reach its full effect, she offered a way to enter the Pill Sect and obtain the flame, asking Zhang Lingshan to help her seize the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

• Gui Hao fled the cave after Zhang Lingshan swallowed Xiao Tao, then ordered Yin Hua'er and the other Ghost Gate disciples to leave the Icy Cold Spring behind.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the spring with Little Girl’s guidance, heated the dormant Nine Nether Ice Flowers, and collected the three grains of Nine Nether Purple Rice they produced.
• Little Girl explained that Nine Nether Purple Rice could expand Zhang Lingshan’s acupoints and meridians, but that Yin Yang Talisman Water and Fireless Heavenly Flame were needed to bring out its full effects.
• Little Girl suggested Zhang Lingshan exchange her to the Pill Sect for Fireless Heavenly Flame, but he refused and said she should keep traveling with him.
• Little Girl offered to take Zhang Lingshan into the Pill Sect to obtain Fireless Heavenly Flame if he helped her seize the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Zhang Lingshan agreed to help the little girl steal the Pill Sect’s Heaven and Earth Furnace, then pursued the Life Force Fruit in the Man-Eating Algae Stream. He captured it at the cost of devastating injuries and swallowed it as its life force began to course through his body.

• Zhang Lingshan agreed to help the little girl seize the Heaven and Earth Furnace, hoping she would guide him in refining the Barren Willow Branch and a Heaven and Earth Pill.
• The little girl explained that the Life Force Fruit balanced the Barren Willow Branch’s Rule of Desolation and led Zhang Lingshan to search for it in the Man-Eating Algae Stream.
• Zhang Lingshan used his transformations and Heavenly Eye to locate the elusive Life Force Fruit, enduring severe injuries as the laws of heaven and earth suppressed him.
• Zhang Lingshan grabbed the Life Force Fruit, stored it in Pouch Space, and collapsed on the barren land with his body badly damaged.
• The little girl told Zhang Lingshan to swallow the Life Force Fruit, and he sent it from Pouch Space directly into his mouth, releasing its life force through his body.

Zhang Lingshan killed five Demon Sect disciples who attacked him for the Life Force Fruit, then used the fruit and Cloud Life Essence to comprehend the Rule of Life. After surviving its uncontrolled growth with the Barren Willow Branches, he returned with the Little Girl to find the Azure Awareness Fruit spreading azure spiritual energy and nearing maturity.

• Five Demon Sect disciples attacked Zhang Lingshan to devour him and claim the Life Rule, while their bird leader sent the Little Girl flying away.
• Zhang Lingshan trapped the attackers beneath the Life and Death Bell and burned them to death with his Fire Dragons, then consumed their bodies and sent their Yin Spirits to the Nether Palace.
• Zhang Lingshan released Cloud Life Essence while refining the Life Force Fruit, causing his body to swell and grow extra limbs from the overwhelming life energy.
• Zhang Lingshan held Barren Willow Branches against his body to suppress the growth and comprehended the Rule of Life alongside the Rule of Desolation.
• Zhang Lingshan thanked the Little Girl, carried her back to the Verdant Shade Land, and spotted azure spiritual energy spreading from the Azure Awareness Fruit.

Zhang Lingshan absorbed Azure Awareness Spiritual Energy while the Life and Death Bell drew the attention of nearby cultivators, including Saber Sect disciple Wan Yidao. The chapter ended with Pill Sect disciple Fan Zhu confronting Xiao Zi and her crying out to Zhang Lingshan for help.

• Zhang Lingshan rapidly absorbed the Azure Awareness Spiritual Energy, drawing cultivators toward the mist around him.
• Zhang Lingshan covered the Little Girl with the Life and Death Bell, then asked her to keep others occupied while he continued cultivating.
• Wan Yidao struck the Life and Death Bell away and challenged the person inside the mist to fight, but Zhang Lingshan asked him to protect his cultivation instead.
• Wan Yidao announced that he would protect Zhang Lingshan, and Fan Zhu arrived and ordered Xiao Zi to return to the Pill Sect.
• Surrounded by Pill Sect disciples and unable to escape, Xiao Zi called out to Zhang Lingshan to save her.

Zhang Lingshan protected Xiao Zi from Fan Zhu and Wan Yidao, overpowering both with his flame techniques. He spared Fan Zhu at Xiao Zi’s request, took Wan Yidao’s saber, and demanded that Fan Zhu deliver a hundred Azure Awareness Pills to Spirit Mountain.

• Zhang Lingshan arrived to protect Xiao Zi and drove Wan Yidao back with a torrent of phantom Fire Dragons.
• Fan Zhu recognized Zhang Lingshan as the Spirit Mountain Master and tried to persuade Xiao Zi to return to the Pill Sect, but she refused.
• Zhang Lingshan destroyed Fan Zhu’s Golden Shield and nearly struck Wan Yidao with a devastating Solar Star Light Arrow.
• Wan Yidao yielded and gave Zhang Lingshan the Resounding Gold Treasure Saber, while Fan Zhu pleaded for Xiao Zi’s help.
• At Xiao Zi’s request, Zhang Lingshan spared Fan Zhu but demanded a hundred Azure Awareness Pills within a month; Fan Zhu said the Pill Sect would need at least three years to make them.

Zhang Lingshan forced Fan Zhu’s Pill Sect group to surrender pills and watched the other factions retreat, then learned that Wan Yidao was connected to Evil King Di Li through the Blade Sect. After agreeing to spar with Wan Yidao and seek insight into Silent Blade, Zhang Lingshan opened with a Flame Blade Qi attack.

• Zhang Lingshan made Fan Zhu promise to gather one hundred Azure Awareness Pills and collect pills from his junior brothers and sisters as compensation before sending the Pill Sect group away.
• The Talisman Sect, Weapon Sect, and Ghost Gate observers recognized Zhang Lingshan’s strength and decided to avoid fighting him.
• Wan Yidao approached Zhang Lingshan and identified his blade technique as the Evil King Blade Technique created by his grandmartial uncle, Evil King Di Li.
• Wan Yidao explained that Evil King Di Li had been expelled from the Blade Sect after pursuing Silent Blade, whose inheritance had since been destroyed.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to spar with Wan Yidao while waiting for the Azure Awareness Fruits to ripen, and the two began their exchange with Zhang Lingshan’s Flame Blade Qi.

Zhang Lingshan gained a powerful new Flame Saber while cultivating in the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden, then collected Azure Awareness Fruit with the Little Girl. As the garden closed, she brought him along on her return route to the Pill Sect, and they landed in a deep well.

• Wan Yidao tested the Evil King Blade against Zhang Lingshan's Flame Blade Qi, prompting Zhang Lingshan to realize the Evil Qi Blade served as a bridge toward the Silent Blade and to form a devastating Flame Saber.
• The Little Girl's Pill Fragrance Aura accelerated the Azure Awareness Fruit's maturation, and Zhang Lingshan cultivated until his Origin Mansion and Dantian Mansion were full.
• Zhang Lingshan gave the Little Girl a Bone Necklace Bell for protection, and she collected fifty-two Azure Awareness Fruit while he collected forty-six.
• The Little Girl explained that the Azure Spirit Medicine Garden would return her to the Pill Sect, then clung to Zhang Lingshan as the garden closed and teleported them.
• Zhang Lingshan and the Little Girl fell into a real deep well after arriving at their destination.

Zhang Lingshan raised his mental power and comprehended the Rule of Life while preparing to infiltrate the Pill Sect with the Little Girl and seize the Heaven and Earth Furnace. After demonstrating the destructive power of his new technique and teaching her Spirit Fox Transformation, he followed her toward the furnace, while secretly marking a possible escape route.

• Zhang Lingshan and the Little Girl left the well, knocked out a Steward, and paused while Zhang Lingshan refined Azure Awareness Fruits, raising his mental power to 700,000.
• Zhang Lingshan spent 10 quadrillion Energy Points to advance his Rule of Life, then combined it with his Life Wheel and Qi and Blood Flame to turn a table, a chair, and the Steward to ash.
• Zhang Lingshan taught the Little Girl Spirit Fox Transformation, and she disguised herself as the Fat Deacon while he took the form of an old farmer.
• The Little Girl led Zhang Lingshan toward the Heaven and Earth Furnace, claiming she could use it to escape, while he discreetly planted the Rule of Life along their path as a possible route back.

Zhang Lingshan and Little Girl entered the Heaven and Earth Furnace to remove its Pill Poison residue and try to take the immortal artifact. After Zhang Lingshan strengthened his weapon, Little Girl’s attempt to contact the furnace triggered Ji Chengdan’s restrictions, leaving her injured and warning Zhang Lingshan to flee.

• Zhang Lingshan and Little Girl passed the Pill Sect checkpoints and learned that the Heaven and Earth Furnace was an immortal artifact kept on Cauldron Mountain.
• Little Girl explained that the Pill Sect’s Sect Master, Ji Chengdan, was trying to use the furnace’s spirituality to turn his Pill King Cauldron into an immortal artifact.
• Zhang Lingshan and Little Girl climbed into the Heaven and Earth Furnace, where Zhang Lingshan collected the dangerous Pill Poison residue into a Storage Bag.
• Little Girl tried to communicate with the furnace while Zhang Lingshan tested its rules and imbued his Myriad Manifestations Divine Weapon with the Rule of Life, making it more flexible and easier to control.
• Ji Chengdan’s restrictions struck back against Little Girl, leaving her weak as she told Zhang Lingshan to flee.

Zhang Lingshan stole the Heaven and Earth Furnace from the Pill Sect and tried to escape, killing guards along the way. Ji Chengdan activated the sect’s grand formation to trap him, while the elders realized Zhang Lingshan might be a powerful Demon capable of transforming into many forms.

• Zhang Lingshan killed the eight guards, wrapped the Heaven and Earth Furnace with the Golden Leaf Bodhi Tree and Nine-Headed Xuanwu, and pulled it into his Pouch Space.
• Zhang Lingshan flew toward the Errand Disciple Courtyard, killing guards he encountered, where Fan Zhu recognized him and alerted Ji Chengdan.
• Ji Chengdan hesitated over activating the grand formation until a subordinate reported that the Heaven and Earth Furnace had vanished, then ordered the Pill Sect sealed.
• Zhang Lingshan transformed into a giant Golden-haired Mad Bear and demanded that Ji Chengdan open the formation, but Ji Chengdan attacked him with the Pill King Cauldron and the sect’s flames.
• The elders learned that a Sky-reaching Tree and nine Snake Bodies had pulled away the Heaven and Earth Furnace, and the Fat Elder suspected Zhang Lingshan was a powerful, Multifarious Demon.

Ji Chengdan and the Pill Sect elders tried to refine Zhang Lingshan into a Human Pill, but the Pill King Cauldron’s flames transformed him into a rampaging Flame Skeleton. Ji Chengdan opened the sect gates to expel him, then secretly left to track Zhang Lingshan and reclaim the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

• Ji Chengdan and the elders poured their true qi into the Pill King Cauldron, intending to refine Zhang Lingshan into a Human Pill.
• Ji Chengdan sensed danger and ordered the elders to retreat, but the Pill King Cauldron exploded and revealed Zhang Lingshan as a gigantic Flame Skeleton.
• Zhang Lingshan killed several elders and drenched himself in their blood while the surviving elders begged Ji Chengdan to save the Pill Sect.
• Ji Chengdan opened the sect gates and used the Formation to blast Zhang Lingshan out, then collapsed as the sect began rebuilding.
• Ji Chengdan secretly left Sect Master Peak to follow the Pill King Cauldron’s aura and find Zhang Lingshan, hoping to recover the Heaven and Earth Furnace and the space concealing it.

Jiang Bai and Qu Fu tried to claim Zhang Lingshan’s burning skeleton from the sea, but Ji Chengdan arrived and took control of the recovery attempt. After failing to haul Zhang Lingshan out himself, Ji Chengdan enlisted Jiang Bai, Qu Fu, and Meng Shuangshuang, leaving them to work together under promise of a reward.

• Jiang Bai and Qu Fu left Meng Shuangshuang aboard their ship and dove to retrieve the Flame Skeleton, which they found too heavy to move.
• Ji Chengdan arrived, took their chain, and revealed that the skeleton was Zhang Lingshan, whom he had been pursuing with the Pill King Cauldron.
• Zhang Lingshan melted and absorbed the chain, then increased his weight until Ji Chengdan could not lift him in the Pill King Cauldron.
• Ji Chengdan returned to the ship and ordered Jiang Bai, Qu Fu, and Meng Shuangshuang to haul Zhang Lingshan from the sea in exchange for forgiveness and a promised reward.
• Ji Chengdan gave Meng Shuangshuang a pill that healed her eyes, and Jiang Bai eagerly accepted the task for all three.

Jiang Bai secretly summoned the Northern Darkness Sect after Ji Chengdan forced the Flame Skeleton aboard his ship. Alliance Leader Zhang Weigang revealed overwhelming power and poisoned Ji Chengdan, leaving the Pill Sect master badly wounded.

• Jiang Bai suspected Ji Chengdan had sent him and his companions to test the Flame Skeleton, secretly crushed a Snail-shaped Object, and helped bind the skeleton with an Earthen Gray Rope.
• Ji Chengdan hauled Zhang Lingshan’s skeleton onto his sailboat, ordered Jiang Bai, Qu Fu, and Meng Shuangshuang to reinforce the Formation, and set sail for land.
• Jiang Bai’s master and two Northern Darkness Sect elders arrived, but Ji Chengdan attacked them with Pill Poison when they tried to contact their Sect Master.
• Bei Suifeng and Zhang Weigang arrived; Zhang Weigang scattered Bei Suifeng’s Great Roc Phantom with a single pat and demanded that Ji Chengdan admit fault.
• Ji Chengdan destroyed Zhang Weigang’s Black Shadow decoy, but hidden Black Light Poison Liquid sliced through his ear and spread black patterns across his face.

Zhang Weigang seized control of the Immortal Binding Rope to restrain Zhang Lingshan, but his flames began melting it, so Zhang Weigang planned to take him to Mystic Ice Mountain and exploit the secrets of his Flame Skeleton. The Four Elders of Qian Yuan arrived and trapped Zhang Lingshan inside a pillar of light formed by their array disks.

• Ji Chengdan retreated on the Pill King Cauldron, leaving Zhang Weigang and Bei Suifeng to deal with Zhang Lingshan’s Flame Skeleton.
• Zhang Weigang took control of Bei Suifeng’s Immortal Binding Rope and bound Zhang Lingshan, but the flames on Zhang Lingshan began corroding it.
• Jiang Bai explained how the Flame Skeleton had resisted Ji Chengdan, and Zhang Weigang concluded that Zhang Lingshan had some valuable secret.
• Zhang Weigang recalled the Immortal Binding Rope and planned to take Zhang Lingshan to Mystic Ice Mountain to obtain the Mystic Ice Divine Spear and investigate his powers.
• The Four Elders of Qian Yuan answered Zhang Weigang’s summons and used their array disks to enclose Zhang Lingshan in a coffin-like pillar of light.

Zhang Weigang’s group reached Jianghai City while transporting Zhang Lingshan’s Flame Skeleton, and Feng Zhengfeng joined the Four Elders of Qian Yuan. After Feng Zhengfeng learned the skeleton was Zhang Lingshan, Dang Zi'an urged him to find a chance to rescue it and help Zhang Lingshan awaken.

• Zhang Weigang led his group toward Mystic Ice Mountain, secretly restoring his energy and choosing to fly directly to Sky Province rather than travel through the Mist Realm.
• The group stopped in Jianghai City so the exhausted Four Elders of Qian Yuan could rest, and Feng Zhengfeng recognized them and was accepted as a junior disciple who could learn the Spirit Coffin Formation.
• Bei Suifeng subdued Jianghai City’s City Lord, Dang Zi'an, and Feng Zhengfeng led Zhang Weigang’s group to rest in the Underground Palace beneath the City Lord’s Mansion.
• After Zhang Weigang’s group settled in, Dang Zi'an told Feng Zhengfeng that the Flame Skeleton was Zhang Lingshan and asked him to find a chance to save it.
• Dang Zi'an explained that his blood connection to Zhang Lingshan let him sense that Zhang Lingshan was still alive, and he said Zhang Lingshan could awaken and overcome the danger.

Dang Zi'an entrusted Feng Zhengfeng with Sea Dragon Marrow, which could restore flesh and open Origin Mansions, and urged him to help Zhang Lingshan. Feng Zhengfeng resisted the temptation to keep it for himself, but while trapped with the Four Elders of Qian Yuan and Zhang Weigang, he burned his lifespan maintaining the Spirit Coffin Formation and sought a chance to aid Zhang Lingshan.

• Dang Zi'an gave Feng Zhengfeng pills and White Magnolia Flowers for Zhang Lingshan, along with a Little Bottle Feng recognized as Sea Dragon Marrow.
• Feng Zhengfeng considered fleeing to refine the Sea Dragon Marrow, but chose to honor Dang Zi'an's trust and Zhang Lingshan's kindness.
• The Four Elders of Qian Yuan ordered Feng Zhengfeng to control all four Array Disks and maintain the Spirit Coffin Formation, forcing him to burn his lifespan.
• Zhang Weigang noticed Feng Zhengfeng's nervousness and gave him a pill that made maintaining the Formation easier.
• After his hair turned white, Feng Zhengfeng begged to remain with the Four Elders, and they agreed to teach him Qian Yuan Dao formations and methods for opening the Mansion Treasury.

Bao Bingbing confronted Zhang Weigang after he attacked Mystic Ice Mountain to seize the Mystic Ice Divine Spear. As the Four Elders of Qian Yuan engaged her Formation Breaking Plate, Bei Suifeng discovered that Feng Zhengfeng had disappeared.

• Sun Qingzhu challenged Bao Bingbing’s rule, but Bao froze her and ordered her carried to her cave.
• A heaven-shaking flame melted Mystic Ice Mountain, and Bao rushed to protect the Mystic Ice Divine Spear.
• Zhang Weigang appeared and demanded the spear, while Bao attacked him with an ice-shard storm.
• The Four Elders of Qian Yuan blocked Bao’s attack and revealed their allegiance to Zhang Weigang.
• Bao used a Formation Breaking Plate against the Four Elders’ formation, and they called for Feng Zhengfeng to seize it.
• Bei Suifeng noticed Feng Zhengfeng had vanished and turned his attention to looting Mystic Ice Mountain.

Feng Zhengfeng used Sea Dragon Marrow to suppress Zhang Lingshan’s flames, but the marrow fused with the fire and made the mist dangerous to absorb. Ji Chengdan rallied Bei Suifeng, the Four Elders of Qian Yuan, and Bao Bingbing to trap and suppress Zhang Lingshan before he could recover.

• Feng Zhengfeng smashed a bottle of Sea Dragon Marrow against Zhang Lingshan, covering him in white mist and suppressing the flames that had threatened Mystic Ice Mountain.
• Ji Chengdan revealed that Feng Zhengfeng had saved Zhang Lingshan, then persuaded Bao Bingbing to join the others in suppressing him.
• Bei Suifeng recognized the Sea Dragon Marrow, and Bao Bingbing inhaled the mist before coughing and retreating as the fused flame burned her from within.
• Ji Chengdan absorbed a wisp through his arm, discovered that the Sea Dragon Marrow mist carried Zhang Lingshan’s flame, and warned the others not to absorb it.
• Ji Chengdan used the Pill King Cauldron to trap Zhang Lingshan and ordered the Four Elders of Qian Yuan to draw in Mystic Ice Mountain’s cold air while Bei Suifeng prepared the Immortal Binding Rope.
• After taking Ji Chengdan’s pill, Bao Bingbing recovered and sent ice crystals and cold air toward Zhang Lingshan.

Zhang Lingshan survived the combined Mystic Ice attacks and fully recovered, with his physical strength increasing further. He revealed that the attacks and Sea Dragon Marrow had purged his fire poison, then prepared to turn on his attackers.

• Ji Chengdan and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan attacked Zhang Lingshan with freezing energy while Bei Suifeng's Immortal Binding Rope became trapped in Zhang Lingshan's bones and flames.
• Bao Bingbing unleashed Mystic Ice Explosion and Mystic Ice Shatter against Zhang Lingshan, while Ji Chengdan delayed helping her confront Zhang Weigang.
• Bei Suifeng hesitated over the Four Elders of Qian Yuan's offer of an ascension spot as the Profound Ice mist began to clear.
• Zhang Lingshan emerged with his body fully restored, shocking Ji Chengdan, Bei Suifeng, Bao Bingbing, and the Four Elders of Qian Yuan.
• Zhang Lingshan explained that their attacks and the Sea Dragon Marrow had purged his fire poison and strengthened his body, then said he would absorb them into himself.