Chapter Summaries

Yan Qing and Bunny Heroine learned how the Three Disasters threatened Foundation Establishment cultivators and how secret realms offered shelter and spiritual essence recovery. They fought through a cavern of Mad Bats, and Yan Qing ended with a new comprehension milestone and a Night Pendant he could equip.

• Dragon Locking True Person explained that Wind, Thunder, and Fire disasters damaged Dao Foundations, while secret realms suppressed the calamities and restored spiritual essence.
• Yan Qing realized Bunny Heroine's Dao Foundation was recovering inside the secret realm and learned that Foundation Establishment cultivators often secluded themselves to practice divine abilities.
• Bunny Heroine used the Heng Qiu Sword and Candle Tear Red to trap and burn hundreds of Mad Bats in a limestone cavern.
• Yan Qing activated the Path of Flame milestone, gained Basic Fire Control at level six, and collected the bats' drops.
• Yan Qing found a Night Pendant in the loot, sent it through the public warehouse, and discovered that its Soul bonus let him equip it.

Bunny Heroine and her companions entered a cavern to fight the Rampant Corrosive Thunder Eagle, using Dragon Locking True Person’s chains to trap it inside Bunny Heroine’s Candle Tear Fire Wall. The eagle remained trapped but unleashed a blast of Crimson Lightning Slurry at Bunny Heroine.

• Bunny Heroine absorbed True Spirit Jade to replenish her spiritual essence, angering Dragon Locking True Person, who reminded her that the secret realm would restore it for free.
• The group found the Rampant Corrosive Thunder Eagle drinking beside an underground pool and planned to lure it toward the passage exit.
• Bunny Heroine filled the passage area with Candle Tear Fire Walls while Dragon Locking True Person agreed to interrupt the eagle’s movements with her chains.
• Dragon Locking True Person repeatedly restrained the eagle’s wings and legs, keeping it trapped in the fire without controlling its whole body.
• The eagle spat Crimson Lightning Slurry at Bunny Heroine as she added water to the Candle Tear Hot Spring.

Yan Qing and the others defeated the Thunder Eagle after Yaoshi Yuan countered its Crimson Lightning Slurry, then collected its loot and divided the treasure chest’s contents. The group left on friendly terms and agreed to cooperate on future secret realm runs.

• Yan Qing prepared to use his Dao Foundation to protect Bunny Heroine from the Thunder Eagle’s killing move, but Yaoshi Yuan used Dragon Snake Seven Kills to scatter the Crimson Lightning Slurry.
• Bunny Heroine covered the lightning-magnetic terrain with Candle Tear Red, and Yaoshi Yuan intercepted the Thunder Eagle’s remaining attacks until it collapsed.
• Yan Qing examined the spoils, including Thunder Heart Blood and the Palm Thunder Pearl, and realized he could use the pearl as a buff accessory alongside his weapons.
• The Dragon Locking True Person and Yaoshi Yuan emptied the treasure chest for everyone to inspect, revealing True Spirit Jades, a Secret Technique Mastery Book, an Earthly Fiend, and a Thunder Cut Flying Knife.
• The Dragon Locking True Person proposed dividing the loot and offered to give up some future chest rewards in exchange for a larger share of the True Spirit Jades; Bunny Heroine agreed that Yaoshi Yuan deserved a reward for her help.

Yan Qing and the others fought the Mad Corrosive Chongming Bird, whose lethal bloodlight attack vaporized four sacrificial pigs and exposed the limits of their party. They chose to keep battling for a chance at a Legendary Relic, and Dragon Locking True Person revealed a deadly use for the Lightning Cut Dagger.

• Yan Qing's group reached the wounded Chongming Bird and awakened it with Bunny Heroine's Candle Tear sword qi.
• Dragon Locking True Person helped Bunny Heroine evade the bird's powerful attacks until its bloodlight targeted the party.
• Yaoshi Yuan discovered that Offerings could draw one beam of bloodlight, but four pigs used as substitutes were vaporized and the attack immediately began again.
• Yan Qing recognized the attack as Connected Line Execution and reasoned that four shield-class fighters had to survive it together.
• Yan Qing pushed to keep fighting for a chance at a Legendary Relic, and Dragon Locking True Person joined the battle with the Lightning Cut Dagger wrapped in her chains.

Yan Qing, Bunny Heroine, Dragon Locking True Person, and Yaoshi Yuan slowly defeated the Chongming Bird by exploiting its attacks and sacrificing livestock to lure its Bloodlight. After the victory, Bunny Heroine’s Dao Foundation and abilities improved, and Yan Qing found a relic that sparked an idea.

• Dragon Locking True Person demonstrated how her chains controlled the Lightning Cut Dagger, then helped the group wear down the Chongming Bird while Candle Tear Red continued draining its health.
• When the Chongming Bird began using fan-shaped Bloodlight, the group lured the attack onto pigs, and Dragon Locking True Person brought in more livestock as the attacks intensified.
• The Chongming Bird’s Water Wave Execution expanded to eight simultaneous waves, killing the livestock before the bird finally collapsed.
• Bunny Heroine’s Dragon Blood Eyebrow Dao Foundation reached level 41, her Spirit Essence Mastery increased, and Candle Tear Red improved.
• Yan Qing looted True Spirit Jade, materials, Auspicious Beast Blood, Chongming Robe, and Heaven’s Cycle Whip, then formed an idea while examining the whip.

Yan Qing and his companions divided the Chongming Bird’s rich treasure haul and weighed whether to keep fighting the Demon King or farm the secret realm’s easier first half. Bunny Heroine then asked what it would cost to buy the secret realm.

• The Dragon Locking True Person and Yaoshi Yuan opened the treasure chest, revealing two thousand True Spirit Jade, valuable manuals, materials, and rare relics.
• The Dragon Locking True Person explained that their victory depended on his pig-based strategy and Bunny Heroine’s cost-free Infinite Supernatural Ability, which made the rewards less profitable than they first appeared.
• Bunny Heroine claimed the Cloud Treading Boots, Moon Howling Bracelet, Great Wind Soaring Manual, and Heavenly Dipper, while the Dragon Locking True Person took the remaining treasure.
• The Dragon Locking True Person compared repeatedly fighting the Demon King with farming the Thunder Eagle, and recommended clearing only the secret realm’s first half.
• Bunny Heroine asked how much it would cost to buy the secret realm.

Yan Qing and the Bunny Heroine negotiated to buy the Chongming Cave Secret Realm from Dragon Locking True Person, while artisans processed the Foundation Establishment demons they had killed. The chapter ended with the group entering the secret realm for the thirtieth time as the Bunny Heroine’s eyebrows grew redder and her temporary Foundation Establishment approached its end.

• Artisans at Lan Cui Manor began carefully processing the Thunder Eagles and Chongming Bird under the soldiers’ protection.
• Dragon Locking True Person agreed to sell Yan Qing the secret realm for one thousand True Spirit Jade and the profits from the current batch of demon corpses, asking in return for future trade relations with the force behind the Bunny Heroine.
• Yan Qing accepted the deal and welcomed Dragon Locking True Person’s help in purifying the Chongming Cave Secret Realm.
• After repeated runs through the secret realm, the Bunny Heroine raised her Dragon Blood Eyebrow Dao Foundation to level 43, and the Antlered Girl noticed her increasingly red eyebrows.
• Dragon Locking True Person corrected the others when they joked that her growing horns made her look like a deer, explaining that they were dragon horns.

Yan Qing and Bunny Heroine used the Heavenly Cycle Whip and Candle Tear to free the Thunder Eagle and then the Chongming Bird from their Avici suffering. After the Chongming Bird fell, Yan Qing entered the Flame Path Master realm and obtained its Fourth-Turn Legendary Relic, the Chongming Pupil.

• Bunny Heroine used the Heavenly Cycle Whip to trigger the Thunder Eagle’s Karma, while Dragon Locking True Person restrained it and Yaoshi Yuan intercepted its attacks.
• Yan Qing freed the Thunder Eagle, gained 3 Calamity Karma, and collected its drops, including a Thunder Spirit Pearl.
• Yan Qing achieved the Path of Flame milestone and comprehended Advanced Fire Control and the secret technique Unknowing Fire.
• Bunny Heroine triggered the Chongming Bird’s Karma, and the group fought it for two and a half hours before defeating it.
• Yan Qing freed the Chongming Bird, raised his Karma to 16, entered the Flame Path Master realm, and obtained the Fourth-Turn Legendary Relic Chongming Pupil.

Yan Qing appraised the Chongming Pupil and the other spoils, while Bunny Heroine and Yaoshi Yuan left the collapsing secret realm with Dragon Locking True Person. As the group parted, Bunny Heroine asked Dragon Locking True Person how much it would cost to hire her to assassinate an emperor.

• Yan Qing examined the Chongming Pupil and judged Eye of Fire its most valuable ability, raising his confidence in the Fourth Case.
• Yan Qing found Profound Bird Heart Blood, a mastery manual for Flying Ring Master, and the Inverted Yin-Yang Mirror among the spoils.
• Dragon Locking True Person left with her share and the Chongming Bird's corpse as the secret realm collapsed and its entrance was buried.
• Dragon Locking True Person said the expedition's gains equaled two years of her usual earnings and agreed to help search for more wild Fourth-Turn Secret Realms.
• Bunny Heroine offered Dragon Locking True Person future work with the Wolf-Rabbit sisters, then asked what it would cost to hire her to assassinate an emperor.

Yan Qing negotiated with Dragon Locking True Person about helping the group and then used the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to trade their windfall for cultivation resources. After Bunny Heroine’s temporary Foundation Establishment ended, she returned to Jiang Shi, while Yaoshi Yuan waited outside Yan Qing’s door.

• Bunny Heroine asked Dragon Locking True Person whether she would help if they could transport her past enemy territory, and Dragon Locking True Person considered the risks of joining them.
• Yaoshi Yuan stayed with Bunny Heroine until the Foundation Establishment Demon Core’s effects ended, while Yan Qing counted their spoils and prepared trades.
• Yan Qing posted orders exchanging valuable loot for Master's Mastery Books, Foundation Establishment Pills, and other resources, and listed Chongming Pupil for ten points of Golden Nature.
• Bunny Heroine’s demon-core state ended, lowering her to Level 33 after the experience gained during it was calculated; Yaoshi Yuan hugged her and promised to help find a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Bunny Heroine used [Immortal Travel] to return to Jiang Shi, and Yan Qing opened his door to find Yaoshi Yuan waiting outside.

Yaoshi Yuan met with Yan Qing after the battle, and they discussed whether to ask Dragon Locking True Person to help them target Ying Le. Yan Qing warned that helping could expose her connection to Thieves' Den and put her in danger as his enemies grew more powerful.

• Yan Qing welcomed Yaoshi Yuan, praised her efforts, and promised to secure cultivation resources for the group.
• Yaoshi Yuan changed out of her bloodstained clothes while Yan Qing read her picture books, and she hurriedly took one away when he opened it.
• Yaoshi Yuan showed Yan Qing the Qionghua Jade Pendant that Dragon Locking True Person had lent her to counter Ying Le's soul-based techniques.
• Yaoshi Yuan argued that Dragon Locking True Person might accept their request because killing Ying Le would remove a major threat to Zhou Kingdom.
• Yan Qing warned that helping them could expose Dragon Locking True Person's ties to Thieves' Den and make her a target of his future enemies.

Yan Qing explained why he had revealed his identity as the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's sole seller and told Yaoshi Yuan he would bear responsibility for their mission. After Yaoshi Yuan fell asleep beside him, the Pavilion's ten new trade orders spread across the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains and the Four Wastes of the Outer Domain.

• Yan Qing told Yaoshi Yuan that his seller identity could protect him and explained that he wanted Dragon Locking True Person to know the risks before choosing whether to help.
• Yaoshi Yuan said she could sacrifice anything that did not matter most to her, and Yan Qing held her and urged her not to treat the mission as something they had to complete at any cost.
• Yan Qing promised to handle everything outside combat and said he could complete the mission even without Dragon Locking True Person's help.
• Exhausted after seven shichen of secret-realm combat, Yaoshi Yuan fell asleep holding Yan Qing, who lay down beside her and soon fell asleep too.
• The Treasure Gathering Pavilion's ten new trade orders swept through the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains and the Four Wastes of the Outer Domain.

The Imperial Stream Court's deans met under Court Master Fang Zheng to assess the mysterious Treasure Gathering Pavilion and its extraordinary trades. They decided to investigate its master across the East Sea and Outer Domain while attempting to acquire the pavilion's goods for clues.

• The ink-wash deans argued over internal affairs before Court Master Fang Zheng arrived and began the meeting.
• Fang Zheng revealed the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's new orders, including large quantities of rare materials and relics exchanged for books and other goods.
• The Second and Ninth Court Deans warned that the pavilion's long-distance, anonymous trading could enable war and secret collusion, while the Eighth Court Dean argued it could transform a force's resource use and secure lasting power.
• Fang Zheng ordered Hua Yue to investigate within the East Sea, assigned the Hidden Sequence and Sixth Court to investigate the Outer Domain, and told the deans to carry Treasure Hunting Tokens and seek clues by buying the pavilion's goods.

Immortal Lord Wang Bai helped Eternal Night Fortress repel a massive demon horde and learned that the Treasure Gathering Pavilion was selling demon materials in bulk. Chang Sheng Tian sent him to seek the Pavilion Master before the White Wolf Mountain secret realm opened.

• The heralds of Eternal Night Fortress used ballistae and divine abilities to slow the advancing demon horde.
• Immortal Lord Wang Bai sailed along the Sky Route and used Ice Blocked River to kill most of the demons with spreading ice spikes.
• A subordinate told Immortal Lord Wang Bai that Chang Sheng Tian had repeatedly summoned him to a meeting.
• Mountain Lord Chang Sheng Tian and Shi Chi discussed how the Treasure Gathering Pavilion could help them sell the fortress’s demon materials.
• Immortal Lord Wang Bai agreed to search for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion Master, saying he could remain active outside for at most three months.

Ying Le recognized the Treasure Gathering Pavilion Master as Yellow Dog and reflected on her approaching conflict with her remaining family. After confronting the ancestors she had long imagined in the shadows, she invoked Shenwu Ying Huan and resolved to bring the story to an end together.

• Ying Le read the Trading Board list and identified Yellow Dog as the Treasure Gathering Pavilion Master, whom she knew had killed her guards in the Land of Gathering Demons.
• Ying Le reasoned that the Thieves' Den would target her next and accepted that fate would force her to fight her niece, the only family she had left.
• Ying Le wandered through the Longevity Hall, demanding that the dead relatives and acquaintances she had imagined appear before her.
• Ying Le saw Shenwu Ying Huan among the shadows and recognized him as an ancestor who had protected her.
• Ying Le returned to the throne and declared that she would bring the story to an end together.

Yan Qing took the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill and completed his fourth-turn foundation establishment as his blood, soul, and experience formed a destructive dao foundation. He endured all Three Disasters and chose the divine ability [Life and Death Together], leaving his new class still to be checked.

• Yaoshi Yuan, Shang Xin Lei, and Ying Ru Shi examined the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill before Yaoshi Yuan made Yan Qing swallow it.
• Yan Qing’s blood and soul fused, forming a gray, misty dao foundation marked by four regions of flowers and trees.
• The Three Disasters descended together, but the yin fire, heavenly lightning, and calamity wind strengthened or failed to harm Yan Qing’s dao foundation.
• Yan Qing chose a dim yellow ray of light during the Great Dao’s cleansing and received the divine ability [Life and Death Together].
• Yan Qing completed fourth-turn foundation establishment and descended into the Thieves' Den hall with four heavy earrings on his ears.

Yan Qing established the Calamity Four Phases Dao Foundation and discovered how it expanded his powers and perception. After testing Epitaph’s effects and costs, he decided to complete the Fourth Mission, confident he could immobilize the Three Great Heavens of Qi Kingdom.

• Yan Qing formed the Calamity Four Phases Dao Foundation, whose dark-cloud domain extended the range and power of his abilities.
• Yan Qing withdrew his Dao Foundation, then used his heightened senses to detect the fear of Yaoshi Yuan, Shang Xin Lei, and Ying Ru Shi.
• Yan Qing tested Epitaph on the three women and himself, learning its spiritual essence costs and gaining finer control over its effects.
• Yan Qing explained how overlapping illusory bodies would collide when Epitaph ended, teasing Shang Xin Lei in the process.
• Yan Qing decided to complete the Fourth Mission and said he could use Epitaph to confine the Three Great Heavens of Qi Kingdom.

After establishing his foundation, Yan Qing prepared to face Ying Le and offered a rare Foundation Establishment Pill to one of his teammates. He reassured them that they were valuable partners, but the chapter ended before anyone claimed the pill.

• Ying Ru Shi warned Yan Qing that Ying Le was formidable, and Yan Qing declared that he would confront her with his new strength.
• Yan Qing equipped the Chongming Robe and Chongming Pupil, then covered his face again at Shang Xin Lei, Yaoshi Yuan, and Ying Ru Shi’s insistence.
• Yan Qing showed his companions the rare Foundation Establishment Pill he had traded for and urged one of them to take it.
• Yaoshi Yuan and Ying Ru Shi hesitated because they felt unworthy of the mission’s rewards, while Shang Xin Lei also struggled to speak.
• Yan Qing explained that he wanted to repay their past help, strengthen his teammates, and stay with them for life; as he left, a slender hand pressed down on the jade box before anyone could take the pill.

Ying Le used the Myriad Hearts and Myriad Living Beings' Slaughter Array to sacrifice the people of the City of Evernight, advancing her Thousand Blood Feather Flow Dao Foundation to its perfected fourth revolution. As Ying Ru Shi and her companions broke into the imperial palace to stop her, Yan Qing killed the three-revolution commander Hou Guhe with a single use of Eye of Fire.

• Ying Le's array spread bloody energy across the City of Evernight, draining the residents' vitality and turning their deaths into nourishment.
• Ying Le watched the people face the disaster, sang of a wife longing for her husband, and told Duan Xiaoxian to proceed with her plan at noon.
• The bloody energy returned to Ying Le and bloomed into a blood lotus, bringing her Dao Foundation to the perfected fourth revolution and letting her sense the city through Myriad Hearts.
• Ying Ru Shi, Yan Qing, and their companions reached Taiji Gate, where Yaoshi Yuan blasted open the palace gates.
• Hou Guhe confronted the intruders, but Yan Qing's Eye of Fire burned him to ash before he could resist.

Yan Qing inspected his new Big Dipper Herald class and discovered its death-sentence trait could deliver devastating True Damage, especially against weaker opponents. As Yaoshi Yuan and Shang Xin Lei cleared the soldiers blocking the road, the group prepared to advance.

• Yan Qing reviewed the Big Dipper Herald’s traits and realized Big Dipper’s Death Sentence could become a powerful probability-based build when combined with Rain Weave Net.
• Yan Qing tested the class by cutting through a military formation, killing ordinary soldiers and a Third Rank commander with attacks enhanced by Big Dipper’s Death Sentence.
• The Bai Baos showed no panic and prepared to fight under the influence of Myriad Hearts.
• Yaoshi Yuan used Dragon Snake Seven Kills to knock down the soldiers on Palace Road, while Shang Xin Lei swept the archers from the wall with her Ruyi Wheel.