Chapter Summaries

Su Qing led his disguised group toward the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, using Fierce Tiger King’s fearsome reputation and Brother 260’s uncanny guidance to pass the demon blockade. After Wu Dan let them through rather than risk a fight, a lion’s roar challenged whether their apparent Fire Phoenix was truly one.

• Su Qing killed two Gray Back Wolf Kings and let White Horn Sheep King beat the last one before killing it, while the group’s cultivators divided up the remaining wolves.
• Gang Jing Pig King and White Horn Sheep King gathered intelligence from demons, and the group learned that the Desiring Demon Sect and the Green Lion King and Fire Phoenix King were near breaking the cave mansion’s formation.
• Liang Hai Shun first fled from the cave mansion, then turned back and followed the group after learning Brother 260 was heading there.
• Brother 260 guided the cultivators through an Illusion Heart formation, and Su Qing’s tiger form subdued or cleared away demons and demonic cultivators along the route.
• Wu Dan let Fierce Tiger King and his followers pass rather than fight, and the group continued toward the cave mansion.
• A lion’s roar questioned whether the apparent Fire Phoenix among the group was truly a Fire Phoenix.

Su Qing joined Liu Yun'er among the demon factions after escaping Baiyun Immortal City, disguising himself as a Fierce Tiger King and helping her against the Green Lion King. He agreed to enter a Nascent Soul cave dwelling with Liu Yun'er to confront the Joyful Old Demon, while the Desiring Demon Sect began plotting to test the suspicious tiger and phoenix.

• Su Qing roared back at the Green Lion King, then joined the Fire Phoenix Demon King’s battle and beat the lion while Liang Hai Shun and the other cultivators followed him into the flying bird faction.
• The Wind Eagle King and Sword Falcon King mistook the Tiger King and Fire Phoenix Demon King’s alliance for a romance and questioned why Su Qing’s motley followers had joined their faction.
• Liu Yun'er told Su Qing she had paid Wandering Talisman Master five thousand Merit Points to help him escape, and Su Qing apologized after learning she had paid for his rescue.
• Su Qing revealed that he knew Liu Yun'er planned to target the Joyful Old Demon, and he offered to enter the cave dwelling with her despite her warnings about the old demon’s strength.
• Liu Yun'er asked whether Su Qing was helping her because he wanted to become her Dao companion, and the two flirted while debating his intentions.
• The Desiring Demon Sect elders suspected the Tiger King and Fire Phoenix Demon King were disguises and discussed sending someone to test them.

Su Qing and Liu Yun'er waited outside the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion as Huang Song of Penglai arrived and the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain surrounded the area. When the cave proved sealed for another half month, Huang Song beat the Green Lion King for shoving him, while the Fierce Tiger King intervened and led it away, confusing the watching demon kings.

• The Desiring Demon Sect elders discussed their strength and watched Huang Song arrive from Penglai in a Fourth-tier Nest House with Flood Dragon Horses and Golden Armored Guards.
• Shi Li Jing welcomed Huang Song, while Su Qing envied his powerful equipment and Liu Yun'er told Su Qing to help kill him because he was tied to her family's destruction and sect's annihilation.
• The Old Evil of Cloud Mountain surrounded the area with a towering wall of evil qi, while Baiyun cultivators disguised as beasts captured the Big-Eared Demon King after he overheard them.
• Liu Yun'er told Su Qing that the cave's Fourth-tier formation would keep them out for another half month, information she had bought from Old Daoist Tong.
• After the formation experts failed to enter the cave, the Green Lion King shoved Huang Song, who restrained it and ordered his Golden Armored Guards to beat it.
• The Fierce Tiger King disrupted Huang Song's restraint and led the battered Green Lion King back to the beast horde, leaving the other demon kings bewildered by their sudden cooperation.

Su Qing and his disguised allies lured the demon kings and their clans into a false sense of safety, then began slaughtering them to harvest materials for puppets. By the end, Su Qing had killed several demon clans and the Magic Lizard King realized his people were doomed.

• Su Qing led the cultivators into the beast circle, where the Green Lion King and other walking beasts left the human camp for the Hundred Beasts Cave.
• Liang Hai Shun and the cultivators poisoned the Leopard Demons, killed them, and prepared to disguise themselves and raid the other caves.
• Su Qing poisoned the Green Lion King and other demon kings, then killed the Earth Black Bear King and the Yellow Leopard King and their clans.
• The Magic Lizard King remembered how human puppet makers had decimated his clan and tried to protect the survivors when Su Qing's lizard puppets attacked.
• The Magic Lizard King fought Su Qing, but Su Qing killed him while puppet teams slaughtered and processed the remaining Magic Claw Lizards.

Su Qing used his Fierce Tiger King disguise to frame the Desiring Demon Sect for the slaughter of several Demon Kings, then began rapidly refining explosive Puppets from the bodies and materials he had collected. With half a month remaining before the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion opened, he focused on preparing weapons for the coming battle.

• Su Qing stopped the slaughter at Hundred Beasts Cave, disguised himself as the Fierce Tiger King, and claimed Demon Shadows had attacked the Demon Kings.
• The Green Lion King considered retaliating against the Desiring Demon Sect, but the Fierce Tiger King urged caution and accepted the Green Lion King's Black Blood Grass.
• The Green Lion King used the Demon-Reflecting Mirror to inspect the Demon Kings, and Su Qing's disguise passed while several Desiring Demon Sect cultivators were exposed as human spies.
• Su Qing killed the exposed cultivators and blamed them for conspiring with the attackers, while the Green Lion King accepted his explanation and asked him to guard the lair.
• After securing the area, Su Qing summoned his Tool Puppets and began rapidly crafting Tier 1 and Tier 2 Spirit Explosion Puppets from the captured materials, while planning to use the Tier 3 Demon King corpses and the Demoness's materials for more powerful Puppets.

Su Qing refined the Black-backed Bear King into the Tier 3 Spirit Explosion Puppet Earth Tyrant, then transformed the Yellow Leopard King into the Divine Beast Puppet Leopard Head Dash. He gained new puppet blueprints and advanced his Divine Beast Rune, leaving him preparing for the dangers of the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion.

• Su Qing filled the Black-backed Bear King with Spirit Explosion Puppets and runes, enduring several failed Tier 4 Spirit Explosion Rune attempts before completing Earth Tyrant.
• Su Qing chose the Inspiration Doll blueprint and raised his Divine Beast Rune to Tier 4 after advancing his Puppet Master Realm to Tier 3.
• Su Qing removed the Yellow Leopard King's Demonic Core and equipped it with explosive cannons, an Auspicious Cloud Fan, and a Wind-Guiding Ring to emphasize speed and escape.
• Su Qing drew a Tier 4 Divine Beast Rune that transformed the Yellow Leopard King into Meng Ji, then refined it with evasion-focused runes as Leopard Head Dash.
• Su Qing unlocked the Sky-Piercing Monkey, Divine Speed Guardian, and Three Worlds Mirror Maiden blueprints, and lamented that he lacked the materials to make the Sky-Piercing Monkey.

Su Qing designed a heavily fortified Tier 3 Magic Lizard puppet and needed rare materials to complete it. Disguised as Fierce Tiger King, he tricked the Green Lion King into giving him Spirit-Calling Wood, Earth Dragon Root, and the bones of a Diamond Body Cultivator, then returned to prepare the puppet.

• Su Qing studied escape-puppet blueprints, then sketched a dragon-scaled Magic Lizard puppet requiring Divine Beast and defensive runes, Blood Spirit Crystals, Spirit-Calling Wood, and Flood Dragon Bone Powder.
• Needing Spirit-Calling Wood, Su Qing disguised himself as Fierce Tiger King and staged a fierce battle against a demonic cloud outside the Green Lion King’s cave.
• The Green Lion King ordered the other Demon Kings to aid Tiger King, and they praised Tiger King after the staged battle drove the apparent demonic cultivators away.
• Tiger King claimed he had killed one of five Golden Core Demonic Cultivators, pledged his loyalty to the Green Lion King, and received permission to choose spiritual items as a reward.
• Su Qing chose Tier 3 Spirit-Calling Wood and Earth Dragon Root, and the Green Lion King also gave him the bones of a Tier 3 Diamond Body Cultivator.
• Back in his empty tiger cave, Su Qing examined the Diamond Buddha Bones, decided not to use them yet, and stored them before returning to preparations for the Magic Lizard puppet.

Su Qing completed the Dragon Armored Magic Lizard, a Tier 3 Limit puppet equipped with ten abilities, and gained confidence in the coming struggle for the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion. With three days left on the deadline, he visited the Demoness to test their strength and coordinate their plans.

• Su Qing used materials contributed by his friends to craft runes and complete the Dragon Armored Magic Lizard as a Tier 3 Limit puppet.
• The Dragon Armored Magic Lizard gained ten abilities, including Golden Dragon Armor, Dragon Spits Fire, Diamond Hammer, and Dragon Head Dash.
• Su Qing and the Small and Large Wood Spirits refined three Tier 3 puppets, over twenty Tier 2 Spirit Explosion Quick-Made Puppets, and over a hundred Tier 1 Spirit Explosion Quick-Made Puppets.
• Su Qing entered the Demoness's Cave, which the Flying Bird Clan called the Divine Phoenix Den, while several avian demon kings watched and speculated about his visit.
• Su Qing and the Demoness tested each other's strength and discussed their abilities so they could cooperate against their enemies.
• Su Qing showed the Demoness his five Tier 3 Puppets and, encouraged by the Dragon Armored Magic Lizard's performance, spoke with newfound confidence.

Su Qing and Liu Yun'er prepared for the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, comparing their abilities and planning to face Huang Song and the Joyful Old Demon. As the cave opened, the cultivators entered, and Gao Erqiang appeared at the entrance, raising the question of how an Evil Entity could get inside.

• Liu Yun'er confronted Su Qing about his newly revealed puppet and rune skills, then shared the weapons and arts she had prepared to counter the Joyful Old Demon and described Huang Song's formidable abilities.
• Su Qing and Liu Yun'er agreed to enter the cave despite their lack of a clear plan against Huang Song, and Su Qing prepared several escape options while gaining the Yin-Yang Breath-Extinguishing Light through his Essence Transformation Hand.
• Su Qing's followers decided to enter the cave because Brother 260 and Yao Fei's divination both identified it as their Path to Survival; Su Qing distributed puppets and gave the women protective items and instructions.
• Yao Fei recognized Su Qing's growing shamanic physique and promised to summon an Ancestral Heroic Spirit to protect him, while Su Qing gave her Blood Lotus Flowers.
• Elder Wu Dan led the first group into the cave, followed by Huang Song, Shi Li Jing, and the Golden Core Venerables; Old Daoist Tong and three Demon Tree Immortal Kingdom cultivators entered afterward.
• Gao Erqiang arrived at the cave entrance, and the Fierce Tiger King wondered how an Evil Entity could enter.

Gao Erqiang, the Fire Phoenix Demon King, and the Fierce Tiger King entered True Person Yubi’s Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, while the others gathered outside. Inside, Su Qing followed the Demoness through deadly passages and into the frozen grounds of the Fu Dao Sect, where they headed toward a treasure hall in search of Huang Song.

• Gao Erqiang entered the cave mansion safely, and Old Evil of Cloud Mountain sent Immortaloxia Mountain and other Cloud Mountain cultivators inside.
• The White-faced Green Lion King told Su Qing that True Person Yubi’s lingering thought might possess someone entering the cave and explained why the Demon Kingdom’s true kings and human Nascent Soul cultivators had stayed away.
• The Fire Phoenix Demon King and the Fierce Tiger King revealed their Tier 4 Biomimetic Runes and led several demons into the cave mansion.
• Su Qing and the Demoness followed Brother 260 through the jade passage, where they passed the dead bodies of demonic cultivators and reached the frozen grounds of the Fu Dao Sect.
• Brother 260 stopped when the cold grew too severe, and Su Qing left the other cultivators in a sheltered Spirit House before continuing onward with the Demoness.
• Su Qing and the Demoness approached the intact treasure hall, which Su Qing suspected held True Person Yubi’s inheritance, Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material, and Huang Song.

Su Qing and Liu Yun'er reached the Talisman Dao Treasure Hall and joined the Desiring Demon Sect after Liu Yun'er revealed herself and explained her supposed escape from Jia Chunqiu. Jia Chunqiu then exposed his role in the Liu Family's downfall and provoked Liu Yun'er, while Su Qing helped her suppress her Cold Poison and the gathered cultivators shouted insults and urged Shi Zhi Fang to challenge him.

• Su Qing and Liu Yun'er agreed to avoid competing for the Immortal God Ice and Vermilion Jade Marrow and to focus on the Talisman Dao inheritance.
• At the treasure hall, Su Qing saw that Jia Chunqiu had allied with Huang Song and the Joyful Old Demon, who had helped devastate the Desiring Demon Sect.
• Liu Yun'er removed her armor, revealed herself, and claimed Jia Chunqiu had betrayed the sect; Shi Li Jing welcomed her back and promoted her to elder.
• Su Qing remained disguised as Liu Yun'er's Fierce Tiger King spirit beast and gathered information from the Desiring Demon Sect disciples.
• Jia Chunqiu taunted Liu Yun'er and confessed that he had caused the Liu Family's ruin and her father's death; Su Qing helped suppress her Cold Poison.
• The gathered cultivators cursed Jia Chunqiu and called for Shi Zhi Fang to challenge him one-on-one.

True Person Jade Wall reconstructed his body, opened the treasure hall, and explained that the cultivators had to compete for its three treasures. He set a talisman contest for the Fu Dao Sect inheritance, and Shi Zhi Fang was called to compete before Su Qing distracted him with talk of black markets.

• True Person Jade Wall dissolved the formation, invited the cultivators inside, and explained that he wanted to bestow the Fu Dao Sect inheritance, Vermilion Jade Marrow, and Five Elders Dao Pattern Immortal God Ice.
• Huang Song, Shi Li Jing, and Old Daoist Tong each tried to influence True Person Jade Wall, while an evil cultivator from the Demon Tree Immortal Kingdom demanded the Dao Pattern and was killed by a flick of Jade Wall’s whisk.
• True Person Jade Wall announced that contestants would fight on the Dragon Tiger Talisman Arena using talisman rune methods to win the Fu Dao Sect inheritance.
• Shi Li Jing ordered Shi Zhi Fang to enter the arena and retrieve the inheritance, but Shi Zhi Fang lingered to tell Liu Yun'er about black markets.
• Su Qing pulled Shi Zhi Fang back to hear about the black markets, then took his map and urged him to answer Shi Li Jing’s summons.

At the Dragon Tiger Arena, Shi Zhi Fang and Huang Song fought for recognition from the Myriad Manifestations Talisman, while Su Qing watched and learned about their abilities. Huang Song’s powerful treasures and techniques put Shi Zhi Fang on the defensive, but Shi Zhi Fang’s Nether Demon Manifestation briefly turned the tide.

• Liu Yun'er gave Su Qing talismans, treasures, and other equipment, while Shi Zhi Fang waited on the arena for a challenger.
• Huang Song stepped onto the arena, and Shi Zhi Fang revealed his spirit patterns and attacked with the Soul Refining Banner and Demonic Light Great Hand Seal.
• Huang Song used the Shaking Light Fan, Golden Armored Puppets, and a Golden Sun Crow to counter Shi Zhi Fang’s attacks and shatter his hand seal.
• Shi Zhi Fang activated the Talisman Life Seal, but Huang Song brought out a Fourth-tier Nest House whose cannons and talismans overwhelmed the seal’s attacks.
• Shi Zhi Fang summoned his Nether Demon Manifestation and used it to wield the Soul Refining Banner, sucking the Nest House’s attacks into the banner.

After Shi Zhi Fang lost to Huang Song, Su Qing took the Dragon Tiger Talisman Arena as the Tiger King and revealed powerful runes and an arsenal of puppets. With the Myriad Manifestations Talisman Paper amplifying his strength, he quickly destroyed Huang Song’s Golden Armored General, prompting Huang Song to leave his Nest House and confront him.

• Shi Zhi Fang exhausted his methods against Huang Song, lost, and returned to his seat in shame while Liu Yun'er tried to comfort him.
• The Fierce Tiger King asked Shi Zhi Fang for the Talisman Life Seal, and Liu Yun'er persuaded Shi Zhi Fang to lend it to him.
• Su Qing took the stage as the Tiger King, displayed powerful rune patterns and numerous puppets, and was identified by Liu Yun'er as her student in puppetry.
• The Tiger King and Huang Song exchanged attacks between their puppet forces, while Huang Song's Nest House limited his ability to control its defenses alone.
• The Tiger King used six hands, three spears, and his puppets to destroy Huang Song's Golden Armored General, strengthened by the Myriad Manifestations Talisman Paper.
• Huang Song left the Nest House in fury, intent on killing Su Qing to avenge his puppet.

Su Qing fought Huang Song’s Spirit Beasts as the Fierce Tiger King, defeating the Golden Crab while resisting Huang Song’s attacks and countering his Golden Sun Crow with a Li Huo Phoenix King. The chapter left Huang Song stunned when Su Qing used an even stronger version of Mountain Sea Capture than his own.

• Huang Song summoned his rune-enhanced Spirit Beasts, and Su Qing charged into the horde with Leopard Head Dash, the Iron Eater King Beast, and his puppets.
• Su Qing wounded the Golden Crab, freed Wind Thunder Nine Tails from the Shark King, and transformed into the Golden Winged Black Tiger to destroy the Golden Crab’s demon core.
• Su Qing battled the Shark King while Huang Song attacked from afar with the Shaking Light Fan, forcing Su Qing to defend himself with the Moon Invitation Ring and Star Map Jade Hairpin.
• Huang Song bound Su Qing with the Red Gauze Cover and sent a Golden Sun Crow at him, but Su Qing summoned a Li Huo Phoenix King that overcame the Daoist Art.
• Huang Song used Mountain Sea Capture against Su Qing, but Su Qing imitated the technique and drew even more power from the Myriad Manifestations Talisman Paper, leaving Huang Song bewildered.

Su Qing used the Talisman Life Seal and his runes to survive Huang Song's attacks and kill him on the Dragon Tiger Talisman Arena. The Desiring Demon Sect rallied to protect Su Qing as the remaining contenders held back, while Jia Chunqiu blamed Liu Yun'er for the disaster.

• Su Qing saved his Puppets from Huang Song's Blazing Sun Heavenly Light Banner, then used Substitute Dolls to escape the fire and appear behind Huang Song.
• Su Qing activated Shi Zhi Fang's Talisman Life Seal and unleashed numerous runes, forcing Huang Song to exhaust his defenses and supplies.
• When Huang Song prepared a Tier 4 Talisman Paper, Su Qing restrained him with Mountain Sea Capture, disrupted his spirit energy with Lycoris Radiata, and killed him with the Yin-Yang Breath-Extinguishing Slash.
• Su Qing claimed Huang Song's Talisman Paper, Storage Bag, Magic Artifacts, Puppets, and corpse, while Liu Yun'er celebrated his victory and Shi Zhi Fang lamented that Su Qing had won her attention.
• Shi Zhi Fang and Shi Li Jing declared that the Desiring Demon Sect would protect Su Qing, discouraging other cultivators from challenging him.
• Jia Chunqiu blamed Liu Yun'er for Huang Song's death and glared at her, fearing the consequences from the Huang Family.

After killing Huang Song, Su Qing received the Fu Dao Sect inheritance from True Person Yubi, but the Talisman Life Seal bonded with him and enraged Shi Li Jing. Liu Yun'er pledged to join the Desiring Demon Sect, calming the dispute as Jia Chunqiu allied with two Demon Tree cultivators and the cave’s attention shifted to the Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material.

• Jia Chunqiu suppressed his fire poison and resented the Fierce Tiger King after Huang Song died and the Desiring Demon Sect backed the Tiger King.
• True Person Yubi praised Su Qing for inheriting the orthodox Talisman Dao and gave him the Fu Dao Sect’s Myriad Manifestations Talisman Technique and other rune inheritances.
• Su Qing returned the Demoness’s borrowed treasures, but True Person Yubi, Shi Li Jing, Jia Chunqiu, and others suspected he was not truly a tiger.
• Shi Li Jing discovered that the Talisman Life Seal had bonded with Su Qing, erupted in anger, and demanded that Su Qing join the Desiring Demon Sect to keep it.
• Liu Yun'er pledged to place her soul fire in the sect, and Shi Li Jing promised to conceal her background and offered Su Qing a high position if he joined.
• Jia Chunqiu joined the two Demon Tree cultivators, and the cultivators turned their attention to the Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material on the second jade platform.

Su Qing and Liu Yun'er prepared to kill the Joyful Old Demon while True Person Yubi opened the contest for the Vermilion Jade Marrow. Shi Li Jing entered the arena contest’s preparations, but Liu Yun'er asked to take the stage to settle her grudge with Jia Chunqiu, and Shi Li Jing gave her a Soul Refining Banner.

• Shi Zhi Fang explained that the Vermilion Jade Marrow was a powerful and coveted Nascent Soul Formation Spiritual Material, while Liu Yun'er told Su Qing she would use herself to lure the Joyful Old Demon into a fight.
• Su Qing brought Liu Yun'er into his Nest House and gave her eight Blood Lotus Flowers to help her recover strength during battle.
• True Person Yubi revealed the Vermilion Jade Marrow’s likeness and explained that Golden Core cultivators would compete on the Pill Appraisal Platform, where the strongest Dharma Image would win it.
• Shi Li Jing sent Elder Wu Dan to challenge Immortaloxia Mountain; Wu Dan exhausted his magical power, then safely left the arena without seriously fighting.
• Shi Li Jing prepared to enter the contest himself, but Liu Yun'er asked to take the stage to settle her old grudge with Jia Chunqiu, and Shi Li Jing handed her a third-tier Soul Refining Banner.

Liu Yun'er fought Jia Chunqiu in the arena, using the Demon Seal Wave and Su Qing’s Dragon Armored Magic Lizard to counter his soul banner and dream arts. The battle escalated when Jia Chunqiu released the Fire Phoenix Princess, whom he had abducted and transformed into a spirit beast.

• Shi Li Jing gave Liu Yun'er a Tier 3 Soul Refining Banner, while Su Qing lent her the Dragon Armored Magic Lizard.
• Liu Yun'er and Immortaloxia Mountain exchanged attacks, and Immortaloxia Mountain withdrew from the arena.
• Jia Chunqiu challenged Liu Yun'er, taunted her with the souls of her Liu Family relatives, and attacked her with his soul banner and demonic arts.
• Liu Yun'er used the Demon Seal Wave to trap Jia Chunqiu’s Golden Core ghoul shadows, then resisted his attacks and dream technique.
• The Dragon Armored Magic Lizard ambushed Jia Chunqiu, destroyed his Slug Puppet, and withstood his Fire Yang Star attack.
• Jia Chunqiu released the Fire Phoenix Princess from a Beast Ring, and Su Qing recognized her as the princess he had abducted and altered with Demonic Beast Runes.

Su Qing helped Liu Yun'er and Feng Shen defeat Joyful Old Demon, then offered to remove Feng Shen’s Beast Ring runes. While examining her in the Nest House, he admitted he had made puppets modeled after her, and Feng Shen reacted unexpectedly to Princess Leopard.

• Joyful Old Demon attacked the Dragon Armored Magic Lizard with Poison Dragon Whip, and the puppet used its Intelligence Rune to fake its death.
• Liu Yun'er blinded Joyful Old Demon with a Glimmer Bird while Feng Shen and Liu Yun'er overwhelmed him, then took his Golden Core, body, and soul.
• Su Qing stopped Feng Shen and Liu Yun'er from destroying Joyful Old Demon’s remains and offered to help free Feng Shen from the Beast Ring.
• Liu Yun'er brought Feng Shen to the Nest House with Su Qing, while Shi Zhi Fang stayed behind to fight a Demon Tree Evil Cultivator.
• Su Qing examined Feng Shen in phoenix form and learned about her Nirvana Fire Dao-Pattern and threat to self-detonate if he failed to remove her runes.
• Su Qing confessed that he had made puppets modeled after Feng Shen and showed her Princess Leopard, prompting Feng Shen to eagerly approach her.