Chapter Summaries

Ye Jing learned that the Heavenly Court had resurrected a hundred thousand soldiers and generals, threatening to destroy the Profound Yellow Great World, and proposed building a protective barrier. He joined the battle to buy time, where he stopped Nezha from breaking through the defenders' line.

• Sage Scholar told Ye Jing that the Heavenly Court's resurrected troops were advancing and that the Profound Yellow Great World could not withstand their numbers for long.
• Ye Jing proposed a world-protecting barrier and asked Sage Scholar to gather the Saints and supplies needed to build it.
• Ye Jing and Sage Scholar agreed to fight for a day to buy time; Sage Scholar summoned the two Sword Saints while Ye Jing went to the battlefield.
• Ye Jing arrived beyond the Heavenly Domain and saw Human Saint fighting True Martial Great Emperor, Yang Jian fighting the Devil Master, and the ordinary troops struggling to hold their line.
• Nezha charged into the defenders with his Red Tassel Spear, but Ye Jing blocked his attack with a golden sword, and Nezha recognized him.

Ye Jing defeated Nezha and helped drive the Heavenly Court’s forces from the battlefield. He then led the Saints in building an immense barrier around the Profound Yellow Great World, prompting alarm in the Heavenly Court and a reaction from the Three Poisons Realm.

• Ye Jing shattered Nezha’s Red Tassel Spear and grievously wounded him with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The True Martial Great Emperor attacked Ye Jing, but the Human Saint intervened, and the Heavenly Court’s forces withdrew with Nezha.
• Sage Scholar explained Ye Jing’s plan to the Saints, who agreed to help protect the Profound Yellow Great World.
• Ye Jing directed Sage Scholar, the Human Saint, Old Freak Wind, the Devil Master, the Devil Lord, and other Saints as they built a dome barrier around the world.
• The Jade Emperor realized the barrier would change the balance of power, while a gigantic eye opened briefly in the Three Poisons Realm.

Ye Jing’s world-protecting barrier enveloped the Profound Yellow Great World, giving its defenders confidence as they prepared for attacks from the Heavenly Court and the Evil God. He then began searching for hidden Black Pearls, which could still absorb evil thoughts, and traveled to a seaside village to inspect another statue.

• Ye Jing’s barrier fully surrounded the Profound Yellow Great World, and Sage Scholar, Human Saint, Old Freak Wind, and Liu Qingluan praised his achievement.
• Ye Jing and the others prepared for possible attacks, while his fame spread and the people celebrated him as their hero.
• Qiuyue told Ye Jing she and Senior Sect Master would rebuild the Sword Sect and reunite its scattered disciples, and Ye Jing promised to attend.
• Ye Jing sealed a Black Pearl inside a shrine statue and asked Gongsun Lue to help locate and seal the remaining pearls hidden in statues.
• Ye Jing teleported to a seaside village, found a statue of a woman holding fish on a cliff, and appeared beside it to inspect it.

Ye Jing found villagers trying to destroy the statue corrupted by the Evil God, while Xiao Huan fought to protect it because his parents had carved it. After Ye Jing saved Xiao Huan and a villager from falling off a cliff, he introduced himself as an Immortal Master there to deal with the statue, but Xiao Huan still objected.

• Ye Jing saw the villagers approach the statue with tools and held back when Xiao Huan stood in their way.
• Village Chief Qian Jiahe ordered Da Yu and Da Li to remove Xiao Huan while the villagers began breaking the statue.
• Xiao Huan broke free and collided with the man swinging the hammer, sending them both over the cliff.
• Ye Jing levitated Xiao Huan and the villager back to safety, then identified himself as someone who had come to deal with the corrupted statue.
• Qian Jiahe welcomed Ye Jing cautiously, but Xiao Huan again insisted that the statue must not be destroyed.

Ye Jing removed the Black Pearl corrupting the village statue and learned that the Evil God had driven the villagers to commit wicked acts before the world’s barrier cut off its influence. As Ye Jing prepared to leave, the sculptor’s orphaned son begged him to become his disciple so he could kill the Evil God.

• Ye Jing drew a Black Pearl out of the statue, ending its corruption without destroying it.
• Qian Jiahe told Ye Jing that the villagers had been driven to robbery, violence, and destruction, and that the influence stopped three days earlier when the world’s barrier appeared.
• Ye Jing explained that he had unfolded the barrier and concluded that people who learned of the Evil God might be exploited by swindlers, so he planned to ask the Sage Scholar to issue a warning.
• Qian Jiahe thanked Ye Jing for restoring the statue, and Ye Jing began to teleport away.
• The little boy rushed into Ye Jing’s formation and begged him to take him as a disciple, saying the Evil God had killed his friend and corrupted the statue his parents died carving.

Ye Jing tested a determined little boy who wanted to become his disciple, first sending him on an impossible-seeming round trip to the village and then making him endure a powerful Marrow Cleansing Pill. The boy survived both trials, and Ye Jing prepared to take him away.

• Ye Jing told the little boy to fetch his belongings from the distant village within ten minutes as the first trial.
• The little boy returned in time, injured from climbing down and back up the cliff, and Ye Jing declared that he had passed.
• Ye Jing gave the boy a potent Marrow Cleansing Pill, warning that its pain could kill him.
• The boy endured the agony for about half an hour before losing consciousness, having absorbed the pill's effects.
• Ye Jing healed the boy, told Qian Jiahe that the boy was safe, and said he would take him along.

After passing Ye Jing’s second test and entering the Qi Refining Stage, Wang Huan faced a final trial: crossing a forest of demonic beasts alone. He entered determined to become Ye Jing’s disciple and grow strong enough to defeat the Evil God, while Ye Jing secretly monitored his life signs from afar.

• Wang Huan woke in a cave after passing Ye Jing’s second test and learned that the pill had advanced him to the Qi Refining Stage.
• Ye Jing told Wang Huan to cross a forest of demonic beasts alone, warning that stronger beasts deeper inside could kill him.
• Wang Huan gave his name and vowed to become Ye Jing’s disciple, then entered the forest without hesitation.
• Ye Jing set up a detection formation to monitor Wang Huan and intervene if his life was in danger or he crossed the forest.
• Wang Huan moved cautiously among the towering trees as he sensed the beasts’ auras and heard their roars.

Wang Huan fashioned crude weapons from stones, wood, and vines, then ventured deeper into the demon-beast forest. Meanwhile, Ye Jing was appointed commander of Town Heaven Pass and began preparations to defend the Profound Yellow Great World from the Heavenly Court and the Evil God.

• Wang Huan smashed boulders from a tree to make stone weapons, including crude spears, arrows, and a bow.
• Wang Huan tested his bow, then entered the deeper forest and drove off several small demon beasts.
• Qi Chun and the Saints agreed that Ye Jing would command Town Heaven Pass and its Garrison Army.
• Ye Jing warned the Saints to follow orders carefully and work together to defend against the Heavenly Court and the Evil God.
• Qi Chun described Town Heaven Pass as a fortress and symbol of hope, and Ye Jing began overseeing its preparations.

Ye Jing oversaw the construction of Town Heaven Pass, prompting the Heavenly Court and the Evil God to send investigators. Meanwhile, Wang Huan fought a Bear Demon in the forest and blinded it, but its burst of Demonic Energy blasted him away.

• Ye Jing organized refiners and craftsmen, gathered rare materials, and rapidly advanced the construction of Town Heaven Pass.
• The Jade Emperor debated how to respond to the new pass and ordered an elite team to investigate.
• A gigantic eye in the Three Poisons Realm sent Black Infant to investigate for the Evil God.
• Wang Huan used a spear feint to shoot the Bear Demon in one eye, then blinded it by striking its other eye with an arrow.
• Wang Huan leapt toward the wounded Bear Demon, but it unleashed Demonic Energy that blasted him away.

Wang Huan survived a deadly fight with a black bear by remembering Xiao Hua’s advice to run, then escaped the monster forest. Ye Jing appeared and accepted Wang Huan as his disciple, then took him away for a task.

• Wang Huan shot the black bear in the eye and attacked it with a stone knife, but its Demonic Energy knocked him down.
• Remembering Xiao Hua telling him to run when he faced an enemy he could not beat, Wang Huan got up and fled into the forest.
• After Wang Huan activated Ye Jing’s formation, Ye Jing appeared above the monster forest and saw him waiting on a hill.
• Ye Jing praised Wang Huan for passing the trial and accepted him as his disciple.
• Wang Huan kowtowed to Ye Jing, promised to work hard at cultivating, and vanished with him when Ye Jing waved his hand.

Ye Jing brought Wang Huan to Town Heaven Pass and began teaching him the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique, but Wang Huan struggled to make progress. After a meteor brought a Starlight Crystal, Ye Jing altered its array so Wang Huan could enter its Secret Realm and gain more time to cultivate.

• Ye Jing took Wang Huan to Town Heaven Pass, where construction continued on a stronghold against the Heavenly Court and the Evil God.
• Ye Jing chose the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique for Wang Huan because its lessons suited his perseverance and fearlessness.
• After three days of practice, Wang Huan had not mastered the technique, so Ye Jing encouraged him to keep cultivating.
• A meteor fell near Town Heaven Pass, and Ye Jing used its Starlight Crystal to create a way for those below Divine Realm Layer Nine to enter its Secret Realm.
• Ye Jing modified the Secret Realm so time passed more slowly inside, hoping to give Wang Huan the time he needed to master the technique.

Unable to comprehend the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique, Wang Huan entered the Starlight Crystal’s secret realm, where Ye Jing forced a star to accept him and placed him in an immersive cultivation experience. Wang Huan found himself watching the life of Li Lei, a poor farmer’s son whose family struggled to care for his gravely ill younger sister.

• Ye Jing found Wang Huan still unable to make progress on the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique and took him into the Starlight Crystal.
• When no star responded to Wang Huan, Ye Jing used his control of the secret realm to make the brightest star accept him.
• Wang Huan entered the star’s cultivation environment and learned that he was inhabiting Li Lei’s life but could only watch.
• Li Dashi gave his share of the thin porridge to Li Lei, but Li Lei insisted they split it until Lin Juan said there was more rice.
• Wang Huan saw Li Xiuer lying gravely ill, and she weakly called Li Lei her big brother before falling asleep.

Li Lei struggled to earn money for his younger sister’s treatment, was deceived into forced labor, and was taken in by the cultivator Qing Xuanzi. Qing Xuanzi began teaching him cultivation, but Li Lei would have to reach the Innate Realm before he could save his sister.

• Li Lei left home to seek work and money for his younger sister’s treatment, despite his father’s despair.
• After days of rejection, Li Lei followed a false steward to a warehouse, where swindlers forced him and others to haul cargo without pay.
• Li Lei endured beatings and exhaustion while searching for a chance to escape and thinking of his family.
• Qing Xuanzi found Li Lei, took him to a mist-shrouded valley, and offered to make him a disciple.
• Qing Xuanzi promised to teach Li Lei a secret art but said he must reach the Innate Realm before he could save his sister.
• Li Lei began studying cultivation, basic spells, and martial techniques, driven to reach the Innate Realm as quickly as possible.

Li Lei reached the Innate Realm, but Qing Xuanzi revealed his plan to possess him and was devoured when Li Lei fought back. Li Lei returned home and revived Li Xiuer briefly, only to discover a formation in her dantian draining her life force.

• Li Lei reached the Innate Realm and agreed to pay any price to save Li Xiuer, but Qing Xuanzi revealed he wanted to possess Li Lei's body.
• Qing Xuanzi paralyzed Li Lei and attacked his soul, but Li Lei unleashed his power and devoured Qing Xuanzi, gaining his cultivation and memories.
• Li Lei burned down the place and hurried home, where he used Qing Xuanzi's secret art to treat Li Xiuer.
• Li Xiuer briefly regained consciousness, then spat blood and collapsed as her life force continued to drain.
• Li Lei discovered a black formation deep in Li Xiuer's dantian that was absorbing her life force.

Li Lei saved Li Xiuer by transferring the life-draining formation from her dantian into his own body, then began cultivating to suppress it and protect his family. After the family’s fortunes improved, Li Lei acted strangely in the middle of the night, leaving Wang Huan alarmed.

• Li Lei discovered a formation draining Li Xiuer’s life force, but he could not identify who had planted it.
• Li Lei transferred the formation into his own body and temporarily suppressed it, saving Li Xiuer.
• Li Lei carved out a cave dwelling near the village to cultivate and guard his family while seeking a way to destroy the formation.
• Li Xiuer recovered, and the Li family moved into a new house and enjoyed a more comfortable life.
• Late at night, Li Xiuer found Li Lei standing silently by the table, where one of four cups was missing.
• Li Lei returned to his room after sharing tea with Li Xiuer, while Wang Huan watched him with alarm.

Wang Huan witnessed Li Lei sleepwalk and swallow objects and living things, while Li Lei’s family struggled to explain the disappearances. After moving and then clearing a room to expose the uncanny thief, Li Lei fell under its influence and turned toward Li Xiuer.

• Wang Huan watched Li Lei repeatedly get up at night and swallow cups, chickens, and other things without remembering it in the morning.
• Li Xiuer and Lin Juan told Li Lei that household belongings and chickens had gone missing, prompting him to keep watch.
• After the disappearances paused whenever Li Lei stayed awake, the family moved, but the thefts resumed when they slept.
• Li Lei decided to leave the house nearly empty and set up a protective formation before his family went to sleep.
• Black aura surrounded Li Lei as he sleepwalked, searched the empty room, passed through his protective formation, and bit Li Xiuer.

Li Lei regained control after attacking and biting Li Xiuer, then discovered the formation in his dantian had grown darker and was leaking evil energy. He sent his family away and began examining the formation, but his spiritual energy vanished when it touched it.

• Li Lei stopped biting Li Xiuer and realized he had attacked her while under the influence of an eerie force.
• Li Xiuer trusted Li Lei and let him channel spiritual energy into her wound as he apologized.
• Li Lei told Li Dashi, his wife, and Li Xiuer to stay at an inn while he went into seclusion to investigate the formation.
• Li Lei found the formation in his dantian darker than before, with evil energy seeping from it.
• Li Lei sent his spiritual energy against the formation, but it swallowed the energy without a trace.

Li Lei broke through to the Grandmaster Realm while trying to destroy the formation, but Qing Xuanzi appeared and revealed that he had orchestrated Li Lei’s life to prepare for possessing his body. Qing Xuanzi overpowered Li Lei and began gathering energy to kill his family.

• After suffering backlash from the formation, Li Lei abandoned his attempt to erase it and broke through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• As Li Lei prepared to strike the formation again, Qing Xuanzi appeared and announced he would take Li Lei’s body.
• Qing Xuanzi revealed that he had possessed many bodies and had arranged Li Lei’s trials, including placing a formation in his younger sister and a possession seed inside Li Lei.
• Qing Xuanzi overwhelmed Li Lei, who begged him to spare his family, but Qing Xuanzi refused and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Qing Xuanzi gathered energy in his palm and promised to kill Li Lei’s family using the real Luo Qing Gong.

Qing Xuanzi killed Li Lei’s family, overcame Li Lei, and took control of his body, then spent years using its talent to reach the Peak of Humanity Realm. As Qing Xuanzi celebrated his breakthrough, the formation that linked him to his other bodies began to crack.

• Qing Xuanzi destroyed the inner room and killed Li Lei’s parents and younger sister, prompting Li Lei to fight him with all his strength.
• Qing Xuanzi activated a formation inside Li Lei that drained his spiritual energy, eroded his consciousness, and let Qing Xuanzi take over his body.
• Wang Huan watched the scene and burned with anger at the suffering inflicted on Li Lei’s family.
• Years later, Qing Xuanzi enjoyed his powerful new body and began cultivating toward the Peak of Humanity Realm.
• Qing Xuanzi broke through to the Peak of Humanity Realm, but the formation in his dantian began cracking, alarming him.

Li Lei broke free of Qing Xuanzi’s formation, destroyed Qing Xuanzi, and later passed away after eliminating every Qing Xuanzi. Wang Huan gained insight from Li Lei’s life and cultivated the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique, while Ye Jing continued investigating possible Heavenly Court or Evil God agents at Town Heaven Pass.

• Li Lei emerged from the formation, overpowered Qing Xuanzi, and destroyed his soul while vowing to avenge his family.
• Li Lei traveled the world and eliminated every Qing Xuanzi before returning to his hometown and passing away at his family’s graves.
• Wang Huan absorbed Li Lei’s starlight and cultivated the Heavenly Origin Undying Technique after understanding the lesson of patience.
• Ye Jing left the Starlight Crystal and met Human Saint and Old Freak Wind in a secret study to discuss their search for hidden agents.
• Ye Jing argued that agents might exist inside the Profound Yellow Great World and said he had a plan but needed more time.