Chapter Summaries

Imprisoned by the Stone People Race, Lin Taichu realized their toxin immunity could make them ideal guardians for the Mutated Beasts, though he and Tang Bao could not yet communicate with them. Their observations were interrupted when the Beast Race invaded the Stone Desert Wasteland to seize its ore.

• Tang Bao failed to break free from the Stone Power ropes, and Lin Taichu studied the guards and the Mutated Beasts through the cell’s ventilation opening.
• Lin Taichu observed that the Stone People Race was immune to the beasts’ toxins and considered gathering the Demon Continent’s Mutated Beasts in the Stone Desert Wasteland for them to guard.
• Lin Taichu and Tang Bao watched the guards feed demonic-energy ore to the Mutated Beasts while they waited for a chance to communicate.
• Urgent shouts alerted the stone people guards, who rushed toward the entrance as Lin Taichu recognized the approaching figures and roars as the Beast Race.
• The Beast Race encountered the stone people guards at the entrance, while the two guards outside Lin Taichu and Tang Bao’s cell prepared for battle.

After Gu Cang vanished into the Gobi with the Bone Race Soldiers and Mutated Beasts, Lin Taichu and Tang Bao sought the Stone People Race’s help and set out for the Elf Forest to ask the Elf Race to track him. They reached the forest’s edge and prepared to enter while avoiding its dangerous Mutated Plants.

• Lin Taichu concluded that they could not track Gu Cang across the Gobi and proposed asking the Elf Race, known for scouting and tracking, for help.
• Lin Taichu and Tang Bao reported their findings to the Stone People Race chieftain and elders, who agreed to supply protective Stone Crystals and detoxifying ores.
• Lin Taichu declined the chieftain’s offer to send ten guards, explaining that a large group might offend the wary Elf Race, and accepted the supplies.
• Lin Taichu and Tang Bao traveled west for about three hours and reached the Elf Forest after crossing the Stone Desert Wasteland.
• At the forest’s edge, Lin Taichu and Tang Bao concealed their auras, observed the Mutated Plants, and prepared to proceed carefully.

Lin Taichu and Tang Bao entered Elf Forest and provoked a small disturbance to draw out the Elf Race, hoping to enlist its help in tracking Gu Cang. An Elf Race scout agreed to take them to the clan leader, and they followed the group deeper into the dangerous forest.

• Lin Taichu and Tang Bao cautiously crossed Elf Forest's outskirts, using Stone Crystals to resist attacks from mutated plants.
• Lin Taichu released a faint trace of inner energy to create a disturbance and attract the Elf Race's guards.
• Elf Race members confronted Lin Taichu and Tang Bao, and Lin Taichu explained that Gu Cang had evolved and might threaten other races.
• The leading Elf Race member decided to bring Lin Taichu and Tang Bao to meet the clan leader, who would decide whether to help.
• The Elf Race members calmed the mutated plants and led Lin Taichu and Tang Bao deeper into Elf Forest.

Lin Taichu and his allies devised a plan to stop Gu Cang from stabilizing his evolved strength by scattering the Mutated Beasts he was consuming. Lin Taichu unleashed the concealment stone’s Stone Power on the herd, but Gu Cang noticed him and attacked.

• Lin Taichu, Tang Bao, and the Elf Soldiers watched Gu Cang drain Mutated Beasts and learned their energy was keeping his evolved form stable.
• Lin Taichu proposed using the concealment stone’s Stone Power to drive the Mutated Beasts away, while the Elf Soldiers mapped safe routes and Tang Bao distracted the outer guards.
• The Elf Soldiers marked and suppressed traps as Tang Bao drew Bone Race guards toward the ravine’s left side.
• Lin Taichu reached the beast herd and released Stone Power, suppressing the bone chains and rousing the trapped Mutated Beasts.
• Gu Cang noticed Lin Taichu, attacked him, and Lin Taichu dodged while spreading the stone’s power across the herd.

Lin Taichu and Tang Bao drove Gu Cang into retreat by scattering the Mutated Beasts sustaining his evolved form, then pursued him into the ravine. They defeated several Bone Clan squads and reached a cavern guarded by ten powerful Soldiers.

• Lin Taichu used the Concealment Stone to scatter the Mutated Beasts, weakening Gu Cang, and Tang Bao struck him from behind.
• Gu Cang fled into the depths of the ravine, while Lin Taichu sent four Elf Soldiers to scout and deal with the scattered Mutated Beasts.
• Lin Taichu, Tang Bao, and the remaining elf soldier pursued Gu Cang, agreeing to attack small groups and avoid larger forces.
• The three defeated three squads of Bone Clan Soldiers without letting them raise an alarm.
• Lin Taichu and his companions reached a broad rock cavern guarded by ten Bone Clan Soldiers with formidable auras.

Lin Taichu, Tang Bao, and the elf soldier fought through Gu Cang’s guards and found him badly wounded in a stone chamber. Lin Taichu charged toward Gu Cang despite the soldiers’ counterattacks, but the chapter ended with two guards intercepting him.

• Lin Taichu, Tang Bao, and the elf soldier defeated the Bone Race guards at the cave entrance and followed Gu Cang’s Bone Power deeper inside.
• The three found Gu Cang gravely injured in a chamber guarded by fifteen elite Soldiers, and he ordered them to attack.
• The Soldiers overwhelmed the group, so Lin Taichu told Tang Bao and the elf soldier to hold them off while he went after Gu Cang.
• Lin Taichu broke through the guards and blocked Gu Cang’s bone-glow attack, though it injured him and disrupted his internal energy.
• Two Soldiers stepped in front of Lin Taichu and thrust their blades at him as he continued toward Gu Cang.

Lin Taichu collapsed after helping the Elf Soldiers defeat and bind Gu Cang, suffering severe injuries that left his life in danger. The Elf Elders agreed to treat him with Natural Power, beginning a slow effort to preserve his life and repair his meridians.

• Lin Taichu and Tang Bao helped the Elf Soldiers overpower Gu Cang, who fell to his knees and was bound by vines.
• Tang Bao found Lin Taichu near death, with damaged bones, exhausted inner strength, and severed meridians.
• The leading elf soldier took Lin Taichu to the Elf Forest while two Elf Soldiers stayed with Tang Bao to deal with the remaining Bone Clan soldiers and Mutated Beasts.
• The Elf Elders examined Lin Taichu and said their healing method could preserve his life and repair his meridians, though treatment would take considerable time and effort.
• The leading Elf Elder assigned two elders to treat Lin Taichu daily, disperse the remaining Bone Power, and preserve his life force.

Lin Taichu remained unconscious in the Vine Palace while the Elf Elders treated his severe injuries with Natural Power and rare herbs. Tang Bao arrived to check on him, and the chapter ended with Lin Taichu’s condition improving but no sign that he would wake.

• The Elf Elders began healing Lin Taichu and ordered the remaining Bone Race threats and Mutated Beasts to be eliminated.
• News of Lin Taichu’s sacrifice spread through the Elf Forest, where many elves came to admire him from outside the guarded Vine Palace.
• The Elf Elders used Natural Power and rare herbs to repair Lin Taichu’s meridians, restore his strength, and heal his injured shoulder.
• Tang Bao cleared out the remaining Bone Race Soldiers, handed Gu Cang to the Elf Soldiers, and went to the Vine Palace to see Lin Taichu.
• The leading Elf Elder assured Tang Bao that Lin Taichu’s life was no longer in danger, and Tang Bao stayed in the Elf camp.
• Lin Taichu’s injuries continued to improve over the following days, but he remained unconscious.

Tang Bao insisted on seeking Soul Spirit Grass in Soul Mist Valley to awaken Lin Taichu, despite the Elf Elders’ warnings. Winds volunteered to guide and accompany him, and the Elders finally agreed to let them go.

• The lead Elf Elder explained that only Soul Spirit Grass could repair Lin Taichu’s damaged soul meridians, but it grew in a deadly valley.
• Tang Bao offered to retrieve the grass himself, but the Elf Elders refused and sent elite soldiers instead.
• Two groups of Elf soldiers returned without the grass, and three soldiers were lost in Soul Mist Valley.
• Tang Bao asked the Elders to let him search for the grass, insisting he could not wait while Lin Taichu remained unconscious.
• Winds volunteered to accompany Tang Bao, citing her knowledge of the forest and Lin Taichu’s sacrifices to protect the Elf Soldiers.
• The lead Elf Elder agreed to let Tang Bao and Winds go, warning them to put their safety first.

Winds and Tang Bao entered Soul Mist Valley to find Soul Spirit Grass that could awaken Lin Taichu, but a hidden trap separated them and dropped them into darkness. Tang Bao survived the fall alone and could not sense Winds nearby.

• The Elf Elder equipped Winds and Tang Bao with Stealth Battle Armor, Healing Herbs, Antidote Potions, and Perception Wood Crystals before they left to seek Soul Spirit Grass for Lin Taichu.
• Winds guided Tang Bao through the Elf Forest, avoiding dangerous beasts and traps as they approached Soul Mist Valley.
• Winds and Tang Bao entered the Soul Mist, using their inner energy and Perception Wood Crystals to resist its effects.
• The ground collapsed beneath them, and a powerful suction force tore Winds and Tang Bao apart as they fell.
• Tang Bao landed in a dark rocky place, found that he could not sense Winds, and formed pale golden light in his palm to see his surroundings.

Tang Bao and Winds navigated separate passages in a maze of hidden spatial traps while trying to reunite. After a teleportation trap sent Tang Bao to another passage, he sensed the maze’s circular spatial flow and began searching for a way to break it.

• Tang Bao and Winds were separated by the teleportation maze, and Winds used the Wood Crystal to sense Tang Bao’s location.
• Winds discovered the maze’s concealed spatial devil power and cautiously chose a path toward Tang Bao, while Tang Bao entered the middle passage.
• Tang Bao barely escaped a spatial rift, noticed dark-red wall lines signaled danger, and adjusted his route to avoid them.
• Winds avoided traps as she followed Tang Bao’s aura, but a rift forced her to retreat and take another path.
• Tang Bao struck a blue-lined rock, triggered a teleportation trap, and arrived in a subtly different passage.
• Tang Bao sensed that the passages connected in a circular flow around spatial nodes and considered how to break the loop.

Tang Bao and Winds searched Soul Mist Valley for Soul Spirit Grass to save Lin Taichu, but found no trace of it and continued deeper into the valley. They were surrounded by numerous hidden creatures, which Winds revealed with her magic, leaving the pair facing a swarm of strange black-furred, red-eyed bat-like beings.

• Winds found no Soul Power or signs of Soul Spirit Grass in the valley’s outer core, but Tang Bao insisted they continue searching for Lin Taichu’s sake.
• Tang Bao and Winds ventured deeper into the valley, where Corrupt Devil Power thickened and strange, untraceable magical fluctuations surrounded them.
• Winds and Tang Bao tried to avoid the hidden creatures as they advanced, but countless red eyes appeared and encircled them.
• Winds illuminated the forest with green motes, revealing bat-like creatures with black fur, tiny black spots, and red eyes.

Tang Bao and Winds fought through a swarm of strange bats while searching Soul Mist Valley for the Soul Spirit Grass. They escaped into fog barriers that kept the bats at bay and stopped to recover before continuing deeper into the valley.

• More than a hundred octopus-headed bats attacked Tang Bao and Winds, who fought back with Tang Bao's inner force and Winds's arrows.
• Tang Bao decided they could not afford to keep fighting and led Winds through a gap in the swarm toward the deepest part of the valley.
• Tang Bao and Winds sensed a Soul Power fluctuation resembling the Soul Spirit Grass's and followed it deeper into Soul Mist Valley.
• The bats stopped at fog barriers infused with Corrupt Devil Power, allowing Tang Bao and Winds to rest.
• Tang Bao treated the old wound on his left shoulder with crushed Healing Herbs while Winds recovered her Natural Devil Power.

Tang Bao and Winds crossed the mist barrier and found a black altar where the Soul Spirit Grass was likely located. Four powerful altar Guardians emerged to stop them, and the chapter ended with Tang Bao and Winds fighting while Tang Bao suffered a serious wound.

• Tang Bao and Winds rested, recovered some strength, and crossed the mist barrier into a desolate valley filled with purple mist and Corrupt Devil Power.
• They discovered a black altar whose Soul Power suggested the Soul Spirit Grass was on top of it.
• Four altar Guardians, each stronger than the fifth tier, crawled from cracks around the altar and surrounded them.
• Winds told Tang Bao to hold off two Guardians while she restrained the others, hoping to reach the altar and take the Soul Spirit Grass.
• Winds fired arrows at two Guardians as Tang Bao fought the other two, but one tore through his armor and wounded his right arm with Corrupt Devil Power.

Tang Bao and Winds fought their way to the altar, where Tang Bao found the Soul Spirit Grass needed to awaken Lin Taichu but became trapped by a devil power barrier. After breaking free, he took the herb as Winds used the Perception Wood Crystal to shield him and held off the creatures, leaving her in grave danger.

• Tang Bao charged for the altar while Winds restrained the strange creatures, then climbed its Corrupt Devil Power-covered surface despite his injuries.
• Tang Bao opened the stone box at the summit and found the Soul Spirit Grass, but a devil power barrier trapped him when he reached for it.
• Winds was seized and injured by a strange creature as Tang Bao repeatedly struck the barrier and the creatures attacked it.
• Tang Bao shattered the barrier with his final internal energy, took the Soul Spirit Grass, and collapsed.
• The Perception Wood Crystal formed a green barrier against the creatures, and Winds urged Tang Bao to escape while she tried to hold them off.

Tang Bao rescued Winds from the bizarre creatures and gave her the Soul Spirit Grass, then led the creatures away from her. He reached the mist barrier, where the creatures stopped but continued waiting outside as his injuries and dwindling power left him in danger.

• Tang Bao struck a bizarre creature, pulled the weakened Winds away from the altar, and fled with her as the creatures pursued.
• Winds tried to hold off the creatures, but Tang Bao pulled her back and ordered her to carry the Soul Spirit Grass to the Elf Elder to wake Senior Brother.
• Winds escaped toward the mist barrier with the Soul Spirit Grass while Tang Bao drew the creatures in the opposite direction.
• Tang Bao lured the four creatures to the mist barrier and slipped inside, where they stopped and waited outside.

Tang Bao and Winds escaped Soul Mist Valley with the Soul Spirit Grass and brought it to the Elf Elder to save Lin Taichu. The elders began using it and Natural Power to repair Lin Taichu’s soul veins, but his recovery remained underway.

• Tang Bao caught up with Winds, and she treated his injuries before they continued toward the Elf Forest’s core camp.
• Tang Bao and Winds left Soul Mist Valley and met Elf Soldiers, who escorted them to the Vine Palace.
• Winds handed the Soul Spirit Grass to the Elf Elder, who took two other elders to Lin Taichu’s stone bed.
• The Elf Elders channeled Natural Power and the Soul Spirit Grass’s soul power into Lin Taichu to repair his soul veins and dispel Corrupt Devil Power.

Lin Taichu recovered from his soul-vein injuries with the Soul Spirit Grass’s help while Tang Bao and Winds rested. After they recovered, Lin Taichu tried to ease the awkward distance between them by inviting them to dinner, and the three arrived at a restaurant in a town near Elf Forest.

• The Elf Elders used Natural Power and the Soul Spirit Grass to repair Lin Taichu’s soul veins, and he woke to find Tang Bao and Winds exhausted from rescuing him.
• Lin Taichu gave Tang Bao and Winds Soul Power to help their recovery, then cultivated and stayed by their side as they healed over the next several days.
• On the seventh day, Tang Bao and Winds woke, and Lin Taichu noticed they were awkwardly avoiding each other despite their mutual feelings.
• Lin Taichu invited Tang Bao and Winds to dinner as thanks for saving him, and they agreed to go with him.
• Lin Taichu led Tang Bao and Winds to a restaurant in a bustling town near Elf Forest, where the owner greeted them and asked where they wanted to sit.

Lin Taichu returned to Stone People Race territory to investigate increasingly dangerous Mutated Beasts and fought a group of them in the forest. After defeating them, he discovered a strange controlling force within their Corrupt Devil Power and began examining it.

• Tang Bao left Lin Taichu's residence with Winds, deciding to recover in the Elf Forest and protect the person he cared about.
• Lin Taichu reached Stone People Race territory, where the chief told him that Mutated Beasts had grown more numerous, savage, and powerful, and had attacked several villages.
• Lin Taichu entered the forest and found a peak fourth-tier Mutated Black Bear and three Mutated Wolves, all bearing dark red markings and strange auras.
• Lin Taichu fought the four Mutated Beasts, killed the wolves, and defeated the bear.
• Lin Taichu examined the bear's corpse, extracted its Corrupt Devil Power, and found a faint controlling force within it.

Lin Taichu was captured after breaking into the Heavenly Clan’s forbidden courtyard to investigate Mutated Beast research. Yun Xi stopped the guards from taking him straight to the elders and secured his temporary imprisonment, leaving Lin Taichu sealed in a prison cell as she went to plead his case.

• Lin Taichu examined a preserved Mutated Beast and its research booklet before four Heavenly Clan cultivators caught him and sealed his Soul Power.
• The guards escorted Lin Taichu away, but Yun Xi intervened and asked them to imprison him near the Side Hall while she sought leniency from the elders.
• The lead cultivator agreed to Yun Xi’s request and ordered guards to keep Lin Taichu under close watch.
• Yun Xi headed to the Heavenly Clan’s main hall while the guards locked Lin Taichu in a Profound Iron cell with a Formation that suppressed Soul Power.
• Lin Taichu failed to break through the restraints and began searching the cell for a chance to escape.