Chapter Summaries

Zi Yu and his companions explored Blood Rock Land, where Yu Mengyao effortlessly killed Jiang Tao and the Yuan Sect group that blocked their way. Before they departed for the Northern Region Ice Plains to retrieve the Ancestral Symbol of Ice, Zi Yu summoned three ancient experts and tasked them with investigating the Yuan Sect’s collusion with the Yimo and locating Demon Prison.

• Ying Xiao Xiao and Ying Huanhuan offered to pay for Zi Yu’s purchases, but he insisted on paying himself and joked that he would keep both sisters as his women.
• The group toured Blood Rock Land, where Zi Yu bought rare spiritual medicines and forging materials.
• Jiang Tao and other Yuan Sect members blocked the group, and Yu Mengyao turned them to ash at Zi Yu’s command.
• After replenishing supplies, the group set out for the Northern Region Ice Plains to retrieve the Ancestral Symbol of Ice.
• Zi Yu used three Primary Revival Cards to summon the Master of Devouring, the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor, and the Great Wilderness Emperor.
• Zi Yu assigned the three experts to investigate the Yuan Sect’s collusion with the Yimo and find Demon Prison, and the Great Wilderness Emperor demanded permission to destroy the Yuan Sect.

Zi Yu planned to rescue Zhou Tong from Yuan Sect and use the sect to draw out an Alien Demon King Hall, while the Great Wilderness Emperor reunited with Old Man Black Pupil and learned that the Great Wilderness Sect had fallen. The group received powerful treasures and began preparing to weaken the Alien Demons.

• Zi Yu said Zhou Tong was trapped in Yuan Sect and planned to take him under his command, so Master of Devouring offered to rescue him secretly.
• Zi Yu summoned Old Man Black Pupil, and the Great Wilderness Emperor joyfully recognized his former disciple and asked about the Great Wilderness Sect.
• Old Man Black Pupil told the Great Wilderness Emperor that the Great Wilderness Sect had been destroyed by Alien Demons, and the Emperor vowed revenge.
• Zi Yu proposed using the human traitor from Yun Sect to locate Demon Prisons and luring an Alien Demon King Hall out through Yuan Sect.
• Zi Yu presented the Great Wilderness Emperor Seal to the Great Wilderness Emperor and the Great Wilderness Demon Suppressing Pagoda to Old Man Black Pupil.

Zi Yu retrieved the Ancestral Symbol of Ice with Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao, while the Master of Devouring secretly rescued Zhou Tong from Yuan Sect. Back at Dao Sect, Ying Xuanzi left Zi Yu and his daughters alone, and Zi Yu sensed something amiss.

• The Great Wilderness Emperor and Old Man Black Pupil accepted the Great Wilderness Emperor Seal and Great Wilderness Demon Suppressing Pagoda from Zi Yu.
• Ying Huanhuan summoned the Ancestral Symbol of Ice in the Northern Region Ice Plains, and Zi Yu returned to Dao Sect with her, Yu Mengyao, and Ying Xiao Xiao.
• The Master of Devouring entered Yuan Sect, secretly freed Zhou Tong from the Demon Emperor Lock, and left a false substitute behind.
• Ying Xuanzi welcomed his daughters back, then left Zi Yu, Ying Huanhuan, and Ying Xiao Xiao alone.
• After spending time with Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao, Zi Yu frowned as if he had sensed something.

Zi Yu reunited Ying Huanhuan with the resurrected Master of Devouring and revealed Zhou Tong as the second person he had prepared for her to meet. After Zhou Tong explained how Yuan had plotted against him and Yuan Sect had colluded with the Yimo, Ying Huanhuan resolved to destroy Yuan Sect.

• Zi Yu introduced the resurrected Master of Devouring to Ying Huanhuan, who recognized him as her senior brother and embraced Zi Yu gratefully.
• The Master of Devouring was astonished by Ying Huanhuan's affectionate behavior and privately worried that the Flame Lord had no chance with her.
• Ying Xiao Xiao recognized the Master of Devouring as one of the Eight Ancient Lords and realized why Ying Huanhuan had avoided discussing her past life.
• Zi Yu asked the Master of Devouring whether the task was complete, and the Master of Devouring produced Zhou Tong's primordial spirit.
• Zhou Tong reunited with Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao, then explained that Yuan had plotted against him and Yuan Sect had colluded with the Yimo.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao grew furious, and Ying Huanhuan resolved to make Yuan Sect pay.

Ying Huanhuan and the others learned that Zi Yu had been monitoring the Yuan Sect and intended to use it as bait to draw out the Yimo. Zi Yu brought them into his vast Inner World and presented two divine treasures to help Ying Huanhuan recover her cultivation.

• Ying Xiao Xiao urged the group to inform her father and other faction leaders that the Yuan Sect was colluding with the Yimo.
• Zi Yu and the Master of Devouring revealed they had investigated the Yuan Sect and planned to use it to lure Yimo forces into a trap.
• The Master of Devouring said the group’s priority was restoring Ying Huanhuan’s cultivation and awakening their other junior brothers and sisters.
• Zi Yu transported the group into his Inner World, astonishing them with its immense size and abundant Origin Spiritual Qi.
• Zi Yu showed Ying Huanhuan a Nine Revolutions Divine Lotus Seed and a Heavenly Heart Ice Lotus Core, whose effects left her trembling.

Zi Yu gave Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao powerful cultivation treasures and brought out the Heavenly Origin Divine Hall, arranging for the sisters to cultivate in seclusion. After they entered the hall, he used the system shop to obtain spiritual objects for rebuilding Zhou Tong’s body.

• Zi Yu gave Ying Huanhuan the Nine Revolutions Divine Lotus Seed and Heavenly Heart Ice Lotus Core, then gave Ying Xiao Xiao the Purple Cloud Sacred Lotus Seed and Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus Art.
• Zi Yu explained the treasures’ benefits and revealed that the divine-rank martial art surpassed the Tian Xuan Continent’s highest known rank.
• Ying Xiao Xiao received the gifts with gratitude and resolved to pursue the happiness she wanted.
• Zi Yu summoned the Heavenly Origin Divine Hall and explained its powers and accelerated cultivation time.
• Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiao Xiao thanked Zi Yu, kissed his cheeks, and entered the hall to cultivate in seclusion.
• Zi Yu used the system shop to obtain spiritual objects to help Zhou Tong reconstruct a perfect sacred cultivation body.

Zhou Tong returned from resurrection stronger, but Zi Yu told him to keep the Ancestral Symbol of Space and rewarded him with powerful martial arts and a weapon. After Yu Mengyao entered seclusion, Zi Yu went to meet Ying Xuanzi and prepared to introduce someone.

• Zhou Tong returned at the Reincarnation Realm Peak Stage, offered Zi Yu the Ancestral Symbol of Space, and was told to keep it.
• Zi Yu gave Zhou Tong the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Shattering Art, the Glazed Sky Sword Finger, and the Eight Desolations Demon-Breaking Sword.
• Zi Yu summoned Di Mingli, Wu Bufan, and Yuan Zhantian, whose cultivation levels astonished the Master of Devouring.
• Zi Yu thanked Yu Mengyao for protecting him and urged her to enter the Heavenly Origin Divine Hall to cultivate; she kissed him before going into seclusion.
• Zi Yu left the Inner World and met Ying Xuanzi, then said he wanted to introduce someone before discussing his business.

Zi Yu reunited Ying Xuanzi with his supposedly dead disciple Zhou Tong, who revealed that Yuan Sect had colluded with the Yimo. Zi Yu offered support against Yuan Sect and gave Ying Xuanzi two Heavenly Martial Arts and two powerful spirit treasures, leaving Ying Xuanzi shocked by their strength.

• Zi Yu summoned Zhou Tong, and Ying Xuanzi recognized his disciple, who had survived Yuan Sect's attempt to kill him and reached the Profound Death stage.
• Zhou Tong told Ying Xuanzi how he had survived and revealed Yuan Sect's collusion with the Yimo, prompting Ying Xuanzi to plan against them.
• Zi Yu confirmed that Yuan Sect was the subject of his discussion and promised that the Master of Devouring and others would handle Yimo experts beyond Dao Sect's strength.
• Ying Xuanzi thanked the Master of Devouring for saving Zhou Tong and exchanged pleasantries with his disciple.
• Zi Yu gave Ying Xuanzi the Heaven-Startling Flame Dragon Rend, the Mystic Heaven Sacred Gang Scripture, the Purple Light Divine Mirror, and the Golden Thunder Star Tower as trump cards against Yuan Sect.

Ying Xuanzi gathered the six other super sect leaders and revealed Zhou Tong’s evidence that Yuan Sect had colluded with the alien demons. The leaders agreed to launch a surprise attack, while Ying Xuanzi bolstered their confidence by revealing that Dao Sect had another Reincarnation Realm expert.

• Ying Xuanzi thanked Zi Yu for the Purple Light Divine Mirror and Golden Thunder Star Tower, then left to prepare against Yuan Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi secretly summoned the leaders of the six super sects other than Yuan Sect to Dao Sect’s main peak.
• Zhou Tong appeared before the gathered leaders and explained Yuan Sect’s collusion with the alien demons.
• Ying Xuanzi revealed that Yuan Sect had five Reincarnation Realm cultivators and nearly ten more attempting to break through, prompting the leaders to agree to strike first.
• Ying Xuanzi introduced Old Gan, who revealed that he had broken through to the Reincarnation Realm.

After the six great sect leaders formed an alliance against the Yuan Sect, Zi Yu ended his talisman studies and spent the night with Di Mingli. The next morning, she gave him two secret arts, beginning with the Glazed Heavenly Lotus Art, and explained its powers.

• The six great sect leaders agreed on a strategic alliance to deal with the Yuan Sect and then departed.
• Zi Yu finished studying the Complete Explanation of Heavens Talisman Dao and made powerful talismans.
• Di Mingli entered Zi Yu’s room and offered to serve him; they bathed, and she massaged him before they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Zi Yu dressed Di Mingli and promised not to let her down, while she told him she was content with even a small place in his heart.
• Di Mingli gave Zi Yu two Jade Slips containing the Glazed Heavenly Lotus Art and the Heavenly Pattern Infinite Mental Method, then explained the Glazed Heavenly Lotus Art’s stages and abilities.

Zi Yu gave Di Mingli the Eye-Glimpse Heavenly Sword Technique and received a system mission to sign in at the Thunder Emperor's Cave Mansion in the Chaotic Demon Sea. Before leaving the Eastern Profound Region, he assigned four powerful allies to monitor the Yuan Sect and the Yimo.

• Zi Yu praised Di Mingli's Glazed Heavenly Lotus Art and Heavenly Pattern Infinite Mental Method, then taught her the Eye-Glimpse Heavenly Sword Technique.
• The system ordered Zi Yu to sign in at the Thunder Emperor's Cave Mansion within two months, and he decided to travel there after arranging matters in the Eastern Profound Region.
• The Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor and Old Man Black Pupil reported that the Yuan Sect had made no moves and that demon seeds were limited to a few high-ranking members.
• Zi Yu told the Master of Devouring, the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor, the Great Wilderness Emperor, and Old Man Black Pupil to watch for the Yimo and eliminate any who appeared.
• When the Master of Devouring and the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor offered to accompany Zi Yu, he declined and said Di Mingli would protect him.

Zi Yu and Di Mingli traveled to the Chaotic Demon Sea, where they planned to pass through the Heavenly Merchant Sea Region on their way to the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region. Meanwhile, Tang Xinlian sought to temper her cultivation, and Mo Luo discovered a Reincarnation Mark on her forehead.

• After Zi Yu and Di Mingli left, the Eastern Profound Region fell into an unsettling peace as the super factions stayed silent.
• Zi Yu explained their route through the Chaotic Demon Sea to Di Mingli, and they set off for the Heavenly Merchant Sea Region.
• Tang Xinlian emerged from cultivation at the Flame God Hall and decided to seek combat experience to stabilize her cultivation.
• Tang Xinlian told Mo Luo she wanted to go out and temper herself, and he noticed the Reincarnation Mark on her forehead.

Tang Xinlian awakened her Reincarnation Mark, and Mo Luo gave her a powerful defensive treasure while anticipating her future role in strengthening the Flame God Hall. Several days later, Zi Yu and Di Mingli arrived in Heavenly Merchant City, where their striking appearances drew admiration, jealousy, and hostility from the crowds.

• Tang Xinlian confirmed to Mo Luo that she had awakened her Reincarnation Mark and remained herself rather than being overtaken by her previous life.
• Mo Luo gave Tang Xinlian the Golden Light Glazed Shield, a superior-grade defensive pure yuan treasure, and she left the great hall.
• Mo Luo celebrated the prospect of Tang Xinlian reaching the Reincarnation Realm and helping the Flame God Hall become a true hegemon-level force.
• Several days later, Zi Yu and Di Mingli walked through Heavenly Merchant City in the Heavenly Merchant Sea Region and attracted a crowd of onlookers.
• Men praised Di Mingli's beauty while some female cultivators disparaged her, and women admired Zi Yu as jealous men mocked him and considered taking Di Mingli from him.

Di Mingli killed the cultivators who insulted Zi Yu by releasing her aura, revealing overwhelming power that frightened everyone nearby. Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s elders rushed to welcome the powerful presence, while its law-enforcement elder cautiously questioned Zi Yu about the incident.

• Di Mingli released her aura against those who insulted Zi Yu, and Tang Tianhao sensed a Reincarnation Realm presence from Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s council hall.
• Tang Tianhao led Cui Ming, Tang Dongling, and the other elders out to welcome the Reincarnation Realm senior.
• Di Mingli’s pressure turned the Life Profound Realm cultivators who had insulted Zi Yu to ash, terrifying the onlookers.
• Di Mingli withdrew her aura as Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s law-enforcement team arrived.
• The arriving elder questioned Zi Yu and Di Mingli, and Zi Yu calmly claimed responsibility for what had happened.

After the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s law-enforcement elder explained the incident, Pavilion Master Tang Tianhao apologized to Zi Yu and Di Mingli and offered to show them the trading district. Meanwhile, Tang Xinlian arrived at Heavenly Merchant City to buy supplies.

• The law-enforcement elder learned that the dead onlookers had provoked Zi Yu and Di Mingli, then respectfully offered to guide them around the trading district.
• Tang Tianhao arrived with Tang Dongling and the Pavilion’s elders, greeted Zi Yu and Di Mingli, and asked Elder Sun to explain what had happened.
• After hearing Elder Sun’s account, Tang Tianhao confirmed that no one from his Pavilion had offended the two guests and privately resolved to reward Elder Sun for handling the situation steadily.
• Tang Tianhao offered Zi Yu and Di Mingli treasures as an apology, and Zi Yu agreed to let him lead them to the trading district.
• Tang Xinlian entered Heavenly Merchant City to buy supplies while traveling.

Tang Tianhao brought Zi Yu and Di Mingli to the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s reception hall, where Tang Dongling became infatuated with Zi Yu. After Tang Tianhao left her to host them, Zi Yu asked her to find as many items from his list as possible, promising to pay with Xuanyuan Pills.

• Tang Tianhao led Zi Yu and Di Mingli through the Pavilion’s treasure district and into its luxurious reception hall.
• Tang Dongling stared at Zi Yu instead of serving tea until Tang Tianhao called her back to attention.
• Tang Dongling served Zi Yu tea, but he ignored her attention, leaving her feeling inferior to Di Mingli.
• Tang Tianhao left Tang Dongling to host Zi Yu and Di Mingli, urging her to win Zi Yu’s favor and use the Pavilion’s treasures to bring the Pavilion closer to him.
• Tang Dongling asked Zi Yu and Di Mingli about their origins, and Di Mingli said she was Zi Yu’s exclusive bed-warming maid.
• Zi Yu asked Tang Dongling to find as many items from his list as possible and promised to pay whatever Xuanyuan Pills they cost.

Zi Yu acquired most of the treasures he had requested from Tang Dongling while Yu Mengyao emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng. Tang Dongling was shocked to learn that Yu Mengyao, like Di Mingli, was a Reincarnation Realm Great Power and one of Zi Yu’s maids, and she offered the prepared treasures to him for free.

• Tang Dongling examined Zi Yu’s extensive list of rare treasures and left to gather what the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion could provide.
• Yu Mengyao completed her breakthrough, emerged from Zi Yu’s Inner World, and reunited with him.
• Zi Yu saw that Yu Mengyao had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng and said he would take her somewhere fun.
• Tang Dongling returned with most of the requested treasures but explained that the pavilion could not find several exceptionally rare items.
• Zi Yu introduced Yu Mengyao as his exclusive bed-warming maid, and Tang Dongling recognized her as a Reincarnation Realm Great Power.
• Tang Dongling valued the prepared treasures at 276.5 million Xuanyuan Pills but offered them to Zi Yu without charge.

Zi Yu gave Tang Dongling a Life-Death Spirit Origin Pill and the Blazing Phoenix Nirvana Art in response to the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s offer of more than two hundred million Xuanyuan Pills. After Tang Dongling invited him to the Pavilion’s auction, she brought the treasures to her father, Tang Tianhao, and explained the pill’s effects.

• Tang Dongling offered more than two hundred million Xuanyuan Pills to win Zi Yu’s goodwill, and he responded by giving her the Life-Death Spirit Origin Pill and the Blazing Phoenix Nirvana Art.
• Tang Dongling accepted the treasures, thanked Zi Yu, and named him the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s honored guest with a ten-percent discount on purchases.
• Tang Dongling tried to get Zi Yu to call her Dongling, but he kept his distance by addressing her as Miss Tang.
• Tang Dongling invited Zi Yu to the Heavenly Merchant Pavilion’s auction the next day, and he agreed to attend.
• Tang Dongling visited Tang Tianhao that night and showed him the pill and Jade Slip, explaining the pill’s ability to help Life Profound Realm or Death Profound Realm cultivators reach the Samsara Wheel Realm.

Tang Tianhao confirmed the Life-Death Spirit Origin Pill was genuine and warned Tang Dongling to keep its existence secret while urging her to befriend Zi Yu. The next day, Tang Dongling welcomed Zi Yu and his companions to a private room at the Heavenly Merchant Auction.

• Tang Tianhao opened the jade bottle, sensed the life-and-death origin energy, and confirmed the pill's effects were real.
• Tang Tianhao told Tang Dongling to conceal the pill's existence and avoid offending Zi Yu, and she promised to keep the secret and absorb the pill after the auction.
• Tang Dongling admitted that Zi Yu had no interest in her, but her father encouraged her to keep pursuing him, and she regained her resolve.
• The next day, Tang Dongling welcomed Zi Yu, Di Mingli, and Yu Meng Yao to the Heavenly Merchant Auction and led them to the Heaven-Grade Number One private room.

Zi Yu offered the Star Feather Holy Light Whip and an Enlightenment God Pill for auction, then attended the Heavenly Merchant Auction, where the Li Fire Immortal Lotus drew his attention. He recognized that the lotus was a disguised ten-thousand-year spirit with peak Samsara Stage cultivation and decided to claim her.

• Zi Yu asked Tang Dongling to auction the Star Feather Holy Light Whip and an Enlightenment God Pill, but declined her offer to buy the whip directly.
• Tang Dongling opened the auction with four Death Profound Realm experts guarding the stage, and Evil Wind Cave Heaven's representative bought the Frost Infinite Art for eight million Xuanyuan Pills.
• Zi Yu copied the Frost Infinite Art's cultivation method while the auction continued through several items.
• Tang Dongling presented the Li Fire Immortal Lotus, prompting fierce bidding from Fire Attribute cultivators.
• Zi Yu recognized that the lotus was a ten-thousand-year spirit disguised as a thousand-year one and discovered she had peak Samsara Stage cultivation.
• Di Mingli and Yu Mengyao also saw through the lotus's disguise, while Zi Yu resolved to take her.