Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue emerged from Palm Heaven Space onto the ice and realized the red firebird was an Exotic Fire. He subdued it after weakening it, while the Core Formation Cultivator remained engaged in battle with two Taoist pursuers.

• The tall, gaunt old man denied taking the little creature, then fought the Taoist nun and Taoist priest when they attacked him.
• Shi Yue refined the Fire Repelling Spirit Robe in Palm Heaven Space and emerged onto the ice instead of inside the volcano.
• Shi Yue identified the red firebird as a possible Exotic Fire after his attacks failed to destroy it permanently.
• Shi Yue repeatedly struck the Exotic Fire with flying swords and silver lightning until it weakened and begged for mercy.
• Shi Yue threatened to destroy the Exotic Fire unless it submitted, and it stopped before him as he prepared to place a restriction on it.

Shi Yue subdued the weakened Red Firebird and began refining it inside Palm Heaven Space. Meanwhile, the tall, gaunt elder escaped his battle with the middle-aged Daoist and the middle-aged Daoist nun, who discovered that the exotic beast they had sought had been hiding beneath the valley.

• Shi Yue restrained the Red Firebird with Blood-colored Runes, stored it in a Red Gourd, and fled to a secluded cave.
• Shi Yue brought the Red Firebird into Palm Heaven Space and used an array of crimson flames to begin refining it.
• The tall, gaunt elder trapped the middle-aged Daoist nun in a Golden Cage while fighting her and the middle-aged Daoist, but the nun burned her way free.
• The tall, gaunt elder used explosive Red Round Beads to cover his escape, and the middle-aged Daoist pursued him.
• A Yellow Giant Stone transformed into a Deer Head Horse Body exotic beast and burrowed underground; the middle-aged Daoist nun realized they had picked the wrong person and followed it below.

Shi Yue successfully tamed the Exotic Fire, then used it to slaughter a herd of Green Scaled Rhinoceroses. He pursued the fleeing rhinoceros king into a small valley.

• Shi Yue bound the crimson phoenix with red chains and used his Essence Blood to tame it as an Exotic Fire.
• Shi Yue released the Exotic Fire near the volcano, where it absorbed flames and recovered its strength.
• Shi Yue left Palm Heaven Space, fed the Snow Cloud Sable a spirit herb, and followed it into the forest.
• A middle-aged Daoist nun pursued a concealed strange beast, then flew toward distant explosions in the opposite direction.
• Shi Yue sent the Exotic Fire onto his Li Fire Swords and used the flaming giant sword to kill the Green Scaled Rhinoceroses, sparing their horns.
• The Green Scaled Rhinoceros King fled toward a small valley, and Shi Yue collected the herd's carcasses before chasing it.

Shi Yue defeated the Green Scaled Rhinoceros King and subdued a wounded fifth-level demonic beast with a petrification ability, then prepared to refine his Beast Taming Bracelet. Elsewhere, Li Da killed two men who attacked him and began harvesting a grove of valuable Red Spirit Bamboo.

• Shi Yue killed the Green Scaled Rhinoceros King and discovered a wounded fifth-level demonic beast disguised as a Yellow Giant Stone.
• The beast petrified Shi Yue’s Silver Lightning and Spirit Artifacts, but Shi Yue wounded it with a Red Sword Qi until it submitted.
• Shi Yue captured the beast in a Spirit Beast Bag, collected several drops of its Essence Blood, and took out his Beast Taming Bracelet to refine it.
• Li Da’s Puppet Beasts and Bow and Arrow Puppets overwhelmed two men who had demanded he surrender his Storage Bag.
• Li Da killed the two men, took their Storage Bags, and began chopping down the grove of Red Spirit Bamboo.

Sheng Dong killed two cultivators while searching for the Soul-Reclaiming Grass, and Shi Yue refined the Beast Taming Bracelet and subdued the strange beast. The next morning, Shi Yue found a five-hundred-year-old Night Silver Flower and met Wang Feng, who challenged him to a spar.

• Sheng Dong killed a blue-robed youth and his companion with green flying needles, then took their valuables and left.
• Shi Yue refined the Beast Taming Bracelet and used the strange beast's Essence Blood to bind it to the bracelet.
• Shi Yue tested the bracelet, fed the intelligent strange beast Spirit Herbs, and learned it could summon Five-Colored Spirit Light.
• Shi Yue left Palm Heaven Space, fed the Snow Cloud Sable, and followed it into a forest to search for Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue and Wang Feng arrived at a five-hundred-year-old Night Silver Flower, and Wang Feng introduced himself as Qin Yang's senior brother and challenged Shi Yue to spar.

Shi Yue defeated Wang Feng in a contest of strength and claimed the Night Silver Flower, then followed the Snow Cloud Sable. Elsewhere, Chen Shaoming forced a Giant Crow to submit and attacked a passing Daoist nun.

• Shi Yue and Wang Feng settled their dispute over the Night Silver Flower with one punch, and Shi Yue narrowly won.
• Wang Feng gave Shi Yue the Night Silver Flower and flew away after inviting him to fight again later.
• Shi Yue killed an underground demonic insect with the Azure Luan Sword, dug up the Night Silver Flower, and rewarded the Snow Cloud Sable with two Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs.
• Chen Shaoming subdued the wounded Giant Crow with Blood-colored Runes and recalled the Crimson Giant Python in its Red Round Bead form.
• Chen Shaoming demanded the middle-aged Daoist nun's Storage Bag, then attacked her with the Red Round Bead when she refused.

Chen Shaoming killed a middle-aged Daoist nun and obtained a piece of seven-hundred-year-old Fire Coral Spirit Wood. Qu Feiyan revealed her Core Formation Late Stage strength and attacked a lecherous old man in blue robes with powerful magical beasts.

• Chen Shaoming used his sword pill to destroy the middle-aged Daoist nun's pagoda and kill her, then took her Green Storage Bag.
• Chen Shaoming discovered a piece of seven-hundred-year-old Fire Coral Spirit Wood in the bag and flew away on his Giant Crow.
• Qu Feiyan used her Black Ancient Qin and Black Mirror to kill a Black Flood Dragon battling a Golden Flood Dragon beside a black lotus.
• An old man in blue robes arrived and propositioned Qu Feiyan, who revealed her Core Formation Late Stage cultivation and summoned a black butterfly and two Azure Flood Dragons.
• The Azure Flood Dragons destroyed the old man's blue serpents and damaged his flying knives before lunging at him again.

Qu Feiyan killed a blue-robed elder and continued searching the secret realm for the Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus. Meanwhile, Shi Yue encountered a swarm of Green Lightning Bees, whose powerful lightning attacks overwhelmed his Spirit Devouring Bees.

• Qu Feiyan used her black flute to distract the blue-robed elder, and her Azure Flood Dragons tore him apart.
• Qu Feiyan returned the Azure Flood Dragons to her Green Token, weakened her aura, and flew away to conserve her lifespan while searching for the lotus.
• Elder Bai ordered Li Liang and the other cultivators to split up and search the secret realm while keeping their main objective in mind.
• Shi Yue followed the Snow Cloud Sable through the forest after it led him toward a promising Spirit Herb.
• Green Lightning Bees wiped out a swarm of Mysterious Ice Moths and then attacked Shi Yue, killing hundreds of his Spirit Devouring Bees with their lightning.

Shi Yue used the Spirit Devouring Bees to defeat the Green Lightning Bees and kill their mutated Queen Bee, though many of his bees died. He followed the Snow Cloud Sable to a cave, where a strange roar left him unable to use his magic power.

• Shi Yue lured the Green Lightning Bees with Spirit Honey and held off their attacks behind the Blue Cloud Umbrella's shield.
• Shi Yue used a Black Bell to stun the swarm, then sent his Spirit Devouring Bees to fight it.
• The Spirit Devouring Bees overwhelmed the depleted Green Lightning Bees and killed the Queen Bee, but more than half of Shi Yue's bees died.
• Shi Yue followed the Snow Cloud Sable to a pitch-black cave and noticed footprints outside it.
• A boom and strange roar came from the cave, and Shi Yue found he could no longer use his magic power.

Shi Yue discovered a Level Five Yellow Giant Rat guarding three thousand-year-old Underworld Infant Fruits and retreated to prepare for a fight. After healing the Elk Beast and making puppets, he returned to the cave at dawn and began sneaking toward the sleeping rat.

• Shi Yue found the Yellow Giant Rat and three Underworld Infant Fruits in its cave, but fled after the rat detected him and attacked with its roar and bristles.
• Shi Yue decided to wait until the injured beast recovered, named it Elk Beast, and fed it five five-hundred-year-old Spirit Herbs before bringing it into Palm Heaven Space.
• Shi Yue spent a month healing the Elk Beast with more Spirit Herbs and refining three Level Three puppets and dozens of Level Two puppets.
• Shi Yue returned to the rat’s cave at dawn, covered himself in Hidden Spirit Liquid, and entered while the Yellow Giant Rat slept beneath the fruit tree.

Shi Yue picked an Underworld Infant Fruit and fought the awakened Yellow Giant Rat with his puppets, swords, lightning, and Elk Beast. He wounded the rat and cracked its armor, but the battle continued with the rat engulfed in flames.

• Shi Yue stealthily approached the Underworld Infant Fruit tree and picked one fruit, waking the Yellow Giant Rat.
• The Yellow Giant Rat exposed Shi Yue with its roar and attacked him with bristles, but he escaped and unleashed his puppets, Elk Beast, swords, and lightning.
• The rat raised an earth wall and armor to withstand Shi Yue’s attacks, then roared and lunged at him.
• The Elk Beast petrified the rat’s paw, and Shi Yue’s arrows shattered it before he and the Elk Beast attacked again.
• Shi Yue’s Red Long Rainbow struck the Yellow Giant Rat and cracked its armor, while flames spread across its body.

Shi Yue and his spirit beasts killed a Level Five Yellow Giant Rat and claimed the Underworld Infant Fruits. After consuming the fruits, Shi Yue advanced to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

• Shi Yue, Black Phoenix, and the Elk Beast joined forces to kill the Yellow Giant Rat, with the Elk Beast petrifying its head and Shi Yue finishing it with his sword and lightning.
• Shi Yue reclaimed the Exotic Fire and stored the rat’s corpse, while the Elk Beast swallowed the beast’s valuable core.
• Shi Yue fed pieces of an Underworld Infant Fruit to Black Phoenix and the Elk Beast, then ate one himself but only advanced to the brink of the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Shi Yue shared the final Underworld Infant Fruit with the Snow Cloud Sable and ate the other half as the fruit tree withered.
• Shi Yue refined the fruit’s spiritual energy and successfully advanced to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, greatly strengthening his magical power and spiritual sense.

Shi Yue explored a secret realm, fought several demonic insects, and gathered spirit herbs before discovering valuable Bamboo Rice growing atop a remarkably durable black spirit bamboo. As he tested the bamboo’s defenses, a Core Formation Realm Gray Strange Insect attacked him.

• Shi Yue put the sleeping Snow Cloud Sable into Palm Heaven Space, recalled his Puppet Beasts, and flew into a forest.
• Shi Yue killed a giant earthworm with his swords and Red Firebird, then fought other spirit insects and collected more than a dozen spirit herbs.
• Shi Yue found three grains of Bamboo Rice on a thick black spirit bamboo and discovered that his combined swords barely scratched it.
• A Core Formation Realm Gray Strange Insect ambushed Shi Yue with Gray Wind Blades, and his Two-Colored Giant Sword left only a faint mark on its body.

Shi Yue defeated a Level Five yao insect, harvested a Thousand-Year Spirit Bamboo, and continued across the grassland while practicing with his puppets. Elsewhere, Qu Feiyan found a Thousand-Year Flamecloud Ginseng and set out to find a powerful ally to help search for the Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.

• Shi Yue used the Elk Beast’s Petrification Divine Ability and his lightning and sword attacks to kill the giant spider, then collected its inner core.
• Shi Yue cut down and stored the Thousand-Year Spirit Bamboo, fed the Elk Beast a black fruit, and continued onward on a giant wolf puppet.
• Qu Feiyan emerged from a cave with a Thousand-Year Flamecloud Ginseng and decided to seek a powerful ally to help find the Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.
• Shi Yue shielded himself from a pack of red yao wolves’ fireballs with the Blue Cloud Umbrella and sent his Puppet Beasts to fight them for practice.

Shi Yue defeated a pack of red demon wolves with his Puppet Beasts, then faced the tall, thin old man who had arrived to kill him. The old man’s attacks met Shi Yue’s Exotic Fire and Level Five Elk Beast, and the chapter ended as the Elk Beast used its petrifying light against two Golden Short Swords.

• Shi Yue’s Puppet Beasts killed the wolf king and slaughtered the remaining red demon wolves, losing five puppets.
• A tall, thin old man arrived, recognized Shi Yue, and attacked him with golden magic.
• Shi Yue melted the Golden Cage with his Exotic Fire and used the resulting Crimson Phoenix to confront the old man’s Golden Giant Hand.
• Shi Yue summoned the Elk Beast, which petrified three Green Flying Daggers while Shi Yue blocked a golden attack with the Azure Dragon Sword.
• The old man sent two Golden Short Swords at the charging Elk Beast, which enveloped them in yellow light from its third eye.

Qu Feiyan helped Shi Yue defeat the tall, thin old man, then tried to persuade him to join her in searching for Spirit Herbs. She offered him a rare Dragon-Shaped Seed, which she identified as the seed of the Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Fruit, leaving Shi Yue excited by its value.

• The Elk Beast escaped the tall, thin old man's talisman screen, killed him, and turned him to stone before the Red Giant Sword shattered the statue.
• Qu Feiyan arrived and greeted Shi Yue, then remarked on the Elk Beast's Five-Colored Divine Light and its potential to ignore Five Elements restrictions.
• Qu Feiyan proposed that she and Shi Yue search for Spirit Herbs together, but Shi Yue repeatedly refused because he preferred to work alone and wanted to keep the Heaven Controlling Bead secret.
• Qu Feiyan offered to take only the Thousand-Year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus and described her secret technique for finding old Spirit Herbs, but Shi Yue still declined.
• Shi Yue said he might agree for exceptionally rare spirit plants, so Qu Feiyan gave him a black wooden box containing a dragon-shaped seed.
• Qu Feiyan identified the seed as the Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Fruit, and Shi Yue recognized its value for lightning cultivators and artifact refining.

Shi Yue agreed to join forces with Fairy Qu to search for High-Grade Spirit Herbs, hoping to cultivate Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Fruit. They found a cave guarded by a Level Five Lion Tiger Beast, and the chapter left them beginning their attack on it.

• Shi Yue agreed to work with Fairy Qu and asked her to use her secret art to locate High-Grade Spirit Herbs.
• Fairy Qu sent out Black Butterflies and found herbs in a cave thirty li away, guarded by a Level Five Lion Tiger Beast.
• Fairy Qu and Shi Yue flew east, fought off and killed hundreds of attacking Black Crows, and Shi Yue collected their bodies.
• Fairy Qu and Shi Yue entered the cave and found a Lion Tiger Beast guarding several jade-green grasses.
• The Lion Tiger Beast attacked with fireballs and lightning; Shi Yue summoned his Elk Beast and prepared a flaming Red Giant Sword while Fairy Qu attacked with her Black Ancient Qin.

Shi Yue and Fairy Qu fought the Lion Tiger Beast and killed it with help from the Elk Beast. After sharing the spoils, Fairy Qu gave Shi Yue a recipe for a pill that could strengthen his lightning arts.

• Shi Yue and Fairy Qu attacked the Lion Tiger Beast with weapons, puppets, lightning, and sonic waves, while the Elk Beast joined the battle.
• The Lion Tiger Beast broke free from Fairy Qu's Black Lotus Mirror, but the Elk Beast petrified it and Shi Yue shattered its stone body with the Red Giant Sword.
• Fairy Qu offered Shi Yue the Green Reed Grass and the beast's corpse, but he proposed that she take them and keep only the demon core for himself.
• Fairy Qu agreed to Shi Yue's offer and gave him a jade slip containing the Thunder Gang Pill recipe.

Shi Yue learned that the Thunder Gang Pill could aid Lightning Cultivators, while two cultivators discovered Tian Miao Peak and its imposing Red Palace in a snowy secret realm. After testing the mountain’s defenses, they prepared to climb its ice-covered steps despite the dangerous cold.

• Shi Yue examined Qu Feiyan’s Jade Slip and learned the Thunder Gang Pill’s ingredients and uses.
• A middle-aged man and an old woman found a Red Palace atop a peak after pursuing a three-legged ice crane.
• The two cultivators discovered the stele naming the peak Tian Miao Peak and found that an Anti-flight Restriction forced them to land.
• Their paper crane and Humanoid Puppet froze on the steps, while their attempts to approach from the sides destroyed their summoned creatures.
• The old woman proposed using her Fire Cloud Pearl and Spirit Shields to climb the steps, though she worried about triggering further restrictions.

A middle-aged man and an old woman in green robes tried to climb Tian Miao Peak to reach its palace, but its icy force and Gravity Restriction stopped them. After their attacks failed to damage the steps, four White Centipedes ambushed and killed them.

• The middle-aged man sent his Blazing Flame Rhinoceros ahead, then fed it a Blood Soul Pill to strengthen it as it climbed the icy steps.
• The middle-aged man and the old woman in green robes continued on foot but were slowed by the increasingly powerful Gravity Restriction.
• The two returned down the steps and tried to break the restriction with the middle-aged man's yellow trident and the old woman's Red Round Bead, but the stone steps remained unharmed.
• Four White Centipedes emerged from the snow, froze the middle-aged man and the old woman in green robes, and shattered and devoured them.
• The White Centipedes disappeared into the snow, and thick snowfall soon covered the stone tablet at the foot of Tian Miao Peak.