Chapter Summaries

Hanyu caught Ji Maodan and Ling Wuce swallowing saliva-made White Lotus flowers, then asked them to contact Quan Xiaotong. Meanwhile, Soul Chaser threatened to sabotage Liu Zongyuan’s secret trip until Liu Zongyuan admitted he was going to the Central Continent to get his injuries treated.

• Ji Maodan created and swallowed White Lotus flowers when he felt Ling Wuce eating them and transferring his injuries.
• Hanyu caught Ji Maodan swallowing a White Lotus and asked him to contact Quan Xiaotong.
• Hanyu walked in as Ling Wuce swallowed another White Lotus, leaving both men embarrassed.
• Soul Chaser confronted Liu Zongyuan about following him to the Central Continent and briefly threatened to kill him.
• Soul Chaser withdrew his killing intent but insisted on learning Liu Zongyuan’s reason for traveling.
• Liu Zongyuan admitted he was going to the Central Continent to find someone to treat his injuries.

Hanyu collected three fortune cultivators in New Haishi City so the Artifact Spirit could try to shape a body. Meanwhile, Soul Chaser followed the injured Liu Zongyuan to the Central Continent, determined to witness the humiliating healing method that could restore him.

• Ling Wuce led Hanyu to the fortune cultivators Quan Xiaotong had arranged, and Hanyu selected three to take to the Prefectural Yamen.
• The Artifact Spirit refined the pills and eagerly prepared to shape a body, while Hanyu warned it to keep its promises if it became powerful.
• Soul Chaser continued following Liu Zongyuan toward the Central Continent after learning that someone there could instantly heal injuries.
• Liu Zongyuan pleaded with Soul Chaser to leave him alone, but Soul Chaser guessed the healing method was humiliating and insisted on seeing it.
• Soul Chaser gained a little insight into the Dao as they reached the Central Continent, then persuaded Liu Zongyuan that recovering quickly could protect him from becoming the Yanluo Hall's weak link.

Liu Zongyuan abducted Ji Maodan to confront him about their past, while Hanyu continued feeding luck to the Artifact Spirit in hopes of helping it form a body. After several days, the Artifact Spirit still remained just short of succeeding, leaving Hanyu with one final attempt planned for the next day.

• Ji Maodan wandered around New Haishi City in fear until Liu Zongyuan seized him and brought him to Soul Chaser.
• Ji Maodan fainted at the sight of Soul Chaser, then woke and begged Liu Zongyuan to spare him, offering to return the vine.
• Liu Zongyuan insisted he had not come for the vine, but took Ji Maodan away when Soul Chaser refused to leave them alone.
• Hanyu had the Artifact Spirit consume the luck gained from three Hexi Pills, but it still failed to form a body.
• Hanyu gave the Artifact Spirit more luck over the next two days, but it continued to say it was just short, so Hanyu resolved to make one final attempt the following day.

Hanyu and the Artifact Spirit failed to awaken the artifact with fortune and sought advice from the Wood Spirit. Meanwhile, Liu Zongyuan brought Ji Maodan back toward Haishi City while Soul Chaser relentlessly followed, and Liu demanded the three White Lotuses Ji Maodan owed him.

• Hanyu found that the Hexi Pill had no effect and worried that more fortune might not help the Artifact Spirit.
• Hanyu realized the Wood Spirit might know what the Artifact Spirit was missing and went to ask it for help.
• Qing Wan told Hanyu that the Wood Spirit had hidden because it feared Soul Split and a Taoist who had captured the town warden.
• Liu Zongyuan returned near Haishi City with Ji Maodan while Soul Chaser followed, insisting on watching Liu treat him.
• Liu Zongyuan demanded that Ji Maodan hand over the three White Lotuses he owed him, leaving Soul Chaser stunned by what Ji Maodan did next.

Ji Maodan revealed that his White Lotuses could heal injuries by transferring Liu Zongyuan’s wounds to himself, then healing himself by eating them. Soul Chaser learned how the ability worked and threatened to spread the embarrassing story as he left for the Endless Sea Domain.

• Ji Maodan spat out three White Lotuses in front of Liu Zongyuan and Soul Chaser, leaving Liu Zongyuan mortified.
• Soul Chaser took the White Lotuses and pressed Ji Maodan to explain how to use them, so Liu Zongyuan swallowed them to keep the secret.
• Ji Maodan vomited blood, produced more White Lotuses, and healed himself by eating them as Liu Zongyuan’s injuries transferred to him.
• Liu Zongyuan swallowed more White Lotuses, and Ji Maodan healed him until most of his injuries were gone.
• Liu Zongyuan warned Soul Chaser that Hanyu had given Ji Maodan his ability, and Soul Chaser said his Spiritual Treasure Body made him immune to medicine.
• Soul Chaser agreed to leave for the Endless Sea Domain but threatened to spread the story of Liu Zongyuan eating spit.

Hanyu asked the Wood Spirit how spirit bodies formed, hoping its experience could help the Artifact Spirit take shape. The Artifact Spirit tried entering the Glazed Bottle and vanished into mist, then reappeared with a girl’s head bearing twin tails.

• Hanyu asked the Wood Spirit about its birth, and Qing Wan explained that its consciousness gradually grew within its true form before separating and becoming a spirit body.
• The Artifact Spirit suggested that it needed to feel independent and proposed taking shape inside the Glazed Bottle.
• Hanyu gave the Artifact Spirit authority, and it climbed into the Glazed Bottle to try its idea.
• Mist filled the bottle, cutting off the Artifact Spirit’s cries and leaving Hanyu worried it had been harmed.
• After more than half a day, the Artifact Spirit laughed from the mist and emerged with a small head bearing twin tails, leaving Hanyu stunned.

Hanyu discovered that his Artifact Spirit had gained a complete childlike form and could leave his Sea of Consciousness, though it had no new abilities beyond that. The spirit’s attempts to enter the Glazed Bottle failed repeatedly, leaving it pleading to look inside from outside.

• Hanyu reentered his Sea of Consciousness and found the Artifact Spirit wearing twin ponytails and playing with its exposed Jiujiu, then learned the bottle had tied its hair that way as a prank.
• The Artifact Spirit confirmed it was male, put on tiny clothes resembling Hanyu’s, and revealed no new abilities beyond its completed form.
• The Artifact Spirit discovered it could leave Hanyu’s Sea of Consciousness, flew around the forest, and returned when Hanyu ordered it to avoid attracting attention.
• Hanyu watched the Artifact Spirit try to enter the Glazed Bottle, but the bottle repeatedly spat it out and swatted it away.
• The dusty Artifact Spirit gave up forcing its way in and asked the Glazed Bottle to let it look from outside.

Hanyu and the Artifact Spirit discovered that the bottle still rejected the spirit, leaving it with little more than the ability to leave its vessel. Meanwhile, Liu Zongyuan and Soul Chaser arrived in Haishi City with Ji Maodan, and Soul Chaser insisted that he had come to find Hanyu as Ling Wuce mistook him for a threat.

• Hanyu told the dejected Artifact Spirit that it could come out when no one was around, and they agreed to investigate its abilities later.
• Liu Zongyuan and Soul Chaser followed Ji Maodan to Haishi City, where Soul Chaser said he had come specifically to find Hanyu.
• Ling Wuce recognized Liu Zongyuan and panicked when he saw Soul Chaser, while Ji Maodan pleaded for help.
• Liu Zongyuan gave Ji Maodan a vine and asked him to heal his injuries over the next few days, and Ling Wuce urged Ji Maodan to accept the deal.
• Soul Chaser asked Ling Wuce to help him find Hanyu, but Ling Wuce misread his intentions as Liu Zongyuan stayed silent and let the misunderstanding grow.
• Liu Zongyuan declared that he no longer cared about his reputation, and Ling Wuce solemnly claimed he believed Soul Chaser had come only to find Hanyu.

Hanyu learned that Soul Chaser wanted to cooperate by selling Yanluo Hall’s arrangements in the Central Continent, while Soul Split’s clones asked for help dealing with the defector. The chapter left Xin Zhui and the others rushing to respond after Doctor discovered that the Heavenly Dao Sect was capturing a Heart Demon.

• Hanyu arrived to find Soul Chaser arguing with Ling Wuce, and Soul Chaser begged him to listen to a business proposal instead of attacking.
• Soul Chaser offered to reveal Yanluo Hall’s arrangements in the Central Continent, and Ling Wuce insisted Hanyu would agree to cooperate.
• Soul Split’s six clones told Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin that one clone had defected and become Soul Chaser, then asked them to uphold justice.
• Xin Yin and Wu Yin told the clones to deal with Soul Chaser themselves, refusing to divert attention from their search for Heart Demons.
• Doctor announced that the group had found a Heart Demon in the northwest, then warned that the Heavenly Dao Sect was capturing it.

Wang Xingzhi’s group captured a weak Heart Demon, while Xin Zhui and the others realized it likely belonged to Gu Feng or Doctor and continued searching. In Central Continent, Soul Chaser negotiated refuge with Quan Xiaotong and Hanyu, securing Hanyu’s help against Yanluo Hall and leaving both sides convinced they had gained the advantage.

• Wang Xingzhi and the Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators captured a weak Heart Demon after spotting one of Doctor’s puppets, then escaped before Gu Feng, Doctor, and Wu Yin arrived.
• Wu Yin concluded the Heart Demon likely belonged to Gu Feng or Doctor, and Xin Zhui ordered the group to keep searching before the Heavenly Dao Sect captured more of them.
• Ling Wuce brought Hanyu to the Prefectural Yamen, where Quan Xiaotong arrived to hear Soul Chaser’s offer of information.
• Soul Chaser asked to take refuge in Central Continent and wanted its people to help him deal with Yanluo Hall’s pursuers, or let him lead those pursuers to them.
• Hanyu agreed to protect Soul Chaser, believing anyone who could escape him would not be a threat, while Soul Chaser hoped Hanyu would draw Yanluo Hall’s attention away from him.

Soul Chaser revealed that Yanluo Hall had orchestrated mass slaughters and spread monsters as part of a grand array surrounding the Central Continent, though he did not know its purpose. He warned that Yanluo Hall’s fallen members would be replaced and that the Central Continent was too weak to resist, leaving Hanyu as the only partner he considered viable.

• Soul Chaser admitted that Soul Split had helped wipe out factions that uncovered Yanluo Hall, and explained that Yanluo Hall could make people forget the dead.
• Soul Chaser explained that the massacres in Qingzhou Prefecture and Dongling City harvested cultivators’ vitality, essence, and spirit to create Dragon Blood Stones and other products.
• Soul Chaser revealed that Yanluo Hall had also spread Beastmaking to prevent the Central Continent from being completely annihilated.
• Soul Chaser said the locations where Soul Split released monsters were array nodes, and that deaths caused by the righteous and evil war had helped fill a grand array surrounding the Central Continent.
• Soul Chaser warned that Yanluo Hall’s five lost members would soon be replaced and said the Central Continent lacked the strength to resist.
• Soul Chaser said only Hanyu could be his partner, since reaching the Divine Platform Realm was the bare minimum for taking part in the larger conflict.

Hanyu agreed to work with Soul Chaser after learning Yanluo Hall would inevitably target him, while Quan Xiaotong offered fortune cultivators and sought Soul Chaser’s help advancing the Nine Sects. The group parted to pursue their plans, and Soul Chaser explained his choice to Liu Zongyuan.

• Soul Chaser warned Hanyu that Yanluo Hall would pursue him because his cultivation path combined a powerful body with multiple divine abilities.
• Quan Xiaotong offered Hanyu sixty years’ worth of fine wine, and Hanyu agreed to work with Soul Chaser.
• Quan Xiaotong admitted he had exaggerated how many fortune cultivators he could provide, while Hanyu urged him to prepare to sell everything he owned.
• Quan Xiaotong said he wanted Soul Chaser’s guidance to help manufacture Divine Platform Realm cultivators, then left with Ling Wuce to consult the Nine Sects’ elders.
• Hanyu departed to handle an important matter, and Soul Chaser told Liu Zongyuan he chose to cooperate with Hanyu because he could not beat his enemies.

Hanyu traded Qing Wan a Step-by-Step Flower Blooming Pill, and Wood Spirit agreed to raise his Wood Element Supernatural Power to the Divine Connection stage in return. Meanwhile, the Holy Cult sent five powerful figures through Yanluo Hall’s palace, leaving Liu Zongyuan to realize the Heavenly Dao Sect faced a new threat.

• Hanyu tried to persuade Qing Wan to take the pill, but Wood Spirit questioned whether its side effect could be removed.
• Wood Spirit agreed to accept the pill and repay Hanyu by raising his Wood Element Supernatural Power to the Divine Connection stage.
• Qing Wan took the pill and ran across the mountains as flowers bloomed beneath her feet, while Wood Spirit collapsed from the effort of helping Hanyu.
• Soul Chaser warned Liu Zongyuan that the Heavenly Dao Sect was doomed, and Liu Zongyuan suspected Yanluo Hall had undergone another change.
• Soul Split and his six remaining clones knelt as the lord who had sent him a thousand years earlier emerged from the palace with four other powerful figures.

Yanluo Hall sent the Jadeite Five Envoys to the Endless Sea Domain to target Hanyu and destroy Heavenly Dao Sect’s arrangements, leaving Liu Zongyuan rushing back to warn his allies. Soul Chaser urged Hanyu to seek Heavenly Dao Sect’s help and find a way to make Yanluo Hall suffer another setback.

• Soul Chaser identified Lei Wang, Zui Rong, Shang Di, Bian Zhuang, and Granny Qiao as Yanluo Hall’s Jadeite Five Envoys and learned they intended to destroy Heavenly Dao Sect’s arrangements and capture Hanyu.
• Liu Zongyuan hurried his recovery by consuming Ji Maodan’s White Lotus, then rushed back to the Endless Sea Domain to warn Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Hanyu returned and learned from Soul Chaser that the five envoys threatened both Heavenly Dao Sect and himself.
• Soul Chaser argued that Hanyu should cooperate with Heavenly Dao Sect and try to make Yanluo Hall suffer another setback, as he had done to Xin Zhui and the others.

Hanyu sought Quan Xiaotong’s support after Soul Chaser warned that Yanluo Hall’s five powerful envoys would make him a target. The Jadeite Five Envoys ordered their followers to gather and prepare to eradicate the Heavenly Dao Sect’s presence, signaling that Yanluo Hall’s major move was beginning.

• Hanyu consulted the Artifact Spirit and decided to visit Quan Xiaotong because Yanluo Hall’s plans were tied to the Central Continent.
• Quan Xiaotong and Ling Wuce discussed Yanluo Hall’s formation around the Central Continent and its long-running scheme to raise and exploit it.
• Soul Chaser disappeared after sending Hanyu to seek help, while the Artifact Spirit pointed out that he had fled to protect himself.
• Soul Split’s incarnations told Xin Zhui and the others that the five envoys had arrived and ordered them to attend to business.
• Xin Zhui and the others reported their failures to Lei Wang, who heard how Hanyu’s elixir had caused their heart demons and loss of strength.
• Lei Wang refused to target Hanyu for now and ordered everyone to gather so the Jadeite Five Envoys could eradicate the Heavenly Dao Sect’s forces.

Xin Zhui exposed Soul Split's betrayal, and Lei Wang ordered him to resolve it by killing Soul Chaser or sacrificing his six clones. As Yanluo Hall's five powerful envoys threatened the Heavenly Dao Sect, Hanyu decided to consider going to the Endless Sea Domain to help its allies with pills.

• Xin Zhui accused Soul Split of betraying the Holy Cult and exposing its plans to the Heavenly Dao Sect through Soul Chaser.
• Lei Wang told Soul Split to kill Soul Chaser or lose his six clones, and ordered him to settle the matter before Lei Wang dealt with the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Liu Zongyuan warned the Heavenly Dao Sect that five powerful Yanluo Hall experts had arrived, so Wang Xingzhi buried the heart demon and returned with him to the pocket dimension.
• The voice in the main hall recognized Lei Wang, Zui Rong, Shang Di, Granny Qiao, and Bian Zhuang, then sent Wang Xingzhi and Liu Zongyuan outside while urgently seeking help for its subordinates.
• Hanyu considered heading to the Endless Sea Domain and giving strength-boosting pills to the Heavenly Dao Sect rather than confronting Yanluo Hall directly.

Wang Xingzhi and Liu Zongyuan welcomed five Heavenly Dao Sect envoys, who confronted Lei Wang and the Jadeite Five Envoys as both sides launched into battle. Meanwhile, Hanyu returned to the barren island, dug up a clone and a heart demon, and then felt the island shake from a disturbance to the west.

• Five Heavenly Dao Sect envoys descended into the main hall, and Wang Xingzhi welcomed them.
• The lead envoy, Su Xiaoxiao, recognized Lei Wang's group as old rivals and decided to fight them.
• Su Xiaoxiao and Lei Wang attacked each other over the sea as the remaining experts on both sides clashed.
• Hanyu returned to the barren island, dug up a muddy clone, and covered the pit with soil and weeds.
• Hanyu found a heart demon in the second pit and stripped away its energy until it vanished.
• A powerful disturbance rumbled from the west and shook the barren island.

Hanyu watched a distant battle before stepping in to rescue Liu Zongyuan from Gu Feng and Doctor. He countered Doctor’s puppet army with his Water Supernatural Power, leaving both Yanluo Hall fighters fleeing as eighteen Azure Dragons pursued them.

• Hanyu sensed the overwhelming battle nearby and saw Liu Zongyuan fighting Gu Feng and Doctor after the shock waves scattered the fighters.
• Liu Zongyuan’s Star River attack struck himself, and Gu Feng and Doctor drove him underwater and bound him with giant puppets.
• Hanyu appeared behind Gu Feng and Doctor, then survived their puppets’ combined attack without injury.
• Hanyu summoned whirlpools that swept away Doctor’s puppets, using his Water Supernatural Power against them.
• Gu Feng and Doctor fled in opposite directions, and Hanyu sent eighteen Azure Dragons after them.

Hanyu captured Gu Feng and Doctor and sealed them in an earthen cell, intending to exchange them for a reward. Meanwhile, the weakened Yanluo Hall fighters struggled against the Heavenly Dao Sect, and eighteen figures emerged from an underwater palace and flew toward the Central Continent.

• Hanyu defeated Gu Feng and Doctor with eighteen Azure Dragons, leaving Liu Zongyuan stunned that all ten members of Yanluo Hall had fallen to him.
• Hanyu said he planned to exchange Gu Feng and Doctor for a reward, while the Artifact Spirit warned that Quan Xiaotong might only incur more debt.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin struggled against the Heavenly Dao Sect after their strength was halved, while Su Xiaoxiao failed to land a hit on the evasive Lei Wang.
• Eighteen figures emerged from a palace beneath the sea and flew toward the Central Continent as the battle continued.
• Hanyu stripped Gu Feng and Doctor of their remaining power, broke their limbs, and sealed them in an earthen cell wrapped in vines.

Hanyu ambushed a Divine Platform cultivator heading toward the Central Continent, only to draw the attention of seventeen Yanluo Hall cultivators. They overwhelmed Hanyu and Liu Zongyuan with a combined assault, and Hanyu prepared to fight back as ghost hands tormented him.

• Hanyu used the bottle’s mist to conceal himself, then punched an approaching Divine Platform cultivator in the kidneys and knocked him unconscious.
• Seventeen cultivators arrived, spotted Hanyu holding their companion, and attacked after concluding their plan had been exposed.
• Liu Zongyuan shouted for Hanyu to run, drawing several attackers who pinned him with a shadow and a ghostly hand.
• Hanyu struggled against the cultivators’ hail, binding flower petals, and ghost hands, then lost his patience when one reached toward his lower regions.