Recaps

Yang Zhengshan exiled the demon evils, sealed the White Bone Jade Crown, and declined to interfere in the Struggle for Authority, then left the Myriad Flower Domain to seek a better realm boundary. After nearly a century of travel, he found a world rich in spiritual energy and Dao Resonance and brought Yu Qingyi, Zhongli Xiayi, and Dragon Princess there to begin a new life.

• Yang Zhengshan threw the demon evils into the depths of the Great Void and sealed White Bone and Jade Crown within the White Bone Jade Crown Spirit Treasure.
• Yang Zhengshan told Wan Hong and the others that White Jade Capital would not participate in the Struggle for Authority, and he left the Position of Authority for them to contest.
• Ten years later, Yang Zhengshan told Yu Qingyi he intended to leave the Myriad Flower Domain with her, and Heavenly Sword True Monarch became the Lord of Authority.
• A hundred years later, Yang Zhengshan departed the Myriad Flower Domain with those who chose to follow him, while members of the Great An Dynasty remained behind.
• Yang Zhengshan explored many realm boundaries and eventually found one rich in spiritual energy and Dao Resonance.
• Yang Zhengshan brought Yu Qingyi, Zhongli Xiayi, and Dragon Princess to the new realm boundary and declared that they would make their home there.

Yang Zhengshan fought the Tianxian Dao Master while the White Bone Jade Crown demons and Wan Hong watched, then revealed the Life Realm Immortal Palace as his decisive advantage. He sealed the Tianxian Dao Master inside one of its Great Void Twelve Golden Crystal Lotuses, leaving the former Lord of Authority trapped and facing eventual dissolution.

• Wan Hong warned Jade Crown and White Bone that harming the Tianxian Dao Master's relatives could provoke Yang Zhengshan, so Jade Crown called the demons and devils back while the battle's outcome remained uncertain.
• Yang Zhengshan and the Tianxian Dao Master fought for a day and night, trading Death Qi and chaotic Dao Intent until Yang Zhengshan realized the battle threatened his Dao body's foundation.
• The Tianxian Dao Master offered to yield the Myriad Flower Domain if Yang Zhengshan let him seize the Position of Authority, but Yang Zhengshan refused and revealed the Life Realm Immortal Palace's twelve golden lotuses.
• Yang Zhengshan used a golden lotus to seal the Tianxian Dao Master inside one of its petals, where the Spirit Treasure would eventually wear him down into spiritual qi and Dao Resonance.

Yang Zhengshan confronted Tianxian Dao Master to stop him from killing Wan Hong and the others, then fought him to test his newly achieved Dao Realm. Their battle left Tianxian Dao Master’s mastery of Authority pressing Yang Zhengshan, while White Bone and the Jade Crown realized Tianxian was nearing the end of his control over the Position of Authority.

• Tianxian Dao Master arrived and admitted he intended to kill Wan Hong and the others because they threatened his hold over the Position of Authority, but Yang Zhengshan refused to let him harm his friends.
• Yang Zhengshan challenged Tianxian Dao Master, who drew his saber and struck; Yang Zhengshan revealed that the Way of Void and Reality let him turn intangible and evade the attack.
• Tianxian Dao Master unleashed the Power of Authority through his saber, and Yang Zhengshan realized it encompassed the Great Dao’s many laws while his own Dao Realm focused on a singular path.
• Yang Zhengshan transformed the Evergreen Fly Whisk into a spear and continued fighting Tianxian Dao Master, struggling against his opponent’s Authority despite using the Way of Void and Reality.
• White Bone and the Jade Crown watched the battle and recognized that Tianxian Dao Master was nearing the end of his ability to control the Position of Authority, while both sides paused their own conflict to observe.

Yang Zhengshan arrived at Nameless Island and revealed that he had entered the Dao Realm, rescuing Zhongli Xiayi and sealing White Bone and Jade Crown. As the gathered cultivators asked him about entering the Dao, he sensed a hidden presence flying out of the Land of Reincarnation.

• The cultivators learned from Zhongli Yue that the Demon Evils could only be exiled into Great Void, then joined together to search for them.
• Jade Crown endured Heavenly Sword True Monarch's attacks while White Bone and Jade Crown gained the upper hand against the exhausted defenders, and Jade Crown seized Zhongli Xiayi.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared, freed Zhongli Xiayi, and told Jade Crown that he had sealed it using the Way of Void and Reality.
• Yang Zhengshan brought White Bone from a hundred miles away and restrained both it and Jade Crown, then Wan Hong, the Dragon Princess, and Wu Wei Zheng arrived.
• Yang Zhengshan confirmed that he had entered the Dao Realm, and the Dragon Princess, Wan Hong, and the others bowed to him.
• Heavenly Sword True Monarch asked Yang Zhengshan how to enter the Dao, but Yang Zhengshan looked east toward a concealed aura flying out of the Land of Reincarnation.

After emerging from seclusion, Yang Zhengshan learned that the Demon Evil were overwhelming the forces of the Myriad Flower Domain and led the Life Realm Immortal Palace’s Golden Core cultivators to help. He discovered that Demon Evil could be trapped and sent into the Great Void, then headed toward two stronger foes while his allies prepared to restrain the others.

• Yang Zhengshan reunited with Yang Mingcheng and Yang Jizhen, who had both formed cores, and heard Lin Xiqiu explain that the alliance against the Demon Evil was nearing collapse.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to join the battle with the Life Realm Immortal Palace’s Golden Core cultivators and divided them into groups to hold off the Demon Evil.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared above the East Sea and rescued Zhongli Yue by binding his pursuer with Seal Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan found that he could not kill the Demon Evil, so he cast it into the depths of the Great Void, where its spiritual energy would gradually be exhausted.
• Zhongli Yue told Yang Zhengshan that two Half-step Entering Dao Demon Evil were resisting the combined forces of Zhongli Xiayi and others.
• Yang Zhengshan sent his allies to trap the Demon Evil and headed for the edge of the Land of Reincarnation, urging them to prioritize survival.

While the Demon Evils attacked the assembled experts, Jade Crown explained that they sought to preserve the Myriad Flower Domain’s dwindling spiritual energy, but the cultivators fought for the present rather than distant longevity. As the battle spread and the defenders fell under pressure, Yang Zhengshan emerged from seclusion having glimpsed the Dao Extreme Realm and quietly joined his gathered family and allies.

• Wan Hong, Dragon Princess, Wu Wei Zheng, Zhongli Xiayi, and Heavenly Sword True Monarch gathered to discuss eliminating the Demon Evils, but the Demon Evils arrived before their meeting could proceed.
• Jade Crown claimed that Demon Evils had emerged in past ages and accused cultivators of draining the Myriad Flower Domain’s spiritual energy; Wan Hong answered that they merely wished to survive.
• The Demon Evils attacked, and the five powerful experts struggled to hold off White Bone and Jade Crown while the other defenders were gradually overwhelmed.
• The battle spread from the island into the East Sea, the Eastern Domain, and the Great Void.
• Yang Zhengshan awoke from seclusion, realized that longevity lay in the Dao Extreme Realm, and stepped through his stone door using the Way of Void and Reality.
• Yang Zhengshan entered the main hall, where Yu Qingyi and the gathered Golden Core cultivators greeted him; he noticed that Yu Qingyi had advanced to the Golden Core Mid Stage.

The Dragon Princess completed Dragon Transformation but could not become a True Dragon because the Myriad Flower Domain lacked sufficient spiritual energy, then learned that demon evils had destroyed several major factions. Meanwhile, Yang Zhengshan understood the relationship between the Great Void and the real world, while the alliance against the demon evils gathered outside the Land of Reincarnation.

• Lin Xiqiu told Zhongli Xiayi that he could not decide whether White Jade Capital would join the alliance while Yang Zhengshan remained in seclusion, and she departed.
• Two years later, the Dragon Princess completed Dragon Transformation in the Jinchuan Mountain Range, but explained that the Myriad Flower Domain’s limitations prevented her from becoming a True Dragon.
• The Dragon Princess learned that demon evils had destroyed the North Sea Demon Court, Wuchang Ghost Sect, and Hengshan Sect, then attacked Jade Crown through the Void but failed to grasp it.
• Yang Zhengshan realized that emptiness and reality were two sides of a Realm Boundary, opened a crack in its spatial barrier, and saw a desert beyond it.
• Heavenly Sword True Monarch and Que Lingyu arrived at an island outside the Land of Reincarnation, where leaders from Wanbao Sect, Myriad Beast Sect, the South Sea Demon Court, and Hidden Sword Mountain had gathered.

As the Demon Evils destroyed Hengshan Sect, Wanbao Sect prepared to unite the remaining powers against them. Zhongli Xiayi sought Yang Zhengshan’s help, but found him in seclusion and left word that the alliance would gather in the East Sea in three years.

• Yang Mingcheng and Yang Jizhen formed their cores, while the Demon Evils destroyed Hengshan Sect and left Wanbao Sect and the South Sea Demon Court as the last surviving great powers.
• Duobao True Monarch told Zhongli Xiayi that Wanbao Sect planned to unite the powers against the Demon Evils and asked her to contact Yang Zhengshan, who had reached Half-step Entering Dao.
• Zhongli Xiayi sent a Communication Talisman to Yang Zhengshan, but Lin Xiqiu received it and went to meet her at Lingxiao Mountain because Yang Zhengshan was in seclusion.
• Lin Xiqiu told Zhongli Xiayi that Yang Zhengshan had founded White Jade Capital and explained that he could not say when Yang Zhengshan would emerge from seclusion.
• Zhongli Xiayi invited Yang Zhengshan to join the alliance against the Demon Evils at a gathering in the East Sea three years later.

Heavenly Sword True Monarch destroyed the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s northern stronghold and fought Chang Buzai, while the Demon Evils later annihilated the North Sea Demon Court and the Wuchang Ghost Sect. Alarmed by the spreading threat, Yang Zhengshan sealed the Life Realm Immortal Palace and entered seclusion, where he continued staring into a mysterious, hazy space.

• Heavenly Sword True Monarch destroyed the Giant Bone Pillars, Blood Pools, and Golden Core cultivators in the northern Wanhua Mountain Range, then challenged Chang Buzai to battle.
• After their fight left Chang Buzai scarred and Heavenly Sword True Monarch unconscious for a year, Hidden Sword Mountain and the Myriad Beast Sect drove the Wuchang Ghost Sect back into the northern mountains.
• Three years later, more than a hundred Demon Evils invaded the North Sea Demon Court and killed its Demon Kings and Demon Venerables, while the North Sea Demon Emperor disappeared.
• Three years after that, Demon Evils overran Wuchang Land, the Corpse Sea, and Ghost Island, annihilating the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan learned of the destruction, questioned who had released the Demon Evils, and sealed the Life Realm Immortal Palace before entering seclusion.
• In his quiet room, Yang Zhengshan stared blankly at a hazy space he could neither understand nor identify.

Tianxian Dao Master ordered Jade Crown and White Bone to eliminate rivals as the chapter revealed how he used the White Bone Jade Crown to turn his disciples into Demon Evils and preserve his rule. Meanwhile, Yang Zhengshan avoided occupying the Wanhua Mountain Range and offered Wu Wei Zheng its Central Region, setting up a contest over the Position of Authority after Wu Wei Zheng agreed to fight the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

• Shan An entered Tianxian Dao Master's Separate Courtyard and lost her past, present, and future; afterward, two Demon Evils emerged, one wearing her Spirit Artifact.
• Tianxian Dao Master ordered Jade Crown and White Bone to kill anyone coveting the Position of Authority, and they agreed to gather more Demon Evils.
• The chapter revealed that the Land of Reincarnation was the White Bone Jade Crown, whose Spirits of Artifact were White Bone and Jade Crown, and that Tianxian Dao Master had turned more than a hundred disciples into Demon Evils to protect his rule.
• Yang Zhengshan told Xuan Zhen that he would guard the Southern Region rather than occupy the Wanhua Mountain Range, then went to meet Wu Wei Zheng at the Forward Outpost Base.
• Wu Wei Zheng recognized that Yang Zhengshan had entered the Dao and suspected he possessed an Ancient Spirit Treasure; he explained that he had come to enlist Yang Zhengshan against the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan offered Wu Wei Zheng the Central Region of the Wanhua Mountain Range and later the Southern Region after the Wuchang Ghost Sect was dealt with; Wu Wei Zheng accepted.

Tianxian Dao Master brought Shan An and another Golden Core cultivator into the Land of Reincarnation, where he revealed that he had lived in its mountain courtyard for ten thousand years. Elsewhere, the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s retreat and the South Sea Demon Court’s advance reshaped the region’s conflicts, while Heavenly Sword True Monarch considered challenging Chang Buzai.

• Que Lingyu agreed to investigate the Wuchang Ghost Sect after Heavenly Sword True Monarch admitted he wanted Chang Buzai as a test of his sword and a chance to break through.
• Xiao Shan told Wu Wei Zheng that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had retreated to the northern Wanhua Mountain Range after a southern battle, possibly against the Yang Family, and Wu Wei Zheng decided to investigate personally.
• The South Sea Demon Court drove the Hengshan Sect and other forces from the Jinchuan Mountain Range, where the Dragon Princess began her Dragon Transformation with Ao Xuan guarding her.
• Tianxian Dao Master led Shan An and another Golden Core cultivator through the Land of Reincarnation, and the Demon Evils left them alone as they climbed to a courtyard.
• Tianxian Dao Master revealed that he had once lived in the courtyard for ten thousand years, leaving Shan An to realize he had been there before becoming a Dao Master.

Yang Zhengshan and his allies defeated the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Golden Core cultivators and turned back its assault on the Forward Outpost Base. The sect withdrew to the Northern Region, leaving Yang Zhengshan puzzled while Heavenly Sword True Monarch ordered scouts to investigate the retreat.

• Yang Zhengshan rejected Li Shanghun’s offer of information, drained his life with the Life and Death Yin Yang Diagram, and collected his divine soul.
• Su Mei, Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, Yu Qingyi, and the others defeated the Soul Refining Hall’s Golden Core cultivators, while Yang Zhengshan’s allies bowed to him after the victory.
• Xuan Zhen, Yunxiao, Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, and Yu Qingyi returned to the Forward Outpost Base and turned the battle against the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets and Wuchang Ghost Sect disciples.
• Yang Zhengshan waited for over a month, then sent Lin Xiqiu to investigate and learned that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had retreated to the Northern Region.
• Heavenly Sword True Monarch learned that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had withdrawn most of its forces east of Cangyu Mountain and ordered the Cloud Sparrow Clan to investigate what had happened in the Wanhua Mountain Range.

Yang Zhengshan pursued Li Shanghun through the Great Void, overcame his treasures, and used Chang Buzai’s borrowed avatar to absorb much of his Death Dao Intent. After Chang Buzai severed the connection, Li Shanghun offered to serve Yang Zhengshan to save his life.

• Li Shanghun threw out Mysterious Water and Spirit Artifacts to slow Yang Zhengshan, who sealed the treasures away as he pursued.
• Li Shanghun struck Yang Zhengshan’s Seal Great Void barrier and summoned Chang Buzai through a Skin Parchment.
• Yang Zhengshan trapped Li Shanghun with the Life and Death Yin Yang Diagram and met Chang Buzai’s attack with his fly whisk and Soul Suppressing Lock.
• Yang Zhengshan drew Death Dao Intent through Chang Buzai’s avatar and transformed it, forcing Chang Buzai to sever their connection.
• Yang Zhengshan regretted losing the chance to absorb more Dao Intent, then Li Shanghun begged to serve him rather than be killed.

The battle at the Forward Outpost Base drew Soul Refining Hall and White Jade Capital’s forces into a confrontation in Great Void. Yang Zhengshan sealed the area, killed Mo Ling, and neutralized Li Shanghun’s artifacts as Li Shanghun tried to escape.

• Bone Flying Boats transformed into Yin Energy beasts and battered the Forward Outpost Base while Yin Soldier Blood Puppets and the defenders fought outside its walls.
• Soul Refining Hall’s seven Golden Core cultivators faced White Jade Capital’s twelve, and Li Shanghun realized Yang Zhengshan was missing.
• Yang Zhengshan appeared in Great Void and sealed it within a hundred-li radius, trapping both sides inside the Life and Death Yin Yang Diagram.
• Yang Zhengshan struck Mo Ling with the Evergreen Fly Whisk, transforming him into a stalk of Green Bamboo.
• Li Shanghun sent a Crystal Skull after Yang Zhengshan, but Yang Zhengshan sealed it and took it for himself.
• Li Shanghun fled and tried to impede Yang Zhengshan with the Myriad Ghost Banner and Nether Prison Underworld Fire, but Yang Zhengshan captured the banner and showed no concern for the flames.

Yang Zhengshan prepared the White Jade Capital’s forces to face the Wuchang Ghost Sect after Xie Wushuang escaped and reported their position to Li Shanghun. The enemy arrived with a vast army, and Li Shanghun recognized the Yang Family as a stronger opponent than he had expected.

• Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu failed to stop Xie Wushuang, then cleared a path through the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets alongside the Flying Boat Army.
• Xie Wushuang reported the Yang Family’s defenses to Li Shanghun, who identified their Vermilion Bird Flying Boats and ordered seven Golden Core cultivators, six Demon King-level Yin Soldiers, and three million Blood Puppets to march south.
• Lin Xiqiu warned Yang Zhengshan that more than three hundred Bone Flying Boats were approaching, so Yang Zhengshan recalled Xuan Zhen and Yue Yao and assembled the White Jade Capital’s Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings.
• Yang Zhengshan’s forces rested and took their positions while the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array concealed the Forward Outpost Base from spiritual investigation.
• Li Shanghun’s fleet arrived before the Forward Outpost Base, and he recognized its Third-tier Great Array and formidable defenses.

Yang Zhengshan integrated the Fox Clan into the White Jade Capital and endured successive attacks by the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Yin Soldier Army, believing its reserves were nearly exhausted. When Xie Wushuang arrived to investigate the Forward Outpost Base, Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu confronted him and forced him to flee.

• Su Mei connected Qingyuan Cave Heaven to the Spirit Source Land, and Yang Zhengshan assigned Palace Buildings to the Fox Clan members; Yu Qingyi established Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven as her own domain.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Forward Outpost Base as successive Yin Soldier armies attacked, and the defenders fought in shifts through three days and nights.
• Yang Zhengshan told Su Mei that the aging Yin Soldiers and the smaller number of true Yin Soldiers showed that the Wuchang Ghost Sect was running short of troops.
• Yang Zhengshan sensed Xie Wushuang in the Great Void and sent Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu to confront him.
• Kou Ta restrained Xie Wushuang’s devouring tentacles while Hong Fuxiu’s Southern Bright Leaving Fire overwhelmed him, forcing Xie Wushuang to escape and seek reinforcements.

Yang Zhengshan brought Su Mei and Su Qingfu to the Immortal Palace, where Yu Qingyi accepted Hua Qingzhu, the Wanhua Demon Emperor’s Spirit Treasure, as her master. After Yang Zhengshan declared his intention to secure the Wanhua Mountain Range’s central region, Su Mei chose to lead the Qingyuan Fox Clan into White Jade Capital, leaving the city with a new ally as it prepared to oppose the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

• Yang Zhengshan introduced Su Mei and Su Qingfu to Yu Qingyi at Longevity Palace.
• Hua Qingzhu emerged from Yang Zhengshan’s bosom and asked Yu Qingyi to become its master, and Yu Qingyi accepted it.
• Yang Zhengshan explained that he planned to drive away the Wuchang Ghost Sect and occupy the central region of the Wanhua Mountain Range for White Jade Capital.
• Su Mei weighed the risks of joining White Jade Capital and then offered to lead the Fox Clan into the alliance.
• Yang Zhengshan accepted the Fox Clan and welcomed it into White Jade Capital, with Su Mei naming him the clan’s Supreme Venerable.

Yang Zhengshan wiped out the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets with his control over life and death, then received Su Mei and Su Qingfu at White Jade Capital. He showed them the vast Spirit Source Land, leaving them astonished by its scale and spiritual energy.

• Su Qingfu’s Bewitching Technique turned the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets against one another, while Yang Jizhen struggled to resist her allure.
• Yang Zhengshan stopped Su Qingfu from affecting Yang Jizhen, then swept away the remaining Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets with his Dao Intent.
• Yunxiao, Kou Ta, and Hong Fuxiu realized Yang Zhengshan’s strength might have reached Half-step Entering Dao, easing their worries about Chang Buzai.
• Yang Zhengshan welcomed Su Mei and Su Qingfu to the Forward Outpost Base and explained that White Jade Capital was the sect he had established.
• Yang Zhengshan took Su Mei and Su Qingfu through Jade Capital City and the Spirit Source Land, whose size and spiritual energy far exceeded the Qingyuan Cave Heaven.

Yang Zhengshan’s forces at the Forward Outpost Base fought off an enormous Yin Soldier Army, then launched a counterattack with their Flying Boats. Su Mei recognized the Yunxiao Yang Family and decided to approach them, while Qingling joined the battle.

• Yang Qinhu commanded the Jade Capital Guard as Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets surrounded the Forward Outpost Base and attacked its walls.
• Su Mei and Su Qingfu identified the defenders’ Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats as belonging to the Yunxiao Yang Family, and Su Mei resolved to help repair her relationship with Yang Zhengshan.
• Yang Jizhen ordered the Flying Boat Army to attack, and its vessels tore through the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets.
• Qingling arrived amid auspicious clouds and swept through the enemy forces with her enormous tails, claws, and fangs.

The Spirit Source Land mobilized its resources and completed the Forward Outpost Base’s defenses as Yang Zhengshan and his allies prepared for the approaching Yin Soldier Armies. Their first enemy force neared the base at dawn, while the threat of the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Golden Core cultivators loomed over the coming battles.

• Yang Chengmou approved the Divine General Department’s request for Yin Spring Brew, and the Spirit Source Land began shipping supplies to the Forward Outpost Base.
• The Forward Outpost Base completed its walls, Guardian Array, puppet defenses, and Flying Boat perimeter, with its underground defenses anchored to the Earth Vein.
• Yunxiao briefed Yang Zhengshan and the others that the first of eight nearby Yin Soldier Armies would arrive the next morning, with more forces following in waves.
• Yunxiao warned that the Wuchang Ghost Sect might send Golden Core cultivators and eventually commit its full strength, but Yang Zhengshan said he had a way to deal with Chang Buzai.
• At dawn, shadowy figures surged through the mountain forests north of the Forward Outpost Base.

Yang Zhengshan ordered urgent mining to supply the Forward Outpost Base’s formation, Flying Boats, and Puppets with enough resources for the coming war. As the Spirit Source Land shifted into full mobilization, Yang Chengmou coordinated mining and military supplies through Ziwei Tower and the Twelve Towers.

• Yang Zhengshan learned that operating the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array would consume vast quantities of Spirit Stones, and Lin Xiqiu proposed using Yellow Earth Stone from the Spirit Source Land’s mine to power it.
• Ning Yun reminded Yang Zhengshan that Flying Boats and thousands of Puppets would also consume Spirit Stones, so he ordered Ziwei Tower to find and mine low-grade Spirit Stone Veins.
• As the Spirit Source Land mobilized for war, Yang Mingzhen brought Yang Chengmou proposed Mineral Veins, and Yang Chengmou approved one Yellow Earth Mine and two Spirit Stone Veins for mining.
• Yang Chengmou directed Desheng to arrange arrows, healing Pills, and armor for the coming battle, then asked why the Divine General Department needed a large supply of alcohol.

Yue Yao killed Xing Nan and joined Xuan Zhen in a guerrilla campaign against the Wuchang Ghost Sect, then withdrew with their forces to Chunyang Valley before resuming operations elsewhere in the Wanhua Mountain Range. Meanwhile, Yang Zhengshan prepared the Forward Outpost Base for an approaching Yin Soldier Army of about two hundred thousand, and Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun reported that its defensive formation was nearly ready.

• Yue Yao gathered Demonic Beasts and cultivators near Taoyuan Mountain, then killed Xing Nan with the Moon Soul Jade Plate after he investigated her forces.
• Xuan Zhen and his disciples hunted Yin Soldier Blood Puppets while Yue Yao recruited allies, and they withdrew to Chunyang Valley before returning to the Wanhua Mountain Range through the Forward Outpost Base.
• Lin Xiqiu reported to Yang Zhengshan that an army of around two hundred thousand Yin Soldiers was eight hundred li from the Forward Outpost Base and would arrive in about ten days.
• Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun told Yang Zhengshan that the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array was arranged and could operate once they connected it to the Earth Vein and Spirit Vein.

Chang Ming, Chang Qing, and Chang Liang defeated four Wuchang Ghost Sect disciples, then directed a threatened Howling Moon Wolf Tribe toward Yue Yao for refuge. Their raids depleted the enemy’s forces enough to draw Xing Nan’s attention, and he sent out bait while preparing to confront the attackers near Yue Yao’s base at Taoyuan Mountain.

• Chang Ming, Chang Qing, and Chang Liang used their Divine General formations and purification curses to destroy the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets and defeat four Wuchang Ghost Sect disciples, claiming their Myriad Ghost Banners.
• Chang Ming directed the Howling Moon Wolf Tribe south to seek refuge with Yue Yao after Xuan Zhen told him someone there would receive them.
• Xuan Zhen led his disciples on further raids against small Yin Soldier groups, and the growing losses caught the attention of Xing Nan, who learned that thousands of Yin Soldiers and many Blood Puppets had disappeared.
• Xing Nan arranged an ordinary-looking patrol as bait and followed it through the Great Void, hoping to draw out the enemy in the southeast.
• Yue Yao established her base at Taoyuan Mountain, the former Daoist temple of Zhongli Yue, as Xing Nan’s bait patrol headed toward the area.

Yang Zhengshan organized White Jade Capital’s forces to establish a fortified outpost in the Wanhua Mountain Range and ordered Xuan Zhen and Yue Yao to wage guerrilla warfare against the Wuchang Ghost Sect. As the outpost took shape, Ma Qiuyan worried about Yang Jizhen’s preparations for Core Formation, while Xuan Zhen’s group spotted Wuchang Ghost Sect disciples laying a trap for beasts.

• Yang Zhengshan ordered Kou Ta and Hong Fuxiu to establish a Forward Outpost Base, sent Xuan Zhen with 3,000 Divine Generals to sabotage the Wuchang Ghost Sect, and assigned Yue Yao 300 Demonic Beasts for guerrilla warfare.
• One month later, Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun oversaw preparations for a fortress in a valley, where White Jade Capital planned to complete defenses before the Yin Soldier Army arrived.
• Ma Qiuyan confided that she was worried about Yang Jizhen attempting Core Formation, and Ning Yun joked that they should ask Yang Zhengshan for Nine Tripod Divine Pills.
• Xuan Zhen and his disciples entered the Wanhua Mountain Range with more than 1,400 Divine Generals of their own and observed Wuchang Ghost Sect forces hunting a Howling Moon Wolf tribe.
• Chang Ming and Xuan Zhen spotted four concealed Foundation Establishment Cultivators preparing to lure out and hunt more Demonic Beasts and Strange Beasts.

Yang Zhengshan chose to establish White Jade Capital’s foundation in the Wanhua Mountain Range and obstruct the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s advance rather than fight it head-on. He took stock of Spirit Source Land’s forces, ordered the Jade Capital Guard expanded, and learned what other troops and beasts were available.

• Yang Zhengshan declared that White Jade Capital would claim territory in the Wanhua Mountain Range and block the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Yin Soldier Army from advancing south.
• Yang Zhengshan assessed the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s weakened state and the scattered resistance still remaining across the Wanhua Mountain Range.
• Xuan Zhen reported that the Spirit Source Land had eight thousand Divine Generals, who could grow in number by transforming Yin Souls.
• Yang Minghao reported that the Jade Capital Guard had fifty-eight thousand soldiers and could expand to one hundred thousand, so Yang Zhengshan ordered the expansion prepared.
• Yang Zongyuan reported that the Puppet Hall could deploy three thousand Second-tier Puppets, while the Green Wolf King reported eighty-six Azure Wolves and more than sixteen hundred Demonic Beasts registered across the Beast Hall.