Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhengshan accepted Old Ox’s spirit medicines and arranged for his subordinates to gather materials for difficult pills. At a Tianyun Sword Sect meeting, Baiyun True Lord revealed that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had destroyed the Azure Nether Black Eagles and joined forces with Yellow Springs Old Ancestor, while the sect prepared for conflict and began searching for the mysterious Wanhua Seal.

• Yang Zhengshan agreed to study the Myriad Wood Evergreen Pill recipe, and Old Ox gave him a large supply of spirit medicines as payment.
• Yang Zhengshan assigned Ma Qiuyan, Ning Yun, Yunxiao, and other subordinates to seek pill materials while he worked to improve his alchemy.
• Baiyun True Lord summoned Yang Zhengshan, Jian Changhe, Yunxiao, and Que Lingyu and reported that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had wiped out the Azure Nether Black Eagles and allied with Yellow Springs Old Ancestor.
• Baiyun True Lord said the Tianyun Sword Sect would prepare for battle, seek allies, and refuse to give up True Sun Immortal City.
• Baiyun True Lord described the Wanhua Seal as a possible Authority Artifact, and Que Lingyu connected the idea of authority to the Struggle for Authority mentioned by Heavenly Sword True Monarch.

Yang Zhengshan sought allies and information as the Tianyun Sword Sect faced the growing conflict between the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court. After learning that Wanbao Sect would remain neutral, he asked Zhongli Yue about the war’s cause, and Zhongli Yue fell into contemplation without answering.

• The group decided to seek allies rather than pursue the Wanhua Seal, and Que Lingyu went to the Hua Xian Sect while Baiyun True Lord visited his friends.
• Yang Zhengshan visited Qingyuan Cave Heaven, where Su Qingfu told him the Qingyuan Fox Venerable had gone to the Demon Ruins Land and warned the Tianyun Sword Sect to avoid entanglement with the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Su Qingfu revealed that the Wuchang Ghost Sect was trying to recruit True Lord Chiyuan, and Yang Zhengshan urged the Wanhua Demon Court to stop enduring the sect’s advances.
• Yang Zhengshan visited Zhongli Yue at Taoyuan Mountain and learned that Zhongli Xiayi was Crossing the Three Passes while forming her core.
• Zhongli Yue explained that Wanbao Sect would remain neutral because spiritual-item trade made it essential to the Myriad Flower Domain, then contemplated Yang Zhengshan’s question about why the Wuchang Ghost Sect and Wanhua Demon Court had gone to war.

Zhongli Yue explained the Struggle for Authority, the history of the Sun True Sect, and the dangers and cost of using Authority Artifacts, while warning Yang Zhengshan that the Wuchang Ghost Sect might attack the Xia Xian Sect for the Wanhua Seal. Yang Zhengshan returned to the Tianyun Sword Sect and learned Yunxiao was ready to face the coming enemies.

• Zhongli Yue told Yang Zhengshan that the Sun True Sect had once held the sun authority and disappeared after losing it, then demonstrated the terrifying pressure of authority when Yang Zhengshan mentioned Tianxian Dao.
• Zhongli Yue revealed that the Wanhua Seal was in the Xia Xian Sect and that using an Authority Artifact cost its wielder decades or even centuries of lifespan; Yang Zhengshan secretly realized he could replenish his own lifespan.
• Zhongli Yue said the Wuchang Ghost Sect had set its sights on the Wanhua Seal and might soon move against the Xia Xian Sect, while also explaining that other Realm Boundaries could be reached through the Great Void or a teleportation array.
• Yang Zhengshan returned to the Tianyun Sword Sect, where he found Que Lingyu back from forming an alliance with True Monarch Chihua, while Baiyun True Lord was still away.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Yunxiao about his Path Intent, and Yunxiao said he had reached the entry level and was prepared to fight the powerful enemies ahead.

The Tianyun Sword Sect debated how to respond to the Wanhua Demon Court’s war against the Wuchang Ghost Sect, then rejected Li Ye’s demand that it immediately send troops. After the Blazing Phoenix Clan’s envoy left in anger, Yang Zhengshan went to watch the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s encampment, where he could only observe from the Great Void outside its protective formation.

• Que Lingyu, Yang Zhengshan, Jian Changhe, and Yunxiao agreed that the Tianyun Sword Sect should support the Wanhua Demon Court if it showed signs of losing, but would wait to see how events developed.
• Li Ye arrived on behalf of the Blazing Phoenix Clan and demanded that the Tianyun Sword Sect send troops against the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Que Lingyu refused to treat the Tianyun Demon Court’s command as binding, and she, Yang Zhengshan, Jian Changhe, and Yunxiao confronted Li Ye with their combined pressure.
• Li Ye withdrew with his attendants after threatening to report the Tianyun Sword Sect’s resistance to the Phoenix Venerable.
• Yang Zhengshan volunteered to watch the Wuchang Ghost Sect while Que Lingyu stayed to protect the sect, then observed its mist-covered encampment from the Great Void.

Yang Zhengshan discovered that the Wuchang Ghost Sect was building a vast Yin Soldier army inside a concealed Formation, while the sect attacked Xia Xian Sect to seize the Wanhua Seal. True Monarch Chixia unleashed the seal’s power to destroy the invading forces, leaving An Wusheng shaken by the Authority Artifact.

• Yang Zhengshan watched the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s hidden stronghold for months, then saw its Dragon Bone Flying Boat head south and sent Que Lingyu a warning about the likely attempt to seize the Wanhua Seal.
• Yang Zhengshan entered the cloud-mist Formation on foot and found a massive Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool surrounded by thousands of Demonic Beast Yin Soldiers, including several Demon Kings.
• An Wusheng led the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s assault on Xia Xian Sect, while True Monarch Chixia faced him above the sect’s protective Formation and refused to surrender the Wanhua Seal.
• True Monarch Chixia invoked the Wanhua Seal’s Azure Dragon Suppresses the Peaks power, crushing more than ten thousand Yin Soldier Blood Puppets and destroying the Dragon Bone Flying Boat.
• An Wusheng emerged from the Great Void and lamented that the Authority Artifact was terrifying enough to inspire despair.

True Monarch Chixia lost the battle against An Wusheng but threw the Wanhua Seal and three spirit artifacts away before An Wusheng could claim them. At the Cloud Mist Formation, Yang Zhengshan seized the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and escaped as Yu Yuan tried to stop him.

• An Wusheng revealed that the Yin Soldier Blood Puppets had been bait and sent another thousand stronger puppets into the battle against True Monarch Chixia.
• True Monarch Chixia threw the Wanhua Seal and his three spirit artifacts away, drawing several hidden cultivators after them before An Wusheng immobilized and captured him.
• An Wusheng sensed trouble at the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Pool and rushed toward the Cloud Mist Formation with Chixia.
• Yang Zhengshan concealed himself in the blood pool and planned to steal the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade to disrupt An Wusheng's control over the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets.
• Yu Yuan attacked Yang Zhengshan, but Yang Zhengshan seized the unguarded Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and escaped into the clouds and mist.

Yang Zhengshan stole An Wusheng’s Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade and escaped the Wuchang Ghost Sect, then had Xuan Zhen begin purifying it. Back at the Tianyun Sword Sect, he learned the Xia Xian Sect had been destroyed and the Wanhua Seal’s whereabouts remained unknown as the Wanhua Demon Court prepared to mobilize.

• Yang Zhengshan used Body Transformation into Formlessness and the Flowing Shadow Shuttle to escape Yu Yuan’s pursuit with the Ten Thousand Ghost Blood Jade.
• An Wusheng gave Yu Yuan a replacement blood jade and ordered him to restart the Blood Baleful Great Formation.
• Yang Zhengshan gave the stolen blood jade to Xuan Zhen to purify, then returned to the Tianyun Sword Sect to ask about the Xia Xian Sect and Wanhua Seal.
• Que Lingyu told Yang Zhengshan that An Wusheng had destroyed the Xia Xian Sect and that she had seized Chixia’s Liuxia Qiyu, while the Wanhua Seal’s holder was unknown.
• Que Lingyu said the Wanhua Demon Court was integrating the Demon Race’s forces, then left to watch the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

Yang Zhengshan learned that the Wanhua Demon Court and Wuchang Ghost Sect were fighting near Zihua Mountain, while the Hengshan Sect and South Sea Demon Race were at war in the Southern Region. Baiyun True Lord returned with a large pill order from the Hengshan Sect, which Yang Zhengshan agreed to refine.

• Ma Qiuyan told Yang Zhengshan that the Demon Court and Wuchang Ghost Sect had fought several battles near Zihua Mountain, and that the Hengshan Sect and South Sea Demon Race were also at war.
• Yang Zhengshan instructed Ma Qiuyan to keep watch on True Sun Immortal City for further news from Wanbao Trading Company.
• Baiyun True Lord returned to Yuxiao Hall after more than half a year away and told Yang Zhengshan he had secured a major pill order.
• Baiyun True Lord explained that the Hengshan Sect had recruited allies amid its war with the South Sea Demon Race, and that he had stayed there, helped in battle, and arranged the order.
• Yang Zhengshan inspected the ingredients and pill list, then agreed to refine the order as quickly as possible.

Yang Zhengshan advised Zhang Hexuan against relying on a Spirit Artifact Alchemy Furnace and offered to fund a custom life-bound furnace for him. Meanwhile, An Wusheng prepared to draw on Soul Controlling Hall’s reserves as its war effort lagged behind Soul Refining Hall’s.

• Zhang Hexuan asked Yang Zhengshan for a Spirit Artifact Alchemy Furnace, and Yang Zhengshan explained why a custom life-bound furnace would suit him better.
• Yang Zhengshan promised to pay for Zhang Hexuan’s life-bound Alchemy Furnace and urged him to work diligently toward becoming a third-rank Alchemist.
• Yu Yuan told An Wusheng that refining the Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets would take another three years.
• An Wusheng decided Soul Controlling Hall could not wait and ordered Yu Yuan to take his token to the Corpse Sea and summon thirty thousand Yin Soldiers and one hundred thousand Blood Puppets.

The Qingyuan Fox Venerable ordered the myriad demons to fight the Wuchang Ghost Sect after Xuan Ling reported its invasion of the Wanhua Mountain Range. As battles spread across the northern mountains, Shui Ling remained in True Sun Immortal City, uncertain whether to seek aid or risk an attack.

• Xuan Ling warned the Qingyuan Fox Venerable that the Wuchang Ghost Sect had built Giant Bone Pillars and sent Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets into the Wanhua Mountain Range.
• The Qingyuan Fox Venerable ordered the demons to gather and battle the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Demonic Beast armies clashed with Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets across the northern Wanhua Mountain Range as both sides fought without unified command.
• Shui Ling questioned Bai Feng about the danger to True Sun Immortal City and learned that the Tianyun Sword Sect's True Lords were in seclusion.
• Shui Ling considered asking the North Sea Demon Court for reinforcements but decided against it, hoping the Wuchang Ghost Sect would leave True Sun Immortal City alone.

The Wuchang Ghost Sect and Wanhua Demon Court fought a prolonged war of attrition, prompting Yang Zhengshan to gather the Life Realm Immortal Palace’s leaders to discuss how they could prepare for the growing instability. Xuan Zhen proposed using flying boats to strengthen their forces, but the meeting ended before the group reached a decision.

• Que Lingyu told Baiyun True Lord that the Qingyuan Fox Clan’s beasts were battling Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Yin soldiers and blood puppets, and warned that Tianyun Sword Sect might still need to defend True Sun Immortal City.
• Wuchang Ghost Sect and Wanhua Demon Court escalated their scattered raids and ambushes into a months-long war of attrition across the Wanhua Mountain Range.
• Yang Zhengshan gathered the Life Realm Immortal Palace’s leaders and described the threat posed by the forces fighting around them.
• Xuan Zhen argued that the Life Realm Immortal Palace could not improve its strength quickly through cultivation alone and proposed relying on flying boats.

Yang Zhengshan planned ways to strengthen Spirit Source Land through puppets, divine generals, and population growth while pursuing a long-term plan to build an army of divine generals. He then spent two years refining pills for the Hengshan Sect, completing one deal as another round of business began.

• Yang Zongyuan told Yang Zhengshan that Spirit Source Land could mass-produce second-tier puppets, and Yang Zhengshan ordered him to build an army of three thousand.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Xuan Zhen to share the Divine General Chessboard’s refining method and encouraged Wuzhen Dao Palace disciples to make chessboards and cultivate divine generals.
• Yang Zhengshan proposed boosting Spirit Source Land’s strength through equipment, cultivation resources, early childbearing, and migrating three million youths from the outside world.
• Yang Zhengshan asked Yang Jizhen about expanding the Divine General Chessboard and tasked him with refining a board, while envisioning an eventual force of one hundred thousand divine generals.
• Yang Zhengshan focused on alchemy for two years, then handed the final batch of pills to Baiyun True Lord and finished his deal with the Hengshan Sect.

Yang Zhengshan reflected on how war drained spiritual energy from the Myriad Flower Domain before learning that Zhongli Xiayi had successfully formed her core. He congratulated her and shared his cultivation insights after standing guard while she comprehended her divine ability.

• Yang Zhengshan received a larger batch of pills from Hengshan Sect and discussed with Baiyun True Lord how the war had reduced Wanbao Trading Company's supplies and raised prices.
• Yang Zhengshan reasoned that repeated wars and the Struggle for Authority accelerated the loss of spiritual energy from the Realm Boundary, then agreed that Tianyun Sword Sect should delay joining the war while it prepared.
• Yang Zhengshan spotted a distant Thunder Tribulation and went to Taoyuan Mountain after suspecting Zhongli Xiayi was undergoing Core Formation.
• Yang Zhengshan confirmed Zhongli Xiayi had succeeded, then waited in the Great Void and used his Wither and Flourish Divine Ability to watch over Taoyuan Mountain while she comprehended her divine ability.
• More than ten days later, Yang Zhengshan visited Zhongli Xiayi and shared his insights on Divine Path Intent and the Great Void.

Spirit Source Land expanded its trade, manufacturing, and population while preparing for Yang Mingcheng’s breakthrough and increasing production of flying boats and puppets. Meanwhile, An Wusheng delayed a decisive battle against the Qingyuan Fox Clan until the Wuchang Ghost Sect had built enough Giant Bone Pillars for its Yin Baleful Ghost Domain.

• Yang Zhengshan congratulated Zhongli Xiayi on forming her core, then returned to Life Realm Immortal Palace to cultivate and refine pills as wartime prices and trade grew.
• Jiang He and Lin Zhan reported Spirit Source Land’s profits to Yang Chengmou, who prioritized flying boat and puppet manufacturing and approved further mining to cover rising expenses.
• Yang Mingcheng prepared to enter seclusion and break through to the Divine Soul Realm, with Tai Wei Tower supplying resources and Yu Qingyi and Ding Qiu appointed as protectors.
• Spirit Source Land began moving three million people from the Great An Dynasty and Dajing Dynasty into its four cities.
• An Wusheng and Yu Yuan inspected eight completed Demon King Yin Soldiers, but An Wusheng said they needed at least 3,600 Giant Bone Pillars before fighting a decisive battle against the Qingyuan Fox Clan.

Lin Xiqiu discovered that the Wuchang Ghost Sect planned to attack True Sun Immortal City and warned Yang Qingyu, who turned the Blazing Sun Golden Boat back to report the threat. The Wuchang Ghost Sect intended to strike in half a month with eight Demon King Yin Soldiers.

• An Wusheng and Yu Yuan planned to attack True Sun Immortal City in half a month before turning against the Demon Race.
• Lin Xiqiu overheard their plan and decided to repay his debt to Yang Zhengshan by warning him.
• Yang Qingyu escorted a shipment toward Qingli Immortal City when Lin Xiqiu appeared aboard the Blazing Sun Golden Boat.
• Lin Xiqiu told Yang Qingyu about the planned attack and the eight Demon King Yin Soldiers, then gave her two Communication Talismans.
• Yang Qingyu turned the Blazing Sun Golden Boat back so she could report the warning to her family.

Yang Zhengshan met Lin Xiqiu and tried to recruit him into the Yang Family, then proposed establishing a separate sect centered on the family. Lin Xiqiu agreed to visit the Yang Family, and Yang Zhengshan took him away, leaving Yang Qingyu behind.

• Yang Qingyu told Yang Zhengshan that Lin Xiqiu had warned the Wuchang Ghost Sect would attack True Sun Immortal City in half a month, but Yang Zhengshan said preparations were already in place.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that Yang Qingyu trusted Lin Xiqiu and brought her to meet him, where Lin Xiqiu demonstrated an unusual spatial concealment ability.
• Yang Zhengshan invited Lin Xiqiu to join the Yang Family, but Lin Xiqiu refused, preferring the possibility of joining the Tianyun Sword Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan described the Yang Family’s strength and proposed establishing a new sect, leaving Lin Xiqiu surprised and confused about the family’s relationship with the Tianyun Sword Sect.
• Lin Xiqiu accepted Yang Zhengshan’s invitation to visit the Yang Family, and Yang Zhengshan transported him away without bringing Yang Qingyu.

Yang Zhengshan persuaded Lin Xiqiu to join White Jade Capital and move the remaining Lin Family members into the Spirit Source Land. As Wuchang Ghost Sect prepared to attack True Sun Immortal City, Yang Zhengshan gathered his allies to plan their response.

• Yang Zhengshan showed Lin Xiqiu the Life Realm Immortal Palace and Spirit Source Land, offering him a home and fair treatment if he joined.
• Lin Xiqiu agreed to join White Jade Capital and asked Yang Zhengshan to destroy Wuchang Ghost Sect; Yang Zhengshan instead promised that the sect would be their common enemy.
• Lin Xiqiu moved four remaining Lin Family juniors into the Spirit Source Land and established Linxi Palace, adding another Golden Core cultivator to White Jade Capital.
• Yang Zhengshan introduced Lin Xiqiu to Yunxiao and Green Ox, and they discussed their shared grievances against Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• Yang Zhengshan said Wuchang Ghost Sect would soon attack True Sun Immortal City and asked whether Lin Xiqiu and Green Ox would join a counterattack on the Cloud Mist Formation; Lin Xiqiu agreed and promised to get Green Ox out safely.

The Soul Controlling Hall’s forces launched an attack on True Sun Immortal City, with Leng Xuan assigned to draw Shui Ling away from the city’s defenses. The chapter ended with Leng Xuan asking Shui Ling to come with him, leaving her confused about his intentions.

• An Wusheng, Yu Yuan, Ji Wusi, Ghost Granny, and Leng Xuan gathered with eight Demon King Yin soldiers near True Sun Immortal City as the Soul Controlling Hall prepared its assault.
• An Wusheng ordered Leng Xuan to lure Shui Ling away without killing her, while Yu Yuan and Ji Wusi bickered and Leng Xuan delayed until daybreak so his blade would be sharper.
• Leng Xuan attacked the Zhengyang Formation as the Yin Soldier Army advanced toward True Sun Immortal City, and Shui Ling sent communication talismans seeking reinforcements.
• Leng Xuan identified himself as a member of the Wuchang Ghost Sect and asked Shui Ling to come with him, leaving her bewildered.

The Wuchang Ghost Sect attacked True Sun Immortal City, where Shui Ling fought Leng Xuan as the Zhengyang Formation weakened under the assault. Baiyun True Lord ordered the Tianyun Sword Sect to send its full strength to help, and Yang Zhengshan began revealing the Yang Family’s hidden resources.

• Leng Xuan failed to lure Shui Ling away, so he attacked the Zhengyang Formation while the Yin Soldier Army surrounded True Sun Immortal City.
• Shui Ling and Leng Xuan exchanged powerful attacks, killing many Yin soldiers and causing the formation barrier to weaken.
• Baiyun True Lord, Que Lingyu, Jian Changhe, and Yang Zhengshan agreed that the Tianyun Sword Sect had to support True Sun Immortal City.
• Baiyun True Lord ordered Baiyun Immortal City, the Twelve Peaks, and the eighteen affiliated families to mobilize, while Jian Changhe arranged to summon the Tianhe Sword Array.
• Yang Zhengshan opened a cave heaven portal beside him as Baiyun True Lord asked him to bring out the Yang Family’s foundation.

Yang Zhengshan brought the Spirit Source Land’s forces to support True Sun Immortal City as the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Yin Soldier Army confronted them. The battle began with Yunxiao cutting down hundreds of Yin Soldiers, but Yang Zhengshan discovered that Yin Sha Qi could heal and revive them.

• Yang Zhengshan sent four Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats, twenty-four Blazing Sun Golden Boats, and more than a thousand Golden Body Realm Martial Artists through the Cave Heaven Portal, then closed it to keep others from exploring the cave heaven.
• Baiyun True Lord led the gathered forces, including Hidden Sword Mountain’s swordsmen, toward True Sun Immortal City after declaring the Wuchang Ghost Sect their enemy.
• An Wusheng and Ji Wusi faced the arriving forces above True Sun Immortal City, while Yang Zhengshan mounted the Lava Divine General and prepared to fight.
• Yunxiao unleashed the Fenguang Sword and destroyed hundreds of Yin Soldiers, prompting An Wusheng to send his eight Demon King Yin Soldiers into battle.
• Yang Zhengshan fought two Demon King Yin Soldiers, but the Violent Bear Demon King healed a Void-Breaking Spear wound as Yin Sha Qi restored injured and slain Yin Soldiers.