Arc 7The Falling Moon and the Sea Tide

Su Yu helped repel the Grand Void Immortal Alliance’s invasion of Great Moon Prefecture while his Dao Body Puppet seized Yellow Mausoleum Island and destroyed the Alliance Leader. He later opened a hidden pill pavilion in Ten Lords Immortal City, acquired a Rank 5 teleportation formation material, and heard the ancient beast egg begin to crack.

  • Su Yu explored the Phantom Sea Marsh ruins, where Daoist Tianyu seized the Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid and subdued Bei Hong after reversing his Heavenly Vein Formation.
  • Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet took Yellow Mausoleum Island, forced regional Nascent Soul leaders to withdraw, and began expanding the Gongyue Merchant Association.
  • Su Yu returned to Great Moon Prefecture, recruited Old Black Ox, Old Snake Turtle, and Hundred Spirits Sheep, and found an ancient beast egg beneath the Falling Moon Alliance ruins.
  • The Grand Void Immortal Alliance invaded Great Moon Prefecture, but Huang Zhu frightened off True Monarch Huan Chen and True Monarch Jin Lin while the Dao Body Puppet killed the Grand Void Alliance Leader.
  • The Azure Prison Immortal Hall backed the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor, and Great Moon Prefecture and Nine Soul Demonic Ridge divided the Grand Void Alliance’s territories.
  • Su Yu arranged a pact between the Great Moon Palace, the Yin Moon Tiger Clan, and his Grotto-Heaven, then returned to Ten Lords Immortal City and opened Cloudy Sky Pill Pavilion under the identity Daoist Chiying.
  • As sea-beast unrest spread, Su Yu bought Rank 5 teleportation formation material, killed the cultivators tracking him, and heard the ancient spirit beast egg begin to crack.
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Ch. 151Fourth Layer of the Golden Cicada Art, Soul Transformation

Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet completed its recovery breakthrough preparations, gained a Nascent Dharma Artifact, and recruited two Core Formation cultivators to serve the Gongyue Merchant Association. After a Beast Tide mission and a possible ambush on Luo Qianyu by Nether Sword Peak’s An Changrong, Su Yu cultivated for three years and advanced the Golden Cicada Art to its fourth layer, leaving him with near-Nascent Soul divine soul power while still needing to temper his cultivation and Golden Core.

  • Su Yu examined Huang Changlong’s storage ring, claimed his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade and Heaven Splitting Divine Art, and found Nascent Soul Pill ingredients and a mysterious token linked to the Azure Prison Immortal Hall.
  • The Dao Body Puppet spared Daoist Jinfeng and Daoist Fujing and secured their service to the Gongyue Merchant Association for fifty years, then ordered Gao Yuanyuan to gather Rank 4 Spirit Ore.
  • Su Yu joined Daoist Qingquan’s group to defend Shifu Market Town, where his Rank 3 formations helped destroy a Beast Tide without any Rank 4 enemies appearing.
  • Luo Qianyu told Su Yu that a ninth-level Core Formation cultivator had ambushed her and might have been An Changrong; Su Yu learned An Changrong had left on bounty missions and warned Luo Qianyu to be cautious.
  • After three years of cultivation, Su Yu advanced the Golden Cicada Art to its fourth layer, transformed his divine soul, and gained powerful perception and control over heaven-and-earth energy.

Ch. 152Earth Immortal Mansion Upheaval, Six-turn Golden Core

Su Yu uncovered An Changrong’s betrayal of the Earth Immortal Mansion and exposed his ties to the Azure Prison Immortal Hall, triggering a sect-wide purge and a devastating strike against its hidden strongholds. After two years of cultivation, Su Yu formed a six-turn Golden Core, and Luo Qianyu returned to the Immortal Sect and asked him how An Changrong had died.

  • Daoist Tianyu warned Su Yu that Earth Immortal Mansion disciples had been attacked, while An Changrong received a mission to lure Su Yu out of the sect.
  • An Changrong invited Su Yu to explore ruins, but Su Yu used the Golden Cicada Art to discover an Azure Prison Immortal Hall token and refused to go.
  • Su Yu followed An Changrong’s group outside the sect, trapped them in an illusion, exposed An Changrong’s betrayal, killed him, and delivered his sealed divine soul and evidence to Xingshou Hall.
  • Xingshou Hall’s investigation uncovered numerous Azure Prison Immortal Hall agents and other spies within Earth Immortal Mansion, prompting a purge and attacks that destroyed hidden strongholds.
  • After returning to his routine, Su Yu advanced to Core Formation Stage Six with a six-turn Golden Core, and Luo Qianyu later returned and asked him how An Changrong had died.

Ch. 153Ten Lords Immortal City, Phantom Sea Ruins

Su Yu traveled with Daoist Tianyu and Luo Qianyu to the Phantom Sea Ruins, where he acquired the middle volume of the Heavenly Immortal Body Refining Technique and encountered Yulong Palace disciples. The major forces entered the ancient ruins, and Daoist Tianyu began teaching Su Yu to study their residual formations as a hidden presence watched them.

  • Su Yu studied and practiced the Seven Profound Sword Talisman, then accepted Daoist Tianyu's invitation to explore an ancient ruin in Phantom Sea Marsh with Luo Qianyu, Grand Void, and the Heavenly Thunder Rats.
  • In Ten Lords Immortal City, Su Yu bought the Heavenly Immortal Body Refining Technique's middle volume and several illusion techniques, while Luo Qianyu began learning the body-refining method from him.
  • Yulong Palace disciples confronted Su Yu's group, but Su Yu deterred them with offensive Talismans before taking everyone to the Heavenly Script Pavilion and back to the Earth Immortal Mansion outpost.
  • Su Yu, Luo Qianyu, and Daoist Tianyu traveled with Six-tailed Fox True Monarch and her disciples to Phantom Sea Marsh, where the major forces gathered to enter the newly accessible ruins.
  • Inside the ruins, Daoist Tianyu led the group through an illusion formation and took Su Yu to study its residual formations, while an unknown presence opened its eyes and watched the cultivators.

Ch. 154Easily Seizing the Treasure; Yu Long Palace Suffers

Su Yu used the Golden Cicada Art to find Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid beneath a mountain occupied by Yulong Palace, then had the Heavenly Thunder Rat Demon King secretly take most of it. After Yulong Palace’s leaders emerged with only two and a half drops, rival factions fought over them, and Daoist Tianyu seized the liquid and demanded more from True Monarch Baiyan.

  • Daoist Tianyu warned Su Yu that the ruins’ mountain foundations concealed a powerful formation, while Su Yu used his pupil art to scout the ruins and locate Yulong Palace’s underground cave.
  • Su Yu sent the Heavenly Thunder Rat Demon King to collect the Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, leaving two drops in the stone platform and half a drop on the stalactite.
  • True Monarch Baiyan and Yulong Palace’s group found the remnants and carried the two and a half drops out, where gathered factions accused them of hiding more.
  • Lihuo Hall’s True Lord Tian Li fought True Monarch Baiyan, and Daoist Tianyu demanded ten drops before seizing the Ancient Jade Box containing the two and a half drops.
  • Daoist Tianyu drove off True Monarch Ziyu and warned the gathered factions with powerful Talismans, then demanded that True Monarch Baiyan make up the remaining seven and a half drops.

Ch. 155Ambush at the Azure Prison Immortal Hall, the tide turns

Su Yu discovered that the Mud Snake Token let him enter and leave the ancient ruins freely, while Daoist Tianyu recovered some strength by refining Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid. On the return journey, Azure Prison Immortal Hall’s Bei Hong ambushed them with a Heavenly Vein Formation, but Su Yu escaped with everyone, leaving Daoist Tianyu’s aura at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

  • Daoist Tianyu forced True Monarch Baiyan to swear that Yulong Palace had obtained only two and a half drops of Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, and the factions dispersed after finding no more in the cavern.
  • Su Yu used the Heavenly Thunder Rat Demon King to retrieve the Mud Snake Token from a phantom beast, then learned that it allowed free entry and exit from the ruins.
  • Su Yu and his companions explored the ruins for nearly another month before its formations strengthened and the group departed for Ten Lords Immortal City.
  • Bei Hong, a Heavenly Order Disciple of Azure Prison Immortal Hall and Rank 4 high-grade geomancer, trapped the group’s flying boat in a Heavenly Vein Formation.
  • Su Yu used spatial power to move Daoist Tianyu and the others out of the formation, while Daoist Tianyu’s refined Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid brought his aura to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Ch. 156Displaying Immortal Might, the Strongest Below Rank Five

Daoist Tianyu escaped Azure Prison Immortal Hall’s formation, used a terrifying reversal formation to defeat Earth Master Bei Hong, and later recovered in seclusion with Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid. As the Phantom Sea Marsh ruins prepared to open again amid rising factional tensions and the arrival of the Demon Race, Su Yu met Ma Shiqing and said he would not enter the ruins.

  • Daoist Tianyu forced his cultivation back to the Nascent Soul peak, laid nearly ten thousand formation foundations, reversed the Heavenly Vein Formation, and captured Bei Hong’s Nascent Soul.
  • Daoist Tianyu departed with Su Yu and Six-tailed Fox True Monarch, while the watching Nascent Soul cultivators treated him with fear and respect and his reputation spread through Ten Lords Immortal City.
  • Daoist Tianyu entered seclusion with Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, stabilized his injuries, and emerged half a year later with a renewed aura; Earth Immortal Mansion elders arrived, and news spread that the Demon Race had appeared near the city.
  • Su Yu gave Luo Qianyu five drops of Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid and discussed cultivation with her, then continued studying formations and cultivating.
  • Ma Shiqing met Su Yu and Luo Qianyu at Eight Directions Immortal Tower, explained that Star Picking Tower sought Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, and heard Su Yu say he would avoid entering the dangerous ruins.

Ch. 157Rank 4 Dao Body Puppet, Black Flood Dragon Daoist Submits

Su Yu stayed out of the Phantom Sea Marsh war and advanced his Heavenly Immortal Body Refining Technique while the human and Demon Race forces fought to a stalemate. Meanwhile, his Rank 4 Dao Body Puppet subdued Black Flood Dragon Daoist, merged the Black Flood Dragon Merchant Association with the Gongyue Merchant Association, and prepared to travel toward Bailing Island and the central region.

  • Su Yu and Luo Qianyu discussed delaying their return to Great Moon Prefecture, and Ma Shiqing considered relocating the Ma Family to an immortal city under Star Picking Tower.
  • Daoist Tianyu and other forces led cultivators to Phantom Sea Marsh, where the human forces clashed with the Demon Race and beast tide; Li Qingniu, Luo Qianyu, Zhang Mengdie, and Zhang Mengyao joined the fighting while Su Yu remained in seclusion.
  • After nearly three years, Su Yu reached eighty percent proficiency in the third layer of the Heavenly Immortal Body Refining Technique, while his Five Elements Art advanced to sixty-nine percent.
  • The Dao Body Puppet restored the Crimson Puppet to Rank 4 low-grade strength, gained control over a fire Dao Domain, and revealed its aura to Gao Teng.
  • The Dao Body Puppet confronted Black Flood Dragon Daoist, persuaded him to submit, found a Qi Refining Pot fragment in the merchant association's treasury, and arranged for the association to merge with Gao Yuanyuan's Gongyue Merchant Association.
  • The Dao Body Puppet learned that Bailing Island had a large teleportation array and set out with Black Flood Dragon Daoist, intending to visit Yellow Mausoleum Island before traveling toward the central region.

Ch. 158The New Island Lord of Yellow Mausoleum Island

Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet seized control of Yellow Mausoleum Island by overpowering the Huang Family and making its head submit. While Su Yu cultivated at Earth Immortal Mansion, the puppet’s new rule faced an approaching challenge from three powerful auras and six warships.

  • Su Yu and his allies decided to take Yellow Mausoleum Island by force, and the Dao Body Puppet ordered Black Flood Dragon Daoist, Daoist Fujing, and Daoist Jinfeng to help secure it.
  • Daoist Jinfeng killed Huang Min at the port, then the warship continued to Yellow Mausoleum Mountain as Huang Family forces activated their Rank 4 inferior Mountain Protection Formation.
  • The Dao Body Puppet bypassed the formation, froze Huang Pu and the Huang Family elders with spatial power, and forced Huang Pu to beg for the family’s survival.
  • Black Flood Dragon Daoist, Daoist Fujing, and Daoist Jinfeng took control of the Huang Family, establishing Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet as Yellow Mausoleum Island’s new lord.
  • Su Yu returned to Earth Immortal Mansion, cultivated, and drew talismans while planning to send a Qi Refining Pot fragment to the island.
  • Six months later, three auras surpassing the Core Formation stage and six warships arrived at Yellow Mausoleum Island.

Ch. 159The Arrival of Three Nascent Soul True Lords

The Dao Body Puppet learned that the Mufeng Merchant Association, Taiyuan Merchant Association, and Shi Family of Stone Rock Island had arrived at Yellow Mausoleum Island with three Nascent Soul True Lords. He prepared to receive them at the Huang Family ancestral grounds, where the three leaders entered to meet him while their six warships waited outside.

  • Black Flood Dragon Daoist told the Dao Body Puppet that six warships and three auras beyond the Core Formation stage were approaching Yellow Mausoleum Mountain.
  • Huang Pu explained the regional powers and their Nascent Soul leaders, including True Monarch Mu Yun, the Taiyuan ancestor, and the Shi Family ancestor.
  • The Dao Body Puppet considered visiting Qingxuan Island and Bailing Island after resolving the arriving forces' challenge.
  • Daoist Fujing went out to meet the six warships and invited the three True Lords to the Huang Family main hall.
  • The Shi Family Ancestor, True Monarch Mu Yun, and the Taiyuan ancestor entered the Huang Family ancestral grounds as their cultivators waited aboard the warships.

Ch. 161Heading to the Earth Immortal’s Mansion

Daoist Crimson Shadow used spatial power and the immortal character 'Yin' to drive off the Shi Family, Mufeng Merchant Association, and Taiyuan Merchant Association from Yellow Mausoleum Island. After consolidating control of the island and arranging for Gao Yuanyuan to oversee the Gongyue Merchant Association, he secretly set out for Qingxuan Island to find a teleportation array to the Earth Immortal Mansion.

  • Daoist Crimson Shadow blocked Shi Qiong and the other two Nascent Soul True Lords with a spatial barrier, then revealed his identity as a cultivator from Gongyue Merchant Association in Sangmu Prefecture.
  • Daoist Crimson Shadow trapped True Monarch Mu Yun and True Monarch Taiyuan with the immortal character 'Yin' and used spatial power to send Daoist Mu Yi outside Yellow Mausoleum Mountain.
  • Daoist Crimson Shadow ordered the three factions to withdraw from Yellow Mausoleum Island, and the shaken ancestors led their warships away.
  • The Liu Family and Ming Family submitted to True Monarch Crimson Shadow, while Black Flood Dragon Daoist recruited their Core Formation cultivators into the Gongyue Merchant Association and arranged to keep the island's families balanced.
  • Daoist Crimson Shadow sent Black Flood Dragon Daoist to Sangmu Prefecture to bring Gao Yuanyuan to Yellow Mausoleum Island to oversee the association's growth.
  • Daoist Crimson Shadow quietly left Yellow Mausoleum Island for Qingxuan Island, planning to use its teleportation array to reach Bailing Island and then the Earth Immortal Mansion.

Ch. 162Grand Void Alliance Leader?

The Dao Body Puppet discovered that the Grand Void Alliance Leader was courting the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect and Qingxuan Immortal Sect for a possible expedition against the Grand Void Immortal Alliance’s rivals. Su Yu learned of the threat, left seclusion to prepare Great Moon Prefecture, and met with Daoist Tianyu and Luo Qianyu.

  • The Dao Body Puppet reached Qingxuan Island, found the teleportation array, and spotted the Grand Void Alliance Leader meeting Sect Master Qingxuan.
  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader welcomed Elder Huan Chen of the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect, while Sect Master Qingxuan discussed joining a venture to seize ancient inheritances and Dharma Artifacts.
  • After watching the group for several days, the Dao Body Puppet traveled through Bailing Island to Ten Lords Immortal City and informed Su Yu of what it had discovered.
  • Su Yu left seclusion, decided to prepare for the threat to Great Moon Prefecture, and went to meet Daoist Qingquan, Daoist Tianyu, and Luo Qianyu.
  • Su Yu and Daoist Qingquan arrived at the Earth Immortal Mansion outpost, where Daoist Tianyu welcomed them.

Ch. 163Return to Dayue Prefecture

Su Yu offered Daoist Tianyu a token to the Phantom Sea Marsh ruins, then asked for help returning to Great Moon Prefecture after sensing that trouble awaited him there. Accompanied by Huang Zhu, he reached the prefecture with Luo Qianyu, Daoist Qingquan, Book Daoist, and Ma Shiqing, where they discovered a market town that seemed to have suffered a massacre.

  • Daoist Tianyu explained that the Demon Race had transformed the Phantom Sea Marsh into a mana-sealing prison, and Su Yu gave him the Mud Snake Token that located and opened the ruins.
  • Su Yu told Daoist Tianyu that he sensed danger in Great Moon Prefecture, and Daoist Tianyu arranged for Huang Zhu, a mount of the previous Earth Immortal Mansion Lord, to accompany him.
  • Su Yu returned to Ten Lords Immortal City, reunited with Luo Qianyu, Daoist Qingquan, Book Daoist, and Ma Shiqing, and traveled with them to Star Picking Tower before continuing toward Great Moon Prefecture on Huang Zhu's back.
  • After more than half a year of travel, Su Yu and the others entered Great Moon Prefecture and sensed bloodshed and Demon Path energy rising from a cultivation market town.
  • Su Yu and the others spread their divine senses over the market and saw a scene like purgatory.

Ch. 164The Yinmoon Tiger Clan: Picking on a Little Tiger?

Su Yu and his companions returned to Great Moon Palace, where they learned that unrest in Nine Soul Demonic Ridge had sent Demon Path cultivators into Great Moon Prefecture and that Profound Nether Demon Lord had reportedly reached the Nascent Soul Realm. After visiting the palace, Su Yu and Luo Qianyu headed with Huang Zhu toward Great Moon Ridge to retrieve Ke'er, Tian Ling, and the others, while Huang Zhu's aura frightened the local demon beasts and the Yin Moon Tiger Clan.

  • Su Yu burned and buried the victims of a Demon Path massacre in Moyue Mountain Market Town before continuing toward Great Moon Palace.
  • Su Yu's group learned that Profound Nether Demon Lord had returned, reportedly become a Nascent Soul Realm Devil Master, and challenged Nine Souls Demonic Palace for control of Nine Soul Demonic Ridge.
  • Fairy Liuxu and Fairy Guyue welcomed Su Yu's group and Huang Zhu to Great Moon Palace, where Fairy Guyue explained the unrest and said there was no news of Fairy Fengling.
  • Ma Shiqing left for Great Moon Immortal City and asked Su Yu to bring Tian Ling to visit his family; Su Yu agreed.
  • Su Yu and Luo Qianyu chose to visit the Falling Moon Alliance Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm ruins in Great Moon Ridge before returning home to retrieve their companions.
  • Huang Zhu's demonic aura sent the beasts of Great Moon Ridge fleeing and frightened a silver-white tiger; she offered to teach the Yin Moon Tiger Clan a lesson, but Su Yu declined.

Ch. 165An Ancient Beast Egg

Su Yu returned to the Falling Moon Alliance Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm ruins, subdued three old demon kings, and reunited with his family. While searching the ruins for their core, he discovered a strange dark-blue egg buried beneath the main peaks.

  • Old Snake Turtle sensed Huang Zhu’s approach and fled with Old Black Ox and Hundred Spirits Sheep, but Huang Zhu’s aura forced the three demons to prostrate themselves.
  • Su Yu recognized the demons, released the Heavenly Thunder Rat Demon King, and recruited Old Black Ox, Old Snake Turtle, and Hundred Spirits Sheep as his Tamed Beasts.
  • Su Yu brought Luo Qianyu and Huang Zhu through space into the Falling Moon Alliance Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm ruins and resolved to search the ruins and gain control of them.
  • Su Yu reunited with Yu Ke’er, Ma Tianling, and the others at Azure Moon Peak, then used the Golden Cicada Art to inspect the ruins.
  • Su Yu spotted a radiant dark-blue egg covered in wondrous patterns, buried beneath layers of spirit ore below the main peaks.

Ch. 166Sea Clan Alarmed

Su Yu retrieved an ancient beast egg from a formation beneath the Falling Moon Alliance ruins, restored the Qi Refining Pot, and nourished the egg until it showed signs of life. Its awakening stirred a distant Black Tortoise ancestor in the Fuling Sea Region, who ordered the sea clan to find and bring back the newly emerged bloodline.

  • Su Yu used spatial power to remove a huge, seemingly lifeless beast egg from the formation beneath the ruins, and Old Snake Turtle suspected it belonged to an ancient spirit tortoise.
  • Su Yu joined a fragment to the Qi Refining Pot, strengthening it enough to refine Rank 4 Spirit Liquid, then used the liquid, Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, and Azurewood Mana to nourish the egg.
  • Su Yu located and controlled the Falling Moon Alliance Secret Realm's formation eye, gave Yu Ke'er and Ma Tianling access tokens and control of the formation eye, and later returned with everyone to the secret realm.
  • After nearly half a year of care, Su Yu sensed vigorous life from the egg as it began absorbing water-element power, and he prepared to make it acknowledge him as master.
  • A colossal beast beneath the Fuling Sea Region sensed the bloodline tremor, recognized a possible surviving Black Tortoise bloodline, and ordered the sea clan to find it and bring it back.

Ch. 167Seven-turn Golden Core, Another Thousand Years to Live

Su Yu spent nearly two years cultivating and drawing talismans in the Luoyue Alliance Grotto-heaven Secret Realm before breaking through to Core Formation Stage Seven and forming a Seven-turn Golden Core. After discovering that it gave him a small Five Elements Dao Domain and extended his lifespan beyond a thousand years, he resolved to help Yu Ke'er improve her cultivation.

  • Su Yu sorted the Dao Body Puppet's talisman materials and gains, gave it Heavenly Marrow Soul Liquid, and settled into cultivation and talisman drawing.
  • Nearly two years later, Su Yu's Five Elements Art reached its limit at Core Formation Stage Six, and he broke through to Core Formation Stage Seven as his Golden Core became a Seven-turn Golden Core.
  • Su Yu formed a small Five Elements Dao Domain, tested its power with his spells, and pierced his Cave Dwelling's protective formation barrier with a transformed wooden branch.
  • Su Yu checked his Proficiency Panel and saw that his lifespan had increased by sixty years, leaving him with more than a thousand years.
  • Su Yu considered that Yu Qianqing, Su Qi, Su Rui'an, and his other companions might not share his long lifespan, then decided to seek a righteous-path dual cultivation technique to help Yu Ke'er advance.

Ch. 168War Without Declaration

The Grand Void Immortal Alliance, backed by the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect and the Qingxuan Immortal Sect, began seizing Great Moon Prefecture and then confronted the Great Moon Palace. The Grand Void Alliance Leader demanded Fairy Liuxu surrender, leaving the Great Moon Palace poised for battle.

  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader returned to Purple Light Prefecture with True Monarch Huan Chen, True Monarch Jin Lin, Sect Master Qingxuan, and other allies, then ordered the alliance’s eighteen branches to seize Great Moon Prefecture and Phoenix Fall Prefecture.
  • The Grand Void Immortal Alliance captured markets, towns, and resource lands in Great Moon Prefecture, prompting Daoist Qingquan to tell Su Yu and the others that the alliance had invaded with Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect support.
  • Su Yu offered to ask Senior Huang Zhu to stop the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect’s people, while the Great Moon Palace gathered forces across the prefecture and sent reinforcements north.
  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader and three other Nascent Soul True Lords arrived outside the Great Moon Palace, where Elder Huan Chen expressed interest in its rumored peak Rank 4 high-grade puppet wreckage.
  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader attacked the Great Moon Palace’s formation and demanded that Fairy Liuxu surrender the palace to his alliance, threatening her with the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect.

Ch. 169Bloodbath Great Moon Prefecture?

The Grand Void Palace faced an attack from the Grand Void Alliance and the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect, while Daoist Qingquan revealed her connection to the Earth Immortal Mansion. Huang Zhu arrived just as the attackers prepared to strike, removed the two Mysterious Heaven elders from the confrontation, and left the Great Moon Palace to face the remaining enemies.

  • Fairy Liuxu refused the Grand Void Alliance Leader's demand to lower the Great Moon Palace's defensive barrier, and he threatened to bathe Great Moon Prefecture in blood.
  • Daoist Qingquan, Su Yu, and the others appeared as the defensive barrier was withdrawn, and Daoist Qingquan warned the attackers that her master was True Monarch Moon Mist of the Earth Immortal Mansion.
  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader persuaded True Monarch Huan Chen, True Monarch Jin Lin, and Sect Master Qingxuan to attack the Great Moon Palace and seize its treasures despite Daoist Qingquan's warning.
  • True Monarch Huan Chen and True Monarch Jin Lin summoned their Dharma Artifacts, but Huang Zhu appeared beside Su Yu and frightened the two Mysterious Heaven elders into submission.
  • Huang Zhu took True Monarch Huan Chen and True Monarch Jin Lin away, leaving Fairy Liuxu and the others to deal with the Grand Void Alliance Leader and Sect Master Qingxuan.

Ch. 170Make a Move (1)

Su Yu received the Ice Bone Halberd from Huang Zhu and sent his Dao Body Puppet after the fleeing Grand Void Alliance Leader. After Sect Master Qingxuan abandoned the alliance, the puppet trapped the Grand Void Alliance Leader in a spatial prison and launched its attack.

  • Fairy Liuxu ordered Great Moon Prefecture to wage war against the Grand Void Immortal Alliance, while Su Yu sent his Dao Body Puppet to track the Grand Void Alliance Leader and Sect Master Qingxuan.
  • Huang Zhu gave Su Yu the choice between two seized Dharma Artifacts, and Su Yu chose the Ice Bone Halberd and refined it.
  • Sect Master Qingxuan fled for the sea region with his subordinates, leaving the Grand Void Alliance Leader to return alone toward his mountain gate.
  • The Dao Body Puppet trapped the Grand Void Alliance Leader inside a spatial prison and attacked him with the Golden Cicada Secret Art, the Yin character, the Ice Fire Pearl, and the Azure Moon Flying Sword.

Ch. 171The Grand Void Alliance Leader Falls

The Dao Body Puppet fought the Grand Void Alliance Leader for hours and killed him after overcoming his escape arts and Dharma Artifacts. The Chiling Grandmaster returned to Chiling Immortal City and learned that the Alliance Leader had fallen.

  • The Dao Body Puppet attacked the Grand Void Alliance Leader with the Ice Fire Pearl, the Azure Moon Sword, and soul secret arts, while the Alliance Leader used a space-infused fragment to escape its spatial prison.
  • The Grand Void Alliance Leader deployed his Bronze Ancient Lamp, but the Dao Body Puppet resisted its filthy flames and revealed itself to be a Rank 4 puppet.
  • The Dao Body Puppet repeatedly wounded the Grand Void Alliance Leader, preventing him from escaping as their battle devastated the land around Chiling Immortal City.
  • After fighting for more than four hours, the Dao Body Puppet severed the Grand Void Alliance Leader's head and sealed his fleeing Nascent Soul with the Golden Cicada Secret Art.
  • A Core Formation cultivator found the Alliance Leader's remains, sealed off the news, and reported the death to the Chiling Grandmaster when he returned seven days later.

Ch. 172Shock and Sudden Upheaval

The Chiling Grandmaster submitted the leaderless Grand Void Immortal Alliance to a masked Nascent Soul True Monarch, while Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet searched the slain Alliance Leader’s memories and looted the alliance’s secret realm. Great Moon Prefecture’s counterattack was ambushed by forces from Phoenix Fall Prefecture, and Su Yu learned that the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor had joined the Azure Prison Immortal Hall.

  • The Chiling Grandmaster learned from a Recording Stone that a scarlet figure had killed the Grand Void Alliance Leader and weighed surrender, seeking a new patron, or fleeing.
  • A masked Nascent Soul True Monarch presented Sect Master Qingxuan’s head and ordered the Chiling Grandmaster to gather the alliance’s survivors and submit; the Chiling Grandmaster agreed.
  • The Dao Body Puppet recovered, searched the Grand Void Alliance Leader’s Nascent Soul for the Void Sky Escape Art, the Grand Void Soul Scripture, and treasure-vault information, then took possession of his artifacts.
  • The Dao Body Puppet infiltrated the Grand Void Immortal Alliance’s main secret realm and seized its treasures before Great Moon Prefecture counterattacked and found the alliance’s forces had withdrawn.
  • The Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor and forces from Phoenix Fall Prefecture joined the remaining Grand Void Immortal Alliance cultivators to ambush Great Moon Prefecture near Chiling Immortal City; Mirror Moon Talismans helped Fairy Liuxu’s forces escape.
  • Su Yu heard Daoist Qingquan, Luo Qianyu, and Su Zhi recount the ambush, and Daoist Qingquan told him that the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor had joined the Azure Prison Immortal Hall.

Ch. 173Azure Prison Immortal Hall's Scheme

Su Yu learned that the Azure Prison Immortal Hall was using the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect and the conflict over Purple Light Prefecture to draw the Earth Immortal Mansion into a trap, so he chose not to intervene and instead returned to cultivation. He strengthened the Su Family’s foothold in the Falling Moon Alliance Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm and continued training Su Rui and Ma Tianling in alchemy.

  • Daoist Qingquan told Su Yu that the Grand Void Alliance Leader had died, the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor had allied with the Azure Prison Immortal Hall, and another Nascent Soul True Lord was supporting him.
  • The Azure Prison Immortal Hall’s masked Nascent Soul cultivator persuaded the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect Ancestor to abandon Purple Light Prefecture and focus on drawing the Earth Immortal Mansion into a wider conflict.
  • Nine Soul Demonic Ridge attacked the Grand Void Immortal Alliance’s territories, and the Blood Phoenix Immortal Sect withdrew as Great Moon Prefecture and the demon cultivators divided the remaining lands.
  • Su Yu returned to the grotto-heaven ruins, showed Su Rui'an, Yu Wenji, and Su Rui the Medicine Garden and the demon kings guarding the area, and told them the family could settle there once it grew strong enough.
  • Su Yu cultivated and studied a silver-white spatial fragment while Luo Qianyu reported the fighting in Purple Light Prefecture; he then taught Su Rui and Ma Tianling alchemy.

Ch. 174Returning to the Black Market

Su Yu returned to the Earth Immortal Mansion and decided to build a teleportation formation linking it to Great Moon Prefecture, but he lacked the resources to do so. He entered Ten Lords Immortal City’s underground black market under a hidden identity and bought a shop to begin earning the funds he needed.

  • The Azure Prison Immortal Hall killed the fleeing Mysterious Heaven Immortal Sect True Lords Huan Chen and Jin Lin, while a sudden sea beast tide swept through the Fuling Sea Region and diverted the sects from investigating their deaths.
  • Su Yu arranged a mutual-assistance and non-aggression pact between the Great Moon Palace, the Yin Moon Tiger Clan, and his Grotto-Heaven, securing Demon Lord Yin Moon’s protection.
  • Su Yu left Great Moon Prefecture with Luo Qianyu, Daoist Qingquan, Book Daoist, and Ma Shiqing, leaving his Dao Body Puppet behind to watch over the region, and returned to Ten Lords Immortal City.
  • After learning that the conflict at Phantom Sea Marsh was winding down, Su Yu concluded that he needed another identity and the black market to earn enough for a teleportation formation.
  • Su Yu consulted the Heavenly Script Pavilion, entered the underground black market as Daoist Chiying, and bought a small Cave Dwelling and ownership rights to a black-market shop.

Ch. 175Cloudy Sky Pill Pavilion's Female Cultivator Servants

Su Yu established Cloudy Sky Pill Pavilion in Ten Lords Immortal City and used illusion arts to revive the three female cultivator servants he had purchased, building a profitable business with their help. After learning that a vast sea-beast tide was disrupting the Fuling Sea Region, he chose to keep his Dao Body Puppet away from Yellow Mausoleum Island until the unrest passed.

  • Su Yu bought Lin Qingxia, Lin Bing, and Yang Yumin as servants, opened Cloudy Sky Pill Pavilion, and planned to use illusion arts to restore their spirits.
  • Lin Bing attracted customers with Fine Grade Rank 3 pills, and the pavilion gradually gained a reputation while Su Yu remained hidden as its alchemist.
  • After a year, Lin Qingxia reported that the pavilion had earned a surplus of more than eighty-three thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and Su Yu celebrated with the three women.
  • Two years later, Lin Bing and Yang Yumin told Su Yu that a savage sea-beast tide had spread through the sea region and that merchant associations were acquiring more sea folk servants.
  • Su Yu investigated the reports, worried about Yellow Mausoleum Island, and decided to keep his Dao Body Puppet away until the Fuling Sea Region's unrest ended.

Ch. 176Another Core Formation Female Servant

Su Yu dealt with pursuers, strengthened his female servants, and prepared for a possible confrontation with the Jing Family while continuing to refine pills. The chapter ended as an ancient spirit beast egg began to crack.

  • Several figures followed a bloodline resonance toward the central Great Qian Cultivation World, while Su Yu bought a Rank 5 teleportation formation material at an auction and escaped their surveillance.
  • Su Yu later killed the cultivators who had followed him, took their belongings, and destroyed their ghost-face identity tokens.
  • Su Yu gave Lin Bing a perfect-quality Golden Core Pill, and she broke through to Core Formation Stage One after more than half a month.
  • A young cultivator from the Jing Family threatened to visit Cloudy Sky Pill Pavilion, prompting Su Yu to learn the family's background and inspect his five-layer Rank 4 formation defenses.
  • Su Yu returned to the Artifact Palace and heard an ancient spirit beast egg begin to crack.
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