Chapter Summaries

Sha Minghong trapped the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan elders in an unbreakable scarlet cage and told them that Ancestor Luo Sha and the other Spirit Transformation experts had fallen in the Forbidden Sea. The elders demanded evidence, but Sha Minghong insisted their lives were already in his hands and asked why he would need to lie to them.

• The clan elders unleashed their full power against the scarlet cage, but it absorbed their attacks without even rippling.
• Sha Minghong watched the elders bombard the cage and reflected that he wanted to preserve them as valuable pieces for the clan’s future, not kill them.
• Sha Minghong announced that Ancestor Luo Sha and every awakened clan Ancestor had fallen in the Forbidden Sea, prompting the elders to angrily reject his claim.
• Sha Minghong urged the elders to contact the Ancestors and said that every Spirit Transformation expert who entered the Forbidden Sea, including human and Demon Race cultivators, had perished.
• The eldest clan elder set aside his certainty that Sha Minghong was lying and demanded evidence, while Sha Minghong called the elders prisoners and questioned why he would need to deceive them.

Sha Minghong forced the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan elders to test their Spirit-Invoking Incense, and its failure confirmed that their Spirit Transformation Ancestor had fallen. He then offered the grieving elders a chance to follow him in unifying the True Dragon Sea, promising them first choice of treasures that could help them break through to Spirit Transformation.

• The Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan elders summoned their Spirit-Invoking Incense and lit it to contact their ancestor.
• The incense burned out without a response, and Sha Minghong confirmed that the ancestor had fallen.
• Sha Minghong urged the elders to join him in unifying the True Dragon Sea and building the clan's strength amid the coming chaos.
• The elders questioned whether they could receive opportunities to overcome their Spirit Transformation bottlenecks.
• Sha Minghong promised the elders first choice of Law Spiritual Items and other treasures, and offered to help them comprehend the Great Dao.

Sha Minghong negotiated a Heart Demon Great Oath with the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s imprisoned Half-Venerable elders, promising them priority in choosing Law Spiritual Items while claiming broad rights over the clan’s resources. After the oath freed them from the Scarlet Cage, he led the elders toward their forbidden Treasure Vault, which they feared was protected by their Ancestor’s ultimate formation.

• Sha Minghong demanded all Innate Gang Sha and Earthly Turbid Qi, the right to select discovered cultivation inheritances, and control over the clan’s forbidden-ground Treasure Vault.
• The elders asked whether they would retain priority in choosing Law Spiritual Items, then accepted Sha Minghong’s terms and proposed binding everyone with a contract oath.
• Sha Minghong and the elders swore their Heart Demon Great Oaths, causing the Scarlet Cage to shatter and release the Half-Venerables.
• Sha Minghong ordered the elders to take over the Treasure Vault, and one elder warned that its fifth-rank formation could not be breached without their Ancestor or his key.
• Sha Minghong said he had a way to open the vault, and the elders accompanied him down into the Canyon toward it.

Sha Minghong emerged from the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s treasure vault delighted by his gains, while the clan elders were crushed to find no law Spiritual Items inside. The Bloodline Divine Bell then rang six times, summoning the clan’s scattered powerhouses to the Black Abyss Main Hall, where the cause of the alarm remained unknown.

• Sha Minghong entered the clan’s Canyon vault after the Half-Venerable elders opened its gateway with their Seal Techniques.
• Sha Minghong returned an hour later satisfied, but the clan elders followed in despair after finding no law Spiritual Items in the vault.
• The Bloodline Divine Bell rang six times across the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s Ancestral Land, and a distant great demon abandoned a maturing Spirit Medicine to race back to the clan.
• Demon Lords including Brother Meng and Demon Lord Mo speculated that the six rings signaled a grave crisis or a major clan undertaking, then hurried toward the main hall.
• The summoned clan powerhouses gathered in the Black Abyss Main Hall, where the clan’s most powerful elders stood awaiting the cause of the alarm.

Sha Minghong appeared before the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s assembled leaders and sat on the Abyssal Throne, while the clan’s Half-Venerable elders treated him as their superior. The demon lords’ outrage was crushed by the elders’ show of force, and Sha Minghong’s casual gesture made the elders withdraw their pressure and obey.

• The Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s Half-Venerable elders and demon lords gathered in the main hall beneath the empty Abyssal Throne.
• Sha Minghong appeared before the throne, and the Half-Venerable elders bowed to him with an ancient salute.
• Sha Minghong sat on the Abyssal Throne, provoking the demon lords into a furious uproar.
• The Half-Venerable elders stepped forward and used their combined aura to suppress the demon lords and their attacks.
• Sha Minghong waved casually, and the elders immediately withdrew their pressure and returned to their places in silence.

Sha Minghong challenged the demon lords to force him from his throne with one step, then calmly withstood their combined attack behind a blood-red barrier. When they prepared to strike again, he trapped nearly a thousand of them inside a scarlet cage, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Sha Minghong offered the demon lords the chance to do as they pleased with him if they could make him take one step back from the throne.
• The demon lords unleashed their treasures and strongest attacks against Sha Minghong, but his throne raised a scarlet barrier that absorbed and dispersed the assault.
• The demon lords accused Sha Minghong of relying on external power and urged one another to attack again.
• Sha Minghong declared that the opportunity was over and pressed his palm toward the demon lords.
• A scarlet cage formed around nearly a thousand demon lords, trapping them with their summoned power and half-formed abilities.

Sha Minghong used a blood-colored cage to suppress the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s demon lords, then had the clan elders explain why they supported him. The elders revealed that Spirit Transformation Ancestor Luo Sha and several other revived ancestors had fallen, and the chapter ended as the demon lords began trying to contact them for confirmation.

• Sha Minghong’s blood-colored chains pierced and restrained the demon lords, suppressing their power and souls inside the scarlet cage.
• Sha Minghong dismissed the cage and demanded that the demon lords remain quiet; they lowered their heads under his authority and the clan elders’ watch.
• A gray-haired Half-Venerable clan elder asked the demon lords why their elders openly supported Sha Minghong, then announced that Ancestor Luo Sha and several other revived Spirit Transformation Ancestors had fallen.
• When the demon lords demanded proof, a clan elder showed a recording of the Grand Clan Elder using Spirit-Invoking Incense, which burned out without contacting the ancestors.
• The demon lords disputed the news and some direct descendants took out treasures to try contacting the ancestors themselves.

After the Black Spirit Tiger Shark Clan’s ancestors and other Spirit Transformation Venerables were confirmed dead, the clan elders urged Sha Minghong to take command and conquer the True Dragon Sea. The Demon Lords submitted to Sha Minghong, who accepted leadership and promised an expedition.

• The direct descendants tested their ancestral treasures and learned that their Ancestor no longer answered, plunging the hall into despair.
• The Grand Elder told the Demon Lords that Spirit Transformation Venerables across the True Dragon Sea and human territory had also fallen, then announced the elders’ unanimous support for Sha Minghong as clan leader.
• The elders called on the clan to unite under Sha Minghong and conquer the True Dragon Sea, including the Golden Flood Dragon Clan.
• The Demon Lords understood Sha Minghong’s overwhelming strength and bowed to him, asking him to assume command of the clan.
• Sha Minghong accepted leadership, vowed to lead an expedition across the True Dragon Sea, and raised his hands to silence the cheering hall.

Sha Minghong ended the debate over the Black Spirit Tiger Baleful Clan’s first target and chose to attack the Golden Flood Dragon Clan directly. He assured his worried followers that he could defeat any opponent short of a Spirit Transformation cultivator—and suppress even one if it appeared.

• A white-haired elder proposed attacking the Demon Snake Clan, while other elders warned of Golden Flood Dragon reinforcements and suggested the Mystic Turtle Clan instead.
• The First Elder urged the clan to strike the Golden Flood Dragon Clan first, arguing that a decisive victory would deter the other powers.
• Sha Minghong silenced the hall and declared that the Golden Flood Dragon Clan would be the clan’s first target, citing its wealth and strategic value.
• A black-armored demon lord asked whether Sha Minghong was certain the clan could overcome the Golden Flood Dragon Clan’s experts and possible Spirit Transformation secrets.
• Sha Minghong proclaimed himself invincible in this age if no Spirit Transformation cultivator appeared and said he could suppress one even if it did.

Sha Minghong organized the demon clans for an expedition against the Golden Flood Dragon Clan while Cheng Buzheng and the Purgatory Clan’s High Priest cultivated within golden Light Cocoons in the Forbidden Sea. Meanwhile, the human race’s Half-Venerable leaders gathered at Sea Suppressing City after losing contact with their Spirit Transformation Ancestors and began discussing a joint response to the crisis.

• Sha Minghong established the True Dragon Expedition Legion, appointed its commanders, and ordered the armies to prepare for an attack on the Golden Flood Dragon Clan.
• Cheng Buzheng and the High Priest of the Purgatory Clan absorbed particles of law origin inside Light Cocoons as the imprisoned source fueling them dwindled.
• Cheng Buzheng’s true body continued studying Daoist script and the laws of chaos in Ping'an City.
• Half-Venerable leaders from the Immortal, Demon, and Sea Suppressing Alliances converged on Sea Suppressing City, alarming its cultivators.
• The Sea Suppressing Alliance’s Hai Yuan proposed that the factions suspend hostilities and unite against a change in the Forbidden Sea.
• Blood River Ancestor revealed that his connection to the Blood Sea Demon Venerable had been severed and called for the leaders to conceal the Spirit Transformation Ancestors’ disappearance.

After the great powers agreed to cooperate, a hidden organization learned that the Spirit Transformation Venerables had gone missing and decided to stir up unrest. Six months later, rumors that the Venerables had fallen spread through the Boundless Sea, and an Immortal Alliance steward hurried to report the news to the Deputy Alliance Leader.

• The immortals, demons, and Sea Suppressing Alliance representatives agreed to unite and began negotiating resources, intelligence, and spheres of influence.
• Black-robed leaders learned that Blood Sea Demon Venerable and several Spirit Transformation Venerables were unreachable, then chose to wait while releasing rumors to destabilize the top powers.
• Over the next six months, rumors about the Forbidden Sea spread throughout the Boundless Sea.
• At Listening Waves Pavilion, a blue-robed cultivator told his burly friend that the Spirit Transformation seniors were stranded in the Forbidden Sea and might have fallen.
• The teahouse patrons overheard the rumor, and the two cultivators fled as whispers erupted around them.
• An Immortal Alliance steward hurried through Heavy Mystery Hall, worrying about how to explain the news to the Deputy Alliance Leader.

After Zhao Ming failed to trace the rumors about a Spirit Transformation Venerable’s fall, the Deputy Alliance Leader ordered him to publicize the Fire Separation Secret Realm as a diversion and threatened harsh punishment for anyone spreading the rumors. The secret realm news drew attention across the Boundless Sea, but the rumors spread through the inland cultivation world, where Rogue Cultivators feared the upheaval ahead.

• Zhao Ming confessed that the Law Enforcement Hall could not find the source of the rumors, and the Deputy Alliance Leader struck him and called him useless.
• The Deputy Alliance Leader gave Zhao Ming another chance and ordered him to announce that the Fire Separation Secret Realm would emerge in the Phantom Star Sea Region.
• Zhao Ming spread the secret realm news, while the Demon Alliance and Sea Suppressing Alliance publicized other supposed treasures to redirect Mortal Cultivators’ attention.
• The three human alliances secretly investigated the rumors, which subsided across the Boundless Sea but spread rapidly through the inland cultivation kingdoms.
• Rogue Cultivators in Qingfeng Market discussed whether the Spirit Transformation Venerables had fallen and feared that they would suffer first if the cultivation world’s landscape changed.

Rumors that the Immortal Alliance’s order was collapsing triggered panic buying across the cultivation world, and White Cloud Sect Grand Elder Cheng Changqing brought the alarming news to Cheng Buzheng. Cheng Buzheng revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and ordered the sect to hold steady until the Spirit Transformation Venerable’s death was confirmed.

• Rogue cultivators in Qingfeng Market discussed possible war, rising prices, and shortages, prompting many to rush out and buy supplies.
• A White Cloud Sect steward reported widespread price spikes and dwindling supplies to Cheng Changqing, who hurried to consult Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Changqing advised the sect to reinforce its defenses and avoid expansion while the uncertain situation developed.
• Cheng Buzheng corrected Cheng Changqing’s assessment and revealed his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng ordered White Cloud Sect to proceed as usual until the Spirit Transformation Venerable’s death was confirmed and told Cheng Changqing to keep their conversation secret.

Several Golden Core cultivators led an assault on the Cloudsun Immortal Clan, destroying its protective array and slaughtering the clan despite Cloudsun True Person’s resistance. The attackers survived his self-detonation and fled with their remaining disciples, while news spread that the Cloudsun Immortal Clan had become the first Golden Core power in the Six Kingdoms Cultivation World to fall in recent years.

• Several Golden Core cultivators and their forces surrounded the Cloudsun Immortal Clan and attacked its protective array.
• The attackers formed a Lawbreaking Spirit Axe Array, while Cloudsun True Person sent young Foundation Establishment cultivators away to preserve the clan’s inheritance.
• Cloudsun True Person warned the attackers about the superior sect and Senior Cheng, but they brought down the axe and shattered the clan’s array.
• The attackers stormed the spirit peaks and killed the Cloudsun clansmen; Cloudsun True Person then detonated his Golden Core while fighting them.
• The Black Robe Old Man survived by sacrificing a Magic Treasure, and the surviving Golden Core cultivators regrouped before departing with their disciples.
• News spread that the Cloudsun Immortal Clan had been destroyed, the first Golden Core-level power in the Six Kingdoms Cultivation World to fall in recent years.

News of the Cloudsun Immortal Clan’s destruction spread as the Six Kingdoms’ order collapsed into widespread war. Three demonic Nascent Soul Ancestors arrived at Jin Kingdom to kill Cheng Buzheng, but they underestimated his strength.

• Qiu Lan and other Foundation Establishment cultivators discussed the Cloudsun Immortal Clan’s destruction, the reward offered by Verdant Splendor True Lord, and the Immortal Alliance’s lack of intervention.
• Five more Golden Core forces were destroyed, and the Nascent Soul True Lords’ silence accelerated the collapse of the Six Kingdoms’ order.
• Two Nascent Soul True Lords fought over an old grudge, after which the Immortal Alliance’s order collapsed and the cultivation world descended into war.
• Yin Corpse Ancestor, Evil Spirit Ancestor, and Crimson Flame Ancestor arrived at Jin Kingdom aboard a bone ship and agreed to kill Cheng Buzheng, while reserving his body, Nascent Soul, and vital blood according to their pact.
• The three Ancestors dismissed concerns about Cheng Buzheng’s backing and strength, concluding that their combined forces could defeat him.

Cheng Buzheng’s Dharma body confronted three demonic sect leaders who demanded that the White Cloud Sect surrender its Spirit Veins. He revealed Nascent Soul Late Stage power and prepared to use them to establish his authority, while the attackers hurried to form a defensive array.

• The Yin Corpse Ancestor, Evil Spirit Ancestor, and Crimson Flame Ancestor sailed toward the White Cloud Sect to seize its Spirit Veins.
• Cheng Buzheng sensed their killing intent, identified the attackers, and appeared outside the sect’s protection formation to meet them.
• The three Devil Lords demanded the Spirit Veins, but Cheng Buzheng refused and insulted them.
• Cheng Changqing organized the White Cloud Sect’s disciples and elders to defend the sect as its protection formation awakened.
• The three Devil Lords attacked Cheng Buzheng, sealing his escape and striking him with demon corpses and blood-colored flames.
• Cheng Buzheng unleashed Nascent Soul Late Stage pressure, terrifying the Devil Lords and forcing them to form the Three Demon Heaven-Eroding Grand Array.

Cheng Buzheng annihilated the three Devil Lords and their Golden Core forces, then ordered White Cloud Sect cultivators to pursue the fleeing survivors. The sect’s hunts continued across the region, ending with disciples surrounding a suspected demonic cultivator in Evergreen Market as the disguised target tried to break out.

• Cheng Buzheng formed a sword from gathered Spirit Energy, destroyed the three Devil Lords’ array, and killed the Golden Core devil cultivators with Sword Qi.
• Cheng Buzheng left the remaining devils to Cheng Changqing, who sent White Cloud Sect squads out to hunt them.
• A White Cloud Sect squad tracked a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator to a swamp, rejected his offer of Foundation Establishment Pills, and killed him.
• A White Cloud Sect martial uncle advised the Foundation Establishment cultivator not to regret refusing the demon’s bargain, and he resumed the sect’s mission.
• A White Cloud Sect squad identified Liu Lao'er’s courtyard in Evergreen Market as the hiding place of a suspected demonic cultivator and surrounded it.
• The disciples attacked the courtyard, and a streak of black light burst out before their Magic Tools forced it back.

White Cloud Sect Grand Elder Cheng Changqing reported the purge of the three great devil sects to Nascent Soul Ancestor Cheng Buzheng and discussed what to do with their Spirit Veins. Cheng Buzheng then explained his suspicions about the rumors behind the collapse of the Immortal Alliance, leaving his account unfinished as he began to reveal the result of a larger probe.

• White Cloud Sect disciples hunted down the remnants of the three great devil sects across the Jin Kingdom, killing most of them and driving the survivors into hiding.
• Cheng Changqing visited Cheng Buzheng in the White Cloud Sect's forbidden hall and reported that eight or nine tenths of the devil cultivators had been eliminated.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that the sect would sell the three captured Spirit Veins to other kingdoms because their distance, difficult terrain, and defense costs outweighed their value.
• Cheng Changqing suggested holding a celebration to publicize Cheng Buzheng's Nascent Soul Late Stage strength, but Cheng Buzheng said lasting prestige came from strength and the sect's accumulated foundations.
• Cheng Buzheng questioned the rumors that the Spirit Transformation Ancestors of the three human alliances had died in the Forbidden Sea, arguing that the news had spread suspiciously fast and that the ensuing chaos had been a test.
• Cheng Buzheng began to disclose the result of that test, but the chapter ended before he finished explaining.

Cheng Buzheng explained to Cheng Changqing that the Devil Dao sects had attacked White Cloud Sect to test the weakened Immortal Alliance, then decided to delay his own plans while the sect faced scrutiny. More than half a month later, an Ancient Sword Sect elder and a dark-robed Nascent Soul cultivator arrived at White Cloud Sect, forcing Cheng Buzheng to confront their apparent test of his strength.

• Cheng Buzheng told Cheng Changqing that the Devil Dao sects had used their attack on White Cloud Sect to probe the Immortal Alliance's response and warned him to focus on the sect and his cultivation.
• Cheng Buzheng considered returning to the True Dragon Sea to plunder its treasures, but decided to stay and investigate the situation because leaving could invite trouble for White Cloud Sect.
• More than half a month later, Cheng Changqing sensed a powerful sword light approaching White Cloud Sect and went out to receive the visitor.
• An Ancient Sword Sect elder, identified as Wei, arrived and asked Cheng Changqing to lead him to Ancestor Cheng.
• A dark-robed Nascent Soul cultivator arrived, and Wei accused him of ambushing and killing an Ancient Sword Sect disciple at Cangwu Mountain.
• Wei drew part of his Star-Slaying Sword as the two cultivators confronted each other, while Cheng Buzheng watched from the Back Mountain Forbidden Area and judged the Ancient Sword Sect's sword cultivators to be declining.

Cheng Buzheng emerged from the White Cloud Sect and suppressed True Lord Wei and the triangular-eyed old man, revealing power that suggested he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage. He exposed the six other Nascent Soul Cultivators hiding nearby and invited all eight into the sect, leaving them wary of entering his formation.

• Cheng Buzheng reflected that True Lord Wei had staged a confrontation to test him, and lamented that calculation had clouded Wei's sword heart.
• Cheng Buzheng appeared outside the sect formation and suppressed True Lord Wei's sword intent and the triangular-eyed old man's poisonous miasma with overwhelming power.
• Cheng Changqing apologized to Cheng Buzheng and withdrew into the sect while True Lord Wei and the triangular-eyed old man greeted Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng questioned how the two visitors had learned he had slain three Devil Lords, then called out the Nascent Soul Cultivators concealed in the sky.
• Six hidden Nascent Soul Cultivators appeared, and True Lord Wei accused them of excluding his Ancient Sword Sect from their planned gathering and using him to test Cheng Buzheng.
• Cheng Buzheng invited all eight Nascent Soul Cultivators into the White Cloud Sect, but they hesitated because entering would put them inside his sect's powerful protective formation.