Chapter Summaries

Shen Long lured and killed a Core Formation Late Stage Golden Thunder Turtle, then avoided becoming involved in Heavenly Fiend Island’s search for Lu Qian. After learning more about Lu Qian and recent cultivation-world news, he returned to alchemy in Green Falcon Pavilion.

• Shen Long used Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense and the Mystic Ice Monster-Slaying Formation to kill a Golden Thunder Turtle, but found no Thunder-Guiding Bead or Thunder-Absorbing Bead.
• Shen Long disguised himself with the Shape-Shifting Lock and denied knowing Lu Qian when two Core Formation Late Stage cultivators from Heavenly Fiend Island questioned him.
• Lu Qian emerged from a Blue Giant Clam nearby, blamed Heavenly Fiend Island for his troubles, and hid in an underground cave; Shen Long admitted he had spotted Lu Qian but chose not to report him.
• Shen Long returned to Green Falcon Pavilion, rewarded Sun Yiyue for her information, and learned that Heavenly Fiend Island sought Lu Qian while the Three Immortals Sect celebrated gaining a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Shen Long bought spirit medicines, then began refining Vajra Bone Tempering Pills using the Golden Thunder Turtle's shell.

After emerging from seclusion, Shen Long traded healing pills with Jiang Man and Mu Weiwei and learned more about Heavenly Fiend Island’s hunt for Lu Qian. He then left for Star-Moon Marketplace to attend its auction and seek Third-Rank Flood Dragon essence blood.

• Shen Long visited Listen to the Sea Pavilion, where Song He told him Lu Qian had evaded Heavenly Fiend Island’s Golden Core Cultivators and warned him against pursuing the bounty.
• Jiang Man met Shen Long and traded a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Fruit for five High-Grade Golden Ganoderma Pills; Shen Long had the Spirit-Tracking Beast memorize her divine sense fluctuations.
• Mu Weiwei exchanged two Spirit Rearing Fruits and a Third-Rank Blood Toad Beast corpse for Shen Long’s Snow Jade Paste and told him about the upcoming Star-Moon Marketplace Auction.
• Mu Weiwei repeated rumors that Lu Qian had killed a Dharma Protector and acquired a Spirit Treasure, and she warned Shen Long not to get involved.
• The next morning, Shen Long left the Marketplace and flew toward Star-Moon Marketplace to attend the Auction and bid on Third-Rank Flood Dragon essence blood.

Shen Long tracked Jiang Man and discovered she was secretly helping the wounded Lu Qian, while Heavenly Fiend Island and the Three Immortals Sect searched for him. When the Three Immortals Sect found Lu Qian, an unseen ally attacked and helped him escape, leaving the sect searching for both him and his rescuer.

• Shen Long followed Jiang Man and watched her deliver five Golden Ganoderma Pills to Lu Qian, then waited nearby before deciding to act.
• True Monarch Black Yama ordered Wu Miao to intensify the search for Lu Qian and attack members of the Three Immortals Sect if they encountered them.
• The Three Immortals Sect found Lu Qian on a Desolate Island and demanded that he return with them or be taken back as a corpse.
• Lu Qian fought the six cultivators and fled as an unseen ally struck them with silver lightning and White Ice Blades.
• The golden-skirted woman survived the attack and led the Three Immortals Sect in continuing its search for Lu Qian.

Shen Long rescued Lu Qian, learned about the Five Dragons Secret Realm, and arranged to meet him in a year to explore it together. He then went to Star-Moon Marketplace and commissioned Listen Wind Pavilion to find the location of Third-Rank Flood Dragons.

• Shen Long confronted Lu Qian and learned that Lu Qian possessed only the first eight layers of the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Lu Qian revealed that the Five Dragons Secret Realm held the complete technique and other resources, and proposed gathering five Golden Core Cultivators to break its restrictions.
• Shen Long and Lu Qian swore Inner Demon oaths to meet in a year, and Shen Long warned Lu Qian to search for a tracking treasure.
• Lu Qian found a Ziyang Stone hidden in his materials, realized it had helped the Three Immortals Sect track him, and threw it into the sea.
• Shen Long reached Star-Moon Marketplace and asked Lin Sen of Cloud Wind Pavilion to find where Third-Rank Flood Dragons could be found.
• Shen Long paid Lin Sen a ten-thousand-Spirit-Stone deposit and left his contact method before wandering the marketplace.

Shen Long searched the market, acquired a rare Separation Fire Crystal, and attended the Star-Moon Hall Auction to obtain Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood. He secured the blood by offering a High-Grade Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill, while the auction continued.

• Shen Long traded a late Third-Rank Golden Thunder Turtle Demon Core to Chen Xian for Golden Ganoderma Jade Liquid Spirit Wine.
• Shen Long crushed an ore and discovered a Separation Fire Crystal, then let his Golden-Winged Fire Ants devour the remaining ores.
• Liu Yuyao asked Chu Buyu about finding a traitor, but Chu Buyu insisted she would complete her master's task.
• Shen Long attended the Star-Moon Hall Auction, where Golden Core Jade Liquid and other goods sold for high prices; he bought two Spirit Rearing Fruits and two mid Third-Rank Green Wind Peng Demon Cores.
• Shen Long offered a High-Grade Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill for the mid Third-Rank fire flood dragon Essence Blood, and the owner chose to trade with him.

At the Auction, Shen Long watched several finale items change hands, while a Heavenly Monster Talisman went unsold because its owner demanded rare lifespan-extending treasures. After the Auction, Shen Long noticed people following him, and Jin Dingtian left to search for a way to obtain the requested items.

• Shen Lin traded a Nascent Soul Formation Pill to Nine-Year-Old Rogue Cultivator, who left the venue as cultivators discussed the danger of hunting him.
• Blood Crow True Monarch traded for a bottle of Fourth-Rank Heavenly Cloud Pills, and Chen Xian bought the Universe Rings before selling materials that included a Third-Rank Nine-Rosy Beast's Poison Sac, which Shen Long purchased.
• Ice Moon Fairy traded for the Heavenly Ape Bead after Shen Lin demonstrated its Mystic Water Ape transformation, while the Heavenly Monster Talisman failed to attract an acceptable offer.
• Shen Long noticed several people following him after the Auction, returned to his residence, and used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to observe outside before meditating.
• Liu Yuyao urged Jin Dingtian to seek lifespan-extending spiritual herbs or fruits on Immortal Fallen Island, and he departed to visit other places first.

Shen Long followed Lin Sen’s information to a remote island, where he ambushed two cultivators who had tracked him there. He killed them and collected their Essence Souls for interrogation, then left the island.

• Shen Long received information about a Third-Rank Flood Dragon from Lin Sen and used a teleportation array to return to the Inner Sea.
• Lu Qian told Jiang Man that he needed two more Golden Core Cultivators to enter the Five Dragons Secret Realm, and Jiang Man agreed to recruit them.
• Shen Long waited on an island and attacked a golden-robed youth and a Blue-Skirted Matron when they arrived with a Five-Colored Spirit Butterfly.
• Shen Long and his spirit beasts destroyed the Matron’s Cold Crystal Ants and killed her, then battled the youth and his Third-Rank Puppet Beast.
• Shen Long killed the golden-robed youth, collected both enemies’ Essence Souls in the Soul Refining Bowl, and left the island.

Shen Long searched the nearby seas for a Third-Rank Flood Dragon but fled when he encountered a Fourth-Rank Blue Whale, then returned to his marketplace to tend his Spirit Control Tower and trade for talismans. After obtaining a Soul-Extinguishing Talisman and other supplies, he planted new spirit materials and began refining a Vajra Bone Tempering Pill.

• Shen Long interrogated the two captured Essence Souls and learned that the cultivators had followed him to steal his Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood.
• Shen Long searched the sea for a Third-Rank Flood Dragon for more than half a year, then escaped a Fourth-Rank Blue Whale with the Golden-Winged Wind Peng's Wind Evasion Technique.
• Shen Long returned to Green Falcon Pavilion, watered his Red Flame Ganoderma, harvested Golden Apricot Fruits, and considered how to use the Spirit Control Tower's empty third floor.
• Shen Long sold the Golden Apricot Fruits and seized goods, then bought Mysterious Fire Bamboo, Iron Wood, and Five-Colored Flowers.
• Shen Long exchanged a top-grade Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill for a Soul-Extinguishing Talisman and bought a Three-Yang Fire-Avoiding Talisman and Seven-Star Warning Talismans from Deng Piaoxue.
• Shen Long planted the new materials in the Spirit Control Tower and swallowed a Vajra Bone Tempering Pill to refine its medicinal power.

After three months of secluded cultivation, Shen Long joined Lu Qian, Jiang Man, and two other cultivators to open the Five Dragons Sect Secret Realm. They entered the realm, while Chu Buyu fled into the same opening as a pursuer closed in.

• Shen Long left seclusion, learned Lu Qian remained uncaptured, and discovered Jiang Man had gone out to sea.
• Shen Long met Lu Qian and Jiang Man at a hidden cave, where Jiang Man revealed a teleportation formation leading to the Five Dragons Sect Secret Realm.
• The five cultivators teleported to an island and agreed to cooperate after Jiang Man explained the secret realm’s origin and promised they could keep whatever they found.
• Their attacks failed to break the entrance until Shen Long released the Ice Flood Dragon and Lu Qian struck with his golden spear, shattering the light gate.
• Lu Qian, Jiang Man, Shen Long, and the other two cultivators entered the secret realm, and Chu Buyu escaped a black-clawed pursuer by flying through the opening.

Shen Long collected Spirit Rearing Fruits and defeated a yellow-shirted Core Formation cultivator while searching the Secret Realm for the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique. He found a restricted mountain peak, where he and a red-skirted woman began fighting as other factions entered the Secret Realm.

• Shen Long collected sixty-five Spirit Rearing Fruits, transplanted their tree, and followed the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada deeper into the Secret Realm.
• Chu Buyu killed a Black Crocodile in a valley and left with its corpse.
• Shen Long and the Golden-Winged Wind Peng killed a Golden Giant Eagle, then Shen Long defeated a yellow-shirted Core Formation cultivator and took his possessions.
• Ice Flood Dragon Master and the Red-Robed Elder led their faction into the Secret Realm, splitting their forces between reporting, guarding the entrance, and searching inside.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada led Shen Long to a restricted mountain peak, where he encountered the red-skirted woman; she attacked with a giant crab, and Shen Long answered with a White Flood Dragon.

Shen Long killed the Red-Skirted Woman, learned that her master was likely the Blood Crow True Monarch, and entered Wood Dragon Hall after breaking through its formation. Inside, he found depleted spirit stones, three ancient Five-Colored Jade Lotuses, and a Spirit Eye Spring.

• The Ice Flood Dragon and Golden-Winged Wind Peng killed the Red-Skirted Woman, and Shen Long took her belongings and captured her Essence Soul.
• Shen Long questioned the Red-Skirted Woman about her master, tortured her Essence Soul when she refused to answer, then destroyed it.
• Shen Long sent a Golden Giant Ape Puppet Beast into the cyan mist to break the formation around Wood Dragon Hall, then entered the hall with the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
• Shen Long opened the first Stone Chamber and collected its depleted Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Shen Long entered the second Stone Chamber, harvested three Five-Colored Jade Lotuses, and discovered that its pool was a Spirit Eye Spring.

Shen Long collected rare spirit treasures from Wood Dragon Hall, then captured a Two-Tailed Spirit Fox and subdued a sentient Tree Man. The Tree Man agreed to lead him to a place with powerful restrictions.

• Shen Long found two Heaven Soul Ghost Lotuses and gathered the Heaven Soul True Water from the third Stone Chamber.
• Shen Long broke through the fourth Stone Chamber’s barrier, harvested an ancient Monster Luring Grass, and left Wood Dragon Hall.
• Shen Long tracked down and killed a Two-Tailed Spirit Fox, but a Tree Demon attacked the Golden-Winged Wind Peng.
• Shen Long burned through the forest and used thunder to force the Tree Man to surrender, then planted restrictions on him.
• Shen Long asked about powerful restrictions, and the Tree Man agreed to lead him there as his master.

Chu Buyu escaped an attack by the Three Immortals Sect, then traded the complete Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique to Shen Long for time to flee. Shen Long escaped his pursuers and set off to find restricted areas, while Chu Buyu hid and vowed to settle her debt with the sect.

• Chu Buyu discovered the Five Dragons Secret Realm's ancient books, including the complete Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique, before Lin Yan and the Three Immortals Sect attacked her, believing she had found a Spirit Treasure.
• Liu Liang and a blue-robed elder tortured Jiang Man and learned that the Secret Realm might contain a Spirit Treasure sought by the Three Immortals Sect.
• Shen Long defeated a Cyan Giant Tiger but found no Thunder-Guiding Bead or Thunder-Absorbing Bead, then encountered a wounded Chu Buyu fleeing Lin Yan.
• Chu Buyu gave Shen Long the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique and swore she had not copied or altered it; Shen Long then helped fight Lin Yan while Chu Buyu escaped.
• Lin Yan sent four Golden Core Cultivators after Shen Long, who escaped by merging with the Golden-Winged Wind Peng and using teleportation, then recovered before asking the Tree Man to guide him to restricted areas.
• Chu Buyu hid in an underground cave, cursed the Three Immortals Sect, and regretted giving Shen Long the technique, though she had felt compelled by his Third-Rank Ice Flood Dragon.

Shen Long discovered and refined the Green Lotus Bottle in a hidden cavern protected by a thunder prohibition, then confronted Ice Flood Dragon Master and a Green-Robed Man. His spirit beasts gained the advantage in the ensuing battle, leaving the Green-Robed Man engulfed in golden flames.

• Lin Yan sent Ice Flood Dragon Master and the other cultivators to search separately for Chu Buyu and the Spirit Treasure.
• Shen Long followed the Tree Man through a forest to a valley, used the Thunder-Absorbing Bead to cross its lightning prohibition, and broke through a concealed stone wall.
• Shen Long found a Green Lotus Bottle and an ancient Golden Thunder Bamboo in the cavern, then refined the bottle and discovered it was not an offensive Spirit Treasure.
• After his Spirit-Tracking Beast warned him, Shen Long met Ice Flood Dragon Master and a Green-Robed Man outside the cave and summoned his spirit beasts to fight them.
• Shen Long's Golden-Winged Wind Peng killed the Red Giant Eagle and helped overwhelm Ice Flood Dragon Master's Ice Flood Dragon, while the Golden-Winged Fire Ants defeated the Black Ants.
• The Golden-Winged Fire Ants struck the Green-Robed Man while he was disoriented, engulfing his protective spirit light in golden flames.

Shen Long killed Ice Flood Dragon Master, recovered the Golden Thunder Bamboo using the Green Lotus Bottle, and joined forces with Chu Buyu to reach Five Dragons Peak. As Lin Yan caught up, Chu Buyu held him off while Shen Long entered the mountain’s mist-shrouded summit.

• Shen Long killed Ice Flood Dragon Master and collected the Ice Flood Dragon’s remains, Demon Core, and Essence Soul.
• Shen Long transplanted the Golden Thunder Bamboo into the Green Lotus Bottle and continued searching the secret realm with the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
• Jiang Yan learned that the Green Lotus Bottle was in the Five Dragons Secret Realm and set out to obtain it.
• Shen Long found Chu Buyu, and she agreed to show him a possible way out after he assured her he meant no harm.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu reached Five Dragons Peak, where Shen Long climbed through its Gravity Restriction using the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique.
• When Lin Yan arrived, Chu Buyu offered to delay him while Shen Long went into the mist.

Shen Long explored Five Dragons Hall, secured two rare fruit trees, and helped Chu Buyu escape the Five Dragons Secret Realm while Lin Yan pursued them. The realm collapsed behind Lin Yan, who failed to obtain the inheritance or Spirit Treasure, and news later spread that Chu Buyu had claimed both.

• Shen Long entered Five Dragons Hall, found a Blood Snake Fruit Tree and a Spirit Infant Fruit Tree, and stored both in the Green Lotus Bottle.
• Shen Long removed the restrictions at Five Dragons Peak, allowing Chu Buyu to flee Lin Yan and enter Five Dragons Hall with him.
• Lin Yan pursued them but was caught by the peak’s Gravity Restriction as Chu Buyu and Shen Long escaped the Secret Realm.
• Jiang Yan questioned Lin Yan after he escaped the collapsing realm, and he blamed Chu Buyu and her accomplice for taking the Spirit Treasure.
• News spread half a month later that Chu Buyu had obtained the Five Dragons Sect Inheritance and a Spirit Treasure.

After returning from the Five Dragons Secret Realm, Shen Long settled in Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace and cultivated for three years while the Sun and Moon Palace and Three Immortals Sect prepared for conflict. When Song He sought help for his unconscious sworn brother, Shen Long treated Huang Yong’s divine-soul injury with a rare pill and agreed to examine him again in a month.

• Song Lianyue learned that Chu Buyu had returned, promised to avenge the attack on her, and ordered a counter-rumor accusing the Three Immortals Sect of obtaining a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
• Shen Long bought spirit herbs and arrays, transplanted valuable plants and lotuses into the Spirit Control Tower, and began refining Blood Flood Dragon Pills.
• Jiang Yan and Qin Biao discussed the failed attack on Chu Buyu, and Qin Biao decided to contact the Heaven Ghost Sect for support.
• Three years later, Song He asked Shen Long for a high-grade pill to treat Huang Yong, who had been gravely injured by a Third-Rank Mid-Stage Ghost Dove.
• Shen Long examined Huang Yong, gave him a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill, and told Song He to contact him again in a month for another treatment.

Shen Long met Song He, learned that Chen Chi and Xu Yuyan were now associating with the Heaven Ghost Sect, and trained his Spirit Beasts, Spirit Birds, and Spirit Insects. He attended Ximen Hai’s gathering at Green Flood Dragon Garden, where he met Qin Facai and other cultivators.

• Shen Long accepted Song He’s Longevity Treasure Pill formula and asked him to watch for news of strange, powerful birds and beasts.
• Shen Long encountered Chen Chi and Xu Yuyan with a Heaven Ghost Sect cultivator, then agreed to attend Ximen Hai’s gathering after Han Chuchu invited him.
• Shen Long fed and trained his Spirit Beasts, Spirit Birds, and Spirit Insects in the Spirit Control Tower, while the Tree Man confirmed that the protected plants were undisturbed.
• Chen Chi and Xu Yuyan discussed Shen Long’s return and considered finding a chance to kill him after finishing their business.
• Shen Long arrived at Green Flood Dragon Garden with Han Chuchu, met Ximen Hai and Ximen Sen, and greeted Qin Facai, whom he recognized as a merchant of the Seven Clouds Merchant Alliance.

Shen Long attended a gathering, then oversaw five Golden-Winged Fire Ants advancing to Third Rank and met Heaven Ghost Sect cultivators hunting a female Golden Core Cultivator. After cultivating and visiting Song He’s group, he learned they had entered Immortal Fallen Island and asked Liu Xin to recount what happened there.

• Qin Facai discussed a Fourth-Rank Mirage Demon and rumors about the Five Dragons Sect and Immortal Fallen Island with Shen Long and the others.
• Shen Long left the gathering when his Spirit Beast Bag shook and guided five Golden-Winged Fire Ants through their Lightning Tribulations, while two Heaven Ghost Sect cultivators passed by searching for a female Golden Core Cultivator.
• Shen Long returned to the Marketplace, spotted Green Plum Courtyard, and spent a month refining a Blood Flood Dragon Pill.
• Shen Long visited Song He’s group, where Liu Xin gave him the Crystal Core of an early Third-Rank Flower Demon they had killed on Immortal Fallen Island.
• Shen Long gave Huang Yong a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill and asked Liu Xin to describe their experience on Immortal Fallen Island.

Shen Long pursued a reported Third-Rank Flood Dragon, then seized the chance to kill a wounded Fire Flood Dragon during a battle with a Fourth-Rank Blue Octopus. He escaped the octopus with the corpse, but Lin Yan recognized his Ice Flood Dragon and confronted him with four Golden Core Cultivators.

• Shen Long left a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Heaven Ghost Sect behind and received Liu Xin's map of Immortal Fallen Island before returning to Green Falcon Pavilion.
• Shen Long gave the Tree Man a Crystal Core, then met Song Yan, who reported a Third-Rank Flood Dragon and presented him with a sea map.
• Shen Long traveled southwest and searched beneath the sea, where he found five Golden Core Cultivators trapping a wounded Fire Flood Dragon.
• A Fourth-Rank Blue Octopus attacked the group, killing four cultivators and allowing the Fire Flood Dragon to escape the formation.
• Shen Long and his Ice Flood Dragon intercepted and killed the Fire Flood Dragon, then Shen Long took its corpse and evaded the Blue Octopus.
• Lin Yan arrived on a Red Flying Boat with four Golden Core Cultivators and recognized Shen Long by his Ice Flood Dragon.