Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingshan led the Human Race forces out of Barbarian-Resisting City to meet the advancing Barbarian Race army. Shen Long killed a Core Formation Mid Stage barbarian in battle, then faced more enemies as the fighting continued.

• Hai Duoli and Hao Hu challenged Lu Qingshan, while Zhao Xu and Gan Xue exchanged threats with the opposing cultivators.
• Zhe Sen sounded the war horn, and Lu Qingshan ordered the Human Race cultivators to leave the city and engage the enemy.
• Shen Long used his Yellow Gourd, the Iron Tail Scorpion, and a flying needle to defeat and kill the green-shirted barbarian and collect his possessions.
• Shen Long dodged a lightning strike, blocked a blast of Crimson Flame with a Yellow Shield, and released the Fire Qilin Beast and Snow Wind Sparrow.

Shen Long used his spirit beasts, spirit insects, and Thunder-Guiding Bead to defeat two powerful Barbarian Race cultivators and their companions. After Fairy Ice Centipede was killed by a Third-Order Spirit Flame, Shen Long faced the Core Formation Late Stage green-skirted woman and Ta Hu as they prepared to attack him.

• Shen Long fought the gold-shirted man and the Yellow-Robed Man with his spirit beasts and techniques, while the Silver Giant Eagle attacked him with lightning.
• Shen Long's Golden-Winged Fire Ants killed the Yellow-Robed Man and the Silver Giant Eagle.
• The Iron Tail Scorpion poisoned the Cyan Giant Tiger, and Shen Long and his companions overwhelmed and killed the gold-shirted man.
• Shen Long collected the dead cultivator's valuables and saw Fairy Ice Centipede reduced to ashes by the green-skirted woman's Third-Order Spirit Flame.
• The green-skirted woman summoned Ta Hu to join her against Shen Long, who opened the next attack with lightning and his spirit beasts.

Shen Long defeated five Barbarian Race Golden Core cultivators, including a woman wielding a Third-Rank Spirit Fire, and returned safely to Barbarian-Resisting City. Lu Qingshan praised him, while the cultivators admired his victory.

• The Yellow-Shirted Big Man sent his Yellow Rock Ants and Ice Armor Python against Shen Long, but Shen Long's Golden-Winged Fire Ants and thunder attacks overwhelmed them and killed him.
• The green-skirted woman used her Third-Rank Spirit Fire to kill the Snow Wind Sparrow and attack Shen Long, but his Three-Yang Fire-Avoiding Talisman and Golden Sun Cauldron protected him and captured her Flying Daggers.
• Shen Long's thunder attack and a flying needle killed the green-skirted woman, and the Golden Sun Cauldron absorbed her uncontrolled Cyan Flame.
• Shen Long collected the enemies' valuables and corpses, then returned to Barbarian-Resisting City after killing five Golden Core cultivators.
• Lu Qingshan praised Shen Long and sent him to rest as the cultivators discussed and admired his battle achievements.

After the battle, Shen Long absorbed a Third-Order Spirit Flame into his Red Lotus True Flame while both races planned how to fight the prolonged war. Three months later, Shen Long emerged famous across the region and prepared to meet Senior Ye of Medicine King Valley.

• Shen Long plundered the battlefield spoils, repeatedly broke apart the Golden Sun Cauldron’s Cyan Fire Bird, and had the Red Lotus True Flame devour much of its Third-Order Spirit Flame.
• Lu Qingshan’s meeting reviewed the battle’s casualties and praised Shen Long, while Zhao Xueying and the others discussed their roles and the suspected Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
• Zhe Sen and the Barbarian leaders decided to avoid risking their Nascent Soul Cultivators and send Golden Core Cultivators to fight until reinforcements arrived.
• Three months later, Shen Long emerged from seclusion with the Red Lotus True Flame advanced to the Third Rank and learned from Qian Dafu that the war had caused heavy losses and made him famous.
• Shen Long asked Qian Dafu to invite Senior Ye of Medicine King Valley to his residence.

Shen Long learned about the Witch Clan’s involvement in the war, exchanged resources, and met with his sect elders. Liu Zi'an and Du Yinyin warned him that the Barbarian Race had marked him as a target and advised him to disguise himself and retreat promptly after future battles.

• Ye Hongyao told Shen Long about the Human Race’s recent casualties, the Barbarian Race’s reinforcements, and the Witch Clan cultivators using dangerous curses on the battlefield.
• Ye Hongyao gave Shen Long a jade slip describing the Five Great Curses before leaving.
• Shen Long visited the General Affairs Hall to register five Barbarian Race corpses and reviewed the merit-point exchange catalog, then traded Vajra Bone Tempering Pills with Mu Weiwei for Spirit Forging Pills.
• Lin Sisi told Shen Long that Liu Zi'an wanted to see him, and Shen Long went to the elders’ residence.
• Liu Zi'an and Du Yinyin warned Shen Long that the Barbarian Race considered him a major threat because he had killed a prized Sky Wolf Tribe cultivator, and advised him to disguise himself and return to Barbarian-Resisting City quickly after fighting.

Shen Long refined Blood Flood Dragon Pills for True Man Red Flood Dragon, then attended Ye Hongyao’s gathering and met Tian Hua, an alchemist from the Poison Dragon Sect. The chapter ended with Tian Hua offering Taiyi Divine Water in exchange for having his Amethyst Flying Scorpion mate with Shen Long’s Iron Tail Scorpion.

• Shen Long agreed to refine Blood Flood Dragon Pills for True Man Red Flood Dragon in exchange for two Core Formation Late Stage Twin-Tail Scorpion Demon Cores, and True Man Red Flood Dragon warned him that the Barbarian Race had sent experts after him.
• Shen Long used his Red Lotus True Flame to refine twenty-four High-Grade Blood Flood Dragon Pills in five days and gave eighteen of them to True Man Red Flood Dragon.
• Ye Hongyao invited Shen Long to a gathering, where she introduced him to Tian Hua, a Poison Dragon Sect disciple and alchemist who raised a Purple Sky Flying Scorpion.
• Shen Long showed Tian Hua his Iron Tail Scorpion, which used a Divine Sense Attack to overpower the Purple Sky Flying Scorpion, and said it had mutated after consuming a Five-Colored Jade Ganoderma Fruit.
• Tian Hua offered Shen Long Taiyi Divine Water if Shen Long’s Iron Tail Scorpion mated with Tian Hua’s Amethyst Flying Scorpion.

Shen Long agreed to let Tian Hua’s Amethyst Flying Scorpion mate with his Iron Tail Scorpion, then helped Master Ice Silkworm obtain treatment for Lin Yutong’s divine soul injury. The chapter ended with Han Yuwei rejecting Master Ice Silkworm and blaming him for the misfortunes that followed their past relationship.

• Shen Long agreed to attend the Iron Tail Scorpion’s mating with Tian Hua’s Amethyst Flying Scorpion the next day and received the Taiyi Divine Water.
• Master Ice Silkworm asked Shen Long for high-grade pills to heal the divine soul injuries of an old acquaintance’s descendant, and Shen Long gave him three Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pills.
• Shen Long accompanied Master Ice Silkworm to meet Han Yuwei and examine the unconscious Lin Yutong, who had been injured by a Barbarian Race cultivator’s Soul-Extinguishing Talisman.
• Han Yuwei gave Lin Yutong a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill, and Shen Long advised her to give Lin a second pill a month later and the third only if needed.
• After Shen Long left, Han Yuwei learned that Master Ice Silkworm had not paid for the pills and rejected his hope of reconciliation, blaming him for the events that led to her husband’s death.

Shen Long spent months refining pills while the Barbarian leaders chose to prolong the war and send Half-Barbarians to infiltrate Human territory. After accepting a rare spirit fruit and offering Lin Yutong alchemy advice, Shen Long joined a new battle outside Barbarian-Resisting City, where Master Ice Silkworm faced a Golden Giant Ape and another attacker.

• Tian Hua met Shen Long to discuss and carry out the Spirit Scorpions’ mating process, then invited him to visit the Poison Dragon Sect.
• Shen Long took an alchemy assignment and spent months refining medicinal pills as the war continued.
• Zhe Sen rejected an immediate decisive battle and ordered the tribes to mobilize Half-Barbarians and send experts to kill Human Race cultivators.
• Shen Long exchanged his pills for Merit Points, then accepted a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Fruit from Han Yuwei and gave Lin Yutong alchemy guidance.
• After hearing the battle alarm, Shen Long disguised himself and flew out of Barbarian-Resisting City as Master Ice Silkworm fought a Golden Giant Ape and a gold-shirted man.

Shen Long joined the battle and killed several Barbarian Race cultivators, including the gold-shirted man and Tar. He then fought Ta Xiong, a powerful Golden Ape Tribe cultivator, and killed him with a Red Dragon Claw.

• The Green-Eyed Ice Silkworm fought off attacks from several Spirit Beast and insect forces, freezing and killing the Red Giant Tiger and destroying the Golden-Winged Fire Ants.
• Shen Long used a Fire Wing Talisman to ambush and kill the gold-shirted man, causing the Golden Giant Ape to die with its master.
• Shen Long surprised Tar, exchanged blows with him, and killed him with the Golden Sun Staff after weakening him with a Red Sound Wave.
• Ta Xiong challenged Shen Long, and the two fought staff to staff as Shen Long gained the upper hand.
• Shen Long shattered Ta Xiong's Body-Protecting Spirit Light and pierced his head with a Red Dragon Claw.

Shen Long killed Ta Xiong and returned to Barbarian-Resisting City, where he watched other Golden Core Cultivators fight before refining pills. In Sky Wolf City, Tie Xiao learned of Ta Xiong’s death and discussed how the Barbarian Race should respond to Human Race experts.

• Shen Long defeated Ta Xiong with his physical strength, looted his belongings, took his corpse, and returned to Barbarian-Resisting City.
• Shen Long watched Chen Changsheng kill a Barbarian cultivator with thunder, Tian Hua’s Amethyst Flying Scorpion poison another, Tie Xiao crush a Wang Clan woman, and True Man Profound Yin fight with a Golden Core Realm Ghost King.
• After both sides retreated, Shen Long consumed Mu Weiwei’s Spirit Forging Pill and began refining Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pills.
• In Sky Wolf City, Tie Xiao learned that Ta Xiong had been killed by a powerful Human Race Body Cultivator and ordered his allies to gather experts if the man appeared again.
• Tie Xiao, Gu Lang, and Bai Yue discussed the Barbarian Race’s manpower disadvantage and planned how to handle powerful Human Race Golden Core Cultivators.

Five years into the war, Shen Long secretly fought and killed Barbarian cultivators while helping Lin Yutong become a High-Grade alchemist. He then led Xu Yang and more than a hundred wounded cultivators from Barbarian-Resisting City toward the General Headquarters, where hostile forces had been attacking transport teams.

• Over five years, Shen Long repeatedly disguised himself to kill Golden Core Realm Barbarians and earned Merit Points and wealth.
• Lin Yutong refined three High-Grade Medicinal Pills, then gave Shen Long three Demon Cores in thanks for his guidance.
• Liu Zi'an assigned Shen Long and Xu Yang to escort wounded cultivators to the General Headquarters and bring replacement disciples back.
• Shen Long gathered more than a hundred wounded cultivators, including Qian Dafu, and registered them for the journey.
• Shen Long led the group aboard the Sea-Crossing Boat and set off for the General Headquarters.

Wu Tu and other Barbarian Race cultivators destroyed the Qian Family’s ancestral land as attacks spread across the Thirty-Six Kingdoms. Shen Long and Xu Yang returned to the Spirit Control Sect, gathered reinforcements and supplies, and set off for the front lines with Chen Tianxue and Ning Qianqian.

• Wu Tu and his allies killed the Qian Family’s Golden Core elder, looted the ancestral land, and left it in ruins.
• Barbarian Race cultivators and Evil Cultivators attacked settlements and cultivation sites across the Thirty-Six Kingdoms, prompting major Factions to reinforce their defenses.
• Shen Long and Xu Yang returned to the Spirit Control Sect and reported their losses to Chen Xiao, who agreed to send two hundred sect disciples and conscript three hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators from subordinate Factions.
• Chen Tianxue joined Shen Long and Xu Yang, while Chen Xiao ordered an early Immortal Ascension Assembly to recruit new disciples.
• Shen Long led Xu Yang, Chen Tianxue, Ning Qianqian, and the assembled cultivators toward the front lines with supplies for Liu.

Shen Long and his companions were ambushed by six Barbarian Race Golden Core Cultivators, but the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada found the formation core and helped them turn the fight around. After Shen Long and his companions killed all six attackers, they continued toward Barbarian-Resisting City.

• Shen Long refused to stop and rest, guiding the Sea-Crossing Boat toward Barbarian-Resisting City by a safer detour.
• The Barbarian Race cultivators trapped the group in the Three Suns Demon-Exterminating Formation and attacked with giant blades.
• Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to locate the main formation core, then destroyed it with the Thunder-Guiding Bead and his companions’ attacks.
• Shen Long summoned his Ice Flood Dragon, and the group fought the attackers, killing all six Golden Core Cultivators.
• Xu Yang and Chen Tianxue praised Shen Long’s powerful spirit beasts, and he set off with the group for Barbarian-Resisting City.

Shen Long arrived at Barbarian-Resisting City and was assigned to hunt Barbarian Race cultivators causing trouble in the rear, partly to keep him away from the front lines. After proving his strength to Wei Tianming, Shen Long led the group toward Jiang Kingdom, which he suspected would be the raiders’ next target.

• Shen Long, Chen Tianxue, and Xu Yang reported to Liu Zi'an after killing six Golden Core Realm Barbarian Race cultivators in an ambush on the road.
• Liu Zi'an assigned Shen Long and Xu Yang to hunt Barbarian Race cultivators in the rear, while Chen Tianxue stayed behind; he explained that he wanted to protect Shen Long from the dangers of the front lines.
• Shen Long and Xu Yang registered their kills with Qi Shan, received Merit Points, and learned that the raiders operated in scattered teams across the Thirty-Six Kingdoms.
• Lin Yutong and Wei Tianming joined the mission, but Wei challenged Shen Long for leadership; Shen Long defeated him with a single punch, and Wei accepted Shen Long as leader.
• Shen Long led the group toward Jiang Kingdom, reasoning that it was likely to be the Barbarian Race cultivators’ next target.

Shen Long rescued Tang Yilong from Ba He and learned that Wu Tu led seven Barbarian Race Golden Core Cultivators who had ambushed a supply convoy. He tracked Ba He to the group’s cave and attacked them, leaving the fight underway.

• Shen Long and his companions intercepted Ba He and a Silver Giant Eagle attacking the badly wounded Tang Yilong.
• Shen Long wounded Ba He but let him escape, planning to track him and use him to find the larger enemy force.
• Tang Yilong told Shen Long that Wu Tu led seven Golden Core Cultivators who had ambushed the convoy; Shen Long left his companions to escort Tang Yilong back to the Marketplace.
• Ba He returned to Wu Tu’s cave and urged the group to retreat after encountering Human Race cultivators.
• Shen Long collapsed the cave with a Golden Giant Staff, set Ba He ablaze with a firebird, and sent White Ice Blades toward Wu Tu and the others.

Shen Long and his Spirit Beasts, Spirit Insects, and Spirit Birds annihilated seven Barbarian Race Golden Core Cultivators and tracked them to a temporary gathering point. He then traveled to Green Toad Valley, where Tang Kezhen welcomed him and said Eighth Uncle and the others had been waiting.

• Shen Long's allies defeated Wu Tu's group, killing the Purple-Skirted Woman, Ba He, and Wu Tu.
• The four remaining cultivators fled, but Shen Long's Spirit Beasts, Spirit Insects, and Spirit Birds pursued and killed them inside a Cyan Cage.
• Shen Long released the Spirit-Tracking Beast, followed it to the enemy's temporary gathering point, collected the cultivators' belongings and corpses, and left.
• Shen Long flew to Green Toad Valley and entered its Marketplace.
• Tang Kezhen greeted Shen Long and said Eighth Uncle and the others had been waiting; Shen Long told him to lead the way.

Shen Long and his companions arrived in Jiang Kingdom to prepare for the Barbarian Race’s next attack, but learned that powerful Evil Cultivators were also raiding nearby factions. They left the Qin Family to arrange their lodging while the threats to the region remained unresolved.

• Shen Long told Tang Yilong that he had killed all seven Barbarian Race cultivators, returned his clansmen’s belongings, and accepted alchemy materials in thanks.
• Shen Long and his companions departed for Jiang Kingdom aboard the Sea-Crossing Boat.
• Wu Sang used his Totem Technique to help destroy the Song Family’s clan protection array, then ordered his group to plunder the site and leave.
• Shen Long and his companions reached Green Gourd Marketplace and asked Qin Yunfeng to arrange a private meeting with the Qin Family.
• Shen Long asked the Qin Family to watch for Barbarian Race cultivators, and Qin Yunyan revealed that Master Purple Spider had led Evil Cultivators in attacks on smaller factions.
• Lin Yutong suggested luring out the Barbarian Race, but Qin Yunyan explained that the plan was too uncertain; he then arranged accommodations for Shen Long and his companions.

Shen Long stayed behind in Green Gourd Marketplace while his companions went to the Xuanyu Dharma Assembly, and he continued refining pills as the war between the Human Race and Barbarian Race neared a decisive battle. When Barbarian Race cultivators and Evil Cultivators attacked the Marketplace, Shen Long rushed to help Qin Yunyan and Qin Yunfeng.

• Qin Yunyan reported that Barbarian Race cultivators had been driven off after attacking the Li Clan of Wei Kingdom, and the group discussed the approaching decisive battle.
• Qin Yunyan invited the group to the Xuanyu Dharma Assembly, but Shen Long chose to stay behind and gave Xu Yang a list of alchemy materials to gather.
• Liu Zi'an and Du Yinyin discussed the latest battle, in which both races suffered heavy losses, before Du Yinyin was summoned to a meeting about the likely decisive battle.
• Shen Long began refining pills in Green Gourd Marketplace, but Qin Yunyan contacted him to report that Evil Cultivators and Barbarian Race cultivators were attacking.
• Shen Long rushed out and released hundreds of thousands of Golden-Winged Fire Ants to strike the gold-shirted enemy leader, who was attacking Qin Yunyan alongside a Purple-Skirted Woman.

Shen Long helped Qin Yunyan defeat the Golden Core attackers at the marketplace, but they discovered that the assault had been a diversion against the Qin Family’s ancestral grounds. Facing two golden core great perfection enemies and a Spirit Treasure, Qin Yunyan asked Shen Long to buy time for his clansmen to escape.

• Shen Long and the Qin siblings killed the attackers at the marketplace, including the gold-shirted man and the Purple-Skirted Woman.
• Qin Yunyan realized the marketplace attack was a feint, and he and Shen Long teleported to the Qin Family’s ancestral grounds.
• They found Wu Sang and Master Purple Spider leading an assault after using a Tier 4 Array-Breaking Talisman and a Spirit Treasure to breach the Clan Protection Array; the Qin Family had already lost elders and its Cyan Jade Eagle.
• Qin Yunyan offered Shen Long seeds of the Supreme Profound Jade Lotus if he helped drive back the attackers, but Shen Long urged a retreat because they could not defeat the two golden core great perfection cultivators.
• Qin Yunyan asked Shen Long to delay the attackers so the Qin Family’s low-level cultivators could escape.

Shen Long and his spirit beasts and insects fought off the attackers who had breached the Qin Family’s defenses to seize the Supreme Profound Jade Lotus. He escaped after Qin Yunyan withdrew with the lotus, while Master Purple Spider killed Wu Sang and left with the spoils.

• Zhou Kun revealed himself as the black-robed attacker and threatened to destroy the Qin Family, while Shen Long absorbed an enemy lightning strike with the Thunder-Absorbing Bead.
• Shen Long released his spirit beasts and insects, which killed several of the attackers’ spirit creatures and helped defeat Zhou Kun and wound Wu Sang.
• Wu Sang’s soul was badly damaged by Shen Long’s Soul-Extinguishing Talisman, while Master Purple Spider resisted Shen Long’s attacks with the Purple Spider Blade and a defensive treasure.
• Qin Yunyan ordered the Qin Family cultivators to withdraw and headed for the Spirit Herb Garden to retrieve the Supreme Profound Jade Lotus; Shen Long stayed behind to hold off Master Purple Spider and Wu Sang.
• Shen Long escaped after Qin Yunyan called for him to withdraw, and Wu Sang demanded that Master Purple Spider honor their agreement.
• Master Purple Spider killed Wu Sang, took his belongings, looted resources, and left.