Chapter Summaries

Shen Long pursued two Heaven Ghost Sect cultivators, killed them, and learned that their goal was a Three-Leaf Blood Lotus in the Spirit-Severing Sea. He found the hidden lotus on a desolate island, but a giant Yellow Lizard appeared to defend it.

• Shen Long delivered ten top-grade Yin-Yang Pulse Nourishing Pills to Wei Feng and noticed a one-armed Heaven Ghost Sect elder in the Marketplace.
• Shen Long followed the one-armed elder and Grey-Robed Elder out to sea, then ambushed them before they entered the Spirit-Severing Sea.
• Shen Long killed the Grey-Robed Elder, captured his Nascent Soul, and learned through soul-searching that they sought a Three-Leaf Blood Lotus for an External Incarnation.
• Shen Long searched the elders’ belongings, found Inedia Pills, and flew onward while monitoring the sea.
• Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to locate a hidden cave on a desolate island and found a Three-Leaf Blood Lotus with nine seeds.
• A giant Yellow Lizard emerged from the cave wall and countered Shen Long’s attack with a Yellow Sound Wave.

Shen Long killed the Yellow Lizard and collected the Three-Leaf Blood Lotus, then encountered Chu Buyu while fleeing a Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle. Spirit-Severing Qi erupted and cut off their ability to use mana, leaving them stranded on the island as they waited for it to disperse.

• Shen Long defeated the Yellow Lizard, collected its Essence Soul, and picked the Three-Leaf Blood Lotus for his planned External Incarnation.
• Shen Long encountered Chu Buyu, who was being pursued by a mid-fourth rank Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu fought the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle, but it evaded their attacks and struck Shen Long with golden lightning.
• Chu Buyu urged Shen Long to escape underground, but Spirit-Severing Qi erupted and caused Shen Long's Red Dragon Scales to vanish.
• Chu Buyu chose to remain on the island rather than risk escaping through the sea, and she and Shen Long prepared to wait for the Spirit-Severing Qi to disperse.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu lost their spiritual powers when Spirit-Severing Qi engulfed their island, so they spent fifteen years preparing to cross the sea by raft. After reaching another island still covered in Spirit-Severing Qi, they rested and planned to gather supplies before continuing.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu decided to observe their island and prepare a raft and supplies in case the Spirit-Severing Qi persisted.
• Song Lianyue learned that Chu Buyu had not returned from the Spirit-Severing Sea and ordered Wang Feng to search for her and investigate Master Tianfeng.
• Mu Shanshan revealed that she had tricked Chu Buyu into entering the Spirit-Severing Sea, then released the green-robed elder’s granddaughter and departed.
• After fifteen years on the island, Shen Long and Chu Buyu set out on their bamboo raft with the Spirit-Severing Qi still in place.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu reached another island after more than a month at sea, dragged their raft ashore, and rested in a hidden cave.

Song Lianyue ordered an investigation into Chu Buyu’s disappearance as Shen Long and Chu Buyu continued searching for a way out of the Spirit-Severing Sea. On an island, they reunited with Song He and learned that Huang Hao had enslaved his group, leaving Shen Long to propose a risky plan.

• Song Lianyue ordered Wang Feng to investigate the Heaven Ghost Sect’s possible role in Chu Buyu’s disappearance and secretly capture its Golden Core Cultivators.
• After more than three years at sea, Shen Long and Chu Buyu landed on an island and found signs that other people were there.
• They encountered Song He, and Shen Long killed the wounded Yellow Leopard that had charged at them.
• Song He explained that Huang Hao had taken his group’s Inedia Pills, imprisoned his second sister, and forced the others to gather food and water.
• Shen Long recognized Huang Hao as the Body Cultivator who had injured him decades earlier and asked Song He whether he dared take a poison that would paralyze him.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu joined forces with Song He’s group to rescue Liu Xin and defeat Huang Hao after the Spirit-Severing Qi began to recede. Shen Long captured Huang Hao’s Nascent Soul and claimed his Spirit Treasure before he and Chu Buyu hurried away.

• Shen Long gave Song He Monster-Bewitching Powder to secretly drug Huang Hao through the food while they prepared to rescue Liu Xin.
• Song He and the others fed Huang Hao fruit laced with the powder, but the Spirit-Severing Qi began to recede before it could take effect, so Shen Long and Chu Buyu charged into the cave.
• Huang Hao grabbed his Red Long Staff and fought Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Song He’s group while Liu Xin escaped to Song He and the others.
• After recovering her magic power, Chu Buyu attacked Huang Hao with her treasures as Shen Long fought him with the Golden Flame Spear and later struck him with his fists.
• Shen Long killed Huang Hao, captured his Nascent Soul, and took the Red Long Staff; he gave Huang Hao’s other possessions to Chu Buyu.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu left the island before the Spirit-Severing Qi could erupt again.

After escaping the Spirit-Severing Sea, Shen Long refined his new Li Fire Staff and returned to the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace to buy materials for an External Incarnation. He gathered information about the Outer Sea and began using a Three-Leaf Blood Lotus seed and Blood Jade to prepare materials in seclusion.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu parted ways after leaving the Spirit-Severing Sea, and Chu Buyu flew away while Shen Long went in the opposite direction.
• At the Spirit Control Sect, Master Ice Silkworm learned that Shen Long was still missing but decided not to send anyone else after him because his Life Soul Lamp showed he was safe.
• Shen Long refined the Li Fire Staff on a small Outer Sea island and tested its power before leaving for the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace.
• Shen Long bought materials for refining an External Incarnation from Ximen Yu and learned about recent conflicts among the Han Clan and Su Family’s affiliated factions and other Outer Sea events.
• Shen Long confirmed with Song Yan that she had reached the Golden Core Realm and instructed her to watch for news of fourth-rank flood dragons.
• Shen Long began processing a Three-Leaf Blood Lotus seed and Blood Jade in his cultivation room, melting the Blood Jade into liquid that condensed into sections of bone.

Twenty years later, Shen Long investigated reports of a Fourth-Rank Golden-Eyed Beast and lured it and a Fourth-Rank Li Fire Falcon into his formation. After killing both beasts, he watched his Golden-Winged Wind Peng survive a fearsome tribulation and advance to the fourth rank.

• Shen Long learned from Song Yan and Song He that a Fourth-Rank Golden-Eyed Beast had been sighted and that the Seven Clouds Merchant Alliance wanted its inner core, then obtained a map to the beast’s sea region.
• Shen Long set a trap with Monster Luring Grass and used his spirit beasts to kill several Third-Rank Monster Beasts drawn to it.
• A Fourth-Rank Golden-Eyed Beast and a Fourth-Rank Li Fire Falcon arrived; Shen Long trapped them in his formation and killed them with his spirit beasts and treasures.
• The Golden-Winged Wind Peng began its advancement tribulation, endured Three-Colored Divine Lightning, and successfully reached the fourth rank.
• Shen Long fed the injured Golden-Winged Wind Peng Green Wind Grass, returned it to its Spirit Beast Bag, and left the area.

Shen Long traded a Golden-Eyed Beast core for medicine and fruits, then helped his newly advanced Golden-Winged Wind Peng recover. After arranging for Lin Sisi and Song He to search for rare materials, Shen Long and Shen Hai began their return from the North Sea.

• At Seven Clouds Tower, Shen Long, disguised as a red-shirted youth, traded a Fourth-Rank Golden-Eyed Beast core to Jin Bao for Tianshan Snow Jade Paste and three Jade Spirit Fruits, and learned about possible Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon sightings and the Hengduan Mountains.
• Shen Long treated the wounded Golden-Winged Wind Peng, then checked the Ten Thousand Beast Stele and saw that the spirit beast had advanced to early fourth rank with Bloodline Purity five.
• Shen Long met Lin Sisi at Golden Cicada Pavilion, gave her monster-luring incense, an array, and pills, and asked her to seek rare materials; he introduced her to Song He so they could cooperate.
• Shen Long instructed Song Yan to search for materials, then joined Shen Hai at Golden Flood Dragon Hall and entered a Teleportation Array bound for the Inner Sea.

Shen Long returned to the Spirit Control Sect, contributed Spirit Infant Fruits and received rare treasures and support from the elders. He settled back on Golden Roc Peak, assigned his disciples to seek materials and help, and took Lin Sen on to manage the peak.

• Du Yinyin learned from Chen Xiao that Shen Long had returned and summoned him to meet Yuan Rui and Master Ice Silkworm.
• Shen Long gave the sect thirty Spirit Infant Fruits, and Yuan Rui asked him to refine two Soul-Calming Fruits while the elders arranged a search for his needed materials.
• Shen Long refused to abandon the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique, saying he had gathered fourth rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood and cultivated it to the tenth floor.
• Yuan Rui gave Shen Long a Dragon Scale Fruit, Du Yinyin gave him strange gold for his Golden-Winged Fire Ants, and Master Ice Silkworm gave him rare cultivation materials; Shen Long shared six Blood Snake Fruits with them.
• Back at Golden Roc Peak, Shen Long gave Bright Moon Pills to Qian Dafu and the others, asked them to gather materials, and ordered Liu Yuruo to report any news of Chen Chi and Xu Yuyan.
• Shen Long appointed Lin Sen to manage Golden Roc Peak, gave him a Top-Grade Dharma Artifact, and promised a Golden Core Spirit Item if he reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

Shen Long refined Soul-Calming Powder for the Spirit Control Sect and tested the recovering Golden-Winged Wind Peng’s speed and a mysterious metal’s properties. After Master Ice Silkworm invited him to the Mystic Yang Dharma Assembly, Shen Long joined the group departing the Spirit Control Sect.

• Shen Long refined Soul-Calming Powder and asked Chen Xiao and Xu Hao to have it made into Soul-Calming Incense for the sect.
• Shen Long checked the Golden-Winged Wind Peng’s recovery and discovered that, while merged with it, he could travel more than a hundred and thirty li with the Wind Evasion Technique.
• Shen Long heated the strange metal for three days without melting it, broke it into pieces, and fed it to the Golden-Winged Fire Ants, which then grew drowsy.
• Master Ice Silkworm invited Shen Long to attend the Mystic Yang Dharma Assembly, and Shen Long agreed to leave in three days.
• After cultivating with a Blood Flood Dragon Pill, Shen Long met Master Ice Silkworm and the others at the Bluestone Square and departed aboard the Ice Moon Skiff.

Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm met Mystic Yang Sect’s Nascent Soul cultivators and other sect leaders, discussing the Barbarian Race and Immortal Burial Mound before exchanging cultivation resources. Wang Yongqi grew curious about Shen Long’s rapid advancement and suspected that he had gained a great opportunity.

• True Man Qingyang reported that Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm had both advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, and Fairy Skyfire welcomed them to Quiet Manor.
• Fairy Caixia revealed that her disciple had died during the Inner Demon Tribulation, and the cultivators discussed the difficulty of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The group discussed Barbarian Race cultivators searching Immortal Burial Mound, where Chen Changsheng had found an opportunity and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Fairy Skyfire exchanged two Golden Flame Ant Demon Cores for Shen Long’s two Li Fire Falcon Demon Cores, and Shen Long traded for several other materials and Demon Cores.
• After Shen Long and the others departed, Wang Yongqi wondered how Shen Long had obtained so many materials and advanced so quickly, while Fairy Skyfire suggested his alchemy might explain it.

Shen Long met several Nascent Soul cultivators at a tea gathering, learned that the Witch Clan still had a bounty on him, and traded with True Monarch Xuanyang. After returning to the Spirit Control Sect, Shen Long began cultivating in seclusion and prepared to strengthen his Iron Tail Scorpion.

• True Monarch Zixiao and Chen Yidao praised Shen Long’s survival of the Mysterious Yin Grotto-Heaven and Ten Thousand Poison Valley before True Monarch Xuanyang arrived with Master Seven Stars and Granny Xuemei.
• Master Seven Stars revealed that the Witch Clan had placed a bounty on Shen Long, and Shen Long said he would settle the matter with Wu Xian if the chance arose.
• True Monarch Xuanyang sought items to weaken Thunder Method for a dangerous expedition to the Immortal Burial Mound, and Shen Long traded two Blood Snake Fruits for a Fourth-Rank demon scorpion’s Inner Core.
• Shen Long and Master Ice Silkworm returned to the Spirit Control Sect, where Master Ice Silkworm planned to use the Inner Core and spirit herbs to help his Green-Eyed Ice Silkworm advance.
• Shen Long fed a Fourth-Rank Soul-Severing Scorpion Demon Core and two Heart-Severing Grass plants to his Iron Tail Scorpion, then began cultivating with a Blood Flood Dragon Pill.

After twenty years of cultivation, Li Rongrong advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, while Shen Long’s Iron Tail Scorpion survived a Three-Colored Divine Lightning tribulation and reached the fourth rank. Shen Long sought ingredients to treat its injuries and discovered that twelve of his Golden-Winged Fire Ants had mutated into Four-Winged Fire Ants.

• Li Rongrong overcame her tribulation with the help of Soul-Calming Incense and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Iron Tail Scorpion endured a Three-Colored Divine Lightning tribulation and advanced to the fourth rank, but Shen Long found it gravely injured and treated it with Tianshan Snow Jade Paste and Soul-Severing Grass.
• Shen Long copied three fourth-rank pill formulas and learned from Du Yinyin that Ye Sen of Medicine King Valley might possess a Millennium Mystic Ice Jade Lotus.
• Twelve Golden-Winged Fire Ants awoke after consuming strange gold, and the Ten Thousand Beast Stele identified them as mutated Four-Winged Fire Ants.

Shen Long tested his improved Four-Winged Fire Ants and visited Medicine King Valley to obtain a Millennium Mystic Ice Jade Lotus for the Iron Tail Scorpion. After trading Heaven Soul True Water and Ten Thousand Poison Paste with Ye Sen, he left with the lotus, still seeking fourth rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood.

• Shen Long tested the Four-Winged Fire Ants and confirmed that their speed, attack power, and defenses had improved.
• The Golden-Winged Wind Peng returned fully recovered, and Shen Long fed it Eight-Century-Old Green Wind Grass before putting it away.
• Fairy Skyfire and Han Jinlong discussed True Monarch Xuanyang’s grievous divine-soul injuries, and Fairy Skyfire decided to seek Shen Long’s help.
• Shen Long visited Medicine King Valley and negotiated with Ye Sen, trading Heaven Soul True Water and Ten Thousand Poison Paste for a Millennium Mystic Ice Jade Lotus.
• Shen Long asked Ye Sen where to find fourth rank Flood Dragons or their essence blood, but Ye Sen did not know.
• Ye Hongyao gave Shen Long the lotus, and he departed after discussing alchemy with Ye Sen.

Shen Long refined Mystic Ice Jade Lotus Pills to treat his Iron Tail Scorpion, then learned that Xu Feng had discovered a Fourth-Order Spirit Flame in Ten Thousand Fire Valley and nearly died in a clash with Hundred Ghosts Sect. After treating Xu Feng, Shen Long set out for the valley with Yuan Rui, while Liu Mei learned that senior Hundred Ghosts Sect cultivators were already headed there.

• Shen Long refined twenty-four High-Grade Mystic Ice Jade Lotus Pills and fed one to the injured Iron Tail Scorpion.
• Fairy Skyfire sought Shen Long for a divine-soul healing elixir, and Shen Long offered to refine one if she supplied the materials.
• Qian Dafu told Shen Long that Xu Feng had discovered a Fourth-Order Spirit Flame in Ten Thousand Fire Valley and had been badly injured by Hundred Ghosts Sect cultivators.
• Shen Long treated Xu Feng's wounds and poison, then received a map showing the Spirit Flame's location.
• Shen Long and Yuan Rui left Spirit Control Sect for Ten Thousand Fire Valley, while Xu Li told Liu Mei that senior Hundred Ghosts Sect cultivators were also on their way there.

Shen Long and Yuan Rui entered Ten Thousand Fire Valley and seized a Fourth-Order Spirit Flame from Su Liang and Qin Wang. The two sides began fighting, and Yuan Rui struck Su Liang’s Ghost-Descended form into a cliff.

• Shen Long and Yuan Rui traveled into Ten Thousand Fire Valley, where Yuan Rui’s Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle defeated a Fourth-Rank Early Stage Li Fire Falcon.
• Shen Long and Yuan Rui reached a gorge near the extinct volcano and found Su Liang and Qin Wang trying to capture a Fourth-Order Spirit Flame.
• Shen Long and Yuan Rui disrupted the capture and secured the Spirit Flame in a Cyan Jade Bottle, prompting Su Liang and Qin Wang to demand its return.
• Su Liang merged with his Black Giant Ape, while Yuan Rui transformed into a Golden Giant Ape and prepared to fight alongside his Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle.
• Qin Wang used the Ghost-Descending Technique to attack Yuan Rui, who merged with the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle and struck Su Liang’s Black Giant Ape into the cliff.

Shen Long and Yuan Rui defeated Qin Wang and Su Liang, then went to help Chu Buyu fight Barbarian Race cultivators. After they saved her, Chu Buyu told Shen Long she had discovered a Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon and asked if he was interested.

• Shen Long killed Qin Wang with his Spirit Treasure and captured Qin Wang's Nascent Soul while Yuan Rui fought the Black Giant Ape.
• Yuan Rui killed Su Liang after his ghost creature was defeated, and Shen Long protected Yuan Rui from Su Liang's Nascent Soul self-detonation.
• Yuan Rui learned that Shen Long's Life-Bound Spirit Bird had advanced to the fourth rank and praised his heavy Spirit Treasure.
• Shen Long spotted Chu Buyu being besieged by Barbarian Race cultivators, and Yuan Rui flew to help her.
• Yuan Rui and Shen Long killed the green-shirted Barbarian Race cultivator and saved Chu Buyu.
• Chu Buyu thanked Shen Long and told him she had discovered a Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon.

Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Yuan Rui joined forces to hunt an early Fourth-Rank Red Fire Flood Dragon in Ten Thousand Fire Valley. They killed it with Chu Buyu’s Mystic Ice Demon-Slaying Formation and collected its Essence Soul, leaving the group ready to divide the remaining spoils.

• Chu Buyu offered to help Shen Long and Yuan Rui kill the Red Fire Flood Dragon in exchange for its Essence Soul, and they agreed on how to divide the spoils.
• Shen Long’s Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada located the Red Fire Flood Dragon, and Chu Buyu set up her Mystic Ice Demon-Slaying Formation while Yuan Rui volunteered to lure it out.
• Yuan Rui drew the Red Fire Flood Dragon to the bamboo forest, where it knocked him down and attacked him until Shen Long intervened.
• Chu Buyu trapped the Red Fire Flood Dragon in the Formation as Shen Long and Yuan Rui, aided by their spirit beasts, battered it with coordinated attacks.
• Shen Long struck the gravely wounded Red Fire Flood Dragon on the head with the Li Fire Staff, killing it, and Chu Buyu collected its Miniature Flood Dragon in a gourd.

Shen Long returned from Ten Thousand Fire Valley with the Fourth-Order Spirit Flame, rewarded Xu Feng, and began feeding the flame to his Three-Colored Fire Phoenix. After searching Qin Wang's Nascent Soul, he suspected the Hundred Ghosts Sect had helped provoke the war with the Barbarian Race to gather yin souls for the Heaven Ghost Sect, leaving him wary of their ties and likely retaliation.

• Chu Buyu left Ten Thousand Fire Valley, and Shen Long and Yuan Rui departed on the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle.
• At the Hundred Ghosts Sect, Liu Mei learned Su Liang's Life Soul Lamp had gone out and ordered the sect to strengthen its defenses and seek help from the Heaven Ghost Sect.
• Shen Long returned to the Spirit Control Sect, gave Xu Feng two Dharma Treasures and Beast Rearing Pills as a reward, and warned the group to keep the Fourth-Order Spirit Flame secret.
• Shen Long used the Purple Spider Blade and Three-Colored Fire Phoenix to divide and consume part of the Fourth-Order Spirit Flame.
• After searching Qin Wang's Nascent Soul, Shen Long learned the Human Race's war with the Barbarian Race began over a reported Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and suspected the Hundred Ghosts Sect had fabricated the claim to help the Heaven Ghost Sect collect yin souls.
• Shen Long decided not to expose his suspicions and began meditative breathing, while resolving to remain wary of the Hundred Ghosts Sect and Heaven Ghost Sect.

Shen Long accepted Su Changfeng, a fire-attribute Heavenly Spirit Root, as his disciple before joining Chu Buyu to explore an Ascension Cave Abode beneath the Golden Ape Tribe’s territory. They broke through its hidden restriction, but a Nascent Soul Realm Barbarian Race cultivator arrived as they found the cave’s remains.

• The Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen survived its tribulation and advanced to the fourth rank, and Shen Long fed it a pill before putting it away.
• Chen Xiao brought Su Changfeng to Shen Long, who accepted him as a disciple and gave him a Top-Grade Dharma Artifact.
• Qi Xiao advanced to the Spirit Transmutation Realm and ordered Zhao Xu and Wu Yao to contact Mo of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• Chu Buyu asked Shen Long to help explore an Ascension Cave Abode in Golden Ape Tribe territory, and Shen Long agreed to go with her.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu evaded Barbarian Race cultivators, reached the cave, and broke its hidden restriction to reveal a skeleton and a Yellow Storage Bracelet.
• A powerful divine sense swept over Shen Long and Chu Buyu as Shen Long warned that a Nascent Soul Realm Barbarian Race cultivator was approaching.