Chapter Summaries

Shen Long defeated Xu Mo in a contest of divine sense and learned that Xu Mo and True Monarch Golden Crow wanted his help breaking a restriction, though they waited until after the Auction to ask. Three days later, Chu Buyu began refining Shen Long’s Dragon-Slaying Saber after assuring him she could succeed.

• At a gathering hosted by Chu Buyu, Shen Long traded for several rare materials and learned that Xu Mo had brought a section of thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo.
• Xu Mo challenged Shen Long to a divine sense contest, and Shen Long’s Red Flying Knife shattered Xu Mo’s Golden Flying Knife before Xu Mo gave him a fourth-rank Yin Beast Demon Core.
• Xu Mo told True Monarch Golden Crow that Shen Long’s divine sense surpassed his own and discussed seeking Shen Long’s help to break a restriction if Wu Dong and Wu Xi did not return after the Auction.
• Three days later, Chu Buyu led Shen Long into a secret chamber and promised she was certain she could refine his Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Chu Buyu placed the saber and other materials in her Artifact Refining Furnace and began the refinement while Shen Long watched from a Soundproofing Array.

Chu Buyu successfully advanced Shen Long’s Dragon-Slaying Saber into a Spirit Treasure, and Shen Long tested the abilities of his recovered spirit beasts and newly advanced Tree Man. He left the Ten Thousand Beast Tower after checking his spirit plants and began meditative breathing.

• Chu Buyu completed the Dragon-Slaying Saber’s advancement, and Shen Long thanked her before returning to his residence.
• Shen Long fed Demon Cores to the Ice Flood Dragon, Nine-Headed Ghost Dove, and Golden-Winged Wind Peng, then compared the two birds’ flight speeds.
• Shen Long inspected the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove’s recorded abilities and tested its wind, rain, stone, and fire defenses; it remained unharmed by flames.
• Shen Long found that the Tree Man had advanced to the fourth rank and instructed it to care for the spirit plants while he sought a high-rank Wood Demon Crystal Core.
• Shen Long checked the Golden Thunder Bamboo and Monster Luring Grass, left the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, and began meditative breathing.

Shen Long attended an auction, trading for several rare treasures, before Xu Mo and True Monarch Golden Crow invited him to help break an ancient restriction at a major sect’s ruins. He agreed to join them and left the Marketplace with them to investigate.

• Xu Xin visited Shen Long to ask about his relationship with Chu Buyu and admitted that he liked her, saying he would compete fairly for her affection.
• Shen Long attended the auction at Star-Moon Hall and exchanged a Fourth-Rank Thunder Attribute demon turtle shell for Fourth-Order Spirit-Nourishing Brew.
• Shen Long traded for a Fourth-Rank Water Flood Dragon Demon Core, while Nine-Year-Old Rogue Cultivator obtained Chu Buyu’s Mystic Water Halberd and Su Shanhe acquired a Heavenly Monster Talisman.
• After the auction, Xu Mo and True Monarch Golden Crow invited Shen Long to help break the Green Lotus Divine Restriction at the ruins of a major sect, and Xu Mo swore his account was true.
• Shen Long prepared by storing his spirit beasts in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, then met Xu Mo and True Monarch Golden Crow at the Marketplace exit and left with them.

Xu Mo, True Monarch Golden Crow, and Shen Long found and broke the Green Lotus Divine Restriction protecting underwater ruins, then entered as a group of Heaven Ghost Sect cultivators arrived. Zhao Xueying led the newcomers through the entrance in pursuit, leaving both groups inside the ruins.

• Xu Mo and True Monarch Golden Crow led Shen Long through a hidden teleportation array to a remote island, then took him beneath the sea to a concealed restriction.
• Xu Mo, True Monarch Golden Crow, and Shen Long combined their divine senses to break the Green Lotus Divine Restriction and reveal a water-blue barrier.
• Shen Long sensed seven Nascent Soul Cultivators approaching, so the three companions entered through the barrier before they arrived.
• Qin Biao arrived with Zhao Xueying and five other cultivators, explaining that he had learned of the treasure hunt after killing Wu Dong and Wu Xi.
• Zhao Xueying ordered the group to enter the ruins rather than guard the entrance, and Qin Biao used a Blue Water Screen to lead them through.

Shen Long gathered rare treasures and transplanted spirit plants into the Ten Thousand Beast Tower with help from the Tree Man, while other cultivators explored the ruins. The Black Crow Tribe also entered the ruins, and Shen Long continued searching its valleys.

• Shen Long killed a Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle and obtained its Fourth-Rank Thunder-Absorbing Bead.
• The Nine-Headed Ghost Dove killed two Amethyst Flying Scorpions, and Shen Long collected their corpses, Blood Erosion Fruits, and the fruit tree.
• True Monarch Golden Crow used a Spirit Treasure to kill a group of Fourth-Rank Spirit Beasts.
• Zhao Xueying and Qin Biao split their groups after escaping a restriction, and Zhao Xueying’s group attacked a Formation around a mist-filled valley.
• Zhuo Shan and five other members of the Black Crow Tribe found the ruins’ entrance and entered.
• Shen Long collected Five-Colored Flowers and Blood Jade Mushrooms, then used the Tree Man’s wood spiritual power to help transplant spirit plants into the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.

Shen Long explored Heavenly Medicine Peak and found priceless treasures in its garden and chambers, though the place seemed more like a forbidden ground than ruins. After he concealed the peak, Qin Biao, Sun Hai, and a golden-skirted woman arrived and were ambushed by hidden attackers and an Ice Flood Dragon; Qin Biao survived with a Life-Substitution Treasure but was pulled toward the ground by powerful gravity.

• Shen Long used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada and his Giant Ape Puppet Beast to reach Heavenly Medicine Garden and broke through its protective formation.
• Shen Long transplanted a Ten Thousand Years old Spirit Eye Tree and Soul-Nourishing Wood, then collected three ancient Heaven Soul Ghost Lotuses and more than a hundred drops of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• Shen Long questioned why the garden lacked signs of habitation and concluded that Heavenly Medicine Peak looked like a forbidden ground rather than ruins.
• Shen Long ordered the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox to conceal Heavenly Medicine Peak beneath an illusion as Qin Biao, Sun Hai, and a golden-skirted woman approached.
• Hidden attackers launched Yellow Sand Arrows and White Ice Blades at the newcomers, while a fourth rank Ice Flood Dragon froze and shattered their protective water screen.
• Qin Biao escaped the attack using a Life-Substitution Treasure, but strong gravity dragged him toward the ground as he smashed it with a Golden Giant Hammer.

Shen Long defeated Qin Biao’s group and gathered their treasures before searching Heavenly Medicine Peak for valuable spirit plants. Meanwhile, Zhuo Shan’s party learned Shen Long had entered the area, and Zhao Xueying’s group discovered a Dragon Scale Fruit tree.

• Shen Long’s Ice Flood Dragon, Tree Man, and other companions killed Qin Biao, and Shen Long captured and searched Qin Biao’s Nascent Soul.
• Shen Long collected the Thunder-Guiding Bead and the group’s possessions, then identified a Volcano Cluster and Separation Fire Bamboo with the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
• Shen Long’s group moved northwest, transplanting resources and killing living creatures along their way.
• Zhe Qing told Zhuo Shan’s party that Shen Long was nearby and described his formidable divine sense, prompting Zhuo Shan to order them to kill Shen Long cautiously if they encountered him.
• Zhao Xueying and three companions finished fighting in a damaged Spirit Herb Garden and found a Dragon Scale Fruit tree bearing dozens of fruits.

Zhao Xueying and her companions ambushed Shen Long after discovering him alone in a bamboo forest, trapping him inside the Hundred Ghost Scroll. His spirit insects and a Nascent Soul Realm Wood Demon fought back, leaving the ambush in a fierce battle.

• Zhao Xueying’s group collected the Dragon Scale Fruits and used the Purple Pupil Bead to locate Shen Long killing a Lightning Dove.
• Shen Long defeated a Nascent Soul Realm Fierce Ghost with his spirit insects and discovered the Lightning Dove had no Thunder-Absorbing Bead or Thunder-Guiding Bead.
• Zhao Xueying’s group arrived and used the Hundred Ghost Scroll to capture Shen Long, then ordered his spirit insects killed and claimed his Fourth-Order Spirit Flame.
• The Iron Tail Scorpion burrowed underground as a Nascent Soul Realm Wood Demon attacked Zhao Xueying’s group with bamboo knives and vines.
• Zhao Xueying’s companions defended themselves with treasures while the Cyan Fire Phoenix and Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen attacked their protections.

Shen Long and his spirit beasts wiped out the ghost creatures in Zhao Xueying’s Hundred Ghost Scroll and defeated her companions. After killing the Black-Robed Elder and capturing Zhao Xueying’s Nascent Soul, Shen Long searched it and learned of valuable Dragon Scale Fruits and Spirit Treasures.

• Shen Long released the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove and his other spirit beasts, who slaughtered the ghost creatures inside the Hundred Ghost Scroll, including the five Nascent Soul Realm creatures.
• The Black-Robed Elder used the Ghost-Descending Technique and a Mystic Ghost Talisman to fight Shen Long’s allies, but the Iron Tail Scorpion’s poison and the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen killed him and devoured his Nascent Soul.
• Zhao Xueying realized the ghost creatures had been wiped out and tried to flee with her two companions, but a piercing screech interrupted their escape.
• Shen Long and his spirit beasts overwhelmed Zhao Xueying and her companions; Shen Long cut down their bodies, while the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove swallowed two Nascent Souls.
• Shen Long stopped Zhao Xueying’s Nascent Soul from self-destructing, searched it, and discovered Dragon Scale Fruits and three Spirit Treasures.

Shen Long collected treasures and wealth from the cultivators he had killed, then began refining the Purple Pupil Bead. Elsewhere in the ruins, True Monarch Golden Crow revived as a demon, killed two Nascent Soul Cultivators, and turned on Zhuo Shan and the survivors.

• Shen Long gathered three Spirit Treasures and the spoils from his slain opponents, fed a Blood Erosion Fruit to the Iron Tail Scorpion, and began refining the Purple Pupil Bead.
• Ye Lian and four other Nascent Soul Cultivators entered the ruins by a passage beneath the sea.
• Zhuo Shan and five others climbed the lightning-struck mountain and found True Monarch Golden Crow's body, the Dry Sun Seal, and a chained humanoid skeleton on the summit.
• True Monarch Golden Crow revived, drained Zhe Qing's Essence Blood, swallowed his Nascent Soul, and transformed amid surging devil qi.
• True Monarch Golden Crow killed the Purple-Skirted Woman in the same way, prompting Zhuo Shan to identify the threat as demonic transformation and demand to know who he was.

Shen Long entered Seven Star Hall and spoke with True Monarch Seven Stars, who revealed why a Devil Race cultivator had been imprisoned nearby. The statue warned him to destroy the cultivator’s corpse, while True Monarch Golden Crow had already escaped from Zhuo Shan’s group.

• True Monarch Golden Crow fought Zhuo Shan and three other Nascent Soul Cultivators, then escaped after they failed to stop him.
• Zhuo Shan decided not to pursue True Monarch Golden Crow and led his group elsewhere to seek treasures.
• Shen Long used the Magnetic Essence Bead to cross the Gravity Restriction and entered Seven Star Hall.
• Shen Long’s Giant Ape Puppet Beast attacked the Humanoid Statue, which revealed itself as True Monarch Seven Stars from the Lingxu Realm.
• True Monarch Seven Stars explained that he had imprisoned a Devil Race cultivator after pursuing Cai Lei, and told Shen Long to destroy the corpse.

Shen Long accepted True Monarch Seven Stars’ offer of the Heavenly Demon True Scripture’s first three levels in exchange for inspecting a sealed corpse and recording what he found. On his way back, he ambushed Zhuo Shan and three Barbarian Race cultivators, killed the three companions, and entered a fierce battle with Zhuo Shan, who survived Shen Long’s first lethal strike with a Life-Substitution Bead.

• Shen Long demanded compensation for inspecting the Devil Race cultivator’s corpse, and True Monarch Seven Stars offered him the first three levels of the Heavenly Demon True Scripture and a further reward for returning with a Shadow-Returning Crystal recording.
• At the mountain’s foot, the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada alerted Shen Long to Zhuo Shan and three Barbarian Race cultivators, so Shen Long sent the Tree Man and Iron Tail Scorpion to attack them.
• Shen Long and his Spirit Beasts caught the four cultivators in a coordinated assault, killed Zhuo Shan’s three companions, and captured their three Nascent Souls.
• Shen Long attacked Zhuo Shan with the Ganjin Needle and pierced his head, but a Life-Substitution Bead shattered and Zhuo Shan reappeared behind him to counterattack.
• Shen Long transformed into his Flood Dragon form and unleashed his Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds against Zhuo Shan, who was shocked by the strength of Shen Long’s forces.

Shen Long defeated Zhuo Shan, discovered that a Devil Race cultivator’s Remnant Soul had possessed True Monarch Golden Crow, and reported the escape to the Humanoid Statue in Seven Star Hall. The statue gave Shen Long a Jade Slip and sent him away before the ruin began to collapse.

• Shen Long and his spirit beasts overwhelmed Zhuo Shan’s defenses, and Shen Long killed him before he could self-destruct.
• Shen Long captured Zhuo Shan’s Nascent Soul and learned that the Devil Race cultivator’s Remnant Soul had possessed True Monarch Golden Crow and killed two Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Shen Long showed the Humanoid Statue evidence that he had destroyed the imprisoned Devil Race cultivator’s corpse, and the statue explained that the ruin’s destruction had been triggered.
• The Humanoid Statue gave Shen Long a Jade Slip about the escaped cultivator and opened a Teleportation Array.
• Shen Long teleported to an azure sea as the ruin began to collapse.

Shen Long learned more about Tai Shi Jin, the Devil Race cultivator imprisoned in the ruins, while Tai Shi Jin survived the ruins’ destruction and vowed revenge against True Monarch Seven Stars. Shen Long examined the Heavenly Demon True Scripture and tended to his treasures and spirit plants in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.

• Lin Yuan learned that Ye Lian and four other Nascent Soul Cultivators had died, and ordered Flower-Moving Palace to investigate and strengthen its defenses.
• Tai Shi Jin revealed that he had possessed True Monarch Golden Crow’s body, killed Ye Lian and the other four cultivators, and survived the ruins’ destruction with the Four Symbols Beads.
• Shen Long studied the Jade Slips and learned about Tai Shi Jin, the realms connected to the Gan Yang Realm, and the Heavenly Demon True Scripture’s demanding cultivation requirements.
• Shen Long inspected the Ten-Thousand-Year Separation Fire Bamboo and instructed the Fire Qilin Beast not to damage the spirit plants.
• Shen Long told the Tree Man to watch over the Spirit Eye Tree and help increase the spiritual qi in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.

Shen Long cultivated, received an invitation to the Zhou Clan’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, and learned where to find a Fourth-Rank Red Fire Flood Dragon. Meanwhile, the Heaven Ghost Sect investigated the deaths of Zhao Xueying and her companions and grew suspicious of the Sun and Moon Palace.

• Shen Long watered the Soul-Nourishing Wood with Heaven Soul True Water, reviewed the Spirit Treasures he had collected, and resumed cultivation.
• Yue Feng told Lin Feng and Su Ying that Zhao Xueying and several other Nascent Soul Cultivators had died while searching ruins; Lin Feng ordered an investigation and strengthened defenses.
• Half a year later, Zhou Hualong invited Shen Long to the Zhou Clan’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony for Zhou Yuhua, and Shen Long asked him to watch for a Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon or its essence blood.
• Song He reported that his group had discovered a Fourth-Rank Red Fire Flood Dragon, and Shen Long rewarded them and told them to keep the news secret.
• Song He also told Shen Long that the subordinate factions of the Heaven Ghost Sect and Sun and Moon Palace were fighting; Shen Long then departed through a Teleportation Array.

Shen Long attacked Yuyin Island and killed Yin Shan and Liu Mei after learning Yin Shan planned to target him. He destroyed the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s branch and left a message that led others to suspect the Wu Clan.

• Liu Mei praised Yin Shan for securing the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s foothold in the North Sea, while warning him that the Wu Clan might seek help against them.
• Shen Long and his allies struck Yuyin Island with two Spirit Treasures and broke through its Fourth-Rank protective array.
• The Golden-Winged Wind Peng killed Liu Mei and swallowed her Nascent Soul, while Shen Long killed Yin Shan and searched his Nascent Soul’s memories.
• Shen Long killed the Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples, looted and burned Yuyin Island, then left the words “Blood debts repaid in blood” on a stone stele.
• The Wu Clan was suspected of taking revenge for its Great Elder, but the Heaven Ghost Sect found no clues and the matter faded away.

Shen Long killed a Fourth-Rank Red Fire Flood Dragon in the Outer Sea and left before True Monarch Ten Thousand Waves and Fairy Red Plum could learn more about him. At Sun and Moon Island, Song Lianyue sent Chu Buyu and Xu Xin to Zhou Yuhua’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony and ordered them to investigate and kill Junior Lin’s murderer.

• Shen Long intervened when the Red Fire Flood Dragon attacked a Golden-Robed Elder, then drove the elder away and fought the dragon with his spirit beasts.
• The Nine-Headed Ghost Dove subdued the Red Fire Flood Dragon, extracted its miniature form, and swallowed it, killing the beast.
• Shen Long met True Monarch Ten Thousand Waves and Fairy Red Plum, claimed the dragon’s death, and departed before they could question him further.
• True Monarch Ten Thousand Waves and Fairy Red Plum decided not to provoke Shen Long and returned on the Mystic Fire Boat.
• Song Lianyue told Chu Buyu that no one knew who had killed Yin Shan and Liu Mei, then assigned Chu Buyu and Xu Xin to attend Zhou Yuhua’s ceremony and investigate Junior Lin’s death.

Tai Shi Jin destroyed the Qian Family’s ancestral land and framed the Heaven Ghost Sect, escalating the war between the sects’ affiliated factions. In the Western Desert, Shen Long rescued Shen Yushan and two younger Shen Clan members from demon insects and agreed to travel with them to Zhou Yuhua’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony.

• Tai Shi Jin looted the Qian Family’s Treasure Vault and Spirit Herb Gardens after destroying the family’s ancestral land, and the Sun and Moon Palace blamed the Heaven Ghost Sect.
• The Sun and Moon Palace issued Conscription Orders, sending more experts to fight the Heaven Ghost Sect’s affiliated factions.
• Shen Long traveled through the Western Desert and used his Purple Pupil Bead to spot Shen Clan members besieged by Yellow Rock Ants.
• Shen Long’s Golden-Winged Fire Ants killed the Yellow Rock Ants and rescued Shen Yushan, Shen Hua'an, and Shen Huawei.
• Shen Yushan recognized Shen Long and invited him to travel with the group to the Zhou Clan’s Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony; Shen Long agreed.

Shen Long and his companions arrived at Jade Spring Oasis for Zhou Yuhua’s Nascent Soul Formation Celebration and settled in with other guests. Zhou Hualei learned that Zhou Guangshan and Qingwei had died in the Heavenly Sand Ruins, and ordered the news kept secret until after the celebration.

• Zhou Guangxin inspected the invitations of Shen Long, Shen Yushan, Chu Buyu, and Xu Xin as they arrived at Jade Spring Oasis.
• Zhou Guangyao welcomed the four guests and escorted them to Jade Spring Mountain, where Shen Long was assigned the Spirit Control Pavilion.
• Shen Long took a Seven-Star Spirit Nourishing Pill and cultivated in the pavilion’s Cultivation Room.
• Zhou Hualei and Zhou Guangyao discussed the Shen Clan’s costly conflict with the Thousand Puppet Sect over a Turmeric Crystal Mine.
• Zhou Guangyao received word that Zhou Guangshan and Qingwei’s Life Soul Lamps had gone out, and Zhou Hualei ordered an investigation after the celebration.

At Zhou Yuhua’s Nascent Soul Formation Celebration, Shen Long learned that the Ganyang Sect had been destroyed and traded for rare materials while testing the Zhou Clan’s interest in Golden-Eyed Beast Inner Cores. He expected Zhou Hualei to approach him about the cores, while Chu Buyu hoped the Zhou Clan would help find Senior Sister Lin’s killer.

• Shangguan Yulong told Shen Long that his master had left the Western Desert for the North Sea in search of Fourth-Rank Flood Dragon essence blood, and Zhou Hualei explained that the Ganyang Sect had been destroyed.
• Shen Long exchanged pills and demon cores with Zhou Hualei, Shangguan Yulong, Shen Yushan, Chu Buyu, and other cultivators for rare herbs and materials.
• Shen Long offered a Fourth-Rank Golden-Eyed Beast Inner Core, and Zhou Hualei traded a Millennium Mystic Ice Jade Lotus for it.
• Zhou Hualei and Zhou Guangyao discussed persuading Shen Long to share more cores or explain how he hunted Fourth-Rank Spirit Beasts.
• Shen Long revealed that he still had more Golden-Eyed Beast Inner Cores and expected Zhou Hualei to contact him about them.
• Chu Buyu told Xu Xin she hoped the Zhou Clan would help uncover who had killed Senior Sister Lin.