Chapter Summaries

Shen Long refused Chen Yurao’s request for the Five Flame Stone, then revealed his Thousand Spirits Sect identity and met with her to exchange information and alchemy techniques. After shopping in Golden Cicada Marketplace and returning to Thousand Spirits Garden, he ate a Qingxuan Fruit to extend his lifespan.

• Chen Yurao asked Shen Long for the Five Flame Stone on behalf of the Chen Clan, but he refused until he showed his Thousand Spirits Sect Identity Token.
• Chen Yurao invited Shen Long to Green Foothill Pavilion, where he asked her to look for a Fifth Rank Monster Ape with Mountain Giant Ape bloodline or its Essence Blood.
• Shen Long and Chen Yurao exchanged alchemy techniques, and Li Tianxue told him about a gathering for Spirit Transformation Cultivators the following evening.
• Shen Long bought a jar of Golden Dragon Brew at Dukang Pavilion and returned to Thousand Spirits Garden, where he spoke briefly with Zhao Tianhu.
• Shen Long ate a Qingxuan Fruit and circulated his cultivation technique to refine its lifespan-extending medicinal power.

Shen Long joined Li Tianxue and Zhao Tianhu at a cultivation gathering in Green Cicada Garden, where he sparred with Li Yunpeng and revealed the strength of his transformation art. He also learned about Golden Lotus Tokens and realized that the lotus-shaped token he had obtained from Cai Lei might be one.

• Li Tianxue, Zhao Tianhu, and Shen Long went to Green Cicada Garden and joined a gathering of Spirit Transmutation Realm cultivators.
• Li Yunpeng and Zhao Tianhu sparred on a Golden Brilliance Platform, with Li Yunpeng stronger in physical strength and Zhao Tianhu stronger in transformation techniques.
• Shen Long transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape and struck Li Yunpeng into the platform’s protective screen, surprising the gathered cultivators.
• Xue Sheng told the group that Fairy Chen had entered the Void Refining Realm after using a Golden Lotus Token to seek a divination from True Monarch Golden Lotus.
• Li Yunting explained that Golden Lotus Tokens could transform into lotus shapes and were difficult to forge, leading Shen Long to suspect his token from Cai Lei was genuine.
• Li Yunpeng proposed that the cultivators exchange resources, and the group agreed.

Shen Long traded valuable materials at an exchange meeting, then fed a Fifth-Rank crystal core and Yin Bead to his spirit beasts and began refining a Hundred-Jun Pill. Li Yunpeng and Li Yunting later speculated about Shen Long’s powerful Transformation Art and the high-rank Spirit Scorpion nearby.

• Shen Long exchanged two Life-Bound Scales from a Fifth-Rank Ice Flood Dragon for Li Yunpeng’s two Yin Beads, then traded two sections of ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood for a Flower Demon Crystal Core and a bottle of Hundred-Jun Pills.
• Shen Long asked for Essence Blood from a Fifth-Rank Monster Ape with a Mountain Giant Ape bloodline, and Li Tianxue and Zhao Tianhu warned him that such beasts were rare and their divine abilities might not pass to his Spirit Ape.
• Shen Long fed the Fifth-Rank Wood Demon Crystal Core to the Tree Demon and a Yin Bead to the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove, then swallowed a Hundred-Jun Pill and began refining it.
• Li Yunpeng and Li Yunting discussed Shen Long’s formidable Transformation Art and guessed that he used Essence Blood to cultivate it.
• Li Yunting suspected a nearby Spirit Scorpion had Bloodline Purity of at least six, while Li Yunpeng wondered whether Shen Long had killed a Fifth-Rank Ice Flood Dragon.

After returning to the Thousand Spirits Sect, Shen Long assigned two alchemists to work under him, commissioned Zhao Kun to upgrade a Spirit Treasure, and expanded the resources in his Ten Thousand Beast Tower. Meanwhile, Wu Xiao entrusted the Barbarian Race to Bi Shan and ascended to the Lingxu Realm.

• Shen Long returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect with Li Tianxue and Zhao Tianhu, then ordered Chen Yang and Sun Yao to cultivate at Golden Roc Peak and refine pills for him.
• Shen Long visited Zhao Kun at Li Fire Valley and paid him to upgrade a Spirit Treasure into a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.
• Shen Long fed the Ice Flood Dragon Ice-Bone Catfish and planted ice attribute herbs and fruit trees on the fifth floor of the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.
• Shen Long drank Golden Dragon Brew and began refining its energy in his cultivation room.
• Wu Xiao told Bi Shan to protect the clansmen, avoid fighting the Human Race to the death, and build good relations with them.
• Wu Xiao stepped onto a Five-Colored Cloud Ladder and ascended to the Lingxu Realm, leaving Bi Shan behind.

A hundred years later, Shen Long’s spirit beasts had grown stronger, and he learned that a Fifth-Rank Sea-Suppressing Ape’s essence blood could be obtained by clearing a hidden Ghost Creature from a mine. He set out alone to confront it, despite warnings that the creature had defeated several Spirit Transmutation Realm cultivators.

• Shen Long refined Fifth-Rank Beast-Nurturing Pills and fed them to his spirit beasts, several of which had advanced to the fifth rank.
• The Water Lie Beast demonstrated that it could tear through space and explained that its abilities could counter teleportation.
• Sun Lin told Shen Long that Yang Shenghai’s clan had Fifth-Rank Sea-Suppressing Ape Essence Blood in exchange for help with a Ghost Creature in its Mysterious Yin Mine.
• Yang Shenghai explained that the concealed Spirit Transmutation Realm Ghost Creature had repeatedly eluded the Thousand Spirits Sect’s searchers and killed Yang Clan cultivators.
• Shen Long dismissed Yang Shenghai’s warnings, promised to deal with the Ghost Creature, and flew toward the mine with him while Sun Lin decided to notify Lin.

Shen Long went to the Yang Clan’s mine to confront the ghost creature and discovered it was controlled by a black-robed elder. The elder launched a fierce attack, leaving Shen Long protected by a weakening barrier as the fight began.

• Yang Tianshan and Yang Shengrong discussed the ghost creature and the Thousand Spirits Sect’s decision to send only one cultivator.
• Shen Long met Yang Shengrong, asked about the Sea-Suppressing Ape Essence Blood, and said he would handle the ghost creature alone.
• Yang Shengrong learned from Yang Shenghai that Shen Long was an ascended cultivator and returned with him to await news.
• Shen Long entered the mine and struck the stone wall, exposing the concealed Green-Faced Fanged Fierce Ghost.
• The ghost attacked Shen Long’s barrier with Ghost Fire and blood beams as a black-robed elder appeared and used the Ghost-Descending Technique.
• The black-robed elder’s black sword battered Shen Long’s barrier before he spat a black sound wave at him.

Shen Long killed the black-robed elder and learned that a hidden Mysterious Yin Crystal deposit lay in the mine. With the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen’s Gold-Melting Divine Ability, he extracted a house-sized crystal, then destroyed the mine as visitors approached.

• Shen Long and the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove defeated the black-robed elder, who escaped once with a Substitute Death Talisman before the Ghost Dove devoured his soul.
• The Nine-Headed Ghost Dove learned from the elder’s soul that he had secretly mined Mysterious Yin Crystals and had a map to their location.
• Shen Long followed the map to a concealed deposit and used the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to reveal a restriction hiding it.
• The Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen melted away the surrounding Mysterious Yin Stone, exposing a house-sized Mysterious Yin Crystal that Shen Long collected.
• When the Seven-Colored Spirit Butterfly arrived with Li Tianxue, Zhao Tianhu, Yang Tianshan, and Yang Shengrong, Shen Long destroyed the mine to conceal the scene.

Shen Long dealt with the ghost creature in the Mysterious Yin Mine and received the Fifth-Rank Sea-Suppressing Ape essence blood. Back at Thousand Spirits Sect, he examined his spoils, refined two concealment treasures, and fed his spirit beasts before beginning his cultivation.

• Li Tianxue and Yang Tianshan arrived at the mine, but Shen Long emerged unharmed and said he had dealt with the Spirit Transmutation Realm ghost creature.
• Yang Tianshan gave Shen Long the Sea-Suppressing Ape essence blood and agreed to notify him if another high-rank ghost creature appeared.
• Master Ice Silkworm celebrated advancing to the Nascent Soul Late Stage with Su Changfeng, Lin Yutong, and Han Yuwei.
• Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Garden, found an Eight Directions Token among his spoils, and refined the Ghost Concealment Banner and Thousand Illusion Mask.
• Shen Long praised the Nine-Headed Ghost Dove, gave Dust-Cleansing Pills to it and the Thunder Peng, and fed the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen a pill and a Mysterious Yin Crystal.
• Shen Long drank the Sea-Suppressing Ape essence blood and began cultivating.

After leaving the Cultivation Room, Shen Long learned about conflicts over a Golden Lotus Token and went to the Divine Weapon Marketplace with Shen Hai to buy resources. There he met Xue Sheng, who offered to introduce him to someone with a Fifth-Rank Wood Demon Crystal Core.

• Shen Long learned that a Golden Lotus Token had reportedly ended up with the Nine Flames Sect and that Xu Xiao had entered the Void Refining Realm.
• Shen Long rewarded Sun Lin for his service and urged him to find the Essence Blood of a Fifth Rank Monster Ape with a Mountain Giant Ape bloodline.
• Mo Bingbing and Xu Xiao discussed Shen Long’s recent ascension and the Golden Lotus Token before Xu Xiao left.
• Shen Long traveled with Shen Hai to the Divine Weapon Marketplace, bought two fifth rank Yin Beads, and acquired various refining materials.
• Xue Sheng met Shen Long and offered to introduce him to a friend who possessed a Fifth-Rank Wood Demon Crystal Core.

Shen Long traded ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood for two Fifth-Rank Wood Demon Crystal Cores and learned about the Flowing Cloud Commerce Alliance’s upcoming auction. He fed one core to the Tree Demon, then the chapter ended with Elder Jin assigning Wu Bei to oversee the auction.

• Xue Sheng asked Shen Long to help hatch an Yin Qi-eroded Flood Dragon egg, and Shen Long agreed to try using high-grade Spiritual Liquid.
• Xue Sheng told Shen Long about an auction in seven days where Supreme Pills would be sold, then introduced him to Ye Xiao, who traded two Fifth-Rank Wood Demon Crystal Cores for Shen Long’s ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood.
• Ye Xiao warned Shen Long that the Ten Thousand Spirit Tomb held dangerous high-rank Monster Beasts, including reported Eighth-Order ones.
• Shen Long returned to Green Sun Courtyard, fed one Wood Demon Crystal Core to the Tree Demon, and visited the fifth-rank Spirit-Tracking Beast.
• Elder Jin told Wu Bei to oversee the Flowing Cloud Commerce Alliance’s auction.

Shen Long arranged for Thousand Weapons Pavilion to forge a soul-nourishing Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, traded for Glazed Golden Body Liquid, and attended the Flowing Cloud Commerce Alliance’s auction. The auction began with Seven Treasures Glazed Pills, and the bids quickly rose.

• Shen Long hired Jiang Yunhua to forge a Low-Grade Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure from his materials, agreeing to collect it in fifty years and pay two million Spirit Stones.
• Shen Long exchanged a piece of Mysterious Yin Crystal with the Gold-Skirted Girl for Glazed Golden Body Liquid and later applied the liquid to his body.
• Shen Long entered Flowing Cloud Hall after paying the ten-thousand-Spirit-Stone admission fee and took a seat among thousands of cultivators.
• Wu Bei opened the auction by offering ten Seven Treasures Glazed Pills separately, and the bids rose from one million Spirit Stones.

Shen Long attended a major auction where rare pills, treasures, and materials drew intense competition from Spirit Transformation cultivators. He acquired Green Thunder Ape essence blood and a Five-Petal Jade Lotus, while the auction continued with a Soul Nourishing Jade offered for Five-Colored Divine Mud.

• The Seven Treasures Glazed Pills, Yang-Increasing Fruits, and other auction goods sold for high prices, and a Green-Winged Flame Lion fetched 9 million Spirit Stones.
• Shen Long traded a bottle of Snow Ganoderma Pills for essence blood from a fifth-rank Green Thunder Ape.
• Wu Bei exchanged a fifth-rank Thunder-Absorbing Bead for goods from a Divine Weapon Sect disciple, then Shen Long spent 11.2 million Spirit Stones to win a bottle of Blood Dragon Pills.
• Cultivators traded for Golden Ginseng Purple Lang Pills and Golden Jade Soul Nourishing Pills, while Green Ganoderma Immortal exchanged Supreme Pills for a fifth-rank Spirit Flame.
• Shen Long exchanged Mysterious Yin Crystal for a Five-Petal Jade Lotus and noticed several ill-intentioned gazes directed at him.
• Wu Bei offered a Soul Nourishing Jade in exchange for Five-Colored Divine Mud, drawing interest from many Spirit Transformation cultivators.

At the auction, Shen Long traded a section of Six Roots Purity Bamboo for a Heavy Water Thunder Pearl and later refined his Five-Petal Jade Lotus at a new hideout. Meanwhile, the Five Freaks of Black Mountain tracked him and planned to ambush him for his treasures.

• Green Ganoderma Immortal bought the Mysterious Soul True Water and Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle, while bidders purchased all five fifth-rank Puppet Beasts and the upper and middle volumes of the Big Dipper Heavenly Scripture.
• Shen Long bought two pieces of Azure Glass Gold Ore and traded a section of Six Roots Purity Bamboo for a Heavy Water Thunder Pearl.
• Shen Long left Flowing Cloud Hall, went to the Cyan Moon Pavilion hideout, and began refining the Five-Petal Jade Lotus.
• The black-robed elder revealed that a Soul-Chasing Insect was tracking Shen Long, and the Five Freaks of Black Mountain planned to use their defensive treasures to ambush him.

Shen Long completed his preparations at Cyan Moon Pavilion and arranged for the hatched Flood Dragon to be delivered to Xue Sheng. He used an Eight Directions Token to ask Eight Directions Pavilion for information about a Fifth Rank Monster Ape with Mountain Giant Ape blood, leaving after paying the deposit.

• Shen Long refined the Five-Petal Jade Lotus, discovered Five-Light Divine Mud inside Azure Glass Gold Ore, and strengthened his body with Glazed Golden Body Liquid and Blood Dragon Pills.
• Green Ganoderma Immortal asked Duan Long to search Divine Weapon Sect territory for place names containing the character “python” in exchange for a Spirit Enlightenment Pill.
• Shen Long arranged for Shen Hai to deliver the Flood Dragon to Xue Sheng, who was pleased to receive it.
• Shen Long entered Splendid Garment Pavilion with his Eight Directions Token and met Li Bin upstairs.
• Shen Long paid Li Bin a deposit of five hundred thousand Spirit Stones for information about a Fifth Rank Monster Ape with Mountain Giant Ape blood, or its Essence Blood, and was told the information would be provided within a month.

Shen Long traded for Blood Dragon Rice, tested its powerful effects, and learned that Spirit Transformation cultivators were watching him. After meeting Li Bin for information, he left Divine Weapon Marketplace through a teleportation array to Seven Rainbow Marketplace.

• Shen Long traded ten-thousand-year Soul-Nourishing Wood with Mu Sen for Blood Dragon Rice and learned about Five Spirit Pavilion.
• Shen Long ate the Blood Dragon Rice and endured intense pain as he refined its energy, gaining strength.
• Yuan Rui urged Master Ice Silkworm to attempt a breakthrough, while they and Su Changfeng discussed Shen Long and the Spirit Control Sect.
• The Spirit-Tracking Beast told Shen Long that familiar divine senses had watched him, and Shen Long met Li Bin at Splendid Garment Pavilion.
• Shen Long spotted Spirit Transformation cultivators following him and teleported from Divine Weapon Marketplace to Seven Rainbow Marketplace.

Shen Long escaped his pursuers by using Thunder Peng, hiding in an underground cave, and returning to Seven Rainbow Marketplace after a week. When five Spirit Transformation cultivators tracked him down, he chose to confront them, and the chapter ended as they attacked his Mountain Giant Ape form without injuring him.

• Shen Long used Thunder Peng and an Eight-Gate Silence Array to evade his first pursuers, then waited a week before returning to Seven Rainbow Marketplace.
• Shen Hai told Shen Long that two groups had followed him out of the marketplace but had soon turned back.
• Shen Long and Shen Hai left the marketplace by Blue Flying Boat, but Shen Long detected five Spirit Transformation cultivators pursuing them.
• Shen Long led the pursuers to an Emerald Green Mountain Range, where the black-robed elder used a Soul-Chasing Insect and Black Mountain Peak to uncover him.
• The five pursuers attacked Shen Long in his Yellow Giant Ape form, but his sound wave destroyed their projectiles and their weapons failed to harm him.

Shen Long's Spirit Beasts, Spirit Birds, and Spirit Insects overwhelmed and killed five Spirit Transmutation Realm enemies. After collecting their valuables and feeding their corpses to his beasts, Shen Long left the area.

• The Yellow Giant Ape, Fire Qilin Beast, and other Spirit Beasts attacked the five Yellow-Shirted Big Men and their companions.
• The Ice Flood Dragon froze the White-Skirted Woman and killed the black-robed elder, while the Four-Tailed Spirit Fox and Thunder Peng fought the remaining enemies.
• The Four-Tailed Spirit Fox's Pupil Technique left the Yellow-Shirted Big Man vulnerable, and the Fire Qilin Beast and Yellow Giant Ape killed him.
• Shen Long collected the enemies' valuables, fed their bodies to his Spirit Beasts, returned the Fire Qilin Beast and the others to the Spirit Beast Bracelet, and left.

Shen Long hid in the Green Toad Mountain Range, claimed valuable spoils, and spent fifty years refining pills while Shen Hai and the Tree Man advanced to the Spirit Transmutation Realm. After Green Ganoderma Immortal encountered him, Shen Long and Shen Hai headed home, while Master Ice Silkworm lamented his failed breakthrough and Yuan Rui received an urgent visit from Fairy Chu.

• Shen Long concealed himself in the Green Toad Mountain Range, searched the Yellow-Shirted Big Man's Nascent Soul, and learned that a Fifth-Rank Soul-Chasing Insect had tracked him; he also acquired Spirit Stones, Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures, demon cores, and other treasures.
• Shen Long brought Shen Hai out of the Ten Thousand Beast Tower to cultivate in seclusion and began refining pills with the Dry Sun Cauldron.
• Shi Xiao told Mu Sen to keep searching Human Race territory for the Spirit Clan traitor and warned him not to involve Eight Directions Pavilion.
• Fifty years later, the Tree Man told Shen Long that a Spirit Transformation cultivator was approaching, and Shen Long recalled it to the Spirit Beast Bracelet before Green Ganoderma Immortal arrived and departed.
• Shen Hai passed the Five-Nine Lightning Tribulation and advanced to the Spirit Transmutation Realm, so Shen Long took him home aboard the Desert-Crossing Boat.
• Master Ice Silkworm discussed his failed breakthrough with Su Changfeng and Yuan Rui, who then left after learning that Fairy Chu had arrived with urgent business.

Shen Long searched Thousand Spider Market for information about a fifth-rank Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape and traded rare Five-Light Divine Mud for a fifth-rank Spirit Flame. He left with a lead on Bold True Lord, while Chen Ziyan and Yan Tuo realized that Shen Long's Spirit Beast was powerful enough to intimidate them.

• Shen Long and Shen Hai split up in Thousand Spider Market while searching for the rumored Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape.
• Shen Long learned from Chen Ziyan that the ape's only known source was Bold True Lord, whose stories were often unreliable.
• Shen Long exchanged sixth-rank Five-Light Divine Mud for a fifth-rank Spirit Flame after Yan Tuo confirmed its value.
• Chen Ziyan told Shen Long where Bold True Lord was staying, and Shen Long asked her to contact him if she learned more about the ape.
• Yan Tuo warned Chen Ziyan that Shen Long's Spirit Beast had suppressed their Fire-Winged Flame Lion, so they should not provoke him.

Shen Long trained Green Lotus True Flame to fifth rank and spent a year refining pills in Thousand Spider Market while searching for a Fifth-Rank Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape. After hearing Bold True Lord had appeared, he visited Dragon Rock Pavilion and asked Lan about the ape’s whereabouts.

• Shen Long went to Dragon Rock Pavilion to seek Bold True Lord, then returned to Green Plum Courtyard and consumed a Fifth-Rank Spirit Flame with Green Lotus True Flame.
• Shen Long claimed the Soul Nurturing Lock, while Li Tianxue asked Sun Sen to tell Shen Long to see her when he returned.
• A year later, Shen Long finished a batch of Snow Ganoderma Pills but failed to refine Supreme Pills, then learned from Shen Hai that Bold True Lord had appeared in the Marketplace.
• Shen Long checked whether anyone had followed Shen Hai, traded for two Purple Pattern Soul-Chasing Scorpion Demon Cores, and asked cultivators about Great Strength Golden-Backed Apes.
• Shen Long met Shen Xu at Dragon Rock Pavilion and asked him whether he had discovered traces of a Fifth-Rank Great Strength Golden-Backed Ape.