Chapter Summaries

Shen Long reached the Spirit Transmutation Late-Stage and learned that Lin Buyu, a Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner, would attend a gathering in three days. Meanwhile, Yuan Rui, Chu Buyu, Lu Yun, and Fairy Chihong entered Fire Yang Valley to search for treasure.

• Shen Long advanced to the Spirit Transmutation Late-Stage and learned that the Spirit-Tracking Beast could sense living beings' soul fluctuations within a thousand li, even through the Ghost Concealment Banner.
• Shen Hai told Shen Long that Lin Buyu, a newly advanced Spirit Transmutation cultivator and Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner, would attend a Lin Family gathering in three days.
• Shen Long set up a stall in the marketplace and traded Snow Soul Pills and Blood Dragon Pills to Qin Yang and Liu Bing for Fifth-Rank demon cores.
• After sixty years of recovery, Fairy Chihong fully healed, and Chu Buyu refined three Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures using materials Yuan Rui provided.
• Fairy Chihong, Yuan Rui, Chu Buyu, and Lu Yun put away their flying boat and entered Fire Yang Valley, wary of its dangers.

Shen Long attended Lin Buyu’s gathering and arranged for her to refine a fifth-rank Puppet Beast while probing her connection to a possible Spirit Flame. Meanwhile, Chu Buyu pursued an Alien Spirit Transmutation cultivator in Fire Yang Valley, and both vanished when his Nascent Soul self-destructed.

• Shen Long and Shen Hai attended Lin Buyu’s gathering, where Shen Long discussed alchemy and arranged for Lin Buyu to refine a fifth-rank Puppet Beast in exchange for Golden Jade Soul Nourishing Pills.
• After Shen Long and Shen Hai left, Lin Buyu and Lin Yunyu discussed Shen Long’s suspicious background and decided that Lin Buyu should keep interacting with him.
• At Golden Bee Pavilion, Shen Long guessed that Lin Buyu’s missing Fifth Order Spirit Flame might be connected to his great opportunity near an active volcano, and he told Shen Hai to keep following her.
• In Fire Yang Valley, Chu Buyu pursued a wounded green-robed Alien Spirit Transmutation cultivator after he and two companions had seized treasures and fled from their group.
• Chu Buyu killed the green-robed cultivator, but his Nascent Soul self-destructed and created a Black Hole that swallowed them both; Yuan Rui arrived afterward and found no trace of Chu Buyu.

Chu Buyu recovered the foreign cultivator’s belongings and chose to cultivate in an enclosed space rather than risk escaping. In the Lingxu Realm, Shen Long sought rare herbs to refine a pill for Qin Yang’s injured friend, while Lin Yunsen and Lin Yunyu discussed the Four Seas Sect’s bounty for Yang Xin.

• Chu Buyu found pills, records, a Four Seas Sect token bearing the name Yang Xin, and a map of the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven among the foreign cultivator’s belongings.
• After seven days searching an enclosed space, Chu Buyu decided to remain and cultivate until Spirit Transmutation Mid-Stage.
• Qin Yang asked Shen Long to refine a Purple Mysterious Jade Clarity Pill for a friend poisoned during a search for Yang Xin.
• Shen Long traded an Enlightenment Fruit with Lin Yunyu for three stalks of three-thousand-year-old Purple Mysterious Jade Clarity Grass.
• After Shen Long left, Lin Yunsen surmised that he belonged to a major faction, and he and Lin Yunyu discussed the Four Seas Sect’s bounty and Yang Xin’s likely fate.

Shen Long refined Purple Mysterious Jade Clarity Pills and helped Qin Yang treat Madam Xu’s cold poison before leaving to oversee the Water Lie Beast’s attempt to advance to the fifth rank. The Water Lie Beast faced a Lightning Tribulation, and successive bolts struck as Shen Long and the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada watched from a distance.

• Shen Long refined six high-grade Purple Mysterious Jade Clarity Pills using the Green Lotus True Flame.
• Xu Yingying and Xu Xu discussed their search for Yang Xin and the missing inheritance of Azure Dragon True Lord.
• Shen Long gave Madam Xu a pill, causing her to expel black congealed blood, and told Qin Yang to give her the remaining pills monthly.
• Shen Long traveled to a deserted island, set up a formation, and released the Water Lie Beast as it began charging at the fifth rank.
• The Water Lie Beast’s Lightning Tribulation began, and the first four lightning bolts struck its Blue Water Screen.

Shen Lie survived his fifth-rank tribulation, took human form, and gained the ability to disrupt teleportation within a thousand li. Shen Long settled at Cilie Island to recover from using the Mind-Expanding Pearl, while Yuan Rui and Su Changfeng discussed their search for Fairy Chu.

• The Water Lie Beast endured Five-Colored Divine Lightning, took human form with a Self-Healing Body, and Shen Long named him Shen Lie.
• Shen Long tested Shen Lie’s third-eye ability and discovered it could disrupt teleportation within a thousand li, trapping Spirit Transmutation cultivators in that range.
• Shen Long brought Shen Lie to Cilie Island and began recovering from the Mind-Expanding Pearl’s effects while reading the Green Lotus Travelogue.
• Yuan Rui told Su Changfeng and Master Ice Silkworm that Fairy Chu had not emerged from Fire Yang Valley before Spirit-Severing Qi forced them to leave.
• Su Changfeng said the Sun and Moon Palace would watch Fairy Chu’s Life Soul Lamp, and Yuan Rui noted that the Spirit Control Sect now had two Spirit Transmutation cultivators.

Yuan Rui ascended to the Lingxu Realm and was guided toward the Thousand Spirits Sect, while Shen Long rescued Lin Buyu from a Golden Bamboo Xu Clan cultivator. Shen Hai ambushed the fleeing enemy and killed him with a Fifth-Rank Ice Flood Dragon.

• Yuan Rui ascended at the Nine Flames Sect branch, and Su Qianqian learned that he came from the Spirit Control Sect before offering to send him to the Thousand Spirits Sect.
• Shen Long intervened when a golden-robed Golden Bamboo Xu Clan youth attacked Lin Buyu, and he killed the youth with help from the Iron Tail Scorpion.
• The golden-robed youth escaped Shen Long and Lin Buyu by using a Heavy Water Thunder Pearl.
• Shen Hai ambushed the fleeing youth with a Fifth-Rank Ice Flood Dragon, which froze and shattered his body while Shen Hai captured his Nascent Soul.

Shen Long rescued Lin Buyu from Xu Yiyu, then had Xu Yiyu killed and his Nascent Soul fed to the Ice Flood Dragon. Meanwhile, Chu Buyu ascended to the Lingxu Realm and learned that another cultivator from the Gan Yang Realm was there.

• Shen Long told Lin Buyu he had encountered her while seeking a Blood-Eyed Whale, and Lin Buyu warned him that Xu Yiyu might seek revenge.
• Lin Haitao arrived, learned that Xu Yiyu had used a Heavy Water Thunder Pearl, and told Lin Buyu that Lin Haishan had been killed.
• Shen Long returned to his hidden island, ordered Shen Hai to feed Xu Yiyu's Nascent Soul to the Ice Flood Dragon, and left with him.
• Xu Weilong learned that Xu Yiyu's Life Soul Lamp had gone out and asked Xu Weiying to investigate.
• Chu Buyu ascended from a collapsing sealed space to the Golden Knife Mountain Range and met Liu Huo of the Divine Weapon Sect.
• Chu Buyu asked Liu Huo about Shen Long, the Sun and Moon Palace, and the Spirit Control Sect; Liu Huo had heard of none of them but offered to take her to Martial Aunt Lin, who had also ascended from the Gan Yang Realm.

Shen Long received new information about a three-thousand-year-old Golden Birch Wood in the northeastern Green Lotus Archipelago and set out to investigate, believing the area might hold a great opportunity. Meanwhile, Chu Buyu learned the identity of the Five-Colored Divine Mud and began preparing to strengthen herself before entering the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven.

• Shen Long traded medicinal pills at Bluestone Square, and Qin Yang visited him with a three-thousand-year-old Golden Birch Wood found in a cave abode on a Desolate Island.
• Qin Yang described the island’s location near Golden Velvet Tribe territory, and Shen Long paid him for the tree with pills.
• Lin Buyu told Shen Long that Fairy Liu had reported another three-thousand-year-old Golden Birch Wood discovery in the northwestern Green Lotus Archipelago and warned him about Golden Velvet Tribe cultivators.
• Shen Long summoned Shen Hai, then left Green Butterfly Marketplace with him to investigate the sea region.
• At Divine Weapon Sect, Chu Buyu received Jade Slips from Li Yu and learned that the item she had seized was Five-Colored Divine Mud.
• Chu Buyu resolved to change her cultivation technique and build her strength before retrieving the treasure in the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven.

Shen Long and Shen Hai encountered an injured sixth-order Green Wind Falcon, but Ni Tianting killed it before Shen Long could be overwhelmed. Elsewhere, the Xu Family discussed Xu Yiyu’s death and ordered an investigation into Gan Long.

• Shen Long and Shen Hai tried to evade the injured Green Wind Falcon, but it attacked their boat and wounded Shen Long in his Yellow Giant Ape form.
• Ni Tianting appeared, killed the Green Wind Falcon with his Dharma Aspect, and collected its miniature spirit.
• Shen Long recognized the Donghua Ni Family insignia, introduced himself, and watched Ni Tianting leave before continuing on the Cloud Sea Boat with Shen Hai.
• Xu Tianxin, Xu Weilong, and Xu Weiying discussed Xu Yiyu’s death and questioned whether the Lin Family had killed her.
• Xu Weilong ordered Xu Weiying to investigate Gan Long and find a chance to eliminate him.

Shen Long and Shen Hai reached a deserted island hiding an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode, only to encounter five Golden Velvet Tribe Cultivators who had come to investigate it. Shen Long killed the cultivators and captured their Nascent Souls, leaving the cave entrance exposed.

• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada found the cave entrance on the island and warned Shen Long that five Golden Velvet Tribe Cultivators were approaching.
• Shen Long concealed himself with the Ghost Concealment Banner as the five cultivators arrived and discovered their restriction had been broken.
• Shen Long transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape, ambushed the five cultivators, and killed three while capturing their Nascent Souls.
• The golden-shirted Spirit Transmutation Late-Stage cultivator escaped using a Life-Substitution Treasure and Golden Feather Wings, but Shen Long pursued and killed him.
• Shen Long captured the golden-shirted cultivator's Nascent Soul after catching up with him above the island.

Shen Long recovered the Green Lotus Diagram, a space filled with ancient spiritual plants, and discovered a vial of Soul-Shattering Powder among the spoils. Meanwhile, Mo Bingbing welcomed Yuan Rui into Thousand Spirits Sect and considered how to bring its ascended disciples closer to the sect.

• Shen Long and Shen Hai left the cave after recovering a storage bracelet and returned to Golden Bee Pavilion.
• Shen Long found the Green Lotus Diagram among the bracelet’s treasures, refined it, and discovered a mountain range filled with spiritual herbs and fruit trees.
• Shen Long opened a jade box and identified the Soul-Shattering Powder inside, then sorted further spoils, including Golden Velvet Fruits, and ate one.
• Mo Bingbing praised Shen Long’s contributions to Spirit Control Sect while speaking with Yuan Rui, who had returned to Thousand Spirits Sect.
• Yuan Rui asked about Shen Long, and Mo Bingbing explained that he had been away for more than a hundred years.
• Mo Bingbing told Huang Lei to settle Yuan Rui in and considered negotiating with Nine Flames Sect over the branch serving ascended Spirit Control Sect cultivators.

Shen Long reunited with Chu Buyu, who invited him to join her search for a Void Refining Cultivator’s Ascension Cave Abode in the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven. After she revealed her artifact-refining skills and Fifth Rank Spirit Flame, Shen Long agreed to travel with her, unaware that Li Sen was tracking their departure for the Xu Family.

• Shen Long and other Spirit Transformation cultivators discussed Yang Xin’s Ascension Cave Abode and the coming treasure hunt in the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven.
• Chu Buyu met Shen Long and explained that she had ascended over twenty years earlier and joined the Divine Weapon Sect.
• Chu Buyu invited Shen Long to help her search the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven for a Void Refining Cultivator’s Ascension Cave Abode, and he agreed.
• Shen Long asked Chu Buyu about her ability to refine Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures and her Fifth Rank Spirit Flame, then asked her to help refine a treasure after their hunt.
• Shen Hai carried Shen Long and Chu Buyu away from the Marketplace on the Cloud Sea Boat.
• Li Sen reported their departure to an unknown man and was ordered to keep monitoring Lin Buyu and the others.

Shen Long killed a Xu Family cultivator who had secretly followed the group, and he, Chu Buyu, and Shen Hai entered Thousand Poison Cave Heaven. They began exploring the secret realm, leaving toward a cave where the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada had spotted Mystic Soul Flowers.

• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada detected a hidden follower, and Shen Long flew off and killed the Xu Family cultivator who had been tracking him.
• Shen Long learned from the cultivator's Nascent Soul that the Xu Family had sent him, then changed appearances with Chu Buyu and Shen Hai to evade further tracking.
• Xu Weilong learned that Ancestor Tianlang's Life Soul Lamp had gone out while he monitored Gan Long and ordered Xu Weiying to investigate.
• Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Shen Hai entered Thousand Poison Cave Heaven, where Chu Buyu froze and killed two Chameleon Lizards and collected their hides.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada found Mystic Soul Flowers guarded by two Soul-Eating Toads, and Shen Long led the group toward them.

Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Shen Hai searched Thousand Poison Cave Heaven, using the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada to avoid monsters and restrictions. They found an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode guarded by a Sixth-Order Crimson Fire Ape and began a plan to distract it and poison its Crimson Fire Jujubes.

• Xu Liangqing and two companions harvested Cyan Marrow Jade Pearl Fruits and transplanted their tree.
• Hu Hai, Hu Xue, and Ba Yan’s group emerged into the Yellow Desert after losing a Void Refining Cultivator to a restriction.
• Shen Long’s group killed two black toads, divided the corpses and Mystic Soul Flowers with Chu Buyu, and left the underground cave.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada guided Shen Long’s group through the dangerous cave heaven and located a lake matching their map.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu discovered an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode guarded by an early Sixth-Order Crimson Fire Ape and agreed to use fifth-rank Puppet Beasts and Soul-Shattering Powder against it.
• A Green Crane Puppet entered the cavern, and the Crimson Fire Ape attacked it with Crimson Flame and Giant Fireballs.

Shen Long and his companions outwitted the Crimson Fire Ape with poisoned Crimson Fire Jujubes, then returned to claim Azure Dragon True Lord’s cave treasures. Shen Long discovered the Ten Thousand Beasts True Scripture, a portion of sixth-order Spirit Flame, and sixth-order Flood Dragon essence blood, recognizing them as the great opportunity True Monarch Golden Lotus had predicted.

• The Crimson Fire Ape drove off Chu Buyu and a Green Wind Falcon, ate the remaining Crimson Fire Jujubes, and was poisoned by Soul-Shattering Powder Shen Long had secretly applied.
• Shen Long, Chu Buyu, Shen Hai, and the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada hid underground, confirmed the Crimson Fire Ape was still alive with a Giant Ape Puppet Beast, and later transplanted the Crimson Fire Jujube tree after testing again with a Heavenly Puppet Talisman.
• Shen Long and his companions broke the red restriction in Azure Dragon True Lord’s cave and recovered a Cyan Storage Bracelet containing Spirit Stones, treasures, materials, Jade Slips, and two Supreme Grade Purple Mysterious Pills.
• Chu Buyu and Shen Long divided the recovered items, with Shen Long giving her a Mid-Grade Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure along with artifact-refining materials and half the Spirit Stones.
• Shen Long discovered that his cultivation method was the Ten Thousand Beasts True Scripture and found a portion of sixth-order Spirit Flame and essence blood from an early sixth-order Two-Headed Flood Dragon.
• Shen Long recognized the treasures as the great opportunity True Monarch Golden Lotus had foretold.

Shen Long uncovered several cultivation manuals and gave Chu Buyu the Thousand Puppet Secret Manual, then fled with her after learning Xu Liangqing’s group was seeking the Seven Star Purple Thunder Fruit. As hostile foreign cultivators pursued them, Shen Hai confronted the pursuers and was killed, leaving Shen Long’s group in danger.

• Shen Long found the Ten Thousand Beasts True Scripture insights, three other cultivation arts, and a map of the Ten Thousand Spirit Tomb, then gave Chu Buyu the Thousand Puppet Secret Manual.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada spotted Xu Liangqing and two cultivators heading toward the Seven Star Purple Thunder Fruit, and Shen Long decided to avoid them and leave with Chu Buyu.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada warned Shen Long that three foreign cultivators were approaching with a treasure that had found them.
• Hu Hai and his companions attacked Shen Hai, who used water and ice techniques before fleeing with Hu Xue inside his Cave Heaven Treasure and fusing with the Thunder Peng.
• A huge blue hand struck Shen Hai and crushed his body, and his Nascent Soul self-destructed as the foreign cultivators pursued him.

Shen Long escaped a deadly pursuit by the Haixi Clan and warned Xu Liangqing’s group, drawing the attackers into a battle that left both sides badly wounded and cost Xu Liangqing the Seven Star Purple Thunder Fruit. Shen Long hid with Chu Buyu to recover while Hu Hai and Ba Shuo survived with some fruit, and Xu Liangqing blamed Shen Long for his losses.

• The Red-Shirted Youth attacked Shen Long, but Shen Long escaped with a Life-Substitution Treasure and fled toward Xu Liangqing’s group.
• Shen Long warned Xu Liangqing that Haixi Clan cultivators were coming, then escaped as Hu Hai, Hu Xue, and their ally arrived and attacked the group.
• Shen Long fled underground with the Iron Tail Scorpion, later released Chu Buyu from the Green Lotus Diagram, and set up a Formation to recover until the Thousand Poison Cave Heaven closed.
• Hu Hai and Ba Shuo discussed their losses, their Seven Star Purple Thunder Fruit, and Shen Long’s escape after Hu Xue and other cultivators died in the battle.
• Xu Liangqing recovered in a hidden cave and vowed revenge on Shen Long, whom he blamed for bringing the Haixi Clan and ruining their chance to obtain the fruit.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu escaped Thousand Poison Cave Heaven and returned to Human Race territory, where they parted ways after reaching Divine Weapon Marketplace. Shen Long spotted Han Feng there and began investigating his presence, leaving their conversation to unfold.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu flew away from a desolate island in Human Race territory aboard the Cloud Sea Boat.
• At Thousand Spirits Sect, Yuan Rui and Liu Xuan discussed Shen Long's long absence and agreed to take external postings at a marketplace.
• Xu Liangqing ordered Xu Weilong and Xu Weiying to hunt down the stranger who had disrupted their attempt to obtain the Seven Star Purple Thunder Fruit, then learned Tian Lang had died.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu traveled from Green Lotus Marketplace to Divine Weapon Marketplace, where they met Song Xin before Chu Buyu departed for the Divine Weapon Sect.
• Shen Long saw Han Feng leave a pill shop, followed him to Green Bee Pavilion, and later met him again in the marketplace.
• Han Feng invited Shen Long to a teahouse to talk, and they began their conversation in a private room.

Shen Long traded a Spirit Enlightenment Pill to Han Feng for a Seven-Leaf Jade Lotus, then reunited with Yuan Rui and asked him to seek Seven Haze True Water. Meanwhile, the Haixi Clan ordered an investigation into Shen Long and his fifth-rank Thunder Peng, leaving Shen Long back at Golden Roc Peak to cultivate.

• Shen Long traded his Spirit Enlightenment Pill to Han Feng for a two-thousand-year-old Seven-Leaf Jade Lotus, then searched the marketplaces for Seven Haze True Water without success.
• After returning to the Thousand Spirits Sect, Shen Long learned from Sun Lin that Yuan Rui had ascended and gone to Thousand Spirits Marketplace, so he went to meet him.
• At Haixi Hall, Ba Miao ordered Hu Lei to find the cautious Human Race cultivator who possessed a fifth-rank Thunder Peng and a fifth-rank Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
• Shen Long and Yuan Rui discussed their former companions and the difficulty of descending to the Lower Realm, then Shen Long gave Yuan Rui supplies in exchange for watching for Seven Haze True Water.
• Shen Long returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect and entered a Cultivation Room at Golden Roc Peak.

Shen Long helped the Green Lotus True Flame devour a Sixth Order Spirit Flame, and after thirty years it gained the ability to speak. He refined a Supreme Spirit Enlightenment Pill and continued making Supreme Pills to trade for resources.

• Shen Long released a Sixth Order Spirit Flame in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower and helped the Cyan Fire Phoenix devour it.
• Chu Buyu began refining Puppet Beasts with the Golden Crow Cauldron.
• Thirty years later, Yuan Rui returned and gave Shen Long a fifth-rank Wood Demon Crystal Core, a Fifth-Rank Sky Illusion Fox Demon Core, and alchemy materials.
• Shen Long discovered that the Green Lotus True Flame could speak after devouring the Spirit Flame.
• Shen Long refined a Twelve Pill Pattern Spirit Enlightenment Pill and continued refining pills.