Chapter Summaries

Shen Long studied a Barbarian Plate detailing Foreign Cultivators’ abilities and weaknesses, while Lord of Hundred Poisons sought his help and fellowship. After joining other Void Refining cultivators at the Azure Mystic Tower, Shen Long and his companions received assignments to demonstrate their alchemy and artifact-refining skills.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu returned to Thousand Spirits Garden, where Li Xin delivered Barbarian Plates describing Foreign Cultivator experts and their weaknesses.
• Shen Long examined the plates and learned about figures including Yin Qiao of the Heaven Origin Race and Hua Xiaoxiao of the Flower Clan.
• Lord of Hundred Poisons discussed using Silver Essence True Water to hatch his Purple-Eyed Spirit-Devouring Python egg and told Han He to befriend Shen Long.
• Three days later, Shen Long asked his companions whether they knew where to find Five-Colored Phoenix Butterflies, but none had any.
• Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and three other cultivators followed Wang Yilin into the Azure Mystic Tower after Daoist Wang summoned them.
• Wang Changxian assigned Shen Long, Li Yunpeng, and Lin Huang to refine pills, while Chu Buyu and Ning Yue were tasked with refining artifacts.

Shen Long learned the Azure Mystic Tower’s exchange requirements, refined Blood Sun Pills for ten years, and sought resources at Celestial Whirl City. After Han He asked him to help hatch a Spirit Beast Egg, Shen Long questioned whether two sixth-order Thunder-attribute Demon Cores were enough to persuade him.

• Wang Changxian gave Shen Long materials for Blood Sun Pills and explained that exchanging for a mass of Sixth Order Spirit Flame required thirty batches of Supreme Pills and five Mid-Stage Void Refining Foreign Cultivators killed on the front lines.
• Yin Hao and Yin Yue learned that Bian Feng had been killed by Lord of Hundred Poisons, and they discussed Huo Tianxing’s presence in Celestial Whirl City and the danger of the war.
• Ten years later, Shen Long had refined more than thirty batches of Blood Sun Pills, turned in fifty pills from his first three sets of materials, and kept twenty-two for himself.
• Wu Yingyue invited Shen Long to an Underground Auction, but he asked her and He Zixiao to watch for items he wanted while he stayed behind to meet Han He.
• Han He offered Shen Long two early sixth-order Lightning Dove Demon Cores in exchange for help hatching his Spirit Beast Egg, and Shen Long asked whether Han thought he lacked such cores.

Shen Long agreed to incubate Han He's Purple-Eyed Spirit-Devouring Python egg in exchange for a sixth order Wood Demon Crystal Core. He later attended an Underground Auction at the Azure Whirl Tower and won an early sixth order Flower Demon Crystal Core by offering Six Roots Purity Bamboo.

• Shen Long examined Han He's Spirit Beast Egg, confirmed it was a Purple-Eyed Spirit-Devouring Python, and agreed to incubate it in exchange for a sixth order Wood Demon Crystal Core.
• Shen Long placed the egg in the Spirit Control Pool and asked Li Yunpeng about the Azure Whirl Tower's Underground Auction.
• Shen Long disguised himself and entered the Azure Cloud Tower, where he was transported into a private bidding room.
• Chen Qing opened the Auction with Supreme Golden Berry Pills, which sold for at least fifty million Spirit Stones each.
• Chen Qing presented an early sixth order Flower Demon Crystal Core, and Shen Long offered a section of Six Roots Purity Bamboo over twenty thousand years old.
• Chen Qing announced that the Crystal Core's owner accepted Shen Long's Six Roots Purity Bamboo.

Shen Long traded and bid at an underground auction, acquiring a Puppet Shadow Talisman, Golden-Eyed Flood Dragon Essence Blood, Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly eggs, and a sixth order Wood Demon crystal core. Back at the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, he hatched the butterflies and fed the crystal core to the Tree Demon.

• Shen Long traded a bottle of supreme Four Symbols Pills for one of Chen Qing's Puppet Shadow Talismans.
• Shen Long exchanged supreme Six-Leaf Golden Soul Pills for the Essence Blood of a sixth order Mid Stage Golden-Eyed Flood Dragon.
• Shen Long spent twenty-two Top-Grade Spirit Stones to win the Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly eggs and a sixth order Mid Stage Wood Demon crystal core.
• After the auction ended, Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Courtyard and entered the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.
• Shen Long hatched twelve or thirteen Five-Colored Butterflies in the Spirit Control Pool and settled them in a flower garden on the third floor.
• Shen Long gave the sixth order Wood Demon crystal core to the Tree Demon.

Shen Long watched his sixth-order Spirit Beasts spar, then ordered them to prepare to fight the Foreign Cultivators in their Monster Beast forms. In Celestial Whirl City, Yan Yun discussed a possible Myriad Spirit Token and decided to seek a divination from Fairy Su.

• Shen Lie, Shen Mei, Shen Ao, and Shen Jiu demonstrated their divine abilities while Shen Peng and Shen Jiu controlled the Formation in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.
• Shen Long praised the Spirit Beasts, told them he would take some to the next great battle, and left to refine True Dragon Pills.
• Yan Yun told Yan Que she had sold most of the Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly Insect Eggs for a Ganjin Soul-Extinguishing Talisman but had kept some.
• Yan Que and Yan Yun discussed searching Celestial Whirl City for a Myriad Spirit Token or valuable goods amid the war between the Human Race and the Blood Vine Race.
• Yan Que suggested Yan Yun offer some insect eggs to Fairy Su, Mystic Mechanism Master's disciple, in return for a divination, and Yan Yun agreed to try.

After Shen Long hatched Han He's Purple-Eyed Spirit-Devouring Python, he and Chu Buyu met Wu Yaozu and Li Wanting in Ten Thousand Trees Garden. A Blood Vine Race invasion interrupted their gathering, and Shen Long and Wu Yaozu went to the city wall to face the attackers.

• Shen Long gave Han He the hatched Purple-Eyed Spirit-Devouring Python, and Han He rewarded him with a Wood Demon Crystal Core and two Thunder-Attribute Demon Cores.
• Wang Changxiao invited Shen Long and Chu Buyu to Ten Thousand Trees Garden, where they met Wu Yaozu and Li Wanting from Purple Sky Palace.
• Wu Yaozu challenged Shen Long to a contest of physical strength, but an alarm announced that the Blood Vine Race was attacking Celestial Whirl City.
• Shen Long proposed that he and Wu Yaozu compete to see who could kill more Foreign Cultivators, and Wu Yaozu agreed.
• Shen Long and the others reached the city wall and saw the Blood Vine Race's forces, including Giant Spirit Clan warriors renowned for their strength.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu fought Giant Spirit Clan cultivators as the Blood Vine Race and its allies launched a massive assault on Celestial Whirl City. Shen Long faced Yin Hao and other enemies, then summoned his spirit beasts as the battle continued.

• Teng Ying ordered the Blood Vine Race forces to attack Celestial Whirl City, and Wang Tianxin sent the defenders out to meet them.
• The Spirit Clan and Snow Race combined their abilities to block the attackers' spells while human cultivators launched beasts, puppets, and treasures.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu fought a Giant Spirit Clan cultivator, destroying his Dharma Aspect and leaving him badly injured.
• A green-skirted woman and Yin Hao arrived to aid the Giant Spirit Clan cultivator, and Yin Hao recognized Shen Long's Mid-Stage Void Refining cultivation.
• Shen Long vowed to kill his opponents, summoned the Five-Tailed Spirit Fox and Fire Qilin Beast, and prepared for the fight as Shen Xiao waited underground.

Shen Long’s spirit beasts and Chu Buyu defeated Yin Hao and two Void Refining cultivators through coordinated illusions and attacks. After learning from Yin Hao’s soul that Bian Ting was involved, Shen Long headed southwest with Chu Buyu to reinforce the other Void Refining Cultivators.

• Chu Buyu, Shen Mei, Shen Xiao, Shen Lin, and the other spirit beasts trapped the three enemies in illusions and overwhelmed their defenses.
• The Iron Tail Scorpion killed the green-skirted woman and swallowed her Nascent Soul, while the green-shirted man and Yin Hao were also brought down.
• A Humanoid Puppet Beast and golden sand attacks stopped Yin Hao’s escape; Chu Buyu and the spirit beasts killed the remaining enemies and captured their Nascent Souls.
• Shen Long searched Yin Hao’s Nascent Soul and learned that Bian Ting was involved, then collected the enemies’ valuables and had the Iron Tail Scorpion devour their bodies.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu flew southwest to aid the other Void Refining Cultivators and seek a portion of Sixth Order Spirit Flame.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu used the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox Dharma Aspect, a Puppet Beast, and other attacks to kill two Mid-Stage Void Refining cultivators from the foreign races. After rescuing Wu Yunsheng and Wu Yunhao, they flew off to battle other Void Refining Cultivators.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu attacked the Blood-Skirted Woman and Yellow-Shirted Big Man while the two red-robed men struggled against them.
• Chu Buyu’s Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox illusion and the Humanoid Puppet Beasts helped kill the Blood-Skirted Woman and capture her Nascent Soul in a Golden Pagoda.
• The Yellow Giant Ape struck down the Yellow-Shirted Big Man, and the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox illusion let Shen Long’s side capture his Nascent Soul in the Golden Pagoda.
• Shen Long collected the enemies’ valuables while Shen Mei devoured their corpses, then he and Chu Buyu flew southwest to fight other Void Refining Cultivators.
• Wu Yunsheng and Wu Yunhao thanked Shen Long and Chu Buyu, identified them as Thousand Spirits Sect disciples, and flew off to aid their allies.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu continued their fight against Foreign Cultivators while Body Integration experts on both sides watched their progress. After the pair defeated another opponent, Xiao Luo arrived with two allies and attacked them, leaving a direct confrontation underway.

• Wang Tianxin, Wu Xuan, Chen Shen, and other Thousand Spirits Sect allies watched Shen Long and Chu Buyu fight through a Golden Orb, while Teng Ying and her allies observed them through a blood-lit mirror.
• Xiao Yue gathered intelligence on Shen Long and Chu Buyu as Teng Ying secretly sent a message and Xiao Yue worked a cyan Dharma Disk.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu defeated a golden-skirted woman with the help of their spirit beasts, spirit insects, and techniques, but her Nascent Soul escaped.
• Xiao Luo arrived with a Late Void Refining gold-shirted man and two Mid-Stage Void Refining allies, and the man rescued the golden-skirted woman's Nascent Soul.
• Shen Long recognized Xiao Luo and braced himself beside Chu Buyu as Xiao Luo launched two Golden Giant Fists at them.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu fought Xiao Luo and four arriving Heaven Origin Race cultivators while their spirit beasts battled the enemy’s forces. Shen Long trapped Xiao Luo inside the Green Lotus Diagram, and the other fights continued as the pink-skirted woman sent a red bead toward the Ice Flood Dragon.

• The green-robed elder and a White-Skirted Woman arrived to support Xiao Luo, and the group took Supreme Illusion-Breaking Pills to counter the Five-Tailed Spirit Fox’s illusions.
• Shen Long summoned his spirit beasts and told them to engage the four cultivators while he and Chu Buyu dealt with Xiao Luo.
• Shen Long transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape and battled Xiao Luo as Chu Buyu and her Puppet Beasts attacked from the side.
• Xiao Luo summoned two spirit beasts to hold Chu Buyu back, but Shen Long emerged from underground and trapped Xiao Luo in the Green Lotus Diagram.
• Chu Buyu and the spirit beasts continued fighting the enemy forces, while the Ice Flood Dragon endured the green-robed elder’s attacks and the pink-skirted woman launched a red bead at it.

Shen Long’s spirit beasts used their coordinated battle formation to overwhelm and kill the green-robed elder, the Blue-Shirted Youth, the pink-skirted woman, and the White-Skirted Woman. The battle ended with the beasts swallowing their Nascent Souls, while Shen Lie scolded the Fire Qilin Beast for taking an unnecessary risk.

• The spirit beasts coordinated attacks to kill the green-robed elder and swallowed his Nascent Soul after the Iron Tail Scorpion suppressed it.
• The Blue-Shirted Youth’s defenses failed under the spirit beasts’ assault, and the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen swallowed his Nascent Soul.
• The pink-skirted woman tried to flee but was trapped and killed by the Ice Flood Dragon, which swallowed her Nascent Soul.
• The White-Skirted Woman escaped with a Life-Substitution Treasure but was caught again and killed by the Fire Qilin Beast, which swallowed her Nascent Soul.
• Shen Lie reprimanded the Fire Qilin Beast for fighting the White-Skirted Woman at close range, and the beast defended its choice.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu defeated several Void Refining enemies, prompting the Foreign Cultivators to retreat from Celestial Whirl City. After Liu Xin praised and cautioned them, they went to exchange their Merit Points for Sixth Order Spirit Flames.

• Shen Lie reprimanded the Fire Qilin Beast for fighting at close range, and it admitted its mistake.
• Chu Buyu and Shen Long defeated their opponents using the Five-Tailed Spirit Fox's illusion and a coordinated Spirit Beast Battle Formation, while Shen Long emerged unscathed after killing Xiao Luo.
• The Blood Vine Race leaders called off the battle, and the Foreign Cultivators withdrew as the Human Race returned to Celestial Whirl City.
• Liu Xin praised Shen Long and Chu Buyu, warned them not to underestimate other Void Refining Cultivators, and sent them to exchange their Merit Points.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu told Wang Changxian they wanted Sixth Order Spirit Flames, and he credited them with Merit Points after verifying their tokens and treasures.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu exchanged merit points for supplies and sorted through the spoils they had taken from Foreign Cultivators, uncovering valuable treasures and a map of the Ten Thousand Spirit Tomb. Shen Long then questioned Shen Lin for breaking the rules of engagement, leaving his punishment undecided.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu exchanged merit points for supplies and accepted invitations to several gatherings hosted by Void Refining Cultivators.
• Wang Yilin delivered their purchased items, and the cultivators they met greeted them after hearing of their battle achievements.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu counted their spoils, finding vast wealth, rare materials, and a map Xiao Luo had made of his route through the Ten Thousand Spirit Tomb.
• Shen Long discovered that two spheres in Xiao Luo's jade box were inner cores from early sixth order Nine-Colored Yang Deer.
• Shen Long praised his spirit beasts for their battle performance, then sternly questioned Shen Lin for engaging a doomed enemy at close range.

Shen Long punished Shen Lin for disobeying battle orders, while the allied beasts shared their rewards and reviewed their mistakes. Human and Blood Vine leaders assessed the heavy battle losses and debated how to prepare for the next clash, with Teng Ying ordering a plan to target Shen Long and make more Illusion-Breaking Pills.

• Shen Long withheld Shen Lin's reward and deducted half of Shen Lie's reward, then left with Chu Buyu.
• Shen Lie and the others pooled their rewards and divided them equally with Shen Lin before reviewing the battle.
• Wang Changying reported the Human Race's losses and identified seven formidable new Blood Vine experts, while the leaders discussed reinforcements and the enemy's strategy.
• Xiao Yue reported the Blood Vine Race's losses and twelve new Human Race experts, including Shen Long.
• Teng Ying ordered experts to target Shen Long and instructed Xiao Yue to arrange more Illusion-Breaking Pills.

After their victories in battle, Shen Long and Chu Buyu joined a gathering of Void Refining cultivators, where they discussed the fighting and exchanged resources. The gathering continued as Shen Long offered rare Nine-Colored Yang Deer Demon Cores, prompting several cultivators to make offers.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu arrived at Wang Changxiao's gathering and met Chen Le, Lin Yinyin, Su Qingyue, Jin Xiao, and Bai Yushuang.
• The cultivators praised Shen Long and Chu Buyu's battle achievements and discussed their methods for fighting foreign cultivators.
• Shen Long claimed he had used a Heavy Water Thunder Pearl and a Ganjin Soul-Extinguishing Talisman to kill Xiao Luo.
• Wang Changxiao began a resource exchange, and Shen Long traded two ten thousand year spirit medicines for two Yin Beads.
• Chu Buyu traded a sixth order Puppet Beast for refining materials, including Twenty Thousand Year Golden Thunder Bamboo and a Five Thunder Crystal.
• Shen Long offered two Demon Cores from early sixth order Nine-Colored Yang Deer, and Wu Yaozu, Wang Changxiao, and Ni Tianting each proposed a trade.

Shen Long traded for spirit medicines and defeated Chen Le in a three-move spar, proving his Green Lotus True Flame was stronger than Chen Le’s Spirit Flame. After the gathering, he agreed to cultivate a mutant Crimson Fire Ape for Su Qingyue in exchange for two divinations.

• Shen Long negotiated with Ni Tianting for two ten-thousand-year Six-Leaf Golden Soul Lotuses in exchange for the Nine-Colored Yang Deer Demon Core and traded away most of his items.
• Chen Le challenged Shen Long to spar for three moves, offering two ten-thousand-year Profound Cold Ice Lotuses if Shen Long could withstand him.
• Shen Long matched Chen Le’s first two attacks and used Green Lotus True Flame to overpower Chen Le’s Golden Fire Flood Dragon, winning the wager.
• Shen Long and the others discussed Spirit Flame cultivation before the gathering ended and the cultivators departed.
• Su Qingyue asked Shen Long to sell her a powerful Mutant Spirit Beast, and they agreed he would cultivate a mutant fifth-rank Crimson Fire Ape in exchange for two divinations.

Su Qingyue divined a minor opportunity for Shen Long in Celestial Whirl City and a great opportunity for Chu Buyu on the Dry Thunder Continent. Shen Long arranged to cultivate mutant Crimson Fire Apes, then traded pills with Zhang Shuo for rare treasures, while concluding Zhang did not match the cultivator in his divination.

• Su Qingyue divined Shen Long’s minor opportunity in Celestial Whirl City and Chu Buyu’s great opportunity on the Dry Thunder Continent, then asked Shen Long to provide her with a Mutant Spirit Beast.
• Shen Long told Shen Xin and Shen Lin to raise five fourth-rank Crimson Fire Apes separately so he could cultivate a mutant one for Su Qingyue.
• Chu Buyu told Shen Long that Zhang Shuo wanted to meet him, and Shen Long invited Zhang Shuo in.
• Zhang Shuo offered a fifth-rank Celestial Tiger, a sixth-rank Wood Demon Crystal Core, a ten-thousand-year Six-Leaf Golden Soul Lotus, and a Dragon Fruit in exchange for Supreme Six-Leaf Golden Soul Pills for his injured wife.
• Shen Long verified Zhang Shuo’s treasures and gave him the pills plus a Supreme Seven-Leaf Jade Lotus Pill; Zhang Shuo added Seven Haze True Water to the trade.
• Shen Long told Chu Buyu that Zhang Shuo did not match Su Qingyue’s divination, since the male Void Refining cultivator was described as fat.

After consuming a Dragon Fruit, Shen Long greatly strengthened his physical body and continued raising his spirit beasts. A hundred years later, as the Human Race and Blood Vine Race remained at war, Shen Long stayed cautious and returned to train in the Ten Thousand Beast Tower.

• Chu Buyu urged Shen Long to eat a Dragon Fruit before their planned trip to the Dry Thunder Continent, and Shen Long refined its energy to strengthen his body.
• Shen Long tested his new strength against Shen Ao, defeated him, and promised him a share when the Dragon Fruits ripened.
• Shen Long sent the fifth-rank Heavenly Tiger Beast to Shen Lang to raise on the tower's third floor.
• Zhang Shuo entered Golden Cloud Pavilion in disguise and gave a Six-Leaf Golden Soul Pill to a wounded green-shirted man.
• A hundred years later, Shen Long met with Void Refining Alchemists in Celestial Whirl City and said he might join the next battle against the Blood Vine Race.
• Shen Long returned to the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, where Shen Lin had advanced to the sixth order and the Spirit-Tracking Beast had advanced and taken human form as Shen Fu.

Shen Long prepared his disciples for their eventual role in the war while refining pills for the Human Race. After learning the Blood Vine Race had started the war to seize the Golden Blazing Blade, Wang Tianxin rallied the Human Race’s Body Integration Cultivators to launch a decisive battle, and Liu Xin ordered Shen Long and the other Void Refining Cultivators to join.

• Shen Long praised Shen Peng and the others' combat drills, told Shen Lin his group would fight when the Blood Vine Race attacked again, and ordered Shen Jiu to keep training.
• Shen Long left the Ten Thousand Beast Tower and refined sixth-order medicinal pills for the war effort.
• Teng Ying ordered the allied races to provide their required manpower despite their losses and wondered whether the Blood Vine Race's plan had succeeded.
• Wang Tianxin told the Body Integration Cultivators that the Blood Vine Race had launched the war to obtain Golden Qiu's Golden Blazing Blade, then called for a Human Race counterattack.
• Wang Tianxin assigned the Body Integration Cultivators their opponents, including Teng Ying for himself, and sent them to prepare for battle.
• Liu Xin told Shen Long, Chu Buyu, Li Dong, and the other Void Refining Cultivators that they had to join the decisive battle; Li Dong reacted with surprise at the news about the Golden Blazing Blade.