Chapter Summaries

Yuan Rui, Su Changfeng, Li Dong, and Li Tianxue led their forces to defeat the Blood Vine Race attackers, while the Human Race’s other champions entered separate battles. Shen Long faced Gu Song, Bai Hao, Hua Yue, and the hidden Teng Lei, and was frozen by Bai Hao’s White Fire Phoenix.

• Yuan Rui, Su Changfeng, Li Dong, and Li Tianxue combined their beasts and abilities to kill the blood-robe leader and his four companions, while the Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle devoured the gold-shirted man’s Nascent Soul.
• Chen Bing’s seven late sixth order Puppet Beasts resisted the Blood Vine Race’s attacks as the Human Race inflicted thousands of casualties for lighter losses.
• Xiao Yan and Wang Tianyang flew off to fight, while Qin Wei, Chu Feng, and the others each chose opponents.
• Shen Long recognized Gu Song, Bai Hao, and Hua Yue as Integrated Body Middle Stage opponents, and Teng Lei revealed himself from hiding as a fourth attacker.
• Gu Song, Bai Hao, Hua Yue, and Teng Lei attacked Shen Long and Chu Buyu; Shen Long shattered the vines, knocked away the White Seal, and met Gu Song’s staff with his Golden Xuan Staff.
• Bai Hao’s White Fire Phoenix struck Shen Long and froze him into a massive ice sculpture.

Shen Long and his allies overpowered Bai Hao, Hua Yue, and Gu Song with spirit flames, spirit beasts, insects, and coordinated attacks. Bai Hao and Gu Song were captured or killed, Hua Yue was driven back, and Teng Lei remained as the last enemy.

• Shen Long revealed a stronger Seventh Order Spirit Flame and devoured Bai Hao's flame as the White Tiger and Blue Dragon attacked him.
• The Blue Dragon killed Hua Yue after a Soul Attack disrupted her, and Shen Xiao and Shen Lie engaged Gu Song and Teng Lei.
• Shen Xiao's attacks and Chu Buyu's Soul-Devouring Bell helped Shen Long's allies burn and wound Gu Song, while Shen Xiao swallowed Hua Yue's Nascent Soul.
• Shen Long's allies killed Gu Song's body and captured his fleeing Nascent Soul with gravity and a yellow glow.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu overwhelmed Bai Hao with coordinated attacks, and the White Tiger killed him while his Nascent Soul was captured in a Cyan Jade Bottle.
• Teng Lei was left as the only enemy, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

Shen Long defeated Teng Lei and learned that the Blood Vine Race planned to ambush Wang Tianyang, then joined Qin Wei and helped defeat the cultivators confronting her. As Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Qin Wei prepared to assist Wang Tianyang, bell chimes sounded and the Foreign Cultivators began retreating toward Blood Vine City.

• Shen Long killed Teng Lei and searched his Nascent Soul's memories, discovering that Xiao Yan planned to ambush Wang Tianyang with two Integrated Body Late Stage Cultivators.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu left to help Qin Wei, while Shen Long's Spirit Beasts devoured the enemy corpses.
• Qin Wei, fused with the Red Fire Flood Dragon, defeated the Blood Vine Race cultivators and killed one of them.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu arrived, and Shen Long warned Qin Wei that Wang Tianyang was in danger.
• Before Qin Wei could finish agreeing to help Wang Tianyang, heaven-shaking bell chimes rang and the Foreign Cultivators retreated toward Blood Vine City.

Wang Tianyang and the allied forces captured Blood Vine City, where Shen Long’s attacks and command over beasts helped destroy the defenses and rout the defenders. After dividing the spoils, Wang Tianyang planned a pause in the campaign, while Fu Sheng ordered the Blood Vine Race to hold its cities and seek help from the Shadow Charm Race.

• Wang Tianyang announced that Xiao Yan was dead, and Shen Long joined the assault on Blood Vine City.
• Shen Long, Wang Tianyang, and the allied cultivators broke the city’s Blood Light Screen and killed most of its Foreign Cultivators.
• Wang Tianyang told the assembled leaders that the treasure vault’s contents would be divided according to battle merits, then ordered the forces to rest before continuing the war.
• Fu Sheng learned that Blood Vine City had fallen and heard Xiao Yue report Wang Tianyang’s Nine Yang Divine Light had killed Daoist Luo.
• Fu Sheng ordered the Blood Vine Race to defend its territory and ask the Shadow Charm Race for reinforcements, dismissing rumors about their Old Ancestor.

After the Human Race captured Blood Vine City, Shen Long received visitors and discussed the campaign against the Blood Vine Race. Thousand Spider Fairy traded rare demon cores and Diamond Fruit for a Soul Origin Fruit before taking her leave.

• Yang Tianshan gave Shen Long seventh order Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and Shen Long rewarded him with a Profound Purple Jade Fruit.
• Su Changfeng presented Shen Long with the Dragon Elephant Pill formula and reported that his Amethyst Flying Scorpion was recovering from its battle injuries.
• Chu Buyu told Shen Long that the attacks on the other six great cities had achieved little, and Shen Long said the Blood Vine Race would likely withdraw and request reinforcements.
• Thousand Spider Fairy visited Shen Long and asked whether he knew where to find seventh order Poison Spider essence blood, but he did not know.
• Thousand Spider Fairy traded Diamond Fruit, two seventh order Silver Moon Celestial Fox Demon Cores, and a seventh order Wood Demon Crystal Core for one Soul Origin Fruit, then left.

Shen Long gave Shen Mei rare treasures to help her advance, then began refining Dragon Elephant Pills. Meanwhile, news of the Human Race’s capture of Blood Vine City prompted the Fire Rong Clan to prepare an attack and the Crystal Race to brace for a possible assault.

• Shen Long gave Shen Mei two seventh order Silver Moon Celestial Fox Demon Cores and Heavenly Illusion Fruit, urging her to advance to the Body Integration Realm.
• Shen Long began refining Dragon Elephant Pills with the Green Lotus True Flame to strengthen himself for the ongoing war.
• Yan Yue told the Fire Rong Clan’s commanders that the Human Race had captured Blood Vine City and ordered them to attack the Crystal Race and kill several Body Integration Cultivators.
• Yunxia learned that Wang Tianyang and the Thousand Spirits Sect cultivators had captured Blood Vine City, then ordered the Crystal Race to stay alert and avoid initiating an attack.

After three hundred years of war, the Human Race suffered heavy losses when the Shadow Charm and Blood Vine Races breached Jade Light City. Wang Tianyang organized an assault on Blood Thorn City, while Shen Long stayed behind to guard Ten Thousand Trees City and sent Qin Wei off with protective pills.

• Shen Long learned that the Shadow Charm and Blood Vine Races had breached Jade Light City, killing fifteen Human Race Body Integration Cultivators before Great White Sword Sect reinforcements drove them back.
• Wang Tianyang announced that the Human Race would attack Blood Thorn City with four late-stage Body Integration Cultivators and the Spirit-Breaking Sword.
• Chu Feng and Zhao Hu urged Shen Long to remain in Ten Thousand Trees City, and Shen Long agreed to guard it alongside Wu Xuan and Chu Buyu.
• Shen Long gave Qin Wei a bottle of Nine-Leaf Gold Ganoderma Pills to help protect her against the Shadow Charm Race's poison arts.
• Wang Tianyang and Wang Tianxin led several hundred thousand cultivators out of Ten Thousand Trees City toward Blood Thorn City.

Shen Long watched Shen Chan advance to the seventh order, then learned from Nangong Zheng that Zheng Kang might be controlled by Foreign Cultivators. As Shen Long arranged to question Zheng Kang, the infiltrators at Mysterious Wood Pavilion planned to use the meeting to capture Thousand Spirits Sect disciples and help seize Ten Thousand Trees City.

• Shen Chan survived her final lightning tribulation and advanced to the Body Integration Realm, and Shen Long gave her a Storage Bracelet of resources.
• Nangong Zheng told Shen Long that his lie-detecting Heavenly Ox Beetle had exposed Zheng Kang as controlled, and that Zheng Kang had been investigating Ten Thousand Trees City's formations.
• Shen Long ordered Nangong Zheng to contact Zheng Kang and bring him to Thousand Spirits Garden for questioning.
• At Mysterious Wood Pavilion, Wu Yao and Teng Yin discussed destroying the city's formation hub during an assault on Ten Thousand Trees City.
• Wu Yao told Zheng Kang to invite Nangong Zheng to Mysterious Wood Pavilion, where the infiltrators planned to capture the visitors and learn which Body Integration Cultivators guarded the city.

Shen Long uncovered a Blood Vine Race plan to seize Ten Thousand Trees City and prepared a false city to bait the attackers. Meanwhile, Teng Yi sent forces to attack the city while she and Wu Lei went to face Wang Tianyang’s assault on Blood Thorn City.

• Shen Long and his allies captured Wu Yao and Teng Yin at Mysterious Wood Pavilion, then learned the Blood Vine Race planned to seize Ten Thousand Trees City and trap Wang Tianyang’s group.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu agreed to conceal Ten Thousand Trees City and have Shen Mei create an illusion of it, while Wu Xuan went to warn Wang Tianyang.
• At Blood Thorn City, Teng Yi and Wu Lei learned that Wang Tianyang was leading an attack with four Integrated Body Late Stage Cultivators.
• Teng Yi ordered Teng Yang to lead five Body Integration Cultivators in an attack on Ten Thousand Trees City, then left with Wu Lei to tie down Wang Tianyang’s forces.

Teng Yang and four Blood Vine Race cultivators attacked Ten Thousand Trees City while insiders sabotaged its City-Protecting Formation. Just as Teng Yang prepared to press the attack, a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox projection appeared and warned that its master would defeat them.

• Teng Yang led four Integrated Body Middle Stage cultivators beneath Ten Thousand Trees City to launch a surprise attack, but their attempt to contact the insiders failed.
• Shen Long detected the attackers and joined Chu Buyu on the city wall as the group emerged from underground and assaulted the city.
• Shen Long broke Teng Yang’s Crimson Fire Blades with his divine ability and fired four Golden Arrows while Chu Buyu used the Soul-Devouring Bell to stun the other four attackers.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu attacked Teng Yang’s group with a Cyan Fire Phoenix and several elemental techniques, killing the yellow-skirted woman when her Yellow Jade form shattered.
• An explosion near Ten Thousand Trees Peak signaled that insiders had destroyed the City-Protecting Formation, and Teng Yang appeared over the city with Golden Feather Wings and a Silver-Glowing Talisman.
• A Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox projection appeared above Ten Thousand Trees City and told Teng Yang that he was no match for its master.

Shen Long and his companions killed Teng Yang after thwarting the Blood Vine Race’s plan to seize Ten Thousand Trees City. Shen Long then captured Blood Thorn City and prepared to use it to cut off Teng Yi and her forces’ retreat.

• Shen Long and his companions killed Teng Yang, while Shen Jiu swallowed his Nascent Soul.
• Shen Jiu told Shen Long that Teng Yang’s team had planned to seize Ten Thousand Trees City and trap Wang Tianyang’s army between two forces.
• Shen Long left Chu Buyu to hold Ten Thousand Trees City and flew to support Wang Tianyang’s army at Blood Thorn City.
• Shen Long and his companions broke Blood Thorn City’s defenses, killed Teng Guang, and captured the city.
• Shen Long ordered Shen Chan to destroy the city’s arrays and Shen Mei to rearrange the city with illusions, then left to support Wang Tianyang against Teng Yi.

Wang Tianyang fought Teng Yi and Wu Hui’s three allies until Shen Long and Shen Peng arrived with reinforcements and defeated them. Teng Yi escaped by splitting into streaks of blood light, while Wang Tianyang pursued her and Shen Long’s group left to reinforce Qin Wei.

• Teng Yi, Wu Hui, and two Purple-Shirted Men pressed Wang Tianyang with their combined attacks while Wu Lei fought Wang Tianxin.
• Shen Long arrived with Shen Ao, Shen Xiao, and Shen Peng after they had dealt with the foreign cultivators attacking Ten Thousand Trees City.
• Shen Long broke Wu Hui and the two Purple-Shirted Men’s defenses, and Shen Peng trapped them in the Thousand Ghost Bead before the group defeated them.
• Teng Yi split into more than ten streaks of blood light and escaped after Wang Tianyang, Shen Ao, and Shen Xiao stopped only four.
• Shen Long and Shen Peng left with Shen Ao and Shen Xiao to reinforce Qin Wei, while Wang Tianyang pursued Teng Yi.

Shen Long and Qin Wei defeated Wu Lei after Shen Long's command turned Wu Lei's Yin Thunder Dove against him. Wu Lei's Nascent Soul was captured, and the group flew toward Blood Thorn City, where Shen Long had prepared a surprise for the fleeing Body Integration cultivators.

• Wu Lei fought the Red Fire Flood Dragon with his Yin Thunder Dove until Shen Long appeared and used his Humanoid Projection to command the bird to attack its master.
• The Yin Thunder Dove resisted Shen Long's command, then exploded, weakening Wu Lei and leaving him vulnerable to Shen Long's attacks.
• Wu Lei escaped with a jade lifesaving treasure, but Shen Long intercepted him and Qin Wei joined the attack as the Cyan Fire Phoenix and Red Fire Flood Dragon.
• Shen Long shattered Wu Lei's defenses, captured his Nascent Soul in a Cyan Jade Bottle, took his valuables, and let Shen Peng devour his corpse.
• Qin Wei separated from the Red Fire Flood Dragon, and the group headed toward Blood Thorn City after Shen Long said he had prepared a surprise there.

Shen Long’s reinforcements routed the allied foreign forces and captured Blood Thorn City, where his Spirit Beast’s formation trapped and weakened Teng Yi. With the city secured and the enemy army defeated, Shen Long and the surviving Human Race cultivators began preparing to hold it.

• Teng Yi fled toward Blood Thorn City after Wang Tianyang wounded her, but Shen Jiu’s formation revealed the city had fallen to the Human Race and attacked the approaching Foreign Cultivators.
• Wang Tianyang rallied the Human Race army to fight while Shen Long arrived and entered Blood Thorn City to confront Teng Yi.
• Shen Long killed the weakened Teng Yi, and Shen Jiu devoured her corpse as the battle outside ended with the allied foreign forces wiped out.
• Wu Xuan told Shen Long that Wang Tianxin had died and Jiang’s physical body had been destroyed, though his Nascent Soul survived.
• Wang Tianyang ordered the cultivators to clear the battlefield and reinforce Blood Thorn City, while Shen Long claimed the city’s stored resources.

After Blood Thorn City fell and the Blood Vine Race lost more than thirty Body Integration Cultivators, Teng Yan returned and began investigating the defeat while the Wang Clan prepared to send its Mahayana cultivators to the frontlines. Meanwhile, the Fire Rong Clan decided to exploit the Crystal Race’s weakness by attacking Gold Crystal City.

• Fu Sheng told Teng Yan that Blood Thorn City had fallen and that the Blood Vine and Shadow Charm Races had lost all their Body Integration defenders there.
• Teng Yan ordered an investigation into the city’s fall and sought information about the Wang Clan, Five Thunders Divine Monarch, and the war’s strategic purpose.
• Five Thunders Divine Monarch ordered Wang Changhong to publicize Shen Long’s victory and reward him, then set out for the frontlines with Ten Thousand Flowers Immortal, who planned to keep her Mahayana advancement secret.
• Yan Yue told the Fire Rong Clan’s cultivators that Shen Long had helped the Wang Clan take Blood Thorn City and kill thirty-six defenders.
• Yan Yue proposed attacking Gold Crystal City, and Zha Xiao and the other Body Integration Cultivators agreed to discuss the assault.

The Shadow Charm Race withdrew its support from the Blood Vine Race after the Fishman Race attacked its coastal cities. In Thousand Spirits City, the Five Thunders Divine Monarch rewarded Shen Long for his decisive role in the battle, and Shen Long selected several valuable resources.

• Sazi learned that Shen Long had helped destroy the Blood Thorn City garrison and ordered Wu Huan to tell the Blood Vine Race that the Shadow Charm Race could no longer assist it.
• Wu Huan reported that the Fishman Race had attacked three major coastal cities, so Sazi refused a meeting with Senior Teng and directed the Blood Vine Race to seek help elsewhere.
• In Thousand Spirits City, Shen Long discussed his fame and possible enemies with Qin Wei and Chu Buyu before Wang Tianyang summoned him to Thousand Spirits Hall.
• The Five Thunders Divine Monarch praised Shen Long and announced that the Wang Clan had placed Thousand Spirits City under the Thousand Spirits Sect's jurisdiction and would grant Shen Long additional rewards.
• Shen Long chose two clusters of Seventh Order Spirit Flame, Eighth Order Flood Dragon Essence Blood, Nine-Color Divine Mud, and Dragon Tiger Pills from the available resources.

Shen Long and the other cultivators prepared for a more decisive war after Five Thunders Divine Monarch arrived at Thousand Spirits City. As the enemy factions sought reinforcements, Shen Long arranged to host a gathering of powerful cultivators.

• Shen Long selected treasures from the Ten Thousand Trees Disk, including two clusters of Seventh Order Spirit Flame, and returned the disk to Wang Tianyang.
• Five Thunders Divine Monarch and Wang Tianyang arranged for injured cultivators to withdraw while others remained at the front, and Five Thunders Divine Monarch said he would personally direct the coming battles.
• Five Thunders Divine Monarch told Ten Thousand Flowers Immortal that he had contacted the Fishman Race to restrain the Shadow Charm Race while the Human Race and Fire Rong Clan fought the Blood Vine Race and Crystal Race.
• Yun Xuan revealed that Luo had died in Myriad Spirit Cave Heaven, and Teng Yan learned that Five Thunders Divine Monarch had arrived in Thousand Spirits City and ordered Fu Sheng to seek reinforcements.
• Shen Long asked Chu Buyu to invite the other cultivators to a gathering at Thousand Spirits Garden three days later.

Xu Sheng of the Green Lotus Merchant Alliance hired Shen Long to raise a powerful-bloodline Spirit Beast or Spirit Bird, offering Soul Origin Jade as a deposit. Shen Long then watched Shen Lin survive the Seven-Nine Lightning Tribulation and reach the Body Integration Realm.

• Su Changfeng introduced Xu Sheng, a disciple of True Monarch Green Silkworm, who asked Shen Long to sell him a sixth-order creature with bloodline purity of six.
• Shen Long agreed to raise a powerful-bloodline Spirit Beast or Spirit Bird within fifteen thousand years and accepted Soul Origin Jade as a deposit.
• Xu Sheng cautioned Shen Long and Chu Buyu that the Blood Vine Race was not to be underestimated before leaving with a signed receipt.
• Shen Long entered the Ten Thousand Beast Tower and watched Shen Lin face a powerful Lightning Tribulation.
• Shen Lin defeated the seven-colored Qilin formed from the thundercloud and successfully entered the Body Integration Realm.

Shen Long welcomed the Crimson Qilin Immortal Couple of the True Spirit Clan Yang Clan to Thousand Spirits City while the allied races prepared to face the Five Thunders Divine Monarch. Yang Yuteng and Bai Ruyue explained that they had come with Ancestor Yuwei, who wished to meet Senior Wang.

• Shen Lin told Shen Long that he had entered the Body Integration Realm, and Shen Long gave him resources to consolidate his cultivation.
• Shen Long instructed Shen Peng to raise Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds with powerful bloodlines and strong mutated abilities.
• Teng Yan, Yun Xuan, and Wu Pan discussed the looming front-line conflict, learned that Fellow Daoist Shi remained injured, and set out for the front lines.
• At a gathering in Thousand Spirits City, Lin Luyao and other cultivators praised Shen Long's transformed Spirit Beasts and their battle formation.
• Su Changfeng announced that Yang Yuteng and Bai Ruyue had arrived, and the Crimson Qilin Immortal Couple joined Shen Long's gathering.
• Yang Yuteng explained that he and Bai Ruyue had accompanied Ancestor Yuwei, who had heard Senior Wang was in Thousand Spirits City, while Bai Ruyue praised Shen Long's achievements.

Shen Long hosted a resource exchange where cultivators traded for rare spirit-beast treasures, including Seven Wonders Moon Fruits. Later, Yang Yuwei asked Five Thunders Divine Monarch and Ten Thousand Flowers Immortal to secretly search for the injured Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord, warning that none of them could defeat him.

• Shen Long traded Blood Vine Race items for rare spirit medicines, while the cultivators took turns offering resources for exchange.
• Yang Yuteng revealed an eighth-order Golden Flame Flood Dragon's Essence Blood and Seven Wonders Moon Fruits, then traded two fruits to Shen Long for a Golden Qilin Beast's corpse and Essence Blood.
• Bai Ruyue offered two Seven Wonders Moon Fruits, which Lin Luyao and Ni Tianting acquired, and Shen Long later secretly traded one to Qin Wei.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu discussed the Yang Clan's influence and speculated that Yang Yuteng's visit to Wang Tianhu was unrelated to the Blood Vine Race.
• Yang Yuwei met Five Thunders Divine Monarch and Ten Thousand Flowers Immortal, giving them information on the Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord and ordering them to report any sightings without confronting him.