Chapter Summaries

Shen Long and Chu Buyu traveled to the Heavenly Moon Realm to investigate an Eighth-Order Demon Bird, rescuing the Lin Family from a beast tide and learning that the bird was seen near Seven-Rainbow Grotto-Heaven. They entered the abandoned Daoist Field and found Yun Xuan approaching with three other Mahayana cultivators, leaving a tense encounter ahead.

• At the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, Ning Xiang and Jiang Liang decided not to attack Shen Long and Chu Buyu because they lacked certainty and the strength to defeat them.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu reached Green Peach Island during a beast tide, froze the Monster Beasts, and rescued the Lin Family from their attackers.
• Lin Qinghua told Shen Long that the Eighth-Order Demon Bird was believed to be in Seven-Rainbow Grotto-Heaven and described True Person Green Rainbow of Green Rainbow Palace.
• Shen Long, Chu Buyu, and Shen Ao left for Green Rainbow Palace, while Shen Long warned Lin Qinghua not to have deceived them and let the Lin Family keep the Monster Beasts.
• After questioning other Human Race Mahayana cultivators, Shen Long and Chu Buyu entered Seven-Rainbow Grotto-Heaven with Shen Chan and searched for the Demon Bird.
• Yun Xuan arrived with three Mahayana cultivators, recognized Shen Long and Chu Buyu, and explained their Lingxu Realm origins to her companions.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu fought Yun Xuan and her allies in Seven-Rainbow Grotto-Heaven, using Shen Long’s True Spirit Fruit, Chu Buyu’s soul-attacking bell, and their other treasures to gain the advantage. Yun Xuan and the silver-robed cultivator were captured after their escape talismans saved them from lethal blows.

• The gold-shirted man ordered his group to attack Shen Long and Chu Buyu, and Shen Long transformed into a Yellow Giant Ape after swallowing a True Spirit Fruit.
• Shen Long repelled the gold-shirted man’s attacks while Chu Buyu sent Crimson Fire Spears at the enemy; Chu Buyu’s bell disrupted Yun Xuan and helped Shen Long kill her physical body.
• Yun Xuan’s Nascent Soul fled, but a cyan Giant Tower appeared and drew it inside as the White Tiger vanished.
• The White Tiger ambushed the silver-robed man and shattered his protective light, but his Silver-Glowing Talisman saved him from death.
• Chu Buyu rang her bell to incapacitate the silver-robed man, then used the Dry Fire Tower to capture him.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu defeated the cultivators hunting the Eighth-Order Demon Bird and learned they sought its Soul-Nourishing Pearl and a high-level Soul Divine Art. After leaving the Seven-Rainbow Grotto-Heaven, the story shifted to Fairy Heavenly Mystery warning Nangong Ming against pursuing an Ink Qilin.

• The White Tiger killed the green-robed elder, while Shen Long used the Soul-Extinguishing Sword to destroy the gold-shirted man's soul.
• Chu Buyu searched the Dry Fire Tower and told Shen Long the intruders had spent over half a year searching for an Eighth-Order Demon Bird and its Soul-Nourishing Pearl and rumored cultivation art.
• Shen Long collected the enemies' valuables, had Shen Ao and Shen Chan devour their corpses, and left with Chu Buyu.
• At the Ten Thousand Seas Marketplace, Fairy Heavenly Mystery told Nangong Ming that the Eighth-Order Demon Bird would be difficult to subdue because Fairy Dugu possessed a powerful treasure.
• Fairy Heavenly Mystery declined to locate the Ink Qilin and advised Nangong Ming not to provoke a True Spirit before she departed.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu destroyed the Cold Moon Clan after its members attacked them, then returned to the Lingxu Realm and ordered the Thousand Spirits Sect to strike the Crystal Race. Back at Golden Roc Peak, Shen Long began refining pills to help Chu Buyu advance her cultivation.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu killed the Cold Moon Clan's golden-skirted Mahayana cultivator, learned that another Mahayana cultivator was away, looted the clan, and burned its ancestral grounds.
• Li Xue told Bian Lang that the Cold Moon Clan had been destroyed by an unknown expert rumored to be a True Spirit Ink Qilin, and Bian Lang departed for the Heavenly Moon Realm.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect after spending three years in the Heavenly Moon Realm, where they had failed to find an eighth order Demon Bird with Vermilion Bird bloodline.
• Shen Long ordered Mo Bingbing to inform the Wang Clan about the Crystal Race Mahayana cultivators who had plotted against him and Chu Buyu, and he directed the sect to wipe out the Crystal Race with the Heavenly Cocoon Race's help.
• Shen Long gave Mo Bingbing cultivation resources and Chu Buyu provided a list of materials to seek, including eighth order Demon Birds with Vermilion Bird bloodlines.
• Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Peak and began refining Seven-Colored Soul Ganoderma Pills to help Chu Buyu cultivate the tenth floor of the Mystic Soul Manual.

Bian Lang found the Cold Moon Clan’s territory destroyed and ordered its survivors to scatter while investigating an eighth-order Demon Bird with Vermilion Bird bloodline. Ten thousand years later, Shen Long agreed to help Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch break the Nine Palaces Heavenly Dipper Formation in exchange for the Spirit Domain cultivation method, leaving him studying the method as he awaited Fairy Chu.

• Bian Lang learned that the Cold Moon Clan had been wiped out and ordered its members to disperse across multiple realms and search for an eighth-order Demon Bird with Vermilion Bird bloodline.
• Ten thousand years later, Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch visited Shen Long and asked him to help break the formation guarding Fairy Profound Fire’s Daoist field.
• Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch explained that the Nine Palaces Heavenly Dipper Formation grew stronger with repeated attacks and could only be broken by a single overwhelming strike.
• Shen Long demanded the Spirit Domain cultivation method or Essence Blood from a suitable Demon Bird, and Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch agreed to provide the method in exchange for Shen Long refining two batches of pills.
• Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch arranged to meet Shen Long and Fairy Chu at the Profound Fire Marketplace, and Shen Long began studying the Spirit Domain method.

Shen Long met with True Monarch Spirit Control and learned that a mysterious crystal in his possession was Profound Nether Divine Crystal, while also receiving Fire Qilin remains for Chu Buyu to refine. After Shen Long and Chu Buyu left for the Profound Fire Realm, Wang Yuanlin successfully advanced to the Mahayana Stage, and Five Thunders Divine Monarch departed to seek a breakthrough.

• Shen Long gave True Monarch Spirit Control a copy of the Spirit Domain cultivation method and discussed the danger of a possible Heavenly Demon Palace trap.
• True Monarch Spirit Control showed Shen Long a black crystal he had taken from a Heavenly Demon Palace cultivator, and Chu Buyu identified it as Profound Nether Divine Crystal.
• True Monarch Spirit Control gave Shen Long the crystal and Fire Qilin remains, hoping Chu Buyu could eventually refine a Heavenly Treasure.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu left the Thousand Spirits Sect and headed for the Profound Fire Realm.
• Wang Yuanlin survived her tribulation and advanced to the Mahayana Stage with help from Shen Long's pills and a talisman.
• Five Thunders Divine Monarch left to seek advancement to the Mid-Mahayana Stage, entrusting the Wang Clan to Wang Yuanlin and Wang Yunsong.

At the Profound Fire Marketplace, Shen Long and Chu Buyu joined Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch, Lin Yu, and the injured Wu Shi before setting out to break restrictions. Meanwhile, the Yang Clan and Azure Xuan Clan separately learned that the Ink Qilin was likely in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven and planned to deal with it after improving their Spirit Domains.

• Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch and Lin Yu waited for Wu Shi at the Golden Flame Pavilion, then welcomed Shen Long and Chu Buyu when they arrived.
• Yang Yiwei reported that the Azure Xuan Clan was suspected of attacking the Lin Family caravan, while Yang Yixin said divination placed the Ink Qilin in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven.
• Yang Honglei ordered the Yang Clan to focus on mastering the Spirit Domain before confronting the Ink Qilin.
• Lai Chang told Lai Ting that Nine Palaces Divine Lord had divined the Ink Qilin’s location, and Lai Ting planned to enter the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven after cultivating his Spirit Domain to Minor Accomplishment.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu met Li Yan, then returned to the Golden Flame Pavilion and met Wu Shi, who said a Mahayana Stage Evil Cultivator had injured him.
• Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch led the group from the marketplace, and Chu Buyu flew them away on the Dry Fire Boat.

Shen Long and his companions broke the silver restriction guarding an entrance, only to be ambushed by the Yama Five Sha. The battle began with Lin Yu severely wounded and then killed by the Wind-Fire Lion.

• Shen Long and the others joined forces to break the silver light gate, and Shen Long destroyed it with a second punch after swallowing a True Spirit Fruit.
• Shen Long sensed hidden enemies and attacked the sea, forcing True Monarch Haojin, Qinghongzi, and the red-skirted woman to emerge.
• True Monarch Haojin demanded that Shen Long's group accept restrictions, then ordered his allies to kill them when they refused.
• Shen Long fought off the incoming golden spears while the others joined the battle, and Lin Yu was injured when the Golden Seal shattered her Female Phantom.
• The Wind-Fire Lion smashed Lin Yu's Golden Light Screen, shattered her body with a Cyan Sound Wave, and swallowed her Nascent Soul.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu defeated Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch’s enemies, killing the red-skirted woman and the green-shirted man before Shen Long pursued and killed True Monarch Haojin. Shen Long returned to retrieve Fairy Profound Fire’s belongings while Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch waited outside, wary of him.

• Wu Shi died in the Eighth-Order Spirit Flame, and Chu Buyu used her Red Small Tripod to collect it after Shen Long and the others killed the red-skirted woman.
• Shen Long commanded the Wind-Fire Lion to attack its master, and the green-shirted man eventually killed the beast with a restriction before Shen Long crushed him and Shen Peng swallowed his Nascent Soul.
• True Monarch Haojin fled using his Red Feathered Wings, but Shen Long pursued him with the Golden Feather Wings and returned after killing him.
• Chu Buyu searched the enemy corpses for valuables while Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch waited outside, and Shen Long went inside to retrieve Fairy Profound Fire’s belongings.

Shen Long and Chu Buyu recovered Fairy Profound Fire’s inheritance, then returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect, where Shen Long aided Liu Xin and prepared to study the Spirit Domain. Meanwhile, Mo Lin hid in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven, and True Monarch Spirit Control set out to travel.

• Shen Long and Chu Buyu searched the Silver Light Gate, found Fairy Profound Fire’s inheritance, and gave Heavenly Sha Divine Monarch his share and a copy of her Spirit Domain insights.
• Mo Lin told Yellow Dragon True Lord and Heavenly Wolf Divine Lord to search for Spirit Domain methods and comprehension-enhancing treasures while they lay low in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven.
• Shen Long and Chu Buyu returned to the Thousand Spirits Sect, where Liu Xin explained that Chiming Clan cultivators had injured her; Shen Long gave her resources to break through her bottleneck and pursue the Mahayana Stage.
• True Monarch Spirit Control decided to travel, and Shen Long gave him a list of needed resources and supplies for exchanging with other cultivators.
• Shen Long gave Shen Peng resources to nurture Shen Jiu and the others, then fed part of an eighth-order Spirit Flame to Green Lotus True Flame and began studying the Spirit Domain method.

After three thousand years, Shen Long learned that an eighth order Demon Bird with Vermilion Bird bloodline had appeared in the Heavenly Shadow Realm and set out to seek it. Meanwhile, Gu Xueyun and Gu Xuelin decided to leave the Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm alone in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven, and Shen Long disguised himself as a demon cultivator upon arriving in the Heavenly Shadow Realm.

• Three thousand years after Yu Xuan fled Blood Shadow to the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven, Lin Hai delivered Shen Long a message from Nangong Ming about the Demon Bird in the Heavenly Shadow Realm.
• Shen Long decided to travel there for the Demon Bird's Essence Blood, since he needed it to continue cultivating the Myriad Beast Immortal Scripture and his wife remained in seclusion.
• Gu Xueyun told Gu Yunsheng that the Green-Eyed Cold Silkworm had likely hidden in the Fallen Immortal Cave Heaven, and Gu Xuelin advised them to abandon the pursuit and focus on cultivation.
• Shen Long entered the Heavenly Shadow Realm, used the Demon-Mimicry Lock to disguise himself as a demon cultivator, and flew away from the island.

Shen Long and Shen Lang tracked a Vermilion Bird demon being hunted by the Blood Shadow Clan and arrived in time to kill the Blood Shadow cultivator pursuing her. They captured the demon’s Nascent Soul, leaving her fate in their hands.

• Suo Guang and Suo Yu learned that a Vermilion Bird demon was on the Blood Heaven Continent and hoped the Blood Shadow Clan could subdue her.
• Shen Long and Shen Lang disguised themselves as members of Heavenly Demon Valley, captured two Foreign Cultivators, and learned that Blood Shadow Mahayana cultivators were besieging the demon.
• After searching the area for seven days, Shen Long sensed a Mahayana cultivator, and Shen Lang steered their flying boat toward the battle.
• A Blue-Skirted Matron weakened the injured Vermilion Bird demon, but Shen Long and Shen Lang intervened, killed the matron, and captured her Nascent Soul.
• Shen Long struck down the weakened Vermilion Bird and collected her miniature form in a Golden Jade Vial.

Shen Long fought a powerful Mid-Mahayana Stage Blood Shadow Clan cultivator after killing the wounded Demon Bird and taking the Soul-Nourishing Pearl. Shen Lang’s ambush helped Shen Long escape, and several months later news spread that Heavenly Demon Valley Cultivators had killed a Blood Shadow Clan Mahayana cultivator.

• Shen Long killed the exhausted Demon Bird and took its Red Storage Bracelet and Soul-Nourishing Pearl, but a golden-robed Blood Shadow Clan cultivator attacked him.
• Shen Long battled the golden-robed elder, who trapped him in a Spirit Domain and wounded him with giant blades and soul attacks.
• The elder froze Shen Long with a talisman and shattered his ice-bound body, but Shen Long reappeared using a Life-Substitution Treasure.
• Shen Lang ambushed the elder with a Golden Orb and a Blue Giant Mountain, giving Shen Long a chance to escape.
• Several months later, news spread that Heavenly Demon Valley Cultivators had ambushed and killed a Blood Shadow Clan Mahayana cultivator.

After escaping the Blood Shadow Clan, Shen Long took refuge on a remote island and refined a Vermilion Bird Pill to cultivate the tenth floor of the Myriad Beast Immortal Scripture. The Blood Shadow Clan offered a reward for his capture, while Heavenly Demon Valley denied responsibility for the robbery; Shen Long’s cultivation left him immersed in a sea of fire.

• Suo Guang ordered a reward of top-grade treasures and breakthrough elixirs for capturing the person who killed Suo Lan and escaped Guan Shuo.
• Feng Li learned that Heavenly Demon Valley was blamed for robbing the Blood Shadow Clan and sent people to clarify the accusation.
• Shen Long, Shen Peng, and Shen Lang escaped to an island in the Ganyu Sea Area, where Shen Lang deployed the Four Seas Formation for concealment and protection.
• Shen Long entered the Ten Thousand Beast Tower, recovered from his injuries, and refined a Vermilion Bird Pill from the essence blood of an eighth-order Demon Bird.
• Shen Long swallowed the pill and began cultivating the tenth floor of the Myriad Beast Immortal Scripture, surrounded by visions of flames and a Vermilion Bird phantom.
• Nangong Ming and Li Mengyun discussed the Blood Shadow Clan’s report and concluded that the fugitives probably were not Shen Long and Chu.

Shen Long and his companions hunted down the Ice Carp Beast near Burial Spirit Island and discovered that it had escaped from an ownerless Minor World once controlled by the True Spirit Clan Lin. The discovery gave Shen Long reason to believe they had found an opportunity, and he left with Shen Lang.

• Lin Qingfeng encountered a Green Wind Falcon near Shen Long’s secluded cultivation site, where Shen Long killed it and learned about the escaped eighth order Ice Carp Beast.
• Suo Guang, Suo Yu, and Guan Shuo discussed the Blood Shadow Clan’s pursuit of the two Mahayana cultivators who had escaped them and planned to seek help tracking them down.
• At Burial Spirit Island, Shen Long killed the Ice Carp Beast after it attacked a white-shirted man, then captured its miniature carp Essence Soul.
• Shen Long searched the Ice Carp Beast’s Essence Soul and learned it had escaped from an ownerless Minor World once controlled by the True Spirit Clan Lin.
• Shen Long put away the Ice Carp Beast’s corpse and left with Shen Lang to investigate their discovery.

Several powerful factions learned that the Lin Family’s Minor World had appeared and sent cultivators to search it for treasure. Shen Long entered through an opening in the Ganyu Sea Area and arrived alone above a vast glacier.

• Bo Xin told Bo Xiao that the Chiming Clan had learned of the Lin Family’s Minor World, and Lady Bao joined them in setting out to search it.
• A red-skirted woman told Zhou Yunlang and Wu Qian that a Monster Beast had revealed the Minor World’s location, so Zhou ordered elite disciples to accompany them inside.
• Mahayana cultivators from multiple realms rushed toward the Minor World’s entrances in pursuit of the Lin Family’s hidden treasures and resources.
• Shen Long traced the Ice Carp Beast’s escape to a hollow in the Ganyu Sea Area and collected Shen Lang and the others into the Cave Heaven Treasure.
• Shen Long flew the Blue Giant Ship into the hollow and appeared above a boundless, freezing glacier.

Shen Long subdued the white beast and named him Shen Li, then gathered spiritual fruit trees and sent his subordinates to defeat Shen Li’s enemy. They headed into a deadly Thunder Sea where Shen Peng absorbed the lightning, while Bo Xiao, Bo Xin, and a yellow-skirted woman hunted a Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle elsewhere in the Minor World.

• Shen Long used his Dharma Aspect to subdue a white beast, fed it a Seven Wonders Moon Fruit, and named the transformed young man Shen Li.
• Shen Li led Shen Long to an Ice Crystal Jade Apricot Fruit Tree, which Shen Long harvested and transplanted before they went to the enemy’s cave.
• Shen Long sent Shen Lang, Shen Peng, and Shen Jiu to kill the Ice Crystal Python and collect the Seven Star Cold Pear Tree.
• After Shen Li described nearby restrictions, Shen Long took the group to the Thunder Sea, where silver lightning struck Shen Peng without harming him.
• Bo Xiao, Bo Xin, and a yellow-skirted woman killed a Golden-Winged Thunder Eagle, found no Thunder-Absorbing Bead or Thunder-Guiding Bead, and left with its corpse.

Sun Wang and Lin Wanyue’s group searched the Lin Family’s Minor World for stored resources and its Control Hub, while Shen Lang’s group explored an island protected by powerful formations. Shen Long broke the island’s outer barrier, and Shen Lang approached Thousand Wood Peak as a bolt of lightning struck toward him.

• Sun Wang killed an eighth-order Crimson Flame Leopard and continued through the Black Dense Forest in search of Lin Family resources.
• Lin Wanyue and Li Kai killed an Early eighth-order Golden Giant Tiger and set out to find the Minor World’s Control Hub.
• Shen Jiu killed an Early eighth-order Black Manatee, whose knowledge led Shen Long’s group to an island with a powerful restriction.
• Shen Chan spotted an eighth-order formation on the island, and Shen Long shattered its Cyan Light Screen with a punch.
• Shen Lang approached Thousand Wood Peak, where silver lightning struck toward him.

Shen Lang broke through the restrictions at Thousand Wood Peak, found the island’s Control Hub, and stopped the Formation. Shen Long explored the chambers and collected valuable pill formulas, spirit herbs, and treasures, while Shen Lang suspected the hub concealed more than a Minor World’s Control Hub.

• Shen Lang broke through the cyan mist and forced open Thousand Wood Hall, then found the island’s Control Hub and stopped the Formation.
• Shen Long and Shen Peng entered the hall and found several sealed Stone Chambers beyond the Bluestone Corridor.
• Shen Long opened a chamber and found eighth-order pill formulas, including formulas for the Vermilion Bird Pill, White Tiger Pill, and True Dragon Pill.
• Shen Long collected Thunder Marrow True Water and Five Thunder Lotuses, then harvested Green Moon Jade Cage Fruits and their tree.
• Shen Long gathered Dry Thunder Divine Milk from the fifth chamber, while Shen Lang remarked that the Control Hub seemed more like a large Spirit Herb Garden than a Minor World’s hub.

Shen Long and his companions left an island after gathering its resources and strengthening their divine senses with Green Moon Jade Cage Fruits. They later seized an eighth order Spirit Flame from Sun Wang of the Ten Thousand Ghost Sect, and their battle continued as Shen Jiu swallowed a Blood Fiend Ghost.

• Shen Long gave Green Moon Jade Cage Fruits to Shen Peng and Shen Lang, then ordered Shen Ao and the others to strip the island of its resources.
• Shen Long and his companions boarded the Blue Giant Ship and left the island after no more silver lightning appeared.
• Divine Monarch Heavenly Corpse devoured the Essence Blood of an eighth order mid-stage Monster Beast and left its dried corpse behind.
• Shen Long captured a golden eighth order Spirit Flame in the Cyan Giant Cauldron, then confronted Sun Wang, who accused him of stealing it.
• Sun Wang attacked Shen Long and his companions, and Shen Long countered his ghost claw with True Dragon Soul-Quaking Roar.
• Shen Lang, Shen Jiu, and the others fought a Blood Fiend Ghost, and Shen Jiu swallowed it after silver lightning weakened it.