Chapter Summaries

Shen Long killed Lv Yue and Master Golden Flame, avenging his parents and destroying the Golden Flame Sect’s leadership. Back at the Spirit Control Sect, he examined his spoils, learned about the Mysterious Yin Canon, and reflected on the Qingxu Crystal ore he had acquired.

• Lv Yue used Shen Long’s mother’s soul as a Ghost Creature, but Shen Long killed Lv Yue with the help of his Iron Tail Scorpion.
• Shen Long’s Golden-Winged Fire Ants killed Master Golden Flame’s Flying Golden Flame Centipede, and Shen Long’s allies froze and shattered Master Golden Flame.
• Shen Long collected the enemies’ belongings, burned their corpses, and left the area as rival factions seized the Golden Flame Sect’s territory and found its Treasure Vault empty.
• Shen Long returned to the Spirit Control Sect and burned Lv Yue’s and Master Golden Flame’s heads before his parents’ Spirit Tablets.
• Shen Long examined his spoils and learned from the Mysterious Yin Canon that his mother had been a Three Yin Woman.
• Shen Long opened a Golden Jade Box and looked at the raw Qingxu Crystal ore he had obtained from Chen He.

Shen Long received Li Rongrong and Wu Hu at Golden Roc Peak, accepting requests to refine pills and obtaining a Soul Nourishing Grass. After comparing physical strength with Wu Hu, Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Garden to begin refining the requested pills.

• Shen Long asked Qian Dafu about soul-nourishing herbs and agreed to receive Li Rongrong, who wanted High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills refined.
• Shen Long instructed Liu Yuruo to track the areas where Xu Yuyan and Chen Chi operated, and he gave Lin Shan a Golden Jade Ruler as a wedding gift.
• Li Rongrong gave Shen Long two Twin-Tail Spirit Fox inner cores and a six-hundred-year Soul Nourishing Grass in exchange for refining High-Grade Beast Rearing Pills.
• Wu Hu arrived and asked Shen Long to refine Heavenly Ape Pills, then challenged him to compare their physical strength.
• Shen Long's punch forced Wu Hu to stagger back, and Wu Hu conceded that Shen Long's technique was stronger in sheer strength.
• Shen Long returned to Golden Roc Garden and began refining pills in a secret chamber.

After refining High-Grade Medicinal Pills, Shen Long left the Spirit Control Sect and traveled to Ten Thousand Swords Marketplace to seek cultivation resources and a route to the North Sea Cultivation World. He found that the marketplace lacked medicines for nourishing the divine soul and arranged to buy the other items on his list.

• Shen Long gave Qian Dafu pills to sell and instructed his followers to cultivate and avoid trouble while he was away.
• Shen Long told Chen Bing to pass a message to Master Ice Silkworm if she emerged from seclusion, then left the Spirit Control Sect.
• Shen Long arrived at Ten Thousand Swords Marketplace and hired Zhao Lang to guide him to its largest spirit medicine shop.
• Shen Long met Han Xuewei at Golden Gourd Pavilion and learned that the marketplace had no medicines or fruits for nourishing the divine soul.
• Shen Long asked Han Xuewei to sell him twenty portions of each remaining item on his list and all available Spirit Rearing Fruits.

Shen Long learned about the North Sea Cultivation World from Han Xuewei and gathered maps and books before settling in to study them. The chapter left him reading the Monster Hunting Guide and learning about the dangers and methods of hunting Monster Beasts.

• Han Xuewei offered Shen Long Sea Maps and books, then explained the North Sea’s resources, powerful cultivators, and the incomplete Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique.
• Han Xuewei delivered Shen Long’s requested items, which he checked and paid for before leaving the Golden Gourd Pavilion.
• Shen Long visited other shops, found no goods that could nourish his divine soul, and asked Zhao Lang to take him to a bookstore for more reference books.
• After renting a Blue-tiled Courtyard, Shen Long studied the maps and books and learned about the North Sea’s sea regions and the Spirit-Severing Sea.
• Shen Long read the Monster Hunting Guide, which described formations, Monster Luring Powder, Monster Luring Grass, and treasures used to attract Monster Beasts.

Shen Long traveled to Zishan Island in the North Sea Cultivation World and learned about its factions, territories, and dangers from his guide, He Hai. He encountered Fairy Green Lotus and Young Master Taixu at the Lost Immortal Pavilion and learned about their cultivation rankings.

• Shen Long paid to use a Teleportation Array and arrived at Zishan Island, where he hired He Hai to guide him through the marketplace.
• He Hai explained the Han Clan and Su Family’s rivalry, the North Sea’s history, and the dangers of beast tides in the Outer Sea.
• He Hai brought Shen Long to the Lost Immortal Pavilion, where Fairy Green Lotus criticized the establishment and Young Master Taixu defended it.
• He Hai explained that the Lost Immortal Pavilion served cultivators of both sexes and that rare cultivation resources, including Nascent Soul Formation Pills, could be bought at auction.
• He Hai identified Fairy Green Lotus and Young Master Taixu and told Shen Long about their places on the Hundred Flowers Ranking and Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Shen Long searched the Marketplace for medicines to heal divine-soul injuries, then rented Green Falcon Courtyard. When the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox began its advancement tribulation, he encountered five cultivators hunting on the same island and offered Song He a High-Grade Medicinal Pill to make amends.

• He Hai explained the Hidden Dragon Ranking and guided Shen Long through large shops, where Shen Long found no medicines for divine-soul injuries.
• Shen Long rewarded He Hai with pills and a Communication Disk, then rented Green Falcon Courtyard.
• Shen Long discovered that the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox was about to reach Third Rank and took it to a remote island to undergo its tribulation.
• Five cultivators, led by Song He, emerged from a Formation and complained that the advancing spirit beast had disrupted their hunt for Green Civet Beasts.
• Shen Long apologized to Song He with a Crimson Moon Pill, and Song He was shocked to find it was a High-Grade Medicinal Pill and refused to accept it.

Shen Long accepted a Blood Toad Beast corpse from Song He’s group, then met Mu Weiwei and traded a Golden Ganoderma Pill for two pill formulas while discussing rare resources and notable cultivators. After feeding the corpse to his Iron Tail Scorpion, he settled on building his reputation in the North Sea Cultivation World to find the next part of the Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique and gather cultivation resources.

• Song He offered Shen Long the mid Third-Rank Blood Toad Beast corpse, and Shen Long accepted it before the group departed.
• Shen Long watched the Green-Eyed Spirit Fox survive its Lightning Tribulation and advance to Third Rank, then returned to the Marketplace.
• Shen Long met Mu Weiwei at a Teahouse, bought the Void Origin Pill and Green Civet Pill formulas, and gave her a Golden Ganoderma Pill in exchange for help finding materials.
• Mu Weiwei told Shen Long that True Person Ganlei had subdued a Third-Rank Fire Flood Dragon and gave him rankings and information on listed cultivators.
• Shen Long fed the Blood Toad Beast corpse to his Iron Tail Scorpion and decided to build his reputation and connections to pursue cultivation resources and the next technique method.

Shen Long traded pills and favors with fellow Golden Core Cultivators while seeking resources to help his spirit beasts recover and advance. After collecting several rare items, he fed diluted Ten Thousand Poison Paste to his excited Iron Tail Scorpion.

• Huang Yong gave Shen Long a Spirit Rearing Fruit in gratitude for a discounted Crimson Moon Pill, and Shen Long promised to help him obtain High-Grade Medicinal Pills in return for gathering resources.
• Han Chuchu invited Shen Long to a Golden Core Cultivator gathering at Purple Coral Garden that evening, and he agreed to attend.
• Mu Weiwei gave Shen Long three Demon Cores from Early Third-Rank Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicadas in exchange for a bottle of Golden Ganoderma Pills.
• Mu Weiwei traded Shen Long diluted Ten Thousand Poison Paste, two Spirit Rearing Fruits, and five Fire Lion Beast Inner Cores for the healing pills.
• Shen Long gave the diluted Ten Thousand Poison Paste to his Iron Tail Scorpion, which eagerly swallowed it.

Shen Long attended a gathering at Purple Coral Garden, where he met Han Chuxi and the Flower-Moving Palace sisters, Dong Yulin and Dong Yuxue. The cultivators agreed to hold a beast-fighting match, and Shen Long noticed that his Spirit-Tracking Beast wanted the Human-Faced Civet Demon Cores Jiang Ziqing had wagered.

• Shen Long arrived at Purple Coral Garden and joined Han Chuchu, Han Chuxi, Jiang Zijian, and Jiang Ziqing in the pavilion.
• Dong Yulin and Dong Yuxue of Flower-Moving Palace arrived, and Jiang Ziqing focused his attention on Dong Yuxue.
• Shen Long kept his origins private and discussed alchemy with Han Chuxi as more Golden Core Cultivators joined the gathering.
• Dong Yulin proposed a beast-fighting match, and the Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator, Dong Yulin, Jiang Ziqing, and Dong Yuxue offered stakes.
• Shen Long noticed his Spirit-Tracking Beast reacting to the Human-Faced Civet Demon Cores Jiang Ziqing had wagered.

Shen Long entered a beast-fighting contest at the Beast Fighting Palace, where his Golden-Winged Fire Ants defeated Jiang Ziqing’s Flying Flame Lion and the Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator’s Three-Eyed Ice Toad. After winning twenty Third-Rank Demon Cores, Shen Long explained that feeding the ant queen a Five-Colored Jade Ganoderma Fruit had unexpectedly caused its mutation.

• Han Chuxi led Shen Long and the other cultivators to the Beast Fighting Palace, where they registered and wagered pills and demon cores on the matches.
• The Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator’s Three-Eyed Ice Toad defeated Jiang Zijian’s Li Fire Falcon, then Dong Yulin’s Golden-Winged Fire Ants defeated Han Chuchu’s Fire Cloud Crab.
• Shen Long’s Golden-Winged Fire Ants defeated Jiang Ziqing’s Flying Flame Lion, forcing Jiang Ziqing to concede.
• Shen Long’s ant queen thawed after the Three-Eyed Ice Toad froze it and burned the toad with Golden Flame, revealing that it was mutated.
• The Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator and Dong Yulin conceded, and Shen Long won twenty Third-Rank Demon Cores.
• Shen Long told the gathered cultivators that feeding the Golden-Winged Fire Ant Queen a Five-Colored Jade Ganoderma Fruit had caused its unexpected mutation.

Shen Long traded Golden-Winged Fire Ant eggs and cultivation resources with fellow cultivators, obtaining a Nine-Curve Beast poison sac and Taiyi Divine Water. After securing a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill formula from Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator, he fed his spirit beasts and began cultivating with a Blood Flood Dragon Pill.

• Shen Long gave Dong Yulin and Han Chuxi Golden-Winged Fire Ant eggs in exchange for demon cores, while explaining that the ants degenerated if they stayed away from the Spirit Control Tower too long.
• At Purple Coral Garden, Shen Long discussed insect and beast cultivation with the cultivators and traded a Third-Rank Demon Core for Han Chuxi's Nine-Rosy Beast Poison Sac.
• Shen Long failed to find soul-nourishing spirit herbs, fruits, or Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood during the exchange and left with several Third-Rank Demon Cores.
• Golden Whale Rogue Cultivator offered Shen Long a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pill formula in exchange for Beast Rearing Pills, then traded him a gourd of Taiyi Divine Water.
• Shen Long fed demon cores and Beast Spirit Pills to the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada and Spirit-Tracking Beast, then swallowed a Blood Flood Dragon Pill and began cultivating.

Shen Long emerged from five years of seclusion at the Core Formation Mid Stage and traveled to the Outer Sea to seek resources and hunt Monster Beasts. He bought maps and supplies, learned that Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood was available only at large auctions, and began preparing for an expedition.

• Shen Long advanced to the Core Formation Mid Stage, then reviewed messages from Golden Core Cultivators and learned Han Chuchu hoped to introduce him to Sister Chu.
• Shen Long traveled through Purple Coral Hall’s Teleportation Array to Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace and met He Hai, who explained the Outer Sea’s major islands and factions.
• Shen Long met Song He at Golden Flood Dragon Pavilion and exchanged Green Civet Pills for herbs, Demon Cores, and a Blood Toad Beast corpse.
• Shen Long bought Sea Maps and other supplies from Ximen Yu, learned Third-Rank Flood Dragon Essence Blood was sold at large auctions, and accepted a list of materials the clans wanted.
• Shen Long paid He Hai for assistance, rented Green Falcon Pavilion, and studied a sea map as he prepared to hunt Monster Beasts.

Shen Long used Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense and a trapping formation to hunt a Mystic Water Turtle, but the hunt drew more beasts than expected. As the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada and Spirit-Tracking Beast began breaking through to Third Rank, Shen Long killed a Golden Thorn Crab and Li Fire Falcon and left their companions to guard the two beasts.

• Shen Long disguised himself, traveled to a Desolate Island, and set up the Four Seas Monster-Locking Formation with Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense.
• The incense attracted an early Third-Rank Mystic Water Turtle, which Shen Long killed with his Golden-Winged Fire Ants, Iron Tail Scorpions, and saber.
• The Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada and Spirit-Tracking Beast began attempting to break through to Third Rank, while the incense attracted a Golden Thorn Crab and a Li Fire Falcon.
• Shen Long sent the Golden-Winged Wind Peng and Ice Flood Dragon to fight the two incoming beasts, and they killed the Li Fire Falcon and Golden Thorn Crab.
• Shen Long collected the beasts' corpses and Essence Souls, then left the Ice Flood Dragon and Golden-Winged Wind Peng to guard the two breaking-through spirit beasts.

Shen Long helped Chu Buyu defeat a Golden Thunder Eagle, then watched his Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada and Spirit-Tracking Beast advance. He continued hunting Monster Beasts with bait and formations, moving between islands while searching for a Third-Rank Flood Dragon.

• Shen Long captured the battered Golden Thunder Eagle while Chu Buyu used her Snow-Blue Fire Bird to freeze it, then thanked him and paid him with a Fire Carp Beast Demon Core.
• Chu Buyu warned Shen Long that Third-Rank Flood Dragons were dangerous and left; the Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada advanced to Third Rank, and the Spirit-Tracking Beast grew stronger after surviving its tribulation.
• Two months later, Shen Long lured two Red Giant Shrimps into a formation and killed them with his Iron Tail Scorpion and Golden-Winged Fire Ants.
• Shen Long used the Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense to attract a Red Octopus and two Cyan Giant Eagles, which his Golden-Winged Wind Peng and Fire Qilin Beast killed.
• Shen Long moved to another island, trapped and killed two Red Giant Turtles, and continued luring Monster Beasts while searching for a Third-Rank Flood Dragon.

After three years of hunting spirit beasts, Shen Long returned to the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace, encountered the Three Immortals Sect and its Ice Flood Dragon Master, and reunited with Sun Yiyue. He honored Sun Huowang, gave Sun Yiyue’s daughter a Foundation Establishment Pill, and attended Ye Qing’s gathering, where he met several cultivators.

• Shen Long killed a Green Thunder Falcon and obtained a Thunder-Absorbing Bead before witnessing the Ice Flood Dragon Master and the Three Immortals Sect deal with a defeated blue-robed elder.
• Shen Long sold spirit beast materials at the Golden Flood Dragon Marketplace, accepted Ye Qing’s invitation, and noticed the Sun Family Artifact Shop.
• Shen Long reunited with Sun Yiyue, paid respects to Sun Huowang’s spirit tablet, and gave Sun Yiyue’s daughter Song Yan a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Shen Long gave Sun Yiyue a jade slip and Communication Disk so she could contact him if she heard news of the items he sought.
• Shen Long attended Ye Qing’s gathering in disguise and met the Buddhist cultivator Xinkong, Zhang Biao, and Zhao Ying.

Shen Long asked Zen Master Xinkong to transcend his mother, then arranged for him to refine pills in exchange for a Thunder-Guiding Bead. Meanwhile, Chu Buyu continued searching the Outer Sea for someone, despite warnings about its dangers and Senior Sister Mu.

• Shen Long traded with Ye Qing and the others, seeking a Nine-Rosy Beast Poison Sac and soul-nourishing spirit items but finding no suitable offerings.
• Shen Long asked Zen Master Xinkong to transcend the female ghost in his Mysterious Yin Banner, and his mother regained her senses long enough to speak with him before passing on.
• Shen Long agreed to refine ten Vajra Bone Tempering Pills for Zen Master Xinkong in exchange for materials and a Thunder-Guiding Bead, asking him to keep his alchemy secret.
• Shen Long began refining the pills in a secret chamber after Zen Master Xinkong left.
• Chu Buyu insisted on continuing her search in the Outer Sea, while the Golden-Robed Youth warned her to stay in the Marketplace and watch out for Senior Sister Mu.

Shen Long exchanged a Thunder-Guiding Bead for a Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Fruit and arranged for Chu Buyu to refine another bead into a set of Dharma Treasures. After tending to his Golden-Winged Wind Peng, he agreed to meet two powerful rogue cultivators seeking his high-grade medicinal pills.

• Shen Long traded Ximen Yu a Thunder-Guiding Bead for the Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Fruit at the Golden Flood Dragon Pavilion.
• Chu Buyu asked Shen Long to sell her high-grade Beast Rearing Pills, and he instead arranged for her to refine his Thunder-Absorbing Bead; she offered to refine a set of Dharma Treasures from her Thunder-Guiding Bead as well.
• Mu Shanshan confronted Chu Buyu outside the Green Falcon Pavilion and accused her of risking the Sun and Moon Palace's reputation.
• Shen Long fed a Green Wind Peng Demon Core and a high-grade Beast Rearing Pill to his Golden-Winged Wind Peng in the Spirit Control Tower.
• He Hai contacted Shen Long about two formidable rogue cultivators seeking his pills, and Shen Long agreed to meet them at the Green Falcon Pavilion.
• He Hai brought the two Core Formation Late Stage cultivators, a Blue-Shirted Youth and a red-skirted woman, to meet Shen Long.

Shen Long traded High-Grade Golden Ganoderma Pills for Soul Nourishing Grass, then spent a year cultivating and restoring the Ice Flood Dragon. After training the recovered beast, he received word from Chu Buyu that she had finished refining his treasure.

• Shen Long gave Wu Sheng and Lin Yun two High-Grade Golden Ganoderma Pills in exchange for their Soul Nourishing Grass and shared a jade slip listing items he sought.
• Shen Long began refining Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pills while Mu Shanshan secretly urged a Golden Core Cultivator to kill Chu Buyu.
• After a year of cultivation, Shen Long used two High-Grade Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Pills to restore the Ice Flood Dragon's injured divine soul.
• Shen Long fed the Ice Flood Dragon a High-Grade Beast Rearing Pill, rode it through the air, and watched it demonstrate its ice-blade abilities.
• Shen Long received a message from Chu Buyu saying she had finished refining his treasure and asking how to deliver it.

Shen Long traded for the Yin-Yang Thunder Beads, then followed a map toward a reported Third-Rank Nine-Rosy Beast. A black-shirted cultivator and his companions ambushed him at sea, but Shen Long defeated them and discovered an Immortal Fallen Island map among their spoils.

• Shen Long exchanged a Cyan Porcelain Bottle with Chu Buyu for the Yin-Yang Thunder Beads, then received a sea map to a reported Nine-Rosy Beast from Sun Yiyue.
• Shen Long traveled by Snow Wind Sparrow to the marked sea region and encountered the black-shirted youth and his three companions, who pretended to leave before sending a Ghost King after him.
• Shen Long used the Thunder-Guiding Bead, his spirit beasts, and other treasures to destroy the Ghost Creatures and defeat the black-shirted youth's group.
• Shen Long collected the four Yin Beads and the enemies' belongings, then found a map marked Immortal Fallen Island among their possessions.

Shen Long searched the seabed for a Nine-Rosy Beast, avoiding a group of Thousand Puppet Island cultivators along the way. After finding and killing the beast, he began refining its Poison Sac into Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense.

• Shen Long examined the Jade Slips, refined the Spirit-Extinguishing Needle, and prepared to search the sea using the Water-Avoiding Pearl and Hundred-Eyed Golden Cicada.
• Shen Long and the Ice Flood Dragon traveled through the seabed, where the dragon killed two Third-Rank demon crabs and other Monster Beasts kept their distance.
• Shen Long spotted six Thousand Puppet Island cultivators using six-hundred-year-old Monster Luring Grass to attract Monster Beasts, recognized their leader's Nine Transformations Dragon Transformation Technique, and left to avoid a conflict.
• After searching for half a month, Shen Long found a Third-Rank mid-stage Nine-Rosy Beast and had the Ice Flood Dragon kill it.
• Shen Long collected the Nine-Rosy Beast's Demon Core and Poison Sac, then set up a formation and began refining the Poison Sac into Nine-Curve Monster Luring Incense.