Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye brought Hua Ci, Ruan Lingyu, and Kong Niu from the remnants of the Rogue Wanderer Society to the Crimson Blood Sect camp. After reporting to Shui Yuan, he learned he could recruit people into the sect and discovered that Yiyi had received a Battlefield Mark and become a Crimson Blood Sect disciple.

• Hua Ci agreed to leave with Lu Ye, and Ruan Lingyu and Kong Niu chose to come along.
• Lu Ye flew the three companions to the Crimson Blood Sect camp, where they explored the camp and marketplace.
• Shui Yuan told Lu Ye he could accept trusted Rogue Cultivators into the sect, provided they returned to the Main Sect for registration and background checks.
• Yiyi hurried to meet Lingyu at the camp, then showed Lu Ye the Battlefield Mark the Sect Master had given her.
• Yiyi greeted Lu Ye as her Senior Brother One Leaf and hid behind Hua Ci when he threatened to hit her.

Lu Ye brought Hua Ci and two Rogue Cultivators into the Crimson Blood Sect, prepared the camp for the Spirit Stream Garrison War, and registered the sect to participate. The Sect Master then led Lu Ye and Hua Ci to meet a mysterious woman, who punched him twice before allowing them inside a hall filled with strange Spiritual Patterns.

• Shui Yuan branded Hua Ci, Ruan Lingyu, and Kong Niu with Crimson Blood Sect Battlefield Marks, and the three became sect disciples.
• Lu Ye improved the Cultivation Rooms, and Hua Ci agreed to join him in the Spirit Stream Garrison War.
• Lu Ye purchased a blessing for the Heaven's Mystery Pillar and registered the Crimson Blood Sect for the war.
• The Sect Master took Lu Ye and Hua Ci to a building near Shouzheng Peak, where a woman punched him twice as he tried to speak with her.
• The woman let Lu Ye and Hua Ci enter, and they saw mysterious Spiritual Patterns moving across the hall's walls.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci met Madam Yun, who studied Lu Ye’s unusual Spiritual Patterns and offered to teach him about them. Madam Yun tattooed a temporary Flying Wing pattern onto Lu Ye, and he practiced flying before Hua Ci took her turn.

• Madam Yun examined Lu Ye’s four Spiritual Patterns and judged their inheritance more advanced than the Nine Provinces’ existing Spirit Pattern system.
• Madam Yun agreed to teach Lu Ye about Spiritual Patterns in exchange for studying his patterns.
• Madam Yun used Fire Fang blood to tattoo the temporary Flying Wing pattern onto Lu Ye, giving him the ability to fly for up to three hours.
• Lu Ye practiced flying under the Sect Master’s supervision, gradually gaining control but using much of his Spiritual Power.
• Hua Ci activated her own green wings and quickly steadied herself, then danced through the sky with ease.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci entered the Spirit Stream Garrison War, where they encountered two Myriad Demon Ridge Tier Seven cultivators. Lu Ye killed one opponent and charged toward the other, who was attacking Hua Ci.

• Lu Ye checked his cultivation and Merit before the Spirit Stream Garrison War began, noting that he needed more Merit to buy fuel for his Talent Tree.
• Hua Ci arrived wearing a Spiritual Artifact dress given to her by Second Senior Sister, teased Lu Ye, and joined him in activating the Heaven's Mystery Pillar.
• Lu Ye and Hua Ci appeared on a beach and encountered two Myriad Demon Ridge Tier Seven cultivators, who immediately attacked them.
• Lu Ye overpowered the Sword-wielding Youth in close combat, blocked his controlled sword with a Defense Spirit Pattern, and killed him with his saber.
• Lu Ye rushed toward the Spell Cultivator, who had been bombarding Hua Ci with spells.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci killed two Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and discovered that the Spirit Stream Garrison War was taking place in Chess Sea. As another island approached theirs, they prepared to meet whoever was on it.

• Lu Ye dodged the Tier Seven Spell Cultivator’s attacks while Hua Ci interrupted his spell, allowing Lu Ye to kill him with two saber strikes.
• Lu Ye received Merit and a Heaven’s Mystery Pillar enhancement from the defeated cultivators, then learned that he and Hua Ci were alone on their small island.
• Lu Ye identified the battlefield as Chess Sea, where drifting islands eventually merge and force cultivators into encounters.
• Hua Ci planted mushrooms and gathered herbs while Lu Ye kept watch and received information about Chess Sea from Li Baxian.
• When another island drew near, Lu Ye put away his saber and stood beside Hua Ci as they spotted two people watching from across the water.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci fought two Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators who had pretended to be from the Vast Sky Alliance, defeating them with Lu Ye’s hidden saber skills and Hua Ci’s mushroom poison. Afterward, they found their joined island drifting onward and learned Hua Ci’s poison had grown stronger with guidance from Second Senior Sister.

• Lu Ye and Hua Ci attacked the approaching cultivators with spells, and the two sides exchanged attacks as their islands drew together.
• When the islands collided, the newcomers’ Battlefield Marks glowed red, revealing they belonged to Myriad Demon Ridge.
• Lu Ye revealed his saber and killed the thin cultivator, then pursued the second man as Hua Ci fled.
• The second cultivator weakened after stepping on Hua Ci’s mushroom spores, and the mushrooms growing from his orifices killed him.
• Lu Ye received two Heaven’s Mystery Pillar blessings, while Hua Ci gained Merit and planted more mushrooms on the adjoining island.
• Hua Ci told Lu Ye that Second Senior Sister had helped improve her poison techniques.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci fought Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators on their expanding island, then discovered that a Bone Fragment kept the dangerous shadows beneath the Chess Sea at bay. As they stored the fragments, another large island approached, leaving them braced for a new encounter.

• Lu Ye and Hua Ci used their teamwork and Hua Ci’s mushroom traps to kill four Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, though both were wounded.
• Hua Ci treated their injuries, and Lu Ye gathered the spoils and disposed of the corpses in the Chess Sea.
• Lu Ye noticed that shadows beneath the water avoided a Bone Fragment floating on the surface and found an identical fragment on another corpse.
• Lu Ye and Hua Ci speculated that the fragments might be family heirlooms and decided to show them to Second Senior Sister.
• Hua Ci pointed out an island as large as theirs rapidly approaching, and Lu Ye watched it with a grave expression.

Lu Ye flew to a nearby island and intervened when he found two Vast Sky Alliance cultivators close to defeat against five Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators. After helping them escape, he fled from the remaining enemies and took to the air as three Spiritual Artifacts pursued him.

• Lu Ye crossed the sea to scout an island where five Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators were fighting two wounded Vast Sky Alliance cultivators.
• When the islands collided, Lu Ye ambushed and killed a Spell Cultivator, then joined the battle to help the two Vast Sky Alliance cultivators.
• Lu Ye ordered the injured man and woman to flee while he held off their three pursuers with a Defense Spirit Pattern.
• After enduring the attacks, Lu Ye retreated and ran as the three Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators sent Spiritual Artifacts after him.
• Lu Ye spread his crimson wings and shot into the sky to evade the incoming attacks.

Lu Ye and Hua Ci helped Lan Yudie and her companions defeat three Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators with Hua Ci’s bizarre mushroom-based technique. After the battle, Lu Ye recognized Lan Yudie, who had protected him in the past, while Hua Ci teased them about repaying a life-saving favor.

• Lu Ye escaped the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators’ attacks by flying back to the island, and their Ghost Cultivator scouted the island before they advanced.
• Lu Ye, Hua Ci, Lan Yudie, and the wounded Body Cultivator prepared to face the three pursuers as they attacked the island.
• Hua Ci made mushrooms sprout from the attackers’ seven orifices, weakening them, and Lu Ye and his companions killed all three within thirty breaths.
• Lu Ye collected the fallen cultivators’ belongings and disposed of their bodies while Hua Ci treated Lan Yudie and the Body Cultivator.
• Lu Ye recognized Lan Yudie of Purple Cloud Mountain and thanked her for protecting him in the past.
• Hua Ci teased Lan Yudie about repaying a life-saving favor with her body, and Lu Ye told her to ignore his Medical Cultivator’s crazy remarks.

Lu Ye learned that Bone Fragments carried by Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators drew their Chess Islands together, revealing a planned advantage in the Spirit Stream Garrison War. As more Vast Sky Alliance Cultivators joined his group, Lu Ye prepared to survive until the islands merged while warning Fourth Senior Brother to stay safe.

• Lu Ye met Lan Yudie and Gao Tai, returned their fallen companions’ belongings, and asked them about Bone Fragments found on Cultivators from several sects.
• Lu Ye contacted Fourth Senior Brother, who recognized the Bone Fragments and said he would investigate their purpose.
• Hua Ci treated two wounded Vast Sky Alliance Cultivators who joined Lu Ye’s group, bringing the island’s numbers to six.
• Lu Ye’s group lured six Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators into Hua Ci’s mushroom field, where they were defeated, and the survivors assigned someone to guard Hua Ci in future battles.
• Fourth Senior Brother told Lu Ye that Bone Fragments drew their bearers’ Chess Islands together and that the Myriad Demon Ridge had distributed them to gather its forces.
• Lu Ye learned that the fragments came from a powerful sea beast and urged Fourth Senior Brother to take care while he tried to join up with more Vast Sky Alliance members.

Lu Ye and his companions used Bone Fragments to seek out Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators and defeated a pursuing group with Hua Ci’s mushroom traps. After securing another island and expanding their preparations, the group recognized how much Lu Ye and Hua Ci’s abilities could contribute to the fight.

• Lu Ye shared Li Baxian’s warning about the Bone Fragments, and the group decided to keep them and use them to find Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
• Lu Ye’s group prepared an ambush, with Lan Yudie and Gao Tai assigned to lure approaching enemies through Hua Ci’s mushroom zone.
• After five Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators pursued Lan Yudie and Gao Tai, Lu Ye’s group fought them and killed all five when Hua Ci’s mushrooms weakened their Spiritual Power.
• Lu Ye and Gao Tai searched the neighboring island for hidden enemies and found none, while Lan Yudie helped Hua Ci prepare it for future battles.
• Lu Ye constructed a large Spirit Gathering Spirit Pattern, impressing Gao Tai and the others with how both he and Hua Ci could support the group.

Lu Ye and the Vast Sky Alliance cultivators were locked in a stalemate against a much larger Myriad Demon Ridge group protected by a Formation Cultivator. Lu Ye proposed using Hua Ci’s mushrooms inside Lu Yushan’s mechanical spiders to attack the enemy, and the first test showed the plan was feasible.

• Lu Ye’s group fought off a force of more than thirty Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, but traps on the enemy island forced them to abandon their assaults and recover.
• The Garrison Envoys discussed how to overcome the enemy’s defenses, while Lu Ye learned that Lu Yushan of Thousand Machines Pavilion was an Artificer who made mechanical constructs.
• Lu Ye suggested that Hua Ci plant mushrooms inside Lu Yushan’s scouting spiders so they could carry them onto the enemy island.
• Hua Ci confirmed she could plant mushrooms in the spiders, but Lu Yushan’s test control startled her, causing her to break one and cover Lu Ye with its burst spores.
• Lu Yushan and his junior sister supplied their mechanical constructs, and Hua Ci planted mushrooms in them until exhaustion nearly overcame her.

Lu Ye and his allies defeated a Myriad Demon Ridge group by combining Hua Ci’s poison with Lu Yushan’s Thunder Dragon Cannon, then joined forces with a battered Vast Sky Alliance group arriving on a merging Chess Island. With the Myriad Demon Ridge’s wider campaign threatening the Alliance, Lu Ye’s group prepared to take the initiative and strike more enemies.

• Lu Yushan sent Spider Constructs into the enemy camp while Lu Ye waited for an opening to kill its Formation Cultivator.
• Lu Ye carried Lu Yushan into range, where the spiders exploded and Hua Ci’s Jade Green Aura weakened the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
• Lu Yushan blasted the Formation Cultivator’s guards with Thunder Dragon’s Roar, and Lu Ye killed the Formation Cultivator as the battle turned against the enemy.
• Gao Tai led the Vast Sky Alliance charge, and Lu Ye’s group wiped out the weakened Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators with few injuries of their own.
• Lan Yudie reported that the approaching Chess Island held more than ten Vast Sky Alliance cultivators, whom Hua Ci treated after the islands merged.
• Lu Ye’s group resolved to take the initiative against the Myriad Demon Ridge, while Lu Yushan and his junior sister began making more Mechanical Constructs.

As the Chess Islands entered their final merge, Lu Ye and the Vast Sky Alliance gathered on Chess Island were attacked from both sides by Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators. Under Hua Ci’s command, the Vast Sky Alliance routed them, though many enemies escaped their pursuers by jumping into the sea.

• More than three hundred Vast Sky Alliance cultivators gathered on Lu Ye’s island as the final merge began.
• Two Myriad Demon Ridge islands joined theirs, and cultivators from both sides attacked the Vast Sky Alliance at once.
• Hua Ci gave the signal that coordinated the Vast Sky Alliance’s attack, while Lu Yushan, Gao Tai, and Lu Ye fought through the enemy ranks.
• The Vast Sky Alliance broke the Myriad Demon Ridge formation and chased the survivors toward the shore.
• The remaining Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators jumped into the sea and were swallowed by shadows, leaving one Vast Sky Alliance cultivator mourning the kills he missed.

After the Chess Islands merged into one continent, Lu Ye's large Vast Sky Alliance force abandoned its fortified position and set out to find and rescue scattered allies. They joined a group under attack, turned the pursuit around, and Lu Ye charged after the fleeing Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.

• Lu Ye learned that Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan were wounded but moving toward him after escaping Myriad Demon Ridge pursuers.
• The final merger created one continent, and Myriad Demon Ridge teams began sweeping the regions for Vast Sky Alliance cultivators.
• Lu Ye's group chose to leave its prepared stronghold and split into coordinated teams to search for allies and confront enemies.
• Lu Ye, Hua Ci, Lan Yudie, Gao Tai, and their companions traveled with one of the teams as messages guided the alliance toward scattered groups.
• The Vast Sky Alliance force reached allies being pursued, forcing the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators to flee after leaving several casualties behind.
• Lu Ye raced after the fleeing enemies, attacking them with spells and his blade.

The Vast Sky Alliance gathered more than a thousand cultivators and pursued Myriad Demon Ridge’s remaining forces across the continent. After discovering the enemy had regrouped at Lu Ye’s former Chess Island, the Alliance prepared an attack, but Lu Ye learned from Li Baxian that another three hundred Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators were lying in ambush nearby.

• Vast Sky Alliance’s numbers grew beyond a thousand as cultivators fleeing the Inner Circle joined them, while Myriad Demon Ridge assembled around eight hundred fighters.
• The Alliance’s decision-making council learned that Myriad Demon Ridge had stopped at the former Chess Island, where Lu Ye had left a Spirit Gathering Array.
• The council agreed to attack before Myriad Demon Ridge could strengthen its position.
• Lu Ye received Li Baxian’s warning that three hundred Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators were concealed in a nearby forest, likely planning to ambush the Alliance.
• Lu Ye and the council suspected a trap and devised a counterplan, while Lu Ye asked Li Baxian to keep watch on the hidden force.

The Vast Sky Alliance turned the Myriad Demon Ridge’s ambush plan against them, using Hua Ci’s preparations to devastate the enemy force before confronting its reinforcements. Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan trapped the reinforcements in a Grand Array, leaving the Vast Sky Alliance poised to finish them off.

• The Vast Sky Alliance attacked the eight hundred Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators while Lu Ye and Hua Ci waited for word of the hidden ambush.
• After Fourth Senior Brother reported that three hundred ambushers were approaching, Lu Ye and Hua Ci flew over the battlefield, and Hua Ci unleashed her emerald radiance to cripple Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators’ Spiritual Power.
• Lu Ye carried the exhausted Hua Ci away as the Vast Sky Alliance routed the Myriad Demon Ridge force, then gathered its survivors and advanced without pursuing the fugitives.
• The three hundred Myriad Demon Ridge reinforcements turned to flee when they learned their force had been defeated, but Feng Yuechan’s Grand Array trapped them as Li Baxian and his allies attacked.
• The nine hundred Vast Sky Alliance cultivators caught up and attacked the trapped reinforcements, while Li Baxian led his companions forward to avenge their humiliation.

After the Vast Sky Alliance turned the tide on the Chess Sea continent, Li Baxian took Lu Ye treasure hunting and confronted a hidden Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator. He forced the youth to fight Lu Ye, leaving the two facing off under the watch of Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan.

• The Vast Sky Alliance swept the continent after its low-level cultivators routed the Myriad Demon Ridge forces, shifting the war’s advantage.
• Li Baxian praised Lu Ye and Hua Ci for their contributions, then invited Lu Ye treasure hunting with him.
• Li Baxian sensed a hidden enemy and called out a sinister young man from the Flowing Cloud Sect.
• The young man pleaded for his life, but Li Baxian ordered him to fight Lu Ye and threatened him with Feng Yuechan’s support.
• The young man demanded a Heaven’s Mystery Oath, but Li Baxian refused and exposed his hope of taking someone down with him.

Lu Ye fought a powerful Ghost Cultivator while Li Baxian and the others watched, then used the Blood Dye Spirit Pattern to turn the battle around and kill him. He collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, leaving Li Baxian astonished by his strength.

• Lu Ye charged the Ghost Cultivator despite Li Baxian warning him that the enemy was far stronger and faster than an ordinary Tier Eight.
• The Ghost Cultivator wounded Lu Ye repeatedly with his Curved Blades and Art of Artifact Control, while Li Baxian held back and watched.
• Lu Ye adapted to the Ghost Cultivator's attacks and activated the Blood Dye Spirit Pattern, turning his blood into mist and boosting his speed and strength.
• Lu Ye overwhelmed the Ghost Cultivator and killed him with a saber strike.
• Lu Ye nearly collapsed from exhaustion and blood loss, and Li Baxian caught him and realized he had underestimated his Junior Brother.

After recovering from the backlash of Blood Dye, Lu Ye and Hua Ci joined the gathered Vast Sky Alliance Cultivators, who honored them for turning the Spirit Stream Garrison War in their favor. Li Baxian explained that the nearby tree bore rare Rest Fruits, then revealed that their fruit cores were even more valuable.

• Hua Ci treated Lu Ye's injuries while he recovered from using Blood Dye, and he recognized both its power and its severe cost.
• Li Baxian took Lu Ye, Hua Ci, and Feng Yuechan by Wine Gourd to the gathered Vast Sky Alliance forces, where Cultivators from several provinces thanked Lu Ye and Hua Ci for their contributions.
• Meng Si and other leaders invited Lu Ye and Hua Ci to visit their camps when they trained in the Core Region.
• Lu Ye asked about the fragrant fruit tree, and Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan identified its rare fruits as Rest Fruits that could rapidly restore Spiritual Power.
• Li Baxian said the Rest Fruits' cores were more valuable than their restorative flesh.