Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye gave Li Baxian Soul Cleansing Water and two Aperture Mending Pills, allowing his Fourth Senior Brother to repair his damaged Spiritual Aperture and pursue advancement to Cloud River. He then helped Shui Yuan plan the Crimson Blood Sect’s recruitment and development, leaving her with spoils to fund the sect.

• Li Baxian left after instructing Lu Ye in artifact control, then discovered that his gift contained half a bottle of Soul Cleansing Water and two Aperture Mending Pills.
• Li Baxian realized the pills could repair his damaged Spiritual Aperture and let him advance to Cloud River without sacrificing his future potential, then thanked Lu Ye by message.
• Shui Yuan asked Lu Ye whether he had bought the two pills, and he explained that he had done so because one might not be enough to repair Li Baxian’s long-damaged aperture.
• Lu Ye urged Shui Yuan to recruit talented disciples so the Crimson Blood Sect could develop a stronger future roster, and she agreed to hold a Disciple Recruitment Ceremony.
• Lu Ye gave Shui Yuan Storage Bags containing spoils from the forces that had captured Myriad Demon Ridge, asking her to use them for the sect’s expenses.

Lu Ye returned to the Crimson Blood Sect camp, reviewed its new layout and plans, and advised Gu Yang on taking responsibility for the sect. He then summoned Feng Yue, who had reached Spirit Stream Tier Eight, and left her trembling as he ordered her closer.

• Lu Ye entered the camp and learned from Gu Yang that the disciples were cultivating amid the greatly increased Spiritual Energy.
• Gu Yang showed Lu Ye the camp’s newly planned areas, including the Assembly Hall, Spirit Plant Area, residences, and Guest Quarters.
• Lu Ye told Gu Yang to form his own judgments, keep cultivating, and choose one hundred people for Official Disciple status while promoting worthy Rogue Cultivators to Registered Disciples.
• Lu Ye asked about Feng Yue and had Gu Yang summon her from the Spirit Plant Area.
• Feng Yue came to the Assembly Hall in fear, and Lu Ye noted that she had reached Spirit Stream Tier Eight before ordering her to come closer.

Lu Ye made Feng Yue an Official Disciple of the Crimson Blood Sect and oversaw the admission of hundreds of disciples. As Lu Ye examined a Weapon Casket to improve his use of Controlled Artifacts, the Sect Master set out to attend the Three Saints Institute’s Disciple Recruitment Ceremony and seek talent for the sect.

• Lu Ye stamped his Garrison Envoy Great Seal on Feng Yue’s hand, registering her as an Official Disciple and giving her a place and future within the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Feng Yue gathered disciples to help her build a house in the Official Disciples’ residential area.
• Gu Yang finalized the admission roster, and Lu Ye and Hua Ci reviewed it before one hundred Official Disciples and two hundred Registered Disciples were entered into the Crimson Blood Sect’s records.
• Shui Yuan discussed recruitment with the Sect Master, who decided to attend the Three Saints Institute’s Disciple Recruitment Ceremony to find talented prospects for the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Lu Ye found a Mid-Grade Spiritual Artifact called a Weapon Casket in the Heaven’s Mystery Vault, which could make using and replenishing his Controlled Artifacts more efficient.

Lu Ye bought a Weapon Casket and Core Fire, then entered the Mirage Realm to practice controlling artifacts. He repeatedly clashed with a mysterious Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator who overwhelmed him, while the chapter ended with that cultivator entering the Mirage Realm and an honored guest arriving at Three Saints Institute.

• Lu Ye bought a Nine-Hole Weapon Casket and fifty portions of Core Fire, leaving him with just over two thousand Merit.
• Lu Ye refined nine Spiritual Artifacts, placed them in the Weapon Casket, and entered the Mirage Realm to train his artifact control.
• Lu Ye encountered a mist-shrouded Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator, whose powerful palm strike killed him immediately.
• Lu Ye repeatedly reentered the transfer space and attacked the cultivator, but the opponent killed him each time until Lu Ye stopped after seven deaths.
• The Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator waited for Lu Ye to return, then entered the Mirage Realm, while Three Saints Institute welcomed an honored guest.

Lu Ye returned to studying the Spirit Pattern Path with Madam Yun while the Three Saints Institute held its disciple recruitment ceremony. The ceremony ended with the discovery that Tang Yifeng had abducted all fifty top-ranked applicants for the Crimson Blood Sect, leaving Yu Ganjun furious.

• Tang Yifeng told Yu Ganjun he had come to observe the ceremony because the Crimson Blood Sect needed new disciples and he lacked experience recruiting them.
• Lu Ye honed his Art of Artifact Control in the Mirage Realm, then visited Madam Yun and resumed his Spirit Pattern Path studies.
• The Three Saints Institute completed its recruitment rankings, with the Top Fifty expected to join the sect.
• The next morning, the Three Saints Institute discovered that all fifty top-ranked applicants had vanished.
• Yu Ganjun learned that Tang Yifeng had abducted the applicants and angrily condemned the Sect Master of the Crimson Blood Sect.

Lu Ye dealt with fifty talented youths whom Sect Master Tang Yifeng had abducted from the Three Saints Institute, then learned that the institute’s Sect Master had come to confront the Crimson Blood Sect. Pang Zhen arrived to separate the two Sect Masters as Yu Ganjun demanded an explanation.

• Lu Ye learned from Shui Yuan that the fifty youths at the outpost were the top fifty candidates from the Three Saints Institute’s recruitment ceremony.
• When the youths demanded to return, Lu Ye identified himself as the Gate-Destroying Leaf and offered the Top Ten a chance to leave after a year of cultivation.
• Lu Ye sent the youths with Gu Yang to be settled and taught, then returned to the Main Sect and found Tang Yifeng fighting Yu Ganjun.
• Shui Yuan told Lu Ye that Yu Ganjun had come to demand an explanation, not to take the youths back, and said Tang Yifeng could handle him.
• Pang Zhen arrived and separated Tang Yifeng and Yu Ganjun, who accused Tang Yifeng of abducting the Three Saints Institute’s best fifty recruits.

After settling the dispute with the Three Saints Institute, the Crimson Blood Sect received new disciples and a large share of compensation from Myriad Demon Ridge. Lu Ye arranged for Chen Yu to enter the Inner Circle, where he could pursue Merit and further cultivation.

• Pang Zhen mediated an agreement between the Sect Master and Yu Ganjun, who wanted Lu Ye to train at the Three Saints Institute's camp and help it withstand pressure in the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
• The Sect Master explained that Yu Ganjun hoped Lu Ye's presence would also draw support from his powerful senior brothers, while Shui Yuan worried about the consequences for Fourth Junior Brother.
• Gu Yang cared for the fifty abducted recruits and established monthly assessments, prompting them to commit themselves to cultivation at the Crimson Blood Sect camp.
• Myriad Demon Ridge's compensation arrived, including five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Ye told Shui Yuan to keep the supplies for the sect's future needs.
• Chen Yu asked Lu Ye for permission to enter the Inner Circle to earn Merit, and Lu Ye advised him to conceal his Crimson Blood Sect origins and act carefully.

Chen Yu left the Crimson Blood Sect camp, and Hua Ci set out for Mount Ying to retrieve a Medical Cultivator legacy despite Lu Ye’s worries. As the camp adjusted to their departures, Lu Ye absorbed the last of his Core Fire and gained a technique for interlocking Spiritual Patterns.

• Chen Yu departed before dawn with Spirit Stones and Spiritual Pills, leaving Lu Ye and Hua Ci to see him off.
• Hua Ci told Lu Ye she was heading near Mount Ying to retrieve a Medical Cultivator legacy, but refused his offer to accompany her and left on Little Grey.
• He Xiyin saw Lu Ye holding Hua Ci’s hand, believed Hua Ci’s teasing claim that she was pregnant, and attacked Lu Ye after Hua Ci departed.
• Feng Yue asked Lu Ye for resources to enter the Inner Circle, but he told her to get lost, and she went to cry with He Xiyin.
• Lu Ye absorbed the remaining Core Fire and gained a technique for interlocking Spiritual Patterns, having already acquired six patterns from the Core Fire.

After switching to the Great Sun Glazed Art, Lu Ye reached Heaven Seven and prepared to enter the Core Region. He agreed to attach himself to the Three Saints Institute, gathered his companions, and learned that Fourth Senior Brother had recovered.

• Lu Ye opened his 240th aperture, switched to the Great Sun Glazed Art, and reached Heaven Seven while deciding to keep cultivating toward 360 apertures before advancing to Cloud River.
• Lu Ye tested his new strength in the Mirage Realm, then visited Madam Yun and collected books on Spiritual Patterns before telling the Sect Master he planned to enter the Core Region.
• The Sect Master told Lu Ye that the Three Saints Institute wanted him to attach himself to their sect in exchange for not pursuing the fifty disciples taken from their recruitment ceremony, and Lu Ye agreed.
• Lu Ye sent word to Amber, Yiyi, Jujia, and Feng Yue to prepare for the journey, then learned from Fourth Senior Brother that his damaged Spiritual Apertures had fully recovered.

Lu Ye brought Jujia, Yiyi, and Feng Yue from the Crimson Blood Sect camp to the Core Region to visit his Fourth Senior Brother, Li Baxian, at the Pill Heart Sect. There, he learned that Li Baxian was away and faced the sect’s hostility toward the Crimson Blood Sect, rooted in their shared history.

• Lu Ye left Gu Yang in charge of the camp and set out with Jujia, Yiyi, and Feng Yue, keeping his Garrison Envoy position because he might need it to negotiate alliances and claim blessings.
• Lu Ye and Jujia took turns flying the group through the Outer and Inner Circles, reaching the Core Region after ten days and finding the journey peaceful.
• Lu Ye arrived at the Pill Heart Sect camp and asked its guards to tell Li Baxian he was there, but his transmission had failed because Li Baxian was likely back at the Nine Provinces Main Sect.
• A green-robed Pill Heart Sect cultivator challenged Lu Ye’s claim to Li Baxian, revealing the sect’s hostility toward the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Lu Ye reflected on the old bond between the Crimson Blood Sect and Pill Heart Sect, their devastating losses in Feng Wujiang’s final battle, and the growing estrangement between the sects.
• Lu Ye recalled that Li Baxian had endured an awkward place at the Pill Heart Sect, where Eldest Senior Brother’s widow secretly protected him, and that her daughter was Feng Yue.

Lu Ye went to Pill Heart Sect’s camp to find Li Baxian and explain matters in person, but Senior Brother Wu refused to let him in. Lu Ye forced his way through the protective array, bringing Jujia and Feng Yue inside, and defeated Senior Brother Wu in a brief fight.

• Lu Ye asked Senior Brother Wu to pass word to Li Baxian, but Senior Brother Wu denied that Li Baxian was his Fourth Senior Brother and ordered him to leave.
• Lu Ye contacted Shui Yuan and asked her to tell Li Baxian that he was outside the camp.
• Lu Ye used Formation Flags to open the protective array, then entered with Jujia while Senior Brother Wu retreated inside with a bleeding chest wound.
• Jujia carried the frightened Feng Yue into the camp after she tried to wait outside.
• Senior Brother Wu attacked Lu Ye and Jujia with spells, but Jujia shielded Feng Yue while Lu Ye dodged the attacks and closed in.
• Lu Ye knocked Senior Brother Wu down with a knee strike and held his saber against the man’s forehead.

Lu Ye and his companions were surrounded after fighting their way into the Pill Heart Sect camp, but Feng Yuechan stopped the battle and rebuked the sect’s disciples. The conflict ended with Feng Yue released and Li Baxian watching from nearby, while Feng Yuechan hinted that Lu Ye had come with a purpose.

• Lu Ye knocked Senior Brother Wu unconscious, then fought off Pill Heart Sect cultivators who rushed to defend their camp.
• Amber, Yiyi, and Jujia joined Lu Ye as more disciples surrounded them, and a Pill Heart Sect cultivator took Feng Yue hostage.
• Li Baxian arrived at Heaven's Mystery Hall, but Feng Yuechan stopped him from intervening and said Lu Ye and his companions were not in mortal danger.
• Feng Yuechan ordered the Pill Heart Sect disciples to stop and scolded them for their poor fighting and for taking Feng Yue hostage.
• The captor released Feng Yue, who thanked Feng Yuechan and regretted entering the Core Region.

Lu Ye challenged the Pill Heart Sect cultivators in a series of fights, defeating two Heaven Seven opponents and two Heaven Nine experts before Feng Yuechan ended the bouts. After receiving treatment, he went with Feng Yuechan to Eagle Beak Cliff, where he finally met Li Baxian.

• A Pill Heart Sect cultivator challenged Lu Ye and was defeated with a single strike, after which Lu Ye invited the next challenger.
• Lu Ye quickly knocked down another Heaven Seven cultivator, then shattered a Heaven Nine Body Cultivator’s shield and pierced his chest.
• A Heaven Nine Sword Cultivator struck Lu Ye with a desperate sword technique, but Lu Ye brought him down before suffering a neck wound himself.
• Feng Yuechan stopped another cultivator from challenging Lu Ye and sent her sect’s cultivators away to reflect on their defeat.
• Feng Yuechan arranged treatment and clean clothes for Lu Ye, then took him to Eagle Beak Cliff to meet Li Baxian, whom they found cooking in an apron.

Lu Ye visited the Pill Heart Sect camp to persuade Li Baxian to advance to Cloud River, then left for the Three Saints Institute camp. As he traveled toward the Core Region, Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators ambushed him and were swiftly killed.

• Lu Ye shared a meal and drinks with Li Baxian, who explained that he had not advanced because he wanted to remain on the Spirit Stream Battlefield as support for Lu Ye.
• Lu Ye revealed that his fight with the Pill Heart Sect cultivators had been meant to demonstrate his strength and reassure Li Baxian, who decided to head for the Cloud River Battlefield.
• Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan saw Lu Ye, Jujia, and Feng Yue off, and Li Baxian set out for the Mad Blade Sect to settle a grudge.
• Yiyi questioned Lu Ye about his reason for visiting the Pill Heart Sect, and Lu Ye explained that he had gone there to persuade Li Baxian to advance.
• Feng Yue spotted Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators following them, so Lu Ye attacked and killed them, while Yiyi collected their belongings.

Lu Ye entered the Core Region and became the target of a coordinated Myriad Demon Ridge pursuit, while Li Baxian repaired his Spiritual Apertures, killed Yan Xing, and advanced with Feng Yuechan to the Cloud River Realm. Lu Ye continued fleeing through the Core Region, using his speed and nine controlled artifacts to break through pursuit and ambushes.

• News spread that Lu Ye had entered the Core Region, prompting Myriad Demon Ridge forces to mobilize and try to kill him.
• Li Baxian challenged Yan Xing outside the Mad Blade Sect's camp, killed him in a single move, and reclaimed the top spot on the Spirit Stream Rankings.
• Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan advanced to the Cloud River Realm, and their names vanished from the Spirit Stream Rankings.
• Myriad Demon Ridge forces pursued Lu Ye across the Core Region for two days, coordinating their search and sending cultivators to intercept him.
• Lu Ye evaded pursuers with his fast flying artifact and fought through ambushes with nine powerful controlled artifacts, leaving Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators struggling to keep up.

Lu Ye arrived at the Three Saints Institute camp after a relentless pursuit by Myriad Demon Ridge, but chose not to stay and endanger the sect. After arranging for Feng Yue to remain there, he replenished his strength and studied the Ten-Part Map for terrain he could use to strike back while fleeing.

• Situ Han and Shi Lei prepared the Three Saints Institute camp to receive Lu Ye, despite fearing his arrival would bring disaster.
• Lu Ye reached the camp with Jujia and Feng Yue after enduring days of pursuit, and Situ Han welcomed them inside.
• Lu Ye declined to stay at the camp, asked Situ Han to let Feng Yue remain, and formed an Alliance Contract so he could use the sect's Heaven's Mystery Pillar.
• Lu Ye spent most of his Merit on supplies in the Heaven's Mystery Vault, then ate with Jujia and studied the Ten-Part Map for a place to counterattack Myriad Demon Ridge.

Lu Ye left the Three Saints Institute camp with Jujia and drew the Myriad Demon Ridge pursuit into Mist Concealed Mountain, where he hoped the mist and terrain would conceal him. As Yu Qi found Lu Ye beside a mountain spring, he discovered the corpse of a powerful Ghost Cultivator behind him.

• Lu Ye bid farewell to Situ Han and left the Three Saints Institute camp with Jujia as Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators pursued them.
• Lu Ye entered Mist Concealed Mountain, prompting Myriad Demon Ridge to organize a widespread search through the dangerous, mist-shrouded forest.
• Yu Qi joined the search, hoping that killing Lu Ye would earn enough rewards to help him open more Spiritual Apertures.
• Yu Qi discovered Lu Ye resting beside a spring while Jujia roasted a mountain boar and a snow-white Monster Beast ate nearby.
• Yu Qi crept toward Lu Ye, then spotted the corpse of a Heaven Nine Grade Ghost Cultivator behind the boulder and recognized him.

Lu Ye killed Yu Qi after letting him send a message that revealed Lu Ye’s location, then prepared to face the Myriad Demon Ridge forces converging on him. As the attackers besieged him, Lu Ye sheltered behind a Protective Spirit Array and unleashed deadly formations that devastated several teams.

• Yu Qi discovered Lu Ye, tried to flee, and sent a message revealing his location before Lu Ye killed him.
• Jujia moved Yu Qi’s corpse behind a boulder among the bodies of other Ghost Cultivators who had tried to assassinate Lu Ye.
• Myriad Demon Ridge teams converged on Lu Ye, and more than seventy cultivators gathered before surrounding him and launching an attack.
• Lu Ye raised a Protective Spirit Array around himself and Jujia, shielding them from the attackers’ spells and Controlled Artifacts.
• Lu Ye activated an Explosion Spirit Array beneath one team, killing or severely injuring most of its members, then unleashed additional formations against other attackers.

Lu Ye and his companions annihilated more than seventy Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators by luring them into a prepared series of formations. After the survivors discovered the trap, Qin Zheng rallied them and accepted command of the pursuit, arguing that Lu Ye’s supply of Formation Flags would run out.

• Lu Ye activated successive formations that trapped and weakened the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators, while Yiyi, Jujia, Amber, and Lu Ye killed them.
• Lu Ye’s group gathered the spoils and withdrew, leaving more than seventy dead Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators behind.
• A new group investigated the battlefield and realized Lu Ye had used at least seven formations, making the Mist Concealed Mountain dangerous to search.
• Qin Zheng of Thousand Feather Sect revealed that he was a Spirit Stream Rankings expert and argued that Lu Ye could not keep using formations because Formation Flags cost substantial Merit.
• The Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators condemned Lu Ye’s wealth and resolve to continue the pursuit, then agreed to let Qin Zheng coordinate their efforts.

Lu Ye continued evading the Leaf Eradication Alliance through Mist Concealed Mountain, using traps and ambushes to kill more than three hundred pursuers before their coordinated pursuit forced him to conserve his remaining formations. As exhaustion set in, Jujia discovered a beehive whose honey restored Lu Ye’s strength, giving the group a timely source of food and recovery.

• Qin Zheng organized Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators into the Leaf Eradication Alliance and ordered them to scout for and counter Lu Ye’s formations.
• Lu Ye’s traps and attacks killed more than three hundred pursuers, but Qin Zheng merged nearby squads after concluding Lu Ye was running low on formation materials.
• Lu Ye continued moving deeper into Mist Concealed Mountain with Jujia, Yiyi, and Amber, relying on rapid spiritual power recovery despite growing physical exhaustion.
• Jujia attached a thread to a wasp and followed it to a large beehive, then removed the hive despite the swarm attacking him.
• Lu Ye, Jujia, and Amber ate the honey, which helped restore Lu Ye’s spiritual power and physical strength.