Chapter Summaries

Hua Ci arrived in Myriad Poison Forest with a poison-based inheritance, but Lu Ye’s Talent Tree protected him from her poison, and she instead cured Yiyi. As Lu Ye recovered and cultivated toward Heaven Eight, Hua Ci repeatedly killed Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, while Myriad Demon Ridge learned Jujia had escaped to the Cloud River Battlefield.

• Hua Ci tested her poison on Lu Ye, but his Talent Tree burned it away, and she cured Yiyi after accidentally poisoning her.
• Lu Ye told Hua Ci that Jujia had advanced to Cloud River and returned to the Main Sect, then planned to recover and cultivate inside the forest.
• Hua Ci built a wooden house with Yiyi and began returning with Storage Bags taken from Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators she had killed.
• Myriad Demon Ridge sent search teams into Myriad Poison Forest, where cultivators began dying in growing numbers, while the Vast Sky Alliance harassed their forces outside.
• Myriad Demon Ridge learned that Jujia had appeared on the Cloud River Battlefield, despite believing he was trapped in the forest.

While Hua Ci cared for Lu Ye in Myriad Poison Forest, he studied a powerful Spirit Pattern and continued cultivating as the siege outside dragged on. The chapter ended with Hua Ci reaching Heaven Seven and bringing Lu Ye another bowl of medicinal soup.

• Hua Ci served Lu Ye nourishing soup made from poisonous creatures, then used the Trace Annihilation Bracelet to aid her hunting of Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators.
• Hua Ci cultivated by absorbing the poisonous mist, which strengthened her through the poison-based legacy she had inherited from Mount Ying.
• Lu Ye studied a book’s complex Spirit Pattern, spent a day dismantling its structure, and practiced constructing it on a jade tablet.
• As the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators continued surrounding the forest, Lu Ye cultivated and opened his Spiritual Apertures from two hundred forty-eight to two hundred seventy-five.
• Hua Ci entered carrying another clay jar, and Lu Ye realized she had advanced to Heaven Seven.

After reaching Heaven Eight, Lu Ye built a point-to-point Teleportation Array to preserve a way back to the Myriad Poison Forest while he planned to leave. His first test destroyed the array and left him severely injured near the wooden hut.

• Lu Ye opened his three-hundredth aperture and advanced to Heaven Eight.
• Lu Ye constructed a Teleportation Array in the courtyard using the Void Spirit Pattern and explained that the forest could remain his refuge.
• Lu Ye set up a matching Sub-Teleportation Formation twenty miles away and activated it.
• Lu Ye successfully teleported to the courtyard, but the Main Teleportation Formation collapsed in a burst of chaotic Spiritual Power.
• Yiyi and Hua Ci followed Lu Ye's cries for help and found him bloodied and badly wounded, hanging from a nearby tree.

Lu Ye repeatedly tested and adjusted a Teleportation Array until it finally worked, then used it to leave Myriad Poison Forest after two months in hiding. He emerged among Myriad Demon Ridge patrols and killed a Heaven Eight cultivator who tried to stop him.

• Lu Ye repeatedly teleported between his courtyard and a distant formation, returning bloodied until he stabilized the array enough to arrive without injury, though it remained imprecise and had limited range.
• Lu Ye recovered and told Yiyi and Hua Ci he would travel alone because the array could not safely carry anyone else.
• Lu Ye retrieved his Formation Flags, flew out of Myriad Poison Forest, and encountered a Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator on patrol.
• The Heaven Eight cultivator attacked Lu Ye with a controlled artifact and defended himself with a Golden Body Talisman.
• Lu Ye shattered the talisman's protection with a saber strike and cut the cultivator's throat.

After breaking out of the Myriad Poison Forest, Lu Ye fought through the Myriad Demon Ridge siege and drew nearly a thousand pursuers after him. He evaded their Sword Cultivators and plunged into the weaker middle ranks of their formation, where the battle continued.

• Lu Ye killed a Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivator, took his Storage Bag, and charged at five more, killing three and wounding the others with his saber, artifacts, and Fire Phoenix Art.
• Lu Ye raced above the Myriad Poison Forest, cutting down patrolling Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators as the alarm spread and their main force gathered to intercept him.
• With nearly a thousand pursuers closing in, Lu Ye flew upward to draw them into pursuit, then turned back down after reaching the limit imposed by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.
• Dozens of Myriad Demon Ridge Sword Cultivators caught up with Lu Ye, but he used the Windwalk Spirit Pattern to plunge past them toward the weaker cultivators below.
• Lu Ye dodged the attacks of the Heaven Seven cultivators and charged into their formation, releasing nine controlled artifacts from his Weapon Casket.

Lu Ye broke through the Myriad Demon Ridge encirclement around the Myriad Poison Forest and escaped after killing more than a hundred pursuers. Myriad Demon Ridge then revived the Leaf Eradication Alliance and began a wider search for him, while Lu Ye’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Lu Ye plunged into the Poison Barrier to evade the Sword Cultivators, then emerged elsewhere and attacked more Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators.
• Lu Ye avoided a direct clash with the Sword Cultivators and repeatedly circled back to kill the scattered, slower pursuers before thousands of reinforcements gathered.
• Lu Ye fled the gathered forces, and the Sword Cultivators finally lost his trail after an hour of pursuit.
• News of Lu Ye’s escape spread across the Nine Provinces, and Myriad Demon Ridge leaders ordered the campaign against him to continue.
• Shi Guang led the revived Leaf Eradication Alliance, which quickly gained hundreds of Core Region sects and began searching for Lu Ye before he reached Heaven Nine.

Lu Ye visited a Heaven's Mystery Merchant Guild market to sell spoils and buy Formation Flags, then spent Merit on Core Fire before Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators pursued him. He turned to fight the pursuers, killing several in a single charge as the remaining cultivators tried to hold him until reinforcements arrived.

• Manager Zhou mistook Lu Ye for someone seeking refuge and offered him a gift, but Lu Ye refused and explained that he had come to trade.
• Lu Ye sold his spoils, bought Formation Flags, and used eight thousand Merit to purchase forty portions of Core Fire.
• Lu Ye left the market as Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators gathered and chased after him.
• Lu Ye turned back to confront dozens of pursuers, weaving through their attacks and charging into their formation.
• Lu Ye killed several cultivators in one exchange, while their Heaven Nine leader urged the others to hold out for reinforcements.

Lu Ye fought off the Leaf Eradication Alliance’s pursuit for several days until his strength and flying artifact were nearly exhausted. He escaped through a Teleportation Array and appeared safely inside Myriad Poison Forest, though not directly atop its main formation.

• Lu Ye used repeated Fire Phoenix spells and Controlled Artifacts to break the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators’ formation, forcing the survivors to flee as reinforcements arrived.
• The Leaf Eradication Alliance hunted Lu Ye through dozens of battles, and its Heaven Nine cultivators concluded that he was nearly spent.
• Lu Ye hid in a cave, set up a Teleportation Array to Myriad Poison Forest, and activated it as nearby cultivators closed in.
• The pursuing cultivators found the cave and an Explosion Great Array, but could not determine where Lu Ye had gone.
• Lu Ye emerged in midair within Myriad Poison Forest, somewhat displaced from the mother formation, and began falling toward the ground.

After recovering in Myriad Poison Forest, Lu Ye challenged the Spirit Stream Rankings to earn its rewards and answer the rumors spread by Myriad Demon Ridge. He chose to challenge the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator ranked ninety-ninth.

• Lu Ye returned to Hua Ci’s wooden house exhausted, rested, and shared a meal with Hua Ci and Yiyi.
• Lu Ye opened the Storage Bags taken from his enemies, then repaired the unstable Main Teleportation Formation.
• Lu Ye spent two days recovering and consuming Core Fire while the Leaf Eradication Alliance searched for him and Myriad Demon Ridge spread rumors about his supposed cowardice.
• Lu Ye connected to the Spirit Stream Rankings and found that he could challenge only the last three ranked cultivators.
• Lu Ye issued a challenge to the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator ranked ninety-ninth.

Lu Ye challenged the Spirit Stream Rankings and defeated a Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator with Amber and Yiyi fighting beside him. He returned to the rankings and began another challenge, charging at a Body Cultivator ranked ninety-eight.

• Lu Ye failed to challenge the cultivators ranked ninety-ninth and ninety-eighth, then challenged a newly ranked Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator at rank one hundred.
• He was transported to a dueling space with Amber and Yiyi, who were permitted to join him as his Spirit Beast and its Accomplice Spirit.
• Lu Ye, Amber, and Yiyi overwhelmed the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator, and Lu Ye killed him before he could surrender.
• After returning to his wooden hut, Lu Ye challenged the cultivator ranked ninety-eighth and was transported to another close-quarters arena.
• The rank-ninety-eighth Body Cultivator recognized Lu Ye as Gate-Destroying Leaf, while Yiyi hid underground and Lu Ye charged at him.

Lu Ye killed a Body Cultivator, then began climbing the Spirit Stream Rankings by challenging and slaying Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators one by one. As he cultivated with Core Fire, the Talent Tree’s leaves began forming what appeared to be a pair of wings, hinting at another special Spiritual Pattern.

• Lu Ye shattered the Body Cultivator’s shield and killed him after Amber’s Tiger Roar Soul-Capture prevented him from surrendering; Yiyi arrived too late to join the fight.
• Lu Ye challenged the cultivator ranked ninety-fifth, then began targeting Myriad Demon Ridge opponents as he climbed the rankings.
• Over three days, Lu Ye rose to fiftieth place, killing every Myriad Demon Ridge cultivator he challenged while Amber stopped them from surrendering.
• Lu Ye used Core Fire to gain the Golden Arc and Lightning Attraction Spiritual Patterns, which could also be used as spells or in Killing Arrays.
• After devouring twenty more portions of Core Fire, Lu Ye saw a cluster of Talent Tree leaves glow red in a symmetrical pattern resembling wings.

Lu Ye challenged Bai Lan, a Spell Cultivator ranked forty-eighth, and found her powerful water spells could weaken his Spiritual Artifacts. The fight paused when Lu Ye asked her for twenty portions of Core Fire, leaving Bai Lan bewildered.

• Lu Ye regretted running out of Core Fire and worried that his remaining Merit and spoils would not buy enough.
• Bai Lan accepted Lu Ye’s challenge despite her fellow envoy’s concern, relying on a protective Spiritual Artifact bestowed by the Second Elder.
• Yiyi found Bai Lan’s trail while Lu Ye waited, and Bai Lan eventually encountered him and launched a barrage of water spells.
• Lu Ye countered Bai Lan’s attacks with nine Controlled Artifacts and his saber, then realized her water ability weakened Spiritual Artifacts.
• Lu Ye called for a pause and asked Bai Lan for twenty portions of Core Fire, prompting her to calculate that they cost four thousand Merit.

Lu Ye defeated Bai Lan in the Spirit Stream Rankings challenge but conceded before killing her, demanding twenty portions of Core Fire and giving her half an hour to comply. Bai Lan learned she could refuse his next challenge, while Yiyi and Hua Ci mocked Lu Ye for supposedly favoring women with ample “capital.”

• Lu Ye demanded twenty portions of Core Fire from Bai Lan and charged through her spells and lightning attack.
• Lu Ye broke through Bai Lan’s defenses, struck her twice, then conceded and warned her that he would challenge her again in half an hour.
• Bai Lan reunited with her senior brother and explained Lu Ye’s demand and the coming rematch.
• Bai Lan’s senior brother advised her to refuse Lu Ye’s next challenge, and she agreed she would not fight him again.
• Yiyi and Hua Ci teased Lu Ye about his supposed preference for well-endowed women, and he denied their accusations.

Lu Ye manipulated the Spirit Stream Rankings to keep Bai Lan trapped in repeated challenges, forcing her and the Rainfall Sect to seek a peaceful settlement. After three days of ranking changes and public disputes, Bai Lan accepted his latest challenge carrying twenty portions of Core Fire to offer him.

• Lu Ye asked Yu Lianzhou to contact cultivators ranked below fiftieth, then used their challenges and Bai Lan's rejections to make their rankings repeatedly switch and fall.
• Bai Lan accepted Lu Ye's challenge but stalled for two hours at a time while her senior brother spread hostile remarks about Lu Ye, provoking arguments across the Spirit Stream Battlefield.
• After three days, Lu Ye had fallen to one hundredth place and Bai Lan to ninety-seventh, putting her Heavenly Mechanism reward at risk.
• Bai Lan's senior brother gave her twenty portions of Core Fire from the Rainfall Sect and told her to secure Lu Ye's promise not to challenge her again.
• Bai Lan saw Lu Ye's new challenge, chose the terrain, and accepted while clutching the Core Fire.

Lu Ye collected twenty portions of Core Fire from Bai Lan, then faced a coordinated series of Myriad Demon Ridge challenges intended to exhaust him and stop his rise in the Spirit Stream Rankings. He killed wave after wave of Body Cultivators, but the relentless battles wore down his strength and damaged his Crag Mountain Saber.

• Bai Lan gave Lu Ye twenty portions of Core Fire, and Lu Ye admitted defeat so she could keep her rank.
• Shi Guang organized the Leaf Eradication Alliance to challenge Lu Ye continuously, hoping to drain his strength and learn how he stopped opponents from surrendering.
• Lu Ye killed a heavily defended Body Cultivator after Amber's roar disrupted the man's attempt to surrender.
• Lu Ye accepted challenge after challenge and killed more than twenty Body Cultivators in half a day.
• The battles exhausted Lu Ye and left several notches in his Crag Mountain Saber.

Lu Ye let Yiyi and Amber fight successive challengers before resuming his rapid victories, ending the Leaf Eradication Alliance’s attacks. With time to spare, he consumed twenty portions of Core Fire and mastered the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern, then tested its speed and flight.

• Yiyi and Amber defeated a Heaven Nine Body Cultivator in the Battle Arena, and Yiyi chose to keep fighting.
• After Yiyi and Amber grew exhausted, Lu Ye defeated a Weapon Cultivator and continued killing challengers until the Leaf Eradication Alliance stopped sending them.
• Lu Ye used eighteen portions of Core Fire to ignite the Talent Tree leaves, then consumed the remaining two and received the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern.
• Lu Ye activated Flying Wing, formed fiery-red wings, and tested their flight before concluding they were faster and more agile than flying with an artifact.

Lu Ye rapidly climbed the Spirit Stream Rankings, killing Myriad Demon Ridge experts until rumors spread about why Bai Lan had survived their duel. He challenged Bai Lan’s senior brother Zhuo Jianchen, who accepted and entered the Battle Arena determined to confront him.

• Lu Ye rested for a day after gaining the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern, then resumed climbing the rankings as Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators refused his challenges.
• Lu Ye entered the Top Fifty, killed three Myriad Demon Ridge experts, and prompted others to refuse, raising his rank to thirty-sixth.
• Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators speculated that Lu Ye had spared Bai Lan because he was attracted to her, while Bai Lan continued climbing the rankings through successive battles.
• Lu Ye challenged Zhuo Jianchen of the Rainfall Sect, and Zhuo accepted despite Bai Lan’s pleas that he refuse.
• Zhuo Jianchen and Lu Ye appeared in the Battle Arena, where Zhuo confronted Lu Ye angrily as Yiyi searched underground and Amber stayed on Lu Ye’s shoulder.

Lu Ye challenged Zhuo Jianchen, a powerful Sword Cultivator ranked thirty-second, and tested his abilities before defeating him with his full strength. Zhuo Jianchen conceded too late to avoid defeat, and Lu Ye took the thirty-fourth position on the Spirit Stream Rankings.

• Zhuo Jianchen confronted Lu Ye over his treatment of Bai Lan and attacked him with seven Flying Swords.
• Lu Ye's nine controlled artifacts overwhelmed Zhuo Jianchen's swords, but Zhuo Jianchen formed a Sword Formation and charged at him.
• Lu Ye broke the Sword Formation, wounded Zhuo Jianchen, and sent him crashing to the ground with a powerful saber strike.
• Zhuo Jianchen asked why Lu Ye had held back, and Lu Ye said he had wanted to test the strength of someone ranked around thirty before calling it a little disappointing.
• Lu Ye used Amber's roar to daze Zhuo Jianchen, who shouted his surrender too late as Lu Ye defeated him.
• Lu Ye replaced Zhuo Jianchen at thirty-fourth place on the Spirit Stream Rankings.

Lu Ye challenged the Demon Cultivator ranked seventeenth and fought him in the Battle Arena. The Demon Cultivator’s feints and genuine Tattoo Pattern failed to overcome Lu Ye’s combined saber and spell attacks, and the fight continued with his decorative tattoos exposed.

• After Zhuo Jianchen’s death, Lu Ye rose to twentieth place as lower-ranked cultivators refused his challenges.
• Lu Ye challenged the cultivator ranked seventeenth, a horned Demon Cultivator who accepted and met him in the Battle Arena.
• The Demon Cultivator used nine Controlled Artifacts to keep Lu Ye at a distance, then activated his chest Tattoo Pattern to scatter them and charge.
• The Demon Cultivator struck Lu Ye with a spell, but Lu Ye blocked it with a defensive Spiritual Pattern and countered with his saber and Fire Phoenix Art.
• Lu Ye repeatedly alternated saber strikes and fire spells, breaking the Demon Cultivator’s armguard and burning away his body hair.
• Lu Ye noticed that only the Demon Cultivator’s chest tattoo was a genuine Tattoo Pattern, prompting the man to defend his decorative tattoos.

Lu Ye climbed to eleventh place on the Spirit Stream Rankings with Yiyi secretly helping him kill stronger Myriad Demon Ridge opponents, then challenged ninth-ranked Ghost Shadow. In a forest Battle Arena, Ghost Shadow remained hidden as Lu Ye waited, read, cultivated, and finally began roasting meat after night fell.

• Lu Ye nearly killed a seventeenth-ranked Demon Cultivator, who escaped by surrendering before the Heavenly Mechanism's protection took effect, and agreed to let Yiyi assist in future battles.
• Yiyi secretly attacked during Lu Ye's next challenges, helping him kill the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators ranked sixteenth, fourteenth, and eleventh, which raised him to eleventh place.
• Lu Ye rested and ate Hua Ci's cooking; Hua Ci said she would wait until Heaven Nine to challenge the rankings, despite being only twenty or thirty Spiritual Apertures short.
• After a day of recovery, Lu Ye challenged Ghost Shadow, ranked ninth, and entered a forest Battle Arena with Yiyi searching for his concealed opponent.
• Ghost Shadow stayed hidden while Lu Ye read and cultivated, and after night fell Lu Ye put away his book and began roasting beast meat.