Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and his companions settled into Two Realms City, learned how to earn Battle Merit and exchange it for resources, and prepared to fight the maddened Monster Beasts. Lu Ye then went to the Beast Garden to retrieve Amber, but the guard warned that the city’s distrust of Monster Beasts made freeing him difficult.

• Lu Ye, Xia Qianqian, Shen Xiaomao, and Lan Ziyi shared what they had learned and concluded that they might need to discover the cause of the Monster Beasts’ madness.
• Shen Xiaomao revealed that Amber and the other captive Monster Beasts were being held in the Beast Garden, while Lan Ziyi showed the group an Identification Plate that recorded Battle Merit and enabled exchanges for resources.
• Lu Ye, Xia Qianqian, and Shen Xiaomao registered at the Recruitment Office and received Identification Plates with Battle Merit already recorded from their journey.
• The three examined the Quartermaster Office’s exchange list and learned they could trade Battle Merit earned by killing maddened Monster Beasts for Spirit Signs and other cultivation resources.
• Lu Ye left Xia Qianqian and Shen Xiaomao to return to the courtyard and went to the Beast Garden to free Amber.
• Lu Ye told a guard from the Nine Provinces that his pet beast was imprisoned inside and offered him Origin Spirit Pills, but the guard said freeing a Monster Beast would be difficult.

Lu Ye secured permission to retrieve Amber by agreeing to exterminate the mad Monster Beasts gathered east of Two Realms City. He and Xia Qianqian, Shen Xiaomao, and Lan Ziyi prepared an ambush and began attacking the horde, with the battle still underway.

• Lu Ye learned he needed the City Lord's authorization to remove a Monster Beast, then accepted Ah Si's condition to deal with a horde of mad beasts outside the city.
• Lu Ye retrieved Amber from the Beast Garden and set out with Xia Qianqian, Shen Xiaomao, and Lan Ziyi toward the valley a hundred li east of Two Realms City.
• The group found the valley packed with a silent army of Monster Beasts, and Lu Ye set up nested Explosion Spirit Arrays near the valley exit.
• Xia Qianqian lured the Monster Beasts toward the prepared formations while casting spells to bring down flying beasts.
• Lu Ye attacked the advancing horde with successive Fire Phoenix spells, and Shen Xiaomao and Lan Ziyi joined the fight.

Lu Ye, Lan Ziyi, Shen Xiaomao, and Xia Qianqian fought off a vast horde of frenzied Monster Beasts with help from a group of cultivators, earning Battle Merit and collecting Demonic Cores. As the exhausted survivors prepared to hunt more beasts, an immense army appeared and forced them to flee toward Two Realms City.

• Lu Ye and the others scattered while fleeing the Monster Beasts, and his Explosion Spirit Arrays and attacks helped thin the flying beasts pursuing them.
• Lan Ziyi broke through the beasts surrounding her and joined Lu Ye, and the two fought together until Shen Xiaomao returned with more than ten cultivators.
• The cultivators helped kill the remaining Monster Beasts, and Xia Qianqian later rejoined the group after battling powerful Demonic Generals.
• Lu Ye and the others recovered, counted their Battle Merit, and collected Demonic Cores from the battlefield.
• A vast army of Monster Beasts appeared on the horizon, and the cultivators fled toward Two Realms City.

Lu Ye returned to Two Realms City and reunited with the surviving members of the Myriad Beast Sect, who treated him as their Young Sect Master and gave him valuable Beast Taming items. He began recovering with Xia Qianqian and the others, who immediately demanded a share of what he had received.

• Lu Ye and the others returned to a war-ready Two Realms City and found more than a dozen Myriad Beast Sect cultivators waiting at their courtyard.
• The Great Elder greeted Lu Ye as the Young Sect Master, scolded Xia Qianqian and the others for letting him risk himself, and praised Amber's Four Symbols Sacred Beast bloodline.
• Lu Ye claimed he had forgotten the sect's methods, so the Great Elder gave him the Beast Seal Technique and lent him a Spirit Beast Bag.
• After Lu Ye went inside to rest, Xia Qianqian, Shen Xiaomao, and Lan Ziyi demanded a share, with Xia Qianqian asking to copy the Beast Seal Technique.

Lu Ye studied the Myriad Beast Domain’s Beast Seal Technique and learned how its cultivators bonded with a single Lifebound Demonic Beast to strengthen themselves. Xia Qianqian suggested selling the secret art to Heaven’s Mystery Vault, and explained that the Nine Provinces’ minor schools had originated in secret realms like the Myriad Beast Domain.

• Lu Ye refined the Spirit Beast Bag and confirmed that it could hold Amber, though Amber found the cramped, dark space unpleasant.
• Lu Ye studied the Beast Seal Technique and learned that Myriad Beast Domain cultivators linked their life essence with a Lifebound Demonic Beast and could draw on its power through a Beast Seal.
• Lu Ye realized that the technique could transform the Beast Taming School’s standing in the Nine Provinces by keeping cultivators, rather than their beasts, at the center of cultivation.
• Xia Qianqian proposed selling the secret art to Heaven’s Mystery Vault to gain Heaven’s attention and fortune.
• Xia Qianqian explained that the Nine Provinces’ minor schools had spread from secret realms where those schools were the main traditions.

Lu Ye and Xia Qianqian agreed to sell the secret art to Heaven's Mystery Vault after leaving the Secret Realm, then Lu Ye formed a Life Essence Technique with Amber. Their bond deepened, and a Beast Seal appeared on Lu Ye's chest.

• Xia Qianqian explained that selling the secret art to Heaven's Mystery Vault could earn Heavenly Mechanism's favor, and Lu Ye agreed to discuss the sale after they escaped.
• Lu Ye studied the Life Essence Technique and prepared a mixture of his and Amber's blood with medicinal juices.
• Lu Ye and Amber activated the Life Essence Spirit Pattern, linking their lives and allowing Lu Ye to sense Amber's thoughts more clearly.
• A tiger-head Beast Seal appeared on Lu Ye's chest as the Life Essence Technique formed.
• The Great Elder called from outside the room to ask whether Lu Ye was alright.

Lu Ye learned that forming the Life Essence Technique and Beast Seal Technique together had made Amber a Heavenly Mandate Demonic Beast. When Monster Beasts attacked Two Realms City, Lu Ye led the Myriad Beast Sect survivors to defend the Section A3 city wall, where his bond with Amber strengthened him in battle.

• Lu Ye confirmed that he had formed both techniques with Amber, and the Great Elder and old woman explained that their bond made Amber a Heavenly Mandate Demonic Beast.
• Monster Beasts attacked Two Realms City, and a general ordered the Myriad Beast Sect to defend the Section A3 city wall.
• Lu Ye persuaded the Great Elder to follow the city's orders, then led the sect members and Xia Qianqian toward the wall.
• Lu Ye and the Myriad Beast Sect survivors helped clear the Monster Beasts from the threatened wall and stabilized its defenses.
• Lu Ye discovered that Amber's Blood Qi merged with his, making his saber strikes heavier and faster.

Lu Ye and the Myriad Beast Sect cultivators joined the defense of Two Realms City, where Lu Ye was assigned to protect the Thunder Roar formation on Section A3. The city wall held against the Monster Beast assault as its defenders fought together.

• Lu Ye discovered that his Beast Seal let him draw strength from Amber, then saved a Crimson Fire Camp cultivator who identified himself as Fang Zhun.
• Fang Zhun assigned Lu Ye and his people to defend Thunder Roar, and Lu Ye watched the formation unleash a beam that annihilated hundreds of Monster Beasts.
• Lu Ye, Xia Qianqian, Lan Ziyi, and Shen Xiaomao took over the defense around Thunder Roar and killed the Monster Beasts climbing or flying over the wall.
• The defenders of Two Realms City continued resisting the relentless horde, while cultivators from different factions united to protect the last human stronghold in the Myriad Beast Domain.

Lu Ye and the defenders of Two Realms City endured an endless Monster Beast siege by rotating between sections of the wall, but the fighting devastated their ranks and left the city’s survival uncertain. After Fang Zhun died and Thunder Roar’s spirit array was repaired, Amber suddenly transformed and faced Lu Ye with scarlet eyes.

• The Protective Grand Array alternated openings between sections of the wall, allowing the exhausted defenders of Section A3 to recover while others fought.
• Xia Qianqian warned Lu Ye that Two Realms City would eventually fall and that the Monster Beasts’ unexplained madness made the crisis difficult to solve.
• The siege continued from noon through daybreak, and Lu Ye repaired Thunder Roar’s damaged spirit array after it failed during the fighting.
• Lu Ye discovered that Fang Zhun had died and saw that the Crimson Fire Camp had lost more than half its cultivators while only six from the Myriad Beast Sect remained alive.
• Amber leapt from Lu Ye’s shoulder, revealed its true form, and stared at him with scarlet eyes as Demonic Energy surged.

Lu Ye discovered that parasites were causing the Monster Beasts’ madness and learned that their connection pointed toward the destroyed Black Tortoise Sect. With Two Realms City nearing collapse, he prepared to lead an expedition there, where he encountered a familiar fat man.

• The Great Elder moved to kill Amber when it showed signs of madness, but Lu Ye stopped him and used Yiyi’s message to extract a parasite from Amber’s neck.
• Lu Ye explained to Xia Qianqian that parasites were controlling the Monster Beasts, then burned the parasite’s remains after seeing the tiny creatures inside.
• Amber sensed an invisible connection toward the Black Tortoise Sect, where the madness had first erupted, and Lu Ye and Xia Qianqian concluded that the source was likely there.
• Lu Ye decided to take a group to the Black Tortoise Sect, and the Great Elder flew to the City Lord’s Mansion to seek help from Liu Wuzhai.
• A plump fat man arrived and warned Xia Qianqian that abandoning her post could cost her Battlefield Merit, and Lu Ye recognized him.

Xia Qianqian gathered powerful cultivators after discovering that parasitic bugs were driving the Monster Beasts mad, and Lu Ye identified the Black Tortoise Sect ruins as the likely location of their nest. The group left Two Realms City against the City Lord’s orders, but three of their members disappeared while they fought through the surrounding horde.

• Pang Dahai and Zhou Hai arrived with other cultivators, and Xia Qianqian explained that bugs were controlling the Monster Beasts.
• Zhou Hai extracted a bug from a Blood Fox, confirming the discovery, and Lu Ye said his Spirit Beast had sensed a connection toward the Black Tortoise Sect ruins.
• The Great Elder reported that Liu Wuzhai had forbidden them from leaving Two Realms City, but Lu Ye decided the group would go anyway.
• Lu Ye, Xia Qianqian, Pang Dahai, Zhou Hai, the Great Elder, and the others flew out through a gap in the city defenses.
• The group fought through the Monster Beast horde for half an hour, during which two Myriad Beast Sect cultivators and a Nine Provinces Ghost Cultivator disappeared; flying beasts continued chasing the survivors.

Lu Ye and the others reached the ruined Black Tortoise Sect, where they suspected the Insect Nest was hidden beneath a gathering of Monster Beasts. With Yiyi’s help, Lu Ye found the nest’s entrance, but the group still had to decide how to get inside without being attacked from both sides.

• During a rest, Pang Dahai explained that Insect Races came from Insect Nests and that destroying a nest was the key to stopping them.
• Lu Ye and the party reached the ruined Black Tortoise Sect and found a large number of Monster Beasts gathered there.
• When the group realized they lacked Ghost Cultivators to search the sect effectively, Lu Ye used a Concealment Spirit Pattern and sent Yiyi underground.
• Yiyi found the Insect Nest deep beneath the sect, then traced its passages to an entrance inside a dry well on the rear mountain.
• Lu Ye returned and told Xia Qianqian and the others where the entrance was, and Xia Qianqian asked how they could get past the Monster Beasts guarding it.

Lu Ye and the others entered the Insect Nest and slaughtered the Monster Beasts guarding it, but discovered that the nest had sealed their way out and could rapidly regenerate. When Zhou Hai attacked its core, a creature inside the flesh sac caught his sword.

• The Great Elder led Myriad Beast Sect cultivators away to lure off some of the surface Monster Beasts, while Lu Ye led the others into the dried-up well.
• The group collapsed the well entrance behind them and followed Amber through underground passages to the Insect Nest.
• Lu Ye’s group fought through the Monster Beasts inside the nest and killed them all after a fierce battle.
• Xia Qianqian, Pang Dahai, and Zhou Hai sensed that something was wrong, and Lu Ye realized the flesh wall had sealed their entrance.
• Zhou Hai attacked the Insect Nest’s core, but a beast claw emerged from its flesh sac and caught his sword.

Lu Ye and the Nine Provinces cultivators found Niu Meng and other Black Tortoise Sect cultivators emerging from the Insect Nest, all controlled by the Insect Race. As the trapped group fought to escape, Niu Meng shattered their formation and targeted Shen Xiaomao with a deadly kick.

• Niu Meng emerged from the core flesh sac and kicked Zhou Hai aside, while Xia Qianqian identified him as controlled by the Insect Race.
• More than twenty parasitized Black Tortoise Sect cultivators burst from flesh sacs, trapping the Nine Provinces cultivators inside the Insect Nest.
• Lu Ye urged the group not to panic, and the Nine Provinces cultivators formed a defensive line against the attackers.
• Zhou Hai discovered that decapitating the controlled cultivators killed them, and the group began targeting their heads.
• Niu Meng charged into the formation, killed two cultivators, and sent Zhou Hai flying, breaking the defensive line.
• Niu Meng fixed his scarlet eyes on Shen Xiaomao and raised his foot to kick her.

Pang Dahai saved Shen Xiaomao and joined Zhou Hai to hold off Niu Meng while Lu Ye and the others struggled against the Black Tortoise Sect. Cornered by four enemies, Lu Ye unleashed Hua Ci’s Myriad Poison Pill, filling the Insect Nest with poison that weakened both sides and left the battle unresolved.

• Pang Dahai knocked Shen Xiaomao out of Niu Meng’s path, then charged into battle and called Zhou Hai to help restrain Niu Meng.
• Lu Ye fought off Black Tortoise Sect cultivators but was wounded and forced to flee when two more enemies joined his pursuers.
• With his allies losing ground, Lu Ye activated Hua Ci’s Myriad Poison Pill and released a dense jade-green poison mist throughout the Insect Nest.
• Xia Qianqian and the others realized the mist was poisonous, took Detoxification Pills, and saw that their enemies had also been poisoned and weakened.

Hua Ci’s Myriad Poison Pill weakened the Black Tortoise Sect cultivators, letting Lu Ye and Shen Xiaomao turn the tide and reunite their battered group. They discovered that Niu Meng was the Insect Nest’s core, and the chapter ended as the Body Cultivator and Great Elder joined the fight against him.

• Hua Ci’s poison mist weakened the Black Tortoise Sect cultivators while leaving Lu Ye unaffected.
• Lu Ye and Shen Xiaomao worked together to kill their enemies and rescued the Body Cultivator before regrouping with the others.
• Xia Qianqian noticed that Lu Ye had not been poisoned and realized that the mist came from their own side.
• Lu Ye and the others saw Niu Meng rapidly heal from a severe wound, and Xia Qianqian recognized him as the Insect Nest’s core.
• The Tier Seven Body Cultivator and the Great Elder joined Zhou Hai and Pang Dahai in attacking Niu Meng.

The group’s desperate fight against Niu Meng turned disastrous as his Beast Transformation made him nearly impossible to injure. After the Great Elder revealed that breaking Niu Meng’s Beast Seal could end the transformation, Pang Dahai restrained him long enough for Zhou Hai to strike, and Lu Ye rushed to Zhou Hai’s side.

• Niu Meng shattered the Tier Seven Body Cultivator’s shield, knocked him down, and drove Pang Dahai and Xia Qianqian away before attacking Lu Ye.
• The Great Elder shielded Lu Ye from Niu Meng’s punch and explained that breaking Niu Meng’s Beast Seal would end his Beast Transformation.
• Pang Dahai reappeared, taunted Niu Meng, and used a rope artifact to bind Niu Meng’s fist and keep him close.
• Zhou Hai stabbed Niu Meng in the back, but the blade stalled against his strengthened flesh.
• Lu Ye rushed to Zhou Hai’s side while Pang Dahai struggled to hold Niu Meng back.

Lu Ye helped Zhou Hai and the others break Niu Meng’s Beast Seal, allowing them to kill Niu Meng and his Lifebound Demonic Beast. After a golden Insect Race creature tried to parasitize Lu Ye, it fled from the Talent Tree’s purifying power, and Lu Ye caught it.

• Lu Ye stabbed Niu Meng through his chest and used spirit patterns to damage him, but Niu Meng struck Lu Ye into the fleshy wall and left him badly injured.
• Zhou Hai and the others killed Niu Meng’s Kui Ox-like Lifebound Demonic Beast, then Zhou Hai beheaded Niu Meng with his Flying Swords.
• A golden Insect Race creature emerged from Niu Meng’s corpse, dodged Zhou Hai’s attack, and burrowed into Lu Ye’s neck.
• Lu Ye sensed countless auras and lives near Two Realms City before the insect fled his body, driven out by the Talent Tree.
• Lu Ye caught the insect in his hand and told the puzzled group that he might be incompatible with it.

Lu Ye killed the golden Insect King, ending the Monster Beasts’ frenzy across the Myriad Beast Domain, and the group discovered they had earned a large amount of Battle Merit. After confirming the crisis was over, they prepared to leave the Secret Realm, though returning to Two Realms City could bring trouble.

• Lu Ye recognized the golden parasite as the Insect King and crushed it, causing the Monster Beasts at the Black Tortoise Sect and Two Realms City to calm down and retreat.
• After Niu Meng’s death opened a breach in the Insect Nest, the poisoned survivors rested underground while Yiyi scouted the surface.
• Pang Dahai urged everyone to check their Battle Merit, and Lu Ye found he had nearly thirty thousand points despite the group’s heavy losses.
• The group noticed Lan Ziyi had disappeared, and Lu Ye regretted losing the chance to attack her while she was weakened.
• Yiyi confirmed that the Monster Beasts had returned to normal, and Pang Dahai explained that Battle Merit could be spent through any Heaven’s Mystery Pillar even after leaving the Secret Realm.

After the Myriad Beast Domain’s crisis ended, Lu Ye and his companions left the Insect Nest and headed for Two Realms City, where they were wanted for abandoning the city’s defense. Lu Ye infiltrated the city to find a Heaven’s Mystery Pillar and, before reaching it, directed a Beast Taming School cultivator toward the Myriad Beast Sect Ruins.

• Lu Ye and the others emerged from the underground passage, and the Great Elder urged Lu Ye to return to the Myriad Beast Sect and rebuild it.
• Lu Ye declined to return immediately, and the group flew toward Two Realms City while discussing why the Myriad Beast Sect would struggle to rise again.
• The group stopped outside Two Realms City, and Lu Ye discovered that the city had posted wanted notices for him and several Myriad Beast Sect cultivators.
• Lu Ye used a Concealment Talisman to enter the city and overheard two cultivators discussing their plans after the crisis.
• Lu Ye told a Yu-surnamed Cultivator to seek the Beast Taming Secret Technique at the Myriad Beast Sect Ruins, then followed a Sun-surnamed Cultivator to the Quartermaster Office and found a Heaven's Mystery Pillar.