Chapter Summaries

Lu Ye and Ban Ci rescued the sole surviving girl in a devastated realm, and Ban Ci stored her in a Small World before they continued to a hidden Secret Realm. There, Ban Ci began climbing floating stone steps to temper her Spiritual Power while Lu Ye guarded the entrance.

• Lu Ye calmed the frightened girl hiding in a cellar, then cared for her with Ban Ci by washing and feeding her.
• When the girl refused to leave Lu Ye's side, Ban Ci used a Small World to take her in and gathered food and water for her.
• Lu Ye and Ban Ci traveled for more than a month to a remote cave on a Floating Land, where Ban Ci revealed the Secret Realm.
• After they entered the vast cavern, Lu Ye set up a Formation while Ban Ci rested and prepared herself.
• Ban Ci stepped onto the first floating stone stair, endured its pressure, and absorbed the white mist flowing from it.

Lu Ye and Ban Ci discovered that a hidden Moon Jade Realm Heavenly Desire Demonic Spider had trapped them in its web and was manipulating their desires. Ban Ci explained that it wanted to feed on their essence blood at the height of their passion, leaving Lu Ye struggling to resist its influence and survive its attacks.

• Lu Ye watched Ban Ci climb the steps toward the Stone Cauldron, believing the mist could temper Spiritual Power and help her advance to the Moon Jade Realm.
• As Ban Ci neared the eightieth step, Lu Ye felt unnatural desire overwhelm him and discovered pink mist spreading through his Divine Sea.
• Ban Ci recognized the influence of a powerful Heavenly Desire Demonic Spider and pointed out that its web had sealed the cavern.
• Lu Ye tried to cut through the web with the Crag Mountain Saber, but the silk trapped his weapon and forced him to evade further attacks.
• The spider silk bound Ban Ci, while Lu Ye struggled against the desires and searched unsuccessfully for the hidden creature.
• Ban Ci told Lu Ye that the Moon Jade Realm spider wanted to feed on their essence blood when their passion was most intense.

Lu Ye and Ban Ci used themselves as bait to reveal the hidden Heavenly Desire Demonic Spider, then struck it with a prepared attack and Lu Ye’s abilities. The spider was badly wounded but remained alive, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ban Ci urged Lu Ye to lure out the Heavenly Desire Demonic Spider, and its web bound and controlled them both.
• As the spider’s influence overcame them, it appeared and skewered Lu Ye and Ban Ci together, restoring their clarity through the pain.
• Ban Ci fired a prepared golden attack into the spider’s mouthparts, injuring it and forcing it to reveal itself.
• Lu Ye burned the pink mist in his Divine Sea with the Talent Tree’s flames, hurting the spider’s soul and slowing its reactions.
• Lu Ye struck the spider’s wounded mouthparts with nine Sword Qi from the Sword Gourd and then pierced its body with the charged short-arrow Exotic Treasure.

Lu Ye used the Dragon Seat to defeat the severely wounded Moonlight Realm demon spider, though the battle left him badly injured. After recovering and finding Ban Ci gone, he climbed the stairs toward the Stone Cauldron and discovered that its mist entered his body and caused his Spiritual Power to circulate and condense.

• Lu Ye protected Ban Ci from the demon spider's attack, then summoned the Dragon Seat and fought the beast with the Dragon Spine Blade.
• Lu Ye gradually gained the advantage and killed the demon spider by stabbing through its head, but suffered severe injuries and exhaustion.
• Lu Ye and Ban Ci recovered in the cavern, and Ban Ci left while he was still healing.
• Lu Ye recovered, retrieved his Crag Mountain Saber, and removed the demon spider's Core Crystal.
• Lu Ye climbed the stairs toward the Stone Cauldron and found that its mist entered his body, making his Spiritual Power circulate and condense.

Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island after a long trip and found that Chu Shen had turned it into a bustling trading hub with the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Formation Plates. After praising Chu Shen and giving him more Formation Plates, Lu Ye learned that Ban Ci had returned and that Pu Ke had fled from his arranged betrothal.

• Lu Ye reached the Stone Cauldron at the top of the steps, but could not move it, then left the cave and traveled back alone.
• After roughly three months, Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island and saw its new roads, shops, Ferry Ports, and a long queue outside the Shared Breath, Connected Branches Shop.
• Lu Ye explored the island, saw that its trade and Starry Sky Energy had grown, and returned to his cave dwelling.
• Chu Shen reported on the island's development, accepted Lu Ye's new Formation Plates, and decided to reinvest the profits into Peerless Island.
• Lu Ye learned from Chu Shen that Ban Ci had returned and that Pu Ke had run away after his betrothed came looking for him.

Lu Ye dealt with Ruan Tu’s search for Pu Ke, brought a Soul Race woman back from Mermaid Territory, and restocked Dragon Breath Crystals from An Zhe. He left An Zhe considering a shop on a growing Spirit Island.

• Ruan Tu visited Lu Ye looking for Pu Ke, and Pu Ke told Lu Ye he planned to leave the Myriad Phenomena Sea to avoid marrying the woman he regarded as an elder sister.
• Lu Ye returned to Mermaid Territory, learned You Ling was staying to cultivate with Bai Lu, and retrieved the Soul Race woman after asking her to help his bodiless friends find a future.
• Lu Ye traveled back to the Myriad Phenomena Sea with the Soul Race woman and met An Zhe at the Open Market.
• Lu Ye bought Dragon Breath Crystals from An Zhe for seven million Lingyu and asked whether An Zhe would take over a shop on a developing Spirit Island.

Lu Ye arranged for An Zhe and a skilled pill-refining woman to open shops on Peerless Island, then resumed cultivating there. A Cycle Tree Imprint appeared on his hand, offering him a way to reach the Cycle Tree from anywhere.

• Lu Ye sent An Zhe to Peerless Island to find Chu Shen and arrange for a shop.
• Lu Ye bought all the Spiritual Pills from the woman he had met before and invited her to open a shop on Peerless Island, where she could later guide his Medical Cultivator friends.
• Lu Ye told Chu Shen about An Zhe and the woman, and Chu Shen agreed to reserve shops for them.
• Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island, resumed cultivating, absorbed Dragon Breath Crystal power, and made formation plates for Chu Shen to sell.
• The Cycle Tree Imprint appeared on Lu Ye's hand, and he recognized that it could let him enter the Cycle Tree from anywhere.

The Cycle Tree summoned Lu Ye and Li Shang to ask them to help a war-ravaged realm drive back its invaders so its people could migrate to a Tree Realm. After hearing the details, Lu Ye recognized the enemy and agreed to help, hoping to ask the Cycle Tree about the way home if he returned alive.

• The Cycle Tree's mark activated, and Lu Ye took Li Shang through a portal to meet the Cycle Tree.
• Li Shang introduced herself to Lu Ye as a member of the Soul Race and respectfully greeted the Cycle Tree, which asked after Hun Que.
• The Cycle Tree explained that it needed Lu Ye to help a realm under attack and escort its people to a Tree Realm.
• The Cycle Tree said its rules allowed it to summon only a Star Constellation because the battlefield's strongest combatants were at that level.
• After hearing the enemy's identity, Lu Ye recognized the opportunity and said he had a request if the mission succeeded; the Cycle Tree promised to grant one if he returned alive.

Lu Ye and Li Shang arrived in the Blue Jade Realm, where the Wood Spirit Race and Spore Race were besieged by an invading enemy. After learning that their spore-cloud defenses were holding the enemy back, Lu Ye went to inspect the perimeter and left the story as he continued through it.

• The Cycle Tree sent Lu Ye and Li Shang through a gateway to the Blue Jade Realm, consuming the vitality of its Clone there.
• Mu He, Patriarch of the Wood Spirit Race, and Black Umbrella, Patriarch of the Spore Race, greeted Lu Ye and explained that their peoples were defending their last refuge from an invading race.
• Lu Ye learned that the Spore Race had formed a protective cloud of spores that prevented the enemy from reaching the gathering place.
• Lu Ye went into the Spore Cloud to inspect the defenses, with Li Shang following while keeping her presence detectable to him.
• Lu Ye saw Wood Spirits and Spore Race members working together to grow and release more spores into the cloud, and he urged them to hold on.

Lu Ye infiltrated the Blood Sea with Li Shang’s Soul Possession and discovered more than fifty Blood Race Star Constellations fighting to conquer the Blue Jade Realm. He prepared to attack them after learning that Blood Race reinforcements would arrive in three days.

• Lu Ye watched the Blood Sea clash with the Spore Cloud and asked Li Shang whether she could infiltrate it undetected.
• Li Shang possessed Lu Ye, concealing his presence and greatly increasing his strength, while a Spore Race Star Constellation drew the Blood Race’s attention with an attack.
• Lu Ye entered the Blood Sea and found Blood Race cultivators of several ranks combining their power to sustain it.
• Lu Ye spent more than half a day surveying the Blood Race forces and counted over fifty Star Constellations and several thousand lower-ranked cultivators.
• Lu Ye overheard Blood Race cultivators say that reinforcements would arrive in three days, and he prepared to strike.

Lu Ye left Blue Jade Realm to intercept the Blood Race reinforcements and infiltrated their force by disguising his Blood Sea as theirs. His attempt to surround them failed when their commander grew suspicious, and the commander recognized him as Lu Yiye just as Lu Ye attacked.

• After learning reinforcements would arrive in three days, Lu Ye left the Blood Sea and sent out a Clone to search for them from another direction.
• Two days later, Lu Ye found the reinforcements, concealed his Sacred Nature, and merged his Blood Sea with theirs while pretending to be a Blood Race member.
• Lu Ye spoke with the Star Constellation Realm Late Stage commander and secretly spread his Blood Sea through the reinforcement force.
• The commander ordered Lu Ye to rein in his power, realized something was wrong, and challenged his identity as Lu Ye continued spreading his Blood Sea.
• Lu Ye charged the commander and drew the Crag Mountain Saber, but the commander recognized him as Lu Yiye and revealed that the Blood Race and Insect Race had issued a bounty against him.

Lu Ye used his overwhelming Sacred Nature to slaughter the Blood Race reinforcements and then secretly killed Star Constellations invading the Blue Jade Realm. The Blood Race learned his identity through the Blood Destiny Art, and the chapter ended with its remaining Star Constellations realizing Lu Ye was behind the mysterious deaths.

• The Blood Race overseer recognized Lu Ye, but Lu Ye’s Sacred Nature overwhelmed him and Lu Ye killed him before cutting down the other reinforcements.
• Lu Ye and his Clone pursued the fleeing Blood Race Star Constellations and wiped them out, while one cultivator self-detonated after realizing he could not escape.
• A Blood Race guard discovered that more than twenty Star Constellation Soul Lamps had gone dark, and the Blood Destiny Art revealed Lu Yiye’s name to a Moon Jade cultivator.
• The Moon Jade cultivator rushed toward the Blue Jade Realm after learning Lu Ye’s location.
• Lu Ye infiltrated the Blood Sea and began killing the Blue Jade Realm’s Blood Race Star Constellations without warning.
• The surviving Blood Race Star Constellations grew alarmed and realized the clansman moving through their ranks was Lu Ye.

Lu Ye and Li Shang defeated the Blood Race invading the Blue Jade Realm, helping the Spore Race and Wood Spirit Race survive. With their home exposed, the two races began migrating through the starry sky toward the Cycle Tree's Tree Realm, guided by Lu Ye.

• Lu Ye lured the Blood Race Star Constellations into surrounding him, then unleashed his Sacred Nature and slaughtered them while the Spore Cloud counterattacked.
• Blood Race reinforcements mistook Lu Ye's Clone's Blood Sea for their own and rushed inside, where Lu Ye and his Clone killed them all.
• The Spore Race and Wood Spirit Race finished off the remaining Blood Race cultivators, then prepared to leave the Blue Jade Realm.
• The two races used the Spore Cloud to carry their clansmen beyond the realm, and Lu Ye guided them toward the Cycle Tree.
• Mu He and Black Umbrella thanked Lu Ye and Li Shang and gave them two green crystals before returning to their clansmen.

Lu Ye learned that the Wood Crystals gifted by the Wood Spirits and Spore Race could benefit Medical Cultivators, and he gave Li Shang her freedom in hopes of gaining her help with the souls trapped in Immortal Yuan City. After months of travel toward the Cycle Tree, a powerful Blood Race cultivator caught up with them, leaving the small races facing a grave threat.

• Li Shang explained that Wood Crystals could strengthen cultivation and improve Medical Cultivators’ healing, so Lu Ye decided to keep both for Second Senior Sister and Hua Ci.
• Lu Ye gave Li Shang the token controlling her restriction, and she destroyed it before asking him about his friends in Immortal Yuan City.
• Li Shang said she would need to examine the trapped souls before knowing how to help them, and Lu Ye agreed to take her there after completing the Cycle Tree’s commission.
• During their journey, Lu Ye used the Red Talisman to drive away a Moonlight Realm star-beast family, and his rapport with Li Shang gradually improved.
• More than three months into the journey, Lu Ye and Li Shang sensed danger and saw a powerful Blood Race Moon Jade Realm cultivator pursuing them.
• Black Umbrella and Mu He joined Lu Ye as the pursuing cultivator’s blood-red light drew closer.

Lu Ye confronted Xue Hao, a Moonlight Realm Late Stage Blood Race cultivator pursuing the migrating Spore Race and Wood Spirits. Lu Ye’s Sacred Nature suppressed Xue Hao’s strength, but Xue Hao sought to capture him alive, and Lu Ye began to realize that defeating him would be difficult.

• Lu Ye rejected borrowing power from the Wood Spirits and Spore Race, then told Mu He and Black Umbrella to flee with their clansmen while he held off the pursuer.
• Xue Hao caught up with the Spore Cloud, recognized Lu Ye, and revealed himself as a Moonlight Realm Late Stage cultivator.
• Lu Ye’s Blood Cloud lost to Xue Hao’s, but Lu Ye wounded him with the Crag Mountain Saber after his Sacred Nature suppressed Xue Hao’s strength.
• Xue Hao realized Lu Ye had refined Sacred Blood and recognized that this explained how Lu Ye had killed the Blood Race’s younger Sacred Seeds in the Primordial Realm.
• Xue Hao tried to capture Lu Ye alive to learn how he refined Sacred Blood, while Lu Ye continued attacking and grew concerned that his saber strikes were having little effect.

Lu Ye struggled against Xue Hao’s superior physical strength while secretly charging the Red Talisman, but Li Shang pulled him into Xue Hao’s Divine Sea for a soul battle. Lu Ye summoned a warship that withstood Xue Hao’s Blood Sea and fired powerful beams at him, forcing Xue Hao to raise a Soul Artifact mirror.

• Lu Ye’s attacks barely wounded Xue Hao, who retaliated with a barrage of punches that broke Lu Ye’s bones and left him badly injured.
• Lu Ye kept fighting while quietly charging the Red Talisman, but Xue Hao seized him and gripped his heart.
• Li Shang told Lu Ye to open his Divine Sea, then brought him into Xue Hao’s Blood Sea to begin a soul battle.
• Xue Hao recognized Li Shang as Soul Race and sent a towering wave to engulf Lu Ye, but Lu Ye emerged unharmed aboard a battered warship.
• The warship repaired itself and fired beams at Xue Hao, damaging his Divine Sea even when he dodged; Xue Hao summoned a mirror-like Soul Artifact from the Blood Sea.

Lu Ye and Li Shang defeated Xue Hao in a soul battle, but the destruction of Xue Hao’s mirror Soul Artifact left Lu Ye badly injured and drained of Soul Power. As the Spore Cloud continued onward, Lu Ye recovered among the Wood Spirit and Spore Race children while considering how to restore his strength.

• Li Shang attached her soul to the Ghost Ship, strengthening its attacks until Xue Hao’s mirror Soul Artifact cracked.
• Xue Hao charged the Ghost Ship with the mirror, which released its stored attacks in a devastating explosion; Li Shang pulled Lu Ye out of the soul battle.
• Lu Ye returned to his body, found Xue Hao’s Divine Soul Spirit Body shattered, cut off Xue Hao’s arm, and burned his corpse.
• Li Shang took Xue Hao’s Blood Crystal and carried Lu Ye toward the Spore Cloud, explaining that she had waited for Xue Hao’s mind to relax before starting the soul battle.
• Mu He, Black Umbrella, and the others returned and were astonished that Lu Ye had killed a Moon Jade Realm cultivator.
• The group continued aboard the Spore Cloud, while Lu Ye rested among the children and examined his depleted Soul Power.

Lu Ye learned that his seaweed was Soul Tempering Grass and discovered how to refine it properly, then gave Li Shang a valuable supply while recovering from his injuries. Three months later, he guided the Spore Cloud to the Cycle Tree, where the Spore and Wood Spirit Races began entering its Tree Realm while their Star Constellation cultivators remained outside.

• Li Shang recognized Lu Ye’s seaweed as Soul Tempering Grass, confirmed its identity by refining a stalk, and taught Lu Ye to draw it in with Soul Power.
• Lu Ye discovered that refining Soul Tempering Grass restored and tempered his divine soul more effectively than eating it, and he gave Li Shang a large supply worth at least a million Lingyu.
• Lu Ye recovered as Black Umbrella, Mu He, and the children of the two races checked on him; the journey remained peaceful for three months after Xue Hao’s defeat.
• Lu Ye and the others saw the immense Cycle Tree for the first time from outside and followed Lu Ye’s Cycle Tree Imprint toward one of its branches.
• The Cycle Tree opened a portal to its Tree Realm, and the Spore and Wood Spirit Races began migrating their clansmen through it while their Star Constellation cultivators stayed behind.

After helping the Wood Spirits and Spore Race escape, Lu Ye received a Star Map from the Cycle Tree that could guide him from the Myriad Phenomena Star System back to Nine Provinces. He returned to Peerless Island determined to prepare for the journey and help unite the Jade Snail Star System’s strength.

• Mu He and Black Umbrella thanked Lu Ye and Li Shang before leading the Wood Spirits and Spore Race Star Constellations away to seek a home.
• Lu Ye told the Cycle Tree that the Blood Race had broken its rules by sending a Moon Jade after him, so the Cycle Tree punished the Blood Race by killing its Cycle Tree Clones across their major realms.
• The Cycle Tree told Lu Ye that traveling home from the Myriad Phenomena Star System would take three to five years and gave him a Star Map leading back to Nine Provinces.
• Before sending Lu Ye and Li Shang away, the Cycle Tree advised Lu Ye to enter the Yin-Yang Great Millstone before advancing to the Moon Jade Realm.
• Lu Ye returned to Peerless Island, examined the route to Nine Provinces, and decided to tell Tang Jun and prepare to unite the strength of the Jade Snail Star System.

Lu Ye visited Peerless Island, told Tang Jun he had found a reliable way back to Jade Snail within three to five years, and planned to bring both Jade Snail and Azure Dawn Dao Realm to the Myriad Phenomena Sea. He then returned to the Mermaid Territory, where You Ling angrily left to prepare for her advancement to the Moon Jade Realm, and Bai Lu welcomed him.

• Lu Ye visited An Zhe’s shop on Peerless Island and continued exploring the island’s bustling streets.
• Tang Jun told Lu Ye that a Longevity Fruit had extended his lifespan, and Lu Ye revealed he knew how to return to Jade Snail within three to five years.
• Lu Ye told Tang Jun he planned to unite Azure Dawn Dao Realm and Jade Snail, then bring their people to the Myriad Phenomena Sea; Tang Jun agreed to help.
• Lu Ye left Peerless Island, entered the Mermaid Territory as Fa Wuzun, and caught You Ling when she attacked him.
• You Ling left through the portal, intending to advance to the Moon Jade Realm before taking revenge on Lu Ye.
• Bai Lu arrived after hearing the commotion and was happy to see Lu Ye.