Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoyu met Ghost Li in the Death Swamp and urged him to return to Qingyun, but Ghost Li refused because he was determined to revive Bi Yao. Li Xiaoyu left with Lu Xueqi, and a world-shaking roar sounded from deep in the swamp.

• Li Xiaoyu found Ghost Li in the Bone Forest and asked whether he had been well over the past ten years.
• Li Xiaoyu urged Ghost Li to return to Qingyun and reminded him that his friends still waited for him, but Ghost Li said he could not leave Bi Yao's side or abandon his mission to revive her.
• Li Xiaoyu promised that Ghost Li would always be Zhang Xiaofan of Big Bamboo Peak and his friend, then Ghost Li flew deeper into the swamp.
• Ghost Li remembered his past with Li Xiaoyu but recommitted himself to his promise to Bi Yao when the Golden Bell chimed.
• Li Xiaoyu left the Bone Forest with Lu Xueqi, and a world-shaking roar came from the depths of the Death Swamp as they flew away.

Li Xiaoyu and his companions witnessed the Yellow Bird and Black Water Profound Snake clash as the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor rose from the Death Swamp. After the treasury opened and cultivators rushed toward it, the beasts attacked them, giving Li Xiaoyu and the others a chance to charge for the gate.

• The Yellow Bird descended into the Death Swamp and began fighting the Black Water Profound Snake.
• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, and Lin Jingyu watched the beasts weaken each other as the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor rose from the bog.
• Ghost Li, Qin Wuyan, Jin Ping'er, and other powerful auras approached the treasury.
• The stone gate opened, and cultivators from righteous and demonic factions rushed toward it, sparking a chaotic battle.
• The Yellow Bird and Black Water Profound Snake attacked the cultivators together, killing hundreds.
• Li Xiaoyu called for his companions to move, and the four charged through the battlefield toward the treasury.

Li Xiaoyu and his companions fought their way to the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor, but the closing gate admitted only Ghost Li, Lu Xueqi, Li Xiaoyu, and Little Gray. Inside, Little Gray ate the Undying Divine Medicine and fell asleep, leaving the others stunned.

• Li Xiaoyu led Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, and Zeng Shushu in a Four Symbols Sword Formation that broke through the Demon Sect's attacks and opened a path to the treasury.
• Ghost Li, Qin Wuyan, and Jin Ping'er reached the gate as it began closing, and the seven young cultivators rushed to get inside.
• Ghost Li entered first, Lu Xueqi followed, and Li Xiaoyu used Shrinking Ground to an Inch to slip through just before the gate shut; Little Gray entered with Ghost Li.
• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li found a star-filled realm and an altar holding the Undying Divine Medicine.
• Little Gray leapt onto the altar, swallowed the medicine and its transparent stone, then toppled over and fell into a deep sleep.

Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li found Little Gray asleep after it ate the Undying Divine Medicine, then realized the true treasure of the Heavenly Emperor's treasury was the third volume of the Heavenly Tome hidden in the starry sky. As they studied it and gained new insight, they voiced differing interpretations of the Heavenly Tome's teachings.

• Little Gray ate the Undying Divine Medicine and fell asleep as its medicinal power transformed its body, leaving Ghost Li grieving over the lost chance to save Bi Yao.
• Li Xiaoyu reasoned that the medicine was bait and that the treasury's real treasure lay in the starry sky above the altar.
• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Ghost Li meditated beneath the stars and gained profound insights into the Dao.
• Li Xiaoyu recognized the starry sky as the third volume of the Heavenly Tome, while Ghost Li and Lu Xueqi each experienced revelations connected to their cultivation and the volumes they had read.
• Li Xiaoyu recited the Heavenly Tome's opening line, and Ghost Li and Lu Xueqi offered contrasting interpretations before Li Xiaoyu said they were all right and all wrong.

Li Xiaoyu helped Lu Xueqi and Ghost Li reflect on the Dao, then urged Ghost Li to face the pain and hatred that had consumed him since Bi Yao’s death. He told Ghost Li that Bi Yao might still be saved and revealed an ancient book, leaving both Ghost Li and Lu Xueqi astonished.

• Li Xiaoyu explained that cultivating the Dao meant understanding and transcending the laws of heaven and earth, prompting Lu Xueqi and Ghost Li to reflect.
• Li Xiaoyu called Ghost Li Xiao Fan and reminded him of the kind, self-sacrificing Zhang Xiaofan he had once been.
• Ghost Li asked what he should do, and Li Xiaoyu asked whether Bi Yao would want him to become a bloodthirsty fiend in her name.
• Li Xiaoyu told Ghost Li that Bi Yao might still be saved, rekindling hope in him and surprising Lu Xueqi.
• Li Xiaoyu took out an untitled ancient beast-hide book containing a fragment of the Ghost Path General Outline.

Li Xiaoyu gave Zhang Xiaofan the Ghost Path General Outline and refined a drop of Soul-Nurturing Liquid to preserve and strengthen Bi Yao’s remnant soul. Zhang Xiaofan accepted his friends’ help and found renewed hope of bringing Bi Yao back.

• Li Xiaoyu gave Ghost Li the Ghost Path General Outline, explaining that it might reveal how to restore Bi Yao.
• Ghost Li broke down in tears, and Lu Xueqi comforted him as he accepted Li Xiaoyu’s friendship and help.
• Li Xiaoyu used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to refine the life energy inside it into a drop of Soul-Nurturing Liquid.
• Li Xiaoyu explained that the liquid could preserve and nourish Bi Yao’s remnant soul in the Joyous Union Bell.
• Zhang Xiaofan thanked Li Xiaoyu with a deep bow, his eyes filled with renewed hope.

Zhang Xiaofan used Soul-Nurturing Liquid to restore his connection to Bi Yao through the Joyous Union Bell, while Little Gray transformed into a Three-Eyed Divine Monkey. After the group escaped the collapsing Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor, they discovered Wan Renwang and the Ghost King Sect had trapped the exhausted Yellow Bird and Black Water Profound Snake in a formation.

• Zhang Xiaofan dripped Soul-Nurturing Liquid onto the Joyous Union Bell, restoring its glow and his faint connection to Bi Yao.
• Little Gray awakened after consuming the Undying Divine Medicine and transformed into a golden Three-Eyed Divine Monkey.
• Li Xiaoyu realized the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor was closing, and he, Zhang Xiaofan, and Lu Xueqi escaped just before its stone door shut.
• The group returned to the swamp and found the Yellow Bird and Black Water Profound Snake gravely wounded after their battle.
• Li Xiaoyu and the others saw Wan Renwang and the Ghost King Sect trapping the two weakened beasts in a formation of black banners.

Ghost King captured Yellow Bird with the Dragon Trapping Gate and tried to seize the wounded Black Water Profound Snake, but Li Xiaoyu arrived and shattered the formation. Li Xiaoyu restored Black Water Profound Snake’s strength as Ghost King attacked, leaving the beast ready to turn against him.

• Ghost King activated the Dragon Trapping Gate and bound Yellow Bird and Black Water Profound Snake, then absorbed Yellow Bird into the Dragon Subduing Tripod.
• As Ghost King moved to capture Black Water Profound Snake, Li Xiaoyu’s sword qi broke the formation and knocked out the Ghost King Sect disciples maintaining it.
• Li Xiaoyu confronted Ghost King, who threatened him and prepared to attack with the Dragon Subduing Tripod.
• Li Xiaoyu sent Pure Wood Vitality into Black Water Profound Snake, healing its wounds and restoring its strength.
• Black Water Profound Snake recognized Li Xiaoyu as its rescuer and turned its fury toward Ghost King.

Li Xiaoyu drove the Ghost King Sect away from the Death Swamp and sent the Black Water Profound Snake back into the mire, but suspected the Ghost King had a deeper plan. He went to seek answers from Jin Ping'er, who was startled when he appeared behind her.

• The Black Water Profound Snake struck the Dragon Subduing Tripod, forcing the Ghost King to abandon his attempt to capture it and retreat with Azure Dragon, You Ji, and the Ghost King Sect.
• Li Xiaoyu declined to pursue the retreating Ghost King and sent the grateful Black Water Profound Snake back into the mire.
• After the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor's gate closed, Li Xiaoyu worried that the Ghost King had another goal and decided to question Jin Ping'er.
• Li Xiaoyu left Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, and Zeng Shushu behind and used Shrinking Ground to an Inch to find Jin Ping'er.
• Jin Ping'er attacked the unexpected visitor with her Purple Radiance Blade, but Li Xiaoyu caught it between two fingers.

Li Xiaoyu made a deal with Jin Ping'er to learn Ghost King's plan for capturing ancient beasts. Jin Ping'er revealed that he intended to create the Four Spirits Blood Array and summon the destructive Asura, leaving Li Xiaoyu aware that Ghost King had already secured two of the required beasts.

• Li Xiaoyu approached Jin Ping'er and asked why Ghost King was capturing ancient mythical beasts.
• Li Xiaoyu offered Jin Ping'er a favor and Green Cloud Sect's support in exchange for the truth, and she agreed after he promised not to harm Ghost Li unless Ghost Li made himself an enemy of the world.
• Jin Ping'er revealed that Ghost King planned to construct the forbidden Four Spirits Blood Array and named the Kui Ox, Yellow Bird, Taotie, and Black Water Profound Snake as its sacrifices.
• Li Xiaoyu realized Ghost King had captured the Kui Ox and Yellow Bird, while Li Xiaoyu had prevented him from taking the Black Water Profound Snake.
• Jin Ping'er warned Li Xiaoyu that Ghost King was shrewd and likely had backup plans.

Li Xiaoyu returned to Green Cloud Sect and warned Daoist Daoxuan and the peak Chiefs about the Ghost King's plan to create the Four Spirits Blood Array. After Xiao Bai arrived in his courtyard, she revealed that the Beast God was nearing resurrection and that its seal was weakening in the Southern Border.

• Li Xiaoyu hurried back to Green Cloud Mountain after Jin Ping'er told him about the Ghost King's plan to create the Four Spirits Blood Array.
• Li Xiaoyu warned Daoist Daoxuan and the peak Chiefs, who ordered alerts across Green Cloud Sect and summoned Heavenly Sound Temple and Incense Burning Valley to meet with them.
• Li Xiaoyu returned to his quarters on Morning Sun Peak and found Xiao Bai waiting in his courtyard.
• Xiao Bai told Li Xiaoyu that baleful energy was rising from the Southern Border and that the Beast God was about to be resurrected.
• Xiao Bai explained that the seal at the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave in the Hundred Thousand Mountains had begun to weaken.

Li Xiaoyu learned that the Beast God could be restrained by Mystic Fire and an ancient Dragon Soul, though it could not be destroyed. Xiao Bai revealed that a Dragon Soul might be found in the East Sea’s Dragon Tomb, a perilous forbidden place, and Li Xiaoyu resolved to go there.

• Li Xiaoyu recognized the Beast God’s resurrection and the Ghost King's Four Spirits Blood Array as simultaneous threats and planned to warn the Green Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Bai said the Beast God could not be eradicated but could be restrained by two powers: Mystic Fire and an ancient Dragon Soul.
• Xiao Bai identified Li Xiaoyu’s Mystic Fire Mirror as a weapon against the Beast God, but warned that his Cultivation was too weak to unleash its full power.
• Xiao Bai explained that a Dragon Soul could purify the Beast God’s baleful energy and revealed that one might be found in the Dragon Tomb in the East Sea.
• Xiao Bai described the Dragon Tomb as a dangerous sealed demiplane, and Li Xiaoyu prepared to seek it out.

After learning that the Beast God was nearing resurrection, Li Xiaoyu obtained permission from Daoist Daoxuan to seek the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons in the East Sea. He and Lu Xueqi reached the forbidden sea region, where Li Xiaoyu began searching for a way through the ancient seal.

• Xiao Bai told Li Xiaoyu that the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons lay behind an ancient seal that required mastery of spatial laws or a countering token to bypass.
• Li Xiaoyu reported the Beast God's impending resurrection and Xiao Bai's method of countering him to Daoist Daoxuan, then requested permission to search for the tomb.
• Daoist Daoxuan approved Li Xiaoyu's journey and said he would contact Heavenly Sound Temple and Incense Burning Valley to coordinate against the demon threat.
• Lu Xueqi joined Li Xiaoyu, and the two flew east together without saying farewell to anyone.
• Following Xiao Bai's directions, Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi reached the ink-black forbidden sea after half a month of travel.
• Li Xiaoyu examined the ancient seal beneath the sea and suggested they could find its pattern and pass through its weakest point.

Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi broke through the restriction around the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons and entered its vast graveyard of dragon bones. After resting, they set out to find a dragon soul and followed a mysterious, sorrowful song deeper into the tomb.

• Li Xiaoyu explained how to locate the restriction’s weakest point, and Lu Xueqi used the Tianya Divine Sword to test its nodes with Thunder Power while he sensed for fluctuations.
• On the fifth day, Li Xiaoyu found an unstable node in the southeastern corner, and Lu Xueqi struck it with the Tianya Divine Sword as Li Xiaoyu used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to widen the breach.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi entered the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons, where they found a vast space filled with dragon bones and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd began absorbing the surrounding dragon energy.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi rested in a cave formed by a dragon skull, then decided to search the tomb for a dragon soul.
• When a sorrowful song drifted through the graveyard, Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi concealed their auras and followed it past a forest of dragon ribs.

Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi encountered the Sea Siren Queen in the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons and learned that her clan guarded the Dragon Clan’s resting place. After she rejected Li Xiaoyu’s plea for a dragon soul and ordered them killed, they fought the Dragon Bone Guardians, and the Queen easily froze Li Xiaoyu’s sword energy.

• The Sea Siren Queen confronted Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi for trespassing in the Dragon Clan’s forbidden grounds.
• Li Xiaoyu explained that they sought a lingering dragon soul to stop the Beast God, but the Queen dismissed his reason and ordered the Dragon Bone Guardians to kill them.
• Hundreds of sea-siren warriors attacked, and Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi cut through their ranks with their swords.
• Li Xiaoyu charged the Sea Siren Queen and unleashed a storm of sword strikes.
• The Queen blocked his attack with her Deep Sea Black Ice trident, freezing and dissolving his sword energy.

Li Xiaoyu risked triggering the ancient restriction to gain an opening against the Sea Siren Queen, but a dragon skeleton awakened and revealed the Dragon Soul Fragment. As Li Xiaoyu reached for it, his Wine Gourd absorbed the fragment and began to shudder.

• The Sea Siren Queen overwhelmed Li Xiaoyu with icy attacks, leaving him wounded and struggling to hold his ground.
• Li Xiaoyu asked Lu Xueqi to hold off the Sea Siren Queen for three breaths, then used the Mystic Fire Mirror to send the ancient restriction into a violent frenzy.
• Li Xiaoyu attacked the Sea Siren Queen from behind while she tried to control the restriction, but the oldest dragon skeleton awakened and released a powerful dragon might.
• The Sea Siren Queen recognized the dragon skeleton as the Dragon Ancestor and dropped to her knees as it dissolved, revealing a golden Dragon Soul Fragment.
• Li Xiaoyu rushed toward the Dragon Soul Fragment, but his Wine Gourd flew out and devoured it, then shuddered.

Li Xiaoyu devoured the Dragon Soul Fragment with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, gained Geng Metal Dragon Qi, and was recognized as master of the Dragon Bone Guardian clan. After returning with Lu Xueqi to Green Cloud Mountain, he received an urgent report that the Beast God had caused a disaster in the Southern Border.

• The Immortal-Slaying Gourd absorbed the Dragon Soul Fragment, transforming its power and Core Sword Qi into Geng Metal Dragon Qi.
• The Sea Siren Queen declared that Li Xiaoyu had inherited the Dragon Ancestor's power and made him master of the Dragon Bone Guardian clan.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi left the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons, and he strengthened its restrictions with Geng Metal Dragon Qi before they flew to Green Cloud Mountain.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi returned to Heaven-Reaching Peak and headed to Jade Purity Hall to report to the Sect Leader.
• A bloodied disciple arrived with an emergency message from the Southern Border, and Li Xiaoyu stabilized him as he began to report that the Beast God was involved.

Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi returned to Green Cloud Sect as an emergency message reported the Beast God’s resurrection and devastation in the Southern Border. After hearing the survivor’s account, Daoist Daoxuan asked Li Xiaoyu what the sect should do.

• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi returned to Green Cloud Sect after gaining the Dragon Bone Guardian clan’s allegiance and strengthening Li Xiaoyu’s Immortal-Slaying Gourd.
• A blood-red emergency talisman arrived, and a gravely wounded disciple warned the sect that disaster had struck the Southern Border.
• The disciple reported that a Lich had incited the Li Tribe to attack the other tribes and sacrificed thousands of clansmen to break the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave’s seal.
• The Beast God rose, led a Beast Demon Army across the Southern Border, and slaughtered civilians while devastating villages.
• Tian Buyi and Shang Zhengliang urged Daoist Daoxuan to send forces to the Southern Border, and Daoist Daoxuan asked Li Xiaoyu for his view.

After the Beast God was resurrected and devastated the Southern Border, Li Xiaoyu urged the Green Cloud Sect to send an elite team to strike at the Beast God's lair. Daoist Daoxuan approved the plan and began deciding who would lead the team.

• A wounded disciple reported that a Lich called himself the Beast God Envoy, instigated civil war among the Five Tribes, and used tens of thousands of Li Tribe members to resurrect the Beast God.
• The Beast God led a Beast Demon Army that devastated villages across the Southern Border and slaughtered their inhabitants.
• Tian Buyi and Shang Zhengliang called on Daoist Daoxuan to send the Green Cloud Sect to aid the Southern Border and destroy the monsters.
• Li Xiaoyu warned that a large force risked being overwhelmed and proposed sending elite disciples to find and attack the Beast God's lair.
• Daoist Daoxuan accepted Li Xiaoyu's plan, then began discussing who would lead the team as someone volunteered.

Li Xiaoyu led the Dawn Squad from the Green Cloud Sect toward the Southern Border to fight the Beast God and rescue survivors. After five days, they found widespread devastation and detected a battle in a fog-shrouded valley, where they raced to help.

• Li Xiaoyu volunteered to lead the Dawn Squad to the Southern Border and received Daoist Daoxuan’s authority to make decisions for the mission.
• Li Xiaoyu summoned the Dawn Squad to Rainbow Bridge, where Lu Xueqi, Lin Jingyu, Zeng Shushu, Chu Yuhong, and the other disciples gathered.
• Li Xiaoyu led the squad south, and the group traveled for five days through increasingly blighted lands.
• The Dawn Squad reached the Southern Border and found villages destroyed and countless people killed by monsters.
• Li Xiaoyu stopped the disciples from acting on their anger and ordered them to search for survivors.
• Zeng Shushu used a divination compass to locate signs of life and an aura of evil in a fog-covered valley, and Li Xiaoyu led the squad there at full speed.