Chapter Summaries

Yan Song recruited Wei Henian to lure Li Yunjing into a trap, while Wei Henian took Yan Song’s resources and used them to stir up hostility against the Purple Firmament Party. As attacks on the party spread, Li Yunjing told Fu Chao to remain patient and investigate their enemies, confident they would eventually expose an opening.

• Yan Song gave Wei Henian an elaborate plan to lure Li Yunjing into a trap, and Wei Henian demanded an Azure Cloud Boat and thirty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones to carry it out.
• Wei Henian accepted Yan Song’s resources but secretly planned to use the Spirit Stones for cultivation; Yan Song told his followers he would dispose of Wei Henian after the plan was complete.
• Wei Henian recruited sect disciples to provoke the Purple Firmament Party, while Long Feiyang stirred up trouble elsewhere, and party members faced obstruction across the sect.
• After Fu Chao was released from the Law Enforcement Hall, he told Li Yunjing that the Purple Firmament Party was under attack.
• Li Yunjing told Fu Chao to keep the party members patient, investigate their loyalties, and monitor Tian-Shu Peak, Long Feiyang, and Wei Henian as their opponents escalated their moves.

Li Yunjing used the Law Enforcement Hall and rumors to undermine his enemies while Tian-Shu Peak suspected Wei Henian of exposing their scheme. When Yan Song confronted Wei Henian at the teleportation array, Wei Henian admitted he was done cooperating and threatened to expose Tian-Shu Peak, prompting Yan Song to attack.

• Li Yunjing told Fu Chao to seek the Law Enforcement Hall’s help and said he would deal with his enemies before leaving the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.
• Yan Song and his disciples waited for Li Yunjing to make a move, unaware that he had seen through their plan.
• News spread that Long Feiyang and Tian-Shu Peak had colluded to manipulate sect resources, and Long Feiyang blamed Zhou Yifeng for damaging his reputation.
• Yan Song and the elders suspected Wei Henian had leaked their scheme and learned he had left the sect.
• Yan Song caught Wei Henian at the teleportation array; Wei Henian admitted he would no longer cooperate and threatened to expose Tian-Shu Peak, so Yan Song and his disciples surrounded him.

Wei Henian escaped Tian-Shu Peak by leaving the sect, while Li Yunjing used rumors and the Law Enforcement Hall to turn the conflict against Tian-Shu Peak. The chapter ended with Fu Chao reporting Tian-Shu Peak’s attacks to Senior Brother Chen, who promised an investigation and punishment if the charges were confirmed.

• Wei Henian talked Elder Zhao and Yan Song into letting him leave the sect, then vanished through the teleportation array after trading threats with Yan Song.
• Li Yunjing learned Wei Henian had escaped and explained that his departure left him without the sect’s protection and weakened Tian-Shu Peak.
• Li Yunjing ordered Wang Zifeng, Liu Yunfei, and Fu Chao to spread more rumors to provoke Long Feiyang and deepen his conflict with Tian-Shu Peak.
• A disciple reported that Tian-Shu Peak had attacked Purple Firmament Party outposts, and Li Yunjing ordered his followers to avoid direct confrontation and report the attackers to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Fu Chao told Senior Brother Chen that Tian-Shu Peak disciples had attacked Inner Disciples, and Senior Brother Chen promised to investigate and punish anyone found guilty.

Li Yunjing’s group spread rumors to provoke Long Feiyang into challenging Yan Song, while Fu Chao alerted the Law Enforcement Hall. Long Feiyang and Yan Song began a life-or-death duel on the Grudge Platform, leaving the crowd watching as Long Feiyang vowed to kill Yan Song.

• Fu Chao enlisted the Law Enforcement Hall’s help against Tian-Shu Peak, while Wang Zifeng and Liu Yunfei spread rumors that Long Feiyang was Tian-Shu Peak’s lackey.
• Long Feiyang, isolated by his fellow disciples and enraged by the rumors, decided to prove his strength through combat.
• Li Yunjing ordered Wang Zifeng and Liu Yunfei to intensify the provocation and told Fu Chao to have the Law Enforcement Hall watch for Long Feiyang’s next move.
• Long Feiyang challenged Yan Song outside Tian-Shu Peak, and Yan Song accepted a duel on the Grudge Platform after Long Feiyang used his Golden Core pressure against the crowd.
• Yu Yuanhua activated the Grudge Platform’s protections, and Long Feiyang and Yan Song began fighting with spear and sword.

Long Feiyang used his speed, the Five Thunders Method, a Formation Disk, and his Golden Flood Dragon to overwhelm Yan Song in their fight on the Grudge Platform. With Yan Song gravely wounded and Long Feiyang poised to finish him, Tianhongzi asked Yu Yuanhua to intervene before either disciple died.

• Yan Song intensified his attacks, but Long Feiyang evaded him and taunted him from all sides.
• Yan Song sacrificed essence blood to empower his sword and trapped Long Feiyang beneath a web of Sword Qi.
• Long Feiyang unleashed the Five Thunders Method and a Formation Disk, broke through Yan Song's defenses, and blasted him to the edge of the platform.
• Long Feiyang sent out his Golden Flood Dragon, while Yan Song used Divine Firmament Thunderbolt Beads and exploding spiritual artifacts to fight back and injure the beast.
• Long Feiyang stabbed Yan Song in the lower dantian, leaving him helpless as Tianhongzi asked Yu Yuanhua to separate the two disciples.

Li Yunjing upheld the Grudge Platform’s rules as Long Feiyang killed Yan Song, leaving Tianhongzi furious and humiliated. Back at Qiwu Villa, Li Yunjing rallied his allies around his bid for Sect Leader and announced that he and Fu Chao would leave the sect for a while.

• Li Yunjing and Yu Yuanhua insisted that no one could interfere with Long Feiyang and Yan Song’s fight on the Grudge Platform, rebuffing Tianhongzi’s attempts to save Yan Song.
• After Yan Song’s magical power gave out, Long Feiyang defeated him, ignored Tianhongzi’s threats, and killed him by severing his head and destroying his Golden Core.
• Tianhongzi took Yan Song’s body back to Tian-Shu Peak in disgrace, while Yu Yuanhua shut down the platform’s formations and Li Yunjing led his allies away.
• At Qiwu Villa, Li Yunjing told his supporters he intended to become Sect Leader, and they pledged to follow him.
• Li Yunjing instructed his allies to rely on the Law Enforcement Hall if Tianhongzi caused trouble, then announced that he and Fu Chao would leave the sect for a while despite Xu Wuyi’s concern.

Li Yunjing prepared to leave the sect with Fu Chao to investigate the Heavenly Ruins Secret Realm and grow stronger, entrusting the sect and Qiwu Villa to trusted allies. After departing, they arrived at a desolate valley near a teleportation gate and began their journey toward the City of Glory.

• Li Yunjing appointed Xu Wuyi to oversee the Seven Stars Palace and Yu Zongzhe, Yang Wenzheng, and Fang Long to manage the Purple Firmament Party while he and Fu Chao were away.
• Li Yunjing reviewed his supplies, divided the Source of Life into jade bottles, and put Zhu Wanyun in charge of Qiwu Villa and Little Yellow.
• After ten days of seclusion, Li Yunjing reached the peak of the Eighth Heaven of Foundation Establishment Realm and met Fu Chao at Guest-Welcoming Peak.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao encountered Zhou Yifeng, who warned them that Tianhongzi might make a move before departing for the South Sea.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao teleported to a desolate valley, where Fu Chao pointed out the northern teleportation gate and they set off across the desert.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao crossed the stormy desert and poisonous miasma, fighting demonic beasts as they traveled toward the Hengyue Mountain Range. Tianhongzi secretly sent their route to the Nether Ghost Sect and hired rogue cultivators to ambush them, while the chapter left Li Yunjing facing a Ten Thousand Poison Sect gang and attacking its Golden Core Realm leader.

• Tianhongzi decided to have Li Yunjing and Fu Chao ambushed and secretly sent their destination to the Nether Ghost Sect while offering rogue cultivators a double reward to kill them.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao fought through the desert storm, where Li Yunjing killed hordes of demonic beasts and Fu Chao collected their corpses for Spirit Stones.
• Li Yunjing gave Fu Chao a Clear Heart Pill as they crossed the poisonous miasma of the Desert Plain, then killed a Bone-Spiked Poison Python.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao encountered a black-robed man who revealed that dozens of Ten Thousand Poison Sect cultivators had surrounded them to rob them.
• Li Yunjing warned Fu Chao about the sect's deadly methods, then attacked the Golden Core Realm leader with his seven-colored Sword Qi.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao battled the Ten Thousand Poison Sect in the poisonous swamp, but a peak Golden Core Realm Rotten Swamp Dragon Crocodile appeared and forced them to change course. Li Yunjing joined forces with the sect’s Golden Core cultivator to fight the beast while Fu Chao escaped to safety; Li Yunjing was still dodging its attacks as the battle continued.

• Li Yunjing used the Ten Thousand Poison Banner to absorb poisonous insects and miasma while fighting the Ten Thousand Poison Sect cultivators and their Golden Core leader.
• A peak Golden Core Realm Rotten Swamp Dragon Crocodile emerged from the swamp, swallowed several sect disciples, and attacked Li Yunjing, Fu Chao, and the Golden Core cultivator.
• Li Yunjing proposed that he and the Golden Core cultivator join forces to kill the beast, while Fu Chao used the Fire Escape Technique to retreat toward the Desolate Plain.
• Li Yunjing attacked the crocodile with lightning from the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword, while the Golden Core cultivator’s poison techniques failed to harm it.
• The wounded crocodile went berserk and chased its attackers with its tail and poisonous miasma as Li Yunjing continued dodging its attacks.

Li Yunjing and a Ten Thousand Poison Sect cultivator killed a Rotten Swamp Dragon Crocodile, then turned on each other, and Li Yunjing killed the cultivator as well. After gathering the spoils with Fu Chao, they fled north, while Ten Thousand Poison Sect reinforcements pursued them.

• Li Yunjing and the Golden Core cultivator wore down the Rotten Swamp Dragon Crocodile, using the Five Poisons Divine Needle and Li Yunjing’s sword to bring it down.
• Li Yunjing and the Golden Core cultivator attacked each other over the beast’s spoils, and Li Yunjing blocked the poison needles and struck the cultivator down.
• The cultivator feigned death and tried to escape, but Li Yunjing pursued him through his poison attacks and killed him with the Yin Yang Five Elements Heaven Derivation Sword.
• Fu Chao arrived, pledged his family’s support for Li Yunjing’s bid for sect leader, and collected the Ten Thousand Poison Sect disciples’ possessions while Li Yunjing carved up the beast.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao boarded the Azure Cloud Boat and headed north; three Ten Thousand Poison Sect elders arrived with over a hundred disciples and pursued them.
• As they crossed familiar northern territory, Li Yunjing suggested visiting the Northern Emperor Sect to thank the two seniors who had helped them before, and Fu Chao agreed.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao traveled toward the City of Glory, where Li Yunjing examined the spoils from a Ten Thousand Poison Sect cultivator. A disciplined force ambushed them on the way, and Li Yunjing began fighting its Golden Core Realm leaders alone.

• Li Yunjing gave Fu Chao a Ten Thousand Poison Life-Taking Pill and discovered powerful poison cultivation manuals among the Ten Thousand Poison Sect cultivator’s spoils.
• Li Yunjing spotted over a hundred sect cultivators ahead, slowed the Azure Cloud Boat, and learned that they were turning to intercept him and Fu Chao.
• The cultivators surrounded the boat, and their leader accused Li Yunjing and Fu Chao of impersonating Divine Firmament Dao Sect True Disciples before ordering them to surrender.
• Li Yunjing stepped off the boat and unleashed his Five Elements and Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, shattering the leader’s Golden Shield and killing nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Three more Golden Core Realm experts joined the attack as the remaining cultivators targeted Li Yunjing and Fu Chao, but Li Yunjing evaded their strongest attacks and shielded himself from the weaker ones.

Li Yunjing defeated the Zhao Family attackers by breaking their Four Symbols Formation and overcoming a demonic Forbidden Artifact, while Fu Chao fought alongside him. After identifying the Zhao Family and deciding to report the attack, they reached the City of Glory and found it bustling with cultivators and newly settled ordinary people.

• Li Yunjing summoned a purple thundercloud and shattered the four Golden Core cultivators' Four Symbols Formation with a lightning strike.
• The middle-aged cultivator unleashed a demonic Forbidden Artifact, but Li Yunjing resisted its haze and killed the attackers who tried to ambush him.
• After Li Yunjing and Fu Chao defeated the remaining enemies, the middle-aged cultivator fled toward the City of Glory.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao searched the battlefield, identified their attackers as the Zhao Family of Beilu Prefecture, and decided to report the attack to the city lord.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao arrived at the City of Glory and saw that cultivators and ordinary people filled the city.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao reported the Zhao Family’s attack to Vice City Lord Wang, who alerted the sect and confirmed the family was preparing to flee. After resting, the two explored the City of Glory and learned that settlements in the Hengyue Mountain Range had begun to grow into a major center.

• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao showed their tokens at the City of Glory and met Vice City Lord Wang to report that the Zhao Family had colluded with the demonic path and attacked them.
• Li Yunjing presented the heads and Identity Tokens of three Zhao Family Golden Core cultivators he had killed, convincing Wang Tianhua to contact the sect and watch the family.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao suspected the Zhao Family was part of a broader demonic-path plot, and Wang Tianhua later told them the sect had sent disciplinary elders to investigate.
• Wang Tianhua reported that the Zhao Family was moving its assets to flee, but a Grand Elder had already set out to stop them; he warned Li Yunjing that the affair might be only the beginning.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao rested, then explored the City of Glory and heard that settlements in the Hengyue Mountain Range had entered a new stage of development.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao explored the prosperous City of Glory, where Li bought cultivation supplies and considered opening a trading firm. Hearing that a Misty Rain Pavilion branch had opened stirred his hopes of finding Liu Ruyan, and the chapter ended with the two dining as the Law Enforcement Squad hurried through the streets on an urgent mission.

• Li Yunjing heard that the Misty Rain Pavilion had opened in the City of Glory and decided to visit that evening, hoping Liu Ruyan might be there.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao browsed the city market, and Li considered opening a Star Moon Trading Firm branch while buying spirit herbs, pills, and rare formulas.
• Li Yunjing bought Purple Veined Dragon Whisker Grass to make Dragon Origin Pills for the women in his life and promised Fu Chao one if he refined them.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao ate and drank at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where Li praised the spirit wine and offered to buy some to take home.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao saw the sect's Law Enforcement Squad hurry past the restaurant, but Fu Chao dismissed the commotion as likely minor.

Li Yunjing visited Misty Rain Pavilion with Fu Chao, hoping to find Liu Ruyan and learn about the establishment’s background. He met Ziyan, the branch manager, and her hint about the women whose names contained “Yan” made him suspect Liu Ruyan had a special status.

• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao arrived at Misty Rain Pavilion, where Fu Chao arranged a private room and lavish entertainment.
• Li Yunjing declined to drink the spiked Drunken Immortal Brew and asked about a Misty Rain Pavilion near Red Sun Valley.
• Misty Rain Pavilion sent nineteen Foundation Establishment Realm women to entertain the two men, and Fu Chao eagerly joined them.
• Ziyan fed Li Yunjing wine and introduced herself as the branch manager while he waited for a reply from the Communication Talisman he had sent Liu Ruyan.
• Li Yunjing asked whether the women all had “Yan” in their names, and Ziyan said only the most outstanding women did.

Li Yunjing found Liu Ruyan at the Misty Rain Pavilion and reunited with her after years apart. She revealed that she belonged to a powerful sect she could not name, while Li Yunjing promised he would protect her with the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's strength.

• Li Yunjing questioned Ziyan about the Misty Rain Pavilion, then followed her to meet the branch proprietor.
• Ziyan gave Li Yunjing a letter Liu Ruyan had left for him, saying she had departed and asking him not to look for her.
• Liu Ruyan entered the room, revealed that she had been teasing Li Yunjing, and reunited with him.
• Li Yunjing and Liu Ruyan spent the next twenty days together, while Fu Chao eventually confirmed Li Yunjing was safe by Communication Talisman.
• Liu Ruyan said her sect's rules prevented her from revealing its identity, and Li Yunjing promised to protect her with his growing power and influence.

Li Yunjing and Fu Chao negotiated a larger reward for their role in the Zhao Family affair and learned that Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi were defending Divine Firmament Pass. Li Yunjing planned to leave for the Hengyue Mountain Range in three days, then head to Ghost Moon Kingdom, and returned to Liu Ruyan at the Misty Rain Pavilion.

• Liu Ruyan told Li Yunjing she wanted to keep pursuing her plans in the sect, though she despised certain people, before Fu Chao interrupted them.
• Fu Chao told Li Yunjing that the sect had seized the Zhao Family's property and wiped out the family, but Zhao Zunxin had escaped; they went to demand contribution points from Wang Tianhua.
• Wang Tianhua raised their reward from one million to one and a half million contribution points each, then learned that Yu Yunyi and Lu Ruoxi were defending Divine Firmament Pass against the Nether Ghost Sect.
• Li Yunjing told Fu Chao they would enter the Hengyue Mountain Range in three days, gather resources, and then travel to Ghost Moon Kingdom; Fu Chao planned to stay in the city.
• Li Yunjing returned to the Misty Rain Pavilion, where Liu Ruyan welcomed him with hot tea.

Li Yunjing traveled to the Hengyue Mountain Range with Fu Chao, where they rescued Lin Wan'er and learned that demonic cultivators and Rogue Cultivators were causing growing trouble. After discovering a massive battle over a treasure, Li Yunjing entered the valley disguised as a Rogue Cultivator and attacked the Yin Mountain Sect.

• Before leaving for the front lines, Li Yunjing received Liu Ruyan's map and a list of her enemies, and promised to return safely.
• Li Yunjing and Fu Chao flew from the City of Glory toward the Hengyue Mountain Range and saw cultivators fighting near the range.
• The pair rescued Lin Wan'er from Ice Plains Wolves after Yin Mountain Sect demonic cultivators scattered her group, then escorted her toward an outpost.
• Li Yunjing, Fu Chao, and Lin Wan'er encountered a large battle among Yin Mountain Sect cultivators, Great Ming Rogue Cultivators, and demonic beasts over a treasure.
• After a Golden Winged Roc killed the Golden Core Realm fighters, Li Yunjing disguised himself as the Rogue Cultivator Li Wutian and began cutting down Yin Mountain Sect cultivators.

Li Yunjing slaughtered the challengers at an ancient ruin and opened its bronze gate, sending Fu Chao and Lin Wan'er inside before holding off the pursuing factions. The arrival of allied Primordial Yang Dao Sect disciples forced him to reconsider his ruthless defense, while the fate of those who had entered the gate remained unknown.

• Li Yunjing killed more than a hundred and eighty attackers, including a Golden Core Realm Rogue Cultivator, and led Fu Chao and Lin Wan'er to the ancient bronze gate.
• Li Yunjing studied the restriction, opened the gate, and sent Fu Chao and Lin Wan'er through before the other factions could rush inside.
• Li Yunjing used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to slaughter attackers at the entrance, then entered the Six Harmonies Leveling Heaven Formation and killed the Six Evils of Changping.
• The Golden Winged Roc and other Golden Core Realm experts watched for a chance to strike as Li Yunjing stood guard over the gate.
• True Disciples of the Primordial Yang Dao Sect arrived, and Li Yunjing realized he could not treat the allied sect's people like the other factions.

Li Yunjing entered the Bronze Gate with Fu Chao and Lin Wan'er after Ying Qianqian led the Black Tortoise Dao Protector Army and the Primordial Yang Dao Sect arrived. Deep inside, the trio fought through vicious ghosts until Li Yunjing confronted a Ghost King whose death-infused attack threatened him.

• Ying Qianqian arrived with the Black Tortoise Dao Protector Army, and the Golden Winged Roc fled as the demonic cultivators and rogue cultivators scattered.
• At Ying Qianqian's direction, Li Yunjing captured two Golden Core Realm demonic cultivators, entered the Bronze Gate, and changed back into his Divine Firmament Dao Sect True Disciple robes.
• Li Yunjing found Fu Chao and Lin Wan'er, explained the arrival of the sects, and urged them to compete for the treasures as they pressed deeper into the passage.
• Li Yunjing destroyed hundreds of vicious ghosts with the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, and Fu Chao used Samadhi True Fire to help clear their path.
• A Ghost King appeared and offered Li Yunjing riches in exchange for cooperation, but Li Yunjing charged through the ghost horde to attack it.
• The Ghost King blocked Li Yunjing's Five Elements Divine Thunder with Ghost Fire and fired black beams that carried the Law of Death.