Chapter Summaries

White Bone Old Devil and Seven Absolutes Old Ancestor challenged the Nether Sect over its refusal to help fight the invading Tiannan Region Allied Forces. The Nether Sect Leader promised full support in three years and said the immediate problem was Shen Changchuan’s counter to their Gu techniques.

• White Bone Old Devil recounted the Nether Sect’s ties to the Heavenly Demon Sect and accused it of abandoning the other demonic factions while the allied forces advanced.
• Seven Absolutes Old Ancestor agreed that they could not risk drawing the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect’s attention and warned against repeating the Elephant Mountain Sect’s fate.
• The Nether Sect Leader said internal changes involving Spirit Wandering Realm combatants prevented the Sacred Sect from helping, but swore it would give full support in three years.
• White Bone Old Devil doubted the factions could hold out a year, and the Nether Sect Leader argued that formations could protect them if they fixed the weakness among their lower ranks.
• Seven Absolutes Old Ancestor identified Shen Changchuan as the junior whose Gu Control Secret Technique and second-tier Gu Kings had neutralized their Gu techniques and turned the battle at Soul-Severing Mountain.

Demonic leaders blamed Shen Changchuan for Soul-Severing Mountain’s defeat, but the Nether Sect Leader revealed a page of the Bright Universe Gu Scripture and ordered his allies to use it to turn the tide and kill Shen Changchuan. Unaware of the threat, Shen Changchuan left secluded cultivation and met Wu Tianhao, who was astonished by his progress.

• The demonic cultivators discussed how Shen Changchuan’s Gu Control Secret Technique had helped bring about Soul-Severing Mountain’s defeat.
• The blood-robed Nether Sect Leader produced a page of the Bright Universe Gu Scripture and claimed its techniques could counter Shen Changchuan’s methods.
• The Nether Sect Leader told Seven Absolutes Old Devil and White Bone Old Devil to use the page’s secret techniques and eliminate Shen Changchuan.
• After resting from secluded cultivation, Shen Changchuan went to the Dragon Firmament Sect’s temporary residence in Wilderness City.
• Wu Tianhao saw Shen Changchuan’s improved cultivation and remarked that he had advanced remarkably in less than three years.

Shen Changchuan reunited with Wu Tianhao, who warned him that the Devil Dao might target him for changing the battle at Soul-Severing Mountain. Shen Changchuan set out to seek his Master and pursue the ingredients for the Void-Escaping Gu, but spotted a familiar figure fleeing a battle on the way.

• Wu Tianhao reflected on how far Shen Changchuan had surpassed him in cultivation and strength.
• Wu Tianhao warned Shen Changchuan that the Devil Dao might retaliate against him and urged him to return to the Tiannan Region.
• Shen Changchuan decided to seek his Master at Soul-Severing Mountain and considered refining the Void-Escaping Gu while consolidating his cultivation.
• Shen Changchuan disguised himself, left Wilderness City, and flew toward Soul-Severing Mountain.
• Three days later, Shen Changchuan sensed a battle in a dark forest and recognized one of the fleeing figures.

Shen Changchuan rescued Tang Yuncheng from two Demonic Cultivators in the Black Forest and learned that Wei Yuting had been trapped in a Demonic Cultivator ambush at Golden Wind Valley. He prepared to respond to the report as he questioned why the valley had become a target again.

• Shen Changchuan stopped two Demonic Cultivators from killing Tang Yuncheng and recognized him as a fellow Dragon Firmament Sect disciple.
• Tang Yuncheng told Shen Changchuan that Golden Wind Valley was a trap and that Wei Yuting had stayed behind to help the Outer Sect disciples escape.
• Tang Yuncheng explained that Wei Yuting had broken through the encirclement formation, but Out-of-Body Realm Demonic Cultivators then scattered the fleeing disciples.
• Shen Changchuan recalled that Wei Yuting had recently arrived in Wilderness City and frowned at the news that Golden Wind Valley was involved again.

Shen Changchuan learned that Wei Yuting was in danger in Golden Wind Valley and set out with Tang Yuncheng to support her. Trapped inside a protective array, Wei Yuting discovered a ruin hidden in the valley.

• Shen Changchuan suspected Golden Wind Valley held a secret and sent a message to Wilderness City with the information Tang Yuncheng had shared.
• Shen Changchuan decided to go help Wei Yuting, despite Tang Yuncheng warning that their enemies might be late-stage Out of Body Realm cultivators.
• Shen Changchuan reassured Tang Yuncheng that they would first observe from a distance, then followed him toward Golden Wind Valley.
• Wei Yuting held a golden array against the storm and the Demonic Cultivators attacking it, while noticing a faintly glowing distortion in space that marked a buried ruin.

Wei Yuting held the Corpse Refining Sect at bay with the Solid as a Golden Fortress Array while its forces surrounded her. Qiu Kunsheng blamed Pan Yunfei’s death and the Dragon Firmament Sect for disrupting the sect’s plan to breach the ruins, as the sect’s secret activity risked being exposed.

• Wei Yuting assessed Qiu Kunsheng and the Corpse Refining Sect’s overwhelming forces, then resolved to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
• Wei Yuting replaced the array’s Spirit Stones and strengthened the formation, restoring its light curtain against the Demonic Cultivators’ attacks.
• A Corpse Refining Sect elder reported that some fleeing Outer Sect disciples had been killed or captured, others remained missing, and the sect’s actions might soon be exposed.
• Qiu Kunsheng cursed Pan Yunfei, Shadow Ghost, and the Dragon Firmament Sect for ruining his undertaking.
• Qiu Kunsheng’s sect had planned to use Pan Yunfei’s Void-Escaping Gu to breach the ruins, but Pan Yunfei’s exposure drew Wu Tianhao’s investigation and forced the sect to conceal its activity.

Qiu Kunsheng prepared to use a Quasi-Tier 3 Forbidden-Breaking Talisman against Wei Yuting, while the Corpse Refining Sect slaughtered Rogue Cultivators in Golden Wind Town to contain news of their plans. Shen Changchuan flew openly toward the town despite Tang Yuncheng's alarmed attempt to stop him.

• Qiu Kunsheng learned that Pan Yunfei had been captured and killed, leaving the Corpse Refining Sect unable to use the Void-Escaping Gu to enter the ruins.
• Qiu Kunsheng decided to use a Quasi-Tier 3 Forbidden-Breaking Talisman against Wei Yuting, who recognized it and feared the formation would be broken.
• Elder Wu and the Corpse Refining Sect members slaughtered Rogue Cultivators in Golden Wind Town and searched for anyone who might escape and spread the news.
• Shen Changchuan surveyed the town, then left Tang Yuncheng and flew openly toward the Corpse Refining Sect forces.
• Tang Yuncheng called for Shen Changchuan to wait, but Shen Changchuan had already charged into Golden Wind Town.

Shen Changchuan reached Golden Wind Town and wiped out its Corpse Refining Sect members after crushing Elder Wu with a giant palm and killing the fleeing disciples with a soul attack. He captured the unconscious Elder Wu, reflecting on how far his strength had grown and intending to search the man’s soul.

• A Corpse Refining Sect disciple challenged Shen Changchuan as he approached Golden Wind Town, but a giant Wind and Cloud Giant Hand struck Elder Wu down.
• The Corpse Refining Sect disciples fled in terror, and Shen Changchuan killed them all with a cold snort that crushed their souls.
• Shen Changchuan saw that the sect had slaughtered Golden Wind Town’s people and resolved that its members deserved death.
• Shen Changchuan considered how his powerful soul and perfected spiritual sense attack had made the massacre effortless, and realized how much stronger he had become.
• Shen Changchuan found Elder Wu unconscious in the giant palm print, drew him to himself, and flew away with him.

Tang Yuncheng saw Shen Changchuan effortlessly destroy the Corpse Refining Sect forces in Golden Wind Town and rescue the captured Dragon Firmament Sect disciples. After searching Elder Wu’s soul, Shen learned that the Corpse Refining Sect had invaded Golden Wind Valley to recover its lost supreme treasure, hidden in a secret-realm ruin there.

• Tang Yuncheng surveyed the fallen Corpse Refining Sect disciples and realized Shen Changchuan had killed them with ease.
• Tang Yuncheng freed Zhuo and found other surviving Dragon Firmament Sect disciples, who credited Shen with saving them.
• Shen Changchuan searched Elder Wu’s soul and learned about the Corpse Refining Sect’s internal conflict three hundred years earlier and the theft of its supreme treasure.
• Shen Changchuan learned that the Corpse Refining Sect had traced its treasure to a secret-realm ruin within Golden Wind Valley.

Shen Changchuan learned that the Corpse Refining Sect had gathered powerful forces at Golden Wind Valley and went to investigate, while Tang Yuncheng led the freed disciples and captives away from Golden Wind Town. In Wilderness City, leaders gathered to plan a response to Wei Yuting’s capture, and news arrived that the Shen Clan’s Third Elder had returned with cultivators from the Tiannan Region.

• Shen Changchuan assessed the Corpse Refining Sect’s strength and decided to scout Golden Wind Valley, prepared to use his trump cards if necessary.
• Shen Changchuan ordered Tang Yuncheng to release the surviving captives and take the disciples to safety while he went to help Wei Yuting.
• Tang Yuncheng led the freed disciples out of Golden Wind Town after Shen Changchuan flew toward Golden Wind Valley.
• Outer Sect disciples reported Wei Yuting’s predicament and the Demonic Cultivators’ presence to Wilderness City, prompting the city’s leaders to gather and discuss a rescue.
• A messenger told the gathered leaders that the Shen Clan’s Third Elder had escorted cultivators back from the Tiannan Region.

The Shen Clan's Third Elder volunteered to lead reinforcements from Wilderness City to rescue allies at Golden Wind Valley. During the journey, he revealed to himself that he hoped his aid would build goodwill with Shen Changchuan's fellow disciples and help protect his branch if Shen Changchuan eventually took revenge on First Madam's faction.

• The Shen Clan's Third Elder offered to send a team to Golden Wind Valley, surprising Wu Tianhao and the others.
• The Third Elder gathered his people and departed Wilderness City with Wu Tianhao aboard a Flying Boat.
• Wu Tianhao thanked the Third Elder for joining the rescue, and the Third Elder said allies should support one another.
• The Third Elder privately viewed the rescue as a way to earn favor with Shen Changchuan's fellow disciples and secure a future refuge for his branch.
• The Third Elder recalled Shen Changchuan's rapid rise and his defeat of Shadow Ghost, and feared what would happen to his faction if Shen Changchuan later targeted First Madam's allies.

Shen Changchuan searched Golden Wind Valley for Wei Yuting and found signs of a battle but no trace of her, leading him to suspect the Corpse Refining Sect had captured her. After watching the canyon, he saw the sect's Second Elder send a message talisman and decided the moment had come to act.

• Shen Changchuan reached the canyon and discovered battle traces, remnants of a formation, and Corpse Refining Sect cultivators patrolling the area.
• He concluded Wei Yuting had likely been captured after breaking the sealing formation to help the Dragon Firmament Sect disciples escape.
• Shen Changchuan hid nearby and watched the Second Elder guard the spatial vortex, uncertain how he could rescue Wei Yuting against the sect's powerful cultivators.
• After half a day passed without anyone entering or leaving, Shen Changchuan saw the Second Elder send a Message Talisman and resolved to make his move.

The Second Elder of the Corpse Refining Sect waited anxiously for news from Junior Brother Wu when a golden centipede attacked the sect’s patrol. After the Second Elder struck it down, a figure emerged from the void and ambushed him, leaving the Corpse Refining Sect disciples too afraid to approach.

• The Second Elder worried that Junior Brother Wu had not replied and decided he would enter the secret realm if no response came within half a day.
• A golden giant centipede ambushed and killed three Corpse Refining Sect disciples, then swallowed their remains.
• The Second Elder attacked the centipede with Yin Luo Claw, cracking its carapace and knocking it into a pit.
• The Second Elder formed a powerful black spear and launched it at the injured centipede.
• A figure appeared from the void and slashed the Second Elder, blasting him into a cliff wall as the centipede shrank and escaped the spear.
• The Corpse Refining Sect disciples gathered around but did not dare approach the Second Elder or his attacker.

Shen Changchuan ambushed the Corpse Refining Sect’s Second Elder, badly wounding him, but the elder fused with his natal corpse and surged in power. Both men decided they had to end the fight quickly, and the Second Elder charged Shen Changchuan with a powerful punch.

• Shen Changchuan used Little Gold to draw the Second Elder out of the protective formation, then struck him from behind while concealed.
• The Second Elder emerged from the crater with a severe wound and activated a forbidden art to merge with his natal corpse.
• Shen Changchuan recognized the corpse-body fusion and realized the Second Elder’s strength was nearing the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Shen Changchuan and the Second Elder both concluded that they could not afford a prolonged battle.
• The Second Elder launched himself from the crater and charged Shen Changchuan with a powerful punch.

Shen Changchuan fought the Second Elder, whose Silver Armored Corpse fusion gave him strength near the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm. After taking damage and using the White Jade Heart-Protecting Mirror to block a blow, Shen Changchuan unleashed the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu and turned the fight, leaving the Second Elder shocked as he charged again.

• The Second Elder struck Shen Changchuan with overwhelming physical force, and their first collision injured Shen Changchuan’s fingers and bones while knocking him back dozens of zhang.
• The Second Elder pursued with another powerful punch, but Shen Changchuan summoned the White Jade Heart-Protecting Mirror and used its barriers to stop him.
• Shen Changchuan unsealed the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu as the Second Elder broke through the mirror’s defenses and sent the spirit artifact flying.
• Shen Changchuan met the Second Elder’s next punch with a golden palm strike and forced him back more than ten zhang.
• The shocked Second Elder roared and charged again, and Shen Changchuan struck down at him with another powerful golden palm.

Shen Changchuan overwhelmed the Second Elder with power amplified by the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu and killed him after the sword force from his earlier sneak attack ruptured the elder’s spine. The Second Elder’s Silver Armored Corpse fell with him, and Shen Changchuan confirmed that both were free of divine souls.

• Shen Changchuan used the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu to draw on the power of heaven and earth, letting him match the strength and speed of the eighth level of the Out-of-Body Realm.
• Shen Changchuan battered the Second Elder with a relentless barrage of golden punches, shattering his shield and breaking both arms.
• The Second Elder ignited his sinister magic power and tried to unleash the Corpse Fusion forbidden art, but the wound from Shen Changchuan’s earlier sneak attack caused his exposed spine to crack.
• Shen Changchuan punched through the Second Elder’s head, killing him and sending his corpse and the Silver Armored Corpse falling.
• Shen Changchuan used a secret art to destroy the divine souls in both corpses and explained that the sword force left in the Second Elder’s wound had decided the battle.

After killing the Corpse Refining Sect’s Second Elder, Shen Changchuan captured several fleeing disciples and began questioning them to learn what had happened to Wei Yuting. In the Secret Realm Ruins, Wei Yuting appeared alongside Qiu Kunsheng and the sect’s other important disciples as they approached the ruins’ core stronghold.

• Shen Changchuan’s power receded after the fight, leaving him weakened with minor hidden injuries, and he resolved to cultivate body-tempering methods.
• The Corpse Refining Sect disciples fled after the Second Elder’s death, but Shen Changchuan captured the fleeing Out-of-Body Realm cultivators.
• Shen Changchuan ordered Little Gold to guard the spatial entrance, then took a captured cultivator aside and began a soul-search.
• Qiu Kunsheng and the other important Corpse Refining Sect disciples gathered at the summit of a dead volcano and admired the treasure that had transformed the Secret Realm Ruins.
• Qiu Kunsheng asked Wei Yuting to help them handle the restrictions at the traitor’s core stronghold, and she agreed to do her best.

Qiu Kunsheng forced Wei Yuting to help break the restrictions in the Grotto-Heaven Ruins, while secretly planning to betray her once he found the Corpse Refining Sect’s treasure. Wei Yuting quietly noticed a centipede and kept working as Wu Tianhao and the Shen Clan’s Third Elder learned that Shen Changchuan had gone deep into Golden Wind Valley.

• Qiu Kunsheng recalled that his Restriction-Breaking Talisman had lost most of its power and decided he had to cooperate with Wei Yuting to reach the ruins’ treasure before the righteous side arrived.
• Qiu Kunsheng privately planned to kill or enslave Wei Yuting after she served her purpose, while Wei Yuting concealed her disgust and prepared to use the array remnants she had collected to turn the situation in her favor.
• Qiu Kunsheng led Wei Yuting to a vast volcanic hollow concealed by powerful array restrictions and asked her to break them.
• Wei Yuting noticed a dark-gold centipede crawling onto her clothes and discreetly took it into her palm without alerting Qiu Kunsheng or his followers.
• Wu Tianhao and the Shen Clan’s Third Elder reached the outskirts of Golden Wind Valley and learned that Shen Changchuan had entered enemy territory to investigate; Wu Tianhao feared for him, and the Third Elder reassured him.

Wei Yuting, Qiu Kunsheng, and the others entered the cave and opened the Corpse Refining Sect’s Black Coffin, revealing the female corpse that supposedly formed the sect’s foundation. As Qiu Kunsheng approached her, the corpse awakened and pierced his Silver Armored Corpse, leaving everyone frozen in terror.

• Wei Yuting opened the formation restriction, allowing Qiu Kunsheng and the others to descend into the hollow and find a cave containing a suspended Black Coffin.
• Wei Yuting confirmed there were no formations in the cave, and Qiu Kunsheng sent sect disciples to scout before ordering his Silver Armored Corpse to open the coffin.
• The coffin revealed a lifelike female corpse, and Wei Yuting quietly began to retreat while Qiu Kunsheng explained that the corpse had enabled the Corpse Refining Sect’s founding ancestor and later disciples to reach the Spirit Wandering Realm.
• Qiu Kunsheng approached the female corpse, but she opened her pitch-black eyes and pierced the Silver Armored Corpse with her hand.
• Everyone present froze in terror as the ancient female corpse appeared to awaken.

A mysterious female corpse awakened, destroyed Qiu Kunsheng’s bonded Silver Armored Corpse, and vanished into a shattered void as heavenly punishment descended. After the survivors recovered, Qiu Kunsheng brooded over his losses and the trouble awaiting him at the sect, until a sudden spiritual-energy surge and screams erupted behind him.

• The female corpse tore Qiu Kunsheng’s Silver Armored Corpse apart and rose into the sky as the heavens unleashed terrifying lightning.
• The female corpse froze the lightning around her, disappeared into a dark void, and left the Secret Realm Ruins trembling under heavenly might.
• Qiu Kunsheng and the others rose from the ground after the heavenly pressure faded, while Qiu Kunsheng struggled to accept that the ancient corpse had awakened.
• Qiu Kunsheng worried about reporting his failure to the Grand Supreme Ancestor and mourned the loss of his powerful bonded corpse.
• A powerful spiritual-energy fluctuation struck behind Qiu Kunsheng, followed by a string of miserable screams.