Chapter Summaries

The Ghostface Butterfly broke through to Void Refinement and survived six waves of heavenly tribulation while Chen Changming watched over it. Elders Li and Wu and Xiao Han arrived intending to seize it, but the newly transformed butterfly turned its cold gaze on them as its tribulation ended.

• The Ghostface Butterfly emerged from its cocoon at the First Layer of Void Refinement and endured the first waves of lightning and heart demon tribulations.
• Chen Changming collected the shed cocoon fragments and four wings, then warned the overconfident Ghostface Butterfly that each tribulation wave would grow stronger.
• Elders Li and Wu of the Ice Ripple Sect arrived, recognized the Ghostface Butterfly, and secretly plotted to kill Chen Changming and take it.
• Xiao Han, the tenth-layer Void Refinement vice sect master of the Cold Ink Sect, arrived and also concealed his intention to seize the butterfly.
• True Person Xue Yan recognized Chen Changming and intercepted curious Snow Bamboo Sect members so they would not disturb him.
• The Ghostface Butterfly endured the sixth lightning and heart demon tribulations, recovered through the heavenly reward, and fixed its cold gaze on the three cultivators coveting it.

Xiao Han revealed his hidden Green Toad Palace legacy and attacked Chen Changming and the newly ascended Ghostface Butterfly with his Heaven-Swallowing Green Toad. Chen Changming subdued Xiao Han and the two Ice Ripple Sect elders with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, then questioned Xiao Han about the green toad’s origins.

• Elder Li attacked Xiao Han while Elder Wu struck at Chen Changming and tried to seize the Ghostface Butterfly.
• Xiao Han blocked Elder Li’s sword with his Ice Inkstone and summoned the high Void Refinement Heaven-Swallowing Green Toad to capture the Ghostface Butterfly.
• Chen Changming recognized the green toad’s spirit-devouring power as part of the Green Toad Palace legacy and used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica to disarm Elder Wu and pin Xiao Han, Elder Wu, Elder Li, and the toad against the mountain.
• The Ghostface Butterfly used its newly awakened Void Imprisonment ability to halt the toad’s tongue, but the toad broke free before Chen Changming’s magnetic suction stopped it.
• Chen Changming asked Xiao Han about the green toad’s spirit-devouring art, and Elder Li identified Xiao Han as a survivor of the destroyed Green Toad Palace.
• Xiao Han refused to explain how he obtained the legacy and answered with a cold laugh.

Xiao Han sacrificed his body to restore the ancient remnant soul inside the green toad, which devoured Elder Li and Elder Wu before attacking Chen Changming. Chen Changming revealed his Fusion Realm body-cultivator strength and pursued the toad into a sealed underground cavern, where it threatened him with the Divine Stone Sealing Array.

• Xiao Han dissolved into blood essence that the green toad absorbed, allowing the ancient remnant soul to take control and break through to the second layer of the Fusion Realm.
• The green toad swallowed Elder Li and Elder Wu, escaped the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain, and attacked Chen Changming.
• Chen Changming punched the toad's tongue aside, revealing himself as a Fusion Realm body cultivator, and chased it as it fled across the snowfield.
• The green toad hid in an underground fissure, but Chen Changming followed it through a maze and entered a cavern that suppressed divine sense.
• The green toad confronted Chen Changming behind a strange silver stone and warned him that the Divine Stone Sealing Array would kill him, but Chen Changming dismissed its threat.

Chen Changming discovered a third Immortal Sealing List Fragment in the Green Toad Palace Ruins and defeated the Green Toad, who sacrificed himself to become a Spirit Treasure. After the new fragment acknowledged Chen Changming as its master, he stored all three fragments for his future entry into the Immortal Sealing Hall.

• Chen Changming used his two Immortal Sealing List Fragments to subdue the fragment revealed when the Green Toad shattered a silver stone.
• Chen Changming overwhelmed the Green Toad with a punch, and the wounded Green Toad used a secret art to turn himself into a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
• Chen Changming shattered the Spirit Treasure with the Golden Dragon Horn, and the Green Toad's soul remnant dispersed.
• Chen Changming summoned the Heaven-Devouring Toad, which swallowed the Green Toad's fragments and gained the potential to strengthen Chen Changming through its transformation.
• The third fragment learned why the other two acknowledged Chen Changming and chose to submit to him as well.
• Chen Changming placed all three Immortal Sealing List Fragments in his Storage Ring, securing them for his future entry into the Immortal Sealing Hall.

Chen Changming learned that the Ghostface Butterfly had awakened Spatial Confinement, then returned toward the Snow Bamboo Sect. His younger cousin Chen Jinghong intercepted him with news of an emergency at the Chen Household, and he agreed to accompany her home.

• Chen Changming asked the Ghostface Butterfly about its new Spatial Confinement ability and promised to seek spatial treasures to help it grow.
• True Person Xue Yan explained that she had kept Snow Bamboo Sect disciples away from the Ghostface Butterfly's tribulation and gave Chen Changming a map of Cold Light Province.
• Chen Jinghong stopped Chen Changming near the Snow Bamboo Sect and told him an emergency had struck the Chen Household.
• Chen Changming agreed to return with Chen Jinghong and reviewed Chen Chuan's memories of the Chen Household as they flew toward it.

Chen Changming returned to the Chen Household and learned that the Wang Family was trying to seize its Yin-Yang Token through a duel between their younger generations. After Chen Jinghong lost to Wang Lin, Chen Changming used his Ghostface Butterfly to immobilize Wang Lin and kicked him off the platform.

• Chen Yuanyue explained that the Chen Household's Yin-Yang Token secured access to the Cold Abyss Secret Realm and that the Wang Family was challenging them for control of it.
• Wang Lin defeated Chen Household challengers and wounded Chen Jinghong in the arena.
• Chen Changming stepped onto the platform and provoked Wang Lin into attacking first.
• Chen Changming summoned his Ghostface Butterfly, whose Void Imprisonment froze Wang Lin and his flying sword.
• Chen Changming kicked Wang Lin off the platform, stunning the gathered Chen and Wang families.

Chen Changming defeated Wang Lin with the Ghostface Butterfly, preserving the Chen Household’s Yin-Yang Token and driving the Wang Family away. After Chen Yuanyue warned him to conceal the rare insect and gave him spirit talismans, the Wang Family Patriarch reported the defeat to Elder Shi Chu, who recognized the Ghostface Butterfly and coveted it for the Cold Abyss Royal Family.

• Chen Changming defeated Wang Lin with the Ghostface Butterfly, and the Chen Household celebrated its victory and the preservation of the Yin-Yang Token.
• The Wang Family Patriarch led his injured clansmen away after Chen Yuanyue declared the wagered duel settled.
• Chen Yuanyue warned Chen Changming to keep the Ghostface Butterfly secret and gave him more than ten fifth-tier spirit talismans.
• The Wang Family Patriarch returned to the ancestral lands and told Elder Shi Chu how Wang Lin had lost to the Ghostface Butterfly.
• Elder Shi Chu recognized the Ghostface Butterfly and decided that the Cold Abyss Royal Family should obtain it.

Emperor Xiao Yuan sent Shi Chu and Imperial Clan experts to capture Chen Chuan and seize his Ghostface Butterfly. Chen Changming killed the infiltrators and concluded that the Imperial Clan had been using the Wang Family to collect the Yin-Yang Tokens, though he suspected it had a deeper reason for wanting them.

• Shi Chu reported the Ghostface Butterfly to Emperor Xiao Yuan, who ordered him to infiltrate the Chen Household and bring Chen Chuan to the imperial capital.
• Shi Chu led masked Imperial Clan experts into Chen Changming’s courtyard and demanded that he surrender and offer up his fortuitous opportunity.
• Chen Changming recognized the intruders as members of the Imperial Clan and effortlessly subdued them despite their superior cultivation levels.
• Chen Changming questioned Shi Chu about the Imperial Clan’s role in the Wang Family’s pursuit of the Yin-Yang Token, and Shi Chu’s reaction confirmed his suspicion.
• Chen Changming killed Shi Chu and the other intruders, then deduced that the Imperial Clan was gathering the Yin-Yang Tokens to monopolize the Cold Abyss Secret Realm’s opportunities.

Chen Changming killed the imperial clan’s infiltrators, while Emperor Xiao Yuan planned to have Chen Chuan ambushed in the Cold Abyss Secret Realm. The Chen Household chose Chen Chuan to enter the realm, and Chen Changming prepared to return to the Snow Bamboo Sect, wondering whether the imperial clan would attack him again.

• Chen Changming destroyed the isolation formation, concealed the imperial cultivators’ deaths, and resumed cultivating.
• Emperor Xiao Yuan learned that Shi Chu and his companions had died, then approved a plan to have cultivators from nine clans kill Chen Chuan in the secret realm and seize his Ghostface Butterfly and Yin-Yang Fruit.
• Chen Yuanyue and the Chen Household elders agreed that Chen Chuan should enter the Cold Abyss Secret Realm with their Yin-Yang Token.
• Chen Changming accepted the assignment and agreed to return to the Snow Bamboo Sect until the secret realm’s opening approached.
• Chen Changming wondered whether the imperial clan would attack him on his way back to the Snow Bamboo Sect.