Chapter Summaries

Zhu Yu and the other Qingping Foundation Establishment True Persons received rewards from Qingping True Lord for occupying territory, while the birthday celebration in Yong Province approached. Zhu Yu refused to sell Whale’s bloodline, and the chapter ended with him receiving the bounty for occupying a commandery.

• Cang Li and Fu Hongxi described their slow gains in Mizhi and Yaoxiang Prefectures, while Zhu Yu learned that Yinming had occupied a prefecture and received Qingping True Lord’s reward.
• Great Ancestor Shangguan withdrew his Black Swamp Tribe warriors from battle, and other Foundation Establishment True Persons began coordinating after hearing about the rewards and possible punishment.
• Zhu Yu advised Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi to raise their own bloodline dependents, then refused to sell Whale’s Jiaoren bloodline or his Six-Armed Naga.
• Zhu Yu left to handle matters after Yong Province’s birthday celebration, and Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi returned to their Life Spirit Ruins.
• As the Prefecture Lord’s Mansion prepared for the birthday celebration, Zhu Yu received thirty-two strands of Spirit Ruins Origin and two jin of Five Elements Essence for occupying a commandery.

Zhu Yu used his share of plundered resources to raise a huge Tu Fishman army, which invaded neighboring prefectures and triggered Great Yu to call for a demon-slaying campaign. While disguised as Qin Ying at the Yong Province Prefecture Lord’s birthday banquet, Zhu Yu confronted another Qin Ying over an old poisoning attempt, just as the honored guest arrived.

• Zhu Yu calculated how much Spirit Ruins Origin and Five Elements Essence he could gain by occupying more of Yong Province, then spent his resources to create a million powerful Tu Fishmen.
• Zhu Yu sent the Tu Fishmen through Bronze Gates to attack neighboring prefectures while Hong Youfu, Qiao Heyong, Yao Ye, whale, Meng, and the Blood Slave guarded their advance and eliminated powerful Martial Artists.
• Great Yu sent Zhenwu Guard detachments toward Yong Province and issued a Demon-Slaying Order, drawing heroes, wandering fighters, and criminals toward the province.
• Disguised as Qin Ying, Zhu Yu attended the Yong Province Prefecture Lord’s birthday banquet and took a seat with the prefects.
• Qin Ying tried to reconcile with Zhu Yu over his dispute with the Eldest Young Master, but Zhu Yu publicly recalled how the Second Young Master had tried to poison him with Vulture Poison.
• The guests rose as the honored guest arrived, and Zhu Yu recognized that he had come.

At the Old Prince’s gathering, Zhu Yu discovered that Qin Chuan’s longevity pill carried a God Word toxin and warned Qin Hou, but the Old Prince swallowed it before anyone could intervene. Qin Hou then resolved to kill Qin Chuan and hinted that foreign demons in Yan Province could provide an opportunity.

• Qin Chuan presented the Old Prince with a Soul-Calming Longevity Pill, and Zhu Yu identified a toxin derived from Qin Chuan’s God Word inside it.
• Zhu Yu secretly warned Qin Hou, who accused Qin Chuan of trying to poison their father and seized the pill box.
• The Old Prince took the pill himself, dismissed the accusation, and handed management of Yong Province to the others before retiring.
• Qin Hou asked Zhu Yu whether the pill was poisonous, and Zhu Yu explained Qin Chuan’s God Word, “Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst.”
• Qin Hou declared that he intended to kill Qin Chuan and told Zhu Yu that foreign demons had appeared in Yan Province.

Zhu Yu agreed to help Qin Hou ambush Qin Chuan, while Qin Chuan secretly relied on Dong Biwu to secure his succession as Prefecture Lord. Dong Biwu suspected Qin Wuxiang was using the Otherworldly Demons to plunge Yong Province into chaos and break through to the Indestructible realm.

• Qin Hou asked Zhu Yu to intercept and kill Qin Chuan, and Zhu Yu agreed while warning that he would not take responsibility if the plan went wrong.
• A scholar youth warned Qin Hou to offer Zhu Yu a substantial gift, so Qin Hou sent Huaiwu to retrieve a South Sea tribute treasure from the storehouse.
• Qin Chuan returned to Plum Garden, dismissed his attendants, and reported to Dong Biwu that Qin Wuxiang's health was failing and described the events in the hall.
• Dong Biwu promised to help Qin Chuan become Prefecture Lord after Qin Wuxiang died, and told him to give his father whatever Yinjiu Poison he requested.
• Dong Biwu recalled escaping Huang Shi through a newly comprehended Divine Ability and discovering that Qin Wuxiang possessed a formidable cultivation aura.
• Dong Biwu suspected Qin Wuxiang was deliberately allowing the Otherworldly Demons to destabilize Yong Province so he could break through to the Indestructible realm.

Qin Chuan learned that Prefecture officials were arranging a campaign against the demons and backing rival heirs, while he and his allies plotted to secure the governorship. Qin Yu hired Zhu Yu to kill Qin Qi with a Black Gold Mace, and three days later Zhu Yu received a letter suggesting the conflict had begun.

• Wang Bocao told Qin Chuan that officials favored different heirs for the governorship and that invitations to fight the demons would soon be sent, while Huang Shi and the Martial Suppression Army were arriving.
• Qin Chuan’s allies assured him they would help him eliminate his brothers and claim the governorship.
• Qin Yu presented Zhu Yu with the Black Gold Mace, a Famous Artifact that amplified its wielder’s physical strength, and asked him to kill Qin Qi.
• Qin Yu told his retainer that he wanted Qin Qi dead because his maternal grandfather was stirring, and secured a society master’s promise to make one move in exchange for unlimited grain.
• Three days later, a letter from his steward roused Zhu Yu from cultivation, and he wondered whether the events had begun.

Zhu Yu learned that Yang Jiu, leader of Black Water Stronghold, planned to enter Yong Province through Qin Qi, and decided to kill him. Qin Yu warned that the timing was poor, but Zhu Yu left anyway, insisting no one would know he was responsible.

• Kou Tong’s Prefectural Troops cleared the road into Yong Province City by killing merchants who blocked their procession and taking their goods.
• Qin Yu told Zhu Yu that Kou Tong was a powerful obstacle tied to Qin Qi and Black Water Stronghold.
• Qin Yu explained that Yang Jiu wanted to use Qin Qi to gain a foothold in Yong Province, while the Demon-Slaying Order distracted the imperial court.
• Zhu Yu decided to kill Yang Jiu that day, but Qin Yu tried to stop him, warning that it was not a good opportunity.
• Zhu Yu reassured Qin Yu that no one would discover the killing and walked out of the carriage.

Zhu Yu discovered that Qin Qi cultivated an art linked to the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Alliance and reported his suspicion that the Martial Realm had been assimilated by one of its sects. After Qingping True Lord accepted Qin Qi’s aura without explanation, Zhu Yu used a thousand strands of Spirit Ruins Origin to greatly expand the Life Spirit Ruins.

• Zhu Yu entered Qin Qi’s carriage, examined his memories, and realized Qin Qi cultivated a version of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Basic Visualization Method associated with the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Alliance.
• Zhu Yu concluded that Qin Qi had been entered into a sect and suspected that a sect of the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Alliance was assimilating the Martial Realm.
• Zhu Yu left the procession, traveled through the Bronze Gate to Qingping, and reported his suspicions to Qingping True Lord while offering Qin Qi’s aura.
• Zhu Yu returned to the Life Spirit Ruins and found a thousand strands of Spirit Ruins Origin waiting for him.
• Zhu Yu refined the thousand strands together with the Spirit Ruins Origin he had collected, expanding the Life Spirit Ruins and strengthening its barrier and Source Sea.

Zhu Yu expanded the Life Spirit Ruins, strengthened his power, and warned his subordinates about the dangers gathering in Yong Province. He then spoke with the Lady of Pleasure, who offered a Demigod body in exchange for water from the Haoran Long River, leaving the trade dependent on whether Zhu Yu could obtain it.

• Zhu Yu expanded the Life Spirit Ruins, summoned living souls and corpses into it, and instructed his subordinates to avoid provoking powerful newcomers to Yong Province.
• Yao Ye reported that Shangguan Wanhe had appeared in Yong Province and tried to recruit him, and Zhu Yu reassured him that the Life Spirit Ruins protected him from Shangguan Wanhe's Dao Heart Demon Seeding.
• Zhu Yu rewarded Whale with the Black Gold Mace, sent the Blood Slave to temper itself in the Source Sea, and let Meng contact the Lady of Pleasure.
• The Lady of Pleasure asked Zhu Yu about his Source of Strength, and he told her he had found the Haoran Long River, also called the River of Knowledge.
• The Lady of Pleasure offered a Demigod divine body for five hundred drops of River of Knowledge water and explained that only a scholar could extract its essence; Zhu Yu deferred the deal until he could obtain it.

Zhu Yu learned that Little Seven’s friend Gen, a third-grade Seven-Colored Medicinal Mud, was held by Qin Wuxiang, but chose to wait rather than confront him. He then joined Qin Hou’s gathering, where powerful allies agreed to help remove Qin Chuan as the convoy neared Yaoxiang Prefecture.

• Meng finished cultivating, and Zhu Yu sent her through the Bronze Gate to the Martial Realm.
• Zhu Yu sent Little Jade into the Source Sea to attempt a Tier Two breakthrough with prepared spiritual energy and a Myriad Beast Essence Soul.
• Little Seven told Zhu Yu that Gen was its friend, a third-grade Seven-Colored Medicinal Mud being imprisoned and mistreated in Yong Province City by Qin Wuxiang.
• Zhu Yu found that Gen was in the Prefecture Governor’s manor, decided not to risk confronting Qin Wuxiang yet, and promised Little Seven he would reunite them later.
• At Qin Hou’s encampment, Zhu Yu learned from Mu Changying that Huang Shi had arrived in Yong Province and warned Zang Hai and the others.
• Qin Hou introduced Zhu Yu to Sword Elder and other powerful allies, who agreed to help eliminate Qin Chuan; Qin Hou then said he needed Zhu Yu’s help.

Qin Hou gave Zhu Yu the Shark Pearl in exchange for keeping Huang Shi from interfering, while Zhu Yu and Qin Yu revealed their identities as cultivators from the Spirit Ruins. Zhu Yu learned that Return to Ruins had joined All Gods Domain and reported the news to the chat group, asking for guidance about the Flower God Spirit Ruins.

• Qin Hou gave Zhu Yu the Shark Pearl and pressured him to keep Huang Shi from interfering in the struggle with Qin Chuan.
• Zhu Yu accepted the task and left the main tent, then confronted Qin Yu in his carriage about why he had not acted against Qin Qi.
• Qin Yu revealed that he had seized Qin Yu's body, and Zhu Yu recognized his aura as belonging to Return to Ruins.
• Qin Yu explained that Return to Ruins had joined All Gods Domain three hundred years earlier, while Wangchuan Realm had taken its place in the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Array.
• Qin Yu identified himself as a cultivator from Santu Spirit Ruins and invited Zhu Yu, who named Immortal Grave Spirit Ruins, to join forces against the Flower God Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu reported the news to Qingping True Lord, then posted it in the chat group and asked the other members for advice.

Zhu Yu watched the Heavenly Dao Sect group chat agree to travel together to investigate the Martial Realm and the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Alliance, then prepared for a nighttime move in Yaoxiang Prefecture. He negotiated with General Huang, trading Vitality Spirit Liquid for a promise that Huang would not act recklessly that night and for permission to choose a weapon, just as a sudden boom sounded.

• Zhu Yu realized that the newly joined True Person Nameless was the original Yin Underworld, and he explained that he had taken the title in remembrance of the sunken Yinming Mansion.
• True Lord Huiyue invited the sect members to investigate both the Martial Realm and the Twelve Heavenly Immortal Alliance, then ordered everyone to travel together through Qingping True Lord's cross-realm grand array.
• Zhu Yu contacted Fu Hongxi, Zang Hai, Cang Li, and his other allies to prepare a route toward Yaoxiang Prefecture.
• After three days, Mu Changying told Zhu Yu that the young master planned to act at midnight, and Zhu Yu went to see General Huang.
• Zhu Yu used Vitality Spirit Liquid to ease Huang Shi's wounds and negotiated a promise of restraint, a favor, and the right to choose a sharp weapon in exchange.
• Zhu Yu selected a red-jade short saber from Huang Shi's weapon racks, and a boom suddenly sounded.

Qin Chuan’s forces clashed with Qin Hou’s allies, and Kou Tong’s archery and Mu Family Head’s strength turned the battle deadly. After Lady Fei killed Bell Sound Maiden and claimed her Divine Seed, Mu Family Head demanded that Qin Hou reveal any remaining trump cards.

• Qin Chuan accused Qin Hou of colluding with outsiders and ordered his forces to attack, while Kou Tong’s arrows wounded Qin Hou and killed Daoist Nun Ma.
• Lady Fei fought the Middle-aged Daoist Nun, then killed her with help from Kou Tong’s hidden arrow.
• Mu Family Head killed Qin Ying in a brutal grapple as Sword Elder’s disciples drove back Huangqi Prefecture Lord and Sangma Prefecture Lord.
• Qin Hou urged Mu Family Head to kill Qin Chuan in exchange for wealth and honor, prompting Mu Family Head to turn against Qin Chuan.
• Lady Fei crushed Bell Sound Maiden, removed her Divine Seed, and threatened the survivors.
• Mu Family Head asked Qin Hou to reveal his remaining trump cards, and Qin Hou urgently called for the others to act.

Zhu Yu watched Qin Chuan’s faction fracture after Kou Tong killed him, then prepared to exploit the survivors before Qin Hou was betrayed and Qin Qi emerged as the hidden fisherman. Huang Shi recognized Zhu Yu as a man from the Outer Realm and began discussing his origins after tasting Zhu Yu’s unusual tea.

• After Qin Hou’s warning halted the fighting, Kou Tong shot Qin Chuan with three arrows, and Huangqi Prefecture Lord and Sangma Prefecture Lord fled the camp.
• Qin Hou ordered the others to kill Lady Fei, but Mu Family Head persuaded the man surnamed Liu to leave with Daoist Nun Ma and Lingyin’s bodies, while Lady Fei departed unharmed.
• Zhu Yu sent Zang Hai, Cang Li, Fu Hongxi, and Hong Youfu to pursue the departing fighters, but a sword-bearing young man stabbed Qin Hou in the back.
• Zhu Yu discovered that Qin Qi, accompanied by a green-robed youth and Kou Tong, had become the fisherman; the youth’s snake-like golden pupils revealed a threatening presence that Huang Shi repelled.
• Huang Shi offered to spare Zhu Yu in exchange for information about the Outer Realm, and Zhu Yu gave him Soul-Returning Spirit Liquid and served him tea containing Green Sucklings.
• Huang Shi found that the Green Sucklings restored his Blood Qi and healed hidden injuries, then demanded that Zhu Yu serve him more.

Zhu Yu left Huang Shi to heal and later ambushed Lady Fei, surviving her lethal punch and killing her and her guards. He then joined Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi as they fought the Liu man.

• Huang Shi consumed Zhu Yu’s Green Sucklings and spiritual liquid, then began healing his wounds as Zhu Yu departed through a Bronze Gate.
• Yang Jiu tried to approach the recovering Huang Shi, who beat him, tore out his eyes, and warned him not to try again.
• Zhu Yu intercepted Lady Fei, killed her in a clash that tested his Superior Person Divine Ability, and slew her fleeing guards with Lingxiao.
• Zhu Yu stored Lady Fei and the guards’ corpses in the Life Spirit Ruins, then traveled to the riverway where Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi fought the Liu man.
• Zhu Yu summoned Lingxiao and called down lightning to attack the Liu man as he neared escape.

Zhu Yu helped Zang Hai and the others defeat the man surnamed Liu, then harvested Lady Fei’s remains and advanced his plans to expand his forces. After arranging an alliance meeting, he agreed to sell Huang Shi Green Sucklings in exchange for a weapon, while his subordinates set out to pursue the escaped prefecture lords.

• Zhu Yu joined Zang Hai, Cang Li, and Fu Hongxi in killing the man surnamed Liu, and they divided the Spirit Ruins Origin from his Divine Seed.
• Zhu Yu learned that Hong Youfu and the others had let Huangqi Prefecture Lord and Sangma Prefecture Lord escape after fighting among themselves, then ordered them to bring back the two corpses within seven days.
• Yao Ye persuaded the group to cooperate, and they set off to chase Huangqi Prefecture Lord and Sangma Prefecture Lord.
• Zhu Yu harvested Lady Fei’s corpse, discovered that Qin Chuan’s backer was a fifth-rank Dharma Image Realm Martial Artist from the Evil God Sect, and sent forces to advance into three more commanderies.
• Qin Yu told Zhu Yu that his elders agreed to an alliance and warned him about Yang Jiu; Zhu Yu obtained the True Lord’s agreement to meet them.
• Huang Shi asked to buy Green Sucklings, and Zhu Yu agreed to provide ten thousand in exchange for one weapon of his choice.

Zhu Yu traded Green Sucklings for weapons, crushed a town invaded by Tu Fishmen, and learned how his split spirits were advancing their plans. The chapter ended in the Insect Realm, where a Red Fire Ant considered returning home despite the loss of the Inheritance Divine Tree.

• Huang Shi bought a hundred thousand low-grade Green Sucklings from Zhu Yu, who gave him a Beast Bag and left to fetch a pill in exchange for Famous Artifacts and Fifth Realm Divine Seeds.
• Cao Kun and Wu Yu found Tu Fishmen attacking a town in Yinlan Prefecture, and Cao Kun summoned Liang Kuan after realizing the attackers were not Liang Kuan's forces.
• Zhu Yu arrived, identified Great Ancestor Shangguan through a Tu Fishman's memories, destroyed the town and its invaders, and told Liang Kuan to kill Tu Fishmen who were not his dependents.
• Zhu Yu recognized Cao Kun as Zhu Yi's son, gave him several God Speech Realm Divine Seeds, and later found that Great Ancestor Shangguan had fled Silver Leaf Prefecture.
• Zhu Yu reviewed his split spirits' progress: the Heavenly Principle Split Spirit had risen to power in the White Lotus Sect, while the Haoran Righteous Qi Split Spirit and its eight hundred sworn brothers had grown stronger at Qingfeng Stronghold.
• In the Insect Realm, the Red Fire Ant tended the nearly ripe Giant Peak Grapes and wondered whether it should return home despite the loss of the Inheritance Divine Tree.

Zhu Yu harvested the ripened fruits of the West Mansion Begonia and White-Tail Pear God-Given Spirit Seeds while tending to the plants on Giant Peak. He left with a higher-grade crop for Hua Ling and wondered whether Hua Ling had reached Mountain Master level.

• The Moon Sprite Xianyue admired the rare Spirit Seeds on Giant Peak, argued with Cailing, and got thrown into a pond after kicking Heizi.
• Zhu Yu and Cailing entered the Five Elements formation, where the West Mansion Begonia God-Given Spirit Seed ripened its fruit after Zhu Yu supplied Life Origin Stones.
• Zhu Yu and Cailing counted 350 ripe West Mansion Begonia fruits, and Zhu Yu tasted one before feeding Life Origin Stones to the plant again.
• Zhu Yu entered the White-Tail Pear God-Given Spirit Seed's formation, urged it to ripen more fruit, and sent Cailing outside because the plant feared her.
• The White-Tail Pear produced 352 ripe fruits of one grade higher than its previous crop, and Zhu Yu wondered whether Hua Ling had become a Mountain Master.

Zhu Yu harvested Divine Gift fruits, cared for his fungal Divine Gifts, and traded with Heitu for Spirit Stones and Alfalfa Grass Spirit Seeds. After agreeing to sell Wild Giant Peak Grapes and a One-Leaf Lotus fruit, he planted the Alfalfa seeds and reflected on his growing strength and future bloodline.

• Zhu Yu harvested White-Tail Pear and West Mansion Begonia fruits, then tended to Heaven-Facing Mushroom and inspected Empress Bamboo Fungus and Hyacinth.
• Zhu Yu watched Heizi the Three-Headed Dog fight himself while Baldy and Fire Tail asked when Giant Peak Market would be restocked; Zhu Yu promised them Wild Giant Peak Grapes at the previous price.
• Heitu asked whether outsiders from the Wilderness Region could settle at Giant Peak Market, and Zhu Yu welcomed them unless they were evil bugs or beasts.
• Heitu traded Spirit Stones for a One-Leaf Lotus fruit, and Zhu Yu accepted about three hundred Alfalfa Grass Spirit Seeds from him.
• After telling Heitu that One-Leaf Lotus should ripen in half a month, Zhu Yu used Earth Spike to make a furrow and planted the Alfalfa Grass Spirit Seeds.

Zhu Yu harvested his Giant Peak Grapes, shared fruit with the creatures of Giant Peak Mountain, and organized the market’s harvest. As he prepared to assess and sell his produce, a Giant Flea Caravan arrived at Moon-Gazing Plain.

• The fragrance of ripe Giant Peak Grapes drew creatures from Giant Peak Market toward the mountain, while Zhu Yu welcomed his young kingfisher Peacock and gave Xianyue and the gathered beasts fruit.
• Zhu Yu scattered Wild Giant Peak Grapes for the waiting creatures and told Fire Tail, Baldy, and Blackie to organize harvesting and sales.
• Zhu Yu and the spirit beasts picked the cultivated grapes, and he distributed fruit shares to the Hummingbird Couple, Blackie and Whitey, Baldy, Fire Tail, White Feather, and the others.
• Zhu Yu counted 28,405 grapes remaining after the harvest and planned to sell some while reserving fruit for Giant Peak Market.
• Zhu Yu began selecting workers to gather wild grapes as a Mountain Master-level Giant Flea Warrior led its caravan into Moon-Gazing Plain.

Hua Ling arrived at Zhu Yu’s mountain with a gift from the Big-Winged Wasp Tribe: the Blood Source spirit seed, which could refine bloodlines. Zhu Yu realized it might help purify his White Fox bloodline, while Hua Ling discovered several valuable spirit seeds growing on Zhu Yu’s mountain.

• The Giant Flea Merchants reached Moon-Gazing Plain as the Moon Worm Tribe’s Moon Tree drew in moonlight and its Moon Fruit ripened.
• Hua Ling left the merchants trading for Moon Fruit and went to meet Zhu Yu, while Hua Yan privately reflected on Hua Ling’s success and Zhu Yu’s God-Given Fruit.
• The Moon Sprite told Zhu Yu that the Moon Tree’s fruit could open the wisdom of living beings, but only the Moon Worm Clan could nurture it into a Life Seed.
• Hua Ling told Zhu Yu about his travels and gave him the Blood Source spirit seed, which Zhu Yu learned could refine bloodline power.
• Zhu Yu showed Hua Ling his cultivated spirit seeds, and Hua Ling recognized the value of several before Zhu Yu offered to show him something good.