Chapter Summaries

The person behind the scenes reassured the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon before reviving Su Zhan, hoping to test his talent and later take over his body. Su Zhan woke up in his own body as the two companions waited for him to recover.

• The person behind the scenes told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon that he would not harm Su Zhan, though he secretly planned to test Su Zhan and seize his body.
• The Moon Beast demanded an explanation, and the person behind the scenes stimulated Su Zhan's power and healed him.
• Su Zhan saw a flash of light, regained consciousness, and returned to his own body.
• The Moon Beast apologized to the person behind the scenes, and he waved away the apology.
• The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon waited while Su Zhan remained dazed.

After Su Zhan recovered from a dangerous encounter inside the formation, the person behind the scenes gave him Magic Treasures as compensation. The person behind the scenes then departed, while Su Zhan offered to help him in the future.

• Su Zhan asked the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon what had happened after his consciousness became muddled and he struggled to breathe.
• The Moon Beast explained that they had feared Su Zhan was in danger and had asked the person behind the scenes to save him.
• Su Zhan and the person behind the scenes discussed how the formation connected to other worlds and why it could not be dealt with easily.
• The person behind the scenes gave Su Zhan a storage realm containing Magic Treasures as thanks and compensation for the trouble he had caused.
• Su Zhan accepted the gifts and offered to help the person behind the scenes in the future, then the person behind the scenes bade everyone farewell and left.

After giving Su Zhan a Storage Ring, the man behind the scenes secretly prepared to lure him into a trap and seize his body and talent. A month later, his preparations were complete, and he sent out a puppet.

• Su Zhan and his companions examined the Storage Ring, and the Moon Beast warned him not to trust the man behind the scenes.
• Su Zhan said the gifts had only slightly lowered his guard and that he would not trust the man completely.
• The man behind the scenes revealed that he had tampered with the formation to lure Su Zhan into a prepared trap for Body Snatching.
• Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the others traveled and improved their strength while puppets monitored them.
• After a month of preparations, the man behind the scenes decided it was time to act and sent out a puppet.

Su Zhan confronted the person behind the scenes about his repeated visits and suspected ulterior motive. The man realized Su Zhan had seen through him, but his true objective remained unknown.

• The Moon Beast sent a puppet to scout Su Zhan and the others, then set out after receiving good news.
• The person behind the scenes appeared before Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the others, but their wary expressions unsettled him.
• Su Zhan asked the visitor why he had come again and accused him of seeking something.
• Su Zhan explained that the visitor's repeated offers of help and Magic Treasures had made him suspicious.
• The person behind the scenes sighed, realizing Su Zhan had seen through his thoughts.

Su Zhan confronted the mastermind and learned that he intended to defeat him, seize his body, and take his talent. Su Zhan attacked before the mastermind could finish tracing what might have been an array, driving him back.

• Su Zhan rejected the mastermind's claim that he wanted to reminisce and demanded to know his true intentions.
• The mastermind admitted that he planned to seize Su Zhan's body and talent.
• Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to stand aside while he fought the mastermind alone.
• The mastermind began tracing patterns in the air, and Su Zhan attacked before he could finish.
• Su Zhan's attack repeatedly forced the mastermind backward.

The mastermind lured Su Zhan into a Magic Array by insulting him, then trapped Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon when they tried to help. Su Zhan remained trapped under the array’s attacks as the mastermind urged him to surrender to Body Snatching.

• Su Zhan kept attacking the mastermind from a distance and refused to chase him, but the mastermind provoked Su Zhan into charging into a Magic Array.
• Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon tried to destroy a red crystal, but discovered it was a fake.
• The mastermind mocked Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon for believing his deception.
• Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon attacked the mastermind, but he trapped them inside another Magic Array.
• The mastermind watched Su Zhan struggle against the array’s attacks and urged him to surrender to Body Snatching.

Su Zhan escaped the formation and turned the tables on the man behind the scenes, who had planned to seize his body. The man fled in fear until he crashed into a stone wall.

• The man behind the scenes offered Su Zhan a body to keep living, but Su Zhan rejected him and attacked with a red light.
• The man behind the scenes strengthened the formation, releasing mind-affecting black gas from its Formation Eyes.
• Su Zhan charged into the thickest black gas and unexpectedly emerged from the left side of the formation.
• Su Zhan approached the man behind the scenes, who backed away in terror and slammed into a stone wall.

Su Zhan realized the mastermind had trapped him in an illusion, broke free, and killed him for real. He rescued the unconscious Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, then discovered the mastermind’s Storage Ring held a vast trove of pills and one-use Magic Treasures.

• Su Zhan discovered that his apparent killing of the mastermind had been an illusion and disrupted his mana circulation to break the illusion array.
• Su Zhan attacked the mastermind before he could react and cut off his head.
• Su Zhan sensed the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon underground and lifted them out of the earth, finding both unconscious.
• Su Zhan removed the mastermind’s Storage Ring, erased its mark, and found it filled with pills and one-use Magic Treasures.

After killing the mastermind, Su Zhan shared the Storage Ring’s treasures and pills with Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon. He then refined the remaining pills and Magic Treasures to strengthen himself.

• Su Zhan put away the mastermind’s Storage Ring and waited for Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to recover.
• Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon woke, learned the mastermind was dead, and selected treasures and pills from the Storage Ring.
• Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon ran off with their chosen items, while Su Zhan sorted the remaining contents.
• Su Zhan kept healing and detoxifying pills, then refined the other pills and one-use Magic Treasures into power.
• Su Zhan began refining the remaining powerful weapons to absorb their spiritual energy.

Su Zhan absorbed spiritual energy from the refined enemies before the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon warned him that they remained trapped inside a fused formation. Su Zhan took charge of finding a way out and left them to wait for his return.

• Su Zhan crushed the refined enemies and absorbed their spiritual energy, feeling his strength improve.
• The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon returned with troubled expressions and told Su Zhan they were still inside a formation.
• The Moon Beast explained that a thin barrier protected the illusion formation and that their attacks could not break it.
• Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to stay behind while he handled the formation.

Su Zhan returned from searching the mountains without finding a way out of the illusion array, so he shared his discoveries with the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon. The Moon Beast deduced that the array’s crucial point was likely in the air or atop the mountain peaks, where balance was lost.

• Su Zhan searched the illusion array and found clues but could not locate its crucial point alone.
• Su Zhan returned to the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon and proposed discussing his findings together.
• Su Zhan told them that the mountain animals walked unsteadily and seemed to have lost their sense of balance.
• The Moon Beast deduced that the array’s entry point was probably in the air or on the mountain peaks.

Su Zhan searched the mountains and sky for the formation's eye and discovered a dangerous cave. After the ice bed trapped him and summoned armed puppets, he shattered them with his power.

• Su Zhan asked the Moon Beast and its companion to keep watch while he searched for the formation's eye.
• Su Zhan searched the sky but found nothing, then investigated the mountains and discovered a cave that exuded cold air.
• Su Zhan entered the cave cautiously and found an ice bed at its deepest point.
• Su Zhan lay on the ice bed, which restrained him and summoned ice puppets that attacked him with blades.
• Su Zhan released his power and blasted the puppets into chunks of ice.

After destroying the cave that had been a trap, Su Zhan lost the clues to breaking the illusion formation and decided to rest. Two days later, he set out again but returned dejected, while the Moon Beast considered whether the formation’s key might be on someone’s body.

• Su Zhan destroyed the cave and mountain after escaping the trap, then told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon that the Killing Formation and its clues were gone.
• The Moon Beast sighed in disappointment, and Su Zhan decided they should rest inside the formation because little time passed outside it.
• Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon slept for two days.
• Su Zhan set out with confidence but returned dejected by nightfall.
• The Moon Beast kept searching for a way out and wondered whether the key to breaking the formation was on someone's body.

The Moon Beast suspected that the key to breaking the formation was connected to Su Zhan and suggested using his power to draw it out. Su Zhan stabbed himself instead, and a surge of power emerged from his body.

• The Moon Beast called Su Zhan over and shared its guess about breaking the formation.
• Su Zhan agreed the idea was plausible, then prepared to stab himself with a dagger.
• The Moon Beast stopped Su Zhan and proposed using his power to force the formation's key out.
• Su Zhan explained that his earlier use of power had caused no reaction and said he had to try another method.
• Su Zhan snatched back the dagger and stabbed himself, causing a surge of power to rise from his body.

Su Zhan found a bronze key at the center of the formation and used it to absorb the formation, freeing himself and his companions. He urged the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to grow stronger, then took them to a nearby city.

• The Moon Beast sealed Su Zhan's wound and told him to recover before they tried to escape.
• Su Zhan searched for a way to break the formation but could not use the other force he discovered inside himself.
• Su Zhan reached the formation's center, where eight Copper Coins flew to him and melted into a bronze-colored key.
• Su Zhan took the Bagua-engraved stone slab and absorbed the formation into the key, prompting the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to celebrate.
• Su Zhan told his companions to cultivate and improve their strength, and they agreed to work hard alongside him.
• Su Zhan took the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to a nearby city to stay.

Su Zhan revealed that he had taken control of the vanished formation inside the bronze key. After he and Moon Beast left the city, True Person Tiangong intercepted them and said he had come to see Su Zhan for himself.

• Su Zhan told Moon Beast that the formation had entered the bronze key and was under his control.
• Moon Beast accepted Su Zhan's explanation, and they put the matter aside.
• After staying in the city for two days, Su Zhan and Moon Beast set out on their journey.
• True Person Tiangong repeatedly blocked their path despite their changing direction.
• Moon Beast challenged True Person Tiangong about his intentions, and the old man said he had come to see the unusually talented Su Zhan.
• Su Zhan replied to True Person Tiangong.

True Person Tiangong tried to take Su Zhan as his disciple after hearing that Su Zhan had killed the person behind the scenes. Su Zhan rejected him, leaving True Person Tiangong stunned.

• Su Zhan dismissed the rumors and tried to leave with the Moon Beast, but True Person Tiangong blocked their way.
• Su Zhan threatened to kill True Person Tiangong, then calmed down after the Moon Beast warned him to watch his condition and apologized.
• True Person Tiangong revealed that he had come to recruit Su Zhan as his disciple because Su Zhan had killed the person behind the scenes.
• True Person Tiangong demonstrated his power by exploding a nearby mountain peak and promised to protect and teach Su Zhan.
• Su Zhan shook his head in rejection, and True Person Tiangong wondered if he had seen wrong.

Su Zhan refused True Person Tiangong’s repeated offers to become his disciple, but hesitated when Tiangong offered him a Phantom Mist Jade. Tiangong believed the treasure would secure Su Zhan’s agreement, while the Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon watched him warily.

• Su Zhan told True Person Tiangong that he did not want a master and was satisfied with his own strength.
• True Person Tiangong urged Su Zhan not to waste the rare opportunity, but Su Zhan reaffirmed his refusal.
• True Person Tiangong offered Su Zhan a Phantom Mist Jade if he became his disciple.
• Su Zhan fell silent as he weighed the valuable treasure against his reluctance to accept Tiangong as his master.
• The Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon watched True Person Tiangong with suspicion.

True Person Tiangong offered Su Zhan the Phantom Mist Jade if he became his disciple, but demanded that Su Zhan let an oil lamp scorch his soul as proof of his commitment. Su Zhan refused and walked away with the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, leaving True Person Tiangong furious.

• The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon suspected True Person Tiangong had ulterior motives but waited for Su Zhan to decide.
• Su Zhan agreed to become True Person Tiangong's disciple, and True Person Tiangong celebrated before putting away the Phantom Mist Jade.
• Su Zhan asked why True Person Tiangong had withheld the jade, and True Person Tiangong said he needed proof that Su Zhan would not change his mind.
• True Person Tiangong demanded that Su Zhan place his soul in an oil lamp and let its flames scorch it.
• Su Zhan turned and left, and the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon followed as True Person Tiangong roared angrily.

Su Zhan confronted True Person Tiangong, who admitted he had planned to make Su Zhan his disciple before killing him and taking his body. True Person Tiangong attacked after Su Zhan provoked him, leaving their fight underway.

• Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to move aside, then demanded that True Person Tiangong let him pass.
• True Person Tiangong admitted he had intended to take Su Zhan as a disciple, kill him, and occupy his body.
• Su Zhan stayed guarded and waited for True Person Tiangong to reveal his methods instead of attacking first.
• Su Zhan mocked True Person Tiangong for hesitating, angering him into charging forward and launching a swift attack.