Chapter Summaries

Yu Ci studied Xue Zhi’s emotions, then reflected on how his growing power changed his relationship with the world and gained a new understanding of the Realm of Truth. He met Monk Zhengyan in the Inner Void, where Zhengyan revealed that the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva was also trying to escape the world’s enclosure.

• Yu Ci gathered Xue Zhi’s anticipation as an ingredient for his Seven Emotions Demonic Pill and let her leave with Xuanhuang, whom he told to use the name Ah Huang.
• Yu Ci considered his plans for Baiyi, then climbed to the island’s highest pavilion and recognized how his power had altered his perspective and emotional habits.
• Yu Ci entered the Inner Void and realized that his ability to arrive anywhere with a thought reflected a higher tier of the Realm of Truth.
• Yu Ci asked Monk Zhengyan about his future, and Zhengyan said he planned to find a vessel for his remnant soul and seek transcendence in the Western Extremity.
• Zhengyan told Yu Ci that he had one chance to recover and explained that the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva was also trying to escape the world, which he saw as a cage.

Yu Ci gave Monk Zhengyan a talisman puppet to house his lingering soul and asked him to leave it in the heartland of the Western Buddhist Kingdom if he went there. After reflecting on his shared connection to the Law of Life and Death and the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother, Yu Ci received an invitation to the Three Treasures Ship’s first stop and noticed Shen Wan’s name among its organizers.

• Monk Zhengyan discussed a bodhisattva’s samsara and his plan to start over by seizing a new body, and Yu Ci inferred that the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother also intended to begin anew.
• Yu Ci gave Zhengyan a talisman puppet to sustain his soul and asked him to leave it in the Western Buddhist Kingdom; Zhengyan accepted and departed in the puppet.
• Yu Ci considered his shared position on the Law of Life and Death and concluded that neither he nor the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother would entrust the other with a lifeline.
• Bai Min of Suixin Pavilion invited Yu Ci to the Three Treasures Ship’s gathering, explaining that it would bring rare goods to the lake and make its first stop there.
• Yu Ci examined the invitation’s signatures, saw Mr. Tianjiao and Meng Du listed, and recognized Shen Wan’s name.

Yu Ci learned that Shen Wan was aboard the Three Treasures Ship and considered meeting her, while Shen Wan prepared for the ship’s auction with Shen Liang. Qiu Pei arrived seeking Shen Wan’s help to establish contact with Yu Ci, leaving their planned approach unresolved.

• Yu Ci learned from Bai Min that Shen Wan was the chief shopkeeper of the Three Treasures Ship and examined the invitation and its list of valuable cargo.
• Shen Wan completed her devotions, then discussed preparations for the auction with Shen Liang.
• Qiu Pei arrived and pressed Shen Wan about her past acquaintance with Yu Ci.
• Shen Liang challenged Qiu Pei about Yu Ci’s alleged connection to He Qing’s death, but Qiu Pei dismissed the matter and asked Shen Wan to help her contact Yu Ci.

Bai Min welcomed powerful guests aboard the Three Treasures Ship during the heavenly tribulation, only to discover that Azure Wave Water Mansion’s delegation included Zhengyi Dao’s formidable Zhang Tianji. Shen Wan arrived to manage the encounter, and the gathering’s balance shifted further when she revealed that Yellow Heaven Dao’s Sun Jingfu had also come.

• Bai Min greeted invited cultivators aboard the Three Treasures Ship while wondering whether the expected guests would arrive.
• A Wave-Subduing Boat brought Hall Master Kan Xingli and two Zhengyi Dao Dharma Masters aboard, including True Lord Zhang Tianji.
• Bai Min struggled to manage the seating and assess the danger posed by Zhang Tianji’s arrival.
• Shen Wan greeted Zhang Tianji and urged Bai Min to prepare the cloud seats.
• Shen Wan revealed that Daoist Master Sun Jingfu of Yellow Heaven Dao had also arrived, prompting a chilly response from Zhang Tianji.

Suixin Pavilion arranged a Misty Cloud Seat for the arriving sect leaders, while Zhang Tianji and Sun Jingfu displayed the power of Zhengyi Dao and the Yellow Heaven Dao. Shen Wan wondered why both southern sects had come north and whether Yu Ci was involved, then noticed Bai Min speaking privately with a sword-bearing Daoist.

• Shen Wan arranged the Misty Cloud Seat, where Zhang Tianji, Zhou Chu, and Kan Xingli took their places and Sun Jingfu arrived nearby.
• Zhang Tianji and Sun Jingfu revealed their sects’ auras, each refusing to yield to the other.
• Zhang Tianji questioned why the Yellow Heaven Dao had come, and the chapter recounted the long-standing conflicts among the southern Xuanmen sects.
• Shen Wan told Shen Liang that the simultaneous arrival of Zhengyi Dao and the Yellow Heaven Dao needed investigation and wondered whether Yu Ci had drawn them north.
• Shen Wan saw Qiu Pei searching the deck for someone and noticed Bai Min speaking quietly with a sword-bearing Daoist.

Bai Min and Daoist Shuangmu speculated that the many powerful sword cultivators aboard the Three Treasures Ship had come searching for the Xuan Huang Killing Sword, while Shen Wan received a warning that trouble was approaching. The chapter ended as Shen Wan and Qiu Pei greeted two unexpected, high-ranking guests from the Rakshasa Sect and the Four Seas Society, whose arrival suggested a complicated situation.

• Daoist Shuangmu asked Bai Min whether True Man Yu had arrived and whether he still intended to attend the Clear Sky Discourse, but Yu Ci had not appeared.
• Daoist Shuangmu told Bai Min that the Xuan Huang Killing Sword had flown south toward Three Ring City, and Bai Min noticed the many sword cultivators aboard the ship.
• Shen Wan discussed sea-people relics with Young Master Meng Du and Mr. Tianjiao, then received a warning from Qiu Pei that there was trouble.
• A crewman informed Shen Wan of an urgent development, and bells announced the arrival of an honored guest before she could leave to investigate.
• Sect Master Xiao arrived with Lord You Ziwo of the Rakshasa Sect and Lord Wan Feiluo of the Four Seas Society, prompting Shen Wan and Qiu Pei to greet them.

Zhang Tianji and Zhou Chu investigated why the Three Treasures Ship had omitted overseas living beings and Sea People goods, while You Ziwo’s arrival heightened tensions. Shen Wan questioned Qiu Pei and Mr. Tianjiao, whose account of searching for Sea People relics left them stunned, just as Xue Zhi arrived and learned Mr. Yu was still absent.

• Zhang Tianji and Zhou Chu noticed that the inventory lacked overseas living beings and Sea People relics, and Bai Min told them someone had placed an order for the missing goods.
• You Ziwo entered the Misty Cloud Barrier and displayed a powerful jeweled-canopy manifestation that intimidated the Three Treasures Ship’s guests.
• Bai Min returned to Shen Wan and heard her demand an explanation from Qiu Pei, who said they were only following orders.
• Shen Wan asked Mr. Tianjiao why he wanted Sea People legacy treasures, and he explained that he hoped to study their talismanic patterns and investigate remnants of a Great Abyss Soul Shock Cannon.
• When Xue Zhi arrived, Mr. Tianjiao asked whether Mr. Yu had come, and Xue Zhi said he had not arrived yet.

Wu Yuanchen unexpectedly arrived at Suixin Pavilion’s auction, joining a gathering of powerful cultivators just before Yu Ci appeared. As Shen Wan prepared to begin, the crowd weighed Yu Ci’s newly revealed backing from the former Shangqing Sect against the other magnates, while the auction’s safeguards seemed less reassuring amid the gathering’s upheaval.

• Wu Yuanchen emerged from the calamity clouds, suppressed the lightning around him, and taunted Wan Feiluo before taking a seat in the Misty Cloud Barrier.
• Bai Min recognized Wu Yuanchen and realized that his arrival had left Suixin Pavilion facing an unprecedented gathering of powerful figures.
• Yu Ci arrived late, greeted Shen Wan and the others, and recalled that he had patronized Shen Wan’s shop decades earlier.
• Yu Ci promised to spend generously at the auction, prompting the cultivators to consider the wealth and resources he had inherited from the former Shangqing Sect.
• Shen Wan invited Yu Ci to his seat as the Misty Cloud Barrier spread around the deck, though the crowd remained uneasy about the auction’s security.

Yu Ci’s arrival at the gathering unsettled the cultivators when he floated toward the highest seats, but Mr. Tianjiao drew him away and helped him settle beside himself and Young Master Meng Du. Shen Wan opened the gathering with a humorous account of its expenses, leaving the guests listening as she explained the cost of the Misty Cloud Seat.

• Yu Ci rose through the clouds toward the highest seats, alarming Xue Zhi and the watching cultivators, while Wu Yuanchen and You Ziwo made no objection.
• Zhang Tianji wondered whether Wu Yuanchen’s restraint meant he had been seriously injured, while Young Master Meng Du and Mr. Tianjiao worried that Yu Ci’s conduct could cause trouble.
• Mr. Tianjiao approached Yu Ci and explained the tense situation; Yu Ci lowered his cloud seat and joined him and Young Master Meng Du.
• After a jade chime sounded, Yu Ci agreed to sit with Mr. Tianjiao and Young Master Meng Du rather than continue negotiating over places.
• Shen Wan struck the jade chime, quieted the gathering, and joked about the costs of hosting everyone and operating the Misty Cloud Seat, making Mr. Tianjiao choke on his tea.

Shen Wan eased tensions at the Three Treasures Ship auction, which opened with resource lots arranged to keep buyers hopeful. As the crowd’s mood improved, You Ziwo suspected that the injured Wu Yuanchen was gathering emotions to refine a Seven Emotions Demonic Pill.

• Shen Wan joked about the auction’s attendance and returns, helping calm the buyers despite the arrival of powerful uninvited guests.
• Yu Ci welcomed the shift toward calmer emotions, while Young Master Meng Du praised Shen Wan’s approach to business as unusually pure.
• The Three Treasures Ship began the auction, grouping buyers who had arrived together and interspersing resource lots to keep the crowd engaged.
• The auction proceeded quietly as buyers weighed their options, and the venue’s anticipation and hope gradually improved its emotional atmosphere.
• You Ziwo considered Wu Yuanchen’s emotional influence and injuries, then suspected he was using the crowd to gather materials for a Seven Emotions Demonic Pill.

You Ziwo weighed how to handle Wu Yuanchen and Yu Ci while trying to disrupt Wu Yuanchen’s emotional cultivation. At the auction, Wan Feiluo bid on a Water Eye route map, and another bidder raised the stakes by specifically claiming the right to his cloud talisman.

• You Ziwo considered using Wu Yuanchen as a sacrifice but suppressed his killing intent and resolved to provoke trouble without acting openly.
• You Ziwo recalled Yu Ci’s high-priority file and decided to avoid complications until his current mission was complete.
• Shen Wan presented a route map to a dangerous Eastern Sea Water Eye rumored to hold a magical artifact above the Tenth Heaven.
• Wan Feiluo bid a hand-crafted cloud talisman for the route map, freezing the auction as Wu Yuanchen’s killing intent swept through the venue.
• An unnamed bidder offered fifty thousand Ruyi Money and confirmed that the item they wanted was Wan Feiluo’s hand-crafted cloud talisman.

At the Three Treasures Ship auction, Yu Ci and Wan Feiluo exchanged barbed words over a Cloud Talisman, while You Ziwo struggled to understand Wu Yuanchen’s relentless pressure. After the auction proceeded unusually smoothly, You Ziwo suddenly realized he had been fooled.

• Yu Ci tried to buy Wan Feiluo’s Cloud Talisman during the auction, but Shen Wan refused to let it be exchanged before the listed treasures were processed.
• Wan Feiluo bought the Water Eye terrain map and placed his Cloud Talisman on the Hundred Treasures Ring, where Yu Ci, Mr. Tianjiao, and Young Master Meng Du assessed its craftsmanship and value.
• Wan Feiluo looked to You Ziwo for an explanation, but You Ziwo stayed silent as Wu Yuanchen’s killing intent made him question his earlier judgment.
• The auction continued without further incidents as treasures from the Jade Book Golden Chapter and much of the Azure Record Purple Chapter were sold, and the number of attendees dwindled.
• You Ziwo reconsidered whether he could refine a Seven Emotions Demonic Pill under Wu Yuanchen’s pressure, then suddenly saw through the dead knot in his thoughts and realized he had been fooled.

You Ziwo cleared his mind with the Eight-angled Treasure Banner and realized an unseen opponent had used the Three Treasures Ship’s foul atmosphere to cultivate emotional ingredients from departing cultivators across a vast area. He detected clues only when the opponent began searching among those still aboard for cauldrons, but the identity of the figure behind Wu Yuanchen remained unknown.

• The Eight-angled Treasure Banner removed You Ziwo’s gloomy emotions, and he realized that his focus on Wu Yuanchen had blinded him to the wider situation.
• You Ziwo traced the departing cultivators’ converging emotions and recognized that someone was using their varied feelings as ingredients for the Seven Emotions Demonic Pill.
• You Ziwo concluded that the opponent had turned the ship’s oppressive atmosphere and his own actions into a vast nursery for cultivating medicinal materials.
• You Ziwo judged that Wu Yuanchen could provide cover but could not manage the far-reaching operation while confronting him at full strength.
• You Ziwo found no trace of the hidden figure until they finished gathering emotions across the region and began searching aboard the ship for cauldrons.

You Ziwo used Qiu Pei as the living furnace for a Seven Emotions Demonic Pill while she went below deck to meet Liang Jian. The pill formed in five colors, but a distant consciousness stirred, and You Ziwo let it inspect his perceptions.

• You Ziwo watched the seven emotions transform and chose Qiu Pei as the pill’s living furnace.
• Alarmed by her uncertain future, Qiu Pei secretly left the auction and entered the ship’s cargo hold.
• Qiu Pei met Liang Jian and suggested moving some of the exposed goods, then realized his loyalty could make the plan dangerous.
• Qiu Pei was struck by dizziness and lost control of her body as her vital energy surged toward her brain.
• You Ziwo observed the five-colored pill form and opened his soul to the distant consciousness that had stirred.

Yu Ci completed the Seven Emotions Demonic Pills just as the Rakshasa Ghost King used You Ziwo to reach him and recognized him. Facing a threat that could end his life in an instant, Yu Ci entered the Realm of Truth to seize control of his fate.

• Yu Ci refined three Seven Emotions Demonic Pills from Qiu Pei, making two medicines and one deadly poison by sacrificing the batch's quality.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King used You Ziwo's divine intent to attack Yu Ci and identify the pills' differing properties.
• Yu Ci realized that the playful thoughts coming through You Ziwo belonged to the Rakshasa Ghost King, whose presence had crossed an immense distance through her.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King recognized Yu Ci and remarked on his apparent change from playing a lizard.
• Yu Ci rose beyond the Heaven and Earth Law System and entered the Realm of Truth.

Yu Ci met the Rakshasa Ghost King across the void, where they discussed a possible bargain over the Law of Life and Death and tested each other’s intentions. Their exchange unsettled the Three Treasures Ship, and the chapter ended as alarm cries rang across it.

• Yu Ci sensed the Rakshasa Ghost King’s superior cultivation and met her in the Realm of Truth across the void.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King offered to help You Ziwo and asked what kind of world Yu Ci wanted.
• Yu Ci challenged her about a transaction involving the Law of Life and Death and trading a believer for the friendship of two divine masters.
• Yu Ci drew back a Seven Emotions Demonic Pill and used its power to mend hidden injuries in his soul.
• A strange vibration of divine intent alarmed powerful figures aboard the Three Treasures Ship, and Wu Yuanchen rose as demonic shadows roared.
• Alarm cries erupted across the Three Treasures Ship.

Yu Ci swallowed the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat into his Human World Realm to protect its passengers from the Rakshasa Ghost King's emotional divine ability. The ship and its passengers vanished from the cloud sea, leaving Yu Ci and a handful of powerful cultivators facing the aftermath of the conflict.

• Wu Yuanchen tore through the Misty Cloud Barrier and flew into the tribulation clouds, while the trapped guests demanded that Shen Wan open the barrier.
• Wan Feiluo sensed a powerful spiritual intent blocking his attempt to track Wu Yuanchen, then received instructions and vanished from the Three Treasures Ship.
• Yu Ci apologized to Young Master Meng Du and Mr. Tianjiao before sunlight, a clear sky, and a tranquil lake replaced the ship's surroundings.
• Yu Ci expanded the Inner Void and swallowed the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat, then cut away the emotions that the Rakshasa Ghost King's divine ability had stirred in its passengers.
• The ship's passengers fell unconscious, while Zhang Tianji and the other Longevity realm beings stared silently at Yu Ci from the edge of the rippling void.

Zhang Tianji realized Yu Ci had displayed the supreme divine ability of a Self-Created World after the Mountain-Moving Cloud Boat vanished. As Wan Feiluo raised the Earth Bone Array and a mysterious force began targeting the observers, You Ziwo and Yu Ci disappeared from within the array.

• Zhang Tianji recognized the void ripples around Yu Ci as evidence of a Self-Created World divine ability.
• Zhou Chu warned Zhang Tianji to steady himself before the East Sea forces arrived, and Zhang Tianji wondered why the Rakshasa Sect had turned against Yu Ci.
• Wan Feiluo raised the eight pillars of the Earth Bone Array to seal the sea of clouds, and Wu Yuanchen's spiritual will struck the array before being repelled.
• Zhang Tianji, Zhou Chu, and Kan Xingli sensed someone plotting against them, while You Ziwo and Yu Ci vanished from inside the array.

Yu Ci fought the Rakshasa Ghost King within the Realm of Truth, where he realized that victory depended on creating and manipulating laws in a realm otherwise devoid of them. Outside the realm, observers saw Yu Ci gain the upper hand against You Ziwo, though the real battle was far more dangerous.

• Zhang Tianji realized that Yu Ci and You Ziwo had already clashed, and You Ziwo released pressure as a blazing second sun that shook the Earth Bone Array.
• Yu Ci's void technique contracted inward and distorted You Ziwo's display, giving Yu Ci the apparent advantage to the observers outside the array.
• Yu Ci swallowed most of the cultivators into his Inner Void and used a sword-intent incarnation to suppress their stirring emotions before facing the Rakshasa Ghost King.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King unfolded a world governed by her own laws and struck at Yu Ci's soul, nearly killing him before he sheltered its core in his Inner Void.
• Yu Ci realized that fighting in the Realm of Truth required creating, sustaining, and destroying laws to form a bridge between himself and his opponent.

Yu Ci struggled to defend his Inner Void as the Rakshasa Ghost King attacked and brought Li Huantian’s legal projection crashing into his realm. As the Human World Realm collapsed, Yu Ci submerged into the lake and summoned a host of monstrous forms that roared, “Enter the demonic!”

• The Rakshasa Ghost King repeatedly battered Yu Ci’s Inner Void, while her influence turned much of the Human World Realm dark red.
• Yu Ci expanded the Inner Void’s distortion to encompass You Ziwo, cutting off her channel for venting pressure and forcing both sides into the same battlefield.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King found a flaw in the Inner Void and made its laws clash, setting the Human World Realm ablaze and causing it to collapse.
• A blurry world unfolded at the edge of the sky as the Rakshasa Ghost King brought Li Huantian’s legal projection into Yu Ci’s realm.
• Yu Ci sank beneath the lake as the sky darkened, a bright moon rose, and monstrous heads and limbs emerged from the blood-red water, crying, “Enter the demonic!”