Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng discovered a Fire-Pattern Sinking Iron mine and set his spirit beasts and insects to gather ore while he hid valuable loot in the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven. After tending to the newly advanced Three-Color Cloud Deer, he noticed signs of an even greater treasure deeper in the cave.

• Ye Jingcheng entered a scorching cave after his Five Poison Bees sensed it and found Fire-Pattern Sinking Iron in the walls.
• Ye Jingcheng sent his Five Poison Bees, Jade Ring Rat, Golden-Scaled Beast, and Crimson Flame Fox to search for ore while he set up arrays.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven to hide the mined iron and valuable demonic beast corpses, including those with demon cores.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the newly advanced Three-Color Cloud Deer Purplewood Pills and spirit herbs, then returned it to its spirit beast pouch to stabilize its cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng noticed the Five Poison Bees and Crimson Flame Fox probing toward the cave's depths, suggesting a better treasure lay ahead.

Ye Jingcheng found a thousand-year Three-Star Red Cloud Ginseng and a small Fire-Pattern Sinking Iron deposit, then helped Ye Xingliu kill a Golden Light Rhinoceros while trying to seize its exceptionally talented cub. Xu Family and Kong Family cultivators arrived and demanded a share of the cub, leaving Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu to decide whether to accept Kong Guangyun's offer of two thousand spirit stones.

• Ye Jingcheng unearthed a Three-Star Red Cloud Ginseng with at least fifteen hundred years of medicinal potency and collected the surrounding soil.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered more than thirty pieces of Fire-Pattern Sinking Iron, then left the Ye Family cultivators to mine the remaining deposit.
• Ye Xingliu called Ye Jingcheng to a cave where an adult Golden Light Rhinoceros guarded its cub, whose potential to advance three times was revealed by Ye Jingcheng's Treasure Book.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu joined forces to wound the adult Golden Light Rhinoceros, and Ye Xingliu used a Golden Sword Talisman to help kill it as Xu Family and Kong Family cultivators arrived.
• Kong Guangyun argued that the Xu and Ye families should share the cub and offered Ye Xingliu two thousand spirit stones if he would yield it.

A dispute over a Golden Light Rhinoceros cub escalated into a fight between the Ye and Kong Families, with Ye Haicheng nearly killed before Taiyi Sect elders intervened. Xuandao True Person punished both sides and announced that the secret realm entrance had been cleared.

• Ye Xingliu offered spirit stones for the cub, but Ye Jingcheng took the adult rhinoceros’s corpse and placed the cub in a spirit beast pouch.
• Kong Guangyun accused Ye Xingliu of stealing the cub and deliberately took a sword strike, prompting Kong Chenmu to confront the Ye Family.
• Ye Haicheng challenged Kong Chenmu and Kong Chenyun, but their artifacts overwhelmed him until Kong Guxiang’s arrival drove him into the earth.
• Master Tianzhen and Xuandao True Person stopped the fight, and Xuandao ordered both sides to fight on the front lines and accept Taiyi punishments.
• Xuandao True Person announced that the secret realm entrance had been cleared and told the families and sects to prepare their Foundation Establishment cultivator quotas.

The Ye Family and other cultivators gathered at a spirit lake as Taiyi Sect opened a small secret realm and announced its rules. The Kong Family prepared to track Ye Xingliu inside, while the sect shifted its suspicions toward other families.

• Ye Jingcheng asked about Ye Haicheng’s injuries, and Ye Xingliu reassured him before urging him not to hold back inside the secret realm.
• Kong Chenmu learned that Kong Chenyun had marked Ye Xingliu with Sword Qi and had dealt with the Wan Family, while warning that Taiyi Sect might also be watching the Ye Family.
• The red-faced old man and Heavenly Blessing Taoist concluded that further investigation of the Ye Family was unlikely to reveal anything and decided to watch the Wan, Zhong, and Zhao Families instead.
• Xuandao True Person opened the secret realm’s entrance and declared that it would remain open for one month, with Taiyi Sect taking forty percent of the gains and claiming priority over core spirit herbs.
• Taiyi Sect distributed jade talismans to the entering cultivators, including three for the Ye Family.

Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xingliu, and Ye Jingyu entered the secret realm, where Ye Jingcheng found a patch of Purple Crystal Flowers guarded by a Five-Colored Snake. He killed the snake and began transplanting the flowers.

• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xingliu, and Ye Jingyu entered the secret realm after the family cultivators, while Master Tianzhen ordered the remaining cultivators to fortify Red Lake Valley.
• Ye Jingcheng landed alone in a grassy valley, changed into a Spirit-Isolating Robe, and discovered dozens of Purple Crystal Flowers.
• Ye Jingcheng sent his Five Poison Bees toward the flowers, and a Five-Colored Snake emerged and destroyed many of the bees with its venom.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Blackwood Coffin, Evergreen Sword, Earth Spike Array, and needles to defeat the Five-Colored Snake with help from the Golden-Scaled Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng stored the snake's corpse in a jade box and began transplanting the Purple Crystal Flowers.

Ye Xingliu defeated an Emerald Vermilion Fruit Vine and continued following the Six-Color Bee toward Ye Jingcheng, while other cultivators hunted through the secret realm. Meanwhile, Ye Jingyu removed a Bone Ring and awakened a sinister power.

• Ye Xingliu used his spirit beasts, flying swords, and a Cold Crystal Talisman to destroy an Emerald Vermilion Fruit Vine, then collected its unripened fruits and poisonous vines.
• Ye Xingliu sent the Six-Color Bee ahead to guide him toward Ye Jingcheng, whose healing and cooperation they needed.
• A Taiyi Sect cultivator used a blue sword embryo to kill Three-Color Spirit-Devouring Bees and followed a spirit map toward a subsidiary garden containing Gold Condensation Pill herbs.
• Kong Guangyun used a Heart-Linking Jade and a compass to locate Ye Xingliu, then ordered his clansmen to pursue him.
• A cold-faced woman killed a Heavenly-Pattern Crimson Lion and collected its Heavenly Gang Treasure Crystal before heading toward the mountains.
• Ye Jingyu transformed into a Taiyi Sect cultivator, removed a Bone Ring from his thumb, and let its green flames form a demonic mark on his forehead.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu disguised themselves as Taiyi Sect disciples and hurried toward Cloud-Suppressing Hall aboard the Mysterious Shadow Azure Cloud Boat. After a day and a half of flying, they reached the snow-covered mountains and spotted their destination.

• Ye Xingliu gave Ye Jingcheng a Vermilion Fruit, then had him heal Lizard Elder and the Jade-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger with treasure light.
• Ye Xingliu modified the Mysterious Shadow Azure Cloud Boat to resemble a sect spirit boat, while the Treasure-Seeking Rat hid their jade tokens in a cliff.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu checked each other's disguises and flew toward Cloud-Suppressing Hall at full speed.
• Other cultivators noticed their fast spirit boat, but stopped following after mistaking them for Taiyi Sect disciples.
• The pair flew for a day and a half, avoided ordinary spirit herbs, and reached the mountains near Cloud-Suppressing Hall.

Ye Jingcheng entered Cloud-Suppressing Hall with Ye Xingliu and broke through the mountain gate’s powerful formation with help from the Peachwood Demon. He reached the peak Spirit Herb Garden and recognized a spring eye as the Spirit Eye Spring.

• Ye Xingliu began setting up the Great Sun Twin Dragon Formation while Ye Jingcheng scouted ahead with his spirit beasts and Five Poison Bees.
• Ye Jingcheng reached the Cloud Suppression Gate, where its ancient characters pressured his divine soul and a barrier prevented him from taking the archway.
• Ye Jingcheng used formation-breaking talismans and the Peachwood Demon’s spirit-devouring roots to weaken the barrier, then destroyed the archway’s foundation and stored it in the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng traveled through Cloud-Suppressing Hall toward the main herb garden, with the Five Poison Bees scouting ahead.
• Ye Jingcheng saw a spring eye at the center of the peak Spirit Herb Garden and recognized it as the Spirit Eye Spring.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu harvested the spirit herbs in the secret realm’s garden and prepared to move its Spirit Eye Spring and Gold-Condensing Fruit Tree. As Ye Xingliu began transplanting the tree, a streak of golden light appeared, and he asked whether it had finally come out.

• Ye Jingcheng found the Spirit Eye Spring and rare spirit herbs, including ingredients for the Golden Scale Pill and Three-Color Pill.
• Ye Xingliu identified the Gold-Condensing Fruit Tree and explained that its fruit could help the Ye Family become a Golden Core family.
• Ye Jingcheng used his Peachwood Demon to absorb the garden’s defensive formation and opened his Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven to store the treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu rapidly harvested the spirit herbs and placed them in jade boxes, leaving the Gold-Condensing Fruit Tree and Spirit Eye Spring for last.
• As Ye Xingliu carefully began transplanting the Gold-Condensing Fruit Tree, a streak of golden light appeared, and he asked whether it could no longer hold back.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu fought off a Golden Falcon that attacked them with deadly speed, then trapped it inside the Mystic Azure Tower Talisman Treasure. The Golden Falcon’s reaction to Ye Jingcheng’s Treasure Book revealed that it was still very young.

• A Golden Falcon pierced two layers of Ye Xingliu’s Sixfold Shield and tried to escape into the sky, so Ye Xingliu sent his spirit beasts after it.
• The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon filled the valley with poisonous mist, but the Golden Falcon wheeled around and dove at Ye Xingliu.
• Ye Xingliu’s beast banner slowed the Golden Falcon, and Ye Jingcheng trapped it inside the Mystic Azure Tower Talisman Treasure.
• Ye Xingliu asked Ye Jingcheng to spare the Golden Falcon, and Ye Jingcheng contained it in the talisman instead of killing it.
• Ye Jingcheng’s Treasure Book lit up when the Golden Falcon drew near, indicating that it was still young.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu salvaged the Spirit Eye Spring and Condensing Gold Fruit tree, then visited Cloud-Suppressing Hall, where they discovered a mysterious painting that might be a spatial treasure. They destroyed the mountain peaks to conceal their work and sensed someone approaching.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu transplanted the Spirit Eye Spring and Condensing Gold Fruit tree into the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, and Ye Jingcheng also collected the spiritual soil.
• Ye Jingcheng offered to share incomplete ancient pill formulas for spirit beasts, and Ye Xingliu said the Second Ancestor could be informed while the family kept the formulas secret.
• Ye Xingliu lit incense and played the guzheng before a painting in Cloud-Suppressing Hall, which sent spiritual light toward Ye Jingcheng before Ye Xingliu destroyed it.
• Ye Xingliu gave Ye Jingcheng the painting, which might be a spatial treasure, and set up an array to destroy the surrounding mountain peaks.
• Ye Xingliu and Ye Jingcheng flew away as the peaks collapsed, and Ye Xingliu noticed someone approaching.

The Kong Family pursued Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu into the snowy mountains, believing they had trapped the Ye cultivators with a formation. The Ye Family’s hidden formation then split the Kong cultivators apart and unleashed spirit beasts, leaving Kong Wanling and his group under attack.

• Kong Wanling led eight Kong Family cultivators toward the snow-covered mountains after Kong Guanghe tracked Ye Xingliu’s Sword Qi there.
• Kong Wanling warned the hidden Ye Family that the sect had ordered the four great families to monitor them, while Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu debated whether to fight or flee.
• Kong Wanling’s group deployed a formation and used the Peacock Mirror to expose the Ye cultivators and locate the formation’s foundations.
• Kong Wanling destroyed the formation foundations, but the surrounding scene transformed into a vast blazing-sun illusion that divided the Kong cultivators into two groups.
• A Scarlet-Gold Roc and a Green Ox wreathed in Li Fire attacked Kong Wanling’s group, while a scarlet dragon swallowed their formation-breaking talismans.

Ye Jingcheng killed Kong Guanghe with the Mystic Cold Seal after his beasts and spirit roots wore down Kong Guanghe’s formation and defenses. He entered the formation and found Kong Guangyun and three Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators still holding their own against the Great Sun Twin Dragon Formation and Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beasts.

• Kong Guanghe hesitated to attack after seeing the Kong Family cultivators vanish, but activated his Ancient Monk Bell when his formation began losing its spiritual energy.
• Three wooden giants and the Three-Color Cloud Deer delayed the Ancient Monk Bell while Ye Jingcheng’s beasts and techniques attacked it, allowing the formation’s foundations to be drained by hidden roots.
• Kong Guanghe’s formation collapsed as his bell was occupied, and Ye Jingcheng crushed him with the Mystic Cold Seal, then collected his Talisman Treasure and storage pouch.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the formation and saw his spirit beasts entangling four Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators.
• Kong Guangyun and three cultivators battled the Great Sun Flame Dragon and Ye Jingcheng’s beasts, using powerful magical artifacts, defensive shields, a fire banner, and a Netherwind Pearl to hold their ground.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu used the Great Sun Twin Dragon Formation, Talisman Treasures, and spirit beasts to crush the Kong Family cultivators. After killing five opponents, Ye Jingcheng turned toward Kong Wanling, who began using a blood art as the battle neared its end.

• Kong Guangyun tried to strike the Crimson Flame Fox, but Ye Jingcheng’s Evergreen Sword deflected his spear and the Mystic Cold Seal forced Kong Guangyu to intervene.
• The Plum Feather Crane wounded Kong Guangyu, while the Ye Family’s beasts and wooden giants destroyed formation-breaking talismans and left the Kong cultivators overwhelmed.
• The Mystic Cold Seal crushed Kong Guangyun, and the Plum Feather Crane tore Kong Guangyu apart.
• The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon killed one Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, and the Great Sun Flame Dragon and Ye Jingcheng killed the last two of the group.
• Ye Jingcheng turned toward Kong Wanling, who bit his lips, formed blood patterns around the bodies, and cursed that the Ye Family would die.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu captured Kong Wanling’s blood-shadow message in the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, then fled when a Taiyi Sect cultivator approached. They disguised themselves as Azure Cloud Nunnery cultivators and left as the mountain collapsed, with the Cloud Sword Master witnessing the avalanche.

• Kong Wanling’s Blood Flow Shadow formed after the Great Sun Flame Dragon and Scarlet-Gold Roc killed her, but Ye Jingcheng sealed the shadow and corpse inside his Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven.
• Ye Xingliu sensed a Taiyi Sect cultivator approaching and rejected Ye Jingcheng’s suggestion to fight, warning that the Cloud Sword Master might carry third-rank formation-breaking talismans.
• Ye Xingliu gave Ye Jingcheng a jade slip describing Azure Cloud Nunnery cultivators and told him to use a Bone-Transforming Pill to disguise himself.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu transformed into female cultivators, boarded Ye Xingliu’s flying shuttle, and escaped as their formation exploded and the snow mountain collapsed.
• The Cloud Sword Master witnessed the avalanche.

Ye Xingliu and Ye Jingcheng hid in the mystic realm under disguises, recovered from their injuries, and refined Bone-Transforming Pills to restore their original appearances. They continued toward their chosen destination and examined the Kong Family cultivators’ storage pouches for useful treasures.

• A white-robed cultivator found no traces with his compass before receiving a jade slip warning that demons had appeared in the Spirit Herb Garden.
• Ye Xingliu and Ye Jingcheng disguised themselves as Azure Cloud Nunnery cultivators and drove off Foundation Establishment cultivators who tried to approach them.
• Ye Xingliu set up a formation in a valley, suffered backlash, and helped Ye Jingcheng treat their injured spirit beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng refined four Bone-Transforming Pills, and he and Ye Xingliu used them to regain their original appearances.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu traveled to another valley to inspect the Kong Family cultivators’ storage pouches, and Ye Jingcheng took out the Ancient Monk Bell Talisman Treasure.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu inspected the Kong Family cultivators’ spoils inside their protected formation, choosing useful artifacts and medicines. Ye Jingcheng accepted the Gold Dragon Claw and ended with a practical formation compass, while both prepared for their next steps in cultivation.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu secured the valley with the Great Sun Twin Dragon Formation and let their injured spirit beasts recover nearby.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the Kong Family storage pouches and found several useful artifacts, talismans, and ingredients for Golden Scale Pills and Three-Color Pills.
• Ye Xingliu offered Ye Jingcheng the second-tier supreme-grade Gold Dragon Claw, and Ye Jingcheng accepted it after Ye Xingliu explained he could not wield it efficiently.
• Ye Xingliu replaced his damaged shield with Kong Wanling’s Stoneheart Shield and chose the Five Mystic Seal from the remaining artifacts.
• Ye Xingliu showed Ye Jingcheng Kong Wanling’s spirit herbs, Heartlinked Jade, and compass, then gave Ye Jingcheng the compass because he had little need for it.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu discovered Star-Eating Fish in a spirit lake and captured them for their value to spirit beasts and body cultivators. After hearing a battle near the location marked on their map, they headed toward the sound.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu traveled through the secret realm and found that treasure sites and spirit-herb locations had already been stripped clean.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu reached the lake marked on their spirit map after their spirit beasts sensed something beneath its surface.
• Star-Eating Fish devoured ten of Ye Jingcheng's Five Poison Bees, and Ye Xingliu identified the fish as a rare, valuable species.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu used their artifacts and spirit beasts to capture 120 Star-Eating Fish, killing the five second-tier fish.
• A thunderous roar sounded near the map's marked location, and Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu headed toward the battle.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu discovered the Xu Family breaking through a formation in the misty rainforest and prepared to confront them. When Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles appeared inside the barrier, Ye Jingcheng decided he would not leave without them.

• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu disguised themselves, suppressed their auras, and cautiously entered the rainforest, where they found the Xu Family attacking a formation.
• Ye Xingliu began setting up the Great Sun Flame Dragon Array while Ye Jingcheng readied his treasures and released the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, which sensed a high-grade spirit fruit nearby.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Retrospective Mirror to watch the eight Xu Family cultivators attack the barrier protecting the dragon-vein land.
• A lightning net descended on the Xu Family, whose battle formation helped them withstand it before the cold-attribute cultivator cut through the remaining lightning.
• Ye Jingcheng recognized the horned insects inside the barrier as Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles and resolved to stay, even if there were no spirit fruits.

The Xu Family broke through the formation and discovered a Purple Jade Vine bearing two fruits, while Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu watched from nearby. As the Xu Family attacked the guarded treasures, Xu Wenchang appeared behind the Ye cultivators and sent formation-breaking talismans toward Ye Xingliu.

• Xu Hanqing led the Xu Family cultivators in breaking the formation while the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles counterattacked.
• Xu Hanqing used frigid beads and a frost-glowing arrow to shatter the barrier, revealing the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles and a Purple Jade Vine with two Purple Jade Fruits.
• Xu Hanqing ordered the Xu Family to kill the adult beetles and capture the remaining ones alive.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu recognized the value of the vine and beetles, and Ye Jingcheng considered using Amber Crystal to advance the beetles.
• Xu Wenchang appeared behind Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingliu and sent formation-breaking talismans toward Ye Xingliu's forehead.