Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuecang broke through to Golden Core and helped the Ye Family defeat the invading great demons, killing several and subduing the Golden Light Rhinoceros as his mount. The battered family fled Hidden Azure Island aboard a spirit shuttle, fearing the Sea-Overturning Demon King might pursue them.

• The Ye Family resumed its assault as Ye Jingcheng, Ye Shengyi, Ye Haihe, and their spirit beasts kept the great demons from escaping.
• Ye Xuecang slew the Ghost-Faced Shark and Azure Light Sparrow with his flying swords, then killed the two Sword-Toothed Sharks.
• Ye Xuecang forced the burning Golden Light Rhinoceros to surrender and sealed it inside a compass, while the Crimson Flame Fox reclaimed the Azure Sun Flame.
• Ye Xuecang distributed demon meat to the wounded spirit beasts, and Ye Shengyi praised his son before Ye Xuefan evacuated the family aboard a spirit shuttle.
• Ye Jingcheng confirmed that Ye Haicheng was alive, and Ye Haicheng ordered the shuttle to travel at full speed because he feared the Sea-Overturning Demon King would catch up.

Purplewood Sect attacked Jadeclear Island, overwhelming its defenders and disrupting their formations. Disguised as Guo Xianyuan, Ye Xingyu seized the Spring Jade and Cold Jade Silkworms before narrowly escaping when Steward Guo detonated his formation.

• A disguised infiltrator killed Uncle-Master Zhao and the patrol squad, allowing Purplewood Sect forces to land on Jadeclear Island unnoticed.
• Ye Haifei led Purplewood Sect in destroying the island's main formation and trapping its defenders in the Heavenly Crystal Water Prison Array.
• Disguised as Guo Xianyuan, Ye Xingyu entered the Spring Jade mine and killed Guo Qingming with his spirit beasts and artifacts.
• Ye Xingyu collected the Spring Jade and Cold Jade Silkworms, sealed the second-rank Spring Jade vein, and sent a signal to Ye Haifei.
• Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu attacked Steward Guo's remaining formation from both sides; Guo detonated it, and Ye Xingyu escaped with injuries.

The Purplewood Sect declared war on the Jade Chu Sect after confirming the Greenfish Island thief’s identity, while the Ye Family returned safely from its Jadewood Bay operation with news about the Guo Family’s search for Five-Colored Island. Ye Jingcheng healed his injured spirit beasts in the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven and left Turtle Ancestor hoping for future access to his spiritual energy.

• Ye Jingyu announced that the Purplewood Sect had formally declared war on the Jade Chu Sect, and the sect’s formation sealed Purplewood Island.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng that the Guo Family of the Jade Chu Sect was searching for Five-Colored Island.
• Ye Jingcheng reported that he and Ye Haicheng had slain four great demons, sixty second-rank demonic beasts, and 382 first-rank demonic beasts, impressing Ye Xuecang and the other clansmen.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven and used Treasure Radiance and the Wood Healing Technique to treat the Golden Falcon, then treated the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon.
• Turtle Ancestor asked Ye Jingcheng whether he needed an earth-aligned spirit beast and explained that it wanted to be replaced; Ye Jingcheng instead promised it could return for his spiritual energy in the future.

Ye Jingcheng tended his spirit beasts, collected valuable materials, and learned that the lineage planned an outer-sea expedition and would help him find a Hidden Island. After leaving seclusion, he found repeated summons from An Yuhuai and prepared to confront the matter.

• Ye Jingcheng fed his spirit beasts, collected the Golden Great Roc Bird's essence blood and the Red-Crowned Sea Crane's crimson feather, and had Peachwood process the remaining materials.
• Guo Xingyun proposed raiding Purplewood Sect, but Jade Inquirer Adept blamed Yu Xingmu for exposing the Five Elements Spirit Palace map and ordered a scheme to falsify another copy.
• Ye Jingcheng left the Grotto-Heaven with Turtle Ancestor and learned that the lineage had awarded him 150,000 contribution points and that his Second Uncle wanted to see him in a month.
• Ye Jingcheng asked Ye Haicheng to help him obtain a Hidden Island, gave him demon beast materials, and urged him to use the Yellow Ginseng Fruit to improve his breakthrough chances.
• Ye Jingcheng removed his seclusion sign and found An Yuhuai's increasingly irritable voice transmission talismans summoning him to the sect's lecture gathering.

Ye Jingcheng returned to the Purplewood Sect, learned that he would join an operation to seize Jadecold Island and seek Cold-Nurturing Grass, then traveled toward Jadewood Bay with the sect forces. Meanwhile, Jade Inquirer Adept urged the Yun Family to help destroy the Purplewood Sect by exploiting its connection to the inland and its teleportation array, and Yun Baixuan agreed to discuss the plan with Uncle Tian.

• An Yuhuai rebuked Ye Jingcheng for returning late, but Ye Jingcheng defended himself by revealing that he had carried out a secret task for Purplewood Master.
• Ye Jingyu ordered Ye Jingcheng to join the campaign for Jadecold Island and privately told him the island held thousand-year Cold-Nurturing Grass, while warning that the Green River Sect might be backing the Mystic Sword Pavilion.
• Ye Jingcheng prepared for the campaign, accepted a third-rank formation disc from An Yuhuai, and departed for Jadewood Bay with Purplewood Sect cultivators.
• Jade Inquirer Adept presented Yun Baili with a treasured map and asked to speak with Yun Baixuan, then proposed destroying the Purplewood Sect and dividing the gains with the Yun Family and other allies.
• Yun Baixuan agreed to consult Uncle Tian about Jade Inquirer Adept's proposal.

Ye Jingcheng helped the Purplewood Sect break Jadecold Island’s defenses, then killed three hidden Foundation Establishment peak cultivators and seized the Cold-Nurturing Grass. He confirmed that the Jade Chu Sect had no inland backer, and the story left him waiting for Fourth Brother as the Ye Family prepared to probe other powers.

• Ye Haisheng used Heavenly Crystal Silver Powder to reveal the island formation’s weak point, and Ye Jingcheng’s Golden Light Falling Cloud Star Rock helped shatter it.
• Ye Jingcheng led the assault toward Jadecold Island’s Spirit Herb Garden while the Purplewood Sect fought the Jade Chu Sect’s defenders.
• Ye Jingcheng exposed three concealed cultivators, used the Golden Dragon Token to question one, and killed all three after they attacked him.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the garden’s spirit herbs, including a thousand-year-old Cold-Nurturing Grass, and learned through a Spirit-Questioning Talisman that the Jade Chu Sect had no backer.
• Ye Jingcheng reported that the mission was complete and waited for Fourth Brother as the Ye Family prepared to test Mystic Sword Pavilion and the Vast Righteousness Chamber of Commerce.

Ye Jingyu negotiated with Mystic Sword Pavilion’s Wu Xin over a third-rank sword in exchange for Jade Chu Sect territory, while learning that the Yun Family’s influence kept the archipelago under Green River Sect’s control. Back on Purplewood Island, Ye Jingcheng joined the Ye Family’s leaders as they prepared a secret operation and planned to use Yun Baixuan’s banquet invitation as part of their scheme.

• Ye Jingyu met Wu Xin in disguise and offered one-third of Jade Chu Sect’s territory, including Jadewood Bay, for a custom third-rank sword; Wu Xin agreed to consider the trade.
• Wu Xin spoke with Uncle Bei, who explained the Yun Family’s role in maintaining Green River Sect’s control and warned that Ye Jingyu had guessed too much about their connections.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Purplewood Island after studying the Jade-Scale Pill formula and refining Earth Return Pills, then went to the underground hall for the Ye Family gathering.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the Ye Family’s leaders to carry out a major battle operation, assigning Ye Xuefan to control the field, Ye Haicheng and Ye Haihe to restrain targets, and Ye Jingcheng to kill and clean up.
• Ye Jingyu received Yun Baixuan’s invitation to a birthday banquet on Peachcloud Island, and Ye Xuecang decided that Ye Jingyu and Ye Xuefan would attend openly.

The Purplewood Sect turned Peachcloud Fairy’s birthday banquet on Peachcloud Island into an ambush against the Yun Family and its allies. Ye Xuefan revealed the sect’s overwhelming forces, and the chapter ended with the assault crushing the defenders and killing the gathered guests.

• Yun Baixuan welcomed cultivators to Peachcloud Fairy’s birthday banquet while Jade Inquirer Adept and other suspicious guests arrived under a formation that sealed the manor.
• Ye Jingyu and Xuefan arrived for the Purplewood Sect, and Xuefan confronted Yun Baixuan and Jade Inquirer Adept over the accusations concerning Greenfish Island.
• Xuefan summoned the Vast Azure Turtle, revealing a Golden Core sword cultivator, a fourth-rank Demon King, numerous great demons, and a force of Purple Palace cultivators.
• Tianyun tried to fight and escape, but the giant lizard trapped him in a golden mountain prison as Ye Jingcheng and others overwhelmed the Yun Family cultivators.
• The Purplewood Sect’s forces slaughtered the guests, including Peachcloud Fairy and representatives of the Mystic Sword Pavilion and Vast Righteousness Chamber of Commerce, while pleas to surrender went unanswered.

The Ye Family exterminated the forces gathered on Peach Blossom Island and began a plan to take control of the Skycloud Archipelago by having Ye Xuecang impersonate the Yun Family Patriarch. Ye Jingcheng received the Blazing Flame Fire Crystal as the Ye Family moved to seize Jade Chu Sect territory, while Ye Xuecang established his cover within the Yun Family.

• Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family forces killed Yun Baili, Yun Baixuan, and the other attackers on Peach Blossom Island, then Ye Xuecang sealed Tianyun's soul.
• Ye Xuecang ordered the family to annex the Jade Chu Sect's territory, maintain cautious ties with the Mystic Sword Pavilion and the Vast Righteousness Chamber of Commerce, and establish a commerce association.
• Ye Xuecang transformed himself to resemble the Yun Family Patriarch and departed for the Skycloud Archipelago, while Ye Xuefan gave Ye Jingcheng the Blazing Flame Fire Crystal.
• Ye Jingyu revealed that the Purplewood Sect's cultivators had already been moved and Jade Chu Sect spies had thrown its territory into chaos, so the group headed for Jadewood Bay.
• At the Yun Family estate, Ye Xuecang blamed the Jade Chu Sect for Yun Baili's and Yun Baixuan's deaths, rallied the Yun Family, and ordered them to investigate and destroy the sect.
• Ye Xuecang secretly planted Blood Leech eggs in the Yun Family cultivators' wine and began gathering information while preparing to rule through his stolen identity.

Ye Jingcheng and the Purplewood Sect attacked Jade Chu Island, where Guo Xingyun tried to use the Ten Pure Halls to destroy the invaders. Peachwood Demon disabled the halls’ formation, allowing the Purplewood Sect to defeat Jade Chu’s forces, though Guo Xingyun escaped; the sect then began taking control of Jade Chu’s subsidiary islands.

• Ye Jingcheng observed the divided Jade Chu Sect forces as Guo Xingyun ordered his Foundation Establishment cultivators to flee with the island’s portable resources.
• Guo Xingyun revealed that he carried a map of the Five Elements Spirit Palace, but Ye Jingcheng warned Ye Jingyu that the situation seemed suspicious and had the forces surround Jade Chu Island.
• Ye Jingcheng sent Peachwood Demon to sever the Ten Pure Halls’ connection, preventing Guo Xingyun from detonating the halls and their formations.
• Ye Jingyu ordered the Purplewood Sect forces onto the island, where Guo Xingyun and Yu Chuanjun revealed their trap and activated the Jade-Locking Heavenly Bell Array.
• Peachwood Demon’s giant spiritual phantom broke the trap, and the Purplewood Sect attacked; Guo Xingyun escaped with a third-rank spirit talisman while Yu Chuanjun and many Jade Chu cultivators were killed.
• Ye Jingyu assigned Purplewood Sect cultivators to purge Jade Chu’s subsidiary islands and replace their formations with the sect’s own.

After the Ye Family took Jade Chu Island, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu explored its Spring Jade mine and received Guo Xingyun’s spoils, including a fragment of the Five Elements Spirit Palace map and materials for Ye Jingcheng’s magic treasures. Ye Jingcheng settled into the Ten Pure Halls to absorb the island’s spirit vein and tend his beasts, discovering that his four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles were nearing a breakthrough.

• Ye Jingyu led Ye Jingcheng and the Purplewood Sect cultivators through the top-grade Spring Jade mine and a third-rank Spirit Herb Garden on Jade Chu Island.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu that Guo Xingyun had been killed and showed them a fragment of the Five Elements Spirit Palace map.
• Ye Haicheng shared Guo Xingyun’s treasures, and Ye Jingcheng found the remaining materials he needed to forge the Blazing Flame Fan and gather advancement herbs for the Crimson Flame Fox.
• Ye Haicheng revealed a method for cultivating the Spring Jade vein and a third-rank Spirit-Expanding Pill formula among the jade slips.
• Ye Jingcheng entered seclusion in a Ten Pure Hall, used Stone Spirit to absorb the spirit vein, and treated his four injured Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles.
• Ye Jingcheng warned the Peachwood Demon not to attract attention again, then noticed that the four beetles were about to reach the late second rank.

Ye Jingcheng tended to his spirit beasts in the Grotto-Heaven, then examined the spoils from his recent battles. He acquired valuable treasures, Violet Origin Pills, and the Three-Origin Blood Escape art, leaving him far better prepared for his coming trip to Hidden Island.

• Ye Jingcheng tested the Roc Fish against two Star-Eating Fish, and the Roc Fish fought back and devoured both before he rewarded them with Treasure Radiance.
• Ye Jingcheng examined Yun Baili's storage bracelet and found four magical treasures, including the Azure Light Mirror and Blue Spirit Shuttle, along with a fortune in spirit stones.
• Ye Jingcheng opened Jade Inquirer Adept's bracelet and discovered two Violet Origin Pills, Ever-Origin Sand, Three-Origin Azure Cloud Swords, and a Mystic Jade Silver Flute.
• Ye Jingcheng found the Three-Origin Blood Escape secret art in the remaining Purple Palace cultivator's jade slip and realized Beast Communion might let him form more than three blood realms.
• Ye Jingcheng tallied his spoils at roughly three to four hundred thousand spirit stones, aside from the magical treasures and spirit pills.

Yun Qianyu and Yun Baiqiu fled the Yun Family after suspecting Patriarch Tianyun had been possessed, but Tianyun caught and killed them. On Hidden Azure Island, Ye Jingcheng killed a Spotted Sea Elephant and lured the Sea-Overturning Demon King into an array, where Ye Xuecang and a hidden peak Golden Core cultivator began their attack.

• Yun Qianyu told Yun Baiqiu that Patriarch Tianyun might have been possessed and planned to flee with him, but Tianyun appeared and killed them both.
• Ye Jingcheng reached Hidden Azure Island, sensed the Spotted Sea Elephant great demon, and waited in a concealed cave until he received orders from Ye Xuecang.
• Ye Jingcheng lured out and killed the Spotted Sea Elephant with his magic treasures, then protected himself from the Sea-Overturning Demon King's tracking rain.
• The Sea-Overturning Demon King attacked Ye Jingcheng, but an array closed around it as Ye Xuecang appeared and struck its shell with his three swords.
• A hidden peak Golden Core cultivator struck the Sea-Overturning Demon King's shell with a massive golden tail, shattering more than half of it.

Ye Xuecang and the Earth Dragon Demon King killed the Sea-Overturning Demon King, then discovered a Star Sea Fruit tree, a fourth-rank spirit vein, and the ancient Sea-Measuring Stele in its lair. The Earth Dragon Demon King stayed to guard the site while Ye Xuecang took Ye Jingcheng to search other demon lairs.

• Ye Xuecang and the Earth Dragon Demon King overwhelmed the Sea-Overturning Demon King, and Ye Xuecang cut off its head and took its Golden Core.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Three-Origin Blood Escape Art to escape the collapsing Hidden Azure Island, then received the stone-pearl treasure from the Earth Dragon Demon King.
• Ye Xuecang and Ye Jingcheng traveled with the Golden Light Rhinoceros to the Sea-Overturning Demon King's lair and found a Star Sea Fruit tree among ancient underwater ruins.
• Ye Xuecang discovered a concealed fourth-rank spirit vein and the ancient Sea-Measuring Stele beneath the demon king's resting place.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King agreed to guard the lair while Ye Xuecang took Ye Jingcheng to search the other great demons' lairs.

Ye Jingcheng collected treasures from the Golden Light Rhinoceros demon’s island and discussed the Ye Family’s future with Ye Xuecang, who gave him a Five Elements Spirit Map and the location of his hidden island. Ye Jingcheng chose the Dao title Qianchen and named the island Dust-Hidden Island before continuing to gather resources from other demon abodes.

• Ye Jingcheng gave the stone pearl treasure to Ye Xuecang for safekeeping and received a storage bracelet of treasures from the Yun Family treasury.
• Ye Jingcheng collected Golden Rhinoceros Grass and Golden Grit Spirit Soil from the Golden Light Rhinoceros demon’s island.
• Ye Jingcheng advised Ye Xuecang to concentrate the family’s resources on cultivating its strongest fighters, and Ye Xuecang gave him the Five Elements Spirit Map and the location of his hidden island.
• Ye Jingcheng chose Qianchen as his Dao title and named his hidden island Dust-Hidden Island.
• Ye Jingcheng collected two Golden Great Roc Bird eggs and transplanted an eight-hundred-year-old Metalwood Tree, then searched other demon abodes for resources and young sharks.
• Ye Xuefan said they would return to Soaring Cloud Island, where Ye Jingcheng could hone his alchemy and consult his Third High Ancestor.

Ye Jingcheng attended Purplewood Sect’s victory celebration while quietly advancing the Ye Family’s interests and preparing for a future trip to Hidden Island. The chapter ended with representatives of Mystic Sword Pavilion and the Vast Righteousness Chamber of Commerce probing his identity and authority.

• Ye Jingcheng arrived at Purplewood Island, spoke privately with Ye Jingyu, and gave him a record of mineral deposits while agreeing to watch the visiting factions.
• Ye Jingcheng left a storage bracelet and voice-transmission talisman for Ye Haicheng, then exchanged his contribution points for spirit herbs.
• Ye Jingcheng opened Ye Xuecang’s storage bracelet and found a Purple Jade Soul Token, a Purple Jade Cold Bed, new pill formulas, a Soul-Searching Technique, and spiritual materials.
• Ye Jingcheng attended Purplewood Sect’s celebration as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Yun Baiyuan, Fairy Wu Xin, and Manager Xiao arrived as representatives of major factions.
• Manager Xiao questioned An Yuhuai about Ye Jingcheng’s identity and asked whether he could make decisions on An Yuhuai’s behalf.

Ye Jingcheng helped Purplewood Sect negotiate with Fairy Wu Xin and Manager Xiao while Ye Jingyu gave Yun Baiyuan a mysterious storage bracelet for Tianyun. Ye Jingcheng then began his journey to Hidden Island, where he spent more than two months refining pills and feeding his spirit beasts.

• Ye Jingcheng and An Yuhuai received Fairy Wu Xin and Manager Xiao, offering islands and cloudwood while deferring negotiations over Spring Jade to Ye Jingyu.
• Ye Jingyu gave Yun Baiyuan a storage bracelet for Tianyun and warned him not to inspect it.
• Ye Jingcheng left Purplewood Island with a Blood Leech and set out for Hidden Island.
• After arriving on Hidden Island, Ye Jingcheng refined third-rank Blackwater Pills following his earlier success with Mystic Flame Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng fed a Mystic Flame Pill to the Crimson Flame Fox and a Blackwater Pill to the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, while his spirit beasts feasted on fish and sharks.

Ye Jingcheng successfully refined a third-rank Golden Scale Pill and gave it to the Golden-Scaled Beast, which had reached the peak of the second rank. The beast began its breakthrough while the Jade Ring Rat observed its breathing technique, and Ye Jingcheng also fed Thunder Rhinoceros Pills to his beetles.

• Ye Jingcheng fed the Roc Fish a Roc Fish Pill, then set up an array for it as it began absorbing the pill.
• Ye Jingcheng refined patterned Thunder Rhinoceros Pills and studied the Golden Scale Pill formula before beginning his first attempt at refining a third-rank advancement pill.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Purple Jade Cold Bed to steady himself and refined the Golden Scale Pill with the Crimson Flame Fox's help, succeeding after overcoming the Earth-Scale Lion essence-blood phantom.
• The Golden-Scaled Beast showed Ye Jingcheng it had reached the peak of the second rank and wanted the Golden Scale Pill, so Ye Jingcheng had it swallow a matching third-rank demon core first.
• After seeing the Golden-Scaled Beast maintain its techniques while breaking through, Ye Jingcheng gave it the Golden Scale Pill and let the Jade Ring Rat observe its breathing technique inside an array.
• Ye Jingcheng fed Thunder Rhinoceros Pills to the four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles and several ordinary Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles.

Ye Jingcheng failed to refine the third-rank Golden Falcon Pill, then learned that a mystic turtle colony lay near the edge of the Sea-Overturning Demon King's territory. He discovered a late third-rank Water-Spined Turtle preparing to lay eggs and ordered the Golden Falcon to monitor it before returning.

• Ye Jingcheng reviewed his failed Golden Falcon Pill refinement and sent the Crimson Flame Fox to eat spirit fish.
• The Golden Falcon brought an Azure Mystic Turtle to Dust-Hidden Island, and Ye Jingcheng learned it had found the turtle colony eighteen thousand li northeast.
• Ye Jingcheng flew with the Golden Falcon to Mystic Turtle Island and spotted Azure Mystic Turtles, Water-Spined Turtles, and Supreme Mystery Turtles.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed a late third-rank Water-Spined Turtle in an underground pit and judged that it was close to laying eggs.
• Ye Jingcheng told the Golden Falcon to check the island every half month and alert him when the Water-Spined Turtle was suffering most.

Ye Jingcheng refined the Golden Falcon Pill, watched the Roc Fish approach its second-rank breakthrough, and joined Ye Xuefan to confront the weakened Water-Spined Turtle on Mystic Turtle Island. The chapter ended as the turtle forces attacked and the enormous Water-Spined Turtle rose from the sea.

• Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beasts killed a Blue-Pattern Electric Eel, and he praised their improved teamwork.
• Ye Jingcheng told the Golden Falcon to scout Mystic Turtle Island and gave the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon a Blackwater Pill and Flesh Ganoderma meat.
• The Roc Fish broke through to the late first order and demonstrated that its multicolored bubbles could trap Star-Eating Fish.
• The Golden Falcon returned with news that the Water-Spined Turtle was about to lay eggs, so Ye Jingcheng summoned Ye Xuefan and waited for him to arrive with the Golden Light Rhinoceros.
• Ye Xuefan gave Ye Jingcheng the completed Blazing Flame Fan, which Ye Jingcheng refined while they traveled toward Mystic Turtle Island.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan launched their ambush, and the Mystic Turtles attacked as the massive Water-Spined Turtle emerged from the sea.