Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng and his spirit beasts killed a late third-rank Water-Spined Turtle and captured young turtles and eggs on Turtle Island. He collected six drops of century-old spirit milk, shared some with Ye Xuefan, and left with the turtle’s valuable demon core and shell.

• Ye Jingcheng and his spirit beasts joined forces with the Golden Light Rhinoceros to defeat and kill the Water-Spined Turtle.
• Ye Jingcheng’s spirit beasts slaughtered the adult turtles, while he captured the young turtles and found a powerful Water-Spined Turtle egg buried in the seabed.
• Ye Xuefan gave Ye Jingcheng Turtle Spirit Grass and the spirit milk gathered from the island, and Ye Jingcheng discovered six drops of century-old spirit milk in a cave.
• Ye Jingcheng set up a concealment formation around the cave, then shared three drops of spirit milk with Ye Xuefan, who kept two and returned one.
• Ye Jingcheng left Turtle Island with the Water-Spined Turtle’s demon core and shell, which could help the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon advance and be refined into a defensive artifact.

Ye Jingcheng refined a powerful Jade-Scale Pill and fed it to the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon to help it advance. The dragon endured a day of violent transformation, while Ye Jingcheng settled into a quieter routine of cultivation and patrolling Hidden Island.

• The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and Four-Colored Cloud Deer hunted around Hidden Island while Ye Jingcheng rested and considered how to strengthen his wood aspect.
• Ye Jingcheng refined Roc Fish Pills and Thunder Rhinoceros Pills, then failed once while attempting to refine a Jade-Scale Pill with Silver Moon Flood Dragon blood.
• Ye Jingcheng corrected his method and successfully refined a crystal-clear Jade-Scale Pill, though it had no pill marks.
• Ye Jingcheng fed the Jade-Scale Pill to the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and infused it with Treasure Radiance as the dragon thrashed and bled through its advancement.
• After the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's disturbance subsided, Ye Jingcheng sealed the island lake cavern and spent his time cultivating, refining occasional pills, and patrolling the surrounding sea.

Ye Jingcheng nurtured his Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, discovered a promising insect king among their eggs, and helped the Four-Colored Cloud Deer approach a breakthrough. After two more years, the Golden-Scaled Beast broke through to the early Purple Palace stage and returned to Dust-Hidden Island, where Ye Jingcheng reminded it that it still could not defeat the Crimson Flame Fox.

• Ye Jingcheng returned to Dust-Hidden Island when his four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles broke through to the peak of the second rank and tested their newly shaped lightning attacks.
• Ye Jingcheng refined thirteen Beast-Luring Pills and used them to nurture sixteen Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, which laid more than one hundred and eighty eggs, including one with four layers of spiritual light.
• Ye Jingcheng hunted a Blackwood Eagle with the Four-Colored Cloud Deer, which consumed the eagle's inner core and began preparing to break through to the third rank.
• After two years, Ye Jingcheng sensed the Golden-Scaled Beast's breakthrough and found it had advanced to the early Purple Palace stage.
• The Golden-Scaled Beast challenged the other spirit beasts, and Ye Jingcheng told it that it was still no match for the Crimson Flame Fox.

Ye Jingcheng watched the Golden-Scaled Beast lose to the Crimson Flame Fox, then helped the Jade Ring Rat advance and saw the Golden Falcon break through with immense speed and power. With the Golden Falcon sent to hunt nearby seas, Ye Jingcheng turned his attention to finding a third-tier earth-attribute pill for the Golden-Scaled Beast.

• Ye Jingcheng arranged a battle in the array, where the Crimson Flame Fox's Azure Sun Flame overcame the Golden-Scaled Beast despite its new Earth-Scale Seal.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Jade Ring Rat a second-rank earth-attribute demon beast inner core after its breathing technique raised its aura to the limit of the first rank.
• Ye Jingcheng watched the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles feed on spirit fish alongside the Roc Fish and the Golden-Scaled Beast.
• The Golden Falcon emerged from seclusion after breaking through, demonstrated its powerful diving strike, and thanked Ye Jingcheng.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Golden Falcon a Golden Bright Pill and sent it to hunt nearby seas, while the Golden-Scaled Beast eagerly sought pills made from third-tier earth-attribute demon cores.

Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu attended the Azure Spirit Commerce Association’s exchange meet, where Ye Haifei sought information about the Five Elements True Lord’s inheritance and agreed to search for it with Manager Qing. Years later, Ye Jingcheng returned with two Rock Eagle eggs and learned that the Four-Colored Cloud Deer had broken through, then watched it spar with the Golden-Scaled Beast.

• Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu entered the hidden sea city and attended the exchange meet, where Ye Xingyu traded for several treasures.
• Ye Haifei offered Bola Soft Jade in exchange for information about the Five Elements True Lord’s cave abode or one of his core treasures.
• Manager Qing revealed a map to the Five Elements Spirit Palace, and he and Ye Haifei agreed to exchange maps and search for the treasure together after swearing heart demon oaths.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to Dust-Hidden Island with two Rock Eagle eggs after the Golden Falcon helped him locate and kill a pair of third-rank Rock Eagles.
• Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Four-Colored Cloud Deer had broken through and ordered it to spar with the Golden-Scaled Beast.
• The Golden-Scaled Beast used the Earth-Scale Seal to overwhelm the Four-Colored Cloud Deer’s wooden giants, and Ye Jingcheng stopped the spar.

Ye Jingcheng witnessed the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's breakthrough to the middle stage of the third rank, then prepared to return to the Ye Family for a meeting about the Five Elements True Lord's inheritance. Meanwhile, Qing Kongying used the Azure Spirit Projection Mirror to identify two cultivators linked to the Five-Colored Spirit Palace and learned they belonged to the Purplewood Sect, which had a middle-stage Purple Palace cultivator.

• The Four-Colored Cloud Deer summoned three Purple Palace wood giants after losing to the Golden-Scaled Beast, and Ye Jingcheng considered training and equipping them.
• The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon emerged as a powerful middle-stage third-rank beast, demonstrated its water-dragon attack and Moon Slash, and ate pills and Water-Spined Turtle meat.
• After receiving a message from Ye Xuefan about the Five Elements True Lord's inheritance, Ye Jingcheng gathered his spirit beasts and visited the Earth Dragon Demon King before setting out for Purplewood Island.
• Manager Qing gave Qing Kongying a spirit beast bracelet containing a Purple Moon Flame Fox and a third-tier spirit puppet, while the azure-masked cultivator planned to use him to find the Five-Colored Spirit Palace.
• Qing Kongying used the Azure Spirit Projection Mirror to trace two Azure Spirit Tokens and discovered that the cultivators who had held them were now Foundation Establishment members of the Purplewood Sect, which had a middle-stage Purple Palace cultivator.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Purplewood Island, submitted his hunting mission, and received a Heavenly Sand Seal and a spirit boat from Ye Haicheng. After spending more than half a month refining the treasure, he accepted a new mission and headed for a remote island.

• Ye Jingcheng submitted his public mission and revealed his five-inch Beast-Link Mark before entering the underground hall to report the Ye Family's secret mission.
• Ye Xuefan was astonished by Ye Jingcheng's haul of demon souls, awarded him one hundred thousand contribution points, and added another eighty thousand for the spirit beast materials he sold to the family.
• Ye Jingcheng visited Ye Haicheng and presented him with the Water-Spined Turtle shell and third-rank earth-element pills; Ye Haicheng gave him the Heavenly Sand Seal and a late third-rank spirit boat.
• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng to refine the Heavenly Sand Seal, prepare for the Five Elements True Lord's Spirit Palace expedition, and hand over the other two treasure maps.
• Ye Jingcheng returned to his courtyard and spent more than half a month refining the Heavenly Sand Seal before Ye Haicheng summoned him to accept a mission to a remote island.

Ye Jingcheng joined the Ye Family’s preparations to seek the Five Elements True Lord’s inheritance while Qing Kongying negotiated with Ye Haifei over the treasure maps. The three maps revealed a route into the outer sea, and the two groups set out together with the maps divided between them.

• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng that the Ye Family would enter the Vast Azure Turtle’s grotto-heaven and that the Earth Dragon Demon King was coming to support them.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King arrived, and Ye Jingcheng entered the Vast Azure Turtle’s grotto-heaven with Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng to wait for Ye Haifei.
• Two men watched an inn in Heaven One City for nearly a month before Ye Haifei and another cultivator left in Spirit-Isolating Robes, distracting the watchers with their courtesan visits.
• Qing Kongying met Ye Haifei on a concealed island, and they agreed to divide the spoils sixty-forty while splitting the inheritance equally and keeping the treasure hunt secret.
• Ye Haifei and Qing Kongying assembled the three five-colored spirit maps, discovered the route to the outer sea, divided the maps, and departed with two others.

Qing Kongying, Ye Haifei, and their companions entered Five Elements True Lord’s hidden dojo, where they found signs of a valuable inheritance. At the pill furnace, Qing Kongying revealed his Purple Palace cultivation and attacked the others, but the Purplewood Sect cultivators countered with their own hidden strength, and the fight ended with Qing Kongying closing in on Ye Jingcheng.

• Qing Kongying and Ye Haifei used their spirit maps to reveal the entrance to Five Elements True Lord’s small world and entered it with their companions.
• The four cultivators found Five Elements Dojo and agreed that Qing Kongying would take the lead in breaking formations while the inheritance and treasures were divided.
• After passing the mountain gate and empty guest hall, the cultivators found a third-rank high-grade pill furnace guarding the next area.
• Qing Kongying revealed his Purple Palace cultivation and attacked Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu, but they avoided the flying swords with Tribulation-Substitution Talismans and summoned Purplewood Sect allies.
• Ye Xuefan deployed a late third-rank formation, while Qing Kongying trapped Ye Haicheng beneath a great bell, sent a puppet after Ye Jingcheng, and used a Purple Moon Flame Fox to disrupt Ye Xuefan.
• Qing Kongying lunged for Ye Jingcheng’s throat, intending to kill him first.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family defeated Qing Kongying’s group, then Ye Jingcheng passed the Five Elements dojo’s elemental trials and chose the technique-inheritance hall. Outside the small world, Azure Fox True Person arrived with a companion and prepared to enter, unaware of the battle within.

• Ye Jingcheng and his spirit beasts overwhelmed Qing Kongying, while the Earth Dragon Demon King helped trap the Purple Moon Flame Fox after Ye Xuefan warned that it belonged to Azure Fox True Person.
• Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu killed the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivator, and Ye Xuefan ordered the group to conceal their identities and destroy the Azure Spirit tokens.
• Ye Haifei and Ye Xuecang identified the sacrificial furnace’s three attempts as the dojo’s next trial, and Ye Jingcheng entered it as the group’s most suitable candidate.
• Ye Jingcheng imitated the fire, water, wood, earth, and metal techniques shown by spiritual projections, passed the elemental trial, and returned to the plaza.
• Ye Jingcheng chose the far-left hall’s technique inheritance and cut down its spirit puppet as Azure Fox True Person reached the island outside the small world with a female cultivator.

Ye Jingcheng inherited the Five Spirit True Canon, the Spirit Substitution Method, and the Five Elements Heavenly Armor Puppet techniques from Five Elements True Lord’s fading soul projection. After the formation collapsed, the Earth Dragon Demon King killed Azure Fox True Person, and Ye Jingcheng rejoined the Ye Family with the inheritance secured.

• Ye Jingcheng carefully performed the rites before Five Elements True Lord’s statue, whose projection explained the four trials and accepted him as an heir.
• Five Elements True Lord’s projection dissipated after entrusting Ye Jingcheng with the Five Spirit True Canon, the Spirit Substitution Method, and the Five Elements Heavenly Armor Puppet refinement method.
• Ye Jingcheng searched the other halls, found only a few remaining treasures and spirit stones, and took the Heavenly Soul Stone statue with him.
• The formation shattered during the Earth Dragon Demon King’s fight with Azure Fox True Person, and the Earth Dragon Demon King killed Azure Fox True Person and seized his Golden Core.
• Ye Jingcheng reported his gains to Ye Xuefan, who told the family to leave no suspicious evidence and keep the three treasure maps.

After the Ye Family escaped the small world and concealed their tracks, Ye Jingcheng prepared to advance his Crimson Flame Fox using the Purple Moon Flame Fox’s remains and a newly acquired pill furnace. He successfully refined two third-rank Crimson Flame Pills, leaving the fox’s evolution to four tails all but assured.

• The Earth Dragon Demon King gave Ye Xuefan the Azure Spirit Projection Mirror and Purple Moon Flame Fox, and Ye Xuefan ordered Ye Haifei and Ye Xingyu to adopt new identities.
• Ye Xuefan destroyed the red spirit algae and led the group away; Ye Jingcheng returned to Twinwood Island and received the Purple Moon Flame Fox’s corpse as a reward.
• Ye Jingcheng extracted thirteen drops of essence blood and the demon core from the Purple Moon Flame Fox, then prepared the Crimson Flame Fox for advancement.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected Qing Kongying’s remaining treasures and studied the five techniques sealed inside the Five Elements Heavenly Pearl.
• Ye Jingcheng and the Crimson Flame Fox warmed the Heavenly Ox Azure-Red Furnace, and Ye Jingcheng refined three Mystic Flame Pills.
• Ye Jingcheng successfully refined two third-rank Crimson Flame Pills, making the Crimson Flame Fox’s advancement to four tails all but certain.

Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Supreme Clarity Spirit-Guarding Art might expose him to possession by Tianfu True Person, then focused on cultivating and advancing his spirit beasts. After three years he reached the Purple Palace mid-stage, learned that tensions in the Yan Kingdom were rising, and sensed that the Crimson Flame Fox had finally advanced.

• Ye Jingcheng questioned the Peachwood Demon about the Supreme Clarity Spirit-Guarding Art and feared its light in the sea of consciousness could enable possession, so he sent the warning to Ye Xuecang.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Crimson Flame Fox a Crimson Flame Pill and arranged for it to break through while he entered secluded cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng spent three years balancing his four-aspect true essence, swallowed a Violet Origin Pill, and broke through to the Purple Palace mid-stage.
• Ye Jingcheng refined the Ice Phoenix Pearl and learned that the Yuan and Wei Families were at war, the Green River Sect was pressuring Taiqing Commandery, and Ye Xuecang wanted him to visit the Skycloud Archipelago.
• Ye Jingcheng sensed a surge of fire-aspect true essence through his Beast-Link Mark, indicating that the Crimson Flame Fox had advanced.

Ye Jingcheng inspected his spirit beasts and plants after three years of seclusion, witnessing the Crimson Flame Fox’s formidable new abilities and tending to his companions’ cultivation. He encouraged the struggling Jade Ring Rat to try again, then left Grotto-Heaven for Purplewood Sect’s underground grand hall to seek a stronger spirit-gathering array.

• The Crimson Flame Fox emerged with four tails and three kinds of flame, then demonstrated its violet heart flame and illusory fox shadows against the Golden-Scaled Beast.
• Ye Jingcheng fed his spirit beasts and began breakthroughs for the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle King and the roc fish, while collecting Moon Spirit Pearls.
• Ye Jingcheng gave the Jade Ring Rat another Foundation Establishment Pill and urged it to continue cultivating the Breathing Method despite its failed breakthrough.
• Ye Jingcheng found four lifespan-extending peaches on the Peachwood Demon and supplied it, the Stone Spirit, and the Flesh Ganoderma with Treasure Radiance.
• Ye Jingcheng concluded that Grotto-Heaven needed a higher-grade Spirit-Gathering Array and left for Purplewood Sect’s underground grand hall.

After breaking through, Ye Jingcheng collected pill and magic-treasure materials from the Ye Family and traveled under the identity Tang Cheng to the Skycloud Archipelago. The Yun Family tested him for signs that their ancestor had been replaced, and Ye Jingcheng later reunited with Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe, confirming that the family had already infiltrated the Yun Family.

• Ye Jingcheng exchanged Moon Spirit Pearls for materials, pill ingredients, and a second-rank Spirit-Gathering Formation and qi-drawing stones, then left for the Skycloud Archipelago.
• Ye Jingcheng used Spirit-Transforming Pills to nurture twenty Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles for the Heaven-Opening Divine Drum Insect Array.
• Yun Chuanzhi escorted Ye Jingcheng to Cloud Crane Tower, where Yun Baiyuan offered Purple Palace Jade Liquid to seek an introduction to Purplewood Master; Ye Jingcheng refused and left.
• Yun Baiyuan and two other Yun Family Purple Palace cultivators wondered whether their ancestor had been replaced, noting that Qianyu had been out of contact.
• After receiving Ye Xuecang’s message, Ye Jingcheng changed his appearance with a Bone-Transforming Pill and met Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe, who verified their Beast-Link Marks.

Ye Xuecang warned Ye Jingcheng against entering Taiyi Sect territory and gave him the first layer of a Treasure-Linking Art tied to a spirit treasure, which might protect him from Tianfu True Person. Ye Jingcheng left with a Soul-Rending Fruit and renewed confidence, while Ye Xuecang and Ye Haihe weighed the danger of his mission and the Ye Family’s need to keep its secrets.

• Ye Xuecang told Ye Jingcheng never to enter the Taichang Mountain Range and advised him to arrange any disciple-acceptance ceremony at Soaring Cloud Peak.
• Ye Xuecang gave Ye Jingcheng a jade slip containing the first layer of the Treasure-Linking Art and revealed that the Eight Desolations Sect had been destroyed over the spirit treasure it acquired.
• Ye Xuecang gave Ye Jingcheng a third-rank Soul-Rending Fruit and asked whether he could control the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor after reaching Golden Core; Ye Jingcheng said he was eighty percent certain.
• Ye Jingcheng offered two Life-Extending Spirit Peaches for Ye Shengyi, and Ye Xuecang agreed that Ye Shengyi would compensate him with contribution points.
• Ye Jingcheng departed with Cloud-Hidden Tea, while Ye Xuecang told Ye Haihe the family could not abandon Yan Kingdom and had to trust Ye Jingcheng with the dangerous mission.

Ye Jingcheng left the Azure Cloud Sea Region for Soaring Cloud Peak after visiting with his relatives and receiving guidance on training his spirit insects. He arrived in Yan Kingdom, where Turtle Ancestor complained about his long absence, and went to find Ye Haicheng with an important matter to discuss.

• Ye Jingcheng drank with Ye Xingyu and Ye Haiping, who urged him to act cautiously on Soaring Cloud Peak and wished to see him reach the Nascent Soul stage.
• Ye Jingcheng returned through the teleportation array with cultivation techniques for the Ye Family and met Ye Xueliang, who helped him assess his Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle formation.
• Ye Xueliang's Black-Armored Scorpions defeated Ye Jingcheng's Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, and he gave Ye Jingcheng insect-training advice and a jade slip containing the Heaven Insect Fury secret art.
• Ye Xueliang advised Ye Jingcheng to refine his swarm from one hundred and eighty beetles to one hundred and twenty and encouraged him to build three formidable insect swarms.
• Ye Jingcheng teleported to Yan Kingdom, where Turtle Ancestor greeted him and asked for Treasure Radiance before Ye Jingcheng headed to find Ye Haicheng.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Earth Dragon Valley, discussed the growing threat from the Yuan Family, and visited the Earth Dragon Demon King, who warned him of plans to provoke a major beast tide. The visit ended with Ye Jingcheng discovering a flowering Heavenly Dragon Fruit tree inside the Dragon Hall.

• Ye Haicheng told Ye Jingcheng that Soaring Cloud Peak needed Foundation Establishment Pills and warned that the Yuan Family was provoking the Silver Moon Demon King while the Wei Family’s motives remained uncertain.
• The Turtle Ancestor demanded payment for hundreds of Treasure Radiance transfers, accepted Golden Scale Pills, and gave Ye Jingcheng a shell after bargaining over their debt.
• Ye Jingcheng visited the Earth Dragon Demon King with Cloud-Hidden Tea and learned the Yuan Family might be preparing to attack the Green Wind Wolf Plain.
• Ye Jingcheng warned the Earth Dragon Demon King that the cultivators should be guarded against, and the demon king invited him into the Dragon Hall for Fire Ridge Tea.
• Ye Jingcheng saw a flowering fourth-rank Heavenly Dragon Fruit tree in the Dragon Hall and realized it could bear fruit within a little over ten years.

Ye Jingcheng secretly returned to Soaring Cloud Peak after ten years away and discovered signs that someone had been watching the courtyard where the family believed he was secluded. As the Ye Family tournament concluded, he summoned Ye Jingyun, Ye Jingli, and Ye Xingqun, while he began investigating who was monitoring him and whether the Taiyi Sect was involved.

• Ye Jingcheng returned to Soaring Cloud Peak unnoticed and sensed the Ye Family tournament taking place.
• Ye Jingting reached the top three in the late Qi Refinement tournament, while Ye Qingwen won first place in the middle Qi Refinement tournament.
• Ye Jingyun scolded the clansmen for grumbling about delayed rewards, then learned that Ye Jingcheng had emerged from seclusion and planned to improve the reward pool.
• Ye Jingcheng inspected the formations around his courtyard and found signs that someone had repeatedly watched his supposed secluded cultivation.
• Ye Jingcheng avoided entering the courtyard and headed to Soaring Cloud Lake to question Ye Jingyun, Ye Jingli, and Ye Xingqun about the surveillance and possible Taiyi Sect involvement.

Ye Jingcheng returned to Soaring Cloud Peak, supplied the Ye Family with pill formulas, a furnace, spirit beast eggs, and cultivation techniques, and learned that the Wei and Yuan Families were endangering the family’s hidden valleys. He proposed using Taiyi Sect pressure to force the Wei Family to expose evidence against the Yuan Family, while seeking support from Azure Cloud Nunnery.

• Ye Jingcheng led Ye Jingli, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Jingyun into the underwater palace and explained why the Ye Family had kept its survival and strength secret.
• Ye Jingcheng learned that Ye Jinghu had spent half a year attempting Foundation Establishment without a Foundation Establishment Pill and ordered greater caution, then gave Ye Jingyun pill formulas and the Heavenly Bell Furnace.
• Ye Jingcheng distributed spirit beast eggs to Ye Jingli, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Jingyun and assigned other eggs and cultivation techniques as grand tournament rewards.
• Ye Jingyun reported that the Yuan and Wei Families’ clashes had disrupted Taihang Marketplace and repeatedly forced evacuations of the Ye Family’s hidden valleys.
• Ye Jingcheng rejected framing the Yuan Family directly, proposed contacting Azure Cloud Nunnery, and ordered Ye Jingli to have Eldest Brother pressure the Wei Family through Taiyi Sect to produce evidence against the Yuan Family.