Chapter Summaries

As the beast tide approached, Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family prepared for evacuation and battle, sharing route jade slips, treasures, and spirit beasts among their relatives. Ye Jingcheng met Ye Jingyu to exchange supplies and promises before Ye Haiyu arrived with word that the operation had begun.

• Ye Shengyi distributed route jade slips and supplies, and Ye Jingcheng gave the elders magic treasures while arranging for Ye Haihe and Ye Haifei to take charge of the White-Brow Green Wolf and Roc Fish.
• Ye Jingcheng handed route jade slips to five trusted people, then chose to improve his water spirit secret art instead of studying Five Elements Divine Lightning.
• Ye Jingcheng met Ye Jingyu, exchanged supplies and spirit beasts, and promised to care for Ye Fu's family if Ye Jingyu failed to return.
• Ye Jingyu organized Purplewood Sect's demon-hunting formation and the evacuation of the Ye Family's resources and mortals from the small world.
• On Ye Jingcheng's eighth day on Purplewood Island, Ye Haiyu arrived with a spirit beast pouch and told him that it had begun.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family prepared for a secret demon-hunting expedition while their allies set out to pursue the nine-bend spirit ginseng. The chapter ended with Ye Jingyu, Ye Haihe, and Ye Xingliu calling the Purplewood Sect’s cultivators to arms.

• Ye Jingcheng met the Ye Family’s gathered cultivators, including Ye Jinghu, and learned that Soaring Cloud Peak’s affairs were in order.
• Ye Xuefan gave the Vast Azure Turtle the fourth-tier demon core, and the turtle departed for the Heavenly Horse Sea Region after warning Ye Jingcheng about the Grotto-Heaven and his eldest granduncle.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan set out for Three Origins Island by way of the outer sea, avoiding routes through other sea regions.
• Disguised as members of the Yun Family, Ye Xuecang, Ye Haihe, and Ye Xuefu joined other factions on Skycloud Island and sailed toward Dark Shark Abyss to seek the nine-bend spirit ginseng.
• An innate martial artist crushed a jade slip while appearing to relieve himself, secretly signaling the expedition’s departure.
• Ye Jingyu, Ye Haihe, and Ye Xingliu rang the Purplewood Sect’s great bell and assembled cultivators to attack demon beasts and divert attention from the Ye Family’s plans.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family seized Three Origins Island by killing its Heavenly Water Azure Ox Demon King and establishing a base for their campaign in the outer seas. With their forces deployed and formations expanding across the islands, they prepared to hunt the surrounding demons before they could respond.

• Ye Jingcheng reached Three Origins Island with Ye Xuefan, Ye Shengyi, and the Earth Dragon Demon King, then encircled the island while Ye Xuefan set up a fourth-rank formation.
• The Heavenly Water Azure Ox Demon King attacked, but the Earth Dragon Demon King engaged it while Ye Jingcheng used the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle to divert its sonic and water attacks.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King trapped the Azure Ox with Mountain Prison Art and Rock Explosion, and Ye Shengyi struck it with Five Elements Divine Lightning until it died.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the Azure Ox's demon core and beast soul, then released the Ye Family's main force and assigned clansmen and spirit beasts to defend and expand the formation across the islands.
• Ye Jingcheng organized the spirit beasts to hold back and finish off incoming Demon Kings, while the clansmen began setting up formations around Three Origins Island.

Ye Xuecang led a group of Golden Core cultivators into Dark Shark Abyss to search for the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng while avoiding alerting its guardian, the Dark Yin Shark Demon King. After confirming the Demon King had not advanced, Ye Xuecang offered mystic jade clam crystal in exchange for a share of the spirit ginseng.

• Ye Xuecang warned the group not to recklessly release their divine senses before they found the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
• The cultivators used different methods to navigate the deep sea, then landed on an island and left their Foundation Establishment cultivators behind.
• Bai Changsheng sent a concealed spirit fish into the abyss and used a mirror-shaped magic treasure to inspect the Dark Yin Shark Demon King.
• Mystic Tiger concealed the group with a spirit bowl when the Demon King's divine sense swept through the abyss.
• Bai Changsheng determined that the Demon King remained a late fourth-rank demon king, and Ye Xuecang offered mystic jade clam crystal for at least one bend of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.

The factions competing for the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng negotiated how its bent roots would be divided, while Mystic Sword Pavilion investigators uncovered signs of unusual activity across the archipelago. Ye Haifei headed toward Skycloud Archipelago after learning Jade Mountain Island was too heavily guarded, and Purplewood Sect prepared for a possible beast tide on Hidden Azure Island.

• Yellow Springs True Person, Ziming, Anhu, and Ye Xuecang pressed Bai Changsheng and Mystic Tiger to agree on sharing the ginseng's bent roots, and Bai Changsheng promised at least three roots if the Bai Family obtained it.
• The Golden Core cultivators swore Heavenly Dao oaths and began planning where to use Mystic Jade Clam Crystal to lure out the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
• Fairy Wu Xin reported to Xuanming that several cultivators had entered seclusion, a fishing boat seemed suspicious, and the force behind the Yun Family might be connected to the Taiyi Sect; Xuanming sent her to investigate Purplewood Sect and ordered Cheng An to remain behind.
• Ye Haifei learned through his Blood Leeches that Jade Mountain Island held multiple True Persons, then followed Fairy Wu Xin toward Skycloud Archipelago after she and Cheng An departed.
• Purplewood Sect cultivators gathered on Hidden Azure Island to prepare for the beast tide, while An Yuhuai urged them to complete their demon-beast hunting duties.

Ye Xuecang and seven other Golden Core cultivators waited in the seabed abyss for the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, then fought over its captured spirit body. As the Mystic Yin Demon King approached, Bai Changsheng’s side gained the upper hand, leaving Mystic Tiger’s jade bottle close to breaking.

• Ye Xuecang and the other Golden Core cultivators hid near a Profound Jade Clam Crystal and waited while a sturgeon guarded it, using a water-element illusion to mislead them.
• The Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng’s watery spirit body entered the cave and swallowed the crystal, but Ye Xuecang marked it with red spirit patterns so the cultivators could attack.
• Mystic Tiger and Bai Changsheng used their magic treasures to restrain the spirit body while their allies fought, and Ye Xuecang sided with Mystic Tiger as Anhu joined Bai Changsheng.
• The Mystic Yin Demon King’s roar sounded from the abyss, and Bai Changsheng used a fourth-tier rope to bind the spirit body as his side’s attacks dimmed Mystic Tiger’s jade bottle.

The cultivators battled the Profound Yin Demon King and fought over the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, while Ye Haihe seized its body and distributed its roots. A hidden lizard then drew a massive beast tide toward the abyss, where demon emperors and Nascent Soul figures began converging as Azure Spirit True Lord and Bai Changsheng appeared to claim the treasure.

• Qing Mingyuan and cultivators from several families descended into the sea, while a color-changing lizard released fragrant green-lamp fish around the island.
• Mystic Tiger True Person and seven other Golden Core cultivators fought the Profound Yin Demon King, then retreated as the demon overwhelmed them underwater.
• Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe pushed toward the abyss, where Ye Haihe grabbed the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng and kept one bent root before tossing its body to Qing Mingyuan.
• The other factions seized the remaining bent roots as Ye Xuefu crushed a jade slip, and no one pursued the two Yun Family cultivators.
• The lizard's fish burst and summoned demonic beasts, prompting four demon emperors and their forces to head toward Dark Shark Abyss.
• Azure Spirit True Lord appeared and reached for the treasure, while Bai Changsheng emerged to bargain; a Bai Family cultivator claimed the main body was in the Qing Family's hands.

Ye Haifei captured Wu Xin and impersonated her to approach Jade Mountain Island, where he used the Demon-Luring Grass to provoke a beast tide and expose the Green River Sect’s beast-soul sword array. He escaped on the Roc Fish as Xuanming pursued him, while the Water-Spined Turtle was left behind to face the sect’s attack.

• Wu Xin fought off Ye Haifei’s Sea Cloud Bird ambush, but the Roc Fish, Water-Spined Turtle, and Ye Haifei trapped her and took her cyan-red token.
• Ye Haifei used a Bone-Transforming Pill to assume Wu Xin’s appearance and headed toward Jade Mountain Island with the Demon-Luring Grass.
• Ye Haifei told True Person Xuanming that he had found the Beast Wasteland, then revealed the beast lure and fled as the Roc Fish swallowed him.
• The Demon-Luring Grass drew demon kings toward Jade Mountain Island, and Green River Sect cultivators destroyed the plant and attacked Ye Haifei.
• The Water-Spined Turtle shielded Ye Haifei and was struck down as the Roc Fish used the Three-Origin Blood Escape to flee; Xuanming pursued them.

Ye Haifei fought Xuanming while fleeing toward the Great Azure Roc King, and Ye Xuecang and the others faced the two Nascent Soul True Lords over the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng. The Ye Family’s concealed formation detonated beneath the Sea-Measuring Stele, forcing the True Lords to protect their people as a Demon Emperor arrived.

• Ye Haifei used Five Elements Heavenly Armor Puppets and layered formations to stall Xuanming, then escaped inside the Roc Fish as the Great Azure Roc King confronted Xuanming.
• Baiyu True Lord captured the Mystic Yin Demon King with a white jade banner, while Azure Spirit True Lord refused to share the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng.
• Azure Spirit True Lord killed Yellow Springs True Person and struck at Anhu, Ziming, and Ye Xuecang as they tried to flee; Ziming died, Anhu escaped, and Ye Xuecang survived with a blood-escape technique.
• Ye Xuecang activated the Ye Family’s concealed peak fourth-rank formation and spirit vein beneath the Sea-Measuring Stele, unleashing a devastating spiritual explosion.
• Azure Spirit True Lord and Baiyu True Lord used their treasures to shield those below them, then saw a Demon Emperor appear as the Sea-Measuring Stele vanished.

The Ye Family activated four patches of fourth-rank Demon-Luring Grass on Three Origins Island to lure Demon Kings into an ambush. As the first Demon Kings arrived, Ye Jingcheng ordered the Dragon Ancestor to target the fast Cloud Bird Demon King and set the goal of killing two enemies before the rest arrived.

• Ye Haicheng and Ye Haisheng reported that their islands were ready, while Ye Jingcheng prepared above the fog-shrouded island.
• Ye Xuefan ripened four patches of Demon-Luring Grass and released Beast-Luring Pills and beast-attracting powder as the Ye Family took battle positions.
• The grass’s fragrance spread, and Ye Shengyi used a detection formation to count the approaching Demon Kings.
• A Cloud Bird Demon King and a Flower Octopus Demon King arrived with a tide of demon beasts, while a Tiger Shark Demon King and a middle fourth-rank Three-Headed Bird Demon King appeared farther away.
• Ye Jingcheng asked the Dragon Ancestor to kill the Cloud Bird Demon King first and urged Ye Shengyi and the Twin-Headed Turtle Demon King to help eliminate two Demon Kings before more arrived.

Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King led the Ye Family in a battle against the Demon Kings attacking Three Origins Island, killing the Flower Octopus and Cloud Bird Demon Kings. As the remaining six Demon Kings converged, the defenders divided to meet them, and Ye Jingcheng began fighting the two Tiger-Claw Shrimp Demon Kings.

• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Shengyi, and the Twin-Headed Turtle Demon King combined their attacks to capture and kill the Flower Octopus Demon King, taking its Golden Core and sending its beast soul into a soul banner.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King trapped the Cloud Bird Demon King, and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon struck it down after it made a desperate stand with its Golden Core.
• Ye Family cultivators and spirit beasts ambushed the demon beasts inside the mist formation, while the Heaven-Opening Divine Drum Thunder Formation gathered over a thousand beast souls.
• The remaining six Demon Kings gathered outside the formation, and the defenders split up: the Earth Dragon Demon King faced the late fourth-rank Thunder Flood Dragon, while the Twin-Headed Turtle Demon King, Ye Shengyi, and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon engaged other opponents.
• Ye Jingcheng faced the two Tiger-Claw Shrimp Demon Kings and unleashed Profound Origin Ice Burst, freezing and shattering demon beasts before bringing out the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle.

The Ye Family battled the invading demon beasts and killed six Demon Kings, with Ye Jingcheng and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon turning their attention to the Three-Headed Bird Demon King. The chapter ended as Ye Jingcheng summoned the Black Tortoise Spirit Nurturing and unleashed Black Tortoise Sishui—Divine Wrath against the bird.

• The Profound Origin Ice Burst froze many demon beasts, and the Ye Family attacked the survivors with spirit talismans, flying swords, and spirit beasts.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle and Crimson Phoenix Sparrow essence blood to trap and burn the Tiger-Claw Shrimp Demon Kings, while the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon killed the Killer Whale Demon King and the two shrimps.
• The Ye Family reached six Demon King kills as Ye Jingcheng ordered his clansmen to use every available means and Ye Xuefan directed the formation against a newly arrived Demon King.
• Ye Shengyi urged Ye Jingcheng to kill the Three-Headed Bird Demon King so the Twin-Headed Turtle Demon King could heal the clansmen, and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and turtle joined Ye Jingcheng's attack.
• The Three-Headed Bird Demon King resisted their combined assault and hurled Fire Crystal Rock at Ye Jingcheng, who dodged it with the Great Wasteland Step and summoned the Black Tortoise to unleash Divine Wrath.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family fought their way through the beast tide, but reinforcements from the Heavenly Flood Dragon Sea forced them to abandon their mission and flee toward the inner sea. Ye Shengyi stayed behind to face two pursuing Demon Kings, preparing to self-destruct and buy the family time to escape.

• Ye Jingcheng used the Black Tortoise Divine Wrath to kill the Three-Headed Bird Demon King, then helped slay the Thunder Eel Demon King while the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon fought alongside him.
• Ye Xuefan warned that several powerful flood-dragon Demon Kings were approaching, so Ye Shengyi ordered the Ye Family to abandon their formations and gather near the soul banner.
• Ye Shengyi and the others killed the Thousand-Legged Snow Centipede, filling most of the remaining gap in the beast-soul mission, then retreated with the family into Ye Jingcheng’s grotto-heaven.
• Ye Jingcheng, Ye Shengyi, the Earth Dragon Demon King, and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon escaped aboard a fourth-rank spirit boat while the Thunder Flood Dragon Demon King and Nightshade Purple Bat Demon King followed.
• Ye Shengyi refused to hide in Ye Jingcheng’s pocket realm and leapt from the spirit vessel to confront the two Demon Kings, declaring that he would test the difference between a False Core and a Golden Core self-destruction.

Ye Jingcheng led the surviving Ye Family members away from the battle and disguised himself and the Stone Spirit inside a wounded Bluewater Whale to reenter the beast tide. Within the grotto-heaven, he rallied the wounded clansmen, mourned Ye Shengyi, and assessed their losses and captured beast souls as he began communicating with the family.

• Ye Jingcheng ignored his longing for Ye Shengyi and, after spotting human cultivators preparing defenses ahead, chose to turn back into the beast tide rather than risk being discovered.
• Ye Jingcheng concealed himself and the Stone Spirit inside the Bluewater Whale, which joined the beast tide after flood dragons requisitioned it.
• Ye Jingcheng entered the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, where he treated the wounded, urged the clansmen to prepare for the Ye Family's return, and gave Ye Shengyi's storage pouch to Xuefan.
• Ye Jingcheng checked on Ye Jinghu, Ye Jingzhong, and other clansmen, then counted ninety-three thousand six hundred beast souls in the soul banner, including nine fourth-rank Demon King souls.
• Ye Jingcheng took out the family token and began communicating with the other clansmen.

Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe escaped through the Long Abyss Sea Region with a bent root of the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, but realized they were being tracked and changed their route. Huang Yuan'an mistook their decoy spirit shuttle for their real vessel and, after destroying it, turned toward the Red Cloud Archipelago with his companions.

• Ye Xuefu reassured Ye Haihe that Ye Xuecang had a chance to escape, though he feared the danger posed by the Qing Family and Bai Family Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Ye Haihe detected a pursuer with powerful divine sense and suspected Huang Yuan'an or Zi Qingming was tracking their spirit skiff.
• Ye Xuefu and Ye Haihe sent their spirit shuttle onward with puppets aboard, then used Water Escape to leave it and head toward the Skycloud Sea Region before circling toward the Falling Cloud Sea Region.
• Ye Xuefu rejected Ye Haihe's suggestion to ambush Huang Yuan'an, warning that he could have a hidden trump card and that an attack might expose the Ye Family.
• Huang Yuan'an followed the decoy shuttle toward Tian Ding Island, destroyed it, and discovered that only puppets had been aboard.
• Huang Yuan'an and the three other Purple Palace cultivators concluded the Yun Family had fled toward the Skycloud Archipelago and turned toward the Red Cloud Archipelago to avoid interception.

Ye Jingyu kept the Purplewood Sect fighting on Hidden Azure Island until the formation collapsed, then used its slaughtering power to gather beast souls while rescuing the Ye Family and a few remaining allies. As a fourth-rank sea shark demon king moved to devour the island, Ye Jingyu detonated the formation and fled aboard a spirit vessel.

• Ye Jingyu ignored calls to retreat and secretly used the formation and Soul Banner to collect beast souls as the beast tide battered Hidden Azure Island.
• The fourth-order formation’s barrier collapsed, and Purplewood Sect cultivators fled while Ye Jingyu turned the formation’s power against the demonic beasts.
• Ye Jingyu and the formation killed several third-rank great demons, while the Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, and Roc Fish helped him fight.
• A five-colored bubble trapped the Heavenwind Python, allowing Ye Jingyu to kill it, but the Roc Fish warned him that a fourth-rank demon king was approaching.
• Ye Jingyu gathered the surviving Ye Family members and fewer than a hundred Purplewood Sect cultivators onto a spirit vessel as the sea shark demon king threatened Hidden Azure Island.
• Ye Jingyu detonated the formation and used a fourth-rank spirit talisman to propel the spirit vessel away.

Ye Jingyu escaped the destroyed Purplewood Sect with the surviving cultivators and began steering blame for the beast tide toward the Green River Sect. Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng learned that the Flood Dragon Clan was attacking the Red Cloud Archipelago, then disguised himself as a wounded Purple Palace cultivator and entered Red Cloud Island.

• Ye Jingyu let the surviving Purplewood Sect cultivators choose whether to stay aboard his boat, then sealed off the remaining passengers with Arrays.
• Ye Jingyu told Ye Xingliu he was willing to lead the clan’s violent actions, and Ye Xingliu supported him.
• Ye Jingyu treated Ye Hai Fei, planned a cautious route, and sent a signal for the Ye Family’s hidden cultivators to spread rumors blaming the Green River Sect.
• Ye Jingcheng searched a Rogue Cultivator’s soul and learned that the Haoyang Daoist Temple and Heavenly Water Sect were reinforcing the Red Cloud Archipelago against the Heavenly Flood Dragon Sea.
• After the Bluewater Whale swallowed a wounded Purple Palace cultivator, Ye Jingcheng searched his soul, assumed his identity, and entered Red Cloud Island’s protective Array.

Ye Jingcheng concealed his identity as Chen Wan while recovering on Red Cloud Island and watched the defenders struggle against the overwhelming beast tide. As the venomous flood dragon demon emperor broke through the island’s array, fourth-stage flood dragons poured in and began attacking the island.

• Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Chen Wan, hid his strength, and waited for a chance to escape toward the Heavenly Horse Sea Region.
• Zi Yuyuan invited Ye Jingcheng to join a group defending an outer array node, but the others lost confidence in him as he pretended to be badly injured and depleted.
• Ye Jingcheng observed the battle between the venomous flood dragon demon emperor and the Crimson Fan True Lord and the Heavenly Water True Lord, noting the cultivators’ teleportation ability.
• The venomous flood dragon demon emperor struck the array instead of the two True Lords and smashed open a hole in it.
• More than ten fourth-stage flood dragons rushed through the breach and began slaughtering their way across Red Cloud Island.

Ye Jingcheng fled as Red Cloud Island fell to the beast tide, capturing a rare Golden Light Python along the way. After reaching the Sea-Controlling Sect’s reinforcements, he continued to Cloudwatch Island to meet the hidden Ye Family cultivator Xiao Quanyun.

• Heavenly Water True Lord and Crimson Fan True Lord counterattacked the Demon Kings, but the arrival of Chenwhale Sea’s forces shattered the cultivators’ morale.
• Ye Jingcheng captured a juvenile Golden Light Python, then fled with the cultivators as the defenders split between fighting and escaping.
• Ye Jingcheng escaped past Red Cloud Island using Great Gale Talismans and encountered the Sea-Controlling Sect’s spirit boat.
• Bright Sea True Person questioned Ye Jingcheng, then directed him toward Heavenly Water Sect territory after hearing that Red Cloud Island had fallen.
• Ye Jingcheng traveled to Cloudwatch Island and used his clan token to contact Xiao Quanyun.

Ye Jingcheng met Ye Xingxiao, learned her identity and the danger facing Cloudwatch Island, then disguised himself as her to infiltrate the island. After confirming the island had only two True Persons stationed there, he released Ye Xingxiao and left the next move to her.

• Ye Jingcheng met Xiao Quanyun on the reef and proved his identity by revealing his Beast-Link Marks.
• Xiao Quanyun revealed that she was Ye Xingxiao, a hidden Ye Family member who had infiltrated Haoyang Daoist Temple, and warned that the temple’s forces and the Sea-Viewing Mirror had arrived.
• Ye Jingcheng brought Ye Xingxiao into the Grotto-Heaven, assumed her appearance, and flew to Cloudwatch Island to inspect it.
• Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Xiao Quanyun and learned from Wen Quancheng that they would enter Heavenly Horse Pass at dusk, where most people would be detained to resist the beast tide.
• Ye Jingcheng confirmed that only two True Persons were stationed on Cloudwatch Island, then released Ye Xingxiao and asked her to continue the plan.