Chapter Summaries

Ye Jingcheng secured pacts with three Demon Kings and obtained the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth to conceal the Ye Family’s plans as he prepared to attack the Jia Family’s Blazing Flame Peak. Meanwhile, Zhang Yongxin rushed to support the Zhang ancestor’s breakthrough and left the Zhang Family exposed to growing raids.

• Ye Jingcheng watched the Crimson Flame Fox approach a breakthrough, then used a Soul Pact to bind the Mammoth Demon King and, three days later, the Thunder Roc Demon King.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered the allied Demon Kings and great demons, learned that the Earth Dragon Demon King would borrow an ancient treasure from the Netherfire Demon Emperor, and waited two days.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King returned with the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth, which could conceal heavenly mechanisms and sever communications, and Ye Jingcheng set out with a stronger force toward Soaring Cloud Peak.
• Xuandao True Person and Chengxuan True Person left the Zhang Family after treating the investigation as a misunderstanding, and Zhang Yongxin convened his family’s principal cultivators.
• Zhang Yongxin ordered Zhang Yuhuai and Zhang Yujing to hold Eternal Peace Peak, canceled the retreat plan, and hurried off with an external incarnation left behind.
• Rogue cultivators, including many from the Heavenly Corpse Sect, plundered Zhang Family clan mountains while its Purple Palace cultivators offered no aid.

Ye Jingcheng prepared the Ye Family to seize the teleportation array at Flame Fierce Peak, then set out with the clan while entrusting Turtle Ancestor with an escape plan. At Flame Fierce Peak, Zhang Yongxin and Jia Yun True Person argued over a delayed Spirit-Gathering Formation as a Jia Family merchant boat approached.

• Ye Xuefan gave Ye Jingcheng intelligence on the Jia and Zhang Families and stressed that the Ye Family had to secure the teleportation array before it could be destroyed.
• Ye Jingcheng armed the clansmen with Spirit Talismans and Heavenly Armor Puppets, gathered them inside his Grotto-Heaven, and gave Turtle Ancestor instructions to move or destroy the array if they did not send word within fifteen minutes.
• Ye Jingcheng departed for Flame Fierce Peak and reflected on the mortals living in the Ye Family's counties and the need to secure territory for the clan.
• Zhang Yongxin confronted Jia Yun True Person about the delayed Spirit-Gathering Formation, but Jia Yun said it had been purchased in Wei Kingdom and urged Zhang to patrol the area.
• A Jia Family spirit boat carrying goods under a merchant banner traveled toward Flame Fierce Peak.

Ye Jingcheng captured the Jia Family supply boat, impersonated Jia Yunian, and led the Ye Family to attack Flame Fierce Peak. The formation and defenders fell under the assault, leaving the teleportation array and its connection to the Far Western Sand Sea on the verge of capture.

• Ye Jingcheng trapped the Jia Family cultivators beneath the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth, sealed them, and took their supplies while Ye Xuefan and the Ye Family copied the boat's appearance.
• Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as Jia Yunian and brought the spirit ark to Flame Fierce Peak, where Jia An True Person asked him to reveal his spirit pattern.
• Ye Jingcheng covered Flame Fierce Peak with the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth, but Zhang Yongxin and Jia Yun True Person recognized the deception and attacked him.
• Ye Jingcheng used the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle to repel their treasures as the Mammoth Elephant Demon King, Golden Giant Lizard, and Jade-Scale Flood Dragon broke the defensive formation.
• The Ye Family and their demon allies overwhelmed the defenders, blocked the teleportation array beneath a mountain prison, and froze Flame Fierce Peak with the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's Mystic Origin Ice Storm.
• Jia Yun True Person realized the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth had sealed off voice transmissions, while Zhang Yongxin tried to stall Ye Jingcheng by asking whether he came from the Beast Wasteland.

Ye Jingcheng’s forces killed Zhang Yongxin and Jia Yun, then activated the teleportation array toward the Far Western Sand Sea. In Dragon Prosperity Oasis, Zhang and Jia leaders learned that their cultivators at Flame Fierce Peak had been wiped out and argued over the threat as contact from Jiaxing Pass remained absent.

• Ye Jingcheng’s forces overwhelmed Zhang Yongxin and Jia Yun; the Three-Eyed Demon King’s black flames killed Jia Yun and disrupted Zhang Yongxin’s attempt to self-destruct.
• Zhang Yongxin’s self-destruction caused little damage, and Ye Jingcheng’s group collected their spoils, prepared the teleportation array, and traveled through it.
• At Dragon Prosperity Oasis, Zhang Heli learned that Zhang Yongxin’s soul slip had shattered after a delay and realized a treasure had obscured the timing.
• Jia Mingyuan reported that every Jia Family soul slip at Flame Fierce Peak had shattered and that he had sent warnings to Jia Zeyuan and Jia Mingxuan.
• Zhang Taichu and Jia Zehai argued over responsibility for the breach and the response, while Zhang Taichu learned that Jiaxing Pass had sent no reply.

Ye Jingcheng and the Ye Family destroyed the teleportation array at Flame Fierce Peak, then launched a surprise attack at Jiaxing Pass and killed its defenders. With both arrays in their possession and the pass secured, Ye Jingcheng planned to strengthen the family and investigate the Zhang and Jia families.

• Ye Xueliang severed the teleportation array at Flame Fierce Peak while Turtle Ancestor collected its spirit soil and Ye Jingfeng planted explosive talismans.
• Ye Xueliang, Ye Jingfeng, and Turtle Ancestor withdrew as Flame Fierce Peak erupted, while Ye Xueliang turned toward New An Marketplace and Ye Jingfeng led Turtle Ancestor to Mountain Ling Commandery.
• Jia Mingxuan ordered the defenders to destroy Jiaxing Pass's teleportation array, but Ye Jingcheng and the Demon Kings arrived first and slaughtered the cultivators, including Jia Mingxuan.
• Jia Zeyuan emerged from seclusion and fought the Demon Kings, but Ye Jingcheng restrained him with the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle and the Earth Dragon Demon King killed him.
• Ye Jingcheng severed and collected the array at Jiaxing Pass, then told Ye Xuefan to refine their treasures and investigate the Zhang and Jia families' strength.
• Ye Jingcheng gathered the pass's valuables and disguised himself as a miner before heading toward the nearest oasis.

The Zhang and Jia families fortified Dragon Prosperity Oasis and planned to lure their attackers into a fight, while Ye Jingcheng infiltrated Hill Oasis to learn about the Sea of Sand. After discovering the enemy’s strength and layout, Ye Jingcheng prepared for the assault on Dragon Prosperity Oasis and learned that the Crimson Flame Fox had reached the fourth rank.

• Zhang Taichu and the others discussed the destruction of Jiaxing Pass, suspected the Ling Family and other forces, and decided to spread rumors implicating Taiyi Sect and arrange the evacuation of talented clansmen.
• Zhang Taichu asked Jia Zehai to bring out the Jia Family’s spirit puppets so they could use Zhang Taiji’s possible breakthrough to lure their enemies into a fight at Dragon Prosperity Oasis.
• Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as a mortal and entered Hill Oasis, where he tricked Cultivator Gu into taking him to a house and then subdued and soul-searched him.
• Ye Jingcheng learned the layout and scale of the Sea of Sand, including the strength of its oases and the Zhang and Jia families’ likely Golden Core forces.
• Ye Jingcheng considered how to break Dragon Prosperity Oasis’s formation and distribute the three magic treasures, then sensed that the Crimson Flame Fox had broken through to the fourth rank.

Ye Jingcheng brought the Crimson Flame Fox into the desert to undergo its lightning tribulation while the Ye Family hunted nearby demon beasts. As the Fox weathered the tribulation, Ye Jingcheng captured and destroyed spirit puppets sent by the Zhang and Jia Families.

• Ye Jingcheng set up a formation and concealed the area with the Heavenly Mechanism Cloth before releasing the Crimson Flame Fox to face its lightning tribulation.
• Ye Jingcheng sent the Ye Family members to hunt nearby demon beasts and capture Soil-Turning Earthworms alive, while his Golden Falcon attacked a Golden Great Roc Bird.
• The Crimson Flame Fox used the Azure Sun Flame, its four-tailed fire-fox technique, and the Blazing Flame Fan to weaken the first lightning bolt and prepare for the next tribulation.
• Ye Jingcheng spotted Purple Palace flying puppets sent by the Zhang and Jia Families, captured them with the Void Mystery Dharma Bottle, and destroyed their souls with the Spirit-Extinguishing Needle.

After the Crimson Flame Fox survived its tribulation and reached the fourth-rank Golden Core stage, Ye Jingcheng prepared the Ye Family for the coming battle over Dragon Prosperity Oasis. Disguised at Far Spirit Oasis, he began gathering information about the surrounding strongholds and the rumored Purple Palace Jade Liquid.

• The Crimson Flame Fox absorbed the Azure Sun Flame and final lightning strike, completing its tribulation and forming a fourth-rank Golden Core.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan discussed how to handle the Jia Family’s hidden beast-puppet fragments, and Ye Jingcheng proposed using a Fire-Swallowing Bird to mislead their trackers.
• Ye Haisheng captured second-rank Soil-Turning Earthworms, while Ye Jingcheng urged the clan to focus on the battle for Dragon Prosperity Oasis and considered striking another oasis first.
• The Golden Falcon returned with a slain Golden Great Roc Bird, and Ye Jingcheng stored away the clan before tunneling into the desert.
• Disguised as a broad-faced cultivator, Ye Jingcheng visited Falling Goose Tower at Far Spirit Oasis and asked about the rogue cultivators and their targets.
• A cultivator told Ye Jingcheng that the rogue cultivators sought Purple Palace Jade Liquid and named Far Spirit Water Palace, Daoyuan Manor, Heavenly Armor Tower, and Mystic Zhang Pavilion.

The Ye Family trapped Far Spirit Oasis and launched a clan-extermination assault on the Zhang and Jia Families, using independent cultivators to help purge their core bloodlines. After the fighting ended, Ye Jingcheng went to inspect the spoils and found Ye Xuefan holding a fourth-rank Yellow Dragon Ganoderma, one of the ingredients for a Golden Scale Pill.

• Ye Jingcheng drew information about the Zhang and Jia Families from a dark-faced cultivator, then the Ye Family shattered Far Spirit Oasis’s formation and trapped its inhabitants.
• Ye Jingcheng revealed his Purple Palace cultivation and directed the Ye Family’s forces to seize four key locations while Ye Haisheng and Ye Haicheng hunted down the families’ Purple Palace cultivators.
• Ye Jingcheng promised independent cultivators a chance to leave if they killed Zhang and Jia descendants and submitted to an inspection; they joined the purge in the inner city.
• Ye Haicheng and Ye Haisheng killed the Jia and Zhang Purple Palace cultivators, and the Ye Family and independent cultivators killed all 230 Zhang and Jia cultivators during a day of slaughter.
• Ye Jingcheng told Ye Xingyu to cleanse the oasis and then went to Far Way Peak to inspect the spoils, where Ye Xuefan presented a fourth-rank Yellow Dragon Ganoderma.

The Ye Family secured Far Spirit Oasis and weighed its gains while the Ling Family destroyed the Jia Family and the Taiyi Sect prepared to counter rumors. As the Zhang Family’s slaughter of nearby mortals threatened the Ye Family’s plans, Ye Jingcheng decided to attack and revealed that the blood corpses were only a feint for another way to break the Array.

• Ye Jingcheng examined the spirit herbs and artifacts taken from Far Spirit Oasis, while Ye Xuefan summarized the Ye Family’s gains and warned him about hidden pseudo-core cultivators among the Zhang and Jia Families.
• Ling Yunhao led the Ling Family in breaking the Jia Family’s Array and killing its defenders, while Ye Xueliang left under their agreement to keep the Ye Family and Taiyi Sect out of the feud.
• Ziming True Lord ordered the Taiyi Sect to spread counter-rumors about the Green River Sect after the Zhang Family accused the sect of sheltering the Beast Wasteland.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng that the Zhang Family was slaughtering mortals on nearby oases, threatening the Ye Family’s population and its control of the region.
• Ye Jingcheng said the Ye Family should stop waiting and revealed that the prepared blood corpses were a feint, since he had another way to break the Array.

Zhang Heli and Jia Mingyuan lured the Ye Family to Dragon Prosperity Oasis by gathering mortals, but Ye Jingcheng arrived with a beast army and sealed off outside communication using an ancient treasure. The battle to break the oasis’s powerful formation began, and Zhang Taiji revealed his peak Golden Core cultivation before the Earth Dragon Demon King trapped him in a mountain prison.

• Zhang Heli and Jia Mingyuan watched the gathered mortals and predicted that the Ye Family would come to their aid.
• Ye Jingcheng’s ancient treasure sealed the battlefield and cut off communication as the beast army advanced on Dragon Prosperity Oasis.
• The Zhang and Jia Families deployed eight hundred spirit puppets and attacked the beasts while Ye Jingcheng struck the formation with his Gold Glaze Sword.
• The Earth Dragon Demon King attacked the formation, but Zhang Taiji appeared and pierced its tail with a spear.
• Zhang Taiji attacked the Mammoth Demon King, but the Earth Dragon Demon King retaliated by enclosing him in a mountain prison.

The Ye Family fought the Zhang and Jia Families’ Demon Kings and defenders while trying to break the Thick Earth Yellow Dragon Formation. The Ye Family finally shattered its protective barrier with a gigantic peachwood tree, then sent forces toward the exposed formation bases as the Zhang and Jia Families scrambled to stop them.

• Zhang Taiji and the Earth Dragon Demon King battled while Zhang Taichu and Jia Zehai held off the other Demon Kings with a mirror, spirit puppets, and magic treasures.
• Ye Jingcheng ordered the Ye Family forces to attack the oasis from three directions, and Ye Haisheng’s troops destroyed disguised spirit puppets among the mortals with Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles and fire birds.
• Ye Xuefan’s mammoth demons and Ye Haicheng’s body cultivators pressed the formation, but Zhang Taichu countered the blood corpses with fourth-tier spirit talismans and a magic treasure.
• A gigantic peachwood tree pierced the formation’s spiritual barrier in hundreds of places, letting the mammoth demons charge through as the barrier shattered.
• Ye Xuefan sent a Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, eight Crimson Flame Fox figures, false-core cultivators, and spirit puppets toward the formation bases while Zhang Taichu tried to defend them.

The Ye Family’s beasts and cultivators destroyed the Zhang Family’s formation and overwhelmed Dragon Prosperity Oasis’s defenders. Jia Zehai began considering retreat, but the Two-Headed Turtle struck to bind him.

• Zhang Taichu saw through the Crimson Flame Fox’s illusions and sent the False Core cultivators toward its true body, while Ye Jingcheng broke his defenses and forced him to use a calamity-substituting spirit talisman.
• The Crimson Flame Fox blasted away the False Core cultivators’ flying swords as its seven avatars burned formation bases with Purple Fire Heart Flame, while the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon froze defenders and smashed more bases.
• The Peachwood Demon summoned six Star Pear Tree Demons to fend off Zhang Heli and Jia Mingyuan, then gathered corpses and storage bags for its Master.
• With the formation gone, Ye Xuefan led the demon beasts through the defenders, mammoth elephant demon beasts smashed the city wall, and Armored Beasts and Golden-Scaled Beasts emerged from underground.
• The Three-Eyed Demon Roc tore apart the Yellow Dragon spirit image and burned out Jia Zehai’s control of the wooden puppet.
• Jia Zehai considered retreat, but the Two-Headed Turtle sent vines to bind him.

The demon kings and Ye Jingcheng’s forces defeated the Zhang and Jia families, killing Jia Zehai and Zhang Taiji as Zhang Taichu fled. Zhang Taichu destroyed himself to avoid capture, leaving Ye Jingcheng with the Dragon Prosperity Oasis and plans to strengthen the Ye Family.

• The demon kings trapped Jia Zehai, and the Mammoth Demon King killed him as the battle turned into a slaughter of the Zhang and Jia forces.
• Zhang Taiji attacked Ye Jingcheng to distract the defenders and help Zhang Taichu escape, but Ye Jingcheng and the demon kings pursued him.
• The Crimson Flame Fox’s five-colored flames weakened Zhang Taiji, and the Earth Dragon Demon King killed him with its Mountain Prison Art and tail.
• Ye Jingcheng pursued Zhang Taichu with the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, the Three-Eyed Demon King, and the Thunder Roc Demon King, while their attacks forced Zhang Taichu to stop.
• The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon froze Zhang Taichu’s bronze mirror and struck with its Jade Lin Blade, but Zhang Taichu detonated himself, badly injuring the dragon and destroying the treasures in his storage bag.
• Ye Jingcheng collected the Black Flame Lamp and Ancient Bronze Mirror, then considered the Ye Family’s next steps, including upgrading its spirit vein and helping the Earth Dragon Demon King reach the fifth stage.

Ye Jingcheng led the Ye Family into the conquered oasis, declared the Zhang and Jia Families guilty of slaughtering mortals, and renamed the territory Heavenly Phoenix Oasis. The Ye Family began securing its new holdings and planned to bring over its people and mortals from Soaring Cloud Peak.

• Ye Jingcheng returned to the oasis with demon kings and clansmen as the Ye Family’s phoenix formation rose above the city.
• Ye Jingcheng showed the mortals evidence of Zhang and Jia cultivators killing them, declared the Ye Family would protect the land, and renamed the oasis Heavenly Phoenix.
• Ye Xuefan recorded the declaration for absent clan members, then directed the Ye Family to secure the spirit herb gardens, mineral veins, and other resources.
• Ye Jingcheng sent injured clansmen to recover in the Two-Headed Turtle’s Wood-Turning Divine Light and let the wounded Jade-Scale Flood Dragon eat in his cave-heaven.
• Ye Xuefan told Ye Jingcheng about the oasis’s spirit veins, and Ye Jingcheng planned to build a teleportation array and relocate the Soaring Cloud Peak mortals and geniuses.

Ye Haiyan reported the Ye Family’s enormous gains from the Zhang and Jia Families, including spirit veins, herbs, mines, and cultivation arts. Ye Jingcheng suspected Zhang Taichu had destroyed his storage pouch to hide a valuable secret, then laid out a plan to distribute fifty oases while keeping the Zhang and Jia remnants under watch; the teleportation array was restored at the end.

• Ye Haiyan reported the family’s new spirit veins, spirit herbs, Spirit Eye Spring and Tree, mines, and cultivation arts.
• Ye Jingcheng noted that Zhang Taichu had destroyed his storage pouch, and he and Ye Xuefan suspected it concealed a valuable vein or secret realm.
• Ye Jingcheng proposed granting fifty oases to independent cultivators and small families, while forbidding cultivation sects and requiring close watch over Zhang and Jia strongholds.
• Ye Jingcheng urged the family to investigate places with many Wood Demons as possible locations of the Zhang and Jia Families’ hidden resources.
• A cultivator informed Ye Jingcheng, Ye Xuefan, and Ye Haiyan that the teleportation array had been restored.

The Wan Family struggled to endure its exile on Looking Cloud Mountain while waiting for the Ye Family to honor its promise. Ye Xueliang reassured them, then visited Azure Cloud Nunnery, where Jingxin revealed its role in protecting the Ye Family and appointed Ye Xingsu to lead its branch family.

• Wan Chengyu gave up hope of reaching Foundation Establishment, but Wan Chengjie rebuked him and demanded that the Wan Family persevere.
• Wan Chengjie questioned whether the Ye Family would keep its promise, and Ye Xueliang arrived to assure the Wan Family that its restraints would soon be lifted.
• Wan Chengyu offered to marry into the Ye Family, and Ye Xueliang said the Wan Family could pursue Ye women only if its members married into the Ye Family.
• Ye Xueliang asked Jingxin to return to the desert with him, and she agreed before explaining Azure Cloud Nunnery's purpose to Suxin.
• Jingxin revealed that Ye Xingsu would become abbess and head of the branch family on Azure Cloud Peak, whose mission was to shelter the Ye Family if Soaring Cloud Peak fell into danger.

Ye Qingyan refined a second-tier Meridian-Protecting Pill, then received warnings and news that complicated his plan to return to the Ye Family. At Heavenly Phoenix Oasis, Ye Jingcheng reunited with Chu Yanqing and welcomed new clansmen, but learned that Qingyan could not return for now because of the Taiyi Sect.

• Ye Qingyan completed a new second-tier Meridian-Protecting Pill formula to protect spirit beasts from bloodline surges.
• Jin Yuanshan visited Ye Qingyan to buy pills, and Ye Qingyan charged him eight hundred spirit stones for a Bloodrage Pill.
• Ye Jingteng and Ye Qingshuang told Ye Qingyan that Qingshuang had become the Taiyi Sect's chief disciple and warned him not to leave Taichang Market amid rumors and threats from Zhang Family remnants.
• Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan activated the new teleportation array at Heavenly Phoenix Oasis, bringing Chu Yanqing, Ye Yunxi, Ye Jingfeng, other clansmen, and the Vast Azure Turtle.
• Ye Yunxi introduced her Jade Ring Rat, while the Vast Azure Turtle asked for an Advancement Pill and reported that the Purple Jade Vine had borne two fruits.
• Ye Jingcheng arranged for mortals and cultivators from the Vast Azure Turtle's Grotto-Heaven to join the Ye Family at Heavenly Phoenix Oasis, then learned Qingyan could not return because the Taiyi Sect probably would not allow it.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xuefan assessed the Taiyi Sect’s pressure and the threats facing the Ye Family, then divided tasks to secure their holdings and pursue the Zhang Family. Ye Jingcheng began upgrading Heavenly Phoenix Oasis’s spirit vein, and the chapter ended as hidden Ye Family members and the Wan Family arrived during the vein’s transformation.

• Ye Jingcheng explained that the Taiyi Sect would not let the Ye Family withdraw and warned that the Zhang Family’s surviving informants could expose them.
• Ye Jingcheng called for recovering Ye Qingyan’s pill formulas and hunting down the Zhang Family members in the Desert Sea, while Ye Xuefan agreed to oversee the oasis allotments, auction, and bounty orders.
• Ye Xuefan assigned Ye Jingcheng to upgrade Heavenly Phoenix Oasis’s spirit vein and infuse the Earth Dragon Demon King’s soul so it could attempt a breakthrough to the Fifth Stage.
• Ye Jingcheng placed a fourth-tier supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Formation and spirit-guiding stone beside the spirit-eye tree, buried spirit stones, and activated an array to contain the coming surge of spiritual energy.
• As distant spirit veins answered the upgrade, Ye Xueliang, Ye Jinghu, Ye Xuejing, and more than a dozen Wan Family members arrived through a teleportation array.

As the Ye Family’s spiritual vein advanced, Ye Xuejing died after entrusting her legacy and storage pouch to Ye Xueliang, and Ye Xuefan carried her home. Ye Jingcheng welcomed the Wan Family as vassals and prepared to refine Purple Palace Jade Liquid, while Chu Yanqing settled the spirit apricot tree at his cave residence.

• Spiritual energy gathered around Sky Shadow Peak and Earth Shadow Peak as the Ye Family’s spiritual vein advanced toward the fifth rank.
• Ye Xuejing told Ye Xueliang that the Ye Family’s female cultivators could practice Beast Communion and serve as its final safeguard, then rested and died with a smile.
• Ye Xuefan carried Ye Xuejing toward Sky Shadow Peak as Ye Xueliang followed, while Ye Jingcheng watched them leave.
• Ye Jingcheng assigned elders and younger cultivators to prepare for the coming spiritual energy tide and offered the Wan Family a choice of oases.
• Wan Chengjie pledged the Wan Family as the Ye Family’s eternal vassal, and Ye Jingcheng ordered Ye Jingfeng to help them choose an oasis.
• Ye Jingcheng went to prepare Purple Palace Jade Liquid, then embraced Chu Yanqing at his cave residence, where she had planted the spirit apricot tree.