Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xiaofan and the others escaped the pavilion, only to discover that their hair had changed color and that Mysterious Gauze had been destroyed. Zhang Xiaofan found a Brocade Scroll in a pouch from the pavilion, and the Five Spirits’ reaction suggested it was connected to the Loose Cultivator.

• Tian Buyi and the others fled the pavilion with Zhang Xiaofan as it rapidly crumbled, and Zhang Xiaofan’s Mysterious Gauze disintegrated.
• The five discovered their hair had turned different colors and asked the Five Spirits for help, but Dabai said they had never seen such an effect and could not cure it.
• Zhang Xiaofan found a Brocade Pouch he had taken from the pavilion, opened it, and found a Brocade Scroll covered in writing no one could read.
• After the Ghost King and the Killing Monk left, Zhang Xiaofan showed the scroll to the Five Spirits, and Dabai reacted with alarm before handing it to the Loose Cultivator.
• The Loose Cultivator read the scroll, then returned it to Zhang Xiaofan without explaining its contents.

The Loose Cultivator revealed that his sworn brother had betrayed and sacrificed him, causing him to become a Yin Spirit, while Luo Yunji recovered from his long sleep. After opening the Seal-Guarding Clan’s Stone Box and using its stone in the Treasure Umbrella, Luo Yunji restored the Five Spirits and more than one hundred dead soldiers to physical bodies.

• The Loose Cultivator told Zhang Xiaofan and the others that his sworn brother had sacrificed him after he helped end a time of turmoil, leaving him a Yin Spirit unable to enter the Underworld.
• Luo Yunji woke briefly to eat, then opened his eyes three days later, to the delight of Zhang Xiaofan, Tian Buyi, and the camp’s soldiers.
• Luo Yunji opened the Stone Box by biting it and found a pitch-black stone, which he fitted into the Treasure Umbrella in place of its black gemstone.
• Luo Yunji opened the Treasure Umbrella and discovered that the Five Spirits could take physical form while it remained open.
• Luo Yunji summoned the dead soldiers with dark clouds and the Treasure Umbrella, restoring physical bodies to more than one hundred soldiers who had died in the blizzard.

Luo Yunji and the others returned to Flower God's Blessed Land to search for more useful plants, and Luo Yunji found wheat with spiritual power. After Big Bamboo Peak's disciples stripped the courtyard of every plant and even its soil, they finally entered the pavilion.

• Luo Yunji revived the soldiers and then inspected the spiritual herbs Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi had brought back, eager to eat them.
• Tian Buyi stopped Luo Yunji from rushing back to the blessed land that day, but the next morning Luo Yunji appeared with green hair after Zhang Xiaofan dyed it with grass juice.
• Tian Buyi and the others returned to Flower God's Blessed Land, where Luo Yunji searched the courtyard and discovered wheat with spiritual power.
• The Big Bamboo Peak disciples gathered every plant and even soil from the courtyard, prompting Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue to remind them of their original purpose.
• The group entered the pavilion, where Old Ancestor Fengyue wondered why its first floor was empty.

Luo Yunji and the others entered the bedroom and found the Green-Clad figure alive, waiting for the Loose Cultivator after ten thousand years. The figure demanded that the Loose Cultivator kill him to settle their past, but Luo Yunji questioned why he would not end his own life.

• Luo Yunji rushed into the bedroom, and Tian Buyi followed with the others as they found the Green-Clad figure lying on the bed.
• The Green-Clad figure sat up and recognized the Loose Cultivator, saying he had waited ten thousand years for him to return.
• The Green-Clad figure asked the Loose Cultivator to kill him, but the Loose Cultivator refused and tried to leave.
• The Green-Clad figure shut the doors and sent shadows toward Tian Buyi and the others, provoking the Loose Cultivator's anger.
• Luo Yunji's question calmed the Loose Cultivator, and the Green-Clad figure explained that only death at the Loose Cultivator's hands could free him from becoming a trapped Yin Spirit.

Luo Yunji exposed the man in green, Wuluo, as a dying living corpse and urged Zheng Qi to confront him. The gathered spirits revealed why Wuluo had betrayed Zheng Qi and sacrificed their companions, leaving Zheng Qi struggling to accept the truth.

• Luo Yunji told Wuluo that he could leave with him and suggested that Wuluo die, throwing Wuluo into confusion.
• The shadows emerged from the walls, and Zheng Qi recognized his former companions before attacking Wuluo.
• Big Brother stopped Zheng Qi and explained that Wuluo had stabbed him so Zheng Qi would become a vengeful spirit and take revenge.
• Big Brother revealed that the group had volunteered as sacrifices because Zheng Qi alone could not provide enough power for the divine descent.
• The spirits explained that Wuluo had sacrificed everything afterward to help Zheng Qi enter reincarnation, while they stayed to keep Wuluo from becoming a demon and to remain near their loved ones.

Luo Yunji collected the shadows and Wuluo with the Treasure Umbrella, resolving the ten-thousand-year-old conflict, then used Wuluo’s rare Stone to turn Zhang Xiaofan’s Bamboo Bag into a storage treasure. The Stone could have made several such treasures, but Luo Yunji used it all, leaving Tian Buyi furious.

• Luo Yunji offered to collect the shadows and Wuluo with the Treasure Umbrella, and Zheng Qi realized Luo Yunji carried the aura of the Yellow Springs.
• Luo Yunji drew the shadows into the umbrella and agreed to bring Wuluo’s body along; Wuluo then revealed the Stone could be used to craft storage treasures.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan used Wuluo’s treasures to refine the Bamboo Bag, and ten days later they tested its vast capacity.
• Wuluo said the Stone could have made five or six storage treasures, and Tian Buyi scolded Luo Yunji for using it all on one bag.

Tian Buyi and the others questioned Wuluo about the Heaven-Reaching Tower and learned that the path to immortality was nearly impossible in a world drained of spiritual energy. Luo Yunji revealed a cryptic line from his Spirit-Concentrating Pearl, leaving the group wondering whether it meant immortal ascension was hopeless.

• Wuluo stored crystal-like threads, while Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji searched the pavilion and packed away its remaining contents.
• Tian Buyi asked Zheng Qi about the Heaven-Reaching Tower’s aura on Luo Yunji, and Zheng Qi explained that it connected to the Upper Realm.
• Wuluo appeared from Luo Yunji’s Treasure Umbrella and identified the Heaven-Reaching Tower as a divine artifact, but he denied that there could be more than one.
• He Dazhi showed Wuluo paintings of two nine-level Altars that had been suppressing Boundary Rifts, and Zhang Xiaofan suggested the towers might be fragments.
• Wuluo said depleted spiritual energy, the destroyed Heaven-Reaching Tower, and sealed Nine Realms made ascension nearly impossible and would endanger the world.
• Luo Yunji quoted the Spirit-Concentrating Pearl’s line, “Heaven and earth perish, immortal fate ends,” and the group questioned whether it revealed that becoming an immortal was hopeless.

Tian Buyi and the others learned that God Descent involved inviting beings from other realms through the Human Realm, while the Heaven-Reaching Tower and the clues to immortality remained mysterious. After a long, meandering return from the far north, the group finally reached Sanfu Town.

• Wuluo explained that God Descent meant inviting a god to descend, and Zheng Qi described how the Human Realm could serve as a passage for gods and demons from other realms.
• The group discussed the mysterious Heaven-Reaching Tower, the Boundary Rifts, and the unanswered questions surrounding Zheng Qi and Daoyan.
• After resting and packing, Tian Buyi's group began the return journey from the far north with carts loaded with supplies and plants collected by Luo Yunji.
• The group fought bandits and helped people along the way, spreading the reputations of Azure Cloud and Ghost King Sect and alarming the other Demon Sect branches.
• Tian Buyi shared the four phrases about becoming immortal with the Ghost King and Old Ancestor Fengyue, and the Ghost King resolved to follow the search for the Four Seas.
• After a three-month journey, the group arrived in Sanfu Town.

Luo Yunji returned to Sanfu Town to a joyful welcome and reunited with Liao Xing, while Tian Buyi and his disciples settled back into the inn. As Luo Yunji and Liao Xing ate, they caught up on events in town, and Tian Buyi asked Wu Dayi to explain his visit to a brothel.

• Luo Yunji arrived in Sanfu Town, where the townsfolk knelt and welcomed him as the Little State Preceptor.
• Luo Yunji reunited with Liao Xing and waved to the Prince, the Princess Consort, the Old Prime Minister, and the others.
• Ghost King returned to Mount Huqi, while Tian Buyi and the others brought their belongings to Zhang Xiaofan's inn.
• Wu Dayi was startled by Tian Buyi's weight, and He Dazhi tried to help him inside before Tian Buyi angrily refused.
• Luo Yunji and Liao Xing ate together as Liao Xing told him about events in town, including Wu Dayi's visit to Yanyu Pavilion and Duan Ming's sealed cultivation.
• Tian Buyi asked Wu Dayi to explain his visit to Yanyu Pavilion, and Wu Dayi nervously began describing his meeting with Miss Zhao.

Tian Buyi questioned Wu Dayi about his relationship with Miss Zhao and learned about Duan Ming’s strange cultivation symptoms. He agreed to let Luo Yunji fetch Su Ru and the others for a banquet, and Luo Yunji set off with Liao Xing and the Prince to secure help if the sect leader objected.

• Tian Buyi questioned Wu Dayi about Miss Zhao, while He Dazhi teased him and Liao Xing revealed that Miss Zhao had come to the foot of Two Mountains.
• Wu Dayi explained that Duan Ming rapidly reached the second level of the Jade Purity Realm but bled from all seven orifices, so he had sealed Duan Ming’s cultivation.
• He Dazhi suggested that Luo Yunji bring Tian Buyi’s wife and daughter to the citywide banquet, and Tian Buyi agreed before realizing Luo Yunji had already left.
• Luo Yunji met Liao Xing and his parents on the way to find Long Zi and fetch the Big Bamboo Peak family.
• Liao Xing persuaded Luo Yunji to bring the Prince along to help convince the sect leader, and the three headed toward Two Mountains.

Luo Yunji reunited with his fellow disciples after Tian Buyi confirmed that the thing needed to resolve his problem had been found. The prince and Liao Xing joined the group at the Cave Dwelling to invite them to a banquet in Sanfu Town, but the chapter ended when the prince reacted to Luo Yunji summoning Water Ribbons.

• Luo Yunji used Water Ribbons to tow the prince and Liao Xing toward Two Mountains, then left them at the Cave Dwelling entrance after forgetting they could not pass its formation.
• Tian Buyi reassured the Princess Consort that Luo Yunji was fine and that the needed thing had been found, while He Dazhi said his temperament might take time to change.
• Luo Yunji greeted Su Ru and his senior brothers at the Cave Dwelling and invited them to a banquet in Sanfu Town.
• Su Ru and the disciples welcomed the prince and Liao Xing inside, and the prince explained that he had come to invite them to the city.
• Luo Yunji summoned two Water Ribbons to leave for Sanfu Town, and the prince reacted with alarm.

Prince and Su Ru brought Daoxuan True Person to Sanfu Town for a banquet celebrating the Immortal Masters’ return, after Luo Yunji unexpectedly flew off to invite them. The chapter ends with the group arriving above the festive city, while Heaven-Reaching Peak believed its sect leader had been kidnapped.

• Su Ru sent Song Daren with Prince to Heaven-Reaching Peak while Luo Yunji took Liao Xing to his bamboo building to share hidden food.
• Prince explained to Daoxuan True Person that Luo Yunji had invited him to Sanfu Town for the banquet, and Daoxuan planned to send Xiao Yicai in his place.
• Luo Yunji used Water Ribbons to pull Daoxuan True Person, Su Ru, and Prince out of Jade Purity Hall, leaving Xiao Yicai to calm the panicked disciples.
• Luo Yunji and Liao Xing ate on Long Zi’s head as Tian Linger and the others tried to steal their food, while Daoxuan told Prince that he would get used to it.
• Daoxuan True Person and the Big Bamboo Peak group descended into the brightly lit, bustling city of Sanfu Town.

Daoxuan and Su Ru arrived in Sanfu Town and were shocked to see how much Tian Buyi had changed. Zhang Xiaofan found his fellow disciples teasing Song Daren at Yanyu Pavilion, and the chapter ended with Daoxuan and Su Ru worrying over Tian Buyi’s weight.

• The Prince brought Daoxuan and Su Ru to Zhang Xiaofan’s inn, where Tian Linger revealed that her junior brothers had gone to a brothel to meet Second Senior Brother’s future wife.
• Daoxuan was stunned when Tian Buyi greeted him at the inn, while Su Ru worried that Tian Buyi had been injured.
• Zhang Xiaofan found Luo Yunji and the others at Yanyu Pavilion teasing Song Daren in front of a pretty woman, and he apologized to her before leaving.
• Tian Buyi questioned his disciples about their visit to Yanyu Pavilion, then sent them away after they stared at his unusually large figure.
• Daoxuan and Su Ru asked Tian Buyi if he was all right and why he had become so fat, and Tian Buyi insisted that nothing was wrong.

Tian Buyi told Daoxuan and the others about the Sea of Nether Domain, then discussed sending Luo Yunji to study in Imperial City and growing spiritual rice. Duan Ming arrived and met his Grand-Masters before joining Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples in the inn’s rear courtyard.

• Daoxuan asked Tian Buyi about the trip to the Five Seas, and Tian Buyi described the Sea of Nether Domain and admitted he could not confirm that Luo Yunji’s problem was solved.
• Prince, Daoxuan, Su Ru, and Tian Buyi discussed sending Luo Yunji to an academy in Imperial City, while worrying about his unruly behavior and the safety of Two Mountains and Sanfu Town.
• Tian Buyi told Daoxuan that spiritual rice could be cultivated with help from his sixth disciple and Luo Yunji, and Daoxuan agreed to the plan.
• Duan Ming arrived at the inn, greeted Tian Buyi, Daoxuan, Su Ru, and Prince, and learned that Daoxuan and Su Ru were his Grand-Masters.
• Tian Buyi told Su Ru that Duan Ming had a mental attribute, and Su Ru warmly welcomed him before sending him to join the other disciples.
• Duan Ming entered the rear courtyard and quietly listened as He Dazhi recounted the trip to the far north.

The Ghost King explained to Poison God, Sanmiao Fairy, and Yuyangzi why he had gone to the Far North, warning them of the Five Seas' deadly danger. At Mount Huqi, Wu Dayi and the others investigated Duan Ming’s bleeding during cultivation, and Luo Yunji revealed that the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao could be fatal to cultivators with mental attributes.

• The Ghost King told Poison God, Sanmiao Fairy, and Yuyangzi that he had followed Two Mountains to search for the Five Seas and barely survived the Far North.
• The Ghost King said he could not explain whether what he and Tian Buyi had witnessed was real, and warned the three sect leaders not to explore the place.
• Wu Dayi introduced Duan Ming to the gathered disciples and explained that he had sealed Duan Ming’s spiritual power because all seven of his orifices bled when he cultivated.
• He Dazhi found nothing wrong with Duan Ming’s pulse or body, while Luo Yunji suspected the problem might stem from the cultivation method.
• Luo Yunji explained that the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao might kill cultivators with mental attributes, then clarified that Wu Dayi had first learned the original method and was not in danger.
• Zhang Xiaofan worriedly asked Luo Yunji whether the same danger applied to him.

Luo Yunji and the others investigated why Duan Ming bled from his seven orifices while cultivating and concluded that his mental strength exceeded his spiritual energy. Zhang Xiaofan proposed that Duan Ming cultivate alongside him on Two Mountains, leaving Duan Ming relieved that they had found a solution.

• Du Bishu confronted Luo Yunji for letting Duan Ming practice an improved technique despite knowing it could cause trouble for those with mental attributes.
• Luo Yunji examined Duan Ming and proposed forcing out his mental ability, but Wu Dayi rejected the risky method.
• Luo Yunji gave Duan Ming his Spirit-Concentrating Pearl, but Duan Ming threw it back after learning it held a dangerous talisman, and Zhang Xiaofan returned it to Luo Yunji.
• He Dazhi concluded that Duan Ming's mental strength exceeded his spiritual energy and that he lacked a technique to cultivate mental strength, causing him to bleed when cultivating.
• Zhang Xiaofan suggested that Duan Ming cultivate with him on Two Mountains, and Wu Dayi explained that the improved Big Bamboo Peak methods had helped Duan Ming progress far faster than usual.

Daoxuan enjoyed a lively feast in Sanfu Town, then visited Two Mountains with the Big Bamboo Peak disciples before preparing to return. Tian Buyi decided that Tian Linger and most of the disciples would go back with him, while Old Six stayed behind to cultivate spirit rice.

• Wu Dayi urged Duan Ming to learn spells from Luo Yunji, and Su Ru gathered everyone for the banquet.
• Daoxuan feasted with the others in Sanfu Town, drank too much, and woke the next morning at Xiaofan's inn.
• After breakfast, Daoxuan and the Big Bamboo Peak group visited Two Mountains, where He Dazhi and Wu Dayi described its bountiful crops and sales.
• Tian Buyi ordered Old Six to remain at Two Mountains while the others returned with him, and Tian Linger protested leaving so soon.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru were shocked to see Liao Xing use Footwork, and Wu Dayi admitted he had taught it to him.

Luo Yunji returned to Two Mountains and reunited the dead soldiers with their families, who thanked him for preserving their loved ones. He then joined his fellow disciples at the spirit plant garden, where Du Bishu prepared to cultivate spiritual grain using plants from Flower God's Blessed Land.

• Daoxuan returned to Azure Cloud Mountain after the banquet, while He Dazhi left Du Bishu at the secondary mountain to cultivate spiritual grain.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked Luo Yunji to bring the dead soldiers to the secondary mountain so they could meet their families.
• Luo Yunji opened the Treasure Umbrella and revealed the soldiers, reuniting them with their grieving families.
• The townspeople thanked Luo Yunji, and Zhang Xiaofan promised they would do everything possible to keep the soldiers safe.
• He Dazhi suggested adding soil from the Blessed Land to the garden, so Zhang Xiaofan went to fetch Bamboo Bag.
• Zhang Xiaofan gave Du Bishu the spirit plants from Flower God's Blessed Land, leaving him stunned by their enormous quantity.

After the Far North expedition, He Dazhi and his companions planted their gathered spirit plants, but forty returning soldiers developed uncontrollable sweating from Ice Breath caused by an incomplete cultivation technique. He Dazhi planned another trip to the Far North while Zhang Xiaofan, Luo Yunji, and Du Bishu stayed to handle urgent tasks.

• He Dazhi asked Du Bishu to study Wuluo's cultivation methods, and promised to transcribe the unreadable Brocade Scroll for him.
• Luo Yunji, He Dazhi, and the townspeople planted the spirit plants across the two mountains, and Luo Yunji summoned Spirit Rain to help them take root.
• A soldier reported that exactly forty soldiers from the Sea of Nether Domain were sweating constantly, and He Dazhi and Luo Yunji suspected their Ice Breath was responsible.
• He Dazhi decided to return to the Far North with Wu Dayi, while Zhang Xiaofan agreed to oversee matters with help from Zhou Mu and the princes.
• He Dazhi warned Du Bishu to protect the Spirit Grain as Luo Yunji helped him cultivate it, and Luo Yunji built an ice house to shelter the afflicted soldiers.

Luo Yunji and his companions returned to the Far North with forty soldiers afflicted by Ice Breath, bringing them to the Ice Fortress and saving their lives. The soldiers learned they would need to solidify their Ice Breath before they could leave the ice plains.

• Sanfu Town continued to grow, while the prince and He Xiaowen struggled to handle its mounting paperwork.
• Tian Buyi told Daoxuan True Person that the secret of becoming an immortal was real, but he withheld the Five Spirits’ identities.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru told their Big Bamboo Peak disciples about the Far North journey and urged them to work harder at cultivation.
• Luo Yunji rushed to the Far North with forty unconscious soldiers, accompanied by He Dazhi, Wu Dayi, and Duan Ming.
• Luo Yunji and the others brought the soldiers into the Ice Fortress and managed to keep them alive.
• He Dazhi told the recovering soldiers they had to solidify their Ice Breath to leave the ice plains, and Luo Yunji assured them they would not be alone.