Chapter Summaries

After Luo Yunji suffered backlash from a sword technique, Big Bamboo Peak’s disciples brought him to the giant tree, where soldiers began building his temporary palace. As evening fell, Luo Yunji woke on his golden bed and gazed at the horizon.

• Xiao Yicai and Zeng Shushu joined the Big Bamboo Peak disciples and learned that Luo Yunji’s Ice Sword had shattered during his technique, causing backlash.
• He Dazhi explained that the soldiers from Two Mountains were there to build a temporary palace at Luo Yunji’s request, not to search for treasure.
• Tian Linger arrived with Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Bi Yao, then checked on Luo Yunji and met Little Dragon.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Du Bishu settled the sleeping Luo Yunji on his golden bed while Qinglong and Youji watched the giant tree and wondered whether Bi Yao was there.
• As dusk passed, Wuluo noticed that Luo Yunji had awakened and walked over to him.

Luo Yunji turned the giant tree in the Dead Swamp into a Ghost Market and opened a passage through the miasma for treasure seekers willing to pay his toll. When a Myriad Poison Sect disciple challenged the price, Luo Yunji had him beheaded and warned the crowd that entry came at a cost.

• Luo Yunji brought the Soul Spirits out to see the giant tree and decided to establish a Ghost Market beside it.
• Wu Dayi and the Prince reunited with Luo Yunji, who organized soldiers and spirits to prepare the market and protect the children with Fire Crystals.
• Luo Yunji gathered the White Elixirs and stationed soldiers inside the miasma to create a passage through it.
• Luo Yunji emerged with the Quadruplets and demanded payment from cultivators seeking passage into the Inner Swamp.
• After a Myriad Poison Sect disciple protested the toll, Luo Yunji ordered a Quadruplet to kill him and declared that everyone entering had to pay.

Luo Yunji charged travelers for safe passage through the miasma into the Inner Swamp, accepting herbs and gold from Yuyangzi and stripping Cangsong of his belongings. After Luo Yunji left, Yuyangzi reached the towering tree and found the Prince and soldiers charging people there as well, but he could not get through.

• Luo Yunji set up a fee station at the miasma and warned the crowd that the price would double when the incense burned down.
• Yuyangzi offered rare herbs and a hundred taels of gold, and Luo Yunji let the Longevity Hall disciples pass through the miasma.
• Luo Yunji ordered the Quadruplets to strip Cangsong, who was left with only his trousers after they searched his belongings.
• Luo Yunji and the Quadruplets entered the swamp, and the soldiers carrying White Elixir departed, leaving the miasma wall impassable again.
• Yuyangzi reached the towering tree and saw the Prince and soldiers beside a table and wicker baskets, then discovered he could not get through.

Yuyangzi reached Liao Zhihe’s formation blocking the way to the rare treasure and was forced to negotiate another toll. After Yuyangzi wrote an IOU for the fee, he noticed Liao Zhihe’s table and chair were made of gold and grew even more frustrated.

• Yuyangzi found himself stopped by the Two Mountains' formation and asked Liao Zhihe how much it would cost to pass.
• Liao Zhihe demanded fifty taels of gold, and Yuyangzi protested that he had already paid a toll to enter the Inner Swamp.
• Liao Zhihe offered to let Yuyangzi enter for free, but only for the hall master, so Yuyangzi’s anger flared again.
• Yuyangzi reached for his Yin-Yang Mirror, but a soldier warned that fighting would cost him the chance to reach the rare treasure first.
• Unable to pay in gold, Yuyangzi wrote an IOU for Liao Zhihe and then noticed the gold table and chair, leaving him more exasperated.

Liao Zhihe and Luo Yunji charged Longevity Hall and other cultivators to enter the Inner Swamp, where they found a crowded Ghost Market instead of untouched wilderness. After collecting money and IOUs, Luo Yunji admitted he had imposed the toll because he found it fun, while Qinglong and Youji remained puzzled by his plan.

• Liao Zhihe explained that cultivators had to enter the formation in groups of ten using Crystal Tablets, and Yuyangzi held back his anger and led Longevity Hall inside.
• Wu Dayi told Zheng Dali to stop making things difficult for Longevity Hall, while more cultivators arrived and were charged to enter.
• Yuyangzi and his disciples found a bustling market filled with crowds, shops, and rare goods, and he ordered them to focus on finding the treasure.
• Liao Zhihe counted the cultivators' IOUs and gold, while Luo Yunji said he had charged them because it was fun and dismissed the collected goods.
• Qinglong and Youji watched cultivators enter the Inner Swamp along Luo Yunji's route and wondered why he was letting so many people in.

The Big Bamboo Peak disciples reached the giant doors of the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor but could not open them. They went back down to the other cultivators, while Luo Yunji stayed behind to eat and watch the doors.

• The Big Bamboo Peak disciples stood before the enormous Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor doors, while Xiao Yicai and the others wondered whether a strange treasure lay beyond them.
• Zhang Xiaofan and the others tried their techniques, including the complete Dragon Slayer Art, but the doors did not move.
• Luo Yunji stopped Little Dragon and Yellow Bird from fighting, then the disciples decided to leave the doors and head down.
• Tian Linger invited Luo Yunji to come along, but he told her to carry him, so the others dragged him away without her.
• Luo Yunji stayed behind, sat on the ground, and ate parcels from the Bamboo Bag while watching the doors.

Luo Yunji entered the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor and discovered a giant tree’s essence and an ancient Immortal Beast’s Inner Core, which revealed the Heavenly Book’s Third Scroll. As the golden characters faded, the presence in his Sea of Consciousness drew him inside.

• Luo Yunji passed through the Treasury’s enormous door and found the vast chamber almost empty except for a wooden pillar.
• Luo Yunji examined the wooden cup atop the pillar and learned from the one in his Sea of Consciousness that it held the giant tree’s essence and an ancient Immortal Beast’s Inner Core.
• The crystal released a golden beam that revealed the Heavenly Book’s Third Scroll across the Treasury’s ceiling.
• The one in Luo Yunji’s Sea of Consciousness covered the pillar with crystalline light, causing the golden characters to fade and pulling Luo Yunji into his Sea of Consciousness.

Luo Yunji learned from the Deity that the Heavenly Books were written by him and that the Heavenly Dao had created the Demon Sect to help the Nine Realms survive the Great Calamity. The Deity began restoring Luo Yunji’s Seven Emotions and Six Desires, and Luo Yunji left the Treasury without claiming its most precious treasure.

• Luo Yunji followed the Deity through his Sea of Consciousness and learned that the white lotus was the Heavenly Dao, which had received only a fraction of the Heavenly Books.
• The Deity revealed that he had written the Heavenly Books and that different people gained different kinds of knowledge from them.
• The Deity explained that the Heavenly Dao had created the Demon Sect, also called the Holy Sect, and made plans including the Heaven-Reaching Tower, Four Talismans, and Heavenly Book to save the Nine Realms from the Great Calamity.
• The Deity struck Luo Yunji with crystal light and began curing his Soul Separation Syndrome by restoring his Seven Emotions and Six Desires.
• The Deity hinted that the Treasury held a treasure more precious than its wood essence and Immortal Beast Inner Core, but Luo Yunji pulled Little Dragon away from the wooden pillar and left without investigating.
• Luo Yunji found his senior brothers blocking the treasury entrance, and Du Bishu asked how he had gotten inside.

After his Soul Separation Syndrome was cured, Luo Yunji was overwhelmed by emotions and went to sleep in the treasure vault’s lower level. Back at Big Bamboo Peak, Tian Buyi visited Duan Ming in Taiji Cave and asked about Luo Yunji’s behavior.

• Luo Yunji grieved over a falling leaf and the wind, startling Wu Dayi, Zhang Xiaofan, and the other senior brothers with his sudden emotions.
• Luo Yunji told the senior brothers to guard the treasure vault and forbid everyone, including the Sect Master, from entering before going to the lower level.
• Luo Yunji returned to his quarters, collapsed onto the Golden Bed, and fell asleep while trying to settle his emotions.
• He Dazhi concealed the vault’s entrance with a formation after noticing Xiao Yicai and the others’ interest in the Big Bamboo Peak disciples.
• Tian Buyi brought a meal to Duan Ming in Taiji Cave and asked whether Luo Yunji had given him trouble at the Two Mountains.
• Duan Ming said Luo Yunji had secretly taken him out to play when his master and Fourth Martial Uncle told him to cultivate, and Tian Buyi recalled the mischievous junior fondly.

Tian Buyi urged Duan Ming to value Big Bamboo Peak and explained how the disciples’ strength owed much to their little granduncle. In the Inner Swamp, Wild Dog Daoist reached the giant-tree market, encountered Ghost King, and was left shaken by the gap in their cultivation.

• Tian Buyi told Duan Ming that his master and fellow disciples had supported one another and that their strength was thanks to their little granduncle.
• Wild Dog Daoist followed Xiaohuan’s divination into the Inner Swamp and explored the market around the giant tree.
• Wild Dog Daoist climbed toward the upper branches, saw powerful Demon Sect members gathered there, and hid rather than risk confronting them.
• Wild Dog Daoist bumped into Ghost King, who asked whether he had met Blackheart Elder and then overwhelmed him with his aura.
• Ghost King and the other two members of his sect continued upward, leaving Wild Dog Daoist to recover and reflect on how much stronger everyone had become.

The Ghost King and Qinglong entered the formation at the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats after Wild Dog Daoist recognized that the crowd was being led astray. Inside, the Ghost King found Bi Yao with Youji and confronted her about coming to the dangerous cave, while Tian Linger stepped in to defend her.

• Wild Dog Daoist noticed the crowd turning away from the correct path and chose not to follow them into the formation.
• The Ghost King and Qinglong discussed Wild Dog's restraint, then entered the formation with Youji.
• The Ghost King discovered that Bi Yao was inside, and Bi Yao happily greeted him and Youji.
• Youji scolded Bi Yao for coming to the dangerous place, while Bi Yao accidentally suggested she and Tian Linger had been up to something.
• Tian Linger left Lin Jingyu and told the Ghost King to stop picking on Bi Yao.

Bi Yao reunited with Tian Linger and took her and Youji off to explore, while the Ghost King continued to meet Zhang Xiaofan and the others. Lin Jingyu led the Ghost King to the group, where Luo Yunji was overwhelmed by emotions after his soul was restored.

• Tian Linger defied the Ghost King's intimidating reputation, and Bi Yao took Tian Linger and Youji away to have fun.
• Lin Jingyu guided the Ghost King and Qinglong toward Zhang Xiaofan and the others after his wife left with Bi Yao.
• The Ghost King recognized Lin Jingyu and explained that Bi Yao had secretly attended Lin Jingyu and Tian Linger's wedding at Azure Cloud Sect.
• Lin Jingyu told the Ghost King that Luo Yunji had been crying and throwing fits over small things.
• The Ghost King realized Luo Yunji's soul had finally become whole, and Wu Dayi explained that Luo Yunji had asked everyone to leave him alone while his pent-up feelings erupted.

The Ghost King joined Wu Dayi and He Dazhi at the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor, where they discovered Luo Yunji could enter despite the doors resisting everyone else. When Dahei and Long Zi opened the vault, they found an Immortal Beast Inner Core in a small cup, which Luo Yunji immediately covered.

• Luo Yunji stopped crying briefly, then began sobbing again and complained that he was hungry.
• The Ghost King told He Dazhi he was searching for the Yellow Bird, and He Dazhi invited him to see the treasure vault they had found.
• The Ghost King, Wu Dayi, and He Dazhi reached the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor, whose doors they could neither open nor damage.
• Luo Yunji walked toward the doors, and He Dazhi explained that only his Little Junior Brother could get inside; he also said Luo Yunji had found no treasure there.
• Dahei and Long Zi rushed at the vault doors, which opened, and Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, the Ghost King, and Qinglong entered to find an empty space.
• Long Zi spotted an Immortal Beast Inner Core in a small cup on a wooden pillar, and Luo Yunji covered the cup's mouth.

Luo Yunji accidentally unleashed Yinyou Water in the treasure vault, freezing its occupants and trapping them inside. While the others waited for him to calm down, Luo Yunji and the three enormous beasts disappeared.

• Long Zi demanded that Luo Yunji hand over Little Dragon, revealing the Yellow Bird to Ghost King and the others.
• Luo Yunji released Yinyou Water, and a ring of ice froze the treasure vault while a golden halo protected the wooden pillar.
• Ghost King and Qinglong chipped through the ice to reach Wu Dayi and He Dazhi, while Luo Yunji cried and laughed nearby.
• He Dazhi and Wu Dayi said the vault might not open for a thousand years, so the group waited for Luo Yunji to finish crying.
• Qinglong noticed the crying had stopped, and the group discovered that Luo Yunji and the three enormous beasts had vanished.

Luo Yunji led the others out of the empty treasure vault and explained that it contained an inner core meant for magical beasts. Later, he blocked Yuyangzi and Longevity Hall as they left the giant tree, setting up a confrontation.

• The Ghost King and Qinglong learned that Luo Yunji’s Water Technique weakened cultivators standing on the ice, then Zhang Xiaofan led the group out of the vault by holding Luo Yunji’s hand.
• Luo Yunji explained that the vault held an inner core useful only to magical beasts and said he alone would enter it in the future.
• The treasure seekers found nothing in the giant tree, and rumors spread that someone had already taken the treasure.
• The Ghost King and Qinglong watched Luo Yunji hold back Longevity Hall while the Big Bamboo Peak disciples and Tian Linger waited to see what he would do.
• Yuyangzi angrily demanded that Luo Yunji move aside, and Luo Yunji silently brought out the Yin-Yang Orbs.

Luo Yunji used the Yin Spirits and Vengeful Spirits to make Yuyangzi pay, then offered to show him the rare treasure. He brought Yuyangzi to the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor, where the sealed gate left them wondering what treasures remained inside.

• Luo Yunji dispelled the dark clouds after Yuyangzi paid him, then offered to take him to the treasure he had found.
• Luo Yunji sent Yuyangzi with the Quadruplets to the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor while Ghost King and the others wondered about his motives.
• Cangsong told Zhang Xiaofan that strange events were occurring in Southern Border and that Incense Valley seemed suspicious, asking him to investigate if he could.
• Zhang Xiaofan revealed that He Dazhi could hear their conversation because of his wind-attributed spiritual power, and Cangsong accepted that he had kept their secrets.
• Luo Yunji showed Yuyangzi the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor and explained that no one knew how to open its gate.

Luo Yunji struck a deal with Yuyangzi to help Longevity Hall escape the Dead Swamp in exchange for medicinal herbs and a tour of the Wildlands Divine Temple. He explained to He Dazhi that he wanted to use the arrangement to reach the Nether Abyss and search for the Minglian Sea, where he believed the remaining Heaven-Reaching Tower lay.

• Luo Yunji warned Yuyangzi that Longevity Hall would not escape the Dead Swamp without help, and Yuyangzi pleaded with him for a way out.
• Luo Yunji demanded many medicinal herbs and a future tour of the Wildlands Divine Temple; Yuyangzi agreed and offered Longevity Hall's Imperial City medicine shops as well.
• Luo Yunji had soldiers escort Yuyangzi and Longevity Hall away, while the gathered righteous and demonic disciples watched in confusion.
• He Dazhi and Zhang Xiaofan followed Luo Yunji, who refused to explain himself until they reached his Golden Sedan Chair.
• Luo Yunji told He Dazhi that the final Heaven-Reaching Tower was likely in the Mysterious Sea, which he believed lay within the Nether Abyss beneath the Demon Sect's Divine Temple.
• He Dazhi realized Luo Yunji intended to use Yuyangzi and Longevity Hall to gain entry to the Nether Abyss and find the Minglian Sea.

Luo Yunji’s decision to escort Longevity Hall away upset the righteous cultivators, but He Dazhi explained that Luo was negotiating for medicine to support the Imperial Clan’s cultivation efforts. The factions accepted the explanation and prepared to leave the Dead Swamp, while He Dazhi gathered his Azure Cloud Sect brothers that night.

• Luo Yunji explained that he had let Longevity Hall leave because he needed its knowledge of the Nether Abyss and wanted to prepare for the Great Calamity.
• Zhang Xiaofan asked He Dazhi to explain Luo Yunji’s actions to Xiao Yicai and the other righteous cultivators, and He Dazhi agreed.
• Luo Yunji asked Du Bishu to help establish a base in the Inner Swamp, saying the Deity had urged him to prepare for the Great Calamity.
• He Dazhi told Xiao Yicai, Lu Xueqi, Faxiang, and the others that Luo Yunji was negotiating with Yuyangzi for medicinal ingredients and medicines to help soldiers and townsfolk cultivate.
• Xiao Yicai and Faxiang accepted that the deal changed their plans, while Yan Hong supported it and the righteous cultivators agreed to leave the Dead Swamp after resting.
• He Dazhi invited the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to gather that night, while Faxiang kept away and Yan Hong led Li Xun off.

After revealing that Big Bamboo Peak planned to enter the Nether Abyss to prepare for a great calamity, Wu Dayi and He Dazhi explained why Zhang Xiaofan had escorted Yuyangzi away. The other disciples accepted their explanation, while Lu Xueqi asked to join the dangerous journey and was told that Big Bamboo Peak could not promise to bring others along.

• After dinner, He Dazhi told Xiao Yicai that Big Bamboo Peak was preparing for a great calamity and planned to visit the final Mysterious Sea in the Nether Abyss.
• Wu Dayi explained that Zhang Xiaofan had escorted Yuyangzi away to make a future trip to the Wildlands Divine Temple easier, though they could not guarantee Yuyangzi would keep his word.
• Wu Dayi and He Dazhi said the Deity had instructed them to prepare for the calamity, and Xiao Yicai agreed to explain the situation to Daoxuan True Person.
• Wu Dayi urged Lin Jingyu to speak with Qi about the matter so their peaks would not become estranged.
• Lu Xueqi asked to join the trip to the Nether Abyss, but He Dazhi warned that it was too dangerous and Big Bamboo Peak could not guarantee Yuyangzi would not fight them.

Luo Yunji brought the Azure Clouds disciples into the Treasury of the Heavenly Emperor and discovered that its natural Spirit Gathering Formation could support cultivation. After Luo Yunji prepared the treasury for training, the visiting disciples cultivated there while Heavenly Sound, Incense Valley, and Bi Yao departed.

• Luo Yunji led Xiao Yicai and the others to the treasury and used the Deity's power to pass them through its enormous doors.
• Luo Yunji and the disciples found the treasury empty of useful treasures, but Lu Xueqi sensed that its spiritual energy was unusually dense.
• The Deity told Luo Yunji that the treasury was a natural Spirit Gathering Formation, so Luo Yunji decided to turn it into a cultivation site.
• Du Bishu built circular wooden pools, and Luo Yunji filled them with golden spiritual liquid from the Yang Orb before adjusting the spiritual energy to a manageable level.
• Wu Dayi welcomed Xiao Yicai and the other elite disciples to cultivate in the treasury, where they stayed for several days.
• Heavenly Sound and Incense Valley left, and Ghost King took the reluctant Bi Yao back to Mount Huqi.