Arc 33The Ten Thousand Beasts Hall

Song Wen pursued the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall and tried to refine a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill with Blood Brow, but she later betrayed him to Gou Jun. Song Wen killed Gou Jun, advanced his cultivation during seclusion, and emerged to find Lan Chen’s forces surrounding Azure Heaven Mountain.

  • Song Wen escaped Ghost Suanni and the Ant Queen, returned to Azure Heaven Mountain, and took control of Boundary Mountain’s mine while rebuilding the Asura Sect.
  • Song Wen investigated the Yu Family massacre, discovered Wei Qin and Huineng’s involvement, and recruited Huineng to provide intelligence on Primordial Unity Temple.
  • Song Wen met Lan Chen, arranged a yearly supply of Spirit-Devouring Grass from Mi He, and later received the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall’s location from Blood Brow.
  • Song Wen set a trap at the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, but Xugeng emerged possessing Mi Hai and drove Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, Yang Yu, and Gou Jun into flight.
  • Song Wen and Blood Brow attempted to refine a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill, but their batches failed, and Blood Brow later invited him to her cave for dual cultivation.
  • After dual cultivation with Blood Brow helped him approach a breakthrough, Song Wen was ambushed by Gou Jun, who had recruited Blood Brow and Gongsun Cailü to capture him.
  • Song Wen defeated Gou Jun in his sea of consciousness, revealed that he was Extreme Yin and that Blood Year was the Fallen Immortal Blood, then killed Gongsun Cailü as she fled.
  • Song Wen searched for Blood Brow, spent over fifteen years cultivating and refining Gou Jun’s corpse puppets, then emerged to find Lan Chen’s forces surrounding Azure Heaven Mountain.
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Ch. 801Each to Their Own Battle

Song Wen revealed that the alchemy furnace held Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pills, triggering a fight among Gou Jun, Yang Yu, Mi Hai, and Mo Yexue. Lan Chen disrupted Gou Jun and Mi Hai with her spiritual sense, and Yang Yu and Mo Yexue each obtained a pill.

  • Gou Jun tried to claim the hidden alchemy furnace, but Song Wen arrived and attacked him before announcing that it contained Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pills.
  • Yang Yu, Mi Hai, and Mo Yexue attacked Gou Jun to seize the pills, while Gou Jun fought them off with his corpse coffins and corpse puppet.
  • Lan Chen secretly used her spiritual sense to disrupt Gou Jun, who regained partial control and threw the furnace into the air.
  • Gou Jun broke free of Lan Chen's control, opened the furnace, and seized one of its three pills as the others fought over the rest.
  • Lan Chen immobilized Mi Hai and tried to stop Yang Yu, but Yang Yu used the Blood Kui Beast to shield himself, allowing him and Mo Yexue to claim the remaining pills.

Ch. 802Gou Jun Injured

Song Wen gravely wounded Gou Jun with the Soul-Splitting Blade after Gou Jun seized a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill, but Gou Jun escaped with a Minor Teleportation Talisman. Song Wen kept the pill Gou Jun dropped, answered questions from the other cultivators, and was left wondering why Blood Brow had not competed for the pills.

  • Song Wen's corpse was destroyed by Gou Jun's attack, but Song Wen appeared before Gou Jun and pierced his chest with the Soul-Splitting Blade.
  • Gou Jun escaped using a Minor Teleportation Talisman, leaving his Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill behind for Song Wen to take.
  • Song Wen's Soul-Splitting Blade made Yang Yu, Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Mi Hai wary, and Gou Jun left while vowing to repay the grudge.
  • Song Wen confirmed to Yang Yu that each Nascent Soul cultivator could consume only one Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill in their lifetime, and Yang Yu thanked him for the warning.
  • Mo Yexue promised not to attack Song Wen unless he acted against her, while Lan Chen asked about Fallen Immortal Blood and the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall.
  • Song Wen noticed Blood Brow had not competed for the pills, and Blood Brow appeared and flew over.

Ch. 803Pill Formula

Blood Brow offered the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall’s location in exchange for rare materials, revealing it lay in the Endless Desert. After the group left the Divine Blood Hall, Song Wen emerged from his coffin and unexpectedly encountered Ghost Suanni.

  • Blood Brow demanded a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill in exchange for information, but Lan Chen pressured her to change the condition.
  • Blood Brow requested three portions of each of several rare materials, and Lan Chen agreed on behalf of the group.
  • Blood Brow revealed that the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall was in the Endless Desert, and Song Wen inferred that she possessed the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill formula.
  • The group abandoned their search for Fallen Immortal Blood and used Bronze Key Coffins to leave the secret realm through the Three-Zhang Bloodstone.
  • Song Wen opened his coffin beneath the sunlight and saw Ghost Suanni.

Ch. 804Lapdog

Song Wen and the others emerged from the Divine Blood Hall, where Ghost Suanni and the Gold-Eating Ant queen demanded that Yinshuo be handed over. After the others withdrew, Song Wen was left alone with Ghost Suanni and the ants.

  • Ghost Suanni used his Funeral Banner to surround the six cultivators with ghostly qi and demanded the fallen immortal blood, while the ant queen and four ant kings appeared behind him.
  • Yang Yu claimed that Xugeng had told them the Divine Blood Hall contained no fallen immortal blood, and Ghost Suanni accepted the explanation but insisted that Yinshuo stay.
  • Yang Yu and Mi Hai distanced themselves from Song Wen, while Mo Yexue, Lan Chen, and Blood Brow stepped forward to defend him.
  • The ant queen revealed that she had controlled Ghost Suanni by planting her divine sense in his sea of consciousness and ordered him to kill Song Wen for killing her Phantom Wing Butterfly.
  • Song Wen asked Mo Yexue, Lan Chen, and Blood Brow to leave, and they departed along with Yang Yu and Mi Hai, leaving Song Wen facing Ghost Suanni and the five Gold-Eating Ants.

Ch. 805Tiger's Head, Snake's Tail

Song Wen escaped Ghost Suanni and the Gold-Eating Ant Queen, then returned to the Asura Sect and arranged to acquire more spiritual herbs. The chapter left him asking Yu Wen about recent developments at Boundary Mountain.

  • Song Wen broke through Ghost Suanni's ghost-qi barrier with lightning and escaped, while Ghost Suanni persuaded the Ant Queen to accompany him to the Mysterious Yin Sect.
  • Mi Hai appeared after the others had departed, and Gou Jun emerged from the sheer cliff; three days later, Song Wen reached Azure Heaven Mountain and met Yu Wen.
  • Song Wen gave Yu Wen four heads of Lei Clan members, and she thanked him for avenging her clan's extermination.
  • Song Wen asked about the Blood Demon Spirit Field, then instructed Yu Wen to approach the four orthodox sects to purchase spiritual herbs.
  • Yu Wen warned that the Asura Sect had less than a million spirit stones, so Song Wen asked what had happened recently at Boundary Mountain.

Ch. 806Spirit-Devouring Grass

Song Wen seized Boundary Mountain for the Asura Sect, learned that Zhou Siyi’s Shadow Gu had advanced with Spirit-Devouring Grass, and spent months recovering, studying cultivation techniques, and refining Blood Demon Pills. A rumor exposing his ability to cultivate both righteous and demonic paths spread across the cultivation world, but no one had yet dared confront him.

  • Song Wen learned that Ye Gang had left Boundary Mountain and ordered Yu Wen to lead an attack, then took the mine without a fight after Kong Ji fled with the Nine Palaces Sect disciples.
  • Song Wen ordered Yu Wen to obtain more miners by secretly capturing Rogue Cultivators and recruiting mortal martial artists under the guise of selecting heirs.
  • Zhou Siyi told Song Wen that her Shadow Gu had reached the late stage of the third rank and that Spirit-Devouring Grass from the Beast Taming Sect had helped it grow.
  • Song Wen spent months recovering from his injuries, studying the Nascent Soul Realm method of the Corpse King Reincarnation Art, and refining and consuming Blood Demon Pills.
  • A rumor identifying Asura Sect Master Yinshuo as a practitioner of both righteous and demonic paths spread through the cultivation world, but no one dared challenge Song Wen.

Ch. 807Remnant Spirit Soul-Seeking

Song Wen learned that the Yu Family of Yellowstone Valley had been exterminated and suspected Primordial Unity Temple was testing the Asura Sect. He went to investigate with the Remnant Spirit Soul-Seeking Art but stopped short of the valley, fearing an ambush, and ordered Ding Yan to collect remnant souls before withdrawing.

  • Song Wen refused Primordial Unity Temple’s invitation to its Buddha Offering and Heaven Sacrifice and told Yu Wen to avoid attending as well.
  • Yu Wen reported that the Yu Family had been wiped out and its spirit fields destroyed, prompting Song Wen to suspect Primordial Unity Temple was behind the attack.
  • Song Wen ordered Yu Wen to gather men and meet him at Yellowstone Valley so he could use the Remnant Spirit Soul-Seeking Art to identify the culprits.
  • Song Wen halted a thousand li from Yellowstone Valley, sent Shadow Gu to scout, and waited after learning the valley held only ruins and corpses.
  • Song Wen instructed Ding Yan to search the valley’s rock strata, then ordered him to capture remnant souls and leave with his men.

Ch. 808Resentment

Song Wen traced the killers of the Yu Family to Wei Qin and followed her aura to a courtyard near Brahma Sound Market. There, he discovered her in bed with another person, but the chapter ended before he confronted her.

  • Song Wen used the Blood Sea Seal to devastate Yellowstone Valley, but found no one hiding beneath it.
  • Song Wen questioned a remnant soul and learned that six Foundation Establishment cultivators had carried out the killings, led by Wei Qin.
  • A cultivator named Wei Qin’s cave abode and asked Song Wen to let him watch over her if she was captured.
  • Song Wen found Wei Qin’s intimate clothing in her abandoned cave abode and used it to track her aura toward Brahma Sound Market.
  • Song Wen disguised himself, followed the trail to a protected courtyard, and saw Wei Qin and another person lying naked on a bed.

Ch. 809Grace and Severity Hand in Hand

Song Wen discovered that Wei Qin had helped Primordial Unity Temple massacre the Yu Family and confronted Huineng, who revealed a plot by Xiao Chan and Mi Hai to ambush him. Huineng also disclosed the Mysterious Yin Sect’s recent contact with Mi Hai, and Song Wen recruited him as an informant, secretly recording his cooperation.

  • Song Wen overheard Wei Qin and Huineng discussing the Yu Family massacre and her promised entry into Bliss Hall.
  • Song Wen confronted Huineng outside the market and learned Xiao Chan and Mi Hai planned to lure him into an ambush by attacking Asura Sect businesses.
  • Huineng revealed that Mysterious Yin Sect representatives had visited Mi Hai three times in the past half year, raising Song Wen’s fear that the sects had joined forces against him.
  • Song Wen spared Huineng, gave him a Buddhist staff, and recruited him to provide intelligence on Primordial Unity Temple.
  • Huineng pledged obedience and noticed Song Wen holding an Image-Recording Stone that had captured the exchange.

Ch. 810The Youth and the Courtesan

Song Wen visited the Blissful Union Sect to ask Lan Chen about Blood Brow and the location of Ten Thousand Beasts Hall. After an unexpected encounter with Mu Yunxin and Fang Xingyan, he learned that Blood Brow had arranged to meet Lan Chen’s group in Ultimate Bliss City ten years later.

  • Song Wen warned Huineng to keep his promise or he would give the Image-Recording Stone to Mi Hai.
  • Song Wen went to Ultimate Bliss City to find Lan Chen and unexpectedly found Mu Yunxin at Blissful Union Spring Night Tower.
  • Fang Xingyan entered Mu Yunxin’s chamber, and Song Wen reassured him that he and Mu Yunxin had shared no intimacy before leaving.
  • Lan Chen met Song Wen, who asked where Blood Brow was and how to find Ten Thousand Beasts Hall.
  • Lan Chen explained that Yang Yu had tried to force Blood Brow to reveal Ten Thousand Beasts Hall’s location, but Blood Brow had agreed to return to Ultimate Bliss City in ten years to fulfill their Demon Spirit Hall transaction.

Ch. 811Old Acquaintance

Song Wen learned that the Mysterious Yin Sect was occupied with rebuilding the Gold-Eating Ant colony and planned to join Lan Chen on a Ten Thousand Beasts Hall expedition in ten years. On his way to the Beast Taming Sect to seek Spirit-Devouring Grass, he spotted Rong Jingyun fleeing the Blazing Flame Cavern and descended to meet her.

  • Lan Chen told Song Wen that the Mysterious Yin Sect was focused on breeding Gold-Eating Ants, while she, Mo Yexue, Yang Yu, Mi Hai, and Gou Jun planned to explore Ten Thousand Beasts Hall in ten years.
  • Lan Chen invited Song Wen to Spring Night Pavilion, and he stayed with her for three days.
  • Song Wen set out for the Beast Taming Sect, intending to seek Spirit-Devouring Grass along the way.
  • Song Wen saw a green warning signal rise from the Blazing Flame Cavern and spotted Rong Jingyun fleeing through its smoke.
  • Rong Jingyun identified herself to Song Wen and asked him to clear her path, but he descended toward her.

Ch. 812Blazing Flame Cavern

Song Wen revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation to save Rong Jingyun from Yan Yuyan, then Mi He arrived and recognized his past identity as Wu Sheng of Pill Peak. Song Wen asked Mi He for help, but the chapter ended before he explained what he needed.

  • Song Wen blocked Rong Jingyun, revealed that he was Wu Sheng, and stopped Yan Yuyan's sword from striking her.
  • Song Wen told Rong Jingyun and Yan Yuyan that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, then sent Yan Yuyan away.
  • Mi He arrived and questioned Song Wen about attacking a Beast Taming Sect junior, while Rong Jingyun confirmed that he had protected her.
  • Mi He and Rong Jingyun recognized Song Wen as the former Pill Peak disciple Wu Sheng, also known as Extreme Yin.
  • Song Wen recalled his time in the Beast Taming Sect and stopped Mi He as she prepared to leave with Rong Jingyun, asking her for help.

Ch. 813A bond of goodwill

Song Wen secured a long-term supply of spirit-devouring grass from Mi He by revealing that Yang Yu had obtained a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill. Years later, Blood Brow visited Song Wen to request medicinal herbs and asked him to refine the same pill, leaving him uncertain he could succeed.

  • Song Wen persuaded Mi He to supply twenty stalks of spirit-devouring grass each year by telling her Yang Yu had obtained a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill in the Divine Blood Hall.
  • Mi He agreed to the trade as a bond of goodwill, and Song Wen returned to Azure Gauze Mountain to cultivate.
  • The Primordial Unity Temple continued covert attacks on the Asura Sect's subordinate lineages and businesses, but Huineng's intelligence helped the sect foil several schemes.
  • As the ten-year deadline approached, Blood Brow arrived at the Asura Sect and asked Song Wen to gather fifteen medicinal herbs for her.
  • Blood Brow asked Song Wen to refine a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill a year later, and Song Wen warned that he might not be capable of refining it.

Ch. 814Completely Unguarded

Song Wen failed to find the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall and waited in ambush for Lan Chen and the others, who uncovered the entrance after clearing away the sand. The five found the entry method carved openly beneath the sand, leaving them questioning who had placed it there and why.

  • Blood Brow gave Song Wen the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall’s location after he agreed to help refine the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill, and Song Wen planned to ambush Mi Hai outside the hall.
  • Song Wen searched the Endless Desert but found no oasis, then concealed himself in a dune and waited for Lan Chen and the others through a half-month sandstorm.
  • Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, Yang Yu, Gou Jun, and Mi Hai arrived and used a tornado to clear the sand, uncovering the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall’s mountain-gate archway.
  • As the five prepared to wait until midnight, Lan Chen spotted characters beneath the sand that revealed the method for passing through the hall’s restrictions.
  • The five examined the carved method and wondered who had left the entry instructions in plain sight and why.

Ch. 815Xugeng?

Song Wen hid near the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall and prepared a formation to trap Mi Hai, but the group fled after Xugeng possessed Mi Hai and revealed his Spirit Transformation-level divine sense. Song Wen survived Xugeng’s attack and disappeared in the desert, while Xugeng abandoned the pursuit and fled in another direction.

  • Song Wen set up the Black Baleful Dark Prison Formation around the mountain gate and hid in a sand dune.
  • Gou Jun, Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Yang Yu emerged from the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall and fled in different directions.
  • Mo Yexue told Song Wen that Xugeng had possessed Mi Hai’s body and was hunting them with a divine sense attack.
  • Song Wen used the Blood Escape Technique to race ahead, but Xugeng’s transparent blade struck him and sent him crashing into a sand dune.
  • Xugeng found only silver talisman fragments where Song Wen had fallen and realized Song Wen had escaped.
  • Xugeng gave up chasing the fleeing cultivators and headed into the desert.

Ch. 816Encircling Xugeng

Song Wen escaped Xugeng’s divine-sense attack and encountered Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, Yang Yu, and Gou Jun preparing to lure and capture Xugeng. After waiting nearby for half a month without seeing him, Song Wen left for Forgotten World Ridge.

  • Song Wen faked being incapacitated by Xugeng’s attack, escaped with a Minor Teleportation Talisman, and hid from Xugeng in the sand.
  • Song Wen reached the edge of the Endless Desert and discovered four flying ships forming an array that released powerful spiritual-energy fluctuations.
  • Lan Chen told Song Wen that she, Mo Yexue, Yang Yu, and Gou Jun planned to lure Xugeng and capture him alive, using mortals aboard the ships to blunt his divine-sense attacks.
  • Song Wen explained that he had gone to ambush Mi Hai before learning Xugeng had possessed him, while Gou Jun questioned him about encountering Xugeng.
  • Song Wen watched the four cultivators’ ships from several hundred li away but saw no sign of Xugeng for half a month, then flew back to Forgotten World Ridge.

Ch. 817Pill Refinement

Song Wen and Blood Brow began refining the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill on Azure Heaven Mountain after Blood Brow gathered its ingredients. Their first two attempts failed, and Blood Brow prepared to risk her final set of herbs on another attempt.

  • Song Wen learned that Blood Brow had come to see him and heard her explain that she wanted his help refining the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill.
  • Blood Brow gave Song Wen the pill formula, and they spent a month discussing the process and dividing the work.
  • Blood Brow began the first refinement, using Song Wen's Blood Sea Seal to force a lion-shaped demon soul into her pill furnace.
  • Song Wen added the Purple Light Vine medicinal liquid, but the first batch failed, and their second attempt ended with the furnace exploding.
  • Blood Brow chose to continue despite having only one set of spiritual herbs left, while Song Wen waited for her to recover before the next attempt.

Ch. 818Madness

Blood Brow failed to refine a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill, then arranged a way for Song Wen to contact her. Twelve years later, Song Wen met Lan Chen in Ultimate Bliss City, where she warned him about Gou Jun and urged him to join the Blissful Union Sect before Mu Yunxin arrived.

  • Blood Brow's attempt to refine the Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill failed when the pill cracked and exploded, and Song Wen consoled her.
  • Blood Brow proposed dual cultivation with Song Wen, and they agreed that he could summon her by planting a scarlet banner east of Grievance Market.
  • Twelve years later, Song Wen asked Lan Chen why the Blissful Union Sect planned to end its cooperation with the Asura Sect, and she admitted she had wanted to lure him into meeting her.
  • Lan Chen explained that she and the other sect leaders had failed to find Xugeng, and that Gou Jun had grown increasingly violent as his lifespan dwindled.
  • Lan Chen warned Song Wen that Gou Jun might target him and invited him to join the Blissful Union Sect, but Song Wen declined.
  • Mu Yunxin arrived and requested an audience with Lan Chen and Song Wen.

Ch. 819A secluded cave abode

Lan Chen offered Song Wen a Beauty-Fixing Pill, and he congratulated Mu Yunxin on her marriage before leaving. After discovering Blood Brow's message, Song Wen learned that she had invited him to her secluded cave abode at Heavenheart Lake for dual cultivation.

  • Mu Yunxin reported that Pill Peak had refined three Beauty-Fixing Pills, and Lan Chen offered one to Song Wen, who declined.
  • Song Wen learned that Mu Yunxin had married Fang Xingyan and gave her ten superior spirit stones as a wedding gift.
  • Lan Chen suggested that Mu Yunxin join her in serving Song Wen, prompting him to make an excuse and leave.
  • Song Wen noticed the scarlet banner near the Grievance Market was gone and went to Azure Heaven Mountain to ask Yu Wen about Blood Brow.
  • Yu Wen gave Song Wen a jade slip from Blood Brow, whose message invited him to her cave abode at Heavenheart Lake for dual cultivation.

Ch. 820Dual cultivation

Song Wen visited Blood Brow’s hidden underwater cave abode at Heavenheart Lake and began dual cultivation with her using the Yin-Yang Harmony Art. After forty-nine days, the practice triggered a sign that Song Wen’s nascent soul was about to advance, while Blood Brow left the cave.

  • Song Wen found Blood Brow’s cave beneath a small island at Heavenheart Lake and entered after she revealed its underwater entrance.
  • Blood Brow asked whether Song Wen had reached a cultivation bottleneck, and they agreed to begin dual cultivation after she studied the Yin-Yang Harmony Art for a month.
  • Song Wen replenished the cave’s Spirit-Gathering Formation with superior spirit stones and cultivated while Blood Brow learned the technique.
  • Song Wen and Blood Brow practiced dual cultivation for forty-nine days, channeling pure yin-yang energy into Song Wen’s nascent soul.
  • Song Wen’s nascent soul showed signs of advancing, so he shattered ten superior spirit stones and absorbed their spiritual energy as Blood Brow dressed and vanished from the cave.

Ch. 821Betrayal

After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage in Blood Brow's cave, Song Wen discovered that Gou Jun and Blood Brow had trapped him in a formation. Gou Jun attacked, and Song Wen tried to escape and counterattack, but the battle left him facing the giant corpse phantom's next strike.

  • Song Wen spent six months consuming more than two hundred high-grade spirit stones to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, then left Blood Brow's cave when she failed to return.
  • Song Wen found his Shadow Gu trapped and encountered Gou Jun, Blood Brow, and Gongsun Cailü waiting outside a formation barrier.
  • Gou Jun attacked Song Wen with a giant corpse phantom and a peak fourth-rank golden corpse, forcing Song Wen to use his shield and plunge into the lake.
  • Song Wen used the Life-Substitution Technique to reach the formation barrier and slash it with the Soul-Splitting Blade, but Gou Jun revealed that he had anticipated Song Wen's escape methods.
  • Song Wen used the Life-Substitution Technique to appear near Gou Jun and attack a corpse coffin, realizing the twelve coffins formed one set with the giant corpse phantom.
  • Gou Jun commanded the giant corpse phantom to stomp at Song Wen as Song Wen tried to destroy the corpse coffins.

Ch. 822Possession

Gou Jun captured Song Wen and revealed that he intended to possess his body to use the Corpse King Reincarnation Art and advance to Spirit Transformation. After binding Song Wen and preparing to begin the possession, Gou Jun threatened to destroy his soul if he resisted.

  • Song Wen realized Gou Jun had held back because he wanted to preserve Song Wen's body, and Gou Jun explained that Blood Brow had told him about the Corpse King Reincarnation Art.
  • Blood Brow admitted that he had betrayed Song Wen for a Demon Soul Spirit-Breaking Pill and a thousand high-grade spirit stones.
  • Gou Jun trapped Song Wen with chains, disarmed him, and seized him with the giant corpse phantom.
  • Song Wen pretended to surrender and pleaded for Gou Jun to spare his soul, while Gou Jun promised to imprison it in the Soul Shackle.
  • Gou Jun ordered Gongsun Cailü to guard the surroundings, bound Song Wen with chains from twelve corpse coffins, and pressed his hand against Song Wen's head to begin the possession.

Ch. 823Escape

Song Wen turned the tables on Gou Jun’s attempted possession, devoured his soul, and revealed his identity and the truth about the Fallen Immortal Blood. After escaping the formation, he faced Gongsun Cailü, who realized Gou Jun was dead and Blood Brow had fled.

  • Gou Jun entered Song Wen’s sea of consciousness to seize his body, but Song Wen unleashed a black hole that subdued him and swallowed the soul-power tentacle.
  • Song Wen told Gou Jun that he was Extreme Yin, a former Corpse Demon Sect disciple, and explained that the Corpse King Reincarnation Art had accelerated his cultivation.
  • Song Wen revealed that Blood Year, the Beast Taming Sect’s guardian divine beast, was the Fallen Immortal Blood, then devoured Gou Jun’s soul.
  • Gou Jun’s death broke the power of the twelve black corpse coffins, allowing Song Wen to escape and recover his two unconscious Shadow Gu.
  • Gongsun Cailü noticed that Gou Jun’s aura had vanished and Blood Brow had fled, then realized Song Wen had survived and feared for her safety.

Ch. 824Tracking

Song Wen killed Gongsun Cailü after breaking free of the formation, but Blood Brow escaped his search and later vanished from Heavenheart Lake. Fifteen years later, Song Wen emerged from seclusion on Azure Gauze Mountain stronger and more cautious, while keeping his cultivation hidden from Zhou Siyi.

  • Gongsun Cailü fled, but Song Wen broke the formation and killed her with Purple Palace Divine Thunder, then took her storage ring.
  • Song Wen searched Heavenheart Lake for Blood Brow and her traces, but found nothing and left for Forgotten World Ridge.
  • Song Wen returned secretly to Heavenheart Lake and searched it for a month with Shadow Gu, then concluded Blood Brow had left.
  • Over fifteen years of seclusion, Song Wen stabilized his cultivation, refined Gou Jun's corpse puppet and twelve corpse coffins, and raised his spiritual sense to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
  • Zhou Siyi greeted Song Wen when he emerged from seclusion, and he concealed his current cultivation from her.

Ch. 825Coming to the Door

Song Wen learned that the Shadow Gu had reached the peak of the third tier and spent a peaceful month catching up on the cultivation world's shifting alliances. The chapter ended when Lan Chen arrived at Azure Heaven Mountain with a large Blissful Union Sect force and questioned Song Wen about his years away.

  • Zhou Siyi told Song Wen that she had reached the late Golden Core stage and that the Shadow Gu had advanced to the peak of the third tier.
  • Song Wen asked how to help the Shadow Gu reach the fourth tier, and Zhou Siyi suggested seeking advice from the Beast Taming Sect.
  • Zhou Siyi told Song Wen that the Ant Queen had expanded the Mysterious Yin Sect's dominance, while Blood Brow had looted the Corpse Demon Sect's treasury and disappeared.
  • Yu Wen informed Song Wen that Lan Chen had brought a large force to surround Azure Heaven Mountain and demanded to see him.
  • Song Wen flew to Azure Heaven Mountain and met Lan Chen, who asked where he had been and why he was acting so distant.
Arc 33 of 94
Arc 33 of 94