Chapter Summaries

Shen Luo and the Grand Elder broke through the restriction around the Ginkgo Divine Tree, allowing the Mount He Sect cultivators to enter and clash with the Ba Serpent demons. Ba Serpent detected and captured the gray-haired elder when he tried to sneak toward the tree under an Invisibility Technique.

• Shen Luo finished setting up the Restriction-Breaking Formation and began dismantling the yellow barrier while the Grand Elder supported him with the Restriction-Breaking Pearl.
• Ba Serpent spotted the breach and ordered the demons to reinforce the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation, but Shen Luo broke through it and opened a passage to the Ginkgo Divine Tree.
• The Mount He Sect cultivators rushed inside, and Lianshan and Guizang attacked them as the arrogant youth and Poison Lady countered their assaults.
• The gray-haired elder used an Invisibility Technique to approach the Ginkgo Divine Tree, but Ba Serpent activated a blue command token and ensnared him in glowing threads.

The Ba Serpent battled the grand elder while Shen Luo reached the Ginkgo Divine Tree and sought a way past its blue light-thread restriction. As the Mirage Monster broke through the threads and lunged for a Ginkgo Spirit Fruit, the Ba Serpent struck at it and shattered the grand elder’s ice blades.

• The grand elder appeared beside the Ginkgo Divine Tree and tried to seize a Ginkgo Spirit Fruit, but the Ba Serpent drove him back with Water Astral Divine Thunder and her serpent form.
• The Ba Serpent roared to summon help while the grand elder sent a torrent of snowflakes against her, and the other fighters and Mount He Sect members continued their battles nearby.
• Shen Luo used an Invisibility Talisman to reach the tree and asked Wuman'er about stealing its Divine Wood Essence; Wuman'er told him to take the spirit fruits for Senior Ao Lie instead.
• Shen Luo hid inside the tree as the Mirage Monster flew past him and forced its way through the blue threads toward a Ginkgo Spirit Fruit.
• The Ba Serpent swept her tail at the Mirage Monster, while the grand elder formed an Ice Blade Grand Formation; the Ba Serpent shattered every ice blade with her tail.

Shen Luo joined forces with the Mirage Monster to break through the yellow cloud barrier around the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit. After the barrier opened, the Mirage Monster rushed through the passage ahead of him.

• The Ba Serpent struck the Mount He Sect grand elder aside and used a yellow token to seal the Ginkgo Divine Tree's crown behind a cloud barrier.
• The Mirage Monster revealed himself, attacked the barrier, and sent a clone to propose that he and Shen Luo work together to reach the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit.
• The Mirage Monster warned Shen Luo that the Nine-Headed Insect was nearing the end of his recovery and might reach the Taiyi Realm if he obtained the fruit.
• The Mirage Monster's clone concealed Shen Luo in illusion and carried him through the blue silk restriction to the yellow cloud barrier.
• Shen Luo set up his Restriction-Breaking Formation and opened a passage through the yellow clouds while the Mirage Monster kept the Ba Serpent occupied.
• The Mirage Monster darted through the passage ahead of Shen Luo after praising his formation.

Shen Luo and the Mirage Monster raced to harvest Ginkgo Spirit Fruits, but the Ba Serpent arrived and seized the remaining fruit after attacking them with a powerful roar. Shen Luo tried to escape through the formation barrier, but the Ba Serpent strengthened it and asked him and the Mirage Monster to stay.

• Shen Luo and the Mirage Monster plucked Ginkgo Spirit Fruits from the Ginkgo Divine Tree and stored or gathered them as the Yellow Cloud Restriction passage began to close.
• The Ba Serpent rushed through the passage, then unleashed vibrating ripples that injured Shen Luo and shook the remaining fruits from the tree.
• The Ba Serpent sucked up the three remaining Ginkgo Spirit Fruits while the Mirage Monster tried to seize them and Shen Luo could not reach them in time.
• Shen Luo flew to a seemingly unstable section of the barrier and prepared to use the Restriction-Breaking Formation, but the Ba Serpent reinforced it with a formation flag.
• Shen Luo powered up with the Huangting Scripture and Jiuli Demon Armor, and the Ba Serpent told him and the Mirage Monster to remain there without trying to break the restriction.

Shen Luo agreed to let the Ba Serpent use the Ginkgo Divine Tree to dispel his restriction after demanding an oath and compensation. While the Ba Serpent worked inside the tree, Shen Luo watched the battle below, where the Mount He Sect captured Lianshan and Guizang, and the sect members faced uncertainty over Tian Tiesheng’s disappearance and the closed passage.

• Shen Luo doubted the Ba Serpent’s account and proposed leaving, but the Mirage Monster suggested waiting in exchange for a heart-demon oath and gifts.
• The Ba Serpent swore his claims were true and gave Shen Luo and the Mirage Monster Storage Magical Artifacts filled with valuable goods.
• Shen Luo accepted the arrangement, and the Ba Serpent entered the Ginkgo Divine Tree to borrow its wood spirit power and dispel his restriction.
• Shen Luo monitored the area below and saw the Mount He Sect overpower and capture Lianshan and Guizang.
• Elder Zhuo sealed the two demons’ power with Deep-Blue Ghost Needles, while the aloof youth told the grand elder that Tian Tiesheng was missing and the passage had closed.

The Mount He Sect cultivators tried to break through the yellow cloud restriction while Shen Luo used the Ba Serpent’s formation flag to hold them back. Just as Shen Luo gained the upper hand, the Nine-Headed Insect roared as it approached.

• The Mount He Sect Grand Elder led the Mount He Sect cultivators through the blue silk restriction and used the Restriction-Breaking Pearl and seized formation flags to attack the yellow cloud restriction.
• Shen Luo sensed the Mount He Sect’s attempt to break through and warned the Mirage Monster, who worried they would reveal the Ginkgo Divine Tree’s condition to the Nine-Headed Insect.
• The Ba Serpent gave Shen Luo the formation flag and asked him to hold off the Mount He Sect while it worked on the Ginkgo Divine Tree.
• Shen Luo used the flag to strengthen the yellow cloud restriction, but the Mount He Sect cultivators poured their magic power into their formation and accelerated their attack.
• Shen Luo gradually gained control of the restriction, until the Nine-Headed Insect’s furious roar approached and alarmed the Mirage Monster.

Shen Luo and the Mount He Sect worked to break the formation as Nine-Headed Insect arrived outside, forcing them to prepare a plan to trap him. The chapter ended with Shen Luo returning the main formation flag to the Ba Serpent and the grand elder distributing other flags so they could activate the formation together.

• Lianshan secretly used his blood essence to build demonic power and threatened the others, expecting his master to arrive.
• Shen Luo weakened the Yellow Cloud Restriction, allowing the Mount He Sect to break through and join him above the clouds.
• Shen Luo warned the Mount He Sect that Nine-Headed Insect was approaching, and the grand elder helped him finish setting up the Restriction-Breaking Formation.
• Nine-Headed Insect arrived outside the formation, but could not enter because the Ba Serpent held its main flag.
• Shen Luo returned the main flag to the Ba Serpent and asked her to create a disturbance while the others prepared to trap Nine-Headed Insect.
• The grand elder distributed the formation flags taken from Lianshan and Guizang to Poison Lady, the gray-haired old man, and the aloof young man.

Nine-Headed Insect broke into the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation and learned that human cultivators and the Mirage Monster had gone after the Ba Serpent. As he attacked the Yellow Cloud Restriction to reach her, the Ba Serpent and her allies faltered while Shen Luo’s group had broken through only half the barrier.

• The Ba Serpent helped Nine-Headed Insect strike the formation barrier with his blood-red pearl until it shattered, and he entered with demon soldiers following.
• Shen Luo, the Mount He Sect cultivators, the Mirage Monster, and the grand elder strengthened the Restriction-Breaking Formation as the Ba Serpent and her companions restored the barrier and sealed the breach.
• Nine-Headed Insect freed Lianshan and Guizang from the Deep-Blue Ghost Needles and learned that the Ba Serpent had pursued human cultivators and the Mirage Monster above the yellow clouds.
• Nine-Headed Insect attacked the Yellow Cloud Restriction with his pearl, but it withstood the blow.
• The Ba Serpent, Poison Lady, the gray-haired elder, and the aloof youth suffered backlash as Shen Luo’s group continued breaking through only half the yellow light barrier.

Nine-Headed Insect used the Blood Sarira to nearly shatter the Yellow Cloud Restriction, but Shen Luo and the others knocked it back and resumed breaking the formation. Nine-Headed Insect transformed into a gigantic blood-colored bird as the restriction neared collapse, and Shen Luo suddenly sensed something amiss.

• Ba Serpent warned that Nine-Headed Insect’s Blood Sarira could destroy the Yellow Cloud Restriction, so she and the others poured their strength into reinforcing it.
• Nine-Headed Insect struck the restriction again, opening enormous cracks and injuring Ba Serpent, Poison Lady, and the other defenders.
• Ba Serpent, the Grand Elder, and the Mirage Monster attacked the Blood Sarira, but Nine-Headed Insect’s demonic energy began corrupting their weapons.
• Shen Luo used the Heaven-Rending Chaotic Staff to knock the Blood Sarira back, allowing Ba Serpent to repair the restriction while the others resumed breaking it.
• Nine-Headed Insect transformed into a huge blood-colored bird, and Shen Luo abruptly sensed something that changed his expression.

Shen Luo and the others used the Ginkgo Divine Tree’s power to trap Nine-Headed Insect and break the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation, but the Mirage Monster trapped them in an illusion. As the Mirage Monster headed for the breach, Wuman'er and the Ghost General ambushed him, leaving him stunned by their unexpected appearance.

• Ba Serpent explained that Nine-Headed Insect had transformed into his powerful demon form, and Shen Luo’s group rushed to break the restriction before he could attack again.
• Wuman'er’s Rustling Falling Leaves, amplified by the Ginkgo Divine Tree’s spiritual energy, imprisoned Nine-Headed Insect and the demon soldiers in a crushing forest.
• Shen Luo and the Grand Elder struck the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation with their restriction-breaking techniques and opened a passage through its barrier.
• The Mirage Monster trapped Shen Luo, Ba Serpent, and the Mount He Sect members in a Mirage Qi illusion, then headed for the passage.
• The Ghost General’s Soul-Seizing Demonic Sound immobilized the Mirage Monster as Wuman'er and the Ghost General emerged from the Ginkgo Divine Tree, surprising him.

Wuman'er’s Rustling Falling Leaves weakened the illusion formation, allowing Shen Luo to escape with her and the Ghost General as Nine-Headed Insect broke free. Shen Luo destroyed the passage behind them and fled, while Nine-Headed Insect shattered the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation.

• Wuman'er used Rustling Falling Leaves to damage the Sea Illusion Realm, and Shen Luo found a way out with the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff.
• Nine-Headed Insect broke free of Rustling Falling Leaves with nine heads, and Shen Luo urged Wuman'er and the Ghost General to flee.
• The Mirage Monster broke out and attacked Wuman'er and the Ghost General, but Shen Luo blocked its ghostly claw and helped them escape in the Cosmic Bag.
• Shen Luo, the Ba Serpent, the Mirage Monster, and the Mount He Sect fled through the formation passage, and Shen Luo blew up the Restriction-Breaking Formation implements to close it.
• Shen Luo used Wingspan Thousand Li to speed past the others, while Nine-Headed Insect broke through the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation and destroyed it.

After escaping the Nine-Headed Insect, Shen Luo returned to the cave abode and arranged for Wuman'er to heal the Little White Dragon with a Ginkgo Spirit Fruit. As the Little White Dragon recovered, the weakened Ba Serpent arrived at the cave abode, leaving Shen Luo to decide whether to trust her.

• Shen Luo escaped the Nine-Headed Insect and returned to the cave abode, where Wuman'er and the Little White Dragon were healing.
• Wuman'er revealed she had taken a Ginkgo Spirit Fruit, and Shen Luo gave her his own fruit to use on the Little White Dragon.
• After recovering his magic power, Shen Luo told the Ghost General to guard the cave and prepare to ambush the Nine-Headed Insect if he came.
• Shen Luo sensed an impact on the cave's restrictions and found the Ghost General restraining the weakened Ba Serpent.
• The Ba Serpent asked Shen Luo to have the Ghost General release her, and Shen Luo ordered the Ghost General to stand down.

Ba Serpent sought Shen Luo’s protection from the Nine-Headed Insect, who could track her through her original demon body and the marked Ginkgo Spirit Fruits. Shen Luo made her his spirit beast for fifty years, concealed her and the fruit in the Void Jade Box, and then prepared to act while Ao Lie recovered.

• Ba Serpent told Shen Luo that the Nine-Headed Insect could track her through her original demon body and had marked all nine Ginkgo Spirit Fruits with his demon power.
• Shen Luo agreed to shelter Ba Serpent in exchange for planting a Spirit-Linking Mark on her, and Ba Serpent negotiated the term down to fifty years.
• Shen Luo planted the mark, then used the Ghost General and the Two-Extremes Dust Formation to conceal the cave abode.
• Shen Luo placed Ba Serpent and his Ginkgo Spirit Fruit in the Void Jade Box, which successfully isolated their auras from the Nine-Headed Insect’s tracking.
• Shen Luo asked Wuman'er about Ao Lie’s recovery and learned it would take another half day to expel the Moon Soul Fiendish Qi.
• Shen Luo ordered the Ghost General to guard the cave and keep its aura concealed, then made up his mind to leave.

Shen Luo fled with Ba Serpent and the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit, intending to test his escape techniques against Nine-Headed Insect while using Ba Serpent’s knowledge to avoid him. Nine-Headed Insect lost track of their trail but sent blood-red hummingbirds throughout Cloud Dream Marsh to search for them.

• Shen Luo left the Ghost General behind and used Yimu Immortal Escape to travel far away with Ba Serpent and the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit.
• Ba Serpent explained how Nine-Headed Insect had found and defeated her, and revealed that she could sense the marks she had placed on the Ginkgo Spirit Fruits within five hundred li.
• Ba Serpent told Shen Luo that Nine-Headed Insect had likely captured Mirage Monster and might also have caught the Mount He Sect cultivators.
• Shen Luo asked Ba Serpent to watch for the marked fruits, then concealed their trail and changed direction.
• Nine-Headed Insect failed to locate Ba Serpent with his compass and Blood Demon Pearl, then released blood-red hummingbirds to search Cloud Dream Marsh.

Nine-Headed Insect used Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds and magical tracking tools to find Shen Luo in Cloud Dream Marsh. When Ba Serpent warned that Nine-Headed Insect was approaching, Shen Luo escaped at great speed with the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings.

• Nine-Headed Insect released flocks of Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds to search Cloud Dream Marsh and followed intermittent signals from his compass and Blood Demon Pearl.
• Nine-Headed Insect spread his hummingbirds across much of the marsh, then used an ancient mirror to make them search for Shen Luo.
• A Blood-Pattern Hummingbird discovered Shen Luo in the northwest, and Nine-Headed Insect flew toward him in a blood cloud.
• Shen Luo flew across the marsh, changing direction to evade pursuit while waiting for more time to pass.
• Ba Serpent warned Shen Luo that Nine-Headed Insect was approaching, so Shen Luo stored the Ginkgo Spirit Fruit and Cosmic Bag and fled.
• Shen Luo summoned the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings and vanished into the distance at greatly increased speed.

Shen Luo used his Wind-Thunder Twin Wings to escape Nine-Headed Insect, but the pursuer tracked him with Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds. Ba Serpent identified the scouts and coated Shen Luo with a medicinal liquid meant to block their detection, leaving him in a forest after his Yimu Immortal Escape ended.

• Shen Luo used the Wind-Thunder Twin Wings to outrun Nine-Headed Insect, then swallowed a pill to restore his Magic Power.
• Nine-Headed Insect found Shen Luo again, and Ba Serpent suspected he was tracking them with spirit birds or insects.
• Ba Serpent released Shen Luo from the Void Jade Box and discovered a Blood-Pattern Hummingbird hidden in the grass.
• Ba Serpent explained that she had prepared a medicinal liquid to block the hummingbirds' spiritual-wave detection, and Shen Luo used his wings to escape again.
• Ba Serpent applied the medicinal liquid to Shen Luo while he traveled through the Yimu Immortal Escape, and he emerged in a forest when the escape ended.

The Ba Serpent helped Shen Luo evade Nine-Headed Insect’s Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds, allowing him to escape and recover his magic power in a hidden valley. After the Ba Serpent found ten-thousand-year jade marrow in the pool, Shen Luo and she decided to stay there for safety.

• The Ba Serpent coated Shen Luo with Spirit-Transformation Liquid, which concealed him from the Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds but limited his use of magic power and prevented him from summoning Magic Treasures.
• Nine-Headed Insect failed to find Shen Luo and suspected that the Ba Serpent had revealed a way to evade the hummingbirds.
• Shen Luo traveled more than ten thousand li using Yimu Immortal Escape and entered a misty valley to restore his magic power in a spirit-rich pool.
• The Ba Serpent searched the pool and discovered ten drops of ten-thousand-year jade marrow, which she split equally with Shen Luo.
• Shen Luo and the Ba Serpent stayed beside the pool, confident that the hummingbirds had not detected them.

Shen Luo learned that Nine-Headed Insect had gathered the Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds into a vast search swarm and hurried back to protect the Low Mountain Grotto. Nine-Headed Insect found the grotto and attacked its Two-Extremes Dust Formation, which held firm for now.

• Ba Serpent warned Shen Luo that all the Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds nearby had vanished, so Shen Luo sent the Mirror Demon to scout.
• The Ghost General reported that a huge swarm of Blood-Pattern Hummingbirds was approaching the grotto, and Ba Serpent realized Nine-Headed Insect was sweeping the region with the birds.
• Shen Luo ordered the Mirror Demon back and rushed toward the Low Mountain Grotto, while Ba Serpent and the Mirror Demon entered his Cosmic Bag.
• The Ghost General concealed the Two-Extremes Dust Formation until the main swarm exposed it, allowing Nine-Headed Insect to locate the grotto.
• Nine-Headed Insect struck the Two-Extremes Dust Formation with a powerful beam, dimming its light but failing to break it.

Little White Dragon emerged from his treatment in time to save the Ghost General and confront Nine-Headed Insect. Their rematch began with Little White Dragon gaining the upper hand, while Shen Luo learned that Ao Lie had returned.

• Little White Dragon used golden lightning to destroy Nine-Headed Insect’s blood pillars and save the Ghost General after the Two-Extremes Dust Formation broke.
• The Ghost General retrieved the formation implements, sent Shen Luo a message, and hurried outside with Little White Dragon, Wuman'er, and Yuan Yuan.
• Shen Luo learned that Ao Lie had emerged from seclusion, put away the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Marrow, and continued toward the fight by sword.
• Nine-Headed Insect challenged Little White Dragon, who condemned his use of demonic qi before launching the Dragon Spear at him.
• Little White Dragon shattered Nine-Headed Insect’s Ferocious Gauntlets and overwhelmed his counterattack with spear shadows, sending him flying behind a curtain of crimson light.

Little White Dragon and Nine-Headed Insect remained locked in a fierce battle while Wuman'er and the Ghost General prepared to defend Senior Ao Lie from the approaching demon army. Wuman'er was ambushed underground, and Princess Wansheng’s forces arrived as the chapter ended.

• Wuman'er, the Ghost General, and Yuan Yuan retreated from Nine-Headed Insect’s blood cloud while the Ghost General explained that Shen Luo had left to delay him.
• Little White Dragon charged into the blood cloud and fought Nine-Headed Insect with his Dragon Spear and Golden Space.
• A force of several hundred monsters led by Princess Wansheng, Lianshan, and Guizang approached the battlefield.
• Wuman'er stored Yuan Yuan away and burrowed underground to keep the monsters from reaching Senior Ao Lie, but an unseen attacker blasted her back to the surface.
• The Ghost General supported Wuman'er and unleashed his Ghost Howl at the ground as Princess Wansheng’s group flew close.