Recaps

Ji Yuan used the Blood Marrow Coffin to recover, discovered Bone Demon Old Devil’s hidden Spirit-Splitting Puppets, and entered the Ten-Thousand Ghosts Sealing-Demon Stele’s ruined plaza. After the ancient formation failed, High Person Bloodslaughter attacked him, and a concealed assassin launched a second ambush that Ji Yuan seemed to have anticipated.

• Ji Yuan found fifteen prepared Nascent Soul corpses in Bone Demon Old Devil’s Storage Prayer Beads and used Star-Gazing Tower to discover that three Spirit-Splitting Puppets carried away the old devil’s treasures to prepare his return.
• Ji Yuan recovered in the Blood Marrow Coffin, stored the corpses in the Mass Burial Ground, and reached the plaza surrounding the Ten-Thousand Ghosts Sealing-Demon Stele.
• The stele’s formation prevented combat and drew Ji Yuan, High Person Bloodslaughter, two other cultivators, and a hidden assassin into contemplation of its War-Soul Aura.
• Ji Yuan and the others strengthened their abilities over ten days, until the ancient formation weakened and its ban on combat collapsed.
• High Person Bloodslaughter attacked Ji Yuan, and the two fought with their Dharma Treasures as the concealed assassin waited for an opening.
• The assassin struck Ji Yuan from behind with a soul-shaking sigil and a black spike, but Ji Yuan calmly implied that he had anticipated the ambush.

Ji Yuan escaped the collapsing Ten-Thousand Ghosts Sealing-Demon Stele using the Void Escape Jade and arrived in a Six Desires Water pool, where he reunited with Mei Jianzi. He resisted her seduction and rejected her proposal for dual cultivation, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Ji Yuan exposed Ghost Shadow Old Devil and High Person Bloodslaughter’s illusion, then used Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to crush Ghost Shadow Old Devil.
• The Ten-Thousand Ghosts Sealing-Demon Stele plaza collapsed into a soul-filled abyss that sealed qi, blood, and mana, trapping Ji Yuan, Ghost Shadow Old Devil, and High Person Bloodslaughter.
• Ji Yuan crushed the Void Escape Jade and teleported away as Ghost Shadow Old Devil escaped through the closing opening and High Person Bloodslaughter was devoured by ghost phantoms.
• Ji Yuan arrived in a Six Desires Water pool and found Mei Jianzi cultivating there.
• Mei Jianzi tried to seduce Ji Yuan and proposed dual cultivation, but Ji Yuan’s Nine-Gate Soul-Calming Scripture broke her charm and he rejected her offer.

Ji Yuan agreed to cooperate with Fairy Mei and followed her through the Nine Nether Rift’s Shattered Space Maze toward the Core Area. At Crimson Demon Mountain, they encountered a swarm of Void Spirit Bees and several cultivators, just as Blackflame Devil Lord arrived and prepared to attack the swarm.

• Ji Yuan refused Fairy Mei’s offer of dual cultivation, then agreed to explore the Core Area with her while they watched each other’s backs.
• Fairy Mei explained the Ten-Thousand Ghosts Sealing-Demon Stele’s deadly trap, and after three days of cultivating, she led Ji Yuan through the Suspended Mountain Domain and into the Shattered Space Maze.
• Ji Yuan spotted Ghost Shadow Old Devil hiding in the mist and attacked with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, but the devil escaped.
• Ji Yuan and Fairy Mei crossed the Shattered Space Maze and reached Crimson Demon Mountain, where Void Spirit Bees guarded the entrance to the Core Area.
• Ji Yuan recognized Soul Hall Master among the cultivators gathered below the swarm and secretly ordered him to conceal their connection.
• Black Elder discussed ways to get past the bees, but Blackflame Devil Lord arrived and raised his greatsword, vowing to burn through the swarm.

Blackflame Devil Lord failed to break through the Void Spirit Bee swarm alone, so the gathered cultivators joined forces and cleared the way into the Core Area. There, Ji Yuan and the others discovered an enormous True Demon finger bone, and a vast black shadow began rising from the surrounding sea of demonic qi.

• Blackflame Devil Lord charged into the Void Spirit Bee swarm but was driven back by the Bee Queens’ coordinated attacks, and Black Elder opened an escape passage with black serpent phantoms.
• The cultivators gathered on the stone platform, agreed to work together, and waited for Ghost Shadow Old Devil, the Ten-Thousand Poisons Valley Master, and High Person Qianzhen to arrive.
• The eleven cultivators attacked the swarm together, while Ji Yuan targeted and collected Fourth Tier Void Spirit Bee corpses and Demon Cores; they killed the Bee Queens and cleared the mountain pass.
• Fairy Mei gave Ji Yuan thirteen Fourth Tier bee corpses and warned him that Ghost Shadow Old Devil was watching him with ill intent.
• The cultivators entered the Core Area and found an immense dark-golden finger bone surrounded by a sea of demonic qi; a colossal black shadow began rising from the sea.

Ji Yuan and the other cultivators battled a Demon Spirit fused with the Demon God's Remnant Bone, but it devoured four Nascent Souls and reached the Half-Step Spirit Transformation realm. As the survivors faced near-certain defeat, Black Elder revealed a Nascent Soul as a hidden trump card.

• A hundred-foot Demon Spirit emerged from the sea of demonic qi and struck the intruders with a soul-shaking roar, badly injuring several cultivators.
• Black Elder, Blackflame Devil Lord, Fairy Mei, and the others attacked while Ji Yuan found the Demon Spirit's central bone fragment and cracked it with a punch combining Blood Aura and Netherworld Corpsefire.
• The enraged Demon Spirit unleashed black ripples that killed the Ten-Thousand Poisons Valley Master and two other cultivators, then devoured their Nascent Souls and those of two more wounded cultivators.
• The Demon Spirit's power rose to Half-Step Spirit Transformation, leaving seven survivors badly injured and facing despair.
• Ghost Shadow Old Devil urged Ji Yuan to abandon the fight and seek a hidden treasure in a fissure, but Ji Yuan refused and insisted they defeat the Demon Spirit first.
• Black Elder demanded that everyone reveal their hidden methods, then produced a fist-sized Nascent Soul from his robes.

Black Elder and the other cultivators revealed their trump cards against the Demon Spirit, while Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful and exploited the creature’s mistaken recognition to land a devastating blow. As the battle turned against the survivors, Fairy Mei summoned a Straw Effigy that transformed into a young man with Nascent Soul Peak power, leaving Ji Yuan stunned.

• Black Elder crushed and devoured Bone Demon Old Devil’s Nascent Soul, forcing his cultivation to Nascent Soul Peak, while Blackflame Devil Lord absorbed the Nine Nether Iceflame and Fairy Mei revealed a Nascent Soul Late Stage combat puppet.
• Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful, and the Demon Spirit mistook him for its ancient brother and ally; Ji Yuan played along and moved to its side.
• The Demon Spirit’s full assault shattered High Person Qianzhen’s formation, gravely injured Soul Hall Master and Blackflame Devil Lord, and left Ghost Shadow Old Devil’s fate unknown.
• The Demon Spirit’s Annihilation Beam crippled Black Elder, allowing Ji Yuan to destroy an energy node in its tentacle pillar; the resulting black water badly injured Blackflame Devil Lord, and the enraged Demon Spirit pursued Ji Yuan.
• Fairy Mei, trapped and near defeat, used her blood and soul power to awaken a Straw Effigy, which transformed into a young man whose aura rose to Nascent Soul Peak and whose face made Ji Yuan freeze.

After Ji Yuan killed his original body, Gu Yan awakened in a hidden chamber, where his former master, the Dream-Demon True Lord, had been waiting. Gu Yan extinguished his own remnant soul, and the True Lord left the chamber alone as winter came to the Abyssal Continent.

• Gu Yan awoke in his Spirit-Splitting Puppet and planned to recover in seclusion, but the Dream-Demon True Lord appeared in his hidden chamber.
• Gu Yan recognized his former master and learned that the True Lord had found him by tracing the habits and karmic marks he had learned over four centuries of teaching him.
• Gu Yan realized that the True Lord had entrusted Ji Yuan with the wish to kill him and had deliberately sharpened Ji Yuan into a weapon against him.
• The Dream-Demon True Lord admitted he feared Ji Yuan and planned to hide in a Secret Realm until Ji Yuan died, or flee to another continent if necessary.
• Gu Yan bowed to the Dream-Demon True Lord and extinguished the last of his Divine Soul, destroying his body and soul.
• The Dream-Demon True Lord left through a teleportation ward, and the chapter ended with winter arriving in the Abyssal Continent alongside Yuan Yi.

Ji Yuan revealed the Meteor Cannon and used a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone to annihilate the Demon Spirit after Tian Wenjing’s desperate attack failed. Tian Wenjing and Fairy Mei survived, but both were left horrified by Ji Yuan’s weapon.

• Tian Wenjing appeared from the Straw Effigy, greeted Fairy Mei as his mother, and warned Ji Yuan before the Demon Spirit struck him.
• Tian Wenjing fought the Demon Spirit with his Blood Sea Domain while Fairy Mei spoke with Ji Yuan and learned he had been Xu Beimu.
• The Demon Spirit devoured Black Elder, regained its strength, and forced Tian Wenjing to sacrifice two clones in a failed attempt to kill it.
• Tian Wenjing asked Fairy Mei to give Ji Yuan her Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, and Ji Yuan summoned the Meteor Cannon.
• Ji Yuan charged the Meteor Cannon with the Spirit Stone and fired a beam that completely annihilated the Demon Spirit.
• Tian Wenjing and Fairy Mei stared at Ji Yuan in horror after witnessing the cannon’s power.

After Ji Yuan and the others killed Demon Ye, they searched the Demon Mercury Sea for treasures from the True Demon Finger Bone before the Nine Nether Rift exit closed. Ji Yuan escaped with several relics, while Tian Wenjing and Mei Xianji departed with secrets still unexplained.

• Tian Wenjing explained that the True Demon Finger Bone held a legacy in its runes and that scattered fragments contained hidden relics, while Blackflame Devil Lord, High Person Qianzhen, and Soul Hall Master were ordered to stay behind.
• Ji Yuan caught Ghost Shadow Old Devil trying to flee into the Demon Mercury Sea and killed him with the Azure Waves Sword's Zixiao Divine Thunder.
• Tian Wenjing revealed that Divine Sense could not locate the Finger-Bone Fragments, so Ji Yuan used his Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to find several and collected a map, a purple ring, a demonic crystal, a scale, and a bronze mask.
• The exit opened sooner than expected, and Ji Yuan used the Star-Treading Wheel to seize the final fragment and escape just before the fissure closed.
• Tian Wenjing and Mei Xianji left together after exchanging farewells with Ji Yuan, who suspected they had pursued a separate purpose in the rift.

After recovering from his battles in the Nine Nether Rift, Ji Yuan examined treasures taken from a True Demon and discovered a scale that might belong to a True Dragon. Elsewhere, Blackflame Devil Lord revealed Ji Yuan’s identity and strength to Xuanming, marking him as a threat.

• Ji Yuan sent the Soul Hall Master to the Abyssal Continent to contact Joyful Madam, then traveled west with Long Yun and entered the Blood Marrow Coffin to heal for a month.
• Blackflame Devil Lord traded Xuanming information about Ji Yuan for an Endless Life Pill, revealing Ji Yuan’s true name, origins, body cultivation, and powerful hidden abilities.
• After waking, Ji Yuan learned that Long Yun had reached the Endless Sea and examined five treasures recovered from the Nine Nether Rift.
• Ji Yuan identified a map fragment marked Moon-Burying River and gave Long Fei a Lightning-Averting Ring to help her survive her Transformation Lightning Tribulation.
• Ji Yuan examined a damaged blue-green scale and asked Long Fei whether it was a True Dragon Scale.

Ji Yuan prepared a secluded formation in the Endless Sea so Long Fei could undergo her Transformation Lightning Tribulation, then watched her endure six bolts and draw a seventh. As three powerful cultivators approached and challenged her presence, Ji Yuan revealed himself to protect her while she faced the remaining tribulation.

• Ji Yuan gave Long Fei the True Dragon Scale to study without absorbing its Dragon Qi, examined a mysterious soul-bearing crystal, refined the Formless Mask, and sent Void Spirit Bee corpses to Tu Yue.
• Ji Yuan traveled deep into the Endless Sea, found a secluded island basin, established the Strange Gate Eight Trigrams Formation, and assigned the Golden-Plume Thunder Roc and Dream Butterfly to guard two islands.
• After ten days, Long Fei swallowed the Transformation Grass and began her tribulation, surviving six increasingly powerful lightning bolts with the Lightning-Averting Ring's help.
• The tribulation clouds gathered again for a seventh strike, while three powerful auras approached from the north, south, and west and a cultivator claimed the sea as his territory.
• Ji Yuan told Long Fei to focus on her tribulation, stepped forward, and challenged the newcomers as they threatened his seclusion.

Ji Yuan fought off three demons who tried to seize Long Fei during her tribulation, while Long Fei survived all nine bolts and transformed into a human girl. As a second set of tribulation clouds gathered, Long Yun revealed that he had accidentally triggered his own Transformation Lightning Tribulation.

• Three demons confronted Ji Yuan and demanded that he release Long Fei, while the seventh bolt of tribulation lightning struck her and left her badly injured.
• The Golden-Plume Thunder Roc and Dream Butterfly intervened against the gray-robed elder and the beautiful woman, while Ji Yuan subdued and beheaded the middle-aged demon with his treasures and physical strength.
• Long Fei endured the eighth and ninth bolts of tribulation lightning, then emerged from the sea transformed into a human girl.
• New tribulation clouds gathered after Long Fei's transformation, and Long Yun told Ji Yuan that insights from the True Dragon Scale had accidentally triggered his own Transformation Lightning Tribulation.

Long Yun endured all nine bolts of his Heavenly Tribulation, transformed into human form, and joined Ji Yuan and Long Fei in returning to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain. After Ji Yuan destroyed two demon clans in the Endless Sea, he and Long Yun planned to conquer the Abyssal Continent and considered how Ji Yuan could advance his cultivation first.

• Long Yun survived the ninefold Tribulation Lightning with techniques drawn from the Five Elements, transformed into a young man, and received the Dao-Rhyme Legacy.
• Long Yun greeted Ji Yuan as Master and Long Fei as Big Sister; Ji Yuan told both dragons to call him Young Master and sent them back to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to recover.
• Ji Yuan traveled into the depths of the Endless Sea and killed every Fourth-Order Demon Beast from two clans, then headed back with the Golden-Plume Thunder Roc.
• After recovering, Long Yun joined Ji Yuan and suggested bringing Yun Qianzai to help break the Black-and-White Divine Hall’s formation when they conquered the Abyssal Continent.
• Long Yun advised Ji Yuan to reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage before attacking the Black-and-White Divine Hall, and Ji Yuan said he already had an idea for advancing.

Feng Zhitáo learned that the Yang Household wanted to bind her to three hundred years of service, while Yun Qianzai resolved to help her escape if necessary. After hearing that Ji Yuan had killed a Half-Step Spirit Transformation Demon Mo, Ji Yuan learned of Feng Zhitáo’s predicament in Taiyi City and set out to confront the Yang Household.

• Feng Zhitáo told Yun Qianzai she could return the Nascent Soul Immortal Vine, but he explained that the Yang Household wanted her to swear a Divine Soul oath and serve as their guest elder for three hundred years.
• Yun Qianzai promised to take Feng Zhitáo away if the Yang Household moved against her, and they decided to wait for Ji Yuan to return.
• A sect Communication Sword Talisman announced that Ji Yuan was a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator who could unleash Nascent Soul Late Stage strength and had helped kill a Half-Step Spirit Transformation Demon Mo.
• Ji Yuan searched Baku Herb Hall for rare ingredients for the Mystic Nascent Pill but could not find the Earthcore Fire Lotus or Nine-Leaf Soul-Returning Herb.
• Ji Yuan overheard two Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples discussing the Yang Household’s demand that Feng Zhitáo serve them for three hundred years, then appeared before them and demanded that they repeat what they had said.
• After hearing the disciples’ account, Ji Yuan vanished, while they agreed to keep their encounter secret and go into seclusion.

Ji Yuan realized the Yang Household’s pressure on Feng Zhitáo was a move against Yun Qianzai and Formation Peak, then arranged for Yun to consult Sancai Zhenren while Feng and Long Fei prepared a retreat. The chapter ended with a powerful old man appearing undetected in the courtyard and calling Ji Yuan “Wine Immortal.”

• Ji Yuan and Long Yun reasoned that True Lord Lihuo and Artifact Peak were using the Yang Household to target Yun Qianzai and Formation Peak.
• Ji Yuan met Feng Zhitáo and Yun Qianzai, learned that the Taiyi Immortal Sect had not publicized his Meteor Cannon, and confirmed that True Lord Lihuo backed the Yang Household.
• Ji Yuan told Yun Qianzai to ask Sancai Zhenren what support Formation Peak would offer and whether they could destroy the Yang Household, while Feng Zhitáo was sent to prepare the Water Dragon Sect to relocate.
• Ji Yuan introduced Long Fei and gave Yun Qianzai, Feng Zhitáo, and Long Fei Netherflame Life-Burning Brew, which could raise their cultivation to Nascent Soul Peak at the cost of fifty years of lifespan.
• After Yun Qianzai and Feng Zhitáo departed, Ji Yuan told Long Yun he wanted to test the Taiyi Immortal Sect before claiming the Abyssal Depths.
• An old man appeared without Ji Yuan detecting him, and Ji Yuan recognized his Spirit Transformation-level power before the man called him “Wine Immortal.”

Ji Yuan negotiated with the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal over the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s interest in his Meteor Cannon, revealing that he planned to take the Abyssal Continent. He then used the True Dragon Scale and other resources to upgrade the Fish Pond, which transformed into the Dragon Pool.

• Ji Yuan recognized the Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal as his master Hua Yaoyue’s trusted contact, and the old man offered to negotiate with the Taiyi Immortal Sect over the Meteor Cannon.
• Ji Yuan agreed to let the Taiyi Immortal Sect study the cannon for a suitable price, provided they returned it, and revealed that he intended to take the Abyssal Continent.
• The Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal agreed to discuss Ji Yuan’s terms with the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Grand Elder and advised Ji Yuan to remain in Taiyi City.
• Ji Yuan met Long Yun in the Fish Pond, and Long Yun reasoned that the Taiyi Immortal Sect supported the Black-and-White Divine Hall.
• Ji Yuan spent eight hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, five Fourth-Tier Demon Cores, a Fourth-Tier Blazing-Fire Flood Dragon corpse, and a True Dragon Scale to upgrade the Fish Pond.
• The Fish Pond transformed into a violet-gold sea, and its new name appeared on the Panel: Dragon Pool: Lv6.

Ji Yuan discovered that the upgraded Dragon Pool could nurture True Dragons and traded Ageless Evergreen Water to obtain the ingredients and Nascent Soul Qi needed for Mystic Nascent Pills. After securing five portions of Nascent Soul Qi, he was offered a long-term partnership with the Rare Objects Studio.

• Ji Yuan saw the Fish Pond become a Level Six Dragon Pool, whose Spirit Effects could nurture True Dragons and let him wield Dragon Might.
• Tu Yue reported that the upgrade had produced three Ice Flood Dragons and that a Silver-Scaled Spirit Fish had mutated into a Chi Dragon hatchling.
• Ji Yuan went to Taiyi City in disguise and bought the Mystic Nascent Pill ingredients from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Heavenly Crafts Pavilion.
• Ji Yuan traded Ageless Evergreen Water for one portion of Nascent Soul Qi and hired the Rare Objects Studio to acquire four more portions within five days.
• Ji Yuan collected the four additional portions of Nascent Soul Qi, completing the materials needed for five Mystic Nascent Pills.
• The old woman offered Ji Yuan a long-term partnership in which the Rare Objects Studio would supply rare ingredients and Nascent Soul Qi while he handled pill refining.

Ji Yuan negotiated with the Taiyi Immortal Sect to lend it the Meteor Cannon for three years in exchange for protection, then publicly challenged every Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Yang Household to a life-and-death battle three years later. After arranging his affairs in Taiyi City, he departed to seek a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

• Ji Yuan refused the Rare Objects Studio's proposed pill-refining partnership and disguised himself repeatedly to ensure no one was following him.
• Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal told Ji Yuan that the Taiyi Immortal Sect would study the Meteor Cannon for three years, publicly name him an Inner Sect Elder, and protect him; he also gave Ji Yuan a Protective Locust Leaf.
• Hanging Gourd Loose Immortal warned Ji Yuan that Ye Zhen would help the Black-and-White Divine Hall survive one life-or-death crisis, then Yun Qianzai arranged a meeting with Three Talents High Person.
• Three Talents High Person allowed Ji Yuan to destroy the Yang Household, and Yun Qianzai revealed that Yang Kun had slaughtered Qingyang City's three hundred thousand residents to cultivate the Blood Soul Art.
• Taiyi Immortal Sect proclaimed Ji Yuan an Inner Sect Elder, and Ji Yuan declared that he would challenge every Nascent Soul Cultivator of the Yang Household at a life-and-death arena in three years.
• After a month in seclusion, Ji Yuan left Taiyi City through its southern Teleportation Harbor, determined to reach the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Ji Yuan refined five high-grade Mystic Nascent Pills and used one to begin his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. While he cultivated, the Yang Household learned the Taiyi Immortal Sect had uncovered its massacre of Qingyang City and planned an escape and a final confrontation; Ji Yuan emerged from seclusion with only half a year left before the arena.

• Ji Yuan spent days refining five Mystic Nascent Pills, purified them with Zixiao Divine Thunder, and tempered them through a Pill Tribulation.
• Ji Yuan entered seclusion in the Lingtai Fangcun Grotto, swallowed a Mystic Nascent Pill, and began his breakthrough.
• Yang Dingtian told Yang Lie, Yang Kun, and Yang Wan that the Taiyi Immortal Sect knew Yang Kun had slaughtered Qingyang City's three hundred thousand mortals.
• Yang Dingtian sent Yang Wan to take descendants and resources to the Dark Profound Cult, then declared that he alone would face Ji Yuan in the arena in three years.
• Ji Yuan emerged from two and a half years of seclusion, learned from Tu Yue that only half a year remained, checked his Panel, and left the grotto.

Dan Xuzi and Jian Wuchen agreed they should apologize to Ji Yuan for attacking the Cloud-Rain Sect, while the Hundred-Blossom Immortal and Yun Qianzai trusted that Ji Yuan was preparing for his duel with Yang Dingtian. On the appointed day, cultivators gathered at Unknown Mountain, but Ji Yuan had still not appeared.

• Dan Xuzi warned Jian Wuchen that Yang Dingtian was a formidable Nascent Soul Peak cultivator, and the two agreed to offer Ji Yuan an apology for their sects’ attack on the Cloud-Rain Sect.
• Hua Ling told the Hundred-Blossom Immortal that rumors of Ji Yuan’s whereabouts had all proved false, and the Hundred-Blossom Immortal insisted he would keep his promise to fight Yang Dingtian.
• Yun Qianzai reassured Feng Zhitáo that Ji Yuan’s disappearance likely meant he was in seclusion preparing for a decisive victory.
• Nascent Soul Cultivators from across the Desolate Ancient Continent arrived in Taiyi City as speculation about Ji Yuan and Yang Dingtian’s duel spread.
• On the appointed day, cultivators traveled to Unknown Mountain, where the Taiyi Immortal Sect checked their identities and prepared the battle platform, while Ji Yuan remained missing.

Nascent Soul cultivators gathered at Unknown Mountain to watch Ji Yuan’s life-and-death duel with the Yang Household, while his enemies and allies reacted to his growing power. As the crowd began to doubt he would appear, Ji Yuan arrived riding a Fourth-Tier Mid Stage Chi Dragon and challenged the Yang Household to send someone to die.

• Blackflame Devil Lord arrived at Unknown Mountain, while Fairy Mei explained to Tian Wenjing why he hated Ji Yuan and took her son to watch the duel.
• On an unnamed island, Mei Zhuang concluded that Ji Yuan would defeat the Yang Household and decided to flee with Lu Yingying to seek his elder brother.
• Feng Zhitáo and Yun Qianzai waited anxiously at Unknown Mountain, where the Hundred-Blossom Immortal also arrived.
• Yang Dingtian, Yang Ti, and Yang Kun arrived beneath a golden Great Sun, and their pressure convinced many spectators that Ji Yuan could not win.
• When Ji Yuan had not appeared by dusk, Bai Yunzi rebuked the spectators who jeered at him, and Yang Kun demanded an explanation from True Person Tai'er.
• True Person Tai'er announced Ji Yuan’s arrival, and Ji Yuan rode a Fourth-Tier Mid Stage Chi Dragon to the arena and challenged the Yang Household.

Ji Yuan challenged Yang Dingtian to avenge Qingyang City's three hundred thousand victims and defend his senior sister, then fought the Nascent Soul Peak patriarch in the arena. As Yang Dingtian unleashed his ultimate technique, Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful at the Nascent Soul Peak.

• Ji Yuan appeared at Unknown Mountain, taunted the Yang Household, and exposed its massacre of Qingyang City and enslavement of his senior sister.
• Yang Dingtian entered the arena and fought Ji Yuan, who revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation and destroyed the Earth-Covering Wutu Banner with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain.
• Ji Yuan's Thousand-Whorl Sword Domain and repeated Zixiao Needle Thunder attacks damaged Yang Dingtian's treasures and defenses, and Ji Yuan shattered his Single-Breath Barrier with a punch.
• Yang Dingtian summoned the Sky-Shaking Silk and unleashed Nine Dragons Suppressing Hell, trapping Ji Yuan beneath nine Xuanhuang dragons.
• Ji Yuan activated the Pigsty Spirit Effect and transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful at the Nascent Soul Peak.

Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful and defeated Yang Dingtian’s Nine Dragons Suppressing Hell, then fought with the Ant Queen and Long Yun to survive Yang Dingtian’s desperate final attacks. Ji Yuan killed Yang Dingtian, captured his Nascent Soul, and stood victorious as he asked the gathered cultivators, “Who else?”

• Ji Yuan transformed into Demon Venerable Black Baleful, reaching Nascent Soul Peak, and fought through Yang Dingtian’s nine Xuanhuang Divine Dragons with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and the Azure Waves Swords.
• Ji Yuan shattered all nine dragons and wounded Yang Dingtian, who summoned a Nascent Soul Late Stage wolf demon to block the attack; the Ant Queen appeared and confronted the wolf demon at Nascent Soul Peak.
• Ji Yuan battered Yang Dingtian while the Ant Queen killed the wolf demon, then the Ant Queen merged with her Blazing-Fire Army Ants and struck Yang Dingtian as Ji Yuan landed a crushing blow.
• After Ji Yuan’s hundred-breath transformation ended, Yang Dingtian burned his Nascent Soul Origin and trapped Ji Yuan with earth-vein power while launching three final killing moves; the Ant Queen shielded Ji Yuan from the falling sword.
• Long Yun appeared and broke Yang Dingtian’s halberd with Five Dragons Paying Homage, then beheaded him; Ji Yuan captured Yang Dingtian’s fleeing Nascent Soul in a divine lightning net.
• Ji Yuan faced the silent cultivators gathered at Unknown Mountain and asked, “Who else?”

Ji Yuan killed Yang Dingtian, ending the Yang Household’s rule in Taiyi City, then recovered inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain as his Spirit-Devouring Bee Queen advanced and the Beehive reached Level Five. He examined Yang Dingtian’s Storage Bag and considered how upgrading his Cave and Cave Abode had helped him survive the duel.

• True Person Tai'er declared Ji Yuan the winner, sealed Yang Lie and Yang Kun, and took them away for the Pill Cauldron Sect’s Punishment Peak to judge.
• Nascent Soul Cultivators across Unknown Mountain congratulated Ji Yuan, while Yun Qianzai declared that Ji Yuan alone could ascend the peak alongside him.
• Feng Zhitáo and Hundred-Blossom Immortal caught Ji Yuan when he pretended to faint, then carried him to a quiet courtyard to recover.
• Inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, Ji Yuan learned that Ant Queen was recovering, Long Yun would recover from his secret art, and Bee Queen had advanced to the Fourth Tier.
• Ji Yuan spent 30,000 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and two Fourth-Tier beast cores to upgrade the Beehive to Level Five, unlocking Spirit-Devouring Honey.
• Ji Yuan examined Yang Dingtian’s Storage Bag and agreed with Tu Yue that recent upgrades to the Cave and Cave Abode had strengthened Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and helped him withstand the Heaven-Shaking Seal.

Ji Yuan examined the upgrades to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain’s Cave Abode and Heavenly Grotto, learning how they improved cultivation, teleportation, concealment, and the ability to shelter others. The chapter ended when Yun Qianzai threatened to tell Hundred-Blossom Immortal and Feng Zhitáo that Ji Yuan planned to take them both as Dao companions.

• Ji Yuan recalled gathering one hundred strands of Mortal Dust Aura during six months in the mortal world and using them to raise the Cave Abode to Level Five.
• Ji Yuan activated the Cave Abode’s Teleportation Formation and saw that it could connect to several formations around Taiyi City.
• Ji Yuan inspected the Cave Abode’s Level Six requirements and learned that its upgraded formation could eventually enable intercontinental teleportation.
• Ji Yuan examined the Heavenly Grotto’s Level Three effects, including stronger power, concealment from cultivators one major realm higher, and space for up to ten outsiders.
• Tu Yue heard Ji Yuan chuckle as he imagined sheltering his sect inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and releasing them to overwhelm an enemy.
• Yun Qianzai contacted Ji Yuan and threatened to tell Hundred-Blossom Immortal and Feng Zhitáo that he intended to take them both as Dao companions.