Chapter Summaries

Ji Yuan reunited with Hua Yaoyue and his senior brothers and sisters, sharing a feast that revealed his new ice arts and introduced him to the potency of Fourth-Order Demon Beast meat. The gathering ended with Ji Yuan asking about Dan Yuan Fruit as he began preparing for Golden Core Formation.

• Ji Yuan showed Hua Yaoyue his ice-attributed spiritual energy and asked about the Taiyi Profound Yang Talisman, but she could not draw it.
• Ji Yuan prepared a hotpot feast, and Yun Qianzai, Ran Kui, and Feng Zhitáo returned to join him and Hua Yaoyue.
• Hua Yaoyue produced a Fourth-Order Demon Beast wing for the meal, and she told Ji Yuan that Mei Zhuang was a Heavenly Thunder Violet Luo Eagle.
• Ji Yuan found that Fourth-Order Demon Beast meat strengthened both his body and spiritual energy, and considered seeking more after reaching Nascent Soul.
• After checking his [Spirit Field] and seeing its Dan Yuan Fruit effect, Ji Yuan asked his companions what the fruit was used for.

Ji Yuan learned that Dan Yuan Fruit could aid Golden Core formation and set about gathering the materials to upgrade his Spirit Field, with Hua Yaoyue arranging the scarce Danyang Soil. After visiting Bai Piao and Du Wanyi, he learned Bai Piao was leaving for Shang Mountain, and the chapter ended as Du Wanyi raised her skirt to show Ji Yuan her leg.

• Ran Kui explained that Dan Yuan Fruit increased the chance of forming a Golden Core, but the Danyuan Fruit Tree in Shangxi had withered a century earlier.
• Ji Yuan asked Feng Zhitáo for ten jin of Danyang Soil to upgrade his Spirit Field, and Hua Yaoyue secured it through Senior Uncle Xuan Xiao.
• Ran Kui agreed to stay at the sect for another year and train his junior disciples, prompting Ji Yuan and Feng Zhitáo to leave before training began.
• Ji Yuan visited Bai Piao, learned he was going to Shang Mountain to earn merit toward a Foundation Establishment Pill, and exchanged supplies for Bai Piao's Profound Yin Soil.
• Ji Yuan traveled to Taian Island to see Du Wanyi, and she tearfully welcomed him before lifting her skirt to show him her thigh.

Ji Yuan upgraded the [Spirit Field] to Level Five and secured its Dan Yuan Fruit before investigating its new effects. He then slaughtered Spirit Pigs for Scarlet Yang Bones, while the timid Tuesday revealed its rapid growth and unusual talent.

• Ji Yuan gave Du Wanyi Improved Qi-Blood Pills that rapidly healed her hidden injuries, then learned she had not heard from Dong Qian.
• Feng Zhitáo delivered Danyang Soil to Ji Yuan and teased him about returning early to see Du Wanyi.
• Ji Yuan used his gathered materials to upgrade the [Spirit Field] to Level Five, producing a Dan Yuan Fruit and revealing new effects tied to wood affinity and Nascent-Soul Fruits.
• Ji Yuan began slaughtering Level Four [Pigsty] Spirit Pigs to search for Scarlet Yang Bones, and Tuesday emerged as a Second Tier Ice Flood Dragon.
• Ji Yuan fed Tuesday a blood-marked Spirit Pig, then sensed a powerful surge of yang energy inside another one he had cut open.

Ji Yuan found a rare Scarlet Yang Bone and began using it to temper his physique while preparing pills. Meanwhile, Mei Zhuang reunited with surviving Shang Court figures, learned of a planned invasion of Shangdong, and arranged for Dan Yangzi to warn the Six Immortal Sects; the chapter ended with Island Lord Yunmiao asking whether Ji Yuan was Mei Zhuang’s disciple.

• Ji Yuan found one Scarlet Yang Bone among more than a hundred Spirit Pigs and used it to practice Skin Tempering and the Walking Stance.
• Ji Yuan had Yin Boy dissect the remaining pigs, then returned to his courtyard to prepare Qi-Blood Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Mei Zhuang arrived at a meeting with Island Lord Yunmiao, Dan Yangzi, Lin Cuicui, and Werewolf, who submitted to his authority.
• Mei Zhuang told the group that Shangxi and the Abyssal Continent planned to attack the Six Immortal Sects of Shangdong, then proposed leaking the news to the sects through Dan Yangzi.
• Island Lord Yunmiao returned after the others left and asked Mei Zhuang whether Ji Yuan had truly become his disciple and joined the Shang Court.

Mei Zhuang worried that Shang Court could not stop the alliance of the Shangxi Demonic Cultivators and the Abyssal Continent, while Ji Yuan refined pills, visited Dong Qian, and expanded his cultivation resources. After sensing Dong Qian might be preparing to leave, Ji Yuan returned to cultivating and unlocked the Scripture Pavilion, which could not yet be upgraded.

• Mei Zhuang learned that the Shangxi Demonic Cultivators and the Abyssal Continent planned to attack the Six Immortal Sects, but he found the sects too divided to rely on.
• Ji Yuan refined two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills, read his accumulated messages, and learned that Soft Hands had formed her Golden Core.
• Ji Yuan visited Dong Qian on Fox Moon Island, spent ten days with her, and left after she drove him away because she could not keep up with him.
• Ji Yuan returned to Carefree Island and resumed cultivating, using the Spirit Vein, Spirit Stones, Tri-color Spirit Eggs, and the Dao Comprehension Chamber.
• Ji Yuan organized his collection of spells and cultivation techniques into a Scripture Pavilion, which appeared at level one but could not be upgraded without more materials.

Ji Yuan gathered Golden Core Cultivation Techniques from his sectmates and Hua Yaoyue, then upgraded the Scripture Pavilion to Level One. He discovered that it displayed his technique proficiency and revealed milestones for advancing his sword cultivation.

• Ji Yuan asked Dong Qian and Feng Zhitáo for Golden Core Cultivation Techniques, and Feng Zhitáo gave him the Unceasing Wutu Art and offered to contact their senior brothers.
• Ji Yuan visited Hua Yaoyue, gave her the Spirit-Cutting Technique, and received twenty-four Golden Core Cultivation Techniques from her.
• Feng Zhitáo, Yun Qianzai, Ran Kui, and Ji Yuan gathered for hotpot, and Yun Qianzai and Ran Kui gave Ji Yuan ten more Golden Core Cultivation Techniques.
• Ji Yuan placed the techniques in the Scripture Pavilion and upgraded it to Level One with one hundred Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and three Second-Order Demon Cores.
• Ji Yuan cultivated in the pavilion for about twenty days and saw his Azure Billows Nine Tribulations Sword Canon proficiency rise to 75, with milestones at eighty and one hundred.

Ji Yuan learned the level two [Scripture Pavilion] could increase spell proficiency and then joined his lineage’s mission to investigate disappearances on Black Dragon Island. As he prepared to leave, he discovered the mission had begun with Ran Kui and received a message from Dong Qian.

• Ji Yuan checked the [Scripture Pavilion] and learned its spirit effects increased cultivation technique proficiency and spell proficiency through practice.
• After a month of cultivation, Ji Yuan received urgent messages and went to Carefree Island, where his master’s lineage accepted a mission to investigate disappearances on Black Dragon Island and protect its Black Dragon Stone.
• Yun Qianzai falsely accused Black Dragon Island’s ancestor, Black Tortoise True Person, of the abductions, then admitted his claim came from storybook logic.
• Feng Zhitáo told Ji Yuan that Black Dragon Island’s sect master had first appealed to Ran Kui, who accepted the mission before the sect master formally arranged it.
• Ji Yuan prepared for the journey by gathering his corpse puppets, banners, Demonic Dao Spirit Artifacts, Spirit-Devouring Bee, and Monday.
• As Ji Yuan took out Dong Qian’s Communication Talisman, she contacted him first and said she had something to tell him.

Dong Qian departed for several months, while Ji Yuan exchanged gifts with Du Wanyi before joining his seniors on a mission to Black Dragon Island. After two of the island’s Elders vanished during their arrival, Ji Yuan learned that all four missing Elders had opposed Li Yuan.

• Dong Qian left Carefree Island and asked Ji Yuan to wait for her return, while Ji Yuan promised to visit the sect if he had not been assigned to Shang Mountain.
• Du Wanyi gave Ji Yuan a cyan spirit robe, and Ji Yuan gave her pills, Peerless Wine, and three water-element spells before departing for Fire Phoenix Island.
• Ran Kui led Ji Yuan, Feng Zhitáo, and Yun Qianzai aboard a Peak-Grade Spirit Artifact Tower-Ship Flying Boat to Black Dragon Island, where they shared Peerless Wine and Qi-Blood Pills during the journey.
• Li Yuan met the group at Black Dragon Island and explained that a Foundation Establishment Elder and several Qi Refining disciples had vanished, even when witnesses were present.
• After the group arrived, Li Yuan learned that Elders Huang and Zheng had disappeared from the Black Dragon Stone, and Ran Kui set out with him to investigate.
• Yun Qianzai told Ji Yuan that the four missing Elders had all been known opponents of Li Yuan.

Ji Yuan and his fellow Water Dragon Sect disciples investigated Black Dragon Island, where cultivators had vanished and the island’s elders seemed to be hiding something. After encountering Situ Feng and discovering signs of a Demonic Cultivator near the Black Dragon Stone, Ran Kui ordered his disciples to take the stone and capture Li Yuan.

• Ji Yuan and the others suspected Li Yuan was involved in the disappearances and noticed that Black Dragon Island had sent too few guards to protect the Black Dragon Stone.
• Feng Yichen, now known as Situ Feng, warned the group that a Three-Eyed Dark Beast was abducting people, then privately admitted to Ji Yuan that he had invented the story.
• Ji Yuan told his companions that Situ Feng was a Shang Court Nascent Soul cultivator who had seized Feng Yichen’s body, and warned them that the island’s situation was dangerous.
• The disciples entered the cavern, found the Black Dragon Stone, and discovered traces of Demon-Subduing Talismans along the passage.
• Ran Kui concluded that a Demonic Cultivator was targeting the Water Dragon Sect and that Li Yuan likely knew about the threat, then ordered Yun Qianzai to take the stone and Feng Zhitáo to help him seize Li Yuan.

Feng Yichen arranged for Crossing-Sea Old Devil to travel to the Abyssal Continent while discussing Holy Mother's plans. On Black Dragon Island, Ji Yuan and his senior brothers retrieved the Black Dragon Stone, confronted Li Yuan, and learned that Black Tortoise True Person had already died.

• Feng Yichen told the portly man and Deng Heming to remain on Star Island and cultivate rather than return early to the sect.
• Feng Yichen told his lover that Crossing-Sea Old Devil had agreed to travel to the Abyssal Continent, and she warned him that Mei Zhuang planned to act.
• Yun Qianzai dismantled the formation around the Black Dragon Stone, and Ran Kui suppressed the released resentment and took the treasure.
• Ji Yuan and the others returned to the surface, sensed a fast-moving aura, and heard that another Black Dragon Island elder had disappeared.
• Yun Qianzai trapped Li Yuan in a formation, and Ran Kui demanded an explanation about the imprisoned Demonic Cultivator.
• Li Yuan revealed that Black Tortoise True Person was his martial uncle and Black Dragon Island's supreme elder, but had already passed away in meditation.

Ji Yuan and the Water Dragon Sect cultivators investigated Black Dragon Island, confirmed Black Tortoise True Person was dead, and agreed to hunt the Three-Eyed Dark Beast after three days. As they tried to leave, Li Yuan betrayed them, and after Ran Kui killed him, Black Tortoise True Person suddenly awoke and thanked them for freeing him.

• Li Yuan revealed that Black Tortoise True Person had died while cultivating demonic arts, and the elders brought out his corpse for the Water Dragon Sect to inspect.
• Ran Kui confirmed Black Tortoise True Person was dead, and the group decided to leave and return in three days to slay the Three-Eyed Dark Beast.
• Ji Yuan suspected Feng Yichen had another purpose and persuaded Ran Kui to withdraw and observe Black Dragon Island before acting.
• Yun Qianzai announced that the group would kill the Three-Eyed Dark Beast in three days, and Li Yuan pledged to join them.
• As the four tried to leave, Ji Yuan noticed Li Yuan’s strange smile and warned Ran Kui, who was struck by a lightning Formation at the island’s edge.
• Ran Kui attacked Li Yuan, then killed him with the Heavenly Venom Needles; Black Tortoise True Person opened his eyes and said he had been freed.

Ji Yuan and his senior siblings fought the Crossing-Sea Old Devil and his Three-Eyed Dark Beast on Black Dragon Island. Ji Yuan killed the beast with his Spirit-Devouring Bees, then prepared to unleash his Italian Cannon on the Old Devil while his allies held him in place.

• Feng Zhitáo and Ran Kui attacked Black Tortoise True Person, who drained the escorting elders to regain his cultivation and reveal himself as the Crossing-Sea Old Devil.
• The Crossing-Sea Old Devil summoned his Three-Eyed Dark Beast, while Yun Qianzai began breaking Black Dragon Island’s protective Formation and Ji Yuan volunteered to face the beast.
• Ji Yuan released his Spirit-Devouring Bees, which stung the beast’s third eye and drained its spiritual energy until it died; he stored its corpse.
• The Crossing-Sea Old Devil battered Ran Kui and Feng Zhitáo as Yun Qianzai broke the Formation, and Ji Yuan asked his allies to hold the Old Devil for ten breaths.
• Ran Kui, Yun Qianzai, and Feng Zhitáo agreed to help Ji Yuan, who prepared to use his Italian Cannon against the Crossing-Sea Old Devil.

Ji Yuan fired the fully charged third setting of the [Spirit-Energy Cannon], destroying Crossing-Sea Old Devil but nearly killing Yun Qianzai and injuring Ran Kui. As the survivors regrouped, the old devil’s severed hand seized Ji Yuan and carried him east over the sea.

• Ran Kui, Feng Zhitáo, and Yun Qianzai attacked Crossing-Sea Old Devil while Hua Yaoyue rushed toward Black Dragon Island and Kong Xifeng concealed her departure.
• Ji Yuan spent 10,235 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones charging the third setting of the [Spirit-Energy Cannon] as Crossing-Sea Old Devil transformed his body into a powerful corpse.
• Crossing-Sea Old Devil broke free of Feng Zhitáo’s Jade Elixir and resisted the group’s attacks, so Yun Qianzai swallowed a Demon Core and trapped him with his transformed tentacles.
• Ji Yuan fired the [Spirit-Energy Cannon], obliterating most of Yun Qianzai’s tentacles and destroying Crossing-Sea Old Devil except for a severed hand.
• Feng Zhitáo saved the barely living Yun Qianzai while Ran Kui treated his injuries, but Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s severed hand seized Ji Yuan and dragged him east.

Ji Yuan was abducted east by Crossing-Sea Old Devil and learned that people from the Abyssal Continent planned to cross Fallen Immortal Ravine. Hua Yaoyue arrived at Black Dragon Island and pursued him, while Ji Yuan escaped the devil’s grip inside the ravine and destroyed his Divine Soul.

• Feng Zhitáo left Ran Kui and the injured Yun Qianzai on Black Dragon Island and flew east after Ji Yuan.
• Crossing-Sea Old Devil carried Ji Yuan toward Fallen Immortal Ravine and revealed that people from the Abyssal Continent intended to cross into Cangluo Continent.
• Ji Yuan pretended to cooperate with Crossing-Sea Old Devil and entered Fallen Immortal Ravine aboard the Wind Sophora Flying Boat.
• Hua Yaoyue arrived at Black Dragon Island, sheltered Ran Kui, Yun Qianzai, and Feng Zhitáo, then flew east to find Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan tested the ravine’s dangerous route with wooden dummies and realized he could retreat despite Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s warning.
• Ji Yuan trapped Crossing-Sea Old Devil with the Heavenly Thunder Net and struck his severed hand with a Heavenly Venom Needle, scattering his Divine Soul in the gale.

Ji Yuan escaped Fallen Immortal Ravine with treasures taken from Crossing-Sea Old Devil and reunited with Hua Yaoyue and his surviving martial siblings. He revealed the enemy alliance against Shangdong, shared the spoils, and discovered that Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s human-skin map was a sea chart spanning the route between continents.

• Ji Yuan repaired the Heavenly Venom Needles with Jade-Grease, then found a Yin Ghost Sect Skeleton Token, an inheritance-bearing cheekbone, and a human-skin sheet in Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s finger-bone storage space.
• Ji Yuan safely left Fallen Immortal Ravine and told Hua Yaoyue that the Shang Court in Shangxi had contacted the Abyssal Depths Continent to coordinate an attack on Shangdong.
• Hua Yaoyue took Ji Yuan back to Black Dragon Island, where he reunited with Feng Zhitáo, Ran Kui, and Yun Qianzai, and they returned west together.
• Ji Yuan and his martial siblings divided the Three-Eyed Dark Beast’s remains and the treasures from Li Yuan’s Storage Bag.
• Ji Yuan examined the human-skin sheet, recognized it as Crossing-Sea Old Devil’s sea chart between the continents, and told Hua Yaoyue about it.

Ji Yuan returned to Carefree Island while Hua Yaoyue warned Kong Xifeng that the Abyssal Continent’s Demonic Dao threatened the Six Immortal Sects and demanded four Fixed-Point Teleportation Tokens as compensation. Kong Xifeng uncovered Situ Feng’s role in contacting the Crossing-Sea Old Devil, tested his reaction, and destroyed his Nascent Soul.

• Ji Yuan discussed the Yin Ghost Sect token and Demonic Dao inheritance with Hua Yaoyue, then returned to Carefree Island to prepare for cultivation.
• Hua Yaoyue visited Kong Xifeng and revealed that the Demonic Dao in Shangxi had sought the Crossing-Sea Old Devil, who she had killed, and that Situ Feng had arranged contact with him.
• Hua Yaoyue asked Kong Xifeng to secure four Fixed-Point Teleportation Tokens for her disciples, and Kong Xifeng agreed to speak with the other sect leaders.
• Kong Xifeng went to Yellow Maple Island and confronted Situ Feng, claiming the Holy Mother had sent her to punish him for exposing the plan to contact the Abyssal Continent.
• When Situ Feng reacted to her accusations, Kong Xifeng confirmed his identity and crushed his Nascent Soul.

Ji Yuan learned that Kong Xifeng had killed Situ Feng, then studied the Yin-Transforming Spirit-Absorption Scripture and considered how its recovery technique could complement the Spirit-Cutting Technique. After Hua Yaoyue secured him two Spirit-Energy Cannons, she hinted that she would obtain the Demon Cores he needed when the sect was destroyed, leaving Ji Yuan anxious about the coming war.

• Ji Yuan questioned Hua Yaoyue about Situ Feng's death, and she assured him she had witnessed it herself.
• Ji Yuan tested the Yin Ghost Sect token but failed to open its gate, then inherited and studied the Yin-Transforming Spirit-Absorption Scripture.
• Ji Yuan found that the Scripture could restore cultivation by absorbing spiritual energy and could produce corrosive Yin-Transforming Divine Water, but its initiation required slowly corroding ten suitable cultivators.
• Ji Yuan discovered that several building upgrades required many rare Monster Cores, then gave Hua Yaoyue a sea chart and showed her the inherited technique.
• Hua Yaoyue warned Ji Yuan that relying too heavily on the Star-Absorbing Art could make breakthroughs harder, then obtained two Spirit-Energy Cannons for him from Kong Xifeng.
• When Ji Yuan asked for Third-Order Demon Cores, Hua Yaoyue said she would get them when the sect was destroyed, leaving him worried about the war and his future.

Ji Yuan broke through to Peak Foundation Establishment by tempering his body in the depths of Boundless Marsh, where he encountered a Fourth-Order Demon Beast protected by Hua Yaoyue’s favor. Three months later, he condensed his eighth flying sword’s Sword Embryo and named it Giant Gate.

• Ji Yuan upgraded two Spirit-Energy Cannons, swallowed Profound Yang Blood Amber, and searched Boundless Marsh for enough pressure to advance his physique.
• Ji Yuan found an abyss and practiced the Standing Stance under immense water pressure, breaking through to Peak Foundation Establishment.
• Ji Yuan killed a Second-Tier Mid Stage turtle Demon Beast, then encountered a sentient Fourth-Order Demon Beast that ordered him to leave because he carried Hua Yaoyue’s aura.
• Ji Yuan fled the abyss, returned to Carefree Island, and resumed studying the Sword Canon while wondering about Hua Yaoyue and Dong Qian.
• Three months later, Ji Yuan reached Sword Canon proficiency 80 and condensed his eighth flying sword’s Sword Embryo near Fallen Star River, naming it Giant Gate.

Ji Yuan visited Hua Yaoyue, gained a sliver of insight from her breakthrough, and asked her to help him reach Medicine King Valley’s Ageless Spring to form an Evergreen Sword. Meanwhile, Kong Xifeng gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators from the six sects and revealed that the Demonic Dao planned to attack Shangdong with help from the Abyssal Continent.

• Ji Yuan told Hua Yaoyue that he had reached Peak Foundation Establishment in Body Refining, and she advised him about the Martial God Continent and the need to stay strong while seeking longevity.
• Hua Yaoyue gained insight from Ji Yuan’s words about flowing water, and Ji Yuan shared a brief, calming glimpse of her opportunity.
• Ji Yuan showed Hua Yaoyue his eight Azure Waves Sword Embryos and asked to condense an Evergreen Sword at Medicine King Valley’s Ageless Spring, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Kong Xifeng met Apothecary King, Xu Sheng, the Joyful Madam, the Ten Spirits Ancestor, and Lu Shi in a secluded valley, where they argued before Lu Shi brought the gathering to order.
• Kong Xifeng warned the assembled Nascent Soul Cultivators that the Demonic Dao in Shangxi had joined forces with the Abyssal Continent to attack Shangdong.
• Xu Sheng challenged an unseen arrival to come down, and Mei Zhuang descended into the valley to greet the gathered cultivators.

Mei Zhuang urged Shangdong’s sect leaders to seek help from the Spirit-Communing High Person as Shangxi and the Abyssal Continent threatened them. Meanwhile, Ji Yuan devised a way to cultivate the Star-Absorbing Art by killing Demonic Cultivators and learned from Li Changhe that Shangdong was unlikely to hold.

• Mei Zhuang revealed that Dan Yangzi had concealed his warning about Shangxi, and he explained that Shangxi was preparing a full-scale attack.
• The Ten Spirits Ancestor laid out surrender, escape, or relocating the sects as Shangdong’s choices, while the leaders struggled to find a way to defend themselves.
• Mei Zhuang criticized the leaders for being unwilling to sacrifice themselves or abandon their sects, then proposed seeking aid from a powerful cultivator.
• Mei Zhuang named the Spirit-Communing High Person as a possible ally beyond the Cangluo Continent, startling the Apothecary King with the possibility that he was still alive.
• Ji Yuan cultivated in the underground Spirit Vein and considered killing Demonic Cultivators to advance the Star-Absorbing Art.
• Li Changhe arrived at Carefree Island and warned Ji Yuan that Shangxi’s forces were massing and Shangdong might not hold.