Chapter Summaries

Ji Yuan learned that Soulsunder Wanderer had trapped Changkun’s Demon-Hunting Squad in a formation and planned to summon three False Core Cultivators to finish them off. After Ji Yuan killed Luo Ma to prevent him from reaching the branch, Soulsunder Wanderer sensed Luo Ma’s Soul Lamp go out and fled Luomei Mountain.

• Luo Ma told Ji Yuan about the young masters Ji Zhi and Ye Wutian, and Ji Yuan worried that avenging Xu Fugui by killing Jiang Hong would require reaching Nascent Soul.
• Soulsunder Wanderer decided Ji Yuan was a genuine Demonic Cultivator after Luo Ma reported that he killed Orthodox and Demonic Cultivators and kept only their corpses.
• Ji Yuan learned that Blood Luo Mountain was gathering corpses and planned to attack the Demonic Cultivators, but Soulsunder Wanderer summoned him and revealed that Changkun’s squad was trapped at Luomei Mountain.
• Soulsunder Wanderer sent Ji Yuan and Luo Ma to fetch three False Core Cultivators, and Luo Ma revealed that one expected Ji Yuan to accompany her after the mission.
• Ji Yuan killed Luo Ma on the way to the branch, and Soulsunder Wanderer sensed Luo Ma’s Soul Lamp go out and fled the formation at Luomei Mountain.

Ji Yuan rescued Changkun and the others from a Formation at Luomei Mountain, but they returned to the Alchemy Workshop to learn that Corpse-Driving Mountain had been destroyed and the Spirit-Controlling Sect had defected to Shangxi. Elsewhere, Lu Shi escaped the Ten Spirits Ancestor with help from One-Sword High Person, who was challenged to a deadly contest by another voice.

• Ji Yuan found Changkun, Liu Yuan, Ling Yue, Linglong, Iron Tiger, and Wei Chen trapped in a Formation at Luomei Mountain, then used five Heavenly Thunder Pellets to break it.
• Ji Yuan stopped Liu Yuan and Iron Tiger from pursuing the fleeing White Bone Sect cultivators, and the group rushed toward the Alchemy Workshop after seeing beacon smoke and flames in the west.
• Icefire Old Man announced that Corpse-Driving Mountain had been destroyed and the Spirit-Controlling Sect had defected to the Shangxi Demon Sect, and Liexiao True Person seized Iron Tiger.
• The Ten Spirits Ancestor pursued Lu Shi across the Endless Wasteland and tried to persuade him to join the demonic sects, but Lu Shi refused and mocked him.
• One-Sword High Person intervened with a vast sword strike, allowing Lu Shi to escape into the North Sea's Endless Astral Wind.
• The Ten Spirits Ancestor faced One-Sword High Person as another voice called for a contest of the Dao to decide who lived and who died.

After Corpse-Driving Mountain fell and the Spirit-Controlling Sect surrendered, Kong Xifeng decided to lead selected Water Dragon Sect members toward the Desolate Ancient Continent. As the market-town defenses weakened and cultivators began leaving, the Water Dragon Sect ordered all surviving disciples to return and stand against the Demonic Dao.

• Hua Yaoyue explained to Kong Xifeng why Corpse-Driving Mountain and the Spirit-Controlling Sect had fallen, then agreed that the Water Dragon Sect should use the turmoil to leave for the Desolate Ancient Continent.
• True Person Xuan Xiao visited his imprisoned master, Huang Tian, and swore he could not obtain cold iron sand; afterward, he told Xiao Chengyi they would abandon the prison beneath Xuan Xiao Island when they left for the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Chengyi suspected True Person Xuan Xiao might abandon him and decided to make backup plans as he went to patrol the sect formation.
• Ji Yuan and Liu Yuan discussed leaving the Alchemy Workshop, waited while other cultivators departed, and then heard Icefire Old Man allow everyone to go.
• The Water Dragon Sect called all surviving disciples back and ordered them to stand together against the Demonic Dao.

Ji Yuan returned to Water Dragon Sect territory and reunited with Hua Yaoyue after Kong Xifeng rescued the sect’s Tower-Ship Flying Boat from three Demonic Dao Golden Core cultivators. He found Carefree Island intact, then asked Hua Yaoyue what would become of the sect, and she told him to focus on what he would do next.

• Liu Yuan and Li Changhe told Ji Yuan that Demon Beasts across Cangluo Continent had grown unusually active during the Orthodox-Demonic War.
• The Tower-Ship Flying Boat reached Cloud-Rain Marsh, where Ji Yuan saw Demonic Dao outposts and learned that three Golden Core Formation Realm Demonic Cultivators blocked their way.
• Ji Yuan contacted Hua Yaoyue, who sent Kong Xifeng to help; Kong Xifeng killed all three attackers and destroyed a Demonic Dao gathering on an island.
• The Tower-Ship Flying Boat entered Water Dragon Sect territory, and Ji Yuan saw that the sect’s boundary had shrunk while Taian Island and Carefree Island remained intact.
• Ji Yuan flew to Carefree Island, reunited with Hua Yaoyue, and asked what would become of Water Dragon Sect; she told him that his own next steps mattered more.

After returning to Carefree Island, Ji Yuan surveyed his thriving holdings, gathered valuable resources, and considered how to strengthen his body cultivation. Hua Yaoyue revealed the Water Dragon Sect’s plan to seek refuge under the Taiyi Immortal Sect on the Desolate Ancient Continent, but warned Ji Yuan that going there would be a road to the chopping block.

• Ji Yuan left Hua Yaoyue and inspected Carefree Island, finding his farms, spirit beasts, and Spirit-Devouring Bees flourishing.
• Ji Yuan discovered that Tuesday had grown to Peak Second Tier while staying in the [Fish Pond], then forced the timid Ice Flood Dragon to join Monday in his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Tu Yue showed Ji Yuan the island’s abundant harvest, including Spirit Stones, Profound Yang Blood Amber, and Scarlet Yang Bones that could aid his body cultivation.
• Ji Yuan spent a day cultivating by the underground Spirit Vein before returning to speak with Hua Yaoyue about the Water Dragon Sect’s future.
• Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan that the sect planned to seek refuge with the Taiyi Immortal Sect on the Desolate Ancient Continent, then warned that the journey would be a road to the chopping block.

Hua Yaoyue explained that the Desolate Ancient Continent was a dead end because a curse from the Demon-Slaying War prevented cultivators there from advancing beyond certain realms. Ji Yuan learned that Hua Yaoyue planned to leave, asked how he could find her on the Qiankun Continent, and received two names to seek if she had died.

• Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan that a war between Mahayana cultivators and a demon had shattered the Desolate Ancient Continent, drained its spiritual energy, and left it cursed.
• Hua Yaoyue warned Ji Yuan that people could stay on the Desolate Ancient Continent for only three years at a time and said she planned to send Yun Qianzai and Feng Zhitáo there.
• Ji Yuan asked Hua Yaoyue about her plans and learned that he could find her on the Qiankun Continent if he reached the Body Integration Realm, but would need strength to face a Tribulation Transcendence Cultivator to help her.
• Hua Yaoyue refused to take Ji Yuan with her, but said they might roam the Qiankun Continent together if he grew stronger and she survived.
• Ji Yuan asked whom he should seek if Hua Yaoyue had died before he reached the Qiankun Continent, and Hua Yaoyue gave him two names.

Ji Yuan learned that Hua Yaoyue planned to evacuate the Water Dragon Sect and advised him to seek resources on the Abyssal Continent. As the sect prepared to depart for the Desolate Ancient Continent, he searched for Du Wanyi, who had vanished after an attack on her workshop, and heard that Orchid Island Master might know more.

• Hua Yaoyue told Ji Yuan to leave the Water Dragon Sect, seek opportunities amid the conflict, and go to the Abyssal Continent to advance his cultivation.
• Ji Yuan reflected on being left behind on the Cangluo Continent and considered whether to help his friends, especially Du Wanyi and Liu Yuan, reach the Desolate Ancient Continent.
• Ji Yuan found that Du Wanyi had not returned after fleeing the besieged Nine Heavens Mountain Artifact-Refining Workshop, though her Soul Lamp confirmed she was alive.
• Profound Water True Person told Ji Yuan that the Water Dragon Sect's ship would depart for the Desolate Ancient Continent within ten days.
• Orchid Island Master told Ji Yuan she had served with Du Wanyi at the workshop and had heard news about her.

Ji Yuan learned that Water Dragon Sect planned to abandon some cultivators during its retreat to the Desolate Ancient Continent, but he chose to remain on Cangluo Continent. He prepared to travel to Thunderclap Marsh and persuaded Liu Yuan not to go to the Desolate Ancient Continent, then gave him a secret item that might save his life.

• Orchid Island Master told Ji Yuan that Two-Lamps Hermit of Medicine King Valley had found Taian Island Master and her companions at Qingping Mountain but concealed their whereabouts.
• Ji Yuan confirmed that he had heard of Water Dragon Sect's planned retreat, then told Feng Zhitáo, Yun Qianzai, and Ran Kui that he would stay on Cangluo Continent.
• Ji Yuan assessed the Voidspace Stone needed to contain his remaining buildings and decided to go to Thunderclap Marsh to temper his body before traveling overseas.
• Ji Yuan relocated or dismantled his island's creatures, crops, soil, bees, and remaining corpses, and obtained another Scarlet Yang Bone from a Spirit Pig.
• Liu Yuan told Ji Yuan that he had been chosen to leave for the Desolate Ancient Continent, but Ji Yuan urged him not to go and admitted that he would stay behind.
• Liu Yuan chose to remain with Ji Yuan, and Ji Yuan handed him a sheet of paper, warning him to keep it secret because it might save his life.

Ji Yuan searched for the missing Giant Toad, then received the Water Dragon Sect’s evacuation list and was appointed its sixth-generation sect master. As the sect prepared to leave the Cangluo Continent, he joined Hua Yaoyue and his fellow disciples for a final gathering and set out to see them off.

• Ji Yuan gave Liu Yuan Peerless Wine and parted from him, then stored Tu Yue in Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and left Carefree Island to search for the Giant Toad.
• Ji Yuan found no sign of the Giant Toad near Mist Island and suspected its former master had taken it away willingly.
• Profound Water True Person gave Ji Yuan the Sect Master Profound Seal and appointed him sixth-generation sect master of the Water Dragon Sect.
• Ji Yuan read the evacuation list, recognized Wen Ling'er among those leaving, and kept the Jade Slip as a memento.
• Hua Yaoyue gathered Ji Yuan, Ran Kui, Feng Zhitáo, and Yun Qianzai for three days of eating, drinking, and sharing stories before the evacuation.
• At dawn, Feng Zhitáo and Yun Qianzai gave Ji Yuan and Ran Kui farewell gifts, and Hua Yaoyue led the group away as Ji Yuan promised they would meet again.

Ji Yuan parted from Hua Yaoyue and his fellow disciples, used their gifts to secure a Spirit Vein inside Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, and entered Thunderclap Marsh to temper his body. He reached the Sinew Tempering Realm, while Mei Zhuang considered seeking power among the demons of the Endless Sea.

• Hua Yaoyue gave Ji Yuan wine, advice, and a Storage Bag before Ji Yuan disembarked near Thunderclap Marsh and tearfully parted from Feng Zhitáo, Yun Qianzai, and Ran Kui.
• Ji Yuan killed a cannibal Demonic Cultivator who had been watching him, then inspected the gifts from Feng Zhitáo and Yun Qianzai and discovered Yun Qianzai's powerful Inverted Rivers and Lakes Formation.
• Ji Yuan found eight Third-Order Monster Cores, a Fourth-Order water-attribute Monster Core, and fifty-two jin of Voidspace Stone in Hua Yaoyue's Storage Bag.
• Ji Yuan used fifty jin of Voidspace Stone to collect a Spirit Vein into Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and assigned Tu Yue to gather its Spirit Stones.
• Mei Zhuang discussed the Water Dragon Sect's departure with Spirit-Communing High Person, then considered traveling to the Sea Ruins after hearing its ruler had died.
• Ji Yuan endured the Purple Lightning in Thunderclap Marsh and reached the Sinew Tempering Realm, gaining strength comparable to a Golden Core Cultivator.

After breaking through to the Golden Core Formation Realm in body cultivation, Ji Yuan pushed deeper into Thunderclap Marsh and found two Zixiao Stones before setting out as Qiu Qianhai. Meanwhile, aboard the Water Dragon Sect’s fleeing ship, Yun Qianzai reached Golden Core Formation and Hua Yaoyue summoned him to speak.

• Ji Yuan tested his new physical strength, then used Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to explore Thunderclap Marsh and retrieved two Zixiao Stones at the hundred-and-eighty-li mark.
• Ji Yuan prepared to travel overseas, planning to gather materials for the [Mass Burial Ground] and pose as Qiu Qianhai while seeking news of Du Wanyi at the Water Dragon Sect.
• Li Changhe regretted fleeing the Cangluo Continent, but Hua Yaoyue urged him to cultivate, prompting him to resolve to reach Nascent Soul and rescue Ji Yuan.
• Feng Zhitáo considered returning to the Cangluo Continent after reaching Nascent Soul, while Yun Qianzai’s breakthrough to Golden Core Formation drew the passengers’ attention.
• Yun Qianzai celebrated his breakthrough by addressing a martial nephew, then stopped short of completing his boast when Hua Yaoyue appeared and called him to speak.

Ji Yuan rescued Orchid Island Master from Cao Xiangyu and learned that Du Wanyi had returned after hearing of the Water Dragon Sect’s fall. Orchid Island Master said Du Wanyi was hiding in a mortal kingdom and planned to remain there.

• Two Orthodox Dao cultivators mistook Ji Yuan’s warning for a trap and chose to seek help from a Water Dragon Sect elder instead of going to the market he mentioned.
• Ji Yuan reviewed the Water Dragon Sect’s fall and Medicine King Valley’s surrender to Blood Luo Mountain as he traveled north and protected surviving sect members.
• Cao Xiangyu pursued Orchid Island Master and tried to force her to become his cultivation partner, but Ji Yuan intervened, killed him, and captured his fleeing soul.
• Ji Yuan took Orchid Island Master to a concealed river valley, where she asked about his Golden Core Formation and told him Du Wanyi had returned to the region.
• Orchid Island Master told Ji Yuan that Du Wanyi was hiding in a mortal kingdom and intended to stay there for good.

Ji Yuan found Du Wanyi living in seclusion in Clear Autumn City and reunited with her, easing her despair over being left behind on Cangluo Continent. After hearing how she escaped the destroyed sects and gave up on cultivation, he asked what she wanted to do next and offered her a possible path.

• Ji Yuan learned from Orchid Island Master that Du Wanyi was living in Clear Autumn City, then gave Orchid Island Master a protective Talisman Treasure and left her in hiding.
• Ji Yuan saw the ruined Water Dragon Sect islands occupied by the Demonic Dao before heading southeast to search for Du Wanyi.
• Du Wanyi mourned the loss of her sect and believed Ji Yuan had left for the Desolate Ancient Continent, until Ji Yuan appeared in her courtyard and embraced her.
• Du Wanyi told Ji Yuan how she escaped the Nine Heavens Mountain Artifact Refining Workshop, fled through Southwater, and lost hope after learning the Water Dragon Sect had abandoned those left behind.
• Ji Yuan asked Du Wanyi about her plans and offered to show her a possible path forward.

Ji Yuan escorted Du Wanyi across the Boundless Wind Curtain to the Abyssal Continent, where she planned to establish a foothold before he joined her. After she departed, he discovered her love poems and returned to the Cangluo Continent, while two elders from the Abyssal Continent arrived seeking to reopen the teleportation route and trade.

• Ji Yuan told Du Wanyi he knew a route to the Abyssal Continent, and she decided to go ahead and find a place for them to settle.
• Ji Yuan gave Du Wanyi the sea chart, cultivation techniques, spells, protective items, and ten thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones before they traveled east from Black Dragon Island.
• Ji Yuan and Du Wanyi crossed the Boundless Wind Curtain and reached the sea near the Abyssal Continent after ten days; Du Wanyi set off alone while Ji Yuan promised to follow within a year.
• After Du Wanyi left, Ji Yuan read two poems she had written expressing her love for him, then turned back toward the Cangluo Continent to pursue his cultivation goals.
• Several months later, two elders from the Abyssal Continent met an alluring woman above Coastal City and asked to reopen the Teleportation Formation and trade with Cangluo.

After returning to his island, Ji Yuan cultivated and traveled to the former Joy Palace territory to hunt Foundation Establishment Cultivators. In Peony City, he found his old acquaintance Hu Li and learned that Hu Li served a powerful insect cultivator called the Hundred-Insect Immortal, whose legacy caught Ji Yuan’s interest.

• Ji Yuan returned to his isolated island, checked its facilities, and raised his Azure Billows Nine Tribulations Sword Canon proficiency from 96 to 97.
• Ji Yuan traveled south into the former Joy Palace territory, where he heard rumors about Old Devil Qiu and learned that the Cangluo Continent’s larger conflicts remained unresolved.
• Ji Yuan recognized Hu Li in Peony City, followed him to a courtyard, and entered after discovering materials used to raise spirit insects.
• Ji Yuan seized Hu Li’s Heaven-Escaping Shuttle and questioned him about the materials, learning that Hu Li served the Hundred-Insect Immortal, a renowned Shangxi cultivator who improved wondrous insects.
• Ji Yuan became interested in the Hundred-Insect Immortal’s insect-raising legacy, hoping it might help him produce a Third-Order Bee Queen.

Ji Yuan learned that Hu Li had sought the Hundred-Insect Immortal’s inheritance, then went to Peony City to buy corpses and investigate a Demon Spirit Bee. The Hundred-Insect Immortal pursued Ji Yuan to demand his Spirit-Devouring Bees, and their clash ended with both sides releasing swarms of insects against Ji Yuan’s formation.

• Hu Li admitted he had hoped to gain the Hundred-Insect Immortal’s inheritance, and Ji Yuan refused to attack the Immortal or trust Hu Li.
• Ji Yuan bought five Foundation Establishment Realm corpses from a Peony City shop and learned that a Demon Spirit Bee corpse was available through a face-to-face trade.
• Ji Yuan watched the shop, spotted an unknown Core Formation Cultivator, and fled when the man left with all the corpses.
• The black-robed cultivator caught up with Ji Yuan and revealed himself as the Hundred-Insect Immortal, demanding Ji Yuan’s Spirit-Devouring Bees.
• Ji Yuan resisted the Dream Butterfly’s illusion and tried to escape, but the Hundred-Insect Immortal’s Blazing-Fire Army Ants began gnawing through Ji Yuan’s Inverted Rivers and Lakes Formation.
• Ji Yuan summoned his Spirit-Devouring Bees to face the advancing army ants.

Ji Yuan fought Hundred-Insect Immortal with his many artifacts, spirit insects, and body-cultivation strength, overwhelming the Golden Core cultivator and driving him underground to flee. The chapter ended with Ji Yuan catching up after his Heavenly Venom Needles poisoned Hundred-Insect Immortal’s Red-Eyed Azure Iron Rat.

• Ji Yuan used Fire Willow, Heavenly Thunder Pellets, and his flying swords to attack Hundred-Insect Immortal while their spirit-insect swarms battled below.
• Hundred-Insect Immortal sent Dream Butterfly and his treasure mirror against Ji Yuan, but the Sect Master Profound Seal’s True Dragon blocked the mirror’s attack.
• Ji Yuan used the Giant Deer Sword Talisman, Crimson Wave Whip, and Heavenly Silkworm True Person’s Corpse Puppet to suppress Hundred-Insect Immortal’s defenses.
• Ji Yuan released the Thousand-Soul Banner and concealed himself among its Yin souls, then struck Hundred-Insect Immortal with a close-range body-cultivation punch.
• Hundred-Insect Immortal fled through the mountain with a Red-Eyed Azure Iron Rat and tried to slow Ji Yuan with poison, but Ji Yuan resisted it and sent Heavenly Venom Needles after them.
• Ji Yuan’s Heavenly Venom Needles poisoned the Red-Eyed Azure Iron Rat, and he caught up to the halted Hundred-Insect Immortal.

Ji Yuan killed Hundred-Insect Immortal, escaped the collapsing underground cave, and reclaimed treasures from the battlefield before returning to his cave abode. He then broke into Hundred-Insect Cave to plunder its riches, where Hu Li arrived seeking an audience with the Immortal.

• Ji Yuan killed Hundred-Insect Immortal with Heavenly Venom Needles, collected his soul and corpse, and fled as the underground cave began to collapse.
• After emerging from an underground river with the help of two Ice Flood Dragons, Ji Yuan returned to the battlefield and recovered the golden mirror and other belongings.
• Ji Yuan and the Spirit-Devouring Bees killed a short-haired Golden Core Cultivator while Huang Laosan escaped and the wounded Heavenly Silkworm True Person pursued him.
• Ji Yuan returned to Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, searched Hundred-Insect Immortal's Storage Bag, and decided to raid his cave abode for insect eggs and other treasures.
• Ji Yuan found Hundred-Insect Cave at Mystic Crystal Mountain, broke through its protective Formation, and entered as Hu Li arrived to seek an audience with the Immortal.

Ji Yuan took over Mystic Crystal Mountain after killing Hundred-Insect Immortal, gathered his spoils, and prepared to cultivate in seclusion. He secured the Winter Worm, acquired more strange insects, and watched both Ice Flood Dragons advance, while Hu Li guarded the mountain.

• Ji Yuan impersonated Qiu Qianhai to frighten Hu Li, then made him guide him around Mystic Crystal Mountain and swear an oath about the mountain's affairs.
• Ji Yuan gave Hu Li a year's supply of Detoxification Pills and ordered him to guard the mountain while he entered seclusion; he repaired and set up the mountain's protective Formations.
• Ji Yuan arranged cultivation buildings in Hundred-Insect Cave, examined his spoils, and placed eighteen Foundation Establishment Cultivator corpses in the Mass Burial Ground.
• Ji Yuan fed Demon-Seizing Powder to Monday and Tuesday, then took possession of the Dream Butterfly Egg, the Blazing-Fire Army Ants, and the Winter Worm; the Panel revealed a new Ant Nest building.
• Ji Yuan began seclusion, and Tuesday advanced to a Third-Order Demon Beast before Monday followed days later; Hu Li witnessed a black-robed Ji Yuan standing atop an enormous ice-blue Flood Dragon.

Ji Yuan received news that the Sword Ruins had fallen and that a teleportation formation to the Abyssal Continent would open in Coastal City, then gained an insight that could let him break through. Meanwhile, Du Wanyi learned that a notorious cultivator called Old Devil Ji shared Ji Yuan’s name, and Qiu Qianhai prepared to return to the Cangluo Continent to avenge Ji Yuan.

• Ji Yuan rode Monday around Mystic Crystal Mountain, sent Hu Li to gather supplies and news, and returned to seclusion while the two Ice Flood Dragons roamed the mountain.
• Du Wanyi heard cultivators in the Far Western Lands describe Old Devil Ji’s notorious deeds and learned that his real name was Ji Yuan; she feared Fourth Brother would be mistaken for him.
• Qiu Qianhai recovered in a blood pool after fighting the Heavenly Fiend Mountain, planned to return through the coming teleportation formation, and vowed to avenge Ji Yuan against the Qin Household of Zengtou City.
• Ji Yuan learned from Hu Li that the Sword Ruins had been destroyed and that Xu Sheng was its sole survivor, then heard that the teleportation formation would open in Coastal City.
• Ji Yuan upgraded the Ant Nest, fed Demon-Transforming Powder to the Bee Queen, and gained an insight into a breakthrough while studying cultivation arts.
• At the former site of Corpse-Driving Mountain, Jiang Hong learned that his men had found Qiu Qianhai’s trail and demanded to know where he was.