Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hong set out for Southwater to seek Qiu Qianhai while Ji Yuan advanced to the Pseudo-Core Realm during seclusion. After his Third-Order Bee Queen emerged, Ji Yuan upgraded the Beehive to Level Three and prepared to test its Spirit-Devouring Armor.

• Jiang Hong learned that Qiu Qianhai was likely in the Pseudo-Core Realm and ordered his men to prepare for a journey to Southwater, leaving Uncle Fu to finish refining Corpse-Driving Mountain.
• Ji Yuan reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and repeatedly compressed his spiritual energy until a faint core formed, advancing him to the Pseudo-Core Realm without using his Dan Yuan Fruit.
• Ji Yuan stabilized his cultivation, emerged from seclusion, and sensed that the Bee Queen had advanced to the Third Tier.
• Ji Yuan found the Bee Queen transformed with dark-gold scales and brought her into the Beehive to check the upgrade requirements.
• Ji Yuan used 900 Middle-Grade Spirit Stones, a Demon Spirit Bee corpse, and three Monster Cores to upgrade the Beehive, which produced over a thousand new Spirit-Devouring Bees.
• Ji Yuan released more than ten thousand Spirit-Devouring Bees and prepared to test the Spirit-Devouring Armor.

Ji Yuan tested the Spirit-Devouring Armor, learned from Hu Li that the Yin Ghost Sect had once ruled both continents, and left Mystic Crystal Mountain after removing Hu Li’s insect egg. He reached Coastal City, saw the cross-continental Teleportation Formation under construction, and decoded messages left by Ran Kui and Liu Yuan.

• Ji Yuan formed the Spirit-Devouring Armor from his Spirit-Devouring Bees and quietly startled Hu Li, who praised his concealed aura.
• Hu Li told Ji Yuan that old records linked the Yin Ghost Sect to the Shang Court and claimed the sect had briefly ruled both continents before its destruction.
• Ji Yuan collected five Foundation Establishment Cultivators' corpses, refined the insect egg out of Hu Li, and left him to watch Mystic Crystal Mountain.
• Ji Yuan reviewed the Level Four Beehive’s Spirit-Devouring Spawn effect, departed the mountain, and became known across Southwater as Old Devil Qiu after killing cultivators who crossed him.
• Ji Yuan traveled to Coastal City, learned the Cloud Family had been wiped out by Devil Lord White Bone, and saw that the cross-continental Teleportation Formation was being built offshore.
• Ji Yuan dug up three turtle shells at a reef and decoded one letter from Ran Kui and two from Liu Yuan.

Ji Yuan reunited with Ran Kui at Clear Tranquility Grotto and learned that Ran Kui wanted to rescue Ye Chen and other Orthodox Dao prisoners from the Water Dragon Sect Ruins. Ji Yuan questioned the dangerous plan but agreed he could help if Ran Kui lured away the nearby enemies, leaving their group to face the Demon Prison guards.

• Ji Yuan read Liu Yuan’s letters about finding a Forged Golden Pill and traveling to the Abyssal Continent, then went to Linquan Mountain after reading Ran Kui’s request for help.
• Ji Yuan found Ran Kui at Clear Tranquility Grotto and learned that he had been wounded by Demonic Cultivators and had barely survived a mission to the Water Dragon Sect.
• Ran Kui told Ji Yuan that the Abyssal Continent was building a transcontinental Teleportation Formation for trade and encouraged him to cultivate there, but Ran Kui refused to leave Cangluo.
• Ran Kui revealed that his friend Ye Chen and other Orthodox Dao cultivators were imprisoned at the Water Dragon Sect Ruins, and asked Ji Yuan to join a rescue mission with Qinghe, Su Huaimin, and Shiyan.
• Ji Yuan objected after hearing that the prison held three Core Formation Cultivators and six Pseudo-Core cultivators, while nearby forces could bring their opponents to ten Core Formation Cultivators.
• Ran Kui proposed luring away the nearby Core Formation Cultivators and freeing prisoners to aid the escape; Ji Yuan said he could face one Golden Core Early Stage opponent if Ran Kui’s plan worked.

Ran Kui revealed why he risked his life against Demonic Cultivators and explained his plan to draw them away from the Water Dragon Sect. After the plan succeeded, Ran Kui and Su Huaimin infiltrated Demon Prison while Ji Yuan and the others waited nearby to support their escape, and the attack began.

• Ran Kui told Ji Yuan how a Demonic Cultivator had enslaved and abused him as a child until their master rescued him, explaining his resolve to protect others from the same fate.
• Ran Kui said he would detonate their sect's Spirit Vein in Eastern Corner Mountain to lure away the nearby Demonic Cultivators, and Ji Yuan agreed to join the rescue.
• Ji Yuan traveled with Ran Kui to meet Qinghe, Su Huaimin, and Shiyan, disguising himself as the Peak Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator Li Changshou.
• The group prepared for the assault, and Ran Kui shattered the Formation disk that detonated the Spirit Vein and drew the nearby Golden Core Demonic Cultivators north.
• Ran Kui and Su Huaimin disguised themselves as Demonic Cultivators and headed for Demon Prison while Ji Yuan, Shiyan, and Qinghe waited in the marsh.
• An explosion and a surge of demonic qi came from Four Directions Island, and Shiyan led Ji Yuan toward the battle.

Ji Yuan arrived at Four Directions Island, sealed it inside the Inverted Rivers and Lakes Formation, and killed Yongzhen before entering the Demon Prison to fight the Demonic Cultivators within. As Shiyan faced death outside, a young man in green robes appeared and introduced himself as Li Changshou of the Water Dragon Sect.

• Ji Yuan reached Four Directions Island, deployed the Inverted Rivers and Lakes Formation, and trapped Yongzhen inside it.
• Ji Yuan transformed into dark-gold armor, overwhelmed Yongzhen, forced him to shatter his Pseudo-Core, and then killed him.
• Ji Yuan rescued two battered Orthodox Dao prisoners from the Formation's waters and entered the Demon Prison to attack its Demonic Cultivators.
• Su Huaimin and Shiyan struggled against Grandmother Black Sha and Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon while Ran Kui faced the Blood Demon Old Monster.
• Shiyan watched Ye Chen escape with the Bamboo-Shadow Island Lord, then was saved from Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon by a green-robed young man who identified himself as Li Changshou.

Ji Yuan defeated Grandmother Black Sha and Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon with his formation, spirit beasts, and magic treasures, but Jiang Hong arrived near the Water Dragon Sect ruins and recognized him. The chapter ended as Jiang Hong confronted Ji Yuan, demanding to know how he wanted to die.

• Ji Yuan trapped Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon in the Inverted Rivers and Lakes Formation and sent his Ice Flood Dragons and Spirit-Devouring Bees to kill him.
• Ji Yuan rescued Su Huaimin from Grandmother Black Sha, then fought her with the Golden Light Mirror, Heavenly Silkworm True Person, and his flying sword; he pierced her brow and killed her.
• Jiang Hong detected Heavenly Silkworm True Person’s aura with a Qi-Guiding Lamp and led his followers toward the Water Dragon Sect ruins.
• Jiang Hong recognized Ji Yuan during the battle and renewed his obsession with killing him.
• Ji Yuan confirmed that Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon and his Poison Flood Dragon had died, then sensed a powerful presence approaching from the north.
• Jiang Hong called out to Ji Yuan, asking whether he had decided how he wanted to die.

Ji Yuan faced Jiang Hong’s forces while trying to find a way to escape with Ran Kui. The Many-Faced One, disguised as the Green Grain Island Lord, killed Ran Kui, leaving Ji Yuan stunned and surrounded.

• Ji Yuan gathered his formation equipment and faced Jiang Hong, who recognized him as Qiu Qianhai and ordered his cultivators to surround the battlefield.
• Jiang Hong stopped Corpse Buddha Child from attacking Ji Yuan, then positioned Blood Demon Old Monster, Black Baleful Sword Demon, and Household Buddha Child around the lake.
• Jiang Hong raised a golden alms bowl that formed a barrier over the surrounding waters, blocking Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense and escape routes.
• Ji Yuan and Ran Kui discussed fleeing, but Ran Kui resolved to fight and buy his junior brother time to escape.
• The Green Grain Island Lord stabbed Ran Kui from behind, crushed his heart, and shattered his Dantian, revealing himself as the Many-Faced One.
• Jiang Hong praised the Many-Faced One and taunted the stunned Ji Yuan, asking if he would fight now.

Ji Yuan tried to escape after Ran Kui and the others were killed, but Jiang Hong used a Teleportation Formation to intercept his Fixed-Point Teleportation Token. Ji Yuan survived the ensuing battle by hiding in his Cave Abode and prepared to fire his Spirit-Energy Cannon at Many-Faced One.

• Ji Yuan restrained his urge to avenge Ran Kui, taunted Jiang Hong, and watched as Jiang Hong and the Black Baleful Sword Demon killed Su Huaimin and Shiyan.
• Ji Yuan used Heavenly Thunder Pellets and a Fixed-Point Teleportation Token to escape, but Jiang Hong produced a Teleportation Formation that redirected the token and brought Ji Yuan back to him.
• Ji Yuan activated the Black Dragon Armor and was driven across the lake by Jiang Hong, then released Heavenly Silkworm True Person to self-destruct and cover his escape.
• Jiang Hong searched the blast site with the other Demonic Cultivators, while Ji Yuan hid inside his Cave Abode in a speck of dust.
• Ji Yuan targeted Many-Faced One with his Spirit-Energy Cannon and began loading it with Spirit Stones.

Ji Yuan escaped the shattered barrier with Jiang Hong chained to him and drew him toward Fallen Immortal Ravine, where he fought back but fled when a Nascent Soul Cultivator approached. Jiang Hong was left gravely wounded, while Ji Yuan plunged into the ravine and Hua Yaoyue discovered a green shoot growing from a piece of rotten wood.

• Ji Yuan killed the Many-Faced One with a Spirit-Energy Cannon, cracked the barrier, and escaped using the Heaven-Escaping Shuttle, but Jiang Hong hooked him with a blood-red chain.
• Ji Yuan used the Heaven-Escaping Shuttle repeatedly to drag Jiang Hong east toward Fallen Immortal Ravine, replenishing his magical power with Millennium Spirit Milk.
• At Fallen Immortal Ravine, Ji Yuan shattered Jiang Hong’s protective aura and struck him, but the Blood Lady’s Divine Sense manifested from Jiang Hong’s jade pendant and warned Ji Yuan not to kill her son.
• Ji Yuan killed Jiang Hong’s two Corpse Puppets, then attacked Jiang Hong with Heavenly Thunder Pellets and Heavenly Venom Needles before fleeing into the Boundless Wind Curtain as a Nascent Soul Cultivator approached.
• The Blood Lady arrived to find Jiang Hong charred and shrieked in fury, while Hua Yaoyue noticed a green shoot growing from rotten wood aboard her Tower-Ship Flying Boat.

Ji Yuan was swept out of the passage and into Fallen Immortal Ravine after Blood Luo King destroyed it, but he discovered that suppressing spiritual energy could keep the ravine’s Water Blades at bay. After months of traveling east across the seabed, he found a spearhead-shaped object embedded in a rock wall and realized someone else might be down there.

• Ji Yuan fled through the Boundless Wind Curtain while Blood Lady healed Jiang Hong and searched for him.
• Blood Luo King found the passage into Fallen Immortal Ravine and destroyed it, sweeping Ji Yuan’s Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain into the ravine.
• Ji Yuan endured the ravine’s currents, Water Blades, and sea beasts, then deduced that spiritual energy fluctuations attracted the Water Blades.
• Ji Yuan used Spirit-Devouring Bees to seal his spiritual energy, left Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, and traveled east along the seabed.
• After several months, Ji Yuan found a spearhead-shaped object lodged in a rock wall and wondered whether someone else was in the ravine.

Ji Yuan found a Merfolk tribe living in the Fallen Immortal Ravine and helped its hunters defeat several sea beasts. He entered their hidden settlement, where the elderly leader recognized him as a member of the Human Race.

• Ji Yuan followed traces of weapons and battles southeast, where he found six Merfolk fighting a sea fish and killed it with a kicked stone.
• The wolf-tattooed Merfolk led Ji Yuan and the others toward their settlement, and Ji Yuan killed a dangerous crocodile-like sea beast along the way.
• Ji Yuan helped the Merfolk hunters defeat more sea beasts and carry their haul to a hidden passage in an underwater mountain range.
• Ji Yuan entered the illuminated Merfolk settlement and saw its many male and female inhabitants.
• An elderly Merfolk approached Ji Yuan and said he had never expected to see someone of the Human Race in his lifetime.

Ji Yuan met Yu Yuan and learned that the Merfolk could guide him through a Fourth-Order Sea Beast’s territory to the Ascension Gate, which would open in three years. After settling into a Cave Abode, he released his buildings and spirit pets, then brought out Zai Kui’s corpse.

• Yu Yuan welcomed Ji Yuan and explained that the Merfolk had once been human and that their territory was free of Water Blades.
• Yu Yuan told Ji Yuan that the Ascension Gate would open in three years and offered to guide him there by a safe route.
• Ji Yuan struck Lin Hu, who returned impressed and asked to become Ji Yuan’s disciple; Ji Yuan agreed only to offer him pointers.
• Ji Yuan chose a spacious, remote Cave Abode, drained and cleaned it, then released his buildings and spirit pets.
• Ji Yuan prepared to upgrade the Mass Burial Ground with corpses from his Storage Bags, but thinking of Storage Bags reminded him of Zai Kui, whose corpse he brought out.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Mass Burial Ground to Level 3, gaining powerful Corpse Puppets and Corpse Yin Demonfire while mourning Ran Kui and sorting through his possessions. The chapter ended when he sensed the Yin Ghost Banner stirring inside the Mass Burial Ground.

• Ji Yuan mourned Ran Kui, recovered his body, and refined Ran Kui's Heavenly Venom Needles, great halberd, Sea-Covering Pearl, and Concealment Hat.
• Ji Yuan searched Venerable Venomous Flood Dragon's and Grandmother Black Sha's Storage Bags, finding many Immortal Materials and acquiring the Miasma Dragon Gourd and Thousand-Needle Basket.
• Ji Yuan buried Foundation Establishment and Golden Core corpses and Demonic Dao Spirit Artifacts, then upgraded the Mass Burial Ground to Level 3.
• The upgrade produced five Foundation Establishment Realm Corpse Puppets and a Golden Core Early Stage Corpse Puppet of the Hundred-Insect Immortal, whom Ji Yuan reunited with the Golden Light Mirror.
• Ji Yuan awakened and tested Corpse Yin Demonfire, which burned stone, then used the Thousand-Soul Banner to absorb the lingering yin energy.
• Ji Yuan sensed the Yin Ghost Banner stirring inside the Mass Burial Ground.

Ji Yuan tested the upgraded Mass Burial Ground, planned his next three years, and traveled with Scarlet Wolf through the Sacred Fish King's territory to reach the Ascension Gate. The Sacred Fish King warned that the gate would not open for two years and asked Ji Yuan to retrieve something on his next passage; Ji Yuan arrived at the gate and saw the vast ravine for the first time.

• Ji Yuan summoned two Pseudo-Core Realm Yin Ghosts, examined the Level Four Mass Burial Ground's effects, and planned to study spells and other cultivation skills during his three years with the Merfolk Clan.
• Ji Yuan obtained a sea chart to the Ascension Gate from Yu Yuan, declined the Merfolk women's advances, and told Lin Hu not to disturb him without reason.
• Ji Yuan set out with Scarlet Wolf, traveled east through the Sacred Fish King's territory, and encountered the Fourth-Order Sea Beast in the form of a small Spirit Fish.
• The Sacred Fish King told Ji Yuan the Ascension Gate would not open for two years and asked him to retrieve something on his next trip through the passage.
• Ji Yuan and Scarlet Wolf traveled for nearly three months and reached the Ascension Gate at the edge of Fallen Immortal Ravine.

Ji Yuan discovered that Fallen Immortal Ravine and the Boundless Wind Curtain formed a continent-spanning formation, then settled among the Merfolk and received a second Dan Yuan Fruit. Liu Yuan learned that Old Devil Ji was likely headed for the Cangluo Continent and decided to wait for him; Ji Yuan agreed to inspect a sea beast occupying the Merfolk Ancestral Land in exchange for their Tattoo Technique.

• Ji Yuan used the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to confirm that a flawless formation enclosed the region and returned to the Merfolk territory to cultivate.
• Liu Yuan heard reports about Old Devil Ji, realized Ji Yuan might travel to the Cangluo Continent, and decided to wait for him in Western Border City.
• After two years among the Merfolk, Ji Yuan received his second Dan Yuan Fruit following a disturbing dream involving Zai Kui, Hua Yaoyue, and Du Wanyi.
• Yu Yuan showed Ji Yuan the Merfolk Clan's body-strengthening Spirit Liquid and asked him to kill the Third-Order Sea Beast occupying their Ancestral Land.
• Ji Yuan agreed to inspect the beast but requested the Merfolk Clan's Tattoo Technique as payment.

Ji Yuan learned the Merfolk Clan’s Myriad Demon-Bearing Art and set out to reclaim their Ancestral Land. He entered the cavern and began fighting its Long-Necked Flood Dragon, then unleashed his newly acquired Corpse Yin Demonfire.

• Yu Yuan showed Ji Yuan the Myriad Demon-Bearing Art and explained why he had chosen Scarlet Wolf over Lin Hu as his successor.
• Ji Yuan memorized the art, learned how Yu Yuan had lost the Ancestral Land, and agreed to investigate the Third-Order sea beast occupying it.
• Ji Yuan traveled through the undersea passages and discovered that he could use magical power inside the Ancestral Land, where a Long-Necked Flood Dragon guarded the cavern.
• Ji Yuan forced his way through the great stone doors and attacked the Flood Dragon with his fists, Sword Embryos, Yin Ghost Formation, and Thousand-Needle Basket.
• The Flood Dragon split into four real bodies and pressed Ji Yuan back, so he withdrew his Yin Ghosts and released a sea of Corpse Yin Demonfire.

Ji Yuan defeated a Third-Order Long-Necked Flood Dragon with Corpse Yin Demonfire, collected Spirit Liquid from the Merfolk Ancestral Land, and discovered a hidden Formation. After activating it, he entered a sealed chamber and captured a lightning treasure identified as Lightning-Chaser.

• Ji Yuan burned the Long-Necked Flood Dragon with Corpse Yin Demonfire, collected its Demon Core, and found a strange mark on the scorched wall.
• Ji Yuan opened a stone chamber with Yu Yuan's seal and gathered the overflowing Spirit Liquid and Spirit Paste.
• Ji Yuan discovered that the strange mark concealed a Formation, identified its nodes with the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye, and activated them.
• The Formation pulled Ji Yuan into an empty chamber, where a lightning wisp pursued him and shattered his protective glow.
• Ji Yuan used his treasures and silver needles to expose the lightning wisp as a dark cloud, then seized it and learned it was the Unusual Treasure Lightning-Chaser.

Ji Yuan subdued and refined the Unusual Treasure Lightning-Chaser, then left the undersea cave and returned to the Merfolk Ancestral Land. After consuming the Spirit Liquid and Spirit Paste, he broke through to the Middle Sinew Tempering Realm.

• Ji Yuan used the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to find Lightning-Chaser, endured its lightning attacks, and wore it down until he could refine it.
• A voice from the cave’s Formation congratulated Ji Yuan on obtaining Lightning-Chaser and told him of its connection to the Star-Treading Wheel and Pagoda Mountain.
• Ji Yuan learned Lightning-Chaser’s uses, fed it lightning from the Thunder-Smite Sword, and tested its tremendous speed at the cost of much of his magic power.
• Ji Yuan left the cave, copied the Formation’s runes onto a Jade Slip, and returned to the Merfolk Ancestral Land.
• Ji Yuan practiced Ninefold Profound Yang while consuming the Spirit Liquid and Spirit Paste, then advanced to the Middle Sinew Tempering Realm.

Ji Yuan left the Merfolk settlement for the Ascension Gate after reclaiming their Ancestral Land, and the Sacred Fish King gave him a scale to deliver to the lord of Profound Serpent Manor. Meanwhile, Qiu Qianhai returned to the Cangluo Continent and drew the attention of local cultivators by announcing his name.

• Ji Yuan told Yu Yuan that he had dealt with the sea beast, then asked the Merfolk to prepare extraction liquid and cut him several huge pieces of stone.
• Yu Yuan announced that the Merfolk had reclaimed their Ancestral Land and credited Ji Yuan, who distributed pills to the grateful clan and later collected the extracted stone.
• Ji Yuan left the Merfolk settlement, gave Yu Yuan pills and Dharma Tools, and departed for the Ascension Gate after refusing to stay longer.
• The Sacred Fish King gave Ji Yuan a scale and asked him to deliver it to the lord of Profound Serpent Manor on the Abyssal Continent.
• Qiu Qianhai arrived at the Cangluo Continent and declared his name at the teleportation island, prompting a Blood Luo Mountain cultivator to send out the warning, “Qiu Qianhai is back!”

Ji Yuan escaped Fallen Immortal Ravine and reached the Abyssal Continent, where cultivators mistook him for the infamous Old Devil Ji and attacked him. As he fled with the golden-haired Mu Xueyao, she promised she could get them both away if he kept their pursuers busy.

• Qiu Qianhai killed a cultivator at the Teleportation Formation, then fled as more than ten Core Formation Cultivators surrounded him and his master urged him to hide his face and name.
• Ji Yuan waited for the barrier in Fallen Immortal Ravine to vanish, escaped the ravine, and flew east until he reached the Abyssal Continent.
• Ji Yuan encountered a golden-haired woman fleeing three Core Formation Cultivators, but the pursuers recognized his name as Old Devil Ji and turned their attacks on him.
• The woman identified herself as Mu Xueyao and said she had crossed to the Far Western Lands to find Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan and Mu Xueyao fled by boat as the three pursuers caught up, and Ji Yuan agreed to keep them busy for ten breaths while she tried to escape with him.