Chapter Summaries

Ji Yuan escaped the Profound Serpent Manor Master, heard the dying Dream-Demon True Lord’s final warnings, and discovered that the blood-pool treasure was the Daoheart Demon Seed. After resting and exploring the Rakshasa Sea, he encountered Qingchengzi in an abandoned giant city, where Qingchengzi was fleeing Ying Changkong.

• Ji Yuan used the Fourth Tier Dream Butterfly’s illusion to escape the Profound Serpent Manor Master, who had taken the Nether Ageless Spring and tried to kill him.
• The dying Dream-Demon True Lord told Ji Yuan about the Bone Demon’s hidden weakness, warned him that Gu Yan planned to use Qiu Qianhai as a vessel for a Second Nascent Soul, and revealed his inheritance on Qiankun Island before he vanished.
• Ji Yuan entered Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain and discovered that the blood-pool treasure was the Daoheart Demon Seed, which could plant seeds in others’ minds, control them, and consume their cultivation to strengthen itself.
• Ji Yuan left his hiding place, flew east through the Rakshasa Sea, and was swept into a vast abandoned stone city built for giants.
• Ji Yuan opened the arena gate and encountered Qingchengzi, who revealed that Ying Changkong was hunting him and fled with Ji Yuan as Ying Changkong pursued them.

Ji Yuan and Qingchengzi joined forces to kill Ying Changkong with Ji Yuan’s Meteor Cannon, though the blast destroyed Ying Changkong’s possessions. After Qingchengzi offered payment for Ji Yuan’s healing pills, Ji Yuan faced a choice between Spirit Stones and one of Qingchengzi’s True Treasures.

• Qingchengzi confronted Ying Changkong to protect Ji Yuan, and Ji Yuan revealed he could use his Meteor Cannon to kill the Nascent Soul cultivator if Qingchengzi held him for ten breaths.
• Qingchengzi used a secret technique to create two fighting figures and restrained Ying Changkong while Ji Yuan charged the Meteor Cannon.
• Ji Yuan fired the fully charged cannon and killed Ying Changkong, unlocking the Level Three Meditation Room upgrade condition.
• Ji Yuan took the Sky-Piercing Falcon’s Demon Core and let Qingchengzi keep its corpse, then gave him an Improved Qi-Blood Pill.
• Qingchengzi offered Ji Yuan either twenty thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones or a willow-leaf True Treasure for his remaining pills, and Ji Yuan chose the True Treasure.

Ji Yuan and Qingchengzi entered Pagoda Mountain, where Qingchengzi pursued the Thousand-Wood Infant-Soul Pearl while Ji Yuan gathered treasures. Qingchengzi escaped with the pearl under pursuit, and Ji Yuan used Lightning-Chaser to leave but ended up going the wrong way.

• Qingchengzi gave Ji Yuan the flying sword Drooping Silk and took three Improved Qi-Blood Pills, while he helped Ji Yuan subdue Ying Changkong's powerful yin soul into the Thousand-Soul Banner.
• Qingchengzi and Ji Yuan discovered giant skeletons in the moving stone city, then left and saw Pagoda Mountain appear overhead.
• Qingchengzi brought Ji Yuan into Pagoda Mountain, where they collected treasures before heading toward a battle between four Nascent Soul cultivators and Old Ghost Grave Digger.
• Qingchengzi joined the fight over the Thousand-Wood Infant-Soul Pearl, took it after the other cultivators turned on one another, and fled while they pursued him.
• After Qingchengzi warned him to leave, Ji Yuan called Lightning-Chaser and vanished, only to realize he had gone in the wrong direction.

Ji Yuan found himself inside the Star-Treading Wheel, where his identity and accusations against the Profound Serpent Manor Master drew the gathered Nascent Soul Cultivators into conflict. As Ji Yuan poured Millennium Spirit Milk into the wheel and sensed Lightning-Chaser awakening, True Lord Profound Purity claimed the Six-Turn Infant-Heart Fruit and the Black-and-White Fiends arrived.

• Lightning-Chasing Cloud awakened the Star-Treading Wheel, revealing Ji Yuan to the Nascent Soul Cultivators gathered below to fight over a Six-Turn Infant-Heart Fruit.
• Joyful Madam identified Ji Yuan as Old Devil Ji, and Old Devil Heavenly Fiend tried to reach the wheel but was repelled by its Stardust Formation.
• Ji Yuan swore that the Profound Serpent Manor Master had taken Ageless Evergreen Water, prompting the other cultivators to turn on him; the Profound Serpent Manor Master fled north after misleading his pursuers with an illusion.
• Ji Yuan tried to refine the Star-Treading Wheel, but it drained his magical power, forcing him to consume a large supply of Millennium Spirit Milk as he sensed Lightning-Chaser growing stronger.
• True Lord Profound Purity defeated Old Devil Heavenly Fiend and claimed the Six-Turn Infant-Heart Fruit, while the Black-and-White Fiends arrived, leading Ji Yuan to suspect they had come for the Secret of Spirit Transformation.

Ji Yuan claimed the Star-Treading Wheel and escaped Pagoda Mountain with the Ghost Envoy’s help, while the revealed Secret of Spirit Transformation pointed to the Cangluo Continent. The chapter ended with Ji Yuan learning of two other legendary treasures and asking what had happened to Qiu Qianhai.

• The Black-and-White Fiends contacted Ji Yuan inside the Star-Treading Wheel and offered him a place as the Black-and-White Divine Hall’s Divine Son, which he accepted while stalling.
• Ji Yuan finished refining the Star-Treading Wheel as the Black-and-White Fiends opened the Golden Dragon Scroll, whose message revealed that the Secret of Spirit Transformation was on Cangluo.
• The Ghost Envoy promised to rescue Ji Yuan once the Star-Treading Wheel recognized him, then whisked him away as the wheel and Lightning-Chaser joined him.
• The Ghost Envoy told Ji Yuan that Qiu Qianhai had paid the price for his rescue and explained that the Moon-Chasing Car and Sun-Pursuing Wing were the other treasures in the set.
• Ji Yuan asked the Ghost Envoy where Qiu Qianhai was and what had happened to him.

Ji Yuan learned that Qiu Qianhai had been taken to Central Continent in the body of the revived Yin Ghost Sect master, then asked Ghost Envoy for a way to escape the dangers awaiting him. Ghost Envoy sent Ji Yuan toward the Far Eastern Lands, while Ji Yuan left without learning what had happened to Mu Xue.

• Ghost Envoy revealed that Bone Demon Old Devil had captured Qiu Qianhai, then explained that he had arranged to revive the Yin Ghost Sect master using collected Divine Souls.
• Ghost Envoy said the revived master needed a suitable body and was temporarily using Qiu Qianhai's body to travel to Central Continent.
• Ji Yuan watched Qiu Qianhai rise in the teleportation pillar, but Qiu Qianhai looked at him with indifference before the formation carried him away.
• Ji Yuan asked to travel to Central Continent, and Ghost Envoy explained that the sect master had used a one-time Teleportation Token that Ji Yuan could not replicate.
• Ghost Envoy warned Ji Yuan that leaving Rakshasa Sea directly would be dangerous and offered to send him to the Far Eastern Lands instead.
• Ghost Envoy sent Ji Yuan away before he could finish asking about Mu Xue, then mocked someone as he turned toward Pagoda Mountain.

Ji Yuan settled into seclusion in the Far Eastern Lands and upgraded his [Spirit Field] to Level Five, which produced two Nascent-Soul Fruits and revealed the future promise of a Form-Spirit Pill. He secured a path toward forming his Nascent Soul, then planned to upgrade the [Dao Comprehension Chamber] and advance to the Golden Core Late Stage.

• Ji Yuan confirmed he was in the Far Eastern Lands, chose an island near Eastcang Island as his refuge, and established a formation and [Cave Abode].
• Old Devil Heavenly Fiend and Bone Demon Old Devil failed to find Ji Yuan in the Northwest Sand Prison, and Old Devil Heavenly Fiend later noticed that Fellow Daoist Huanxi had been waiting for him.
• After a month of sleep in the Spirit Vein, Ji Yuan examined the Star-Treading Wheels and learned that activating them required Stellar Power beyond his current ability.
• Ji Yuan reviewed the Level Five [Spirit Field], gathered its upgrade materials, and upgraded it after preparing himself and the field.
• The upgrade produced two Nascent-Soul Fruits and revealed that the Level Six [Spirit Field] could yield a Form-Spirit Pill every 150 years.
• Ji Yuan stored the fruits safely and decided to upgrade the [Dao Comprehension Chamber] and cultivate toward the Golden Core Late Stage.

Ji Yuan upgraded the Dao Comprehension Chamber and Meditation Room, broke through to the Golden Core Late Stage, and strengthened his Divine Sense. He then planned to evolve his Ice Flood Dragons into Chi Dragons and refined Dragonblood Stones to extract dragon blood, ending with four drops ready for a trial.

• Ji Yuan used a cutting from a Clear-Mind Fruit Tree Branch to upgrade the Dao Comprehension Chamber, then cultivated with its temporary boost to comprehension.
• Ji Yuan consumed heavenly treasures and used the Spirit Vein and Spirit Stones in Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain to break through to the Golden Core Late Stage.
• Ji Yuan discovered the Dao Comprehension Chamber produced a Clear-Mind Fruit and saw that its Level Four upgrade required rare materials, including a Bodhi Tree Branch.
• Ji Yuan upgraded the Meditation Room, greatly increased his Divine Sense, and planned to stay in seclusion to study his gains, train his spirit beasts, and practice body cultivation.
• Ji Yuan learned that Friday had evolved into an Ice Flood Dragon and considered using Dragonkind blood to help his five Ice Flood Dragons transform into Chi Dragons.
• Ji Yuan refined ten Dragonblood Stones in the Heavenly Craft Workshop and extracted four drops of Dragonkind blood.

Ji Yuan used Dragonkind blood to transform Tuesday and Monday into Fourth-Order Chi Dragons, then inspected his other structures and prepared to train in the Martial God Tower. Just as he entered the tower, he heard two people nearby insist it was close and that their ancestors’ records were reliable.

• Ji Yuan gave Tuesday three drops of Dragonkind blood, triggering its transformation from an Ice Flood Dragon into a Chi Dragon.
• Ji Yuan gave Monday the final drop, and Monday also transformed into a Chi Dragon, though it did not advance into a Horned Dragon.
• Ji Yuan inspected the Chicken Coop, Pigsty, and Mass Burial Ground, then decided to train in the Martial God Tower using Scarlet Yang Bones and Profound Yang Blood Amber.
• Ji Yuan took in the Dao Comprehension Chamber with Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, but found the added weight made taking in another structure impractical for now.
• Ji Yuan practiced in the Martial Practice Arena and began entering the Martial God Tower, where he overheard two people say it was nearby and their ancestors’ records could not be wrong.

Ji Yuan condensed the Great Sun Soaring manifestation in the Martial God Tower, then continued cultivating in seclusion on Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain. Meanwhile, the Black-and-White Fiends discussed the search for Ji Yuan and the wider conflict before True Person Tai'er arrived and asked them to ally with the Desolate Ancient Continent against the Barbarian God Continent.

• Ji Yuan challenged the second floor of the Martial God Tower, defeated the Black Iron Armored Soldiers, and nearly cleared the Bronze Armored Soldiers before his first attempt ended.
• Ji Yuan returned to the tower, killed the remaining Bronze Armored Soldiers, and condensed the Great Sun Soaring manifestation, but fell after fighting the Silver Armored Soldiers.
• Ji Yuan tested his manifestation in the Martial Practice Arena and on Lingtai Square-Inch Mountain, then spent several months cultivating and stayed away from the outside world.
• The Black-and-White Fiends discussed the news from the Rakshasa Sea, their search for Ji Yuan, and the possibility of recruiting Qingchengzi.
• True Person Tai'er appeared inside the Black-and-White Divine Hall, asked whether the Black-and-White Fiends had seen people from the Barbarian God Continent, and proposed an alliance against them.

Ji Yuan advanced his Divine Sense to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and rescued True Person Kunyu from the East Sea Three Fiends. After learning that Liu Yuan was living on Serene Nether Island, Ji Yuan traveled there with Kunyu, arriving as he recalled the Dream-Demon True Lord’s words about Qiankun Island.

• The Black and White Elders agreed to convene the Abyssal Continent’s sects and Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivators after True Person Tai'er demanded their answer about joining forces.
• Ji Yuan manifested his Divine Sense as hundreds of Azure Waves Swords and sensed True Person Kunyu fleeing the East Sea Three Fiends.
• Ji Yuan killed the three pursuers, met Kunyu on an unnamed island, and learned that Liu Yuan was in the Far Eastern Sea.
• Ji Yuan retrieved his belongings from his former island, then traveled with Kunyu toward Serene Nether Island while they discussed Liu Yuan and the Rakshasa Sea.
• Kunyu pointed out Serene Nether Island, and Ji Yuan remembered the Dream-Demon True Lord’s words about Qiankun Island and his life’s knowledge.

Ji Yuan reunited with Liu Yuan on Serene Nether Island, learned about the Devouring Sea Great Sage’s conflict with Liu Yuan’s group, and set out to confront him. At a trade gathering on Devouring Sea Island, Ji Yuan saw two arrivals and froze in recognition.

• Ji Yuan arrived on Serene Nether Island, reunited with Liu Yuan, and met True Person Yuguang while True Person Kunyu reunited with True Person Jinghong.
• True Person Kunyu recounted how the East Sea Three Fiends had attacked her, and everyone learned Ji Yuan had killed all three.
• Liu Yuan and True Person Yuguang explained that the Devouring Sea Great Sage wanted Serene Nether Island and its Spirit Vein back, but Liu Yuan warned Ji Yuan not to interfere.
• Ji Yuan learned about the Serene Nether Sea and the Devouring Sea Great Sage, then decided to confront the Great Sage at a trade gathering on Devouring Sea Island.
• Ji Yuan reached Devouring Sea Island, disguised himself as an old man, and entered the gathering, where two newcomers made him freeze in recognition.

Ji Yuan watched An Yue and Demon Slave confront Devouring Sea Great Sage, whose past connection to the destruction of Twin Blossom Palace brought their dispute into open battle. As Granny Xuanling began to falter, Ji Yuan revealed himself and stepped between her and Devouring Sea Great Sage, declaring that he would kill him.

• Ji Yuan recognized An Yue and Demon Slave at the trade fair, and An Yue identified him through her innate Aura-Gazing ability.
• Devouring Sea Great Sage confronted Demon Slave, and An Yue exposed him as Fang Kuan, a former brothel keeper and male pet from Twin Blossom Palace who had helped destroy the sect.
• Ji Yuan left the hall, discovered Granny Xuanling and three other cultivators waiting nearby, and watched them arrive to protect An Yue and Demon Slave.
• Devouring Sea Great Sage admitted he had broken Twin Blossom Palace's Sect-Guarding Grand Formation and attacked Granny Xuanling, while Ji Yuan observed the battle from a nearby island.
• As Granny Xuanling weakened and Devouring Sea Great Sage summoned his Sea-Devouring Soul Pot, Ji Yuan appeared between them and challenged him.

Ji Yuan defeated the Devouring Sea Great Sage, but the Great Sage escaped into a refined Fourth-Tier sea beast and forced Ji Yuan into a new battle. Ji Yuan prepared to test his body cultivation against the Four-Pole Thousand-Legged Fish as a young man in white noticed the fight from a thousand miles away.

• Ji Yuan trapped the Devouring Sea Great Sage’s life-bound gourd with the Azure Waves Swords and destroyed it with Zixiao Divine Thunder.
• Ji Yuan pursued the wounded Great Sage, crushed his skull, and tried to capture his escaping soul with the Thousand-Soul Banner.
• The Great Sage’s ghost fled into the sea and took control of a refined Four-Pole Thousand-Legged Fish, an Early Fourth Tier sea beast.
• Granny Xuanling told An Yue and Demon Slave that Fang Kuan had refined the sea beast as a last-resort weapon and that he would now be trapped inside its corpse.
• Ji Yuan fought through the beast’s tentacles, reached its head, and prepared to test his Great Sun Soaring body cultivation.
• A young man in white appeared a thousand miles east and noticed someone fighting a Fourth-Tier sea beast.

Ji Yuan defeated the Devouring Sea Great Sage after using his Body-Refining Phenomenon to expose the sea beast’s true location. Mei Zhuang then persuaded him to visit the Sea Ruins, swore not to covet his Star-Treading Wheel, and agreed to provide seven Fourth-Order Monster Cores in exchange for his help.

• Ji Yuan fought through the Devouring Sea Great Sage’s illusions and tentacles, then used his Great Sun Soaring phenomenon to locate and kill the real Four-Pole Thousand-Legged Fish.
• Mei Zhuang revealed himself, recognized Ji Yuan’s body-refining talent, and watched him collect the monster core and move the giant corpse into his Pigsty.
• Mei Zhuang invited Ji Yuan to the Sea Ruins and assured him he did not want the Star-Treading Wheel, while Ji Yuan remained wary and asked what help Mei Zhuang needed.
• Mei Zhuang offered resources to secure Ji Yuan’s help, swore an oath not to scheme for the Star-Treading Wheel, and agreed to give him seven Fourth-Order Monster Cores, two upfront.
• Ji Yuan accepted Mei Zhuang’s invitation to the Sea Ruins’ Dragon Palace, and Mei Zhuang carried him south at tremendous speed.

Ji Yuan settled in Mei Zhuang’s Sea Ruins, discovered its vast army of sea beasts, and learned that Mei Zhuang intended to invade Cangluo Continent. Mei Zhuang revealed that a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Taiyi Immortal Sect had commandeered his forces for a war against the Barbarian God Continent, then asked Ji Yuan why he thought he had been summoned.

• An Yue and Granny Xuanling found Hu Beizhi gone after the battle at Devouring Sea Island, while Liu Yuan and his companions feared Ji Yuan was in danger and decided to search for him and improve their cultivation.
• Mei Zhuang brought Ji Yuan to the Sea Ruins, where Lu Yingying welcomed him and arranged for him to stay in Orchid-Bamboo Garden; Ji Yuan detected and sealed Mei Zhuang’s hidden trace of aura.
• Mei Zhuang hosted a banquet where five Form Transformation great demons tested Ji Yuan with their pressure, but Ji Yuan remained calm and earned their recognition.
• Mei Zhuang showed Ji Yuan the Sea Ruins’ extensive forces and nurseries of demon beasts, revealing an army prepared for war.
• Mei Zhuang admitted that he had planned to lead the Demon Race in a counterattack against Cangluo Continent, but a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Taiyi Immortal Sect had requisitioned his forces to fight the Barbarian God Continent.
• Mei Zhuang asked Ji Yuan whether he knew why he had called him to the island.

Mei Zhuang asked Ji Yuan to retrieve a Secret of Spirit Transformation from a volcanic pool guarded by Spirit-Devouring Origin-Burning Fire, and sent him to a thunderstorm zone to strengthen his body. Ji Yuan reached the Sinew Tempering Peak Realm and entered the storm’s deepest reaches, where he saw a lightning-wreathed object suspended in a bolt-free zone.

• Mei Zhuang explained that only a body cultivator could cross the fire pool and retrieve the Secret of Spirit Transformation, then gave Ji Yuan an eight-thousand-year Spirit-Touched Blood Ginseng to help him advance.
• Ji Yuan entered the Far Eastern Sea’s Thunderstorm Zone and tempered his body with lightning while replenishing his blood vitality with Scarlet Yang Bone and Profound Yang Blood Amber.
• In the Central Continent, Yin Rou offered Qiu Qianhai compensation for borrowing his body, and Qiu Qianhai chose to remain by Yin Rou’s side.
• Ji Yuan broke through to the Sinew Tempering Peak Realm, activated Great Sun Soaring, and pushed farther into the Thunderstorm Zone.
• At the storm’s one-hundred-and-fifty-mile mark, Ji Yuan saw a lightning-wreathed object in a zone where no lightning struck the sea.

Ji Yuan discovered that the lightning in Thunderclap Marsh’s Core Area was striking a body-cultivator Dharma Treasure, the Partridge Armor, and claimed it with the Star-Treading Wheel. He used the armor to strengthen his defenses while pretending to Mei Zhuang that his breakthrough was still in progress; after Mei Zhuang’s increasingly urgent demands, Ji Yuan emerged and claimed he had succeeded.

• Ji Yuan used the Truth-Piercing Divine Eye to reveal the Partridge Armor inside the lightning, then blocked the storm with the Star-Treading Wheel and took the armor.
• Ji Yuan learned that the Partridge Armor could draw lightning to temper his body, refined it through his qi and blood, and found that it raised his defenses to the Golden Body Mystic Bone Realm’s level.
• Ji Yuan returned to Mei Zhuang and pretended he had failed to break through, then continued training in Thunderclap Marsh while concealing his strength and watching for signs that Mei Zhuang intended to trap him.
• Mei Zhuang left, Lu Yingying brought Ji Yuan a Myriad Spirits Blood Pearl, and Ji Yuan continued his training while Mei Zhuang repeatedly urged him to break through.
• After Mei Zhuang sent the warning, “Boy, know when to stop,” Ji Yuan trained for another half year, emerged, and told Mei Zhuang that he had not failed his trust.

Ji Yuan helped Mei Zhuang and two transformed great demons break the Formation covering the volcanic lake, then entered its Spirit-Devouring Origin-Burning Fire to retrieve the opportunity below. As Ji Yuan disappeared beneath the lake, Mei Zhuang and the others revealed that they planned to claim his body and body cultivation inheritance.

• Mei Zhuang gave Ji Yuan a thousand Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and brought him to meet the Green-Robed Patriarch and Great Crocodile Patriarch before leading them south to the volcano.
• Mei Zhuang located a flaw in the Formation, and the three great demons spent thirteen days pouring magical power into it until it shattered.
• The Great Crocodile Patriarch demanded Ji Yuan help break the Formation, but Ji Yuan refused unless the demon would accompany him into the volcanic lake.
• Mei Zhuang told Ji Yuan to retrieve an unknown opportunity beneath the lake, and Ji Yuan used his body cultivator manifestation and Partridge Armor to withstand the flames and descend.
• Mei Zhuang and the two patriarchs secretly agreed that the Great Crocodile Patriarch could claim Ji Yuan's body, the Green-Robed Patriarch could take the Star-Treading Wheel, and Mei Zhuang would pursue Ji Yuan's body cultivation inheritance.

Ji Yuan obtained the Purple-Gold Gourd, which entered his Dantian and drew Mei Zhuang and his allies into battle. After his transformed spirit beasts killed the Great Crocodile Patriarch and Green-Robed Patriarch, Dragon Girl returned with news that the Black-and-White Fiends were approaching, and Ji Yuan summoned Star-Treader.

• Ji Yuan found the Purple-Gold Gourd beneath the volcanic lake, and it absorbed the Spirit-Devouring Origin-Burning Fire before flying into his Dantian.
• Mei Zhuang demanded the gourd, but Ji Yuan could not remove it, so he prepared to fight with Monday, Tuesday, and the Bee Queen.
• Monday and Tuesday transformed into powerful human forms, and the Bee Queen attacked Mei Zhuang's allies as Mei Zhuang escaped.
• Tuesday and the Bee Queen killed the Great Crocodile Patriarch and Green-Robed Patriarch, and Ji Yuan collected their bodies and spirits.
• Dragon Girl returned wounded and warned Ji Yuan that the Black-and-White Fiends were heading toward them, so Ji Yuan sent the others away and summoned Star-Treader.