Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi secretly broke the Death Gate and waited for Lingluo Shangren to expose his plan to seize the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror. The two reluctantly cooperated under the Suanni King’s deadline, and Lingluo Shangren revealed that Sky Mirror Hermit had devised a way to make a Spirit Replenishing Pill that might remove Zhou Yi’s Soul Restriction.

• Zhou Yi learned that Lingluo Shangren planned to break the gates while Zhou Yi used tribulation to damage the Injury Gate, but he recognized the supposed Injury Gate as the Death Gate and secretly broke it himself.
• Zhou Yi concealed himself inside the Death Gate with Xiao Cha’s Jade Talisman while Lingluo Shangren worked on the other gates.
• Lingluo Shangren arrived with one day left before the deadline and sacrificed his Lifebound Artifact, the Mountain Plate, to replace the Death Gate’s mirror.
• Zhou Yi revealed himself and swallowed the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror before Lingluo Shangren could take it, forcing them to cooperate because of the Suanni King’s threat.
• Lingluo Shangren told Zhou Yi that Sky Mirror Hermit had developed a substitute method for refining the upper-realm Spirit Replenishing Pill, which could repair a damaged soul.

Zhou Yi and Lingluo Shangren entered the inner layer of the Sky Mirror Water Mansion to retrieve the Spirit Replenishing Pill, but Zhou Yi insisted on completing his Demon Body Transformation first. Protected by the mansion’s array, he survived the tribulation and emerged transformed, while Lingluo Shangren congratulated him.

• Lingluo Shangren explained that the Spirit Replenishing Pill could reshape a soul and sever its connection to the Soul Restriction, though it could not break the restriction directly.
• Zhou Yi and Lingluo Shangren reached the water mansion’s inner layer and divided nine supreme-grade spirit stones between them.
• Zhou Yi stopped Lingluo Shangren from opening the pill furnace and began his Demon Body Transformation tribulation, wary of the other’s intentions.
• The water mansion’s array blocked the first eight lightning strikes, allowing Zhou Yi to study their forms and comprehend innate thunder methods.
• The ninth lightning strike passed through the array and tempered Zhou Yi’s demon body, transforming him into human form.
• Zhou Yi swallowed the remaining tribulation lightning and gained vast mana, and Lingluo Shangren congratulated him.

After breaking through to Qi Refining to Deity Transformation, Zhou Yi collected Spirit Replenishing Pills with Lingluo Shangren and used one to strengthen his primordial spirit. The Suanni King’s curse injured him, and the chapter ended with Lingluo Shangren confronting him over a proposed trade for the pill cauldron.

• Zhou Yi’s lightning tribulation transformed his Yin Spirit into a primordial spirit and raised his lifespan to fifteen thousand years.
• Lingluo Shangren opened the pill cauldron, captured six demon spirits that became Spirit Replenishing Pills, and split the pills evenly with Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi swallowed a Spirit Replenishing Pill, strengthening and healing his primordial spirit, but the Suanni King’s curse then inflicted severe soul pain.
• Zhou Yi found Lingluo Shangren trying to refine the cauldron and agreed to trade the final Treasure Mirror for it after he refined it.
• Lingluo Shangren suspected Zhou Yi would cheat him and unleashed soul power comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Zhou Yi and Lingluo Shangren left the Sky Mirror Water Mansion, only to be ambushed by the Suanni King. After diverting the Death Gate Golden Light Mirror to distract their pursuer, Zhou Yi escaped to Bibo Island and began refining the imitation Void Sky Cauldron.

• Zhou Yi revealed his demon body and demonstrated two newly created fourth-rank tribulation lightning spells, prompting Lingluo Shangren to abandon their confrontation and agree to share the imitation Void Sky Cauldron.
• Zhou Yi and Lingluo Shangren left through the Life Gate, where the Suanni King attacked them and demanded the Golden Light Mirrors.
• Zhou Yi sent the Death Gate Golden Light Mirror flying in one direction and fled the other way, drawing Lingluo Shangren and the Suanni King toward the mirror.
• A month later, Zhou Yi reached Bibo Island, disguised himself as an early Core Formation cultivator, and rented a secluded Cave Mansion.
• Zhou Yi summoned the imitation Void Sky Cauldron and began refining its Forbidden Seals with his True Essence.

After spending five years refining the Kunlun Cauldron, Zhou Yi used it to craft the first Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banner from Yin Yuan’s body and soul. The banner’s new Profound Yin Divine Light froze a wide area, and Zhou Yi stored the finished treasure within his body.

• Zhou Yi finished refining the imitation Void Sky Cauldron and its Huo Dou Spirit, renamed it the Kunlun Cauldron, and rented his Cave Mansion for fifty years.
• Zhou Yi released Yin Yuan from the fifty-two frozen cultivators and learned that Lingluo Shangren had lost his physical body while fleeing the Heavenly Star Palace.
• Zhou Yi refined Yin Yuan’s body into the banner pole and wove banner cloth with a second Heavenly Dipper Restraint, granting the banner’s demonic soul Profound Yin Divine Light.
• Zhou Yi refined Yin Yuan’s soul into the banner cloth and fused it with the pole to complete the first Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banner.
• Zhou Yi tested the banner’s divine light, froze an area more than ten yards wide, and stored the finished treasure within his body.

Zhou Yi agreed to help Qing Ling investigate an alleged ancient cultivator’s ruins, but discovered the cave was designed to trap and weaken its visitors. The chapter ended with Qing Ling summoning Senior Wen to attack.

• After refining forty-nine Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banners, Zhou Yi recovered, erased all traces of his Cave Mansion, and set out for the Outer Sea.
• Qing Ling invited Zhou Yi to help break an array at supposed ancient ruins, and Zhou Yi agreed to join his group of Core Formation cultivators.
• At the island cave, Zhou Yi identified the Purple Mist and surrounding formations as traps that sealed Mana and prevented escape, not ancient cultivator defenses.
• When the others turned on Qing Ling and demanded an explanation, Qing Ling glared at Zhou Yi and called for Senior Wen to strike.

Wen Wuchang transformed into the Ancient Demon Body and slaughtered the cultivators trapped in the cave. Zhou Yi revealed his Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array, consumed Qing Ling, and confronted Wen Wuchang over his True Demon Body.

• Wen Wuchang transformed into his Ancient Demon Body, shattered the cultivators' artifacts, and killed Master of Mingxin Island and several others.
• Daoist Qing Yue and another late Core Formation cultivator fled after detonating their artifacts, but Zhou Yi's Profound Yin Demon Souls caught and killed them outside the cave.
• Zhou Yi appeared carrying Qing Ling's lifeless body and fed it to a Giant-Mouth Demon Soul, whose aura grew stronger.
• Wen Wuchang recognized Zhou Yi and proposed they part ways, but Zhou Yi activated the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array and demanded his True Demon Body.
• Wen Wuchang teleported behind Zhou Yi and reached for his heart with a demonic claw.

Zhou Yi overwhelmed Wen Wuchang with his close-combat skill and Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array, then used the Chongming Demon to track Wen Wuchang through the void. Wen Wuchang escaped into the void again while badly injured, and Zhou Yi waited for him to emerge.

• Wen Wuchang repeatedly attacked Zhou Yi from the void, but Zhou Yi countered his strikes and battered his face with punches and kicks.
• Wen Wuchang summoned the Myriad Bone Banner, and Zhou Yi activated the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array to pit its forty-nine demon souls against the banner’s skulls.
• The Profound Yin Demon Souls regenerated after being destroyed and devoured the skulls, while Zhou Yi struck Wen Wuchang with the Kunlun Cauldron, shattering his arms and ribs.
• Wen Wuchang fled through the void, but Zhou Yi used the Chongming Demon to track his emergence and struck him again with the Kunlun Cauldron.
• Wen Wuchang retreated into the void once more, and Zhou Yi waited nearby, intending to claim his True Demon Body.

Zhou Yi defeated Wen Wuchang and took his Ancient Demon Body, but Wen Wuchang destroyed his own Nascent Soul rather than be captured. On a remote island in the outer sea, Zhou Yi refined the body into a powerful vessel and began fusing it with the Scythe Demon Soul to create an incarnation.

• Zhou Yi used the Chongming Demon and the Kunlun Cauldron to overcome Wen Wuchang's spatial escapes, then trapped him with the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array.
• Wen Wuchang gave up his body and fled as a Nascent Soul, but Zhou Yi pursued him with Five Elements Tribulation Lightning; Wen Wuchang destroyed his Nascent Soul before Zhou Yi could capture it.
• Zhou Yi traveled to a remote outer-sea island, established a false cave and a concealed true cave, and ordered an Elephant Demon to guard the island.
• Zhou Yi refined Wen Wuchang's damaged Ancient Demon Body with Spirit Ore and Forbidden Seals, strengthening it into a one-legged demon god.
• Zhou Yi chose the Scythe Demon Soul to possess the Ancient Demon Body, and began the final stage of fusing the demon soul and body inside the Kunlun Cauldron.

Zhou Yi returned to Blue Star after more than two centuries in the Other Realm and discovered that an unknown martial arts cultivator had been trying to breach Peach Blossom Mountain’s array. After arranging to catch the intruder and reuniting with his parents, he advised them to stay home to avoid attracting the Investigation Bureau’s attention.

• Zhou Yi awakened the Scythe Demon, bound it to his will, and ordered it to guard the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array while he was away.
• After returning to Blue Star, Zhou Yi visited Peach Blossom Mountain and learned that Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai had sought him out, while an unknown martial arts cultivator had repeatedly attacked the array.
• Zhou Yi set a trapping array and told the Peach Spirit Fangfei to let the intruder inside and hold him until Zhou Yi could handle the matter.
• Zhou Yi returned to Qi County and found Zhou Dayou and Yi Wan gaming at home after their cultivation made them too formidable to play cards or games with ordinary people.
• Zhou Yi warned his parents to remain at home because their unusual abilities and changed behavior might draw the Investigation Bureau’s attention.

Zhou Yi prepared his parents to cultivate while weighing his own path to Deity Transformation, then traveled to Magic City to investigate the Investigation Bureau and meet Tian Xingjian as Daoist Chixiao. He ended the chapter face-to-face with Tian Xingjian after using a Soul Secret Art to inspire his trust.

• Zhou Yi reassured Zhou Dayou and Yi Wan that the Investigation Bureau might ask them to teach the Primordial Chaos Stance, and he helped them prepare to cultivate by giving them Wood Spirit Origin and teaching them techniques and spells.
• Zhou Yi considered the risks and difficulties of different cultivation paths and decided to follow the Gateway to Myriad Wonders' path toward Deity Transformation.
• After ten days passed without the martial artist arriving, Zhou Yi traveled to Jincheng, secretly read Investigation Bureau records, and learned about Tian Xingjian and other unusual cases.
• Zhou Yi journeyed to Magic City and used Earth Escape Art to enter the Investigation Bureau headquarters, where he found Tian Xingjian sleeping and tempering his body through a crude breathing technique.
• Zhou Yi transformed into Daoist Chixiao, subdued Tian Xingjian's punch, and introduced himself after using a Soul Secret Art to make Tian Xingjian instinctively trust him.

Zhou Yi learned from Tian Xingjian that the Spiritual Energy Revival was worsening across Blue Star and agreed to quell Magic City's rat plague in exchange for information on two spirit ore deposits. He left with a promise to investigate the rat demons and the locations of the mines.

• Zhou Yi used the Bewitching God Technique while speaking with Tian Xingjian, who revealed classified information about the Investigation Bureau and the Spiritual Energy Revival.
• Tian Xingjian told Zhou Yi that the Great Dynasty had turned the Indestructible Golden Body into a tiered Body Tempering Technique for its personnel.
• Tian Xingjian asked whether Kunlun disciples Gu and Jiang could earn contribution points for slaying demons, and Zhou Yi confirmed their work was a Sect Mission.
• Tian Xingjian described Magic City's rat plague and said investigators had found six awakened rats and suspected a Rat King controlled them.
• Zhou Yi offered to subdue the rats for one thousand contribution points, and Tian Xingjian offered information on two spirit ore deposits in the Lingyou Hundred Thousand Mountains in exchange.
• Tian Xingjian accepted the exchange, and Zhou Yi agreed to quell the rat demons.

Zhou Yi tracked a Rat Demon nest to an underground cavern by the East Sea and captured its Treasure Seeking Rat leader. He killed the other demons, sent two human accomplices to turn themselves in, and left with the Rat Demon as his spirit pet.

• Tian Xingjian told Zhou Yi that the Rat Demons had repeatedly moved their nests, and Zhou Yi used bloodline tracking to locate them near the river mouth.
• Zhou Yi found the Rat Demons' cavern and discovered dozens of demons alongside three humans, including their leader, the Golden Rat.
• Zhou Yi suppressed the demons' attacks and forced the Golden Rat to reveal that it was a Treasure Seeking Rat.
• Zhou Yi took control of the Treasure Seeking Rat by seizing half its primordial spirit, and it identified Mei Xinggan as the human behind its thefts.
• Zhou Yi killed Mei Xinggan and the other Rat Demons, ordered the two surviving accomplices to turn themselves in, and collected the demons' cores.

After eradicating the rat plague, Zhou Yi uncovered human collusion with demons and secretly raided the Investigation Bureau’s spiritual-object vault. He returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with a Spirit Conch and a Bronze Ge, intending to refine them for his cultivation and communication needs.

• Zhou Yi told Tian Xingjian that he had eradicated the rat plague and exposed Mei Xinggan’s human collaborators through the Treasure Seeking Rat’s account.
• Zhou Yi secretly sent the Treasure Seeking Rat to locate the Investigation Bureau’s spiritual objects, broke into the protected vault, and took a Spirit Conch and a Bronze Ge.
• Zhou Yi returned to Peach Blossom Mountain with a bundle of spiritual objects gathered by the Treasure Seeking Rat, and Fangfei welcomed the spirit beast.
• Zhou Yi refined the Bronze Ge and separated a small piece of Essence Gold from its bronze material.
• Zhou Yi examined the Spirit Conch as a rare sound-element spiritual object that could be refined into a long-range communication treasure.

Zhou Yi refined a mother-child communication artifact and tested its range, then created Kunlun Flying Immortal Tokens containing fragments of his soul. After half a month of cultivation and crafting, an uninvited guest arrived at Peach Blossom Mountain.

• Zhou Yi designed a communication artifact that linked a mother token to child tokens and crafted the Message Spirit Conch, which became his second lifebound artifact.
• Zhou Yi forged a crimson copper plaque engraved with “Flying Immortal Token” and “Kunlun,” then endured severe pain sealing a sliver of his soul inside it.
• Zhou Yi sent the Treasure Seeking Rat away with the token and confirmed that they could communicate clearly from a thousand li away.
• Zhou Yi forged several more tokens without soul fragments and resumed cultivating, guiding Fangfei, and making magical artifacts for Elder Chixiao and Guardian Deity Lu Sheng.
• Half a month later, an uninvited guest arrived at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain.

Zhou Yi, disguised as Lu Sheng, met the martial prodigy Wang Chao and invited him to join Kunlun, but Wang refused because of his Investigation Bureau position. Wang challenged Lu Sheng to test the limits of his martial arts, and the chapter ended as he unleashed his strongest technique.

• Zhou Yi examined Wang Chao's martial cultivation and opened the formation after Wang studied its Forbidden Seals and adapted their principles into his fist technique.
• Zhou Yi introduced himself as Lu Sheng, Guardian Deity of Kunlun, and invited Wang Chao to join the sect; Wang refused because he was a special consultant for the Investigation Bureau.
• Wang Chao challenged Lu Sheng, explaining that he had fought demons and ghosts and wanted to witness a higher realm of martial arts.
• Lu Sheng pierced Wang Chao's fist and foot with a single finger, then sent him flying with a stronger strike.
• Wang Chao rose and launched his final attack, using spiritual power to make his fist seem to cross the distance instantly.

Zhou Yi defeated Wang Chao and revealed the power of the Innate Realm, prompting him to join the Kunlun Sect as an Outer Sect Disciple. Wang Chao left to seek Spiritual Objects, while Zhou Yi and his companions speculated about his motives and the Wood Spirit Pearl.

• Zhou Yi formed a Qi Wall that rebounded Wang Chao's punch and demonstrated the power of True Essence.
• Wang Chao used the Wood Spirit Pearl to heal his injuries and strengthen his body, then agreed to join the Kunlun Sect.
• Zhou Yi explained the sect's contribution rules, and Wang Chao exchanged thirteen Demon Cores for 130 contribution points and learned Carefree Steps.
• Wang Chao left to search for Spiritual Objects after learning he could become an Inner Disciple with 10,000 contribution points or by reaching the Innate Realm.
• The Treasure Seeking Rat offered to steal Wang Chao's Wood Spirit Pearl, while the Peach Spirit suggested Wang Chao might have been testing Zhou Yi; Zhou Yi then ordered the rat to find treasure.

Zhou Yi continued building the Kunlun Sect’s resource-gathering network while cultivating and preparing artifacts for the threats emerging during Blue Star’s Spiritual Energy Revival. When Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai brought him valuable spoils, he offered them a choice between sect contributions and Storage Artifacts.

• Zhou Yi crafted First Order Magical Artifacts for Yin Soul Fierce Ghosts and added spirit herb and Spirit Ore gathering to the Sect Missions.
• Zhou Yi spent a month cultivating, nearly doubling his True Essence, while planning to make more Kunlun Flying Immortal Tokens.
• Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai brought Demon Cores, Spirit Ore, spirit fruits, and a Storage Space Beast Hide to Guardian Deity Lu Sheng.
• Zhou Yi valued their offerings at one thousand one hundred contribution points and credited them with seven hundred after settling their debt.
• Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai offered the Beast Hide to the sect, and Zhou Yi offered them either two thousand contribution points or one Storage Artifact each after refinement.

Zhou Yi helped Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai pursue spiritual cultivation, teaching them a method to strengthen their souls and warning them to seek Flying Immortal Tokens. The couple left to hunt demons and gather spirit herbs, determined to earn enough contributions for two tokens.

• Gu Yu asked the sect to lend him and Jiang Xiaozhai three hundred contributions, and Zhou Yi agreed to help them.
• Zhou Yi gave Gu Yu a Greenstone slab inscribed with a soul-bewitching Forbidden Seal, explaining that copying it would temper their Soul Power.
• Zhou Yi told Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai that the sect would award Flying Immortal Tokens to Inner Disciples with ten thousand contributions, granting access to cultivation methods and Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Gu Yu and Jiang Xiaozhai resolved to earn twenty thousand contributions between them and obtain two tokens.
• Zhou Yi lent the couple a Hundred Ghosts Repel Seal, and they accepted missions to hunt demons, exorcise evil, and collect spirit herbs before leaving the mountain.

Zhou Yi discovered a hidden valley in Kunlun where spirit veins converged and prepared it as the site of the Kunlun Outer Sect. After building defenses and a spirit field, he decided to move Fangfei there to manage the medicine garden as tensions on Blue Star grew.

• Zhou Yi followed the Treasure Seeking Rat to a valley in Kunlun and found a natural illusion array concealing a rich cultivation site.
• Zhou Yi chose the valley for the Kunlun Outer Sect and spent half a year strengthening its defenses with the Inverted Five Elements Array.
• Zhou Yi cleared and leveled the valley plain with the Five Treasures Wonderful Tree, then planted spirit fruit seeds supplied by the Treasure Seeking Rat.
• Zhou Yi punished the Treasure Seeking Rat for hiding spirit fruits and realized that tending the spirit field took too much of his time.
• The Treasure Seeking Rat suggested Fangfei manage the medicine garden, and Fangfei readily agreed to move from Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Zhou Yi noted that spiritual energy had risen on Blue Star and that Wang Chao and Tian Xingjian were acting tensely as greater changes approached.