Chapter Summaries

After a year of cultivation, Zhou Yi established a rudimentary Kunlun Sect on Blue Star and traveled to the Chaotic Star Sea. He arrived at Profound Bone Island just as Venerable Xuan Gu discovered that its Profound Yin Qi had vanished.

• Zhou Yi used his disciples’ contributions and refined Demon Cores into spirit pills, accelerating his cultivation while deciding to delay his tribulation until he could prepare better.
• Zhou Yi moved a mountaintop with Fangfei to a valley beside the medicine garden, where she and the Treasure Seeking Rat took charge while he prepared to enter seclusion.
• Zhou Yi spent 100 Origin to travel to his existing Other Self in the Chaotic Star Sea and learned that a Nascent Soul cultivator had named the island Profound Bone Island.
• Zhou Yi dismissed the Scythe Demon and recalled the forty-nine Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banners, which consumed the island’s Profound Yin Qi.
• Venerable Xuan Gu killed a disciple whose failure to condense an Extreme Yin Pearl displeased him, then discovered that the Profound Yin Qi across Profound Bone Island had disappeared.

Zhou Yi confronted Venerable Xuan Gu, revealing that he recognized him as Xiao Cha from their past. After overpowering Xiao Cha and trapping his treasures, Zhou Yi secured an invitation to Profound Bone Island while Xiao Cha concealed his fear and regret.

• Zhou Yi emerged and recognized Venerable Xuan Gu as Xiao Cha, whom he had known four hundred years earlier.
• Xiao Cha attacked Zhou Yi with the Profound Soul Ghost Fire, but Zhou Yi weakened it with Five Elements Tribulation Lightning.
• Xiao Cha summoned his White Bone Skeleton King, Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banner, and Five Skull Heart Locking Hammer, while Zhou Yi trapped the battlefield with forty-nine banners and swallowed the hammer in the Kunlun Cauldron.
• The Scythe Demon struck Xiao Cha's body in half, forcing his Nascent Soul to flee and nearly ruining his cultivation prospects.
• Xiao Cha pretended to remember Zhou Yi and welcomed him as a peer, while Zhou Yi left the Skeleton King trapped in the array and asked to visit Profound Bone Island.

Zhou Yi watched Xiao Cha defeat Xiao Cha's opponent and seize Extreme Ling's body, then learned from Xiao Cha about events in the Chaotic Star Sea during his centuries of seclusion. The chapter left Zhou Yi aware that Heavenly Star Palace remained powerful after the Twin Saints' deaths.

• Xiao Cha defeated Zhou Yi and took Extreme Ling's body after Extreme Ling tried to flee using a Soul Annihilation Needle and blood escape.
• Xiao Cha and Zhou Yi entered the Xuan Gu Sect, where the surviving disciples realized that Xiao Cha had cultivated his direct disciples as vessels for Soul Possession.
• In the Profound Bone Great Hall, Xiao Cha told Zhou Yi that the Suanni King had killed the Twin Saints of Heavenly Star by detonating the Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror and perishing with them.
• Xiao Cha explained that Heavenly Star Palace's two emergency successors had advanced from middle Nascent Soul cultivators to great cultivators, preserving the palace's power.

Zhou Yi learned that the Spiritual Turtle Clan’s ancestor was a level-nine Dragon Turtle and headed overseas, hoping to purify his bloodline and break through its eighth-level limit. After leaving Xiao Cha behind, Zhou Yi and his demons reached the Spiritual Turtle Clan’s territory, where he spotted a wounded turtle being chased by others.

• Zhou Yi asked Xiao Cha about the Spiritual Turtle Clan and learned that its ancestor was a level-nine Dragon Turtle.
• Zhou Yi recalled that his Spirit Turtle bloodline had become a barrier to advancing beyond the eighth level and decided to seek a way to purify it.
• Zhou Yi’s Scythe Demon and Profound Yin Demon Soul returned, and Zhou Yi took Xiao Cha’s Storage Bag before departing.
• After Zhou Yi left, Xiao Cha ordered Extreme Ling and Extreme Xuan to pack the sect and spread word that the Sky Mirror Hermit inheritance had fallen into demon hands.
• Zhou Yi traveled with the Scythe Demon and Snake Demon toward the Spiritual Turtle Clan’s territory, then found a wounded White Jade Spiritual Turtle pursued by several Lightning Spiritual Turtles.
• Zhou Yi ordered his followers to capture the turtles so he could question them.

Zhou Yi captured Bai Ling'er and learned that Xuan Kui might cultivate a secret art that devoured his own kind to purify his bloodline. After confronting the immense Dragon Turtle and fleeing its attacks, Zhou Yi discovered that Bai Ling'er’s Dragon Transformation Art was an incomplete chapter of the Golden Palace Jade Book.

• Zhou Yi killed the Lightning Spiritual Turtles after searching their leader’s soul, then learned from Bai Ling'er that she had dragon blood and had been targeted for sacrifice.
• Bai Ling'er told Zhou Yi that Xuan Kui might devour members of his clan to purify his bloodline, and Zhou Yi forced her to lead him to the Dragon Turtle.
• Zhou Yi found Xuan Kui, whose muddled eyes and immense power became clear when it attacked him with freezing beams.
• The Scythe Demon wounded Xuan Kui while Zhou Yi escaped, and the Scythe Demon self-destructed after exhausting its mana.
• Zhou Yi questioned Bai Ling'er on an island, learned the Dragon Transformation Art, and received confirmation that it was an incomplete fourth-tier spell from the Golden Palace Jade Book.

Zhou Yi forced Bai Ling'er to infiltrate the Golden Flood Dragon Clan and carry out his plan, threatening her with death if she refused. Months later, Bai Ling'er reached Golden Dragon Island, where Ao Yun welcomed her as a relative after she gave him a Seventh-Grade Demon Core, leaving her wary of the island's customs and more willing to accept Zhou Yi's scheme.

• Zhou Yi decided to pursue Xuan Kui's Golden Palace Jade Book inheritance and ordered Bai Ling'er to infiltrate the flood dragon race.
• Zhou Yi threatened Bai Ling'er with death and placed the Scythe Demon around her neck before sending her toward the Flood Dragon Sea Domain.
• Several months later, Bai Ling'er reached Golden Dragon Island and claimed descent from Bai Mei to gain entry to the Golden Flood Dragon Clan.
• Ao Yun led Bai Ling'er to a cave dwelling at the eight-hundred-zhang mark and gave her a scale representing the clan.
• Bai Ling'er offered Ao Yun a Seventh-Grade Demon Core, and he accepted her as his little sister while warning her to respect any demon favored by the Ancestor.

Bai Hansong and his White Water Sword Sect searched the Flood Dragon Sea Domain for the Turtle Demon and the treasure tied to Sky Mirror Hermit's inheritance. Near Golden Dragon Island, Xu Liang tried to steal an Infant Carp Beast's treasures, but Zhou Yi appeared and demanded to know why so many human cultivators had come there.

• Bai Hansong led his cultivators into the Flood Dragon Sea Domain and secretly told Xu Liang about the rumored treasure from Sky Mirror Hermit's inheritance.
• Following a compass that resonated with the Turtle Demon, the White Water Sword Sect drew closer to Golden Dragon Island.
• Ao Yun killed a seventh grade Infant Carp Beast and left its four magic treasures behind as he and Bai Ling'er returned to the island.
• Xu Liang concealed himself with the Profound Origin Water Control Banner, then tried to claim the Infant Carp Beast's corpse and treasures after the demons left.
• Zhou Yi appeared, shattered Xu Liang's signal talisman, and asked why human cultivators had come near Golden Dragon Island.

After learning that an imitation Void Sky Cauldron had appeared in the Flood Dragon Sea Domain, Zhou Yi changed his plans and arranged for Bai Ling'er to lure Ao Yun away with a fabricated treasure map. Bai Ling'er convinced Ao Yun to leave for the supposed demon's resting place, where Zhou Yi would be waiting.

• Zhou Yi froze Xu Liang, searched his soul, and learned that an imitation Void Sky Cauldron had appeared in the Flood Dragon Sea Domain.
• Zhou Yi flew toward Golden Dragon Island and ordered the Scythe Demon to have Bai Ling'er take Ao Yun three thousand li away the next day.
• Bai Ling'er visited Ao Yun and claimed that she was the daughter of a slain White Jade Spiritual Turtle clan chief who had inherited a treasure map.
• Bai Ling'er showed Ao Yun an aged sea chart and a Ninth-Grade demon's spirit bone as evidence of a hidden tomb containing remains and a Demon Core.
• Ao Yun agreed to leave with Bai Ling'er the next morning, believing the Demon Core could help him shapeshift, while Bai Ling'er expected him not to survive the coming danger.

Ao Yun and Bai Ling'er entered a Profound Yin array to seek a Level Nine Demon Core, while Ao Lie followed after they failed to return. Inside, the Scythe Demon decapitated Ao Lie and revealed that it served a powerful human cultivator, leaving Ao Yun and the other demons trapped.

• Ao Lie joined Ao Yun and Bai Ling'er on patrol after learning that human cultivators had entered the Flood Dragon Sea Domain.
• Ao Yun opened the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array and entered with Bai Ling'er, while Ao Lie stayed outside to temper his body.
• When Ao Yun did not emerge, Ao Lie entered the array and found him and the White Jade Spiritual Turtle bound by Profound Yin Qi.
• Ao Lie tried to break the black ring around Ao Yun, but it transformed into a scythe and severed his head.
• The Scythe Demon appeared and said its master had ordered it to spare Ao Lie's Dragon Soul, prompting Ao Lie to accuse the humans of breaking the agreement between the races.

Zhou Yi brought Ao Lie and Ao Yun to Xuan Kui, who devoured the two Golden Flood Dragons and their remains. After Ao Hao discovered their deaths, he vowed to use the Five Dragon Order to exterminate the Spiritual Turtle Clan.

• Zhou Yi captured Ao Lie in the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array and hurried back toward the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain with Bai Ling'er.
• Xuan Kui attacked Zhou Yi, but Zhou Yi opened the formation and released Ao Lie and Ao Yun as a supposed gift.
• Xuan Kui swallowed Ao Lie and Ao Yun, then pursued Ao Lie's remaining dragon body as Zhou Yi fled.
• Ao Hao found that the soul lamps of Ao Lie and Ao Yun had gone out and used a Treasure Mirror to identify Xuan Kui as the one who swallowed them.
• Ao Hao swore to invoke the Five Dragon Order and exterminate the Spiritual Turtle Clan.

Ao Hao issued a Five Dragon Order to exterminate the Spiritual Turtle Clan as Xuan Kui transformed into a dragon turtle and endured a Bloodline Tribulation. Just as Xuan Kui reached the tenth grade, Ao Hao and Kong Li attacked him during the tribulation, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ao Hao used a golden talisman to order the Flood Dragon Clan to kill Spiritual Turtle Clan members of Fifth Grade or above, then flew toward the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain to confront Xuan Kui.
• Zhou Yi secretly followed Xuan Kui as he swallowed Ao Yun's severed body and transformed into a dragon turtle.
• Xuan Kui endured a day and night of Bloodline Tribulation, completing his transformation and reaching the tenth grade.
• Ao Hao and Flying Peng King Kong Li arrived and attacked Xuan Kui while he was still undergoing the tribulation.
• Kong Li evaded Xuan Kui's Ice Soul Divine Light and tore a large piece of flesh from his neck.

Zhou Yi waited until the Golden Flood Dragon King and Flying Peng King crippled Xuan Kui, then trapped Ao Hao in the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array. The Flying Peng King pursued Xuan Kui’s fleeing demon soul, while Zhou Yi’s demon souls began devouring Xuan Kui’s abandoned demon body.

• Ao Hao and the Flying Peng King attacked Xuan Kui while Kong Li avenged Lie’er, and Zhou Yi moved closer, waiting for an opening.
• Ao Hao unleashed the Blood God Blade, breaking Xuan Kui’s shell and leaving him too wounded to escape as the lightning tribulation faded.
• Xuan Kui abandoned his demon body and fled as a demon soul with his Demon Core, and Kong Li pursued him while Ao Hao stayed behind.
• Zhou Yi ambushed Ao Hao with the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array, trapping him inside as the Scythe Demon, White Bone Demon, and other demon souls attacked.
• Ao Hao transformed into a golden dragon and smashed several demon souls, while Zhou Yi’s other demon souls devoured Xuan Kui’s body.

Zhou Yi used the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Array to trap Ao Hao while Kong Li tried to break it, then escaped with the Golden Palace Jade Book after the dragon turtle’s corpse was devoured. Ao Hao and Kong Li got free, but Zhou Yi turned the Profound Yin Demon Souls into twelve Nascent Soul Demon Gods.

• Ao Hao burned through many Profound Yin Demon Souls with Dragon Flame, but Zhou Yi replenished them and held the Golden Flood Dragon King inside the array.
• Kong Li arrived and attacked the array with Golden Sun Divine Thunders, while Ao Hao struck from within and made the formation falter.
• The Scythe Demon wounded Kong Li and kept her occupied, allowing the array to stabilize as Zhou Yi examined the dragon turtle’s Storage Bag.
• Zhou Yi found the Golden Palace Jade Book and a cultivation method that improved his Beast Taming Chapter to sixth level.
• Ao Hao broke through the weakened array and escaped with Kong Li, while the wounded Scythe Demon exploded into Profound Yin Qi.
• Zhou Yi tempered the demon souls with Profound Yin Qi, and the twelve Demon Gods, including the Scythe Demon and Snake Demon, reached Nascent Soul cultivation.

Zhou Yi emerged after completing his demonic art, displaying twelve Nascent Soul-level demon heads and forcing the human cultivators to retreat. He then left to enter seclusion, while Ao Hao withdrew the order against the Spiritual Turtle Clan and plotted to turn the Suanni King against Zhou Yi.

• Zhou Yi appeared before the gathered demons and cultivators with twelve demon heads, and Ao Hao and Kong Li welcomed him as a powerful demon of their race.
• When Bai Hansong asked about Sky Mirror Hermit's relic, Zhou Yi revealed the Kunlun Cauldron and intimidated him into retreating after Bai Hansong warned him about Venerable Xuan Gu.
• Zhou Yi told Ao Hao he would deal with Venerable Xuan Gu, then departed to enter seclusion and promised to visit the Dragon Kings afterward.
• Ao Hao used the Five Dragon Order to pardon the Spiritual Turtle Clan and forbid the flood dragon lineage from provoking conflict without cause.
• Ao Hao told Kong Li he would leak information about the Kunlun Cauldron to provoke the Suanni King, then fled when Kong Li hinted at inviting him to her Cave Mansion.

Zhou Yi created an Acquired Supreme Yang Spirit Land on a volcanic island and planted the only Dragon Blood Grass seed he had. The seed sprouted, and he planned to cultivate more grass, hoping to use Old Demon Han’s Sky Controlling Bottle to speed up its growth.

• Zhou Yi found a volcanic island where Earth Lung Fire and converging spirit veins could help him create an Acquired Supreme Yang Spirit Land.
• Zhou Yi used the Azure Sun Sky Burning Array and Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banners to refine a hundred-zhang area for half a year until it became a Supreme Yang Spirit Land.
• Zhou Yi considered the three methods for cultivating dragon-veined spirit beasts and chose Dragon Blood Grass as the most suitable approach.
• Zhou Yi buried the Dragon Blood Grass seed from Xuan Kui’s Storage Bag in the spirit land and watched over it.
• A blood-red leaf sprouted several days later, and Zhou Yi planned to propagate the grass and eventually use Old Demon Han’s Sky Controlling Bottle to cultivate it faster.

Long Ming and Gui Yuan arrived at Earth Fire Island to demand Zhou Yi surrender the Kunlun Cauldron, but Zhou Yi attacked them instead. He killed Gui Yuan and trapped Long Ming in a formation, where their battle began.

• Long Ming and Gui Yuan found Zhou Yi on Earth Fire Island and Long Ming demanded the Kunlun Cauldron, claiming it had belonged to his father, the Suanni King.
• Gui Yuan urged Zhou Yi to hand over the cauldron for the Spiritual Turtle Clan’s benefit, and Zhou Yi pretended to agree before revealing his intention to borrow something from them.
• Zhou Yi attacked with the Scythe Demon, ten demon heads, and the Kunlun Cauldron; the Scythe Demon severed Gui Yuan’s body, and the Chongming Demon devoured Gui Yuan’s escaping soul and Demon Core.
• Long Ming broke through the Hound Demon Spirit Fire and confronted Zhou Yi, who formed the Three Talents Nine Palaces Trapping Formation around him.
• Long Ming shattered the Tiger-Head Demon’s hammer and killed it with his bronze battle-axe after a Three-Colored Jade Ruyi protected him from its soul-targeting roar.

Zhou Yi and the Eleven Demon Gods defeated Long Ming by trapping him in successive formations and wearing down his Three-Headed Lion demon body. Rather than kill him, Zhou Yi offered to teach him the Dragon Transformation Scripture, and Long Ming agreed to follow him for now.

• Zhou Yi and the Eleven Demon Gods trapped Long Ming in the Three Talents Nine Palaces Formation, and Long Ming destroyed two Demon Gods before losing his defensive treasures.
• Zhou Yi shifted the demons into the Four Symbols Seven Stars Formation, and Long Ming revealed his Three-Headed Lion true form after the Horse Head Demon revived from the Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banner.
• Long Ming's three-colored divine light forced the Demon Gods back, but Zhou Yi endured his attacks with the Kunlun Cauldron while the demons wounded him and drained his strength.
• The Scythe Demon tore open Long Ming's neck, the Snake Demon severed his tail, and the Giant-Mouth Demon bit into him as the others continued their assault.
• Long Ming reverted to a badly wounded form and threatened Zhou Yi with the Suanni Clan, but Zhou Yi offered to spare him if he accepted a restriction and became his mount.
• Zhou Yi secretly promised to teach Long Ming the Dragon Transformation Scripture, and Long Ming chose to enter the formation with him rather than die.

Zhou Yi trapped Long Ming and learned that the Suanni Clan’s Dragon Washing Pool could transform bloodlines, then let Long Ming study the Dragon Transformation Art. The art awakened Long Ming’s dragon bloodline but created two independent souls, and Zhou Yi began placing a soul restriction as Long Ming struggled to control his new heads.

• Zhou Yi brought Long Ming into the Spirit Gathering Array and asked why he had sought the Kunlun Cauldron.
• Long Ming explained that he wanted to trade the cauldron for entry to the Suanni Clan’s Dragon Washing Pool, which could transform impure dragon bloodlines at the cost of many Dragon-Blooded Demon Beasts.
• Zhou Yi gave Long Ming the Dragon Transformation Art, and Long Ming used it to awaken his dragon bloodline and grow golden scales and antlers.
• Long Ming’s azure and blue heads gained independent consciousness and named themselves Long Lan and Long Cang, while Zhou Yi resolved not to cultivate the art himself.
• Zhou Yi began placing a soul restriction on Long Ming, but Long Lan and Long Cang refused to open their souls, so Long Ming threatened to have them cut off before they reluctantly submitted.

Zhou Yi compelled Long Ming and the three remaining Spiritual Turtle clan patriarchs to submit, then unified the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain under his rule. The patriarchs accepted his soul restrictions and divided the region among their clans, leaving Zhou Yi in control of its resources and demon beasts.

• Zhou Yi placed forbidden seals on Long Lan and Long Cang, then gave Long Ming a bloodline-purifying secret art and ordered him to manage the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain.
• Long Ming returned to the Ten Thousand Zhang Sea, found the three remaining Spiritual Turtle patriarchs, and ordered them to visit Zhou Yi on Earth Fire Island.
• Long Ming brought Jin Ming, Gao Yi, and Zi Tai to Earth Fire Island, where Zhou Yi demanded their submission and announced that he would unify the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain.
• Zhou Yi ordered the three patriarchs to hand over half their resources, divide the domain into four regions, and accept soul restrictions.
• Zi Tai agreed first, and Gao Yi and Jin Ming followed; Zhou Yi sealed all three patriarchs, bringing the Spiritual Turtle Sea Domain under his control.

After decades of cultivating and refining pills on Earth Fire Island, Zhou Yi harvested a Dragon Blood Grass seed and returned to Kunlun Mountain. He learned that a martial artist was waiting for him on Peach Blossom Mountain, and decided to hear the man’s request while considering the Wood Spirit Pearl and the possibility of finding the other Five Elements Spirit Pearls.

• Zhou Yi spent decades purifying his mana, tending the Dragon Blood Grass, and refining pills for demon clans, building enormous wealth and collecting rare pill recipes.
• The Dragon Blood Grass bloomed, and Zhou Yi collected its single seed before sealing Earth Fire Island and entering seclusion.
• Zhou Yi used the Gateway to Myriad Wonders to return to Kunlun Mountain, where he reunited with Fangfei and learned she had been tending the medicine field.
• Fangfei told Zhou Yi that a martial artist had been waiting for him on Peach Blossom Mountain with an urgent matter.
• Zhou Yi decided to hear the martial artist’s request, hoping to avoid deep entanglements while keeping open the possibility of obtaining the Wood Spirit Pearl.