Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun realized the disciples’ assault was a decoy for another sect’s attempt to steal from the Poison King’s palace, then fought Yao Chi when he tried to stop him. Nie Yun killed Yao Chi with poisoned blood, leaving him free to head toward the palace.

• Ye Jianxing fought Yao Cheng while the Poison King’s disciples attacked the surrounding sect disciples.
• The Poison King rushed into his palace after discovering someone was stealing from him, and ordered Yao Chi to kill everyone.
• Nie Yun saw that the disciples’ attack had been a diversion for experts infiltrating the palace, then flew down to investigate.
• Yao Chi trapped the group in a formation and attacked Nie Yun with the Rejection Tribulation Demon Art.
• Nie Yun resisted Yao Chi’s attacks and used a poisoned blood mist to kill him.

Nie Yun killed Yao Chi with poisoned blood and infiltrated the palace, where he discovered the Poison King battling three Sword God Sect experts over the Peerless Poison Embryo. The Poison King overwhelmed their attacks, leaving Nie Yun watching from hiding and unwilling to intervene.

• Nie Yun used a Heavenly Bridge Realm expert’s poisoned blood to kill Yao Chi, then took his demon core and stored his corpse.
• Nie Yun used his Stealth Talent and Heavenly Eye to slip through the palace formation and reach the hall where the Poison King faced three men.
• Nie Yun learned that the three men were from the Sword God Sect and that they had come to seize the Peerless Poison Embryo, which the Poison King had been refining.
• The Poison King attacked with Poisoned Soldiers and corrosive poisonous gas, forcing the Sword God Sect experts to defend themselves.
• The Poison King disrupted the leading swordsman’s Vanishing Divine Sword and knocked his sword into the rock wall, while Nie Yun stayed hidden rather than risk joining the fight.

Nie Yun formed the Extreme Poison Dantian by sensing the Poison King's Extreme Poison Qi, then disguised himself as Yao Chi and deceived the Poison King and the Sword God Sect experts. As Qi Chao moved to seize the Peerless Poison Embryo, the Poison King called on Nie Yun to protect it.

• The Poison King fought three Sword God Sect experts and used Extreme Poison Qi to contaminate their swords.
• Nie Yun sensed the Extreme Poison Qi from a fallen sword, formed the Extreme Poison Dantian, and transformed his body into that of a Poison Master.
• Nie Yun decided to steal the Peerless Poison Embryo, disguised himself as Yao Chi, and claimed that experts from the Eight Great Sects had arrived and wiped out the demonfolk outside.
• Believing the warning, the Sword God Sect leader ordered Qi Chao to seize the Peerless Poison Embryo while the other two men held back the Poison King.
• The Poison King attacked Qi Chao but was blocked by the other two men, so he called on Yao Chi to put away the Peerless Poison Embryo.

Nie Yun stole the Peerless Poison Embryo from the Poison King's palace and escaped with Yi Qing and Ye Jianxing after his disguise was exposed. He learned that Ye Jianxing's uncle Zong An had orchestrated the attack on the Poison King, then parted ways with Ye Jianxing and prepared to refine twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm experts into puppets.

• Nie Yun feigned a fight with Qi Chao, seized the Peerless Poison Embryo, and fled the palace while the Poison King battled the three middle-aged men.
• Nie Yun escaped underground with Yi Qing and Ye Jianxing, using the Dragon Bone Divine Boat as a decoy before racing away from the Poison King's pursuit.
• Nie Yun questioned Ye Jianxing and learned that Uncle Zong An had urged him to attack the Poison King and supplied him with a Direction-Finding Mirror and poison-dispelling pills.
• Nie Yun warned Ye Jianxing that he had seen Uncle Zong An in the Poison King's palace, and Ye Jianxing resolved to be cautious.
• Nie Yun and Ye Jianxing shared a drink and said farewell, after which Nie Yun told Yi Qing they would enter the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion so he could refine twelve Heavenly Bridge Realm experts into puppets.

Nie Yun refined the twelve ancient corpses, gaining powerful guards but finding that his soul and Spirit Stones limited their strength. After mastering Scorching Summer Sun, he opened the Purple Splendor Daoist’s third hall and discovered a trove of Spirit Weapons, then decided to cultivate the Maha Divine Palm’s second form.

• Nie Yun refined the twelve corpses with his Poison Master energy, but found that his divided soul and High-grade Spirit Stones could only let them fight at mid Heavenly Bridge Realm strength.
• Nie Yun reflected that refining the corpses had consolidated his mana and that finding Peerless Spirit Stones could help him unleash their full power.
• Nie Yun used Scorching Summer Sun to open the third hall of the Purple Splendor Cave Mansion.
• Nie Yun found dozens of High-grade Spirit Weapons among the hall’s treasures and decided to leave them for his father, companions, or puppets.
• Nie Yun recalled the Maha Divine Palm and resolved to cultivate its second form now that his sea of energy had grown.

Nie Yun mastered the second Maha Divine Palm move, then resumed his search for his parents when he could not advance his soul cultivation. Meanwhile, Mishin Sect Master Mi Hua faced accusations over the deaths of twelve elders and summoned the sect’s Supreme Elders to witness his explanation.

• Nie Yun learned Primordial Immeasurable and demonstrated its power, which he believed could defeat anyone below the Heavenly Bridge Realm.
• Nie Yun found that he could not cultivate the third palm move or advance his soul without unavailable requirements, so he set out to find his parents while disguised.
• Mi Shang and allied Grand Elders confronted Mi Hua over sending twelve inner cabinet elders to kill Nie Yun and demanded an explanation.
• Mi Hua said the matter was serious enough to require the Supreme Elders as witnesses, prompting the assembled Grand Elders to question his decision.
• Mi Hua activated a sacrificial spirit artifact and offered his name to summon the Supreme Elders.

Mi Hua summoned the Mishin Sect’s Supreme Elders and persuaded them to pursue Nie Yun after revealing that Nie Yun possessed the Tianji Sword. With the elders’ backing, Mi Hua killed Mi Shang and secured his authority over the sect.

• The Supreme Elders emerged after Mi Hua’s urgent summons and learned that Nie Yun had killed twelve Inner Cabinet Elders.
• Mi Hua explained that Nie Yun was the disciple of a Huayun Sect Supreme Elder, prompting the Supreme Elders to initially advise against pursuing him.
• Mi Hua revealed that Nie Yun possessed the Tianji Sword, and the Supreme Elders ordered the sect to capture him at any cost.
• The Supreme Elders gave Mi Hua full authority, and Mi Hua attacked Mi Shang for opposing his decisions.
• Mi Hua used the Sect Master’s Seal to trap Mi Shang, crushed his body, and burned away his fleeing soul.
• The elders accepted Mi Hua’s decisive action, while the assembled sect members recognized that he had established firm authority.

Mi Hua executed Mi Shang, used his crimes to secure the elders’ obedience, and ordered them to capture Nie Yun alive. Nie Yun and Yi Qing reached Ji Yun City in disguise, where a citywide search revealed that the Mishin Sect could track his approximate location; Nie Yun considered avoiding the inspection by entering underground.

• Mi Hua showed the elders a list of Mi Shang’s twelve crimes, explained that he had executed him, and warned the elders to cooperate or face exposure.
• Mi Hua ordered the elders to hunt down Nie Yun and capture him alive.
• Nie Yun and Yi Qing reached Ji Yun City, changed their appearances, and approached its guarded entrance.
• Nie Yun and Yi Qing learned that the Mishin Sect was inspecting everyone with a Truth-Distinguishing Mirror and displaying Nie Yun’s portrait across the city.
• Nie Yun reasoned that the Mishin Sect likely lacked a Heavenly Secret Master and considered bypassing the inspection by using his Earth Walker Master talent.

Nie Yun and Yi Qing slipped into Ji Yun City unseen after Linglong Immortal Sect disciples forced the Mishin Sect to remove its inspection mirror. They followed the women, learning that they had come to recruit disciples, while Nie Yun considered—but dismissed—the idea of provoking a conflict between the sects.

• Linglong Immortal Sect disciples led by Yin Shuang arrived at Ji Yun City's gate, where Yin Shuang struck a Mishin Sect inspector and demanded that the Reality Mirror be removed.
• Nie Yun grabbed Yi Qing's hand and used Concealment Qi attributed to Thousand Illusions to pass the gate undetected.
• Nie Yun overheard a Mishin Sect guard angrily resent the Linglong disciples and considered stirring up conflict between the sects, but decided he lacked the strength to do so.
• Yin Shuang and the other Linglong disciples discussed recruiting promising disciples in Ji Yun City to earn merit and treasures.

Nie Yun and Yi Qing arrived in Ji Yun City, where Nie Yun learned that the Linglong Saintess was an Immortal Sound Master and considered seeking her talent to strengthen his soul. They checked into Ji Yun Tower’s expensive Immortal Courtyard, where Nie Yun planned to negotiate a Spirit Stone exchange.

• Senior Sister Yin Shuang and the other women discussed the Linglong Saintess and chose to stay at Ji Yun Tower.
• Nie Yun recognized the Saintess’s Immortal Sound Master talent as a possible way to cultivate the Glazed Soul and decided to seek a chance to extract her Immortal Sound Qi.
• Nie Yun and Yi Qing walked to Ji Yun Tower, briefly holding hands before emerging from an alley and separating them.
• Nie Yun paid ten High-grade Spirit Stones per day for an Immortal Courtyard and asked the waiter to bring the owner to discuss a major deal.
• Nie Yun explained to Yi Qing that he planned to exchange Spirit Stones, hoping to obtain Peerless Spirit Stones for the corpse at the peak of the Heavenly Bridge Realm.

Nie Yun stayed at the Immortal Courtyard to watch the Linglong Immortal Sect and help Yi Qing pass its assessment, though their impending separation left them both subdued. He then negotiated with the owner of Ji Yun Tower to exchange High-grade Spirit Stones for Peerless Spirit Stones, hoping to strengthen his Heavenly Bridge Realm clone.

• Yi Qing asked whether Nie Yun would leave after she joined the Linglong Immortal Sect, and he reassured her that they would meet again.
• Nie Yun used his Heavenly Eye to look toward the Linglong Immortal Sect women and hurriedly shut it after seeing them bathing.
• Nie Yun summoned his peak Heavenly Bridge Realm clone before meeting the owner of Ji Yun Tower.
• Nie Yun asked the owner to exchange Peerless Spirit Stones at a price of 150 High-grade Spirit Stones each and said he would buy all available stones.
• The owner agreed to fetch the Peerless Spirit Stones, while Nie Yun expected them to raise his clone's combat power to the late Heavenly Bridge Realm.

Nie Yun strengthened his corpse clone with Peerless Spirit Stones, then used his Heavenly Eye to watch Mi Jiang of the Mishin Sect ask the Linglong Immortal Sect women to report Yi Qing if she came to their assessment. Mi Jiang won their cooperation with gifts, but Senior Sister Yin Shuang sensed something was wrong, leaving Nie Yun aware that Yi Qing’s arrival could expose her and lead the Mishin Sect to him.

• The owner brought Nie Yun more than a hundred Peerless Spirit Stones, and Nie Yun paid him before embedding a hundred stones into his corpse clone, raising its strength to the late stage of the Heavenly Bridge Realm.
• Nie Yun watched the Linglong Immortal Sect courtyard with his Heavenly Eye and saw Mi Jiang and other Mishin Sect disciples arrive.
• Mi Jiang told Senior Sister Yin Shuang and the others that the Mishin Sect was hunting Nie Yun and asked them to report Yi Qing if she came for the Linglong Immortal Sect assessment.
• Mi Jiang gave the women attractive gifts, and they agreed to notify him if they found Yi Qing.
• After Mi Jiang left, the women praised him, but Senior Sister Yin Shuang said she sensed something strange about him.

Nie Yun overheard Mi Jiang plotting to capture Yi Qing and kill witnesses, then followed him outside Ji Yun City. He discovered Mi Jiang had joined his master Mi Feng and Martial Uncle Mi Tai in a cave, where they were refining a Dragon Scale Earth Seal; Nie Yun watched cautiously as Mi Jiang recognized the Dragon Race treasure.

• Yin Shuang suspected Mi Jiang had an ulterior motive, while the Linglong Immortal Sect disciples gossiped about Nie Yun and Yi Qing.
• Mi Jiang told his followers he planned to use the disciples to lure Yi Qing out, seize her, and kill everyone who knew about it.
• Nie Yun overheard the plot and followed Mi Jiang out of Ji Yun City, intending to kill him.
• Mi Jiang met his master Mi Feng at a valley, where Mi Tai invited him to join their work refining a treasure.
• Mi Feng led Mi Jiang into a concealed cave, where Mi Jiang recognized the treasure as a Dragon Scale Earth Seal.

Nie Yun and Purple Eye discovered that the earthy-gray Dragon Scale Earth Seal held no especially valuable treasures, but planned to enter after Mi Tai opened it and let Purple Eye collect what they could. The seal began shining as Mi Feng and Mi Jiang poured their mana into Mi Tai.

• Mi Feng explained that Mi Tai’s dragon claw let him sense the Dragon Scale Earth Seal, which he had been refining for two days.
• Nie Yun considered using Purple Eye’s Dragon Descendant bloodline to gain access to the sealed treasure vault.
• Purple Eye identified the seal as the lowest-grade type and said they could enter after it opened, since her purer bloodline would let her collect treasures faster than Mi Feng.
• The Dragon Scale Earth Seal began radiating dazzling light, and Mi Feng and Mi Jiang transferred their mana into Mi Tai.

Mi Tai opened the Dragon Clan passage, but Dragon Breath suppressed him and his companions. Nie Yun and Purple Eye entered, took the tens of thousands of Peerless Spirit Stones, and prepared to leave after Nie Yun’s corpse clone defeated Mi Tai.

• Mi Tai opened the enormous Dragon Clan gateway, then Dragon Breath forced him to his knees and blasted Mi Feng and Mi Jiang back.
• Mi Tai entered alone and found tens of thousands of Peerless Spirit Stones inside the cave.
• Nie Yun and Purple Eye appeared, and Nie Yun revealed his identity to Mi Tai.
• Mi Tai attacked Nie Yun, but Nie Yun summoned Mi Xing’s corpse as a clone, which struck Mi Tai back.
• Nie Yun collected the Peerless Spirit Stones, and Purple Eye confirmed there were no other treasures.
• Nie Yun decided to leave the cave rather than keep fighting Mi Tai.

Nie Yun escaped Mi Tai after stealing the Dragon clan expert’s treasures, then killed Mi Jiang and fled underground as Mi Tai and Mi Feng pursued him. After nearly an hour, he lost Mi Tai’s tracking aura and surfaced in an unfamiliar place.

• Nie Yun used Mi Xing’s corpse clone and his strongest sword technique to clash with Mi Tai, then escaped underground with the treasure and the corpse.
• Nie Yun remembered that he had come to kill Mi Jiang, surfaced beneath him, and killed him with a burst of sword qi.
• Mi Feng struck the ground and injured Nie Yun, while Mi Tai told Mi Feng that Nie Yun had stolen the treasures and made Mi Xing into a clone.
• Nie Yun fled underground in a random direction as Mi Tai and Mi Feng pursued him, avoiding the route to Ji Yun City.
• After nearly an hour, Mi Tai’s tracking aura faded, and Nie Yun emerged aboveground, unsure where he was.

Nie Yun hid in a strange gorge, discovered a valley filled with thousand-year spiritual herbs, and encountered a young Void Absorption Realm expert from Linglong Immortal Sect seeking an exchange. The valley’s owner, a terrifying Devil Race member, refused her demand.

• Nie Yun entered an unmapped, icy gorge and saw a flock of Bloodbeak Demon Eagles, a species believed to have been exterminated from Floating Sky Continent.
• Nie Yun sensed the gorge’s dense spiritual energy and found a valley covered in thousand-year herbs, hoping to find Hundred Stalk Flowers for a pill to strengthen his soul.
• Nie Yun hid when Huo Ying of Linglong Immortal Sect arrived and asked Demon Venerable Luotian to exchange for a medicinal herb.
• Demon Venerable Luotian appeared as a winged Devil Race member and told Huo Ying to leave.

Nie Yun watched Huo Ying, a genius of the Linglong Immortal Sect, battle Demon Venerable Luotian over a Hundred Stalk Flower. As their fight escalated, Luotian’s magic pulled Nie Yun, who was disguised as a stone, toward the air.

• Nie Yun recognized the Devil Race in Demon Venerable Luotian and realized a Hundred Stalk Flower must be nearby because Huo Ying had come to ask for one.
• Demon Venerable Luotian refused Huo Ying’s request, so she attacked him with a black-hole-like palm strike.
• Luotian countered with the Demonic Domain Dark Night Art, and Huo Ying used her Linglong Heavenly Heart to scatter his devil energy.
• Luotian tried to contaminate Huo Ying’s Heavenly Heart, but she struck back with the Linglong Celestial Hand and drove away his devil energy.
• Luotian turned the valley’s stones, trees, flowers, and grass into monsters, and the force of his spell began pulling Nie Yun from his hiding place.

While Demon Venerable Luotian and a girl battled, Nie Yun searched for the Hundred Stalk Flower and found it in Luotian’s cave. He used Divine Thief Qi to slip through the cave’s formations and entered, leaving the flower still to be stolen.

• Nie Yun hid underground as Demon Venerable Luotian and the girl fought in the gorge.
• Nie Yun searched the valley’s herbs with Heavenly Eye but found no Hundred Stalk Flower outside.
• Nie Yun inspected Demon Venerable Luotian’s cave and spotted the Hundred Stalk Flower in an inner garden.
• Nie Yun used Earth Walking Qi to approach the cave, but stopped when he encountered a dense formation net.
• Nie Yun remembered that Divine Thief Qi let him pass formations when treasure lay ahead, infused it, and crossed the Array Fishing Net.

Nie Yun stole Demon Venerable Luotian’s treasures and three Hundred Stalk Flowers, alerting Luotian and forcing him to flee and hide. After Luotian’s soul scan passed over his cave, a badly wounded Huo Ying collapsed inside.

• Nie Yun used his Divine Thief Talent to pass through the arrays and steal valuables from Demon Venerable Luotian’s treasury.
• Nie Yun took the three Hundred Stalk Flowers from the Spirit Sealing Array, and their medicinal aura alerted Demon Venerable Luotian.
• Nie Yun fled underground as Demon Venerable Luotian attacked Huo Ying, then hid in a cave rather than risk being tracked by a soul scan.
• Demon Venerable Luotian’s Soul Force swept over Nie Yun’s cave and continued onward.
• Huo Ying entered the cave and collapsed, bleeding heavily.