Chapter Summaries

Liu Yu accepted Ji Ruyan as his concubine after she chose to remain by his side, and he kept her Primordial Spirit Restriction in place. He then resumed cultivation, completing two rounds of Demon Fire Refining Essence and discovering that his body had grown strong enough to resist Lower-grade Magical Artifacts.

• Liu Yu offered to free Ji Ruyan from her Primordial Spirit Restriction, but she asked to become his Dao companion and accepted his offer of concubine status when he refused.
• Ji Ruyan agreed to keep the restriction, and Liu Yu gave her a Jade-Green Bracelet as a betrothal gift and promised to announce her status after the war in the Yan Kingdom ended.
• Liu Yu considered how he managed his resources and followers, then sent Voice-Transmitting Talismans to Wu Chang and the others to ask them to watch for high-end auctions and exchange gatherings.
• Liu Yu returned to the Cultivation Room and performed the fifth and sixth rounds of Demon Fire Refining Essence, completing the process safely after three days.
• Liu Yu tested his strengthened body and found that Lower-grade Magical Artifacts could barely breach his defenses.

Liu Yu refined his cultivation, planned to expand his Jade Pill Hall, and attended a Foundation Establishment exchange gathering before traveling to an auction in search of a defensive high-grade spirit artifact. The auction’s final item was revealed as the Earth Spirit Pearl, and Liu Yu awaited its bidding.

• Liu Yu completed the fifth and sixth rounds of Demon Fire Refining Essence, sensed that his bottleneck had weakened, and chose to refine his cultivation before using the Purpleheart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Liu Yu decided Ji Ruyan could manage a second Jade Pill Hall and rewarded Wu Chang for finding an exchange gathering and auction.
• Liu Yu attended Rogue Mo Zhu’s gathering at Ink Bamboo Mountain in disguise but left without finding anything worthwhile.
• Liu Yu traveled to Golden Star Market Ward and waited through most of the auction without bidding, seeking a defensive high-grade spirit artifact.
• Wang Biqin introduced the auction’s final item, the high-grade defensive spirit artifact called the Earth Spirit Pearl.

Liu Yu won the Earth Spirit Pearl at auction, returned to his cave abode, and tested its defensive power before preparing to return to the Eternal Peace Market Ward. He gave Ji Ruyan a cultivation manual and instructions for managing a shop, then departed, leaving her to watch him go.

• Liu Yu outbid the other cultivators and bought the Earth Spirit Pearl for four thousand two hundred spirit stones.
• Liu Yu returned to the Primordial Yang Sect, concealed his cultivation level, and refined the Earth Spirit Pearl in his cave abode.
• Liu Yu tested the Earth Spirit Pearl against the Profound Departure Sword and found that its shield withstood the attack.
• Liu Yu told Ji Ruyan to find a shop location and gave her the Myriad Forest Scripture, warning her not to share his cultivation knowledge without permission.
• Ji Ruyan offered Liu Yu handmade boots, and he accepted them before leaving for the Eternal Peace Market Ward.

Liu Yu returned to Eternal Peace Market Ward, where Li Buyu recruited him to help seize Fire Spirit Fruits from the weakened Hua Household in the Yan Kingdom. He agreed to join the attack and prepare five Foundation Establishment Cultivators, though he privately intended to secure the fruits for himself.

• Liu Yu teleported to Ancient Gate City and traveled back toward Eternal Peace Market Ward, witnessing the devastation the war had brought to the Yan Kingdom.
• Liu Yu returned to his cave abode and summoned Jiang Qiushui, but Li Buyu arrived with her and asked to speak with him privately.
• Li Buyu told Liu Yu that the Hua Household had secretly cultivated a Fire Spirit Fruit Tree and that its two Golden Core cultivators had been sent away to fight at Immortal Palace City.
• Li Buyu asked Liu Yu to help attack the Hua Household, offering him any extra Fire Spirit Fruits or other compensation in exchange for his support.
• Liu Yu agreed to participate and send five Foundation Establishment Cultivators, then asked Li Buyu when they would strike.

Liu Yu learned that True Person Changfeng would duel True Person Qingwei at Heavenly King Mountain, then reviewed the Yan Kingdom’s affairs and prepared for a raid on the Hua Household. He chose the cultivators to accompany him and planned to leave Jiang Qiushui in charge of Eternal Peace Market Ward, but a new thought struck him as he was about to cultivate.

• Li Buyu told Liu Yu that Changfeng and Qingwei had signed a Supreme Unity Dao Contract to duel at Heavenly King Mountain, with Immortal Palace City at stake.
• Liu Yu and Li Buyu finalized plans to raid the Hua Household three days after the duel, and she left his cave abode.
• Jiang Qiushui reported that the duel had become widely known and that factions around Eternal Peace Market Ward wanted to meet Liu Yu.
• Liu Yu agreed to receive the faction representatives the next day and considered which Foundation Establishment cultivators to take on the raid.
• Liu Yu decided to take Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and three later-submitted cultivators, while Jiang Qiushui, Meng Wenxing, and others guarded Eternal Peace Market Ward.
• As Liu Yu prepared to enter the Cultivation Room, another bold thought came to him.

Liu Yu prepared for the planned attack on the Hua Household while deciding to attend the Battle of Heavenly King Mountain in disguise. He reached the mountain and found White Cloud Temple barring spectators, as growing defiance among the gathered cultivators showed how much its authority had weakened.

• Liu Yu accepted greeting gifts from allied factions and assured their representatives that his promised benefits would remain unchanged.
• Liu Yu informed Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and the others of his plans, then tested Little Green and found that the snake had advanced to tier-one high-grade and awakened two new innate spells.
• After refining his cultivation for twenty-nine days, Liu Yu disguised himself as a scholarly rogue cultivator and traveled toward Heavenly King Mountain.
• Liu Yu skirted Immortal Palace City and the surrounding Primordial Yang Sect camps to avoid revealing his identity.
• Liu Yu reached Heavenly King Mountain and joined the spectators gathered at its foot after White Cloud Temple barred them from entering.
• A burly cultivator openly criticized White Cloud Temple, and Liu Yu noted that the temple's weakened standing was evident in the crowd's growing defiance.

Liu Yu, posing as Hong Hao, waited with other cultivators outside White Cloud Temple’s blockade of Heavenly King Mountain for the duel between Li Changfeng and another Golden Core cultivator. After Li Changfeng arrived, the spectators pressed toward the mountain, and Daoist Ziyun stepped in to negotiate their entry.

• Liu Yu met Zhao Biao, who proposed uniting the spectators to overcome White Cloud Temple’s blockade, and Liu Yu agreed to cooperate.
• The next day, Li Changfeng arrived alone on a powerful azure banner and flew to the summit of Heavenly King Mountain.
• The spectators surged toward the mountain, but a blue-robed White Cloud Temple cultivator ordered them to stop, bringing the crowd close to a clash.
• Several Golden Core True Persons arrived, easing the tension, and Daoist Ziyun took over from his junior brother.
• Daoist Ziyun apologized for his junior brother and began explaining the conditions for ascending the mountain while Liu Yu listened in disguise.

Liu Yu passed White Cloud Temple’s qualification test under the alias Hong Hao and climbed Heavenly King Mountain to watch the battle between True Person Changfeng and True Person Qingwei. At the summit, he confirmed that the disguised cultivator Cang Lan had also arrived, while the expected duel had yet to begin.

• Daoist Ziyun used a divine sense attack to silence a provocateur, then announced that cultivators had to defeat White Cloud Temple examiners to ascend the mountain.
• Zhao Biao challenged a late-stage White Cloud Temple cultivator but conceded after a High-Grade Spirit Artifact overwhelmed him, while the other two challengers split their matches.
• Liu Yu challenged the female cultivator surnamed He as Hong Hao, defeated her with his flying sword, Pink Folding Fan, and Flame Bodyguard Shield, and earned passage uphill.
• Liu Yu spotted a cultivator he suspected was Cang Lan among the challengers and continued to the summit without stopping to watch his fight.
• Liu Yu reached the summit and saw True Person Changfeng with three Golden Core spectators facing White Cloud Temple’s five Golden Core True Persons, while True Person Qingwei remained absent.
• Liu Yu confirmed Cang Lan’s identity when they exchanged familiar glances, and Cang Lan grew wary of the white-robed cultivator watching him.

Liu Yu watched True Person Qingwei and True Person Changfeng begin their battle, then discovered that White Cloud Temple had trapped the spectators to eliminate them. As Liu Yu fought his way toward escape, the chapter ended with him blocking another volley of attacks.

• True Person Qingwei and True Person Changfeng exchanged words before unleashing divine abilities that filled the sky with red radiance and azure wind.
• The two True Persons and the other Golden Core cultivators moved away from Heavenly King Mountain, while Daoist Ziyun and White Cloud Temple cultivators blocked the spectators from leaving.
• White Cloud Temple attacked the spectators, killing several and forcing the survivors to fight back together.
• Liu Yu used defensive artifacts and magical items to repel his attackers and tried to escape toward Immortal Palace City.
• Liu Yu's Earth Spirit Pearl and Flame Bodyguard Shield stopped another group of artifacts, allowing him to keep his identity and strength concealed.

Liu Yu fled Heavenly King Mountain, then killed the White Cloud Temple cultivator who pursued him. To evade further searches on the way to Immortal Palace City, he concealed his cultivation and disguised himself as a war refugee traveling by boat along the Jingchuan River.

• Liu Yu escaped the battle at Heavenly King Mountain while a blue-robed White Cloud Temple Daoist pursued him, and he lured the man far from the mountain before confronting him.
• The blue-robed Daoist attacked Liu Yu with a transformed Black-Feathered Crow and magical artifacts, but Liu Yu countered with the Molten Fire Saber and Spirit-Shocking Thorns.
• Liu Yu shattered the Daoist's defenses, killed him, and collected his Storage Bag and artifacts before taking a wide detour toward Immortal Palace City.
• Liu Yu used the Spirit-Concealing Art and disguised himself as a displaced farm boy, then boarded a ferry on the Jingchuan River to pass through the Immortal Palace City area unnoticed.

Liu Yu was discovered by White Cloud Temple cultivators Bai Haobo and Daoist Meng Xue while attempting to leave their territory, and he chose to fight rather than retreat. He opened with four Spirit Artifacts and a divine sense attack, which wounded Bai Haobo but failed against Meng Xue’s protective bracelet.

• Liu Yu sensed two Foundation Establishment cultivators watching the ferry and abandoned his disguise when they locked onto him.
• Liu Yu confronted silver-haired Daoist Meng Xue and red-browed Bai Haobo, who recognized him as Old Devil Qing Yang and blamed him for the White Household of Phoenix Mountain.
• Bai Haobo declared that Meng Xue would end Liu Yu, while Liu Yu resolved to face her rather than retreat.
• Liu Yu released four Spirit Artifacts and five Spirit-Shocking Thorns, striking Bai Haobo with two thorns.
• Meng Xue blocked the three thorns aimed at her with a green barrier from her bracelet, leaving her unharmed.

Liu Yu ambushed Daoist Meng Xue and Bai Haobo, killing Bai Haobo despite Meng Xue’s divine sense artifact and powerful spirit artifacts. Outmatched by Meng Xue, Liu Yu fought defensively and prepared the Snow Silk Needle Talisman Treasure as he sought a way to escape.

• Liu Yu’s Netherworld Soul-Severing Cone broke through Bai Haobo’s defenses while Daoist Meng Xue used her Red Jade Flute and patterned paper fan to counter Liu Yu’s spirit artifacts.
• Liu Yu struck Bai Haobo with another Spirit-Shocking Thorn, leaving him dazed long enough for the Netherworld Soul-Severing Cone to kill him.
• Daoist Meng Xue grew enraged and unleashed stronger attacks, forcing Liu Yu to defend himself against her flame sparrow and a relentless rain of black ice crystals.
• Liu Yu realized he could not outlast Meng Xue, whose attacks were wearing down his spirit artifacts, and decided he had to escape before reinforcements arrived.
• Liu Yu maintained his defenses while secretly taking the Snow Silk Needle Talisman Treasure from his Storage Bag.

Liu Yu used the Snow Silk Needle Talisman Treasure to break Daoist Meng Xue’s blockade and escaped into Primordial Yang Sect territory, then returned to Eternal Peace Market Ward to recover and prepare for the attack on the Hua Household. Two days later, he gathered Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and three others to depart, leaving Jiang Qiushui in charge of the market ward.

• Liu Yu activated the Snow Silk Needle Talisman Treasure, damaged Daoist Meng Xue’s Red Jade Flute, and forced her to defend with the Apricot-Yellow Umbrella while he escaped.
• Daoist Meng Xue did not pursue Liu Yu, and Zhou Zhuofeng’s group stopped Liu Yu after he entered Primordial Yang Sect territory and confirmed his identity.
• Liu Yu replenished his magic power at the main camp, returned to Eternal Peace Market Ward, cultivated, practiced the Divine Preservation Art, and slept to recover.
• Two days later, Liu Yu confirmed that Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and three other cultivators were ready to attack the Hua Household and announced their imminent departure.
• Liu Yu left Jiang Qiushui in charge of Eternal Peace Market Ward and told her to keep their absence secret while he went to meet Li Buyu.

Liu Yu joined Li Buyu’s force to launch a swift attack on the Hua Household’s Sweet Spring Mountain stronghold and seize its Fire Spirit Fruit Tree. The attackers overran a sentry post, but the mountain’s defenses lit up as they approached, and the assault was about to meet the Hua Household’s full force.

• Liu Yu left Jiang Qiushui in charge of his group’s base and flew with Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and the others to meet Li Buyu.
• Li Buyu assembled her force of more than six hundred cultivators with Liu Yu’s group and led them aboard the Origin Returning Boat toward Sweet Spring Mountain.
• As the attackers neared the stronghold, Li Buyu ordered them to strike the sentry posts, and Hua Yunqiu warned her people to retreat before the attackers killed her and the Qi Refining cultivators at her post.
• Li Buyu sent six Foundation Establishment cultivators and three groups of Qi Refining cultivators to attack the other sides of the mountain.
• The Mountain-Guarding Formation brightened as the Origin Returning Boat approached within eight li, revealing hundreds of Hua Household cultivators inside its barrier.

Li Buyu led the Primordial Yang Sect in attacking Sweet Spring Mountain, while the Hua Household’s clan chief, Hua Yunfei, refused to rescue three elders trapped outside the formation. After the elders died, both sides began probing and countering the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation, leaving the assault poised to escalate.

• Li Buyu’s forces intercepted the Hua Household’s sentries as Liu Yu approached Sweet Spring Mountain and prepared the Earth Spirit Pearl against the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation.
• The formation attacked the invaders, but Li Buyu blocked its crescent blades with her silver ring and ordered the Qi Refining cultivators to withdraw.
• Hua Yuke urged Hua Yunfei to rescue three besieged elders, but Hua Yuze and Hua Yunfei insisted that preserving the lineage came first.
• Li Buyu taunted Hua Yunfei, then ordered the besieging cultivators to intensify their attacks, and the three Hua Household elders died before reaching the formation.
• Li Buyu, Liu Yu, and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked the formation to probe its defenses while a formation specialist searched for weaknesses.
• Fearing the Primordial Yang Sect possessed a third-tier Forbidden-Breaking Treasure, Hua Yunfei ordered the Hua Household cultivators to intercept the attackers’ spells and artifacts.

Liu Yu and Li Buyu’s forces attacked the Hua Household’s formation at Sweet Spring Mountain and discovered a weakness. Li Buyu deployed a Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl, prompting Hua Yunfei and the Hua Household cultivators to scramble to stop it as Liu Yu and the others guarded its path.

• Liu Yu watched Li Buyu direct repeated attacks against the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation and recognized her skill as a commander.
• A Foundation Establishment disciple found a weakness in the formation, and Li Buyu told Liu Yu she was ready to use the Forbidden-Breaking Pearl.
• Liu Yu warned Leng Yuexin, Xiao Chong, and the others to keep the Hua Household’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators occupied and avoid reckless risks.
• Li Buyu threw the Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl toward the formation while Liu Yu used the Profound Departure Sword and transformed Gloomy Black Spear to protect it.
• Hua Yunfei recognized the pearl and sent a fire flood dragon from his Crimson Tower to intercept it, but the Silver Ring stopped the dragon and Liu Yu repelled incoming artifacts.

Li Buyu and Liu Yu used a Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl to destroy the Hua Household’s formation and launched an assault on Sweet Spring Mountain. Liu Yu fought the Hua Household’s Second Elder while concealing his full strength, and the battle carried him toward the household’s high-tier Spirit Herb Garden.

• Li Buyu’s Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl struck a flaw in the Heaven-and-Earth Reversal Formation and caused it to collapse, injuring or killing dozens of Hua Household cultivators.
• Li Buyu, Liu Yu, and the other Primordial Yang Sect cultivators charged Sweet Spring Mountain before the Hua Household could recover from the formation’s destruction.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the Hua Household cultivators to meet the attack, and Liu Yu took on the Second Elder as the two sides clashed.
• The Second Elder used a talisman treasure and a high-grade jade hairpin to press Liu Yu, who defended himself with three spirit artifacts while hiding his stronger weapons and abilities.
• Liu Yu retreated under pressure and gradually drew the Second Elder away from the main battle toward the Hua Household’s high-tier Spirit Herb Garden.

Liu Yu lured the Hua Household's Second Elder toward the third-tier Spirit Herb Garden, exhausted her Talisman Treasure, and killed her with a prepared attack. He used her golden token to enter the garden and dug up a Fire Spirit Fruit Tree sapling, leaving the ripe fruits untouched.

• Liu Yu evaded the Second Elder's attacks while drawing her toward the Spirit Herb Garden, then used his Molten Fire Saber to exhaust her Talisman Treasure.
• Liu Yu struck the Second Elder with three Spirit Artifacts and Spirit-Shocking Thorns, pierced her dantian, and burned her body and soul with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• Liu Yu searched the Second Elder's Storage Bag and used its golden token to open the passage into the Spirit Herb Garden.
• Liu Yu found three ripe Fire Spirit Fruits but refrained from picking them, fearing Li Buyu would notice one was missing.
• Liu Yu dug up a young Fire Spirit Fruit Tree, intending to use the Immortal Mansion to accelerate its growth.

Liu Yu secretly entered the Hua Household's Spirit Herb Garden, took the Fire Spirit Fruit Tree and several herbs needed for a Golden Core Condensation Pill, and concealed his tracks. He returned to the battle at Sweet Spring Mountain and unleashed the Azure Yang Demonic Flame on the Hua Household's Qi Refining Cultivators, leaving the massacre underway.

• Liu Yu placed the Fire Spirit Fruit Tree sapling in the Immortal Mansion and restored the spirit field so its removal would go unnoticed.
• Liu Yu collected four missing Golden Core Condensation Pill ingredients and a few rare third-tier spirit grasses, leaving most of the garden untouched.
• Liu Yu altered the formation with the golden token, concealed evidence of his theft, and resealed the Spirit Herb Garden's entrance.
• Liu Yu returned to Sweet Spring Mountain and assessed the fighting, finding the Hua Household's forces locked in a deadlock with his allies.
• Liu Yu split the Azure Yang Demonic Flame into more than a hundred sparks and sent them toward the Hua Household's Qi Refining Cultivators, burning dozens to ash.
• Hua Household cultivators cursed Liu Yu and cried out for justice and retribution, but he remained unmoved and directed the flames onward.

Liu Yu slaughtered Hua Household Qi Refining Cultivators until his Azure Yang Demonic Flame reached its eighth revolution, then joined Li Buyu to defeat Hua Yunfei and claim the Spirit Herb Garden. After they found the Fire Spirit Fruit, Liu Yu asked Li Buyu about their agreement, but her hesitation left him wary.

• Liu Yu’s Azure Yang Demonic Flame burned hundreds of Hua Household Qi Refining Cultivators to ash, reached its eighth revolution, and stopped before he drew too much attention.
• Liu Yu joined Li Buyu’s battle against Hua Yunfei, who activated a Golden Core middle-stage Talisman Treasure and attacked Liu Yu before Li Buyu intercepted it.
• Liu Yu and Li Buyu wore down the Talisman Treasure’s power, and Li Buyu killed Hua Yunfei with her Silver-White Ring.
• Li Buyu searched Hua Yunfei’s Storage Bags for a token, and she and Liu Yu used a golden token to open the formation to the third-tier Spirit Herb Garden.
• Liu Yu and Li Buyu found the Fire Spirit Fruit Tree and rare spiritual herbs, and Liu Yu asked Li Buyu about their agreement while secretly preparing for trouble.